The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1848-04-18 00:00:00

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TUESDAY MORNING, APRIL 18, 1848

IN the United States, as in every other country
possessed of democratic institutions, the direction

of the public mind, and the extent to which it is
likely to be acted upon by any great event, is to be
gathered rather from the voice of the uneasy and,
occasionally, unruly masses, than from the more
rational opinions expressed by the thinking portion
of the community. The constraints of authority
ait lightly upon the minds, as upon the actions, of
every republican population; and, although in

ordinary times intellect and authority assume their
ust influence over such a population, in periods of
excitement, that influence is but a seeming, and
the real directing power is in the passions of the
multitude. Hence we are led to look for an indi-
cation of the probable operation of passing Euro-
pean events upon the minds of the people of the
United States, rather to the opinions mooted with
respect to them by their democratic press than to
the light in which they are regarded by their states-
men and diplomatists.

That the first sensation created in America by

the news of the revolution in France was one of
the most exuberant joy, will not surprise any one
acquainted with the temper of the American people.
We are told that it was displayed at New York in
celebrations, hanging out flags, speeches and con-
gratulations of every kind, which it was fully ex-
pected would spread throughout the union. All
this, of course, is perfectly harmless and natural.
The most important inquiry to be made, however,
is with respect to the mode in which Brother
Jonathan proposes to demean himself, politically,
in the event of any struggle or national collision
which may result in Europe ; and an answer to this
inquiry, which may not be far wide of the mark,
we find given in the following remarks of the New
York Morning Herald : _

" During the old wars growing out of the French revo-
ution, the policy of the United States was to keep aloof
from all European entanglements, and to maintain a neu-
tral position during the great fight between liberty and
despotism. This was good policy for that age of the
United States, because this country was then plor, thinly
populated, and incapable of making either a great physi-
cal or moral demonstration. The case is now changed
with this vast country—united, animated, powerful, belli-
gerent and rich. We are nearly twenty-five millions of
people, with wealth, capacity and intelligence sufficient to
enable us to cope with fifty millions of the old world.
The war with Mexico has just terminated most brilliantly
and decisively. A treaty of peace has been made with
that republic, and the American army, according to all
appearances, will soon be returning to their own country.
We possess one of the highest characters in the world, at
this moment, for our military advantages, our military
power, and our military capacity. During the recent war
with Mexico, our naval energies were in abeyance ; but

we have the best reason for believing that the naval capa-
city of this country is equal to our military capacity ;
and this is an arm of power which may be wielded with
immense effect in the coming contest between the new
republic of France, and the old deapotisms of Europe By
a developement and enlargement of our naval elements,
and the increase of our steam navy, and the full equip-
ment of our fleets, we can prevent, in some degree, that
great coalition of the despotic and monarchical powers of
Europe from overwhelming the. French republip. as 9iqx

. .
attempted at the close of the last century. If England
should interfere with the free action ,of the French people,
1 et it be the policy of the United States to take sides with
the new rapublic in Europe, and to assume such a positon
• as will make the intentions of the American people re-

spected, even by England. Perhaps the moment is nearer
than we anticipate, when Canada, Cuba, and all Me West
Indies will fall into ruin, or fall into our hands. Who

can tell whit the effect of the great movement in Paris
will be, within the limits of England, Ireland or Scotland,
n less than six months ? Who can stop the revolutionary
spirit of the age ?"

