The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser. — Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1845-12-16 00:00:00

TO CORRESPONDENTS. We have been requested by a correspondent to draw the immediate attention of the Highway Board to the very broken condition of the parapets in various leading streets of the town- We can our selves bear witness to the truth of our correspondents remark, but we are sure after the attention of the Board has been directed to the subject, the grievance will be immediately removed. " A Conservative" should ascertain if his name is on the register of voters for the borough, which be can see at the Conservative Office, Harrington -street. Will he inform us where our pre dictions of Tuesday were incorrect. Whilst we deplore, we scarcely wonder at, after our experience of human nature, such conduct as a " Conservative Churchman" grieves over. We received his letter too late for insertion. We were not present at the Concert alluded to by " An Italian Pro and cannot publish his strictures without the guarantee of his name. It was impossible fur us to do anything with the letter of Nigel' at the late hour at which it reached our hands. tl;t Ziberpoot :Otanbarb. TUESDAY MORAING, DEC. 16, 1845 TRE lIIIMSTERIAL CRISIS. We have given, elsewhere, an account of the events of the past week, which resulted in the resig nation of Sir Robert Peel's administration, and the orders of her majesty being given to Lord John Russell. We now proceed to convey to our readers the latest accounts of the progress made by his Lordship, as recorded in the London press. The first in order which we shall take is the London Times, who yesterday thus reports the present posi tion of affairs : " Nothing, we believe, has yet been settled respecting the new Ministry. Lord John Russell had another inter view with her Majesty at Windsor on Saturday, whither he was accompanied by the Marquis of Lansdowne, and conferences have since taken place between the heads of the Whig pArty now in town, but up to a late hour last night it would be rash to assert that his lordship had taken any decisive steps towards forming a new administration. _ With the example of Sir Robert Peel's short accession to power in 1835 before their eyes, the leaders of the oppo sition may well deliberate before they rush into the pos- Sennion of t•laces which the course.of events may force them to vacate in the course of a few weeks. As matters stand at present Lord John Russell may expect to meet an adverse major ty in each house if he does not receive c, not only of Sir R. Peel, hut of a large portion party who have hitherto voted with him ; and it is ~onable, onable, therefore, that he should wish to mea t of support he will receive before entering ".= predecessor has bequeathed to the suppor upon the grea him." We may rr lion that the Times, unlike some of his other contemporaries, continues to treat the re signation of Sir Robert as irrevocable and the Whig dy set tied in power. "It is true," he s, " strangely true—that the tory government is arty as .ly true that a Whig government The Morning Herald and the Morning le leave us to infer that the course of Lord something rather less plea ling which the Times seems t is not such a certainty r a while at least, that The former says— iaist.!rial Crisis. On np.Anied by the Mar r_ Majesty at Wind or. ieet of the interview n Russ rnmei Lansdowr to tell crept t ',and I their inability on to construct a permission to defer 'ow). The general tical circles is that a Administration however, goes further intelligibly hints to his Lord John dare not, and uccess, assume the 3 vernment, pledged emporary Eays— 'likely that lord can be would warrant bitn in this point we ,car ;rat the Liberal leader The great event of the past week—the resignation ,f Sir Robert Peel's administration—we believe there are few who were prepared for ; and the cir cumstances which have led to it are still so enveloped in mystery, that it is difficult to say whether the mass of the people, and the conservative party itself, regard it as a calamity or a blessing. On Tuesday ~ last we expressed our belief in the substantial accu .Ct a courage worthy racy of the announcement, made by the London we believe, of carrying Times, that the premier was prepared to repeal the of the corn-laws, and we corn-laws. We still believe that he had determined see a work accomplished of public necessity couldxec upon and expected to carry that measure. What .tempt himself." unforeseen obstacles have intervened to prevent the ~ from the above, that there carrying of his views into execution—whether they in of Sir Robert Peel being the have sprung from a desire amongst his colleagues i 'Ube to withdraw the exist- to retain the present sliding scale, or from a wish to 1 'iTiculture of the country, maintain their consistency and honour, by allowing o - materially the present those men to take the credit or responsibility of the U - 4 Sir Robert Peel is measure whose advocacy has aided in bringing it ea j measure of total and about—we are not in a condition to say, and feel it -e , still only the assertion of idle to speculate about. The great fact that the 1( • It is certain, however, that conservative ministry is no more, is all that just now your of n alteration ; and it is currently it concerns us to know of the past. We are now Les here, that a graduat- ' about to have the destinies of the nation committed ,t n total repeal, is that which i to the care of Whig rulers—men, too, who, in most Is his colleagues. Whether to of their views of public policy have, within the last it measure, he may yet be able four years, gone very materially in advance of their hi „fractory colleagues, and previously declared opinions. Lord John Russell n state, in the event of Lord , has been summoned by her majesty, and is engaged Dt r, his position tenable has in the formation of a new ministry; and, although John, the Chronicle says, the unexpectedness of the summons, and the conse w e support of Sir Robert quen tly scattered state of his party at the moment bl ~, of his usual supporters, of receiving it, has not permitted his arrangements ip Jrt will be accorded we are very to be so far matured as to enable us to point out the m _.‘n to believe, unless we are to have a coalition men of whom it will be composed, we are left in no ministry, which, in the present aspect of m an y other such doubt with respect to its principles and its po government has to deal with, is ' hey. With respect to these, the Globe of Friday, that oil and water would harmo- which may be regarded as the ministerial organ , ---- of religion—to allow the parents out of these bete rogeneus masses to choose for their children what ever system of religion they may think fit, and to en force or sanction the teach►ng of that system, utterly regardless of its character, whether it be one of di vine truth or blasphemous error, in Schools under the patronage of the Corporation must be ever held indefensible and wrong for the following reasons : First, it would necessarily place error, which ought to be banished from the world, alongside divine truth, and invest with a power of attraction to the children of the school generally, that would not fail to leave on their minds an impression that error after all must he a very harmless thing: and thus the dis tinction which exists between truth and error would be gradually obliterated, and both would eventually be cherished with feelings of equal respect, or treated with marks of similar contempt—a result that would gratify the most sanguine infidel. Secondly—lt would imply that the honourable Town Councillors, under whose patronage this thing was done, though considering themselves responsi ble to Almighty God for their actions in private life, ceased to be so in their capacity as trustees of a public fund; and that