The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1851-03-04 00:00:00

and a• world abroad banded against us. Although
taunted with the factiously-raised outcry that they
were animated in their measures solely by bigotry,
corruption, and hostility to all improvements, the
tories under Pitt, Ca nni ng, and Huskisson originated
those practical ameliorations of our system of com-
merce and finance, upon which the empirics of the
present day have based their claims to fame; and
nothing but the violence of the frinch revolution
prevented the adoption of such a scheme of reform
of our church establishment, as would have for
ever taken that pretext out of the hands of the
Whig and Ultra-radical party.
We must return, however, to the question—what
is the country prepared to do in this emergency.
We are aware that Lord John Russell's measures,
especially with respect to the Papal aggression, will
not satisfy the country. What we have to do now,
therefore, is to prepare for a dissolution at any hour.
It cannot be far distant. Liverpool must do her
duty in this emergency. She is at present misre-
presented. _ _ _

Of Mr. Cardwell we need say nothing more than
we have already said. - He must never again be
returned for this Protestant town. Mr. Thomas
Berry Horsfall will dispose of one candidate when-
ever he chooses to give us the chance. We shall,
however, most probably have to select two consti-
tutional members ; and, as a colleague of Mr.
Horsfall, we have had suggested the Honourable
Dudley Ryder, an unexceptionable candidate ; Sir
Howard Douglas, an uld friend, around whom
the Protestant constituency of Liverpool would
promptly rally; and a very influential party
has recently named the Hon. Mr. Stanley, the
eldest son of the noble lord, who will probably lead
the future Protectionist Administration. Mr.
Stanley is a young man of great talent, and in the
welfare of this important town and neighbourhood
he and his are deeply interested.

MRS. H. BEALE'S GRAND CONCERT LAST
NIGHT.

The concert of this lady, last evening, was a rich treat,
its leading feature being that the music performed was
exclusively of a classical character. The selection was
from Rossini, Beethoven, Mendetsaohn, Mozart, Merca-
dante, and Schubert, with the names, worthy of being
styled classical, of Ernst and Haller, Balfe. Frank Mori,
and Macfarren. Part first commenced with a duetto from
Rossini, by Mr. S. Stockhausen, and Signor S. Tamba-
rini. We fancied that in this piece the latter was a little
tame. Ills voice, in the sotto parts of the dialogue, was
almost inaudible. To proceed with the-vocalists, Madlle.
A ngri sung the well-known air, " Una voce poca fa,"
magnificently., Her voice is a deep Albani, if we may use
the word. She has all the vocal depth of her great rival ;
and, if anything, a little more execution. Her singing of
Frank Mori's fine song,—" Breathe, olis breathe that
simple strain,".—was a most satisfactory: effort ; and
establishes this lady as a first-rate singer of our English
ballads.

The second piece in the programme, Beethoven's trio
for piano-forte, violin, and violoncello, played by Mrs. H.
Beale, Herr Ernstrand Mr. Haddock, was the most satis-
factory performance we ever heard in Liverpool. Mrs.
Beale was in her very best play ; her powers of execution
are surpassed by none ; and her smooth and delicate touch
and beauty of expression, in the Adagio, merit our warm
commendation. Great interest had been manifested to
hear the world-famous Ernst in classical music, and never
was expectation more thoroughly realised. In Herr Ernst's
playing there is none of the personal display we have at
times had occasion to reprobate. Everything is made
subservient to a clear illustration of the author's mean-
lug—combining every mechanical excellence with an
impassioned, earnest, and deep poetic feeling peculiar to
himself. Herr Ernst may justly be regarded as un-
equalled in this school of music. Mr. Haddock never
was heard to greater advantage. His similarity in style
and finish to Herr Ernst was strikingly obvious. We
have always admired in Mr. Haddock that combination
of taste and sound judgment, seldom found in those pos►
sessing his superior practical powers.
We regret that we cannot give a notice, such as it
deserves of the second part of this concert. The attend-
ance was most critical ; and that it wrs not so numerous
as it ought to have been may perhaps be accounted for by
the other attractions provided for the evening.

LITERARY NOTICE,

opery, a Priestly Conspiracy against the Intelligence,
the Marais, and the Liberties, Civil as well as Reli-
gious, of Man.

The above is the title of a Lecture, (published yesterday,)
from the pen of our talented townsman, the Rev. Verner
M. White, A. 8., minister of the Presbyterian Church,
Islington. Mr. White opens his subject by showing that
although the Roman Catholics hold the dogma of the
infallibility and unchangeable character of their church,
yet when Protestants prefer any charge against her prac-
tices and principles, and support the charge by reference
to the Bulls of Popes, or the decrees of councils, the
answer invariably is, that separately; these authorities are
fallible, and therefore their edicts are not binding. This
being the case, Mr. White asks where is the unity of the
Church. The writer then proceeds to analyse the various
doctrines and practices of the Church of Rome, which
are considered unscriptural by Protestants, and proceeds
to contrast the corruption of a church which acknow-
ledges as its head a frail mortal, with the purity of the
church which admits of no head but Christ. In proof of
the hostility of the Papacy to• learning, he adduces in-
stances, by showing that the names of some of the great-
est ornaments of science and literature will be found in-
scribed on the pages of the prohibitory indices. In a
social point of view, too, he states that Popery is demo-
ralising by the fact of the great expenditure for police
establishments required in the Popish districts of Ireland,
compared with the cost for a similar purpose in the North.
We extract the concluding paragraph of the pamphlet :

