The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser. — Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1838-02-27 00:00:00

PPM tItTA7IY 2,7 I S n.en, attend to give et idence as to the identity of the individual the law is expr•unded wi , h the g ' rea lest so lemnity, (as: it ought to be at £lOOO a year.) the Pri soner is tined or imprisoned, and the policemen are complimented on their zeal in the discharge of their pub lic ditties. It would be s' eil to inquire bow many persons would do the duties 'of stipendiary magistrate at £l5O a year. to the Town-clei office also might. be productive of much good and of great saving to the pub lic. Not that: we suspect either the Town-clerk or his Deputy of partaking in the profits arising from a London agency, especially as the rornier gentleman has publicly stated that he never received a. single farthing beyond his salary, excepting, indeed, that he has received seven or eight pounds as an Irish Commissioner, and expects to receive a further sum of £3O as Clerk to the Commis siuters of Wallasey Embankment! These inquiries would prove of infinitely greater value than endeavouring to raise a prejudice against a public servant, whose ser vices art apprdved by her Ma • jesty's Government, by the Underwriters' Association, and by the great bulk of the merchants attached to the nort. THE ANTI-SPOTTISWOODE CONSPIRACY.—The radical journals have been loud in their declamations against the "Spottiswoode Fund," as one of the most iniquitous - plan s ever concocted " for depriving honest men of their just tights." Before parliament met, the "conspirators" who had contributed to this " infamous fund" were threatened with the summary vengeance of the House of Com Mons. However, parliament met, ar,d the threats of the faction ended in a bottle of smoke. Having failed in their efforts to make an impression upon parliament, and having been lalq. , ,rhed to scorn at the Miserable issue of their awful menaces, the radicals then resorted to the ey,pedient of starting an "Ana Spottiswoode Fund." Public meetings were accordingly field in the metropolis and in various parts of the kingdom,—(not forgetting the gathering of Tinpot Atkinson and his satellites at the Royal Hotel, in this town)—resolutions were pasSed, and advertisements were published in the various news.. papers, followed by powerful 'appeals to the patriotism and public virtue of '" the people of England." Well, how did the latter respond to the appeal. The re.olt is more mortifying, if possible, than the defeat which the faction met with in the House of Commons. Though the most diligent. exevtions Irate been made, we find that the subscriptions amount to £237 7s 6d ! On some of th e contributors towards this muniiicentsum the Morning !Jerald burnout ouslv . "Among, the patriotic and truly liberal contributors to this excellent and pro-popish fund we find the revered name of that illustlious patriot Theodosius M'Millan, for :um shillings and BLr i te nce "My Grandmother," for the like sum; "Who pays the Pi per'` five s hillings," and a string (Ann less than twenty "parson, " of the established church!—several whom have rietually su b scribed one pound ea( h, a nd not one of them less than fi veshillin g s!—Let the "Spotiisixoone gang" hide its "diminished bead t" W " may the Albion call upon " the friends of reform to come forward with their s,.:) , .criptions in aid of the fund now raising to tight the conspirators in the commit tees of the House of Cm»mons." But, seriously, we w .nld ask any man of common sense whether the widely tiltferent result of the two appal , : made to the people of England on the subject of election petitions, does not afFord incontestable evidence of the growing reaction, throughout the country, in favor or t:onzervative prin iifle.s—in. favour of real "justice to Ireland." That such is the case must be 0a1p361... evident to every man wbu has one sparl; of understanding. THE DUKE OF SussP.x.—We ate sorry to find, twin the metropolitan papers, that, at the Queen's levee, on Wednesday last, ,the Dul,e of Sussex, t.lto stood near her Majesty, came forward and ostentatiously shook hands ttithDaniel O'Connell—the virulent enemy of the Royal Family—the denouncer a the Duke's own brother —and the object of a direct denunciation from 'the throne us a disturber of the (public peace. An act so 'derogatory to his own dignity, and implying such a direct insult to the Queen, reflects the highest discredit on the Duke of Sussex. Uurier any circumstances such a recognition should have been avoided, and more espe e"Y since 400w - telt has,.been expelled by that frater nity of which the Duke of Sussex is the chief. AIELTiNG AN NE S 13120 1'0 7 ? P P.LIEVING - . Tkil .I.)l;:ifif 0 111 .POOll. On Tuesdav, at 2 a ', a meetin g or the inlribl• nt of this ward was Itelu a , Mr. Last rites' room, Great tiiehnitrnd For the purpose of raising a subscription, and C "'earls of the re' pressi n g dist7e u s; i i n i i h i e e n u t e m ' i' "'Wing in the ward. ' T P he meeting was very respectably at- Air, Alderman Beni; was ' moved into the, hair.• • • The n,:ttilrxs,t.i,n,a object it was searcely neeessary to meipion it a the object of that meeting was for the purpose of a B o.mn„ teller to the poor residing in the ward. Their first !keel was to raise means and turn apply themsel ves to kee applicationditiorus.h,,ili,;t been 'let rr be ofl!; . en e loueY , e hoped Ibis thea no long.tie uunerstood that the" e was an immense deal of sufferint which it was ncessat) should be ieli eve d . T hey were prepa r ed a -- with ": of . geit4e it E . .. Men w h° were willing to undertake the oistributio. , of the tnonev mu er i d e , to see that it was rightly applied. 1;e bel.e‘ed ci tne extent of +i re di stress was not kn o wn : -but 416011 i . tress '1("d a" Vauxhall trued the number of lamilies was aleulahle. tie did not thini. it necessary to i nal,e further a oY ob se rvationsim the subject it was one came hom e 1 . 0 every man's hreast. They - would now pros eed at once `", -!te business of the meeting ~meeting,.. r, Councillor (loci AN said he was intrusted with tile ars. risolution b e f ore proce eding . to it, however, he mus t stage his w • fm 11)11114g to the gent lemelt who had called the preset,. meet - '., Ile thought it highly desirable that some persons sant& " t !' in the mailer, because he umierstood that the distress was Very Area , ..: but, whether gt eat 0.- small. there were a nunikiet OiklPots who required immediate relief, or it would be fatal to Many families. It was not casual or indiscriminate relief which I .'""' most to:I-aired: ion it was essimtial that a committee should tormed to visit and examine the abodes of 'lie nom.; Inany individuals of that high tone or moral feeling and keen N et/Sit/04, who suffered at-cutely wiliout ever going abroad to - B:ek relief; and the obinci of the committee should. be to sect. those persons out anti relieve them aud their pressing wautF. Ile !bad to inform them 'haw he had .attended a meeting the t Vgilt bef•re' al the Bronswi, k Arins, in Scotland Place, Mr. Jones in the chair, the same ooject haying -railed that meeting Its the present one. The meet lip,: of Too rails". night nould tro. have taken oluee had tile meeting of that day treen ,known. But as a very respectable number or g entle rtren hail uitemierr• 'that meeting, he had been requested to read the resolutions 'Which were passed in order that they might coucentrate rtes energies to one point, without distinition or ,p , -t or party, to relieve the sutri-ring, of abject humanity. it \Ain,: resolved "that. the distressed condition of the pour of that nei2,lttotnr bood called for immediate alleviation." "Tba' stih• scriptions he inonediatelv enteted into, a treastire . rappeit,,, , ,i, and a committee nominated to distribute relief in the most tali cations manner." " That in coasequeuee of the meeting to he held that day at Mr. I.as••elle's room :le adjournment lake ' , lace to it." Mr. Crodan then g ave in the names of a num ber of t ,entlentert act as committee men; and on (laded with moving " that in i•onsoqui-roll of the extretoe and unremitting distress at presrnt prevailing in the ward, i Sato. Anne's) and ne-inagierinaf•y of the relief hitherto orovide'd for the imme•liate relief of the poor, it is resolved that subscriptitms ba immediately entered into for that - purnose." Mr. r I is KEn, as an inhabitant of the ward, said he seconded the resolution with no ordinary pleasure. Ile had. hat; up- wards of forty case:► of distress laid before him, 'out would :read them to the rneeiing. ;le must say that Si. Al doe's wail] had been highly favoured, not only 'froin individual ?parities, out from subscriptions in churches and chapels. Mr. t'arher then staled that Mr. Coghie, Mr. Mason, and fir. :Sc.gar hay each subscribed and thai Mr. Cnx, secretary to the Lite rary and Scientiii , Institution, St. Ana-street, had utillertalsen to act as secretary. The resolution, us were the others entered ittto, was unanimously carried. Some conversation het,. toot place, in consequence of a letter which Mr Drinkwater had addressed to some of the gentlemen, and which was re nt al by Mr. Cox, recommending the establishment of n soup kitchen in the ward; \I r.- Cot: ..AN thought the consideration of that cud every outer arrangement should be tell with the committee.-- Prom the su'osequeot. re Arks of other gentlemen, it appeared to be the , sonse of tire meeting, that it was inexpedient to have a soup establisitment, on account of the additional expense it would briny on the funds A committee having been chosen to carry the object of the meeting into etie, t , it was tesoiveo , oat the relief granted to the poor, simuld he in coals, potatoes and bread; and that attendance should he ?it - a by members of the committee; every morning at nine o'clock. at the I,iteraary and Scientiffc Institution, St. Anti-oreet.—Messrs. Gibbon, Carr, and Parker agreed to wait on the inhabitants of the wait', to receive subscriptions.—A subscription was then entered into in the room, which, including £lO from the chairman, and the three sums of £5 each already mentioned, amounted to En 3s. --Mr. Parker, on the motion of Mr. Coglan was appointed treasurer. VAUXHALL WA RD.—A public meeting of the inhabitants of this ward, was held yesterday, at the 'house- of Mr. Pickering, to take into consideration the best means to be adopted to relieve the numerous poor of the ward. R. E. Harvey, Esq., was moved to the chair. Pesolutions were proposed, and. carried unani mously, recommending a public subscription, to he appropriat ed in purchasing coals, bread, and potatoes, for the use of the poor. The ward - was then divided into districts, and collectors ap pointed. who were to act in the two-fuld capacity of collecting buhscriptions, and appropriating the same by the direction of committee, in the shape of fuet and food, to the distressed poor of their respective neighbourhoods. The handsome sum of £65 w; , s collet lc din the room. Enoch Harvey, Esq., and William Prcston, Esq.. weirbers for the ward attended. loth of sihi m contributed £5-each. with a teque:rt that if more was wanted. t hPv were to he railed upon. Mr. Case also contributed £5, find the chairman the like soin. The thanks of the meeting ere,thr-u uniininonisly passed to several clergymen.who had tak en an active port in relic v;ng the distresses of the poor in the "itr ,l t Ls wa% also a %me f ihrins to the . chairman, proposed 11 , ‘• Mr. CPF.''.) . for I.ts able condu c t in th e chair: 'lm meeting u . as rtsiet tat 4, although not numeiously, atttuded: Pi/LICE INTITLLIGENCE. Goon A twist Foe PoLicis,oFFlcEtts.—A woman named Alice Jackson, the ,keeper of a beer-house, had appeared on 'l a 'hursday to answer n information laid against her by an in spector and policeman, fir having had company in her house at an illegal hour. The magistrate. however, had entertained al misgiving as to the accuracy of the evidence, on oae point, tendered in support of the information by the officer., and the consequence was, the sentence was d7ferred until an io.nectioo of the premises had been made by Mr. Commissioner Dowting. The ease came on again on Friday, when Mr. Dowling gave the result of his examination, which proved that the decia rat ioos of the defendant were correct, and that the inspector nod police officer had, eittiet fitfully or through misconception, g,iven in -correct evidence. The inspector declared that he had ilit.':ikett the tenon'. of Mr. Hall's questions; tint the magistrate t Lnow ing, we presume, as others well do, that his interrogatories are generally as remarkable for distinctness as for point) seemed disinclined to credit the declaration, as did also his brother ma gistrate. -Mr. Ball then remarked, that he was very so,.ry" to see officers persevere in giving their evidence in so loose a manner. It was a very painful thing to the magi., rates. a, all times, to convict upon a case like the one then before them. be cause the lowest fine which they could indict was lOs., a very serious coin to beer house keepers generally, and for the non• payment of which penalty they were very frequently .eat prison. But if it were a painful thing to convict upon distinct and indubitable evidence, what a sad thing it would have been if they hail inflicted that heavy penalty on a poor woman eight children, and on information which proved to be totally wrong. Yet. they must be guided be evidence; and i; ()flit:els would mislead them by false evidence, how were such things to be altogether avoided? The business of an officer was 'o an information on what he considered adequate grounu., hut never, for the purpose of obtaining a conviction, to stretch a case against any one. What reason had they to do so? Ge knew of none, except it was the wish of standing high as active . and vigilant officers, by being able to point to the'numner nt convictions which they hail obtained. But he himself stmuld think much better of an officer who hail brought before him 2) cases which had been dismissed, than if he had obtained a hundred convictions by wrong evidence. No officer, they might depend nem' it, would raise hiMself in the estimation of the magistrates by stretching a case against any individual: anti they ought to know that there was no disgrace attachable to them, nor could any injury result to them, on account of the dismissal of acase which they might bring before the magistrates. Ile felt extremely glad that he had not, on the evidence givea by the officers on the preceding day, proceeded to pass sentence on the poor woman; and he thanked Mr. Dowling for having, by his report, enabled him to come to the facts of the case. Under the circumstances, he ordered the defendant to be ac quitted, and stated that they should consider whether or not the officers would be allowed to'remain in the service. BRUTAL CONDUCT.—On Saturday, at the Police-office, the second mate of the Ellen Brookes, named Starkie, was brought before the magistrates on a charge of brutally kicking one of the hoes of the .vessel on the face, and nearly breaking his jaw. The complainant, named William Carney, who ,appeared with his head tied up and his face dreadfully swollen,' stated that on Friday aftrnoon he seas at work on board his .ship, and did not perforM what he was desired to do to the satisfaction of the second mate, -when he knocked him down, and then kicked him in the face. The prisoner denied that he had struck him, but he had been aggravated to kick him. Mr. Parkinson said. the boy was in a dreadful state, when brought to Bridewell; he thought his. jaw was broken, and had him sent to a surgeon. An oftice,r stated,•that he had taken the boy to the surgeon, who said, the jaw was not. broken, but it was a very dangerous bruise, and great care must be taken of the boy, or lock-jams would ensue. Mr. Hall said, it was a most cowardly thing to kick a man on the ground; it was trot like an Englishman. What countryman was he? The prisoner replied, that he was an American. Mr. Flail said - it was a most brutal - thing; the prisoner was utterly regardless where he had kicked him. Mr. Hall then addressed the captain, who was in court, and said, he must protect the boy in future, or the prisoner would wreak his vengeance upon hint. The Captain. "Oh, not at all; that man has been most partial to that boy. He must have been in solent." Mr. Hall, "Bless my soul! is he to kick. a boy be cause he is insolent.? But there is no evidence even of that. If he was insolent, is that to justify him in abusing a boy in this way. A young boy like that might be injured to the end of his days by such treatment. It is a case in which the magistrates think they oright to go to the full extent of the law. You must pay £5, including COsti, and, in default of payment, be commit ted for two mouths to the Borough gaol." Sniztmun OF WEIGHTs.—On Saturday, at the Police-office, a man named Higgins, the keeper of a marine store, appeared before the magistrates, to answer the charge of having posses sion of one of the 'Customs' weights. The officer of Customs, named While, stated, that he was passing the defendant's shop, he saw a half cwt. exposed for sale at the door, with the broad arrow upon it. He asked the defendant wh e r e he got it, and, after some Consideratinn, he told him he had bought it along with a . number of other weights. Ire (witness) then requested him to give the weight up, but he would not, so he called a po liceman and told him to take charge of it. The defendant stat ed, that he had botight• the *eight, along with a number of others, from a person named Boardman, who was present. Au individual,_ who gave his name as Henry Boardman, cabinet maker, here stepped forward, and stated, that be had bought 32 cwt. of old weights, from the inspector of weights and lova- Ellres, on the proviso that he should get them adjusted, and that this was one of t tient, The weights were stint in the inspector's own cart to the adjusting office, and there adjusted ; he after svaids sold them to the defendant. Mr. Hall inquired what right the inspector had to sell them? The witness replied, that they were seized by the inspector and forfeited by she M-tyor. Mr. Hall said, it was very extraordinary conduct; they utast send for Mr. Atkinson, the inpect or, and inquire into il. Mr. Atkinson was sent for, but not being mils the rase again came on. Mr. Hall then said, if the defendant's oats detence was, that he bought the weight of a son, it was no defence at all,' becausePelson who bought it of At kio interfere with the Queen's weights; ‘ ;-B‘;,i kn it i:ot eh m nn he g ought i t ( o ) break t bemaip tor old metal, Wherw;se the mischief which he was appointed to prevent would be ('OO Boi the ',robs bility was, if Atkinson was timere to exri.a , n the master—atot he must explain it mu some other time— • ha: he hat; never seized this wei g ht, having the broad arrow upon it, at all bus that it h au l b ee n stolen. There was the tomtit e.amow upon it. which was a notice Ie i;l 5 i v ipt t, bu y. T;) , witless. man. SRid. pernans ties contil e•:olaitt s•. tle-hes,,; ti me say, that tie bat: s” , ,ed the weieht ii;iechaisot„ Th e in. , s e'smetor WOO klOl eVeR his' .I,t, tie woulmm 2-1 itjPip Out .moms, Ilk 01i , ear , 'll . m roe shag InlnMSe. (id. a cwt m ilea] to Me. Alkimistm.. who said tie hod hat. .he same ' , loo py to .- toil fn t hem by an 11.0 o'ol l, ?thsr he . M : t vecy moo- said. he ,goads 4 m'rV nut' h line to -re t: 1 ;4t .s t ; l i t a m ought not to tia‘e uuugiil the .!odreoowriattaitetst:. Suitt; did !t" ;IO U : 7ts : 1 7; .' ,•. 12'1 ' that ll a ) :(7tt u ti bought die tveig:Os to make money of rheum, and mnad , 't. it.!thm Om hem of .1,064 tml, eat It. Mr. ;tall sale. he ,marl tgotteloio tae lontiav at ten -.use then a' tar as lie cotmlo : should oni he m ere and - slute Lis etola"niawtiloCoAinkiitnusi.Z.'"g'''sue'l37:°)Pr"inliu°sdi ----- LIVERPOOL MECHANICS' INSTITUTION. LECTURES ON PIIYSIOLOGY. .he seventh of On Wednesday evening Dr. Epps delivered t his lectures to an overflowing audience. The fleshy portions of man are technically called muscles. and upon these muscles depends our power. if we take a round of beef or a leg of mutton, we find that upon cutting across the flesh, it appears to divide itself into several distinct portions at different places. Now these are the different muscles of which the flesh is composed. The whole flesh of our body has been separated, by the skill of the anatomist, into 450 distinct mus• cles, each of which has a distinct duty to perfotm. These muss Iles are composed of smaller muscles, and the smaller muscles are again composed of fibrous threads. Like - hempen cables they thus are enabled to hear the severest strains. The mus cles are abundantly supplied with blood-vessels and nerves. There cannot be the smallest doubt that nerves are distributed through the muscles, because the power of feeling, which we have in the muscles, is dependent upon the nerves which come down from the back lame. Every muscle is endowed with irri tability—that is a power of contracting whenever any stimulant is applied to it. ,Those mus c l es w hi c h are hollow seem to have the greatest power of contractibility. The heart, for instance, is a large. muscle, and is the intestinal canal which moves when we are asleep or awake,- independently of our will, and thu:- keeps us alive. Every muscle has the Vower of contraction or relaxation. Wherever a muscle is called into action it passes into the state of contraction, when it is nut used it is in a state of relaxation or rest: The muscular system must be in a healthy state, or we cannot perform the duties we • have to perform in this world. Those. perhaps, who practise gymnastic exer cises, possess healthy muscles. Most persons have o bserved that the flesh of-domesticated animals is white, whereas that of game is dark. 'The breasts of domestic fowls are likewise known to be the whitest parts of them, sti bere as in game every part of the body is equally dark. This arises from the continual ex ercise which.wild animals give to their muscles. Domestic fowls, for instance, do not move their wings; wild fowli do, and thereby bring the muscles of the wing and breast into con tinual ptay, and 'wherever there is a flee play of the muscles the circulation oft he blond proceeds more freely. This whiteness of the breast t,f .he triw„t is; therefore a disease, and instead wholesome food is decidedly the contrary. _Domestic fowls, taken as an average, are not such good food as a surloin of beef: Gatne is (rood feinl,•trecause the wild anima/ exercises all his niuscleS ; sub then by promotes the circulation of the blood '-- it is the best food we can eat, and if we have dear friends who are sick, we cannot do a kinder thing than to send' theist game, for it is the best thing the stomach will digest. There is a common notion that chicken broth and chicken are good for sick persons.—The broth is excellent, but the chicken is objec tionable, and the sick person who eats it is sure to be thrown back a fortnight by dyspepsia. A good old fowl is of much easier digestion than a chicken. We should endeavour to give our muscles proper exercise, in order to keep them in a healthy condition. When anatomists speak of the origin or insertion of the muscle, they speak of its commencement, where it re ceives its power, and of its termination, where that power is applied. The centre is called the belly of the muscle, because it is the thickest in that part. When the muscle contracts there is a swelling in the centre as may readily be lseen by raising' the lower portior of the arm. When a man loses the power of contracting his . muscles he is said fit be palsied, and spas modic when he contracts them against his will. - Doctors now understand - the nature of these complaints, and are thereby enabled to cure the spasms and palsy. The poor little know, when they behold with envy the rich rid i ng in their carr ia g es, the miseries which they endure, and the medicine they have take in con'sequence of not using their muscles, or they would 'not only bear their own lot without repining, but actually pity those who purchased indolence at so great a sacrifice of happi ness. On the other hand it must be added that too great an exercise of one set of the muscles is injurious to the bunion constitution, and_,produces distortion and deformity.. ' to this, children in the factories are, unfortunate l y , too much subject, and the alleviation of the miseries of this too nan h neglected branch of society ought to form a portion of the labours of the philanthropic all over this kingdom. The physical education of children is exce edingly defective, in consequence of which, it , is exceedingly ( Men ct to find in our fashionabl: boarding schools a Nom* l a dy who is not in stone degree deformed. "We men are• not deformed, we are nobly shaped creatures." When we walk,, we lift up the hip by means of muscles, and throw our leg out by means of other muscles. Every time we do Ibis the Museles covering the front of the body are brought into a state of contraction. These muscles press upon the in testines, which they thus continually turn over, so as to bring some portion Of them into contact with the chyle. if persons would . tmly use the oroans with which the Crearot has endowed them, they would have no need for modicine at all. The very pressure pfoiteced in the set of walking has a favourable leo dencY in exciting rind rolling the intent tics about. Ladies have perpe , naliv inflaturn i alioils of the sdoniveb; they go to a doctor; and if perehance they meet with an honest one—for smith do exist, although theii ale now eves, he says to them they must take walking e%?reiSe.., Walking causes a perspiration all ever .the body in coll'enneriee of the blood flowing freely through the various blood vi , isels in the system. Whenever the feet lieceme s cold you may be sure seMething, is wrong. Biding in a carriage t 3 a ety bad eie(CisS, and thetadre *d fi'M.4 are iv 11 -it ,. ; I,IVV,RN ~,W=SIELCO M`r7.77,C whilst we can — d it our business by walking, In riding, the pressure comes upon he loins, lieuf•e coacumen are subject to affections of the bowelt.. These men 'are very eariv - cut MI, un less they lie by and take physic at freqUent interva You 'nay rule upon limseback as much as you please. A i the ',use hy f the muscles o I i.e legs and thighs,llte 'd e ' Lls l'cl ei.r)ud% nt c i e of wh" is lh"' he sends the blood i 6(.10:1611g dirongh them. lie raises his hips in m-iter to rise front the saddle: he uses his arms to Curb and ,guise the horse: it) shot I, in tidia a man calls all his muscles into ! flay, acid, if he does oat ride hard, he g . ofodwieS a very h •aeafial circulation or the blood over the 1 whole of the body. This is orte of the best remedies for disease, afici there no clout). ha ih. majuriiv of cares of consort - union' might he in red by ruling early in the morning . . The mode of riding which is better ih.en all others is sea vova,ging. Jt none of the lte4 medicines on the fate of the ea ft, and if some of those who are poorly were to take a sea excu.sion, the effect would be highly beneficial. In voyaging at sea. voo are always ou a level, a circumstance of great importance to str.•ti as are afflicted wiflt diseaN.s of the lungs. because their aie subjee. to nearly the saute pressure of Ihe atmosphere. We have another beueiit —that is in feelino• a little sick. To feel sick is one of .the best things, because it produces perspiration, which per spiration is of great use to t hose troubled with a fret lions of the chest. Besides this we enjoy al sea deliehi fully pure'aif add a freedom from the cares of business, by which our system be comes at once ecileri and invigorated. If pet sons ate uying of consumption, put them on ship board and. seal ,hem Dancing is an excellent engagement, when enjoyed at. reasoft able hours, and does not deserve file ridicule with which tonne' persons treatit. There is no in-door amosemen. which calls the muscles into active play more than da acing. a rot Oa llint account Ii ought .0 oe encouraged. Fencing. is also an excellent ener• vise. because it e:,pauus tire chest. and brings 1 0.0 action the muscles of the Gymna s tic aod calisthenic exercises, when pro le!ry taizen, are or streas o,il iv iu slie-tigthening the butnaut'rame. have oeed reduced .0 a at ience, so that they may he safety indhlged. in or a pruner course of training.. topcoat person should put on a tocoat when he goesoui ()f doors, out. on the coolyary, a here he comes in. %Viten a matt welisS he puts I S oiood into cireula.ion. and there is no clash: e of cis faking cold when he is waltzing. A lon-coat causes an accumulatiod of pecsoirat ion, and when he iakes it 01l on enier log the lionse, evaporation PiltilleF, and he is ON posed to &ails ; ill consequence to wit ica he takes cola. It is .he saute when a man stops in warm Oath lon long. When we have gO. a flush o?:ierspiration in walking. we should psi on a coat on reachiog tout li is astonishing that the very means which people have .o enable Ihem to keep nut the cold are the very means by 1%1,101 ihev take it. Mackintoshes are the very worst things we have, e7.vent to Leen out the wet. They oroduce an ()acorn f.),...We warmth by keening in the,perspiratiou. 'L .- bete is no mine iianger in drini.ing * colt; water when we are if) a artie of persoiration than when we sie cold, if we walk alter wards, lit lue latter case the lei tureiwould not answer for the life or any individual four da,s afierwards. Ou...alented townsman, Mr. John to-mori . ow evening, ( WeUnesda commence a course 01 teciuses 00 the beauties of geographical knowledge, ithistrated by highly. wrought cud pi. - Inresoue views on glass. which will lie callilirieit iiv ioeaus or the magic tamers. l'hese lectures ease iaeeo erzreedifigly air rat live in Iteighihmring rowas,,.a.id, uo (WU )1., will prove uenehcial to the Meciratii. - s 1 Institution. On Saturday evening Or. (Nips brought tiis delightful lec tures i 0 j close. Not even Ot. Lartlntir himself %vitt) all tiisac- cointilated populariiy cook. draw such nometous audiences as we have witnessed during the whole course. a cir,omstaoce which must he as pleasing to the , sordid Doctor unused* as it has been of importance to the fume( of the iustilulion. Toe skin, or the substance whit b covers the whole of our bouies, is loaned of three coats Is ing one over ;he oilier. The otitei emit is that which is known under the name of Starr skin, onidernrits. The second coat is called the reta mucosa or hie u t tl iid i e .e ril d e u a t ili that it , what is ( ailed the (rue skin, because t i:ne more than the Whet coats. The scat skin is a dead skin and is nerfectly insensible to any injuries whir a it may receive. The immense advantages of this will be reaciil, perceived when we consider to what a number of iojories our bodies are liable. This skin peels off many persons, their legs I)l . es:eat grates like those upon an elephani. The c olour or in dividuals depends upon the tint or the second coat, or mucous net. The-irue skin is die most important portion of the skin. It is not (lead but on the contra , v aborMantiv supplied with nerves, and is furnished with a (mother Of gl i nts which.4r, continually pouring forth from every portion id our bodies a oraatii yor the peispira6te Tois in , l eneral weld° not per. Cei VP, unless we walk fast, when it is poured 10011 in large and percept iole quantities. lt takes place, however, ever \ t»oinent or Our lives. al id may be seed at all times isi h an optical Mass. Ina( Ingenious man, Lord Stanhope, on struct.id an imoriiineur to indii ate. the t l uanil,v of perspiration whit Ii was passed oiti oi the amiv in a given tiise, A gentleman of toe name of Seouin made an experiment by which be ascertained that Went y.roric ouni•es of perspiration are given out by a healthy person from Ms body its I wentv-four hours, bit, 'llou-recent experiments have i.etermined it. to lie ounces. This perspirahle matte' . otri son, and is as bac; to our health as carbonic acid. This skin is kind or lung plaint all over our boric, which is perpe:nally puri:ving our blood by getting rid of minces of perApiraul , fia.d * it) '2l hours. This truth will then at once st like us, that Ir . I oi,r skin cannot perform its i tut y of gettinir iid of this a mouot of (rimier we shall not be able to enjoy health. :such is the case, to persons who are dry skinned are constantly liable to ;ever I anti bead•acties. !I is essential to health that we should devise means hi , which we r (mkt ensure a peifect adieu oursk io. ‘Vlienever it inediriii man is called in to a use of lever he eo ueavnors to assist nature by promoting perspiratiod, which :ll wit the fever Wiieu we consider lhai we cannot pro• perspiration unless we tlw pot's o f tire halo open by removing, ,he oily mallet will( a is alwaYs poured out upon he skin, we cannot injure health. A grew portion of the diseases of ' the poor of this country are I() be tiscribed to want Or rte toil iv ..; there tan be on q ;test ion' if tome we. e „alb - this bowl, it would he hi' most useful ineatc4 to promote Itor to b pii:ess of the 4 ).01' and to diminish the amount or misery and disease io the town, because cleanliness is one of the inosi pc it;►k::ill e S s hto uc'alth. 6 1 o r eil; ' y l e )e c r i s n ' s }n , a"n. s in hould d d hareat lea st c i i i i ) l ll c l e s a i e a d o . d i y e t u b e i a s e t ; s u n ). k h i i i s ) ‘ t ? e h . V I so pre ro• ourpose 01 sei reiitig oil. This oil is 000reo ow over he surrace•of the body. we are so fooiisit io °nutty as in s'ilave of not beards. 'rite ..easoo why this is so colti , tilt anci iianleasani an operation is because we ;lo onl p ,, rfOrm in Ihe '00 , .r way, phis fatty attict - eoti*tini;ex. a fwnruiahln obstaf•le io t he edge orihe razor, but if geniis Cu ?..otild only tape the rot. 0 4 ,e to trash theii• tares will, cnuts ;ittrh , tvatPr te.l'ore thry hither 'their Faces, so as to .ctoo‘e this matter, wouto 1 - ino the razor pass ovei them- fooes toorli easkr. Thi,“ity anther is intimately most ied with the oulli4 0" the hair. Woen•wre Mill out these oai•s 0. MTH' gTOII , uut of riese hug's. The o a i r ,,,, e p en d „ non the condition or the As we ; 4 5t old, the imam, seem to lose their pourer ho a ceriain and the oair whi, It was black becomes unite. Many persuits, tadieg, d„ not like to have white halm.. ~nt , tr y so 1,1,1 e, Ibis h„sli,„„nv of approachinv, age. Now. it is astonishing butt earnestly strive to appear )1 - Kiwi . . an(l what miseries tees will 5 , 010.'5 io attain that object. When a lady wishes to ease her hair oiod. she sends for the hair-dresser in • tie econing. ~Los a ve,A. stiong alkaline solution, and washes sae. towr Wit Ii ita e!; 1 1 .,; ( ; all - the grease out of it. flayi;u wiped the hair drY, he .a Les the hair between his fingers, and soaks it with tlP'iatlie containing a preparation of lead. Oeing done, lie rolls up the hair, covers it with a wet piece of blotting paper, and enclo ses it in a waterproof cap. The lady goes to bed, sleeps with her hair in this state. In the morning the hairdresser comes and combs out the hair, which is then a beautiful glossy black. Some ladies undergo this operation three times a year. This process, however, in a short lime injures the bulbs of t h e hair, and to th is dis ea s e in the first and the hair ceases to grow altoget h er a just punishment to those who would oppose nature. We find, that natu re w ill not be interfered with. Whenever our hair feels sore upon brush ing r may he n b i e n i s n u . re i t t ihse very r i y s e s a o s n y i e t t n h wr o ng ast at the first, but if neglected, its eradication is difficult, The c in o g ve i r t i person to whom we are most indebted for the knowledge of water and baths is an individual whose name is associated with the history of this town, and is a name which, in a scientific .point of view, will stand at the highest point of eminence. Il e alluded to the late Dr. Currie, who had set forth the medical advantages of bathing thein clearest and most satisfactory manner. No person will take cold after a warm bath, if he take it properly. A warm bath should be taken in the middl e of the day, if our object is to gain strength; or at night, if we wish to get rid of a fever. In the farmer case, an hour before dinner is the time when the most benefit can be derived from it. The great misfortune is, that the luxury being so great, per sons are ibilured to indulge in it too long. Ten Minutes or a quarter of a hour is sutliciently long for a person to remain in a warm ba:11, after which. on dressing, a person may take im mediate exercise on the streets, without any fear or tukiti v: c old. There is no necessity, as many persons think, for going to bed. afterwards. It is a curious fact, that the skin upon the palms ( jibe hand and the soles of the feet is thicker than upon any other part of the body.' Some persous would take this to be the simple result of work; but it is found to be the same when the infant is born, and shows how beautifully the Creator has pro. vided for the continued labour which these • organs have to per form. The eye is a body which has relation to our fine senses. It is constructed upon the principle of oldies. We find that the eye is covered by a tout transparent coat, which is called the cornea. Through it the I . ' enters m conformity with the laws of optics. One ofthatlight always travels these l)g" laws is, in straight lines so long a, density. Another is, that w Ly n asses through media : of uniform one body into another of ‘ll6re"rviteri ray ' of light passes form one line or refracted. when it is it is hem Mit of its reflected. Thus, when a ray ()flight passe : back it is s.tid to he into water, it is bent out of its course, because the atmosphere medium than the atmosphere. In this sort or a w t t e ts r is a denser pass into dense bodies, they converge to a central when raYB un f it ,called the focus, and the eve is constructed for the purpose P plishing this. When we cut through ther to • !)eunu"l - aliquid rays out. .Now water being dense , t h e cons eq ence is, t hat the of light passing in through th e trans p arent coverin g are refrras?S ed or brought towards a centre on their passage through this aqueous humour. The crystalline lens occupies the c e nt s , o f the eye. It is a beautiful lody sco nstructed upon th e p r i nc i p l e , of an increase of thickness or density from its outside toward's its centre. It is a hard body, quite transparent, and the utmost skill of opticians could not construct a body of similar power as I an optical instrument on account of the gradual iucrease 'of • density, which has been previously noticed. There .are three transparent bodies in the eye—the-first is supplied by water, the second by the crystalline lens, and the third by the crystalline. humour which occupies the whole of the posterior pat of chi:.. c rystalline lens. At t he bark of the eye we haVe beautiful black body called the nerve of sight. It is coloured black tir absorb all the rays of light winch are not wanted. The itopres- . sinus of bodies are received by the optiyal nerve, and in this way we are enabled to judge of the appeatance Of bodies. The eyes Of different persons are of different colours. This arises from a membrane called the iris, in which there is a little hole through which we see the pupil or apple of the eye. This iris has the power of contracting and dilating, so as to expose more or less of the pupil, according to the quantity of light to which it tray be exposed. Thus we find, that when the glare of a candle is suddenly thrown upon the eye, the pupil Immediately contracts, and on the contrary when we leave a light room and enter it dark one it becomes larger. The object of the iris ice to shut out all extraneous light, and it contracts or dilates with out any knowleo,ge on our part by self-acting nerves. The reason why doctors examine the eyes is to ascertain whether the pupil bast he poWer of contracting and dilating; if it has not, the brain is not in a proper state, and the cause should be immedi ately looked to. The question is, how ate we enabled to realiie all the benefits of this organ, for if the eye is so delicate a body,. it is liable to injury. In order to afford them proper protection, the eyes are ' placed in deep sockets. The bone which cut loses the eye next the nose is very thin and easily injured, but the outside hone is much stronger, because it is always exposed to blows. Butt the -eye has to Move about in the socket, and io order to enable it to do so with ease, the socket is filled rip with fat to act a s padding. When persons get ill this fat is absorbed, and the e sinks in. When a man's eye sticks out it is a sign that he en joys too Tench of the good things of this world. There is another Contrivance by which we are enabled to realise benefit. Supposing our eyes were fixed in our bodies, so that we must tort, our bodies whenever we wished to lo.k at a person, we should be very uncoinfol.table; but, in order to save us this trouble, the Ey es are endowed with four muscles, one of which is placed aboVe;alYothet beluk and the others at each side. , 01. sT ANDART) Even this, however, would be insufficient. The fare of the eye most be proteeted front injury. Out eye brines form lege over haogieg ruins to protest the eves from the injuries to which they . are exposed.: There is hair growing upon the brows, which lie obliquely, and by that contrivance turn off any perspiration which comes upon the brow, and by their elasticity litre w off any substance havin , kt tendency to fall into the eyes. Persons who lose their -eyebrows experience a great many miseries, which would surprise those who have their. In addi tion to these we have eyelids, which are a decided convenience. When we look at the sun, our eyelids immediately close ; ins deed, if we had them not, our sight would he destroyed by the powerful light albs, sun. In order to enable us to close our eyelids, - we have muscles which raise or depresS them agreeebly to our will. The upper eyelid has more motion than the lower ode, and sometimes its muscle becomes palsied, in which case, • the afflicted individual has to raise the eyelid with his hand. ' We have got lashes attached to theSe eyelids which completely close up the openings to the eves, by the manner in which they insert themselves into mine another. Our eyelids would be apt to grow together by being closed for so long a time, were it net that in their margin there is a very beautiful thieg, calk , ' a • fringe. There is likewise introduced int. ttte mare,in of each eyelid_ pieces of stiff gristle called lanes, which stretches out to the proper extent. There is another contrivance : there are an immense number of little glands which secrete and pour out a , geaotiiy of oil to anoint the margins of the eyelids. This goes oii every moment of our lives. Some children get diseases in iheir eves, and these glands do not perform their duty, but on be contrary secrete a quantity of unhealthy, indeed, poisonnns matter: By frequently washing their eyes with milk and water this complaint is readily cured. Persons who get sand or some such like matter into the eves, sometimes cause themselves con sirietaide pain by rubbing their eves. Now, we have inside of he eve a tear bag, which we call the lachrymal gland, Which is the wash-house for washing the eye. This cistern is supplied with blood-vessels. Whether we cry or do not cry, this tear. vessel is aiways pouring out moisture, provided it is in a proper. slate; and when a person gets anythiug, iuto the eye, this gland secretes a great quantity of water, which it pours out all over the eve. To shed tears is one of the greatest reliefs in the world. Men, cannot cry ; and in consequence they frequently go mad. omeu eau, and therefore, they 'rarely go mad. Thus we see in some novels, when the heroine is placed in a e riticai situation, " nature came to her relief, and she shed a flood of tears." Many persons get rid of headaches by a good flew of tears. If. when a person has got any dust in his eye, instead of rubbing it, he would only pull up the upper eyelid, the tears would rundown and remove the irritating body. At the margiu of the eyes there are two little ducts which receive the tears when they have done their ditty, and carry them into the nose. There is a little red body at the corner of the eves, next the nose, which is called a gland, which secretes a poison which is very unpleasant to insects, and keeps them away. This little gland passes out during the night a quantity of water. Many persons think they cannot do any harm to their eyes, and you will frequently see persons on the top of a coach read ing books; this is bad, because, as the coach shakes you are always altering the axis of vision, which injures the vision. There is not a class of her Majesty's' subjects which is worse treated - than mantuamakers. They, sit trout morning to night stitching, and their sight is injured sooner than that of any other class of persons. The eyes Of watchmakers are very touch injured, and yon will find that watchmakers are cut off much sooner than cleckmakers. We should remember that our eves were given to us for use. and we should endeavour to do all the benefit we can for them, by treating them as they weie intended to be used. ANNUAL :MEETING OF THE CHLUICEI DEOCESA.N SOCIETY. the Blue Coat chai... The meeting Yesterday morning, at twelve o'clock, the third annual meet ing:lap.: assemblag e i.iu o r t: of the Chester Diocesan Society, was held in the Chattel of flospital, the ,Lori Bishop of Chester, in the was resoecianly attended, and there was a 11 1.. 'e aw e r ie e t n g e: (,)rthlehe s ‘ e li c t r tc e e ta se ry p , present. The Right Rev. CH A i iilet A ci i in opening the meeting, called D. vine blessing. After which, e' im t. plore the t. Yhe ßi ght Rev. Ca A ((I'M A a then said, as representatives of the Chester Diocesian Society, they were assembled fitr the third titre, hi - • give all account, if he might so .say, of theit steward snip--to render an a• count of the sums committed to their charge, e , specially . bt, the inhabitants of Liverpool, to whom it was, therefore hi; that they,. should retider an account. He trusted ' , that t they sh,old he able to do this with joy, and not with griei", r w e, ten, tiodoobiedly, ;here was inoeh for which they had g reat .ason to be thankful. Very considerable change had been . made io many parts of the country which, but a few years 'uOtli t! world. presented a very dark spot in the moral, and religious trusted, !Id Many of th ose black spots had been retnoved, and he ~.„. the results to be expected were such as they rooked for. t v . v ia t u regard to to the Diocesan Society, it must be remembered I,' . its success, and the results or what it had done, did not on n mit of that easy calculation. and did not make such a flame paper as the * reports of the operations - of some societies made • T hey could not count. so large a nunther of individual ch . litches,. or so l arge a number of persons aceommodated as jnght haVe b e e n done, . if the object wAsdifferent to what ii. was. But the olject or i his society was not to assist those who had assistant e from ether societies, or hail resources within them seives; - its, otiiect was rather to do for those w ho were destitute of m eans, what they themselves could not acc om p lish, and to assist those who could not be assisted by other societies. The mosequence mils, that larger expenditure had taken place in certain inclivi,wal churches, than-would have been the ease, if tilt , objects of the society hail been different. They set out with the idea of being the friends of the wretched; or if they did not like to take an idea from anything so Melancholy as I death, let t ben , take it from Dim who sorgot those, who, with- OTt Hint. were lost—to raise those, who, without Hilo, were without the knowledge of being able to rase themselves. )t was the u-feet of the society to go to those desutate places whet e no great funds or whole resources could be round, but where, without aid, they must remain destitate.• But, notwith siondiug, that they should be able to show a considerable num ber or churches .that had growls up under the assistance, and auspices of this society; anti they m ust remember, that of (hose churches they ! shouldso exhibit, not perhaps, oie fourth of them —nht live out of twenty would have existed at. all without' the assistance or this society; that, as far as they went in the re pert, they were actual creations. (Hear.) Another thing he mil:stied to mention, that they were not to suppose, that they were tocutioniug,in the tem • trt all that had been (Lou-e without I ite aid or the society. On the emiliate, it would tell them no(hii:g.or the new churches building at Manchestet, of which tout or live were in prior vess in the last few years, since the sue,ety had been eskiblisbcd. It would not tell them of the, new church recently erected at Rortenstall,nur at Walton, Oar of the eheich erecte(i by :"tlr. Greenall, at St. Heleus, nor of the new church at Present. Nor stilt more should they tell them of other Churches erected out of the beat or the society. They slid not tttl.e all these things to themselves, and they therefore, did not iotrude them t ato the report. But it was necessary that they should k -now, that there were these different gleams in their prospect, though they did not come within the view of their own oiciu re. But there was another thing which they tnigt fairly speaof, which ill less came within the pi ovinee of cahlculaiion: h e meant the st g e n eral impulse which bad been given, (apelatoe, ) which. he trusted, would not stop till the dist ;hos which tied hitherto been looked upon as places of des titution. should have been provided with that without which they weie poor indeed. For example. they could take no tie cooot here of the nuMber of schoo's which were growing up under the aa , .lices or ,hui.che3, which were now iii operattou. to almost ail the large manu;',ouring distrieis there were now schools which aid, io tact, sunolv the plac e i d churches. There weie as Many or I beseas these acre of churches, and perhaps as mady,. pers ons received .eli,:ti ous in s iructioo iti those school rooms as in the churches. mid the . lest' iii..iost there L e given w oe s ite quite as adequate to furnish the mean s of gl ace, t nt) c say there tvas aut . degradation in this. Let tuetn consider the ot iiria o: our relii,?.ion. Witat was it ot a smal seed? What was it hat a tulle ae llustl , 11h5 'w furn i sb' l d capability o shelter to it:e world. Let them consider again the scripture auitioritY.ibey had foe purposes of this Lim!. Row was it Lin de, s h e ',joed".,l( dispeosation, where, fur a length of time, for many huadreo years, waere w . is lite ark of Clod and toe coven ant but in a lent, sod moved from place to place as the people had to move: And vet God did not withhold his blessing froin that art; which was in that is ; and so those who were two or three miles oistaol from their parish ctio,ches would find a hlessitig iu those schools, in which situations they often found two or three thousand persons. Though they/ might not he able io raise a church, they wet e stilt able to tint.' a place where the imllis or toe gospel were nieached, and where they might learn those tuings which appertained to their everlasting inter est, and where, in the to•ogyess of things. the event might be as it was in the Jewish dispensaiion. Tuete was a lime when it was no longer suitable (hat Goo should be so worshippeo, anti then Ile raised un one in whose mind he ought to have a tem. ole worthy of Him. ‘• Behold," said Davol, " what luxuries tin I surrobrideo by ? I dwell in a hOuse ofcedar, whilst the ark of G o a; it welleth in curtains. It du : 4 :11 not to lie." So might to the end in our populeos dist rich. There might he many, he Imre, w,i() would 415 e up bud say, God should not be i worship per, 1161 way There might tie no i m p r opriety that the tinths n i • of (his religion who'was born in a stable, because there was n o room elsewhere, should be perfivaned in a very humble nuild lug, while there was room to preach his doctrines in a church — I ill tit poolation should say, •• we dwell in houses of cedar; Got; has blessed its; bow can we hest show the sense have gi of the distinction which he has unsigned us." We w e w ill . not ve sleet, 'io our eves. nor slumhier to our eyelids, tit' we had a tem ole iitting lot' the Lord. (;fear.) raecefore let then"' 110 t de si;ise the day o;..tuall liiim.s; let thou nut despise [he humble builitiog wh - ere the wieis , er use preacla those truths which he has nut .he pewee 10 do elsewhere. One word tun the subject of footis. 'They Old not lioliandetr their funds; they thought that thev had beeif olacett io their hands that they 'night be spent, awl Ilito . efore they had sent theta; end lie believed before they t e a that. room, that that., that thei should be ZlOOO worse thau toil hing'• They had tea appticatiens to assist churches that nay; and they tubst at least e%pend !AM/ inure thou their funds; if the poetic:gave theM leave, thee shou at do it in faith. It ter oink . h a d ti • : .. . een me hope, in the course o f the last sear, to take 1 .. 