The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1848-09-19 00:00:00

RODNEY-STREET WARD,

TO THE EDITOR OF THE LIVERPOOL STANDARD.
Stn,—l am authorii•,ed by the Committee of the Na-
tional Confederation for Rodney-street Ward, to state
that the advertisement which appeared in this day's
Albion, professing to emanate from that committee, is a
forgery. • I am, Sir, &c.,
J. M. MACDONALD, Secretary.
Confederation-rooms, 3S, Church-street,
September 181 h, 1848.

. The repair of Lanercost Abbey, for which £2780 were
voted by Government, has been commenced.
The Archbishop of Canterbury has, it is stated, refused
to preach at St. Mark's College, Chelsea ; the reason; it
is understood, being that the forms there employed during
Divine Service are too numerous, and that too much
singing is introduced.
ROBBERY OF PAPERS AT THE TUILERIES. —M. de
Pontecaulant, 55 years of age, was on Friday last brought
to trial before the Tribunal of Correctional Police, on the
charge of, :while acting as a.public functionary, taking
away papers from the Tuileries. He was remanded.
A COLOURED DELEGATE.—SamueI R. Ward, who is
sent as a delegate from Courtland County, New York, to
the Buffalo Convention, is a coloured man of the very
darkest kind-a-as black as the ace of spades, but is withal_
(says the True Sun) a very intelligent and respectable
person, and one who will not allow his claims to a seat to
he set aside with impunity.—Boston Atlas.
REINFORCEMENTS FOR IrELAND.—In consequence of
the unfavourable news from Ireland, received in town on
Saturday, government messengers were sent off to Wool-
wich. and Chatham, and a telegraph message was sent to
Portsmouth for all the available marines to hold them-
selves in readiness for immediate embarkation. Despatches
were also sent off to Plymouth to have ready all the avail-
able marines at that division.

