The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser. — Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1847-04-13 00:00:00

Rev. Hush cannot inform "A Liber given its av( temporary has - been long in his own columns a lation in thnpnbli is week. Can have receive( 3 sum of .ei, TO CORRESPONDENTS Throug jury to 1001, ant Frotestc bility of its ithin the la Lave in Eiyz TUESDAY IT was N hand, ar rHE LIN Por sna taught t ler they, so( tional connection with th rful effort being ss from an uncarect eh avities of youthful int e, as th Country Proud are we o: Church of Cl iNDARD IPRIL he' Irish g - land has - 'ound of a as the qu tion to t le Church A meeting was A we ndifference ig portion of our reat cont which on one whet he ion in which into salvation, strutted in those lueation, without rich they can hardly, _ Or shall ne cold, abstrar ongreg ennitted:v le to save them, to id, through the de- to a manhood n practical Athe fore the which is now 1 hat portion of the mr privilege to be- s the position which - the Church of tonal Church privileges which bel legal right to t es hers f on a level of y various class and form of Ch )ur readers have brough th laity pouring t0rt3.41—,, gross misrepresen s it, or is it no. tate is prei ared to aim Dissent the poor be taught, le vriate a c signing all those to her, waiving she volunt exclaim- hem kno known a her time or ineli mts of print which columns of the msly- darkened by ition, we shall state it fairs` *inn, and sophist., hat when the lin sum to the ous education of the poor, that scent should receive of that sum in propor tions of their respec- oluntary cc TI tive supporter 3 no more than a tiling tc :onced to the most insigni rs ; she demands ant sect of Protestant Dissent no more !re is the Dissente: who will say that she ought to be contented with As journalists, not unmindful of our. Christiin duty, we stated our opinions touching this matter long ago, and should have since urged it more fully had it not been our well-grounded ment in favour of Chris hould be conscien- and frequently, _ . conviction, that any move tian education to be valuabl us, to be imposing should be spontaneous. That ch a movement has taken place so lately as Frida' held at the t, we are rej , presided over by the senior rector of Liverpool, and sanctioned by . the countenance of that great supporter of evangelical. Chris tianity, Mr. WisTei!e, and by many rs of the local clergy. We shall conclude by expressing our earnest uch of our upper and middle classes, as 3t in the welfare of the poor, will now nd support this measure; let them t hesitate because it has been introduced hope that take an inter( come forward a a Whig Government, let them not ask ther any good thing can come out of Galilee, 3y may be certain that a measure which is sanc ned by the Bishop 3 of the Church, and by such en as Lord Ashley, the respected Rectors of this Mr. WIN elle and others, whose zeal in n is well known, cannot be adverse to the interests of true religion—let then every one who regards the temporal and spiritual fence of Protestan interests of his poorer brethren come forward now and petition in favour of that plan of Christian Education which now awaits the verdict of the The petition lies for signature at the TANDARD Offi;e and other places: On Thursday a meeting of the patrons of the orkshire Yeomans' Schools was held, at which Lord Morpeth, who was in the chair, made a speech of considerable length in favour of Government Education. After six aking of the great want of education amongst the lower classes, his lordship made the following remarks, which we recommend to the attention of the dissenting bodies. Then, when in such a state of things, the leaders and aments of denominations and communities come for .d and say, ' You are interfering with our labours, you are interrupting our progress, you are weakening our in fluence, you are subtracting from our numbers,' sorry as ncredulous as I am, vet, when such things s argument, I am forced to say, I cannot .o put for ch care. (Loud applause.) We are churchmen here. t is thought that church schools will gain by the new -angement. If so, it will be because they meet it with wering efforts. (Renewed applause.) But I disclaim - 3 s for our proceedings. It is because I _e pale of the church—beyond the Jminations—there is a vast, destitute 1 mass, festering in our stres such grow tha at of 44 sits of the d ,ets and alleys, with ind sound of contamination, choking the ac nn, sense. without any sense of duty to earth D word of instr to heaven, upon whom ..ction ever Is, upon whom no breath of love ever settles ; these, claimed by Lambeth, unknown to Geneva, unconverted I would invite, I almost wish I could compel, in. (Hear, hear.) Ido not so much care to ich fold, so that there was a hope of teaching them that n is their brother, and that ' God is love.' " ~.ome— AN opportunity of relieving himself of a little of the bile, or whatever else it may be, which excites him, whenever the business connected with the management of the Dock Estate comes before the Council, is seldom neglected by Mr. Eyre Evans. It seems as if he would travel from the most re- mote point of her Majesty's empire of Great Britain and Ireland, and we had almost added of her colo nial possessions, rather than lose a chance of bait ing a Dock Chairman or Deputy-Chairman, or throwing a shower of grape, in the shape of insinu ations, taunts, comparisons, and direct charges amongst the sub-committees and other members of the Committee. The memory of the gol den age of Whig-Radical supremacy in that body haunts him—waking and asleep, in sickness and in health ; and the most vague hope—the merest shadow Of a chance—of bringing back that golden age, seems to excite in him a vitality and a restless energy, which defy all external agency to repress The proposal to substitute, for the present mode paying_the Dock Solicitor by fees on business amie by him in his professional capacity, a fixed salary of £l4OO a year brought out Mr. Evans, in the Council Chamber, on Wednesday, like another The illness induced by his recent acci- Chatham and the persuasions of friendship, seem to ,ave been alike disregarded. The chance of letting Jff a diatribe upon dock management outweighed their united efficacy. Well, the opportunity has been enjoyed. Mr. Evans has had his speech—has placed before the world the usual quantity of self laudation, mingled with reprobation of the doings of those who differ with him in opinion upon dock matters ; and what is the effect produced ? No thing, except the establishment of the fact that Mr. RNINC ,e issue of ias pl aced them, or in t Cburch. Salford. i penCe on ti the Mercury has r atholic I Le chief ;ented from t] Evans in office is a very Mr. Evans w s improvic pon a as ptra Mr. WI on the shady side of fortune Ir. Worthin .on of a different personage from I :nt, he says, to piaci ng, and in po all the work flied salary, now, because Solicitor is completed, and we are to have a peace of a Dock of 30 years, with no mot no more del tations, no more parliamentary campaigns, agents, or long solicitor's bills of coat said the same gentleman some few led upon a imitted to be to the ?resent, t own-u Seen found to ob the public and C howeve n fror ientary But:wh ars ago, when 3 pension of ireful public 1 fixed salary to aWhig , too, to dra .ould !, or ttie val ever lankind by abst Ti unni cessary her iii given to the Docl K Comer f Parli'a'xnent wh Ai constitutes them warehouse )11ision with y neces uttee a claim upon ional attention, nor is it a fact that the al f any immediate necessity )usiness renders it likely 'or fresh parhame that a leis sum than - £l4OO a year will be paid in The titles fo' the n