The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser. — Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1843-04-28 00:00:00

i Itt AUTH.Otiii 1.4487' REPRESENTATION OP Al .1 Pll/1,77"r1. THEATRE-ROYAI 'RIDAY EVENING THIS present will be perfi fit of t e author MARINETTI OR, THE WOLF Ofi St. Ang Paul Nouvel Marinette OPERA Desl Miss Gardner To which will b TARNATION And other Entertainments. Tickets to be had at the Standard and Clironicle-offic ma es at the Music-shops ; and at the Theatre, where places _ . tt auucti, STRANGE, be secured. . - Books of the words, 6d. each, to be had on application to Mr. Cooxg, at the Box-office. ____.—......wwwwm•s—m--si TO MERCHANTS, BROKERS, AND OTHERS The largely increased and most respectable rzr0a...,,.. which the Tuesday's Edition of the LIVERPOOL STANDARD has now obtained amongst the mercantile body in Manchester affords its prop r ietors the gratify ing power of urging this, amongst th e other, undeniable cairns which it possesses , u p on the favor o f that portion of the mercantile commu nit y of Liverpool who desire to bring their advertisements Wore the notice of buyers in the neighbouring manufacturing districts. In most of the surrounding towns of Lancashire the circulation est of the STANDARD is steadil y increasing. In Mancher , kowever, the centre of the manufacturing district, our publication of Tuesday —occurring upon the most im portant market day of the Cotton Trade, when its Exchange and Hotels are thronged wikh country manu facturers, spinners, and calico printers —is firmly es tablished in circulation, and is perused with increased and increasing interest. circumst an ces, we trus t to Under these enco ura g ing re ceive an increased measure of support from the mer chants and brokers o f the town generally ; and it aff ords us great pleasure to assure those of our friends amongst those classes, who have hitherto bestowed their adver tising favours liberally upon us, of our increased ability to do justice to the interests com care. Ebe tiberpooi *tantiarD. FRIDAY MORNING, APRIL 28, 1843 The experience of the past twelve months, has, we are convinced, been more efficacious in dissipating politico-economical fallacies, and in illustrating how far "the wisdom of our ancestors" is to be estimated above the crude theories of unfledged philosophers, than any similar p eriod in our history. A a scie ame nce, or rather a collection of truisms dignified b s y the n did of a science, politica l economy stands j us t where it It is j in the days of Adam Smith. just as excellen t in theory, now, as it was then ; and a s inapplicabl e in practice. The system of a universal exchange of com modities between nation and nation is just as brilliant an abstraction, now , as ever it wa s ; but th e notion, that such a system i s ever likely to be established, or can ever be profitably es tablished , is as far from being demonstrated as ever --nay, it is furthe r ; for all expe rience is right in the te eth of the philosophy being ever embraced by the majority o f mankind , a s the guiding rule of their legislation, and mos t damaging to the opi nion that it is th e interest of any na tion to haza rd much of its existing p rosperity in setting the example of its recognition. It Las been a leading fallacy w i t h the doctr inaires of this school, that it was no less the duty than the inte rest of Great Britain thus to hazard her acquired posi tion, as the certain means of reaching a still higher position from the adoption of her example by other countries. With this view we relaxed our navigation laws, and admitted to our ports the shipping of every we bad co mmerci al treaties. We country with which derived ? ask, what subst antial benefits have we themselves Cer tainly those ben efits have not exte nded to that portion of the community —the shipping interest— uPoo whom we were assu red they t h a n we would fall. We have given, in fa ct, snore —in fi nitely more — have rec eived ! And during the twelve or fourteen Years after this and other concessions, what have other nations done to meet us in our course of exuberant generosity, which philosophers termed an enlightened pursuit of commercial advantage ? Why the history of legislation, by foreign governments, during this period, has been a history of one succession of move ments in an opposite direction. On every side we have been met by restrictive tariffs. Market after roarket has tee m dosed at our commerce ; and that we have made bead, at all, against the awakened theof other countries, has been owing solely to the success with which we have decreased the cost of production of our commodities (decreasing at the same time the comforts of our labouring population), and to the we possess in immense sustaining power which the home our large colonial possessions and in market. We were assured, however, that these untoward results were attributable solely to the incompleteness of our experiment. We had not gone far enough in our liberality. We had not bid sufficiently high for the enjoyment of the markets of other countries; and t h e increased measure o f exclusion to w hich we had been submitted, we were told, was " retaliatory !" .If we would only go a little further in generosity; admit, without stipulation, the wines of this country, the fruits and spices of another, the corn of a third, the beef and pork of a fourth, we should be rewarded by the voluntary accordance to us of all the benefits de rivable from a liberal admission to their markets. We re- Well, we last year reconstructed our tariff. doted the duties upon six hundred articles, the produce or manufacture of every country s upon the upon the face of the globe ! We materially reduced the dutie s chief food of man, and the staple produce of our own land—corn. We consented to receive the animal food of America and Europe at a low duty ; and yet, how have even our concessions of the past year been met ? Is there a sign, the most remote, of concessions in re turn ? No. We have been met, only, on the part of America, by a tariff even more restrictive than pre viously, and by increased disinclination, on the part of every other country, to admit us to a greater share than we already possess of the commerce of the world! the a The fal lac y , then, by which we are assured that any vo l un t ar y concession of ours would lead to dop tion of the free-trade p rinci p le by an po rtion y ma terial of the rest of mankind, is utterly exploded. We must f o ol or f ro m henceforth rega rd that man as e ither a du t y u p on a ma dman, by whom the reduction of the at:ry iff on . e of the six hundred articles enumerated in o ur benederivableate d, upon any othe r ground than the from its cheapness to ourselves .1 No voluntary concession--the concession, eve n, of a per fectlyfree trade in corn, if unconditionally made — will operate to unlock the restrictions with which our. productions are met in foreign markets ; fo r not only pro every voluntary concession failed in p roducing has such a result, but where such concession has been the ,subject of negociation, and where t em ptations, appa rently the most ir resistible, have been o ff ered, w e: have met with signal failure. What is the history of our negotiations for a commercial treaty with France, but a history o f studied evasio n and dela y s, practised by the ministers of that country to defeat its result , What have been the fruits of our recent negociations With Spain and Portugal, or with Brazi it isl, but failure ? ? In met o f these countries—Portugal ercantile i nte rest, and the pop ulation that the e ntire m of a larg e and important district, dependent upon th e trade in wine w ith the Briti sh market, was and is in favour of a tar iff which would per mit a mutually bene with this country ; ficial comm erce to be carried on and yet the outcry of six manufacturers (I) of wretched woo llen stuffs, acting upo n has de a feeling, .._ _ hostile to the prostration of native industry, feated the most active efforts of our diplomacy ! Will any man tell us that th is experience of tat h ion f or e past does not strike a stunning bl o w at the agit the repeal of the corn-law ? Where be now the mag nificent dreams of the League, of vast markets opened to our industry, as the result of the transfer of the growth of our bread stuffs from English soil to the of b orders of the Ohio and Mississippi, or to the countries the Baltic and the Black Sea ? Where are the baby dreams of Russian and Polish boors, with bread in one band, receiving in return, with the other, British silks, cottons, or woollens ? Where ar e the plausible and plaintive lamentations over the acted folly of na tions burdened with food, but yet naked, prevented from exchanging their surplus with a nation burdened with unsaleable clothing • ) England, it is plain, has in every country and ti inpite tue fay 'Ow 11411.44 or the coittLl4*-Leie t euel I recEtnt absurd demonstration of Mr. Ricardo, and esr of our negotiation with Portugal before his eyes, will say that each sten which we take further, a the direction of an ultra free trade, Is a wanton ndonment of our power to coerce, or, convince, inn countries into the adoption of a rational sys- even to profusion, with offered benefits ; and the blame is assuredly not ours ; our gifts have been spurned—we are not, certainly, to be called upon to " give, give," even by the craving of the horse-leech, when all that we receive in return is mockery of our folly ! The downward career of the Whig-Radical faction, which so lately rode rampant in authority over this good old town, is truly an instructive object of con templation. There was a time, even in its declining days, when it could still muster a respectable front ; when it dared hazard a decisive battle for an extensive object. That time, however, has gone by; and, as !he fallen roue, who once swaggered at Crockford's, and betted his thousands at Newmarket or Epsom, is con tent to shine as the hero of a little-go—to rook" ad venturous footmen at chicken-hazard, or to join a party of seedy thimble-riggers in an attack upon a 'prentice's purse at a fair,—our fallen faction have de scended to hawk at small game, and spend their once mighty energies upon a parish squabble. Poor beings ! It is an achievement for them, now, to strut at the election of a churchwarden or an overseer; and we do not despair of seeing them, some of these days, de r voting themselves, with all their usual appliances of ' placarding and journalising, to the mighty object of carrying the election of a parish beadle or a corpora tion bill-sticker ! Seriously, we ask, can the contemptible position of this once haughty faction be more strikingly illustrated than by the exertions recently put forth by them, for the gratification of a paltry personal spite against an individual member of the Conservative party —Mr. Birkett ? —this " puddle For weeks past—for months in a storm" has been getting up. For months, every engine of detraction has been set to work, and their conjoint dirty stream directed against this gentleman in especial. A whole battery engaged in the very arduous (!) task of blowing a cock-boat out of the water is not a more ridiculous misapplication of power than the whole force of whiggery—its Mercury, Albion, Tilnes,Journal, and Chronicle —engaged in cannonading the single person of Mr. Wm. Birkett ! The entire affair, however well disguised under the cloak of an assumed zeal for the due administration of the affairs of the workhouse—(for which Mr. Birkett is just as much or as little responsible as any other of the 25 members of the select vestry)—has been, in very truth, no