The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser. — Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1838-05-15 00:00:00

1 its - enntra ant tratlic. Steam vessels a fford, therefore, 0 , 1110 ANnYfor putting an effeettrat 'Stop i 6 the trade. Mi l efee l frileWres of some sort or other must he resorted tour, • t?, , ,Ltr ai pscitkr.,to abo l ish a system so disgraceful to human nature. Let this subject be urged upon the notice of government by petitions from all parts of the country. It is surely a subject of far greater moment•than the irri mediate , enfrahchisement of the negro apprentices. If the* . e . rirancipationists are sincere, let them take up this question' with-energy. LIBERALISM 'AT A . DISCOUNT.—TiIe Albion of yester day has a very lugubrious article on, the present prospects of what is. called the reform party.. Our melancholy contemporary exclaims that "at last the dead lock% in liberal. legislation "has arrived." We are glad of it, The country has ample cause to rejoice that such a "`tiling is confessed on all hands." Great Britain will resound with shouts of gratulation on receiving- the glo ribus news. The'liberal ministry and their radical allies have no longer the power of doing any mischief. They can nolonger , oppress the poor or insult the rich—plun der the merchant or ruin the farmer—spoil the church or trample on the rights of free-bordEnglishmeri, No lon ger can they aid the cause of Popery and republicanism by their'rnischievous enactments. The days of fat corn; missionershipc are at an end. Whig..kobbery is .out- of fashioni and acts of parliament for the encouragement of nepotism are as obsolete as a thrice mended pair of shoes. "The thing is confessed on all hands." So saith the A/bion•—and the Alban speaks like an oracle. Butt hOW2has this glorious consummation.been brought to pass? How has this cause of national joy sprung up? says—" The oligarchy have contributed, for a-season, to place themselves in the dangerous position of a drag upon the wheels of reform, and to arrest the progresi of all 'improvements in the institutions of the country." By, the oligarchy we presurne the Albion means to describe the - members of- the House of Lords ; if so, .we deoy that theirs is at all a dangerous position. Their enlightened patriotism—their acknowledged -wis dom—their prudence—their moderation—their zeal for the Protestant Church orgngland—and their energetic defence of the, invadedliberties of British. subjects, hare procured for them the: love and admiration- . —the confi dence and support of alt who acknowledge loyalty as' a duty and Value freedom as a blessing. The position of the Lordi roudand enviable one, and one wad), in spite of the oracular dictum of the Albion, will not be "for a season" only. The defensive post which they oc cupy they will assuredly. never i quit, while there remain revolutionary _projects to be frustrated—attacks upon the Church to be resisted—or' . rebellious Popish plots to he counteracted.-- -We also deny that the Lords are. acting as "a drag upon the, wheels of reform." Far from it they act as a . drag only upon the wheels of revolution— of treason--L-of infidel legislatiou--7of Popish ascendancy, Hence arises all the bitter rage against them. Hence Come all the abusive and filthy tirades against them with which the - republican press of this country is filled, Hence, also, springs their popularity'with the great mass of theloyal, intitiStrious, _intelligent, and virtuous popu lation of Great B . r . iiain. It- is.right that our-readers should know that the Albion is not singular in confe - ssing the utter prostration of the liberal faction Our contemporary remarks— •. " The London ,Courier, of last Monday, honestly .confesses that such is 'the case: that the Lords, hardened in their anti national feelings by the very small majority which the liberal party possess in the. House of Commons, will now boldly put their veto upon every measure sent up to them for the good of the country ; and that ,nothing, therefore, remains for the peopl e to do but to stand quietly looking on at 'the passive state of the gavernment, and to bide their time until some fresh sub_ Jett starts up to brace their energies, fire their zeal, and rouse them exertions.!' We deny , that the Lords are " hardened in their anti national feelings." Their feelings are confessedly in unison with those of the British people. IF they were not so, hoiv . could it . happen that the constituencies _Of Great Britain have actually returned a majority of con servatives into the . House of Commons—a majority only neutralised by, the influx of the. Irish tail—the nominees of •the Popish priests, and returned into parliament by the practice of the vilest intimidation. It is true that the self- . styled 'Ostensibly . a "small majority" in the . WitiSe of CcUnfnons. fl'ut it should be borne in mind that it, is essentially a Popi.sb -aud anti Znglish majority —a : factious and a perjured - nnijority. It is a cool. piece of effrontery in the Albion . to . assert that theLoids " no* boldly put their vet o u p o n every M easure sen t up to them for the good of the cotuitiT." What measures which are really calculated to benefit the country have the Lords refused to assent to ? We can point out numberless Measures of an opposite tendency which they have very properly. rejected. It is veryeasy to rate againsf. the Lord-. for resisting measures which are said to be "for the good of the country:" It is a far more difficult thing to prove ---to demonstrate 'that such measures are really beneficial. There is no form 'of sophistry with Which the liberal s are more familiar than the pelitio principliL--the b eggin g of the question.- We can very confidently assure mir lachrymose con temporary that "the people will stand quietly looking °n" at the progress of legislaticin, as long as the Lords ec?ntinue to act the fearless, independent, and patriotic Part which they are acting at present. The people will be•well contented to bide their time" until aconserva tive administration can assume the reins of government w ithout running (he risk of being again overcome by any factious combination—by any Litchfield House com pact. We are glad to find that an organ so much in the con fidence of the government as the, Courier, hints at the Prospect of anOther election," should another dissolution or parliament be deemed necessary as an experintent to giv e a real Preponderance to'one or the other of the con flicting parties in the country." The hint is significant, comin g as it does from such a quarter. We sincerely hope it will'be acted upon.--no matter how soon. The c onservatives lost nothing by the last election, opposed as they were by the whole power and patronage of go vernment. They 'lost riOthina by contending against the unscrupulous use which the whig-radicals made of the Queen's name. But let us whisper, in our, turn, a cautionary admonition _ to our contemporary , a n other electi on will not take. pta - e'Le U n der a Whig administra tion. They will not acriiin'be permitted to abuse their lufluenee in pent - noting tlie election of such men a s L ead er. deny. wart T h e y will not have it in .their power to ail prote ct io n t o the Irish Protestants in the exer e cf their franchise. Trey will not be permitted to 1 1: 1t1 t he warrants of the'_ comptroller of her Majesty's f ori pholti i n SuspensiOn'`for- the purpose of sending a Of ; tlt Or of re b e lli on agai ns t - th a t Queen' into the House Uri c h„ " ''ilons. No!' tlie'neie election will ti-.l;e place ti a ai tadMinistratiori consolidated on the firmest and pi:7 e nduring basis—the affections of the British peo next election will afford an opportunity of theth - "justice to Ireland, " by emancipating her from It domination" of (lie Popish faCtion. _ pitch really.•6 t i lus ihk CO Witness the st ra nge method _ p oitch the Atbionadopis , to account for the unpopularity i u s r l 47 present' Ministry. - Ve6 , qiiliiritly, but very fool tie Y. does our c onte mpor ary e xc l a iM ‘i . are _the people th red good government, and have they transferrFd . r ei t' affections to its eneniieS?" The answer is ohvious„ .I " , e People are tired, heartily tired, of tire baq iovern : r the bungling legislation, of the stupid and in- It aye r oii cy of the present imbecile ministry; and they transferred their affections" to the friends of good , s _ t v i e rntnent— to th ose %t h o h ave ave r te d the evils and ;":1 )i .t .. e ralis e d the mischief of the worst' government with the country was ever cursed. . . the Strength scheme suggested by the Albion for recruiting 'fluov.sitrength of the liberal party, is far frOm being a crea c t one: The • editor strongly advises the Whigs to e a large number of peers, with a to verawe , Ose of Lords —or in his own `classicalphrase (2._ force them drav in their aristocratic dou r hare'' forgets.!hat:sound_instinction, " first catch &c. Where are these peers. to be found Nilbourne *affo r d to drau . p.-,ht ninety or a lion; " ~drneMber's of the House to rt;- of'dommons for elevation p e rag -e? What wouldbe the 'result of so many C°ll:Lested elections to re la • tl p Le 1 T. 1 • Will the present majority in the House of Commons stand by Lord John Russell if the peers are to be selected from without the walls of that house ? This resource is manifestly an absurdity: The advice of the Atbithi to fill up all the vacancies in, the magistracy, the church, and in every branch of the public service with liberals, is perfectly 'supererogatory. The Whigs'have uniformly acted upon this policy. " A reciprocity :on one side" has ever been . their ruling maxim. But has it at all aided their cause ? 