The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1842-12-27 00:00:00

TOXTETH-PARK PROTESTANT OPERATIVE

ASSOCIATION.

Last night a meeting of the Protestant operatives of Tox-
teth-park was held, for the purpose of forwarding the Testi.
monial to the Rev. H. M`Neile, and moving a vote of thanks
to the thirty-nine Tories who voted for sound scriptural
education in the Town Council. The chair was taken by
Mr. Harbord, who briefly stated the first objects of the
meeting.
Mr. ROBERT M'CLAY, in moving the first resolution,
stated that his acquaintance with the Rev. Hugh M`Neile
was now of twenty years' standing, and during the whole of
that time he had invariably been the sound and uncompro-
mising advocate of pure protestant principles, both in church
and state.
Mr. BLEASDALE seconded the resolution in a short but
very pointed and interesting speech, shewing the continued
usefulness of the Rev. Mr. M'Neiles labours, both in the
pulpit and on the platform.
The second resolution was moved by Mr. LANGWORTEI
and seconded by 11Ir. KING, who also bore their willing tes-
timony to the value of the rev. gentleman's services.
Mr. CRISP, in rising to move the third resolution, said he
was sure his friend Mr. Harbord would excuse him for voting
him out of the chair, and the Rev. Mr. Nolan into it, while
he proposed the next resolution. This being done, he ex-
pressed the pleasure it gave him to move a resolution so
much in accordance with his own feelings, and one which
would meet with such a ready response from his friends be-
fore him.

The resolution was ably seconded by Mr. SANSON.
After a collection had been made, the Rev. CHAIRMAN
addressed the meeting, and Mr. R. HARBORD returned
thanks on behalf of himself and his 38 colleagues.
The meeting then closed with the Doxology.
The following are the resolutions which were passed :

" Ist. That this meeting rejoices in the opportunity of
contributing to the M`Neile Testimonial,' that no clergy-
man of the united church has rendered, under God, more
signal service to the cause of truth than the Rev. Hugh
M'Neile ; his untiring zeal as a minister of the Gospel of the
grace of God ; his able and effective vindication of our
national church ; his powerful advocacy of sound scriptural
national education ; his readiness at all times, through good
report and evil, to occupy the post of danger at the call of
duty ; and, above all, the high consistency of his Christian
character, for so many years seen and known amongst us,
make it matter no less of duty towards themselves than of
debt to him, that the friends of the Bible and the Church, in
Liverpool, should make some worthy and lasting acknow-
ledgement, as well of their sense of his services, as of their
respect and affection personally towards himself. That the
members of the Toxteth Park Protestant Operative Associa-
tion feel especially happy in adding their mite towards so
deserved a tribute, inasmuch as his labours in defence and in
support of everything dear to us as Englishmen and ChriS-
tians, together with his personal kindness to ourselves, as
the beloved and respected president of this association, leave
us his debtors, in gratitude, to ana mount which we feel
ourselves as unable to payas to forget."
"2d. That Richard Harbord, Esq. be the treasurer, and
Mr. Hunton be the secretary, to the M`Neile testimonial
fund, and that the amount collected be added to the general
fund."

"3d. That the thanks of this meeting be given to the
;hirty-nine members of the town-council who voted on the
14th instant in favour of scriptural education, and in oppo-
dtion to Mr. G. H. Lawrence's amendment to the report of
he Education Committee.

BIRTH.—On the 26th instant, Mrs. W. Horne, Windsor-
street, of a daughter.

The Russian Commercial Gazelle states, that a lump of
native gold, of the enormous weight of 2 ponds and 71b.
(about 051 b. English), was found on the 7th inst. in the sands
of Miass, near the mines of Zlatooust, and placed in the
museum of the Institute of Mines at St. Petersburgh.—
Globe.

A COMICAL CUSTOMER.—A facetious gentleman, tra-
velling in pursuit of pleasure, on arriving at his lodging in
the evening, was met by his hostler, whom he thus ad-
dressed :—" Boy, extricate that quadruped from the vehicle
—stabulate him—denote him an adequate supply of nutri-
tious aliment ; and when the aurora of morn shall again
illuminate the oriental horizon, I shall award you a pecuniary
compensation for your amiable hospitality." The boy, not
understanding a word, ran into the house, saying, ":Master,
here's a Dutchman wants to see you."

