The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser. — Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1838-06-05 00:00:00

lusts 5 1838, TFIEATREROYAL, LIVERPOOL. Mr. W. FARREN, of the Theatres-Royal, Drury-lane and Covent-garden, is engaged for TEN NIGHTS, and will make his second appearance this Evening. Mr. VANDEN HOFF is engaged for ONE NIGHT ONLY, on his return from America, and will appear this Evening. 711 HIS present TUESDAY. June 5, 183 8 , will be performed -1 Shakspeare'a Tragedy of HAMLET. Hamlet Mr. Vandenhoff. Polonius.. : (on this occasion) Mr. W Farren. The Ghost of Hamlet's Father Mr. Stuart Horatio Laerte ay s Mr. W. Howard. Osrick Mr. Chaplin... 'Gravedigger The Queen .Mr. Baker. .Miss Cleaver. Miss Faucit. Ophelia To conclude with the Farce of JOHN JONES. Guy Goodluck, Esq. Mr. NV: Farren, (As originally performed by bim in London.) Eliza Melton Miss Faucit. On WEDNESDAY, the Drama of PAST AND PRE 'SENT; OE, THE ANNALS OF THE FRENCH REVOLUTION. Larose, Mr. \v. Farren, (as originally performed by him in London.) To conclude with the new Comedy, in two acts, called the COUNTRY SQUIRE. Squire Broadlands, (his original character,) Mr. W. Farren. The new Dramas of ADVICE GRATIS," "NAVAL ENGAGEMENTS," "SHOCKING EVENTS," "BEN GAL TIGER," " YoUNG WIFE, and MY OLD UM BRELLA," are in preparation, and will be produced in the course of Mr. W. FARREN'S engagement.. ZOOLOGICAL GARDENS. ITIHE FIRST GALA of the SEASON will commence 1 with THE GRAND ERUPTION OF MOUNT VESUVIUS, On WEDNESDAY NEXT, JUNE 6th. The Volcanic Firing will be under the Superintendence of that able Artist Mr. D'Ernst. ADMITTANCE, ONE SHILLING. SALE POSTPONED TO TUESDAY, THE 19TH JUNE INSTANT. EXTENSIVE SALE, • AT BISHOP'S COURT, ISLE" OF MAN; -vvDIXON has the honour to announce that he has re eeived instructions ' from the Executors of the late Lord Bishop, to offer by Public Competition, at Bishop's Court, Isle of Man, onTUESDA I', the 19th instant, and following days, the whole of the very valuable PROPERTY of the lates, Logo BISHOP, comprising some thoroughbred Horses, Car riage, Draueht and Saddle Horses, several promising Colts, by Able, Miracle, and candidate, Brood Mares and Foals, Ponies, Ste- &c.; a great number of fine Cattle of the Short-horned Ayrshire breed, including many Cows newly calved, a Pair of P loughing Oxen (twins,) and a very great number of Youn g Cattle. 60 to 70 Pigs, of all ages ' of the Short-eared Portu guese breed ; b etween 300 or 400 Sheep and Lambs, of the Leicester and Cheviot breed ; several hundreds of Poultry. Carriages and Harness, Carts, Ploughs, Harrows, Gears, Rollers, Saddles, Side Ditto, Bridles, Spanish Saddle, Oxen Gears, with a great variety of Agricultural Implements, which will be particulari se d i n C ata l ogues' to be ready for delivery seven dar; prior to th e S a l e; t o be had of the Auctioneer, and at the different Newspaper Offices. A . quantity of Malt and Hops, several Bolls of Wheat, Win nowing Machine, Lot of Wool, &c. Also, the greater part of the HOUSEHOLD FURNITURE, Grand PIANO, &c. The whole of the Live Stock are in the best possible condi tion, and well deserving the attention of Agriculturists and the Public at large. Sale to commence each day at Eleven o'clock. Conditions—all Sums under Five Pounds, Ready Money ; all Sums above Five Pounds, Four Mouths' Credit, on approved joint Security. May 21, 1838. TO THE PUBLIC. At the suggestion of several of our friends, we have been induced to POSTPONE THE ENLARGEMENT OF THE LIVERPOOL STANDARD until the 3d of July, in order Mat we may not break in upon the half-yearly files of our subscribers, and that the new series may commence with the first number in the second half-year. Zbe Eibtrpool ,S:tantiarb. TUESDAY MORNING, JUNE 5, 1838. The Publication of the STANDARD commenced this morn ing at 5 o'clock. IRISH POLICY.—The folly of expecting that the Whig ministry, under the dictation of O'Connell, would receive, in any thing like good faith, the conciliatory overtures made by Sir Robert Peel, has, we should imagine, been completely proved by the proceedings of the House of Commons on Friday last. We felt assured that any con cession on the part of the Conservatives would only be treated as all former concessions had been—as the means for obtaining more—as a handle for further agitation. We felt confident that, whatever might be done in the House of Commons in reference to the "settlement" of Itish questionsy the country would not be satisfied with any surrender of the rights of the Established Church, or any diminution of Protestant influence in Ireland. Even if Sir Robert Peel had succeeded in carrying his amend ments relating to the rating clauses in the Irish Municipal Bill—if he had prevailed upon the House to agree to a £lO bona fide franchise—we felt confident that the ha bitual perjury, of which the Popish hordes of Ireland ate guilty, would render such an enactmentla perfect nullity. In this confidence we are more than confirmed by the expressed opinions the great Popish agitator as delivered by him in the course of the debate on Friday last,.when he took occasion to re-assert his authority over the 'truckling Whig ministry. The discussion which took place on Friday we con sider of the highest importance, as affording a clue to the recent ascendancy of the Popish faction in Ireland. It was confessed by O'Connell that a bona fide £lO. franchise would be equivalent to a measure of sweeping disfranchisement, as far as it could operate on the Irish constituencies—that is, we presume, as far as the popu lous towns were concerned. We are glad of the acknow ledgment it will serve to open the eyes of the people of England to the rotten state of the Irish constituencies. It will do infinitely more good than all the money col lected for the prosecution of the Irish election petitions. O'Connell is, for once, entitled to the gratitude of the People of England. He has disclosed the secret of his Power. We know at length from his own testimony— unwittingly given, we have no doubt—that the members of the tail owe their elevation to the House of Commons, not to the real bona fide electors of Ireland, but to the swarms of . perjured beggars who, like their great ex emplar, will utter any amount of lies to gain their fran chise, and to rensier themselves subservient to the rebellious designs of a tnavish priesthood. The genuine 'constituencies of Ireland—those who ought to be pos sessed of the franchise under the Reform Bill —are, and have been, shamefully robbed of their rights; for it is mothing else than sheer robbery to deprive them of the privilege of returning to the House of Commons the men of their free choice. The manner in which O'Connell divulged the secret of his power in Ireland is extremely curious and instruct fng. He was actually compelled to adopt the alternative of making the disclosure, or of maintaining a profoun'd silence on the subject of the franchise, and permitting Sir Robert Peel's amendments to be carried by acclama tion. Nor was the language of Mr. Shiel a whit less characteristic of the alarm which he felt for his own fate ‘n that employed by his leader, as will be perceived cut the following analysis of the debate, which we take fr°lll the Morning Herald : ,:" Prom this position, Sir Robert declared, that no consider -8"34 should induce him to depart. A 101 . franchise , to be de ,ertained by rating under the new poor law, or by some analo- P" , principle, was the indispensable condition of his consent the passing of the bill before the house. He was willing to,, 'slake certain concessions, in order to effect the settlement of Ilese harassing questions; and the concessions, which be had .11titnated his willingness to make, were, he was aware, deemed, 7 / I "rne uaters, of too comprehensive and sweeping a kind. had b q een r accused by the organs of public opinion, of having become a party to a discreditable compromise of principle; but, undeterred by such Misapprehensions of his motives, he should Persist in the attempt, which he thought the public welfare de r'anded, to dispose of the questions which had, for yea rs, kept eland in a state of constant excitement. Should his terms be 'ejected, he trusted that he should stand absolved, in the eyes •of the country, of any factious desire to impede a satisfactory adjustment of the matters at issue ! th e This d ec l ara ti on was rec eived with tremendous cheering on e Part of the conservatives; and was followed b y a mar k e d elongatio n of the visages of the occupants of the treasury bench es, and of the members of the tail, in their immediate rear. ``Lord J o h n R usse ll e xp r essed a hope, that the matter would tae a ulicably arranged. For his own part, he w as disposed to pre ,pre- ,tera 51. franchise ;- but he thought the question did nut call for I mmediate decision. eu " 111 r. Sheil, in tones which he designed to have a coaxing in enee, was very sure, that Sir Robert Peel would not be s o unr easonable as t o re nder the grant of corporations to Ireland o ependent upon the establishment of a rate under the po or law, since the Irish poor law bill might never pass into law ! ed 6 ;h e Sir Rob er t Peel, in reply, observed, that he bad not declar ed under th e po o r law to be indispensable to the con cession of municipal corporations;—on the contrary, he had e xpressed hi mself willing to adopt any ot h er equa ll y sou nd test of the genuineness of the municipal franchise! Mr. O'C onne ll , upon hear i ng thi s