w purchases 1, in the ordinary mode of paying for hie sum. B littl such business, cost a considera- though we nay oursel yes need taiy pou for some i 'eport as works requiring parliam ears to come, it is not at all so sure that we may not be troubled with some pressure from without, which it will require a 1 e amount ional activity to enable us to repel, tisfie( that the arrangement Worthington is, in every res and it is with regret that we Evans' of discerning rig his judgment warped of any kind. Such a man ought We are pert ith Mr and economical one see a man so c the right, permill by his anti pathie above the indulgence of feelings so little and mited space at our disposal, no: our inclination allow us at any time to report all the unseemly irate iptions in iich Mr. \V. Earle chooses to indulge himself and the Council. , Such lamentable exhibitions of a waspish mind and temper are too discreditable .to the assembly in which they are made—and in which we are sorry to see them rewarded with "laughter," " loud laugh- excite- too discreditable to the intelligence of 1, to be recorded in which they are haza S winchLna n (tn. roan by a Pre h respect to one portion Of 101.- eruptions on Thursday last, upon the subject of the Report of the Commissioner however upon the W question, inasmucl as it coat sive in matter as in manner, upon a gentleman- we know to be far the superior of - Mr. Earle in talent and knowledge of his profession ; and whom we believe to be quite that gentleman's equal in the honesty with which he discharges his duties to the public. .. . "Mr. Earle—l think the committee perfectly justified in the conclusions to which they have come. I denounce the report of the commissioners as the most infamous one ever sent to the public. (Oh ! and laughter.) Here is a most enormous amount of money spent in procuring a report that is only so much waste paper ; and who will have to pay for it ? " The Tow n" Mr. Earle.- Clerk.—The Corporation. —Then I think the government ar blame for ding down such incompetent men here who would be prepared to give iide the government. Upon my word, this—never ! Mr. Parker THE CUSTOMS REVENUE OF THE PORT OF LIVERPOOL, We noticed last week the gratifying fact that the ton s and outwards of the port of Liverpool had ,ained to a greater amount than that frequent _ _ _n the Thames itself ; and we have now the pleasure to inform our readers that the Customs revenue of the The following is the e inwai at lemzth port continue for the quarter ending sth April, as compared Drresporiding period of last yea] 1846. 238,944 230.130 he quarter £46,638 been greater but for the preva the difficulty in procuring vesE mi n h would .no doubt have ports to bring it of the The tol I with the 9,44,496 1,016,383 Zg an in, snoutu nave sei an opinion and to 6 I never saw such a said the government would follow the suggestions con tained in it • but he should remember that they have thrown aside reports of more consequence than this. (` Not water reports.') Ido not know whether they were fire or water reports, but the principle is the same ; and this I know, that there never was anything like to this repOrt ; for a more foolish, inconsistent, ignorant piece of stuff never was collected together. (Loud laughter) " Now it may be that the principle, upon which these ambulatory commissions are based, is bad. We rather imagine that they had their origin with Mr. Earle's own party. We never heard Mr. Earle himself denounce the mission of a New Poor Law Commissioner as either a farce, or the execution of his task as something little less than a swindle. Oh no ! The delegates of Somerset House and Municipal and other Commissioners have always been, in Mr. Earle's eyes, the most pure, enlight ened and virtuous of human beings, perhaps be cause they never interfered. with any of his pet crotchets. • Messrs. Herbert and Page unfor tunately have so interfered; hint ille irce—hence these contortions of temper, and these vials of wrath opened above their unhappy heads. We could have pardoned any degree of exaspe ration, however, which the honorable gentleman— we beg his pardon, the worthy Councillor—might have felt, as well as any amount of oddity in his way of expressing his feelings ; but when he goes on to impute to Messrs. Herbert and-Page absolute incompetency for the task intrusted to them, we must—as to the latter at least ; the former we have : not the pleasure of knowing—beg leave to cry him nay. Mr. Page is fully competent—competent beyond the ordinary run of such officials ; and unless Mr. Earle has seen something which he had not the opportunity of seeing—unless he has been down on an exploratory expedition into the strata around Liverpool, or guaged to the fraction of an inch the fall of rain on Rivington Pike—unless he has ascertained to a nicety the demands of the mill owners for compensation and determined, what Mr. Hawksley his pet engineer has never yet accurately determined, the cost, yield, and capability of his rivulets and reservoirs, we should be' dis posed to back the professional and unbiassed opi nion of Mr. Page against the second hand opinion of . the Whig-Radical member for St. Anne's Ward. It is just - possible that.the Government may be in error in -the conclusions to which they have come. It is possible also that the engineerS con sulted by the Council may be wrong, as the Coun cil have already decided that one competent party, employed by them, and who reported against their scheme—Mr. Cunningham—was wrong. Engin eers, like doctors, differ; and few men are infallible. The public however in these matters are disposed to trust the impartial opinion of the Umpires—in which position Messrs. Page and Herbert stand — rather than the opinion of the retained counsel or the retained engineer in favor of his own scheme. SMALL DEBTS COURT.—This Court was opened for the first time, yesterday, under the new Small Debts Act, by Mr. Lowndes,: the presiding Judge of the Court. At St. James's Church, on Sunday last, the sum of £27 was collected for the schools attached to the church, after sermons by the Rev. W. Chave and the Rev. H. Hampton. On Sunday last, after two very excellent sermons, by the Rev. Hugh Stowell, of Manchester, the sum of £97 10s. was collected in St. Andrew's Church, in this town, in aid of the funds of the schools in connexion with the.church. ST. JUDE'S RELIEF FUND.—The amount received by the committee, up to last night, was £4,801, but we are sorry to learn that the balance in the treasurers hand is reduced to £3 18s. 2d., while the applications (to quote from the brief but expressive appeal of the committee) daily reaching the committee from various parts of Ire land, continue to be of the most urgent .and distressing character. _ _ _ Archdeacon Rushton stated at a meeting of the friends of national education in Manchester on Friday, that dur ing the last five years there had been 186 new day schools in connection with the Church of England in the diocese of Chester alone, while the whole number erected through the British and Foreign School Society in England and in Scotland for that period was not more than 192. At the same meeting the Rev. Hugh Stowell stated that his con gregation had contributed £4,000 for the establishment of schools in connection with the church, that they had never received a farthing from the state, and that they did not anticipate receiving any assistance. ouneil the would 'b vners, tempts every 1111p-owne )f the po THE LIVERPO .esent the ear of £362,184 4t the abo nal sum of ions have d unfair both to th company are preparing to .ension of the capital by an of course, as previous me, is to bear interest at the rate of ten, tm. We learn from good quarters that nmittee of the