Suspicious ?—We have just been informed, upon autho-
rity on which we can place the most implicit reliance, that
there are at the present moment being built at Black wall five
large steam frigates for the Russian Government, which are
intended to be used in the Black Sea, for the prosecution of
the war against the Circassians. One of these steam frigates
is just completed. Is the British Government aware of this
most important fact? We repeat, that we place implicit con-
fidence in the truth of the above statement, which we hasten,
as in duty bound, to lay before the public. Comment at
present would be superfluous.—John Bull.

LISBON.—During the late stormy weather several boats
laden with wheat, and bound for Oporto, were wrecked on the
Duro. They were driven with violence against the various
mill-dams which are permitted illegally to obstruct the
course of this fine river, and dashed to pieces. There are
no fewer than seven of these within a short distance, and all
of them most perilous to the navigation. With the custo-
mary administrative vigour of the Peninsula, the Govern-
ment has repeatedly issued " the most decisive orders" to
have this flagrant nuisance abated. But the dams are still
there, and the river will most likely continue to plunge over
them in rainy weather, and dribble over them in dry.
" Volvitur, et volvetur in omne volubilis aovum."
A punster might say that it is " a darn shame."
E FLAG OF ENGLAND.—Not a port have I visited since
I left America, that I did not see the flag of England. It
was the first flag I saw on entering the waters of France ; it
was the only one floating in the ancient harbour of Rome, at
Civita Vecchia. Again I saw it in the deserted harbour of
the Piraeus, where once rode the fleets of Themistocles. I
first saw the dome and minarets of Constantinople from be .
neath a cloud of cannon smoke that issued from British line-
of-battle ships, saluting the Mahommedan ally of Britain.
The first object that met my eye on scaling the summit of
the Pyramids was the cross of St. George, which some Eng-
lish traveller had planted there. Beyond the cataracts, on
the borders of the Dessert of Nubia, the only sign of civili-
zation thst I saw was the English cross flying from the masts
of a traveller's boat. Here, on the extreme verge of civili-
zation, I stood before this emblem of the universal presence
of that nation ; and in the lawless regions it gave me a
pleasing sense of security to find myself so near a represen-
tation of that Power beneath whose broad aegis there is pro-
tection abroad for the most humble fugitive from violence
and oppression.—American Traveller's Journal.
ANOTHER CALUMNY.—The National, under the an-
nouncement of "New attacks by England against the French
flag," publishes a letter from M., Ernest d'Huviller, a
merchant at Goree, complaining that all French vessels
sailing up the river Gambia, in Senegal, in order to arrive at
the French settlement of Albreda, are compelled to pay to
England an annual tribute of £1 per ton. "Is it not humi-
liating," writes M. d'Huvi:lier, " that French vessels cannot
reach Albreda, where the national flag floats, without depo-
siting their papers at Bathurst, and purchasing from stran-
gers the right to proceed to their own settlement ?" "No
doubt," " observes the National, " when M. Guizot is
questioned on this fact, he will, as he did during last session
on the debata relating to the right of serach, declare that the
English had a right to act as they did. It is the universal
right of nations, admitted by all writers on national law, that
the navigation of rivers is free to all those residing on their
banks, and consequently the French, having an establish-
ment at Albreda, have a right to the free navigation of the
Gambia. But it may be said that the English, having
erected works at the mouth of the river, are entitled to levy
this task. On this point Vattel declares, that if a liver be-
longs to one nation, and another has a right to navigate it,
the former cannot erect works to interrupt its navigation.
We, therefore, expect that M. Guizot will exhibit some
firmness on this occasion ; and as we possess Albreda by vir-
tue of the treaties of 1815, if those treaties are sacred for us
in Europe, they may be held sacred by the English i❑
Africa."

