The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser. — Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1836-06-17 00:00:00

JL4NE 17, 1836, FOREIGN INTELLIGENCE. TURKEY. ( From our own correspondent.) Constantinople, 18111 May, 11135. A great sensation has been occasioned by the arrest and im prisonment of a respectable British merchant, a 11r. Churchill, Who has been a long time resident here, and is well known as a cli,ver and upright man. The cause of this arrest was trivial, When it is cousideied with what unusual severity he has been treated, and that his incarceration is the strongest and most in bolting violation of our capitulations ever remembered of this nature. it may in some measure be accounted for and our astonishment will be diminished when it is known that Mr. C. lnts been for.some time actively employed in representing to the People of England the dangerous position of this country, ex posing the most secret machinations of her enemy, and praying them to watch and guard her from utter annihilation—cause of the displeasure of Russia sufficiently obvious in the influences exerted to insult and punish the individual, thereby gaining the double e n d of revenge, and devising the estrangement of the nations friendly to Turkey. The accident which gave rise to this important circumstance Was occasioned by wounding a Turkish boy in the leg with small shot fired at a bird, whilst sporting at Kadekeni, a village on the Asiatic shore, opposite to the Seraglio-point. The boy Was laying hidden in the long grass, at a considerable distance, and was consequently invisible to Mr. Churchill when he tired. Instantly afterwards, hearing cries and seeing a boy rise about a hundred paces off, in the direction of his fire, he approached to see what had happened, and then saw that a shot or two had scratched the skin of his leg, causing infinitely more fear than Injury. Some labourers came up, and, hearing the boy's story, 4 hat the Frank had shot him, seized Mr. Churchill, whilst one lan for the guard. The guard came, commanded by a vuz sutasatheiL(uhtes,ad of a hundred,) who paid no regard to Mr. C.'s ne but, on the contrary, proceeded to inflct theseverest L 'ilows up on hi m w i t h t h e i r mus k e t s. Th e y th en l e d hi m t o th e 'Cadi of the'village, who sat half an hour in judgment, receiving 1 11 e testimo n y o f th e c hild an d l a b ourers , w ho a ll asserted Mr. Churchill had attempted, purposely, to destroy him. A sen tence was made out, drawn from this evidence, and addressed to the reis effendi, and the prisoner was conducted under a F i tt.ard to be dealt with as the reis effendi might direct. Now MIS proceeding alone is in direct contravention of our capitula tions Which declare that when a British subject is committed prny offence whatever he shall only be kept iu the confine ment of the Turkish authorities until such time as notice is given to the ambassador, or the nearest British consul, who at frne e.elaims his person, and answers to the Turks for his being but judged according to the laws of his own country. this is_nothing compared with what followed. When Lord i l o nsonby was informed of Mr. Churchill's arrest, he sent his r ?go-man to require his immediate release. This was not O ily refused, but, in the very face of our ambassador's message, orders were given that Mr. Churehill should be transported - to the BAG NIO , to be there imprisoned and chained; and, what is "me, to be thrown amongst the crowd of the most infamous cri minals—wretches that pollute even a prison. Those who H ave read A nas t as i us w ill form an idea of his situation. t , Lord Ponsonby was highly and justly indignant on learning Contempt and insult with which his authority was received. t . 6 again sent to the reis effendi to insist on his release, and sa- Ofaction, being given; and now he was joined in his demand a Lthe French, Austrian, and Prussian ambassadors. So '` - naing an encroachment was this on all the existing treaties itb the Porte, that each embassy considered itself interested in treuteAustriansawakenedsympathies more was an occurrence somewhat similar in na te, and of a late date, in the arrest and imprisonment of one er t heir subjects, and for whose release even the personal re rest of the ambassador was made - in y sin. France, hand in nd with E ng land, wrote a note to. the Russian embassy, inti mating that it was reported Russian influence bad been used in tNing the Turks to offer so gross an insult to the British na y"; and that the only manner in which it could be disproved dutd he by Russia's acting strenuously in the same cause with " t elt This was of good effect. Russia joins England in her tand for redress. h hree days or more elapsed ere Mr., Churchill was released, t ,‘,_o, during that time, frequent applications were made by the r, h tssadors in vain. It was .only when they demanded of the 1 1 44 a, that the reis effendi should be dismissed from office, that chief KieYh. of Achmet Pasha. should be banished, (this man, as resident of Kadekeni, had advised Mr. C.'s ill-treatment,) th ey an indemnit of £l,OOO sterling be paidC., that fully comprehended the seriousness of their offence. No p 'onite resu lt h as yet been attained; but the conditions of re- Z J eiliation are firmly demanded as stated. The unfortunate ect of th e prosecution is at liberty. As to the wounded boy, v er yconvinced that the wound was the result of die th r eat accident, and what proves it was of no importance is, This he i s a l rea d y per f ect l y recovere d. p, i t;!is affair carries every one's attention away from other unc matters, and the late rejoicings in celebration of the arriag e of the sultan's daughter and the circumcision of his 1.°4 have e n d e d in ra th e r an unfortunate manner. No doubt e astrologers, who can decide so confidently from the signs of important events, will have no difficulty in describing the r ,,,eboding of this. • i t The Capidan Pasha is now absent with twelve ships, destined, ib is said, to Tripoli, but whether so or not, or for what purpose, 10 4 ally a matter of mere speculation for enquirers. The Ada of steam_packets established to run from Vienna to this ate by the Danube, have now commenced operations. It is tim that an English company purpose establishing an opposi it°4 line on the same route, and, if so, we wish them all success. 4i ; 4 l 'eady the Austrian and English steamers plying between this -th Smyrna are doing all they can to cut each other out, by p: r eductieii of fares and, swiftest running. Hitherto the Li -0001 steamer, the Crescent, has carried the proudest name, it n she merits it ; the superiority of the vessel in every respect, t the u r b an it y of her commander, Lieut. Tudor, having se ared her an indisputable preference. 1 1 4 1.4 business there is little' of interest to communicate. Pro kree, in general, is high. Tiffiniifactures ar e i n go od demand v , ~_" curre 9 8 tont Qualities. The exchange .on London is steady at 981, FRIDAY MORNING, JUNE 17, 1836. The recent attacks - upon the church established in these realms have been so numerous and so varied in their cha racter, that our time as public journalists has been almost wholly occupied with watching the manoeuvres and en deavouring to defeat the designs of the enemy. On points of doctrine and faith we have been well content to let those able men who fill her ecclesiastical offices - and are her authorized champions fight her battles. Our contest hasteen withlficisespurious enthusiasts who, um der the banner of an assumed liberality, do the bidding of an arbitrary popish despot, and those who, professing more than ordinary purity both in faith and practice, do much to bring all religion into contempt. We have therefore been compelled to attend rather to the safety and existence of the citadel than the exact na ture of its interior arrangements. Our business of late has been to secure the permanence of our church esta blishment, and we have had but little leisure to bestow upon the manner in which the objects it has in view will be best effected. We feel, however, that the time has now come when the result of our efforts in the cause of the national religion must be evident to the whole of our readers. We are convinced that all our energies have been enlisted on the side of truth, and we humbly trust that our exertions in her cause have not been in vain. We have endeavoured to exhibit the mountebank absur dities of men, arrogating to themselves extraordinary spiritual gifts, in all their naked deformity—we have laid bare - the monstrous assumptions of the priests of Rome—we have proved, beyond the reach of cavil, that their whole religious scheme is a compound of unblush ing fraud and impious obscenity—we have left the soci nian imitator of sacrilege * without a cloak for hi - s crime, and the raven croak of an infidel enmity to our church has provoked our attention only to excite our indigna tion, while the wizzen squeak of a religious furor has come under ournotice only to receive our censure. It is under the influence of the impression that we have left no one essay at argument on the, part of our opponents unanswered that we have great pleasure in of fering a few remarks to our readers on the subject mat ter of a most valuable ecclesiastical manifesto which is now before us. We allUde to a pamphlet bearing the title of "The National Church - Adjusted : a Charge de livered by the Archdeacon to the Clergy of the County of Nottingham." This "Charge," delivered at Nottingham, Retford, and Newark, on the 7th, 9th, and 10th of this month, possesses even more interest than such records uniformly create. It contains the most condensed and at the same time the fullest and most complete epitome of the ar rangerrients