This is certainly not very modest—our trans-
atlantic brother, indeed, is not accounted at any
time a very modest man ; but it is probably, for all
that, a very fair reflex of his inclinations. He has
ust " whipped" Mexico, and what is still more to
his taste, succeeded in slicing off and appropriating

. . .
a portion of her territory. v He is enraptured by
the contemplation of his military achievements,
and would not object to have an opportunity of
trying the strength of his naval arm, which, he
complains; has, in his recent efforts, " been in
abeyance." The impudence of his proposed assump-
tion of the character of Dictator over the nations
of Europe may excite a smile just now. It may
appear to minds accustomed only to European
modes of thinking, and familiar with the interna-

tonal law of civilised nations; 'a most preposteroui
stretch of meddling. But of such a character has
been every past step of that policy, which our

worthy brother has adopted for the purpose of
increasing his territory. The slightest misunder-
standing with a neighbour, any tramped-up story
of offence to the dignity of an American citizen,
has been sufficient, in his eyes, to warrant the an-

nexation of a province or of half a continent.
It is not a pretext, therefore, which America will
require. She can readily make one, or a dozen.

mingle: in any melee which may take place in Europe.
And the hint given us by our brother journalist,
that she has such an object in her contemplation,
is not to be slighted. " Perhaps," he says, " the
moment is nearer than we anticipate, when Canada,
Cuba, and all the West Indies, will fall into ruin;
"—how naturally the alternative seems to present
—" fall into our hands." Is not
rh to warrant any absurdity, or

itself to his mind

the prize rich eno

any amour

little grounds for the
shed for by our unprin-

cupidity may prompt her to coma
Happily, we have so
belief. that the occ

sion w

cipled brother will not arise.
no inclination at present to
free action of the French peo;

Great- Britain feels
`interfere with the
!." There is apos-

sibility. too, that the nations of Europe will be
enabled to settle their affairs without the necessity
for his interference. It might be well, however, if
the above intimation of their designs upon our
colonies by this braggart power were reflected uppn
by the authorit
be well if the

1 offic

It might
in his eyes the

would observe tt

ruin of the B

is all but analogous

with their annexation by the American union; and
at the same time, they might weigh the securities
which we possess in the temper of its population,
that Canada is likely to make any strong resistance
against such a step.

?Loral flelvs.

said that a suit

it is exhibition of paintings will
take place in this town, id will open about the Ist May.
The Rev. Lewis Lew, who succeeded the late Rev.
Dr: Shepherd, as minisi of Gateacre Chapel, has re-
signed the charge. •
The splendid new stea► ►rion 17'
Toni Liverpool to Greenoc.._ rteer
on Tuesday, and to the Bromielaw, Glass,
hours—the shortest passage on record. •
A new trial has been moved for in the case relative t&
the powers conferred.by the possession of a bill of lading,
which was agitated by the assignees of Barton, Hem and
Co. at the late assizes. _ _

13 Orion made th

)W in seventeen

The Liverpool pensioners have been out during tholast
few days. On Friday, they were drilled in some fields
near Toxteth-tsarli, after which_ they proceeded through

,headed

We find by the annual report of the Liverpool District
Provident Society, just published, that the number of
perhb►►s relieved in the town during the past year was
32;096, of whom 20,489 were Irish, 10,945 English, 731
Scota, 453 Welsh, and not ascertained 78.
examint&

!hook,

..esk :day wee-a, atter'a most Interesting
of. the iufants of the North Chnreh of England Sc
Bond-street. a handsome workbox, with fittings, &c.,

as a parting gift, and

was preseu

~-iss Clark, their late tea(
been remGvei to-Walton School.) "

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e4eeni and zratitode for he'r iinvaried
zeal in the welfare and instruction of those committed to
ker cl4arge:"

A DANGEROUS KIND OF PIKE.—The Mercury says
that pike-making is going on very actively in Liverpool.
The only pike, however, from the effects of which the
Liverpool people expect they will have to bleed, is the
Rivington Pike.
The members of the Roscoe Club intended to present
Mr Boult, the secretary, with a testimonial for his exer-
tions in promoting the success of the club, but Mr. Boult
has declined the honour, as be does not consider the club

to be yet permanently established.
JESUITS FROM ITALY.—In the early part of the present
week four Catholic priests, from America, members of the
Society of Jesus, who were in Rome at the time 'of their
expulsion from Italy, arrived at Liverpool, and immedi-
ately afterwards left for the United States.—Preston
Chronicle.

