The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser. — Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1836-12-02 00:00:00

lIIIITIIS, MARRIAGEq, AND D'EATIIS. NoTTCR FutrOQUEO BY THE REGISTRAR GENERAT., 1 , 740F.11 THE P.L0V1.419N3 OF THE ACT FOR RRGFSTERING BIRTHS I ) RATfIS~ ANI) NI Itl2l 417".‘, iv ENGT,4ND. Arts required to be dme after the Ist day of March, 1837, in a eqxot of BIRTH: The father or mother of any child born after the first day of March, 1537, or th 4 occupier* of an vison se or tenement in which. R'lV such birth shall happen, - may give notice of such birth to the registrar of the district in which the birth happens, within 42 days next art,- tti.- d iy of such birth; and the father or mother, or (in case of their death, illness, absence: or inability) the occupier of the houfie or tenement, must, within the said 42 days; give infiirtnation to the registrar on'being requested so to do, according t the best of his or her knowledge and belief of the fallowing particulars, namely : The day of birth of the child.] The name' (if any is given). The sex. The name anti surname of the father. The name an l maiden surname of the mother. , The rank, profession, trade, or calling of the father. - The person u viii..such information must also state•and.sign in the re tisterlis or her name, description, and residence: and sinless this be done no register can he given in evidence. No foe or pa yinent can be lawfully required of the person so giving information respecting any birth; and the entry in the register, which the registrar will thereupon be obliged to make, being signed as at'. iresairi, will be evidence of bud) birth in any court of law or equity. No birth 111 .1 v be registered after 42 days from the time of such birth, unless the father or guardian of the child, or some person present at the birth, make a solemn declaration of the foregoing p a rticulars, according to the best of hi s or h er k now l e d ge a nd belief, and the registrar shall register the birth accordingly, in the presence of the superintendent registrar; and the person re quiring the birth to be so registered shall pay to the stiperin tendent registrar 2s. 6d , and to the registrar (unless the delay shall have been occasioned by his default) ss. No person shall knowingly cause any birth to be registered otherwise than as hereinbefo:'e.mentioned after 42 days, under a penalty of - 50/.; and no person shall knowingly 'cause - any birth to be registered at all after six calendar months from the day of birth (except in the case of children born at sea) under the like penalty. No register of births made after six Calendar months from the day of birth (except in the case of children born at sea) will be received as legal evidence in aUy court of law or equity. Acts required to be done after the Ist day of March, 1837, in all cases al DEA TH. Some person present at a death, or in attendance during the last illness, or (►n case of the inability of such person) the occu pier,• or (if the occupier be the pprson that has theft) some inmate of the house or tenement in which a death 'Watt have haptiened, may, within five days after the- death; give notice thereof to the registrar of the district, and must within eight days give information to the said registrar, nn being required to do so, according to the best of his or her knowledge or belief, of.the following particulars, namely The day of death. The name and surname of the person %rho has died. The sex. The age. The rank, profession, trade, or calling. "The cause of death. The person giving information must also state and sign in the register his or her name, description, and residence; and unless this be done, no register can he given in evidence. No fee or payment can be lawfully required of the person so giving information respecting any death; and the entry in the regis ter, which the registrar will thereupon be obliged to make, being signed as aforesaid, will be evidence of such death in any court of law or equity. • Evert; person who shall bury or perform any funeral or any religious service for the burial of any dead body, for which no certificate shall have been made and delivered either by the re gistrar or (in case of inquest) by the coroner, and who shall not within seven days give notice thereof to the registrar, will forfeit £lO. And no certificate can be given (except by the coroner when an inquest has been4d) unless the death has been registered by the registrar of istrict. It is, therefore, of the greatest importance that persons directed as above shall Without delay give information respecting a death to the regis trar of the district within which the death has taken place, that lie may register the same, and thereupon deliver a certificate to the undertaker, or other person having charge of the funeral. Ca unox.—Every person wilfully making or causing to be made any false statement touching any of the particulars re quired to be known and registered for the purpose of such state ment being inserted in any register of birth, death, or marriage, Will be subject to the same pains and penalties as if guilty of per ury. N.B. Persons failing to do that which is by an act of parlia ment enjoined are indictable for a misdemeanour, although no Specific penalty is imposed by the act which they have so diso beyed. Als required to he done by persons who may be desirous of so lemnizing All-4R111.4GE after the Ist day of March, 1837. I. Persons desirous of solemnizing marriage according to the rites and ceremonies of the Church of England may be so mar ried after publication of banns, or by licence, or by special licence as heretofore; or they may be milled, (without pub lication or banns, or by licence, or by special license,) accord ing to the rites and ceremonies of the Church of England. on production, of a certificate f•oin the superintendent registrar of the district, to be obtained in the following manner, namely:— One of the parties intending marriage must give notice under his or her hand to the superintendent registrar of the district, within which the.parties shall have dwelt for not less than seven days then next preceding; or, if they dwell in different districts, they must give the like notice to the superintendent registrar of each district. The notice must be in the form of a schedule, which the superintendent registrar wilt furnish on .being ap plied to, and must be filled up with the followiug particulars:— The name and, surname of each of the parties. Whether bachelor or widower, spinster or widow. Their respective rank. profession, or calling. Whether minors or of full age. Their respective dwelling-places. Wuether they have resided within the district more than one calendar month, or if not, hoW long. In what church or building the marriage is to be solemnized. notice emit ue entered by the -superintendent registrar- in a book called "the marriage notice-bunk," which will be open at ail:reasonable times, without fee, to all persons desirous ofinspectiug the saute. The notice must be read by the superintendent registrar, or by the clerk to the guardians, at three weekly meetings of the guardians, or. if such meetings are not held weekly, at any meeting of the guardians within twenty-one days from the day of the notice being entered in. the marriage notice-book. And after the expiration of twenty-one days after the entry of the notice, if no impeeiment has been shown, the superintendent registrar may be required to issue a certificate. 2. Persons (except Quakers and Jews) desirous of solemniz ing marriage not according to the rights and ceremonies of the Church of England, may be married according to other rites and cerrinonies, on production of a certificate obtained as above-mentioned, in a registered place of worship, provided that every such marriage shall be solemnized with open doors, be tween the hours of eight and twelve o'clock iu the forenoon, in the presence of some registrar of the district in which such re gistered building is situate, and of two or more credible wit nesses; provided also that in some part of the ceremony, and iii the presence of suck registrar and witnesses, each of the par ties shall declare as follows: " I do solemnly declare that I know not of any lawful impe ..slinaent-why 1, A. 8., may not be. joined in inatannonv to C.D." • And each of the parties shall say to the other, " I call upon these persons here present to witness that A. 8., do take thee, C. 0., to be my lawful wedded [wife or husband 1.".. Provided also that there be no lawful impediment to the mar riage of such parties. .. . . . Persons tn,.y be married after seven days from the entry of the notice, if by licence, and after twenty-one days without licence. A licence may be granted by the superintendent registrar;` but only for twirl-m.4e in a regiStered building within his district, or iu his office; but before any licence can be granted by hini,Ame "of the parties intending marriage iirust appear personally before .him, and in case hashall not be the superintendent registrar to .whom notice of such intended marriage was given, shall deliver to hint the certificate of the superintendent registrar, or super intendent registrars, to whoa such notice shall have. been given ; and such. part st shall make oath, or shall make his or her solemn affirmation or - declarat ion. instead of taking an oath, that he or she believelh that there is not