The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1845-08-12 00:00:00

THE BISEIOP OF FREDERICTON.

The friends of the missionary cause who contributed to
the erection of a Cathedral Church at Fredericton, on the
occasion of Bishop Medley's sailing from this port a few
weeks ago, will be rejoiced to hear that their benevolent
exertions have been well appreciated in the colony, and
have called forth a corresponding exertion of Christian
liberality on the part of the colonists there. The follow-
ing is an extract from a letter lately received from that
Bishop, dated 26th June, 1845 :
" All hitherto, I bless God, has been most favourable.
The addresses from St. John's were very gratifying, but
at Fredericton the state of things is perfectly astonishing.
In a population of 4,000, I had an address presented to
me signed by 1,000 persons,-300 of them Roman Catho-
lics, and some Wesleyans and Bapti-ts and Presbyterians,
—in short, by every respectable householder. Not only
this, but the Dissenters are full of my Cathedral, and
some of them have given £5O each towards it. At the
first meeting -C3,1C0 was subscribed in Fredericton, and
to-night brings me news of £I,OOO more. If you ask how
or why this is, I answer I cannot tell—it is God's doing,
not mine.

" Wherever I go, kindness and blessing await me. Of
course troubles will come in due season ; but let us bless
God for the sunshine, and enjoy it while we can."

The Great Britain steam-ship was spoken in lat. 54,
long. n, by the Symmetry, which arrived in the Downs
on Saturday, but no date is given.
SUPPOSED MURDER.—A journeyman basket-maker,
at Rcading, named Spicer, is in custody on a charge of
having murdered his wife.

Mr. Barnard Gregory, who was suffering imprisonment,
in the Queen's Winch Prison, for a libel on the Duke of
Brunswick, was on Fridiiy discharged from custody under
an order from Mr. Justice Wightman, by virtue of an
act which received the royal assent on the 31st ult., and
which enacts "that in every case of judgment whether
given before or after the passing of this act for a mis-
clenie.n,,,,e, where the defendant shall have 0ht,;,,,,i
writ of error .ileh judgment, execution thereupon
shall be stayed until such writ or error a hail be finally
determined." The defendant entered into sureties to
prosecute the writ of error, and to undergo the sen'ence
recorded, if the Queen's Bench judgment be affirmed.
THE WEATHER AND THE CROPS IN IRELAND.-^Ac-
counts from Dublin state, that from Tuesday to Thursday
night last the rain fell in continuous torrents. At mid-
day on Thursday a shower of large hailstones fell, which,
it is feared, will have damaged the standing crops. The
accounts from the country, however, are by no means so
disheartening as those about the neighbourhood of Dub-
lin. Thus a report from the extensive county of Cork
says—" A good deal of rain has fallen, and there has not
been any of that genial heat that would ripen or bring to
maturity the rich produce of the corn-fields. It is, how-
ever, satisfactory to know that nothing materially to de-
teriorate the quantity or quality of the crops has up to
this time occurred, and a few days of sunshine would,
under the blessing of Providence, crown the farmer's hopes
with the certainty of a luxuriant harvest." In the north,
too, according to a Belfast paper, " Potatoes are more
abundant this year than they have been for many seasons
previous. All the fields in the vicinity of the town look
well, there being scarcely anything like a miss' observ-
able anywhere. The oat crop appears to be ripening very
fast; but in general it will be later this season than it was
the last. Spring wheat will be ready for the sickle, in
some places, in the course of a very few weeks. Flax is
nearly all pulled and in steep ; of this there will not be as
much first-rate quality as there was last year. Turnips
are growing rapidly, and promise well to repay the cost
and troulila of labouring them."

THE ROYAL MERSEY YACHT CLUE.—We are glad to
state, that since writing our brief account of the monthly
meeting of thii flourishing nautical association, the secre-
tary has received a most polite note from His Grace the
Duke of Marlborough, allowing his name to be added to
the list of members, and that of his noble schooner yacht,
the " Wyvern," to the list of the vessels of the club.
This is a gratifying acquisition, his grace being a devoted
yachtman, and his " craft" of such dimensions and ap-
pointment as almost to challenge the world in seamanship.
She has been the admiration of nautical men, and even of
"landlubbers," since her anchorage in the Mersey. She
is, in fact, (as our Yankee brethren would say) one of the
" slickest" vessels we have yet seen. May we express a
hope that others of our noblemen, in place of squandering
their money in betting upon horse-racing, would betake
themselves to the manly recreation of yacht-sailing ! In
a vessel such as that of his grace, a most delightful sum-
mer party might be made up, to visit " the Isles of
Greece," or any part of Europe or Africa, associated with
ancient lore, biblical or classical.
HOYLAKE RACES.--II will be seen by an advertisement
that Mr. Gleave, of the Woodside Hotel, is going to erect
a spacious marquee at these races, where he will provide
the usual "good things" of the season.
PORTRAIT PAlNTlNG.—Monsieur F. Salabert, of the
Royal Academy of Paris, an artist of great merit, is now
in Liverpool, and may be consulted at 38, Bold-street, for
a short time. We have seen some of his pictures, amongst
the rest portraits of the two well-known Chinese youths,
and consider that they reflect infinite credit on his genius
and talent. In the style there is very great freedom and
they are so exceedingly soft and delicate in colouring as
more to resemble a coloured lithographic Crayon draw-
ing than a water colour painting.
['Aix WAKES.—The village of Hale, perhaps the fore-
most in rural attraction and quiet in the county, will, on
Sunday next, be enlivened by the annual " wakes ;" and,
as the distance from this busy town is but short, and
omnibuses and steam-packets will be provided for the
conveyance of visitors, in ample time in the morning, an
interesting " gathering" is fully anticipated. One of the
not least inducements, will be an ordinary at the Childe
of Hale Inn, at one o'clock, after the morning service at
the village church, in the yard of which may be seen the
tomb of the veritable " Childe," or rather " Giant," of
the locality in olden time.
CONCERT.—We are glad to hear that a concert, at
which the leading local talent of our town, is announced
to appear, will take place al the Nelson Assembly Rooms,
on Thursday week next. Out of the proceeds of this
concert, five guineas will be presented to Mrs. Salmon,
whose distress, we are glad to see, is arrousing the sym-
pathy of the musical world. This, in itself will, we feel
satisfied, secure a numerous as well as a fashionable audi-
ence. Amongst the parties announced to appear, we may
name Mrs. Harvey Pardy, a pupil of Mr. Molyneux,
whose recent deNt in Yorkshire has been so triumphantly
successful, as to call down the most enthusiastic encomi-
ums from the local, as well as the metropolitan press,
and Miss Rose Joseph, whose recent appearance at Miss
Weller's concert in London, has placed her high in the es-
timation of the profession. Mr. Ryals? as also Mr.
Smith, whose talent is well known, will assist. The pro-
gralmme comprises a diversified selection of the most
popular pieces of the day, sufficiently attractive to secure
a numerous audience—but when an object so laudable, as
to assist in relieving a talented musical lady from pecuni-
ary difficulties is announced, we trust, it will be crowded
to excess.