The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1833-12-27 00:00:00

THE LADIES' CHARITY.

By permission of his worship the Mayor and the ConitriGn
Council, a ball will be given at the Town-hallo lionday
next, in aid of the funds of t4;4s,charity, of which Mrs. Arnaud
is the lady patroness. The, object of this excellent institution
is to afford relief to poor maiirieLwomen at their own -louses,
at the most interesting period's or„,„_ s'aivimee, -wben she
is rendered totally helpless by the g zls and perils of childbirth.
The funds of the charity are at preset', so much reduced, that
the managers have been obliged to strik -1 off two shillings a
week from the sums usually allowed to the objects Of their
bounty. To an ignorance of this fact we are induced to attri-
bute the absence of the higher orders of gentry f,n the vicinity
of-Liverpool from the balls given by the friends of ta‘e Ladies'
Charity on former occasions ; we hope, however, on the irvsent
that they will not fail to be where their presence will a-t, the*,
same time contribute te,the pleasure of their friends, and tao(
more substantial advantage of the poor and needy. Perhaps.;
of all the modes of raising the means of relieving the distressed,
balls and concerts are the least objectionable of any, because
they promote the intercourse of social life, refine and polish
manners to a very great extent, and do not, like fancy fairs or
bazaars, trench upon the profits of those who are compelled to
live by the fruits of their industry. As, then, all whopartake
of the entertainment provided on Monday night. may eXpect a
treat: of no common order, combining at once pleasnre and
utility, we hope that the attendance will be commensurate with
,the importance of its ulterior objects.

ADDRESS TO THE ARCHBISHOP OF CANTERBERT,—On Wed-
nesday last, a meeting of the Clergy of the parish of Leeds
was held in the parish church, when the address to the Primate
of all England, which we published a fortnight ago, arid
which is in general circulation among -the Clergy of England
and Wales, was read to the Clergy present, and unanimously
adopted. The signatures of each were immediately affixed, and
the address was dered to remain in the vestry for a few Alays,
in case any of the neighbouring- Clergy should wish to add their
names to it.—Leeds Intelligencer.
WILLIAM JOHN BANKES, EsQ,' M.P.—No man living, per-
haps, has rendered more important services to the cause of
learning than Mr. Baukes, who was honoUrably acquitted the
other day, in the Court of King's Bench. It was by his exer-
tions, ably seconded by the late Mr. Belzoni, and at his ex-
pense, that the obelisk of Philce was brought down the Nile, in
spite of every difficulty and obstruction, and ultimately con-
veyed entire to England; and it is to this monument; which;
except the Rosetta stone, is, perhaps, the most valuable vet
brought to Europe from the land of the Pharoahs and the
Ptolemies, that we are chiefly indebted for the insight which
we have obtained into the mysteries of hieroglyphics. It
afforded? by means of its Greek inscriptions, containing versious
of the hieroglyphic text, an opportunity of verifying the conjec
tural readings of the triple inscription on the Rosetta stone;
and it thus enabled Champollion and others first to construct,
and afterwards to improve and extend, that phonetical alphabet
which, notwithstanding its limited application, has already shed
a strong and steady light On every branch of Egyptian anti-
quities. Nor is this the only boort Cr which we are indebted to
the enterprise and liberality of Mr. Bankei.. He has also the
honour of having iliscovered.the Genealogical Table of Abydosi
which, when deciphered by means of the new phonetico-hiero;
glyphical alphabet, proved -to be a copy, with some slight varia-
tions, of the Royal Canon of Manetho, about which so much
doubt and disputation had previously preYailed. For these in-
' teresting monuments, now' indissolubly associated with one of
the most remarkable discoveries of modern times, we are exclu-
sively indebted to Mr. Bankes, whose name has, accordingly, if
we may so express it, become Etiropean property.-Zatedoition
Mercury.

TO MR. .r.l AMES LOW.
..Stu,--;Haviug,only retue-ri...1 from London late last night, I
have been unaime aqiesS you on the subject of your
'letter. in the Liverpo-.! Alen:iry:of last Friday.
_Representing; ,On the occasion to which you refer, the Cor-
poration, of tin's town, it could not be my wish or intention to
misstate any facts; and as youk letter contains on!y general
allegations, I call upon you to point out distinctly the "various
statements" to which you allude. • .
rile spirit and language of your letter fully justify me
in alis-
Missing from consideration the personal
_attack upon
which you have tkouL,Tht, proper to make. •
ant, sir, yours, ate.,
1:116LI.I.S FOSTER.
Town-clerk's Office, The. 21, ISM.