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' v as po'' t ; r rible berk'aTi linent e him " .b° [ to ivh °li 'i Li jetne° ° 18 30, aft er , u ntrY 11;3 , o be P ag. coun t * CH s", 5, , laboure -5,10, of T • it )rtan t 1111 traV ell4 iere eVer) :: upon the A ge Of 11° e pOP lll°ll5 le fondling th e Mag". retle Cti°n : ( upupon,, jOUS iligh an3°llg ere v ing) s c eu deav°, o v ibrate I of Fr anc !' s even these o f t cor ner of Stn° is3°, apd n i e nt 1 0- !s . • he , e ned " seen frO; it, the ftre v it, ear i " g of ) f the meet tb: ?, w hen t il of Le fl 3 ' lles 1 -Stad ° ! ° , 1:004 l e ader 00 ;„ corp— ,, , opo jer e i o a 11°55 e °° hou se re sl l l got JO' JO' iatec e- t yir reso 'e ri, ed. b e ' t he re n ation ther e f ore i s to lend i t now an d Paid next het y ear ' With • a ll su b m i ss i on , w e )r oteer ill ,. en are ne ver in s o lik ely a humour to pay 1• l n , as "hen their hoes are burning above .; th e , th q won't m Y Pay now, a gu i nea to a goo _ k 11 e Cabinet, Pay at all, nel'er Such are the absurdities we en I buN erB -4 h 6 a step, it is a mus i ng enough to find that y. 4 thth em a e s t ra e t with an Ad vocate i n P ar li amen t, , aPPropriate they cou ld poss ibly have 7v ri 4 .e s y rn pathiti ng s h ape of Mr. Wakley, the ileatot of Finsbury. We regret that Mr. Baron vacated his seat for Carlow, and that . his 1 6 1 , Z°eations in the North will not permit him L ikst ac '''. ne ss how sobriety itself is no guarantee t eldents which happen, " even in the bes t7,families." The Doctor and the Lawyer wee n 'Kto "'Lem, doubtless, have made out to the d he ° of the House, that though Birmingham had 411..,4111ittned, no mortal hand had fired it. v ' a rci yet another step : and we come to the ~.,_philoophers of the Liberal Creed, the men I c 4 Itho See the light of the age in flaming :toalld interpret their Leaders literally in wishing With lik e a house on fire." bit Z:these come Rumford, Bumford, Cole, 11 3 froaa Rockly in the Role, c s citi and Dawson, cheek by jowl, Wh i rli „ rn P from St. Giles's Pound : H h. s d and Mitford joined the train, A t ;', 4 g ) and Muggins from Chick-lane, teqfk;lutterbuck, who got a sprain N I; °r e the Plug was found. i llita n and Lovett did not sleep, . 11 ' no trophy could they reap, has urofboth were in the Donjon keep eicieks gloomy mounds ler: i2 el'en these exalted Patriots and Heroes are ,htiLallY with Lords Melbourne and J. Russell) ' 4 llti es 'thew °f our common nature; and we undere iltzbehole affair will blow away in smoke, becaus thr forteockly in the. Hole does not chew his d .tl lat t o t of him from - St. Giles's Pound, an of t from sweet Kilkenny thinks that he klell t n ot up to snuff, because he refuses the (1 114 14PPee, the real Irish Blackguard. So a t q 1414 all end (as of old with Virgil's bees) to 3 7' 4 3, and the National Convention is dis t' transit gloria mundi. It • i e l bee rated by yesterday's Liberal noodle re •NI e 4 appeared in the last number of Li ve s P e eting Lord J o h n R usse ll' s ce l e b ra t e d `4t (~,,rPool last autumn. 4 0t 1,7 e s t Meeting in the Old Infirmary Yard with the approbation and under the ° I th e ate ki et tter apor Mayor, we must confess that, in Vvery at polished phraseology, we " lie 11zadegi:eat mistake" indeed. If Lord John 0 4 (1 t o a° allusion whatever to this said Meet -ott x ed 4o credit to hi mself and his party for k m very great u d-rd at such procee di ngs, we h ave a ohe'Ntir i m istake to which• we must needs 'l3it t once a ga i n we repeat, t h at i t was 11, t 4ressi on i n Liverpool that such was 41 ) eit eref ore state agai n w h a t we stated on • N t h b w as the v ers i on o f t h e story currently o fl 'icej to the Liberals, and which Conservatives e oui ta , it e upon such report, since not one of be present at this Hole-and-Corner Sl / 4 1 41ite d Itadi -it e ends to say one thing t he e ollv • then, and ement to assert another thing now, tt t tiq p er , se t tle among themselves. Some day ' t4 e!tt, is 'a Ps even the Liberals will find out that i kt 6 o4est. e best policy." When they do, they ‘4 1,,,, e°11 tetm,,, L-Jrary is mistaken if he supposed we fro ll tself. W e h ave n ot a file of his do no e nevra hier alluded t o hi m i n any way,—and t Nell, r ecollect whether he reported Lord g tl ileel, 6 speec h or no. " The fly sat on the th Nternarknor t What a dust do I raise!' " • ary ls naturally sore because we say S' Wit " in Liverpool cannot get up a public ' , 0 41 -4 ve f Y O it is notorious all over the country ! ktl; hilt anr;iand-sixpenny Precursor feeds occa- Rt Ilen t B anquet like the Annual Dinner of tor hi , li ot thei r en ds the Tradesmen, is far too expen ‘44 ° l•thi li Pctrt ion of th e en li ghtene d pu bli c. W e t ti& tikl v C on of derisi on f or t h e i r pover t y : b u t tem porary i s p l ease d to quest i on our `4t tile this anti 8 be ad, we w i s h to reca l to hi s recol • ent kt kh e eriti, in,, adage, " th e proo f o f t h e pu ddi ng Lrctr i Let them try their hands at a feed 'll 1 10 ' ,1 4d i f they ca nno t se ll t h e i r t i c k e t s th e y 4,4"oliitntenlty what ever i n g i v i ng t h em away. 'p t etr gathering ra es from thorns, but etehe his g 8 hand for Liberal grapes, we tpl. find Las them "sour. ,, p aro, Ma rl ,Nrtent that the Chartist Meeting in the %)i, .I and was an utter failure, we cheerfully 4..ard °h l ). Russell, wh en th e y wer e failures, l et put ric;,,_lll3t 11 Ppressing them : when they can o powrite e u ithout bl oo d , h e i ncreases t h e army Ili kl l y e ' Principl e an d f orecast wou ld h ave 111 lit of pl ace i n a Whig Secretary. red Pack et.. s . • he re o b t l P Shak speare, Captain Britton, which :;t i e ic twoll, Su nday, has b rou ght a d v ices from b eq ool uaYs later than those which arrived by the srh lbe news is by no m eans i m portant marki et re mained in the s ame condition as N' t ock"4"aaea,,yt. Money continued to be scarce, g at 113. united States Bank Shares were kr; 41 41 I. Tie President was still at New 11 1 , We, con The b e e e hter, to be " the Lion of the day." ~t lP ,,e ta tati„ '4ined that the annual celebration of 1 0 4 10 i 'vn 40t ° f Independence on the fourth of h ay w'th . P a ss ove r w i t h out some manifestat i on hit v~NI. t he rebels of Canada. Precautions t bee hese ll taken b y S ir J o h n C o lb orne, to '41441441(1ary. °,ll4ldrel " sympathisers" from passing k o , t te d lele internal affairs of the States were ni,, s ; Of the' nere no further news from Mexico I'l het a - 7 ri ow b of South America. Further e daily looked for. Should another rid e ditio 4 ° 'day, we shall publish the news in a x „. k 3 / 4 ' 4 4,1 - 4 , ,k k wrko : 11, 1% 01 , T 1 , .401,IDOVDERRY —A Radical paper of .P Pe Nit t t he noble offered a t 4 4 . o _ Marquis of having th e ,sovereign, by not rising from his seat !1trottl(14,1411,(1,1:1)7atl,t was proposed at the splendid fete „,,,t, Ol 40 1 l a , t. •:e Duke of Somerset, at Wimbledon, clAl e 0 ., Lord Lo he cant affixed to this statement is 1 , r 4 h deciarnlonderry might have spared himself' N(1('1!'llerc) wfing• 'itto be a base and infamous false "kt, i l 4 r!cl h is 9 ls acquainted with his long services ,'ll l ' ehvo,, :enthusiastic loyalty as a conservative, .te `edit for a. moment. th e '' (4 1 Pr' tb evil s x !'aY evening last, delivered his third . i t lti,Pul ati s to pr _ ot the principles which Mr. Owen is t;ll,,iagate amongst the ignorant classes of 1 1 . 1 4 tl A he ci t 4 e 4 G e l l tiinvitlends tehommuMty. Although . the learned sk h Ni e Meet the '(?cialists to meet his argu ti k kR t o e ar t ,, s, few questions were put to him, Pr li t i t ;1 1 . r ,, „efett with so much point .and good 4 1 .khi, 411 4 11 , 0 1 v11l , Lnc feelings of the auditory in a proper I I , 4 11; 1 1 ef d s, tba t ', e k e ° from the resolutions in our adver -I,i• 1, Qat) meeting was unanimous in its ex h go Pr °bati o k aril su ce of the system against which Mr. I . t ., ttr r iti 4 4 l . t v ( i t h ,ip ej o tl i ,e,e e ti : au f b u i l e ly h Irir oae a m n n d li w sh h . ich, we hope, his 1;,N4, 1 7ee p h ,!veval AIANcuEsTER. FISII COMPANY.- 4t 0 0 , 11 ,t)f the shareholders of this company ti,l it c , r. 1 90 f or :,Aeorenoon , (by adjournment,) at the Cla- N ,- ktot.i'ePoilitc,‘ •Purpose of receiving the report of the j "il;,,N tB • l e co aoe ' .. Lo wait upon Messrs. Christian, the so 414irj,tit th e It ~I _ l l, with a view to obtain a statement of ~Na g er iee retiiie7 with that the deputation had com qll,ll°Llf c> t) t . ttie•atbsoef_the previous meeting ; but that in t 444 r „ at . in vatly uce of Mr. Bateson, one of the 1- t441 1 441 1e Bf4 etor wh ° Was in possession of the books, fly a..r_Ye statement could be submitted. It ii i th,:(ll l . o ;day B. 6 (.1 that another meeting shonid take o„ziti ,itt`c)rs s a d 1' transpired at the Meeting, on Friday, tf ilt,ltAtlf: l d e4- str e le t e ,ently sold a piece of land purchased k k t cebt due arid the proceeds would go towards tokitertti e zzL tmv... l!Y the company to the bank' Y,,,,ko t , e e.t th e man irr•—On Saturday last, at the Police lt4 yito 110ited.for a warrant for the arrest of . a kk,,,tai Ole co b circumstances A relation of his w u ho nt h ry for a day or' . two. Meanwhile, his tr, t ilt 4o , tb usc omed ad received large sums on his mas 4, er id „,. leaving - his cash memorandum book, Vit4tge'llitt°,er.,,,,,,szerals.ums received, he wrote, " My A war,. I, wi,o7.not Mee it." The book was shown !yo ll koi to `til, „Kdd the applicant, that he could not j a t 1 1 4 e i h a a t d o : etreee v as not any ' e to show -e- a Op t paid to the man's master. "h ot r,!d con 111111Z7LEIIEs'T —William Marsh -I,t' eli a "fait eeter t h •• of proprietors of Ili t rg ed w its e service the hZI At o gai g t with h fi!deed before Mr. Rushton, on Fri tNi 1/ 0 0 hi s embezzled certain sums of ni0,44-dltd, ,44-dltd, rie ti--I;,il4°Yers. Mr. Carter, the publisher i'c',4,Pel l ::,4l l ,;,°r t wo °n discovering that the prisoner o hi s de r counts which he had , not entered, ,:kl t ,kt o h It, }),!, h ad re ul e (I? ency. The prisoner, upon this, v 'tlOt deo. r ,cived the money and bad not ac att e 1,44 d V(I that he had intended to pay it Y d .eptipaus Booker, attorney. adver. rtisements, Op t ,. St l'i lot4 a reoei',, prisOner X.ll for advertisements, I N t i Sll " 4 ; 411(14 : Ilt aa l) c t i c f :. r t he same- A clerk in the ser ge 'ol,c -:there,,3,\; - re Proved the payment of £3, for a , a reCeipt, in the handwriting of t‘ tt i i4 ti the th at t.l these sums had been entered. Mr. 41 44 f , i 4 c taol%) ore Priso ner might be re man ded till rder to -`urdia4r, ve time for the books at °uglilygi examined, The prisoner THE VOLUNTARY SYSTEM. TO THE EDITOR OF THE LIVERPOOL STANDARD. SIR,—In my last letter, which you were so good as to insert in your highly respectable paper, I intimated an in tention of noticing more particularly some of the errors and misstatements in Dr. Wardlaw's Lectures, so. soon as I should have an opportunity of reading them. I have now had that opportunity, and proceed to notice. In the doc tor's first lecture, page 17, he gives a very unfair and in correct statement of the argument between our government and the endowed churches. He says, " The state, in con tracting to supply the funds, has of course a right to fix the creed, and forms of worship, &c." This would imply that government maintained the right of at any time altering the creed, &c. of the churches ; but this is far from being the fact. Government has never claimed such a right. The simple contract between the parties is this : government says to a church, " You have published your creed, mode of wor ship, &c. ; educate men who will teach these principles, and we shall make provision for their maintenance ; but should these men at any time depart from your published principles, they shall no longer be entitled to provision from the state." Will the doctor point out a single instance in which our go vernment