The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1842-01-28 00:00:00

DATE OF DE-
RANK. CEASE.

ALBERT— C
F. D. Nightingale. Assistant-stirgeon
G. B. Harvey. .. Adting-master

Died in the Wil-
berforce.
October 18,1841
October 7,18-11
Sept. 6,1841
Sept. 11. 1811
Sept. 14, 18-11
Sept. 17,1811
Sept. 27, 1841
October 17, 1811
October 22, 1811
Sept. 27, 1841 ;
died in the
Soudan.

W. C. Willie .... Mite
Albion Lodge .... Second engineer
John Pezlar . krmourer
George P0we11.... Cooper
John Burgess .... S4ihnaker's crew
JaMes RobettstM :Stoker, -
John Fuge
George Symes.... Caulker
Robert Wiliward.. Purser's steward
Lewis J. Wolfe .. Seamen's schoolmaster

WILBERFORCE-

Cyrus Wakeham Purser.
Kneebone A. B. .
Rablin .
Fitzgerald ..

SOUDAN—
Bird Allen
W. B. Marshall.. Acting-surgeon..
H. Coleman ... Assistant-surgeon
N. Waters
W. Levinge Captain's steward
James Thomas .. Carpenter's crew
Christopher Bigley Stoker
William Kingdon . Seamen's schoolmaster

October 25,1841
Sept. 21,1841
Sept. 22,1841

Sept. 21,1841
October 2,1841
October 12,184 I;
died in the
Albert.
H. D. TROTTER, Captain.

THE THEATRES

THEATRE ROYAL.—This theatre opens on Monday under
the management of the new lessees, Messrs. Hammond and
Anderson : there are not two gentlemen more likely to make
it answer, for their own benefit and the public amusement.
Mr. W. J. Hammond is a decided favourite with the play-
goers, and brings into the field acknowledged activity, perse-
verance, and ability ; he is one of those indefatigable men
who, like Richard, will " die with harness at his back." It
is said, in the theatrical circles, that the " go-a-head" system
will be pursued, so that the public will 'have no reason to
withhold from them its countenance and support. Several
new faces will be-introduced on Monday. Mr. Brooke is
highly spoken of—he is not altogether a stranger, having,
when a boy, played " Young Norval" at this theatre. Miss
Julia Bennett has been favourably mentioned to us. Mr.
Holl, we are very glad to find. still remains in the com-
pany, as also Mr. Baker. " Hamlet" will be produced in
very good style, and doubtless draw a crowded house. Now
comes the answer to the long-agitated question, is a half
price beneficial or not ?
ROYAL LIVER.—Mrs. Honey has been delighting the
frequenters of this theatre during the week. She has ap-
peared in the old drama of the " Spirit of the Rhine ;" also
in "My Grandfather's Will," and The Runaway." Mrs.
Honey is a delightful actress—a sweet singer—a handsome
woman—a really clever creature. She appears to us to pos-
sess the gaiety of a Nesbitt, the archness of a Keeley, and
the grace and ability of a Vestris. In " The Runaway." a
drama in which she personates five different characters, her
powers as a ballad singer are tested. In the part of Norah,
an Irish servant girl, she warbled snatches of Irish ditties,
throwing into them such exquisite touches of pathos and
humour, that it was not surprising to hear the applause that
was bestowed so heartily upon her. Her Irish jig was a per-
fect gem, and was tumultuously encored. The neatness of
her step, her gracefulness, and perfect abandonment to the
spirit of the dance, were inimitable.—Mrs. Honey takes her
benefit to-night, hen, no doubt, " a demonstration" will
be made to prove her talents are appreciated.—" My Beauti-
ful Rhine" has been encored every night. " The Runaway"
was extremely well played. We particularly noticed Miss
Gordon as Prue Prim, a young Quakeress. She threw into
it much archness and simplicity, singing—of course on the
sly—the ballad of " Meet me by Moonlight" very prettily.
IV! c.-Tilbnry!s..Squirß'Ohasewell was very clever.—On Wed-
nesday " Charles O'Malley" was revived, in which Mr.
Raymond elicited great laughter. as of old, as Miss Judy

. -
Macan. Mrs. Raymond played her origi7,:l character of
Jenny Jinks with much vivacity and archnt ss. Mr. Higgie,
in the different dramas, wsa gay as usual as Howard,
Pretty man, and Jack Loveall. We ought not to omit no-
ticing the clever way in which Miss Dyer played Deborah,
in "My Grandfather's Will." in the old chamber, when
Albino persuades her the spirit of the baron is approaching,
her terror was capitally pourtrayed. We have observed that
all the characters she undertakes are done with great care.—
On Tuesday night the holiday-makers crammed this house
to suffocation.

