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FOREIGN INTELLIGENCE. SPAIN. (From the private Correspondent of the Morning Herald.) ESPELETA, SEPT. 2.—The Queen's army, from want of money, is in the most deplorable condition. The men enter the field in despair, and return dispirited an d disheartened to empty p boards. The commanders do all they can to sustain the morals of these men, by the pretended victories of their defeated brethren, but the truth at length comes out, and m urmur fre quently ends in mutiny. Thus a fe w days since the garrison Castor Andechaga; but that pleasure was o short duration, for it was s o on known that, on the"contrary, th f e intrepd Castor was once more victorious. I have received the following official commu- nication of this affair : " Royal Head-quarters, Aspeitia, Aug. 30. " The rebels, in number 3,000 men, en deavoured to surprise the valiant Castor Andechaga, on the 25th, in the valley of Carranza, but, having received timely notice by his spies, he took up good positions and waited for the enemy. At twelve o'clock they made their appearance; the attack commenced, and at half-past one o'clock the enemy were compelled to re treat, leaving in our possession 30 prisoners, amongst whom are the colonel and adjutant of the regiment of Maorjca. During the action, fourteen soldiers deserted to us. I will send you the bulletin to-morrow." The English Legion is at its last gasp, and what will be done for provisions, the Lord only knows. Mr. Herman, the Secre tary to General Evans, havinc , failed in obtaining either money or rations at Bayonne, has in despair gone to the baths for his health! and Mr. Black, who came the day before yesterday from Saint Sebastian for the same purpose, has been equally unfor tunate. Lord Palmerston ought to advise Evans to return; for, I believe, in a great measure it was owing to his advice that he quitted England. Poor Evans, lam told, would be glad to be once more in Westminster; and, in conversation with a friend, a few - days since, he observed " I would give my right hand were I now in England with the whole of my Legion." I believe that there will be some difficulty , ere this can be accomplished. The men have the audacity to demand the money due to them, and not to quit Spain until they are paid. Perhaps the English radicals will make a subscription for their unfortunate victims. I have received letters from-the Royal Head-quarters, dated yesterday. Don Carlos remained at Azpeitia. Villareal, on the 29th, was at Arciniega. General Villamur, late Minister of War, died at Estella on the 23d instant, aged 86 years. I have just learnt that Mr. Black, with much difficul, has s ucceeded in scraping together 15 days' rations for the British Legion'. From respect to the British Consul at Bayonne I have delayed for a few days saying anything of the infamous conduct—the word is strong, but not strong enough—of Lord Palmerston to wards British subjects, who having deserted from Evans to the Carlists, were, by the latter , a nd at their request, passed across the frontiers to be sent to England. To-morrow you shall re ceive full particulars. BAYONNE, SEPT. 3.—Recent advices from Bilboa announce that on the 25th Castor had been attacked in the valley of Mena by the reserve of the army commanded by Brigadier Peon; a hundred Carlists were taken prisoners, among whom were four officers. The latter were removed to Santander on the 27th. An aide-de-camp of Castor and nine of his men were killed; thirty were wounded. The Christinos had six killed and eighteen wounded. Brigadier Don Basilio Garcia and the colonel of cavalry, Osma, crossed the Ebro on the 28th, and arrived in the evening at Allo, Dicastillo, and Arroniz with 5,000 men and 300 horses. Garcia will shortly undertake a new expedition. Villareal was on the '2Bth within two leagues of Estella at the head of five battalions. Rodil reached Vittoria on the 27th. Basilio Garcia brought to Estella, on the 29th, 3,500 recruits, 300 prisoners, and 350 horses. (From the Moniteur.) A despatch from Bayonne, dated 3d instant, announces that Basilio Garcia had crossed the Ebro, at the Ford of Rincon. The Carlists are said to be preparing an expedition into Aragon. • The police discovered, on the 25th August, in the street of the Val de Grace, a clandestine manufacture of illicit arms, and particularly of cane guns. Two brothers, who were supposed to be at the head of the manufacture, have been arrested by or der of the prefect of police. LONDON POLICE REPORT. MARLBOROUGH -STREET. Arthur Bellamey, a short-set, burley little man, whose face was disfigured with various cuts and bruises, was charged with being extremely drunk and disorderly. Magistrate.—What, have you been in the wars? Defendant. —N o , y o ur worship; but I found a book full o f bills, payable at sight, belonging to a solicitor, at Shadwell: and these police men always trip me up when they find me in the streets, and then they tie me with ropes. Magistrate.—l'm afraid it is the liquor that trips you up. Defendant. —Not at all, sir. Didn't I show you, the last time I was here, that I could drink a bottle of whisky and stand on one leg? (Laughter.) Magistrate.—ls he not a quack doctor, or something of that sort ? Defendant (pulling out a paper).—lf you would only take one of these balls at night. in a pint of rum, you would never have the rheumatism. (Much laughter.) Magistrate—We don't want any of your prescriptions here. You are also charged with assaulting the officer. Defendant—That's another mistake. I had five and twenty suits of clothes, and eight great coats, since the King's corona tion, and I make it a rule never to strike a policeman, but they always keep clear of my hands, for they know I can tear their coats to pieces. Your worship, they have a desperate knack of tripping me up. Magistrate—You must pay five shillings for being drunk. Defendant —Why, you might kick me from Dan to Bersheba, and not get a farthing out of me.—(Much laughter.) Magistrate—You must send for it. Defeudant—Then I must send to the Lord Mayor, and ask him to pay a hundred pounds for me at once. I belong to his royal regiment. The constable was about to remove the Doctor, when he sud denly wheeled back, and pulling out a bottle, exclaimed, "I forgot to mention, if you only take a small drop of this bottle, it will prevent your catching the cholera morbus. (Roars of laughter.) The defendant then withdrew. MARY LEBON E-0 F F ICE. Yesterday, a tall grey-headed hackney-coachman ascended the witness-box, and said, " Please yer vorship, I've been re gularly done by a lady wot wont pay her proper fare." Mr. Rawlinson.—What's your demand against her? Applicant.—Vy, I druv her about like anything, and she owes me a " bull and a half." Mr. Rawlinson.—A bull and a half ! What do you mean? Applicant.—Seven and sixpence yer vorship, and she ought to come down, cos she's quite a lady. Mr. Rawlinson.—Where did you set her down ? Applicant. —ln Berkeley-street; and, although she's a rale lady, she offered me no more than 6s. Mr. Rawlinson.—What objection did she raise to paying the demand ? Applicant.—She held the six bob in her hand yen she got out, and told me if I wouldn't take that I might go to h—ll fur Inv money; now that ere 's too bad, pertickler as she's quite a lady." Mr. Rawlinson granted a summons against the party com plained of.—The Times of Thursday. SUMMARY OF THE LATE SESSION. Total of public Bills brought into the House of Commons, 172. Passed both Houses. Government Bills not pr oceeded with .lB Other Bills not proceeded with.. 23 Thrown out by the Commons lO Passed the Commons but dropped in the Lords 8 Thrown out in the Lords. l2 THE HARVEST. MANCHESTER.