The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser. — Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1841-05-21 00:00:00

CHURCH PASTORAL-AID SOCIETY The annual meeting of this institution was held in the great room, Exeter-hall, on the 11th inst. The right hon. Lord Ashley, M.P., in the chair. On the platform were the Bi shops of Winchester, Chester, and Lichfield ' • General Lat ter; Sir Harry Verney , Ba rt., M. P„ Sir G . Rose, M. P., John Hardy, Capt. V. Harcourt ; and many gentlemen and clergymen. The noble CHAIRMAN having The SECRETARY read the rep • mt._ addressed the meeting •t, which was highly inte resting and encouraging. Inc that the Bishop of Chichester had added his name to the list of vice-patrons, in the room of his predecessor in that see : and that the regius professor of divinity at Oxford, the right hon. H. Goulburn, M.P., the right hon. Sir G. Rose, M.P., and the hon. Arthur Kinnaird, had become vice-presidents of the society. The list of the clerical members of the society had been increased by the addition of upwards of 270 names. Two hundred and twenty-five clergymen, and thirty-five lay-assistants are supported in their labours by the society, at a charge of .Z 20,340 per annum. The committee have the gratification of reporting that the labours of the curates, and the prospect of aid from the society, have directly led to the erection of sixty-seven churches and chapels ; and measures are in progress for the erection of more churches and cha pels. In addition to these, one hundred and six additional licensed places, used as chapels, have been opened ! and four hundred and one additional full services on the Lord's Day, one hundred and seventy-two on week days, and one hundred and sixty-one additional cottage lectures had been established in consequence of the society's aid. The noble CHAIRMAN announced that a letter had been received from the Bishop of Ripon expressing his regret that the necessity for his immediate absence from London ren dered it impossible for him to attend the meeting, and ano ther one from the Dean of Salisbury, and also a letter from the Bishop of Landaff, which was as follows : Deanery, St. Paul's, May 11, 1841. " Dear sir,—lt is with great concern that I find myself unable, from my state of health, to attend the annual meet ing of•the Church Pastoral-Aid Society this day. I was de sirous of bearing testimony to the very great usefulness of this society, and more especially anxious to make my acknow ledgments for the kind and liberal aid afforded in my own diocese. " Every. application, sanctioned by myself, has been promptly attended to, and, as far as the funds of the society would permit, bountifully answered. I have never met with the slightest d►sposition to interfere with my province, or with the incumbent who stood in need of assistance. My own recommendation of a cu►ate has always been deemed sufficient ; and when a recommendation has proceeded from other quarters, I have felt the benefit of strict inquiry into the qualifications of the party recommended. Nothing in deed appears to me fairer, than that those who supply the salary, whether from their own means, or from a fund in trusted to their administration, should satisfy themselves that the grant will be well bestowed. " In all that I have heard and read, as matter of com plaint against the society, I see no evidence of a narrow or party spirit in the inquiries they make, and I firmly believe they are guided by no other motive than a wish to assist the church in the performance of her duties where assistance is most wanted, to act in concert with her established autho -1 in no instance to intreuch upon those authorities or to lesson their influence. " If this testimony or paper is of any value, you are per fectly welcome to make what use of it you may think proper.—l remain, dear sir, your faithful and obliged servant, " Rev. William Pullen, (Signed) "E. LLANDAFF. Secretary to the Chuch Pastoral Aid Society." (The sentiments of the letter elicited repeated applause.) The Bishop of Wirrcussrza rose to move the first reso lution, and was warmly applauded. He said, after a few prefatory remarks, recognising as I do, that the principle of this society is in accordance with the doctrine and discipline of our church, and that it is carrying out this principle in a plan accordant with her doctrines and her discipline, I in quire into the actual practice of the society, and there I have no need for speculation I need look only into the experi ence of my own diocese, and I entirely concur in the letter from the Bishop of Llandaff, a diocese in which I never can fail to maintain a most lively interest, and over which that rev. prelate presides, for its best interests. (Hear, bear.) I recognise in that letter precisely what I too have found, and what my right rev. friends have all found, I believe, to be the practice of this society—a concurrence in my lawful jurisdiction involved in the ecclesiastical establishment of our country. (Hear, hear.) How is it then, that I find it stated in the concluding pages of the report, that attacks have been made upon the society ? Why, I think one reason is in the success which has attended it, and I heartily join in the hope, that if these attacks be continued, the same result will follow. (Applause.) For myself, 1 can profess most truly, that I see nothing in any attacks which have come to my knowledge which have in the least degree shaken my attachment and affection towards this society. So tar from it, like the committee of the society, I have been led to look into its nature and constitution, and the more 1 have examined its constitution and inspected its principles, the more I find it to be in accordance with that which I should have desired, could I have devised it for the good of our church. (Ap plause.) We have beard in some quarters of what is called a church union by a strange application of terms. I should rather call it a church disunion. (Hear.) 1 have no sym pathy with those who, in days like the present, when it is the bounden duty of all who love the Lord Jesus Christ in sincerity, to rally round our Zion and unfurl the banner of the cross—l have no sympathy with those who, in days like these, or, I might say, in any days, would thrust one more touch of discord into our church. (Great applause.) I feel nothing congenial with such views. (Renewed applause.) And I am able to add, that the great mass of the clergy, and of the intelligent lay members of our church, all show that they have nothing congenial with them. (Prolonged ap plause.) lam satisfied that such a mode of meeting our humble efforts in our Redeemer's cause will only have the effect of reminding us that Satan divides to conquer, and that those who desire to see Satan trampled under the feet of the Son of Man must so much the more join in unity and mutual co-operation and sympathy, in order to resist the attempts of Satan. Church unity on church principles, that should be the motto of our society. (Applause.) The right I rev. prelate concluded by moving the adoption of the report. The Bishop of CHESTER seconded the motion. His lord ship said, 1 for one join entirely in the sentiments of my Right Rev. brother, the Bishop of Llandaff. lam truly thankful for the Society bearing part of that burden which is too great for me, and for relieving me of much which it is impossible for me to discharge. (Hear.) I consider, that at this moment a great question is agitating the land, and on the issue much of its important interests must depend. It is well known that a corsiderable portion—not a proportion —but a large number of the population have of late years been estranged from the Established Church of our land, and the question, which I now think is under experiment, is, whether that estrangement arises from a want of cordiality , with her doctrines or agreement with her discipline, or whe ther it proceeds from the inadequacy of that Churchl to sup ply what the country requires, and to meet the demands which an increasing population has raised. if it be that this increasing population really opposes her doctrines or pos sesses a principle that is contradictory to her discipline, then it will be found, that, in proportion as we approach this popu lation and have a nearer intercourse with it, so will it be more and more in hostility against us : for the nearer you ap proach an adversary the more you irritate him. Well, this experiment has been tried, but it has not been found that the people have been estranged from the Church, but that the Church, for want of the means of instruction to carry out her object, has been estranged from the people. (Hear.) Of this I can furnish a proof. In the course of the last seven years nearly 100 churches have been opened in the diocese of Chester ; and I believe in almost every one of them is an overflowing congregation : some of them have already proved too small, the demand being greater than was anticipated ; and some have even been enlarged. Here then is a proof that pastoral superintendence and care will bring the people back to us, who, for want of shepherds, and through that want alone, had wandered from the fold. (Hear, hear.) Pastoral care and superintendence—without these nothing can succeed, and these cannot be given without the aid of the Society we are now advocating. But I could fatigue the meeting with testimonies I could produce of the attachment of the people to the Church of the ir forefathers. (Applause.) In one case which has been reported to me of a parish in habited by weavers, colliers, and labouring persons four sta tions for regular weekly lectures ha ve been established and highly blessed of God. There were not less than 5,000 in habitants ; and it may well be supposed that the labours of one individual an.ongst such a population must sink into hopeless insufficiency. In another case it is reported, "So cialism is extinct, or nearly so." (Hear, hear.) " Three years ago there was one clergyman here with a population of 12,000. Through the assistance rendered by the Society there are now five clergymen, and the result is, that Social ism is extinct or nearly so ; disaffection much subdued. Effi cient schools prove of great use in educating the population, :ient they must be under the regular superin le clergy." Here, then it is proved, that, under of God, in the course of a short space of time, few years, the whole population may be re arch,, if indeed means be used commensurate wants of an increasing population. (Hear.) nee, if the blessing of God still continues to mars,—l shall not see it, but I trust you may, may be a great change in the whole face of But it must be, as we are constantly re rough that Divine favour to which the reso ) that and that alone can we owe our whole st look to the grace of God for putting it the people of this country to contribute of irds the spiritual advancement of those have never seen, nor are likely to see on Above all, we must look to the grace the hearts of faithful men to become the corn whom per this side c such a people. (Applause.) op of LICHFIELD