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.. „,„ „ N ,STALKER and B Ir * ll,N 1...., AIR CI,TTERS,.PEqUEE AND ORNAMENT IL. HAIR .NIANUFAC.LURERS, PERFUMERS, Sic., No. 8, Mount Pleasant, (from No. 1, New Bond"-street, London,) beg most respevtfoi Ivio inform the Ladies and Gen tlemen of Liverpool and its Vicinity that they have O.2I',NED the above Premises, and hope, from Inc long experience they have had in every part of their Business; to merit a snare of their kind patronage and stipport. W. and B. can state, without exaggeration, their method of Cutting and. Making up every description psi Ornamental Hair is not to be surpassed by any Hair Cuer in the Kingdom, W. Walker having been • Principal A istant to Mr. Tetley, n( 11 late of Church-street, for three yea.r- and lately Cart Harr Dresser in the first Establishment i -London, has put him in possession of the most prevailing Pas ions ; and having formed a connexion ia London and. Paris, be Will be enabled to furnish 'nis kind patrons with the latest Fashionable Articles sooner— after their introduction—than any other Hair Dresser in Liver pool. A select assortment of the very hest Perfumery, Combs, Brushes, .84., at strictly moderate charges. puarding St:hotAs attended in Town or Country LADIES' AND GENTLEMEN'S P `BLIC S.; PRIVATE I SEA-WATER BAT S, GEWIGE'S PIER, LW RPOOL. H ENRY PENN, i'n returning thq -s for the patronage and. XL support he has hitherto receive begs leave respectfully to inform the Inhabitants of Liverpn lt and its Vicinity, that 13.A.T El S may be had at the above-mentioned Establishment between the bm . us . of Six o'clock in the Morning and Niue o'clock in. the Evening. . • TERMS FOR BATHING. • • • • COLD 'BATH. • £' s. d. Sonsce tBE hs for-Six Mouths to the. Public Bath ,'-.. 1 10 ' - 0 Children isAclei'ntelve years of age - - - 1• - 0 0 NON-Sonsee - rtixik - S for each time of Bathing Detached Private' Shower Children under Twelve years of. age U 0 6 w A Ivo BA ni.—No 'SCIISCitIPTIoN. Warm, Medicated 'Vapour. or Tepid Baths 0 • 2 . 6 Plunge Tepid Bath,, with Douche, or Invalid Chair 0 3 0 Warm Shower • 0 1 6 London and Liverpool' Daily Papers for the . accommodation ' id VlSltOl'i. EDUCATION" GROVE HOUSE, HIGH HARROGATE R. STUBBS, Son of the late Rev. P. Stubbs, Vicar of 1 Well, gratefully desires to return thanks to his many Friends for their oast eon tidence, and, relying on a continuance, informs them-and the Public that his Academy will REOPEN on THURSDAY, July 2iith, on the following ter Gentlemen under 12 years of. age 20 guineas from 12 to t 5 ditto -22 guise• per Annum. 'from 15 to 2 I ditto 25 gain Parlour Boarders, Two Go s Extra. These terms include Board, Washin_, - Lodging, and Ednca tUm, in the English, Latin, and Greek Languages, Writing, Accounts, Mathematics, 13; - ,ok-keeping, Geography, &c. &c. . French,. Italian, German, Drawing, -- Dancing, and Music Masters, on the usual terms. VACATIONS AT CHRISTMAS 'ANn MIDSUMMER The salubrity of the Harrogate Waters needs no comment, of which Mr. Stubbs's Pupils avail themselves.. References—the Rev. J. HALL, Rector of Tanfield, near Ripon: the Rev. P. STUBBS, Vicar of Well, near Bedate, &c. WANTED, AN ASSISTANT. A person of rood general abilities, ands Member of the Chinch of England. Letters (posfair,e paid) will be"attended to. CARAVAN CONVEYANCR • 43, Castle-street, Lb.:el-flout. May, 18.38. ... . - DICKFORD AND CO. beg to inform the Pubile that their , fir Caravans to and from London and "verpool give the ad vantage of a throughout Conveyance, wit ut the inconvenience of am intermediate Carrier. Goods de erect at their Offices, 43, Castle -street, Liverpool; and C tle Inn, Wood-street, Cheapside, 158, liev,ent-street, Loudon. - Will be forw"arded, with regularity and dispatch, CANAL AKE) LAND CONVEYANCE. All enquiries relative to Uaual and Land Conveyance _to and from their respective agencies, 4 ill he answered and every in formation given at their Office in Castle-s-treet. WOOLFI BIM'S BAZAAR, JQI-IN C. WPOLFIELD.. to prevent all mistakes, and at the same time, to reply to a qftestion, so fret (wilily asked in his Establishment, if his Brother, TIiONIAS MLFI ELD, late of the Bazaar, has still any interest in that co ern, which it is now attempted to establish on a more extensi e scale, considers it.a duty he owes to his brother to state, tat he is no longer interested in any business whaterer, sti less in cue which ought - to be so contrary to the priucipl of right towards his 'brother. JOHN U. WOOLFIT:LD, OF GLISGO W-HOUsE, CHURCH-STREET, MANUFACTURER C$F WRITING DESKS, DRESSING GASES, LADIES' WORK AND TOILKT BOXES, CABINETS, TEA CHESTS AND TEA. CADDIES, 81IEFFIE . LD . PLATED .WARE S, PLATED ON . SrEEL, AND GEhMAN SILVER ARTICLES, OIL AND GAS LAMPS, BRONZES, INKSTANDS, JAPANED AND PAc'l tt.4l iCH EE TRAYS, Attila varietvAa FANCY ARTICLES, :NIILITARY, CLUB, AND LIVERY BUTTONS ►ixnrs TO 0111)1 , 11:. • This Stock. beinv all quite new, p esents. a decided advantage. It is alsO winked at the lowest Cash prices. . 1 . 0 Purchasers, or to those who desire ouiy to inspect the Goniis, relneetful attention is given. sAIN GEURGE's HALL. rRE Committee beg to rewind the Shareholders and the VI Public Public that a stop was put to their proceedings for carrying • this Untlettaking into operation, by toe severe mercantile em barrassment. which began toshew its^if •in the spring of 18-37, and continued throughout the remainder-of the year. At length, the iroptovement of the times justities the Committee in recalling the attention , of the Publie to this Uwlertakiog; and they are now enabled to announce that the Corporation of I-iverpoul have obtained am Act of Parliament, eAttpoivering them to ap propriate as the scite of the Hall, a portiou of the-Ground of the Old Infirmary, in Lime-street. The Committee, therefore, be respectfully to remind the Public of the great utility -a public building like the intended ball; whicb nosy be , devoted not only to the celebration of our periodical Musical Festivals, as well as winter and occasional Concerts, but also to the use of Public Meetings,- - whe•her political, religious, or municipal. of Piltriin Dinners, awl of other large 'asserobl fr ag,es of our fellow ciptens.• Tire Committee trust the Publiit agree with them in' opinion, , that a Public Edifice, .so -c nstrueted as to be adapted-Jo all these various purposes. d also possessing a handsome exterior, would be at once a advantage and an or nainentdo the town; and one which - sty gers would naturally expect to find among so large- and flourishing a community. As it must be obvious that the erection of a Building of this kind, on a scale of sufficient magnitude, will involve the exoeia diture Of a very large soul' of money, (not less, they believe, than £:5,000, independently of the land,) the Committee beg leave- to remind their fellow-townsmen, that, in order to raise so large a fund, the subscription should be as widely diffused as possible; and the price of the Shares,- each, is such as to place the subscription withiu the reach of a great number of persons. The Committee propose, therefore,- to solicit the names of new Subscribers; which may be communicated, either per sonally or by note through the Post, to the address of the Se cretaries, or either of them, or to any member of the Commit tee, stating the address of such new Subscriber, and the num ber of Shares he is willing to subscribe for. Upwards of E'.2 - ti,ooo was subscribed before the suspension of the Committee's oiterStions took place, for the greatest part of which the Preliminary Deed of Association has already been signed. The few Subscribers who - have not yet signed that Deed are requested to call on the Secretaries, - in Harriugton chambers, Noah John-street, fur that purpose. By order and on behalf of the ComMittee, JONATHAN BROOKS, Chairman. THE CO The !ley. JONATHAN Mr. HARDMAN EARL. JAMLSAIPINALI Mr. Henry Booth, ' W. Wallace Currie, W. Dixon, William Earle, Jdn., Pattison Eliatnes, Joseph C. Evart, Samuel Hohne, Joseph 1-lornliv, Samuel Kearslev, ' SECRETARII To 15,1 ITT EE. BnooK s, Chairman. ti, Deputy Chairman. L, Treasurer. Mr. Ambrose Lace, Joseph Lankton, Charles Lawrente, 'John Floss, Jnbri Stewart, Samuel Turner, Joseph N. Walker, Thoinaq Winstanley, John Wriobt. THE CommiTTEr, Ir. ,EDWARD G. DEANE, Er. THOMAS HARVEY. ESSHS. 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They not only remove the disease, but renovate by their action the differ 'ent funetinn&of the hotly, expelling the grosser humnurs. - and in a manner so mild And'imperceptible a: to convince the most sceptical of their attfonishing 'and unequalled 'powers. Thew neither contain, mercirry -nor any other mineral, and may be - taken without the slightest suspicion of discovery. They require, no restraint of diet, loss of time, or hindrance of business. but *Area a complete cure. without the least exposure to. the patient. At any pet iod when. the slightest suspicion may exist, it will be well to have recourse to the Specific Pills, for when taken before the disease has inade its appearance 'it acts as a certain prer,entative. by moving the•comislaint effectually and secretly. Messrs. PERRY,. Surgeiins, continue to direct their studies to those dreadful debilities arising from the too free and indis criniinate induhreneeof the piissimis, which not only occasion a numerous train of nervous affections, anti entail on its votaries . all the enervating imbecilities of old age, but weaken and destroy all the bodily senses. occasioninr loss of imagination, jmlgment, and memory, indifference and aversion for all plea sures. In that distressing state of debility or defirisuct, Whether the consoonenea of baneful habits, excessive drinking, or any other cause. try which the powers of-.the constitution beco m e enfeebled, they viler afirm„safe, and speedy restorat4u to sound a nd vigorous health. PEUR.Y'S VEGETABLE PILLS ace well known for the certain - and effectual .remedy of Recondarysymploms, : venereal eruptions, pains in the bones, ulcerated sore throat, diseased n^se, chronic rheumatism, scrofula,. scorbutic and glandular .:liffeetions, l oca l and general y, nncturnal pains in the `2ead anu depression of spirits, and all diseases .arising r urn an impure state of the• blood. Letters if cc mt • ' tit paid, t•ontairtin a remittance 07 medicine. win he ; ntilife'O' .kdo;ltt ry gorered. 