The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser. — Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1845-11-25 00:00:00

TUESDAY MORNING, NOV. 25, 1845 In calling the attention of our readers to the gra tifying meeting of the Liverpool Auxiliary Branch of the Irish Society, held last night, we have to di rect notice particularly—and, as journalists, we do it with a feeling of shame for the discredit cast upon our order,—to a portion of the speech of the Rev. Hugh Nl‘Neile. Speaking of the course taken by the mayor with respect to calling the meeting proposed by a requi sition presented to him from certain parties, the Albion. after complaining of his worship's delay in satisfying their curiosity, and attributing it to the necessity of his consulting the Rev. Hugh M'Neile, says that Having been closeted two hours on Friday with his tutelary genius, he was suddenly in a condition to ex pound to the world his intentions, with such reasons as be and his adviser had concocted during their consultation." We refer to the rev. gentle Man's indignant de nunciation of the conduct imputed to him, as the best answer to this foul libel,—as untrue as it is disgraceful to the utterer. Fie upon our contempo rary ! If journalists cannot conduct their political warfare without outraging truth, they are not wor thy of the position, to which honesty, and the power ful influence which they possess, would speedily raise them. On the 218th ultimo, in commenting upon a partial reverse which the British troops, in New Zealand, had ustained in a conflict with a party of the Natives, under the chief Heki, we brought be fore the attention of the colonial office the de plorably unprotected state of that colony, and the necessity of prompt and vigorous measures, to avert the calamity which we saw impending. In doing this, we adduced, in support of our own views, the opinion of an authority far more capable of forming an accurate judgment upon such a subject, than ourselves,—viz.: that of the hon. and gallant mem ber for Liverpool, Sir Howard Douglas. The ac counts, by the last Indian mail, of a third repulse of the British troops by the natives, more signal and undeniable than either of the former, although still reflecting no stain upon the courage of the British soldier, has unhappily confirmed our worst fears, and established the soundness and season ableness of the warning which Sir Howard, during the debate upon New Zealand, conveyed to her Majesty's ministers. The leading features of the affair is given in our summary Tome of the circumstances ever, are too striking to be passed over t which we gave from Sir Howard ntainted the follow a portion of which, as being very im printed in Italics last month c New Zealand, is in- the interior circurnstal r of the natives if once roused, very considerable in- of other desc ct, that the iptions than infantry re 13 710 insurrection, and de w* why I shonld not t a field yun, nor one South Australian the whole of the .);e is borne out, by ,er, the accounts rst with respect to the -nmand, Colonel Despard states ill not be tl ought that the character don this occasion. One red, fell in the attack, and the top of whir grounds which he has himself given, as influencing him in the course taken, but from other considera tions, which he has not referred to, and which perhaps did not suggest themselves to him, or to those upon whose united judgment and advice we believe he acted—viz., the board of aldermen, sum moned, it is said, by him to consider the requisi tion. It is admitted on all hands that the attention of government, with all the aid of its manifold sources of information, is directed to the duty of as certaining the extent of the evil to be met, and de vising the best measures to be adopted, in the event of such evil being found considerable; and, such be ing the case, we submit that it would have been an act of some presumption, on the part of any com munity, imperfectly informed, and with nothing to guide them but a mass of conflicting statements and opinions, to volunteer to the government advice or dictation on the subject On this ground alone, had there been no other, the Mayor was fully justified in refusing to accede to the prayer of the repisiionists. But there are still more cogent reasons for his pursuing such a course, one of which, indeed, is hinted at with suffi cient clearness, in the concluding paragraph of his reply to the deputation. The requisition presented to him assumes that scarcity of food and, indeed, famine, is impending over the country, arising from the disease in the potatoe crop, and " the deficiency in the wheat crop." But we look in vain for evi dence which can be relied on, to bear out either as sumption. That we have nothing to fear from any deficiency in the supply of bread-stuffs is clear from the stocks of foreign corn which are pouring into the country, and from the declining prices in the home market. And with respect to the extent of the destruction of the potatoe crop, that has yet to be ascertained. Admitting that, in many districts, it has been serious, we must bear in mind that we had this season an excess of crop over that of last year, estimated at upwards of one-fourth, to rely upon ; and, moreover, it is impossible to weigh the evidence presenting itself on every side, and close our eyes to the conviction that the alleged danger has been, and is, exaggerated, for what purposes, or by what party amongst us, we need not suggest. With respect to Ireland, in which a dearth of the principal food of its population—potatoes—would be most seriously felt, the accounts most to he depended upon convey, day by day, matter for increased con fidence. The leading journal of Ireland—the Dublin Evening Mail—whose opinions on the subject we quoted last week, thus reiterated them on Friday last : " We again repeat there is not the slightest prospect even of scarcity. There is a greater quantity of food, fit for use, and, with the Messing of God, will so conti nue, with ordinary precaution, than there has been for the last five years. To be sure, if the wretched and de luded peasantry follow the hellish counses of their mis creant advisers, and leave their crops to rot in the ground, or suffer their potatoes to ferment in the pits, unventi lated, with a view of avoiding the payment of rents, or of assisting in promotine a political and religious movement —as too many of them unfortunately are doing—then, indeed, there may be a deficiency by so much—but there will be no famine." Nor are other witnesses, of unimpeachable credit, wanting. At a meeting of the nobility, gentry, clergy of all denominations, and farmers of the county of Cavan, convened to hear the report of a committee appointed to consider the state of the po tatoe crop and the measures to be taken to arrest the prevailing disease, we find, as the concluding resolu tion, th following, sheaving that, where the peasan try are permitted to help themselves, and not inter fered with by wicked agitators, the prospect of fa mine is very far distant : Finally, we may express our hope that by the diligent use of due means, aided by the wise precautions of go` ...,went, and under the blessing of a bounteous and merciful Providence (blessed with the aid of an otherwise abundant harvest), our country may be spared the miseries of an apprehended scarcity and general distress " A speaker at the same meeting, the Rev. Dr. O'Reilly, whose excellent example and noble senti ments ought not to be lost upon his brethren of the Church of Rome in Ireland, thus expressed himself on the same subject : " He," Dr. O'Reilly, " thought the disease was at a stand, and would depart the land, and that the alarm was abating. Providence, perhaps, had inflicted this punishment on the Irish nation to prove to us that we were one penplc—that the Celt and the Saxon—the Anglo-Norman and the Milesian were mutually dependent the one on the other. He congratulated the noble lord who presided over t`te meeting on the splendid assemblage be had brought together, the most influential that had ever met in that Court-house. Men now stood by his lordship's side who lad been his political opponents—men had ranged