s t a t emen t, immediately e xclaimed,... th a t Si r R o b ert ' s o bj ec t was to co nver t a nominal the principle franchise, i n t o an actua l f ranc hise of £2O. Why should p!ineinle of rating under the poor law be adopted? That Principleor formed no part o f t h e E ng li s h and Scotch Municipal p.oration Acts ; an d was I re l an d t o b e i nsu lt e d by ter m s '"" 'b. were not imp ose d on t h e o th er po r tions of the empire? why should not the parliamentary franchise be adopted? Why should not the fact, of a tenant paying Elt) of yearly rent, be received as proof that he was entitled to claim the .E . lO fran chise under the Municipal Act ? " In reply to this characteristic effusion, Sir Robert Peel ob served that there really ought to exist between Mr. O'Connell and himself, little difference on the point at issue, since Mr. O'Connell consented to a £lO franchise, and he (Sir Robert Peel) merely desired security that the £lO franchise should be in truth, what it professed to be. "' Oh !' exclaimed Mr. O'Connell, I see how it is ! Why mock Ireland with the language of conciliation, and at the same time, heap fresh insults upon her ? The right hon. baronet's proposal is a gross delusion, Its object is to narrow the fran chise—and to prevent Roman Catholics from aspiring to their fair share of corporate influence. The test of rating will have the effect of raising the parliamentary franchise—for the Reform Bill merely declares that the voter shall pay a yearly rent of £10; but the bill before the house proposes that the tenant shall pay £lO of rent, besides repairs, taxes, and burdens of various descriptions. The result will be that the municipal franchise will be a £2O franchise.' _ Sir William Follett replied to Mr. O'Connell's statements, in a speech which, for logical power, for clearness of statement, and fur all the attriblites of chaste and manly eloquence, has rarely been surpassed in the House of Commons. He showed in the most irresistible manner that the burdens accompanying the enjoyment of the proposed municipal franchise were all presumed by law to accompany the exercises of the parliamen tary franchise, but that, in point of fact, the provisions of the Irish reform bill had been set aside in the most scandalous manner, and fictitious qualifications created at a frightful ex pense of perjury. Sir William proved, by reference to the borough of Clonmel, that the revising barrister had permitted scores of men to exercise the elective franchise—not on the ground that they paid £lo_of yearly rent, but because these men, occupants of cellars under ground. had sworn that the premises which they rented were worth £lO a-year to them. To prevent the increase of wholesale perjury, and to render such audacious evasions of the law impossible, it was absOlutely necessary, as Sir William proved, to adopt the check proposed by Sir Robert Peel! "To the unanswerable masoning of Sir William Follett, Mr. O'Connell attempted a reply, by means of sundry imper tinencies, to the effect that Sir 'William's principles were re gulated by his desire of promotion—promotion, to which Mr. ,O'Connell was compelled to admit the genius of Sir William pre-eminently entitled him ! "The same arguments were reiterated on both sides of the house ; until at last, Lord John Russell moved as an amend ment on the words of the bill, that a £5 franchise coupled with rating under the poor law, should be established,' instead of .a £lO franchise, in all the. corporate towns in Ireland. The house 'divided ; 136 members voted with Lord John, for the anyndment ; and 111 against it, with Sir Robert Peel. " Sir Robert, then, repeated his deteritination never to give his _assent to a £5 franchise. He should bring forward no further amendments '; but should reserve himself until the re mit was brought up. - He should then, once more, take tthe arense of the house upon the question; and at all events, he should never sanction a lower franchise' than £lO, guarded by such a check as he had suggested. _ - "Sir Robert, further ob - served, that he could not but deem himself unfortunate, in this matter of the franchise, inasmuch as ministers had themselves originally proposed a £lO franchise for seven towns out of the eleven, comprehended in the schedules A and B; Lot when lie proposed to extend the £lO franchise to the other four, ministers turned sharply round, and lowered the franchise in all, to £5." We heartily rejoice that Sir Robert Peel has escaped from the meshes of the "comptornise" in which Lord John Russell, acting under the instructions of the crafty arch. agitator, sought to entangle him, and that he has declared his unalterable resolution to insist upon a bona fide £lO franchise, as far as it can be secured in such a country as Ireland. Lord John Russell must either abandon the Irish Mu nicipal Bill, or consent to pass it with the very clauses proposed by Sir Robert Peel. It is not difficult ‘ to gliess which alternative he will adopt. He dare not refuse to carry the bill through the House of Commons in whatever shape O'Connell wishes—he dare not refuse eventually to pass the bill with, such amendments as the House, of Lords may think proper to make in its various enact ments. The position of Lord John Russell in the debate of Friday was humiliating in the last degree. In the bill, as introduced by him, he had made express provision that seven of the largest cities in Ireland should have a £lO franchise. To these seven Sir Robert Peel proposed to add four other towns, thus making eleven in which the burgess tenure was to be ten pounds. To this pro position of Sir Robert Peel the whig leader acceded on a .former evening. That there may be no mistake about the matter we shall just quote that part of the sixth sec tion of the bill which relates to the £lO franchise. It is as follows: " And be it enacted, that after the passing of this act, every man of full age who shall, on the last day of August in any year, be an inhabitant householder, resident within any borough named in the said schedule (A), or within seven statute miles of the said borough, and shall hold and occupy within such borough any house; warehouse, counting-house, office, or shop, which either separately or jointly with any land within such borough, occupied therewith by him as owner, shall be truly and really of the full and yearly value of EH) or upwards, shall, if duly 'enrolled, according to the provisions hereinafter contained, be a burgess of such borough, and member of the body corpo rate of the mayor, aldermen, and burgesses of such borough," &c. This section of the bill further provides that "No such occupier shall be admitted to be enrolled under this act, unless he shall have occupied such premises within said borough, or other premises of the like nature within the said borough, really and truly of the full value of £l.O for the space of six calendar months, at the least next preceding such enrol ment; nor unless such occupier shall have paid or discharged all grand jury or municipal cesses, rates, and taxes, if any, which shall hare become legally due and payable by him in respect of -such premises, except such as shall have been imposed or become due within three calendar months next before such enrolment." Now, this section either contemplated a bona fide qua lification, or it did not; that is, Lord John Russell either meant to deal honestly in the matter, or he intended to practice the grossest fraud upon the House of Commons and the Brit i sh public. The STANDARD very happily brings the matter to an issue, and fixes the tiny Home Secretary between the horns of a dilemma from which he will find it impossible to escape. We hope we shall not incur the censure of our respected contemporary of the Albion for venturing to avail ourselves of the power ful assistance of our metropolitan namesake. However, the polite and sagacious editor of that weakly repository of elegant extracts is quite at liberty to deal with the following nervous remarks in any way he pleases. In reference to - the crooked policy of my Lord John Russell, the Standard says— " Last night, in pursuance of his original declaration, Sir Robert insisted that the qualification should not be ti coloura ble qualification, such as might be swamped-up by misrepresen tation and perjury, but a bona fide qualification, ascertained, as in this country, by the poor-rates, should the Irish poor-law bill pass—as doubtless it will pass—or by some other rate. Against this reasonable and just proposition Lord John Russell, Mr. O'Connell, and Mr. Sheil, raised their voices and made their stand—and incredible as it may seem, Lord John Russell, in direct contradiction to his own bill, proposed that in all cases— in the case of schedule 4, as well as schedule B—the franchise should be reduced to fire pounds , if it was to be a bona fide qua lification. So disgustingly audacious a confession of meditated dishonesty was probably never before made. " The qualification on either must not be ten pounds, or it must not be bona fide. But in the seven towns and cities in schedule A. Lord John Russell had made the qualification ten pounds; he therefore acknowledges distinctly that he did not intend it to be bona fide—that he intended it to be a cheat—an Organised system of fraud and perjury; for such will be any systeni dependent upon profitable swearing in the unhappy country for which his lordship is legislating. This was ac knowledged by Mr. O'Connell, in a passage of his evidence quoted last night by Sir William Follett; it is acknowledged as follows, in the evidence of the Roman Catholic Bishop Ma gourin Do you not think that perjury is committed to a VERY GREAT EXTENT in consequence of this [the 40s. freeholdl system, no. Both upon registries and elections ? Magourin.