has altered any article in the creed of either the Episcopal or the Presbyterian churches ? It is true govern ment still retains the right of withdrawing its support, just as it retains the right of depriving any person of his pro perty. I may ask again, will voluntaries never meet the question fairly, and not for ever confound the support given to Gospel ministers with the Gospel principles ? The doc tor's flourish about the Scriptures being the only standard in all such matters, is quite correct ; but for what purpose does he dwell so much on it, if it is not to insinuate that his opponents do not make the Scriptures their standard in the matter ? On the 73d page of his second lecture, he lays down the three following positions :-Ist. " That in the New Testament there is no recognition of the power of civil rulers in matters of religion." To this I would reply, that if Paul, in the 9th chap. of Ist Corinthians, was correct in saying that the law respecting the support of Gospel ministers was made "for us," it will effectually overturn this position ; for that law was given to the rulers, and they were bound to put it in force, and see that it was obeyed. (See Nehemiah, xiii. 10, 11.) Would Nehemiah have blamed the rulers for not doing a matter which it was not their duty to do ? His second position is, that " in the New Testament the mainte nance and progress of the churches' interests are with all clearness and explicitness authoritatively committed to the church itself." This position he attempts to prove from the 9th chap. of Ist Corinthians ; but is it not a little extraordi nary that, in the passage he quotes, he keeps out of view altogether what the Apostle says, that this law was made for us ; of course binding on Christians ? The doctor also quotes Gal. iv. 6, and Ist Thess. v. 12, 13. These passages of Scripture enforce the duty of Christians to support ministers of the Gospel, and this none of his opponents deny. Does the doctor really think, that because the precept is enforced on the church, that therefore all of them are exonerated from the duty of obeying it ? Indeed, I see he avows as much, when he says, " The voluntary support of the Gospel by the church itself is as much an ordinance of Christ as the Lord's Supper is." Is the doctor prepared to follow out this prin ciple, viz., that all the precepts and ordinances which the Apostles enforced on the church were binding only on the church ? If so, he will exonerate every unbeliever from the duty of obeying almost every moral and religious precept. In the doctor's third lecture, page 100, he lays down three positions ; Ist, That the Jewish establishment was one which, from its very nature, cannot be imitated ; it is indeed very true, that it cannot be imitated in every par ticular, but it is equally true, that many things relating both to the Jewish church and Jewish governors are imitable, and are followed up by the Christian church and Christian governments ; for instance, the very law which the doctor is opposing was given to the Jews, and if Paul is right was to continue to the Christians. The principles by which the Jewish rulers were to be governed, were written and com mitted to them, and the principles by which Christian rulers should be governed, are in like manner committed to them ; in both cases God rules by the instrumentality of men. And as relates to the Jewish and Christan churches, they are quite similar in all their doctrines, and also in the mode of admission to membership ; submission to the rite of circum cision, admitted a member to the Jewish church ; as the rite of baptism does now to the Christain ; the fact is, the Chris tian church is just an extension and continuance of the Jewish, what was formerly confined to Jerusalem, and the Jewish church is now extended to all the world ; of course, all types and figures ceased when the great antitype suffered. The doctor further says, that the Jewish church was a type of the Christian ; this is certainly a most erroneous and gra tuitous assertion. In his 3rd lecture the doctor reasons in a most extraordinary way indeed, his reasoning is this : that if God had designed that rulers should support the church, he would have given an example by setting up a Christian government with the first Christian church. In no case was there any necessity for such an example, but particularly as Paul had most plainly taught that the law given to the Jews was still in force. On the doctor's special pleading, for the purpose of getting rid of the declaration in Isaiah, that kings should be nursing fathers, and their queens nursing mothers to the church, I need only remark, that his reason ing on this is founded on the erroneous princiele (which he takes for granted), that a new law on the subject had been given to the church. In his 4th lecture he makes a sad mis take, as to the power over, and duty of the government to wards children. Is not the doctor aware, that every child so soon as born becomes a child of the state, and that the authority of the state over every child is paramount to that of its parents ; and hence any criminal act done against any subject is understood to be done against the state, and the transgressors sued in the name of the executive government. On 186th page, the doctor quotes our Saviour's expression, " render to Caesar the things that are Ctesar's, and to God the things that are God's;" and thence he draws the conclusion that only spiritual service should be rendered to God. Had the doctor forgotten that God claims the silver and the gold as his right, then should not the silver and the gold, by whomsoever held, be used to promote his glory. In his 7th lecture he proposes to prove that establishments corrupt the church ; in proof of this he says, page 328th, " Our present subject is contamination, and we have only to ask when was there an establishment without secular authority ; and when was there an instance in which that authority was exercised without contamination ;" did the doctor really mean that these assertions, or rather insinuations, were proof of his proposition? Why did he not state the doctrines whichhad been contaminated in either of the established churches. But this he could not do, their doctrines remain the same as when first endowed. In. his eighth lecture the Doctor writes thus— " What ! the state pay for the church, and have no controul over the doctrines taught ; pay and have nothing to say to what it pays for, would this be fair play; has it ever been so, is it so now ?---ought it to be so ever F To answer this string of questions ; first, the state does pay for the state, does pay for the church, and has no controul over its doctrines, further than to see that the doctrines endowed be continued in, and its power continues no farther than to withdraw support ; this also answers his second question. My answer to the other question is, it is fair play—it has been, is so now, and it ought ever to be so. If government, or any other holding patronage over the church, appoint to livings improper characters, the greater fault of this rests on the church. If it did its duty, improper characters would not be ordained to teach in the church ; by this I am far from wishing to prove that any patronage by government, or any layman, is good ; on the contrary, I am convinced that all appointments should rest exclusively with the church itself., It is no doubt a fact, which the Doctor has stated, that many in every denomination are in advance of their standards, and the very same spirit of advance is taking place in the politi cal world ; but it is yet to be proved whether such advances in either, or both cases, may prove beneficial or otherwise ; the aspect of both at present seems to warrant the opinion, that the change will be greatly for the worse. The Doctor goes on to say, that persecution is involved in the very prin ciple of establishments. When the Doctor wrote so, he must have had in view the improper use, or rather abuse of establishments, for the principle is a very simple one, and in volves no such consequences ; but to follow the Doctor through all his erroneous principles, and illogical conclusions, would require to write a large book. I shall, therefore, con clude with a few general observations. Voluntaries reason thus : every person has the liberty of choosing his own phy sician, and why should he not have the like liberty of choosing his own minister or teacher ? This at first sight seems plausible, but the cases are quite dissimilar : there is no moral crime involved in his choice of a physician, but for a person to choose and follow a teacher of error, is surely a crime of considerable magnitude ; every one is under the strongest obligation of not only supporting the Gospel with his property, but also to hear and obey its doctrines and pre cepts—" Cease, my son, to hear 'the instruction that causeth to err from the words of knowledge."—Prov. 19. 27. Again : the reasoning of voluntaries against government assistance to the Gospel or true religion, is exactly similar to the reason ing of infidels against Christianity. Infidels never attack the Christian religion, as it is taught in the Scriptures ; they attack it in the errors of nominal professors. lii the like manner do voluntaries act : they never attack the true prin ciple of establishments, as held by their opponents, viz., the duty of government to support only the Gospel ; but they bring forward and reason against establishments of corrupt or false religion, and against the errors which had been prac tised in establishments, and from these they draw the con clusion that all establishments must be wrong. With just as much reason might they conclude, that because some preach ers preach error, therefore all preaching must be improper. In conclusion, I may be permitted to address a few words to voluntaries. My dear friends, for many, very many, amongst you, I do esteem such, let me beseech you to pause and examine more particularly your views of the system you hold. You know that there is at least a possibility that your views are incorrect; and you must be fully aware that the opposi tion you are giving to the support given by government to the churches, is the principal cause of that unchristian spirit of separation, I might say of animosity, which prevails among christians ; surely then, to warrant the continuance of such opposition, producing such evil effects, would require not only a very positive and well-founded opinion that you are not in error, but also that the principles you oppose are in deed opposed to the prosperity of the kingdom of God, in the world. And now I would ask how can, or how does, the system of our present establishments oppose or hinder the spread and establishment of the gospel, or the cause of God in the world ; surely there is a large enough field for the oc cupation of all that can be effected by you, and to labour in that- field is undoubtedly your province ; and not by any means to endeavour to prevent the labour of others who are as zealously employed in both preaching the gospel, and in every good work, as you yourselves are. ALEX. M'CREERY. THE REV. DR. BUCK AND THE REV. GEORGE STOKES, B.C.L. TO THE EDITOR OF THE LIVERPOOL STANDARD. your last publication I am called upon by a cler gyman, to inform the public more plainly and fully what I meant by certain allusions in my former letter, addressed to the Rev. George Stokes, of Grove-street, Bachelor of Civil Law; in reply to a letter from him, addressed to me through the Albion. You reiterate the request, therefore I consider that compliance becomes my duty ; although the rev. gent. who commenced it, may be displeased at the continuance of this correspondence. After the decease of the late Mr. \Vinstanley, who was chaplain to the Borough Gaol, Mr. Stokes was engaged by our liberal borough magistrates, (or rather by the visiting magistrates) to officiate; there is no doubt he was.extremely happy to comply, for I believe he stood in the