ROYAL INSTITUTION SCHOOL, COLQUITT-STREET.—
Mr. Thomas Barber from this school, was on Wednesday
last elected to the open Sizarship at Clare Hall, Cambridge.
The examination consisted of original classical composi-
tion and translations from Livy, Plato, and other authors.
There were 6 candidates from different Grammar Schools.
The lady teachers in St. Barnabas's Sunday Sf.'hoel,
Isle of Man, and the pupils of the class under the im-
mediate charge of Mrs. Carpenter, unitedly presented
that lady with a very beautiful work-table, on Monday
week, in anticipation of her removal to England, as a
token of their gratitude for her services.
On Tuesday, a meeting of the Jews' Society was held
in the Rotunda, Dublin, the Dean of St. Patrick's in the
chair. The Rev. Thomas Nolan was one of the principal
speakers, and delivered a most effective address on the
practical lesson derivable to ourselves from the past history
of Israel, and on the obligations of present' duty which we
owe them in return, in a missionary point of view.
THE WATER INQUIRY.—The health committee have
appointed two competent gentlemen—Mr. Macgregor, of
Vauxhall Foundry, and Mr. Kennedy, of the Clarence
Foundry—to decide between Mr. Hawksley and Mr.
M'Donald, respecting the quantity of water which the
Harrington works are capable of supplying. We have
heard that the quantity exceeds that stated by Mr.
M`Donald.—Journal.
OPPOSITION TO BANKRUPTS.—In the Court of Bank-
ruptcy, on Monday, John Perry Platt and Henry White
Lake, on applying for their certificates, were opposed on
the ground of their having obtained advances of money
upon incorrect representation of the arrival of goods and
general merchandise on their account, upon their having
traded almost without capital, and become mixed up in
bill transactions to the extent of .C 60,000. Mr Commis-
sioner Perry suspended Lake's certificate for 18 months,
and Platt's for two years.

SHIPWRECK, AND Loss OF LlFE.—lntelligence has
reached the underwriters that the Agnes, Smal'man, mas-
ter, bound from Dublin to New York, with emigrants,
had, on the night of the sth instant when off the Tuskar
Rock, come into collision with the brig Watkins, Varty,
master, bound from Matanzas to Liverpool, with mo-
lasses ; the latter vessel sinking with the captain, crew,
and passengers, excepting two seamen, who contrived to
get on board the Agnes, eight persons being thus instantly
hurried into eternity. The Agnes has put back to Mil-
ford Haven.

At Chester Assizes, Joseph Clayton and Ralph Webster,
were convicted of wilfully setting fire to the dwelling-
house of the former, an hotel called the Egerton Arms,
at Birkenhead, for the purpose of defrauding the Sun and
West of England Fire Offices. Three times the same
evening was it discovered to be on fire—on the last occa-
sion a man saw through a window Webster set fire to some
shavings and put them under the staircase. Ile ran into
the house and seized hold of him, but the prisoner escaped
for a time by the interference of Clayton. It was proved,
also, that the latter had removed all his furniture, which
he had insured for 1,0001., to a house in Liverpool. Both
prisoners were found guilty, and sentenced to be trans-
ported for fifteen years.
IMPORTANT CLAIM.—The corporation of Liverpool
have given formal notice to the commissioners of woods
and forests, of their intention to take such steps as they
may be advised, in order to claim the foreshore in Bir-
kenhead against the crown, as to such portions of the
purchases of the corporation there from Mr. Price and
his assigns, in which all the rights of Mr. Price are con-
veyed to them ; also that they will claim the foreshore
and creeks on the north side of Wallasey Pool, under a
different title. A most important trial will, therefore,
take place as soon as the parties are prepared • and the
intricacy of the case will be in no wise diminished by the
first, second, and seventh clause in the minutes of arrange-
ment between the Birkenhead Dock commissioners and
the crown, which were agreed to in November last.

