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POOL• Oa, SCE tnce of his this Theatre, fith L 339, w iii be Pet' ruie.. Mr. 135 0 rker. Horneastle. ver. , S Julia Swab. of fi LE VERltt' OGS• rnce : The PART 11. • ~ ns—The Genr.o7ie i n by the L' l u i t he -E x ercises o ne. They iv r IV. : o f the Foi, of .„ P.—The h ~ ,hl2, )st extraorche arse of LIVER' per. Baker. wit. DAY• ue rice ti n conseti t° this The a " l.et bis Amburgh, be f Nights , aP a g o lay next, a n d rforroanc e° pne re presente d ' ` a t the The e r zed there bi 'lay of DA, - . wishing RAINED LLA rama of ..... of u s a COPY bav e ed t W hat We i , 8 ,1 e s hall a It. ler." They ''' Garb• 1, 1539• ilZbechleations he stepped aside to pay to our Wes ie. ret4e n that compliment of gratitude to which ar e m „ , at e teen :, aoundantly entitled. These honest men k art 0 - 1 . . Li lat when pure Christian zeal animates the In a d it' B ente r giali d as th 'be must regard the Church of tide e Peat breakwater against Popery on the and infidelity on the other; and while she . 1 i " h imself actor . , unde r her own shelter, to pursue his •,,..... di ng to his conscience, honoured and un of. , natural and pleasing gratitude, and a high r a u ti e d r :sieen. 64 public usefulness, induces him h is He artily to support her in public, while he hip. This .Peculiarities for his private mode of pr o „,. 4148 genuine liberality. Here there is no ges t or . . „ ' Principle for the vital doctrines of our "'faith „ , are jealously maintained : differences of , '" (we had almost said of taste) are religiously . J ust 1. ' Epi . ,, eo „ mica is the union between the Scot -114 P a nans and the Established Kirk. Satisfied , 7hYterian brethren will rigidly preserve in band many all that is essential to a saving faith, 44 4 ii m t a nY an honest man, who dearly loves our WY, and is fervently attached to the me ofw°ln' nob' 0,..1. e martyrs, is conforming to a mode 'flIP, repulsiv Yin ade e perhaps to his inclinations—cer ' hi ene , f inate to all the aspirations of his warm and il the ~ der ot i o .... very 0., _o . This again is genuine liberality. ,to th a , PPostte, both in practice and in princi ,a,4 ' mock-liberal system of these paradoxical en , , lthi og, " one is allowed to say, or think, or teach m un leas it be a matter of universal concur- A they We rn liberal s cannot endure opinions in i tiv do not implicit' acquiesce. .' s elear, at . , Y, . . ''eo se a single. glance, that if this were, in Ve aai ' aifarty Meeting, it was the party of the q4 pla w e chu rc h . The active zeal, which has r4ll a ~)Tecl•during the l as t f ortn i g h t, h as not b een taot7,; and wh en L ord John Russell postponed Hen,l:le had v ery unequivocal grounds for doing ,to ow that several liberal members have de -491)(4114in'. in this arbitrary, and unconstitu "4 anti-religious scheme. Unless, therefore, he corn _ . itliojrtet:,,,a7 teureenTfferent scruples which are operat ;„ailicd lie dare ninotinds among his own professed persevere. Let this victory, so N e , ' a nimat e us to renewed exertions. Liberal it t , ill aY eted ee be overcome; or the scheme (like so many ti atttl Uri e , ss° rs) may be partially modified, and re titti uer better auspices . The watchmen of , tch •p h i i Must not sleep. Meanwhile we have this 1, tlary ; dt tem Parado x to contemplate :—A liberal mi . 4 char, half Eno violence to the consciences of tilt)) gland by introducing a system • e public • - ' 'lry le, in their hearts, abhor ;—a democratic .iPhOrf';uses to vest powers unparallelled by the °lvo 1 t arY or the Shah of Persia in five of - 0 04 .1 give d ;" - a mini s t ry w hi c h pro f esses to govern liot ev s n otice of an all-important measure, and i l , t ri Produce it. The voluntaries ask for an km the 'we, su i church calls upon her members to , W c° is man —and such are men's profes taN-aew sn sPect this same question of education mb etali s ,„ 43. much of the mist by which the features '' h ~-' have hitherto been shrouded from the re3pi e. Al lot h er ""'"".---.........____ f lak gl.°l is outrag e has been offered to the Bri ,ol ender c ircumstances more aggravated in "and ter t h an t p u those which accompanied the '4, pp:Provoked insult to her Majesty's packet 14 Iitid er 18 fresh insult has been offered by the to he ° ship-of-war French the hi i-of-war Griffon, of 20 , , r m 14 1 ' left Nt aiegty's stea m - vess el Medea. Th e 4,, °f Ap i ii.. j ag° de Cuba, for Bermuda, on the ~'4W, three ' and at 7, P.M., the Moro Castle bearin g :g ( 1 011 e or four miles, a brig was observed „ 1 ° h e ll. .„, 1 - 7 Pon approaching the brig, she was : 4 e l; t o - : " e licit man-of-war. On steering to 4, 4 , Peak her, she fired several guns into the i . e ro . f and '5 woundin Matthew Starker, an able g t er "rh caus ing considerable damage to the at tr, e e shots struck between the rigging and ( t 1 thr littin g chain-cable and plank sheer, and • 4 . oogh ~ . . ,„ °t erm i the side in four places. The expla : to r ° Y the French commander does not ' t ! ala rta t ° be at all satisfactory. He said that, :ti t a o i l ed at the approach of the Medea, " he : 4 , •: t to be fired a-head, which order being i c',:- guns had been fired into the Medea—an 1 41: ) t wiii::°l., which 'he most sincerely deplored, i th e ' he submitted the most ample excuses." 'to!: of th e i litr Y in the log-book : but do the circum '4„!lle f erol ll 9 ll Provok e d attack justify the applica , 1.,,,. . W e r 1 :. ' most ample" to the excuses sub kit 44 of the not. In the first place, the ma 44 I'e t . e %iron created a suspicion that she ''' s tan ce aaf'uspicion strongly corroborated by the lkti toat uat She was in the very track for slaves. •,.`RI fin ance surely justified the commander of . i , R1 31 11 . : co i t g ;l , l 4 l ,:n e g chase. After speaking her and tl i :llit t - ' ul ties, the commander of the French Le a ~v known that the second approach to h ; as not for any hostile purpose. It was hi m ve % . that the Medea was her Britannic Ma (Oo, 41, and vtt i 'ltta ad - that she bore the broad pennant of 'there ri..„ o Chief of the West India station set ef ,. . heatthee"f.e, either sheer nonsense, or the result 1 i 11 ', 4 11 4 )1 ; I n the F rench commander to state that . ' t lot iklerect, and so out of his mind, that 1 t hat 11°n? what he was about." It is quit( q i: t he t i , a uotit ,collision between the two vessels was irOgi aa °Y the French commander. Commo itie4Q, t 5 endeavoured, by backing the engines of the 4 w o id the collision, as soon as the altera- Ne e tni4 , it th , - 1 hi eof the Griffon was observer). This N N 44 1 f r om all blame in the transaction. :ko i kso ed 1 ins ult to th e fl ag of England i s allowed \,, fr ta f i af _ e r . without r e b u k e , an d w i t h out a d e - , N il itt, it --etion at the hands of the French go ktliirl4lratio:ill he be cause we have an imbecile whig t the 4 -- o , , l a o ' u il r lin o g f , th fo e r ir th co e u s n a t k r e y. of place, even to A, i ‘ i , o tetu :kk:l4,st,,,PutarY of yesterday, in a leading article de 114 ' 1 1 Q i IkleZ t 9!":blegdam aliis, falls foul of the penny N: ezil eui 11 In a strain of abusive declamation 0 4 4 j a ted to excite anything but a feeling of 111 4 1118 Political atl4 sagacity. In the introduc h4t t1 • 111 IN' . °I our it 4 14 , it atiu i c ontemporary we most cordially tilt fi l t lY °lli Y e "elir. We believe that it does it tt " th J ( lt " whethe r Lord John Russell be in • k tt t • e hed_ ‘. Itidi . chamber cabinet." This is a matter Its th t , flet eoee ,11,, cab ' to the public. Indeed, seeing 1 ' it • n et ig too rickety and rotten to last a '11 : 'lll ts °I n of ''to ed 0 consequence whether any other I lle " Ivith the L t§ 4 , %i t ~ e bedchamber cabal "bein or vsk. et. ) t h 'l3ini W aus e agree w ith our contempo ,at th e on most subjects we value and \t, Cly k ti ', ar. tnernbers of the present quasi admi ta)° the 1 4 1 eke -drowning men, clinging despe t'. '''' lig y e „ '' l'td-- lit Pla nk or hen-coop, far from land, in tbk l' e als — ' o and without the slightest prospect of t i,; 1 7 4 111 y tak ee l lo the belief that " some reunion . 0 hastil ii Place," that " some patchwork i r 0.4 41 . taf..„ eoYucand clumsily stitched together," and l th e 4 lld,d eli ''salons have been made by needy ~t it ith a4 serti r , Pera t'' whigs." Neither do we dissent It' e ls lyi A l t ilat " the fabric is mildewed—that it tt th tti not i kt 41, 4t i t woi , water -proof." These are truisms r ikti 4,1 th e , l al be almost a waste of time to en "yd 4 'l th n . Tl . ' 4lr 'l Nt e ' nos leY are as universally acknow -110 •• e ii )o • self-eNident mathematical axioms. 1 4i tt d tirile'li nl • •4 , •v 11,• thivzi m' o ' st' was, upon his own con .,, 'i .. kit , Of ger . ago, - incompetent to carry on the 1 41.,.,kfac t ; ernrilent either to Lord Melbourne's qit ha atn, or , ' Oli ett stiii in ti Lo the advantage of the country; j,, t N,i ill tleur le Isainc ignominious position. He - !te r. _ elem ent of strength to the resusci f,flll' 14 He b as 4 totte irie rob . one nothing that could pro ha '. I , l_ el s an increased measure of public t np , "eY ]la ve . k. t tja krt. ~„ e established no fresh claims to n u 1 '44 , 1 . neir critence of self-condemnation t .l e u e t the 'free] the k,, i ller t ,. kepi, u n equivocally expressed opi -6 ; ''' e th °I ---I. ngland. 'We cannot, there ,,, -ti o e re mo .._ Ilw aic Se e , Lest chance of their long conti er 1. • 'lie. • . . 