The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser. — Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1839-10-29 00:00:00

koSily I t zto A te lured that vast assembly, that were it not for b4 l ll°Pagation of those truths, his hand would be .ala tongue motionless, in defence of the out- Cfor the sake of those blessings, all the prepa n were nee df ul for carry i ng t h e message t o the N ilgil tio nds of the empire, deserved and demanded our attachment and zealous defence. Glad, there tZthe'v to respond to the call of the chairman, and to ng, before separating, to sing with the spirit, %k "ul the understanding, " Come let us join our 'IP4 he v'tarno • ...ving been sung, the meeting separated, at ,• Past nine o'clock. '. TEIE ATBE-ROYAL, LIVERPOOL. ' 4, 1101 , 104 1 1 of STRAUSS' BAND, with their celebrated 'ki r " E RR SCII LL ' and the Last Night but Two 4 4t li . r Performing ' EIIN ' iliit but Three of Mr. BUCKSTONE, the popular 1 , 117 ma A c t or, of the Theatre-Royal, Haymarket. 14:attr9eat TUESDAY, Oct. 29, 1839, the entertain- Will.oornmence wal Mr. Buckstone's Comedy of k r S - MARRIED LIFE. ki t . kn al nilel Coddle Mr. Baker. kr. ir n el Coddle k r ; tr e llrY Dove Mr. Buckstone. kr../:le4rY Do ve . 11 4 I c!riel Lynx Mr. W. Howard. kr.ii.Ltanel Lynx. ki t redelick Younghusband Mr. W. H. Bland. lir. Frederic Younghusband Younghusband Mrs. Tellet. I lk e°r ge Dismal Mr. P. Crowe. eo Grge Dismal Mrs. Edwards. i covA e f ter the Comedy, the first part of " C "T OF INSTRUMENTAL MUSIC, By STRAUSS' BAND. After which, the new Farce of Jos eph Brag. MAKE YOUR WILLS. .. Mr. Buckstone, I. kril'.l, s _ ° r ri e g inally performed by him in London. l i to ttieri " sight It* with the Second Part of the CONCERT of , ' ME NTAL MUSIC, by STRAUSS' BAND. kL , D,l int. iti.ee s- " it °W (Wednesday), the Performances will 1 1 / 4 PETil i . T h e .Shakspeare's Comedy of KATfIE I RIN ne L kPti k i t. ‘i HIO. Petruchio, Mr. Stuart; Klt ieri , k t 2 Grurnio, Mr. Baker.--After which, the leo °` A CONCERT, by STRAUSS' BAND. 7 -To . w , - . 1 be added the Farce of WEAK POINTS. reedle, Mr. Buckstone.—To be followed by the ia e _ilitt rt ,,,f a ANNE Strauss' Band.—To con (L'g `-' u R MARY . Jonathan Tunks, Mr. I .Ttlijil'' i t -gek„ „..„ - - , DAY, a variety of Entertainments, in . which 41,3414i ii t1e will perform, and a CONCERT, d b l ei s n ,rIT of HERR SCHALLEH, an d ii 'Last i o _tia l and the Last Night of Strauss' Bar_i_._ ` 4 ltA,, AY, Mr. BUCKSTONE's BENEFIT, and PPearance this Season. - „_4lN, -- 6- OF 8000 PERSONS HAVE VISITED egos SPLENDID PICTURE OF THE ` - 'NA.TION OF QUEEN VICTORIA ! irINekINTER OF BELSHAZZ AR'S FEAST.) Reek to the unfavourable state of the weather last s t eri l a nd the di sappo i ntmen t it occas i one d to many t lee '4,d visiting the Exhibition, the Proprietor begs to rtof eat the Picture will remain for Exhibition . the f ro week. Admission, Is. Children, Half-price. K itt .En, Ten to Four ; and from Five to Nine . in the Pleti the Room will be splendidly lighted with Gas. 1/47angements having been made for Exhibiting the tlZore a z ,, ) 7 'g in MANCHESTER on the 4th of November, it -..n t't remain beyond SATURDAY NEXT, the 2d of 1 14 c ., ty ir • - ' II, POOL ANNUAL EXHIBITION. fiptofth;VßlTlON of the LIVERPOOL ACADEMY a ; "PRK.S of MODERN ARTISTS IS NOW Vt l / 4 ,, - „ t ne GALLERY, CHURCH-STREET, from Nine the Mornin(r till dusk. Admission, One Shilling. 4, One Shilling. Season Tickets, Five Shillings. SAML. EGLINGTON, Secretary to the Academy. v tLi s io , \ , El until tini. lt AY, and following Evenings, from Seven gti GT Ten, BRILLIANTLY ILLUMINATED Admittance, ls. 4t lia TO CORRESPONDENTS. l :t Ye: °f " A Catholic" have been received. We have ta rtes ha _d tune to peruse them. °ll Evening" shall appear in a few days. Itl ti e t et °f A Protestant " has in some measure been Pated by the " Young Men's Established Church L iktre tst a 4s t s red that th e p l ans f or St. B arna bas' Church are b lik ke e 2f great f orwar d ness , an d that the building will k"tres s T e d with as soon as certain arrangements now in ar e matured. l ;er t o Protestans " we would merely remark that ks tet t t w hich appeared in the leader of the Albion of I rt i t i lly I) / we,k did not escape our notice, but such stuff is 4o e;], criticism. As to the insinuation that Mr. 1; 0 4 the ad given up the agitation of the school question the resectable classes, and had betaken himself vit i t °Peratives as a dernier resort, we need hardly say . :he art ! a s . mendacious as it is palpably ridiculous. are Compelled - tir ring address of the Herts Protestant Associa ''th4 to postpone until Friday. 21 1 : l iel e ,: e e e _ e ,iV several books and some music, for review, t orr 11 notice in our next. rhespondent whose signature resembles " JTF," and ,Te "s inquiry in respect of the leading tragedian of ea tr e n iwyal, Liverpool, must, on reflection, admit a tetit i l t letY of our declining an answer to questions so Z, 4 a,i,1 Personal. The gentleman, as a professional efore the public ; he fills and sustains a long line :tiev 4 e e s s with an ability unequalled in the provinces, bey e successfully attempted in London. His real his e x t ract i on, or t h e p l ace of h birth iso) are g 7, areit the public are as indifferent as private gos : Cl l , O o matiislily curious about such non-essentials. tr d e • e s Kean may be a Jew by extraction, and lie k l l3li 3 h 1 1 , 1 es that he is an Irishman by birth ; but he is eril m j k association and feeling. And if Mr. Stuart be ~ t be"Y extraction, and his family name be different, t i t lop r , n ue one nor the other affects his standing or repu -I%j° a dramatic artist, far, very far, above mediocrity. i; t i Ner 8 . 14t5 X Of the inquirer's letter, he himself is a to vit., • his idiom is one of the most uncouth that ever vtLour examination. be 7Libtrpo el &tanbarb -.—_ Tu t 81)4Y MORNING, OCTOBER 29, 1139 ktiti7 Peregrinating vagabond and impostor, ff whose 1 44, eelt ed career across the Channel a ds an in lc of almost infinite credulity in the t)r l Irish that i41;07k8 belief, has been lately employed in his r 'favour 111c1 of libelling England and everything English, I litii e.kaBl3erating the ignorant mobs who sti l l i l s, follow Nelhto feelings of savage hatred against who, 4 er be our sins in other respects,have, at all efit B, °N E , - 41, " ° t to answer for that of ofbeing ambit e_ l i . t s herthe dupes ion. Nowl s ehood s or the instruments vri l ti i ng I taip st w e have no intention of . a diatribe hate t1 : 18 rascally mendicant, which would be only T tl lkhi o' to much good ink and valua . ble . paper. o i l a b e se t i h e turpitude of a man who glories in his shame,. livid 48 office as regards the reformation of the in ftioti4lital hi mself ; and we should as soon think of de thatratihg that a pickpocket deserves punishment, , the'tit e " honourable Member for . all Ireland I lt ete B Contempt of every man with the slightest t ti h s .jous to honesty or principle. We allude to ' him 1 ) 04. 141 wild harangues just now for a different pur e C . t° chew how grossly unjust it is to charge ofan i i i ro po o n .. Qty het a desire to excite a feeling tw....... A es weep the two countries of England and Ireland. 4 ( 1 041 7 time ago the Observer' published, " upon I lk eff ted anthority," a circumstantial falsehood, to Drei seh e t e t that the tactics of the Conservative party at 4 44 .- wer e , 0 ', spire --t(: a ff ect the utmost alarm at Popery, ir l .,, - the Protestant population with bitter hatred tll 4t th. th eir Roman Catholic fellow-countrymen; and i rel a ,,, iti Pirit was especially to be encouraged they ib to " 4 , althou-h a ei.!)hwer, possibly the Tories, when got 14 111 War in might ' not go quite the length of kindling ,i 1 ., that kingdom. It also added that Sir 41 : 1 - eel admitted the fact of this intention, whilst 14 this its necessity. 43 , , , , I 8 matter the Observer, as the Persians would burr to I , o ' ; uas eaten dirt." It will not again be in ua ndoubted 4fther;t4iteer mendacious calumnies " upon . Il k attic But what was the object and animus of hveti-aa"cle? Plainly this : to represent the Consen t,, 11(1 ti n - : 7414 efitly hostile to Ireland and her interests, Nci n . l , - " Drop up the desperate cause of Ministers y 4 0 - 1 a few gulls in the Irish Registration i Courts, l,,tb Ihlchltit:6t Possibly believe in a statement mac le with a t 4 bight effrontery. The falsehood was taken h Poo te : t °II which to lavish every epithet of abuse 41 d t ,„ - Party which, for the selfish objects of place tw o --wer, w ould sow dissension and disunion between f i t b e Porti ons ~ of the same undivided empire. Nowis—a cl iag;: a " we fully agree with our opponents it dis_ plat°eful thing to propagate a spirit of mutual of ot ie saatl hatred between those who, as the subjects ka over e „„ i " , Ought to entertain feelings of kindnesstileyg.°odwill toward s each other, what language have t tida.. l4 °t° re for the master of Ministers, whose so e h t l ie TO i l ls tr at this moment is to make the Irish nation ihl Pla e ,: a t the English people are its sworn, rancorous, ln Iltitotic'e he ? Not content with vilifying our 11411m,°°s 'eParately, and besliming the Thronewith etl eltiy -Ilt °ffel lsive praise, he calumniates Britain as t \ l v - ie e ° h tlii:f , Ire land, and constantly represents that s pirit - sid e the Channel are imbued with a settled lre A O Of dislike towards his countrymen, and c. If a g n f°l ' h er want s , i nterests, or w i shes. e t th e Yt hing like alienation is produced in the minds p reklor Iri s h , and they really regard us as their 1 , °411 1t ) ) ,, W ho are to be answerable for this lamentable - bay Act the Conservatives, who have never sought ,014,e at prejudices against any part of their 7 oue%-i°llhlrVtnen, and who consider the two islands ' l e sm:ridivisible kingdom, however they may deplore altiehtlerEitition and wretchedness which keep one so ter,l°, arr ear of c i v ili sat i on as compared w i t h t h e 4114 14::: it the iti nerant impostor who, as he himself . ea rns his fee" at Irish dinner-tables, by lying representations of the state of English feeling,—and those journals which are playing the same game, by attributing to the Conservatives a line of policy which the writers know is abhorrent to their principles, and would be fatal to their hopes. It is with no ordinary feelings of pride and pleasure that we present our readers with a full and accurate report