themselves around Lord Farnham whom mil lions could not bribe—Nlr. Morton for instance. What had brought this about? Their reliance on his justice and on his integrity—(this sentiment was followed by the loudest and ro , st deafening cheers from all parts of the Court-house.") _ _ The Nanagh Guardian, of Saturday, says— ' That the diseaEe in the potato crop has been very ge neral, is indisputabie, but that it will tend to a scarcity of food, or even the most distant prospect of a famine in the land, is totally impossible. In our district, though there may be a taint in a portion of the crop, it does not affect it to such an extent, as to prevent its being used as food at the present time, but whether that which is so tainted, would keep for any length of time, is yet to be ascertained. There is no panic, nor seeming alarm now ; and we have every confident hope, that the sound portion of the potato crop, in North Tipperary, will more than suffice for all the purposes required. Our markets are well supplied, and prices are moderate." A Belfast paper, of last week, says— " The reports from Fermanagh are generally f,vour able, and the same may be said of Derry and Tyrone ; so that on the whole, the ' leaguers' are taking nothing by . their outcry of famine. The bubble has burst, and that has now been discovered by the people rencrally." We have similar accounts from many other counties. The alarm is past. The disease is being practically dealt with ; and is found capable of being arrested and, in future, prevented. Surely, then, this is not a time, by public free trade meetings, and their usual display of ignorance and pretension, to spread idle panic abroad, and, by holding out fallacious hopes of assistance from legislative enactments, to arrest exertion and the adoption of those practical measures, by which energetic and industrious men can best surmount the admitted difficulties of their position. TO CORRESPONDENTS. The attempt of " A Dissenter" to scold our worthy diocesan is almost as ridiculous as the Mercury delivering an essay on "Christian union " The lines of " H. C." are not altogether devoid of merit, but they do not come up to the " Standard." We should have been glad to have given insertion to the letter of " Veritas," but we think it would defeat his object. His letter, as it stands, is anything but a eulo Aum, for which, we presume, he intended it. We would recommend him to have nothing to do with the cther matter to which he alludes. R. C. ought to have communicated to us his name in confidence We can never invert a narrati n of facts without some clue to obtain a proof of them in case of subsequent inquiry. The Albion itself corre:ts the apparent contradiction in our last, as to the Mayor's contribution at St. Peter's church. The information we received as to that contribution being equal to the donation usually given by his predecessors, was re ceived from the authorities at the Blue School some time after the article was written, which stated that we had " no infor mation on the subject." r itiberpool g77,tanbarl. attending, hov The extr Dougl S speec portant midable ; and iasreq to suppre sultory m now state the How rer the circumstan before us gc force under Ins cc in his despatch,— of the Britis third of the during thy of exceeding een engaged carrying )ns against this place, one-fourth of the whole British soldiers under my command (ori. 90) have been either killed or I force; an iy thin strength of ginally wounded This is certainly cruel parsimony, only calculated to invite defeat, and to sacrifice brave men. And again, with respect to the nature of the force which Sir Howard declared to be insufficient, as well as its number; we find that, to effect the destruction of les, in the' erection and use of which the )ear as expert as Europeans, well found y were found to be indispen - sible; and for the want of this arm of warfare the attack upon this stockade failed. Col. Despard writes : brought with me from vefor breaching, from their very frequently upset from their tin Johnson, of her Majesty's of his heavy guns, which o the camp, a distance of 15 t execrable roads, with great 10th ; And during that day a ' of a hill on the right of hill was occupied by our Auckland quite ineffe defective carriages, a own firing, I requested tap ship Hazard, to send me of was ac ought up t over mos our pos : tribe." ally, IN ~pie and his . And from this single gun—which, by the bye, was once, during the attack, in the hands of the enemy, for want of a sufficient British force to enable the Colonel to spare a picket to guard it—only 26 shots were able to be fired upon the stockade. The re sult was a determination to attack and scale the fort at once—no practicable breach having been effected —and the poor fellows composing the British force, elate in the confidence of their superior discipline, and despising their cpposing enemy, advanced to the attack. How they were met again the Colonel shall himself detail : "When the advance was sounded, they rushed forward in the most gallant and daring manner, and every endea vour was made to pall the stockade down. They partially succeeded in opening the outer one, but the inward one resisted all their efforts, and being lined with men firing through loopholes on a level with the ground, and from others - were falling so fast that, not- is made to p (.liacte down. They partially Some two months ago, one-half of the population - I in openir - hut the inward one of this country were said to be labouring under ' , eir effo • ' men firing aberration of mind—a railway-projecting and rail '-s on way-speculating fever. Merchants had forsaken our mer, their usual speculations by sea and land, traders and ri shopkeepers their counters and their stock ; lawyers :'..y N A iii had laid down their quills; and even clerks and ,d hat office-boys, butlers and footmen, were, for a time, force v above attending to their ordinary avocations, and g like were preparing to become millionaires. Railway hough h shares, or railway scrips, were the objects of univer- E 1 so. sal pursuit ; and the postman's double knock at the dwell long door, with a letter of allotment, was as welcome an country's hi event, and esteemed as valuable a windfall, as the . every British news of an unexpected legacy, or the arrival from as evincing th India of some long unheard-of uncle, with half a perseverance, t liver and sundry bags of rupees to spend or leave Jal the troops of : amon g his relations. Alas, for the vanity of worldly ,wever, again urge anticipations !—this dream of gratified avarice has ealand upon Goverr vanished and "left not a wreck behind," except t allow the livcs of he numerous pieces of paper or parchment,—which ,ced, but will demand z men thought were as good as acres of green field lavigilolhatlOll 111 our 1..,0 or citable, lows of neat villas or thriving shops, — or past treatment of Nev and various unsatisfied debts and pressing creditors. .4 led to the calamities whit The world was mad, we repeat, in those days— unequivocally mad; but we question if it is in a per- We :abstained last week from expressing fully fectly sane state yet. We are afraid, indeed, that our opinion, with respect to the propriety of holding the bulk of cur late excited speculators have only the public meeting, which his worship the Mayor exchanged the form of their mania, and passed from was requested to convene, on the subject of the delirium to utter prostration of mind. Like the sick anticipated scarcity of food. The following is his Bacchanal, we reject with loathing, in the morning of worship's reply to the requisition : partially awakened reason, the draught which fren- Town-hall, 21st Nev. 1845. zied us in the evening of our distempered folly. We SlR, — The requisition presented yesterday by yourself, are rushing as madly into the excess of fear, as we Mr. Thornley, Mr. James Mulleneux, and Mr. Mellor, lately indulged in excess of confidence and hope; requesting me to call a public meeting of the inhabitants and are as ready to throw away, to-day, for anything of the borough, " to discuss and determine what steps should be taken to alleviate, and, as far as p ossible, to or