The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser. — Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1855-10-16 00:00:00

FROM OUR LONDON CORRESPONDENT. MONDAY MORNING. THE past week has been a busy one in the political gossip factories of the metropolis. In those circles, rumours of dire portent and awful significance have been thick as The leaves that strew the brook of Valombrosa. These rumours had for their' food,—whatever might be their object, —an assertion that the terms of a political alliance, offensive and defensive, had been agreed upon by Messrs• DISRAELI, GLADSTONE, and BRIGHT, the object of which was the immediate de tion of Lord PALMERSTON, the disruption of his CabinW and the reinstalment of the two first named gentlemen into office, aided by the homespun statesmanship of the Manchester cotton-spinner. Who were to constitute the Dei minores of the tripartite " political union" did not transpire, although the names of Sir JAMES GRAHAM and Mr. SIDNEY HERBERT were freely given as centurions in the motley cohort. Nor was it very clearly stated what particular departments were to be allotted to the adventurous chiefs, although it was generally surmised that to brother BRIGHT would be assigned the administration of the war department, from his uncompromising antipathy to English feeling, and his practical familiarity with that branch of the service emphatically known throughout the British Islands as the " horse marines." The rumours referred to, which were of curious fabric and most Protean form, were believed to have had their origin in a leader which appeared on Saturday week in that erratic, though clever paper, The Press, understood, although it is now said erroneously, to represent the Conservative party. In the article alluded to, an elaborate attempt was made to show that circum stances, chiefly dependant on the fall of Sebastopol, have so changed as to render it desirable to bring the war to a conclusion, and strongly insisting on the inutility of further prosecuting it, as all that was originally contemplated by hostilities has now been accomplished. The article argued plausibly that, by the punishment already inflicted upon Russia, she has been sufficiently humbled, while, by the destruction of her Black Sea fleet, and the dismantling of Sebastopol, the integrity and safety of the Turkish Empire is abundantly secured. To do more than this, the writer in The Press averred, would be to exceed the pur pose of the war; while any attempt to dismember the Russian empire, so he called the retention of the Crimea, he maintained would be to depart from the justifiable objects of the war, and to disturb the balance of power in Europe—any attempt at whiCh, the writer in question said, would be resisted to the death by Russia, and would, almost as a matter of certainty, involve the whole of Europe in war. An article, so Gladstonian in its sentiments, and so tho roughly Russian in its tendency, appearing in the columns of a journal which, whether rightly or wrongly, was, by many, supposed to speak the sentiments of the Conservative party, and to be peculiarly the exponent of Mr. DISRAELI'S views, attracted immediate and extensive attention. Scarcely had the article referred to made its appearance, when it was repu diated in strong terms by the Standard, claiming to speak authoritatively for the Conservative body. This was pub lished last Monday, and the Times on Tuesday, true to its instinct of appearing to lead by a tolerably early following, came out with an oracular allusion to the subject of a new coalition, in which the GLADSTONE and DISRAELI elements were freely mingled, but not before the sages of the Clubs had seriously talked the matter over, as something within the range of extremest possibility. Having hinted at the proba bility of such a coalition, and found that the bare ima gination of such a monstrosity had not done more than produce a good-humoured guffaw among those whose opinions are worth having, while it had unloosed the tongue of querulous senility, anti ...wort the wakeful avidity of place-hunters of every degree, the Thunderer came out strongly on the following day. Assuming his own hypo thesis to be correct, and naively taking his own insinuated rumour for a well-authenticated fact, he, in the second in stance, laid down the basis of the treaty by which the hitherto conflicting triumvirate were to unite for the furtherance of their assumed common purpose ; and, like the renowned war rior in " Tom Thumb," he created political giants of great magnitude and importance, which he slaughtered without mercy or remorse. The programme, says he, of the new party is, the war was just and expedient when it was commenced, but it has now changed its aspect, and having been prosecuted successfully till the objects for which it was instituted have been accomplished, it ought at once to be concluded, and any attempt now to prolong hostilities would be immoral and unjust. The " view halloo" once given in this direction, the chase has been . followed up with wonderful alacrity by most of the metropolitan journals, which have alternately attacked and defended the proposed coalition, and the peace tactics on which it is said to depend for its existence. The grounds of censure and the anticipated chances of success or failure which await the foreshadowed new " union of the talents" vary according to the idiosyncracies of the journals expressing them. The Globe virtuously stickles for the purity and honour of public , men, and will not lend its ear or countenance to so slanderous an insinuation. The Post having now no fixed object within the scope of its political vision beyond the personal interests of Lord PALMERSTON, and instinctively trembling for anything which threatens that, cannot believe the tale, but nevertheless comfortingly assures itself that if so mon strous a creation could have birth, it would consolidate the power of the noble lord by the certainty with which so hor rible a combination would annihilate all minor sections of politics, and unite men of all political shades of opinion in- two great parties, the greatest of which would, as a matter of course, support the lively and sarcastic PREMIER. The Standard, once more roused in rescue of the Conservative phalanx, gives, on Friday night, a flat contradiction to the rumour . While the confusion of tongues has been thus vividly exem plified among the journals, the wiseacres who suck in political inspiration, as they sip their wine, at the clubs, have been thrown into a desperate state of agitation by the conflicting visions raised before their mental eye-sight. Each, as he meets his fellow, Now hope, now fear, his bosom rending, gives equivocal expression to his thoughts by a• significant shake of the head, to which that of Lord Burleigh, in the farce, bears no comparison in grave stolidity and emptiness, but simulated wisdom. They cannot solve the difficulty ; they cannot master the position ; they are unable to fathom the depth, or to unravel the mystery which obscures. the " coming event," and so portentously and dimly " casts its shadow before." It• is not a little singular to see so much and such venerable wisdom put about by so trivial an affair. The Press, during its brief, but brilliant career, has been noted for a certain waywardness of waggery, and seems to take as much delight in mystifying its sage contemporaries, and puzzling the quid nuncs, as a mischievous urchin does in putting gunpowder in the bowl of an applewoman's tobacco pipe, and enjoying the consternation caused by its explosion. It has never, seemingly, entered into the heads of any or all of those who have been so mightily perplexed upon the sub ject, that the whole was a hoax, invented to test the extent of popular credulity. . _ That the Conservative party could ever consort with the sophistical, fast and loose, war and peace policy ad. vested by Mr. GLADSTONE, or fraternise with the levelling and aggresive dogmas of Mr. BRIGHT, are propositions too. monstrous to call for serious contradiction. Is there any evidence then, that, any of those who have been honoured with confidence by the party, as leaders, have given indica tion of such treason to their principles ? Certainly no symp toms of such dereliction of principle are to be found in the declaration of Lord DERBY, made the other day at Eglinton Castle, to