The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1846-09-08 00:00:00

—At the Spittleg

sions, a few days ago, the question about "
off!' for " God save the Queen" came before the m
trates. It seems the Foresters Court of \Voolsthorp
birthplace of Sir Isaac Newton) bad assembled in a
to celebrate their anniversary, and, when the band p 1
tne national anthem, the chairman called for all part,
be uncovered • this request three visitors (not membt
the fraternity) refused to comply with. One man's
was taken off, and he put it on again. The order
given to turn them out, which they resisted, and in
scuffle the disloyal guests had their clothes torn.
sault warrants were taken out, which, however, the
gistrates dismissed, deciding that visitors at a festiva
that kind are bound to comply with the reasonable
ouirements of the chairman.

petty s

I' MR. ISAAC'S CONCERT.—This recherche affair
off on Tuesday night, and seldom have we seen the
of our Amphitheatre so respectably encircled as o

excellent i

.
The orchestra was good, but not power
talent, but not great in number. It was n
• and the overtures, Beethoven's Flu
Tell, were very finely played. '

effective, however
and Rosini's William

first part of the concert was
very striking, Mr. Isaac's fant

the most attractive perTormanc

.sia on the piano-farte
e. We notice consider

greater proficiency in this gentleman's performance
when last we had the pleasure to hear him. It wor
ark upon the sing
John I'arry, and o

ork of surererog

tion to ren
Lableche,

nriist

sorry to observe

,ogize ler what I

His memory, in fact, failed
Is John Parry, he is sure t

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Such we are persuaded is the prayer, if we may judge \ ""'- ---- -
, Ppmethlng which deliguLs ..., _
from our own hearts, offered up by hundreds and thou-
sands of our fellow-countrymen at this distressing junc-
gets would have dJne. As a whole, '.e ..
tore ; and we trust the prayer will prevail. tended so delightful a concert as this with &-
Reconstruct the Conservative party ! With what de-
Isaacs has presented us.
sign does Lord Lyndhurst sue for its reconstruction? TrIE HARVEST MOUSE.
plaited,Thainsdcompos wwhaesa tf
found
quadrupeds is supposed to be the harvest mouse, ...
For the purpose of retracing his steps, and carrying out
those great principles to which he and his associates found only in Hampshire, and which is so diminutive t
pledged themselves when they accepted office? Does he two of them put into a scale just weighed down one
afi'
the -li e
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imagine that he can induce the public to believe such to ,
be his motives ? Certainly not : we bate the very name
wonderfule d
cradle of
was procured by Mr. 'White. It was n't-
of Conservatism ; and it will be a bye-word and a re-
proach to them upon whom the title was conferred to the
latest generation. pactround,p r fiaa
n i aboutfd- pwnlln
d in a wheal
We tell Lord Lyndhurat his stratagem will not take. out being discomposed, though it contained eight'
ones.
He has exposed his own treachery and that of all who have
acted with him. Ile has supported a measure of which suspended in the bead of a thistle.
he did not approve, for the purpose, we suppose, of keep- SPONTANEOUS SOUNDS IN IRON AND STONE.-
ing together his party ; and now, when that measure has gularly illustrative of the much-disputed property affi
at
broken down, he wishes to reconstruct his party—not for by the ncients of the sound emitted at sunrise la
the purpose of preserving the institutions of his country—
statue of Memnon in Lower Egypt is the siagulai
but for supporting his party. Surely, we shall not suffer nomenon of sound occasioned by the vibration of
ourselves to be again deluded by a name : we have already iron produced by a galvanic current. It was first d
suffered too much, and shall not permit ourselves to be vered by Mr. Sage, and since verified by the observe
ruled a second time by men who can play a double game, of a French philosopher, M. Marian. The experin
like Lord Lyndhurst. They have now been fairly de-
were made on a bar of iron which was fixed at the m
tected. We reject the name of Conservatism and cast it in a horizontal position, each half being enclosed
from us, as we would the mask we had torn from the face large glass tube, around which were wound spirals of
of an intimate friend in his attem per wle. A cord of co: tvire was afterwards se
pt to violate the sacred-
tat. . f,t tli, LX, ' :e
nest; of our household.
We again tell Lcrd Lyndhurst it will not do. The eyes drat `v::11 t.. ,
of the people of this country are wide open. If Lord longitudinal 15, f
Lynyhurst did not approve of the projects of Sir Robert ed, the bar of iron being I
Peel, why did he assist him in carrying his measures ?
in the direction of its axis.
and, if he did approve of them, why does he attempt by therefore, been attributed to vibrato
a wily manceuure, to circumvent the honest remnant who the iron bar, or
now indignantly denounce the treachery of the leaders explana“-
whom they so lately supported.