more than a splenetic persecution waged by the united Whig faction against this gentleman—waged against hitn because they durst not attempt the same manifestation of feeling against the Conservative body —waged against him upon the same principle as that which incites a malicious coward to pinch his neigh bour's child, when he dare not lift even a finger at its father. Well, this paltry effort has been successful ; and great is the gratulation—great the cock-crowing—in the Whig-Radical camp. But over what victory of principle is this gratulation ? Mr. Birkett, a Conser vative—a tried and known friend to the poor—has been replaced by—not a Radical, but—a Conservative. Over what, then, we repeat, have the Whig-Radical faction to triumph ? They have not replaced Mr. Birkett by one of their own kidney! They have gained no Whig-Radical victory, in the only proper accepta tion of the term ! They have gained, therefore, no triumph of principle—no triumph other 'than one of party spite over one individual ! And how have they gained even this pitiful thing ? Why thus—and we ask Conservatives to reflect upon the reply ;—they have gained their little all, by dividing Conservatism against itself ! Individually it is nothing to us, and we are sure that it must be nothing to Mr. Birkett, that such has been the result of the recent attack upon him. The election of Mr. Henshaw is not a Conservative demonstration, and therefore does not implicate us in any implied ap probation of that system which he is understood to favour ; and it cannot be claimed as a victory of Whiggery. • But we must confess that we do grieve ova.. the apathy, on the part of the conuorrativc rate-payers, which has permitted this slight to be in flicted upon one of the most energetic of their party— one whose exertions for the good cause, unobtrusive though they may have been exercised,—have contri buted as much to the attainment of its present proud position as those of any other gentleman to whom we could point; and we can imagine nothing more likely to prove the ruin of that cause than the neglect of ConserVatives to rally, upon every occasion, in its de fence, whenever it is attacked, even in the person Of the very humblest of its members. We are at present, thank Heaven, the ascendant body. We were not thus proudly situated, however, a few years ago ; and a very, very brief period of inertion and neglect of our best friends may change our position more irretrievably than we at present imagine, when we may find our selves not the first people in the world who have cried " wolf" too late! We are informed that it was Mr. Birkett's strong desire to be relieved from the duties which he has for some time so efficiently discharged in connexion with the parish, and that nothing but the threatened retire ment of several otherd of our parochial authorities along with him induced him to forego that desire. We are reluctantly compelled to postpone some remarks on the council proceedings which appear reported in our columns to-day in consequence of the length to which the speeches at the Amphitheatre yes terday have extended. And with reference to the latter, we can only urge our readers to study atten tively the statements of the Rev: Rector Campbell, and the Rev. Hugh M'Neile, if they desire to appre ciate the merits of the Factory Education Bill now before Parliament. LUCA L NJ WS The next overland mail to India, ',id Marseilles, will be made up in London on Thursday next. BATHING. —The Corporation Warm Baths, we perceive, are announced to be in complete repair, and quite ready for the reception of visitors. RoYar, ASSEMBLY Rooms.—lt will be seen that Mrs. Raymond, Mrs. Waylett, and Mr. A. Lee have announced an entertainment at the above rooms, of a novel character. m r , Raymond's " Scrap Book" will, no doubt, prove amus ing and attractive. We u nderstand that on Wednesday seve:al hundred boys from. thc Mechanics' Institute visited - the Iron Palace, being charged only ld. each. On Friday, at two o'clock, the Blue Coat boys will pay a similar visit, and arrangement 4 are mak i n g to admit the Collegiate students, who will visit the house in their gowns, &c. • • BI:TRAORDINARY QUICK PASSAGES.—The New York packet -ship Independence, Captain Nye, which arrived here on Tuesday last, has again made the passage in eighteen d a ys from port to port. Her outward passage she made in fifteen days, which, considering the general prevalence of westerly winds on the Atlantic, is an occurrence, we may sa y s u nparalleled in the records of swift sailing. CHINESE EXHIBITION.—Now that !the affairs of China are here creating so much interest in the public mind. we ou ght to hail with pleasure any means of throwing a light u pon the habits and customs of its inhabitants. We are led to make this remark from observing that a Chinese Exhibi tion is about to be opened at the Portico. It will no doubt prove highly interesting and instructive. VISIBLE IMPROVEMENT IN SHIPPING.—It is only a short time since our docks had an unusual number of vessels at whose mast-heads a broom was fixed, denoting them on sale; but within the last week this sign of depressed times has so rapidly decreased, that tiler e are now scarcely a dozen vessels advertised for sale; the others having been either advan tageously chartered or sold. From this we may contemplate a speedy increase, in the demand for export goods. TAYLOR V. ASHTON* AND OTHERS.—In the Court of Ex chequer, on Tuesday, Mr. Knowles moved for a new trial in this case on the ground of misdirection on the part of Mr. Justice Coltman, before whom the cause was tried -at the , late assizes in this town. The action was. one in which the plaintiff sought to recover compensation from the defendants, who were four of the directors of the celebrated " Commer cial Bank of England," for certain alleged fraudulent and false representations contained in the annual reports of the company's " policy, progress, and prospects," by reason of which he, the plaintiff, had been induced to invest little less than £3OOO in shares of that bank. Mr. Knowles argued at great length in support of the rule, and the court said as the question was so important they would take time to consider. ARTISTS' CONVERSAZIONE. — The second meeting of the Artists' Conversazione for this season took place on Wednes day evening last, at the Adelphi. Independent of the beautiful presentation sketches, from the professional members, there were some works of art in progress, and portfolios of sketches laid upon the table; but the principal attraction was the o riginal sketch, by Sir David Wilkie, of "Knox administering the Sacrament at Calder House." Although in an unfinished state, it is a work of great talent, and full of intense feeling. There was also a coloured copy of the w ork just published of his sketches taken during his tour in the Holy Land, and the last number of Roberts sketches in the Holy Land. Those members of the society who were absent lost a great treat W 4 ot►l Nntiy4 and gruups d-ppe. to offord ►oatici: eo—tarta'ihrt-1-4n—t e:`• 441 V, INQuEsT.—Yesterday an inquest was held on view of the body of a person named William Mainwaring, who was found dead in a cellar hole in Marlborough -street. Verdict— " Died by the Visitation of God." ACCIDENTAL DEATH.—An inquest was yesterday held be fore P. F. Curry, E.g., on the body of a man of the name of Russell, a labourer, who was killed while discharging the ship Robert Ken•, lying in the Victoria Dock, in consequence of one of the guys which supported a block on which they were hoisting breaking, and one part of it striping him on the head, by which his skull was fractured. Verdict—" Acci dental death." We perceive from an advertisement in the London papers that the anniversary sermon of the Ladies' Hibernian F.:- male School Society will be preached at St. John's Chapel, Bedford-row, London, this morning by the Rev. Hugh M'Neile. The thirty-first anniversary sermon of the Prayer book ►end Homily Society will be preached in St." Dunstan's Church, London, on the 4th of May, by the Rev. J. 11. Stewart, of St. Bride's. WATER CURE ESTABLISHMENT, 70, MOUNT PLEASANT. LIVERPOOL—We understand that these extensive premises, which were taken some time ago by Dr. Heathcote, a physi cian of considerable experience in the Hydropathic method of treating diseases, are now in practical operation. Dr. Heathcote's pamphlet informs us that he studied the principle and practice of this system at Grafenberg, and we under stand that he has since treated with great success various cases of disease. CURIOUS CIRCLIISTANCE.—A day or two since a gentle man, whilst walking along the shore at Egremont, picked up a bottle, which on examination he found to contain a piece of paper, on which was written in pencil the following words :—This perhaps will elucidate the mystery that attends my fate. On account of the persecutions of a tyrannical wife, I, Patrick O'Connor, have thrown myself into the Liffey in despair. P. O'Connor." The original paper may be seen at our office. Loss or• THE BARQALE DALE.—We regret to say that in formation has been aceived from the British Consul at Lisbon of the wreck of the barque " Dale," of this port, P. Farley, master, whilst on her voyage to New Orleans, with a cargo of salt. The barque unfortunately foundered at sea during the night of the 7th instant, about sixty miles to the north-westward of the Rock of Lisbon, and the whole of the ship's company, seventeen in number, were picked up in their boats ❑ext morning, by the schooner Porto Novo, and landed at Lisbon on the 9th instant. MELANCHOLY ACCIDENT.—On Saturday evening last, as One of the terry steamers was moving from the landing-stage, at Seacombe, Captain George Smith, who was stepping from the boat to the shore, slipped into the water. A man, named Evans, one of the hands employed at Seacombe, while at tempting to rescue him, fell into the water. Captain Smi!li fortunately clung to the stage and - was eventually pulled out of the water. Evans was carried out of reach, and sunk before any aid could he rendered him. The unfortunate man has left a widow and four children. EXCISE INFoßmATioN.—Yesterday. at the police-court, Thomas Frazer, the captain, and Duncan Nl'lntyre, themate of the ship Pollock, who had been remanded from a previous day to await the decision of the Board of Customs, were again placed at the bar, charged with having had on board the ship in their command a quantity of tobacco in illegal packages, being less quantities than 300 cwt. They both pleaded guilty, but said they had it for the use of themselves and the crew. They were tined £lOO each, and, in default, ordered to be imprisoned until such amount be paid. DEATH FROM EXCESSIVK DRINKING.—An inquest was yesterday held before the borough coroner, on view of the body of a woman named Mary Edge. From the evidence of police-constable Davies, it appeared that while he was on duty in the neighbourhood of Bixteth-street, he found the deceased lying on the footway in an excessive state of intoxi cation. With the assistance of another officer she was taken to bridewell, and was afterwards removed to the Northern Hospital, where she died yesterday morning. —The surgeo►► stated that death was caused by excessive drinking. Verdict accordingly. COMMITMENT TO THE ASSIZES.