The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1842-10-04 00:00:00

OPINIONS OF THE PRESS

"A very beautiful and interesting work."—Athenceum. we have already bestowed upon this work, we should do so
" Beauty and character are eminently the qualities of the most cheerfully, for without doubt it is one of the most
embellishments, which are extremely numerous, and the sub- meritorious publications of the day ; and, when complete,
jects chosen with excellent judgment. —Literary Gazette. will present an edition of the Waverley Novels without pa -
" This will be the edition to survive of the works of the rallel, and never to be excelled."—Manchester Courier.
Magician of the North."—Morning Herald. I " This work of typographic elegance and of pictorial illus-
" This edition will remain, as long as the English language tration "goes bravely on." The spiritedness and variety of
endures, on the best shelf, and in the best place of the the engravings which embellish each part, make us look for-
choicest libraries."—St. James' Chronicle. ward with eager feelings to their successive arrival."—Nor-
" Nothing superior, either in typography or illustration, i folk Chronicle.
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" No one will regret being the purchaser of this work,— Esher, and the expectations of the public."—Scottish Re-
unprecedented in the excellence and fidelity of its illustra- formers Gazette.
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lost which the text presents."—Cambridge Chronicle. Journal.
" The Eighth Part of this ornate work has reached us, by " Another division of this admirable series of works, with
far the most valuable that has yet appeared."—Salopian its equally admirable and original illustrations, is before us.
Journal. This must supersede every other edition of the Waverley
"It would indeed be a libel on the taste of the public, Novels.—Liverpool Courier.
were such a work not popular." Hull Packet. "The illustrations are worthy of the splendour of the
"We feel assured that an inspection of what has already work. The pictorial Waverley must command an extensive
been accomplished will prove the strongest inducement to circulation."—Liverpool Albion.
our readers to book themselves as purchasers of the whole " Another number fully equal to the first in pictorial
of " The Abbotsford Edition."—Exeter Gazette. beauty, of this splendid and unique edition is before us. His
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all compared with the embellishments in Waverley. This ments or statues they will in honour of
beautiful edition improves as it advances."—Newcastle " The Ariosto of the North,
Journal. Who sang of love and war, romance and knightly worth,"
" We have here a continuation of Guy Mannering, illus- : but this work is the most magnificent memorial to his genius
trated with all that felicitous effect, which we had occasion, which the age has yet produced."—Liverpool Chronicle.
in former notices, to mark as characteristic of this unique , " The present Part fully bears out the promise of this
edition of our National Novels."—Aberdeen Journal. truly magnificent edition of the great novelists works of ima-
" This splendid pictoral edition of the works of Sir Walter 1 gination."—Northern Whig.
Scott becomes, if possible, richer in its attractions, in every' " A more delicious work never issued from the English
succeeding part. A more beautiful book for the library or Scottish press, either as to the interest of the matter, or
could scarcely be found."—Gloucester Journal. the exquisite felicity of the execution."—Scottish Reform-
"ln this edition, so appropriate and varied a selection of er's Gazette.
embellishments is interwoven with the text, as cannot fail to "If possible, the engravings in the Part before us (VIII)
give fresh interest to all classes of readers, even to those who are even more beautiful than in its predecessors. Dominic
have perused the works of this highly gifted author."— Sampson in the library is capital."—Bristol Journal.
Ipswich Journal. . " The wood-cuts are delightfully done ; in many instances

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gress, fully justifies the pleasing anticipations which we had are from steel plates."—The Argus.
before indulged in."—Leeds Intelliyeneer. " The most tasteful and richly-decorated of all our modern
"If we could add anything to the unqualified praise which publications."—lnverness Courier.

ROBERT CADELL, Edinburgh ; and to be had of every Bookseller in Liverpool, who will be Supplied by
GEO. PHILIP, South Castle-street.

UNITED STATES.

The British and North American royal mail steamer the
Caledonia, Captain E. G. Lott, arrived at this port, at five
o'clock on Sunday morning, from Boston and Halifax. She
left the former port on the afternoon of the 17th, and the
latter on the 19th ult. Although she encountered easterly
gales during the whole passage, she made the voyage, in-
cluding the usual stoppage at Halifax, in fourteen days.
The outward passage was performed, from port to port, in
thirteen days and a half. She has brought thirty-five pas-
sengers.

