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important the gone Sue near and dear to them, and he would tell hold till th tnent that this was the last meeting they would of frie,„,," met together to give each other the right h . and th e i r ii7°T, and to pledge themselves at once to achieve for ce theertY. He firmly believed that government would Prov e a l , to meet together in a way and manner that would ,happiness.eirti ruin, but give to them (the chartists) eternal llenrl Alluding to the 16th of August, he wished that on e T ll tit was present. What had the 16th of August wowd baby the blood of the martyrs spilt on that day eat oitl'rtaiznetile Whole nation before long and sweep the (Loud cheers.) whi c h j,,.,t4Es TAYLOR, of Rochdale, seconded the resolution, Mr. Alb carried. rNi n ,, MIN then delivered an oration on moving the next laftitshfaceB7ol:er:ignwhich he discoursed about the valour and virtue people for quarter of an hour with much e roe e tii oto himself, but with very liltle conviction . to h "Thaia The resolution he moved was as follows . of the .. 9 113 meeting pledges itself to support the delegates th e „_"at!onal convention'so long as they honestly discharge 41el'sonstitutional duties assigned to them by their c?nsti- A , , and should the said delegates ilp placed in peril, by we shall or faction whatever, in contravention of the laws, 14,,'sdi defend them against such disposal. or faction by every 3Tr. RC al and physical, at our " lir, Ti Es seconded the motion, and it was carried.. in Mich lie'tLict2.l supported the resolution in a long speech, t ened l,eornplained that instead of the people being ligh e hh i„,),Y the use of machinery, it was employed as a means of li r u'rs the ignorant, greedy middle classes. bett h . I°llaa people Bury, said that the late Mr. C t ob . -_ th ey ad told the in the House of Commons, tha if whi gs ,lid go to the Bank of England for their money the le o -°lll , d give up the coercion bill ; and he could tell the Plc , of zngland if they would now go to the savings' kr, R they Would get the charter. to, ina.nns, from the Potteries, was then introduced_ . ),411}31Pert the r esolution. He said if ever he felt proud it ti°ll ; t n. t leh, he said, was expected from the conv n e wi n- - tti encle t ilt, he would say, do what they had already rec theo, tut , and then, his soul for theirs, if they would not find khles,"`e°tY more to do. It was of no use to recommend, er '404 inswhat had been recommended was done. They tiFv e The re ° h igh a position as they did at the present tim en . tetth e ,as an old saying "When rogues fall out honest continue t o r _„ it o w ,, Let them hope the factions would s _ t et k l ii out until they (the chartists) got their rights. (Cheers.) ° mall persuade them to break the peace ; keep h ' ac h,, , and let their enemies break it if they thought . proper. ... thjtev ey di 3t wanted d, the speaker urged them . to be united. it k ited, to maintain their present position they must be c heer s. and Persevere till suc cess crowned their efforts. (Loud kr, • s 3L tta l 4 4,, e'sed Elt, from S tockport, next addressedthe .meeting, ititiflmuch pleasure at meeting such an immense ,w'tdd shot human. be - ings assembled on that occasion. They 'Pe hpe, the country, through the mediumof th 411egih3', what were the feelings of the people of South pared t P a l Ire in the cause of freedom. But what were . those ta 'tit 'that with the number absent. They had broi . igh ,tl?nsarlds f rom Stockport , but they were nothing to ha b e - eY had left.inHethen. formed the meeting that they moreuseeflZe.hed b,the aristocracy, lu and . directed attention to byeore th a of rn Star, which . he said had done of I f .' arlY other auxiliary for centuries, to . , forward the :ee He begged they would assist the_man 4,1 Y Rath,,,e Proprietor—he meant Feargus O'Connor no s t NCIICISii — "en' Purses, but with their right arms . rf it wa 'X° • that bred Put the pouer could be brought against them th ea lt, tin °I down, if they would only keep from any out eir • all was of one mind • but unless the people got qrerrlghts, there shouldsoon be neither peace, law, nor % T h eiCRB°l4ll Lancashire . (1..40ud cheers.) h eirpeacalliMAN thanked them for their attendance, for ' l , h t[ ies at oeliabelee conduct, and requested them to go to their () 'Q te' beers Man or were given for .the chairman ; three for f o _oo Nd ~0 three for Stephens ; three for Dr. Taylor and the littler h e , avention ; three for Oastler ; and three groans afte -alarzehester Guardian.—The meeting separated a h 4. lie obi. to clock. - 'd b chartists , societies , with their bands of music, flags, th a ttwer Ose from3thin mustered in marching order, and most a of ry left the ground, and . b . ent their y h„ e rac e „..eir respective districts. The political aspect of i t t lipea . 'let - C e V r ild became instantly . . ch_anged. Hundreds who . r at , e left their domiciles in manchester made their tai ri ht eatri c :r„ e many came from the surrounding . country,. and t ittl es, gave ut nt on the races, which, with their attendant rnoi t h „ . Much satisfaction and amusement to the assem -,,r, b itod es. lteb.. r. ti„,, In the brief space of an hour, Mr. o.'Con t,7llhil.L.teuer, Dr. Taylor & Co_.,. were forgotten in the . and all acrimoni hZPoliti,,,, of the holiday assemblage, C-Zar aZ ieel ing, if such before existed, merged . into good osto! ."' Co nviviality. What an immortality for the THE MINISTRY. ( r th en ° thit i g ° n 2 Me Statesman and Dublin Record.) 4 t e ttir lied ea Llle well more unstable, .or more insecure than Can scarcely say revived—cabinet of Lord ~ento a ' i tt catch 'hey are perfectly at a stand-still. Drowning era 41'estraws, but the Melboumites seem scarcely anion at ugh left even to grasp at straws. They tik as dler, actin s 'ln' the country to speak ; but truly the be - 1 1• 1 /.te '' aet ings" have been few as yet, and indeed are not eiNaNitiloll„erease• There is no material for conflagration, ;',seren, in defending Lady Normanby's female ti s iren... l ' l ' l st Peel Wellington, and the whole conserva ,Nl of England.' is absurd for na ,•oic c ' A liert y The think; too L 4 i tt; ., any other sort of division. In Ireland, with et i be his enormous lyin O'Connell might work the 4 M - n al L s 0 I se any thing is good enough to lead forth the \s ato f ° Plah absurdity ; but like snuff of candle, the sotl, ber u • -al • •• • e most . speedily in Eng ett„ . resource then have the ministry ? They are ores ofrt f;) seems, with the radicals ; and what then I.joe hi4hl/ tort ) -4 .„, 4 • Russell's " finality" of reform, or finality to i.0,,t0 s ez i ;filtering into treaty with revolutionists is like oralhat chart or compass, and it is impo . ssi . ble "er s uall be the end thereof. The ministenalists tempoas enture t omv ,we think, upon such a wretched attempt, to a very limited extent, and for some very 4tll l ea air Pnae• We think it impossible that the present 11 endure many months. 1)111 11 bite rs (Prom th e M orn i ng H era ld.) and t ril that th ere i s b u t one wa y o f re t aining their tyacJil -at i s bY getting rid of the parliamentary session 11 1 ,,. the y - 4 Possible. As for venturing upon a dissolution, 14 4 1 4 t oic ilare not do, their equivocal success at Hertford t ne° het t hem pretty plainly what they may expect . a th;•,-at end Prepared for a contest. The plan . therefore is, I t '" to the session as speedily as possible ; and for heir organs of the press are urged to prepare the 4 . l of 7 l t l eh an impotent conclusion, such a miserable the ia seil,„ at ? vital interests of the country, we are not at all ~kla r alttr , ; nor, indeed, is it to be altogether regretted. its 14 4t ers:ie s doomed to-a continuance of such men as . 0 4 0t r less they interfere in public affairs . the be_ tter. sot, 'fief env he is infinitely preferable to doing mischief , and thb.,ort li ,,'lth they would long since have done, had they "itC ati a i lly - w a t h e!Y t , been restrained by a power much stronger Nt h ,' eeek A l en they possess—a strong conservative oppo 'ilk ' 4 l. IT" bY a strong conservative feeling throughout the tter.da`'nt, though such may be the intention of our 'es -"II% 3 ' statesmen, we trust that Sir Robert Peel and 4ers will not allow them thus to back out of the . not it ~ otive s 4 , i b l andon public business, without bringing their rd h as Principles once more to the test. As ya hpeot at been heard of Canada, of our Indian war, or ili b tet. replier business of the House of Commons, the 14,1 all s Ja maica to be left to its fate, and the West In te4s ofth V ro bability lost, that Lord Melbourne and the tio t Atiott uedchamber may meet with no annoyance 9r in ofoto d otiti Should such be the case, which we trust it will "ti l l,, f t -p th e Emperor of Russia will hear, from the lips E ngland's degradation, with no small share of N-4t. EOn - olp r t-- IV —or TIVO HUSBANDS AND THE HUSBAND k OF n thlllq.---On Wednesday last, Waters, a ba is er w , ie, koth:street, Clerkenwell, was informed that h ~. ..r of ~_. _ . Pl a ,altie or t _ uNe children, and to whom lie h 4 47.'4 4 en Years, vv•as seen veryfrequently Turner, also a tkoed raasentleinan of property, . named as in he th e e c m o a rn r - - kolwa o ut ° , , ,who is his next door . neihbour,an d d ic h t i n n o t t s f w o 'e r r a e tVtat gi ve a very unpleasant kind. . Water ,of red i t e credence to the story. Still, howeN er, he con ,. the nothia, but with hei 11 ,_ s o fair to let his spouse kno , n t , h t e he se g a o n s d si a p l that th e fg ?onrhood. She heard him repeat . ~ terh°rtltUde becomin her sex, and at once insisted tr. Taeshand should hear from her lips, and from the lips lii i `'. tv a , !tier at the same time, an unqualified denial I tottl,444lrPuted to them • and to make the affair more di l Zir d iR „ . e l _!. the wife of the latter was invited as a witness 5th.,4114,-"iirners. The parties met, and a scene the most i N 4 4 h° alld e xtraordinary occurred. Mrs. W aters w iihrotelle eor husband and likewise Mrs. Turner, of her entire , el' o r ! f the i nsinuations thrown out, and had called on e Ctseqer to give his denial, when, instead of doing so, h S . r e r tits ai tr as his wife, told her that' he would prosecute her tion:Ver 4, 4 nd said that four out of the five children which tli t Z th ar "e,eare of Mr. Waters were his. He also men ther"Ptith",,rt°,eY were married in St. Andrew's churc . h, in 110OhieNah,"'„4-Pril, 1837 he being then the husband ot ano d IN," lii ta -"ne present - .Mrs. Turner. Mrs. Waters retorte di a "ak, w r1(1 produced a letter in his (Turner's) .hand hi te e l o. , ritten recently in which he demanded her imme 7 ik,',seifErruent with him,' and threatening to do her and ;I,,.'etlbetBerious injury if she refused. In conclusion, blows :14.:a;118frahni:oe.recoierNinlgrs. Waters and Turner, and the latter es \it- 'tat e the Premise, leaving Mrs. Turner and W aters on tr'enzy. On the following day, Mr. ts,.,sa that l ' i ltg well considered the serious subject, deter -41,17 a wa Is wife should go before a magistrate, andso_nbg kalt Ivol l a a nt against Turner for the assault—he suppo andi iip ip 9sOr e _,.. he the means of causing a full explanation.t was Noted this extraordinary affair, and on Saturday i iktWad no r that the matter should be heard. Neither Mrs. 4 it,,,i LI-truer, however, were forthcoming ; but Mr. :!le e;:%-airs. Turner were in attendance with a copy Ceti ttltuleate of the marriage of the two first-nal/11 htaklao4'ue church and at the time already mentioned, an 01.1 -4 , s o f " other proof was forthcoming, if necessary. -,t, ar, are the particulars of this most remarkable 41,1.04'l Paper. t 4 CNi q. . grANIIOPE'S CALCULATION ABOUT SNUFF )4I:iIi e r, l it tererY professed, inveterate, and incurable snuff itea atinoderate comuutation, takes one pinch' in ten_ st‘tiNag aildve).Y. Pinch, with the agreeable ceremony of helf e s, eo a : %l Ping the nose, and other incidental circuina tsL. tait of :Ines a minute and a half. One minute and__ etit'g da, v erY ten, allowing sixteen hours to a snuff , li+Coh, (if ea } ~araounts to two hours and twenty-four minutes of tell na.turai day, or one day out of ten. One day ht:lee, it.