the municipal authorities of Irvine :—" England,' , said his lordship, " will never sheathe the sword, which she has so reluctantly drawn, until the noble and disinterested designs of the Allies have been completely obtained, the inde pendence of Turkey secured, and the schemes of Russia upon Europe and Asia effectually checked." What said the Royal DUKE, the kinsman of our QUEEN—the gallant leader of our brave soldiers, while, but yesterday as it were, partaking of the municipal hospitalities of munificient Liverpool ? " I have been much gratified," said his Royal Highness the Duke of CAMBRIDGE on the occasion referred to, "by the state [ent_that although the.great commercial town of Liverpool is deeply interested in a return of peace, one sentiment alone pervades the whole community—and that is, a determination to persevere in the war in which the country is engaged, at all hazards a n d a t every sacr ifi ce, un til it s o bj ec t i s a tt a i ne d. In that sentim en t I ent i re l y co i nc id e; an d I h ave a strongly rooted opinion that a p eace conc l u d e d a t th e presen t momen t would not be an honourable, durable, and lasting peace Until such a peace can be concluded, I am for carrying on the war with all possible vigour and determination, and I am THE LIVERPOOL STANDARD. THE iS.tberpoot tanbarb> TUESDAY, OCTOBER 16, 1855. PLACARDS AND PERVERTS. WE took occasion, some months ago, to condemn the tone of a placard, bearing reference to the Romish Doctrine of the Immaculate Conception, which ap peared at the time upon many of the walls of this town : and within - the last few days we have seen two others, emanating from the opposite party, which seem to us to call for animadversion and remonstrance, ---one on account of its matter, the other on account of its manner. The first is put forth by a Mr. MAC DONALD, and contains a challenge to Protestants generally to discuss publicly the doctrine of Tran substantiation, and the Invocation of Saints and Angels; and then proceeds to rate pretty roundly certain parties, who are said to have asserted that money is Mr. MACDONALD'S object in these discus sions. If any have said so, without sufficient founda tion for the charge, they are of course to be blamed. Common charity requires us to give the same credit for a desire to promote what he believes to be the truth, to one side as to the other, unless we have good reason for a contrary course. However, upon this point we give no opinion ; though upon the face of the document in question it would certainly appear that Mr. MACDONALD, while ready to defend the peculiar tenets of his Church, is not altogether without — an eye to business : for, not to notice the fact, that a price is fixed for admission, in order, as it is said, to defray expenses, it is announced that, at the con clusion of the proceedings, subscribers' names will be received for "the newspaper"---what newspaper does not appear. However, upon all this we make no comment. What we do find fault with, is the bringing such sub jects into public discussion at all, as calculated to injure religion generally. Controversy, alas !is inevitable : but let us not have it in that form in which it is likely to produce the maximum of evil, and the mi nimum of good. Were the question to be settled a metaphysical, instead of a religious one, we shotild regard a public debate as next to useless for the pur pose of eliciting the truth, simply because frequently more depends upon the readiness and fluency of the speaker, than upon the goodness of his cause; and when the question happens to be a religious one, and the worse side is defended by the abler advocate, the mischief resulting may be incalculable. But, besides all this, the public discussion of such religious questions cannot but engender both a captious and an irreverent temper. He, who is in the habit of hearing this, that, and the other alternately affirmed and denied ; sup ported by one passage of scripture, and opposed by another ; and scripture itself interpreted in various ways, according to the preconceptions of those who appeal to it---treated, in fact, to- use the not very reverent comparison of Pighius, like " a nose of wax" ---will gradually learn to question the most solemn and fundamental verities. We can conceive no course more calculated to lead an unlearned and irreligious man step by step into downright infidelity. But, supposing the evil to stop short of this, how can ir reverence be avoided ? how can they fail to become accustomed to irreverence, who are in the habit of frequenting or taking part in such discussions ? especially when, as in the case before us, the debate is not confined to two or more fixed upon beforehand, but is open to all comers. We do not know how Romanists feel: but we are quite sure that, if we believed in Transubstantiation, we should regard it as a most solemn and sacred subject, and should be infinitely pained to hear its truth questioned, much more to hear it treated as in the course of a promiscuous public debate it almost certainly will be. This, it maybe said,is more the Romanist's concern than ours. But we maintain, that the ridicule and irreverence too fre quently employed upon such occasions must eventually injure both parties. In attacking error with such weapons we bring the truth into perilous contact with them, to say the least. If error were wholly unlike truth, the danger might not be so great ; but, religious error being a perversion of truth, and retaining its likeness in many points, it is impossible to attack the former with irreverence, without some danger of the weapon employed glancing aside, and injuring the latter. To illustrate our meaning by reference to one of the subjects proposed for discussion by Mr. IVIA.cnoNALD : the Romanist understands the words which our LORD used at the institution of the Eucharist, in a particular sense. That sense we deny to be the true one ; and we may, and ought to, defend our denial reverently and with charity, when necessity for doing so arises. But surely our feelings of re verence at the reception of the Eucharist cannot be increased, while there is every danger of their being diminished, by the recollection of the ridicule which we may have heard poured out against the Romish interpretation of those words, and which ridicule must, in a greater or less degree, have become con nected in our minds with the words themselves. For these and similar reasons, we deprecate such public discussions as the one proposed ; and, while we do not question Mr. MACDONALD'S sincerity and honesty of purpose, we cannot but regard him, and all who adopt similar means for the like ends, pretty much in the same light as we should regard an English soldier, who should discharge his Minie at a Russian while his own commander was standing in the same line with him. He might hit his enemy, but in such case would probably hit his friend at the same time : and just so we think that too many of the attempts made by controversialists to beat down what they regard as error, inflict most dangerous wounds upon religion The other placard, to which we have alluded, is one announcing a lecture at the (Roman) Catholic insti tute, by W. C. lIPLAIIRIN, Esq., late Dean of Moray and Ross. This we consider to be in very bad taste, and to convey an altogether gratuitous and uncalled for insult to the Church of which Mr. M‘l4A.uani was some time a minister and member, and by consequence to the Church of England, which is in communion with it. By styling himself " late Dean of Moray and Ross," he proclaims himself to be a seceder from the' Scottish (Episcopal) to the Romish , Church : and we have observed a similar anxiety upon the part of other perverts to make known their antecedents. We repeat, that we regard this as exceedingly bad taste ; just as we do the course pursued by many temperance orators, who seem to take a morbid pleasure in making known what drunkards they were formerly. Assuming that Mr. 11PLAT.TRIN's last change was sincere (we believe that it was not his first), we should have expected_that he would feel too much sorrow and shame on account of the many years spent in connexion with what he now regards as heresy and schism, to permit him thus pub licly to blazon it. We cannot account for this ten dency, upon the part of our neo-Romanists, to proclaim what, if they are sincere, they must