The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser. — Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1843-02-21 00:00:00

aztramaly trapartant—in particular, that, in, (ollowl out, in legislation, the doctrines of free trade, care must be taken to regulate the degree of their application to the capacity of the community to sustain that application, without throwing established interests and institutions into disorder. Nothing, we submit, can be sounder than this principle. It drew forth, too, from Lord Francis Egerton, a more striking explanation of the cause of that revulsion of their hitherto prosperous condition, which is just now visit ing the manufacturing classes, than we ever remember to have met with in so brief a form of expression. The cause, or at least a leading cause, of that revulsion, his Lordship maintained, and truly maintained, is to he found in the fact, that the power of steam—the great arm of our manufacturing industry—developed them selves during a period of almost universal war, when Great Britain alone was in a position to avail herself of them, and to apply them to the aggrandizement of her manufacturing interest; and, by the return of the World to a state of peace, the monopoly which we possessed of that giant instrument is compelled to be shared with competing countries. Th. amount of the truth of our position, as a nation, 21/ that one sentence, than in all the laboured statements of the exclusively enlightened liberal faction. Another declaration of opinion, too, it drew forth from the same noble lord—one which, on the part of this great commercial community, we can with confi dence second. We believe, with his lordship, that no measure —no occurrence within the reach of proba bility —would be so efficacious in promoting the return of the country to a state of healthy prosperity, as the cessation of the Anti-Corn-Law agitation, and the dis solution of the L eague ! And more than that, we be lieve that such is the deliberate conviction of nine-tenths of the people of this part of the empire ! ere is a greater LOCAL NEWS TH E PACKE T - sin' . 11 ASHDURTON."—in consequence of unfavour a bl e state of the weather yesterday, this mag ificent vessel will be open to public view again to-day. thSir Howard Douglas and Captain Gladstone were amongst e guests at Sir Robert Peel's Parliamentary dinner on Sa urday evenin g last. BERRY'S DERBY SwrEP.—lt will be seen that Mr. Berry, of. Drury-lane, has started a Derby sweep—the announce ment of which will be seen elsewhere. WARRINGTON GRAMMAR SCHOOL,—The Rev. Mr. Bos tock, of Aylesbury, has been appointed head master of t his valuable institution, in the room of the Rev. T. V. Bayne. A DISORDERLY PAUPER.—A woman named Ellen Roach was placed before Mr. Rushton, on Friday last, charged with disorderly conduct in the Workhouse. Mr. Rushton com mitted her to prison for twenty-one days. PUBLICANS FINED. ---The number of publicans and beer sellers brought before Mr. Rushton, on Friday, amounted to nine, the smallest number summoned since the act came into •operation. Seven were fined, one acquitted, and the other remanded. LORD ITOWICK'S MOTlON.—Amongst those who voted in the majority on the division on this motion we perceive the names of Lord Sandon, Sir H. Douglas, Lord F. Eger ton. Hon. B. Wilbraham, Lord Stanley, J. W. Patten, J. Tollemache, Sir P. Egerton and, E. Cardwell. This neigh bourhood is Conservative on all sides. BIRKENHEAD COMMISSIONERS.—We are credibly in formed that these gentlemen have withdrawn most, if not 4111, th e c l auses i n the Birkenhead improvement bill against which objection has been taken—such as the purchase of Monks'F erry, t h e foundation of the tunnel, the provision for a stipendiary magistrate, the power to grant licenses, and a few others ; so that, in all probability, the remainder of the clauses will be carried without opposition. DISTRESSING ACCIDENT.—On Thursday last one of Lord Derby's gamekeepers, who resides near Prescot, was just leaving his house, accompanied by a dog which was fondling about him, when the paw of the animal touched the trigger of a gun which the man had with him, when, unfortunately, it went off, and the contents lodged in his side. The poor man only survived two hours. He was very much respected by his lordship, and has left a wife and family of six children. THE GRAND JUNCTION RAILWAY COMPANY AND MESSRS. PICKFORD AND CO. —The letters of Messrs. Pickford and Co., the eminent carriers, in reference to the dispute between them and the Grand Junction Railway 'Company, have already been published in our advertising Pages. To-day we insert, amongst the advertisements, the reply of Captain Huish, the secretary to the company. The case on both sides is now, therefore, before the public, who will, from a perusal of the documents of the parties, be en abled to form an opinion on the points in dispute. On Sunday last, at the Holy Trinity Church, Woodside. after a touching appeal by the Rev. Joseph Baylee, M.A., from the text, 2Uth chapter of Acts and 35th verse, a collec tion was made for the relief of the suffering poor of the dis trict, amounting to the handsome sum of £36. The reverend gentleman explained that the mode adopted, in distributing relief to the poor, was through the instrumentality of 25 dis trict visitors, who inquired into, and reported upon, the cir cumstances of the applicants in their respective districts, by which means, as far as possible, impostors were detected, and deserving objects succoured. MERCHANT SEAMAN'S FUND.—Last night a numerous meeting of the merchant seamen in this port, was held in the Nelson Assembly Rooms, Lord Nelson -street, for the pur pose of uniting with the mariners in other ports, in forming a general association to procure a repeal or alteration of the act 4th and dth Will. 4 cap. 52, commonly called " the Mer chant Seaman's Fund act." Captain Lawson was called to the chair; and a deputation from Dundee and Glasgow, com posed of Mr. Bailey and Mr. J. Steele, detailed the objections which were felt to the law. The resolutions were unani mously adopted. NARROW ESCAPE.—On Friday, as a number of boys were sliding on the pond near the Scotch Kirk, at Woodside, a 'young man, supposing that the ice would bear his weight, ventured upon it, and had just got to the middle of the pond when the ice gave way, and he went in up to his neck. For tunately; the wind that had collected under his top-coat pre vented him going overhead. He attempted to get upon the ice, but it broke at each effort. The bystanders, seeing his danger, with praiseworthy promptitude procured ropes and planks, and when almost exhausted with struggling he turned round, by their advice, and being a good swimmer, with a great effort got through the ice to a shallow part of the pit. CHEAP TRAIN TO LONDON.—We understand that already arrangements have been made with the directors of the Grand Junction and the London and Birmingham Railways, to have a special train to London at a cheap rate, in order to give those parties, who wish to see the metropolis, an op- Portunity of spending a few days there. We are also in formed, that the gentlemen who have entered into the ar rangement intend to give the inhabitants of Manchester, Chester, Preston, Bolton, North Wales, and other places the advantage of this economical treat. The train, we under stand, will leave about the latter end of May, or beginning of June and we are sure the respectability of the parties who have undertaken the office of providing this accommodation, is sufficient to secure the comfort and convenience of any Person who intends to avail himself of it. THE WEATHER.—The severe frost, which we noticed in our last publication, continued with unabated keenness through Friday, Saturday, and during the greater part of Sunday. On the two last days the cold was much increased by a brisk and biting east wind. On Sunday evening the frost relaxed, and a thaw set in, though very gradually, the t emperature being still kept low by the wind, which veered a Point or two to the southward of east. Shortly after dark there Was a slight fall of snow and sleet, which was succeeded in the night by rain, and disappeared before daybreak in the Morning. Yesterday a " thow wind" prevailed from S.E., with thick rain and a remarkably humid atmosphere. The frost, which appears to have entirely gone, will doubtless (though incommodious to delicate persons) have a beneficial effect on the country, by rendering the land more friable and suitable for the operations of the plough or the spade. IMPORTANT TO FARMERS.--Tile necessity for agricultu rists practising economy in rearing their live stock, was never more necessary than at present. The Pastural Farmer has suffered extensively of late years by the death of his cattle, his horses, sheep, and pigs. To guard against such heavy drawbacks on his profits, and to improve the grazing .sualities of his sto c k, must b e a c hi e f cons id eration with him. fo assist his endeavours, we strongly recommend him to Purchase the new and valuable editions of Clater's two cele brated works on th e Di seases o f C att l e, Sheep, Horses, and I Ige, by the famous author of the ' Horse,' and Mr. Spooner, the well-known Veterinary Sufgeon, as these works must embody th e b est veterinary practice of the present day. The Wonder is, that, havin g to remunerate su c h p rac ti t i oners f or their valuable • labours, the publishers can afford to sell the volumes so cheap as they do. „ Tim PENNY THEATRE NUISANCE. —Two ruffianly before fellows, one calling himself a carter, were placed withV auxhall-roa d having assaulted a young man, the previous evening, in yauxhall-road, and taking from his person 2s. 10d. A leade d ball of formidable size, to which was attached a string, had been taken from one of the prisoners, as to the use of Which there could be no doubt, it being evidently intended f or a savage purpose in case of resistance by the party attacked.r The case wa s f u ll y prove d . Mr. Rushton asked Mr. • Whitt) , the character of the place where the transaction curred, and he w as answered that it was at a place of amuse ment in Vauxhall -road, known a s " Th e P r i nce o f W ales ' Th eatre," wh ere a boy was stabbed some time ago; and Which was a regular rendezvous for the worst of characters. 91,,hu0 d made a pra c ti ce o f getting up fights • for the sake of Should Mr. Ru s h ton advised that this sink of iniquity be reported to the proper quarter with a view to its aaPPression, which Mr. Whitty promised should be done. T HE FUND S , S ATURDAY EVENING:—At the Stock Ex change„ the re were no bargains of magnitude entered into. largest operation of the day we believe, was the sale of .4 " 5 ° ,0 00 Con so l s by the broker' who acts in behalf of the Court of Chancery. This, however, caused no perceptible alteration in prices, Consols for money and the account closing at 95 1. The result of the debate was fully antici rted, and hence no effect was looked for as arising from the ,efeat of the distress of the co until'. owick's motion respecting —until'. Batk Stock left off 175 to 177 : India Stock, 267 to 269 ; Exchequer-bills, 635. to 655. premium ; Three ter Cents. Reduced, 95 to i; Three-and-a-Half per Cents. aeduced, 102/ to 4; Long Annuities, 12i; India Bonds, 655. premiu m ; and New Three-and-a-Half per Cents., 101 k toe. ere In foreign securities Dutch Two-and-a-Half , Cents. M exican, 39 quoted 54i to I I ; Dutch Five per Cents., pert 39tto 4 to 1; ditto, Deferred, 81 to '4 ; Portuguese 4 C . on D v a e n rt i e s d h: s ; Spanish, 191 to ; ; ditto, New, 25i . to , 86 to 87 ; Colombian, 231 to - -,1; Brazilian, 761 n elgian, 1031 to 104,1. to 77i ; and THE WORKHOUSE.—The Times, in commenting upon on the re cent magi s t er i a l i nvest i gat i on i n t o the state of the Work house, contends that it shows the necessity,asw The eli as the advant age, of out-door relief being administered._ owing up our ob servation is w ort h repea ti ng . The Timis, 11 owli statement, also says, " It is lamentable to find that the rece nt investigati ons h ave tended to produce more general inmates dis order and i nsu b or di na tion among the al most ever k nown b e f ore . The parties,lnmthan was it appears, have got it into th e i r heads that the paroc hi a l authoritiesatNil r. avefora 'Wig time p ast b een m i sgo verning them, and Rush ton has vali an tl y come T ow ard to therrresue In exa ggerated accounts of the late proceedings had u.short, obtained cu rrency and cre d ence amo ng them, and the consequence has been th at some of tine females created a disturbance in the c h urc h on Sunday last, and that during the been com manding a con siderable n um b er of the inmates have absolutely m ending the offi cers to g i ve them better,The Select Vestry, food, and to do a v ariety of other things at their bidding.' we understand, meet on Thursday next to receive the report a nd suggesti ons o f t h e P oor -l aw Commis s i one rs, which, of ,course, will be found e d on the examination instituted to admit re ,Porters by Mr. Clements. Th e V es t ry , l as t T ues day, refused ,Porters, • but it i s ver y desirable that the proceedings 'Thursday next, at least, should go before the of public. illtiVkaßio... 