proposed the second resolution. ed to say, this society well deserves your support; the support of every member of the Church of England. (" near," and applause.) I am well aware that this society has been denounced as not being a church socie ty, and definitions of a church society have been put forward which certainly would exclude it from that character ; but the definitions are as arbitrary as they are unauthorised. (Hear, hear.) And if they were true, their tendency would be to put an end to church societies altogether. (Applause.) For if no church society can exist unless the archbishops and all the bishops he members thereof, then it is in the power of any individual prelate, from caprice or any other motive, to withdraw himself, and to deprive the society of its church character. (Hear, hear.) And if such church societies only are to be allowed to assist the church, then the church, ac cording to that definition and principle, will be deprived al together of the voluntary assistance of the people. (Hear, hear.) I say, then, away with such rash, and dangerous, and unauthorised definitions of church societies; and I trust we shall hear no more of the Pastoral-Aid Society not being a church society. (" Hear," and applause.) If the object of a church society be " the salvation of souls, with a single eye to the alory of God," then the Pastoral-Aid Society is a The Bisi He proceec it deserves nance of I am cm. exert►c bAougi ti church society ; if the object of a church society be " a re gard to the wants of the church on the one hand, and the order of th e church on the other," then the Pastoral-Aid society is a church society, ; if to make the church effective in carrying th e glad tidings of salvation to every man's door, by means of the church, be the object of a church society, then the Pastoral-Aid Society is a church society. (" Hear, bear," and applause.) But it would be endless to repeat the claims of this society to be considered a church society • in fact, it could only be excluded by those rash and unautho rised definitions to which he had already alluded. (Hear.) I feel, as strongly as most men, the importance of an esta blished institution like the Church of England, in connexion `ate, the sov e reign being the head, for the mainte sound religi on in the land. But, at the same time, avinced that no endowment, however large, would aln an established church in a state of efficiency, with at some voluntary exertions on the part of the members of ^hurch. (Hear.) M y co nviction is, that for a c h urc h highly sound state, it is necessary that voluntary 1 , 1 go hand in hand with endowment, and the - , moilions concert, each would supply the (Hear, hear.) The subject of volun -don in connexion with the Church of England, ny for pastoral p ur p oses at homeis new, and there at well understood ; and to the Pastoral-Aid Society honour of being the first institution of the kind to take the lead ; and I hope, when this subject is better un derstood, that a little more tune for reflection and experience will have the effect of neutraliz in g th e opp osition to which this society has been exposed, and that more harmony, and unanimity., and mutual love, will prevail among us. (Ap plause.) Oh, if we were more impressed t han we are with the value of immortal souls, if we had in us mo re of the mind that was in Christ, instead of being in opposition to such a society, how deeply thankful should we be that it has been called into existence, and made instrumental for so much good! (Hear, hear.) Yes ;we should thankfully receive its assistance, instead of unthszkfully rejecting it. But we are told that this society interferes with the jurisdiction of the bishops. In reply to this, I will say, with the right rev. prelate whose letter has been read to you, and with my right rev. friends who have spoken, that I am not sensible of any such interference with my jurisdiction. (Hear, hear.) I can only say, that when a candidate for orders comes to me whose stipend is to be paid from this society, I know thathis qualifications and character have been scrutinized with more than ordinary attention, and when you consider the difficulty which the bishop has in getting satisfactory testimonials in every case, and how often he is liable to be misled and de ceived into error. I must say, that I regard the inquiries made by this society as a gr'eat additional security for the usefulness of the person so nominated. (Hear, hear.) I will go further, and venture to say, without reference parti cularly to any other society, that the young men paid by this institution will bear a favourable comparison with the same number of young men of any class, or taken in any manner you please, in point of character and usefulness as ministers of the gospel. (Applause.) Again, the Pastoral Aid Society has been blamed . for the employment of lay agents. I can only say, in concurrence with a right rev. friend of mine, that they employ no lay agents at all. (Hear.) If a cle.gy man is in want of a lay agent, and makes application to the society, the circumstances are considered, and this society may supply its aid, but the clergyman is responsible for the appointment in conjunction with the bishop, for in each case I believe the bishop is also consulted. Therefore no blame rests on the society in this department. (Hear.) But after all this employment of lay agents is not so unusual as some would have you suppose. If you turn to the report of the report of the Society for the Propagation of the Gospel in Foreign Parts, even as late as 1840, you will find lay agents under the name of catechists, spoken of in almost every page ; and these lay agents or catechists are not so confined in their labours as the lay agents paid by the Pastoral Aid Society, but in many instances are employed as preachers, and that too under the sanction of the bishops of the dioceses in which they labour. (Hear, hear.) And if they may be employed in the colonies, there is no reason, on principle at least, why they should not be employed in the mother coun try. (Applause.) It may be that the objectors to this so ciety may succeed in injuring if not destroying it, which God forbid ! But if they have the satisfaction of injuring the society, they have also on their heads the responsibility of doing so, and of depriving thousands, perhaps tens of thousands, of their fellow-countrymen of the bread of life. (Hear.) The Rev. E. TOTTENHAM, Prebendary of Wells, seconded the resolution. The Rev. Huon M`Nzmn proposed the third resolution. After rendering his thanks to the society for the assistance derived from its funds to the town of Liverpool, in the sup ply of salaries of £lOO a-year each for five curates. He en larged upon amcluties of the legislature with regard to the church, and upon the necessity of its pronouncing judg ment and acting with decision when there were con flicting opinions amongst the people. He then went on to say,—Many of you will wonder, after what you have heard to-day, that an objection, in language which I shall now read, should have been urged at all, and still more from authority. It is extremely painful to be obliged to announce that the objection in question has been urged by one of the bishops of the church. But I deeply feel the necessity of honestly saying this. lam quite convinced that, unless we honestly avow this at some period of our anniversary pro ceedings. we shall be taunted by those who will say that we were afraid to give the objection its due weight by announ cing from what quarter it proceeded. (Hear.) It is pain ful, then, to say that an objection has been urged in this way by one of our respected prelates, that " there was a desire on the part of the managers of the society to make the funds which they administered subservient, if not to party pur poses, at least to an encroachment on the rights and duties ' ' of incumbents and their bishops, which was in his opinion hardly consistent with the profession of being a church so ciety. He alluded to the claim of the committee of that society in London to exercise a judgment on the qualifica tions of the clergyman, or of the candidate for holy orders, nominated by an incumbent to be his assistant, even though that nomination had received the sanction and approbation of the bishop." This objection rests, you will perceive, from what has already been stated, on an inversion of what really is the order of proceeding. There can be no ground for this objection if the order prescribed in the rules of the society be observed, and if they are not observed, the fault must be in this : so far as the regular provision for the established church goes, there is no opportunity for this society to come in with any interference; where that provision fails, where a poor incumbent with a large population is anxious to have a curate, and the society is willing to pay him, this society gives him the option to come if he will. But how, if he will ? The society presents its rules to the incumbent : if he does not approve of them, I cannot, suppose that he will conde scend to avail himself of the' funds of the society. If he does not approve of the rules, he is where he was had the society never existed, and it has injured him not at all. It presumes not to interfere with him ; it leaves him where he was. He has found this. opening, and nothing has shut it except his own disapprobation of the rules of the society. And is that any injury ? Surely not. But if he should approve the rules and apply, and do not succed ; if on his nominee being mentioned, any occurrence, no matter what, should arise to cause the committee of the society to decline his proposal, still he is not injured ; he is then but where he would have been had there been no society established; the society has done him no harm. From cer tain circumstances it happens that we can do him no good ; but still we have done him no mischief. If he send another and succeed, and obtain the grant for his friend, then, and not before, shall he go and make known the case to his bi shop, and if he get from his lordship his final cognizance of the qualification of his nominee, I cannot see how the colli sion contemplated by this objection can arise, unless there may be a design on the part of the incumbent to create a collision. (Hear, hear.) I protest against insinuating against any clergyman of the Churoh of England that he would do so • but I do not see how it can arise without such a design, or the culpable neglect of the bishop, in taking cog nizance of the nominee without first knowing where his sa lary is to come from. Is it the custom of bishops to give their sanction to the appointment of a curate without know ing how he is to be paid? I believe not. Suppose an in cumbent, through mistake or otherwise, comes to the bishop and asks his sanction for the appointment of a certain young friend to be his assistant. The bishop asks, how is he to be paid? By the Church Pastoral Aid Society. Is the grant actually made ? If it is, there is no more collision with the bishop, he is dumb. But if not, the bishop