The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1845-09-09 00:00:00

Sept.
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THE CHRISTIAN AS A LEGISLATOR.--The, -,,g tO
which the Christian may attain and hold so firmly s-e-bis
rest on it for his own salvation, he may also safely 11,1 is
influence in spreading amongst his fellow-men. 'if it
an ruler. For this merely
not only lawful—it is his clear and absolute d st, a
be his duty as a Christian, it is doubly his duty --
1 013"
Christi
ligation resting upon all who know and love the tr b.,
the further bond of a special office and appointment, r:
the God of truth, to be a minister for the good Of othe2
and to use the talent of this intrusted authority for
sties
highest welfare of the subject people. For Chris Ith
rulers to renounce this office, is to become heathens With
a double aggravation,—in the midst of Christian lip
adds to the genera utb,
and in spite of the special mercy and favour of Flim i
.1?
has exalted them to so honourable a trust---Rer'
Birks

INSTINCT AND TAMENESS OF FISHES.---We I, the
following notice of the finny tribes from the Gar of
Chronicle. It furnishes a beautiful illustration °fetal],
character of that dominion over the fish of the sea as "„,
to „,
as the fowl of the air with which the All-wise Creator 'Po
vested unfallen man :—" Of minnows I had two Ye,sass
ago, no fewer than thirteen, ranging about in a largre,
globe, and I taught them not only to know me, but toecre
some lively air. On such occasions they would
cognise the sound of my voice, whilst I whistled tallt
rise
a
to the top of the water, salute me by touching m 9 143901
I bent closely over the bowl, and actually leap ;re-
play with the extremity of my nose ! They woo,- eot
oneov erofondle
fionvgeerr
fingers,
w,
hb
iych I
purposelyrubbing
d silverdipped
esides t
08gftb a
fond-
watery habitation—in this particular imitating the all
ther increased in intensity, they gave up
ness of a cat. The usual fate, however peculiar to ea.
pets, awaited mine ; one by one, as the heat of the w__a
my glass globe was consigned to the silent shelf. It, be,
months since, my eye chanced to rear on the sail], gio c
and there was awakened in me the fondest remembta° I
of my tiny friends. You may guess the consequence. 0
have procured more, confining myself, however, ta tint i
only ; and I have actually accomplished with these efba,.,
did with the others, or very nearly so, for they everYfru;
become more and more affectionate and attached. "
deli-
their exquisitely-delicate structure, and still more deli-
their
cate constitution, will bear up against the coming 17;
days I cannot say. I fear the worst. I keep theg, -
cold well water, fresh twice a-day ; and they suffef"
selves, most willingly, to be taken in the flakebandduring
whilst being transferred from the basin'
globe to a;, !la-
the change of water. Surely the law of kindness •' 0
powerful. Would that it were more universally trie" or
REFORM IN LAW PLEADINGS.—Down to th° Lice
1832, the system of common law pleading and PraThis
the ghost, and
supplied the student, during the greater Period of a
pupilage, with little else than the most deg despairing
unprofitable drudgery. It presented to Ins despelr'of
detail, which defied the efforts of any but the
eyes a mass of vile verbiage—a tortuous cornPle.sitY p,
ing ingenuity and industry. There was really ev a
thing to discourage and disgust a liberal and enlighten
ling
mind, however well inured to labour by the invigur9teled
discipline of logic and mathematics. The deeP there"
clear waters—so to speak—of legal princielei na
always were, and will be, for they are immutable
rough
eternal ; but you had to buffet your way to them thr°-..
" many a mile of foaming filth," that harrassedlcere
hausted, and choked the unhappy swimmer, long ba2bo
he could get sight of the offing Few besides those Who
had had the equivocal advantage of beingegarly fauailiaf',l„..
with such gibberish, as " special general imparllnceds.
