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THE LIVERPOOL STANDARD. THE tiberPoot -=)tanbarb+ TUESDAY, OCTOBER 16, 1855. PLACARDS AND PERVERTS. WE took occasion, some months ago, to condemn the tone of a placard, bearing reference to the Romish Doctrine of the Immaculate Conception, which ap peared at the time upon many of the walls of this town : and within the last few days we have seen two others, emanating from the opposite party, which s eem to us to call for animadversion and remonstrance, ---one on account of its matter, the other on account of its manner. The first is put forth by a Mr. MAc- DONALD, and contains a challenge to Protestants generally to discuss publicly the doctrine of Tran substantiation, and the Invocation of Saints and Angels ; and then proceeds to rate pretty roundly certain parties, who are said to have asserted that money is Mr. MA.CDONALD'S object in these discus sions. If any have said so, without sufficient founda tion for the charge, they are of course to be blamed. Common charity requires us to give the same credit for a desire to promote what he believes to be the truth, to one side as to the other, unless we have good reason for a contrary course. However, upon this point we give no opinion ; though upon the face of the document in question it would certainly appear that Mr. MACDONALD, while ready to defend the peculiar tenets of his Church, is not altogether without an eye to business : for, not to notice the fact, that a price is fixed for admission, in order, as it is said, to defray expenses, it is announced that, at the con clusion, of the proceedings, subscribers' names will be received for "the newspaper"---what newspaper does not appear. However, upon all this we make no comment. What we do find fault with, is the bringing such sub jects into public discussion at all, as calculated to injure religion generally. Controversy, alas ! is inevitable : but let us not have it in that form in which it is likely to produce the maximum of evil, and the mi nimum of good. Were the question to be settled a metaphysical, instead of a religious one, we should regard a public debate as next to useless for the pur pose of eliciting the truth, simply because frequently more depends upon the readiness and fluency of the speaker, than upon the goodness of his cause; and when the question happens to be a religious one, and the worse side is defended by the abler advocate, the mischief resulting may be incalculable. But, besides all this, the public discussion of such religious questions cannot but engender both a captious and an irreverent temper. He, who is in the habit of hearing this, that, and the other alternately affirmed and denied ; sup ported by one passage of scripture, and opposed by another; and scripture itself interpreted in various ways, according to the preconceptions of those who appeal to it---treated, in fact, to use the not very reverent comparison of Pighius, like " a nose of wax" gradually learn to question the most solemn and fundamental verities. We can conceive no course more calculated to lead an unlearned and irreligious man step by step into downright infidelity. But, supposing the evil to stop short of this, how can ir reverence be avoided ? how can they fail to become accustomed to irreverence, who are in the habit of frequenting or taking part in such discussions ? especially when, as in the case before us, the debate is not confined to two or more fixed upon beforehand, but is open to all corners. We do not know how Romanists feel: but we are quite sure that, if we believed in Transubstantiation, we should regard it as a most solemn and sacred subject, and should be infinitely pained to hear its truth questioned, much more to hear it treated as in the course of a promiscuous public debate it almost certainly will be. This, it maybe said,is more the Romanist's concern than ours. But we maintain, that the ridicule and irreverence too fre quently employed upon such occasions must eventually injure both parties. In attacking error with such weapons we bring the truth into perilous contact with them, to say the least. If error were wholly unlike truth, the danger might not be so great ; but, religious -error being a perversion of truth, and retaining its likeness in many points, it is impossible to attack the former with irreverence, without some danger of the weapon employed glancing aside, and injuring the latter. To illustrate our meaning by reference to one of the subjects proposed for discussion by Mr. IVIAcnoNALD : the Romanist understands the words which our LORD used at the institution of the Eucharist, in a particular sense. That sense we deny to be the true one ; and we may, and ought to, defend our denial reverently and with charity, when necessity for doing so arises. But surely our feelings of re verence at the reception of the Eucharist cannot be increased, while there is every danger of their being diminished, by the recollection of the ridicule which we may have heard poured out against the Romish interpretation of those words, and which ridicule must, in a greater or less degree, have become con nected in our minds with the words themselves. For these and similar reasons, we deprecate such public discussions as the one proposed; and, while we do not question Mr. MA.CDONALD'S sincerity and honesty of purpose, we cannot but regard him, and all who adopt similar means for the like ends, pretty much in the same light as we should regard an English soldier, who should discharge his Minie at a Russian while i his own commander was standing in the same line with him. He might hit his enemy, but in such case would probably hit his friend at the same time : and just so we think that too many of the attempts made by controversialists to beat down what they regard as error, inflict most dangerous wounds upon religion itself. _ _ _ 'The other `placard, to which we have alluded, is one -dittonncing a lecture at the (Roman) Catholic insti, tute, by W. C. RPLATIRIN, Esq., late Dean of Moray and Ross. This we consider to be in very bad taste, and to convey an altogether gratuitous and uncalled for insult to the Church of which Mr. 11PLIURIN was some time a minister and member, and by consequence to the Church of England, which is in communion with it. By styling himself " late Dean of Moray and Ross," he proclaims himself to be a seceder from the Scottish (Episcopal) to the Romish Church : and we have observed a similar anxiety upon the part of other t)erverts to make known their antecedents. We repeat, that we regard this as exceedingly bad taste ; just as we do the course pursued by many temperance orators, who seem to take a morbid pleasure in making known what drunkards they were formerly. Assuming that Mr. RPLAURIN'S last change was sincere (we believe that it was not his first), we should have expected that he would feel too much sorrow and shame on account of the many years spent in connexion with what he now regards as heresy and schism, to permit him thus pub licly to blazon it. We cannot account for this ten dency, upon the part of our neo-Romanists, to proclaim what, if they are sincere, they must consider their past shame. There are many points in their general con duct which tend to prove a deterioration of feeling and character consequent upon their perversion ; and this, to our mind, has always appeared to be one of the most striking. But why gratuitously insult the Church which they have left ? in which they sometime ministered, and wherein their earliest and dearest friendships and con nexions must have been formed. We know that even according to the Romish theory, itself a very lax one, our baptisms are v alid ; yet they actually go out of their way to incur the risk of sacrilege, by rebaptisin t . perverts whom they r eceive from us. They sacrifice their own theory for the sake of insulting the Church. And, similarly, this sometime Dean of Moray Rosa ostentatiously parades himself as W. C. M`LAr and BIN, Esq., for