would then say, " You are premature in applying to me, when you are not prepared to specify a salary. You are, therefore, not in a condition to ask for my episcopal cognizance of the appo!nt ment of your nominee. Arrange the salary first, and then I will proceed to take cognizance of your nominee, and after my cognizance there can be no interference from any one." (Hear, hear.) There is a passage in the speech from which I have quoted, which, however painful, I must read. The right rev. prelate said, that " he wished to speak with entire respect for the ten eminent prelates who gave their revered names as patrons, and who would be not only unwilling to sanction anything which in snch a manner was open to just exception, but were also, he freely admitted, entitled to the highest confidence in all things which they deliberately did or sanctioned ; and he should be more doubtful than he now felt of the soundness of his own judgment on the point in question, if he believed that those distinguished prelates had given their deliberate sanction to this part of their society's operations." Here is an insinuation against the ten right rev. prelates to whom he alludes, and whom be so highly commends, which has received a deliberate and decided contradiction this day in your hearing. Therefore, I hope the right rev. prelate who made that in sinuation will become more " doubtful of the soundness of his own judgment." (Laughter and applause.) There is a further concession too, which it is - well to add :—" If the great body of the contributors were induced by this consi deration (the claim of the committee) to make their contri butions, then the committee might fairly claim to act in the capacity of patrons." 1 think lam not too sanguine in hop ing, that when the matter is investigated, we shall have the right rev. prelate among the patrons of this society ; for he admits fully, that if the contributors are induced by this con sideration to give to the funds. then the committee may fairly claim to act as patrons. But under what inducements have the subscribers given their money ? The rules of the society are all printed ; there is no obtaining money under false pre tences. The rules are circulated ; and it is not customary for English ladies and gentlemen to give their money without reason—without knowing what they give it for. Now if these rules have been before the country, and the contributions from the public who have seen those rules have gradually in creased from £2OOO. to £20,000. in five years, the committee may fairly, in the opinion of the right rev. prelate, claim to act in the capacity of patrons as far as this society is con cerned. (Hear, hear.) But there is a further objection against the parallelism of the position of patrons :—" But even if the committee were fully and equitably entitled to consider themselves as patrons, yet he must think that there is a manifest and important difference between the exercise of patronage in the selection of incumbents, and in the selection of assistants to incumbents. Assistants ought, in his opinion, to be such as are likely to be what their very name implies, assistants to the incumbent in the care of the parish com mitted to his charge." I agree in this. It has been over and over again stated, that the incumbent appoints his own assistant. Although the assistants in question, when consi dered in connection with exigences of a parish, may be called assistants to the incumbents, yet, practically considered, they really are additional pastors ; they have a distinct duty to perform, and another range of the population to attend to. There was another point. The right reverend prelate asked, " Was it fitting, was it decent, was it consistent with the ac knowledged constitution of the Christian church among us to force such aid upon other bishops ?" Surely, surely, there is a misunderstanding here. Surely we may repeat our con fidence that upon an understanding aimed at with good faith, in kindness and sincerity, being established, and the misun derstanding being removed, we shall hear no more from any such quarter of such objections to this institution. (Hear.) We cannot flatter ourselves that objections from every quar ter will be silenced, but I do confidently flatter myself, that after what has passed this day—after the speeches we have heard from this platform,—after the concurrent testimony of four prelates of our church, and the arguments which have beer t added thereto, we shall bear no more from such quar ters. (Hear.) The rev. gentleman resumed his seat amidst many demonstrations of approval, and after several other ad dresses the meeting separated. SEIZURE OF A SUSPECTED SLIVER ' BREMEN, MAY 10.—Yesterday the Bremen ship Julia St. Edward, Captain R. Sidenborg, jun., was brought into the Weser, under the care of a lieutenant of the English navy, on the pretext alleged by an English cruiser, that it was to be employed in the slave trade. This has caused a great sensation here, because the detestation of that scandalous traffic is here too general for any ship under the flag of Bremen to engage in it directly or indirectly. The following is a simple narrative of the affair : — W h e n that ship sailed from Rotterdam to the Havannah, there to obtain a freight in preference for an European harbour, and if that could not be had, to purchase goods on account of the owners, the captain received through his correspondents, Messrs. Mooyer and Co., in the Havannah, an offer from an American house in that city of a freight to Cabenda, on the African coast, with lawful merchandise, and having received the assurance both of his correspondents and of the consular residents in the Havannah that it was a perfectly honourable transaction, he accepted the offer, as he had received at the same time the offer of returned freight with salt to the West Indies, to re ceive which he was to sail from Cabenda in ballast. When he arrived in the road of Cabenda, the ship was detained by the English brig Persian, and though the examination, which took place on board, showed nothing which could character ize the ship as suspicious, yet the young officer commanding the English brig thought himself justitied in ordering it to the Weser, under such a pretext as the following :—That 200 demyohn (water bottles cased in straw-bands, a common ar ticle of trade) were among the goods entered on the invoice ; that the number of water-buts was too great, though there were only twenty, the usual quantity on board the ship, the contents of which would scarcely have sufficed for the use of the crew during the long voyage ; and that it was possible that some packages which he could not get at might contain something suspicious. The owner of the ship has at once ap plied to the magistrate to have the whole matter thoroughly investigated, and both to do him justice, and at the same time to clear the flag of Bremen from every suspicion, that it could lend itself to the carrying on of a scandalous traffic. — Hamburyh paper, May 14. A most effectual method of cleansing public sewers was last week put in practice by the board of health in White haven to a considerable extent. The instrument made use of was one of the fire-en g i nes , b y w hi c h a cop i ous su pply o f water was driven through the gratings with such force as completely to wash away the filth which had accumulated. EXTRAORDINARY STORY, (From the St. Louis Republican.) :We have never before had to record such a complication .of crimes in a single transaction as was presented to our ap palled citizens on the night of Saturday last. About one o'clock the alarm of fire was given by the flames bursting out of the windows and various parts of the large stone store at the corner of Pine and Water-streets. At the time of the discovery it was evident that the building had been fired in several parts, and the flames had made such progress, that it was im ossible to save either the house or any of its contents That it was the work of an incendiary was soon apparent Several gentlemen who arrived early 'after some_ difficulty forced open the door of . the banking-house, and through the smoke discovered a body lying on the floor near the stove. The body was taken out before the flames had reached it, and found to be that of Mr. James Weaver, a young man, a clerk in the store of Messrs. Von Phul and M 4 Gill, who usually slept in the room immediately in the rear of Mr. Pettus's banking-room, with Mr. Jesse Baker, the clerk of Messrs. Simonds and Morrison. Mr. Weaver was found in the dress he had 'worn during the day, but his head dreadfully mangled. He bad been shot through the head, the ball entering above the left eye, and so near had the wea pon been to him that his face and left hand were blackened with the powder, and the little finger nearly cut off, appa rently by the ball. His head was also cut open in several places, the wounds appearing to have been made with a bowie knife or hatchet. Near to him, in the same room, were found the hat and handkerchief of Mr. Baker, but no traces of his body could be discovered. It is conjectured that he had been killed either in the bed-room or some other part of the store, and that his body lies buried in the ruins. In the banking-house there was a large fireproof vault, in which there is at all times a large sum of money, and it is supposed that the murder was committed with a view of entering the vault. Mr. Baker left his boarding-house about nine for the store, and has not been seen since. Mr. Weaver was in com pany with a number of young gentlemen until about eleven o'clock, when he went to the store, and about the time he arrived the reports of two pistols or guns were heard in that direction by the people in the vicinity. Some suppose the murderers had concealed themselves in the store, and had previously despatched Baker, and killed Weaver when he entered. Our own belief, from all the cir cumstances, is that they entered with Weaver, and that the struggle and death of both followed immediately. After the murder they doubless fired the house in several places, with the hope of consuming the bodies and in the expectation that their crime would not be discovered. So far as there has been any means of judging, it is believed that the murderers failed in their principal purpose—that of entering the vault. Owing to the heat, up to a late hour yesterday, the door could not be approached; but when it was it was found to be locked, and could not be unlocked. The safe of Messrs. Simonds and Morrison, in which there was some money, was undisturbed, and it was therefore pro bable that little booty was obtained. The loss, including the goods and the building, may be set down at from 40,000 to 50,000 dollars. From the house of Simonds and Morrison the fire ex tended south to the adjoining building, occupied by Messrs. Kennett, White, and Co., the roof of which was partially consumed, and for a long time we thought it impossible to save the building or the row, but by an exertion demanding of all the highest praise, the house of Messrs. Kennett, White, and Co. was saved with the