AMPIIITHEATRE.—This theatre has been crowded every
evening. On Tuesday night there was a very great house.
The new melo-drama of " Cromwell" is well got up, and
goes off with eclat. The Tableaux, particularly the final
one, are splendid. Mr. Howard plays Cromwell very judi-
ciously; Mr. Henry Beverley, as Cockle, keeps the audience
upon the broad grin with his quaintness and humour. On
Tuesday we were greatly diverted in :witnessing an act of
royal condescension on the part of the " merry monarch,"
who finding the scene closing rather too quickly upon his
glory, actively obstructed its progress. Mr. Broadfoot
made a most undignified monarch, he ranted, stormed, and
attitudenized marvelously. This piece seems likely to have
a good run. The scenes in the circle are very diverting ; the
agility of the equestrians, the grace of Mr. Widdicomb, and
the drolleries of the clowns, provide food for surprise, ad-
miration, and mirth, apparently " without any abatement"
t ) the old and young branches of the great family of man who
honour this establishment with their presence.

THE MANCHESTER GUARDIAN VERSUS THE
PORT OF LIVERPOOL.

We exposed, in our publication of last Friday, a somewhat
dishonest attempt of the Manchester Guardian to represent
the facilities afforded by the port of Fleetwood, for the con-
veyance of merchandise between the north of Ireland and
Manchester, as superior to those offered by our own port ;
and shewed, we believe to the satisfaction of most men who
are at all conversant with such matters, that the documents
upon which our contemporary. based his conclusion were
entirely fallacious. Whilst doing this, we certainly never
expected to induce so shifty an opponent as the Guardian
to confess that he had been misled by his own or other peo-
ple's ignorance; and weare therefore not surprised to find
him on Wednesday returning to the charge, with a degree of
assurance which convinces us that it is quite beyond our
power to advance anything sufficient to shake his happy
state of confidence in his own infallibility.
By way of spewing our readers the kind of personage with
whom we hare to do, we give here the Guardian's quibbling
reply to our observations tipon his mare's nest :
" We inserted simply," writes the Guardian, " an accurate
copy of two freight notes which were handed to us by one of
the most extensive and respectable grocers in the town,
showing that the freight "—freight and carriage to Man-
chester our contemporary, we presume, means to say,— " of
22 per cwt. 2 quarters of butter, from Belfast by way of
Fleetwood, was only more by 6d. than the charge for 15 cwt.
1 quarter, by way of Liverpool ; and this is a fact which it
was surely desirable for the importers in this town of Irish
produce to be informed of. We assumed the money ' paid
on,' in each case, to signify the freight from Belfast to Li-
verpool, with all dock and port charges,'—meaning, of
course, charges in Liverpool, as well as any at Belfast. The
Standard assures us.—we would rather he had proved,—
that it is not so ; that the 20s. Bd. paid on at Liverpool ' is
nearly 10s. more than such freight and charges would amount
to by steam-boat between the two ports.' Does he mean to
include at the two ports, also ? If he says he does, then
pray, good Standard, what is the cause of the difference ?
Surely you, who are upon the spot, might have more easily
supplied the particulars of the charges upon such a ship-
ment, than we who are thirty miles inland. All that it
materially concerned our townsmen to be informed of was,
that the charge for the conveyance of Irish produce from
Belfast by way of Fleetwood was some 50 per cent less than
by way of Liverpool. If the Standard can give any satis-
factory explanation of this fact—if it can show that, for any
reason whatever, a freight by way of Liverpool is worth the
difference, or even worth any difference, in litice, it may be
proper for him to do so ; but if he cannot, we presume, our
Manchester importers of Irish produce will prefer that line
of conveyance which serves them most cheaply."
We can do no more in reply to this feeble stuff than to
repeat the substance of what we stated when we originally
noticed the Guardian's statement. The words " paid on "
in a freight-note may mean anything. The sum "20s. 8d.,"
in this instance alleged to be " paid on," is nearly 10s. more
than the highest rate of freight and port charges of the quan-
tity of goods specified to have been conveyed from Belfast to
Liverpool. Our contemporary raises upon this some pitiful
quibbles, and requires proof. We will endeavour to satisfy
him on all points. We have procured from the two agents
of the steam-packets plying between Liverpool and Belfast,
the exact charges upon 15 cwt. 1 qr. of butter, which would
be the weight of about 20 firkins ; and that it would be as
follows, viz. : s. d.
Freight, 6d. per firkin lO 0
Belfast port charges..
Liverpool port charges..

