The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser. — Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1842-03-08 00:00:00

THEATRE-ROYAL, LIVERPOOL Under the Mans .ment of Messrs. J. H. ANDERSON W. J. HAMMOND. Second Price to all Parts of the House at Nine o'clock T HIS present TUESDAY, March Bth, JOHN BULL. • After which, the New Comic Pantomime, THE WORLD OF COINS ; Or, Harlequin Silver Sixpence and the Giant Penny Piece First Price.—Lower. Boxes, 4s. ; Upper Boxes, .3s. 6d Pit; 2s. 6d. ; Gallery, Is. Second Price.—Lower Boxes, 2s. 6d Pit, ls. 6d.; Gallery, 6d pper Boxes, 2s TO CORRESPONDENTS How comes it to pass that " A Lover of Fair Pla readily appropriate the lan which has elicited his strained to say that a pert of. Fair Play" . has only t produced by the statement of our as there was not anything cont identify any particular individual question—the occurrence was me _ stance of priestly intolerance, confirmatory of the tyranny and persecution of the church of Rome. We cannot open our columns to such a discussion astlic letter of " A Prescribing Chemist" would naturally madversions feel con- f " A Lover uded to confirm mpression nal correspondent, in the letter to saction in provoke. Whilst some of the remarks of " Impartiality" are entitled to consideration, his main argument proceeds upon the assumptibn that the coroner, at the late enquiry attendant upon the death of a child from an overdose of paregoric, called in question the character of the general body of druggists in this town. He did no such thing—all he said was levelled against "prescribing druggists," and them only. _ . We are compelled, by the length to which our leading articles have extended, to postpone until Friday a detail of some of the malpractices of the manufacturing body. Elms Lib mot TUESDAY MORNING ; MARC. We were. favoured on Friday Zvi Guiana Times of the 19th Janu 'H 8, 1842 copy of the y, from which we are happy to learn that the labourers on several estates had-returned to their cork, - upon the terms proposed by the planting body, and that a considerably improved feeling existed throughout the colony. Whilst on this subject we did propose to have offered a few remarks upon the unfounded assertions put forward against the West India interest, generally, and as. journalists, in the ;t ourselves, last publication of the Liverpool Mercury. The animus of the editor of that paper, however, towards our colonists, is too well known for any statement of his to hav any great weight ; and so far as his attack upon ourselve s concerned, we can easily afford to pass it by with cont As our• contemporary, the Manc ratan, ap- pears disposed, now, to iuestion which i between us in a more becoming tone, we are perfectly ready, and indeed happy, to go into it fully. We have never shrunk from an examination of the practical upon the ma- bearing of our present protective law nufacturing system. On the contrary, there is no thing which we have deprecated more, in the course pursued by the organs of the free trade party, than their unremitting endeavours to divert the public mind from such an examination to the contemplation of ab- stract generalities only; and to treat that as a question of justice, of right, of religion, even, whic. can only be viewed, with any real propriety, as one of a purely economical nature. Before entering, however, into the inquiry, to which we are challenged by the Guardian, we must set ourselves right w ct to two or three points upon which our contemporary misinter- prets us. We have never "abused the manufacturers as cheats." We have no feeling of hostility to the as a,body of men, although we can see, as can any candid men, much to blame in the conduct manufacturers and practices of individual membe tire clas and, indeed, en- 2s of that body ; and our object a calling at- tention to these practices is not that of drawing down odium upon the heads of those froth whom they ema nate, but of showing how directly they stand in the way of the restoration of the manufacturing interest to a state of permanent prosperity. Our contemporary treats, with something like ridi cule, the idea that the inundation of foreign markets with fabrics of inferior description is prejudicial to the sale of those of better quality " If the cheapest and best cotton goods," he argues, " are of English ma nufacture, the buyers abroad will prefer them to any others, and will go to the parties' from whoin they are to be obtained. And, in point of fact, it is utterly un true that any such prejudice exists as that to which the STANDARD alludes The foreign consumer will generally prefer the best qualities of British goods (not being printed calicoes) to those of other countries; and, he is able 1 o "go to the to be obtained." In part, thi ties from v is correct instances, 11 they are But in too many cases he has no means of ascertaining, except from actu the genuine and honest fabric fro experience, he trashy and fraudulent imitation. Is the Guardian not aware of the extent to which the practice of attaching false la bels to manufactured goods is carried on ? Is he aware of the extent to which even the names of honest ma nufacturers are forged by the exporter ? Is he not awar.l that three-fourths of our shipments to some markets are marked with false measurements? If he is ignorant of these and other practices, which we cannot believe, we would recommend him to spend a few hours upon the premises of some of the packers and makers-up of Manchester; and he will then, per haps, be able to perceive how it is that the foreign consumer views the name and the goods of the British manufacturer with an eye of jealous suspicion, and is justified' in the preference which he gives to the goods of other countries whose manufacturers are compara tively free from such practices. There can be no question that the very existence, in any market, of a fraudulent imitation of any particular commodity is prejudicial to its sale at a remuneral Again, the Guardian remarks,— " The only fine and high-priced cotton goods of foreign manufacture, that command a preference over English goods of the same denomination, are, as we have already stated, the finest French and Swiss prints ; and this preference is ac corded, not on account of any superior soundness of the fabric—for the best English prints are on a decidedly better cloth—but entirely from the superior beauty of the designs— an advantage for which they may perhaps be indebted to our present unsatisfactory law respecting the copyright of de- Signs, but which has no connection, direct or indirect, with a want of honesty on the part of the manufacturers." We do not hesitate to say that this is not the fact. In some descriptions of heavy cotton goods, we are not able to compete with the manufacturers of the United States in neutral markets, owing to the supe rior reputation of their fabrics for durability. The finer descriptions of plain cottons of Swiss and French manufacture are preferred also to British. The printed goods of these countries are esteemed before ours, not " entirely for the superior beauty of the designs," but, in part,. for the superior beauty and permanence of the colours, and from a confidence, on the part of the buyer, that the market to which they are brought will not be immediately deluged with a supply of the same patterns, in colours which a shower will wash out, and printed upon a fabric which is neither cotton cloth nor plaster, but a happy mixture of the two. Let us come, now, to the case proposed for our so lution by the Guardian : " Art English and a French calico printer both employ workmen of the same description. Owing to the low price of the necessaries of life, the French block-printer can main tain himself and his family in comfort for a given amount, say 12s. per week ; the English workman cannot command the same amount of necessaries and comforts for less than 18s. per week ; and, assuming that the rate of wages in the two countries is in proportion to these two sums, the condi tion of the workmen will be the same in the two countries. Now, suppose that a French and an English employer of these workmen are engaged in printing the finest muslins for the American market ; that they are both printing the same pattern, in the same colours ; and that on each piece an amount of labour is expended in each country, varying from two days' to twelve days' work of one man —how are these goods likely to turn out in the American market? " In the first place, let us take the goods on which only two days' labour is expended. With respect to these it is obvious, that, .from the superior capital and machinery of our spinners and manufacturers, the English printer is likely to have an advantage, in the greater cheapness of the cloth on which his workmen are employed, which may probably compensate him for the higher wages paid to his own work men : he saves, say three shillings in the purchase of the piece of muslin ; and he pays two shillings more in wages ; so that his outlay is one shilling less than that of his French competitor. But how will the balance stand with respect to the goods on which eight* days' labour is expended ? The English printer saves, as before, three shillings in the pur chase of his cloth ; but he pays 2-Is. in wages for the same work for which his competitor pays only l Gs., thus giving to the latter an advantage of ss. on each piece which he pro- Qy, 12 days to agree with the calculation below duces, We ark the editor of the Liverpool Standard, ho. under these circumstances, the English printer is to support a competition with the Frenchman in the American or any other foreign market, equally, open to both ? It is clear that with respect to the very finest and most costly descriptions of printed goods—to all those on which a large amount of manual labour is expended—labour which is high-priced in the one country and low-priced in the other—the English man must eventually be beaten out of the market. It is perfectly idle for the Standard to allege, as he does, that the English manufacturer desires to reduce the wages of his labourers ; for it is quite clear, that, under such a com petition, the money price of labour will be reduced, whether the manufacturer wishes it or not. The advantages of supe rior capital and machinery, or the superior energy and indus try of the workmen, may, fora while; maintain the struggle, as they now keep it up ; but these advantages are yearly di minishing : every year some fabric or other, requiring a large amount of manual labour, ceases to be numbered amongst our exports ; and, every year, yarns, crude metals, and other commodities, in which there is comparatively little manual, and much machine, labour, constitute a larger and larger proportion of those exports. " We ask the editor of the Standard to tell us how, under such circumstances, English manufacturers can keep up the money wages of their workmen. Let him go fully into the subject (which no writer in favour of the corn-law has yet ventured to do), and tell us by what means other than a reduction in the price of food, the real wages of the labourer —his command over the