4 6L ttta VolleeruC,urt, Mlterday, a mu man, named Richard Morria, wag placed at the bar on a charge of stealing a watch from a fellow lodger, "tamed Morrow. It appearpd that he had pledged the watch for 165., but had afterwards given himself up to the police-officer and handed over the ticket. Mr. Rushton ordered that he should pay lfis., and a fine for illegal pledging of 505., or be imp i. soned for two months. PETTY GAMBLING.—An elderly man, named Luke Free ney, was, yesterday, placed before Mr. Rushton, charged with baying defrauded a number of boys of their half-pence by indecing them to stake them on " blue " or " red," on a circularly painted board with a moveable handle—the name of which we have not got in our vocabulary. The prisoner said, " I had nuts in the barrow below, for which they were playing, and if it came the right colour they got the worth of their money,—and that's what the officer calls gambling." A gentleman who had witnessed the play, however, said. that the prisoner got the lads to stake their money, and that he ever and anon said " It's blue," and forthwith swept the board of all the coppers upon it. Mr. Rushton &aid that no doubt the prisoner knew how to make it come blue when ever he liked, and ordered that he should be imprisoned for a month, and that the board with its brass hand should be taken to the office of the commissioner of police to be de stroped—at least so far as regarded the object for which it was designed TRAVELLING BY THE OVERLAND MAIL.—We inserted, a few publications since, a paragraph, stating that the ex pense of a journey from London to Bombay is £134. A correspondent of the Albion says " six weeks are generally required for the passage, by land and sea, from Liverpool to Bombay. A trader returned a short time ago to this port in forty days. The fares hence to Marseilles are £6 14s ; from the latter to Alexandria less than £l2. My travelling ex pense by diligence, in France, were invariably Ss. per day ; on board the Mediterranean steamer Scamander, 3s. 4d. for breakfast and dinner, including a most excellent vie rouge, ad libitum; consequently, a voyageur, on his arrival in Egypt, would not have expended £25. This statement is made in reference to the second class. A French diligence contains four compartments; a steamer has likewise four divisions, or classes, but there was not a single traveller going to India at the first fare, nor yet one returning Le Minos, who paid the highest charge, though there were several both going to, and returning from Bombay, in the second. When at anchor in the Bay of Naples, a Spanish merchant, on his way to India, assured me that £4O would pay all his fares and expenses from Alexandria to Cairo, Suez, and Bombay. If this be correct, a journey from London to Bombay may be accomplished for £63, instead of 34." NEW STAGE AT THE SEACOMBE SLIP.—The improve ments at the Seacombe Slip (on this side the river) are rapidly approaching to completion, and will doubtless prove a great convenience to the public. The large stage for land ing and embarking at low water, and which will run out on the slip, or inclined plane, about sixty feet outside of the sea-swell, so that steamers of large burthen may come up to its extremity, has been placed on the wide iron railways laid down for it. It weighs about twenty tons, and will be worked by a powerful winch in a new building at the top of the slip—manual power being alone necessary; and as the drag required to move it upwards on the incline will not pro bably exceed five tons, it will be drawn up by 2 or 3 men. On Saturday night last, about eleven o'clock, a large cog wheel of the winch fixed to move it, accidentally broke in two, and the chain being consequently let loose, the stage (which is mounted on iron wheels) rolled rapidly down the inclined plane to its extremity, burying itself in the water — the tide being then over the lower part of the slip. No damage, beyond the breakage of the wheel, took place, the stage having stopped on the ways at the extremity of the slip, as if it had been let down on purpose. We notice the cir cumstance merely in consequence of a rumour having gone abroad that the stage had rushed far into the bed of the river, and disappeared after damaging the floating stage anchored opposite to it. It would certainly have gone further than it did but for its meeting with the resistance of the water. Woor. TRADE.—Messrs. Browne and Co.'s statistics of the wool trade have just appeared, comprising the imports and exports of the general description of the article for the last three years ending 1842; According to these, it appears that the total imports of foreign for the last year have decreased to 96,827 bales, while in 1841 they were 148,980 bales, and in 1840 137,198 hales. For the last year the return shows the port of London as the receiver of 35,031 bales, Liverpool of 22,581 bales, and Hull of 39.266 bales. The decline which is exhibited in the import of foreign wool is made up in a measure by the increase apparent in colonial imports ; and the statements of those arrivals for the last year is a total of 70,499 bales, weighing 18,554,5571 b., against 67,936 bales, weighing 17,867,4001 b. in 1841, and 52,752 bales, weighing 13,159,0741 b. The supplies were received as follows :-37,627 bales from New South Wales; 14,071 bales from Van Die man's Land ; 6,431 bales from the Cape of Good Hope ; 11,865 bales from the East Indies ; and about 500 bales from sundry places. Exports, including English, are stated as under for the three years : Londoil lb. 1842.... 1,836,851 1841 .... 1,772,896 1840.... 717,405 .. The quantity of foreign wool cleared for home con s u m pti on for the three ports of London, Liverpool, and Hull, gave as results a gross amount of 30,981,376 lb. for the last year, 33,553,3281 b. for 1841, and 38,304,1421 b. for 1840. Alluding to the large decrease which has occurred in the import of foreign wool, Messrs. Browne and Co. attribute it principally to the quantity of small bales imported from the west coast of South America, but also to the decline of German, Danish, and Spanish. The only increase alluded to is from Russia, tolhe extent of about 3,300 bales. It is observed that the quantity of foreign material actually paying duty for home consumption had not decreased in anything like the same pro portion as imports, the difference between 1841 and 1842 being but rather more than 2,500,0001 b., whereas the imports, at the lowest calculation, had decreased upwards of 9,000,000 lb. Taking into account the increase of the imports of colo nial wool, estimated at 2,576 bales, and which it is stated would average about 780,0001b. ' against the decrease, the de duction is th ence d rawn t h at the decrease in actual consump tion for the past year, as compared with 1841, is not more than 1,700,000. Liverpool THE LIVERPOOL PHILHARMONIC SOCIETY This society's second undress concert took place last even ing at the Collegiate Institution ; there were at least 1,000 persons pres en t. M r . H. F. Aldridge led, Mr. Tivendell presided at the organ, Mr. William Sudlow conducted. The concert commenced with Weber's wild and beautiful overture to Oberon; it was executed with much precision and effect. Herold's overture to Ludovic was equally well done, which opened the second part. The madrigal, " When all alone my pretty love," was charmingly sung, and elicited considerable applause. We cannot say much for the glee, " Soft and safe •" it was about the worst nerformance of the evening. The solo and chorus, "Welcome lady fair," brought Miss Stott forward in the solo parts ; her voice is greatly improved—her tones were bell like and clear—and her singing evidently created much delight; but, her enunciation is not a jot better than it used to be. In this composition her voice sounded like some sweet instrument—and as an instrument only. The words and the sense of the words were wanting. Some little curiosity was excited to hear a Mr. Shirmacher play on the piano, Thalberg's fantasia, Les Huguenots. It is not pleasant to say anything in dispraise, but we may as. sert safely, that if it was not the best description of piano forte playing, his was not the worst. Rossini's Ah ! se quest°, and Bishop's Loud let the Moorish tambo ur sound," con cluded the first part of the entertainment. In the second part, the gem—indeed the veritable jewel of the evening—was a trio by Pucetta, " 0 ! dolce tranguillata," which was encored, and deliciousty sung by an amateur (a capital tenor), Miss Stott, and Miss Aldridge. This might have been given anywhere, in any place, and would have proved a prominent and most pleasing feature amongst the best productions. It was done in a masterly manner. In Bishop's " Daughter of Error," Miss Aldridge sang the solo parts charmingly. She possesses a sweet, melodious voice, and evidently thoroughly understands what she is about. Goss's splendid glee, " There's beauty on the moun tain," was famously sung. 'Winter's sweet duet, " Vag hi Colli," by Misses Aldridge and Stott, may be pronounced to have been done with much taste and ability. The concert went off well, and gave further proof, if any were necessary. of the excellence of this society, and its claims upon the musical public for support. We were glad to learn that the subscribers are daily on the increase. It certainly for cheapness—if it had not great attractions on the score of merit—stands alone. There are eight concerts for two gui neas, at which three tickets to each subscriber are given ; and two concerts (dress ones) to which two are allotted. At th.. latter, metropolitan talent will be brought forward. CORRESPONDENCE. SUFFICIENCY OF THE SCRIPTURES TO TILE EDITOR OF THE LIVERPOOL STANDARD, SIR,—It was well remarked by two of the Fathers at the Council of Basil, that we must rather believe one simple layman alleging Scripture than the whole council to the con trary" ; nor is that sentiment less truthful now, or less im portant, than it was then. We live in e ven tf u l times, and change after change " comes o'er the spirit of our dreams" ; and we are falling from one heresy to another, until we are likely to be bewildered, if not lost, in the dreams and super stitions of Paganism and Popery. To this the prevailing errors of the present day tend ; and we want, therefore, calling back to first principles in religion. These are only to be found in the Scriptures of eternal truth. It is no solid argument to say that some books are lost, and thus insinuate that all the revealed Word of God has not come down to us, and that the deficit, therefore, must be supplied by tradition. That certain books referred to irk Scripture are lost, is readily admitted ; but were these books a part of the inspired wri tings ? or can any man say th a t th e y con tained anything necessary for man's salvation, or what we have not in the Scriptures as we now possess them ? The books were lost before Jesus Christ came into the world, and, had they con tained anything necessary for us to know, would not he have revealed it? All the actions and w or d s of our Saviour are not recorded, as St. John distinctly records ; but have we not sufficient? What was not recorded is lost to us—irre coverably lost. Then how shall tradition supply these unre corded words and actions? What the Spirit did not think proper to record, we cannot supply. To the Scriptures as we possess them—and as God intended we should possess them—must all our appeals be made—" to the law and to the testimony." " If an angel from heaven should preach any other doctrines than those revealed therein, let him be accursed," says the inspired apostle. That many doctrines are now being put f orwar d not en j o i ned, and others reserved which are positively declared, is a distinctive feature of our days ; and as many " s i mp l e laymen " have not such reten tive memories or quickness of perception that they can at once quote passages of Scripture to refute erroneous doc trines boldly advanced or gently insinuated, I would humbly suggest to some of th e m i n i sters of the Church of England, mighty in the Scriptures, the necessity of a few very cheap tracts on the subject, on so met hi ng li ke the following plan : —Take, for instance, an erro neous d octrine, and under. or in an opposite column, g iv e th e passages of Scripture which refute the opinions put forth. S uc h tracts as these would I think, be ver y use f u l. " Feed my lambs, " says Jesus' Christ himself ; and it would be following up the command, and a duty of heartfelt satisfaction to any one, thus to feed the lambs f or w h om our Saviour cared. May' God incline the heart of some one to follow out these hints! 