The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1842-06-14 00:00:00

THE BISHOP OF JERUSALEM.

(From the Morning Herald.)
The triumph of the British arms on the coast of Syria,
whilst it confounded the projects of the French revolution-
ary party, carried dismay into the hearts of those whose re-
ligious interests in that country were bound up with the
fortunes of the tri-coloured flag ; and thus it was that our
ships of war, whilst sailing along the coast, beheld that flag
hoisted, as in defiance, from the wall of every convent of the
Latin church. They were impotent to resist us, but they
could not repress this ebullition of hostility and hatred.
The war ended, what were our political and religious ene-
mies then to do? Were their original projects to be re-
nounced and blasted ? And were they tamely to look on,
whilst the Protestant Sovereigns of the league, which had
saved Turkey from destruction, anxiously betook themselves
to the discharge of a long-neglected duty ? These Sovereigns
felt deeply the reproach that, whilst the Holy City abounded
in splendid and pompous instances of the worship of corrupt
Christian churches, not one edifice had been suffered, not
even attempted, to be raised, where the pure truths of the
Gospel could be proclaimed to the faithful followers of the
Redeemer, whom those Sovereigns were bound to protect in
the exercise of their religion ; and hence arose the project
desired by his Prussian Majesty, and earnestly supported by
as British Government, for establishing a bishopric of the
Anglican church at Jerusalem ; and it was equally an act of
sound worldly policy, and of religious duty, which England
performed, in affording her fullest countenance and support
to the establishment of an Anglican prelacy in that city, in
whose fate, be it in whatever hands, the hearts of the Chris-
tian will ever be bound up by the strongest ties, and in
whose destinies some of the dearest and holiest of his hopes
are involved.

M It is
plain that these things have made the most profound
impression upon our inveterate political and religious foes.
In the field of war they could not meet us ; but one re-
mained opened to them, and closed to us ; and thence they
have incessantly and earnestlycarried on an hostility entirely
their own ; they have had
recourse to falsehood and fabrica-
tion, with so merciless an industry, that it might be supposed
to have nearly exhausted itself, but they are actually now
giving a new currency to lies which were exploded some two
or three months ago. The Jesuit party at Paris appears
from recent accounts to be the chief actors in this most
active conspiracy, for it is one which has ever shown itself
to be " Grtecis mendacior ipsis.'"fhe splendid entry of the
bishop into Jerusalem, under the protection of British au-
thority, and the marked sanction and countenance of the
supreme local government, at once controverted the predic-
tions of his disgrace and rejection which had abounded in
Paris and Jerusalem, and it proved the decided influence of
the British government. No one could dream of a Mussul-
mun's interest in a success, in which neither his feelings or
faith could, to say the least, partake. The lies, therefore, to
be useful, must be anti-British and anti-Protestant; and
thus it is that we were first assured, " inter alia," that the
bishop was subject to gross insults, and pelted in the streets
of Jerusalem, whilst preaching in the open air; and now we
hear that the American Protestant missionaries are driven
out of Syria by persecution, that an Albanian soldier has
publicly attempted the life of Colonel Rose, the consul-gene-
ral, and has remained undetected and unpunished by his
superiors ; and as
"The reptile's at his dirty work again."
but, as it appears, with somewhat exhausted imagination,
the lanidation-lie is revived, and we are assured that Bishop
Alexander " walks the streets of Jerusalem under a shower
of stones ;" and in order to freshen up the falsehood, a new
motive for the old outrage is assigned : they say that " the
inhabitants of Palestine are shocked at the sight of a bishop
having a wife under his arm."