loss of the roof only. The goods in the store, however, were greatly damaged by the water, and the stock was very large. The amount of damage is variously estimated at from 10,000 dollars to 15.000 dollars, fully covered by insurance. The store of Mr. Bernard Pratte, on the opposite side of Pine-street, was several times on fire, and some of the win dow frames were considerably burnt, but by the exertions of those within, and the aid of the engines, no injury was done to the building, although Mr. Pratte's goods suffered consi derable injury from the water. About the break of day the interior of the first building having all fallen in, Mr. Kimball, first engineer of the Union Fire Company, was standing on the side walk in Pine-street, playing on the fire through a window, when the wall sud denly gave way, and fell outward into the street. A gentle man with him made his escape, but Kimball was caught and crushed beneath the falling mass. His remains in a few mi nutes were disinterred from the ruins, but the vital spark had fled. Mr. Weaver was a young man, about 22 years of age, of excellent character, and had the entire confidence of his em ployers, and the esteem of all his acquaintances. His pa rents reside in the city. Mr. Baker was a young gentleman of about 22 years of age, the son of a respectable family residing in Worcester county, Maire. It would be impossible to describe the intense feeling which pervaded the community during the night and ensuing norning, and, in fact, the whole day. Every one was 'socked at the enormity and boldness of the deed, and felt sat while such crimes could be committed in our midst and se guilty escape detection, there was no security to any one. The city and country were patrolled during yesterday and last night, and the citizens generally are using all the mealis in their power to detect the guilty. ROMANTIC WEDDING A correspondent says, " About a fortnight ago, just as the most beautiful month of the whole twelve was bursting upon us, I came in the course of my perambulations in Wales to a sequestered and romantic village, where, having rested for the night, I rose with the lark eager for new adventures. As the morning advanced, the little town exhibited symptoms of unusual animation : the bells of the church, which is situated on a slight elevation in a pretty vicinity, sent forth their merry sounds ; some of the cottages were decorated with boughs, and numbers of the youths of both sexes, deco rated in their holiday attire, were tripping gaily along. On inquiry I found that a young couple were about to be married under very interesting and peculiar circumstances. The bridegroom was the son of u gentleman farmer, and the bride the daughter of a retired tradesman, who resided in the same neighbourhood—another and far distant part of the kingdom. Here the young people became betrothed, but at the age of two and twenty the youth, with the fickleness that not.unfre quently belongs to that age, became dissatisfied with the neighbourhood and weary of his attachment, and quitted the place, never intending to return ; the death of his only sur viving parent and the dispersion of his relatives, confirmed him in this resolve. The young lady, who fully verified the truth of the poet's remark, ,g Love is of man's life a thing apart, 'Tis woman's whole existence," could not so readily give up an affection which had increased for years, and formed the only charm of her life. Nothing, however, was heard of the faithless one, and the father of the once affianced bride exerted every influence in his power to induce her to accept the offer of a rich but rather old suitor. This she at once refused, and notwithstanding that day after day the parent urged upon his unhappy child the advantage that would result from the union—in spite of the feeling of resentment that must unavoidably have sprung up in her bosom against her former lover, she still remained true to her vows. At last the father even proceeded to threats ; and the girl, whose existence was rendered miserable by this be haviour, and by the unkind treatment of a mother-in-law, quitted the house privately, taking with her only some clothes and a few pounds of her own. Far were the wander ings, and sad must have been the privations of that innocent and delicate female, thus cast upon a cold and unfeeling world. At length, however, (the efforts of the parent, who perhaps was not over anxious to discover her, having failed), she came to the village above referred t 9, and obtained a situation as teacher in a seminary, where she remained for five long years, faithfully performing her duties, but doubt less with a heavy heart and many a painful recollection of the past. In the mean time her former lover had gone to London, where engaging himself in a house of business, by diligence and attention he acquired a complete knowledge of his occupation, and saved some money, but every trace of his affianced bride had faded away from his memory, and she was to him as though she had never been. By the death of his father he came into possession of a few hundred pounds ; and being desirous of carrying on the bu siness, a knowledge of which he had acquired, in a small way, he thought of Wales, a country of which he had heard much, and where he thought he should like to live, having a touch of the romantic in his disposition. An advertisement in a newspaper directed his attention to the village, or rather small town, referred to, where he entered upon a shop, and the neighbourhood being populous, he seemed likely to pros per well in business. He had been thus engaged for twelve months, when the interesting incident with which this nar rative commenced took place. During that time he must have frequently seen and passed the once adored object of his affection ; but other scenes, and the alteration of the person in a few years, prevented recognition. She indeed could not so easily forget, and her agitation when she dis covered that he was in the same place, may be easily sup posed. It happened that as he was one day going out in a gig, the horse, alarmed by a troop of cavalry proceeding rapidly, in an opposite direction, to one of the mining dis tricts, swerved to the side of the road, and the young man was thrown out very violently, breaking his arm, and being otherwise severely bruised and stunned ; he conti nued for some time in a senseless state. The seminary being the nearest house, he was conveyed there; and the proprietress, a lady of benevolent disposition, showed him every attention and kindness. He remained there for a day or two, and was then removed for his own home, where in a few weeks he got well again. This incident naturally led to an acquaintance with the conductors of the school; and the pretty assistant, who, it may be concluded, evinced no little anxiety about the accident, but whose modesty and timidity kept her from declaring herself, came in for her share of in quiries The two young people at length met at a sort of fête given in the neighbourhood, and in the course of conver sation explanations took place which brought back to the wandering lover the scenes of other days and the solemn engagements still unfulfilled. To make the story short, the connexion was renewed, and in a few months the sobered young man of seven-and-twenty married the faithful girl whom, five years before, he had neglected.—This was the wedding which excited so much interest and conversation, and I heartily wish the young people, thus so singularly brought together, every happiness. Though some may doubt the accuracy of this little narrative, it must be recollecited that the most important results frequently arise out of the most ordinary occurrences, and that truth is stranger than fiction. Such an incident did happen."— Worcester Jour. MELTING HOT.—In the American newspapers it is com mon to see the greatest evils treated with ridicule by the quaint wit of the editors. Thus the journals seemed for some days to compete with each other for the palm of superiority as to the most ingenious points of view in which this exces sive heat of the season could be exhibited. There were ac cordingly paragraphs beginning with the words " hissing hot"—" frying hot"—" boiling hot", and so on; but the prize seemed to he carried off by a New Orleans editor, who, under the head of " melting hot," stated, that so great was the heat at New Orleans, that " any persons choosing to put their heads out of the window, might see whole suits of clothes, in large numbers, walking empty through the streets, the original wearers of the garments having been entirely melted away ! "—Buckingham's America. PROFLIGACY OF MANNERS IN WASHINGTON.—The prac tice of carrying arms on the person is, no doubt, one of the reasons why so many atrocious a c t s ale d one un d er th e i m mediateinfluence of passion ; which, were no arms at hand, would waste itself in words, or blows at the utmost; but now too often results in death. A me di ca l gen tl eman , resident in the city, told me he was recently called in to see a young girl who had been shot at with a pistol by one of her paramours, the ball grazing her cheek with a deep wound, and disfiguring . her for life ; and yet nothi ng w h a t ever was done to the individual, who had only f a il e d b y acc id ent i n hi s intention to destroy her life. In this c it y are man y esta blishments wh ere young girls are collected by procuresses, and one of these was said to be kept by a y oung man who had persuaded or. coerced all . his sisters into prostitution, and lived on top e rs ages of their infamy. These houses are frequented in op day ; and hackney-coaches may be seen almost constantly before their doors. In fact, the total ab sence of all restraint upon the actions of m en h ere , e ither legal or moral, occasions such open and unbl us hi ng di s pl a ys of recklessness a nd profligacy as would hardly be credited if mentioned in detail. Unhappily, too, the influence of this is more or less felt in the deteriorated characters of almost all persons who com e often to Washington, or live for a long period there. Gentlemen from the northern and eastern states, who before they left their homes were accounted i m o o g o a t o , and bya even removalpious of men, al lu restraint, i suchat, thatchangea they v a e t r yWas oftenh come back quite altered c haracters, and, while they are at Washington contract habits, the very mention of . which i s quite revolting to chaste and unpo llut e d ears.—Buckmgham's America. THEATRE-ROYAL, LIVERPOOL. Under the Management of Mr. CLARKE, Sole Lessee PERFORMANCES DURING THE SUMMER SEASON, WILL COMMENCE AT HALF-PAST SEVEN.