—YES.' " Mr. O'Connor, of Mount Druid, a Roman catholic, in his interesting. Swiss tour, published last summer, after full ex perience had of the working of the reform bill elections, de scribes the process of perjury still more minutely :—"rhe legal qualification of an elector in Switzerland 'is not so high as it is in Ireland, but the depravity and immorality produced by electioneering have actually made the elective qualification much lower in the latter country. The £lO franchise is ob tained out of a few acres of land, let at a rack-rent, and the pro prietor and the serf combine to give a value of £lO to what is not worth £l, and reconcile the perjury by identifying the produce of personal labour exercised on the raw material with its marketable value. A few hundred Swiss franks constitute the qualification of a Swiss elector, and his innate honesty would never be reconciled to perjury.' "The hideous mass of perjury detailed in the evidence before the Fictitious Votes Committee, and in the evidence before the Carlow, Longford, Belfast, Kinsale, and all the other Irish election committees where the registry has been opened—the refusal of the Popish party, whenever they have had the power, to open the registry, furnish a dreadful commentary upon the evidence of Mr. O'Connell and Dr. Magourin, and the state ment of Mr. O'Connor. Give the O'Connellites • the book band' —a phrase of their own wretched country, and they will swear up to any necessary qualification. This, indeed, was plainly confessed by Mr. O'Connell last night when he said (and for once he spoke the truth) that the bond fide £lO qualification would place the municipal electors above the parliamentary electors—an admission as distinct as it can be made that the parliamentary electors are not bond fide £lO householders, but paupers who have obtained the franchise by perjury." Here we let the matter rest for the present. We shall again have occasion to recur to the subject of the multiplication of fictitious votes in Ireland—a subject which has been so strongly forced upon our attention by the confessions of Mr. O'Connell. We have before us some curious returns connected with several of the Irish constituencies, of which we shall hereafter avail onrselves. As to the more important question of Irish Tithes we have now no longer any fears. The Conservatives have been taught once more how vain it is to enter upon any • thing like a compromise with the Whig-Radical ministry. They cannot be so forgetful of their duty to their consti tuents as to yield themselves up to any tenir prising ex pedients, in dealing with the interests of the Church of Ireland. They must oppose a bold front to their anta gonists, and strenuously resist every attempt to despoil the church. They have the truth on their side. Magna est veritas, et prwvalebit. `t~:3;.r:.+=-.' is THE LIVERPOOL STANDARD THE `! ALBIoN."—The Momus of the Liverpool press has again been attempting to excite the ri s ibility of the public at our expense; brit we are satisfied, that the ex tremely ludicrous figure which he cuts, whenever he makes such an attempt, cannot fail to produce the very opposite effect to that which is intended—a hearty griffon, at the foolery of the mimic himself. Week after week do we find our remarks animadverted upon in . the same style of vulgar scurrility which distinguishes the article which the editor of the Albion has yesterday bestowed upon the STANDARD. To this we have no objection. We sincerely congratulate ourselves, that we are not so unworthy as to merit the praise of the Albion. Its cen sure we hail as the best proof that we are pursuing an honest and straightforward career. We trust that we shall always continue to be equally entitled to its viru lent abuse, and that our fair fame may for ever remain uncontaminated by the slime of its flattery. It is only in the inflexible performance of our duty to our country, that we become the object of the malignant persecution of the Albion : it is only by neglecting that duty, and forfeiting every claim to the character of the patriot; the loyalist, or the Protestant churchman, that we can ex pect to obtain its approbation. We say, that we have no objection whatever to the animadversions of the Editor of the Albion but we do not think that he is acting a fair and professional part by allowing a correspondent to assume the editorial " - vve," and thus making his journal a conduit for discharging the excrementitious filth of an individual so utterly con temptible.as the amateur editor who figures in the Albion of yesterday. Entertaining, as we do, the most ineffable contempt for the coxcomical puppy, whose splenetic effu sion has been thus admitted, after sundry clippings and parings, into the columns of the Albion, we shall not waste the time of our readers, nor administer to the vanity of the crackbrained scribbler by any extended no tice of his puerile observations. To one of his inuendoes we shall reply by saying, that " our leading articles are not copied verbatim from other conservative papers," The ,assertion is a lie—an unqualified lie. We have occasionally inserted articles of news which were not original, in the same type as our leaders; but we never quote from our contemporaries without acknowledging the source from which such observations are derived. If this be laid to our charge as an act of plagiarism, then is the Liverpool Albion guilty of the same literary crime in a far more heinous degree ; for we can scarcely refer to a single publication of that caterer to the gullible appetites of ladies' maids and milliners' apprentices, which does not contain numerous extracts from the STANDARD. If our contemporary finds it more conve nient to retail our commodities than to furnish his custo mers with his own staple manufacture, he has our full Consent to continue the system. The only condition on which we insist is, that our contemporary shall not at tempt to pass off any of our remarks in a mutilated shape. He has too frequently had recourse to this trick in order to obviate any disparaging comparisons which his readers might feel tempted to make. Let him but carefully avoid for the future, and he may then con sider himself entitled to a mote lenient treatment than he has hitherto met with. But, though we disdain to notice in detail the trash and flummery which the amateur " we" of the Albion has crammed into the article which the editor of that pa per has had the infinite condescension to admit into its columns, we still feel disposed "to answer the fool ac cording to his folly" lest he should be " wise in his own conceit." There may be a few silly noodles who may possibly mistake the idiotic buffoonery of this writer for a display of wit. Indeed, we question whether the class of simpletons be not by far the most numerous among the readers of the Albion, or else we should not find its shrewd and talented conductor so willing as he is to yield up his editorial chair to an individual so superlatively silly-as the author of the attack upon the STANDARD, which appears in juxta-position with the leading articles in the Albion of yesterday. This prince of dunces flounders from one absurdity to another in a manner which baffles all description. But his absurdities we may as well let alone; they can only provoke a smile at the best. We hope to be favoured with another chapter next week. We shall be exceedingly sorry to miss the treat. Let-the, bioah.ead, however, avoid.Antroducin g any more of his inverted commas, lest he should lead the public to suppose that he is quoting from the STANDARD, which he has not-the honesty or he sagacity to do. The odd collocation of sentences which he has attributed to us in yesterday's Albion we need scarcely assure our readers never appeared in the STANDARD. The whole mass of verbiage in which he has endeavoured to ridi cule the STANDARD is, owing to the perverseness of the writer in misquoting us, the most harmless stuff that ever emanated from the pen of the greatest dullard in existence. His irony is as devoid of pungency as the overflowings of a swilling-tub—his sarcasm is just as biting as his toothless grandmamma—and his style is as vulgar and assuming as that of the silliest of the be whiskered monkeys who perambulate our streets in the garb of humanity, but who owe every thing that resem bles men about them —to their tailors. If the pragma tical. personage who has been permitted, through the in conceivable kindness of the editor of the Albion, to as sume the regal " we," fancies for one moment that his lucubrations have tended to ruffle our equanimity; we beg to assure him that he is very much deceived. We should just as soon feel provoked at the hissing of the greenest gander that we ever met with. We shall not, however, part with him without bestowing upon him a passing word of advice. Let him henceforward demean himself with a little more modesty—it will become him. Nothing can be more offensive than for a simpleton, whom nature evidently intended for a chimney-sweep or a pot-boy, to take upon himself the airs of a critic. ..Ne sutor ultra crepidanz. NEW STEAM-SHIP Contmoooan.