The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser. — Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1839-06-11 00:00:00

• leS ° tlvy to the prineiP AO had not evenroji l e occasion. . 5 , : 0 0 hi s views, and 0 Ls compelled to isi co l 1 the beginning. coyi ement of the KA c o quarrelled , so ID e h oo ls were ° II' 0 4 mm c ould not be, e (lid not dissent 05 cant to tell theis,ci d to the inculcstiollty to sav t h a t it . t c f elf to 'the teadoubji_ len t that did so ".". as incapabl e to i.c, told lead the pol,„,00 burn would tell of !I vercom e the rroro,joi with the c oarse 1 ;4 Would he 5" i ft)i; I teach error • m itt, e to stand, it visslio r , th. The whole tln ty —to the discover( IS or any.thing, --2,na„;), ) when In Lonoolot le gaining-houtso em of the CO to be looked at ' t d yi 1 all that he orTioo I club in - Tl u°rl in whi bed. Bi ccount nded th 4 had res were au eater thk ximated all attel ri error .s there . educatti est poss . Ls fitful soy and m: ut he w !tion exi emarks um stani to satisi ;hed, it vas not n, and action — ' r its foil and op • lie I_ ion be presem.. s, Praying that be introduced, the p, , be used in tbert:eo nder the natne,,etfot im ent, incO nsP brmation." nded the arnenaw4 c oli ,ussell, that ther e to tlp tion introduced jelots hat such a thieg t 000 0 o better to gr83,„1,"' established chary"! leiety, or to theloreti iven to all scho,t. ,nformity with vier 0 47 I Was tl le pt tic o e present m this subject el'-ty had been fro° F f te6 in favour of the Hear, hear.) onded by the g ° i4 of blame the I ,W Y n•esentations ‘",ootit deluged the 'cto ntry had unite,teccoi,' thirty year s g rea t tit! aristocracy gresetP; years all tbellfaeft arresting its P, - ' is, if possible, v" 'cation could 1) :a for Tests had alit 10 orthy intentions:Age u•kness and igolel'olov the efforts f t , 1. It was his fop 1. 1 into the Core, a t o 1 0 , d have been 0,00; ewhere • and, " oft. Al's tiontlieleit t turning to tP, e ch the course whl r ar. eP thing but a I„ tr c eiS hiii ; mild have . b„, 0 " red any rentar'rei'o, 'le the duty extfqe .estion, not boaad.O ;t the elevatere t 'king them heit,prestiii r. Rathbone newhat into qlefelii a s peech ( 1 ,,e 1 , 1 0' 9 ,1 London, winly linger was gee, a ft iov lied to the "6,01,4 cted with th e to I was impossiblrieoo the •econcile the l'oct l g hbone read o f i`r u f' ore a cornraitteeol beto r variations , er e A a of the Bible cbrir ling for. , 41 1` 0 1 : t read est raet i t tilt;i! committee o all the no tes actionable rijitYl Rathbone nex,,t wails in Eng„''O'N Le partisans of ) have folloWers,ol I elsewhere to ,iiio4lo4 11 the manahict ao !lit women., a revolutioa•bee, . Rector Cat nee )f the present 01, iteser t e o a r`ors, racts from , le writer dee' y he being 11. 00)S. r having etfh'iq, ate speech that rete,b stion, said ciloq ;he establishee eto! , ols• i'to )1 )tild not poo oeri were tau&rt. fore scribed to be f eli ken ; and he re , c ol'i night that they 501 hi use in theocjit;i :heir oaths The elerg) og those scho°:, formation j ibe` t know that oeio assumed the I l o tcy :he tenets iaelttliel !lily taught i ll , 0 116, s stated tha'telf hism, it has le* a long time t.01°,,F.i leinber for JA „,01 0 s protestr.ntPlofy a catholic th e° 6 o y ystem of etirb g y, Ld per.ce. . . the childrelu • be' 4 m i g ht Per b iXdr ell : i th h e e r (A th i t i e , er e to lu i r t ted ' cht be le,' t - cl f a so fasoina s ly i ii ~,, undoub re „,-11 t) 0 00j of the P ° r (.I' .- su ~ 11 sr c ol) Paul , o t he could uo i . t if 0 ish ch ilr a cri b t i re i ) popish B l3c i kb be efl a ir; iient . ha d is- -; „ en t r elif i ,o ( i i ne roof, 31 1 0 ir_ i rer t . ii_ ;ht to be p i. je r ce l" more g' VII r would Pr e) . 0 jo4 he m otio o, 1 . 00 6 1 ;711 a ., Hodgson The ei, izatioo• 01 by' laneholY bad e , Blackbu r l, err ° lo 4 ll! ......, yrs- the ~..2, P° Pr' was 7 ' Acation fled to,. he sal - )P a il, e ey ion. " (Ayer); l e that y * !:. e I, 0 0 he (- 1 ` 11 ,;,e 0 1 tt j 10111 ~,..e u poo .--.,, 5 ) I. uo we, ,d t lon zi our to_i;coe that it is u Nfr. ll ° clg t O • protestan.-tl'on. nun's te du ,P e ", 1r en edue, 3 9 3d that to e d tO h e referr e able pi) at eoesi der oe o 4 'o thy gl ti t e o ti ff * 4 4 ' ributeu d t iw o cols, t ili t t errti sel l " 4c Ll ;i el thecj b ' a ' P T V tail' plc-pd flO ,ir objec t ' ~,jr t or ainendmen Jiv ,„0 31. 11. 71, idgsorit J. as Sand`' 0 41 Holmes , J. priest,r, ckbur ri „ c l e rv o/1 1/1 ,) rie ; g. Be al e, p . Fr c o nd,• co: 13 6 e 0 o p ' ,i! Lawr e l' c 0 S i n s ' 4 6. tP ' O , Jt l , 11 '1, bby, • es • i\r 04 0' •ii i , 404 ipcaudresea, 3 by `eo n ` as" titiOn h tion• h IN AL L. P aSSed 0 6° 11: 19 ' awing P o ith Intic to n Please fie f , 1 01 l th e'd which, he y „0, 1 ,1 _n o 7,4 i y: mane cj e t ; 0 0 );e,' tower bleat gious 6ti That th kr. A 3 e Mayor be respectf u lly reques t e d t o convey to i fatr i Plaall the cordial thank s o f thi s couhc il, for the nde of blew ...attention he has devoted to the religious instruction 6.... eeildren in the corporation schools, especially of that t-baZaPortion of them who were members of the church of eon, nd, as also for the judicious manner in which he . has fo r h i e Y e ,a that in and to offer him their best wishes try to3l.4ture welfare andhappiness in that part of the coun mr.thich he is about to remove." th 4kranoNTP. seconded the motion, which was met on t e : d trt g of Mr. R. GLADSTONE by a direct negative, he con the ed that the vote of thanks should have emanated from bar s :cation committee, and that the council should . not n arao c ia c en called upon, seeing the great difference in opinion co twe f, t hem as to merit of Mr. Aspinall's conduct. A long , esation took place and i,,..- resolutton was put to the vote, and carried by a ma "nty of 31 to ' 17 the •''' W. 7 e motio n. — Councillors J. Holmes, W. Thornhill, :iaerertshtyboli, le:.TC.ase, J. Mellor, H. Holmes, T. Bolton, E. W.,, ''• Walrnsley R. Bright, J. Priestley, J. Woollright, 11000ta,,, J. ,_ . T. Blackburn, T. Morecroft, F. th" , 4 Platt, W H : a w rve . Y k.,urrie. Aldermen R. Sheil, T. Er an :' ~,n• Roskell C. H. Jones, R. Benn, W. Earle, E. and ti e ' 4,‘,..13. Barclay, T. Holt, W. P. Freme, E. Harvey, A gai -uayor. Rojtoellastkt•—Councillors D. Hodgson, R. Houghton, Isaac ' a • N. 'Wood, R. Gladstone. Ai r p CHAPLAIN OP THE BOROUGH GA. ...,ii. 1 .,. ILenEtt made the following motion o n this subject, p ort iiat it be referred to the town-clerk to consider and re-_ it so l a u la opinion on the act of parliament for the regulation of f the Boron far as it relates to the stipend of the chaplain o , ih 5 Gaol. ':'he Motion was adopted, and the council broke up at half two. THEATRE ROYAL, LIVERPOOL. HAM BURG laut Four of the Engagement of MR. VAN ,i and his TRAINED ANIMALS, LIONS, tl tS, f o ne LEOPARDS, &c., whose extraordinary Per r, as represented One Hundred and Fifteen aof :st Season, at the Theatre-Royal, Drury-Lane, reeeiPed n here patronized there by her Majesty, have been TI ji r e with the most unbounded applause. formed senthe Popular Tragedy of BRUTUS. Se jun ks Brutus.. Mr. Stuart I Titus.. M T r. W. Howard Itus Tarquin.. Mr. Gray I Aruns.. Mr. M . H. Bland rd Mr. Chaplin 4 - • • . Miss Cleaver I Tarquinia.. Miss Faucit At th Lucretia.... M rs . B a k er . the end of th e Tragedy, MR. VAN AMBURGH will t his fearl ess and extraordinary . performances with the LIVING LIONS, I'ocoLIGERS, LEOPARDS, &c. 11,,_eurde with the Ironical Local Burletta of Men and. 8 ) in two acts, founded on the celebrated, widely- Ila,"'vd, ext ensively-circulated, and universally-admired bY called NICHOLAS NICKLEBY OINGS AT DO-THE-BOYS HALL. IN ockleby, M r. W . H . Bl an d ; N ewman N oggs, 3TenetlotislY ; Squeers, M r . B a k er ; J o h n B row di e, M r. Sl a i ter ; :lantilini Mr. Chaplin ; Smike (an Orphan,) Mrs. 41. 8. Aladanie Mantilini,. Miss Cleaver ; Mrs. Squeers, tr i° 'MOW The Tragedy of VIRGINIUS. Vir * Stuart;A lcilius, Mr. W. Howard ; Dentatus, i b tsB CI R PPiuS, Mr. Gray ; Virginia, Miss Faucit ; Servia, 4 '„, l l.Po D ' a Ler•—Afte r which, Mr. VAN AMBURGH'S ""-A-NCES WITH HIS TRAINED ANIMALS. ilerte7,ll„c_lude with th e M us i ca l F arce o f t h e BEE HIVE . ii,l e a r lr• Barker •, Rattan, Mr. G. Horncastle • Mingle, Miss Grant ; Cicely, Mrs. Tellet. L,, ` Emily, - T HE PATRONAGE OF HIS WORSHIP CoN,-, THE MAYOR. 1/ I ,„‘-',.ERT of VOCAL and INSTRUMENTAL ,iverpo-'01.31C will be given at the ROYAL AMPHITHEATRE, the p o ' R °ll FRIDAY EVENING next, the 14th instant, rr o j e THE BENEFIT OF MR. GREEN, a t fL e!or and Mana er of the Popular Concerts given by `,tirtg,s`uis Theatre ; when, in addition to the Band, con tlloB4llPwards of Thirty Performers and Vocalists engaged kiNit Co ncerts, (who have kindly offered him their services C' 4 4 1 1/ for this Evening)M• D &VIES has also kindly Perf o li ted to give his ' i 'the - occasion, and several 'nie rs, both Instrumental and Vocal, will be engaged. Conductor—Mr. W. HOLDEN, ..Pa rt i Who will preside at the Piano-forte. th e plars will be given in the Bills of the day. Tickets n t ' f 4r ,-, ° xes 2s• 6d Pit ls 6d and Gallery ls., may be had .•• , • " 41 ce...I''EN, at the Manchester Tavern, White Mill-street, •wr-st reet ;a lso at the principal Inns and Music-!hops. We pe TO CORRESPONDENTS. _ lli , o n that o ur cotemporary the Wigan Gazette com cen 2e non-receipt of the Standard of Tuesday.— s t ot srurc our respected cotemporary that the fault %gi lt t ' e, st with us. as the paper was duly despatched, and "- -.-- -----.....nave been received at an early hour on Tuesday. Riberpoi 82' 7 1tanbarb, TuzsDAY 211ORNING, JUNE 11, 1539. es r r "-ve cautiously abstained from imposing upon our • b et keaders the vague speculations of mere rum 11 44 - I , ll°ll dng that the prospect of an early dissolution tet e ueel l gaining ground in the best informed q \ u i ar l - - aleld seeing nothing in the position of Lord s . e 4 'ith r4 .., ' , B government which should prevent his acting co tit . 