consequently they were prepared, out of that fund, to pay for teaching the children of Roman Catholic parents all the errors of the Romish Catechism, involving idolatry ; and the children of Jewish parents the creed that designated the Lord Jesus an imposter, and the New Testa ment a fabrication of the devil. We repeat that they were fully prepared to do this, for they did it in part, and if an opportunity had offered, would, no doubt, have done it altogether. We ask, there fore, if the corporate body, in pursuing a reckless course like this, were not likely to be accountable to a higher tribunal than that of their constituents ? We argue as believers in divine revelation, for we have not yet been able to discover that infidelity in volves a single point of practical wisdom. And let it be borne in mind that the subject under con sideration is not a secular one, but religious—reli gious instruction in the Corporation-schools. And religion, if it mean anything, will ever contemplate man as an accountable and an immortal being, and teach him so to discharge his duties towards God and his fellow-creatures, as to render a good ac count at the last day, and secure for himself eternal happiness. But the Reform party, in adopting the course which they pursued in the religious instruc tion of the children, acted as if all the responsi bility rested with the parents, and none with them selves. And so little sympathy or pious solicitude did they manifest for the future and eternal welfare of the children, that they allowed them to be taught to hold certain doctrines as true and essential to salvation, which they themselves at the same time knew and believed to be false and utterly repugnant to the word of the living God. In doing this they were acting a false part towards eh e children. The whole proceeding involved a want of common ho nesty as well as of moral rectitude. It way an awful breach of sacred trust! In conclusion, we would only remark on the il lustration used by our contemporary, that in em ploying a police force for the protection of the town, the Town-Council, as Trustees for all, were bound to consult the wishes of all, and extend the same protection to Roman Catholics, Jews, and Pagans, as to Protestants. Their doing so involved no vio lation of religious principle : it was a matter of mu nicipal arrangement affecting the present or earthly comfort of the inhabitants : but religious instruction in the Corporation-schools was a very different thing, involving, as we have already shewn, the des inies of an endless life. In reference to this, the 'own-Council could only discharge their duty by - such a system as they believed in their consciences to be based on the broad and recog nized principles of eternal truth, as nothing but truth could ever prove advantageous to the chil en, either in this world or in the world to come. introducing priucipie wi h t nor to the 'self, iu accei obviov repeal wu atile cii cl ound his lately re n Russell not tinclin lout t crisi an aboli parties it ahily on the our roper to take. \V hat such st pestions whicl d ming' says -- " Upon one point we can, however, speak with confi --__ deuce. We have reason to believe that, notwithstanding acid and talented speech of our fellow-towns- the manifest difficulties which a single glance assured him - lan II orsfall, at the last meeting o f must inevitably beset his path, Lord J. Russell obeyed the _uncil, in vindication of the present system of summons of her Majesty with a determination to allow no considerations of a merely party nature to interfere with ucation in the Corporation-schools, has caused no or limit the tender of his services to her majesty and the iall stir among the liberal press of the Town. In- country at the present juncture. Whatever obs - tacles are ed. it was not likely that a statement so clear in nowinterposed in the way of , a final settlement of the , • t, irihtt Mderr ntative in its matter, so 1, withal, so moderate 1 to go forth to the pub ; made to awaken its pri it was calculated to arv, the Editor of the strictures on this n its cone w question, mm house of lords should, at the instigation of any portion of the late cabinet, place itself in opposition to the course deemed advisable by Lord John, and those who may be prepared to act with him, the responsibility will be cast without reserve upon the right shoulders. This will of course result in a direct appeal to the sense of the coun try ; of the result of which, we can, in the present state of affairs, have no doubt. The circumstances under which the Peel cabinet has been broken up—the stare, present .onvictic Our co tempc Mr. He as offered son ur duty to notice introduced by t zt they waking of the system of educa ae Radicals into the Corporation t their great error was a desire s desired to learn, rather than , s believed to be true." tor of the Times has com- 1g terms that tt y we mai is a correct statement, f the Reform party to teach _its what their parents wished __a what they themselves believed that Mr. Alderman licrsfall has _or, either great or small, and we one else can do it either. On the :pat if the Town Council, who are tives of the burgesses of Liverpool, f the public funds entrusted to education whatever, it e to support out 3agement, any s 'duty to‘make is their bounu,. such a one as will be 'reeable to their constituents, and that to Co otherwise great a breach of tru.t as it would be to employ a to protect the Protestant inhabitants of the aud to leave those districts in which the Catho -ithout any protection whatever." s reside e is no att ~mpt to controvert the statement Party were actuated by s desire to children of their constituents what their parents wished them to learn, rather than what they themselves believed to be true, but it is denied that in pursuing this course the Party committed an "error." We think with Mr. Horsfall that they committed a great error, and the Burgesses of Liver pool must have thought the same, for it was on the school question more than any other, the Burgesses became dissatisfied with their conduct, and at length deliberately dismissed them from the Council Cham ber. We can only suppose one condition or state of things under the ascendant influence of which a Town Council as the representative of the Bur gesses, might undertake to support out of the pub lic funds entrusted to their management, such a sys tem of education as would be agreeable to their constituents without committing a great error. It could only be done when the constituents and the parents of the children were themselves so en lightened—so free from prejudice and interested motives—and so remote :from the power of external temptations as to be unanimous in their request that nothing should be taught the children at the expense of the ratepayers but what would prove advantageous to them, not only in this life, as tenants of earth, but in that which is to come, as heirs of immortality. In a world—in a country—or in a town like our own, where, through ignorance, self-will, or mere love of obliquity, large masses of the inhabitants are zeal ously attached to various and even opposite systems that the Reform the c and prospective, of the country—and also a proper consi deration of the personal tranquillity of the sovereign— conduce to urge the necessity of a speedy release from the state. of uncertainty in which the late ministry has left public affairs." We are, therefore, clearly committed to a free trade ministry, and may expect to see the whole powers of the whig-radical party, aided by the sanc tion of the crown, embarked in the effort to carry out the views of the anti-corn-law league. That this effort will receive any material resistance from the conservative supporters of the late ministry we are far from being assured, We look for no such opposition from Sir Robert Peel himself, who, it is confidently