"special testatum capias"—" special original' --- ' te-e'r
tum pone"—,, protestande_,, ealo de bene ease,
&c., &c., &c., could obtain a glimmering of dailY.Pr of
lice, without a serious waste of timeand d epreciation
old
b ow
mental faculties. Let the thousands who, under 1- a
legal
system, almost at once adopted and abandoned o
studies, attest the truth of this remark. There was'
eter'
short, every thing to discourage a gentleman from ee• 0.
ing, to obstruct him in prosecuting, the legal prafessrd,
Recently, however, a great change has been effeecipegt
There has been a real reform—a practical, scarf snaking
comprehensive reform of the common "7,,i!5;
down of innumerable dead leaves and rotten brance-Oo
a cutting away of all the shoots of prurient vegetati",ai
which served but to disfigure the tree, and to roan Pal
and injure its fruit. Now you may see, in the Ora; ra•ts
law, a tree noble in its height and figure, sinewy Trallt.
branches, green in its foliage, and goodly in its ' ble
May it be permitted, however, to express an huwilis
aside
hope, that the gardener will know when to 101 l
SECONDbeenan idle looker-on
knife ! —Warren's Law Studies.mostereeery
toted
hal:Ile-lost of
by Ronge. The anathemas of her bishop were hurle f5Ol
faith
0.
the onset, against the seceding priests and their
congregations. In Bohemia the letter of Ronge wtta fir it
hibited and condemned, but, in spite of oppositievrith
found its way to the hearths of the people, and met
against
eager readers. Bitter pamphlets were written egTrop
Ronge, all breathing hatred of the press which had. green
publicity to his writings. Sermons from the puln.ffe'rvira
in horror of the new doctrines, and pretended, wit"eiati-
tuous indignation, to lay bare the character of their Ated
tutors. Ronge was described as a dissoluteand wi-
soie
man, living in taverns, and delighting in evil COruPeold
The defamation found no believers. To those who would
stand firm to the religion of their fathers it was Prturio a
that their names should be written in letters of ke"tbribe
book kept by the Pope for that holy purpose. lug„reaan
met with no recipients. The numbers of the new u'e'nest
Catholic Church daily and hourly increased. Afr",7ce
the Protestant powers of Gerrrany, Brunswick a' ; P
declared herself favourable to the new' cause, and ale-res-
adherents her active co-operation. And what owes; 'that
sia to Roman Catholicism. which, from the reoroetpoee
Prussia became a German kingdom, has used its infl";;cle
to weaken and aggrieve her? Hemmed in on ever! iiest
by different Catholic powers, all eager to seize the ear
otia
opportunity of diminishing her influence and cuttitleeit
her power, Prussia must be circumspect and wary ;faille.
not the less disposed to welcome the messenger 0,1 'The
dom that comes with the gladd 'd' herself' •• n
gladdest ti din to OW°
attitude of Prussia has been such as her difficult P eege--
rendered necessary. She has given no active encet;to-
ment to the doctrines of the new faith, but her pas
tbe
leration has not been misunderstood. She rece"-t she
natural remonstrances of Austria and Bavaria' bus the
has not been moved by the earnest appeal to oPlsres their
people struggling for her release no less than !,°r,hoeci
institii, e
own. The left bank of the Rhine is still purely l'a' that
the establishment of the principles of Ronge atoll , es.
gorgeous shore will give to Prussia faithful bear ?pion'
tranged from her now, though submitting to her donu iiiete
The present King of Prussia has done much to enuc bat
the Roman Catholic clergy settled in his kinga°r% b°
his conciliation has failed to remove the hatred bor,ap, its
the priesthood against a Protestant power binclerie;aiol
movements at every turn. Every political Co sea
granted to Catholicism by the king upon the 1141,11,0 er
elsewhere has been received, as in Ireland, witu, l'aooll
pressionsofgratitude,but rather a as due, not with
because extorted by the force of circumstances• p..., tbet
looks suspiciously upon the formation of any socele'soal
aims at liberty, whether it be that of the body ogretuefustec
Once begin to remove the fetters which ages h follefi
on the human limbs, and what consequences
Val testa/int
the returning sense of positive freedom ? The 'lda "f
sanction of Hanover is yet wanting to the undertaking
John Ronge.— Tim AND
, ..,10gtY;
WILLIAM PITT NAPOLEON BONAPART.• 1 aa•
