The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1843-12-12 00:00:00

THE UVERPOOL STANDARD

CORRESPONDENCE.

AIR. QUAKER BRIGHT'S CHARITY.

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TO THE EDITOR OF THE LIVERPOOL STANDARD.
SIR, —lt appears that another of those meetings,
which, whatever character they may assume, would be so
inimical in their effects, to those important national in-
terests, British Agriculture, and British Colonies, took
place, on Wednesday last, in this town, when Mr. Cob-
den, with what appears to minds of ordinary calibre, the
greatest inconsistency, whilst 'representing most forcibly
that the manufacturing artizans, &c., were in a state of
the zreatpmt nrctenarit, 4:.

operatives were suffering from abject poverty, drew the
illation, that the business of the latter ought to be yet
more depressed, in order to promote the interests of the
former; for, if the fortn3r are in so palmy and flourishing
a state, why should they seek to still further add to the
gloomy condition of the latter : which arises from their
not having protection enough, although Mr. C. rather il-
logically argues, that, because insufficient protection does
not produce perfect prosperity, even that small measure
of protection should be taken away, and so render the dis-
tress still deeper ; for, admitting that the agriculturist
might possibly, for a time, obtain his own bread cheaper
if foreign corn was admitted duty free : it is out of the na-
ture of things for any operatives long to thrive 'whilst the
very business they are employed in is in a state of depres,
sion, for, however, their expenditure may be lessened
their income must suffer in a greater degree.

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Yours, &c.,

BRITANNICUS

Liverpcol, December 9, 1843.

TO THE EDITOR OF THE LIVERPOOL STANDARD,

SlR,—Having noticed several paragraphs in your paper
respecting the disturbed state of the British Iron Com-
panys works, in this neighbourhood; and knowing your
paper always to be open to the exposure of wrongs, I am
induced, through its medium, to bring before the public
an evil which has long existed in this neighbourhood--
the desecration of the Sabbath—in hope that some of our
Christian societies may be induced to turn their attention
not only to this, but to all the iron districts. Much is
said at the various meetings of the different religious so-
cieties respecting the degraded state of heathen nations,
and statements are putforward which make a man's blood
run cold,—whilst in this Protestant land, can it be be-
lieved that there is almost as much work done here on the
Sabbath as on any other day of the week? men, horses,
waggons, and engines are all seen in active employment ;
and upon inquiring why it is done, you are told the works
cannot go on without doing so. Such is the demoralising
state of this country, that the Sabbath is not in any way
looked upon as a day of holy rest. How, then, can any-
thing besides discontent and rebellion be expected from
men whose minds are reduced below the level of the brute
creation, by the want of that religious elevation which,
thanks be to God, has raised England into its present
proud position amongst nations? Those who use their
means, as well as their time, in propagating the Gospel,
and inducing the heathen to enter within its pail, I would
that some of them would give this grievance their serious
attention, for no heathen nation can be in a more degraded
condition; and can it be otherwise, when, for the sake of
filthy lucre, men's bodies are made to work to the pre-
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INTERESTING MEETING.—On Friday evening last a
very interesting meeting of the female teachers of the in-
fants' and girls' schools connected with the Church of
England Schools in Liverpool and the neighbourhood,
and also the Corporation Schools, took place in St.
Mary's girls' school, Edge-hill. The Rev. H. H. Higgins,
the inspector of schools in this place, arranged the meet-
ing for the furtherance of kindly intercourse amongst the
teachers, and had also engaged the services of several
clergymen to address them. The room was very hand-
somely decorated. Being carpetted and curtained, and
the walls being hung with flags, evergreens, and a por-
trait of the bishop of the diocese, it presented the appear-
ance of a very ample saloon. Nine tea tables were set
out, the families in the neighbourhood very kindly lending
tea services for the occasion, and a piano was placed at
one end of the room. One hundred and two persons were

nesent, of whom sevent

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-four were teachers and their
and fourteen clergymen. After tea, addresses
-ed to the teachers, on the responsibility
office, by the Rev. J. Cordeaux. On
3 belonging to teachers in their
J. Jones. On the qualifications
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judice of their souls' salvation? And by whom ? Mer
who are moving in the highest, as well as the middle
walks of life. We are told that this concern has from the
beginning hem a most ruinous one. How could it be
otherwise? With what were the children of Israel three.
tened for polluting the Sabbath? Is God's law changed
since their days? If they were threatened not to be
brought into " the land flowing with milk and honey" for
despising God's judgments and polluting his Sabbaths,
what profit can those anticipate who openly. violate God's

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the intervals between them,
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the. Rev. J. El. Stewart, the part

of them stand high in the religious world, that a changt
will be made, and that holy day which has so long beer
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LONDON BANKRUPTCY COURT.—Mr. Follett, one o
the official assignees for this district of the Bankrunto