necessaries and comforts of life— can possibly be secured to him. We hope he will favour us, in his next publication, with his views on this important subject." In fairness to our contemporary we have quoted this passage at length ; and we beg to call to it the earnest attention of our readers, as containing the only intelligible and straightforward statement of the ques tion, as between the advocates of restriction and of free trade in corn. The position stated is certainly an ex treme one; for it is not in those descriptions of printed goods which require twelve days' work for the produc tion of a piece that the competition of the French and Swiss manufacturers is seriously felt in foreign mar kets ; and the effect of the greater cost of British la bour is therefore exaggerated. On that account, how ever, the-position is more striking, and the better cal culated for the elucidation of the principle contended for on both sides. .The claim, then, of the free trader, here put, is clearly this :—To enable him to compete with the Swiss and French manufacturers, the English manufacturer must be enabled to reduce the wages of his workmen from 18s.. to 125.; and for this purpose he seeks for the withdrawal of the existing protection upon native agriculture. By lowering the price of food, he con tends, 12s. to the working man will afford equal com forts and necessaries to those which 18s. provide for him under our present system. To him a cheap loaf is to bring no additional comforts —no larger quantity or better quality of food; and the amount extorted, by the change, from the pockets of the agri cultural portion of the community—from the land owner, the farmer, and the labourer—overleaping the. manufacturing operative, is thus to be transferred ex clusively into the pockets of the manufacturer him: self, the exporter, and the foreign consumer. This is the irresistible conclusion of our contemporary's argu ment. Without such a reduction we cannot, as a ma nufacturing community, contend with other nations. The denials so confidently uttered, that cheap food and low wages are synonymous, are here thrown to the winds ! Let us impress this fact upon the attention.of every working man. The day which witnesses the prostration of the native agriculture of Great Britain, will witness, as well, the reduction of the wages of tbe British working man to the level of the continental la bourer ! To this point, indeed, we are told by the leading or gan of " the league," we are already progressing. The advantages which we possess as manufacturers " are yearly diminishing. Every year some fabric or other, requiring a large amount of manual labour, ceases to he numbered amongst our exports; and every year, yarns, 'crude metals, and other commodities, in which there is comparatively little manual and much machine labour, constitute a larger and larger proportion of those exports." We admit all this. We admit that such is the disastrous position of the manufacturing interest of Great Britain. We cannot, in fabrics of which labour constitutes the chief ingredient, compete with foreign manufacturers, and . yet sustain the exist ing interests of this country; but we shall not, there fore, jump to the conclusion, that a repeal of the corn laws is the necessary step to be resorted to. Our con temporary challenges us to point out any other step as likely to be_ efficacious. We deny that this would be so ; and we say, moreover, that we are not satisfied that the object to be gained is worth the sacrifice de manded. We are perfectly sensible of the value of an export trade in goods of which labour is a large component part, and that, to some extent, a large reduction of wages would Produce such a trade. Its value, how ever, is sensibly reduced in our eyes by the very cir cumstance that so small a portion of benefit is to result from it to the labouring classes. It is not indispensi ble to the welfare of Great Britain that we should be able, in every article, to compete with the foreign ma nufacturer. We have already a large and valuable home and colonial trade, in which the manual labour of our working classes is well remunerated; and we have no desire, for the sake of an object of question able attainment—the monopoly of the market of the world—to paralyze and ultimately destroy those which we already possess. . . At all events, before we venture upon so gigantic a change as is involved in the repeal of our entire pro tective system—for all must go together !—we must be satisfied that every other step to infuse prosperity into our manufacturing system has been tried. This is not the case at present. It is in the power of the Legisla ture to do much for the interests of our manufacturers without the sacrifice of our native agriculture. Our manufacturers themselves can do much to strengthen their own position. Let that be done. Let us see a state of things brought about, in which manufacturing capital is not squandering its resources—eating up its own strength—warring with the comforts and draining the very life-blood of the labourer—amd then, and then only, we may contemplate the policy of resting the security, the peace, and the prosperity of the em pire upon the prosperity of the manufacturing interest. At present, we say, in reply to our contemporary, that if we cannot enjoy a foreign trade without the reduc tion of the condition of the labourer to the continental standard, we will not consent to destroy, by the pros tration of our native agriculture, the only market in which the labourer is secure of an adequate remune ration for his toil. We Will endeavOur on an early occasion to direct the attention of our contemporary to a few measures by which, irrespective of a reduction of the price of labour, the position of the manufacturer in foreign markets is susceptible of amelioration. At present we have transgressed our limits, and our contemporary will perhaps say, (and with some truth, we confess,) that we have scarcely touched his concluding chal lenge. The subject is, however, he will admit, a wide one ; and can scarcely be discussed within the compass of a single article. 'When we endeavoured, some months ago, to impress upon the Council and the inhabitants of Liverpool the importance of prompt and powerful efforts being made to procure the transfer of the West India mail steamers from Southampton to Liverpool, as the best point of arrival and departure, it was urged against us that the, contract with the proprietors had been already com pleted by government; and that the terms specified in that contract were such as to render any further repre sentation of the superior advantages possessed by our port entirely useless. We have now, however, the satisfaction of knowing, that, upon every point, tie were justified in the remarks which we then made. The contract in question was not definitely completed until the Ist of January of the present year; and by the government itself the prudence of that contract, so far as regards the best points for the mails to depart from, is snore than doubted, as will be evident from a perusal of the following remarks, by the Secretary of the Admiralty, upon the subject, whilst bringing in the navy estimates on Friday last : " That contract was made on the Ist January of this year, and was now being carried into effect. He did not say that the present routes and lines were the • best. It was obvious that the government were justified in doing what they had done, when they gave to the parties who entered on the spe... culation in so spirited a manner every possible indulgence, and did not restrict them rigorously to the letter of the con: tract as to their routes and lines. At the end of a few months only, experience would show what were the best points for them to depart from, and enable government t 6 complete all the other arrangements connected with this department ; and he (Mr. S. Herbert) , felt no doubt that, from the manner in' which it had hitherto been conducted, it would be conducive of a most beneficial effect upon our colonies and upon the mother country as well." ( 1-1 ear, hear.) In addition to the intimation here conveyed, we have reason to know, from other sources, that a strong feel ing exists, in a quarter where the influence over the regulation of these vessels is very strong, in favour of the transfer of the whole or a considerable portion of their number to Liverpool. Already a striking tribute to the advantages, which this port possesses for trans atlantic steam navigation, has been paid by the pro posed transmission of the Great Western line to New York, every alternate voyage, from Liverpool. In the same speech, from which we have quoted above, the satisfaction of government with the admirable manner in which the Cunard line of mails from this port is managed is unequivocally expressed ; and we entertain not a shadow of doubt that, if the subject is kept before government by the proper parties to move in such matters, we shall in a few months have the satis faction of seeing the West India mails brought to con tribute the vast benefits which they are calculated to confer. upon our mercantile and local interests, by the selection of Liverpool as their port of arrival and de parture. 'Might we urge upon Messrs. G. H. Law rence and James Aikin, the active members of the deputation to the parliamentary committee upon this question last year, to agitate anew the claims of Liver pool to the consideration of government, and thus to strengthen the hands of those parties who are favour able to the transfer in contemplation ? The following extract from a leading article in yes terday's Albion, upon the subject of the emigration of the Hill Coolies to the Mauritius, is so admirably de scriptive of the feelings of the pseudo-philanthropists of the present age, that we cannot resist the temptation of presenting it to our readers. The latter portion of it especially, we recommend to the perusal of that eminent philanthropist, Mr. George Thompson—only remarking that to the " white paupers who may be shipped away by thousands, to be set down among swamps, sandbeds, kangaroos, tigers, Or anthrop ophagi," (by the authority of the Whig triumvirate of Somerset House) might have been added the hun dreds of thousands of white slaves, who languish away their infant years in the factories of the Anti-corn Law Leaguers : " We may here pause, for an instant, to remark on the exclusive channels to which the tide of benevolence is some times confined. Our own people leave our shores in thou sands, and no man troubles himself further as to their where about. The only object is to get them away, and then, since they can no longer increase the public burdens, they may sink or swim. There is a sort of balancing of sympathies in the world which has in it something marvellous, and, per haps, philosophy may, one day, throw some light on the mystery. As in the western hemisphere all feeling is regu lated by the tincture of the skin, so it is with us in, the eastern, but in the inverse ratio. The miserable black challenges no emotion of pity or kindly feeling in America : all commiseration is reserved exclusively for the sons of the pale faces.' In England, to preserve the balance of humanity, the white is scarcely considered, while the negro has universal regard. • Let it be known, that a tribe tinged with the hue of the torrid zone is likely to suffer wrong, and straight the milk of human kindness flows abundantly; while white paupers may be shipped away by thousands, to be set down amongst swamps, sandbeds, kangaroos, tigers, or anthropophagi." STATE OF TRADE, MANUFACTURES, &c. The demand in our cotton market during the week has been more extensive; and although the article has been freely offered, the prices of last week have been fully sustained. The sales for the week amounted to 28,600 bales. On Satur day and Monday business was very quiet, 3500 to 4000 bales being sold on the former day, and 5000 on the latter, of which 1000 bales were for export. In the Manchester market a large business has been done, without, however, any improvement in price, although a better feeling appears to prevail with respect to the prospect for the future, especially amongst parties in the country trade. In the woollen districts of Yorkshire, the increased anima tion, which we have before noticed, continues to prevail. LOCAL. NEWS. DISTRESS IN PAISLEY.