The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser. — Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1838-07-20 00:00:00

troubles had sprung up in a new quarter. For the particulars we must refer our readers to the accounts given in another column. They are calculated to im press us with any thing but a favourable opinion of the state of Canada. A predatory sort of warfare is likely to be carried on for some time in the less densely peopled districts, unless a more formidable demonstra tion is made on the part of the government. The reckless beings who are guilty of these continued at tacks upon the peaceable inhabitants appear to be little else than a gang of desperate thieves, whose only ob ject is pillage. It will require a very powerful force and the most active measures to eradicate these ma rauders. It appears that Governor Arthur had issued a pro clamation, interdicting all communication with the American frontier in the vicinity of Niagara. This is a very prudent step, as it will effectually cut off the supplies of arms and ammunition from the rebels. The Rochester Democrat announces that the steam-boat Experiment had been purchased and manned by the colonial government, to proceed against the buccaneer Bill Johnson, of whose capture, and the dis persion of his piratical forces, we soon expect to hear. The resignation of Sir John Colborne is viewed by the intelligent inhabitants of Canada - as a great mis fortune: He i s represente d as " a man who has united-the Mildness of a parent and the energy of a soldier," and as eminently qualified to improve the condition of the colonies. These qualities are suffi cient to procure for him the contumelious hatred of a man who can harbour as his bosom friends such cha racters as Turton and Wakefield. For the state of the money market at New York we we refer to the extracts in another column. Exchange on England was quoted at 8 to 84, when the Sirius left. OTHER WHIG APPOINTMENTS.—Disgusted as our readers must have Wien by the announcement that Lord Durham had appointed the notorious Turton to be one of his private secretaries, we are sure that they will feel, if possible, a higher degree of loathin g when they learn that another individual, equally obnoxious in character, has been added to the number of that proud peer's official retinue. There are very few per sons in Liverpool, who have arri ve d a t ma t ur i ty , t h at , have not heard of Edward Gibbon Wakefield, the per son 'that inveigled, by the most scandalous trickery and deception, a young lady of the name of Turner from a boarding school in this neighbourhood. The circum stances of that infamous abduction must be generally known, as are also the subsequent particulars in the history of the unprincipled deceiver. Is it not, there fore, a matter Of astonishment that such a man should be selected to grace the mimic court of Her Majesty's representative in * Canada ? Yet such is the fact, how ever my Lord Melbourne, as in the case of the inces tuous Turton, may plead ignorant of the appointment. But this is not all. The catalogue of infamy does not even end here. We learn that a person of the name of Henry S. Chapman has received a commis sionership from government. This man has done all in his power to bring about the Canadian insurrection. He was once the editor of a paper in Papineau's inter est-at Montreal, and subsequently became the active coadjutor of Roebuck, with whom he was connected in preduting the celebrated but scandalous "Political Pamphlets;! published under the name of the ex-mem ber for Bath. This revolutionary writer, as a reward for his services in stirring the people to rebellion, both at home, and in the colonies, is appointed a commis sioner to- inquire into the state of hand loom weavers. It is impossible to reflect upon these appointments without involuntarily exclaiming against the reckless indecency of the Whig faction. What a compliment to the innocent and unsuspecting Queen . of Great Britain it is to select to offices of trust under her ad visers and representatives a convicted adulterer—a condemned seducer—and a frantic republican, who has tried his best to stimulate the subjects of Her Majesty to rebel against her authority ! THE CORN LAWS.—We perceive that the Mercury is determined to continue its warfare against the re strictive duties upon the importation of corn into Great Britain. As the "desultory remarks" of our contemporary are intended as a sort of reply to the articles which appeared in our own columns, relating to the same subject, we feel it our duty to bestow a few further observations on the crude and undigested nonsense of the Mercury. We have already shown that the Mercury has adopted the unpopular side of the question—that there exists no serious and preva lent desire for a repeal of the corn• laws—and that this apathy is not owing to the alleged succession of abun dant harvests, but to a sincere conviction of the int policy of adopting a free trade in corn. We shall next proceed to offer a few " desultory remarks" on absurdities of the article which was resumed in the i:lferitry of July 6th. The following paragraph is so very rich a morceau that we cannot resist the temp tation of quoting it at length : "It; however, owing to the treachery of pretended Re formers, the Tory faction be ever reinstated in i)ower, woeful change wou ld b e the result, unless the partv; re pudiating all the principles they have hitherto professed, should entirely abandon their former line of policy. Judging from the past, there is too much reason to apprehend that they would seize the first pretext to involve the country in war with some foreign power in order to divert the attention of the people from those reforms at home which are de mended by the spirit of the times. Our commerce and trade would experience such serious depression that the people would become wide awake to the practical operation of the corn monopoly, and unless prevented from publicly assembling to petition the Legislature, as they were during the sway of Castlereagh, the House of Commons and the foot of the Throne would be besieged with remonstrances against a pernicious System which artificially raises the price of human food at least fifty per cent, above its natural level." The complicated blunders and palpable contradic tions- contained in the preceding extract are truly la suable . We shall endeavour to tender it into in telligible English. If we understand the editor of the Mfr c YrY aright, h e means to say, that if the Tories got i,, Q P e rver once more, we should soon have war—that would involve the country in war for the purpose f ditart ing the attention of the people from certain cie:447--that our trade and commerce would conse troeulitlY languish —that the depression of our trade op er ",r n4 ke the people wide awake to the practical appeal °h of the corn monopoly—and that irresistible re4lB Would be made to the House of Commons and e throne requiring the abolition of the corn laws. hie we conceive to be the meaning of the passage. ' V hat the learned. editor intends to prove by it we ca nnot guess, unles s it b e hi s o bj ect t o s h ow t h at t h e Tories are disposed to adopt a line of policy which Would render inevitable the repeal of the corn laxs. W e doubt whether the Mercury gives them credit for entertaining such a wish, but it certainly imputes as much in the above very curious and "desultory" pa ragraph.. °t he Mercury next alleges that unless the corn-laws are repealed, the enterprise, energy, and intelligence f oEnglish men , w ill gra d ually be excluded from t h e reign markets. We defy him to prove that there is 411 Y sYMptorn of this sort of exc l us i on , exce pting from these countries with whom we have entered into re ciprocal commercial treaties. The free trade system has certainly done much to paralyze native industry and enterprize, and is likely to extend the evil. We nee d only point to the ruin which it has already intro duced into our silk trade, which was at one time in a state of great prosperity. There are many other branches o f our manufactures which are suffering in like manner from want of protective duties. In the last Mercury we have another rambling arti cle on the subject of the corn-laWs, in which the editor _ be stows the m os t l av i s h abuse upon• the Earl of Stan hope for espousing the cause of the people against their Whig oppressors ; but as it does not contain a single attempt at argument we shall pass it by with out a single remark. We shall look with anxiety for the next prodigy - in the Mercury. CARtnß i D GE.—Sunday, the Ist instant, being Commence- Ment Sunday, the morning sermon at St. Mary's was Preached. by t h e Rev. Thomas Tattershall, P. D. mini s ter o f St. Au g u stine' , , Liverpool, and the aftern oon sermon by th e Her. Frederick Iliff, D. D., head master of the Royal Insti intion School of this town. Both these gentlemen have taken the degree of Doctors in Divinity. A GOOD L ANDLORD.—The Rev. James Mainwaring, of Broombrow_hall, Cheshire, on the celebration of the late coronation, gave a ball to all his tenants, their wives, and friends, at his mansion. The kind attention and cordiality of the reverend gentleman and his worthy lady excited the admiration of all present, and it was allowed by every guest that happier evening was never spent. A superb supper was provided, after whi c h d a ncing continued until a late hour. The day was the rent-day, and we should not omit to state, th a t the reverend gentlenian observed his liberal ens- ItiAl4„teturning ten per cent. 01 the fetttal to each te . 440. • • THEATRE-RO VAL. The managers of this theatre, as an attraction for the race week, have engaged some of the first musical talent of the metropolis. On Tuesday evening, between the perform ances of some light comedies, a grand concert was given, in troducing to the audience Madame Cinti Damoreau, a vocal ist of some celebrity, the pianist Doehler, who has created quite a sensation in London, if we may gather an opinion from the newspaper critiques—an undoubted authority ! Signor Curioni, the tenor singer, Signor Giubilei, the primo basso of the theatre-royal, Drury-lane, and the inimitable Bochsa, the harpist. The musical performances opened with an overture by the orchestra, which was exceedingly well played, under the direction of its able leader. Signor Curioni and Signor Giubilei then made their bow to the au dience, and sang a duett from Bellini, " Suoni la Tromba," accompanied on the piano-forte, by Mr. Bochsa, of whom anon. The qualifications, if we may so term them, of a pub lic singer, rest not alone in good voice, good ear, execution, clear enunciation and knowledge of music; there is still another wanting to ensure complete success; and that is an appearance of respect for and desire to please the audience. When this feeling is shown in a singer it engages the atten tion of the audience and gives it the predisposition to be pleased, and to overlook slight faults. But when a singer or speaker, or any one who solicits the attention of an assemblage, comes forward with an air of nonchallance, as if careless whether he pleased or displeased, and as if the audience was an affair of very minor consideration to him, the feeling is excessively catching and spreads like wild-fire, and a hundred to one but every individual of his hearers feels in reality as careless about him as he takes pains to appear of them; and moreover there is engendered amongst them a spirit severely to criticise, and first-rate talent alone can save the performer from general disapprobation. If to this be added, in the can vasser for public favor, insufferable puppyism and affectation, he not only brings down on himself disapprobation but positive ridicule. To these faults, which we point out in a spirit nowise unfriendly, do we attribute the hisses which followed the singing of the first duetto. The coxcombical bearing of