—This magnificent vessel possesses now a very high reputation for speed, and it is justly merited, for she was alongside the Clarence Dock, on Sunday afternoon, full four hours before high water. THE THEATRE ROYAL. — After a very successful week the Italian Opera Buffa Company have lett this theatre, and is succeeded by Mr. W. Farren, who is decidedly the first come dian on the stage. Last night Mr. Farren played Lord o . gley in " The Clandestine Marriage." To-night Mr. Vandenhoff, who has just returned from America, is engaged to play as "Hamlet," before leaving the town, and no doubt will draw a crowded house. The fresh bays with which he has adorned his brow by his transatlantic tour can in no ways have lessened his former reputation in Liverpool. Mr. Stuart, his successor as first tragedian at the Theatre, is announced to play the Ghost to his Hamlet. ------ We understand that the Rev. James H. Stewart, announced from the pulpit at Saint Bride's,"on Sunday last, his intention to have public worship in that c hurc h to-orio'vi evening, after the confirmation, for the purp os e of imoloring.th e bl ess ing of m the Great Author and Finisher of our faith, upon that s olemn and highly-important ordinance of our Apostolical Church. And that he purposes, after the sermon, to deliver a suitable discourse to the young persons confirmed. The service, we believe, will begin at the usual hour of seven in the evening. TRIBUTE OF RESPECT TO A CLERGYMAN.-011 Saturday last several members of St. Simon's Chapel, Sir Thomas'-buildings , presented their respected minister, the Rey. H. S. Joseph, with a very handsome gown and cassock, which were accompanied by the following address :—" Presented to the Rev. H. S. Jo seph, by a few seatholders and members of St. Simon's Chapel, Liverpool, and a few friends, as a small token of their sincere Christian regard, and as a feeble expression of gratitude for his past labours, in the hope that he may long be spared to preach with energy and faithfulness the truths of the everlasting gos pel, and with the prayer that Almighty God may accompany his ministration by the converting and sanctifying influence of the Holy Spirit." ZOOLOGICAL GARDENS.—The picture of Vesuvius, in these gardens, is now completed. Mr. Danson, the artist, has been actively .engaged upon it for some time . past, and it promises to be one of the most singular and interesting exhibitions in Liver pool. In its present state, with the cataract barely covered over, the effect is most extraordinary. In the back ground towering on high, is the volcano, the town of Naples at its foot, and the bay, studded with fishing-boats, fills up the fore ground of the picture. It will, doubtless, attract crowds to see it. We understand that, at night, during the eruption, the effect will be grand in the extreme. It will be perceived, on reference to the advertisement, that the first grand gala is an nounced to take place tomorrow (Wednesday), when the eruption of Vesuvius will be exhibited for the first time. FATAL ACCIDENT ON THE BOLTON RAILWAY.—An inquest was held last Thursday upon the body of Evan Evans, a man about thirty years of age, who had been killed at the opening of the railway on Monday. The deceased, with about forty others, was in one of the lurry boxes next to the engine, and as the train was passing the Gravel-hole, the speed of the engine was 'suddenly increased, by which- the carriages gilt a jerk, which threw deceased out, and, the carriages passing over his head, he was killed on the spot.—Verdict : " Accidental death." To F REEM EN.—Every freeman whose name is on the present register and whose present residence is not properly described, should, without loss of time, at all events before the Ist of July next, give a notice in writing to the Town Clerk, at his office in the Town Hall, stating his name and actual place of abode, and number on the present register. Also every freeman who is on the roll, and whose name is not in the present register, should claim to have his , name inserted in the next list, to be made out by the Town Clerk according to the form set forth in the act. CORRESPOiVDENCE. SHARE BROKERS. TO THE EDITOR OF THE LIVERPOOL STANDARD. Sits,—As you have allowed the Liverpool Standard to become the medium of a file, because untrue, and an unwarrantable, because not substantiated, attack on a body of men individually and collectively as honourable, as intelligent, and embracing as lunch integrity at any association in the kingdom in proportion to its extent; fair play demands that you permit the same organ to become the corrective of an impression which the commu nication of your correspOndent of Friday last might by possi bility produce, if allowed to pass current without contradiction. Who the writer is, it might, perhaps, not be difficult to ascer tain, if the object were worth the trouble; but whether he be a Hebrew principal, smarting under the recoil of his own irregu larity and want of punctuality, or an unsuccessful candidate for admission into that association which he has so grossly ma ligned, either as matter of irriportance only, as it would supply the key to unravel the motive and display the animus which go vern the author and originate the slander. The good taste of the writer is on a par with his facts—both are alike defective—the former is manifested in the uncalled for and unnecessary use of the term " upstart fraternity," as ap plied, I apprehend (if it have any application at all) to mem bers of the Stock Exchange, who have recently become such; and the latter, in the false and sweeping declaration that "it is no uncommon thing to see one of those transfermen transferred to the care arid keeping of a sheriff's officer." In the eyes then of this Solon in commercial ethics, it is a crime of the first magnitude to couple the business of a share broker with that of any other in which the "upstart fraternity" may have been previously engaged, though it were only to transact the business and further the interests of the "share dealer" hini§elf; and an unwarrantable piece of presumption for any man or set of men to meet, or endeavour to meet, the exigencies of a new state of things; and this, I suppose, because their individual interests are implicated in receiving the quid pro quo of a commission for services performed and risks incur red. Truly, we live in strange times; a stranger still will be those times when such philosophy as this shall find an approving echo in the public voice. That there has not been a sufficient or satisfactory observance of punctuality in making payments for stock sold and delivered is a charge that may be, and I believe is, to some extent true. This I shall neither attempt to justify nor palliate, not even on the.. customary ground of the difficulty which all who are con versant with mercantile matters know to be inseparable from pecuniary arrangements; but admitting the existence of the fact—to whom I ask is the delay attributable, but in nine in stances out of ten, to the "share dealer" himself, who hesitates not to enter into a purchase of stock when lit:, is probably de pendent for payment on a contingency that may be procrasti nated beyond all calculation on his part at the time of entering into the contract—a circumstance that will necessarily revert disappointment to -the seller, carrying in its train the concomi tants of chagrin and dissatisfaction to all parties concerned. To the flagitious and libellous part of your correspondents letter, however, I feel myself called upon to give a direct con tradiction. He asserts an audacious and gratuitous untruth when he states that "the arrest of a share broker is na uncommon thing." It is on the contrary so uncommon "a thing," that I and many others, members of the maligned body, were perfectly unconscious of its having occurred at all, until the " Share dealer's" accusation induced the institution of an inquiry, which resulted in a rumour only, that something of the kind had occur red to an individual, whose visits to the Stock Exchange are, and have been, so few and far between, and whose intercommu nication with its members so rare, as scarcely to warrant the assumption on his part of the rights of membership. But sup posing for argument's sake that the instance of arrest, instead of being solitary had been triplicated; what then does it justify so unqualified an imputation as that made by this " Shnre dealer," that such things are not uncommon? As well might the crime of bankruptcy, if it be one, be levelled against the whole of our high-principled merchants, who require neither vindication nor eulogy at my hands, because some small fraction of their body had unfortunately found its way into the Gazette. The mode of placing that circumstance before the public is re prehensible in the extreme, it is illogical and does little credit either to the impartiality or the heart of the promulgater. " The " Share-dealer" asserts on his own experience, that be has not only "had to wait for months for the payment of stock," but has further been compelled to resort to legal mea sures to enforce it ;—which may be true—but the corollory of that I should take to be, some defect in the title given by the seller. This then becomes the exception, and not, as your correspondent would ungratefully insinuate, the rule. His other charge, of " brokers reaping the interest of their princi pal's money" is another gratuitous assertion of an untruth, and ought not to be dignified by a confutation. This suggestion, " not to part with your money until value be received," is excellent advice if it