—The recent unfavourable weather had con- ' siderably retarded the business of reaping; and, it is feared that, under the most favourable circumstances, the harvest will not be secured in the northern counties before the end of Sep tember. Very little corn has been cut to the north of this town. —Manchester Courier. THE Fit LDE.—For the past week the weather has been very unfavourable for the harvest. The quantity of rain fallen has been in the extreme; yet, as some clear weather and brisks winds have intervened, there is no real injury as yet sustained by the crops, but an inconvenience to the farmer by greatly re tarding his labours.—Preston Pilot. DURHAM. —The hay harvest in this district is nearly over, the crops having, on the whole, been well won, and are larger than, from the unfavourable spring, could have been anticipated. Some wheat, and a considerable quantity of barley, has been cut in the northern parts of Yorkshire, and the southern parts of this county; barley is nearly everywhere ready for the sickle, but wheat and oats will not generally be ready for cutting for some time. The barley crop is the heaviest there has been for some years; wheat is thick on the lan i cl ig , h b t ut e t r h o ;!se T ad h s e ar t e ur o n f i a p moderate size; and oats are a very crops are looking well.— Durham &eraser, biong to h r t e t c o ei a ve cl a os r e e WAttwicx.—The harvest has been nearly since our last, and the reports that we continue favourable. The wheats, although thin on the ground, have filled out so well in the ear as to compensate for the deficiency. Barley promises to be an average crop. Beans almost.every where have turned out well, and will produce from thirty t o forty bushels an acre. Turnips generally look extremely well. The rain this week must produce a most favourable effect on the aftercrop, and it is not expected that hay will keep up its present very high price.—Birnisnyham Advertiser. ABERDEEN.—Harvest has now commenced in many parts of this district, and from what we learn, the barley will be a bout an average crop. Oats will n ot, in general, be ready for the sickle for a fortnight or three weeks, and in some places much later. E ssE x.—The small wheats are chiefly g ot in, excepting in the more northern parts of the country, but the rivets are generally abroad, andthe greater part standing. The rain which fell at the beginni n g of* week came most opportunely for the barley crop, and, being succeeded on Wednesday morn ing by a drying wind, carting was resumed in the afternoon. CHESTER.—The corn harvest is proceeding very favourably all around us, and there is every prospect of a good average crop. The weather this week has been propitious to the ripen ing and securing of the grain.—Chester Courant. ASTONISHING DISCOVERY. —At the late meeting of the Bri tish Association at Bristol, Mr. Cross, of Broomfield, Somerset, stated that he had devoted much of his time to electricity, and he had latterly been occupied in improvements in the voltaic - power, by which he had succeeded in keeping it in full force for twelve months by water alone, rejecting acids entirely. Mr. Cross then proceeded to state that he had obtained water from a finely batteryystellised cave voltaic rat Holway, and by the action of the the course of ten succeded in producing from that water, in those of the cave. In numerous rhomboidal crystals, resembling in the process, n h order to ascertain if light had any influ enceduced similar cryst'alse' repeated n ed 6 days, tried it again in a dark cellar„ and pro power. He had rep with one-fourth of the voltaic always with the same results, eueriment a hundred times, and was possible to mak e even a ,. Ile was fully convinced that it period every kind of mineral tv.'L'ornuoldnds' and that at no distant be formed by the ingenuity experiment syhpe he had obtained blue of man. By a variation of his some yearshte of soda, and 20 or 30 and gray carbonate of copper, engaged .in other specimens. Mr. Cross, carrying on the most gigantic experiments, a, was h . r t hem the g a t t i aching voltaic lines to the trees of the forest, and conducting ont- gun streams of lightning, as large as the mast of a withservoeuntgrhye. ship, and even turning them through his housedexterity of an able charioteer.—Morniny Herald. The boring for the Artesian well, at the Abattoir of Grenelle bas got down to 1050 feet without finding water. The tempera ture: at the bottom, according to thermometers which have been let down, is 23 3-10ths deg,rees Rea fl Fahrenheit. or 82 Fahrenheit ,n n___'__....n___'__.... „,-;• THE PRESS. A GENTLEMAN experienced in Editing Daily News papers for some years, and practised in the variou Lite rary Branches of the Public Press, would willingly ake 6. Pexmanent Engagement to Conduct and Contri to to a NEWSPAPER in Liverpool or Manchester, o reasonable terms.—Apply to A. B. C., care of Mr. C. HAMILTON, 23, James-street, Liverpool. NEWTON DINNER. rriHE LONDON MORNING HERALD, of;VATURD will contain a full Report of the NEWTOIINIS,,i SOUTH LANCASHIRE CONSERVATIVE DI NER. THE TIMES. T T. GASKILL begs to announce that he int d s t o order 4 • an extra number of THE TIMES (of Lon n) of Satur day the 10th, containing a REPORT of the S ECHES at the GREAT CONSERVATIVE DINNER at NEWTON on THURSDAY next. Persons wishing for Copies are requested to make early application. 48, Lord-street, Liverpool, September 5, 1836. REDUCTION OF THE THE TI NEWS MES.PAPER STAMP DUTY. T T. GASKILL respectfully anno unces that, afte e 15th L instant, he will supply THE TIMES Journal ( ondon) Daily at the Reduced Price. No extra char e s made for deliverT. Subscribers will be supplied at the s e price as at the Office in London. Tits TIMES arrives by Express Every Morning, at the Office, 48, Lord-street. THEATRE-ROYAL, LIVERPOOL. .• The new Tragedy of the PROVOST OF BRUGES having been received on the first and second representations with reiterated plaudits, will be repeated on Saturday. The Burlesque Tragedy of MASTER ROMEO AND MISS JULIET having been greeted with shouts of la ghter and applause, will be repeated on Monday next. Fifth Night of Mr. COOPER, of the Theatre- yal, Drury lane, who is engaged for a Fortnight. _ Last Night of Mr. HENRY HORNCASTL FOR THE BENEFIT OF MR. N CKAY, rirlHiS nd Of the Edinburgh Theatre, presentthe Last ile :11 but the One 9t h o f instant,h is 1 the musical play of ROB ROY ; will be performed OA, AULD LANG SYNE. Rob Roy Mr. Cooper, (as originally performed by him at this theatre.) Francis Osbaldistone Mr. Henry Horncastle. Bailie Nichol Jarvie Mr. Mackay. Mr. Browne. Dougal Helen M‘Gregor Mrs. Stanley. Diana Vernon Mrs. W. H. Bland, (late Miss Somerville.) At the end of the play, Glee—" Blow, gentle Gales," by Mrs. W. H. Bland, Mrs. E. Benwell, Mr. H. Horncastle, Mr. G. Horncastle, and Mr. Andrews. The celebrated PAS DE COSSAC by Messrs T. and J. Ridgway and Jonas. . Duet,—" When you wish to take a Wife," (from "L'ltaliana in Alfieri," adapted by Mr. G. Horncastle,) by Messrs. H. and G. Horncastle. To conclude with the Scotch Melo-Drama, called GILDEROY. Jock Muir, (his original character) by Mr. Mackay. Mr. M"raviih....Mr. Baker Lilies Logan.... Miss Stanley. On SATURDAY, for the fourth time, the new Tragedy of THE PROVOST OF BRUGES. Bouchard, Mr. Cooper; Bertulphe, Mr. Stuart ; Constance, Miss Faucit. With other Entertainments. TO CORRESPONDENTS. We do not insert accounts of marriages, &c., without vouchers for their authenticity. The verses of." F. C. A." are too irregular for publication. The letter of " Vindex," if possible, in our next. Communications previously acknowledged shall be inserted in our next. Wte e advise " Zeno" to lay his complaint against the supe ndent of St. Martin's market, before the committee who appointed him. The letter of "B. M." respecting Mr. Whitty, and the police shall be noticed in our next. 