'Let - the pre sent constitution of the House of Commons afford an answer: Thank God, there is patriotism -enough : n the country to overrule all the corrupt influence which .the Whip can bring to bear upon the elections, anckhere is firmness enough in the House of Lords to stand by the country—to sustain its true interests—to maintain a wholesome course of legislation—and to resist the secret machinations of those who would plunge the nation into all the horrors of civil anarchy. THE CoRONATtoN.-L'This interesting event,mless the blundering ministry find reason's for furtherlbstpone mert, is to take place-next month. In many, if not most, of the large towns throughout the kingdom, measures have been adopted for giving ecliit to the event. We have not as yet heard of any steps being taken in Liver pool to celebrate . the day when Victoria shall be crowned, but we earnestly .hope that no farther . delay will take place. Liverpool has always been conspicuous for the unflinching loyalty of its inhabitants, and we trust that its character in that respect will not suffer any deteriora tion on the 2 . 3t11 - of Jane. We expect to hear that the conservatives of the town, at all events, will make an early , stir in the matter, and concert some. arrangement s for a:splendid minifestation_ of their attachment our virgin Queen. ELECTION PETITIONS.—During the past week there have been 'two eleCtion committees ballotted for. The former or these, the Gloucester committee, consisted of eight conservatives and three liberals. The petiti oners were libeekigast the return of Mr . HOpe. The other committee .was that for Norvvich, which was composed of seven liberals and four conservatives. The petitioners were liberal electors.against.the return of Mr. Scarlett and the Marquis of Douro. In the forme, case, Mr. Berkeley gave up his objection to the return of Mr. Hope. In the latter case, a compromise was entered into, which places the Marquis of Douro and Mr. Smith as the sitting members. No decision has vet been come to in reference to the Bedford.petition. Several votes have been struck off from the conservative list. FlRE.—Early on Thursday morning, the coals in the bun kers of the Queen Victoria steamer, lying in the Clarence-dock, were found to be on fire by one of the coal-trimmers. Inspec tor Massey went on board immediately, got the vessel's hose rigged to the pump, and by pouring into the bunkers a copious supply of water, and causing men to turn over the coals as it was discharged, he soon succeeded in extinguishing the flames. DEATH BY DROWNING.—At one o'clock on Thursday morning, a police inspector heard a rattle, and a cry that a per son had fallen info the Prince's dock. He proceeded thither immediately and getting out a boat in the slip, forthwith com menced a search. A sloop was hauling out from the slip at the time, and from a person who was standing on the deck the in spector inquired whether any person had been observed to fall in by him. 'The answer was in, the negative. The inspector and a police-officer grappled round the slip until half past four, when .they succeeded in dragging up the body of a man, who, it was (hen discover e d , belonged to the very sloop which was hauling Out when the alarm was given. The sloop was from Portsmouth. NEW CATHOLIC BlSHOP.—According to the "on dits" in the Catholic world, the Rev. D. Youens, of Copperas-hill chapel, Liverpool; is to be coadjutor Bishop to the Right Rev. Dr. Briggs, Catholic Bishop in the North of England.— Journal. FATAL ACCIDENT ON'Tilt GR AND JUNCTION RAILWAY.—An accident, attended with loss of life, oociirred on the Grand Junc tion Railway, he neighbourhood of .Preston Brook, on Wed nesday evening last. As the half-past four Birmingham and Liverpool train was passing on its way to Liverpool, and close to the tunnel, the guard.stood on the box with a parcel in his hand, which he had to deliver at Preston Brook. From some cause or other, lie slipped and fell; and two of thecarriages, passing over him, cut both his lege, completely off. The unfortunate man was remilved, and medical assistance promptly procured. He was at tended by Dr. Lynn - and Dr. Lax, but was so dreadfully injured that_he died about two hours alter the accident. Some of the carriages were thrown. off the rails, but no material injury was done. Si'. HELEN'S.—NEW TOWN-HALL—The inhabitants of St. Helen's have with their usual spirit, had a public meeting, for the purpose of entering into arrangements for the erection of a Town-hall, Constable-hall, Bridewell, &c., on rather an exten sive scale, after whi c h a subscription list a asopene4and in less than seven days, £3,000 subscribed. Pans are to be forthwith advertised for, and it is-expected that, earl yin .lanuary nett, the building will be ready for use. The situation is on, the south side of the new mailfotVlace, which liiielitely - ,been laid out and flagged in the centre, and where it is intended to hold the mar lot:!--.This square is - al - ready nearly built round with handsome shops and .bitty houses; all of which are, uniform,"beautifully stuccoed,"&i'., and, whe - oßnished, will be one of the handsomest squares in Lancashire.— Myatt Gazelle. . . „ . , . . . . , . On' Thursday, befiig the 'rent-day of Peter Greenall, tsq., St. Helen's, upwards of 200 tenants of that gentleman partook of an excellent dinner, provided by Mr. Higginson, of the Fleece Inn. -After the cloth was removed, "the Queen," an d several other loyal and humorous toasts were proposed, and responded to in the Most enthusiastic manner.— Wigan Gazette. . AccIouNT.—CAFTVIN.- . --On Monday evening last, as some men were employed in hoisting a pipe of wine into one of the upper rooms of Mr. Rigmaiden's warehouse, in' Dale-street, the rope broke, And the cask fell to the ground breaking through the cellar lid, which it dashed to pieces. The accident is attributed to the insufficiency of the tackle. Providentially, and indeed almost -miraculously, considering the very crowded thoroughfare, and ihe hotly at which it occurred, no person was hurt, but that it might have been otherwise is sufficiently obgi ous from the fact that some few years ago, Mrs. Kearslev and her augbter lost their lives whilst passing this very warehouse, and Troin precisely a similar cause, Mr. Rigmaiden being then, as now, in the occupation of the warehouse. DEATH Fawn EiTtiXICATIO - N.—an Thursday, an inquest was bell on the body .of Duncan Bain. The deceased was a car penter on board the barque Watt, bound for Africa. The ves sel, on the Monday iireceding, went into the river, where he joined her. Shortly after getting on board, he commenced drinking rum with some coopers, and five of them, including the deceased, emptied four bottles. He soon after became se riously ill, and was removed on board the stearn•packet, which had been employed to tow out the vessel. Here his illness in creased, and in less thin half an hotii after being put on board, he expired from the effects of the liquor in which he had so un sparingly indulged. An inquest was subsequently held upon the body, and a verdict in conformity with the evidence re turned. NEW MAGISTRATES, FOR. LANCASIIIRR.—We understand that John Slack, Esq., of Heaton Nerris,'Jorrathan Thornbill, Esq., of Stockport, and William Smith, .Esq:; of Reddish, have been placed in the Lancashire commission of the peace. TIIEATIM Rovai.„--Last evening was brought out here again Sheridan KnOwles'S - new comedy of "The Love - Chase."' On the first bting,ing - out of this comedy we expressed our Opinion . regarding it, wltich . it. is Unnecessary to repeat. Its principal feature on this occasion was its introducing Mrs. Nisbett to the. Liverpool public -- hi the part of Constance. Mrs. Nisbett is possessed - of - most: ofthe attributes to constitute a successful and an admired - actress—good looks, a commanding and ele gant figure, most ladylike manners, and in . her acting is highly polished and finished; but above all her acting is an im press of the very type of nature, and therein consists its charm. Nothing could:be tit tht.easy, unaffected, and (though studied with greatest care) more unstudied to appearance than her act ing in the scene with, Wildrake, the sportsman, her lover, when he comes to - propose to her, 'in the dress of a town fop, under the . iMpression thahit Would please her. Her raillery of him and his dancilig,,.thow he cut," was rich in the extreme; and he'r after conductor hell he eagles with a utock proposal to make her jealous, that sfieshoula act as b r id esma id to hi s b r i de, was exceedingly cleVer. Mrs. Nisbett by her personation of Con stance, has••already 7 eStablished - herself a faVourite in Liverpool. We must notice, also, the very clever.acting of _Mr. Baker and of Mrs. Clarke,•as•Sir William Fondlove and the Widow , 'Green,: We rtevertsavB7a piece of better acting than Sir Win. Fondlove's..descii.paion ! to.Widow Green,•to make her jealous of w4n gave " which could tell a tale." Mrs. Clarke'S - perionatioti . of Widow Green, too, as an. expectant bride—overwhelmed with a melting tenderness, and overcome . wittvirepidatiOn aftheihnught of giving•her "pretty hand" for the ,second time, wiliist she gives instructions to her maid to carry the smelling salts to be ready for every interesting, scene .that May arise,' kiss a. Most admirable piece of acting. In fkletthe played generally, and as a Consequence w ent •. (4 - well. • Mrs, , Nisbett afterwards ,appeared -as • Mrs. Trictroc its the " Married Rake." The house teas a good one, and'So we hav - e rio . dolibt it Will - continue during Mrs. Nisbett's stay. . . WAFTING Pott' ' 'A GIVERATE.—REFORNT OF THE POLICE COURT:—Much Mir , has lately lbeen made in the town - by the noisy. advocates. 