—We beg to refer our readers to an advertisement in our paper of this day, announcing a sale of Paisley manufactures by Charles Mackie and Co., whole sale merchants, No. 6, Lord-street. And we sincerely trust that these gentlemen's exertions to afford employment to the females of Paisley, by the speedy disposal of their handywork, will be eagerly responded to. Cu unc II MISSIONARY ASSOCIATION.—In another column is a short announcement of the annual meetings of the Liver pool Auxiliary to this society in May next. It is gratifying to find that after all the malicious and groundless attacks on this valuable society, it has continued to gain ground in the affections and sympathies of the public, who have thus been made acquainted with the animus of those who Lave wickedly come forward to malign the principles and proceedings of such a righteous institution, and all associated with it. The names of the deputation will gratify the friends of the society, as they ensure a full statement of its operations, and an eloquent advocacy of its scriptural features and orthodox foundation. FREEMASONRY.—The Provincial Grand Lodge of Che shire held its annual meetin ,, on Thursday last, at Chester, in the apartments of the Cestrian Lodge. After the usual business had been transacted; a splendid banquet was pre pared, to which about 100 of the brethren sat down. Many ladies were admitted into the gallery, who all appeared de lighted with the proceedings. That most excellent man and mason, the D.P.G.M. Brother Finchett-Maddock, presided. A great number of the brethren of this province were pre sent, some of them favouring those assembled with " the music of their most sweet voices." Many songs and glees were sung, in admirable style;by Brothers Dodd (who par ticularly shone), Molineux, Thomson, Parry, Brown, &c. Amongst the glees sung were " Hail, smiling morn " Bishop's " Breathe, my harp "—Bishop's " Indian drum " —George Hargreaves' new masonic glee, " Prosper the art," (the words by Mr. James Stonehouse, of the LIVERPOOL STANDARD,) which was enthusiastically encored, Brother Dodd singing the solo in inimitable style—Parry's " Hail to the craft," &c., &c. This meeting passed off in the most delightful manner, and gratified every one who attended it. HOUSEBREAKING.—About three o'clock on the morning of Saturday the house of a glass and hardware hawker, named Enoch Hardy, in York-place, Copperas-hill, was broken open, and from the window fourteen tumbler glasses, a num ber of spoons, and other property were taken. In the course of the morning a police-officer, who was on duty near White chapel, met a suspicious-looking character, named Thomas Brown, with a large bundle in his possession, and as his re plies to the questions put were extremely unsatisfactory he was conveyed to bridewell. On being searched the articles taken from Hardy's were found upon him, and he then said he had bought them in Fontenoy-street. Yesterday the pri soner was examined at the Police-court, before Mr. Rushton, and committed for trial at the next sessions. BURGLARY.—About four o'clock on Sunday morning, as Inspector Macdonald was passing the Eagle Vaults, in Falk land-street, Windsor, kept by Mr. Hughes, his attention was attracted by the noise of a dog, which was loudly barking in the inside. He called Forshaw, No. 166, the officer on the beat, to enquire whether this was a usual noise, and having received a negative answer, he concluded that some robber had obtained access, and was carrying on his work of plunder. Forshaw was then stationed at the back of the premises, whilst the inspector himself kept watch at the front, and in the meantime he knocked loud at the door in order to rouse Mr. Hughes. In a few minutes a man jumped through a back window, and was immediately pursued and apprehended by Forshaw. On examination, it appeared that the prisoner had obtained an entry into the house by breaking a pane of glass, by which he was enabled to open one of the windows . at the , back. A drawer was found broken open, from which he had taken a pair of spectacles and a penny token ; and on his person a skeleton key was discovered. Yesterday the prisoner was brought up at the Police-court. when Mr. Par kinson stated that his name was Ralph Burnes, and that he had only very recently been discharged from the borough gaol, where he had been imprisoned twelve months for felony. Mr. Hughes identified his property, and the prisoner, who said he would say nothing till he was on his trial, was committed to the sessions. SMUGGLING. — The captain and second mate of a ship in the Victoria Dock were, on Saturday, placed before Mr. Rushton, charged with having carried on shore certain wine and spirits which had not paid duty. Police-officer 77 de posed, that he was that morning on duty at the Victoria Dock gate, when he saw the prisoners coining towards him. The mate carried a ham and a jar. He asked what was in the jar, when the captain said " It's all right." He desired, however, to examine it, when lie discovered a bottle of wine and a bottle of brandy. Mr. Owen, who attended for the prisoners, said the captain was sending the ham home to boil. As to the wine, lie merely desired the mate to carry it to his (the captain's) lodgings. The captain, in reply to a question from Mr. Rushton, said, the ham and the liquor had been taken from the ship's stores. It appeared that the mate had acted under the orders of the captain ; he was, therefore, discharged. Mr. Rushton said it was surprising that re- spectable men would do these foolish things.. Had the liquor amounted to a certain quantity, the captain would have forfeited £lOO. It was strange that such serious risks should be run for trifles. The captain said he had sailed fourteen years out of this port. Mr. Rushton thought he ought, then, to have known better than to h ave p ut himself i n jeopardy fur the sake of a shilling or two. He was fined 20s. and costs. THE CASE OF ALLEGED STARVATION ON SHIPBOARD. —Peter M'Minn and Robert Smith , the master and the mate of the schooner Sealby, were, on Friday, placed at the bar of the Central Criminal Court, and indicted for having killed and slain John Jones, a sailor, a boy on board the above vessel, during her voyage from Tampico to this port. The evidence in this case was fully detailed when the accused parties were examined before Mr. Rushton a few weeks ago. The counsel for the mate contended that, under the circum stances, the course adopted was a necessary one for the safety of the whole crew and the ship. The crew were in a state of sickness, and, it' cessation of labour had been al lowed, the ship and all on board must have been sacrificed. The deceased was put to the easiest work, that of scraping the decks, and even for this the mate was not answerable, inasmuch as he was acting under the orders of the captain. Several witnesses were called, who gave the prisoner Smith a good character for humanity and mildness. Witnesses were called who gave the prisoner M`Nlitin a good character for humanity. The learned Judge having summed up the evi dence, the jury returned a verdict of Not Guilty, expressing their belief that great blame rested on the prisoners. Th e captain and the mate were again indicted for killing and slaying another boy, :named John Popham. Mr. Clarkson, who conducted the prosecution, said, after the decision the jury had come to as to the former case, he would not press the second indictment, as the evidence upon which it rested was precisely the same as that already adduced. The pri soners were, consequently, acquitted. THE POLYTECHNIC SOCIETY.'-We learn that the Mayor, the chairman of the Dock Committee, and other gentlemen having expressed their intention of being present at the next meeting of the Polytechnic Society, but being engaged on the usual evening, the second Tuesday in the month, the committee have determined to postpone the meeting till Thursday next, when those gentlemen will be enabled to at tend. The subject announced for the evening is a com munication by Mr. Grantham, the president of the society, on iron vessels, and which, we anticipate, will be of a highly interesting nature. THE LATE CHARLES BIRCH, ESQ.—In a notice of the death of the above estimable gentleman, the Albion of yester day remarks, that " in 1839, from a high, but, as we thought then and think still, mistaken, sense of honour, Mr. Birch resigned, to the universal regret of his constituents and the town, his seat in the town council." The circumstances under which the resignation in question took place, and which are suppressed by the Albion, are so honourable to the de ceased, that we cannot resist bringing them before the notice of those of our readers by whom his conduct, as a member of the council, is not remembered. Mr. Birch, although a libe ral:in politics, was a firm and ardent advocate of scriptural education for the children of thepoor, and opposed most stre nuously the anti-scriptural system introduced into the cor poration schools by the late whig education committee. Upon this question he differed from the majority of the constituency of the ward which he represented, (Castle-street,) and on the ground that he could not conscienciously support their opi nions in the council, he decided upon the step of resigning the seat which he held as their representative, thus display ing, as our contemporary admits, " a high," but by no means, as he thinks, a " mistaken, sense of honour." It must have been an object of sincere pleasure to Mr. Birch that, before bidding farewell to this terrestrial scene, be was enabled to witness the establishment of those sound principles, in the management of the corporation schools, for which he had himself so zealously contended. JOE AT THE PUMP, OR THE BIRD-DYER OUTWITTED. — The following highly amusing farce was enacted a few days ago, at the residence of a nobleman in this neighbourhood, which evinces an instance of that summary justice once re sorted to by the "good old English gentleman of the olden time." Joe, a jolly-nosed fellow, got a bird dyed and pre pared for his lordship, which he had the effrontery to present for his Lordship's purchase as a rara avis, a bird from some unknown island. The same worthy had made sundry visits before, and had not only been kindly treated by the steward with meat and drink, but he and his associate had received sums of money for curiosities. On this occasion, however, he was ordered to the pump trough, where he was most un mercifully soused, amidst roars of laughter from the de lighted domestics, who carried the sentence into the most satisfactory effect. GRAND PROTESTANT CONFEDERATION SOCIETY . ' OF LOYAL ORANGEMEN.