Giubilei and the absurd affectation of Bochsa put the audience into the humour for quizzical merriment rather than for appreciating good music. The duetto. however, , was well sung; Curioni has an excellent tenor voice, and Giubilei's bass is splendid—we never heard a more perfect singing articulation than his. Madame Cinti Damoreau next came forwards and sang a grand scena Francaise, by Auber, " Nina, Jeune et Sage," from the opera of Acteon. She is possessed of a voice of much sweetness and melody in the natural tones, but, either above or below the scope of the middle octave of her voice, she becomes reedy, harsh, and unmusical. She has not much power, confined execution, and is lamentably deficient in clearness of enunciation. This was particularly observable in the comic English duet afterwards sung by her and Giubilei, " When a little Farm we keep ;" the clear and distinct utterance and piquancy of style of Giubilei being strikingly observable in contradis tion to the mumble-jumble looping of vowels—" Well a li'i far we kee"—of Madame Damoreau. The principal attrac tion was Doehler, who first played a number of brilliant vari ations on the piano -forte, introducing a favourite theme from " Anna Bolena." We are not sufficiently pianists to de scribe his extraordinary feats on this instrument, but his brilliant execution was really wonderful; and not the least extraordinary part of it was his performance of a difficult and rapid variation with one hand, together with the bass accom paniment. It was scarcely possible to imagine that such a volume of tone—such an accumulation of sounds rapidly produced, could be the execution of one hand. He was rapturously applauded, and his modest, unassuming, nay, retiring demeanour, made him not th e l ess a f avourite with the audience; while it placed in a stronger light the Baron Pompolino like absurdities of his instrumental com petitor, Bochsa, of whom it is now our turn to speak. No one will deny that Bochsa is a great harpist—that he is the master of his instrument, nor do we mean to call it in ques tion; but we will say a word about his mode of giving " a touch of his quality." We wonder what Bochsa imagines himself, or what he imagines the Liverpool audience to be - for truly he took amazing liberties with both. If there were any juveniles amongst the latter, we can imagine them tempted to cry out to their mammas, " Some lord or some duke, as sure as I'm born !" with an accent o f wonder and admiration, as the harpist gradually obtruded his ungainly figure to its full development before them with such an air— but that we can't describe. Well, Bochsa presided at the piano forte while Damoreau was singing. The audience were pleased with her, but were delighted at him. He rolled himself back over the music stool with all the grace of a very fat gentleman of 50, whisked one side of his coat over his shoulder with a jerk of his thumb to show a white waistcoat, stretched out his dexter leg, and balanced it on his heel, with a slow and impressive movement raised his left hand and gently placed back his straggling locks from off his brow as if to let in the light of inspiration by the portal of his fore head, " Turn'd the outside of his eyes to white, As men of inward light are wont To turn their optics in upon't," and finally leisurely surveyed the ceiling as poets do when hoping to find a rhyme in the dusky corners of their apart ments. The audience tittered—well they might—who could help it? Then came Bochsa's turn to play a harp accompa niment to Doehler on the piano forte. This afforded him a very prominent opportunity of exhibiting the same absurd affectation. Doehler went quietly and systematically to work, and charmed the audience. Bochsa was continually behind hand, skipping and joining ; Doehler did not give him time enough " To shake himself, and see what prowess In scabbard of his arms sat loose." Then he broke a string—lucky, very; called a footman to bring a new string, and turned his head while executing a rapid passage; had a fine effect, capital. Then he missed a pedal with his foot, and struck a chord all in flats, which ought to have been in the natural key—frowned and looked savage at his harp, and pulled out the tuning key. Then joined Doehler again, and executed well a rapid and brilliant passage, and concluded amidst loud applause. The audience was delighted with Doehler's playing, and was highly amus ed at Bochsa. The concert finished with the national an them by Madame Cinti Damoreau, accompanied by the rest of the musical corps, and which she sully, most wretchedly. The gods were vociferous for an encore, which was partly acceded to, but the boxes were glad to escape from a second infliction of " Go save the Queen," as Madame Cinti Da moreau no doubt thought it very clever to call it. PROTESTANT CHURCH AT LYONS. On Monday last, a select but highly interesting meeting— ADAM HODGSON, Esq. in the chair—was held at the Chari table Institution House, Slater-street, to receive from the Rev. Charles Augustus Cordes, pastor of " L'Eglise Evan gelique" at Lyons, the report of the state of religion in that great commercial town. The CHAIRMAN introduced the subject fur which they were assembled—to aid in building a Protestant place of worship in Lyons—by a reference to the dreadful atrocit ies committed in that city in the early part of the French revo lution; and by expressing the pleasure that every f riend to religion mus t feel, that in a town where death was declared to be an eternal sleep, and where the most profane indigni ties were cast in the most public manner upon the name of our blessed Saviour and his holy sacrament—that in this town, containing a population of above 180,000 souls, a church' should be erected for the worship of God, and the preaching of the gospel of our Lord Jesus Christ, according to the purity of the Protestant faith. The Rev. Mr. CORDES then co mmenced his statement.. First, he gave a detailed account of the religious history - of the town of Lyons, sheaving t he persecutions many of its inhabitants had endured for the t ruth's sake in the second century—in the days of Peter Waldo—at the reformation— at the time of the massacre on St. Bartholomew's day—and at subsequent periods. Mr. Cordes then referred to the pre sent state of religion in Lyons. According to the enactments of Napoleon Bonaparte, which still form the law throughout France, the deacons of the Protestant churches are chosen from the richest members, or those who are the highest rate payers of taxes to the government. As soon as the Rev. A. Monod, the then pastor of the Protestant church at Lyons, commenced preaching the gospel of our Lord Jesus Christ to his flock, the deacons thus appointed under the code of Napoleon took offence, commanded hint to desist, and upon his refusal dismissed him from his charge. Upon this into lerant act, so contrary to the spirit of the gospel, Mr. Monod opened a room in his own dwelling-house, is here that part of his flock who had benefitted by his ministry, gladly assem bled. This room was very soon found too small to contain them. Upon his leaving Lyons to become Professor of 'Theology in the Protestant College of Montauban, Mr. Cordes became their pastor. Soon after his taking the charge, many Roman Catholics, who were much displeased at Mr. Monod's arbitrary expulsion, came to hear the Word, believed, renounced the - errors of the Church of Rome, and openly professed the Protestant faith. Their numbers daily increased, so that the room which had been engaged as a place of worship, formerly a concert-room, was found to be much too confined. In the spring of 1837, a remarkable increase of hearers rendered the want of room more painfully evident, and an effort was made to gain additional space by converting a contiguous apartment into a part of the chapel room. Very soon, however, this enlargement was found insufficient also. I'he increase of attendants was so great, that the atmosphere of the room was frequently intolerable; and whilst some of the hearers were from time to time obliged to be carried out in a state of insensibility, others were alto gether unable to obtain access. The idea of erecting a chapel had been often suggested before, but various difficulties, and particularly the high rate of building-ground and materials, had hitherto appeared insuperable obstacles. At length every other consideration seemed to vanish before the paramount duty of providing room in the sanctuary of the Lord, for such numbers as were pressing to hear the glad tidings of salvation. An appeal was consequently addressed in the month of February last, to the Christians of France and Switzerland, and by many of these generous answers were returned. Among the most devoted of those who have shown how willingly they could make a sacrifice in favour of such a cause, were the poor of Lyons themselves, who gave proofs of a zeal and self denial truly affecting. But such is their poverty, that the total sum received up to the time Mr. Cordes left Lyons, was about 1:400, whereas the sum re quired for the construction of a chapel, and the purchase of the ground calculated, with the current expenses of the year, upon the most moderate scale, amounts to full £3,000 sterling. Seeing, therefore,,the impossibility of obtaining this sum in Lyons, a special council of the church was summoned on the Bth May, 1838, and at this meeting it was resolved, that the pastor of the church, the Rev. C. A. Cordes, be autho rised and requested to proceed to England, to solicit the aid of British Christians. Mr. Cordes then, in a very feeling manner, described some of the difficulties with which his flock had to contend, and the private persecution some of the members had endured for the truth sake. This persecution was excited by the jealousy of the Roman Catholic priests. An instance of this jealousy is strikingly- exhibited in the Archbishop of Amasie, a Roman Catholic Prelate, who, in order to impress the priests in the diocese of Lyons (over which he exercises Episcopal jurisdiction) with a sense of the necessity of making fresh efforts to oppose the progress of the Gospel, has circulated among his clergy a letter, in which the following, passages occur:— " The labours of Protestants to spread among the people their pretended Reformation, and the various means they employ to ensnare, seduce, and pervert the souls of the simple and unsuspecting, ought naturally to excite the zeal and the vigilance of the clergy. You know, sir, as well as ourselves, the manceuvres of heresy at Lyons, and in seve ral other parts of our diocese, where emissaries, for the most part foreigners, rush into the sheepfold like wolves, devour ing the flock. For it is no longer clandestinely that this sect labour to make proselytes, or to shake the belief of the faith ful, but publicly in our city they hold their meetings, and in the streets, on the bridges, and even at the very portals of our churches, exhibit and distribute defamatory libels against the clergy, and impious pamphlets, under the most innocent titles, and Bibles translated after their tr,vn manner." After this interesting statement of facts, (which our limits have constrained us to abridge,) Mr. Com)Es, with the feel ings of a christian ministsr, sent by his flock as a messenger to the churches, appealed to those who loved their Saviour to aid them in their wOrk. The appeal was made with such christian affection and genuine simplicity, that all who were present were deeply affected. There was scarcely one indi vidual but was in tears. After a short pause, the following resolution was proposed by the Rev. JAMES HA ',DANE STEWART, incumbent of St. Bride's, and seconded by the Rev. Dr. RAt.PH, minister of the Scotch church, and carried unanimously : " That this meeting deeply sympathize with their Protest ant brethren in Lyons, and' deem it highly desirable that a Protestant place of worship should be erected in