10 11
or nearly 10s. less (as we stated) than the sum stated in the
freight-note alluded to by the Guardian to be " paid on,"
and which includes all the charges usually comprehended
under that mystic form of words. It includes too the charges
at the two ports.
Our contemporary challenges us to explain how the dis-
crepancy arises between our amount and his 20s. Sd., which
be says that we, living on the spot, are better able to do
than he. Really, however, this is sheer absurdity. All that
we can possibly know of our contemporary's particular case
is, that his 20s. Bd. represented to be " paid on "
firkins,
some charge (freight from the interior, cooperage of .firkins,
or buyer's commission) which has no earthly connexion with
the point in dispute—viz., the comparative cheapness of the
two routes for the conveyance of goods between Belfast and
Liverpool.
In conclusion, we shall only add, that if
!our contemporary
has been animated by no unworthy spirit in the represents`
tion which he has made to the disadvantage of our town, he
will acknowledge that lie has been unsled: e shall see
whether he will do this, and judge of Ms motives accordingly.

TO THE REV. TIION'

(LETTER. II.)

YOUENS, D.D,

REV. SlR,—The sole and entire question between you and
the Rev. H. M`Neile is, whether or not the Creed of Pius
IV. be a novelty ; and the closer each of you adhere to this,
and the less extraneous matter is introduced, the more edi-
fied your readers will be.

My last letter treated on a subject introduced by you,
which was foreign to the debate ; my object was to expose
your fallacies, and the present letter has-a similar origin and
a similar design:

You say, "-Mr. 111`Neile ougl,
" ed with.litnuan nature to kno

) be sufficiently acqnai

fora man to persuade himself that

" of God's word, tlelivere

in the 1

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and that th.

" which they have entered, t
" tion of their truth and accordance with t
" history bears ample testimony, in recur,
" travagancies into which men have run when, un
" influence of religious excitement, they have becc

" pounders of the Gospel of Truth
Allow me to inquire, in what se

'` human nature

)o you rx

that " human nature " is so constitute

execution is a guarantee for performanc_
because human nature is depraved and corrupt, t
all men easily adopt " religious fancies" from real

Scriptures

Suppose we say,

" Dr. Toner

you on

at no-

be aware that the human frame is so constiiui__,
thing is easier than fora man to commit suicide or n___
but, does this render every man either the one or the othe
or can any charge be brought against the Creator, becat
be has not so fenced in and protected the vital functions,
to make this impossible? Again:
Nothing is "easier" than for a Roman Catholic to won
ship the image before which be prostrates himself, becaus
he may not be able to distinguish the boundary which hi

church places between " Duba " and "
therefore follow that Roman Catholic
allude to this apart from the divine pr

shalt not bow down.," &c.)
Do you mean to affirm that " every man " adopt
gious fancies" as an inevitable consequence of said
Scriptures? If so, your proposition is a self.r
You would lay claim to manhood, and would doubtless cc
tend for exemption from " wild extravagancies." Yei

:vident fallac

presume you (16. (at least sometimes) read the Scriptu;e
Or,

Do you mean us to understand that " some men," while
under the influence of excitement (and therefore to an extent
insane), have adopted erroneous views? If this be your
meaning, no one will deny the truth of your assertion ; but
your admission annihilates your argument ! Some men,
while under the influence of improper feelings, commit for-
gery ; but no one therefore objects to his children learning
to write. Some men have committed suicide with a razor,
yet the government of the country has not therefore prohi-
bited the manufacture! Some men have poisoned them-
selves and others with prussic acid; yet its use in medicine
no man has ventured to deny.

Human nature has fallen from its " first estate," and that
is the source of all our weaknesses and all our errors ; but are
we to sit down bewailing this, without attempting to apply
the remedy ; or shall we blindly attempt a cure by removing
the specific by which alone the disease can be acted upon ?
The specific. and the only one, is that contained in the Re-
velation which God has given—the Scriptures !
But you charge human nature with *clueing in some
minds "wild extravagancies" from a perusal of the Scrip-
tures.: and this is not denied ' • but I challenge you to pro-
duce the record of any " wild fancy"—which you can prove
to have resulted from studying the Scriptures—which will
bear any comparison with the cool and deliberate fanaticisms
contained in a book high in repute in your church—" Butler's
Lives of Saints." But it is not here alone that the labours

of the fanatical, the blind, and the ignorant of your church
are found. What are the prayers you address to so-called
saints ? Just the result, the outpourings of fanaticism in its
worst form ! You address the mother of our Redeemer as