nothing, the very property, or its repre sen t a tive, prevent, that distress which threatens . o overtake a large of which yesterday we were in such hot chase. and helpless portion of our fellow-subjects, arising from Everything in the shape of shares or scrip —bad, the failure of the potato crop, and the injury done to the good, or indifferent—we are getting rid of, or striv wheat crop," has had my best consideration, and as the to do so, and with perfect recklessness as to the con result, I offer, in reply, that, as the distress apprehended sequences to ourselves or our neighbours. If, in from the la men t a bl e di sease an d waste in the potato is at this time especially engaging the attention and considers- short, we were mad a couple of months ago—a fact Lion of her Majesty's responsible advisers, it would seem we are not disposed to deny altogether—it is per to me, pending their investigation and deliberations, pre- fectly clear that we are now as mad as ever, our mature to call a meeting of the inhabitants of the borough frenzy having only taken a different direction. Our for public discussion on the subject; and I therefore feel first state was the m adness whi c h leads on a forlorn cons trained to withhold compliance with the request to that effect, made to me in the requisition. hope against an impregnable fortress ; our present At the Same time, I would offer my assurance, that if state that of a flying army, which throws away, in the apprehended distress should unhappily assume an its headlong career, musket and knapsack, cloak aspect of certainty,—when the channels are manifest and coat, that it may g et further from an enemy through which aid can be most effectually and advantage- which—being one of bricks or stone and m o rtar ously given,--I shall be prompt to :promote any measure calculated to afford substantial relief. only—cannot pursue. In adopting this course, lam relieved by the assurance, We have a word or two to say to our fellow that the cause of humanity is in no way involved, since happily, there is no present want of sustenance for the if , otintrymen on the subject of this last headlon g foll y , m. Sir, they can:cool themselves down sufficiently to li s t en poor. I a Your most obedient servant, to us ; and first we would address ourselves to those DAVID HODGSON, Mayor. most lamentably infected with the prevailing panic, William Brown, Es q. viz :—the holders of scrips i n the newl y p ro j ected We cordially agree in the propriety of the undertakings. A and B, we will assume, have em decision come to by his worship; not only on the barked their money in this description of securities wusc daring acts of bravery, and the greatest perseverance, they were obliged to retire." Sir Howard was not lin error, in his 'sstimation, of the " character and habits" of the New Zealand ers, and the kind of force which it would require "to suppress anything like a general insurrection" i amongst them, although her Majesty's advisers ap pear to have been so. We will not dwell longer upon this melancholy chapter in our country's history,—a chapter never theless which every British soldier may look upon with pride, as evincing the national courage and uuflinching perseverance, under difficulties, which would appal the troops of any other nation. We must, however, again urge the critical position of New Zealand upon Government. The country will not allow the livcz of her brave sons to be thus sacrificed, but will demand a searching remedy for Lito ataoigatithauun in our uoioniat policy, aisplayea in our past treatment of New Zealand, and which has led to the calamities which we deplore. like a g and I THE LIVERPOOL gi PANDARD. or adventures. As sensible men, we may also pre- ' sume that they exercised some small amount of dis cretion in selecting the particular undertaking into which they entered. Perhaps, they are also satisfied as to its ultimate value as an investment, and its prospect of getting through Parliament. Yet A and B are pressing to sell at any price and any sacrifice. Why ? " Oh, the market is down; everything is down ; every one is selling and nobody is buying." What a time to sell! We should say that such was a time in which above all others sensible men ought not to sell. Yet an indefinite fear presses upon their minds and they do sell, or rather they throw away property, of whose ultimate value they are confident. Now, surely a moment's calm reflection might convince such men that they are acting as suicides, in the course they are pursuing—that they are actu ally creating the very depression by which they are themselves the sufferers, and playing into the hands of the cunning people behind the scenes, who work the wires, or shuffle the cards, and will ultimately profit by and laugh at their dupes. A moment's reflection will tell them that every holder of shares, who abstains from forcing them upon the market, relieves the pressure by which prices are forced down. In the meantime many influences are in operation, by which the value of legitimate under takings will be advanced. The thirtieth of Novem ber will test the condition of a great portion of the new and worthless schemes, and, by showing their want of preparation for Parliament, sweep them, for a time, from the market. The thirty-first of De cember will weed them out still further. Then comes, most likely early in January, the payment of the ten per cent. deposit into the hands of the Ac countant-General—an operation which a whole host of schemes will find themselves unable to accom plish. In the meantime, scrips eat no corn or hay ; they are subject to no further calls ; and, relieved from the mass of lumber with which they are now surrounded, any man of ordinary judgment or discretion must see that they will rally in price—not perhaps to the height which imprudent speculation recently raised them, but, at all events, to such an extent as to enable them to he marketed, if not at a profit, at all events at something very materially less than the ruinous loss which would attend a sale at the present moment. With respect to the holders of shares in under takings which are, unfortunately, not of such bond ,fide character, we say to them also—be prudent, and not overhasty. It is a great question whether the bulk of such undertakings ever come before Parlia ment at all; and we should not wonder, as soon as the lawyers, engineers, secretaries, and provisional committeemen, have got all that they can out of the money of the shareholders, to see those very parties the first to propose a division of the funds unex pended. But they will first get hold of as many shares as they can at a nominal price for frightening their owners into selling. Be on the watch for this " rig." It has been practised before, and will be again. In conclusion, caution, forbearance towards those whose eagerness has led them too far, and patience, are the only means to bring the country through its temporary difficulties, and to avert a vast amount of individual ruin. We have given, in another column, our reasons for coinciding with his worship the Mayor, in de clining, at the present moment, to act upon the re quisition presented to him last week; but we feel hound to add a few remarks as to the object of the parties who originated the proceeding. The Ra dical press, one and all, declared that e movement was to be one altogether apart from politics or party, one of pure and disinterested humanity, in which Conservative and Radical could alike join. Many influential Conservatives. it was said, had signed the requisition. Yet how singular that the deputation to the Mayor consisted of " Liberals" exclusively— corn-law repealers exclusively—members of the league exclusively ! Sure one of the respectable Conservatives, wno are stated to have signed the re quisition, could have been won over to go a little further, and assist at its presentation. This, of it self, was suspicious, and his Worship must have thought it so, had no concurrent evidence offered to strengthen his doubts of the absence of political mo tives and views on the part of the requisitionists, . . We are, ourselves, however, in a position to prove that, at the very time when