any impediment of kindred or alliance, or other lawful hindrance, .to the said marriage, and that one of the said parties bath for the space of n. days imme diately before the day .of the grant of such licence, had his or her usual place of abode within the district within which such marriage is to be solemnised, and, where either of the parties (not being a widower or widow,) shall be under the age of '2l years, that the consent of the person or persons whose consent to such marriage is- required by law, has beta obtained hither _to. or that there is no person having authority to give such con sent, as the case IllaV be. 3. Pers.ins objecting to be married either according to the rites an d ceremo n i es or the Church of England, nr in any such regist e red building may, after notice and certificate as afore , said, solemnise marriage at the office of the superintendent re gistrar, with open doors, between the hours of eight and twelve in the fOrenoon, in the presence of the superintendent registrar and some registrar of the district, and m the presence of - two witnesses, making the decluration, an d us i ng t h e f orm o f words i required n the case of marriage in a registered building. Quakers miry c.mtriwt and solemnise marriage according to the usage of their society, provided both parties are of that so ciety, add that notice shall have been given to the superinten dent registrar, and a certificate shall have been issued as before mentioned. Jews may likowiSe contract and solemnise marriage accord ing to the usages of the Jewish religion under similar provi sions. Every niarriage of which notice has been entered us afore said, must he solemnised within three calendar mouths lifter such entry, or Ilia notice must he removed. Every inarriaze solemnised after - the Ist of March, 1837, lin . der the provisions of this act for marriages in England, in any other manner than as heretofore directed, will be null and void. Be it also particularly observed, that if any valid marriage shall be hail under the provisions of till act fur marriages in England, by means of any wilfully false notice, certificate, or declaration made by either party to such marriage, as to any matter to which a notice, certificate, or declaration is therein required, Ins Nlajesty's Attorney General or Solicitor General may sue fur the forfeiture of all estate and interest in any pro ,perty accruing to the offending party by such marriage ; and the proceedings and the consequence s will be the same us are provided in the like case with regard to marriages by licence before the passing of these acts. • For the purposes of .this act the master or keeper of every gaol. .prison, or hoOse of correction. or vrorklionie, hospital, or lumaie esvlam, nr*lllic or charitable institution, shall beileenied the uecii. pier thereof. • DRRADFIJI. FM!: AND LOS OF LIFE,—On Tuesday morn i.ig :shout half-pat three &dock, a destructive fire broke out in Ito. house of Mr. Martin Bergani, tinman and brazier, Shoe loaker-row, Blackfri.irs, London, in which, we regret to state, ?qrs. Bergani perished. The fire was first perceived by the vatchnien, tt ho instantly sprung their rattles. and knocked and 'mg at the door to arouse the inmates, who appear to hit VII l,e:tt buri e d i n s l eep M r. B ergan i h a d gone t o b e d . i ll t h e i , tit. attic with hi s two children, at About ten o'clock on the 1" . v !""' %tight. l eav i ng hi s w if e i n t h e b ac k par l our cur li ng h er :lair. sh e w,, s never seen afterwards anti it is conjectured she 1,- . -7 44 1' 1 „1; i 7 4 - P, ,,, , ,, h 7d 1) .__Ly ,Rn ii m rn e t accident ca;,eti 'the fire by' nl . ii , ch . she ). 7.4,4!f t1 e ki r. Rii. 7,) ,,,k1 . o death. 'the first . floor 1.4 a .( I t li l t I - ~ , yrnwr i ui) ~,,,L.‘,Z,,,it 4,,,,,,vder, who had with him a wife and a ..: ~./tearts is rapidly that i. ter. .Ihe flames hail mounted up -e *IA Mr. Bergani with,,hiva.' ise_th,,,escare h.'y 'w - Toßmible to eseape by the door, ..", . iy ; t,,, „I! ~,,,,,,,, pers ,, n 3 s. , ..w. children and Mi. Kl'llq and N- W ' infter Tra.4cipo. 40, er t h e ,', R , d , tto , traii-ili;or. *IA: paling Mr. • 'SrAlinv. „ ilina ' °I N " s. 27 'till 28 ' succeeded letr4ted his trap.it - inr," alid re,•4;il-:: e `' t t .lc4 ,4 6 :- .. t 2WiCea r t heni -who ' IA clothitig bey'otrcrwhlt thov had ris °,-7 r6 .1 : 4‘ , • ' 1 '1 1"‘"C a're P 1 v tonne 4utl rrotierty of Mr. Ber2sni ;;;",, n ,. r ,,:' i ''e't with. ' The Alr• King. besides flit destruction or Ili,. rtir i4'ell de"r`,'_!'"ll - ha l i st great quantity ei new 11111111416 awl, other ex • ' * st a expensive wurk s .l.ofindw4 papir. ANNIVERSARY OF THE WARRINGTON OPERA TIVE CONSERVATIVE ASSOCIATION. The operative conservatives of tne good loyal town of War ringtdn • asseMbled at the Market house, on Tuesday last, to celebrate the first anniversary of their association. The mem bers, amotinthig to - about tour hundred, sat down to a substan tial dinner, provided for the occasion by Mr. Kay, of the Nag's Head. The room was tastefully decorated with appro priate banners, and a temporary gallery was up for the re ception of the ladies, many of whom, the wives and daughters of the operatives, were present during the greater part of the evening. This association has been on foot only about twelve Months, and was called into existence solely by the exertions of a few noble-minded operatives, in order to counteract the evil effects of radicalism, which was at that time beginning to rear its head in the town of Warrington. The society now numbers upwards of five hundred members The consternation in the radical camp, caused by this great acces:ion of the opera tives to conservatism, showed itself in scandalous placards which were plentifully distributed. throughout the public•houses, and posted on the walls of the town, previous to the meeting, charac terising the dinner then about to take place as a " tory feed," and other equally stale assertions, always in requisition by the radical faction throughout the country. Mr. 'flimflam Wilson, an operative, occupied the chair, and Mr. Henry Ibbotson, also an operative, was the vice-chair man. Among the gentry present of Warrington. and the surround ing neighbourhood, were J. I. Blackburne, Esq., M.P. for the borough, Mr. Parr, banker, Mr. Fitchett, Mr. Nicholson, C. Wilkins, Esq., barrister at law, Mr. Wagstaff, Mr. Garnett, Captain Clare, and the Rev. Mr. Baines, Mr. Todd, and Mr. Jackson. After the cloth was removed, the Chairman gave " His Ma jesty, the Duke of Lancaster," which was received with immense applause, and drank with three times three. The national anthem was then sung by the professional gen tlemen present. "The Queen, the ornament of the throne." Three times three. Gl ee — Hail smiling morn." • "The Princess Victoria, on the other branches of the royal family, and , may they never forget the principles which seated the House of Brunswick on the throne of these realms." tilee—" Hail, star of Brunswick." " Our glorious constitution in church and state." Three times three. _ " The House of Peers as an independent branch of the legis lature, and may they ever prove themselves the friends of the people, by maintaining our glorious constitution." Four times four. Mr. MALLEY, an operative, rose to respond to the toast. He begged to assure them that it was with feelings of considerable embarrassment that he rose to address them, and more particu larly so when be saw around him so many individnals whose rank in statinn and in life were so much superior to that of the humble individual who then stood before them. He would claim their attention for a few moments only, as the present state of his physical powers prevented any great exertion on his part. Yet, weak as he was, he was willing to spend and be spout in the glorious cause they were that day met to celebrate —the cause of conservatism. However, he said, they might re gret the necessity for the formation of associations like the pre sent, there would be a still greater reason for regret if the evils which then threatened, and would certainly soon come upon the land, were not averted by the powerful and organised means of defence with which such societies surrounded its threatened institutions.