suggested by the ecclesiastical commission ers, and about to be ratified and carried into effect by the legislature, that has hitherto been presented to the public: In this" Charge" the venerable Dr. WILKINS sets forth at considerable length, and with more than usual clearness, the proposed alterations in the church, founded upon the general report of the commissioners. These suggested improvements divide themselves into three heads. The first relates to the number of the hierarchy, and the ex tent of their territorial jurisdiction. It will be in the recollection of our readers what the suggestions of the commissioners. were on this head; and the general and almost uniform acquieseence in their plan, on the one hand, together with a readiness on their part to listen to all well-authenticated communications, give us no rea son to fear that their arrangements will be such - as ulti mately to conduce to the benefit and increased efficiency of our national establishment. The second head has re ference to cathedral; and collegiate establishments=to pluralities r -to a strict enforcement of residence—and to. the income and increase in number of stipendiary cu rates. The observations of the venerable Doctor on these points are pectiliady . interesting. It is gratifying to find that although the 'impoverished resources of the . church do not allow or •the continued existence of all the stalls, it has never yet Been seriously hinted that the . . race of prelieridaries . and vicars choral shouldhe wholly extinct. There will be no attempt to silenCe the voice of national prayer and sacred psalMody within the walls 'of those venerable fabrics. England is still to be preemi nently a religious nation, and even Lord JOHN RUSSELL feels no hesitation in recommending suggestions which tend to secure to this land the offering up of simultane ous and constant aspirations for mercy to JEHOVAH. On the subject of pluralities the venerable archdeacon i s a t once candid and just:- Of an undue and- : ex o rbit an t tic cumulation-of church'pi - Operty• be is evidently the 'last person to be. an apologist; but, fearless of the me ti ng nonsense of the day; and with a Wholesome,,genuine, and fervent anxiety for the real interests of the chur c h, he does not scruple to place the question on its real and true footing. It is perfectly clear that until the coffers of the establishment ate better filled there must be plurali ties. Raise the income of every living in the empire, so that it shall be an adequate and final remuneration for the time, exertion, and money expended in a clerical edu cation, and pluralities will then stand upon another foot ing altogether. But- until this is done, it is worse than absurd to talk about the evil of pluralities. A Curate, from whom comparatively little in the way of charitable expenditure is expected, may live upon a small income; an incumbent, from whom much is looked for; cannot. This is a fair statement of the real question at issue. On this point, and the regulations affecting stipendiary cu rates, we particularly recommend this pamphlet to the attention of our readers. The third head relates princi pally to. matters of aseipline, the future jurisdiction of archdeacons, and a more accurate definition of the dutiei of the rural deans arid other ecclesiastical officers whose' duties have been of late almost in abeyance. But si•e should convey a very faint idea of the peculiar excellence and interest of this charge, were we to lead our readers to suppose that it consisted of mere matter•of. fact statements and epitomized detail. The whole tenor of its remarks, the fervent piety which breathe forth in COLONIAL PRODUCE. We have been favoured by a geutlenian in this town with the -C"ino document issued by order of His Excellency Major Bette e Buil " Sir 'Jame 2 s Ca Aprrinichael Smyth. It la dated Guiana '4blidings Ist il 1836: . Poßri.op DZMULZARY AND JDEDI3I etUrn of.colonial produce, shipped fl the first quarter ,of 1836, (viz., t he stla• April,) as compared wit ,_gie corresponding quarters of 183 ,CE, BRITISH GUIANA. rout the porta of this colony , from the sth January to Is the average quantity of , 1832;`1833: '"'ebitlie Port of Georgc- ' - - Mo- cot- SUGAR. RUM. las. Coffee ton. 4 .i t "kge qtn n tity of pr - --- - ' 4 ee ex orted in the Ist 1/hds Trslßrls Pns'llfis'Bl. lids Pnds. Ella. 14arteri) f the 3years -1— eecedi 4 n ,r ° ** t' 12218 6B 4atity bel;o7teirfirs°ll '- ' '. 37 ( i 5716 1136 301 8036 486838 805 Ittzt rter 0L ex .8.6 ....... .. 14742 779 1099 5510 1408 35S 3786 602700 718 1„ ' t .hute 4,4 P ro -- -- --- lite Port of ikrbiec. 4„:13e quantity of pro tiaArtexPorted in the Ist b r _er. of the 3. years t„; - :*.dIngenrancipation 2638 200 160 1069 152 5 797 286500 334 ti„ ` l t3' ' exported first 'ter of .1836 4347 444 401 1579 246 17 1308 596400 374 Inc reas e 1709 244 241 510 94 12 511 309900 40 '1',,,, -- -- -- l'At,. f Increase . 4203 433 .304 366 69 1261 430562 C Decrease 59 I 47 4a - I nien BRITISH GUIAN e t of the quintity of produce made in In t , 18.3o: 'ears 1833, fit, 4 -- '111.33 - 1834. 1835. 4 '• 99 ,106,827 lbs. 81,0E5,483 tbs. 107,586,405 tbs. Apt ~,, Rum, ' "--*, 1767 546g15. 1,903,775 gls. 2,650,942 gls. • *. 23 , , 9 694 .... .. 9.107 .... 1.‘.... 2 ... 1 300 .. 27,717 .... 85,606 .... ' ` L . 26:305 ..... 45,520 .• • • 5,108 .... " 20 • la . 102,612 .... 83,621 .... 119,030 ..., j; • ..ge - 490 381 .... 442,443 .• . • 704,943 .... 70 . 1..7* 137'300 . . 123,582 .... 169,131 .... s e r i . . . fiVe. 3 301 .... 3,288,586 vo - 4 459'596 V t ton ' n) 1 ' 3,035,556 tbs. aloe 954,857.... 926'944 ~.. 3',065,742 tbs. 867,912 .... of Plantai • Cattle soldns and . , ''-'' , ..-,:!:19_6_,216 19 4 f 531,757 19 0 f577,212 19 0 N ATIONAL SCHOOLS' ANNIVERSARY. tf l anniversary of these schools took place yesterday.. Early lion e .rnorning, the children rot' the several schools in conurt.- ki t "qh the. Established Church, assembled at their respective 14 4 %1 roams and proceeded froth thenCe to the Blue Coat where the arrived a little before ten o'clock,. to the fik t -11 J .upwards ,of 7000 boys girls.. - Prom the Blue kith. they proceeded in. the following . order through the_ principal streets ,. : in thirtown. The Workhouse tI ; (1 %; 41 0; All Saints' Church School, 300; St. Catherine's, Qt .. l !dattliias . , 270 ;- St, Liike's, ; Aligustitre!s, 312; titt,ltttree National. 120 . ;. St.'Jude's;34s; St. John the Bap -15,111,426',,,.:. St. Bride's, 50; Si. Michael's, 260; Corporation 4 4. / 9 9; Do. North. 820; Welsh Charity, - 257; St. James', ~t e tl:,G - .Philth. '8,50; Hunter-street,.2s7; St. Michael's, 'roic-- St. P'auls, 4901 St, Marks, :3741; Evitrttin and Kirk 1110orfields', 310; St. Andrew's, 3001 . Edge Hill, li th t : ' ) nii) ; 262 ; Fem' a le , School of Ildustri; 96; Bine Coat. tet t ,ali, 350: making .i.tOtaLniiiiiber of 7700,' of whom 3427 raurts; had 4273 boys. The. procefsion was followed by the aedt r and one or two naemiserpot.thieorporation, the rectors, tni.4.'`Pit the of the.clergY- of tiiobl!:together with the three- Blue Coat HOSpi4 s i b ild' the' Tristees and Mana- N tere q the various seholt *htione,d, 16.. St.. Petaea Church, tptf or . a c cording to ,previmisvannouneeMent, divine service was ot t ,'"4- The prayers and lessons were read by the Itev.. tdea r 'lmola, and an.acnirable discourse was deliVered by Mkth ". Dr. Whittaker, } Vicar of Blackburn, from the 'text. ll .a.P.ter of Matthew, e 54 1 ... art Of the tenth versei :‘ . Thy I . ?ne on earth 'as it ISTM heaven": at the conclusion of S . rv 'ces.. a Callection was' wade at the doors, amounting to • w411,-,ti tiT •OF EiCHEQUEIL--AIGNDAY, SANE, la Alt4s trie d AND QTHERS v. M'KaY.--In this, .action which i o i t r k e r : e "4 vat d ifiverpool, at tbe , last' assizes, before Mr. Bar?t! 4 i , 4 4 ,eW trial, let .11s found i fo th i e sd d ir e ee fe t n io d n ant, and a rule nisi hi:l44'ooe obtai3nned.e cre w p by the judge, had l o ain ' t n iffs who are extensive fruit 1 u1i',,, 44 t 8 . in London, had employed Messrs. Badenach and ' 4 ek t B ° l3 , brokers, in Liverpool, as their factors for the sale of 'ettr i .,B° 01 currants landed in Liverpool. A parcel of these i l lO l4 s hid been sold by Badenach and Jenkinson to the de nji t 4 ,.,"'„a wholesale grocer in this town. The invoice, amount with.",;•24B, had been made out in the nanaes of the brokers, *it', 7, 140 44 the defendant had had many transactions, sometimes Ptin c p.ent as brokers, when th ey di sc l ose d the names of their i 4 :Pals ' a t other times on th e i r own account, an d in their t 4 • "Rtes. ti e h a d a l so a general running account with them. tis c i i ) Peared from the evidence that it was the practice of Bade- Prig ! l ila Jerilciason wh en th ey had a lien on the goods of their eikkielPals f or a d vances, to make out the invoices in their own tifiies; iu this instance they h a d a lien, but only to a very *er, t 4 g atuount, and much less than the above sum, though they 'th e ;rider the beingsion that it was between £l6O and £2OO. thee called upon by them for money, had paid !ft l e a bill f„ £2OO, ,intending it as a payment on account niti i nvoice of the currants. It had been sometime preiiiously Parti„ l ted to him, by the brokers, that this cargo belonged to ?ttni z ? in London, Messrs. Badenach and Co., haying become N'bi g .. u pts, the plaintiffs sought to recover the full amount of elYoice, considerin g . the payment of the bill as being on 0 4, ta4l account, and without any reference to their currants. tho u "Latott Parke on the trial, Clad told the jury, that if they c 4,, 40t the defendant having had a general intimation pthruadtethnet tii k k° belonge,d to parties in London, was bound, as a r od lt li t : inquire into the state of accounts between the plaintiffs ,1., denach and Co., before payment of the money, m order uhitertain that they had a right to sell the curr ants . in their *ii,i'Pries,' they should find a verdict for the plaintiffsother tiefeutra,rwthe defendant. The jury thereupon fo un d for the t ' ~,,,, 0.5 e having, been urged upon the rule for a new trial, th e i 4ri teh Ivied the direction o f.th e .budge and the verdict, an d kr ge4 the rule. THEATRE-ROYAL, LIVERPOOL. FOR THE BENEFIT OF MR. HARLEY, Of the Theatre-Royal, Drury-lane, and the Last Night of his Engagement. FIFTH APPEARANCE OF MRS. HONSY, Of the Theatre-Royal, Haymarket, and of Mr. Bra)6m's Thea tre, (the St. James's,) who is engaged fora ortnight. Second Week of Mr. MORRIS BARNETT, he St. James's Theatre. rir HIS present FRIDAY EVENING, the 7th instant, will 1 be performed the Musical Drama of GUY MANNERING. Dominie Sarepson....