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6 • THE FIRST SOUL IN HEAVEN. " By faith Abel obtained witness that he was righteous, God testifying of his gifts; he being, dead, yet speaketh." —ll6. xi. 4. "No man could learn that song but the redeemed."—Rev. xiv. 3. bush'd eternity alone Before all creatures were, Jehovah held His awful throne tinworshipp'd by a prayer. There was no space, nor scene, nor thne, Nor aught by names we call; But, center'd in Himself sublime Was God, the All in All ! But through eternity there ran A thrill of coming change, And lustrous shapes of life began Around His Throne to range. Radiant with rapture, pure as bright, Angelic myriads rise, And glow and glisten in the light Of God's approving eyes. In volumed wares of golden sound Roll from celestial lyres Those swelling chants, that peal around From new-created choirs. But, hark ! amid the shining throng Of Shapes who arch their wings, A single Voice another song With mortal cadence sings : Alone he seems, and chants apart In unexpected notes A music, where the grateful heart In strains of feeling floats : A beauteous Soot ! whose seraph brow Is bright with glory's hue, — Lo, angels pause to hear hint now Their harping praise outdo. Their choral rapture sweli'd as deep As purity could pour • But they, who h a v e no t learn'd to weep, May never God adore With such a burst of whelming love As earth's first martyr sang, When, glory to the Lord above! The voice of Abel rang. Angelic harps their key-note found In God, as great and good ; But Abel's heart did beat and bound As only sinner's could. " Worthy the Lamb! who shall be slain; Redemption crowns my song : re seraphim ! your notes retain, But these to me belong." Thus might the prim:,) soul who came Forth from its bleeding clav, Kindle the heavens with His bright name, Who is our Truth, and Way. And with that blissful song he blent A humbling depth of tone, Which to the ransom'd harper lent A music all its own. Angels for bliss and being sang Their ecstasies on high; But how the heavens with wonder rang When MAN awoke the sky With that new song, Redemption gave To Abel's pardon'd soul ! Till angels ceased their wings to wave, Nor let their chorus roll, But listen'd with entranced ears To that bright martyr's strain, Whose notes were born of banisled fears And breathed of ended pain. But from the hour when rescued man Enter'd within the veil, And heaven's delighted host began To list redemption's tale, Myriads of blood-wash'd souls have flown Where the first spirit went, Till he, who once hNnin'd Christ alone, Is now with numbers blent. Each nation, kindred, Lorne, and clime, Helps to increase the throng, Making the heavens grow more sublime With Earth's redemption-song. Each minute, guardian angels mount With some new soul on high, And hear it, close to Glory's fount, Deepen that endless cry,— " Salvation ! through the bleeding grace Of God's incarnate Son, Whose merit for a banded race A more than Eden won." And louder, louder yet will grow That song before the Throne, .As added saints set free from woe Shall make the strain their own, Lord I grant that we on earth begin To tune the heart's deep lyre, And by prophetic notes within 'Anticipate the choir, Who ever round Thee chant, and sing The song no angels can,— " Hail I Prophet, Priest, and destin'd King Before the world began, rr,strate beneath Thy face to fall And cast our crowns before Thee, Oh Thou, The Everlasting All, Be this our brightest glory !" —Rev. R. Montgomery's " Christian Life." LITERATURE. 1300 KS FOR REVIEW, &c.—Books, New Prints, Music, &c., intended for review, may be left at Mr. C. Mitchell's, Red lion-court, Fleet-street, London, addressed " to the Editor cf the LIVERPOOL STANDARD," when they will be forwarded, and receive attention. The Future ; or, the Science of Politics. By A. Alison, Esq. London, J. Rowsell. The writer of this work is not the historian whom the present Chancellor of the Exchequer nicknamed " Mr. Wordy," but another of similar name, and no small ability. The short title com prehends a vast deal ; but the book is, in a great degree, true to its title, for the writer speaks in aphorisms, and thus, by treating of general princi ples, gives more matter in a page than others in a thick pamphlet or a thin Bvo. One of the evils of the present day is dilution ; the present writer's feature is condensation. We do not agree with his views in all cases, but his reasoning is correct in many; and no one can leave off the perusal of this little volume without being impressed with the conviction that its author is an extraordinary man. The following remarks in reference to the continent are a specimen of the author's style and sentiments : " Our friends on the continent are aware that the whole policy of the Roman hierarchy has ever been opposed to liberty, and that it is mainly to that power that the despotic powers have been enabled to keep the people down. Civil slavery is hard to bear, but the slavery of the conscience is worse. Because moral slavery is less felt, it is not on that account less destructive of peace and prosperity. " In these circumstances, we call on the friends of liberty not to confine their efforts to the destruction of civil despotism, but at the same time to destroy spiritual despotism. The one cannot be removed, without at the same time conquering the other. We are too apt to think that public opinion is nothing, and that bayonets are everything. Public opinion influencrs and ultimately rules the exercise of the civil power. Knowledge leads to the union of the people in behalf of their natural rights. The advocates of despotism know this, nor are they slow to suppress the liberty of the press, and load the churches with images that superstition may maintain its hold over the conscience. " Superstition and oppression must stand or fall together. " Our [Roman] Catholic brethren must demand an im mediate reformation of their church, if they will be freemen. The clergy must demand the abolition of the unnatural, immoral, and unscriptural law of celibacy. Let obedience to truth be preferred to mere worship and devotion, which are not Christianity. Evil and sin come from ignorance, and preferring the religion of the feelings to the religion of the understanding. The religion of mere feeling debases the intellect; it fosters ignorance, and retards the progress of civilisation and liberty. The system in which men are educated often holds them in bondage against their will, and the influence of habit and feeling often triumphs over their better reason ; but if the [Roman] Catholics will be guided by the truth as it is in Jesus, it shall make them free. " The [Roman] Catholic Church has gone through many changes. At times she has reformed herself, and risen from the lowest depths of degradation ; at other times the tendency has been downwards. At present a favourable opportunity occurs for a great reformation in the [Roman] Catholic Church, which shall astound the world. Let the clergy and laity vie with each other in the holy work of reformation, and the result will be universal good and harmony. Why should there be Protestants and Catholics ? Do not both serve the same Master? Let both be reformed. Let Protestants and [Roman] Catholics forg et the errors of the past, and in meeting on the neutral ground of truth, both will make concessions, not to man, but to God. " The images which disfigure the churches and roadsides must be torn down. If the Bible, which denounces image worship, be freely circulated among the people, the worship of the host, or of any other than God, will cease. Carry back the thoughts to ancient Greece and Rome. See the altars raised to gods represented by images of wood and stone; and you, like St. Paul, will be moved to see the ignorance of that superstitious age. Then look at the ignorance of the nineteenth century, manifested in dumb idols everywhere meeting the eye. These images you are told to adore, as representations of gods and saints. This