4ll the recklessness of sheer despair, we have not the h idere d it by a n y means un lik e l y t h at l ie s h ou ld f ace fe at -at iou with the certainty of sustaining a severe c.le 4otii an d we adverted on Friday to several ulterior to b - '" Which might very naturally induce him ra l'e the present dangers than trust himself and his llo t t L Y t° the still more hopeless ruin of a dissolution \\ re -r a co nservative premier and a new registration. of et ifo hoe now a higher duty to perform : the duty ate ex not the danger to which the destinies of Britain % Meri n .4 P°sed from the timidity of the irresolute, the N ra- Ikt of the weak, and the sordid spirit of the selfish; Whi c h Plain, Plain, honest, and uncompromising course t tithe- the emergency of the present crisis points ou 111 an who has not surrendered himself soul and It (1. tc ; t he mere name and shadow of a political party. Air essential importance that the electors of the should rightly understand between whom the vot e e cont I les, and t h e precise effects which the individual count ea ch each t en d s to produce upon the fortunes of his Of There was a time when between the abettors kri-'erogative and the champions of privilege, a middle ro a i n Y exieted, which, wholly separate from neither, l th e -ta llied a due medium between both. This f vas 4id a gr b e i °t Whig Party—respectable in character and r th e - je in talent. This party no longer exists ; and . go4„ l.eas°ll is, that the necessity for its existence . a ". The brilliant constellation which once occupie d alv e etitta l Position in the firmament of politics has passe t liff Y „ T he aspect of the heavens now presents widely tefu:t Phenomena. A man must be either imbecile e ' le ct, or dishonest at heart, who says that he can 01 ) i e -e a conservative his vote, and yet not further the bei ly ets °f the radicals. There is now no juste milieu )t-b eell t hat great party in the state which has ab ski f e d into its ranks the property, education, and mo or Yelp,? ree of the country, and the discordant band o th e 'll,g Mal contents—the cankers of a calm world— stand c4"Peratoritm hominum flagitiosi greges," who t ati ß h f erra Yed as the antagonists of all we have been to n ;,.* t ° cherish as good and venerable in the British 4 .irtution. These are hard terms, but they are ta r i te tly ud literally just. There is no length in the theylf sr o f Change to which our opponents will mot go. Doit. attempt argument in the matter, the first pro -411,41°411 all their reasonings in politics is, that see ` eV er is, is Wrong." They have eyes, but they t he ‘ ° „ t l ; e ars, but they hear not. Blind and deaf to the y - ' e e of History, and the warnings of Experience, d of triw,°llld overthrow excellent institutions to get ri niosltal. defects. Empirics in everything, they have ti oti 'uld antipathy to whatever has received the sane ' Nti. of f 1 ,: 1111 e. In those ranks which now stand in the 4 trii ( l °- , battle opposite to our own, are to be found, li 6na nt the deluded and the weak, the sworn and ma f°eB of Protestantism—the bitter haters of our oti r e e estahlislunemt—the fomenters of rebellion in tiss e h scarce-disguised enemies of the mo ktibij its elf. Men of broken fortunes and reckless 11 a isi ii °ll l. r ally ben eat h the ragged and motley standard, s s'it e ,, ett ar e inscrib e d the words Discontent—Change 11 — b Infidelity. D o we accuse a ll w h o j o i n at w e e ' e uient of th e same iniquity ? Assuredly not; se rvati, tell them th at they cannot vote against the con eree " e Party and not aid and abet the views of their atikioualld unprincipled allies. This is what we are conscies t° hi:press. This is what should make the before he friend of his country's happiness pause t i. °ll .va rd e adds momentum to a party already hurrying h w ith mad velocity. We defy any man to show and call av oid doing this if he opposes Sir Robert tl9e e : l e d vote s for the present ministry. And what *P er k °le an by the words " the present ministry ?" 4eLt zl y lie itie d r ° l l Ministry i n this country represented certain -Qfinite principles of government upon which arid in a er s who composed the executive were agreed, th eY exel)PlYing which to the exigencies of the times s°Per exe rt ed themselves in vigorous and harmonious sh e ati on. I. But now, how lamentable the change Iv hol ie ag w l'lch flies at the mast-head of the crazy ship 11ation, Warne is the Melbourne Administration, is of no l i l t : t ea p art ee ,, ti L l try ~ or language. It represents no recog is the emblem of no political creed : it 4 e4t. 'ex t o t no we nt settled views of policy, to no union of 1 41 15n isut a sustained principle of action. As well 4t l th le acid style herself a man-of-war as Lord Mel , the his colleagues call themselves a ministry. n 1; 0 - es en , 41 1st e • . moment a man cannot simply say he is kets) r lahet • 1, .'" 1. of th • must explain to what section or ti ctell e the wor--cie .ministry he attaches himself.. c lf os h e e e 8 in its legitimate and collective N racli PeakB a paradox • he avows in himself ctio n - • • With the same breath he asserts that he reform bill ought to be a final measure, and that it was but a first instalment paid to the growing wants and intelligence of the community. He advocates restless change and prudent caution—finality and non finality. He denounces the ballot as "an unendurable anomaly," and at the same moment trumpets it as the panacwa for political evils. With Poulett Thomson he calls the corn-laws the incubus pressing down the energies of the nation, and with Lord Melbourne cha racterises the agitation as "wild insanity." He ap plauds the growing conservatism of Lord John Russell and the ambitious radicalism of Lord Normanby. Now, what man of common sense and common ho nesty can tolerate this ? Let those who have made up their minds to try the fearful experiments which a howling democracy daily calls for, vote for the move ment, and support the radical candidate at the ensuing election. Upon them will rest the curse of their coun try's ruin—whether they act as knaves or fools—as the barefaced apostles of social disorganization, or the deluded believers in the sophistries of the wretched demagogues of the day. Let them pursue their con sistent course. Let them take their proper place : " Secedant improbi : Secernant .se a bonis : unum in locum congregentur." Let them vilify the peerage, degrade the church, and unchristianise the state. Let them attempt to poison the life-blood of our popula tion by systems of education where religion has no place, and where man is treated as an intellectual ma chine, and not as a being with an immortal soul. They are wise in their generation. Their ends and means are admirably suited to each other. But surely the voter who is not deaf to the voice of reason and duty will start back from an alliance with such a body as this. If he does, then he must vote with and for the conservatives. There is no alternative. Between them and the destructives there is now no party that deserves the name, and the reason simply is, that there is no ground which such a party can occupy. The frontiers of conservatism extend far enough to include all who value the blessings of liberal, enlightened, and constitutional government. Beyond are banditti and outlaws prowling round the constitution in needy and desperate bands, seeking only an opportunity to assault and overthrow. No man can affix to the conservative party the charge of bigotry or intolerance, or opposi tion to reform in its legitimate sense, or inattention to the wants and wishes of the community, without making himself a party to the system of " enormous lying," which is the indelible disgrace, and has become the byeword of reproach, to the whig-radical cause. Never in the annals of party have the engines of false hood been so unblushingly worked as during the last three or four years. " Calumniare audacter : aliquid adhcerebit"—(lay it on thick enough : some of it will stick)—is the diabolical maxim attributed to Machia velli, and right faithfully and steadily have our oppo nents acted upon it. The audacity to which falsehood has reached in misstating the facts of the recent bed. chamber quarrel startles belief. At first, no doubt, this produced some effect : but how miserably the plot has failed ! how the lie has recoiled, and is still recoiling, upon its authors ! From first to last, since the Mel bourne administration grasped the seals of office by promising the radicals what they never meant to per form, and proclaiming against Sir Robert Peel and his colleagues calumnies which they knew to be utterly untrue, down to the day on which the Hon. William Cowper pasted his Downing-street falsehood on the walls of Hertford, it has been one continued tissue of misrepresentation and fraud. But look at the result. The conservative party has everywhere gained strength. The great tide-wave does not more surely advance along the broad surface of the ocean, than does the spirit of conservatism increase and spread amongst the constituencies of the empire. Let every man read the answer of Sir Robert Peel to the admirable address from Shrewsbury. He will there see the lofty con tempt with which that statesman looks down upon the virulence of his opponents, and the calm conviction he expresses of the returning good sense and honour of the country. The lie, after all, has done little imme diate service to its propagators, and will assuredly be one of the main instruments of their downfal at the next election. Like the elephants in the ranks of the Carthagenian armies, it will turn back upon those who sent it into battle. We earnestly entreat our fellow townsmen, to IIP. prepared for the event of an .I,a,.tion, which may happen at any moment, and cannot be far distant. Then will be sealed the fate of the most im becile, the most unprincipled, and the most contempti ble administration that ever dared to trifle with the destinies of Britain. Then, with God's blessing, will the friends of religion and the throne crush beneath their heel the swarming reptiles who have crawled into such prolific life under the patronage of a government which, while it loathes their deformity, yet cringes and truckles to them for support. In one or two of our later numbers we have entered at length into the Fabian policy, and endeavoured to show why a prudent and cautious conduct in parlia ment is the very strongest reason for adopting a most active system of warfare out of doors. But it is by no means necessary for a zealous and warm-hearted con servative to confine himself to such grounds of encou ragement as these : for if ever it were " sport to see the engineer hoist with his own petard"—if ever selfish cunning driven to its wit's end—if craft detected and disgraced—if disingenuous and selfish fraud over reaching and destroying itself in its own snares, have exhibited a display for the instruction and amusement of the world the lover of his church and country has abundant cause for such satisfaction now. Oh !it must indeed have been " Sport that wrinkled care derides, And laughter holding both his sides," when that very absurd individual, Sir Peter Fleetwood, exposed the government to such annoyance and confu sion in the debate of this day week. Formed upon no principle, fixed by no coherency, guided by no respect for decency, and grounded on no popular support, the wretched cabinet totters under the weakest blow. One should have thought that a chimerical scheme, emana ting from a preposterous person, who caricatures in parliament (as Mr. Henry Hunt, his predecessor, cari catured them before him) the pot-walloping principles which keep Preston in perpetual hot water, —one should certainly have thought that a scheme like this might have been disposed of by ministers without the slightest embarrassment or the smallest difficulty. But even in this paltry matter there was perplexity enough to shake the sails of Lord Melbourne's government, and threaten it with instant peril. If there were faith in man, it was clear enough