that town for their better accommodation, and that in aid of the funds for building the same, a subscription be forthwith commenced, "'That Adam Hodgson, Esq., be appointed Treasurer, by Liverpool, or by Mr, H. Perris, whein (or by the 444 o f • bookseller, Church-street,) donations will be thankfully re ceived, and transmitted to the Managing Committee in London. The Rev. M r.l‘l A YNAR D,chaplain of the Mariner's Church, then declared his intention, by divine permission, to bring the subject before his congregation; and he trusted that, al though it was well known that they were not rich, they would show that they had hearts to feel, and hands to communicate to their Protestant brethren ; that they would do as was done by the disciples at Antioch, who, when they heard of the then threatened famine, " every man according to his ability, de termined to send relief unto brethren which dwelt in Judea, which also they did, and sent it to the elders by the hands of Paul and Barnabas." Much regret was expressed that the meeting had not been more generally known. It was afterwards understood. that Mr. ConnEs had en gagements which obliged him to leave Liverpool the next morning, but that arrangements would be made for a public meeting at which Mr. Cordes would attend. A subscription was immediately commenced. Several sums were subscrib ed, (for the particulars of which see advertisement.) After wards a gentleman sent a valuable gold snuffbox, and a lady a very handsome gold chain and brooch. May these be only as the first fruits of that christian liberality which it is hoped dwells in many hearts. * The pamphlets and Bibles thus stigmatized, are the doc trinal and controversial publications issued by the Tract and Evangelical Societies of France, and the received Protes tant and even some Catholic French versions of the sacred Scriptures circulated by the Bible Society. REVISION OF THE IRISH MAGISTRACY.-THE PROTESTANT CLERGY. TO THE EDITOR OF THE LIVERPOOL ST✓IND4RD. Stn,—This subject has already occupied the serious atten tion of the imperial legislature, and, during the discussion of it, many facts of a strange and startling character have been disclosed for public inquiry. It is not, however, for the pur pose of recurring to those facts, or of weakening their effect by useless expansion or repetition, that I now solicit the at tention of your respectable and justly numerous readers. I do so from a principle of duty. From communications, which I have lately received from Ireland, I have extracted infor mation with which I think a discerning English public should be made acquainted, and it is therefore that 1 respectfully seek a place in Your talented and influential journal. This information relates to the causes and effects of the revision of the Irish magistracy by the Normanby adminis tration. And here, in limine, 1 remark, that wholesale as have been the dealings of this viceroy, in behalf of the party to whose bold and seditious working he owes the origin of his power, and the permanence of his place; and ready and willing as he has been for these two considerations to play panderer to their appetites, and to pawn both the value and dignity of his crown as a pledge for their adulation and sup port; yet, there has been no one act of his, springing from such motives, more truly disgraceful, anti-national and anti- English, than his revision of the magistracy. I emphasize the word "anti-English" for this reason : —lf we analyze the demands of the Irish factionists, and the concessions of the English ministers, we shall find this one principle pervading them all—the recognition of a separate independence, and a divided interest as regards England and Ireland, and the establishment of such a basis of legislation for the latter as would render the wants, wishes, and dependencies of her people, paramount to those of the community of the empire; in other words, a severing of the connexion of Ireland as an integral portion of the nation, and her formation into a narrow, religious, and political sectary, where every enlarged and liberal notion of government must be made subservient to the ascendancy of a party. If this were not the case, concealed no doubt, by jesuitical craft and cunning, how could we be so often nauseated by the cant of "the majorities and minorities of Irish Catholics, and Irish Protestants," of " the labour of the many being subsidized for the luxury of the few," and all such like phrazes of modern agitation ! In fact, sir, it is the sedition of the demagogue which con stitutes the injustice of the government, for he divides and subdivides the population of the empire into classes of country and religion, that he may the snore render them available to his dishonest purposes. 'Testing the conduct of the Marquis of Normanhy, with respect to the Irish magis tracy, upon these principles, it is, that I pronounce it anti national, and above all anti-English. But to the causes of the revision. You are no doubt aware that the Popish party in Ireland, since they got a legislative permission to be turbulent, have been loud and incessant in their outcry against the occupation of the magisterial bench by the Protestant clergy. They felt, and they felt aright too, that as long as such men held their position upon that tribunal, so necessary in such a country, that their efforts at political ascendancy or religious peculation must be in a great measure baffled and retarded. There was a barrier between them and the success of their presumptive machi nations, and unless they could overpass or prostrate it by a rush of popular force, they never could finally effectuate their designs upon the church and state of Protestant Ire land. This barrier was the share which the clergy of the established faith had in the local administration of justice. Hence it was, that demagogues of every description, metro politan and provincial, lay and clerical, united in one conti nued and unrelenting hostility towards this much-injured and calumniated body. There was no slander which malig nant bigotry could invent, and a ready credulity receive, that was not circulated against them. Was there a male factor sent to prison, it was because he was a Papist, and his committal was signed by a Protestant clergyman ! Was theta a fraudulent debtor obliged to pay his just debts, oh ! it was an unoffending, honest, poor devil of a Roman Catho lic, victimised by the judicial partiality of a parson magis trate ! In short, Sir, there was no end to the false and scandalous imputations sought to be cast upon the men, whose integrity on the bench, and charity on the threshold, should have aroused for them as many defenders from the gratitude, as they had persecutors from the perfidy, of the people. Thus the incendiary prints of the faction wete ever filled with noxious and inflammatory statements of " partial decisions "—" undue influence "—"corruption of the func tions of justice to party purposes"—" doings of the Orange magistracy" —and such like accusations, got up for the purpose of organising a violent and unceasing assault upon the existence of the Protestant clergy in connection with the magistracy of Ireland. But, Sir, as long the country was happily in the possession of rulers who held fast and firm by the institutions of our ancestors, and who refused to be hallooed on as the wolf dogs of democracy against everything time-hallowed and venera ble in diem, so lung their outcries and calumnies fell power less and ineffective on the ears of authority. But, Sir, when a tame and humiliated set of placemen took their seals of office at the dictation and under the patronage ofthe very lea der of the seditionists, who clamoured for the degradation and spoliation of the Protestant Church, and its ministers spiri tually as well as temporally, the blindest politician could foresee, that eventually no station of dignity or influence would be left to either. The magisterial bench wasl the first object for the fire of the revolutionary battery. Like Napoleon, who secured his command in Italy by turning his artillery on the people when they dared to resist manifest usurpation; the Lord Lieutenant of Ireland thought the best way to secure his command from the approbation of his di rectory was by annihilating the political power of the men, who iii the general confusion were honest and fearless enough to resist papal ascendancy and radical aggression. He, therefore, has struck out every reverend name from the list of the magistrates of the country. No matter what may have been their experience, capacity, or character,—no matter how their Christian kindness and charity interwove their duties with the affections of the well-disposed of the community, —no matter how they may have been revered for their justice, or esteemed for their integrity,—no matter how they may be preferred by the right-thinking and industrious of the peasantry to the nevi homilies of modern democracy,— and above all and before all, no matter how they have been of late growingly and intimately connected with a spirit of Protestant inquiry and a thirst for scriptural knowledge, and thus, in their respective localities and districts, aggregating in themselves a variety as well as excellence of duties, which none but men of such devotion and principle could hope to discharge; yet as such, the Viceroy of the Whig ministry has swept them from the magisterial bench of Ireland. The besom of political destruction has been busy with their vene rable utility, and the Protestant clergy of Ireland, in refe rence to their high calling as dispensers of justice between man and man, exist only in the regret of the well-disposed of the Catholic population, and the affectionate indignation of their fellow-thinkers in politics and religion. In doing this, the Marquis of Normanby has compromised the secu rity of the best interests of the empire, by the betrayal of one of its most vulnerable parts, and has bartered the respecta bility of Protestant Ireland, for the patronage of its Popish majority. The effects of this revision of the magistracy can be readily shewn. The new Coronet of the Marquis of Normanby I will adduce as my first evidence To what does his lordship owe the glitter 01 the bauble which the Whig ministry have placed upon his brow? What paramount national good has he achieved? What great and productive services has he rendered the country? What fame and honour and public claim has he now, that he is thus sent back to his seat of government emblazoned with the pomp and circumstance of a new title? I will tell you, Sir,—His political creator, the man who called him from the questionable reputation of a noble novelist and slave regenerator, to the once proud sta tion of England's vice-eerent,—he, has said that he has tran quillized distracted Ireland, that he has healed her divisions and united her population, and therefore his vanity must have a gratuity from ministerial gratitude. But the truth is be neath all this. Never was ribbonism, that fell conspiracy of blood and murder and terror more wide spread and diffused, yet still closely connected and linked together in all its intri cate ramifications, than it is at the present moment. Ire land, front one end to the other, is a slumbering volcano of insurrectionary violence, and those who walk upon the sur face di eani not of the elements of destruction, that are con jugating and concentrating beneath. And yet, Sir, the Go vernor of such a country. and the chief' controller of its im mediate destinies is hailed and welcomed and trapped out in the panoply of heraldic state, as if, like Washington, he was "a source of energy, a bond of union, the centre of an enlightened people's confidence." Here is the secret. The magisterial bench of Ireland is converted into a kennel for his own and his master's hounds. Every spirit that could not be lashed into subserviency, every offspring of good breed and blood, that could not live upon their