was precisely the doctrine o f paganism ; and while a people is devoted to idols there can be no freedom. " In nothing does England show her superiority over the continent more than in the absence of images; from Penzance to John O'Groat's no image offends the piety of the traveller. Even in Mahometan countries, no such ignorance disgraces their religion. It is painful to dwell on the weak points of humanity ; and we hope we have said enough to call the attention of [Roman] Catholics to the great subject of church reform. " To the Protestants we say, re-echo the call of England for a reformation of religion. Know that your disunion is the strength of Rome ; adopt then a test of truth, and he united. Remove from your several creeds obsolete doctr i n es, which have no other effect than to keep Pro testants apart from each other, while they strengthen the reign of superstition and scepticism. England calls upon you to join her in a united effort to reform all churches, and put an end to the reign of ignorance, error, and suffering. "To the friends of liberty at home and abroad we say, no longer confine your attention to civil revolutions, but go to the root of the evil, and while you do not neglect the physical defences of society, remember that, unless public opinion is improved and maintained in a healthy state, it Will defeat the best plans of reform that can be formed." The Revolt of Tartarus. A Poem. By Charles Heavysege. London: Simpkin, Marshall, and Co. This is a little W ino. b ook of a b ou t 150 pages, in blank verse, by a local writer. His subject bears so close a resemblance to that of Milton, as to make it difficult to dismiss the conviction that the whole was suggested by reading " Paradise Lost." This is truly a noble exemplar ; but there are mo derns who exemplify the fable of the ancients---by flying too near the sun, the was of their wings is melted, and down they fall. There is evidently good material in the writer ; but he should be fami liar with poetic composition before attempting the grand epic. Ancient Halls of Lancashire, from original draw, ings. By Alfred Rhymer, Architect. Liverpool Deighton and Laughton. A thin 4to, consisting of twenty lithographs of local antiquities, by a young- architect of this town. He has travelled over some of the most rustic spots of the county, for the joint purpose of pleasure and instruction ; and he has given us here some of the fruits of his skilful pencil. We are not sufficiently acquainted with the localities to be able to speak as to the correctness of the drawings, but there is a vraise;nblance about them which gives us that impression. The letterpress is small in quan tity, amounting only to five pages. Pr otestaat Ballads. By the Rev. Jas. A. Page, 8.A., Incumbent of Tintwistle, Cheshire. Lon- don Whittaker and Co. Mr. Page's Protestant Ballads have been expected for nearly twelve months, and, now that the book is before us, we can pronounce it a valuable addi tion to the literature of Protestantism. It is dedi cated to the Rev. Dr. M`Neile, and contains fifty three chaunts, identified with almost every fact in the history of Protestantism. The author says in the preface, that "be is more ambitious of being considered a good Protestant than a good poet ; " but we think most of his readers will agree that few will question his excellence in either respect. His little poem entitled " My Church of England," printed as a tail-piece to the book of a brother clergyman, would of itself secure him immortality. Guide to the 7'l_l;f. Spring Edition for 1852. By W. Ruff. London : R. Ackerman. This little book contains a large amount of infor mation respecting horses, races, riders, prizes, suc cessful horses and owners, the rules of the turf, &c. It is exceedingly well got up, and very care fully arranged. It is said that the interest taken in horse-racing is greatly on the increase, since railways have become so numerous ; and those who wish to go beneath the surface of things must take advantage of a book of reference like this. THE LIVERPOOL STANDARD, TUESDAY, JUNE 1, 1852 VARIETIES. A POEM in a southern paper begins, " I've lived upon thy memory." That is about as bad as Jerry Bryant's boarding-house feed, where they had nothing for dinner, and had it warmed over for supper, and what was left served up the next morning for breakfast. " How is YOUR WIFE TO-DAY ?" said a friend to a French gentleman. "Oh ! moche de sem," said he ; " she is no bettare, and lam 'fraid ver' little waas. If she is pan to die, I wish she would do it soon ; I feel so unha pie—my mind is so moche unsat-tel. Ven she die, shall not be so moche dissatisfy." JONATHAN AND JAPAN.—It is said that the American expedition to Japan will tend to the civilisation of that country's inhabitants. But will not conveying a polish to Japan. be something like carrying coals to Newcastle? And should any resistance be offered to Jonathan, is he not rather likely to take the shine out of the Japanese? OLIVER CROMWELL was a staunch Puritan, and could not brook the least approach to Popery. " What are these ?" he once inquired, as he saw a dozen silver sta tues in the niches of a chapel. " The 12 apostler." plied the trembling dean. " Take them down," said Cromwell, " and co i n th em i nto money, so that, like their Ma s ter, they may 'go about doing good.' " AN OPPRESSED MlND.—qt is very seldom that hard working people commit suicide—suicide being one of the accompaniments of soft hands and indolence. The best thing a girl can take for an oppressed mind is a husband. An old maid, with " nothing to worry her," will be as melancholy as dyspepsia—marry her, howe-rer, and make her the mother of four romping boys, and she will be as cheerful as sunshine. A " FRIEND," who rej , iced in' the name of Comfort, recently paid his devoirs to a young and attractive Quaker widow, named Rachel H , Either her griefs were too new, or he r l over t oo old ;or from some oiler cause his offer was declined. Whereupon a quaker friend re marked that it was the first modern instance he had known where " Rachel refused to be Comfort-ed l" This anecdote is only remarkable as beilig the first quaker pun on record, " Friends" generally lightly regarding such distortions of " plain language." Cu ESS.—AN IMPROTIPPTC: To my .A - feces, with a set of Chessneen. The box now presented to von, my dear Nieces, ' Start not ! contains Men, though in thirty-two pieces: But may each of you meet with one perfect and whole,'• For a partner through hie, with a heart and a soul; May you each in life's Game e'er successfully move, And all conquests achieved prove the conquestVof love; May you ever be able—on banks—to give effeeh; And may Bishops and Knights bow down atyonrbeck. , May Castles surrender whene' er y ou attack em; And staunch p , •ove your Men, with your good (44i:eat) back 'emu, May your fortunes permit you to dwell ha the Squares, And enjoy life's delights, without tasting its cares; May you each find a Mate, life's journey to sweeten, And if mated oft,—may you never be beaten !' PRINCIPLE.—Lord Erskine was distinguished tbrougs life for independence of principle, for scrupulous adhe rence to truth. He once explained the rules of his con duct, which ought to be deeply engraven on every heart. He said :—lt was a first command and counsel of my earliest youth always to do what my conscience told me to be a duty, and leave the consequence to mod.. I shall ' carry with me the memory, and I trust the practice, of this parental lesson to the grave. I hays- hitherto fol lowed it, and have no reason to complain that my obe dienca to it has been a temporal sacrifice. Flume found it, on the contrary, the road to prosperity aod wealth, and I shall point out the same path - to ray children for their pursuit." A REPORTER'S MISTAKE.