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C f bkirch e l of t St. Nicho - eti e g, TUESDAY, the 18th da eV') Qu 'e Archdeacon BROOKS, Y one of the R Bs e 4 Ctors, in a pe , , t he 'Chair, ie fe lv ..t.f'volie'e°lltiee convening the Meeting was read ; fla yl o o l " f e .li Churchwarden Toyed by _Mr. Churchwarden CARNE, 4Ve Il froo t ,l c r , ti: th CV 4ee ting c o meaou H rn t e qc r o t ar e , and i r o e a s o ed a , s - e til ! ,e i e a t. e, i ,; (t a r ltl-; i t y r , eet, and such adjournment having taken Batt • is tr Bret [l nt l , i a c a ount N s o o tjce was again read, as also the Summary of e fro, ) 1, rs t, „, rno ,,_ithe Churchwardens for the past year. A tio ti O . N,`,',1 1 11.0 4 ,, i 7 i py Mr. Churchwarden CARNE. seconded by evil ia bl v or, L it ,•aw ard ,.. l _u Le o n HUTCWISON,-That the Accounts of the 7co,ps , r , 01 7 , 2! , a ow read, do pass. Er e . r e itr! n o, , , i t e r t b y lan amendment, by Mr. THOS. URQUHART, so p e l o pi 'l ,Bllot 6 i ; and the votes I b io . wnoie,-That the said accounts do being taken for . and agamst the origi roao kY Wa s " , it vratde2,ared by the Chairman to be carried. .e s it tlile.-1 Moved b y ur oy j T/dAS DARNLEY ANDERSON, RIR], JOHN NoELF, and resolved,-That Mr. j j;tilrr, Ita:„F re derick Carne b e re - e l ec t e d a Ch urc h war d en for r vereff tvaT tl g Year. #„ 0 !el i.,,,,noved by Mr. HARMOOD WALCOT BANNER, se to rt Mr. TtiostAs . CLAß.R‘ s, and resolved ,- That Mr. f. he n • .litchis f oIE Ot,tt y ear ori be re-elected a Churchwarden for the e 0 \lll at moved r, c by Mr. Churehwarden HUTCHISON, seconded r it i nn b urchwarden CARNE, and resolved,-That Mr. Geo. e appointed a Select Vestryman for two years. 1 1 8 Too 4 t, m o ved by Mr. Churchwarden Iturciiisorf, seconded 1 1• 7/ 0 ,, fri tl ' k eercliwarden CARNE, and resolved,-That Mr. Jas. h v ,*,.ue re-appointed a Select, restryman for three years. riA k s tl o t 4, 411 " 3 1i . ',,lnoved by Mr. Churchwarden HUTCHISON. seconded 0„ IPA CARNE, and resolved,-That Mr. John 70/ 1 0fr et It t i; re-appointed a Select . Vestryman for three years. L od • , !ii; fi N 4 i2ered by Mr. Churchwarden CARNE, seconded by • Nl,,,Nell , warden HUTCH 'sow, and resolved,-That Me, nil er and Mr. Peter Bourne Drinkwater be appointed 0 4 a ti the ensu i'svo i. I ii 4 ,l_l v ; , 4.Zd by Mr. Churchwarden HUTCHISON, seconded ill° tZro PERRY NrKNIVIIT, and resolved,-That Mr. InAp. by ,N 8 the ~hominated for appointment by the Magistrates 11),qt. e i l l 'orerseers of the Poor for the ensuing year. y el lo t a re `,,e by Mr. Churchwarden HUTCHTSON, seconded re. ub '.Warden CARNE, and resolved,-That Mr. Chas. he 4f e a he re-appointed a -Select Vestryman for three rri or bC iv A 1 11 14 ar ch ed by Mr. Churchwarden CARNE, seconded by eit s th it a _warden H UDC:4IIBON, .and resolved,-That Mr. Lit t ,,„ ^le be appointed a .Select Vestryman for three '" 11 • ° ' At" too i or r. cjed by Mr. Churchwarden•Hurcuisow, seconded F• It"elkunrchwarden CA RNE That Mr. Thomas Henry rtlle NI L e appointed a Selec d t Vesryman for three years. A t 4 , gin ved, Ps an al I •o l ',l l el t ; ° ,Oded by Mr. JAnstene m i snt, by Mr. RICHARD JOHN ENTON,-That Mr. Edward rAc - ' he appointed a Select Vestryman for three years, , to h e Of All o,i .Mr. Satchel!. I tei t ha al motion having been withdrawn, and the amend lt lot 0 4 , f t q ' t i o n t e been . put from the Chair, the amendment was 9; 4 irg' rfl oved e r ied. 000 $ l, 0i,,• 4 1 1 1 ,,,,_ Mr. Churchwarden HUTCHISON, seconded ler' e _ted i n `o_varden CARNE,-Tbat Mr. Joseph Gardner be be y .( t4t s .,ers of . :,Ipmntment by the Magistrates as one of the t t,, , f _ 4 . na ve " . ; as Poor for the ensuing year. o• r e hp 1 _an amendment by Mr. WILLIAM Bnowx, ad CHADR,-That Mr. Luff be norni iltrai',_rh.an",,' r e . Gardner. whipbramehdment having been St,it ai r , , it w `,_te original motion having been put by the oftd ,Irlov ed 'e declared carried. Bi f ya,;l-bar ch Mr. Churchwarden HUTCHISON, seconded " f 1 0 .34,0 Olt n n Warden CARNE, and resolved,-That Mr. Jas. o f ,,elnated for appointment ensuingstrates as , 614er 0 s a l mi of the Poor for the g year. ti.: ctk ef re l l O w b a y Churchwarden HUTCHISON, seconded fe l kittlt be nom , men CA RNE, and . resolved,-That Mr. Thos. e , ro e q,'lt s _ th e inated for appointment by the Magistrates ie s f yt t g v Vet-seers of the Poor for the ensuing year. ,Io Chit ed bY Mr. Churchwarden H UTCII ieconded o c I s t a „ re hwarden CA RN t and resolved,-That'Mr. Thos. 000‘sfrod 04,4, ,zetkiinted a Vestryman y for two y t rzs b lii o , ll ,l, 3 ' fi o Vee y M ' r e e ft) N es N \ ‘ ''l,,t l t, and reSolved -That 117 r 'J s am m e n s Chesney • 4il f N i t , wi _elect Vestryman 'for one year. ' her It i _ l l, 4,l oved, as an amendment, by Mr. Churchwarden ot oe;0 seconded by Mr. Churchwarden CARNE, -That " fo oer o t VII t , i ll, Johnson be appointed a Select Vestryman for ,(I?e tfi tead of lt . fr. Chesney ; and this amendment ro vita Aef r; ;4 1111 ' W 4 2II4, I ; I thd!IWII in consequence of Mr. Johnson hay ,. ) 1t . 7 0 act if elected, to, 4 _t q. t xi, as a further amendment, by Mr. Churchwar tocr'e,v,", ta w cyi, seconded by Mr. Churchwarden CARNE,- 'Aeri,i herd Brancker he appointed a Select Vestryman !,foi'e it 1 / 4 p4l i Ni na ln_!tead of Mr. heelsChsney. P t) I , v",e e4 l t fiGtion, with st amendment, having been 'O%Ol INT_ eft 4 1 '7 the Chair, the original motion was declared C}l4ved b he appointment of Mr. Chesney. _ - Af ti , I ,C shits f u me t ur n i p .. Y Mr. Churchwarden HUTCHISON, seconded , •it i etirden CA RNE, and resolved,-That Mr. Thos. iPase appointed a Select Vestryman for three jes;„• , l'itt, rno it -yCloarve hw ed hY Mr. Churchwarden HUTCHIsoN, seconded „Or o f arden CA RNE, and resolved, - That Mr. Jol'n , I . 4 ll.rrin y : R O,Pointed a Select Vestrymanfor three years . 5 ' till'? oY Mr. Churchwarden HUTCHISON, seconded ,„ 1 ,1 4 ill " A warden CARNE, and resolved,-That Mr. Jas. 5 ` ',,!44 pain'Al- John Williams he appointed Churchwar rtf; t gel kl t . rti b o vefib ;§ Church for the ensuin year. •Fl I , 1 4 In , e h w M r . Churchwarden HUTCHISON, seconded „ A t ft„l,teh_ot,d , r arden.CARNE, and resolved,-That Mr. Geo. ', 5 0 , t,'N'lard en 7 • Theophilus Palmer Gwatkin be appointed * 1) 0, 4 0 klo: tiln t ,,,,*John's Church for the ensuing year t' l latitav • "`-` by Mr. JOHN BIgHAAI. seconded by Mr . J. o t b t t t i,',oll h!„ a nd resolved unanimously,-That it be a recOm ero°Boo ca,„,'TO this meeting to the select vestry, to appoint elle oo l „i t f , t r o l a te tt tr ie wl ro it!t e . of their body, for the purpose of super- Pa eitep ntld that and revising the assessments to the in t P oe eepd• eat such committee be requested to report re s s,r f eo f e ore e 4)i- I.4 ,ta tn e efi i n n g g s a . to the select vestry, at each of their fort ' e M Churchwarden CAREE, and seconded i 5 Se oP th t t 4 qh• r ehward r. to 3 0 (t a p In k& in _,en HUTCHISON,-Tl , at a Church-rate of ire ,7, , ,ip p „ereh w __llie pound he laid for the ensuing year. •, eget, Nll t 'aw ar den CARNE here explained the intention of co' ' pry (c^r dens to lay . a rate of twopence in the pound, to O f ' cl -1,4 ttstit 'lit O l e Par i pt c , _jet 4 • cuar.in !cilial and Cemetery Rate," for the pur (li; a n e, ,g_t_be . obligations imposed upon them by l ' fe e G enr i_ . ‘nl ham 111., cap. 36 ; 2nd George 111., 1 40 or Ali n . 7 111., e r esp. 80 ; 26th George 111., cap. 15 0 0 , tiyatt r •°vect 4 1 11.7 2 ; and Ist and 2nd Victoia, cap. 98. t be e tho l ( I, d _ air. Churchwarden CARNE,. seconded by tt tp trif4 Seers HUTCHISON, and resolved,-Thet the p ?c s, _ ra te, _ e, and they are hereby appointed, collectors tf ttn c te s: , atb ei I . a accordance with the provisions of the said Crept 'hrey, 147 - Messrs. Charles Fry, William Williams, ti,°!tiasrhos. J. Blackie, Edward Airie, John MOly. yor • o'ol ' 01 1 ! 4 4'4% son , wir,r,oe, John K. Thompson, John Rogers, ,f, , Pti t a u s 'am Christian, Matthew Cottam. t 4 Mtt 4 , l .4le,__ T tri am . endment, by Mr. J. R. JEFFERY, I tltt th i s day at , this subject be adjourned for consi- Pl oP st 4f f c e o?l ' be re _ week, and that in the meantime the orp c ye ottktilerlee ected .quested t t ascertain stree the oa a r m s amounts which ,c 0 A te Kyrt, 4 %. of each defaulter , and the y amount onr names A ity 11 4 e t Vel l kel. e l, as a f p q soy 4 ,c0 e po a nd _ 0 urther amendment, by Mr. THOMAS 4,011, ti ti po h y(; be nded by Mr. J. R. JEFFERY,-That no % th; avin _ ipr ee the present year. . e ti o t t e ,;arn e ntaken for and against the original /P i t ; lr)42. l (ied 7‘,,declared to be negatived, whereupon a as o Otir e V by Churchwarden Churchwarden ( ARNE. (11 t HUTCH rsoe, seconded tro,, ab r , 9ar tno 'n UARNE, and resolved,-That Mr. Geo. ~/!! 4,t eb b ein ted od Walcot Banner. and Mr. John Branc -0 A O° Itti ki ett sr ehe s, ti ?,conMissioners of Saint Psul's and Saint . Itr t f?red fi 'DPIY existing vacancies. 