`Fe took the trouble a few days since to show, that, of all
the various classes of these inhabitants, the European Ro-
manist alone would be so scandalised ; and the fabrication
lies necessarily at his door. But the Americans are uninter-
rupted ; but Colonel Rose has not been shot at ; but Bishop
Alexander has not been stoned ; had he been, we know to-
lerably well at whose feet " the witnesses would have laid
down their clothes." We then cited the authorities of re-
cent date, on which we gave the contradiction to such asser-
tions ; but we can now state that Bishop Alexander, advert-
ing to the strange and fabricated reports, which he had just
learned to have been circulated in Europe respecting himself
and his mission, tells his friends, in a letter of the 12th May,
that there " is not a shadow of truth in the allegations ; that
he has never preached in the open air, and that hitherto he
has experienced nothing but respect and kindness ;"—tbat
they are " going on regularly, pursuing their course of duty;
and that he must say that they have everything to encourage
them." _ _ _

We learn from indisputable authority in Syria, that the
project devised against the bishop was, t) terrify him into
bolting—to use that familiar but expressive word—to cause
him to abdicate under insult and alarm, and to shame our
state and church with his flight.

THE OXFORD AND CAMBRIDGE BCAT-RACE.—This
much looked for contest came off on the ThEmes on Saturday.
Mr. E. Searle started the gentlemen at 17 minutes to 4.
They both caught the signal at the same moment, and after
half a dozen strokes on both sides, the boats dashed through
the water as evenly as we ever remember to have seen a start
Off the Speaker's House the Cambridge crew had drawn the
head of their boat about a foot in advance cf their opponents,
and facing the Horseferry increased it about two more.
At Chandler's (the Ship) the Oxfords boat-head was as near
as possible on a level with their adversaries main thwart,
but on the discharge of some cannon the Oxonion at the
moment picked up their boat as though it had suddenly been
propelled by the wadding, and went up to their adversaries.
For about a quarter of a minute they were oar and oar, and
then the Oxonians gradually gained on their adversaries
passing through Vauxhall-bridge a length and a half in ad-
vance. Five minutes after the start, off where the Spread
Eagle used to stand, the Cantabs brought their boat up
within a yard of their opponents stern' and made as it were
to dash inside of them, but could not succeed in getting any
nearer, three or four powerful strokes on the part of the
Oxonians taking her further away. At the Red-house the
Oxonians were about three lengths a-head, and at Buttersea-
bridge a trflle more (17 minutes from the time of starting).
In Wandsworth-reach the race was renewedwith fresh vigour
but despite the most powerful efforts on the part of the
Cantabs, the Oxonians won by about three lengths. The
time in which the distance was rowed was thirty minutes
ten
seconds. The winners and losers were both greeted
with loud and deafening cheers.

TIDE TABLE

Days. frirn. I Evn.

Height,

Sundays, Helyclaysos.e

U. 11. 11. 51. F. 1.
Tuesday .14 241 3 8 15 11 Jupiter rises loh 10m even
Wednes .15 335 4 6 15 1 First quarter,
Thursday 16 436 510 14 5 Mars sets SI. 40m even.
Friday .. 17 542 617 14 2 St. Alban.
Saturday 18 652 730 13 7 Venus sefs 10h 18m. even.
Sunday.. 19 , 8 4 835 13 10 ith Sunday after Trinity.
Monday. 20 p 4 p 32 14 4 Accession of Queen Vic.

PRICES OF SHARES, JUNE 13.
Prices within the last seven days. This days
RAILWAYS, &c. Per Share. Prices
Bolton and Preston .. 5O paid 0 0 0
Birmingham and Gloucester lOO paid 0 0 0
Ditto quarter
Birmingham and Derby lOO .... 00 0
Bristol and Exeter 7O
.... 0 0 0
Birkenhead and Chester 50 paid 0 0 0
Ditto, new .. 2o .... 0 0 0
Dublin and Drogheda
Eastern Counties
Ditto new Shares.... 4 6 8 6 14 2
Ditto, Debentures
Edinburgh and Glasgow
Ditto new shares 3 .... 4 5 0
Ditto Leigh and Newhaven 20 paid 0 0 0
Glasgow, Paisley, & Greenock 25 paid 0 0 0
Half Shares . 6 .... 5 10 0
Glasgow, - Paisley, Kilmar } 50 paid
Greenock, and Ayr
Grand Junction
Ditto half shares 5O
Quarter
New ditto 25
Great Western 65
Ditto new shares 5O
Ditto Fifth Shares 4
Great North of England lOO
Hull and Selby England
Lancaster and Preston
Ditto Junction, new
Leicesterand Swannington
Leeds and Selby
Liverpool and Manchester
Ditto quarter shares
Ditto hall shares ....
London and Birmingham
Ditto quarter shares
Ditto old shall

