The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser. — Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1839-07-16 00:00:00

is 1111(165 :j, disc° l ,oro .ply tt? est wis li ! tf of pros Perl deli di ft an, ho le the' ht to est ben e os t as not of haytoP thin °f t3l' 5 0 be ese 350 05.• Igh oug ht n R i c er, tent atGr‘ eats that h r, don 03 elec o ot as e thro~ oiatll " - hd , th x a aebootoieri a peril, lterest ; 17atial, : c o to was 144— ,,:cp o f in t° "" s pi wier 0;o e Bd ritiS?lj 000 t w is fie II- of POr C° • , n d re' ) eti tio' s __Veti ter tl°;ft 1 ) . g re3ll: f o r the 19 01, 274 if wity o be en r 113 e 0), e ig ro on degr ee iog r . , c re ICI 5 i fe r _ rov ef . ,b, !ai three le a 0 00 1 t hee, erigi s ll4 al be „ ble beiP I t 05 Tlip i ,„ -AIRE-ROYAL, LIVERPOOL. On ii ie 44 P rida y e l e ANights—Tueod y, esday, Thursday, and °'el°o : - ke Performancesa will not commence until Eight -,oort to be opened at a Quarter past Seven. The h 1,,, . :1 A b , utic is r espectfully informed that °ll 4'I4OIBEI4LE TAGLIONI, erka' ' Icer s JestY S Theatre, London, is engaged for THREE tiVetin: and will make her earance here To-morrow °ltio ti triN t•Nct EshA.Y, Julyap p l erith, in several of h Vs, in which she will be assisted by °I the ~,ISS ADELAIDE O'BRYAN, 1 1 ion "L'e Theatre, who is expressly engaged for this tutlior, ttaance wILLE TAGLIONPS other nights of Benefit ak kliist - a Z be THURSDAY, July 18th, and her , 4 eermarance on FRIDAY, July 19th. -Engagernent for Fohr Nights of 'fileh; AND MRS KEELEY, of Id of -..atres.R al -D 1 and Covent-Garden, list,the 01 3 , 03 1 , Drury -Lane lln s e!iin g appear inand Adelp f hi h n 'h . wille n a ri tr g e i s n , d w e h h o nrae Pres etit ,„..„ several o t eir _ e r e s n . kees will a u tSDAY, July 16, 1839, the Perlorm -1 I,4?turnence with the Domestic Drama of ' 111 11 ) , I / r' -e, Y EMAN'S DAUGHTER. lia rit tiggleby .. r Ts Mr. Keeley. (th e ka natcatcher) TO Itc-e Yeoman's Daughter).. Mrs. Keeley. '"lleh will be added the new Farce called e/ I . e TRE PRINTER'S DEVIL. TPica... . • Mr. Keeley. o ............ ... plkih . conclude with the Farce called vuick v MASTER'S RIVAL. k l'4 434.111.1'' MASTERS Tibbv Postlethwaite, Mrs. Keeley. 0, fr_ Ch ef Keeley. IVladlle. Taglioni's Nights will be open e . PtiNltsl;te..ll until Three, when places for either of th qto ar e tai. 4 7 be taken. No places can be secured unless l, 48 e t, n. 41 .' uPPer Boxes, 3s. 6d. ; Pit, 2s. 6d. ; Gal itkr,_ 4 Zul'row E P 4 me n "tan'', WEDNESDAY, the Performance ' , eel -ce withbthe Operetta of 'TWAS I. Marcel, ley; h t the Mrs.Keele At the e e d fth Operetta, )?44 the Ballet GRANIT PAS e DE - DEUX .4411 et 1 B ~ ,h „ NT . ayadere, by Madlle. TAGLIONI, and qh;1°110 Sil ADELAIDE O'BRYAN, '4'krs)t, ted by th e fva ourite Farce of the QUEEN'S wili.:°P Tubbs, Mr. Keeley ; Mary, Mrs. Keeley. te p,rit e ,i 4 Mademoiselle TAGLIONI will Dance h wi l l b Vl.t„,bkd b Lu OHEMI AN DANCE, THE GITANA, t r m itgl, 7 v!ter with brilliant success at the Theatres of S . 411coget,, e le, A na, and her Majesty's Theatre, London2_ . , Peter wih the Musical Drama of the LOANOA I ‘, Nrll, PYk, Mr. Keeley ; Gertrude, Mrs. Keeley. hln 00 ESE TAGLIONI will perform at the_ t,,)l4Nio}jii ,Alanchester on Saturday, July 20th, onlyatrl kr Air" Liverpool ;Ind Manchester being the _...._ i,' 1,,q Theatres in England in which MApEmu Ih'QLIONI has appeared, and positively her 40. , Previous to her departure for the Conti v T4t„„„_._ :kbp, C.c. , S OF LIVERPOOL AND ITS L A T , $, ii, VICIN ITY. xIi a, NC E HOUSE, 14;c1.1„,____ ence-street, Rodney-street. 4,e1•p 0 41-R has the honour to inform the Ladies of ANt;1•1 01, !list she is appointed to the AGENCY of I:tori, Pattoni's,GEAßY'S celebrated ANATOMICAL N A her N i r." by her Most Gracious Majesty Queen I klleatoi t , a .lesrY the Dowager Queen Adelaide, and y,'ng high) and begs leave to lay before the Public , 4emyv Testimonials of the superiority of Mrs. 1, In ented Stays :-- ytr e N 4. G 4144 TESTIMONIALS. lov i ettry ~,,„Pleasureo in stating that the stays invented kr ° obviate all the inconveniences of those 0 4 Yed. i sitreet, ch o'—C. J. B. laths, M.D., Old Bur arch 6th, 1837. ti O hli :o t th ose e that Mrs . Geary's Stays are infinitely I ,:t th _ xa , ordinary use. Brodie. I,l,,ti k i tined the Stays invented by Mrs. Geary, and "lo .q . ll° llt ai d l i r a a t b . l3 ' adapted to give salutary support to the '4 i a `?trer oel it lJurious pressure which renders ordinary bade Y Pre judicial."—J.Conquest, M.D. peon full s Corset that the genius of Mrs. iz t ', 4 ,4` the fi S wing. The problem to be solved was h:.',. tkl t o nre, 't t c°ll et I the • t not to diminish freedom of ~ ,i i ,,,ztt aeted a size of the abdomen when too 4' l 4; N ltevi e , from Dr. James Johnson's " Medico tll,s h e xatni w ' for January, 1837. I; ,t lit heilitatio,n?d .Gear's improved Stays, and I ~,4 ,0 tP05e. 14 S aying, I think them infinitely superior Vil l ;yeat e E t _suPport to any in use. I consider the I llo ti l'oa EL , e$ uY the same lady, for pregnant females, Y 4,! 0 , i eedin g ly good principle."—Francis H. ',"ek t ' s • G ea ' ,•, New Broad -street, March 2, 1837. y,e-1,: 4 th e r e t e a Corset for grown girls, the pressure on k li, q , a o f the , is light, and by exerting no pressure , /4 1 4 1 ti ZZ4), di,TP, it does not (by forcing those edges to riti . and t ," i nisb, during youth, the cavity of the 4 1. 0 4 , la tn ,Lue suffering which must attend that mal ,ll4efor°,o"'e,rB-”—Extracted from Mr. Coulson's N pii, e4,y , , , es of the Chest and Spine," 2nd Edition. 4 4 , ofd,c l Ple i S tays, of all kinds, present a new and ra \4tltlt;rets to construction of , , ! or • y he A 4,,, , %,k,en form ation of the bosom, and of all parts I l k k rYb ea ,,, cea, Is a matter of great ingenuity, and of Wato,`Y• — Extracted from " Female Beauty," S'lli t i,, , is a C, " The Exercise Corset, invented by I ' t 4 tistleei k il' °l . ll tely nesessary in all exercises of the , i Ac:ted . ,,Y in the Indian exercises, for which they ktp ali t --Extracted from " Exercises for Ladies," ki t f!artisnet, 2d Edition. ° Pr eg :f the superiority of Mrs. Geary's Stays k,, ftth ant Ladies, and I shall make a point of kilel r,4148..13.1157L0heneve1.3 I Brook-street, an opportunity."— _s t March, 22 1837. k vi o l h iZeitted by w grs r . th N. ii t e r a e r a y;from the ingenu 1, 44 11 181 Z are constructed, are eminently adapted 12N 4 heal t re and freedom of motion so essential to 91 ) Oho th e • They appear, therefore, likely to prove ,'k . 0 °, 4 of „, st aYa in common use, which contribute to Nl,4lotvaos"l„..eli deformity and many serious diseases." ivi 'qtt\ii NI.D. 21, Hill-street, Berkley-square. <4,lttlty,, rriedical Gentlemen are of opinion, that Mrs. ~,,+' th en c'2llsequence of the great improvements qikyt rem c apability of adaptation to every variety Yr.N. , s am 'al of all unequal pressure by the re ) ,i 1 \ rittia, gussets—and the proper employment of t r, ~ t 1 , 1 , _ are deserving of the strongest recommen ' Pk% As. . tl' `uder ,;11 l• )3 s °nM.D.lSir James Eyre, M.D. 'li t '. k k 4 tie, g Dr. G. F. D. Evans k i il lo t art. Dr. Ferguson VtPto Dr. Holland , ,' .1 1 IDr. James Johnson tc th hit o hY c 114 Ntoo IR. Keate, Esq. 1 14 41 art 41 4 isle IDr. Litchfield Oki CI ClarklDr. Locock C(01 4 1c , Bt. Dr. Merriman It'f tte t h ° °Per -,-, Dr. Paris tick , Bart. Dr. Wilson Phillp , r , h, t i t ' f p ll ett 41 . Dr. F. H. Ramsbotham 1 t th , illi ma Dr. Hamilton Roe '' r , ; Dr. Sigmond &' , fill• Sir Mathew J. Tierney, Bt. 40 t i •ler Donald Walker, Esq. it t 411 ,1 ki e , G. Pearson, Esq. kr % D avie s T. J. Pettigrew, Esq. ' ‘), tt t l ' a i. s to e'le e-at Che g w in , ' \, 11. reet, LiNer, High-street, Guernsey; Mrs. 300 l ; Miss Eglou, High-street, gm= ~. 0 n -------z ). 47e7. 4' ,-ORRESPONDENTS. .°I. 'Y to ,‘Llo i tt i lits h 's his correspondent " Castegans" (the ~, ,, _ i ioli r iat i o a st_iircy for misprints, and it is unlucky j ' l7 ; t h " cea writer should stumbl in his Latin) that 4. , . t OO l, sed to look at his Contemporary of the `t,sl,tylitee he friend grows oblivious . . It ison only N1,01q01,4 told his readers that certain recent di °tll' 44l ort„i -rs uPon Education and the Ballot, " ex kri'ili th-.-. Patience " If he had not read them, we pip i f , I s as , . • k tu, h a ~ sertio n was particularly like a naughty ',:e ttl i, h e ad read them, we opine he has told one in "1„/'4.8,1,.kz, never looks at his Contemporary of the ~L'l3B„(l,9vi.s. ligno non fit Mercurius: not every 1 :1 ro t 0 - li t il as the Mercury. 'Oa the Death of Lady Flora Hastings "is k 1 -p e ,ci 8 ,..r,0t p„, h a cn e pfY week i` s erroneously stated that ''o4,i t he ii-, f ' omen fined ‘ fo w r a shaving on the Sabbath, Ytee eocThation against Wm. Blackett had been t 'le, i Nts to tar ae r i t le was not fined, and Blackett was fined. \ tl tai t 4 3si st Y i rePeat our assurance that we are most Neth er n Puttin g down the nuisance of Sunday , % Ilbtriinfat tanbark. --, ~.. r„..it '4 -=------ _ c if ''%4 ) ,- _____ Nth. 111°RATING, JULY 16, 1339. ,t 4 ,0 , r N t Y o ts epealilte,rnati.ves which we mentioned on last % N th e , I , ~ Ministers with regard to the Ad- I:14Y, th e h ' n e moved by the Archbishop of t kel t , Y have ~, et t4 . ach is •e chosen the latter, and have i t), li t , tiee at e d their Sovereign to disregard the Otp, l pi a the House of Lords, and persist in eri -, :c . 11 of L 41 04 a Treasury Committee. When, on 1/4 Y /lis the Lord 1 pet..eerpo-r,,Mayor of London, accompa it„ i tio n as. ate brethren, appeared at the Palace 4 : Of 1 ,2 : 1 a ddres s in behalf of the privileges of tt ' t il dd °ll, Which were by the Otk t li n threatened o4 , lent, , . Inquisitorial spirit of Whiggery, tt ..e,. ..e ~.. "',Vest,4 rev t o e ' told, was barely courteous, and 4 I • ,pe th at ion was laconic even to flippancy. °f th it,ftl) 'k t e t Ne i l ) e Duke of Wellington and Arch -14.,,, and re n rY Were received with all ceremonial o'' of th Peet, but they have good cause to k`p 4, e ans w . It ‘ ) 1 / 4 of „ int te ,„ el which her most graciOus Ma it4, 4 ,_tu se ,on this occasion. Perhaps the only tft`tt 1..7.1113 carried up the address, to whom il l 'none, \e 4 th e L reply was not thoroughly dis ,,,4l'qi,:ttae of Lerd C hancellor, whom, as Speaker N ki, tO t en da IS, the etiquette of that assembly 10 11 R t h . who must have felt, as he i lv ki ah et• 'n o f iti. l- k o .