- He contended that it was the duty of every man, who professed to have any respect for the glorious constitution under which he lived, to come forward in support of that consti tution, now that it was assailed by the united forces of popery and infidelity, hut which, notwithstanding, had stood for ages past, and would, under the blessing of God, yet stand—the ad miration of the world. The speaker sat down amid loud cheers. "The honourable and' highly esteemed representative of the borough, John Ireland Blackburn, Esq." The announcement of the toast was received with loud cheers, which continued for.several minutes. When the enthusiasm of the meeting had soinewhat subsided, Mr. Bt. AC K licnN rose to respond to the toast. He said it was the first time he had had au opportunity of meeting so large a body of his constituents since the last session of parliament. The flattering manner in which his health was proposed and received, gave him a confident hope that his conduct in parlia ment hail met with their approbation. Song by Mr. Ibbotson,--" The fine old English gentleman." The CHAIRMAN next gave in a neat speech the bishop and clergy of the diocese. The Rev. Mr. BallaEs, curate of the parish church, rose to 'return thanks. He said he felt considerable diffidence in re sponding to the toast which had just been drank in so enthu siastic a manner. He was convinced that the enthusiasm with which they had hailed the announcement of the toast was not a mere ordinary compliment to the bishop and clergy in general, or to himself and brother-clergymen in particular. He felt convinced that the thoughts of those before him had at that time reverted in affection to that church of which they were the humble ministers, and which church had hitherto formed part and parcel of that glorious constitution under which they lived. ( Hear, hear.) The CHAIRMAN then in a brief speech introduced the health of their respected guest, Charles Wilkins, Esq., and the con servative bar. This toast was responded to with great enthusiasm. Mr. WILKINS rose amid deafening cheers. He began by stating that conflicting feelings in overwhelming torrents poured in upon his mind, and he feared that his self-control could not restrain them within those limits that rhetoricians had prescribed to the speaker. He felt that he durst not invite the scrutiny of criticism, and if he occupied much of their time it would be rather in compliance with their kind invitation than in obedience to his own judgment. The circumstances attending their invi tation, whilst they flattered his vantiy, afforded proud proof that ,in these troublesome and dangerous times his efforts for the pre servation of all that Englishmen should hold dear had not been in vain, The compliment thatthey had paid to his judgment should teach him humility from a consciousness of the responsibility which heaven had' imposed upon hint, and beget renewed exer tions to the cause of good order and citizenship. There was another, to him, rich source of gratulation, that of being placed in juxtaposition with a body of men pre-einittent for their pro found learning awl high sauce of honour. He would assert, with the pages-of history lying before bias,. in the presence of titters, purer philauthropi s ts, and more exiftettVat i ribts any other institution in the world. Of course he confined not ,his attention to the, bar of the present day. He had in his mind's eye the sages of bygone days,lhe light of whose minds still shone on our statute books and volumes of records. (Hear.) When he spoke of lawyers he meant not men merely conveisant with the rules of process and the technicalities of detail. He re ferred to men who by deep study, never-ceasing inquiry, and the closest application, bad made themselves acquainted with the requirements of society, and had framed laws to meet those re quirements —men who understood the philosophy of the law, whose minds were caskets of imperishable principles. This was the man who in the largest sense of the word was the lawyer. Such men had always been in the true sense of the word Con servatives.---(Loud cheers.) At one time braving the threats and temptations of royalty when exercising its prerogative for the oppression of the subject, at another loyally and strenuously enforcing the powers of the law in defence of the throne against the lawless attacks and unreasonable demands of the traitor.— ( Hear.) Ile was not ashamed to acknowledge that an acquaint ance with such minds had wrought in him a total change of po litical sentiments, and with truth he could declare that he never retired to the quietude of his chamber without lifting up his heart in gratitude to that Being who had spared his life to be convinced of error, and hail given him opportunity to atone for it.—(Loud cheers.) He saw before hint a motto of "king lords, and commons, and no invasion."—(Loud cheats.) That motto was entwined . around his heart, and he would say, as a lawyer, though a young one, with all the confidence that cer tainty could give hun, that he who should dare to infringe upon the integrity of :he constitution described by that motto, nay, even to remov e one stone or oriniment, violated the implied compact ent ere d i nto w i th his constituents, broke the solemn oath taken On eutering the seuate, and was a traitor to his king. And, should he at any time obtain a seat mu St. Stephen's, (and arty the thin g was not improbablit,) if any m a n s h o uld presume t o attack a braneh of th e constitution, if he stood alone he would impeach him in the presence of his country.—(Loud cheers, durin g whiyn the coutinencentetit of the next sentence was lust.) When silence was restored, Mr. Wilkins was heard to that the Pnvihie.cs of the peers were as intangible, inviolable, and sacred as th e crown. The lights of the three estates of the empire wale co-equal, and to be effective must be co-existent.— The learnedeoguettilltilueeindit;(l) (Hear, hear.) siwr r t s t e i, veral minutes.. sot down amid the most enthusiastic cheers, which . After the lap.e of a tie, Mr. Wilkins again rose, and in a very brief though highly c( ' coin speech, proposed time health of their worthy cd • ' • • tatrinun, which was received with loud plaudits. Mr. WILSI,N rose to return thank s fur the honour conferred upon hint. He took .occasion to give a concise f history o • the rise and progress of the society up to time present hour • from which it appeared that he (the chairman,) act uate d by true con servative principles, had, on the 11/th Nov., 1835, a fter much labour and assiduity. which had been rendered weak from the apathy or unwillingness of indivtduals to come forward, sue dad in-nine members, an d e 11. them as tiro mg as the Warrington Operative Conservative Association. Since that time they had gradually increased, and now numbered about five hundred members. He concluded by piopo s i ng a toast, "The Lancashire witches." Glee—" Here's a health to all good lasses." " The army and navy" was next given, after which the CHAIRMAN gave the health of John Wilson Patten, Esq., an d the Conservative members of the House of COMIIIOIIII. Mr. - BcacKeHUN e, M.P., iu an 'eloquent speech returned thanks fur the honour conferred upon himsylf and colleagues, and apoiogized for the absence of Mr. Patel', who had unavoid ably been, prevented from attending at the celebration of their first anniversary by ribaudden call to town. He beg-'ed to assure them, that, although absent, the heart of Mr, Patten was with the society. He concluded by proposing. as a toast, " Pros perity to the Warrington Operative Conservative Association," which was received with three times three. Mr, luthrrsoat, an operative, theu rose and addressed the meeting, The CHAIRMAN then gave, "Success to the Operative Con servative Associations throughout the Kingdom. Mr. li. S. So wiate, of Manchester, responded to the toast. Mr. WILKINS here rose, and after observing that he was al ready a member of every conservative association throughout the county except two, presented the treasurer with his annual siibscription, and was forthwith elected a member of tile War rington Operative Conservative Association. "The illustrious Duke of Wellington" was then given from the chair, and received with nine distinct rounds of the Kentish tire." Song—" We .h.lll never see the like again." The litcy-PitystoENT then gave "The Donors and Sub scribers of the Warrington Operative Conservative Associa .:... Air. WILKINS, as one of the subscribers, rose to return thanks. " The nod reformer of the age, Sir Robert Peel." Received with great applau6e, Mr. SilWLEit. in a complimentary speech. proposed the health of Mrs Blackbarne and family. Mr. Bt. '(;'K Bl' It N I?, returned thanks, and regretted th e a b sence or Mrs. Blarkintrtie and her daughter, wh o had purpos e d t o have been present, but were prevented by the inclemency of the weather. The eII:IRMAN next gave " The Parent Conservative As_ sneiation of South Lancashire." . , piej C j, K . it] ver y e n e rizetic and able speech. returned thanks. Ile cuuclud-d iiy privising the health ut the Couaer vdtive members t)I the ununty. _ _ _ 11 r. PA It a. as a magistrate, returned thanks. He took a cur sory review id the devices and stiata goems used by their oppon ents to undertnine the constitution. In Liverpool the Scriptures Were expounded by a socinianized quaker. and the light of rea son was about to he imparted to the universities of Oxford and Cumbridue by the Alavor of Liverpool. The Conservative members of the county were then proposed. The Cti A IRMA N next proposed the.he.alth of the Ea ri uf Eldon. (flee--" For he's a hearty good fellow , " Several other toasts fulloN...vl, .ajtj The meeting serarated, they hart conducted themselves, it; a .vei y utdurly and satisfactUi manner. THE LIVERPOOL "r'rANDARD. TO THE MEMBERS OF THE LIVERPOOL 'TOWN COUNCIL GIiNTLEMEN,—In the letter which I had the honour to ad dress to von on the 18th instant, I said, "The Irish extracts are unfairly made," and I promised to address another letter to yon, in proof of, this assertion. .I .proceed now to redeem the pledge thus given ;—premising only, that a volume, rather than a letter, would be required, to exhibit anything approaching to an adequate exposure of those books. A characteristic speci men of their unfairness may, hOwever. be compressed within moderate limits. I shall endeavour to do this. „. The subject is of the highest importance • beCause all the' children who attend your schools, who cansead at all, are Com pelled to use the books in question ; and it is a fact of which the Protestant community are not sufficiently aware, but of which they must be plainly informed, that the religious instruction given in those schools cannot be impartial, because it is con veved through the medium of books which are unfairly com piled. I observe, that in your debate of last Wednesday, the charge of unfairness advanced against the Irish lesson-hooks is not adverted to. It is, indeed, a serious charge, and demands explicit proofs I now present you with some of them. We protest against the lesson-books printed by the Irish Board, and used in your schools: Ist, Because of the new translation of Scripture which they contain. _ _ 2 , 1, Because of the notes which they contain. 