" The Queen of Heaven," " The Refuge of Sinners," " A
Mystical Rose," " A Tower of Ivory," &c. What is this
but an ignorant and " wild extravagance," resulting from
the throes of short-sighted human nature?
In the missal from which I select the above, I detect an
awful interpolation of your church, attributing to Christ
words he never uttered ; and you repeat these words on every
occasion that you officiate as priest in " The Sacrifice of the
Mass." Did you never detect the gross fraud?

The only version of the Scripture; which is auttlorized by
your church is the Latin vulgate, and this, of course, pro-
hibits the word of God to all who cannot read Latin. Lat-
terly, however, the Scriptures, in defiance of Trent, have
been read and circulated among poor people ; and we may,
therefore, express a hope, that as the prohibition of them
did not ;reserve you from fanaticism and wild fancies, the
reading and circulation thereof will soon have the effect of
destroying every thing which is not in accordance therewith.
In my next I shall remark upon your views of " Proving
a Doctrine from Scripture," and shall show, that your
church can and does foist into Scripture, or rather passes off
as Scripture, what is no where found therein ; and this is
something more than a " wild extravagance" or a " wild
fancy."—l am yours, &c.,
25th January, 14342

BATTISTES

O'CONNELL AND THE DOLLARS

The repeal of the union is now an assured event. Fallen
Irish members of the House of Commons, immediately ticket
your trunks and carpet-bags for College-green ; for one Felix
O'Neill, of New York, has, by will, bequeathed to D.
O'Connell, " commonly called the liberator, the sum of 500
dollars, to be used by him" (who doubts the fact ?) " in ef-
fecting the repeal of the union." This heavy news for Eng-
land was, a few days since, published at the Repeal Asso-
ciation in Dublin, whereupon—
" The Lord Mayor accepted thatlegaerie the spirit which
dictated the liberal donation, but he received it the more
readily because it incurred a pecuniary obligation on his
part never to desist from the prosecution of repeal. It would
before have been political dishonesty. No man would ever
believe him again if he ever relaxed his efforts, but now it
would be personal knavery. (Loud cheers.) He was now
bound to make his native country legislatively free. It was

in this solemn manner he received the sum ; he trusted that
association would join with him in a tribute of regard to the
memory of that excellent man who thus animated them from
the grave. (Cheers.) That was his retaining fee for the
repeal. (Loud cheers.) He could now remit no exertion in
the most sacred cause that ever the human intellect was em_
ployed in; he accepted the retainer—he held the brief for
Ireland."

Oh, the moral force of dollars ! Before O'Connell might
have been politically dishonest to the living, but how can he
now swindle the dead ? Before, the cause was a good cause
—an excellent cause ; but now it is hallowed by ready money
—made holy by five hundred bits of transatlantic silver.
The cause, even before the death of Felix O'Neil, was a" most
sacred cause ;" but what is there divine or lofty that Mam-
mon will not further sublimate ! O'Connell was before a
patriot, but now he is the patriot par excellence for he is a
patriot with a fee Mere ainor patrice is a flourishing, frothy
rascal, playing the bully and the mountebank ; talking much,
but receiving little. The only mode—hear it, oh ye nations !
—to make him a serviceable, under-handed giant is-
him a " retainer I"

-to give

The future philosophic historian of Ireland will trace her
liberation, her commercial greatness, and the whole sea of
blessings that is to flow in upon her from repeal, not to the
tardy, yet invincible vindication of justice, but to " 500 dol-
lars." On her house of Parliament we would have this
simple legend— _ _ _

500 DOLLARS
And is there no way to turn O'Connell from his purr
Is there no way to make him forego repeal, bound as
to it by five hundred dollars ? Yes one w•ay there is :-
him—six !—Punch,

The Gazette of Friday night contains a of sixty-six ad-
dresses of congratulation on the birth of the Prince of Wales.
The Lord Lieutenant of Ireland has distributed the munifi-
cent sum of £lOO amongst the poor of the crowded parishes
in the neighbourhood of the castle.
A. shocking accident happened on the 10th instant, at Bid-
denden, to a young man named Grounds, about 20 years of
age, and the son of a farmer in this parish. He had just
loaded his gun in his father's house, and in turning round
struck the butt against something, when it exploded and shot
off one side of his face. He lingered in great agony until
the 10th instant, when death put an end to his sufferings.—
Maidstone Journal.