„ - •Ith• lal — a procession the object of li es I N but complimentary to him and 614 ' veq ~._ ) 1111, 4 alch in the situation of the Scot t, It, 1 , • L a , e ballad addresses in the words L l t tl, ( 1 1, 11 • %r J oh ,A 't t ,ngu s t , n, Ye are no blate A, kl 4l lloj eet . tae news o' Your ain defate." t t o 4 f(4 ll ° Zol l , a i r : ttolo serious for a jest, and indigna ) I) t)ti 4 t ea Lie feelings with which we regard ' 4 lil t t he ulleel under which her ;.,Majesty has 4lt ) , 41. p reeett 0 . ,% 1) doneelv Were indeed the genuine expression 'S, t 'e sh ' and such as her own convictions r e t . et nuld rN t \ ‘'ts e t o et nari, : as loyal subjects, refrain from 4 th, ,Ivtiki!leoeted but, as it is notorious that this N 4, 1 I _ 4 th e , in bo wning-street, by the same I N Y it 1 / 1 ) e deli vered itself a short time since tl li te s 414 he l'r _e a . , . tl:)tii - to ''e 4- 1 °lit) minute, and that her ' th th e . calth p i e kt l 4 fii,t sir def ce of the Ministry, to give' N t Otl h Yd• "lee of their own conduct, we 1 4 . 4 I, has . 1 8r e , pe , hNi elt . oL, treat this composition as it I qi I N n 1 t t e ,, li D . sii 3 oof he same freedom with which, 6 M, a se , • s soo, Royal Speeches are With the first part of the answer we have little fault to find, except that "readiness to receive advice and assistance" is rather oddly evinced by immediate re jection of the same. That the Sovereign should regret the necessity there was that the Peers of Parliament should take such a step, we can well believe. Her sorrow can hardly be greater than their own, and that of every one of her subjects, that such a necessity should have existed at all. But whose fault has it been ? Had her Majesty not clung with such pertina cious attachment to the Melbourne Ministry, and re instated them in office by the help of the ladies of the bedchamber, there would have been no attempt made to propagate irreligion with the resources of Govern ment,—no trick resorted to, to oust the jurisdiction of the House of Lords over one of the most important concerns of a legislative body,—and, consequently, no necessity for the grave and solemn remonstrance which an imperious sense of duty has compelled their Lord ships to convey to the Throne. The necessity for the Address must be looked for in the fact of the existence of such an Administration as is now in power—an Administration more hostile to the Established Church, and more dangerous to the stability of the Constitution, than any which England has yet seen. We are told that it is with a deep sense of the duty which binds her Majesty to the Established Church, that she has " thought it right to appoint a Committee of her Privy Council to superintend the distribution of the grants voted by the House of Commons for public education." A deep sense of duty towards the Esta blished Church ! Can mockery go beyond this ? How is it, then, that the Church stands in such firm and united opposition, and that the heads of the Church lead on the laity to the attack upon this very Treasury Committee ? If the feeling which prompted its creation had been a sense of duty towards the Church, the authorities of that Church would at least have been consulted previous to its appointment ; and when it was discovered that the project was considered mischievous, and such as rendered the co-operation of the Ecclesiastical body impossible, it would have been withdrawn. Very different conduct must be displayed before we can give credence to professions of a sense of duty towards the Establishment. No measure can spring from such a source which gives pain and sor row to every Churchman, and is hailed with acclama tion by the rabble crowds that range themselves be neath the banners of Popery and Dissent. When Ministers show deference to the wishes of the Church, as made known through the medium of her accredited organs,—when they seek to enlarge the sphere of her usefulness by grants of money for building churches throughout the land, in order that perishing multitudes may have the Gospel preached to them,—when they steadily resist and present an unwavering front against the attacks which are every day being made against the walls of her venerable edifice,—then, and not till then, shall we believe that there is some truth in the words which they venture to place in the mouth of their Sovereign. It is however now clear that the Government plan is to come into operation ; and, as we have steadily op posed it as fraught with evil, in futuro, we would re double our watchfulness against it while the attempt is made to introduce it amongst us. As, upon princi ple, the appointment of a committee of the Privy Council has been condemned by the Church, she ought not in any way to sanction its operation. The most straightforward and high-minded course would be for her to refuse all Government grants, which are accom panied with a claim of superintendence on the part of the committee—to withdraw herself wholly from any contest or intercourse with them, and preserve inviolate the purity of the faith and instruction contained in her own authorised version of the Bible and Prayer-book. The National School Society will suffer from the want of funds, but they must be supplied by the friends of the Church of England, whose interests, since the time of the Commonwealth, have never been more se riously compromised than now. These are times in which sincerity must be tested by acts done, and not merely, as in the case of the answer from the Throne, by words spoken. Funds must be liberally supplied, and, we doubt not, they will be forthcoming. A noble example was recently set in this town, when £lO,OOO was subscribed in one morning for the erection of schools to rescue our youthful population from the in fidelity-shops of the Town Council; and this ought to be imitated in the present emergency throughout the whole . of England. The Penny-postage scheme has no warmer friends than ourselves. It is a question which, in itself, ought to be discussed without any reference to party; and if the mode in which it is introduced by the Chancellor of the Exchequer has compelled an opposition on the part of the Conservatives, it is not that they have the slightest wish to make it a party question, but because they would fail in discharging their duty as vigilant controllers of a reckless Government if they suffered the House of Commons to adopt the vague and imbe cile resolution which Mr. Spring Rice would add as a rider to the boon he so ungraciously bestows upon the country. It is quite idle to talk as some of our con temporaries are doing of annihilating the Post-office as a source of revenue, when the ministerial budget shews that the finances of Government are in anything but a prosperous state. Our annual income may have in creased as compared with the preceding year, but our expenditure has increased in a greater ratio. Whig commissionerships and Canada jobs run away with a great deal of money ; and, when we balance the debtor against the creditor side of the account, we find that we must borrow for the future one million sterling by a vote of credit. The immediate relief which a Penny Postage bill would bring to every man's pocket causes a wonderful unanimity amongst all classes in its fa vour; and, were we to consult our own interests merely, we should clamour for it as loudly as any. But in a country like this, financial embarrassment is the most dangerous circumstance that can happen. Nothing shakes public confidence more thoroughly; and, like an electric shock, it darts through the whole of the rami fications of our gigantic commerce, causing irremedi able mischief to trade. We must know what the equi valent for the deficit is to be before we insist upon giv ing up the Post-office tax. If the Chancellor of the Exchequer possesses one, why does he not announce it ? If not, it is pretty obvious that it is not so easy to find one as those people imagine who cry out most lus tily for an adoption of the plan. Mr. Samuel Holme suggests that Government should eke out the defi ciency by an increased duty on gin. But it is by no means &ear that this measure would not defeat itself, and render the use of that deleterious liquid so much less frequent as to produce a less revenue than is de rived from it at present. We have often heard an in creased duty on gin proposed as a means of diminish ing the consumption of this liquid poison. However, we do not quarrel with any proposition that seems fea sible for attaining the object in view—namely, an equi valent for the financial loss. We do protest against the unthrifty mode in which Government brings forth this measure. The Ministerial policy is shaped confessedly after " that good and ancient plan, That they shall take who have the power, And they should keep who can,"— and however contemptible may be a majority of TWO on the most vital of all vital questions, yet those who know the country best, and are, therefore, well assured that an appeal to.the constituencies must strip them at once .of this paltry subterfuge of a majority, and leave them in a clear and hopeless minority, seem to have made up their minds that the appeal will not be tried. Accordingly, the rumour of a Dissolution has blown away. But we confess that our anxieties do not slum ber, and as Watchmen of the glorious cause we feel it an imperative duty to keep a most vigilant look out. We are unwilling needlessly to raise the cry of "Wolf," but it is better to sound the alarm in the absence of danger, than to be found sleeping when the enemy appears. One or two indications in our own neigh bourhood have excited our notice and stimulated our apprehensions. For the first time for some years past the Radicals are really on the alert in the Northern Division of this County, and in Liverpool itself they are straining 'every