The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser. — Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1839-04-09 00:00:00

11. 1 sc,q4r. •0 ow er P the plaintiff, 4 ' - ' • ii Ik. defendant and Which had been sold by the defendant. _,,e paid £ 5 2105. into court. The parties were ; I ; . ' a nd io.e plaintiff, bought the Otis filly at Mr. Lu lhavtes Pository for Zl5O. The plaintiff sent her to Mr. kat ti Pre 'n , ses, and after some time the plaintiff ascertained mr. Ldefendant had sold the mare for fifty guineas. kat th DAS, in addressing the jury for the defence, stated irig,.. e mare had been sent to Mr. Shaw's, and Mr. Shaw iegtout to leave the country, wrote to Mr. Williams to • re away ; but he got no answer,_ and the con was thAt th% mare was sent to Mr. Lucas's Reposi t4 aaa of ;tl.- '-..d . .- filtt" ; , gaineast !and: it i wa.i.nat.ufitil . the st- IN b r belt account betyreon ih;3 parties that this action itn tlght * - ' 14 1. -esses to the character of the mare were called on bath Th e 1 ' I.ToRNEv-Gx:S_ERAL replied on behalf of the plain- Tlie j u the r)• fen nd a v er di ct for the defendant. ea nrr did not break up until half-past nine o'clock. 1;4,, ITRP, ROYAL, LIVERPOOL. . ......____, • ‘ ' t .th Last '‘.'elk of . - *-, Aill. htcKTo&t & mtts: HONED: ' • 1 7 k; r. ~, :“...,,,,__,._ A, . , !. ; .:, ~„ . T , we e pr,sentl' LT E S D At; Ap r iitie. 1830, will be per- Nill'eti a Comedy in two acts, calltd' : • 7 . illol, GANDFATHER'S WILL; 44-4P,CYnic. _.Mr, Baker. Mandeville...Mr. Gray. air; • qr. W.:How; rd. . M . rs. Rigid. . Mrs. Edwards. 'Aft er wt,, Albina Mande.ville.. , . . Mrs. Honey. 'eh, will be performed ** * for the third ti me h ere , M r . w Buckstone's last new Farce, c a ll e d tAK PoINTS, ,: 4 114 1) . w k -rt, A OTIIING LIKE WHEEDLING. I 4 ( 41 .. " e dle. , 4 ~,,,,, 4 1 , 4,, 4 , Mr. BuCkstone, r•J'oft.aLiTii.Onally petfottned 14 him iti tion i ) . 1 ~C , . .1-1' r ;-. t 1.6 Mr.II kat' * r. n Croilre iikil)enr Tile ** " -a/ ••• - • H. ,I. 9_9,_ ... .! 4 tri l l, ~nlas 1: ernon .. -, ~ Mr.. W ± • Pal, .. •• Tell et T o 1),,enL4411, P- Ars'AClake.,,Sally Fybus... Mrs. Te e it Yr - ilicle.vith MK Bnckstone'is Farce of , r • 4 4 , ~,-1 4P. R t P p ,t 4,1 7,. , -..! .. kr r)..e°ve (his origin;ti chi.,.i•46r) 'arnl.ccr„!•,..l-fenry Dove .... :. ... Mies , Cleaver. .. :171r, Bucks Lone. Nit L7ocinieei.ilV!yrnExaker. . • Mrs Sai4 r l..So v dcl. w M ar r d s..Clarke Ilr, p, :;:t i ., ; , ,p9ig.ct i.:37.... Miss Fault. hr, . A lt " : ril t c e lcl e 7.gliugSand. .. ...1111. -1;4 6 . 1 °linglius an . . b d Mrs.. w Bland. ii( l ) -i ney . i v r , 14175: eredig.. ii/Sin . it . i..: ....... Edwards. atee ki" i'''' ''''' '.,. ~,,T - -; .. • ;.---- th - . S,"sati t%..r'ri,alt4 14e Pkri 6 YY- 414-C1i1.6114 p,, ; 1.., i eh, -4 PlaY bel iadand,Places.tk - en,of 4,.. •B - 6d : ' t; k 24. C kt 1 • 1 ' 441:11ir ee• • Bexes,*4s.•,.:UPper Boxes,- 35:... . •, 14 . 7rts: t,"'„Gallery, is.' ' A limitid number. efit, tae • Boxes not iTransferable, . nor , admissible a of Sulscription t , • i , 7.may )111d.on application at the liy:)-9t0 c'?; ;, i (14 - " the tqi 1 ';,i NI oF . li - OW h NI- a 'NtrIT 'f . RIPS: i ONtV: 07a .. l s! ri t E , l - 4 24 4 Y') Aprl 10 ° th, the thama of CATCHINtG KAil. 21 1 . 1, • Capt. Poodle, Mr. W. Howard ; c4P • it lili lt e i„,4;o r h . W u ' U. Bland ;Tom . Turg, Mr. Baker; Caro li„,;', th e 1,-,Ars. Honey ; Sally Giggle, Mrs. 'rellet. After Ittitel,r, NT -aree of TOM NODDY'S SECRET. With Tom ' tN'rv r • Baker ; Inkpen, Mr. Buckstone. tued "kl'ip SEVENTEEN. Miss Carrington, wi th ri ltd ix characters Mrs. Honey. 1 To conclude with THE tillli r tl,t ~THR' RHINE. Irma, Mrs. Honey.. ,' pkBt'PAT -14,1)4 Itid A ne, v a l id , mi .4 l. 'i l i tr o ie n ty y dr En it p ter oriu nnr ii t i s , 17 w d h t i h ch e i In a ight 1., 1--r-Mr BUCKSONt S ENE T, and i. .441 0 -'. , . lie of his t. '''' ', ' ' buitt)llllleoBtorie' "gageniaellcalled A .LESON FOR 1 1 -, "S in. prePanrewatioDn Drama called a LESSON F() " lir.pd S.fll,s -and-will be it N _ ~. i, 44.',_.;_: . *-. ; • , produced on Friday lag t ed • lqii.* iirilciiAM j., i liTs. tfe It NJ: the early pait MADAME Season, for FIVE i..._G Mr. Nt AilLt s IRLES KEAN, VESTRIS, eminent c etehitar:\:AeTßEWS, Mr. POWER, and other emi Ik e ~ !)erforrner • are also engaged. will be s iiven of their first app earance. _ !e thrrpoot g9ta;lbar* , n. '---- A 48 bil I' 2'40 R11,471'43, 2 P-e-r-t' 1/' -'39. O ta . '4llp-riritead, enders cannot fail to he aware what extremely k,clPled fellows" (if there be any truth in whig- the) fre e - ,„ e th° se good friends of the conservative cause, Ni l ' e n of Liverpool. We dare say there is many I° Vl(ott. e lle ti ll t° rY in the good old town, who neither has 3 ' °or •ever means to forget, the Liverpool tilititliefli bid' L . Bill. If we can do any- 1 t t oil, . . rancnisement , • , , ~ . 4. 41 e.th._*;dB I ) eilietiiating its rememlifante, , We will N r N 4, 4 ' --. L 4, it tat th 6. radibals ball iidt forget it either. te eili.,ittie4titeli.l fOitir, to the if they can •helP it, , i 'llet t i f 7 .4 election contest of autumn i 830; —sc f ni t e heir P4rt, q Anblic reasOfis, hecause the interests o j orit e 4 ; (4ll d ndt he greatly benefited by calling that b 6l. they Piii.t°4linently before the public mind : several i - r t e 1 n4 I- L, ; v ise; (with all respect be it spoken of such glat!) , A uth:rn indedpatricits,) 'because certain gold _ elleni:7l3i'e some literal pdlini yet remains un e a ral liel te - .*' Tiiek are fond; .therefdre, t !llith L' all like to speak of the thief !" " dorrupt' o ' f f g ee e m n en, 411,ey br ow all experienced ctitpurse cries " Stop . rite h 6 glit lii the afOresaid bill to disfranchise, not '4 4.- had b il of bribery; but those who i t Iq g he freemen; , P een pi ty . .. Ntel.,ll. wry not househOlders. It for j4k'i 111Plieiid that the House of • Lords did not *ith::)., e e wily a rich man might accept a a poor itlati eh, `l°Peachment of his honour, and yet _ gould • h such severe and tettraerd. deserve to be visited with ',lie4 a 'll.larY punishment. Still less could our radical likl taket'4illee them that some poor freemen, who lle, , ho n tio bribe, and would have scorned to take ti4l ' lll be d isfranchised, because other freemen, I , , 41 411 " 4 1 cob., as poor, had been scandalously and shame :, t he iii Pt. And be it remembered that the object n -q " d d b- ' w as to cut off the register all those . Ireeme (le ttar te4 4 °t occupy £ lO houses. Doubtless could it neverh have l, e Place in t ° our radical friends thathonesty ° lle iiadanY house rated below £lO. wish some 411.1 e in m klged their memories on this , We when look tim e for % I d . er the Municipal Bill, where we i i the £lO clause. • tht hedge 11l steal the horse; but. you may not look over I° ‘‘l, l ' is a canon of politics very broadly laid I N! i t .. our liberal and remarkably candid opponents: c "lrk e 4ll °t a little curious and instructive to e the 141 in . q . , vhe ll liberal vengeance takes, when any s s e hame- Irr e - f i nee of political turpitude either has actually . -", or defiled maY, for liberal purposes,. be plausibly , 4 . ll her ate 1 eine should think that a set of men who e 9N vii, Y co llooct in London a scheme of wicked kl)el'i ii . ` ° count their costs—who assemble Reform \ :llll3 , e a a -ce d 4 agents (men well known at the ; ' 1 1() ~alwaYs the purse-bearers in close contests) 4 - eou - a sufficient credit a I eet their gold, and lodge . te ( kat b L N an bat then, having printed in large let g`ltielli,44dress about purity of election, public morals, iat p ra nce s tll4.'). 4 M • the like, go down to the borough that cti, t ° he. vacant, and bring into play all their t 4414;4 Metro ort seductions upon the ignoran t ; 11 A ti 'ar). ;— one Pe? ple lan ' should think that these are 1q 114 : t1-elliel l who should feel the weight of public : 11 i '' ', a l ll , (l bear the . heavy brunt of liberal indignation. ".< s"' so ? We answer, it depends upon eircumh rN `r '' It d p depends upon whether the offender,- .h t e 1 1 „ . . If a,ll,:ged offender, be a conservative or be ah . e -lre -"Y trian have lived in Liverpool these last t ten f 'i l v 4t i, ' l: ll , d doubt the perfect truth of this statemen o " 4 11 x. - tlitn travel a few.hours on the Grand Junction t 11 , 1.4 , 1 ; ( Z a \ ve lling will be useful to one so ignorant . (la rh . -,) and get out at Stafford. The first pe . r It h ' t4l h e ah -eetB with in that town will be able to tell him b 'tl'aJ , i Peaed there when• the Queen's-Attorney-Ge- t ,' I k PDe 1) , r il l John Campbell, was a candidate ;—wha -ikt:-"' we mean, in the town at the time of the ‘ kl t)/ 1 11) 41Id in the House of Commons when that 1 "V ,%.,- Ivag questioned afterwards. He will alsO hear : 11 ) te - ‘ 41 , °4l came to be dealt with when the tables l '114114,,,, ltre ed, and the borough showed unequivoca 1: t 4 4 .: °I returning conservatism and good sense.. h i' 4l 1: 1 T 111 friend do this and he will bring hack with i ti lblt iee 4 4 7,0 . 01 a little more sapience . about . liberal i ,, rt it .".' fair dealing; and though it will surprise " lit ig t i _ eit Y tnost exceedingly, he must make up his !: Ifi h• Pat r i ot lev e , that a mamay not only be a whig t he ~,-,:, but he may be the very man entrusted Lk'ttlitir;"le liberal faction with the office of pro ' tl it ' all offences against public morals—he may yet ht s 4ttorneGeneral of the whigs himself, and e a st 11()ti°118 of public morality and of common I ter t4i itl aY be totally opposed to the ideas of ether b e N, rlie.„.(l b e a simple-minded man, who is not a li p.;l' . e 4 ' well but surely the briber is the person most ;'ke. vbilolshed. lie is the originator of the atrocious I.e kl i .,: l e _ does it designedly; he lays his traps—he i 'ti iiil; his nets—the poor fellow who is bribed is ta : ee(l4,l,,are's•---(perhaps when full of liberal beer)—he ~erei e`i---tetripted—of course he must be punished 'lli tle Y; b ut if this poor fellow be whipped with Di ) his • ° N • richthe seducer will be scourged with scor e th e li I ‘, Niv t_t e finger will be laid upon the tempted— bliee:wei.ght of the loins upon the wicked tempter. f)tia,ilzilitiaJhuisetitcoerireesq,u, ires no less. And whatever the may think 'of course the righte fltiil,. preor,,Qos_w.in visit upony,eacii offender the punishment tc),) k i,,P rtioned to his guilt : of course they will! L -cr,..._...._ a; A i tl pi ae -. 'l4 you ever hear of a great election that srittlie_:4l:Blnbra.tib atilet:3eroit? and most respectable borough N tll c l ut tilion of Did you ever hear that most \? rites il bribe prevailed, and the rich received ‘ l tt lf• ' e Ilarnefultlr and notoriously than . the poor ? eve aye heard too xi ii 4 exe rtion to .I.4it hat the liberal faction strained , th lix l / 4 1 ,., 11 : r ich were 1 1 the penalties upon the poor, of th e ve e to go unscathed ! • What do you to; te and t h I T n who . so visited the poor—the 4 rli ato e .unbribed to g e ther —actually returning . ellt it th e next election, as representatives of . . • their respectable faction, the two men whose money was circulated 66 shamelessly—who were the princi pals—the chief offenders ? We haVe reverted to this matter now, because we are desirous to present to our readers an impartialopi nion as to the relative crime of the rich man who bribes, and,the poor man who takes a bribe. " But the immorality is much more enormous in th?se*lipihiluenee tliah in those who are influenced. 