THE PROPOSED HEALTH OF TOWNS BILL.—A peti-
tion to Parliament against the Health of Towns bill being
permitted to extend to Liverpool is now in course of sig-
nature in the Exchange News-room and other places in
that town. Amongst other things, the petition alleges
that they view with alarm those provisions of the act
which subject the municipal and local authorities to the
control of Government inspectors and central commis-
sioners ; that they are not encouraged by the poor-law to
desire any further extension of the system of centraliza-
tion ; that they regard the present manner of influencing
the proceedings of town councillors by an appeal to their
elective constituency, the burgesses of the town, as a
better, safer, and more constitutional check than any ap-
peal to the irresponsible commissioners in London. We
strongly urge on our readers to sign this petition, as the
sanitory arrangements of the town cannot be in better
hands than in those of our Health Committee.
DEATH FROM ALLEGED VIOLENCE.—On Monday after-
noon, a man named William Hesketh, who resided in
Lodge-lane, went, with several other persons, to a shoot-
ing match at Windsor, and called, when it was over, at
the Tunnel Hotel tap, and other places, where they got
some liquor. Late in the evening, the deceased, who was
a little in drink, was being assisted home by two persons
named Webster, when, it is alleged, he fell in Lodge-lane,
and received a blow on the back of the head, which ren-
dered him insensible. At the inquest, facts transpired
which led to the supposition that the deceased had met
with violence in a quarrel, and the inquiry was adjourned
until Saturday. On resuming the inquest, it appeared
that the beadle had made every inquiry to ascertain if any
one saw the deceased either struck or ill-used in any way,
but could not find any information on the subject. The
jury returned a verdict to the effect that the deceased died
from fracture of the skull, but how received there was no
evidence to show. _ _

THE WEATHER, &c.—During the past week we had
much more rain, and cold winds principally from the S.E.,

. • _
than was agreeable to agriculturists, or indeed to the
general community. Saturday was wet and raw through-
out a great part of the day. Sunday was particularly
gloomy, the sun being obscured by thick clouds, and the
wind being still from the south-east, there was little abate-
ment of the previous cold. The sky strongly threatened
rain during the greater part of the day, and about ten
o'clock at night a heavy downfal, accompanied by a whist-
ling wintry wind took place, and continued in squalls for
some hours. Notwithstanding the humidity so general
over the last three weeks, the farmers in this neighbour-
hood have got their spring corn seed into the ground
pretty well, and in some fields it already shows verdure.
Some of the wheats are a little discoloured from the fre-
quent wet and the cold winds ; but a week or two of fine
weather would redeem it. Vegetation is advancing gra-
dually. but slowly. Yesterday the air was rather milder,
and the morning was bright and sunny. The wind had
shifted to S.W. The day afterwards became dull, and
a slight shower fell. We find that within the last fort-
night the weather in the lake district has been very pre-
carious, and at times very severe, attended with both frost

and snow.
A MESMERISERS BILL.—
Mr. Commissioner Lowndes

At the County Court, before
on Wednesday and Thurs.

Hicks, the lecturer on mesmerism and phrenology, sum-
moned Mr. William Davies, linendraper, of Berry-street,
for 1.2 35., for mesmeric operations performed upon the
defendant at his own request., for a period of three weeks.
Mr. Hicks stated that the defendant was operated upon
for upwards of three weeks, for deafness, and that he had
appeared in public at his lectures, and stated that he had
received great benefit from the treatment. The defend-
'tit, after the period named, ceased to attend as usual,
d he stated at first that he would pay M-

a - WI nougu nu
Ilicks' usual fees, when the bill for £3 3s. was sent in,
he returned another bill, in the way of a set off, charging

on and exhi

Mr. Hicks returned

CHARTIST DEMONSTRATION..--OR Friday, another de-
monstration of the chartists, fraternizers, repealers, and
others, took place at the Music-hall, Bold-street • a Mr.
M'Ctean in the chair. The meeting was not so well atten-
ded as some of the others, but as much sedition, &c., was
talked as on any former occasion. One of the speakers
(Dr. Reynolds) stated that a government reporter was
present, and another speaker, one Mr. Doyle, aroused an
uncommon quantity of laughter by reading something
which, in the plenitude of his Irish wisdom, he mistook
for poetry. The Mercury and the Journal came in for
the compliments of their "friends."

GAs.--Thc surveying officers appointed by Government
to report on .the Liverpool Gas Companies Amalgama-
tion Bill have strongly recommended a gen-tral adoption
of gas for domestic uses, as leading to cleanliness, warmth,
and comfort. They also state that a clause referring to
gas in the Health of Towns Bill, similar to the water
clause, might with advantage be introduced. They con-
clude " by submitting that facilities should be afforded
whereby gas companies may be enabled to contract with
the landlord both as to the fittings and the supply of gas,
and whereby the landlord on his side may be enabled to
oblige them to contract with such supply on reasonable
terms."

SIGNIFICANT FACT.—On Friday night last, between
ten and eleven o'clock, a gentleman of our acquaintance
met a number of Irishmen in Manchester-street, pro-
ceeding towards the docks. As the street named is on
the direct route from Lime-street to the quays, he natu-
rally inferred from this fact that they had just arrived in
town by railway, and were making their way to the north
wall station, whence the steamers for Ireland for the most
part put off. This opinion was confirmed by their con-
versation, which he overheard. They carried with them
several muskets, and one of them was heard to say that
he had purchased his weapon in Birmingham for five
shillings. Our informant observed that the muskets were
shorter than those usually made—being probably cut
down so as to be more portable, and more easily con-
cealed. The men were of the usual ragged class who
generally come to this country in droves in harvest time.
As there can be no doubt hut that fire-arms and other de-
structive instruments find their way to Ireland, and fall
into the hands of mischievous parties there, would it not
be well that the Government, or the authorities here, if
authorised, should search all luggage or packages likely to
contain arms, and detain them. We feel assuted that the
respectable steam-packet companies have no- interest in
exporting hence any such articles, and would do their
best, if they were called upon, to aid in preventing so
perilous a traffic.

ASTRONOMICAL LECTURE IN SUPPORT OF CFIF IST
CHURCH SCHOOLS.—We are glad to state that' W. M.
Fisher, Esq., purposes to give a lecture in behalf of these
schools, on the interesting science of astronomy, on Tues-
day next, at the Concert-hall, Lord Nelson-street. We
know of no educational establishment in the town more
'worthy of the encouragement of a benevolent public,
whether as regards its admirable management, or its great
success and utility in a crowded district of the town. No
fewer than 600 children are there usefully and religiously
instructed on week days, and 700 attend the Sunday-
school attached to it. The government inspector, who
was recently in the town, and examined the pupils of the
schools attached to the Church of England, with a view to
select from them those best qualified, from their in-
telligence to become teachers, found that out of those
who challenged the inquiry out of four schools,
seven out of fourteen boys who were eligible belonged to
this school. What is still more, he passed nine of them ;
but two of them were too young—one of whom being but
nine years of age. The schools (the cost of working which
is about £4OO per annum,) were two years ago enlarged
and improved, in order to meet the increased attendance,
at a cost of £l5O, £5O of which remains as a deht ; and it
is with a view to liquidate this outstanding amount that
Mr. Fisher has liberally come forward to devote his well-
known talents as a lecturer. He will ilustrate the various
branches of his subject by his beautiful series of diagrams,
and will also exhibit his beautiful dissolving views of scrip-
tural scenes and subjects ; and as the whole will be highly
instructive and amusing to both young and old, we trust
the members of thecongregation, and others, will secondthe
generous effort by attending with their families or friends.