well comprehend that feeling, for it was mY owe earrogi
Pitt laid in the grave ; I looked down into tbe i
1"0 eir;
bed where slept all that was mortal of the man vz ire"
tually wielded the whole supremacy of EuroPe'oo veles
how little can man estimate the future ! Nap yet the
in his glory, when Pitt was in his shroud• was t,b,d
infinitely more honoured, and thus more baPPY,'ehle a_,;(l
fate of him by whose sepulchre all that was l',eocee'-e c
memorable in the living generation stood in rece'ijelea";
sorrow, than the last hour of the prisoner of St- 1;001
Both were emblems of their nations. The Eng 't• prou
manly, pure, and bold, of unshaken firmness,.ool, loft:
reliance on the' resources of his own nature, an forte a,
perseverance through good and through evi 4.eeectaee
The foreigner, dazzling and daring, of singular iP'd 0 4
vividness, and of a thirst of power which die ail
'
' II the first
slaked but at sources above the ambition of a the tre,
warriors and statesmen of Europe. He "so eceP" as
who dreamed of fabricating anew the old Boratarae 55" th
and establishing an empire of the world. ii, is p'a it v'eclre
for a prodigious stake, and for awhile he PeYo'titiosre-01,
prodigious fortune. He found the moral he •ee
filled with the floating elements of revolution:it op ni,
lected the republican electricity, and dischargeueide
sled
cusps and pinnacles of the European thrones dwdipeiPa`tb,
ble effect. But, from the moment when he ha streugbis
that charm, he lost the secret of his irresistible 30;00 lei
As the head of the great republic, making °ls to 'feat
precursor, calling on the old wrongs of natioetheancoto
his way, and marshelling the new-born hneea•ooritinehipe
injuries, and the ardent imaginations of the before;''big
kingdoms to fight his battles; the world lay a . ,
tree eon
with all its barriers ready to fall at the first oven c bkpg
horse's hoof. As an Emperor, he forged his °• ht ,
ell oar
Napoleon, the chieftain of frepublicanisnai „arch,. 8 $
revolutionized Europe; Napoleon, the 03°"ti. Liltholer
rowed his supremacy to the sweep o sat
toted,
the 'lir ;
necromancer weary of his art, he terebbo a
~jea
treasury of his magnificent illusions into and, bu,s, to
flung away his creative wand for a sceptre; ,3ep 5 to
the book of his magic " ten thousand fathoults, S'i for
replace it only by the obsolete statutes of couf „pate „0
Fos. r $
weak etiquette of governments in decay. le err° ' ine
mankind that he committed this irrecoverab , of ;tic,
was content to be the lord of France, inste.7 deSP.l;elf
the sovereign of opinion ; for his nature sc.:oga ie ja•
and his power must have finally shaped dna i',,, lonf'dert
into a stupendous tyranny. Still, be might end wonsor,
fluenced the fates, and long excited the awe and ',is 400,:
of Etrrope. We, too, might have worshiPP ben°°3-aei 5.;
and have forgotten the danger of the flaming Pe. we °epee
in the rapidity and eccentricity of its course,_ai it toB,o
eclipsing the old luminaries in successi orlon n It wa„ror
our orbit, and visited us in conflage of the rero'
that Pitt died of a broken heart, in desPa',.,„ wso,4ter
pects of England. The defeat of Austerinnie
may cfloao
flounced his death-blow. What thougbeta net o°..aer
round the sleepless pillow, who shall tell f_ame '0 Wrtber
knew England better •, none had a boldetetr nb, itneoce,
severance and principle ; none had more D °l;balrePd ofe
foundations of victory in national ho deep e
,-, desol.o th
be driven into the belief that William r,_ _oho, feed:
his country. He died in the vigour of hip.A of the,l th°
la the mf"aoded ell re:
proudest struggle of the empire, an
dell' hunt? eb
eat trial which for a thousand years
//Wain re of
faculties of England. Yet, what man _ reckon ster 0
collection had lived so long, if we are !..V,ltit oit 3
_s tb,
by the calendar but by triumphs "eimpelf, %era;
England, what minister of Europe, but "e_tteentf 'essalto,
head of his government for three-an"
EaroPeane Sur .
What man had attained so high an except 0,, pr??
What mind had influenced so large anin`stinetives7jeiiii,
peen interests ? What name was a° roong it' 0° in
first a rcr bfl ry
flounced by every nation, as the eras -ntil
To have earned distinctions like these., boy et o_4.
tamed all that time could give. dot weekly°
years, Pitt's true age was patriarchal. e-

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