—At the police-court yesterday, a man named Bryan Burns and his wife were placed at the bar on a charge of being found in possession of a quantity of base coin. Police-officer M'Guire said that in consequence of information he had received he went to the prisoner's house in Oriel-street. The man, on seeing him, went to the back and threw a parcel on the top of an outhouse which he (M'Guire) afterwards found. It contai ned ten base shillings in an unfinished state. In his posses sion were found five other base shillings in a more finished state, also an iron spoon. Another officer also found a par cel of base shillings and a bag containing plaister-of-Paris. The female had recently been in custody for endeavouring to pass a base shilling at two different places, but was dis charged for want of sufficient evidence. The prisoners were committed for trial at the assizes. THE FUNDS: WEDNESDAY EVENING.—}IeaViDeSS in prices continues to be the chief feature of the English stock market. Although the transactions of to-day have been limited, the few sales concluded give closing quotations at a shade lower than yesterday. Bank Stock left off at 180 to 18 9 • Consols for money , 9(34 to o• and for the account, 963 to A ; Three per Cents. Reduced, 954 to I; Three-and-a- Half per Cents. Reduced, 1013 to i; New Three-and-a-Half per Cents., 1023 to ; Long Annuities, 123 ; India StOck, 268 to 269 ; Exchequer-bills, 655. to 675. pm. for the 2d. issue, and 675. to 695. pm. for the 13 , 1. issue.. The settle ment of the half-monthly account in the foreign market takes place on Friday. Spanish advanced about 3 per cent. i❑ the course of business, and left off firmly at the improve ment, the New Three per Cents., at the close of the day, bearing the Quotation of 323 to 3' and the Actives 223 to -3. The jobbers are supposed to be in want of stock, ane hence the reason assigned for the reaction noticed. Mexican closed flat at 29.1 to ; and the Deferred, Bto 4. The other foreign securities remain much the same. Dutch Two-and-a-Half per Cents. were finally quoted 563 to .1 ; the Five per Cents., 1003 to 3 ; Colombian, 241 to 25 ; Brazilian, 75 to 76 ; Belgian, 105 to 106 ; Danish, 85 to 8G ; and Portuguese Converted, 40 to 4. MEETING OF TIIE DOCK LABOURERS.—SETTLEMENT OF TIIE DISPUTED WAGES.-011 Tuesday afternoon last, a meeting of the labourers employed at the docks was held in the Assembly-rooms, Lord Nelson-street, at which, such masters as were inclined to accede to the terms proposed at a meeting previously held in the Queen's Theatre were in vited to attend. The room was crowded, and the meeting was riotous in the extreme. One of the resolutions was to the effect that the master lumpers should pay the labourers' demands, viz, 3s. Gd. per day for 104 hours' work, Gd. per hour for overtime, 80. per 100 for bags of suit, with tile addi tion of Id. for heaving ; Id. per ton for common salt, and - lid. per ton for carts. Mr. Campbell, one of the most ex tensive stevedores im i the port, was the first to declare his willingness to pay the amount. He had never he said paid less, aed though no advocate for low wages, he thought that this turn-out was a most unseasonable one, having occurred at a time when freights were low, ships literally doing nothing, and provisions almost 50 per cent. cheaper than at the same time on the previous year. Mr. Campbell was followed by other speakers, one of whom attributed the reduction in the wages solely to the men themselves, and prognosticated that the duration of the present scale would not exceed three weeks, for directly work was scarce, they would offer their services at reduced prices. It had been the case before, and would be so again. Those sentiments were, of course, not well received by the body of the persons present, many of whom attempted to address the meeting ; but, though the proceedings lasted for some time longer, nothing of a decisive character took place. DAMAGE TO A VESSEL.—Yesterday, at the Police-court, Captain Core, of the schooner Sovereign, appeared before Mr. Rushton, to claim injury done to his vessel, the Sovereign, by one of the steam tugs . running against her. He stated that on the 15th instant he went along side the wall at the entrance of the Brunswick Dock, waiting his turn to get in. By direction of the pier master he hauled a iittle astern from his first position, and remained there as ordered until after a ship had come out of the entrance in tow by the Blanch steam tug, when the Mona steam tug which had taken a po sition rather a-head of him came backwards towards him, ran against his vessel with one of her paddle-boxes, thrust her against the wall. and carried away a considerable length of her bulwarks and covering board on both sides. The Mona, he said, might have gone to the other side of the en trance out of the way. The repair of the damage had already cost £l2. The Steam-tug Company were ably defended by Mr. Peter Wright, who endeavoured to shew that the ship that Was cowing out being swung round by the strength of the tide had first run against the Mona, and from her against the Sovereign, and that the Mona was in her usual place when wanted to tug out vessels. It appeared, however, from further evidence and from the cross-examination, that the Mona was at fanit in taking such a position in the way of the ship ; that she should have kept further astern as she might have have done; and that even the captain of her, who was on the quay at the time, had said to the mate, who was in charge of her, as soon as he saw the conduct, " If you bad backed as I told you this would not have happened !" This settled the case, and Mr. Rushton said the Steam-tug Com pany must pay the damage, but the vessel should be surveyed before a person sent by each of the parties, and the amount assessed by Mr. Askew, the harbour-master, who was in court. The parties then left the court. GRATIFYING TESTIMONIAL.—A few weeks since we no ticed a very elegant silver candelabrum then on view in Mr. Doke's shop, Lord-street, and intended as a present to Sir Hugh Pallisser, Bart., of Wexford, from his tenantry. We find by the !Ver . :ford Independent that this tribute of grati tude has been presented to the worthy Baronet, of whose benevolence that journal speaks in the highest praise. An address accompanied this testimonial, in the course of which the tenants say, "This lamp, which will be frequently burning on your table, will be emblematic of that ardent love, which glows in our hearts towards you, our kind and benevolent landlord—and we sincerely hope will tend to perpetuate be tween our children and your descendant, down to the latest posterity, that mutual friendship and good will, which should ever subsist between landlord and tenant." To this, Sir Hugh returned a very kind reply from which the following is an extract :—" The sentiments of arection anil attachment you express for me are flattering in the highest sense of the word, and I sincerely trust and hope that my future conduct towards you all will be such .as to increase (if possible) the love and affection that now so happily subsists between us. Since I came to Ireland I have had constant intercourse with you all ; and I am proud to say, that the better I know you, the more I am convinced that few landlOrds can boast of such a set of tenantry. Industry will ever have its reward, and such is your case ; content and happiness reign in every house —long, very long may it continue. I must now refer to the beautiful present you have this day presented me with. But I find words inadequate to express the pride I feel when look ing at it. knowing, as I do, that it is the gift of affection, and as such, my friends and tenants, I accept the elegant piece of plate, with the liveliest feelings of gratitude, and with my Most fervent prayer that health and happiness, and every comfort may attend you." _ _ _ _ TROT tlonsEs.—We gave in our last a brief description of the iron palace now on view near the Custom-house, and intended for King Eyambo, one of the African Princes, on the Calabar river. 'rhelaistory of the building of this struc , titre is as follows .—Some time ago a handsome house of wood was sent out from this port, for the use of a rival Prince on the same coast, which, when erected, became, like the British constitution, the envy of surrounding nations and the admiration of the (African) world. On this, King Eyambo determined to be nulli aecundus in the accommoda tion of his royal self and . his 320 wives, and resolved to have, a palace built, superior not only to the wooden house, but to any thing ever seen on the coast of Africa. With this design, his Majesty gave the order for the house just com pleted by Mr. Laycock. Unfortunately, the exchequer of King Eyambo, like that of a few other Princes who might he named, was not quite equal to the splendour of his de signs ; and he was compelled to fix limits to the cost of the Palace, which have rendered it impossible to construct it altogether of "iron. A considerable quantity of wood has, in consequence, been introduced into the building. This is to be regretted, as it exposes his Majesty to the danger of being burnt out Of house and home by a chance spark, and to the certainty of being eaten out of it by the wood lice and white ants, which swarm in his doininions, as in all other tropical climates. We are glad. to learn that there is a prospect of the experiment of iron structures being tried on a great scale in the West Indies. The French Government is now mak ing inquiries, and seeking estimates of the cost of rebuilding entirely with iron the unfortunate city of Point-i-Pitre, in the island of Guadaloupe, thrown down by the late earth quake, and afterwards utterly consumed by lire. It is said that one reason why wooden houses, though so much safer in countries exposed to earthquakes, are so little used in the West Indies, is, that the rate of insurance u l on them is so heavy as to render the expense unbeara ll 801:00 CtilteS it amounts to three per cent. per annum.. Ff.. v.no fultowusi t,''40)1,44.1.1.R4pti riloluop Rowlan . - Ok -*-- - • „ , :te a Cologae ;—` Strait: Euggassa, CO. to se, m ai , 23, 1311. Mr. Thomas S. Ditoes,—Sir,—l have much pleasure in informing you of the extraordinary effects of ROWLAND'S MACAsSAR OIL: fur above nineiyears I had not a particle of hair on my head, when I was casually recommended to give this celebrated oil a trial. I accord ingly purchased two bottles at your establishment, and strictly followed the printed directions; in the course of two months my head was covered with flue short hair, which I then had cut otf, and continued to persevere in the use of the oil. The result is, that after five months perseverance I can now boast of as good a head of hair as any man in this city. fn j , ,stice to the inventors I make this acknowledgment, and shall feel great pleasure in satisfying any enquiry. —I salute You .with respect, ADAM BAUER, Bth Artillery Brigade."— S. e a lvt. - - -- CLAIM FOR DAMAi.,F.' TO A FLAT.—On Wednesday, the captain of the King Orry steamer, appeared before Mr. Rushton at the Police-court , as defendant in an application r he ve H ss e e le l n b . y fo u r le co; m pe e n r - . The evidence for the applicant that while the nflaaattidowenabs forylying damagesrna taasntecrhdooo f loe a i,tp fl oo a s t ti htcweea George'stt d tte t s ho show, Pier, the steamer carelessly (as it was alleged,) ran against her and damaged her considerably. It appeared, from w a rd toopipioeasirtetiihowever, from . the evidence of the defence that a long string of flats was lying anchored wall from Blackaller . s Bank south- George's Pier, northward ; so that the steamer could not get . in without . going . round . a long way to south, or endeavouring to pass within the appli cant's flat and another, not far from the buoy, where there thee buoy s a was a wider space than between any of the other flats. In adopting the latter course, the . space even . there being . cir cumscribed, the steamer came in contact with the applicant's opposite flat, and h ence t h e damage complained of. It was proved, however, th a t thi s flat, (as well as others,) contrary to the rules provided for the convenience of vessels coming to or leaving the basins or the sea-wall, was anchored in s id e th e line of the t wo b uo ys which are parallel with the wall; an d that consequently the complainant was himself at fault. This was proved by, amongst others, a respectable boatman who had pursued his avocation on the river for forty years.