situation of beinc , a parson without a pulpit, therefore to obtain good pay with the prospect of a pulpit, was extremely agreeable. There were numerous applications for the vacant situation of chap lain to the gaol ; but I was informed, and from a quarter on which I place the.utmost.reliance, that when the visiting ma gistrates met to consider and determine upon supplying the vacancy, Mr. Stokes was recommended by a cc rtain unitar ian ; and not one of those present objected to his appoint ment. His claims were considered paramount ; lie had per formed what may be termed kootoo to the liberal party, by attending the corporation schools, and sanctioning, by his presence, the teaching of Popery, or, to use the phraseology of Mr. Surgeon Blackburn, infusing the vertu' of a Popish theology, into this Protestant community. No other can didate bad such a recommendatory claim ; for, to the credit of the Protestant clergy, both churchmen and dissenters, there were only two, who, in dereliction of their name, would sanction what we as Protestants consider false and erroneous doctrines. It was considered as fixed or settled that Mr. Stokes should have the appointment ; and I believe that he was informed of such determination—every thing but a writ ten pledge was given to him ; he may therefore be said to have been extremely ill used upon that occasion, and deserves our pity and commisseration. Mr. Stokes, however, would wish the public to believe, that he is not offended at the treatment which he received, and that he, good man, is per fectly acquiescent—that he indulges no exacerbated feelings towards them : indeed he appears to carry patience and meek ness beyond the bounds of credibility, for he even attempts to justify their shameful conduct towards himself. The sus ceptibility which he shews, at the bare imagination that he is offended, convince me that he was disappointed, that he received a wound which is still festering. No wonder, for he was most curiously supplanted. The Rev. Mr. Buck, Doc tor -of Civil Law, at the period I am writing of, had lately come to Liverpool, as incumbent of the small church in Key street, the emoluments of which are £lOO per annum. This gentleman paid a few visits to the schools, wrote a few ar ticles in a public journal in praise of the system pursued, became a candidate for the chaplaincy of the gaol, and re ceived the appointment—since which, his duties are so irk some, that he has discontinued his visits to the schools, excepting the mere calling for a few minutes at a time. The rev. gent. is now firmly fixed, and at a salary about double to that which he obtained at St. Matthew's ; but he has already discovered that he is working for less pay than other gaol chaplains, for he appears to be prosecuting his inquiries from prison to prison, and we shall shortly have a compen dium of the highest as well as the lowest price at which chaplains of gaols officiate. He appears to think that parsons should be paid according to the hearers or number of criminals whom they protect against the assaults of the evil one. Were he to inquire at our Workhouse, he would find that about 2000 human beings were under the care of one minister, whose salary is £5O per annum less than what Dr. Buck re ceives, and I should suppose that the duties at the Work house would be equally as troublesome as those at the Gaol. I believe that the chief cause of Mr. Stokes addressing me was, to acquaint the public with the intimacy which subsisted between himself and Dr. Buck. Tte latter requested him to officiate, when he (Dr. B.) was unable to do so. I con fess it was kind ; but afterwards the doctor thought, if I have been kind to Mr. S., I may as well be kind to myself. He therefore, very kindly desired the finance committee to pay for services rendered to himself. The kindness did not there terminate, for our corporation very kindly consented, and, Mr. Stokes, for six weeks aid which was rendered to Dr. Buck, received £2O, an amount equal to half a year's salary formerly paid to the chaplain of the Infirmary. I have thus replied to your correspondent. When the measure of giving this £2O was brought forward in the coun cil, I did not make any objection thereto, for a salary of £2OO, the sum allowed Dr. Buck, is not too much : for ws must recollect that a clergyman, both by education and association, ought to maintain the rank of a gentleman. This, however, is no excuse for our corporation, in their conduct as regards the Infirmary. It serves to exhibit the harlequin character of the illiberals. It was pretended that the municipal act did not authorize the payment of the chaplain to the Infir mary. The fact is, that the minister to that charity consi dered his oath, and his subscription to the 39 articles, as binding upon his conscience, and therefore he never appeared as a teacher at the corporation schools, or an advocate of a system in diametrical opposition to his oath. If any clergy man with these sentiments had been the assistant of Dr. Buck, we should have been informed in the council, that the municipal act never contemplated the paying for duties twice over. Some of the vinegar-looking Socinians would have laid hold of it as a text, to vent their spleen and sarcasm against the ministers of our church. The rank hypocrisy of the liberal has been completely displayed. My opinion is, that both law, justice, and common feeling has been violated in their conduct (the corporation) towards the great charity. Let the subscribers and friends of that charity, in November next, bear their conduct in mind, let it be something beyond a mere reprehension of their conduct, let it be a reproof, the one most heeded of all, that is, their vote, let that be given against the liberal, it is the only reproof cared for. The primary cause of this correspondence was, my assertion in the council, that no catechism except the Romish one was taught in the North School. This was the case in November last, when the Rev. Mr. James and myself visited that school. Unfortunately Mr. Stokes has been induced to resume his attendance, and he teaches the Church of England catechism to about a score of children ; this serves as a cloak or excuse to the Roman Cathblic priest, to allow him to teach his cate chism to nearly 500. We are told that the Protestant version of the Bible is read in the schools,—there are about 60 Pro testant Bibles in the North School, but where are they kept? In the committee room, therefore the Popish priest and the Papist child need not be offended at the sight. Ido not know how many Bibles of the Douay version are in that school, the fewer the better, although we are told there is such little difference between the two versions. Let any one turn to the commandments, let them look at the second—in the Douay translation they find this commandment muti lated ; but then let them turn to the Papal catechism and they will find that with au effrontery unparalelled, they dare to say that which the Almighty has expressly prohibited, is not forbidden. I shall consider it my duty, and the duty of every Protestant, never to cease or relax in his exertions to change the system pursued in our Corporation Schools. The ' Popish Catechism is an insult to the Protestant faith. I am, yours, &c. ISAAC HOLMES. Sand-hills, July, 1839. THE BISHOP OF EXETER. We are glad to perceive that the admirable and argumen ;ative speech of the Bishop of Exeter, delivered by his lord, ship in the House of Lords, on the sth instant, on the sub leci of National Education, has been printed in a cheap form, for the purpose of giving it a wider circulation. In ;his admirable address the Bishop completely demolished the flimsy but specious arguments of the Marquis of Lansdowne, and shattered to fragments the scheme for separating religi ous from secular instruction. He showed the impossibility of carrying out the liberal plan proposed by government, and placed the whole question on such a basis, that Lord Lans- downe, by his interruptions, plainly intimated his uneasiness at the pungency of the Bishop's statements, and winced un der the lashes of his vigorous and powerful antagonist. The conclusion of the speech is well worthy of the deepest con sideration, and we give it, because such home truths cannot be too widely disseminated. " My lords, I will not follow the noble marquis in all his observations; but there is one point on which I feel too strongly to permit myself to pass it by—l mean what the noble marquis said in answer to the most rev. prelate, respect ing the general and special religious instruction, which it is intended to give to the children in the model schools. My lords, the phrase is taken from the minute of the 13 th of April. We there find that religious instruction is to be considered as general and special;' we also find that ` reli gion is to be combined with the whole matter of instruction, and to regulate the entire system of discipline.' But this, it seems, is to be general religion : for particular periods are to be set apart for peculiar doctrinal instruction.' My lords, this phraseology is not remarkable for its perspicuity; a plain understanding might well doubt what is intended by general religion, and what by special. But the noble mar quis has had so much consideration for us, as to explain the meaning of these words. He tells us, that ` general religious instruction is to embrace the general mass of opinions upon which all Christians are agreed.' Now, my lords, I must take leave to say, that this is rather narrowing the operation of the noble Marquis's own principle • for, surely, that would require that equal respect he had for the opinions of all persons who possess any religion whatever; and such seems to have been the view of the noble marquis himself, when he referred to what is done, or is to be done, in the East Indies. There, if I understood the noble marquis aright, Mahometans, Hindoos, and all other descriptions of inhabitants of India, are to become objects of care and attention to government in providing means of education. " Marquis of Lansdowne.—l spoke of the different deno minations of Christians only in the East Indies. " Bishop of Exeter.—Well, then, I will take the nature of the general religious instruction to be imparted in the committee's schools, on the noble marquis's own showing , as including all the doctrines on which Christians are agreed; though I must again say, that this is rather an illiberal mode of carrying out the committee's liberal principle, especially as I understand the children of Jews are not to be excluded from these schools. But I take the noble marquis in his own way ; and I must now take the liberty of asking him, what are the doctrines on which all Christians, so called, are found to agree? Short as are some of these documents which have been laid on your lordships' table, I will take upon me to say, that the shortest of them all, the order in council constituting the committee, purged, as the noble marquis tells us it purposely was, of all words of too vague a character,—even this, containing nothing more than the dry appointment of certain noble and right honourable per sonages,—would be found longer than the catalogue of religious opinions on which all Christians agree. My lords, there is hardly a single dogma, which has not been questioned by some or other of those who call themselves Christians. What, then, must be the effect of carrying this scheme into operation? It is designed, we are told, as a scheme of perfect impartiality, as the only one by- which equal justice can be done to all. My lords, if this be the object intended, and I am quite ready to do the noble marquis justice in believing him sincere in so intending, I must say that a more complete failure I never heard of. "Why, my lords, how is this scheme to be carried out, but by striking off every particular doctrine, however sacred, which is disputed or objected to by any ? And what will be left? Not a mass of opinions in which all Christians agree,' as the noble marquis has thought fit to suppose, but some small meagre list of truisms, or even, it may be, of bare and naked facts, too certain to be controverted, and too unimportant to be worth controverting. And this is the amount of general religious instruction to be given in the normal or model schools of England ! The creed of all is to be lowered to the standard of those who believe the least. The religion to be taught by the state is the smallest fraction of divine truth, which the pride or folly of man shall be pleased to admit. Those whose christianity is just above deism, are to be empowered to dictate their faith, or, rather their want of faith, to all the rest of their countrymen. And for this, parliament is to be called on for annual grants, and the people of England, the christian people of England, are to be content to pay ! " Such is the result of a process, which, in the estimation of the noble marquis, and of his noble and right honourable colleagues, is not only the perfection of liberality, but also the perfection of fairness, and equal justice to all. My lords, if I were compelled to draw out the most unfair, the most unequal, the most unjust, the most exclusive, the most intolerant plan my poor faculties could devise, I should despair of coming up to this grand achievement of the pre sident of her majesty' s council, and the other members of the committee ` appointed to superintend the application of funds voted by parliament for promoting public education' amongst us. " I am sorry to have trespassed already so long on the attention of your lordships. But there remains one parti cular connected with our subject on which I must yet, with your permission, say a few words, and they shall be very few. My lords, we are told in Lord John Russell's letter of the 4th of February, which gives the details of the govern ment plan, that ` one of the four principal objects to be kept in view in any normal or model school,' is the ` moral training' of the scholars. Now, how is this moral training to be accomplished? Not by religious discipline, not by founding it on christian motives, and teaching where and how to seek for the assistances promised in the gospel ; but it is to be a part of ` general instruction :' and we have just seen what general instruction' means. My lords, I will not argue this matter. I will content myself with sim ply appealing to the noble marquis's own sense of what is due to the poor children whom he undertakes to educate. I ask him, then, as a father, a christian father, would he be content so to train his own son? 'Would he be willing that his own son should be taught—l will not say his duty to God, but his duty to man—without telling him the state in which he is as man,—without teaching him that he is fallen man,—without warning him that he cannot even know, much less practise, any of his duties, even to his fellow men, unless he be enlightened and assisted by divine grace? In one word, does the noble marquis, as a Christian, think there can be any moral training worthy of the name, unless it be in conjunction with the higher doctrines of christianity? We feel convinced that good service will be rendered to the cause by a most extended distribution of this powerful speech. It is published by Roake and Varty, of the Strand, at 2d. each, or 12s. the hundred; and we beg leave to direct our readers, and also our various religious societies to this circumstance. We trust the good bishop will be long spared to stand up as the advocate of truth, and the uncompro mising enemy of error. Such men arc wanted in this tem porising age ; and, whilst we thank God that we have a House of Lords, we are also thankful, that amid the brilliant constellation of character and talent in that august assembly, we have such a champion as Dr. Phillpots, whom the highest officer of the crown cannot daunt, and whose greatest praise is the abuse poured upon him by those who fear his powers, and who secretly know him to be. an antagonist not easy to grapple with, and impossible to overthrow. POLICE INTELLIGENCE.--FRI DAY. ASSAULT.—A young man named J. Stowell, was placed at the bar of the police-court, charged with having vio lently assaulted his father, who resides in Case-street. It appeared that the accused had a knife in his hand at the time he threatened his parent, and that, in his violence, he broke the windows of the house. Mr. Rushton strongly condemned such conduct, and required that he should find bail to keep the peace, himself in £4O, and two sureties in £2O each. CASE OF STABBING.—Joseph Ross, a stout young man, who had been remanded from a former day, was placed at the bar of the Police-court, charged with having stabbed a man named Campbell. It appeared, from the evidence ad duced, that on Saturday week, during an affray in Cleveland square, the prisoner pulled out a knife and with it wounded Campbell in the chest. Mr. Taylor, surgeon of the Dis pensary, said that he had attended the wounded man. The wound was an incision in the chest, and, at first, obstructed respiration, and had threatened the death of the patient,— who had since, however, been convalescent. The prisoner said that he had only left his ship ten minutes when the cir cumstance happened, and that he was not aware of what he was doing at the time. Mr. Rushton remarked that from what he had learned of the case, he had determined to send the prisoner for trial, with a hope to put down, if possible, the recently frequent resort in quarrels to the un-English use of the knife. The prisoner was accordingly committed for trial. _ _ _ A CANDIDATE FOR "TEETOTAL" HONOURS.—An elderly man, whose name we did not learn, was brought before Mr. Rushton, charged with being in that condition that it became necessary to put him into bridewell " for safety." The pri soner said—" Sir, this is the first time I have been brought before yers; and if you will only let me go this time, I give you my solemn word I'll, join the tee-total society directly !" ; This appeal was considerately received by Mr. Rushton, who naturally thought that this was the prisoner's first known Bacchanalian offence. He enquired of Mr. Parkinson whe ther the prisoner had been brought up before for a like offence —anticipating, doubtless, a reply in the negative ;—but, 0 gemini! the answer was, " many a time and oft." "To be sure I have," said the prisoner, " I don't deny it; but," he added earnestly, (preparing his hat for a retreat,) "if your worship will not let me go, I'll run directly and sign the pledge." So persuasive a pledge of reformation was not to be resisted ; and Mr. Rushton released the captive on his reiterated promise that he would immediately enlist in the noble band of " tee-totallers," or total abstainers from in toxicating beverages. A DISTRESSING CASE.—A good looking young woman named Susan Carroll was brought before Mr. Rushton at the Police-court,—she having been found in despair and destitution in the street. She stated that she was from Ire land ; that she had no parents or friends, and had been in service in this town, when a misfortune overtook her. It appeared that she had formed an attachment to a young man who had cruelly betrayed, and finally deserted her. A re spectable tradesman stated that she had been in his service ; had the entire management of his house and shop, and had always been anxious, honest, and industrious,—until her acquaintance with the person alluded to, when she became apparently uncomfortable, and was out all night. He added that he had then no need of a servant, otherwise he would take her back ; but if she remained in the town, lie should have no objection to recommend her to a place. The girl, who appeared to be deeply affected, said, in reply to questions from the bench, that she had no objection to return to Ire land, where she hoped she would find a place in some family, but she had been obliged to pawn her clothes for subsistence. She produced the tickets for the articles, all of them for small sums from time to time, the highest being 4s. 6d. for a gown. The worthy magistrate, who had made previous inquiries into this case, directed that the girls' clothing should be redeemed. He remarked that he was aware that the con duct of the young man with whom she had been unhappily connected was exceedingly reprehensible—indeed cruel—and ordered that she should be provided for in the mean time, — his object being to find some means of subsistence here, or to pass her to her native country. SATURDAY. SERIOUS CHARGE OF EMBEZZLEMENT. On Saturday Christopher Todd, one of the tellers at the Bank of Liverpool, was placed before the magistrates. Willi am Rushton, William Brown, and Richard Houghton, Esqs. charged with having embezzled several large sums of money. The court was crowded with merchants, bankers, and indivi duals engaged in commercial pursuits. The prisoner, we are informed, has for some time past, been living at an extravagant rate, and many of those saga cious persons, who plume themselves on the fulfilment of their prognostications, pretend, long since, to have discovered that some such result as the present would ensue. The dis covery of the prisoner's delinquency was made on Wednesday last, when he was taken into custody. He underwent an ex amination before Mr. Rushton, on Thursday, when evidence was heard of the appropriation by the prisoner, of large sums belonging to a Mr. Smith. He was remanded till Saturday, at three o'clock, in order that further evidence might be obtained. Since then, defalcations to the amount of £3,000 have been discovered. Mr. Rushton, and the other magistrates took their seats at half past three o'clock. The prisoner, a well dressed young man, 27 years of age. was brought up and placed at the bar. He held down his head, till he reached the front of the dock, when he immediately buried his face in his silk handkerchief, and kept it covered from view during the whole examination, except at one juncture, when he raised his head for an instant. Mr. Harvey appeared for the prosecution, and Mr. Davenport for the prisoner. In reply to a question from Mr. Harvey, Mr Rushton said, it would not be necessary to go again through the preliminary evidence relative to the course of business at the bank. The first witness called was Mr. Robert Willan, gentleman, who stated, that he had an account at the Bank, of Liverpool. On the 9th April last he paid into the bank £3O in cash. He paid the money to the prisoner at the bar. (Here Mr. Rushton desired the prison er to stand up that the witness might see him. The prisoner stood erect for a moment, but almost immediately hid his face again.) He (Mr. Willan) drew out and delivered to the prisoner a ticket. He also handed to the prisoner his cash book, and the prisoner entered the £3O in it to his credit and returned him the book. He (witness) always took his' pass book with him when he paid money into the bank. The pass book and ticket were handed to the witness and he identified them. Mr. Joseph Langton, manager of the bank, proved, that the entry of £BO in the pass-book, on the 9th of April, was in the handwriting of the prisoner, Chriitopher Todd. Mr. Langton examined the prisoner's cash-book, and stated, that there was no entry, on the 9th of April, of £3O to Mr. Willan. There were two tellers at the bank of Liverpool. One of them was Mr. Thomas Todd. (Mr. Langton was here desired to examine Mr. Thomas Todd's cash-book.) There was no entry of the stun of £3O received from Robert Willan on the 9th April. Mr. Robert Healey, one of the accountants at the Bank of Liverpool, stated, that his business was to keep • the lodgment-ledger. In the lodgment-ledger Was kept the ac count of Mr. Robert Willan. When a ticket was given on the payment•of cash into the bank, he entered the amount from that ticket in the lodgment-ledger. When no ticket was given, the amount was copied from the cash-book. On the 9th of April he had no entry of £3O ; therefore he con cluded, that no ticket was