could be pursued; it is a theory that looks well upon paper, but in practice would be found by no means facile of accomplishment. . Suppose the case of a broker working a transaction between two refractory, or, if you prefer it, timid !principals, the one a Liverpool, the other a London resident, the one refusing to part with his money until he has received the stock, and ascertained that the transfer documents are regular and complete, the other adopt ing " Share-dealer's" suggestion, equally firm in his refusal to part with the stock before receiving the money; in what posi tion would the whole party, broker and principals, be placed: why the two latter must submit to the circumlocution and ex pense of a journey of a hundred miles, and meet each other at Birmingham, half way, to ratify a transaction that might be at once completed by the selection of a broker, in whom confi dence might and ought to be placed. This selection of such a broker, notwithstanding " Share-dealer's" base 'insinuation to the contrary, would be no herculean labour; there are many, very many such to be found in the share brokers' association — if not, quite sure am I that they will not be found out of it. This, I say, without even the slightest intention or wish to derogate from the respectability of those brokers who do not belong to it; and, however strongly "Share-dealer" may re commend a secession from that association, I take leave to tell him that it possesses advantages for principals that are neither to be found outside its pale, nor to be affected by the flimsy tissue of impeachment, which your correspondent, in his temerity, has ventured to make. This , if be be what h e repre sents h itself to be—a " Share-dealer," and not a broker, he must know full well—but if, as may be fairly suspected, he be an outside broker writhing under the defeat of rejection, his op position is at once accounted for—his malignity, is unmasked, and the rancorous virulence of his attack, will pass'for just that it is worth, NOTHING. Liverpool, Ist June, 1838. SHARE BROKERS TO THE EDITOR OF THE LIVERPOOL STANDARD. SlR,—Permit me to offer a few observations on the subject of a letter, in your last number, signed a " Share Dealer." As a member of a collective body, I feel that it implicates me to a certain extent individually, and in sielf-defence, calls for some reply,-which, however, I do not make in a spirit of hostility, as I admit at once, that there is much truth in his letter, though it is evidently written in a very petulent humour, and contains at least, one assertion that cannot be substantiated, viz.— " That it is no uncommon thing to see one of these transfer men transferred to the care of a sheriffs officer." This is cer tainly a trespass upon truth, and opposed to his own statement of the general respectabily of the body of brokers. But to the subject—the evils he complains of in the business of share broking„ as conducted in this market, are, that there are too many brokers—that there is great promptitude in demanding payment for purchases made, and equal laxity in settling for stock sold—that the scrip, should not, as it is, be parted with, before the seller obtains payment—and that the existence and working of the association of brokers Is objectionable. As to the first complaint, it is not the business of any body to inter fere with it, every man having a right to choose his own -pro fession or calling, and he will receive his reward acnording, to his merit. That there is great irregularity and laxity in making. settlements, is an evil, the existence of which, no one can deny, and which requires immediate reformation, but though practised to a very inconvenient degree, it is by means so general be tween brokers and their principals, as a " Share Dealer" would imply; many cross transactions occur between brokers, and it occasionally requires some indulgence to each other to facilitate business; but, principals not directly implicated in the trans action, should never be unduly inconvenienced, and speaking for myself, and to my knowledge of the practise of several other brokers, they seldom if ever are; and thus a " Share Dealer," who has been, it seems unfortunate in his selection of parties, who have managed his business negligently, has the remedy in his own power. by immediately applying to those who can, and do, conduct their bus iness with honour, promptitude, and despatch. But whilst I am willing to admit that a much better system may , an d ou g ht to be introduced I do not admit that the blame of the delay ,rests in more instances with the brokers, than with the principals. It must he within the knowledge of every person-who has been much in the share market, that during the speculative mania alluded to, nine out of every ten, who became speculators, had not the means of paying fora tithe of the purchase made by them through their brokers. They were speculating from day to day, for a rise, and whether disappointed or successful, the most they could do was 'to pay, or receive, a difference, and when the broker hail the amount of purchase money paid to him, he was required to re-sell the stock and receive his payment front the next buyer; and thus being handed from one t‘i another, it was impossible, unless he had the command of unlimited capital, that he could keep faith with all the friends for whom he was engaged, tints was the evil originated, and the remedy is easy—by instituting, one on even two settling days in each week, which being once the rule of the market, there would he no excuse for the buyer to put off payment, and no disappointment could consequently accrue to the seller. Making the "signing of a transfer at once the condition and term of payment," would be a hindrance, •and beget a great deal of the evils (delay,) already complained of; no buyer could be expected to part with his money, if the seller would not part with his scrip: it therefore only requires a dealer to sell to such brokers as he can place implicit confi dence in, and when he delivers to him his certificates on his transfers complete, he looks to him, and holds him responsible, for the return of either his money, or his documents. Of "the existence and working of the Brokers Association" much may be said. To the existence of such a body where business may be concentrated. I apprehend there can be no objection, but from the working out of the principles for which that body is associated, arises the evil to be complained of—and with this the public who deal in shares have much to do. To those who may not be aware of it, it may be necessary to say, that it is no guarantee of a man's honour or respectabiliry, either in his pri vate or public life, that he is a member of that body. Nor is it any test of his sagacity, or peculiar fitness for the business of share broking, that entitles him to be elected a member of this society; hut on the contrary the very opposite principle seems to be acted upon, as the vote for election is taken by ballot, and a small minority excludes private interests and feelings prevail, and he Whose intelligence or activity is least to be feared, has the strongest claim to admission. This has been exemplified in many instances by the exclusion of intelligent and respectable men, and the adniission at the same time of others who have no pretension to either character. I shall not follow the subject further at present, contenting myself with the admissions that 1 have made of the evils which do exist, and trusting to see the subject immediately taken up by the leading brokers, who, by instituting fresh rules for the government of the association and the share market generally; will thus remove all causes of complaint, and give to the share business in this town that degree of respectability to which the extent and importance of the transactions entitle it. I am, Sir, yours, A SHARE BROKER. Liverpool, June 2, 1838. TRIBUTE OF RESPECT TO A CLERGYMAN OF THE ESTA BLISHED CHURCH.—On Friday last a deputation of the con gregation of Christ Church, Liverpool, presented to their late excellent Curate, the Rev. James Power, A.IIL, a purse and a piece of plate, bearing the following• inscription : Presented to the Bev. James Power, A.M., By the congregation of Christ Church, - Liverpool, In testimony of their esteem and gratitude for his Christian kindness, and attention during his ministry among them. May 29th, 1838. VISITATION OF THE CLERGY OF THIS DISTRICT OF THE - DIOCESE, BY •TH E RIGHT REV. JOHN BIRD SUNINER, LORD BISHOP OF THE DIOCESE. Yesterday, at St. Peter's Church. the Lord Bishop of the Diocese held a 'visitation of the clergy of this district of the diocese. About 100 of the clergy of the diocese were present, embodying the whole of the clergy of the town, and the district of Preston, Orioskirk, Prescot, Walten,.,Kirkdale, Wavertree, Wootton, and the surrounding towns. The morning service was read by the Rev. Rector Campbell. The sermon was preached by the Rev. Rector Brooks, A.M., and was one marked by strong good sense, and Christian precepts. We have, from its excellence, been induced to give, what we believe, a ver batim recort of it, with the exception of an occasional verbal inaccuracy, from our being seated in an unfavourable position for hearing well. The Rev. RECTOR took for his text, the 10th chapter of the Gospel according to St. Matthew, and the 16th verse, " Beloved, I send you forth as sheep in the midst of wolves ; be ye there fore wise as serpents, and harmless as doves." The great object