political offal, and turned fiercely upon the mean and paltry profligates set over them; these have been excluded from the enclosures of go vernment patronage and influence, and none but the base and the mongrel retained within them. Why then should not Mr. O'Connell proudly and confidently stand up in the house of Commons and say the ribbon conspiracy is at an end in Ireland—yea, farther, challenge proof to the contrary? He knows he cannot be satisfactorily contradicted. The Viceroy is his pensioned, bedizened tool—the magisterial bench his territory—the assistant barristers, in all the sus pected counties, his abettors—the chiefs of police his veriest creatures—can he not then proclain what falsehoods his cor rupted imagination may conceive, or his mischievous heart sanction ? But the pernicious tendency of the measure does not rest here. The administration of justice is rendered palsied and , incapable. The people have no confidence in the parties who have been promoted to the vacancies. The Roman Catholics know them, and the Protestants fear them. Thus, there are sowing the germs of a terrible state of things. Impurity, partizanship, and corruption on the one hand — distrust, retaliation, and hatred on the other. The popish party are in possession of the sword of—l will not call it justice, but power, and they would be belying every record of history, and every legend of that tradition upon which they so much rely, if they did not use it, to say the least of them, to their own aggrandizing usurpation. But, sir, let not the people of England imagine that actions such as these—so defying of every recollection of the past, so monstrous among the inconsistencies of the present, and so perilous to the interests of the future, have not had their due and appropriate effect upon the yet loyal and faithful few who stand by the institutions .from which they have well nigh been excluded. There is an indignation of the heart as well as the passions, which makes its vibration tingle through every nerve of the social system, and which, ere long, will gather strength enough to make itself both feared and felt. It is tine that the Marquis of Normanby, in the pomp . of his new coronet, and while he is crouching under the wing . of Mr. O'Connell, may affect to despise the growth of this in dignation. 0 yes, when he goes back to the rabble over which he sways his bauble sceptre, and displays his share in the spolia opima of the coronation, he will doubtless, in the huzzas of the crowd and the adulation of the slavering hypo crites who minister to his vanity, reflect little upon the wounds which his mischievous policy is inflicting on the future peace and prosperity of unhappy Ireland. But let him, and the party whose dominion he is so insidiously nursing into power, even in this, the hey-day of their tri umph, beware ! Protestant Ireland was never yet conquered, and, with the assistance of Divine Providence, never shall, at least by the present asserters of infidelity and sedition.— IRENIEUS. I am, 8.x., .Liverpool, Jnly 16th, 1838. LIVERPOOL RACES. The Liverpool July meeting, an event of much importance to the sporting fraternity, and of much more paramount in terest in most other parts of the county than in Liverpool itself, commenced on Tuesday. In the morning the weather was capricious, alternate showers and sunshine, and it was a fair sample of what the whole day turned out to be. As early as ten o'clock the road leading to Aintree began to ex hibit symptoms of bustle and animation. Those who had business at the races were on the alert; those who may be properly denominated the sporting gentry were scarcely stir ring. Their occupations in the betting rin-g L in the various momentous matters of making up books, of or touching a few sovereigns at hazard, of looking after the probable state of affairs at the cock-pit, &c. &c., had kept them from their beds till a late hour on the preceding night, and it was left to those who had to administer to their appe tites, and to certain keen votaries of iniquity, who gather loose cash from the simple rustics, to "give note of prepara tion." Accordingly, the road, at the hour we have named, was covered with such humble vehicles as carts, shandries, vans, &c. The former carried loads of eatables and drinka bles, with the bipeds who were to retail them to the hungry and thirsty lieges of her Majesty. The shandries conveyed to the course a pretty considerable number of hosts and host esses, and not a few regular-built blacklegs of the " upper class," those individuals tolerably " famous in story," who bunt in couples, "pick up" the provincials, and, by the mere toss of a halfpenny or some other equally simple expedient, manage to get from them their money. The vans were not many. Amongst them, however, we observed two of that description called gaming vans. In these were all the appa ratus for un, deux, cinq, roulette, &c., ready to be fixed up on the course in a most convenient spot that might offer. They also contained proper accommodations for those who remain to take charge of the balls and tables during the night. Hundreds of the minor genus of gamblers, who in fest all the race-courses from one end of the kingdom to the other, were journeying on foot towards the scene of action, intermingled wills professional mendicants, hucksters, ped lers, venders of racing cards, showmen, pugilists, &c. The thimble-riggers were amongst the most numerous of those where we have the minor gambling. These carried their whole stock in trade about them; a three-legged deal table on the shoulder, and thimbles in the pocket. It turned out, however, that there were, to use a homely expression, "more traps than mice." The gaining-tables, of every de scription, were proportionately more numerous than the company. As the day advanced, the gloomy state of the atmosphere threw a corresponding gloom over the minds of the pleasure-seekers, and the dampness of the weather threw a damp over the proceedings. Many who had resolved to make a journey to the course-, gave up the intention, and resolved to wait and see if the weather would not be more propitious for the more attractive races of Wednesday. The number of individuals at the course was not very great. The Grand Stand was not half filled, the other stands near to the winning-post were but scantily supplied with visitors, and those still lower dqwn showed but sprinklings. The pedes trians on the course were not numerous, and altogether, so far as attendance went, the thing was what is commonly called "shy." Even the rustics of the neighbourhood, who com monly enjoy such scenes greatly, had not mustered in strong force. In fact, the races of the day were not particularly in teresting to any but sporting men, and the heroes of the turf were present in considerable numbers, and busy as labourers at the harvest. But they had but little business except amongst themselves; it was "diamond cut diamond" to the end of the chapter, both at the gaming-tables and in the betting circles. The amusement of the day, however, "the order of the course," was good, the racing being generally above par, and the people entered into the spirit of it with appropriate enthusiasm. Amongst the distinguished individuals present we observed, Lord Derby, Lord and Lady Molyneux, with some other members of the Molyneux family, Lord Eglington, Lord Miltown, Lord Archibald Seymour, Lord Mostyn, Lord St. Maur, Baron Strafford, Sir John Gerard, Sir John Hilton, and the Hon. Mr. Fitzroy. The first race was THE CROXTETH STAKES of 15 sovs each, 10 ft with3o added ; three yrs old 6st 81b • four, Bst 21b; five, Bst 91b; six and aged, 9st. Marrs and Geldings allowed 31b. Mr. Buckley's Harpurhey, 3 yrs.... (Whitehouse).. 1 Sir John Gerard's b g The Potentate, 6 yrs.. (Lye).. 2 Mr. Phillip's Maid of Montin, 4 yrs (Templeman).. 3 Sir Win. Bulkeley's Brown Duchess, 3 yrs (W. Jones) 4 Lord Derby's A rgante and Lord Eglington's St. Martin, were entered, but did not start. Betting 6t04 on the Poten tate, 3 to 1 against Maid of Montin, and 4 to 1 against Har purhey : no other named. There were two false starts, White house and Templeman being each determined upon the lead. The third time off the horses went away well together, Har purhey taking the lead, but Templeman immediately pushed past and made the running. Whitehouse, however, kept a good inside place on his haunch; finding the pace good enough for his purpose. he husbanded the strength of his horse after the first push. Brown Duchess soon exhibited symptoms of the severity of the pace being rather more than she liked, and at the turn she cried enough, flagged, and was rapidly tailed off. Templeman made some play till near the distance chair when it became evident that the Maid must give way. The running then was all between Potentate and Harpurhey for about half a distance. Ultimately, about forty yards from home, Whitehouse pushed his horse forward cleverly and won a well-contested race by about a length and a half. Brown Duchess carried five pounds above her proper weight. A SWEEPSTAKES of 50 sovs. each, h ft; for the produce of mares covered in 1834; colts, Bst Gib ; fillies, Bst 31b. Two miles. Mr. F. Price's br c Captain Pops (W. Jones) 1 Sir W. Bulkeley's br f Picotee, by Teniers (Daling) 2 There were entered, Lord Derby's colt, by Felt, Sir Thos. Stanley's, by Brutandorf, and chesnut filly, by Bulladore, Mr. Turner's Recovery, and Lord Westminster's fillies, by Pantaloon, out of Banterand Ambuscade. Betting 5t02 on Captain Pops. The latter had it all his own way, and the race was won in a canter. he MERSEY STAKES, for two years old. A sweepstakes of 25 sovs. each, with 30 sovs. added; colts Bst 51b; fillies Bst gibs. T.Y.C. Mr. Fowler's In c Profligate (Darling) 1 Lord Derby's ch cby Velocipede . (Lye) 5 Mr. Newsham's be Huntingdon (Thompson) 3 Mr. Peel's b c Billy (Templeman) 4 J. Gr •rd's br vt r Sir J. Gerard's br t by Olympus (Edwards 5 The betting was 5 to 4 against Huntingdon, 3 to 1 against the Derby cult, and 3 to 1 against Profligate. Mr. Bower's colt by Priam, Mr. Gifford's by Langar, and Lord Eglinton's colt Uriah were entered, but did not start. This was a beautiful and well-contested race. After two false starts, the horses stretched out beautifully in a line. In a moment or two Sir John Gerard's filly took the lead, but as quickly gave it up without a chance of recovery. Billy was then a little in advance, the horses carrying on at top speed. At the distance Billy began to hang back, and it was soon evident that his place must be in the rear. The other three rushed up the course all together, Lord Derby's colt showing his nose slightly in front of the o th e rs, though Profli g at e a n d Huntingdon showed that they were in great vigour. For the last sixty yards the race was most exciting. Huntingdon lost by about a length. Ld. Derby's colt and Profligate were neck and neck till within about ten yards of the gaol, when the latter, by a few " brave bounds," shot about half alength a-head of his competitor. A MAIDEN PLATE, value 70 sovs. for horses that never won £5O. at any time. Three years old, 7st ; four, Bst 21b; five, Bst 71b; six and aged, Bst 10Ib. The second horse to re ceive 10 sovs. out of the Plate. Heats, two miles. Hon. E. M. L. Mostyn's ch c by Ld. Orford's Grand Duke, 3 yrs (Dodgson), 1 0 1 Sir John Gerard's bc by Belzoni, 3 yrs (Nat) 0 1 2 Captain Lamb's Miss Kitty Cockle (Ternpleman) 20 3 Mr. Cook's bf by Herbert Lacy, 3 yrs..