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Zbe liiinrpool *tanbarti. FRIDAY MORNING, SEPTEMBER 9, 1836 It becomes our pleasing duty to perform one of the most grateful tasks that could possibly have devolved on a christian journalist—to record an event which has ad ded another bloodless trophy to the already richly worn band of laurels which encircle the majestic brow of pro testant Britain—an event which the christian may con template with hope, the moralist without envy, and the real philosopher without dismay. This duty is rendered doubly pleasing from the circumstance, that Liverpool has openly presented her offering at the sacred shrine of protestant freedom—that she has, in an evil hour, re sponded to the call of her pastors—that the worthy of her sons and of her daughters have come forth from the apostate society of nominal christians, and registered in the face of heaven, their modest vow of fidelity to Him who said—" My church is built upon a rock, and the gates of hell shall not prevail against it,"—by laying the foundation of the first new protestant school. __ . . When we reflect that heathen virtue, in all its glory, neither built an hospital—founded an asylum for the or phan, nor endowed an almshouse for the aged or the destitute, we are led to admire these gems of christian glory which are the peculiar characteristics of our native country, and the admiration of strangers; but what se- curity would remain for their perpetuity or their tiles• sings, to the less fortunate and the less protected of our fellow-creatures, were we to destroy the source—to choke up the pure chrystal spring from whence those blessings have been derived—the limpid spring of gospel instruc tion ? As there can be no genuine morality which is not sub servient to the superior control of religion, so there can be no security for the perpetuation of moral rule, either as it regards the political welfare of the state, or the do mestic prosperity and safety of private life and social possessions, if the restraining influence of early impres sions is withdrawn from the human mind ; and all history and all experience goes to prove, that there is no prin ciple which_ operates so powerfully, nor so permanently, 1 as the influence of early imbibed notions of religious ob ligation. As this has been an incontrovertible point in the history and social conduct, even of heathen nations, and based on false systems—on superstition, and even idolatry—what must not be the superior influence and the superior claims of that system which is founded on the s acred immutability of truth, which even infidels have admitted was based on superior views of moral intelli gence, and knowledge of human nature, whilst denying its divine authority, and refusing its control ? The necessity, then, for early christian instruction in a christian state, founded upon its utility to mankind ge generally, can only be disputed by those who are op posed to the fundamental principles of christianity itself. We will first take this view of the question without more direct reference to the higher claims of religion as con nected with the eternal happiness of man, but simply for the purpose of meeting our moral philosophers on their own ground—the ground of temporal utility and expe diency. And here let us inquire of the worthy speculators in " improved systems," what was the condition of Britain, in either wealth, morality, security, or influence, at the period when she was without the benefit of early religious instruction —when her youth were brought up, trained, as it were, from the cradle, in principles of bigotry or licentiousness? We call upon them to answer out of the impartial history of the former free-thinking Mr. Hume, whose authority we suppose they will not attempt to deny or dispute, and which may even be worth Mr. Black burn's serious consideration before he essays another de fence of his Irish " forlorn hope !" What was the end of that state of society, combined with imperfect know ledge of religion in the state, by which men were from childhood ignorant of the great precepts of christianity, and dependent chiefly on imperfect notions of moral go -1 vernment, and which were so easily broken through ? Let us notice these points. "There, then, sprung up amongst us," says Hume, "a set of men who endea- THE LIVERPOOL STANDARD voured to distinguish themselves by ridiculing every thing that had hitherto appeared venerable in the eyes of mankind—reason, society, honour, friendship, mar - riage—were the perpetual subjects of their insipid rail leries, until they deluged the land with discontent, de spair, and, eventually, rebellion !" And what produced or indirectly led to the state of things, and to the evi propensities so pointedly narrated by the liberal Hume ? —simply the absence of early christian instruction in the state generally, although not frankly acknowledged by him, but leaving his argument in our favour on the broad merits of the question. And what is there to prevent us again falling into the state and condition described by Hume, if we desert en tirely that restraining principle which, comprehending the fear and love of God, as freely taught in the bible, also teaches us to perform our duty to our fellow man ? If the union between church and state has not, as a hu man institution, performed all things to our satisfaction, at least, under it, we have attained to that degree of ge neral moral improvement of which no other nation can boast, combined with intelligence at once useful to our selves, and useful to the whole family of mankind, if di rected to right ends. Under •it have we both prospered and conquered—religious instruction has alone given a high tone of moral feeling to all the varied elements composing one great society. Rising with the youthful mind to maturity, it has given• honourable zeal to our merchants—honest industry to our tradesmen —bravery to our seamen, and, above all, it has given us the beau tiful example of charity ; and though we have not at tained to that perfection which the christian patriot would desire, even in the earthly progression of human infir mity, and the philosophers deem compatible with felicity, we have, at least, bUilt our foundation on rational prin ciples—those principles which have made this country great, prosperous, and free ; and all of which will perish with their desertion. Even in a word/y sense then, has our highly venerated senior Rector, laid us under a weighty obligation, for his pious zeal in the cause of truth and moral duties con nected with the welfare of the rising generation, by urging strenuously the necesssity of maintaining sound instruction from the unmuttlated word of God; and, in the words of the dying martyr, Latimer, we may say with confidence, that he has " lit up a candle in Eng land, the light from which will not easily be extin guished !" Nor must we omit the tribute of grateful admiration to that body of Christian ministers, who have braved the storm of Popery—the assault of infidelity, and the envy of political dissent, by putting themselves in the first breach, made in our church system of in struction, as supported by the late cbrporation. Un worthy, indeed, would our fellow-townsmen have been of the blessings and hopes of a gospel ministry, had they failed in their duty on this occasion, had they remained passive spectators of the march of liberalism, and left to the Socinian on the one hand, and to the worshipper of the wafer deity on the other, the undisturbed power of instructing a Protestant progeny, under the false and delusive system of religious education instituted for the Irish schools,—a; system which, if even admissible to a Roman Catholic population, generally for purposes of local expediency, possessed no title of affinity, and stood unsupported by any analogy of circumstances with the wants and the feelings of