--DOORS TO DE (PENED AT SEVEN FOR THE BENEFIT OF MR. WRIGHT. Second Week of Mr. and Mrs. YATES, Mr. PAUL BED FORD, Mr. WRIGHT, Mr. LYON, and Mr. WIE LAND. In addition to the above, the celebrated BOLENO FA MILY are engaged for a limited Number of Nights, and will make their fifth appearance this Evening. Third Night of Miss C. WEBSTER and Master WEB STER, of the Italian Opera House. riPHIS present FRIDAY, the 21st inst., will be performed, an Old English Drama, founded on the Papers of the Spectator, called SIR ROGER DE COVEl i r _• Or, THE OLD ENGLISH GE LEMAN. Augustus de Coverley r. Yates. Sir Roger de Coverley.. Mr. Paul Bedford. White Moll.. Mr. Wright. Helen In the course of the Evening, the BURLESQUE CRA COVIENNE DANCE, by Mr. Wright; and the popular Duet of NIX MI DOLLY, by Mr. Paul Bedford and Miss E. Honner. To which will be added, a Drama, in one act, called HALF AN HOUR FROM HUMPHREY' S CLOCK; OR, THE OLD CURIOSITY SHOP. Quilp. The Grandfather. Dick Swiveller. Nelly To conclude with, for the third time here, a new Comic Bal let, arranged by the Boleno Family, called L 'AMOUR ET LA FOLIE ; Or, The Disasters of a Bridge. Henri . Finick. Popolino Madpate Signor Boleno. Griffe M. Masson Boleno. Annette Miss C. Webster. On MONDAY NEXT, the 24th inst., will be performed, for the first time here, an entirely original ,Drama, called ROBESPIERRE ; or, Two DAYS OF THE REVOLUTION. Robespierre, Mr. Lyon ; Cato Boze, Mr. Paul Bedford ; Gracchus Guyot, Mr. Wright.—After which, will be pro duced, for the first time here, with new Scenery, Tricks, &c., HARLEQUIN AND THE FLYING LADY; or the WITCH OF THE MAGIC KITCHEN. Harlequin, M.Deu . lin Boleno ; Pantaloon, M. Masson Boleno ; Clown, Signor Boleno; Sylph, Mr. Wieland; Columbine, Miss Webster. In consequence of the Preparations for the Performances of Monday Evening, there will be NO PERFORMANCE TO-MORROW (Saturday). • ROYAL AMPHITHEATRE. JULLIEN begs respectfully to inform the Ladies IV-11. • and Gentlemen of Liverpool, that the LAST CON CERT will take place THIS EVENING, when will be performed— PART FIRST Overture, .... "Der kceis.chutz, .. C. M. Von Weber, With Solo on the Clavicor (a new instrument) performed by Mons. JULLIEN. Quadrille, (by desire).. " Le Cent Suise".. Musard, (With Solo on the Trombone by ;Vlore. FAIVRE.) SOlO, Flute, " Souvenir D'ltalie, . Frisch. Waltz, " Echo Eliza,".... Jullien. This Waltz has made the greatest success in Paris & London. Solo, Violin, Performed by Mr. CASE, First Violin Solo, from the Theatre Royal, Drury-lane. " Cornet-a-Piston," performed by Laurent, ENTITLED " Le Depart du jeune Marin," BY PARTICULAR DESIRE, THE NIGHTINGALE WALTZ, Composed and performed by Jullien. Laurent PART SECOND. Andante, Allegro, and Finale of Beethoven's Symphony in C Minor. Solo, 0b0e.... " Souvenir de 8ade,".... Delabarre. Overture.. " Fra Diavolo".. Auber, (With Solo on the Trumpetta by Herr Muller.) For the last time at these Concerts, A SOLO, ON THE CONCERTINA, BY MR. CASE, (Which was received on Wednesday and Thursday last with the most enthusiastic applause.) QUADRILLE PARISIEN, (With Eight Variations,) composed and performed on the , . Picolo, by Jullien. The whole of the Performances to conclude with GOD SAVE THE QUEEN, With Solos on the Cornet-a-Piston, Oboe, Violin, and Clavicor,) performed by Messrs. Laurent, Delabarre, Case, and Jullien. PRICES OF ADMISSION.—Dress Boxes, 3s. ; Side Boxes, 2s. 6d. ; Pit, ls. 6d. ' • Gallery, Is. ; Second Ditto, 6 d. Tickets can be had at the Box-office, from II till 3, and at the Music Sellers. Doors to be open at Seven, and the Performances to commence at Light precisely. Etbrrpoot tttanbarb. FRIDAY MORNING, MAY 21, 1841 We referred, last week, to an article of our contem- , . porary the Liverpool Times, in which it was argued that Lord Sandon was taking a course in Parliament highly injurious to the interests of Liverpool ; and we endeavoured to show that our contemporary was mis- ,aken in his hypothesis. He, however, returns as fresh as ever to his old position, and reiterates the same in every varietj , of form and phrase. The noble lord, he alleges, "has thought proper, at the present crisis, to " sacrifice the interests of the manufactures and com " coerce of the country, and those of the majority of " his constitutents, to gain the favour and promote the " interests of a small body of monopolists." That is the dogma, the theme, the test,—and it is enlarged upon with no ordinary degree of skill, energy, and point. Our quiet commentary seems only to have animated our contemporary to a further display of his powers. He takes up our objections, pronounces them to be "nonsense," does battle valorously for the Brazi- lians, and again and again reiterates the charge, that the cause of Lord Sandon is ruin to the interests o Liverpool. Our objection on this head was, that Liverpool has no interest, and can have no interest, separate from and independent of the country at large; and we ob served, as we do now repeat, that all our contempo rary's declamation is founded on a partial and one sided view of the case. He says we should find it " hard to persuade the Brazilian merchants that it is no injury to them to exclude the sugars of Brazil from the markets of England." Very likely ; but there are other merchants in Liverpool besides Brazilian merch ants ; and perhaps our contemporary might find it as difficult to convince them that the removal of the re striction would not be injurious to them. It is not, however, by the effect which a measure may have upon any one class that we are to decide upon the true cha racter of that measure; but by the effect which it is calculated to produce on the greatest number. It is on this principle that the prosperity of the country is based, and it is upon this principle alone that Liver pool must rise or fall, flourish or decay. She stands aloof from all petty interests, and has, in truth, no in terest but that which is identified with a just determi nation of the various questions at issue for the com- mon advantage of all classes. Our contemporary avers that " the creating of a re gular trade in foreign corn would he productive of the greatest possible benefits to the shipowners and mer chants." We say so too, if it were attainable ; but we deny that it is. This is the bait which the free-traders and factory-men would throw out to Liverpool ; but Liverpool will not swallow it ; no, nor even snap at it. The lure certainly looks tempting; but a moment's examination shows its true character. In the first place, we are promised a " regular " trade in foreign corn—not a sudden glut and then a famine—but a regular trade. Well, that is very good and very desirable; but how are we to get it? By re pealing the present duties, it is said, and having re course simply to a fixed duty of Bs. the quarter on wheat. Thatwill make all things square and regular. Well, that is very easily said ; but will it do the needful, or how long ? The factory-men at first are quite merry, we may suppose. They have got the low-priced loaf, and lower wages, of course ; but we will not dispute upon that point just now. Let us suppose them feasted to the utmost of their desires ; but, then„ the gentry and the agriculturalists, the farmers and their labourers, begin to feel the effects. This sport to the factories is death to them. They cease to be good customers to the manufacturers and shopkeepers; they cease alto gether to buy ; and then the factory people, in their turn, begin to feel the shock. And now it comes to Liverpool and her " regular trade in foreign corn ;" and we ask, when the matter has taken this course — when consumption and decay and ruin have overtaken agriculturist and manufacturer together, will the trade of Liverpool remain unaffected ? Impossible. Her " regular" trade, not only in foreign corn, but in cot ton, sugar, and various other articles, will then, we fear become extremely irregular—overtaken by paraly sis or some other fatal malady—a good case for the doctors ; and, highly as we appreciate that admirable medicine, almost beyond the sanative efficacy of "brandy and salt." But our contemporary will not enter into this view of the cas e , b eca use, i n his opinion, the far mer w ould have, at Bs. the quarter fixed duty on Wheat, protec tion enough. Well, he must certainly submit to a great fall in prices, otherwise how should all this fo reign corn come in, or what advantage would the fac tory people derive from repealing the corn laws ? This is a certain thing. The average price of wheat last week, in the Dublin m arket, was 335. 3d. th e b ar r e l. Now we have seen a calculation from which it would appear, that if foreign Wheat were admissible at a duty of Bs. a quarter, the price of home would have to be reduced to from 16s. to 1/8, the barrel, or about half. What a pleasant prospect for the farmers and gentry of Ireland ! And are we to suppose that the English farmer would come better off? Let him speak, however, for himself. He must know best at what reduction of price he can afford to pay rent and taxes, and still continue " a marvellous proper man." _ _ As to the Irish, we observe that the Dublin Evening Post exults in the fact that they will make no battle for their staple trade; but that jonrnal is not the organ of the gentry, or of the Protestant farmers of the country, and has no right to speak for them: Let it speak, if it please, for the Popish masses and O'Connell's mobs; it has no feel ing in common with the enlightened Protestants of the country ; and sure we are that they will deeply feel, and indignantly resent the attempt to pass a measure so ruinous to them as this scheme of fixed-duty trade in foreign grain. If Popery lws so blinded the eyes of the common people, or priestly and O'Connell tyranny keeps them in such terror that they cannot perceive what would be so fatal to them, or, perceiv ing, dare not endeavour to avert it—why their silence and tameness at such a moment is a proof only of their degradation. Of this, however, there can be no doubt, that free trade in corn, or such a protection merely to the native farmer as that proposed, would involve Ire land in a state such as we believe was never experienced even in that country. These few words we have said in reply to our con temporary's theory of a sufficing protection being found in the Ss. duty; with regard to his argument touching Brazilian sugar, and the exaggerated impor tance which he attaches to the liberation of the trade in a commercial point of view, we are obliged to a va luable correspondent of his own, and a decided Whig into the bargain, for some observations which quite su persede the necessity of our saying a word on the sub ject " Before you write another article on the Brazil trade,' says this friendly writer, " you ought to inform yourself better or the subject of it, for you may rest assured, that such gross exaggeration and mis-statement as you have been led into will greatly injure the cause you are advocating, and not forward it. " I send you herewith a statement of the exports to Brazil, from Liverpool, for the year 1840, amounting to £2,326,439; and, as I believe, two-thirds or more of the trade is carried on from this port, (but this you can inform yourself of), even Mr. Labouchere's estimate of four millions exceeds the exports. You call the trade to Brazil five millions, which you say will be lost to us if we do not reduce the duty on Brazil sugar and coffee. Nothing can be more preposterous; I believe, from long experience of the Brazilians, that they