(W. Jones) 3 2 d Mr. J. Walker's ch c The Tyrant, 3 yrs (Lve) 0 0 4 Mr. Roberts's ch c by Recovery, was entered, but did not start. Betting on the first heat 7to 4 against Mr. Mostyn's colt, 2 to 1 against Belzoni, and 5 to 1 against Kitty Cockle. This was the best contested heat of the day. The Tyrant and Sir John Gerard's colt saved distance and reserved them selves. The pace at first was slow, being for the first mile and a half little better than a canter. The contest at the distance put the horses to their best speed, but Mr. Cook's colt fell behind about 40 yards from home. The Grand Duke colt and Kitty Cockle then contested every inch, and after a close race the former won by half a head. All the horses started for the second beat. The running was this time en tirely between Mr. Cook's filly and Belzoni, the other three in turn reserving themselves. The heat was won easily by Sir John Gerard's colt. When the horses started fur the third heat, the Herbert Lacy filly having been withdrawn, the betting was 6t04 on the field. The heat turned out un interesting after all. The Grand Duke colt had it all his own way, and won easily by half a length. WEDNESDAY. This morning broke more auspicious, for not a single shower fell to damp the ardour of the many thousands of our own population, besides the immense numbers that had ar rived from distant inland towns, and even the sister king dom, to enjoy the sports; and therefore many that were de terred from venturing out on Tuesday were this day early on the road. The line of road presented many pedestrians who were pedestrians from sheer necessity, vehicles not being procurable; and to some gentlemen who had come from a distance, desirous to speculate, the delay thus occasioned from want of conveyance was extremely vexatious. The usual motley groups were likewise observable, and the con gregation of the dense mass on the stands and grounds, afforded an exhilirating prospect. The grand stand had a full and fashionable attendance of nobility and gentry, but there were also many of the swell mob who followed their vocation with some success. However, Messrs. Flockhart, Bradshaw, inspector Poole, and several other active officers of the Liverpool police, were vigilantly observant, and as they attended in plain clothes their efficiency was the greater, for their business was unsuspected. Mr. Inspector Poole seized one elegantly-dressed individual, we believe, in the act of appropriating the purse of a gentleman without per mission. The small fry were also busied below, and robber ies of all kinds were numerous where yokels (and they were many) sported their money with the pea and thimble rig gers, and the gamesters in an ascending scale. But notwithstanding these detracting circumstances the amusements of the day, as the day itself; were brilliant and delightful. The sports commenced with A SWEEPSTA KES of 20 soya. each. h ft, with 20 sovs. added ; three yrs old fillies Bst 31b. One mile. Mr. F. R. Price's ch f Zillah, by Reveller, out of Morisca, (M. Jones) walked over. Lord Stanley's ch f Rodora Mr. Walter's Bishopsgate . Mr. W. Smith ns br f Brown Duchess A SWEEPSTAKES of 100 sovs each, h ft; for the produce o mares covered in 1834; colts Bst 71b, fillies Bst 41b. Un tried stallions or mares allowed 31b. (*) Aintree Course about a mile and a half. The second horse to save hi stake. *Mr. W. Turner's ch c by Recovery (Templeman) 1 *Mr. Houldsworth's b f by Vanish, out of Flush(Darling) 2 Lord Derby's br c by Humphrey Clinker, out of Armida. p Betting 5t04 on the chesnut colt by Recovery. Temple man made the racini , with the filly at his quarters, who ap peared to wait quietly to be let out at the proper moment, but this was delayed too long, and Turner's colt won by a head. Great disapprobation was felt with the result of this race, and some went so far as to blame Darling for waiting so long; but we understand he had a bad tempered horse that would not bear the whip, and that in other respects he did all that it was possible to do to win. The Tradesmen's Cup, or Piece of Plate, value 200 sovs. with 100 sovs in Specie added to a Handicap Sweepstakes of 25 sovs. each, 15ft. Two miles. The winner to pay 30 sovs. to the judge. The second horse to receive 50 sovs. out of the stakes. _ . 7 4 Lord Eglinton's 1) or br c St. Bennett, 4 yrs (T Lye) 1 8 5 Lord R. Grosvenor ns Harkaway, 4 yrs..(Hohnes) 2 7 12 Mr. Robinsons's hr c Melbourne, 4 yrs (Templeman) 3 7 0 Lord Chesterfield's b c by Priam, hf. bred 4 vrs (Nat) 0 8 5 Lord Westminster's Cardinal Puff, 4 yrs (Edwards) 0 9 3 Hon.E.M.LI. Mostyn's bm Birdlime, aged (Darling) 0 8 7 Lord Suffield's Caravan, 4 yrs (G. Edwards) 0 7 4 Mr. G. Cook's ch m Rachael, 4 yrs ....(W. Jones) 0 7 3 Lord Miltown's ch f Cruiskeen (Neale) 0 6 12 Lord Miltown's ch c Cushneiche.. ( Hanley 0 6 12 Mr. Fitzroy ns b m Vesper, 5 yrS (Dodgson) 0 6 7 Lord Warwick's c by Bruntandorf, (G. Whitehouse 0 7 12 Mr. Meiklam's b f Modesty, 4 yrs ....(Cartwright) 0 The interest excited by this race was greater than on any previous occasion, heightened doubtless by the heavy engage ments of the Irish party on the crack horse Harkaway. This horse has but recently arrived from Ireland, where his run ning has proved him a very superior horse, and so satisfied were his friends of his qualities, that they scarcely placed any limit to their speculations. Before starting he stood second favourite, as will be seen by the following quotations: 2 to 1 against St. Bennett, (taken), 3 to 1 against Harkaway (taken), 7 to 1 against Birdlime, '7 to 1 against Caravan, 9 to 1 against Puff, - 100 to 6 against Modesty, 20 to 1 against Mayflower, 50 to 1 against Rachael, 50 to 1 agst Cruiskeen, 50 to 1 agst Vesper, 25 to 1 agst Lord Warwick's.-Slashing Harry was declared not to start before the race. The horses, with the exception of Birdlime, showed in front of the stand. Being fretful, she was saddled at the extreme end of the straight run, adjoining the starting pole, where she was joined by the other horses. The lot were brought together, and Mr. Jackson succeeded in getting them off without a false start; but Birdlime's fretfulness threw her in the rear, where she was soon joined by Lard Warwick's horse, Puff being but little in advance; /he rest were in a ruck, St. Ben neeleading, and Harkaway close up. At the first turn passing the stand Rachael momentarily headed St. Bennett, but he regained the lead, and retained it to the close. Very little change was observable to the bridge, but at the turn the tailing commenced. The pace was very severe throughout, and to this the tailing was of course attributable. St. Ben nett and Harkaway parted company, and from the distance to the goal the race was severely contested. About twenty lengths from home Harkaway appeared to be advancing to the front, and Lye, in consequence, applied both persuaders and whip with right good-will, to which his horse instantly answered. Harkaway's great weight, too, told against him; and St. Bennett succeeded in winning a severely run race by half a length only. Harkaway, with 151 b greater weight than the , winner, proved himself to be as good a horse as his friends had represented. Of the rest of the horses in this race it is scarcely necessary to speak, for the tailing extended to the distance, but we may observe that Melbourne was in the third place, some three or four lengths off; 111ayflower next; then followed Puff, who had worked his way through the horses to the fifth place, and Birdlime sixth. The riding of both Lye and Holmes was the subject of general admiration; Lye was scarcely ever seen to greater advantage. A PLATE, value 70 sovs for all ages. Three years old 6st 81b; four, Bst 51b, five, Bst 121 b; six and aged, 9st 21b. Heats, once round and a distance. The winner of a Plate this year, before starting, to carry 31b extrp, of two Plates a Cup, or her Majesty's Plate, slb extra. Lord Eglinton's br c St. Martin, 3yrs (Lye). 2 1 w.o. Mr. Topham's b c The Drone, 3 yrs ..(W. Jones) 1 2 d Mr. Clarke's b c Anvil, 4 yrs (Darling) 3 3 d Sc. Martin was supported at 3 to 1 before the first heat, which Drone, after making good running, won easily. The second beat Si. Martin won cleverly, Anvil being beaten off near half a distance. St. Martin walked over the next heat. This finished the day's sports, and the return home was characterised by as much bustle and excitement as the out ward journey, yet with no untoward collision to destroy the pleasurable feelings that prevailed. THURSDAY. The ST. LEGER STAKESOISSovs each, with 50 sovs added. Colts Bst 61b, fillies, Bst 31b. One mile and three-quarters. Mr. Bowes ch c Arpleton Lad (H. Edwards) 1 Mr. Fowler's ch c Gilbert Gurney (Calloway) 2 The CintsrEaFlELD STAKES of 50 sovs each, h ft, for the produce of mares covered in 1835; colts Bst 61b, fillies Bst 21b. A winner in 1838 to carry 31b, twice 31135. extra. T.Y.C. Lord Stanley's ch c by Velocipede, out of Arrnida .(Lye) 1 Sir R. W. Bulkeley's ch c Ginger Blue, by Recovery, (Darling) 2 A FREE HANDICAP STAKE of 25 sovs each, 15 ft, for all ages. One mile and a quarter. Three to accept, or no race. Lord Derby's b f Miss Bowe, 4 yrs. (Cartwright) walked over. DERBY HANDICAP.--A. SWEEPSTAKES of 10 sovs each, with 80 added by the Right Hon. the Earl of 'Derby. One . - mile. Mr. Hesseltine's b c Slashing Harry, 4 yrs (Hesseltine) 1 Lord Stanley's b f Miss Bone, 4 vrs (Cartwright ) 2 Lord Eglington's b g The Potentate, 6 yrs Mr. Fowler's b m Mersey, 5 yrs Lord Eglington's blk h The Black Diamond, 5 yrs 5 Her MAJESTY'S PLATE, value 100 guineas. Three years old 7st 51b, four 9st llb, five 9st 111 b, six and aged lOst . . 21b. Two , mile heats. Lord Eglington's br c St. Martin, 3 yrs (Lye) 4 1 Mr. Ferguson's ch c Harkaway, 4 yrs ....(Holmes) 1 2 d Hon. E. M. lA. Mostyn's br f the Brown Duchess .. 2 dis. Mr. Davies us b c St. Leonard, 3 yrs THE GREAT WESTERN The following letter has been addressed to Colonel Ma berly by the Directors of the Great Western Steam Com pany. It reflects the greatest credit upon them for their li berality, and we hope that the Postoffice authorities will at once meet their handsome offer, and accede to the wishes of the whole mercantile community. " TO COL. MABERLY. " The Directors of the Great Western Steam Shipping Company make the following request to Col. Maberly : They are informed by the merchants of Liverpool trading with America that it is of great importance that the letters for the Great Western Steam Ship, which vessel will leave Kingroad on Saturday next, the 21st, should not leave Li verpool at an earlier hour than 7on the evening of Friday next, at which hour a railway train leaves Liverpool for Bir mingham. If sent at the regular hour of 3on that day, they cannot take out to the United States the Cotton reports, &c. of the current week, au object of the greatest impor tance to the general commercial interests of the country. If despatched by the 7 o'clock train the letters would arrive in Birmingham by eleven or twelve o'clock on Friday night. which would be too late for the Bristol mail for that town ; but if Colonel Maberly will permit the bag to be brought from that town to Bristol, by express, they will arrive in time for the Great Western; and the directors beg to say, that they will willingly pay the expense of such express. Should Col. Maberly accede to this request, they further beg the favour of his allowing the necessary instructions to be sent to the Postmaster of Liverpool immediately, that notice may be given to the merchants of that port. " The directors regret that it is impossible that the Great Western can be detained under any circumstances, as upwards of one-hundred passengers, of the first class, have already engaged their berths in her to sail on Saturday." STEAMING ON THE CANALS In an article under this head in the Guardian of Saturday last, we noticed the first down voyage to this town from Lon don, through the canals, of a steam boat named the Novelty. Before entering into some further particulars respecting this boat, we are desirous to correct an error into which we were led by our informant, and which, not having ourselves wit nessed the speed of the boat on the canal, we had no means of setting right at the tittle. We there stated her speed to be at the rate of nearly eight miles an hour; but so far from this being the case ou the canals, we understand that all that is sought for is to attain, as a