1, 1, ~ (. i tip ) ar majorities (witness the one on ~,te f a 2ma ti li 13). de it i g ite tat c ea of tb grees, and beautiful' • , less." , ult f a ., "e bed s 3• it , m tb !Lo re. Theamber addresses has proved h' e , h er ' dieh orio _ , _Y have not only covered them tie4 th a /l a.iesty:„ r b ut they . have done much to 1 ,. t kri,),PPear, ,IPoPular. The Queen is not now, ; t ornst t 0 ,14 Pnblic, hailed with that enthusi= '' r e t 'eee .4ell sed k ~('• liv i - a wes to greet her ears. The 144 e4l4l4etint'ul atet itud fe: and faint " whilst the 14 th ' and , it Robert Peel have become The reason of this un- favourable reaction in public opinion, as regards the Queen, is but too evident. The people of England hate every species of intrigue : but of all others court in trigues are the most abominable. Our unsuspecting Queen has been made the innocent victim of an in trigue the most despicable in its character and the most lamentable in its consequences. But the Queen shall not be allowed to suffer from these consequences much longer. The hour of deliverance is nearer at hand than many are wont to believe. The doom of the in famous palace camarilla is sealed. It will speedily be swept away before the irresistible torrent of popular in dignation. But while we perfectly agree with our contemporary as to the anomalous position of the present soi disant administration, and as to the prospective disrupture of its incongruous elements, we cannot, "for the life of us," see why that should be a reason for declaiming so vehemently against the penny postage system. Our contemporary cannot surely be afraid that the conces sion of a penny postage will regain for the present imbeciles in office that popularity for which they have so long sighed in vain. He surely cannot be ignorant that a committee of the House of Commons, composed of men of all parties, has unanimously recommended a system of cheap postage—that Lord Lowther and many of the staunchest conservatives in the house have strenuously exerted themselves in favour of the scheme—that the wealthy conservative merchants of the metropolis and other places have memorialised government and petitioned parliament on the subject —that all the leading conservative journals, metropo litan and provincial (save and excepting our talented contemporary), have advocated with zeal and perseve rance a uniform system of penny postage—and that nine out of ten men in the whole community would, if appealed to, pronounce themselves to be in favour of so needful a reform. Our contemporary must surely be aware of all these things ; and yet, after de claring that he " entertains no other opinion of the penny postage measure than that of perfect indiffer ence," he proceeds to abuse all who are in favour of this salutary change in our fiscal arrangements as " the greatest blockheads" of the day. If our con temporary, will only take the trouble to inquire; he will find that nine-tenths of his own friends and supporters must be included among these " blockheads." Our contemporary remarks that the penny postage measure " would, of course, lessen the expenditure of all correspondents—would 'be a bounty in favour of idle gossip, the consumption of gilt-edged paper, and fawn-coloured notes, and repeated interchanges of sentimental fustian, perhaps also of family scandal and tailors' circulars; but," he proceeds, "as a practical measure we question its utility, and as a financial one it is a compound of folly and madness." Now, in our opinion, if this measure would "of course" produce an increase of correspondence and an increased con sumption of paper, it must certainly be acknowledged to be both useful as a practical measure, and wise and prudent as a financial one. It is very easy to seize upon a few of the practical effects of the measure for the purpose of turning the subject into ridicule. It is very easy to dwell upon the increase of " idle gossip, sentimental fustian, and family scandal," which would result from a greatly diminished rate of postage. These are evils which no system can guard against. But why did our contemporary neglect to enumerate_ the positive benefits which would be the inevitable concomitants of a uniform penny postage ? Why did he not dwell upon the immense—the almost incalcu lable amount of fraud upon the revenue which would be prevented by the adoption of such a measure ? If he wants any information on this subject, let him con sult the evidence contained in the report on postage. Why did he not 'enumerate the increased facilities which would be afforded by a cheaper rate of postage to merchants, manufacturers, and tradesmen in gene ral ? As to the sneer about the " repeated inter changes" of tailors' circulars, (for such is the lucid expression of our contemporary,) we can only say that we would appreciate any measure which would give tailors, or any other class of tradesmen, the means of communicating to their friends their trade circulars at the least possible expense. Perhaps our contemporary has some grudge against "the tailors." Our contemporary "disbelieves that the increased conveyance of penny letters would compensate for the reduction in the charge," and adduces, in support of scepticism, the instances of the reduction of the duties on tea and French claret. The cases are not at all analogous. French claret is entirely an article of luxury, and tea is, at least, partially so. In addition to this, it should be remembered that the reduction of !he duties on tea and claret produced little benefit from the suppression of smuggling. The "contraband intro duction of these articles was only to a very small extent. It was not possible, therefore, for the revenue to gain much by reducing the duties. An increased consump tion of tea and claret could alone compensate for the toss sustained by such reduction. Such is not the case, however, with letters and circulars. These are things of necessity rather than luxury; and the entire suppression of smuggling would alone more than " compensate for the reduction in the charge." The evidence offered before the committee of the House of Commons fully establishes this point. But we have ither corroborative evidence in support of the cheap postage system. A few years since the duty on malt was reduced. Has the revenue from this source in :_Teased or diminished ? It has largely increased. Cake, again, the stamp duty on newspapers. This was still more recently reduced from about threepence three-farthings to one penny ; and although three ;ears have not yet elapsed since the reduction took dace, the revenue is already nearly three-fourths of what it was under the old system. We might multi ply instances ; but these are quite sufficient for our present purpose. Again, in reference to the alleged defalcation in the revenue, which our contemporary insinuates would arise from a reduction in the rate of postage, we would remark that the London committee of bankers, mer chants, &c., who have so zealously agitated this ques tion, have offered to indemnify the government against any loss, by farming the post-office revenue at its pre sent average amount. We have no doubt that such a speculation would not only be safe, but a source of amazing profit to the farmers. That a uniform penny postage would impose any additional expenditure upon the post-office depart ment, we most " unhesitatingly disbelieve." The " onerous duties" in the various post-offices, so far from being multiplied, would be considerably dimi nished. The simplicity of the envelope system would enable the present number of clerics, sorters, and car riers, to do ten times the amount of work that they can get through at present. In conclusion, we would beg leave to remind our very astute contemporary that it is generally under stood that Sir Robert Peel is in favour of the proposed penny postage measure, and that it was to have been one of the first of a series of beneficial and practical reforms which his government would have introduced, if the bedchamber intrigue had not deprived the coun try of the benefit of his services. Already have the symptoms of disunion begun to manifest themselves among the ministerial ranks. The whig ministers have been at their old tricks again— cajolling and deceiving their radical allies by false pro mises ; and the latter have betaken themselves to their old expedient of bullying the " squeezable administra tion" into compliance with their demands. The first tokens of a fresh rupture—the ordinary prelude to a fresh reconciliation—discovered themselves on Tuesday night, on the second reading of the City of London Police Bill. Sir Matthew Wood, the doughty cham pion of " the citizens," directly and emphatically accused the noble secretary of state, and the right honourable under secretary, of a " breach of faith," whilst that distinguished patriot, Mr. Hawes, instead of " soap-sudding" his ministerial friends, declaimed, in no measured terms, against their vacillation and duplicity. He said, " I have been leaning, for some time past, on unsound foundations." Bravo ! old soap suds. " Unsound foundations !"—vs e like the term amazingly ; for what can be more unsound and rotten than whig professions, whig promises, and whig prac tices ? The new-born zeal of certain radicals in the House of Commons, in defence of " ancient constitutional rights," is truly edifying. Where were these spouters for the ancient privileges of the city of London when all the other corporations in the kingdom were handed over to destruction ? It is to be hoped that the new light which has dawued on the minds of the radical leaders will induce them to stand up in defence of the other ancient institutions of our country, whenever they may be assailed by whig rapacity. As we anticipated in our last, the whigs have car ried the election of Speaker in the House of Commons : but after all their exertions in beating for recruits — after all their bribery and cajollery—the majority has been any thitig but a " glorious" one. It was confident ly boasted by the ministerial organs that the majority would be from twenty-five to thirty ; nay some of the " enormous lying" journals went so far as to say that ministers might calculate upon a majority of forty.— After all this blustering it must be mortifying to ac knowledge that the resuscitated cabinet stands in a worse position than it did before its recent fainting, or rather feinting fit. It is evident that Lord Melbourne and his wily associates have gained nothing by the discreditable and dishonest manoeuvres which they have practised during the last month. The conservative phalanx re mains undiminished. There has been no secession from the ranks of the opposition. Even the turncoats Gibson and Ingham refused to give any further support to the shabbies. There were 301 conservatives in the House when the division took place, and if Lord Ossulston and Sir. S. Spry had not been accidentally too late the ma jority would only have been sixteen ! From the ana lysis of the division it appears that there are 319 con servative members in the House of Commons, whilst the ministers with the assistance of the Irish tail, and the intractable English radicals, can only muster 338, leaving one vote doubtful. Was there ever witnessed so humiliating a spectacle ! It is evident that the mi nisters cannot go on much longer with such a House of Commons. We hope they will try once more the expedient of appealing to the electors of Great Britain. Their doom will then be irrevocably sealed. A TRIBUTE OF RESPECT TO A CLERGYMAN. On Tuesday, the 14th instant, was presented to the Rev. JOHN GAM N, formerly curate of St. Helen's, now minis ter of Dolphinholme, near Lancaster, a most beautiful and elegantly-bound copy of Scott's Commentary on the Bible, by a few of his St. Helen's friends, to whom his preaching had been much blessed, and to whose hearts he was much endeared. As a small token of their respect for, and attachment to him, who was unwearied in his labours, and faithful in dis charging the several offline; of the Christian minister, during the