an English population, as con clusively illustrated in the letter of Lord Stanley to Mr. Hodgson. " There can be in health," says Southey, " no sound ness in the state, until government shall regard the moral improvement of the people, as its first great duty. The same remedy is required for the rich and for the poor. Religion ought to be so blended with the whole course of instruction, that its doctrines and precepts should, indeed, ' drop as the rain, and distil as the dew, as the small rain upon the tender herb, and as the showers upon the grass.' We are in a great degree what our institutions make us.' " How miserably short has our Whig reforming government fallen of this beau tiful description of Christian duty ? Can any truly con scientious dissenter, having the fear of God, and real concern for the safety of his fellow man before his eyes attempt the defence of its legislation, and the very spring it has given to worldly minded views, and corrupt notions of religious duty under the loose and insecure method adopted ? We assume not for ourselves a superior share of Chris tian knowledge ; but we are resolved to speak out boldly our sentiments before the associated enemies of our Christian Church, and to stand by those who stand by her in the day of her persecution ; and we repudiate the false assertion of being the paid champions of her inter ests—the sordid advocates of her holy cause; and, in mercy, warn her shameless traducers, of every religion and no religion, that, " when the Almighty cometh forth to execute judgment" upon a sinful, a degenerate people, he will be at no loss for the choice of instruments to fulfil his pleasure, or to execute his vengeance. All their crabbed wisdom, their modern philosophy, their liberal reforms will avail them little, if unsustained by the full force of his word, and unsupported by truth and justice ! Whilst, even apart from the judgments of one all-ruling Providence, repeatedly manifested for disobedience of his laws, there is a direct tendency in uncontrolled licentious ness to ruin any country, however temporarily prosperous, nor will •national welfare long survive the loss of moral rectitude:inevitable under the encouraged decline of religion in our own state ! In the emphatic words of Chalmers, "we look for our coming deliverance in a christianly moral change, and not in any of those econo mic changes rashly put together, which form the grand panacea of so many of our statesmen," and we repeat, with him, that" a thorough education, in both the common and Christian sense of the term, forms the only solid basis on which either the political or economic well being of the nation can be laid." But we entertain the cheering, the soul-inspiring hope, that our' Christian brethren of Liverpool have laid the foundation of a superstructure, the ramifications of which will extend far and wide. Our Radical puffsters have pretended to exult at the zealous feeling displayed by the, clergy and gentry who have so nobly combatted the de signs of their enemies, and come forward with person and purse on this occasion ; but we well know that it has been wormwood and gall to the movement party to have been so met in the very teeth of their designs—the outset of their levelling career. An example has been - set - to the empire at large, •by the determination to found these schools of Christian reading, which will go far, very far, towards stemming the wild destructive torrent of demo cracy ; and a rational triumph is our due on the glorious occasion. We have seen assembled, on this interesting occasion , a body of gentlemen alike distinguished for their in tegrity, as public men, and every private ability, render ing them good members of society. Such a scene cannot but be truly grateful to the Bishop and clergy of the whole diocese. It combines a warm, an ardent expres pression of devotion to religious duty; and it is also expressive of firm attachment to the constitution of Church and State, as founded by our forefathers. By that union has this empire flourished and attained, na tionally, its high elevation and commanding station with other kingdoms. By that union, as it has, in scripture, been eloquently remarked, " Kings have become the nursing fathers, and Queens the nursing mothers" of the Christian Church ! Compare'it with that voluntary system, where every man is left to find religion when and where he can, and dependent upon the caprice of human passions, ever varying and fluctuating. The voluntary system may do very well for men who have long purses; but, under it, what security remains for the constant religious and efficient instruction of the poor If there be no resident or providing minister of God's consolation, who is to assist and comfort the widow and the orphan, who to impart the balm of hope to the sick or the dying ; keeping► as retained pastors of God's word, their sacred charge pure and spotless ? This, therefore, has not been a political display, nor is it to be viewed as a political triumph—the nature of that triumph is peculiar—it has claims of a heavenly kind, whilst connected with earthly objects. It is a tri • umph in which every true christian, churchman, and dis senter may conscientiously join—where whig and tory may intermingle—where the high orthodox divine may exult, and the evangelical minister meet consolation, because it is a moral triumph over the united designs of occasioned by the death of Mr. Sharpies ; therefore seven popery and infidelity. teen Councillors will be elected on the above day. The present struggle is a contest for our church—our Now, with reference to the performance of Mr. Hors religion—our altars,—but it is also a contest for our civil fall, Mr. Barton, and Mr. Sandars we would say a few liberties, connected therewith. It is the renewed struggle words. They have done their duty to the best of their between protestantism and catholicism, in these our power ; they have regularly attended the Councils, days—the struggle between freedom of conscience and spoken, protested, and voted against the extravagant conscience bound in priestly chains—between rational and injurious measures of the Council, and, what all must religion, combined with freedom , and su p erstition have been misery indeed, patiently listened to the leagued with despotism. Well may O'Connell in his trash, nonsense, and gibberish of the could not do. Council-room They since last letter to a London journal say , th at the people of the Ist of January, and more they England have no general sympathy with the cause of (five Conservative Councillors) were as powerless as five Ireland,—this is a moral truth in his hands—protestant men would be in a boat rowing (if it were practicable) England can have no community of feeling with papal against fifty-nine they have done tbeir duty, and Ireland, leagued with O'Connell as her political cham- they will be re-elected. This we fearlessly predict. pion. We give him credit for this small share of candour. Now of the thirteen Radicals, whose services we may, Popery in his hands is the leaven with which he is en- perchance, unhappily be deprived of. All we shall say, gaged in leavening the whole mass—liberalism is the in- at present, is, that, with one exception. (Mr. Edward strument, pretending to the meekness of the dove until Cropper) they have gone the whole length in working it attains its ascendant power, which would be absolute out what they delight to call the "upsetting" principle, tyranny, and well the crafty jesuist of Derrynane knows a principle which is the regulator of all the measures of it—well is he aware that popery and liberty are incom- his Majesty's Government, which, in London, would patible. Then comes the deeply-disguised oligarchy of the upset the Peers, and here has prompted the dismissal of whigs. This party, hoping