0,111, of the fr. Churchwarden CARNE, seconded by 5 .4 0t, t 0e . , ni ` n e_e voivuo_,HUTCH sox, and resolved,-That the oyei l or, k e 4 ril fi v ed, as il a t arY Rate Committee be read. l e o f c oo ti eco nded n h amendment, by Mr. KINDER LIVER -4' lel, 1 10014 4 0 d ats ,., u_37_ Mr. CHARLES WILLMER,-That the t il ii t t p 'e;,o e f t i i le s e b e r ' - ' e( O e r i the Account of the said Voluntary . yed for consideration at an adjourned joCfe , Ch l ock Vestr e re at no t ry, to be held on this day fortnight, at aVa g lini' n wartt„ • c 4 ;4 b ea rt l ... w as having withdrawn his motion, ; by the Chairman, and declared by 0 a ei a Ndi sp et t toett t.rfitO,ow announced that the resent Meeting fo et ri ee / it s e p0re,..12 Thursday next, the 20th instant, at Ten r o elPfi- t nk r , , at the Sessions-house aforesaid for 0 ,4 b the Poll demanded by Mr. Chu'rch ad 04 t rt n _eri h ay . JONATHAN BROOKS. Chairman. L:art , ;n es e n , 3 ll , t e a vacated the Chair, it was moved by 1, 4 ,0 in gi ven otv e4 un , eeconded by Mr. Churchwarden _animously,-That the thanks of the l r C%tirbe chairman for his able and impartial leth . c _ HARLIE HART Vestry Clerk " A Pril, 1854. 5 TE 00 LIFE, EDUCATION!, ' 4Bl - 7 A.LTY, AND SELF-RELIEF ASSURANCE CO ‘I PANY. h 4 " Aerated under Statute 7 awl 8 Vic., Om. " A OFFlCESubscribed Capital, .e 400, 0 00. , 355, STRAND, LONDON. LIVERPOOL LOCAL BOARD: 41r DIRECTORS. nlan 11 .—Hilton Halhead, Esq., Merchant. bert Bickesteth, M F.R.C.S. Ines Bland, r Esq.,erchant. Z a , t thew Uregson, Esq., Merchant. Fidiam Joseph Horsfall, Esq., Merchant. 4,, aM ,es Lord, Esq., Merchant. -.MAL REFEREE.—AIfred Stephens, Esq., 4, Upper Parliament-street. ‘ G ER--M. Chat . Bat ten, Cuthbert's-buildings, Clayton-square. FEATURES OF THIS COMPANY. tib i tr lti4ropriation of profits, a Fund win be created for 114 t trii),;'°, , l of Chrildren of qualified Assurers upon Volun 'ttlitZolti',D'es, alsa for the relief of qualified Assurers and At i° , 44 8, their Widows an I Orphans, by providing An reed Homes or Asylums. A h eiltg .es granted agtinst paralysis, blindnesa, insanity, 4t;tlltiti e 'lld other afflictions. iheh. ll ll.4.granted. Family endowments. No charge to hr„ l'ep4'Or policy stamps. Medical men always paid for Cee. 10. Louis granted in connexion with Life As tqttlnmVes of premium moderate. ailed 1 1,ttlY liberal commi.sion allowed to Agents. rosPeetuses may be had on application to T. G. WILLIAMS, JUN., Eso., em MANAGER AND SECRETARY. Lo ice, 3552 Strand, WANTED, an Experienced NURSE. None need apply who cannot give respectable references. Roman Catholics need not apply.—Apply to Miss SPENCER, St. George's-hill, Everton. VE Patronage and Liverpool are respect() CENTRAL ASSOCIATION FAMIIAES of SOLDIERS ord the l'atronage of Her Majest Highness Prince Albert. Support of the Public ‘of 'ally invited on behalf of the in aid of the WIVES and lered to the East, which is under ;y the Queen, and His Royal 'O7,IHITTEE. J. C. Colquhoun, Esq., Col. Dunne, M.P., Capt. James D mglas, John Letsom Elliot, Esq., Hon. A. Kinnaird, M.P., Lieut.-Col. B. Knox, M.P., Hon. Capt. Knox, M.P., Capt. Laffan, M.P., Lawrenson, LL-Col.Hon.J.Lindsay,M.P., Gen. Sir P. Maitland, G.C.8., Right Hon. J. Napier, M.P., Col. North, ALP., Capt. Owen, R.E., J. W. Patten, Esq., M.P.. Melville Portal, Esq., M.P., Major. the Hon. H. L. Powys, A. Sp:ittiswoode, Esq., A. Stafford, Esq., M.P., Lieut.-Col. Taylor, ALP., Capt. W. F. Vernon, 'Sir William Verner, M.P., Shirley Wookner, Esq., General Wyndham, M.P., Sir Robert Gerard. TREASURER. HONORARY SECRETARY. Sir John Kirkland. Major the Hon. H. L. Powys. The Wives of. Soldiers now embarking for the East may be divided into three classes:— _ GENERAL CI H.R.H. the Duke of Cam- I bridge, 'K. - G., TheArchbishopofCanterbury, The Bishop of London, The Duke of Manchester. The Marquis of Blandford, M.P., The Earl of Annesley, M.P., The Earl of Cavan, The Earl of Effingham, The Earl of Feversham, The Earl of Shaftesbury, Viscount Hill, Viscount Ingestre, Viscount Mandeville, M.P., Viscount Sondes, Lord Lilford, Lord E. Howard, 111.. P., Lord H. Cholmondeley, M. Lord C. Clinton, Capt. Archdall, M.P., Col. Baker, Col. Boldero, M.P., Lt.-Col. Hunter Blair, Lt.-Col. Caulfield, M.P., Ist—Those women who are married with military sanction, and have been allowed to embark with their hus bands, at the rate of four women (without families) to every hundred men. 2d—Those women who, though married with military sanc tion, have not been allowed to embark (though pre pared to do so), in consequence of the number being reduced froth six per cent. to four, and in consequence of their having families. 3d—Those women who are married without military sanc tion, and have no claim whatever to military favour or indulgence of any kind. Of these three classes, the second is most especially the object of the care and protection of the Association ; though from the third class relief and assistance will not be withheld in certified cases of urgent distress and respectability of cha racter. The Government pays the passage of all soldiers' wives to their parishes, and then in most cases the workhouse is the only alternative. AN here the Government leaves them this Association propoSes to take them up, FOR IT IS EVIDENT THAT THE PUBLIC WILL NOT ALLOW THATTHE ONLY HOME FOR THE SOLDIER'S WIFE AND CHILDREN SHOULD BE THE WORKHOUSE. The plan already carried out by the Association is as fol lows : Ist—To furnish the Commanding Officers of Regiments previous to embarkation, with small printed cards, to be distributed amongst those Wives of Soldiers who remain behind and are sent to their parishes; these cards being signed by the Commandingofficers, prove the identity of the person who holds them. 2d—On receipt of nominal rolls of all the Women and Chil dren left behind, to administer temporary relief to the most urgent cases, through the Officer command ing the depot or regiment, or through some clergy. man of the parish, or through the Paymaster of pen sioners of the district, or any other trustworthy channel. Nominal rolls have already been received from fifteen regiments, and to eighteen regiments some relief has been granted, both through the Command. ing Officers and the Army Chaplains. 3d—To provide Asylums for Motherless Children, and for Children whose mothers consent to part from them in consequence of the largeness of their family. 4th—To provide Employment for Mothers, and assist them in the Education of their Children. The Association has already been instrumental in purchasing hand looms and mangles for Women anxious to work. With a view of encouraging efforts to find employment by these Women themselves, the standing rule of the Assoc►at►on is not to give permanent pecuniary rel►ef in any, case where employment has not been obtained after a certa►n time. So that the greatest claim a woman shall have upon the Associa tion will be her having obtained some employment, however small, or her being able to prove satisfactorily that she has made every effort in her power to find employment. PROVISIONAL COMMITTEE FOR LIVERPOOL. J. B. Lloyd, Esq., Mayor. Geo. C. Arbuthnot, Esq., I Wm. Jones, Esq., C. Balleny, Esq., [T. W. Keightley, Esq , Chris. Bushell, Esq., i Joseph Langton, Esq., Chas. Cotesworth, Esq.,R.N., I Rev. C. W. Lawrence, Col. Derinzy, t Geo. H. Lawrence, Esq., John Eden. Esq., Thos. Littledale, Esq., Rev. W. M. Falloon, M.A., Chas. M'lver, Esq., Adam Gladstone, Esq., Rev. H. M`Neile, D.D., Capt. Greig, Jas. Middleton, Esq., T. B. Horsfall, Esq. , M.P., Thos. Edwardes Moss, Esq., Geo. H. Horsfall,.Esq., Hugh Neill, Esq , Sir T. G. Hesketh, Bart. , Rev. F. Ould, M.A., Rev. John Jones, John Tory, Esq. TREASURER. Major Bourne, Heathfreld-house, Wavertree. SECRETARIES. Capt. Westmacott,fa., 3, North view, Edge-bill. Rev. John R. Conor, M.A., 16, Canterbury4treet. C ontr ib u tions will be thankfully received by tbe Tceasurer And tbv S ecr etaries, and alto At Messrs. Moss's Bank, SIR, At a Meeting held in this town on Mon day evening last, it was my singular good fortune to be the subject of attack by three reverend gentlemen, and in no fewer thau five speeches to be lectured in unmeasured terms. The cause of offence was a speech delivered by me three months ago, in connexion with the Working Men's Sunday Services. Two reports of Monday night's meeting have appeared, and as each supplies deficiencies in the other, it will be necessary to quote from both. I have frequent I been w.u•ned since my speech was published to prepare for the impending blow, and am at last enabled to judge of the force of the home thrust by its rebound. I am not indis posed to receive in good fe?ling any advice to act charitably towards my fellow men •, yet such advice hardly comes with good grace from men who seldom appear in public without betraying the absence of true Christian meekness and charity; and it is rather inconsistent in them, when their misconduct is exposed, to