The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1843-05-02 00:00:00

of the

sentiments quoted by Mr. Stansfield

nd he as strongly
_
re-
ductrines laid down in the tractiwhiCh had been
im. He further gives a letter from Mk. Ward,

curate, contradicti

a the most distinct terms

statement that he was the author of the tract, or pre-
led tract.

Edinburgh Post says that the truth of the affair ap-
netny of the Church of
Itertained towards it

'England,

ChaiTe

Tirc,R

of the Church of Scotland, printed a
ertions (looted by Mr. Stansfield, as

then forwarded

of the rVilncas, as the

b. calumnies: The editor appears,
ited with his advisers;Messrs.
and Dr. Syinington,. and also Dr:

It to ha

5 given to the world
ged popish tendenc

thoiight it a capital groan

Accordingly'

ied vith their other proc
of the Episcopal Churc

ye been equally acceptable
Mr. Statisticld, finding it

rs nair.st the Church of Eng!al
where find a readier rnarket.tii
Church,'w

al part

or of the Witness

6 PARKS

We understan

, Commissioners of Woods and Forests do not intend
mice' the appointments of the deputy-rangers, Sir August
D'Este and Mr. Stephenson,,under Jsis late Royal I-lighne
the Duke of Sussex, who receive salaries for the duties th
Thp ranter formerly derived an income, we belies

£l,soo.per annum from " the grazing'!. of, sheep
they have been transferred to the d
is and Forests, who repair emi

t of W

that source are paid into their offs

A. numerous meeting o

STATISTICAL S

k, 4, St. 'Martiu's-place,

ad on tragic and accidents
n. in 1842. by C. R. Weld,

Board of Trad

The null
eerh t

A. new clause in the act of E

lies to

twenty-on

the pa

s. The number of
.mounted to 18,453

rried upon fifty ra

a-class, and 2,592,057 passen
Ashed. The gross receipts f
•••-•• • ,elO/ .

Newca

amounted t0.C:_j.,731

ich the trz
ges :—Nor

ur ; Great Western

and North Shei
nand Cou

30, ditto : North Midland,
s, 21, ditto. The average speed (I
on all the lines is 211 miles per hour

'OREIGN. AND COLONIAL INTELLIGENCE

11r. W. Roper, a temperance lecturer, was mobbed and
rick-batted at Owens Station, Missouri, a few weeks since.
ic escaped with his life.

Letters from Champagne state, that, in consequence of the
njury done to the vines by the late frost, a considerable rise
las taken place in the prices of wines.
Count Gilbert de Voisins, whose serious illness we have
-.7ed, died • —Paris paper. [This gentleman

... yesterday
as Taglioni's husband.l

A new church is now in progress of erection in Vienna.
e interior of which is to be decorated with fresco paintings,
presenting scenes from the Crusades.

The Protestant Bishop ofJerusalem has obtained from the

.uthorities of .13eyrout permission to go on with the building

the church he had commenced in the Holy City

The subscriptions towards the Guadaloupe relief fund.
paid into the hands of the commander-in-chief by the na,..
tional guards of Paris and the Banlieue, amount to 87,342 f.
A grand bull-fight took place at Madrid, on the 17th ult.
No remarkable accident, says a Madrid letter, occurred; but
15 horses were killed.

. Several persons having been lately poisoned at Bayonne
and St. Esprit by eating mussels, the municipal authorities
have issued an order suspending the sale of this shell-fish.
On Palm Sunday the Bishop of Gibraltar, assisted by seven
clergymen of the Church of England, consecrated the new
Protestant church at Athens, in presence of tie Duchess of
Oldenburg, the queen's sister, and a number of English
residents and travellers.

Bladiices from Alexandria we find that the Pasha of
Egypt has acknowledged the receipt of a gold medal voted tc
him in London'for his keeping open the 'lndian route during
the perplexing year 1840, and for the protection which he
has afforded to Englishmen.

THE 'SOMNAUTH GATES.-=We mint not forget to an-
nounce the removal into the magazine this morning of the
Somnauth gates. The only observations we have heard either
from Hindoo or Mussulman during our stay here, has been a
surprise at so much fuss being made about a couple of maunds
of rotten old wood. The trappings for this piece of foolery
will, from what we have seen of them, very probably cost
some 2500 rupees.—Delhi Gazette. .
' • • •

vv
•
CONVERT FROM JUDAISM.—On Easter-day the interest-
ing ceremony of the public baptisni of a'conyerted Israelite,
Mr. Henry Friedberg, of Kalish, in Poland, was celebrated
in the parish' church of Binegar, Somerset. agreeably to the
injunction.of the Special Commissary of the Diocese, acting
for the Lord Bishop of Bath and 'Wells. The holy rite of
baptism was administered by the Rev. James Mules.
THE REVOLUTION IN HAYTI.—By accounts which have
been.receiied at Falmouth, we learn that on the 26th tilt.
every thingwas in perfect tranquility at Port-au-Prince: The
Patriot army, in two divisions, consisting of about 14.000
men, bad entered Port-au-Prince under the command of the
two generals, Herald Rivere and Lazarre. The inhabitants
had.appointed a Committee of Public Safety for the main-
tenance of order, and for the protection of persons and pro-
perty, pending the election of a new president.. A gentleman
who has just landed from the Hector mentions, that it was a
most agreeable feature of the revolution in question, and
alike creditable to the principals and subordinates, that the
most perfect order and good feeling prevailed, and was likely
to continue, the better government of the country appearing
to be the sole object of the change. This will be most satis-
factory to parties in England having connexions in St.
Domingo. The same gentleman also communicates, that to
his certain knowledge Boyer, on.his departure in the Scylla
man.of-war,hri,g took no more specie with Win among all his
family than 50,000 dollars.