3d, Because they elevate the Dnuav and Rhemish versions into a position of parallel authority with our authorised version. 4th, Because they inculcate Roman Catholic doctrines. First, we object to a new translation of Scripture by the Irish Board. • The Commislioners of Education Inquiry, in 1821. recom mended the experiment of a lesson-book for national schools. A volume was accordingly prepared, which is to be found in the Appendix to the ninth report of the commissioners. The Roman Catholic prelates, however, objected to this volume, oil the ground that it was taken verbatim from the Protestant ver sion of the New Testament. In Archbishop . Murray's letter e o u b p j o e n et t ,4 l 7 , s , n i t t , j p e u c t r ,(De c ports t ~ ) 2 p o r , e sleBn2Gt to children report, the inspired2o .)h thuse wo (i " of God, and vet it differs from the translation which those " children are lank to consider authentic." This was consi dered a sufficient objection. 'The question was nut as to the re; spective merits of the translations as such. It was deemed un fair to unsettle the minds of children by • present them with a new translation. in With this fact before us, we turn to the lessons now use in your schools. No. lis a new translation of portions of Genesis, interspersed with portions of the Psalms, and of the New Tes tament. The preface opens with these words :—" These les sons, as the name imports, are drawn from the sacred volume. and are almost entirely in the language of S'eripture,,traeslated literally trom the original:" The extentair 'the novelty of this translation will appear froav the fact. tharn the first lesson, consisting of two pages and a half of alSmall book, there are ninety and nine varnitions'from the authdrised version. I have traced and reckoned the variations in those portions of ,Genesis down to chap. xxvi., which are introduced into the lessons, (just one half of the Lesson-book No. 1,) and find them amount to one thousand one hundred - 41nd two! lam not now speaking of differences which involve doctrines, but merely of differences which stamp novelty upon the book, thereby unsettling the mind from all associations of reverence for theauthorised version, and therefore unfit, most unfit' and unfair, to be forced into the hands of Protestant children. -We adopt against this book the prime& facie objection which D r . Murray urged against its pre decessor of 1824-5. It purports to present to children the inspired Word of God, and yet it di fifers from the translation, which those children are taught to consider authentic. Let it be known, then, to the Protestants of this town, that in sending their children to your schools, they are, sending them where they will he com pelled to lead, as Scripture, a new translation. Are Protestants prepared to alloti the authorised version of the Bible to be so tampered e ith ? The fact of a new translation being prepared, and put into the hands of Protestant children, is of itself an im putation against the old one. And the effect of references to varying manuscripts, readings, points, &c., can only be to create an impression that no certainty can be found in the Scriptures. This is precisely the consummation at which the Roman Catho lic church bad always aimed, in her elevation of unwritten tra ditions into equal authority and reverence with written revela tion. That church assumes the existence upon earth of a living infallible tribunal. Protestants deny this, and allege that there is nothing infallible upon earth but the written Word of God. It, therefore, the minds of Men can be hrotlght to make the in quiry with uncertainty, which Mr. Thos. Button is reported to have made its your Council-chamber,—" What is the pare and unadulterated Word of God? That is the que s ti o n.' What are the Scriptures?"—if this state of mind, I repeat, can be pro duced in the rising generation, the whole affair is settled the foundation of truth is undermined; and the result mpst be either utter scepticism as to revelation altogether, or unexamining prostration under the arrogant claims of . 11omisii It is, therefore, the most natural thing imaginable that the Church of Rome should rejoice over a new translation put into the bands of Protestant children. 'Those Children are compel led in your schools to read the new translation as the Word of God. They go home and find the authorised translation as the word of God. These two differ in hundreds and thousands of places, the one from the other. What is, what mus t be, th e re sult ? Is not Mr. Bolton's question actually"ferced upon the children. " What is the pure Word of God, what are the Scrip tures?" Thus confidence in all versions of the Bible is shaken ; no standard of certainty is left; we are bereaved of the testimo nies and commandments of God; and thrown upon the doubt ful reasonings and corrupt traditions of men. If, in answer to this, it be argued that the Irish lessons are not intended to sersede the authorised version, and that it is so distinctly state. in the preface; we reply, either this new translation of Genesis is an improrement upon the authorised version or it is not. If it be an improvement, why should it not supersede the other? Why should we sanction such a super stitious reverence for antiquity as to retain an old inferior version when we may adopt a new superior one? If the new one be indeed an improvement, let us have it by all means, and discard the old one. But if not, if iruprovernent•be not even aimed at, if it he not designed to supersede the old one, why make it at all? Is it made out of pure love of translating for translating sake, without improvement? Mr. Carlile says that " he was couipeiten by the exigency of the case to undertake the task."—Preface. In what t6—* nxigencv net informed; that Mr. Carlile sincerei t7 r -t en that account, pot we do not doubt; but - the effect is . u t$ s n a L theta have r ; ; been forced ll 't e u tv p 4 o r n ; th if e all p g u n L isn l public by v' b i.a y drui a ao n ius y : public body. They remain, and are useful, in the libraries of the learned. But a new translation, forced by authority into the hands of the rising generation, cannot fait to contribute to the grand design of the Romish Church to throw uncertainty over what is the Word of Gcd ! It would have been a inure impartial course in itself, and a thousand times less pernicious in its consequences, to have taken the lessons verbatim from the Douay version and the authorised version, alternately, than thus to have introduced a new version, fraught with fresh ele ments of uncertainty. Thus, on the simple ground of novelty in the translation, we utterly reject the lessons as unfair. If it be said they are equally unfair to tl Roinish and reformed churches, we answer no; because, a leading object of the Romish church i s , an d ever h as b een, to prod - ace 'uncertainty as to the written Word of God, while it has been equally a leading object of the reformed churches to dissipate all such uncertainty. Why, let me ask, does not Dr. Murray object to this lesson book, as he did to the book prepared iii 182-1-5? The objection he urged against that, applies, in the letter of it, to this. "It purports to present.to the children the inspired Word of God, and vet it differs from the translation, which those children are taught to consider authentic." Why, then, does he not object to this, as he did to the former? The answer is, the former had no tendency to create or increase uncertainty, being iu the words of the authorised version; but this has an obvious tendency to create and increase uncertainty, and therefore, although it differs from the translation which Roman Catholics are taught to consider authentic, it is not objected to; but, on the contrary, its circulati o n is zealou s ly p romo t e d by Dr. Murray. As to the comparative merits of the translations it is very moderate Praise indeed of the forty-seven translators appointed by King James I to say that they were more competent 'than the members of the Irish Board. Those distinguished scholars were divided into six companies. Ten were to meet at West minster, to translate from the Pentateuch to the end of the Sec ond Book of Kings. Eight, assembled at Cainbriulge, were to finish the rest of the historical books, and the Hagiographa. At Oxford seven were to undertake the four greater Prophets, with the Latnentations of Jeremiah, and the twelve minor Prophets. The four Gospels, Acts of the Apostles, and Apocalypse, were assigned to another company of , eight, also at Oxford. The Epistles were allotted to another company of sevei.4 at West minster. Lastly, another company at Cambridge were to trans late the A pochryphal books. According to-the regulations under which the work bras - conducted, AO. each intlieirimai translated ir•vstYb ootoklie which ap ‘i te e d s,.. in allotted Johis company; secondly, the readings tech 4totik were agreed upon by the whole of that company aisemlirect together"; and thirdly, the book, thus prepared,, was sent to each of.tha other companies to be again examined. At theeemeetings oncread the translation, the rest holding Mitheir hands solue,hibleivither in the learned tongues, , orin sotneinodern languegeu Al'lthey found fault, they spoke; if not, he read on. The translation commenced in the spring of 1607, and the completionuf its)ccupietl; nearly three years. It was first publi s h e d ; iiiirolkeigklal,A r f u t i ite, 1, Lion, .vol. With this history before us, we snooty wonder at the eulo ' giutns which have beet) written iii commendation of our author ized version by scholars, of all parties.