would continue to take our goods as usual. Some noise may be made when the treaty comes to be renewed ; but to assert that our trade will entirely " cease," if we do not do so and so, is drawing too largely on the imagination. " The Brazilians can have no great claim on our sympathy as to treaties, which they regard as little as most nations ; they lately added 5 per cent. without the consent of the Bri tish government, to the stipulated duty of 15 per cent. on British goods. This you may not be aware of. We do not consume their sugar and coffee at present, but we unques tionably take it for our goods, and as much to their conveni ence as if we did : though perhaps not quite so much to the convenience of the English merchants. Who, let me ask, would take their cotton were we to refuse it ? " You state that the Brazilians are under no obligations to this country 1 I think this piece of intelligence would sur prise a good many of her Majesty's liege subjects. On the contrary, I would say, that they owe us a great deal. Who could supply our place I would ask, in the event of their refusing to deal with us ? Have the Swiss and Germans, our great rivals (and about whom so much has been said), the means of doing so ? You have often dinned in our ears the great competition our trade is suffering in Brazil from the Swiss and Germans, I therefore wish you had condescended on the per centage of trade they carry on in that quarter as compared with ours. Vague assertion can carry no weight with it. _ _ You may rely upon this, Mr. Editor, that the grievances of the Brazil trade is not the question to beat the tortes on. I therefore regret, as a sincere reformer, that so much should have been said about it." This writer confesses that Brazil sugar is not the question to beat the tories on ; and he is right. But on what question will they be able to effect that con consummation Aye, that's the rub. We are per suaded that the corn laws won't do it either. The people begin already to find out that the free trade scheme is all humbug. [le unprecedently prolonged debate on the sugar ies was brought to a close on Wednesday morning ; ninisters were beaten by a majority of thirty-six, but made no announcement of any intention to resign their places. They were evidently casting about to see if there were any lower depth into which they might fall. If they could survive such a division, however, and Sir Robert Peel's speech, even for a few hours, it is plain that they must be devoid of the necessary faculty for conveying a consciousness of degradation to the mind. The speech of Sir Ro'bert Peel will be read with un mixed pride and satisfaction by all conservatives, and, indeed, we might add, by moderate and sensible men , . of every class and denomination. .It contained an ex pose of opinions and principles well calculated to gain over reflecting people to his side, and will do much to confirm him in his place as the leader of a great party and to strengthen that party in all those opinions which it i 5 known they already hold. It was a speech emi nently judicious—that cannot fail to be of the utmost service to the already triumphant cause of conserva tism. It did not advance or allude to a single point on which all conservatives are not agreed—and was ; therefore, calculated to map out, as it were, the nume• which will have a rallying effect, and cause consery .ous important topics in which they are united to a Here we have points of union in abundance tives to present themselves as one united phalanx. In the exhibition of his opinions, the right hon. baronet was abundantly explicit; no friend could hate wished him to have gone further, or to have stopped in any degree short of the point to which he went. With respect to the immediate question in debate, he was decidedly adverse to an alteration of the sugar duties, on the ground that we had "no right to break in upon the course of a great experiment." The experiment being tried is, whether sugar cannot be raised in the West Indies by free labour, and whe ther we cannot obtain from our own colonies a sufli- cient supply for home consumption. To infringe upon that momentous probationary measure, he conceived, would be an act of unpardonable, we would say, atro cious criminality. For what would be the conse quence ? The consequence would be, failure--ruin to the experiment ; and the consequence of such failure would be this—a proclamation to the world—that slaves cannot be set free ; and not only this, but an aban- donment of the West Indian islands to the negro po pulation ! With an experiment so big with the mos serious results, we have no right to trifle ; and to any I meddling of the sort the right hon. baronet, for one, would give no sanction. With regard to the timber duties, he could express no opinion favourable to the ministerial scheme. He required information ; he should ascertain how it would be likely to be received by the Canadians. At present all that was known on this head was, that the Governor-General, when ap plied to for his opinion, said, " that if the noble lord (the colonial secretary) touched the timber duties, he would, as naturally might be expected, materially add to his (the Governor-General's) d!fficulties." Under these circumstances, he would reserve his opinions, or his plans on the subject. With regard to the corn duties, he was decidedly opposed to a fixed duty, because he did not think it could be permanently maintained ; and as to the pro posed duty of Bs. on wheat, and 3s. 4d. on oats, he " deemed it totally insufficient for the maintenance of the present state of agricultural prosperity." He did not, and would not, bind himself, however, to details. It might be a question whether some modification might not be made in the existing points of oscillation, and he would not commit himself to any obligatory declaration on this head. And this was right —per fectly right. But the right hon. baronet, having thus satisfacto rily disposed of all the questions on which he was called to give an opinion, at length began to flourish the knout for the purpose of inflicting a little wholesome chastisement on the trembling, convicted, and wretched incapables. Never was punishment more loudly called for, or more neatly, we would say, beautifully laid on. Oh it must have been delightful to witness it. Our readers will thank us for here closing our re marks, and inserting in their place a few of those crushing observations with which Sir Robert Peel concluded his admirable speech : So much for the commercial bearings of this question; but then it was said, coincident with these commercial difficulties there was also a financial crisis to be dealt with. Why, there was a great financial crisis; but for that financial crisis, in his opinion, her majesty's ministers were mainly responsible. (Hear.) They had had possession of power since 1835. They had had the administration of the finances ; when they were successful they referred to the fact as a proof of their wisdom and sagacity ; failure in adversity might certainly be no proof of the want of those qualities, but at any rate if there was a government intrusted with the financial concerns of the coun try, and if their whole course had been marked by deficit and increasing expenditure, that fact must necessarily greatly di minish his confidence in their ability to conduct the adminis tration of affairs. (Hear, hear.) After five years of the ad- ministration of the finances, they came forward and said, " Year after year there has been a deficit, and at length it amounts to £7,500,000. This is the state of the finances ; this is the result of our ad►minibtration ;" and instead of a confession, as he would have expected of their own incapa city and mal-administration, they represented themselves as martyrs to the principles of free trade (hear, hear), and called upon him to furnish them with a budget. (Loud cries of " Hear, hear.") He was not surprised at their confidence . (Hear, They recollected that when he left office in 1830 he had been connected with an administration which, during the period-of its management of the finances, had re duced the public debt by £20,000,000 of capital—had reduced the charges & of that debt by above £1,000,000 of annual in terest, and left a surplus of £2,400,000 of revenue over the expenditure. (" No, no," from the Chancellor of the Ex chequer.) How much, then was left ? After a reduction of £20,000,000 of the capital of the public debt—after a reduc tion to the amount he had stated of the annual interest, and 'after a remission of taxes, they had contrived to leave a sur ,plus at the least of £1,600,000. (Hear, hear.) All this, too. under the difficulties of an unreformed parliament. (Loud cheers.) The present government had their own way for five yers ; they had the benefit of cheap government. (Loud cheers.) They had that superior advantage. They had had the administration for ten years. While those liberal col leagues (pointing to Lord Stanley and Sir J. Graham) re mained with them they had a surplus of revenue. They got rid of them in 1834, and the moment they were disearbar rassed of them, the moment they had their own way, with all the advantages of free trade, difficulties began to en compass them. (Loud cries of " Hear, hear.) Year after year there was a deficit, until now it amounted to £7,500,000 ; and then they clamoured, man after man, upon him to favour them with a budget. (Loud cheers.) They recollected, no doubt, the aid he had given them on the Jamaica question, when he rescued them from the conse quences of their own evil ways (loud cheers); when he ena bled them to retain popular representative government—when he prevented them disturbing the foundations of society in every other colony which boasted of popular and representa tive government—when they were compelled to take his advice, and afterwards had the maniines to admit that they heartily rejoiced they had met such a counsellor. (Cheers.) If the circumstances were the same, he would be tempted to give them similar advice. He confessed he viewed with pain and sympathy the position of the Chancellor of the Exchequer. (Cheers and laughter.) It was said that a good man struggling with adversity was a sight worthy of the gods. (A. laugh.) He was sure that the right hon. gen tleman, with respect to the goodness of the man, and un doubtedly in the adversity of his circumstances, presented a spectacle to the gods. (Loud cheers and laughter.) He could not conceive a more lamentable position than that of the right hon. gentleman—a Chancellor of the Exchequer, seated on an empty chest, by the side of a bottomless defi ciency, fishing for a budget. (Loud laughter.) He would not bite (loud cheers and laughter); he would leave the right hon. gentleman to return home with his pannier as empty as his chest. (Renewed laughter.) He refused his aid on this ground, that he could not conceive anything more utterly unfitting, anything which would really so incapaci tate for the possession of public confidence, as that he out of office, without the means of collecting information on this