1 am, sir, yours sincerely, A CHURCHMAN. On Saturday morning, Thomas Pickard, Esq., of South hampton-place, New-road, London, committed suicide by cutting his throat. He has left an immense property behind him. SAILORS' HomE.—At a meeting in aid of the Sailors' Asylum, Durham, the Rev. Dr. Gilly, related the following anecdote :—" Many years ago," said the rev. doctor, " a young midshipman was amusing himself with some of his companions in a boat near his ship, when a voice was heard shouting ' a man overboard,' and a body was seen floating past. The midshipman jumped overboard, and saved the man's life, but it was at the cost of his own health for many years. Twenty years after, when that midshipman had been promoted for his services, and was in command of th e coast guard, a tempest occurred in a November morni ng , suc h as those we have lately witnessed, and a wre c k was seen float ing by at some distance. He called on his men and said, who will volunteer to go to the relief of that vessel?' The whole party volunteered, and he was obliged to select his number. They approached the vessel, a furious wave struck the boat, and the whole party was drowned. That officer was my brother." copitifoiluterioN SERMON ki"r conies by he,tlito.:, and heering bYI begat he us, with the Ward of God." So write; St. James..-" Of hie own wil the Word of Truth." A mos t c omprehensive statement ! " He," the agent, God ; th e i ns trument, " the Word of Truth" ; the act, " begat he us," the first movements of saving grace and, to complete the list, the originating source is the distinguishin g blessing " of his own will." Elavin, thus considered a description of the persons for whom Christ here prays, we must next observe that he in cludes in his prayer all who shall answer to that description, "that they all may be (ale." He prays not for those who shall believe upon him in any one country, or in any one age; but for all who shall believe on him in all countries and all ages, so long as he is an object of faith, that is, until his corn ing again, when faith shall be changed into sight. if all these be not included in the prayer, how shall at be proved that we of this age are included? If he prayed for only some of those that shall believe upon him, the persons so specified may have all lived and died ages ago, and we may have no interest, no part or lot, in this precious prayer; but, upon the contrary, if we be included, if the prayer have application to us of this age, upon what principle shall it be denied that it has application also to them that shall believe in ages future also ? Thus we are naturally, I had almost said irresistibly, led to the conclusion that the period con templated in this prayer has not yet arrived. This is cha racteristic of him who uttered the prayer, of him who sees the end from the beginning, whose truly catholic mind could not he localised or circumscribed by any temporary or any local interests in his church, and whose soul cannot be satis fied in the result of its travail until the work shall be com pleted, until the last of the living stones that are to compose his temple shall be set upon their appointed places, polished into the reflection of his image, and the head-stone brought out with consecrating shouts of " Grace, grace ! " The next point to be considered is, the unity for which he prays; and now I hope this will not be a difficult exposition. A future unity. This i s p rove d by the reason just now as signed —many of the persons included in the prayer who are to enjoy the blessing, are not yet in existence. Some of those included in this prayer are born in the flesh, and not yet born again in God ; some have fallen asleep in the faith ; their spirits, absent from the body, are present with the Lord, and their bodies are mouldering in the dust. The prayer includes them all. Their unity, that is, their visible unity, is clearly, under existing circumstances, impossible ; a unity they have certainly, but it is only in the mind and purpose of Him who calls things that are not as though they were. And in no other sense as yet— " One army of the Living God At his command we bow ! Some of the host have passed the flood, And some are passing now;'' Some stand matured in years and grace, Lipe ripening shocks of corn; Some are just stating on the race, And some are not yet born ! When all these should be ready, when all who shall believe on him have believed on him, then—but not possibly till then—shall the perfected unity anticipated in this prayer be manifested to the world I Then they shall be all one in Christ ! Every one shall then have the mind in him which was in Christ Jesus ; and the body of every one of them shall be changed and fashioned after the similitude of Christ's own body ! This is what St. Paul calls " the manifestation of the Sons of God," for which he says " the whole Creation is waiting, groaning, and travailing in pain" until now; and even we ourselves, he adds, who have " first fruits of ;he spirit," and do " groan within ourselves waiting for the adoption, to wit, - the redemption of the body." Till then, though there be sons of God in every age, yet are they hid den ones; the world knows them riot, even as it knew not their Lord and Master; the world, unbelieving and uncon cerned till th en , s h a ll then be constrained to acknowledge that God sent his Christ, and that his work is divine. Let it be c-refully observed, that this is what Christ prays for— not that the world may believe upon Him to salvation. In that sense the Lord had said, " I pray not for the world " : his language here is, " that the world may believe that thou haat sent me"—which is a very different thing. The devils believe it now and tremble; the world does not believe it now, and is careless ; but the world shall believe it then, and then it is that the unwilling confession, so frequently antici pated in the prophetic Scriptures as giving glory to God, shall be extorted from the world. " Verily," they shall say, " verily, after all, there is a reward for the righteous ; verily there is a God that judgeth in the earth." What, now, I would ask, has this passage to do with the supposed unity in visible things of the Christian church during the present dispensation ? And yet this passage, for want of better authority for the notion, is perpetually cited, and cited with triumph as if it were conclusive, to prove that the unity of the Christian church now ought to be a visible unity, such as would produce converting effects upon the world ! If we understand our Lord as praying for a conti nuous visible unity in each succeeding generation of his church upon earth, then we must admit that, so far, lie has, in point of fact, prayed in vain : no such unity has existed. This interpretation, then, as it regards the world, is self destructive ; for if the unity of the church in any age had been such as to lead to the conversion of the world, the dis tinction between the world and the church would have ipso facto ceased, and the consummation he desired would have been at once attained. The interpretation, therefore, is ir reconcileable with the efficacy of the prayer and the facts of the case—a serious consideration ; for if the Lord's inter cession be proved ineffectual on this point, what confidence can be placed in it upon any other point? The unity here prayed for must be such as should strike the observation of those who arc not included in it ; yet it must be such as should include all that shall believe on Jesus Christ. Contemplating the successive generations of the Church of God upon earth we observe that of those that shall believe upon Jesus Christ, and for whom he prays here, but a small number have ever been at any one tinie upon the earth; and even those few have been so separated, inevitably so. as not to have been conscious of one another's existence. But they must all enter into the enjoyment, into the conscious enjoyment, of the unity here prayed for: an unity has existed among them, but not such as this, not such as the world could see or themselves appreciate—an unity which has been an object of faith not of sight, an unity in the truth which God teaches,and which is the same here and:every where, but not an unity in the ceremonies and traditions, the rites and ordinances which men teach and which have been and may be divers. "There is one faith," says an inspired apostle ; and another says, "it is the faith once delivered to the saints"—delivered, we observe, during the time of the apostles in its oneness, and in its completi mo ss, and, there fore, not waiting for any vital addition to be added by their uninspired successors. Concerning this one faith, St. Paul writes with unswerving, with unmeasured energy— " nut though we, or an angel from heaven. preach any other Gospel unto you than that which we have preached unto you, let him be accursed.; As we said before so say.J now again. If any man preach any other Gospel unto you than that ye have received, let him be accursed."—Gal. 8, 9. Here is no lib era lity ! H ere i s no compromise ! Here is no admission, falsely called " charitable," that differing state ments may be equ a lly t rue ! N o ; Divine truth is one ! It is possible f or a man to err from t h a t t ru th ; it i s p oss ibl e f or an apostle to ap os t at i ze — one did so; it is possible for a n angel to fall into falsehood—many have so fallen ; but it is not possible for the word of God, once delivered by his au thority, to alter or to deceive any who confides in it. Such is the tone of the Apostle when he writes concerning the faith revealed of God ; bnt hearken with what conciliatory sweet ness this same bold Apostle sings when his subject is differ ent, when it is not the unvarying faith which God has re vealed, b u t th e many and different f or ms and cerem on i es which men with diff erent degrees o f li g ht and equal si ncer it y of conscien ce may, He says when thi s is his the me : or may not, adopt. " One believeth that he may eat all things : another who is weak eateth herbs. Let not him that eateth despise him that eateth not ; and let not him who eateth not judge him that eateth, for God hath received him. One man esteemeth one day above another; another esteemeth every day alike. Let every man be fully persuaded in his own mind. He that regardeth the day regardeth it unto the Lord ; and he that regardeth not the day to the Lord he doeth not regard it. He that eateth eateth to the Lord, for he giveth God thanks ; and he th at eateth not to t h e Lord he eateth n o t and giveth God thank s . Let us not there f ore judge one anoth er any more ; but jud ge t hi s rather, that no man pu t a stumbli ng bl oc k or an occasion to f a ll i n h i s brother's way."