(first time here) Mr. Harley. Julia Maunering Mrs.. Honey. At the end of the Play Mr. Morris Barnett will sing " The French Actbr," in which he will introduce Shakspearian Read ings and his celebrated Imitations of Talma and famburini ' as given by hint last season with ..the greatest success at the St. James's Theatre. In the course of the Evening Mr. Harley will introduce a new Comic - Song, called ". Don't let it go any further; or Me morandums from the Dairy of a Liverpool Looker-on," written expressly for the occasion by a Gentleman of Liverpool. To conclude with (fortbe first time here) a new Musical Drama, written by Mr. Moriis Barnett, and performed at the London Theatres with distinguished success, called THE SPIRIT OF THE RHINE. Irma.. (her original character)..Mrs. Honey, in which she will sing " My beautiful Rhine," " When fiercely raged the storm," a Duet with Mr. Horncastle, " Oh, change—oh, change!" TO-MORROW (Saturday) the Melo Drama, called A TALE OF MYSTERY. After which the new Farce of CAPERS AND CORONETS, in which Mr. Morris Barnett and Mrs. Hones , will perform. With the Ballet Dance of THE MIL LIN.eRS. To conclude with the Burletta of MIDAS. Apollo, Mrs. Honey. On Monday next Mr. Morris Barnett's Benefit. ZOOLOGICAL GARDENS. ▪ N ccihsequence of the disappointnient experierieed v earn ▪ tiers of persons last Monday, Mr. D'ERNST is -en - gaged. and will give another display of FIREWORKS MONDAY,, next, the 20th, and WEDNESDAY, the 2'2( - 1 inst. on which occa• sions the Gardens will be again illuminated. GILAND MASONIC FESTIVAL. T E GENDRE NICHOLAS STARKIE, of untrovde. 4 1 / Esquire, R. W. Provincial Grand Master, the W.D, of the county of Lancaster, intends holding a P vinc,ial Grand Lodge of Ancient, Free, and Accepted Masa at the Adelphi Hotel, in Liverpool, on Thursday next, the ofJune instant, at nine o'clock in the morning, to transact the Annual Business of the Province. And the V.W. Pro. Grand Officers, W. Mas ters, P. Masters, and Wardens of their respective Lodges are hereby summoned to attend. The Brethren who are desirous to partakepf the Banquet at which the R.W. Pro. grand Master will pr ids, are requested to make application for Tickets to the P. stewards; or of Mr. RADLEY, at the Bar of the Adelphi Hotel. Dinner on the Table at five o'clock precisely. By order, JOHN DRINKWATER, Esq. R.W.D.P.G.M. A. S. WOODWARD, Pro. G. Secretary. Ebe ligiberpoot g...tanbarD. THE LIVERPOOL STANDARD. its every line, and the energetic appeals with which it abounds, are peculiarly striking, and especially calculated to call to our minds the blessings which we enjoy in the possession of that form of sound words which was se cured to us by the anxious prayers, and guaranteed to us by the arduous sufferings, of good men of old. Well does Dr. WitrirNs remark, tliat the days in which our lot is cast are but little inferior in interest to those which are rendered memorable and sacred by the bright and efful gent dawning of the sun of protestantism upon the dark and benighted gloom of popery. Happily does he allude to the contest in which the martyrs of the reformation were engaged, and well does he affirm that in doctrine, if not in minor points of discipline, we have adhered faithfully and in unadulterated purity, to that ancient church of which the LORD of the New Covenant is the chief corner stone. The observations of the venerable archdeacon on the divine sanctity of marriage and its spiritual obligations are terse and impressive, and his method of treating the complaints of the dissenters is impartial and comprehen sive, while his observations on the nature of their de mands are very just Did our space allow us we would gladly put our read ers in possession of several extracts from this excellent " Charge ;" perhaps at some future time we may do so. In the meantime we will conclude, as does our venerable author, with hoping that the day is fast coming—nay, is now arrived—when no party feeling or jaundiced animo sity shall tend to cause disunion among the members of the establishment, and that ere long the clergy will uni versally obtain that love and respect to which their acts of piety, their forbearance, and christian zeal so pecu liarly entitle them. • Since our last publication we have taken pains in order to ascertain how many of the members who sup ported the opposition of the Town-council to the bill introduced by the Dock Committee, voted for the rejec tion .of the clause exempting Runcorn, Weston Point, Warrington, and Frodsham Bridge from the' payment of dock dues. We are not surprised to find that every member of parliarrient who had been 'induced by the Town-council deputation to oppose the dock bill in corn, pittee,,voted for lire exemirtion clattse,•• with, we believe; • only one exception, Mr. STRUTT, the member for Derby. On the other hand, with the exception of one of -the , members for South Cheshire, and the member. for War rington, all those who had supported the first views of the Dock Committee and rate-payers opposed the insertion of the clause. These facts clearly establish the truth of our. former assertion, namely, that the Town-Coun cil, when they found that they had no chance of grasp ing the dock funds, very coolly acquiesced in Mr. E. J. STANLEY'S manoeuvre to release Runcorn from the pay ment of the Liverpool dock charges, notwithstanding the tremendous roar of their advocate RuswroN,who " tore his lungs" in speaking against the adoption of the clause. That Councillor RUSIITON was unconscious that he was roaring to no pnrpose, we can readily believe—indeed, had he been in the secret, he could not have sustained his part in the farce—he, mistaking sound for sense, and noise for eloquence, talked away, glorying in the belief that his arguments were incontrovertible, and that they would be triumphantly successful ! The bondholders, notwithstanding the loss which the estate will sustain by the exemption of Runcorn and the other places from the payment of dock dues, have still a sufficient security left to satisfy their claims. But we have some serious misgivings as to what their situa tion will be, if the Town-council have succeeded in carrying the Runcorn exemption clause, merely to en danger the passing of the bill on the third reading. Should the bill be thrown out, the bondholders will find that no rates will be paid unless sanctioned by an act of parliament or the decision of a court of law, as it is a matter of absolute certainty that these rates cannot be enforced under any of the provisions of the municipal reform act. If it should appear, hereafter, that the port of Liverpool is likely to be materially injured by the alteration as to the port of Runcorn, the Dock Com.; mittee of the next year, will, no doubt, apply to parlia ment for another settlement of the question. • By that time our councillors may have been taught some lessons of economy in the settlement of their accounts; by that time . also,, sixteen- good and honest men will be ex changed for the like number of the present body, so that we may reasonably expect that things will go on more smoothly and quietly than they have hitherto done since the helter-skelters and topsy-turvies or the Town-hall took possession of that edifice. LONDON LATEST NEWS. City, Wednesday Evening, halipast Seven o'clovlc. • . The proceedings of the House of ✓ Commons have not caused much comment among our commercial circle, the general feel ing being that it will end in smoke, and that the demagogue intentions of Lord John Russell and his faction will recoil on their own heads. In consequence of this feeling the Money Market remains remarkably steady, and the quotation of Con sols for Account have been 92, alternately buyers and sellers, throughout the week. Exchequer Bills are 11 to 13, and India Bonds range at 1 prem. to 1 discount; but the transactions have been unusually limited, and the Stock Market more than com monly deserted by speculation. . The intelligence from Spain is not of a character to mate rially influence the value of the Spanish securities, and little has been done in them during the past few days. The 5 per Cents., at the close of business this afternoon, were at 40c l ; the Deferred Stock is at lsg, and the Passive at 12h 4. in the Portuguese Bonds the 5 per Cents. are quoted at 811 1 I, and the 3 per Cents. are at 5314 3h. In the Republican Bonds of the new world there is nothing of importance doing, Chilian Bonds are at 451 to 46 1 ; Colombian are 301; Mexican 33. In Brazilian Stock also there is little to notice, the quotation this afternoon leaving off at 861 87. Our Northern Stocks are ge nerally firm, Russian Stock is 1101; Dutch 5 per Cents. 101; ; the 2-1 per Cents. 