Council have recently been h the . directors, and have urged ten per cent. v double nal £200,000 into ne that sum. The committee thought that they should re strict themselves to five per cent., as being fair to all parties. The on dit is, that the company refuse to submit to this proposition ; and that their bill is, in conseqUence, to be hotly opposed in Parliament by the Town Council. AT MR. GRUNDY'S ROOMS, OF S PAINTING OF " THE STAG AT &NSDELI We were favour cl yesterday with a view of the above splen being exhibited at Mr. Grundy's rooms, •street and Postoffice-place, as well as of .several other fine paintings, which are in course of engraving, by the same spirited publisher and patron of the fine arts ; and we have rarely had a richer treat. The picture by Ausdell, which we understand, was paint ed for a gentleman in this town, is a noble composition, bold in style and a execution The scene is laid upon . the height; of one of the Scottish mountains, whose summits are represented as half shrouded in mist. The stag—one of ten tyers—is painted with his haunches upon a small projecting platform of fissured rock, covered with mountain verdure, with his head thrown back, until the flesh. ,ut enterin, - e bleeding from one side •, and a large hound is fas tening the exposed portion of his throat. The frenzy of the eye of the noble victim is wonderfully depicted ; and In short, the pair seem to struggle on Another hound is climbing over a bank, between which, and the shelf on which the contest is going on, is a narrow ravine filled with water, interrupted in its flow by a fallen larch tree, denuded of its leaves, whose up-pointing branches seem to have caught in the bed of the stream. This part of the picture is beautifully animal painting he canvas itset. A specimen proof of the engraving from the picture— which, however, is in an unfinished state—is also on view ; and, so far is well executed, and promises to be ex ceeded by no similar work of art. Another fine painting is on view at the same room, The Soldier's Dream," by F. Goodall, a work which attractediN un --. 4 ntion at the British institution in 1845 ; and, indeed, was coum—...l . f.ht veinof the collection. esmil 's Dream," It is founded upon the poem o by Thomas Campbell.. In the foreground is lie dosing that night on his pallet of straw, By the wolf scaring fa ;ot that gliart the slair the red light of the 'burning faggots bringing out the fea tures and figure of the sleeper most beautifully. In the distance are the usual scenes of a lately contested battle field. Over all hangs, most dreamily painted, the beau tiful vision of the poet : "Methought from the battle-field's dreadful array, Far, far I had roani'd on a desolate track ; Twas autumn, and sunshine arose in the way, To the home of my fathers that welcomed me back. I flew to the pleasant fields traversed so oft In life's morning march, when my bosom was young ; I heard my own mountain goats bleeding aloft, And knew the sweet strain that the corn reapers sung. Then pledged we the wine cup, and fondly I swore, From my home and my weeping friends never to part ; My little ones kissed me a thousand times o'er, The picture is altogether finely conceived, and most ar tistically executed. It is being engraved excellently by Edward Goodall, Esq. • Mr. Grundy has also received, and will for a few days have on view, a portion of the original water coloured drawings of " Scotland illustrated,"—a work now in course of publication by Hogarth, of London, uniform with Roberts's Holy Land. The drawings are by C. Stansfield, R.A., G. Cattermole, G. L. Leitch, T. Cres wick, A.R.A., D. Roberts, RA., J. D. Harding, J. Nash. and H. Mac Culloch, R.S.A. They will be li- thographed by J. D. Harding, and a portion, coloured, will be fac-similes of the drawings. A SPECULATIVE PAUPER.—A poor-looking woman was brought up yesterday, and charged by one of the helping officers at Pickup-street, with selling the bread and soup tickets she had received at the Parish-office. The tickets, four in number, which she had in her pos session, were taken back to the Parish-office, and she was discharged. PASSING BASE Cofx.—A woman named Mary Thomp son, an old offender in this line, was committed by Mr. Rushton, yesterday, for passing two base half-crown pieces, on Saturday last, in St. John's Market. It ap peared that she purchased some geranium plants, which came to 5d., and passed off one of the pieces in payment, and when the man discovered the quality of the metal, she coolly reached him another equally bad, when he had her taken into custody. _ _ MOTION TO ADMIT REPORTERS TO THE MEETINGS OF THE HEALTH COMMITTEE. —We remarked a few weeks ago, upon the anxiety felt by the town at large to learn something of the proceedings of this committee ; and urged upon its members the propriety of allowing' reporters fot the press to attend its proceedings, reminding them that such a course was adopted by the highway board, whose functions they now exercise. As an addi tional ground for urging the step, we instanced the large powers given to the committee, including the levying of heavy rates, and imposing fines for infringement of their byelaws. We are glad to learn that the subject is about to be taken up by the committee. We can perceive no satisfactory reason for any coyness or difficulty upon the subject on the part of such a body, comprising 23 mem bers of the elite of the council chamber; and we trust that no material opposition to the proposal will be offered. VALUE OF LAND AT BIREENHEAD.-011 Saturday an inquiry took place at the Town-hall, Birkenhead, for the purpose of assessing the value of two portions of land re quired by the Chester and Birkenhead. Railway Company for their extension line from Grange-lane to the new docks. The first portion of land belonged to Mr. M'Adam, and the price fixed by Mr. Wightman, the valuer appointed by two magistrates, was accepted by the owner. The sum paid for it was £6,924 15s. 10d. for the land, being at an average of 28s. sd. per yard and £4lO for severance. The jury found for these sums. The second portion was a piece of land, consisting of 1,200 square yards, belonging to Mr. Laycock, iron merchant, and situated at Bridge-end, within about 150 yards of the new docks. The company bad paid down as compensation for it after the rate of 50s. per square yard, the price fixed by Mr. Wightman, the valuer appointed by the magistrates. A number of wit nesses were called on behalf of Mr. Laycock, who swore that in their judgment the plot was worth £4 to £4 13s. per yard. On the other hand, Mr. Wightman considered 50s. its full value, and Mr. Stewart said it was not worth more than 455. Mr. Crompton and Mr. T. Atkinson ap peared as counsel for the railway company, and Mr. E: G. Temple_ for Mr. Laycock. The case was adjourned to yesterday, when at the conclusion of the inquiry, the jury assessed the value of the land at £3 18s. per yard. EDINBURGH, LEITII, AND GRA.NTO'N.