- In Mr. Hot ne's truly v A a n l i u e a r b k l . e a. w a o l r i k, just referred to, you will find the testimonies of Seblen, Walton, Lowth; -Horsley, Middleton, Dr. Geddes, elegance,Wltittake r s . tr D et o lg d t d h r . idge, -Dr. John Taylor of Norwich, Dr. Jas. it .r e .l a t. ttie, Dr. Adam Clarke, and Professor Stuatt, of North uniting- in eloquent,admiratiaeof theseccutarv, learning;, pat hos,i aud sublimity ()lour un rivalled is ao t to Mr. ( , erble, or any ineMber of the secondtl bß T : t a te rd , to nd s t :y re t e h e a i t ve we a it:l:s:4):(e.i),art.i(t)euitit.tht,thuisdstraasitaslial ?Lin_ provement. Seeing, then; that IN t he improvement is not any intended, fur ): confession of the . bond themselves, superseding in that novelty, without d e g ree the authorised version ; and, seeing we t t , t e iroveittent. can only he productive of they disclaim all intention of jection to the lesson-hooks unmixed mischief. Py thia our first, firm ground of oh -in your schools. We know. by evidence not t, ' h e t" • used whomso ever p i re d Scripture is, a n d w 0 ~,:t s tr , :i . i tai k l i ul h ' u l d i :: :: i ' u l ,y ' it a :l t .,:).l,ol,i 'llt Aa4.lll P .i . i t. : • ,, a ,: t 1 ., e ii o n a. bu o u9 f : i oinef atteinpt to throw discredit or utteert"..dYy,tv)rei.t:t:tagt4ahinesst,:iiliiii,y. ever such attempt may be made, wit,uettl'rYnAt, by deceived or by men who are deceivvrc - nt 2. We object to these books, the NOTES which they contain, ~. the'nYirit which .. t*Pif.o.o ,Church has never sanctioned the circulation of an tures in the uative.language - of the, peopl e , Le • itaott note* ch', is notnrious. Ou the contrary, tließible abuts, 9outitAsi i ' s the eels_ Zinn o f p r otestant,. . We have not for , ,vitteir animated Protestant 13ritain, when churchnieti ai ii i ) l' i of all denominations proclaimed from the thousand bible societies. with the authOrised version iu their hand,, of " The BA/6, the uth Lae Bible, anti.NoTHiNG nice the Bible,'" : j' --- . The distinguishing characteristic of genuine C.hristianity.,is, that ' rests e xclusively on the Word of. Qod, i I,: t' w , t-T..kinte or C - oti l i t mew , The distinguishing characteristic or Runianisw is, that it holds notes a ntl_cominents tube indispensable. Here, a..ga i o the Irish lessons are unfair, because they !eject the Protestant principle, and adopt,the ltomish. practice. 'lhey contain inul titioles o f notes and c•omments. Some 'of these notes are ver. 'intim from the Romish Bible, and inculcate must obnoxious Runtish doctrine; and yet in vonr sehoolS the books containing siieb notes are rot ced into the hands of Protestant children and they are compelled to read them, and tube examined in them. Let the Protestants of Liverpool hear and know thi s , One of the:notes in question is this, on the celebrated pro phecy in the third chapter of Genesis : " It shall crush, ,§i rc , ipsa, she, the woman ; so divers of the' fathers read this . place conformably to the Latin; others read it ipsont, viz. the seed. . The sense is the same ; for it is by her seed Jesus Christ, that the woman crushes the serpent's head. "—Note to the Douay version on Genesis iii. 15. This note states what is not the fact. Of the two readings, it save, the sense is the same. The fact is, the sense is not the same. The one statement is, ipso, the woman, crushes the serpent's head by her seed :' the other is, ;dstif'osenler, imam the seed, c rushes the serpent's Bead. - In the on e case the w om an i s .th e agen t, and her seed an instrument ; in the ' other, the seed of the woman is the agent. Now, ,as the woman , and the,seed o f the woman, are not the same person, the sense of the two statements' is not, end cannot be, the same sense. On the conti-arr, the one is Protestant, that is Scriptural, doc trine, and the other is Roman Catholic, that is unscriptural, doctrine. Commenting in defence of this note, Mr. Blackburn says, "That the woman bruised the serpent's head by her own power or agency, is not the doctrine of the Roman Catholic Church. That glorious work, they, in common with Protestants, ascribe to the Lord Jesus Christ." Flow far Mr. Blackburn is, in this instance, acquainted with the doctrine of the Roman Catholic Church, will appear from the following facts First, in the return made to the House of Commons, August 17, 1833,.0f the hooks to be used by Roman Catholics, in the hours of separate religious instruction, with the sanction and approbation of the board, we find " Reeves's history of the Old and New Testaments." Secondly, in this book, so sanctioned and used at one period of the day, by children, who at another period of the day, read the lessons, this pas sage occurs, " Mary was the woman destined by Almighty " God to crush the serpent's 'head, as it is written in the " book of Genesis, (chap. iii,) and it was to obtain her consent " that God then sent his angel to Na►zareth." Here, the crush ing of the serpent's head is ascribed to t3►e woman, without any mention of her seed. This passage in Reeves's hook, gave Krise to a curious examination of Dr. Murray, by the commis sioners. Reeves is a Roman Catholic expositor. His book is adopted for instruction in Roman Catholic doctrine. His state ments of doctrine are sanctioned by the Roman Catholic mem bers of the national board, .1,-..lltiling Archbishop Murray. But Mr. Blackburn assures gas, that what Reeves states to he the doctrine of the Roman Catholic church, is not the doctrine of the Roma❑ Catholic Church. Is not this in effect, however undesiioed, to misiepre:,ent the Roman Catholic Church? Gentlemen, I have been accused of Misrepresenting that church - . I have already asked when and where? And now 1 will say, that if any person will have the kindness to point out to ►ne, in any of my writings, such a palpable misrepresentation of Roman Catholic doctrine as the above, I will publicly retract it, and expess my ►incere thanks to the friend who shall have pointed it Out. _ . _ Lithe - lesson-book professing to contain St. Luke , the follew nig note occurs at page-3: "Because - thou has not believed, .4-e. Zacharias might no: be blameable in doubting, /or what he saw might ha te been an illusion ; but he sholld have waited the event, which would hare decided. Craving, however, an immediate sign; lie received one, whiCh was also a rebuke:" The Scripture says that Zacharias received his rebuke, not because he did not suspend his belief and remain in doubt until the prediction was verified by the'event, but because he did not steadfastly believe it as soon as it was foretold. The angel does not say, Because thou wilt not wait the event:" but, " because thou hrixt not believed." Yet the commissioners pronounce that "Zacharias might not be blameable in doubting !'fhis note, then, contradicts the Bible, and teaches the harmless ness Of scepteisra 'respecting a divine revelation.—Christian Examiner. In lesson xxiii , seven notes are given respecting the fall of Peter. The last of them is in these words :—" Peter's ?client awe was immediate, sincere, and lasting, and he was in conse quence received into favour again, and continued, till his death, a faithful and undaunted champion in his blessed Master's cause." Here the commissioners, in their anxiety to exalt St. Peter in the minds of the children, and to wipe away the slain from his character, appear to have forgotten that on a subsequent occasion he again showed that he was not undaunted, but, "fear ing them of the circumcision," was guilty of " dissimulation ;" for which St. Paul domed it necessary not only to censure him. severely and openly, before all who were then present at Antioch, but subsequently to record this censure in his Epistle to the Ga. latians. On Acts xv, 7, this note occurs : " Peter here states the origin of the whole dispute and discussion !" The commissjoners say not a word to call attention to the marked tone of authority in which St. James, the bishop of the infant church, and the presi dent of the assembly, gave his decision. But endeavour rather to fix observation on the part which Peter took in the debate, as if he were the principal person in the council, and opened the business, although, in fact, he did not speak until tiller " there had been much discussion." The argument for the supremacy of Peter, which is deduced .n the note on this passage in the Rheims Testament was too glaring a falsification of the history to he transplanted in full blossom into the pages of the Scripture lessons. The seed of it, however, is sown ; and lest it should fail to produce the expected fruit, it is watered by means of a question at the end of the les son, in these words: "Who first addressed the assembly ?" It would be difficult for the children to answer this correctly, as the inspired writer has not informed us who they were that took part in the discussion beim e Peter spoke ; hut it is evident that the commissioners had the old Rhemish note its their eye when they constructed the answer to this question. It is as follows: "St. Peter, as the head of the church, speaketh * first, as his suc cessors have ever had, not only in their personal presence, but in their absence, by their legates and substitutes the chief voice in all councils general, none ever being received into authority and credit in the church without their confirmation." And in lteeves's History, and Gahan's abridgment of it, both which works are sanctioned for the use of the Roman Ca tholics in the National Schools, it is directly asserted, that " St. Peter, as president over all the rest, opened the subjects of de bate."