0f,." reform about the recent election of ma gistrates. Judging from, the .scarcity at the Police -court,. we should iniagine that 'the tOwn-council will sh o rtly h a v e an op nortuntly afford e d them of amending their 'manners; and show ing their 'obedieht,.behaviour in •a , new election of additional magistrates . ; for it, is quite clear that .?-1 are not sufficient to assist the stipendiarV. - Yesterday, the police-court, with its usual number of occupants, complainants, defendants, witnesses, prisoners, aceulers; policemen, attorneys, Sic. were kept waiting upward s of an hour fOr "the second magistrate." First, Mr. 'Aiken, whose "turn" we believe it was, to take his seat on the bench. was sent for; but he was non est inventus as the lawyers say; he had gone out 'of town. The uselesS - search after Mr". Aiken wasted one. ; ,quarter of an liour. Next, Mr. Houghton was sent for,And.in about lt) minutes, to the comfort of those who were kept waiting in the court and had other business to attend to, the ntessage'returned was, "gone to New Brighton with his family." Mr. Ewart, or anybody," was then sent for, but the constablebrought word batk, " Mr. Ewart, or anybody," was but of town. The constable was again sent out on a voyage of discovery, with the message . "go over; Mr. Brown. now, or anybody you can find." 'Out went the constable, and in ten minutes returned with the answer " Mr: Brown is gone to Chel tenham." He had, called on the way on Mr. Heywood and Mr. Benri, with similar surcesS. All means having failed so tar to find a magistrate, the half broken-winded constable was sent.out again as a des‘mier resort; "then go fur Mr. Earle." On his way ; however, he .happened luckily to meet with Mr. Jones, and thus saved the court from further indefinite delay. Now, here is a substantial grievance, which wants reforming ; and as the brawlers for refit m are sadly at a loss just now for something to find fault with and grumble at, having pretty much their own way, we recommend them to turn their hand to this, and do the town Spifte , Soi'viet> by putting on end to this inexcusable neglect of duty, which is not of unfrequent occurrence. • rtr- ert C HtJRCI3 EXTENSION IN SCOTLAND. On Priilly a in .etio g • was held in idleignsic-h3ll,l3ll(l.street, in.,aid or the extension of church accommodation in Scotland. The meeting W4S,ninueronslv and re;=pectably attended, and on the platform were some of the most distinguished clergym , ri of this town, heside4 the deputation from Scotland. Amongs t others present, we observed:—Rev. Dr. R.ilph, Rev. J. Park , Rev. W. Storey, Ro'seneath ; Rev. F. Ould, Rev. H. M‘Neile, Rev. Mr. James, of the Welsh Church, Rev. Mr. Glass, Duiri- mich, George Grant, Esq., C. S.• Parker. Esq., Duncan Cribb, Esq., Hugh Matthie, Esq., Alex. Boggie, Esq., Harry Gordon, Esq., John .Pollock, Esq, &c, At the time appointed, The Rev. Dr. RALPH moved that Crawford Logan, Esq. do take the chair, which was seconded by Hugh Matthie, Esq. and carried. The CHAIRMAN, in opening the business of the meeting, said he must claim their indulgence for a few minutes, while he stated what he conceived was the object that had called them .together. From a prospectus which he held in his hand, and of which probably sotne.of his reverend. friends around him would speak, he understood that it was to show the great want of church accommodation for the people of Scotland, both in the large towns and in the rural districts. (Hear.) If he had stated the object of the meeting correctly, it was obvious it was a work of charity, which would not admit of political discussion nor hostility to the dissenters, and with that impression he had consented to take the chair that day. (Applause.) The Rev. Jour' PARK then offered up a prayer for the Divine blessing, and The Rev. PIELDRN OULD rose to move the first resolution. He said lie should perhaps have better consulted his own feel ings that day by remaining a silent auditor, as, he confessed, he was anxious to hear those who .were well able to give him infor mation on the subject .which must be interesting to every church man. But when he was appealed to by some gentlemen on that 1 platform to show by his presence his sympathy with them in that great and glorious cause, hermitic] hecould not, consistently with the dictates of his conscience, refuse to be there. (Hear.) And he thought there was not an individualthen present that would not only agree with him that by being there and taking part with his Christian brethren who had come south of the Tweed, he was in his right place, but that it was his duty to take every legitimate means tofurthertheirgreatobject. (Applause.) They would all recollect the sensation created by the statement of the Bishop of London that there were five millions of English. men who were in the habit of absenting themselves from • the house of God, and of not attending public worship of any kind, and when he called for the building of fifty churches in London alone, hey would also remember how nobly his call was re-. sporided to, and with what liberality subscriptions were made. And what was the fact concerning Scotland ? Why, that out of a population of two and analf millions there was only accom modation for little more than one million in the fabrics of the church. 50,000 might, he said,- be under the care of dissenters, but then there was left behind one million of mortal souls who, as- far as the statements which he had seen showed, were left to 'all the -awful Conseqeences of irreligion, ignorance, and infi alelity- that inevitably followed, an habitual absence from the worship of God. Under these circumstances, their Scottish brethren had raised £200.000. as he understood, and had erected' 180 churches; but three times that number were required, and endowments were necessary l'or those that were erected : for the latter the church of Scotland had appealed to the govern ment of the country. and, he lamented to say, had appealed in - vain. It was not fur them o impugn the motives of those in power—it was not for them to question the why or the wherefore that reasonable request had . b een re f use d , but it was impossible they should not be exceedinglyjealous awl indignant when they reflected that popery was endured both at home and abroad, while the reasonable claim of the church of Scotland had been refused. Why, they had a popish bishop at Quebec, with his thousands a-year : another popish bishop had-been sent to Aus tralia. The CHAIRMAN interposed, and said, when he opened the proceedings of the day he had expressed the conditions On which he took the chair, and he hoped that the meeting would be conducted without political allusions or opposition to other religious persuasion. Mr. OULD continued.—lt was always his pleasure as well as his duty to bow to the chair, but when he was invited to speak at that meeting h e suppose d he should be allowed to speak as he felt or he should have declined attending. (Great and long continued applause.) ' On that subject it was absolutely impos sible to speak without making reference to the efiorts of dis senters to prevent the attainment of the object of the church of Scotland. That object appeared to him to be inconsistent with what was called the voluntary principle, for the object was en dowments; and the advocates of voluntaryisai conceived that state endowments were injurious to religion; but while they professed themselves - anxious to overthrow the state church they would not let them hacie ,those endowments which they con ceived were so injurious. (Hear, hear.) Now it did appear to him very evident. thatris church accommodation was required in the large towns, that without going at length into thereasons why the Vffluntaries objected to these endowments, he might briefly say: they conceived that the craft of dissent was in"dan ger. ( Hear, hear, and great applause.) Where the church was in a state of efficiency the people delighted to attend, to the profit and benefit of their souls; and it was only where the church was in a cramped and deficient s'ate that niSsent throYe. He did not mean to say that dissent had not done good; but that was a question whether there should be an establishment or mit; and, while it was sanctioned by the law of the laud, it was. right to expect its endowment, that its borders might be ex.; tended to the utmost limits of the want of the population. That was the view he took. The church of Scotland was their sister church ; she held the same doctrinal truths, and, therefore, she had a right to call for brotherly sympathy on this occasion. And what brother was there whose heart would not feel for the wrongs of a sister—who would not stand ready to alleviate the sorrows of a sister's heart? When, therefore, they saw the crippled state of the sister church in Scotland—Scirtland which, in all past time was Celebrated for precise g s r a ,B3 7 a oi t oo l uo n s c iin a y l h oa o bb b si s te e ar ri te a sa n w c ei e l ts — he and r h e e_h o t n o e f V e h r e r s clear: large e t o s m a n b s b a h t ti hs i n o out the opportunity of attending publie worship, and another with 50.000 in similar circumstances, who were poured out into the suburbs on the Lord's day, and exposed to the dangers to which subbath breakers were ever exposed —no wonder they should speak out yiickly and loudly. The Scotch' church had sent out her missionaries into this southern Country, and he for one would not be back Ward to lift up, his voice in tliat case, and give to their mission all the support in his pAver. (Applause.) The JAMES seconded the motion. He was_ glad of the opportunity to. show his sympathy with the church of . Scot land ;_and though there were some difforenees existing between the two churches, he rejoiced to overlook them that day, because he recognised in the church of Scotland the principle of a church establishment. By dissent he was reminded of the tents of the Arabs