nerve with all the energy of morti fied ambition and pride, and with all those intriguing arts for which the Liberal faction has been notorious since the memorable Election of 1830. The faction can scarcely be worse as a Government , in a new House of Commons than their pitiful victory of Two has left them in the present. Desperate men will seek safety in desperate resources, Let our readers remember the twentieth day of the present month. Let the taxes be carefully paid up, and every preparation for the coming Registry be duly made. We expect that the returns will be forwarded duly to the Reform Club :•—their pre parations will be duly made. The workers of evil never sleep. Their Candidates will be assigned every man to his post,—their muster-rolls will be made up,—their artillery will be upon the ground. THE BLOW WILL BE STRUCK IN THE DARK. Let every lover of his Church and country be wakeful and found at his post. The issue is in our own hands. If we will, we shall trample them in the dust for ever. They will fight like desperadoes, in an enemy's country, whose retreat is cut off,—whose only safety is in the daring of despair. REMEMBER THE TWENTIETH OF JULY ! Our readers are aware that when some new proof of Ministerial profligacy is obtruded upon the notice of an indignant nation, we have long ceased to expatiate upon it in the language of reprobation and surprise. We never raise our hands in holy horror, or speak of violences done to our nerves, or the suddenness of astonishment taking away our breath, and depriving us of our senses. The profligacy of Ministers is with us a foregone_ conclusion. We know them too well to be surprised at anything they do. The men of Lich field House, the men of the Appropriation Clause, the men of the Pension List, the men of the Church rates Bill, and the men of "open questions,"—have left no room for further indignation or contempt. But above all the men who to prop up a falling faction have basely betrayed the unrivalled popularity of a youthful Queen, who have bound up her personal character in the policy of Lord Normanby in Ireland, and Lord John Russel l in England,—who have made every quarrel her quarrel and fastened upon her all the obloquy of their dupli city and wickedness, these men are unworthy of any reprobation which should imply that we measured them at all after the Standards of Virtue and Honour. Yes ! happy is Lord Melbourne in the shamelessness of his public profligacy. He who in 1825 voted against the transfer of the franchise from Retford to Birming ham, is now Premier of the Reform Ministry, "by merit raised to that bad eminence," and armed in all the panoply of his own reputation, he may defy the barbed arrows of criticism, and despise the voice of public justice. It was an anecdote of Col. Charteris (the well-known reprobate of Hogarth) that he would have given £l,OOO to any one who would furnish him with a character. To which some wag replied with truth, he would have been a great fool to give so much for what he would lose in a week. In these enlightened days the answer would with equal truth have been, "What I give £l,OOO for that which will shelf you at once ?" If Lord Melbourne had had a character, he would never have been O'Connell's Minister. If Lord Mul grave had had a character, he would never have governed Jamaica, nor gone to Ireland as O'Connell's Viceroy, nor sat in the Cabinet as Promoter of Popery for the Colonies. If Palmerston had had a character, would the men who have humbled Great Britain be fore the face of the world have appointed him to be their Foreign Secretary ? But in spite of all this,—case-hardened as assuredly we are to all the abominable devices of Whiggery,—we do give them credit for wisdom in their own genera tion, and we confess we are astonished and surprised when they commit " worse than a crime, an error!" Is it possible that these infatuated men can seriously suppose they may insult the Peerage with impunity, and desecrate the church ? Do they fancy that on the strength of a majority of TWO, which majority they well know is 'composed of banded enemies from Popish Ireland, and which majority an appeal to the Electoral bodies, fairly made, would reduce to a wretched minority (Mr.Warburton says 60 or 70), they can dare to set at defiance the wealth, the intelligence, the respectability, of Christian, of Protestant England ? Mark the op posing armies. On one side are petitions, as the sand on the sea-shore innumerable, from every class of Churchmen, and from bodies of right-minded Dissen ters without number: there is, we will fearlessly assert, an incalculable majority of the whole English s people : there is a very decided majority of the English mem bers in the House of Commons : there is an over whelming majority of the British Peers, a majority which (but for their own profligate exertions) would leave the minority an absolute and ludicrous non-entity; in a word, England, religious and political, is rallied round the Peerage and the Church. In the opposing ranks are the Popish majority, the Order in Council, Lord Brougham, and the Radical philosophers. Baal is their God, and they follow him. What must be the issue of the struggle when these are the conflicting parties, no sane man can doubt. That the Whigs have added insult to injury, and have prompted the youthful Queen to address the nobility of the realm with Sardonic and contemptuous indiffer ence, (the dirty Chronicle basely suggests that the Queen is declaring her own personal opinions : but• the wording of the Address itself refutes this mean and unconstitutional inuendo it is Melbourne's—the language betrays him,) will be material in the day of reckoning. Let them try an appeal to the People. Short as this Parliament has been, there are already long scores which the electors of Great Britain can alone wipe off. Let us in Liverpool be ready. So Lord John Russell thinks he may sit in Parlia ment-street and govern Great Britain by the check strings of a central and transferable Police ! ! Has Whiggery arrived at this ? The army is reduced, the militia is disbanded (the soldiery and the militia are not Radical), to make way for Lord J. Russell and his Central Police. This Bens d'armerie may be all very well for the King of the Barricades, but it won't do in Saxon England. We shall recur to this subject at an early opportunity, and try to show it up as it deserves. When they want to establish Popish Corporations, we hear infinite eloquence about local organization and self-government. When Tory militias are to be put down, nothing will serve them but a Central Police. This blowing hot and cold in the same breath, will not go down with the British nation. The Whigs are over-shooting the mark. We have just received a copy of a pamphlet entitled "A Memorial to the Dock Committee, on the subjects of deficient Accommodation for Shipping, Fines, (5-c., and the Proceedings of the Committee of Merchants thereon; with an Appendix, containing a Copy of a recent Report on some of these Matters of a Sub-Committee of the Dock Committee." The subjects treated of in this pamphlet are of the highest possible importance to the commercial interests of this town, and we are glad to find that they are discussed in a temperate and dispassionate manner. The Committee of Mer chants, by whom the documents thus put forth have been compiled, state that they are at least entitled to "take credit for zeakus intention, and considerable in quiry and labour devoted to their task, without any other object than the public good, and scrupulously divested of every consideration of personal or party feeling;" and they add that "they cannot but persuade themselves that such a demonstration on the part of the merchants and rate-payers must sooner or later accom plish their objects; for whatever difference of opinion may fairly arise as to the improvements suggested, there can be none either as to the number and respect ability of the memorialists, or the reasonableness of their complaints." The memorial, after dilating on the inadequacy of the existing accommodations for the loading and dis charging of ships,—an evil which, though of long du ration, and increasing daily with the increasing trade of the to Am, has lately been much aggravated by the multiplication of prosecutions for the involuntary breach of the Dock Laws,—proceeds to suggest a variety of alterations and improvements calculated to obviate the difficulties which are at present experienced, and to avert the unpleasant consequences entailed upon the merchants by the operation of the present laws. By these laws a heavy penalty is imposed on the owners of goods in process of being shipped or dis charged, if such goods be allowed to remain on the dock quays more than forty-eight hours. It is stated that, in a large proportion of the cases alluded to, pro bably not less than nine in ten, the infringement of the law is absolutely unavoidable, arising from the vast increase of trade, and new Custom-house regulations having rendered the forty-eight hours quite insufficient —the prohibition of the removal of goods in many cases by the laws of the customs—the state of the weather—the want of quay berths, stages, and proper cranes—and a variety of other circumstances over which shipere and consignee have no controul, The pecuniary loss caused by the necessary infraction of the existing laws is enormous, especially in the timber trade, which is taxed to an immense extent. For the remedy of this increasing evil, the Committee of Mer chants suggest the propriety of a mitigated adminis tration of the present law, and the necessity of provi ding greater facilities for the loading and discharge of vessels. Among these facilities we find enumerated the construction of commodious closed sheds on all the quays (except those appropriated for timber), having numerous sliding doors, into which carts should not be admitted, the water from the roofs being carried down into the dock, and not through the sheds as now, and thereby often overflowing and causing the destruc tion of goods—the floors to be flagged, elevated, and kept clean the providing proper moveable stages