—We have much pleasure in stating that Captain Coddrington, of the Railway Board, inspected the works on this line yester day, which appeared to afford the gallant inspector every satisfaction. His report will be immediately forwarded to London, and it is expected that the line will be opened for general traffic in the course of next week. We have had the satisfaction of examining the stationary engine and powerful apparatus for working the incline, and we can confidently affirm that a more substantial and com plete, as well as ingenious body of machinery, has not been erected•on any similar undertaking in the empire. It is furnished with every facility and improved means of applying the power recently introduced. The rope, (a wire rope,) is remarkable for strength and elasticity, and is worked with the utmost smoothness, entirely avoiding the harsh grating sound common to most inclines. In this respect, as well as others, we have no doubt the result will prove that the directors have acted wisely in adopting the stationary engine in preference to locomotives. It is also satisfactory to us to state that the dispute between the Company and the Town Council has been arranged, and further litigation avoided. We still retain our decided o h p o i: e lio ae n t t e h d on atmionsttiviiesxamtiaotuteslry an d improperly, sacrificing the Edinburgh Corporation the convenience and interest of the public to individUal vanity and pique; but the question is now at an end, and we dismiss it. It has been arranged that the chimney stalk shall be reduced, but, of course, that it shall remain in its present situation. Arrangements will be made by the engineer to prevent this alteration from interfering with the efficient working of the machinery.—Scottish Railway Gazette. e Inc UL STANDARD, IsMENtdO THE AFFAIRS OF TOXTETII-PARK We have been favoured with a copy of a memorial pre sented to the magistrates by a body of highly-respectable ratepayers of Toxteth-park, the substance of which, be fore remarking upon it, we shall endeavourto plate before It is well known that for some time past -, since the domination of the Liberal party was established in the Parish-office, many complaints have been made against them of unfair dealing in electioneer ing and registration matters, by the Conservative portion of the ratepayers. At the recent meeting for the election of overseers it is loudly urged that the same kind of prac tices prevailed. The memorial states that shortly previous to the meeting, a second rate, of one shilling and eight pence in the pound, had been laid, very few bills for which had been issued until the day before the meeting ; and many parties attended the meeting, not aware of such rate being laid, who were informed that they could not in consequence be allowed to vote unless it was previously paid. The consequence was, that the opinion of the rate payers at large was not taken as to the list brought for ward, but only the opinion of those who had been pre viously prepared to support such list. The memorialists remind their worships that, out of 10,000 assessments, nearly 5000 have been excused pay ment of the rates, on the recommendation of the over seers; and they suggest, without urging any charge on this account, that the affairs of the parish should not be vested so entirely in the bands of gentlemen interested in the ownership of cottage property, as, it is stated, they our readers in fan* are at present They . urge upon the bench, as a matter of justice to the bona fide ratepayers of Toxteth-park, that at least one party unconnected with non-ratepaying property should be selected for office, and they submit for choice the names of four eligible parties,—Messrs. Charles Batten, payers Nothing of unfairness is imputed to the bench They have laid before them a plain statement of facts They are told that something _ , we m and B. B. Jones. add, is most respectfully worded although ;we cannot perceive at all u pon what grounds kuvring: nas men ion of the opinion of the entire body of ratepayers, as to the names of the overseers most eligible, being presented to them. And the prayer urged upon them—a most proper one in our opinion —is, that will exercise their undoubted power to defeat any such manoeuvre the legislature—the magistrates would not tolerate their own property to be so dealt with—that the management of an extensive parish, and the privilege of deciding who shall be excused from the payment of its rates, should be dealt with almost exclusively by a class of men, whose tenants are composed nearly altogether of those parties who are usually in the habit of seeking exemption. We shall not enter, at present, into any comment upon the numerous complaints which reach us from the Park. We shall, however, take an early opportunity. GRATIFYING TESTIMONIAL -The Rev. John Crum moval to the incumbency of Bootle; by Late parishion- ers, with a handsome purse, containing thirty-five guineas, a Pocket Communion Service, and twenty-one volumes of handsomely bound theological works. The pa- rishioners assembled being taken by William Ackers, Esq., Mr. Galloway delivered a suitable address, to which Mr. Crump very feelingly replied. Prior to this meeting, Mr. Crump had received a handsomely bound bible, and also a superbly finished gold watch, from the parishioners, for his devoted attention to the schools and the poor of the town, and we eemTratulate the inhabitauts of Bootle on the removal of —One of such a workman to that portion of the vineyard ROBBERY OF A HOUSE IN QUEEN SQUARE the members of a confraternity well known by the cog b." was on Sunday night last, de f constables Toole and tecteu Grisenthwaite, immediatelyafter committing a burglary in Queen-square. Grisenthwaite stated that whilst on the watch for such characters in the vicinity of Queen square, Toole and he observed the prisoner and another man passing along the streets, and from their appearance they excited the suspicions of the vigilant detectives. They arrested them at once, and proceeded to search their persons, when they found on the prisoner a large•bunch of skeleton keys, chisels, turnscrews, and all the imple ments necessary for house-breaking; and alio a quantity of silver plate, spoons, forks, &c., and a gold brooch. On the other nothing was found. He stated also that the property had been claimed by a lady since the occurrence had taken place. Toole stated that he had examined the keys, and he found that one of them opened the hall door of the house in question ; and also that one of the chisels corresponded with the marks made in a cabinet which had been wrenched open in the search for valuables. The property having been identified, the prisoner was committed by Mr. Rushton for trial. CHURCH OF ENGLAND BENEVOLENT EDUCATIONAL SOCIETY.--In one of our publications in January last, we n'" l -..- 1 • at, length, the particulars of a meeting held at Mr. Lascenes' Rooms, Great Richmond-street, for the purpose of forming the above society, and we hailed the attempt as being worthy the encouragement of our bene volent and charitable townsmen. We now feel much satisfaction in recording the remarkable success of the undertaking, and from the character and constitution of the committee, we doubt not their well-intentioned la bours will be fully appreciated by those who are anxious of seeing imparted to the poor the incalculable blessing of ._ a sound reliolous education. in strict n, - principles of our Established Church. the society are chiefly in All Saints.' ecc be-lamented transfer of both church and school into the hands of the Roman Catholics ; and, judging from the society's report, we wonder that, with sucu means and for so short a period, four schools have pro gressed so rapidly and satisfactorily. In proof of which, the average attendance of the children of the poor on Sundays is upwards of 100 ; at the evening school 50. The reading-rooms also, which are opened free of charge, are well attended by the parents of the children; in addi tion to which several hundred tracts have been circulated among the poor, and a considerable number of Bibles, Testaments, and Prayer-books have been sold to them' at the society's prices. We understand William Bennett and James Parker, Esqrs., have kindly become annual subscribers. We would also recommend our Christian friends to visit the schools • at the same time, any 'mem ber of the committee will gladly receive any contributions for the support of the society. The disinterested exer tions of Mr. Windle, the indefatigable secretary to the institution, are beyond all praise. MEETING AT RENSHAW-STREET CHAPEL. — Yesterday, a meeting of the Committee of the Home Mission, in connexion with the. Unitarian body in this town, was held in the above chapel, for the purpose of receiving the re port of Mr. Johns, the minister to the poor, passing the accounts of the treasurer, and transactinc , the business. In the absence of Mr. T. Harvey, Mr.' Avison was unanimously called to the chair. Several resolutions were passed, approving of the course adopted in the establish ment of ragged schools." The meeting was addressed by Mr. Rathbone, who remarked on the great change which these schools had produced in the neighbourhood, and immediate district of Mr. Johns, and that he deserved the highest praise for his exertions. Another gentleman said that where, previously, there was nothing but igno rance and superstition, through the blessing of God, there was now a new light sprung up among the people. 