delivered, and that there was no entry of that sum in the cash-book. That was the only book in which Mr. Willan's account was kept. As a ticket had been handed to Mr. Willan, and proved to be the one which was given by him to the prisoner, the magistrates wished to know where it had come from. Mr. Bownes, of the bank of Liverpool, stated, that he found it in the prisoner's till-drawer when the prisoner was taken into custody. The till-drawer was always under the care of the prisoner. He unlocked it with one of the keys on the prisoner's ring, which keys were taken from him when he was searched. Mr. Willan was recalled. He stated, that, on the 7th May last, he paid to the prisoner £44, of which £lO was notes and £34 gold. The course of evidence to prove this case was similar to that brought forward in the last case. A ticket had been given which was found in the prisoner's till-drawer. The prisoner had given credit in the cash-book for only £3O, instead of £44. John Chorlton, baker and flour dealer, stated, that he kept an account at the Bank of Liverpool. On Friday, the sth of July last, he paid into the bank, to the prisoner at the bar £lOO, all in gold. The prisoner counted it, but did not weigh it. He (witness) had left the pass-book with the pri soner, on the 25th of June, to be balanced, according to the usual custom.. He asked the prisoner for his pass-book. The prisoner said, they had been very busy and it was not ready, but it would be ready in a week. He did not make out a ticket. It had been usual for him (witness) to sign a ticket, and he asked the prisoner if it were not necessary that he should sign as usual. He (the prisoner) made light of it, and said, "No ! it was not necessary." On Tuesday, the 16th July last, he (Mr. Chorlton) went again to the bank. Tuesdays and Fridays were market days with them, and, therefore, important days. He had with him £lOO to pay into the bank. He asked for his pass-book, which still re mained at the bank, and, having done so, he paid down £lOO in cash. He was not certain whether he asked the prisoner or the other teller for the book, but the prisoner produced it. The prisoner laid the pass-book upon the counter, and he (witness) saw him make both the entries at once. The prisoner wrote two lines. He wrote " 6th July, cash £lOO ;" but, in point of fact, the cash was paid on the sth July, and the prisoner ought to have entered it. He also wrote " 16th July, cash £100." Mr. Langton proved, that the above entries in the pass book were in the hand Writing of the prisoner. The prisoner's cash-hook, and the cash-book of Mr, Thomas Todd, the other teller, were produced. Neither on the sth 6th nor 16th of July was any credit given, in either book, for the sums above mentioned. Mr. Robert Healy stated, that Mr. Chorlton's account was kept in the lodgment-ledger, and that no credit was gi ven, on the above dates, for any money received from him. Cross-examined by Mr. DAVEN PORT.—They balanced the lodgment-ledger every evening. Sometimes they found an excess of cash. , The tellers' cash-books were sometimes more than the ledger. That occurred when the whole of the tellers tickets had not been delivered in. Mr. Davenport was proceeding to press the witness as to the excess of cash in possession, when Mr. Langton said, it happened sometimes, hut very rarely, that there was an excess of Cash in the till. Ile would as sume, that it was one hundred pounds. At the end of the day, there would be one hundred pounds more in cash than the tickets exhibited. This was carried to what they called suspense account, and there it remained until claimed. There was, however, nothing entered in the suspense-book on any of those dates brought before the court. Mr. Rushton intimated, that it would be necessary to bring the suspense-book forward. Mr. Moses Edwards, gentleman, stated, that he kept an account with the Bank of Liverpool. On the 13th day of April last he paid in £3OO in cash, to the prisoner at the bar, who counted it in his presence, and entered it in his pass-book to his credit, " April 13, cash £300." He (witness) did not give in a ticket. He could not say that it was his practice to do so. He had observed, that when he went to the other teller, he was always requested to fill up a ticket, and it struck him as a remarkable difference, that one always should ask him to fill up a ticket and the other should not. On the 7th of May he paid in £4OO. It con sisted of £3BO in cash and £2O in local notes. The prisoner counted it twice, and entered £4OO in the pass-book. On the following morning he received a message from the bank, informing him, that he had made a mistake as to the sum which he had paid into the bank. At the bank the prisoner told him that he had paid £2O short. He was convinced that he bad not done so, and he told the prisoner that he had observed him to count the money twice over. However, as the prisoner was positive, he paid in another £2O, in oader to keep the £4OO entire. Mr. Langton examined the books of both tellers, and found that, on the 13th April, there was no entry whatever of mo ney received from Mr. Edwards. On the 7th May there was credit for £2BO cash and £2O in bills, instead of £320 cash and £2O in bills. Mr. Elkanah I3ealy, senior accountant in the bank, stated, that he kept the check-ledger in which Mr. Edward's account was. On the 13th April no sum appeared to his credit. On the 7th May Mr. Edwards was credited for £2BO cash and £2O in four local notes. Mr. Healy produced the suspense account. It was proved, that no overplus was carried to that account on the 9th or 13th April, 7th May, or sth, 6th, n or 16th July. Neither did any entry appear for the 23d Feb., the day of Mr. Smith's payment. The prisoner was committed for trial. We deem it but an act ofJ ustice to state, that Mr. Thomas Todd, the senior teller in the Bank of Liverpool, enjoys the fullest confidence of the Directors, who regard him as a gen tleman of the highest probity and honour. YESTERDAY. HIGHWAY ROBBERY. Moses Joynson, a man well known to the police, was charged with abstracting a valuable watch from the pocket of a passenger in the street. Joseph Whitehead, warehouseman to Messrs. Booth and Walmesley, said, that, about a quarter to ten o'clock on Saturday night last, as he was turning out of Whitechapel into Preston-street, where he met the pri soner and three or four other young men. The men jostled me, and the prisoner made a snatch at witness's watch chain, and pulled out his watch. Witness gave an alarm, and the prisoner ran towards Whitechapel. Witness followed him, and got hold of him ; when he (prisoner) threw the watch over his left shoulder ; witness held him until Police-officer 235 came up and took him into custody. John King, a col lector, said he was with Mr. Whitehead at the time, and saw the prisoner snatch the watch, and afterwards throw it over his shoulder. The watch wassicked up, and Mr. Whitehead owned it. John Ferguson, a warehouseman, picked up the watch, and assisted to take the prisoner to bridewell. The prisoner declined to say anything, and was committed for trial. STEALING A WATCH FROM A SHOP. Charles M`Guire and Kehoe, two boys, were charged with having stolen a silver watch from the shop of Mr. Bol ton, watchmaker, Oldhall-street. Richard Rawlinson, a little boy, who is employed in Mr. Bolton's shop, said, that, on the Tuesday of the race-week, the prisoners came in and re quested to see some crosses which were upon some beads. Witness told them he could not show them the crosses, as his master was not there, and they might call again. Witness was polishing a silver hunting-watch at the time they came in, intending to hang it in the window. He put the watch near to a tin box on the counter. Witness turned his head to look at the beads. The prisoners pointed to them. Wit ness said he could not show the beads. The prisoners said " very well," and left the shop. In two or three minutes withess missed the watch. In about an hour Mr. Bolton came in, and witness informed him that the watch was gone. No other persons were in the shop at the time. On Tues• day last, witness was brought to the court-house, and there, from a number of prisoners, picked out the prisoners as the parties. He was certain they were the same. There were other watches in the tin box, and Kehoe leant upon a brass rod near it. The other prisoner stood near him. Martha Bolton, wife of Mr. Bolton, said that the prisoner came to the shop on the Monday of the race week, and asked to look at the crosses, and on her saying she could not show them, as Mr. Bolton was not at home, they left the shop, saying they could call the next day. The prisoners were the same. Mr. Bolton said that on the Tuesday in question, he left the tin box in the shop, with several watches in it for the boy to clean. Od his return in about an hour, he was told that the hunting watches was missing, and on looking over his stock, he missed two other watches. James Ains worth, who had received notice of the robbery, and went to the shop of Mr. Deutch, in Oldhall-street, and there found the prisoners. He and another of the force took them to Bridewell. He told Kehoe what he took him for, and he denied all knowledge of it. The prisoner said he lived in Liverpool, and had never been here before. The other prisoner also told the officer (Lloyd) that he lived in Dublin, and that he had only come to Liverpool that morning. The prisoners denied the offence before the court. They were committed for trial at the sessions. STEALING FROM ST. JAMES'S MARKET. A man named Evan Hughes, was placed at bar under the following charge. Mr. Sillytoe, butcher of St. James's Market, stated, that on Saturday night last, the prisoner came to his standing,`and looked at some veal and other meat. He did not buy any. Witness was very busy with several customers at the time, and soon after they had gone, he missed the leg of veal now produced. He knew it to be the same, as he had cut it himself in a peculiar manner. He suspected the prisoner, and went in search of him to several public-houses, but did not find him. He soon afterwards, however, found him in the street, with the veal under his arm, and took him back to the market, where he procured a constable, and took him into custody. Mr. Lace, super intendent, said that he was present when the prisoner was apprehended, and accompanied him and the officer to the Bridewell. The prisoner said, in his (Mr. L's.) hearing, that he knew he should suffer, for he had taken the veal. Mr. Davenport appeared for the prisoner, but could not elicit any thing in his behalf. Mr. Rushton said, that he first thought there was a possibility that the prisoner had not taken the article ; but after the evidence just adduced, there could be no doubt of his guilt. He should, therefore, send him for three months to the House of Correction. The prisoner was committed acccordingly. A COLLECTOR OF MODERN AND ANCIENT COINS. A silly old man, named Bernard Dugan, was placed before Mr. Rushton, on a charge of having been found with a quan tity of base copper coin in his possession—contrary to the statute. It appeared that he had recently arrived from Ire land, and had brought these coins with him, as a sort of spe culation. They consisted of 117 bad English pennies; 76 do. Trish ; 24 bad English halfpence ; 24 bad Irish do. ; 160 pieces of old copper coin that would not pass, and 101 tokens. There were in the collection 46 good pieces, but these were mutilated. The old man said he had been bred a weaver, and had seen better days, but had fallen back in the world. He bad gone to work at his business in Man chester, and continued to do so until he could not attend it from rheumatic pains. He went to Dublin, to which he be longed, and there asked assistance, (that is, we presume, begging), until he raised about 10s., with which he pur chased the coins, being told if he brought them to this coun try he could make something worth while, by disposing of them to parties