short time in which he was resident amongst them, they have presented this most valuable work, and humbly pray that it may be blessed to his own soul, by the Holy Spirit's influence, as his preaching has been blessed by the same Spirit to the souls of others. The inscription on the back is as follows : " Presented to the Rev. JonN GAMAN, A. 8., by his Friends in St. Helen's, as a mark of their approbation of his services as a Christian Minister. A. D. 1839." In reply to an appropriate and complimentary address, delivered on the occasion of presenting it, the rep•. gentleman answered as follows : " My dear Friends, " It is with no ordinary feelings of Christian regard that I receive your valuable present. It is valuable to me on two accounts : first, because it is the word of God, the source whence we derive, through the teaching of the Holy Spirit, that knowledge which maketh wise unto salvation, through faith in Christ Jesus ; secondly, because it is a testimony of your affection towards me, once an unworthy instrument, in the hands of God, of setting forth among you the truths which that word reveals. I cannot, therefore, but receive it with that affection in which you present it ; and this, I assure you, I do. That heavenly love which unites me to you, as firmly unites you to me : for though separated from you, in the good providence of God, as to my bodily presence, both as your minister and friend, yet in spirit I am often with you ; and my earnest prayer for you all is, that ' the very God of peace may sanctify you wholly, and that your whole spirit, and soul, and body may be presented blameless unto the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ.' " For this testimony of your affection towards me, I return you my warmest thanks. I cannot, however, while doing so, but feel - a degree of jealousy lest you should, in thus honouring me, forget to give the chief honour to my Divine Master. But this, I hope, you do ; for you cannot but feel sensible that it is from Him all your blessings flow : to Him, therefore, all glory is due. If I have been in any wise use ful, as a Christian minister, to you, I beg you will ever remember, that I have been so only as the Lord's instru ment. Value the poor instrument as you please ; but give all the glory of the work which he has been instrumental in e f fecting, to that Divine Artificer, by whom he was used. Let none of you glory in tnan. He that glorieth, let him glory in the Lord : for we have this treasure (the gospel) in earthen vessels that the excellency of the power may be of God, and not of us. _ _ _ " May the excellency' of that ' power' by which God is graciously pleased to accompany his word, be felt more and more by each of you, and ' be shewn forth not only in your lips but in your lives, by giving up yourselves to his service, and by walking before him in holiness and righteousness all the days of your lives, through Jesus Christ our Lord.' " Wishing you every blessing in Christ Jesus, believe me to remain, " My dear friends, " Your faithful friend, " And affectionate servant for Christ's sake, " JOHN GAMAN. " To the Subscribers to the Testimonial of ministerial regard presented to the Rev. John Gaman." THEATRE ROYAL. The entertainments this evening are for the benefit of Herrn H. Schreyer, on which occasion the monkeys and dogs appear for the last time. Young people, and children of a larger growth, who are above the weakness of affecting to disown that they too are as much amused with the exhi bitions as their juvenile friends, should make a point of witnessing a sight which say what ill-natured or snarling people please, is extraordinary. With some it is a habit to distort and misrepresent facts when forced upon them, and when their impotent malice can do no more to seek to put things in a false position for the purpose of prejudice or detraction. Apart from the dogs and monkeys amusing the majority that have seen them, there is this to be said in favour of such exhibitions :—they are to be commended as demonstrations of the power of man's intellect, in moulding to his purpose every capacity with which it has pleased the Creator to endow the brutes and creeping things of this planet. Every one knows that dogs are sagacious and exceedingly docile ; and there is nothing new in the statement that monkeys are susceptible of education, and are gifted with active powers of imitation. But did any English audi ence ever witness such clever exhibitions by such clever dogs ; and of all clever monkeys, individually or collectively, who ever saw one to compare with little Jacob. The stage busi ness of this " low comedian" is faultless. Our surprise is, that a venerable contemporary interested in the Elysium of Animals, has not suggested that Jacob ought to take a benefit : that so distinguished a foreigner is entitled to one will be disputed by none who have seen its low comedy. In our last notice, pledges were made which must now be redeemed. During the fortnight Miss Smith and Miss Julia Smith, with Mr. Barker, have appeared to their own advan tage and to that of the management. How mellow and fluent the duets of those sister ladies ! From sisterly feel ing and practice like that of two brother fencers, when each without loss can be the foil to the other, and when the starred one shall stick fiery off indeed,—so is it with the harmonious duets of the Misses Smith. Like parties at whist who play successfully into each others hands, these sisters of affection sing feelingly into each others voices. Their notes blend, and the effect is one of the chief ends of music—harmony. They are decidedly the best duet singers of the day. Candour, however, compels a public writer not to suffer gallantry to shut his eyes to faults, especially when those faults are within easy reach of thorough remedy. Although, then, the:e be a lady —nay two of them in the case; to deserved praise, this just objection must not give place. The exception to the otherwise unconditional praise of these vocalists is this : imperfection in the words of their author, and in scenes in which by hitches and awkward pauses, other performers mixed up with the progress of the dialogue, suffer undeservedly in the general estimate of the audience. In more than one piece this imperfect recovery of the words was observable; but in the musical drama of the " Slave," it was " open—palpable." Hence this com plaint ; and it should give no umbrage to the feelings much less to the judgment of any one, as the fault is remediable. Mr. Barker's vocal talent has been favourably noticed by all of the local press with one infatuated exception, an ex ception creditable rather than otherwise, alike to him and to the subject of the attack. As organs of public opinion, it is of newspapers as of men. Character, CHARACTER, " cha racter!" Yes, character is a mighty leverage as it is a va luable and steady ballast to him or her who is befriended by its companionship, Let the vocalist under notice, and all others assailed" (?) be of good cheer. There arc those Whose censure is praise, Whose praise is sure to damn. Of Mr. Barker's appearances during this visit, more had been said were it necessary. As he is engaged for the season, abundant opportunities will be afforded for audinces liesurely estimating his capabilities. But this much may now be said: he dresses with neatness, is perfect in the words of his part, and shows a laudable anxiety to please his audience. With those who prefer the gentlemanly to the pot-house and cyder cellar style of singing, Mr. Barker is a favourite. Indeed his style is so decidedly genteel, that if he means to take pri vate pupils his instructions will, on that account, be addi tionally valuable. In social company there are few accom plishments more envied or desirable than that of being able to " sing a good song" in an unaffected manner, and with gentlemanly feeling. Mr. Vivash must not he overlooked, He is a useful actor, evidently one of tried experience. His knowledge of busi ness is of that thorough kind which cannot fail to recommend him alike to audience and management. His Captain Copp told upon the house, and his personation of the old Admiral in " Sweethearts and Wives" was excellent. If we do not praise his Polonius, it is for a reason which we need have no delicacy in naming. Of all the representatives of the part of Polonius whom we have seen, inclusive of Farren and Dowton, not one of them—take it all in all—plays it in so Shaksperian a style as Mr. Baker. We have said so before. and say so again. Why we entertain so high an opinion of Baker's Polonius, shall be enlarged upon in its proper place. Mr. Vivash deserves credit for the pains he takes with little parts. His first Irishman in " Rosina" is a gem--an imirald entirely." For a considerable time some one has been wanted to undertake the line of parts so ably sustained by Mr. Granby, formerly of this establishment, now of the royal theatres, London. And of the disengaged talent that is available, (that is the question,) we know of none more competent to succeed him than Mr. Vivash. Mr: Hooper, of the St. James's, has been playing light and genteel comedy, in the professional absence of Mr. W. Howard, at Ma nc h es t er . Mr. Hooper's light comedy is heavy lightness. However, we are glad of all such changes. It gives a stock-actor a chance of the audience finding out his relative inferiority or superiority to others in the same parts. Mr. Howard has had the the benefit of compari sion; and in Tristram Fickle, in the " Weathercock," and as Young Contrast, in the " Lord of the Manor," Mr. Hooper's inferiority t o H owar d, i t were i gnorance or affecta tion to deny. Mr. Howard often plays carelessly. It seems as if his ambition were in abeyance! He can play better than well—when he likes. Their respective friends begin to imagine that the two new-married lords, Douro and Duncan, have paired of for two honeymoons instead of one. We need hardly apprise any of our readers that the new speaker is the brother of that most nnenviabls functionary, the poor law commissioner. THE TWENTY-NINTH OF MAY. On Wednesday last (the 29th of May), the anniversary of the restoration of King Charles 11. to the throne of these realms, was celebrated in a spirit of great loyalty and enthu siasm by that numerous body, the shipwrights of this port, the apprentices to the trade, and the rope-makers. At an early hour in the morning flags were displayed on the steeples of the churches belonging to the establishment, and from the windows and tops of many houses throughout the town. The shipping also displayed their flags, and the streets, which were unusually crowded, presented the bustling and gay appearance of a general holiday. The weather was remark ably fine and sunny, and this, together with the curiosity excited amongst young and old to see the intended proc_ission, drew into the principal thoroughfares through which it was to pass, thousands of the inhabitants, as well as no incon siderable number of strange rs f rom the country. The members of the shipwrights' society and the ropers mustered at Williamson-square, and there, for the first time, having unfurled a rich and beautiful new standard of Eng land, amidst the loudest applause from the by-standers, they proceeded to attend divine serv i ce at S t. P au l' s church—the route taken being by Whitechapel, Byrom-street, Crosshall street, Vauxhall-road, Earle-street, &c. &c. —where the prayers, with the form of thanksgiving for the restoration of the royal family, were most impressively read by the Rev. Mr. McGill. An appropriate anthem, selected for the occa sion, was effectively sung by the whole strength of the choir. THE SERMON was preached by the Rev. Mr. Stafford, who selected for his text the 21st verse of the 24th chapter of Proverbs—" Meddle not with those that are given to change."