to attain their ends by the some twelve or fifteen Magistrates, who had acted faith united aid of the popish and radical interest, the latter fully, efficiently, and gratuitously, as the guaidians of working under the " spirit of the age" for a republic local justice and local morals; which, in London, would and " cheap government"—these three worthy prin- upset the Bishops, and here was put in practice to thwart ciples or powers, each working for its own object, but the pious endeavours of the Protestant ,clergy to extend united in one t r iple hydra against the real liberties and amongst the poor the blessings of scriptural, religious the established religion of Britain instruction; a principle which also has a creative power, in creating bankrupt judges, registrars, and thousand s of The protestants of Liverpool have, by this simult aneous act of devotion, shown that they are prepar ed to stand commissionerships for hungry uncles, nephews , an d cousins, and spouting and " roaring" briefless barristers, by their protestant King and by their protestant consti and here generating Stipendiary Magistrates, Inspectors tution. • They : have shown their sympathy in the Christi- of Police, Deputy Town-clerks, Commissioners of the an sentiment and wish expressed by his venerated father, Court of Requests, with many other economical requisites George the Third, that " EVERY POOR CHILD IN ms " Yes, the of a Town Council, all of which must be paid for , by -and- RINDDOM MAY LEARN TO READ THE BIBLE. bye, by somebody, (the electors will discover whom,) and protestants of Liverpool and their supporting friends the adoption of which principle is rapidly bringing us to have repudiated false and infidel Liberalism—they have disclaimed the oligarchy of the Whigs and denounced as that delightful consummation , a " B OROUGH RATE. " To the particular performances of the " Thirteen " we men, and as Christian men, the trammels of the Papacy ; shall take an early opportunity of adverting. In the and they have " committed their work to God" in the meantime we intreat our Conservative friends to look Face of the combined enemy- after their municipal votes, and to attend to the direc tions contained in the advertisement of the Conservative Association, which appears in our columns this day. The period has now arrived when it becomes the duty of the conservative press in this town to direct the atten tion of the municipal electors to the next election of councillors. On the Ist of November sixteen of our present council will go out of office, and, if desirous of retaining their present distinguished pre-eminence over their fellow-townsmen must undergo the ordeal of a new election. We have indeed, as yet, seen no addresses placarded over our walls, nor beard a whisper of a single public meeting between Dingle-lane and Beacon's-gutter. The knight of the sugar-pan has not yet sounded his tocsin in Clayton-square, nor called before him the "out going" councillors, his humble vassals, to give an account, not of their stewardship, but, if faithful to him, of their slavery. But still we cannot suppose that these worthy and independent gentry 'expect to resume their seats sub silentio, or believe in their hearts that the electors of Liverpool are such stupid, blind fools as to permit them to do so. Well, then, are we to have no addresses, no meetings? Are not the electors to be told that all the bright promises of December last have been fulfilled, that the most rigid economy has been practised in every department of the corporate affairs, the utmost patriotism and disinterestedness in the election of public officers constantly displayed, partisanship and jobbing scouted and abhorred, the corporate funds employed in the improve ment of the town, the health of the inhabitants promoted by the creation of public gardens and walks, floating -1 baths spread over the river as thick as barges on the Thames, and one enlightened and beneficent system of education adopted for the children of the poor—a system the opposite of ignorance end error, priestly tyranny and popish lying ? Shall we, then, have no such addresses ? We think not. They would indeed be laughable travesties of the addresses of last year ; they would be tissues of falsehood, which could only be believed by per sons who had been so unfortunate as to be-blind and deaf for ten months—who had not had the benefit of pe rusing such awkward chronicles as council reports—who had not seen a learned and talented town-clerk displaced at an enormous but only just cost, to make room for an other little acquainted with public business, and whose best recommendation to the council was, that he had abandoned tory principles and suddenly become a re former—who had not seen this latter gentleman supplied with a deputy to do the real work of his office, an ap pointment hitherto unheard of in this department of the .corporation, and unnecessary if the principal, as he should do, only performed all the duties attached to the town clerkship—who had not seen a good natured, but cer tainly not very bright chairman of the Orrell-court Committee translated into a treasurysbip involving the controul of some £lOO,OOO per annum, and requiring a knowledge, at least, of the rule of three, a branch of arithmetic which we much doubt whether our simple friend had ever practised since his halcyon days of thumbed leaves and flagellation—who had not seen all the old, and tried, and respected magistracy insultingly dismissed from the bench without even a vote of thanks for their services, and in lieu of these, intrusted with the administration of justice, a body of individuals ignorant from their previous pursuits of the duties they bad to perform, political jig-dancers on balconies and hustings, and who had never beheld a Burn's Justice, except, per haps, on the counter of some gossiping and facetious alderman, a learned and witty duodecimo punster ; who had not seen £l3OO per annum given to a stipendiary magistrate, that individual having been also a reform partisan, and this also a new, and hitherto found to be unnecessary office ; who had not seen the dock estate greedily grasped at without a shadow of title, and the creditors of that estate placed in jeopardy and alarm, and not at this moment knowing to whom they are to look for their net dividend; and lastly, who had not seen the clergy of the Church of England, in point of fact, PRE VENTED from instructing the poor in the reformed reli gion, and the schools founded by our late Protestant Corporation handed over to Roman Catholic priests, to be converted into hotbeds of popisit superstition, and O'Connellish disloyalty. No, indeed, such addresses would be laughed at by the electors, though printed on green paper. we really think they would blush themselves crimson, a miracle, which, of course, Mr. Councillor Sheil need not ridicule as impossible, or as surpassing the performances of ten thousand saints in the calendar; or, indeed, more wonderful than the evolutions of that renowned sea serpent, which, if we may believe our dear friend who grins through a Cork collar, stretches his huge length from the Gulf of Mexico to the Banks of Newfoundland. No, no; we fearlessly prophecy that no such addresses will be seen this year—all will he dumb show; a card left with Mr. Councillor Humbug's com pliments, pushed in at the door, or slipped at " early dawn" into the moist fingers of some slipshod damsel scrubbing down her master's steps. The age of boast ing, bragging, cajoling, flattering, and promising has passed away, the mask is off; and ye radicals of the Six teen, if ye would return to, office, whisper to your can vassers—" Mum" 's the " word." But let us see who are the Sixteen Councillors who go out on the Ist of November, and amongst these we do not fear nor hesitate to