50 paid
47 10 0

0 0 0

6 19 2

187 0 0 .... 190 10 0
92 0 0 .... 95 10 0
26 0 0 .
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78 0 0
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59 5 0

Ditto new
London & Brighton

Ditto new
London and South Western _
Ditto, 10th shares l7
Manchester, Bolton, & Bury .. 93
Manchester and Birmingham.. 40
Ditto and Ditto Extension .. 7
Manchester and Leeds 7O
Ditto half shares ..
Ditto quarter shales •
Midland Counties
Ditto, quarter
North Midland
New North Midland
One-third Shares
North Union
Newcastle and Carlisle

7 10.. 7 15 0
39 .... 62 10 0
O u 0
• 0 0
26 12 6
O 0 0
O 0 0
30 .... 0 0 0
2 .... 0 0 0
100 .... 71 10 0
15 .... 17 5 0
100 .... 0 0 0
40 .... 0 0 I)
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75 71 0 0
100 .... 0 0 0
25 .... 0 0 0 .• •.
25 .... 0 0 0 ....
16 .... 16 5 0 ....
50 0 0 0 .... 26 7 6
5 6 5 0 .... 6 10 0
50 paid 0 0 0 ....
15 31 15 0 ...•

. 32 10 0

Ditto quarter shares
Ulster
Paris and Rouen
South Eastern and Dover
New shares
York and North Midland,
Half Shares

BANKS.
Bank of Liverpool .. £l2 lOs paid 00 0 •
Borough Bank lO 13 12 6 .... 13 10 0
Commercial of Liverpool 10 0 0 0 ....
Commercial of England. 5 .... o°° " • •
East of England lO .... 0 0 0 ....
of Manchester lO .... 0 0 0 ....
- M'chester & L'pool Dsct. 15 0 0 ....
Northern and Central
North and South Wales lO .... 0 0 0 ....
Royal of Liverpool
South Lancashire
Albion
Liverpool Union lO .... 10 15 0
Liverpool Banking Co lO .... 000 ..
Wilts and Dorset 7 10s. 0 0 0
GAS, WATER WORKS, &c.
Exchange Buildings JelOO paid 0 0 0
L'pool and Harrington Water ) Stock .. 0 0
Works
Bootle Ditto Stock.... 0 0 0
L'pool Gas Light Company,
(Original Stock) 100 .... 00 0 ....
Ditto new Shares.... 100 .... 0 0 0 ....
L'pool New Gas & Coke Co. £lOO .... 00 0 .... 166 0 0
Ditto new shares are now paid up.
M'chester AAsSsSuUraßnAeNe CCoEmCpOatMIyi.'AIONI.E..S.
.... 0 0 0 ...-
Liverpool Fire and Life 2 10S. 219 0 ••••
Ocean Assurance
Liverpool Marine Assurance )10 paid 0 0 0.• • •
Company ..............
DOCKS, FERRIES, NEW COMPANIES, &c.
Anderton Carrying Company .. 16 Os. 0 0 0.. • •
Rock Ferry
Steam Tug Company lO ... 0 0 0 •• • •
Harrington Docks 100 0 0 0 ••••
Apothecaries' Company
Asphalte (Liverpool) 2 0 0 0 . •
- (Polonceau) 2, „ 00 0 ••••