of the proceedings at the great Meeting held in the Music-hall on Friday. It is impossible to overrate the zeal and steady earnestness with which the loyal and Church-loving people of this great community regard the cause in which the Young Men's Associa tion is engaged, and it is not easy to overvalue the importance of that high example which Liverpool now sets to the whole United Empire. Long before the appointed hour of meeting, the room was crowded with persons of different ages and sexes, but chiefly with men in middle age—the strength of the body politic, and the firm bulwarks of the Church. And when our distinguished Representative made his way through the dense mass to the platform at the higher end of the room, he passed with difficulty through a multitude whose hearty and expressive cheers gave evidence at once of the estimation in which he is personally held amongst them, and of their fervent sympathy with the principles which caused him to be chosen to his high post as their Representative in Parliament, and brought him down on the present occasion to preside over so numerous and so influential a portion of his constituents. It is right and natural for the democratic faction to direct against the Established Church every secret device of their sinister and Jesuitical malice, for the men who fear God will be taught in the same breath to honour the King also, and they who rally round the altar will be found among the firmest and Lost devoted champions of the Throne. But for the Radi cals (in Liverpool at least) to make open war against the Church, is neither more nor less than sheer insa nity. Whatever else they might have succeeded in recommending to the people, common worldly wisdom should have taught them a better policy than openly to assault what is nearest and dearest to the hearts of every class amongst our fellow-townsmen. " It 's all along o' you to a Liverpool Clergyman at the close of the last glo rious election ; " it's all along o' you parsons : we never touches you without getting the worst of it." The sacrilegious blow, levelled against the Church, recoils upon the author's head. After the meeting had been opened with prayer by the Rev. Mr. Falloon, who repeated some of the beau tiful and appropriate Collects of our Church, Mr. Cresswell rose, and, in a speech of admirable perspi cuity and clearness, explained to the vast assemblage before him the objects which the Young Men's Com mittee had in view when they called their townsmen together. His short and succinct statement of the numerous and discordant sections of the Church's enemies, his masterly exposure of the secret motives which arrayed them together in one unholy league, and his own emphatic declarations of the line which duty and inclination prescribed to himself in Parlia ment, accorded admirably with the double duties which he was then called upon to discharge, as a Member standing before his constituents, and as a Chairman presiding over an assembly. His temperate exposition of sound principles was grateful alike to every person of every varying shade of religious and political sentiment within the Church, because he reasoned not upon any views or crotchets of his own, but upon that broad test which the Constitution of his country, and the blessed experience of centuries, has provided for the Statesman—the safety of the Esta blished Church. We quarrel with no man whose sen timents differ from our own, within or without the Church. But as no general would take the open field when he had strong intrenchments and a vantage ground,—so the true position for the soldier to take up, who has the real interests of the cause at heart, is the defence of the Establishment. The Wesleyan and the Presbyterian—to their honour be it always spoken—are forward to acknowledge that the battle of Protestantism must be fought upon the lines of the Established Church. When Mr. Cresswell had concluded the meeting wac subjected to one of those interruptions which are no infrequent on occasions when it is attempted to as. semble together the friends of the Established Church The Music-ball, large enough, we dare say, for its own legitimate purposes, is far too small for such manifes tations of popular feeling as that which we now re cord. The pressure at the doors became exceedingly inconvenient, and such was the effect of numbers forcing their way into a room already overcrowded, that an individual in the middle of the room rose and complained to the Chairman that the pressure, which had reached to the place which he occupied, was con stantly increasing, and would be attended with serious annoyance and even danger. We know not whether it is more gratifying to record the overwhelming inte rest which the purpose of this meeting had created, or the exemplary demeanour of the assembled multitude, which, after a little anxious and jud . cious management on the part of the Chairman and his supporters, sub sided into one of the most orderly and attentive audi ences we ever remember to have witnessed. We shall not impair the effect of the speeches which were delivered by giving any abstract of them in this place. Our readers will find them at length in the co lumns of this Journal. It is sufficient to observe that our gifted townsman, Mr. M‘Neile, who moved the first resolution, and during whose speech the principal pressure at the doors took place, was enabled, never theless, to carry on, amidst every interruption, one of the clearest, and plainest, and most argumentative ora tions of which this serious and most solemn question will admit. A vulgar demagogue may electrify the feelings or excite the amusement of the largest audi ence; but to address to a very promiscuous assem blage, under disadvantageous circumstances, a con nected and elaborate argument, fitted to convince the philosopher or refute the sceptic, and to carry along with him the collected mind of the assembled multitude, re quires no common gifts of grace and eloquence in the speaker, and no ordinary measure of resolute attention in the audience. The men, our liberal opponents may rest assured, who followed Mr. M`Neile step by step through the whole of that masterly oration, are not the men whom a little temporary excitement can dis turb. They are not borne to and fro by every blast of doctrine. They mean the things they say, and will be found watchful at their posts, when the battle of the Constitution shall be fought in earnest. There they stood, like a Protestant army, round their chosen leader; and when he spoke, Facies non una duabus Nec diversa tamen, qualem decet esse sororum, We shall not let this question rest. The air, a chartered libertine, was still, And the mute wonder hushed in men's ears, To steal his sweet and honeyed sentences. He was followed by Dr. Byrth, who spoke with great emphasis and energy. Mr. Whatham, the Secretary of the Association, and Mr. Moore, one of its members, moved and se conded the last resolution in a talented and spirited manner, and gave abundant proof that the right thing will be said in the right way, not on the greater occa sions only, when great men are especially invited to attend, but at the ordinary meetings of the Society, and by its own members. It was remarked by Lord Bacon that the destinies of a nation may he predicted, if we know the character and disposition of its young men. Surely the formation of such men as these into the " Liverpool Young Men's Established Church Society," is a pregnant proof of the temper that now prevails in England, and a happy omen for the days to come ! Macte virtute, puer,—sic itur ad astra. We must close our remarks for the present, with the expression of our heartfelt delight that the great cause of Church Extension, which has prospered so signally in Dr. Chalmers' hands amongst our Presby terian brethren in the North, has been taken up in earnest for our own honoured Church of England and Ireland. We rejoice that Liverpool is now (as always) in the vanguard of the sacred army. We have rejoiced heartily in the prosperity of our friends in Scotland : we should be traitors to the Church of England, if we did not rejoice yet more heartily in her awakening energies and increased exertions. May the Presbyte rian Church amongst our Presbyterian friends—but far more may our own Establishment amongst our selves—be extended and increased, till the means of public worship are coextensive with the necessities of the poor from one end of the empire to the other : Our readers will bear us witness that we have, on several occasions, entered our solemn protest against the violent and unjustifiable language employed in seve ral articles which have appeared in the Church Maga zine—a periodical which was started a few months ago, and which is edited, if we mistake not, by Mi. Gather cole, who was formerly a dissenting minister. The in temperate abuse which this magazine has lavished upon the Methodists has furnished the radicals with a fine subject for declamation within tl e last fortnight. They have not hesitated to charge the sentiments expressed in the obscure publication to which we haVe alluded upon the whole body of Churchmen. Nay, they have gone the length of attributing the abuse bestowed upon the Methodists to the Church of England Magazine — a highly respectable periodical, conducted with great talent, and enjoying a very large circulation. It is al most unnecessary for us to state, that the imputation is as false, as the object of those who have given rise to it is mischievous. The virulent abuse of the Puseyite Church Magazine has been promptly repudiated by the leading organs of the conservative press. In that re pudiation we cordially unite. We feel assured that our friends among the Methodists will see through the shallow trick attempted to be practised upon them by the unprincipled radical faction, and that they will not swerve from their political consistency because a few injudicious zealots in the Church of England are so uncharitable as to dissent from the great bulk of their brethren in their views of the general character of the Methodists. As the radical canvassers in this town have been making a diligent use of the language employed in the Church Magazine, with a view to influence the bur gesses under the municipal act to vote against the con servative candidates, it may be as well to add that we feel perfectly convinced that none of those gentlemen participate in the / sentiments promulgated by Mr. Ga. thercole. On the contrary, we happen to know that they entertain the greatest regard and