The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser. — Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1839-05-17 00:00:00

id uncertainty on scb s ' a powerful SPPe BI to on in any struggle of o t ; hopeless prostration imption of infallibiliti; • • t efer was aiming a • r any people as oalF d,_ ✓ of parallel autlionsl the other philosophy on vated the book of ' re ; ye, in theory, with to s elevated in theorY practice superlativr:l. • b ecaus e it would!: h e Bible. All eari! so me degree, of son t was the word of man's corruption, '7 might, at the cliraat P'.• at i on without cota_, `,', i mifomise. It 0 1,: an ' s corruption. , f God to man, and Lowed to save sirs.l mt of the soul, russrj and himself beloveO i h ea rt. All false'ar was full of comproaut with man --it was te l l prov id e d he woula P!!. :s penance and its sa; payment, to and it had its cara,4 abbath-brew king, lA these things inightiesj Ind that parolYsnij t was that, letting:l7o fast and loose witoot eave it u dean. an d degraded thlio been no progress nie r aising of the o° ,ol is to elevate roan; t is i l genc e of sin, ib,sfer, sin. PoperY, H er s an d its officers r o ffi ce rs of that alit j r aged, was waginF i i 0 01 and his saints , t i ' tO l w ith a strong 3rn'iatfil should fall ; s given, BabP ° s te ) But until then sto he saints—till,thenrirjrt, corruptions, !s' tis to procra.stinNer led in time, anu,'•;" of , make merhantelof how graphicalb.; bolt spoke in tinages,TO described by tbde id; irgatory was! letw, that never Wel:,,,ia volume of tnesn;eltd 'ere frequently orro on this subject, led inded men, wb c d ot" as if they care re, tplause.) s(IP1 -hich he had been ;i4 rever end bro ther who, by the eff. Paragraph in B: iori r s attention tits ph fsg i• The paragrebicis • religious as~ u6° own beloved ;ell that Sir Itobert of Divine ProsidetTo Ls henry, profank is less kind on ~ e fur certainly a mus t not loos: 5;;;,,,, ; ence , as they '7, which had eas'',,ot lays but be c: f o r -olved po litics ; ot, °r intended to b.eo-iite, any Chr i s tian 0 , 1 0 0 this, witho ut of the as the write r ; o f lC would no 01 e itlle tsserted, a s ! I ° ything above, ~,po? H ear. ) Fut, ",r,,s; o call the however tril'lrocP e Lord that orosf, mean to inllionet in the con yet idasphenal? at the refortnes-,., Abe d lrnow who f o ioof . nd great, ancl,;, coo,' o be tbenaself'ioP ,oral. Let it e ~0 V I A ne Provicteno tything extraor, ootiois Providence ot asted the (lest'!" t 10 an eminen could not ue — Vy k •Q , in the ' 4l keeping guilty ot ,o tto applause) 0P to at once' 8 ' ifo d in v' ns on which he A ld .bo til persons N' . et no, lave kept clu,',ve.t, til things ba t ' h ' e jfe of have been "ti iilW inselled , aY , Robert P ear Straigh t ," )f Divine PrqiiglOS° tion that snc".out and our poor, :400 Le victim of des ud eheerinq tha t Neile 0 co!, he should the growing 0 to proceed', %tail, g so. He " A , A ia ft cifuse l' 8 ", it,'/ one-tenth b e 1 1 5 pope t ied '1 ) Il ry e coneli, e in their ent'd; ; l a nd, Scobutlai t ' 0 ; 1 L byssinia , A ( rA l and adoptw,e3e s.ed, and tile N.ZVCE. J N. Bird' rs. , li` 4 , e half-cror fe ot ' b og' I s the o' A t it ptitlj moo !. 11 : 2 „. s e n, t ed e je ith it. P e ot oe to t; mess) Pr °11 ,1,51 4 money , d c liog ern,no° "'; you'd 4 , 17 0 V of wo urn bre e. ;I ft the no b e ctO ro ` toner i 9 loubt the a pr' pif b i c on ich edgier th e A e her s '.lDt; shoPlteeri ty;t ; , s , s tr.te. , co al. er ?' prise Sled if bread !„ ve it to otli witrie 4l°' v ar i4 1(1 10 1 it tO , • hf ra,,, a had 43 " t ri s 9, l trd at tic ° , L i the Pi' r P, ( ;,,co r : le el l i did d ie l ie ' into t t ool went Crow' O OP ill abie n d t . ~" Al i 0 1 ered to '` v ths t ,;10 , e , 5he! 31 , 4 9 , in his Wig 01 Joes de. a i op 7 , 0 of kept 7,. tv ,•0 1 P d , 0 / ‘„ e 7 (1°- c oo' tr for / TA.' c o Nos j r so del ' ood o f ye pritF,f , too frOl hot f oit i ef, l wi l at . o" eo t t" 6 0.: 4 dui) iy-5, S t et ; ), - ban • pt/5' r' . . VitneS s r i c ro ' lll. -OW' iv . Th ' e „0" lid 2 , 1 ,ditig -Y rig toP r 4 y W Art' fro g fe • 0 - [ ca nle nos vjg' The 5 r' to 1,0 1 1 5 I .i , 'P e"c oti je s 'it l;r l e lo ot t_, f e ..r tb, 11°1 0' 3 1 ' V;; joist?' ,htt . , ; ' k rat: , pi' Or' tbe yboto Der •4 matt „, in 1)1- 00 da for Op 3 , oot ai, t t,e. o e , 1,, o f ,) ra• , or ie b ,m4 tto c ice ° L.o.P r tO r. 3arpose s C‘' PP lC )lo if j e ; ttle S ' [n 101- 0 0 l' . 11;" Iles taro t inv L: FOIP,F a'teri ° ,er b e uv ifig 0- at ing a o,o tha c jinif toted' s of' I va. , he y g iv 11 tra, iv P lel A r t 3ve red fa to 1 0, 5 obl ige , ilt !) SuPe tl lo4l l l i" o 00 :4 r.na I CUS ,pir% t 'frl e ,oe or (11 . 7 : 03. : ga h:1 1 10° bOt tj c ook t h./ ti; v e molt cf 5 , 6 t t og a: r" ;i r ly sb i il li; lor d / too' attl °l :o (j i rioleri b t aa , saci t a cti o otv' dar t sey' THEATRE -ROYAL, LIVERPOOL. l in FOR THE BENEFIT OF MR. HACKETT, T"el4BtNi:hilttfilllVPOLlT P A lTG A ran N glis Two Sons. RIS Present FR , bie ,,,.. ~ .IDAY May 17, j. tate a 7 "'hi commence ' with a Romantic and Domestic io two acts, 1839, the Entertai called !tip v ..,_, RIP VAN WINKLE . 1 , I 4 huiue (a N orth River Dutchman).. Mr. Hackett. ° w hich will be added a Serio-Comic Sketch, called MONSIEUR MALLET ; °lt, THE POST-OFFICE MISTAKE. ItiterMon.sieur Mallett .. Mr. Hackett. .......... b I ' lllo l, (first time here ) the ludicrous Scene of a 4 erfo rt , MI L ITIA TRAINING, ,ed several y Mr. Hackett throughout the 'Jo el , United States of America. fl United (a Yankee major and tapster) .... Mr. Hackett. To be followed by the favourite Drama of C4 go tel v. THE KENTUCKIAN. /l e Nimrod Wildfire.. (the Kentuckian).. Mr. Hackett. ~ ertainments to conclude with the extraordinary and 410N.StbT, wonderful Evolutions of ''"lt PLEGE AND HIS TWO SONS ON , . TIIE BOUNDING CORDE, , 'erilg positively their Last Appearance. 1,44 e Public"tl be e is respectfull informed that an arrangement If6.,Nueesa In ade it , for a limitedYnumber of' Nights, for the Per ko? ( 4 , .. LIERRN HEINRICH SCHREYER'S VERITABLE ' g in number) of R ol ill, M ONKEYS AND DOGS, th.." c reated so great a sensation at the Theatre-Royal, 9 111 1 4 , :8, London, nd i P . , Vienna, Berlin, Ham ,Nttleti.,4' all Parts of the C a onti a n r e i n a t. The Engagement will Atli cn MoNnAy next May 20, and full announce ‘l4l.e'liseaftilttsPcriorrnance wd : egivn in future Bills and 11 ' h lllBB SMITH AND MISS JULIA SMITH, 1 , 4 7 , t illa eph r S ul . gers, (Nieces of the Countess of Essex,. late i'4414 & e ns' long celebrated as the first Vocalist of the kt,4 th e i r l4 g .. e,) are engaged for a limited period, and will e krite o:tyPearance on MONDAY next, May 20, in "I 1 .4 „,, o f th ni ne ta of ROSINA. . Mr. B e Mr. 8AR '1,71., ~,Ll.cB atres-Royal, Edinburgh e , ivi and 'St. ames's, 4,44 44 ,qinv:?, engaged fora . porti . onofthe season ; Ro kT e rfor it , a ,." 4 ' Phoebe, Miss Julia Smith. After which, 4,e Lt ,auces of HERRN HEINRICH SCHREYER'S YE -10:4"411 Farce Pof MONKEYS. To conclude with the smith ' of N foNG NO SU R. Frederick, 'ith."r; Margaroet Mies - Sn - dtiii - Dorothy, Miss Julia ._ _____ • - N,..._ 4 e ""brrpoot R/tanbatti. R NING, MAY 17, 1339 I ' .~lv~l'. L I N 'eke l • h 4 l , l3 risoner at the bar is called on to say what , 1 , °411 11;t 1- , 1 41 , 4 °WII defence, his counsel commonly re- Il ita to hold his tongue. The least said is 1 1egt , ° Li tt i' ended. The public has seen the speeches e lhourn e a n d John R ussell in the two houses theired at, and w i ll judge how much they have bet ‘ ekp al L i abj e e t and disconsolate condition by the ieN e4 4t . o ns ,, they h ave ma d e. Th ey h ave solemnly th e 1 1l a.cabi net minute their deliberate opinions the ' tiellti°ll • which h as f or t h e l as t t wo years b een t 4 I/e rq b al Y ho d „Ati 11 n il to pla ce an d patronage, — t h e Bedcham ,44o 44 Lord M e lb ourne says, —" H e therefore LSu it ' his coll eagues; an d , h av i ng l a id b e f ore 111 th at W i h ie eas e , t h ey were unquest i ona b ly of opi k S eith::;vas not ad v i sa ble--that it was not proper— hhittire °Y her Majesty' s p resen t m i n i s t ers , or by °l4 Fhb i net, the ladies of her Majesty's house oee °lll- ue subjected to the changes and vicissi- O te Political movements." 0 1 1 1 1', , , ,h ,, at ea ell a:l . ot h e l p admiring the almost superhuman l i l . tB llgh 1 , 1°4 which could carry the heartless old man 1 1 , 11 ,, t iA e li th -th a speech as this. Knowing that in 1837 istration was on the verge of disso 't ha ving trusted for months to the chapter were rescued at last from despair, 14 8 Vl lort , l B° , lo 3' by the demise of the excellent Sove h bte n til ey had insulted, and whom now they - taw Iv a e4t to fear that access by the court stair- P 0 1 ,? the 0 4 -. 11 y way open to them to the heights of d a ' this access must be securely guarded, an ti,lBloeif tinhaintained, or all was lost—knowing that he I fti 18 ho llow -hearted old beguiler, had removed etld s ' 44 ' an ti instructresses of Princess Victoria's ) 01 eBp y ad set in every place about her person we a4 :l I lls Own (exclusively political) selection— .4o had a. : her attachments from her. natural advisers, ter rated to himself not the office of. Prime 1:44 14 . : 111 Y3 but that of her personal adviser and 14 — ' 8 klAr aild might have said with more truth than bßiq re p ; (17. Charles X. "L'etat c'est moi"—know to i v 'Y or at ' and inwardly chuckling over all this th 4tearii tW ° years' intrigue,—he has the hardihood , t h e k k a°l ent and th e country w i t h t h e assert i on q a vi e L 4°ll ght these ladies should not be subjected eppof , 0 7 itu des of p o liti ca l movements ;" an d, by in einn itY, they h ave recor d e d t hi s Whiggish. 0 1 11 e a c ''°4 ab inet minute. Let us heartily assure lit%i, lb°llll- le that in o ne . passage at least of his ora coneur, and that " mere assevera ktqe v Protestations produce on our minds a doubt the sa me of t h e party usin g them." And let us tst d yne guard ourse l ves aga i nst any poss ibl e ti 4ki t t r Z ti t 'on, by so l em l y declaring, that, in respect b B li ot th °t : Lord M e lb ourne ' s sta t emen t s , we en th. smallest doubt whatever. 41e constitutional adviser mean to say, that a tt,L ssto4ter • q, of Whatever is not to tender any advice to . his sove- Nll,llop4bia.tever nature, when the occasion arises, l' 10 0 l e service imperatively requires his inter ' h ° e B he mean to say, that when he fashioned it t . 1(1.11;sehold, he thought it so unimportant a k b ,, rB te l ? „ l , tte allY speaking; that he left it to her Ma i4;,4 to . 1 , - " ll enced and undirected choice ? Does he 1; 0 e et ' l t hat he has not daily and hourly interfered 44t o f affairs at Windsor and Buckingham i411110114a;es been proverbial for it. Now he has ate °they miring Minister. He serves her Majesty Ahieh 11 -q- a e L Pac itY• A Mayor of the Palace is an to the British constitution, - and for te L 4lll ll l ,7Pied Lord John will find no precedent g N ; t 0 .: 4 Y8 of Anne. Well then, as Prime ?di !,•'4t a,..