asserted, will look on in silence, whilst the great measure of repealing the corn-law is being i debated ; and we much question whether the Duke of "Wellington, in the Lords,'„will take any step which may tend to bring that house into collision with the two other branches of the legislature. Agricultural protection, therefore, we regard as doomed ; and we may also assure ourselves of the same policy being applied, with no sparing band, to other branches of , the national industry. That Lord John Russell, in his past administra tion of the affairs of the country, has not displayed the ability which will be required to carry us safely through such a sweepi ng change in our commercial and financial system, is a fact of which even the advocates of Free Tr a d e mus t b e painfully aware. With a tariff at its maximum amount, a productive duty upon foreign corn, and the sugar duties un reduced, his lordship and his colleagues succeeded in producing a large annual deficit in the public revenue; and at the close of their administration left every branch of the public service in a state of woful dil a pidation. He has no w t o d ea l w ith a re duced tariff, and with a general revenue whose sur plus is only made up by a system of direct taxation which is very generally unpopular. Moreover, he has to encounter an increased expendit ure arising out of the necessity of placing the country in an ef ficient state of defence—a duty which the public voice imperatively demands to be proceeded with. He is about still further to destroy the sources of our revenue by the repeal of the corn law, and pro bably an onslaught upon the sugar duties ; and will have, besides, to battle through the cessation of commercial activity and temporary shock to confi dence in all business affairs which ever attend the progress of great political and economical changes. Has Lord John Russell amongst the ranks of his party abilities to meet these difficulties ? Does he even enjoy that amount of public confidence which 'HE LIVERPOOL STANDARD. will prevent the capital of the nation being withheld from active enterprise and circulation ? We suspect not; and that, concurrent with the carrying out of his policy, he will produce a serious dilapidation of the national income, and, ultimately, an inability to meet the claims of the national expenditure, unless he has resort to some invasion of the pockets of the people which will bury him and his administration beneath the weight of public odium and contempt. We are not expressing a hasty opinion, or one which we are singular in entertaining. It is one whose pressure is just now marring the pleasure of the well-informed and experienced men of his own party. We have given, in another place, a candid and impartial statement of the existing feeling in the leading commercial circles in our own town ; and we can state that a feeling very similar exists in the manufacturing districts. The Manchester Guardian—a Whig organ, and therefore not likely to be influenced by any wish to damage the new Government new forming—admits sufficient to prove our statement, as to the feeling in that town. Our contemporary says : " The change in the situation of the country since Wed nesday week is so sudden and bewildering, and the ab sence of clear and authentic information with respect tc its precise causes and to the actual condition of parties is so complete, that, at present, we hardly know whether to congratulate or to condole with our readers upon it. Cer tainly, if the present state of affairs he viewed in comparison with that which was alleged to exist three or four days ago, when it was undlrstood that the united conservative cabinet had resolved to propose large and comprehensive measures of free-trade, which every body expected to be carried almost by acclamation, we should not feel much difficulty in making up our minds on the subject; but we must look at the change as a whole; and, trying it by the test to which it, will be generally subjected—namely, its probable effects in promoting or retarding that great mea sure to which public opinion is now universally directed — we must frankly confess our inability to decide, without some further knowledge of the facts, whether it is to be rejoiced at or lamented." sent me." And again— " Never did we witness so thorough an absence of mere party feeling, as was evinced in the gloom which prevailed when it became known that ,Sir Robert, instead of being in a condition to propose that repeal with the full concurrence of his cabinet, had been com pelled to retire from o f fice. Indeed the importance of the crisis is such as to make all friends of free trade (and free-trade has no foes in Manchester) tremble, lest, by some false step, or some unfortunate conjuncture of cir cumstances, the cup of promise which recent events had held out, should be dashed from their lips." Such expressions of gloomy foreboding. uttered after it was well known that Lord John Russell had received from the Crown full liberty to carry the measure, is significant of the belief entertained by his own party that Lord John Russell is not the man successfully to work out the coming experi ment. A momentous question presents itself, uncon nected with the commercial and financial policy of the new ministry, for our serious consideration. What is to be their policy towards the Established Church in England and in Ireland, and how far will the infliction upon it of " heavy blows and great discouragements" receive the countenance of Sir Robert Peel and the opposition, which he will doubtless lead ? Upon this point we are at present in the dark ; but if we may look back at the past for our guidance, we are strongly impelled to the conclusion that the interests of religion and the Es tablished Church of the Land are likely to be as safe. with an open enemy assailing them in front, as with a professing protector and friend insidiously sapping their foundations. We present our readers this day with three plans, chewing the proposed new docks to be constructed to the eastward of Wapping, at Mann Island, and on the Harrington Dock Estate, pointing out their scite and the property which will be required to be purchased. By the first it will be seen that powers are to be taken for purchasing the property west of a line drawn from a point in Canning-place, nearly opposite the south-west corner of the Cus tom-house, to the end of Kitchen-street, comprising parts of Ansdell-street, Charlotte-street, Salthouse lane, Dorling-street (the whole,) Oxford-street, Campbell-street, Barter-street (the whole,) Garden street, Mason-street, Tabley-street, Sparling-street, and Crosbie-street. On the west of Wapping, Ironmonger-lane, Lower Sparling-street, American court, Burgess-place, and Boston-street, with the valuable warehouse property erected on the east side of King's Dock, are to be taken. This property, the whole of Wapping, and a large portion of the property above will he covered with an extensive dock, in length about 730 feet, and 310 feet broad, communicating at its southern end with the Queen's Dock, and running parallel with King's Dock, into which it also has an entrance near the south end At the Custom-house end, Salthouse Dock will be carried up towards Mersey-street, its proposed width being 480 feet, and its length 720. Between these two docks will intervene a third, opposite the Duke's Dock, extending to Hurst-street, 390 feet long and 170 wide. By this dock, for the first time, an opening will be made from the Duke's Dock into those belong ing to the public estate, and a communication also be secured between the North Docks and the South Docks, which the Duke's Dock has hitherto di vided. Around these docks is traced a space of 70 feet wide for quays, sheds, or warehouses, and along the boundary line from Kitchen-street to the Custom house will run a public road, and the proposed