—Mr. Rushton, with whom sat Mr. Askew, the harbou r - mas t er , consequently decided that the captain of the flat c ou ld no t recover damages, and dismissed the complaint. He also gave instructions to the eflect, that the police-officers on duty at the Pier-head, should look to the p os iti on o f the flats, and on fi n di ng an y o f them within the buoys, give informa tion to the Pier-master, so that they might be fined. The regulation alluded to is painted on a board fixed at the pier, and masters of flats would do well to observe it in future. BIRKENHEAD COMMISSIONERS.7A recent number of the Chester Chronicle, after some allusions to the multitudinous hills introduced session after session into parliament by the Birkenhead Commissioners for . what they call the improve ment of the to wns hip, thus concludes some remarks on the subject of an action tried at the late Chester Assizes, " We should have never thought of the thing, had it not been for the defence the commissioners set up at the late assizes, in bar of the claim of Mr. Cole, for work done under a contract with them, entered into by their surveyor under their orders, and on their behalf, and which was proved to have been exe cuted to their satisfaction. That defence was the most dishonest we ever saw set up in a court of justice. It was altogether based on the wrong doings and illegal acts of the commissioners. We will just recapitulate a few of the points. First,—they objected: to the contract, though on a printed form supplied from their own office, because the terms were contrary to the statute, and also because the act directed that contracts should be executed by the clerk or three commis sioners, and contained no authority for the surveyor being the contracting party ! the street contiacted to be made was not a street in the meaniug of the act, and con sequently they had na authority to contract for its formation, paving, or soughing! Again,—that, by their own default, they could not reimburse themselves from the owners of the land, inasmuch as they (the commissioners) had not given the notice required by the act to such owners to do such work, the alternative being that only in case they do not do it, then only shall the commissioners proceed to do it; and consequently they were not legally bound to pay Mr. Cole These are sufficient to show that the real character of the defence was a sort of self-inflicted outlawry, which even the tender conscience(' commissioners seem not ashamed of. Mr. Justice Maule very signiticturtly expressed his opinion of the defence : and at the close, pithily said, " l'll take the points down, but in my opinion they amount to nothing: for you may add a good many nothings together, still they will only make nothing." They, however, amount to this, — that the Birkenhead Commissioners purposely drag trades men into what they fancy are illegal, and consequently in operative, contracts, with the view of playing fast or loose with them, just as suits themselves. We shall return to the subject again. We know no body of men that more require looking after than the Birkenhead Commissioners." COMPLAINT AGAINST A PAWNIIROKER.—On Wednesday a complaint was preferred at the Police-court, by a man of the name of John Finney, against Elias Moss, pawnbroker, Great Crosshall-street, for art overcharge of interest on arti cles pledged at his shop. Mr. Counsellor Venables appeared for the defendant, and requested that the whole of the wit nesses should be ordered out of court, which was complied with by Mr. Rushton. The complainant stated that he was a cleric ; that on the 18th of March lie went to Mr. Moss's shop, and tendered him a watch to pledge for £3, but on defendant refusing to lend that amount upon it, he offered another watch in addition ; and on the two, obtained the sum stated, but from which a deduction of 6d. was made for the ticket. (Mr. Rushton remarked, that the amount allowed by law was only 2d.) On Wednesday last he (witness) went to redeem the watches, wh en £3. I s . was d eman d e d , wh i ch lie immediately paid; but on reaching the bottom of Great Crosshall-street, a boy f o ll owe d hi m an d t en d ere d hi m some i change n copper, which he refused 'to take. This witness was severely cross-examined by Mr. Venables, but without anything material to the case being elicited. He stated that he had been clerk, and also sergeant in a regiment, and though lie was now out of a situation, and had not been employed as clerk in a merchant's office, he considered him self competent to fill such a situation, and therefore entitled to that appellation. Ile denied that he had ever been a cominon informer, or th a t lie had previously lodged an in formation against a pawnbroker. Dennis Quick, a labourer in the employ of the Gas Company, corroborated the latter part of the evidence against the defendant. Three witnesses —two of Mr. Moss's apprentices and a womau of the name of M'Avoy—were called for the defence, and two of them stated that 3d. in copper was offered to the complainant on his leaving the shop ; but in the evidence of the last examined, there was considerable discrepancy. Mr. Venable' said, he hoped Mr. Rushton would dismiss the complaint. Mr, Rushton said, " I shall do no such thing: I shall convict the defendant in the full penalty of £10." Mr. Moss here re marked, "The decision is against both law and justice." Mr. Rushton : " If you dure to repeat that, I'll fine you £lO, and you shall not leave the court until it is paid..' After a pause, Mr. Rushton added, that when Mr. Moss first mentioned the case to him, on Saturday last, he (Mr. Rush ton) certainly thought it a hard one ; for then Mr. M oss said, that immediately on his discovering the mistak e , h e sent the boy after the complainant; but fr om th e ev id ence now before the court, it was 'proved that he (the defendant) was not himself present at the time. Mr. V ena bl es t h en gave notice of appeal on behalf of his client. THE FEMALE IPENITENTIAMY.---The annua l meet i ng of the subscribers and friends of this excellent Institution, — the thirty-second since its cnmmencement,—was held yester day evening, at the Institution-hou s e in Slater-street The attendance was pretty numerous, including a considerable number of ladies. The chair was occupied by Mr. Charles R. Jones. Mr. Loxdale Eden read the report which was of an interesti ng na t u re. It stated that th e num b er o f peni tents happily res t ore d t o their friends, or pl ace d i n respects hle service was t wen ty..five,—fully the avera ge num b er o f f or . mer years. Accounts were also frequently received from in dividuals, now in decent and creditable circumstances, who had years ago been inmates of the institution, and who ex pressed their grateful thanks to the conductors, for the be nefits they had received through its instrumentality. The only discou ragemen t w as the diminution of yearly subscrip tions and donations, partly owing to the pressure of the times, and partly to the decrease or remo va l o f many veined fri en d s an d s ubscribers. The committee found it difficult to supply these chasms by new sub scr ib ers , un l ess more effectually aided by the friends of the charity at large. They therefore called upon every individual io use every available influence to meet the emergency. The number of applicants in the house during the . year (including th ose re mained a s p er l as t re port) was 116, of whom there now re mained 57. The expenditure had been rather less owing to tbc reduction iu the prices of provisions. The support for each individual was about £7, being £2 less than last year. The sum of £35.1 had been received for work done by peni tents, a proof of the habits of industry inculcated. The ef forts of the committee had been zealously seconded by the Ladies committee, whose services were beyond all praise. The report concluded by a strong appeal to the friends of the institution and the public generally, a n d a p pen d e d were given a n um b er o f cases in which i ts influen ce h a d b een th e means of reclaiming individuals from sin and misery, to stations of honesty and respectab i lity. The t reasurers ac counts were then read, Dom which it appeared that the in stitution was considerably in debt, to the amount, indeed, of some hundreds. The report was agreed to ; that it be prin ted and distributed amongst the subscribers ; and that efforts be made to increase the subscriptions. Resolutions were also agreed to appointing the usual committees, and also a committee to devise and prosecute the best means of re trieving the finances. The speakers were the following Rev. gentlemen:—James Lister, Dr. Miff, P. Parry, S. Cragg, —Kelly, Cave Brown Cave; Mr. Thomas Crook, &c. They made very eloquent and touching appeals in behalf of the institution, dwelling on the dreadful effects of the sin which it songhtto reduce, and urging increased exertions. A general feeling seemed to prevail that the institution, and the benefit it was calculated to confer on the town were not sufficiently known, and an understanding was come to that the committee especially appointed to solicit for support, should do their utmost to enlist the syni pathies of the town for that purpose. The R ev . M r . Cave gave in his name as a subscriber, and also the names of ten others. A subscription was also announced of ten guineas from his worship the Maynt. Thanks ,being voted to the Chairman, the meeting separated. CORRESPONDENCE, THE FLAG AT THE TOWN-HALL TO THE EDITOR OF THE LIVERPOOL STANDARD. - - SlR,—Having on several recent occasions observed, on the death of members of the Royal Family, that the Royal standard, hoisted half-mast over the portico of the Town hall, and also the flags on the church towers, have been torn almost to shreds by the wind, permit me to suggest to the authorities that flags of stronger texture, and rather smaller in size, should be provided for foul weather. The flag now flying at the Town-hall is of silk, and must have cost a very considerable sum. I know not whether it be a spare one or an old one ; but certain it is that the after-part of it is re duced to ribbons, and that its appearance is by no means creditable to the town. A smaller royal standard might be made of strong bwztain (the worsted fabric used for flags in the navy and merchant service), and would be found, from its transparency, nearly as handsoine as silk, and would at the same time stand the tussle of a breeze much longer. The silk standard might then be preserved for high-days and holidays when the weather is fine. I would also suggest that the flags (in cases of mourning for some days) should be struck at sundown, and again hoisted in the morning. At present they are left up all night, and are consequently nib-. jetted to double tear a n d wear. I am, Sir; yours, &c. , NAUTICUS SIGNS OF THE TIMES.—At a sale which took place the other day at Tradesto n o f the house h o ld f urn it ure , h orse, cart, &c. of a carter, th e h orse (we are to ld rat h er a wor ki ng animal,) sold for four shilling s and eightpence ; the cart, wheels, and axle for ei g ht s hi llings ; and the household fur. niture for six shilli ngs and sixpence, — ma king a total of nineteen shillings and t wopence! The expenses o f t h e sa l e were not less than three pounds, and the preferable taxes payable by the landlord one pound fourteen shillings !