••
WALL A sry FR.Ev. Scnoot.--A vestry meeting of the
inhabitants of Wallasey, relative to the management and
affairs of the Free

Court, has received the London appointment of official

assignee

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yet known who supplies his place at, Liverpool.
A NEW .HUT NOT LEGITIMATE MODE OF. GETTING A
LIVING.—A boy named John Atherton, was yesterday
placed before Mr. Rushton, on a charge of having stolen
a piece of beef from a butcher's standing, and the case
was proved. The urchin on being asked what he had to
say, remarked—" My father, sir, was out of work, and
we were obliged to do something for a living!" He was
committed for a month to the &use of Correction.
THEFT IN A PUBLIC MOUSE.—On Saturday a young
man named James Mason, was charged at the Police-
court with abstracting from the pocket of a man, in
Mills's public house, corner of Eldon-place, a pound
canister of gunpowder, and a quantity of percussion caps
valued at 10s. The complainant, on going for a consta-
ble, was threatened to be struck by the prisoner. The
articles were recovered. The prisoner said he merely did
it for a lark, and was afterwards supplied with liquor in
the louse. Ile was committed for trial.
FATAL ACCIDENT.—Late on Saturday evening, a most
melancholy accident occurred to the wife of Mr. Brown,
residing in Mason-street. Mrs. Brown retired to bed,
leaving Mr. Brown down stairs ; when, much to Mr.
Brown's surprise, in the course of a few minutes he heard
the noise of some one falling down stairs : he rushed out
of the room, and found at the bottom of the stairs his wife
in a complete state of stupefaction. Every means pos.
Bible were resorted to, and for some few hours Mrs.
Brown seemed to recover considerably, but early on
Sunday evening she expired from the injuries she received
in the fall. The body awaits a coroner's inquest.
THE ROYAL AMPHITHEATRE.—The performances
during the last week at this spacious and elegant place of
amusement, both as regards those of the stage and the
ring have been of a superior, quality, and have been received
with unmixed gratification by crowded audiences. The
amusements opened with the " Battle of Austerlitz," in
which Mr. Watkins Burroughs (whose stage company are
engaged,) afforded an admirable portraiture of Napoleon,
and all his peculiarities, and his tact combined with feel-
ing in winning the affections of his soldiery. The horse-
manship was for the most part excellent, and varied to a
considerable extent every iiiiht. Several of the riders,
both male and female, were loudly cheered. One lady
we noticed in particular, in a black velvet riding habit,
who rode and danced her fine white steed with astonishing
elegance, keeping time to the music. This was a chaste
and beautiful act of horsemanship, which would have
come Diana Vernon herself. The new moveable stage -
new circle are a wonderful improvement in the bona .
The stud of Mons. Tournaire consists, we learn, of nearly
50 fine animals ; his foreign equestrians are also very 4
nu-
merous, and he can produce, it is said, nearly 500 changes
of performance. One of his young men, (whose name we
did not learn,) is a remarkably active and bold rider, and
reminded us of Ducrow in his better days. The French
clown is truly an original, and elicits roars of laughter by
his tricks and eccentricities. Last night for the first time
was produced. as a stage piece, with horses, "The Bri-
gand:" Mr. Watkins Burroughs ably sustained his ori-
Linal character when the piece was first produced in Lon-
ondon, of A lesandro Mascaroni, with great vigour and
effect. The horsemanship was again varied and excellent,
and a laughable afterpiece kept up the good humour of the
audience

aria the ratepayers had been espe-
cially called upon to attend, by a placard extensively cir-
culated throughout the parish, and signed " Henry
Winch," Seacombe. This document was to the effect
that the school had an estate of £l5O a year, which wry
likely to increase in proportion to •the

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tion ; that the institution was nevertheless in a state of
deplorable deficiency, the property being held without
title, and the extension of its value being thus prevented,
—added to which, the affairs of the school were without
efficient control, so that it had become almost useless.
The writer went on to say, that he had, in order to re-
medy these evils, instituted proceedings in Chancery, on
behalf of the parishioners at large, under the advice of
competent legal authorities; but he did this in a friendly
spirit, and that he did not attribute blame to the present
managers of the school. He concluded by expressing a
hope that he would be allowed to proceed without inter-
Tence, and rather be co-operated with, in his views of

ularging the utility of the institutic

Lae Hector, having taken the chair, a report was
ead by Mr. North, to the effect that the committee ap-
pointed on Easter Tuesday last, to negociate with the
parties in the resolution referred to, with a view to pre-
vent a suit in Chancery, bad done their utmost to effect
an amicable arrangement, but had finally failed in the
attempt, in consequence of the differing views of the par.
ties interested ; that they were still of opinion that the
suit should be avoided, from the expense that would arise
and the dissension it would create ; and that, as they
trusted all parties agreed that the common object was to
give a sound religious and secular educat:---

ties inte

don to e chil-
,ren at the school, they earnestly recommended tall par-
ties to unite for that object, and to present a petition to
the Lord Chancellor, so that the arrangements they may
make might be carried out.—This report was carried una-
nimously.—The Chairman said he had received a letter.
dated the 6th instant_ ern.... As. yr, . - -