`" Melbourne has fashioned the household h • continued most actively and Most jealously 01• 1 , N ero Caie Bt , I t' Has the afflicted mother. to write to 8 4 44 11 1 4 a subj ect o f pecul i ar del i cacy as well as 41 i , 4 'ol e i ) , - " e° . Utterly unconnected w i th politics, wholly G f?i t j Ny), 1111e c ted with th e h ouse h o ld, w h o i s h er N a l Of an ? D oes s h e resort to the natural an oPrectinexperienced young lady in so very pain -114h:4 eve-vc,,alllent—to her august mother—or to one, V 4 4 4 ; 1 4 ' of her more experienced female confi tit/114t A f fi l el les ? No : tl:e Prime Minister, Lord 1 44 1 ,,:11t 4 e ,""irtle, assumes to himself this embar -04, • the household—and gives his own reply— IN' jll4" manly deli e----his Whig . courtesy—his N t : t Y t o : I°w the same Lord Melbourne has the ef to h a 4s ert that the Prime Minister has not, nor t')e, Pitt a °3'thing to do with the Qu e en's house 0, 04 t " it never occurred to h i m to allude to the i !licl t4o:t such an interference when he gave his otreo,s,friendly advice to her Majesty ! ! And IN'hy p i .,'"4 of this he solemnly denies that there I,,,neerted intrigue, or any anticipated re-• 11, wer • It Was not that k ' s -1841 set of , o , r e , ;)trijanc, l ife gave him mystical lore, , V t events east their shadows before. ' e everse. This old habitue' never thought Deli • es of 4toh.tle4.expectant premiers were likely to . dabble toi; w an d the last thing that could have come I t t l ia l Ff by e : l ll.4B , that Peel or the Duke would object Viorp.t; d, and thwarted, by two sisters of V s t b: tid. the wife of Lord Normanby. '111) er the case o f L or d M el b ourne and his • • a tt itl 4 ,t°4 •the4l,244try. We join i ssue w ith th em , an d 1. to put themselves at once upon the ti _t'Pl ofLthern dissolve the parliament, and ask t 't tw o : tlgland to return a safe majority to sup -414 Ne i ., t'lsters of Lord Morpeth and the wife of "''' 1) Y. ()rth a'-td Let them say, " support your 4 e,, i fia " l eY will be met with their own watch -10r: to t When King William called upon his `'hat P P'rt hint in the choice of his own minis -IpOtiowas th • t r , - al d t , e wing reply ? What were the con eti: the -e ines of the liberal cabal ? Did they b veopl e , e o of England, —the houses of parlia o aer oaf side, the personal predilections of e on the other :—nay more; the soveri -1,,c%t th„ houses t rien and bed-chamber Women are , tl %i te ll4B jov e44 -e ',, 3 °f parliament ; the British constitu f of ..e u tb ,„ . 11 4 ) . the n, oethchamber women with the 71 vverei r e • • ~ • tha Poli cy s ministers, and the direction 1 , 4 lhe r vote then, loyal radicals, for the ,44,,wer .°neo Vote, constitutional Whigs, for -anid a.. V ot the throne greater than the throne V. f , the of or the 3e reformers, of every shade and ge k Lord two sisters of • Lord Morpeth and the th t 4 4. - orr natib 1. Ye. kid i f Y • 'There is nothing new under Ib t , °Old nieu k ‘41 4; 4 , 440W Would but learn from history, I ,e t • k la 'at hollow-hearted and loose-tongued le ot 4 a ß ra 44l N e .' oh ae o t l e a d ri : h e same part, and played the . ratk s a iormer stage. But it would tl eclaa tu n ' ae to the liberal farce, to see the de ers of equality and popular govern went come down to their constituents with these courtly battle-cries. Lord Melbourne is fastidious on the score of rumours : he does not mind being accused of avarice and ambition, not he ; but if he were to be accused of backwardness in thirsting after place or pay, he would feel it most acutely. " I don't mind his calling me a coward (says Acres in the play), but odds triggers and flints if he'd call me a poltroon !" On this head Lord Melbourne may set his mind at rest ; he has lived the last four years in vain, if any living man accuse him of this backwardness. He has shown all the real instincts of genuine whiggery, and may feel perfectly satisfied that history will, in this respect, do ample justice to the name of Melbourne. If Lord Melbourne had bond fide resigned his office, because he had lost the confidence of the country, what would he have done, when he discovered that a misunderstanding subsisted between the sovereign and her new advisers ? Would he not have explained the misunderstanding to his sovereign, and shewing her that no difficulty in fact existed, have placed her in the posi tion in which she was before the misunderstanding had arisen ? Let this ancient man of the world answer this to his country. He acknowledges that the difficulty arose from such a misunderstanding, on the sovereign's part, of Sir Robert's views and wishes ; yet he availed himself of the accident to reinstate himself and his col leagues in the places from which public opinion had forced them to retire. Men will draw their own infer ences ; and they will give to Lord Melbourne's protes tations, and to the ostentatious minutes of his cabinet, precisely the credit they deserve. Meanwhile the country is patiently waiting the result : what this silence denotes, will be readily understood at Bucking ham palace. "The silence of a people," said one who knew them well, "is the lesson of Kings." The events of the last week must cause every ea.,'" and reflecting mind to ask, how is the government of this great nation to be carried on ? England is at present ruled by a mixed government. The monarchy fenced round by an aristocracy, and the latter sur rounded, in a great measure, by the democracy, and although, politically speaking, independent of them, yet united by sympathies and interests which render a breach dangerous if not fatal—all combined form a nicely adjusted balance, on whose regularity of motion essentially depends the welfare of all our institutions. Let our readers remember that England has, since the days of Anne, possessed not only a strong legislature, but a powerful executive ; she has not only been able to frame wise and equitable laws, but she has been able to enforce them. Rebellion has ever been nipped in the bud ; the traitor to the constitution has ever ended his career as traitors to a free constitution ought do ; and property, liberty, and life have been secure in this highly favoured land. The principle of mo narchical institutions is interwoven with British so ciety ; it actuates the feelings of every rank ; and the Papist, who has sworn allegiance to a foreign poten tate, and the democrat, who secretly pines for the over throw of the monarchy, are both obliged to defer to the national feeling; and, in the furtherance of their nefarious designs, to blazon their love of monarchy personified in this land by a young and unsuspecting female, that they may cover their treason by the sem blance of loyalty, and blind the people whose interests they really intend to destroy. Hence we see placarded on our walls, in the largest type, "The Queen and the People ;" hence we see the republican, who has grown gray in his denunciations of monarchy, veil his dis- loyalty under the mask of attachment to the throne; and hence we also perceive that deference to the good feeling of the British nation, which is so unwillingly extorted from the dissatisfied and the disloyal, and which is wrung from them like drops of blood, but which they are obliged hypocritically and treacherously to avow, lest themselves and their rascally sch€mes should be blown to the winds by an indignant and loyal people. Let any one read the speeches of the mob orators of the Clayton-square meetings before the passing of the reform bill—let them look over the old files of the Mercury, and see the language uttered by themselves and their clique during the regency and reign of George the Fourth, and they will find not only an absence of all respect for the monarch, but a tone of abhorrence towards all the institutions upon which the British monarchy undoubtedly rests. George the Third—blessed be his memory—by the honesty of his intentions, the integrity of his heart, the love he bore his country and-his people, but above all, by the mo rality of his life and his high-toned feelings of devo tion—rendered all attacks upon him unavailing, and his moral character was the impenetrable shield on which every political assassin's dart fell in vain. His son was, unfortunately for England's weal, not cased in this impenetrable armour. He had in early life im bibed the principles and the practice of whiggism. A laxity of conduct and a looseness of thought were his characteristics, and the levity of Sheridan and the vices of Fox were entwined round a heart naturally chivalrous and confiding, and he was never able to shake them off; and although the day arrived when he saw the treachery of the party into whose hands he had sur rendered his principles, and he spurned them from him with disdain, the virus had been too successfully plant ed, and the monarch was unable to resume the decision and the independence of the prince. That fatal breach in the Protestant constitution of England, the Roman Catholie relief bill, was and will be viewed by impartial historians as a blot upon his reign, for it gave political power not so much to the individual Catholic (for that he possessed before by the possession of the elective franchise), but to the Court of Rome jn its official ca pacity ; and it admitted the tools of that tyrannical theocracy to participate in framing laws for a heretic people. His successor, called to the throne at a late period of his life, and whose profession in early years, whilst it kept him aloof from court intrigue, had also kept him ignorant of mankind, found a people in a state of mental arid political excitement, drunk with democratic success, and burning for further political power. He mistook the political lunacy of 1832 for the sober demand of an intelligent people ; and when he vowed to go to the House of Lords and dissolve Parliament iu a hackney coach, in case one of the royal carriages could not be got ready in time, he committed a royal blunder, of which the enemies of the monarchy were not slow in taking advantage. In his impetuo sity he discharged the rump of the Whig ministry, when he had found them out, too soon for the benefit of the country, and just soon enough to make them martyrs in what is unjustly called the people's cause; and the consequence was, that when death put a period to his existence, and England saw a young and inex perienced female ascend the throne, they also saw that throne surrounded by the men who had so unceremo niously been thrown back upon the former monarch against his wishes, and it was no wonder that one so young, and one so little accustomed to intrigue, should place confidence where power existed, and in her ig norance of the characters of the individuals composing her ministry, should yield them the confidence of an unsuspecting mind, biassed, no doubt, by her royal uncle of Belgium, and the amiable Lehzen, whom he had placed as a spy upon her person. The personal qualities of Lord Melbourne, his fasci nating manners, and conversational powers, (for Lord Melbourne let it be known is a finished gentleman as far as manner is concerned,) have no doubt had their influence on the royal mind, and his lordship has lost no opportunity of strengthening that influence, for no lady of the bedchamber could be more constant in her attendance than his lordship has been at Buckingham Palace. Windsor and Brighton have each been so many tables d'hote, where the noble viscount has re hearsed the farce of " 'Where shall I dine." But in the mean time, the sober and thinking people of England have undergone a mighty change. The Royal Palace, the residence of a maiden queen, has been discovered to be corrupt. Men whose characters are more than questionable, have been appointed to situations neces sarily connected with the Royal person. Ladies have been politically placed there also, who have an interest in keeping the Queen in the dark as to the real feeling of the country, and a tissue of falsehoods and indecen cies have been brought to light, which are as disgrace ful to the ladies concerned as they are abhorrent to the feelings of the nation. Corruption in the Court has progressed in proportion to the loyalty of the people; and there are thousands now living, who