—Among my other coadju tors were Mr. Robinson, also educated for the kirk, and a quiet man; Mr. Cooper, the author of ar volume of poetry, which procured him the countenance of the beau tiful Duchess of Devonshire ; and Mark Supple, an Irish eccentric of the first water; he it was, who,. waking out of an intoxicated dose, and seeing Mr...kbbet on the Treasury bench (the house being in committee), called out, " Master Speaker, as you seem to have nothing to do, I call upon you for a song if ye plan."' The fierce indignation of the Chair rose hotly against this breach of privilege, and the Serjeant-at-Arms was sent op to take the offender into custody ; but Supple adroitly escaped by pointing out a peaceful quaker, sitting two or three seats below him, as the culprit, and the affair assumed so ludicrous an aspecr, that it ended in the worthy broad brim being turned out in spite of his-protestations of in nocence, and without having fees-to pay.—Austatiography I of W. Jerdan. SINGULAR COURTSHIP AND MARRrAGH..—The Rev. , well known to the literary world,.dreamed that he was officiating in a strange church, and, whilst so en gaged, saw a lady enter whose dress he particularly noticed : at the same moment some invisible monitor whispered, " That is the future Mrs. —." The dream made such an impression on the reverend bachelor, that he determined to consult a brother clergyman on the subject. He did so, and was advised to set out upon a pilgrimage among the rural districts of Warwickshire and Oxfordshire, as being the localities-abounding in churches resembling the one represented in the dream. He set out, and, after various fortunes, very kindly allowed to, officiate in some churches, and rudely repulsed from. others, he was officiating in a country church in Oxford.> shire, when a lady entered in the dress impressed upon , his mind. " Onward she came, just as be saw her in his dream. He inquired her address from the clerk. and,, immediately after the conclusion of the service, presereeed himself as the lady and her sister were sitting dome to tea. He sent in his card, and, being admitted, at caw commenced—" Madame, you are the future Mrs. The lady was, of course, much surprised, but gave a par tial ear to his story, got over her surprise, made thane cessary inquiries, and accepted him as her hue-hand. When returning home in a gig, he contrived to upeat•the gig just as he entered his own parish. A friend who saw the incident, not accident, asked him, " How coeld you upset the gig ?" " Why, my dear friend, I did it , lo,try her temper." Such was the process of wooing and wed ding by one of the best theologians of modern times !e SOCIETY AT THE DIGGINGS.—If ever there was .a pure democracy, it now exists at the Bathust gold mines—pure as the most penniless possessor of nothing could wish— purer by far than any spouter of socialism, having any thing to lose, ever truly desired ; and infinitely too trans cendently pure for the views of those wha.believe that h uman society, like a regiment, should be a graduate 4 community. The present state of affairs will not last long. In another year or two three-fourths of the men now working on their own account will be the liired la bourers of capitalists or companies, and the social equi poise will be again restored. At present here are mer chants and cabmen, magistrates and convicts, amateur gentlemen rocking the cradle merely to say they have done so, fashionable hair-dressers and. tailors, cooks, coachmen, lawyers' clerks and their pse i a m n a d st m er a s ;ic e , olliers, cobblers, quarrymen, doctors of h alder men, an A.D.C. on leave, scavengers, sailors, shorthand- writers, a real live lord on his travels—all levelled by community of pursuit and cosiume. The serge shirt, leathern belt, Californian hat, and woollen comforter, with the general absence of ablution and abrasion, leave the stranger continually in doubt as to whi c h o f t h e a b ove classes he may be addressing—" What luck, my good fellow ?" said I to a rough, unshorn, clay-slate com plexioned figure, clad in a zebra-coloured Jersey, with beef boots up to his middle. " \\That luck ?"—" Why, aw !" replied my new friend, with a lisp and a movement as if he was pulling up a suppositious gill, " only the-the at prethent. Our claim was tolewably wemunewative owiginally, hut it has detewiowated tewibly since the wains set in !"—Diavolo ! thought I, what euphuist in a rough husk have we here ? 1 learnt aftewards that this gentleman is a member of the faculty, and was turning over more gold as a miner than he had ever done as a medico. I recognised many familiar faces without being able to put names to them, so much were their owners disguised. Some ga v e me a knowing smile in return for my inquiring looks ; others favoured me with a wink. My nerukier, Mr. was doing well; he had served his time in California. My saddler, Mr. B—, looked half-starved. It was clear he had better have stuck to the pigskin —a thi ng , b y done. The Sydney eo u n t o e: r h -- e thems k w ip a y p l e o , r n o 3 g f t g e e e t n j generally d l e y o r u m b at saidd, e to thanbbu poor quarry-men ; many e measuring tape again, and, peehe n , since have taken measure s era , proper trade, had they not felt • would have long zsuneine tq u a r t gthn _ their old and l bly refuse to engage them tguin,_,goAetivemodpeso,y,erbsy, whom they had deserted at a. l ay , s notice, would probe- GodfreY, WHITSUN WEEK. • " In comer, at Whitsontyde, When knights most on horseback ride; Which horse that best may ren, Three myles the emirs was then, Who that myght ryde him shouide Have forty pounds of redy golde." EVERY season of the year has its peculiar charms, and in the days of our ancestors, to whom the Young Eng landers would still direct our attention, these charms were constantly increased. Holy day and holiday, religion and amusement so mingled themselves together, that the whole population looked forward from point to point to the Church's festivals ; and whether they had longer lives or not than we have now, it is certain that they had merrier ones. There are few festivals of the Church so old as Whit suntide, for it is the anniversary not merely of the descent of the Holy Spirit, but of the giving of the law to Moses. In other words, the period of Pentecost is still remem bered at the distance of 3,300 years from its institution ; and if the world survive 3300 years longer, it will still be remembered by millions whose fathers now know nothing of it. Thus, in one sense, all men are Conservatives, all sensible men at least ; for there is a degree of fixity and permanence about a good institution that preserves it as a bond of union between past centuries and the present one ; at :east, there should be, for we are bound to it by the cords of affection, association, and gratitude. Whitsuntide is one of those cheerful seasons that ele vate the heart of every man, unless there be a heavy weight of care or oppression to keep him down. It is the first pleasant goal that we reach within the boundaries of summer; the smiles of spring, sometimes warm but often chilling, having been left far behind. The trees are now clothed in their full garments of leaves, and they are yet in a healthy freshness that would put to shame Genoese velvet; the fields are beginning to show distinct waves, as they bend their vegetable treasures to a passing blast; the sun is in the clear heavens, warming, lighting, cheer ing, and apparently untired with the long hours that he is now obliged to travel. To the green neighbourhood of a smoky factory, or the sterile district of a lead mine, there is a tone of healthiness and cheerfulness imparted, and one pauses on his footstep to hear the rude but hearty chant that bursts from the strong lungs of one of the unwashed. What must it be on our own beautiful river, with fairy steamers flying up and down, and passing each other like butte: flies in a field ; with the hum of half a million in one's ears, including the din of industry, the rattle of transit, the echo of rejoicing, the words of fare well, and the stir and bustle. Of all the sights which the working man, or his wife and little boy, from the inland districts, can see, to them there is