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1 ORIGIN OF THE Qt

REL BETWEEN FRAN

AN OLD HAT.—Jobn Smith, of Heywood Nevrroad, ALGIERS.—In relating the I l-known 'newt
[leap, near Bury, is wearing a hat which he purchased rise to hostilities between F ce and the Dey,
for half-a-crown, in Rochdale, in 1799, and has had it in Count St. Marie goes a the I
regular wear ever since, a period of forty-seven years.— by his account. vr- I the t
Cambridge Advertiser. .:
male
A VALUABLE MONKEY.—Some time ago, . a col
kept in the stable-yard of the hotel at Launceston, . o get
observed to be scrutinising the inside of an old glove, with he II(
an air of unusual mystery and importance. Upon ex- , 'id fn
amining the glove it was found to contain a £lO note, and hr usani
the pieces of about five £1 notes of the old Tamar Bank, i h the
dated ten years since. This became the property of ill, 1
" boots;" who sold his bargain for £3 10s., and the pied a sc
were secured by the ostler. The monkey must have 7ont
lected the glove from a quantity of rubbish for
been lying in the yard for seven or eight years. ..._ f fr,
Tamar Bank had merged into the Union, which latter and the Bourbons u,,...__ y ;
gave £l2 for the notes. to interest the Dey of Algiers in his cans,
GUN AND PISTOL STOCKS.—We have on a former strances were addressed to the French governs.
occasion noticed the extensive arrivals, at times, of stocks affair dragged on for years, and at last, in ]B2t7,
for guns and pistols from Belgium, made of the wood of eve of a festival, when the diplomatic corps wei
the walnut tree, and we recently mentioned that the same rnitted to pay their respects to the Dey, the latter
description of article had latterly been brought. to a lesser postulated with the French consul on the subject of
extent, from Holland, which was not formerly the case. long delay. The answer was unsatisfactory, and the c
An arrival of the kind has just taken place from the latter sequence was the celebrated rap with a fan or fly-tz
mentioned state, to an extent which has not before come which sent its giver into exile, and converted Algeria i
under our observation, by a vessel named the Alkmaar, a French province. On visiting the Kasha, or citad'
which has arrived at one of the quays near London-bridge Algiers, Captain Kennedy was shown the little rr
from Rotterdam, having on board, in addition to a variety which the insult
of other articles of Dutch produce, the large number of France. It .
12,281 of these gun and 499 pistol stocks, consigned to enough," says the captain, "as we entered, aco
the British government. ing on the deserted divan, proclaimed his
DISTRESS IN CORK.-4' We," saysthe Cork Examiner some feebler rival by a triu- -
of Friday, " devote about eleven columns to reports of emblem of the real state
public meetings held in Fermoy, Middleton, Mallow, cock is game ; and ale'
Kinsale, Bantry, and in other parts of this county, all con- versary's spurs, he rep,...._ _
versed for the purpose of taking into consideration the —Blackwood's Magazine.
failure of the potato crop, and the consequences which INTERESTING CONFLICT.—A singular cm..
that failure is certain to entail on all classes in the country. connected with a kestrel occurred at Dover som
There is no attempt to make the blight less destructive since. The common guillemot (aria troile) v
than it really is, nor to exaggerate the distress and misery considerable quantities in the cliffs to the ea
which are certain to flow from a calamity so dreadful and town, where they are rarely disturbed, excepzust,
so universal. All is alarm and apprehension. The land- adventurer lowering himself from above to take eggs,
lord trembles for the consequences; so does the middle- some gunner, anxious to try his dexterity. from belo-
man ; so does the tenant-farmer. And well they may if the present instance a kestrel, soaring al,
some decisive step be not taken by the government, and cliff, bore off a squab guillemot from 1,
prompt exertion be made by individuals. It is time for the ridges. This, from the weight of tbe ye
each man to set his own house in order. a matter of some difficulty, and enabled tb
AMUSING CORRESPONDENCE.—There is a curious car- had taken the alarm and become desper
respondence in the Dublin Nation, of Saturday, which its young, to come up to the kestrel
holds out some hope that the dull monotony of the dog test began between them. The '-
days may be broken by an action at law, between the re-
doubtable Father Kenyon, of Limerick, and the magnates and determined to keep his pre
of Conciliation Hall. We may remind our readers that its flight, was enabled to push h
his reverence is the writer of the warlike letter which ap- much, that, in self-defence, he e
peared in the Herald, about a month ago—in which he young one, which fell unhurt ou
-guillemot, therefore, notwithstt
said he would rather be shot than starved to death— began the battle in good earnet
and the whole policy of Young Ireland upheld as the guillemot had the decided mast(
hawk a posterior: wio '
adcemsceriobfedlrtihslltisp—ol,i,cAy.s
yTouhishcaovreresstpoopnpdeednetriernivaya•
tbieonb,rigeifl,ye
some success
me back my subscription." To which Tom Ray replies— attaev-
" Rev. sir, according to our rules, no money is eater re-
turned. His reverence rejoins—" I don't care
about your rules, the money I must have." .
another letter follows, but the gist of_tir, wh

dv. In the time of Napole

monkey I ordered,

country, N

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'lhere c

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Jew sold his grai
which had I 0,,,t ha

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the French go
cs. Napoleon

went f

but the Jew co

offered to the representativ

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is to be

s, the v

found in the postcript to Fatner
think it as well to state if you refuse to return the m.
it is my intention to hand over my claim to a solicitor.
Bravo 1 Father Kenyon, and should your solicitor ex-
press any doubt of your being able to succeed at law, 'al,
why not try a prosecution of 11r. O'Connell himself, for
obtaining money under false pi eteuces, and retaining it i but so
after be wee " foood out ?" I Book of a Naturalist.
with itso young.. one, One, forms a portion of my cabluet.—

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