in the wilderness, which might seem to-day to be sufficient and enduring, but to-morrow were gone; for he had seen chapels opened for the service of God, and not many years afterwards, opened as warehouses; while the churches of the establishment remained to bless -and nourish the surrounding country. And while friendly clubs, sick clubs, and other socie ties were defended and protected by law, he hoped the religion of the country would not alone be without the protection of the arm of government. but that the principle which they there maintained might triumph. (Applause.) The CHAIRMAN put the motion to the meeting, and it was carried unanimously. - The Rev. JOHN MURRAY rose to move the next resolution, He said, after the excellent statements already given by the gentlemen who had addressed them, and considering that there were many able gentlemen to follow him, he should not trespass long on their time, but confine himself to as narrow limits as he could, while he laid before them the destitution of the length and the breadth of the Lowlands of Scotland. He said Low lands, because he observed that he should be followed by Mr. Glass,, who would second the motion he had risen to propose, and who, as he came front the Highlands, Would be better able to speak of their destitution than he could, or indeed anybody that was not a native. In his observations it might be proper to begin with the city of Glasgow, the largi,est and most popu lous town of Scotland, containing, as it did,. according to the last census, a population of 235,000; of whom it had been proved, after the most searching and minute investigation, that there were upwards of 18,000 families, amounting to a gross population of 85,000, who never entered a place. of worship of any kind whatever ; and there were 65,000 or 66,000 fur whom there was no church accommodation of any kind whatever pro vided. The amount of that destitution, when thus stated, was startling enough; but when exhibited in another point of view, it was appalling beyond description. - What, if they were told that in six whole counties in Scotland there was not a single person of any age, sect, or condition, that ever entered a place of worship, or for whom there was any provided; yet in the city of Glasgow alone there were as many thus situated as in the•six united counties of Bute, Clackmannan, Kinross, Liu litligorw, Selkirk, and Peebles. (Hear, hear.) These were facts which they had on the authority of two of the most famous statists of the.day. enthusiastic ed wh en t he plaudits. Here the Rev. Hueh 111‘lieile entered the mee ti ng, an d was with l a r c bul On st tu of in rec i‘ e i ied r v .mu tilAplaudits had subsided. Those facts were proved to them by two of the most famous statists, Dr. Cleland and Mr. Collins. after a most minute inYei-. tigation, and they were laid before the commissioners in an open court, which was attended as well by dissenters as churchinen; and there of course they were likely to have been corrected if erroneous, but it had not been attempted. That evidence had gone to the world in the report of the royal commissioners and was uncontroverted. Indeed the only person that replied admitted that he could not deny the facts; and it turned out then, that 73;000 or 74,000 -were destitute of the 'means of reli gious instruction, by the admission of dissenters. (Hear, hear.) There was no doubt that in Glasgow—for the end of 1835 there were 235,000—there was 250,000. inhabitants:and net withstailaSn'g' the number of churches erected since that time, both cOnliected with the. established church and dissenters, the amount of destitution 'at this. moment could not be less.than frolia,,ninetV thousand" to ninety-one thousand—for not With r;, standing what had been done since the church building society • 1. commenced operations, so rapid was-the increase of population,, at the close of every year thestestitution were greater than be:i fore.- In Edinburgh, where the population was less—a moo ing, according to the list censustua little more than 1.10,000; there were proved, after a most mintite,inqairy, to be upwards of 52,000 persons who never entered a place of worship of any kind, and of these there were.4o,ooo for whom no provision - was Made tt ofthe established church. But that desti tutionwi m. pa e. was not confined to Glasgow and Edinburgh ; the, same existed to a greater or less extent in every large town:and parish throughout Scotland.. He would give them a few examples; but he would be aiS brief as yosSible. Ile, then proceede'd to state that in the abbey parish of Paisley there were 12.908. persons, for whom there was no church ac;•ommodation provided. • ln the town of•Kilmarnock 6486 were destitute of religious accom modation.; in Old Markland .3110; in Dunfermland 5689; in Hamilton 4200; - in Greenock 8050 ; in Newston 3093; in Old Maker 7388; in Howick 1597; and in Dumfries, till very lately, 6616; and in five of the parishes in the town of Dundee, according to recent statistical returns, the aypalling result of 36,624, persons deficient of church accommodation bad been proved; and of these 36,000 there were 0908 capable of attend ing divine ordinances; the case was the same 'in -every large town and in every large parish throughout the Lowlands of Scotland; and could it be supposed that matters could be other wise when they took into consideration that from the period of the reformat ion Scotland -had increased fro:n one to two millions and a half, while the churches had scarcely received any-sensi ble-addition-during that period. A certain'number - had certainly been built, but it was a fact that would astonish many there, that churches and parishes had liven suppressed, and that where formerly there were two or. thi ee churches there was now only one, and the parishes had been .united. Even in the present century Scotland had increased -in population .150,000, and during that time only about 100 churches had been built; now if they allowed 1000 sitters to each church and 2000 persons to each parish, it would require 425 to meet the demand—or if they took the data of•knox and the early reformers-1000 souls to each,--then during that period 850 churches ought to have been built. .Since the commencement of the present cen-' turv, the dissenters in. Scotland-had done much to remedy the evil complained of, and had done much to supply the deficiency of the establishment in consequence of the greatly increased population; but the circumstances of such a •thass'ef - destitu• tion being exhibited to view proved beyond' all doubt that the' diSsenters were incapable of 'doing . mere than they had donee; and unleis they would allow the people to liimana die in their sin, they must have recourse to another systeM than that of the dissenters, which they knew was the voluntary one, and which had been found to act pretty well in certain situations and under certain circumstances —that is, it does well where the people have the means; and so far appreciate the gospel as to be willing to pay for it; but it was totally useless where there was nothing but love rty and want ; and hence it was that they might travel far and wide in the Highlands of Scotland, *here the parishes were thirty or forty miles long, and from twenty to thirty miles broad, without ever meetinifWith such a thing as a dissenting place of worship, and fur that reason, that in the highways and hedges labourers are required where no voluntary minister can afford to labour, and where only endowed ministers can afford to go—visiting people in their houses, and, from house to house, teaching and exhorting them, aril in the language of the Sa viour, "compelling them to come in." The superiority of the endoWed over the voluntary churches did not escape the notice of the early reformers, and they ; manestibers of the established church acknowledged the principle of endowments—they ac , knowiedged them not only as lawful and expedient, but as strictly scriptural; and that it was one of the important duties of a government to make provision for the religious and moral ethication of the people. With a deep sense of that truth they had gone to government and laid the wants of the people before them, and requested them to come to their assistance in this holtr of spiritual need. That government would see it was its duty to do so, he had fain hoped; but whether the government did so or not, they, as churchmen, must do - their duty, that thereby they might bring the government to a sense of what he conceived was due from them. They had asked the govern ment to endow, not to build, the churches; they were willing to do that themselves, if the government would do the other, and it was to assist in the building department that the clergy and elders of the church of Scotland solicited their aid and co-opera tion. That the church of Scotland had been so long before it had moved in this matter, could be no reason for their now withholding their support. If she had been remiss, it was surely something that she was now determined to be so no longer. They could not begin to do good too soon; but the fact was, that it was not till lately, when the most searching investi gation had taken place, that those best informed on the subject had any idea that such want and destitution existed in the land, and it had not been in their power to remedy it as it now was. Besides, by a particular act, if churches were built in any pa rish, the patronage of the new church was seized, and therefore people would not come forward ; but that act had been repealed by the exertions of the member for llumbartonshire—(applause) —and as one effect that had resulted in the last three years, ISO new churches had beer built, or were in the course of building. (Applause.) But what had been done in that respect was