—The rev. gentle man commenced by observing, that at no period of the church's history did she stand in greater danger than the present moment. Her day of trouble was at hand •, for our eyes were shocked, and our ears continually insulted, whilst the clergy and laity were scoffed at by the profane and the infidel, whose dark designs were no longer concealed, but whose watch-word and war-cry was " the overturn of the church of England." But, continued he, we need not des pair; we may yet bid defiance to their taunts and revilings, for our holy church is founded on a rock, and neither the gates of hell nor the powers of darkness shall ever prevail against it. We had more to fear from the carelessness and negligence of those within, than the invading foe from without. In addressing so vast an assembly as the present, the rev. preacher said that he should not be discharging his duty as a minister of our holy and venerable church, did he not warn them in the emphatic words of his text, to " meddle not with those who are given to change." He would address them as citizens, as fathers, and as members of the church establishment, and warn them against the specious philosophy of a large body of nominal christians, but who were in fact chiefly composed of socinians and infidels. These contended that the union of church and state was an unhallowed alli ance. There was a class of men, too, who set themselves up for itinerant preachers, and called themselves anibassahrs of Christ, who boldly asserted that the church of England should possess no such order as that of bishbps— Twelve hundred years ago was the church founded by the apostles, and it was from St. Paul himself that the bishops derived their authority to °Hain a succession of ministers for the holy office. For himself he would as soon believe that Christ was not the head of the church, as that he did not leave full authority to his apostles to appoint a succession of bishops and priests to administer to the spiritual state of those whom He came to save.—With regard to the union of church and state, the rev. gentleman maintained, that if for a moment they were to be dissevered, nothing but anarchy and confu sion would be the consequence. " Look at our mountain villages— pull down the parish churches, and the result would be the population would revert to perfect heathenism." They would indeed possess " no pleasing hope, no fond desire, no longing after immortality." Tne time was now arrived for the clergy of the church establishment to speak out ; he would therefore call on all who heard him to cherish an attachment to the church and religion of their forefathers. It was not in the learning or eloquence of her ministers that she stood pre-eminent, but it was that the establishment was the focus of true religion. Our fears were not for the church but for the state : wicked and designing men might plot against it, and involve the kingdom in all the horrors of bloodshed and civil war, but the church would reign trium phant, and stand the test of ages. The rev. gentleman then went on to say, that out of fourteen millions of inhabitants, there were only three millions and a half who dissented, so that the great bulk of the population still adhered to the religion of their forefathers. Every faithful minister of the gospel, like St. Paul, was determined to know nothing save Jesus Christ and him cru cified. But, said the reverend gentlemen, he might venture to address a few observations to them in their character of citizens and electors. What we were contending for was a national church, free from Popery. In this great crisis of our struggle would they give their support to any individuals who would not in return give their whole support to their venerable church and the revered institutions of the land ? or to those who would support a system of education not based on the word of God, or attempt to draw from the ministers of the gospel the control of superintending the education of the young members of the church, so that they might be trained up in the fear and nurture of the Lord ? The rev. preacher would implore them to turn a deaf ear to the random preach ings of itinerant missionaries, whose only desire was a change of theology. Did time permit he might touch upon the topics of national education, of the state of the poor, and last but not least of the profligate state of the press. Bet he did sin cerely hope that the vast assembly who now-heard him would, when the time arrived, be prepared to understand their pri vileges and to assert them fearlessly, and as masters of fami lies oppose those who were inimical to their institutions; to become united and firm ; to make a hold front ; and to meet with determination the enemies of their church : and to their exertions he trusted they would add their prayers, and in the beautiful and sublime language of our church ritual which had that day been read to them, pray that God in his infinite mercy " would be pleased to direct and prosper all their con sultations to the advancement of His glory, the good of His church, the safety, honour, and welfare of our Sovereign and her dominions ; so that peace and happiness, truth and jus tice, religion and piety may be established among us for all generations. The rev. gentleman concluded his discourse by an eloquent and powerful appeal to his auditors on behalf of the funds of the Bluecoat Hospital, in which he reminded them that the children in that establishment received a truly religious edu cation—that it was an orphan school, many of whom only a few short months since, had been led by a father's hand, or pillowed upon a mother's breast, who had received the morn ing's admonition and the evening's blessing, but who had now been deprived of their natural protectors. Many of them too were young and helpless females, who had an ad ditional claim upon their benevolence and sympathy. A liberal contribution was then made in behalf of the school, and the services of the day concluded a little before two o'clock. At the conclusion of the service, they formed in order of procession, with bands playing and colours flying, and moved at a pace considerably retarded by the immense crowd of spectators on each side, along Edmund-street, Rigby-street, Oldhall-street, down Exchange -street East, thence up High-street, and round Nelson's monument, entering Castle-street from Exchange -street West. Long before the procession carnet up, the area of the Ex change, and all the adjacent streets through which it was to pass, became crowded with spectators including an apparent numerical preponderance o f females. The turn-out appeared to be general, and comprised persons of every grade and oc cupation in life, from the highe s t t o th e h um bl es t. The windows were also crowded; and in Castle-street not a few took their stations on the tops of the houses. A rumour had gone abroad that a fight had taken place in St. Paul's-squaw, and had resulted in serious injury to some of the Fillies but it appears that no disturbance of the peace took place beyond a slight contention between two or three boys, which was soon suppressed. The appearance of the procession as it entered the area of the Exchange, or afterwards extended along any of the prin cipal streets, where it could he seen to.advantage, was im posing, and considered as composed of a useful body of workmen, highly respectable. It was preceded by a consi derable body of men and boys, of rough exterior, and some what noisy demeanour, but the presence of a small body of police behind them, kept them in check, if, indeed, they con templated any disturbance of the proceeding. The procession was headed by the Royal Standard, before noticed, a beaut.ful, and very large flag, supported by four poles. This flag, with the arms of En :land well executed upon it, was of silk, appeared to be, at least, twelve or four teen feet square, and was bordered with yellow. Motto— " God save the Queen, and our country." Below was in scribed " Success to the Shipwrights." A military band in martial attire followed, and five other bands were interspersed at various points in the procession, and played appropriate tunes, amongst which the most prevalent was " Rule Bri tannia," " See the Conquering Hero," &c. A great number of other tine flags and banner s were also exhibited, including several Royal Standards, British Ensigns, and Union Jacks. One large flag, fringed with red, represented " Charles 11. mounting the Oak-tree," was much admired. Another con tained the Liverpool Arms, and all bore suitable and various devices. We also observed the handsome flag of Lime-street Ward, belonging to the Conservative Association, and several minor flags, that had been used at the elections. In the pro cession were also carried some very handsome and appropriate models of vessels, including one of a frigate on the ways, ready for launching, about five or six feet in length. This was carried on a stage or platform, by boys. There was also a fine model of a steam-ship, and a number of smaller ships, brigs, cutters, steamers, &c., mounted on poles. The number of shipwrights who walked was about eight hundred, of apprentices about five hundred,—besides from two hundred and fifty to three hundred rope-makers, whose flags were surmounted by specimens of hemp, models of spinning apparatus, &c., emblematic of their trade. Sonic of the carpenters also carried axes, having the formidable appearance of metal, but were only of wood, the blades painted in imitation of steel. The appearance of the men was exceedingly respectable. All of them were well dressed, and the greater part wore long coats and white trowsers. They had rosettes appended by blue or