none that can be compared to our noble river, Liverpool may well say " thank God for the Mersey.' It is the main artery that carries thalife blood from the heart in purifying streams all over the great body ; it is also the vein which returns the vital nourishment again. Familiar as we are ourselves with' the prospect wl.ich may be seen occasionally from the hills of Everton, the top of the Town-hall, the houses at New Brighton, or, indeed, almost any point near the river's margin, we cannot fully appreciate its beauty and value, nor can we thoroughly comprehend the emotions of the casual visoitor. The stranger can see large towns - elsewhere,- spacious streets, and handsome shops; He has seen, on crowded occasions, in his own village or borough, as many people throng the ways ; and he has but to imagine a grand occasion at' home to reaiite the whole scene'which increased population makes here. But from the moment that he reaches the line of the decita all is - neve. A railroad conveys goods fronapoint to point, north and south. Ships sail along water inside the land, and pas sengers then cross the bridge. In the beauty of summer the masts are like a forest of wintry pines ; :and a floaalag church on the borders, is like the ruins of a monasterrin some remote parisli. Ira the landing;ttage he picturea - a giganticuaan-of-war r with masts and bulwarks cut away so ar-to leave the upper deck unobstracted ; and the liar-- 'Ting - ter and fro of buy feet, the running of those who-. cut the time closet' the leisurely walk , of others, the , burthens carried, the ringing of bells; -the shouting of indivicktals to others of their party, the arriTals and de , parturess—all' these constitute a scene to which nothing , but a beehive can belikeneel- But wire shall'deseribe the emotions of the stranger in looking upon our magnifleent river. He has seen lakes and streams before; but he has here the -highway to the antipodes, a-by-lane firm the common path Way of all na tions. He-sees - upon it travellers of different grades and of different importance, hut all of them necessary for our well being. The hulks up the river rerrand'hina •of the veterans of Greenwich,' vbo hawing borne the- " ' battle and the breeze" for many years,: st1)1 hobble about maimed and coopered, -and make- themselves occasionally useful. The ferry-boats, - -river craft; and coasting vessels, are the working-classes in society, and his heart thoobs- with sym pathy ; they perform orditary bet very necessary duties, and are constantly in • demand. The Atantic line of steamers are a set 'of beautiful gentlemen's carriages, on whielr it is almost heresy - to 'stow luggage. The , freighted merchant vessels-that stagger up and down under pressure of all; sail, or glide in the- wake , of a hig., boat,: are the carriers' . waggons, welt; packed and long expeated.• And; finally, the emigrant ships are- the special trains which. convey rioli!,anal poor, high , and low, 7pherever• they wish to go.. Then there is- a similarity between . the things of landiand those of the 'water ; though they diffdr of course in their.application audits their movements. In the sketch-book of Wash. htgton-Irving there is the- description of a scene on the liver's side, the- arrival of asingle ship. What emotions throbbed in hie-own breast;. how much of human cha racter was developectin the common but ft-aching circum stances of others.. He saw , the new spire- of , Birkenhead church rising under-the ivied rails of the ancient abbey ; " all, all," he says, " was-characteristic of 3itgland." An hour's march beside ow-docks is still crowdedi with inci dents. There are arrivals-and: departures, how-eye.doing and good-Dyeing, rejoiciagand weeping ; dal of the smallest importance to mere observers, and often, even, annoying, hut, to the principal actors. in the scene. all-absorbing. la a single day,.theusands-leave the porta some never to , returis.. Asia-gin-day scatters brethren and, companions -to the four winds ; : to every great division.of the globe or - point of the compass. A single day sends the young and; healthful. to N` se. of Geelong, .where they may, perhapa dig their own. graves ; it disperses- the sickly and. exhausted to the-sunny:south, where, like-a making gate,. they may hang : long on the hinges ; and. others again speed wherever fame or fortune, or frolic, or duty calls. Mang, a feeling long-pent up, has burst the barriers of caution, custom, or etiquette,on the docks of , Liverpool. Many an eye that dimmed at the disappearance of our bristliog docks, has-never looked on them again. The stranger-maya if be pleases, study geography along the water side, in, the productions of various parts of the world. The landing waiters are making record of various. commodities-which tell of many clinics. There arehorns_ and hides from South America, and cotton bales from the States:_. Flora Australia there are nuggets of gold, and still a large supply of wool. Fruit from the Levant, pro visions-from-Ireland, tallow freni.Russia, &c., aro all clas sified' aud• arranged in their respective places so that, though. confusion seems to reign everywhere, there is in realityperfect order. There. is a similar degree of order and-clessiftcation in the ferries to which he may. ply. New Brighton is the place for sands and sandwiches, for don keys., nurses, and noisy children. Egremont is a point of passage to right or left, or straightforward:: and few visit Seacombe, except the raaidents. Woodside and Birken head lead to the parks,. the new docks, and various other points of interest. Birkenhead Ferry is the approach to the abbey ; and Tranmere and Rock Eerry lead to the country generally. But Eastham is the !, Richmond of Liverpool," with its green lanes, waling woods, and pretty gardens, affosding at the same time wide scone to range and perfect seclusion. We have been so much occupied in noticing the im pressions of the visitor from a distance, that we have almost forgotten the manner in which ho reaches us. The caverns of the earth could not always yawn forth their miners, nor the factories dismiss their motley crowds ; Cambria could not always transport her mountaineers to England by a whistle, a rumble, or a puff, and Hull used to be on the other side of the island. Thanks to Mr. MARCUS, and others who have taken a leaf out of his book, we must learn geography over again. Glasgow and Edinburgh are now near at hand ; Belfast and Dublin are almost part of ourselves ; and Manchester, York, and Birmingham hang on our skirts. - We expect shortly to receive invitations to tea from Berwick-on-Tweed or Penzance ; and to make morning calls at York and Dover, By the way, we must not forget to suggest that a statue should be erected to Mr. MARCUS. He has done more to enable us to shake hands with our country cousins than any other man living. JAMES WATT did not create steam, nor did he invent the engine; be only improved upon that which was known before and made it practically useful. This is just what Mr. MARCUS has done for the million in railway travelling, and has done with safety and success. The local customs of this week are now nearly forgotten. There is no lamb seized at Kidlington, no races are held in other rural districts, no scriptural plays are performed at Chester ; the decorations of fonts, the marriages at the Fleet, the strewing of the churches, and the Eton Mon tero have all passed away. But the amusement is not the less, while the profit is much more. We do not now seek the idle perpetuation of a senseless practice, but all man kind go abroad to see mankind in their haunts and habits elsewhere. There is a greater spirit of brotherhood cul tivated by these interchanges of visit, and we are all improved by having the angles of peculiarity and prejudice rubbed off us. "The proper study of mankind is man." CORRESPONDENCE. Letters addressed to the Editor should be accompanied by the real name and address of the writer, not for publication, but as a guarantee of good faith ; this is indispensably requisite in any statement of facts. The Editor wishes it to he understood that he does not hold himself responsible for the opinions or statements of his correspondents. THE INDECENT-BILL NUISANCE. To the EDITOR of the LIVERPOOL STANDARD. am rejoiced to see, in your impression of this day, a letter from " A Father," on the subject of " the indecent-bill nuisance," and I trust that you will notice the subject further. lam sure that the respectle por tion of the community—particularly the married men— would feel grateful if you would lend your valuable aid in endeavouring to suppress so gross and so growinc a nui sance.