turn round and lecture any individual who has the temerity to draw aside the veil and exhibit their proceed ings in their true colours. Liverpool has been long afflicted with a party of Protestant Priests, who, reared in Ireland. arid reeking from its Orange hot-bed, have planted themselves here as in a soil more congenial to their peculiar talents; yet is it not marvellous that it has never struck them (in their zeal for Protestantism) that Papist Ireland is a much better field for their zealous and disinterested labour than the Protestant community of Liverpool? Would it he uncharitable to suppose that there are sterling reasons why the Roman Catholics of Ireland are left by these gentlemen to the teaching of their priests, while the English Protestants are diverted with polemics, to the neglect of the more important duties of religion ? The Rev. V. M. White charges me with "misrepresenta tion," with "condemning Scripture Readers' Societies, Town Missions, and Foreign Missions." How can one deal with a minister who construes a censure upon the bitterness of controversy, and inflammatory appeals to ignorant and violent men, into a condemnation of objects and institutions. which I not only hold in high estimation, but whose excel lence was expressly admitted in the speech which Mr. White held in his hand, and from which he affected to be reading? Even Mr. White, in reference to the Protestant Reformation Society, " confessed that he felt something like an opinion that the name • Working Men's Reformation Society' was not exactly the name which the purposes of the society would lead him to choose." Why, then, in the name of common sense, is a title chosen opposed to the practice of Mr. White and his friends ; and why is such fault found with me for detecting and exposing the inconsistency? If the name under which they are acting does not express the "purposes of the society," why don't they adopt one that does? If they had called it "A No-Popery Association," or "A Presbyter,an and Prelatic Anti-Papist Society," there would have been no mistake, and the real object would have been honestly stated. Why borrow a name that does not express the purposes of their action ? A jackdaw in borrowed plumes is still a jack daw, and if gentlemen will wear feathers that do not belong oi t them. they must expe.:t, some time or other, to be plucked.' Mr. White has flocked much of late with the polemic rookery. This is little to his credit as a dissenter, and it hurts his gene ral usefulness; but in the end he will most likely be served as others have been served before; he may chatter and caw with the brood so long as it is fancied his services may " promote the end they all have in view ;" but the moment he has answered their purpose, be will receive the gentle hint that in their estimation he is no rook, but only a jackdaw; he may flirt with them and flutter about their steeples for a season, hut at last he will he told that the sooner he wings his flight to his own little conventicle in Islington, the better; and, let me tell him, he can there serve his Master better than by peppering poor Papists from the platform. The charge of "misrepresentation" is made because of my pointing out the danger of addressing inflammatory language to Orange operatives, convinced that the denunciation of Popery to such men can only lead to consequences that would fall upon 'the heads of Papists. Mr. White says (and in this he is supported by Mr. Taylor) that " every - sieaker carefully inculcated the necessity of distinguishing between the sin reprOhated and the man who commits it." If this be an ex post facto discovery of what ought to have been done, I can not help thinking it is rather too had to blame me for not seeing what is not in the report of the meeting from which I-quoted. Mr. White must allow that there are those who are likely to know working-men as well as he or his ' quondam friends can be expected to do. Blind zeal prevents men from looking at the facts of a case . ; and blind, indeed, must be the zeal of that man who has not made the discovery that such inflammatory appeals to ignorant and violent men can :only have the effect I described, "excite envy, hatred, malice, and all uncharitableness—promote rancour among neighbours—provoke party feuds and street fights.* Nay, further, there is nothing which so thoroughly disgusts reflecting working men with the professors of religion, and so directly tends to bring it into contempt, as such unseemly exhibitions by its ministers. It is easy to discriminate between the preacher of the cross and the polemic, between the Christian minister and the political parson ; and whilst I revere - the one, I will raise my voice against the other, as a social evil and a political pest. Mr. S,Vhite also took up the cudgels for Cis friend. Dr. Baylee, and charged me with "ascribing false motives" to that gentleman in referring to his twopenny collection for providing additional curates for Liverpool. I simply quoted facts from Dr. Baylee's report, which stated that a great many twopences had been collected, " some from families so poor that they could not afford a second room ; that a poor widow (a lone widow) contributed her penny ; and another poor widow, having a family, a halfpenny; that even the help of a poor washerwoman, with tears in her eyes, was not re fused." I did the receiver ;justice, by adding that he did "confess to feeling in. some cases ashamed to take the money." I cordially agreed with the worthy doctor, and quoted his own words, and merely added that the promoters of that movement were in my opinion greviously mistaken. The Rev. W. F. Taylor next charges me with being guilty of the "most flagrant inconsistency," &c., •cinoting many texts for my edification, and talking loudly and largely of charity, while he, a minister of the Church of England, quotes Scripture for the purpose of making a miserable pun upon my name. Of the taste of its introduction, and the charity of the sentiment, .I lease others to judge. The Rev. S. B. -utton had the good sense to draw a prac tical inference ; he said, " lie was glad that reference had been made to my observations, for it would teach clergymen to look more narrowly to their duties. Many working men looked upon clergymen as mere schemers, and religion as a matter of pounds, shillings, and pence." That fact long per sonal experience enables me to-verify ; and my object in mak ing the observation was to bring out this view of the matter, irt i fibe hope that it might have tke effect of provoking to good and I greatly rejoice in believing that such will be the result. Now, before concluding, will:Mr. Suttortand his friends allow a plain, practical nun —one more accustomed to'figures than figures of speech—to ask them one plain questiot3,—" If working men look upon clergymen as mire schemers, and religion as a matter of pounds, shillings, end pence," are their prejudices likely to be uprooted by a movement-whose most prominent feature is the employment of men in course of education for clergymen as collectors of twopences?t Is the taxing of the bard earnings of their toil likely to recom mend to working men the Gospel of Jesus, which invites all to " Buy without money and without price?" Oh,.but Mr. White tells us that our Lord commended the poor widow for Casting her mite into the treasury: Will Mr. White point out the passage wherejin sending his disciples to the common people, Jesus bade item first go round the town and.collect two-pences from workmen, pennies, or half-pennies, from widows—lone widows and weeping washerwomen? If the disciples had done this, I trow the, common people would hardly have heard them quite so gladly. No, they did not beg on, year after year, waiting for a church and a parson age, telling up their twopences. It was no part of their mis sion to beg from lone widows and washerwomen. Amongst all sects I have heard of begging parsons, but never such begging as•this—beggars begging from beggars. A beggarly business, truly, for gentlemen and clergymen -to follow. Yours truly, NATHANIEL CAINE. * If any proof be necessary, it is supplied by the following extract from the annual report of the Rev. C. F. Bishop.: —" Polemical excitement has lost none of its virulence during the past year. It is astonishing, as well as grievous, to witness to what ara•extent religious (so-called) and political bitterness is found to prevail amongst some of the labouring classes; and, in most cases, the violence of the feeling is in proportion to the wickedness of the life. Men, who neglect their duties as husbands and fathers, who spend their -earn ings in the public house, and allow thei r child ren t o -wander is: the streets, are readr, on the slightest provocation, to fight in the name ofreligion, and to treat with the -greatest ferocity all who are of the opposite party. This will apply almost equally to certain sections of both Protestants and Catholics. The sight of a green ribbon on the one