party-coloured ribbon from the neck, and many of them had gilded sprigs of oak and acorns in their breasts, and artificial roses, t l / 4 .c. The apprentices also looked well. They wore round blue. jackets - and. white trowsers. The rope-makers were equally well attired ; and the whole pro cession was highly creditable to those who composed it, and was quite orderly thrgughout. It marched along Castle street, down Lord -street, up Church-street, Bold-street and Leece-street to Rodney-street; then along the usual line of streets in the upper part of the town, from Ricmond-row to St. Anne's-street and Sootland-place,—and, finally, along Byrom-street to the place of starting (Williamson-square,) whence they dispersed' to' their, several 'club-rooms, where they passed the remainder of the day in a convivial and agree. able manner. The whole of the streets through which they. passed were-densely crowded at each side by spectators. Not the slightest accident occurred to mar the festivities Of the day. CHURCH OF SCOTLAND. The following admirable petition has been got up by oiir friends of the Church of Scotland, resent in Liverpool, in opposition to the government scheme of national education. We hail it as an additional proof of the unpopularity of that measure. To the Honourable the Commons of the United King dom of Great Britain and Ireland, in Parliament assembled, The Petition of the undersigned persons, members of the Church of Scotland, residing in the town of Liverpool, in the county palatine of Lancaster, Humbly sheweth,—That your petitioners are deeply im pressed with the paramount importance of scriptural national church establishments, as a dutiful homage to Almighty God on the part of the State ; as a salutary restraint on the upper classes of society ; as a provision :for the stability of the faith of the middle classes; as the only sure source of reli gious instruction for the labouring classes ; and as a guaran tee for the hallowed observance.of the Sabbath. That your petitioners have seen with concern a scheme of education recently laid before Parliament, which in their opinion violates the first principles of both national churches, and the Protestant constitution of the United Kingdom ; which contemplates the employment by the State of Romish and Socinian teachers ; and which recognises corrupted translations of the= Holy Scriptures as of equal authority with the authorised version. That your petitioners consider this n e w scheme of educa tion as at variance more particularly with the system of the parochial schools of Scotland ; a system which is the theme of exultation with every Scotsman, as the peculiar glory of the early Scottish Reformers. That your petitioners trust that your honourable house will reject the said scheme of education. And your petitioners will ever pray- POLICE INTELLIGENCE. SUMMONS FOR THE WAGES OF THREE EROOMEN. Messrs. Hamilton, Jackson, mid Co., merchants, engaged in the African trade, in• this town, appeared on Tuesday, by their solicitor, Mr. Mallaby, before William Brown, Esq., John Holmes, Esq., and. Crawford Logan, Esq., three of her Majesty's justices of the peace for this borough, having been summoned to show cause why they refused to pay wages al. leged to he due from them to three Kroomen, for services performed on board the ships Albatros and Daedalus. The information set forth, that on or about the month of June, in the year 1837, the three applicants, Torn Peter, Tom Jones, and Tom Roberts, were hired by Reuben Hemmingway, and subsequently by Capt. Scott, to serve as ordinary seamen in the ships above-mentioned, on a voyage from the coast of Africa to Liverpool, and back to Africa, at the wages of 245. per month ; and that they (the Kroomen above named) hav ing duly performed the voyage, the said Hamilton, Jackson, and Co. refused to pay the wages claimed, namely, £2O to each man. Reuben Hemmingway stated, that in the year 1837 he was in England. In the January of that year he sailed as captain of the Albatross, in the employ of Messrs. Hamilton, Jack son, and Co. He had instructions to engage Kroomen, at Africa, on the Kroo coast, to work in the salt, in Bonny river, in the boats, in order that his crew might not be ex posed. He went to Bonny river, and arrived on the 26th or 27th March. The three complainants, Tom Jones, Tom Roberts, and Tom Peter, were engaged by him at so many bars per month, to work on board the ship as lumpers and boat-boys. They received two months' payment in advance. They were, he (C a pt a i n Hemmingway) thought, paid in powder, a gun, and an iron bar. The Albatross left Bonny for England on the 10th October. he (witness) thought. He remained. He had another ship called the Daedalus. He took these men, knowing them to be good ordinary seamen on board the Daedalus, as she had lost three of her crew, and was short manned. He could not answer correctly whether they signed articles. Such a thing was never heard of on the coast. It was quite unusual there. The Kroomen knew nothing about it. He (Captain Hemmingway) had made ten voyages out of Liverpool, and always had employed Kroo men. They never signed articles. He took the complainants on board the Daedalus, and on the 29th November left Bonny to come to England. He brought them with him to this country. When he joined the Daedalus she had five or six Kroomen, but not thinking them so good as these, he dis charged them, and paid the m i n p ow d er , guns , and cloth, and sent them to their own country. He arrived in Liverpool, he believed, on the 15th February, 1838. The three com plainants acted as seamen on the voyage home, and rendered very essential service. They could do anything but steer. He (Capt. Hemmingway) entered into a bond at the Custom house, that these men should return to their own country, and not become chargeable to any European settlement ; and in March they were sent out in the Daedalus, by Messrs. Hamilton, Jackson, and Co. Witness left the service of Messrs. Hamilton, Jackson, and Co. at that time. The men were here three weeks or a month. He (witness) quitted their service immediately on the arrival of the ship here. If he had gone out again in the Daedalus he would have left them in their own country. He paid them in guns, powder, and cloth. The next time he saw them was on the 26th January, at Fernando Po. He did not, of his own know ledge, know how they got there. They were at Fernando Po, about nine hundred or eleven hundred miles from their own home, where he shipped them. They claimed upon him (Captain Hemmingway) for wages, and relied upon him to return them to their native country. They told him they had been left there destitute. He took four Kroomen out for Mr. Bold. They had guns, cloth, and beads : money is no use to them. He took them home. Mr. Bold paid him for the passage of these men. Cross-examined by Mr. Mallaby.—The log-book was pro duced, and Captain Hemmingway identified it. Referring to a particular entry which was pointed out to him, he said— he did not know that there were eleven men. He had great doubt that this entry of the eleven men had been altered. The account produced was an account of receipts and pay ments. There were eleven men entered there. A barrel of powder, at Bonny, was forty bars. The value in bars at another place would be very different. They varied all over the country. His agreement was to pay them in goods. These men did not comprehend the value of bars as well as he (Captain Hemmingway) did. The ordinary mode of pay ment was in powder, goods, and cloth, according to their be haviour. The mode was not to compute by bars. He always paid them according to their behaviour. He knew nothing of the usage of other captains. He was there to speak only of his own usage. He paid the Kroomen for their services. He always paid them, and he always took them home—he did not land them destitute in a strange place—this was a most inhuman case. Fifty bars of tobacco meant so many heads of tobacco. (A book produced.) That was the book which he rendered to Messrs. Hamilton, Jackson, and Co., to show how he disposed of their goods for African produce. The accounts in that book were made up by a clerk named Jackson. It was copied from the trade-book, or log. Ano ther clerk kept the trade-book. The following entry witness stated to be two months' pay for eleven Kroomen ;-7 quar ter-barrels of gunpowder, 13 pieces of cloth, 5 guns, 10 ion pots, 12 iron bars, 50 bars of tobacco. The book was writ ten partly by him, and the upper part by the surgeon, Mr. Kirkley. who was aboard at the time. Witness was here examined, touching certain entries of clothes purchased at Cork for the Kroomen, which purchases, he stated, were ab solutely necessary. Another book was produced, which, he said, was in the hand-writing of Mr. Kemp. He believed Mr. Kemp went out in the Daedalus, which vessel witness afterwards took command of. This was his hand-writing. It was a statement of the accounts of these men. It was computed in bars. These men he could not say that they had worked on their passage home with him. They did not work as his other men did. They did not work as his Kroo men did. Mr. Mallaby : " Did they work? You can answer that question." Captain liemmingway : " I have, already. They did not work, as Kroomen or any other men work, for me. They did not work as my men." Mr. Mallaby : ' Did they work ? I want an answer." Captain Hemmingway And I have given you one. They did not work for me. They might pull at a rope I cannot sav that they did not pull at a rope once or twice,-1 dare say .they did." Mr, Mallaby : " Have you not agreed to pay them wages, sir ?" Witness : " No, I have not agreed to pay them any wages." Mr. Mallaby : " Are they not to pay you anything, in the event of this application being successful ?" Captain Hemmingway (indignantly) : " No, sir, I should be very sorry — Mr. Mallaby . : " Are they not to pay you any thing if they recover wages?" Captain ilemmingway " No, sir; I have proceeded with this matter from motives of humanity alone." The replies to the remainder of the cross-examination were as follows : " They were told, when in the Dmdarus, that they should be paid ordinary seamen's wages, if they came home. I have no entry, in any book whatever, of that. There was no employment whatever at Fernando Po. If an agreement were made at the Kroo coast, they were left there, undoubtedly, but not otherwise." It being desirable to swear one of the Kroomen, Captain Hemingway was asked ;f he knew any form of oath which they considered binding on their consciences. Captain Hem mingway said he did not. Mr. Butterworth asked Captain Hemingway what notions they had of God. The Captain said, he had not had much opportunity of inquiring on these subjects, but he believed they worshipped a God above ; they also seemed to pay great attention to the sun. He, however, did not know much of these matters. Mr. Shuttleworth (to Tom Jones) Who is your God? Tom Jones.