the mere purpose of calling in question, what every candid and well-informed Romanist admits, the validity of our orders. Had his motive been any thing less than this, he might have announced him self as plain Mr., instead of going out of his way to assume a title to which in all probability he has just as little right as he has to that of Pope of Rome. Petty attacks like this will not injure us, but they show the animus of the party by whom they are made. Attacks such as Mr. M`MicumALD's may injure us by injuring religion generally ; and they also show an animus upon the part of those in authority who permit them. They are far too astute not to perceive, that the blow which injures us must injure themselves also : and bad, indeed, must be the spirit which urges them to inflict it notwithstanding. FROM OUR LONDON CORRESPONDENT. MONDAY MORN/NG. THE past week has been a busy one in the political gossip factories of the metropolis. In those circles, rumours of dire portent and awful significance have been thick as The leaves that strew the brook of Valorobrosa. These rumours had for their food,—whatever might be their object, —an assertion that the terms of a political alliance, offensive and defensive, had been agreed upon by Messrs' DISRAELI, GLADSTONE, and BRIGHT, the object of which was the immediate deposition of Lord PALMERSTON, the disruption of his Cabinet, and the reinstalment of the two first named gentlemen into office, aided by the homespun statesmanship of the Manchester cotton-spinner. • Who were to constitute the Dei minores of the tripartite " politicat union" did not transpire, although the names of Sir JAMES GRAHAM and Mr. SIDNEY HERBERT were freely given as centurions in the motley cohort. Nor was it very clearly stated what particular departments were to be allotted to the adventurous chiefs, although it was generally surmised that to brother BRIGHT would be assigned the administration of the war department, from his uncompromising antipathy to English feeling, and his practical familiarity with that branch of the service emphatically known throughout the British Islands as the " horse marines." The rumours referred to, which were of curious fabric and most Protean form, were believed to have had their origin in a leader which appeared on Saturday week in that erratic, though clever paper, The Press, understood, although it is now said erroneously, to represent the Conservative party. In the article alluded to, an elaborate attempt was made to show that circum stances, chiefly dependant on the fall of Sebastopol, have so changed as to render it desirable to bring the war to a conclusion, and strongly insisting on the inutility of further prosecuting it, as all that was originally contemplated by hostilities has now been aecoraplished. The article argued plausibly that, by the punishment already inflicted upon Russia, she has been sufficiently humbled, while, by the destruction of her Black Sea fleet, and the dismantling of Sebastopol, the integrity and safety of the Turkish Empire is abundantly secured. To do more than this,. the writer in The Press averred, would be to exceed the pur pose of the war; while any attempt to dismember the Russian empire, so he called the retention of the Crimea, he maintained , would be to depart from the justifiable objects of the war, and to disturb the balance of power in Europe—any attempt at whiCh, the writer in question said, would be resisted to the death by Russia, and would, almost as a matter of certainty; involve the whole of Europe in war. An article, so Gladstonian in its sentiments, and so tho roughly Russian in its tendency, appearing in the columns of a journal which, whetfier rightly or wrongly, was, by many, supposed to speak the sentiments of the Conservative party, and to be peculiarly the exponent of Mr. DISRAELI'S views, attracted immediate and extensive attention. Scarcely had the article referred to made its appearance; when it was repu diated in strong terms by the Standard, claiming to speak• authoritatively for the Conservative body.. This was- pub. , lished last Monday, and the Tines on Tuesday, true to its instinct of appearing to lead by a tolerably early following, came out with an oracular allusion to the subject of a new coalition, in which the GLADSTONE and D/SRAELT elements were freely mingled, but not before the sages- of the Clubs had seriously talked the matter over, as something within the range of extremest possibility. Having hinted at the proba bility of such a coalition, and found that the bare • ima gination of such a monstrosity had not done more- than produce a good-humoured guffaw among those whose opinions are worth having, while it had unloosed the tongue of querulous senility, and roused: the wakeful avidity of place-hunters of every degree, the Thunderer came out strongly on the following day. Assuming his own hypo thesis to be correct, and naively taking his own insinuated rumour for a well-authenticated fact, he, in the' second in stance, laid down the basis of the treaty by which the- hitherto conflicting triumvirate were to unite for the furtherance of their assumed common purpose ; and, like the renowned war rior in " Tom Thumb," he created political, giants- of great. magnitude and importance, which he slaughtered without mercy or remorse. The programme, says he, of the new party is, the war was just and expedient when it was commenced, but it has now changed its aspect, and having been prosecuted successfully till the objects for which it was instituted' have been accomplished, it ought at once to be concluded, and any attempt now to prolong hostilities would be immoral and unjust.. The " view halloo" once given in this direction, the chase has been followed up with wonderful alacrity by most of the. metropolitan journals, which have alternately attacked ands defended the proposed coalition, and the peace tactics on which it is said to depend for its existence. The grounds of censure and the anticipated chances of success or failure-which await the foreshadowed new " union of the talents" vary according to the idiosyncracies of the journals expressing, them. The Globe virtuously stickles for the purity and• honour of public,. men, and will not lend its ear or countenance• to so slanderous an insinuation. The Post having now no,fixed object within:: the scope of its political vision beyond the• personal interest& of Lord PALMERSTON, and instinctively trembling. far anything which threatens that, cannot• be eve- the - telt), but nevertheless comfortingly assures itself that if so mon strous a creation could have birth, it would consolidate the power of the noble lord by the certainty with which so hor rible a combination would annihilate , all minor sections of politics, and unite men of all political shades of opinion imtwo great parties, the greatest of which, would, as a matter of course, support the lively and sarcastic PREMIER. The Standard, once more roused in rescue of the Conservative phalanx, gives, on Vriday night, a. fiat contradiction: to the rumour . While the.confusion of tongues has been thus vivi*. exem plified among the journals, the wiseacres. who suck In, political inspiration,, as they sip their wine, at the clubs,bove been thrown into a desperate state of agitation by timeonflicting. visions raised before their mental eye-sight. meets. his fellow, Now hope, now fear,, his bosom rending, gives, equivocal expression to his thoughts by a significant shake of the head, to which, that of Lord Burteigh, in the farce, bears no comparison in grave stolidity and emptiness, but simulated wisdom. They cannot solve , the difficulty,; they cannot master the position ; they am - unable to fathom the depth, or to unravel the mystery uhich obscures. the " coming event," and so portentously and dimly " casts its. shadow before." It is not a little singular to see so much anct:- such venerable wisdom, put about by so trivial an affair. The Press, during its,brief, but brilliant