the requisitionists were protesting to the public that their object was one of pure philanthropy— one which all parties could join in promoting—whilst declaring that the meeting was to be held for the purpose only of " discussing" and " considering" the steps to he taken, the result of all this discussion and consideration had already been settled to be a petition to government for the immediate opening of the ports ! Let the following narration of facts prove the truth of our statement. On the evening preceding our last publication, at a very late hour, we were waited upon by a party, bringing with him an advertisement, dated from the aristocratic region of Royal Bank uildings, of the requisition to the Mayor, for which, as he declined stating the quarter from which it emanated, he paid at the counter. He requested, moreover, the in sertion in our columns of a leading article which he brought with him, ready cut and dried, by some would be amateur editor. Of course, we could not permit any amateur to pass off his own opinions as ours, but we agreed to read over the production in question, and it was accordingly left with us. We found it, as we might have anticipated, full of very plausible professions as to the object of the meeting —its absence of all party motives and other similar clap-traps—but what was our amazement to find it wind up with the following admission of a foregone conclusion, as to the result to which the meeting was to come ! The public may judge for itself : "This, we repeat, is a question of humanity, and does not involve the principle of the corn-law—the events which have called for its temporary suspension being themselves evanescent—and therefore, forming no argument for its total repeal." The meeting was called to "discuss" what steps shoutd be taken to alleviate the alleged distress; but here it is plainly stated that " events"—what events ? " have called for"—what do our readers think—for liberal and immediate contribution—oh ! no such thing, but for the "temporary suspension of the corn laws." The parties knew well that the Standard is always the first to render its influential aid in furthering the cause of bond fide humanity ; but they sadly mistook our penetration when they imagined that, thro' the plausible pretext of forwarding the interests of hu manity, they could make our columns the vehicle of advocating a virtual repeal of these laws. The trap, then, was here set for us to fall into ; and we can well imagine the chuckling and tittering of the anti-monopoly association, if, by any oversight, we had become the victims of such a manoeuvre. Happily, we knew the character of the party with whom we had to deal, and, when ever the proposed meeting may take place, and un der what ever professions its object may be sought to be veiled, we trust that nor Conservative fellow townsmen will be equally on their guard. If our excellent friends of the " Liberal" party have any real feeling of compassion towards the poor, for whom they prophesy a famine during the approaching winter, let them come forward with some honest measure, in which their fellow towns men, of all classes and shades of opinion, can join them, without forfeiting their consistency—a sub scription for instance. The following may be an example for them : " Among the contributors to the subscriptions, raised by the landlords of Kerry for the relief of the peasantry, are Lord Kenmare, who heads the list with the munifi cent donation of £3,000 ; Mr. Herbert, of Muckross, £1,500; Mr. John O'Connell, of Grena, (brother to the " Liberator," who has not as yet subscribed sixpence,) £5OO ; Sir Thomas Herbert, K.C.8., £5OO ; Mr. Galway, the high sheriff of the county, £5OO ; and several gentle men for sums varying from £3OO to £100." Whether they will pursue this course we are not as yet advised. A whole column of the Albion, of yesterday, devoted to the subject, full of professions of " humanity" and " charity," and deploring the coming " famine," winds up with the very meagre information that, if a meeting should be resolved to be called by the requisitionists themselves, " they will leave no room"—for famine ? for extensive suffer ings of the poor ? not at all—" they will leave no room to doubt what are the opinions of the people of Liverpool, on the responsibility of her Majesty's ad visers, at this awful crisis !" We learn, however, that at a meeting held yesterday, the question of meeting, or no meeting, was finally settled. The would-be exclusively philanthropic of Liverpool are to meet on Friday, when, we trust, they will do them selves and the town immortal honour, and shine forth to the world as patterns of munificence towards their poorer fellow-creatures, not by passing me morials to the government to open the ports, or to suspend the operation of the corn-laws, but by con tributing liberally to alleviate the alleged distressing famine. How rejoiced we shall be when we see the subscription, which, notwithstanding the Albion's twaddle about her Majesty's ministers, will no doubt be originated, headed by such names and amounts as the following : Thomas Thornley, Esq., M.P., . £boo William Brown, Esq., . ~. 500 James Mullineux, Esq., .. 500 James Mellor, Esq., 5OO &c., &c. _ The names of our Liberal contemporaries would no doubt swell the list—say The Mercury, The Albion,... • . • . The Times,. . •• . .• . The Journal, _ £lOO 50 50 50 And we venture to promise that, from such a movement, the Conservative gentry, merchants, and tradesmen of the town, including his Worship the Mayor, would not be found hanging back. COTTON MARKET, NOV. 24, 1845. The last advices from the States caused at first a kind of panic amongst holders of cotton and caused them to press their stocks upon the market, yet, strange to say, the reaction came the following day, and now buyers can not do so well. Several speculators came in and have operated largely. To-day the sales reach 7000 bales, 3000 of them on speculation. Fortunately for consumers prices are low and the stock is large; and although the bulk of it is held at somewhat higher than current rates, yet, in any event, the generally received opinion is, that should things assume a warlike aspect a very small comparative rise in prices would keep the market well supplied and give buyers plenty of choice for some time to come. THE PUBLICANS AND MR. RATHBONE.—When we first made known to the public the manner in which a deputation, composed of members of this body (pub licans) were received by the very " liberal" member for Vauxhall werd, our polite and most veracious contempo rary. the Mercury, characterised our statements as ' an entire falsehood"—from which it was to be inferred that that there had been neither deputation nor insult, and perhaps Wm. Rathbone himself was a fiction. Last week nur contemporary qualified his contradiction. There was a deputation, and there is such a personage as Wm. Rathbone ; but one of that deputation, a Mr. Mitchell, of Broad Green, our contemporary asserted had called upon us, and denied that any insult had been offered to them. Upon this, the Mercury, of course, was shocked at want of candour and fairness. Now for the fact. Mr. Mitchell did call. We ourselves did not see him, or know that he had called. Therefore, if his statement invalidated ours, we were not wilfully erring in making it. We learn, however, from the gentleman in our office, whom Mr. Mitchell did see, that he did not contradict the facts of our statement. He only said that "he did not hear the expressions used which we attributed to Mr. Rathbone." Members of the depu tation, however, more than bear out our original state ment. the only variation being that though publicans, they did not wait upon Mr. Rathbone as members of the Licensed Victuallers' Protective Society, but as electors of Lime-street Ward. We are sick of such miserable quibbling. THE RAILWAY BUSINESS OF THE NEXT SESSION. — In the Gazette of Friday, the last day on which notices of application to parliament can appear for the first time, the astonishingly large number of 269 railways advertised their intention of proceeding the ensuing session. This, with 390, which had previously appeared, makes up 