and cranes, traversing on a railway round the dock —and the adoption of regulations to prevent the undue crowding of particular docks, and the improper occu pation of quay berths. The memorial in which these important suggestions are embodied has attached to it the signatures of 280 of the most respectable mercantile firms in the town, including men of all shades of political opinions. A document so signed cannot fail, we feel convinced, to command the respectful attention of the Dock Committee, and must ultimately lead to some practical remedy of the evils under which the shipping interests are now labouring. That it may lead to such a desirable result is our earnest wish, and we shall not let escape any opportunity for contributing, to the best of our ability, to the removal of grievances bear ing so oppressively upon individuals, and operating so detrimentally to the mercantile prosperity of Liverpool. It is our firm conviction that all the evils complained of in the memorial before us may be effectually remedied without imposing still heavier grievances upon the own ers of land and warehouses. The adoption of the suggested improvements would contribute materially to the benefit of the shipping interests; and if the Dock Committee should manifest any degree of alacri ty in acting upon these suggestions, we have no doubt that numerous other plans will be laid before them for the accomplishment of the same object. In a statement drawn up subsequently to the presen tation of the memorial to which we have alluded, the Committee of Merchants, in answer to the question " to what are we to attribute the loud and universal complaint that we are retrograding rather than impro ving in the facilities afforded to commerce ; and that, with a trade rapidly increasing, the inconveniences and undue expense always imputed to us as special disadvantages to the port, are also increasing propor tionably ?" furnish the following reply :—that " the practical management of so vast an estate as the docks have now become, is far too onerous a duty to be im posed upon any class or number of individuals, how ever zealous or intelligent, acting only as an honorary body." 0 Proceeding on the principle that it is unrea sonable to expect that any man should give unrewarded to the public such a share of his time as must derange his other pursuits, the Committee suggest that the docks should be managed by a system of competition ; that is, that each dock should be let for a term of years, at a fair rent, to a partnership or public company. The adoption of this plan, it is stated, " would in a very short time work• out every improvement of which the dock system is capable." If the letting of the docks, on the above principle, should be considered too liberal a measure of reform, the Committee of Merchants suggest the modified alternative of placing the docks under the controul 'of an efficient and well-paid Board of Directors, whose sole business it should be to work the docks to the greatest possible advantage to the public, adding, from time to time, every improvement that experience might dictate. The third alternative submitted to the Dock Com mittee is, that of making the most of the present sys tem of management, imperfect as it is, while it lasts. Among the means pointed out for effecting this object, the appointment of a superintendent of respectability and talent, with a salary adequate to an office of such trust and importance, and having a sufficient number of assistants, is strongly recommended. This super intendent should have the entire management and working of the docks and basins, and all the shipping therein; with power to regulate the possession of berths entirely at his option, and a discretion as to employing, at the expense of the Dock Trust, riggers and others in the docking, undocking, berthing, and removing ships, in cases of emergency. A variety of other important suggestions are offered in the state ment before us, to which we may have occasion here after to recur. The conservative candidate, Sir Thomas Cochrane, has been returned for Ipswich The " respectable and honourable convert" to Whiggery has met with the reward due to tergiversation and abandonment of principle. In spite of the strenuous exertions made for the return of Mr. Gibson, conservative principles have once more been proved to be in the ascendant at Ipswich. The numbers at the close of the poll are variously stated, but we believe the following to be correct : For Sir Thomas Cochrane. For Mr. Gibson. Majority Of course, the cuckoo-cry of "bribery and corruption" will be raised by the radical press on the present oc casion. This is always the case when a liberal happens to prove unsuccessful. If Mr. Gibson had been re turned, the fact would have been attributed to the predomi2ance of " liberal principles" at Ipswich. The case being otherwise, of course, the radicals will bring forward their usual preposterous charges. We should say, and we have the strongest reason for say ing it, that the return of Sir Thomas Cochrane has been owing to the prevalence of conservative feeling among the electors of Ipswich —a feeling which we believe to be equally prevalent throughout the king dom, as a general election would amply demonstrate. The auspicious result of the Ipswich election will infuse fresh courage among the ranks of conservatives, while it will carry terror and dismay into those of their adversaries. We heartily wish the " Shabbies" would give the people of England another opportunity, and that shortly, of putting their popularity among the electors to the test. There can be no doubt any longer of the glorious issue of the next election. It would result in the downfall of Whiggery and liberalism. A correspondent of the Times states that Lady Bread albane has resigned the office of Lady of the Bed chamber, and that Lady Sandwich has been appointed in her place. The latter is a Whig by birth, but is the wife of a high Tory peer. This certainly looks like turning over a new leaf. It is said that this is the Queen's own appointment, and that it did not go through the hands of Lord Melbourne. It is stated that the Duchess of Kent has likewise appointed four ladies, the sisters of Lord Burlington and Lord Zet land, and the daughters of Lord Suffolk and Lord Queensbury. Once more we would urge, nay implore, our conser vative friends to be prompt in their attention to the approaching registration. Full directions OR this sub ject will be found in another part of our paper. There is no time to be lost. The salvation of the country from the degrading and ruinous sway of the liberal faction, will probably depend upon the result of the next registration. We are therefore justified in calling upon the friends of the constitution to discharge their duty. We have done ours by calling upon them to fight the battle of the country in the registration court. ST. GEORGE'S HALL.—On Thursday and Friday, the ex hibition-rooms in :Postoffice-place were opened to the sub scribers to St. George's Hall, and their friends, for the pur pose of [inspecting the numerous designs sent iu by the dif ferent architects competing for the erection of that building. The elevations and interior views were hung round the walls, and produced a very striking effect. The successful design is, we believe, the production of Mr. Ellman, of London. It is of very pure Greek architecture, the principal front be ing a portico of grand proportions and enriched with bas reliefs, on the execution of which, however, much of the ef fect will depend. Perhaps within the limits of their resources the committee could not have made a more judicious selection ; the insuperable objection to many desig9s, from th e i r extent and elaborate detail much more captivating to the eye, being that the expense of executing them would far exceed the funds at the disposal of the committee. COMPARATIVE DIMENSIONS OF THE BRITISH QUEEN.— The only way we have of forming accurate notions of magni tute is by comparison : thus, the length of the British Queen, steam ship, 272 feet, is just the length of the Goree-piazzas from Water-street to Brunswick-street ; 6 yards longer than Commutation-row ; 2 yards longer than Chesterfield -street, that is, from Upper Parliament-street to Stanhope -street ; 2 Jyards longer than the w hole length of Li ver . s t reet , from St. homuep Church to 34gooyrstrect, LOCAL NEWS. PENMANSHIP.—Mr. Thompson, writing-master, Clayton square, continues, we perceive, to tender his ,assistance to bad or indifferent writers. Those who labour under the mis fortune of writing a scrawling hand cannot apply to an abler instructor for improvement. • A " SUB-MARINE" VILLAGE.—Our contemporaries of Saturday, in detailing the opening of a new hotel, describe it as situated in " the pleasant sub-marine village of Sea bombe !" The inhabitants of this very " pleasant" village can never be in want of a bath. We should fancy that diving bells would be a more suitable mode of conveyance to such a village than steam packets. THE RACES.—The meeting this day is likely, should the weather prove fine, to be of a first-rate character. Numbers of strangers, from all parts of the kingdom, have already ar rived, and the hotels are full, many noblemen and gentlemen having engaged rooms for the week. The entries are good for each day, and, from the quality of the horses which have arrived, capital sport may be expected. DR. SCORESBY.—We are glad to find that this distin guished scholar and eminentfpreacher, has been recently ap pointed Vicar of Bradford. It will be recollected that Dr. Scoresby was, for many years, the minister of the Mariner's Church in this town. TRADESMEN'S CONSERVATIVE ASSOCIATION. The quarterly meeting of this valuable body took place last even ing in the large room of the Queen's Arms. The names of 55 new members were announced, who had joined the asso ciation during the last three months. The meeting was I addressed in a most spirited manner by the chairman, Mr. Robertson Gladstone, Mr. C. Bushell, Mr. Francis Foster, Mr. Richard Griffiths, and several other gentlemen. Reso lutions, connected with the registration of voters, were agreed to, and amongst other business, an address of congatulation to the conservatives of Ipswich was directed to be trans mitted to Mr. Cobbold, expressive of the admiration felt at the spirited manner in which they have vindicated the con servative principles of their borough. THE ZOOLOGICAL GARDENS.