1 Oho the #ristOraey - ltt itditEts theni into the en4)l63:.itteiit of,b tse. au Corrupting means. It tempts them to beethre; tempters,. and sends them forth as missionaries of vice. According to the cant of the day, their personal honour is unaffected i and what is the personal honour of a man, who makes drunkards, who makes liars, who makes citizens untrue to their duties through their fears or interests,:and ex pahas, tile,ag.eh6iabf ppittl eott . uption over whole dis tricts'? He is fiei:sonally hunted; filfittittly than his-picfim4„a :plagye 7 spgt in society, and tib , Itb„ merit; and not the les7 .4he;;Ttm,cgrfing distinc tion of private and potiXii!: character that makes him to sneak behind a pitiful conventionalism." We are indebted to the Morning Chronicle of Good Friday for this sketch of the two gentlemen who figured in the contest of 1830, who were afterwards returned together (for, though one of them never sat for the bo rOtigli, tliey *ere fettitned together) as the representa 4V6S" of so sense; d common ust as subsists Whig , gelq • ;:, 1.4 men of Liymostj.,rit4 arid akaly them; andremember that this Cl;raCter i ifrkvh bx 4e.ex„-, perienced hand of the Morning Chronicle,--- lib6re friend. We adverted in our remarks of Friday last to the natural history of that very peculiar animal, the modern tifdnitsed td 'hirsute our investigation of this anomalous attempt a furtiiet fit; count of the eccentricities and` various ' dd'xitSl at - • , • • t.,,. i,!(1 I!' tribntes ; pf this remarkable creature.: We bointed that In l pr9fession47as„,zpest,tibexal r -in ex&figve; univei allq Tegardeslwith dislike p , r dis- trust, and that by every man ui e er ;ill - 1;ile of Witicaf opinion; yet the acknowledged head of those disco dant sections which. assemble at the Reform Club, and call themselves the " popular" party. So when Pro testantism was in the ascendant in England and Ire land, the " whig" %vas identified with the Protestant faith: The M a ttrt " whie was in fact synonimous with " PrOtest4nt:" fliell ifie totging penal laws, and kept in.. check the P4i4.9 Irid tie wicked tories.,. Now the ROtruai ,faciiol 4 has obtained a tem porary infittence, and„the, , "„whii' i , and the Roman Ca tholic have bOtuid corm, pact" alliance. Like the chameleon, the creature takeS its colour from its food. The noisome incense of the Romish mass is now the very health of its political ex istence : its colour and complexion wear the taint of Rome. Lord Melbourne. voted against transferring the fran chise frdin.4efOrd to Birmingham, A pleasant story is told of the non-Chalarit •viitount; Oftl ii lie„qp i posed the reform bill in Lord Grey's cabinet as otontiy as Wetherell might or Croker ; but when the " whole bill" had passed that secret conclave, he struck his cane upon the table, and exclaimed, " Well, gentlemen, you have done the mischief ; and, after this, I shall stick at nothing." Accordingly Lord Melbourne is premier of the "reform" ministry. The chief secre tary and leader of t 1 natio of Commons vindicated the sternest rigour bf the penal laws c shOWed why Gattop should be saved .While Sarum N justly sacrificed, and slinite iii WliA lie rile Ont for ttitiehing and expressive words; of " preserVing keeping in the vestal fire." We thank thee, John, for teaching us these eulogies of the old constitution; we rejoice that thou hast written thy book. Posterity may forget many things of Lord John Russell that are too well known and remembered now; but they will never forget the alliance bf Lichfield House; the history of the appropriation clause, and that this same lordling bears the name and profanes the Prineiples Of William Lord Russell. To talk of PaltheistOri; and Hobhouse; of Rice, and Normanby; and Holland; time and the patience of our readers would be wanting; but it any man desile to see'theni exhibited in fgithftil cold - Ors by a graphic hand, let hint read the letter of Mr: Eneas Macdonnell in the Times of Friday. But we endeavoured to explain the reasons why this same "whig" is always most liberal (as he is pleased to call it) in his public professionS; and most insolent and supercilious in his real conduct. It is because he is acting a part. He is in a false position; , and there fore there is no sincerity about him. He knows just as well as the tory that there must be grades and dis tinctions of society : a duke and a dustman cannot be yoked together, like the ox and the ass of Ulysses ; not because there is any conceit or absurdity in the mat ter, but simply, " Natura opposuit." Habit, educa tion, means and mode of life, forbid such a preposter ous association. Now the whig gets upon the hustings, and declaims in general terms about equality. He has a lie upon his lips, and this he knows right we 11... He comes down, and is afraid he will be taken at his word. He expects some "fusty plebeian" will embrace him. In self-defence he throws into his manner and deportment a Siberian coldness. General Jackson and the hiccory staff are a joke in comparison of your whig. He is confoundedly condescending, and re solved to keep you at your distance. Now, mark that man ! Wherever he goes, he carries with him his hol lowness and insincerity. He is a, "tuft-hunter" when lie gets into high company ; and if " niggard fate no peers afford, He takes of course to peers' relations ; And sooner than not sport a lord, Puts up with e'en . the last creations." It is familiar to every man who has passed through a large school, that the reckless insubordinate little junior is always the boy to become in his turn the overbearing bully. Just so with the whig.— When power is in other haxids, he is ready to tear the very framework of society to pieces : he would rather have " anarchy than Peel." When power has fallen into his own grasp, woe to the objects of his " centralizing" legislation. He lays down the bed of Procrastes, and, long or short, he makes them, fit it. A vain and pretending democrat when out of office, he is a hollow and haughty aristocrat when in. The peo ple of England have learned, in the last eight years, that if the tory were King Log, the liberal is King Stork. We suspect. it will be many a long day before frothy nonsense from the hustings will get up such another agitation for the liberals. If the liberals throw dust in the people's eyes, they will find that the said people can throw stones as well as dust—can meet de clamation with fact—plausible pretence with an appeal to party history—fair promises with the record of pledges broken and hopes disappointed, of faith plighted and perjured to an extent for which the history of Bri tish politics affords no parallel. Now one set of these men is as bad as another. We are far from being desirous of seeing Lord Melbourne overthrown prematurely. Galling as 'it is to see pre ferment given in the inverse ratio of merit—bishoprics 'bestowed on subscribers to Socinian sermons, judge ships conferred on men like Baron Maule, every post of influence and profit filled with men who are quiet enough just now, but will be nuisances and pests here after, when better men are masters—galling as all this is, it is the just punishment of our folly, and we must hear it as we may. Let others accuse Sir Robert Peel of inactivity and the Duke of indecision—we shall be content to wait until the rapidly disorganising mass of liberalism shall fall to pieces of itself, and betray to the world the disgusting and corrupt materials of which it is compoSed. Meanwhile we are too strong for them to perpetrate any violent legislative inroads on the British constitu tion; and the schoolmaster is going abroad every; where, and raising recruits for the cause of truth. Spe cious. as the liberals may be, they will scarcely persuade the people of England that the best test of public sen timent is secret suffrage—that compulsory education is the morning star of dawning liberty—or that the ex clusive system is that which teaches anything, religious as well as secular—the liberal and tolerant system, that which closes to the learner the only book which it is of infinite importance he should know. Let education, free and unfettered, fairly prevail, and the dinservative cause prevails with it. This is• the time of sowing. Nature, in her own due season, will so bring about the • harvest,. " Ut ipsa suss mirentur Gargara messes." Our attention has been arrested for the present by the so-called crisis which comes off next week. We purpose, at a future time, to take some of these liberal fallacies in hand, and show them up as they deserve. We li,' . fe, gte t at *mire this day in laying before our readers the interesting elNeeftl, of ,the H on: and 'Rev. Horace Powys, deliv ere d a t the DiBVsa.:ll . ttiCation . meeting, at St. Helens, on Thursday last, but for which we had not space in our last publication. The sentiments breathed throughout this admirable address will find, we doubt not, a cordial response in the bo som of MO tftle Protestant who may peruse it. i It i§tru: 1:i gra'tifyi'ng do itcitttess these simultaneous ' proceedings in,faying,of : neiiten. ds. stern.(if nation al education; ‘. t .;k flie has); of ~.I;riif,ianill.: , r e bishops who initiated this grand inchirtient; and the Clergk.and laity of the Church of England, who have s o nobly and so successfully taken up the cause, deserve the thanlss of the Christian community for their dissinterested and self-devoted exertions. Not that we tifGUld for one riiiiingtit insinuate that the clergy have been hitherto indift4ieiV or IkAgeitt in the cause of education. 1134.118,1;:eoril4ilfully,' i; ti most fatstr; laid to their ~, . ..•, .;, ,•:, ,i , t, .. • ~•4., n. .• 4 ' thane, by the turbitleppo,lu4tary . agitatO'rs of the ort:y. , ,-,• . '4 ,: ,• They have been &ierited; in the ilarit h tenlis.pf the . " march of intellect" folks, as lasaittit4itigOis," ; " op posed to the advance of knowledge," and as " placing every obstacle in their power in the way against the extended education of the people," The mendacious scribes, who have thus heaped all manner of Apse Uplit fig dewy ? eannot be ignorant of the fact, that i the MO'Kned i iaiiigi 19f ilk: eli s ttreh of England have i dorip ,four trines .S nii4,' : iii t,tV iik 6f tittrtroting . ~ ..4!,.*,,,...-.,., , ,;..• . i.. 4,1 r.., ,- •ec.• , , .71 n6tiorial education,. as 41 Ale chsle ri ting: SectOries pia 'fsource,the" S4ifra .- i ' w ho together—excthuing; o. c p i.. 145 0, o have certainly done much towards thi6 praiseworthy object, without ostentatiously boasting of their tier- , ; tions. Look at th 4 innumerable schools attached to the Church of England in our populous towns. Look at the thousands upon thousands of similar schools hi 4liiitisfwil village throughout England and Wales, aint ti ii of iiAiiiiiii* supported through-the counte nance I.iiil,e4i4 - I':iiii R i ii,11.66: Ltiolt, vain, at the rupx . ,!;loyeaciNo4', 4:0 4n ruin' of thE lint dorn, , ip,!wAihe;rvio43ll has been made te?l ,- , ,tiic g e,tififiA ..