—Vltristion Examiner. Such instances might be multiplied, as you may see by re ference to two valuable treatises, the perusal of which I would strongly recommend. One is entitled Au EXAMINATION OF THE SCRIPTURE LESSONS, &c., by Henry Newland, D.D., Vicar of Ferns. The other is a reprint from the Christian Ex aminer, entitled A REVIEW OF THE SCRIPTUAE LESSONS, &c., with rin Appendix. Again, then, I would ask, are books, containing such notes, to be forced into the hands of Protestant children ? This is a question loudly claiming the attention of the Protestants of Li verpool. Will they sanction schools during whose authoritative hours of instruction, these books must be read, and the authoris ed version of the Bible must not be read? Will they be satisfied, in the face of all this, with the plea, that for one hour, and that the last and most wearisome hour, an hour, moreover, subse quent to the time at which the resolution of the Council says the schools shall he considered closed,—that the Bible during this one hour may be read, that is, it is nut prohibited, provided the children remain, and some persons too_ es:psi/sand last Ltsegsmer sa s.r.ssid choose to s*** we are bound to take you at your printed words, not at what may be your private intentions) is this—"'That the schools shall be considered as closed at three o'clock in the winter, and four o'clock in the summer." Going home a few days ago, I went a little out of my way to visit the north school, in company with my reverend friend Mr. Lyons, about a quarter-past three o'clock. I asked the master if the boys we saw sitting in the lower room were all the boys of the school ? He replied, " All the catholic boys." I asked, " Where are the Protestant boys ?" Lie answered, " Gone into the Committee-room." 1 asked, " What are these boys now engaged at ?" He answered, " Nothing, sir; lam keep ing them till the priest comes." We went up stairs, where we found the Protestant children, both boys and girls, in one corner of the room, and two ladies teaching them the Church Collect for the following Sunday. The remainder of the room was oc cupied by classes of girls saving the Douay Catechism. After some time we returned to the boys' room, and found them still unoccupied, no priest or other teacher havingcome. Mr. Lyons asked the master if he ever read the Bible with the boys? and he said, " No, never." I did not ask him by what authority he kept them after three o'clock, because I did not wish to excite any feelings of dissatisfaction in his mind ; but 1 now respect fully ask you, gentlemen, by what authority the master, as in the case above stated, keeps' the boys in the school after three o'clock ? Is it by . his own authority, in opposition to your printed resolution ; or is it by the authority of unpublished instructions from you ? According to your own published rules, the schools are con sidered as closed at three o'clock in winter. Till three o'clock the Bible is not, and must not be read. After three o'clock it may or not be read, according to circumstances. If clergymen can he found willing to go, then the Bible, after three o'clock, may be read. But if the system be such, in other respects, as to l i deprive clergymen, on conscientious grounds, of the power of availing themselves of the one hour, then, as far as they are concerned, the Bible cannot be read at all. This is precisely our position. The system excludes the Bible, except for one hour. We cannot, by atteudiug during that hour, give our sanction to this system,• so that, us far as we are concerned, the system excludes the Bible altogether. I need not enlarge upon our reasons for not being able to sanction this system. We can sanction no system of education which does not enforce the reading of the Word of God. We do not desire or attempt to enforce attendance. Attendance is optional : but upon all who choose to attend, we do and must enforce the reading of the Bible: You were told on Wednesday, by one of your own body, that to enforce the reading of the Bible was " not Protestantism, but persecution." We do not think so. We think it sound Protestantism, because it is obedience to the Bible itself, which commands us to bring up children in the nurture and admonition of THE LORD. But we think the phrase is legitimately transferable to books, which are not the Word of God, which are not extracts from any known translation, but a new translation without authority; and which contain notes by men, notes of at least doubtful in terpretatiou. To enforce the reading of these books, as is the practice io your sch , :ois, is indeed " not Protesta n ti sm, b ut per secution." I have thus, under' the heads of translation and notes, given you some of our strong; objections to these bo o k s . There re main other sources of objection, but instead of swelling this letter to an incOuveuient size, I will reserve them fur another. Meantii ne , I am anxious to offer an observation or two upon a statement made in your debate of last Wednesday. Mr. Black burn is reported to have said concerning my letter to you, "This "'letter concluded in a style of denunciation. It must convince "every gentleman who sat in that council, that the divine judg " menis were not at the disposal of the writer of it. He sup -'Utley were, he for one s and all who sat in the couocii " who.dared to think differently, would fall under the writer's " ban." These works may nut be quite correctly given; but to .the Substance of this statement, or rather to the state of mind which appears to have dictated it, I reply. that my letter con cludes with an earnest prayer, for the urgency of which a so lemn reason is aSSiglled in the very words of Scripture. I have never either expressed or entertained a thought of evil towards Mr. Blackbur n, or any other member of your honourable couu cil I f it were in my power to do any of you any real service, 1-would cordially rejoice in the opportunity. If I have at any time written or spoken anything, beyond what the interests of truth required, calculated to wound any of your feelings, I beg to assure you, gentlemen, that I am sorry for it ; that nothing could be more remote from my intention ; and that if I knew wherein I have offended you, I would gladly apologise for it. The subject is of much too high a character, and the interests at stake vastly too important, to admit of anything approaching to personalities. -1 have the honour to be, Gentlemen, with much respect, your obedient set vaut, St. Jude's, Yoe, 28, 1836. HUGH M•NEILE. FA TA. r. Aceirw.NT,—On Monday morning last, John Osborn, one of the porters at the railway station in Lime-street, in running across the rails when the train was issuing front the tunnel, came in contact with the buffer of a carriage lorry, which threw him down, and the lorry and three of the carriages expired passed over him. He was alive on being taken up, but almost immediately. g r p. oi i ~ W g e i v u e I n l d h e e r r s e t a t n o il i l r i that large e Doinita TO Sin Hoag a ll t h e surrounding s.tozusrgatitisdh.liiies,. tricts, as well as front Perthshire , Ayrshire. E.I orders for tickets to the banquet to be Peel. are pouring in from &c.—ln the first place,agreed ti ion -•- fur to 1200, will be laid aside; and, us had been .up cot, 1 g . fßp.et s t h e ~a . el lr et c h ( e q i ) r i e(n i a r in to e n s l requisitionists here, amounting' to secure against mistake regarding this point, and addresses, arranged in alphabetical order, the scroll previous to its being conveyed to Tatnworth.—The 'situation selected for the entertainment, in rear of Mr. Gor don's mansion in Buchanan-street, we believe is capable of C ont a i n ing a much larger assembly than has yet been announced; but with every wish On the part of the directors to mite„ iiinod a to the gieatest possible number, that number Must be limited, as i t i s we ll known, were the company so large ari to prevent them from hearing the speakers, dissatisfaction and disappointment mint be the consequence.7-it is possible we may be eased of part of the rush of romoany from this east, as we olAerve, with pleasure, by the Edinburgh papers of Saturday, that a requisi tion to Sir 'll6bert to accept of a public' inner is "the metropolis of Seotland," has also been got up..'W e shall, however have the first of the right honourable geutletuan at all evellts,— Glavuw He rold. T:IEATRE-LOYAL, LIVERPOOL, FOR THE BENEFIT OF MR. AND MRS. WOOD, And positively their last appearance this Season. Last Night of Mr. BROUGH. gran IS present FRIDAY, the 24 in s ta n t, w ill b e p er f or med .11_ the Opera of LOVE IN A VILLAGE. Hawthorn. Mr. Wood. Eusiace... Jon this occasion) Mr. Brough. Young Meadows.. Mr. G Horncastle. I Hodge.... Mr. Baker. Deborah Woodcock Nlis. Clarke. Lucinda.... Miss Stanley. I Madge.... Miss Chaplin. Rosetta Mrs. Wood. To conclude with Anher's peand Opera of MASA NIELLO. Masaniello Mr. Wood. Pietro Mr. Brough. Don Alphonso Mr. G. Horncastle. Fenella..