—Your obedient servant, P. G. Everton, 25th May, 1852. THE LIVERPOOL ENGINEERS -SPECIMEN OF A " LIBERAL" EMPLOYER. To the EDITOR of the LIVERPOOL STAXDARD, Sla,—When the unfortunate dispute occurred between the Society of Amalgamated Engineers and the associated body of employers, it was considered somewhat unneces sary, even by many who disapproved of the conduct of the former, that the good feeling existing between mas ters and men in Liverpool should have been interrupted. There was no attempt made by the men here to dictate to their masters. They were content to remain neatral in the struggle which wag going on elsewhere ; and to be permitted to conform to whatever regulations might be adopted as the issue. Two leading firms in the trade, however—Messrs. Fawcett and Preston, and the proprie tors of the Vauxhall Foundry, Messrs. Forester and Co.— were induced to enter actively into the measures of com pulsion adopted by the associated masters ; and some thirty-five of the best and most skilled operative hands employed by them were turned out from their shops, be cause they were members of the obnoxious society, and objected to forfeit the benefits for which most of them had paid during several years. Many ef f orts were made on the part of the men to bring about an arrangement, in one of whiA the Mayor, Mr. Hugh Hornby,- and Mr. John Buck Lloyd, kindly gave their services ac negotiators. These failed, however ; the masters insisting, as a sine qnd non, upon the signing of a document, which the men regarded as both injurious and degrading ; and' after en during many weeks of privation, hopeless of being per mitted to return to their old shops, all the discarded hands, except about ten oradozen, either secured'work In other shops, or• transported their industry ard'skill to other countries. At length it was announced' that the struggle wits- vir , Vitally at an ends. The Amalgamated Society had'ex hansteul its funds, and the masters were victorious. frere was an opportunity for the exercise of that kindly feeling, MEALY, which, to use the quotation of Mr. Cardwell, " Blesseth him 7tho gives, alias him who takes." One of the firms in question, that of Messrs. Fawcett ar.'d Preston—to their honour be it'said !'--at once intimated' to the few who remained of theiroid servants, that they' were attiberty to return to their employments, without submitting to the humiliation of signirr3 the obnoxious document which, pending•the settlement of the dispute, had been insisted upon' by the associated employers. Messrs. Iforrester and Co:, however, r am sorry to say, declined, through their managing panther; Mr. Macgre gor, to :cake this graceful concessim The few of their men left in town have beeipcompelied; as- a condition of their being - allowed to resume work, toAsign the declare tiou, which infers either that they have in fact given up the benefits of their club, or that they have attached their signatures to en evasion, or a falsehood. Mr. Ale.egregor, who has thug stubbornly insisted on his 'poor workmen so humiliating themselves, is, I must add', a 'I - liberal" of the first water.. He is a praessed friend'of the , work ing man ; an advocate of " civil and religious liberty ;" a fellow-spouter with Mr. Wm. .Ithbone and others, at ward meetings-, in praise of " a big loaf." Well did the great dramatist - read a lesson to such a " liberal," when he wrote-- "'Tis excellent to have a giant's power But tyranhous• Is use it lik a giaht 1,,.• Mr. Macgregor is-willi - ny to give a " big loaf" - t0 his workpeople at the-cost of the Britic! farmer ; but he will not give to them that very cheap , Tornmodity—his, own forgiveness—for what has been at nest, on their party sai indiscretion. Fie upon , soh " liberals !" AN . ENGINEER. THE EARL OFD BY ANa"PROTECTION. We believe it to be a vast importance that the Pt•o tectionist party throughout tie country• should fully and clearl7 anderstaad'the exact position in - which the question, of , protection to British ind'•astry now - stands. After all tile• mystification , whiich has been, and ho doubt will' be aill attempted, afttn- all: the- premature triumphs cr Our epponents, we do , not hesitate to say, that as thorough, sincere and uncompromising Protectionists, our earnest wish is that our- friends throughout the country should accept the speech of the Earl of Derby, on Monday night,. in-the House of howls; as the dearest, plainest, and most faithful statement of , the true position. which we now occupy. Nothing., let .us say,. ean be more candid, more explicit, or, let us.ackl; mere• consistent than .the state ment of the noble- earl at the-head of her - Majesty'eis Go- Ternment. Two years- ago Lord Derby stated that his - own- opinions on the subject of protection had under gone no change, b'id...th'att tih'e , question rsested(toitii;the eenstiluests of as empive, On assuming the office,. to which duty to his Sovereign, called him in March last) he reiterated the same statement,. and on Monday night, in the Freese of Lortis,- he repeated in substance the same. On Monday night the opposition determined to take the•nobie lord by surprise. It was manifest to every ob server that their- object was, to goad, by taunts,- by in. : veotive, by sneers ) , the Mime Minister into some deela . ratios that might possibly ba•considered rash. They seized; an opportunity when-the ministerial benches were deserted --when they found the noble loci almost alone.. Ne•un worthy art was- spared--no• is insinuation was avoided. The object- of the plot was defeated--defeated= by the manliness, the. simplicity. the straightforward in tegrity of the noble. lord at whom their artifices were aimed. Stun g..indeed, by theirunworthy attacks, but pre ferring both bit telGpossessiors and his diguity t Lord Derby indignantly repelled the misrepresentations of. those- who represented him', as saying that the imposition of. a- duty corn was a matter of necessity. In what, letua ask iuthis declaration, in,the slightest degree inconsistent wall, the often-repeated, statement of the noble lord, that unless a large majority, in, the new Parliament declared ler, a duty on corn, he would net pro pose it ? That statement is not new. It was made in opposition—it was .made on accepting office. Wo think no true friend of the- agricultural interest should ask for more. Bet be thisopinion right or wrong, we have known for the last two years exactly what we have toespect from Lord Derby. We were not to find in him a minister who would stake his existence, as a ministar, upon the reimpo sition of a duty, OD corn. He never said that this was a measure of such, necessity as to justify a public man in declining office unless he could carry-. it. But opinion is in favour of it—nay more, he says that he is ready to advise Parliament and the Sovereign to adopt it, if the next general, election shall return such a majority of Protectionists as will justify that course. It is quite true—let our enemies. make the most of it — that he added that he now believed:that there would not be such a majority. Well; this isa matter of individual opinion. If it be an error in calculation, it implies no unfaithfulness. The greedy haste with which, the opposition seized upon the statement proves nothing but the terror which, in their heart of hearts, haunts thess,of the protective system which, they profess to believe