—Last night another gala took place at these gardens, and was very numerously at tended by a highly fashionable assemblage of ladies and gen tlemen. In this precarious climate, it frequently occurs that out-door exhibitions, however excellent the previou s arrange ments, cannot be fully carried into effect; and the spirited proprietor of these gardens (who has done much to promote and gratify a taste for the beauties of garden scenery, and the study of zoology,) felt a greater disappointment than his guests, who, indeed, appeared to he all highly gratified. Se veral heavy showers had fallen during the morning and after noon, accompanied by a brisk breeze, which continued until evening, so that it was found impossible so to illuminate the gardens as to produce the desired effect. Numerous phaded arches were erected, crossing the various walks, and also, a great many devices in different parts, for the suspension of variegated lamps ; and we doubt not but that on Thursday night, when the novelties advertised will be brought forward, (if the weather be at all suitable,) they will add greatly to the attraction already presented, and repeated last night with in creased effect—" the burning of Mount Vesuvius." The evening, after sunset, was fine and clear, and the grounds look delightful. Groups sauntered in the walks ; others examined the animals in their several elegant detached dwell ings ; and others were attracted by the fine perspective ap pearance of the mountain. The eruption was well managed, and gave much satisfaction, as did the previous se a fi g ht an d subsequent conflagration of city. The band played choice airs during the whole evening, and the grounds were crowded until " God save the Queen" announced the close of the exhibition. The Bland arrived here during the past week, bringing three beautiful leopards, one of which has been already trans ferred to the excellent collection of animals at the Zoologi cal Gardens. PROLIFIC HEN.—A gentleman at Lydiate has a " dandy hen" which brought out a hatch of chickens about the mid dle of March last ; among the brood there were only two pullets, which began laying about the end of June. The parent hen had a second hatch of 13 chickens in the begin ning of June, and she has already left them and begun to lay again ! CAUTION TO HOUSEKEEPERS.—There are women going the round of this town hawking fish daily, whose practise is to cheat the unwary. One of them attempted to put off a jole of salmon, which, by her scales, weighed 31bs., but while the housekeeper fetched a dish, the woman contrived to cut off a slice of the fish, and put it under the cloth in her basket. None of the police were at hand, or she would have been given in charge. DEATH FROM DRINKING.—On Friday an inquest was held before Mr. Curry, on the body of a man named Henry. A police-officer stated that he was called to the deceased on Monday last, who was then lying under the shed, inside of the Prince's Dock. As he was in a dangerous state, the witness had him removed to the Northern Hospital. He was in a state of insensibility when he arrived at the hospital; but became sensible for a short time, and immediately after wards died. He had been drinking to excess, and vomited a quantity of rum. The wife of the deceased stated that he was a sober man, never spent any money in drink, and never took any sinless he got it without charge. He was formerly a groom, but recently worked about the docks. He was in his 63rd year. Verdict, died in a fit of apoplexy. MR. Ducaow.—We announced a week or two since that Mr. Ducrow had taken the Royal Amphitheatre, which he is about to repaint and ornament with a new drop scene. The chandeliers and mirrors from Astley's, London, will also embellish the house. Mr. Ducrow's tenantcy, we under stand, is limited to one season, which will not of course be extended unless the experiment is successful. His profes sional talents, however, are so well known in Liverpool, and he has hitherto been so liberally supported by our townsmen, that we have little doubt he will see reason to extend his term. During the temporary closing of the theatre in the winter months, it will really be a treat to possess an artist so unrivalled in his line as Mr. Ducrow. Since he left the Amphitheatre that house has not been worth visiting. His numerous admirers here are highly gratified at the prospect of his appearing amongst us once more.—Chronicle. A SHOWER OF SOVEREIGNS.—On Friday morning, at an early hour, an Irish cattle drover named Downey, being either mad or drunk, was seized with a sudden disposition to scatter his sovereigns, amounting to 280. He distributed them very liberally in the kennel and street of Waterloo-road, opposite the Rotunda. Crowds of men, women, andchildren, immediately collected for the purpose of picking up the treasure so unexpectedly parted with. As the day ad vanced, numbers were to be seen so employed, although there was much trickery and corresponding amusement pro duced by persons dropping farthings in places where the sovereign seekers were likely to meet with them. The police succeeded in regaining some of the madman's money. One man, who had picked up 16 sovereigns, voluntarily banded them over to the police. An American sailor picked up two, which he speedily spent among his comrades. During the day the excitement in that part of the town, owing to this circumstance, was considerable. SUPPRESSION OF GAMBLING.—We understand, that the County Magistrates have agreed to co-operate with the Borough Magistrates in endeavouring to prevent gambling during the Aintree Races, which commence to-day. VALUABLE INVENTION.—We saw, the other day, on board the new and splendid ship Rochester, Captain Wood house, now lying in the Waterloo Dock and loading for New York, a simple, but very ingenious, invention for the guid ance of the man at the wheel. It is a rod, connected with the rudder, which, moving with it, shows the steersman the exact position of the rudder at any moment. It traverses a space above his head, and is always visible. All the ships building in New York have these indicators.—Albion. OPENING OF FENWICK-STREET.—Workmen have com menced pulling down a part of the buildings on the west side of this street, at the end next to St. George's Church. Fen wick-street is one of the oldest in the town : it was formerly inhabited by gentry and merchants, and, before the recent improvements at its north end, contained some very large and, for their time, elegant mansions. The low stone house, at the corner of More-street, which is now partly pulled down, was very ancient, having been built upwards of three centu ries ago. A still more ancient house, which is about to be dismantled, may be seen a little lower down More-street. From its style and venerable appearance, it must be four hun dred years old. FATAL ACCIDENT TO AN AMERICAN CAPTAIN.-011 Friday, an inquest was held on the body of Benjamin Cap tain Miner, who was killed under the following circumstan ces :—The deceased, on Wednesday, was on board the Ame rican ship Tallahasse, in the Victoria dock. The hatches were open for the purpose of discharging cotton. He made a spring from the hatch to the stage on the opposite side, overbalanced himself, and fell backwards into the hold. He was taken up and conveyed in a chair to the Northern Hos pital, where he died in two hours. His skull was fractured, and there was a rupture of one of the large arteries of the head. Verdict, accidental death.—Captain Miner was the commander of the American ship Nonantum, which lay next to the Tallahasse, and the melancholy accident arose from his to precipitate wish to reach his own vessel. He was ge nerally respected by all who knew him, and his death is a source of sincere regret to all the American Captains in this port, the vessels belonging to whom displayed their colours half mast on the occasion of his death. FIRE-ESCAPE LADDER.—We have, in the course of the past week, had an opportunity of inspecting a new plan for a ladder-escape, and so far as we can form a judgment, we think it likely to prove one of the most effectual inventions of the sort, that has yet been brought forward. The apparatus is intended to be called the folding and escape ladder. It is calculated to be of exceeding utility, not only in saving lives and property in cases of fire, but also in erecting buildings. From its peculiar construction, it may be easily thrown up either on the outside or the inteiror of the building, or it may be carried through a house to the back and there erected to the height of seven stories, if required. Persons or property may be lowered down by means of a closed cradle, which is so constructed that whatever may be enclosed therein will be safe from fire. The plan has been produced before the Board for the protection of Life fram Fire. It has also been shown to several scientific individuals, both in Liverpool and the metropolis, all of whom have expressed their high admiration of it. This novel apparatus is the invention of Mr. J ohn Massey, watch maker, of this town, who has had his attention during many years, turned to the subject of perfecting the escape ladder, which he has at length, with great cost and la bour, completed.—Albion. DETERMINED SUICIDE AT ST. HELENS.