57%; Danish Bonds 1761 ; and Belg►an are 102. In none of the other securities has there been a fraction alteration 'worthy report, the chief of those not noticed in the above list bearing merely nominal prices. In Shares, the market is in a great measure deserted. Green with Shares are at 6 pm.; Great Western are 451 46 per share; Gravesend are per share; Rhynaney Iron are 1 discount; the British North American Bank are at par; and the other nu merous list of our schemes are in most instances nominal. STEAM NAVIGATION--The City of Dublin Steam Company's bill, enabling that body to increase its capital, was read in the House of Commons a third time, and passed on Tuesday. Thie bill, by enabling the company to extend its operations, will alss Materially increase that usefulness to the trade of Ireland, which was so freely and fully admitted by both sides of the hotise during the discussions which arose on the bill, which was thrown out at an earlier period of the session. We observe, with great pleasure, that the directors of this company are about to assist in establishing a steam communicati o n between thi s port and New York, by giving efficacy to ari act incorporating a company for that purpose, which has been inoperative for ten years, the parties concerned baying waited that time in order to avail themselves of the improvements Made during that period in.steam navigation. MERIONETHSHIRE ELECTION.--The nomination of candi dates for the representation of this county, vacant in consequence of the retirement of Sir Robert W. Vaughan, will take place at Harleck, on Tuesday next, the 21st instant. The candidates are Richard Richards, Esq., on the conservative, and Sir Wm. Wyan on the radical interest. Mr. Richards availed himself Qi a large meeting at Bala, yesterday, which he addressed in a very animated manner, and was most cordially and enthusiasti cally received. There can be no doubt whatever but that Sir William Wyan will be defeated and that Mr. Richards will be returned. CRICKET MATCH--A cricket match came off on the ground of the Everton Cricket Club, Shaw street, Everton, on Wed nesday, between the Manchester and Everton clubs. The play ing was kept up with considerable spirit from ten in the morn ing till eight in the evening, when the game closed with the following result :—Manchester, Ist innings 112, second 76; Everton, Ist Innings 102, second 65; the Manchester men winning by, 21 notches. The day being exceedingly fine, a large concourse of persons were assembled to witness the play. DEATH OF THE KING OF SAxoNy.—This monarch died on the 6th instant at .Dresden. He is succeeded by his nephew, Frederick Augustus, the son of Maximilian, Duke of Saxony, and brother of the late King Anthony. The Duke Maximilian has personally renounced his right of succession to the throne of Saxony in favour of his son, Frederick Augustus, the pre sent king. EMIGRATION.—A vast number of emigrants have left this country this season, it is said that as many as 20,000. The Courier, Capt. Eman, sailed from Bangor on the 14th instant for Boston, with a cargo of 400 tons of goods, and having on board one hundred and fifty emigrants, who are about seeking a home on the prosperous shores of the new woad. The friends of Dr. Cowan's pupils were much gratified by the annual exhibition which took place at Toxteth Lodge, on Wednesday last. The exhibition consisted of recitations in Latin, Greek, French, Spanish, Ger man , an d Bi g li sh, and i t would be difficult to decide to which department the highest praise is due. The French Tragedy of " Hamlet", (founded on Shakspeare's,) was admirably perform e d ; an d the accent anil pronunciation were particularly pure. This was followed by the. trial scen.e from Otway's " Venice Preserved," and the You'thful representatives of Jqftier, Pierre, and other characters, acquitted themselves with a degree of gracefulness, spirit, and ease, evidently very gratiiying to those who witnessed it. The eihibition was witnessed by a numerous and fashionable audi tory, Who, :at.the,conelusion sat down to an elegant dejewee, and retired highly delighted with the interesting scene, and which vas so creditable to Dr. Cowan, the talented head of the establishuien as, well as to all the ,masters engaged in the tuition of the pupils.—( From a Correspond en t.) Scar:.-Mr. Rolling, prOfesior of` cliviiiary at Prague, his,- it is Slated, succeeded in bfesVino a. very pleasant beverage from; pOttos. It V* mitt 14' 61dif t'n WS taste. MEETING OF THE WARRINGTON PROTESTANT AS6OCIA.TION. On Monday evening the members of this association, and their friends, met together at the large room at the Lion Hotel. In order to prevent any disorder or interruption of the proceed ings of the meeting, those attending were admitted by ticket, the terms of obtaining which were a pledge that they should keep order. The room was calculated to hold comfortably 1000 persons; by Saturday night, however, upwards of 1050 tickets were issued, and on Monday more than 200 applications were made for tickets which could not be granted. At the upper end of the room a commodious platform was erected for the speakers to address the meeting from; immediately in front of this were several forms placed to accommodate the ladies. The proceedings were announced to commence at six o'clock, long before which time the room was densely crowded, and there could not be less than 1200 persons assembled, amongst whom were a large number of ladies. On the platform we observed most of the clergy, gentry, and magistrates of the neighbour hood. Amongst others, Joseph Lee, Esq., Thomas Lee, Esq., the Hon. and Rev. Horace Powys, rector, the Rev. Thomas Lowe, the Rev. C. Bush, Thomas Greenhall, Esq., —. Critch ley, Esq., the Rev. Peter Legh, Gilbert Greenh a ll, E s q., th e Rev. Richard Greenhall, Thomas Parr, Esq., William Hall, Esq., the Rev. Fred. Barker, and the Rev. Hugh M‘Neile, from Liverpool, the Re.. E. T. Alder, the Rev. James Wright, Win. Beamont, Esq., John Clare, Esq., the Boroughreeve, and seve ral others whose names we did not learn. Shortly after six o'clock, on the motion of Win. Hall, Esq seconded by Thos. Greenhall, Esq., Thos. Parr, Esq., was pro, posed to the chair. The Hun. and Rev. Horace Powys then opened the proceed ings with a short and appropriate prayer. The CHAIRMAN, on opening the business of the meeting, said, since it has been the pleasure of the promoters of this meeting to call me to the chair, 1 shall not take up its valuable time by caring apologies for my inability to fulfil the duties of chair man, but shall proceed shortly to state what I believe to be the objects of this association. Our first object is to preserve pure and undefiled the protestant establishment of England as well as Ireland; to protect it against all its enemies; but above all to protect it against those dangerous and undermining encroach ments of popery and infidelity which are, and have been at tempted. For this purpose it is our intention to educate and enlighten the poor, to disseminate the knowledge of the scrip tures, to expose and bring to light those doctrines of popery which are intolerable, not only to the protestant church, but to every other religion In charging the catholics with intole rance and bigotry I do not mean to include the higher and in telligent classes, who are in many respects a liberal body of men, but Ido rejoice in this opportunity, under God's provi dence now afforded, of discovering to them and the public at large the diabolical doctrines of their church as disseminated by their priests, doctrines which are considered obsolete, but in the hands of . the priest are now exercised and instilled into the poor and ignorant.to work the most infamous and horrid purposes: All these matters will be most clearly and ably explained by gentlemen here present, who have come forward with that zeal which has characterised all their proceedings. In this under taking I hope we shall be allowed to proceed by every friend of !oetal order, for, as has been beautifully expressed, 'our reli ct= is based upon the permanent happiness of the people." In order that we may better arrive at the truth, I entreat you all, and I now address myself to christians of every denomination, to dismiss from your minds all feelings of bigotry or of preju dice, all sectarian differences, to the end that you may judge calmly and dispassionately of the statements which will be now laid before you. (Cheers.) I do not suppose that there are any here who would wish to disturb or interrupt the proceedings of this meeting, but I think it right to advise all present that none will be allowed to address this meeting except with the permission of the committee, and they have accepted their tickets of admission with that understanding, and it is my duty as chairman to prevent any interruption. There are certain resolutions to propose for the adoption of this meeting, which will be brought shortly before you. I now beg to call on the Rev. Mr. Bush, one of the secretaries of the association, to read the report. The Rev. Mr. BUSH then read the report of the committee of the association, which set forth the objects for which the as sociation was established, and gave an account of its proceed ings and funds since its establishment on the 9th of November last. After the reading of the report, the Chairman called on The Rev E. T ALDER, who moved " that the report now read be adopted." The Rev. FREDERICK BARKER, of Liverpool, rose to second the resolution. He said, having been called upon to second the resolution which has been moved by my friend and brother, Mr. Alder. "that the report shall be adopted," it seems to fall within the province of one who is to second such a resolution as this to make known to you the principles on which such an in stitution as the one whose rules you have heard read is founded, or why should this assembly be gathered together? We should then be like the multitude of whom we read, the greater part of whom did not know why they were assembled. For my own part I can most unfeignedly join in the petition that has been offered for us that we may meet together at this season in that good may be engrafted in us—that we may meet in order that faith, add hope, and charity, true charity, may abound; and as we are standing in the sight of the living God, before whom all hearts are open," it is for this purpose solely that I stand before you, that goof may be grafted, that the truth may be expounded, and that error may be exposed. 