dead► . It waS, perhaps, well for the country that their misrepresentations again called up the noble earl. Words cannot be clearer, more explicit, nor, we repeat, declaration more explicit than that which their ill-timed boasting elicited. from the Premier. We have now a minister in office who does not consider the re-imposition of a duty on corn a matter of such necessity as to ohlige him to stake the existence of his ministry upon it—but who believes that duty ought to be re-imposed, and is therefore ready and willing to propose it if the persona who agree with him in the country will give him a majority in the new Parliament that will justify it. But, if such a declaration of the opinion of the country be net made, then he is pledged to this, that in some other mode he will still attempt to alleviate the injustice that is now done to the agricultural interest. We protest we conceive this declaration is all that the most ardent friend of the agricultural interest can ever either expect or desire. Saying so, of course we imply that it is utterly false to represent the noble earl as having, by this statement, abandoned, retracted, or qualified his opinions on the subject of protection ; and with this brief explanation we confidently submit the matter to the calm judgment and common sense of Englishmen.—Morning Herald. RECTORY OF PRESTWICH.—On Tuesday the Lord Bishop of Manchester instituted the Rev. Henry Mildred Birch, M.A., late tutor to His Royal Higness the Prince of Wales, to the rectory of Prestwich-cum-Oldham (vacant by the resignation of the Venerable Archdeacon Rushton), on the presentation of the Right llonourable the Earl of Wilton, the patron ; his lordship at the same time issued his raandikte for the Rev, Mr. Birch's institu• tion thereto. HORTICULTURE. WOOLTON FLOWER SHOW. This very favourite floral exhibition was held on Thursday, in the beautiful grounds of the late Mr. Lascelles. The marquee in which the flowers were shown was larger and better filled than on the last occasion ; and everything indicated an improvement in the state of the society highly gratifying to those who, like our selves, have always considered this exhibition as one of the most interesting of the fetes held in this vicinity. Woolton, like Childwall, offers prizes to cottagers, and at a certain hour each of these societies gives free admission to the schools of their respective villages. The large amount of healthy emulation and pleasure which this practice produces is abundantly confirmatory of the goad resulting from these country exhibitions. As usual, the attendance of the leading gentry of the vicinity was very numerous during the early part of the afternoon ; and the combination of elegant dresses. happy faces, beautiful flowers, and fine scenery, was such as could not fail lo give interest to the scene. The plants shown by the Messrs. Davies, of Wavertree, had a fine effect, and were much admired. C. Wilson, E3q., and Richard Alison, E3q , also contribu'ed many beautiful things; but no particular novelties were exhibited. Mr. John Roskell, a new exhibitor, was successful in taking prizes; and we hope to see him come out very prominently in a short time, as he is extensively engaged in horticultural pursuits, and has a clever gardener. The Ariz-s awarded by the judges—Messrs. Jennings, Morton, Mayer, and Nickson—were as follows : PRIVATE GROWEII3. Miscellaneous collection of Plants, not less than eight varieties.-Ist, C. Wilson, Esq. (Mr. Thomas, gardener); 2nd, R. Alison, Esq. (Mr. Hill, gardener). Stove Plant in tlower.—lst, T. Morris. Esq. (Mr. Thompson, gardener); 2 , d, C. Wilson, ksq. ; 3rd, S. R. Healey, Esq. (Mr. T. Askew, gardener). Greenhouse PlaTit in flower.-Ist, Wm. Bradish, Esq. (Mr. Redmond, gurdener); 2nd, R. Alison, Esq. ; 3rd, S. R. Healey, Esq. Pelargoniums.-15t. C. Wilson, Esq.; 2nd and 3rd, H. Harrison, Esq. (Mr. Hutchinson, gardener). Roses, in pots.—R. Alison, Esq. Ericas, four distinct varieties.-Ist, T. Morris, Esq. 2nd, R. Alison, Esq. Single specimen, C. Wilson, Esq. .Az3lins.--R. Alison, Esq. Cut Flowers.—lst, R. Alison, Esq. ; 2nd, T. Dutton,. Esq. (Mr. Pratt, gardener). Hand Bouquet.—R. Alison, Esq. Cut Flower.—W. Braci'sh r'sq- Healey, of Plants.—lst, T. Diitton, Esq. ; 2nd, S. R. Maley, Esq. ; 3rd, John Roskell s . Esq. (Mr. Heinrette, gardener). Sis Calceolarias. 7. - . R : Alison, E'szy.. Twelve Pansies, distinct varieties, in pots.-Ist, James Jack (Mr.. Macdonald , g•ardener);lnd, R. Alison, Esq. Siznichsias, distinct varieties.-1 1 st and 3rd, Mr. P. Lonzton 2nd, S. R. Healey, Esq. Hardy Herbaceous Phrit, in tlower.—lse, Jas. Jack, Esq. •, Zia!, R. Alison, Esq. Collection of li,rbenas.—lst and 2nd,•R. Alison, Esq. Models.-Ik, James Gore, a cottager, for a model of Woolton Church ; 2'nd, James George, model of a farm on a large, scale ; 3rd, James George,. Esq., model of cottage ornzie. NURFJERTMEN'S PRIZES. 111iscellane7m1 collection of Plants.-Ist antl , 2nd prizes, Messrs. T. Davies and C'o., of the Wavertree Nurseries, for an extensive selection of beautiful plants - ,• including the somewhat novel Acrophyllum venosum. rRCITS. Pine.-2nd prim, It. Alison, Esq. Black Grapes.-Ist, R. Alison, Esq.; 2nd, T. Datorr r Esq. White Grapes.-ISt, T. Dutton, Esq.; 2ild,• S. Ras kelt, Esq. Apples.-Ist, H. Harrison, Esq. Pears.—lst, R. Gooseberries.-Ist and 26d, R. Alison, Esq. Grarants.-Ist, Alison, Esq. -tomGETALES. Asparagus.-Ist, S.R: Healey,-Esq.;2nd, R. Alison,'.o.4sq.. French Beans.—lst. S: R. Healey, Potatoes.—lst and 2.lid; Mr. P. Langton ; 3rd, S.IZOS Jack, Eaq. White Cabbage.—lst, • Mi. P: Langton; 2nd, R. Ali son, E'sq. TUrnip.9.—lst and 2nif, Mr. James Hamer. CUeumbers.—lst and 3id, Mr. P. Langton ; Warden, Eeq. (Mr. Mullineux, gardener). Cdrled Farsley.—T. Dattan,.Esrp.. anions-.—lst, John Itoskell, Esq. ;: 2nd, Mr. Hamer.- Mashrooms.-I.st, R. Alison, Ei.q.-:2nd, T. Dutton, Eyq.. , Rhubarb.-Ist. S. R. Healey, ; 2nd, Mr. Peter Langton ;: 3 . rd, Mr. Houlgrave; extra, Thos. Riding. Co-Ilection ai Vegetables.-Ist, Mr. Jas. Ilamer. COTTAGERS 7 -PRIZES'. De7:ce of rowers.—lst, Thos. Window Plants, in flower.—ht,. Saoattel Shaw; 2nd, THE' Cinr,DwALL Snow will take place rather later this year, but will be on a more extensive scale than on Former occasions. (See advertisement.) OPMATIONS FOR , THE WREM Conserntt ury.—Those heaths and EPacrises- which have made plentiful growth since the 7 , il6wered should now be looked over and repotted, if necessary.. Many of the New Holland pl'ants require the' same treatment, espe cially Aoacias,. Chorizemas, and • Cerrams: Within the last week , we have had two or three rather severe night frosts, and it will' be advisable not to keep they greenhouse too open after sunset. :7.Tizrden,.—Proceed with the bedding. operations recommended in cur last ; veicenas,- petunias, lobelias, pelargoniums : . heliotropes, ageratums, calceolarias, &c., may all be got out, for a white bed. Stee?ia erecta is a very nice plant;: and for an orange colour;. nothing can surpass Marshall's variety of the Alpine wallflower, Cheiranthus ochroleucus var. Allarthaliiii Fruit and Klithen Garden.—The crops- in both these departments look well, but it is now evident that much of their success-depends upon the energy. with which in sects are attacked', for they have appeared' in excessive numbers, and have already done much mischief to the va rious fruit trees growing on walls,. The garden engine is the best destroyer, aided by soapsuds- and infusion of tobacco. A Domaaeiceßbere.—A very zing,nlatainstance of the docility of the robin may be seen in the village of Bishop's Cleeve. A.-redbreast has quartered itself in the sitting room occupied by - a shoemaker, named•Yeend. It has taken up its abode an the rnantlep:ece, behind a teapot, where, having built its nest and laid its eggs, it raay now be seen " sitting," without apparently being in the least incommodedeby the presence of the family or strangers, of whom it takes no notice. The•bird will allow itself to be handled e and even caressed, on its nest. It takes its food fearlessly from the family table, .and appears to re cognize the different members. HIDING , PLACE EXTRAORDINAnY,-.