financial crisis, should offer his budget in competition with that of the right hon. gentleman. (Cheers.) There might be some young member silly enough to suppose that he would commit himself to the imposition of a property tax, or the revival of an additional rate of p osta g e. He fairly avowed he would bring forward no rival budget. (Cheers.) He considered the vote to-night as a question of confidence (loud cheers), and he would not seek confi by raising the expectation that he would bring forward plans for the alleviation of the distresses of the country, or encouraging the expectation of relief. We find ourselves much limited as to space ; but we cannot leave the castigation in •an unfinished state, and, therefore, must make room just for what follows : He wished not to speak, and he trusted he had never spoken, with any personal disrespect of any of the Ministers of the Crown. He admitted their ability, and he might say, without exception, that he entertained a high respect for their character. But it was not for want of individual ability in their several departments that these evils had arisen, but because, as a Government, they hadbeen acting in violation of the spirit of the constitution (great cheering,) and had re tained power when they were not possessed of that degree of public confidence which would have enabled them to execute the measures which they had decided upon. (Cheers.) But it is . not fair to the interests of a representative government and of constitutional principles that these things should continue ; it is not right that the House of Commons should be exhibited to the world as withholding its confidence from a Government, and yet not influencing its fate ; it is not advantageous to the monarchy that its servants should be unable to earry measures which as confidential advisers of be Crown they deem it their duty to recommend ; and it is rot for the interests of the measures you recommend, be muse the less grace and favour do they find in the public we, if they are believed not to spring from the deliberate, and matured conviction of your own minds, but that they are propositions made in order to prop your falling for tunes, and to conciliate the good will of the party by which you may be opposed ; and it is not, I believe, for the good of your own characters as public men. (Cheers.) You have made then great proposals; the public, I do not mean to say the people to whose passions you have appealed, and whose distresses you have described, but the intelligent and well-judging majority of the public, hardly believe that you proposed them in the confidence that you would carry them. (Hear.) I do not deny the power you possess, I do not deny that if you will use such appeals the position in which you stand, and the authority with which you are invested, may give to them an overwhelming effect. (Hear, bear.) I admit that you may easily provoke the conflict of opposite interests; you can easily raise excited passions against what you call class interests. (Hear, hear.) You may provoke men to rise in resistance to those interests; and it is possi ble, that amid that conflict of passions, and that collision of opposite interests, you may be able to gather up the frag nents of your strength ; but depend upon it such elements If strength are unruly and uncontrollable instruments of ;overnment ; depend upon it you will read this lesson to he country, that when authority condescends to support tself by alliance with agitation, it calls to its aid an ally which will be its master, but which will not be its slave. ;Loud and repeated cheers.) The following circular has, we believe, been exten sively circulated in Liverpool within the last day or two. It affords another proof of the active exertions to which the friends of ministers are resorting, in a vain endeavour to excite the country in their favour : " It is not the cause of faction, or of party, or of an indi vidual, but the common interest of every man "J in Brtani.' UN i US. " NATIONAL ANTI-CORN-LAW LEAGUE. " Manchester, May 14th, 1841 " Sin,—l beg leave respectfully to invite you, as an Elec tor of Liverpool, to attend a Meeting which will be held at the Amphitheatre, in Liverpool, on the 24th inst., at seven o'clock, for the purpose of conferring with the 'following deputation from the Council of the National Anti-Corn-Law League " Sir THOMAS POTTER, Knt. Thomas Ashton, Esq., Hyde. Samuel Ashton, Esq., Pole Bank. Robert Ashton, Esq., Hyde. Henry Ashworth, Esq., Bolton. William Bayley, Esq., Stalybridge. T. Bazley, jun., Esq., Manchester. John Bright, Esq., Rochdale. John Brooks, Esq., Manchester. W. R. Callender, Esq., Manchester. Richard Cobden, Esq., Manchester. J. C. Dyer, Esq., Manchester. William R. Greg, Esq., Manchester. Holland Hoole, Esq., M anchester. John Hyde, Esq., Dukinfield. Nathan Lees, Esq., Dukinfield. Watkin Lees, Esq., Dukinfield. William Rawson, Esq., Manchester. Alfred Reyner, Esq., Ashton. J. B. Smith, Esq., Manchester. George Wilson, Esq., Manchester. " I have the honour to remain, Sir, " Your most obedient servant, • " By order of the Council of the League, " GEORGE WILSON, Chairman. " N.B.—This Circular will secure your admission." It is well known that our precious Government are at the bottom of this movement, and that the despica ble agitation is only employed for the purpose of bol stering up their tenure of office for a few days longer, when, if their success he at all commensurate with their efforts, a dissolution will immediately follow. The Radicals know to a day when this will take place. Already we see in many of the provincial papers ad dresses from candidates, and other symptoms of an an approaching election. Conservatives of Liverpool, be prepared for that event. It will be seen, on reference to the Town-council proceedings of Wednesday, that Mr. Alderman Evans completely failed in his attempt to overturn the mea sures agreed to he taken with reference to the inland bonding bill. It was a very foolish attempt, and it would have been still worse, if the Council had permit ted it to succeed. They have, however, rendered it nugatory, and we congratulate them on the result. Mr Evans's most potent argument on the occasion was, that the Council was pledged not to oppose the bill—and certainly that would have been a most potent, nay an irresistable argument, if it were borne out by facts; but we do not perceive that such was the case. What was the pledge ? No more than this, according to Alderman Evans's own statement, namely, that on some former discussion of the question the council did not think it expedient to move in the business ; but did that pledge them not to do so at any future time ? We should suppose not. But certain gentlemen who were on a deputation to London about the Liverpool dock bill, it seems, availed themselves of this neutrality of the Council, and nego tiated upon it as if it gave an assurance that the Council would not move thereafter on the subject. It this ne gotiation be in any way binding on the Council, then we have done; we would not have them by any means break an engagement by which their honour or good faith would be in the smallest degree compromised ; but the question is, had the deputation any right or authority to interpret the then silence or neutrality of the Council into a "pledge ;" or any power whatever to bind the Council, or to enter into a negotiation by which the Council would be, in fact, tied up with re gard to the inland bonding bill ? That is the question. It would be a very extraordinary thing, truly, if a de putation sent to London on one particular business could give a pledge for the conduct of the Council with respect to another—without an express authority to that effect—and traffic with that pledge as if it were a real, substantial thing. Such conduct would, in our opinion, be most reprehensible, and call loudly for censure—and if it has taken place here, it ought not to be passed over. All we have to say at present is, that there is no allegation that the Council gave any sort of sanction to the negotiation in this case, or au thority to the negotiators to enter into it ; and, conse quently, that they are now at perfect liberty to oppose the inland bonding bill, if they think proper so to do. LOCAL NEWS. SIR W, W. WYNN, BART.—The preparations in many blaces and towns in the principality to celebrate the majority . . . Vlthe scion of the house of Wynnstay, which will occur to orrow, are on an extended scale, and worthy of the occasion that has so generously called them forth. The young baro et has ordered 10 oxen and 100 sheep to be distributed on be happy day. Oswestry, Shrewsbury, Chester, Wrexham, nd other places, are to be scenes of the greatest festivities, n honour of the event. The hon. baronet intends celebrat- ing the day in September next, the present being the height of the fashionable season in town ELECTION OF OFFICERS EY THE POOR-LAW GUAR -At the meeting of the poor-law guardians for this parish, the following were elected registrars of births, deaths marriages John WaltheW, Mr. Wm. Clements, Mr. Joseph Horn, Mr. John Barnard, Mr Mr. John Gracie, and Mr. Edward Lovatt officer for the poor is Mr. J. S. Rowland. The Lord Bishop of the Diocese will hold triennial visita- James Homer, The relieving tions of the. Clergy : At Manchester, " Liverpool " Wigan " Preston May 28 " 31 June 7 " Lancaster. " Kendal..... " Whitehaven " Ulverston.. " 17 • 4 23 NEW CHURCH IN WARWICK-STREET.---WE have, on va rious occasions, had the pleasing duty of adverting to the munificence of our distinguished townsman John Gladstone, Esq., in his princely contributions towards supplying the lack of Church accommodation which is felt to so great an extent throughout the country at the present time. We gave, in a recent number of the STANDARD. an account of the opening of a new church at Leith, built at Mr. Gladstone's sole ex- pease ; and this year, we are happy to say, we shall have an addition to the churches in our own town, provided likewise by Mr. Gladstone's liberality. The church is to be called St. Thomas's, Toxteth-park. It will contain about 1000 sit tings, of which 100 are to be free for the use of seamen, the situation being not more than 200 yards from one of the largest upper docks. Fifty sittings are also to be reserved for old :and infirm poor persons. The remainder will be let at rates from 4s. to 12s. each ; The average not to exceed Bs. The endowment from Mr. Gladstone will be the sum of £2OOO which, it is expected, will produce £lOO per annum, or near it. The rents of the pews, after providing for the pay ment of the organist, choir, and other attendants, with the exception of the clerk, who undertakes to perform the office gratuitously; and deducting also an allowance for repairs, coals for the hot-air apparatus, and other necessary expenses, are to be paid to the minister, and, with the endowment, to form his stipend. The church is to be lighted with gas, and to have a,suitable clock and bell. Including the price of the land (about £1,300), the whole cost, as near as it can yet be ascertained, will be, in round numbers, £5,000, besides the endowment. The living, we believe, is offered to the eldest son of the Rev. J. Jones, of St. Andrew's. The church, it is expected, will be ready for consecration some time in Au gust. It is Mr. Gladstone's intention, we believe, at a future period, to build a house for the minister, with two schools for the children of the neighbourhood, should they be re quired, and a proper site be obtained on reasonable terms. This is conduct truly worthy of approbation ; and were others who have it in their power to follow Mr. Gladstone's example, the wants of the country, in respect to church accommo dation, would soon be supplied, and the great evils which may seriously' be apprehended from it be in a large measure, if not altogether, prevented. SINGULAR RESTITUTION.