659 schemes upon which parliament will have to adjudicate. In addition, notices for 82 lines have been published in the Dublin Gazette—in all 711 for the united kingdom ! Of course this includes both old companies applying for branches and old and new for amalgamations. But, de ducting these, and the large number which we have still to s..e break down, for want of time to deposit plans, books of reference, &c., it is clear that parliament will have es much business to do in railway legislation alone as would occupy three or four ordinary sessions. We ought to mention, however, the certainty that many of the schemes will fail in raising the required ten per cent. for the Accountant General, which will so far relieve the hands of parliament. Many of these have given their notices, although their shares are only just allotted, and, in the present state of the money market, have not a shadow of a chance of getting even as much paid up as will satisfy the lawyers and engineers. Then we have the standing orders, through which, from the description of surveyors, &c., which companies, in their eagerness to get forward, have been tempted to employ, not more than a quarter of the new schemes are likely to get in safety. Altogether we doubt if—deducting the old companies go ing for branches, amalgamations, &c.—more than a hun dred competitors for the time of parliament will come to the post. The steam-ship Caledonia, with the American mail of the 16th inst., may be expected to arrive here on Sunday. Lady Ravensworth died on Saturday, at Ravensworth Castle, Durham, in her 75th year. Lady Holland left Lord John Russell an annuity of £2,000 as an expression of her ladyships esteem. Duke Ferdinand and his son, Prince Leopold of Saxe Coburg, left Plymouth Sound for Lisbon in the Black Eagle Admiralty steam-yacht on Friday. The subject for the English essay at Trinity College, Cambridge, this year, is " Rome in the time of Augustus compared with London in the nineteenth century." The Commissioners appointed by government for con sidering all matters connected with the Irish potatoe crop held their first meeting, in Dublin, on Friday. CORN IMPORTATIONS.—During the week more than 80 vessels, corn laden, have arrived in the port of Gloucester, principally from Ireland. Two gentlemen have already paid £lOO a piece, rather than fill the office of Mayor of Stockton during the ensu ing year. The annual meeting of the Manchester Operative Protestant Association will f - ,e held on Thursday next. The Rev. R. J. M`Ghee will be one of the speakers. Neither the Great Britain nor Great Western will cross the Atlantic this season again, and the Halifax boats will run only once a month during the winter. The collection at Christ Church, London, in support of the Church Missionary Society, on Sunday week, after two sermons by the Rev. Hugh Stowell, M.A., amounted to £135 4s. The promoters of the association for " Christian Union" intend to hold s public meeting on Tuesday the 16th De cember. It is said that several clergymen of the Estab lished Church will address the assembly. IMPORTANT TO RAILWAY SOLICITORS.—The Board of Trade, by the direction of the law officers of the crown, will receive plans and maps, which by the standing orders of parliament must be deposited at that board, up to 12 at night, on Sunday, the 30th instant. COMMITMENT. —Yesterday, at the Police-court, a youth named John Bluneell was committed for trial, for stealing an empty rum puncheon, worth 15s. He was found rolling it along Vauxhall-road, and, being ques tioned, ran off, but was soon afterwards apprehended. The Church and Stale Gazette announces on autho rity which it states to be indisputable, that one of the Chaplains of the Bishop of London is on the point of being admitted into the Romish Church. Surely such an event will arouse the too-indulgent bishop. CHARGE OF FORGERY.—Placards have been posted in this town, offering a reward of £lOO for the apprehen sion—or such information as may lead thereto—of Wil liam Hope Lyon, lately a cotton broker here, and who is charged with having committed extensive forgeries, after which he absconded, and has not since been heard of. THE LORD CHANCELLOR.—We regret to hear this morning from Turville-park that Lord Lyndhurst is in a much more nrecarious state than is stated by our London contemp - Sri's. If what we have heard be correct, and we see no reason to doubt it, there is but little hope of his Lordship's eventual recovery.— Berks Chron. of Sat. THE DISPENSARIES.—The liberal contributions in aid of the exhausted funds of this excellent charity are ex tremely gratifying, but the institution is, notwithstanding the public generosity, still, we believe, in debt, and we trust, therefore, that the appeal of the committee will meet with yet further subscriptions, to place them in a❑ efficient position for meeting the inclemency of the ap proaching season. SHAREBROKERS' ASSOCIATION.— We understand that there were upwards of two hundred appiicants for the situation of Secretary to the Liverpool Stock Exchange, which has just been filled up. The successful candidate is, we believe, Mr. Scrivener, the manager of the British Iron Works at Ruabon, and author of a valuable statis tical work connected with the iron trade. The salary is £BOO per annum. Mohun Lal has returned from his continental trip. In Berlin their Majesties the King and Queen of Prussia treated him with marked distinction and kindness : he was invited to dinner by his Majesty, who had a long and very intimate conversation with him. The British ambas sader, Lord Westmoreland, and his lady, presented him with their portraits, as a token of their regard to him. Mohun Lal has been made an honorary member of the Oriental Club, and also of the Royal Victoria Yatch Club, in Ryde. ST. PAUL'S SCHOOLS.—From an advertisement in another column, it will be seen that the Rev. J. Cor deaux and the Rev. T. Nolan are to occupy the pulpit of St. Paul's Church, on Sunday next, in behalf of the schools connected with that church. We regret to learn that the funds of that charity are at a very low ebb, and that great exertions must be made to maintain the schools in their present efficiency. The situation of the school rooms is in Hackins Hey, a place, which, it will be at once seen, is admirably calculated to suit the convenience of the dense population lying around it. It is earnestly hoped that benevelent Christians will come forward li berally to aid the ministers in this work of faith and la bour of love. The character of the gentlemen who have so kindly engaged to preach on the occasion, together with the urgent claims of the charity, will. it is hoped, ensure a large and liberal audience. The choir at the church is, we undnrstand,:an excellent one. DESPERATE OUTRAGE.—A private letter thus speaks of the attempt to assassinate Sir Francis Hopkins on the 18th inst., near Mullingar:—" Sir Francis is a constant resident ; always busily employed in endeavouring to im prove the agriculture of the country, in which and among his tenantry he spares neither pains nor money. He is a fine stout fellow. He bad just got out of his carriage at about half-past 12 o'clock the night before last, at his own hall-door. One ruffian let fly the contents of a gun at him, not six yards from him, and missed him, lodging 18 balls and slugs in the door. He rushed at another fel low in the shooter's company, and knocked him down with his fist. The other then came to his rescue, and Sir Francis knocked him down, whereupon the first fel low snapped a pistol at his breast ; it did not go off, but with it he struck Sir Francis on the head and cut him severely. The shot had frightened the horse which was in Sir Francis's brougham ; but upon its being pulled up and turned by the coachman, the cowardly assassins ran off. One of them has since been taken, identified by Sir Francis, and committed to gaol. He is a man from whom Sir Francis had taken up a farm, having given him full compensation for it." ANNUAL MEETING OF THE IRISH SOCIETY Yesterday evening, the anniversary meeting of the members and friends of the Liverpool Auxiliary, of this society, was held at the Royal Amphitheatre, which