The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1844-12-10 00:00:00

THE LIVERPOOL STANDARD.

DISSENTERS' BAPTISM.—A conference of Bishops
• took place et Easter, 1712, at Lambeth Palace, on the
validity of Dissenters' baptism ; and•they all agreed that
It was valid ; four days 'afterwards' in consequence of
that conference, the Archbishop of Canterbury drew up
the following declaration :—Forasmuch as sundry persons
have of late, by their preaching, writing, and discourses,
pessessed the minds of many peopl with doubts as to the
validity of their baptism, to their great trouble and dis-
quiet, we, the Bishops and Archbishops whose names are
underwritten, have thought it incumbent on us to declare
nor opinions, in conformity with the judgment and prac-
tice of the Cetholic Church, and of the Church of England
• in particular, that such•persons as have been already bap-
tised with water, and iii tee names of Ihe Father, Son, and
Holy Ghost, ought not to be baptised again. And to
prevent any such rash practice in our respective dioceses,
we do require our several clergy that they presume not 'to
baptise. any • adult person whatever without giving us
timely notice."—Life of Archbishop Sharp.
FALSE DISPARAGEMENT OF THE ENGLISH.—One of
the most ludicrous evidences of the rage that has prevailed
in England during the last and existing centuries for
every thing foreign, without reference to any actual
standard of value, is the notion, not yet extinct among
us, that we are not a musical people I Our old ecclesias-
tical music is of ti ,e very first order, yet-we are not a mu-
sical people ! The glee we altogeiher invented, and the
beautful madrigal we carried to a higher pitch than any
other country, yet we are not a musical people! Scarcely
two centuries ago, part singing was held an indispensable
accomplishment in every lieeral scheme of English edu-
cation ; and "at a social meeting, when the madrigal
books were laid uson the table, everybody
was expected
to take a share in the harmony ; and any one who declined,
on the score of inability, was looked upon with some con-
tempt, as rude and lox bred ;" but for all that we are
not a musical people! Music, of old, marked every step
in our devotional worship, accompanied every kind of
sport and festival, was carried round to the humblest
door by the itinerant minstrels, and floated from the very
watch-towers of our baronial and civic castles, where the
waits or wa'chmen made the long night musical with their
pipings—and vet, sapient Englishmen will have it, we are
not a musical people. It is true, the unhappy decadence
so visible in all that relates to the welfare and happiness
of the poor, preva is also, or rather till recently did pre-
vail, in regard to our na ional music. But the e,cep:ions
might have told us that it was not oeing to any unfitness
of the English mind.—llluminated Magazine.
THE PRINCE OF PEACE V. THE DUKE OF WELLING-
TON.—I heard a curious account of the condition of the
Soto de Boma, the estate of the Duke of Wellington. It
is well known this estate was selected by him out of tbree
royal domains, which were. offered to his choice by the
first Cortes, as a reward for his great services in the war
of independasce. This grant was confirmed by the abso-
lute king, and never I believe attempted to be interfered
with during the successive changes which have taken,
place, until quite recently, when, of all persons living,
which, by the by, he was not generally supposed to be
until his reappearance on the stage in the guise of a chan-
cery suitor, but the Prince of Peace ! This personage
has brought whet is equivalent to an action of ejectment
against the duke, and retains the estate as his property by
a former grant of the royal possessor. I understand that
the Audiencia, or supreme tribunal of Granada, has more
than once decided in his favour, but an appeal being laid
at Madrid, the suvrior court declared itself incompetent
to enter on the question, and so it rests. I heard that the
title of only the house and a small tract of land adjoining
it is effected by this curious claim, and not the greater
part of the property. The person alluded to is living at
Madrid quite retired, and, it is said, in great poverty,
which may readily be believed; but he finds money suffi-
cient to carry on the process, and fee not only the bar and
solicitors, but the judges also, who must be raid, if you
are to credit the. Spanish accounts of the mode of admi-
nistering justice iu their courts, though it may be hoped
not universally nor to the extent they state.—Captain
Widdrington.