9 .22, SLATER-STREET. WEAR .DUKE-STRE•ET, LIVERPOOL. tmperial VarliamEnt. HOUSE OF LORDS.-MONDAY The royal assent was given by commission to many public and private bills. Lord BROUGHAM having obserVed,ininoving for papers, with respect to Courtenay, alias Thom, that care should be taken in commuting sentences or extending the prerogative ofmercy, to exclude private influence. Lord MELBOURNE said that no private influence had been al lowed in this case. Representations, however, he submitted, could be fairly considered. .The. Duke Of WELLINGTON thought it ought to be made known that private applications could not be attended to—that the recommendations of The judges only would be acted On. Lord WYNFOED said that asthe commutation of the sentence in this case was in consequence of the insanity of the party, there should have been every security against the repetition of mischief, and that those who had neglected to take this security were moratly answerable for the mischief done. The Poor Relief (Ireland) hill was postponed. The Earl of DEVON moved that the third report rut the cri minal laws be referred to seleCt coihrnittee, for the purpose of considering their recommendations regarding juvenilehttenders, &c. • Lord DEN-MAN and other peers concurred, and the motion was agreed to.—Adjourned. HOUSE OF' COM MONS.-MON DA Y. FACTORIES' • BI LL. . Lord ASHLEY Ease notice that ou Friday the 224 of June, when the order of the day for the second reading of the factories' regulation bill should call the attention of the house to the state of the law for the regulation expressive of the regret of the house that such a state of things should be allowed to exist so lung without amendment—(hear, hear)—and, lest he might take the noble lord by surprise, he would now state that he would most assuredly bring forward that motion; and although only one or two gentlemen should concur with him, he would take a division upon it. ELECTION PETITIONS. Sir R. PEEL brought in a bill for amending the laws relating to the trial of election petitions. He was anxious to bring it forward for discussion atatuearly hour, when there was a pros pect of a larger attendance; but he was in the hands of the noble lord. The bill was one so far of general interest-as' that it could not be considered in the light of one brought in by a private member ,of the house. Lord JOHN RUSSELL had stated to the house, that there were several bills brought in, not only by the government, but by private members of the house, which should be considered. Having already arranged the orders of the day should take precdence of notices, he was deprived of the power of acceding - to the proposition now raade'by the right honourable baronet. Sir ItonEitT PEEL then gave notice, that he should move the second reading of tne bill on Wednesday week. MUNICIPAL ConVonATIoNS (IRELAND).- Lord Johu RUSSELL, iu rising to move the further progresS of this hill, would say, by way of preface to the motion, that the house in general would feel it more convenient that the bill having been gone through committee pro anti with out having - been' regularly discussed, that it should be re committed, rather than that the discussion should be taken. upon the bringing up of the report. He therefore moved that the bill be re-committed. On the motion that the Speaker do leave the chair, Mr. O'CONNELL rose- and said : 1 request the indulgence of, the house, while I attempt to give reasons why this bill should nut be re-cuinulitted at present. My object in delay is, that I may have au opportunity of maturing such materials as have conic into my pussessiou lately; sit that I may be enabled to shew the hiuise that the proposed plan ought not to be adopted, esi,ecially with regard to the city of Dublin. I mean to call the -attention of the house to the particular situation in which the franchise in that city is placed, and to shew the impossibility of giving a good municipal franchise to the electors of that city, unless the house was in possession of more facts than it at present had knowledge of. When a prospect was held out of conceding' to the Irish people municipal institutions—when it was discovered in Ireland that the opposition party in this house had given up their intentions of destroying municipal corpora tions, it was received with unmiugled satisfaction; and the lurking suspicion which dwelt upon my mind, that it would all turn out a delusion, did not find place in the breasts of my countrymen. In order to understand the sentiment that thus prevails, the house - ought distinctly to know what it is the peo ple of Ireland require in this respect. They know Scotland has got a corporate reform bill upon the parliamentary franchise. They know that England has got a municipal reform bill under another franchise. In England and Scotland the parliamentary franchise is different. In England it depends oh the rating of the party to the poor. Each requires residence. The residence is required •to be longer in England than in Scotland. The English Pour-law Bill is coupled with the necessity of triennial residence, and, payment of rates, previous to the registry. It is desired to get either the Scotch plan or the English plan, and it is possible to realise it in every thing but in the payment of poor-rates, which, of course, cannot be expected in Ireland; and, therefore, calling for the English plan would be an absur dity on the face of it, there having been no poor-rates there. The goverument proposed a six-1110mile' resideirce prior to the registry, a payment of the triennial poor-rates. That was thought too short a period by the right bon. baronet, and he substituted one year's residence, iu place of half a year. That was his proposal. I am ready to accede to his proposal—of course, I am speaking.of the substitute for the by-gone payment of poor-rates. His proposal was to substitute an actual resi dence of twelve month. I adopt his substitute; and, adopting his substitute in every other respect, I call on the house to give to the people of Ireland either the English or the Scotch bill. In the circumstances in whiett eland now is,,l would infinitely prefer the Scotch sllslein. leis more simple, and it affords materials which we have in Ireland. If the house would give us the bill, with the Scotch municipal franchise, I will accept it cheerfully and gratefully. • But if the house refuse us the bill, which I. should prefer,'and give us the English Bill, identify us with English institutions in this respect, I will adopt it at once, although reluctantly, on account of its complications. But will receive it as a matter of conciliation and justice to Ireland. I want tither the one bill or the other. Mr. El u SIE seconded the motion. N9 - 111rernbcr 1 . 1,r cot.. vol. - IMP, IS after th. ootaor bad pUt tee question and amendment, much laughter was ex cited on the opposition side of the .house, when Lord J. RUS SELL eventually rose to address it. The noble lord said he was .nut aware how his rising on such a questiou could occasion any laughter in the house. if it was toe opinion of the house that the bill should be postponed for a short period, he would have no objection to concede to the wishes of the house. (Hear, bear.) Sir B. PEEL conceived the noble lord had charge of the bill. If he (Sir B. Peel) had made such a proposition at so advanced a period of the session, it might naturally be inferred that be wished to postpone the consideration of the bill for another session. (Loud cheers.) If the noble lord made his election to postpone the bill, standing there as the representative of the government, the house could not interfere. ,( Hear, bear.) He (Sir 11. Peel) certainly would not recommend its postpone ment. He would leave it to the noble lord to determine whether he would potiaine the committee or not. Lord Jontsi RUSSELL thought it would be much better for the house to go into committee to-night. Considering the number of inetut.iers present, be thought, whatever was determined in committee, that an opportunity should be afforded to the hon. and learned member of stating the facts to which he had ad verted, relative to the city of Dublin. He thought that the facts showed a difference between the city of Dublin and other towns in Ireland and this country, and he thought the bill ought not to pass through the house without the case of Dublin being considered. But the house might now go into committee, and take the general question of the franchise. The question was then put on the amendment, and negatived thout a divi.ion ; and the house went jute committee Tile house having gone into committee, the clauses, up to five inclusive, were postponed; and the sixth was taken into consideration. This, it will be recollected, fixes the qualifica tion for a municipal elector; and when the bill was lately be fore the house, £5 per annum was inserted as the amount of rent required to he paid fur the purpose of the payer becoming entitled to a vote. Sir R. PEEL. rose and said—Sir, the hon. and learned gen tleman, the member for Dublin, has stated, that the speech de livered by ate in this house some days ago, expressive of a hope that the three . questions respeCting Ireland, which had remained so long unsettled, might beo brought to a satisfactory issue, had been received in that country with unanimous satisfaction and applause, but that I had subsequently spoken in a manner to disappolut the ,hope which that speech had created. Now, I aui sure it will be in the recollection of all who heard me on the occasion to which the hon. and learned member alludes, that. I distinctly stated, on that occasion, that I was willing to withdraw my opposition to the Municipal Corporation Bill upon grounds which