who manufactured " German silver." Mr. Rushton admonished him of the folly of his conduct ; and ordered that he be discharged, and that the good coin should be restored to him. That that was bad must, it was stated, be transmitted to the Mint. THE TABLES TURNED AGAINST A COMPLAINANT. A 3OrmiTlackman, cook of a ship, named John Derritt, was charged by a young man, with having inflicted upon him a severe flesh-wound ou the thigh with a clasp knife, without any provication. The prisoner said that a female came up to him and took sixpence from him ; that the complainant and three or four more then got round him ; threw him down, struck and kicked -him, and attempted to rifle his pockets. He lost two shillings in the scuffle. In rising, he certainly admitted he took his knife, and in self-defence, made a cut at the complainant who kicked him under both jaws, and on other parts of his body. Mr. Parkinson said he believed the complainant was a very bad character, but he was not prepared with the particulars. The prisoner was put down till the books could be consulted as to the corn- , plainant. In a few minutes the black youth was replaced at the bar, and Mr. Parkinson then said the complainant was the constant associate of theives; that he hdd often been fined for assaults in the streets ; that he had cohabited with a desolute female who had been transported for 15 years, for robbing a gentleman of £lOO ; and that he now lived with a woman of bad character. After this expose, Mr. Rushton said he could not entertain the charge. The complainant had no doubt maltreated and attempted to rob the prisoner, and ought to be in the dock in place of the black. In dis charging the prisoner, the magistrate admonished him of the impropriety of resorting to the knife under any circum , stances, —a practice that could never be tolerated in this country. The prisoner said he should not again do so, and left the court. EXTRAORDINARY CONDUCT OF THE CHAR TISTS AT BOLTON. (From our own correspondent) On Sunday morning last, no small degree of alarm and excitement was created in Bolton, in consequence of the chartists who took possession of the parish church, to the utter exclusion of the usual congregation, long before the ringing of the bells. A similar movement having been made at Stockport, the idea pleased the disaffected ragamuffins of Bolton, and it was agreed at a meeting held on Friday night, to go to church, simply for the purpose of shewing to the world what was already a notorious fact, viz., that the people have a right to a seat in the parish church. The streets were crowded by persons, attracted by motives of curiosity, at an early hour. The chartists having met on the New Market place, to the number of three or four thousand, at an early hour, proceeded at half-past nine o'clock, in processional order, six a-breast, and, in a few minutes, completely filled *the church. Such a motley group was ; never beheld, on any former occasion, in a place dedicated to the worship of God. Some were-clean, some dirty ; some shaven, some unshaven ; some with pipes in their mouths, and some of them actually smoking during the service, having previously provided themselves with liieifer matches: The worthy and respected vicar, the Rev. J. Slade, was absent from home, being on his annual visit at Chester, the performance- of the services, therefore, devolved upon the curate, who delivered an impressive sermon from the Ist epistle of Timothy, 6th chapter and sth verse, " Perverse disputings of men of corrupt minds, and destitute of the truth, supposing that gain is godliness : from such withdraw thyself." It appeared quite evident that the slightest resist ence would have ended in a breach of the peace, and the boroughreeve and constables, therefore, aided by the old police force, under the court leet, wisely undertook to pre serve a road through the crowd, using every civility and inviting them forward. The mayor, who is a socinian, with drew;the new police force from the streets, and kept them in the office! This could not have been done from any con- tempt of the proceedings, as one of the new policemen is a member of " The Workingmen's Association," and regu larly :attends their meetings :—so much in favour of new incorporations. The whole affair passed off without a breach of the peace; but, we understand that several books were stolen from the pews. CRICKET. A match was played yesterday between the Phoenix Club of Dublin and the Liverpool Club, at the ground of the latter on the Wavertree-road, The following is the score : LIVERPOOL. FIRST INNINGS. Cameron, c by Alcock 4 Tod,. bby Handy .. 2 Garnett, b by Hand;• Burgoyne, b by Handy. 5 Eaton, b by Handy 7 Crooke, b by Rochfort. Thompson, b by Handy 4 Ashton, b by Handy. 3 Tobin, b by Handy 0 Bucknell, run out l2 Bower, not out 5 Byes 0 Wide balls 1 SECOND INNINGS. b by Handy lO run out 9 b by Battersby ... b by Handy 54 c by Battersby bby Battersby 1 bby Battersby 6 h by Handy 1 not out .2 b by Handy b by Handy 1 4 3 • 52 DUBLIN. FIRST INNINGS. Rochfort, c by Cameron 2 Handy, b by Garnett Griffith, b by Eaton . 1 Battersby, bby Eaton l3 Cosley, b by Garnett Alcock, b by Garnett M`Veigh, b by Eaton 1 Grogan, b by Eaton.. Vigors, b by Eaton 9 Butler, not out .. Townsend, run out Byes 4 IN ide balls No balls SECOND INNINGS. bby Garnett 0 bby Garnett 11 run out 0 bby Garnett 0 b by Eaton b by Eaton b by Eaton bby Garnett l2 not out 2 bby Garnett 0 bby Garnett 0 WESLEYAN METHODIST CONFERENCE. — The annual con ference of the Wesleyan Society commences in this town to day. A great number of the most distinguished ministers have been in town for several days, engaged in arranging the preliminary business of the conference. The sittings of the conference will be held in Brunswick Chapel. A LEARNED RECRUIT. — ID the Public-office it is usual to take aside the aspiring young heroes who have delivered themselves over to the care of the recruiting serjeant, as the form of attestation is long and tedious, and would consi derably interrupt the regular business of the court. On Saturday a youth from the sister isle, who had, like young Hamlet, followed at the adjuration, " list, list ! oh, list ! was, with sundry others, taken in hand by one of the magis trates' clerks. On being asked what business or occupation he had followed, be replied, in a fine, broad brogue, that he was " a classical scholar." The gentlemen of the law stared, but business was pressing, and there was no time for curio , sity. " That is not sufficient," said he. " What do you mean by classical scholar ?" " What do I mane by classical scholar ?" replied the recruit, with a glance of contempt at what he conceived to be the ignorance of the question : " A classical scholar, sor, is a gintleman dhat reads Latten and Greek." " Yes, yes," said the clerk, " I know that ; but it does not express your occupation. Were you a teacher or a schoolmaster, or what ?" " Oh, yes, a taicher,—say tutor." The poor scholar, who had, probably, once dreamed of becoming a sergeant-at-law, was forthwith put into the way or becoming, if very lucky, a serjeant of-a company. PROTESTANT OPERATIVE ASSOCIATION. A public meeting of this association was held last night, in the School-rooms, in Moorfields, for the purpose of pre senting an address to the Archbishop of Canterbury, thank ing him and other lords, spiritual and temporal, • for the bold stand they made against the infidel scheme of education, as proposed by the O'Connell-Ministry. The room was well filled at the time appointed, by zealons friends to the Pro testant cause, among whom we observed many individuals not strictly " operatives." The Rev. J. N. CONNOR was unanimously called upon to preside as chairman, and having opened the meeting with prayer, said he was happy to have the opportunity of being among so many Protestants, whose hearts were filled with zeal for the cause, and, he hoped, love to God. They were all aware for what they were assembled together. It was for an important object—that of promoting a proper scriptural education,• in opposition to that which our government were anxious to foist upon the nation. They had before sent up a petition against the wily scheme ; signed by many thousand individuals ; and there had been about thirty-five thousand petitions presented from most of the towns and villages in the kingdom, yet they were all treated alike, as undeserving of consideration. Their object now was to address the Arch bishop of Canterbury and other lords, for their victory in car rying the voice of their house to the foot of the throne, de nouncing, by a large majority, the Popish plan of education, and the grant of money for promoting such object, as alto gether undeserving the approval of the Protestants of Eng land or Ireland. They must resist the very appearance of Popery in every possible way—by raising their voice against it, by petitions, and other lawful and Christian means, with a spirit worthy of a Cranmer, a Latimer, and a Ridley. they sealed their testimony in the flames, and their spirits were now before the throne of God. He trusted there were many such in that room, who would as incessantly cry ".No Popery ! No Popery !!" If the £30,000 be granted for edu cational purposes it is well known who will get the largest proportion ; not to that church of which they were members, but to Papists and Socinian teachers. He then enlarged upon the evil effects produced in Ireland by the passing of the emancipation act ; on the plan of education as had been tried in that country, showing in a clear mad forcible manner, that the very contrary results had transpired, to the injury of truth, and detrimental to the instruction of the people in that country. Popery, he said, had blasted Ireland, and, unless the Pretestants of England would rouse themselves, and be filled with the same animated spirit as possessed by their forefathers we should be entangled in the same snare. Truth must prevail; teach your children the Bible, place it in the hands of the deluded Papist; that they too, may become in structed and converted. By faith and prayer, and unity of pupose, the operative Protestants may yet save Britain from destruction, and render her as she has ever been, a nation " Great, glorious, and free, First flower of the earth, First gem of the sea." The rev. gentleman spoke for a considerable length of time, with great fervour and animation, and was repeatedly cheered by the audience. He then called upon the secretary to read the following letter, from the Rev. J. M'Crea : " York Place, Waterloo, 29th July. " DEAR SIR, —A protracted visit to Dublin has prevented my giving an earlier reply to your official note of 24th, re questing me to address your meeting this evening. " The general objects of the Protestant Operative Associa tion have been long included among those of my humble public exertions; and every day is adding to the conviction, that the great struggle for moral dominion will ere long, induce a more extensive and vigourous combination of the Protestants of the British Empire. The fatal measure which in 1829 gave additional power to the natural enemies of scriptural piety and rational freedom, laid the foundation of a revolution that will be violent in proportion as it is delayed ; and the early accomplishment of which must be sought by the diffusion of sound Protestant principle through the body of the people. By analogy with the laws of material nature, the lower strata must receive andcommunicate to the higher that fire of patriotism which alone can destroy the machinery of Jesuitical conferderation, which is levelled at our religion and the monarchy. In other words, it is not from the crown and peerage to the people, but from the people to the peerage and the crown that the spirit of zeal for Protestant truth and liberty must be communicated. Associate, agitate,' should be the unceasing cry of those who have any influence with their brethern of the middling and operative classes. " The particular business