__4l_llolintS to thirty-six days and a half in the year. cktn, twonl_lPPose the practice to he persisted in for for . ): eurs to tieMure Years of the snuff-taker's life will be de orense ,ce"ilg his nose and two more to blowing it. The to: seemsnutf-boxes and handkerchiefs will be the subject flo e ' c 'ch es es saY, in which it will appear that this luxury fl o e on hl as much on the income of the snuff-taker as it tiit,Pon ey *,?tle, and that by proper application of the time tari,' 1 0r th e ', l . B lost to the public, a fund might be con ami, nischarge of the national debt. —Ladies Gazette 11 "' !lie lII•Nie Ay 1 , it it'IAyELLING.To persons who have been in tdeillaite uri,,,elluig along the great English lines of railway', Ivllt:tid.,olse Ivahleonurwriee tVee qth " eces sary to refute the assertion that the conve- Ljelli o . • e passengers is not attended to. The luxury of Y re in the mail carriage from . Liverpool to thatY,...ti:e j e o tre r h that used to spend twenty-four hours on the Member, like some dream of our child e„,l)4Ben 8 that everyfrmominutshook the aching bones of , qtd L_ ter srousing 40 as a "e called \,. 1 , v 4) 01th , ~,a t seemed the snatch of l sleep (if t s e le d e i lai n i s t tkaeho i e night the almost to make loner ~ . _ - .e e an, si r , P ' e constantly recurring memento ' change, th, le each hell that to you at every stage—the door of to r ' each ~,,`1 open to admit the cold blast, while, at the same Iv each tir's,eriger slowl itua• c a n, . y unloosedhis complicated ' muffling let', Ino ti , r er piece deposited in the innner fold of his itio,its vs.hie.hestrnents—when we r remember all these as suf he."' of ou ' r °nee were to be endu e re m d em to accomplish the re l'etittrv;atewe : a nd , otesceiinvuess selvesno from Dublin to . London—and ell 44 LiveL,ve Were sitti wheeled along 4ust . as much at ' l3 .t a..„_,--Tool a f ter rig here in our editorial throne— Ftilitt,,tetiZelivlt of the at- breakfastafah.:ade more hearty by the L tau e fo r ro. Packet in the night—and reaching 1,011 - or t tl i s _e that eri t° Sharpe ._ tons . le hour, with not t 1 11'to 1 4 •-tat ao We have hie nhe appetite — we aralmos eh t. ough e Me th ke oz,;„ d.through centuries instead of years, rally.2reeileeh.au.. geluafv..,insa_gieian has been upon the earth, and. raoc,„nee cug, we al t o It'hattrazeotany Jorier.coeinqupailtinotnhgose of centuries. . When :, r 0.., 1 01 for the of the inconveniences ot wish that we had it in our power -"`1•••••-tiubii... ..._ . gistso his days to travel by the com ' unzverBitY Magazine. THEATRE-ROYAL, LIVERPOOL. Last Night but Three of the Performances of HERRN HEINRICH SCHREYER'S VERITABLE TROOP OF MONKEYS AND DOGS, whose exertions are nightly received, in this Theatre, with the most unbounded applause. And Last Night but Three of the Engagement of MR. HOOPER, Lessee and principal Comedian of the. Theatre-Royal, St. James's, London, and MISS SMITH AND MISS JULIA SMITH, The popular Singers. THIS present TUESDAY, May 28, 1839, will be per formed, the Musical Play of THE SLAVE. Matthew Sharpset. Gambia.... Mr. Stuart. Pogrum.. Mr. Baker. Zelinda... . Mr. Hooper. Captain Clifton.... Mr. Barker. Miss Von Frump .. Mrs. Clarke. Miss Smith. ~ Miss Julia Smith. After which, the Performances of HERRN HEINRICH SCHREYER'S VERITABLE TROOP (45 IN NUMBER) OF MONKEYS AND DOGS. Comprising the Supper of Lord Gogo—The Spinners of Berne—The Waltz of the Cantons—The Gardens of Manly, and Grand Promenade—A Military Scene—Exercises on the Tight Rope—The Riding Academy-:--The Deserter—Grand Military Spectacle—Taking of the Fort of Kokomorium.— The highly-trained Dog, Caesar, will exhibit his most extra ordinary Performances ! To conclude with the Musical Farce of NO! Sir George Doubtfui.... Mr. W. Howard. Commodore Hurricane. .... Mr. Baker. Frederick. Lady Doubtful. Maria. .... Mr. Barker. Miss Julia Smith. .. Miss Smith. On WEDNESDAY, the Opera of LOVE IN A VIL LAGE. Young Meadows, Mr. Barker ; Justice Woodcock, Mr. Baker; Hodge, Mr. Slaiter ; Deborah Woodcock, Mrs. Clarke ; Madge, Miss Grant ; Rosetta, Miss Smith; Julia, Miss Julia Smith. After which, the Performances of the MONKEYS and DOGS. To conclude with the Farce of HIDE AND SEEK. POPULAR CONCERTS OF VOCAL AND INSTRUMENTAL MUSIC. ASERIES of CONCERTS will be given 4t the ROYAL AMPHITHEATRE, Livopool, commencing Tins EVEN ING, and continued on eacE Evening during the Week. The BAND will consist of upwards of 30 Performers. The MUSIC (selected from the Wocks of the most popu lar Composers) will include the faf9urite OVERTURES, WALTZES, and GALLOPADES, as play6d by the celebrated Bands of Strauss, Musard, &c. interspersed with GLEES, and other Vocal Compositions, which will be varied each Evening. The ORCHESTRA is erected on the stage, before the Curtain, and three yards added in front, the whole arranged after the manner of the MUSARD CONCERTS, that have been so attractive at the English Opera House, and other Theatres in London. INSTRUMENTAL PERFORMERS. Violins, Mr. D. Stubbs, Leader, Mr. J. Jones, Mr. D. Smith, and Mr. -, Mr. Wilberforce, Principal Second, Messrs. Thomson, Cornwall, and Nl` Kenzie ; Violas, Messrs. Sergeant and Hulse ; Violoncellos, Messrs. Ball and Chap man ; Double Basses, Messrs. Harrison and Green; Flutes, Messrs. Horrocks and Honiby ; Oboes, Mr. - and Mr. J. Stubbs ; Clarionets, Messrs. Fisher and Entwistle ' • Bas soons, Messrs. Miller and Harrison ; Horns, Messrs. Scully and Jones ; Trumpet, Mr. Bradbury ; Trombones, Mr. Brindley an - ; Double Drums, Mr. Green ; Grand Casa, Triangles, Jones and others. Mr. HOLDEN will preside at the Piano-forte. Several first-rate Solo and Glee Singers (including Mr. J. LUNT and Mr. G. LuNT) are engaged. Box Tickets, admitting to twenty-four consecutive Con certs, may be had from Messrs. HIME and SON, One Guinea each. Price of Single Admission :—Box, 2s. ; Pit and Gallery, s. each. The Doors will be opened at Half-past Seven o'clock, and the Concerts commence each Evening at Eight precisely, TO CORRESPONDENTS. The stanzas on " England's Queen" were received too late for insertion in our present number. tbt Zthrrpriol otanbiarb. TUESDAY MORNING, MAY 28, 1839. We rejoice to assure our readers that the friends of our sacred Establishment have not been idle in the short interval which their enemies have given them for energy and exertion. We have reason to know that petitions have been prepared in every corner of religi ous England, and that the table of the House of Com mons will groan under the weight of these valuable documents—the living proofs of loyal and constitu tional activity. This very day a great meeting is held in Willis's Rooms, St. James's, at which the Primate presides, and the natural heads of the Church rally her devoted supporters. - Whatever cause there may have been for querulous anxiety in times now happily gone by, let no distrustful voice for the future exclaim, " Do traitors lurl in the Christians' hold? Are their hands grown stiff, or their hearts waxed cold? I know not in sooth—but from yonder wall There flashed no fire, and there hissed no ball." There has flashed a fire in the bosom of many an ho nest Englishman. That flame that was.lighted by La timer, and that, "by GOD'S blessing, has never been put out," has been blown upon by the blasts of anti-Chris tian opposition, , and now burns with renewed and in creasing brightness. The legitimate bolts of constitu tional warfare are sounding on every side. The good cause is up and in arms. Our Wesleyan brethren have hoisted the standard of alliance. Those good friends of the Christian cause, coming out, like Blucher, from the forest of Soignies, have aided in turning the enemy's undefended flank. His vain and hollow cries against an endowed establishment will not tell upon this unpatronised body of sober Protestants, whose presence bears us unequivocal witness that the fight is not for the external things of a state church, but for the sacred cause that hallows the establishment : for truth and gospel teaching. The enemy has been driven from open warfare. Recent events have taught him the bitter lesson that the people of England is a loyal and a church-loving people. In despair he is driven to the covert, and his treachery is more dangerous than his open violence. But he. is unmasked ; his snares are laid bare. The English public is alive to his in trigues, and will defeat them. Humble labourers in this high and holy cause, faithful soldiers in our nar rower sphere of this sacred contest, we endeavoured on Friday, so far as time would permit, to call the atten tion of the Liverpool public to this all-important ques tion. We now recur to it to congratulate our Pro testant friends on the zeal which universal England has displayed; and to urge them, one and all, to bear their part in the approaching struggle. If there . be a man into whose hands this sheet shall fall, that has not yet made his own voice be heard, let him ask for the petition of his parish, and sign it. The motion stands for Friday. Let no one think his aid superfluous, or his voice unheard. Like the drops of summer rain that fertilize the pregnant earth, each bears his own part, and constitutes his own proportion to the fruit fulness of universal nature. The