The Liverpool Standard, and General Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1854-08-22 00:00:00

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bre ye ask Him." If, therefore,
the highest authority on this important
lo doubt as to the nature of
should form the national
.ot*ithstanding the eagerness with which

subject, we can hay

the instruction whi,

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only thrc

he teaching

which

we profess to hold in the highest reverence, that so
many mistakes have been committed. If we turn
to the practice which prevailed in England some
years since, we shall find that the Church pro-
vided for all the educational wants of the popula-
tion ; but her duties were neglected in a tithe of
apathy and practical irreligion. Dissent grew up
to widen the breach under pretence of supplying
the defect, and Whig legislation, by countenancing
the latter, helped to perpetuate the evil. By the
law which prevailed in the much-maligned times
of Tory government, no marriages were legal but
those solemnised by the Church, and then the
parents were enjoined to bring their future offspring
to be baptised ; at the baptism the parents were
enjoined to have their children instructed in the
Church Catechism, which forms a manual of the
Christian faith easy to be learned, and intelligible
to the humblest intellect ; and it was one of the

duties of the clergy to see that the Catechism was
taught to every child as an indispensable prelimi-
nary to its being brought to the Bishop for confir-
mation. If we dared hope to realise the earnest
expectation of many, that all may yet be brought
into one fold, having one Shepherd, one Faith, one
Baptism, the duty of instruction, as far as the
nation is concerned, would be fully provided for,
and all further advancement might be safely left
to individual munificence, which has already

studded the country with seminaries of learning,
from the Universities of Oxford and Camlnidgeto
the humble parochial school. Unfortunately, how-
ever, there is no immediate prospect of such a
dissent has split the religiaus

contummatiQn,

a nati

TRADE I:2; DRIN

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here is little doubt that tl

form the basis of legislation during the

lsiderat

which ma

adapted to t

not sufficient that something like a c]
afforded to the increase of public-houses, bi
should also be devised for rendering tho,

y as p

do exist as
Originally intended as places of rest and re
ment for travellers, that object should be kept in

upon

view, and the restrictions rigorously enfo
those profligate practices which these places too
often exhibit. If a liberal latitude were given
with reference to boncl fide travellers, so as not to

less hardship in diminishing the number of hours

at which public-houses are allowed to be open fox
purposes of business, and this was evident on the
Sunday before last, in the metropolis, when they
were first brought under the operation of the new

lndereC

act, and when the restriction was only /,

inconvenient by all customers, whether travellers
or not, being rigorously excluded. It must not be
supposed that this is a question which concerns only
licensed victuallers and those who frequent their
houses; it is one which has a very important bearing
on the moral habits of a very large portion of the
population, and is therefore entitled to careful con-
sideration before receiving the sanction of the
Legislature. Following their national tendency
to rush into extremes, the Americans have
attempted to avert the evils of drunkenness by
what is called the Maine Liquor-law, forbidding
the sale of all intoxicating liquors. This, how-
ever, would not suit the sense of freedom so pecu-
liarly the characteristic of Englishmen, nor would
it really meet the difficulty, as the reaction would
most probably be worse than the evil attempted to
be remedied. What is most required is an extent
of the trade sufficient for the wants of the com-
munity, with such restrictions as shall prevent its
being abused, and encouragement given to those
scenes of vice and profligacy which so often dis-
grace our large towns. Liverpool has an especial
interest in the question, for licensed houses arc far
too abundant in it, and but little control is maintain-
ed over the manner in which they are conducted, so
that the streets, particularly the most frequented
thoroughfares, present scenes which no one can
deny to be disgraceful, and which by no means
redound to the credit of those who are entrusted
with the maintenance of good order. Had the
magistrates performed the duty entrusted to them,
there would have been no occasion for the inter-
ference of the Legislature ; but it is notorious that
a duty so important has not only here but else-
where been very generally neglected, and the Legis-
lature is therefore amply justified in endeavouring
to interpose a remedy. The question should, how-
ever, be fully discussed during the recess, and we
may then anticipate that at the next meeting of
Parliament a measure will be introduced with every
reasonable probability of its success.