I then fully explained. (Cheers.) Those grounds were, that the municipal franchise in Ireland should be a ER) franchise of a clear value to that amount, and that the t est o f that value should be the.test of rating. Upon that point there could be no mistake. (Cheers.) I, therefore, again ap peal to the liberal feeling and considerate judgment of the house, if this proposal might not to be adopted, as moderate, reasonable,. and just. (Cheers.) Let not this question be looked upon as a party question, or as one in which it is intended by me to offer any insult to Ireland. (Cheers.) only call upon the house to hear my arguments with attention, and consider them with deliberation. I adhere to the proposi tion I wade 011 the former night, because I have been convinced, by subsequent deliberation, that it is a just and reasonableone. But it has beeu objected to we, that I am going to raise the poor man's franchise its Ireland. No! I am going to make a new franchise altogether,— nut going to raise the amount of any qualification, unless it had'heretefore been previously unfairly taken at far less than it was sworn to be. (Hear, hear.) Then, assuredly, I am going to raise it to the amount to which it pro fesses to be, and which it ought to be. (Hear, hear.) I utterly 'discraThrisatirdesrre - to combine to Monlipoliie for any party the influence in corporate affairs. I also decidedly disclaim any desire to establish a virtual £l-1 franchise. I believe that we shall find, that what I have.proposed will be fully sufficient in the way of precaution,—occultation for 12 months, residence for 6 months, and qualificat i on by the poor-rata about to be esta blished; there being no other equable test that can he rendered. available in Ireland, I have attempted to show that the £lO franchise is neither unreasouable in itself nor unnecessary, nor unsupported by precedent in England and Scotland; and that in these eleven towns it will not give the Protestants or the pro fessors of any religious faith an undue preponderance. The measure. such as it is, is one of mutual concession and corn-. promise; for I was called on to make sacrifices as well as you, and feel in so doing I have done thy duty. If you accept it— (Cries of "Never")—it may pass into a raw that may lay the foundations ,of peace and gum! will in Ireland, and eusure'for the towns that good local government which is so much to be desired for the welfare of all parties, and which it new rests with you to -attain. (Cheers, and cries of "Never" from Messrs. O'Connell, Shed, &c.) Lord JOHN RUSSELL very much regretted that the right hon. baronet had, after the consideration he had bestowed on this subject thought proper to persevere his proposition. The right hon. baronet was correct in stating, that those outhe mi niiterial side of the house did notagretr to his former proposition At, adopt the £lt) rate for England, but the objection was not that the rate was various in different parishes. He ( Lord John Russell) had said that if it were adopted great numbers of per sons would'be disfranchised, to whom the government honestly intended to bestow the franchise. As to the Scotch bill, whe ther the franchise adopted under it was the best that could have been chosen or not, he was net then prepared to argue, but if the question were put to hint whether this bill should, with 're , Bard to the'franchise, be made like the Scotch bill, or whether even the Scsoch franchise should he extended, 'he must candidly confess that he should rather be inclined to agree to the latter , proposition, (Cheers.) With reen rd to the English municipa l act, they might to ii in vain for any £lO franchise. acceinpaaied with a rate ; and he must he allowed to say, that, as far as any precedent or former sanction was concerned: the present pre position of the right bon. gentleman involved a qualification higher than that of the vote for an English member of parlia ment, or for English or Scotch municipal ceuncillors. (Heiti.) ,The right heti. gentleman had said that he had knowu many instances of the £lO franchise for members of parliament having been ahuSed. He (Lord J. Russell) would not ,argue that point on the present occasion. ( Hear.) He was ready to admit that rating should be taken as a test of the qualification fur the fran chise under this - bill,--(cheers)—Lut nut a LlTratitle. (Hear ) He should haye been content, so anxious was he to come to an amicable adjustment of this nuestiou—(hear)— either with some diminution of the proposed £lO franchise, or some m odification of the £5 frauchise;—(hear)—but merely to rise and make a proposition with the certainty of having it rejected by the hon. gentlemen at the other side of the bolise would he idle on his part—(cheers from the ministerial side)—and he must therefOre content himself with simply oppoiing thy £lO franchise of the hon. gentleman. (Cheering.) Sir E. StiGDEN was understood to argue, that a person claim ing to 'vote for municipal Coducillors in 'lteland should not merely occupy, as the test of his qualification, a house rated un der the poor law at £lO a-year, but that he shOuld for such house pay a clear rent of £lO after the deduction of all other charges, &c. connected with it. The ATTORNEY-GENERAL contended. that the effect of the proposition of his right bon. friend would be to raise tl?e fran chise higher in Ireland than in Scotland and iu 'England. The right him. gentleman opposite had contended for a test of value, and that such test should be the assessment. Now, as in the assessment 'allowance necessarily would be Made for a deduc tion for outgoiugs, taxes, repairs, insurances, and- similar charges, it would necessarily follow, that the than who paid ten pounds a-year rent would nut be rated at more than eight pounds; so that, if - tieing rated at ten pounds were to be made the test of value, one'-half of those who would be otherwise en titled to vote would be disfranchised. 'ln the Irish po6r law bill a dedio•tion was made for all outgoings for repairs and in surances; and though £lO ii.-year was the Parliamentary fran chise, if the proposed test was adopted, it would not be the municipal franchise. Sir W. FOLLETT said, they were'all agreed as to the want of some test of qualification. - (Hear.) But then it was urged from the other side, that to take the assessment of the pours' rate as a test would have the. effect of raising the value of the franchise above £10; but that they had no objection to any mode which would be free from this disadvantage. Mr. SHEIL declared that he, like Sir Robert Peel, desired "uniformity" in the matter of the municipal franchise; but he looked to a " nobler uniformity" than that contemplated by the right hon. baroner—he looked to uniformity, not between various towns in Ireland, but to uniformity between Ireland and England.. The whole conduct of the conservatives indicated a desire to depress the Roman Catholics of Ireland. Sir-R. PEEL begged to repeat that hp only desired a bone fide £lO franchise. He did nut desire to increase the franchise, If it could be proved_ that the proposed test of rating would really raise the proposed qualification of £lo above £lO, there 'iwas no fair modification of the test to which he would not consent. Mr. O'CoNNELL declared that Sir Robert Peel had insulted Ireland, hr accusing Irishmen of proneness to perjury; an im putation which Sir Robert, with much earnestness repelled. The committee then divided, when there appeared—For the clause, 286; against it, 266; majority, 20. On the motion of Lord JOHN Rus,taa., the house. then re sumed. Report to be received on Friday. THE LWERPOOI, STAN DART) HOUSE OF LORDS.—TuEsnAr •, The Bishop of EXETEIt gave notice that ou bringing up the report of the Oaths Validity Bill, he would move an a►nend- Went 'Lord DEN M A N'S bill, to enable the Court of Queen's Bench to hold sittings' in banco after term, went through committee. The Imprisonment for Debt Bill was, after some discussion, read the third time and passed.—Adjourned. HOUSE OF COMMONS.-TUESDAY. The Earl of LINCOLN reported from the - WoodstOck election committee, that the Marquis of Blandford had been duly elected. Mr. GILLON deferred his motion regarding international emu municatiOn, until the 234 inst. • Mr. WA [BURTON called the attention of the house to the petition. from the county of Carmarthen, complaining of the' interference of the steward of a peer at the last election ; hut after some conversation on the subject the motion was negatived without any division. Mr - GIL' 014 deferred, till a supply night, his notice to call attention to the allowance to the Duke or Sussex, as compared with those hitherto enjoyed by the other branches of the royal family. Mr. O'CONNELL moved that the evidence taken before the select committee -appointed to inquire int* the working of the negro apprenticeship in 1837 should be laid before the house, which was ordered. Col. SIETHORP made some inquiry as to whether the govern or Nf Bermuda was appointed. Lord J. RUSSELL answered—Yes, and Gazetted some time ago. Mr. FIUME said that he should defer his motion for an inquiry into the "fluctuations of the currency," &c , as he doubted not that the house would be " counted out ;" hut he should move it when the next vote of supply was proposed. The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER said that neither he nor the bank would resist fair inquiry; but if the object were to break any engagetnent entered into with the Bank of England, he should deem it his duty to resist the committee. At the same time, he thought an inquiry, with such limitation, was tuo im portant to be begun, except at a period when the inquiry could be completed. Mr. PATTtSON said that .the bank was ready to meet, and it would not shrink front the fullest inquiry. Mr. fluinE answered that be sought not to unsettle engage ments, only to show that the system pursued had led to pre judicial results, and that they might have been averted. Agreeing that the inquiry ought not to be interrupted when commenced, he should propose it as early as possible next seasion, if then in the house. Lord J. -RUSSELL stated, in answer to Sir E. Knatebbull's iticitiiry, that the papers regarding the Kentish riuts nu doubt would be ready to-day. The house adjourned by half after eight o'elvk. HOUSE OF COMMONS.