— Rom. xiv. 2, a, 5,6, 13. Here is no bigotry ! Here is no exclusiveness! Here is no schismatical demand for outward uniformity because here God had not commanded, and therefore men might be per mitted to prefer. This is the true secret of Christian unity, to its utmost practicable extent, during this present fallen estate. It is rendered utterly impracticable by the rigid demands of outward uniformity. U n it y by coercion may be secured for a season by h uman tyranny: un ity by c onv i c ti on can only be secured by divine truth; and, therefore, where God has not spok en, no man, or c l as s of me n , h as any right to insist up on unity. There ma y b e reasons w hi ch appear good and satisfactory to themselves for preferring cer tain ecclesiastical arrangements, as notonly more conducive in themselves to the attainment of the desired end, but as also more in accordance with the general tenor of the Holy Scrip ture and with the practice of Christians in ages past ; but even so, though it may b e r i g ht and fair to require compli ance with these arra ngements as an i n di s pens a bl e con di t i on of membership in any particular or national society, it may still be unfair and false to represent them as indispensable conditions of membership in our common Christianity. A practice, which may be e x i s ti n g for any given number of centuries, is still an essentially di ff eren t thi ng f rom a com mandment of God. A practice, obtaining for a time, without any rigid scrutiny comes, upon the first enquiry, to be de fended upon the ground of its having been a practice , : that defence being once admitted, and the practice thereupon continued, the plea o f prescription i s, o f course , upon every subsequent examinati on, urge d w ith i ncreas i ng cogency. The practice becomes more general as it becomes more ancient, and thus gathering numbers as well as years, it pre sents itself at last in the overwhelming attributes of the scraper, the tibique, arid the ab ommibus ; and yet, after all, the origin of it may have been neither more nor less than a mistake. A wise man will not rest simply contented with a practice because it is old, but he will carefully examine whether it deserves to grow old by having been good when it was young. This distinction between the truth of God and the ordinances of man, and this combination of intole rance and charity which we have traced in the apostle, are strikingly characteristic of the protesting purifyers of the church in the sixteenth century ,• arid the whole is admirably condenced in the celebrated aphorism of Martin Luther— " Charity bears all things—faith nothing." And this serves to explain the position in which we ourselves now stand—a position in which, I trust, we shall be all found standing and maintain;; our ground with meekness and firmness in these days of trial. As touching the truth of God revealed in Scripture, and therein declared to be necessary to salvation, we are inflexible, exclusive, intolerant : we deem it no un kindness to any man to reiterate faithfully what was spoken plainly by Him who tasted death for every man ; and, there fore, concerning " the faith once delivered to the saints," we have no hesitation in declaring that "except a man believe it faithfully, he cannot be saved." Here, therefore, we are entrenched in a Scriptural position of interminable hostility against Romanism and against Unitarianism in all its grades, from the highest Arian to the lowest Socinian modification of that heresy. But, changing our subject, descending from this high ground, and proceeding to speak of the ceremonies which men have constructed with judgment and discretion as seemed to them most in accordance with Scripture, and most attainable under the circumstances and times of each, here we become tolerant—here we become charitable- E CHINCH OF ST. MAR, LIVERPOOL BY THE RLV. HUGH NPNEILE, M.A. 0•, Frith 1(b. 17, 1843 Jour, xtii., 20, 2 " chile,* I:ray I for thee alone, tat for tic in al believe on me through their WOlll : Mat they :; as thou, Father. art in rue and in thee, that thtl one in us, that the wct hCmay believe that thou h t , () Which shall may Le one, • alo may Le ,evt Inc." The erection of another houk of prayer, its separation from all the ordinary uses of this present evil world, its consecration to the special service of Almighty God, that in it the united supplications and thanksgivings of adoring multitudes may be poured forth before Him, His own sacra mental institutions duly administered, and the everlasting Gospel of His grace fully and boldly proclaimed—these are circumstances of lively and unfeigned interest to the Chris tian heart, not for their own sake, ultimately as ends, but for the sake of the great and glorious end towards the at tainment of which they are among the most efficient of ap pointed means. We are zealous in the use of means. We set a high value upon the ordinances of the church. We entertain, and are neither ashamed nor afraid to avow and cultivate, an affec tionate fondness for the circumstantials of our religion, and for the order and regularity, the punctuality and perseve rance, with which they are performed. Accusations of irre gularity have indeed been advanced against a class of the national clergy, but more, it would seem, for the sake of an antithesis in writing than for any foundation in fact. In stances of the kind are so rare, they are so notoriously ex ceptions, as to establish the rule of regularity instead of supplying any fair or impartial ground for general condem nation : the antithesis, however, between ultra-formalism and ultra-spiritualism, between Popery and Puritanism, was too tempting to be omitted, especially as it went to soften, by dividing, the reproof which was deemed indispen sable. But, after all, everything is comparative; and thus far many of us are willing to plead guilty, if it be guilt, that while we sincerely love the courts and avenues and precincts which surround the royal citadel of our Zion, our soul's chief delight is in Him who dwells within the citadel itself, the light of the presence-chamber, the glory of the throne; all is but preface and introduction at the best till we come to Him : all our best means are but as temporal scaffoldings needful through our infirmity, for the erection of the temple of his body, and then to be removed for ever. Called upon, therefore, my brethren, in obedience to the commands of our Bishop, to address you upon this occasion, I have determined to pass by all comparatively preliminary, although important topics, all statistical exhibitions, for ex ample, of the need of church accommodation, all arguments to spew that nothing short of the instruction we have to give can really and permanently benefit the community; and I have selected a portion of Scripture which will lead us at once to the contemplation of that " temple not made with hands," of which the Lord Jesus Christ is declared to be the " foun dation stone," the " chief corner stone," the " head-stone of the corner," and which is described as " an habitation for God through the spirit." Considering the Church of God thus, not in the narrow ness of any temporary or local interest, but in the genuine catholicity of all ages and all nations, even to the end, the prayer of our Saviour in the 17th chapter of John may, with much propriety, be called his great consecrational prayer. Having concluded his address of affectionate consolation to his disciples. he lifted up his eyes to heaven, and addressed himself to God the Father : his prayer was riot mental only, hut vocal also ; the disciples heard it ; and the Holy Spirit, according to the promise, brought it with such clearness to the remembrance of John, that he was enabled to write it down that it might be preserved from age to age without omission or adulteration at the hands of man. If it had not been written, it would, in all probability, have shared the fate of many other things which Jesus Christ said which were not written—that is, it would have been altogether lost or so misrepresented as to be worse than lost. A remarkable instance of this kind is supplied by an incident recorded in the twenty-first chap ter of this gospel. Hearing our Lord's prophecy concerning himself, arid seeing John, Peter said— " Lord what shall this man do? Jesus saith unto him. If I will that he tarry till I come what is that to thee? Follow thou me. Then went this saying abroad among the brethren that that disciple should not die, yet Jesus said not to hint He shall not die but if I will that he tarry till I come, what is that to thee ?—v. v. 21, 22, 23." Thus, a saying went forth among the apostolic brethren pro fessing to be a saying of Jesus Christ, and yet Jesus Christ had not said it ! How plainly does this prove that even those who had the advantage of hearing our Lord himself speak could not be trusted for the transmission of anything with accuracy from mouth to mouth And how humbly and heartily thankful it should make us for the statement con tained in the conclusion of the 20th chapter— " And many other signs truly did Jesus in the presence of his disciples, which are not written in this book. But these are written that ye must believe that Jesus is the Christ, the Son of God, and that believing ye might have life through his name."—v.v. 30, 31. It is strongly intimated here that if nothing had been written we could not have believed that Jesus Christ is the Son of God, at least with any confidence; but in the di v i ne merc y enough is written for ffiith and life :—" these are written that ye might have faith and life." Whatsoevermore than is written man requires for the arrangement in detail of man's affairs, whether civil or ecclesiastical, must be acquired by the exercise of his own reason or from the instrnction of his fellow men ; and with regard to all such subordinate matters, every wise man will carefully exercise his own reason, and every prudent and modest man will gladly avail '..:reself of the ex perience, wisdom and judgment of those who have lived be fore him. But whilst, with regard to such matters, he does so, he will as carefully guard against admitting any addition to the written Will of God as of necessity to salvation ; he will remember that if anything beyond the boundaries of the written Word be admitted as divine, an indefinite door is opened, and no man can afterwards with any accuracy define what or how much of what claims to be divine is divine in deed. That it does not carry with it its own evidence, and so put an end to controversy, is clear, because even its own advocates are not agreed as to its extent ; therefore, instead of being the rectifier of interpretation and the terminator of controversy, such a claim becomes of itself a source of per petual contention. The interpretations of it vary as widely as the interpretations of Scripture ; and, therefore, in ad mitting it, whilst we gain nothing in point of harmony, we lose everything in point of definiteness and consequent sa tisfaction. If divine revelation be indefinite in its contents, which it must be if it be not all written, then no conscientious man of a tender spirit can ever enjoy what it is the privi lege of every Christian man to enjoy —peace with God, because lie can never be sure that the whole of God's will concerning him has been made known to him, and the part which may not have yet reached him may contain something vital, of which he is still ignorant. To propagate such a view of divine revelation is to pro pagate tantalizing torture to the awakened sinner, instead of " peace on earth, good will towards men." Our Lord's intercessory prayer is conveyed to us with written accuracy. It is first for himself in the concluding stages of his earthly struggles ; it is then for his first and immediate disciples, distinguishing them from the world, " I pray for them, I pray not for the world ;" then, ex tending his views alon g th e succee di ng ages of his church to the end, be prays, not for those first disciples alone, but he adds " for them also who shall believe on me through their word." To this description of the persons here prayed for I invite attention. If we would interpret aright the unity implored in what follows, we must begin by understanding aright who are the persons for whom that blessing is sought,—" them which shall believe on me through their word." The distinguishing mark here laid down of the persons for whom Christ prays is, not that they shall hear the word of the Apostles ; it is not that they shall be baptised; it. is not that they shall be en rolled as members of any visible community however pri vileged ; but it is that they shall believe on Him. To be as sured that this contrast is not casual but real compare it with the description elsewhere given by our Lord of the whole company that should be called by his name. That company should not be confined to those that believe on Him ; it should contain foolish virgins as well as wise ; tares as well as wheat ; bad fishes as well as good ; guests without a wed ding garment, as well as guests properly and acceptably clothed. He frequently describes that company in its inter mixture for a time, and then in its separation to the right hand and to the left, at the last. Speaking in parables, lie also speaks in prophecy, the imagery of the parable supply ing a vehicle upon which the general outline of events is con veyed until the harvest, the end of the age. He