The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1844-07-09 00:00:00

ORANGEISM

Yesterday, the annual meeting of the Grand Lodge of
the Loyal Orangemen of England wa: held at the Com-
mercial-hall, Gloucester-street, in this town Much
interesting information was given of the rapid spread of
the loyal and Christian principles of Orangemen during
the past year—and the excellent conduct of the various
members gave great satisfaction ; but the intelligence
which afforded the greatest delight to the Lodge was the
announcement that a union had been effected between the
Loyal Orange Institution and the Grand Protestant Con-
federation of Lori Orangemen, the celebration of the
latter of the anniversaries of which bodies at Kidder-
minster, last week, we have noticed below. Tile
union was confirmed, and the title by which the united
bodies wilt hereafter be distinguished will be that of " The
Grand Protestant Association of Loyal Orangemen."
By this junction the Association now forms a compact
body of nearly 20,000 members, of as staunch constitutional
subjects as can be found in the dominions of her
Majesty Queen Victoria. The Right Hon, the Earl of
Enniskillen was unanimously elected G.M. for England.
The D.G.M. was appointed to the Association. J. D.
Lees, G.T. P. Gibson, G.S. J. Crisp, D.M. for Li-
verpool. All the other offices were satisfactorily filled.
To-day the combined bodies meet to arrange and consoli-
date their rules. We are haply to find that the Rev.
T. Nolan has agreed to preach a sermon to the Associa-
tion at St. John's Church on Friday, after which, at the
particular request of the Orange body, a collection will
be made for the Blue Coat School. The association has
given another proof of their obedience to the constituted
authorities in having unanimously resolved to abstain from
their usual procession on their anniversary on the 12th
instant, and indeml from every outward display which
could by possibility offend the most excitable tempera-
ment. We find from the Irish papers that their brethren
in Ireland have pursued a similar commendable course,
and it is not too much to say that such self denying men
deserve some little more respect from the authorities,
whom the have always shown every disposition to honor
and obey. than that which they have hitherto received.

LOYAL PROTESTANT CON FE DER ATION,--The annual
demonstration of the officers and members of this excel-
lent institution took place at Kidderminster, on Monday
week. The meeting was attended, we are happy ti say,
by an unusually large number of highly respectable dele-
gates from the various lodges in the kingdom ' • represent-
ing, in the whole, about 15,000 Orangemen. The Earl of
Enniskillen was unanimously electe Grand Master of
the institution. The delegates continued actively en-
gaged in the transaction of business until late in the even-
ing. On Tuesday morning the members, amounting to
upwards of 300, walked in procession through the prin-
cipal streets to the parish church. The procession far
exceeded in splendour any thing of the kind ever before
witnessed ; the streets being thronged with spectators,
who appeared much delighted with the gay appearance of
the different flags and banners, and the elegant insignia and
decorations of the brethren. The sermon was preached
by the Rev. J. Downall, two other clergymen officiating
in the reading desk. At the conclusion of the service the
delegates composing the Grand Lodge sat down to a sub-
stantial repast at the Lion hotel. The chair was taken
by Lawrence Newhall, Esq., supported on the right by
the Rev. John Downall, and on the left by the Rev. P.
L. D. Acland. The following gentlemen also sat on the
right of the chair—the Rev. F. H. Tate, Mr. Joseph
Crisp, (of Liverpool,) and Mr. Gibson, (Grand Secretary,)
on the left, W. Nickolls, Esq., Henry Lucy, Esq., and
Charles Harvey, Esq. The vice-chair was occupied by
W. Ffrench, Esq., D.G.M., supported by Mr. F. Birks,
D.M., and J. Lees, Esq., Grand Treasurer. After the
usual loyal toasts the following, amongst others, were
drank with much enthusiasm : Her Majesty's Ministers,
the Bishops and Clergy, the Earl of Enniskillen and the
Orange Association of England, the Loyal Orange Bre-
thren of Liverpool.