career, has. bcon noted, foi a certain waywardness of waggery, and seems to take as much delight in mystifying its sage contemporaries, and puzzling the quid nuncs, as a mischievous urohin does, in putting gunpowder in the bowl of an applewoman's tobacco, pipe, and enjoying the consternation caused b4a its. explosion. It has never, seemingly, entered into the heads of any or all, of those who have been so mightily perplexed upon the sal) , ject, that the whole was a hoax, invented. to, test the extent of popular credulity. That the Conservative party could ever consort with the sophistical, fast and loose, war and peace policy ad vocated by Mr. GLADSTONE, or fraternise with the levelling and aggresive dogmas of Mr. BRIGBT, are propositions too monstrous to call for serious contradiction. Is there any evidence then, that, any of those who have been honoured with confidence by the party, as leaders, have given indica tion of such treason to their principles ? Certainly no symp toms of such dereliction of principle are to be found in the declaration of Lord DERBY, made the other day at Eglinton Castle, to the municipal authorities of Irvine :—" England,' , said his lordship, " will never sheathe the sword, which she has so reluctantly drawn, until the noble and disinterested designs of the Allies have been completely obtained, the inde pendence of Turkey secured, and the schemes of Russia upon Europe and Asia effectually checked." What said the Royal DUKE, the kinsman of our QUEEN—the gallant leader of our brave soldiers, while, but yesterday as it were, partaking of the municipal hospitalities of munificient Liverpool ? " I have been much gratified," said his Royal Highness the Duke of CAMBRIDGE on the occasion referred to, " by the state. ment that although the great commercial town of Liverpool is deepleinterested in a return of peace, one sentiment alone pervades the whole community—and that is, a determination "txrPmeveru - in - the war in which the country is engaged, at all hazards and at every sacrifice, until its object is attained. In that sentiment I entirely coincide; and I have a strongly rooted opinion that a peace concluded at the present moment would not be an honourable, durable, and lasting peace Until such a peace can be concluded, I am for carrying on the war with all possible-vigour and determination, and I am gratified to find that this also is the opinion of the inhabi tants of Liverpool." This explicit and unmistakeable de claration of the royal and gallant soldier was made in the presence and hearing of the Earl of DERBY, and the Right Hon. Mr. WA,LPOLE, both looked up to and recognised as leaders in the Conservative cause, yet neither of them offered a word in explanation or modification of the views expressed by the illustrious speaker; yet, both spoke after him. Other Conservatives, of weight and authority with the party and with the country, have likewise spoken out in relation to the only terms on which peace can be honourably concluded, in phrases equally strong and unequivocal with those alluded to. Under such circumstances, who, that is not blinded by party preju dices, can for a moment entertain the idea of a coalition between the Conservatives and those who, affecting to believe the war a just and necessary one, yet, secretly believing in its inutility and injustice, pretended to carry it on with spirit and efficiency, while starving it in reality, and tints practically playing into the hands of the enemy ? The idea of their adopting the principles advocated by Mr. BRIGHT and his three followers in the House of Commons is not less ridien lons nor more absurd, If the mere rumour of monstrous political coalitions have excited so much stir on all hands, it is not less singular that a dangerous political combination should have been formed in our metropolis, having for its objects the assassination of sovereigns, the subversion of thrones, and the general spread of devastation and bloodshed, without having caused even the lightest semblance of disapprobation. Such, however, is the case. A meeting was, it seems, lately held in John-street, Fitzroy-square, London, to commemorate the . proclamation of the French. Republic of 1792. The proceedings - of this meet ing are published in a Jersey paper, and , from it the public will learn the name and at least some of the avowed objects sought to beattained by the meeting and , those who consti tuted it. Its style is the Commune rivolutionaire; and the Comiti into-national. This meeting expressed• the highest regard- and.respeet for PiLIIFORI, the vile assassitywho 'recently attempted to murder the EMPEROR of the French:- In honour . of this execrable elitiff the Commune revolutinnaire' andl Comittt international intends to present its members with) medals; What may betheparticular device adopted for . the' medal intended to honour the assassin, is not mentioned in the report; brit some idea muy'lie guessed at as to itsimport' from , the fact that the English medalist employed to execute 'the order scrupled to do so on account of some weak prejudice he entertained against the legend the Red men proposed', to inscribe on. the &ergo.; and , from the further fact, that in his• speech at opening the meeting the' chairman urged his audience' to' Be penetrated with , the maxim that` it was their ditty,- as it would be their honour—" to kill Einperors and Tangs:" To break up such a Comiti internaticnal as one which , counsels and inculcates the honour and duty of killing Kings nut Emperors, ought not surely to be looked on as too great an interference with the "liberty of the subject." Assuredlyitis so prostitution of our free laws which perthits the metropollicithisgreat empire to be converted into a city of refuge fortnen.who , employ their time and exercise their `'ingenuity in . organizinw schemes of wholesale murder, and who rank 'assassination among the class of honourable deeds., Among the intimations—within the lass few days,. prolific as- they hive been in intelEgenee or comments of interest, few havetranscended in general importance the long anticipated and popularly talked of conditioe of the Empress EVCiENIE... Her public position and personal history, combinedlwith her:recent and. unexpected elevation to tlethrone of a 'great and pcpu ions empire; her congeniality of deportment ; and her recent visit to this country, as well as the marked courtesy-and 14nd ness•displayed by her to our own beloved Sovereign - - , in, Paris, have conspired to invest her domestic and family -relations with-an interest to the B ritish people not usually accerdedi-by them•t6 .the consorts of foreign potentates. The r.nnounce , -- merit, therefore, recently made in official form, that she promises an heir to the throne recently achieved by her - in domitable husband, has en Sated an , interest- here' unusual in such Matters: The import int event which, within the• neat four months, will occur in x• eference to the future dynasty of France, is - one- of no ordinary character. It is -one which may involve consequences of the deepest 'import to France, to Europe,• and. to the world. If the 'auspicious •promise should eventuate in the bird L of a male • heir, and the life-of the infant beprolouged to meet the cares of manhood and. of:state, an additional link will hare-'been •established-hi. France for thepeaceful seeurit, yof Europe. The sou (if sotrit should be) of 151.inonnom iIL will have , to take his placeas one of the leading.characters c d European -history under cir cumstances of no ordinary n ature. Born in all human probability hewill be within th e purple chamber of Imperial, rank, but it is fir from, certs in that ho - will therefore be destined to a life-of regal splered 'our andk of personal ease. If the life of his strong , minded an d iron-willed father be pre. , served until the son shall. reach the age of manhood, many of; the diffidulties of his situation a ill, douttless, by that time have been removed but 'vent the