was crowded to excess, by what may be termed a brilliant as semblage. On the platform were many of our most dis tinguished clergy with gentlemen of the town and neigh bourhood, and as those entered who were recognized, they were received with tokens of the warmest welcome. The Rev. Dr. TATTERSHALL was called to the chair, and the proceedings were opened by an impressive and appropriate prayer, from the Rev. H. Carpenter. The CHAIRMAN then rose amidst much applause, and said it would not be necessary for him to occupy much time with any preliminary remarks ; but he must be per mitted to make one or two observations, in consequence of of a resolution (a very wise one he thought,) of the com mittee of the Liverpool Auxiliary to the Irish Society. The committee had felt it their duty, as much as possi ble, to economize the funds at their disposal ; and, there fore, they had determined not to present, for the purpose of its being printed, any report of their proceedings du ring the past year, but they had desired him simply to make a a very brief statement of their proceedings. The society was an association for the purpose of supporting Scripture readers and teachers to instruct the Irish through their own language ; and it had, at present, upwards of 670 Irish teachers employed, and paid by the society. There were, at present, upwards of 1400 oscholars, the great majority of whom were adults, receiving instructions in the Irish Scriptures, through the instrumentality of the society—(hear)—and many details respecting the pro ceedings, would, no doubt, be heard by the meeting, in the course of the addresses that would be delivered. He must also inform the meeting that there was au Irish reader employed in the same manner in this town among the Irish speaking Roman Catholics, whose salary was paid out of the funds of the society. As to the funds of the Parent Society, he did not precisely know what they were, but be knew the contributions from the Auxiliary, during the past year, had been to such an amount that he wished he dared to hope something of the same nature should be presented at this anniversary. (Hear.) Last year the amount collected in Liverpool for this society was £1687 19s. 7d. (loud cheers)—a magnificent sum (hear); but £lOOO of it was the munificent donation of one individual (hear, hear), vshich came into the hands of the society through the hands of his respected brother, Mr. M`Neile. (Cheers.) Most glad should he (the chairman) be if he could venture to hope there would be another donation of £lOOO this year, or any number of donors who would make up that, or a larger amount. (Hear, hear.) At all events, he hoped something would arise from this meeting with which the friends of the society would have reason to be gratified. (Hear.) The Rev. chairman added a few further observations, and concluded by calling upon Mr. Carpenter to read the accounts. Mr. CARPENTER read the treasurer's statement, from which it appeared that the income had been to the amount stated by the chairman, and that after paying the expenses, a large balance had been remitted to the Parent Society. The Rev. F. PARRY,Of St. Clement's, Windsor, rose to move the first resolution, which, he stated, he had unex pectedly been requested to propose, but as he knew it would be ably seconded he should not expatiate. He felt it a high honour and gratification to be called upon to undertake the office, for he believed that no institution connected with the sister country, bad stronger claims than this upon their sympathy and support. The object of the society was to make known the Word of God, and bring it home to the minds and hearts of two millions of people who knew no other language than the Irish. The love of mother-tongue was natural to all, but to the Irish speaking population, it not only spoke to their hearts, but was music to their ears. (Hear.) He here related an auedote illustrative of this fact. An old man, a mendicant of more than ordinary respectablity in that country, (where the class are generally kindly received in country places,) went to a farm-house. A clergyman was at time about to read to the assembled a chapter from the Word of God. The old man took his seat amongst them, but during the reading and after it, he manifested great apathy and indif ference. A thought immediately occurred to the clergy man (though the old man understood English pretty well) theta bettereffect might be produced upon him by reading it in Irish, which he accordingly did. Almost immedia tely after he had commenced, the old man's attention became rivetted, and towards the close he clasped his hands, bent his knees, and, kneeling down with emotion, offered up an humble aspiration to heaven. The language had that peculiar charm that softened his heart ; and this furnished but one instance of many that might be adduced showing that if they wished to make their meaning known, it must be conveyed in the language best known and ap preciated by the objects of their sympathy. It would often occur, no doubt, that mistakes, sometimes ludicrous, would arise from parties, not well versed in a peculiar language somewhat new to them, addressing those who knew it better, and on the other hand by others mis-applying what they were told from similar causes. A young girl, in the service of an Irish farmer, and who spoke only Irish, was required to go to a market town to sell butter, where English was generally spoken, and it became necessary for the farmer to instruct her. She was especially enjoined not to say more or less than she was told. She was told that the first question that would be put to her would no doubt be, " Well my girl, what have you got in your basket ?" —to which she must reply, " Butter." She would next be asked how much a pound she wanted for it, and must answer, " Fourteen pence." "Oh !" would be the likely rejoinder, you must take less than that,"—to which she must reply, she could not take a farthing less. He would next say, " Then I won't have it," to which she must reply, " If you won't, somebody else will." Thus tutored she went on her way, and soon met a menet the market who accosted her thus, " How do you do ?"—to which the in stant reply was " butter !" He next asked, thinking she had not distinctly heard him, " What it is o'clock," and she replied, " Fourteen pence a pound !" The man then said, " You are making tun of me !" She replied, " Not a farthing less." The man, enraged, exclaimed " Get out of my way or I'll knock you down," to which she replied, with her usual simplicity, " If you won't somebody else will." (Great laughter.) Though, however, such mis takes might occur, the serious object they had in view was not a subject for risibility, and it must be prosecuted with becoming feelings of solemnity and devotion. The resolution he was appointed to propose was to the effect that the Irish society, being peculiarly adapted for the objects in view, was deserving of the cordial support of all who were desirous of promoting religious instruction amongst the Irish people; and it also embraced the names of the gentlemen proposed to be of the commit tee for the ensuing; year, which he read. He felt that it was unnecessary to speak in behalf of the motion, for it spoke eloquently of itself, They were all deeply interested in the welfare of the poor Irish, and ought to lend the means that were wanted to attain that end. Much had been said about " Justice to Ireland," and many were the opinions as to /bat it really was. Some thought it was the support of the National Board of Education ; others that this would not ~ be justice. Some thought it would be to endow the Roman Catholic clergy, which others utterly denied. And no doubt, just now that O'Connell was receiving his rent, he would think as he pocketed it that that was the only true justice to Ireland. (Laughter.) But he would remind them that our Eng lish forefathers were the men who unhappily first intro duced Popery into Ireland. In doing so, they did a great wrong to that country, both in the eyes of God and man ; and what the British community ought now to do was, as far as possible:to remedy and redeem that grievous wrong (hear, hear.) by introducing