consider their past shame. There are many points in their general con duct which tend to prove a deterioration of feeling and. character consequent upon their perversion ; and this, to our mind, has always appeared to be one of the most striking. But why gratuitously insult the Church which they have left P in which they sometime ministered, and wherein their earliest and dearest friendships and con nexions must have been formed. We know that even according to the Bomish theory, itself a very rax. one, our baptisms are valid ; yet they actually go out of their way to incur the risk of sacrilege, by rebaptising perverts whom they receive from us. They sacrifice their own theory-for the sake of insulting the Church. And, similarly, this sometime Dean of Moray and Ross ostentatiously parades himself as W. C. M`LA.u- BIN , Esq., for the mere purpose of calling in question, what every candid and well-informed Romanist admits, the validity of our orders. Had his motive been any thing less than this, he might have announced him self as plain Mr., instead of going out of his way to assume a title to which in all probability he has just as little right as he has to that of Pope of Rome. Petty attacks like this will not injure us, but they show the animus of the party by whom they are made. Attacks such as Mr. M`MACDONALD'S may injure us by injuring religion generally ; and they also show an animus upon the part of those in authority who permit them. They are far too astute not to perceive, that the blow which injures us must injure themselves also : and bad, indeed, must be the spirit which urges them to inflict it notwithstanding. gratified to find that this also is the opinion of the !ALI.- tants of Liverpool." This explicit and unmistakeable. de claration of the royal and gallant soldier was made in the presence and hearing of the Earl of DEBBY, and the Right Hon. Mr. WA.LroLE, both looked up to and recognised as leaders in the Conservative cause, yet neither of them offered a word in explanation or modification of the views expressed by the illustrious speaker; yet, both spoke after him. Other . Conservatives, of weight and authority with the party and with the country, have likewise spoken out in relation to the only terms on which peace can be honourably concluded, in phrases equally strong and unequivocal with those alluded to. Under such circumstances, who, that is not blinded by party preju dices, can for a moment entertain the idea of a coalition between the Conservatives and those who, affecting to believe the war a just and necessary one, yet, secretly believing in its inutility and injustice, pretended to carry it on with spirit and efficiency, while starving it in reality, and thus practically playing into the hands of the enemy P The idea of their adopting the principles advocated by Mr. BRIGHT and his three followers in the House of Commons is not less ridicu lous nor more absurd. If the mere rumour of monstrous political coalitions have excited so much stir on all hands, it is not less singular that a dangerous political combination should have been formed in our metropolis, having for its objects the assassination of sovereigns, the subversion of thrones, and the general spread of devastation and bloodshed, without having caused even the lightest semblance of disapprobation. Such, however, is the case. A meeting was, it seems, lately held in John-street, Fitzroy-square, London, to commemorate the proclamation of the French Republic of 1792. The proceedings of this meet ing are published in a Jersey paper, and from it the public will learn the name and at least some of the avowed objects sought to be attained by the meeting and those who consti tuted it. Its style is the Commune revolutionaire, and the Comiti international. This meeting expressed the highest regard and respect for PIANORI, the vile assassin who recently attempted to murder the EMPEROR of the French. In honour of this execrable caitiff, the Commune revolutionaire and Comite international intends to present its members with medals. What may be the particular device adopted for the medal intended to honour the assassin, is not mentioned in the report ; but some idea may be guessed at as to itsimport from the fact that the English medalist employed to execute the order scrupled to do so on account of some weak prejudice he entertained against the legend the Red men proposed to inscribe on the exergue, and from the further fact that in his speech at opening the meeting the chairman urged his audience to be penetrated with the maxim that it was their duty, as it would be their honour—" to kill Emperors and Kings." To break up such a Comite international as one which counsels and inculcates the honour and duty of killing Kings and Emperors, ought not surely to be looked on as too great an interference with the "liberty of the subject." Assuredly it is a prostitution of our free laws which permits the metropolis of this great empire to be converted into a city of refuge for men who employ their time and exercise their ingenuity in organizing schemes of wholesale murder, and who rank assassination among the class of honourable deeds. Among the intimations within the last few days; prolific as they have been in intelligence or comments of interest, few have transcended in general importance thelongunticipated and popularly talked of condition of the Empress EUGENIE. Her public position and personal history, combined with her recent and unexpected elevation to the throne of a great and popu lous empire; her congeniality of deportment; and her recent visit to this country, as well as the marked courtesy and kind ness displayed by her to our own beloved Sovereign in Paris, have conspired to invest her domestic and family relations with an interest to the British people not usually accorded by them to the consorts of foreign potentates. The announce ment, therefore, recently made in official form, that she promises an heir to the throne recently achieved by her in domitable husband, has created an interest here unusual in such matters. The important event which, within the next four mouths, will occur in reference to the future dynasty of France, is one of no ordinary character. It is one which may involve consequences of the deepest import to France, to Europe, and to the world. If the auspicious promise should eventuate in the birth of a male heir, and the life of the infant be prolonged to meet the cares of manhood and of state, an additional link will have been established in France for the peaceful security of Europe. The son (if son it should be) of NAPOLEON LIL will have to take his place as one of the leading characters-of European history under cir cumstances of no ordinary nature. Born in all human probability he will be within the purple chamber of Imperial tu rn j u , destined to a lift of regal splendour and of piifsonal ease. If the life of his strong-minded and iron-willed father be pre- , served until the son shall reach the age of manhood, many of the difficulties of his situation will, doubtless, by that time have been removed ; but even then, there will still be enough left to keep him humbly and, it is to be hoped, submissively dependant on that Providence which has set his remarkable • father aside as the instrument of great things. In France many difficulties have yet to be- contended with. Her social. system, so often and so fiercely shaken within a recent period,. will still for many years to come, and under even the most favourable circumstances, present numerous elements .of contention, and many instruments of strife. To modify and assuage these is an object of such vital interest to the civilised world, that all who wish well to their species must feel the liveliest anxiety in' that event which at an early period of the approaching year may crown the hopes of the Imperial House of France, The conduct of the war still furnishes abundant food for re flection and remark to intelligent men of every rank in life. The actual value of the allied conquests in the Crimea is even to this hour a matter of doubt. In gaining the city and the whole southern shore of the creek on which Sebastopol is - situated, many well-informed parties maintain that we have scarcely gained half the battle. These parties point signif, cantly to the fact that the Russians continue masters of the strong fortresses-on the