- 1, 111; - :Ati9n of . thousands, 4of 4 s. kUtatiO{l.: Are not these sufficielit 61 iVi,iii4elivei to f pniii l yp ; Oiy i most sceptical that it is the basest and most AiWthleci of calumnies to accuse the clergy of the Established Church of indifference on the subject of education ? But though much has been done during the last generation for the instruction of the more indigent elatSes of the people, there has been, as yet, no syste miC t phhiSidri. nia'it• 6ii dil 6leciliate scale, for the educatio'n.O‘ft4e,iiiislare 6laS*; 1"8 f6tifaiy this de. tFct, by,* establishment of . dihria; ieii6oli; . iii AA g suOrior education - 1:- 1 ..bie4flik milli . o7a .yo - t* ii - kig , and intellectual imprOWiiii4i.t--s.h . Y re groicleA,:*-: t pears to be the characteristic feature off' iii 6 fteSent movement among the friends of the Church. .The accomplishment of . this object is most appropriately associated with the church extension scheme : for as the youth educated in these schools grow up to matu rity; it is essential -that provision should be made for Sniqiliiiii, Apii :kitfi iidgitifal iiigttnetion, _ o ,ac , a seem It is a ineikAiii fl tit"i; ' -,0 eve' Ad thoide , P rialt,... — ..1 .i . ... , ~. of attack to be in vain, tire enemies ot 7 rc fgren; attic enemies.of the Church of England, fitiilai are n'il,.i-: tible terms, have of late years endeavoured, with tin , remitting zeal, to secularise the education of the people. The grand end and aim of the infidel philosophers, who are prosecuting this heathenish task, is, undoubt edly, to banish Christianity, with all its benign, and sanctifying; but corrective influences, out of the land. Mr. irrriikiri; efitd the philosophers of the Central Edntiatia hafe tdeitly - AtktioAetiged this to be their do lgn: if it *efe othervirise; *irk sb ita= lously insist upon time eietiiiiioltb: OSoinie Arid un: conditional exclusion of the Bible froM ihe naiidnal Sksf tern, which they so audaciously endeavour to foist upon a Christian country like England ? • The motive of this exclusion is too transparently evident to need much re mark. It evidently arises from a desire to quench that light of truth ivhich the free circulation and unre stricted perusal of the Able lute spread over the country: The principle in dispute i)itiveen the Central Ednea; tion Committee and the Clergy of the Church of Er*. land is; not whether the people are to be educated or not, but what des6rifltieti of instruction is hest adapted to promote the real 'Welfare of society: The `` march of intellect" philosophers advocate a system of educa tion exclusively secular : the clergy, on the other hand, insist upon the necessity of making provision for the religious instruction of the people, as the only safe basis upon which the superstructure of intellectual knowledge can be raised. Which of these two sys tems is the right one ? Is secular education calculated to do good or evil, when separated from religious in struction ? Is intellectual culture sufficient, per se, for the moral improvement of mankind ? For an answer to this question look into the history of ancient na- ions. Do we find, upon consulting these records, that morality was the concomitant of even the highest degree of refinement in the arts and sciences, and in human literature ? Was not the reverse notoriously the fact ? It is a dangerous and destructive fallacy to maintain that this species of unsanctified knowledge can produce any better result in modern days. In the eloquent language of a clergyman in South Wales, we would say—" It was not by a chymical disquisition on the deleterious effects of ardent spirits that the drunk ard was to be reformed. It was not by exposing the dishonourable character and injuriousness of theft that rapine was to be restrained. It was not by discoursing on the nature of the bond which unites a man to his wife, and the duties which it involves, that the marriage vow would be preserved inviolate. There must be an appeal to higher considerations." These higher consi derations can only be supplied by the system advocated at the meetings of last week. A sound scriptural edu cation can alone supply motives sufficiently powerful to influence the passions and affections aright. Every other species of instruction will be found utterly in operatiVe, unless indeed, it proves the source of moral . corruption 4nd scrcial degradation, We find that we must again postpone our remarks on this interesting topic. We shall again bring the subject before our readers on Friday. THE CHESTER CALENDAR FOR CRIME AND THE LIVERPOOL MERCURY. TO THE EDITOR OF THE LIVERPOOL STANDARD, SIR, —Observing a comment upon the heavy calendar for crime at Chester, by the Editor of the Mercury, and a re quest by him that the Mail may copy it, and contrast it with the Irish calendars, which he pretends are so much more free from crime than the Editor of the Mail would have us believe, permit me to ask the Editor of the Mercury how many of the criminals upon the Chester calendar are natives of Ireland ? and also to advise him never to make any co parison betwixt crime in England and Ireland, until he h s honesty enough to tell us how many of the highway robberies and murders committed in England are by Irishmen. In this part of England, at least, if we may draw a conclusion from general reports the majority of this description of felony cases are perpetrated by those harmless innocent pisantry which the Editor of the Mercury so much loves, and whose principles he is so fond of advocating. I could heartily wish all such of their admirers would transport themselves among them, and there, and only thew, extol their virtues and enjoy their society.—l am, &c., OBSERVER. injirY at halt- 1 quarter plaintiff, aintiff in rtv years ers, and . builder, ritiff had betwee n it ,. g a r.: h#stiin • T in& 11V9 appoin der, an d . I account- iverpool, it of the - e - aerie . L 25th of Making qay that Lnd then Lode the eliverME ,ire' ,and th i„op:V OA. R io; .ding the costs of of £ sB ,i an d tided the prowl Etb itrde ~, c ut. vere leavez to is of th 6 on; , -w pnd th ;tir-OE I brough t the de' ich took 183 S, the this fav t • . charter,. betwren to eh . [OA. 4 11 -q lays, .tvcr t Ithertk of I ,O W • 5 tans !riser; t he 2 Pita,.ht.}o;4, t' - • to cosh -1 by t he oals were, the 3 d 01 October. , s Doelt . she w t° t was 11 0 ! alrrt h _ l ° .aua4P' in lioa hi; In Il i° er at a l; by, an d, !' point 10 eared for the Pul'" .fenda l 'A as bonne nless hould r ti the . 51 '` r f nulent 0 ; in a t°' N 1 Wil i°. pwrigh, t ;; ship ster of $ he ) 18 W Z thoce O E.'viue n , Ce h f e leng.T e ether n" 1 5, 4 g ov " so s" th v e ,4 !asonao ber, a nd ras ready )ther e- Lord shili lion to C ° the for'd the a' T. DV SY , )tineectn e de' c d nole n 4tb 3 the po is ser a / rd, t hem fi r at he f t 0 lord 6hiP I' o4 11 . , jr t. L t -;be t 1) 11 4's CLOSING SHOPS ON THE SABBATH DAY The following letter has been address3d to each of the clergy of Liverpool : REVEREND SlR,—The committee appointed by the Hair dressers of this town, for the suppression of trade working on the Sabbath day, humbly and respectfully solicit your aid and assistance to put an end to a system which has tended not only to demoralize your petitioners and their servants, but also a large portion of the community who have been in the habit of resorting to their shops on the Sabbath. The committee beg to observe, that out of 185 Hair Dres sers in Liverpool, 161 have signed a memorial in favour of closing their shops ou the Lord's Day, and have strictly obeyed the law ; but deeply regret that those opposed to so salutary a measure have raised subscriptions to pay the tines levied on the offending parties ; thereby not only openly vio lating common respect for the Sabbath, but setting at defi ance magisterial authority, and the Watch Committee. The committee further state that, owing to the many ex penses and difficulties they have to contend against, from a determined opposition, in the prosecution of their cause, their funds are exhausted ; and they sincerely trust you will be pleased to use your kind influence with your friends and congregation (however small the contribution may be) to en able the committee to perfect the good work they are so anxious to see performed. In the name and behalf of the aforesaid committee, I remain. Reverend Sir, HENRYYour humble servant, H ENRY DOUBLEDAY, SeCRETARY. N.B.—The Rev. F. Barker, of St. Mary's Edge-hill, has kindly consented to receive donations to the society. PLAYFUL USE OF FIRE A RMS.—A young man in this town having returned home on Friday evening last with a friend, took a brace of pistols which the servant had placed on a table while dusting some furniture, and, in a jesting humour, snapped them at her ; afterwards he gave them to his friend to try to snap the trigger. " NoW," said he, " give me a cap, and I will' show you how they go off;" and, taking up a pistol, he pointed it towards a young lay, who slipped from before it as the trigger snapped ; when, greatly to their sur prise, off went the pistol, and shot a large ball deeply in an old oak board. The lady says .the pistol must have been loaded for tbree years. OPERATIVE etiSfgEIWATIVB ASSOCIATION. The third anniversary of the establishment of the Liverpool Conservative Operatives' News-room was celebrafetlleater day evening by a public dinner at the rooms, Houghton-street. Mr. Cressw,ell,. and other distinguished conservative gentle men were .invited to attend. The tables were laid for 130, but upwards of 150 sat down to dinner in the prindipal apart , menti'and there .not being - sufficient accommodation in it for lall who applied for tickets, 30 or 40 members were obliged to dine in a .4epatriti?ro'ain..- At 7 &dock the chief portionwf the company had afrii/64.' Thc,...ds4ingrobay was ireadsomery and appropriately decorated for th e obea'slaii. On the chair was a neat painting of the Liverpool arms; h 404 it,a i ftdi length figure- of Britannia supporting the ro y a l e‘h - naard,44*.the inseriptirm of ``Our Free and Gl or i ous C ons tituthiti—Chntch and Queeh—Ldrds snd Commons."—Opposite the chair' at the extremity was a beautiful representation of the.Cresswell Coat of Arms, surrounded by laurel and inscribed, " Cress , we!) fer ever." . Every side of th e ro o m , w htel l is of irregular I figure, W4l - 'h'etreg,With beautiful nation a l a n d ward flags, in -0,0 I chiding roar 4'fitftearct. Amongst the ward flags we no -1 ticed as,particufaily,bkintifitt Iltosf,, of St. Paul's and Lime street wards:; boak,bea,ufi t tullY fle'sixtiet act painted on fine ,silk, with giit jetterings , ancliknaineos•. many of the other flags containea Ir;fproOtiole,motte,i 40 ,deos.; . , and it may be said in fine that the Wail& tObin Was !:, tatie,sttied " by flags and banners—in which the colones' of aor.scrvatisei'looPmi need, and the whole having reference to O t di C , onStituilon, our Chi unit, and our Queen. Even the roof was deediated by the royal standstill and the union jack. Wm. HORSMAN, Esq., ably mettpied the chair. He was supported at the cross-table at the head of the table, by Jas. Aerin•ell,„Robert Rigby, and . John Wilkinson, &qrs., and i by a ni.Orittef df u .other gentlem en o f hi g hl y res p ec table sta. tions.ip'W Mitqft,' ,2 )J . 1 , 1 pesides many respectable and well-dres,seti pp raivies ,, ,C94t ,arßee. putt) 1 considerable num ber of respectable .„ tkadk§lpen, i iki , griboa: P ser.9. and others. Mr. Ci - ei;a4ll., jia7. - inf bte,,n4tai i ned l a!t the Nisi,rittsfipaurt by an imporCkit ettiO inyhich.:. hill , yi4 egagO!, - .entiltl- tick make his appearance until lin;4l , diat.:AV after ‘ e dinner : but his absence from the repast, was anit, eisi4p«)iiE - pla Ali- by the eloquent manner in which he afterwards ddfliessed the company, and which united an enthusiasm, equally honoiir able to the hearts and the heads of all who were present. The announcement of the arrival of Mr. Cresswell, was the signal for a tremendous and prolonged shout of applause, which did IaKYI. ,t.fgle . ti)l long after he and his friend, James Aspinall, Esit.; 74 tettintl.their way through th e assembled throng to the right hand'. eif thf 6itaittnant . i 1 The cloth having I The ICHAdu.:4AN rose. unit )3r4o§eilik follomiag . toasts : , " 11 1 , , g Queen!' (DrUnk With the iikuallatikim aisd three times the - 0; ...;_ •.:.. •,,. , 4 „, k , . . , ~, .