from the often-repeated declarations of Lord John Russell, rendered ten-fold more clear by the carefully-timed publication of the remarkable letter to the electors of Stroud, that his lordship would stand upon the principles of the once vaunted, the now-despised reform bill. Why, then, if the radical philosophers intended to insist upon their ulterior chimaras—why did they assist in replacing the Melbourne administration in its ill-gotten seat of power? Was it because they cared for the Queen, and desired to change sides with the high-flying champions of un controlled prerogative ? or was it because their intimate acquaintance with whiggery has taught them the infi nite pliability of whig professions, and because they hoped to extort from Lord John Russell's fears a for mal renunciation of every remaining claim to public or private honour ? We rejoice that these exhibitions are nightly displayed before the nation. It is right that our rulers should he thoroughly known ; and if, after all, the debasing concession have been made, and the ballot has become an open question, it shall never be forgotten that this fatal step was made while he was leader of the House of Commons who last year affected to resign because Sir Hussey Vivian was permitted to vote for ballot, and who has described it within the last few weeks as an "UNENDURABLE ANOMALY." If the radicals are chuckling over the perpetual re currence of wiliggish ignominy, let them pause to consider what verdict the accessory may expect when the principal is convicted. They have not committed the outward acts of these flagitious crimes—these re peated perfidies, these profligate breaches of faith. But they have suborned the whigs to commit them. Daily and nightly they have urged the wretched minis ters forward in their frantic course ; and have driven them at length to a position where they can neither proceed without destruction, nor retreat without dis grace. They have touched the pitch ; and the nation which condemns the whigs will pass upon them the righteous verdict, that they also have been defiled. The whigs seem determined, in one respect at least, to maintain a character for consistency—consistency in mean, shabby, and ungentlemanly trickery. Ever since their accession to office, their whole career has been' marked by a succession of the most shameless and dishonourable subterfuges—by an utter reckless ness of principle—by a systematic departure from those conventional rules of candour, truth, and plain dealing, the observance of which is indispensable to that mu tual confidence which is the infallible mark and crite rion of good society. By one act of political turpitude after another have the whig ministers placed them selves beyond the pale of even genteel society, if they were only dealt with according to their merits. We can conceive it possible to hold opinions as diametric ally opposite to each other as the antipodes, without in the least degree interfering with the most sincere in tercourse in private life. We can also believe it to he possible for men to treat each other with considerable asperity on the arena of political strife, without dis solving those bonds by which private or personal friendship is cemented. But we cannot conceive it to be possible that men, who are in the constant habit of practising the meanest deception—who hold their offi cial stations by no better tenure than the lowest and most depicable arts of cunning, trickery, and tergiver sation—should be considered fit associates for men of honourable principle ; in other words, we cannot be lieve that the whigs can be viewed in any other light than as a band of unprincipled political swindlers, whose conduct has disentitled them to those privileges in private life, to which their rank and station ought to prove a passport. Without going any further back into the history of Whig trickery than the recent " bedchamber intrigue," we have a striking instance of their partiality for a crooked, devious, and dishonest policy, in preference to that straightforward and plain-dealing line of con duct, which is ever the characteristic of an honourable mind. The miserable intrigue by which the Duke of Wellington and Sir Robert Peel were so shamefully imposed upon, and by which their plans were so scan dalously frustrated, has stamped the Whig cabinet with the indelible impress of the most infamous knavery. They now stand forth in all the obloquy of self-con victed delinquents, whom no man can safely trust, and with whom no man can consent to associate with out contamination. As the whigs have hitherto continued to hold office by a series of tricks of political legerdemain—by pro fessing one thing and practising another—by promis ing one thing and performing another—by fraudulent and dishonourable pretences,—so are they determined that the remainder of their brief career shall be in exact keeping with their past policy. In this undevi ating adherence to dishonesty, they contrive to main tain the most scrupulous consistency. The preceding remarks have been elicited by the wretched plot which the whigs have resorted to in reference to their scheme of national education. In our last, it will he remembered, we congratulated the country on the ostensible abandonment of that nefa rious scheme. We confess that we were thrown, in some measure, off our guard. We believed that Lord John Russell and his associates were really frightened out of their designs by the multitudinous show of pe titions against the national education scheme. We forgot, at the time, what a slippery and deceitful set of politicians we had to deal with. The infamous pro- Popish scheme has not been abandoned. It has been revived in a more objectionable shape than ever ; and it is more than ever incumbent upon us to warn our readers against suffering themselves to be deceived by the plausible professions of the whig ministers. That we are not premature in asserting that the education scheme has not been abandoned in reality, will abundantly appear from the official document which will be found in another part of our paper. This document purports to be the " report of the committee of coune, appointed to superintend the application of any funds voted by parliament for the purpose of pro moting public education," and is said to have been read at Buckingham Palace en the 3d of June. From this date it would appear that Lord John Russell's pro fessed abandonment of the scheme was the consequence of an alteration in the tactics of the cabinet, and not the result of a belief in the inutility or the impractica bility of the scheme. This report divulges the secret of Lord John Russell's whole proceeding. It recom i.,talb all alas Lora John 11.,,..011 nought to obtain by a formal grant of £30,000 in aid of his educational scheme. After suggesting that the sum of £lO,OOO should be divided, in equal portions, between the Na tional Society and British and Foreign School Society, for the purpose of aiding in the erection of normal or model schools, it proceeds to state that " the remainder of the subsequent grants of the years 1837 and 1838, yet un appropriated, and any grant that may be voted in the pre sent year," may be "chiefly applied in aid of any subscrip tions for building schools, and, in particular cases, for the support of schools connected with those societies." From these recommendations it would appear that the " normal schools" of the scheme said to have been abandoned by Lord John Russell are still to be formed. There can he no doubt that overtures have been made by government to the British and Foreign School Society, with a view of rendering that society subser vient to the ulterior designs of the educational philoso phers : and there can be little doubt that a " normal school," in which religion shall be a matter of secondary, or no consideration at all, will be established under the joint auspices of the whig government, the Central Educational Committee, and the British and Foreign School Society—that is, if the vote of £30,000 should be granted, and the whigs should remain a little longer in office. It is necessary that we should warn our readers that the remainder of the parliamentary grant is not to be applied in aid of the National and British and Foreign School Societies, excepting "in particular cases." We can guess what this means. It means that the com mittee of council, consisting of the Marquis of Lans downe, Viscount Duncannon, Lord John Russell, and Mr. Spring Rice, shall have the option of refusing all grants to the National Society, and of rendering as, much assistance as they may choose in such cases only as the British and Foreign School Society may adapt their proceedings to the plans approved by this arbitrary committee. This is likewise obviously im plied in the recommendation " that the rule hitherto adopted of making a grant to those places where the largest proportion is subscribed, be not invariably ad hered to, should application be made from very poor and populous districts, where subscriptions to a suffi cient amount cannot be obtained." Now, it so happens that the instances in which the largest sums are sub scribed towards the establishment of schools are, almost without exception, in connexion with the Church of England : and it also happens that these subscriptions are made, in nine cases out of ten, for the erection of schools in " very poor and populous districts." Thus, if the despotic quartumvirate of the privy council intend to depart from the salutary rul e of aiding those who make the largest voluntary contri bution towards the establishment of schools, they must have come to the extraordinary resolution of granting, in the great majority of cases, no assistance whatever to " poor and populous districts," unless churchmen should determine upon making no exertions in such districts, and upon leaving the matter entirely in the hands of papists and socinians. Then, and then only, can assistance be obtained from government in such districts. This jesuitical plan looks very like a bounty upon indiference to the cause of education. Church men are plainly informed that they must not exert themselves to procure subscriptions for the establish ment of schools in "poor and populous districts ;" for if they venture upon so imprudent a step, govern ment will refuse to grant them any assistance. If they wish that such places should be favoured with the means of education, they must either take the whole burden on their own shoulders, or they must leave the work to the " small subscribers"—the papists and socinians—who may rely upon the cordial co operation of the enlightened quartumvirate. But we have not yet touched upon the most ob noxious paragraph in the report. We have not yet alluded to the " grand trick" of the four illustrious conjurors of the Privy Council—the trick which they expect will escape detection in the House of Commons, and which they complacently persuade themselves will deceive the people of England. This prime specimen of humbug is the following :—" The committee do not feel themselves