north, which in a great degree com— mand the town —that so far from manifesting any disposition to. evacuate them, they are busy in strengthening and extending them—and that as it is, their fire has been sufficient to cause - - us to abandon a portion of the-captured town. To this it is answered, and with equal ground of confidence and more of joy, that the cannonade which.has induced the Allies to aban, don the Karabalnaia suburb has never been of a formidable character, and that the place has been abandoned more as- a matter of convenience, and to avoid unnecessary casualiticsy than in obedience to the power of the enemy—that the Rus sian army is already much straitened for provisions and stores—that these will become daily more diffi cult of access to them—that they acknowledge themselves to be now menaced on the line of Perekop, and are threatened on their communications with Simpheropol—that these are 1 the only points whence they derive supplies, or can expect to I receive reinforcements—that with those positions secured our armies may rest in security, and allow the winter and ,priva , tion to work their way in exterminating the Russian forces in the Crimea. Considerable dissatisfaction has been expressed here in different quarters, at the paucity of information afforded in reference to the-operations of both the fleet and the army. It is, however, now generally understood that the operations in progress with both these arms of the service are of a stra tegic character, and depend much on secresy for their chances of success, and that consequent on this the Allied commanders.. have resolved to restrict the means of written communication from the seat of war. The cold sharp breezes and lengthening nights. of October are beginning to drive the tourist and sportsmen from the heathery-bill, sides and sea-beaten cliffs and coasts, to take refuge in " The Wen," as COBBETT used to call the leviathan metropolis. To meet the requirements of those " homeward veering" denizens, London is becoming once, more instinct with life and promise. The extensive publishers have begun to issue their note of preparation for the coming : winter. Two new volumes of MACAULAY'S History of England are pro mised by. LONGMANS for_December, and the same firm inti mates the publication at an early date of Dr. BA.RTH'S Travels in Africa, and a Narrative of Captain M'Czusx's voyage in Discovery of the North West Passage. The conclusion of GROTE'S History of Greece is promised by MURRAY, WhO like wise announces a long list of Travels in Palestine and other quarters, including " A Bird's-eye View of India," by Sir ERSKINE PERRY. BENTLEY wooes attention to his list of announcements, which, inter alia, include the finishing vo lume of 'Lord JOHN RUSSELL'S Memoirs of CHARLES JAMES Fox, which, it is probable, his Lordship, being now relieved from the cares of office, will afford him solace in his " learned leisure." The theatres are opening wide their portals, and displaying their manifold attractions to an intelligent and admiring public. At the Princess's, CHARLES KEAN is said to be preparing a Greek play, with which he expects to take the town by surprise. A TAXISTOCK JuitY.—Twenty pounds appears to be con sidered by a Tavistock jury the price of breaking the thigh bone of a servant girl, and laming her for life. Jane Hubbis ton, a girl of fifteen, was servant to a Mrs. Northey, who not being pleased with the agility of her domestic, in carrying some clothes up-stairs to mangle, knocked the girl down a n d thrashed her with a cane. The next morning Hubbiston was in_ such pain that she could not work, and was sent home, when a medical man declared her thigh broken. An action for £5O damages, the highest amount attainable in a county court, was brought by the girl's mother against the master and mistress. The latter partially denied the facts, declared the girl was lame when she came to her, and was of a scrofu lous habit. The surgeon admitted that the latter might have made the bone more brittle, but did not believe it accounted for the lameness. The judge summed up favourably to the plaintiff, and the jury gave the verdict recorded. ATTENDANCE AT ST. JOHN'S CHURCH. TO THE EDITOR OF THE LIVERPOOL STANDARD, Siii4—My attention Fx been called to a tabular statement which appeared in the 14feenry of Sept. 28th, in which the statistics pf St. John's Church were put down as follows : official return of Numbers actually Counted. Seat Room, Avingr Evening. attendance. Morning. 2000 , -^ - 1, 9 ° - 1,007 1,003 Nov on this statement, wilt— ..ii is grossly inaccurate, I b eg to remark— First : That the seat room is over-estimated by god, St. John's Church will seat in pews and side seats only 1,100; on forms and stools, by close packing, 400 more; total 1,500. Secondly : The numbers attending are under-stated by at least 200 in the morning, and 500 in the evening. On Sunday evening, the 7th inst., and Sunday morning, the 14th, the churchwardens and eight respectable members of the congregation, two at each door, counted the people as they leisurely left the church. No previous intimation of our intention to do so was given them. The numbers counted were, 1,603 in the evening, and 1,204 in the morning. The evening congregation was about an average—the morning con gregation decidedly not so, at least in the gallery. I appeal to the congregations then present. I think it right to add that there was no special attraction to make the congregations larger than usual on the occasions referred to. I am, it is true, going through a course of lec tures on the Articles of the Church on Sunday evenings, the fourth of which was delivered on the evening of the 7th inst., and was, therefore, announced at the previous service, as were the three lectures which preceded it, and that on Sunday even ing last, also. But this is nothing new : it is my usual prac tice to have a course of sermons on hand, once on the Sunday : morning or evening. e. g. I delivered a course of 14 on suc cessive Sunday mornings, in the early part of this year, on " The Divine Philosophy of History," and my present course will extend over thirty-nine. Thirdly That whilst the seat room in St. John's is set down at 2,000, that of St. Paul's, St. Paul's-square, is given at 1,850 only. Now, the area of St. Paul's Church is about 2;,500 feet greater than that of St. John's, and its seat accommodation proportionally greater. The Act of Parliament under which it was built enacted that two ministers should be appointed to it, as "it was built on a spacious and large plan'or design, and therefore too much for one ;" whilst for the smaller Church of St. John's only one was provided. Fourthly : Irrespective of the actual numbers given in the Mercury, it is notorious that the evening congregation of St. John's is very much larger than the morning to. make, as has been done, the evening congregation less. than the morning, or even only as large, except in cases of heavy rain, is wholly inaccurate. Fifthly , : It is not correct to consider the separate services in a Roman Catholic chapel, as consisting of so many dis tinct congregations, but those in the church of the same, for— 1. It is well known that many Roman Catholics attend two or three masses at a time—some are obliged to attend all as a penance. 