esteem towards their friends of the Methodist persuasion, for their prompt, zealous, and energetic assistance and co-ope ration on many important occasions, and more parti cularly on account of the noble stand which they made against the introduction of the Irish System 6f Edu cation into this town, and for their strer uous resistance to the infidel scheme of national education propounded by the Government. The agitation of the Dock Warehouse question is, the present moment, of paramount importance. The first of November will, we trust, shew that this agitation has not been in vain, but that it has pro duced on the minds of the burgesses generally a deep and lasting effect. There can be no doubt that the prevalent impression among the Municipal constitu ency is decidedly adverse to the Liberal faction, who have, for the last twelve months, made the Dock Warehouse question their especial hobby. We are not at all surprised that our Radical contemporaries should deprecate this new agitation. It has produced a reaction in - the public mind which they have every reason to be dissatisfied with. There can be no ques tion that the Liberals calculated upon an increase of popularity upon the introduction of this favourite scheme of theirs. For once, but not for the first time. they have "reckoned without their host." They have speculated too largely and too recklessly upon public credulity, and it is no matter of astonishment that their speculation has proved to themselves a ruinous failure. Many of the previous schemes, of the Radical faction in the Town Council have proved but too suc cessful. Encouraged by this success, they have at length ventured upon a job so flagrant in its nature, and so gigantic in its proportions, as fairly to frighten many of those who have hitherto been their staunchest supporters into the conviction that the Liberal purists and economists are not exactly the most immaculate and incorrupt set of men with whom an important trust can be deposited. The meeting of master coopers, carters, porters, warehouse-keepers, &c., which was held on Friday morning, and of which a report appears in another column, affords another proof, if such proofs were wanting, .of the unpopularity of the Dock Warehouse question, among those classes which are more imme diately connected with the trade and commerce of the town. It is extremely gratifying to see so many trades uniting to resist the proposed erections on the Dock Quays. This cordial union and co-operation augurs well for the success of the opposition which the iniqui tous scheme will have to encounter. It is probable that other classes, who have an interest in the matter, will come forward in aid of the industrious portion of their fellow-townsmen. Where are the warehouse owners, the land-owners, the house and cottage-own ers ? Why do they not jointly call a public meeting upon the subject ? Though we entertain no fear - whatever that the pro moters of the Dock Warehouse monopoly will be successful in their application to parliament for a legis lative sanction to their contemplated spoliation; we confess that it would give us much pleasure to see Lhem despoiled of the pleasure of making such an ap plication. We should like to see the question recon sidered in the Council chamber, and, if practicable, rescinded. It was only carried by a " measuring cast majority"—such a majority, in fact, as might be very easily overturned at the approaching Municipal Elec tion. Let the electors of Liverpool reflect upon this alternative, and act accordingly. Let them return into the Town Council only such men as will pledge themselves to resist the measure in every shape whatever. To those electors who have not yet made up their minds on this important subject, we recommend the perusal of the speeches which were delivered at the meeting of Friday last. They will there find several powerful arguments in opposition to the proposed Dock Warehouses, which, as coming from practical men, fully conversant with the question, in all its rami fications, must carry conviction to every unprejudiced mind. THEATRE-ROYAL. The attraction of an efficient detachment of Strauss's Band is this week added to that of Buckstone, in eccentric comedy. The house last night was well attended : the applause was marked, hearty, and general. Strauss's artists produce sounds as effective as they are unusual. To our ear they re semble the chirping and carrolling of a grove of birds, occa sionally alternating with notes and effects akin to the hum ming of insects. This has not been observed by the press generally, but we appeal to the ear of those who listen to .heir discourse of "elegant music" for the fidelity of this pen and ink comparison. The effect of the performance was en hanced by their concerted pieces being played not from the orchestra, but from the proscenium, on which ithe artist stars took up a marked position, to which they were entitled. This evening the clever Buckstone personates a Dove of a part ! SONG, COMPOSED FOR A MEETING OF TOE " LIBERAL" ELECTORS OF CASTLE-STREET WARD. Come, poll, you Reformers, of every degree I Poll, tag-rag-and-bobtail, your plumpers for me! You know your own friend—he 's the People's own man, For the sprig of shillelagh, for Melbourne, and Dan ! The Tories they feasted, when Tories were in, On turtle and venison, nor thought it a sin : We Radicals now, since the Tories are out, At the public expense push the joram about. Nor think with that blood-sucking faction there ceased The clang of the flagon, the sound of the feast ; For to plenish the board, and to furbish the plate, When the money runs out, we can lay on a rate. Aye, lay on a rate—that 's the new patent way, Since Parliament-Liberty came into play : Then poll, you Reformers I —you see there 's no end To the cash that a Liberal Town Council may spend. But think not, ye parsons ! one stiver to clutch ; The Tories (be d—d to them !) gorged you too much You labour in vain, if you labour for pelf ; Your thorough-bred Liberal cams only for self. Then poll, you Reformers! and when I'm made Mayor, And give a great feed,—won't you wish yourselves there) Then poll, ye Reformers ! for Hope if you will; For if I am ousted, I'm Alderman still. It will be seen by an advertisement in another column that Mr. L. J. Hart is about to open an establishment in the North Crescent, upon a similar plan to the Magazines at Paris and London. In addition to a very extensive assort ment of jewellery, watches, &c., which will be offered in endless variety, there is to be an attraction rarely if ever seen n L'verpool before, viz., a picture gallery, in which will be stored some very rare productions of the Ancient Masters. The articles of vertu, including Cameos, Brilliants, Antiques, &c., are beyond doubt one of the most valuable ever collected in a private establishment. The Repository has been fitted up at a very great cost, and promises to eclipse anything of a similar kind in Lancashire. YOUNG MEN'S ESTABLISHED CHURCH SOCIETY. (From a Correspondent) The meeting held at the Music-hall on Friday even ing afforded gratifying proof that the interests of the Established Church are in no danger from want of zeal on the part of our fellow-townsmen. The room was crowded to suffocation, and hundreds were turned away from the doors owing to the utter impossibility of admitting them. We regret that the Amphitheatre had not been chosen, in order more fully to demon strate the strength of the friends and supporters of the Church of England in the good town of Liverpool. It would have been crowded to excess, and the occasion was well worthy of such a display of numbers and en thusiasm. Those wh o va l ue aright the inestimable blessings of such an Institution as the National Church, extending through the length and breadth of the land, and bringing home to every man who is willing to hear the great truths of Religion, not by the convulsive and uncertain efforts of what is called the Voluntary Principle, but by the steady operation of a constantly acting and admirably organised machinery —must rejoice to see such a spirit working amongst the people as that which animated the crowds at the Music-hall on Friday evening-. Burke calls nobility " the chief defence of nations," and surely the same may be said of a church like that of England. We will take the lowest ground of argument with her ad versaries, and challenge them to show in the history of the world an institution so adapted to fulfil the great end of all government—the preservation of social or der- and consequent augmentation of national happi ness. As merely supplemental to, and in a great mea sure superseding the functions of the civil magistrate, such an establishment is of priceless value, and the benefits she confers are not confined to'flre members of her communion—they are essentially national. It is an undeniable kci that the Dissenters, who are most hostile to her rights, and in spite of themselves under the deepest obligations to her—for however much they may quarrel with her theology, they feel her fostering care and influence as citizens. She it is that keeps alive a spirit of religion in the hearts of the people, and does more for the motels of the multitude than any theory or scheme which the wit of man has yet been able to excogitate. The speech of the Rev. Hugh M`Neile waa most important. It was a sober appeal to the reason of his audience, and a most effective argument, as demon strating the justice as well as expediency of such an institution as the Established Church. He laid bare the sophistry of that hypocritical plea which makes " scruples of conscience" the ground of resistance to the payment of taxes, a portion of which goes to the support of the National Church. This shuffling pre text, which avarice lays hold of to cover the base motives which influence so many of her enemies, is ably disposed of by Mr. Gladstone, in his recent work, " The State in its relations with the Church." If we might venture to add anything to the arguments of these two distinguished champions of the Establish ment, it would be to point out the gross inconsistency of those who are rrost clamorous in urging it. They assert that it is a tyranny over conscience to make people pay anything in support of the Church, from whose doctrines and ritual they dissent, and in the same breath they contend that the State ought to support all the denominations of religion in the country alike. But in that case precisely the same hardship would be inflicted upon them. They would still pay