THE NEW LORD-LIEUTENANT.—Lord Heytesbury,
the newly-appointed Lord. Lieutenant of Ireland, accom-
panied by Lady Heytesbury and the Hon. Miss A'Court,
is expected to leave on the 18th or 20th inst., for Dublin
Castle, to enter on the duties of his high appointment.
An Admiralty steamer will convey his lordship and suite
from Liverpool to Kingstown.
The Rev. Verner. M. White. A. 8., of Donoughmore,
near Newry, has received a unanimous call from the Irish
Presbyterian Church at present assembling in the Com-
mercial Hall, Gloucester-street, which he has accepted.
Mr. White is one of the most talented and popular young
men in the Irish General Assembly,. and we trust he will
be a blessing to his countrymen who are residing in Li-
verpool. Tne congregation have purchased a most eligi-
ble site to build a church on in Islington, at the corner
of Salisbury-street.
FASHIONABLE ARRIVALS.—The Duke of Marlbo-
rough arrived here on Wednesday, and, after stopping a
short time at the Adelphi Hotel, proceeded to Glasgow.
The Bishop of Sodor and Man also arrived at the Adelphi
the same day from London, and left in the afternoon to
visit his diocese. We were also favoured during the
week with the presence of his Excellency A. Calderon de
la Barea, Sir Pyers and Lady Mostyn, General Meade,
and Lord Milltown. Monsieur Sabalous Ki, the chamber-
lain to the Emperor of Russia, and Monsieur Maltzoff,
the chamberlain's secretary, are both stopping at the
Adelphi at present. On Sunday morning the Earl and
Countess of Cardigan arrived from Dublin, and after
breakfasting at this elegant establishment, proceeded for
London.
GROSS OUTRAGE.—Are we in a civilized country ? Is
the liberty which we boast of a reality or a name ? Are
we free to think and to speak ? or do we exercise the
privilege at the peril of our lives ? These questions are
not unnpc(!ssary. We are in the habit of supposing our-
selves secure, and that under the shield of British law the
unoffending citizen need dread no ill. But is the suppo-
sition warranted ? Was it warranted when, on Tuesday
evening, the members of the Protestant Operative Society
were savagely set on as they approached their rooms ?
Was it warranted when a ferocious mob was permitted to
plant itself in the public streets—when stones were flying
to the imminent hazard of all who were within reach, and
when gentlemen, who never by word or deed excited a
resentment or offered an offence, were assaulted and
wounded by scoundrels who, bad law any force, would be
now under durance in the city gaol ? But law, alas ! law is
lifeless, and how could it be otherwise ? Di Iwe not pre-
pare the public for the abandonment under which they
suffer ? We spoke, indeed, in reference to more troublous
times, but what was apprehended of periods of peril is
sacrificed in periods of peace, and there is literally no
right of meeting—no "liberty of speech," for any one
who refuses the livery of Mr. O'Connell.—Cork Consti-
tution.

ADULTERATION OP FLOUR AND BREAD.—Yesterday,
at the Police-court, a shopkeeper named Robert Jones
appeared to answer a summons against him, procured by
a man named Charles Albert, for selling t im a loaf in
which there was a considerable quantity of whitening.
Mr. Dodd, solicitor, appeared for the defendant, and
strictly cross-examined the witnesses. It appeared that
Jones did not bake his own bread, hut had been served
for years by a baker named Lloyd. The bread produced,
by more than one individual, had in it lumps of whitening
or chalk, or whitening in powder, mixed with the flour,
and was proved to have been sold by defendant. Several
witnesses, Rho worked as bakers with Lloyd, were exa-
mined for the defence, and stated, in effect, that small
bits of chalk were used in the kneading-room, to mark
the amount of the quantity of loaves baked, &c., but
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that given for the complainant. Mr. Dodd, at the close
of his defence, stated that he believed the prosecution had
arisen from malicious motives only.—Mr. Rushton said
he did not believe there was any malice at all. An acci-
dent might occur so far as regarded lumps of chalk or
whitening falling accidentally into the dough ; but not as
regarded the mixture of the dough with such materials in
a powdered state, as had been shown. He had informa-
tion that such substances were sent to mills in Cheshire,
even to the extent of tons, to be admixed with flour,
which was afterwards sold to poor people as wheaten
flour or bread ; and he was determined to put down the
odious practice so far as he could, in every case that was
brought before him. Large seizures had been made of
these spurious articles by the parties employed to protect
the public from the fraud ; and the defendant, be added,
must pay a fine of. 40s. and costs.—The information not
being also laid against the baker, he of course escaped.
SOCIETY OF IRISHMEN IN LONDON.—For some
months past a society for the purpose of promoting social
and intellectual intercourse amongst Irishmen, resident
in London, has there been in progress of formation, and
on Saturday a public meeting was held in the Freemason's
Tavern, with a view to complete it. The Marquis of
Clanlicarde occupied the chair, and the meeting was ad-
dressed at considerable length by Mr. E. Tennent, M.P.
He stated that, while the Scotch and the Welsh resident
in the Metropolis had each their societies, forming a
board of union, friendship, and mutual assistance amongst
themselves, the Irish had none, and were to a great ex-
tent estranged from each other by the feared and deplor-
able party animosities that distracted their [native land.
Ireland there sent talented men in every department of
learning, science, and art, and the object in the first
instance, was to limit their arrangements to the formation
and permanent enrollment of such gentlemen connected
with Ireland as were disposed to cultivate a better under-
standing with their fellow-countrymen, and to unite to-
geter for social intercourse and mutual co-operation
where the interests of Irishmen of talent could be pro-
moted by their conjoint influence. In addition to social
meetings he suggested at least one or (two converzationes
during the season, at which Irish works of art should be
contributed, Irish music, &c., and to which their English
friends should be admitted. These arrangements he
ardently hoped would lead to a better acquaintance
and a more intimate understanding between their fel-
low-countrymen of all parties and all professions, and
be the first step towards the softening of those political
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THE STEAM-SCHOONER " EARL OF ELGIN."