1 , 1 7 . a_5u ,eti rug the two re permanent provision for the great object, t . torwat ding which they weie met, than it now had, But last I year hat; not been a favourable one. In the piesent year they ' ought look forward lollil4ol' the f . God - • . ' vim'. of to snake themselves ! mere known in the • a provinces titan they had oune—to snake II w themselve s as L metropolis Hi, der,e nown as in the of Liverpool. ,4'Y would • - . allow num to stud a letter, in the course of the sii.nuter re tie . t • • , h ,,,,. 4 . 1 . ( l ~ .dg %oat collections inigitt be made in their s.lu churches lot this great Inject. to tea' way he trusted they r i . s ul , ii pi oceed in the measures their had begot , , and in which '': lia. l so greatly prospered. They had set an example for others l.. l, ,r. to follow. lie was sure that as friends of their eat a idlished (': 1 ...0", they had chiefly to oujetts or this kind to make their curet - ) slret ll t 0,,' ico h er torus, and stren g t hen her tents ; and the way to str engthen her tents, was be adaetiug, heasell to the in (-7ea,•ing want s or the population. lo that way he trusted that hey should•see as they had hitherto seen, that the God of David w"s, Present. Il e trutited that oar Church would be able to hand i.o those who came after her what she had herself iecoived, the i amp of pure!and• un defiloireligion. ( Hear.) He cone' I 1 w ", h , c aihng on the Rev. Chancellor r• 'k , , ' ln e( tat es to teat, the revolt. The Elev. COaucellor 11;viKE then 1h • oceeded to read the reno . G. , that no private resources were adequate to meet the call. They admitted that the stated increase in the popdletion would alone requite a larger sum then they Omit:Twee ste then• income, in order io meet the accession of numbers by the largemeut ot church accommodation; and thee coniessed that ir they went out with the avowed intention or noing illtoat wee requiretl—of supplying all ;het was needed—of redressing the ectinutulated consequences of a century or neglect, their plan Wight be con sidered visionary and hopeless. " If I heetetensi'ale supply has Felten short o , whatthey thought 110011 have been reatieett, the wetk ttas (lever been standing. etel. No application for assistance. as vet, has been rejected for want. cif kinds; and it all that they desired to do, has hilt been dune, or not been dente thiouel. , lust ru eteosality, they reeoice to state that God oes raised op fellow labourers, who have come to their help,--who have taken. or are about to take 00 themselves some portion of the bit ten, and dot eu impulse has been riven to. pi ivate benevolence which seems likely to diminish the necessity foe public interrereece, " It may he sufficient pa this respect to point to the separate associations, whites hive been formeil for local objects only, in the towns of Meuchestet, Bury, and Bolton. " Your commotee have new, then, to advert. to the state of the funds, on which the extent of future exertions must depend. Teey have first to acknowledge with gratitude the realtiatten of that plan which was alluded thin the lah Year's report but which it was not thought expedient to include in the last year's ac count. A hundred indieidnaliewere induced to subscribe £5O each for the general purposes of the society. The plan origina ted in Liverpool, and but for a peculiar concurrence of circum stances it would have been accomplished there, Difficulties having delayed its progress, the co-operation of friends in other pads of England was invited, and the result was successful. To that true spirit of benevolence which thus prompted the friends of the church in Liverpool to lose sight or their own more immediate wants in coutemplatine the religious destitution or other districts, the committee feel that some special expres sion of gratitude ie due. The necessities of their own neigh bourhood were urgent and great, but they had the kindness to consider the necessities of others as greater, and freely offered, in the relief of the poorer and more destitute districts, a bounty which might have been most usefully employed at home. " Your Committee trust that betievoleuce like this will not go without itsreward; and they who have watered others will be watered also themselves, and that the liberality they have exercised towards the community will he returned by the com munity to theist necessity sheuld require it. " The amount of emote, subscriptions paid up to the present date, and for the year 1837, is i:1031 3s. The collections in churches for the last year have yielded Ws. Bd., and the sums announced as donations, in chief part belonging to the Liverpool fund, amount to 1:4.953 165., forming a total uot much exceeding £6OOO. " The balance we have seen of the general account shows that a sum of about £BBOO remains in the halide of their several bankers. Of this sum £6160 is already pledged, and will pro bably be drawn out in the course of the year. fresh applica tions for assistance are being daily poured in, and the cry of a population just awakening to spiritual wants, and asking for relief, is repeated in our ears. Calls are being addressed to the Church of England, as a common mother of us alt, from quarters where the feeling of attachment was hardly supposed to exist, and a little more seems needed than a heady and united effort on the part of her friends to raise her again to the position which she ought to occupy—to make her the source of light, and comfort, and hope, to the great mass of her popula tion, and to put the :whole country more than ever in unity of spirit and in the bowl of peace. " The committee regret that they are now called to announce a loss the society is about to sustain by the withdrawal of Mr. Horsfall from the situation of Ire ismer. The duties connected with this office encroach too much on the time that be can spare, and in returning the abstract of our compocated accounts, which he - has this year bad the goodness to draw up, he communicated hi s w i s h t o res ign the office which he has tilled with so touch advantage to the society. Your committee, while they deeply regret his decision, calf only do it with expressions of gratitude for the valuable services he has already rendered ; and if the society is no longer to enjoy the benefit of his superintendence, they must be thankful that the sanction of his name and the benefit of his council Was extended to it when it stood most in need of such advantages—When it was going forth as a candivate for public c Outidence, and its acceptance depended on the pa trouage it met with "With this announcement, the committee would close this report. If they have trespassed upon the patience of their heaters by its length. they must plead the importance of the cause, the variety of intetes:s which are at stake and involved in the interests of this society. (in its progress depends, as far as human judeetnents extend, the dearest destiny of thousands, of hundreds of thousands of our countrymen. On the success of its exertions it depends, whether our manu facturing districts shall prove a source of wealth and power to the country, exhibiting a beautiful and unrivalled combination of intellectual activity, of increasing wealth, and redundant population, or whether they shall be a volcano which shall scatter devastation over the laud, and poison the springs of its prosperit y. "But your committee are unwilling to press temporal motives as al guttients in this cause. They aim at higher ends than the stability of present advantages ; :Ind they feel that a deeper re sponsibility rests on those who have the power of contributing, than that of maintaining good order and propriety. They be lieve that, in a Christian community, power of doing gond con veys the duty of doing good; that each individual is bound to seek the spit itual welfare of others, as well as his own ; and that it is impossible to escape from the obligation without rendering all these, iu the coneolatioos and hopes of the gospel. " these words teach the ears of any who yet have not weighed the duty which they inculcate ; the committee would draw their attentions to the words of scripture, as the sum of this appeal :—' If thou ferbear to deliver them that are .drawn to death, and them that are ready to be slain ; if thou sagest, Behold we saw it not; doth not He that ponilereth the heart consider it, and Ile th at keepeth thy site: 'cloth not he know it? and shall not he render to every man according to his works.' Proverbs xxiv., 11 12." The Rev. Receon BtiooKs then carne forward with great pleasure to move the first resolution, "that the repert now read be printed and circulated, under the direct ion of the comittiitee." As it would be one of the ;sleet means of eelending the know ledge and usefulness of this society, he thought it would not re quire many observations from him to show the psopriety of the meeting adopting this resolution. After the full manner in wise report had gone into the proceedings of this society. and after tie observations of his Lordship in opening the business of the day, he thought it must he clear to every one that there existed a necessity for additional church room in all the pope lons parts of ibis diocese was beyond doubt; and that the only means by which they could accomplish this most be by the exer• tions of the chinch itself. Time was when it was not considered unreasonable that the national church of England was fairly en titled to a portion of the national revenues; and when the executive government of the country had no difficulty in pro posing to parliament that it should apply a portion of its reve nues to the furtherance of that pure established form of worship e fa o rri g i ia ly nt i i n ,, t .a h n e t k ed in i g h d e ol i n .n . ean T s lo o o r se th :i i me s had now passed which had been adopted in the country, and carry its blessings in' j o rc e i v l e , : r y away; and he be li eved they must a ll be convinced that it' the dome good. ur or es tending us usefulness, it must be by the exertions or her mein berg. He trusted it would be the means of teachine her that she had an energy within herself, and powerful resources of which she was not before conscious. Indeed they tnight say that this had already taken place. lithe,/ looked throughout n i e ti t i e t the kingdom, it was aonost sej g. thing to reflect on. and atifyi n that day hail given w i at nats irrati h erpr i r i Tf u t g t I o the reflect l like the present. as Ibis were not confined to one or two di oceses, b u t wet e n h e s e t such ofthienesltirgu: become general thtoughout the kingdom. To his ibidship it must be gratifying; he was very early in the field; and nee of the first to suggest to his clergy anti - the lay bedy over whom they preside, the necessity of exertions of this