4 NICE POINT.—One of the principal clerks in the office
of the Minister of .the Finances some time since sent a
secretaire, to a cabinetmaker to be repaired. After a lapse of
two days; he recollected. that, in his haste, he had left a
quantity of money in a secret drawer, and immediately went
to the cabinet-maker, who told them that he had not yet ex-,
amined it. Upon this, the owner opened the secretaire, and,
pressing the spring, discovered that his treasure was gone.
The cabinetmaker having denied that he had taken anything
from the secretaire, the gentleman went 'to the commissary
of police of the quarter, who, with one of his officers, searched
the premises of the cabinetmaker, and very soon discovered
3,000 f., partly in bank notes, enclosed in a Russian leather
pocketbook, and the rest in gold, contained in a silk purse,
corresponding precisely with the account of the loss previ-
ously given by the owner-to the commissary. The cabinet-
-1 maker now attempted to justify himself by stating, that as
he had been told before he removed the secretaire that it had
been completely cleared out, he supposed this. money had be-
longed to some previous owner, and that it became the right
of the first finder. This plea was not held good by the com-
missary, and he. sent the cabinetmaker to the prison of La
Force, to answer for his fraudulent conduct.
.AN ODD INNCONTILE.—The Gazelle des Tribunaux gives
the following :—" A strange scene took place on Friday last
at the promenade of Longchamps. A handsome caß:che
passed along, containing a lady, said to possess great dramatic
talent, and anxious for au engagement, and a young man with
black moustachios, who paid the greatest attention to his
beautiful companion. Suddenly a lady, on a beautiful chest-
nut mare, of great value, rode up to the vehicle, and peered
in very rudely
.for a few seconds. The young man seemed
overcome with alarm, and the would-be actress grew pale
through her rouge. The appearance of the horsewoman, on
the contrary, was highly animated, and anger sparkled in her
eyes. - After continuing her survey for about a minute, she
suddenly raised her riding-whip, and, with a vigorous arm,
struck the gentleman and the lady across the face, leaving
them both well marked ; then flinging her card into the car-
riage, she rode off at full gallop. This was only the first
scene of the adventure. The second took place on Monday,
in the Bois de Romainville. Two elegantly-dressed women
arrived nearly at the same time in cabriolets; and at once
proceeded to business. ' I have the choice of weapons,' said
the lady that had been struck, ' and I suppose you are . not
more anxious than I to have seconds in what is about to take
place.' NO,' haughtily replied the other, 'I am entirely at
your orders. You took from me a friend, whom I did not
wish to leave to ycu without the striking accompaniment,
which you may remember.' Oh ! you mean the horse-
whipping ?" Why, yes, I certainly do, but I did not like
using the word.' • Don't put yourself under any restraint,
my dear,' replied the other, ' for I swear to you that, before
two minutes arc over, the word will not produce any greater
effect on .you ,than on me,' Saying this, she opened her
dress, and taking from under it a thick and heavy whip, corn-
menced belabouring the other with all her force. 'lire origi-
nal assailant, bruised and covered with blood. was on the
point of sinking to the earth, when one of the woodmen,
. attracted by her cries, came up and rescued her. The two
' combatants were taken before the Mayor, who was ungallant
enough to forward them to Paris under 'escort: The third
act of the piece is to take place, we are informed, in the
Correctional Tribunal. If so, we shall give an account of
it." • . .

THE SUGAR TRADE

(From the Timps.)