time presses, and the call is loud. We felt it our duty, in a recent number of this jour nal, to borrow from the very graphic pencil of Lord Brougham a picture of our local patriots ; and, as we ventured to insinuate that his lordship's description of the civic nature was not (like Martinus Scriblerus's de scription of the lord mayor) an abstract idea, but that his studies were taken from nature, and some of his favourite subjects were doubtless to be found among his exceedingly intimate acquaintances in Liverpool, we gave the portraiture to our townsmen with great confidence. Indeed we honestly believe that no pic ture of a reform mayor, ever exhibited in Trafalgar square, is more true to the life than Lord Brougham's caustic sketch. We rejoice, therefore, in having it now in our power to say a good word for our facile friends, and to draw a comparison in which it will be confessed they stand in very advantageous relief. We suspect that, after the perusal of this present article, our read ers will admit that there are politicians in the world, compared with whom the orators of Clayton-square are moles to a mammoth, and the flights of their fancy were flea-bites to the gripe of a shark. Some days ago an announcement was copied from the Guernsey Star, informing the British public of the discernment and acumen with which the " aliens" in the Channel Islands are endowed. This remote organ of the philosophic liberals gravely announced a pre vailing belief among his readers, that Sir Robert Peel had formed a plan for ridding himself of all embarrass ments at Court by poisoning the Queen ! ! And though he dared not countenance the monstrosity himself (for even Channel-Island credulity was not quite so rudely to be taken by storm), yet the wiseacre brought no great credit upon his compatriots by letting it be known th it such an absurdity had ever been whispered among them at all. We know not how many travellers had resolved upon a summer excursion to the location of this sapient writer, urged by the desire of seeing so near to our own shores so very curious a specimen of barbarous existence ; and we ourselves had seriously planned a voyage of discovery to that part of the Queen's dominions, and had prepared a note-book in which we meant to register our adventures, hoping to enliven for our readers the dulness of an English No vember, by sketches and memoranda, worthy of a new Ulysses or a second Gulliver. But it turns out, after all, that this Guernsey Editor is by no means the fool that we took him for. Whe ther some eaves-dropper at the Reform Club had sent our inter-Atlantic friend a faithful pigeon, or whether he have a spice of the Kerryman in his own composi tion, and so the two great wits had jumped together, we are far from undertaking to decide. But, however this be, the story seems to be authenticated by the Member for all Ireland, in an address to his metropo- litan constituents. Curiously enough, we have good evidence that there was a conspiracy somewhere, and for a certain purpose; for no sooner does the startling intelligence make its way from Guernsey, than lo ! it is telegraphed from Hanover—it is echoed from Ire land. Now, although we had occasion to suggest to our liberal friends in Liverpool that their ,public ap pearances would do themselves and their native town more credit, if, before they assumed to be the conduit pipes of popular opinion, they would clear away a little of the mud which municipal magniloquence naturally deposits,—yet we are bound to bear witness to the perfect harmlessness of all that they said and did. As was natural, under the auspices of our good-humoured friend, who performed as chairman, the whole affair was only " A linked tale of sweetness long drawn out ;" and, whatever we may have thought of their wisdom, we have no fault whatever to find with their intentions. There was no " leporous distilment"—no poison poured into the public ear—no miching malicho, which (as Touchstone says) " means mischief,"—but all mere civic thunder, fabricated at the Reform Forge, and launched upon that most unfortunate topic, which, in compliment to our (not very wide-awake) friends, we shall call the Hertford Humbug. It is scarcely possible—for human gravity is finite— to give this subject the serious consideration it deserves. " Here 's a stay That shakes the rotten carcass of old Death Out of his rags ! Here 's a large mouth indeed, That spits forth death, and mountains, rocks, and seas : Talks as familiarly of roaring lions As maids of thirteen do of puppy-dogs : What cannoneer begot this lusty blood? He speaks plain cannon, fire, and smoke, and bounce." Of the morality of the man who uttered this fright ful thought, we would not willingly say a word. We merely say that in our own minds he stands just where he did before. We rejoice as the plain facts are more and more displayed, and the repulsive features are brought out more clearly before the public gaze. But what shall we say of the public feeling among ms before whom these murderous slanders can be launcr ed, and yet the miscreant's cheek be purpled by no shame, nor the depth of his degradation be deepened, nor his moral or political turpitude bear a darker dye ! Equal laws indeed for England and Ireland ! The privileges of civilization to these worse than barbarians! As well shall we send to the Hottentots the British constitution, or confer upon the Chippewa Indians the blessings of Magna Charta, and the franchise of civil freedom ! If General Vallancey had lived in these latter days, he would have spared himself the trouble of proving that the Milesians of Ireland owe their origin to Carthage. Their speech bewrayeth them. In every act and word the "fides plus quam Panica" is written in characters that cannot be mistaken. It is extremely difficult to draw a line of demarca tion between the principles of the liberals (as they style themselves) and those of the chartists ; and yet there is scarcely any portion of the public press more lavish of its abuse of the chartist leaders, or more virulent in its condemnation of the chartist agitation, than the liberal" journals of the day. There surely must be some great inconsistency in this matter. The political objects of the "liberals" and of the chartists, as far as they are distinctly avowed by either, appear to us to be nearly identical. A cursory examination of a few lead ing points will satisfactorily establish this position. The liberals have been long clamorous for an indefi nite extension of the suffrage—the chartists demand universal suffrage, between which and the demand of the reformers the difference is rather technical than real. The liberals, again, demand vote by ballot, as the grand political panacea, that is to operate as an ef fectual antidote to all our social evils : the chartists make the same demand. The liberals wish for annual parliaments : the chartists do the same. The liberals desire to do away with the "property qualification" for members of parliament : the chartists express the same wish. These are among the most prominent points of coincidence between the two factions, and these in clude the most radical and sweeping changes in the constitution of Great Britain. If, then, the opinions of the liberals and the chartists are so closely assimi lated, we may well express our surprise that the former should be so intemperate in their denunciations of the latter. Perhaps we can account for the apparent ano maly. There has long predominated in this country an es sentially revolutionary feeling—a feeling of attachment to republican institutions—an impatience of the re straints imposed upon us by our present form of go vernment. This feeling had its origin about the period of the French revolution, when the infidel principles of the philosophical democrats of that age found their way, through the medium of the corresponding socie ties, into every city, village, and hamlet in England. The events which succeeded the bloody drama enacted in France had a tendency materially to depress the de mocratic zeal which had spread, toward the close of the last century, through the length and breadth of the land ; but they did not extinguish it. The latent poi son soon began to manifest its malignant activity once more, as soon as the salutary effects of the late conti nental war had ceased to operate upon the public mind. Witness the turbulent outbreaks which led to what is called the " Peterloo Massacre," and to such frequent riots in the manufacturing districts. These, whenever they occurred, were not the mere ebullitions of discon tent, venting itself in occasional, but temporary vio- lence. They had a far deeper origin. They are to be traced, as well as the present chartist agitation, to the revolutionary phrenzy which has seized the minds of so many of the English people—to the abstract love of republican institutions engendered by an infidel educa tion—to the morbid desire of an undefined good, con sisting, as far as we understand the matter, in nothing less than anarchy and plunder. It is extremely difficult to describe the ultimate objects which the chartists and the liberals seek to obtain by a remodelling of our constitution. When we hiar them prate of vote by vallot, universal suffrage, annual parliaments, and the like, we can form some conception of their meaning, as far as these several schemes are concerned : but surely all these matters must be con sidered as means to accomplish some end. What is this end ? We shall probably be told "good govern ment." This definition leaves us as much in the dark as ever. What is " good government ?" The infidel (and most of the liberals and chartists are infidels, if they had only the courage to avow it,) will tell us that there can he no good government where the restraints of Christianity are experienced—where the laws of God are made the basis of the laws of the land—where the Christian sabbath is nationally recognised—or a Chris tian order of ministers is maintained by the state. In the opinion of the infidel all these things would be con sidered as totally incompatible with "good government." Is it not possible that the " ulterior" views of the chartist reformers are too plainly developed to please the more insidious liberal democrat ? Is not this the secret of the opposition at present offered by the whig radical press to the proceedings of the chartists ? It is but a very short time since that the self-styled liberals were in active co-operation with the parties that have now assumed the name of chartists. Why have they disagreed ? Is it not because the chartists have honestly and openly avowed the designs which the liberals wish secretly to carry into execution ? We should like to see one of our liberal brethren endeavour to explain