2. It is a fact that a large proportion of the morning con gregation of St. John's do not attend in the evening. Sixthly : There are often on the Sunday evening in the winter, 1,700 persons in St. John's Church, every foot of space being occupied, the children obliged to sit on the steps of the pulpit and reading=desk, or on the floor of the church, and many persons obliged to stand, as was the case last evening—when, had`the numbers been taken, there could not certainly have been less than 1,600. It must be borne in mind, that long before a church is packed in this manner, the heat and vitiated atmos phere become intolerable. For several Sunday evenings past, many persons have been obliged to leave the church, and many others, seeing the state of the church, absolutely refuse to enter. In , conclusion, I have taken this matter on public grounds, and as-a duty which I owe to the cause of God and His church. I believe St. John's Church an eminent proof of the excel lency of the Church and State connexion; when properly worked; for through its operation we are able to afford seat room to 1 4 000 of the poorer people, where they may hear the gospel of Christ, free of all charge. It is contrary to fact, to say that the poor do not appreciate free accommodation : they do, but it must be offered to them as it is in. St. John's Church—without branding it with the badge of poverty—with out forcing painfully upon them the invidious distinction of caste and class, as is the case in all the proprietary churches and chapels in-the town. Give the poor the pure• gospel of Christ, and give it as its great Originator intended it to be— free of all charges, save what a grateful heart would volun tarily bestow in the weekly offertory of the Church, or by private or national endowment, and the most effectual means would be taken to accomplish the moral regeneration of the country. W. F. TAYLOR, LL.D., Incumbent cf , St. John's. 15th Oct., 1855, We hereby certify that the foregoing statementas to church accommodation and, attendance at St. John's Church is correct. GEO. NICKSON, Churchwardens. T. P. GWATKIN, j KOSSUTH, ZIAZZINI, AND LEDRU ROLLIN. TO THE EDITOR OF THE LIVERPOOL STAVDARD; Srn,—l think you will agree with me that the time has now . arrived when this-country should no longer harbour andgive shutter LU ULU tnree aemagogues, Kossuth, mazzun, atm Ledru Rollin, and a host of conspirators. When they first sought our shores, in the garb of patriots, we tolerated and in some measure sympathised with them; but they and their followers have now thrown off their masks, and shown them selves in their true characters. Their object is civil war to the• knife—blood ! They avow it. They have, within the last few days, proclaimed it to Europe. They have a free press in the Island of Jersey, part of the United Kingdom, by , which means they propagate' their odious, social, and bloody doe trines. Is this instice to ourselves? is it justice to-Europe; or is it justice to the Eniperar of the French ? It is notoso long: since one of these rascals left these shores and attempted to• assassinate the Emperor of the French. Are we, let me ask to wait till another attempt be made, it may be a- fatal ' one,_ before we do a- simple act of justice to our friend '.and ally. ?.• The London press is.stirring in the matter ; let not the Pro vincial•press be behimlhand. Once get up the cry, and , the- Government will. be' compelled to act as they did' uring the. late war.—Your obedient servant, A FRIEND OF THE, FRENCH ALLTANCR 'Change, 15th Oct., 1855. COURT AND _FASHION: TAR Royal Prussian Gazette-states that Queen Vietoria and Prince Albert are to stand godfather and godmother to • the- Prince or Princess- which is shortly expected to increase the- Imperial family of Trance. His ROYAL:HIGIINESS PRINCE ALBERT is expected to visit Birmingham,. to Lay the foundation stone of the. Midland Institute Building, on the 22nd or 23rd of next month. We understand that extensive arrangements are intended to. be• made for the prince's reception.. TILE Hcer. DENDIA.N, of the Home Circuitoon of the late and brother of the present Lord Denman, is oneof. the candi dates for the office of Common Sergeant of the City of London, about to become vacant by the.retirement (from continued ill health) of Mr. Bullock, Tns Court Journal says it is understood that the Duke of Bedford. has, determined permanently to endow a secondary house of Russell, in the persons of the descendants of his chased brother, by L t o h rd e du J k oh e n in ; a i n r d elii it nd i ; s t with the m h at ans t o e n e h s t e o t i s e p n o u w r - is destined to become the seat of the family. erecting_on it, somewhere about 18 miles from Phoenix Park, TILE MAminA.GE of the Lady Charlotte Elliott, daughter of the Earl of Minto, with Mr. Melville Portal, M. 1 1:, took place on. Tuesday, at St. George's Church, Hanover-square. The bride was attended by a train of six bridesmaids, via., Miss Portal, Miss Trotter, Miss Elliott, the Misses Russell, and Miss Antrobus. The- ceremony was performed by the Very Rev, the Dean of Bristol, the bride beiug,given. away by her noble father. Mr. Portal's " best man" was his. brother, the-Rev. George Portal. IREL AND. °PRICING OF THE RAILWAY FROM. KINGSTOWN TO atzacnr.—The officer appointed by the Board of Trade for the purpose having inspected this line, on the 9th inst., and given the necessary certificate, it was opened far public traffic on Thursday, pursuant to announcement. THE GREAT ANSUAL CATTLE FAIR AT BALLINASLOE finished on Monday, last week. It was one of the largest for years; and, though prices were expected to be very high, the advance on last year's was but slight. The fair opened in a fog, and sellers, not knowing the large number of cattle present, asked higher rates. When the fog cleared, say the accounts, and revealed the extent of the fair, prices fell, and an immense amount of business was transacted. The sheep sold were, 81,480 (last year, 78,421) , ;, cattle, 20,264 (last year, 17,433). The quality of the animals showed a visible im provement in breeding. DREADFUL ACCIDENT.—An extensive English horse dealer, who had been purchasing, at the Ballinasloe fair, incurred a fearful accident on returning by rail with his stud. Some red cinders from the engine were drifted into the horse box, and set in flames the straw on which the horses were standing. Maddened by the heat and flames, the animals became furious, and, with the hope of extricating them, the, owner leaped into the blazing box, but had scarcely alighted when he received a fearful kick on his thigh, that severely fractured the bone. Upon his arrival in town, Mr. Butcher, the eminent surgeon, was called to attend, and we believe-the man is now recovering. ATTEMPT AT MURDER.—A daring outrage was perpetrated on an Irish reaper, by one of his own countrymen, on Satur day, in a plantation between Kimmerstone and Fenton, a few miles north of Wooler. The two men had been harvesting to gether in that neighbourhood, and it is supposed that the dreadful act was committed with the intent to obtain the wages of his companion. The injured man lies in a dangerous state at Kimmerstone, the ruffian having inflicted a fearful gash with a knife, reaching from the back part of the neck to the windpipe, which is also penetrated ; he has also received deep cuts in the hands, in endeavouring to ward off his assailant. The culprit was captured at Berwick. ROYAL MAIL STEAM-PACKET COMPANY.—A general meet ing of this company was held on Thursday, at the London London Tavern, Captain Shepherd in the chair. The report stated that there had been a diminution in the ordinary traffic of the company, with the exception of passage money, an d i n the transport service, where a considerable increase had taken place. A dividend of £2 per share was recommended. The receipts from the Ist of January to the 30th o f J une were £656,653 14s. 2d., and the expenditure £280,073 17s. Bd., leav ing a surplus of £276,579 16s. 6d. The balance to the credit of the insurance account was £ 175,438 Os. lid. The report was adopted after some discussion, arising through an amend ment for dividing a bonus of £2 in addition to the proposed dividend. THE DUKE OF CAMBRIDGE IN LIVERPOOL. Ox Tuesday last, His Royal Highness the Duke of Cam bridge visited Liverpool, accompanied by the Earl of Derby, the Earl of Hardwicke, and Colonel Tyrwhitt, equerry in waiting to his Royal HighnesS, The Illustrious party arrived from Knowsley at the TOwn-hall, at five minutes past eleven, and were received by the crowd assembled outside with enthu 'sjasUc cheers. e In the vestibule of the Town-hall the fine band of the 15th Jiussars were placed. At the head of the grand staircase his Worship the Mayor, the Recorder, the Clerk of the Peace, and the members of the Town Council were assembled, to receive his Royal Highness. The officials were in their robes. A number of ladies and gentlemen were also present in the ball-rooms. Among the gentlemen were Colonel Sir Duncan M`Dougall, of the Royal Lancashire Artillery, Col. Tulloch, inspecting field-officer of the district, Col. Swann, of the Local Pensioners, Captain Thomas Littledale, Hon. S. H. Walpole, T. B. Horsfall, Esq., M.P., Harold Littledale, Esq., Ac. At five minutes past eleven the cheers from the crowds in Castle-street betokened the near approach of the royal guest and in a minute or two after be arrived. His Royal High ness, on