•, , , " The Queen Pd'riagir; awl tb'e,se' .. it,of th'e'ReYar i'ainily.'' (Three times three, and grek aptilause.) , ' ...a • ... ~ " Our Glorious Constitution 'lit fihnich an 0 e Stae, .the most admirable in its frame-work, and the iiidst 116Werfttl in its Operation that ever existed." (Drunk with great enthu siasm, and nine times nine. The CHAIRMAN them called upon the. company to fill a bumper, as the next toast he had to pro _pose was one that he was sure they would all drink with delight. He begged to piltiee " The Members for the Borough, and may they long rein44Mi tigi `td protect by their votes and voices the an. eient.xan - 6, - (iia 4 . , 0?, tirliritish Constitution." (Tremendous k ~„ihg,,,,,,, • s.ifeg . tof gofftti minutes.) The toast was then,,, dia4k Wit . ',niirlie all ilaiX.• When the applause had sotaerhatts4o,ded,'.,,, ~ , .. . . ~, . ... , . ~ Mr. (.7. - ...Pwyt,i,./ . .Ostinii, the 01440 agial, /00:ed. He procet.dt.d tn .alt , r Xr,.. - . CliaiFpg ,aTcl*c4:enflt,' f 04ii.• sider myself particullAy fo'rit4i'atc , Art ,halii)e,nilie tp ),e . at Li verpool at a period when your Zrmos•ol4iOn eras tO; ash%semble' y'P together, and that I have had it in my te; ao tril*lf the ' honour of appearing amongst you, and acknthiled4in'tt the ' compliment you were pleased to confer upon me, in invitillg me to meet you here this evening. About half an hour ago, I was afraid that I would be obliged to break my engage ment, which I made with your worthy president,- Mr. Horsnian 1 for it was not till half-past seven o'clock this eVeiiitt T tirat t was at' liberty to leave the court, her Ma jesty's iticige' rizilirt,.. „ &intsidered it necessary to sit to so late 4ri t hOnii,',Soi . the „ Vit'iltriet , 0 the public business. But 4 , can aSs.tni , ikt.,.:#,•. sit'ia LW?, 1 hair lost no time, iti,vrijer y tiw epnte hpfe;,a\i'd to! rettitit Od thariks for the honour vou : hal4e,dc* nie.,, Islah l iAg,,eit`nlae' ttiois! kttitify ing to d'Aireientative , than ; *Vs'. to, appeal' . among iris O n ,: stituents, to read gilt account 44.411„,,e01iE1Wt Onicf it it especially gratifying to me, 04 rePreseniatiNe ,iii, i . p great 1 commercial town like Liverpool—the tepitientative 4tt,14.e, 1 principles of our constitution in church and state/ i.V Main tenance of which your energies are undiminished, than to find, that your approbation of my conduct in advocating those principles, is unceasing. , It is very gratifying to me to have merited your approval, and I am determined to pursue the gattre course which has gained for me your flattering testi -48,14... ,1 aft r.ssure you that I never have violated ong; OW 4 *TM J tifttmised to perform, and that (higit,Thy,,,iihom i YiirliAle' l 'ilarY att'er. f I have never been Warithig in- 4440ii:,,,t0• • tlitYse kideige's' Of . Rffeation to the monarchy; and of .veOtatioW foil oik iiss - tiitiiiGnt in Church and State, hi- yeti all.'..gsiOo, iti' maintaining: and which, if I ever should attetie id ahanOoti; li ) tiltsi i that yOU would consider me unworthy of being ally longer a ndArtair of Parliament, or entitled to the support which I have had the honour of receiving at your hands. It may be said, that we • are now in the hour of trial—our opponents are now reduced to the utmost extremity—and are almost beneath contempt. It behoves you to be now on the alert, in the advancement of the great constitution you have all so much at heart ; and others ) I have no doubt, will follow your example. We the conservative members, are now almost the majority of the Hotise of Commons, leagued with a majority of the House of birds (great cheering), so that we find 'our oppo *nig. aft the. lowest ebb their energies nhausted, the ctofdai6'n'i *Welt they prdctised; for # while successfully, on the public blown avtay.; ,the mists of prejutliee dissipated, and agitation at a discount. Urklvr . such circifinstances I trust that ere long the country will be idi6rne,'d on those great constitutional, and conservative princiPligi whichr have already exalted her so high amongst the nations of the ea r tli, and that she will be restored to the distinguished situation she formerly enjoyed. If we wanted any proof of the humi liating situation to which the administration of the day has been degraded, I would appeal to tinir conduct in reference to one subject, which they were the means of agitating the coun try With the discussion of, a subject which was calculated to delude file igtitirant; drid eiteite the passions and prejudices of the working classes-=I dtltedd id their agitation of the ..... question of COin-laws. Their object in iiising that dis cussion—in promoting that dgitatiori, was, lij dating at pressure from without, to procure grater stitiport fdf theif government. From end to end, they agitated the country, and for what purpose I would ask, but to attack the aristocracy of the land, who they knew, were hostile to theirdestructive measures—to reduce the consequence of the opponents of agitation, and to impede the progress of conservative prin ciples? These were their only objects, but thanks to the lower, and middling classes of the country, they could not carry their delusions and misrepresentations into effect. They said - it was a harsh and cruel thing to tax the poor man's bread, but they always took good care to keel) out of view this fact, that if they reduced the price of bread to th•,. extent they desired, they reduced the means of purchasing it to the same extent. They studiously omitted to tell the people that in proportion as the price of bread was reduced the means of buying would also be reduced. Therefore, when to delude the people, they cried out cheap bread, they . kept out of their sight the low wages that must, as an inevitable consequence, have followed the removal of the duty com plained of. It is apparent, then, that by calling for cheap bread, and consequently, occasioning a reduction of wages, they proposed to reduce the price of labour below what would be sufficient for a family's maintenance. But it may be said, that if they reduce the price of corn, a reduction of wages would not necessarily follow. I should like to know, what good the manufacturer would derive from a reduction of the price of bread, if he would not make a corresponding re duction of wages. Why, is not their sole complaint that they cannot now afford to export their, manufactures at so cheap a price as to enable them to compete with the foreign manu facturer. A reduction of the price of bread to the labourer will not effect this object. No, nothing but a reduction of his wages will do so, and it is therefore a gross, a base delu sion, praoised for the Inost selfish purposes, to attempt to persuade the ignorant people that the cry of cheap bread is raised for their advantage. I am proud to say that owing to the existence of societies constituted as yours is, the agitation of the corn law question has failed in Livirpool and other places. You could not be so deluded, because you knew that the consequence of the abolition of the corn laws would be a reduction of wages, and I will answer for it, that not one connected with your association has raised his voice in the agitation of that question. (Cheers.) They (the ministers), by their agents, stimulated that agitation ; they affected to promote the interest of the manufacturer, by reducing the duties on foreign corn, so as to enable him to compete with the foreign manufacturer, and at the same time they affected to benefit the condition of the working man, by reducing the price of bread, and at the same time reducing his means of buying it. What was the objeot of this manostivre but to induce the people of this country to forget how our foreign relations stood ? They did not wish us to direct our atten tion to South America, - whence our commerce was excluded without any justifiable cause, by the French blockade of the whole line of coast from the Rio de la Plata to Mex ico. They did not wish us to look to our interests and rights in Canada, nor to scrutinize too keenly their con duct in reference to the boundary question between the state of Maine and New Brunswick, their neglect of the settle ment of which has almost involved this country in a war with the United States. Their object therefore was to blind the people to the true state of the country with respect to our foreign relations, by appealing to the prejudices and passions of the ignorant and deluded. They did for a time succeed in raising a mist before the eyes of the people—they deceived them by their specious promises of advantages to be derived from the reform bill, but their eyes are now opened; the mists are dispersed ; and notwithstanding all their boasting and all their professions they are now in a bare majority in the House of Commons. I trust that by next week they will be found still weaker, and though they have chosen a field of battle upon which they will most probably unite all their dis cordant elements, and rally their whole available resources, between whom, whatever differences may exist on all other questions, there will be a concurrence on this ; yet I trust, though they have chosen the ground of conflict to be on the question of depriving a committee of the House of Lords of the right of making inquiry into the administration of the go vernment of a part of this empire,—l trust, I repeat, their majority, if majority they have, will be so weak as to give us a hope that they will not long have the reigns of govern ment in their hands, but that they will soon be transferred to those under whose auspices alone we can hope for a re storation of our former prosperity and glory. Whatever the fate of that-trial may be, on the 15th of April, whether they will have a small majority or be left in a minority, I shall, if alive, be at my post—(loud cheering) —and there I know I will be sure to meet my noble colleague—(continued cheers) — who, true to his colours, and indefatigable in his exertions, makes compensation for my unavoidable absence in this town. I shall vote with him on that occasion. It is impossible to foresee what the result of the division may he ; but if a change does take place, and my noble colleague and myself were con sequently to become suitors for your support again, I feel confident that we should fight the battle with the same firm ness and energy as before, and that we should obtain the same triumphant victory (loud cheers) and, although I am anxious that you should be spared the expense and fatigue of a contested election, it would be extremely gratifying to him and to me, to receive a renewed testimony of your approba tion of our parliamentary conduct. I cannot conclude, jaded as I am by my professional duties, without proposing as a toast, " Prosperity to your society. Such associations, by the blessing of Providence, have proved the salvation of the country. They were not like societies we hear of ; they were not established for the purposes of agitation, but to promote order and peace—to propagate a reverence for the laws and institutions of the country—to advance the interests of reli gion, particularly of religious education. (Cheers.) Not only the town of Liverpool, but the nation at large is indebted to your society—long may it flourish. It contributed most materially to the success of the conservative cause at the last election, and I am confident it will exhibit the same zeal and devotion, whenever it may be called upon hereafter, should our adversaries dare to meet us. (Cheers.) Allow me, therefore, to propose, " The Conservative Operative Asso ciation of Liverpool." (Great cheering.) The toast was drank with acclamation. Mr. WATSON, on behalf of the society, briefly returned thanks. He recommended union amongst those who became members of the society, from religious motives, with those who joined from political motives, and thus they would be adopting the most effectual means of maintaining the principles of their constitution in church and state. He reprobated the jealousy that, separated those two classes, who, though hav ing the same objects in view, differed as to the means of carrying those objects into effect. The Chairman then rose, and called upon the company to fill a bumper—while he proposed the health of a gentleman of great influence and importance, and who had at his heart the interests of the cause they had all met to celebrate. He He begged to propose the health of James Aspinall, Esq.