precluded from making grants in particular cases, which shall appear to them to call for the aid of government, although the applications may not come from either of the two mentioned societies." What does this insidious paragraph mean ? We an swer unhesitatingly, it means that the government may grant supplies in aid of Popish, Socinian, or even infidel schools, if the application be made for assistance from these parties. This is the bold, the impudent scheme at length resolved upon. The Committee of Council are still determined that Popery and Socinian ism shall be patronised and endowed by the state : — that the Protestants of England shall be taxed to sup port unchristianing and damnable heresies. The whole scheme smells rankly of jesuitism. It is evi dently an emanation from the mischief-working brains of O'Connell, and as such should be loudly protested against by all who wish to see this country prosper under the favour of Heaven. It is, therefore, with reason that we once more urge our townsmen to petition against the education scheme so insidiously reproduced. We are glad to find that the Rev. H. M‘Neile has brought the matter under the notice of his congregation, who have once more re sponded to his call by preparing a petition against the new plot. His letter to Lord Sandon will be found in another column : we recommend it to the notice and perusal of our readers. We sincerely hope that Lord Ashley will persist in his motion for a call of the House of Commons, and that the despicable manoeuvre which we have been exposing will be most signally frustrated. The Protestants of Great Britain should urge their representatives to crush the insidious de signs of the Papists and Socinians in their infancy. The radical Solons of the Town Council, headed by the redoubtable Sutor Blackburn, amused themselves on Friday last with a " dull, stale, and unprofitable" discussion on the hackneyed question of national education—a discussion than which Mr. Alderman Earle asseverated " nothing could be more pleasant and agreeable." There is no accounting for some people's tastes. To us nothing could possibly be more unplea sant and disagreeable than to be doomed to listen for the hundredth time to the threadbare and hundred time-refuted arguments of the knight of the pestle and mortar, who is put forward, on every emergency, as the champion of the radical clique in the Town Council. His speech was composed of the most trite and com mon-place remarks, undeserving of any serious notice, and incapable, from their very absurdity, of being refuted. It is a matter of congratulation to the clergy of Liverpool, who have so nobly signalized themselves by their powerful exertions in the cause of scriptural education, that the most important adversary they have to contend with is the puny and pragmatical representative of Lime-street Ward. To be afraid of such an opponent would be rank cowardice—to reply to him would be little better than " answering a fool according to his folly." A FEW LAST WORDS ON THE DUTY AND AD VANTAGE OF PETITIONING PARLIAMENT. TO THE EDITOR OF THE LIVERPOOL STANDARD, Sru,—l must but congratulate my fellow-townsmen, and my fellow-countrymen generally, be they churchmen, me thodists, or dissenters, who have nobly achieved a great work, in bending the neck of England's Prime Minister to the voice of truth ; and yet, my fellow-Protestants, it is but a bending to expediency, and therefore do not trust it. Carry on the warfare. You have shown that the petitions of the people must be heeded ; you have shown that the people of England are sound at heart ; you have shown, not that " the voice of the people is the voice of God," but that the voice of the people demand that the Word of God (the Bible) shall be the standard of truth in every school supported by the nation. The petitions of the God-fearing people of England are then of use, and persevere in them, for we are not yet out of the mire. " The serpent was more subtle than all the beasts of the field ;" and the eel is a slippery fish. The modern whigs are a compound of both. They have a portion of the jesuit's cunning—they are covered with the liberal's slime. I fear their plan is still to have the grant of money, for educational purposes, to be appropriated by the board of laymen, not one of whom, I would fearlessly say, has the cause of God at heart. Watch them then !—Yours, &c., PROTESTANT. POLICE INTELLIGENCE.-YESTERDAY, (BEFORE MR. RUSHTON.) DEPRADATION ON GARDENS. Three men, named Leather, Mitchell, and Culverston, was placed at the bar, charged with being found in Lodge-lane, at a very early hour on Sunday morning, with two large bouquets of flowers, lilac, &c., of which they could not give a satisfactory account. One of them was also found in pos session of a formadable looking sword, without a scabbard. The owner or owners of the flowers did not appear ; but one of the officers stated, that a garden in Smithdown-lane had been dispoiled of a quantity of flowers, &c., including some pionies, (we believe,) similar to those taken from the pri soners. One of the men said he had taken the sword from his lodgings in a frolic, on the previous night. Mr. Rushton said he had learned that it was a frequent offence to plunder saratMO (In Ra.ov,i soners that the owners of the property did not appear against them. They were then discharged. Two other young men, both named Robert Davies, were charged with a similar offence, at Edge-hill, on the same morning. No one ap peared against them, and they were discharged with a strong admonition, Mr. Rushton stating, that he should certainly make an example, if the practice was continued. EXTENSIVE THEFT BY A CHARWOMAN. A married woman, named Margaret Morris, stood charged with having taken away and pledged, or otherwise appro priated a considerable quantity of property, from a house in which she had been employed as a charwoman. A number of silver table and tea spoons, some bed linen, from which the name had been cut out, shirts, and other articles, were produced, and found by the officers, at several pawn-brokers shops. The prisoner, it appeared, lived in an upper room in Atherton-street, and one of the officers there found 10 pawn tickets for the goods. Mrs. Joule, the wife of a publican, in Strand-street, said she had frequently employed the pri soner to clean the house, and identified all the property as belonging to her husband. Several pawnbrokers and their assistants, remembered the prisoner pledging them. The prisoner declined saying anything in her defence, but hoped the prosecutrix would deal with her as mercifully as possible. She was committed for trial at the sessions. THE FIFTY-POUND NOTE CASE. The case relative to the robbery of a gentleman named Hyde, of a £5O note of the Bank of Macclesfield, noticed in our publication of Friday, and which had been remanded for further evidence, was then resumed. The evidence, in cluding that given on the former day, was carefully sifted by Mr. Rushton; but as we have already given a considerable portion of it, we shall furnish in detail that portion which was new. Mr. Devonport appeared on behalf of James O'Ryley, the male prisoner; the female, Mary Ann Roberts, was undefended. Mr. Hyde, who had come from York, said that he was in Liverpool on the 7th of March last, and stopped at the Mitre Inn. While there, at half-past nine at night, he had in his possession a purse containing a £5O Macclesfield bank note, two £5 notes, about thirteen sove reigns, and some other money. He had the purse in his left hand trouser's pocket. About half-past ten he went out, and was at the time, he admitted, a little the worse for wine. He walked along Dale -street to the Wellington Hotel. when he met a friend at the bar, and had several glasses with him. After sitting an hour and a half or two hours, he left his friend and walked back to the Mitre, and on the way, as he believed, he lost his purse with its whole contents, He did not, however, miss them then. He went with no one in the street, that he could recollect. After taking one glass, he went to his chamber, and as was his custom locked himself in. In the morning he missed his money. He had pre viously taken the number of the £5O note in his order-book : it was No. 1125. The note produced was no doubt the same. He gave notice to the police ; but heard nothing of it until twelve days ago. None of the other money had yet been recovered. Nothing particular was elicited in cross-examination. Police constable John Guy, said that, two or three nights after the robbery he was ac costed by the female prisoner, (Roberts) who said she had something to communicate. She asked him if he had heard of a £5O note that was stolen. He said he had. She said, I am the person who took it to Riley's, a public-house in Milton-street, and asked him if he would take care of it, and he said he would, or he would change it. She said that if he changed it, and gave her and Sarah Baxter (her companion, discharged on Thursday) £l6 a-piece, he might have the re mainder. She added, that Ryley agreed ; that he gave her £lO then, and told her to call next day for the rest ; she did call again, and got £5, and next day called and got more, making, (as we understood the witness,) £24. It appeared that she had afterwards asked Ryley for some drink on credit, that he refused to draw it, and that the prisoner had then threatened to inform, if she should be transported for it. Inspector Cottam said, that about the 12th or 13th of March he went to Ryley, who (as before stated) denied all knowledge of the note, saying he had never had such a note. The inspector told him the number of it was known, and he had better give it up if he had it, for if it were traced the case would be serious against him. To this the prisoner made no reply. Mr. Marsh, draper, repeated the evidence he had before given—that he received the note from the prisoner for some goods, and had given him the change out ; that he had kept it about three weeks, and then paid it to Mr. M. Pick ford, of Manchester. Mr. Bower, Mr. Pickford's salesman, remembered the last witness paying the note, in liquidating a debt of £2B. Witness got it changed at Mr. Isaac Hud son's. Mr. Haworth, a clerk at Mr. Hudson's, identified the note. His own initials, and Mr. Pickford's name, were written by him upon it, as was his practice in such cases. Mr. W. Cave Brown, of the Manchester District Bank, said he received the note from the last witness for the credit of Mr. Hudson, and he also marked it, as appeared. Mr. Joseph Stoner, of Orinskirk, grocer, said he knew Mr. Hyde, of York, and paid him on the sth of March a £5O Macclesfield note. He perfectly remembered the number and the date, and believed that was the same note. I nspec t or Ed war d Tyrrell, who produced the note, said he had traced it back to the Macclesfield Bank, where it had since been cancelled. It had previously, it appeared, been paid in London. A boy in the service of Mr. Marsh, said he had taken the note by his master's directions to Mr. Bliz and,.Scotland-place. (where it was tendered by the prisoner Ryley) to as cer t a i n if it were good,and the reply was, that it was. This was all the evi dence adduced, and the informations being taken, both the prisoners were committed for trial at the sessions. ASSAULTING A SHIPWRIGHT. ' Michael Wood, a stout young man, was charged with vio lently, and without provocation, assaulting a shipwright, whose name we did not learn. The complainant, whose face was much disfigured, said that the p r i soner, who was a stranger to him, had struck him down a n d ki c k e d hi m vio lently when down, his only alleged cause being that he was a carpenter. The prisoner denied the fact, but another wit ness corroborated the statement of the complainant. Mr. Rushton animadverted strongly on the con d uct o f t h e pri soner. He was determined, he said, to put an en d t o these feuds wherever they arose. The injured p ar ty did p er f ec tly right in applying to the magistrates, and not taking the law into their own hands. He then fined the prisoner 10s. and costs, and in default of payment to be imprisoned for one week. EMIGRATION TO THE UNITED STATES.