1 would pray you, then, to hear this in mind wh e n y ou are h ear i ng t h e statements which will be laid before you—to let no false, no paltry, no unholy excitement prevail, hut let your desire be such in that " God may be glorified." You have, then, heard the rules and regulations of the society read to you, which purpose to declare that it is called into existence by necessity, in order that the real principles of popery should be made known and contrasted with those of the protestant church; and it is in order to convey that information and to dissipate some of the false statements which are disseminated round the country that we are now as sembled together. We conceive that union is strength—that when dishonest persons are combining, it is high time for ho nest men to unite. (Applause.) 1 pray you let us cease from anyAsplay of feeling. We conceive that there is in this land thatlibich is worth preserving; that we have a constitution whibt is worth preserving; and that as there is strength in the threefold cord, which cannot easily be broken, so is there in the constitution—the threefold cord of our Church, our King, and esonstitution should riot be broken. We again conceive that , that cord is in danger of being broken, and we d o accuse th a t ' false system (tbe statements of the Church of Rome) as being at the bottom of much of this evil. If, then, I can show to you that this is true, and that some of the most valuable and some of the most scriptural principles of our church are in danger of being swept away, and that much that is valuable in the land is in danger of being sacrificed, we are justified in calling before You such an association as this. It is only consistent in us to do so. And if you ask what I am, I tell you what I am: I am a member of the church of Christ, which is established in Eng land; and if you ask more distinctly, I am a protestant. And what am 1 to protest against? Against sin generally? Not only generally, but I am to protest especially against the errors of the system of the Church of Route; and, therefore, I come before you in order to act consistently —to act in character as one who is bound to protest against such a system. It is gene rally one of the commonest errors amongst protestants, and is one I have heard not long ago, that after all we are not bound, or we can scarcely conceive that we are justified in protesting against the so called Church of Rome, seeing that we are dis senters from that church, who have separated from it. Now I do maintain that, so far from separating from the Church of Rome, we do reverse the tables against them, and charge them with being dissenters from us. (Applause.) We will suppose that a system of truth has been given to the world by the founder of a system; there is a party who does adhere to the system, and there are others who in the course of time do depart from the system of the founder. They do hold the general truths in most respects; but they have either corrupted them by errors, or they have departed from them? Which of the two parties are dis senters? Doubtless those persons who have either corrupted that first system by errors, or have departed from the truth. Now it can be very clearly shown to you that the members of the Church of England are not separatists from the truths of Christ's holy gospel; that they are not separatists from the sys tem of religion which was established by the founder of our holy faith; neither are they separatists from the outward forms of worship he required to be followed, nor from those holy men he did ordain to be ministers of his church. When the Church of Rome sent missionaries to this country, they found a church of Christ established here which had ex isted for seven centuries before they came. In order to prove which we have the authority of Clemens Romanus, who is al luded to in Phillipians, that St. Paul advanced to the utmost bounds of the west. We have the testimony of Theodoric, in the 116th page, that St. Paul advanced to Spain; and St. Jerome asserts that St. Paul " did preach iu the west, and went from ocean to ocean and did preach the gospel;" and we have the testimony of Gildas , the most ancient of te British historians, and also of Euzebias, that there were British bishops in the fourth century. The Romish missionaries did not find their away into Britain before the 11th century; how then can that church which did exist before the - Romish church came into this country be called separatists from a church which was not known amongst us? (Applause.) And again it is said, " at the reformation this was done." At the reformation, 1 affirm, nothing_of the, kind was done, and that the Church , of England was a distinct body from the period of the earliest ages of christianity, and_ did continue so to this day. At the reformation, says g i trype in his annals, " the clergy conformed' to protestantistn," so we now have what it should be, a religious country ; and the Romish clergy, with the exception of eighty, then. did leave the Roman Catholic faith and become protes tants. In Ireland the case was still stronger; in the reign of Queen Elizabeth, only two out of the bishops remained who conformed to catholicism, the rest, to the number of 22 or 23, were continued in their sees. I cannot then conceive hoW it can be brought against the Church of England that she is a se paratist from the Church of Rome. She continues now what she ever has been, the church of Christ in England. For a short period during the 11th century, she was under the papal yoke—her face was defiled ; at the time of the reformation she did wash her face, and she did then present herself pure and un defiled as she is at present. (Loud applause.) There is another point which is sometimes brought forward, and it is this, why, why is this distention ? why (10 you call these people together to set them quarrelling? why do you put men in opposition to each other? there is no great difference between the church of England and Rome. It is true the Church of Rome does be lieve a little more than the Church of England, but people will differ; why do you set people at l ogger h ea d s ? If the Church of Rome did not differ in essentials from the Church of Eng land, I for one, would not rail against her. Honourable men' there are in the Romish church—liberal men ; and to the honour of some in this town, it should be mentioned, that the first sub scription for the Irish clergy was a sovereign, the subscription of a member of the Church of Rome.. (Applause.) Honour ing individual members as I trust I ever shall do, would I bring a railing accusation against these men if I did .not con ceive there was a damning error, in their church. God forbid. But so far from there being slight differences, I maintain that the differenCes between us are wide as east from west; that the differences are so great that a man's immortal salvation is periled if he do adhere to everything which that church does teach. I. do maintain that a man's salvation is periled ; should I not, if 1 had the power, attempt to rescue him? Should I, with false liberality, not stretch forth a hand to save him — (applause)—not reach forth my , hand to pluck him from his danger'' I say it again, God forbid! What then is the most important question which in the matter of a man's salvation be should look after? We have it asked and answered in the word of God—it was asked by one in the midnight hour when he was on the brink of committing self murder—it was asked at Phillipi, by the gaoler who came before Paul and Silas, "Sir, . what shall I do to be saved ?" the answer is familiar to every pro testant, " Believe on the Lord Jesus Christ and thou shalt be saved." The church of England returns such an answer as this. In the 11th testicle of the Church of England, concerning the jus tification of man, it says, " We are accounted righteous before God, only for the merit of our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ by faith, and not for our own works or deservings, wherefore, that we are justified by faith only is a most wholesome doc trine, and very full of comfort, a s more largely is ex presed in the homily of justification." Here then is very plainly and fully expressed what the Saviour declared to man, " believe on the Lord Jesus Christ and thou shalt be saved," and that the doctrine of works is not good for Satiation as required by Scripture. Bet what says the couueil of Trent? It speaks thus: "Whereas it' any one shall say that men are justified either by the alone imputation of righteous ness of Christ, or by the Clone remission of sins, or that the grace by which we are justified is only the favour of God, let him be accursed, let him be damned; but if a man shall say that a mau is justified by the alone imputation of the righteousness of Christ, he is an accursed being." And if the Apostle Paul had given that answer to the poor trembling gaoler who came to him it would have put him under the curse of the council of Trent. (Hear.) 