-- (Tremendous cheering.) ASPINALL acknowledged the compliment in a suitable addr,ess,; . , • Mr: Cr.. l 4'ssWELL'said, that as the town of Liverpool had done him th.4,' kunqur'to return him as their representative, in conjunction 1, - ith . Liiid i Santlon, who was always so true to his engagements, the priSent Olin , iaanyi who formed a most influential portion of that colistitueiley,*oad not,• he trusted, blame him for also being punctual to his:.. Ad hat!' to inti mate that he had an imperative engagement iri'filibther'plac'e but before he took leave of them, he had to prOpec.'" i.toa;se to which he felt they would all heartily respond. They vkiie 1 all avture that on every occasion of a meeting, whether of rig , \ tiova . Y, bilocat, or o f i n di v id ua l i n terest, one of the most im lpOrtok.objedis was the choice of an able and discreet chair mirth. Irtlftf.jodct tOthr present association, they had shown great tristriml!nrtioly iii' this' respect. He, therefore, beg ged leave to pilotbi. thii4e:althof digit I,orthy chairman, Mr. Horsman.—(Lo u d aptiatist)' • . The toast was drunk with inliciftilia„rhilesiiked• app use. The CHAIRM AN , ( w h ose h oa rienii; trbitioltt we' re: , gretted to notice) returned thanks in d iOiefliiitf - ilOdt ad'' dress. He felt highly the honour which had bed eepritii-elil upon him 4y the proposal of his health, ane still more Thiliti rummer in which it had been drunk by the company. (Cfleerd,) They would readily perceive that he was that night Very harm, and would therefore excuse him if he was very brief., (Cheers.? Indeed, h e s h ou ld on ly say that he was braa. tt s t4l' hand in their cause, and that so far as his huttih r katrilitiel,abil, his exertions would extend to promote the interests' tif th ,. .6.s".3lk 4 fatiotr,- they should ever be so de- I voted. He concitided by a Av. sfrptiVet e4rrestion of his anxiety for, and affection tOvitirds . / tlit A'ssotiatidn... (Loud cheers.) Mr. Cresswell, accompanied by Mr. AsilitiAi i ttrtridif4.od,. and three times three hearty cheers were given as fli4i . .lfti the room. I The CHAIRMAN then gave " The Army and Navy," which was dittry , k,with much applause. I Sohg-tHer'C'r st health to the Queen. i Th 6 i t ixiitioaisti . ya,4 " The Members for the County," which i t was f'oll.oWCA ]*.,,, The' Siete, )xle f and the downfall of Popish tyriin*,Aie re4r.diSi t Uilier . Of old lfeNuul's peace," both of which elicited ettlitilli i iit'i6ilaffdlts.. Mr. Qom, an ii:? ti gr i tiMi:&ikli rose in reply id ths toast referring to his native lana i *hieli'lidleltiir s vety aloeiiietit, and effective manner—referring to aiP thitlltinppal-pteeeding toasts and the able addresses of the gexiderneti y'ho: had rd . = plied to them in an able and complimentaty strati, itinTaiiVO)- - eating in strong terms the necessity of upholding those gle." rious constitutional principles which they had that night met to celebrate., He dwelt on the diffusion of religious education o'd piOtestant principles, as . the only means of meeting the &lie ef:Pdpery to which his country had become the un i happy victim. „Ng- etiktgised England, as the noblest island in the world alluded ti? flit recent controversy between Mr. Gregial4 , 1 14 - I:.' isir Giiiid,i Alai re,ulted in the latter running 1 out of the fiiild, L stiOnglY atiiiiisMl a the eswrgy and useful ness of 4h . e . COnseryattv,el_, of .LiVel'obl' wll6 , Mugs net an ex ample to etfaly dtliti' toyed Ait,,Britahl';' anti eiirieb9flad by wishing them to raise elkir VOieef Rliceasingry anti iftiviy against the encroachments Of iSl*i-y',' aiitl' a U'hig . popil ministry, and thus redeem their cottinitY eil' hdt form A; grandeur and independence. He sat down iliiiidiit' Muth cheering. The following toasts were then given with much applause'. " The Duke." _ " and the Conservative Members of the }loos Commons, and may they be determined by one united fl.fferet f ,en the 15th instant, to deliver this Protestant nationProUf the deep disgrace of Popish whig misrule." " The Tticitimen'g COUsepative Association." TICe *is' &OA' entiViAustie throughout, and did not • _ • , •• separdt4 til . k4 ; l4te highjsr cieDghted by the progress of Consieriatrsin, lObicirig AA-Ward to thi early day for a new and final triomPli'tl4 sitould' give a' m'ajority Of Con servative members iii both POLICE INTELLIGENCE. ATTEMPTED SUlClDE.—Yesterday a young man, appi-f rently labouring under the effects of recent illness, and in habiliments a good deal torn, was brought before Mr. Hall Linder the following circumstances :—On Sunday evening last he Wfgi iiYfeklentally observed, by a person formerly belonging to.the Pottle Ith'ce, , in an entry in Stanley-street, in the act of (liable I)`ioienet t 6 In`inself ; and before his purpose could be ar*Stdil,* he bad riinde d Pffit/ deep cut in his throat, by mein is o al'aite pal? df titithiog sheug 1 He was immediately laid 1101 d lieliikapparentlY.stugfied by the effects of previous dnnitiiiit that hq . dOtilit Five n 6 ited#olit of him self, and the wound an'alarhung - ipi:seariioe, , he was instantly conveyed to BriddirelTYr w)adrd: aprgical . aSsisfailte was speedily procured. The wound / lila:nigh! gen'er'al inches in length (inflicted by the operation of clipping), fists (bund not to be of a very serious nature, and was drawn togethei with adhesive plaster. On being questioned before the cotfrti he said his name was Michael Milloden ' • that he was a tai l:cif; a.nel Fe native of Belfast, from which town he had only artiv4d• hea Sunday last, in search of work. He added, that he liniz beett sits for some time ; that he did not know Whaf - h anti that he was sorry he had done it. Mr.' Ilat i tl igged l fo' t4ttirti to Belfast, where he was knoiVrif olThre to pWs• hsl one < Mit as this kind offer was declined, Bnki A it dpte . a.i 4 e4 that he was Sens, and out of danger froin the wound uddliv lie: I%V - discharged, • Pocxer This offence appears to be lamentably' on'thh' inbreii.se; and gentlemen would do well, in passing aloY* in crowded. thoroughfares, to take care of their pockets, and abtavd not to wear their handkerchiefs hanging out " with tempt , in; aspect." Yesterday, three boys were brought before Mr. Hall, charged separately with this description of theft. In the case of one of them, named Taylor, the evidence was ordered to be taken. Another, Matthew Drainer, an old offeuder, was committed for two months to the House of Correetidn and the third, William Dogherty, who was de tectediis the act; f•onsigned to a similar punishment. ril'OrAigtrzei t ddiiS CINDER FALSE PRETENCES. Hugh Clik ( r.. Whet' keegs shoe-shop in the Park, stood charged with obtitired .ttaritity of boots by a false representation, from a Mr: StNifft; ttlsO tt dealer. The pri soner had gone to the complalhaief fttakt OA Saturday last, and wished to make a considerable tiathille W itterente his stock, on credit, from the defendant, wild, lie krieW his uncle, adding, that they Would be paid for in due co&se; he (prisoner) had some money toTeceive. Mr. Smith, ho'Ot- - ever, refused to give the required credit, as he did know the man ,4 but the latter said that', in that case he would pay tor them, and he solicited articles to the amount of £l2 2s. 6d. from Mr: Smith's assistant, who accompanied him with them in a cart td his tiv«rn shop, cohere he said he had the money ready. The bootS . Were delivered, but the pigoner, on pre tence of going to a: neighbblifirtg tiMp for the money, ran off; and on search being made, only a toW Of the articles could be found, for none of which he had paid. The talsciter wag re manded until to-day, to afford time to digccrver'i if vetsible, the remainder of the property, when the eaaml l natioi will be taken against him. CHESTER ASSIZES. These assizes c,ommeiitee on Thursday last, before Mr. Justice Williams and Mr. Jdfftice Coleridge ; the former taking the civil, and the latter the cilrninal business. The following gentlemen were sworn on the grade Sttty JOHN TOLLEMACHE, Esq., Foremad. Peter Langford. Brooke, Esq. J. Howard, Esq. R. H. Barnston, Esq. G. Cornwall Leigh, Esq. Edwin Corbett, Esq. J. Heath Leigh, Esq. C. Cholmondeley, Esq. Harry Mainwaring, Esq. T. C. Clutton, Esq. Thomas Parr, Esq. T. Ryle Daintry, Esq. C. Swettenham, Esq. J. France France, Esq. G. J. Shackerley, Esq. , . J. B. Glegg, Esq , . Richard Simpson, Esq. J. Upton Gaskell, Esq. W. Tomkinson, Esq. J. W. Hammond, Esq. L. P. Townsend, Esq. B. Hollingworth, Esq. W. Worthington, Esq. Mr. Justice Coleridge, in his charge, alluded to one of the charges of murder in the calendar, namely, that against a man at Stockport, for poisoning his daughter, with a view to ob tain the sum allowed by a funeral club ; with respect to which case, and to the strange inquest upon the body, we called the attention of our readers at the time. The learned judge said, the prisoner was charged with poisoning his daughter in order to obtain benefit money for her funeral. He thought it very objectionable that the sums allowed by benefit societies for funeral purposes should be so large ; but it never entered into his mind, that that would be the temptation to take away life. In this case, the body had been interred after a very inefficient inquest, and without there haring been the requisite post-mortem examination ; and it was not until nearly six weeks that the body was disinterred, under the supposition that arsenic had been administered. It was one peculiarity of this poison, that it had a tendency to preserve rather than destroy the coats of the stomach, and was easily reproduced by chemical tests; and in this case a sufficient quantity had been found to destroy life, and also it was proved that the prisoner had purchased arsenic some time previous. There were other circumstances which they would take into their consideration, and which raised a grave case, pregnant with suspicion ; and they would draw such conclusions as they thought the circumstances merited, and probably they would see it their duty to find a true bill. CROWN COURT.—YESTERDAY (MONDAY). (Before Mr. Justice COLERIDGE.) CHARGE AGAINST A FATHER, OF MURDERING HIS OWN DAUGHTER. Robert Strandling was capitally indicted for the wilful murder of Elizabeth Strandling, his daughter, at Stockport, on the 2d of August last, by administering to her arsenic, mixed with treacle. _ _ The Attorney-General and Mr. Townshend were counsel for the Crown, Mr. Cottingham conducted the defence. The ATTORNEY-GENERAL, in opening the prosecutor's case, said, that the only reason that could be assigned for the commission of the offence, of which the prisoner was charged, was a desire on his part to get into his possession the money payable by two burial societies, in which her name had been entered as a member. James Byrom stated, that on the 2d August he went to Strandling's house, when he found his daughter Elizabeth very ill; and that though he (Byrom) frequently requested S trandling to send for a doctor, he refused to do so, alleging that he owed the doctor who usually attended the family a sum of money, and that he had not means to send for ano tner. Martha Whitehead deposed that deceased, on the day in question, frequently complained of thirst, and said nothing was the matta with her until " her father gave her the nasty stuff in the morning." The prisoner said he had given her nothing but " a little jalap and treacle." Other evidence was adduced, which went to prove the distress of the prisoner, when he heard of his daughter's death—his statement respecting the cause of it—his having received £4 4s, from one burial society, and £3 12s from another ; after which Mr. Rayner, surgeon, stated that he examined the body, that the roof of the mouth was much inflamed, and that the body had undergone a chemical change produced by arsenic. Mr. Sadler deposed that the prisoner when apprehended expressed great surprise at the charge made against him, and stated that he was in the habit of giving his daughter some jalap in consequence of a complaint she had. Mr. COTTINGHAM, for the prisoner, argued that his con duct throughout was anything but that of a murderer, and that there was nothing in the evidence (which he admitted proved that arsenic had been administered) to connect that act with the prisoner. After Mr. Justice COLERIDGE had summed up, the jury retired for an hour, and brought in a verdict of Not Guilty. TEE LIVER THEATRE.—We congratulate the Masters Grossmith on their splendid success in Liverpool, and are glad to find that they have determined upon commencing another series of their entertainments this evening. We have no doubt that they will have equally crowded houses during the present week. The performances of the younger brother . are of a most extraordinary character. IMPORTANT IMPROVEMENT ON GAS-MAKING. —We have this day been favoured with a view of a most beautiful and ingenious self-acting gas apparatus, patented by Mr. William Holme Heginbotham, of this town, which has been a considerable time in operation at the works of Messrs. John Marslanfl and Brothers, and gone through a series of experiments, the result of which is highly satisfactory. The retort, which is four feet long, produces upwards of 8000 feet in 24 hours, being three times as much as can be made upon the present system from our retort. The gas has not only a much greater illuminating power, but is relieved from those impurities which have hitherto prevented the adoption of that most beautiful light in private dwelling-houses, and it extracts one-third more gas from a given quantity of coal. This invention we have no doubt will command the atten tion of the public generally.—Stockport Advertiser. ISIOCESAN EDUCATION stsTrz • The fonotiiiig'speech, delivered at the St. Helen's meeting on Thursday evening last, presents a copious detail_ of the principles upon which. flit Dio&sail Board system of educa tion is to be conducted, and amply refutes the objections that cavillers have raised against it. The lateness of the hour at which we received the report on the eve of publication, com pelled us to give but a very imperfect stinuMary of it, in our last number. The Hon. and Rev. H. Powys.—This is not the first time 1 that I have had the pleasure of addressing the people, of St. Helene, When I was curate in this district, I had frequent I:Vecasions of addressing you, and of this you are aware, that 'O r b OpltVet f appeared before you to advocate any cause, no Matte?, with what ability I did so, or however humbly I exerted reiself,l acted from the dictates of my heart, fear lessly and sinCerelyi _fin coming forward to propose the re solution, with which have been honoured, I beg to state to those who will hear me, ilike the course of my address, 1 shall not willingly advance an arteirnent or utter a word, that can by any possibility, give offence' to any man or woman in this assembly. lam aware it is nateraf to expect (for before gilts,. I have advocated the cause of national education,) that ch‘frer widely, but conscientionsly from emir Other,. on tlailegre4 and important question. If, then, there kee any Fioinanjcatholle„Or Dissenters of the various sects into which they .b.re diiided,.ntet pressent, I wish them to understand, that to all at collectively and individually I extend the remark that I hate made,. and that while I am opposed to their principles, yet, at rielergyntan In Christ, I bear love and charity to all of them; As to'soineof the latter, I hardly can comprehend the difference thie ?Separates us from each other, or why we should not hold ont therikght hand of fel lowship to them, for, as a noble friend of miiie" (Lord Stan- Icy) observed a few days ago, they differ least of all? from the doctrines and principles of the Established Church : forwhen i the' ' noble lord mentioned the name of Wesley on that °era sintfathe hearts Of all who heard him were animated with one catiiinnd'fkelizig t of respect and admiration for the virtues and memory of tliitt' 're' t and good man. Those, therefore, who suppose that idirri'Wesley ie. regarded as having been an op ponent of the Estahßilect Church, arc sadly mistaken. He never was hostile to het' itriteireStS—om the contrary, he un dertook to render her, at a thee When Many of her members were sleeping and indifferent, mare Attlee' and spiritual in her conduct ; and so far from avowing eft it to form a sect in opposition to her doctines, I shall mention one fact, Of which I believe his followers are many of them ignorant, that such was his veneration for the Established Church, and for her principles and formularies, that he never opened his dluireh *hile en . E.etablished Church was opened, and thathe ieceiye'd the' sacrament until the hour of his death, un less faqir the'hifidS of a. minister of the Established Church. (Cheers.) When' Ii know that many agree with him in this practice, and admit that the' Church has become active and spiritualized to the full esterit that .he desired, I cannot now account for the separation that exists Between the followers of Wesley and the members of the elykta of t natand : and, certain I am, that if he lived at the present period, and was asked to come to a church,such as St. Helenaosixere awactive and zealous Christian clergyman officiates, John Wesloveould attend, and boldly declare himself a member of the Established. Chttr'sh, and I am equally confident, we would have him on this platform eloquently espousing the cause we are assembled to promote, 'Cheers.) Having made these few prefatory okderVations, It shall now read the resolution, the pleasing Ant? of proposing which, for your adoption, has been devolved updff I therefore ialt you who approve of the objects con templated by the DioCeSan Board, to come forward, and en deavour to carry those OWCES'into full effect, and to resolve to pledge yourselves, deliberately ? , colleetively„ and indivi dually, by your individual subscriptions,' to accomplish this beneficial—this christian purpose. Went Sohn 'Wesley alive, he would have been the first to propose such a re Solution as the present one. (Hear, hear.) When I speak on this sub ject of national education, knowing fnlly as I do all its prac tical results, from the masses of facts that I have in my pot-- geislOn, relating to it, I am apprehensive of fatiguing my' akidietwe before I have concluded. On a former occasion, since T alluded to the question of national education, and ailvqted the dangers that impended over the Church of rtigland,•andithat frotmi Volitical and private causes threatened very existence, I shall trot now discuss the subject of educriaOw generally, bat supposing that you are deliberately resolved to gdvante the' cause of education in communion with the Established Church, r shall endeavour to point out to you the means that ought td be' dtlOPtect by you, and the mea sures which the Diocesan Iloerd has' considered necessary to pursue, in order to effect that object. &gibe obliged to tronble the meeting with some statistical details > and as T know how distasteful such statements are, I must endeavour to compen sate as far as I possibly can, for this tediousness and want of interest, by enlivening them as I proceed. In originating this system, our first object was to establish, in connection with the Cathedral, a diocesan board, consisting of the Bishop of the diciCese (as its president), all the resident nobility and gentry,- and the ministers of the church, all of whom to form Cceritrat board. in connection with that central, or Cathe bdaida it was' AO determined upon to establish deanery boardi > v3ho§ediity it should be to superintend matters ap pertaining to education te collect information, make reports, and suggest Means of prtnnoting its diffusion. We, assemble here in St. Helens', and form a portion of the deanery of Warrington. We had a meeting at Liverpool on Wednes day last, for the same object as the' present ; and I believe I have four meetings to attend in the course' of a week, which are also to assemble for a similar purpose, I shall now call your attention to the defects of the prevailing systein of edu cation ' • and I shall also endeavour to communicate my view's to you of in what consists, a proper education. Is it sufficia eat merely to teach a child reading and writing ? You will a mice reply that it is not what is meant by the sacred man sfate=teach a child in the way it should go, for you know that their its born with a deperately wicked heart, and that the training of children ought consequently to receive the utmost assiduity find patience in order to exterminate the seeds of their evil dispositions. Without, then, imparting to them religious knOwledge as the bests of all other information, I think that, in this assembly, it is hardly necessary for me to expatiate upon the evils that must ensue front a merely human education. When we look to the state of the country—when we refer to the charges delivered by the learned judges at assizes—when we are made acquainted with the experience of the chaplains of the prisons, is not the melancholy truth in almost every instance demonstrated to us, that, the only know ledge possessed by the unhappy offenders against the laws was that which was connected with their worldly affairs, but that of all that related to their soul's salvation they were deplore * destitute. Under such circumstances we must ask, in the labiringe of the inspired writer, " What is the cause that former daft were better than these ?" If we look to the book of wisdoitO Ecelesiasticus, and search for an an swer to the questiedi -To shall find it in the experience of a wise man and a rich Man—one who was devoted to God, and assisted in maintailiing an established church for the people of his day. I refee W Solomon. " Thou dust not inquire wisely concerning this S wisdom is a defence and so is money a defence, but there is an eteelling knowledge that glues life to them that have it." Thus,' it will be observed, distinguishing human from divine knowledge. Their fellows a consideration of the works of God, which he concluda'ffith this emphatic language—" Let all knowledge he sanctified bf into, and there will be life in this world and in the next." The honourable and rev. gentleman then pro ceeded to say. lam aware that a great many persons are deeply interested in promoting,' and consider it of the highest importance to diffuse throughout the country, what they are pleased to denominate, a philosopltitall education ; but, I greatly fear, that the philosophy thus Inenlcated, frequently outstrips Christianity, and that it is not at all analogous to that species of philosophy, which we are all taught to' respect, that exerts the reason by a consideration and conviction or the rteshaeY of facts. Comparing, then, the advantages of the two systems of education—the conclusion I have arrived at is that philosophical knowledge increases crime, in pro portion as religious inkwiedge dimitiishes.