side, ar an orange ribbon on the other, is sufficient to angel these foolish people into a state of frenzy. The orange procession of the 12th July rekindled all the dying embers of strife; and the flames still continue to rage. On the night after that procession I went both into Orange and Catholic districts where I was known, with the view of doing what I could to allay the evil spirit that had been raised, and I was thus en gaged till after midnight. Besides the collisions in the principal streets, many savage ,fights took place in more retired neighbourhoods, and in several courts I saw case ments with nothing in them but shattered glass. From one house of disreputable character one of the wretched inmates was carried to the hospital with a broken arm, which she had got in one of these religious frays; for even that miserable class shared in -the agitation, and ranged themselves on their respective sides. The feeling, as I have said, has not died away. Just at the close of the year I was requested to call and see a man who was one of the flaghearers in the above procession. He Had been drinking at a public house, and was there reproached by some of the other party because of his share in the proceedings of the carpenter lads,' on Prince William's day, and, after the usual taunts about the Pope and the confessional on the one side, and the character of Henry VIII., and his connexion with the reformed religion, on the other, the flagbearer was waylaid by several men as he left the house, who threw him down and kicked him with such brutality that he had to be assisted, bruised and bleed ing, by the police to his home, where he lay for a fortnight in a disabled state. Such are the results in the courts an I homes of the poor of the unholy polemical agitations which are too often promoted by those who have every means of knowing better, and for whom the same excuse cannot be alleged as we ought, perhaps, to make for the ignorant people, whose worst passions they stimulate into such ferocious activity. Even the very children catch in some degree the same evil spirit, and it is no unusual thing to hear little urchins propose " three groans for the Pope," or " three groans for the jump ers," under which cognomen all protestants are included. It is worthy of note that, soon after the 12th July, I saw a party of boys, varying in age from eight to fourteen years, armed with long sticks, with which they were getting up a mimic row, with all its movements and noises. One of the little fellows pretended to be felled by a blow on the head received from one of his companions. There he lay apparently stunned. They came about him and pretended to raise him. He dropped his hands, and arms, and legs, exactly as if he had been senseless, and they laid him out as if they would carry him to the hospital. In what a school, thought I, are these children being educated? And what can be expected of them when they feel the passions which they thus horribly mimic. Oh, when will this spirit of foul antipathy be laid, and man differ from man as brother from brother? Not till a more lowly and charitable demeanour, and a less proud and arro gate spirit, are manifested by the leaders of sects and parties. The feeling that prompts the educated man to the use of in jurious words will urge the ignorant man to resort to wound ing blows. t Every one who is a collector is a student of St. Aidan's." —The Rev. Dr. Baylee's speech at the Collegiate Institution, 11th Jan., 1853. CHOLERA.—A notification from the Board of Health, endorsed, we regret to say, by alarming intelli gence from Ireland, warns us that the cholera has not yet departed from our shores, but that, on the contrary,' a fresh and more virulent outbreak of it is to be expected. This expectation is founded on the fact that in 1831, and again in 1848, the epidemic declined, and all but disap• peared, in a similar manner, only to break forth with increased virulence in the following spring and summer. These facts serve as a text, on which the Board of Health enlarges for the purpose of precautionary measures. We cannot help saying that the Board of Health is greatly to blame for having delayed this notification until the return of the warm weather when, according to their own statement, some of the most important operations in the way of cleansing can no longer be performed with safety. But above all we cannot suppress our astonishment,—to use no stronger term,—that when such an official intima tion is sent forth, advantage should not be taken of the approaching day of humiliation and prayer to make the impending visitation the subject of an address to the Throne of Grace.—John Bull. THE EMIGRATION Commissioners have advertised for four vessels to carry emigrants to Victoria, South Australia and New South Wales. They are to be respectively ready for Melbourne and Adelaide on the 2d, and Sydney and Portland Bay on the 6th of June. THE NOLLOWING VESSELS were taken up on Saturday by the Admiralty, for the transport service:—The Sir Robert Sale, the Europa, the Lord Raglan, and Libertus, belonging to London ; and the William Jackson, the Theodore ? and Palmyra, belonging to bverpooL UNDER the Patronage of the Nobility, Gentry, and Clergy.—T. PARKER (late Principal Ascwant to Mr. F. 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PARKER'S LIQUID HAIR DYE; PARKER'S BALM OF NERTIA; PARKER'S RECAPILATORY FLUID, for cleansing the Head from all kinds of Dandruff. Sold at the l'roprietor's Establishment, 22, Hamilton• street, Birkenhea,i. Riberpoot tanbarb. TUESDAY MORNING, APRIL 25, 1854. NATIONAL EDUCATION. THERE is, perhaps, no subject . which has occupied more of public attention, undergone more discus sion, and yet with less satisfactory result, than that of the education of that immense majority of the rising population who have no other means of beneficial instruction than what is afforded by the State, or by the aid of private beneficence. The great difficulty appears to be in arriving at any fixed opinion as to the necessity to be provided for ; and, in the mean time, while something should be done—if the generation which will suc ceed us is to be in fact, as well as in name, a Christian population—the race is growing up in a great measure uninstructed. This is not for want of schools, for they abound in most populous localities ; but there is an evident deficiency in the results sought to be obtained, and conflicting ideas as to the best meang'of accomplishing them. Much of the evil arises from the erroneous esti mates as to education, confounding causes with effects, and attributing good - to means which may produce either good or evil. At the last quarter sessions for the county of Somerset, the chairman, in addressing the grand jury, lamented the want of education, which, he said, was evident in the number of prisoners to be triek the greater num ber of whom could neither read nor write. This is a key to the fallacy which generally prevails on the subject. Ignorance is at once concluded to be the want of being able to read or write, and the remedy is, therefore, the instruction in these ele mentary branches of knowledge, without any ap parent thought that both may be acquired without any other than evil results, and that a man may be a good subject and a good Christian, and yet ignorant of either. In the 'much maligned times when a reverence for Church and State was esteemed a positive duty enjoined by Holy Scrip ture, before Whiggery substituted registration of marriages, births, and deaths for the offices of the Church, the children of the poor were brought to be baptised, and their parents enjoined that they should be instructed in the catechism, and having been examined as to their knowledge of its truths by the parish clergyman, should be brought to the bishop to be confirmed. Here was a simple machinery for imparting to all a knowledge of their responsibilities as immortal beings ; and so long as obedience to such regulations was esteemed a privilege, there might be less of the refinements of education, but there was also infinitely less of practical infidelity. Now, however, 'the functions of the Church have been in a great measure super seded by Whig concessions to popular clamour for religious liberty, and the melancholy result is practical heathenism ; and, with a multiplication of schools, an actual increase of ignorance,. and thousands of our population growing up without any apparent knowledge of the God which made therm, except to profane His name. On such a subject it may appear strange to look for example to the people of China, and yet the system pursued in that empire affords many points worthy of deep and attentive consideration. In Blackwood's _Magazine for January last is an article on " The Past and Future of China," which affords some highly interesting information on this subject. There the education of the people has been from the earliest times under the especial care of the State; and a work written before the