n, therewill• still be enough: left to keep hire humbly and, it is to be hoped, submissively dependant on that , PrOvideneewhi ch has set- his remarkable-' father aside as the instrument of great things. In France. many difficulties have yet to' be o sntendecl •with. Her social, system, so often•and sefiercelysha ken within 'a recent period, will still for , many years , to , come; and underveven the most favourable circumstances ) : present l; numerous , • elements of aontention, andlmany, instruments ,of strife: To modify an d,' assuage these is -an object of such vital interest to the civilised world, that all, who wish' well, to their species must feel the liveliest anxiety in-.7thatevent which at an early period of the approaching year may, crown the-he pes of tae Intperial Hoare - of France. The conduct Tof.thewar stilt fitrnishes abundant food form ftection and remark iodittelligent men of every rank in life:. The actual value of: the alliedi conquests in thoerimea is even-. to this hour-am:tatter of. doubt.. In gaining,the city and the: whole southern shore. of :the. creek on whiela Seba.stopci: situated, many wet-informed parties maintaiva that we have scarcely, gained loafs the, battle:. These parties. point signif.., cantly to the fact-that-the. Russians continue, masters of the strong _fortresses on, thenorth, which in a.‘great degree .con.. mand the town —that:so far from manifes tinwany, disposition t evacuate them, they are busy- its strengtheniug and exter.ding.:. them—end that,se,itis,.theirfire has been sufficient to cause: us to abandon a portion of the captured town. To this-it is. .answered,, and with equal ground of con:Edema- and more .of joy, that the cannonade which; has indu2ed'the.Allies to aban.. don :the Kgrabalnaia,suburbo has never teen- of a formidable • character, and that-the p/acehas been abandoned more as, a. mattar of convunience, andi to avoid unnecessary casualitieed thenkin obedienee.to.thepower of the enemy—that the• Ras-. sian, army is, already- mach straitened for • provisions. and, storea—that these will become daily more cult, of accesa.to< them—that they acknowledge themselves to be now menaced, on the line of Perekop, and are threatened oa., their communications with Sim: .Iteropol—that these are the only, points. whence they derive supplies, or, cauexpect to. receive reinforcemes4a—that with these, positions, scoured cur armies may rest in security, and allow the, winter• and tion to work„ their Way in extermiimiirlethe Russionlorees in the Crimea. Considerable dissatWuction has bee..n. xpressed here in different %tasters, at the paucity of information afforded in reference to tbooperations of both the fleet. and ,the army. It is, however, now generally ni.iderstood that thQoperations in progress with both these arms of, the sell* are of a stra tegic, character, and depend much on secresy for their chances of sump, and that enngaquen,t on this the Allie4co, ders have resolved to restrict the 7n ,ans of written, cowman tit= frem,the seat of war. The cold sharp breezes and lengthening nights of October are _beginning to drive the.. tourist and sportsmen from the heathery-hill sides and see-beaten cliffs. and, coasts, to take refuge In " The Wen," as Conerrx used, to.call the leviathan metropolis. To meet the requirements .of these " homeward. veering" denizens, London is becoming. once more instinct with life and promise.. The extensiVepublishers have begun to issue their note of preparation for the corning winter. Two new volumes of Mkcaxrray's. History of England are pre. mised by LoNGY,aars.for December, and the same firm inti= mates the publication at an early date of Dr. BARTH'S Travels in Africa, and a,Narrative of Captain NCLunz's voyage. in Discovery of - the North. West Pa.ssage. The conclusion, of GROTE'S History of Greece is promised by MURRAY, who like wise annolnces a long list of Travels in Palestine and other quarters,. including " A, Bird's-eye View of India," by Sir ERSICIXE Pnanr. BENTLEY wooes attention to his, list of announcements, which, inter ilia, include the finishing vo lume of Lord JOHN. RUSSELL'S Memoirs of CHARLES, JAMES . Fox, which, it is probable, his Lordship, being, now relieved from the cares of office, will afford him solace in his" l earne d leisure." The theatres are opening wide their portals, and displaying their manifold attractions to an intelligent and admiring public. At the Princess's, CRA . BLES KEAX is said to be preparing a Greek play, with which he expects to take the town by surprise. A TAVISTOCS RM.—Twenty pounds appears to be con sidered by a Tavistock jury the price of breaking the thigh bone of a servant girl, and laming her for life. Jane Hubbis ton, a girl of fifteen, was servant to a Mrs. Northey, who not being pleased with the agility of her domestic, in c arr yi ng some clothes up-stairs to mangle, knocked the girl down and thrashed her with a cane. The next morning Hubbiston was in such pain that she could not work, and was sent home, when a medical man declared her thigh broken. An action for £5O damages, the highest amount attainable in a county court, was brought by the girl's mother against the master and mistress. The latter partially denied the facts, declared the girl was lame when she came to her, and was of a ger m,. lons habit. The surgeon admitted that the latter might have made the bone more brittle, but did not believe it accounted for the lameness. The judge summed up favourably to the plaintiff, and the jury gave the verdict recorded. ATTENDANCE AT ST. JOHN'S CHURCH. TO THE EDITOR OF THE LIVERPOOL STANDARD Sia.,—My attention his been called to a tabular statement which appeared in the Mercury of Sept. 28th, in which the statistics of St. John's Church were put down as follows : Official return of Numbers actually Counted. Seat Room. Average attendance. Morning. . Evening. 2,000 1,500 1,007 1,003 Now on this statement, which is grossly inaccurate, I beg to remark— First : That the seat room is over-estimated. by 500. St. John's Church will seat in pews and side seats only 1,100; on forms and stools, by close packing, 400 more; total 1,500. Secondly The numbers attending are under-stated by at least 200 in the morning, and 500 in the evening. On Sunday evening, the 7th inst., and Sunday morning, the 14th, the churchwardens and eight respectable members of the congregation, two at each door, counted the people as they leisurely left the church. No previous intimation of our intention to do sa Was given them. The numbers counted were, 1,503 in the evening, and 1,204 in the morning. The evening congregation wasabout an average—thl morning con gregation decidedly not so, at least in the gallery. I appeal to the congregations then' present. I think it right to add that there was no special attraction to make the congregations larger than usual on the occasions referred to. I am, it is true, going through a course of lec tures on the Articles of the eh - MTh on Sunday evenings; the fourth of which was delivered on the evening of the 7th' inst., and was, therefore, announced at the previous service, as were the three' lectures which preceded it, and that on Sunday even ing last; also. But this is nothing news it is my usual prnr tice to have a course of sermons on hand, once on the Sunday morning' or evening. e. y. I delivered a course of 14 on sue-- cessive Sunday mornings, in the early part of this year, on " The Divine Philosophy of History," and my present course will extend over thirty-nine. Thirdly : That whilst the seat room in' St. John's is set down at 2,000; that of St. Paul's, St:• Paul's-square, is given at 1,650'0n1y. Now, the area of St. Paul's Church is about 2,500 feet greater than that of St. John's, and its seat accommodation proportionally greater:- The Act of Parliament under which it was built enacted that two ministers should ben.ppointed to it, as "it was built on a'spacious and large planer design, and therefore too much for' One - ;" whilst for the