and design of Christianity was to prepare men for eternal life, and happiness in another world. The kingdom of God, and his righteousness comprehended the main business of religion. This is what we are instructed to be care ful first to see. In comparison with this, all other things are but of secondary importance. To secure this should be our con stant aim, and endeavour; and then, whateVer else may be needful for us, we may expect as a necessary consequence. The means which it pleased God to institute for the attainment of this end, was the establishment of a visible church. That church St. Paul informs us, is as the pillar and ground of truth: its divine founder called it " the light of the world;" in it was enshrined the gospel of our common salvation ; out of its bosom were to flow those living streams which were to be the spiritual nourishment of the whole human race; and from its orders were to issue those streams of celestial light which were to illu mine the darkness of the heathen world, as well as to be the glory of the hitherto more feeble Israel. This provision then being made for the security of this sacred deposite, the next step was the method which should be contrived for its general diffusion ; and this was to he done by appointment of a stand ing ministry. In this chapter we have recorded by St. Matthew, an account of the commission given ‘by our Saviour to his apostles, and of the instructions which, upon this interesting, and momentous occasion, he imparted to them in carrying it into effect; He was well aware of the danger and difficulties to which this office would expose them. He was sending them to preach words of peace, and of gentleness, but he knew how much they would be perverted by the obstinacy of prejudice, and by the violence. of passiou. They were to be the bearers of a message fraught with kindness, and with mercy ; but he forsaw that it would provoke animosities, and give cause of offence. .They were-to impart a knowledge calculated to make men wise unto salvation; but he knew that temporal interests, and wordly,professions, would reject the prefered gift, and turn it into the source of contention, and of discord. They were to performing good will towards men; the reception they were to meet with would be hatred, persecution, and death. Such then being the case, he deemed it necessary that they shoukl tie fore warned of the obstacles which would be opposed to their success; that they should be prepared for the treatment which they must inevitably experience; and that those false notions, which, in common with the rest of their countrymen, they had imbibed, as regarded the character of their master's kingdom; as one of worldly triumph, of worldly wonder, and of worldly dominion, should be corrected. In order that the sad and inelancholy scene which he was going to open to their view might not have the effect of discouraging their exertions, he begins by endea vouring to inspire them with confidence in hirnsielf, and in the authority with which, as the Son of God, he is invested. He bestows upon them the power of working miracles; he assures theta that they should be supplied with whatever was necessary for subsistence, and that without any care on their part ; he annimates them with the promise of supernatural assistance to enable them to advance the doctrines which they had under taken to promulgate, and to uphold the cause of truth against . all opposition. He reminds them that he himself bad been the object of bitter prosecution; that his actions •had been misre presented, and his notions maligned; that " the disciple could not expect to be above his master, nor - the servant above his lord," that it was enough if in its support, they were placed on the same footing. He intimates to them, that they, as he had done, were to, combat the errors and passioris of men; that they were to establish a worship that was foreign to all re ; ceived principles, and provides that they were to inculcate-the renunciation of inordinate desires that had_ never known re straint, and of evil habits that had grown rank by long in dulgence : that even those whom they might prevail on to receive the new. religion, would be objects of the most determined cruelty, and hatred, and that the divisions that would be intro duced with it would lie carried to such an excess, that the tenderest sympathies of nature would be violated; and the closest ties of kindred would afford no protection against the animosity of enmity and malice. And if such consequences were to attend the mere profession of it, what were they to ex pect who had boldly to stand forward as it advocates, and the instructors of its doctrines? When all the. bad passions of mankind were thus excited, it was scarcely speaking in a figure to tell them that " be sent them forth as sheep in the midst of wolves." as the meekest, and most helpless of animals, exposed to the fury of the most savage and ferocious; and yet they were not to allow themselves to be spared even under such apparently hopeless circumstances as these. Why should they tear death ? the utmost extent of whose power could only affect their mortal bodies—that perishable part of them, which: accident or disease might .at any moment annihilate. There was an armour with which they could cloth themselves ; there were weapons with which they might furnish themselves—the shield of faith, and trust, and confidence in him whose power extended not over the body only. but the immortal soul—the sword of the spirit, that spirit which was to work with them, and which would inspire them with fortitude, with courage, and with faith. This would not only form their own protection, but would enable them to work a mighty change in the nature, and the temper of their adversaries. Still, however, the proper use of this would re quire much skill, and discretion. It they would defend them selves with effect, it must be by putting an the combined virtues of wisdom and of innocence; by .so blending them together that the meekness of the one should counteract whatever there might be of worldly cunning in the other; sod the discretion of the former prevent the simplicity of the latter from becom ing the victim of oppression, and of fraud. "Be ye wise as serpents, and harmless as doves." Take the wisdom of the serpent to guard you against the wisdom of the world, and the artifices of those whom you will find opposed against you; but always united with the harmlessness-of-the dii4e, that you may preserve the genuine spirit, and character of your Redeemer. The one will not allow you to shrink from any necessary duty under any apprehension of personal danger, the other, by the exercise of a true foresight will prevent you from incurring an unnecessary risk. The one will in all cases restrain you from sin, the other will tend to mitigate the eVil; whilst the one will admit of no improper compliance, the other will mite use of no indecent provocation; whilst the one will neverllepart from what is right from the prospect of temporal advantage, the other will not court any interest which is incompatible with innocence. Simplicity will form no groundless jealousy or suspicion ; wisdom will awaken vilig,ance. The former will recommend you to the protection of G o d ; t h e l atter w ill guar d you against the plotting 's of men. Such was the admonition given to the first preachers of Christianity in the discharge of the arduous work committed to their care- in• establishing the foundation of a Christian world. They were under peculiar circumstances, and it is by no means the part of wisdom to make an unshakled, and unqualified application, either of their condition or of their duties to the ministers of the gospel in the present day. Still, however,ahere is so much of general resemblance as to make the same qualifications necessary, though not always in the same degree, no with relation to the same precise objects. • The first' preachers, so far as the Jews were concerned, had to set aside the religion which was endeared to them as the religion of their fathers; which was intimately associated with theie privileges as the de scendants of Abraham, which regarded as inviolate a wall of . .....-.