—The first general quarterly meeting (Lodge 148) of the above soctety. was _held at Host Har greaves; Gilbert-street, on Saturday evening last—the Wor shipful Master, Thomas Whitehead, in the chair. The Lodge opened with prayer, and after the termination of the busi ness was closed in like manner, the members each time standing, and joining the officiating officer in the rehearsal thereof. The Worshipful Master rose, and proposed suc cessively the healths of the Queen, the Prince of Wales, the Queen Dowager, the Princess Royal, Prince Albert, and the rest of the Royal Family ; Sir R. Peel and her Majesty's Ministers, coupled With the Conservative Members of the House of Commons, the Duke and the House of Lords, Lord Sandon and Sir Howard Douglas, the Bishop and Clergy of the Diocese, the town and trade of Liverpool— all of which were received with loud applause. The Deputy Master then proposed the charter toast, " The glorious and immortal memory of the great and good King William, who freed us from Popery, tyranny, and arbitrary power"—drunk in solemn silence. The Deputy Master then proposed, in a constitutional address, " Church and State, and no surren der," when the whole company rose, and before the master could announce the honours to be paid to the toast, gave three hearty cheers, after which the Master stood on the chair and acted as fugleman in the Kentish fire, which went off in the same good style as the previous rounds. Several other toasts were given, but we cannot find room for the speeches which were delivered, several of which were of a very high order; and all breathed the principles of religion, order, and good fellowship. ACCIDENTAL DEATH ON BOARD OF A STEAM-VESSEL. — An inquisition was held yesterday, before Mr. Statham, deputy coroner for the borough, touching the death of John Fisher, who was killed on Saturday, on board her Majesty's steam-vessel Redwing. Michael Killeen, a fireman belong ing to the vessel, said, that on Saturday last the Redwing was lying at her moorings between Woodside and Monk's Ferry. The deceased was also a fireman on board, but, the regular engineer being ill, he had the management of the en gines at th time. About a quarter-past eight o'clock on the morning of the day stated, deceased and witness were em ployed in wiping down the encrineS. Dacnsed was wiping down the after-part of the cylinder, and witness was similarly engaged at the opposite side of it. Deceased was kneeling on the platform that goes] round the cylinder, while so em ployed. The engine was stationary when they began work, and witness had finished and gone away for a short time. Before the deceased finished, the tide, which was running strong at the time, turned the paddle-wheels round, which brought down the piston-rod. The deceased, at the time, was on his belly, between the cross-head (attached to the piston-rod), and the cover of the cylinder ; and the cross piece came upon the deceased, and dreadfully crushed the back of his head. Witness did not, at first, know what had happened, and on his return to the engine -room called to the deceased—" What is the matter ?"—and receiving no an swer, went up to him, and pulled him, and he fell into wit ness's arms. He was then quite dead. There was no fur ther evidence of the accident. The coroner, in addressing the jury, said; that the death was, no doubt, accidental, but they might, if they thought proper, impose a deodand on the engine, which moved towards the death of the deceased. A. gentleman, he added, was present, conne c t e d w i t h t h e go _ vernment steam-service at the port, who was of opinion that if a representation were made from the coroner and jury, re commending to Captain Bevis, R.N., that a general regula tion should be made that, while the head-ecgineer or his men were employed in cleaning or adjusting the engine, a stop-bolt, or bar, should be put on the paddle-wheels, or a stopper under the cross-head of the piston-rod, to prevent it coming down. Two of the officers of the vessel, who wer e also present, concurred in the propriety of such a recom mendation, which they felt assured would be attended to, — more particularly as another accident precisely similar had occurred within the last two years. By the means stated, the recurrence of such fatalities might easily be averted. In the present case, he (the coroner) did not see that any one was to blame. The deceased was well aware of the nature of the engine, but persons of that class were generally very care less making several very . of their own safety. The jury, after proper inquiries, returned a verdic t of Accidental Death," appending thereto a recommendation to Captain Bevis, to the effect stated, which the coroner said he wuuld by letter communicate to that gentleman. DEATH FROM FIGHTING.—On Sunday last, a labouring man, named William Riding, died suddenly after a pugilistic encounter with Joseph Boothroyd, a stonemason. The lat ter was apprehended, and was yesterday brought before Mr. \ Rushton at the police-court, but the case was referred to the coroner, and in consequence of the necessity fora tedious post mortem examination of the body of the deceased, will not be brought to a close till this day. The prisoner and the deceased, who were related by marriage, had, it appears, a quarrel on family matters on Saturday night and early on Sunday morning. Both went that Morning, about one o'clock, to the house of the deceased's father, (who is also father-in-law of the prisoner,) and who lives in Wrexham court, Lower Park-street, Mill-street, the deceased taking a friend with him. They there continued to quarrel, and pri soner struck deceased's friend. Deceased said he had rather he struck himself, or words to the effect that to strike his friend was to strike him. The quarrel continued, and they fought in the house and both fell on the floor. Peace was then partially restored, till about eight in the morning, when the prisoner said to deceased, " Are you agreeable to have it out now ?" Deceased said he was, and against the will of prisoner's wife and the father of the deceased, they went out to fight at a piece of ground at the top of Hill-street. A sister of the deceased told her mother where they had gone, and she ran out and found them in a hollow piece of ground, the prisoner standing up. and the deceased lying in a dying state. In a few moments the deceased breathed his last. It does not appear that any one saw a blow struck. Mr. Hodg son, surgeon, was called, but no marks of external violence were observed, beyond a slight mark on one ear. Some per sons and a police-officer came up, and the prisoner was taken into custody. The body of the deceased was carried to his father's house: The hearing of the case by the jury was post poned until ten o'clock this day, when the result of the post mortem examination will be laid before them. Mr. J. S. THORDURNE.—Mr. Thorburne's benefit, on Friday last, at the Theatre-royal, was extremely well attend ed. The entertainments were Knowles' play of " The Wife," " Turnip° . the Tables,' ;and the " Pantomime." In the first, Mr. Thorburne sustained the character of St. Pierre ; in the second, Jeremiah Bumps. Mr. Thorburne's St. Pierre was a most meritorious performance. He made some excellent points, and delivered the text with great accuracy and judg ment. The scene with the Duke Ferrardo, at the portico of the ducal palace, was cleverly, very cleverly played. It drew forth marked applause. The eloquent description of Swit zerland, beginning - - - " h is a land of beauty and of grandeur, lady," was given with enthusiasm and pathos. The scene in the chamber of the palace where the confession of Ferrardo is obtained is one of the most skilfully-managed and finely conceived in the whole range of the drama. Mr. Thorburne here showed touches of nature " that snatched a grace be yond the reach of art," proving him to possess considerable histrionic talent.. We did nor altogether like• the mode in which the confession was taken down, but after it was ob tained the wild fierceness of St. Pierre was beautifully de veloped. " Give me, duke, the eyes that looked upon my father's face," and the subsequent lines, were capitally given. The last scene was also good. Taken altogether. Mr. Thorburne played St. Pierre with considerable ability; and when we remember that he has only had opportunities , of appearing during two short seasons of six weeks each at his own theatre at Belfast, it will be admitted that a man must possess more than ordinary aalent to go through what he did so creditably. We conscientiously declare Mr. Thorburne's St. Pierre to be all we have stated it, and the applause which rung through the theatre showed we are not alone in our opinion. Mr. Gray's Duke Ferrardo is altogether a mistake. Instead of exhibiting the duke as a cold, cunning, calculating villain, he makes him a blustering bully. Some of Mr. Gray's readin s .are extraordinary perversions of the meaning of the text. For instance, where St. Pierre has told him of certain-docu ments he holds, and thereby proving his identity; instead of waving the attendants away and expressing his surprise in tones suitable at thus finding St. Pierre before him, Mr. Gravin the most indifferent ton e, merely coldly p ronounces his Now, the whole of this scene ought to be given in a sotto voce, and if a fault could be found, Mr. Thorburne was too loud : the whole of the inmates of the palace must have heard the conversation ; and the attendants at the back must have been deaf indeed not to have known what was going forward. Miss Bennett was too light for Marianna. The soul of passion —the burning description of the progress:of her love wanted the weight of years. Her indignation at the upbraidings of Antonio wanted power. Miss Bennett is a very clever young lady, has great promise, and will be in time a bright star in the theatrical hemispher e ; but time must do its work. Mr. Barton played Anionto vflth considerable ability. Mr. Brooke's Leonardo was only middling, He attitudinized and ranted most horribly in the last scene : in one speech he " Out-Hollowayed Holloway." Mr. Thorburne's Jeremiah Bumps was very laughable. He occasionally set the house roaring. His appearance when aping the simpleton was ludicrous in the extreme. Mr. Baker was comic as usual as Jack Humphreys. We noticed in the house at least one-half of the members of Mr. Thorburne's late profession connected with this town. We could not help thinking, that had any practical joker called out, " There's a lady in a fit ; is there a medical man present ?" a laughable scene would have en sued. Mr. Thorburne, on being called for at the close of the play, made a vary neat speech, in which he very happily alluded to circumstances connected with his original pro fession, which many in the house well knew how to apply. We perceive that " A Midsummer Night's Dream" is under lined to be produced after Easter. We believe that the scenic effects will set every attempt that has yet been made out of the metropolis in the shade. Some idea may be formed of the care and time that will be devoted to it when we state, that yesterday it was put in rehearsal. A juvenile night takes place on Thursday, when the " Pantomime" will be played as a second piece, to enable the Cheshire folks to leave early. Jerrold's successful comedies of the " Prisoner of War" and " Bubbles of the Day" are in preparation, and will be pro duced with new scenery and dresses. Verily the manage ment may say, that " 'tis not in mortals to command success —at least we will deserve it." The Thomas Bell, frOm Liverpool to New York, with emigrants, mostly from .the north of Ireland, has put into Cork for repairs, and the poor people had to seek admission, as paupers, to the workhouse, where they were received. The British and North American royal mail steamer Columbia, Captain Judson, sailed on Friday, for Halifax and Boston. She carried out a fair number of passsngers, the season of the year considered, and very heavy mails. WELSH Music.