remember the Courts of Queen Charlotte and Queen Adelaide, and who draw comparisons not much in favour of that at present engaging our attention. Russia, France America, threaten our Colonies and our Commerce: Our cotton mills are not quite so well employed foreign nations are appropriating our trade, and foreign ships are successfully competing with the wooden walls of England. Ireland is ready for an explosion. Above a million of Chartists are connected together through out the nation, in correspondence with the republicans of America, and The infatuated citizens of volcanic France, mostly armed, careless alike of whig or tory— crusading against property, and taught by infidel publi cations, to detest alike the lord of the soil and the urban shopkeeper. And amidst this gathering together of dangerous and discordant materials, who stands at the head of affairs to avert the danger ? England, and the world, see with amazement and contempt, the helm of the vessel placed in the hand of the most unskilful and unprincipled of her statesmen, whilst those Who who are able to save the vessel are unable to reach the helm; or, if there, dispossessed by the most disgusting chicanery or the basest intrigue. Wellington and Peel, Stanley and Graham, are ready and able to guide the destinies of the nation, fraught as they are with happi ness or misery to 'millions, yet are the services of these able men lost to the country, because selfishness, hatred, and malice, actuate the conduct of a few Court ladies, who, from the nature of things, must remain in the de graded character of political spies, if they remain at all, and fill situations, which we fear they would not in such circumstances in the slightest degree adorn. We ask, Flow long will the country tolerate such a state of things ? How long are the vital interests of the nation to be sacrificed to Court it igue ? How long are the unprincipled and the inefficient to be kept in office, to the exclusion of the able and the honest ? How long is the British lion to be muzzled and kept ih the net, whilst the jackalls of the Continent are devouring his food instead of providing it ? How long is Melbourne to reign and Peel to be excluded ? And how long, if this state of things continue, is England to retain her Colonial supremacy, her National Church, and her mo -r uoc shortly answer these questions, and they will come upon them like the clap of a thunder-bolt ere much longer time elapses. THEREFORE LET THEM BE READY. A meeting of the reformers, that is, of the tag, rag, and bob-tail of Liverpool, was held on Wednesday last in Clayton-square, for the alleged purpose of "address- ing the Queen ; to express their admiration of Her Majesty's firm and decided conduct during the recent ministerial negociations, and to thank Her 'Majesty for ;he many proofs which she has given of her attachment to liberal principles." Though this Was the ostensible object of the meeting, the real objects were, to abuse Sir Robert Peel and his conservative friends—to prop up a degraded and self-condemned administration—and to spout treason under the mask of loyalty. The meeting was very thinly and shabbily attended. It was altogether one of the most sorry and contemp- tible affairs that was ever witnessed. The audience was composed of a motley group of idle cabmen, Irish hodmen, butchers' boys, with a sprinkling of porters and clerks, who were favoured with a half-holiday by their radical employers, in order to swell 'the numbers at the meeting. The few gentlemen, who either rn4acci dentally or intentionally to into the s quare w hil e t h e liberal spouters were instilli their poisonous doctrines into the ears of the "great unshaved," as soon as they discovered the sort of company to which chance or curiosity had led them, skulked away as if afraid of being recognized. As an exhibition of popular feeling, the preposter ously absurd farce enacted in Clayton-square was a signal and miserable failure. Independently of the character and appearance of the audience, the numerical importance of the meeting was absolutely beneath con- tempt. The most extravagant arithmetic could not swell the numbers present to more than three thousand. For ourselves, we do not believe that there were even two thousand present. And yet the lying faction and their mendacious organi will boast of this meeting as "an expression of the public opinion of the people of Liverpool I" The two thousand greasy vagabonds who assembled on the occasion will be said to represent the feelings of a population of upwards of two hundred thousand ! Is it possible for the "power of impudence" to go any further ? . But if the assemblage in the area of the square was contemptible, the knot of agitators in the balcony of the Bull Inn was still more contemptible—we do not mean as to personal appearance, for all of them, with the exception of the Colonel of white duck breeches celebrity, were decently clad—but contemptible as to their intellectual qualifications. On this point we need not say any more than that Mr. James Brancker was deemed the fittest person of all the batch to occupy the office of chairman. This is the gentleman who, as some of our readers may recollect, most classically and eruditely derived the name of our " Good old town" from two Latin words, liber andpais—and who boasted that if he were made Mayor of Liverpool, he would ex emplify his attachment to the levelling principle, by taking his seat as chief magistrate in a sugar-baker's flannel jacket ! But if the audience and speakers at the Clayton Square gathering were eontemptible, the speeches were, if possible, still more so: The frothy nonsense of the pragmatical chairman was beneath criticism. The shallow and common-place remarks of Mr. W. W. Currie were little better. This gentleman, however, let drop a few remarks, unwittingly we suppose, which threw some light on this movement of the radicals. He said that "he trusted they were not so imprudent as not to take advantage of the godsend which had been sent to them." If we do not greatly mistake the base radical trick thus called a godsend, will prove a source of worse luck than Mr. Currie anticipates. There is one passage in Mr. Currie's speech which, coming from a professed liberal, savours somewhat very strongly of ultra-tory absolutism. He said that he was gratified to perceive, from the expressions of re gret which were uttered by her Majesty on parting with her "present" ministers, "that so long as it pleased God to keep her present Majesty on the throne of these realms, it was absolutely impossible that any thing but a liberal administration could go forward. Bravo Mr, Radical Currie ! Because the Queen wills it, the liber als must be kept in office in srite of the Lords, in spite of the Commons, and in srite of the people of Great Britain ! Let us have a dissolution of parliament, and then we shall see whether it be "impossible for any thing but a liberal administration to go forward." How would matters stand with a majority of one hundred in favour of Sir Robert Peel ? Would not your "impos sibilities" he then blown to the winds ? Our old friend Joshua, who acted as fugleman to the meeting, followed Mr. Currie in a rambling, inco herent strain. He said much about protecting the Queen from Tory insults. Why did he not allude to the flagrant insult offered to her modest feelings in the case of Lady Flora Hastings ? Why did he not de nounce the prurient slanderers who are now about the Queen ? Was not the meeting in Clayton-square ex pressly got up for the purpose of defending those who have so giossly insulted the Queen as to call forth a universal shout of reprobation from one end of the kingdom to the other ? The " ould Colonel" next edified the blatant au dience in a speech not legs remarkable for its violence and intemperate language, than for the singular beauty of its imagery. Amongst other delectable specimens we find the following : " The Tamworth Baronet,—he had been in the habit of hearing him addressed by that denomination, and a crafty spirit he was—what was his object ?—like a great snake, — like a boa constrictor, he wished to wind his folds about her ; he wished then to have covered her over with slime, and to have destroyed her, that she might prepare the way for the succession of the grand Orange King Ernest of Hanover. That was his object." First of all Sir Robert Peel is a baronet—then a crafty spirit—and last of all a great snake, like a boa constrictor, ready to gulp down the Queen. "that she might prepare the way .for the succession of the grand Orange King Ernest." Does the worthy Colonel mean to say that Sir Robert is going to swallow the King. of Hanover after the Queen ? Of the small fry who followed the Colonel we shall take no notice. This deep-laid radical scheme to get up " a new agitation" will recoil upon the heads of the plotters themselves. The people of England will no longer suffer themselves to be made the dupes of so despicable a faction as that by which the Queen is at present enthralled. LLANELLY RAILWAY.—This line will be opened from Llannelly up to Llandibie, 16 miles, by July Ist, and the mineral produce abounding in this district will be brought down to the harbour in great quantities. Two splendid loco motives, by Hackworth, of 6 wheels each of 4 feet diameter and all 6 coupled, with 15-inch cylinders, and each engine weighing 11 tons, will be launched by the opening,--Merthyr Guardian. GREAT PRO.T.ESTANT MEETING AT NORTHWICIL On Wednesday last one of the most numerous, respectable, and influential meetings ever held in Cheshire, took plaec at the National School, Northwich, for the purpose of consider ing the alarming progress of Popery in these realms, and of adopting means to counteract its baneful influence. By the time appointed for the commencement of the pro ceedings, (half-past twelve o'clock,) the room, which will ac commodate about five hundred persons, became crowded in every part of the house by an assemblage of the most influential Protestant gentry and clergy, and the post respectable in habitants of the town and a wide circuit around it,—including a large number of ladies, and not a few strangers, clergymen, and others, friendly to the cause, from distant parts of the country, as well as from this town and other parts of Lan cashire. Amongst the clergy present were the following : The Revs. Hugh M'Neile, of. Liverpool; T. Nolan, of Stock port ; Daniel Vatidrey arid William Caidale, of Northwith ; J. Davies, of Runcorn ; R. Twiddle • W. C. Dudley, of Wharton ; C, N. P ra tt, o f Middlewich'; J. S. Newman, of Winnington ; R. Martindale, of Sandbach ; G. Legard, of Great Budworth ; W. Whiteley, of Catsclough ;- James Power, of Padgate, Henry Leigh, of High Leigh. Amongst the gentry we noticed Peter Longford Brooke, Esq., of Mere, near Knutsford •, John Clare, Esq., of Warrington ; William Worthington, Esq., of Leftwich; Thomas J. B. Hoskins, Esq. of Winnington ; Th omas Wakefield, Esq.; of Mostock ; William Gregory, Esq., of Witton ; Benjamin Llewellyn Vandrey, Esq., of Middlewich ; Richard Ansdell, Esq., of Winnington, and many others whose names we did not learn. The Rev. Mr. VAUDREY proposed to the meeting that Peter Longford Brooke, Esq., (the Mayor,) should take the chair. (Cheers.) The proposition was unanimously agreed to. The CHAIRMAN said, that the compliment of selecting him to preside over so respectable a meeting, imposed upon him an arduous duty ; but a conviction that the time had'arri ved when every man should contribute.his services, however humble, to forward the object which had that day tailed them together, induced him to comply