'Where,. ten years ago, their minister had to go through dens of iniquity and sin, he now found that he was treading on classic ground.—Mr. Jevon moved the second resolution,. which was seconded by the Rev. Mr. Martineau, who detailed the progress of the schools. Their attendance though at first small, had increased to 200 to 300 in number, and there was a great desire evinced on the part of'the children to receive education. He also mentioned that in schools had been formed on a new plan, simi lar to those of Aberdeen, which was, that all children found begging in the streets, or even taken in the act of felony, in stead of being taken to gaol are conveyed to the institution where they are supported, educated, and taught some useful trade ; and the consequence is, that in Aberdeen crime and beggary are now entirely unknown, and in Manchester are fast disappearing. He hoped the example would soon be followed by this town. The accounts of the past year were read by Mr. Thornely, the treasurer, from which it appeared that the total income has been £484 10s. 7d., and the expenditure £250. The meeting was afterwards addressed by Thomas Bolton, Esq., Mr. Lamport, Mr. Bentley, Mr. Yates, and Mr. Thornhill. A vote of thanks was passed to the treasurer, and, after a similar compliment had been paid to the chairman, the meeting separated. A GENTLEMAN POLlCEMAN.—Yesterday, Police Con stable 256, and various others of the same genus, appeared before Mr. Rushton, to prefer the serious charge of riot, assault, and rescue against a Mr. Topping and several others, for offences committed " against the Queen, her crown and dignity," in the person of the aforesaid 256, on the night of Saturday last. The constable stated that shortly before twelve o'clock on Saturday night last, he and some other brothers of the baton were returning from duty, in the direction of Robert-street, when they saw a crowd of men standing.at the corner of that street, whom they desired in the mildest language to pass on, and block up the footpath. This, he said, provoked the ire of Mr. Topping and the others, who, without further cere mony, commenced amusing . themselves by beating the constable and his companions, after which, with the assistance of more constables, some of them were taken into custody, but the rest were rescued. On the other side, it was deposed by several witnesses that 256 was the first to give offence, and also to commit an assault. Richard Lewis, an old mariner, stated that he was one of the party standing at the corner; that he was waiting there for a ship-master to take a vessel down the river ; that he was sober at the time ; and that they were neither noisy nor disorderly when the constables came up, one of whom took his stick and " poked " it right into the side of one of the party named Bowen, and ordered him to " leave the road, and allow a gentleman to pass." He (the constable) then knocked the witness down twice in the channel, after which they got assistance and took part of them to bridewell. This statement having, been corro borated by various witnesses, Mr. Rushton said it ap peared to him that an outrage had been committed by 256. He had gone up to the man, and, without inquiring his business, pushed him off the footpath with his stick. It was quite right that people should not be allowed to interrupt the footwalks ; but, then, in this case, the con-' stable, instead of treating the prisoners 'as reasonable beings, took his stick and punched one of them in the ribs with it ; therefore he made himself answerable for all that occurred afterwards. Such gross conduct was calcu lated to bring disgrace on the entire force. He would discharge all of the prisoners, and order 25G to be sus pended. For several days last week, Dublin was visited with a perfect hurricane, with occasional showers of sleet. and rain. The English mails due at 5 a.m., did not reach until 2 or 3 in the afternoon. Esq., Geo. Jon Moore increasing friends subject. lo had never yet addre -a subject which was In the second p 1 ,uths ;ocietr, Tax ti The operations of I thatthere was nothing peculiar in ANNUAL MEETING OF THE YOUNG - SOCIETY. MEN'S and friends of this Hail, Bold-stree The annual meeting of the member society was held last night in the Musi Adam Hodgson, Esq., in the chair. Amongst those present on the platform, we observed the Rev. Canon M'Neile, Rev. W. W. Ewbank, Rev. Robert Davies, Rev. J. Cordeaux, Rev. W. Warre, Rev. E. Roberts, Rev. W. Green, Rev. S. B. Clarke, Rev. W. Wolsley, Rev. J. C. Cowan, Rev. W. Chave, Rev. H. Hampton, Rev. R. Flood, missionary from West Canada ; James Macrae. Esn W M Pichpr Ran _Trihri Lan crtnn Earr Groom, Esq., G. Langtry, Esc .our to allow those parties for who — se benefit the society formed) the hall was about three-parts filled. During le reading of the Report, hcwever, the attendance kept until, at an early stage of tl room was filled by an attentive assembly ADAM Honosox, Esq., President of the Society, occu pied the Chair. The meeting having be Rev. H. H proceedings, the ened with prayer by the The CHAIRMAN said that it was his pleasing duty about a year ago, when they last met, to enter at considerable length into the objects of this Association. It was, there fore, quite unnecessary to do so again on this o their time was limited, and as h around him many ed a meeting on this f vital importance to the welfare of this vast emporium of commerce ;—taking these matters into consideration, he would not allow himself to be led to offer observations of his to the meeting. They would proceed at once with the business of theevening - ; and he would therefore call on the Rev. Mr. Hampton to read the report of tT- (Cheers.) The Rev. Mr - The renort read the report library . . In both they were disappointed by the difficulty of procuring a suitable room at a moderate rent. Three lectures nave been delivered during the year by the Rev.-Hugh Rev. F. Close, and the Rev. H. Stowell, their obligation to which three honoured men the committee acknowledge with much thankfulness. The eport then goes' on to show the net for such a society, the object, and probable result of it. 1. Its necessity.