-. partition between themselves and the rest of the world, which ►t was the professed object of the tie'iv dispensation to break down and to destroy. So with regard to the Gentiles, they had to overturn the superstitions of idolatry, and to introduce .4 pure and spiritual worship in the place of one which had found. a sanction for every vice and for every iniquity; to substitute faith in Christ for the pride of philosophy, and self idenial lor self indulgence; In the present day Christianity has 'become firmly established, and is gradually winning her way through the most distant quarters of the habitable globe. She has no longer all the pi inces of the world set in array against her; on the contrary, according to the predictions of the prophet, kings have become her nursing fathers, and queens her nursing mothers. The interest she has already made, and the triuMphs she has already achieved, has no longer heft it a question whe ther she shall alter speedily the religion of the Jew and the idolatry of the Gentile. But still the contest must be carried on against the same principles, though they are placed before us from the change of time and. circumstances, under a different aspect. Infidelity is still at work ; she does not in deed boldly attempt to struggle for empire; she attempts to undermine where she cannot openly deny; and by insidiously circulating her poison under the specious garb of an affected liberality, seeks to entrap the unwary and to deceive the care less. But Christianity has not now to strive only with external enemies, with internal concord and union, which drew from her adversaries the proud and the gratifying confession, "see how these Christians love one another." This has ceased to be the divine characteristic of her apostles;' deadly hatreds and bitter animosities have divided the church of Christ itself into contending parties. The fierceness of ill-tempered zeal has been as mischievous in its tendency and as injurious in its effects to the cause of religion as the cruel persecutions of the heathen and the Jew, and the words of our Lord . have been applicable to the present day no less than in the times immediately subse quent to the inculcation of his religion, I hat "a man's toes are invariably, in his own household." To repel then these united .attacks of infidelity from without, schism from within, the church of Christ will require all. the .aid she7Can receive from learning, from industry, and from well directed zeal. As the 'priest of old stood between the dead and the living to stay the plague, so must her ministers take their stand between religion and infidelity; between, the form of God's words and the unsound ness of heretical opinions; and while they exercise that wisdom reject every unholy compromise of principle, and every faith less sacrifice of truth, must unite with it that purity of disposi tion, that mildness of temper, and that honesty of purpose, which clearly prove its character to be that which is from above. And if such be the duty of all who minister in any branch of the church of Christ, it surely is peculiarly binding upon us who have the happy privilege of serving at the altars of that which is established within the kingdom. The principles upon which our church is founded are the most complete exemplification of that spirit which 'our present Saviour recommended to his apostles: her confessions of faith are strong, and her opinions professed with so touch forbearance, so much charity and mo deration as might reasonably lead to the hope that she would have disarmed all opposition, and conciliated general affection and esteem. If this has unhappily not been the case—if, on the contrary, she has been made the apparent object of attack —if she has been assailed on the right hand and on the left, by men widely differing from each other in religious opinion and diametrically opposed in doctrine—if her intentions have been misconstrued, her failings exaggerated and her policy impugn ed as sensual and worldly—if her ministers have been charged with being faithless to their trrust, as dead to the spiritual wants of those under their care. and as influenced only by the base ambition of temporal gain, it should not be to us a matter of wonder or surprise. We have no right to calculate for an entire exemption from those difficulties with Which the first preaChers of the gospel had to 'Contend. if they were called upon to suffer bonds and imprisonment, and often even death—if they were troubled on every side—if they were persecuted front city to city, and if the altered state both Of religion and society no longer renders us subject to the same arguments; yet we have no reason to believe that ours must be a state of uninterrupted repose: The time is not yet come when we are to expect that the word will have free course; it has still obstacles to contend with which must prove in the highest degree inimical to its peace; and if we, its appointed champions, have still to combat with profaneness and with profligacy; with malice and with envy, with false doctrine and with heresy, with bad faith and with awful superstition, we must look to he asiailtd with the breath of calumny and the rudest censure; we must look to our actions being sometimes condemned, and to Aur offtives being improperly impugned; we must pi epare to bear with the un merited suffering of evil reports, and, instead of allowing our selves to feel any enmity which the terms of such treatment may be calculated to inspire, we must take our stand upon the rock of truth and uphold and protect the high and holy interests A4 V 4 /• /~ • which Catme been committed to our • call from no exertions, however laborious—fo Ksreyrrseches,. -sm ~• however severe, which may meet us trja t or d our duty to which we have hound ourselves onz we serve; we know the master whose Step . ; • &Y n derta.ken to follow, was a man Of sorrows and a with grief; we know that the captain of our salvation—he from whom our faith originates, and on whom it is founded was, during his abode on earth, despised and rejected of amen, and "the ser vant is not above his Lord." Looking, then, to him for our example, we must run with patience the race set befOre us; we must count all things but lost for the excellency of the law of Christ, and for that gospel which he laid down his life to give to us. We must be ready to sacrifice every earthly consideration in announcing this as the only name given under lamsa; , en whereby man can be saved, and we must glory in, the apostles application of the glowing language of prophesy--" How beau tiful upon the mountains are the feet of them who bring good tidings and publish peace."—You, my brethren, to whom I am now addressing myself, without doubt, believe that there is no church in Christendom which has a stronger claim to the faith ful allegiance of her sons than the one to which we belong; and, on the elevated ground, and on the conviction, that in both her doctrines and her precepts she comes nearest to the apos tolic copy. She stood nobly forward to dispel the darkness when the light of the gospel had been obscured and almost lost amidst the early rise of Papal superstition, and early gained the title of being the glory of the reformed churches. We trust she has done nothing to forfeit that high character which she still maintains, and under the blessing of God will long continue to maintain, the purity of the faith once delivered to the saints. You are devoted to her, it is hoped, upon more enlightened principles than the narrow feelings of sectarian zeal, from re-; garding her as the faithful repository of the redeemed world— as the guardian of the system of truth which leads to everlasting. life. Yeti will naturally wish to see her animated to the ad vancement of true religion, spreading wide the language of sal vation, and offering to all the rich and precious treasures in which her whole hopes are built; 'eon will adopt the language of one of her eloquent. advocates, " I would wish to see the established' church of England great and powerful; I would wish to see her foundations laid low and deep; I would have her head raised up to that heaven to which she conducts us; I would have her open wide her massive gates to all with liberal compassion, but I would have no breaches in her walls; 1 would have her cherish all those vi Ito are within, and pity all those who ate without ; I would have her a firm blessing to the world, an ensample if not an instructieu to the whole of those who have the happiness to belong to her. I would have her give lessons of peace to mankind that a vexedgen4ration might seek for repose in the bosom of Christianity, and not in the harlot lap of infidelity and indifference." But how can this wish be better accomplished than by the union of the energy of all her friends? We know, indeed, that our church is in the hands of God; but we are bound to take every care that can conduce to her safety. We believe her to be founded on - Scripture; and as it has pleased God to withdraw the extraordinary gift of the 'Holy Spirit, and to leave the future extension of his holy reli gion to human aid, supported by the holy influence of divine grace, the unity of wisdom and purity is more than ever neces sary; and indifference, and selfishness, and sloth ought to have no place aiming the professors of that faith; it should be fol lowed with other views. These are not the times for a listless inaction; there are various causes at present at work calculat ed deeply to affect the interests of the church which we love and venerate; they are too apparent to be unseen from our view; they are too important to be disregarded; they hold out a warning which ought pot to be lost upon us; but it should speak to us only of increased faithfulnesi and zeal. We must indeed feel how inadequate we are of ourselves to do this, but we should feel all things through Christ, and the grace of God will not be waniing to those who are earnest in their defence. And we are contending for the purity' of that institution which we believe to be the purest church of 'Chriit on earth, and to be built on a stable foundation, Jesus Christ himself being the chief corner stone; and we should stand forth, therefore, not, indeed, in our own strength, but called, in righteousness, and uni ting the-wisdom of the serpent with the harmlessness of the dove; to maintain the principles of our faith and of moderation, yet, at the same time, with the unshaken consistency which becomes our profession, with Christian charity and Christian meekness, but at the same time with undoubted firmness and with devoted re solution. In discharging the momentous responsibilities which in this respect lie upon us, we must not 'conceal from ourselvei that the eyes of all are directed towards itt. Some anxiouslY lay hold of