rising to alight from his carriage, was again greeted with the most enthusiastic plaudita. On the entrance of the' party into the vestibule of the Town-ball, the band com meneed playing the national anthem, the royal standard was hoisted on the staff in front of the building, and the " Old Church" bells pealed forth a salute of welcome. During the ascent of the grand staircase the band changed the music to the French national air, "Partant pour la Syrie." At the head of the staircase the official reception took place; and his Royal Highness was conducted by the Mayor to the east drawing room, followed by Lord Derby, Lord Hardwicke, Colonel Tyrwhitt, the Recorder, the Clerk of the Peace, and the Town Council. When the whole party had entered the room, the' Mayor, standing opposite the Duke of Cambridge, said : "'May it please your Royal Highness,—The Council of the Borough of Liverpool, representing nearly half-a-million of people, desire me to give expression to'the sentiments of respect and attach ment which they entertain towards your Royal Highness. This tribute of respect is. due to your station, and to yourself personally ; but more especially do they feel it to be due and• appropriate at this moment, when they have this opportunity of testifying to the army, of which you are so distinguished a' member, their sense of the heroic exertions which it has , pleased Divine Providence thus-far to bless with success. The people of Liverpool have set apart this day as a day of rejoicing for those successes, and for the fall of Sebastopol, and out of respect to your Royal Highness. Nor can they ever forget the part you have taken in this war, and the distinguished and gallant manner in which you led your divisions during the• battles in the Crimea, and= especially in those engage ments which distinguished the commencement of the cam palm you formed one of that gallant band of heroes who so nobly sustained the honour of our country. We rejoice in this opportunity of welcoming you to Liverpool ; and, in visiting one of the great commercial emporia of this country, you will find how deeply interested we are in , a. return of peace ; but, at the same time, you will find one sentiment, and one alone, pervading- this whole community—that of a determination to persevere - in the war in which we are engaged, at all hazards, and at every sacrifice, until its object is -attained. I now beg to call upon the Recorder of Liverpool to read the address which the Council have requested me to present to your Royal Highness?' At the conclusion of these remaks, which had been listerned to with profound attention, and which were applauded at their termination, the Recorder read the following address : To HIS ROYAL HIGHNESS GEORGE Duxt OP CAMBRIDGE, K.G., K.P., G.C.8., &e., &c. .slay it please yotir Royal Higlitiess,L- We, the liTayor r - Aldermen, and Burgesses-of the Borough of Liverpool, avail ourselves of this opportunity of offering to your Royal Highness our wamrest congratulations upon your visit to this town, together with an assurance of the respectful esteem and attachment entertained towards yourself by the inhabitants of thi&borough generally. This tribute-is due not only to your rank and station, but seento your ou w great th o p c e o rs m e embarked in n a t z 3 a r rd: an s a u lo u oual el i en t r i e t i t a e i i i m ren p ss a t t i i i g i na e n tP , h r h a e a i to n n to p i d c i u Ao eb au s l o d l h m ar ir d : r lt ;: e i h r! oa i the - toils ke:iorcaNtilloovrima:er have l Hipcneoirlikugiellhalsriees'n::llllsroiost::aifteenroSrw' and wi t h h e rsti priv ile geem al triumph granted to the r ue a v r n m edre s yrt o th f aik t n h egn e A sbe l ye lie nur s im in tr i e t ,e h p e rao f ndm all o isEe f Sebastopol, and:. at, a time when England, lfavourablean dwith n o i s s noeb. no-object t theof f w a per sonal aggrandisement, but solely to curb the aggressive ambi tion of a great empire; and to secure the independence of surrounding nations. We hope that your Royal Highness will, in inspecting: the shipping, docks, and . maritime arrangements of the Port of Liverpool, not fail to perceive that industry and' enterprise on the banks of the Mersey are still widely extending themselves, and contributing largely to, the general prosperity of the British Empire. Given under the- Common Seal of the Borough of Liverpool, this 9th day of October; 1855. (Signed) J. A:,sToBIN. 1-1- - ---1 -L.-3 „ his worship the Mayor presented the address to his Royal Highness, who, having received it, made the subjoined reply "Mr. Mayor, Mr. Recorder, and Gentlemen,—lt •is with. feelings of the deepest-gratification and gratitude that I have heard the address read, which has just been presented• by your by the aldermen and burgesses of this most -loyal and most important borough- The honour you have thus-conferred upon me is the more gratifying, as you have associated my name with that of the-gallant army with which it has recently been my privilege to serve in. the field, and which has, I trust, proved itself worthy of this great country. ( Hear, hear.) If,. during my period orservice with that army, I have had the good fortune to merit , the approbation of a great community, such as the one you:orepreseut, that is, indeed, an honour of of which a soldier- may be proud. Most cordially do -I join with you in feelingsof-satisfaction at the recent great success which has attended the arms of the allies. May that success lead to further victories, and: may the vigour with which the war is conducted bring the- allies at no distant period to a. complete attainment of the object for which the -war was nn. dertaken. It affordsme very great pleasure to have been per , witted, on your kind invitation, to visit this great tommercial community, in the prosperity of which, and all:its valuable institutions, I feel the liveliest interest." The conclusion of this- address was received - Nithloud plawse. His Royal Highness-vas • then conducted to the great ball: room, and thence en to the -balcony which overkoks the Eta change area. His appearance here was interesting_ in the extreme, and the scene was most spirit-stirring. The " flags!' were instinct with. life • and l er, and the buildings-gay with flags of every. colour, nds of voices -were simut taneously raised to utter the cheer which honoured the royal representatiVe,. not only of the family of: our beloved Queen, but of those brave battalions who are sustain ing the honour- of the British empire on> the battle fields of the Crimea, and cementing the cordial:. union be tween ourselves and our gallant allies iu the • struggle: After a short stay.in the great ball-room, his Royal-Highness was conducted down stairs, (the band playing." Rule- Bri tannia,") and by the chief entrance, round High-street, through The of Lgiveenrtpolemolefriencetivheed News - room—the s w Loyalnl — H t g e -hhai a iltn‘l‘ out; a t s l ed h eawß or a t t the thickest of the • , crowd, to the Exchange . News-roam-d nhtyat the princes g n r north c s h and-buildings from s g r e . n oo tr f remained a nendess mannertov enterediwe which e t h ah tem the . ai appearance ne t a i h rda a dic e e b o e t door, ha e en x d o , c pfias t a e gs d sed . C t ll wsis Rhhlooaaoynytraothlri,tpiLm position . aoenrddi Highness-returnednH Daher, tath Afterrh e d e Hardwick, gentlemen. ea o t i:s l rt T :h v et r mh wTr through avt e tnh, conversation: with his also signed ,his-name in the visitor's b00k,.. The party then entered the carriages which were at the front of the Town-hall. In the first carriage sat his Royal Highness the Duke of Cambridge, the Mayor, the Earl of Derby, and Mr. Horsfall, M.P. In e the seoend (the mayor's official),, carriage, were the Earl of. Hardwieke, Mr. Charles Turner, Mr. Walpole, and Mr. Hugh Hornby. In the third were Colonel Tyrwhitt and, Mr. J. II; Lloyd. At the departure- from the Town-hall, the same manifesta tions of delight were made by the spectators as- had greeted his Royal Highness's arrival, and these were continued during the progress of the procession through. Castle-street, Lord-street, Church-street, Parker-street, Elliot-street, Lime-street, and Islington, to the Collegiate• Institution. Here the pupils, numbering about 800,. attired in. their aca demic robes, and headed by the Rev. J. S. Howson, M.A., Principal, of the Institution, and