regular speed, a rate of six miles an hout ; and this speed has been maintained in even the first trial through the canals, in the most satisfactory manner. The speed of " nearly eight miles an hour" has been attained by the boat, but not on the canals: it was run during a trial on the Thames, under circumstances much more favourable to steaming than are to be obtained in canal navigation. We have already stated, that the Novelty is the hull of an old canal boat. Her form, to those unacquainted with the build of these boats, will be better understood when we state that her length is about seventy-four feet, with seven feet six inch beam; she is heavily constructed, and, when loaded, draws about two feet water. We noticed that her engine was high pressure and of four horses' power, supplied with steam from a small locomotive boiler. The boat is fitted with a species of paddles, alreadS , described, but perhaps better known as " Ericsson's propellers," in substitution of the side paddles, of the old steamers—which are constructed so as to propel, without raising a surge injurious to canal banks, and so as to pass through the narrow locks with ease and safety—objects hitherto unattained, and deemed impracti cable. The main peculiarity of this invention is the construc tion of the paddle, so as to secure an action resembling that of a fish's tail, or of a perpetual sculling through the water. The difference between the operation of the propellers and that of the fish or double scull, is, that insteaa of the force being alternate from side to side, the propellers' strokes upon the water are simultaneous. We before explained the construction of the paddle-boards, and the fact of their re volving in opposite directions. This is effected by the wheels or rings being fixed, one to a hollow shaft, and the other to a solid shaft, revolving within the hollow one; so that, although they move in opposite directions, they turn upon the same centre; each opponent paddle-board striking the water at the same time. The power from the engine is communicated by a crank at the solid shaft; a cog-wheel attached to the crank shaft works in gear with another cog-wheel immediately un der it, and the reversed action of the other propellers is ob tained by gearing and an endless chain. As these propellers work with the greatest effect when submerged, no waste of power is incurred, andano shaking motion communicated to the boat. When in motion, with her propellers submerged, there is little to distinguish the Novelty . from other canal boats, the old wooden funnel being retained; there being little smoke, as coke is the fuel consumed; the engine and boiler being out of sight, and the only variation in her form being the elongation and widening of the stern, about 14 inches, with the addition of a slight stage for the helmsman. We noticed the fact of an experimental trip having been made by this boat on Monday week, upon the Duke of Bridgewater's Canal. The party on board consisted of some of the principal canal proprietors and water carriers in this town and neighbourhood, and their friends. The Novelty started from the Manchester end of the canal, about six minutes before one o'clock; passed the Worsley branch at twenty minutes past one o'clock; and reached the wharf at Altrincham at half-past two o'clock, having performed the eight miles in one hour and thirty-six minutes. The speed of the boat, and the fact of no towing horses being visible, caused no small astonishment to various rustics on the canal banks; and some of the more cunning of these people, hear ing the panting of the engine, and seeing the bubbling of the water in her wake, at length decided that there was "stemma aloive in her tail." The voyagers, much delighted with their trip, proceeded to the Stamford Arms, Altrincham, where "Success to the undertaking" was toasted: and, amongst other healths given, were those of Lord Francis Egerton, as the representative and successor of the Duke of Bridgewater; of Messrs. Robins, Mills, & Co. the proprietors of the boat, and projectors of the experiment of steam pro pulsion on the canals; and of their friend Mr. Williams, who steamed down in the Novelty, and kept her log. At twenty minutes before five o'clock, the boat started on her return from Altrincham bridge, and on her way came up with the Wellington fly-boat, which, having just before been freshly horsed, kept a-head for about two miles, but was then obliged to yield with a bad grace, his horses being half killed under the unwonted exertion. The Novelty passed " his grace" in fine style, and arrived at Messrs. Robins, Mills, and Co.'s wharf, at ten minutes after six o'clock. Owing to the construction and form of the boat, to the propellers being only partially immersed, to the engine being out of repair, and to the utter disregard of her `• trim" during the experiment, it was observed that the propellers had not a fair chance; nor could the boat attain that higher rate of speed which her due emergence was to three-quarters of an inch,—about 1-36th part of her draught; and it was observed that there was no sensible increase of her speed when the engine, from 70, increased to 84 revolutions per minute. In crease of speed under such circumstances must have resulted, had the boat been of such a form as,to have allowed her to rise out of the water, and to keep in tt im. During the trial trip, no injurious ripple was produced by the propellers; but where the water was shallow, a ripple, caused by the dis placement of water by the boat, followed midway, and con siderably impeded her progress. With deeper water her speed accelerated, and on the Thames she is said to have at tained a rate varying from eight to nine, and even up to and exceeding ten miles per hour. We understand that the American government, ever on the alert, has at once availed itself of this invention. An iron steam-boat, built by Mr. John Laird, of North Birkenhead, (under the inspection of Mr. F. B. Ogden, the United States Consul at Liverpool,) and fitted with these propellers, was launched on the 7th instant. She is at present waiting for her boilers, and it is expected will be tried on the Mersey in the course of text week. She is intended to be worked as a steam-tug, to tow ships upon the Delaware and Raritan canal, (New Jevsey,) which was completed in 1834, and is 42 miles in length. Her machinery is said to be of a new and improved construction, and not a tenth part of the weight of the machinery in general use, of equal power. It is, perhaps, premature to speculate on the great revo lution which the success of this experiment, and the conse quent adoption of steam power on canals, would occasion in canal navigation. Some of the earliest and most obvious re sults would be—the necessity of deepening the canals, or keeping more water in them; the avoidance of that delay now so much complained of, in boats waiting, very often for several days together, for turns, at the various locks; and an increased traffic in lighter goods, by means of fewer boats than are at present employed on the canals. All these ad vantages, however, are of course contingent on the success of the mechanical invention, in its application to canals, and on the degree of cordiality with which canal proprietors ap prove of a change, which some of them may imagine (whe ther justly or not we do not affirm) will cause a greater wear and tear of their property than that to which the ordinary method of horse towing at present subjects them.—Alcinches tar Guardian, ' • . THE TOTAL ABSTINENCE FESTIVAL. The members of the Total Abstinence and similar Societies have been holding a grand festival during the week. On Monday evening there were a number of simultaneous meet ings in different parts of the town. On Tuesday evening, at seven o'clock, public meetings were held in St. Luke's School-room, Cropper-street; Hanover Chapel, Mill-street; in Circus-street; and at the Brunswick Chapel, Clare-street. On Wednesday there was a grand procession of the unit ed societies, which formed at ten o'clock in the morning, at Shaw's-brow and Old Infirmary Yard. From thence the route of the procession was Dale-street, round Nelson's mo nument, Castle-street, Park-lane, St. James's-street, Great George's-place, Mill-street, to Duke-street, on to Rodney street, and the line of streets to the north end of the town. The procession was headed by a band of music and banners, followed by about 500 boys walking two abreast, and adorned with white ribbands and medals, and carrying small banners with such mottoes as " Prevention is better than cure," &:. After these came the Independent Order of Rechabites, headed by the D. H. C. R. (we cannot inform our readers what that is) of the order. About 300 of the members of this society walked two abreast, and were very respectably clad, most of them dressed in white trousers and shouldering um brellas, the weather being rather inconstant. Then followed Jolliffe's band, heading about 50 women walking two and two, some of them carrying the insignia of the sex—infants, as a substitute for flags, banners, &c. The appearance of these zealous abstainers from the juice of the grape and the essence of grain, excited much amusement. We will do them the credit, however, to say, that few of them looked like " reformed drunk-hards." After these came the Roe-street Total Abstinence Society, headed by a very good band, the rear being brought up by that well-meaning, but rather weak, gentleman, Mr. Lawrence Heywortb, with two friends, lead ers in some of these societies, in an open phaeton and pai r . Each of these " lights" of abstinence were profusely deco rated with white silk, we presume as an emblem of ginless purity. After the phaeton followed on e o f th e Roman Catholic Associations, bearing one or two handsome flags; one, our Saviour at the well asking the maid to draw him water, was very beautiful. After these followed a Welsh so ciety, which was brought up by a zealous member in a square tub-like shandry, with his wife and seven (!) " little nub" iu it—no doubt, to point out to tiplers what temperance could do. Then followed a number of societies, being an odd mix ture of men, boys, girls, and women, music -less, and in no very regular order, " Like a wounded snake dragging its slow length along." We were highly amused with one old lady dressed in black silk, who certainly had some symptoms of (no, it could not be; it was most likely rasp-berry brandy) about her, who, as the procession passed our office, eyed our laughing at the queer " mixture," as if it were the very height of profanity. After these followed the Church of England Teetotal Society, consisting chiefly of children, who were very neat and order ly, and carried a great number of small banners. There was carried amongst them a very splendid painted flag of Moses smiting the rock in the wilderness, and the water gushing . out; and his receiving the ten commandments. The rear was brought up by the usual medley of a procession, a cart or two, the " mobility," and a few piemen and chelsea-bun men in dustriously following their vocation. THE GRAND CONCENTRATED MEETING. Last evening, at seven o'clock, a grand concentrated meeting of the society was held at the Amphitheatre—Mr. Thomas Freme in the chair. On the stage seats were ar ranged for a number of ladies, and the leaders and speakers of the society. The boxes were filled with a strange medley of men, women, and children, and almost of all ranks. The gallery was crowded with men, and the pit about a quarter filled with respectably-clad men and women. Altogether there might be about 600 persons present, the Amphitheatre not being nearly so crowded as on the last occasion. The front of the boxes was decorated all round the theatre with a number of small silk banners, bearing various devices and mottoes, about abstaining from drink; and in one corner of the orchestra was stationed a band of wind instruments, and