—Me hab same God. My God, your God. Mr. Shuttleworth.—Do you know what is the consequence if you tell a lie ? Tom Jones.—Ees. If I tell lie, God kill. God make a bad man die. Captain Hemmingway said, he had uniformly found this tribe of blacks great lovers of truth. He would sooner be lieve them generally than the whites ; especially many whites with whom he had had to deal. Tom Jones, whom Captain Hemmingway described as a very intelligent fellow, having answered Mr. Shuttleworth's questions satisfactorily, was sworn. • _ _ Mr. Mallaby.—l had rather hear his evidence without his being sworn. I would much rather hear him without his oath. Tom Jones, however, could not very readily be unsworn, and Mr. Shuttleworth informed Mr. Mallaby that they could not legally receive the evidence unless the witness were on his oath, as the act of parliament required that all evidence should be taken on oath. The witness deposed that he came home with Captain Hemmingway. They were to have no wages for coming. They were to have some clothes. Captain Hemmingway wished to have the questions put to the witness in a different manner, as he avowed that the wit ness did not understand. Mr. Shuttleworth.—How did you go.back? Tom Jones.—ln de sameahip. Mr. Shuttleworth.—How.kag were you here ? Witness.—Three days. Captain Hemmingway.—l told you he did not understand. Captain Hemmingway was about to put the question his way, when Mr. Mallaby interfered. At length Mr: Hem mingway proceeded. It appeared that Mr. Shuttleworth's elegant English was unfamiliar to their ears, as they at once understood and answered Captain Hemmingway. All three pricked up their ears and looked delighted when Captain Hemmingway framed the question as follows: " Tom Jones ! Look here. Dat time you came to dis place in my ship wid me. How long time you stop heaa be fore you set sail to go back to you own country ?" Witness (promptly) Tree week and tree day, massa! The remaining evidence of this witness was as follows : Went to de office heaa an' dey say,'What dat black fellow want ? Get long ; go way ! Dat was Hamilton office. Dey gib me no clothes heaa. After some consultation the magistrates dismissed the complaint, alleging as the ground of their decision, that they had no means of ascertaining the value of the wages, even if it had been proved that they were earned. Capt. Hemming. way expressed his regret that the law would not reach the case, which he regarded as one of extreme cruelty and hard ship. Captain Hemmingway made some warm observations on the subject, to which Mr. Mallaby replied. 4 UNWHOLESOME MEAT. The following complaints were substantiated by Holden, the inspectOr of meat. James Clark was charged with hav ing in possession 149 lbs. of measled pork, which he was offering for sale on the 25th instant, in St. James's Market. The meat was described as very bad. The defendant was described as very poor, with a family of ten children. No thing was offered in defence. He was fined is. 6d. and costs. 'George Brhlthaw was charged with having, on the 23d inst., { exposed for sale in St. John's Market, 38 lbs. of veal, unfit for food: Fined is. 6d. and costs. Joseph Stubbs was charged with having, in St. Martin's Market, on the 25th instant, offered for sale 7 lbs. of unwholesome lamb. The abimal had been smothered. The remainder bad been sold. Fined is. 6d. and costs. The defendants in each of the above cases were given to understand, that if ever they were again summoned for a similar offence, they would be most severely dealt with. A BENEFIT-SOCIETY SQUABBLE. Edmund Williams, a Welshman, appeared as plaintiff, and Daniel Brady, an Irishman, the steward of a benefit society, as defendant. The complainant stood stroking his head, and looking the picture of self-satisfaction. The small Hibernian face of the defendant was puckered up into a most determined expression of self-importance. He looked as if he deemed Daniel Brady infallible. The Welshman explained, that he had bin two'yeears a quarter in the club, an' nevar cot on the box till lately/ Not long since, howevar, he fall seek—an' then he want to traw some money in corse—but they won't pay him. He had now come far chustice from the matches-tratc 'far the sum of sefenteen an' sixpence tat tey ho hur. Daniel Brady.—l'm a shtoord, an' I objict, 'case o' dhe sicond rule, whareby it is declared, an' inacted, an' made manifist, that if any mimber will join in any odher siety, he shall forfeit all binifit o' dhis here one. Now, mind what I say, he's jind dhe hodd fellows—therefore he's forfitted all right and tittle to be benefited by our funds. The complainant and deponent here simultaneously pulled each from his pocket a small blue bdok, shockingly soiled, and so doubled together from constantly abiding in the pockets, that it was with difficulty_ they could be opened. It was found that the second rule did pot at all protect the club from the payment. Mr. Brown ordered that the money should be paid. Daniel Brady.—Not by no manner of manes we shan't, 'case o' the second rule. - 31 r. Ellis explained that the second rule did not contain anything that would bear out their plea ; the money must be paid ; the club must pay 19s. 6d. Brady.--Not at oil, 'ease he is fined tin shilling. Mr. Ellis.—What (dr? Brady.—'Cage he wint out, without laving word where be had gone to. _ Mr. Ellis.—When was he fined? Brady.—Och ! faith I'm a shtoord, and I'll fine him now. Mr. Ellis said that could not be ; the complainant must be fined in a proper manner. The money must be paid, or the goods would be levied upon. The defendant went away grumbling, and declaring that the money should not be paid. YESTERDAY. (Before W. BROWN, Esq.), THEFT FROM A HOUSE.—An old woman, whose name we could not learn, was charged with having entered the dwelling_ house of a Mr. Whalley, and having thence carried off out of the kitchen a shirt and a pair of boots. The articles were recovered. This was not the prisoner's first offence, and she was committed for three months to the Borough House of Correction. ASSAULT.—A very stout man, named Jackson, a reputed pugilist, was placed at the bar charged by a publican, named John Watson, with a violent assault upon him. The com plainant, who keeps the " Cock Robin Hall," in Richmond street, stated, on the previous afternoon the defendant came to his house, and called for a glass of ale, which, as he knew him to be a violent character, and drunk at the time, he would not give him. Defendant then became very outrage ous, said the house was as much his as it was witness's, and, after asking for a glass to fetch himself something to drink from elsewhere, he struck the complainant, dragged him vio lently about, and would have killed him but for the inter ference of a man who came to his assistance. Jackson, in his defence, said that the complainant had struck him, and that the reason he was brought there merely was because complainant's wife had said that it was a shame to use him (defendant) in such a manner. One of the constables, how ever, saw Jackson dragging the complainant about. The bench decided that he should pay 10s. and costs, or be com mitted to gaol for 10 days. COMPLAINT OF ASSAULT DISMISSED. A man named Thomas Mathews complained that another named Connolly. had on Saturday night, violently assaulted him, by first throwing a glass at him, and afterwards striking him on the pate with a quart bottle, by which last a wound was inflicted. Witnesses were called on both sides, and it appeared that the parties had met (after a recent difference) at a public-house at a late hour, where the quarrel was re newed by the complainant, first using some provoking lan image to the defendant's relative to their former disagree ment, and then pulling his nose ! As this was admitted (so far at least as the language, and "'a touch" of that sensitive organ alluded to), the Magistrate said the plaintiff was the original transgressor, and the case must therefore be dis missed. TOKEN OF RESPECT. On Wednesday evening last, a select party of gentlemen sat down to a supper at the York Hotel, Douglas, Isle of Man, for the purpose of presenting a service of plate to Cap tain Edward Quayle, of her Majesty's Royal Mail Steam packet Mona's Isle. S. Thacker, Esq., was unanimously called to the chair, and was ably supported by Captain Turner, vice-president. The supper was t as t e f u lly an d ele gantly laid out by Mr. M`Kenzie, the worthy host of the hotel; the viands and wines were of the most choice descrip tion, and consisted of all the delicacies of the season. After the usual loyal and constitutional toasts had been drunk, The CHAIRMAN rose and said, that, in introducing the subject for which the present meeting was called together, he could have wished that more able hands than his should have been deputed to the office. As it was, he only gave utterance to the genuine feelings of his own heart, in stating, that they had all met for one and the same purpose—for presenting a token of respect to a gentlelnan, whom they had the pleasure of ranking among their personal friends—to one who, during his command of that favourite steamer, " the trim Mona's Isle, with the three Legs of Man," had merited and gained the esteem and approbation of all who knew him—to one who had never quailed in the many storms, to which a long experience in his profession had exposed him, and who had not only displayed the characteristic qualities of " a true British sailor," but was as well known for his polite and gentlemanly attention to all his passengers. He concluded by observing, that, in presenting this service of plate, the subscribers were anxious to testify their sense of the high opinion in which Captain Quayle was held by them, and they would all unite in wishing the worthy commander success on the " sea of life," and health to enjoy his well-merited pre sent. The plate was then handed over to Capt. Quayle, and con sisted of an elegant tea-service complete, with an appropriate inscription, and surmounted by the crest of the gallant cap tain, handsomely engraved. The VICE-PRESIDENT, in a luminous speech, rose and said, that after the well-merited eulogium of the chairman, who had just preceded him, he did not feel called upon to occupy the time of the company by intruding any further remarks, but would cordially re-echo the sentiments of his friends, for he was certain no difference of opinion could possibly exist on the present occasion. Capt. EDWARD QUAYLE, in rising to respond to the cor dial addresses of his friends, said, that the company would excuse him from making any lengthened