—Glas gow Paper. people on the Paisley re li e f list was 14,79 1 ; THE DISTRESS IN PAISLEY.—The highest number of this was on the 11th of November, 1842. T he number on t h e li st thi s (l as t) week is 835. The relief committee at their meeting on Thurs day last came to the resol ut i on that the i r distribution of pro visions to the unemployed should cease on Saturday, the 29th instant. The total number of men on the relief list this week is 70. This includes still a f ew p l ain weavers , but the greater part of them are dyers, and ot h er tra des which have not yet partaken of the I m provemeut.—Caledonian Mercury. tißliAil I,litTiTii MfiNV - 040, TN ToWillfa lo e4 D 4 p,kyouit Oie TI4C VA.CTOtii r tZW — LT) 1)"(41`110N IBILL. Yesterday, at twelve o'clock, a great public meeting of the inhabitants of Liverpool was held in the Royal Amphitheatre, for the purpose of receiving and adopting a petition to the Houses of Parliament, in favour of the bill brought forward by government for the extension of religious education in the manufacturing districts. The spacious edifice was completely filled, and never did we observe within its walls a more en thusiastic and unanimous auditory. Among those on the platform we observed, among others, the following clergymen and gentlemen :—Revs. Rector Campbell, 11. M`Neile, C. W. Lawrence, F. Ould, J. R. Connor, H. Hampton, J. Cordeaux, W. Rawson, S. Boutfiower, A. Knox, F. Parry, W. Maynard, W. Butler, B. A. Marshall, W. J. Purdan, Hughes, Bailey, W. Dwyre, W. Bush, Etough, W. Bromilaw, T. Gardner, Green, W. W. Ewbank, E. Jones, S. Cragg, T. Bold, Dr. Tattershall, Dover, D. James, Higgins, Irwine, W. Falloon, R. Davies, W. A. Cane, E. Stokes, T. Carter, A. M'Conkey, Whitley, W. Badham, Radnall, Walker, Mallinsan ; J. B-Moore, Esq., C. Turner, Esq., J. Aspinall, Esq., S. L. Trotman, Esq., J. A. Tinne, Esq., J. B. Lloyd, Esq., D. Hodgson, Esq., A. Hodgson, Esq., T. B. Horsfall. Esq., W. Jones, Esq., C. Inman, Esq., P. P. Glazebrook, Esq., B. Moore, Esq., R. W. Preston, Esq., J. Rigby, Esq., C. Boutfiower, Esq., E. Jones, Esq., J. Robertson, Esq., J. Howard, Esq., J. Sheppard, Esq., T. Carson, Esq., W. Birkett, Esq., J. Booker, Esq., C. Cotesworth, Esq., J. Edwards, Esq., S. Sandbach, Esq., J. S. Leigh, Esq., R. A. Payne, Esq., C. Ironside, Esq., J. Tyrer, Esq., S. John son, Esq., F. Shand, Esq., J. Leyland, Esq.. D. Waterhouse, Esq., Ackers, Esq., J. Parker, Esq., J. Pownall, Esq., J. Plumpton. Esq., Brocklebank, Esq., J. H. Webster, Esq., W. Maples, Esq., J. Middleton, Esq., R. J. Roper, Esq., Richard Sanders, Esq., T. Brassey, Esq., Dover, Esq., John Wilkinson, Esq., R. Woodward, Esq., G. Langtry, Esq., Batty, Esq., R. Sherlock, Esq. On the motion of Mr. DAVID HODGSON, seconded by Mr. J. A. TINNY:, EDMUND MOLYNEUX, Esq., Chairman of the Education Committee of the Town-council, was unanimously called to the chair. Mr. MoLYNEux, on assuming the chair, was received with loud and general cheers. He said that , in accordance with the wishes of the meeting he had the honour and pleasure to take the chair. (Cheers.) lie considered it a great honour and privilege to be placed in that situation. (Hear.) The object of the meeting was, that the friends of Scriptural Education might have an opportunity of expressing their sentiments in approbation of the measure which Sir James Graham had brought forward for the religious education of children in the manufacturing distrists. (Hear, hear.) It would be useless for him to attempt to enter into the details of the measure, as other gentlemen would address the meet ing on that subject who were more competent to do it jus tice. (Hear, bear.) The Chairman read a letter from the Rev. Frederick Barker, expressing his regret at being un able to attend the meeting, but authorising; his signature to be appended to the petition; after which he called upon the mover of the first resolution. The Rev. AUGUSTUS CANIPBELL, Junior Rector of Liver pool, then stepped forward, and amidst great cheering proceeded to move the resolution. The rev. gentleman spoke nearly as follows. Mr. Chairman, although totally un fitted by want of health and want of inclination to address such a meeting as this, still I feel constrained, by the un speakable importance of the measure which has brought us together, to come forward and propose the first resolution. I come forward, Sir, in a spirit o f per f ect c h ar i ty w i th all men, anxious to avoid every expression of offence, and ani mated solely by a fervent desire to promote the interests of that people in whose service I am employed as a minister of the Gospel. (Cheers.) And surely, Sir, it is impossible for any man, who has this desire uppermost in his mind, to con template the state of the manufacturing classes without the deepest sorrow and alarm ; it is impossible, I think, for any one who prays for the peace of his native land, to look upon the picture which Lord Ashley has drawn of its moral disorder with so skilful a hand, and not to feel, that we may be figu ratively said to stand, as it were, upon the breast of a volcano ready to burst around our feet in awful conflagrations. (Hear, hear.) Now, sir, the remedy for this state of moral disorder is education (cheers;) but I believe that no effective system of education can be established in the manufacturing dis tricts but by the Goverment, and that the Government must make it, to a certain extent, compulsory. (Hear.) All hope of educating the manufacturing population upon the volun tary system, has hitherto failed, and I believe will continue to fail. (Hear, hear, and cheers.) I think the experience of half a century, of more than half a century, I may say, has proved this to demonstration ; but, then, Sir, the education thus nationally undertaken by a Christian government must he a Christian education—(mar, hear)—recognising the au thority of the Christian revelation, and based upon the im mutable Word of G o d. (Loud heers.) The self-styled " poor man's friend" offers him consolation under the mise ries of this life, by robbing him of every hope and expecte tion of a better; and stimulates him to improve his condition in this world by the plunder of factories and the burning of parsonage-houses. (Hear, hear.) Now, sir, it is necessary he should be trained up as a child in better lessons than these —in that religion which alone teaches every man, whatever his condition may everywhere be, to be content—which in structs the rich man how to be abased, and the poor man how to abound. Here unfortunately our difficulties begin— difficulties consequent upon our religious divisions ; I sup pose, however, we must not complain too loudly, because I fear they are the necessary consequence of that religious freedom which we prize so dearly, and which we cannot re sign. (Cheers.) Some would get rid of those difficulties in a very summary way—that is, by excluding Christianity from the business of the school, and by only permitting it to be taught upon the voluntary system, by the ministers of reli gion if they choose to teach it, and to the people if they choose to learn it. (Hear.) Now, sir, I hope to God that no Christian Government will ever sanction such a scheme as this. (Cheers.) I hope that no Christian Government will sanction anything but a Christian education, based upon the Word of Goo. (Cheers.) And here the conflict arises be tween those who claim a monopoly of influence for the established church, and those who would give the established church no influence at all. In answer to those who would chins a monopoly of influence for the established church. I would venture to say, with humble deference to their judg ment, and with the profoundest respect for their conscienti ous convicting, that if the government in the national' schools provide for the teaching of God's holy word in that authorized version which it recognizes to be the true one, and provide for the teaching of the children of the church, in the principles of the church, and give the clergy a sufficient influence in the management of the schools, and provide, for the exclusion of error, for the appointment of schoolmasters that belong to the established church, it does all that is con sistent with the principle of religious toleration, and all, I humbly think, that the Bible requires. (Cheers.) The human mind must have liberty in all religious matters, and ought to have liberty ; and, certainly, any attempt to destroy that lib er t y w i ll introduce evils' much greater than any that can be remedied by authorised uniformity. (Hear, hear.) The question to be resolved is this— may the civil government assist in the education of those who do not belong to the Established Church ? That the Bishop of Exeter, if he is rightly reported, in the debate in the House of Lords, upon the sth of July, 1839, answers —That the government may so assist in the education of those who do not belong to the Established Church. (Hear.) "If I am asked," he says, " whether the state is generally to assist in the education of persons who do not belong to the church recognised by the state, I will answer most readily ; I think it right the state should give such assistance; but if I am asked whether the state should give aid, especially in the way of teaching doctrines which the church believes to be false to religion, then I say, with equal candour, the state would depart from its first duty if it dared to do so." (Hear, hear,) The Archbishop of Canterbury is reported to have said, upon the same occasion, " I would not be understood to say that consideration ought not to be had for those who religiously dissent from the Established Church." (Cheers.) If, then, the state establishes schools, excluding error, but providing for the sufficient teaching of the truth in God's holy Word, and calls upou me as a clergyman to come in and instruct the children belonging to the church, I do not see how I can conscientiously refuse, even although dissenters ire admitted into the schools and not obliged to learn the catechism. (Hear.) And, besides, I would venture to insinuate to those who are most anxious to make dissen ters learn the catechism, although I would use this argument cautiously, because I know it will cut both ways—l say I would venture to insinuate to those, that one of the best ex pedients for inducing dissenters to learn the church . cate chino is to tell them they need not learn it unless they please. (Hear.) John Bull, particularly a dissenting John Bull, is that sort of persons that if you tell him he must do such a a thing, he has a great propensity to say he won't (laugh ter) ; therefore, if you say to him that his child must learn the catechism, ten to one he would say "he shan't." (Re newed laughter.) But if you tell him the catechism is a very ' good thing, that though called popish, it really is not popish, and you wish he would learn it; you wish he would allow his child to learn it; but if he won't you can't help it, and you will not complain, the probability is, he will allow you to teach it him. (Cheers.) Again, if I am told, if las a clergyman am told that I am bound to " banish and drive away all strange and erroneous doctrines," and therefore I cannot go into the school unless I am permitted to force my own doctrines upon all the children of the school ; to that I would reply, that really the best way of " driving away strange and erroneous doctrines," and