nothing compared with what was necessary to be done before one-half the waste ground was occupied. Before he concluded, he would briefly refer to a pamphlet published by Mr. Collins, of Glasgow, who said that, from positive and personal inquiry, he could state, on the authority of the captain of police arid magistrates on the one hand, and of the governor and chaplain of Bridewell on the other, that nearly all the criminals who were tried before the one, or immured in the other, came from those very places where the people were so destitute of church accom modation ; while from those quarters of the city where the- peo ple possessed church accommodation, in the proportion of 50, 60, 79„0 r: 80 in the 100, the police-office had no criminals, and rbr irlAiell had no inmates. These facts proved, beyond all doubt, the necessity of providing spiritual instruction, and he could strongly - recommend the case to the philanthropist and - the wordly politician; on that ground it claimed their sympathy and support—and if it was entitled to their support in these re spects as he maintained it was, how much more was it entitled to their support when' he appealed to them as Christians? At preSeht; year after year, multitudes of their fellow-countrymen, who hart lived in ignorance and guilt—yea, day after day, they were Making their dark plunge into eternity—year after year numbers were carried away in spiritual destitution ; and might it never be said that they had refused to listen to that cry, or to give of that substance with which Providence had blessed them, to assist the destitute in the hour of their need. Their interpo sition might be the • means of saving many souls: and though the destitute could not recompense them, they had it on the highest authority, that "Blessed are the merciful, for they shall obtain mercy:" (Great applause.) The Heti. jonN GLASS (of the isle of Skye) next addressed the meeting, and said, as the last speaker had called their atten tion to the destitution of the Lowlands, it was his province to call their attention to the Highlands and Islands, and in doing s° he should Contine.himselt to the report which had a few days ago been printed - by the commissioners appointed by her majes ty's government to inquire into the subject. He might state. that the destitution of the Highlands and Islands bad been long known to the government; for upwards of ten years ago forty two parliamentary churches had been planted, and in them they had upwards of 13,000 individuals reclaimed to church-going habits. He f oun d, b y re fe rr i ng t o th e comm i ss i oners ' report,- that they had travelled over 74 parishes, the population of which amounted to 180,538; and he also found, that the church-sittings were only sufficient to accommodate 38,226, leaving nearly 150,000 of the population altogether unprovided with the means of grace. And in connexion with that, there was another state ment which the commission had made—it was this, that nut of the population of 180,000 there were 6,189 families, or 30,945 individuals whose distance from their respective parish churches was from six miles to thirty-seven. (Hear, hear.) He would then go to the presbytery with which he was connected, and he would take the report of the commission with regard to it. Ac cording to the report of the commission it contained a popula tion of 24,559, while there were church accommodation only for 4150; the number of dissenters in that population amounting to the amazing number of forty-one baptists and seventeen episcopalians! So that the whole provision of church accom modation for a population of 21,000 was for 4150. There, then, they found an ample field for the exercise of •voluntaryism— there was a field where the evangelical dissenter. might go, and where he would be most welcome;—(hear, hear,)—for he (Mr. Glass) as one, would hail with joy and gratitude a Christian labourer who would preach the glad tidings of salvation to the multitudes who surrounded them, who had not the means to • come and hear. But the fact was, v o l u ntaryis t u could not exist in that country. (Great applause.) Dissenters had frequently come amongst them, and as frequently gone away again. Dis senters had frequently attempted the plan amongst their people, but they had again given it up--L-though the field was great the labourers were few. In one parish in the presbytery, with a -.population of 4000,individuals, there was a district with a popu lation of 1300 WhZ)'re d sided, on an avkrage, ten miles from the chnrch.- !There'Wris another district of the same parish with a population of 1100 residing on an average at a distance from the church of nine miles. These districts were without schools or clergymen until within the last two or three years, when, a school was planted in each of them, with schoolmasters fromlaigene ral:assemblv. The.effects. were; that in one school liflß'were 179 - and iil 7 the other 200 scholars. Now the object was to plant beside each of these two schools a church, and the reason was .because they found the absolute necessity of ministerial super , intendence, and the-necessity of ministerial visitings, to induce the people to attend religious ordinances. When the plan was first proposed, some time ago, a meeting of the peOple was call ed, because they could not well ask others to assist them unless the people showed that they wanted the schools and churches themselves.. They, were, li.iwever, a little afraid, becatise they knew the poverty of the people, and that they could do little for themselves, but the meeting was-called, and the result was, that. that 1:60 sterling was collected as' a commencement, out of which £27 was collected in barrels of potatoes and pecks of meal. Now, it must be clear, that unless they get endowments for the churches .they - wished to build, they could not live. Ministers could not live on air—they must have something sub stantial whereon to exist; and they had thought that the best thing they could do was to appeal to the government. They did so—they gave a gentle rap at the door of government, and were courteously received and bowed in, and they were as cour teously bowed -out again. (Laughter.) It was not merely civilities they wanted; but deeds. (Applause.) It was not an acknowledgment of the justice of . their claims they wanted, but • acts by which they could be carried out, and by which they could send the heralds of salvatien to preach the unseal chable riches or Christ to their poor countrymen. There was an application last year of a different description, and it was nobly responded to : hundreds were then destitute of food, and they nobly came to their assistance; and •if they had not done so, hundreds of their fellow-creatures would have perished frDm. want ; but they applied now for a different and higher object —not to put an end to a famine of bread, but of the word or the living God, which was not the less alarming because it was less felt. They sought aid from .that meeting to enable them to erect—through the length and breadth Of Scotland, as well the Lowlands as the 1 - 14 ; ihlands—temples to which the people might come and wor ship the God of their fathers. (Applause.) The resolution was then put and carried. MAITLAND M`Gut., Esq , at some length, and with do quence,:moved the next resolution. lie said they wished to revert to-the old parochial system, by which a spiritual teacher was appointed to every 1,000 inhabitants, and that the grant sought from the go:vernthent was for the purpose of enabling them to cheapen the pew rents, so that the poor, with whom this destitution existed, could be. accommodated. Their righteous claim had not been successful, • hut it must sooner or later, or without it, their design could not be c ar r i e d into effect. What ever might be the party in power—he wished not to introduce party politics —but whatever party might be in power they in tended again to press their righteous claim, and adopt a course of peaceful agitation,.until, by moral compulsion, they got their patriotic and righteous demand. They were told they might : leave the spit itual instruction of the Scottish destitute poor to the voluntary principle; but why had that principle not done it already ? The fact was, the voluntary principle did well so far as it went—to a certain length—with those who were able and willing to pay, hut not further. But their object was to send the Means of religious iustruction—not where the people could pay;liut where they could not pay. (Hear.) Again, they were told that their scheme would be an iuterfet epee with the vested rights of dissenters who had b u ilt c h ape l s w hi c h were i n debt, and that the church extension would draw from the cha pels of the dissenters. But they disavowed any such intention. Their intention was to minister to the million outcasts of their population. •HB also proceeded to shew that city missions could-not be so.effective as endowed ministers; and then 'for , ci appealed to the, audience for support. He wished he bad a Persuasive Voice, he would use it in-so excellent a cause—but he could t)Oly, speak from the heart to the heart. In reference to the oblectilie was desirous to promote, he could almost adopt the languago,of the poet and say— " Yea: from the table of my memory ,ey7, , - wipe away all trivial fond records, 1 , ,C•A1l saws of books, all forms, all pressures past, t tiota , ; That youth and,oliservation copied there; - • And Ibis alone shall live 7 Within.the'hook and volume of my brain, • , Unmixed with baser matter.' , - ANOnnsots (another of the deputation) likewise spoke in support Of the resolution. He said they had nut come there 64 a mission or crusade against the dissenters, nor would they touch 'a single stone of any of their chapels. .The dissenters .were certainly •not the standing army, as were themselves, but they were volunteers in the same cause, and were dissenters to be parallysed by the church of Scotland, they should he the less able to make head against the mass of sin that overflowed the land. (Cries or " Hear, hear," and applause.) He once again said that it was not their intention to aggrandise their church at the expense of others, 'but they came there on the ground . of their common Christianity, and their sole and entire object was, to obtain additional means to all then existing, to enable them to instruct the poor in the knowledge of those truths which both dissenters and members of the established church were not able now to do. Objections had been raised to their church on account of what was called its oppressive systeM of patronage; but that was much modified, and its patronage could not be what it had been. They came not there to obtain means to promote idol worship, but to throw open the temples of the living God, and to unite this; they may be able to invite the des titute to repose under the tree of life, which was for the healing of the nations. The rev. gentleman went on Ao reply to the arguments of dissenters against the connection of the church with the state, which he thought had brought religion to hear on the interests of society. He concluded with seconding the resolution, which was put by the chair and carried. The Rev HUGH AfIisTEILL next rose, amidst great cheering. Ile said—Mr. Chairman, as a minister of the Established Church of England, I rejoice in the opportunity afforded me of attending this meeting I was not aware that this meeting was fixed for to-day, till a friend, who, I believe is now in this room, had the kindoess . to come on board the steamer, in whichl ar rived from Ireland about three boors ago, to inform me that the meeting was to be held to-day, in this room. If l mistake not, the true Ouestion . before us is one of the true Church of Scot land; seeking provision fur her destitute children, on the one part, and on the other part, two bodies, one the government of the country refusing that support, and the other, the voluntary sliSsenters urging the government to continue to refuse, and promising them for i;fusing, their, political support. (Cheers.) Am I right ? (Right.) The resolution that I have been re quested to move is this, " that this meeting highly approves of the exertions already Made by the people of Scotland io fur therance of the assembly sCheine; and the liberal contributions they have given in its behalf, and reso,l(re strenously to support this great enterprise." On the part of the Church of Scotlaqd, which occupies one side in this great plading—whieli [believe is a form of expression made use of in Scotland-- s 1 would say, that her enterprize, when compared with her doctrines, exhibits to the eye of the world a splendid instance of Christian, scrip tural consistency. (Hear.) I will explain myielf, In that statement it is clearly put upon record, by stubborn facts, that the exertions of voluntary churches, or even of an involuntary endowed church, succeed with but a part of the population ; that there remains a large part untouched, that ever must remain untouched, if there be not a territorially divided, and an ade quately endowed ministry. Now, it may be argued, that there must remain a large portion of the population untouched under this dispensation, because the project of it is only to take the people out of the Gentiles; and the doctrine of election is a revealed truth of God. Sir, it is so; and the Church of Scot land holds it in the noble consistency of its scriptural revelation. But the Church of Scotland equally holds; that it is not for man to take election in his own bands; and while the living God himself reserves the prerogative of calling them, it belongi to his professing children to go the whole length of calling the ear, that all may be called though few be chosen; and, there fore, I say, that the exertions of the Church of Scotland aiming at the whole population, compared with the doctrines of the Church of Scotland, maintaining the doctrine of aig g ion, ex hibits to the ere of the world a splendid example IWhristian consistency. What then shall we say to those on the'other side of this pleading? Now, it is a very delicate thing for any Christian man—and if possible, the delicacy is increased when that man is a minister—to speak about the government in any way but of approbation; because the scripture tells us, that obedience to the powers that be, is a Christian duty, and un doubtedly, it is a duty with reference to the general ordinances of government ; but it is equally undoubted, that with re ference to special measures which come, in direct collision with Christian duty, it becomes the duty of a Christian to resist those mea sures , as Cl ear l y as it is his duty to render obedience to the general ordinances of government self. The general ordinance of the government of Babylon was respected by D an i e l ; but wh en t h e Ki ng of Babylon' ordered him not to pray, he simply violated the King's commandment, that he might keep the commandment of God. The general ordinance of government under Nero, was countenanced by Paul; but had Nero commanded Paul not to preach, he would have disobeyed him to obey God. Now, if we can show in -re ference to this measure, that the present government is opposing a Christian duty, that it is clearly, and obviously from.the word of God, their duty to use their influence as a government for the Christian instruction of a people, as a father to use his influence for the Christian instruction of his family, then, without arraign ing in the slightest degree the general ordinance of govern ment, but bowing to it with Christian obedience, we shall find ourselves arranged in hostility against our present ministers on this particular que s tion. Si r , I wou ld as k what sort of governs ment is that which compels the Christianity of the land to rise into agitation against the measures oft he governmeot ? (Hear.) I have, therefore, no hesitation at all myself, while I highly respect the ordinance of government, and would earnestly in culcate both publicly and privately obedience to the powers that 'be, as a general duty—l say, I have no hesitation at all in rally ing myself among the agitators, whether in England, Scotland, or Ireland, in opposition to such measures of the ministry as oppose the plain written word of God. (Cheers.) Sir, this being the case, and having by these few observations cleared the way to what I believe to be a true, and important feature of this case, I would ask again, what sort of position are we in as Christians ? And how does it become us to be opposed to, while placed under a government, which, while it refuses on the one side to extend Christianity—established Christianity, ac knowledged to be according to the word of God, to the destitute families teaming on the walls and altars of the Church of Scot land, does not scruple on the other hand to grant large sums to what is proved not to be Christianity, to what is acknow ledged not to be Christianity by all the enlightened world, but the great apostacy of Christianity. (Great cheering.) And, Sir, what shall we say in this connexion concerning the volun taries? Oh, how extraordinary is, the conscience of some men ! We read in the olden time of persons who strained at a knat s while they swallowed a camel. (Hear.) And here the con nexion between the Church of Scotland and the state is a knat, that raises such voluntary strainings; while the connexion of another church with falsehood is a camel that is swallowed most sweetly. (Much cheering.) The CHAIRMAN (interrupting.)—l beg to apologize—(hisses and cheers)—l Merely beg to say, sir, I think you ,were not in the room when I opened the meeting; and upon tiiit occasion I hoped that no topics of politics or discussion other than that for which the meeting was called would occur. 1 think you were not in the room when I stated it. Mr. 111'NEILE.continued.- I have now to decide the question whether submission to the chair is to be carried to the extent of refraining from the subject for which the meeting is convened. (Hear, hear.) I believe, in the intioduction of any question irrelevant, there ought to be submission to the chairman. But I confess, I think now I have been interrupted in going into the very heart of the matter. (Loud cheering.) And therefore I have just this decision to come to, either to go nu and speak, as I intend so long as I live, against Popery, or not at all. (Cheers.) Sir, I never will, in public or private, get up under conditions not to speak against Popery. (Some pet-son cried out "Question.") The question is this then—(a laugh)—are we to have endowments for the Church of Scotland or nut; and in discussing this question, I do say that the appearance is fright-- ful of a state of things like the present, in the enlightened age as it is called, of boasted liberalism ' - to see that awful apo s tacy Or.the Church of Rome e nd owe d w i t h thousands out of the Bri tish purse, while a moderate endowment is refused to our sister Church of . Scotland. (Cheers.) And I say further, that we have many who call themselves the elite of the enlightened who tell us that to bo united to the state is a worse thing than to be united to falsehood; because they tell us so not in words but in deeds. Here is a church avowed by themselves to be true, be cause they follow her doctrines. They fall foul of her because she is united to the state. Here is another church allowed to be false because they have left her; she asks for endowments, and they stand by as meek as mice, and let her have thousands. (Great cheering.) Now I say this, falsehood is the devil, who is the father of