—On Wednesday a coroner's inquest was held at the Black Bull, St. Helens, to inquire touching the death of William Ryan, a musician. and the leader of the St. Helens Teetotal Band. It appeared from the evidence of Elizabeth Richards, a servant in the employ of Mr. Ran, the landlord of the Black Bull, that the deceased lodged there. He was about thirty years of age, and in the habit of drinking to great excess. For the last fortnight he had been poorly. On Monday night he went to bed at eleven o'clock. Witness took him up some gruel, and when she entered the room he was pulling his shirt front off. She requested him to drink the gruel while it was warm, and then left the room. She went to him again next morning, and saw him lying on his back on the floor in a pool of blood, His throat was cut, and he was quite dead. There was a razor lying on a chair by the side of him, and the chamber utensil was placed on the table quite full of blood. He was dressed, and nearly in the same state that she had left him the previous night. When he went to bed he was quite sober. Mr. Blundell, surgeon, deposed to having attended the deceased for some time past. He was labouring under delirium tremens, produced by excessive drinking of ardent spirits. The jury returned a verdict of temporary insanity. THE ASPHALTE NUISANCE.—About three months ago, the works of the Asphalte Company were removed from James-street to Boundary-street, Vauxhall-road. Here the nuisance created in the manufacture of the asphalte became so intolerable that the housekeepers within the sphere of i ts in fluence complained to the proper authorities, who promptly took steps to abate the nuisance. Inspector Fresh was inde fatigable:in watching the works, and assisted by Mr. Hughes in procuring evidence of the nuisance. The result was the laying of a number of informations against Mr. Pilkington, the manager of the company's works. Friday was fixed as the day on which they were to be heard, and nearly seventy witnesses were in attendance. Mr. Rushton and Mr. Roskell were on the bench, and Mr. Venables appeared for the prosecution and Mr. James for the defence. Before the case was gone into, Mr. James offered, on the part of his client, to plead guilty to one information, and to undertake to abate the nuisance within six weeks. The offer was accepted. Thus, through the vigilance of the authorities, works which were an intolerable nuisance to the inhabitants of the upper part of Scotland-road and Kirkdale will be regulated. Per nicious as the chemical . works are allowed to be, the asphalte works were scarcely inferior in their injurious effects on the health and comfort of the dwellers in their vicinity. Dr. Rogerson, who at the request of the directors of the company has analysed the asphalte, informs us, that he is convinced the works may be carrio on withgßtMaiu,74ny digameablo omeil whaterpr. CORRESPONDENCE. V - ,- TO THE REV.. G. STOKES, L.L.D., GROVE-ST. Stn,—ln the Albion of yesterday there is a letter addressed to me, bearing your signature, demanding from me, whether I intended to convey an imputation that you had taken of fence at the appointment of Dr. Buck to the Chaplaincy of the Borough Gaol, and, on that account, had refused to at tend the North Corporation School. In reply, I have to state that, in the month of November last, I attended the school, accompanied by the respected and Rev. Mr. James ; we were then informed that Dr. Buck had ceased to attend the school, since his appointment to the gaol ; and that you had also dis continued, having taken offence at something whieh had oc curred in the schools; therefore, that no Protestant minister then attended, and that no catechism, excepting the Roman Catholic, was then taught. I suppose it is perfectly correct, that for several months you did not attend the school in question, and that the master was perfectly justified in con jecturing that you had been offended ; if this were not the case, it is for the master of the school to give an explanation not for me, who am entirely unacquainted with the circum stances. With respect to the appointment of Dr. Buck, the public are perfectly well aware why the reform magistrates selected him, although I believe you had every reason to ex pect the situation. I am aware that you performed the duty for Dr. Buck for six weeks, or rather for the corporation, for it was an item in the finance accounts. Certainly lam not sorry that Dr. Buck was not required to pay for your services, for I am well aware that his salary is, like other clergymen, very limited. I can assure you, sir, that I really wish that the Unitarian part of our council may obtain a living for you from her Ma jesty's ministers, as they have already, in one instance, been successful.----I am, reverend sir, your obedient servant, ISAAC HOLMES. Sand Hill, 16th July, 1839. THE VOLUNTARIES & THEIR MIS-STATEMENTS . TO THE EDITOR OF THE LIVERPOOL STANDARD. SIR,—ID my letter published in the LIVERPOOL STANDARD a short time ago, I mentioned I should in a following letter, make some observations on the Rev. J. Kelly's published sermon, and on some of Dr. Wardlaw's lectures, which I now proeeed to do, but first, I shall make an observation on one of the fundamental principles of the voluntary system, viz., that rulers as such, should in no way interfere in any religious matters, of course, that men of the most corrupt principles may make as good rulers as the most pious, and truly religious men. This principle was declared and avowed by the Rev. Dr. Pye Smith, who publicly declared at an elec tioneering meeting, that he would prefer a ruler of most erroneous religious principles, who understood well the poli tics of the world, to a man actuated by gospel principles, but who was not so well acquainted with worldly politics : and Mr. Smith is much looked up to by all voluntaries, and they have universally acted on this principle, in the elec tion of members of parliament, and of municipal officers. I would just ask, how can this principle be brought to agree, or correspond with what David, speaking in the spirit, says in 2 Samuel, xxiii. 3. " The God of Israel said, the Rock of Israel spake to me, he that ruleth over men must be just, ruling in the fear of God." A question might here again be fairly asked, how can a man rule in the fear of God who does not believe the Scriptures (in which the laws of God are con tained) to be the word of God, and according to the scriptural acceptation of the term, fear of God, no man can fear God who does not believe in the character, and will of God as revealed in the Scriptures. Another gross error connected with that of governments having nothing to do with religion, is the principle laid down, and acted on by voluntaries, that the people should be educated by government, each in the religious principles which they profess, no matter how gross their errors may be, or how much opposed to the word of God ; thus making all principles, whether true or false, ap pear equally good, and not only so, but making it incumbent on government to teach the' people a false religion, altogether opposed to what God has taught in the Scriptures. How any Christian can reconcile this to his mind or conscience, I can not conceive. How strong must the influence of prejudice on the mind of any Christian be, which causes him to act so inconsistently! Mr. Kelly takes for his text, the 9th chapter of Paul's first Epistle to the Corinthians, a passage which most clearly proves that the law given to the Jews relative to the support of gospel teachers, is still in force, and equally binding on Christians, for it cannot be supposed, that Paul should quote a law to prove his right to maintenance which had been abrogated. But further Paul says, that this very law was made for us, and here it might be mentioned, that the law was given to the Jewish rulers, and by them to be en forced : surely then, the like obligation rests on Christian rulers to establish, and enforce this law. A little further on in his sermon, Mr. Kelly mentions a " New Testament law of ministerial support," but he does not state in what part of the Scriptures this law is given. I cannot find in the Scrip tures any other law on the subject but that mentioned by Paul, and if that law is in force, there could not be any other which would in any way do away with its enactments. Mr. K. goes on to state, " Observe, that the support of the gospel ministry must be obtained from those who are enjoy ing its benefits. A moment's-reflection will convince you, that the Apostle's design is not merely to affirm that the minis ters of the gospel should be supported in the discharge of their duties, but to specify the source from which alone, ex cept in peculiar circumstances, that support must be derived, viz., from those who are immediately benefited by their la bours. In what other sense can we understand the: impres sion, to ' live of the gospel,' does it not teach that the ministration of the gospel is the business of the Christian teacher, and that he must look to the effects which the gospel may produce through his instrumentality upon the hearts of men, as the means of obtaining necessary maintenance in his work." Now, according to the principle here laid down by Mr. K., a minister might labour his whole life without being able to claim any support. A farmer might refuse to pay his labourers, because his crops were bad. The plain teaching of Scripture and common sense surely is, that it is the labour, and not the fruits of the labour which entitles to the wages. Our Saviour clearly teaches this principle, when, on sending out his disciples to preach, he desires them to take no pro vision with them, for the workman was worthy of his hire — see Luke x. 1 to 7 vs.