describes as it were a great river, flowing through this lower world ; its course and its boundaries are visible to man, the margin of its banks is easily discerned and separated from the surround ing waste of heathenism ; it is all without discrimination called by the name of Christ, but advancing closer to it, and looking into it more carefully, lie detects and invites us to contemplate a two-fold stream therein—one muddy and de filed from the earth through which it flows—the other clear, retaining, without pollution, the character of the spring in the rock from whence it originally issued. For this pure stream he prays that its purity fail not. He describes a large company of travellers passing through this world; they are all, without discrimination, called by his name : the king dom of heaven is likened to them all; but approaching them more closely, he discerns two companies, and describes them. Some have entered by a wide gate, and are travelling upon a broad road, which, he tells us, leads to destruction ; others have entered by a strait gate, and are travelling upon a nar row road, which, he says, leads unto life , —for these he prays. He describes a large multitude of hearers; they all hear the word given by inspiration to the apostles and prophets the seed is the word of God, which is sown indiscriminately among them all, but approaching them more closely, he de scribes way-side hearers, stony-ground hearers, thorny ground hearers, none of whom bring any fruit to perfection. The word profits them not, not being mixed with faith in them that hear it. He also describes good ground hearers, who receive the word, and keep it, and bring forth fruit, " some thirty, some sixty, and some a hundred fold"—for these he prays. This serves clearly to point out the difference between the word considered in itself and the effects which may be pro duced by its instrumentality among men. Considered in it self the word is not necessarily attended with any saving effects. It is a communication from God to the senses of men : our eyes see it written, our ears hear it spoken, but no communication to the senses can, of itself, reach so as to pu. rify the heart, and influence so as to save the man. This is true not only of the word as a communication to our eyes and ears, but also of water as poured upon our bodies, and of bread and wine as taken into our mouths. No external communication can, of itself, reach and purify the heart. Only by faith, " the evidence of things not seen," bringing men into communication with the unseen world, and especially with God; only by faith can the heart be purified, and only by the immediate power of God, who made the heart, can that "evidence" be thoroughly con, veyed into it. In so speaking I do not advance a private interpretation of the Scriptures, but also the verdict unani mously pronounced by our church reformers, who do, upon both sides, separate the outward ordinance from the spiritual blessing, and upon both sides unite the blessing with faith. I refer especially to the 29th article, as compared with a remarkable rubric in the Service for the Visitation of the Sick. The article says .e—here we become _ our own arrangements the very carnally and visibly press with • their teeth the sacrament of the body for saying, that we think . "The wicked,and such as be void of a lively faith,although they do concilia . tory.Wedo indeed say, and we publish our reasons and blood of Christ, yet in 110 wise :are they partakers of Christ." best, and most in accordance. with Scripture, that aree t x h i e s r t e in in g —Art. xxix. in the world ; but, even so, although we find therein excellent them as of divine authority upon others. The rubric referred to says reasons for preferring them ou ,w do not find reason and candour of a of warning in due time to the curate, or for lack of company to What man, with the common "If a man, either by reason of extremity of sickness, or for want reasons for imposing some of which has been rendered receive with him, or by any other just impediment do not receive with Scripture and history before him, would, for example, the sacrament of Christ's body and blood, the curate shall instruct venture to speak of the diocesan divisions of our kingdom, the him that it he do truly repent him of his sins and stedfastly believe that Jesus Christ bath suffered death upon the cross for him, and phy shed his blood for his redemption, earnestly remembering the be. malty impracticable by the prodigious increase of population ho would speak of those divisions as we all cordially netts he hath thereby, and giving him hearty thanks therefore, he -- w effectual . oversight of fitably to his soul's health, although he do not receive the sacramentinstitution of doth eat and drink the body and blood of our Saviour Christ pro speak of the divine episcopacy itself rightly with his mouth."—Rubric for the Communion of Sick. me to belong present what appears to . , to its right adminis administered? I cannot, of course, attempt to define . at Here, upon the one side, where there is no faith, a man tration essentially, or what deviations might be made from may receive the sacrament with his mouth, and yet be in no our Present mode without fatally vitiating the divine institu teraise a partaker of Christ; and upon the other side, where tion • but I ask again, what man of common sense will take roal to his sours health," without receiving the sa-andupon permanent forms of prayer, of our sponsors in baptism, hre is faith, a ma n may eat the body and blood or , Christ ' him to speak of our parochial divisions, of our printed crament with his mouth, External things may indeed be f kneeling at the Lord's table, of our ecclesiastical ar il the instruments of conveyin of our singing or not singing before sory, comprehensive prayer of Christ, the only external in g faith to the heart; but it c o hite ll c r ture in its details, is every way worthy of consideration, that in this interces- the prayers are read, of our reading or not reading any par strument of faith he mentions is the Word. His other ex- or y of such things wine — are, rather, instruments for the conveyance of more I' it faithfully, as these, as we all speak of " the ternal appointments in his church —as water, and bread and faith once ' delivered to the saints," that unless a man be grace where faith already exists : grace increased" by them when rightly • received but pur faith is confirmed and things, ieves we do indeed say, speaking of our own countrymen—. his private judgment willingly and caunot be rightly received except where faith theyalre;dyexist, •• Whosoever throug h and it may be confirmed. The Word posely doth openly breaktrep ugnalli tO the word ceremonies and be or. , Upon the contrary , is the first the traditions and of the the dnely-appointed instrument for conveyi ng church ci which d be vueo by p p d common authority, ought to be rebuked actings of faith into the human heart. No writes St, Punt— openlydan so d tgilrn3TS nay fear to do the like) as be that offendeth LIVERPOOL PENIALE ORPHAN" ASYLUM 01 the w And therefore we do earnestly and affectionately insist upon regularity and order : but if we be asked is the same order necessary for our brethren in other countries—is the same order indispensable towards the Christianity of our brethren in France, in Switzerland, or Germany, or Scotland—we unhesitatingly answer " No," and we sustain our answer by the " words of truth and soberness " On Friday afternoon the first stone of the Female Orphsa Asylum was laid by the Mayor of the borough, Robertson Gladstone, Esquire, in the presence of a numerous and highly respectable assembly. The site of the intended erection was given by the Town-council : it is part of tie old Botanic Gardens, and the front of it will -street " It is not necessary that traditions and ceremonies be in all places one and utterly like; for at all times they have been divers, and may be changed according to the diversities of countries, times, and men's manners, so that nothing be ordained against God's word. Every particular or national church-" " Every particular or national church "—I pray you to give designs for the building,:which will be most commodious, have been furnished by Mr. Cunnipghatn, architect. Tue cost of it is estimated at ;CG,OOO, A procession had been formed from the Deaf and Dumb Institution at two o'clock, composed of the Mayor, the com mittee and friends of the charity, and the female orphans al ready belonging to the charity. When the proceedings com menced we noticed among those present—James Aspinall, Esq., Joshua Edwards, Esq., John Baron, Esq., H. T. Browne, Esq., Harmood Banner. Esq., James Buchanan, Esq., G. W. Ewing, Esq., Wm. M'Cracken, Esq., Edmund ?dolyneux, Esq., Win. Watson, ESQ., Henry Winch, Esq., James Aikin, Esq., Thomas Brancker, jun., Esq., P. Hun ter, Esq., T. C. Fairclough, Esq., C. Horsfall, Esq., Major Axford, &c., &c. Amongst the clergy present were—the Rev. J. Brooks, Rev. M. ilesketh, Wolf, H. M'Neile, J. Hassail, T. Nolan, J. N. Peill, F. Parry, Gardner, J. Jones, J. B. Monk, Thos. Moss, J. North, Thomas Bold, W. Butler, Cleminson, Townsend, &c. The Orphans having sang the Old Hundredth Psalm, The Rev. HUGH M'NEILE, having received the silver trowel, for the use of the Mayor in laying the stone, addressed his worship as follows :—" Sir, it becomes now my pleasing duty, as President for this year of the Gentlemen's Com mittee of the Female Orphan Asylum, to present to you this trowel, and to request that you will lay the foundation stone of this interesting institution. Interesting beyond all ques tion it is to the very best, the most tender, and the most ge nerous feelings of the human heart. All things are compa rative with creatures like us. Distress is interesting—expo sure is interesting ; and in comparison as any of our fellow- attention to this concluding portion of the article— " Every particular or national church bath authority to ordain, change, and abolish ceremonies or rites of the church ordained only by man's authority, so that all things be done to edifying." In determining what shall be done and what shall not be done most unto edifying, sincere Christians may sincerely differ. One man esteems a written form of prayer before extemporaneous prayer, as more correct, more chaste, less lia ble to deviation into unworthiness, to say the least of it ; an°- , titer an extemporaneous prayer above the liturgy, as more free, more fervent, m ore eas il y app li ca bl e to t h e ever varying exigencies of the worshippers. What, then, is the apostolic rule ? " Let not him that rejects a liturgy despise him that uses it; and let not him that uses a liturgy judge him that rejects it, for God bath received him." This rule ought to apply to everything that is not of absolute divine inspiration. Let us persuade one another in love ; but let us no longer judge one another, but rather judge this, that no man place a stumbling block on any occasion to fall in his brother's way. How far this rule is violated by those who would impose ecclesiastical ceremonies as if they were a part of divine reve lation ; how far the affections, and eventually the support of the people of this country, would be alienated from the church, ;or, rather, to speak more correctly, how far the church of this country would be alienated from the clergy, if such clerical tyranny became prominent and prevailed, are questions which can no longer be kept from public—l fear, from 'practical discussion. Already symptoms have shown themselves of resistance, and I feel at liberty to call it Scriptural resistance, to the unscriptural usurpation of au thority by their pastors among some of the lay members of the church. My dear brethren, let it be our privilege to cement and not to divide—to love that church with increased affec tion as our own sanctuary, and to enlarge her boundaries, so that she may embrace as a mother all our teeming population, to pray that her rulers may be guided into all wisdom and power and light, by the teaching and indwelling energy of the Holy Spirit—to multiply such scenes as it is our happi ness this day to see brought to consecrating perfection—to build church after church, to locate pastor after pastor, to open school after school, that all the people and all their children may at the least hear of the name which is above every name, whereby he may be saved. His hands have laid the foundations of the temple of the Lord; and his hands shall finish it. The day of the great consecration is at the door, when all the believing worshippers shall be manifested in the beauty of the holiness and unity, and all the rest of mankind compelled to admit and to admire what it will then he too late for them to seek to enjoy : the temple will be filled, but the door will be shut. Every tongue will resound with the praises of Him who shall be the light of the temple, praises derived from the word, the written word, which in every part was the testimony of Jesus Christ, the eternal word. creatures become distressed and exposed, they become ob jects of increasing interest to every feeling mind. Let chil dren be under the paternal roof—subject to maternal care— supplied with every necessary for their physical wants, and instructed in all that shall prepare them for the exigencies of their future life, although they are then, in common with all our fellow creatures, objects of our general benevolence, they are not then objects of our especial sympathy ; but let bereavement fall upon them, and in proportion as they be. come bereaved they become objects of anxiety to us. Let them he deprived of one parent,—immediately tender anxiety is excited, that we may supply something of those cultivating and cherishing tendencies of which they have been deprived. Let them be deprived of property, let the providential shield supplied in this world be removed, and let them be exposed to all the necessities and hardships inseparable from poverty, immediately an increase of anxiety on their behalf possesses our minds, and we desire to approach them as almoners as well as friends, to divide with them the abundance with which God has supplied us. But, sir, let them be deprived of both parents, and need I say the interest is increased still more. Then the Christian Church is called to her highest office, to be not only an almoner and a friend, but to be a nursing fa. ther and a mother to them. The Institution, sir, the foun dation stone of which you are invited to lay this morning, is an outstretched arm from that Christian Church to receive within her cherishing bosom these fatherless and motherless little ones ; and if I might add one feature more to heighten their bereavement, and to deepen our sympathy, I would re mind you, sir, that the objects for whom this Institution is designed are not only poor, that they are not only fatherless, are not only motherless, but, in addition to all this, they are females. This heightens the danger of exposure to the high est pitch that man can imagine upon earth, and therefore it deepens the sympathy every Christian man must feel for their welfare. I congratulate you, Mr. Mayor, on the fact that so early in the year of your honourable office an institution should be opened at one side of the town for the moral and religious culture of our youth, and that now an institution should be prepared on this side of the town to embrace in the arms of Christian sympathy, the bereaved, the destitute, the fatherless female orphan. I will not prolong this address, but present you with this trowel, and I trust in God his bles sing may rest on this work, begun and continued in prayer, and that it may be ended to the praise and glory of film to whom all praise is due. Imploring you, then, to manifest your abiding sympathy with us by making a liberal collection in behalf of this house, wherein multitudes that are yet unborn may hear and believe upon that precious name, I will conclude with the Scriptural praise of that name. Jesus Christ, in the fellowship of his suf ferings, and in the power of his resurrection, is the great load stone whereby the heartis drawn from the world and the things of the world, arid sweetly attracted unto God. There is no knowledge of God, there is no peace with God, there is no true knowledge of the exceeding sinfulness of sin, ❑o true sorrow for sin, no pardon for sin but by Jesus Christ. Whatever, therefore, attracts your attention to Jesus Christ, whatever tends to promote and prolong your meditations concerning Jesus Christ, is, indeed, a blessing to you. Various and numer ous are the methods in which our gracious Father is pleased to waylay the thoughts of his Saints, and carry them captive to his dear Son. The day speaks of Him, lie is " the light of the world ;" the night recalls him, he is the star of Jacob, the bright and the morning star; seed time tells of him—he is the sower that went forth to sow ; harvest tells of him—he is the reaper upon the cloud, putting in:his sickle to reap the earth ; the trees of the field speak of him—he is the tree of life; the flocks bear testimony of him—he is the lamb of God ; our houses speak of him—he is the door and the shel ter, moreover, from storms and tempests when they rage around; our garments—he is the white raiment to put on that the shame of our nakednesss may not be seen ; our tables—he is the bread of life, the living water, wine, milk, marrow, and fatness, honey and the honey-comb. His name is, indeed, the key-note of all creation, and of all Holy Scrip ture! Whatever form the letter of the passage may take, whether to announce the victory of the seed of the roman, to proclaim blessings:to all nations by the seed of Abraham, the gathering of the people to Shiloh, whether to detail the types of the Mosaic tabernacle, to enlarge upon the victories of David, or the peaceful triumphs of Solomon, whether to describe the fruits from the tree of Jesse celebrated by Isaiah, or to diffuse the fragrance of Jeremiah's righteous branch, or to open new channels for the vivyfying waters of Ezekiel's vision; whether to proclaim with Haggai the desire "of all nations," or with Malachi the " rising of the Sun of Righteousness"—whatever the letter of the passage may be, the meaning, the true spiritual, saving meaning still is JESUS CHRIST! And then an angel comes from heaven and tells Joseph concerning the child, " Tbou shalt call his name Jesus for he shall save his people from their sins;" and from that time the sound, as well as the meaning, is Jesus Christ—Jesus Christ circumcised, Jesus Christ baptised, Jesus Christ anointed by the Holy Spirit, Jesus Christ led into the wilderness and tempted of the devil, Jesus Christ victorious over Satan, Jesus Christ work ing miracles, Jesus Christ as suffering , betrayed, deserted, tormented, crucified, dead, risen again, ascended, receiving and sending the Holy Spirit, waiting in long-suffering pa tience, coming again in glory ; and at that word " coming again" the last chorus " salvation." Hallelujah ! creation is delivered from toil and trouble; and the kingdoms of this world are become the kingdoms of the Lord and his Christ, and are singing "blessing and honour and power unto Him that sitteth upon the throne !" Still the chorus swells, and still the praises cf Jehovah roll along until every creature that is in heaven and that is in earth, and that is under the earth, and that is in the sea, and all that is in them join in that great consecration hymn of everlasting triumph, " Blessing and honour and glory and power unto Him that sitteth upon the throne, and unto the Lamb for over." Amen, amen. The reverend gentleman than handed the silver trowel to his worship, which bore the following inscription sura.ounted by the crest of Mr. Gladstone : Presented to Robertson Gladstone, Esquire, Mayor o Liverpool, on the occasion of his laying the first stone o. the Liverpool Female Orphan Asylum, February XVII. MDCCCXLIII." The MAYOR replied as follows—ln accepting this trowel which you have just placed in my hands, I beg to make my heartfelt acknowledgments to those gentlemen of the com mittee who have been good enough to request that I should officiate upon this most interesting occasion. That the Fe male Orphan Asylum should have excited the sympathy, and attracted the benevolence of the community, is no matter of surprise to those at all acquainted with the number and in trinsic value of the public institutions already in existence in this town. Here the houseless are to find a home—the friend less, those deprived of their first and natural guardians their parents, are to meet with protection ; and not only are those important advantages offered, but moreover, as I understand, a sound education is to be afforded, and principles inculcated, the best of all qualified to enable them to conduct themselves creditably in after life, and to do honour to this institution. (Cheers.) Sir, I enter most warmly into the views which you have so feelingly and so forcibly expressed, and I can only say that my sincere desire and wish is, that this institution may realise the most sanguine expectations of its benefactors. (Great applause.) Mr. 14A127400D BANNER, treasurer to the charity, whilst preparations for laying the stone were making, said, it might interest those present to know what was on the plate, which was to be placed beneath the stone; he would, therefore, take the liberty of reading it to them. The inscription, which was neatly engraved on a plate of zinc, by Mr. Leather barrow, of South John-street, and which covered a cavity in the lower stone, which contained a bottle, in which were some of the current coins, was as follows : "LIVERPOOL FEMALE. ORPHAN ASYLUM. . _ " This institution, for the maintenance and education of female orphans, born within seven miles of Liverpool. and for qualifying them for domestic service, was erected by public subscription. " The foundation stone was laid on the 17th of February, 1843, by the Worshipful the Mayor of Liverpool, Robertson Gladstone, Esq. " PATRON—The Right Rev. the Lord Bishop of Chester. VICE-PATRONS—Rev. Jonathan Brooks, and Rev. Augustus Campbell, Rectors of Liverpoul ; the Worshipful the Mayor of Liverpool. " PATRONESSES—The Right Hon. the Countess of Sefton, the Right Hon. the Lady Stanley, the Right Hon. the Lady Frances Sandon, the Hon. Mrs. Bootle Wilbraham." Then follows a list of the officers of the institution, and the names of the Lord Lieutenant and High Sheriff of the County. The Cambridge Advertiser cautions clergymen against persons advertising in the public journals, professing to be able to give a curacy with title, and who, on being applied to, pretend to offer a nomination, not only on payment of a sum down, but on condition that the nomination shall be accepted without stipend, or perhaps on payment of some trifling sum during the first year. PLATE MISSING FROM WINDSOR CASTLE.—A quantity of the royal plate is missing at the Castle. It appears that this plate had not been used since the return of the court to Windsor, but on packing up the plate required for Bucking. ham Palace, the articles were missed. A messenger was on Thursday afternoon despatched to town for the purpose of making inquiries into the affair, and intelligence was after wards received at the Castle that the package was sent from town to 'Windsor by waggon ; but whether it ever reached its destination or not is yet to be ascertained. At Marlborough -street Police-office, London, on Thurs day, Joshua Jones Ashley, member of the Junior United Ser vice, and several other clubs, and formerly one of the mem bers of the firm of Ashley and Son. the bankers and army agents, of Regent.street, was placed at the bar, charged with stealing plate belonging to the Junior United Service Club. A number of witnesses were examined, and the prisoner was remanded until Thursday next. It was stated that the pri soner is a member of five or six of the clubs at the west end of London, and that most of them have lost plate, but could never fix suspicion upon any one individual. The butler of the Reform Club lost £7O worth of spoons and forks in one year. John Cunningham, F.G.S., AI.C.G.S., Architect, and John Mackrell and Son, Contractors. The foundation stone was then laid by his worship in the usual manner. The Rev. JONATHAN BROOKS then offered up the follow ing prayer in a most solemn manner : 1. ` . 0 Eternal God, the Creator and Governor of the uni verse, who by Thy power and wisdom guidest and orderest all things, we acknowledge that we are not worthy to offer unto Thee any sacrifice : yet encouraged by Thy gracious promise to hear the petitions of them that ask in Thy Son's name, we humbly pray that Thou would'st vouchsafe to be present with us on the occasion which has this day assem bled us together. Thy beloved Son has said, " Suffer the little children to come unto me, and forbid them not :" re gard, we implore Thee, with Thy especial favour, the chari table care of Thy church for her youthful members, and grant that the Institution of which we are this day laying the foun dation, to provide for the maintenance and religious educa tion of the orphan daughters of our poorer bretren, may be the happy instrument, under Thy grace, of bringing many unto Thee; grant that the instruction to be given within tbese walls may be based upon the Gospel of Thy blessed Son, and that they who are hereafter to superintend it, may be deeply impressed with the saving truth that other founda tion can no man lay than that is laid, which is Jesus Christ. Grant that they who are here to be taught may be enlightened by Thy word and strengthened by Thy spirit : that being trained in the nurture and admonition of their God : being established in true faith : being rooted and built up in Christ, and abounding more and snore in thanksgiving, they may walk in the knowledge and obedience of thy commandments, and become not forgetful hearers, but doers of the word. And whilst we thank Thee that Thou bast put it into the hearts of Thy people to engage in this labour of love, we pray the influences of Thy holy spirit to open both their hearts and hands to a liberal supply of the means for carrying its lau dable designs into effect. G u id e th em , 0 L or d, by Thy grace, and send an abundant blessing upon their endea vours. Lastly : for ourselves we pray that Thou would'st prevent us in all our doings, with Thy most gracious fa vour, and further us with Thy continued help, that in this and all other works begun, continued, and ended in Thee, we may glorify Thy holy name, may promote the present and eternal welfare of our fellow -creatures, and finally by Thy mercy obtain everlasting life through the atoning merits of Him who died for us, our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ. —Amen." INTEREST ON EXCHEQUER BILLS.—The reduction in the nterest on Exchequer-bills of the March issue from 21d. to 'd. per diem, of which notice has just been given, is viewed n the city as a very judicious and proper measure. The mi nister might, in the opinion of some, have gone somewhat urther in his reduction, but it was better to be on tile safe side, and thus avoid the errors committed by Lord Mont eagle, who, when Chancellor of the Exchequer, always ma naged to reduce to much, and, as a necessary result, was afterwards compelled to advance more than would otherwise ave been requi . re'd, in order to cover his first fault. Nothing at such mismanagement could have pla c ed Exchequer-bills a considerable time, as was the case, at a higher rate than the funded debt. When the bills of the June issue, and which bear an interest of 2d. per cent. per diem only, fall due, it Is not at all unlikely, from present appearances, that a reduction to 11d. may then take place, and the March bills in the spring of next year to the same rate.—Times. SHlPWRECKS.—lnformation during the last few days has been received of several shipwrecks. On the evening of the 3d instant, a brig, with her sails shivered to ribands, was ob served to go down off the Donegal coast, and all on board perished with her.—On the same evening, the Betsey, of Lynn, was lost, with all her crew. On the 9th instant, the glary and Isabella, of Wick, went upon a ridge of rocks within a mile of the shore off the Fein Islands. The mate and two seamen were saved, but the remainder of the crew and two female passengers went down with the vessel.—On The RECTOR then pronounced the benediction, and the proceedings concluded with three cheers. Mr. Ware, one of the lay vicars of Exeter Cathedral, perished in the recent storm, on his way home from a meet ing he had been attending ; he had lain some hours on the road, with his face to the blast, and though he was alive when found, his trousers and coat were frozen to the ground, and he died shortly after having been removed into a neighbour ing house. A BOMB-SHELL OF 1775 FOUND.—As the two sons of Messrs. Daniel Woodman and Daniel Gould were digging for clams, on Monday, in the Back Cove, near the channel, they discovered the rim of what they thought was a large iron jug. After digging round and tugging at it for some time, they were obliged to get some tackle before it could be taken from its bed. It proved to be a bomb-shell, with the powder yet in it, , ;which was thrownifrom Mowatt's fleet, on the memo rable 15th of October, sixty-seven years ago, the day when this town was burned by the British. It measures thirty eight inches in circumference, and weighs 150 pounds. Capt. Lemrel Moody and Mr. William Tukey well recollect seeing it pass over the town, and sink into the waters of the Cove. It was the only one that passed over during the day. The others fell among the devoted houses and exploded. It seems as if there could be no doubt of the identity of this curiosity.—Boston Atlas. DEATH-BED CONFESSION.—AS will perhaps be remem bered, a most revolting murder was committed in broad day light, on the 26th April, 1817, (twenty-six years ago), at the house of Mr. Littlewood, grocer, Pendleton. The victims were Mei. Margaret Marsden, the housekeeper, aged 75, and Hannah Partington, the servant, a very fine young woman, aged 20. The object of the perpetrators of this foul deed was robbery, for on the discovery of the murder by Mr. Lit tlewood, on returning at night from his shop in Chapel the Bth instant, a brig, - supposed to be the Chatty, of New castle, was totally lost in the Humber. All on board, con sisting of twelve persons, are supposed to have met with a watery grave.—On the same day, a sloop foundered near Poole, but the master and crew were saved by a fishing boat. —The ship Porter, from Sidney for Manilla, has been lost in the Palawar Passage—crew saved.—The Daphne, from Exeter, was lost in the Ohevio Bay, near St. Malo. The latter vessel is said to have exceeded £20,000 in value. CURIOUS DISCOVERY. — An interesting paper was sub mitted to the Society of Antiquaries on Thursday last, by Dr. Allnatt, F.S.A., detailing the account of the opening of three tumuli on the Downs, near East Ilsley, Berks. Eight human skeletons were exhumed, of gigantic proportions, two of which measured respectively six feet four inches, and six feet two inches, An iron javelin-head was firmly trans fixed in the hip-bone of one of the skeletons, and nearly the whole of the skulls were fractured, thus indicating that these individuals fell in some fierce encounter o❑ this spot of the Downs. Unbaked pottery, warlike weapons, rude articles of military equipments, and the remains of inferior animals, wers also in the graves, and the teeth (which were exceedingly perfect) of the human skeletons presented the characteristic appearances of the aborigines of Britain. It is supposed that these remains belonged to different epochs, some anterior, and others subsequent, to the Christian era, and that the individuals flourished during the century that elapsed between the arrival of Julius Caesar and the final subjugation of South Britain about the year 79. WHOLESALE SHEEP STEALING.—On Sunday week, an street, Salford, where he carried on the business of a gro . cer, Irishman named O'Neil, and a youth left this town, and it was found that upwards of £l6O, principally in one and about dusk arrived at a field occupied by a tenant on the two pound notes, a gold watch, and other articles had beer Hornby Castle Estate. In that field was a flock of fifty- taken from a drawer in the room in which he and Mrs. Lit. seven sheep, and thes e the two coolly drove into the road, tlewood slept. The two servants were found dead in the and thence, by moonlight, onto Skerton, which is a sort of kitchen, the elderly woman sitting in a chair, with her head suburb to Lancaster. In this place there is a croft, having bowed down upon her breast, and the girl lying on her face in one corner a small roofed building of four sides, with no on the floor. Both their skulls were dreadfully fractured opening but a door. Into this place the whole flock of fifty- with a poker and a cleaver, and altogether the murder ap seven sheep were driven, and the consequence of their close peared to have been of the most cold - b looded and determined confinement was that before Morning three Poor things were character. From various circumstances of stron g suspicion suffocated. O'Neil contrived to se ll the three dead sheep. five men, named James Ashcroft, the elder, David Ashcroft, In the course of Monday O'Neill made desperate efforts to James Ashcroft, the younger, William Holden, and John dispose of his sheep, a n d h ear i ng that a Mr. Walker was likely Robinson, werevpreliended, and tried at Lancaster , befo re to be a custorper the flo c k was driven through the town from Baron Richards, at the August assizes (Friday , Se p tember north to south for M r . W a lk er ' s inspection. Mr. Walker sth,) 1817. Although not direct, the evidence was strongly in conversing with O'Neill suspected something was wrong, circumstantial, and the jury found the three Ashcrofts and especially when the 'attar offered to sell the whole lot at 12s. William Holden guilty, but acquitted Robinson. On the 6d. a head, while the real value was st least 30s,—as the flock following Monday (Sept. Bth) the Ashcrofts and Holden were consisted of fine ewes all far advanced in lamb. Mr. Walker executed, but every one of them, " calling their God to wit contrived to keep O'Neill talking until he sent for the superin- ness," died protesting their innocence and singing a hymn. tendent of the bor oug h pace, when the man wasgiven intocus - Ne v ertheless the public w e re p erfectl y satisfied of their guilt, tody, and w a s after war d s com m itted to the assizes. It appears about which there never seemed to be a doubt, until Thurs likely th a t O'Neil was deceived by the appearance of the day, the 9th instant, when an old man, aged 74, named John flock, he himself clearly not knowing anything about farming Holden, (the uncle, we believe, of the man who was hung,) matters. The whole were in lamb, and no doubt he mistook living at a very disreputable place, called Egypt, on the right them for fat sheep, A more audacious r9Pbery was never hand side of the road between Leigh arid Chowbent, finding heard of. It certainly makes good the old adage—" the himself on the point of death, confessed to two women. more public the more private." If the fellow had contented ~whom he called to the bed-side for the purpose, that he was himself with two or three out of the flock be knew he the perpetrator of the murder above referred to, but that be . should be suspected, but who wo uld think of suspecting a did not commit the robber y . On the following day he died . man and a boy driving a whole flock before them in the open 'Ms subject is far too painful for comment.—Manche ster roads?