—WEDNESDAY. The Speaker took the chair at four o'clock. A lengthened discussion took place on the propriety of print ing the report of the standing committee on tile Leith Harbour Bill, which was ultimately agreed to. • • Mr LAaoccttr•ae then brought in the•bill, which was read a first lime. The Right Hon. Gent. said it was nut his intention to pass the bill through parliament during the present session. Several petitions were presented, and some inclosure and es tate wits forwani..t...n... w . Mr. RouN 0 uiotted for an extension of time for committee on the Eastern Counties Railway to make their report. LeaVe was given until the Ist day of July. FREEMAN'S ADMISSION BILL, Mr. WILLIAMS moved that the house resolve itself into com mittee on the Freeman's Admission Bill. After a few words from Mr. H orr 1, The SPEAKER lett the chair, and the house went into com mittee without discussion. Report to-morrow. RATING OF TENEMENTS BILL. Mr. PitYME moved the second reading of the Rating of Tene ments Bill, and the Payment of Rates Bill. After a desultory conversation the Hon. Member postponed the second reading until this (lay week. SPIRIT LICENSES (SCOTLAND) BILL. The house then went into committee on the Spirit Licenses (Scotland) Bill. Sir G. CLERK opposed one of the clauses in the bill, on the ►round that it took away a salutary jurisdiction front the ma gistrates in granting licenses to public-houses. if the bill passed in its•general shape, whatever u•regularities,,were committed •in public-houses the magistrates would not be able, to take away a license when it had ever been granted. The Hon. Member concluded by moving, that the chairman of the committee do now leave the chair. He made this motion for the purpose of getting rid of the bill altogether this session. • • • Mr. Git. LON supported the clause, and opposed the motion that the chairman do leave the chair. Aftei a feW . ouservations from Sir G. STRICKLAND and Mr. R. STUART. the committee divided, when there appeared— For Sir G. Clerk's motion .... 101 Against it .... 70 Majority for the motion .... :31 The bill was consequently lost. The house then went into committee on the Hackney Car riages Metropolis Bill. (Left sitting.) CRICKET MATCH.—On Tuesday evening last a match was played between the Liverpool and Wavertree Clubs, on the ground of the former, who won the match with five wickets to go down. We subjoin the score:- Ist Innings. ' WAVERTREE. 2d Innings. Miller 0 bowled by Belgrave 2.3 caught by Ashton Ellerton 3 , Ditto 3 bowled by Palgrave .1 Hind 3 caught by Eaton 5 Ditto Bower 1 bowled by Palgrave 3 not out 'robin 25 caught by Parker 1 run out J. Garnett 12 caught by Potts . 4 caught by Parker Mills ' 4 caught by Burgoyne 2 bowled by Eaton .1" Lyon I bowled by Palgrave 1 run out Belcher 3 bowled by Eaton 1 caught by Crooke Hill 4 not out 0 bowled by Eaton . .. .. . .. . .. - Kuyvett, U bowled by Palgrave U bowled by Pa!grave , 56 43 Byes 1 Byes 1 57 44—T0ta1..101 Ist Innings LIVERPOOL. 2nd innings F. Potts 2 bowled by Garnett ll caught by Tobin Tod 2 Ditto 9 bowled by Garnett Dickson 1 bowled by Miller 3 caught by Mills Eaton IL bowled , by Garnett N. Crooke 6 Ditto 1 run out . . Sims 0 .howled by Miller I not out Burgoyne 29 not out 3 hit wicket C. Ashton 6 bowled by Garnett 5 not out , ,;,,, , • Parker 0 Ditto Patgrave I 'Ditto J. Neilson 9 bowled by Miller Byes 2 Byes 69-----Total SPECIMEN OF THE BATHOS. —At a meeting of the Mechanic's Institution in Greenock lately, the Rev. Mr. Jeffrey of the Re lief Church, who averred that he had equal pleasure in address ing "the ploughman with his horny hoof (he must have meant the ploughman's horse,) and the unwashed mechanic," stated the cause of Britain's glory in the following terms—" This coun try has been ennobled above all other things by the refining if vigor!" Solely Mr. Jeffrey must have a great attachment to a good cup of Howqua's , tea. CURIOCS COINCIDENCE. —An Irish friend of ours, who had been long connected with the parliamentary reporting depart tnent of the press, about eleven years since determined to trans fer his talents to Paris, and previous to his departure called in at the gallery of the Housef of Commons to say adieu to his old companions, at which time be left Joe Hume, speaking on the slave trade. Last week he turned on a flying trip and again entered the gallery, when, to his astonishment, the first voice he heard was that of the said Joe Hume, still harping on the same subject. "My God!" he exclaimed, " he dune yet?" —Sheffield lris. THE SHIPPING AND MERCANTILE GAZETTE,—This journal, published in a morning and evening edition, contains all the information essential for merchants and shipowners, who may be desirous of possessing early intelligence. In every English and foreign port, where it is practicable to prueure intelligent and active correspondents, the Shipping Gazette has lavished 'capital, influence, and energy. We are glad to find that the spirited proprietors have succeeded iu establishing this really • valuable paper in every seaport town. UNPRECEDENTED SPEED. —We have heard of quick passages by steam vessels, but the speed of the Royal William. on her last trip from London, surpasses any thing of the kind that has ever reached our ears. Chat splendid vessel arrived from Loudon this morning, and we ere informed by a passenger, that she was only lilts-seven houts steaming until she iirrived in Kingstown Elarle;ur, haying touched at Falmouth and Pl ymouth on her voyage. The run from Plymouth to Falmouth (feels -five miles) was most extraordinary, having been p erformed in thre.e . boors; and from Falmouth to Kingstow n Harbour, a distant., of 260 miles, in the unprecedented short space of twenty-three hours.—Dabiiii Post. IDOLATRY IN INDIA. On Ti;esday a meeting "was held at the Amphitheatre, ; iir pur suance of a resolution pa;sed at the late anuiverlary of the Church Missionary Association, for the purpose of adOpting a petition, praying the legislature to interfere in preventing the subjection of British officers in India, military and civil , to at tendance to honour heathen and idolatrous worship and cere monies. The boxes of the spacious.,ainphitheatre Were nearly filled with ladies, and a . considerable ndrubei of gentleinen oc cupied the pit. On the platform were a majority of the clergy of the town and neighbourhood,. and amongst them several ministers of various denominations of Christians. We should imagine about 800 persons were present, of whom about two thirds were ladies. At the appointed hour Of meeting, twelve O'clock, Adam Hodgson, Esq., took the chair . . After request inethe Rev. Mr..Buddicom to open the proceedings of the meeting with prayer • CHAIRNI&N said, it was hardly necessary for him to state, that the subject on - which they were'tnet was one of deep and serious importance, involving no less than the religious charac ter of this country and the religious liberty of a large and meri torious class of their fellow countrymen in India. It was a sub ject perhaps less understood than many of those discussed in those walls ; and it Would therefore be his duty briefly to lay before them a general statement of the case. The subject had been met with two or three objections at the threshold. It had been stated, that it did not belong to the people to meddle with questions of this kind!and - that the character of the people was greatly injured by this perpetual excitement, and that these Quixotic expeditiops to distant lauds rather indicated an un sound thau a sound feeling. These objections were not appli cable to the present case. It might be true that excitement was often an evil, but it was often necessary to excite; and surely excitement were great moral and religious questions were in volved was far more befitting their characters as men than in difference and cold selfishness. ft might be said, that this was an affair of the government and not of theirs. Were they thus ready to leave to the spontaneous efforts of the government those questions in which their interests were involved, or did they not on those occasions petitiOn and memorialize members of parliament as if their object was to make it more embarass ing to ministers to refuse than to grant their requests ? and why were they to be so energetic when - their own interests were con cerned, and so callous when, the interests of religion were in volved. (Hear) The vix inertia of the government was only to be overcome by the vividu viz anima of the people. The first subject for him to bring before them was the pilgrim tax, which was collected from the worshippers at the pagados in India. Collectors were appointed by the British government in India to collect this tax, which was appropriated to keeping the pa gados in repair, the roads to them passable, and rendering them safe for the pilgrims to travel on ; the surplus was remitted to the treasurer of the company, and was sent along with other parts of the revenue fOr the payment of the government. He dared not expose to view the scenes which were carried on at 'these pagados, nor the cruelties which were practised there: but they were such as would scarcely find a parallel in any other nation on the globe. Upwards of one million and a half ster ling was collected from the pilgrims to these idolatrous places of worship in the shape of tax, and a clear profit of above a mil lionsterling was paid to the East India Company. The Chair man then proceeded to read several extracts on the subject of the idolatrous worship in India, and one document, addressed by the director of the company in England to the Governor General in India, in 1833, expressing the decided wish of the directors that this tax should be put an end to, as it tended to mix up the government with the direct support of the heathen