true religious educa tion amongst the people. That alone he would call "Justice to Ireland." (Loud cheers.) The Rev. DENNIS BROWN, Rector of Enniscorthv, Ireland, seconded the motion, and in doing so, showed the importance and necessity of teaching the Irish people the precepts of religion in a language which they best un derstood, and in a language dear to their hearts— their own native tongue. There were in lreland, as they were no doubt aware, about two millions of the people who spoke the Irish language, of that number half a mil lion spoke no other, and the other million and haf I spoke English as well as Irish. Now with respect to the reli gion of this great population, it was almost exclusively Roman Catholic—a population living in a state of great ignorance and superstition, and in a state that must pro duce feelings of compassion among those who know the immense value of immortal souls. (Hear.) The great object of the Irish Society was, in the first place, to bring the scriptures to bear upon this mass of people, for it was the conviction of his own mind that the great and exclu sive instrument which the Lord made use of for the con version of souls was his own inspired word, and therefore it was that they were most anxious to have the Bible exten sively circulated throughout the whole country. (Cheers.) The next object of the society was to convert their souls, not merely to convert them from the Roman Catholic religion to Protestantism, but to turn them from dark ness into light—from the power of Satan to God—to re ceive the salvation freely offered by Jesus Christ. And would just mention one other object of the society, which was to bring the Christians in connection with the Church of England (loud cheers) that when they were brought to Christ, they should be instructed in the principles of that church. In order the more effectually to accomplish this, they found it necessary to adopt the use of the Irish language, which was still dear to them, and which they used in the scriptures, in the schools, and in preaching the gospel. (Cheers.) During the past year the society had circulated 299 copies of the scriptures in the Irish language, 1354 testaments, and 5228 portions of scrip ture. There were in the schools 14,471 pupils under in struction, of whom about 8,000 were adult Roman Ca tholics receiving instruction in their native tongue. (Applause.) Through the operations of the society, Roman Catholics had been converted to the truth—many were living in the faith, and he had no doubt many were now before the throne of God rejoicing in his salvation. (Cheers.) The rev. gentleman then alluded to the fact of his having visited about thirteen years ago the town of Daigh, in the county of Kerry, in company with the Rev. John Gregg, when they met with great opposition, and by a gentteman then present, but who had since be come a convert from Rome, and who would relate to the n - .eeting wnat were the operations of the society in that district. (Cheers.) The resolution was then put to the meeting and carried unanimously, after which a collection was made in behalf of the Society, The CHAIRMAN then announced, and the announce ment was received with loud cheers, that the following collections had been made on Sunday for the same object : St. Andrew's. St. Bride's... St Clement's St. David's.. St. Jude's St. Michael's St. Saviour's St. Silas'.... £75 0 0 47 0 0 17 0 0 7 1 3 .... 60 5 5 .... 15 3 6 .... 10 14 9 .... 15 8 0 Total. tawas( lies heulbetveoaoremureuwrstd:ne rowoscepworhskihef.ece:e(ttOoefvenescirhenaoiegtres. coditcwaroreellienhjbst ihfnencfataeaulv. swassaseasea. . f Vent" The Rev. THOMAS MORIARTY, CLICSIS . o had great near Dingle, proposed the next resolution. believed would do their best for the Society, because he 0, his it was for the temporal as well as spiritual good c.e. ' native land. They had been told that the So i, e0 75 i p t le w a a su s r a e i w n o s r a d yi f n o g r aword Ireland.in be(hcahlefeorfst.)he SHoectliteertuys,tbeedcges; a f i o rip r soh t r h ii e ohn b n e t nefit of the people of Ireland who IC consequenc iV e iht o o f w t euP a blished prejudiced against Protestantism and the est , church, the En g li because sh lang i n t a h g a e d . always Ti)e b Irisheen pr people presented understood i their l prejudices. r o ej necessary udicEe su.gliThes English r as Irish w anothereii 1 as I s s P i f t e l , s i bw ° F r et i dence in the Protestant religion when brougl:' s' `ore cons in the language of this country, but they had every . e ... 0 fidence in it when brought before them around which their hearts cling. (Cheers.) H is e a nd trymen were anxious to learn the English lang uafgor' this they made use of it for all purposes necessary r gnarl life, but all their devotion was Irish, and he neve" The an Irishman who did not say his prayers inifish6ct of rev. gentleman then related an instance of the e more preaching the gospel in Irish, and observed if it were Lr te d generally done, much of the prejudice which now es e ' s ' eut against Protestantism would be removed. At 13 „ r ein edl the Irish dressed up a horrid monster which theY . ; t h e ? Protestantism, and then ran away from it as fast:._ ow st could; but when it was brought before them in tb„tr, stess native strains, if they did not join the ranks of rru s , t ,, tantism, they at least learned to treat it with resPf7Ott t e h d a had to I . o t he es u t l o h n e fi: " ta eons (Applause.) He then alluded to the peculiar ad " of the society to the people for whose benefit it was erally stituted, and observed that if this were more ge fi s ea . known in England he felt assured it would receive moreiliap tended support. It was a fact, that the Irishinhaad alafnagt.e°Utitio'g affection for their own language, either in mannse ri P ase o print, but it was more singular that although there the college, no university, no exhibition, no books, fur the purpose of keeping up a literary knowledge of the . . to . g ri u e a s r s t ; i l l it althoughhad been n re k e h p a t d u been ll noth the u w c h h u t e h_i n a g for e w e a l i ' s r w hich could not be said of any other language on the (Hear.) This was done by a certain class of the peas; nt t r a r s: c o t evi (Loud pray v like otb e hur n ood m t who spent their nights, and holidays, and Sundays 'l l e, j as preservation of a knowledge of their native lacq s a : bad Irish, from an innate love of it. (Cheers.) ." b o gy himself seen a peasant, who only earned Sd. per day' re. ti n poring ir e d over atel e s e a o n p e old s p m o a w n e u r s fu c l ri pats, thatw hi wouldch belonging to en d Home to decipher. (Cheers and laughter.) The re the gentleman then related some amusing instances don peculiar affection of the Irish for their old manuscriPt the their own language, and then observed, that sinc e . e ig Bible had been printed in that language, the come for tftehhwennowsfaotnhndedselwittfheuorlawrwyermoerandnouvrosfc studying,rGi p o t d c . lass iiw,neHrteehaenrio,r,w, ocwlinantgoendose,! It was a fact that, in the reign of Queen El a iz n a d b eebrhe:l: 2i Reformation made as much progress in Ireland SO i % o f in England ; but after that it receded, in conssclue ne , - s h. its being forbidden to use the Irish language in the ecT - ,, e The speaker, after some other powerful observattrl"tot (which want of space compels us to omit,) pr oceed ss o d f et p ai r l o s t o e m sta e n v ti e s r m y i in n t h er is es o t w in n g n fa e c ig ts hb r o e u la r t h iv o e od to . thet progrea! was trir that at onetime he had laboured hard to oppose the Vat' but he was sure the meeting would glorify God with 11 '": that it was now dear to his heart. In that district theri tomTpswr ß od ohefeent o ell lortcdaiee m ai utcotsthi eyihtaunut: e b r cdpoesl Ipe s : s bi otetrdhGi o es s aihamituoiecl n Tri , limennmistsbahhosap, ntmruoet a onr: . stoy n ew)act, hlci NI othot f ramodhna o euftuwee u elicdloaairoydala r es, tnlunarst hEddfsno c wbwuno:d o rwes „ ,aleaewdw n . letahsrale g aoeehpcsi vhrscilueheersacmhareroagdhcol grieved curses—Roman rnfee a hl , e:vdtsdnvashtii most powerful e—ovd o oaeyruuep n ntdsßnonabs