—(Cheers.) If such be your opinion, let us have your assistance in the es tablishment of schools, to be conducted under the superin tendence of the clergy of the Established Church, and which will thereby be most efficient for the instrnetion and promo tion of Christian knowledge. I make the admission, and our enemies may make the best of it, as I am sure they will do most readily—the church of England has not heretofore,pre vided that amount of spiritual instruction that might have been expected from her, and the reason is, that no such ex ertions were formerly required as are now necessary. But, before I allow our enemies to make use of this honest ad mission, I would request of them to look to themselves, and I would, with all due respect, tell them, that until they pointed out some other body that had done so much for the religious education of the people, they should not open their mouths to condemn us. But if little has been done, and that little done to good effect, is that any reason why we should not now endeavour to do more with the hope of accomplishing corre sponding good results ? Is that any reason why we should not come forward now, and with respect to the question of education, do as John Wesley formerly did, to improve the character of the spiritual officers of the church ? We should, therefore, resolutely and energetically proceed in this under taking, not, let it be remembered, because weare actuated by any political considerations—not because we feel the slightest apprehension that our church can be endangered by any sec tarian efforts, for we are convinced that against her existence and integrity, no human powers can prevail. I hold, as you do, that the church of England is the Apostolic Church, with which Christ has promised to be to the end of the world. I am convinced, that if in my heart I serve my God, to the end he will be with me, and through him I may defy the powers of Satan. Ido not, I consider, narrow my ground, if thus, in passing, I feel myself obliged to notice the puny efforts of theorists, or if I condescend to attack those disciples of in fidelity, who make their fruitless attempts to pull down our venerable spiritual church establishment. I say to them let them do their worst, but while I say so, I would in charity ask them, without imitating their railing—but placing the Bible in their hands, in which the fountain of spiritual truth is to be discovered, to shew me the authority for the princi ples they are so strenuous in propagating, on the subject of education. The most prominent principle of the system of education we propose to establish is, the free, unconstrained liberty of reading the sacred scriptures. The unlimited, un fettered perusal of the Bible will be its distinguishing charac teristic, and it is to be conducted in connection with the Established Church, that church being an intellectual and sacred church. The deanery boards are intended to promote the extension and improvement of the central board system, and to communicate information to the children who may be sent to the schools that will be instituted in each locality— the information to be given being that which will lead to re ligion—which will teach the heart, instead of making them vain, shallow-headed philosophers. lam not satisfied, I must confess, with the schools at present in existence. The mode of conducting them and the qualifications of the mas ters are extremely unsatisfactory. It is unnecessary to repeat what I have so frequently expressed; as to one feature of this system, which has always been an insurmountable objection to my countenancing it. In a word, then, I may say that, so far as I ain concerned, any system of education having for its end a compromise of differences by holding out the hand. to error, ought not to be tolerated. (Great cheering.) We want not only a better system, but we want better men to work it. A good system must first be had, and next we. must look out for good workmen. We must procure good machinery, perfect in all its details, and then we must obtain; steady and scientific engineers : in other words, we must de vise a good system of education, and have good masters to: carry it into execution. I say that at present we have not a-) good system, because it is riot an intellectual system. In illustration of its defects, the hon. and rev. gentleman related, several amusing anecdotes of the absurd method pursued in schools, of teaching children to repeat lessons by rote, with out giving them the most remote idea of what the words they utter mean. He next dwelt with much force upon the neces sity of having not only intellectual but religious minded men as masters of schools—men who should so demean themselves as to be regarded as the parents as well as the teachers of the children they would have to instruct, evincing at once the feelings of fatherly affection and spiritual responsibility. The defect in the existing educational system, arising from the incompetency of the master, it is proposed to remove by the establishment of a board at Chester, where young men and women will be trained as teachers, and in the principles of tbe Established Church, under the superintendence of the head of the church in the diocese. Common sense, every day's experience, would tell them that this preliminary course of instruction for masters is necessary. In every mechanical. business is it not necessary for a person to serve his appren ticeship, in order to learn his trade ? In the higher profes sions the same preparatory education was essential. Why, therefore, in the important business of teaching, upon which, in a great measure, depends the temporal and eternal welfare of maxi, should this probation be dispensed with ? To ob viate this great defect in the system, we propose to select, from different portions of the diocese, young men of tahmts, and of good family, and of religious disposition, who are to be sent to Chester, to be supported and clothed there, and to reside in tbe house of a clergyman of the Established Church, who will live with them as a father and friend, and will inform their minds on the subjects which. they 4t- • ST S 1) , A, i-J 4 4 Vij .I,- 4 •/:,''. -?!:*. )',' , fry 7 . f i ll 7:, 'r_ t. 21. 1 1 • '\ 4 ''l , :'----.-. \ • 4, 0 %. vo . Still afterward, hare to teach. They la ~_ . , -:. Nt 7 ;:: it ... this system of discipline for a period of four or r P} 4 1 4 , 4 .. -, ~ .2...:,' < } Thus qualified, they will then be sent out to m• . • . - _.,. < e 1... where they will be taught the art of communicating t , , \.,t ,V '.. knowledge they had acquired, for there is nothing more ii11:41 `---,.." cult than to communicate knowledge, and--at the same Siam- ' s ` 4/' to attract the affections of the child, without which, the Seek. 'of instructing is irksome in the extreme. When, therefore, ~, ,/,,,_ the voimg men and the young women are so trained. they , F ,..--,, i 4. i ffi i i, will be licensed and sent to such schools in the diocese eel azwlb d!.'.ls may require them, and thus the eleturnan.of the district. -.,.-2a r/seoer will be able to say with confidence to the parents of slb ti c ji r iprof, children, I have now a teacherwho is competent to give yet? :,, 3, childre n , a soun d, more !, an d re li g i ous e d uca ti on . I hate t• .. t ,th.,,,i2. 3 1,3 remove an erroneous impression that has got abroad, resimet...! 1, 1 „ k , i fy of in; the intended union of our schools with the cora/nerds/ - m a , 3 )4" schools of the country. The question has been asked as .714 , go i :o . frequently by p ersons i ntereste d in private schools, that we ' huh ; r2lO. have been: induced to give our answer to the query in a .i.wliur I t . printed shape.---(Copies of this paper are in general CitClkille. ‘ :1,8 .12 , % tion.) I will be very much surprised if this explanatiew,iiill gl#. prove not satisfactory —we do not wish to injure private .:ek at 4 4 I , r , schools, on the contr a ry, if we cons id er t h ey are *ening 0 'l2l 7: I;t , c:r being brought into public notice, after haling. investigated - Pi . "lximiGk the mode of conducting them, we will recommend them to, 1 it ffe,,llal public patronage, and diffuse their merits as widely as Posit. !etallx.a ac' ble. I hope I have shown sufficient to the meeting.to ia- . 1 i; urfl x:.4' doer them to do their utmost to remove the bad system, aid ' la niuxls to substitute the good system. As to the second part of the :ilil- ;11 , • resolution, I believe all would admit that it would be saikr- .. m f ) ibe st fluous for any one to tell them, it would be impossible to- t' •tr.lt proceed with ties or any other project without funds. They- ~/ , ,,,,t ; could not expect to get a good article with ou t p ay i ng a good ‘ - 1 ,. price for it—nor that respectable and intelligent yonne um - - :i would adopt the business-of teachers without being adequately remunerated. I therefore hope that every professing aseia. her of the Church will feel the responsibility that he is ander to forward the objects of this institution, and that they will sanctify their means, by giving a portion of what God has blessed them with, to promote the mterests of his Church. (The hen. and rev. gentleman was loudly applauded on , n ., suming his seat.) IMPORTANT MEETING `~klieGAFd,~ Scfr !9ri7l twirl; OF THE FRIENDS OF THE CHURCH OF ENGLAND, FRIENDLTTO TIN EXTENSION OF EDUCATION ON CHURCH PRINCIFLRO► Town-hall, Manchester, .s.,lt • • oo Yesterday a highly respectable, numerous, and influential .:;., .afe: meet* of the members of the Church of England, was hell - .eke tiiesr in the large room in the Town-hall: There was a full attesill :r`.i'd sit: of ance of the clergy of the neighbourhood, amongst whom we - I eds , noticed the Very Rev. the Warden (Dr. Calvert), the .Rev :x ;f! ~ !14. -; C. D. Wray and Parkinson, of the Collegiate Church, as alas .1 .. Vidrat i rera the Rev. Messrs. Stowell, Lingard, Wood, Watson, Hornby, :=, Nui.titek. Dr. Barto n, _ of All Saints, the Vicar of Prestwich, the Hon- . a .14ffe. and Rev. Horace Powys, Secretary to the Chester Dieter's* l'.:,srs a 0 Board of Education, and others. Amongst the laity we se- ,41 ii,"41 . 1, ticed D. Maude, Esq., the stipendiary magistrate, the Be- ....mr . si -ei roughreeve of Manchester, the Constables of Manchester, , - 4 0 4 4 . 