smallr'Chutich of St. John's only one was provided. Fourthly : Irrespective 'cif the actual numbers gilen in the Mercury, it is notorious that the evening congregation of St. John's is very ranch ia7ger than the morning :• to make, as has been done,', the evening congregation less than the morning, or even-onlyas large, except in- eases of heavy rain, is wholly inacettrate, Fifthly : It is not correct to consider the separate services , In a Roman Catholic chapell as' consisting of so many-dis tinct congregations, but thOsein the church of the' same,. for— ; 1; It is-well known that many - liiimarr Catholics attend i;tro. Or three masses at a time—some ar6'obligvi to attend all afrx j 2: It iS.a. fact that a large proportiOn of the morning con; gtegatien of St. John's do not attend in the evening. SNthly: There' are often on the. Sunday evening in the , winter, AMY persons in St. Jobn's'Churab, every foot of ' space being occupied, the children obliged to sit on the- • steps of thepulpit and reading-deslA or - en the floor of the 'church,- and many persons obliged , to stand, as was the case last evening —when, had the numbers been taken, there could' not certainly have been less than 1,600'. It nitt4t be 'borne in mind, that long before a church is racked in thin- manner, the heat and. vitiated atmos phere become-intolerable. For several , Sunday evenings past, -many persons have been obliged to leave the charch,nnd many others, seeing the atate . ofthe chureh, absolutely refuse•to enter. In concittsion; I . have-taken this matter or. public - grounds, and as a deity which.y owe-tolhe cause of God and , lrkt , ehurch. I believe St: John's-Church an eminent precfnf . the excel lency of the Church , and. State connexions, when. properly worked; for through , as operation we are abk to- afford seat room to IMO' of the poorer people, where they May hear the gospel of Christ; free eallichaxg..e. It is contrary- to. feet, to say that the poor do not appreciate free accommedation , 7.: they do, but it must be offered- to them as it is- ins St.. 313 fin's Churchwithout rending-At - with the badge of poverty.,=with out forcing painfully upon, them. the invidious , distinction of caste and class ; as is the case in all the proprietary churches and chapels im-thei town. Give• the poor the pure ?gospel! of Christ, and give it as its great Originator intended it to er free of all charges; save what a , grateful heart multi, robin tarily bestow in the weekly , offertory of the Chureh r or Hy private or national endowment r and the most effeotttat .means would be taken: to uocompliih the. mural regeneratiou.:of the country. W: 1 1 : TAYLOR, LL.134',-' 15th Oct., 1855:- Incumbent of St-John' ea. We hereby certify - that the foregoing statement: k , to - churobt accommodation and attendanceat St John's Churchcis eorreot. GEO. MCKEON, Churchwardens, T. P. GWATKIN. KOSSUTH, MELIZINI, AND , JLEDRU RO'ELIM TO THE EDITOR OF THE LIVERPOOL STANDIIita, SIR,—I think you will agree, with-me-that the time-has•now arrived when this conntryshouldno.lbnger harbour and .give shelter to the three - deinagognes ) . IT.ossuth, Mazzini, and Ledru Rollin, and a host of conspirators. When they fiilW sought our shores; in , theAgarb• of patriots, we tolerated and some measure sympathised iwitliithem; but they and! their followers have now thrown off their . mask, and shown; them selves in their true characters:- Their - object is civil waz-to the • knife—blood ! They avow it. . They have, within the Als. days, proclaimed it to atirope.- They , have a free press. in the:- Island of Jersey, part' of. the • Make& IC.mgdom, by whith , means they propagate.--their -odious;. social, and bloody. does trines, Is this justice-to ourselves-F . is-itinstice to Europe,or is. it nstice to the Emperor , of the Trench. ? It is not so , longt since one of these rascals, left these-• shores; and attempts& assassinate the Emperor-of-the French, Are we, let me-ask,', to-wait till another attempt , be made; it may be a fatab one s , • before we do a simple act , -of justice• to-oar friend ami The- London press is.atirring in the-matter ; let not the- Piro viintial press be behin&hand.: Once-get up the cry, and' the. Government will be- compelled , to--act as• they did durreg,the late war.—Your obedient servant,.. A FRIEND tOF THE.. HRENCH ALLIANCRe. 'Change, 15th Oct., 1856.; OURT• AND FASHION. THE Royal Prussian Gazette states that Queen Victsa and, Prince Albert are to stand godfather • and. godmother to Prince o' Princess. which-.is shertly expected to increase the , Imperial family of - France. Ms ROYAL HIGHNESS,PEI NCE ;A:LEE MY is expected to visit Iramingham, to lay the foundation: stone ,of the Midlamt Institute Buildingi.on the 22nd nr 23rd .. of next month. We. understand that extensive arrangements are intended, to 'he 7alade for the prince'S -reception. Tree Hort. G. DE NNART, of the Ilbmearcuit, son of the late and brother of the present Lord Denman, is one of tle.candii dates for the office of.Common.Sergeant of the City of London,. about to become vacant by the retirement (from continued- ill, ' health) of Mr. Bullock, THE Court .Tournatsays sit is.understood that the Duke•of - Bedford has determined . permanently to endow a secondary house of Russell, in ,the • persons• of the descendants. of his. brother, Lord John :; and. it is-believed that the estate pur chased by the duke . Ireland,. with the mansion he is now erecting on it, somewhere • about Is, miles from Phcenix Park,. is destined to become the seat of the. family. THE MARLA AQ-E of, the. Lady Charlotte Elliott,.daughter of the Earl of Minto, with: Mr. Melville Portal, 31.1, took place on Tuesday,. at, St. Georges Church, Hanover-square. The bride ins. attended, by a: train of six bridesmaids via., Miss Portal, ,Misp., Trotter.; IVliss Elliott, the Misses-a:well, and Miss Antrabus, The ceremony was performed: by the Very Rev. the Dean of Bristol,. the bride being given awa t y by her noble father. Mr.. Portal's " best man" was his.brother, the Rev. George ; Portal. IR'E'LAND. OPENING. OE THE: RAILWAY PRox Krstrowzowis To ilALirwv.—The officer appointed by the Board. of Trade for the purpose having inspected this line, on the 9th inst., and given the necessary certificate, it was opened for public traffic on Thursday, pursuant to announcement, To GUEA.T. AN,NITAL CATTLE FAIR AT ; . : BALLINAsLOE finished on Monday, last week. It was one of the largest for years; and, though prices were expected to ha very high, the advance on last year's was but slight. The . fair opened in a fog, and sellers, not knowing the large- number of cattle present, asked, higher rates. When the fog cleared, say the accounts, and revealed the extent of the fair, prices fell, and au immense amount of business was transacted. The sheep sold were, 81.,480 (last year, 78,421) ; cattle,. 20,204 (last year, 17,483). The quality of the animals. showed a visible im. provement in breeding. DREADFUL ACCIDENT.—An extensive English horse dealer, who had been purchasing at the Ballinasloe fair, incurred a fearftil accident on returning by rail with his stud.. Some red cinders from the engine were drifted into the horse.. box and set in flames the straw on which the horses were. standing.' Maddened by the heat and flames, the animals became furious, and, with the hope of extricating them, the owner leaped . into the blazing, box, but had scarcely alighted when he received a fearful kick on his thigh, that severely fractured the bone. Upon his arrival in town, Mr. Butcher, the eminent surgeon, was Called to attend, and we believe the man is now recovering. ATTEMPT AT MIIRDEK.