enumerate three tories. On looking to our poll-books, (with us a dear " vade mecum," and which regulates most accurately in one respect our little shopping affairs,) we find the following outgoing councillors : We are enabled to present our readers with a full report of the proceedings at the South Lancashire Conservative Festival, which took place at Newton yesterday. It will be seen that the friends of loyalty and constitutional free dom made a grand and triumphant demonstration of their zeal as well as their numbers upon this occasion. There were from 900 to 1000 gentlemen present, comprehend ing some of the most distinguished individuals in the county. We venture to say that very few such meetings have ever yet taken place in this country, if we consider the rank in life of the majority present, their wealth, ' their influence in society, their devoted patriotism, and their sterling attachment to our protestant government in church and state. Whatever may be said of other portions of the kingdom, the conservative nobility, gentry, merchants, tradesmen, and operatives of South Lanca shire are never found to flinch from their duty— to falter in their support of the " good old cause." They are determined to stand fast by their banner, and to bestow their unslumbering energies to the defence of their glorious constitution, which they wish to transmit in unimpaired integrity and un defiled beauty to their latest posterity. The throne, the altar, and the laws are the objects of their jealous solici tude ; and for the preservation of these they are resolved to make a - stand against the factious assaults of anarchists and republicans, infidels and papists. On the standard under which they fight is inscribed, in characters which cannot be mistaken, these inspiring words, loyalty, free dom, and right. They claim for themselves that liberty which the great charter of our civil privileges has gua ranteed to all ; they pay that homage to the King, and I that deference to the majesty of the laws, which is their imperative duty as subjects; and they nobly vindicate the equal rights of every class in the community—equal in their sanctions and in their obligations. Yes, we are proud to say, the conservatives of Lan cashire have hurled their defiance at the unprincipled enemies of their country and recorded their unwavering determination to uphold her liberties. We have no room to-day to make any lengthened comments upon the speeches delivered yesterday, but we shall recur to the subject on Tuesday. We are much mistaken if the re cent displays of conservative feeling which have been witnessed in different parts of the kingdom do not mate rially facilitate the downfall of our tottering whig-radical ministry, and consign them to merited and lasting scorn ,nd obscurity. In Everton Ward, Mr. Charles Horsfall. „ Scotland Ward, Mr. Richard Sheil. „ Vauxhall Ward, Mr. John Daniel Thornely. „ St. Paul's Ward, Mr. John Barton. „ Exchange Ward, Mr. James Mellor. „ Castle-street Ward, Mr. Thomas Bailor. „ St. Peter's Ward, Mr. Richard Bright. „ Pitt-street Ward, Mr. W. R. Preston. „ Great George's Ward, Mr. James Aikin. „ Rodney-street Ward, Mr. Thos. Holt. „ Abercromby Ward, Mr. Thos. Brocklebank. „ Lime-street Ward, Mr. Robert Roskell. „ St. Anne's Ward, Mr.• Edward Cropper. „ West Derby Ward, Mr. Joseph Sandars. „ South Toxteth Ward, Mr. Francis Jordan. „ North Toxteth Ward, Mr. Chas. Tayleur. And there is also a vacancy in South Toxteth Ward, SEPT, 9, 1836. GREAT DINNER AT NEWTON THE LATE REVEREND HENRY BERRY, OF ST. MICHAEL ' S CHURCH.—We understand the congregation of St. Michael's are raising a subscription for the erection of a Monument to the memory of their late excellent and much beloved pastor, to be placed in the said church. We trust our conservative friends in Liverpool will exert themselves to promote the circulation of a c its heap edition of ed lion. ord Lyndhursts' speech, which h reached twet " The Results of the Session" has been announced for publica tion, in the form of a pamphlet. It ought to be in the hands of every member of our Tradesmen's and Operative Conservative Society. HEBREW CHURCH, SIP. THOMAS' BUILDINGS.—We are glad to perceive, by an advertisement which appears in another co lumn, that this place of worship is to be re-opened next Sunday, when two sermons will be preached by its respected minister, the Rev. IL S. Joseph. The evening address, it appears, will treat of the present state, and future prospects of the Jews. We have reason to believe that much good has been effected since the church was origina'ly opened. It is situated in a densely peopled part of the town, where a place of worship was much needed. We hope that the collections on that occasion will prove that the object is duly appreciated by our fellow townsmen. We beg to solicit the charity of the public in behalf of the widow of Samuel Elwell, who was unfortunately killed by th e handle of a jigger on the 24:11 August, leaving six children destitute, and his widow near her confinement. The smallest contributions will be gladly received at our office, by the masters of the different newsrooms, or by Samson Smith and Co., North . John-street. DOCK COMMITTEE. — The dock committee, at their meeting on Tuesday, came to the resolution of reducing the amount of rates and duties to be henceforth paid at the port of Liverpool. The particulars of the reduction, which will amount, we believe, to between 38 and 40 per cent, will be found in the advertise ment. The committee, we also learn, have lost the valuable services of Mr. Wm. Foster, who resigns on account of ill health. His place, however, could not be better filled than by the person whom the committee have appointed as his successor:, namely, Mr. Daniel Mason, who has been an able and indefati , gable assistant in the office for many years. We are requested to state, that the paragraph which appeared in this paper on Tuesday last, relative to an accident which happened to the Clyde steamer, while on her passage from Liverpool to Douglas, on Saturday last, are in many particu lars incorrect. The accident, viz., the giving way of that part of the machinery called the mainshaft, took place about five o'clock in the afternoon--(and not in the morning, as stated) — when about twenty miles off Douglas, to which port the vessel was proceeding with a favourable wind, but the Queen of the Isle steamer being at some distance astern at the time, on coming up to the Clyde, Captain Gill took a hawser on board, and assisted the vessel into Douglas. EUPHRATES EXPEDITION.—We learn by advices received by way of Alexandria, from his Majesty's Consul at Aiexau dretta, that"the new steamer Tigris, forming part of the Eu phrates expedition, the loss of which we letelv reported as having been caused by a squall on the river Euplirates has been recovered. She was found a few days after the accident keel upwards, without having suffered material injury. The last advices from Colonel Chesney state, that the expedition was doing well.—Malta Government Gazette. allo-FORTES.—These delightful instruments, alike indis pensable in the concert and the drawing-room, although in themselves a great improvement upon the old-fashioned harpsi chords have hitherto been constructed on very insufficient and erroneous principles. The faulty construction of the sounding board, especially, has continually engaged the attention of all the principal makers. Mr. Zeitter, of Nos. 4, and 5, New Ca vendish-street, Portland-place, London, has at length disco vered the true principle on which this vital organ of the pan io forte depends, namely, resiliency, which is cons t an tly and per manently obtained by means of elastic arches, supported by ' abutments in the case itself, thus securing the greatest strength. This sounding-board, like that of the violin, produces a finer quality of tone by use. Mr. Zeitter has judiciously secured the fruits of his ingenuity by a patent for this e xtraordinary im provement ; in fact, all competent judges have pronounced it as superior to all other piano-fortes as piano-fortes are to harpsi chords. EXTRAORDINARY DISCLOSURE.