with the request just ex pressed. The cause they espoused was a truly religious one •, and it became them, therefore, to invoke the blessing of Almighty Godupon their efforts to promote it. He called upon the Rev. Mr. Vaudrey to commence the proceedings by prayer. The rev. gentleman complied in an appropriate and fervent prayer, in which all present devoutly joined. The CHAIRMAN said, thn,t the objects of the meeting would be best defined in the language of the petition, which would be proposed t o th em f or adoption ; and which' was as follows PETITION. " Tliat your petniouers as t , uristians and Englishmen, are fully persuaded that the blessings of civil and religious liberty, cannot be preserved in any country, where the subjects of the Papal Court enjoy political power. That this conviction has been painfully strengthened by the events of the last ten years in this kingdom, especially by the flagrant and repeated breaches of the solemn obligation, an oath, under the protec tion of which, members of the Church of. Rome were ad mitted into the Legislature of Great Britain. Your petitioners therefore pray your honourable Hou'Se, not to make any fur= ther grants of public money in support of the Romish College of Maynooth, in Ireland, and further (without which all minor measures must prove of no avail) to repeal the Bill passed in the year 1829, commonly called the Roman Catholic Emancipation Bill." (Cheers.) The Rev. Mr. NEWMAN, in coming forward to move the first resolution, said, that his clerical brethren, as well as those friends assembled there that day; would give him credit for his sincerity when he declared that he felt considerable diffi dence and embarrassment in approaching the subject before them. The petition they had just heard read was one of a most important nature to all true Protestants, and he trusted it would be numerously signed. Objections had been made, but he conceived groundlessly, to such meetings as these, the objects of which, it was assumed, might be otherwise at tained. In the first place they were said to be new, and to involve a deviation from the accustomed path in which they were wont to tread. But the circumstances under which they were placed demanded new and unwonted exertions on their part. It became them not to slumber and sleep while the enemy was at their threshold ; but to shake off this lethargy and take possession of the vantage ground, so that they might firmly establish, before it was too late, the bless ings that flowed from the church of England and of Ireland. They had arrived at a crisis when it behoved theth to stand up in firm phalanx, like Christian men in defence of th e i r revered religion. They had had a charter of religious free dom and truth handed down to them, and were they, he would ask, to abandon it, or to rally round it, and hand it down to their children pure and unimpaired. (Cheers.) He could not, indeed, contemplate the subject without an almost overwhelming sense of its importance, and his inability to bring it before them in adequate terms. There was one sen tence in the writings of a distinguished and amiable female essayist which he considered peculiarly applicable to the po sition in which they thenjound themselves. He alluded to Mrs. Hannah More, who7Bad said, with reference to human life, that " there were great things which we thought we could not do, and great things which we neglected to do ; and the consequence often was that we accomplished nothing at all. But if every man would do all he could towards the ob ject they have in view, the Sum total would amount to the accomplishment of their wishes. Matters that were unpro mising at first, from their apparent minuteness' gathered strength and effect when united and carried out. The tra veller who discovered the sources of the Nile, was mo mentarily impressed with a sense of the insignificance of the stream at its origin ; but when he contemplated its increase and spread below, and the treasures which its fertilizing pro perties spread over the valley of Egypt, he naturally became impressed with a feeling of gratitude and awe in regarding so bountiful a gift of the Creator. By unison and energy of ac tion the cause, though originating that day in a simple rill, would swell out and increase, and fertilize the soil of Chris tendom. (Cheers.) They must awaken to a sense of the dangers that surrounded them. They must unite, and they would send forth a voice expressive of the inroads made upon the religion of their fathers that would be irresistible. (Hear.) No matter what line of conduct this ministry or that might pursue, they must be Protestants still. The evil genius of popery, in place of being vanquished and suppressed, would if they were not on the alert, yet raise its hideous head, and even now swayed to a great extent the destinies of this country. It was for them to hew, out of the quarry of scrip ture, the materials with which to raise a fabric that would withstand all assaults of their opponents, whose system was at once demoralizing, soul-destroying, and idolatrous. Let those who heard him remember that even if the scale prepon derated in the minds of men in behalf of their religion so far as principle was concerned, the energy and malignant activity, employed by their antagonists would„ if they were not on the alert, turn the beam even bn the worst side. (Hear.) Such was the relative position of themselves and the Roman Ca tholics. After the reformation it was hoped that popery would be put down, or at least not suffered to increase. Con cessions had, however, been made to propitiate it ; and each concession -had but been employ e d as a groun d for further claims. The recent attacks d popery were against the Church of Ireland, in which the Church of England was alike involved. It was well that they began to see that concession and compromise would no longer be available, and that they must resort to resistance. They need not despair of success, because they had hitherto by their remissness given advan tage to their enemy. The language of the Athenian orator when he was told in desponding language of the contemplated attack by Philip, which the narrators found they could not repel, was applicable to the protestants of England. Demos thenes said why do you fear Philip ? He has gained much by what you have conceded, not what he has himself achieved. This consideration while it weakens him, ought to strengthen you in opposing him. It was your indolence and apathy that enabled him to attain his present position. Had you con tended with him every step of his progress, you might, indeed, have desponded ; but the fact that you have suffered him to go on without hindrance, and have tolerated his advances, in place of throwing out those energies, which you have yet in store, to restrain him,—ought now to stimulate and encou rage you to oppose him manfully, and doubtless, successfully. (Cheers.) Their condition was like that of the Athenians. They had been slumbering at their posts, but now they were awake to a sense of their folly and the peril that surrounded them. The enemy could not resist their united efforts. They had a gallant captain to lead them on. (Cheers.) They had a devoted clergy in the van, whose exertions in the pulpit were enhanced by thei r domiciliary visits even to the humblest cottages in their parishes, where they were always hailed with a kindly welcome. (Loud cheers.) Let them exert not only their personal influence, but offer up their prayers in this sacred cause. Let them endeavour to banish all strange and delusive doctrines. Let truth be placed side by side with fallacy and error, and he dreaded not the result. (Hear, hear.) For a blessing would tall on the righteous cause, and the light of a pure and undefiled gospel would illumine the land, which would be restored to that holy influence, and that contentment and peace which no so phistry, no false doctrines could undermine, no evil ma chinations could defeat. (Cheers.) They had met to pe tition not only that the grant to' Maynooth College should be discontinued, but that that suicidal measure, " the Ca tholic Emancipation Bill," shituld be repealed. And as there were doubtless some individuals in the room who were strangers to the manner in which Maynooth had gained and retained government support, he should give a few details of its objects and constitution. He regretted to say, that even Mr. Pitt's name came down to them with the stain of hav ing yielded assent to the grant to this college. The object of that grant was to counteract the influence of the foreign education of the Catholic priesthood of Ireland ; and also to avoid the inculcation of the revolutionary principles that had then broken out in France. To accede to the support of a popish establishment, even for these purposes, was a devia tion from sound Protestant principle. It was acceding to an evil in order (vain expectation !) to produce a good. , Forty years had elapsed. and' they now could judge of what had been the result in Ireland. It was such a result, indeed, as true-hearted Irishmen blushed to contemplate. Politicians assigned various causes for the miseries and demoralization of Ireland; but the real, the predominant cause was popery. (Cheers.) He did not speak this in a spirit of uncharitable ness. On the contrary, he and those on that platform who acted with him, had a kindly feeling towards the Irish people, and prayed that God would lead them to the paths of plea santness and peace. He was himself an Irishman, and he would say of the Irish that no people were naturally more hospitable, kind, and generous—none more capable of enjoy ing and developing the best affections and feelings of human nature. (Cheers.) It was, therefore, with the greater pain that he beheld them the victims of a false, an impure, and a demoralizing system of theology. All, however, which he, and those who acted with him, required, was a candid and fair enquiry into the respective doctrines of the Church of England and the Church of Rome. It was easy for their opponents to say that they were in the right, and that the Protestants were wrong. But they gave no reason for such an assertion. They had utterly failed to confute the oft repeated arguments of Mr. M'Ghee, Mr. M'Neile, and other able champions of the Protestant cause. The principles dis seminated in the Catholic class-books were abhorrent to reason and to true religion. The abominations in Den's System of Theology remained yet unrescinded, and a large portion of the worship of the deluded Catholics was con ducted in an unknown tongue, which the greater portion of them could not read, and did not understand. To the college of Maynooth, which disseminated these odious principles, a large grant of public money was annually devoted. The first demand for this purpose was so small that it was thought not worth while to refuse it. In 1793, the college was incorporated ; in 1795 the grant received the royal assent, though the parties interested in the establish ment had ample means of their own. Yet up to 1827 they had not contributed one single donation towards it ! The govern ment had given to this summary of Popery " a local habita tinn and name ;" and it now received an annual grant of £9OOO a-year out of the public funds ! (Cries of shame.) The rev. gentleman next explained the nature of the Dun boyne establishment, supported by a bequest from a lord of that name ; but the objects of which were also perverted. Thus were these institutions basking under the sunshine of protestant support. The doctrines taught were most per nicious. The very oath, indeed, of a Roman Catholic, amounted in