—The tide of emi gration still runs strongly towards the United States. Most of the ships which sail for the States, but particularly those to New York, carry out large numbers of steerage passengers. Among the emigrants are many families from Germany, who, landing at Hull, travel by the Leeds and Liverpool Canal to this port, where they embark. Several boats on the Canal have been wholly occupied by these families. L n Lood ° ! 1 101 hick ths,7o ,0 But was u ;t fis p NO ; Alt an ° en ttO lsulitCl frO°looo latlagedtbe h e Be 3e loss, d to tr u e " m wts s' l r were io_itto ion b to depase lolvopoti fit; qs ible be ; :wing v g ' l li flO r ourc e of i ty n i n d to g l Pr ,4 wool o , o _ ;O7, tcept _of 5 on P° 111 :00 ices , it iv. i f • • s fied tl lB ' co s must be hey • t distant the call ° ll —how high' u ndatie n sal • 0 ,71 PP °se t o begge d l 4 to ~esent LOCAL NEWS. To LOVERS OF FISH.—We have great pleasure in direct ing the attention of our readers, especially of those who are epicures in their taste for fish, to Mr. Joseph Newton's establishment, No. 14, St. John's Market. We saw yester day on his slab a most tempting variety of the choicest deli cacies of the season—fit to grace a monarch's table. The abundant supply of the delicious specimens of the " finny tribe" which Mr. Newton has constantly on sale, is only equalled by their excellence. Those who are fond of having fish dressed after the London style, may be amply gratified upon application to Mr. Newton, whose establishment will bear comparison with any in the kingdom. THE WEATHER.--Yesterday we were again favoured with mild and genial showers, which must be productive of great benefit to the farmer and horticulturist. In consequence of the very favourable weather we have enjoyed for the last few days vegetables have become considerably cheaper in our markets. ZOOLOGICAL GARDENS.—The fete at these delightful gar dens, on Friday evening last, went off admirably, and gave perfect satisfaction to the numerous visitors present. The third fete of the season takes place to-morrow evening. BOTANIC GARDENS.—The first exhibition of the season, as may be seen on reference to the advertisement, will take place at these gardens to-morrow. We hope that the weather will prove propitious. If it should be fine we have no doubt that the delightful promenades in these gardens will be crowded with company. The exhibition presents one of the richest treats within our reach. ST. JAMES' MARKET.—We understand that the first new wing of this market will be opened in the course of a fort night. It is fitted up with beautiful white marble slabs. The increased accommodation arising from this enlargement will be, no doubt, duly appreciated by the inhabitants of Toxteth-park and its neighbourhood. We feel bound to state that the Market Committee deserve the highest praise for thus promoting the convenience of the public. PROTESTANT BENEVOLENT SOCIETY.—We perceive, from an advertisement in another page, that the yearly meeting of !this excellent society is to take place next Tuesday, at St. Paul's School-room, when the members and their friends will dine together. We are glad to learn that the funds of the society have nearly doubled in amount during the last year, and that it has been enabled to invest a considerable sum. The praiseworthy objects of this society entitle it to extended support. SCRIPTURAL EDUCATION.—We are glad to percei v e , f r om an advertisement which appears in another column, that the Rev. Mr. M'Crea, of Dublin, has engaged, at the solicitation of several friends of scriptural education, to deliver a lecture on that important subject, on Wednesday, (to-morrow) even ing, at the .Music Hall, Bold-street. We have no doubt that this talented and eloquent minister will attract a numerous audience on the occasion. ME. GREEN'S BENEFIT.—Mr. Green, the spirited pro jector of the Popular Concerts, we perceive from the adver tisement, intends to take his benefit at the Royal Amphi theatre, on Friday next. It is a subject of regret that these concerts have not been better supported. We trust, however, that Mr. Green will be rewarded for his public spirit with a full house, on the occasion of his benefit. He has engaged a very efficient band, and a talented vocal company, among whom we are glad to recognize the name of Mr. Davies, who has kindly consented to give his valuable services. We feel persuaded that lovers of music will find a rich treat provided for them. DESECRATION OF THE SABBATH.—We regret to lay be fore our readers the following specimen of popish falsehood, and sabbath profanation, in the shape of a circular, which was industriously distributed at the doors of the chapels in this town on Sunday last, addressed to the precursors, and friends of justice, in Liverpool :—" A. meeting of the Precursor Society will take place this evening, (Sunday, June 9,) in Mr. Maguire's large room, 11, Mersey-street, where the cause of the injured Irishmen, who have innocently suffered during the late tory riots, will be brought before the meeting, for the purpose of devising the best means of affording them pro tection. Every person possessing any information respecting the rioters is earnestly requested to attend." The notice is such a compound of enormous lying," and consummate hypocrisy, as to require no further attention. LIVERPOOL ELECTION AND NATIONAL EDUCATION. — We flatter ourselves that if our conservative friends are not ready for an early struggle with the opponents of our time honoured institutions, they will not attribute their want of preparation to any lack of warning on the part of the conser vative press. The " Reformers" are now, as ever, on the alert, and this very evening a meeting of that self-styled body is to be held at the room of the clique in Clayton-square, for the purpose of considering the future representation of the borough in parliament, the registration, and the ministerial plan of education. Are the friends of the monarchy equally active ? We hope they will never suffer the righteousness of their cause to betray them into apathy and lukewarmness. TRADESMEN'S INSTITUTION.—At the half-yearly meet ing of this excellent institution, on Friday last, the follow ing donations in aid of its general objects were announced : Mr. William Wilson and Family, Classical Library, 50 vols. Messrs. Richardson and Cowburn Mr. William A. Philips lO 0 0 Messrs. Woolright and Chidson Messrs. Jeffery and Morrish . Mr. Thomas Winstanley 53 vols. books, and, in addition his subscription as a member. Mr. John Dawburn Mr. Samuel Hunt Messrs. Wilmer and Smith, 25 vols. books. Mr. Carroll, of Rainsford-gardens, 5 vols. 5 0 0 5 0 0 .. Various other donors of works in 1 and 2 vols. each. NUMEROUS ARRIVALS.—On Thursday the wind which, for several weeks, had blown from the eastward, veered round to the southward. On that day and the following days the arrivals of vessels from foreign parts were extremely numerous, as will he seen by referring to our Shipping Intelligence.— Most of the vessels which arrived since the change of wind have had very long passages. The import of cotton by the arrivals of the week cannot be under 50,000 bales. LORD F. EGBRTON.—We are happy to state that his Lord ship has not only caused the discontinuance of all the passage boats but one, on the Bridgewater canal, on the Sabbath day, but that he has made, and is continuing to make, ample pro vision for the spiritual instruction of the boatmen. His Lord ship and La.dv Egerton also walk more than a mile - to clinch every bun day, in order to afford a greater number of their domestics an opportunity of attending public worship, and of inducing others by their example, to observe the Sabbath. THE EARL OF DERBY.--The use of the noble earl's right side is entirely gone, but his lordship is able to use his hands freely, and lately he has franked a number of letters. PUBLIC HALL.—We understand that seventy-five plans have been received by the committee for the erection of this building, and some of them are said to be very beautiful designs. On Thursday next will be launched, from the building yard of Mr. Peter Cato, west side of the Brunswick Dock, a fine new barque, about 300 tons register, for Messrs. Hol derness and Chilton, intended, we believe, for the Brazilian trade. The Marquis of Headfort and suite arrived here on Thurs day from Kingstown, Dublin, per the Royal William, City of Dublin Company's steam-packet, Captain Swainson. DEPUTY LIEUTENANCY. — CharIes Dickson Archibald, Esq. has been appointed one of the deputy lieutenants of the county.—Preston Pilot. " PRINCE" STEAMER.—We understand heavy bets have been made that this splendid vessel, the last new one of the City of Dublin Company, will, in a few days, make the pas sage from the George's Pier-head to Kingstown Harbour under ten hours. A deputation of tobacconists from Liverpool, Leeds, Hull, Bolton, Glasgow, and Edinburgh, had an interview on Tues day last with the Chancellor of the Exchequer. On Sunday morning last, after an admirable sermon by the Rev. Hugh M‘Neile, the sum of £4l 14s. sd. was col lected in behalf of the funds of the Northern Hospital. The rev. gentleman had given no previous intimation that he purposed appealing to his congregation on the subject, or a much larger amount would doubtless have been received. To-morrow will be launched, from the building yard of Messrs. Bannister and Co., Trentham-street, a beautiful schooner, about 200 tons register, belonging to W. S. Dixon, Esq., and intended, we understand, for the Glasgow and Liverpool line of sailing vessels. PARLIAMENTARY REGISTRATION.—TO avoid disfran chisement of electors in cities and boroughs, all the poor rates and window-taxes (if any) payable from a voter in respect of his premises, previously to the 6th day of April, must be paid on or before the 20th July, whether demanded or not. ALEHOUSE LICENSES.