--Lancaster Gazette. Courier. • ~,r: ~~~~ THE POLYTECHNIC SOCIETY. The general monthly meeting of thhi society took place on Tuesday evening last. No specific paper was announced for the evening, and the members had consequently an oppor tunity of incidentally communicating any scientific or me chanical information, or originating any discussion they might deem interesting. The CHAIRMAN, John Grantham, F briefly opened the proceedings, by introducing a gentleman who had a short communication to make on THE NATURAL ORGANIZATION OF ROCK Mr. CAINE exhibited under a glass case, a specimen of what he considered the natuaal organization of rock, procured by him at a copper mine he was in the habit of visiting, and which might be deemed a curiosity. He described by means of a diagram, the position in which copper ore was generally found in the mine, anti the substan ces by which it was surrounded. In the present instance, a quantity of rub bish or refuse had been thrown in a heap on the ground, where there had been moss for a period of 30 or 40 years. The specimen was found at the bottom of the heap, where it had formed a small nucleus of copper ore, probably by the action of water or moisture through the general mass. All around it was perfctly hard, but the specimen it se lf, th ough laminated, was so fragile, that it would scarcely bear touch ing without crumbling to powder. The primative rock in the locality was slate stone, mixed with clay and quartz. Analogous to this formation in the alchemy of nature was th e hardening of clay at the Staffordshire Potteries, which, when deposited in masses and left for twelve months, became a sort of schistus, and required to be reground before it could be fashioned into earthenware. . A short discussion ensued on the subject, several members, including Mr. Adie, Dr. Waldie, Mr. Smith, and Mr. Spence, expressing an opinion that there was nothing peculiar in the formation shown, which was rather an incrustation of the particles of which it was composed through the action of water, and their tendency to unite, than an original organi zation ; and they supported their views by adducing analo gous instances of the formation of rocky masses. An inte resting conversation then took place on the extraordinary conversion of iron into copper when left immersed in the water from a copper-mine. Dr. Waldie remarked that it was generally thought that the discovery of this transmutation was accidentally made by a workman at a copper-mine, who had left his spade in the spring issuing from it, and on taking it out found it to be converted into copper. The modern practice was also noticed of sending, from towns, clippings of tinned plates, old tinned tea-kettles, broken iron pots, pieces of fire bars, and other scraps and fragments of the same metal—be fore considered as useless—to the copper-mines in Wales, &c., where, by immersion in the water issuing from the ore, they were eventually converted into the more precious metal. Many tons of these scraps are annually sent from this and other ports for that purpose ; so that it is not imps obable but that a gentleman may be borne across the Atlantic in a ves sel, part of the bottom of which is sheathed and protected with plates of copper that were formerly the iron utensils in which his sumptuous meals were for years prepared ! A vote of thanks was passed to Mr. Caine for his commu nication. PROPOSED PERMANENT POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTION The CHAIRMAN then brought under the notice of the so ciety an address and prospectus from the projectors of a pro posed " Permanent Polytechnic Institution" in the town. He read the address,which stated that the institution had for its object " the exhibition of the most modern inventions and scientific discoveries," without interfering with other so cieties : that the projectors anticipated many difficulties be fore it could be got ready for public reception ; but that having the encouragement of our worthy Mayor, and that the prin cipals of several of the first engineering establishments, and other professional gentleman giving their approbation of it, they (the projectors) begged to lay the subject before this members of the Polytechnic Society, trusting for their sup port and co-operation, which would materially assist in the formation of the society. The address also stated, that Mr. Jevons had liberally offered to find an eligible building on the Arcade ground, for the institution, either at a fixed rent, or for one half the profits up to a fixed amount. The Chairman also read portions of the prospectus, detailing the objects more fully, one of which was to afford facility for the sale of any articles on commission. A short discussion arose on this subject, and Mr. THOMAS LAOYMAN, who represented the projectors of the proposed institution, gave some explanations in reply to questions. Several members expressed an opinion that the circumstances of the town did not hold out a prospect of success to such an institution, and, until it were more nurtured, they could not see in what manner they could forward its establishment, — certainly not by prematurely uniting their society with it, if that were contemplated—although they wished it every pros perity. They must be cautious how they committed them selves by prematurely disturbing their own present arrange- ments. The CHAIRMAN, in conclusion, said that it appeared to be the general feeling of the meeting that all they could do in the meantime was to wish the proposed institution every possible success, inasmuch as its objects were praiseworthy. Beyond this they had no power to forward it, and he had discharged his duty in bringing its views and objects fairly before the members. The meeting then separated, and a number of the members retired, as usual, to the committee-room, where they partook of tea and coffee. THE PERMANENT GALLERY OF ART, (CONTINUED.) The room in which the pictures are exhibited is a very fine one, and the light is delightfully introduced. The pictures are judiciously hung and well contrasted, but there are too many works upon the same subject,—in fact, we never saw such a number of "holy families" congregated together before. There are some very fine pictures,—some undeniably rare ones, some of but middling quality, and two or three not worth the screw they are hung upon. Of the fine class we may instance—No. 125, The Entombment of Christ, by Spagnolelto ; 118, A Landscape with figures, by John Momper ; 119, Hunting the Stag, by Rosa di Tivoli ; 92, Landscape, with ruins. The Holy Family in their Flight into Egypt, crossing a river, attended by the Archangel Michael. This fine picture was presented to the g aller y b y J. P. Heywood, Esq., and was in the collection of the late Wm. Earle, Esq. No. 2is a remarkable picture, by Domenic Ghirlandaio. Nos. 62 and 64 are singular pictures, by Luca Cranach, representing the history of Christ. They are both splendidly coloured, and in a fine state of preservation, although more than three hundred years old. No. 65 is a highly finished picture, ascribed in the catalogue to Hans Hemmelinck, but it is quite as probable to he the work of Albert Durer, from its exquisite handling and beauty. No. 71, The Boar at Bay, is ascribed to Francis Snyder:, but it is more likely to be the work of Abraham Hondtus, a native of Rotterdam, born in 1638. His performances, in many instances, were almost equal to Snyders. He painted scenes like the present with great spirit and fidelity. No. 84, A View of the Entrance to the Arsenal at Venice, is stated to be by Canaletto : it is more likely to be the work of Francesco Guardi,an eminent scholar of Canaletto's, who greatly ex celled in the same description of subject as his master. His works are often taken for those of Canaletto; but any one familiar with the performances of the latter will at once dis tinguish them from the absence, to a certain extent, of the admirable effects which Canaletto produced in his lights and shadows, as well as in the correctness of his perspective. No. 69, A Winter Scene, is called a Molinaer, while on it is the signature of Cornelius Maans, a Delft artist. This pic ture greatly resembles the productions of A. Vanderneer for the brightness of the atmosphere and the spirit of the scene. No. 100, Head of a Rabbi, is a very fine painting. 101, The portrait of a Spanish General in full costume, was pre sented by Mrs. Winstanley, and will be greatly admired. This picture is said to be by Velasquez : it is worthy of the name, at any rate; it is clearly of his school. 102, The head of an old man with a long beard, is catalogued as emanat i ng from the "school of Rubens ;" and why it should not be at once attributed to the master we know not ; it is a remark ably fine head, and is full of life and spirit. This picture was presented to the gallery by Mr. Thomas Hargreaves. 115, w l e f ll th as e the freedom eye An Interior; a gentleman sitting with a lady playing th e guitar, and a child dancing , is a charming picture. The ease and u gracefulnessft the attitude of t he uf t childh the two is adult figures.remarkable,a s of the lady had been on the child instead of on the s p ec t ator , of the d It eof very the room the Th eff e e w ct ho w l o e u o ld f mharv.eßboeesenobe ,a etter collection w ill b e great l y ad mired s b ta y tu t hee, placed lover a lovers f art. appro priately surrounds his This statue was one of the last works of the immortal Chantrey, and has been deposited in the gallery by the sub scribers to it. That the gallery ought to be visited and highly no one can deny. It is the first commencement appreciated, be a very splendid collection ; and we only regret of what m a y wealthy possessors of pictures in this town that the have not more liberally come forward and made presentations to it. Suppose one good picture—we will not go so far as to say fine o ne , but one really good picture —were t o b e given by every gen tleman who possessed a few work s o f a enhance the value of the collection , and it w o uld grea tly the donors. on, and reflect h onour on CONVERSIONS FROM POPERY . — On Sunday last; the 12th instant, two young men solem n l y and publicly renounced the errors of Popery in the Church of Pettigo, and subsequently received the sacrament of the Lord's Supper, for which they had been diligently prepared for some weeks previously. We understand they have been for some ti me un d er a ser i ous in quiry, and weighed . the sub ject seriously before giving up their former opinions. —Erne Packet. REDUCTION IN THE ARNIY.-It has been determined that a reduction shall take place in the infantry of the army, the following regiments are gradually to be reduced to 740 rank and file each :-Ist (Ist and 2d battalion s ,) sth, 6th, 7th, Bth, 11th, 14th, 15th, 16th , 2 4th, 26th, 27th, 30th, 32d, 33d, 34th. 35th, 36th, 37th, 38th, 41st, 43d, 44th, 46th, 47th, 48th, 49th, 52d, 53d, 54th, 56th, 59th, 60th (Ist and 2d battalion,) 61st, 64th, 65th, 66th, 67th, 68th, 69th, 70th, 72d, 73d, 74th, 75th, 76th, 77th, 79th, 81st, 82d, 13th, 85th, 87th. 88th, 89th, 92d. and 93d. The service companies to 540, and the depots 200 rank and file. The 19th, 90th, 95th, and Ist battalion rifle brigade will remain as heretofore, at 800, their service com panies being 600, and their depots 200 rank and file. The 2d, 3d, 4th, 9th, 10th, 13th, 17th, 18th, 21st, 22d , 25th, 28th, 29th, 31st, 39th, 40th, 50th, 51st, 55th, 57th, 58th, 62d, 63(1, 78th, 80th, 84th, 86th, 94th, 96th, 98th, 99th are to rema in at 1000 rank and file. The 12th, 20th, 23d, 42d, 45th, 71 s t, re 91st, 97th, and the 2d battalion of the rifle brigade, o w w ill • hmeaianlloawt allowed d 2oo to rank re a g n im d fi en le ta ; a l e r vi s n u g pe in rn l u n m di e a ri o e r s zipllinn, d tahocedve3ro, to those serving in all other foreign stations, There cruiting standard o f th f e o s r e trheegi infantrymen tswoifllt the e e l r in e o g of those regiments servinc , in India, inches Chin a , for men not Wales) will be raised to s s feet rwing lad- under eg ments serving at 5 feet 6 inches, but exceed inglB years rys years recruits New South Wales may take not under 18 years of age u (withaanded the N e e South accordingly. o n f rs a o ge f . age ß , and i 5 feet 6 inchesintor ndia, China, and Ma. RICHARD CARLISLE.—The body of this eccentric man was, on Monday night, removed to . St. :Thomas's Hos pital for dissection, in compliance with his dying request, and with a long expressed desire that it might be subjected to anatomical purposes for the public good. Mr. Grainger lec tured upon his body on Tuesday. The report that he died in want of the common necessaries of life and of medical as sistance is completely g roundless. All his wants were most abundantly supplied, and at the moment of his death his house was well supplied with every necessary.—(London paper.) On Tuesday the theatre of St. Thomas's Hospital was crowded, in conseq uence of it being announced that Mr. Grainger would lecture upon the body of Mr. Carlisle, which had been conveye d there on the previous evening. I t h ow _ that, although the executive of the hos p ital not onlye how ever, er , appears,expres sed a wish that his body should be brought to the hospital for anatomical purposes, but also paid the expense of its conveyan ce , the governors, who had society edi o e t tt , hy i a t bt w o o f u t l z d teo s hm e o e ys; been consulted on the subject, disapprove d of it altogether, lest it might be supposed that, by 89 doing , it would identify them with the peculiar religious . principles of the deceased The result of this uneasiness on the part of the governors w as, * that Mr. Grainger, instead of lecturing upon the by an atomy m n o t , he . d b i e s n o e w fi n t e s d co o n n fe h r i r s ed ps o r n t the skeleton in the * connexion with the principles of Mr. Carlisle. i ra h n on i p T y o o s s u e e c i d f lu t t si o o place It wpafi hos pital, ds : i d p, museum of the hos pital, but to that deceased's family would not C ar li s le directed that his body should be d consent. Mr. elivered t o M r . s L a wrence for dissection, and that his bone after wards burned. Mr. Lawrence declined h should be a du with the body; it was, therefore, h vi St. hav i ng any thing t o man 's Hospital.— Globe. andedovet to Tho-