—Last February, Messrs. Al bright and Son, chemists, of Nortbgate and King-street, Blackburn, sent by post £2O to Messrs. Evans and Co., druggists, in this town. The remittance, which consisted of four £5 notes, never reached its destination. Nothing more was heard of the matter till Friday morning last, when Messrs. Albright received a letter containing two £lO notes. The letter was to the following effect :—" Did you not some time ago enclose to Messrs. Evans, Sons, and Co. £2O, which miscarried. Enclosed you have £2O in lieu of it." No clue has been obtained to the party, whose compunctious visita tions of conscience have led to this restoration. We cannot too strongly recommend to the attention of our readers the advantage of adopting Robins's Filters. In many cases where sickness has long been an attendant on the in mates of a residence, it has disappeared after subjecting the water, used as a beverage and for culinary purposes, to one of these admirable machines. REPRESENTATION OF PRESTON. — We understand that it is the intention of the conservatives of Preston to request Mr. Robertson Gladstone to contest that borough at the ap proaching election, in connection with Mr. Parker, the pre sent excellent representative. Several other gentlemen were named, but Mr. Gladstone was the decided favourite. Much as we shall regret the absence of this gentleman's valued ser vices, when they are so much needed in his native town, his business habits, well-known talents, and persevering indus try, will confer the greatest benefits upon any place which has the honor of calling him their representative in parlia ment. Jo LLIEN.'S CONCERTS.—The last of 'these concerts takes place this evening. Mons. Jullien may consider that he has been well supported, when we look at the badness of trade and the scarcity of the circulating medium. This band, taken either individually or collectively, may be considered as one of the best and most perfect in the country. The performances this week have given unmingled satisfaction. THE GREAT AGRICULTURAL BANQUET.-ThiS banquet, which is exciting considerable intereqt amongst agricultu rists, will, it is contemplated, be held in St. James's Mar ket, in this town, in July next. We trust that the tenants of the market will throw no impediments in the way, as, in the event of its taking place, the town will be benefitted by the influx of strangers that will necessarily occur. We hope the active superintendent of the market will use his influence with the tenants to promote the wishes of those interested. ELECTION OF MAGISTRATES' CLERK.—Yesterday, at the Town-Hall, the borough magistrates proceeded to the elec tion of a second magistrates' clerk, in the room of Mr. Shut tleworth, formerly colleague of Mr. Ellis, and recently ap pointed deputy town-clerk. • The candidates who were &mill in the field were Mr. Wyberg, son of the treasurer , Penington, and Mr. Pedder. The former wa s u nanimously appointed to the office, but what claims he p resen ted the public must judge for themselves, as we never heard of the youth before his present application. Mr. TA KING SPIRITS INTO A GAOL.-At the Police-court, yesterday, a decent-looking married female was placed at the bar, charged with introducing a small bottle of spirits into the Borough Gaol, to which she had been admitted to see her sister. The case was proved. The prisoner ap peared to be much distressed at the consequence of her im proper conduct, and begged hard to be forgiven. Mrs. Da vies, of the gaol, spoke in her behalf, with a view to mitiga tion, as the penalty reached as high as five pounds.—Mr. Rushton said he had no power to mitigate to a lower sum than forty shillings, and the prisoner was amerced in that amount, or, in default, to be imprisoned two days. ROBBERY FROM A DWELLING-HOUSE.—Yesterday, at the Police-court, a man named James Gillon, was charged with having in his possession, under strongly suspicious circumstances, a quantity of wearing apparel which had been abstracted from a dwelling-house some months ago. Mr. Gray, of High Park-street, stated that his house had been broken open by the parlour window, on the 29th Janu ary last, and a number of articles taken from a room up stairs. He identified a silk dress, a tartan shawl, &c, as part of the property taken. A pawnbroker stated that the articles were pledged with him in January ; and in consequence of a bill describing them they were given up to the owner. The prisoner had come to the shop on Wednesday last to redeem them, and he gave him in charge. Mrs. Gray srid she bad, herself, looked up the house on the night in question, and also identified the property. The prisoner said that while he was in gaol recently, the ticket was given to him by another prisoner. He was remanded until this day, that enquiry might be made into his statement. GROSS CASE► OF ASSAULT.—Robert Whitworth, John Griffiths, and William Okill, three boys, were yesterday charged with having assaulted John Ellison, a car driver, to whom it appeared they owed an ill-will, in consequence of his having appeared as a witness against two of them on a former occasion. The complainant, whose head was wrapped up, stated that as he was walking along he saw some bricks fall from a new building near, at his feet, and on looking up, a piece of brick struck hint on the head and knocked him down. Whitworth and Griffiths were seen by him, but he could not say which of them threw it. The car-owner who employs the complainant, said that the prisoners were so exceedingly mischievous and violent that there was no passing the street in safety. They had recently taken a car from his stables, and had done him fifty pounds' worth of damage. Okill, for whom witness had procured a good situation on his leaving the Blue School, was, he believed, led away by the other two. —Okill was discharged. Witworth and Griffiths were required to pay forty shillings and costs, or t o be imprisoned for one month. DISEASES OF THE HEART.-Mr. Cronin's work on nervous affections, has drawn the attention of the public to the diseases of the heart. 'We have been informed that the number of deaths which take place from complaints in that region of the human frame, is surprisingly great, Mr. Cronin appears to have devoted much study to the cure of these diseases. REV. J. BAYLEE'S INEOMPETENCY.—In another column will be found an advertisement announcing the publication of a correspondence which this gentleman recently held with Mr. Anderson, a Popish priest, and on certain alleged gram matical errors in which, Dr. Butler grounded his refusal to meet Mr. Baylee, and argue the respective truth and false hood of the Protestant and Romish Churches. This publi cation will be found peculiarly interesting at the present period, not only as proving the fallacy of Dr. Butler's allega tions, but as furnishing an 'additional proof of the readiness and delicacy with which the ministers of our church meet and reply to the enquiries and objections of conscientious persons, and of the impudence in assertion, and fear of argu ment, displayed by the vaunting advocates of a false faith. It will also he seen that the first of Mr. Baylee's lectures (on transubstantiation) will be published to-morrow morning. SMITH'S PATENT WIRE RIGGING.—We direct attention to the advertisement in another column of.IVIr. Smith's pa tent wire rope for standing rigging ; for the sale of which, Messrs. Robertson and Co., Goree-piazzas, are agents. The Oriental, and Great Liverpool, steam-ships, and many other vessels in this port, in London, in Bristol, and elsewhere, are fitted with it ; and it has been found to possess many and great advantages over hempen rigging, from its superior light ness and strength, its great durability , andits saving of cost. The John Garrow, iron sailing ship, 711 tons burthen, lately arrived at this port from the East Indies, its after a voyage of thirteen months, and now lying in the Prince's Dock, fur nishes an unquestionable proof of superiority, and it is probable that it will, ere long, be introduced in the royal navy. We shall, in ou r next publication, notice it more at length, and furnish some statistics from individuals of the advantages that g to our mercantile as a w c o k u n l o d w b l e e dgeer dived iia uftriocma its ti 1 , i e s a l o w n i n well as our warlike marine. Amongst the certificates of the advantages of the wire rigging, which will be found in the advertisement, is one from J. C. Sha w , E sq ., mar i ne man ager of the City of Dublin Steam Pa c ket Company, and of the John Garrow. ano ther from Captain Wilson, ATTEMPT OF A MOTHER TO DESTROY HER THREE CHlL nnk- —On Tuesday, about t wo o ' c l oc k , H enry Palma, the .4• landlordccue d of . the house, N o . 3 , Q ueen ' s-p l ace, G rea t Peter street, h e aring a violent screaming of children from a room p by a poor widow, named Mary Dagall, went thither occupied to ascertain the cause. He found the door locked, but as the screams still continued, though in a more subdued tone, he burst the door open, and was horror-stricken at seeing the woman Dagall h o ldi ng up h er t h ree c hild ren (th e e ldest of whom is not more than five years of age) by their necks• She had twined her hare arms around them, and was pressing them with such force to her person, that had not Mr. Pro bert fortunately gone to their assistance, their lives mus t have been sacrificed i n a very f ew minutes—as it was theY were black in the face. It was at once to be perceived that the woman was mad. She was crying out, " Lord, now 80 I happy ! Bring fire, that me and my dear children m ay bg burnt, and our ashes be blown by the winds to Heaven! Mr. Probert, with much difficulty, got their children away from their frenzied parent, and with assistance got her into $ chair, where she was confined during the time of sending fe!, and arriv a l o f th e par i s h- o ffi cers . Sh e i ns isted that the devi l was pursuing her, and had done so for a long time in the guise of a jack o' lanthorn, and every now and then when she fancied she saw this non-existing apparition, her screams were of the most frightful nature. The poor creature, toge ther with her children, was taken into St. Margaret's house. Distress is supposed to have caused this aberration of mind.—Morning Herald.