making the true doc trine acceptable to the people, is by gentleness, and kindness, and forbearance, and charity ; by persuading them, in fact, to accept the truth, and not attempting to force it upon them. (Hear, hear.) I know it is prophecied of that Blessed Saviour in whose footsteps I am commanded to walk, he was neither to strike nor to drive, nor to lift up his voice in the streets • and I know he was never t empte d to anything that savoured of the appearance of violence, except upon one occasion, when he drove indignantly and ignominiously from the temple those who had turned it into a den of thieves; and I think it becomes us, as far as we possibly can, to imi tate his example, and never to employ force when we can, by any possibility, succeed by persuasion. Here, sir, I really believe is the secret of half the opposition which is raised to this Government measure. There are some people who are ' very much afraid of proselytism, and who think that too great an advantage will be given to the church by the ad mission, the authoritative admission, of the clergy, into these schools ; but this, sir, I must maintain, is a fear to which Government ought not concede, because, I do not thine it is a fear in which the people will sympathize. (Hear.) I do not believe that the people are afraid of the teaching of the church, or the presence of a clergyman • I believe that the people, generally speaking, are very [noel; afraid of Popery— (loud cheers)—and my friend Mr. M'Neile takes very good care that that fear shall notslumber in their bosoms. (Cheers and laughter.) If the people are told that the catechism is popish, and the clergy teach popish doctrines, then I think they will be very shy of hearing the catechism or listening to the teachings of the clergy ; and I shall not be one to blame them for their shyness; but, sir, the fact is this, the catechism is not popish, the clergy do not preach popish doctrines; therefore, I do not see why the government should not recommend the teaching of the church to the people. If compulsion is not to be used, and if the people choose volun tarily to come to the teaching of the church, then I say that that is proselytism, whi c h t h e governmen t, so f ar f rom dis couraging, are bound to encourage ; it is a proselytism of persuasion, and not of force, and one to which I say no one has a right to object, whatever his religious and political opinions may he. (Hear.) Besides, sir, with regard to this part of th e su bj ect, as has been well argued in the Spectator. ajournal generally favourable to the people—and here I might leav e th e question— " the. regulations of the bill put the entire controul of national education into the hands of government, which is responsible to the people. A majority , o p f p t o h i e nt l e o ( c i a b l y tr t t i n is.: e reep ssaoiriibesapipeointed from the justices who are government; the inspectors are appointed by go vernment ; the Committee of Privy Council have p ower of check over the regulations, thereby ensuring liberty of con sc i ence ; the system must be orked . by the mi nisters of the day • the ministers of th e d ay must con f orm t o the se nse of the Housef of Commons, and the House of Com mons is elected by the people." What more, then, need be done to insure a popular system of education? (Hear, hear.) I do hope and trust, therefore, that the friends of the people will a ll unite in supporting this system—(loud cheers)--not as a perfect system, because that is impossible, ;yittrm sa litrft4 'LA pvogot OAto cif puttlio cif:iritovii 464 ito 4tiiii3 a 14046 wiii 1 it4Naaly hoe, and t iil iy lirty, I trugt, that Ow agtiy 11l a'::';1161';‘;- C 44 t() "'GP"'': I sure that they will do (1 e •)—and I of i this will take care that shell' momentous notiiog bo t q*uhea'sttion. their (hear.) co. t i w e ; , t e ll .e a taltamemiii.uo consciences v v e e L nm 1 ::: hope theywell in formed—that they do not exact froth . . trust that the go the government more and upon the side will be ibirin— vernment upon their sincerely m c o o a n t minaim mls th i e i andonii,,eto exact (i. i will the ' church.atis violence fY o f any o th tl a ie n r l t i h a e ndl ih d l o e satisfy—(renewed cheers) a u'l the loin violence si(ltioretaorf, o con tinuedttiloa those cheers)—that o r s o ) , — o o t hcaot concession i o will n s u , i o l i t e hear.) I hope they will not be moved . —whom, d 'a e y st i r i L t io ul i ' m ee o s f si t o l u ie such men, to make such conces. whatever established b a , ns y es will compel the government schools. (Hear.) I hope, from giving to the ' t ' o m refu s s i e r, t t o h e ey nt w er il i l n i t i o ot tl h m e e clergy, as a matter of conscience, prevented by any intimidation whatever . they are entitled to demand. the government schools which . hitherto has been silent as church, her ministers, and her doctrines, that influence in (Loud cheers.) The church, sir,pro tection of a christian government, and willing Isheobey has not slept, and if she is roused, she w it became her, trusting in respectful confidence to the thee that powers that are ordained of God; butillthalowuagithio a silentt oic must and will be heard. (Tremendous cheers.) I will now sir, bring my obServations to a close. I can assure yo u it was withthoeligaremaeteestitopgo.shseibclaeorseelulcatmancfuelltyhaetoclaccoionoseanotef the feebleness appear at t o feebleness with which I have been obliged t o o ab p d r i o ty po t s o e d t o h i is resolution, (cries of " No, no,") and of my it justice • but, sir, I was most earnestly requested to give could not con town enables this meeting ' i)lea t m h e at to sm g a iv ll e, sa ( n h c e t a i r o , n he w a i r mi , c ) h a m od y I situation in the s w c i i i e ie n h tio l us f l e y el re m fu o s s e t . de ( e C p i l l y ee ; rs h . e ) eau lt se is l h a e q u i e le v s e ti t o h n a , t sir 0 , o ui t mo h l e i skilful and religious management of it, the safety of this depend. great empire may in some measure be said t 9 (Hear, hear.) I therefore am afraid to trust my feelings, to , say all I should be disposed to say upo u n r ti p me at o ie c o cz e ts e io t i o i, o i l e o s o t (v l should try my own weakness and your (No, no.) My heart, I can assure you, is warm within me ; and it ifl ta w i e g r h e t b toa o l i t c ow H t t e e f a ir r e .) to kindle,l therefore concludel do not kn ow h ow long these few observations, again apologisiag for the feebleness with which I have advocated the question, and thanking you for the patience with which you have listened to me. (Hear.) I have one word more to say, which is, simply, t o express my anxious hope that this, which is the cause, I b e li eve , o f God's truth, will be argued without any acrimony, and with that meekness and gentleness which its truth d eserves . (Th e rev. gentleman was loudly cheered on resuming his seat.) OIiSF AL H L e , a sa n i s d ici , s a t i m th u o c o l g i bapkira.ucseh,ariorsmeatoo, resolution.ouse rcwoonMrdtirst.yhTerecßtrtihas said everything upon the s u bj ec t o f t hi s resolution which the object of it may . se em t o requ i re, or i ts importance demand, 1 cannot deny . myself the pleasure of snaking one or two observations upon the great question of Scriptural education, which is maintained iu the resolution. (Hear, hear.) No one, I think, who has read the proceedings of the House of Commons,—who has read the details of the fearful state of demoralization in our manufacturing districts, can hesitate for one moment in saving that any government which has the slightest paternal regard for the people, is in duty bound to bring forward some remedy for this crying evil. (Hear, hear.) Sir, it was a source of great satisfac tion, certainly to me, to read the proposition of Sir Jas. Gra ham, and to see that proposition received, as it were, with almost unanimity by the House of Commons. (Applause.) Sir, we received that proposition in the spirit in which it was offered. (Hear.) We always, we must, perhaps, as Church men say, wished to have gone a little further upon some points ; yet, as Christian men, we accept it ; we received it as a harbinger of peace and good will ; but Sir, if there be those who are determined it shall not be so received, if there are those who being continually opposed to Scriptural Education, and who are still opposed to this measure,—then, sir, I say it is time we should not be content with simply defending what is good in this bill, but we may even ask for more where we think it is deficient. (Loud cheers.) I am not sir, one of those to whom the rector has alluded, who would insist upon an exclusive and an entirely church system ; but I agree, sir, I hope with all in this building, when I say I trust we should offer the most uncompromising opposition to every bill which did not require the reading of the unmutilated, una dulterated Word of God. (Long-continued cheers.) We are met, sir, and this proposition was met by the House of Commons by a most uncommon argument, or rather asser tion, namely—" Give the people secular education, and reli gious instruction will follow ; and one will induce the other." (Hear, hear.) Now, sir, I maintain we have rio more right to expect that a child, or a man, can become religious without religious instruction than a man can act upon scientific principles without any knowledge of science. (Hear, hear, and cheers.) Give to your children secular in struction if you please ; we are advocates of secular instruction, but we say give them, at the same time, religious instruction also. (Cheers.) Give to your children secular education without religious instruction, and you give them power without the principle to guide it ; give your children secular instruction without religious instruction, and you send them forth to combat with all the difficulties of this world, with the name of Christian warriors, it is true, but you rob them of the shield of faith, the helmet of salvation, ' and the sword of the spirit. (Great Cheering.) Give your children secular instruction without religion, and you send them forth to tread the dark and dreary ways of this world, without that guide which is their own —which is given them to be " a lamp to their feet," and " a light to their path ;" ' (cheers)—you send them to dig in the mines of lead and of copper ore, while the rich vein of gold remains untouched ; (renewed cheers)—you profess to educate them for usefulness in this world—to stead behind the counters of your shops, or at the stalls in your markets, but you forget to teach them, to your own cost and to their ruin, that " a false balance is aim abomination to the Lord ;"—(continued cheering)— you educate your children in the wisdom of this world which must pass away, but you neglect to educate them in the wisdom of that world which must endure for ever. (Hear, hear, and cheers.) He who advocates secular instruction without religion, I contend, begins at the wrong end. They say, " Give secular instruction first;" but we have a higher authority which says, " The fear of the Lord is the beginning of wisdom," the fear of the Lord is the be ginning of knowledge. (Cheers.) And, sir, I would only observe, in conclusion, that whilst we oppose any system . such as secular instruction without religien,,let us join most cordially, not only in supporting the bill now before parliae ment, but in supporting every measure which is likely to, inculcate thi s . Ch r i s ti an pr i nciple on the rising generation, whiCh shall enable them to stand forward, and to fight sad. contend against all the difficulties of this world, and clad iM which, they will be clad in