1, 0 4 W. Garbutt, Esq., of Lark Hall, Dr. Bardaley, J. B. Wreak- WOO% lyn, Esq., Hugh Hornby Birley, Esq., and other influential ~ sovt gentlemen of the town and neighbourhood. tseast On the motion of the Very Rev. the WARDZN, T. Event, .75 aril no Esq., the boroughreeve, was called upon to preside, wire, „ea eels i s , (after prayer had been offered up by the Rev. Mr. Par kinson,) , ;:i eels 4,, in a brief are; energetic speech opened the bnsinesi ef-r. the icrui. tsurr day. The chairman observed, that an imperative sinuarer-t heal Nit duty called uponhinr not to decline presiding on the owe, --aI T , 1,,,, sion,,although he felt assured the duty might have devolve& ,se ues es upon abler hands, and, he must say, that he felt that there " ssere is 4e ) had been great apathy on the part of the friendsofthe Church .. sa il eel s, on the subject of Education, and he hoped the time had nor ~j 4 43 ,1 arrived when more zeal would be evinced on a subject of ruck ;,. ~ a m i paramount and vital. importance. He would not detain the a a t : ) ,- a zi,,:, meeting, but call upon the Rev. Mr. Darnford to move the , ; ,iii•Usia first resolution. sd !rif, The Rev. Mr. DARNFORD, of Middleton, said that he felt The great and pressing importance that the member, of the , Esteblished Church should be educated in sound Christian •, e , principles, and he did feel, with the worthy chairman, that qal3; there had been great apathy evinced by the laity on the gab- ~_i f, „ ject ; and now at length that the Church was awakening trots , i , i , i ne, a long sleep, the clergy were taunted and accused with net. •:=," a:; ,. )„ row-minded bigotry, in wishing to stop the march of in- , A • 4: b ~t provement. He cants! assure the meeting that the clergy, I p lu . on the contrary, were the friends of education ; but they -1 , ~,,,i1 wished their youth to be brought up with the principles of A „In sound Christian religion instilled into theiraninds, so that i . •• they might reap the fruit in after-life. The clergy, hereon- , :c i. xi i..„, tended, had no wish to keep the people in blindness; they i t - kof ' had no craft to keep secret, no mysteries to be hidden, but .; iii worts their teaching and preaching were open to all, and Asteesir; ads the reverend g entleman, was one of those who did not think.,uniw that they had so much to dread from that great giant of the ; ,., „ Ai ilo , times., the march of intellect, with all its concomitant train d- 4 0 ,. social rneetings, concerts, museums, athenaeums , autiehle - , . . ; , i • not. ,(Cheers and great laughter.) The reverend s= then went at length into the subject of the Diocesan of Education in a speech replete with eloquence and sound . reasoning and argument, in which he pointed out the great benefit to be derived in forming such schools as the Dioceses Training Schools, which will be seminaries for sober and honest conversation, and also a right understanding of God's true religion. With respect to the Lancastrian system of education, which was first brought into practiee in 1808, the clergy, who looked a little. further into thing* than most people were willing to give them credit for, could not countenance the plan, specious and dazzling as it appeared. It was true that the Bible was introduced into the schools and read without note or comment, but-what es cueity had they for the morals of -the schoolmaster ; ? , Ile ' might be a Socinian, a Jew, or an infidel. And in the school at the Borough-road, in London, the superintendent was s. Socinian minister. Mr. Darnford next adverted to Dr. Bell's system of mutual instruction. He said, in 1813 they had 213 schools, which, in 1837, had so much increased, that a very large body of the youth were now in training for Christian education ; and he felt that the means of religious instruction _,,,.... , must be rendered more perfect and e ffi cient; for the loose ' , and undefined mode of imparting religious knowledge, esta blished on no fixed principle, has hitherto been the fruitful parent of error. The reverend gentleman also dwelt At , ,Y . great length on the plan of education pursued in France and . , Prussia, and contended that the only benefit reaped there. ._,, c , s ii from was, that the masters had taught so much philosophy ,t , . ca . that the result was, they had filled the towns and provinces , !,4to full of people who were half wise, and wholly discontented. m b ilo ,,, (Cheers, and cries of " hear, hear.") It had been said,,that A lai ,,, the clergy of the Church of England were inimical to the. .b ags people receiving the benefits of education. The. iiii Bishop of ~,,,t Norwich had a statistical return of the schools in his diocese„d hi: B and he found that out of the number of 1040 schools in Nor- 2 „,z w , folk, no less than 900 were supported entirely by the clew A.:,._ 40 1„. alone. Their system of education he would grant, might be lees .7,X. 4 .' attractive, but it was more beneficial. He was not much of a r , H.7l~'.' politician, but he did wish the time again to arrive when Quetaa,..al :ion would become nursingmothers of the Church Establishment. ; e .;57 He would wish to speak well of her Majesty's ministers, fir m i ta , they, at any rate, were entitled to his respect—but, he did r i ee n6„ feel, they were undermining the Church establishment (greac , :ar bi t , cheers), and from them they could expect no help- - in' i TB they might expect anything but help — (great cheer* a . ( ~tbed cries of hear, hear.)—They ought to lead.public opinions ,m . not to follow it ; they were men without any fixed prineiplik 3,,, at all, it was in following when they ought to lead ; butiro . 4 " l6 „, did wish, if they would follow instead of lead, they -ar44 4 11615/ follow the wise, the good, and the virtuous, - instead ofsaae o s m i tu enemies of all order and good government,. ..Nevertheleerijne o would not despair, for, had they not wealth, station, ~,t 18y ., 4 character among them—and he did hope they might er44.,, q 00E piety? Hewould therefore simply content himself bymOt : t3e il oc3 the first resolution, which, in substance, was a pledge. . e rhei x , the meeting would support the extension of natinesilvinolivabfirode tion in the principles of the Church of Englandwii l ll , 47 M- 0 ,1 ?Na ir, fluor BIRLEY Esq., in a brief and energttic speech, ,!,•,, Tor , seconded the resolution, which was passed unanimously. . ~,,,.? The meeting was afterwards addressed in most powerful, ;, ~' and eloquent speeches, by the Rcvds. Messrs. Stowell and Al e - Parkinson, W. Garnett and Brandt, Eggs., who were lie- ~t , ,,, , tened to throughout with the greatest attention. Thanks;.; . e :ef were voted to the Boroughreeve for his conduct in the ciimirv; yil and a subscription entered into on behalf of the Chester The", bane oesan Board of Education. . , _.,1 -,.4 a, a, W. Garnett, Esq., the late candidate for Salford, me t ~,,i: , the most flattering reception at this meeting, on Seta a appearance. . ~. - , ::re-1 trisilliW 3fitt LI • - - . . ymrs; a ;,t.vpuit .1/4 GRAND MISCELLANEOUS CONCtßTidr"v ol !ail; With other Entertainments, shortly to be perfoeMeitailie •vc" Assembly-rooms, Downing-street, Lonilon. "q '' 0 , * ... , 01(00694 To open with the favourite Aetna's MAncii. A••/ -01 Chorus singers (in, charadter)=-Messrs. 'lVlelburn,'Rassin,oaT Lansdown, Rice, Cottingham, Roland, PalinerstoirM Mad .w"" 4. 'Connell, Morpeth, Fortyskey, &c. &c. &c: • • ' 2 . 1 , 4 g- 1 ,,,1 3 a , Ide a'' ,7tr...1:- I 0! ..filiDo• SOLO—'Comqam., z•teitair (in the character of the Big Beggarman.) ~m t if There 's a difference between a beggar and a Queen,. mods. TES And I 'll tell you the reason why samosa A Queen cannot swagger, nor get drunk likef,a YISPEI .au *rot:, Or live half so happy as I. ni , lo anoivm „I/4 SONG--MELBIMN. - • 'il ' A 3:i !Ad! ,U.3W An old man said to a maid one day. .1. an dirt asw ; not CHORUS—KNIGHTS OF WivosonlVodurma =at Lady, beware of a foul 'old knighL : 011 eAt rmdingineog ds GLEE.—(Canadidiz Boat S'ir4l.l' 1144211 wobnlw • Isds dow 562 Row, brothers, row ! the stream aunt d i r b s ha 4 sd Resignation is nigh, and our P a y,!* l ” l l# Karr boa' ,t-iss But if we could old Roden flpo a gy s , • L L _„ , We 'd pocket the pelf onv o n *. Faintly as tolls St. Stephen e . grit 3moda saw Our voices keep tune and our. rflajp, MO° Immo r. ' ..) • inT3'o 357d1 SON G—P ALME „fl • How happy could bsrew raid liH ..a/Or •. utsbq Between the first and second parts e t ,R3a, - vldT from the FORTY THIEVES,' by j Aid horde it ,dT ,rARI I ,kt, .in6d.t,*nrineq:rims SONG,-- . .VHOMAS .I.Jynlgrr bi pow Four and twenty tactic* ii,g - 4 3 ,„ There's Waklev, Hume, and Harry.tatailikiiiiii Inn o* kiluoto Who very often in a fume:;, 'l .11. , y ‘s dic Baines and Hutt, and William Mouldsworth,.; , 1 To vote as he likes is more than Ms./soul': worth.. • Four and twenty radials, *AI.4 -A row. , There 's Stanley, Durham, and COlonel Evansvi9acar, :141w' ot • Who left all his men at sixes and:sevatum Ttqw Y= ,(, so . Pattison, Crawfurd, and Georgy Grote,•• basitni in....345p • • Who , will not the next time keep afloat. 4 z i,fr jump Four and twenty radicals all of itlessr;up n i There Ord, D'Eyncourt and Havves i *WhO ! rather, M• • - • . h seat will soap the tall • sdlN, . • : O'Brien, and Paddy O'Firialr,•'l, Rod sill 3 ,f w a db • is as full as an empty barrel.' , NL; 3 ads • b 9 °" Four and twenty radicals all of a-r00ri. , 147.q Jog• ' i d Ash rethpffnisk,lßusselli and Joseph Pease, . 7 ( 0-- no shillukaddressfs the Speaker with thou's ahtfil&Viirv" ll no +0 birlohhouse,.ll,iudley, and Nlishter,Shiel, aid . Who stuns them all with his squeak and sgliep ~ U . "to :Four and twenty radicals all of sihl . P s l 4'- - 4. • s• • • 7. 11j ' 1151 ' SONG—CUPID. • St4.)44lilOrp '6l 1, 'there nothing half so sweet in life * d t tr As Love's young dream. .` ...;:gy3bOolgr• Conic SONG—'CONNELL. - "U°. 74 s Oita Vthilit The Top Sawyer. ~ t 1 : 1 ; 1 A /E . 71d30 bra, n/4, 9/ sndrioan A SONG—JOSEPH PEASE. -- Merrily danced the Quaker's wife. la/maul .1005b173 COMIC SONG—MELDURN.In sss7q 4Ia ism How to make the best use of a Sorereigivt r , The entertainments will terminate with ;11.:10d0b3tfranoth FRANKENSTEIN. Characters by Nlelburn,Aiturlyjmea.b na , down, Rice, &c. &c. &c. • sari/ ,4aon Frankenstein, the Monster • ''Cdsialata,Liaibni 5... * Mr. H. is a soap;boiler.• 4 &vet( of mid • v- • salt w • IgNol3 It is announced in the New Granada•Gazetto 3 has recognized the Republic of the .EcuadOr,.alite,„ states into which Colombia is ntrivalividetlih , llllA4elltt two • had previously been recognized:: , 11 - :-! • - !sat e„ •• FATAL ACClDENT.—Yesterday: dltiligHtOitikillil Mil Dr:, H. P. Curry, Esq., coroner, on view, of the)4oLly7of Edward -., • Morris. It appeared by the evidence, that the deceased was a seaman on board the ship Cato, lying 'IA No., , Graving Dock ; that he and the shipkeeper had, on Sunday' morning, about two o'clock, beenvonversing togetheri,and that the deceased, having crossed over, he' was missed; that the ,shlp keeper gave inforniation, and a search being made, the•de. ceased was found soon after at the bottom of the, GraTll4,:- Dock, with his skull fractured: He was carried to • house in the neighbourhood, but was quite dead. y ~-.l n„ c i rris . .* di the jury—" Found dead in theiG•raving Dock„ hut' 17- 7 3d means he got there there was no evidence to iskoWiris foul oclO • 11:is it. 14044 ierdlle-a 1 4 03, 1 acoe 5.114'..5..11140cid.t iivaw