The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1850-12-03 00:00:00

CANON LAS'•

PAPAL JURISDICTION IN SPIRITUAL 1.,°101
ENGINE FOR COERCION AND OPPRDP''
IN TEMPORAL THINGS.

ALECTURE on the above subject vn
vered in the Amphitheatre, on Tossosi
10th instant, at Twelve o'clock,
By the Rev. Dr. 111'NEILE,
flip Chair' depatp,„‘
ADAM onosoN Esq., •
Tickets of AdmisHsion will, un beunder the superoten oil,
Committee T. B. Horafall, Geo.
the following Gentlemen who have consented to
Ripley, R Dirom, Wm. Joes, Ed. Jones:. tb,W
Bushell, E. Cropper, J. Campbell -Chas, coteswvroptloit
Williams, Robert Wyne, Alderman' Chilton, J. „,r old
A. Steuines, H. J. Webster, Chas. Turner, Jas. TYr' '
M'Cormick. -

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Tickets for the Platform, Boxe
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May be hadat the Standard, Mail, and er 47.401
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The Surplus to be given to a local Charily,

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ng vit 0
BOOK from BIRMINGHAM to NVOLVE--- • ..-
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book at WOLVERHAMPTON, at the Tempor R
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The Trains from the Temporary Station, ~°/odoll 0
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...,
Birkenhead. in germ
and Wales, skirting the Wrekin and running
The route embragir-roi;ie of the finest scenery up .-
thro
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PROFESSOR ANDERSON'S CONTI—N 9
NIGHT. ..:.

woo u'
Last night being fixed for the last app oldie fie!
celebrated professor of sleight-of-hand,o erw° rise, c°
was assembled to witness the adjudication of afPr the hl
sisting of a handsome silver vase, value 4.2°'
conundrum to be furnished by the wits of, 60191 -
When we state that of the conundrums serlatitted
deemed worthy by Mr. Anderson of beior 5-bOO9, P
tof
the judgment of the tribunal, selected frem offer
and gallery, we have sufficiently vindicated t.teber: of
production possessed by the conundrum write of tuanj
town, whatever may he thought of the ereete-wjeti;
productions. The house we have said was ce° di OP
the audience was most respectable, and evidenn'ot
pated fun, in which, as it resulted, they were7ooeb
pointed, the lots of pointless wit creating Atts
those which really deserved the name of jokes' •
opening of the house, Professor Anderson a0",.4°- ,on;rd
the conundrums would be read in the first PP;v00014.
jury of 14 having been impanelled, Captain eptc,
was chosen as its chairman ; Mr. Dawson (of tuhetrOgA
theatre, we believe.) was appointed to read OtiOSI
drums, Mr. Banvvell reading the replies in his 'ls pint
manner. The list, of which books with the re..,,,P0000(
furnished, extended to six hundred—a large rsotalA
them very bad, indeed not conundrums at nil. II
the very worst elicited loud cries of " oh! °•e(17.1.
langLter, whilst many decent efforts were rec elcriota
comparative silence, shewing that an inrij,e 0f,5
audience does not furnish the best possible k1,",,`", (10'01
wit. After some consultation by the jury, L":ntbor,g,
was given by them in favor of No. 126, thee:n sOT
which was Miss Jane Vickers, of 19, Tarler„;9l4
who, after some little deiay, was introduced ;top
stage, and, amidst great applause, the cup Was
to her by Mr. Anderson.
The successful conundrum was as follows: Ans‘er:
;,'
Why does a priest resemble a window - other
" Because one shows the light from heaven, t"`L. r
heaven ; and the people are well taxed by both.'
The award was not made until midnight.

' 119 in 11'
Last Saturday a man was selling red hone
market at ld. per dozen.—Lynn Advertiser. •ilgare'
The Globe says that the Earl of Chichester as COY
the Earl of Shaftesbury as chairman of the lier
mittees. ilia; nest
00
On Wednesday week a man named Todd,' 090
Keswick, was killed by an infuriated bull, which yr
after shot.
wll le
The first steamer for t i
he Cape of Good HoPe rtute
Plymouth on the 15th instant. A monthly dePa
to be kept up until larger steamers are provided'olicLe.
Lord Londeaborough was met with mini Pinto
monstrations of delight on his public entrance bt
mer last week.
lcP
The noblemen and gentlemen connected with,th thee PiJ
clubs of England and Ireland are in treaty wrnristeu
chase of Fort Anne Hotel, Douglas, to be aPPr°'
a central summer yacht lodge.
t of T~oO
The Rev. Benedict Arthure, M.A., incumbeo
cony
mere Church, is delivering a course of SundaY le
" the fulfilled prophecies foretold in the Book c'f
tions." frid°:sto
A terrific explosion of a boiler took place 0001
the mill of Messrs. Firth, at Halifax. The pre"„„ ise' dvery much damaged, and four lives were lost, en
persons were sadly mutlated. eliP
CHESHIRE CAT.—Alcor respondent asks tbs.,' 1/0))
tion of the phrase " grinning like a Cheshire 0;0(1 tO
years since Cheshire cheeses were sold in this tp.„sarle
moulded into the shape of a cat, bristles beiniftoe
represent the whiskers. This may possibly h
0g
not nated the saying.—Notes and Queries. sgt
POPISH JUBILEE.—Dr. Wiseman sees Wool
daunted with the expressions of public °pink:P.:ooo
issues documents of a lordly character, and n„,70 V'tiot
forth a paper which was read in the metroponl
chapels on Sunday, appointing a jubilee an else ilsJthe
plenary indulgence to all the " faithful" for 010 of, 06
from the Bth instant to the 22d. "The conclitle g tlto
jubilee will be as follow:-1. During the sPecHt'ice i
above determined each of the faithful must Po' 2 Ph or
sacrifice of penance and the holy Eucharist•
char'o(l,
must visit on three separate days some Catholic , irrwirb
chapel, and either join in the prayers hereafter Pied-015,0
or, if not assigned, say the Litany of the Bic:l°3loW'
and five " Our Fathers," and five " PO'
Such as are unable to visit a church may say t'j—e rt
at home." Truly Popery is semper eadeas.
DISCOVERY OP A THIRD RING ROUND 1%- the 'llO,
SATURN.—Letters received from Boston bY,sth 910000
announce the discovery, on the night of the 'ilenos'eoo'
of a third ring round the Planet Saturn, a Pit 09 00
which had been for some time suspected. fool bcg
nounced, that this important fact was ascertain frool
astronomers at the Observatory at Carob jrl,,Fatice,rte
inferior to the two others, and therefore its "Ai enrol"
the body of Saturn must be small. It Tres sc,, via
through the great Equatorial, with powers. :brier'''
1r

.00 to 9C03 the evening for astronomical
being remarkably fine, perhaps the finest sinc,r on‘
lishment of the .;n9_ll.' .1i

‘,..ervaLoti, n'
the sky was so hazy that 'toalthou the g
naked e' O thy,
bere"
brhightero•ht stars were visible. It will be rem overe
disc
te ei AI • .

oi thi planet
Cambridge, by Mr. Bonds , about twowas
years ng°' Altb° Id
wor
CALIFORNIA FIRST A BRITISH POSSESSION'a the n'ef
wasthe famous
undertaken voyage
m o
more
ef
foSir t
hFrancis
oDs
3rsa
ok Drake
wroaurnir,,leilbd 1:m.1 AV
than of discovery or commerce, yet it was atte..ceie.,,,b. pet
''ion which has become vecrilonoll)„Pal°
-q—the tb!,