the difference between the " fur ther progressive reforms" of the Morning Chronicle clique, and the "five points" in the chartists' demands. In again urging the Protestants of Liverpool to be prompt in signing the petition against the government scheme of national education, we are happy to con gratulate our townsmen on the noble stand which the people of this country are now making in opposition to this jesuitical scheme. In every part of the kingdom meetings have already been held, and petitions pre pared, praying the legislature to refuse the proposed grant ; and if the notice had not been so very short, we have no doubt that such a burst of Protestant indigna tion would have been witnessed as would have deter red the unprincipled and "enormous-lying" ministers from making the desperate attempt which Lord John Russell has announced. As it is, we sincerely trust that the expression of public opinion will be sufficient to thwart the nefarious designs of the Popish and So cinian education-mongers. We have been particularly gratified at the noble stand which the Wesleyan Methodists have made on this important question. The resolutions passed by _ _ the ministers of the London district, which we have elsewhere inserted, reflect the highest credit on the loyal and truly Protestant body which they represent. They particularly denounce as highly objectionable and alarming that part of the plan_ which sanctions the in troduction of Romish and other spurious versions of fhe Holy Scriptures, into schools supported by the pub lic money. They also protest against "the training and employment by the state of Romish and other teachers," and the recognition of the corrupted " Romish transla tions of the Holy Scriptures, as of equal authority with that authorised version which has so long obtained the suffrage and preference of almost every body of Pro testant Christians among us, and is now, in fact, the great external link and badge of English Protestant communion." To these sentiments we most cordially respond, and we earnestly call upon every churchman in Liverpool to emulate the zeal thus so worthily shown by our Methodist brethren. On this subject we would say that it is necessary to agitate and petition without any relaxation. This infidel and popish specu lation is craftily designed to undermine the foundations of our Established Church. It is the small end of the wedge which, if once effectually inserted, will demolish the whole fabric. There can be no doubt that the recent exertions of the clergy and friends of the Established Church to raise schools for the education of the middle classes, in the principles of sound religion, as well as in the various details of human learning, has stimulated the Central Education Committee to demand of Lord John Russell the concession of the grant for which he has given notice of motion. Mr. Wyse and Doctor Wise man, together with their jesuitical allies, perceived that the " Great Diana" of their craft was in imminent danger from the praiseworthy efforts of the Protestant clergy. Hence their feverish anxiety to carry their darling measure through the House of Commons by stealth. But if the clergy have, by their interference in the cause of popular education on Christian principles, so far roused the fears of the Popish intriguers, and prompted them to increased zeal in the persecution of their unhallowed designs, it has become still more im peratively necessary that the clergy should be more watchful, more zealous, and more persevering in la bouring to establish in this country a system of educa tion so comprehensive in its character as to render the national education scheme a mere nullity. The Pro testant people of England are not yet so stultified or so debased, as to give a wilful preference to the un christian plans of the education board. A general effort on the part of the friends of the Established Church is only wanting in order to render nugatory the new system, even if the proposed vote should be carried. The example of Liverpool, in reference to the corporation schools, only needs be extended over the whole kingdom, in order to render fruitless the efforts now making to unchristianize the nation. We trust that the trickery practised by Lord John Russell will not be without its salutary effect. We hope it will lead the clergy to rely more upon their own exertions, and to trust more to their own resources, than to rest upon the " broken reed" of whig professions of at tachment to the church. But we cannot conclude without reiterating our wish that this abominable scheme may never meet with the sanction of the House of Commons. The plan is utterly opposed to the express recommendation of the House of Commons' Committee on Education that sat last year — it is repugnant to the feelings of the vast majority of the people of England—it is a base concession to the Romish and Socinian enemies of the Church—and as such ought to be strenuously opposed by every Pro testant member of the Commons. We trust that no conservative will be absent from his place when this infamous motion is introduced. A defalcation of duty on such an important occasion would be indeed de serving of the severest reprobation. In all probability, before this day is closed, specula tion on the trial of strength in the llouse of Commons last night, on the question of the Speakership, will be converted into reality. There does not appear to be any reason why the debate should he a protracted one. The result, therefore, may probably be known this evening. It is likely that, with the assistance of the Irish tail, and the radical party, the ministers will suc ceed in placing Mr. Shaw Lefevre in the Speaker's chair, and thus secure to him the prospect of a salary of £6,000 per annum, together with a snug retiring pen sion and a peerage. But is this prospect likely to he realized ? We think not. Mr. Lefevre now represents North Hampshire—a purely agricultural district of the kingdom. Is he sure of being again returned for this constituency ? Has the agitation of the corn-law ques tion done nothing to endanger his seat ? Mr. Shaw Lefevre is scarcely known for anything but for his violent opposition to the interests of the agriculturists. Such a man is scarcely likely to obtain the suffrages of the farmers -f Hampshire at the present crisis. We hope the latter will do their duty by unseating him. Between Mr. Shaw Lefevre and Mr. Goulburn it would be almost ridiculous to institute a comparison. The former is only known as a whig jackal—a conve nient manager of jobs ; while the former is a gentleman of the highest standing in the house, and one who has already occupied, with credit to himself, and benefit to the country, an office of the greatest responsibility, and requiring talents which peculiarly fit him for the Speakership. SUCCESSFUL TRIAL OF MR. DENNETT'S PATENT ROCKETS, FOIL THE PRESERVATION OF LIVES FROM SHIPWRECK. Yesterday, a second exhibition took place of the applica bility of the rockets invented by Mr. Dennett, for the throw ing of lines on board of vessels stranded or otherwise in dis tress on a lee shore, and the result was on the whole highly gratifying. The spot selected was at the entrance to the river, and immediately opposite to the Fort at the Black Rock. Two steamers belonging to the Steam Tug Company —the Victoria and the Mona—were engaged for the occasion, and a considerable number of ladies and gentlemen were on board to witness the operations. About two o'clock the whole of the visiters were landed at the Rock, and Mr. Dennett and his assistants made im mediate preparations for the exhibition. Five rockets were fired from the shore, with a view to throw a line on board of one of the steamers, which were lying off at a distance of from 200 to 300 yards. The rope or cord—a twelve-thread white line (inch-and-quarter) —was coiled in alternate trans verse or diagonal position in a box, and the rocket carried it out a distance of about 300 yards from the shore, but, owing to the breeze from the westward, it fell to leeward of the vessels, though far beyond them. The angle of elevation in this instance was 27 degs. ; the weight of rope upwards of 201 b. The rocket is encased with iron, and is 91b. in weight. The pole attached to it is about 9 feet long, and the projec tile is fired from an iron spout or conductor of its own length, supported on two extended legs or poles—the spout forming the longest leg of a tripod. The average range of these rockets is, we learn, about 350 yards, with the line attached to them ; and they have been known to carry a line a dis tance 460 yards. Their efficiency, if properly aimed or directed, is unquestionable; but in this a nicety of judgment is required, and considerable practice and attention to the force of the wind on the rocket and the line. To throw a line dead in the wind's eye towards a vessel is not so difficult as to throw it (as this day) with a side wind, which, though it is projected with great velocity, carries it more or less to leeward. After throwing four rockets, all of which, with the exception of the first, went slightly to leeward of the object, Mr. Dennett, taking an aim a little more to windward, threw the line beauti fully over the steamer, and the boat was hauled on board by it. The elevation, in the last instance, was 21 degs., which, it - would appear, is the medium or average angle for a distance of about 300 yards. The parties on the shore, amongst whom were many persons from New Brighton and the neighbour hood, took much interest in the exhibition ; and the success of the last rocket projected was hailed with much applause, followed by a complimentary tolling of the bell on the top of the Rock Lighthouse, by some parties who witnessed its effect from that elevated position. The company who had gone down in the Victoria then re embarked, and a trial was made of the last rocket on board, to throw a line from that steamer to the other, which was lying at a considerable distance. It went off beautifully, and in a true direction to the vessel, but owing to some entangle ment in the line, it fell a few yards short of the mark, the line being broken. On the whole, we should say that Mr. Dennett's rockets may be highly valuable in cases of shipwreck, and though, as in aiming at an object with a fowling-piece, some shots may miss, the comparatively trifling expense of a few of these missiles is not to be put into consideration with the desidera tum of eventually throwing a strong line on board of a ves sel in distress, giving those on board the means of attaching a hawser, and thereby finally saving the lives of the parties on board. The Earl of Derby has again rallied surprisingly ; but his lordship's general state of health is still a source of uneasi ness to his numerous friends.—Morning Herald. UNPRECEDENTED SHORT PASSAGE TO LIVERPOOL FROM GLASGOW.—The Royal Sovereign, iron steam-packet, left Glasgow at twenty minutes to twelve o'clock, on Saturday, 25th instant ; stopped at Renfrew and Greenock and took in passengers and goods ; stopped at Portpatrick, took on board passengers there ; and arrived at Clarence D oc k, Li verpoo l, next morning at eight o'clock precisely, thus performing the voyage (including above one hour for stoppages) in twenty minutes. A FEW WORDS ON THE DUTY OF PETITIONING PARLIAMENT. TO THE EDITOR OF THE LIVERPOOL STANDARD. SIR,—I know it is the opinion of many very good conser vatives, that to trouble ourselves to petition Parliament against any bad measure, is useless, that it is in fact, a loss of time, and a waste of pen, ink, and paper. But I think I can show some few reasons why such is not the case ; and that, at any rate, it is the strict duty of every Protestant conser tive to attach his name to (and to use every exertion to pro mote and forward numerous and well signed) petitions against all measurers of which he conscientiously disapproves. Ist.—lt is the only means left to us of protesting against such measures, whether they be grants to Popish Colleges, Infidel schemes of education, or any other attacks upon our National Church and Protestant constitution, and surely no sound Protestant has faithfully performed his duty until he has entered such protest. 2dly.—lt greatly strengthens the hands of members of Parliament, in opposing such measures to know that they are well backed by their friends out of doors. It must be dis couraging to a member who is anxious to raise his voice against all bad measures to find, that not any, or perhaps but a few scanty hundreds of his constituents, are publicly standing by him. 3dly.—lt is the only means we have of letting our repre sentatives know, what our opinions are on such subjects. We cannot expect that a member will represent the opinions of every voter in the county, or borough ; it therefore be comes the strict duty of all, to express, through petitions, entrusted to their representative, their feelings on the various important subjects brought before. Parliament, and by the Protestant conservatives not doing so, they cast a degree of odium upon their own body, which is very discouraging to those who are actively employded in such work. I could go on enumerating many important reasons on this subject, but for the present I will forbear; trusting that the few hints which I have given to my Protestant brethren, will be taken in good part, and that being seasonably made, be fore the petition against the whig educational scheme is gone up, they will, one and all, who have not yet signed it, do so before Wednesday evening, that being the last night the petition can lie for signature. Yours, A ' PROTESTANT. LIVERPOOL MECHANICS' INSTITUTION. LECTURES ON ELECTRICITY. On Wednesday evening, Robert Addams, Esq. resumed the consideration of the principles of voltaic electricity. This species of electricity is found to be identical to that produced by the electrical machine, and may be similarly collected in Leyden jars. We are unacquainted with its cause, though some persons imagine it is owing to the ab straction of the electricity of one of the metals used, and its accumulation by the other. In the last lecture we spoke of copper 'and zinc being the metals employed, but were plati num not so expensive, it would be infinitely more advan tageous than copper, as producing much more electricity. Dr. Faraday and a number of other philosophers have main tained that there is no necessity for a contact between these two metals, but the lecturer believed there was something due to the contact of these metals as well as to chemical action, although there was no immediate necessity for it. Galvanic or voltaic batteries may be constructed of any number of pairs of metallic plates, by which the intensity of the electricity, but not the quantity, is much increased. Dr. Faraday conceives, that when the metals are put into water, the particles of the water immediately become polarised. The form of the voltaic battery has undergone much change, as well as the mode of exciting it, since the first discovery of this mode of producing electricity by Galvani. We first had metallic discs, like halfpence, piled above each other, sepa rated by flannel moistened in salt water. Square plates were then placed in pairs in wooden troughs, great care being taken to prevent any communication of the acidented water em ployed to excite the battery. The wedgwood wire trough with separate cells was then employed, by which means the metallic plates could be readily withdrawn from the liquid acid, when the battery was no longer required. The battery used by the lecturer consisted of twenty-four cylindrical copper vessels, containing a quantity of the aqueous solution of the bisalphate of copper, into each of which was placed another small cylindrical vessel of porous earthenware, con taining zinc and a solution of common salt in water. This battery, when excited, was exceedingly powerful. It instantly heated to redness a platinum wire exceeding a foot in length ; it fused iron wire with the utmost ease ; it caused charcoal to emit a light as brilliant and intense as the oxy-hydrogen light, over which it has this advantage, that if the charcoal be placed in vacuo, between the poles of the battery, the charcoal will be unconsumed, however long the action of tha battery is continued ; and we thus have a simple means of procuring a brilliant, permanent, illuminating agent, without much cost. Sparks of electricity were produced by the battery under water, when the points of the wires were brought into contact. We find that charcoal, by itself, will remain for centuries beneath water without being destroyed, but if galvanic electricity be passed through it beneath water, the water will be decomposed, and its oxygen uniting with the carbon, carbonic acid will be formed. Mr. Addams then burned gold, silver, copper, and tin-leaf, by means of the battery, the effect of which was exceedingly brilliant. When voltaic electricity is sent through animal bodies, the muscles are contracted, and a live s u bj ec t ex p er i ences cons id era bl e pain for some time. To show this effect of galvanism, Mr. Addams passed the shock of his battery through some eels which he had in a glass jar. The eels were quickly aroused from a state of torpor into the most lively and animated movements, which continued so long as the electricity was continued. By far the most important part of the voltaic science consists in our ability to apply it to the purposes of the most delicate analysis, and separating, by it s means , compound substances into their simple element. Sir H. Davy astonished the chemical world, in 1807, by the disco veries which he made through its instrumentality, amongst which the most important was the obtaining of the bases of potass, soda, magnesia, and lime. Mr. Addams then termi nated an exceedingly brilliant lecture by decomposing water, iodide of potassium, and chloride of lime, into their simple elements, by means of the voltaic battery. To-morrow evening Mr. Addams will continue his remarks on magnetic electricity, and explain the principle of electro dynamics. This lecture will be illustrated by a number of beautiful rotating machines ; and we have heard it said that Mr. Addams will introduce a locomotive engine propelled by the agency of electricity. POLICE INTELLIGENCE. UTTERING BASE COIN On Friday last, at the Police-office, a man named White, was fully committed to take his trial on a charge of having uttered three base shillings, on different days in the present month, to Nanny Bond, a publican, in Dennison-street, and her two daughters, Grace and Nanny. On the last occasion, Nanny Bond, the younger, having discovered that the shilling was a counterfeit one, followed White into the street. He, on perceiving her, took to his heels, and the young woman followed him, calling out " stop thief !" The fugitive came to a stand, at the corner of Robert-street, on which the girl went courageously up to him, and, though he is a powerful man, collared him, and kept firm hold of him until she had transferred him into the custody of a police-officer. The prisoner was given to understand, that the offence with which he was charged was a bailable one. IMPUDENT THEFT. Thomas Morrison and James Morrison were placed, on Saturday, before Charles Birch, Esq., charged with having stolen a trunk, the property of Mr. John Hatton Guy, a trunk-maker, Commutation-row. The trunk was, on Thurs day last, placed on a stool, in Mr. Guy's cellar, of which a little boy was in charge. The prisoner, T. Morrison, went in, and kept the lad in conversation while, it is supposed, the other made off with the trunk. The lad missed the article immediately on the prisoner's departure. On Friday night the two prisoners offered the trunk for pledge, for 45., at the shop of Mr. Bigham, pawnbroker, Marybone. Not giving proper or satisfactory answers to Mr. Bigham's questions, the boys were taken into custody, when it was discovered, that the trunk was that which had been stolen from Mr. Guy. The prisoners were committed for trial. ROBBERY AT A BOOKSTALL. On Friday a man who keeps a book-stall, in Cleveland square, appeared before Mr. Rushton, (who took his seat on the bench for the first time as stipendiary magistrate, sup ported on his left by Mr. Wall, who has resigned the office,) for the purpose of substantiating a charge of felony against a man of respectable appearance. The prosecutor stated, that he had frequently missed books from his stall, and especially bibles. Having for some time had a suspicion of the prisoner, he watched him narrowly on Friday morning, and after leaving his stall, where, as usual, he had been in specting the books, the prisoner proceeded to a butcher's shop in the neighbourhood. The prosecutor, after procuring the assistance of an officer, had the prisoner searched, and on his person the book (produced in court, which the prose cutor identified as his property) was found. Mr. Rushton asked the prisoner what he had to say in answer to the charge. He made no reply, but held down his head, sensible of his degraded situation, and burst into tears. The magistrate ex pressed his regret at seeing him convicted of felony, knowing his connexions to be highly respectable and himself a towns man. He was committed for trial at the sessions. We perceive that Mrs. Gardner, the celebrated aurist, has been induced, at the request of several persons, to prolong her stay in Liverpool. BRITISH ANE FOREIGN BIBLE SOCIETY.—The twenty eighth anniversary of the Liverpool Auxiliary Bible Society and Ladies' Branch Society was held, on Friday evening last, at the Music-hall, in Concert-street. The room was com pletely filled with a highly respectable audience, the principal proportion of which consisted of ladies. The chair was taken shortly after six o'clock. The report gave cheering assurance of the successful progress of both the parent institntion and its branches, and evidenced that the Liverpool auxiliary has its full share of prosperity. The Rev. George Browne, A. M., and the Rev. T. M. Phillips, A. M., attended as a deputation from the parent institution. The speeches of the several talented clergymen who take an interest in the welfare of this important society were listened to with great interest, and the several resolutions were passed unanimously. FIRE.—On Friday forenoon, about eleven o'clock, infor mation was received at the Police-office, that a fire had broken out in one of the quarantine hulks, moored in the Sloyne, opposite the Rock Ferry. A body of the Fire-police were immediately despatched to the vessel, and the fire, which was inconsiderable, was, we learn, extinguished with but little damage to the vessel or of the property.—(Journal.) `We understand, that the alarm of fire was a false one. The smoke, which seemed to issue from one of the quarantine vessels, issued from the hull of a vessel used for the purpose of trying a new method of making salt cake. The experi ments have, we are informed, succeeded beyond the most sanguine expectations of the projectors. Should the plan succeed, of which there is every probability, the noxious vapour generated in the process of making the salt cake will be carried away by the tide, and the manufacture may be conducted without the creation of any nuisance whatever. — Ed. Albion. COTTON.—We perceive, by the broker's statement, o f Friday last, that speculators have taken, this year, 132,000 bales more than they took up to the same period last year ; the quantity taken, up to Friday last, being 197,000 bags, against 65,000 up to the correspondent date in 1838. The same statement shows, that there has been a decrease in the import this year, as compared with the same date last year , of not less than 292,000 bales. The computed stock, on the 24th May instant, was 337,700 bags, against 368,000 at the correspondent period in 1838 ; exhibiting a decrease of 31,000. But to this decrease in the port must be added the decrease in the interior ; making, together, a total decrease of stock of not less than 60,000 bags. The decrease of quantity taken for consumption is estimated by the brokers, at 172,000 bales, which is at the rate of above 9000 per week for the first nineteen weeks in 1839, as compared with the same number in 1838. FASHIONABLE ARRIVALS AT THE GRAND JUNCTION HOTEL.—Lady Milltown, Lord Rustbourgh, Rev. S. Brown low, H. Brownlow, Esq. and family, Mr. Hope Were, Capt. Pinnington, Capt. Finny, Rev. A. Orr, T. H. Layard, Esq. W. G. M`Dowall, Esq. and family, C. Blake and family, Lord Paget, Rev. F. B. Hartwell, H. Douglass, Esq., 3. Walsh, Esq., F. 0. Briane, Esq., W. Sherrart, Esq., Mr. and Mrs. Miller and family, J. C. Dixon, Esq., Mr. and Mrs. Needham, the two Miss Needhams, J. Staunton, Esq., H. Harvey, Esq., C. Woodhill, Esq. and family, H. Tornp son, Esq., Miss M. Mackey, Mr. and Mrs. Bourne and family. Mrs. Sherman, Miss Brown, R. Adams, Esq., E. C. Charlton, M. Barrington, Esq., Capt. Barrington, Capt. Williams, W. Taunton, Esq., Mrs. Cheivy, Mr. and Mrs. O'Donnal, H. Ogle, Esq., H. Beaumont, Esq., Mr. and Mrs. Scott, W. Litton, M.P., H. Dillon, Esq., and - Barron, M.P. MEETING OF THE LIVERPOOL ASSOCIATION AUXILIARY TO THE SUNDAY -SCHOOL SOCIETY FOR IRELAND. Yesterday evening, a meeting of this society was h e ld at the Music Hall, and was most numerously and respectably attended. At about seven o'clock, the gentlemen who were to take an active part in the proceedings, appeared in the room, and were hailed with much approbation. The Rev. F. Ould was voted to the chair, and opened the proceedings by a very powerful and fervent prayer, having particular reference to the object of the meeting. The CHAIRMAN said that the principal object of the pre sent meeting was the support of Sunday Schools in Ireland ; and he was not sorry to say that no lengthened statements would be required from him, as the report would supply all the important information required; and he trusted that would be most gratifying to the meeting. Their cause had been most warmly supported in Birmingham and Shrewsbury, but he had the gratification to say, that Liverpoolhad, in its contributions exceeded its former donations, in the last year by £2OO. He had the gratification to add, that since he had entered the room, he had received a donation of £5. (Cheers.) The object of the society was to afford the fullest information to the people on scriptural subjects. It was a delightful reflec tion that the means they proposed were not carnal, but of a spiritual nature, and with the aid of their prayers, he felt they would ultimately triumph. In supporting a scrip tural education in Ireland, they were fighting the battle of England also. The rev. gentleman then alluded in strong terms to the idolatry of the Romish faith, and he called upon every male individual present to subscribe their names to the petition. He next entered into an exposition of the evils of the present system of education, excluding the pure and un adulterated scriptures, now pursued in the Corporation schools,—dwelling upon the fact, that by that system Catho lic, Unitarian, Socinian, or Jewish principles might be, if unchecked, introduced into Protestant England. He fur nished a statistical account of the schools in the several provinces of Ireland, showing the comparative advantages in a moral and religious point of view of the scriptural educa tion. He enumerated the cases of murder and assassination in that unhappy country, which could only be accounted for by the prevalence of popery. He next adverted to the bene fits diffused by the Sunday School Society, which had, in tha last year, distributed a million and a half copies of the word of God. The Secretary then read the following REPORT, &c. The committee of the Liverpool Association Auxiliary to the Sunday School Society for Ireland, appear before their friends and subscribers with unmixed feelings of satisfaction, because in surrendering their trust, they feel they have much cause for thankfulness to Him whose strength is made per fect in man's weakness, and who doeth according to His will in the armies of he•sven, and amongst the inhabitants of earth. The education of the people of Ireland in the princi ples of the word of God, is acknowledged by all who have themselves experienced the unspeakable peace and joy which flow from a saving knowledge of the truth, to be vitally con nected with the improvemenr and welfare of that long ne glected and still distracted country. Notwithstanding her many present evils, the spread of scriptural knowledge amongst her population, gives hope and promise that at no distant period she will emerge from her ignorance and degradation, and become a praise amongst the nations of the earth—a king dom of our Lord and of his Christ—a people redeemed to God by Emanuel's blood. Your committe have now to give an extract from the last report of the Parent Institution, in order to exhibit the happy and steady progress which Sunday School instruction con tinues to make in Ireland. Your committee now present the following recapitulation of the number of schools, scholars, and gratuitous teachers in connexion with your society, in each Province, on the Ist January, 1839 : PROVINCES No. of Schools Province of ULSTER - - - - LEINSTER - - - MUNSTER - CONNAUGHT - - 2045 457 343 161 No. of No of [Gratuitous Scholars. Teachers. 167362 16132 33216 I 3077 18378 1958 7694 661 TOTAL [n connexion Ist January, 1838 - 226650 21828 214164 20885 ncrease from Ist January, 1838, to Ist January, 1839 12496 943 Your committee feel thankful in being thus enabled to show a clear increase during the past year, of 31 schools, 12,486 scholars, and 943 teachers. The total number of schools in connexion with your society, on the Ist January, 1839, was 3,006, containing 226,650 scholars, and 21,828 teachers. Of the total number of scholars, 139,102 were reported to be reading in the Bible and Testament, and 45,944 to be adults above the age of fifteen. From the returns forwarded to your society, it ap pears that about one-half of the scholars are not receiving instruction in daily schools. The number of schools assisted during the past, consi derably exceeds that of the year preceding. The increase of Bibles issued during the same period is 1,423, and of Testa ments 3,178 ; making a total since the formation of the So ciety of 579,286 copies of the word of God. Whilst the labours of your Society are perseveringly directed to the establishment of the Protestant population in the principles of Scriptural truth, it is not less their object to extend the knowledge of God's Holy word to our Roman Catholic countrymen ; and notwithstanding the unmitigated hostility of the clergy of that persuasion to Scriptural Instruction, your Society continues to receive the most satisfactory testimony, that there exists a willingness amongst the people, when left to their own judgment, to obtain a knowledge of divine truth, both for themselves and their children. To extend the knowledge of the unmutilated Holy Scriptures amongst the people of the sister land is the primary object of the Sunday School Society." Whilst an acquaintance with mere human learning may elevate man above the untutored Heathen and fit him for civilised society, but the knowledge of the Word of God can alone raise him to a level with the assembly of the first-born, whose names are written in heaven, and fit him for the society of angels, and the spirits of just men made perfect through faith in a Saviour's name. The unre stricted use of the Bible as it contains the whole council of God, is the foundation upon which the Sunday Schools of Ireland have been established; and it is to be deplored, that any system of education should be proposed for that coun try, or any other, which would recognise the expediency of mutilating or curtailing those Holy Scriptures, which an in spired Apostle has declared are able to make wise unto salva tion through faith in Christ Jesus. The committee of the Parent Institution have borne their solemn and faithful tes timony to this effect, in reference to the National Board of Education. Their report states—" Whilst the desire for perusing the word of God is yearly increasing amongst the population of this country, it is much to be deplored that any system of education should be established which imposes re strictions upon its free use. This your committee consider is the tendency of the regulations of the National Board of Education, and the effect of which, as stated in your 26th report, is ' to weaken the efforts of those societies, which have been establishedupon the great principle, that the Bible should be the basis of National Education.' In former re ports of your society the injurious effect of the system sup ported by the National Board has been also shown, in the withdrawal of Scholars, particularly of Roman Catholic children, from the Sunday Schools." The sum of 4;189 3s. 10d.' was remitted to Dublin in aid of the general fund during the past year, after deducting the necessary expences, and leaving a balance of £B. in the Treasurer's hands, to meet the inci dental expences of the current year. Your committee advert with pleasure to the result of the first year's operation of the Ladies Branch Auxiliary to the society in this town. This auxiliary, formed in February last year, has been enabled through the exertions of the com mittee, and a few collections, to remit to the Liverpool Auxi liary £56 15s. Bd., in doing which, they would humbly adopt the language of the Psalmist, in saying, " Not unto us 0 Lord ! not unto us, but unto Thy name be the Praise !" Taking encouragement from the blessing which has attended their efforts, and which they would hail as the first fruits of a richer harvest, they desire to persevere by God's help in the " Work of faith, and labour of love,' , remembering their Redeemer's injunction to Peter, " Feed my Lambs. ' Anxious that their remittances should bear some propor tion to the excellency of the society, they would call upon such ladies as hold scriptural education to be dear and valu able, to join them in coming to " The help of the Lord, to the help of the Lord against the mighty," by their prayers, and using their influence with their friends to give cheerfully, and liberally of their abundance. In conclusion, and with an entire dependence upon the spirit of the Most High, your committee would earnestly invite the co-operation of all who feel sensible of the moral destitution of Ireland, that ignorance may he chased away by the diffusion of scriptural knowledge, and that the popu lation of that part of our United Kingdom may, through the instrumentality of a widely extended system of Sunday school instruction, be led to know Jesus as the way—the truth, and the life. The Rev. Mr. BURKE, in an eloquent address, in which he stated amidst loud cheers, that he had been a Roman Catholic priest, and had become a Protestant; entered at considerable length into an exposition of the evils of Popery, and the advantages of sunday schools under the establishment. He besought the meeting to support the object they had in view, Scriptural Education, and to suppress the encroach ments of Popery. He noticed the abominations of the con fessional, and concluded a powerful appeal, by moving the adoption of the report. The Rev. Mr. WCONKEY seconded the resolution, which was unanimously carried. The Rev. Dr. COOKE, (of Belfast,) then came forward to the front of the platform, and was most enthusiastically cheered. It was some time before the applause subsided, and when silence was restored, he proceeded to say that it was very probable, judging from the spirit that had been a few minutes ago evinced by the meeting, they would not re ceive him so kindly as they did, when they became acquainted with the object he had in view, in thus coming forward to ad dress them. A rev. gentleman—a friend of his, had said, that no person belonging to, or connected with the Sunday School Society was ever to be found amongst the precursors. Now, said the Rev. Dr., I am a precursor, I came here to-night to advocate the establishment of a precursor association, and what are the objects for which I desire the formation of such a society ? I wish to establish this society, for the purpose of rising the light of life, and sending it forth, shining before the blaze of the meridian sun— I wish by the forma tion of such a society to diffuse the light of the gospel over the length and breadth of the land, and to dissipate the thick and blighting mists of ignorance and infidelity. In Ireland, the meaning attached to the word is (pray-curse-her)—in the Latin, the word means, one who goes before another. It is in the latter sense that I am an advocate of the formation of a precursor society —a society whose object is to drive away the clouds of darkness and of sin before the rays of the light of noon-tide day. This is the reason why I appear here to-day as an advocate of the establishment of a precur sor society. But I have still another reason, and it is this— because I know and feel conv i nce d th a t th e knowledge of God must precede the obedience of God ; for he that does not possess a knowledge of God, cannot know God through Jesus Christ crucified. Before we can practise obedience, we must know God, for faith alone, whether in man or in devil, is useless and of no avail, unless it is exemplified by love, and knowledge is the forerunner of that love, by which alone can it be established. There is another sense also in which I am the advocate here to-night of the establish ment of a precurser society, and it is for the purpose of showing to you that Protestant decision—Protestant deter mination, and resolve, must run before Protestant power, and Protestant success. The great cause of Protestant weak ness, is our inactivity, and indifferency. We have acquired the habit of lauding the practice of indifference as to the actions of men—we have learnt to say, let all men walk as they like, let them pursue such courses as may seem to them most suitable, and agreeable—we are not accountable, and the consequence of this conduct is—we now require to have a Protestant Precursor Society established, on the princi ple of evincing and enforcing Protestant decision. The Bible is the religion of Protestants, and the religion of Protestants is the love of Jesus Christ, and this is the princi ple of Protestantism, and none other does it profess or is it known by. (Cheers.) As to the first part of what I have stated, that the Bible is the religion of the Protestants, it is upon the authority of Chilling - worth I make the statement, and if this be so, our object is gained, and the Protestant Precursor Society must be established—if the religion of Pro testants be in the Bible, where is the man who dare interfere with it ? (Cheers.) What would not every Briton say, if he were accused of disloyalty to his Queen, or hostility to the sacred principles of the British constitution ? And who is he who dare interfere with his allegiance to either? And shall we Englishmen, permit the great charter of our religion to be interfered with, to be in sulted, to be mutilated, to be trampled upon ; and shall we not make an effort to vindicate the great book of our redemp tion from their polluted assaults, and rescue it from their contaminating hands ! (Loud cheers.) It is, therefore, that we must establish a Protestant Precursor Society, whose business it will be to permit no man to interfere with the right of the Protestant to read the words of the true and unadultered sacred writings. The bible as I have already said, is the foundation of the religion of the Church of England, of the Church of Scotland, and of the other various fair forms of dissenters, and for any man or set of men to attempt to lay their hands upon the bible, is neither more nor less than to attack the Church of England, the Church of Scotland, and classes of dissenters, who only can subsist so long as they stand by the bible as the basis of their religious princi ples. This precursor society, therefore, must hold it to be one of its principal and fundamental objects, that no inter ference with the bible, in any manner or under any pretext whatever shall be permitted. Let them not then be led away by the representations put forth relative to the splendour of the Church of England, and the simplicity of the church of gcotland, nor be deluded so far as to believe that Popery was an extremely mild neighbour, not in the least ambitious, but perfectly lowly, humble, and by no means inclined to meddle with what does not belong to her. Oh ! no, she would not for the world touch Canterbury, nor entertain the slightest feelings of envy to the Synod of Scotland, nor I am sure would the Moderator of the Synod of Ulster feel it necessary to be under the least apprehension—(laughter and cheers) — nor even any of our brethren, the Protestant dissenters of Eng land. All, so far so good ; but I will lay aside all considerations of man, and cling to those which more immediately appertain to our future well-being, and I will ask you are you prepared to allow the Bible, the foundation of your religion, to be inter fered with ? It is not as Protestants I make this appeal to you, but it is an account of the religion of Protestants as founded in the Bible—as exhibited in the articles of her several churches, which are at once the bulwarks, the edi fices, and towers of her strength, that we should determin edly resolve to defend. (Cheers.) My reverend brother who preceded me has given me rather a hard task to perform —he has called upon me to take down the beads that were placed against the wall of a Scottish school. Now I might be disposed to say to him, as they would most probably tell him to do in Ireland, " Take them down yourself." (Laughter.) The reason why I want to do so is, that the beads, as he calls them, were no beads at all—they were not Pestalozzis, but mere bits of sticks, used for the instruction of children in arithmetic. I have here in my hands, continued the rev. gentleman, a little book—a young book, which may in course of time become a large book. It is now what they call in Scotland a ehitterlin, and its name is " Hypocrisy Unmasked." There are two or three ways of unmasking hypocrisy, but the most effective way of doing it, as that which has been adopted in the present instance, of allowing the hypocrite to unmask himself. (" Hear, hear," and great laughter.) I have no doubt the author of the little book is a man who has entered your town under false colours, or who had as many colours as the rainbow, any of which he could adopt as expertly as " Punch and Judy," and change again as his purpose might answer. He has rapidly and sly (SLEIGH-) ly enough turned his colors, and has satisfactorily unmasked his hypocrisy to all who will take the trouble to examine his performance. This indivi dual charges the clergy of the town, in their opposition to the new-fangled system of national education, which has been proposed, with having been guilty of stating, contrary as