worship, by exhibiting the British power in connexion with idolatrous practices. This document had been read in July, 1833, in Calcutta, but had produced no results, and no steps had been taken to put au end to the system. The Chairman then proceeded to read a document, signed by a great number of the military and civil officers in India. and transmitted to the go vernment. It was dated from the Fort of St. George, and set forth the grievance of the petitioners being obliged either to obey orders to attend at idolatrous worship and ceremonies, fire salutes at them, and apparently partake in the worship, or be dismissed the service. he reply to this memorial was, that none of these practices should be discontinued without a special order from the government, and the government had not done anything. He felt that it was unnecessary to proceed with this documentary evidence. He felt very certain, that he had made out a case for their supervision. He ,would ask whether it be came Great Britain, so pre-eminentiv blessed; to defile herself with the superstitious and abominations of India ? They did not seek to interfere with the religious rights of the people of India; the question was, whether the British people should be come participators in those rights, and derive a revenue from them. They had no right to compel the natives of India to partake of the rites of Christian worship, but they sought also to relieve their own sons, Christian Britons, from being com- pelled to take part in heathen worship, or, as the alternative, resign their commissions. He alluded to the noble example of Sir Peregrine Maitland, who, sooner than contrary to his con science take pact in, and give honour to, idolatrous worship, bad resigned his commission as commander in chief at Madras, with a pay of £15,000 a year. His name would be handed down to posterity with a Schwartz, a Carey, a Buchanan, and a Henry Martin. Why was this sacrifice necessary ? It was said that if they interfered at all with the idolatrous worship as at present carried on, it would endanger the stability of our Indian empire. So they were told when they wanted to send their missionaries to India, and for a lung time they could only find their way there through the United States of America. Would it be believed that in the 19th century, British mission aries were contraband when sailing in British bottoms. So they had been told when they wanted to prevent the immola-_ tion of widows and infants. The stability of our Indian empire, as if India with all his prodigality of wealth could be set for one single moment in competition with one great moral. Such conduct was,a degradation of the religion of their country by their uncompromising fidelity to their God. It was said they ought to defer to the opinion of practical men on the spot. If there were any whose opinion he differed from in questions of this kind it was practical men on the spot; so far as his expe rience went he knew no class of men whose opinions were so erroneous, and whose prognostications were so different from the event, and they were very often unable to give information of what transpired in the; adjoining street. Their suggestions were often nothing. more than the promptings of fears or indif ference, or an undefined fear or danger. It wassaid they ought to submit to the imperial legislature of this country, to that ini por;al lovislature they were about to address themselves, and if they did their duty he Was sure the istatulC would nut per mit the continuance of laws injurious alike to the interest and character of the state. The Rev. T. TATTERSII A LL, who rose to move the first reso lution—" That this meeting, deeply interested its the propoga lion of the Gospel of our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ, does sincerely regret, and boldly condemn, the obstacles thrown in the way of that propagation, by the conduct of the government of India, in openly encouraging the ceremonies and services of idolatory, and deriving, a revenue therefrom." It was with the must unfeigned diffidence that he ventured to present himself before the uotice of the meeting - , and if he might have consulted his own feelings, he should have preferred being silent. But there were cases when to be silent would he sinful, and he could not answer to his couscience if he were not to obey the call now made upon him. His mind had fur some time been made ac quainted with the nature of the subject before them, from having read the researches of Dr. Buchanan in India, and he could not but express his unfeigned regret that the subject had been allowed so long to remain dormant; and he prayed God, that the sin of neglect might not be laid to his charge From the extracts read, it ought to be remembered, that the government in India was acting in contempt of the government at home. It was well known, that one of the gentlemen present at the discussion on this subject, in the Court of Directors of the East India Company. (Sir Charles Forhes,) had expressed his regret that a single missionary had ever been permitted to set his foot in India. Such an expression was extremely hasty and incon siderate, Or far more wicked ; for, if deliberately uttered, it amounted to a deliberate desire that the Hindons should never attain to the eternal happiness of Heaven. He could readily believe that that gentleman had entertained very lax ideas in deed respecting the religous condition of mankind, or rather of the prospects of mankind generally, considered as accountable beings. Perhaps he might have entertained the notion that, as some had expressed it, heaven was a place of very easy access, that there was one door for the Jew and another for the Chris tian, and another for the Mohammedan and another for the Hindon • he (Mr. l'attershall) should like himto read one of the articles of the Church of England, where it was set out that " through the name of Jesus Christ only men must be saved." He could only pray, that this gentleman might come to the knowledge of the value of his own soul, and then he would know the value of the souls of others. Mr. Tattershall then proceeded j to read extracts from Dr. Buchanan's work, showing the nature of the worship of Juggernaut, and the practices of the pilgrims who paid the tax to perform them, which went to enrich the cof fers of the Englisls'government. " When 50 miles from Jugger naut," says the Doctor, " We know we are approaehing, it from the human bodies which are strewed by the way." The extract then went on to describe the arrival of large bodies of pilgrims, who kept continually shouting in honour of Juggernaut as they arrived, and who were continually dying its the fields and open air from fever, and dysentery, anti famine; some from improper exposure is their pilgrimage from the northern parts of Hindus tan, and some from famine, in not having had enough to support life in the journey on 'which they bad set out. Hundreds of women were crushed to death by the pressure of the Crowd, whilst the fields around were strewed with the dead and the dying, their unburied bodies! being devoured by the dogs and the vultures. It was estimated by the Rev. Mr. Ward that TO) pilgrims perished every year on the roads to the holy places. These idolatrous festivals to which the pilgrims came were in a great measure sustained and encouraged by the receiving of the pil grim tax. He did not mean to charge the government in India with designedly bringing all this misery on the people; bit they were participating in a measure which supported this horrid system. He believed, with Dr. Buchanan, that the tax was originally imposed for a benevolent purpose, but it had failed in its object. It was the custom for individuals to go abota to in duce pilgrims to go to Juggernaut, and these persons, on proving to the collector that they had induced so many pilgrims to come, were paid at the rate of so much per head, so that the British government was positively paying missionaries to procure idola trous worshippers, and that for their own benefit in the increased receipt of the pilgrim tax. And why, then, should the tax be abolished ? Because, in the first place, they should never be partakers in other mens sins. By the East India Company re ceiving, these taxes and supplying the necessaries for the idola trous worship: beyond all question a credit was given to idolatry, and it was raised and elevated in the eyes of the natives in amen ner in which it would not appear if the idolators were left to themselves. It was a great stumbling block to Christianity, in the minds of the poor Hitidoos, because it would appear that their English governors were themselves convinced of the divinity•of. Juggernaut, iu practice if not in actual profession and worship. He would not attempt to make any comments on facts such as these; he must leave them to their own effect on the minds of every one present. After several more quotations showing the connexion of the English gOvernment with the furtherance of the idolatrous warship, he concluded by moving the resolution. The Rev. J. LisTER rose to second the resolution. It was with great satisfaction that he rose to give his decided approba- . tion Of any measures consistent With the great principle of civil and religious liberty. Be protested against the measure of of snaking British officers attend places or heathen w orship, and that worship being promoted by a protecting tax, aona of the ground of its open impiety; he conceived it to be an open and undisguised rebellion against the being and auth . ority of Him who was King of kings, and Lord of lords. He spoke in praise of the religious freedom of this country, . aritt in allowing , to make o every man to worship as he thought best , post_ d him afraid. He felt bound to worship God and honour the such a large share of King, yet at the some time he ctti.ntesrideewreads it as a special privi lege, that under his government ti l e wished well to the religious freedom. and therefore r to o t l e , officers of that government in a o t u t e t ,3 7 t ' !h ed . nßeettt-eit,st.eotintitomttioeos was a violation of the rights govern mentlndia of attend hip of Christians to which he of conscience. The ed (the belong Baptists) had suffered exceedingly in their reli- ,t ende avou ring to spread the gospel in Indi a , an d had only been a gious-liberty in tt ble to se nd out the missionaries in A mer i can anti to Serampore , w h i c h was a Danish settlem ent,b a;: t d " permission had been refused to them to build a colle ge to , ; lis t ruct the natives. The same difficulty had extended to the missionaries of the Chinch of England; and it wits not his pe culiar denomination which was opposed, but Christianity which was o pposed by the English government in India. He con cluded with seconding the resolution, which, as were all the re solutions, was carried unanimously. The Rev. T. By RTH ruse to tnuie the next resolutiou—" That it , appears to this meeting, no the authority of official docu ments, that British servants or the East India Company are compelled, ou pain or dismissal, to attend and take part in, the idolatrous ceremonies of the heathen.". He spoke at con siderable length and with much, energy , against the pil grim tax. I t was a 'p ro nd d a y kir, 'Liverpool that she had stood prominently forward, deaf to the suggestions, of those lukewarm friends who would let matters take their own course, even with re g ard to the eternal interests of their fellow-crea tures. Liverpool should be named wherever this cause was ad vocated, and this cause should be advocated throughout the na tion. He had nothitig to do with the fact of the disgusting and superstitious horrors of the Hindoo worship, but he had to do with the fact that British subjects were compelled to take a part iu tneir abominations, and he called upon the meeting to raise its voice against.this till it should be put an end, to., He ex pected the appeal that Hay would be responded'to iii such a way, as that every voice would say, "away with it, away with•it. ' (Loud cheers.) They were bound, each of them, to interfere in putting a stop to this abomination. To refuse to do so was infidelity ; it Was heathenism; it was the murderous spirit that resided in the bosom of Cain which would reply, " I am not my brother's keeper." They were each of them their brother' keeper, and unless they lifted their voice throughout the land to stay this abomination, they would stand in the awful position of being responsible for their brother's being compelled to min himself for earth or for eternity. The resolution was true in itself, and it was an absurdity to call on them to assent to it; it they had gone to an island in the South Seas and compelled the inhabitants to become Baptists, or Independents, or Methodists, or Protestants, what an outcry there would have been ! Ought not a similar outcry to be made in compelling Christian men to go and worship Hindoo devils? He concluded with moving the resolution. The Rev. Tit EOPI-I t Lus LEssEY rose to second the resolution. He most cordially concurred in the sentiments which bad been so powerfully expressed by the reverend gentleman who had preceded hint. He would not have obtruded himself on their not-ice if he had not felt that these were not times cowardly to shrink into the nook of personal obscurity. He deprecated a cowardly neutrality as ctiminal on questions of vital import ance. The administration of the government in India made this country an auxiliary to the most infernal superstition on the face of the earth. For a long trine Christianity seemed to regard the idolatry of Juggernaut with a kind of awe from its remote antiquity : but the veil of mystery had been drawn aside, and eye witnesses had returned who had seen the horrors which it entailed. He trusted the feeling which had showed itself in I.iverpool • on this subject would spread throughout the land, till this abomination was put an end to, and the glory of England should no longer be shrouded by this cloud of dark ness. He concluded with seconding the resolution. The Rev. Dr. RALPH rose to move the next resolution : "That the compulsion referred to in the preceding resolution, is still practised, in defiance of a despatch from the Court of Directors, dated Feb. 1833, commanding that it should cease. And that now, the Court of Directors, instead of enforcing their own commands, have practically connived at this violation, first, by refusing to allow any further remonsttance upon the subject; and secondly, by accepting the resignation of Sir Peregrine Maitland." He supported the resolution at consi derable length. [Our limits oblige us to curtail greatly what was spoken, which must be our apology fur omitting much that was said by many of the speakers.] He contended that there could not be a greater obstacle in the way of the free circulation of the truth, than by the continuance of the evil practises of idol worship which the government supported. They had only to persevere in similar demonstrations of principle, to carry out only truth, for that they had with them, but numbers. ft bad been a profound remark of Talleyrand, that in order to carry the multitude, they must see that their views were rea sonable, and then they must snake them plain to the multitude, that they should fully succeed. The Rev. R. P. dtionrcom, at considerable length, and with much eloquence, seconded the resolution. He called on the meeting—many, perhaps, had sons or relatives in India—to come forward and protect them from the contamination of this idolatry, and front the conscientious scruples between their duty to their God and their Queen, imposed by being obligedto attend heathen worship. He stated, on the authority of Mr. Poynder's pamphlet, that owing to the punctuality of the annual festival of the worship of Juggernaut, the good faith of the government in paying the pilgrim collectors and the facilities afforded by government for pilgrims to attend at the shrine of Juggernaut, the worship of,that idol was greatly increased, and 150,000 pil grims yearly crowded to the pagodas, of whom it was stated one third, or 50,000 annually perished in the pilgrimages from one cause or another. After passing a high encomium upon the high conscientious conduct of Sir Peregrine Maitland, he con cluded with seconding the resolution. The Rev. A. KNOX, of Birkenhead, moved the next resolu tion—" That this meeting, while they endeavour to reach the Indian government, both at home and abroad, the medium of petitions to both houses of Parliament, do, at the same time, respectfully solicit the cordial co-operation of their fellow-coun trymen in the prosecution of an object which should be dear to every worshipper of a crucified Redeemer." The Rev. 1 - 1 UGH M`NEILE rose to second the resolution, and was received with often renewed and loud applause. He felt that, at this time of the afternoon, it was necessary to be brief, and he should not, therefore, trust himself with any preliminary observations. But he could not turn round and look at the chairman without calling to remembrance the last time he had the pleasure of hearing him in that place, as the persever ing and consistent adversary of negro slavery, and he now saw him with equal coesistency and perseverance, the ad - - versary of slavery of every kind. They had it on the dis tinct authority of the inspired apostles. that when the Gen tiles offered to idols they offered to devils. The great slave holder of the fallen world was Beelzebub, the chief of devils. He varied his altars to suit the various circumstances and dis positions of men; he delighted in cruelty, and he delighted in falsehood. Cruelty was the characteristic of bodily slavery— falsehood of mental slavery. So long as the vile, barbarous sa vage rights of Moloch, or Baal, or Juggernaut could satisfy, for a time, the trembling consciences of guilty men, Satan triumph ed. So long as the love of money could bear down the love of justice and humanity, so that might usurped the place of right, and black men continued white men's slaves, Satan triumphed. But it was not in these depths alone that Satan triumphed; so long as fallen conscious men were occupied by the strivings of man to make his own peace with God—Satan triumphed. So long as a superstitious fear could be hushed, by occupying men amongst creatures, hiding amongst the trees of the garden, diving into the various departments of the visible creation, and inventing a respectable mode of diverting himself at a distance from. his God, philosophy would answer the devil's purposes as well as idolatry; and while Jesus Christ was hid, Satan tri umphed. They were concerned in making the Lord Jesus Christ known—in proclaiming God's saving truth—that one, only truth which could save; for without that truth in which God was exhibited in Christ, reconciling the world to himself, no man living could be saved. Their concern was to make this known. They found many hindrances in the way. Those hin drances which were in the way over which they had no control, they could but bow before mid pray against; but the hindrances which wore the aspect of human intervention, they could and they ought to endeavour by their interference to remove. Human intervention was between them and this grand object in India. The chairman hail already stated, and several of his rev. brethren who had followed his statements, and had added to the documentary evidence laid before that meeting. but he could not but think that the state of this question was such that there would remain, still an inquiry on the minds of many of their friends. He had taken the pains of making a few brief ex tracts from documents of unquestionable authority, which were laid before the Court of Directors by Mr. Poynder, and he would briefly read one or two statements which would give them a notion, though a faint one perhaps, as far as it went, of what men were required to do who served in India. With regard to the charactet of the heathen ceremonies that had been so much spoken of that day, he had an extract which showed the light in which they were viewed by the natives themselves. In 1824, the Rajah of Mysore requested government to allow him to perform an idol feaSt which bad before been per formed by the government.