taxes which would be apportioned amongst creeds which they must consider false ; and, there fore, they would then, as much as now, be com pelled to support a system of Theology from whose doctrines they dissent. So much for " scruples of conscience !" The truth is, that envy is the root of all the opposition made by Sectarians to Na tional taxation. They wish to see the Church brought down to a level with the Conventicle ; and, if this were accomplished, their conscience would find no difficulty in sharing the bounty of the State with the followers of Mahomet or worshippers of Vishnu. The object of this new Association, as expressed in its printed address to the public, is " to disseminate amongst our young men information upon the prin ciple of National Establishments for religion, and thus make them intelligent defenders of, as well as devoted believers in, the faith they profess to hold." These are high and worthy aims, and most cordially do we congratulate our townsmen upon the manifestation of such a spirit amongst the young. When the veteran champions of the good cause are gathered to the tomb, they will rejoice to think that their mantle has fallen upon a rising generation. The old oaks of the forest may decay, but they will not leave a naked wilderness behind. In coming forward to enrol themselves as a Society, in opposition to that band of conspirators against the Church who are the advocates of the Vo luntary Principle, the young men of Liverpool have acted upon the advice of England's most philosophic Statesman, when he said, " When bad men combine the good must unite, that they may not fall one by one an unpitied sacrifice in a contemptible struggle." position that they were not working without a guarantee that the foundations of their labour should not be cut from under their feet ; he would turn to those whose families naturally looked up to them for support, and whose trade would be naturally injured, should the measure pass, and he would ask whether they were ready at once, and without a murmur, to bend their necks beneath this monopoly—a monopoly agitated and put forward by a great majority of those who, on all other occasions, hadbeen the loudest in opposing monopoly in every shape and in every form. (Cheers.) The speaker then read the resolution (which, with the others, will be found in our advertising columns), and sat down amidst much applause. Mr. ROBERTS seconded the motion, in doing which he ob served that, after the eloquent speech which had just been delivered, it would be quite unnecessary for him to say a great deal. He gave an indignant denial to the charge of pilfetege, and said that, for twenty years in which he had been engaged in the porterage business, he had not only never had to appear before a magistrate on a charge of pilferage, but no person had ever preferred a complaint to him of hav ing suffered through him or any man he had ever employed. A great deal, too, had been said about despatch ; but in his opinion, if the despatch had not in some instances come up to the expectations of certain persons, or to even what might have been expected by all, the blame rested wholly with the importers. If they (the importers) were to send down their porters, coopers, and carters, when the goods were landed, or when they might be landed, there would be an end at once to the want of despatch complained of ; but when the ship was converted into a warehouse, how was it likely that there could be despatch. (Hear, hear.) There was one thing which he would wish to impress strongly upon the meet ing ; it was this, that if the monopoly were carried and esta blished, the result would be that one-fifth of the labouring men employed about the docks would be thrown out of work. In the present system, too, the master coopers, porters, &c., employed old men ; but would that be the case with the dock trustees ? He hoped so ' • but he much doubted whether such would be the case. (Loud cheers.) It was more likely that the young, the healthy, and the strong, would alone be employed ; and in that case, the elderly men, who had been for years engaged in his peculiar avocation, would have to lean his cold shoulder on a cold wall, and ask in vain who was to employ him. The dock trust would answer his ques tion by saying, " Go to the master who had the benefit of your services in your young days," and his reply would be, " We have no master now, for his trade has been annihi lated by you." The corporation project, in fact, was worse than a monopoly; it was an oppression. He learnt from the public newspapers that latterly there had been a great acces sion to the number of persons entitled to claim parochial relief—many of which claimants had been made within the last few weeks—and the great majority of them were men employed about the docks. The number of persons alluded to amounted, he understood, to about 700. Now, if the trade of the master porters, coopers, and carters was so much injured as that they would be unable to employ those men, they would, of course, throw the burthen of their maintenance, and that of their families, upon the parish ; and he should like to know whether this, as a matter of pounds, shillings, and pence, was not interesting to every householder in the town. (Cheers.) The resolution was then put, and carried unanimously. ' Mr. WHARTON, in moving the second resolution, said that he had never before addressed a public meeting in his life ; but, as he conceived that the question of dock warehouses was one which affected the interests of the master porters, as well as of other tradesmen, he thought himself justified in coming forward and saying a few words. He had been for sixteen years the assistant of Mr. Roberts, to whose business he had succeeded, and he would defy any man to bring a charge of pilferage against him, or to substantiate the whole sale accusation which had been brought. He knew that those accusations were unfounded, and when he said that he spoke from personal knowledge and experience, an advantage not possessed by. the editor of the Mercury, who had in that day's paper brought strong allegations against them. It was his opinion that if the dock committee had turned their efforts to the erection of transit-sheds, they might have been thanked for their labours, and would have done everything that was necessary. There might be obstruction to the quick dis charging of vessels ; but those obstructions arose from cir cumstances to which they did not seem to be attributed. Where a vessel was consigned to one merchant, it could be unloaded sooner in Liverpool than in London; but where there was a mixed cargo of goods, belonging in part, probably, to a London house, the case was very different. Instructions had then to be sent down for entering the goods,a proceeding which occupied three or four days, and the goods belonging to that house might perhaps be on the top of the cargo. He appealed to any one present whether this was not correct. (Cheers.) The Mercury had asserted, that by the erection of a few warehouses on the dock quays, the master carters would have more business •, but for his own part he could not understand how, by building warehouses, which rendered cartage unnecessary, there could be any increase of business to carters. That paper has also laid great stress on the names of Mr. Charles Horsfall and Mr. Sandbach, the former of whom was said to have voted in committee for the measure, and the latter to be in favour of it. He did not know on what authority the name of Mr. Sandbach had been mentioned. Mr. DOVER.—I can state most distinctly that Mr. Sand bach is opposed to the measure. Mr. WH ARTON. — WeII, if the Mercury were wrong in one instance, perhaps he had a right to conclude that it was wrong in both. His recommendation was that the land on the margin of the docks should be disposed of, as land in other parts of the town had been, for the erection of warehouses, and then there would be nothing but free competition. At present, he might mention, labour was at a discount in town, and even in busy times there was more labour than employ ment. Such being the case, with what feelings ought the working men, employed about the docks, to contemplate a scheme which would materially reduce the amount of em ployment? He was strongly of opinion that the motive which led to the project was a desire on the part of the cor poration to obtain the representation of the borough. They knew that a great proportion of the coopers, &c., were free men—the very men who had elected Lord Sandon and Mr. Cresswell—and they imagined that, by bringing this class of men under their control, they could secure the return of their own candidates. (Great cheering.) So far, indeed, from the project having nothing of a political character, he believed that from its beginning to its end it was nothing but politics. (Cheers.) Mr. M'KNIGHT seconded the resolution. Mr. POOLE moved the third resolution. He said that he had heard with great pleasure the remarks made by the gen tlem. n who had opened the proceedings of the meeting. He thought that there could be no question as to the injurious effect of the proposed measure on the interests of the great majority of the entire meeting ; and from the opinion which lie had formed of the disposition and character of the party bringing forward and urging this question, he should despair of opposing them with any effect, by merely offering obser vations applied to their kind feelings, generosity, or compas sion. He founded his opposition to the iniquitous measure on what, he was satisfied, would be more forcible than the mere appeal to generosity. He distinctly denied the right of the corporation to appropriate the public funds to the car rying out of any such scheme; and he must say, at the same time, that he could not reconcile it to his own feelings, how any merchant or importer of goods could conscientiously re ceive a personal benefit, by the application of corporate funds, so improperly applied. Again, as tradesmen, they were inte rested in the welfare of Liverpool ; and there was nothing to preclude them from expressing their opinions on the way in which the dock trust was managed ; and he was satisfied that a large proportion of the meeting had had practical proof that a more vicious and defective system of manage ment could not possibly exist. If asked to assign a reason for this defective management, he should point to the con stitution of the dock trust, which was a close, rigid mono poly of the worst kind. The advocates of the measure often referred to the London docks ; but a more unfortunate allusion could not well be made. Those docks were mana ged by joint-stock companies, for the benefit of those who had invested their funds in the undertakings ; and it required very little knowledge of human nature to see that, where such was the case, the convenience of trade must in every way be consulted. (Hear, hear.) Competition in the metro polis was so great that, on the receipt of intelligence from agents employed abroad, that a vessel was about to sail for London, the companies ascertained the name of the owners of the vessel, and solicited for their custom and patronage. Contrast this with the Liverpool management, with the tardy, supine, and defective management of Liverpool, which was a disgrace to the town ; and if this port did not possess local advantages not possessed by any other in the known world, that defective, vicious system would have put a stop to all increase of business, and have prevented the town from obtaining to anything like the state it had now arrived at. It was a very easy thing for the dock trust to refer to the acces sion of trade which had actually taken place, as if they, for sooth, had had any hand in increasing or fostering that trade. (Applause.) The case is entirely the reverse. It seemed a very strange thing to him that men who had at one time so strenvously opposed all monopolies should now give the lie to all their former statements, and shamelessly and fearlessly avow themselves the advocates of a most odious public mono poly. (Great cheering.) He had, by some means, which he did not consider it necessary to detail, obtained a sketch of the bill about to be applied for by the dock trust. He did not, be it remembered, say that the sketch was in the exact words of the bill ; but he did say that the spirit and meaning of the intended dock bill were precisely such as he should represent them in the copy he was about to read. The title was rather startling. It was as follows :—" A bill to enable merchandize to be warehoused, and working performed on the same, in the port of Liverpool, at less than' prime cost." (Laughter.) That was the heading of the bill. It then pro ceeded to say—" Whereas there are certain tradesmen at the port of Liverpool, who not having the good of the town suf ficiently in view, have for a long time past charged, and are still in the habit of charging, profits on the warehousing of, aid work done, on merchandize imported therein; and whereas there exists in the said port of Liverpool a large public esta blishment possessing funds in which no person has any pe cuniary interest—(hear, hear)—and that establishment is precluded from deriving any emolument from the employ ment of its funds, now be it enacted that any sum or sums of money required for the erection of warehouses to store goods that may be imported, and for the performance of the work done by the wicked tradesmen aforesaid, shall be taken from the funds before-mentioned, and applied without any gain or emolument whatever." (Cheers and laughter.) Now, he gave public notice, in order that no one might be taken by surprise, that it was their intention to move that an addition should be made to the biil as then read, because in its present state it seemed to be deficient. The proposed addition would be as follows :—" And whereas there are certain wealthy merchants in the practice of deriving profit from the impor tation of merchandise, and the selling of the same to the pub lic ; now, in order to ensure to the public a supply of such articles without the merchants' profit, be it enacted, that a portion of the aforementioned public funds shall be employed in the importing and selling of such merchandise, free of profit." (Much laughter and cheering.) Either the pro posers of the measure must be insincere, or they must advo cate it on these grounds. Mr. DAVID THOMAS seconded the resolution. Several other gentlemen afterwards addressed the meeting. in moving the remaining resolutions. A pressure of other business compels us, however, to cut the termination of the meeting short with this brief notice. PITT-STREET WARD.—A numerous meeting of the Bur gesses of this ward was held last night, at Mr. Cowburn's, Park Lane, when Mr. Bibby and several other gentlemen addressed the meeting with great animation and effect. We are glad to perceive the conservatives on the alert as very little time now remains for their energies to effect any ma terial advantage. SOIREES AT THE LIVERPOOL ROYAL INSTITUTION.-- Yesterday evening the first Soiree of the season took place at the Rooms of the Institution, in Colquitt-street. The at tendance was numerous and fashionable, including many of the most respectable families and individuals in the town. Jas. Aspinall, Esq. the president of the institution, ably filled the chair, and introduced to the company, which amounted to about 450, the several speakers who addressed them in the Lecture-room. Mr. Brett of the Apothecaries'-hall, read a most interesting lecture on chemical action, and its association with electric currents. Mr. Spencer gave a most gratifying ex position of his mode of working metals by voltaic action, some account of which has been already appeared in the public papers. Dr. Carpenter afterwards gave some beautiful illustrations, by microscopic views, of several subjects in natural history. After leaving the theatre, the company promenaded the beautiful rooms and galleries of the institution, all of which are replete with the most valuable specimens of whatever is curious in preservation in the animal, vegetable, or mineral kingdcms. Tea and coffee were served in the refection room, and the company a ppeared to be highly pleased w ith th e in tellectual entertainments of the evening. The demise of the Earl of Kingston makes a vacancy in the Irish representative peerage. Lord Musketry will be a candidate for the honour of representing his peers in parka mot—Dublin Mail. CORPORATION DOCK WAREHOUSES. A public meeting of the master coopers; carters, porters, warehouse-keepers, and of others opposed to the erection of warehouses by the dock trustees, was held at twelve o'clock on Friday, at the large Room of the York Hctel, The meet ing was very numerous, the room being about two-thirds filled. Amongst those present, we noticed Mr, Robert Ledson, Mr. Samuel Holme, Mr. John Beard, Mr. J. Montgo:nery, Mr. T. Revel, Mr. Joseph Cooper, Mr. Francis Grundy Mr. R. HaHowes, Mr. James Tyrer, Mr. Taylor, Mr, Green, Mr. Guyton, Mr. Thomas Revel, jun., Mr. J. Tyrer, jun., Mr. D. Thornhill, Mr. Wharton, Mr. White, and seve. ral other most influential tradesmen. Mr. John Barton was called to the chair. The CHAIRMAN having briefly explained the object of their assembling together, Mr. DANIEL LEDSON then rose to propose the first reso lution, and was received with considerable applause. He said that he had felt very great pleasure in moving the reso lution which had been entrusted to him, and rejoiced to see that so many gentlemen opposed to the corporation scheme of building warehouses on the dock quays had assembled to gether. After the charges and calumnies that had been brought against them, and especially against the respectable master posters of this town, it was quite time for them to come forward boldly, and not acknowledge by their silence that there was any foundation whatever in those charges and calumnies. (Cheers.) Let them pursue the only course left open to them ; let them be united and unanimous ; let them be determined in opposing this—what should he call it ?—a monopoly ? Yes, a monopoly ; for such it was in the most extended sense of the word. (Cheers.) These were the only means now left to them, and this was the only way in which they could gain their object; and if they did not suc ceed, they should still have the satisfaction of reflecting that they had raised their voices against the proposed measure. (Cheers.) They had heard a great deal about the pamphlet which he held in his hand—the one attributed to Alderman Evans, whether truly or not he could not say. That pamphlet had been lauded to the skies ; but for what reason he could hardly divine ; for he contended that it contained very few arguments in favour of the corporation scheme. If any disinterested individual would take up and read that pamphlet, and weigh well, the whole of its assertions—for assertions they were, and assertions merely—and put them in contrast with the straightforward and sound arguments ad vanced by those opposed to the measure, they must come to the conclusion, after a candid and impartial consideration of the whole case, that there was no necessity whatever for the corporation dock warehouses. At least they would, he was confident, come to this conclusion, that it was not fair, nor just—that it was, in point of fact, monstrous, that a public body should invest this public monopoly with a publiccharac ter, and use all their influence, and all the weight of the public funds, for the purpose of opposing and injuring previous interests. They, as tradesmen, were compelled to conduct their business in such a manner as to leave themselves a re munerating profit; whilst, on the other hand, the dock trust might manage the proposed warehouses in whatever way they chose ; they might impose whatever rates they pleased ; and they would combine within themselves the character of mas ter porters, master coopers, and master carters. (Hear and cheers.) They might send to London, for what he knew to the contrary, for coopers • there was no guarantee that they would not ;—they might send for porters, for there was no guaran tee that they would not; and what were they (the meeting) to do ? It was impossible that private individuals could op pose so powerful a body ; and if any loss resulted to the dock trust from the mode of management adopted by them, they would not feel it, but the public. (Hear.) Let them (the meeting) tell the proposers of the scheme—and he called upon the master carters, coopers, and porters, boldly to join the avowal—that they could not sit down quietly, aqd allow a portion of the bread which they were earning, to be taken, as it were, out of their very mouths. (Great cheering.) There were many other considerations which ought to induce them to come forward promptly on this occasion ; but as there were other gentlemen in the room more capable of enforcing those considerations—gentlemen who had threaded the mazes of the whole question, and who, for the last twelve months, had devoted the whole of their energies to the defence of the poor man—it might perhaps be improper for him longer to occupy the attention of the meeting. (Cries of " No, no," and "Go on.") Well, he would take the opportunity of loving before them an extract from the pamphlet to which he had previously alluded, because he thought that it was very amusing, and he could assure them that it offered a very fair sample of the course of reasoning pursued by the Liver poOl merchant through the whole book. The passage in question was addressed to the carters, and ran thus :—" The poor simple carter, who is told that his vocation will cease with the establishment of dock warehouses, does not suspect, that the cartage of which he fancies he shall be deprived in one direction, will be increased many fold in others. The clumsy chest or hogshead of sugar may not be dragged up the hill to a distant warehouse, but many more hogsheads will be carted to the canal, the railroad, and the steam-boat. The number of crates of earthenware, of pack ages of merchandise, of tons of coal, iron, lead, &c. to be carted for home use and exportation will increase, while ad ditional coasters, with cargoes of grain, flour, butter, bacon, &c. to be distributed for home consumption, will put into re quisition ten times the cartage apparently superseded by dock warehouses." So it appeared that they were to have vessels crowding into Liverpool with cargoes of eggs and bacon, be cause a few warehouses were to be built on the margin of the docks. (Laughter and cheers.) Mr. H ARBORD. — Are the eggs and bacon to go into bond, because the dock warehouses, as I understand, are to be de voted exclusively to bonded goods ? (Renewed laughter.) Mr. LEDSON continued.—He said that they had the high authority of the Liverpool merchants for the fact stated in the pamphlet, and he supposed they were bound to believe it ; but perhaps many of them would be obstinate enough, in private, to exercise their own judgment on the matter, notwithstanding. (Hear, hear.) Perhaps it would not be out of place if he were then to notice, as he had previously done at another meeting, a charge which had been brought against the warehouse keepers with reference to pilferage. (Hear, hear.) Since that meeting he had taken the trouble to make someinquiries on the subject ; and he thought he could now venture to say that the charge of pilferage, to any serious extent, was altogether unfounded. (Hear, hear.) He would defy those who had brought the accusation to produce a single instance in which a serious charge of pilferage had been brought against a warehouse keeper ; nay, he would defy them to bring forward a single charge of pilferage against any respectable warehouse keeper in the town. (Hear, hear, and cheers.) Actuated, therefore, by these considerations, he would turn to those who had been accustomed to earn their livelihood under the present system, who had been en gaged for years in toil and honest industry, under the sup- THE NEW STEAM-SHIP ."ACHILLES." We had recently occasion to notice the new steam-ship the " Saint George," of Glasgow, and have now an equally pleasing duty in supplying some brief, and necessarily hasty, account of another splendid steamer, from the same port. We need scarcely repeat, that, though natives of " the good old town" of Liverpool, we hail these advancements in steam navigation as indicative of the gratifying progress of a science, destined, we believe, to benefit mankind to a vast extent in the " civilized" world, and to civilize them in the " savage" regions of the earth, hitherto difficult of social or commercial access. We believe it will be generally admitted by all who visit the " Achilles," that in beauty of model, strength of struc ture, taste and style of equipment, and highly finished work manship throughout, she stands unsurpassed by any vessel yet afloat. Previously to attempting a description of the "interior," we shall supply, for the information of those in terestedin steam navigation", (and who is not?) some particu lars of the vessel's hull. The Glasgow boats have long been celebrated for their beauty of mould, and in this instance the' celebrity is perhaps more deserved than in any other. She has all the appearance of offering the least possible re ristance to the water, consistently with the weight she is des tined to bear ; and appears, indeed, as fine as a rowing boat, whether from the Clyde or the Thames—of which we have now some fine " antagonist" specimens at our port. Her entrance is beautiful ; and lo3king at her run, we may defy the most critical in naval architecture to say, that, like her namesake " Achilles," she is at all " vulnerable" in the heel." The following are her dimensions, power of engines, &c. Length over all Beam of the ship Ditto, including the paddles .. Depth of hold Tonnage B3O tons. Power of engines Diameter of cylinders Diameter of paddle-wheels 3O feet. She is flush-decked, has a head of " Achilles," is highly finished in every point, several novelties both of ornament and use being ingenuously introduced,--and is a truly hand some and substantially-built vessel. . . The principal cabin, or saloon, is an apartment So gorgeous that we have some diffidence in endeavouring to describe it, aassured as we are that we must fall short of conveying any thing like a conception of the reality. The style is, on the whole, of the most florid of the age of Louis Quatorze, the ground-work of polished rosewood, and the decorations in frame-work, with carved mouldings, richly gilded. The staircases and lobby of the saloon are panelled in oak, richly moulded and carved in the Elizabethean style. The brass hand-rails are unusually massy ; and in the front part of the steps are inserted plates of brass, pierced with figures of Grecian armour, in accordance with the " Achilles" style of the vessel. This is but a subsidiary portion of the work manship, but we are bound to notice it to show the "keeping" of the whole, so far as the Arms of Greece can be blended with the decortive style of the most splendid of the Louise. The saloon, (and we write not romantically), is of a cha racter so rich and gorgeous, that it realises the brightest con ceptions conveyed in " Arabian Tales" of eastern luxury and magnificence. The apartment is about 40 feet in length, and widens at the stern end, about half its length, to the full beam of the vessel,—twenty-eight feet,—the first part, next the bow, being narrowed by the introduction of a range of state rooms on each side. The "walls" are of polished rosewood, ornamented with panels and mirrors, the former containing beautifully executed paintings in papier mache", by those clever artists Messrs. Jennins and Bettridge, of Birmingham. In the sides of the narrower part of the saloon there are four of these large paintings in splendid carved fixture frames, and ten smaller ones, the colours of which are exceedingly rich ,—all illustrative of the valiant deeds of Achilles. The illustrations introduced into the panels are exceedingly beautiful, and the whole are specimens highly creditable to the artists. The carved and gilded ornaments of the saloon are too nu merous for description. It is, in fact, a fairy palace afloat. The trusses under the beams are entirely of gold work. .The moulding under the cornice is of " egg and tongue" richly gilded. The roof is peculiarly fine, being divided into deeply empanelled compartments, with gilded mouldings on a light ground, and carving raised in basso relievo in the centres of the panels. The side compartments are oblong, across the vessel ; those in the middle are rounded at the cornices so as to assume a sort-of oval form, and in the centre of each, are carved in relief—radiating spears, battle-axes, swords, and other armour of " Achilles." The panelling was executed by Mr. A. S. Cleland, of Glasgow. The rudder-case is beauti fully enclosed in rosewood, with an elaborately carved clock case in front, richly gilded. There are two fire-places of beautiful workmanship. The marble work, pipes, tire irons, &c. all made in Glasgow, are of superb and delicate design. The cabin is lighted by two oval deck or dome lights, by six windows in the stern, and by others of plate glass in the sides. The whole is enlivened and enlarged by mirrors. Round the roof-lights, on stained glass, are paintings, from Flixman's illustrations of Homer's Iliad, and the circular dome in the middle of each is also of stained glass of costly and elaborate design, representing Grecian shield, chequered work, &c. These last are composed of pieces of glass mi nutely joined,—the two containing no fewer than 1,156 pieces. The effect is most splendid, and the whole is in strict keeping with the general style of the internal architecture. The wider part of the cabin is at the stern, and is fitted up with sofas divided by beautiful rosewood arms in the massy style of the general architecture, and forming a semicircle. These are upholstered in light coloured hair cloth of a striped pattern, and contrast well with the dark rosewood and gilded ceiling. Above this range of sofas, and shelving back to the sides of the vessel, are sleeping places, all round so contrived as to be exceedingly comfortable and airy, without being en closed as small sleeping rooms. Round them, in front, on the top of the sofas, the backs of which are very high, runs a massy brass railing supported by short square pillars, of the most decorative style of Louis IV. It is somewhat remark able that this brass work, the whole of which is beautifbby finished, was from the same manufactory as the engines. We can scarcely help entertaining, notwithstanding what we have before advanced, some little jealousy of our clever northern neighbours. We can, however, afford to forgive them : if they show us a little bit of the way we shall find out, or have already found out the rest. We would do them great injustice did we not admit that the tase and workmanship displayed in this vessel is highly creditable to the shipbuilders and decorative artists of Scotland. At the bow end of the " Saloon" is a beautiful sideboard of ' ;;;;oocivith pilasters in alto, of the richest carved work in gilt. The top is of veined marble. Over the centre is an arched recess or niche interiorly linel with mirrors, and within this is to be placed a fine figure of " Achilles." Dividing, when occasion requires, the broad part of the cabin, astern, from the narrower, but equally sumptuous partition nearer the bow, there is a rich silk damask double curtain, hung on a massy semicircular rod of brass at the roof, and which may with facility be closed so as to with draw from the centre, on each side, leaving the whole in one grand apartment. On one side of the saloon are the ladies' cabins, fitted up with great beauty—we may say magnificence. The carved work and pannelling is in keeping with the general structure of the vessel. The berths are btautifully contrived for air, light, and we may add elegance. Tha beautiful construction and fittings of the beds, the decorative work •in empannelling, mirrors, and pictures, and the chaste but rich ornaments of the ceilings, leave not a wish to be expressed by the most luxurious in maratime ease and comfort. The gentlemen's cabins on the opposite side of the vessel are on a similar style of elegance, though being for the " ruder" sect, not quite so decorative. The fore-cabins, — one on each side,—used as dormitories and dressing-rooms, for the cabin passengers,—are very spacious and lofty. There are three tiers of beds in each, capable of accommo dating 44 passengers. The fittings are beautiful ; the wash stand-tops of fine marble, and the whole of the fruniture and fittings of the best description. The engines of the •` Achilles" are of the finest modern construction. The cylinders, as before stated, are 74 feet in diameter—the stroke 7 feet. There are two small engines attached to them for the purpose of opening the valves, or, in other words, " starting the large engines." The latter have been admitted, by scientific gentlemen, to be specimens of the finest marine engines yet produced. The castings are exceedingly perfect and beautiful. The frame-work is in the Grecian style, with eight Doric-fluted columns below, at the stern end. Above, the same style is preserved in demi - columns, also fluted. There is a gallery all round ; and the entrance below is by a door ornamented with Doric columns and surmounting cornice, painted in variegated marble. The iron-work of the engine is admirable executed, finely polished, and exceedingly massy. Indeed, we could scarcely suppress the expression of our opinion that it is unnecessarily heavy. This, however, is a " good" fault. The engine-room:presents, indeed, a curious and most interesting scene. It appears more like an engine manufactory than an engine -house, and all is beautifully clean. The vessel was built by Mr. Robert Steel, of Greenock; the engines by Messrs. Caird and Co., of the same place. We cannot conclude this sketch without acknowledging ; our obligations to Captain Main, for his politeness in shew ing us the vessel, and affording us all the information of • which he was possessed. SIGNOR GALLt's PICTURES. - We direct the attention of our readers to an advertisement, in another column, an nouncing the return of Signor Galli to Liverpool, from the Continent, with a collection of valuable paintings, for private disposal. Several of the pictures are of the highest class, and, from the well-earned reputation of Signor Galli as a first-rate judge, we recommend, with confidence, a visit to the gallery where the paintings are deposited. Besides the works of many eminent masters, there will also be found some modern productions of considerable value. Au Italian landscape, by Wilson, would, for richness and tone, be con sidered equal to some of Claude's best works, and the View in the Highlands of Scotland, by the Rev. John Thompson, is one which must be seen and admired. There are many to which we cannot yet allude, but shall probably notice the exhibition more fully in an early number. CASTLE-STREET WARD.—A respectable correspondent has furnished us with the following, which we believe to be authentic :—At a ward meeting, when Thomas Bolton was proposed as a pruper person for the representation of Cactle. street ward, Mr. Peter Hope put the following question to him :—(we are now speaking of Thomas Bolton's last elec tion, three years since)—" Why are not the children at the corporation schools, instructed in their obligations to their God, by the introduction of prayer at the opening and closing of the schools ?" This question was at that time what we call a poser to the Socinian. Mr. Bolton answered in great warmth, " That is a very invidious question, and I am aware that your object is to cast the apple of discord amongst us. Perhaps I advocate the system as much as you. I re monstrated with Popish priests relative to their objections to the introduction of the Lord's prayer in the schools ; hut the priests remarked that they could not allow their chil dren to associate in prayer with a Protestant, and conse quently, for peace sake with the Catholic priests, we could not introduce it." At present we understand that Mr. Bol ton declines answering any disagreeable questions ; for, at a meeting a few night's since, of the radical electors of Cas tle-street Ward the other day, an elector wished to put some questions, but was not allowed to do so. LOCOMOTIVE ENGINES FOR A RAILWAY IN FRANCE There are now at the railway station at Wapping, six loco motive engines, of a large size—each having six wheels, des tined for the railway between Paris and New Orleans. They are from the manufactory of Messrs. Sharp, Roberts and Co., of Manchester, who have, of late, supplied many excel lent engines to foreign railway companies. They will be sent by sea from this port. On each of them is inscribed,— " Chemin de Fer, de Paris, a Orleans. SUICIDE AT WALTON.—On Tuesday evening last, some men, working in Skirving's nurseey grounds, discovered the body of a man lying among the young trees. He was quite dead. On examination, a razor was found, with the blade thrust into his throat, leaving only the handle out. It ap peared that he made two incisions (supposed with a knife) before he effected his self-destruction. His certificate as a Chelsea pensioner was found on him, and a knife at some little distance. His name was Joseph Gamble, aged 54 years. Mrs. Stanley, of the Black Horse Inn, remembered his call ing on Friday week last, and stating that he was very ill. He drank a pint of warm ale, and left the house, stating that he was going to " the Park." He must have entered the nur sery grounds by the first gate after passing the turnpike gate; and then turning a few yards to the right, committed the rash act. An inquest was held on the body on Wednesday last, before John Heyes, Esq., the county coroner, when a verdict was returned, " that the deceased destroyed himself during a fit of temporary insanity." EXTRAORDINARY CELERY.—A root of celery grown by Mr. John Stewart, gardener to the Right Hon. Lord Den man, near Stoney Middleton, weighed 15ilbs. others averaged 121bc each. THE MERCURY AND THE BISHOP OF NORWICH. TO THE EDITOR OF THE LIVERPOOL STANDARD, Six,-The Mercury of Friday last has made a political use of the Bishop of Norwich's visit to the,Corporation Schools, but with his usual impartiality has omitted to state that the Smith Church of England School, in Corn Wallis-street, re ceived a similar favour the same day frOrn - Dr.Stanley,.who, after having minutely examined the first class "in Scripture History, Doctrines, Geography, History of England, and ge neral Geography," reported " that the answers manifested great intelligence, and that he was much satisfied." VERBUM SAT. IMPERIAL BANK OF ENGLAND. TO THE EDITOR OF THE LIVERPOOL STAND,4PD Sir,—ln a document purporting to be a list of the share holders of the Imperial Bank of England, published in the Liverpool Standard, of the 23rd instand, appears the name of " Hugh Mackay, Liverpool." I think it, proper to state, that I am not the person, as I never applied for or purchased, or held any share or shares in the said bank, nor have been, in any manner whatever, connected with it.—l am, Sir, yours truly, H UGH MACKAY. Albion Bank, Liverpool, 26th Oct. 1839. On Sunday Past the Rev. Hugh M`Neile preached a pow erful sermon at Sefton Church, when the sum of £6O was collected in aid of the funds of the Church Building Society. The building was crowded by the inhabitants of the parish and district adjoining, all of whom evinced' the greatest anxiety to hear the pungent remarks which the rev. gentle man laid before them. UNIFORM PENNY POSTAGE. — We observe by Our adver tising columns, that the efficacy of Mr. Rowland Hill's plan for carrying into effect the great experiment 'of universal penny postage, by means of stamped envelopes, will be dis puted by a writer in the forthcoming November number of the Polytechnic Journal; on the.grouud that prepayMent in money, at the time of posting letters, will be the only means of securing public convenience, preventing . forgery, and col lecting the revenue in the cheapest way. TESTIMONIAL OF RESPECT. — On Thursday last, a nume rous party of the members of the order of Independent Odd Fellows dined at the house of Mr. J. Longmore Shadwell, Prov. C. S., and presented Mr. Henry Morris, of London road, with a gold snuff-box, of exquisite design and work manship, engraved with the following inscription :—" Pre sented to Brother Henry Morris, P.G., a - s token of respect from the Liverpool District of the Independent Order of Odd Fellows, M.U., and as an acknowledgement of the eminent services rendered by him as Treasurer of the Funeral Fund for a series of years.. Oct. 24, 1839." - On the occasion se veral addresses and unity toasts were-given; and thdcomps.ny separated highly delighted. - - ANOTHER MONTH !—Many of our readers, we feel .per suaded, will perceive with pleasure, Mr. Colles's -announce ment of his intention to remain ill Liverpool another month ; ill a former number we expressed our-surprise ' , that MY: C. should think of leaving at a time when he was daily receiving fresh accessions of both visiters and - pupilsl—wegivelilt% C. credit for breaking through the too frequent custom of public men, in announcing " Positively the last week.-"—" One week longer," &c. &c.—he boldly announces his purpose of remaining another month :—Another of-his arrangements, we think extremely judicious, namely, extending his hours of business next week until nine o'clock, in order to afford an opportunity to those who may be engaged in business during the day, of visiting him in the evening; we feel no doubt but that this will be duly appreciated. ENOUGH OF THE WHIGS.—The impostor vehemently pro claims to the people of Ireland that " nothing has been done for Ireland." What ! nothing done for Ireland during nine years of whig rule—for one-half of which period he himself was lord protector over those whigs, and lord paramount over a reformed House of Commons ? Nothing done for Ire land by those ministers who, by the talismanic touch of this wizard, were metamorphosed from " base, brutal, and bloody whigs" into the only friends to " justice, impartial justice," for Ireland !