The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1842-02-15 00:00:00

TIME AND TIDE WILL STAY FOR NO MAN!

•
0, YE MORTALS !
After the late great storm was hushed and finished, I caw
on the sea shores of Liverpool, and took an hour's view of
that old place !! Your town-hall be very, very handsome,
truly ! If good old "King Foster" be alive, give my love to.
him, for he had a hand in that nice, fine building, as well as
in my docks, and other property along the strand.

But why cannot ye agree, according unto right, in plans
for my new docks? All I want there be this : plenty, plenty
of good sea room, and great despatch in completing the work.
For do ye think I can spare those old posses'sions for a tedious
course of years? Nay ! Nay ! I Consent but to one or two
summers, and no longer. Take heed, and agree amongst ye,
speedily. Forty old merchants meet together, and each have
two votes who has lived for sixty years. Then will I be in
good humour again, and your ships shall sail in safety from
sea to sea, and unto the world's end !

Your right trusty benefactor,
NEPTUNUS

Old Ocean': Billows, anno 1842

THE BISHOPRIC OF JERUSALEM.—When the great and
gOod King of Prussia—a monarch not inore`to be venerated for
his royal virtues than for his learning, his piety, and his de-
voted attention to all that relates to religion—;when this excel-
lent monarch, desiring above all things to promote the glory
of God,. and the edification of his people, applies to our pri-
mate to meet him on neutral ground, and to bring together
German and English Christians in the hope that, without
any undue concession on either side, a union may be effected
between us, shall we censure our primate and the prelates
who co-operated with him, for listening to these overtures?
-Shall we rather not bid them God speed, %id humbly pray
that a blessing may rest upon an experiment which, if it
succeeds, will bring into close connexion those great Chris-
tian communities, the catholic church of England, the ca-
tholic church in the east, and the Prussian protestants, who
before such union can be effected, must become catholies,
even as the Orientals must be reformed ? Nor will the Ger-
man protestants be the only gainers. We shall receive as
well as give. We shall give to them the .apostolical succes-
sion, and we shall receive their powerful support in fighting
thegood fight of God's truth in England. Many good, but
weak persons are violently opposed to the catholic doctrines
of regeneration, the real presence and absolution, because
they regard them as popish; their prejudices will be re-
moved when they find that these doctrines are held by the
Prdssians as protestants.—Dr: Hook's Reasons for contri-
buting towards the support of an English Bishop at Jeru-
salem.

ROMANTIC .
ADVENTURF The Bombay Times contains
a detailed account of the
extraordinary defence made by
Captain Ferris of an advanced post in Alfghanistan, and his
successful retreat through : ahostile country and amidst in-
numerable
the persons in the fort. I.Ch
eFerrisall and. her sister werloll numerable enemies.
there being no chance of obtainingmunitim
quarters from
failed'fgrom the be-
leaguring thousands, a council of war (iwtas 'held, when it waB
instantly decided by all present to cut their way through the
multitude around them, thinking it " better to die like" T mhe
en
than rats in a hole. " The following is the sequel :
shades of evening fell upon friend and foe alike, and the tired
and war-worn garrison of Besh Bolak V
repared Io r
iut to. t w ilas de-
greater trial than any they had' yet been P
tided, that not a particle of baggage shoud be takladiesen i indeed,
a stl
Tle two were
there was no possibility of doing CO-
.• n
drear guard.
, the
placed on horseback behind two of the native officers, rt
garrison were disposed so as to render i
re opene , and a few
tile_:. ti • effective in
from the walls to lull
front, to both flanks, and to the rear, t
a"b' mltea—crp f
ollowers
were securely placed betweetnhettolg,eiii,,,t,
Everything being arranged,
the
of the rear guard continuing
suspicion, the word to march wiles. gieii, and at about half-
past six or seven o,clock we issu
~i forth.w On we moved and
reatihaigi.ri:2ii,e
moments, e
awielrweacshallenged ;
asinlesnytelry,vrausnatilbucil
up to the column.
a blaze of fire
the balls whistled from every quarter, while above the uni-
versal
his horse shot in the
2itanddowfans,t
,aanitliti
din of rire-arms were heard the shrill •
cries of the
Affghans, who charged sword in hand
rar
under them, but still we fought the
nFleortft'!
boiredwerslyferi
goodmany of our men fell
on. I know not how the guides m fight, and pressed
for there was a thick darkness ea managed to lead the way,
smoke, through which the fia li'sed by a cloud of dust and
visible. The enemy,not relishing"g of
zezails
wasalone
entertain-
ment we carried out for them the unexpected
attracted by the plunder of the,began to 'sheer off, probably
rewarded for their labour, b fort, where they were well
each others throats while but it is to be supposed they cut
yet to sustain the fire e squabbling for the spoil. We had
from
we passed it unhurt, and a fort that lay in our road, but
our march without • had the satisfaction of continuing
above lluzar-nou interruption, until we reached the pass
rear guard, but , when about forty men attacked the
were lying in wait were
beaten off. The Huzar-nou people
v.eded by a or us in the high road ; but as we pro-
three (Week in ,different
route, they were disappointed. At
where we found theTo morning
of
the 17th we reached Girdee
and at daylight : ra Baz Khau, who received us hospitably,
attachment,
Peshawar. Theafter suffering incredible hardships, reached
loss during the defence and the retreat was
considerable. .'
I he ladies were unhurt.

Vottrp

THY KINGDOM COME."

BY ELIZA COOK

The common ills of human litre ;
There's not a breast but bath its share

Of bitter pain and

asanein his lowly shed—

The nobl

Leath a

Ided dome—
bow his head,

,k and hop

Thy Kingdom come.

When some deep sorrow, surely slow,
Despoils the cheek and eats the heart,
Laying our busy projects low,
And bidding all earth's dreams depart,—
Do we not smile and calmly turn
From the wide world's tumultuous hum,
And feel the immortal essence yearn,
Rich with the thought, "Thy Kingdom come

And buffet

We stagger as they g
All shattered, wea