more than Spartan armour to' (contend for the faith, and, if needful, to die in its defence.' Great cheering.) The resolution was then put from the chair, and carried, unanimously. The Rev. HUGH 141'NeteE then rose to move the second. resolution. The rev. gentleman was greeted with enthu; siastic cheers, after which he proceeded—Sir, I rise to move that this meeting feel a public expression of their sentiments upon the subject of the Factories' Education Bill, a debt they owe to her Majesty's government, and that approving of the bill they agree t o th e f o l lowing petition in favour of it : . " To the Honourable the Commons of the United Kinadcm of Great' Britain and Ireland in Parliament awiembled. " The humble ,petition of the undersigned Clergy, Bankers, Merchants, Tradesmen, and other Inhabitants of the borough of Liverpool, " SHEWETH, " That your petitioners feel deeply the duty under all cir cumstances, and, under the existing circumstances of this country, the urgent necessity of extending Scriptural educa tion amongst all classes of the people. " That they, therefore, rejoice in the determination of her Majesty's government, as announced in the Factory Bill now before parliament, to establish schools for the children of the poor in time factory districts. " That they have witnessed with nvich concern the oppo sition which h as b een l oudly, but, as they think, unreasonably, expressed against the proposed system for the regulation and management of' those schools—an opposition resting for the most part on arguments and assertions which are as available against the existence of an Established Church as they are against the proposed schools. " That in consequence of such opposition your petitioners feel a public expression of their sentiments to be a duty which they owe' to her Majesty's government, and that, approving as they do of the place assigned to the Sacred Scriptures in that system, and of the recognition of the Established Church as the official trustee for the education of time people, they implore your honourable house to carry the bill, as printed, through the committee, without allowing any such alteration in the educational clauses as would at all impair the scriptural character of the plan, or of its management under the pastoral care of the Established Church. " And your petitioners will ever pray, &e," (Loud cheers.) Sir, proceeded the rev. gentleman, when we assembled in this piece a few years ago upon the subject of Scriptural Education, it was in an exercise of self defence, for the protection of our own schools. We are to-day sir, honouras- reminded, tl by to pourho presenc e , lde cie inesosthe r ) . s sembled inan e xerc i se o f C hristian sympathy on behalf of the ascohdohoylsthoef ooff i th e e e rs w . hi l eh a am you bare Education Committe e of time Town C ounc il , of the success w w h e i c r h e pa attended dia ted t our he s e y ff a o t e r tu t s for r o o d u o r e e o d wi b i y s c y h e o u o r l s p . red(eie sr in office, because it appeared to us to be dishonouring to the Word of our God, and therefore injurious to time highest and most enduring interests of our fellow men (hear, hear) • and we have establi s h e d one in its stead which, while it exalts Divine Revelation above all the prejudices, pretences, and objections of men, - and recognises the church in es tablished connection with the state, does at the same time refrain from forcing upon any dissenter s the peculiar doctrines or discipline of that church. (Cheers.) In doing this we did well; and her Majesty's Government (Chhave now given practical proof that they think :we did well. eers.) They have proposed, as you have heard, a system of education for certain districts of the country where such interference is most required ; and in the important article of religious instruction their plan is, substantially, identical with ours. (Hear.) A distinguished member of the Govern ment did indeed give us reason to swmose that would be so when, at the opening of the Collegiate Institution he ex pounded his own views upon the subject with a classic sim plicity and elegance of expression only equalled by the - scrip. tural fidelity of th e sent i ments he expressed. (Cheers.) Sir, the Government measure is of course open to the scru tiny, the criticism, and the comment of the nation. (Hear.) I say of course, because it is our happiness to live not under a despotism which carries measures upon the mere impulse of individual caprice, without the consultation of differing minds, and the consequent modifications of p o li t i ca l wisdom, but under a popular Government, which is not so much a ruler of the nation as an honoured and responsible organ by which an intelligent nation determines to rule itself. (Cheers.) Time has been given for a fair examination of that measure; the opponents of the Government, the opponents of the church in her present mild, and forbearing, though still faithful character; the opponents of the Bible ; the opponents of true order and subordination among the various ranks of society, the opponents of all privileges in which they them selves do not share—all these join in one loud cry of hostility against the measure. (He a r, h ear, h ear.) As elsewhere, iere, so • in this town, they have carried petition after petition, and the are now .obtaining signatures to those petitions not of ineiyi only, but, as I am credibly informed, of school boys also— (hear)—in order to swell the appearance of opposition to the bill. Sir, the town in the great mass of its respectable popu lation why, look here in the middle of the day ! (Tres mentions cheering.) They talk of tilling th e M us i c -hall in the evening, when work is over, when it cost nobody a n y. thing to go—but look here in the middle of the day, when it will cost all these men something to attend! (Renewed cheers.) The town, I say, and the mass of its respectable population, in an overwhelming majority of it s parliamentary and municipal constituencies, is in favour o f time great princi ple involved in the educational clauses of this bill. (He ar, and cheers.) This is not a matter of doubtful opinion ; but this is a statement of undoubted history. (Hear.) They have n ! (Great shewn themselves so ! Ecce Signut cheering., I think an opportunity of givingpublic ti e ie xpressio n to their sentiments should have been afforded_ .. ui a fortnight or and 1 must take the liberty ofsaying, that three weeks ago, time delay has not been my'fault. I hope that, in th e mean time, her Majesty ,. s government will not have mi s t a k en, either here or elsewhere, the vo i ce , of a Part), and of a comparatively small party, for the voice of the nation (cheers) ; and I hope they will not be induced, w hen they go into committee uponthis bill in the House o f f C om mons, to make any suc h site. rations or modifications in the ecclesiastical cl auses, as will impair the scriptural c haracter, or the. eccle s i ast i cal management, of this great H measure. (ear, hear.) Si r, a which has been made to this 'nee. review of time opposition field for classification, if, indeed, it be possible to classify t he sure presents a curious genera an d species of the divers denotainationa which have b een exhibited in unnatural union: vo t fob; A ,fiq oovoor ,14oispaJt t pit thvoi tP )440 00 4 /P" 41413' tifttvi locsr,) 6"6"I'" foie k n alvialga without to• reloymint, Secondly,—The advocates of reasonable out any cramming of invsterioys d( Alt A —Puseyisin ! (Cheers) Mr. M•NEILE. —llave patience,. tml 1 will come t o that know n s t presently. (Ulcers and laughter.) Now, every one , or that the divi s ion of a subject is one of the m ost im tePr.) A ,tB parts of it, an d th a t roan has stopp - d it. ( Laugh must therefore bcg . the liFt again. (Hear . ) re -1 First,—The ad vo cates of ycne, a 1 ',nowdqe without e t ligion. with- Secondly,—The advocates of reasonable de elopanit ri out any cramming of mysterious dogmas. creeds' Thirdly, — The advocat -is of equality among all I , ) yes, (Some confusion here took place ' • ihe " 1! 1.1 " •fividi -_,,,, th Jut b i . am describing them right—(Laii , h e oted attempt to distinguish between truth' and fal ee" ous preference or persecuting yartiality, or anYsl^orh (Cheers.) in all Fourthly,—Those who substantially I gree otith us I I __, these more abstract questions; but also differ fronenu'' !. and among one ano th er ,. as t o the particular enactor ese, Sir, are in the field together, of this bill. (Cheers.) • mazes All th intricate their abstract theories with their Prac tical °Yin tions ;in one sentence rationalizing , on the sublimities 0 . a moral virtu tellectual enlightenmant and . the beauties of articu without religion • , and in the next, combatting the p _ ii. lar. manner in which Sir James Graham nropoSes to eee t :; w . tute the board of trustees for the management of the ll the schools: in one sentence taking scientific flights in A' laugh. pride of a modern Icarus in an aerial steam carriage—(tet. mingling, in hie . ter)—and in the next, crawling upon the earth in all tu.„ Tow , is obvious that the arguments necessary tleness it. of a political special pleader. (Great cheers.) to '„ ne class of these objectors will not appear to have any direct Hp; plication to another class, and vice vend ; and, therefere4cih endeavouring to answer them seriatim, we roust, at ' s . the que r , stage, while grappling with what some have made tion, be liable to the charge of wandering from what oth e t feel to be the question ;—(hear, hear) —therefore, I me g a entreat your patience in this matter ; a little indulgenee'_. little t refraining from interruption, and I will endeavour, as far as I can, to go through the whole four. (Cheers.) quote a to reply . Now, Sir, as a specimen of the first class, 1 beg to ~„r ed passage or two from a speech reported to have been tleu v ' at a meeting held last week in this town, in Paradise-street Chapel. ( Hear hear.) The speaker is reported to have said,'t " It WII3 a melancholy fact, that the greatest obstacle at the PI: moment to national education was afforded by the religion oft his cn ,jiti (Hear, hear.) It was most melancholy to reflect, that if religio! ...„, not stand in the way there would be no difficulty'whatever in devl9l"fi asstem of popular instruction which would extend the Ides' i ll g o t , . education to all, and impress ideas of order, or morality, an d ° . into the minds of the people. * * • And ag the ain he said— there 0 ! sumetUing sgoliniiettillieintgh,m)uefoshttorofusin religion!hepugto the education o i f e— the a p i v i oi i ) i l , e (. :( ) l d ie; a• snugt, , o rry prevent the spread of humanizin war with e—faith • (Hear, hear.) In that meeting, and in that lace, he did n° ' • that cistinction., witu improper to say that it was their (Mr. Marth i leau's) theirs was a Christianity which could never be found in e 00 . sct r t i t o: T i dutee.wr il i e l s t i t itbstreu ovpitiattci li b highest interests of society ; it never could be brought i n ., tu ; ° ' th o tion with the benign agency or instruction ; t h e irs was a reogg etitt' never could be found opposed to the best hope of the cation of the people.•• clge Now, sir, it may be fairly asked what is that knowl e ss contradistinguished from religion upon which so olge % s o r tote is laid ? That humanising ki . iowledgc which would Pi•°njith With the highest interests of mankind ? A favourite theorTchool the religionists, or the dogmatists I should say, of this Lon is, that nature teaches everything that man requires so it gives religious instruction. both for his needful instruction and for the protection Fiety as a mass. l s i t e r y uc sa ti y on t h . a t A nature e rtesapce country—d' cation meeting is reported to have said, when *ca kin g °1. 