—A daring outrage was porpetrated on an Irish Teaper, by one of his own countryman, on Satur day, in a plantation between Kimmerstone and Fenton, a few miles north of Woolen The two men had been harvesting to gether in that neighbourhood, and it is supposed that the dreadful act was committed with the intent to obtain the wages of his companion. The injured man lies in a dangerous state at Kimmerstone, the ruffian having indicted a fearful gash with a knife, reaching from the back part of the neck to the windpipe, which is also penetrated ; he has also received deep cuts in the hands, in endeavouring to ward off his assailant, The culprit was captured at Berwick. ROYAL MAIL STEAM-PACKET COMPANY--A general meet ing of this company was held on Thursday, at the London London Tavern, Captain Shepherd in the chair. The report stated that there had been a diminution in the ordinary traffic of the company, with the exception of passage money, and in the transport service, where a considerable increase had taken place. A dividend of £2 per share was recommended. The receipts from the Ist of January to the 30th of June were £556,653 14s. 2d., and the expenditure £280,073 17s. Bd., leav ing a surplus of £276,579 16s. 6d. The balance to the credit of the insurance account was £175,438 Os. 11d. The report was adopted after some discussion, arising through an amend ment for dividing a bonus of in addition to the proposed dividend. THE DUKE OF CAMBRIDGE .11ti LIVERPOOL, Oi Tuesday last, His Royal Highness the Duke of Cam bridge visited Liverpool, accompanied by the Earl of Derby, the Earl of Hardwicke, and Colonel Tyrwhitt, equerry in waiting to his Royal Highness. The illustrious party arrived from Knowsley at the Town-hall, at five minutes past eleven, and were received by the crowd assembled outside with enthu-, siastic cheers. In the vestibule of the Town-hall the fine band of the 15th Hussars were placed. At the head of the grand staircase his worship the Mayor, the Recorder, the Clerk of the Peace, and the members of the Town Council were assembled, to receive his Royal Highness. The officials were in their robes. A number of ladies and gentlemen were also present in the ball-rooms. Among the gentlemen were Colonel Sir Duncan M`Dougall, of the Royal Lancashire Artillery, Col. Tulloch, inspecting field-officer of the district, Col. Swann, of the Local Pensioners, Captain Thomas Litdedale, Hon. S. H. Walpole, T. B. Horsfall, Esq., M.P., Harold Littledale, Esq.., &c. At five minutes past eleven the ewers from the . crowds in Castle-street betokened the near approach of the royal guest and in a minute or two after he arrived. His Royal High ness,• on rising to alight from his carriage; was again greeted with the most enthusiastic plaudits. On the entrance of the party into the vestibule of the Town-hall, the band com menced playing the national anthem, the royal standard was hoisted on the staff in front of the building,• and the " Olcl Church" belle pealed forth a salute of welcome: During the ascent of the•grand staircase the band changed the music to the French national air, "Partant pour la Syrie." At the head cf the staircasethe official reception took place, and his Royal Highness - was condireted by the Mayor to the east drawing room, followed by Lord Derby, Lord Hardwicke, Colonel TyrYhitt, the Recorder, the Clerk of the Peace, and the Town Council: When the whole party had entered the room, the Mayor, standirg: opposite the . Duke of Cambridge, said : " May' it please yourßoyal Higlinese,—The Council of the Borough of Liverpool 4 representing- nearly half-a-mlllion of people, desire me to give expression tothe sentiments of respect and attach ment which 'they enternin towards your Royal Highness. This tribute•bf respect is &tete your station, and to yourself personally ; hut more especially do they feel to be due and appropriate at this moment; vhen they have this opportunity of testifying CY the army, of which you are so distinguished a , member, their!" sense of the' heroic exertione which it has pleased Divine Providence thus-far to bless with success. The' people of Liverpool have set'apart - this day as a day of rejoicing for those successes', and 'for thefal3 of Sebastopol, and out of respect to your Royal Highness:- Nor can they ever forget the part you have= taken 'in this .war, and the distinguished and gallant mannerrhi you' led your divisions during the battles in the 'Criinea, and especially in those engage ments which distinguished the commencement of the cam paign, you formed ore-of that gallant:band of heroes who so nobly sustained the honour of our country.- We rejoice in this opportunity of welcoming you to Liverpool; and, in visiting oneofthe great commercial emporia of this- country, you will find. how deeply interested we are in-a return of peace; but, at the same time, you will find one sentiment, and one alone, pbrvading this whole community—that of a , determination to perseverein the war in which we are engagecLatall hazards, andtat every sacrifice, until' its object isattainel I now beg td , ealli upon the Recorder. of Liverpool to' read the address which , the Council have requested me- to present to your Royal Highne&s." Mahe 'conclusion of these:ronaks; whichltadbeen listerned to withprofound attention, and which were applauded at their termination, the Recorder read the following-address:— To 1 1 T4S`ROYANLI. HIGHNESS GEOHGE -1317.5 H. GE , CA RIDGE, &c.; &c: t e e ce l infe ambi tioncp' was undertaken sr . Nay it please your Royal Highness, — We, the • Mayor, Aldermen, c.nd Burgesses of the • Borough of Liverpool, avail • ourselves of this opportunity of offering to your Royal Highness our wamr - Ist coug,rattlations- upen. your visit to this townglogether with an assurance • of the 'respectful esteem and , attachment entertained towards-yourself by the inhabitants of this- borough generally. This tribute is• due not only to yours rank tridlstation,.but to your great personal , exertions in the public serviee. We have seen with mo 'common interest a Prince of the. Blood: Royal embarked in un arcluom eampaigri and' sharing the - toils and K r k i e ls rm of art oo ; r n s .s ei b ters eust; ary a l in N\ i - i i i t g l! t t ii t e e7 h u o t- n t u lm r. a o , f, Ba ou la r kla co v m a, mo an i d i . country. Happily, it is - now - our privilege to address— your Roval: Highness soon after another signal triumph granted to the. t o i f il t u b g e Allies in t , o tile , prum fall is o e f a Se f b a a y s o tol b ,ja e nd iss a u t e a everything sy rtaken by:France and England, with , i . i ni o ngd o re ba ep ti sona I . f ag a gr g a re r.d a i t sem em en i l e ba: an s a ole t ly o to sec c u u re rb i th h e o surrounding nations. We hope that your . Rwal Highness will, in inspecting:the• shipping, docks ; and. maritime arrangaments of the. Pdrt of Liverpool, nct'fail toTerceive that industry and enterprise .on. the banks of the ;Mersey - are still widely extending themselves; and contributing: largely to the generate • prosperity of the British Empire.- Given .under the CoMmon Seal of 'the Boroughof Liverpool, this 9th day cf October, 1861.. (fined) J, A: TOBIN.. Immediately en. the Recorder having "rushed the reading,. r his worship the , -.Mayor presented the address to his Royal Highness, who, having.received it, made tke subjoined reply , " Mr. Mayor, Mr.. Recot-der, and Oenttemen,— with , feelings of the c:eepest gratification and gratitude that I have heard the address read;.whieh has just been-presented by your , - self, by the aldermen:and burgesses of this most loyal and most important borough. The honour you.avethus conferredi upon me is the more • gratifying, as you have-associated, my. name with that of the-gallant army with which -it has retently been my privilege to serve in the field, anctwhich has, I trust, proved itself worthy .of this great country. (Hear, hear:) , If,. during my period a *service with that army, I have had the• good fortune to merit the• approbation of agreat community,. such as the one yout represent, that is, indeedian honour- - of of which a soldier-may be proud. Most cordially do }join, with you in feeliegrasatisfaction at the recent great success , which has attended the arms of the allies. May that-success lead to further victories,. and may the vigonstwith which the. war is conducted - bringthe allies at no distant period, to a. complete attainment of the- object for which ,the. wan was-un• dertaken. It offer& sue-very great pleasure to have beefs per on your kind-invitation, to visit thie-great commercial. community, in the prosperity of which, and :all its -vakiable institutions, I feel - the-liveliest interest." The conclusior.. , ef , this , address was received withhudap.