for this evening will naturally lead to remark on the subject in which the Archbishop has taken so consistent and efficient a part. How sad a contrast, alas, does the conduct of her Majesty's advisers present to that of her illustrious grandsire. Fondly may we cherish the hope, that, left to her hereditary impulse our youthful sovereign would be found to hold in far different estimation than her ministers would lead to believe, the subject upon which his Grace would be a preferable adviser to Viscount Melbourne. With what additional lustre would her diadem sparkle, if its circlet were inscribed with the wish of good old George the Third, " that every poor child in his dominions may be able to read his Bible, and have a Bible to read." • Assuming that these sentiments, hurriedly flung together, are in consonance with those that will be expressed at the meeting of the P. 0. A. this evening, I regret the necessity of declining your kind invitation to take part in the proceed ings. The distance of my residence from town, the probable lateness of the hour at which business will terminate, and the state of my health, at present under medical treatment, con strain me to this self-denial. " With affectionate regards to your reverend chairman, and in full unison with the anticipated tone of your meeting, I am, dear Sir, in much haste, " Your obedient Servant, "J. B. M'CREA.." Mr. HAYMAN then rose, and after stating that all present were, doubtless, deeply interested in the objects of the meeting, moved the first resolution, " That the following address from the members and friends of the Liverpool Protestant Operative Association, be pre sented to his Grace the Archbishop of Canterbury, and that this meeting and the committee of the association be em powered to sign it on their behalf." (Cheers.) The same gentleman then read as follows : " To his Grace the Archbishop of Canterbury, and those other Lords Spiritual and Temporal, who supported his Grace's motion, for an address to her Majesty, upon the late ministerial proposal for an Education Grant. " We, the undersigned members and friends of the Liver pool Protestant Operative Association, desire to express to your lordships, our most earnest and • heartfelt sense of gra titude for your firm and christian defence of scriptural edu cation, more especially at a time when the enemies of the pure word of God are making such efforts to break down the barriers which exist between truth and falsehood. " The temperate and dignified, but at the same time uncompromising, course which your lordships felt it your duty to pursue, in opposing the late attempt to force upon the country, (contrary to the wishes of nearly one-half the House of Commons, and the general sense of the nation as expressed by more than 3000 petitions,) a grant for a system of education, not only unscriptural in its character, but op posed to the Established Church and the Protestant Institu tions of the land, demand from the nation at large their most grateful acknowledgments, and for which we first offer our hearty thanks to our heavenly Father for his over-ruling Providence to this our native land. We rejoice to have the opportunity afforded us of expressing our gratitude to his grace, who stood forth as the first prelate of the church, and and to your lordships, both spiritual and temporal, who so faithfully supported him in resisting the encroachments of those opposed to the true principles of protestantism, which have existed for so many years as the bulwark of the English constitution." The reading of the address was followed by prolonged cheers. They were all, doubtless, aware, said the speaker, who it was who originated the Whig educational scheme in the house of Commons. Mr. Wyse, a Jesuit, was the man, and his plan was to take away the Scriptural education of the people. When it was found, however, that the people of England would not concur in such a scheme, my Lord John Russell, proposed what he called another, but it was a per fect delusion. In place of pointing out any firm and defi nite plan, it merely demanded money from Parliament to scatter whatever doctrines they pleased amongst InfidelS and Papists. The meeting he addressed would never sanc tion such an expenditure. Happily the proposition was thrown out by a body who at this juncture came forward as the friend of the people ; he meant the House of Lords. That body sent a deputation to the Queen on the subject ; but the name of that illustrious body was . abused by the Wise treachery of a truckling administration ; and through that band of base popish conspirators, had she been made to refuse to accede to the expressed will of the majority of her faithful people. They all knew the excellent disposition of the Queen, and of her highly-respected grandfather : they all knew that she weuld be faithful to her people, if not blinded by the faction who surrounded her. (Cheers.) Who were there to press forward to her relief but the intel ligent operatives of the country. (Cheers.) The Protes tants of England would no longer endure the continuance of popery in the laud. Their fathers had in the days of Latimer, and Cranmer, and Ridley, spilt their blood in the cause ; and now was the time for those before him to rouse from their lethargy and stand boldly forward in defence of their common faith, not only for themselves and their chil dren, but for the world at large. Why should the Protes tant clergy be continually stigmatised:by an ignorant, base, venal and unprincipled Popish press? The clergy who came from Ireland to this country came to sos' the blessings of protestantism : if they had seen that popery was the true arid blessed faith, they would have embraced it, for they saw abundance of it in Ireland. Let them not therefore be lukewarm : let them not exclaim, ours is a just cause, and God will protect it. Let them remember that God gave to them the means of its protection ; and it was for them to use them. (Cheers.) He concluded by moving the reso lution. Mr. Hanatisos, in a bold and energetic address, showed the dreadful evils of popery, in all countries, where it pre vailed, and the necessity for their exertions to extirpate it. In defending and upholding protestantism, he defended not only the rights of England, but those of the world. (Cheers.) And he hoped that ere long every one present would be enabled to exclaim in the language of the gallant royal soldier, who landed in Ireland, and exclaimed that he was determined to put down a religion which was the destruction of all true religion and happiness. (Cheers.) He was astonised that so little had yet been done in Liverpool, where two-thirds. of the inhabitants were Protestants. He was astonished, indeed, that they should suffer the continuance of a local body that supported the hellish doctrines of the Pope of Rome, and would carry them into the bosom of society. (Cheers.) Could they call themselves Protestants; men belonging to that religion, which alone emanated from God, and suffer a religion to become dominant that drew its authority from the Pope, or a Jesuit, or a Monk ? (Hear, loud and continued cheering.) The Protestants ought to rouse themselves : they had to rely on the Word of God alone ; on the faith of him who exemplified its excellence in life, and died a martyr on the cross to defend it. (Loud cheers.) It became every Protestant to carry out his princi ples to the utmost. They ought to follow the example of their forefathers ; and use the most strenuous exertions to exterminate that disgraceful system ; that damnable-doctrine, which the Catholic faction would foist upon the present generation and their children. The doctrines of the Church of Rome were not Christian doctrines. The evils to man kind—the deaths — massacres—burnings—imprisonments and oppressions which it had caused, were innumerable. Did these indicate a spirit of Christianity? No,_ they are re pugnant to that spirit, and to humanity. The Popish religeon indeed, administered to the basest of human passions ; it set up a pretended purgatory by which on payment of money sinners would be absolved from their sins. (Laughter.) After relating several anectotes of Catholic superstitions, he repeated that the evils of the Church of Rome were damnable ; and expressed a hope that it would ere long be eradicated—and " like the baseless fabric of a vision leave not a wreck behind;" that its highest pinnacles would be levelled, and that the whole would be razed to the ground,—for, he believed it brought destruction on the souls of millions, and had even peopled hell itself. The doctrines of the Church of Rome were not only pernicious, but damnable, and in raising the banner of Protestantism and rallying round it, they were achieving an object which was no less than the salvation of a universe. He concluded by seconding the motion. The address was here read by the Chairman, and being put, the motion was unanimously carried. Mr. GREEN next addressed the meeting. He bad to pre sent a most important resolution. He was the determined foe of the system of education proposed in parliament, and not less so of the abominable and idolatrous church from which it had emanated. He wished well, however, to the Catholics : he wished them to see the error of their ways. The Protestant Church, on the contrary, was founded on a rock, and the gates of hell could not prevail against it. (Cheers.) The grand object of the association was to cut Popery from off the face of the earth. The time was when all their national institutions were founded on Protestantism. And were they to submit to the domination of Popery • to the introduction over the land of Socinianism and Infidelity? He trusted n ot. (Cheers.) He reminded they of what had been done by thelipprentices of Derry, for Protestanism, when they closed :the gates of that town, and trusted the operative' would ,not be behindhand now that their city was besieged by Popery. (Loud cheers.) He thought the " liberal" Protestants who gave a tolerance to the Catholic scheme of education were traitors to the cause ; and he should like to see them get a good squeeze from the Inquisition, which would give them a taste of the qualities of Catholic doctrines. He concluded by hoping to see the Protestants put forth their, strength in " a long pull, a strong pull, and a pull altogether," until Popery was eradicated from the earth. He moved the second Resolution as follows : " That the proceedings of the present Session of Parlia ment, especially in the introduction of the popish clause in the New Prisons Bill, and the unscriptural Education scheme, more than ever proves the absolute necessity of combined, energetic, and active exertions on the part of all true Pro testants ; we therefore pledge ourselves, with God's blessing, to persevere with renewed vigour in practically carrying out the objects of the association." Mr. CRISP briefly, but pointedly, addressed the meeting on seconding the resolution. He noticed a clause in r. recent government bill, by which a Catholic clergyman was to be assigned to a gaol when it contained 50 Catholics; yet the same was not allowed in proportion to other denomina tions ; and on board of vessels of war only one chaplain was allowed to 300 seamen. Thanks, however, to the House of Lords the clause was rejected. Cheers.) The resolution he proposed pledged the members to work, and he hoped they would pass it and abide by it. (Loud cheering. ) After stating that the signatures to petitions in this town against the grant to Maynooth College did not yet equal those obtained in Manchester, he stated that the objects ci the association were—to petition parliament in favour of Protestantism—to send out tracts--and to visit parties in the different districts of the town. _ The resolution was then put, and carried unanimously. The CHAIRMAN stated that subscriptions would that evening be taken at the doors. (Cheers.) Mr. CRISP announced, amidst much cheering, that a pe tition was in course of signature for the