- He was allowed that year, but afterwards the government again took it into their own hands." This showed the light in which the idolatrous natives contem plated these feasts. It was in vain to say that government was not doing , an idolatrous act, an act which one of the idolatrous chiefs made a request to have permission to do, and did on such permission. Theo came government again and took it out of his hands for no assigned reason; and deprived the Rajah of Mysore of the privilege he had enjoyed for one year. 'Phis stamped the character of the act in the eyes of the native idolaters'-themselves. With respect to this very feast. " Mr. Place, the collector, presented to the idol jewels, and a head ornament called caleka toorah, worth 1,000 star pagodas. Lord Clive, on uccasion of his personal visit to the Garudant saran', presented a makankinty or breast ornament, worth .1,050 pagodas. Mr. Collector Garrow presented a chandraharann, or golden necklace, worth 500 pagodas; and on the day of the fast the collectors continue to present every year one lace garment, worth about 100 rupees." So here was this idol dressed in jewels, head ornaments, breast ornaments, and lace garments, presented by Lord Clive, Mr. Place, Mr. Collector Garrow, and every collectorsince, from the British government. Now, here was a tangible fact.. He would read now the orders of the governor in 1828. His authority for this extract was still Mr. Pounder, as reported in the Asiatic Journal, of November, 1837. Mr. Poynder had quoted this in the court of directors. _ The Right Honourable the Governor in Council, adverting to the smallness of the sum which is annually required for the celebration of the feast of the Madras Goddess, and to the difficulty which bas always been experienced in evading the established collections, is pleased to authorise the collector of Madras, in communication with the superintendent of police, to cause the supply of the articles and attendants necessary for a due celebration of the festival, according to the scale which has hitherto been observed, and to release the native inhabitants of Madras from the charge. It will be the special duty of the superintendent of police to give general information of the con siderate instructions of the govenor, and to prevent individuals being improperly called upon for subscriptions." This corresponded ekacily with an extract he had taken down from one of the Chur c h Mi s sionary r e ports, Nyherein a Mr. Applegate found the natives expr ess ing their dislike to pay for the heathen temples for conducting the feasts. .Htere( pay fur the wasr the nature of the case; the natives were unwtllnen", to)l do ? the usual idol worship, and what did the ) g , o govenor r Madrassupply g n in t. theera articles connexion he was pleased to authorise the collectorh e t the superintendent of police to cause t and attendance necessary for the due e c d e , le a b n r d at t io n u r o e f lie th ve e t fe h s e tival according to the scale hitherto obse h r e v charge. It would be the na tive inhabitants of Madras fromt sybc. with thei tt s. the considerate intentions of the b. I. Ti ceremonies of especial duty of the superintendent o . f e p r o n i t i t c te e n t t o t g ( i , v i e ,r i e n y t e it t n it a i t n io d n iv o i l: !'here was not only a forbearance duals being improperly f call t ed in from a ely the allowance of. their feasts, hut the natives, it was not ° te a r interference n si c% goddess: This was auo supplying the articles for m attendance on the celebration of the fes ther tangible fact. tivities of the Madras Again he had "the g arrison orders."t: June 20, 18.36. A royal salute to be fired front the saluting battery at noon to o-morrow, an the occa s i o n o f the PUllu' ' all Fes. tival. June 21, 1 836. To-d•ay a royal s a l u t e to be fired on 'the l'ungan th festival was held in b oner o f t h e sun, and was held occasion of e ILI ng an Festival." to propitiate the sun and thank him for having ripened the fruits, and offerings were made at the I'ungau festival. On that oc casion there was au order from bead quarters for a royal salute to be fired by British troops , . The Rangan festival was held in great honor by the Mahornedans, and was celebrated in the mouth in which they believed that the Koran was dropped down from heaven to 111ahoinet ; and here again there came an order to British troops to celebrate that festival by a royal salute. Again= "To-morrow by the conclusion of the Rangau Festival, a company Complete, under the command of an officer in full dress y with one drummer and one fifer from the 46th regiment, native ibfantry, as well as a brigade of six pounders, with the requisite party of artillery attached, to parade to-morrow at the church or square in the fort. A royal salute to be fired in the church : another at the eedgah, (place of idol worship) and a third on the return of the procession to the fort. The artillery alluded to were Europeans, and tbev are employed on their duty from 5 a.m. till 3 p.m., required to accompany this Mohair pro cession to this house of worship and back." It was quite necessary that there should be something tangible in the way of fact to be supplied, that they might repre sent it amongst their neighbours as reasons wh a y , th d e h y ,, p th ro e c r e s e h d i e ,i d . thus. The argumentation of this questi on he _ j a ec l t ett s e v r hi t, c l h itte d u ese h r y ve a d u i t t t i e s th ti an I. : i d e w nd . . at . home,extract aila officer Fitoe JUNE t 5, 1838, he produced it On the same authority—the authority of Mr Puy rider in the court of directors. (The rev. gentleman here itilioduced an extract from Mr. l'oyndei's speech.)— This was the predicament in which our "brethren in India were placed. They were reduced to the alternative of breaking the commands of the government which they them selves say would r uiu any army, or else of violating the command ments of God. It was a case of grievous hardship. It was impos ing a test. In order to hold office under the governmnt of India, her majesty's subjects were required to submit to a test, and that test was, participation in heathen and mahomedan idolatry.— This was not an age for imposing tests; they had seen what many of them believed to be the test of truth removed from this land with great triumph and congratulations amongst all who called them selves liberal; and where did they find the rallying cry of these liberals to take away this v il e heathen test. There were ten times as many men in Liverpool as would fill that place to overflowing, who would lush there to have a cry of down with our glorious test, There were thousands to cry hosannab at the fall of the test of Jesus Christ; where were they now When they met to pull down the test of evil, why was not that place crammed with all manner of Christians who would say, "we will never submit to have a test imposed, on a brother to kneel down at an altar of the devil." (Great cheering.) ~ (f British subjects in India were required byrt some native governor to cont r ib ute t o hi s re li g i on — s upposing B I I subjects to reside within s o me p r i nc ip a lit y w hi c h had not been , added to the empi re o f th e E ast I n di a C ompany , and suppos ingt they were required by some nat i ve R a j a h to pay a tax an't o the support of hi s wors hi p. an d the Rajah said to them, " 1 d e, require you to att en d th ese serv i ces; you are at lib e rty to Wor ship God freely as you will; but if you live in my country, and obtain the advantages of the protection of my laws, I insist on your paying to the support of my religion, which I believe is the support of that law." if this were all, we would say we have nothing to complain of.. We avail ourselves of the laws of the laud, and we are bound to support the religion on which those laws are based, leave us only to worship God as we please' But when they said, " you must not only pay the tax but come to the doors, and bow your heads when the idol moves, and du hom age to this gre a t i mage o f S at in as if you were worshipping it.'` Then the tone was altogether altered, and instead of a lawful demand to support that religion on which that law was based, there was an unlawful demand to comply with the ceremonial of a a religion to which conscience is opposed. But after all, the m point must be with the propagation of the gospel. Their in brethren in India —their felloW subjects, were exposed to the hardships he had described, and he must briefly touch on one hardship More before he proceeded to submit the petition to the meeting, which had been adopted at a preliminary meeting. The rev. gentleman then read a memorial agreed to at Madras, and addressed to Sir Frederick Adam, which set forth that Pro testant soldiers, who were members of the church of England, were required, contrary to her MajestY's regulatious, to be present at the worship of the church of Rome, and were Compelled to be participators also in the worship of' the church of Rome. This wag as great a grievance as the other. He pro tested he thought that taking Popery as it was, unchecked by surrounding Protestantism, and unrestrained by the convenient hypocrisy, which wore a veil to hide the apPearahae of bigotry, he protested he thought that Popery, taking it in its zeal and active spirit, was, if any thing could be, worse than .Hindooistri itself.: (Cheers.), He had said, unchecked ,by the gaze of sur rounding Protestantism. What rendered Popery so delusive was its power of chainelion change of colour ,snider change of circumstances: There was in the system sermuehnominal truth, that she could avail herself of it wh en it suitedher, e'rriat the name time there was such.an overload of ceremonial of man's authority mixed with and hiding the truth of God, ,that wlsen,phe was at liberty to use that, the truth was kept cushioned; and,the cere monial of