such matters, to a species of perjury ; for the standard of their morality was 'not truth, but was dictated by the bearing of such oath on the Church of Rome. Their doctrines went to the excommunication of princes. so that they forfeited all allegiance from their subjects ; and next, that they should not keep faith with heretics, whom they went the length of saying should be punished with death. They entertained by the direction of the propaganda of Rome, the opinions of Saint Augustine, as interpreted by Thos. Aqui uus—that heretics should be handed over to the civil power— that meant to the final punishment of the law. The same pernicious principles were instilled into the minds of their young ecclesiastics, who were taught that their church was infallible. What the protestants wanted was to place the doctrines of both churches in juxta-position, so that the people might judge for themselves. They wished to institute a spirit of fair inquiry. The rev. gentleman, in further alluding to Maynooth College, that the original object for which the grant was given had been wofully perverted ; that the influence of foreign education was still predominant amongst the Catholic students of divinity, that the control of governinent trustees over the establishment was done awdy with, and that the college could not be regarded as other than a seminary of sedition and intolerance. Many of the priests, too, were educated in Rome, where they were patronised by the Pope, and this was a stream of Poison poured over the land wherever they went. He neat alluded to the tyrannical power exercised by the priests—from the Pope to the lowest ecclesiastic. They maintained, an irn , perium in imperio, and so far from owning a hearty alle giance to England, the Pope was informed of every political movement that took place, so that they might order their plans in security. If, however, the Protestants acted boldly together, they would eventually destroy the citadel of religi ous corruption. They must be wise in time, and all would go on successfully. (Cheers.) In illustration of the bane ful influence of Popery, they need but to look to Ireland. 'Why were not the abundant resources, and the industry of that fine country deVeloped like those of England? Why were the energies of her people paralyzed? Why were they involved in continual misery, want, and deniiidation ? The reply was—these evils arose principally, if not wholly, from the operation and effects of Popery. He referred to that country generally. If they looked to the north of Ireland, where the cheering beams of Protestantism had penetrated the nests of ignorance and bigotry, they found a more gratifying Picture--a picture of grow i ng wea l t h, peace , an d con t en t men t. opery, like the poisonnus breath of the wind of the Indian desert, blighted and wilhettO up all that it touched. He did not say this in any feeling of unkindraSS to the Irish people: he uttered it in the spirit of compassion and regiet. All he, in common with those around him, desired was, that foe people should calmly inquire into this matter; and he had no apprehension for the result. The charges he made against the Roman Catholic religion were grave, but they were irre futable. They (the Catholics) talked of charity, but they did not exemplify such a virtue in the services of their reli gion. The Protestant church delighted not in a com promis€ of principles, but in the support and furtherance of virtue and of truth. (Loud cheers.) He concluded by moving—" That a p e titi on (a draft of which was read by the chairman) be adopted by the meeting, and eirCulated for signature in the town and neighbourhood; and that it be sent to the Lord-Lieutenant of the county for presentation in the House of Lords, and to Sir Philip Egerton in the House of Commons." The Rev. T. NOLAN rose to second the resolution. There wits one point to whiCh, he was desirous to allude. The Ca tholics assumed to be the professors of truth, yet how hap pened it that they had been brought into the temple of Anti- Thor were, indeod, su changeable and 4+,4 they reminded him of the cameleon which derived its varying hues from the place where it rested. They had, in fact, peace on their lips, but a sword in their hearts. (Hear.) This was not a time to daily with principles. They must submit to no surrender, or hold fast and loose, but stand by their princi ples firmly and unflinchingly. Those who were not with them in so sacred a cause were against them. Would they suffer the people .to be brought under the roof of a mass-house ? Would they behold the sacrifice of the dearest, interests, of enlightened men? A ssure dly th ey wou ld no t, for they felt that the Cathcilic religion which *as insidnonsly creeping over the cduhtty, was but an iflolatryi altogether unsCriptural. With regard to MaynOoth, the education there given was so dangerous and reprehensible as that imparted td the Cathplie students in the most bigoted countries in Europe. The superintendence was all In the bands of Catholics, and the doc 7 trines taught were of the most pernicious tendency. It had failed to abcompliih any of the objects for which it was en dowed, and therefore should the grant to it be withheld. If it was right in principle not to agree to such grant, so was it right in practice to do away with it. Even ihe lite Arch: bishop M`Ghee had given his testimony to the fact that the Maynooth establishment was not favourable to peace, or to the allegiance of the subject. England had a right to enquire on this point, for he believed that if the grant were continued she would sustain deep and bitter injury. The influence of the education given at Maynooth was not so remote in its effects as might at first be supposed. This would be obvious from the increasing and rapid intercourse which modern science had established between this country and Ireland. That intercourse would give facilities for the introduction of principles which are so adverse to Protestants,—principles which went to frustrate the ends of justice, and set the law of the land at absolute defiance. (Cheers.) It was said, and truly, by a great writer, that by a wholesome restraint of providence, " conscience doth make cowardi of tia all but the effect of th e con f ess i ona l o f t h e R oman Catholic church was was to interpose between sinful man and his conscience. It went to satisfy his qualms, by impiously offering expiation for his offences. If a Catholic priest became cognizant of a meditated assassination, through the confessional, he did not, (such were his obligations) either give information of the pre-determined murderer, or caution his intended victim. (Cheers.) There were cases, too, in which, if a murderer were placed in the dock of a court of justice, false witnesses were, from the same influence, brought up, and perjured jurors were impannelled, to acquit him: (Cheers.) He would ask, if the support of such a church; from the funds of the country, was constitutional? All that emanated from Maynooth was dangerous to this Protestant state. Its influ , ence was felt wherever a Catholic was known. Like the root and stem of the tree, it gave nourishment to popery in its most minute and remotest branches. Even the most se cluded of the peasantry, as well as the wealthier catholics, were tainted by the polluted 'stream that flowed from May nooth. In conclusion 7 he called upon them to petition for the rescinding of the grant to that mischievous establish ment, and also for the repeal of the act which conferred poli tical power upon the papists. As they valued their souls' salvation ; as they valued the peace and prosperity of the country, he called upon them to rise up against a system which was alike destructive of the happiness of a people here, and of their hopes of glory hereafter. He begged leave to second the resolutions (Loud cheers.) The Rev. Mr. VAVDREY moved the second resolution in an animated and eloquent address. He had not, he said, in tended to come forward at this meeting, which their enemies might say was got up for the purpose of political excitement; he would rather, indeed, confine himself to the quieter and more retired paths of life ; but as he was highly favourable to the cause, he could not but publicly give his approval,— particularly as their enemies might otherwise say that they (the Protestants of Cheshire) had that day brought up three or four red hot Irishmen only ; that they had no heart in the matter themselves, and that all they wished for was agitation. (Cheers.) He would not put himself in comparison with the gentlemen alluded to ' in point of talent, to address that meeting ; but with all due respect and obligation to them for their Attendance, he would not shrink from adventuring the comparison, so far as " heart " could go, in the cause in which they had mutually embarked. He might be permitted to exclaim, indeed,— If I forget thee, 0 Jerusalem ! may my right hand forget her cunning !" He regretted that the protestants had recently been so much wrapped up in their own worldly interests, that they had neglected those interests that were spiritual and eternal. Our opponents charged us with a want of charity ; they said, let us alone and we will let you alone : but charity, after all, began at home, and in being true to themselves, they would be false to none.(Cheers.) The papists had, in truth, entered into a deadly conspiracy against the protestant interests of this country. This was not idle declamation. (The rev. speaker here illustrated his position by a passage from Frazer 's Magazine, in reference to a dinner given to the Hop. and Rev. George Spencer, who had unfortunately forsaker! the religion of his fathers, and become a convert to popery. The import was, that the Ca tholics would never rest until the whole world was subjected to the yoke of Catholicism.) He then alluded to the spread of popery, and the attacks upon the Protestants recently made at Leeds and Glossop. The government, too, had re fused adequate support to the Protestant religion abroad as well as at home. The bishops and clergy appointed were not adequate to the wants of the inhabitants of our colonies, and the efforts of the Catholics to gain the ascendancy were con sequently more successful. The Protestant community, nevertheless, looked up with benevolent and charitable feel ings on the millions who were enthralled by the superstitious and debasing doctrines of the Church pf Rome ; he lamented the delusion under which they labored, and prayed that they might be enabled to convince them of the error of their ways. Much had been said of the expediency of conces sion ; but he acknowledged no expediency but that of duty. Expediency might stop a gap for a little time ; but it would never do in the long run. Honesty was ever the best policy, and why should they conceal their true and honourable ob jects. It was God's will that they should proceed in this cause, and His command, conveyed through the Bible, was their security. Sonic parties would relieve the House of Lords from the onus of their political duties; some would even relieve God himself from the encumbrance of his own creation. Others, who assumed to be friends of national education, yet would discharge from such education all teaching of religion as a superfluous ingredient. No matter who were our legislators : religion and legislation were now, forsooth, to be severed. The Deity was, indeed, to be placed aside ; but the scoffers would yet be laughed to scorn. God was looking on : his superintending providence was visible even in the existence of a reptile, and not a sparrow fell to the ground without the knowledge of the