* plause. His Royal Hightees-wa•s. then conducteddo the great Belli room, and thence-on to 'the balcony which overlooks .the Ere change area. HS, appearance here was interesting: hi, the• extreme, and the-scene •was most spirit-stirring:. The " - flags" were instinct with life- and emotion, anits. thehuildiage-gay with flags of every colour: Thousands of voices -were-simul taneously raised; to , utter the cheer which. honouxed: the , royal representative; not only of the faraily.of, our beloved!. Queen, but of those Brame battalions- who, are sustain ing the honour- of the- British empire.- on the battle fields of the Crime.s 4 .and cementing the- cordial, mike be tween ourselves. and, our gallant allies- in the - struggle: After a short stay in;;the great ball-room,hinacwal Highness was conducted down: stairs, (the band playing " Rule- Bri tannia,") and by.theehief entrance, round:High-street;through the thickest of the: crowd, to the Eichange , News-room- The gentlemen: in ,the • News-room—the " 'merchant - princes!" of Liverpool—received. his Royal Highness in ,that: cordial manner which might have been expected. His Royal: High ness entered at the middle door, and passed-out at the north end to view the-appearance of the " lags •and buiklings.froak Mayor, Lord Hardmck , Col.. •- - Tyrwhitt and other guatlemem6 that position.. After passing through . the •Newsr.oom, his short time isn the Mayor's room, in, conversatigoi: with. his Royal Highnes&•returned to the Town-hall, And. remain& a worship and other gentlemen. He -aka. signec.l.his.nante• in the visitor's book:;. The party then entered the carria„,cies- which, were. at the front of the- TOwn-hall. In the first carriage sat his Royal Highness the , Dake , of Cambridge 4, the Mayors, the Earl of Derby, and. Horsfall, M.P.'. In. the- second (the mayor's official). carriage, were the. Erusl ,of Harclivicke, Mr. Charles Turner ) . Mr. Walpole, andiMr. Hughalioraly. In the third were- Colonel Tyrwhittt and , Mr. .li. R. Lloyd. At the departure• from the Towuthall, the same- manifesta tion's of delight were made by the• spectate-c.f....as had greeted his Royal. Highness's arrival, ens" these were continued during the progress of the procession through Castle-street, Lord-street, Church-street, Parker-street,. Eliot-street, Lime-street; and Islington, to, the Collegiate Institution. Here the pupils, numbering about :800,, attired in their aca demic robes, and headed by the-Rev. J. Howson, M.A., Principal ; of the Institution, and ,the other- Masters, were a.ssemblain• front of the building,- On his Royal Highness approaching, the carriage was. stopped, and the head boy of the school,. Master George Rawaen,. loaving been introduced by the Principal, read an address:to his. Royal Highness, which the Duke of Cambridge gracefully acknowledged ; and having, begged a few days' annual holidays. for. the boys, which was. acceded to, the Royal Duke- drove. oa by Moss-street and. Daulby-street, towards the Baths and Public Offices in Corn-- wallis-street. At the Baths.he -was received by Mr. Wagstaff; chairman, and most of the Members of the Baths Committee s whe.conducted him over the; premises,, and explained the vari ous baths and arrangements, with all of which his 1"„oyal Highness expressed himself much pleased. From the Baths the. illustriotm Duke proceeded to, the Derby Museum and Public Library, where he spent:a con siderable time in examining theniodels of ancient andniodern Liverpool ; he also inspected with considerable attention the specimens of ornithology and other objects illustrative of natural history. On leaving the Museum, his Royal High ness visited the Blue- Coat Hospital, where he arrived about half-past one o'clock, At this school he was received by Mr. .E. G. Deane, the. treasurer of the charity, Mr. Wood the master, i and several other gentlemen, who take an active in terest n the management of the hospital.. The hand, con sisting of juveniles belonging to the school, on the approach of the royal visitor, played " See the conquering hero.' His Royal Highness, on alighting from his carriage, proceeded through the-refectory, or dining-hall, and inspected the class room, and some of the dormitories. lie expressed himself much pleased with the arrangements for the comfort of the children, and also with the healthy and joyful appearance of both boys and girls, inmates of the hospital. Having completed his inspection, his Royal Highness drovo off to visit the Sailors' Home. Here he was received with great enthusiasm. Having rapidly inspected the various apartments of this institution, with which he seemed much pleased, the Duke and sulk left the Sailors' Home, and proceeded to the Albert Dock. In the extensive and splendidly-appointed warehouses of this dock his Royal Highness, after having been shown over the principal portion, was entertained, in a suite of rooms over the offices, at a splendid collation, supplied by Mr. Lynn, of the Waterloo Hotel. From these warehouses the party proceeded to the Observatory, where they arrived at about half-past three o'clock. Here they were received by Mr. Hartnup, who explained to his Royal Highness the varied and interesting mechanism of the apparatus fitted up for dif ferent purposes in the Observatory, including the electro tmmheagenmtnsea g t s o ns ecutle issued c c k t , o N c h ia Company,pc h t a works h es t h h Ei e xp esphuabbnylgi the e c laßoncodka ther a d t otnfheew Trade o i ffi n s c t o r u for o - f keeping a meterological record, first introduced by Lieutenant Maury, of the United States navy. From the Observatory, his Royal Highness proceeded to [OCTOBE the Sandon Graving Dock. II( V:ight, of the firm of Messrs. Gi c o n ai:cted over the magnificel Royal Charter," now being furnigg.no, r.pd other appom . royal Duke expressed himself their carriages; the party drov Duke's arrival was honoured the Fort, the distinguished in Schools, at Kirkdale, where Rector Campbell, the chum! vestry. Mr. Coats, governor Royal Highness through the differeni merit, and explained the system Having completed this ext( Royal Highness repaired to th THE MAYO. In the evening his worship at the Town-hall, at whicl visitors were present :—The DI Derby, the Bishop of Chester, Harry George W. Smith, Barf M'Dougall, Mr.. Thomas Berr' Brown, M.P., Mr. Michael the French Cons 4 (Mr. Jos !) dale, Mr. Thomas Littledale , Mr. John Myers, Mr: John (Mr. P. Mussabini), Mr. Richal Mr. T. Edwards Moss, Mr. Joh Mr. John H. Turner, Admiral Hussars, Mr. Bramley-Moor ( field, Mr. Joseph N. 'Walker, Francis Heywood, Colonel Bel Lieutenant-Colonel Swaur.; Edwards, Collector of Customs; of Hardwicke, Mr. Walpole, Cal. Stewart, Mr. William Rotherham, Amongst those who were and his guests were the folio', the Earl of Ellesmere, Lord Major-Gen. Hon. Edward Oust the High-Sheriff, Sir Philip 4 Williams Wynn, Bart,, M.P. Biut, the American Ministe' Mr. Tollemache, M.P, Colon( Major Bourne, the Sardinian Rome), Res. Rector Campbel General Sir George Brown, G., [On aotount of circumstances, be found in another column, ' ceedings- at the banquet has columns-of the London Times' After the . cloth was drawn Bishop, The MVP:UV proposed " The " God save the . (ueen !" by 1 guests joining in the chorus. The Msliou: then rose, an. ~ .Emperor of the French." ID the results of this - war. will be ; none other than that of the union the closest bonds bf frimadshi takenin vain. (likar,.hear !) tedestroy that mutual.respeci brave 'nations: Francis- and deed,.enter into a , treaty of peace„ ever wanted those - element of Derby, on a recentoccssionl.w a peace lasting. Sovereigas , antes; but to endure-they =lot of the' people-they must' be approval; and has notlhat unio) land been ratified amid the else to our country, and by,that hea: our own sovereign from the ti France ?:" (Hear, heat%) The! between monarchs ; they.; of a natien'sjoy. No man h: port or through evitreport, - t , the present Emperor of tl-Freneh. poleon, the - Emperor of the couple the name-of his august (Cheers.) " Partant - pour la Syrie-,r The Fuzuck 'CONSUL (M toast said :—I thank the mayor just uttered„andyou, geneert.s you have given to them. I these manifestatiOns in honour make it my duty :-to bring.tb' deuce, in its designs of mercy-. the day of orx . disasters ; an name with or.