rail way, branching down, at intervals to the Duke's Dock, King's Dock, &c. The second plan shews the dock to be constructed on the site of the Manchester Dock and Mann Island; and the third shews the proposed alteration of Sefton-street to enlarge the quay space of the Harrington Dock. Our mercantile readers will, we are sure, view with pleasure these arrangements making to meet the rapid growth of the commerce and shipping of the port. They are designed in a large and liberal spirit, and are most creditable to the dock com mittee and their engineer. OMI.NPOWt.I.NIP.C .I •• DEATH OF THE BISHOP OF JERUSALEM The Morning Chronicle of yesterday announces , on the authority of b letter dated the 30th ultimo, the melan choly news of the death of Bishop Alexander, of Jerusa lem, who, it appears, died only five hours distant from Cairo, on the desert. He was accompanied by his lady and daughter. Colonel Barnett received an express shortly after his death, with a request to send out and bring the body to Cairo. An autopsy was held on the body by Dr. Abbott, and it appears he died of an apop lectic fit. CHRISTIAN UNION. THE ALLIANCE. On Sunday rrici fling last the Rev. Hugh M`Neile de livered, in St. Jude's Church, a very impressive and ar gumentative discourse on the Perfected Unity of the Church at the Second Advent of the Lord Jesus Christ. The reverend gentleman selected for his text the 20th and 21st verses of the 17th John—" Neither pray I for these alone, but for them also which shall believe on me through their word ; That they all may be one ; as thou, Father, art in me, and I in thee, that they also may be one in us : that the world may believe that thou bast Vv -- The sermon was listened to with very great attention by a crowded congregation, and produced a very marked impression. We are only echoing a very general wish when we express a hope that Mr. M'Neile will afford the public an opportunity of possessing his arguments in a more permanent form by consenting to their publica tion. We can merely give at present the remarks of the reverend gentleman, of great interest at the present time, detailing his reasons for declining to join the proposed Evangelical Alliance. After an animating exposition of the text, proving that the Saviour's prayer for the perfected oneness of his Church waits for its fulfilment until his second advent, the reverend gentleman came to the subject which has induced us to publish his remarks, and proceeded as follows : And now, my dear brethren, you will naturally, and very reasonably, expect from me some reference to this prO posed alliance for Christian union, which is occupying so much attention. You are aware that I have not joined in the movement, and, though the subject may wear a personal aspect, many reasons are conspiring to make me feel it a duty thus publicly to tell you why. 1. First, then, it is not because I have any leaning towards Tractarianism. I need scarcely enlarge upon this. You. know full well the state of my heart and mind towards Romanism, whether with or without a mask, and that I have all along looked upon Tractarianism as Romanism wearing a mask for the deception of un wary and unsuspecting English Church • en. You know that my soul recoils from a system, which, not to enter again into particulars, would substitute formality of outward observances for the life and peace arid holy joy of inward commu❑ion with God. It is not, then, because of any Tractarian tendencies, that I keep aloof from the proposed alliance. 2. Neither, secondly, is it because of any repugnance to dissenters as such. When I say as such, I wish to distin guish between dissenters simply as dissenters, and the course which many of the most prominent of English dis senters have of late years adopted. Dissenters, considered simply as such, are not to be blamed for their present position. They were born and brought up in it. They do but occupy the inheritance be queathed to them by their fathers. Their forefathers who first dissented were not exclusively, or, as I think, prin cipally in fault. For whatever may be said against them, and deservedly, for allowing the non-essential things of dress, and discipline, and forms of worship to induce them to break off from a church whose fundamental doctrines and only sacraments they held and acknowledged to be scriptural : more, in my judgment, and more deservedly, may be said against the governors of that church who pro posed and passed the Act of Uniformity. The true healing measure on the side of the Church of England, which, if met by a corresponding movement on the side of dissenters, would, if any thing could, lead to real and permanent Christian union in England, would be the repeal, or, if not the entire repeal, yet, cer tainly, a very decided modification of that Act. As matters stand, however, though I think Dissenters have sustained great loss in many of the features of the primi tive model which belong to the Church of England, still, I think those among them, who as collective bodies or churches have retained true apostolical doctrine, and Christ's ordinances in all things which his commandment has rendered imperative, have retained everything essen • tial to .genuine Christianity and individual salvation. With such views, which are not new to you, my brethren, it is manifest that it is not by repugnance towards Dis senters as such that I am kept aloof from toe proposed alliance. I may here add, that at various periods of my life, I have had affectionate intimacy with Christian Dis senters. • 3. Tnirdly, my reason for not taking part in the present movement is not the pitiful vanity which has been im puted to me, both ill print and in private letters—namely, that because I did not originate the movement myself, and because I could not be a prominent leader in it, there fore I peevishly and spitefully hold away from it. You will admit that those who write and talk thus do not ma, nifest any very charitable desire themselves to maintain unity and concord. Where is the fairness or candour of the man who, in the exercise of his own private judgment, has seen it right to join the alliance, and then turns round and ascribes unworthy and unchristian motives to his bro ther who, in the exercise of his private judgment, has seen it right to refuse to join it 1 have, within the last few days, received several letters of this kind ; written in high admiration of the alliance, and in vehement bit terness against me. lam thankful to add, that I have received also letters of a very different description, ex pressing deep regret, mingled with kind affection, for those of our brethren who have joined the alliance, and expressing humble thanks to Almighty God because I have not joined it. There is this remarkable difference also between the two sets of letters, that all those in favour of the alliance are anonymous, and all the others have names, though total strangers to me. All I feel disposed to say in answer to the charge now under consi deration is, that the testimony of my conscience fully acquits me of all such childish folly. I would cordially rejoice to follow the least of my breti..7.' in a path wherein I could conscientiously and reasonai.l. e'icipate glory to our common Lord. This is sufficient for myself. But in the way of conviction for others, I may add what I would rather not say, although it is quite true, namely, that if I did join this movement now, I might become as prominent a leader in it as vanity herself could desire. But having thus excluded these which are not my reas ons, it is time that I should tell you what are my reasons for not joining in this proposed alliance. In doing so, I claim for myself the liberty, and from others the courtesy and good feeling, which I am ready most cordially to give to those who differ with me in this matter. I do not join this alliance then, because in my judge ment it can do no good ; and because I think it must do, and is already doing mischief. Of course you will expect me to assign some grounds for these opinions. I proceed to do so. In my judgment the only basis on which true and per manent and useful union can rest, is co-operation: and I think the terms of agreement in the proposed alliance are such, as to render co-operation absolutely impracticable. Co-operation is the basis of union. Union is not an end, but a mean towards an end. The highest of all uni ties among creatures, the unity of the true Church of Christ in its final perfection at the Lord's second coming, is, as we have seen, not an end to be pursued for its own sake. but a mean towards an end. The end is the glory and praise of HIM whose name will occupy every mouth, and whose beauty will fill every heart of his glorified fa mily. Co-operation in giving him praise for ever is the basis of their everlasting union. And now on earth, all who have the true object in view, all who are really aim ing at the glory of the Lord as their great end, are in God's sight co-operators, and have essential union, though they see it not, neither hear it as yet with their natural senses. In all inferior unions ; connected with temporal things, the same principle holds good. Co-operation is the basis. In scientific, literary, political, or commercial unions, men do not unite for the sake of uniting, but for the sake of accomplishing some object by means of uniting. The progress of science, the cultivation and extension of lite rature, the carrying of some political or commercial pro ject—these supply an end ; and so long as men are intent upon the end, and co-operating for its attainment, they are united with one another. But when they cease to have a common end in view, and instead of practically co-ope rating, taking their union for granted, they begin to talk about their terms of union, immediately they begin to dis agree and divide. This is the universal experience of the world ; and it is wiser, more philosophical, and, as I think, more Christian also, to ant , cip ate what shall be, by ana logy from what has been, than to expect miracles before the time. In practical illustration, and personal application of what I have now said, I refer to the Anti-Maynooth movement in the spring of this year. There was a com mon object in view, to prevent if possible, the national endowment of error, by means of a united and simultan eous appeal to the government and legislature of the country. Towards this end there was co-operation, and co-operation was the basis of union. In that union I joined, hoping to accomplish a good end. Some of the persons who joined however, had other ends in view, and their want of co-operation in the common end, was speedily exhibited in their breach of the union. You will perceive by all this, how indispensable in my opinion is co-operation. And I have now further to shew why it is that I think, as I do think, that the terms of agreement in the proposed alliance are such as to render co-operation impracticable. The terms cf the agreement are briefly these, that no one gives up anything. No individual of any denomina tion, joining the alliance, foregoes or compromises in the slightest degree any one of his private opinions or indi vidual convictions. I cannot state this too strongly ;it is boasted of as the strength and beauty of the alliance, that there is to be no compromise of anything by any body. The conscientious member of the Church of England compromises nothing. He still holds his own views of Epis copal church government as existing from the Apostles' time, of liturgical services for public worship, of the scrip tural duty of a government to establish a Christian church in their country, and endow its ministers, and of other kin dred topics. He can acknowledge the Christianity of men who differ from him on these points ; and he can meet such men, and speak, and sing, and pray with them, without giving up any of his own distinctive opinions, and without giving any pledge that will not at other times speak, and act upon those distinctive opinions ; even though it should be in aggressive opposition to what he thinks erroneous in dissent. In like manner the conscientious dissenter compromises nothing. He still holds his own views of church govern ment without bishops, of public worship without liturgies, and of the voluntary system as resting so distinctly on the authority of the New Testament, that a state church, as he calls our's, is utterly anti-scriptural. He can indeed acknowledge the Christianity of men who differ from him on these points, and he can meet such men, and speak, and sing, and pray with them, without giving up any of his own distinctive opinions, and without giving any pledge that he will not, at other times, speak and act upon those opinions, even though it should be in aggressive opposi tion to what he thinks erroneous in our Church system. In illustration of this I cite an extract from one of the speeches delivered at the first meeting in this town. The speaker said— " The next consider ation which appears important to me is this. It is closely connected with the other; and I know you BOILER EXPLOSION-LOSS OF LIFE Yesterday, (Monday,) at one o'clock, a terriffic explo sion occurred at Messrs. Bothwell and Kitts' cotton mill, situate in Rothwell-street, Bolton, and adjoining the terminus of the Bolton and Leigh railway. The work people were returning from dinner, and several of them had entered the mill, when, without any warning, the two boilers exploded with a terriffic noise, carrying away the whole of a new end of the building, five stories high, and two windows in breadth, together with two rooms erected over the boilers. The boilers were lifted upwards of thirty yards from their bed. Too soon it became known that many were buried beneath the ruins, and every exer tion was made to clear away the rubbish. The body of the manager was first found. H e was quite lifeless. At the time when the latest account left Bolton last night, the number of dead bodies extricated from the ruins was five, amongst whom was that of Mr. Bothwell, one of the firm, and the number wounded was six, including Mr. Kitts, another partner. The accident is attributed to there having been too much pressure on the boilers. The subject of the lecture at St. Andrew's church this evening is " Public Worship." Being the thirtieth anni versary of the consecration of that church, no doubt the Rev. Mr. Jones will deliver the lecture. The occasion cannot but prove interesting to all, but particularly to those (few probably in number) who were witnesses of the consecration on the 16th December, 1815. It is perhaps scarcely necessary to say that Mr. Jones has continued his ministrations at the church from that day to the present with increasing favour. The next lec ture will not be this day week, but this day fortnight, and the subject, " Self-Examination." THE ANTI-MONOPOLY ASSOCIATION.—This somewhat immodest body are just now busy at their trickery. By a circular, recently issued by them, dated December, 1845, and signed by Charles Ed. Rawlins, jun., they boast that " 2000 qualifications were made last year in the West Riding of Yorkshire, and a still larger number in South Lancashire ;" inform the public that "a share qualification will not cost more than from £3O to £4O ;'' and request the names of parties wishing to be provided with their faggot votes to be sent to them, for the purpose of getting them placed upon the Register. The Counties which they give, as " most nearly within the control of the free-traders, are South Cheshire, North Lancashire, North Cheshire, West Riding of Yorkshire, South Staf fordshire, and South Lancashire." With respect to the former, they remind their friends that " Birkenhead and its vicinity is in South Cheshire," and that South Lanca shire "is considered safe." It is surely time that Con servatives should open their eyes to the necessity of coun teracting the efforts of this confederacy, whose activity amply makes up for their want of brains to understand the result of the dangerous game they are playing. It is rumoured in Radical circles that in the event of a dissolution, the Hon. Fcx Manle and Mr. Ewart are to be their candidates for this town. will allow the allusion, when I speak of no compromise. I am sure the present chairman (Mr. Bickersteth) believes that I cherish the utmost affection for him, and will take in good part what I am about to state. In order to promote union, you, Mr. Chairman, asked, last evening, that Dissenters should give up this, and Churchmen that; and especially, that we, as Dis senters, should give up our aggressive movements against a system, which, I fairly say, we must utterly disapprove. Sir, I cannot give it up ! I cannot abandon the aggressive move ment. My deep conviction is a conscientious one. I believe, I stand on the Scriptures ; and I will not compromise my sentiments. I differ, it may be, from my brethren, but I claim the right of speaking what I please, and writing what I please, while I retain the general principles in which we concur. I will not agree to abandon a course of action which I deem to be founded, not on mere opinion, but on the es sentials of Christianity. Will you, Mr. Bickersteth, give up the Church and State principle? No! Why, then, require of me to give up my Anti-State Church principle ? No, we must not leireat each other to abandon anything that we hold dear, and deem essential." 1 do not wish to lay undue stress on the statement of any individual, as such ; but here a principle is affirmed, which cannot be gainsayed without putting an end to the alliance. It is not indeed denied ; nay, rather, as I have said, it is boasted of—no one is to give up anything. This being the case, then I ask how is there to be, how can there be, co-operation? What common end can there be in view ? This is a question which has not yet been distinctly answered by any of the friends of the al liance. Some of them have, indeed, announced as the end in view. a combined opposition to Popery, and many warm-hearted but short-sighted Protestants have been at once taken with this announcement. But, observe, in the case of the proposed alliance, opposition to Popery is not a common end, because the members of the alliance, while they use the same words, do not mean the same thing. The words are equivocal. The honest Churchman in opposing Popery is opposing false doctrine ; but the honest Dissenter, the conscien tious voluntary, in opposing Popery, is opposing Church Establishments and endowments also. There can there fore be no real bona fide co-operation. For how, I ask, and I invite you to consider, how, by what practical procedure is Popery to be opposed ? Is it by writing, and publishing? or is it by preaching? Or is it by Scripture reading? or by all these? Well, the COMMON CHRISTIANITY on which the alliance may agree in a room, can do none of these things. Men must be em ployed, if anything is to be done, and then arises the question what men? Are they to be churchmen, who, while opposing false doctrine, will not oppose, but defend state churches ? or are they to be dissenters, who will oppose both ? If a churchman be employed, will the conscientious dissenter give the weight of his co-operation to what he deems erroneous ? And if a dissenter be employed, will the conscientious churchman give the weight of his co-operation to what he deems erroneous? No, we may each acknowledge in theory the Christi anity of the other, notwithstanding our differences, but we cannot either of us consent to compromise a jot of our distinctivelprinciples, or give up our aggressive movements against what we utterly disapprove. We cannot therefore jointly employ any man; because no man is an abstraction, such as that on which we are agreed, but every man holds, and if an honest man be will express, something from which some of us differ. I cannot be a party to the employment and encourage ment of a man who 1 know will declare Prelacy to be part and parcel of Popery. I cannot ask a Dissenter to be a party to the employment and encouragement of a man who he knows, will declare it to be the duty of Government to establish a Christian Church. And I cannot ask any man to stifle or compromise his own conscientous convictions, and give up all aggressive movements, in order to become an abstract representative of all paities, and compromiser of none. How then is the alliance, as such, to get books written, or sermons preached, or any thing done by honest and conscientious men? Co-operation appears to me im practicable. And then the alliance comes to be a union merely for the sake of union, not for the accomplishment of any purpose. That is, it makes union an end, instead of a mean towards an end. The next thing will be to talk about the terms of union, and the next thing will be to differ in opinion and divide again. 1 have thus stated, briefly and very inadequately, some of my reasons for thinking no good can result from this alliance. I have other reasons for not joining it, arising out of my convictions as to my duty and obligations as a minis ter of the Established Church, having voluntarily sacrifi ced a measure of my personal liberty for the sake of pub lic order ; but I will not enter upon these reasons, because I cannot do so without seeming to reflect upon some of my rev. brethren in a way calculated to wound, and my object is not to wound but to heal. I will conclude, therefore, by saying to you, my friends, that I think I see, and I am extremely sorry to see, that the proposed alliance, even in its present incipient stages, is doing mischief. It is creating unpleasant and estranging feelings among ourselves, on every side. I have heard of very unkind and wounding things being said and written by lay friends of this alliance against their own pastors who have not joined it. And 1 have heard of similarly unkind things having been said by lay opponents of the alliance against their own pastors who have joined it. Oh I how subtle is our great enemy, and bow deceitful are our hearts! Here by the appearance, and in the vain pursuit of unity where such unity cannot be had, we are tempted to distu b that measure of unity which we have. If any persons dissatisfied with their own pastors for having joined the alliance, and, pleased with me because I have not joined it, have come to this congregation this morning, I would affectionately entreat them not to allow this matter to make any difference in their feel ings towards their dear pastors, who have only done what they considered it their Christian duty to Of course, I would say the same to any of you, my brethren, who may approve of the alliance. Let it not interfere with your kind and Christian feeling towards me. Surely, while you claim and exercise liberty to judge for yourselves, and would deem it bigoted and uncharitable in me to condemn you for so doing, you will reciprocate the same liberty, and not be guilty of bigotry and uncha ritableness yourselves. If we cannot add to our true and happy union, at least let us guard;watchfully and prayerfully guard, against ad ding to our divisions. lam persuaded my brethren, that churchmen and dissenters will act best, most efficiently for the glory of God, and in the long run most peacefully here on earth, by acting separately. We cannot so over look or rise above one another's mistakes, as cordially and conscientiously to co-operate with one another in detail, but we may each serve our common heavenly Master in our own way • and He can and will so overlook all our mistakes on all sides, as to save gloriously all who love the Lord Jesus Christ in sincerity and truth. FEELING IN LIVERPOOL WITH RESPECT TO THE IMPENDING CHANGE OF THE MI- NISTRY The announcement by the Times of Thursday week of the determination of Sir R. Peel's ministry was received with considerable surprise; but seemed not to be regarded in our commercial circles with any great feeling of alarm. On the contrary, nothing but the uncertainty generally entertained as to the truth of the announcement pre vented the free trade and liberal party from going off into extasies of delight at the prospect before them. Business appeared about to take a turn for the better, and our cotton, share, and other markets, wore a decidedly im proved aspect. The news of the resignation of Sir R. Peel, however, changed the aspect of affairs ; and every thing is now uncertainty and gloom. Little expectation seems to be entertained by any party that there are ma terials within Lord John Russell's reach for the constitu tion of a strong ministry, which is regarded as indispen sable in the present crisis of the country ; and we note on all hands an inclination, scarcely repressed by any, for the return of Sir Robert Peel to the head of affairs, as the only minister who can safely pilot tic country through the financial difficulties with which it is surrounded. The state of the mercantile and monied portion of the commu nity with respect to railway schemes operates strongly to induce a disinclination, at the present moment, for any serious and protracted politic. , l struggle. It will be seen that our markets, as well as those of Manchester and of the manufacturing districts in general are almost stag nant. The Earl and Countess of Sefton, who arrived in town early the week before last, have since returned to Crox teth Hall. CHARGE OF SETTING FIRE TO A VESSEL. — At the Police court yesterday, a seaman named William Searman, belonging to the American ship Votage, was charged with this offence. The evidence was elicited at great length by Mr. Dowling; but was on the whole so indefinite, that a sketch of the heads will suffice. The vessel had recently arrived from New Orleans with a cargo of tobacco, cotton, rosin, and staves, and was lying in the King's Dock to discharge the tobacco. On Friday night last, shortly be fore seven o'clock, the ship was found to be on fire be tween decks (as stated elsewhere) and it was not without great exet tions that she was saved from being burnt. The outsides of nearly all the bales of cotton (upwards of 100) were burnt. Some of the crew had left the ship on her arrival in port, but others of them, including the prisoner, were retained at work on board of her. On Saturday afternoon, at three o'clock, after discharging part of the tobacco, the hands knocked off, and several of them went into the forecastle, where they remained some time getting their suppers, and afterwards cleaning themselves, after which they went on shore, leaving on board (of the crew) the prisoner, .a man called Harry Thompson, and a native of one of the Spanish South Sea Islands. The ptisoner had it appeared been drinking during the day, and being observed about four o'clock to be unfit for work, was ordered by the mate to go to his berth in the forecastle, in which the Spaniard, who was ill, was lying onhis bunk. The latter was the principal witness, and said that prisoner asked him for a candle, which he could not give him. That he, the prisoner, was afterwards seen by him rummaging a chest, and then to go repeatedly through a hole forced in the bulkhead of the forecastle to the between decks. The only other person in the fore castle during the time was Harry Thompson, who in reply to the Custom-house officer, who heard a noise below, and asked who was there, said "it was only him — Charlie." Prisoner also told this witness, after he had been in the hold, not to say anything, otherwise he (pri soner) would have to go to goal for 15 years. The witness spoke English, but not very cl,stinctly. Towards seven o'clock, a smell of burning cotton was perceived by the custom-house officer, and the shipkeeper, and when they opened the fore scuttle volumes of smoke issued forth, and the fire was discovered. It appeared that Thompson when be said that only he and the sick man were below, must have known that the prisoner was there also, and he was ordered into custody by Mr. Rushton, who considered the case suspicious against him as against the other, The prisoner Searman said be had lost his cap below, and be ing unable to find it when be first went down, had gone back. To a question put by Mr. Rushton to the officer, it appeared that none of the tobacco between decks was missing. It was stated that the captain knew nothing of the circumstances, but Mr. Rushton said he must see him, and accordingly remanded the prisoners until, tbia day. Dec. 16, 1845. LIVERPOOL DECEIVIBER SESSIONS• The court for the trial of prisoners confined L. -- Borough House of Correction opened yesterday before Gilbert Henderson, Esq., the Recorder. The calendar_ was numerically heavy, there being no fewer than .93 prisoners charged with felony, and 11 with various mu); demeanors. Of these it appears from thecae return that aboo 57 can read and write imperfectly, 3 eithe can write, or both, well, and 44 can neither read nor w The following gentlemen were sworn of THE GRAND JURY. William Maxwell, merchant, Duke-street, (Foreman.) Amos Bigland, broker, Whitfield-lane. George Clarke Arbuthnot, merchant, Elm -lodge, Waver. tree. James Batesen, broker, St. Gray's - h ill, Evertors. Bennett, ennett, wine merchant, Eve rtors-cres c ent.-cres c ent. . William Blain, corn merchant, Holly-street, Fairfield John Beckwith', broker, Great George -street. John Marriott, cotton broker, Beechl e y , Allerton. Hugh James Sanderson, merchant , Greenbauk, Brea field-road. James Howell, cotton broker Park-hill, Aigburth. Edward Tennant, merchant, 'Springfield , Ever ton. race, Thomas Durie Moore, merchant, Morrington-ter Duke-street. James Da lglish, merchant Fairfield-terrace, Edge-lane. Henry Romilly, merchant, Oxford-stre et. George Holt, cotton broker, Rake-lane, Edge-hill. John Audley Jee, broker, Mount - vern on. James Riley, cotton broker, Rake-lane, Edge-hill. Hewson Dutchman, merchant, l'ark-road. rar• Richard Houghton, jun., timber merchant, Upper liarnent-street. Duncan Gibb, merchant, Upper Parliamentstreet. William Huson, broker: Sea . fort h. James Lea, cotton broker, Childwall. Charles Cusack, corn merchant, West -derby. alitY T The usual proclamation against vice and jinn"- having been read, he laid he RECORDER addressed the Grand Jury. -- t that although the time that had elapsed since s session was but short, he feared he could not prornisee them that their duties would be light; for they to consider no fewer than seventy cases of felonY, aud ten to o of misdemeanour. It was some consolation, a very be enabled to remark that none of them were of aggravated character; none in which housebreaking or warehouse breaking was involved, or cases of g 4 n6 the public from whom so much was to be dreaded by o f p ro t : The most important case as regarded the a mount perty was one in which a youth was charged with extrac o letters, ing two parts of a bank note for £lOO, from tvi which be had been entrusted to put in the post-once. Without in any degree imputing blame to the owners .of, the property in this case, he could not but remark thal persons having youths in their employ . whose pas 6 i °lls ' a in. such a time of life, were strong, and frequently uurestra _ ed, should be careful to expose them to as few temptationdt. as possible. In such cases, individual caution Was a the visable for the prevention of crime in the party, an" security of the public. Indeed such precaution becartlie a /social duty. There were several [cases of p ro p er stolen from the quays; and he alluded to prisoners, and also to 1 and 2 in the calendar, (a theft of brandy) Nos. 51 and 52, (for stealing