Lord. The reverend gentleman illustrated his arguments against Popery and infidelity, by scriptural quotations. The time was when the infidel could not find toleration amongst his neigh. hours, but unhappily infidelity now found easy proselytes. This was a sort of judicial retribution for their apathy. But they must now redeem the time by energetic exertions, and acting from a conviction of God's goodness, and a faith in his saving power, they would accompli s h all. (Cheers.) This meeting would serve to stir up the too dormant spirit of Protestantism,—of that faith which, unlike Popery, was unchanged, because unchangeable. Like " Old Mortality" in the novel, they must, with hammer and chisel, clear the moss from the tablet of Popery, and expose it in all its defor mity, and rouse the people of England to a deeper sense of gratitude, for that glorious reformation for which Ridley, Luther, and Cranmer nobly perished. To the legislature they must speak respectfully, but firmly ; and it would be impolitic as well as ungrateful in them to deny their prayer, for they were the party to whom alone the throne was in debted for tried and enduring loyalty and allegiance. The following were the fundamental principles upon which it was proposed to establish the association : " 1. That the influence of true religion over a people forms the best security for their individual rights, and the surest basis of national prosperity." " That the British Constitution acknowledges in its principle and laws the sovereignty of Almighty God, and the supreme autho rity of his holy word, and has provided for the scriptural instruction of the people by its religious establishments." " 3. That in opposition to the principle of this constitution, doc trines have of late been propagated, that religion is unconnected with the duties of legislation—that in the eye of the state all religions are alike,—and that support should be equally given or denied to all." " 4. That under cover of these doctrines, the members of the Church of Rome are zealously exerting themselves to destroy the Protestant character of the constitution, and that the first object to which they direct their efforts is the overthrow of the established churches, as forming the main obstacle to their ulterior designs." " 5. That to counteract these efforts, all who venerate the word of God, and value the British institutions, should be called on to co-operate in pointing out to the people the peculiar dangers of the present time, and iu taking measures to inspire them with a just sense of the benefits and blessing's of the Protestant constitution." He had, therefore, to propose " That an Association on the above principles be now formed, to be called the Northwich Protestant Association." The Rev. HUGH M'NEir.z then came forward, and was received with marked and repeated applause. He remarked that what had already been uttered left it a work almost of supererogation on his part to say a word, in order to induce them to become members of the association, and to sign the petition they had heard read ; but as he had received an in vitation to attend the meeting, he should not shrink from ex pressing his opinions on some points connected with the sub ject. He, and one or two of his reverend coadjutors, who had taken part in the proceedings, had been jocularly intro duced to them by one of the speakers, under the character of Irish agitators. He had no objection to the title. They were not the first agitators, and would, he trusted, not be the last in a good cause. (Cheers.) He was favourable to a state of peace, while that was consistent with the promulgation and dominion of truth ; but the furtherance of truth amongst the party opposed to them, who abhorred it, necessarily excited contention. He was for peace ; but, unhappily, when he spoke the truth, which he was resolved to do, they were for war. (Cheers.) He might say, in the language of Jehu, when he was asked " Is it peace,"—" What peace so long as the whoredoms of thy mother Jezebel, and her witchcrafts are so many." (Loud cheers.) He loved peace much, but he loved truth even more. When the Prince of peace, Jesus himself, came upon earth, he said, " I come not to send peace but the sword"—an expression which required explanation. [The rev. gentleman here explained the meaning of the passage in its reference to family feuds.] The liberals, as they called themselves, denounced such a doctrine as uncha ritable ; but plausibly as they talked, they produced no proofs of the assertion. Jesus sa rificed peace for the sake of truth. He might here remark, that one of the first things put into his band that day on his arrived at Northwich, was a letter from the Postoffice, addressed to him, to the care of the Rev. Mr. Vandrey. It was to the following effect :—" Sir, I see you are going to speak to the people of NathWich about Po pery, which they know as little about as they do of the Lord High Admiral.' (Loud laughter.) What was the extent of their knowledge of the Lord Admiral, he could not take upon himself to conjecture; but, as the writer of that letter was perchance in that room, he was glad to have an opportunity of enlightening high as to what Popery consisted of. That writer had not given him an opportunity to reply to him by writing ; as he bad chosen to conceal himself under an anony mons guise. If he could but meet him he would tell him what this monster of Popery was--that hid herself from in spection, under the moss and rubbish which they would, doubtless, be called uncharitable, if they removed so as to ex pose her in her naked defoimity: (Cheers.) A parliamen tary commission some time ago appointed to inquire into the system pursued at Maynooth, as well as other places. They desired to see the class books put into the hands of the stu dents, and were shown two of them,—the Lectures of Dela hogue, in five volumes, and Bailly, on Al oral Theology, also in five volumes. Referring to these books he found many objectionable passages. In the latter work, vol. 2, page 232, a question was asked, and an answer given, relative to one of the eommandments,—as follows : How great must be the quantity of the thing stolen, in order to constittite the theft of a mortal sin ?" (Laughter.) Answer : This quantfty cannot easily be determined, since nothing has been decided on the' point either in natural, divine, or human law. Some are of opinion, that the quantity necessary for the maintenance of an individual for one day, in a manner suitable to his station in the world, is sufficient to make the theft a mortal sin. Others think that it requires a quantity which, everything con sidered, inflicts a grievous injury on our neighbour, and deprives him of something peculiarly useful. A loss, however, which, in respect of one, a rich man for instance, is slight—in respect of a poor . =ln may be considered heavy. The same quantity in all thefts cannot therefore be assigned as constituting the subject matter of a mortal sin. Hence, theologians are: acctstomed to distinguish men into four ranks. The first rank consists of the filtestrious, who live in splen dour. The second of those who live on their own estates, but not so splendidly, such as are moderately rich. The third, of artificers, who support themselves by their own labour and handicraft. The fourth, of the poor, who provide for themselves by begging. It is generally laid down, and it may be laid down as determined, that in order to a theft's being a mortal sin, when committed on persons of the first rank, fifty or sixty pence are sufficient. (Laughter.) In fact, this appears to be a sufficient sum with reference to all men, even princes ; because this sum of money is considerable in itself, aM might be of service to princes, since it would be sufficient for the pay of several soldiers for one day. With respect to persons of the second rank, forty pence are enough. With respect to persons of the third rank, - if their trade be a very lucrative one, twenty pence ; if less lucrative, ten pewee, With' respect to persons of the fourth rank (i. e. paupers) four pence or even' one penny, if they have nothing else to live on. Th. rchding of these passages, wnien Me rev. gentienittn dwelt on with humorous emphasis and effect, produced shouts of latig,htin. He proceeded to comment upon them—God had said "thou shalt not steal," but the Roman Catholics did not measure the sin by the principal transgression against, but by the quantity stolen. Ten-pence consti tuted the mortal sin if taken front en artificer, and he wondered what sum they would fix for men who worked at their salt works. (Loud laughter.) It was temarkable that these doctrines were gravely taught to the theological etudent at the Popish seminaries. Their young priesta were taught to measure their honesty by a standard regulated by the means of the people robbed, and not by the law of God: (Hear.) How would those who heard him like that such principles should be instilled into their children ? That they sliduid just take a little dishonestly; that they should take nineteen pence from one man, and all would be right, but beware of taking twenty pence. That they should take nine pence from another, but egehew the fatal larceny of ten pence ! Why, if a man came to teach such a doctrine, would they not eject the vagrant from the parish? And why, then, should they support a college of such vagrants. ((sheers.) He had no objection to support truth and morality ; but he had a strung repugnance to the support of falsehood. He now - came to another qneittiori and reply relating to thefts by wives : " Whether wives commit a mortal sin Of theft; if, contrary to the reasonable wishes of their husbands, they secrelly take anything considerable from the property which is under the poitcr of their husbands / It is answered, " that they commit a mortal sin of theft, because they greatly injure the just right of the husband. But what quan tity ought to be accounted considerable in these thefts, cannot easily be determined ! ! This one thing is certain, that a greater quantitg is required in thefts committed by a wife or a son, than in thefts committed by strangers ; because a husband, or the father of a family, is more unstilling that money should be taken by a stranger than by a wife or a son. " It, is not a theft if a wife secretly abstracts from their common pioperty as much as is necessary to support an indigent father, cr mother, oi• children by a former Marriage, and, even according to some doctors, for a brotiiet and sister leaVe, however, being first asked from the husband, Which if Ire shall have withheld, she can and ought to assist them out of het own dowry.; for it is a natural obligation, which a husband cannot obstruct. NeverthelesS, what ever the wife has given away to them, she is bound to account for, and reckon as part of her dowry, when she comes to a ditisiofi of the property with the heirs." Hereit appears there was considerablelatitude and indulgence allowed to wives, in respect to depredations in their husband's property. It was not a mortal sin if the amount taken were to support a helpless father, or the children by a former mar riage. He might, at this point, remark upon the mischievous tendency of Protestant females ifiterthartyttig with Romanists. There was a letting in of the point of the wedge, which would soon be driven home. If they had children, the boys might be allowed to go one was' at first, and the girls another; but by and by, (a Protestant being too honest for suspicion, and therefore, confiding until it was to late to remedy the evil,) both would be driven under the yoke of the Popish Church. The extracts he had submitted were from the class-books, taught at Maynooth College. Those were some portions of those works so abominable, indecent, wicked, and disgustiug in their nature, that he could not quote them before a mixed assembly, a large portion of which consisted of British ladies of sense and delicacy. The worst point he should allude was the mystery thrown on the cha racter and position of the Romish priests, who were held to be all but infallible. He had there a book of extracts, from " Dgn's Nature and of Confession, and the Obligation of the Seal." it appeared from this, iat although the life and safety of a man, or the salvation of a country depended on the priest giving notice of his knowledge of the guilty intent of the parties. For instance, the follo'wing are some of the quotations, and replies on this point " What is the seal of sacramental confession ? " Answer.—lt is the obligation or duty of concealing those thlhgs which are learned from sacramental confession.—Dens, vol. 6 t p. " Can a case be given in which it is lawful to breathe the sacra mental seal ? " Answer.—lt cannot ; although the life or safety of 'a man de pended thereon, or even the destruction of the commonwealth ; nor can the Supreme Pontiff give dispensation in this ; so that, on that account, this secret of the seal is more binding than the obligation of an oath, a vow, a natural secret, &c., and that by the positive will of God." The priest was not declared guilty of uttering a lie if he de nied, all that he knew of the intended murder or treason ; and if closely pushed he might make oath that he did not know what he did know ! He was blasphemously consi dered, while in the confessional, as God, and when ques tioned on what he had there heard, as only man, and, there fore, as knowing nothing of the matter !—(shame)--and by this means were the poor deluded Romanists submitted to a slavish degradation. True, they did not from policy act up, in this country, to the high pressure of their faith ; for being fewer than the Protestants, and merely scattered amongst them, they did not dare to carry out their practices to the fullest extent. How different was the Protestant faith ! The manner laid down of questioning a female at the confessional was altogether abominable. It went to debauch the female mind, and even suggested or encouraged the weakness which never before existed. He would put to any christian father or brother present, whether they could tolerate such a dis graceful system to be applied to their wives, their daughters, or their sisters ? (Cheers.) He next alluded to the conse crated wafer and wine at the sacrament, which the Popish creed considered were the real flesh and blood of Christ, and commingled, by " transubstantiation" with the body of the communicant. With regard to the consecration of the host or wafer, he found it written : " If any one does not intend to form, but to do something deceit fully; likewise if some hosts from forgetfulness remain on the altar, or some part of the wine or some host is concealed, when he does not intend to consecrate any but those which .Fie sees; likewise if any one have before hirn eleven hosts, and intend to consecrate only ten, not determining which are the ten that he intends; in these cases he does not consecrate, because intention is required." And again : " If any one is not fasting after midnight, even after the taking of mere water, or other drink or food, even as medicine, and in any quantity how little soever, he cannot communicate or cele brate." Again " If the priest vomit forth the Eucharist, if the species appear entire, let them be reverently taken, unless nausea arise ; for in . that case let the consecrated species be carefully separated, and let them be replaced hi some sacred place, until they are corrupted." Strange, that that which it is intended is .the real body of Christ, which the Scriptures state to be incorruptible, should become corrupted ! The Romish religion indeed, was one that offered a convenient and agreeable compiomise to the consciences of men, for mankind naturally loved sin and hated punishment. Remission of sins here, and turgatory hereafter. were hailed by the deluded followers of that Church. Prayers were uttered by the dozen, and beads counted accor dingly, but, alas ! how unavailingly. (The reverend gentle man went on in a strain of much eloquence, to point out the errors and iniquities of the Romish Church, but we regret that our limited space constrains us to a brief sketch of his more general concluding remarks.) After alluding to the conduct of the ministry in declining to continue the patent for the printing of the authorized version of the Scriptures in Scotland, he read the following interesting account of the history of that translation, from Henrie's " Critical Introduc tion to the study of the Scriptures :" " Those distinguished scholars (the forty-seven translators of James I.), were divided into six companies. Ten were to meet at Westminster, to translate from the Pentateuch to the end of the 2d Book of Kings. Eight, assembled at Cambridge, were to finish the rest of the historical books and the Hagrographa. At OxIo . :d seven were to undertake the four greater Prophets, with the Li mentations of Jeremiah, and the twelve minor prophets. The lou r Gospels, Acts of the Apostles, and Apocalypse, were assigned t o another company of eight, also at Oxford. The Epistles wer e allotted to another company of seven, at Westminster. Lastly another company at Cambridge were to translate the Apocrypha, books. According to the regulations under which the work was conducted, first, each individual translated EVERY book which was allotted to his company ; secondly, the readings to be adopted in each book were agreed upon by the whole of that company assem bled together ; and thirdly, the book thus prepared was sent to each of the other companies to he again examined. At these meet ings one read the translation, the rest holding in their hands some bible, either in the learned tongues, or in some modern language, If they found fault, they spoke; if not, he read on. The transla tion commenced in the spring of 1607, and the completion of it occupied nearly three years. It was first published infolio, in 1611." He should now, from " Strypes' Annals," furnish the following account of the Dovay, or Catholic Bible : " Hear now the history of the Douay Bible. The founder of the colleges at Douay and Rheims, and the chief translator of tl:o Rheimish Testament, was Dr. William Allen. He was an English man; but for multiplied acts of treason was compelled to fly from his country. He went to Flanders, where he exercised all the powers of his mind, and they were great, to check, and, if possible, to overthrow, the progress of the Protestant Reformation in Eng land. He became a pensioner of the King of Spain, and was created a cardinal by the Pope. He laboured to corrupt the soldiery of England, and succeeded in tempting Sir William Stanley to betray Deventer, in Holland, to the Spaniards. In concert with the Jesuit parsons, he devised the scheme of the Spanish invasion of England, in the celebrated Invincible Armada.' He was patronised by the infamous Duke de Guise, who, with Catherine de Medicis, plann,id the massacre of tens of thousands of Protestants, on St. Bartholo mew's Day; and he was the willing instrument of Gregory XIII., who appointed a public thanksgiving at Rome for the success of the above-mentioned slaughter. Cardinal Allen sent Jesuits into Eng land to taint the principles of the people. The pupils in the colleges he founded were taught all manner of ways to divide Protestants i principles of religion; and were themselves bound by an oath, % which the following is a copy : " ' I, A B; do acknowledge the ecclesiastical and political povraf of his holiness and the mother church of Rome as the chief head and matron above all pretended churches, through the whole earth. And that my zeal shall be for St. Peter and his successors, as the founder of the true and ancient Catholic faith against all heretical beings, princes, states, or powers, repugnant to the same. And although I, A B, may pretend, in case of persecution or otherwise, to be heretically disposed, yet, in soul and conscience, I shall help, aid, and succour the mother church.' " He rejoiced in having the opportunity of going from place to , place, and supporting the cause of protestantism. He was called an agitator ; and he and his friends had been treated by some parties in a manner that could not be called kindly ; just as if they cared what was said of them in that quarter. (Cheers and laughter.) He called upon them to place their names to the petition, and thus to show that they would tolerate no hypocrisy—no treachery to the church or the throne ; that the bible and freedom of conscience were the watch-words of their cause ; and that they repudiated the sneaking, skulking, bigotted enemies of their church and of order, who, with butter on their lips, carried treason and daggers in their hearts. He did not admire that class of " reformers " who continually talked of the liberality and justice of the reformation they wished to effect . ; who prated incessantly about " liberty," yet went hypocritically hand in, hand with the papists , who, as he had shown, repudiated all liberty of conscience—allL true allegiance to that throne which gave them protection. He deprecated the wild and mis— chievous doctrines of the ultra-reformers and chartists of the. day, which, if countenanced, would but lead to a military tyranny, and finally whelm the country in slavery and degra dation. Nothing but the maintenance of: the balance of' power of the three estates that constituted the government could redeem the country from anarchy. The crown, the aristocracy, and the people, must each be maintained in their proper and respective positions. If the aristocracy were predominant, discontent and rebellion would arise : if the_ people were permitted to obtain the ballot, universal suf frage, and annual parliaments, they would become top hea'vy, and confusion would be the result. And let that portion of the people who would put down the crown and the aristocracy, remember, that the wave of revolu tion would prostrate the palace, and would, with equally ruthless and uncontrollable destruction, sweep_ away the humble mansion and the lowly cottage. (Cheers.) Let them look to the French revolution and its direful effects. When the " liberals" of that country, through blood and destruction, got the ascendancy, they became the most cruel, the most fiendish of tyrants, and the liberties of France were prostrate in the dust. (Cheers.) The chartists and other demagogues would, if they had the power, equally show them selves to be at heart the enemies of.all that were allied to- peace, order, and liberty. Protestant associations were ad mirably calculated to remove all danger of so fearful a result.. They were founded on the principles of rational liberty, and appealed to private judgment, and, above all, to the Bible. (Loud cheers.) They held forth incitements to contentment and to peace. Popery was prone to discontent, treachery, and change. Protestantism was made of sterner stuff. Their Bibles did not change, whatever mutations might take place in the ministry. (Cheers.) Let them show that they were determined to have their Bibles ! Let their rulers know; let even the Queen know, that no ministry can remain in office in this country unless they be the supporters of Protestant ism. (Loud cheers.) The reform bill gave them the power, if they would use it, to place in power men who would for