Th-
to th: P-aPe" received by the Caledonia ext d f hen rom te 2d
le th ult The latest dates from New York are of the
afternoon of .
disPote the
16th. The settlement of the question in
rising of between Great Britain and the United States and the
interest Congress have deprived the American papers of the
English which,reader heretofore, they have generally had for the
interesting . rhose before us are somewhat barren of
The ,
correspondetwp
Webster which between Lord Ashburton and Mr.
puted points precededbetween En
the amicable settlement of the dis-
papers. It is, of courEngland and America is given in the
point with great aatisfB°' voluminous. The American editors
Webster in the course eotr to the ability displayed by Mr.
the correspondence.
Mrs. Tyler, the wife
White-house, Washington°the president, had died at the
‘,, after a lone. and painful illness.
She was buried with the
on'
ceremony m .
held by her husband. Y becoming the high office
No material alteration bad
in the commercial or
monetary circles between the lit
andi 16th ult. The new
loan had not been contracted for,
• that forward and re-
that the English capitalists would yet a" were expressed,
Statesi Treasury.
State, lleve the pecuniary necessities of the U.cittneed
It was rumoured, from Washington
• Webster in-
band that he
tended to resign the office of Secretary of '
would be succeeded either by Mr. Cushing or
shnr, Mr. Forward would remain at the Treasuryy, Mr' up"
The business done in exchange for the Caledonia had b
to a considerable amount. The supply of bills had been
moderate. On London the rate was 1071 to 107 i per
cent.een
• opened
premium : on Paris, sf. 321 to 310: on Amsterdam, nt)
391' on Hamburgh, 351 to 3:4 ; and on Bremen, 751 to 7e.
Sir Charles Bagot. Governor-General of Canada
the second session of the first parliament of Canada on the
Bth ult. His excellency's speech on the occasion did not
contain any matter of importance. Alluding to the treaty
recently concluded between Great Britain and the United
States, he expressed his satisfaction at the amicable way in
which a dispute of so long standing as that respecting the
boundary had been settled.
Orders had been received, by the steamer from Liverpool,
for the Grenadier and Coldstream Guards, at Quebec, and
the 7th Hussars, at Laprarie, to hold themselves in readiness
to return home this autumn.
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Tcx new;frotii';xasi'stt, the end of August. An ex-
pectation was felt that, through the joint interposition of the
agents of Great Britain and the United States, a treaty of
peace would be agreed on between Mexico and Texas, and
a stop put to the effusion of blood.

SCRMON BY Tlit REV. HUGH M'NEILE IN TIII PARISII
HI/ CKER.—
Yesterday this distinguished divine preached in
the parish church of this town, on behalf of the Chapel of
Ease, Academy-street. Divine service commenced at one
o'clock. The audience was large, and very respectable, com-
prising many of the gentry of the town and its vicinity. The
rev. preacher took his text from the second chapter of Paul's
Epistle to the Hebrews, latter part of the 14th verse—" That
through death he might destroy him that had the power of
death—that is the devil." He said he would first address
the congregation before him as an ambassador of Christ ;

THEATRE-ROYAL, LIVERPOOL

THIS EVENING, (Thesday,) October 4,
The Trazedv of
VENICE PRESERVED.
After which, for the second time here, the Grand Fairy
Spectacle of
BEAUTY AND THE BEAST,
With Splendid New Scenery, Extensive Machinery, Tricks,
and Transformations. New Dresses, and Appointments.

LIVER THEATRE.
LAST TWO NIGHTS OF MR. WILSON'S SCOTTISH
ENTERTAINMENTS.
TO-MORROW EVENING (WEDNESDAY) HIGH-
LAND MELODY and SONG. List of the Songs :
My Heart's in the Highlands—The Maid that Tends the
Goats—The Bard's Legacy—Lizzie Lindsay—Highland La-
ment—The M`Gregor's Gathering.
Part IL—Farewell to Lochaber—Come under toy Plaidie
—Pibroch o' Donuil Dhui—Boat Song of the Highlands—
Tullochgorum.
O❑ FRIDAY EVENING
NIGHT

Mr. WILSON'S FAREWELL

At WOODSIDE,
On THURSDAY EVENING, at Seven o'clock, Mr. WILSON
will give the ADVENTURES of PRINCE CHARLES.

LIVERPOOL PHILHARMONIC SOCIETY.
viEMBERS are hereby informed that the OPEN RE-
ll during the present Quarter will take
place

On FRIDAY next, the 7th October,
On FRIDAY, the 4th November, and
On FRIDAY, the 2d December.
WM. SUDLOW, Secretary