—We extract fro rem l the Pro testant Penny Magazine the following paragraph ating t o Father Maguire, which we recommend to the notice of his ad mirers in Liverpool :—" The Rev. Mr. Nolan; formerly a priest of the Romish Church, and now a minister of Christ's Gospel, has challenged the notorious 'Father Maguire,' to a public controversy. In the letter which contains the challenge, the following extraordinary disclosure is made. As to those letters which you read during your Lent theatrical lectures, and which you said you received from intelligent to the Rom and respectable Pro testants, expressive of their objections an Catholic Church, and calling for your explanation. I now inform the public, that they are all forgeries ; they have never been writ ten by Protestants, but have emanated from the head monk of the :Impel, and have, at Father Maguire's suggestion, been adopted to answer his own convenience. This news has been communicated by a member of your own cabinet, and by one who will shortly make an open avowal of his separation from the unhallowed scenes of superstitious mummery : and, as a proof of the truth of the accusation, I call upon you, sir, to men tion a single intelligent and respectable Protestant, that has written to you on the occasion. Such scheming on your part, may appear astonishing to some; but to me, acquainted with the practical chicanery of the priesthood, it assumes no air of novelty." OF THE SOUTH LANCASHIRE CONSERVATIVE SOCIETY. Yesterday the annual dinner of the South Lancashire Con servative Society was held at Newton, at the magnificent Con servative Hall, lately built for the purpose. It is barely possible by description to give an idea of the grandeur and extent of the appearance which the hall pre sented, when filled by almost all the nobility and gentry of the surrounding neighbourhood of South Lancashire. The building in the interior is one immense hall. At the upper part of this, opposite to the grand entrance, was placed the President's table, • rather elevated, and running from one end to the other of the extensive building, from which proceeded 13 parallel tables, each table ticketed for the towns to which it was appropriated, and altogether capable of accommodating 1000 persons. The first table to the extreme right was appropriated to the gentle men from Warrington and Newton(; the second, third, and fourth tables were allotted to the gentlemen from Manchester; the fifth and sixth to Liverpool; the seventh to Worsley, Stayley Bridge, and Ashton; the eighth to Wigan; the ninth to Tyldesley and Atherton ; the tenth and twelfth to Bolton ; the eleventh to Ormskirk, Southport, and St. Helen's; and the thirteenth to Rochdale and Bury. Attached to each of the pillars which supported the roof, was a large blue and white silk flag, which greatly ornamented the .room, giving it a finished appearance. Behind the President was a splendid blue and white silk radiated screen, and above it a magnificent blue silk flag, bearing the inscription in gold letters, " The Conservatives of South Lancashire, may their principles and their numbers grow with their growth, and strengthen with their strength." In the centre of the flag was a back ground very beautifully executed of the rose, the shamrock, and thistle, ' with a large crown and sceptre stamped in gold in the centre, with the inscription underneath "The King, and Constitution in Church and State." To the right of this flag was a large blue silk one, having "Lord Francis Egerton" in large gold letters printed on it. To the left was a large white silk fla_g, with the inscription in gold letters "The H onourable R. B. Wilbraham." At the bottom of the room over the entrance was a most splendid silk Union Jack, belonging to the Pro testant Confederation of Warrington. At the other side of the entrance was the beautiful silk flag lately presented to the Operative Conservative Association of - Ashlon4inder-Line, by the ladies of that town. In one corner was a crown and Bible embroidered in gold; in another corner was the Union Jack; in the third was, the King's Arms; and in the fourth corner was the inscription on a scroll, " Presented by the Ladies of Ashton-under-Line to the Operative Conservative Association of that town, on the Queen's Birth-day, 4836." Hung up at the extreme left of the room was a very splendid full-length portrait of his late Majesty George III„ in his Coronation robes, and at the opposite side another of the same description of the late Duke of York, copied from the original, of Sir Thomas Lawrence. The tables were beautifully orna mented with various devices in confectionary. ; and, at inter vals, were placed a number of white vases and urns, of elegant designs, filled with flowers, which cast around an agreeable fragrance. A superior company of glee-singers were stationed in the centre of the room—Messrs. Barlow, Walton, Cooper, Sheldrick, and Grimshaw. A music gallery was erected over the entrance of the room, opposite to the chair, where an ex cellent band of music was stationed. Lady Wilton • and a se lect party of ladies were accommodated with seats at. the back of the president's chair, the situation commanding a view of the room. In the confectionery were placed a number of small silk Union Jacks, which gave the tables a very pretty and orna mental appearance. The confectionery and the culinary de partment was under the management and superintendence of Mr. Statham, the cook, and reflected on him much credit. The dinner was furnished on the most ample scale, there being a b un dance of every delicacy that the season could afford, and that the most accomplished gourmand could wish. The wines, of course, were first-rate. '1 he room was well lighted with sus pended chandeliers, furnished by Mr. Mollineux of Manches ter. Mr. May, the spirited landlord of the Legh Arms, pro vided the entertainment, which comprised everything that could be wished, and was well served up. The waiters of each table were under the superintendence of Mr. Malley and twelve members of the Warrington Operative Conservative Associa tion. We observed the following gentlemen present as visitors, sitting at the president's table : Lord Wilton, Lord Skelmersdale, Sir Richard Brooke, Bart., Wilbraham Egerton, Esq., Sir Thos. Freemantle, Bart., M.P., Sir Robert Barry, John Entwisle, Esq., M.P., J. Ireland Blackburn, Esq., M.P., Captain Clarke, R.N., Edwin Corbett, the 11,n. and Rev. H. Powys, the Hon. James Lindsay, the Rev. Thomas Blackburne, the Rev. G. H. Blackburne, Hard man Phillips, Esq., Charles Wilkins, Esq., John Entwisle, jun., Esq., Joseph Ridgway, Esq., R. Townley Parker, Esq., De Vere, Esq., Thomas Bright Crosse, Esq., John Smith Barry, Esq., J. H. Leigh, Esq., the Rev. W. Fox, J. E. Withergton, Esq., P. Budworth, Esq., the Rev. P. Leigh, H. Critchley, Esq., R. Orford, Esq., T. Orford, Esq., the Rev. Thos. Pigot, the Rev. C. D. Wray, the Rev. R. Parkinson, Thomas Hard man, Esq., the Rev. C. K. Present, Joshua Brincksham,Esq., William Cririe, Esq., Robert Garnett, Esq., R. Garnett, un., Esq.., W. Garnett, Edmund Buckley. David Grant, Esct.,John R o by, Esq., Richard Dawson, Esq., James Deardon, Esq., E. L. Sidebottom, Esq., John Sidebottom, Esq„ and many other gentlemen of distinction, whose names we did not learn. The Right Hon. the Earl of Wilton occupied the chair. The gentlemen who acted as vice-presidents were—John Greenall, Esq., for Warrington; .