SINGULAR ANECDOTES OF A RAVEN.—The first ar-
pearance of Jim Crow was in the street, where he was th.cl
try the leg to a stick, while a pack of inhuman boys were
gathering stones to pelt him to death, when Mrs. W., the
landlady, kindly interposed and saved the devoted victim.
He rapidly tamed, and in a'few days exhibited both intel-
licence and amusement to his protectors. Upon the
landlord, from first sight, he appeared to have centred his
affections—and the ardour of the poor bird's attachment
almost exceeds belief. lie watched for his master in the
morning, followed him through the day, was always at his
elbow when he dined, and if he afterwards in the evening
joined a jovial party—as landlords are wont to do—Jim
Crow was sure to be upon his shoulder, or on the table, if
permitted to make one of the " Inert ie company." If any
person pretended to beat the host the rook attacked him
furiously—and, as if lie knew that a razor was a lethal in-
strument, and the carotid in dangerous contiguity, before
the barber dare commence operations, Jim Crow had to
b 3 secured in another room, to secure; the shaver from
maltreatment. It might be imagined that the poor rook
could reason. The communication over the Tweed, be-
tween Spittal and Berwick, is kept up by diminutive
steamers which cross the river repeatedly within the hour.
If his favourite were missing, Jim Crow would fly down
to the pier and sscertain it the lost one was on board; and
in that event, the rook would cross the river, and no
matter where his owner went, he would be found flying
by his side, or settled on his shoulder. Of course this'
personal attendance was occasienally to be dispensed
with—but it required no little ingenuity, by turning a
corner, or getting down an entry, to enable his master to
blink his too faithful friend and con,panion. if he suc-
ceeded, th, bird would fly up and down the street, look
enviously around—and if he Could l op on his lost propric-
t,r, his joy would he unbounded, and lest another sepa-
ration should occur, he would stick to him for the re-
mainder of the day close as his own sh,dow. If, how-
ever, Mr. W. managed to get off—a feat not always to be
effected—after a sharp search Jim Crow would wing his
way across the Tweed, return home, and there anxiously
await a reunion with his lost protector. I said that the
rook was fond of convivial meetings ; and there he was
an active auxiliary. Were there a dozen persons at the
table, Jim would hop regularly round, receive the scores
from the guests respectively, pouch the money beneath
his tongue, return to his master, insert the black and
horny bill into the clenched hand of mine host, and
honestly deposit there every coin he had collected. A
still more curious anecdote of the bird remains ; and, upon
my life ! it goes far beyond my philosophy. The first
movement in the morning in the landlord's chamber, the
first cough or creak of the shoe which announced that his
master was afoot—was hailed by this singular bird with
loud and exulting cawings. The landlord was a wag—his
marriage bed bast riot been blessed by a family, and open-
ing the room door he would remonstrate with his noisy
favorite—" What the diel are ye at, mon? Hauld ye'r
tongue or ye'll waukel the bairns !" In a moment the
loud and clamorous caw was changed to one so piano and
subdued that had Rubini been hi, preceptor, Jim Crow's
descending scale could not base been more rapid or more
euphonious.— Wanderings in the Highlands.

POETRY.

THE OTHER DAY.

(From Fraser's Magazine for December.)
Upon the meadows spread below
Full softly fall the flakes of snow,
Yet choke they up the way
That lately wound along the scene
'Mid fields of gold and swards of green,
Ay, but the other day.
The sun bath shrunk into the south,
And every bird hath shut its mouth,
And broken off its la) ;
And yet with sultry Ueult.s the air,
And yet with songs the woodlands fair,
Were full the other day,
All things are here but for a while,
The frown must vauisn, fade the smile,
E'en beauty must decay.
And wFo upon that wrinkled face
The lily and the rose can trace

We saw the other day?
But form and beauty, too, might die,
And fire forsake the aged eye;
Could any mortal say,
My heart is still as warm and light,
As full of hopes and famis bright,

As 't was the other day ?
Repose mankind can never know,
They change as on the seasons flow,

Until they pass away ;
And whilst we live there 's not an hour
That sees not fall sorne cherished flower
That bloomed the other day.:
The mother sadly bends her head
Upon the breast that lately fed .

A child with glances gay ;
See how her eyes now v ainly seek
The softly dimpled rosy cheek
She kissed the other day !
But wander through all scenes of life.
Through scenes of peace and scenes of strife,
Consult the whole arri y!
Seek amidst every rank of men,
For one who would not fly again
Back to the other day.
Lovers regret their early sighs,
Regret the maiden's downcast eyes,
When first she said them nay;
All quaff too soon, al would regain
The feelings they esteem'd a pain,
And quench'd the other day.
Children alone look forward still,
They pant to climb life's rugged

Oh . in the valley stay;
Stay in the balmy land awhile'
Where heaven, anal earth, and all things smile

Now as the other day
They listen not, but onward throng,—
Farewell to innocence ere long,—
Enjoy then whilst you may !
Those radiant brows ere long will lower,
Ere long you will regret the hour
You scoru'd the other day !
But if in joy, and if in woe,
Along these twilight plains below,
You follow virtue's ray,
Less bitter pangs may ring your breast,
When rise amidst your hours of rest
Dreams of the other day !

ADVICE TO BEAUTY.

Sweet lady have you seen.
When the Iris arch is thrown
O'er valley—and o'er hill,
Like a rich, enamelled zone;
How majestic—yet how calm,
Is the beauty of its
Like a paradise of flowers,
Or an Angel—in his might ?
Then, lady, strive to he,
In thy lite's young go den hours,
An Iris sheddi. g hope around
Earth's serpent- wreathed bowers ;
Let virtue be thy euide,
Walk thou firm in wisdom's light,
And though woman's be thy strength,
Thou shalt wield an angel's might.
T. J. Ovelwr.

ANECDOTE Ma' THOMAS CAMPBELL.—On one occasion,
Professor (afterwards Sir Daniel) Sandford attempted to
take precedence of the Lord Rector at a dinner party, but
was defeated and somewhat humbled by the quickness of
a lady standing at Campbell's side. " Bless me ! I was
not dreaming of any precedence," said Campbell; "but
is it not strange that Mr. Sandford should be so vain
as to think that his being a bishop's son, and a professor
should give him any rank, Why, it merely means the
sun of a dissenting clergyman and a respectable school-
master." An anecdote was current at this time of a dig-
nifiel functionary of the University—a man of pomp and
form. He sneeringly said they would not know where to
address the official announcement ; so obscure, it might
be interred, did he consider the man whose poetic fame
was bounded only by the liu.its of:civilization. A gentl,-
man present promptly answered, " You lave only to ad-
dress it to the author of the Cteasures of Hope,' and
put it into the post-office.—llletropolitun Magazine.
MR. CANNING'S ORATORY.—As an orator Canning
stood beyond rivalry, and almost beyond comparison. *
* It is scarcely an exaggeration to affirm, that in his
single person were united all the highest gifts of elo-
quence which nature had distributed among the most
eminent of his Parliamentary competitors. A lucid, close,
and furciule logic,. effective alik-e for the establishment of
truth and the exposure of absurdity, hypocrisy, and pre-
tension,—an elevated tone of declatnatioa, appealing not
so much to passion, as to what was noblest in thought
and sentiment,—a stream of imagery and quotation, Tich,
vatious, and yet never overflowing the main subject—a
light ' artillery of wit,' so disciplined, that not a shot of
it flashed without telling upon the issue of the conflict—
au unfailing, yec constantly diversified hat mony of period,
and a magical command of those lightning words and
plitases, which burn themselves, at once and for ever,
into the hearer's mind—these, and all these in their per-
fection, were among the powers of that eloquence which
death had thus suddenly hushed.—Life of Lord Eldon.

TOWN EDITION.
LONDON MARKETS OF YESTERDAY.

MARK-LANE CORN EXCHANGE.
The frost still continues; and t' .e weather is intensely cold;-
with every a:,pearan, e of the navigation being stopped to the
interior. The coivition of the English Wheat being greatly im-
proved, the trade was brisk at an improvement of Is. per qr. on
best samples, and fully as goo for other oescriptions. Free
foreign maintains late rat. s, with a moderate sale.
The best descriptions of Malting Barley have recovered the de.
pressiou that existed during the week, but secondary descriptions
are still difficult of sale and Is. cheaper.
We have no additional arrivals of Oats from Ireland since last
m rket day; but the supplies of foreign' are liberal, rind a few
additnnial cargoes have got fresh op this morning. The coun-
try demand has greatly abated. Sales made to-day were only
to a limited extent ; but last Monday's prices were fully sup-
ported.
Beans and Malt Is. lower. Peas unaltered.
CURRENCY PER IMPERIAL MEASURE.
Wheat, Essex and Rent. s. d. s. d.
Red 4O 0 59 0
White 46 0 56 0
Norfolk and Lincoln, red 9B 0 46 0
White .
Irish, led
White
Rye, old 30 0— 34 0
New
Barley, Grinding s6 0 —3l 0

Malting
Chevalier 3B 0— 40 0
Malt, Suffolk and Norfolk 5B 0 1,2 0
Brown 56 o 60 o
Kingst,-n and Ware
Chevalier
Oats, Yorkshire end Lincolnshire, feed •22 0 23 0
Pr.tatoe
Youghall and Cork, Hack
Cork. white
Scotch, feed
Beans, tick 35 0 37 0
Pigeons'
Pease, Grey
Maple s6 0 40 0
White
Boilers
Flour, town made
Suffolk *,3 0 35 0
Stockton and Norfolk. 33 0 35 0
FOREIGN GRAIN AND FLOUR IN BOND.

Wheat, Dan tztc..
Hamburg

Barley
Oats, new

.. 32 0 —36 0
.. 30 0
27 o—ng 0
• 17 0 18 0
.. 15 0 17 0
• 24 0— 2g
.. 28 0-32 0
.. 51 0
• . 20 0

Feed

Beans
Peas
Floor, American
Baltic

YESTERDAY'S LONDON SHARE MARKET.

Some of the railway shares have been in considerable demand
at advanced rates. South Western were sold at 87. but have
since reacted to 84,.and Brighton to So. but last done at 493.
Bristol and Gloncester were last quoted 38, Birmingham and
Gloucester !-.6, Eastern Counties l 3i, Great Western 147, Halves
881, Hull and Selby 67, Liverpool and Manchester 2f3, Bir-
mingham 221. London and York 4. Midland Counties 1081,
Northern and Easterns72, Newcastle Junction 601, South Eastern
38, Trent Valley 8, York and North Midland 1011, Boulogne and
Amiens 5, Orleans and Vierzon 102, Orleans and Bordeaux 61,
Paris and Rouen 89g.