'Where is your hope? Where is its source ? You draw it from the livin g waters, you draw it from the oracles of God, you have it f u ll a n d free. And the invitation which is given is given by one of old, "Oh, every one that thirsteth, come ye to the waters; and he that hath no money, cause ye buy." How ? " Without money, and without price." The invitation is addressed by God to the soul in need of salvation, and is echoed by the protestant church. What saith the church of Rome con cerning this matter? I hold a declaration of the Romish Clergy of Ireland, which has been reprinted lately as a scarce document. In this document we have directions concerning reading the scriptures of truth. " The catholics of Ireland of mature years are permitted"—permitted to do what ?—" to read authenticated and approved translations of the holy scriptures"—and, as if this were not barrier enough,—" with authenticated notes." Now this is the doctrine put forth, to permit persons to read the scrip tures, and they are to be of mature years. We read that our Saviour rejoiced when on earth—there was an occasion when joy entered the bosom of him who was "a man of sorrows and acquainted with grief"—he rejoiced in spirit, and he lifted up his soul in thanksgivings to God, that "he had revealed these things unto babes." Mark this doctrine; "the catholics of Ireland of mature years are i7ermitted to read the scriptures." Again, what saith the scriptures, "Search the scriptures, for in them ye think ye have eternal life." The Roman catholic can not search the scriptures till he have the permission of his superior; and why? because it is asserted there are heretical translations of them. It would be well if the history of that translation were more generally known; it would be well if it were remembered that the wisest and most learned men in Eng land were engaged to make that translation ; and there is not a translation of the scriptures which does more beautifully and clearly convey the spirit of the original than does the authorised version of the scriptures. But it is an heretical version, and therefore you are only permitted to read the authorised testament. You may read the Douay testament with notes! With regard to the doctrine of the atoning blood of Christ, who is there on a bed of sickness, who is there when the conscience has been awakened and touched with the feeling of sin, who is there who has not felt the comfort of a truth like this, " the blood of Jesus Christ cleanseth from all sin ?" Has a man sinned, has lie fallen, St. John says, "if any man sin we have an advocate with the father Jesus Christ the righteous, and he is the propitiation for our sins." Now what saith the Roman system on this point ? I have read to you already what it has decreed. A man must go to the priest ; he must confess his sin, he must obtain abSo lution from the priest; he must perform his penance, and from that moment he is clear; and when he comes to die he must receive the extreme unction, and there must be given to him the anointing, and it is hoped, by th e s acrament o f the mass, by his confession, by the anointing of the man in articulo mortis when he is on the point of dying—oh! the blasphemy of this system ! when the man is incapable of hearing, of seeing, of sense, or of motion, that then shall be administered the emblem of the body and blood of our Lord Jesus Christ; then, that that sacra ment which does require that a roan shall have a lively faith in Christ—shall have a due and deep repentance of his have a firm persuasion that God has forgiven him—that that holy sacrament should be administered to one who is in the con dition of a lifeless corpse! But let that pass. The man has gone from this world; but now has the relative any assurance that the soul is safe? No. The system is to keep his miserable relatives in suspense, in bondage, and to keep them ever pay ing for bondage. I appeal to any one that knows it; to keep them paying they are taught this, that there is a place called purgatory, in which the souls of persons are purified who are not ftilly cleansed in heart, in order that they may be prepared for ReaVen, wherein nothing shall enter that is defiled. _nen the soul is not cleansed ! The sacraments have not purified it ! The absolution is not sufficient! Extreme unction was not available! The priest must follow the soul into another world— ,o purgatory, (a place no where existing,) in order that it may be made fit to enter into Heaven ! How can a man enter into Heaven whose soul is not cleansed by the blood of Christ? What need of absollition, of extreme unction, of the sacrament of the mass ? Let the interests of the church of Rome give the reply. But let them not say of the truth what they have &Treed, that the prin ciples they have opposed are any thing but opposed to the ever lasting truth of God.—(Applause.) There is a doctrine which has not been unfrequently spoken of, and it is the last I shall speak of. It is as to the manner in which the church of Rome by its members cloth treat oaths. Were Ito present myself without proof before you and to state to you that there is a com pany of people who say that oaths are not binding; that if, when a man has adjured the living God that the thing he is about to speak is true, that that man does believe that the word of a fellow man does absolVe him from that oath, and that he may do the thing that he has sworn not to do—if I were to state by surprise, such a fact as this, they would reject it at once, they would say it was a foul scandal, and that no reasonable beings could ever for one moment let such a thought as ibis enter into their souls. Now this fact has been fully proved. I refer you to the speeches of the Rev. Robert M'Ghee, and I refer you to a thing which is well known amongst you. , It is well known that the manner in which conscientious men were in veigled into advocating what was termed Catholic Emancipation was with this notion, Ireland will be quieted thereby. In this mistaken notion a holy man of God said, "give me the bible in one band and the act 'of Catholic Emancipation in the other, and I will quiet Ireland at once." Catholic Emancipa tion is attained; is Ireland quiet? I had a friend with me a short time ago, and he told me he had been on the grand jury for the county of Tipperary, and amongst that company of three or four and twenty men were twelve of them who had each been shot at once; some five or six of them twice, and some two or three of them had beau fired at two or three times. These were Protestant gentlemen. Is Ifeland 'quiet ?—(Hear, hear.) A gentleman told my informant that a man was put on his trial for murder, a fine noble looking young man, he was found guilty and condemned. What was his reward ? He had mur dered an individual against whom he could not be supposed to have any malice; he had been hired to do it; what was his bribe ? 'I give you the words of my informant—my informant is Mr. F. French, a gentleman next of kin to Lord Ashton— and he declared that that individual had been hired to murder a gentleman for sixpence and a glass of whiskey a 4( Expressions of horror.) My informant declared to me frosn'his knowledge . 'of Ireland, thai there - could be found in a large county of -Ire land two, hundred men who should go to the other side of Ire land and murder two hundred other men for the same . reward. What has catholic emancipation done for Ireland? I say, let Rathcormac answer. They taunt the Protestants for that mas sacre, who is the author of that brutal murder ? I affirm that the agitators of the country are the authors of every murder that has been committed. (Loud applause.) 1 do solemnly believe that on the day of account these men will be made, on the day of quick and dead, to be accountable for the blood of those men. What has this to do with the matter? It has much to do with it, to that are the evils of Ireland to be traced, There are at this time in Ireland a corps of engineers engaged in sur veying Ireland; men of various shades of sentiment, and men honourable, and to be relied on. Some are religious men, some ordinary officers, men of honour, but men of the world; these men have been in the North of Ireland till lately: What is their testimony with regard to popery in Ireland ? 'One of them did declare to me that it was his own opinion, and, so far as he could have the opportunity of knowing, it was the opinion of every individual in the corps, that the evils of Ireland were distinctly to be traced up to this one cause, popery, and I on avow my firm belief in it. Why should this be ? Why ! If there is a system of religion which does teach persons that au oath may be violated—mark, not teaching them directly this, for there are passages in their writings which do speak against the sin of perjure in as strong language as can be—but if a cer tain power be admitted, that under certain temptations a man may be excused or may look forward to the time when he shall get absolution for not complying with the terms of his oath, theii, I say, such a system as this does violate the sanctity of an oath. You are aware they got catholic emancipation, here is the bill. Oh ! disgrace to our statute book, and here is the oath that a catholic member of parliament is obliged to take before he can take his seat in either house—" I do swear that I will defend to the utmost of my power the settlement of property within this realm as established by the laws; and I do hereby disclaim, disavow, and solemnly abjure any intention to disturb the pro testant establishment as settled by law within this realm; and I do solemnly swear that I will never exercise any privilege to dis turb or weaken the protestant religion, or the protestant •gn vernment in the united kingdom; and I do solemnly, - in the presence of God, swear that I do make this declaration, and every part thereof, in the plain and ordinary sense of this oath, without any eqoivocation or mental reservation whatever, so help use God." How have they kept that oath ? I will read to you a comment on that oath. Here is a Rornish priest named 11I'Donald, of Birmingham, does preach a sermon upon oaths, and here is an extract from his sermon. " A person would ask him whether an oath would be capable of a different interpreta tion to what first presented itself to his mind"--(first impres sions are not to be trusted, second thoughts are best, )—and if so, whether he would give to other individuals who did interpret it different the benefit of that private judgment" (private judg ment in the church of Rome)— (hear, hear, and cheers,) which he claims for himself. The oath is one in which a difference of opinion exists amongst both protestants and . catholics. Some catholics are of opinion that it cannot be. taken consistently with the free exercise of the firlyileges of inern .bers,of parliament, and will not take it." (There are honour able men amongst them who will not take the oalli.) - "Some protestants hold the same opinion. On the other hand, a• Large number of both catholics and protestants, including a large majority of the House of Commons"—(what will a majority of the House of Commons not do?")