—. Haynes, —. Hindley, and —. Crossley, Esqrs„ for Manchester; James Aspinall, Esq., the late Mayor, and Sir Thomas Braucker, for Liverpool; Captain Clarke, for Ashton and Stavley-bridge; John Hall, Esq., for Wigan; James Overall, Esq., for Tyldesley an d Atherton; Peter Rothwell, Esq., and -- Woodhouse, Esq ., for Bolton ; Captain Armstrong, for Present, St. Helen's, Ormskirk, and Southport; and Captain Butterworth, for Roch dale and Bury. From 900 to 1,000 persons sat down to dinner. The dinner was announced for four o'clock, but it was half-past five o'clock before all ire seated. Perhaps the only fault we oughnto find with the arrangements was, that the waiting•was4ometirnes ra ther defective, though every allowance in dinners of the mag nitude of the present ought to be•made.. The desert consisted of every rarity which the season affords, and was most ample. On the cloth being withdrawn, the Countess of Wilton and the ladies presented themselves, and were received with three cheers, the company rising. "Non nobis Doinine" was then sung, the company standing- After which the trumpet having sounded silence— The CHAIRMAN rose and said, he had now the honour to pro pose to them the toast to which the hearts of every English man had always responded. He begged to'propose "the health of his Majesty the King, Duke of Lancaster." Given with three times three cheers. Solo.—" God save the King," by Mr. Walton and accom paniment, which was lou dl y cheered throughout. The CHAIRMAN.—The next toast he had to propose was, " the Queen, the ornament of the throne, and-the liberal sup porter of the charitable institutions of the country." Given with three times three. The Cueinsi AN then proposed "The health of the Princess Victoria and the other branches of the Royal Family.". Given with three titnerthree cheers. Glee.—" Hail star of Brunswick." The CHAIRMAN.—The next toast I have to propose is "The House of Brunswick, and may. they never forget the principles which seated them upon the throne." Band.—" When order in this laud commenced." The CHAIRMAN Said the next toast he had to propose brought to his recollection so many remembrances of the past glory and greatness of this country, associated with the names of se many, some of whom were still living ; others whose spirits have passed away in the hour of victory—so many recollections, not only of Talavera, Salamanca, and Waterloo,—(cheers) —bu t also of St. Vincent, the Nile, and of Trafalgar--(cheers)—sh at lie was sure they would drink this toast with the pleasure, and with the satisfaction which he derived in proposingrt. (Cheers-) The toast he had to propose was, "The army and navy- Given with three times three. Band.—" Hearts of Oak." The CHAIRMAN again rose and said, he should apologise for having omitted the action of Copenhagen, in which Captain Clarke distinguished himself, and who had had the kindness to say that he would acknowledge the toast. (Cheers.) Captain CLARKE, R.N., then rose, and spoke nearly as I.ol‘ lows c aunot allow this toast, which has been se-very kindlY received by you to pass, without offering my humble acknovs ledgements. At the same time lam willing to confess to yo u, that even as a seaman, I stand appalled when lam addressing so numerous and respectable an assembly. (Cheers ? ) . 1 hav e ' h oweve r, overcome my feelings, when, I see an individual pre' sent who has this day honoured the South Lancashire Conser vative Association with his presence. For it brings to me ITN''. lections of lira day when 1 had the happiness to serve as first Lieutenant to his father. (Cheers.) That great and distinguish ed man is now no tnore, but, during the period he served his King and his country, the navy had not in its lists a greater Man' And, I am sure we must be delighted to find that though the son is not walking in the same steps as the father, yet, he is by hr influence and exertions, as a conservative member of the 110 0 1 of Commons, gr eatly aiding his country. (Cheers.) You Sir ! hardly need reminding , g entlemen, that I am alludin g to Thomas Freemantle. (Cheers.) It ought to be a question, roY Lord, (and which 1 have asked myself) whethet it be right fal, naval men to mix themselves up in assemblies like the present' Our duty is to obey the orders given to us. But, when of foreign enemy appears for us to meet, it behoves seamen to join such an assembly as this; an d g ive utterance their feelings. And though men may prattles ttrlie liberal: and to be friends to their country , it is not to the raiside of me- f that I look, but to their actions. (C h e e r s. ) Let-us ; I beg et you, consider what would have been the state Of this countlYi% the present moment, supposing that every measure that ministers have thoug ht p ro p er t o intr o d u ce had 13:10 been materially modified by that house , of which our ric' or chairman is a member. (T re mendous cheerieg, the c0mf 1 . 1 .4 rising.) Though many , alon g with m y self, have entered o'to the service of our king at an early period of outlives, we a rt still disposed and determined to do all in our power to OPP ° I that glorious constitution under which we live. (Cheers-) b , will not trespass upon 'your time—l will merely make one serva tion. We may depend upon it, if they alter this constnot tion and do not keep sincerely in view that which alone c ha t support every nation , an d e very state — a pure reltione—tu're state must fall, (cheers,) and what form of religion is sop and undefiled as that of the established church of this countlip (Ch eer s.) I thank you, my lord, f o r th e h a ndsome map allow which you have proposed the toast; but, before I sit down , al e/ - me to correct one of your observations. It wasaust rnY ti e g sure to be at the battle of Copenhagen. I sit down than re , you for the honour you have done the army and the ° a (CheerCH) s. cod $ The AIRMAN said, I have the honour to propose t o • sdis toast, which at the p resen t mome nt possesses a more thao,° or nary claim upon your sympathies, your attachment, Thaolssa support. The t oas t I h ave t o propose to you is " e [dished Church of England and Ireland." Glee.—" Hail! smiling morn." id, The Hon. and Rev. Hottece POWYS then rose. H e l a n ce I have heard, I must allow, very much to my annoyance, I:,norn left my cure to attend this meeting, that I was the person " st as your lordship would expect to return thanks for the toetio'itY one which requires from this meeting and from th e corol!e st et large more than ordinary support — more tha n ordinary I tachment, and more than ordinary sympathy. (Che, e no say that it is with feelings of great annoyance t hat I rise 7atese Lice th e toast which has been given — but those feeling foil] from motives of a personal and of a private natures as an.sy.teoa a feeling that I am not the most competent, person tow before ing this meeting to enter upon the subject • of the tor y , o re, us. (Loud cheers.) That toast, if you will a d iu gre ater gentlemen, is a . subject of far higher an ' lb importance than any other toast that shall n otice t- el ted to your notice, or can be submitted to yo which vis, day. (Cheers.) But I have one qualificationalic 1,, make use of in answering that toast, and that q u on t o r se a r. that I have no feeling of annoyance on being called se , in pi; out in public those sentiments which I have expres a.e u en d co vete and have entertained in private after. deliberivt te I scientious conviction, and, as in public so in pr r a . seret . ir prepared conscientiously and energetically to supapourtel`o ea Loud cheers.) But, in answering p e toast of this n t orde ll2 • minister of the church, and will not condescend men, you will not wish me to forget that Idatmoaavnowfeenseh or arguments I helopg to which I belong (cheers); and, though which in my opinion would disgrace_ that ,c 23110710 SEI ........ , pa • . wh up , tha wh