The merchants and others'connected with the sugar" trade
have lately directed much attention to the statistics of this
important article' of their eorntnerce. The result of labours
undertaken with a view of throwing light on the matter, and
of presenting in h condensed 'form infOrmation which has
only existed in a setitterecl state, has already been printed ;
but the wish it generally expressed, that it should be more
extensively circulated. The fact shown by this
.information
is, that the cotisithiption of sugar has not advanced in the
same proportion as the increase of population ; while at the
same time the value of the colonial trade in sugar, both to
the revenue and to the shipping and commercial interest, is
set forth in a very clear point of view. Thus it is found that
in 1840 the quantity of sugar imported into this country was
4,035,854 cwt., and the quantity exported was 229,511 cwt.
of raw sugar, and 235,048 cwt. of refined. By the importa-
tion employment was given to nearly 141,000 tons of shipping
from the West Indies, to 30,000 Mauritius, to 26,000 from
Bengal, and to .36,000 from other countries, and employ-
ment was given to about 23,000 tons of shipping sailing to
various parts. These large amounts, of course, represent a
quantity of employment to the various classes connected with
shipping, besides the labour expended in the manufacture of
the article. The revenue derived from sugar was £4,449,033
in. 1840, £5,049,189 in 1841, and £4,884,415 in 1842. The
great importance of this trade of course renders its manifest
decline a matter of anxious solicitude, and it is ascertained
by tabular statements, that although in the ten years ending
in 1841 a larger quantity of sugar was consumed than in the
ten years ending in 1831, the increase has been. below the
average rate, notwithstanding the increase of population has
exceeded the average. In the years 1838, 1839, and 1840 the
quantity retained for home consumption was below the ten
' years' average, and it appears perfectly clear that sugar be-
comes more and more inaccessible to the poorer classes.
Other tabular statements have been furnished, which show
the decline-of consumption in parallel order with the increase
of prices paid. From 1831 (which was a slave-labour year)
the price, which was then 475. Bd., steadily advanced to
745. which is the average quotation for 1840, a decline
taking 'place in 1811 to 655. 31d. Under all the circum-
stances thus briefly set forth, great anxiety is shown for some
'method of obtaining sugar at a cheaper rate, without, at the
same time, encouraging the slave-trade.

ALARMING ACCIDENT TO Ma. BRUNEL.OI-We deeply
regret to statd.that this distinguished gentlemad is at present
in a state of extreme suffering, not exempt from serious dan-
ger, (at his house in London) in consequence of a goodnatu-
red endeavour to amuse the children of a friend. The father
and Mr. Brunel pretended, by sleight of hand, to pass money
from the month to the ear, and vice versa, when Mr. Brunel,
placing a half-sovereign in his mouth, it unfortunately slip-
ped into the trachea, where it. stuck, and every effort to
remove it prOving ineffectual, Sir B. Brodie has been called
in, and an operation„by making an incision in the thorax,
twat: determined upon. This critical operation was performed
with remarkable Skill and precision, by Sir. B. Brodie, assis-
ted.by three other eminent surgeons.. Very little blood was
lost by the incision in the windpipe, but coughing and irrita-
tion supervened, in such violence that the forceps could not be
used, and the half-sovereign still remains in the trachea.
The -oridcc,of the incision, however, is kept open, and Sir
B. Brodie, who speaks favourably of the case, trusts that
the substance may be extracted. The operation occupied
a considerable time, and r. Brunel endured his sufferings
with remarkable fortitude. We are 'happy to state, r.s the
latest intelligence .:we have received, hopes are entertained
that thc;coin will be extracted when the irritation subsides,
Which will probably be in a day or two.—Brislol Journal.

[The London papers of yesterday state that another oper-
Ation will be performed in a day or two, and that the medi-
cal gentlemen are not without hopes of success.]

PIICEBEBowN,—This singular individual, who for a series
of years was considered one of the curiosities of Matlock,
still lives, but in wretchedly reduced circumstances. The
visiter of Matlock of from fifteen to forty years since will not
fail to remember Phoebe, her singular mode of dress, consist-
ing partly•of male and partly -of female attire, from its very
oddity attracting general attention. Phoebe herself was,
however, a far greater piece of singularity than her dress,
and when we mention a few only of her daily avocations, this
will easily be believed. She was reckoned an expert breaker
of horses intended for the use of ladies, and possessed be-
sides a knowledge of agricultural affairs in general, consi-

derable skill-in.the selection of live stock, and her o

in the department of cattle breeding was frequently req
Phoebe was enthusiastically attached to music, nor wi

pinion
as her
alone.

knowledge in this branch confined to one instrument
She was a pleasing, if not a very scientific, performer c

favourite instrument, the flute, and was almost equ,
boon on the harpsichord and violoncello, o❑
.which i

went she accompanied the choir at Matlock Cher(

several years

From a comfortable little indepent:

the poor dame in declining years became chargeable to
lock parish, and she still
.occupies a poor cottage at MY

town. PhceThe is (to use's word recently designated
house of Lords. as " very learned") a decided monorn

on her
ally at
nstru-
ch for
tlency,
Mat-
atlock
in the

her mania being, however, of a very harmless decent
and consisting chiefly in the belief that she is able to pei
miracles by means of witchcraft, these miracles ref
chiefly to the discovery of hidden treasure. She has lay
however, got bold-of -a new crotchet—namely, that she
41e on die 4th of May, and. some. weeks ago, on a lade
gentleman, of our. acquaintance calling •on her, and atte
ipg to ridicule the prophecy, she produced a. suit of
clothes of a peculiar fashion, which she had recently
Up for herself in anticipation of the event which she so
tively prognosticates. She, however, in this instance
played a want of the tact so' frequntlY,acconipailyingce
grees,of insanity, as along with her shroud, &c. . she
aycd a new female garment,' which she informed the
s e had just completed, and which, though of coarse mate
as beautifully made, and from its texture ealcUlated to'
41ength of time,—,Derby ilfercui#

lady
erial,
wear