WHIG LANDLORD RAISING HIS RENTS.—At a time like
the present it appears most extraordinary that any great
landed proprietor should raise the rents of his tenants, and
it was for a liberal earl to set the noble example. Earl Fitz-
william has intimated to his tenantry in Yorkshire that it is
his intention to raise their rents from 12 to 25 per cent.
This may hereafter show as a proof of his lordship's pene-
tration into the benefits to agriculturists that will arise from
the operations of the new tariff; and we hope and trust that
in his lordship's prospective view of the matter he may be
right ; but at the same time it is much to be regretted that
his lordship should just at this period have thus notified his
intention, thereby adding to the weight of the temporary
inconveniences that have occurred to the agricultural inte-
rest. We do not envy Earl Fitzwilliam his taste for fishing
in troubled waters ; and when the farmers of Yorkshire
compare his conduct with that of Lord Wharncliffe, a mem-
ber of the present cabinet, we do not think it will tend to
increase the popularity of the whig peer. Lord Wharncliffe,
who also has extensive estates in Yorkshire, has intimated
to his tenants that he shall lower their rents. " Look here
upon this picture, and on this." " But," says Earl Fitz-
william, " I intend to give my tenants a quid pro quo, for I
will drain the whole of their farms, and only charge them
31 per cent. on the outlay." We have no doubt that his
lordship will do the work well, for the Whigs have ever been
clever bands at draining ; and if he applied the process to
the land only, the farmers of Yorkshire would gratefully
acknowledge the boon ; but, unfortunately, he wants to
drain the farmers as well as their fields.—Essex Standard.
NOVEL TREATMENT OF A FRACTURE.—In the course of
a forenoon ramble along the north beach, lately, we came
upon the cottage of as original a pair of ancients as it was
ever our lot to " forgather" with. The patriarch, about
four-score, stands as erect as a bulrush, with a hale healthy
look and unbroken set of ivory, such as our forefathers used
to sport, who could lift a goodly sized keg of whiskey by
seizing it with their teeth. David," for such is the name
of our hero, had missed his footing and fallen on the Black
Rock, by which two of his ribs were broken ' • the following
narrative of his treatment was delivered with great anima-
tion, in query whether he had not sent for a doctor ? Doc-
tor !—deevil ! na, na, I ne'er tried doctors a' my life, an' ice
no gaun to begin now wi' them and their trash o' drogs !
Na, na, I just wars'it my ways hame, thou sees, and the wife
and me fan' out that the twa bits o' ribs was broken, and
Sarah gied me a wee soup o'whisky, thou sees, and that
warmed a' my inside ; and then we got heaps o'flannen and
sweelt it about my breast, and that keepit a'warm outside ;
and then Sarah gied another glass o'whisky, and that men't
me up like, and keepit a' warm ; and than, as I thocht ma
ribs were bent in, I filled myself fine and fou o' meat—heaps
o'grand warm meat—and that keepit a'straucht in the inside ;
and then I tied a cord about me, and that keepit the banes
fine an' ticht outside ; and we just workit on that way, keep-
ing a' things fine and warm and straucht outside and inside,
till the ribs gat time to mend, and now they're as weel as
ever they were." The funny old fellow finished his narrative
with a smile of triumph, as he added, " Na, na, they'll no
torture me wi' their bondages and their physic ; l'm as auld's
the maist o'them, in mair ways than ane.' —Ayr Advertiser.
WANTED A WlFE.—Much meriment was created at the
exhibition of the Society of Artists, Birmingham, on Tuesday
evening last, by the public and appropriate punishment of
the author of a most seductive advertisement, which appeared
in the Birmingham Herald some weeks since, apparently
emanating from a young man, who professed great anxiety
to assume the cares of matrimonial life, but whose engage-
ments precluded the possibility of winning the heart of one
of the fair sex by the usual routine of assiduous and per-
severing courtship. A correspondence has since been carried
on by some wag, evidently a champion of the fair sex, the
result of which was an appointment at the Society of Artists
on the evening in question. Punctual to his tryst, the
enamoured swain made his appearance in the large room,
evidently in a fever of excitement, closely followed by his
gentle correspondent. He had scarcely assumed one of those
seducing attitudes as peculiarly belonging to himself, when
the following announcement was seen pending from the col-
lar of his taglioni :—" Wanted, a Wife.—My age is 21. I
am considered personable. James Henry Minors.—Address
104, Herald-office." The exhibition soon attracted universal
attention, and the unconscious object of so much remark
sufficiently demonstrated to all present the real and stable
nature of his attachment. We question whether Cerito her-
self would, in her movement round the room, have created a
greater sensation than did our hero, whose innocent expres-
sion of countenance induced many of the more antiquated of
the single ladies present to sympathise with him in his pe-
culiarly preplexing predicament, from which he was at length
released by some officious individual, who evidently bad not
a capacity to understand a joke.---Biratinghests Advertiser.