MR. HENRY PHILLIPS'S CONCERT AT THE ASSEMBLY
Rooms.—On Tuesday evening last, this splendid singer
delighted a numerous and fashionable audience with a se-
lection of the old classic melodies of England. To those
who have heard Philips little more commendatory need
be said than that he was in first-rate voice, and sang in
his usual chaste style. To those who have not we can
only say, embrace the first opportunity of hearing one of
the first bass voices of his time, and the best of old Eng-
lish ballad singers. In the first part, the gems were an
Irish melody, " Och, the Lakes of Killarney," and " Tom
Bowling." The latter was magnificently sung. In the
second, " The Lily on Liquid Roses,"—a chaste and beau-
tiful Bacchanalian song, drew down an enthusiastic en-
core, as indeed would many others had the audience not
been restrained by a sense of the arduous nature of the
task which the singer was imposing upon himself. " Shall
I, wastynge in despaire,"was also enthusiastically received,
as well as the concluding song of " The Old English Gen-
tleman." which no living singer, in our opinion, can sing
like Philips. If we may be permitted, however, to give to
one who has shewn such fine taste in the selection of this
evening, a hint for his future course, we should say let
him, at his next concert in Liverpool, favour us with some
of those beautiful modern ballads, which he
liarly his own by his beautiful singing at I

made pecu-

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popular music tells best with an audience.

LECTURES ON THE SUN AND MOON STAND-
ING STILL, AS RELATED IN " JOSHUA."

Mr. Linton delivered his third and last lecture on this
.
TO THE EDITOR OF THE LIVERPOOL STANDARD. subject, at the Assembly Rooms, Great George-street,
last night. The audience was not very numerous. After
SlR,—Permit me to call the attention of your readers
alluding to Mr. Taylor and the Rev. Dr. Clarke as having
to a passage which occurs in the speech delivered at the
Amphitheatre by the above-named gentleman on Wed- disposed of the subject without due reference to philoso-
nesday last. He says :—" I know not that it may not phical principles, he gave his definition of " a miracle,"
be with the very simple object of enjoying herself, that as something "produced by a natural cause, and that
the Queen has left the metropolis, and come down into cause being produced by the will of God." A miracle, he
the country ; but it does seem odd that men, who on the conceived, did not involve a violation of the laws of nature,
Commons are bitter enemies to each but merely a new natural cause for its accomplishment.'
floor of the House of
~ He divided the phenomena of the miracle, which was the
other, should meet on such friendly terms at Chatsworth.
Most charitable remark ! Only picture such a state of subject of his lecture, into four beads. First, the sun stood
things as Mr. Quaker Bright would seem to desire ; still;
secondly, it stood still a whole day ; thirdly, the
imagine such political animosity carried home into the moon also stood, at its accustomed proportionate distance ;
and fourthly, it was assumed that the sun set where it rose
family circle—the father at enmity with the son, and the
mother with the daughter ;—and oh ! what a distressing during the miracle. The cause he attributed to a new
sight is presented to the view ! We might well indeed motion given to the earth at right angles to the earth's
then say, Farewell to all social intercourse—farewell to diurnal motion. This was an oscillating and single mo-
all those fond charms which alone can soothe the weary lion, so far; the point of the oscillation was the earth's hours of this life's toils and troubles ! Yes, says Mr. centre; and this motion (or inclination from the north
Bright, all these comforts are to be thrown aside to epole, as we understood him) kept parallel with itself, the
lle- diurnal motion being still maintained. He afterwards
rish a feeling of political animosity.
It was indeed a saying well worthy of the man from illustrated his views by a balloon representing the earth
whom it emanated. It was (to quote a noble lord) " the
splenetic effusion of an ill-bred intellect." Here for once I the
the true character of his mind shone forth with a brilli-
ancy which eclipsed the ardour of his patriotic love. "mg mad
Here you see the man in a true light, stripped of the
outward garb of liberality, and giving utterance to the
real sentiments of his heart. Alas for Anti-Corn-Law
charity!! Let the inhabitants of Liverpool ponder over
this saying of Mr. Bright's, and let them consider well
before they throw away their money into the hands of
those who are aiming a deadly blow at the sweetest and
most endearing ties of social life.
I am, sir, yours obediently,
Liverpool, Dec. 8, 1843.

uiacK spot upon it to represent Gideon; and ma-
king the north pole of this dip towards the south pole of
the heavens, stated that in such a position, and the earth
having made a daily revolution, the words' in Scripture
were verified ; inasmuch as Gideon being in latitude 35
deg, north, the city, by this inclination towards the sun

. when the sun, d,
was at his meridian over it—would have the sun overstate it
for twelve hours, and neither less nor more. The sun
would take six hours (as it was then the equinox) to rise
to its meridian, and six hours to set from it, from east to
typer • • . .

cisely 24 hours, making in a 1136 hours. The moon, in its
relation to the sun, must, he said, have retained her rela-

'tve position. The diagrams he exhibited were rather
ingenious ; but we cannot help observing that he has left
the matter, in our humble opinion, precisely where it
stood. if Sacred Writ is to be believed, a miracle was
performed—and he admits a miracle, or an alteration
by d vine cause in .the heavenly bodies ; and as not''
is impossible to 14

Aim who made and rules the planetary
bodies, we think it rather too presumptuous to assume, as
he did that, he had discovered the true plan on which the
phenomena of the miracle were effected. It would be as
easy for omnipotent power to make the sun, which philo-
-Ant I .1

wane our earth In her daily revo-
lutions finds, from her own intervention to the rays of
light from that luminary, the alternations of night and
day,—it would be as easy, we say, to make the sun keep
pace with the world, and illuminate any meridian, as to
cause the earth to ascillate or bend down out of its steady
polar position, like a vascillating common air-balloon !
Mr. Linton, however, admits that there was a "miracle,"
and we tio not, therefore, incline to be severe upon him in
—AA"— with subjects that are beyond the reach of

The Liverpool Trade's Cup will, in future, be handi-
capped after the Northumberland Plate race.
COMMITMENTS AT THE POLICE COURT YESTERDAY.
—Two men, Lewis and Taylor, were committed for trial,
on a charge of stealing a quantity of lead pipes, from the
premises of a Mr, Sherwood. They had placed nearly
IA cwt. of the article in readiness to be carried off.—
John Roach, a man employed as a grate finisher, by Mr.
Bennett, at his extensive works in Sir Thomas's-build-
ings, was charged by his employer with stealing two ham-
mer heads, which were found in his coat pocket, on the
premises. He stated that he did not intend to steal them,
but merely to put handles into them. The prisoner had
been seventeen years in one employ, and latterly, ten
weeks with Mr. Bennett. He was committed for trial.—
A man named John Hoben, was also committed for trial,
on a charge of having knocked down Mr. John Wilkin-
son, on Saturday night, and with the assis
who came up, robbed him of the sum (
complainant afterwards followed the pr
land-road and had him secured. He w

It is proposed to build Dav and Sunday schools in con-
nexion with St Thomas's Church, in the poor and densely
populated district in which it is situated, in Toxteth-park.
One third of the children who are of an age to receive
instruction attend no day school, there being no public
institution in the neighbourhood, and are growing up in
ignorance and vice. A Sunday School of nearly 300
children is held weekly in the church ; and the majority
of the children are so destitute of decent clothing, that
the respectable inhabitants of this great city would
scarcely believe were they to see them, that they are the
inhabitants of this town and the ildren of English
parents. The church is the munificent donation of John
Gladstone, Esq., to Liverpool, who erected and endowed
it at a cost of nearly £BOOO, and who has also with disinte
ested benevolence intimated his int

of mat

large donation towards the erection of the schools.
appeal will be made on Sunday next (for particulars set
advertisement) to the benevolent and charitable to aid in
this good work, which it is hoped, under God, may be
made the blessed means of leading many
knowledge of him, who is the way, the
life.

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A PARENT INITIATING HIS CHILD IN BECOMING
THIEF !—On Friday evening last, the police constable c
dots in Tr.n.t...-L •

his attend(

man named John Corlett, by of
shop to shop, and inducinh
or six years of age, to purloin artic,..
At length, seeing something bulky abot,
took both of them into custody. When tak
well, a large pocket was found at the back of

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and in it were some brush

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wearing apparel. The smaii
Pedlars' Market. A pair of drawers were
father, which turned out to have been taken from t
shop of Mr. Hague, St. James's-.*-- liv
in Hardman-street, Tort- x'

-p. e had worked at
Messrs. Fawcett's foundry .ceth
butark had beeHn out of work for
four weeks. He has a wife and four children. On the
case being heard before Mr. Rushton yesterday, that ma-
gistrate said that it was one of the worst cases that had
ever come before him. Here was a father who might
earn an honest livelihood, deliberately teaching hia poor
child to become a thief ! Thernunsfel: and children were
,o use,and the father to the

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