ejection of Catholics from Parliament ; and trusted they would need no other stimulus to induce them to sign it, than the memorable ex pression of Daniel O'Connell, when he said in the House of Commons, in reference to this question—" I am here a member of parliament ; and put me out if you can." (Cheers.) Thanks were then voted to the Chairman by acclamation, and a numbei of persons enrolled their names as members. Subscriptions to a considerable amount were received at the door, and the meeting quietly dispersed. COUNTY SOCIETY FOR PROMOTING THE DUE OBSERVANCE OF THE LORD'S DAY. (From the Derby Mercury) The annual meeting of this society was held at the Lan castrian School-room, in Derby, on Monday evening last, and, although great numbers of the influential friends of the society are absent from the neighbourhood at this season of the year, the room was crowded with a most respectable and attentive audience. The Rev. J. G. Howard, Vicar of St. Michael's, was in the chair. After prayer for the divine blessing on the proceedings of the meeting, the secretary, the Rev. Win. Leeke, stated what had been the society's operations during the past year. Sir George Crewe, Bart., Sir Matthew Blakiston, Bart., and E. S. Chandos-Pole, Esq., had consented to become vice-presidents of the society. A memorial had been promoted from 140 of the Shardlow boatmen, and another from the influential inhabitants of the surrounding parishes praying the Trent and Mersy Naviga tion Company to set the boatmen free from their Sabbath labour. Memorials had been forwarded to the Lords of the Treasury and to the Postmaster General, from the committee and from several of the large towns in the county, and up wards'of one hundred petitions had been forwarded to Par liament from various parishes in the county, urginc , the dis continuance of the running of the mail and the delivery of letters on the Lord's day. An equal number of petitions had been forwarded, praying that the present laws relating to the Sabbath might be enforced, as far as they were effective, and where they were not so that they might be amended, so that all classes of persons throughout the kingdom might have the Lord's day secured to them as a day of rest. The letter to the postmaster of Derby requesting him not to for ward their letters to them on the Lord's day, had been signed by about 1500 householders residing within the limit of the Derby penny post, amongst whom, were three members of Parliament, the four banking companies, the editors and proprietors of the two newspapers, and the immense majority of the leading country gentlemen of the neighbourhood, and of the merchants and tradesmen of Derby. Upwards of thirty of the solicitors and medical men, including the mayor, thinking that the interest of others required them to receive their letters, so long as the mail brought them to Derby on the Lord's day, had nevertheless joined in a statement, that they should gladly see the running of the mail and the deli very of letters altogether discontinued on that day. Not one third of the letters were now delivered on the Lord's day, and the number would yet be diminished. The various Sabbath societies of England and Scotland were getting into regular correspondence with each other, a plan together with the exchange of newspapers containing articles relative to the Sabbath, calculated to have a very important effect in advancing the cause in which they were engaged. The effort now making by the Leicester and Derbyshire societies to stop the running of the trains on the Lord's day, on the Midland Counties Railway, wasmentioned. Numerous memorials were on foot. The clergy and dissent ing ministers had been invited to call the attention of their congregations to the subject. Several had done so on the previous day, and others intended doing so on the next Sab bath day. The secretary read many interesting extracts from the London Society's report, containiAg details of the en couraging efforts which were making inLondon and in several parts of the country, to stem the torrent of Sabbath desecra tion which has set in upon our land. The several resolutions were moved and seconded by the Reverends A. T. Carr, R. Macklin, H. Stowell, W. Fisher, W. Fowler, and W. Leeke. The Rev. Hugh Stowell, of Manchester, delivered a lung and interesting address, of which we are sorry to say, we can scarcely attempt to give an outline. He depicted in glowing language the increasing and systematic profanations of the Sabbath, and the counter efforts in every direction, of the friends of the Sabbath. In referring to railroads, Mr. Stowell mentioned the encouraging facts that, not only the Presbytery of Edingburgh forced the proprietors of the Edinburgh and Dalketh railroad to give up the running of their trains on the Lord's day, but that the directors of the recently. opened railway from Manchester to Leeds, one of the'rnost important in the kingdom, had come to a resolution not to allow any traffic on it ou that holy day, at least for the first six months; until the subject should be finally deter mined at the genera meeting of the shareholders. The rev. gentleman trusted that 'success would crown the effort now making to stop the desecration on th Nottingham and Derby line of the Midland Counties Railway ; and that the share- holders' at - their 'approaching meeting "would help to set a noble example, in this respect, to all the railroad companies. He intreated there might be no half measures ! No " sectionizing" of the day of God! In reference to a partial observance of the Lord's day, he heated the expression, " during church hours !" • Mr. Stowell stated the gratifying fact, that, when at Cheltenham some time ago, the great Hero of present age, the Duke of Wellington, set a most pleasing example of Sabbath observance by regularly attend ing the house of God twice on the Sabbath day, and that it was known that he was diligently searching the Scriptures. He called upon the assembly, remembering the debt of gra titude which the nation owed to that great man, to remember him in their prayers, and to ask God " to make him wise unto salvation." The eloquent and electrifying speech of the reverend gentleman was throughout most rapturously responded to by the meeting. The following resolution was passed unanimously : " That this meeting views with deep regret the sad dese cration of the Lord's day on most of the railways which are already open, and more particularly on the Derby and Not tingham line of railway, (connected as it is with the town and neighbourhood,) and would express its most anxious hope that the shareholders in the Midland Counties Railway, and in the other railways connected with the town of Derby, will come to a resolution not to run their trains on the Lord's day ; and thus give to the numerous servants employed by them the opportunity of keeping it " holy to the Lord," and no lodger hold out to the careless and thoughtless an additignal temptation to spend that day in pleasure and dissi patioekhich a merciful God has set apart not only as a day of rest from bodily labour, but also as a day of instruction, edification, and comfort for their immortal souls." The expenditure of this society during the last year has amounted to £126 Lis. 61d., and its receipts to £ll5 19s. 2d. The Sum of £l2 3s. 34d. was collected at the meeting. We understand that sixty-four subpoenas have been served on witnesses to appear and give evidence on the trial 'of Archibald Bolam, for the murder of Joseph Millie, which takes place to-day at Newcastle. Miss Ellen Tree, accompanied by her mother and sister, arrived at this port yesterday, in the packet-ship Shakespeare, from New York. This favourite actress has won " golden opinions" from the playgoers in the United States, .where, for the last three years, she has been campaigning. A private letter received by the Shakespeare states that the dissensions which had broken not among the Wesleyan Methodists in Upper Canada; have been amicably settled. NEW WESLEYAN METHODIST CHAPEL.—The handsome chapel, in Great Homer-street, was opened, on Friday last, by the Rev. Robert Newton preaching in the morning and the Rev. Theophilus Lessey in the evening. On Sunday, the Rev - Dr. Bunting and other ministers preached in the new chapel. THE LIVERPOOL STEAM SHlP.—This splendid vessel will again take her departure for New York on Thursday week. All her berths have been engaged for several weeks. Many parties who were anxious to go out in her have been disappointed. As much as seventy guineas have been offered for a berth. She is expected to reach New York about the Middle of August. FASHIONABLE DANCING.—We perceive that Mr. and Mrs. Ridgway, of the Theatre Royal, purpose devoting a por tion of their time to giving instructions in the elegant art of dancing.—See Advt. Great preparations are making at Waterloo for the Licensed Victuallers' Dinner, which takes place on to-mortinv. Mr. Towers, of the Angel Hotel, Dale-street, who provides the dinner, has erected a spacious booth, .170 feet by 60, which is capable of dining 600 persons comfortably. The booth is covered in with a boarded roof, and the interior ii.tastefully decorated with criensom cloth. We feel confident that the worthy host of the Angel will use his best to seCtfie the com fort of his guests. The great number of tickets :already issued for the dinner gives promise of an unusually large attendance A vessel of 300 tons burthen, intended for the West India trade, is now being built at the shipwright's yard of Mr. J. P. Nicholson, at Glasson Dock, for Messrs. Bowker, of Liverpool. She will be launched, it is expected, in about 3 months. The brig Alert, which was wrecked of this coast during. the dreadful hurricane in January last, has recently been raised by means of diving apparatus, and having been purchased by T. J. Knowlys, Esq. of Heysham, is now in Glasson Dock, undergoing a thorough repair. —Lancaster Guardian. FATAL ACCIDENT.—On Friday, an inquest was held on the body of a seaman, John White, belonging to the ship Thomas P. Cope. It appeared from the evidence, that when the vessel was leaving the Prince's Dock in order to put to sea, the deceased was standing on the forecastle, helping to shove the anchor over. The anchor was hoisted by means of a rope. When they were in the act of pushing it over the bow, the stopper was let go, the anchor flew aft, and crushed the deceased on the deck. The stopper was let go by mis take, otherwise the deceased might have got out of the way. He was taken to the Northern Hospital, where he lingered until Wednesday. Verdict, accidental death.—On Tuesday. an inquest was held on the body of Jane Smith, who lived with her son, Mr. Alexander Smith, at No. 4, Bell-street, Toxteth-park. About four weeks ago, the deceased and her son went up stairs to bed. She came into her son's room in order to take his candle to light her to her own room. Soon after, Mr. Smith was awoke by a dense smoke, which filled the house. He jumped out of bed, and proceeding to his mother's room, found her on the floor with the greater part of her clothes burnt. She was carried down stairs, and had medical assistance procured, but she died on Sunday last. Verdict, accidental death.—On Thursday, an inquest was held on the body of John White, a police officer, aged 27. The deceased, it appeared, had gone to the privy of the Sessions-house, on the afternoon of Tuesday, although not on duty there. He was subject to fits. Hazlehurst, a porter at the Session-house, having occasion to visit the same place, found the door fastened inside ; after waiting some time, without any reply being given, the door was burst open, when the deceased was found quite dead. A surgeon was im mediately in attendance, who gave it as his opinion that he had died of apoplexy.--Verdict accordingly-. The Rev. R. Montgomery's preaching, for various chari table and religious purposes in Cheltenham, has in six week* produced the slim of X 405 7s. 2d.—Gloucester Chronicle.