man was, put forward; and while there was light enough in the system to add to responsibiliry;_there was not light enough to deliver from sin. That British ,subjects in In dia should be compelled to:take part in the ceremonial of Hindoo worship and in the ceremonial of Popery was *crying grievance (Hear and cheers.) Did they think. it a griexiance (Continued cheering 4 Then he held in his hand a petition which was adopted at a meeting preliminary to this, and which he should read to them,, in the expectation that every man who agreed to the conclusion they had now come to, and felt the moral re sponsibility connected with mental conviction, would go and suit theaction to the feeling, and fix his signature to this peti tion. (Cheers.) The petition was . this : " To the Right HonoUrable the Lords Spiritual and Temporal of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, in par liament assembled: " To the Honoirable the Commons of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, in parliament assembled. " The bumble petition of the ministers and inhabitants of Li verpool, in the county of Lancaster Sheweth, " That your petitioners, being greatly interested in the pro motionof the gospel of our Lord and Sa.yiour Jesus Christ, sub mit, with the deepest regret, that obstacles ate raised to its pro pagation by the conduct of the governments of India. both at home and abroad, in openly encouraging the worship and ser vice of idolatry, and deriving a revenue therefrom. "That British officers have been compelled to take part in the idolatrous ceremonies of the heathen, contrary to their con sciences. " That temples have been built and repaired, and roads to them made at the expense of the government ; and that the payment of the priests and prostitutes who frequent the tem ; ples, has been issued from the treasury, and all the impure and disgusting practices connected with idol worship, together with the payment of an organized band of pilgrim hunters, to col lect worshippers from all parts of India, have long been sanc tioned and provided for by its anthority. "That your petitioners are grieved to find that, notwithstand ing a despatch from the Court of Directors, dated 20th Feb. 1833, (in which it was directed that the pilgrim tax should be abolished, and that all interference on the part of British func tionaries in the management of temples, rites, &c. of the natives, should cease), no practical measures have yet been adopted to carry that despatch into effect. " That, further, the East India Directors have, at their last general court, passed a resolution to receive no more remon strances on the subject. "That your petitioners humbly pray, that your honourable house (the Commons) will extend protection to our fellow- Christians, and will cause the Indian government to execute the express orders so long since transmitted by the East India Corn pany - toabandon all patronage of idolatry, and profit arising therefrom. " And your petitioners shall ever pray, &c." s N t a or e t e he nt y of would observe, the case was i t n h a a d t ein that this wasp ti t p i t o . ri s s t i h b every l e becausesimplest.the head and front of the case was Indian idolatry, and because, iu this morbid state of things at home, one could scarcely dare to• be faithful to his christian convictions, without seeming to set party against party. There was no mention of Popery in the petition He thought it was a fault, (loud cheering). But they were no way compromised by omitting the mention of Popery, and many of their brethren would sign the petition withourthe mention of Popery, who, otherwise would refuse front some undefined tenderness—he could not explain it—some susceptibility which looked with apprehension on anything which infringed on that most delicate monster. (Great cbee - ing.) In connexion with this petition, he bad to request that two topics might be considered ; first, a testlindbial to Sir Peregrine Maitland. He remembered at their preliminary , meeting, when the amiable and excellent, the tender and chris tian Chancellor of the diocese mentioned Sir Peregrine Mait land in terms of exquisite beauty —he remembered, he added. that to accept the resignation of that honourable soldier would , he a pertinacity of infatuation in the government at home. . They had been guilty,it seemed, of that pertinacity of infatuation. And he begged to propose, in connexion withthis petition, that a subscription should commence in that room first, and proceed in the town and through the kingdom, for a testimonial to pre sent to Sir Peregrine Maitland on his arrival in England.— (Great cheering.) He had further to request that their mother and sisters, or wives or daughters, who honoured them with their presence, and smiled consolation and peace to many ei burdened heart among them, who, after a toilsome day could find a bosom of affection to lay their weary head upon, and have peace in the evening—he asked their ladies to get up an address, taking these premises into consideration, and ap proach their Queen. (Great cheering.) An address from the ladies of Liverpool to Queen Victoria, imploring her tender affectionate heart to interpose and try whether there was not magic in the Queen's voice to bind the stubborn temper of the court of directors, and whether even British merchants, albeit though they had become somewhat steeled from the effect of gain, would not feel a power attach to the Queen's command, which should enter the council chamber, and as the echo of your wishes, should say, " in the name of Victoria, let compulsion of conscience cease with all my subjects." See, then, how the matter became practicable. Three things were to bedone in Liver pool; first, to petition both Houses of Parliament, that was on the spot; then a subscription to Sir Peregrine Maitland, which he thought should be done on the spot, and the sooner done the better; and third, an address to the Queen. Now, (addressing the ladies,) what was every body's business was no one's busi ness ; don't let some of them be saying, " let somebody begin," let each of them begin—that was the way. (Cheers.) After e few further remarks, the reverend gentleman concluded with seconding the resolution and proposing the petition. A gentleman, whose name we afterwards ascertained was, Mr. JOHN Bowes, minister of the chapel in H o p e - s t ree t, here , stood up and said—Sir, I request to know, what M r . M'Neilf means by asking, where are the liberals ? He says the libe rals have taken away our test, and that test is our Lord Jesus Christ. (" No, no," hisses, cheers and confusion.) Mr. M‘Nette immediately explained. "No, no, no; whO could ever imagine that men had taken away our Lord Jesus Christ ? The thing is impossible !" (Great laughter and cheers.) Mr. Bowes again rose, but was greeted with a storm of laughter and hissing. The CHAIRMAN.—Pray hear the gentleman. Mr. M'Nait.a.—Now my dear friends, let me entreat you to give implicit obedience to your chairman. You need not be afraid of anything they can say. If the gentleman has mis understood me I shall be most happy to be set right, and to se' the meeting right. And if I have misunderstood him, I c an only apologise to him for having interrupted him so speedily. (Cheers.) Mr. BowEs again rose and proceeded—l have to apologise for obtruding my se lf on t h e meet i ng. I l i ke orderly me etings. think it important t h a t every sent i ment s h ou ld b e carried unanimously. But th e cr y of " where are the liberals?" as that is associated w ith a particular class of politicians a nd a large class of reli g ioni s t s , w h en I h eap ' th e cry o f " w here are the liberals ?"--1 felt as if I could say—" We are here --1 ne l here." And I thi n k th a t thi s i s a cause th a t ought not to be i taken up en party grounds—that no party in the church or state should be sneered at in this cause, or appear to be sneered at. 1 think yon will require in carrying your particular object all the help you can get; and therefore, I hope you will take along with you all the liberals vou C4ll_ get. (Hear.) And / don't know what test the Rev. Mr. M'Neile refers to. I heard, his speech against slavery with great pleasure and delight ; have heard his general remarks to-day with great pleasure and delight ; but I don't know what he means by the liberals having taken away our test. I wish to know what test they have taken. away, that I may have a right understanding for my own con viction. (Hear.) As to the accomplishment of this object„ when I look to the constitution of the House of Common s, I ~, not think it wise in this case to pursue this course. I P ei l b "P h s may have similar views as to popery as the Rev- 'gat, 111. Neile, but I do not think it wise to sneer at liberals or Homan Catholics, whatever may be the evils of popery orot liberalism, if we wish to carry this measure. Ido know tb ,t • the Baptists, who are generally ver y liberal, desire to tickno plish this object; and I am s ure that y ou ma y meet w ive Worn: • tiers of the House of Commons who may be liberal acid Fe!: haps Roman Catholic , who will vote for the abolition of toes t eceiv pilgrim tax; and I say in accom p lishin g this, if y ouraa ! the support of liberals, why not take it ? And if reive the support o f Roman Catholics wh y n o t take it ?.( I think you should t ake all the su pp ort y ou call teceiAte, (Ilear* h ear .) I beg the pardon of t he meeting The CHAIRMAN.—WiII you favour the meeti rig , your• name.? M r . Bowas.—l am sorry to say my narcie is rather e s. H al :e r r e . rious in Liverpool at this moment. My name is John Row es': a n.- The CFIAIH MAN then put the resoluti o n which was lo m o usly carried. Mr. McNeile again rose. He said , —l wish for an opportu nity to add one or two sentences in reply to the call which kw, b ee n made upon me—" 'Why did I ask, where are the liberals ?" ' I will tell you why sir. 1 will t el l t his m e et i ng why. We engaged now in an object which has liberty of conscience NV its great end. Liberty of conscience has always been theft"