—By an "adveidsement which . appears elsewhere it will be seen that Mr. Venables, the popular lec turer on Music, is about to give lectures at the Medical In stitution on Druidical music and the ancient national airs of Wales. A short concert of miscellaneous music will follow. CAUTION. — We are requested to put the public on their guard against a person who has of late imposed upon several families keeping lodgings, by taking their apartments for a short period, and also boarding with them, and then decamp ing without paying his bill. We beg to refer consumers and exporters of writing ink to the advertisement of Mr. Cochran, manufacturer, of this town, which will be found in another column. From a con stant use of it in our own office, we can give it our hearty recommendation. A CHINAMAN'S TAIL.—In the window of our publishing office is exhibited, what in. common parlance is called " the Tail of a Chinaman," It was cut from the head of its ori ginal possessor on the sth July, 1840, the day the English took possession of the Island of Chusan. There has evi dently not been much ceremony observed in seve►ing it. and it has probably been cut off by a sailor's knife or the edge of a cutlass. The man was found sitting on the beach in the midst of a seven gun battery, protected by bags of rice arid sand; his right leg was shot away, and though quite dead when discovered, was seated on a chair with a lighted match in his hand, He was a very ferocious and powerful-looking man. EXTRAORDINARY OCCURRENCE AT ALL SAINTS' CHURCH.—A, singular scene was presented on Sunday even ing, during the service, at All Saints' Church. At the close of the second lesson a violent shrieking was heard amongst the congregation, but in what precise locality or from what cause has not been ascertained. A sudden panic, however, spread from pew to pew ; the noise increased until it was al mast deafening ; several persons fainted ; a general rush took place to the doors, the congregation falling over each other on the staircases, and in a few minutes the church was de serted.- After a delay of about ten. minutes however, spent in vain efforts to ascertain the, cause of alarm, the congrega tion was gathered together again, and the service resumed and terminated without further disturbance. NEW Music.—A. new ballad, written by the Rev. F. Josephs, and published by Mori and Lavenue, of London —" Yes, so sweetly to-day "—and adapted to an Irish melody, by W. Guernsey, has created a sensation among the concert-going folk quite unprecedented in London. The melody is plaintive, sweet, and classical—perfectly in keeping with the sentiment of the poetry. The harmonies are appropriate, and rich, without redundancy or affecta tion of learning. We do not remember e%er to have seen a production in the ballad way which has given so much pleasure as the above, being tree from the maukish sen timentality so prevalent among the generality of modern ballads. We recommend it to our fair musical readers as a perfect gem in its way. SMUGGLING.—In our last appeared some particulars rela tive to the smuggling of some brandy and other ar ticles from the Americ an ket-ship Sheridan. The case came on again on Friday m or ning ac before Mr. Rushton. Mr. Brooke, so licitor, appeared on behalf of the customs. Thomas Bowyer, the shipkeeper of the Sheridan, and John Billingsley, the tidewaiter, were again placed at the bar. The officer who detained the trunk containing the contraband articles gave similar evidence to that which he had given on the previous day.—John Jones, a carter, deposed that he had been engaged by the steward of the Sheridan to carry the trunk to Mrs. Richardson's, in Pownall-square, and that Billingsley and another tid ewa it er were present when he took it into his care. Mr. Davenport, who appeared on behalf of the prisoner Bil lingsley, said he would call, on the part of the defence, the superior officer, Maywort, who, with his client, had charge of the Sheridan on behalf of the customs. Mr. Rushton in formed Mr. Brookes that if the other officer were brought forward as a witness, he could not afterwards be prosecuted as an accessary to the fraud. Mr. Brookes replied that he was not his witness. Thomas Maywort was then placed in the box, and examined by Mr. Davenport. He deposed that, on the night previous to the seizure of the articles, he had examined the box which belonged to the steward, and found that it contained nothing but articles of wearing appa rel. He then put on the lid of the box his initials, and an "excl." When the carter came on the following morning to take away the box, he (witness) was in the cabin getting his breakfast, and Billingsley went on shore to get his breakfast. —At the conclusicn of the examination of this witness, Mr. Rushton ordered Bowyer to be discharged, as he might have been an innocent party in the transaction.—Billingsley, who appeared to be much affected at his situation, denied that he knew anything whatever of the transaction. He had not, be said, examined the box, and was entirely ignorant of the contents. Mr. Rushton (with whom were two other magis trates) said that the impression on their minds was, that both officers knew what the box contained. and that, for some pe cuniary consideration, they had violated their duty. If such proceedings were tolerated, there would be no safety for shipowners or captains of vessels. He had thought of inflict ing a heavy pecuniary penalty upon the prisoner; but, instead of that, he would allow the law to take its course, and he must be imprisoned for six months.—The prisoner was then removed, and his wife, who was in court, shed tears, and ap peared to be greatly distressed. FUNERAL OF AN ORANGEMAN.—On Sunday last, a very unusual, though at the same time very gratifying, ceremony took place. It may not be generally known that there are in this town several lodges, comprising together some hun dreds of members, attached to the religious, constitutional, end brotherly order of Orangemen. Last week one of this fraternity was called to deliver up his spirit to the God who gave it. and on his dying bed he expressed a wish that his interment might take place with the honours which a few years since were usually observed at the burial of any of the brethren. In consequence of this, it was determined that his request should, if possible, be complied with ; and notice having been given, the brethren assembled at their respective lodges about two o'clock, and proceeded to the place of ge neral rendezvous in Richmond-row, where, after some little delay, the procession moved off in the following order, through St. Anne-street, Islington, and Brunswick-road, to the Ne cropolis, Low-hill : ' Stubbs' military band, muffled drums, playing - " Dead March in Saul." The Grand Officers. The District Officers. The Lodges according to their numbers, amounting together to about 350, each member with a hatband and scarf, with orange ties.. The Hearse. • Mourning Coaches. At the Cemetery the members fell into two lines, dividing right and left. Through these lines the hearse and coach moved forward, the brethren closing again from each tide in regular order, and following the body to the grave. The burial service having been performed, the brethren formed the circle of unity, the masters of lodges and superior officers being stationed in an inner circle round the grave. The fu neral word was then given to the different masters, and by them to each member, the brethren coming from the circle in regular order, and each receiving it from his superior. All the members then uncovered, and the brethren, with arms crossed and grasping their neighbours' hands right and left, gave the three simple yet affecting " farewels which belong so peculiarly to this truly loyal and religious institution. The brethren followed the coach in returning by the same route, and filed off at Richmond-row to their different lodges, sa tisfied at having performed a sacred duty with that solemnity and decorum so fitting the sacredness of the day and the oc casian of their meeting. The friends of the parties who walked in procession, who lined the Brunswick-road on each side to witness the gratifying spectacle, are estimated at 3,ooo.—The deceased, whose name was Armstrong, has been a vender of the STANDARD since its commencement, and was always industrious to promote its circulation, us tending to extend the principles which he through life advocated and held dear. Several gentlemen from this office, out of respect to his memory, joined the procession to the grave. DEATH OF GROGAN.—The last Utica Observer says that Col. Grogan, the celebrated patriot, whose seizure in Ver mont, and imprisonment in Montreal, made so much noise' last September, died at Champlain, on the 7th ult. SOVEREIGN REMEDIES. — For the gout, toast and water ; hooping cough, ipecacuanha ; bile, exercise ; corns, easy shoes ; blue devils, blue ruin ; rheumatism, new flannel and patience ; tooth-ache, pluck it out ; debt, oxalic acid ; love, matrimony. _ MR. FERRAND.—There is no truth in the statement that Mr. Ferrand, the member for Knaresborough, is identical with Mr. Robert Ferrand, the corn factor, of Mark lane, or that he ever set for the borough of Heden. Mr. Fer rand is the on of Mr. C. F. Busfield, and nephew of the late Mr. Walter Ferrand, of Harden Grange, upon whose death be assumed the name of Ferrand, in compliance with the will of his ancestor, Mr. Benjamin Ferrand.—Globe. AN UNWELCOME VISITOR.