remarks at -uch an interesting time. He thanked them from his heart for the flattering testimonial which had just been presented to him, and it should ever be his study to maintain the same upright line of conduct which had gained for him the esteem of a large circle of friends, and the approval of his own heart. Several other interesting speeches were made on the occasion, and the company separated at an early hour on Thursday morning, highly pleased with their evening's entertainment. A FEW MORE WORDS ON THE DUTY OF PETITIONING PARLIAMENT. TO THE EDITOR OF THE LIVERPOOL STANDARD. SlR, — Another reason why we should urge petitions to parliament against all bad measures, or in favour of good ones, is, its being so strictly a constitutional mode of making our sentiments known ; and the non-attention of our rulers to the petitions of the people is their responsibility, the fail ing to send such petitions ours. Let rs not rest therefore with the responsibility on our own shoulders. At the end of the Parliamentary Companion for each sessions may be seen a summary of all the petitions, and number of signatures, for and against all the principal measures of the sessions. By this we can discover the progress that has been made in the public mind upon the various subjects ; and it would be a disgrace to find that in any succeeding Year the number of signatures had fallen off. For instance, the number of signa tures against the iniquitous grant of £9OOO per annum to support the Popish College of Maynooth, during the last ses sion, was 11639. This year they will be much more numer ous, as Manchester and Liverpool alone have sent up 20,000 protests against it. This shows the increased interest which has been felt on the subject, and each year we should go on increasing. Again, the number of signatures against the (so called) Roman Catholic Emancipation Act, (or fbr the expulsion of Papists from parliament,) last session, amounted to 6215 ; now surely Liverpool alone will send up a larger number before this session is over, or I know not what the Protestant operatives of Liverpool are about. And, after all, petttions do have their weight when very numerously and ex tensively signed. Why has Lord John postponed the infidel education grant? Either to get up counter petitions, or to obtain breathing time to consider the best mode of dropping the question. I fancy my Lord John does not like to see the Wesleyan Methodists stirring. They have been a thorn in his lordship's side before. Again let me urge every man in our own town to enter his protest against this infidelizing scheme.—Your obedient servant, PROTESTANT. TO THE PROTESTANTS OF LIVERPOOL Petition ! Petition ! Petition ! Churchmen of Liverpool, to a man enter your protest against the Popish-socinian-liberal combination education scheme. Wesleyan Methodists ! let, not one of your body keep his name back on this all-import ant occasion. Dissenters of Liverpool—where are you ? this a time to stand back and allow political feelings to blind your better judgment ? Will you preach 'pure religion from your pulpits, inculcate it in your families, and yet silently allow a scheme to be carried forward, which must, as far as human probability can see, have the effect of blighting all that you have hitherto done in the cause of truth ? We are not satisfied in calling the measure a whig scheme, for we cannot suppose that they have cunning enough ; and we would not wish to suppose them base enough, to concoct such a mea sure, so exactly calculated to un-christianise a people. No, it smells too strong of the Vatican, to be of pure whig vigour. They are but the tools employed in Satan's best machinery—Popery. A PROTESTANT. THE QUARTERLY REVIEW AND OXFORD TRACTS. The following excellent letter, against the errors of Pusey ism, has appeared in the columns of our truly orthodox con temporary, the London Record. We offer no apology for transferring it into our own. TO TILE EDITOR OF THE LONDON RECORD. SIR,—I can hardly bring myself to agree with you that the article in the Quarterly Review, on Puseyism, is likely to do much mischief. In the first place, its tone is so decidedly the tone of " one of the firm," that no one, I conceive, for a moment, will fancy he is listening to an impartial judge. In the next place, it is now known that. the article in question is written by Mr. Sewell, of Oxford, a young gentleman of considerable classical ability, but whose opinion on religious subjects no one, 1 should imagine, would contend was entitled to any great weight with the church. It is not like an ar tictle written by a Faber, a Townsend, or a Benson. It surely should not escape notice that the Oxford views, like the Plymouth and Irving views, are espoused and defended by no long tried and experienced minister. The champions of the cause are " novices," of high moral character, and strong in classical and ecclesiastical learning ; but, for the most part, little acquainted with human nature, except as they have seen it in a university, or studied it in Aristotle, and taking their.theological tenets more from the fathers and Mr. Knox, than from the articles and homilies of our church. Compare their writings with the writings of the reformers, and if vou believe the latter preached the pure gospel of Christ, I think it is impossible to admit that the former are men taught of the Spirit. Happy would it be for them if they felt the truth of that valuable remark of the Bishop of Chester in his charge : " Spiritual knowledge has this pe culiar characteristic—it has little connexion with superibr education, or cultivation of mere intellect." I must confess, to my shame, that I was for a while " one of them." This I ascribe very much to my having taking up tbo exclusively their works, and giving heed to nothing but what was written on their favourite topics. For a time I preached their views with all zeal, and was looked upon as one of the most devoted of their party. Gradually, however, I began to feel that there was an indescribable difference between the tone of their writings and the Bible. I was obliged to con fess myself that I had lost much of my spiritual comfort, since I had taken up their views, my flock looked distressed and diipirited by my teachinz, and with all my efforts to per suade myself to the contrary, I was often convinced that these views tended to pride, not to humility ; to contentions ness, not to love ; and to alienate me from some of the good men, and good works, in which I formerly took an interest Through God's mercy, I determined to lay entirely aside for a season the works of Pusey, Newman, Keble, Palmer, and Hook, to read no more the British Magazine, or British Critic; to give up preaching on the subject of the ordinances and the succession—at least in any other than a general man lier ; and to betake myself to the simple study of the Bible, and more free intercourse with my poor. I soon found my self in a different atmosphere—l seemed to have lighted on new ground. The gospel was again to me a gospel of liberty and joy. A sense of real power again accompanied the word to my soul — peace returned as a flowing stream, and love to old friends and interest in good old causes revived, and with them a sense of victory over an enemy who had for a while separated us. My parishioners, too, smiled again. Let me solemnly assure you this is neither a feigned, nor. I believe, an exaggerated experience. And let me only en treat any minister who has become entangled with the view: of this party—after having first put it to himself whether In has the same happy witness of the spirit with his heart a. heretofore, and his people the sane enjoyment of his miuistn —to make trial of my plan to give up for a season the work. and subjects referred to, and to take simply to his Bible, am to communion with his people in conversation and prayer and, I think, I will answer for the effect.—l am, Sir, yours PRESBYTER ANGLICAN US. The sale of sea weed is increasing very rapidly in Clare There were on Saturday morning 177 car loads offered for sale in Enniii.—Limerick Stan4;yl., THE DIVISIOv rr , R SPEAKER. hig The following classification n, the votes on the ciNstiottpf the speakership, as well as of absent members, and ofiltart-S i; will, it is believed, prove accurate frt. For Mr. Sli;w Lefevre For. Mr. Goulburn Tellers Nine pairs Ten Whigs absent Six conservatives absent Two seats en each side vacant 658 Mr. Cowper, the new member for Hertford, din uuc. vote; he had intended to vote, but the conservatives threatened, if he should do so, to dispute his right, the ground of exception being, that he had not taken the oaths, and the position of Mr. Cowper being different fi•orn that of the members in a new parliament. Mr. Cowper, therefore, declined raising the question. On the occasion of the election of Mr. Abercromby the numbers were— For Mr. Abereromby For Mr. Manners Sutton THE HOME TRADE AND TAXATION. An estimate may be made of the extent of the home trade of this kingdom by the average expenditure, weekly and an nually, of the whole population, consisting of twenty-six millions, as follows : One shilling expended Two shillings Three shillings Four shillings. Five shillings . Six shillings Seven shillings Eight shillings Nine shillings Ten shillings.. Eleven shillings... Twelve shillings..... Thirteen shillings.... Fourteen shillings Fifteen shillings Weekly. Annunlly. £1,300,000 £67,600,000 2,600,000 135.000,000 3,900,000 202,800,000 5,200,000 270,400,000 6,500,000 338.000,000 7,800,000 405,600,000 2,100,009 475,200,000 10,400,000 544 800,000 11,700,000 608,400, 00 13,000,000 667,000,000 14.300,000 743,600,000 15,600,000 811.200,000 16.900,000 878,800,000 18,200,000 964,400.000 19,500,000 1,014,000,000 , . If we take fifteen shillings a week for the average expend;- tore of each class, rich and poor, of the whole population, in food, clothing, and the comforts of life, it amounts to the sum of £1,014,000,000 annually. If that sum were alone taxed five per cent. it would raise a revenue of £50,700,000, which is more than is now annually raised by the present sys tem of taxing the food consumed by the people, instead of the incomes, and which can he just only on the supposition of the appetites and incomes of all being:, equal! But if fifteen shillings a week be considered too much, take only ten shillings, and tax £676,000,000 at 5 per cent, which produces a revenue of £33,800,000 annually; and if that sum be not enough, raise the per centage to seven-and-a-half, to produce £50,700,000 as it would be preferable to forty or fifty per cent. that all classes are now taxed, who spend their en tire incomes in the maintenance of their families. This concise view of the subject is sufficient to show that the present system must be wrong, when 5 to 74- per cent. on the average expenditure of the whole population would Le sufficient for all the wants of the state, and cons: quently a more simple and efficient system might be substituted for it, without taxing any provisions, and leave commerce free from the shackles of customs and excise laws. All that is first required is, a dispassionate investigation of the whole system of taxation by a committee of the House of Commons, and a just report madeupon it ; but so long as the people are led away with shadows, NS they now are, by peti tioning only for a reformation of a part, instead of the whole system of taxation, the substance escapes them, which would secure the comforts they want, by relief from the unnecessary burdens they bear. FIRE IN BEVINGTON Busn.