—yet, Mr K. quotes this very passage to prove his principle. But a much greater error is involved in the principle taught here by Mr. K. ; it is this, that it would exonerate all unbelievers from their obligation to per form moral and religious duties. The fallacy of this principle I pointed out in my former letter. Mr. K. brings forward a case to prove the excellency of the voluntary system : he says,—" The minister having in view his worldlyisupport, will induce him to greater exertion in the discharge of his spiritual duties, because every convert he makes is an addi tion to his worldly means." On this I would only say, that a minister actuated by such a motive would be most unworthy of his office, he farther says, " that having such support in view will induce the minister to keep the church communion pure, for that by admitting improper characters into the church, he would endanger his coalfort." Now, surely, if a minister was actuated by such unworthy motives, he would the more readily admit improper characters, as by increasing the number of church members, he would .be adding to his own emolument. I might notice some other things in this sermon equally inconsistent, but I have stated enough to show how far prejudice may lead sensible, and good men, into errors. Of the two systems, say government support, and voluntary contributions, I would observe, that where both are acted on in a Christian spirit, they in no way clash or interfere with each other ; but, on the contrary, are cal culated to mutually help each other, in forwarding, and es tablishing the cause of the Redeemer on earth. For instance, in any place where the gospel is not preached, or where the support granted by government is not sufficient, it becomes the bounden duty of all to voluntarily support a gospel minister : on the other hand, it is the bounden duty of go vernment to provide support for gospel ministers in all parts of their dominions. How severely the want of such system and support is at this moment experienced by Canada, and the United States of America, where many thousands on those thinly inhabited parts seldom see the face of a gospel minister, of course, are without gospel, and gospel ordi nances ! I might also refer to Ireland, where so many zea lous gospel ministers are now labouring in the Established Church, where a single voluntary church could not be esta blished, or supported. Of Dr. Wardlaw's lectures, I having only yet seen an outline reported in the London Morning Chronicle. Of course, I cannot enter into any particular ex amination of them ; but I may j us t observe two prominent errors, or misapplications of Scripture in the outline I have seen. The one is, that all the Jewish nation were members of the Jewish Church : this is surely very incorrect—see Genesis xvii. 14v.—" The uncircumcised man child, hit) soul shall be cut off from his people." The fact is, that the Jewish Church admitted all into it, who submitted to the rite of circumcision, just as Christian churches do by the rite of baptism, the only difference in this respect is, that church privilege which were formerly confined to the Jews, are now extended to all people. The other error is, his ex planation of what Christ meant, when he said, " My king dom is not of this world." The Doctor reasons as if Christ meant his visible church, or churches on earth, and then draws the conclusion, that any connexion of churches on earth with the state, would make them kingdoms of this world ; now, the fact most certainly is, that Christ means his spiritual kingdom, a kingdom set up and established in the hearts of all true believers, and composed of such from the commencement of the world to the end of time ; his church or churches on earth being only schools, or seminaries, for bringing in subjects to this kingdom, and of instructing them in its laws and ordinances, and thus build ing them up in their most holy faith. See Christ's own ex planation, he says, Luke xvii. 20 21vs. " The kingdom of God cometh not with observation, neither shall they say lo here, or lo there, for behold, the kingdom of God is withiu you." It is altogether spiritual, and invisible. I conclude this letter, by again calling on, and urging voluntaries to answer the question proposed in my letter inserted in your paper of 28th June. I did propose the question in private letters sometime ago, to the Liverpool Young Man's Volun tary Church Association and to Mr. King, and Mr. Heugh, when lecturing here on the subject, but have not received an answer. ALEX. M'CREERY. Liverpool, 16th July. FATAL ACCIDENT ON THE LIVERPOOL AND MANCHESTER RAILWAY. On Saturday an inquest was held at the Horse Shoe, at Whiston, before John Heyes, Esq., county coroner, on view of the bodies of Jane Standish, (better known as Jane Yates,) aged 76 years, and Lydia Saund ers , h er d aug h ter, both of whom were killed on the railway on Friday morning. Wil liam Maitland, of Westhoughton, deposed that he was en gineer to the Soho locomotive engine, which belonged to Mr. Geo. Hargraves, of Bolton, and plied between that town and Liverpool. Yest er d ay morn i ng w i tness left Bag lane with the engine and a t ra i n o f waggons l aden with coals and other things, to be taken to Liverpool. As he was going down the incline-plane at Whi s t on h e saw two women walk ing on the line towards Liverpool. Shortly after he saw the Birmingham train coming up the incline on the same side as the women were walki ng . Wit ness saw them cross on to the Liverpool side, on which he was going. They never looked back, and the moment he saw the danger he started the whistle of the engine, applied the break, and directed the fireman to do so also. The women took no notice, and ap peared to be looking at the Birmingham train. The engine knocked them both down. The young woman was knocked out of the way of the train, but the near side wheels went over the old lady. Witness stopped the engine and went back to their assistance. They were both quite dead. Wit ness did not notice the engine of the Birmingham train, as he had his eyes fixed upon the women. It was a little before nine o'clock. Elizabeth Thomas deposed, that she lived in a cottage near to the Liverpool and Manchester railway, at Whiston. Yesterday morning, at a little before nine o'clock, as she was hanging some clothes out in her garden, she saw the two deceased persons walking along the line towards Li verpool. Directly after she saw the Birmingham train coming from Liverpool up the incline, and in a moment after she . observed a l uggage tra i n com i ng d own the inclined plain towards Liverpool. The engineer of the luggage train was blowing his whistle and shouting as he came uown. Witness lost sight of the two women for a minute or so, and then saw them lying on the rails. The old woman was quite dead. They were bleeding very much. Several persons came to their assist ance , an d th e y were carried home. Witness did not consider that there was the least blame attributable to the engineer. Neither of the women had any business on the line, and their being there was against the positive orders of the directors of the railway. They were walking down the line to get on the train at Huyton Quarry. This evidence was confirmed by the testimony of the fireman of the Soho engine. It was also stated that the engineer of the Birming ham train pelted the deceased with coke, and used every other means at hand to attract their attention to their perilous Situation, but in vAil4, Me ,IIT7 totlimol a verilict Qf act i. dental death, THEATRE-ROYAL. Taglioni's engagement commences to-morrow evening and terminates on Friday. The clever comedians, Mr. and Mrs. Keeley, are re-en gaged. The attractionis so great, and the town so full of " Company," that an overflow is certain ; and we advert to this, because, a good hint seasonably spoken doubles its ex cellence. To prevent disappointment, families and visitors should secure places without delay. True it is that the box office will be open from ten till three daily, but the box-ehed for Taglioni's nights will be exhausted before noon on each of the race-days. By an official notice in another column it appears that the Theatres-Royal of Liverpool and Manchester are the only two provincial establishments in England in which the Queen of Dance has appeared, and her nights. as there specified will be positively the last on which she can perform previous to her required departure for the Continent. f ~-'-, r lat o hob— 1 ,I z POLICE INTELLIGENCE.-FRIDAY. WHOLESALE ROBBERY. Edward Jones, a young man, Mary Jones, his sister, and Jane Jones, his mother, stood charged with stealing from the shop of Mr. Hand, upholsterer, Bold-street, a large quantity of articles, of considerable value. The youth was shop-boy to Mr. Hand, who had not suspected the robbery until lately, owing to the great extent of his stock. It ap peared from the evidence, that the boy had, from time to time, taken the Irticles from the shop, and that they had been pawned at different places by the mother and daughter, but principally by the mother. The articles, or most of them, were produced. They consisted of several pieces of damask, three large hearth-rugs, a quantity of bed-tick, furniture print, &c. They were pledged at various . dates, chiefly during the last month, with Mr. Cotter, Mr. Gregory, Mr. Hayes, and Mr. Madder. The pledging was proved. Mr. Rushton remarked that the evidence was but slight against the girl, who probably acted under her mother's directions ; he, therefore, discharged her. The informations were taken against the mother and the son, and they were committed for trial at the sessions. STEALING ROPES. A man, named Charles Jones, was charged with taking a quantity of bale ropes from the warehouse where he was em ployed. The case was proved. Mr. Rushton said the prac tice of taking bale ropes and other articles from warehouses without leave had, of late, become too common, and he was deter Mined, if possible, to put a stop to it. He committed the prisoner for 14 days to the Borough gaol. POCKET PICKING. Michael Connell, a boy, was charged with picking a gentle man's pocket of a handkerchief. The evidence against him was clear, and as he had been imprisoned for similar practices four times before, he was sent for three months to the House of Correction. YESTERDAY. CHARGE OF rionoLAnr. A young man named James Healey, who had been brought up on a former day, and had been remanded, was again placed at the bar on a charge of having burglariously entered a house in Queen Ann-street, and stolen therefrom a quantity of wear ing apparel. A little boy stated, that some days ago when he was going to bring some paint for his master, he saw the prisoner with a piece of iron in his hand, endeavouring to prize open a door in Queen Ann-street. Inspector Leverett said that from information he had received, he went to the house of Mr. Lewis, wine -merchant, in that street, and found the pannels of two doors behind broken in. A wardrobe and a chest of drawers were also broken open, and there were other appearances that indicated that a robbery had been committed. The prisoner he found in one of the passages up stairs, in a creeping posture. There were found in his pos session, seven waistcoats. A great quantity of other things were afterwards found to be missing. All the property was identified, and Mr. Lewin said that it was left securely locked up when the family left the house to go to the country. A police-officer produced an iron crow-bar, and a large chisel found in the house. It appeared that no one had heen left in charge of the house. The prisoner, who declin e d t o say any thing, was committed for trial at the sessions. EXTENSIVE ROBBERY OF WATCHES. Charles Drure, a middle-aged man, plainly clad, and So phia Drure, a young woman, probably his daughter, also in plain attire, were placed at the bar charged with being con cerned in a recent robbery in Edinburgh to a large amount. The prisoners had been brought up on Tuesday, when some evidence was heard against them ; but the case not being complete, they were remanded until yesterday, to give the proprietor of the property (to whom Mr. Dowling, the com missioner of police had wrote,) an opportunity to identify it, and also to trace any other portion of the property that might be found, and to procure the attendance of the pawnbrokers with whom some of it had been pledged. The evidence given on the first day was to the effect that an extensive robbery had taken place on the premises of Mr. Maashall in Edinburgh last month, from which many valu able articles were abstracted. The prisoners afterward came to this town, and, it appeared, had in the first instance taken ingenious means to prevent such of them as were in their possession from being identified—so that they might with greater safety dispose of them. The elder prisoner had gone to Mr. Bolton, watch-maker, Old Hall-street, in this town, with several of what are called " bars" of watches, viz., the plate or portion of the interior of the watch on which the maker's name, and the number are engraved. This he desired should be erased or defaced, and another name, that of " Edward Harris, Dublin," substituted. Mr. Bolton (whose honour able conduct throughout, Mr. Rushton highly praised,) suspected there was something wrong, gave information at the Police-office, first telling the prisoner to call for the arti cles at an hour which he named. The prisoner went accord ingly to Mr. Bolton's, and received the articles. He was watched, and followed to the house where he lodged, in Regent-street, where also the female prisoner lodged with him, and to whom some other suspicious circumstances attached. There were there found a number of other watch plates, with the name complete ; six pawn tickets for watches pledged with different pawnbrokers ; two tickets for similar articles pledged in Glasgow, and one for another pledged in Leith. Two gold watches were also found with the name of Mr. Marshall engraved upon them. In all, about a dozen watches,'(all gold, but, we believe, one, of silver) were found. Mr. Marshall, from Edinburgh, being sworn, said, that on Saturday night, the 11th of May last, his premises were locked up in the usual manner. Early on Monday morning they were found to be broken open. A portion of the pave ment had been raised, by which access was obtained to the house. A hearth-stone had also been removed under the pervilion roof, and the parties had gone down to where the property was, by means of a rope ladder. Either 52 or 53 gold and silver watches were carried off. Six pawnbrokers (or their assistants), of this town ap peared, with each a watch. Mr. Thomson said, he received that produced, on the 11th of June, from a person dressed like a gentleman, not like the prisoner. Mr. Marshall iden tified it as of his make. Mr. Madder produced a gold watch, which was also pledged with him, about the same time. Mr. S amue l pro duced one pledged on the 6th July. Mr. Cohen produced another, not pledged by the prisoner, but by a respectable looking man. Mr. Roberts produced another pledged by the prisoner. They were all identified. Mr. Marshall said, he had an impression that he had seen the male prisoner be fore, but was not all acquainted with him. . This was the principal portion of the evidence adduced ; and Mr. Rushton said, that both the prisoners must be sent for trial upon it to Edinburgh, whether they would be con veyed by the superintendent of the police of that city, who was here to take them in charge. The prisoners were then removed in custody of the Edin burgh superintendent. The watches were all separately labelled, (in presence of Mr. Marshall, and the superintend ant,) by the witnesses who had received them in pledge.— The witnesses being told that they must attend the trial, left the court. The amount of the robbery, in all, would, we learn, be from £4OO to £5OO. VIOLENT ASSAULT UPON A POLICE-OFFICER. A custom-house officer, named Sweeny, stood charged with having violently assaulted police-officer No. 178. Inspector Wharton said, that between one and two o'clock that morn ing, (yesterday,) while he was opposite the Adelphi Hotel, he heard a stick knocked in the direction of Cropper-street ; that he went into that street, and near the top of it found No. 178 stretched almost insensible on the ground, with a severe wound on his head, from which he bled profusely. He as sisted him, and afterwards learned from him the house into which the assailant had gone. He went there and found the prisoner, with his hand bloody. Mr. Cooper, the surgeon of the force, was sent for, and it proved that he was danger ously cut. He was still so ill that he could not attend that clay. Mr. Rushton said that the prisoner had placed himself in a very serious position by his violence, and remanded him until the officer could appear. PREPARING FOR GAMBLING AND THIEVING AT THE RACES.-SAD DISAPPOINTMENTS. A large number of young fellows, known to le of bad cha racter, and who were either found lurking about the streets at untimely hours in a suspicious manner, and refused to go home, or were found with implements of gambling—such as thimbles, fortune wheels, &c., making early preparations for the races, were placed snugly on in groups, as their respec tive cases might be, and the evidence being heard they were committed for seven, and a few of them for fourteen days each to Kirkdale House of Correction, with a view to re strain them in their several vocations during the race week. The chagrin depicted in their countenances on learing their anticipated harvest amongst the unwary was prevented, was somewhat amusing. TESTIMONIAL OF ESTEEM.—The parishionersof Heswall, in the county of Cheshire, have presented the Rev. Edward Bowman with a handsome silver salver, bearing the following inscription :—" Presented to the Rev. Edward Bowman, by the parishioners of Heswall, as a testimony of his private worth, and faithful ministry in the parish.—June 24, 1839." BIRKENHEAD HOTEL.—Yesterday evening, another fete ehampftre, including a fine display of fire-works, by Mr. James, pyrotechnic artist, took place in the Tea-gardens of Birkenhead Hotel, and gave much.satisfaction to a numer ous and highly respectable attendance of ladies and gentle men. There was a good band of music on the ground, aid the whole went off with much eclat. NORTHERN MECHANICS' INSTITUTION.-4. numeroin meeting took place last evening, in the North Corporation School Room, Bevington Bush, for the purpose of forming a Mechanics' Institution for the inhabitants of the north end of the town—the present or parent Institution being beyond the reach of the individuals resident in the neigh bourhood of the contemplated building. On the platform were the Worshipful the Mayor, Mr. Alderman Freme, Mr. Alderman Holt, Mr. Walmsley, and several other members of the Town-cowncil. Several resolutions were then passed for the purpose of forwarding the objects of the meeting, and a general meeting of the members was announced for the 12th of August next. The immediate establishment of a new Educational Insti tution in the town, for the instruction of all classes in litera ture and science upon a sound religious basis, has been de termined upon. The preliminary meeting held for this pur pose was attended by the most eminent of our Liverpool di vines, and influential of our merchants, and the good work will proceed with rapidity and zeal, as soon as the committee formed for that purpose shall have drawn out their prospec tus of the constitution, and leading features of the new insti tution. What may be the result of their labours, we can nut pretend to say, but it would certainly afford us much pleasure if they led to the foundling of a college, so as to save the town from the threatened infliction of one from an op posite quarter. If a college be determined upon, of which there is much probability, and the schools be open to the public at rates varying with their means and the instruction afforded, we know of no better mode_of causing the Church of England Schools to be filled to overflowing, than by the foundation of scholarships in the college, to which the most talented boys in the Church of England Schools might be annually appointed. The emulation thus excited in the poorer classes, and their children would be intense and lead to the most gratifying results. The accommodation of the mechanic must be a leading feature in the new institution and every facility afforded him in the p u rsu ance o f hi s studies. These and numerous other important details, however, will not es cape the attention of the committee, and we wish the under taking the utmost success. Mr. John Arthur Roebuck has arrived at the inn at Rother ham. Mr. Roebuck holds a brief against the chartists who are to be tried there for training at Barnsley. —She ield THE WHIG. RADICAL NEOPHYTE.—" I knew how you would turn out," said a worthy ex-voter of Ipswich, now keeping an inn at Stratford, to Mr. Thomas Milner Gibson, last Friday, while the ex-M.P.'s carriage was waiting fora change of horses, " I knew what you would turn out: you sever could look me straigliforward in'the face . ; you hers just turue4 put w h e t I suepugt•Pd." , v4oo Siand4rd,