—A well-dressed man the day before yesterday entered the house in the Rue Godot de Mauroy, and having passed the porter's lodge without speak ing, the concierge followed him up the staircase. He men tioned the name of some one in the house, who, the concierge said, was not at home, and, muttering something unintelli gible, returned down stairs and made his way out of the gate. The concierge followed him at a distance till he en tered another house in the Rue du Mont Thabor. Here the concierge of the Rue Godot communicated to the person who held the same office his suspicions as to the honesty of the new comer. The doors were immediately shut, and the guard called in. The visiter was found concealed in a closet at the top of the house, and was conducted to the guard house at the hotel of the Minister of Finance and searched. A poinard-knife and a number of skeleton keys being found upon him, he was committed to the lock-up room, but when they came to transfer him to the Prefecture of Police, he was found hanging by his cravat to a bar of the window. Medi cal men were called in, but their endeavours to restore him to life were ineffectual. A mysterious circumstance has arisen in Stamford. On Tuesday last (Ist instant) Mr. George Whittome found, on a piece of land occupied by Mrs. Cole, near Hudd's Mills, 'a heavy ash stick steeped in blood, apparently very fresh. Con ceiving that some foul play had taken place, he took the stick to Mr. Read, the chief constable, who discovered amongst the blood several small quantities of human hair. The knots of the stick had been cut off, with the exception of two, which were left to assist the hand-hold. It seems that violent blows must have been inflicted, as the end of the weapon is completely split, and hair matted with blood has been driven more than an inch into it. From examination of the stick by medical and other gentlemen, great fears prevail that some unfortunate person has been inhumanly murdered. The cudgel itself presents a truly horrifying appearance. The police have been actively engaged in searches and inquiries, but hitherto without effect. It is suspected that murder has been committed, the body may have been thrown into the river Welland, which in its present swollen state pre cludes any attempt being made to drag it. Some very sus picious characters were met coming into Stamford from the direction in which the stick was found (the Deeping and Spalding road), at an early hour in the morning. The necessary inquiries are still going on.—Starnford Mercury. STATISTICS OF MATRIMONY.—If there is one thing which more than another is alarming, it is the state of the busi ness of marriage among the middle classes. A Berwick shire farmer assured a fellow-traveller once, that about him there was not one farmer in a dozen married—he seemed in clined to say not one in 20 ; and he added for himself, " I've often thought if I were free I'd never marry." Men in the clubs say in their wickedness, even if they get a small for tune with a wife, they gain nothing. Farmers of the new school say a wife is too expensive, and a housekeeper does quite as well. Two shrewd and observant ladies, themselves single and 40, say that in their sphere—that of the highest of the middle class, and including the lower aristocracy—the pro portion of ladies who get husbands is one in three. A married lady took a pencil and jotted down the number of married and unmarried ladies among her own irnniettiate connexions who occurred to her in a few minutes, and the numbers were in all 83—of married 35. The connexions of this Scotch gentlewoman are professional men, m anufacturers, and lairds. Of the 35 married ladies, six only had no money, and yet got husbands. Of 83 gentlewomen, only six ! Of the unmar ried ladies, 17 were without fortunes; 31 bad, and yet they got no mates. Out of the six penniless ladies who married, one had great personal attractions, and was married to a worn-out rake—another married a mechanic—a third ac cepted a rich eccentric stranger on a week's notice—a fourth was married by her mother to a lad much younger than her self—the remaining two were wooed and won by an advocate and a laird. Four of the six married their inferiors in birth. Of the five gentlemen out of the six husbands, four were very ugly fellows. The mechanic and one of the gentlemen were I to l era bly good-looking. But one of these penniless ladies was plain—the rest were handsome.—Blackwood. THE NOVELTIES OF POPERY A course of lectures, by clergymen of the Established Church, on the twelve - articles added to the Nicene Creed by Pope Pius the IVth, was commenced on the evening of Fri day, in the Music-hall, Bold-street, the surplus funds of which are to, be devoted in aid of the Liverpool Protestant Association. We believe that the idea of these lectures originated in the recent controversy between the Rev. Hugh M'Neile and Dr. Youens, relative to the history of Pope Pius's Creed, with the circumstances and the result of which the readers of the LIVERPOOL STANDARD are familiar. From the eminent names announced in the prospectus, it is evident that the novelties of Popery, as comprehended in this creed, will be grappled with by the gruatest learning and eloquence which now adorn the united Church of England and Ireland ; and that as the course proceeds the interest of it will increase. Tile first lecture %%as entrusted to the Rev. Thomas Nolan, Incumbent of St. Barnahas' Church, Par liament-street, a gentleman whose zeal and eloquence, com bined with unaffected piety, have tendered him deservedly popular among all classes, although his residence in this lo cality has been but very short. The hall was well tilled by a highly-respectable auditory. The subject of the lecture (article 13 of Pope Pius IVtb) was these words—" I most steadfastly admit and embrace apostolical and ecclesiastical traditions, and all other observances and constitutions of the same church" ; or, as it is given in the original Latin— . " Apostolicas et ecclesiasticas Traditiorkes, reliquasque ejus dem ecclesim observationes et constitutiones firmissime admitto et amplector." On the motion of Mr. JOHN HOWARD, seconded by Mr. JOH N SII EPPARP, CH ARLES BOUTFLOWER, Esq., was unanimously called to the chair. The Rev. TOWNSEND, assistant minister of St. Bride's, at the request of the chairman, implored the divine blessing upon the proceedings of the evening. The CHAMNIAN having addressed a few appropriate words to the audience, on the objects of this course of lectures, and the necessity for the speaker to be heard in silence, Mr. NOLAN then came forward, and was received with loud applause. He commenced as follows :—My Christian friends and brethren, I feel in the first instance that a word of apology and explanation is necessary on my part for assu ming the responsible position of delivering the first lecture in this important series. I have only to say, that the con venience of our kind friends at a distance, whose names are announced for the succeeding lectures, coupled with some circumstances of a sad character at home to which it Is unne cessary to allude more minutely now, have led, upon the part of those who got up this series, to the present arrangement. And while I feel infinitely my own incompetence and weak ness, both absolutely as regards the magnitude of the sub ject before us, and relatively in connection with the respected brethren who are to follow, yet I could not think of inter posing any feelings of my own to an arrangement involving matters of so much consequence; still less could I suffer them to place me at variance, with the expressed desire of one whose slightest wish, recommended by all the sanctions of esteem, gratitude, and affection, comes to my heart with all' the weight and influence of a command. I feel, my friends, moreover the peculiarity of my position, as yet almost a stranger, and comparatively untried amongst you, and, of myself, more disposed to sit and listen to an important ques tion ably discussed by another, than eager to attempt an im perfect examination of it myself. I mention these particu lars in order to bespeak a claim on your indulgent forbear ance. (blear, hear.) Indeed, I might have summed them all up in the single statement, that I appeared before you this evening as the unworthy substitute for that dear and valued friend to the cause of Protestantism. of truth, and of God— the Rev. Hugh M`Neile, to whom bad properly been assigned the becoming task of leading the way in this fresh effort to contrast the power and simplicity of scriptural truth with the complicated falsehoods by which the corrupt system of Ro manism is supported. (Cheers.) You know, my brethren, that his heart and his prayers are with us, during his retire ment and patient waiting on the Lord ; and may the blessing promised to all who thus wait upon God be realised to his soul, that lie may renew his strength, and he enabled to come forth to the closing lecture of this course, comforted in heart and cheered in spirit, as the promise runs—" they shall mount with wings as eagles, they shall run and not be weary, they shall walk and not faint." (Great applause.) Though I am far from supposing that any disclaimer of ours, will protect us from the violence and misrepresentation of our interested opponents of the Romish priesthood, and the Romish press, I cannot proceed without expressing the feel ings by which we are actuated towards our fellow-creatures who are bound in the chains of Romish error, and the mo tives which have induced us to take in hand this course of lectures. (Hear.) We are not, dear brethren, (if there be any Romanists present) your enemies because we tell you the truth. J udge of us rather by our own words and actions to wards you than by the calumnies and invectives of those who would make merchandise of your souls, and would still hold you in the fetters, from which it is our aim and object, our " hearts' desire and prayer to God" to set you free. (Hear, hear.) It is to open your eyes to the wilful frauds long practised upon you that we have taken up the articles of this new creed, issued under the authority of the pope whose name it bears, and promulgated to the world for the first time in the year 1364. In order to this we have circum scribed ourselves within these limits, and have selected for the subjects of the successive lectures, which, with divine per mission and blessing, are to be delivered in this place, the consecutive articles of this creed. Our indictment against Romanism is, that by the adoption of this new creed, she has superseded, virtually, the old ; she has forsaken the old paths, she has departed from the faith. if so, then, if she has become apostate, it is our bounden duty as ambassadors for Christ, to cry aloud, and spare not. " Come out of her, my people, that ye be not partakers in her plagues." Now you will be ready to do us this much justice, at all events—there is no concealment or reserve in our proceedings — all is fair, open, and above board. We lay our charge, submit our proofs, and only ask of you to consi der the matter seriously and impartially, arid to act out the dictates of your genuine convictions. "We speak as to wise