—(cheers,)—"think differ ently." He goes on—" The oath," says Mr. M`Donald, so delicately worded—' I will defend to the utmost of my power the settlement of property as established within this . realsn,and. I do disclaim any intention to subvert the present churc h estab lishment as settled by law within this realm.' ". "Delicately worded!? The oath is so delicately worded that without the closest attention, a person may readily be deceive s in its lisean ing! (Laughter !) " Some of: those persons who affect a horror of perjury presented the oath to me;. as it was read to me, I missed a few explanatory words, and therefore declined taking it; but as I had previously studied it"—(Here is a man who had previously studied it and misseda few explanatory :words !)—" so I had arrived at a different conclusion. I pro cured the oath, and, upon perusal, noticed the words, and qua lified the obnoxious expressions, and I then took the oath." The qualified words are those which follow the disclaimer of an intention to subvert the protestant church establishm en t , an d are these, "As settled by law within this realm," Here is a very straight loop-hole. A Roman catholic is bound to de protestant religio n as sett l e d by law dare he will defend th e within these realms, and a priest declares that there is a place where bis conscience can creep out of. (Cheers.) "The construction of these words seems to be this, that so long and so far as the present church establishment may be settled by law, it shall not be disturbed by him who swears to that effect. But it does not incapacitate him if he be a member of the legisla ture, the object of which is to alter that settlement." There fore, a man swears to defend a religion which he has a right to upset. 'This is the oath which is taken, here is the comment, and this priest is still in the exercise of his vocation unvisited by censure from his superiors, and is the authorised interpreter of their truths. I have now said my say to you; and 1 would charge you, while you hear what others have to say to you, to take this las my parting wish for you. I know none of you," so far as I can see of you; but I do affirm that it is my heart's desire and prayer that you may be saved; and I warn any members of the liomish system whom I may address, in all affection and love, that if be is a consistent member of his own system he is in opposition to the truth of God—he is in opposi -ton to the word whereby he is to live—he is in opposition to God's truth, He cannot be saved in a manner otherwise than the Bible tells him he must be saved, and I affirm he is a mem ber of a system which does partially refuse to lethim read the scriptures of truth. The priest might as well say, " You shall not seek God except through my medium."_ He does in effect say this—that there is another mediator—that there is a virgin who has p ower , as th e mo ther of Christ, with God, and to h er he must a dd ress hi s p e titions; and I say it isan equally as a it and impious act to stand between him offering his petitions to is to stand between him and the word of God an d to tel 1 , 111 ." you. shall not.drink of the water of life except y ou take it from my. • defiled channel," except you send your petitions throo'h the medium of one who, though holy a nd blessed as she wastos still a creature and needing the bloo d of Christ to cleanse het from. , - 3 her sin. The rev. gentleman sat down under considerable apt plause. The CHAIRMAN then put the resolution to the meetings audit was unanimously adopted. Wes. BRA MONT, Esq., shortly moved the following resolu tion :—" Teat, adiniiing the sound Scriptural tenets, and tole rant spirit of the rhurch of England, we.are determined, under the divine blessing, to uphold her as the palladium of protestant freedom, and the great national bulwark against the encroach ments of popery, and the prevailing spirit of infidelity." The Rev. JAMES WRIGHT said it was his 'iiiteution to have addressed a few obeereations to the meeting on the subject mat ter of the resolution, but at that advanced time of the meeting, and as others had to address them, he should think it very un fair to trespass upon their time. He should, therefore, merely second the xesolution. The CHAIRMAN put the resolution to the meeting, and it was carried unknimously. GILBERT GREENHALL, Esq., rose in obedience to the call of the chairman to propose the third resolution. He• did not he sitate to come forwards to propose the resolution, because he thought it the bounden duty of every man, be ..his station what it might, high or low, to come forward • openly,. fearlessly, and boldly on such occasions as that to declare unpremeditatedly his opinions, and to state to them, as he now did, his firm, his de cided, and his unflinching opinions and convietionss He did not hesitate, though he did it with -all humility,end with all trembling, though he did it with much fear, to declare his opi nions, his firm, his decided, his unflinching consonance and agreement with the opinions he had heard propounded, and with the principles on which that society was based. • (Cheers.) He should think it wrong and presumptuous were he to enter into a lengthened disquisition of his opinions before gentlemen so much better qualified to do so. He would, therefore, simply move the next resol u ti on :—" Th a t w e v i ew with feelings of sorrow and surprise the united efforts now making to sever the existing connexion between the church and the state; and we feel ourselves bound by our obligations to Almighty God, our attachment to our constitution, and the duty which we owe to our posterity, to counteract such dan gerous p ro j ec t s ." • The Rev. HUGH M'NEILE, of Liverpool. rose to second the resolution. lie said, before I say or attempt tosa:y anything on behalf of this resolution, I wish to offer a• few words on a sub ject I may otherwise forget; and it was suggested to me by - my' Reverend and esteemed brother, Mr. Barker :• It regards Ire land. 1 sin not surprised. that Englishmen stniald speak, or that Englishmen should hear of' Ireland as if the whole of Ire= land could be spoken of in the same terms, but I wish to assure you that such is not the case; and that though such language is most justly and truly applicable to the greater .part of three provinces of Ireland, it is by no means truly or justly applica ble to the greatest part -of the fourth province. (Hear.) wish to enter this protest against the notion, that where pro testants are in such numbers as they are in the province of Ulster, such a st a t e o f thi ngs can b y possibility exist, as does, avowedly exist in the other three provinces of Ireland. • •A mi nister of the Church of Scotlaud, which has a vast number of members in the north of Ireland, was iu conversation with the Lord Lieutenant, who spoke of the Scotch presbytery of Ulster, and it struck the Lord Lieutenant as accounting for the better, older of that prov ince . H e sa id , " we h ave got a c h eap po li ce ' in Ulster, and you will be ready to estimate the cheapness of the police, when in the three other. provinces. of Ireland where Romanisui prevails, Great Britain is obliged to keep twenty re giments; and in the provinCe of Ulster, the most populous pro= vtnce, she is not obliged to keep morethan two;" (Dear, hear.) There are above six- regiments in each of the other, .provingess and but a few detachments more than two regiments in the ". most populous province of the kingdom. The matter is simply explained : there is a large body of protsetants. there, large enough to neutralize the Romish system. For excuse ins, you' don't know in this country what popery is. What you hear is hearsay, and vou are told not to believe it; and much pains is, - taken to make you believe that what is said is unfounded calumny. Who are not to believe us ? I would say that far more than are in this room will be constrained to believe us. When I speak to you these words, as well as all words, they will probably be reported elsewhere, and they will not meet with the same reception as in this room. There are many in this country who set it down as all foul calumny when we state facts concerning the Romish system, and who manifest a high degree of credulity to every tale that is. told in favour of the Romish system. Wonderfully great advantages has popery gained in these liberal times I" Wonderfully has its tone altered ; and the men who would en deavour to oppose its pro g ress are now called in your parlia ment, " Protestant Agitators," "Orthodox Agitators !" This is what they call us; this is what we were called last Thursday' evening, in the House of Commons; " Orthodox