MOST BRUTAL MURDER. AT NEW YOREI.—One of the
most brutal murders ever committed in this city, tool. place
on New Year's Day, at No. 89, Orange-street. The mur-
derer's name is Thomas Tappan, a native of Ireland, and the
subject of his enormities was his wife Elizabeth, aged 35
years. They occupied apartments in the above dwelling,
and were both of intemperate habits. During the morning a
dispute arose between them, relative to his wife's going out
for a pail of water, she desiring to go and he objecting. This
terminated in his giving her a blow with his fist, when she
again endeavoured to leave the room. He then locked the
door, and commenced beating her with a chair, which he
broke to pieces over her head, and then took a broomstick,
and broke it up by striking her on various parts of the body.
Having so disabled her that she could not stand, he threw
her on a bed in the room, took a knife and fork, and stabbed
and cut her head, body, and face in six or seven places. Not
having finished his brutal work, he then caught hold of a
shoemaker's hammer, with which he deprived her of the little
life that was remaining. He then stamped upon her with
his feet, and threw her on the floor. Having satisfied his
horrible passion, he laid himself down on the floor, saying
he would wait until his son George came in, when he would
cut his throat. A woman, named Catherine Kelly, was lying
sick in a bed in the room during the whole time he was COl-11-
witting this more than brutal murder, but was afraid to make
any alarm or attempt to leave the room, on account of his
threats to kill her if she moved. 'When the son of Tappan
came home, he found his father asleep on the floor, and his
mother a mangled and murdered corpse. Alarm was imme-
diately given, and the murderer immediately arrested, and
after examination and verdict of coroner's jury, was com-
mitted to prison. Dr. William S. Tomkins made a Pot
rnortem examination of the body, and found ten wounds al)
it, besides a number of abrasions of the skin. She
presentr a
distressing sight, such as we never before witnessed in !Ile
examination of a murdered person. The wretch svas five
hours beating her before she died.
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EXTRAORDINARY CASE.—On Thursday laS,
citement prevailed in St. Clairtown, Path-head,aviinfegsbh e
eircll
N. 8., and neighbourhood, in consequence of
its police, that
made known by Inspector Bent, of the county 0
ich lived •Nitli
the body of Janet Forret, an aged woman, wiles, in St.
nt,swgarden. The
one Fergus Wilson, teacher and repaire.ri
Clairtown, had been found buried in Wll,l°, been re-interred
body has since undergone examination, and
taken u
in St. Clairtown churchyard,
lodged in Kirkaldy Gaol, and the
case was we can only
rehended -
proper authorities. Under thesee.
strange and suspicious
allude to the general features of this,e,n St. Clairtown many
looking affair. Wilson has lived i
t Forret has lived with
years, and is 70 years of age. J
For several years they have
Wilsowasapp
him for upwards of 30 yearsc.ireu _
instances, and a few weeks
been in extremely reducedthe
session for relief,
since Wilson applied fused,t
Wilson's house is situat
for some reason was 70 the quoad sacra Chapel. P
in St. Clairtown, neatrbe second flat, and au old in
and Janet occupiede
#h ground floor. About three weeks a
taught a school one,d by the scholars digging in his gar
Wilson was obsery
°end with a line ; they also notietAl
and measuring
. the,gr . ,
d coughing for several days, and that no ligrir
Janet had cease
om where she slept. H •
d in the" eying made
appeare
these circu rostances, one of the neighbours called and in-
quire er, d for --- '
h but Wilson gave an evasive answer, and said
not at home. Day after day passed without any ap-
she was h d
ee of t e woman, an on Thursday last suspicion was pearan .
dth t M Wlk • •
excite a f. a -er, Bailie of the barony,
and Inspector called and made the same inquiries. To
them Wilson said that she was unwell, and in the
house, but that they could not see her. Not being
satisfied with this, the inspector proceeded to search, but
did not find her in the house, as stated by Wilson.
The scholars having told what they had seen, forcible en-
trance was made into the garden, and the body of the woman
found in a grave, carefully dug, by the side of a well. The
grave was about four feet deep. The body was wrapt in a
shirt rind an old sheet, and a muslin cap covered the head
and face. Some straw and a large board were placed upon
the body. Altogether the burial, elthough betokening the
utmost poverty, had been decently gone about.
asserts that he has done no wrong, that the woman diea
natural death, and that the session having refused aliment,
he did not apply to them for burial.

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