the -other Masters, were assembled in: front of the building. On his. Reyal Highness approaching, the carriage was stopped, and the head boy of the school, Master George Rawden, having. been introduced by the Principal, read an address to Lis Royal Highness, which the Duke of Cambridge gracefully acknowledged; and having begged a few days' annual holidays for the- boys, which was acceded to, the Royal Duke drove off by Moss-street and Daulby-street, towards the Baths and Publia Offices in Corn wallis-street. At the Baths he was received by Mr. Wagstaff, chairman, and most of the members of the Baths Committee, who _conducted him over the premises, and explained the vari ous baths and arrangements, with all of which his Royal e Highness expressed himself much pleased. From the Baths the ilhistrious Duke proceeded to the. Derby Museum and Public Library, where he spent a con siderable time in examining the models of ancient and modern. Liverpool; he also inspected with considerable attention the specimens of ornithology and other objects illustrative• of natural history. On leaving the Museum, his Royal High ness visited the Blue Coat Hospital, where he arrived, about half-past one o'clock. At this school he was received by Mr. E. G. Deane, the treasurer of the charity, Mr. Wood the master, and several other gentlemen, who take an active in terest in the management of the hospital. The baud, con sisting of juveniles belonging to the school, on tha approach of the royal visitor, played "See the conquering hero." His Royal Highness, on, alighting from his carriage, proceeded through the refectory, or dining-hall, and inspected the class room, and some of the dormitories. He expressed himself much pleased with the arrangements for the comfort of the children, and also with the healthy and joyful appearance of both boys and girls, inmates of the hospital. Having completed his inspection, his Royal Highness drove off to visit the Sailors' Home. Here he was received with great enthusiasm. Having rapidly inspected the various apartments of this institution, with which he seemed much pleased, the Duke and suite left the Sailors' Home, and proceeded to the Albert Dock. In the extensive and splendidly-appointed warehouses of this dock his Royal Highness, after having been shown over the principal portion, was entertained, in a suite of rooms over the offices, at a splendid collation, supplied by Mr. Lynn, of the Waterloo Hotel. From these warehouses the party proceeded to the Observatory, where they arrived at about half-past three o'clock. Here they were received by Mr. Hartnup, who explained to his Royal Highness the varied and interesting mechanism of the apparatus fitted up for ; cl a o n c d k th at e t n h e e w officeof dif ferent purposes in the Observatory, including the electro teehe Board of Trade for instru ments t m aheetiiissued Magnetic clo ck,ued h the Exp es p h u ab b ny l keeping a meterological record, first introduced by Lieutenant Maury, of the United States navy. captainsin works e t f h the From the Observatory, his Royal Highness proceeded to to Company.h eh the Bandon Gra Bright, of the fir , conducted over " Royal Charter, furnishings, and royal Duke min their carriages, tl Duke's arrival w the Fort, the dist Schools, at Kirk. Rector Campbell vestry. Mr. Coal Royal Highness went, and explai Having compli Royal Highness at the Town-lu Harry George W M tELFtvisitors tru' Stewart,i s r , an i d ,g e l r t a g s w a n a 1 i l h n3 , e c ee leteio . C -131Y:r o n.h ; e:8 : 1 dale, mt rri John oo Mr. hhnn T hil. Myers,oTm n a : (Mr. P. Mussabir Mr. T. Edwards Hussars, Mr ily: . : B le:.?:::: ra olese:ar m lcnino l oerf e sl y ßoocwe - nta l isettlhiLot o neoß o ,rj r nerh e i‘ldsal , l:ll3 l : l c:a., . ;aßrini..cri 0, _ (4, field, Mr., Joseph N. Walker, Mr. - f of Hardwicke, Mr. Walpole, Captain Amongst those who were unable to and his guests were the following beM Williams A Major s, Major-Gen. found fto r e -e r t hoi n nue . rcan H nleo o ot, n thth . h,er Ed se,as ward Cust, the 'g e e, o ",,ads: the High-Sheriff, Sir Philip Egertonee, -°`;;;; uio, Bart., the Atnerican osa.dlru li m f w i n e ir.i: t F e itai r inw , ca b oa i gia lr ri: l c e ifa l oe - ::...e t l? tet: " ' .:, Whin, Bart., . „, 1. jee p ~ Mr. Tollemache, M.P., Colonel Laivre e n- e'le ~';',/ 9 " Rome), Rev. Rector Campbell, Tit , tV - 4 General Sir George Brown, G.C.l3.,P e 'ela 4,ee t" il [On account of circumstancee, of sti . „ael"lel' 7 " ceedings at the banquet has been , spe 4 1 ' columns of the London Times.j ,a - Bishop, f t b The Mixon proposed -"The Resit ee b ? t 11 e , " God save the Queen !" by the vo . P . '" 5 11 0 4,' guests joining in the chorus. "fit ji fe ed a 0 1/ The Ms..roa then rose; and proP- - erePaie Emperor of the French." He said , , a 92a e the results of this war will be, yet, it we'lera i. • Foe ee none other than that of the union a ii n ote the closest bonds of friendship, it wow" f Of , e taken in vain. (Hear, hear!} Centuries' ° 4 eft li'ie to destroy that mutual respect' which 0111 90,,,i brave nations. Francis and Henry ° f Li eter;bl deed,- enter into a treaty of peace, bu t e , ekic"ne ever wanted those elements of strength ~8 0 pli 1 Derby, on a recent occasion, well -said, ; ore e i a peace lasting. Sovereigns and - eaorc ra t e e liii i? antes; but to endure they must carry 0 , 1 se a e O r peef i of the - people—they must be staMPe," p e e 1 p el e f approval;_ and has not that union be tae'` land been ratified amid the cheers• r0u e ",,,10 11/ X, to our country, and by that heartfelt entr f eet 1 our own sovereign from the time she se', t ee c 1 France P (Hear, hear.) These weecli, pe etO r lii, between monarchs, they were the spent a re eV of a nation's joy. No man has done' nl e te i s 9'4 1 port or through evil report, to cemeet till port .d the present Emperor of the French. , 1 3 %VP,' poleon, the- Emperor of the French , ' the fie' couple the-name of his august consort, '" i (Cheers.) „eat ~0 4 " Partant 'pour la Syrie," by the co- .„ - te e The FRENZIG Cenesue (M. Hitler), . 1- vo rd! - e l toast said : - -I• thank the mayor fort ;real.) just uttered, and you, gentlemen, for the c e ef ILF'si you have given to them. I esteem fl' sore eel'"A) these manifestations in honour of raY. e c eolfs make it my duty to bring them to 11 ! trY , deuce, in its desigais of mercy for m 7 03'8. in see the day of our disasters ; and Francealietorf name with an , enthusiasm of which ; la , t he . # examples, has shown that she comprebe ee ro.4 l , the debt whioh she owes to him. dutiesY ii . lt l y i observe, that Europe would fail in itse4ertie what gratitude requires from it ; for Fr, 4ll e , ce lf,e;: in the fable, who, when he moved b.,l te e - e otY,' world ; and our convulsions, if they 1,2 ' - eenu e t y . j would soon have - reached to others. V il i; o tie4' realizedtst h p o ei y rsi o ty u mi r np a d tlaih,t m hehii i e r: ghr b ey, l av e othu i; teei s ; ti onu t ya u gou t hne i institutions,—than ks n etwx s h , rhe — ;uiec t sh, l:_a u s: :: 9. 3: . ; :: : :usrboop i; ri f the least reason-to fear a reaction from ot. o pt , but the Emperor has other rights to your l fe e. 0 „000 / heart of every generous man in the two N..; held out the hand '-of 'friendship, and to 67044 the struggles arising from which had stain e ,„eo l iet blood, succeeds at the present day that ales Se;t, England, which- astonishes Europe, and 1;070 friends of its independence, of which we t ees , r t eP t fence in hand, and-for which our tvrof f ° lso. ll ;„,,et , , treasure and the-bloodof their sons• ta . ;`, iolfa c i t eolli Bfie r fftßaies s aniNgtV,l72 l .P.