We have already noticed the launch (on the 4th ult.) of this
beautiful little vessel, from the building-yard of Mr.
John Laird ; and have now to state that, after being
fitted up with highly-finished engines by our experienced
townsmen, Messrs. George Forrester and Co., she pro-
ceeded, on Sunday morning last, to her destination—the
Island of Jamaica. She is one of the smallest, but most
finely modelled vessels that ever crossed the Atlantic, and
has consequently excited much attention amongst nautical
men. Her length is 105 feet, beam b feet, depth of hold
71 feet, and capacity 115 tons. old measurement. We
wed scarcely say that she is built in the most approved
manner, and finished in every respect with every care
and appliance that can conduce to her speed and safety—
no expense or exertion being spared by her owner, Mr.
Lundie, of this town, to render her a " regular clipper."
In model she is peculiarly sharp and elegant, resembling
the fastest of the London river steamers, with additional
bearings above to adapt her for a sea-way. She has a
figure-head of the Earl of Elgin, the present governor of
Jamaica, with his coat of arms finely carved on the stern,
h.s lordship's name having been selected for her in respect
to his high chanicter as the unwavering friend of the
agricultural and other interests of the colony. The en-
gines are of 16-horse power each, (32 in all) with oscil-
lating cylinders, and finished with the nicety of clock-
work. The paddle-wheels are 12 feet in diameter, and
she has already proved herself remarkably fast. Her rig
is that of a schooner without topmasts : she will, no doubt,
attain great speed even under canvas alone, and is one of
the most insinuating and snake-like little vessels we have
vet seen, admirably calculated to obviate the tedium of
beating up against the trade winds in her destined sta-
tion. We may state that two steamers were, some years
ago, sent out to Jamaica by a joint-stock company, to
run from port to port in the Island with passengers, but
from various causes proved unsuccessful. Mr. Lundie,
notwithstanding this discouragement, sent out (in pieces)
a fine small steamer to the Island about eighteen months
ago, which (put together there) has been found so ser-
viceable as to be inadequate to the demand for voyaging
by steam ; and he has, consequently, entered upon this
second en'erprise to complete the insular passenger navi-
gation. On Friday week, the Earl of Elgin made a trial-
trip round the outer Light-ship and back, with a party of
upwards of 50 ladies and gentlemen, including Messrs.
Cater, Hoyes, Hall, Gordon, Chisholm, M'Adarn, Dr.
Macnaughten and others, from Jamaica, and of the town,
who took a warm interest in the success of the undertaking.
The vessel, though opposed by wind and tide nearly the
whole way, averaged by steam alone about 10 miles an
hour, making the run out and back (about 35 miles) in
34 hours, and at one time heating the powerful steam-tug
Victoria. Mr. Stubbs's Harmonic Band was on board,
and played with great effect favourite airs and overtures
throughout the day The Earl, on her return, steamed
up to Eastham' where the party disembarked, and ru-
ralized in the delightful pleasure-grounds attached to the
new hotel, concluding with dancing on the green, in which
the ladies took an active part, fora couple of hours. The
whole then returned on board, and sat down to a sump-
tuous collation and wines, including every delicacy, pro-
vided by the worthy owner of " the little West Indianian."
It being the anniversary of the last coronation, the health
of her Majesty Queen Victoria was drunk with great ap-
plause. Other loyal and appropriate toasts followed, in-
cluding " Long life and happiness to the Earl of Elgin,
the deservedly popular governor of Jamaica," " Success
to the vessel," " The owner, Mr. Lundie," &c. On re-
turning down the river, the steamer, with a slightly fa-
vourable tide, ran at the rate of ll knots an hour. On
leaving this port for Jamaica, she took with her 60 tons
of coals and a quantity of patent fuel, which will carry
her into the " trades,', when, if short of fuel, she may
proceed westward under sail. She will probably reach
Jamaica in about 25 days. So long a voyage is unusual
in so small a vessel; but, as she has an experienced cap-
tain, we have no doubt but she will reach her haven in
safety. Her appearance on the middle of the western
ocean will surprise and interest those on board of the
large ships she may near or speak. She took with her
two engineers, two firemen, seven seamen, and captain
and mate.