every opportunity to misrepresent and to traduce us; others, while they affect to feel sorrow for our faults, are; too apt to place them_in an unfavourable light more than they deserve, and not a few, perhaps, are inclined to seek an excuse in their own failings in the infirmities which they see in us. IA is, no doubt, a difficult task so to walk at to keep ourselves[ from all blame. If we are quiet we are charged with remiss; ness; if we are active, we are considered too interfering ; if we inculcate practice, we are said to be deflcieet in faith; if we enforce doctrine, we are accused of being neglectful of mo rality ; if we content ourselves with the simplicity of the Gose pel, we are described as lying down and loving to slumber ; if we enter into controversy, we are condemned ai bigots. And if such be the accusations of our enemies, there iS sometimes, I regret to say, so much of lukewarmness in our friends as in-; duces them to lend a too willing ear to these unreasonable repre sentations. Still, however, the remedy is in our own hands; to pursue the straightforward course, deviating neither to the one side nor to the other, and taking that elevation of character which can only be gained by the union of these qualities en joined by . our Saviour, wisdom and innocence. A zealous and conscientious dischtfrge of our duties, tempered by discre tion, and adorned by sensibility, and purity will, generally speaking, secure for us the attachment of those with whom we are professionally connected if we but speak, and do the things which become sound in doctrine; if we but feel the power of that religion which we preach. and preach the power we feel ; if we endeavour to rightly to divide the word of truth • if we apply it judiciously to the wa n t s and circumstances of those whom we teach; if we are ever ready as occasion may require to instruct ignorance, support weakness, to raise the despond ing, to cheer the penitent, to : rouse the careless, to warn the fearless, and to warn the reprobate, we may reasonably look for the blessing of God on our labours, and if we do not succeed hi attaining the good opinion of those who are determined not to see anything that is good in us, we shall, at least, conciliate the esteem of the pious, and the virtuous, and reap even more— that reward which is the fitting object of our desires, so long as we use not for the purpose of self gratification, but only as it enables us to extend our usefulness, and provide additional means of glorifying our Father who is in heaven. Let us then, iny brethren, steadily puisue our course of duty with a zeal enlightened by wisdom, and purified by meakness; let us place our confidence iu Him in whom alone is our strength; and in conclusion, I would exhort you, not in the feebleness of Ishm who is now addressing you, but in the energetic language of one of the most eminent preachers of the 17th century, "Go forth, and preach Christ Jesus the Lord, determined to know nothing among your people, but Christ crucified. Let his name and grace, his spirit and love triumph in the midst of all your disc•iurses; let your great end be to glorify him in the eaith, and to render hitu precious in the eyes of his people; lead them to him as a sanctuary to protect them, a propitiation to reconcile them, a treasute to enrich them; aphysiciau to heal them, an advocate to present them and their services to God, who is wisdom to counsel, is righteousness to justifY, is redemp tion to save." Now to GOd &c. The Loan Bistsoe having then entered within the rails be fore the altar the clergy assembled round him, and answered to their names as called over by his officer, to the number of about 80. The right rev. prelate then proceeded to deliver his charge to them; but we heard him so indistinctly we can only present an outline to our readers. They were met together to take counsel in things in which they were immediately concerned, and in the first place he noticed the necessity that existed, in the rapid 'evolution in time, for them to work for the glory of God "while it was called to-day." Many subjects there were of ecclesiastical policy which might excite their interest or suspicion, but he found himself irresistibly' carried on to one object as far transcending every other,—he meant the local advancement of religion in their own pa rishes, and the districts committed to them as the parti cular field which was assigned to each. This seemed the point to which their attention might still most properly be directed. In all matters of general religious legislation, they remained much where they were ten years ago. They had always had changes in project and changes in experiment; but, as to all essential things, they remained unchanged. Our ad ininistration had still the some opportunities of usefulness, and were still encountered by the same obstacles. Ile knew nm t that the one were increased, and he was not sure that the other were decreased. Now, had they (the clergy) waited mean while, and suspended their exertions, very different would have been the aspect of things at the present hour: Their concern was of time and eternity; time flies too rapidly to be lost ; the interests of eternity are too serious to be neglected. They might hope, therefore for better fruits froth having used the ineausahey bad. The object set before them, though still far distant in the horison, was nyt so distant as before; some ob stacles that intervened had been removed The right rev. prelate then went on to notice the most prominent spiritual wants. One Of the most prominent was the want of religious education; the young must be brought up in the knowledge of the Lord. In reason, the nature of education niust be deter mined by the nature of the subject of that education; and, since man was an iinmortal being—since his eternal existence must depend on his conduct in this world—since " What profiteth it unto a man to gain the whole world and lose his own soul;" therefore the knowledge of God was eter nity to him. The education, also, which provided for eternity was the most valuable for him, for it was better calculated than any other education to strengthen and expand the faculties of the mind. There were those who thought that the study of the bible contracted the miud and fettered the understanding; but let such remember that the greatest men this country had evsr known, and those who had arrived at the greatest degree of worldly knowledge, had ever been most conversant with the bible. Education led to evil except where the head was storm d the mind was brought under regulation; and the mind could be regulated in no other way except by those great truths of scripture, of love to Christ, binding the heart. The passiond were not controlled nor the .appetites brought into subjection, because the mind was acquainted with literature or the arts. with history or geography. How frequently did we find the tnost transcendent abilities connected with corruption of heart. They had no safeguard that a merely intellectual man would be an useful member of the community to which he belonged; he might be a slave to debasing vice and a pest to society. The want of education—scriptural education—did not arise so much from the want of schools as -from the ignorant e of parents and the unwillingness of persons to send their children to them. This arose from many causes, froimm the necessity of children, at a very early age, working for their subsistence—front the temptations to which they were exposed which made them unwilling to attend school. Legisla five enactments could do little in this respect to change the na ture of man; nothing but moral teaching and gospel exercim es would do away with this. In connexion with the national so ciety, 59 new schools have been established in the diocese, con taining 21,000 scholars, and bad been raised at an expense f £44,692. In proportion as they were enabled to carry oils education through the mass of the population; they anti d find it more efficient. Those who were instructed and ee , e brought afterwards into contact with others, would find them also under the control of like influences; the dangers of ass' , ciation would be prevented, and companionship would not be to corrupt but to improve. Pe rejoiced to meet the clergy uow with increased hope. The times had received them with a spirit of enmity, which, instead of laying their honour in the dust, bail awakened them to fresh exertions in the cause of Jesus Christ. Since his last visitation, 30 churches had been erected, and 20 more were building in this part of the diocese; and when these churches should be completed, the diocese would be richer by 100 churches than when they had met before within the last three years. Our government must be shown, that no megis trate is so effective as the minister of the church; that no laws are so effective as the laws of God.. After the conclusion of the charge, the visitation broke up at three o'clock. To-day a confirmation will be held by tliti Bishop, at the different churches: We undertstand that a sermon to young persons generally/ and especialiy to those recently confirmed, will be preached at St. Andrew's Church to-morrow evening, by the 'Worshipful the Chancellor of the Diocese. ItsiLivAt to NEwToN RACE COURSE.—We understand considerable improvements have been made on this branch, to prevent delay or accident with the trains to Newton races—and if we may judge from the entry of horses for the ensuing meet ingj there will be no hick of sport: