The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1850-10-22 00:00:00

EBtOtritt Re 1135.

NO NEED OF A TEN-AND-A-HALF HOURS ACT.—It is
estimated that at present there are close upon 2500 looms
standing in Manchester alone, and in addition nearly 5000
working short time.
On the 30th instant, an Educational Conference is to be
held in Manchester, for the promotion of the establish-
ment of a general system of secular instruction, maintained
by local rates, and managed by local authorities.

NOVEL TRICK.—On Monday Mr. David Shore, green-
grocer, Chapel-street, Salford, saw an Irishman stealing
potatoes in a rather novel way. The Irishman had a
stick, by the aid of which he pretended to walk, but as
soon as he got near a hamper of potatoes he poked his
stick into it, and brought out a potato stuck on a nail at
the end of the stick ; then swinging the stick dexterously
behind him, he contrived to slip off the potato and put it
into his pocket. Mr. Shore took him to the police-office,
and when searched there nearly a dozen potatoes and
onions, and a ball of hemp, were found in his possession.
The prisoner was committed for seven days as a vagrant.
RAINFORD CHURCH MISSIONARY ASSOCIATION.-011
Sunday week two sermons were preached in the Old
Parochial Chapel of Rainford, by the Rev. Henry Car-
penter, of St. Michael's, in this town, on behalf of the
Church Missionary Society, when the aum of £6 ss. 2d.
was collected.—On Wednesday last the annual meeting
was held in the New School-room, which was completely
filled on the occasion. The meeting was addressed by the
Rev. John Groom, (the Incumbent,) the Rev. H. Car-
penter, and the Rev. Thomas Green, of Friezland, near
Manchester, who represented the parent society,—The
greatest interest was manifested in the addresses of the
deputation, and the sum of £1 17s. Bd. was collected at
the doors.

ROCHDALE SAVINGS' BANK.—At a meeting of the
depositors of the Rochdale Savings' Bank, held a few days
back, it was resolved to use all possible means during the
next session of Parliament to obtain some contribution
from the Government towards making up the losses they
have sustained through the faith in the liability of the
State, which was culpably allowed to grow up amongst all
classes.. The history of our entire legislation on the sub-
ject, and all the Parliamentary evidence regarding it, have
fully established not only the fact that the well-informed,
as well as the ignorant, were led into this belief, by neg-
lect and mismanagement on the part of the public autho-
rities, but that these authorities had for years been cog-
nizant that it was almost universally entertained. Under
these circumstances, the moral hearing of the question is
so keenly appreciated by the sufferers, that the refusal of
the Ministers and of the House of Commons to meet it
fairly is productive of the most injurious consequences. In
the evidence taken last session before the Committee, on
the Savings of the 'Working Classes, the effect which had
been produced from this cause upon the minds of the
poor was described with remarkable force, and as a new
system is now about to be organized, and the limit of past
losses is definitely known, it may be hoped that the repre-
sentations which it is proposed should be made with re-
spect to them will be received in a spirit that will remove
each pretext for further agitation, and satisfy the reason-
able views of all parties.
A VARIETY OF THE OLD TRICK OF RING DROPPING.
—On Thursday last, as an old man was passing the In-
fantry Barracks, Regent-road. Salford, he was joined by
a man unknown to him, who was walking in the same
direction, towards Eccles, and while conversing together
about a soldier's life, they saw a man a little in advance
of them drop a small parcel. The old man shouted to
him to stop ; but he walked on, seemingly unconscious of
the loss. Upon coming up to the parcel, the old man's
companion picked it up, and told him not to mind calling,
but to see what was in it. They still followed the man,
and as they walked along they opened the parcel, which
contained a curious little box ; this the man, with seem-
ing difficulty, opened. Inside were a ring and some
snuff. The man then said, " Let us take out the ring,
and plague him for his carelessness." He then took out
the ring, placed a small pebble in its place, and carefully
closed the box. By this time they had come up with the
man who had dropped the box, and the man who had
picked it up asked him whether he had not dropped
something. After feeling in his pocket, he said, "0, I
have lost a box." The other then asked him what was
in it. He said a ring ; on which the finder said they had
found the box, but there was no ring in it. The dropper
said he was sure there was, as no one but himself could
open the box, and he would bet a sovereign the ring was
in it. The other said he had no money, but urged the
old man to bet a sovereign. This the old man would not
do ; but suffered himself to be persuaded to bet half-a
crown, the finder holding the stakes. The dropper then
opened the box ; and lo ! the ring was there. The finder
handed the money over to the dropper, who was doubtless.
his accomplice in the trick ; and, perceiving a policeman
coming, they took to their heels and were soon, out of
sight, leaving the old man conscious, but too lutes that
he had been tricked.—Manchester Guardian.

THE MODERN CHURCH OF ROME.

The first lecture of the winter course intended to be
Idelivered to the members of the Church of England In-
stitution, was given on Thursday evening last, to a most
crowded auditory. The Concert-hall, Lord Nelson-street,
ho seldom contained within its walls a greater number of
pereotis it one time, nor witnessed greater enthusiasm on
their part, The subject of the lecture was " The Modern
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was the establishment of the hierarchy in this country,
and it had been decreed that we were to have a Catholic
Lord. Archbishop of Westminster, but he would find him-

self without jurisdiction. and without a cathedral, though
no doubt his eye was pointed clandestinely at Westminster
Abbey. The rev. gentleman referred to a variety of
movements going on both in the Church of Rome and
that•of England confirmatory of his remarks relative to
the insidious strides of Popery. in speaking of the con-
duct of a certain section of the clergy 'with our Church,

rections of the rnbric, but when those directions militated
with their peenliar views they could disregard them
without the least compunction (Hear, hear.) A short
time since while in London he had witnessed a
clergyman who, in reading the c3mmunion service, stood
with his back to the congregation, in direct violation of
the directions of the rubric. While in London he had
been asked by a member of parliament what he thought
of the state of mind of the young men of Liverpool. This
gentleman pointed to what was being done by Sir Am-
brose Lyle Phillips (a Roman Catholic gentleman) in this
respect ; he had established mediaeval guilds where the
young men walked in procession, and otherwise acted in
conjunction with the clergy; he (the chairman) replied
that the young men of Liverpool had not yet got so far as
mediaeval guilds, though they had succeeded in establish-
ing a " Church of England Institution." In conclusion
the rev, chairman expressed his conviction that all those
whom he was addressing would remember that they were
members of that church, in vindication of whose doctrines
Cranrner and Latimer were carried to the stake. Through-
out his address the rev. gentleman was loudly cheered,
and be sat down amidst the greatest applause.

The Rev. Dr. O'SULLIVAN having made a few intro-
ductory observations, proceeded to the subject of the
lecture—" The Modern Church of Rome." That church
was not the same as the ancient Church of Rome, nor was
it a continuation of it ; errors were found in the former
which were not in the latter. The modern Church of
Rome was not the Catholic Church, nor a part of it, for,
whatever were the defects of the ancient church, it still
kept the pure faith. The modern church had adulterated
the faith. These points formed the basis of the lecturer's
arguments, which he opened by refuting the popular
notion that the Church of England, as a reformed church,
had separated herself, and was distinct from the ancient
Catholic Church. The reverse was the fact, for she had
maintained the ancient faith, whereas the Roman Church
had, by her departure from its simplicity and integrity,
really separated herself from the primitive faith.
In the course of his lectures Dr. O'Sullivan alluded to two
well-known acts of one of the Popes—the appointment of
Charles of Spain to the distinction of Protector of the
Church, and of Henry of England to that of Defender of
the Faith. The Pope of the day was promptedby worldly
wisdom in this selection. At that period Spain was the
mightiest monarchy in the world, while England occupied
only a secondary place in the system of Europe ; it would
seem as though there was a destiny in this act, that the
pontiff could not have anticipated ; while the fortunes of
Spain became linked to the church, England was destined
to be consecrated to the faith. How stood it with Eng-
land and Spain now ? At the time the two Crowns
received their respective titles, Spain boasted that the sun
rose and set upon her possessions ; but let the two coun-
tries be compared now,—the condition of Spain from her
adhesion to a corrupt church,whilst England might truly be
called thedepository of the faith which she diffused through
the whole earth. There was also another instance of
the instrumentality of England in preserving the faith.
the circumstances of which would seem to have been
directed by Providence. At a synod held in 1542, at
which the only Englishman present was Cardinal Pole, a
question arose as to what should be done, as no command
had been received from the Pope, by which their delibera-
tions might be guided. Cardinal Pole interposed, and said
on every occasion similar to that the immemorial custom
had been to recite a profession of faith. The lecturer
congratulated his audience that this suggestion came from
England, for by being carried out we were put in
possession of the faith of the ancient Church, and were
able to point to the deviations made by the modern
church of Rome. From that profession it appeared that
the faith was that which we may hear every Sabbath in
Protestant churches—the Nicene Creed. The learned
gentleman went on to compare the early decrees of the
Church with those of modern times; these last being the
chief sources whence had arisen the fatal errors of popery.
Proceeding to another branch of his subject, Dr.
O'Sullivan referred to the incidents of the period of
Catholic emancipation. At an examination of Roman
Catholic clergy before a committee of the House of
Commons, it was distinctly stated that the only conse-
quences of the operation of the penalty of excommuni-
cation would be to debar the individual from sacramental
benefits. Why, the state of the people of that church
in this respect was fearful ; no one knew how far he was
from participation in such benefits, owing to the doctrine
of intention. By this doctrine, although a priest went
through the form observed in the sacramental office, yet,
if his intention were not to confer the assumed benefits,
the penitent remained in the same condition as before.
In conclusion, the lecturer alluded to the recent case,
which has caused much excitement in the church—a case
in which a clergyman was called upon to decide on a point
on which the church has not given any opinion, and be-
cause he did not adopt certain views was tyrannously
prohibited from entering upon those functions. which he
conceived he had a right to exercise, until the law of the
land stepped in to assist those rights. He thought all
those who heard him agreed with him in approval of the
preeminence of the law, as evidenced in the case referred
to. (Cheers.) He glanced from this topic to Ireland,
where a Protestant Government bad been so inconsistent
as to bring into operation schools notoriously calculated
to cherish, rather than destroy, the corruptions of Popery :
but the church in Ireland had not failed to do her duty
in the emergency ; 1700 clergymen had sacrificed all hopes
of professional preferment, and, in some instances,had sub-
mitted themselves to all the horrors ofpoverty, by opposing
this ill-considered measure, for it must be remembered
that the national schools of this country did not give an
adequate idea of such schools in Ireland, which would be
almost entirely under the control of the priests.—The
reverend gentleman resumed his seat amidst the most
enthusiastic applause, when
The Rev. W. Pollock and the Rev. F. Parry stepped
forward to propose votes of thanks to the two principal
persons present, the rev. lecturer and the chairman,
which were seconded by the Rev. F. Barker and the Rey.
W. Brewster.

The resolutions were carried by general acclamation, and
the whole proceedings passed off most satisfactorily, and
are likely to be productive of permanent benefit.

QUEEN ELIZABETH AT COBHAM HOUSE.—In 1600—
on the occasion of the marriage of Lord Herbert with
Anne, only daughter of Lord John Russell—we find
Queen Elizabeth honouring her nuptials with her presence.
On her landing at Blackfriars she was received by a gal-
lant company, including the bride, and was carried in a
kind of litter, supported by six knights, to the residence
of the bridegroom, where she dined. The same night
she supped with Lord Cobham at his house in Black-
friars, and we are told that as she passed by the house of
" Doctor Puddin" he came forth and presented her with
a fan, which she graciously accepted. As Elizabeth was
at this period a wrinkled Queen of sixty-three—" old and
cankered," to use the words of Essex—it is not a little
curious to find her acting the part of a girl of eighteen in
the gay frivolities with which she was entertained at Cob-
ham House. According to the " Sydney papers," there
was a memorable masque of eight ladies, and a strange
dance newly invented. The attire was this : each had a
skirt of cloth of silver, a rich waistcoat wrought with silk
and gold and silver, a mantle of carnation taffeta cast
under the arm, and their hair loose about the shoulders,
curiously knotted and interlaced. Mistress Fitton led ;
these eight lady maskers chose eight ladies more to dance
the measure. Mrs. Fitton went to the Queen, and wooed
her to dance ; her Majesty asked what she was ?
Affection, she said. Affection said the Queen, Affection
is false ! Yet her Alajesty rose up and danced. This
entertainment took place only a few months before she
signed the death-warrant of her 'oeloved Essex, whose
conduct towards her was probably then rankling in her
heart.—London and its celebrities. _

A GIFT liE7YO,"\:D' PRICIE.—They tell a new anecdote of
Rachel, the tragedian-ess, in the Fren?li journals. A
certain Lord II —, an English nobleman, is mentioned
as having a remarkable collection of dramatic relics. He
has the piano of Malibran, the sofa of Sphie Arnould,
the umbrella of Garrick, the
.fan of Mad'lle Mars, the
watch of Talma, and the last bottle of Madeira which
Kean drank from, and which fell from his hand, half-
emptied, as death seized him. The label on this half-
bottle of wine, by the way, has the inscription, " Into-
mated by the agony." But Lord H— wished to have
a souvenir of Rachel. He had seen, in calling upon her,
the famous guitar which she used,
.when a poor child,
singing for bread in the streets of Paris. Without this
relic of her property, Mademoiselle Rachel never travels.
It is enclosed in a velvet case, and, wherever she stays,
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it is taken out and suspended n honourable conspicuous-
ness. Of course, it was an object specially worthy of a
place in the collection of Lord 11—, and his lordship
offered to purchase it at any price which the gifted
Jewess would set upon it. She assured him, however.
that it was not for sale. " But, if I should offer you &
thousand guineas for it ?" asked the collector. " I should
still refuse," she replied. Lord H— thought, however,
that he would try another temptation, and, on his return,
home, sent her two diamonds, each worth twenty thou-
sand francs, in exchange for her guitar. Mademoiselle
Rachel returned the diamonds, with a little note, stating
that she would not give her guitar " for all the Jewels La
the crown of Victoria h"—New York Home Journal.