The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1844-10-29 00:00:00

THE FRENCH PRESS.

The irritation of the greater number of the French
journals at the reception of King Louis-Philip in En-
gland is truly ridiculous. All hopes of war, and of the
probable consequences of war in favouring revolutionary
movements seemed to be for the present dashed. En-
gland has given to the French monarch a hearty cordial
reception, and his Majesty has declared his sense of the
importance of peace to the interests of both nations.
This is too much to bear. The war party, that is, the
party of revolutionists, whether Legitarnists or Democrats,
the party of those who are out of place and office, or who
are broken in fortune, and therefore eager for change;—
this motley but too numerous party knows not which way
to turn at the present moment, and the various grimaces
by which they express their vexation are truly ludicrous.
We are not often in the habit of quoting Punch, but his
parody on the leading articles of the French journals is
scarcely a parody, and therefore we publish it

"BEAUTIES OF THE FRENCH PRESS.-PERFIDIOUS

I THE COE'RT 4- FASHIONABLE WORLD.

Her Majesty and Prince Albert arrived at Windsor at
seven o'clock on Monday, from Osborne House, Isle of
Wight, which place the royal party left at twenty minutes
bafjre two o'clock.

The Post says that it is the intention of her Majesty to
honour the Marquis and Marchioness of Exeter with a
visit at their princely residence, Burleigh House, near
Stamford, at as early a period as possible subsequent to
the opening of the new Royal Exchange. It is probable
the court will leave Windsor for Lincolnshire about the
commencefrient of the ensuing month.
A SABBATH MORNING'SWALK.--Sunday morning
week the serenity which pervades most country villages
on the Sabbath Day was experienced in the greatest degree
at East Cowes. Her Majesty rose at eight o'clock, and
having breakfasted, accompanied by Prince Albert, pro-
ceeded to take her accustomed exercise. Leaving the
domain of Osborne House at the southern gate, the Queen
and Prince proceeded on the turnpike-road towards Whip.
pingham, about a mile and a half distant. The royal pair
arm-in-arm, were recognised at the hotel which fronts the
gate, and by the woman at the turnpike, without the in-
dulgence of any impertinent curiosity; and as the Queen
and Prince proceeded on their walk, many pedestrians
became acquainted with the fact that it was Her Majesty
and the Prince.
UN PREPARED FOR A SUDDEN STORM.—Before they
had reached Whippingham a sudden storm came on, for
which the Queen and Prince were unprepared, her Ma-
jesty having only her usual attire. and a small parasol.
The Queen and Prince Albert, notwithstanding, proceeded
on their course towards the Barton, then about a mile
and a half from Osborne House, although they passed
several cottages.
A FORTUNATE POSTMAN.—The postman, however, at
Whippingbam had observed the royal pedestrians, and
with the best umbrella his humble means allowed him, ran
atter her Majesty, and offered it for the service of the
Queen. The Prince very graciously accepted the offer,
and his Royal Highness and her Majesty pursued their
way by the Barton to Osborne, over the fields, bidding
the man to follow. On their arrival at the house, with
many expressions of thanks, the postman was most agree-
ably surprised with the return of his umbrella, and a
present of £5. The man departed in no very unpleasant
mood, as may be supposed, and was not at all scrupulous
in proclaiming to his acquaintances, as he met them, that
"it was a good day's work for him." As soon as the
rain threatened, one or two of the attendants were des-
patched with umbrellas and cloaks, to see her Majesty
and his Royal Highness, but did not fall in with her
Majesty.
PRINCE ALBERT'S ANNUAL SALE OF LIVE STOCK.—
The sale of his Hoyal Highness's live stock, at Windsor,
took place on Friday, and attracted a great number of
salesmen and butchers from London and the adjacent
towns. The sheep realized the following prices :-230
southdown ewes averaged from 255. 6d. to 33a. ; 160
southdown' 2 tooth wethers, from 225. to 21s. The cat-
tle sold as follows :-20 Scotch pole 4-year-old bullocks,
fit for slaughter, averaged from £l2 to £l7 each ; 29
highly-bred Welch bullocks, from £ll 15s. to £l3 ss. ;
and 13 short-horned barren cows, from £lO to £l7 each.
Several Hereford oxen, Alderney cows, cart-horses, Ike.,
realized very excellent prices. The proceeds of the sale
mounted to upwards of £1,400.

PROGRESS OF TRACTARIANISM.

(From the English Churchman.)

In our remarks upon the Queen's conformity to Pres-
byterianism, we simply applied the same rule to her Ma-
jesty which we have uniformly applied to her subjects,
and we are really not acquainted with any patent right
which a Sovereign possesses to commit schism. The
Divine right of kings cannot make schism Catholicism !
If it be wrong in bishops, priests, or in the laity, to join
in public worship with those who reject and scoff at Epis-
copacy and the Catholic Church, surely it is wrong also
in the Queen. " But," the writer in the Brilish Maga-
zine will say, " we did not enter into the merits of the
case ; we only said that it was disrespectful to the Sove-
reign to say what you did." Well, and we say that it is
very mean and cowardly to try to injure us for telling a
truth which you had not the courage to tell, although you
knew it was the truth.
That we have not overstated the error which her Ma-
jesty made in worshipping with the enemies of Episco-
pacy, we request our readers' attention to the following
suggestions from a correspondent, who is about as sound
a specimen of an English Churchman as can well be ima-
gined :

" According to the Act of Parliament of William 111., the Sove-
reign of England must be in communion with the Church of Eng-
land, or the people are released from their allegiance
" Might not the Bishops excommuniclte the Queen for attend-
ing a Presbyterian place of worship, if the discipline ofthe church
is worth anything?
" If they did so, Who would be then Sovereign of England?
" No doubt this Act was intended to secure us from a Popish
Sovereign, but will it not equally support us from a Presbyterian
one?"

This is a very serious, and, it may be, an erroneous
view of the case; but, whether 'rue or false, we shall
doubtless have the old cry raised against us for even pub-
lishing
it ; but as our object is to act fairly and honestly
towards every member of the Church, from the highest
to the lowest, we care very little for mere cries, so long
as we conscientiously feel that we have done neither more
nor less than our duty. We take our stand upon the
theory, not upon the practice, of our Church; and when
we are convicted of advocating any practice or doctrine
for which we have no warrant, either in the authoritative
standards, or eminent Doctors of our Church, we will
make ample confession of our error, or forfeit our title as
ENGLISH CHURCHMEN!!!