" I have now stated my case, and I leave it in the hands of
an impartial public to say if I'have proved it. My statements
of the tenets of the Church of Rhine were given in the words of
the church herself, and my authorities have been drawn from
the same source. I have proved that the head of the system
claims to be regarded as a God upon earth, having power over
all nations, in all things, both temporal and spiritual. I have
shown the character of the men who claim these powers. I
have pointed out how, to make a basis broad enough to bear
any doctrine lie chooses to teach, he restricts the Scriptures,
raises tradition to an equality with them, and requires that
they be received only in the sense in which the church is
pleased to interpret them ; and that in all her decisions she
must be regarded as infallible. I have noticed the means by
which the will of the head of the church is executed—the priest-
hood, its numbers, orders, wealth, and celibacy, its blind and
sworn attachment to its head, and the immunities by which
such allegiance is purchased. I have also pointed out how this
priesthood holds unlimited sway over the people, that they are
regarded as holding the place of God,—as essential for the peo-
ple at every step of their journey through life,—their complete
knowledge of them through the confessional,—their power to
remit or retain their sins by their mere intention, though they
speak the opposite,—and to employ the knowledge they have
gained to the utmost advantage of the order, by penances, in-
dulgences, and so forth. Nor is their power limited to the,
grave. The poor slave by death is freed from the biood-stained
lash of his cruel master; and even when his body may be torn,
by the scourge, and manacled by fetters, his spirit is free. Not
so the slave of the priest of Rome ; in body and soul he is bound;
and even when death has freed him from all other servitude,
the tyrannical agent of the papacy pursues his victim into the
world of spirits, and.by all the terrors which superstition can
inspire, tears from the widow and the orphan their daily bread,
to support what, in his soul, he must know to be a " doctrine
of Devils." Therefore it is that I pronounce Popery to be a
priestly conspiracy against the intelligence, the morals, and
the liberties, civil as well as religious, of man. To describe its
character in one word, it is PRIESTCRAFT.

The pamphlet will be found to be an able condensation of
the voluminous controversial works which have from time
to time appeared on the subject, and thus effects two
desirable objects. It is acceptable to the reader. whose
avocations prevent the expense of so much time as is re-
quired to master the larger works, and from its-low price
is procurable by the humblest thinker.

COLD OVERLAIN.—An infant, six weeks- old, whose
parents (Campbell) reside in Maguire-street, was found
dead by its mother's side in bed on Sunday.morning..

On Saturday night, a woman named Wainwright, living
in Mann-street, was found dead in bed, apparently from
the effects of intoxication. _

SUPPOSED DEATH FROM STARVATION.-011 Sunday,
a policeman took a child from the arms of a woman who
was begging, in consequence of its apparently exhausted
state, and carried it.to the hospital. The poor child was
dead, however, when it arrived there, and in the opinion
of a surgeon, the death resulted from starvation.

IRISH INDUSTRIAL SOCIETY.—AII agency for the dis-
posal of the work executed by this society amongst the
female peasantry of Ireland is now established in Liver-
pool. As it gives employment to. such a numerous class
in that unfortunate country, it will no doubt meet great
support, more particularly as the manufactures (princi-
pally rich laces) arc not only beautifully executed, but rich
in design, and economic in cost. Mr. Nadir', of Bold-
street, is appointed agent.
The Oratorio, entitled, " David," by Charles Edward
llorsley, was performed at Exeter-hall, on Monday even-
ing last. It had been performed at Liverpool some
months ago, and its reception in London must have re-
alised his most sanguine hopes. It was performed by a
large and powerful orchestra and chorus ; and the solo
parts were sung by Mr. Lockey, Mr. hitworth, Mr.
Weiss, Miss Birch. and Miss Williams. The hall was
crowded, and the approbation of the public was testified
by warm and continuous applause during the whole. per-
formance.

EXHIBITION OF 185.1.—A meeting of the local com-
mittee was held yesterday, at the Town-hall, at which
were present Messrs. L. M. Gladstone, Pilcher, Spence,
Isaac, Roskell, Sim, Hess, and Archer. The secretary
read a letter from the Sharebrokers' Association, announc-
ing that the sum of £lOO had been subscribed by the
members, towards the funds for executing the model of
the docks. A vote of thanks to the members of the asso-
ciation was then passed. A deputation was appointed to
wait on the chairmen of the various commercial associa-
tions, to request their aid inraising the funds still
required. It was announcr,it that additional space had
been granted by the Lon:Jon committee, to admit of the
model being raised en a platform eighteen inches
high, and two feet
of
viewing it at dif,ferent elevations. It was also stated,
that the model - six inches wide. for the purpose
would not be ready for inspection for a
fortnight, aa,44 then only to contributors. Other matters
of business baying been transacted, the meeting ad.
jouriaed. • •