-It may be useful to some of our readers to know that persons intending to apply for new licenses to keep inns, should give their notices on the church doors, &c., as directed by the act of parliament, on three several Sundays between the Ist of June and the last day of July. STEAM TO NEW YORK.—The Liverpool, Steam-ship, will depart, on Thursday forenoon, on her third trip, this year, to New York. She will, we are happy to state, carry out her full complement of passengers. Even for the next voyage half her berths are engaged already. The next annual Conference of the Wesleyan Methodists will be holden in Liverpool, and will commence its sittings on the 31st next month. The Rev. Messrs: Atherton, (of London,) and Lessey, (of Bristol,) are talk e d o f as candidates for the honourable office of President. Mr. Kilshaw, Mr. W. Birket, and Mr. Ford, a deputation from the inhabitants of Liverpool, headed by Mr. Cresswell, had an interview, on Friday, with Lord John Russell, at the Home-office, for the purpose of laying before his lordship certain objections to the Prisons Bill. STEAM V. WIND.—AII the ships which sailed from New York before the Liverpool had long passages, having expe rienced scarcely any thing, during the whole trip, but light head winds or calms. The Europe, which sailed on the Ist ult., arrived on Friday morning, and the Roscoe, which sailed on the 9th, arrived in the afternoon of the same day. The Sheffield, which sailed on the 16th ult., arrived yesterday morning. But the packet-ship Oxford, which sailed on the 20th ult., two days after the Liverpool, having had the luck of a favourable wind, anchored in the Mersey early yesterday morning also, having been on her passage only five days longer than the Liverpool was on hers.—Albion. FlRE.—Between three and four o'clock on Thursday morning a fire was discovered in a soap and candle shop, Mount-pleasant. One of the police ran off to the fire sta tion, and in a few minutes Superintendent Hewitt arrived with two engines and several water carts. 'One engine was quickly got into play, and Hewitt, with a few of his well disciplined men, soon subdued the fire. Too much prais e cannot be given to Hewitt, as it was expected by all presen t that it would be impossible to h ave c hecked the progress of the flame still it was consumed. FATAL ACCIDENT.—On Friday, an inquest was held be fore Mr. Curry, on the body of Margaret Edwards, aged two years and four months, daughter of Robert Edwards, shoe maker, Trowbridge-street. It appeared that on the sth Oc tober last, the child wag running across Dansie-street, when she was rode over by a cart belonging to the Royal Brewery Company; the wheel of which passed up over the abdomen, causing a fracture of the ilium and severe internal ruptures. Mr. Lockwood, surgeon, attended her from the time of the accident until her death, which took place on Wednesday last, but the case from the first was quite a hopeless one, The driver was sitting in the cart, and was not aware of the child's danger until after the accident had occurred; but as the jury considered that there was no blame attributable to him, they found a verdict of accidental death. LIST OF CABIN PASSENGERS PER SHIP ROSCOE.—H. Robertson, lady, child, and servant, Philadelphia; John Ely, jun., do. ; Miss A. Turnbull, Baltimore ; Miss E. Turnbull, do. ; Mrs. Broadbent, England ; Mr. C. Burnett, New York ; John H. Smith, Boston ; H. Watson, New York ; B. E. Wenman and lady, do. ; Mrs. Ware, do. ; Miss Ware, do. ; Mr. Ware, do. ; Rev. WEwen, Phila delphia ; Mr. Root, New York ; C. F. Kcnworthy, ditto ; Mr. Roberts, Brooklyn ; Mr. Smith, New York ; Rev. Mr. Goldnev, England ; F. J. Baretti, do. ; Mr. Orerman, Porto Rico ; Edward Whately, Pennsylvania ; Ed. Trimmer, do. ; 0. H. Ducroz, do. ; Mr. and Miss Murphy. New York ; Mr. Tryon, do. ; Captain Sandeman, 734 regiment, do ; Mr. John Watson, do. ; Mr, Thomas Smith, do. ; Patten, do. ; Mr. Leadley, do. ; Mr. S. Mauroy, do. A rumour has circulated in the metropolis, to the effect that Lords Melbourne and Normanby have come to an open breach, and that the former is to retire, when the latter or Lord Durham is to assume the Premiership, dissolve the Par liament, and try the strength of unadulterated Radicalism.— We believe this rumour to be well founded. The officers of the House of Commons have certainly had instructions to be on the look out for a dissolution—the writs are already en grossed—and Lord Mebbourne's immediate friends positively assert that he is about to retire.—Orford Herald. LIVERPOOL OPERATIVE PROTESTANT ASSOCIATION. A public meeting of the members and friends of the above society was held last evening, in the large school -room' of St. Jude's, Oakes-street, for the purpose of taking into consideration the propriety of petitioning parliament against the government plan of national education. The room was greatly thronged. At seven o'clock the Rev. H. WNEILE entered, and, on taking the chair, was loudly applauded. He commenced the proceedings by prayer, and then ad dressed the meeting in reference to the subject which they had met to consider. He regretted that his time was so very limited, having had an engagement previously made for this evening at eight o'clock, as to prevent him:from remaining amongst them so long as he desired ; and although he had signified that he would be obliged to decline attending on the present occasion, yet he felt bound, under existing circum stances, and at all hazards, to make an effort to be there, and to co-operate with them in the advancement of the great cause of scriptural education, which they had all so much at heart. (Cheers.) There was one distinction—and which in the outset they should bear in mind—that there existed a great difference between the true church of Christ, and the enjoyment of the blessings which proceed from the true church of Christ, by any peculiar nation. They were all sufficiently convinced that no human effort could suc ceed against the church of Christ, and it was, therefore, asked by many, why be so zealous, why be so active in your exertions, when all know that, as God defends his church, and is powerful to protect her from all assaults, the attacks of infidelity and popery need not be regarded. But it is not as a spiritual church alone that they were now to look upon the advantages they derived from the Protestant Esta blished Church of England—they had to distinguish from the true spiritual church of Christ, the great advantages that every nation, every city, every town, and every village, where it was established, enjoyed from its beneficent influence over the conduct and morals of the people. That church was once established in the cities of Asia—it was destroyed and now the country was filled with Mabomedans. (Hear.) — The same he said was the case with respect to Africa. The Christian Church was once in its purity in Italy, and St. Paul wrote to the Christians of Rome, but now, instead of the Church of Christ they had Antichrist. In England similar results would be experienced, for, if they would sup pose for a moment that the church was removed, and allowed to proceed, as in America, what might be expected? The distinction between the temporal and spiritual advantages of the church was, therefore, obvious—it was not Christianity merely they had to consider, but Christianity in England they were called upon to maintain. This was a distinction he repeated they ought to look after—Dissenters and others spoke of spiritual Christianity, but they wished them to re gard their Protestant Christianity as a national blessing— to preserve it as essential to the interests of their country as well as essential to their own salvation, and which it was ne cessary for them to take care of, inasmuch as it was as requisite for their eternal welfare, as salt was for the preservation of the material earth. It is to preserve this christian church, and to prevent the introduction of Roman apostasy, that this Protestant association was formed. Papists wish to throw a doubt upon the authorised versions of the scriptures, because they are aware if they succeed in throwing uncer tainty upon their authenticity ; then, they know, recourse must be had to tradition, to show what are the genuine scriptures. So they would understand that the object of Protestants was to maintain the sufficiency of the scriptures of the written word of God, whilst the Romanists contended for their insufficiency, and that it was necessary to bring in the evidence of tradition to help out their proof. See then the object of establishing these schools—if the government sys tem of education were once established, the Socinian and Pa pist would introduce their own versions of scripture, they would the socinian copy, the Protestant copy, and, as Belsham have called it, " the sacred, improved version ;" and each would say, " this is ours "—" this is ours ;" and the third would ask, which was the right one ? Then the Romanist would come in and say, Did we not tell you that it would be neces sary to introduce tradition to decide your question. (Cheers.) This was the policy—this was the object of the church of Rome ; and nothing could more clearly demonstrate the necessity of establishing no other system of education in this country than one having for its object the scriptural instruc tion of children according to the principles of the Estab lished Church. The rev. gentleman proceeded to explain the course pursued by the government on the question of national education recently abandoned by them. Lord Ashley, it appeared, gave notice of a call of the house, for the day on which Lord John Russell was to submit his plan of education, being determined that the subject should be con sidered in a full house. Lord John Russell on that occasion had the boldness to get up and state that he would second the motion, but when the time came for Lord Ashley to bring forward his motion, of which he had given notice;Lord John Russell rose and said that his proposition had met with so many objections, that he did not deem it advisable to pro ceed with it, but that he was prepared with a modification of the system—he therefore suggested to Lord Ashley to relinquish his motion for a call of the house, but the noble lord declined—he said let me see first what your modification is, and then I may accede to your wishes. The modified plan has since been proposed ; but what Lord Ashley has done in consequence, he (Mr. M'Neile) knew not, but here is the modified plan. (The rev. gentleman then read the document at length, which appears in another part of our paper.) According to this plan the committee which is to superintend the system of education is to consist of five, and the meeting may judge of the spirit which will actuate it, when they hear the names of the individuals appointed upon it. The Right Hon. Spring Rice, Chancellor of the Exchequer, the Marquis of Lansdowne, President of the Council. Lord John Russell, Lord Duncannon who, by the way is a private friend ofDaniel O'Connell—(groans) —and Mr. Labouchere, Master of the Mint. These were the members of the committee for the ma nagement of the normal schools. The petitions against the sys tem, however, were numberless—the H ouse o f C ommons could not contain them, and they were obliged to employ the housemaids daily to sweep them out of the chamber—for the meeting must know that the petitions were the perquisites of the maids of the House of Commons. The petitions, be they found such lugubrious howlings in their dear friend the Albion, who states to-day that ministers were disgracefully, shamefully deserted by the country. (Cheers and laughter.) The rev. gentleman, with his usual ability, then dissected the report of the Committee of Council appointed to superintend the grant intended for the purposes of public education. He said, if they consented to subscribe £3OO according to the plan proposed, the government, it would appear, were to give £2OO, or to make grants in proportion to the amount of subscription raised in the locality in which the school was intended to be established. They propose to make their grants to all denominations share and share alike. Mr. M'Neile again apologised for being obliged to leave the meeting so early, and, in consequence, being compelled to conclude his remarks as soon as possible. He would, however, impress upon their attention that part of the report in which the committee stated that they did not feel themselves precluded from making grants in particular cases, which should appear to them to call for the aid of go vernment, although the applications should not come from either the National Society or the British School Society. Where, then, asked the rev. gentleman, were the applica tions to come from ?