s Hstyauwo , pcedowi eeffpcedeemt : ointerer:tt o hanofarrhw n tduelennivfhi s etali nre i nehnsor s gbseoc7 t 1 31 bat lei heartit 1, e n aboean 30t g einea: ~ ,or:.) beo:to. o l.ehiee.:, winterhc their othe hrrene ei rfn o fsogr. r w soin n taoohntwd o.t nightof relations(rtHehaeedatrhs had t,eaoath, e b yt a i o:r e eb. si i nosh.bsbheadstgnalgteßluchialebawvhebstibeie station of chief magistrate,—(loud laughter e h r i s cl o i n ni co y m sltsiedli.a.) i a r st ng forward to second the resalut i°. e nthasi' (he said) with much pleasure to second this res ° .; *Olts immediate object is, the best spiritaln f a large class of our poor fellow -country of the most destitute districts of Ireland. Be,os anything upon this immediate subject, I must indulgence for saying a few words °pelt the beg ) topic of their temporal interests. (" ea.. honour, at request will not perhaps be deemed intrusive or al l ' ry le when it is borne in mind that, upon the r e i o p f re t s h en e t l , ib to er o a e l eu n p re y ss th o e f h t i li g i h s t a o n w d a e r e , sTk — hsbfiilas(lonnol:PAsaei hrarnttuetT a gyseieiii scduelsoscohrotaerlhlesnymehni leianeuct:erni, dignified and talent to administer by means of the convenient ob.; sequiousness of my high-minded and straightforwarr: friend, David Hodgson, Esquire. It is gravely states', sir, in one of those liberal papers this morning, that Mr Hodgson, in obedience to my dictation, refused the p rayer of a requisition sent to him last week. That requisitic,ll pleaded the cause of humanity, on behalf of my poor fey low countrymen under suffering in consequence of th e di t 0 ease which bas this year infected a portion of the Pc' s . crop, and invited Mr. Hodgson to call a public meeting 111 their behf. And now, the gentlemen of the libera l pro ! al are full of angry complainings because he has d eclined doing so. I would beg to ask those gentlemen—the gen; tlemen requisitionists, and the gentlemen of the liberal press—what sort of benevolence towards the Poor it that thus waits upon the pleasure of the Mayor ? What sort of zeal is it in the sacred cause of humanity that is turned from its purpose and evaporates in:empty complainings be; cause it lacks official patronage ? Is there real distress , an are these gentlemen desirous to relieve it? Then I take the liberty of proposing that a liberal subscription be at once entered upon—(loud cheers)—the requisitionists putting down their names for their hundreds, or fifties, or tens, a fives as the case may be. Sir, 1 will very cheerfully. j Ol5 that subscription (cheers) ; and, moreovt r, I will issue my official orders (a laugh) and I have no doubt that MY: respectable deputy in the Town Hall will aid thag subscription (renewed cheers and laughter). Asubscriptiolti. lt Sir, can do no harm. If there be no immediate distr ess, can lie over for a " rainy day," and it can be expended ; O s aw i procuringthth corresponding the ra t o h s e t b e respectable st co se m e m d potatoes ittreec next spring. Now, Sir, let a committee be appointed .. ing ministers and Roman C r a d t e b ut o ot l distressed districts of Ireland, in order to ascertsta:, who the parties are, that most exceedingly reetOrng our sympathy and support, and to ascertain by t, ) , e t means, in detail, our help can be most efficiently, fa.", promptly, and most impartially distributed, always talt.3be.'; care it shall be no job—and guarding against the Pcs si • l o s Catholic e o e p np e tr n ri ye !s c t o esl m ,e r m igny u , n t d i t b : ic a i t si n i e o no n t ; lit y of abuse of our bounty into an excuse for negligeard in using those precautions which even now may gil s a sso against the apprehended mischief. (Cheers.) This i5,,‘.; % way to serve the cause of humanity—and not by it' about about political measures, which, however, they mig'"' "so crease the profits of gentlemen who have foreign ecr ri ot , bond, or gentlemen who supply manufacturers with e l i.. ton, can do nothing, absolutely nothing, towards folio rating the poor Irish peasant in procuring food for " to mouth, and the mouths of his starving children. (Cheers, Sir, humanity. like Caesar's wife, ought to be above sa'„ picion—(great applause) ;—and I must beg the gentlerces' of the requisition, and the gentlemen of the liberal e, e s s s .: to excuse me when in my official capacity ag a ' s " e st in my new office--(great laughter)--I do v" sags'ish suspicion to my fellow-citizens of a humanity . s s , proclaims its conviction that there exists urgent distresesi, yet which is turned away into an idle, unmeaning Br e t o and does nothing, because it is disappointed of an arensued speechify about the torn-laws. (Long and cantle' o f applause.) I have further, sir, to invite the attentioass, the town and of the country to the pre-eminent faVtehis candour, good feeling, and Christian charity °L no a same liberal press, which would endeavour to fi x up stir clergyman without one shadow of proof—(enthusla oo cheers)—without one shadow of proof, I say, to fi x 1 0 4 a clergyman the odium,—the odium of resistingrro, checking a movement upon the side of humanity: e rs longed cheering.) They would hold me up in their Pa s ,P s a to the scorn and execration of my f e llow-countrym,, e "„ o as having endeavoured to stop this movement, hut they °Lad I did not do it. (Hear, hear, and cheers.) Ot t ;; e re r more on this. I see the reporter of the Standard "now and I have little doubt but that what I am sayicg ir , 1 will appear in print in the morning. And now,sthel call upon the editors of these " liberal" papers, as s ,,, t he are fond of calling themselves—l call upon thew ''''a for courtesy of gentlemen, by the MO minded regat .„0 truth which ought to characterise the literary instrtleraoo of the age—nay more, I call upon them by the ec rri s ,a to honesty of fair dealers, to print what I am saying, a " the let it appear in their next impressions copied from en , Standard. (Cheers.) If they do not—l speak before g d i tlemen, and I speak before merchants of Liverpool, an _ of ask them—can they justify to themselves the basenesires taking papers which deal so with moral questions ? ( t he mendous cheering.) Can they justify to thenaselvesisio receiving into their newsrooms and families papers wufeie so treat a clergyman of the town, and do not gi'r e th snlc honest play to fair honest argument ? I protest 1 ~a t 1 that it the Mercury and the Albion do not print t c s ," t not have said in the last quarter of an hour, they o ,9,g%tiatt, to be received by gentlemen, or taken in by any '''''' o erat man upon the face of the earth ! (Renewed and ge s o, cheering.) Mr. Nl`Neile then moved the re, a che' which expressed gratitude to God for the faithful arcing rence to Christian truth on the part of those re ce ns tiog scriptural instruction in the Irish Bible, notwithsta"; the many trials and persecutions. and the conviction o r ' n e a. meeting than the fierce opposition to which they to hail posed was an evident token of the success which u"" es in graciously vouchsafed to the teaching of the scriPt il t r i this the Irish language. The Rev. Gentleman supPorteotha' resolution in a most eloquent address, which w as ' aresiasticlly cheered. Wl ' The olution was unanimously carried ; an d , beiag doxology had been sung the meeting separated, it then a quarter to eleven o'clock. _step A report has been for some days current of an iot r e l ,'oo on the part of Her Majesty's Government, no t to ners fully as it has hitherto done upon the Chelsea Pens',°l-00t in case of any occasion for their services, but to c? . , t hat the Militia for a short period of training. It is sa l " for the expediency of forming a better school o f recruit6this the army will be put forward as the ground for Nov. 25, 1845. ieasure LIVERPOOL: TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 25, 1845. PRINTED AND PUBLISHED BY JOSHUA FLETCHER LACE, of 53, Grove - street, and LEONARD ADDISON, of 14, Great Orford-street, At N 0.4, ST. (Jimmies CRESCENT, LITS9.IOOI. tiIEA/ Niaeteet at Tins ''‘ will b arbillo Captain To tt ) t S t e r 't-Past 4 0YAI R. 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