lies, and I say they stand convicted of stating, by their conduct. that to be united to the state is worse than. to be united to the Devil. (Cheers.) They won't allow the Church . of Scotlaud to have a farthing. whilst they endow Popery with thousands. (Cheers.) The rev. gentlemen then proceeded at some length to ask why did their voluntary friends want to stop them from working when they would not work themselves. They reminded him of the fable of the dog in the manger. No body hindered them from working themselves at a good thing that was to be done, but they would neither so work, nor permit the church to work by means of endowments. He contended that voluntaryism flourished invariably the most under the sha dow of endowments. Look where they would they would find no where such noble instances of voluntaryism as they would find iu the church of which he was an unworthy member. How could they make their exertions bear on the subject; they could give money to help them, which would give them a better claim on the ministers. So far good. Let them get up a subscription worthy of the town of Liverpool, and that was saying a great deal. That would make a noise, and to use a phrase of his na tive land, ministers would begin to find "they were iii the wrong box," and on that point they were vulnerable. And wost mar- - vellous it was that ministers only calculated on the quiet and orderly and forbearing disposition of the majority of the people of the land—that, dependent on the voice of the public they should be courting a section against the majority. It only, proved that they calculated on the quiet majority, and hoped to gain the movement, the discontented and really intolerant, minority, who were not only w i s hi ng to get help for themselves but to step their work. The reason had been assigned; they were afraid of their craft being in danger. They had chapels which were rather precarious property ; theme were debts on these chapels, and the congregations were bad to keep together. It' more pews were token mayhap the debt w ou ld g et l ess; if t h e pew-holders lessened the debts would increase. The voluntaries of Glasgow did not like this of course ; no men would. But why was this to follow? There were hundreds of thousands to fill all the churches. Were they afraid that the endowed churches would be more popular, that their ministers would visit the poor more during the week, and preach better on Sundays? Why should they think that the endowed church in the next street shmuld empty the voluntary church ; and it spoke wonders, that they must think that the enlightened well-educated quiet people would prefer them. Wby should they not prefer the chapels equally with the other? They knew they would not; they knew the people would prefer the churches, and therefore their oppo sition to the present scheme. He thought the clergy of the es tablished church hail themselves to blame in some degree for this refusal of the government. They had felt it a sort of dese cration of the sabbath to preach any thing about politics, so much so that it had passed into a proverb that " religion had nothing to do with politics." He alleged that every clergyman, whether in the church of Scotland or England, who had been silent on this subject, had gone his part to promulgate that de structive dogma. They ought to bring religion connected with every thing. It had to do with their bodies as well as their souls. There was one duty between God and the individual, and another between the individual and all his neighbours. Who ever heard that there was no connexion Iseween religion and honesty? and yet it was the very same doctrine which had gone abroad about religion and notities. God was the God of our ledgers as well as of our bibles; therefore religion was con nected with every thing. They had therefore been themselves parties to the feeling that had grown up in the country, that re., ligion had nothing to do with polities; and the result was re coiling upon their own heads. The rev. gentleman coneluded an eloquent address by calling upon the audience to come for ward and support the fund for the extension of-the church - its' Scotland. e Rev. Mr M'KENzin of Wigan, proposed a - vote of thditki . to the Chairman, which the Rev. Dr. ANDERSON seconded. Dr. RALPH therrpronounced the parting benediction, and the meeting was dissolved. The amount of the collection at the doors will be found in our advertising columns. The King's College has a balance over and above its expen diture for the year of upwards of £2OOO, whilst the Loudon University is deficient in the year EMU. CHURCH EXTENSION IN SCOTLAND.—We have been very Much gratified to learn that a donation of £lOO has been sent to the treasurerof the 'church extension fund for Scotland, through C. S. Parker, Esq., from a gentleman who, not wishing. to give his name, adopts the signature of G R., as a response particu larly to the speech of his brother layman, David Maitland M`Gill, Esq., of ltankeillor. I❑ noticing this circumstance, cannot avoid also mentioning the splendid liberality of our townsman, John Gladstone, Esq., who, as his donation in L ou . don, builds and endows a church in his native place, Leith, th e cost of which, we hear, is £7OOO. DESTRUCTIVE FIKE.--On Saturday evening, about six o'clock, a file broke out in the premises of Mr. Winder, cooper, Wood street North. , The flames spread with extraordinary rapidity, the buildings being entirely of wood, tilled up with faggots, staves, barrels of.tar, bundles of hoops, and o th er hi g hly ignitable ma terials, while the roof was of paper, prepared with a mixture of tar and sugar, which took tire with the same facility as tinder. A man, who entered the building for the purpose of ascertaining the seat of the fire, reports, that such was the fearful rapidity of the flames, fanned by a brisk breeze, that they absolutely pur sued him, and it was with great difficulty that be escaped injury. Intelligence having been carried-to the Fire Police-station, the engines were taken to the spot immediately, and, under the direction of Mr. NVhitty and Hewitt, the supei intendent, every exertion was made to subdue the conflagration. It was impossi ble, however ' to make much impression upon a pile of dry wood, which blazed like a glowing furnace. Serious apprehensions were entertained, that the fire would communitate to the adjoin • ing buildings, and this actually was, for a short period, the case with one or two of those opposite. The various officers of the fire-police were indetatigable in their exertions, and, happily, the tire was prevented from spreading further. About nine o'clock the flames began visibly to decrease, and, by ten, they were totally overpowered, though the embers continued to burn during the whole night and for a great part a Sunday. The premises and stock were fiilly insured. It will be remembered, that another cooperage belonging to Mr. Winder was burnt down s some time ego, in Pownall=streeti .COR R ESPONDEIV CI?. THE CORONATION. I TO THE EDlitiß OF THE LIrERPOOL STANDARD.` S i te,—lt is a matter of great surprise to me, while nearly every other town ,in the kingdom is preparing some demon. stration of joy to celebrate the coronation of our beloved sove reign. that in this, the seCtind commercial town in England; not the slightest mention should he made of a thing of the sort. Surely, sir, the inhabitants of this great town will never let-SO interesting a, spectacle pasi unnoticed. They will' never, I shoulr9lope, so ,tar forget themselves in their. duty to a lady and their - Queen. , Let them consider that it may be many years tefore they ;nay again have such an ripportu . nity of displaying their loyalty; and that most likely rand God . grant we may,) we ;Shall have to celebrate a jubileb before anothei botonation takes place. Therefore I hope,'sir, than this town will not only prove itself the second in influence, but the second s if not the first in its loyitlty.— I am, sir, yours, &c., S. WELLER. . Liverpool, May 14th, IS3B. `l'o THE SHAREHOLDERSOF THE GREAT WHEAL , PROSPER TIN AND CHINA CLAY MINE. GENTLEMEN,—This is the third lettgi,Lhave addressed to you, and I hope I have produced the effect' which I wished; viz i—that you have not parted with ' , Our scrip. Noiv it is evi dent that my advice has been good, and I am sure you will re joice with the when I tell you, that we have got into what the miners term " a Bunch of Tin." SO that we may fairly calcu late upon very good returns. The lode or bunch is eight feet in thickness. There is one obstacle at present to this being made the best use of, and that is, the want of a siifficient quan tity of , tampers; but I understand the directors :are setting about in good earnest to remedy this defect; and I. hope they will not be so long in doing that as they have been in finding out the bunch. I cannot help thinking that thit valitable metal might have been discovered twelve months since, had the same system been adopted that is now and has been pursued during the last few months. The shareholders ought to he called together more fre quently, and the reports rotninunicated to them by the directors., although the regulations of the company require certain form, to be gone through before more numerous meetings can beheld than those which have been.— Your obedient servant, AN ORIGINAL SHAREHOLDER, WOODSTOCK ELECTION. • ' WOhDSTdCR, MAY 10.—At two o'clock Lord John Uhurchtit headed his brother by two votes but front that time to . the closing of the poll he did not, we believe, obtain another vote, while seven more votes were polled for the Marquis, of Bland, ford. These last votes came ►n very slowly, as neatly all the strength of the constituency was exhadited. The official declaration of the poll is p:istpOned till to-mtorrotv ,; but the following statement of the numbers at the close of th e poll was made at the Marquis of Blandford's coinmittee room t The Marquis of Blandford l6O Lord J. Churchill 155 Majority for the Marquis of Blandford 5 LIVERPOOL CRAVEN MEETING: The entry for this meeting, which commences to-morrow, closed yesterday. The plate entries are extremely short, but it is hoped that the quality of the sport will make amends. For the Tradesmen's Cup, td be run foi on the first day, there are fifteen subscriber* and for the Craven Stakes, on the following day, there are thirteen .subscribers; both of which events no doubt will excite much interest in the sporting world. There has been a good deal of business done on the Cup race within thq past few days, and Birdlime, notwithstanding her defeat at Chester, has the decided call. A great number of !tortes have already arrived at Aintree : the ground is in excellent order! The following are the latest odds:- 2 to 1 against Mr. Mostyn's Birdlime (Ikl 4to l , Major Healey's brother to Van (tk) 5 to 1 Mr. Fowler's Heron (1k) 6to 1 „ Captain Lamb's Chit Chat 9to l „ Mr..S. L. Fox's Dirmid (tk) 12 to 1 „ Lord Derby's Parolles (off) • • CHESTER RACES. FRIDAY, MAY 11.—The Palatine Stakes, of 50 sovs each, h ft; for three year old colts. To start at the Castle Pole, and go once round. Lord Westminster's ch c Sir Ralph walked covet' Four paid. The Cheshire Slakes, of 25 sovs each, with 50 soya added by the Citizens of Chester, 15 sovs ft, and 5 only if declared on or before the Ist February. Two miles. The second horse to save his stake. Mr J. 0. Fairlie's br g Zohrah, aged, Bst Ilb....Cartwright Mr T. Walter's br h King Cole, 5 yrs, 7st 71b Marlow 2 Mr Fowler's br nt Mersey, 5 yrs Betnettreider 3 Two declared, and paid 5 sovs each, and six drew and paid-15 sovs each.—'2 to lon King Cole; he took the lead, maintained it to the Castle Pole ; where Zuhrah tame up and won his race at the end cleverly. The ROodee Stakes, of 10 sovs each, h ft. with 50 sovs added bi ;he Stand Committee, for three year olds that have run during' the week; to start at the two year old NM, go once round, and in. 6 subs. Lord Derby's ch e Ole Bull, Bst 61b ; . M. - Jones I Lord, Eglington's ch c Achilles, 7st 41b r 3:::: Lye 2 Mr F R. Price's b f Whirlwind, 6st 61b as.:: Isl6ale 3 Sir T. Sta nley ' s bc by Tramp or St Nicholas Templetilan 4 Sir R. Bulkeley's b f Piccotee, Bst ' 2to 1 agit„Achilles, 5 to 2 agst Ole Bull. Ole Bull corn: menced the running, Stanley's colt taking it from him at the Workhouse turn, but he . was again replaced by the winner half. a mile from home, who . continued his lead t o th e en d . Pi ccotee looked like a winner; fnit the fall threw her chance out. The Wirral Stakes, of II) sovs each, with 50 sovs added by the Gentlemen of Wirral, for two and three year olds. Three quarters of a mile; the second horse to save his stake.. Mr F. R. Price's br c Captain Pops,3 yrs M Jones I Sir T Stanley's b e Gasparoni, 3 vrs Mr Denham's b c Compensation, 3 yrs,. Darling 3 Mr Worthington's - b cby Battledore, 3 yrs Holmes 0 Sir R. l3ttlkelev's b f PiccOtee, 3 vrs . . s Marlow 0_ Achilles paid. 5t04 on the field, 6to 4 agst Compensation, 3to 1 agst Captain Pops, 5 to 2 agst Gasparoni, 4 to 1 against Worthington's colt.—After two false starts Pops went off, worked the lead at a very great pace, was never headed, and won a fine race by a neck. Compensatiou was only beaten by a heal by the second. The Ladles' Purse, value £5O, to be run fur by horses beaten during the week ; the best of heats, twice round the course to a heat. Second horse to receive LIU. Mr G. Dawson's ch c Aimwell, 3 yrs Lye 3 1 1 Mr F. R. Price's br Is Wentworth, 5 yrs ....Holmes 1 .2 2 Mr James's b c Jim Crow, 4 yrs J Robinson 2 With this race the sports of as fine a week as ever was known concluded, the company being much more nutnerous thaii,ort, any former occasion; in fact, a more brilliant meeting sfati— never witnessed. At starting Wentworth Was the favourite;; after the first heat he was freely taken against the field; Aim. well, however, came out near home, and won a severe race by half a neck. For the third heat Aimwell had the call, and WWI, cleverly. Wentworth carried 81bs extra for former winnings; and Aimwell 51bs. Two drew. George Cornwall Legh, Esq., and Simon Yorke, Esq., were elected stewards for next year. TATTERSALL'S.—Tiicasn i tt. The Derby betting continues unfavourable for bookrOakei.4 o , the field havwg► greatly diminished in iminher. while, to make matters worse. very little money is sent i❑ to support the few horses left in the market. The business transacted yesterday may be described in a few words. Grey Moinus was backed at 4 to I in hundreds in one part of the room, and at 36 to 10 in another; the closing offers averaging 7 to '2. Phmnix's price was equaity indefinite; 6 to 1 takers in one quarter, and 7 to 1 directly after id another; average 13 to 2. Cobham, without being backed, remained at the cloSing price on Monday. Young Rowton stood at I 1 to I ; or takers of 12, till neatly half= past six; the twelve was then laid, andfollowed up by two .or three other bets at a point more; at the same time 1000 to 40 was betted that Phoenix beat him. Inn as on Monday, and Nonplus three points worse. The Oaks sh`o*s no change worth notice, nor was speculation a whit brisker on it than it was on the Derby. A long dull afternoon closed as follows : THE DERBY 7 to 2 against Lord G. Bentinck's Grey Momits (take 4 to 1) 13 to '2 „ Lord Jersey's Phoenix (take 7to 9to 1 ,* Mr. Cooke's Cobham (take )(It° 1) 13 to 1 „ Mr Payne's Young Rowton (t) 14 to 1 „ Colonel Peel's lon (t) 16 to 1 „ lion. Colonel Anson's Nonplus colt 0) ~ 2(1 to 1 „ Lord Stradbroke's Beggarman (t and aft off) 30 to 1 „ Mr. E. Peel's The Early Bird (t) 30 to I „ Lord Westtninster's Albemarle (t 40 to 1) 1000 to 400 on Phoenix against Young Rowton. 300 even between Drum Major and ConsetYator. POLICE LV7'ELL/GENCE; ASSAULT ON THE POLICE.--YeSterdaYi at the POlice-Officd; six men, named James Bryan, Thomas Williams, George Scholefield, William ~esketh, John Hesketh, cud John Bryan ; we're placed at the bar charged with having assaulted the police stationed at the tire which took place on Saturday night; in Wood-street North. Police-officer 40 stated that getween five and six o'clock on Sunday morning the police were playing on the.fire; he was at No. 4-branch, with the pipe in his hand when the branch was struck by a brick thrown by William ileskell4 anti almost broken. He was on the roof when tilt ing.the brick.. He and othet tifficets then ran round to the back in order to take Bryan into custody, when Williams said they-should not go up the yard, and they were obliged to fort% their way through by breaking the door open. When they. got into the yard, John Bryan swore the first man that attempt ed to force his way up there he would knock his hiains otif: Mr. Whiny said it was Lean and Bell's yard, which wait ttcr= joining the fire, and the men had been ordered by Mr. Bell td -remain ou the premises for fear of any danger to them fro►t the Mr. Maxwell. who had the command of the police; stated that he saw John Bryan throwing bricks at the officers,., and he told him that if itedid not desist he should be taken into custody ; he said he would not, and told him to send the police up and see how they would receive them. Mr. Hall said tt. was most improper conduct. There were men endeavouring to ex. , tinguish a fire and they assaulted them with bricki. After severely reprimanding Scholefield, John Ilesketh, and Jtihn Williams, who had only used threats, but not actual violence, he discharged them; the rest of the prisoners were put back till the arrival of a second magistrate, to be tried for the assault. On a representation from Mr. Whitty, that the prisoners had previously conducted themselves very well at the tire, and, it being surmised that the police had brought the assault ou them. svlves by playing upon the men, by way of a "sky-lark," early on Sunday morning, they were discharged. ROBBERt.—Yesterday, at the Police-office, a boy natned William Oskeley was placed hefore the Magtstrates, charged with having stolen a pair of boots, a pair of trowsers, arid a sui- . tout coat, the property of a young man named Simpson, au apprentice to Mr. gutter, druggist. of Castle-street, Mr. Simpson stated that he resided in Mr. Butler'S honSe, in Castle= street, and the prisoner had been et rand-boy shoat three weeks. He (complainant) kept his surtout coat upon, a nail in the lobby, and a pair of trowsers in the office behind the shop, and his boots in a cupboard there. He saw the articles a few days ago, The prisoner was at the shop at nine d'clock• on Friday night. He missed his trowsers on Satutday morning, Hod asked the prisoner if he had seen any thing of them—they wine , gone. OR Sunday morning he Missed his auttotit coot, and sent infotmation to the 'Police-office. Soon after, constatiie , Flockart brought him the coat which he had missed and a pair of boots, which he had not - missed. He and Flockha r t th en went in search of the ptisoner and found him at Aintree, and saw his trowsers upon the prisoner's person, which he claimed. Flockhart deposed that he was informed of the robbery on Sunday, and went to the cellar of the prisoner's mother, in Elbow-lane; he searched the cellar and . found the coat an d boots, which Mr. Simp so n claimed. They afterwards went to- , gether to Aintree, where be took the priPmer, as described: The prisoner said he took the things because he thought they would not be wanted; be chose the oldest bouts, the oldest surtout, and the oldest pair of trowsers, and got then Le• paired, and paid for them, lle teas go:omitted to ttAg 44 allot, MAY ,15, 1838. TtfS S {)y I ERPOOI, STANPARID,__