5 , 4.105 41 ' graded system of education in the Corporation which he very much approved of— ta, the T el ': " In the. Corporation Schools there was no interference were voiko opuo,tils feelings of individuals ; they were instructed, —the die coo' y Instructed, aye, in the line of secular 'education, but OC currence of all • • • clergy; were tauht the history of the Holy brandies of knowledge necessary for the Christian, aye, , d g e ttr, Paz nes ,—with the avowed concurrence or var ious better taught than many of those whom lie now addressed• laiekserrealitgion,--L,lOlPe near.) , . . _ They were instructed, religiously instructed, in • and geography of the holy land. Upon the concludi.ngisea tence of this quotation from Mr. Rathbone's s peecni rn ia unwilling to comment—(hear hear) —he says, "n 4 tint the children in the schools, they were better taug° le dge many of those he then addre • d I have some , in"' he of the modicum of information .sse ' b the children f possessed Y , ...,, o unt °‘` describes, but I have no means of estimating ne ur nilee rs.) informa • tion possessed by a meeting of Unitarians. VI p ded Mr. Rathbone ought to know them, and as they W e l & in his sayings, they cannot be offended at us if we coin ory. of Ins assertion. (Laughter and cheers.) Sir, the th e , erg" A th e to this school is, that the book of nature and the book 0 ' , titre are parallel ; they came from the same hand, anu,„ a d to the h is _! e n t r i l .. fore say they, they must teach the same lesson and. l'; e nd the same end. Having laid down this first proposittonnce to mistaken the assertion for the proof of it, they ad, !, 9 dte n of the second. It is found, as a matter of fact, that cilu for allt denominations of people can read the book of natu r `4 o ol, _tie . moment the book of scripture is produced ai nori b g et ti er is dons are occasioned, therefore they saY it ig e 10° 1 national education to confine it to the book of miter , , wok all may read together. Now, sir, the very fact of so t wo tor° able a difference being produced in the study, °I tw e ire°"" books might have induced the notion that possiblY4 e t tbeY,, tents are not parallel—that possibly as a matter 0 1 l i d, Pi' are t not parallel, Tru e th ey came from the sam e ha e fo re lie book of nature has received damage since it ea rn _ e agle hear, that ! - land; a disaster has fallen upon it; bas been pronounced upon it, and accordingly it P ale sr ,,' e grand mystery is death: I-looter ofof learning the loving, amiable, and merciful c „ ss es d mystery which no where it explainns;„y tali. God from nature, and the speak of the various ( •"ban` ll; life, and the enjoyment of living creatures under h' s , a ture s it t n t t) l e i e good(;rea Great () Creator, g ivo life,of but, sir, how comes it to pass that all these living c ' - a 10 5 , e , die? If life be a mark of goodnessand kinilneslian,- ) rt` he, then, that takes • away life ? Death is s preai ter e ,„ face of whatis it g i o s ( death tl t o iS thetthil the mystery remedyes ra therefore, disaster, ef e :rtht ehl ye d o t lobutt disasterfo; teachrf o t r h teh theve e s r va y emrye purpose purpose po t expl a i n wh y the r e sho u 1 d b e de a samee w ti 1 p. : 0 3 1 : re :: : r . i s. c e . ,' , . tr us', I p t t b i ta g ui g. . .. . i i iti , neid :i e yi, , e , Bible explains it it is given from the hand. ying ; : to cannot m au lead victory t oti o le ve s r am th e e e s n v d o * rld W i mystery under which the disaster has invol cc ,.fore •. t- ,,.,. - , in all k i n ts o lesson, w r l a e r d y e a ;s t 7 rt a re ' O s i p s .s t e, ' ° nte d: around him ? What knowledge is it that gives, as o * n ntlir t , rector . was saying just now, to th e poor Irian , a ; l' ae n-C against despondencY, and to the rich man an antiaesethe t icl;. 6elf "'" ffi cielicY? What knowledge is it that 0 18 k, e Lkfall ) d . ' man give cheerfully, arid thepoor man receive t" — ths s" - F What knowledge is it that pthe divers 11,„rs °' sweetens . tw in.- •bp society in this world, and prepares the various ‘ , 710 1/ . ~ them fora better society in the world to come? 'T ot bein§ that overcorrietlethe world—overcometh the w orld , " i d ? I ° overcome by it? Who is he that meth the wor l ure overco ... Is rjr....0 it he that can describe the orbits of the planets' ' r tbe " , the distances of the fixed stars ? Not at all• i s i • us_,O t can du analyse the various substances and classify the e arth? . P °- ctions that are to be found uon the face-of the g atie at all. Is it lie who finding onefossil bone, by his eiji-fill.luvir of a ni.-- / I i t ~.0 anatomy can construct the whole skeleton or,. as he thinks, anti-Adamicbeasts ? Not at all. . 01' 49° thwielo, cultivated in all the niceties, and delicacies, 31 ,, s fai se t nts, of classical literature has his ears shocke d ?" Not B . t m"entiorener ofPlichpearaedd; ; : bi l_ le t: ll :s ie ls av t i li tuyh, thatai d j his es t u a s s te Christo iitr a i g s e d th b e y false s a on of c o ol:Le d o r . ' ,t fl e e , a s t s li ' l t But who is he that overcometh the world, ? (class religion. Now, sir, as a specimen of the second class I ~ to0" 1 , - , a mentioned, I will read the following resoluti " di t another meetin g held i n ‘ this r days ag-i ois- it town a few l. is been dP with a few comments upon it, reported to hav e the mover : advocates a , to of hearken g el) o r al knowledge,to t i s svg electeusi a ~'Lxt th o isrzeting regards the education of th e poorl-e',Pi 46'1 intellectual, ' mural, and religious, a s au object of Par-- h the The comment is this— in vibie n' ere l interests of of such a declaration showed the danger ~.i ch t i i q out p of the country were la • dby the m essure ,*.' ti ., i a Non this day convened to 1 i roes. P d T c h € l reso l u ttn eat r i oLt , einP le 'iirst el' ere Deno-, a i e O rt i tt i a physical, intellectal, n ' i ' ia t 1, of which he eonceived to be al t i l culture relgi()u ' e of the. m ind, . hi cc 4 a l cramming of it with certain d ie ;r , s was the prac ti ltel l „, e ,iiel , schools to which the Ch• • 1 • o -Ina ' - " I a s Inisenthle lugs f the '',Ull. schools ; the element of some a"u ni l t t ettin ' i t l ei w the cultu re °, and 7 fro t d a r i a n w t i h n g out its energies, and enabling it to cope with e rtv .s r .iirit , , o , o j e . truth under all disadvantages,—to enquiry,ethie,,,,and .incuicate habits of independent judgmeitit 7 , 7 0 v, .' awaken tlic . lo t if, de- Viich Englishm en claimed, and woe be to u l t e t che er'3•l , flied them the very first birthright of Britonship. (1• 0 e on, This is what I have ventured to call the ieason eb ( l , e p pol d th is nt system, 3,6,ates o f thi s the culture of the mind system , the examining of mysterious dogmas. the env"i i t on'Y r r school are of opinion that children should be tauF teac h 6, c the o they are enabled to understand : that the aim °‘ t° 1c 1 ; should be, by simple and plain things, ehict l Y se f the eb' 1, of devel°P,ecte jects an at first, to deyetope the reasoning . faculties t d then as those faculties become more and more co in% Poe o present more and more advanced things, it : ebr , thist, f is reason the pupil's advancing „powers of comprehens'°,„,, its the taken of every step may be appreciated, as the - s . ';', ip on ,iv ' et t 4 ; but not to attemt in any case, to force ree l ' or' young mind, , s e J e er upon the dark and unintelligible things, to - tit e e 4. authority of the teachers, without iie dit is tha • co l ' y prehension of the learner. Omi this grout' . alos . t e 'the Pr - t t he . , and abstruse doctrines, or as they t cell them in ' loY' ler ion, to invest them with a '1 c o f tu iddlelg,f, e stall the dogmas of Christianity c ar la e ra ob' e e l c . led to; an d " - r ote 6 , i to elements of history and morality are preferred , r ailOc e i ' e of able for beginners. (Hear, hear.) Now, Sir, I° ,,,toris A t we this, we say, that if reason were the only ehlre-velePei"raiake man ; and his intellect the only faculty to be " and '- ill Dv o f Shollid agree to the general principle here laid de w ore lig ener° • W I the advancing comprehension of the pupil - the a re In prole tilts, attainments. , The proof that we are siii ,i this' ; th e tilus, is, that in.tnatters purely intellectual we -,°„_ op -°, .4 ?eelementary rules of arithmetic, for example. adve2S'be" chain, highest branches of mathematics, knowledge is - ras ped ar e f .hain, each link of , which must be intelligen tl y g ond we ero" ore the link 'next above it can be appreciated: i c ,, con o es platy of no such absurdity as to cram a childproos' tl orb t o : w as log cubes or conic sections into the mind of a n u t 0 ' 4 41 4 not know the multiplicatio n table. (Cheers.) " l oan at knowledge is a very different thin • it addre rf e Cen t , i t i Te e s e very different character, and demands a very ,ition q-is de ment. meta. There is another feature in man's eon": ( 1 thsttos: characteristi c of the species as reason itself; 81 0 ,, tim„ s on pertdance upon a superior. Man in every condit!znors9" rest educated and powerful, equally w ith them llll of a foe ineignificant, is dependent upon the sovereign will i ii of superior ; entirely dependent for the exercise 01 ,, t he . s ny tion of life at every moment of his existence. fi•withotoolo the great superior, without any reason assigned,ceptrewith., from the afforded to ask for a reason, til e ° o .oo er. ...;- rorn the hand of the expiring monarch, and t • li P ell a P od il out a stone to mark it, is open for the Pni i)a te.-- - T r WO (Hear, hear, hear.) There no help, no "e inel'"io b ° King, Man is subject__ hear hear)—absolutebtiusity t o is eventually, dependant. To resist this is eve, l : o , win, to miserably--(hear,)—it is to kick against time P r ',:6essitY'., i this hard. Simply to admit this as an undeniabl e n t ` to enjelpro 9tliet, or as called resigned.-7-(Hesr.) ever °tin- til l° is to be happy. Alan's best happi ness o rill cc; ~,,,, ow . portionated to the voluntariness - of Imis.dePe nd i a ,i t a ' true -t ater • voluntariness will ever be proportionated • t .? This iS life b O rl e 0 ledge of the Being on whom he de is • t w thi nal to know the only true God, aripclen.Tes.us ChritsesehilttguallY hash sent.—(llear, hear.) This is religion• In, nte llee c l; to rnan, the morally responsible as well as the i s a drl e %' reasonable creature is appealed to. Conscience' s t e ar) conscious of guilt, conscious of exposure, ee 7Hear, ;i c or./ Pesure, conscious of helpless d e pendance. - 7,,. ,, ..--(' - w ooS Here are elements which" puss all understantit:in judi e t act i, Ilere man is not a self-complacent pupil , Sitt if.cou vict judg e. upon every statement by his teacher, but a se., cre ign de' winal. gasping for relief before the bar of the sov , by 001, 0 1 —(Loud Cheers.) Relief here is not obe hau s..? a ~.°,5 --- but -, f to , "' Is velopement cif the faculties of the man, ._„ a e ves and implicit• reception of the deep sayings re o re (Hear, hear, hear.) The gospel of Jes ee .„--., th Se re the only way of relief from moral (AM w " n i a tio-• ler, es cult' . _jaw jo g,' one only way of access to true moral therefore we do not, we dare not, begin withtl ie : o l, Ji b , hot is supposed, and shallower elements of morality .r.st , Can u p or and geography. We know that all such at o Y f the c op 1 46 superficial at the last, polishing the outside(i tside platter, and, therefore, we begin a once 'II