(the Dumb Girl)..Mrs. Baker. Elvira Mrs. Wood. On MONDAY next, for the Benefit of Miss FAUCIT, will he performed Mr. Knowles' celebrated Tragedy of VIR GIN I US. Virginius, Mr. Stuart; talus, Mr. W. Howard ; Titus, Mr. Baker; Virginia, Miss Faucit; Servia, Mrs. Stan lev.—To conclude with (for the second time these six years) the splendid Eastern Drama of ALADDIN ; OR, THE WONDERFUL LAMP Aladdin, Miss Chaplin; Abens rack, Mr. W. Howard; Kazrac, Mr. J. Ridgway; First Citi zen, Mr. Baker; Second Citizen, Mr. G. Horncastle ; Princess Bedroulbadour, Mi , s Stanley; Zobyad, Mrs. Baker ; Mustapha, (Aladdin's Mother,) Mrs. Clarke. THEATRE-ROYAL. Ai - I_ R. ANDREWS most respectfully announces to his Friends and the Public, that his TWENTY-SEVENTH APPEAL for their kind support on his Benefit Night takes place On TUESDAY next. December 6,,e" • When will be performed the celebrated Confedy of the PROVOKED HUSBAND. To conclude with • A GRAND MELD-DRAMATIC SPECTACLE. By the special kind permission of H. Philip; Esq., the cele , brated Duet of " OLD ACQUAINTANCE," as sung by Messrs. Braham and Philips, with tumultuous ap plause during the Liverpool and Manchester Festivals, will be Introduced by Messrs. G. Horncastle and Andrews. By partictilar desire of several old Friends, " 01,n KING COLT;." in character. Tickets to be had of Mr. ANDREWS, 10, Commutation-row, and the usual places. THEATRE•ROYAL, LIVERPOOL. FOR THE BENEFIT OF MR. & MRS. W. H. BLAND. ON WEDNESDAY next, the 7th instant, will be performed the Opera, not acted this season, called HENRI QUATRE; OR, PARIS IN THE OLDEN TIME. Henri Qua tre Mr. Stu art. Eugene de Biron Mr. W. Howard. Frederick St. Leon Mr. W. H. Brand„ Joerisse Mr. Baker. I Gervaise—Mr. G. Hothcastle. Moustache Mr. Andrews. Lonison Mrs. W. H. Bland. In the course of the Evening Mrs. W. H. Bland will sing " Meet me in the Willow Glen," "Fear nerer assail me !" "The Mocking Bird," and " Pity and Protect the Slave." Mr..l. Ridway will (by particulardesire) present, for the first time in Liverpool. his CLASSICAL SPECIMENS OF ANCIENT STATUES, As performad by him in the pinciple Theatres in England. To conclude with the Musical Drama of THE SLAVE. Colonel Lindenburg Mr. W. 11. Bland. Gambia Mr. Stuart. I Sam Sharpset ....Mr. Slaiter. Miss Von Frimp....Mrs. Clarke. Zelinda Mrs. W. H. Bland. Tickets to be had of Mr. W. 11. BLAND, 21, Islington, and of Mr. Parker, at the Box-office of the Theatre, where places may be taken from Ten till Three. LIVER THEATRE. /,' irlit THIS EVENING (FRIDAY) the 2d irlitant, a brilliam display of MAGIC HIDDEN MYSTERIES and VENTRILOQUISM. FIVE SPLENDID REPRESENTATIONS NEXT WEEK, Monday. Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, and Friday. the sth, 6th, 7th, Bth, and 9th instant, On which occasion Mr. SUTTON will exceed his former efforts to please the crowded and delighted audience which has nightly honoured him. The magic feast of next week will be of the first order. Among the experiments are—Mephistophiles, the Bottle Imp; the Casket of T mob ias, or Who's in Love? Plutus Postmaster; the Shower of Sweets, Fairy Tribute; Enchanted Fruit; Magic Flight; Incompatibles; Oberon's Refectory; the En chanted Watches, &c. Each Representation which Mr. Sutton will have the honour of offering to the public will be diversified by a great many novelties. Doors open at Seven o'clock, Curtain rises at half-past Seven precisely. Boxes2s., Pit is., Gallery 6d; no Half-price. Children, accompanied by their. Parents or Guardians, ad mitted to the Boxes at Half-price. Tickets and places to be had of Mr. Fogg, daily, from Eleven to Three o'clock. TO CORRESPONDENTS. We have received the following publications, which shall be noticed in our next number;—Blackwood, Fraser, and the 12th Number of the New Statistical Account of Scotland. The " Examination of Mr. Blackburn's Defence" has been received. We shall avail ourselves of the author's courtesy, and publish some extracts in our next. We have to acknowledge the receipt of Mr. T. J. Ouseley's volume of Poems. We shall present the public with some of its choice gems in our future numbers. Elie I,t )t) Al.tanbarb. FRIDAY MORNING, DECEMBER 2, 1836. We have been favoured with New York papers up to the Bth ult. The contents are particularly interesting; but we regret that our limits will not admit of any ex tended extracts this day. We are happy to inform our readers that we have made arrangements for obtaining a regular supply of papers from that city, and shall in future be enabled to present them with the ea►liest in formation on the affairs of the United States. The most recent arrivals announce that the elections are proceed ing with great vigour. The friends of Van Buren seem confident of success. We transcribe the following:— IMP )RL'ANT FROM MEXICO. The following letter was received from the Merchants' Ea• change Bulletin Board, New Orleans : " VERA CRUZ, OCT. 1. " General Bravo has been appointed to the command of the army destined for the north. said to be front 18,000 to 20,000 strong. A detachment of 4,000, sander the command of General Garay, was to have left Mexico for the same destination on the 16th ult., but the troops refused to march, on the ground of not having received their pay. Within a few days past the govern ment has raised a loan of 800,0(X) dollars, which will enable it to put their warriors on themarch fur Texas. " A brig of war, built at Baltimore for the Mexican govern ment, had arrived at Vera Ctuz. She is intended to mount 11 18-pounders, with grenades, and to be commanded by Captain Wise, who will take charge of the fleet said to be undergoing repairs at Campeachy. " The ex-President, Bustamente, who was some years since subjected to banishment from this country, has been invited to return. He is expected from France daily, and will probably be appointed to the Presidency in place of the present incum bent." We have been favoured with fil es o f S y d ney papers to the date of July 25th. The Sydney Herald of that date contains the following pungent remarks on the colonial policy of the present government. Our readers will perceive that the same observations will literally apply to the mode in which the Whigs exercise their patronage " at home" : "'rise 'SUPPLEMENTARY ESTIMATIIB.—The principle of the present home governm e nt s eems t o he, to amuse the Br i t i sh public with a show of reforming alleged abuses in the state, while they seize with rapacious hands the rich plunder which some of the colonial revenues afford. In proportion as the ve nal propensities of whips are checked by the peolde of England, so are the tugs made at the purses of the colonists, to provide place and emoluments for the miserable hangers-on of that po litical body. This corrupt system, which we believe to have existence in every British colony, wherein whig influence prevails, is most strikingly manifested in the supplementary estimates of the charges ou the treasury for the present year, which we have now before us.. The account, we do not hesitate to say, emir-races- items which clearly exhibit the most reckless disregard for the opinions of the most respectable colonists, who are thus plandelect for the maintenance of the political princi ples,.which some of these estimates unfold, and to which we purpose calling the attention of our readers, though not in the order, in which they. appear upon the printed statement." Nothing renders a man more desPicable than duplicity —it is "a complex vice, including in itself lying, fraud, selfishness, and hypoCrisy—it destroys all that confidence which gives stability to human compact—it is a moral leprosy which separates men from the society of the vir tuous —even truth itself becomes suspected when found the companion of equivocation—and charity, which " thinketh no evil," distrusts the good offices of "such an one"—if its beginning be prosperous, its end is con temptible—in fine, if it be not the compound of every other crime, it contains the elements of them. But, odiou s and detestable as is this vice, it is not a stranger in th e world, though it finds chief fellowship with public men; if somewhat shy, and susceptible of shame, in the humbler walks of social life, she wears a brazen vizor, and talks flippantly, and sometimes raves, when detected and exposed to scorn and contempt in the senate—pointed at by the finger of truth. We have seen men, and we blush to think we are of the same species with them, to day advocating measures with all the earnestness of a convinced judgment, and all the importunity of disinte rested zeal, who, in the brief space of a month, will op pose and deprecate the veiy'sanie measures with as re solute a determination, and apparently deep feeling, a s if they had come to the 'discussion with minds