—where are they to come from, my honey ?—(laughter)—where, my jewel ?—continued laugh ter.) • Why, any sect that may think proper to make appli cation will not be denied ; they will get the money for the support of the schools, no matter what religion—if any reli gion whatever be considered worthy of their attention. That was the modified plan proposed by the government, and on seeing it he felt it his duty as he before did, to resist the sys tem. He therefore had prepared a petition against its adop tion, which he read last eveni ng t o hi s congregat i on , f or, h e was determined to lost no time in endeavouring to counteract this insidious attempt to foist upon them what they were openly unable to accomplish. The rev. gentleman read the following petition : ANOTHER PETITION TO THE HOUSE OF COMMONS FROM THE CONGREGATION OF ST. JUDE'S CHURCH. Your petitioners implore the attention of your honourable house to the following clause in the last report of the com mittee of council upon the subject of public education. " The committee do not feel themselves precluded from making grants in particular cases, which shall ap pear to them to call for the aid of government, al though the applications may not come from either of the two mentioned societies." Your petitioners cannot place such confidence in the com mittee of council, as to entrust them with the arbitrary management, here demanded, of grants of public money in the matter of the education of the people. Your petitioners ground this want of confidence, not in vague general suspicion, but on facts. The committee of council did propose a scheme for a normal or model school, against which your petitioners, in common with a vast ma jority of their fellow-countrymen, protested. A leading member of the committee declared, in his place in the House of Commons, the impossibility of carrying their scheme into effect, because of the opposition of the nation. In sayinc , so, he did not confess that he and the other members of the committee were convinced that it was wrong ; on the con trary he said they still thought it right, but gave it up for the present because they must. Your petitioners therefore submit, with all respect, that to grant money to such a committee, to be used absolutely, as shall appear to them good, in aid of applications from what ever quarter proceeding, would be to give them full and unrestricted opportunity to do what they proposed in their former paper, what the nation resisted, what they were com pelled to abandon, but what they might thus succeed sub stantially to establish. More still, it would be to give them opportunity to do even worse than they have ventured to propose, should it appear good to them or their advisers. Your petitioners cannot but feel that this is to ask for ab solutism under the ensnaring garb of liberality, and there fore they earnestly and respectfully implore your honourable house, to look upon the loud expression of national feeling against the former paper, as in full force, nay increased force against the present; so that no gran t o f p u bli c money s h ou ld be placed at the disposal of any such board. And your petitioners will ever pray, &c. He said he had still another document to read to them—it was his letter to Lord Sandon, and which is as follows : TO LORD VISCOUNT SANDON. Mr Loan,—We are sorry to be compelled to trouble you so soon with another petition, but we trust the circumstances of the case will not only prove our excuse, but commend our zeal to your lordship's approbation. The education committee of the privy council formed on the 10th of last April, do not seem disposed to give the House of Commons credit for the possession of much dis cernment, or the exercise of much discretion. They asked for money, announcing their intended plan of using it. This was refused by an indignant nation. They now ask for money, without announcing any plan, but retain ing the power to use it AS THEY THINK PROPER. They say —" The committee do not feel themselves precluded from making grants in particular cases, which SHALL APPEAR TO THEM to call for the aid of government, although the appli cations may not conic from either of the two mentioned so cieties." It is easy to foresee what description of applications this clause if admitted, will give rise to. The wishes of the committee are before the public in the rejected paper, and hi their lamentations over its failure. Applications in accord ance with those wishes would speedily be forwarded, and of course they would appear to the committee to deserve the aid of government : and thus the most objectionable features of the condemned normal seminary would be inscribed upon school after school in the country, instituted by applicants whose willingness to propagate Socinianism or Popery, would prove an all sufficient recommendation to the committee. By the announcement of a scheme of operations in their former paper, the committee relieved us from the painful necessity of personal observations upon themselves. We addressed ourselves to their scheme and it was shown to be untenable. Now, however, by asking money without announcing any scheme ; by voting themselves competent to the arbitrary application of public funds, they challenge the inquiry, who are ye ? The answer is, five official gentlemen, not o ne o f w h om need he, by the law of the land, a Churchman, or,even a Pro testant. There is a member of the government who must still be a Protestant, but he is not on this committee. Our objection is not to the individuals but to, the fearful hazard (not to say more of it) of entrusting any five individu als of any party in politics, or of any denomination in reli gion, with so despotic an influence over th e e d ucat i on o f the country. Other and serious objections to the paper now be fore us, present themselves, but this is paramount, and the time seems to be short. A petition, of which I have the pleasure to enclose a copy, is in course of signature, and already numerously signed, by the members of my congregation, and with your Lordship's permission will be forwarded for presentation in a few days. I have the honour to be, My Lord, Your Lordship's obedient servant, HUGH M'NEILE. Liverpool, 10th June, 1839. The reading of both documents was enthusiastically ap plauded. He again desired to know whence the applications would come from, for support for national schools. He would suppose a case in which he applied for a grant for his own school, and that a similar application proceeded from the neighbourhood of St. Anthony s Chapel, where, instead of enforcing the true and pure word of God, they have it corrupted with the Douay notes, where the children are taught Pater Koster and Ave Maria, which they do not under sstand a word of; and where men are taught to count their beads and look to their priest, instead of the only mediator be tween God and man. Suppose such applications were made to committee, he could imagine a scene—in which his country man, Thomas Spring Rice, would be the most prominent figure. He would say that this application of his (Mr. M `Neile's) did not proceed from either of the two societies— fir his school was not connected with either. It would aid it came from a clergyman of the Established Church at their schools were amply supported—they were rich enough, and though the church catechism was taught in it, and the bible read, it would be denominated one of those bigotted schools, and " that it does not appear to this com mittee as deserving of support." The Marquis of Lansdowne would say to Mr. Rice, oh ! we are the liberal party—we hold out the right hand of fellowship to all, and as you yes terday granted to a Socinian minister, why refuse to give a grant to a clergyman of the Church of England. The answer would no doubt be, as he before remarked, these schools are so rich they require no grants ; they have abundance of funds from diocesan contributions, from collections, and charity sermons. He next showed what a different reception the application from St. Anthony's chapel would meet with, — which he described in a very humourous manner, and con cluded a very eloquent address by invoking the divine bless ing upon the labours of the association The rev. gentleman then retired amidst great cheering. The Rev. Mr. BURKE was then called to the chair. He addressed the meeting at considerable length on the subject of national education, and called upon Mr. Gladstone. A GENTLEMAN at the bottom of the room, whose name we did not learn, here said, that, having heard the petition read, he was desirous to offer a few remarks before it was put to the meeting.. (Some slight commotion was the result of this request, which, however, soon subsided.) The CHAIRMAN said the gentleman had better come to the top of the room, and if he were in order he should be heard. (The gentleman made his way forward.) Another GENTLEMAN, in the body of the room, said that he thought before the gentleman who had presented himself was heard, it would be proper to ask him with what object he was about to address the meeting, which was called as one of Protestants exclusively and their friends. Perhaps the gentleman would state whether he was a friend to the ob ject of the meeting? (Hear, hear.) The GENTLEMAN said, that he by no means wished to in trude. A question had been put to him, and having, (as we understood) some objection to the petition, he should