Chris tian era {says Mr. DAVIS, who has long been familiar with China) speaks of "the ancient system of instruction," which required that every town •and village, down to only a few families, should have a common school. On, this all-important matter of education, the Chinese have followed a system different from all other nations. The great aim both in Europe and America has been to enlarge the intellect of man, to impart to him a knowledge of the physical world and the marvels of science, and to exalt the human intellect by developing its varied powers. No such educa tional system found favour with the practical mind of China. The system which has there existed has been eminently utilitarian ; but it is utilitarianism in its best form. It is not of that sort which exhibits itself in those schools among ourselves which are styled " commercial," whose object is to 'impart merely those branches of knowledge which are calculated to advance one's material interests, and which may be used' against one's fellows as much as for them. On the contrary, Chinese education contemplates man even less as an indivi dual than as a member of society, and enjoins upon him, by line upon line and precept upon precept, the manifold: duties of humanity and court( sy which he owes to his fellow-men. The object of all European systems is to enlarge man's intellect ; but that of the Chinese i s t o mou ld hi s h a bit s an d affections. The teaching of their great philoso pher CONFUCIUS was, to use the words of one of his disciples, "to possess rectitude of heart, and to love one's neighbour as one's self." With us the great object of education is knowledge—with the Chinese it is morality. The moral and social lessons which with us are left to be taught in private, or to lie acquired by experience of actual life, are anade the first step and fundamental prin ciple of training in China. They prepare tlfe youth for being a good man and a good member of society, and place science only in a secondary rank. It is much to be lamented that, in a nation like ours, enjoying the pure light of Revelation, and having advantages such as the Chinese never pos sessed, we should be so far behind them in appre ciating the real object of education. The first and prominent duty should be the inculcation of those religious truths which far surpass all secular know ledge, while the latter should be merely subsidiary, and used simply as a means to an end. But so long as national schools are made the vehicles for intellectual advancement, irrespective or secondary only to moral teaching, w e can e xpect no other results than those which are evident around us— one part of the population acquiring ideas far beyond their worldly circumstances, and the other With no instruction at all, filling our gaols and swellituf the ca4Aciars at assize courts and quarter sessions, TUESDAY, APRIL 25, 1854. TO THE PARISHIONERS OF LIVER POOL.—The Churchwardens feel it incumbent upon them to disabuse the Public mind of much misrepresentation regarding the proposed CHURCH RATE of THREE FARTHINGS in the Pouud. -.......... ... ...- The TWOPENNY Rate is NOT a CHURCH RATE, but a " PAROCHIAL" Rate, which it is compulsory upon them to levy under special Acts of Parliament : one-half of which is an equivalent for ecclesiastical property formerly surren dered to the Parish, on the express condition that such Rate should be levied in perpetuity ; and the other one-half to pay the instalments due on the purchase of the Walton Cemetery. This TWOPENNY Rate will realise less than 46,000—n0t .4'9,000, as erroneously stated. The THREE-FA RTIIING Rate is absolutely indispensable for the maintenance of PUBLIC WORSHIP IN YOUR PARISH CHURCHES, and for the ordinary and necessary Repairs of these sacred edifices. The Churchwardens. therefore. throw themselves upon the support of the Parishioners, fuliv relying on their sense of honour, and their respect for the law of the land, to uphold them in duly discharging the duties of an office which they accepted upon the faith that the usual means to fulfil their legal obligations would of course be provided. CHAS. F. CARNE, ROBERT HUTCH ISON, }Churchwardens. [ADVERTISEMENT.) TO THE EDITOR OF THE LIVERPOOL MERCURY. SIR,—In your Paper of this day you state— " At the Annual Vestry, held on Tuesday last, a rate of " 2d. in the pound was laid for all the legal and obligatory "expenses connected with the parochial churches. The " stipends of the Rectors and Curates, and the necessary "repairs of the several Edifices, were provided for in that "rate." We beg most distinctly to deny the correctness of that statement, or of our having made it. The twopenny rate is levied for the purpose of carrying out certain special Acts of Parliament, which Acts neither provide for the repairs nor the maintenance of the Parish Churches. Hence the necessity of the Church-rate which we are asking the parishioners to con tribute, and without which the old Parish Churches—essen tially the Poor Man's Church—cannot be effectively main tained. We remain, Sir, Yours, respectfully, C. FREDK. CARNE ROBT. HUTCHISO Liverpool, April 21, 1854. MO THE PARISHIONERS.—The CHURCHWARDENS of LIVERPOOL, anxious to disabuse the Public mind of much misrepresentation that appears to prevail relative to the Rates laid for the ensuing Year, and which is industriously circulated by some opponents of the proposed measure, beg leave to lay before the Parishioners the following statement The Twopenny Rate is levied tn. der the following Acts:- 10 and 11 William Third ; 2 George Third, cap. 68; 7 George Third, cap. SO; 26 George Third, cap. 15; 3 George Fourth, cap. 72; and 1 and 2 Victoria, cap. 38; and to cover the following payments : Salaries of the Two Rectors and four Curates... 1,440 Repairs and Maintenance of ~T. Jon N's CuritcH, estimated at Repairs and Maintenance of ST. PAUL'S CHURCH, estimated at WALTON CEMETERY. ------e2,790 Payments on account of Purchase overdue on 25th March, 1854. Instalment to be paid during the current Year, 1854-1855 £1,200 Estimated Expenditure for Interments and Interest, &c. 6OO —e3,600 4%3 The Twopenny Rate last year produced only £5,523. Not One Penny of tide Rate can be applied to the Repairs or the Maintenance of the Two Parish Churches. The Church-rate of Three Farthings in the Pound is intended to applyto -the following contemplated Expenditure: Present Balance on this Account due to the Treasurer 46356 Necessary Repairs to the Parish Churches of ST. PETERS and. Ss. NratoLAs', Salaries of Organists and Singers, Clerks. Sextons, and Bellrlngers, Insurance, Cleaning of the Churches, and Washing, Wine and Bread for the Sacrament 1,300 ST. MAI-mike., estimated Expenditure, including Bread and Wine for the Sacrament 3O ST. THOMAS', Bread and Wine for Sacrament.. 8 Sr. JOHN'S Ditto Ditto . 5 ST. PAUVS Ditto Ditto 6 Miscellaneous Expenses, estimated at........ .e 1,900 A Three Farthings Rate is estimated to produce .t 2,062. It will 'thus be -seen that, in the event of the Rate being refa3ed, the foregoing Items of Expenditure 'are wholly unprovided for. _ _ C. FRED. CARNE, ROBT. HUTCHISON, I Churchwardens [ADVERTISEMENT.] 'THE VESTRY MEETING. TO THE EDITOR OP THE LIVERPOOL .CHEORICLE. SIR, —Your leading article in this day's Paper concluded as follows : "We may here remark, in addition to the three cases stated by Mr. Jeffery, at the Vestry Meeting, that Mr. Carne and Mr. Hutchison haVe both obtained reductions upon warehouse parish.assessments since 1846, the formerupon two buildings in Kay-street, to the extent of x'62o; and the latter upon four others, situate in Pownall-street. of .e 312." This statement is incorrect, so far as 1 am concerned, inasmuch as 1 have never owned, rented, or occupied any warehouse, or other tenement whatever, in Pownall.street or the neighbourhood.-1 am, Sir, yours, truly, 22nd April, 1844. ROBT. HUTCHISON. CHURCH RATES. STATE OF THE POLL. THIRD DAY, MONDAY, APRIL 24. For the Rate....... Bl6 Persons. 2044 Totes. Against do. Majority against the Rate 470 „ 321 „ The Churchwardens, in announcing the result of the Third Day's Poll, take the opportunity of informing•the Parishioners of the consequences which must ensue from a rejection of the Rate. There are employed, in connexion with the Parish Churches, 2 Clerks, 7 Vergers and Sextons, 2 Organists, 10 Singers, and 21 Beßringers. Unless lie Parishioners provide Funds for paying these, the whole must be at once discharged—the Organs silenced—the Bells cease to be rung—the Clocks stopped—and the. Property allowed to go to ruin. It is undue (as stated in.a Local Paper) that the Rectors are opposed to the Rate. The Churchwardens trust that the Parishioners will support hem by recording their Votes Without delay. C. FRED. CARNE, Churchwardens. ROBERT H UTC HISON, N.B.