men, judge ye what we say." Such, my dear Romanist brethren, are our claims upon your forbearance and moderation, at least—perhaps we may be able to add, gratitude also, before we come to a close. Our only motive is the strong desire to do you good. We love your souls, and long to make yo u p artakers of that liberty with which Christ has made ourselves free. The mode we have adopted of pointing out to you the sandy foundation of the modern church of Rome, is that most likely to carry con viction with it—viz., an exposure of the fallacies contained in that epitome of Romish novelties and corruptions, the creed of Pius IV., implicitly subscribed and sworn to by every be neficed ecclesiastic in the Romish church from the promul gation of the creed up to the present hour. We have no de sire, nay, we strongly deprecate any intention of occasioning avoidable offence. Our abhorrence of false principles is to be carefully distinguished from any feeling of hostility towards those whom we anxiously commiserateas the deluded victims of those principles. And for myself—l would take this early opportunity, lest peradventure an unguarded expression may esca pe from me bye and bye , here, by anticipation, to apolo gise for it, and to disclaim from the bottom of my heart, the slightest intention of wantonly wounding the humblest indi vidual, be he priest or laymen, of the Romish communion.. With respect to our timid protestant friends, who hesitate to give a full approva l to our p resent proceedings, it must be enoug h to prove to them , that we are strictly within profes sional limits, and in the path of dutiful obedience, in fulfiling an obligation assumed by every minister of our church, with all the solemnity of his ordination vow—" that he will be ready with all faithful diligence to banish and drive away all erroneous and strange doctrines contrary to God's word." This creed of Pius has of late years, since the commence ment of this controversy, become more and more a sore sub ject with Romish ecclesiastics —they don't like to be pressed home upon it, which is in itself a tacit admission that the foundation is not too secure, and will not stand too close a scrutiny. Dr. Youen, in his remarks on Mr. M`Neile's speech, delivered from this platform, says this, " In Eng gland, however, little use is made of it except by Protestant controversialists." This does not certainly go so far as to disclaim its authority as binding upon the Romish church ; but is calculated to suggest a convenient doubt in the minds of the unwary as to the degree of importance annexed to it in the system of modern Romanism,—(hear, hear;)—by which expression I would be understood to mean the Church of Rome since the adoption of this very creed. It becomes necessary for us, even on account of the Doctor's ingenious insinuation, to establish, upon sufficient evidence, the au thority and importance of the creed ere we proceed to an ex amination of its fallacies ; and here I gladly avail myself of the learned labours of my friend Dr. O'Sullivan, whose " Apostacy predicted by St. Paul," part 2nd, I- hold in my hand. I give you his own words, for few would venture to supply language to this distinguished champion of truth, when the opportunity is at hand of hearing him speak for himself. [Here the rev. gentleman quoted at some length from the work referred to, citing from the Bull " injunctum nobis," the evidence of the late Dr. Doyle, Mr. Charles Butler's book of the Roman Catholic Church, abundantly establishing the universal admission of the creed of Pius as the accredited faith of the modern Church of Rome. After which he proceeded.] The article of traditions neces sarily forms the first in this creed, because it is the only foundation for the remainder. Take from Rome the appa rent support of tradition, or I should rather say, deny her the facility of inventing and circulating traditions to suit her purpose, and the whole edifice of Papacy reels and totters to its very centre. The voice of simple truth as set forth in the word of God is clearly opposed to it. No less so is the testimony of legitimate antiquity, the tradition that has stood the test of the " quod semper quod übique, quod ab omni bus" that pretends to nothing new, but only receives and attests what has already been declared in the Scriptures o unerring truth. Romanism has perplexed the question by an ambiguous use of the word tradition, and by giving cur rency to the notion that all tradition ranges on her side, and is completely rejected by us. (Hear, hear.) Now, before proceeding further, it is necessary to disembarrass the ques tion of this perplexity by stating in the first place what the character and use is of that . tradition on the part of Rome, which she inculcates in the first article of this creed, against which we are called upon strenuously to protest. I will en deavour to show how the testimony of primitive antiquity, the only real tradition that is to be found, lends its valuable aid not only to the self-sufficiency of the word of God, but to the doctrines taught and adopted by the Church of Eng land. We object to this doctrine on the subject of tradition, which would elevate it to the same level and authority with the word of God, implying that Scripture was insufficient in itself, and that tradition was necessary to supply its defects. This is the doctrine of the Church of Rome ever since the Council of Trent. The catechism of that council, towards the end of the preface, sets forth " that the Word of Gpd is divided into Scriptureand tradition," and the Canon of Trent adopted in the fourth session of that council, decrees that the "written books and unwritten traditions are to be received and reverenced with equal piety and veneration." We can readily understand how import ant a principle of this kind must be to a new system seeking to establish corruptions both in doctrine and practise, opposed alike to Scripture and primitive usage ; and so we find it as strenuously struggled for by the pope's party in the council, as it was opposed by the reformers', who referred to the law and to the testimony as the only authoritative standard of truth and error in mat ters of faith. The pope, however, prevailed—the canon was decreed—proclaimed in the catechism—and made an article of saving faith in the new creed of Pius IVth,—and not only so, but is the only foundation and support of the re maining- articles. Against this we are found protesting now. as well as then—and .for these mighty reasons. First, Scrip ture abundantly attests its own sufficiency. Here the rev. lecturer entered at some length into the argument from Scripture, and quoted largely from the Bible in proof of his position, after which he cited many passages from the writ ings of the early fathers, as made use of by Archbishop Usher, bearing conclusive testimony to the sufficiency of Seriptere alone as the rule and standard of the Christian faith. The extracts he produced from the writings of Ter tullian, Origen, Ambrose, and Jerome, were listened to with much interest, especially the last quotation from Theodoret arid Eusebius with reference to the first Council of Nice. That father (Theodoret) relates, that at the commencement of that council, the Emperor Constantine admonished the assembly to consult only the inspired writings, " because the evangelical and apostolical books, and the oracles of the old prophets, do evidently instruct us what to think in Divine matters." Cardinal Bellarmine, it is true, affects to sneer at this, saying that " Constantine seas indeed a great emperor,- but no doctor." However (the rev. gentleman proceeded), this sneer affects not merely the emperor but the whole council—for Theodoret informs us, that his command was obeyed, and " that most of the synod were obedient to what he had discoursed and embraced, in mutual concord and sound doctrine." Here the learned ca rdinal s eems to exalt his own private judgment against the unan i mous c.on sent of the 318 fathers assembled on that occasion, in the name of whom Eusebius delivers this . rem.ark able sentence, " Believe the things Rut!: are worintteanr, in things that are not written n e i ther think up ° quire after." (L o ud cheers.) After this b e proceeded to an examination of the character of the Romish tradi tions. Our Lord, he said, condemned the traditions of the Jews, by which they made the wordif nod , ' bi rione:o 3 fect, teaching for doctrines the commandments of inth,lnd these, having vastly more claim to authority, than any pre tended traditions in support of the conceptions of modern Rome, left us without excuse in embracing the latter, where they were so emphatically condemned. He dwelt on the character of Romish traditions being, as described by Bishop Patrick, " not to make all men better, but only some men richer." All the Romish arguments against the sufficiency of scripture by itself, he maintained to apply with greater force against their fond traditions, and showed, that Roman ism in its hostility to scripture, made common cause at last with the infidel anti deist ; so also it, defence of tradition, she joined issue with the tiitierent heretics censured respectively by Ambrose. Tertullian, Jerome, atm Clirysostern. The same passages advanced by these heretics in support of their traditions, being similarly used by Bellarmane (de verbs dei) in support of the traditions of Rome. This head of his ar gument he summed up by reading an extract from the Reverend Hugh Al'Neile's fourth Lecture on the Church of England, pp. 196 and 197, on the subject of the Church's doctrine, as regards scripture and tradition. The reverend gentleman then referred to a letter which he tied received but a few days ago. signed " Denis .o'Sltaugh- nessey," enclosing a copy of The Catholic Vindicator, No. 7, which contained an address delivered by the Rev. T. Maguire, in answer to the Rev. T. D. Gregg, in which thir ty-six points were enumerated that had not been answered by any Protestant champion ; and calling upon him (Mr. Nolan) to answer these points, as he had allowed himself to be placed before the public as an enemy to the Roman Ca tholic religion. The reverend gentleman said he had read these points, and that all of them had been answered ove and over again in a most, satisfactory manner. Th then went on to ask him, if be hoped to have any success, to show the Catholics that there was no danger in listening to the Church of England, she being but a fallible church — and might she not be teaching error at the present time. We regret that our limits prevent us from reporting Mr. Nolan's reply to the queries put in this letter. He showed that the promise of our Saviour, " Lo, I am with you always," was made unto his church, but that the church of Rome, by add ing a new creed to the faith professed by the church, had separated from her—in fact, that she had apostatised. He next proved from the warranty of Scripture that the Chcrch of England had held fast the promise, and that she was the depository of pure truth. Such, he proceeded, is the cha racter of our beloved and venerable church. Scriptural in her foundation, Catholic in her creed, and