Protestant Agitators!" An honourable member said, or rather the words he is reported to have said, (I will not positively allege that the honourable member spoke* them, because, with the best intentions, the newspaper reporters are Sometimes mis taken), are, "It was the Protestant Orthodox Agitators, and not the Roman Catholics, that were both the enemies of the crown, and the people." Su we have the satisfaction of hear ing ourselves called " enemies of the crown," and your "ene mies"; and that in a house where we have nut the privilege of an swering for ourselves. I don't wish to boast, but I do say that the honourable member for Liverpool who used these words (hear) would not dare to use such words in a house where the Rev. Robert Mc.Ghec, or the Rev. Mr. O'Sullivan, or, I will add, your Rev. humble servant, had the opportunity of answer leg. (Loud applause.) But this is a specimen of, what I may call, radical liberality. They can talk of the excellence of li beral opinions, and liberal principles, and denounce bigotry,- but it is when they get our backs turned. (Laughter.) When they have a majority hat are going with them, they can turn upon the true friends of the constitution, the King, and the Church—and we are friends of all these, because we are friends , of everlasting truth—they can turn upon us and endeavour to hold us up to public odium, by endeavouring to stigmatize us "Or thodox Agitators." I will not call in account the orthodoxy of that honourable gentleman : it is too well known and appreci ated to need my doing so. I will not call in account his talents, therie also are public property : neither will I call in account his erudition; though, in charity, I ought to deem him ignor ant. (Great cheering.) For, if he be acquainted with the fact that the Roman Catholics hold a divided allegiance-1 shall show you that it is true—if he know that Roman Catholics hold a divided allegiance to the crown, and that we, "Protestant • Orthodox Agitators" hold an undivided allegiance, then what can I say? but in charity,to deem him ignorant when he makes such a speech as this, "Aliat not the Roman Catholics, but the Protestant Orthodox Agitators, are the enemies of the crown." , (Cheers.) If he can show that the priests of Maypooth teach • morality and we teach imMorality,"terhim do so; ban If he ten not, then what can I understand by the speech about the pro testant orthodox agitators being "the enemies of-the people." I will give the honourablemerabete,his choice of a dilemma.. Either the teachers of popish immorality area.he friends of the, people, or the teachers of protestant-morality ate- the enemies of the people,—for we are your enemies—or eke, Ai ith all the' • commanding talents, and all the liberal feelings; and all the orthodoxy possessed by the honourable gentleman, I repeat,' • I must, in charity, have recourse to the other horn of my di le:nine, and vote him ignorant.. (Loud cheering.) I see a , gentleman of the press here, and I beg that he will take care " 1 to let the honourable member have this much of an attempt at' an answer-from one of the " Protestant Orthodox Agitators," who has no opiaortunity of answering him (loud cheering). But now why stoanld we agitate? I will tell you in the lan guage of a b : ook that is dear to us all, "The strong man armed keeps his goods ii 'peace ;" and lie makes his people say peaces speace, when there •is no peace. There must be agitation -in a world like this or there will soon be no truth in it. The ten-, dency of human nature is to error; stagnatiop produces core ruption. (Cheers.) We have far more to fear from stagnetiow-i . than front storms. Now this is true, religiunsly speaking; but it is not true, politically speaking; fur- the tendency the former is to improve, of the latter to upset and destroy._ And, therefore, political agitators ought to be condemned, but .. religious agitation, as it in:proves, ought to be allowed,- (Cheers.) We agitate on this account then. that men may not: , s be led away because of the false doctrines which the Church of. . Rome-teaches on some of those awfully important paiticulars, and others might be added, which you have already heard men-. tioned this evening. We oppose those doctrines; we wish to have our opposition distinctly understood; and- where or hove are we to make it? We orthodox agitators are in a painful . predicament. If we make our protests known on the Lord's-, day from our pulpits, our religious people come to us and 'say. . " Oh, we would rather hear the gospel, preached;-. we don't . want controversy on the Sunday, we want religioti* instruction ," and if we endeavour to promote Christian holiness amongst our there becnm are people, and give ourselves to the Lord's-day, ia erl'st-hdaatwhite y „ rhat of our protest? Most extraordinary a vast multitude of men preaching the gospel in the Church of England at this time, (and may the Lord grant their increase room. n ten thousand fold while this is theecase!) the protest aga i n s t. . popery is scarcely ever heard It a oughtm now to did ring through t ug: Eg eard land at this moment as my voice se . (Cheers.) How shall it be beard? I know no opportunity of . making it known. I have no acrimony towards any human being; I won't except the pope. (Laughter,) I know of no, ~ opportunity of better making it known than at such m ee ti ngs . as these. And 1 assure you, Mr. Chairman, and this crowded. assembly, that unless this is urged, unless the plain. doctrines of truth are put in contrast with the falsehoods of the Romig's, s's system, the encroachments of the Romish system on the human, d will s pread even in 'liberal Engla u d, even amongst the , n honourable members of England's lib era l -legislators • tie t there is nothing in human nature itselfe-theresis nothing in s; Civilization itself—there is nothi ng i n sc i ence i tse lf to repel the, mind encroachments of the Romish system., Nothing naturaLcan 01 it. poison, and the reason is this :—.tuan.,educatellim as yea w ill, has still a conscience; a real ipadel is not to be found. A wan has es conscience: he must have some rest in hiabours -of anxiety, and infidelity is too thin ; it presents no reposeto his. troubled conscience. And here comes in popery.' He has a conscience awakened, and his conscience is troubled; -but he,: . - by-and-bye, recovers his , : equanimity.. The popish systetu made to meet this. The consciences of men act, as some fellow will understand, like the rheumatism—(:odd laughter) -- , qt quiet for a time, and suddenly it seizes,himeeit grasps. During the grasp a man is fain to.have recourse to something-sepopery is ready. (Laughter and cheers.) She is -ready with her. penance. He must confess while the spoon is on bim (laugh- • ter); he performs the penance while it is dying away; and by, the time be has recovered himself, and lent is over, and . the - carnival begins, popery is ready egaiu. (Great cheering.) It ' is this min g led constitution of the .huniau Leap?, alternately : • contriving, balf wishing a return of sin,. and, yet wishing to- . leave sin, desiring a repetition of the sin which fervently he repented of yesterday—it is this constitution of man which is in every one of you—it is this that popery. pleases, and it this - that popery with consummate skill is adapted to meet., ( Hear.) And; therefore, civilization is not to be depended ort, for keeping back popery; liberal views and liberal feelings ara not to be depended on for this purpose. And what is the proof before our eyes? A most remarkable proof, when civilization, is making such progress, and when science is making suchprt t a; press—at the time when railroads are cans ink.' us from north ia in south, like the flight of a bird—at the time when Esse'. d astonishment at herself , shops are opened for the .6 F r ! 111 11 .: i. f n r o ni citixes. beads, seapularies, charms. The ,, is_ . I : n n u e e l 4l e t, goring.) opened—(cheers)—in Basnett-street (Cs e i o u pie of t_hee t :itythat, 1 here, in the face of day, in the far. returns an enlightened representaii e of t ( 1 1;: t rd sheers ) -is a s h op i golden saviours on full of these charms and little cruci at. black crosses, to be boneht— nenzesortheanttt:',lBl.hti-itivsiFisliliititlhlhiisli jeg Ui ss.a U m li ii fi d g otta , -- y4 middle sees of dark.- varying in price from sixpence ate springiue up in laughter, and cheers.) . slavery, both of mind.. bode, and mint • t '' ness and of civilization those sad country, coust S )'"". ( Hear,) this enlightened heart of protestant Scottsitin„ie t h e „ me nAlonoonetui:s ()fti Nay, even in v ery the Scotland. that not orris; sc out ed tropolis of Presbyterian none forefathers, but raised her• W 'in the days of our clay, more againit tstand forward as an • it. Scotland - must eaaniple of its pr • ogre s s, in the Tentre of - sturdy . preshy terisnisin, for, - •there was a nun • in Edinburgh last year! b., d o nery built . 1 say this? I say it to show that there is nothing in the progress of science or of art to the utmost limits, nothing, that can conspire to elevate Men, can stop the pop is h, system., What can stop it thent Scriptural truth, and 'scriptural truth elone. (Hear, hear.) Oh, spy friends, see whet Liaber brought forward, Let -the tone he taken by the church of Rug' d tau which was taken her Luther. Let them in answer bring forward the whole and glo rious,gespel ; let them not m i nce their statements for fear of offending man. (Loud cheers.) I testify against multitudes of the church of England ; I wish to have an honest. a fair,. and no expedient protest. I testifyagainst them that their sys tem of doctrine would not be injured if it were dove-tailed into. the council of Trent. 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