MORE ARRESTS.--Upwards of forty men, charged with
being concerned in the attacks upon the police-stations at
Portland and Glenbower, have been arrested. It is ex-
pected they will be sent to Dublin. The Limerick Re-
porter states that, on Thursday, " Mr. Keatinge O'Dwyer,
brother-in-law of Mr. Doheny, was arrested by the police
at Ulla, in the county of Tipperary. Several letters from
Mr. Doheny, and a pistol, with that gentleman's initials
engraved, were found in his possession. He was a once
transmitted to Clonmel gaol."
IcE.—The intrinsic value of ice, like that of metals,
depends upon the investigation of an assayer. That is to
say, a cubic foot of Lower Canada ice is infinitely more
cold than a cubic foot of Upper Canada ice, which con-
tains more cold than a cubic foot of Wenham ice, which
contains infinitely more cold than a cubic foot of English
ice; and thus, although each of these four cubic feet of
ice has precisely the same shape, they each, as summer
approaches, diminish in value: that is to say, they each
gradually lose a portion of their cold, until, long before
the Lower Canada ice has melted, the English ice has
been converted into lukewarm water.—Chambers' Edin-
burgh Tournal.—[lt will be seen by an advertisement in
another part of the paper that an agency for L.C. ice has
been opened here by Mr. O'Neile.]
CHINESE PRODUCTIONS.—The enterprise of the mer-
chant princes of Liverpool is not alone confined to the
importation of articles of immediate consumption; and in
no case have we this more verified than in the contents of
the catalogue of a sale of superb specimens of Chinese art
in works of ornament and vertu, to be sold by auction by
Mr. Green, this day, at the Albion-rooms, Birkenhead.
They have been on view some days ; but had the public
been aware of it (as they form in themselves an exhibition
complete);we feel satisfied they would have been visited by
hundreds. It would be impossible to notice the numerous
works here displayed by these ingenious people ; suffice
it to say, that amongst them are not only productions
rarely seen, but a multiplicity of articles in painting,
carving, enamelling, &c., &c., that will be entirely novel
to an English community.
ROMANISM AND REBELLION.—Four Popish prelates,
it is distinctly stated, are compromised by the documents
said to have been discovered in Smith O'Brien's port-
manteau. The names of three have reached us, but for
obvious reasons we decline at the present moment to
make them public. Fears, however, are already enter-
tained that the treasonable correspondence, if it exists,
will not be made a good ground of accusation against the
offending parties ! The crime is to be hushed up. We
know Lord John and his patriotic courage too well. Had
a treasonable correspondence taken place between Mrs.
Cully and the Bishop of Exeter, and had a letter from the
latter been discovered under the mangle of the former,
the Premier would have suffered no feeling of regard for
the Prelate to stand between his duty and the public.
And if strong affection towards an undoubted good
Churchman would not have weighed with his Lordship
against his sense of justice, can we suppose for an instant
that the plotting Romanist will fare better at his clean and
uncommitted hands ? Oh, certainly not i—John Bull.
NEVILL HOLE, LEICESTERSHIRE.—The long-expected
al e at this old mansion commenced on Wednesday last
under the superintendence of Mr. Edmund Robins. The
first two days were devoted to the sale of the library,
which, from its reputation, brought the bookworm and
collector from all parts. The following scarce works
created considerable competition :—Lot 207, Shakspeare's
Comedies, &c., large cony, 1632, was sold to Mr. Thorpe
for 271 guines, said to be ihe highest price this rare book
has fetched. Lot 346, Boke of the Psalms, black letter,
1517,-34 gutnrass Me. Thorpe. Lot 417. " Missale Ro-
manum' with twenty illuminated borders and initial
letters, £12155. Lot 451. Another " Missal," £lolos.,
both bought by Mr. Andrews, of Bristol. Lot 453. Ma-
nuscript in Latin, relating totte possessions of manasteries
in England, quarto, £100; this unique volume, after a
lengthened competition between Mr. Rodd and Mr. Thorpe,
was knocked down to the latter amidst the round of ap-
plause from the assembled bidders. Lot 459. Two early
Missals," £lO 10s., to Mr. Rodwell. Lot 460. Two
" Missals," £ll, Mr. Thorpe. Lot 461. " Hose Beate
Virginis Marie," printed on vellum, with 39 illuminations,
£46, to Mr. Lilly. The pictures are to be submitted on
Tuesday, including a magnificent Carlo Dolce, the head
of David, with many capital specimens of the ancient
masters, and a very interesting collection of miniatures of
the 16th and 17th centuries.
THE ZOOLOGICAL GARDENS.—A monster gala came off
with great eclat last evening, when, in addition to the
combined attractions of these lovely grounds, the brilliant
oxy-hydrogen light was exhibited, various balloons as-
cended, and the entire amusements terminated with a
grand ball, Madame Rossini, too, whose daring exploits
on the tight-rope we have before had occasion to record;
repeated her most astonishing feat, whilst Signor Bian-
choni, the " fire-demon," made a grand descent from the
summit of the railway tower, enveloped in flames. The
funds realised on Friday next are to be appropriated for
the benefit of the widow of Howard, the unfortunate
keeper killed by the elephant Rajah, and we hope to see a
large muster to indicate the benevolence due to the occa-
sion. There is not a place of public amusement more
worthy of support than these gardens. Theatres have
certainly their attractions, and while the legitimate drama
is performed, they combine the utile cum aulci. But in
the summer season especially it is hard to forego the plea-
sures of rurality, in the precints of a crowded town, after
the fatigues of a day of business and confinement. The
gardens invite the wearied citizen to a walk or ride, and
there he can breathe a pure and wholesome atmosphere.
The grounds are laid out in a beautiful and diversified
manner, and there are a thousand objects of attraction in
the vegetable as well as the animal creation. The great
attraction this year in the pictorial line has been the view
of New York, and the ti.ore it is seen the more it is ad-
mired. Those who have not visited the gardens this sea-
well(h is now drawing towards a close), would do
to avail themselves of the grand gala of the week;
and as the•admission-money to see the whole is so small
in comparison with the gratification which young and old
may enjoy, we feel pleasure in recommending our friends
to avail themselves of the opportunity before stern winter
touches us with his hoary fingers.