a big drum, that ever and anon " made night hideous;" and those who could hear, envied the deaf. The speechifying was, as a whole, much superior to that at the meeting of last year; there was no red-hot Brummagem blacksmith to hammer away for two hours together, and forge thunder bolts for every body and every thing but teetotallers; nor was there a talking woman—a Mrs. Hamilton, to weary out the patience with laughable rigmaFole and strange conceits; but still there was enough of nonsense talked—" two bushels of chaff to three grains of wheat"— an odd mixture of absurdity and truth. We are no enemies to these societies; for with certain classes and certain per sons of weak resolution we believe they are aids to resist the temptations of intemperance, and therefore do good in saving the insane victims of this vice from the consequent and cer tain misery in person, purse, and domestic happiness which result from an indulgence in it. But, because we are not inimical to them we cannot shut our eyes to the babyish ab surdities the members often indulge in, and the extrava gances in which they appear to delight, which make rational men shun their meetings and scorn to be participators in follies which their reason scouts. Let them shake off these weaknesses and fooleries, and we have no doubt the sphere of their usefulness will be widely extended. We shall there fore give our report, confined as it must be at this late hour, fairly, exposing to ridicule what is ridiculous, and prese rv i ng what is worth preserving, being convinced that this is the best mode to correct what is foolish, and to uphold what is worthy of admiration. ThCHAIRMAN announced to the meeting that they would be obleeged to the band if they would play "God save the Queen." This was done in the truest sense of the word, " God save the Queen" was reeled in most drunken fashion. Time and music were both wanting. The CHAIRMAN then said—" Noo, my friends, I've to beg your pity and consolation and excuse for anything I may do amiss here. lam bro't for'ard unintentionally. You have been led to expect the Bishop of Norwich, and I feel for your disappointment very much ; but I can't dwell on that a great deal, for I must feel for myself. Now, my friends, you who know my habit; know this is the first time I ever came for'ard in such a consarn as this. The first meeting of this sort I attended, the purest springs of my heart was touched. Now, my friends, if you had had the bishop here, you would have ha - d the first man in the country ; a man of profound knowledge—a man who has laid himself out for religious and civil liberty; and I must say there is but one Bishop o' Norwich." [Our readers will perhaps, after this specimen, excuse us from further transcripts of the chairman's elo• quence.l The chairman concluded with calling on the secretary to read a letter he had received from the Bishop of Norwich. The SECRETARY, Mr. JOHN M'KENNA, after stating that it became his duty to explain why the Bishop of Norwich did not preside on that occasion, and to disabuse the . public mind, lest it should be supposed that anything like trick was used in mentioning his name as being invited to preside. He had been instructed by the committee to address a letter to his lordship, inviting him to preside on that occasion, and the time would not allow them to wait for a reply before the bills had to be printed; so they had printed what was correct, that his lordship had been invited to preside. However, though they had been disappointed in not having him there, they would be highly gratified on hearing his approbation of the teetotal cause. The secretary then proceeded to read the following letter : " Woodchurch, Suffolk, July 7, 1838. "The Bishop of Norwich being at present engaged in .a course of confirmations and visitations wh►ch w►ll occupy him for sometime to come, regrets that it will not be in his power to support the Temperance Societies of Liverpool by his pre sence, which he would wtih pleasure have done had he peen in their neighbourhood. He can only assure the committee, that he most sincerely wishes for a cont►nuation of success to societies, which he knows from his own knowledge have been so productive of benefit to the country as large.—(Applause.) " Mr. John McKenna, " Secretary to the Temperance Society, Liverpool" Mr. FiTzssMMoNS, an Irishman, was then called on to ad dress the meeting, which he proceeded to do in a strain of rich brogue and absurdity. He said "Id was a placing con thrast to say such a large portion ov dhe thruly vartuous, honourable, and philanthropic portion of society ass•sembled together to aid in promotin' one of the most beneficial favours dhat was ever conferred on mankind." He would not insult the hawdience by attempting to prove the vast advantages of the society to mankind. He was surrounded by a host of champions who were ready at any moment to cover with dis grace any man who would have the temerity to attempt to throw any obstacle in the way of the great cause they advo cated. [We positively quake in our• shoes!] The speaker then proceeded to enlighten the audience by telling them he was an Irishman and a catholic, and was in "lineal succes sion from their forefather in Christ, the illustrious Saint Patrick, who had first planted the standard of the cross in Ireland, and that he (Fitzsimmon, not St. Patrick,) would not depart one iota from his principles. To which the audience cried " Question," and he came to the question by quoting O'Leary about religion ; but, by gradual steps, got worked round again to " intoxicating drink," and then pro ceeded to prophesy on the wonderful progression of the socie ty through the land. " There was not a grade in society in which they should not run through, as blood through the ramifications of an arm!" There was no power on earth could sustain them, if they were united among themselves. Drunk ards, who it was the object of this society to reform, broke every commandment of the decalogue they polluted the very atmosphere around them by the profaneness of their bad example. This society " was calculated to remove all obstructions." (" Throw physic to the dogs" after this!) He had been what was called a "moderate drinker," and had been gradually drawn by it into the vortex of dissipation and ruin, and concluded with announcing, that circum stances would, in all probability, prevent him from address ing again ! 'The Rev. Mr. BEARDSALL, of Manchester, next spoke with the peculiar style and affected pronunciation of a ranter parson. He commenced with quoting a verse, the first lines of which. in the peculiar twang of these reverends, we un derstood to be— " We cob, we cob, we cob, And rouse the tem-penance watchword, Lta-erty." He knew there was a general impression abroad that they put tee-totalism in the place of religion; but such was not the case. They were anxious to give food to their fellow men in its substantial form, and to take from them liquid poison, on which they had been too long feeding, deriving no strength from it. He then descanted at considerable length on negro slavery, and argued that as they had striven to set the negroes free, they should now strive to set white men free from the slavery of drink. Their society had demon strated that this could be done. He never was so free as now; before he joined this society the moderate use of in toxicating drinks had continually drawn him with its allure ments; but now his health was better, and strength greater, and with a delicate constitution he could go through labour on the Sunday, which he was convinced no other man of similar constitution could go through, with even the mode rate use of one glass of wine per day. He would now retire to make way for the peculiar talents which tee-totalism had called forth. The band here played the Teetotal March— " The landlord kick'd me out of doors, And I will never get drunk again." Mr. KAY briefly announced thia fact, that as negro slavery had been alluded to, intelligence bad been received, that the slaves of Jamaica, and of British Guiana were to be set free on the ilist of August next. (Great cheering.) They had agitated till negro slavery had been put an end to, and he hoped they would agitate till white slavery—drunkenness was put an end to. It was the greatest curse that ever came upon England. The CHAIRMAN called upon the band to play " God save the Queen," in honour of the freedom to the slaves of the West Indies. Mr. GRUBB, of Preston, then came forward to address the meeting, who, notwithstanding his name, turned out a com plete butterfly of eloquence. We but do him justice when we say, his speech was powerful, argumentative, and elo quent: it was the speech of the evening, and was the saving clause of the meeting. He spoke at considerable length, and gave several vivid and true pictures of the misery and wretchedness which are entailed by the drunkard on himself and family by indulging in his degrading . and brutalising propensity. They could not wonder at the ignorance of the working classes, nor at the fearful increase of crime, when they considered the error that bad been promulgated abroad, and attempted to he established, that intoxicating liquors were necessary for man. Man was fitted for happiness with out this acquired taste. HiS constitution was not fitted by nature for this exciting drink; and if it were said that it was necessary for his happiness, he could imagine no satire so bitter as to suppose that the most finished work of God required the addenda of intoxicating liquors to contribute to his happiness. (" Hear, hear," and loud cheers,) — What were the advantages they proposed to confer on a man by a pint of beer a day ? He would maintain that he was as goods man either morally, intellectually, or physically, as any man who took his pint of beer a day, and he never tasted it, or other intoxicating liquor. Many would not read of the evils of driut: or of the little liene.At they could derive from it, for fear of the "still small voice" of conscience. Their dared not read; knowledge would be fatal to them. They dared not investigate, for truth would triumph, which was not what they wished; they wanted to be believed to be in the truth. The scriptures were brought forward to prove the allowance of intoxicating liquors; but, before the invention of dis tilling, the wines of the ancients were not at all of the in toxicating character of those now in use, fermentation not being able to make them so; and the man who drank his wine unmixed with water, was considered worse than a hea then. If the mere sanctioning of scripture to the use of wine were constituted into an approval, Scripture might be made to approve of many gross vices, which other parts of it condemn ed, as it did drunkenness and wine drinking. It was contra ry to the physical constitution of man to be benefited by strong drink ; his organization was beat suited to thrive on a total abstinence from it. It was, therefore, evident that the Almighty had imposed on man, in his formation, such laws that they could not but think He never intended us to drink strong liquors. They saw the young m an of great promise entering into life, and watched him putting forth his energies, mixing with his fellows, and conducting himself in a way that was honourable to his manhood ; they saw him leid to the altar an amiable and accom plished woman, paying a devoted and willing homage of affection to her, and receiving from her the most noble and disinterested sacrifice which it was possible for a human being to give—she gave herself, and with herself her all. After a few years the vile sin of drun kenness brought poverty on their once happy home, and look then at the change, at that poor broken-hearted girl! See her as she waves to and fro besides the morsel of fire, under the agonies of broken affection. She thinks of the happy days of her childhood, and of.the blooming promises of her womanhood. She thinksof