—lt would be impossible for any reflecting mind.to contemplate the peculiar construction of society in young men and youths concentrated fro.n all pares of the king dom within its limits. Many of these leave their homes from fourteen to,sixteen years of age, with sanguine hopes, buoyant spirits, unsophisticated minds, and virtuous habits, to enter the offices of merchant profes- s, or to pursue some honouri They have lost the wholesome sion or employment parental authority, the comforts and attractions of the domes tic circle, and, it may be, the constraining influence of pious example. And what have they gained ? They gain, indeed, ad vantages and facilities for acquiring a knowledge of commerce in all its extended and varied branches. But, during the hours not appropriated to the office occupations, most of them ar left without a protector or guide, exposed t( tions, and seductive lures, so constantly! self-indulgence and licentiousness are presented in every shape; the deadly draught of dissipation is so refined in its mixture, that simPlicity,Candour, and honesty, unsupported by fixed Christian principles, are soon carried away, and the victim ace, its object is to catch young titan and s soon as they arrive; and before they have formed bad habits and bad companions, and to band them with young men 'of religious principle and virtuous character, for high and no ble, enterprising, and godly purposes. The study of theology, history, philosophy, especially as bearing on missionary efforts —with conversational discussions on kindred subjects—lectures illustrative of our present _missionary stations and on church history generally, ivith a library and reading-room, are the means by which we hope to preserve many from the fatal paths of worldly pleasures Lastly, the result. than the mere effort This must be the work of 'a higher power f nn nscnrisitinn bowpvpr Serintiiral an 1 . _ upon God for the aid of his Holy Spirit, the blessing, we are assured, will follow. And we have a right to expect that a ma chinery, such as we contemplate, will, if rightly directed, pro duce a noble result. If the mind, before it is biassed in a wrong direction, be attracted to a course of moral and religious train ing, and to the pursuit of literary acquirements, surely an im mediate and valuable result is achieved. But, if we cast our view a little more in prospective, we can fjresee the strength of our missionary societies arising out of this early discipline. The opportunity will be afforded to every member of becoming acquainted with the state of the Jews—historically and prophe tically—with the heathen world, embracing every clime, and caste, and colour; with our colonists and emigrants, as well as with the true condition of our crowded and neglected home pvp.auLava•• nv., nag AAAAA aa“. 1111 1110 1. 1 tion and study, and, under God's gracious guidance, will lead to a plentiful harvest. And while seeking wisdom from the heavenly fountain, light from its only source, and grace from bereth nor sleepeth, but who, we believe, will watch over us for good. The Rev. Mr. Cowan moved the first resolution, con firming the Report, and nominating the executive coml. Mr. J. H. MACRAE felt great pleasure in seconding the resolution, which was carried unanimously. The Rev. Mr. M`NEILE then presented himself, and was received with the most enthusiastic bursts of ap plause. When silence was restored, he proceeded to address the meeting : He said that been engaged in an I—ouranie ani -a-- men had important enter prise-10,, eney had for a considerable time -been devot ing much of their time, their talent, their. means, their ener gies, for the furtherance of their object; and when, notwith standing all that had been done, they perceived that much, very 4 . he done still; and when they began to feel .mpt them, their case to'ex from the common Intl-mines and the common dec men ; and when they considered that if the great ente ardent in the mirk—young and vigotirous heads—strtini into the places which they had in their day endeavoured to occupy. They (the chairman and himself), and he said they; but when he looked around he saw another grey head, (turning to the said they were engaged in a noble enterprise—the noblest that could occupy the mind of man. That was the enterprise in which the Son of Man sent forth his followers to gather his children together, who had been about in the midst of a naughty world, by proclaiming to them his promise that all who came unto him heavy laden should be relieved. (Cheers.) The chairman and he . (Mr. M`Neile) had, in their time, the pri vilege of coming together for the purpose of carrying out the objects of some of the greatest and best-known societies in the kingdom. One of them was of old standing, and was, therefore, the best known, and was, perhaps, the most useful; one of them was but a few years _in operation, and another of them had but just started to its work. (Cheers.) They were all, however, well constructed for carrying out the enterprise which they had in view they were all well adapted for carrying out all. the works they had in hand. (Cheers.) The great principle of all these instrumentalities was to secure the purity and simplicity of evangelical truth, without doing violence to any of the ordinances of true Christian piety. This, like all other ways approaching to truth and piety, was a nar row way. It was impossible to be easy and lax in their regard for order, without doing an injury to some of the essentials of truth ; and it was quite possible to have the most proper.ob7 servance of order, i but with the preservation of it (hey might. inflict the greatest injury to the doctrine of truth. The gua ranteewhich they had for the principle which was involved in that Society of . young men was to be found in the fact that they proposed to assist from different institutions, all of which had done the most effective service to the cause of Christian truth —they were the Society to which hehad before alluded—(cheers) The Church Missionary Society had been long and well known, and the Jewish Missionary Society had also been long and well and he would add, deservedly known to the Christian public of the kingdom. It engaged an instrumentality not so extensive and universal as the Church Missionary Society, but yet perhaps it was as effective in its own sphere. (Hear, hear.) Then they were engaged in the production of the Pastoral Aid Society, whose operations were more at home thaiithe other two. It was a society whose difficulties had been greater than any other; but which he was happy to say had weakened the storm which had been threatened against it. (Cheers.) It had commended itself to the kingdom at large ; and it had succeeded in beating down the calumnies by which it had, in its infancy, been assailed. (Cheers.) It had come forth from the ordeal through which it had been forced, he thanked God, unscathed; and it had, therefore, commended itself to all lovers of truth, and order, and piety in the kingdom. (Cheers.) It was a so ciety which, while it supported in the State all that was con sistent with the spread and welfare of true and evangelical Christianity, boldly opposed all that was vacilating and trac tarian in both the State and some of the ministers of the Church. (Loud cheers.) Then came their youngest society, and he regarded it as a happy circumstance connected with it, that it had scarcely started into extstence, when the young men of England came to its assistance. Then came the Cnlnnial Society. and. although some might sneak to the con-. gentleman then proceeded to argue for the necessity wcncu existed for the establishment of that society. in consequence of the neutral course pursued by the British and Eoreign Society, with reference to the tractarian movement in the Church. After which, he said, that he had always been accustomed to speak' the truth as he believed it—(hear, hear, and cheers) and they all knew that he hated Popery,—(hear, and enthusiastic applause.)