refrain from expressing himself further if he were out of order. He came there invited to attend the meeting by his own daughter ; who was a constant attendant at St. Jude's Church, and he would add that he was a protestant, and favourable to natio nal education. If, however, no one would be allowed to speak but such as were exclusively in favour of the petition, he should not press himself upon the meeting. The CHAIRMAN said that he perceived by referring to the rules of the association, that the speakers were, on such oc casions, to be chosen by th e comm itt ee. (H ear. ) Mr. J. A. GLADSTONE said, that he naturally felt very considerable uneasiness and difficulty in addressing them after the eloquent address of their beloved Hugo, and the interesting speech of their chairman. (Cheers.) The latter had alluded to the good effect which a residence for some time in the inquisition would have on a certain member of the Common Council, Mr. Rathbone. The chairman had stated that it would make him as good a protestant as any in the land. Now, he (Mr. Gladstone) would say that if he believed Mr. Rathbone was a true churchman at bottom, but misled by false doctrines, such a result might arise. But that person was rotten at the core ; there was in him no saving grace ; and there was no hope until the spirit of God taught him the error of his ways, and taught him that Jesus Christ was both God and man. (Hear.) Popery,it had been said, was the same, and so it was in some points. It was still the same tyrannical, domineering, grasping faction in principle, that it had ever been ; but it was not the same in action. In former ages it had brought the martyrs to their holy faith to the stake ; but it could not now continue such diabolical doings, though it sneaked out with a desire to re peat them. (Cheers.) The modern system of education sought for by the government was but an outshot of popery, and its final object was to crush the protestant religion. He begged to read the resolution which he should propose. He then read the resolution to the effect, " that the meeting be held with feelings of indignation and alarm, the attempt made to introduce a system of education, which they considered subversive of the Christian religion, dishonourable to God, injurious to man ; and tending to establish popery and infi delity in this country." (Hear and applause.) He did not think the resolution one iota too strongly expressed. When the scheme become generally known, it could not fail to raise a strong feeling of indignation. Some time ago the corpo ration of Liverpool endeavoured to introduce the Popish system into the schools unfortunately under their controul ; and with respect to them he was now going to say what the radicals would, doutless, call a lie ; but he cared not ; if all the radicals in the kingdom called him a liar,—he would utter it. He was true to the " back-bone" and he hoped a good offshoot. (Cheers and laughter.) The " liberal" Town Council, whatever the radicals might say, yet excluded the Bible from their schools. (Cries of " Shame.") The Protestant clergy of the town made a noble stand against such a system. (Cheers.) Yes ! in the new Town Council the spirit of popery still predominated, and though from the stand made against this system, they did not so openly pro ceed upon it, they bad not yet rescinded the resolution that education should be:pronaiscuous. The Catholics, they said, must come in, and the consequence w as , th a t th e ßibl e was vir tually excluded. If, however, the corporation did not rescind the resolution, they sneakingly altered the system. It had been well said, .by their beloved pastor, that the whole system had hailn 1.43 c n 1.4 &IA to 42. ... 44 4 " 1 . , ...” 4,. ...... :... r- ...‘ .1-.. , e.... ........ essentially Protestant people would submit to receive a Po pish education. These schools had been going on, on this accursed system, for three years, and now the government wished to introduce it all over the country. The pretended amendments in the system left it as bad as before. The Bible, to all practical purposes, was excluded from their schools. All creeds were put upon a level ;—the Jew, the Catholic, the Socinian, the Deist, the Infidel, were all to be taught together. Would they, as Protestants, admit that all religions were alike ? For himself he (and he trusted they) would rather submit to be carried to the stake. (Cheers.) Would they admit the dangerous the fearful doctrine that all men could go to heaven in their way ? What would be the lamentable result of such a doctrine as this ? True, its evils would not become immediately a pp aren t i n the children who were contaminated by it. It might not become developed in the bloom of youth; but it would inevitably burst forth in all its malignity on the attainment of manhood. (Cheers.) When they had Socinian teachers in one corner of the school room, Roman Catholic teachers in another and so forth, how could it be otherwise ? They could not bring a clean thing out of an unclean thing. Those who heard him were not ignorant of what popery was. The gen tleman who now occupied the chair had given them a pretty good definition of it. He had shown them of what colour it was. (A laugh.) When they looked at the riots that had recently taken place in the town, they could not fail to form an estimate of Roman Catholic morality. (Loud cheers.) They could not fail to see that it produced, or sanctioned, brutal drunkenness, quarrelling, and fighting, and even bloodshed. Finally, it even drove them to fight amongst themselves. (Laughter.) It reminded them of the black rats on board of ship—they were never contented until they drove all others out of it; and then they fought and drove each other out. (Laughter.) As to the Socinians, let them not be told that they were moral, and honest, and that they would not take in a brother. Let them not be de deceived by the asserion, that their system constituted a a bond of friendship and of virtue. No, the truth was, there were so many eyes upon them, so many watching them, that they dared not openly show their disposition to evil. He was not acquainted with the domestic conduct of more than a few of them ; but this he would say, that without the Spirit of God, man was naturally addicted to vice. They did not seek for holiness • such a word was not i n th e i r cree d ; an d therefore could:they not be strictly virtuous. The Socinian doctrines, might, to the ignorant, appear odorous ; but they were doubtful and poisonous : they might promise grapes, but when they grew, they would be found to be sour. (Cheers.) Let the Roman Catholics, the Socinians, and the Infidels, once establish the doctrine that one religion was as good as another, and the anchor of the Protestant faith would be for ever gone. They say the Protestant is the only true faith ; and if they brought up their children to believe that others were equal to it, they would leave them in the dark, on the brink of a fearful precipice. This was a dreadful thought. It would leave them amidst all the trials of this world (which, but for true religion, would not be worth living in) in a dreadful state of doubt and uncertainty, on that worst of all fears, that while other creeds were wrong, this one might be wrong too. He would ask (and he cared not for the radicals) what right had the government to subvert the established laws of the country? (Cheers.) What right had they to establish schools upon principles, that struck at the very foundation of the Protestant church? (Cheers.) The Papist, the So cinian, the infidel, each wanted to obtain the ascendancy ; and woe be to the people if they did ; for all of them were tyrannical. Not so were the Protestants : their church, moreover, was established by law, and according to law the government ought to support it inlevery corner of the king. dom. The country must be made to honour God, in order that God might bless the country. That church had been chosen which was the best, and the ministers who endowed Catholic bishoprics in Canada or Aus tralia, or gave grants to such institutions as Maynooth College, transgressed against the constitutional laws of the land. Popery would never be contented until she had borne down Protestantism. The Pope himself, it was well known, believed that England was the stronghold of Protestantism, and directed all his secret power' against her, knowing that if her religion were put down, all the world would be under him. For himself, he hated Popery with all his heart and all his soul ; and had he power he would crush it under for ever. (Hear, hear, and loud cheering.) They had always allowed the Catholics to walk without molestation on their an nual day. The Protestants, indeed, had been too tolerant. In their generosity to the Catholics, they had cherished a viper in their bosoms, which had at last turned upon them and stung them. Even in the year 1829, when the Catholic emancipation was fatally yielded to what was called " expediency," England had continued to retrograde, and never would she again prosper until it was repealed. Nations received their reward from on high, according to their obedience to the true Word of God, who never failed to pour his blessings upon Protestant countries. (Cheers.) Let them look, on the one hand, to Ireland, to Spain, to Portugal, and behold the misery and anarchy in which they were plunged; and, on the other hand, to happy England. True, she had been going down ever since that emancipation act. And would they not make a struggle to redeem and establish her former prosperity ? (Cries of Yes.) Let them not rest there, until they had got that mischievous act re pealed. (Loud cheers.) Popery was a beast they could no longer endure ; and the ministers might oppose them ; they would stand even alone, and would eventually triumph. (Loud cheers.) Mr. JONES seconded the motion in an address of consider able length. A vote of thanks was then enthusiastically passed to the president, the Rev. Mr. M`Neile. A similar compliment was paid to the chairman, and the meeting dispersed. There have been 60,000 hogsheads of flax sowed this year in the north of Ireland. Lace and cambric, of the very finest description, is made in France and Holland from Irish spun thread. It is calculated that 77,500,000 chargeable letters are an nually transmitted by post throughout the United Kingdom. It is not the intention of government to propose to parlia ment, during the present session, any measure for the aboli tion of church-rates. Upon he truth of this statement our readers may confidently rely.—Patriot. On Tuesday week two young woodcocks were taken by Mr. Thomas Stephens, at Whitebrook, near Monmouth. DIABOLICAL OUTRAGE.--A valuable horse, the property of Mr. John Fargus, of this city, which was at grass at Mr. Higwell's farm, Charlton, was on Friday morning found lying dead in the field, having been caught during the night by some miscreants, and stabbed through the heart. We perceive that a reward of thirty guineas is offered for their apprehension. — Bristol Journal.