Protestant in the bold and unambiguous expression of her principles. (Cheers.) In the creed she professes, the banner of faith waves over her, which Was once delivered to the saints. I❑ the adoption of her Gth article she plants her foot upon the firm pedestal of scriptural sufficiency and truth, and so lays hold and re lies upon the sure promises of God. In the face of the con gregated world she is prepared to come forth, and say with Luther before the Diet of Worms, " Here I take my stand, and God is my trust." But, alas ! there are no slight symp toms in the present day, of a disposition to disown and dis 'parage those high and holy principles. Men in the very heart of her sanctuary, who . have subscribed these very articles, and to 'all outward seeming have cordially embraced these princi ples, by virtue of which they are suffered to minister within her walls, and are invested with her dignities, eat her bread, aid wear her honours, are found openly discountenancing her doc trines, undermining her strength, contemptuously lifting up the heel against her. Some of them indignantly repudiate all connection with ,Protestantism and the Reformation, and speak mildly and tenderly of their elder sister, or even their mother Church of Rome. Well has our pious, watchful, beloved Bishop (whom may the Lord long preserve !) de scribed them, as sitting in the Reformers' seats and tradu cing the Reformation. What the treatment would be which he and the rest of his most reverend and right rev. brethren might experience at the hands of these gentlemen of the Tractarian school, when they had matured their projected plan for " bringing up the refractory bishops," I hope will long remain ►natter of conjecture only. They profess they are not of us : why do they not honestly go out from amongst us (Cheers.) Our holy Zion ought to be at unity within itself, as well as with itself. We want no false friends to hold con verse with the enemy without—no Catalines to remain in the city, until they have fired and sacked it, and then be off to their confederates, Manlius and the camp in Etruria. Let Mr. Newma❑ and his misguided followers depart, and openly make common cause with Dr. Wiseman and the encamp- ment at Oscot. Let them fly at once into the gross clasp of lascivious Rome, but let them no longer trespass on the patience, abuse the indulgence, and betray the confidence of their insulted and disowned Reformed Church. (Loud cheers.) It is worse than the infamy of the heartless de bauchee, who introduces his guilty paramour within the sacred shelter of his maternal roof, polluting with her pre sence and his own the very spot which every generous or virtuous feeling would have taught him to reverence and re spect,—it is worse even than this, for a son and minister of the Church of England, bound as he ought to be to her by the powerful bonds of dutiful reverence and filial af f ection, to profane the sanctuary, the place where her honour dwelleth, by the introduction of the harlot practices of Mistress Rome into the chaste and sublime services of our pure and lovely Catholic - mother Church of England. (Great cheering.) But I dwell on this more from the enormity of the offence than from any apprehension of danger now to the church from the faithlessness of some of her children. Our bishops have spoken out—our own amongst the first. The trumpet has given neither a low nor an uncertain sound. The people of England give their practices and their principles neither sympathy nor support. And so,brethren, let us pray for them, " If God peradventure may give the.n repentance to the acknowledgment of the truth"—and let us be of good cheer as regards our church and ourselves—for " Her foun dation is upon the holy hill, God loveth the hill of Sion." After a brief exhortation to be more and more Christians in deed and in truth, and not in name only, recapitulating the leading features and mercies of the Gospel of the grace of God, soliciting their prayers in his own behalf as well as in behalf of those who were to follow him in the course of suc ceeding lectures, the rev. gentleman concluded by invoking a blessing upon all present—that they might be sanctified wholly and preserved blameless unto the coming of the Lord Jesus Christ. The lecture occupied two hours and a quarter in the de livery, and was listened to with the greatest. attention, inter rupted only now and then by bursts of applause. The Doxology—" Praise God from whom all blessings flow"—was then sung, and the assembly dispersed shortly before ten o'clock. THE LYING MERCURY TO THE EDITOR OF THE LIVERPOOL STANDARD. SIR,—In the Liverpool Mercury of yesterday I perceive following statement, under the head, home and abroad t"— " A man can buy in New York 22 lbs. of flour for 3s. IC whereas in London he would have to pay Bs. 3d. for the same Price Of Provisions at quantity." Now, very good flour is sold both in Liverpool and London at 2d. per pound. What, then, must we think of the man who could propagate to the public so despicable a falsehood to agitate the minds of the ignorant and to encourage dissen sion and opposition to the government. The cause of the radicals must needs be bad when their principal organ in Liverpool publishes such a false and slanderous calumny.— I am, Sir, very respectfully, your most obedient, humble servant, J. SELBY. Liverpool, March sth, 1842. TO THE EDITOR OF THE LIVERPOOL STANDARD. 15, Lever -street, Manchester, March 5, 1842 SlA,—Permit me to contradict, in the most unqualified manner, the report to which you have given circulation respecting my being the paid agent of the Anti-Corn-Law League.—l am, your obedient Servant, GEO. THOMPSON. P.S.—I am neither paid, commissioned, nor officially em ployed by any anti-corn-law association in the kingdom. [We readily give insertion to the above disclaimer of Mr. Thompson, with respect to his having any official connection with or pay from " any anti-corn-law association," being perfectly aware that there is, a way of managing these matters, so as to enable the worthy lecturer to satisfy his conscience whilst thus representing himself to be clean-handed. Di rectly, we are bound to believe him, that he derives no pay from " the league." But will he deny that he derives no profit from his agitation ? Is he so disinterested as to pay his own travelling expenses ? Is it not a fact that, at South ampton, he received a purse of £5O ? And is it not possible that from some similar indirect payments in other towns, he may be as effectually a hired lecturer as if he was in the direct pay of the Anti-Corn-Law Association of Manchester? Mr. Thompson, by the way, having noticed the paragraph in our columns to which the above letter is, we presume, in tended to be a contradiction, is we think bound to reply to the charge which we brought against him in the same publi - - cation. Until that charge is satisfactorily met, we do not really think that any statement of Mr. T. will be received with much confidence by the public. Perhaps when the worthy lecturer has done this, we may be able to satisfy him that we know something of the terms upon which he carries on his last East India agitation.—E. L. S.] It has been determined to send the 10th and 78th regiments forthwith to India.—. Naval and Military Gazette. We have just heard a rumour that her Majesty has it in contemplation to raise to the peerage a few of our most dis tinguished admirals—namely, Sir Robert Stopford, Sir George Cockburn, and Sir Edward Codrington.—Naval and Military Gazette. - - - FALMOUTH, MARcii 4.—The Trent arrived down at noon, and will leave to-night at 11 p.m. for the West Indies. The passengers speak very highly of her sailing qualities. She ought to have left this port yesterday at 11 a.m. The Petrel proceeded this morning for the Brazils, ' - The Thames Tunnel will be finally opened to the public about the second or third week in April, when a small toll will be fixed for passing from one side of the river to the other. Sir Robert Peel stated, on Friday night, in the House of Commons, that the new corn-law scale would come into effect as soon as the bill was passed into law ; and that the new mode of taking the averages would have effect six weeks af terwards. SINGULAR CASE.—A singular case, that of Grant and Grant, came on for hearing in the Court of Bankruptcy, on Tuesday. The fiat had been issued fifty-nine years ago, namely, in 1783. At different periods the bankrupts bad paid 20s. in the pound, and there still remains a fund in chan cery more than suffi c i ent to pay all the interest up to the present time. The whole of the debts amounted to £16,445 is. 3d. It is with extreme pain that we learned that a gentleman, holding a highly responsible situation in the office gentleman alluded master of Civil Services, has disappeared. The ge e ' l ' o il _depai t alluded to is Mr. Perkins, one of the Cashiers in ment above -mentioned. Among other of stamps charge is this: that he procured a large am:n e m, which from the Stamp-office, to the value, it is said, l'' e y paid by him stamps were intended for receipts for the 1 33 °, n atever y person in his capacity of cashier, the custom being necessary to so receiving should pay the price of thet stamps have been ex cover the amount received. All these' n of the amount, and mattersl d to his It is a curious that particular sum is also lost to the. P en ° , pended, Mr. Perkins has made no returu, lie. for a considerable circumstance that Mr. Perkins had °e time before his removal to the ant Smith, of Ex -office, a clerk in the same department with Mr. 1 3 chequer notoriety.— Observer. AsTitortomEa.—Hersehel came DR. HERSCHEL, " 8 - of a military band, which for from Germany as the master hire ; PaYln e as au ter's and, while there, he was some time remained i n y tu ol e s ee in the great church at Hali preferred to fax the oegul lie _ innie d to Bath, and practised as a teacher of music; . He end afterwards r. _ I reco llect that such w as hi s ar d our in some benefit concert which he gave, he for discovery, th lxed in the window, and was making his had his telescope the acts.-- Gardiner's Music and ' between observations Friends. Es —ltis absurd to lend money to aman whose Ass ORDITI are. desirous to pr It • eserve. is absurd for an f r iendship You to abandon ' B . AM to tell you . your Bible ; tell him you will infidel be will bring you a better book. It is absurd do so whe n . to exhibit vi olent passion i n your family, foaming and fret ting a t every little annoyance th at may cross you, and at the same time expect them to be placid. It is absurd, if you have half a dozen children, all of different dispositions and capacities, to give them all the same education, with the ex pectation that they will all shine in the same sphere. It is absurd not to go to bed when you are sleepy because it is not a certain hour. It is absurd to see a man professing Christ ianity bristling up with anger twenty times a day like a hedgehog. It is absurd to suppose that a Leghorn hat, loaded with flowers, will cure the headache. It is absurd to suppose that a gold watch will cure the consumption,— Bostom Transcript.