OPENING OF ST. GEORGE'S HA LL

TEE interesting ceremonies to be observed at the open-
ing of St. George's Hall have been at length definitively
agreed to, subject, of course, to the final decision of the
Council. A meeting of the committee, to whom the
arrangements have been entrusted, was held on Saturday,

at which the Mayor announced that he had received inti

official character, to the effect that, conse

intended visit of the Prince Consort to the French camp
at St. Omer, it will not be consistent with the royal

arrangements for Her Majesty to grace the inathomuratior.

withou

doubt, be learned with regret, not unmingled wit
disappointment by the population of Liverpool, and f
many miles around. All reasons for deferring the intend

arrangements, consequent on the ex

)ected royal visit, being

the 18th of September, instead of Tuesda

the 19th, and that, after the formal openin

by the Mayor

Itotio of

formed, provided Sir Henry Bishop can succeed in e

[g the services of a sufficien

evening

On Tuesday, M

:endelssohn's oratorio of Elijah
L Wednesday Haydn's Creation ;

Lg. followed in the evening lk

the admission to that ou Wednesday evening being fixes

at 2s. 6d., in order that the

general public

the other musical perfOrmances have not yet been decided
upon, but due notice of the final arrangements will be

given through the usual sources. It is also proposed that,
the week after the meeting of the British Association, five
or six evening musical performances shall be given in the
hall, to which the charge for admission shall be is., so that
all the inhabitants of the town may have an opportunity

of assisting w

the inauguration of this splendid municipal

,o be one of the finest

edifices in Europe,

LATEST INTELLIGENCE.

T II E

W A R

CAPTURE OF BOMARSUND

ADMIRALTY, SATURDAY, AUG. 19.—A telegraphic
despatch has been received at the Admiralty this day,

from the Flag-Lieutenant of Vice-Admiral Sir Charles
Napier, announcing that the forts of Bomarsund surren-
dered to the allied forces at 12 30, p.m., on the 16th inst.
Upwards of 2,000 prisoners laid down their arms, and
were immediately embarked. The loss on either side was
inconsiderable.

The Times correspondent, writing from Berlin on Sun-
day, says :—" On Saturday the Basilisk and the Reine
Hortense arrived at Danzig from Aland. On the 16th
the fortress of Bomarsund was taken

2000 Russiar

wounded. The two forts before taken had been blown up.
The main fortress had been much injured. On the lith
Austria and Prussia submitted to the l3und the Russian

answer to the Austrian summons, as well as the corres
pondence with the 'Western Powers, containing the gua.

rantees of peace required by the latter,

By telegraphic advices from Varna, of the 9th, We learn
that the light division had received orders to hold itself

an attack on the Russians, by land and sea, would be

made on the 15th

PARIS, SUNDAL—From Madrid we learn that a royal
decree has established a civic decoration in honour of those
brave men .who reconcluered the liberty •of the country
during the days of July. It is said that the Patriarch of
the Indies, 'as well as Sister PatrociniO° and her confessor,
Wye received orders t 9 leave Atibeirid. The maw per

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Sheffield

Great Northern, 7

prices are well

and there
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South Eastern,

TOCK EXCHANGE

York and North Midland, 27

WIND AND WEATHER REPORT

London, wind S., cloudy; Lancaster, Whitehaven, Ches.
terfield, Tilbury, York, and Sunderland, S. rain ; Maryport,
and Stoke-on-Trent, S., much rain; Ipswich and Hull, S.,
fine; Plymouth, S., cloudy; Glasgow, Dundee, Teignmouth,
Southampton, Gloucester, and Manchester, S.W., rain ;
Brighton, S.W., fine ; Edinburgh, Bristol, Poole, Dover, Os-
westry, and Portsmouth, S.W., cloudy ; Leicester, S.W., very
cloudy ; Great Grimsby, and Boston, S.S.W., cloudy;
Brighton, S.E., fine; Wakefield, S.E., rain; Lowestoft, N.,
fine; Scarborough, Bridlington, and Yarmouth, N.W., fiue.

—A fire broke out on Saturday evening,

the premises of Mr: Jones, jipanner
to the stove becoming overheated.
h engines were quickly in attendance, and the
kefore much damage had been caused.
ON SATURDAY, at four o'clock p.m. the British and North American Royal mail steam-ship Europa. Captain
John Leitch, sailed from the Mersey, for Boston and
Halifax, with the usual mails for the United States and
nnssessions in North America, 160 passengers,r_and

fire was subdue

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:once of

COACULTTATION OF PUNISIIMENT.—The S
death passed upon Sarah Featherstone at the List Chester
assizes, for the murder of her child, has been commuted_ to
penal servitude for life. The I
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to mercy by the jury

'nor was recQ]

James Hornby, and GeOrge
three apprentices in the employ of Messrs. Seddon,
d Garrett, shipbuilders, were charged with absent-
mselves from their work.. The prisoners had ab-

lITS' APPRENTIC
,ornns Jones.

he Police-court, oil

from their (

in consequence of Messrs. Seddon and Co. eninlorei
foreman a person who did not belong to the
prisoners had been induced to take this col
i
considerable annoyance and loss on the •r mas-
ters, by some of the club-men. • Mr. 6 appeared
for the prisoners, took a legal objet '
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-Inde'Aita
produced by Mr.Martinosho appear : - , .
entlon.'
on which the magistrate remanded th : itit- • ' civl
when it will be heard before Mr, Mans ''‘"; ---"/
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