—and they also knew that , whilst he hated the' lomish Church as an establishment, that no man would be • Br more willing to befriend a papist indiviall..., (Cheers.) ~sut looking at these things, ►hey all knew that something more than a mere forbearing neutrality to that halfway-house to.popery— tractarianism—was called for from all the societies of the church. It would not do for the British and Foreign Society to _ _ say that they would not absolutely countenance that erro neous and pernicious system : it was not enough for them to say so, but it was the duty—the bounden fluty—of _ . the most unequivocal, their. opposition to. it. ( As regarded the work without, they were engaged in the great and vasty enterprise which was inculcated by the Christian dispensation—that of drawing all men together, from the east and the West, the north and the south, in one vast multitude, one common family, of which no man could be a member who would not stand before the throne and the Lamb and praise him for ever and ever. (Cheers.) And as regarded their works within, they were engaged, as expressed in the report, in the cultivation of moral and sound Christian principles, combined with the pleasing pursuits. of literature, amongst the young men of England—(hear, hear.) That was a noble ohject ; and one which - was in every way worthy of their most strenuous efforts to accomplish.—(hear. bear, and cheers.)—He considered that as certain instruments were strengthened by use, .so would the ChristianlMissionary institutions of their religion be strengthened, and made more and more useful the more they:were used.—(Hear, hear,)—He believed so because he believed that they drew their strength from God, and he as a great source—a heavenly fountain of grace — cou ld never fail ; and, therefore, the more they drew upon him, the more they would receive from him; (cheers) and the more vigilantly they drew on the energies of the young men of England themselves for missionary enterprises, the more useful they would become for those purposes. If instead of frequenting those haunts, which had been so delicatelyAand sensitively, and touchingly alluded to in what partook more of the nature of a statement than a report, they could be banded together for the purpose of cultivating of literary, scientific subjects, not to speakof the knowledge which they would acquire relative to their own im mortal souls ;—if they could be brought to speak of and assist • the missionary enterprise of the church, for the spread of the Gospel and the promotion of true religion,—if their minds could be brought into the atmosphere of intellectual cultiva tion ;—they would be supplied with the elements for the enjoy ment of the highest aspirations man could possibly be blessed with; and the elements for capability of usefulness, the extent of which it was impossible for any living man to calculate. After some further observations, the rev. gentleman concluded an eloquent speech, of which the above is but a mere outline, by observing that, as he had now complied with the request of the valuable secretary, gnnn N g vh tto o he n lTin a a s an tht fairh e e l av f sn a s n eeh d l, s o o an i n i e f hre t I h , ho e i yo r apg s e o ed - . h e i e e t w y o -4 u c d h get ee r ro ü b n y g (Applause.) He would, before sitting down, beg leave, in the most cordial manner, to propose the following resolution :=- " That this meeting rejoices at the formation of such a so, ciety, which cannot fail (under (3od's blessing) of raising the Jones, April 13, ISA standard of moral and religious principle in young niei of ultimately tending to strengthen and extent the older sionaries societies, which it canbines into one assoCiatio., it devoutly commends the committee and members to Divine blessing and direction during the ensuing year." Mr. M`Neile then resumed MS seat amid themo burst of applause. The Rev. W. W. EWBANIE seconded the resolution, which he said divided itself into two portions. First, as regarded them selves, the resolution spoke of their own devotion to missionary pursuits. He himself had experienced the fact, both at school and in passing through the university, that young men had more power over the minds of their fellow human beings, of their own age and circumstances, than older people; and illus trated his argument by an anecdote of a circumstance which apturoU had occurred to him in his ministry. Young men hadihe kreatest power over other young men, and he trusted with his friend, Mr. _ Hampton,. am; whenever any strange young men aced to Liverpool this SOCif , eded to actvOcate the cls ety would enl aims of the siotary societies, referred tu in tt to the support pf a Christian public, and proceeded'to narrate an anecdote or ti Rev. Mr. Gobat, formerly a missionary, at present the Bishop of Jerusalem, who, whilst setting mit from Malta to proceed to the East, to perfect himself for the mission, was warned that his life was in danger if he proceeded in his vessel. In defiance of this, however, he sailed with it, and was abused and perse cuted, as anticipated. When a few days at sea, however, a fire was discovered under the: powder ma gaz i ne , and save them, he tempting to s The result , but that that religion must t actively and rearleisly engaged in at the vessel, which he erred in (lc )n of his past pars( allowed to preach to the crew, and the lok an opporiimity to - adniit that I one v such feailessness in the execution of their datY. The reverer t the immense missionary efforti making - on ti and by the propaganda of Rome, the bulk of whi( ere directed toward Great Britain. In its own sphere, howev( lthough increasing here, was losing ground. In the tov Contin. Popes _ of Fabal, in once, once entirely a PopishTown, every inhat Low Protestant few years• ag yo - ung men to afford atifying to rind that, wherever ,and its principles fully in- Ily circulafe'd .oceedingi of the Frenc ere were more Bibles, i missionaries in Otaheite, wt proportion to the population, than in any country he kn_.. In spite of every species of fraudulent effort for their per. version, not one Protestant had yet been turned asich frityn th. (Imrell Na tn , cl an nnandn+n _____ . . _ to whom I Rome. A -pries hey could -ne more they were formerh 'stand w xemplifying the difference between the Romish it faiths—one of brass, the manufacture of Bir mingham, where they make and send out many images, and the other of marble ; and told that the brass one was the Holy Virgin; and the other the child Jesus. The answer of the poor native was conclusive. It was, that in his country both the mother and'the child were always made of the same stuff. The rev. gentleman, in eloquent terms, intreated the meeting and his fellow Christians in their dealings with dissenters, to avoid recrimination, and, after an eloquent address, which was ing loudly applauded, concluded by seconding the resolution. ;elv The Rev. WM. CHAVE rose to propose the next resolution, as That this meetir theprinettY and plan of this sock - 6r, cannot hi Imire.the motives: wliieh have actuated its members in c hensive a field for their youthful g so wide and comp] Ttions, and :cyanid earne;tl cation of their plans." He said that he did not think it necessary to make any specific 'observations on.the precise manner in which the resolution was couched. He proposed, in the first place, to give a short sketch of the parent society; then he would state what the general nature of its objects were, and then he would state what he conceived to be its sphere of usefulness. The society was formed in 1842, by a few young men of the narish of Wp.rgthorp_ London. In its first year, so ardent were these young men, that .el6O was contributed by them. They soon began to con template a wider sphere of action, and they established the Church and Foreign Missionary Society. In the year of 1844 they again proposed taking a wider range for their actions, ~,u. plc) , LLiereiure proposed to take in the colonies, in their efforts to promote Christian troth. Then theytook the idea of bringing in the •propagation society; but they had re fused to meddle with tractarianism, because it was a modern thing. He, however, believed that to be the very reason why the propagation society should have interfered with it; for in his opinion, if it had been a thing of old standing, they might have buried it in the tomb of all the Capulets. (Laughter and cheers.) Then the young men said, if we are to assist you, we shall have none but men who are evangelical in principle, Pro testant in feeling, and godly in their conversation and man ners. - (Cheers.) On this basis the present four societies were banded together; and since then they had been moat suc cessful in God's cause; (Loud cheers.) All they wanted was a good and efficient- clerical secretary, in order to insure more than double the amount of success which had hitherto attended their efforts. As to the he wished to see the working of its missionary enterprises systematised and classed under its different heads in the field ,neral of of the societ It was the object of the society to assist more ti hzn had hitherto le believed that tmost been done by this classification of work this Young Men's Society would be productive of th_ good. It was calculated to awaken the energies of the young men, and cast their exertions into the proper channel. (Hear, hear.) He believed that another object contemplated was to mark out the objects worthy of their bounty. Another great benefit would be to diffuse missionary information amongst the young men of the land. He had gone, week after week, into the houses of even the most pious and exemplary people; and he was indeed exceedingly sorry to say that he fowl' missionary reports in vciy- many - case. unopenc"!, - , That he conceived to be a great disgrace to the people, and 't was to do away with this state of things that they ptirfT s t e making the society partly a literary, whilst it Would a pious body. Then as to the means of usefulness ti r i i•es sessed by the society, they had, in the first place h as i d been on missionary tonics. —a large volmnp of cihico on.,nn publishecl Diocese hac To thi's' volume the ewe a most eloquent aria P"' - 'h a d a preface. (Hear, and cheers.) In addition to this they most valuabl e lib rary: and the v 011112: being in ii - 077:g - Ood 1 anti-religious, and Popish in the tendencies of s. He particularly denounced "the schoolmaster's dream" as written by Mrs. Hall, which he said was calculated as beinf its write of man. (Hear, hear.) The public and conversational meet ings kept alive the fire which had been kindled amongst the young men ; they afforded a delightful opportunity for each to converse in a Christian spirit with another. But what was of greater importance, they had devotional meetings in two differ ent parts of London. The rev. gentleman then read a short extract descriptive of one of these devotio na l mee ti ngs, a nd proceeded to observe that such meetings must be highly bene ficial to the piety of the young men themselves. (Hear, hear.) He expected that young men so trained up would, as mer chants, traders, &c., be not only more trustworthy, but he was certain, more intelligent in the discharge of those duties which were entrusted to their care. (Cheers.) The rev. gentleman then proceeded to dilate on the benefits which arose from the establishment of such a society as the present, and concluded amidst reiterated bursts of applause. The Rev. RICHARD FLOOD, missionary for West Canada, entered into an interesting description of the country and the aboriginees of the far west, amongst whom he had been Settled as minister of the Church of England since the year 1833. A short time after his settlement he found that there were two tribes of native Indians inhabiting the neigh - .onrhood, the Munsees and the Ojibbeways, both of whom were in a state of complete heathenisin. The icy. gentleman combated as incor rect the efforts making by some write.s to extol the native In dian character, which he characterized as merciless and treacherous. In his first attempts to convert these poor crea tures he had no pecuniary assistance, except from one rev'. gentleman whose name he would give —the Rev. Mr. Waddi love, of Grange, near Hexham, by which assistance he was en chtrieibfeof w abled to procure interpretors ; andby the introduction a m o n g st them of the word, and its expo un ding, the nature of those sa tvhaege a th s e shf ‘ i i r a tl i Lc e h e a t n r g i e h d e , a w n a d s , arfetceerivaeladpsientoof the e o v ) i e s a ih rs le , church by baptism. Afterwards many of his tribe wereputunder instruction, and, after satisfactory examination, also received into the Church. Of that tribe only two now remain in a state of paganism ; and many of the Ojibbeways and Oneidas have renounced paganism. The number of these tribes is about 1500. After some further interesting remarks, the rev. gentle man concluded by seconding the resolution amidst loud cheers. The Rev. Mr. DAVIS having proposed the thanks of the meeting to the Chairman, Adam Hodgson, Esq. which was se conded by the Rev. Mr H AMPTON, The CHAIRMAN briefly replied- in affecting and impressive terms, conveying some excellent advice to the members of the society, and the Doxology having been sung, the meeting . seps . rated at a little after ten o'clock. LATEST INTELLIGENCE. (BY EXPRESS.) LONDON CORN MARKET.—YESTERDAY. At this day's market the supply of English Wheat was short: and was eagerly bought by gill olyn millers at an advance of 2s. . Foreign Wheat was in good request at full prices, and on some descriptions at Is. per qr. improvement. The account s received from France and Belgium quote higher rates, and the inquiry from those countries has revived, although we did not hear that any sales were concluded. Indian corn held firmly at the late advance, but the Irish markets being well supplied, few sales were reported. • , Barley and malt held for Is. Der or. advance, which checked The oat trade has. rallied from the late depression; on Fri' day there was a free sale at an improvement of is. to Is. 6d. Per qr. To-day, factors firmly insisted on this advance, but the de" Beans and Peas. dull, and is. lower. MONEY MARKET—YEsTEnnAY. Public , securities hare had pretty much the same range a' they had on Saturday. Consols have been done for Monet from 85i to and for the Account from 851 to 4, and last 851. The Three per Cents. Reduced have been done from 8 1 to 4; the Three-and-a-Quarter per Cents. 86 to 86/ ; an the Scrip of the Loan 4 to 3i dis. ; Exchequer Bills are st° dis. ; and Bank Stock 195. GOVERNMENT EDUCATION.—One of the largest mee t ' ings ever held in Birmingham, assembled on Friday night , , , consider the government educ a ti on measure . Th e mee ti n g o t convened by Robert Martineau, Esq., the Mayor. The , Re: J. A. James moved a resolution condemnatory of the measal'. which was seconded by the Rev. S. Bache (Unitarian ministeL: and supported by a Baptist minister, and Mr. Joseph Stur , -. the Quaker. An amendment was moved by Mr. James Tor t lot, of Moseley-hall, and seconded by the Rev. John Garbp, (Rural Dean), and supported.by the Rev. G. S. Bull, and, Hill, Esq., Q.C., and Recorder for the b oroug h. Th e meetAs was very noisy, and several of the speakers were oblige".l close their speeches abruptly. The original motion was cart' amid ud rejoicings from the dissenters. THE MINERVA.—This beautiful steam-vessel, built for _ e l Cork Steam-ship Company by Messrs. Vernon and Co., arr i, „a here yesterday evening, after a trial trip hence to Dublin tft„",,, back. She accomplishd the passage across, under disad*it tages,in eight hours and forty-eight minutes, averaging 8 ", t 111 fifteen knots. 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