—The Parishioners only pay for' Five Singers in ;each Church. All the additional assistance rendered to the Choirs is gratuitous on the port of individuals. THE LIVERPOOL STANDARD, AND GENERAL COMMERCIAL ADVERTISER. [ADVERTISEMENT.] WORKING ALEN S PROTESTANT REFORMATION SOCIETY. TO THE EDITOR OF THE LIVERPOOL STANDARD. PRESENT POSITION OF POLITICAL PARTIES. THE Easter recess has, as usual, caused a lull in the political world ; and, even without this pause in the business of legislation, it would be difficult to point to any one great question which occupies public attention, except it be the all absorbing subject of the impending war. It would seem, indeed, as though the coalition of opposing factions had afflicted the public mind with apathy, and that the spirit which is sometimes aroused at a contested election had been quenched in listless indifference. If our institutions were assailed with the definite attacks of any one of the various phases assumed by Liberalism for party objects, we could imagine that the true Conservative spirit which animates every honest and intelligent man might be awakened into vigorous activity ; but the conglomeration of political opinions which consti tute the present Administration have neutralised each other, and the Conservative public appear to have concluded that such a fusion, though inca pable of doing any good, is powerless to do harm. We have not yet recovered from the excitement which struggled so manfully for ascendancy at the last election, and was rendered futile through Peelite treachery ; but it is almost time that the country was once more aroused to the importance of the cause at issue, with the advantage of all the experience which has since been acquired. There should no longer be a compromise between duty and inclination, or any foolish reliance on specious promises of Conservative tendencies. The ground of difference should be the intelligible one of ad herence to the Constitutional principles avowed by the supporters of the Earl of DERBY, as opposed to any support of the present Ministry. The Peelites laid claim to the dignity of being Con servatives in all but their adherence to the doc trines of Free Trade, but their claim should on no account be admitted. All the value of their pre vious services has been cancelled„ their professions have been proved to be false and utterly worthless, and in future they ought to be ranked with the ultra-Radicals, with whom they have chosen to ally themselves. Indeed, in estimating the title to public confidence of any representative when he shall again seek the suffrages of his constituents, the surest test should be the support or opposition which he has afforded to the Coalition Cabinet in their, fortunately, unsuccessful attempts to revo lutionise the country by concessions to democracy. We are by no means premature in directing at tention to the necessity of being prepared for another appeal to the country. The Ministry are inherently weak ; and, however ingenious they may be in patching up their quarrels and conceal ing their defects, they have already shown many unmistakeable signs of speedy decay. Scarcely had they been formed, when three of their Romanist allies tendered their resignation, because Lord J. RUSSELL had given vent to one of his occasional fits of Protestantism ; the mysterious resignation and resumption of office by Lord PALMERSTON has not yet been explained, except on an hypothesis which no one believes, however probable may be its truth ; a similar course by the President of the Poor-law Board, and. its injurious consequence in the with drawal of the bill for the alteration of the Law of Settlement, has not been without a damaging effect ; and only recently, the loss of their principal man in the House of Commons has been with difficulty avoided by allowing him to give vent to his mortification in a flood of tears. It may be thought impossible that any Ministry, however strong their tenacity for office, can long endure such assaults; and though their cautious craft has enabled them to steer clear of shipwreck, by literally doing nothing—postponing every measure, suc cumbing to every reverse, and falsifying every promise—it is a course which cannot long put off the day of reckoning. They have also had their share of fortuitous circumstances on which to found a claim for the forbearance of their oppo nents, and the suspension of popular indignation for their multiplied failings. In 1851 the Great Exhibition served as a convenient excuse to enable Lord JOHN RUSSELL to hold office for another year without precipitating his own downfal ; and, now, bad management, treachery, or something worse, have involved the country in an expensive war, which is made to serve a similar office for that legislative trifling which consists in proposing measures which no one cordially approves —mere compromises between Whiggery, Peelism, and Radicalism--and afterwards withdrawing them when their discussion becomes dangerous. The war, however, is not without its inconveniences, the worst of which have yet to come. It may suit the complacency of Mr. GLADSTONE, whose career as a Chanctllor of the Exchequer has been a series of financial blunders, to talk of not drawing on posterity for the cost of the war, and providing for the expenses of the first expedition by an issue of a million and three quarters of Exchequer Bills ; and subsequently by a proposal for the issue of six millions of Exchequer , Bonds, to be repaid out of the anticipated surplus ; but long before another Session of Parliament the coun try must be called upon to burden itself with new taxes, if we are to expect that success to our arms for which we are called upon to-morrow to offer our prayers to the Majesty of Heaven. The demand upon the national resources must be made, despite the shuffling off which the question,has yet received from Peelite insincerity, and the discus sion may prove more dangerous to Ministerial stability than even the dreaded infliction of that democratic abortion, the Reform Bill. With such prospects of political changes before us, where are the preparations for the coming struggle, which cannot be indefinitely postponed ? What associations are formed to collect the scattered elements of Conservative strength, and, by union, to present a fair front in defence of the great principles of Church and State, endangered by hostility from without, and treachery from within ? Where is the rallying point where the standard should be reared, and from whence the trumpet should sound to call England to its duty, and, mindful of its former glory, to ensure victory abroad by loyalty and fidelity at home ? Alas, it would seem that the incubus of Whiggery has paralysed our noblest energies, and that, having been defeated in one contest, we hesitate to engage in another. We should not need to be reminded of former triumphs, but let us not forget that Liverpool led the van on' the last occasion, and to Liverpool the country will again look for an en couraging example when political principles are once more tried in the balance. The metropolis has lost its prestige in its huge parliamentary boroughs given over to the short-sighted selfish ness of the ten-pound householders in the back streets ; and Liverpool, the great head of British commerce, should justify its well-earned reputation by proving also the great centre of Conservative principles. Manchester, to carry out its Free trade policy, inoculated the whole country with its dogmas, and did not relax its exertions till it had achieved its object. Liverpool should take example from its earnestness, and redouble its exertions for a far worthier cause ; and who dare doubt of its success P There is ample Conservative feeling throughout the country for the call to be cordially responded to, and all that is required is for a nucleus to be formed, which would rapidly bring within its influence the electoral resources of the Empire. An association of a purely national character, with the avowed object of uniting all Conservatives in one common bond for the preset.