%- l t i l rnit'pe°l )le * the four years of my residence 111 yelg' - i t has re learned to know andto admire tbe icee ee,,;'4l . continue, gentlemen,. that happy w -t- oa ''' ;15 5 # baptism of fire in the • field of battle, 0 3 per eTee j ,: r petuate it the recollection of labouf s q ,e' etlAsliAl l n common, and of successes obtains "eeleel" .ball have accomplished ion present task, f,lllo i* ,,Da ' d ,i for it to cease to- bothe glorious ins . "'e o ite "flef; 'r , ibeeOwThenonudm Then , priceei 7 e that nbotiyf e the ath o he r f e. thet_lyryeoo strength world,. dw r o : hi 170„fr:I o n f aei l t : h ti e ' :tcrb u ee rs irair e p : eo t : :; ,.. dal prosperity. four docks, which a 60 0 10 10 0 i thousands of vessels which bring to You - forw Dip`ite; parts of the world, and which send thou, _1 . rriollo labour of your industrious wg'rokutsirePZweSre„l et :e ilrl e l , l' ll,l c i f your enterprise, for the union of France " 0 00 1 1 3 , 1 1 ' certain peace of the-world; and we can r 5 1 10'; with the poet, the friend, of August us ' 4 0 words : eela .e ct't'. Quis Partimm parent, quis geliu- if incolurni o tcedere ! il, O re 107 la another momenta tongue which ha s _ o re e O O , . mine will make itself the - interpreter of k e eoA ci ef,t . noble Duke with whom. I have this dal ter, sit, V o f your hospitality. . I.' would not, howere.:tee,lo,4le+ having paid my tribute-to. the valiant son1"`"00;;;;; side by side with those of my country for A f l ife the call of dutyhechanged the pleasure:°eP„le, fatigues of camps.. At Mane, at inkerna -pliwi,, the glorious memorials- of which are 0 , 11 ,0. 1 p.7,,,. grant that he may wear them long) , f 0t .0 ,!` e,.; display an intrepidity. worthy of his vac so t' Hour which he had. to lead to the cc' eti noie'r England. Himself indifrerent to the dang , e oA t , r e e e ~,,, his own life, his heart was moved only 1 3 ,3: ap pi e kre r 'rfr . around him his-companioas in arms. '''-' O v ey li pe who, like you e geetlemen, i n th e heneages e . , 0 o ,r , :\ to one of the chiefs -of their country, can t 4 e i t5 11 ,..1% person to the respect which they addres o ,jala . o . 4' . The Bleeron then e in an address of son,' $ 1 ',02/e w , '-' reviewed the aggressive policy of Rt'-ssl'eli 7 oleP l. importance to -Europe generally, and to of . 0 0 ing that aggressive -spirit, gave the Ilea,tegtil e g,V i ". Turkey," and 'also-that or The King . P '' ' t'' of h fl o , was duly honoured. , e ter al t f tlie' M. Mussanner, the Turkisk Consuli'oe I :',:i °;,,,ItY The Maxonethen rose to propose; .tips-ria ii i i l :'' Albert, Albert Prince of Wales, anAe l ' e - e, vv, eo t'l l ia' Family, including. the Duke of Camhrleie e o: . " i t 0 :.,:' , i honoured them with his presence:: 011' 0 t 04,1 l need not allude- to those personal e . fl e ree'' i ir'e ,1' endeared the Duke of Cambridge to t ri e g etfi',llle",e , i'A dered hira t so justly . popular in hi* , c ° /l„ 4 iai . o , , 5 0 „0 ~,, of Englanae rejoiced to see one s° '„h 11i• 5 13,11Vd1,.., loved sovereign gladly sharing "',", - 1 , ot l ee . l ' ° , - r e ::; ,, hardships ._of. the campaign. iee..-it', 1 " . 0.0",0r",;: P ,, Inkerman-.(where your horse was. s'f he are e ere f ere lantry was- alike conspicuous ; hnt, 'le 1 1;10 1 4 0 1 ' 7 c e t t !+ 1 ,.: was when -Tour. health obliged you t e „,, fee . ', - , ele fe ia , e , rades. Lventure to say that no Il l ' e - o er Y " vele';if` in his segitnent than you have done e .. ; 0 er e ; Ifl' i leard , ; up to as. the soldier's friend than:l,o,i/ 01 0 0 1 'k, And may I further add, that. the,,,eiT e e,:e o et e l fee,q, made in.order to ameliorate the cou'lleferel:e i rle!; the east have been rewarded. by the ee ter,a k t s e 1 )0 1 ", sick and, wounded soldier. ash ifel', 3 e eele ce‘t mere terms of adulation, hut, toeff"t '' r I "eelP e elb believe to. be true, and as the -expooo4`,o t,' c es" - " a efei the- sentiments of the people at te alL 0 1 1 0 . '„ - o ,'s , loud, cheers) ; and surely.- it hae ." s te"" a rtV eil°.; . e , 0 "' could- rouse the people from tbe ir o f 11 2; o pl, e e 0 ,.. i , t,l iv of nearly half a century.—to on e i .ee r e , of 'eo.r e ts . , ie w a l ar w te ar re i s s i t n , nature, and every man: reads fil e , ie of .r s pO ti e le aawnhpdiociphduletiattrei identifies principles n i b e ci . itny b is e ee / w a u. o, s; tiffir ` i: a leel ai t i e o,s ni: , e e a, e l S i, il r. , I :t er ; ;humanity, are arrayeda,qainef t 3 .erl Also • 0 0 <4 did. not enter upon this war snit e" .. tr ae ~ g i orlf or tjt,v, peace had been exhausted ; but if ifa eall' t eein 3.4 ;a ~ upon it with much of a 'boasting' a t i l t to °, llO P i ; PA, seemed to trust to our own streng Fes in ' er the le re f .. 1 I tory, almost forgetting that e „,it, e ,' e ecs - ff,ic e ol l. 9 of battles. It has pleased . 11 lu "eoel e ° t. tri li ell ', °f i ebole c°ll e l st ` vi n t'b l‘P i acknowledged throughout the moist r i e tni e e li p !, iacaspuatsrhetattshhiowsuhdldailyetaszti:oelnnephhoe,froraiensjadolictihneg t P cioer tb r i it..i:c e e rt i e t.voi t ; the glory of the final succeseser dir , p po ,er ,eio..e. , French; but, though we may ill nc% cc 9 11 , 11 0 ,' 'e w ob ' D er , d of success at the Redan, still t l bose.‘ eh liape t ', - ,ft ; to prevent our rejoicing with ea a pe t r o _ r e i ne o le' et dangers in common with lel; . f: ar th L e p%',, , f,, , , more touching incident ia f! ‘ e ..A " pas t so7 o 0 1). -en10;',. was over, the Zouaves marc",',7 e heer s, c Te ee.„o.,, i t',i who greeted them with iler,a' oso brio* risiteueheej e rankling jealousy, living ii _ e l-L iis Queen_ eat, ' 0 0 ago, this very day, our ,g7 o ."__ o f wa" r Que e Deer , 1:; family 13 a r t i rn i l 3,e7oafr,peace,remain i e n i i sentiments e n s r e e l l ' il s : , o , r c 3: v e e c e r i b s -0 e ): r ; s a t i I c . els i .; g o : ii , '4 l: , , The toast was drunk N l T e L geee e to ,ti l l ig eoe!i:iio.;, l , , His ROYAL HIGITNESS F- h - i '; goya l , l ; 0 0%60 V, id for th e the o f 'to I ,i, a th n e d c t o h m e p r a e n st y, of on th t e h ßo e Pa ya r t f°amily, for td'elleeesstoer e 11,:, toast had been received,. e l _, day heer i t, ite ee ve e Ile A, of which the town had rut the inhu i ; l oo g i bic e i e r/ not but feel most grata ,i.v.,.„, Ito vith 0 , pot 0 , / day inspected the great h reflected . O vid beri‘ eiV ritable institutions wine N o thing, ee n ell, l f o r ~, ~, couldth e gr h a gratifying fl a ' great comm 1 ercia. town. e t oc so l oco r cie' 1 4 ! be the oboe e iote e ea fir f t) to any one than to , o doub, " a , • c h be r e oar ee ed. a portion of which, 1 tee part of w"! whic'het l'lli r ite ' its utaerecilro g li. t h e inuae-- 11 our a i e rel i e le as a testimony of the aPP , ~.,;i. , $ r e e P a ti : nti r i i di a ce l l i i e g a bt l' l ts o f t 0 01',4t , :, (Cheers.) to . sol ite peel 'a dbY ° av' il influential coramuni.„.. , valued urre if sunitll3 val ie e cone e nt not fail to be mo ene NS the best effects up „,,,, o f the P thinking that the calanuue East was s bu re t g t a l establisloeel oc h 0 c) i 0 v iiingfo eapresst r ieree de g d by , i vin Dock. CDTocOk.BEHeRre t l he 6 l:art i l S : t'l-l ' 'ed€Theeclin-, ' Ic e --"'. Cr, ' Li e 7 1 th rm of Messrs. Gibbs, Bright,alld 'i d ,' , li d the the magnificent new auxillial s '; . ' ' it --', a td ,'' now being fitted with her ea., ji t t i w nd h e I other appointments. With 4 1 • f4 l . l eh 4, ressed himself much gratified. !.,,.'' ''. w a i',2,ng the party drove to the North ru`'',, tte ti '' r, swtasinguishonhoeudrepdartbyy aprrocoyeaedl escialuotetig. 2.l,4t6ftullsrlathne .kdale, where they were receive, re h, t ? rr, 11, the churchwardens and f o ,„, tie )3ts, governor of the Institutioa i"joyeriq ye through the different portions of ,:ttnelli' l fined the system on which it is,:d fo;%latleill Meted this extended tour Pia;vii 1 atd 41 3 , y e repaired to the Judges lod - t i en ,,colanali s P. '3'. A, THE MAYOR'S DINSER, mirp, 1 i 1 1 ,, a nd 1 g his worship the Mayor gave - rs es call, at which the following 0. j a ,,a d e ,,_( , , went :—The Duke of Cambrid;e:e4t h a re a iop of Chester, Sir Robert Guff - th ei t o p el ."4 V. Smith, Burt, G.C.8., C., 01 1 r all t r4l ity Thomas Berry Horsefall, x. ii i'o l ,, cie ti ,,. t cir4' Ai% Michael Humble, Mr.:(P.O, tie m a , usul (Mr. Joseph Hitier),!r'fbrO, his p Of% as Littledale, Mr. Tobin, i#, hi t '°3'al 1 s, Mr. John B: Lloyd, tlie,l o ,k. ha al , ins), Mr. Richard C. NayloAJA' til t : th e Moss, Mr. John Naylor, o'4g Mal,lf,ta. urner, Admiral air'Gren o °4 ge the ramley-Moore, M.P:, _,, , Plyi, taking °°e taloN,reooNflNocralutiseklteoßri,ne3lsil:re. I. S Bi. :ifuotiael:l: . 0, ,i; sa an ry d e lesole a_ e n r ( :, flel Swann, Mr. William 0 ) att a i 9rgai L .r i . lia F . Ainßo.t,heeriihstainth, aenidl(3g.:r,.. . 41, 0 9 0 , \ # ft :: e:e l l e : Th ili ng. ~ Walpole, Captain Bevi . '' ir °4ld s°ll e who were unable CO dill o Jo ii ,! ti ell a i r ' rere the following:—he ,'i ' lll Pos ••°' demi ere, Lord Raverls 0 fl• believed . ~,,„ ~ ,A, Ili I ~,,:,_ .~ ~A