- enthusiasm evaamples, has shown that she the debt which she O•wes to. L observe, that EUrope would fail what gratitude :squires from in the fable, who, when he world ; and our - convulsions, would soon have-reached.to ot, to , your admiraNe institutions, spirit in which you. conduct th, the least reason to fear a reacti but the Emperor bas other rig) the sympathies which . you •exl realized the great{ thought w heart of every generous •man held out the hand -of friendsh, the- struggles aria:2llgg• from wh blood, succeeds at the , present England, which astonishes ET friends of its independence, m fence in hand, one:. for -which 01 treasure and the lalhod of their L en nay own sentireents„l would one attaches a higher price than the four years of my - .residence learned to know =idle admit continue, ' ham baptism of fire in the .field of 1 petuate it the recollection of hat tg etn' t9o . oo . common, and of successes obtain when „t of c oil have accomplishes) its present tasoi - ' 0 01 11 !;" 0 0 :,, ir for it to cease to be the glorious . °Cr - oe' become that of theipeogress of b e c cor s „.ecti re d Then, gentlemen, you will resun' „ o re 'ato 0 0 eial prosperity. Ydur.docks, wonders of the world, will agai ll thousands of vessels-which bring to FP 1 , 3 for i p a ar p ts ri o e f e t b l 3 l , e t w h o e r s k tr i, e tnd sth w o h f ic y h o s u e i ri.: po tl . o l6 esect rfal t r t i t 7 4 -41 v: labour of your industrious workraelt , your enterprise, for-the union of certain peace of the'world ; and with the poet, tlei,friend of AngA st ' lls " words : Quis Pak-anus paveat, q incolumi t( Tat another moreenka tongue wh mine will make - Alia:the interpl noble Duke with,vehetn I have t] yore hospitality.. .1 would not, basin g paid my tribute to the vl side by side withlhose of my col the call of duty heehanged the fatigues of caters;., At Alma, at the glorious memorials of whicl. grant that he may wear them &splay an intrepidity worthy of . nour which he: had to lead to England. Himself indifferent to , kis own life, hialleart was moved around him hs-companions in a: who, like you,,gentlemen, in the to one of the chiefs, of their coun: person to the respect which they. The 111a.Ynr.4 then, in an adobes: reviewed the-, aggressive policy, importance to.Fitrope generally, ing that aggressive spirit, gavo , Turkey," and also that of The was duly honoured. M. MusaizEsi, the Turkistv, The MAY,AII then rose to pro, Albert, Albert Prince of Wales, Family, ineludinf, the Duke of , honoured ~ ,them with his Tresen , need not: alludit to those rers( endeared:the. Dyke of Cambridge dered hitrL so. justly popular Tit of Englfuni rejoiced to see on,e• - loved sovereign gladly sharing. sv: ot,lTirttO, hardships. of the campaign., At.P lll ' - ' l o3 6le ,te o l ,ii Inkerman. (where your hone • was- g re doric lantry. was alike conspicuous; bit u le ace',Jsop was when. your health obligqd. you toe" rades.. I venture to say that n0t0 4./ 00 19 1 ' in kia.regionent than you 'lave done --I ' oo or e ; irl*et up to, as the soldier's friendi the e rtil t 11 , e t e,.4! 1 , And. may I further add,-,that tL ma le in order to ameliorate the. ocoj i b ie• 9 0 , f e:;9.4af i thaseast have been rewarded: by the " o t 050 . '1 sick and wounded soldier. 1 sp 3 tf,ipirerf, Ging mere terms of adulation" : . but to .=l.)° t ("JO „A` believe to be true, and As .the.expon e r," 0 tv,-4„01.4' the sentiments of the. people at r e ti of ‘, t sew , loud cheers); and st4ely.- it lass l' e ast e , / 001; could rouse the pecTle• from their 'f 0 1. ;, 0 1e, OP IV, :of nearly half a century—to one ° pey'd the s, war is a popular war, because . m tal ile , , i; ol nature; and every man reads the • g ' interest, and identifies. himself with I do rovAe o t ovr, : a war in which the r principles of free ij a 0 ,110 humanity, are arrayed against tSo er y 0 00 did not enter upcu, this war until r . true,. ,gIT - `fol peace had been exitausted; but it i s d vatA t otA g e b 11 0 % 11 0 upon it with much. of a .boastin t o , seemed to trust-toour own strengt'!. o ,tfil t ioca'" tory, almost forgetting that it lie' lie ver f yiv io pt. of battles. IJ2 has pleased ifire'eople°,ttrite cause should, triumph, and the , 1„„ 5 0 e .4 1 apart this day as one of rejoicing I l u; 130 ... " 4 is that while the heroism of l' e l e .co' e it °Ol l , acknowledged throughout the ' s lt r Ate l "9f the glory, of the final success ,11 5o pt r io rt;, French; . bat, though we may I fee w ill t le Yiav e s re Si d of success at the Redan, still we , w ho theote to prevent our rejoicing with tlios_ei dangers in common with us ; r `L t i o n e si fil o y t o more.touching incident in theyo.'_,, t 01 046,, was.ower, the Zouaves marched T e ' ers , ee_ eo , ;. who. greeted them,ll,o,vuiitriiilg.gie.,rot:_:i.c_.,,„: i?. ,,nittet el ee t l 09 1 rasgPn,kitihnigs jealousy, living in tlios . . r . llloo Tut , isl i Poto 3 time of peace, it is novi 09e_ . ,:"'r oe eer ia, or in war, our sentiments ofa' family The toastremai l n v a u s n d a r l u te nk red; 4_ l on.l e e e e r d h s e:a o rt t i fi f: 3 : ; .:l‘ l l : lo , l)° . t fr i iil l His ROYAL HIGRNESS beet; oir t joll, andtheiith eb company,resto nfoirtiocehtellinev : I d it a i f : 3 : 11) ;° 13r-' , Cfh : ej e r e cu t: 3 1: : : t 5 ,5 5 77 : 0 Iji ` at ' r e . of which the town had that eT3_ ;D habi t d o. not but feel most grateful to t h ne b ' sd the gratifying reception which wL"na 1;040 could he fail to express the ~s hote nThi eh c o / day inspected the great estayi! ted In a be ,r o it e e ritable institutions which retiev thing could soY I f or A l' t ' great commercial town. ~t o f so 11 1,acci to any one than to be the obie ,, v i o ta.; .. e nso:; a portion of which, no doubt, „'_"`,, ie b 1%4 o t ly.org!,, sonally, but the greater paeatown'in woirtiotelsop; as a testimony of the ap flTe r ( e c ill' e a ee b rsd it .b ) 3l 3 l , t il rr eh :cio t e t r i, influentialEas t • fa ll l a t s o r b e g m rd e s d t community. i b i 3 ig r il v ` cone u r e a t the hest effects upon them. 0 , / 00 thinking that the calamities I th e 0 - ER 16, 1855. c. ~,,,____ Here the part 9 111,,, .I:!eethell, oti Gibbs, Bright,alluv-# ; Able rth - ` 1 1 !nt new atailliali S C •O • A , l kiln ; fitted with her e 3 g } of , , i , th e fitments. With A 1,1.,. :,rt, , a ata , F much gratified. 3.6.," ph, and h e Are to the North Fne 'feeling , I by a royal saltitel, iil waeeling. ,: 3a t r i t ie y y • Alwardens and ;Ile o t t a a no r the prwocereeedredecteoirtitotf ~..tttetiti:Dolyilret or of the Instittltillid b 're i i , ' t o, b a , different portionto_AYl 4 f 0,,, ne st ein 011 which it i , cuLd Nioyetil y 4 tended tour of if r? thtet,,etna!ert he JuJaes' lu-g•no' fo rme% Ta, t'r ,__ , C4 b OR'S DIVIEB• A i ,(I „7" y„ 0 the Mayor 1'.7 • e a '.. el tey. Nsk ch the follolcieg , Iv `..ort,s, _ 11, 1( Duke cf Carabridgti 0 herlend tc l', Sir Robert Ge7o L as a C u rt. 8 0. rt, G.C.8., C 10,0,,:t _Ville ry Horsetail, 31.101.. iC i to A er i es Humble, 31 % flsr°,, all t r h dot 11 t‘i ieph Hitler), , r.„,,,,0, ti. , z .0 m Mr. Tobin, 31r.1";005,' tie ' tie s fir',_e:3 B. Lloyd, the ;ti h is nt, a. 1,; lard C. 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