- vation of our constitutional privileges and their legitimate representation in the House of Com mons, would place political principles once more on an intelligible footing ; would revive almost despairing hopes, encourage the timid, sustain the wavering, give practical efficiency to the efforts of the bold, and, under the blessing of Providence, rescue the National Faith from the insidious de signs of Rome. The opportunity for action cannct much longer be delayed; but the most prudent course is to be prepared, and, while all admit that union is strength, its application was never more important than in helping to secure the blessings of a Constitutional Government. THE WAR IN THE EAST. THE all-engrossing topic of discussion is still the war with Russia, and many are the anxious inqui ries from all classes of the people as to its progress and prospects. In these days of rapid communi cation, by means of railway and electric telegraphs, we are apt to anticipate events and look for news before the actual occurrence of the circumstances ; but we must learn to moderate our anxieties, and exercise more patience than we have been recently accustomed to, before we can hope to hear of any thing decisive having been effected. We have had a series of accounts of the shipment of troops in fast-going steamers, and of the despatch of power ful fleets to the scene of expected contest ; but, however rapidly this portion of the business may be performed, the actual operations of a campaign of imposing magnitude require far more time to be developed. The last war is, to the present generation, a matter of history, and little more do the majority know of it than the records of brilliant victories ; but such events required many months of active preparation, and these we have only just entered upon. The ex pedition to the East has not yet reached the scene of anticipated strife, and it was only last week that the COMMANDER-IN-CHIEF left the gaieties of Paris to enter upon the active duties of his office. The Baltic fleet, it is true, is already there, in force considered ample for all that may be opposed to it ; but a battle, whether on sea or land, requires an enemy, and Russia has, as yet, pursued her ancient policy of retreating before a foe able to cope with her.. Without an opportunity of engaging the Russian fleet, Sir CHARLES NAPIER has orders to effect a rigorous blockade, a duty which he will, no doubt, well perform ; but it of necessity involves delay, and furnishes but little occasion for those stirring bulletins which excite popular enthusiasm at home. In the East, also, the same causes operate to render delay almost inevitable ; and though powerful steamships may have conveyed our soldiers to Malta, and sub sequently to Gallipoli, with a celerity impracticable during the last war, the advantages there cease, and the marches over the Turkish provinces will, necessarily, prolong the time before the English and French army can have an opportunity of showing their military prowess against the hordes of Russian serfs whom they are sent to drive be fore them. In the meantime, the electric telegraph is not idle, and we have almost daily rumours of military movements, and sanguinary encounters between the Turkish and Russian forces. So many of these report have, however, been manufactured, merely for stock jobbing purposes, that few of them receive credit, until their correctness is confirmed through a more trustworthy channel. It would appear that Russia still perseveres in her aggressive course ; following up her occupation of Moldavia and Wallachia by crossing the Danube, and that whatever may be the retreating policy at sea, full opportunity will be afforded our troops to show the advantage of courage and discipline over numerical superiority. A treaty, offensive and defensive, has now been definitively concluded between England and France for the defence of the Turkish territory, the osten sible object being the preservation of the peace of Europe, by the resistance of Russian aggression. ; Austria, it would appear, is more favourably dis posed towards the policy of the Western Powers than was evident a short time since, though the young EMPEROR is more pleasantly occupied with the preparations for his approaching marriage than with the sterner business of State diplomacy. The greatest obstacle to European union is the vacilla lation of the KING OF PRUSSIA, the godfather to our PRINCE OF WALES, who has shown by his recent conduct that he has about as little claim to sanity as the EMPEROR OF RUSSIA, and he has, no doubt, been the means of the other Northern powers holding aloof, and professing to observe a strict neutrality which they will find it impossible to maintain. It will not require much, however, to set all this right. If the opportunity be but afforded to the Baltic fleet to sound the thunders of British cannon in that sea, the whole of the neighbouring ports will be at our command, and we may then assume the tone that " he that is not with, us is against us." Let the same duty be performed in the Black Sea, and Russia will be driven to her own resources, her Empire blockaded from the rest of the world, and not an ally in Europe to look to for aid or assistance, except it may be the petty kingdom of Greece, which will become extinguished in the struggle. THE WIVES AND CHILDREN OF SOLDIERS. AN earnest appeal is now being made to the benevolent feelings of the inhabitants of Liverpool, on behalf of the funds of the Association which has been formed in the metropolis, under the sanction and patronage of the highest dignitaries, in aid of the wives and families of our soldiers ordered to the East. The4objects of the Associa tion will be found detailed in our advertising columns . I It' will there be seen that, according to the regulations of the army authorities, only a small proportion of the sol diers' wires, who have been married with military sanc tion, are allowed to accompany their husbands in the expedition ; the remainder have their passage paid to the parishes where they have a settlement, and there, in the majority of cases, the Union Poor-house is their only resource. It is then that the Association interferes to spare the wives and children of those who are fighting the battles of their country abroad from such a humiliating alternative, and this appeal is made in order to enable it to do so. The aid is not intended to be purely gratuitous, but asylums will be found for the children, and employ ment, as far as possible, provided for the mothers, so that they may be enabled to maintain themselves. It can scarcely be necessary to urge the performance of so mani fest a duty, which must be prompted by every considera tion for those who are hazarding their lives in their coun try's cause; It would be base ingratitude to leave the soldier's wife and children to the Poor-house, while he is called away to danger, and perhaps death ; and it should also not be forgotten, that the knowledge that such provi sion is made for those he must leave behind him may prompt many to fill up the ranks, which the stern necessi ties of war may require replenishing. It will, no doubt, be urged by some that this duty should be performed by the State ; but let it be remembered that the State has no other resources than the taxes levied on the people, and far better is it that the aid should be the spontaneous act of benevolence, than that it should furnish an excuse for some additional tax, which would prove a more grievous burden. HER MAJESTY and PRINCE ALBERT have liberally contri buted to the fund, and the General Committee comprises some of the highest personages in the kindgdom. A highly-influential local Committee has been formed in Liverpool, at the head of which is the Worshipful the MAYOR, and contributions will be received at Messrs. Moss's bank, as well as by the Treasurer and Secretaries. Let us hope that Liverpool will justify her high character for loyalty and munificence, and set an example which other towns will be studious to emulate. TO XIIE EDITOR OP TIIE LIVERPOOL STANDARD. SIR,—A question having been proposed in reference to the contemplated collection in aid of the Association for the Relief of the Wives and Children of Soldiers now ordered upon active service, why the families of seamen of the fleet should not be included, we beg permission through your columns to state, that we conceive no exclu sion was intended by the Central Association; but that it does not appear that any steps have hitherto been proposed by officers of the navy, possibly arising from the circumstance that the regulations provide for the sailor's wife drawing a portion of her husband's pay while absent. This the soldier's wife cannot do, from the simple fact, that, after the usual deductions have been made for rations, for which the soldier pays and the sailor does not, the former has only three shillings per week to meet the supply and wear and tear of boots and clothing ; while the sailor, with his larger pay, clears from 9s. 6d. to 10s. per week. If sailors' wives were left in the same destitute condition as those of soldiers now deprived of their usual means of subsistence - , it cannot be doubted that the most perfect union would prevail between both services in obtaining and administering the assistance that might be required.—We are, Sir, your most obedient servants, Jour B. CONOR, M.A., lion. Secretaries. S. WESTMACOTT , Capt. R. E ., PRAYER AND HUMILIATION. To -MORROW (Wednesday) has been appointed, by Royal Proclamation, as a public day of humiliation and prayer, so that we may humble ourselves before the ALMIGHTY, in order to obtain pardon of our sins, and send up oar prayers and supplications to the DIVINE MAJESTY, for imploring His blessing and assistance on our arms for the restoration of peace. Business generally will be suspended. Divine service will be celpbrated in all churches and chapels, and in most of them the offertory will be devoted to the fund for the relief of the wives and children of the soldiers sent to the East. THE POLL FOR A CHURCH-RATE. THE poll for a rate of three farthings in the pound, in order to enable the Churchwardens to maintain the de cencies of public wofship in the Parish Churches of Liverpool, is now being proceeded with. The following were the numbers at the close of each day : FIRST DAY-THURSDAY. Persons. For the Rate 302 .. Against it SECOND DAY-FRIDAY. For A the Rate 525 .. Against it Votes. . 