whatshe was and what she is; while the cruel author of her distresses engages in distant revelry, reckless of consequencess, rushing further into ruin. He returns to his house, and offers to his almost heart-broken wife nothing but a sot's disgusting brutality. Could they wonder that affection in such a moment as this should be broken assunder, and that the miserable wife should desire death, not to snake her more happy, but to put an end to her sorrows? Let them look to the streets at the outcasts there, through this vice denied the privilege of a home , and with out a heart to love. Let them who had sisters robbed of their affection from strong drink ; let them who had mothers, who could feel as none beside could feel; let their hearts bleed for their injuries : let them go back to the paths of virtue, for sake strong drink, and these evils which resulted from the use of it would cease. The speaker concluded amidst loud applause. PROFESSOR GREVNBANK was next called forward. After a few introductory observations he proceeded to recite a long poem, commencing " Oh, bright water, bright water for me— Leave wine for the tremulous debauche." He then proceeded to deliver or rather recite, verbatim, the same speech' as he delivered last year, which ended in a comparative failure of area, awl about which we think it doing him a kindness to say no snore. Mr. ED. JONES, called on by the chairman, proceeded to Ong in good style, and with a very tolerable voice, to the tune of the "Old English Gentleman," what was called a teetotal song. We endeavoured to take notes of it as he was singing it, and make it out as follows: f will sing you a new temperance song Of a young tee-totaller, who had a nice estate, And he kept up his mansion at a good tee-total rate, With his little nice tee-total wife that earned her sweet estate And he was a stanch teetotaller, one of the present time: His house was hung about with pictures fine to view, And rich and beauteous furniture was ranged around all new ; And every night, when toil was o'er, he would seat him in his pride, And quaff his Sampson just to support his inside, For he was a tee-totaller, one of the present time. The winter, with his frost and snow, shed darkness o'er each scene, He felt how happy he was then to what he once had been ; And he never suffered unrelieved the cravings of the poor, He gave as much as he could spare, he could not well give more. For he was a tee-totaller, one of the present time. He used to beat his wife and drink, and spend his hard earned gains In wine-wash and jerry-broth to steal away his brains; His coat was out at elbows, and his hat without a crown; In fact he was a common pest—a nuisance to the town, Before he turned tee-totaller, one of the present time. But now so happy is his life, so nicely he is dressed, He never beats his little wife, but clasps her to his breast, And if a tear is in her eye, it is for joy that he Left off his beastly drunkenness, and turned out to be A real staunch teetotaller, one of the present time. Now surely this is better far than all their ale or wine, And if you wish real happiness, you will come and sign; - For I contend that abstinenc e has done g reat t h ings - forme For once I wanted a little drop, but none now you see, For I'm a staunch teetotaller, one of the present time. This morceau was loudly encored. Mr. HARKER next followed, and stated, he had been 20 years a drunken dragoon, and through drink got discharged, and was reduced to a street-sweeper at Manchester, and had raised himself from that degraded situation to comfort and plenty, by abandoning his former course of living, and happiness and contentment at home had taken the place of misery, revilings, and bickerings, his pride being now to see his children well-dressed and respectable rather than Miss Susannah, the innkeeper's daughter, a fine lady with his money. He was better in health, and had ceased patronizing the doctor's shop and wanted now no pills but baker's pills, and his intellects were none the worse for having given over hiccuping out at the ale-house bench " We'll not go home till morning." A vote of thanks was passed to the Bishop of Norwich for his answer to the application made to him; it was announced that the " inimitable Grubb" would speak to night; a Doxology was sung, and the meeting broke up at ten o'clock. THE LivEEpoot, CLERGY ENDOWMENT BILL. —In the House of Commons, on Friday last, this bill was ordered to )e brought in by Lord Sandon and Mr. Cresswell. Mr. Kennedy, the poet, author of the Siege of Athens, and lately editor of the Hull Advertiser, has gone out to Canada, and is appointed by Lord Durban' one of his lordship's se cretaries. The Sirius, steamer, arrived at Plymouth 16th instant, at noon, sailed from New York on the 'lst; having landed the mail she proceeded to London the same day. ZOOLOGICAL GARDENS.—The extraordinary• exhibition of Mount Vesuvius in a state of eruption will be repeated on Monday evening. It will bear seeing many times. P►CTURES IN BOLD-STREET.—These fine pictures have ex cited considerable attention, and have been visited by num bers of persons. As the period is very limited for their stay in this town, we recommend an early inspection. The Great Western steam-ship will sail from Bristol to morrow, Saturday, for New York. Madame Vestris and Mr. Charles Matthews, who are going on a theatrical excursion to the United States, will be amongst the passengers. They were expected to have gone by the Royal William. The Postmaster has given notice, that letters posted before 2h 45 p. m. on Friday, and the postage to Bristol paid, will be in time for the steamer. Marshal Soult, attended by the Marquis' of Dalmatia, Marquis de Mornay, &c., will leave town on Saturday morn ing early, for Liverpool. His excellency will return to town on Monday night. His excellency had made arrangements to embark at the Tower on the following day; but, on ac count of her Majesty's diplomatic banquet on the 25th, it is generally thought the gallant marshal will postpone hit de parture until the 26th instant.— London paper. In another part of our publication will be found an adver tisement for an assistant-surgeon to the Dispensaries. This additional officer has been rendered necessary by the resolu tion of the committee, in compliance with the wishes of the subscribers in Everton and Kirkdale, to extend the limits of the visiting surgeons of the institution. A very important benefit will thus be conferred upon a large and rapidly in creasing population; but as the funds of the charity are at the same time extremely low, we hope it will stimulate the friends of the sick and poor to renewed and more strenuous exertions, and that an early and earnest appeal on behalf of this most valuable institution will be made by the ministers of religion. • EXCITEMENT. —A man drinks three glasses, and he is in a state of excitement. A person receives a box on the ear, and he is excited. You stick your elbow in your neighbour's soup at table, and he is excited, You kick - him with a sharp toed boot, and he is excited. You pull his nose and spit in his face, and he is excited. In fact you can do nothing in the world without creating excitement--save one thing; hire a man by the day, and such an example of coolness and Christian patience he will exhibit, is enough to kill good folks.—American Paper. - IMITATION WINES.—It is not, perhaps, generally known, that very large establishments exist at Cette and Marseilles in the south of France, for the manufacture of every descrip, tion of wines, the natural products not only of France, bu" of all other wine-growing and wine-exporting countries Some of these establishments are on so large a scale as to give employment to an equal, if not greater, number of per sons than our large breweries. It is no uncommon occurrence with' speculators engaged in this sort of illicit traffic, to pur chase and ship imitation wines, fabricated in the places named, to Madeira, where, by collusion with persons in the Custom-house department of the island, the wines are landed in the entrepot, and thence, after being branded with the usual marks of the genuine adeira vintage, reshipped, prin cipally, it is believed, for the United States. The scale of gratuity for this sort of work to the officials interested, may be estimated by the fact, that, on one occasion, 70 pipes were thus surreptitiously passed at a charge of 1,000 dollars. It is a circumstance no less singular, that the same manoeuvre is said to be commonly carried on with counterfeit wine made up in Cette and Marseilles, and thence despatched to Oporto, where the same process of landing, branding, and reship ment as genuine port is gone through, the destination of this spurious article being most generally the United States. Such is the extent of this nefarious commerce, that one in dividual alone has been pointed out in the French ports who has been in the habit of despatching four times in the year 25,000 bottles of Champagne each shipment, of wines not the produce of the Champagne districts, but fabricated in these wine factories. It is known, that the imposition of these counterfeit wines has arrived at such a pitch as to have be come quite notorious, and the subject of loud complaint in the United States, at least. — Times. GREAT WESTERN RAILWAY.—On comparing the traffic upon that portion of the Great Western line, which is yet opened, with the traffic of the Liverpool and Manchester, and the London and Birmingham Railways, the result is most favourable to the former line, and must satisfy the shareholders, that in spite of a temporary depreciation of their property, effected by the most unscrupulous means, the Great Western will shortly prove a superior investment to any other line. It will be recollected that the arrange ments of the company are not yet sufficiently matured to convey . a large proportion of the traffic, of various kinds, which is ready to be transferred to the railway when in full working order. But, notwithstanding this, we are enabled to state, that from the openiffg of the line to Maidenhead (23 miles) on the 4th of June to the 10th instant, the passen gers conveyed on the line were upwards of 55,000, or an average of above 1,500 per diem. The receipts during the same period have exceeded £8,600. During the first six months of the Liverpool and Manchester line's working, the total number of passengers was 135,000, or less than 1,000 per day upon the average ; and after the line had been opened fifteen months, the daily average was little more than 1,200, -- and the receipts from passengers (upon a line of 30 miles) about £8,002 per month, which enabled them, with a comparatively small profit on the merchandise car ried, to declare dividends of 9 per cent. per annum. From the last report of the London and Birmingham - Railway Company, it appears. that from the 20th July, 1837, to the 14th February, 1838, (a period of 30 weeks,) the number of passengers conveyed on their line to Box-moor and Tring (the latter being a distance of 30 miles) was 162,216, or an average of 772 daily. This result the directors considered as fully bearing out their estimates of the traffic, and as most encouraging for their future prospects; but, on comparing it with the traffic of the Great Western line, our readers will be surprised to see that it is only in the proportion of one to two. We have conversed this week with a gentleman well conversant with railway matters, (Mr. Tothill,) who had just returned from a careful examination and trial of the other lines, that in all those portions which have been pro perly packed, the Great Western is superior for ease and motion to either the London and Birmingham or the South ampton line. We have little doubt that in a short time the whole line from London to Maidenhead will be in an equally satisfactory state, and that' public confidence in the under taking will bp stronger thati Journal. 1