butter), in all o'f which articles persons had employed carters to remove the articles: It was fit that carters should know, that they should not exercise their calling without due inuiqry and caution, Would bra otherwise they would subject themselves to serious con" sequences. In one case a carter was charged with re moving goods with a guilty knowledge of their not bela i l the property of the party employing him , a nd W Oll thereby probably render himself liable to transportatiaP• Amongst the misdemeanours, there were several cas es la which parties were charged with violent assault s by throl; ing stones; and there was also a case of an old Ea ° ! l , charge of some property, and who was knock ed do en s, d this mariner. In some cases police officers had a e l here similarly attacked. It had, it appeared, bec ome a quent practice to resort to the use of such missil'e practice so dangerous that conviction would be follwed by exemplary punishment. "[h l' e cases that would be lak t before them presented, he believed, no difficulties; but ally of them did so, he should give them every assistauced It was their duty t i weigh the evidence, and if theY f °11 ,• 3 it conclusive to put the case in course of publ ic inqul . _ before the jury .in the court. d the Several true bills were soon afterwards found, and proceeded, but none of them were of general irtteh; est. The following was the result at the clos in g u court for the day:— Mary Jones, for stealing a ham—six calendar months' John s_ Williams , t 7 en ye ar ' ion . hard labour, three weeks solitary. James Lovatt, for stealing wheat — four calen dar months hard labour. Mary Wilson—acquitted of a charge of stealing a purse of money. , for three jackets and other a r t Michael Langley, for stealing a coat, &c.—ten years transportation. Ann Fitzpatrick and Margaret Bradley. for stealing flannel—ten years' transportation. GREAT AGRICULTURAL SHOW IN LONDOI' The great annual show of cattle, agricultural ,imple ments, roots, seeds, &c., took place in London las week. The show of cattle was not so extensive SS °II some previous meetings, but was considered by the judgeS :vo nshire more sekct, particularly the Hereford and reeds The sheep d pigi were quite equal in quality b to any . former show, an if not superior. In the department of implements there was a most extensive and superior exhibition, which excited great attraction. There 'NI also a most excellent show of roots. The turuipd, coa"- wurtzel, and carrots, never were so fine at former showsi Mr. Skirving of this town exhibited a new v ariety % Swede turnip, and a new sort of bullo ck y ellow, whicl were much admired. The roots of the Swede weighed from 20 to 261bs. each. Of this kind of turnip no les s than forty tons to the statute acre have been grown on the farm of his Royal Highness Prince Albert , on his Norfolk farm at Windsor, for which he has received the premium of the " County Agricultural Society." Soul very fine specimens of the roots from his Hig hness'fi s el.' were sent to Mr. Skirving to exhibit on his stall. The attendance of visitors was more numero us than on any former occasion. His Royal Highness Prince Albertea ! and party visited the show on Saturday. H e inspec minutely the whole stock of cattle, sheep, and roPl e . : ments, and seemed very much pleased with every depart ments, ment. A woman named Huntsman has been committed at monton for the wilful murder of her child, five months old, by drowning it. died en Thursday,na at his sh residence, near Kilkennynsella, hrnoe Roish Bi op of Oss ory, Dr. Ki Th the effects of apoplexy, with which he was attacked the pre vious day. BIRMINGHAM, SUNDAY, ONE o'cLocx.--gr. Seel Nasmyth Stokes, of Trinity College, Cambridge, has P c ! " been publicly received into the Romish ';hunch at o Chad's Cathedral, in this town. Clmrles Dickens, Esq., (Boz) was in Liverpool on 3 7 " turday, making arrangements connected with the Da i °. News, the paper which is to be published at the begin of the year, and of which he is to be the principal editor! Tun PRICE OF DIAMONDS. — In consequen ce of tiler discovery of a very rich diamond mine in th e province °A Bahia, the supply of diamonds has been so greatly increas," during the last year, that the price has fallen fifty per e e ,..s t "'n Lord Eldon has made the munificent donation of £ l , l)u , to the Gloucester and Bristol Diocesan Church Buila' ° ' Association. [lt will be seen from a paragraph elsewhere that his Lordship has given the same amount to another Association intimately connected with the Church s . ] We undrstand tht th division o .ne Judge in the Brazilian pirates case a was, e eleven aninst the conviction; and two for it. Mr. Baron Platt was himself one of th j us tice two, and Mr B +ron Alderson the other. Mr. Coleridge and Mr. Justice Cresswell did not sit. RUABON COLLIERS.—The New British Iron Come panv have been obliged to accede to the terms ef s colliers, and they have returned to work ; but the p eddle % are now standing out for wages, in conseque nce of whic, only one blast furnace is in blow, which must be of ver+, serious consequence to the shareholders INcEsintAßism.—On Monday evenbig, the Ist instant y the farm buildings of John Shand , Esq. of Pe n Y 13 ' 1° w h e relaY Hall, near Ruabon, were malicious) set on fire, one building and its contents were completely consul:eel before any assistance could be rendered. £5O will b e ,lt i n upon the conviction of the parties , two perso ns having s een lurking in the neighbourhood. CONSERVATIVE MANAGEMENT. — To show ho for theft o i meeting held in Hertford, to promotes theelection of IT!. Halsey, as representative of Staffordsh ire. The meets's was summoned by Sir Mint° Farquhar , B art., but was at tended by only thirty-six Conservatives, and the cons. quence was, that thirty-eight Radicals b ein g present: headed by Mr. H. G. Ward , M.P. , a res olution was car ried in favour of free trade by a majority of two. _pp MARRIAGE OF CAPT. CUMMING , O F ALTYRE. Friday last, the nuptials of the heir of th e house of Altyrer with Miss Campbell, daughter of the Re v. Mr. Cal; bell, of Liverpool, were celebrated in Fo rres with avert bell, demonstration of joy, which respect for that ancient tilti honourable family could excite. At noon, the yo util ia., couple, in presence of a number of their friends , 1a t ding the elite of the gentry of the town and neighe°ers hood, met in St. John's Episcopal Chape l, Forres, Wihou. the ceremony was performed by the Rev. MY. CaroP _ h , The party then drove to Altyre and partook of refrleft ments, and shortly afterwards the newly-married Pai,,rho, for Gordons-town House , their present residence. ---0"- deen Journal. upe tia NEW MONSTER FUND OF THE LEAGUE.--"A hiLt r of influential members of the League , wa s held on ""si• day last, in the Town-hall, Manchester , in order to 0 o f ginate demonstrations for precipitating the deeis i l r st G ov ernment upon the subject of free trade. The t - t iso ' a nd principal proposition was the holding , throng he,,s; manufacturing districts, of monster open air naeetot the propriety of getting petitions to Parlia ment was 0,, discussed, and finally agreed to ; and it was 15411 `ii„ solved unanimously to raise a fund of a qu arter of a ivy lion sterling to meet all emergencies upon which t a might be thrown in the pursuit of their object. P e a l s doubt was expressed as to the certainty of obtaining tie , money, or even a larger sum if n ecessary, several ge1.1.0 men present expressing their int ention to give five gent as much as they contributed to the last fund. A Pu.,b, meeting is to be called next Tuesday to launch the scription list. LIVERPOOL: TUESDAY, DECEMBER 16, 1845. PRINTED AND PUBLISHED BY JOSHUA FLETCHER LACE, of 13,Groire-stre et,asi LEONARD ADDISON, of 14, Great Orford-street, At No.4,SF.QiQROa'• Caiscssyr, Liras/001'