confirmed by years of preparations—and in both cases, if opposed in their career, or questioned as to eonsistency, they w ill add imprecations to arguments—deliberately lie in the face of public records and moral evidence ; and, if in danger of exposure, skulk under the cloak of any p a lt ry evasion, the last subtet loge of this vice, though muc h too DEC. 2, 18:16. narrow to conceal them—contrition and amendment: neither felt nor purposed—such men would be a nuisance'- in private life, which the laws and discipline of society would soon abate; but, to the infamy of our public coun cils, and especially under our present administration, it. may be told, that the men who can act best the Proteus of the day, practice duplicity with the hest semblance of. virtue, is the man highest in esteem, most in requisition. - and who best promotes his temporal interest. After such a portraiture of a detested vice, it might,be supposed that we should single out the wretch to whom it • is faithful in every lineament, and hang him up as an ob ject of universal detestation. We, one day, may pefform that painful duty, and when we take the pencil for. the' purpOse, we shall not lay it down till we have finished a group of the same feather. At present our design is to expose the gross, tangible, inconsistency of those who profess, and call themselves, and are, by a deluded peo-- ple, believed to be, the friends and advocates of unhappy' Ireland. Such an exposure may serve, in the approach ing session of Parliament, to moderate the course of un principled policy intended to be pursued towards that unfortunate country. When the Irish municipal reform bill was under dis; cussion in the House of Commons, it was contended by Mr. O'Connell, anti the ministerial carcass of which he is, virtually, both the head and tail, that precisely the same plan ought to be granted to Ireland that has been adopted in England—that there was an exact parity of circumstances between the two countries demanding it, anti an exactly similar constitutional right which claimed it.—that Ireland asked, and could not justly be refused, a uniformity of legislation for the whole kingdom—to make one provision for England, and another provision for Ireland, was, they said, to create invidious compari sons, and to be guilty of partial distinctions—it was to treat her as a vassal, not as a subject. We had granted her but half emancipation, whilst she stood not on the same level with us who made her free ; anti was not, in every respect, regarded in the British senate as a British subject. This was the language heard from the "centuni ora," the hundred mouths of the hydra-headed monster of Irish reform—a brainless head !—a head like that dis sected by Addison, where the vessels that produce blush ing could not be found—a head that has no communica tion with a sound heart—between which and thecon science all the channels are obstructed—a little month, and the waters of oblivion had washed away, at least for a convenient moment, all remembrance of -this flowery oratory. Ireland, that had raised herself on tip-toe, in order that she might shoulder England as her equal po litical and civil sister, and caught the cry of corruption, and asked the blessings of reform, now bends the knee-- piteously whines out her inferiority—renounces through her ministerial organs all thought of equality—declares that she is centuries behind us in civilization and the arts of life—in wealth, and as an object of legislation ;—yes, , Ireland, in which Mr. O'Connell asks for " justice," and by "justice" tells us he means equality of legisla tion. This high priest of duplicity, in the golden clouds of incense that rise from the altar of his sacrificed coun try, loses sight of equality of legislation, and tells us, what almost enrages patience to hoar, that the poor, the starving, naked poor, the %ictims of his political selfish ness, cannot he provided for, by laws similar to those that provide for the poor in England. Away, then, with the principle of uniform legislation—the frothy argument evaporates that proclaims the policy and right of Ireland to be identical with that of England, and that 'the same provisions which advance the interests of one will equally advance that of the other. We do not now discuss either the question of :he Irish municipal reform, or the expe diency of introducing our poor laws into that country-- with those questions we now have nothing to do—we have accomplished what we designed, when we prove, out of the mouth of our adversaries, that there is no jus tice in the position, that in all cases for Ireland and England the same system of legislation is eligible, though we may hope,,that this exhibition of political tur pitude may also not be without its use. Henceforward, then, never let us hear, when . an Iris?, question is under the consideration of Parliament, that this or that 1101"% r right as regards Ireland, because it has been adopted in England. No I—we have, "ex con fesso," the admission of the leader of agitation, an ac knowledgment, that every question must rest upon its own merit's. Poor laws for Ireland is an Irish question, so says Mr. O'Connell—poor laws for England is nn English question, so says Mr. O'Connell. So we , say, adopting his own principles, municipal reform for' Irish corporations is an Irish question—Municipal reform for English corporations is an English question: Let these things, therefore, never again he confounded, and' much error anti sophistry, confusion and injustice, will be avoid ed in the discussion of Irish measures. But will Mr. O'Connell—will his ministerial colleagues—be governed by this conclusion. No, not an instant. Whenever it shall favour their designs, Ireland will be made to claim the protection of the very same laws as those admini stered in England; and when it shall favour their designs she will demand laws peculiar for herself. We have, however, done our duty in exposing the inconsistency, the gross duplicity, of this party in the state; and we hope, and trust, our labours will not be wholly useless when reform shall again sound the trumpet for the battle of innovation. One further premonitory caution 'we would add, as a security against this illegitimate species of reasoning. The same faction which to-day *ill quote England as a precedent for Ireland, will to-morrow quote Ireland as a precedent for England. They justify the claims of Ireland to an English municipal reform ; they will, if they succeed in destroying, or mutilating the es tablished church in Ireland, justify the same course in England, and plead Ireland as an example. We warn our constitutional friends to keep alive to this most dan gerous, because most specious of all sophisms—it has already made dreadful havoc in the laws and institutions of this country. Parliamentary reform became a prece dent for municipal reform, anti both are pleaded as pre cedents for church reform ; and thus onward will it pro ceed, in endless progression, uniting objects that have no connexion with each other. But we shall not suffer our readers to slumber whilst the wolf is prowling round the fold. If a man clenches his fist, and stands in a menacing attitude before another, though he strike no blow the laws consider him as a violator of the peace ; and if a man ask for charity, and present to you that compound of wood and iron, called a pistol, though be do no vio lence, and threaten none, he is considered as guilty of robbery, and would, in a criminal court, be visited with the 'punishment assigned to that offence. Is it not a subtle piece of political casuistry, that shall distinguish between these cases of civil delinquency, and the ap pointment of an armed fleet to the ports and rivers of a country, with which we are not at war ?—is not a hostile intent presumable in this instance as well as in the others, from the awe inspired by the appearance of pre meditated force ? " What mean ye here, riding out an Atlantic winter," might a Portuguese say to our British Admiral in the Tagus, " if you are a non interfering nation ?" What answer could be given by the incon sistent ministry from whom our Admiral has received his appointment ? Will the) have the barefaced impudence to say, that they have no other object, no other motive. than the protection of British property ? But whatever may be the assigned motive, this formidable array evinced its purpose, when civil rebellion threatened to revolutionize Portugal —at the request, or command, we care not which, of the Queen, our fleet disembarked its force!, whose presence checked the career of insurrec tion, and restored the agitated, and precipitately flying Regent to her throne. Is this non-interference ?—Were there a tribunal before which our ministers could be summoned, and put upon their trial, would there be any chance of their acquittal ? But why do we call public attention to these facts? We reply, for no other reason than to expose here, as we have done in our leading article, the uniform duplicity of our present administra tion—without principle to guide, or firmness to act, they temporize, till they lose all respect in the eyes of their own country, and of the world—if interference be ex pedient, let them show decision—if nun-interference be their o p o li c y, teeth titl)t,n i f y er no u t u m m en e a a c n e Tlo w t , ag to bite--butnotthetail nor show your tuld aNiv wins Wha nut nazi deg vaes V P b s