—On Wednesday last, abort ten o'clock in the forenoon, a fire broke out in the joiners'. shop adjoining the national school, in Bevington-bush. The engines were early on the ground ?I but, we regret to say, that so combustible were the materials, that the shop and sheds were consumed. COLLECTION OF PRINTS.—Those who are curious in prints will find a large and splendid collection now on sale at Mr. Lewis's, South Castle-street. Many fine impressions after first rate artists are included in this collection.—See adv. FIRE AT EDGE HILL.—On Wednesday morning about half-past eleven, a fire broke out in the small timber yard belonging to Mr. Charles Padley, corner of Sidney-street, Edge Hill. It appears to have originated in some sparks from the chimney of the adjacent house, which had taken fire, falling amongst some shavings and other timber in the yard, all of which was of course rendered the more combustible by the dryness of the weather. In a short time, all the boards, &c., were in a blaze. The alarm being quickly passed to the station, two engines and a body of firemen were immediately dispatched to the spot, where they arrived with all possib'e expedition, and saved the adjoining building, though not the property in the yard, which from its nature was speedily con sumed. Inspectors Hamer and Hacking, and fireman Dixon, (163) were first on the spot, and with the assistance of a young man named Thomas Overshaw, who got upon the roof of the house through the attic window, and the supply of water being abandant, they kept the fire under until the engines arrived. SPLENDID MEDAL.—We have just seen a beautiful silver medal, which was presented at the second Liverpool Eistedd fod, held in the Music Hall, on St. David's Day last, to the Rev. Thomas Pearce of this town, for his prize poem on " Haman and Mordecai." The engraving on the reverse is most elaborately executed, and reflects the highest credit on the artist, Mr. John R. Isaac, of Castle-street, by whom it was designed, drawn, and engraved. The subject is " Ahasu suerus on his throne, extending the sceptre to Queen Esther, who is in the act of falling on her knees, (supported by an attendant) to implore protection for her Jewish bretherh.— In the outward court is Hainan weeping, while a friend is calling his attention to the scene before the king." The at titudes of the principal figures are touchingly represented, and the drapery and architectural decorations are accurately arid tastefully engraved.• We understand that this exquisite specimen, of engraving may be seen for a fe w days at Mr. Isaaelailop in , Castle-street. It is well worth inspection FkrAl.,Pcc utiatENCE —On Saturday last a f rightful scene happeriedipn Boat-house Mersey, opposite to the Boat-ouse Pier Ru.Reorn.„4 boat, belonging to the Bridgewater Trust, had a new suit pf jails Made, and as she was known to be what is technica4Y termed " crank" the maker had iina4iaed he had cut fhea in such a way as to remedy this defect, and he and several carpenters and others (altogether seven in number) went for a sail up the river, the wind at the time blowing a stiff breeze. Taeir intention was to go up to the Old Quay and return, but when they came to the Gap, in a sudden gust the boat capsised nearly in the middle of the ri ver, and about high water. The screams for help were ter rifying ; and as there were a number of flats moored at t.e. Pier, waiting the return of the tide, and two steamers a fe y minutes before had arrived with passengers, prompt aSsis ,- tance was rendered, and six out of the seven were rescued from a watery grave, but one man (John Withington, the un fortunate saihnaker) was drowned. Another sailmaker, by the name of Cooper, whose son, a child about eleven years old, was with his father in the boat, and it was heart-rending to see the anxiety and hear the cries of the poor father until he got.his son upon his back, and swam with him towards the shore, which he had. almost reached when he was taken on board a boat, amidst .loud cheers from the spectators.— Withington's body has not been found.—Chester Courant- DESTRUCTIVE FMB IN HILL-STREET.—Yetoterday mor ning, about ten o'clock, a tire - broke out in the yard and premises occupied by Mr.• Henry Worthington, team and cart keeper, near the bottom of Hill-street, Toxteth-park. The yard consists of a small quadrangular area, bounded on the sonth, the' west, and north by small buildings -or erec tions almost wholly of wood ;—and on the cast by a stable and part of a row of dwelling-houses. The building on the south side consisted of a hay-shed, and adjoining to it on the west is a wheelwrights' shed. The stable and the hay shed form a right-angle, and in this angle rises a chimney, within the yard but outside the buildings,—the flue to a boiler for preparing food for the horses. A cart-load of hay stood in the yard, close to the shed, and the boiler fire was burning when some communication took place with the hay. The conflagration was, of course, instaataneous, and much alarm was excited, and with cause, for the lives of several valuable horses in the stable. The excellent engine belongtin; to Mr. Gregson, of the steam-works close by, was very early brought to, play with great effect, and contributed in a great degree to save much of the surroun ling property. Five, We, believe, of the town engines afterwards came up, with as much speed as possible, and the fire was event ua lly subdued, but not until Mr. NVorthinton had sustained se rious and lamentable loss. The rapid combustion of the hay close to the stable door prevented access to the poor a iimals. Three holes were eventually made through the wall, from a yard at the back of the building with a view to save them, and some men went at the risk of their lives amongst the smoke. Five of the horses had, however, perished, and lay dead nn the floor. Though scorched a little, they were suf tbcaled rather than burned Two others, we le Ira, were rescued not much injured. A sow, with eight tine also fell a sacrifice to the flames. They were roasted outwardly to a cinder. The horses were amongst the thest of those heavy and valuable employed in teams ant carts at the da,d(s, and the loss to the owner is therefore great. The fire-police deserve great credit for their activity, as do Mr. men. POPULAR CONCERTS —We are glad to fine that a very in teresting series of concerts of vocal and iostrumeatal is now being given nightly at the Royd Anm,itheatre. Toese concerts deserve to become increasingly popular, as we hive no doubt they - will become, both on account of their cheap ness and the talent of the performers, who are, we believe, exclusively townsmen. The chief object of the prjectors ap pears to have been the improvement and extension of musical taste „amongst the - and lower classes of society, whose means will not permit their attendance at the more expensive music meetings which occasionally attract, and are almost confined to the higher orders. Another. motive, and one which we scarcely consider to cof se.:ondary import ance, is to keep the local talent, instrumental es well as vocal, together, and , by' frequent .public rehearsals to qualify. t h e professors of the divine science in Liverpool to take part hereafter in concerts of a sup;rior character. The c :arses for admission to the boxes . and• pit, we per eive, are only two-shillings per head on the former, and one shilling for the latter; and for these trifling sums the visitors. enjoy some of the finest compositions of the most eminent composers of all nations, performed by an able and excellent band of thirty instrumentalists ; and a number of glees and songs sweetly sung, are interspersed. Among the solo and glee-sin : . ers we re cognise the names of Messrs. J. *and G. Lint, Mr. Earn- Thaw, and Mr. Taylor We look upon this undertaking as d ec id e dly worthy of the same support whin is given to the •neetings of the Festival Choral Society, and as being eller 1,1- ted to promote the interest and well-being of that and all other societies-of a similar description in the town. Let us nope - that:the performers will be deservedly patronised and encouraged. • SERIOUS RlOT.—Last night, at seven o'clock, a serious riot nroke.ont in the south end of the town-, commencipg, so far as we could learn, in New Bird-street, and afterwards ex tended,- during-a period of about tw.) hours and a half to Crosbiestreet, ordan-street, Sparling-street, and the smaller streetS•that cross these at right angles. .How the disturbance irigiOtedAve could not learn in the general confusion ; but t appeafed, some of the carpenters and apprentices who had walked . ort the previous day, had been riding , : •about and en joying themsel ves d ur i ng th e d a y, i n that neighbourhood, in open carriages, cars, &c., on some of whiati-liags were fixed ; that one ordheSe had passed,throtigh Neu Bird-street, and that a qUarrel had arisen, between . .tha Carpenters and some )f the inhabitants, who are almost exclasively - Iri0). Which )a . rty gaVe the first offence it did- .not. appear ; but it is aid that some carpenter; in a carriage were struck with 'tones or bricks. The sequel was, that stone and brickbats vere flung-by the carpenters at the windo;vs cf the houses n New Bird - street, and other streets, auti'vast numbers of which were broken. The other party rptaliated upo n s o li .e ether houses,- friendly to, or inhabited,l)y, carpenters ; .m - 11 i succession of riots took place at, various points,-amidst the ;:reams of women, the oaths of ine-4; and the general alarm f all who belonged to the neighbourhood. Several peions, t is said, Were.seriously hurt.'., Some time eLipsed - before le police could be brought up i,6 sufficient numbers to (I's :erse the immense crowds collected at diffeient point; but ..)on after they . ,appeared, headed by M r . Whitty, an 1 se ve , all further alarm was allayed, and the • treets ,:ere about ten o'clock restored to tranquility.- *et •;::;/., , • 1 4!) ' . I it•ti