ward and protect their cause, and to eject men who had cor ruptly obtained seats in the House of Commons, and there virtually represented the Pope. Would they longer submit to such domination ? lie trusted not. For himself, he felt that he had done his duty in calling those within the sphere of his labours to a sense of the dangers that surrounded them, and the necessity for exertion to emancipate themselves from a popish faction. (Cheers.) He wished that every clergyman of the Church of England would follow his ex ample, for in that case popery would soon cease to be known in England. (Loud and continued cheering.) He seconded the resolution. The resolution wag then put and carried unanimously. AVNBiLE again rose and proposed a rote of thanks • to the worthy chairman, for his protestant zeal and bold ness in coming forward to preside ot•er the meeting that day. (Loud cheers.) The motion was carried by acclamation. JOHN CLARE, Esq., ofVarringTon,;aid he thought it impossible for them to separate without returning thanks to those rev. gentlemen from whose lips they had that day heard so many great and gratifying truths, and who had come from a considerable distance to lbrward the common object they had in view. (Cheers.) He had himself two votes in that county, and he should always give them for the Protestant cause. His sons too had votes, which were given on the same side. (Cheers.) lie trusted the meeting would give a hearty expression of thanks to the rev. gentlemen by a show of hands. The motion was carriod with enthusiasm, and the meeting separated, every one present highly gratified by the proceed ings of the day. THE BOROUGH COURT. TO THE ATTORNIES OF THE BOROUGH COURT, LIVERPOOL. GENTLEMEN , — You will, doubtless, have received a copy of the new rules and regulations, respecting the future practice of the Borough Court, and probably are not a little surprised at the allowance of costs which some official per sonages have thought fit to fix as a remuneration for the practitioners. Though it has never been my ambition to have an exten sive practice :n our local tribunal, to me any innovation of the practice will make little or no difference, but to many whose principal livelihood was obtained by being connected with it, the scale of reduction will, in a great degree, be felt, added to which, it will be the means of preventing our town men from obtaining justice at home, inasmuch, as every respectable attorney will resort to the superior courts to practice, on the new rules coming into operation. As it is obvious, by the intended amendment, that the labours of the Assessor and Registrar of the court will be much less, we must infer that the salaries of both, will, in the same degree, he reduced, and this may be considered as the only benefit which will arise to the town by the intended alterations. Observing that the scale of costs is at all times to be sub ject to the reversion of the Vice-chancellor, or any two of the Judges, I trust you will see the propriety of resisting this infringment of our rights, and by an immediate meeting of the attornies, endeavour to counteract this attempt of imposition, by hating such alterations effected as may be considered necessary, in order that we may have a fair and reasonable remuneration fot our services.—Yours, Liverpool 16th May. LEG ULEILTS. THE CLAYTON-SQUARE ORATORS. TO TIM EDITOR OF THE LIVERPOOL STANDARD. S'lR,—Not being able to attend the Great Liberal Meeting' in Clayton-square yesterday, I purchased a third edition of the Conrier, and was much disappointed at not seeing the speech of Mr. J. Mulleneux reported amongst those of the' other worthies t more especially as 1 can vouch for the fact that he had one all ready " cut and dried" for him, and teas invisible to every eye but mine,—the whole of Tuesday being busily employed in his sanctum in getting it by heart—the answer to all inquiries being, that he was particularly en gaged and could not be disturbed. Now, Mr. Editor, I think that the chairman of the meet ing behaved most scandalously to his friend, in not suffering him to deliver himself, after all the trouble the worthy man had taken for the:enlightenment of his fellow townsmen; and I would .suggest to Mr. M.,. that be furnish you with the. document .(if it be legible after a whole day'S thumbing,) or with a copy t .which you, know he might improve upon, that. you. play insect „4.1,y0 , u . .t1eat publication, in order that his nuincruns atlgkii',ers may not lose the edification o.Agi instruc tion that Alms arise from his effusions. I am. &c. Wellington Arms, Dale-area May 16. 80-Pri2- THE INDIA MISSION OP THE GENERAL AS SE'.`•IBLI` OF THE CHURCH OP SCOTLAND AND THE REV. DR.. DUPE (From a Correspondent.) -• This distinguished mission to the heathen poLseS'ses seve ral features of excellence not generally known, and though not more than a few years' standing, occupies a position, and exercises a power and influence over the moral destinies of British India unprecedented in the history of rnissionzy en terprise. It is not the understanding of a voluntary society of bene volent individuals, united for that purpose alone, but it is that of the whole national church of Scotland, as such, which ex cites much interest, and inspires perfect confidence, in all its macments.i., It has appropriated to itself, as it were, the department of general, scientific, - sistit/ Christian Tuition of the rising youth in each of the three presidencies of India—Calcutta, Bombay, and Madras, as principal foci, Or centres, from which. through the instrumentality of welheducated and thoroughly Chris tianized natives, they hope to diffuse the "pork ofreligions il luini and moral regeneration throughout India. Two characteristic features of these institutions, as distinguished from all others of a. similar nature in the country,. are—the prominent place avtnvedly given to Christianity in all the in structions delivered, arid—the indiscriminate admission of pupils of castes, from the highest and the lowest. The success attending this new feature in missionary la boar has been great. Not less than-a thousand youths, many of them of the first chiss of natives, sre now receiving instruc tion at the three institutions alone, in which six missionaries are constantly employed in the work of tuition. It has been from authority stated regarding , them, that " the high stand ard of secular instruction given commands the respect anti admiration both of the British authorities, and of the influ. ential natives, by whom, on that account:its extemsienis;' eagerly sought. By its equally high and uncompromising: tone of Christian training, it obtains for the truth a lodgrrstnt: in the understandings, and, through the blessing of God, is the hearts of many hundreds of the intelligent youth, who not merely attend school for a few years in their childhood, but often continue, as they advance, in close and constant attend ance upon the lectures and discourses of the missionaries. Of these a large proportion returning into the bosom of Indian society, must carry with them and diffuse a leaven and savour of the gospel ; while not a few are already coming out as de cided converts, and offering themselves for the ministry and service of the Lord," _ _ _ " Every year," writes one of these devoted individuals in Calcutta—"every year I feel stronger confidence in the coming triumphs of.the gospel, and see better reason to believe in the wisdom and eventual success of the plan we follow. It is slow undoubtedly, but it aims at the root, its influence spreads widely, and into every class of society, and in the end, Idolatry' may fall in a day. It cannot be repeated too often, that the rising generation in Calcutta, even now, is not idolatrous, nut that in fifteen or twenty years Calcutta will not be a heathers city.. The transition to Christianity may be nearer or more distant, but is inevitable; at least it has followed in every similar emergency in the history of the last 1800 years. The word of God snakes certain the eventual progress of the gos pel, but I am speaking of something near at hand ; and I bless God for the part which the Assembly have been privileged to take in hastening on this glorious consummation." Such are the principal features of this remarkable system in which the gospel is emphatically taught to our Indian sub jects, and certainly comes with no bad grace from a country which owes so much as Scotland does to shcols and vigilant, tuition. She is here but imparting as she received, with no niggard hand, that which was poured into her own bosons when writhing under the yoke of a no less galling and destroy— ing superstition in the days of her first and great reformers.- The Rev. Dr. DUFF is the orginator and the rearer of this. system of instruction. To his enlightened faith, fervid zeal,. and indefatigable labours, we owe this triumph of Christian enterprise, and evangelical principle, over the most important and hitherto considered most invulnerable of Satans' devices to enslave poor human nature. He was the first missionary of the Scottish church to India, and went early in life under the immediste direction and auspices of the General Assem bly of that church. He had, through the Divine blessing, just matured his plans, and established in admirable vigour the Calcutta Institution, when his health sunk under the labour, and the pestilental effects of a climate so deadly to European constitutions, and he was - 'obliged to return to his native land to recruit. During his conValescence, when others would have considered it the the time for repose or retire ment, it has been remarked that he has done more by his powerful and affecting pleadings in behalf of the cause he has espoused, than if he possessed the most robust health, and were in the midst of his youthful charge in Calcutta, were his heart again yearns to be. It is on all hands allowed that Dr. I ) sffis of the highest order of intellect—his eloquence has been acknowleged by thousands to be " overwhelming." and for zeal and energy in the missionary cause he has never been surpassed. EPSOM RACES.—We have only space to state that Mr. W. Ridsdale's Bloomsbury, rode by Templeman, was the winner of the Derby, beating Deception, rode by Trent. No other horses were placed. Nineteen others started. Betting 30 to I against Bloomsbury. FREEMASONS.—The first Grand Lodge of England met in 926 at York, by a charter from Athelstan, who became a member. St. Alban was also a freemason, and so were King Alfred and St. Swithen. Amongst the great masters of England are numbered St. Dunstan, Edward the Confessor, William of Wykeham, Henry VII., Sir Thomas Gresham, Inigo Jones, and Sir Christopher Wren. William 111. and. George IV. were also freemasons. TIIE TENTH INFANTuv.--This regiment, under the com mand of Lieutenant-colonel Custance, arrived in the Jupiter and Nottingham steamers, in. the Clarence Dock, on Tues day at noon, having canbarketl the night previously, rather suddenly, from DubLai, by th a direction of the Lieutenant general commanding in halal id, in accordance with instruc tions -received.. by him from t ae Horse Guards. The poor fel lows, on their disembarkatiot 1, were paraded under oae of the sheds, and appeared, to hav e suffered severely during the passage from cold and sea-sii 31:mess. The wives and families of some of them were pitiabl objects, as they were huddled together in groups, with an c ccasional umbrella over them to shield them from the wind. In the evening, however, the regiment, strong :and active , marched into Castle-street to the lively strains of an exer llent band, and received their billets.