he alleges to the fact, that the bible was not read at all in the corporation schools of Liverpool. Now the clergy never asserted any such thing ; it is a mere evasion of the question to put the controversy on the subject before the public in such terms. We in Ireland have been taught bet ter than you have been on this subject of national education, and if you wish to learn all the tricks of the trade, I would recommend you to go to'a place in Marlbro'-street in Dublin, where the principal establishment is, and there you will see the whole tricks and manoeuvring to perfection. (Laughter.) I know them pretty well, for I have accused them of excluding the Bible from the schools, unless as they said, " at the or dinary hours." The commissioners of the national system were alert in removing the difficulty, and they struck out of their regulations, as to the time of reading the Bible in the schools, the words " ordinary hours," thus leaving it op tional whether the Bible should be introduced at all, at any tim e during the day, and considering it quite unimportant whether if the sacred scriptures were introduced, and it was the author ised or interdicted version of them. Thus it is that the author of " hypocrisy unmasked" sly (Sleigh)ly puts forth his con demnation of the clergy of Liverpool for discountenancing a system of national education, which excludes the word of God from your schools for even a moment. If this is the way that the bible is introduced into your schools—if it is is by such trickery as this, they wish to evade the obloquy that must attach to them, by a formal exclusion of the word of God, I know not, but I have a sly (Sleigh) suspicion that the superintendents of your schools have copied our Irish plan, (laughter and cheers) according to which, as the saying is, you might as well look for holy water in an orange lodge, as to expect to find a Bible in one of the Irish na tional schools, (Continued laughter.) I presume, that during four hours of the day, in obedience to the rules pre scribed, there is not a Bible to be found in the schools at all, but during the remaining time, many Bibles may be intro duced, and of various versions, as maybe:suitable to the tastes andprinciples of the parties. The whole system was a complete piece of trickery, and imposition. By a logical trick, the school hours during which the Bible was to be read, were so described as to be impossible to ascertain what portion, if any of the day was devoted to that purpose. It was not only bad logic, which is always the resort of dishonest men, that was committed for the purpose of effecting this object, but they were guilty of perpetrating a gross, and injurious delusion upon the Christian public. I know the system well—l have been annoyed, I have been goaded by it, I have been slashed, and kicked by it—for love, in an Irish way, and I ought to know something about it by this time. They will permit you to introduce the bible into the schools, with the exception of four hours during the day, and for the remain ing part of the day they might do with the bible what they thought proper. lam now speaking to Protestants, and I hope there are also some Roman Catholics here, and if so, I would ask them were they prepared to allow any man io in terfere with their religion ? (No, no, and cheers.) ,I am sure there is not a protestant heart here that does not respond to, nor a protestant hand that would not be raised in denial of such an invasion of our rights, and why ? Because our religion is the only claim that God has given us upon him —our religion is Heaven's acceptance on our demands, and is there any merchant who would allow any person to tear away the stamp that carries his bill, or the signature that gives his authority to his letters?—is there any lawyer who would allow another to destroy the stamp or seal which gives force and authenticity to the deeds he writes ? No. Shall we then allow man to interfere with the Bible, that sacred ledger of our redemption, which has been delivered by God and received' by man ? (Loud eheering.)— The rev. doctor then referred to the constitution of the board of national education in Ireland. It consisted, he said, of a protestant archbishop, a Roman Catholic archbishop, a presbyterian prelate, a dissenting archbishop, a soci than lawyer, and though last, not least, a senior fellow of Trinity College, Dublin. He condemned the system patron sed by them, in his usual eloquent, energetic and sarcastic manner—he vehemently censured The system, and eluding the reading of the scriptures for four hours during the day, and designated it as an act of the grossest dishonesty. He apologised for trespassing so long on their patience, and as he felt much fatigued owing to indisposition, he would take leave to recruit himself for a short time, while the collection in aid of the Sunday School Society might be proceeded with. (The plates were then sent round, and a large subscription was received.) The Rev. Doctor again rose, and addressed the meeting at considerable length, and concluded by proposing a resolution, recommending perseverance in furtherance of the objects of the society, and appointing officers for the ensuing year. The Rev. Mr. WHITE had much pleasure in seconding the resolution ; but he had not much to say, as the Rev. Dr. Cook had so ably touched on every subject, that he had left him nothing to add, and would therefore content himself with merely seconding the resolution ; he would, however, venture to say thus much, that he supposed, out of the large number which composed this meeting, there were many of their friends who were absent, perhaps brothers, sisters, or cousins. Now he had no doubt that there would be a plate held at the door when the meeting was about to separate, and, he hoped they would each put in half a crown for their ab sent friends. (Laughter.) The resolution was then put and carried unanimously. The Doxology was then sung, and the meeting separated. STATE OF TRADE. LEEDS.—The demand for woollens continues much the same as for some time past. There,was rather more business done on Saturday than on some market days previously, though the quantity taken into the mixed hall on that day far exceeded the quantity sold. On Tuesday there was an average business done. Prices continue much the same. There is nothing particular doing in the wool market, as several of the leading staplers are off to the German wool markets. ___ _ _ .. . . . .. BRADFORD MARKET.—We had a fair demand for manu factured goods here on Thursday, which were sold on pretty much the same rates as have prevailed of late. The Yarn market exhibited no remarkable feature, if we except its dull ness, which occasioned a corresponding depression in the wool market, sales being very difficult to effect, and in some instances a slight decline in prices was submitted to. YORK WOOL MARKET, MAY 23.—We have had but a small supply of wool to this day's market, chiefly old, accom panied by a few small parcels of the new clip. From the small amount of business transacted, it would be difficult to give an exact quotation of prices ; however, we may say is 3d per lb. for a halt hog and ewe parcel the highest price given to-day. A few lots of geld wether and ewe, at from is 3d to is 3-id per lb. CHESTERFIELD WOOL MARKET, MAY 21.—The trade presents a dull inanimate appearance, the sales being quite of a limited character. Prices are a little depressed, which is supposed to be owing to the want of vivacity in the manufac turing markets. It is still conjectured that wools will not be much lower, as the growers are firm, and the probability is that they are likely to continue so. LEICESTER.—The home trade in regular hosiery continues very dull. There is some demand for export, and the glove branch is brisk. The wool market is very inanimate, and some small reduction is submitted to by the seller : the price of yarn is without alteration. WlGAN.—There seems no present prospect of the trade of this town reviving. We believe there is not one factory working full time. Several of the masters are, however, act ing in a most praiseworthy manner towards their hands.— We have heard that several of them pay their work-people, when only working two days, four days wages.— Wigan Ga zette. WAR IN THE EAST !—The Itioniteur Parisien of Saturday last states that intelligence has been received from the East, announcing that hostilities have broken out in Spain, be tween the Turkish and Egyptian armies. LIVERPOOL PROTESTANT BENEVOLENT SOCIETY.—We are happy to announce that our esteemed representative, Cresswell Cresswell, Esq., has, with his customary kindness and liberality, become an honorary member of, and annual subscriber to, the above excellent institution. We are glad to find that the society is going on prosperously. Any in formation respecting its rules, &C., may be obtained on ap plication to Mr. Rowlands, John Bull, Lumber-street. THE HAIR-DRESSERS OF LIVERPOOL.—A correspondent has suggested to us the propriety of urging Mr. Rushton, our newly-appointed stipendiary magistrate to co-operate with the hair-dressers who have set their faces against open ing their shops on Sunday. It is to be hoped that Mr. Rushton will visit with the severest penalty of the law those who shall hereafter be found guilty of infringing upon it, by the open desecration of the Sabbath. He cannot do any thing which will more entitle him to the good opinion of the respectable portion of the community, than directing his attention to the suppression of Sunday trading in every shape. THE BOTANIC GARDENS.—In consequence of the time fixed for holding the Fancy Fair at the Botanic Gardens being too early to allow sufficient opportunity for the preparation of works, we understand that it has been:determined to post pone it to June, 1840. The ladies who had been applied to to take stalls,would have found it next to impossible to get them sufficiently supplied in September. The first exhibition of Plants, Fruits, &c., will take place on Wednesday the 12 of June. ACCIDENT ON BOARD THE BLACK DIAMOND, MOSTYN PACKET.—Yesterday morning, about half way between Mostvn and Liverpool, as a poor woman, of the name of Poole, was crossing the shaft of the engine onboard the Black Diamond steamer, her clothes, by some means, got entangled with the shaft, and she was dragged, with an infant of three weeks old in her arms, thrice around the shaft, between which and the deck there was only a space of nine inches. As soon as the engine could be stopped, she was liberated in a dread fully mangled condition. Every attention was paid to her by the ladies and gentlemen on board, who made a collection on her behalf, which was handed to her husband. On her arrival nt Liverpool she was removed to the Hospital.