sort ; and tt ems; be very gratifying to hits to find that thi s p l an h a d b e en taken up be the kingdom at large, and that these meetings were now established in every diocese. They raised a great deal of cash in this kingdom for different purposes. A great deal of money had b een ra i se d to calve - Christianity to foreign paoe. With the l object of this he quite agreed; the spirit of our religion Was not exclusive; it would carry Christianity t o ever y p a rt of the world. But he was aware that they had peculiar obligations to themselves; that though they were called on to assist other places, yet they were more immediately bound to assist them selves. They ought first to take care of the wants or those bound to them by closer ties; and then when that was done, let those who had the means apply them to other pug posPs ; but he etiold not think that those did rightly who cat tied their charity to things at a distance, and negleeted their own homes._ He concluded *Oh moving the resolution, (Applause.) The Rev. Mr. Bitters', rector of Wallasey, rise to second the resolution. He could not second the resolution without ex pressing a wish, if the report were printed, that it should lie extensively circulated in every part. For it partook more, he thought, of the nature of a recommendatory appeal on helm f of the cause cif the society ; especially to the members of the Church of England; at least, in as much as it was a report of the proceedings of the past year, It appeared to him impos sible, that any friend of the church could read the Vero with out seeing the absoltue necessity that there was, dial the church should conic forward to her uwu help; and in the second place, that the iuguence that might already be e xpected, trout the strong reaction which he believed had taken place in the public mind, with regard te the church. He aso eeded with the i ectete that the national church had a claim on the national. seventies. It did appear to him absurd, that the ChaSch, which was called the national church, should not have nation at stipport. He cun tended, that. the Church of England was a voluntary chervil, it had been raised by the voluntary contributions of their anceste tors, and it was only returning to the original prinuiste of the support of the Chinch of England through the interven tion of this society. And while it was its vain Iteeintke an appeal to the e%ecutive of the land fur national suppiee, they Ought to be thankful that they should uot Make an appeal 10 the people in vain for support. lii the report, a careful ober ryes might perceive in various pares of the country. expressions of attachment to the elsorch; and every One must be struck with this, that in those districts where there was an evident want of the instruction of the Church of England, if her own effortti did nit supply that want, there was no other body ma the country that would ; and, therefore, he trusted, that the report "would be circulated far and wide. It was by this means only, that the church would become again the light and glory of the world, and looked up to by all, but a very small intuoritte. Church of England men appeared to laitour under a ereat mis take; they imagined that they tserecoatribuliug indepeudentlit of such societies as this, a large portion of then' Wealth to th . e support of the church, Whereas, the fad was, they gave nothing ; If a man paid his tidies he gave the iucttuthent nothing heft his right : he only gave what was hie duty to pay, even if he did pas it to the church ; and yet it was supposed, that a great sacrifice was simile, and to uc h was contributed, and a large portiou of wealth was given by payment of tithes. Every one knew that this was a falsity who would examine that sooject; and then au appeal might be made to the population, " What do you do to support this cause ?'' They almost did nothing. When this was known, the people would rise as one mats to the support o f the -hutch, and give their wealth to meet its exigencies.— (Applause.) The Rev. CHAMMAN then put the resolution, which was unanimously carried. Mr. T. B. Elo(ISF A i.n. said-lie had been requested to move the ETRAC't 'qr THE espnee. inest resolution, "That it is the couvictiou of this meeting that "in preSenting this their third remit to the pultlic, the corn- the welfare of this country is closely connected with an adee suit tee of lee Chester Dioresall Church Bundle?, Society desire grate provision of church accommodation and pastoral super -10 begin by reeorillog theft gratitude to GOd, the ant hot and i inteudance, a provision of which many places are derived, from giver of allgoon, for the tneasnte of assistanre they have hither- the rapid increase of population." The former pact of the jn enjoyed, and the snecesS which they are enahled 10 report, solution contained a principle Which few in that room wonsd r that assistance has been in any varies less than had been t feel disposed to question. What the tatter pert asserted Might "riginallv exner led, or if Unit s t i r e v e s m ay still seem, as it tin be easily proved, by es re'erence to the large and gyewipg popu nl‘estionithly is, but dism i nfnneittned to - the greatness of the lation by which they were surroonded at that motacut. The "Ins which have been eeeciiied t it' ;he sinus that hate been iprinciple laid down in the resolution Was, that au_ additional . "iseti seem inadequate to the Charge of meeting the demands of provision ror church accommodation and pasioeal superintend- a Population so wasi and se inereasiug; and if the efforts atieadn acme lie provided; and that oe that depended iO a great degree the work already tie o c e olishen— seem losi, out ,of sight the welfare of this country. 'This was a petritstiti principle; io I:te overwhelmiog-magr i:ude (tribe work that is before them, and if they awarded t o those men whicatlvoeeted political opt • your committee car. only remind you that they anticipated these oleos which they deemed calculatett ins the benetit or it e abertne ions of hope etidOiS:,ppointments; that they gtive his countr y the title of petriets, surely that uiau Wlii) exerted him tt eneuregemetil tlei Wee Get the evil could be remedid at self fro- the establishment olsdch noel-lies as this, for pre; °nee, net. did they d 'nish in their representationsthearAnnnt muting the spiritual welfare and bseiriti , or his country, noetit or the oifficutty tel he everconte; en the contrary, they Wotelil I lie vatted a due patriot. But he witold proceed with the remind elm tine thee itensined front the ;bit that'the notettnntle. pot or the resolution. It esseitidf the fart that _the, sapid in ot' the Want was such, Ilia, it might have ju s tly elaintrel a tsa- crease of the population prevented the necessary ,church !inn's care, and been made the of - a nation's briunty. commodation and pastoral superintendence. A mere cefereuce, They made a rt.Dre9untati , .n or the actual disproportom bet weerY as be had staid to the populedeu tiv wisch we weee surrounded . , dee . chureli-accosieniodattute and the population; which proved proved ttiLit tact.' Ue banded . thatfbali CA‘en.'s tel froth Was in the parish _ J 65.000 inhabitaitt%; iitiCe %tit tttliti they han one 6niall ehitrch erected in t h e parish; Whilei the popolation had increased to something like 35 to4o,oUd peoole.,so !hat instead ur (me e4uich,, they ought to have ha from [ii to i 0 chore:oil.. He was aware that sites lot eburehel in Liverpool were not easily attained, and when attaineci, it inuoi be at enornions c o , i. tie would here•ore :suggest to the coffluio tee .he propriet reiriering the churches already eie., wed .is eilicient as posstnle ; and this tioght be none by appii l cat ion to the c l ct y or ihe town, who h a a not a tbi f d service to grain theieehticcWes, and, let them apphint a Minister it, give one service more on the Sundav, and one on a week day even ing. This would mate tne entirties the hail inure effi cient than ndw. He was quite aware that sOnte•Ohjected to this; but the More the objections were 'narked inte, the more trifliag they would appear; ar t t these were not titnes,when the Church of England coh,d allow weight •to trt tine: objections. There was no duute hitt that this plan would du great good. The enemies of oor church (•ie active on the right hand and on the lett; aiid it behrived the members of the church to he active, sod, like. the Israelites of ted..iviole they erected . their churches oue hand to defend them with the other., (Hear.) Mr. byrth herd spoken of our church being a volun tary church; he would poi enter into that queatiOu ; hut there was no doubt that this society was a voluntary society, and was calculated to stop the reproaches thrown at the clergy—that they refused to act on the principles of primitive equality, when the first Christian society had 01 thingS in common. He felt . convinced that the Church of England was gaining ground in the aifections of the people; and if the clergy commued faith 4 fully to re each the truth as it was in Jesus, and were supported bv the leii v. he wait convinced that ihe church would he the best bulwark of the land—a stay to the th• onc e a support oi the laws, and a blessing to the country. (Applause.) The Rev. Dr BbAcKticHN rose to second the resolution. lie congratulated the meeting that this society had been the fore rimier of many similar societies io England. Pe was certain that every true teyer of the Church of Englaed, must behold peculiar satisraction the formation of these societies, which were proceeding in the most. admirable Manner in the work of for the improvemenftif the mass of our population; for it was riot only in the manufacturing districts and commercial ports that the population was increa,ing, but it was increasing generally in a ratio that bid &lit-thee to AN calculation. lf, as some politicill eConentists haditold theM, population increased lb a geometrical ratio, and tile : means for-providing for the scriptural teaching 'of the population could only inctease in an arithmetticai ratio, it was clear that the• funds lot building churches could never by possibility be tintticient. The forma tion of such societii , s as these tended bY example to catty the principle - forther into action; they were encouraged by example to contribute to such good objects. He was awate that objec tions had been made to this society and Whets of a similar na l tore, as if the Church of England were depattitig ftom some System that had been from time immemorial observed by her; He believed, if ioVestigated, that it *mild be Sound that that •observation had no fouodatidn whatever in fact ; ior, if by the voluntary system they meant surponiogreligion by free bounty acrd