852 . 635 THIRD DAY - MONDAY. For the Rate Bl6 • Against it The poll was yesterday again adjourned' to this dsy (Tuesday). On the announcement of the state of the poll yester day, and the adjournment being moved, the Rev. Rector CAMPBELL made the following remarks I—" As far as lam cmcerned, I would close the poll now, not because I am indifferent to the subject, as has been said, but because I am sorry that the parishioners should refuse a rate for the repairs of their parish churches and the decent maintenance of public worship, and because Churchmen seem to show such indifference on the subject , that I myself would not prolong the contest. But the continuance of the poll is demanded, and it ought to be granted, to enable the parishioners to record their de1%0,- rate opinions." It will be a disgrace to the town, if the final result of the poll should be adverse to this small rate, fora pp.ri o oo to which no man with the slightest appreciation ()PA. blessings of Christianity should take exception. It is 04. surd to contend that the faintest conscientious scruple is involved in the objection to the rate. The simple question is the provision of the means of Divine worship for the poor, and those who have no other means of Christian instruction. The Church of England is essentially, really, and practically the poor man's church. Whatever the Dissenters may do in providing accommodation for those who are able and willing to pay for it, they do little for those who cannot afford to pay. It is a fact, which should induce the parishioners to. vote for the rate by an over whelming majority, that there are more free sittings in the two parish churches of Liverpool (St. Nicholas' and St. Peter's) than in all the dissenting meeting-houses in the neighbourhood, numerous as they are. Let it be remem bered that the whole of the ground-floor of the parish churches is free, and then let any conscientious man ask himself upon what ground he can refuse to tax himself to the extent of three farthings in the pound, in order that so much good may be done at so trifling We con fidently trust that those who have as yeinlitained from voting will hasten to the poll, and rescue Protestant Liverpool from the indelible disgrace which the rejection of this rate would inflict upon her reputation. With reference to the absurd objection attempted to be raised about the conscientious scruples of Dissenters, we give the following from an undisputed authorits:— " Until within the last ten years," said Mr. Baron Grassy, in summing up a case of a church-rate riot, "no man living had ever heard of conscientious scruples upon this subject from any class of dissenters. I respect the right of dissenters, no man more so; but I feel great distress when I hear conscience prostituted by a mixture of poli tical feeling. If a man purchases a house, he gives a price subject to all burdens upon it, and he calculates that he shall have to pay certain rates and taxes, and in pro portion to that, so does he estimate its value ; and I have never heard that any of these persons has paid over Whiz landlord any sum he may have saved in consequence of the reduction of any tax ; and until any man had done that, the less he said about his conscience the better. The church-rate is an ancient rate, payable by law, and it is the duty of all men to pay it." TO THE EDITOR OF THE LIVERPOOL STANDARD. SIR,—I cannot believe that the Churchmen of Liverpool really understand the church -rate question, or they never would take it so coolly as they do. If the three farthing t rate is refused, the parish churches will remain unrepaired ; all the attendants, except the clergy, unpaid ; the organs, choirs, and bells silenced ; the illuminated clocks darkened; and the means for the decent maintenance of public wor ship withdrawn. Not one sixpence of the twopenny pa rochial rate can be applied to the parish churches ; and do they deliberately and advisedly mean that this should be done ? The opponents of the church-rate say that the congregations at the parish churches should furnish the means. Can they seriously mean what they say ? Half of St. Peter's Church is occupied by the poor. The whole of St. Nicholas' is free to all the parishioners ; and the rectors have given up legal statutable claims to pew rents which amounted to £6O a year. Is it meant that such congregations have the ability, or should be called upon, to furnish money for such purposes as the repair of the parish churches, and the maintenance of parochial worship as it ought to be maintained in a wealthy parish like Liverpool ? They cannot afford it, if they would. Again, the opponents of the church-rate say that the parish churches and their clergy are of no use to any but those who belong to the church, and therefore should be sup ported by none but churchmen. Is this true ? Are the rectors of no use to any but churchmen ? Rector Camp bell has, I believe, worked 25 years in the parish, and done quite as much service to dissenters as he has to churchmen. Rector Brooks has worked considerably more than 60 years in his native town, in works of urn versa' charity and universal utility, in the service of all, dissenters as well as churchmen ; and do the people of Liverpool mean deliberately and advisedly to cast these gentlemen off in their old age, and throw them on the voluntary principle, and send them, cap in hand, to beg for alms and oblations to wash their surplices, and pay for their organs, and choirs, and the repairs of their churches ? Is this decent ?is this respectful ? is it really what t i l t ie p p os eo si p b l l e e. of A L ga iv ii e ' , rp s o p o e l ak rr i l g l n do you mean that the Established Church should re think y to me churchmen,ca hardly d say n/ain a part and parcel of the British constitution, or do you not ? If you do, you must support it as such. A man, personating a cobbler, said in vestry, why should he pay to the church ? the church was of no use to hiin. If he paid the parson for a church he did not use, why should not the parson pay him for a pair of useless shoes ? This king of the cobblers, no doubt, could cobble a fresh con stitution after his own fashion, and say, what use to me is a Queen, with five or six palaces and 3 or £400,000 a year ? what do I want with a Mayor, with a cocked hat, and a fine coach, and £2OOO a year, and a set of upstart town councillors, swilling champagne ? Dissenters who advocate a separation of church and state, are only main taining their principle in refusing a church -rate. Church men, who profess to uphold an established church, desert their principles if they refuse to vote for it. The church rate in Liverpool, after all, has been nothing more than a voluntary rate for many years. Nobod that could not y afford to pay, or had a rea ll y cons cientious scruple, has ever been sued, or had his conscientious scruples dis turbed ; and therefore the present opposition is an un called-for breach of the harmony that has prevailed so long between the parochial clergy and the parishioners, and an unmerited affront to men who have deserved better at their hands.—Your obedient servant, ANGLICUS. th,esib T ße o nc T ia li tu E t E st D hgh rr .4 o et li v. OF THE LIVERPOOL STANDARD' had been discontinue ed d P b e r no doubt the clocks, about the most useful i ir, yesterday sdearnodf t io te. cfiNiiinudcrehintitasel, reieinheigilustr,noch Churches will also cease their usual gyrations. I canno'tisebeunt g thin n i the recent agitation a piece of great folly %rom i diss t e l n ie . churchwardens have not Worced. the rate i forte r s y : e indeed a r years. The movement know several f pa m rt es ies sr v h ; m: h au o anni n h dd a ud v pho e i n ri o t t lnej p t paid r reign eiyt, and Co., is another blow at the Chum . will never rest satisfied untilßomams rampant throughout the land. Surely e 1 1 1 the reh , t° w " ill li ' not‘`'lie;a I,hhlroae:irt.fthhae purchasedi this thfislight-e,ghy est wish to uphold act of folly. I am, Sir, yours, Ar t , its enemies to be successful, nor suffer the merry toof be tl.ei sa r c p ri a fi ri e s ed h c t h o u a ril Itbll,eii attack s e l l e i s i a a l n i lo d a l df b p c n t k d s s , f 0 oli s h, , ARGUS. Liverpool, April 24, 1854, FISH TABLE D'HOTES will be provided continuously at Mr. Feeny's Merchants' Dining Rooms Slater-court, Castle-street, on Wednesday (to-morrow) the Special Fast Day. First Table d'Hote at one o'clock—will be continuous till seven o'clock. Charge, ls. 6d. each. Mer chants Dining Rooms, Slater -court, Castle-street. 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