-Lewis, the person who was apprehended in Glasgow e on Saturday - week, with the large am aunt of gold and silver watches, jewel lery, &c., in his possession, was conveyed , from the Cen tral Police-o: ee to the North Prison yesterday afternoon week. It is- one of the prison rules , thatall prisoners, on admission, ,have to undergo the purifying process of a bath. While Lewis was being stripped, it was discovered that he wore a plaster upon his breast, which he said was there on account of severe illness. On entering the bath, however,. the adhesiveness of the plaster gave way, and revealed to the eyes of the astonished turnkeys a treasure trove of eizegold watches, which.were thus concealed be tween the skin of the prisoner and the plaster. MAIL37O•AUSTRALIA, vitt TRECAPE.-The Postoffice authorities have intimated that on the evening of the 2nd June, and on the evening of every-alternate month, mails will be made up in London foe-St. Vincent, the Cape of Good Hope, Western and South Australia, 'Victoria (Port Philip,) Van Diemen!s. Land, and New South Wales e to be conveyed from Plymouth on the following day by- the Australian Royal . ;Mail Steam Navigation Company, Letters and newspaper& for the Cape of Good Hope will be forwarded by these packets, or by the packets. of the General Screw. Steam-shipping Company,, leaving Plymouth on the 15th of each month, according as such letters and papers may-be posted in time for either.. line of packets. Letters for any of the British Colories. wil'abe liable to a postage of Is. when not exceeding half an ounce in weight ; letters of greater weight being charged in proportion, according to the scale of weight far charging inland letters, which must be paid in advance. Newspapers will be conveyed free from chaege a LAMENTABLE CASE. - --2 - I,lamentable case of the deser tion.of a wife and her two children, by a gentleman lately. holding a commission in the Dragoon Guards, and a. member of the Army and' - Navy Club, was brought before Mr. Arnold, at the Westminster Police-court, on,Wed nesday last. The following was the story of her misfor tunes given by the unhappy lady :—She had bean in early life married to a merchant, to whom she had borne two children, but who unhappily became fatherless about four years ago. She afterwards became acquainted with her present husband, and was united to him at Brompton church in August, 18t0. He was at that time holding a commission in the army, but shortly afterwards disposed of it, and she travelled with him for some months upon the Continent. In the early part of last year he returned with her to England, and directed her to proceed to Brompton, where he had engaged a furnished house far her reception, while he repaired to the lele of Man on a visit to his friends, promising to join her in six weeks. They parted at Liverpool, and from that time she had never seen her husband. She bad subsisted as long as she could by disposing of her plate and jewels, and was ultimately obliged to leave the house taken for her in consequence of being no longer able to pay the the rent. a Driven by dire necessity, she took a mean lodging in the same neighbourhood, and there dragged out a pitiful existence while she and her children had any articles of clothing worth disposal; and all being at. length parted penniless e m l l i e u s m s nhumanity wanderer, ofa andait h w , assh rescued m feraamh theou se streets less an d b by t poor carman and his wife, who afforded her part of their scanty fare, and there she was permitted to lie down and take e in the morning,whatrepos repose she might after he went out t o hi s la bour poor people having but one bed. In her extremity she had made known her case to the Rev. Mr. Irons, rector of Brompton, who recommended her to acquaint a magistrate with her distressed condition. The lady is described as of prepossessing appearance, and was accompanied by two fine boys. She was totally una ble to account for her husband's desertion of her. lie was at present staying with his mother, (who had been averse to their union,) and she had been unable to pro cure any reply to her com mun i ca ti ons t o hi m , or any assistance from the family solicitor. The worthy magis trate deeply commiserated her condition, and recom mended her to apply again to the solicitor, stating that, in the event of provision not being made for her, she would render herself chargeable to a parish. A sovereicn was handed to her from the poor-box, and the was ro , quested to call in again in a taw days, IRELAND AN OLD REPROBATE, named Owen Cbri3t le, 1 e , l' fa g F l O r y a l p a p st e . arance before the magistrates at A SOLDIER of the 46th Regiment was Int if iT s bre b " lunatic in Belfast gaol, on Tuesday morning• ititab er. were beaten out in a horribl e mann er with a nie ce °I o r the IT IS A CURIOUS FACT that, of the C lergYin ell . eistf Established Church, at present officiating in four have been either Roman Catholic priests or lai ,Tbe IRISH CHANNEL SUBMARINE TELEGRAIn4. Irigh Hon. George Massey, one of the directors o f the b it s Channel Submarine Electric Telegraph ComPall'cote. arrived in Belfast with a view of superintending tu" pletion of this great national undertaking. A nd ENCUMBERED ESTATES.—The most extensor- - hi ss, portant sales of property that have yet taken Pla ce :oo one day in the Encumbered Estates Court ive r ," o f tb which were effected on Tuesday, the gross am° lla " A stO 00 less - purchase money for the single day being than £166,040. 1M 1 4 4 17' THE LIABILITIES OF MESSRS. SINCL Ant AN OF BELFAST, who were reported in the Irish P i al f ese, having failed a few days back for a sum raneing a g ue £lOO,OOO and .E 700,000, do not exceed XlB,'"-,;3tS to the firm have completed the necessary arrangefe enable them to go on. tlea .A ° THE EXHIBITION AT CORK.—The final co.--, , e l h e e grz! the building is rapidly drawing to a close, an ;Li bulk of the goods ' s have been received. 1L I s "hat 11 ''' some of the more practical friends of inderstrY t"-00/0 fine arts department of the exhibition wig engross than its due proport io a of attention. .bed e t eg ert AN IRISH GOLD-DIGGER'S FATE IS thus the Limerick Chronicle—" A young man narriel,lo from Enniscorthy, county Wexford, a cooner;'froto° went to the diggings at Melbourne, Port Phitt,' a fer t ' ship in harbour' there last January, and returnen'n'tfiti"; night with large quantities of gold, for g whic nj Ile then - Ireland,oo. drowned. CONVERSIONS FR;0774 POPERY.—On Aseen si°P. day, after morning service in Derry Cathed ra e 'rfer s respectable men. head's of families, renounced the,ore! of the Church of Rome, and were admitted hy the r e- bu tte of the cathedral into communion with the United of England and Ireland, in the presence of the er,Y;tio; the Dean of Derry. :Fe- - Teral persons in the 0 % 113 0 '0,1 t N h e e n m ag w li al h k a in v g e t e h i r n o b u r g a h c l e t d ,ho tllr e r=t iae t b r i a g it e l d i. lo 67 olo : e. tP, protection of the police from the fury of the P e P u- shse: SINGULAR EBBING OF TH 4 F. StrANsior.4.-...The a 8 p ar at litllaloe, exhibited a p h enomenon within a gee° two recently, which no living- inhabitant hadr e ni f the! before. The waters receded to such a distance "' or e ; vier; nsml mark, at low t'de, that salmon, eels, and P'7 - i'oea' taken in abundance, even by children, to the aetoe',:f poles, of all who witnessed the sp ec t ac l e; It vroctv-; 00 . ; that the records of the pa r ish i n th e ca th e dral , vee tr i,:rfe" a like event sixty years since in Xillaloe, and the ;sel l ; of that year in Ireland was the most plentiful irloe bered by the inhabitants of that period:—CT 't c ot I°- 0 RVI , FIANLY OUTRAGE.—On Teesday eve ning , a n ;sol woman, a Protestant, residi ng i n one o f the 113 13 ' 1s- 0M P our city,•sent for the c l erg y man o f th e Brig). Cad et her, she being confined t o h er b e d by a severe etl; the illness.- The clergyman had not 16n. repaireer;e tenement:which the i nva lid occup i e d' and was engts'r_; the act of b administerinc , the spiritual which wea"W r ow, at his hands,- when the house was surrOundedhY B 7sd mob, who forced in the w i n d ow , and' by their Yele tO shouts gave every possible interruption and n 10°3 %1, 116 the parties within. When th e clergyman vvas•lee l lyt a was sainted with groa n s an d hi ss g es y , and follb n shower of sttmes and other missiles and; when tha out of sight, the ruffians burst into the r oom o. ''., l B, be' sufferer was, and heat and pelted her as s he lap Oa, wretched bad. This poo r woman , it appears, l' a troPe ° member of the Church of R ome , b u t a bju r ed its about a year since.—Kilkenny Modern:lsr. ECCLESIASTIVL DIOCESE OF CHESTER. n v , B o i v. CHRIST CHURCH', TIMPERLEY, PARF3O 0r . P%,.60 0 —The Bishop of Chester has authorised' the Pti b ' isr clti of banns and solemnisation of marriages inAbis c u 'gth in conformity with the provisions of the act of 7 111511 m il vel . Victoria, cap. SG, and' has assigned the fees-to be re — d itr in respect thereof, and all other offices to be per Wo e be d the said church, to the minister thereof for the t in° the ing, with the consent' o f th e R ev. W . H. G; )lVtinii tt i 1 11 ': Vicar of Bowdon (the Bi s h op b e i ng himsa,the Pa sled under the like provisions.. The Bishop has also a f ire ei that baptisms, churchi ngs , an d b ur i a l s ma y be Pe r ` o lill in the said church, - ander the provisions of 1 404 liam IV. cap. 38. PRE FE RME.I . -Trai AND APPOINTI 4 eeee-S. Rev. R. B. Bent,-to the Curacy of St. Nieholso, mouth, Norfolk. , orer tfort Riev..W.Blood, to beChaplai n to th e Marquioor'Mlette 6 Rev. 3. D. Browneo - MA1.,.t0 the Vicarage OP— , Rev. 1 - 1 31) ..B C ..B vv u e r v ne::: . o t . i lr ie e C ln h cn ap m la b in en to ey th e e;: g al NI P ' Rev. that has proceeded to Bermah. Vicarage- 0f Gra" r Rev. C. R. Flint -ULM, to the Rev. H. Hawkins ; ja:k., _,..Tveter College, 0 21 ° r near Nottingham. 4: 1 nt• worth, Lincolnshire. m elt' Curacy of Barking, ilseex. Este Rev. A. Kinlock i .ak., (Madras Ecclesiastrca tie lishment,) to be Chapl a i n a t. Karooptee. J o b' Riv. J. M. Lewes, BA., to the Curacy cf Sheffield. 'lRWa ster' • Reveß.Lloyd, to th e Curacy of Tewkesbureo - shire. I Give shire.. C. J. D. Marsden,. to the Vicarage - th t ! Yorkshire_ a t ° Rev. B. Maturin,. Carate of Riagg eo Curacy of Lymington, Hants. A f ri 5V - iUtr. T. Richardso n , Tit.A., to the Vicara s9 " goord, Pembrokeshire; epee,. Rev. H. M. Roberts, M:A.,. of Magdalen,C°"'" r n o College, Fi e i c m e h g: ee , tri Cambridge, b Gr t ir l d i a e gme : m a ta il or cl st iff hc e eh- 1 00 :Ermary, Oxford. ‘ere eip° W ss . e ß n o d w ers so , n, B to l3 tl: Fe riest Under-litis w- , Rev. J. Rev. B. W. Savile, to near 'Stratton, Cornwall:. ory of coo th"' Devonshire. een to Mte G. W. Shaddoek, Trinity College, Dtt' u "C d 'ffoine'e Mastership of the grammar School, Cavendieh,'''tlL'"' the se ,. ct: Li ntov n rry c e o o l f n t Reg. T. Silvester, M:AteCurate and Lecturer o f oee ingbars, to the Vieerage of that parish. 411tobl Rev. T. Taylor,.to the Rectory of Boscombei — t, A oof Rev. F. C. Thompson,. M A.., to the l'ltcluti"" St: Gdorge, Colegatee Norwich. DM-FORBES, of Beharn e has been appointeat ersl6f e ()Me General Assembly og the Church of .3...oatia n er# . ha Gen ot ed THR,REV. JAMESTAtm..Iate Moderator f n poi Assembly of the Church of Scotland, is ta•Joe "'erg° one of the Royal chaplains for Scotland, ineth o Mearns, deceased. O g re ASCENSION D-ail6.-The Oxford Her - id /At , ' o_„,, was matter of sne g .r e vn n e e d r e a vi l ea re .wat m: parish church, and at all the principal on oro df r o k irvd t in h e a t t hs this festal °l tr i r fe e r li mer glkm o sl c y cas o i b o ne=ament was-celebrated at an early iesr h v oirar Yilar , ja in t t il: b ls:he'st ARCHDEACON DEMSON AND HIS- CLE g :itsjit tl so well-known Tractarian. Archdeacon held v ee ' s ee raeW the clergy at Stogumber, a few miles fronlat t n'op, o o osrongly were the clergy of Ore neighlaourbet - Ado',tl tohim, that theydeelimed to meet him. The t l- ,,otljr - , 1 5 t adjourned the visitation until Wednesday neat. - „ a go" - e 0 he should prior to that time issue legal .citat7o the clergy who had absented themseloresecoraPelli . th ° to attend. —Bristol/ Paper. t hat o f THE Nweeißrsucee OF BORNEO.--lt iS.Statewn' 001 1 „ 0 .. Rev. F. - T. M'Dougal, who will he the ftro m oroler Borneo, and will he consecrated so soon as-til a. plot 's ments for the formation of the bisheprice tA , "If re- o°9 o was formerly a. medical gentleman ,attached' to College Hospital. Mr. M'Dougal: enterorL e "%arf p e orders a few years since, and proceeded as-m' s r he Std Sarawak. He appears to owe his promotion:Wt." e Of recornmaisclatlian of Sir James Et k el t e. r aeet i en ti lat' . Neerlie,rroot. SOCIETY.—At the approaching' it this society, the committee will announce' th gl e r e as '113. 0 ment of the. Right Hon. Lord Robert Grofwe n i el President, hi the room of the-late Earl Shalt° to r tia" . C• following members of the committee Mira by ro r. . 1, 00 G. F. Mathison, Esq. Sir W. Pt Wood ,- ibe e de Colquhows, Esq., and the Rev. C..R. Frahm' Roal P ple new names submitted will be—•tha- Earl doter. Viscount Emlyn, M.P., C; Mt Pullar e Eeqe th Wordsworth, and the Rev. Sir Henry ThornP s°o ' 00 0 ' g 1 et A NEW ORDER OF CI,RRGY.---011/00Ilda.Y Ar e isre.t l °- Hale, in delivering his charge to the elergY , de . _ r atic 4 -tio conviction that the time was come for the rootS iec oO a l e • another order of clergy,, in the form of a su b ' of 14 0 He had reason to believe that,, amongst the 191 1 Y ea r/odes don, as well as in other. parts oil the kingdom' t e a ill t ril ol9, be found many members of the Church enga r g e ` rt oree le o; and professions, and , even of independent t u 0 ,0 0 0 0 0 would be willing, if permitted to do so, to deT ° eich ea . ta their time to the fulfilment cf those duties wodol"fot belong to the deacon's dace, who would not a p9 t t he assemble the poor in some humble oratory g e l eisiA j oir cottages of w h t o h . e w p o o u o l r d . catechise Nothiog the less yo t u h t a h r ; g et te st i : o ? ment of such an order of ministers could rn e e i f e olisiabe of the times., and as they must receive a public volt , Pc;an solemn manner s a new form of ordination AN: t 0 0" SOCIETY FOR PROMOTING THE Brap,":,,,etitib, lost • LAW-LENIENT OF CHURCHES.—The annu9L prve t en; place on Monday afternoon, at the Society Ca"., et Pall-mall, London, his Grace the Areithishoqbisligor bury presiding. There were present the A r t A ' s , p bt York, the Bishops of London, Oxford , S t ' •'' c lifielqtrr i° wich, Gloucester, Bangor, Worcester, and ICotton' 0 4 Hon. and Rev. A. Duncombe, Sir We l3 ,enin e g e r Powis and Howe, Sir W. James, Lor t „,,, oon 3 „; Radstock, and many other gentlemen tr'"' e req applications made to the society during the tbe,, e el and grants were made in 105 cases—being•lt_ue „f'P'coeo tion of 38 additional churches, the rebuild:leTy 0 ,0 1 the enlargement of 49. Altogether, the s6c ee ts, ° l taat 9 i to the church room during the year 31,8 92 s r in nabl o ea, 24,258 were set apart for the use of the por e The et!; 0 0 01 '. including 7,159 for the parochial schools. The alm oile, ee: contributed by the society was £14,600, dies o" 5 35 , ia received by the society last year from its or ,7 e3 etiq e. received ofi underncome‘e a the s , 4Queen's37 l 5 . tee stated that their payments had ext,', e s keetlY ceipts, and trusted that this excess woM" ter of large donations were 15 n ed l t s t. o e, ri i n ri c c i l iu u l-d d ei ee 'r e e d ir:eb t e h l:e f l :ra tie" placed by private munificence , T A E bet% C NC RIR , T HE 1 . 113 °4 th ( luterest : )4 'rue s , " m°4 lder s et, • ni Lt ui plilty , uteli dis