—the " only good government that ever existed for Ireland"—the " best possible government ?" How comes this most saddening: announcement ? He sus tained those whigs ; he coerced those whigs ; he urged the Catholic peasantry to oppose their best landlords by acts of sanguinary violence, and the CathOlie prelateS and clergy to violate their most solemn engagements, in supporting those whigs ; arid practised, and he sti , i practises, the most vile ex tortions upon all for his own maintenance, as patron of those whigs. He had whigs in the cabinet and whigs in the court, Whigs in the Palace, whigs in the Castle, whig government in Ireland, whig ministers exercising power throughout the entire United Kingdom, whig appointments to every depart ment in the state, whigs in the courts, whigs in the Customs, whigs in the Excise, whigs in the Treasury, whigs in the Home-office, whigs in the Foreign-office, whigs in the Colo= nial-office, whigs in the India-board, whig law officers, whig representatives from Ireland, whig majorities in the House of Commons, whig laws, whig commissions, whig commis sioners, whig reports, whig sheriffs, whig justice, whig jour nals, whig organization, whig agitation, whig associations, whig societies, whig meetings, whig dinners, whig toasts, whig speeches, whig resolutions, whig petitions, whig letters, whig trade unions, whig political unions, whig' repeaters, whig pacificators, whig precursors; whig justice-rent, whig, sacred fund, and, though last, not leaA in his estimation, whig tribute for the impostor-syet " nothing has been done for Ireland."—Eneas M`Donnell's Letter. YANKEE ADVERTISING.—MOSt Englishmen are amused with the specimens of American .e.d i vestisiog which occa sionally come under their eye. -T.be 'folfoiviug is not. anuss : —" Anthony Macdonald teaches boys and girls their gram mar tongue ; also geography, terestrial and celestial. 'Old hats made as good as new." There can be no.queation, that if Anthony is able to perform all that he here covenants to accomplish, he is a universal genius. ?o mau not possessing the most versatile talents, could unite in his own prson the somewhat heterogeneous qualifications requisite for teaching boys and girls their grammar tongue, also geograPhy, ter restrial and celestial ; ' and making old hats as good as new." To be instructed in"celestial geography," by which Anthony we suppose, means the geography of the heavens; generally called by other people astronomy,—must be a very great mat ter; but as the old world goes, especially in Jonathan's la .d, we shrewdly suspect, that if Anthony can actually, according to promise, make " old hats as good as new," he is likaly to drive a somewhat brisker and more profitable business that way, than in teaching the young idea how to stnot ; the Americans being notorious for their ,shocking bad lints."-- Walks and Wanderings" in the World of Literatui-e, by the Author of "Me Great Metropolis." - - AVERSIONS OF THE AMERICANS TO WOOD.—The build ing was very spacious, hut its wings were a- little too long, and the small garden in front almost entirely destitute of trees; a fault from which no public, -and hardly any-private mansion in the United States can be said to be entirely ex empted. The Americans have, indeed, a singular aversion to trees and shrubs of - every description ;- their highest idea of perfection in a landscape being •an extended -plain sown with grass. They consider trees-as a melt of•barbarism,'and • are, in their zeal for civilization, eittirpatingatthena wherever they find them. The hills and islands of the harhour,of.Bos ton, which were once studded with the majestic pine anil the gnarled oak, are now completely shorn. - Toe city ofAloany, built on a gentle declivity once covered with variegated-wood, is daily becoming more and more flat, and less shady ; fashionable inhabitants paying more for levelling the -ground, and felling the trees, than for the erection of their dwellings. The beautiful trees on theshores of the Monongahela and the Ohio are, at an enormous exrease, destroyed root and branch, to give the inhabitants of P.ttsburgh 'the benefit of light and air ; and even the " old liberty tree," of Boston, with all its historical associations and recollections, stands no more. How singularly this taste of the Americans contrasts with that of the English, who, after burning and sacking the co lony of New Jersey, placed a sentinel near .the trey tinder which William Penn had concluded the treatrwith the In dians !—Aristocracy in America. PHEASANTS.—Pheasants are natives of 'the bl 4 cantineat and can be completely domesticated, though still retaining some of the peculiarities of their - wild state. They, in gene ral, require a larger extent of ground than common domestic fowls, although they have been made the denizens of the poultry yard, and roam about the barn-do Or. Our friend Mr. Nicolson, of Edinburgh, has had a pair, in his back green, for years ; and a villanous poacher, a few months ago, • shot one that was wont every morning to 'brealsfaJ at the parlour window of Mr. Smith, in the neiglibourheol of Glas gow. The passengers on the Edinburgh add Daliseith Rail ways are amused at seeing the carriage wheels graze the plumage of the flocks that abound in the policies of the Duke of Buccleugh ; and it cannot be doubted that, with proper care and training, they could be brought to a proper state of thorough domestication. About sixty years ago; the pheasant was introduced Ito the south-east of Scotland, which, for mate, shelter and food, is perhaps the best: Within 'the last 20 years, several gentlemen have attempted to naturalize it in the counties of Fife and Forfar, north of the great estuary of the Forth. The experiment has succeeded completely. for few estates are better stocked with pheasants than those of Raith, Wemyss Castle, and Dtmnikin, in Fifeshire ; or Rosse Priory and Brechin Castle, north of the ricer Tay. The Earl of Fife has stocked his estates in Banffshire, and even so far north the pheasant thrives welt In the west of Scotland I am not informed that the pheasant has yet been tried beyond Ayrshire, where, however, it,aboutictspn the es ; , tes of the Earls of Eglinton and Itlialmost needless to mention, that pheasants wl 1 'aboitilicrirowhere without winter feeding E in SOothindtliti4erfioinore par ticularly than in England ; becanse, 'The/ogilitr coun try be well wooded by plantiitiona theretsVery,littleinatural wood, and of course underwood is scarce. The berries and insects that underwood affords are great sources of support to the pheasant. The pheasant, the turkey, and even our common cocks and liens, thrive best on a nth:tire of corn, wild seeds and insects. The winter feeding of pheasants in Scotland is confined to throwing into their resorts Sheaves of oats. The pheasant is not a long-lived 'bird ; but it is pro bable the period of existence assigned to it by somewriters, namely, six or seven years, is too short. The wholegomeaess of its flesh was proverbial among the old physiclitiass it is of a high flavour and alkalescent quality, and in PerWOion du ring autumn. A young pheasant, very fat, is'reckoned an exquisite dainty. In a wild state, the lien irtys front eighteen to twenty eggs in a season, but seldom more than ten in a state of confinement.—The Poultry Yard. SPECIMENS OF BLUNDERS.—The four estates of the realm, the king, lords, commons, and public press, have all practi cally illustrated their approbation of Islanders. For royalty lst one example suffice. When George ILwaa on a sea ex cursion, there appeared sigtmof an approaching VAPID . The noise occasioned on deck by the prepare:tic/Isla) meet it called his Majesty from below to inquire into tha , castsea s On being informed that they were -" preparing for a storsia," g bis Ma jesty's instant commands were, -" Double mareguards." It is not a hundred yeafi SineeWmembet-of the tower house grandiloquently inquired whether certain persons-would still submit to be covered with dust from the chariot-wheels of those who were always standing still. In their collective capacity, the estates of parliament have . sanctioned blunder ing, for the act 54 George 111, c. 26, for repealing the duties of customs on madder, and granting other dtities in lieu thereof, enacted, " that frorn and after the passing qf this act, the several duties and customs shall cease and deterinine." A complete repeal of all the duties on customs. Three days afterwards, another bill was brought in to rectify this blun der. The parish registry act (56 Geo. 111, c. 146) provides that any person or persons wilfully making, or causing to be made, false returns in the books of baptisms, burials, or mar riages, " being thereof lawfully convicted, shall be deemed and adjudged guilty of felony, and shall be transported for the term of fourteen years." And the succeeding clause en acts, " that one half of all fines or penalties to be levied in pursuance of this act shall go to the person who shall inform or sue for the same; and the remainder of such tines as shall be imposed on any churchwarden shall go to the poor of the parish." So the only penalty imposed by this act is trans portation forfourteen years, and tnat is to be equally divided between the informer and the poor of the parish. A rector of a parish going to law with his parishioners about paving the church, quoted the authority from St. Peter, " Pageant illi, non paveam ego ;" which he construed. "They are to pave the church, not I." This was allowed to be good law by the judge, and the rector gained his cause. How much is science indebted to blunders ! To what else do we owe the telescope, and some of the most effective improvements in that mightiest of inventions the steam-engine.' How much have blunders contributed to the comforts and luxuries of private life ! To the former let the widely spread votaries of Lundy Foot's manufacture testify, who are indebted to the careless blunder of a boy for one of the most gratifying com pounds that ever irritated nasal organs. The attendant whose duty it was to watch the kiln neglected it, the snuff was burnt irrecoverably, and supposed to be spoiled, but was tried ac cidentally, pronounced excellent, and christened " Irish blitekgnareL"—Nelf Arent hly _Magazine, J \