liberality, he asserted that such a system had been pursued. by the Church of England ever since she was a church; It- was tt se, indeed, that it was the duty of every cbristian. government to summit some twin of religion; bot it was not the duty of euvernment to do every thing towards its support. He conceived that all clasSes and all persons were betted to ceetriou•e their hunts of assistance to the peat cause of truth and religion, whatever toeir means rnight be, froth the king on his throne to ihe poorest or his subjects. l indivis t dual had some means peculiar to himser of assisting in the great woe L. and woo:d hies toe efforts that were made wink such a good oi•ieet. He conteeded, that much oreater good was done by gbluing people to sutiscrtlie towards a'thurch, anrk thus take ate interest in it, than in orovieing then; a church without such subscription ; for, in the latter case, it took a,. tength u. rime to excite an interest in the people and vrocure congregation. while, in the funnier, there was a uli congrega tion as soon as the church was conseci a t ed. de cencluded with seconding the resolution, which was unanimously i•atried. The Rev. JA111.54 PANNA DY, the vicar of Si Helens; rose with much pleasure to propose the . third reiolut tun, "that, for the reasons a s si gne d i n the secon d reSolu,ian, it: was desirable that the Diocesan Society shotilit ieeeive the sunnort of all ranks of the commonity." Ile ihnught that the Welfate of the count, y was connected with an adequate piovision h•r chinch accommodation was evident to every individual. Whatever gave secueity to the elitech, would also !; ive stability to the country. They haul seed this exemplified in Variaus districts where churches had been erected under the superiuiendance of this soCiet , 7. He had seen instances in large manufacturing testricti_ where great discontent prevailed amongst the lower, classes on ceiiain state suaiects, which bad lately agitated the oublic mind; and no sootier' had that district come under the pastoral sunerinteudatne of athhe tiiinieter appointed fur the district. than they had seen that spirit •of discontent at once re= removed; and the individuals so brotight tinder this pastoral su, perintendance, hecotniog not out" reenter attendants at their churches, but also good subjectS of their country. He would venture to mention one fact. Some three or four years ago, there was great disconient in the country on : the subject of. church;raies, and in that particular diitrici a•taChed to the pa. .rish with which he was connected there was a chapel of ease, built. In the previous year, the whole population of the trict went to the parish church, in oilier to oppose the usual annual chuerch rate; out the very year alter the erection of thi edifice, though the'saine parties endee voured to excite tire same population to the same act, net a sins le individual could, he indirect . ; to come from that particular district for that pura' pose. (Hear.) They saw in ibis fact the effectual-benefit o( • societies like the one *hose welfare they were then -met td promote. He contended, that dissent had aSsuated a very d.fferent. aspect to wnat it farmer!) , put on. It was now most clearly coonecled with every thing which they as alurchtneti, ought to deprecate and avoid. 'l'hev saw the connection futile= lug between dissenters and certain political patties in the stele; they saw as a body that they were directly opposed to the es tablished church, and they ought to bear it in mind that unless the church came forward and supplied the religious scams of, the population the dissenter§ would do it instead, and a p. Whin inimical to the established church would g ow . Toe town of St. Helens contained a pepulatian of le,ooo souls, and possessed church accommodation for only 200fiz the remainder were thus excluded from the benefit of religioui ins - ruction. and there was. - ,~;anger that they would grow up emu iral and dissie paled, and communicate their habits to their children. It the-et fore required a strong and unanimous effort on the part tti , clergy and the laity to come forward and support this grelPlo glorious cause of providing church accommi dation for th6po pulation: He concluded by proposing the reselution. • Thomas GaovESi Esq., briefly seconded the resolution, which was carried unanimously. . The Rev. FIELDING Out.n rose to propose the next resolu. tion, "that the meeting desires to reit' . rn'thanks to ALMIGHTY: Got) for the increase of church accommodation and pastoral superintendence." There were a few statistical facts con nected with this subject, which when addressed to the attention of individuals, made, in his judgement, a more fdrcible appeal than any speech. There were in England not fewer than five , millions of individuals who attended no place of worship what, soever from want of church accommodation ! and taking the . average duration of human life at 30 years they had 166,000 in dividuals annually dying, unblessed by the means of grace; or to bring the calculation lovie,. down, 450 a day., Now if it were a tact that this diocese contained a pdpulatitin of upwards.of one mlllion and a half, that population increased 40,000 an nually; that being the fact what .an alarming disproportion be tween church rtecommodation and increase of populatiot was, exhibited; He imagined that these facts were calculated to wake a powerful impression on every individual who had a heart to feel. The resolution called oh them to exPress their gratitude to Almighty God; this was a special du'v, that they should return him thanks; and how . better cou d they do it than iu , copying after the example of the man "after His own heart," by demonstrating that t hey , appreciated the advantages that they enjoyed, by carry nig out, each in his own sphere, the great objecti which the society had in Oiew; and studding over the whole of this diocese with temples tit' glory to God, where succeeding generations might experience the happy fulfilment, of God's promigeS, " in all places where my name is called there wilt I come andbless.'! ( Hear.) The Rev. JOHN H.SNRY GUNNING seconded the resolution,. which he briefly advocated, and which was unanimously passed. The Rev, CH NCEILVii RAikEs next proi.osed, in a short speech, the re-election of the c o mmittee .for the ensuing year; which was seconded by the Rev. E. Gilt ESTONE, and unani mously passed The Rev. Dr. Craws WILSON rose to move " Thatthe ref speetful thanks of the meeting be given to the _Lord Bishop o the Diocese, for his support generally to the society, and more especially for his services in the chair on that occasion." He, thanked the society for the assistance it had afforded him in providing extended church accommodation for the population. of Prestori, of which place he Has tl e incumhen:. Owiug to its assistance haying been aff.rded it had eicited a spit it which, b e fore lay uormant, and now four chorches were in pro g ress or being built, two of which were so independent of all assistance from the society. , The Rev, 13taxii B,:conded the resolution, wh c t as carried by acclamation. The Right Rev. CHAIRMAN briefly retdrned thanks, and the meeting separated at two o'clock. THE LIVER THEA'IRK.—The lovers of fun and pantomime tire now t.tY.-ie4 a treat at this theatre. " Laughter holding, his sides" riots in the hixuriance of risible enjoyinent at the feats of Messts. brown, king, and Gibson. The pantomime it well worth seeing. OR A MOO IrOtt TH. 13criEfti4 on .ittii Poott.--1 7 ‘re are glad to Lind that an oratorio,. for the relief of the pour, will take glace, under distinguished r4 tr9na g e, ou Tues,dav evening, the Oft. of March, at . the Theatre Royhl. The Messiah of Handel; •With Mozart's accompaniments, is ; the pieCe selected for per formance.t • From , he well-known ilticieney of the choral So , ciety, we are. justified in stating, that ample justice will be done to.this splendid composition. D. Austort's THLRMONIIiTIiII STOVV.S.—Much public in, terest has recently been excited by the introduction of a stove on an entirely new principle, invented by the celebrated Dr.. Arnott. By means of this stove a delightful summer tempera ture may be obtaiiied in our sitting rooms and offices in the severest weather, at ,a cost. of .about twopence per day. Our, townsmen, Messrs. Bennett, whielt advertisement will be found in another column; have recently fitted up several for gentlemen. in the vicinity, and have, we understand, made arrangements for manufacturing them on an extensive scale. • RELIEF OF THE Poou.—The committee fni distribfiting amongst the poor, resident in St. Anti's Ward, have been roost indefatigable iu prosecuting their benevolent enterprise. On, Saturday last, the first day of operation, no fewer that 18011 families were relieved, some of them in amost abject state of destitution. Every case is carefully in quired into, and the relief administered by visitors, whose duty it is to see that the funds raised by•the benevolence of the iMblic are duly adminis-. tered. We are of opinion, that these letal associations are the best calculated to meet. the necessities Orthe poor at this incle, ment season of the year. Alreadv the sum of £l6O has been raised in this Ward. We hopei the other districts will imitate so good an example. • , THE .I"'EAST 111 . F.440N i:11) THE F1,1)0. , (!oute.tupontry of lir Albion incioirk.: natiee to cor:, respondents in his yesterday's paper " will ally one inform us. from wiat .poet's works this baukrieved yontaiiiin is taken?", —We will enlighten him. He sill find it in Pope's "Firs Satire of the Soo cnd Book of - . Horace iMitated" at the 12Stli fine, For his benefit we transcribe the verse : " There, my retreat the best companions erece; Chiefs out of war, and statesmen out of place. 2, There St. John mingles with my princely bowl The resit of reason and the-flow of soul." Tics STYiA M ' 6ll UIIGF.NT.—A paragraph has gone the rounet. Of the pep a rs stating that owing to the severe gale ou Saturdai, week. C:;litain l'7.nierson, of the Urgent, was obliged to put into llo;yhead. •We must, in justice to Captain Emerson, set the p t ,t,je right in the matter. We learn that when within two hours sail, of the new Light Ship,, one of the side levers broke., She was ben or csnirse reduced to one engine,: and as the gale still continued to rage in all its fury, Captain Emerson deemed, it his ditt, for the safety of all on board, to run back to Holy head. Captain Emetseu, in a letter to a friend; says, " I never felt a heavier gale in the Channel, and the sea vas frightful;; yet the Urgent never steamed less than 6t hour,—th wind directly a-head, the ship like a duck oil" tree water; oroil iCeifeetli eit4: