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1836. expected, morte " the hatters of and the "turn-- that we hear of d regitneuts of Brit of insubor :.se evils ?--the h is empected. co .morrow„ om the he Corporation tppeal--,perhaps :ation, and ear n councillors to defence of our requently made► feeling towards we shall only Hies which are :es of Scriptural to the most un rility, in the ad by the concur and judge_for the wonderful is the result of hint and solemn e set for the de s to deceive the ie party they es we have under ling than a dis ral improvendent ieve cannot be aking religious and intellectual ect is cultivated, ow ledge, those 'prove the life, is one of the community of t relates to the ce what is called bly for the pur allaying party ion Committee , ended the adop h the spirit and the Bible, as a led. In accord le report being Corporatios indignation had hat they ever ation preferred when we say sily strengthen !eches delivered t was under dis st the intention and introduce ['Neile has ad :iuncil upon this the authority of introduced, the then the ward with some ncil to-morrow. 3me and soptcovv, we doubt not themselves on' bold assertions that the argu answered, nor exculpated from ity to the extent in Insprofessi on itarianism. ,Our eclingly anxious er was excluded , onents with the effrontery, in in spite of these on, and leave it to judge if we line of defence Is us, and, we chools, and saw his Own" ears He found the reader, that lie .ds. 4. We ap the Protestant necl—lT WAS PRISED VER istake, he adds, der, with , a ! his itiou put. forth: 'IAN KNOW isk our respect idea for a. - mo not deteathe to. Is it thus ced to protnote where is. thy t an hour shall ing which the )nui and teach the Bible or o is acquainted I the fact.; an d ease the Bible tem only g ives to the children , isit the schools, the Bible 'And to persuade his Ind established sit the schools, tours," and we iers by letting own eyes, and isposed of th e not, and would ancil, and ask, becoming the r , which they special plead voids, do they upon the pub publicly, and lie has read it ad in the sense nderstand Scriptures are r words a par- deluding 06 them meet rile once whether • unrestrained a ng the school "' 'or to the Irish real Point at hat the great cil, inasmuch exe rcise 0 f ans increased ntlation. Bat d has resulted ;ed to once& d enlighten ed pride, drat tho is has counter hey cause for r evil disigni, rrient of truth ? red Scripture% Revelation in , c ure their as !Os. But the lv allow that Lve been aetu >ossible to re- --~ v F9ucile the glaring inconsistencies which mark their ge neral conduct. One reason given why we should sup port this system was that it would tend to allay religious Imejutlices and afford greater facilities for the progress of ; 914..(jr05pe1.. Many denounced the errors of the Church 9 f. RRne; and supported, this system from a Wish to dis• setninate ,Scriptural knowledge amongst the peasantry, to convince them of their error and lead them to a know 7 ledge of the truth. But mark the result. No . sooner does a tnam. becoMe convinced of his error, and evince a diiPosition to abandon his former superstitions, than he asirailed-by the liberal press as a " renegade," as an "apostate," and every epithet that bigotry and calumny Mt invent are freely bestowed upon him. The conduct "f our lib§ral -Town , Council has at length roused the 24RJ-of-the Protestant cntuniunity; and they are now buckling ort their armour. We entertain no . fear for the re • "ltt "The foul" may say "in his heart there is no-God," - and the.Solon-s'of our-Council may array themselves in t!PPos3itiouto the spread of the Gospel and dare the'ven geance of Heaven, butt truth will proceed to their dis acrnfiture and disgrace.. To our Protestant countrymen we "Y,let your zeal be as ardent, your allegiance as faithful, yonr loyalty as' devoted, and yOUr defence as resolute; as that which distinguished your illustrious forefathers. • ... CORRESPQNDEIyCIS'. 'd THE MEMBERS 'OF THE LIVERPOOL TOWN 'COUNCIL. GENTLEMEN.—A printed letter has been addressed to you by . one of your own body, with avowed reference to the subject of the schools, which is to come under your consideration next Wednesday. The writer, Mr. Rathbone, has condescended to strengthen his appeal to you, by a reference to me by name. I feel con-, fident that this circumstance will exculpate me from the cha'rge of intrusion, in thus addressing you : for if Mr. 11 athhonehas felt my opiniora AnPritatements of sufficient Consequence to call for direct reference on. his part, it will readily be admitted that nuiv without. impropriety on my pat t, feel them of suffici:::t SeTtence to be entitlecljo accuracy of representation. fir. ,94)51::e says - - - • . . . • eth , "„Ijitl. it been in this_ town • only that they had made, efforts' a .7 3 , tirt4t the schools ' We'iniglit suppose that they merely seized upon usll4l l ltn, as a useful handle. aka inst-us ; yet, even here the Rev. - Air.' AVlsreileltas publicly retracted" his reiterated assertion'that we had ' U N enfludeti the Aihlet:be hi.l,ltowcyrT, to ina;.ntrin his-consistency, vh”,tnade.an assertion eqindly without foundatici --•:1-.3t the reading of. I frtlt+ttli,Al4 .13 ibte ituitt• inipositiOn to the Irish T otco - of • edutest ten. O n vt3l4 ll eso..ntrqy, it is one of its declared objects to prorpote the read... "TlYf the whi)fe-Bibte." - ~~e het late here two statements to which, I beg liave to call y our , '4l4(tteOtion--- . . I. That I have retracted my reiterated assertion that.yon have excluded the bible from your schools. And 2. That I have asserted that the readint , of the whole bible is in opposition to the Irish* plan of education, While on the , contrary, Mr. Rithbone asserts that one of the declared ob- - jects of that plan is to promote thereading Of 'the whole bible. 1: In making the first; 'Mr. RathbOrie refers, I -bon elude, to the speech which I delivered at the late anniversary ttneetingof the Liverpool Protestant Association. That you may judge fairly of the accuracy of his representation, I take the li berty of transcribing what I said on that occasion. I quote from the corrected report printed.under the sanction of the committee. "'['his system of education is an unnerminer of protestantism. It was imported into Liverpool as a feeler, and it has been felt. (Much applause.) Was it imported into Liverpool ? The resolutions passed in the council of the corporation of Liverpool last July, were—l. That the schools shall open at nine o'clock each morning, and commence by the children singing a hymn 'from the selections of the commissioners of national education in Ireland, and by the masters reading a portion of the scriptures from the same selections.-2. That one hour of each day be devoted to the religious instruction of those children whose parents do not object; and that such hour be in the afternoon, after the school. has closed. That the school shall be considered as closed at three o ' clock. in the winter, and at four o'clock in summer. That instruction be given on Thursday afternoon as on other days, and S aturday afternoon be considered a holy day.-3. That the clergy of the different denominations be - solicited to attend for these purposes, and that every practical aCcornmodation be afforded thew.-6. 'That the books of the .ormissioners in. Ireland be adopted, and that they have a fair trial previous to the introduction of any other.' You recollect that the Irish system was. constructed in order to get rid of the Vital defect in the Kildare-place system, which was the reading • . of the ScriptUres in school hours. The Irish system, therefore, excluded the reading of the scriptures, otherwise the defect was not rid of. (Cheers.) Did the new Irish system exclude stl; 40.13ib1e-? . Assuredly it did. Did the Liverpool corporation rti ,o,dov,theoliew system? Assuredly it did. Did the Liver- Pool Corporatiou exclude the Bible ? Assuredly it did. Yet I have here three gentlemen who say no.' I read from one of our esteemed contemporaries.' (A laugh.) THE BIBLE IN THE CORPORATION SCHOOLS.-- , A public meeting was held yes- terdag enening, at the Vine Tavern, Pitt-street, at which Mr. av; Raillbene and several others of the Corporation School Committee ,rtt,tr4torcl4ll,for.the,parpose of answering any questions relative to the o ti ,4oVla.;qe.r, which asserts that the Bible is ercladrd from these trekoofs. itatill?C • ine Said, lira merely were ,elections from the 5 In4 3 tViihole Bible was used. Mr. Blackbarn said l ghitaii r vi , its'ifittri ,- fead:iit those schools. That it Was not was but `V , dXertit*Aiiid!need be only. met by a dfrect negative. Mr. I luOVAlllislerj,“!lni:was.loudly called for, said that. the - Bible, pclrt of the, routine of the . schools. 4 - iakilicrse!AitiztArFruises and see the conclusion. 'l'he Bible I,b t t i a excluded from_ the Irish system ; the ,Irish. system is ar1.91 - I.ed iti l EilieipoOl—er:yo, the Bible is not excluded from the Livei sabots. (Loud cheers.) - Two affirmative I)retuiies' , Wiiticit* in a negative conclusion!. • (Loud cheers.) Here my assertion ' that you have excluded 113 'tht Bible from your schools is reiterated, not retracted; and reiterattollion the authority of your own resolution; which • exmoL i anA mperuptorily confines you to the books used • in the 10,43 0 p -stein. But I said further :—" I cannot con elude wthout congratulating this meeting, and the whole 1 _ t own upon the gratiying fact that the resolution of our Town CouneiT, - adopting the Irish system of education in their sehools,r-ittid' thereby excluding the Bible, has been pm • titally tescinded: If .11 be not rescinded, the Bible is still e, t' , 43,Bo.celtscieti•; but, upon the combined and unanswerable testi- . . „ lO ettrgy pa.thhone,. Mr. Blackburn, and Mr. Walnisley, I hat a ProOstain thesbeering intelligence that the Bible is not exclud consequently, the resolution of July is practically; re liCinded !" Mt. Ilathbone 'hails this statement as an acknowledg- Meta .on niy.,part that the Bible is not excluded from your SiAtools. Is he prepared to deal fairly with the whole passage-- to,. adopt the alternative therein stated, and, to avow that, the resolution of the council, iu July, is practically rescinded ? If this be so, and you be disposed to agree with him, pet unit me reseetr,illy to suggest that it would" be more becoming the dignity of a' publie'tody . openly to repeal the resolution in 'Connter resolution, that your mrbrds'and actions Lialq'twittlinisoni titan to proceed.practicallY: to Violate Tour ZOincSivu.sepor:44plfAge,,l3l4Lif t4ohhoite to cair1,1,:, 1 T4 4 ( i3 17)Algk ply4Fpgq„ aug.,,nolnot avow that the leseution of July is 'practicallx iesCindecl, tlien I have ontrto I.4 crirect your attention to the alfe r hattWstitted in my speech - 1P4 1 1 4 1/P Utirelatirdis r el!: We 4 tpti ft lige ceselitiltd." And, in, 41 .4 either case; it bit - uperative-utioi tae to iny that the,statetuent contained in Nit.. liattbftwerllettoi is nut hurtle out toy anything 1 hty :.. tyir .i. said of writtons.:;, 2. I did and do assert that the reading of the whole i t , ;Bible isiin opposition to the Irish,plan of education; and I make ihiri assertion on the authority of. Lord Stanley's letter to the Duke of Leitister. Concerning the, Kildare_ Place Society, then carrying on scriptural education; his Lordihip writes While they' (the government) du full justice to the liberal views f) t ;r arith which he sensible fi lh a t on s:c o 7l? - s l w e r di o n r g igilll e Li l n e s s ti w tu as te c d a , l t c h u l e c d an to n d t efe; defeat ‘,' Lts wi aVo . ifedgbjects . , asyx.perien . ce Cm! subsequently pr g o f v_e e d re th a a . t n i! '. ilia hhoelv estelrpmtumrstiownittLeuntfonroc(f.er(n,raeollmtkineeirozcwhoaosLh undoubtedly di " R tir uc w w ili t i b tl m te o r r lye a s n t d n t t e i ra ves, w e lth e ll f r on wi a s n li ( itt a cr vcie,..taomeoerrneet notre- Itg run the risk of:wounding literary peculiar feelip:4s of any sect by cate ,A, ehetical instruction, or comments which might tend to subjects of polemical controversy. But it seems to have been overlooked that ; : b n h the for n f e t r h a ;t *logiro, diffusion Catholic throu o.o h u ur li re (to a i nd, tchhe, balk of , rizi e ll i zatn n e d cr a t necessarily r ,4 7 . 4 , ; . ) m w i e n z e t r o e t2 g a o t f v f r e i, f t , n o e l v e with this 1 )5:, ..withont note or comment, by children, must -be peculiarly oh-. 0 el , u t r e c r h pr w ef h a i t c f, h )n doef the n e sa v e e r n e r v a o i l l t u un its e , t w b i e o l l • i I:l:stpoeQinto ittil :1 1 1 , e articles of religious belief. Shortly aftfr its institution, although f care e s°ei ; P lfeT i e e i r s t ia d t and ur legislature tehrrnitiaeiddiet,lecol:eruaatni operat i ons be un n f o l t e i r cel le anTi t tel r ie Roman Catholic clergy began to exert themselves with energy and Tgh l 4 tlccess against a system to which they were an principle opposed, nagovvullicbt,toh suchfreotiTeifll were l e e r a e d proselyti sm, cionn7eszepaltarlftesdtobyts promoters.eve n eWamheent manifesthis olit t io t n hL a ‘ ro s s y e sie fo m un c ( o le u l d on no s t u; e h co gr m o e un o d n s e , ito f soon tao h n e al , !ivr, .. education." ha The vital defect of the Kildare-place system was the reading f the Bible in the school hours. The present Irish system was instituted for the express purpose of remedying this defect. Was this purpose answered, and this tietect remedied, or not? To say it was not, is to stultify the -'-whole proceeding, and to charge the Government of which Lord t4l .Stanley was then the organ, with wilful deception. They hold n ut that the Kildare Place system has a vital defect, to wit,— itiT : the reading of the Bible,—and could not therefore become na tional. They withdraw their grant of public money from it on that account. They institute another system, which is to be na- Val, voting it a much larger grant, and behold ! it contains ' ' the aforesaid vital defect: nay, Mr. Rathbone says, that one of its " 6 0arecl objects is to promote the vital defect. Lord Stanley 361 Ofseribes the true and leading object of the present Irish sys tem to be, to etu:dd what was fatal in the former sytems, ihat is• th e rpading of the whole Bible. Mr. Itatht.one declares _ 4l , that otie or the objects of the present Irish system is to inrrtote the renting of the whole Bible. I take the liberty.of agreeing UTE LIVERPOOL s and lIRCPICF THE WORD of the Holy one of Israel_.' Lord Stanley upon this Point, and I cannot do ubt that y on • • will a ,, ree with inc. In the' light of this conclusion, you will Isaiah v., :21. If any, man shall add unto these things, see that vaur own resolution to adopt the present Irish system, Cod shall add unto him the plagues that are written in, and confine yourselves to the use Of their books, and no this book : end if any man shall take away from' the wordti . of other, fully justifles ell I have said upon the subject. the book of this prophecy, God shall take away his part, out of On the subject of education ,generaily, Mr. Rathbone ! the book or life, and out of the holy. city, and from the thingS 4. For some time reading, writing, and arithmetic were considered which are written •n this book. R evelations xxii. 18,19. education, without any attention to that moral training which With such words before me, I confess I tremble at the thought should ensure ::,ese powerful tools being well used. When the defects of this • education' were felt, much pains were suecessfulie bestow- ' extracts, and unfair extracts , as substitutes for . the Bible; or ed, iu some schools, on intellectual development. But though in- during any one hour of the day. , tellectual development acted favourably on moral charm:liter, it was not sufficient to overcome the evil influences to which the children I 'am, gentlemen, .• were, in many cases, exposed out of doors. Well-eonducted infant schools showed how these evil influences might he successfully met; and how diligent teoral training could implant moral and religious principle so firmly that -under the most adverse circumstances the infants have continued honest, trusting in, and trying to please, their heavenly Father with a simplicity and entireness of faith that forcibly recalls that • of such is the kingdom of heaven.' " We highly value reading, writing, arithmetic, intellectual de velopement, and moral training; but all these combined are not, and never can be sufficient to overcome the evil influences to which child;en are exposed, both in-doors and out of doors. The word of God describes religious principle as implanted by the Holy Spirit;' represents the object of a sinful creature's trust to be the Lord Jesus Christ, and him crucified, the just for the unjust; •. and declares, that "except a man be born;again he cannot enter into the kingdom of heaven." But Mr. Rat hbone'S ste.tementon this vital subject are entirely divested of any re ference to the. Lord Jesus Christ, or the Holy Spirit, or the in and spiritual change declared by our Saviour to be indis p,,n,able. And we can have no hesitation in affirming, that sdch religion as is manifested in this passage of Mr. Rathbone's letter, in addition to '.reading,, writing, arithmetic, intellectual -developtinenti and moral. training; can never prove sufficient to overcome the; evil-firtillienCes;.to which children ,are exposed. "The preparation of the heart in man is of the Lord." geet activity in t4e.nse of . tneans in an obviouS and imperative duty; knowledge of every description is good ; but God is a jealous God, and a:; ill never' * give to the schools of unaided na tural seience that saving light Which shines exclusively in the temple orreyelation. Illr, llathbone says:— •• A few moethsliackeur Corporatioe, • • ' • considering that the schools were for all sects. agreed to make trial of the plan of the Irish board, ,which, while it gives general education, and a knowledge of parts of the Bible to all sects in common, secures to: earls a knowledge of the. version orthe. Scriptures, the creeds. and Catechisms, of their owe churches, antler their respective minis ters; thus leaving freedom- of oidniOu untouched, while the most complete religiousedireitionis, asf,ir as possible, secured to all." The resolution of the enuncil is, ",t hat the clergy of the different denominations, be selieited to attend for these purposes, and !'- at every practicable accommoiiation he afforded them." And Mr. itatlibOttel'S reading of this, is, that religious instruction is secured to the children - under their respective ministers. Where, I ask, is 'the security? Suppose the ministers did not choose or had not time to attend,. what have you done as patrons to secure religious instruction.in.thescheols? Suppose such regulations adopted as to exclude some ministers : suppose the whole Bible read, which would exclude the Roman catholic prieSts, then what have, you done to secure religious instruction for the Roman catholic Children ? Or, 'suppose the Bible not 'read, which would exclude true christian Ministers, then what have you -done to secure religious instruction for the protestant chil dren? If you say it is uncharitable and unchristian. in pro testant ministers toallqw. the absence of the whole Bible during school hours to keep them away : we reply, it is at least equally uncharitable and unchristian in Roman catholic ministers to allow the presence of the whole Bible during school hours to keep them away. If you say the Roman catholics have a conscience in this matter: we reply, so have we. If you say, you were bound to change the original arrangement of the schools for their sakes: we reply, you are equally bound to change the pre sent arrangement- for our sakes. 'rhe schools are now as ex clusively Roman catholic, as they were exclusively protestant. Your avowed object was to, have schools which should not be exclusive, but it is an object absolutely unattainable. If you pay attention to the conscientious scruples of Roman Catholics against whole Bible reading, and refuse to pay similar attention to the conscientious scruples of protest ants against the want of whole Bible reading : then you not only cease to give that high preference to the word of God to which it is entitled from every man; but also, even upon your own principles, you confessedly cease to be impartial represen tatives of the population of the town—impartial guardians of the public purse. If you say the extracts used in the schools are intended to meet the 'difficulty, and please all parties; we reply, first, the Irish extracts are unfairly made. To prove this as it deserves would swell . this letter to an inconvenient length, I shall, thereforo, take the, liberty of addressing another letter to you expressly upon this point. We reply, secondly, that no extracts as substituteS for the Bible during school hours can meet the difficulty. We value extracts, fairly made, as helpi for convenience and economy; but as substitutes we utterly repudiate them. • The elements you have to deal with, are like the iron and clay in the prophetic image., .They will not amalgamate. The whole system of the Irish board is the abortive attempt of men with whom religion is but one among Many things; and it is in the highest degree offensive, and distresSing to men with whom -religion is THE ONE -timing needjitl, which pervades all things. Addressing you. respecting the proposal recently made, that you should give up the schools, Mr. Rathbone says : " And on what plea wouldvou abandon the schools? Not on the plea of failure ; ,for ev,erva.iing , we have done promises even, more success than we anticipated from it. And that the majority of the children are Catholic, is proof only of their greater want of schools, and of the zeal with which our opponents unscrupulously lay hold of every passion on which they can -work, to alarm the Protestant parents, and induce them to prefer for their children the probability of the Bridewell to the school-room and the Bible." Here is a charge against the opponents of the present school system, that we labour to 'induce protestant parents to prefer for their children the probability of the bridewell to the' school room AND the Bible. It is unnecessary to pen an answer to this. It carries with it more than its own refutation. I feel confident that it will recoil lniavity upon all who support,it, and I would respectfully suggest to you the propriety of rescuing yourselves from all suspicion of being-parties to it. Is the prompt contri bution of £ll,OOO for Bible schools an inducement to protestant parents to prefer the probability of the bridewell to the schoot room and the Bible ? But I, am ashamed to argue against such a charge. Mr. Rathbone says : With much respect, Your obediertervant, St, Jude' s, 18th Norembrw, 1833. HUGH MiSEILE. To THE LICENSED VICTUALLERS OF LIVERPOOL. • FELT.ow TOWNSMEN !—I um proud to say that many of your body have nolrly performed their duty at the recent Election of Town Councillors., You have not been.deterred from doing so by the threats of those men who have. been placed in power by your unrequited exertions. They have done,all they (timid to oppress you since their elevation above their fellow-townsmen. And,to add insult to tyranny, they tell you that, though- you they turn the Councillors eur, the nagistrates are in for that they can do as they please—grant as. many fresh licenses as they like annually—and refuse the renewal of as man y others as they chOese. Will they not do all this, if left in power?.— Yes ; for revenge is one of the most prominent characteristics of Whiggery. But what,says the London evening organ of the Radicals—the Glube ?It says that as soefias:LOrds Melbourne and John turned out—which they evidently antici— pate—one of the first measures of the Conservatives, upon their flqoession to oflic.e.,-will.he ,to turn out all the recently appointed intlpeciles whadisgrace the Let. this come to pass' as sof?tvaq possible is my ardent wish. lam sure that their)... fluential body which I now address, will do all in their power to fi6litateitbo,dniVrifa of,thojanta that now rules over us: Let our cry then be, "Sandln ai?d Canning for Ecer I am, eze. A LICENSED 'VICTUALLER. • THE SECRET HISTORY OF . THE WHIGS' DONMENT OF MR. JAMES SILK BUCKINGHAM. I : • Da' THE EDITOR OP THE' LIVERPOOL ST.4ND.IRD. When Lord Elevtesbury's appointment to the Governor Ge-,i neralship of India was annulled by the exercise of the Minis; terial Prerogative,—Lord. 'Auckland was appointed noon the nomination, and through the influence of the Al aquis of Lane dow7rie. But this lucrative situation was not granted to the Marquis's nominee unopposed; indeed, it required all the power which his wealth, 'boroughs; and talents gave tiiin over the' rest of the Cabinet to enable him to tarry his point To confirm this nomination; however, the approval' of. the East India Company was requisite ;—and on its being taken into discussion by the Directors,---they were s+)•ann-oreii at the substitution of a man of no, or at least of n abilities, for one of such generally acknowledged talents as Lord Heytes bury, that they not poly refused to ratify Lord A's. appoint ment,—but on a division, they voted next to unanimously, namely 22 to I against it. Well, what was to be done with all the fat in the fire! The majority of the Cabinet, as sensible as the East India Company of the inefficiency . of Lord Auckland, requester) the Marquis. of Lansdowne to withdraw his proteje's name. No! he held out with the threat that if he did not edit. , " his point, the Ministry should be broken up. By the,way, ought (to be very correct,) to state, that it was the Marchioues who made the threat. Be that as it. may, the effect was the same, and a confidential communication was immediately open ed with the Board -of Directors for the purpose of obtaining their withdrawal of their veto, and to give them a "quid pie quo" for the same. Lord Aukland was sent out Governor GeneOl of India,—and Mr. Buckingham's claims were thenceforward Lurked mint unceremoniously by the Whig Ministers and under lings ;—that being one (of many) of the secret conditions of the Treaty of Peace. No wonder Cam Hobhouse lost his tem per and prudence, under the pressure of the galling burden he was compelled to bear, when he said to Mr. Buckingham, who upbraided him with his inconsistency,--"Why, did you not bring it forward when Sir Robert Peel was in power? then, we could all have voted with you" (!!) „ Here ends my narrative: —I have no objection to vouch for its veracity, as delivered to ine, (or rather in a converslitTou in which I bore a part,) by Mr. Buckingham himself, with whom I dined at Mr. C's. recently. Mr. C. asked him if he had any proof of this account, —he replied, he rested upon the fads as evidence of such a compact, but, that he had more explicit data to fill up every outline, but that he was not at liberty yet to publish them. rhe communication (to him) could have taken place only, confidence, or rather through a breach of confidence,—bilf , that I have nothing to do with, as he mention ed it openly and Unieservedly.—l am, Sir, Yours, B:e. ' Birmingh,itn. VINDEX. Ti4.l-7. CORPORATION SCHOOLS AND THE OLD GRAMMAR SCHOOL. ' • TO 'TM? RDITOR OF THR LIVERPOOL STANDARD. perused in your paper of yesterday a letter signed " An Old Free Man," l ant thereby 'it - lanced to address 'you on - the present position of our corporation schools. Al. -though I cannot satisfy ,his inquiry respecting the extent and endowment of the " Old School, in School-lane," vet I have always understood that there was! formerly a free scirOol in Li verpool (probably a Free Grammar School) in which, whatever might be the privileges of freemen, all classes of society were indiscriminately instructed; but, that on the-decease of the last master, the fabric itself was dissolved, and the funds for a while i disappeared altogether from the view of a deeply-interested public. Indeed, •I write advisedly in referring to an opinion of the Into J. B. Hollinshead, Esq., who, when requested during his mayoralty. ist,out fourteen )ears ago, to promote the erec tion-of 'additional schools in the more populous parts of the town, answered, " that it was wished by some-of the corporation to build such in lieu of the old Free School." Hence, I con ceive, the present schools originated, as substitutes for the one in School-lane. Be that, however, as it may, if party spirit now runs so high as to prevent a union both in opinion and in practice ; or, if one class of professing christians be virtually 'excluded fur 4he indulgence of others, surely- it becomes the trustees of such a charity to retrace their steps, 'awl to legislate anew for the public advantage. lf, again, almost evei y church and chapel has its own peculiar school, and if a variety of others afford instruction for the more wealthy inhabitants of Liverpool,. does not something seem wanting for the.education of - those who are connected with the less opulent tradesmen and indus trious operatives? Instead, therefore, of attempting to con tinue -t he present delusive system, or even to adopt the prefer 4111e proposition of selling the two schools, it does , I think, be hove the corporation to consider how far these institutions might be converted to a much greater good, by being appropriatet. , to. an intermediate class of children, and partially endowed for the encouragement of efficient masters. Thus, were £loo per an num allowed to the head master of each school, together with a suitable Contiguous. residence; were a limited number of,l.ree men's children gratuitously ducated ; were those who are•in structed in Euglish, writing, and arithmetic, required to pay two guineas per annum, whilst those who, iu addition thereto are taught Greek and Latin, should pay double that sum; were some such system as this adopted, I for one cannot but think that much more benefit, as well as satisfaction, would soon be apparent. Moreover, whilst no man's mere ipse, dint should unduly influence .the public mind, it is equally true that ino deration,•both in opinion and conduct, should actuate all re i t e i s ;. " con flicting parties: acquitsunt ce c r o ti ui dsesntel- e rec t um." i4u e fine s I would, therefore, in conclusion, humbly address myself to the "EstQ u o modus ultra 4)du s i c n i t r r e a b q u u s ; Common Council in particular , as stewards of the public p urse commercial city, in order tha t the y ma y unite in .harmon y . of Liverpool, and also. to the inh abitants in geneial of this great acrd good-will to effectuate, sir at least to consider, this plan proported,; Sir, by yours, faithfully, N EMQ. Liverpool, November 16th, 1836. . 1 No party ever gained in thelong run by following expediency when principle was concerned; where t hitt is once done, confidence is justly shaken in such menever after." In this sentiment ,I am happy cordially to coincide, but the application of it which Mr. Rathbone has manifested, is to me, I must confess, utterly unintelligible. On the 9th instant, Mr. Rathbone said in the council, that " he had no objection to avow himself publicly to be an unitarian dissenter :" and in the same speech, he said, ' That he had often attended the schools when those who ought to do so purposely absented themselves, (he meant the clergy of the Church of England.) and on those occasions he had taught the catechism of the Church of England. and given, as far as he could, an exposition of it to the children." That is, he deliberately taught as truth to the children, what he conscientiously believes to be falsehood and idolatry. As what is called an unitarian dissenter, he avows himself one of a class who believe that the doctrine of original sin, and of God's anger against infants is false; yet he taught and expounded to the children as truth, that they were born in sin and children of wrath. He believes that Jesus Christ is a creature; yet he taught and expounded to the children that Jesus Christ is God. He does not believe that there is any such distinct person as the Holy Ghost; yet he taught the children to say, I believe in God the Holy Ghost, and expounded it to them! Here is a pli ancy of principle 'descending so low, that there remains no lower ground for expediency to stand on. fuis is the principle of expediency supersedingpractically the principle of conscience and truth. Well may we exclaim, where this is once done, confidence is, justly shaken, in ,such men ever of ter. Mr: Rathbone says ' • SOUTH UNION RAILWAY. • QP. r::01 " If you cis e up Ebe 4eliools on the ground of their 'unpopularity, how can you expect geverninent, to risk what your reforeorpora tion feel they have ,not sttelgth m to stand against ; and wlien our unfortunate Wilt Ttaye added, .greatly to to; their discouriv-. merit . - . This is an appeal . • o tEs am therefore decline tiienpala":4'l.4:it" "I 'I • • any reply. Ido not indeel s ald , r trust I ' never Shall, from maintaining; *0617 :OW pt4iiiely, the great Principles of scriptural polities ittlOriaee tif - .itien. of all parties.T.Those principles may be thus coinprehenssively stated. The revealed won) of God is the only surOtandar4g,moralriik, gul wrong and what is morally wrtutg,c 4t r rfght. Con sequently.the true basis o(all sound government, is Revelation . with its immutable announcements, and 'not population in its fluctuating majoritieS. 13at, nOtwithstafiding all that has been sneeringly said against me as a political parson, it is a fact into which I respectfully challenge inquiry, that I have , rlver belonged to any political society of any descripti;fin, or de scended into the arena of political partizanship among men. Were I, on the present occasion, to speak as a party politician, I would counsel you by all means to retain the schools under the present arrangement, and thus to keep yourselves in arrayed hostility against the protestant intelligence and scriptural pre dilections of the town. In conclusion, gentlemen, permit me to assure you, that if any of you, or any other of our fellow-townsmen, conceive that I am guilty of misrepresentation, either in the case of any in dividual, or any system; nothing will be more congenial to my feelings than a personal interview with such person or persons. I shall candidly state the'doeumentary evidence on which I have grounded my assertions, and if it shall be fairly proved to me that I am mistaken; I shall thankfully acknowledge my error. The simple and single desire of my soul has been to teach the truth as it is in Jesus, the Saviour of sinners, and the " Prince of the Kings of the Earth ;!'• and amidst the unkind and uncan did treatment which I have had to encounter, I have the more than recompensing consolation of knoWing that many, very ninny, have received that truth in love. It will add much to my best happiness if I may be the. humble instrument, of bringing before any of your minds the true view of the momentous sub ject on which you are about to legislate. It is indeed momen tous, involving the present and eternal interests of so many immortal beings. It is my earnest prayer that you may each' he led to feel the responsibility of your position, and he saved from " rushing upon the thick hOsses ()rifle Almighty's buckler:' For God is very jealous for his word. " Therefore as the -fire deVoureth the stubble, and the , flame consumeth' the chaff, so their root s hall b e a s ro tt e nness; and their-blossom shall go up as dust; bec a u se they ha ve cast away the law of ; the Lord of LIVERPOOI. POLICE. ArroirrErr. Br essaaet.--0n Friday, at the police-office, three young men, reputated thieyeii; of real " hane.do„s" appear ance, named John Stuart, Richard Pendleton, and John Parr, were hrought before the magistrates, charged with having at tempted to enter the - hint - se of Mr. : Samuel i3right, in Rodney street, the night previews. - Inspector Poole deposed that on that morning, .alismitt half-past one o'clock, as he was passing down Rodney-street:, along with an' officer, he heard a noise like that of the falling of a long sweeping broom. The officer and he then•got over the wall .• of Mr. Samuel Bright's back premises, where the noise came from, and found the three prisoners concealed in an out - hou se used for cleanin g shoes. Ile alarmed the family, td see that all was right; and they found that they hail-made an.attempt to break into the house but had • not succeeded. The men when found were without their shoes. -Be then took them down to Duncan.street Bridewell, and on Stuart was fouu'l a key and a box of matches.' On one of the other prisoners was found a knife ground for the purpose of cutting out pannels. As he was taking them to Bridewell they told him that •` it' he hail stopped had stopped half an hour longer they should have completed their job." On going that Morning to inspect the premises where the prisoners had been concealed he found three skeleton keys, three pair of shoes, which the prisoners claimed as theirs, a jemmy, used for forcing doors, and a dark lanthorn. • He examined the window leading into the butler's pantry, where they had been climbing up. He saw seine marks in the putty of the window, and on applying the knife to them, which he had found o n the p risoner Stuart, he found alias it fitted exactly. They had climbed on a bucket tinned upside down, and appeared to have knocked down the brush whilst trying the window. The servant-man of Mr. Bright deposed that he had locked up the house at bed time and went to bed a little before eleven o,clock. The back door was also fastened, and the prisoners must have got over the wall. The policeman, Wi!cockson, who was with Inspector Poole, gave similar evidence. Oh hearing the stick fall, his inspector told him he had better 'get over the wall of the yard; he dittso, and on searching about its the out-house he felt one of:the ,prisoners with his hand. He immediately ga ve the alarm and obtained ..furtherassiatance, and secured them. He asked them Doty-100 z alaeehtid'heen there, and they replied " since half-pgstAigfiVeclitiVl4l`ttiey 'hall not made an attempt on We lip s,t. l , bul. lstftin.-tust,,ming to begin, and that they had dinid'in Kirkactiii last Christmas and they would dine there this Christmas an4pass Op wiigerocer - there. . The prisoners in de fence, whoQeein4it to twee ititi-ideaimf -the legal responsibility they had incurred, all positively denied that they attempted to lateaksintit theehoust-sehatitiat teas only their intention. The deposition's foralieittlbOtninifi4ut for the inisdemeauour were. ordered to be taken.-'''" 4 4 - 1 I . ' - : • - , TAd 0i: 3 .7i3 1 Tit Ststaellissisehowacsaa,Ft Do IFeaday, at the police-office ' one of those wretcheritariitemue.hto-beipitied. men, who had lately arrived from, CalbtfellEvansValrdo or "'heroes!! .was placed at the bar under a Crthyge of ha'ving thrust his • hand through a baker's she's') window andaaken a loaf out. The prisoner said he had returned about four or i live weeks ago from Spain. where he had been in the_army. Pik name,. be Said, was Patrick Egan; he Was a ~ aaekeeepla„lrelancl. , arisl: had been in Liverpool for some weeks expeeting tbget,kpaSiitge to his own country. lie had been at 'the' iiiiiiiii ogee' but wig - refused - a passage there.- The reason ibe isnoilelTOVTTiaie' for the act was sheer Starvation. ; We'never Saw a man whose countenance exhibited such unetitilViteal tokens. of 'a completely broken down spirit; whilst his einieciated fraMe and tattered garments showed-be yond contradiction that humanity had been tiled to its last stage of endurance.: The magistrates had a communication with Mr. Evans, of the parish-office, and he was forwarded to Ireland, Mr. Hall, weibelieve,, paying the damage for the window. , Tile Powell AND 'rsmeia " INSTRUCTIONS."—On Friday, at the police-oftice a respectable-looking man was brought up in t` durance vile," charged on suspicion,. under the ." instructions given to the police." Policeman Alo. -218, a .smart looking fellow, who seemed to " bearhis blushing honours" with much. satisfaction td himself; after two or three preliminary " hems" and a complacent eintle,which appeared to be catching, for the magistrates smiled to, said, " Agreeablee to the derecshuns given to the pelese, I have lived foi some months in the naber ud Of my beet; and have -become acquented,with the manners, .habits; custotna, oveupatietis businesses, dispositions, tempers, and way of life of the iiiiiabitens—a-heir—and, sir, I have known this man (who is a middle-aged man and a grocer) to be a very . disorderly indiwidual, getting drunk constant, and by continial habit and practice. Last night, I met him going to wards this lady.s.h.ousa (pointing to a female behind him) with this poker in his hand, evidently with an evil intention, and in a shocking state •of ineehreety--a herri—(smilitig at the magis trates, who smiled again.) I know'd he had often been at this Teddy's, and had grossly iusulted.her several times; and, as he was in the hactinfttimiag down towards her house with this poker in - his :hatedltook him into custody. My object is to check his conduct. 1 believe he has been under bail a short 'tune beforea-been,"• Mr. Hall.--" Why do you go to her house?" Priioner.—" Because she interferes rather more in my- house than she ought. if I had been myself I would not have gone near her." Mr. Hall.—" We must protect her; probably you would have offered some violence if you had not been stopped in so going. Pay ss. for being drunk." The " eriehreeous individual," on paying the, fine was discharged. LA BELLE ALLTANCE. — On Saturday, at the Police-office, Peter Burns, who burns with a wicked furor for irregular ap propriation, was placed before Mr. Hall, charged by a knight of the order of St. Crispin with having robbed him. It appears that, on the preceding day, the prisoner had entered the shop of the worthy bootinaker ' and bad requested to be furnished forthwith with a pair of bcots. The shopkeeper, perceising that, though the prisoner wanted part of his stuck in trade, he did not encourage the stocking trade, (for he was absolutely without stockings) and moreover, that he was bootless, told him, , that it was bootless for him to look upon his shelf, for he had no boots that would tit him. The prisoner found that he must alter his measures, and requested that the complainant would take his measure. The latter declined, unless he - would encase his dirty understandings in stockings. The prisoner departed for this purpoSe, and, after a time, returned with his feet more fittingly clad than with the mire of the streets. The shopkeeper and the prisoner were preparing their measures at the same time, for, while the' latter was cutting a strip of paper and adapting his rule, the latter was preparing for a cut of a different description according to the rule of his profession. According to the tech nicality of the shopkeeper, he had taken a Wellington and a Blucher out of the window, and had put them together under his coat, thus forming a ne.v Belle Alliance, and was reaching out towards some Cosseeks, which he doubtless thought would ame'very agreeeble companions for the noble pair whiih he had ' conceiiled, - when he saw the eye of the shopkeeper's daughter fixed upon him. He immediately darted out of the ship with the booty already, obtained. The shopkeeper's daughter gave the alarm to her father, informing him of the capture of Wel line ton and Blucher. The man of wax waxed wroth, that such a juvenile should enter his :sirup and rob him in time open face of Day and Martin. " Does he take me and my daughter for a imaiinf- pumps e" thought he. Without wasting another word he gave chace, and caught the thief at no great distance. with the property in hiS possession. The prisoner was described, by olio erihe officers of the court, as one of "the must noted thieves ie. Liverpool." lie was committed for trial. 'iii err,—Yesterday at the police office, amongst several cases ~r a similar nature, tri sharp looking lad about 13 years old, 'talli ed Thomas O'Neal, having a very distant acquaintance with soap and water, was brought before the magistrates under I a chargo of having stolen a turkey on Saturday night from a stall in St. John's market. A market woman named Jane Col linsan stated that she was very busy selling, and on turning rouutl she saw the boy running out of the minor with a turkey in his haul. She pursued - him, and gave him 'into custody. On being asked what he had to say in his defence, the prisoner, who could scarcely see above the bar, having pumped the salt water to high-water mark, said he iv as looking at the turkey ,and going to buy it, when some lads ran past with a goose which 'they had been stealing, and several persons were running after thein, and be forgot he had the turkey in his hand. and ran to see, what was th'?•rnatter, when he was taken into custody. (Latiggter,)„ Parkmeeon, the Bridewelr-keeper, said he knew ,biro ti; , tie, is thief Ylie had been dismissed from the service of a i ottaxeoulst: for Sthitfing. Ile was (swum itted for 14 days to the . horoegh jail. 0 6,0 thesoentaaicsien —Vasterdav at the police-office, a , you amiss awned iienjaiiiiii.Martiu, who appeared the picture a i ne amplicisy,.,emaeas-red hefot c time so aeistrates te comp la iu against a disorderly fetnale named e'arah7Owens, for having a t temptedao rob him of his clothes eta Sunday night. The c.an ,plaintrnt stated that he was going along by roin-sti - eet on Sun day 'night,..When the prisoner and another girl oCe+tilok•and got ' / ,holci 0(h-int I each man, rind asl:tt,l Linn to tre;it t iii6iii. • They. , when daegged him. into a house um 1,a,..,-,treet, arniViteinpted to strip, him of his clothes ; tly,ty tole his watstcodi at•ind tried : to get his bUnts off, but could nos,'There were tiiia girls; two .Of them 11,14. him whilst the nti!er relitia liinVand tried'to get ,Off his cict liemr,,,,l i key,,it-f44/1 raw , , ti, and cut his straps to lot life t?-90tkpit,.. „A i pprlpeilltlArd, tee inet the complainant at , il 4,. sorne e, iitlbaciees i t i neatßtat datllie loss of his waistcoat; he seemed as if hediaLd.. asr spa t . ink, and his nose Washleeding. u p el l ee ; wept 'with him tote h. ouse where he said•he had been 'robbed... when lie iniMediately identified the 'Prisoner.. They *oil t here the prisoner's dickey, all blood, and his gloves also dpstds:, The informations were ordered' to, be - taken for the *ripener's trial at the Sessions. steßnanaares , Yeetertlay„ at :the Police-offiCe, a lad named Joseph Knox was brought up charged with having rubbed the Shop of Mr. Cassel, in Byrom-street, of a hat the same morning. Mr. Cased deposed that he kept a Opp in Biroin-street, and that morning; about nine o'clock, he was in his kitchen, when 'his daughtergaits an. alarm that a boy,ba,l run away with a hat. :1-1t and ranout caught him with it. Miss Caisel deposed that c,she,raiverdhat , boy run out of the shop with a hat, and she then i'nlainiss&her father. Parkinson, time bride:sell-keeper, said that the. prisoner had .only come out of Kirkdale a week before, [4here he had been .for three months. Mr. Hall .said it was !ftighthis career should, he checked, and ordered the informations :for his committal to be taken. . 5:. ::Stetigsststs.--Yesterday,f at ; the .Police-office, a well-known thief ; on 'whose face scoundrel was written in most legible_ cha ,• racters, 'named , Rebell 'citylorovas brought before the magis trates charged withhaYing'stabhed•in,the neck with a penknife a man named Thomas Cano.van. - ,The complainant, who ap peared very pale, and withia handkerchief tied under his chin, deposed that the' night before he was standing at .the .top of Cumberland-street, when the prisoner ran.pastesery quick, and gave him a stab iu the neck with tpenknife..• He had had no quarrel with him,,but had stood by when he had had a quarrel with another man,,and!the prisoner about five minutes after, when he was standing alone: with his hands in his pockets, stab bed-him. A witness, the. person wiith whom the prisoner had haul-time quarrel, deposedao the same facts; he saw the prisoner strike the complainant. An, ofdcer depoSed that between seven and -eight o'clock-he was et his beat in Cumberland-street, and saw the prisonergo up to the last witness and challenge him to fight; he ordered them away, and went to the end of his beat, and on'returning he met a crowd bringing a man bleeding, and he took him sto , eedoctor's shop. -He inquired if the man was -badly hurt,',linelAhe surgeon replied he was indeed ; that, if the wound had been a quarter of an inch further, he would have been dead in n-minute. He-ts.n took the prisoner into custody. Time prisoner denied that it was he who stabbed the complainant. Both the complainant and his witness, however, positively swore that he was the. man. Mr. Hall said there was no per u. imprisonment which the magistrates could inflict whirl' h w oUl i d a , he sufficient punishineut for so atrocious an act ; they s therefore, send him to take his trial at the sessions. POPULAR COURSE ON CHEMISTRy, AT THE MECHANICS' IxsTaul'lON. • • PUBLIC M E ETING AT MACCLESEIELH. . . One (of the most numerous and respectable Meetings thaielver assembled in the t o wn of Macclesfield, was field on Thursday, last'in that town, in pursuance of a requisition, to take inin 6011- sideration the best means of suppor tin g the South Union Bail; way Company, in its application to Parliament. Scarcely' an individual of - env importance, connected •with al" proprietary.: the manufacturing interest„ and the comoterm. botky,of the town, was absent on the occasion. Mr. 'Fitorp, the late 'Mayor, in the absence of the present Mayor,-was called to the Chair.-- The meeting waa then addressed - at great length, by Williain Garnett, Esq., the Chairman of the South Union Company, who folly explained all the proceedings Of the Cotnpany. in their opposition to the Cheshire Junction Company,irt the uusuccesar, means in •'',t eir ful . attempt of the latter, to carry their line !a the - last. session. Mt. Garnett's' statement gave great satistlicfitin tii the meeting. lie_ leas followed by other gentlemen, and various resolutions were proposed and carried, declaratory of, the intentiOn'of ...the inhabitants Of Miteeteoeld, - to sintPOrt ifir all power, the' Seuth Union Companyi in tbilir application t 0 ,... .ars lianient next session. ... • We extract front:the ilia(i'iiliss'llka'eta*Kliiie-Soeith"6l' I• , , . ~ ~. . ,„ L „,. o . t ;', Stepherison;;,the.„Engineer, SBOVV:In MO nu4k.!FOYSPr., ...taEks II; i , he proposed to adopt. , . • •,-., said h e t.,- A 1. 1- ba r e - "' s 'iieeittre in ex . " Mr. STEPHENSON - plaining to therothe route..which - he propo i--'.. to take, as he had got gradients very favourable for th passing, treugla Macclesfield. Ile would have no eradients 'froirt-Maiehestef'to Stockpert above 16 feet 'per mile ; he woii•Weass4;ituttlipPr at the. most favourable position. Prom thence ( to..gqxn.ton, there would be none abeve,l6 feet per mileoatur front•Peyntou -fixMacclesfield' iimiliar gradients were obtained, except-for.-1 or., miles. He should then pasatbrough Macclesfield, going. in the, , ' valley, but [ He high to allow the'rive r to p ass under the railway.— e then passed Dane's Mesa, 'in no part of which would the Lif gradients exceed 16 fet per mile ;..and this was the great and insurmountable summit of Macclesfield, of which they had heard so Much.—( Lend Cheeiii:)-' Front that he would pass to the east of North Rode, on towards Harecastle, almost on a dead level, within about a mile of Congleton, on a line whiche lino The is as a d v antageous to that town as anythat can be formed. T would then proceed to Biddulph, forming an outlet to the coals there, and besides that, it would also open the great Pottery bed of coal, which affords an inexhaustible store of fuel, and is superior to any lied of coal in the kingdom, with respect to qnality, except those of the north of England. The works at Harecastle would be very moderate. Th e line would then pro ceed' by the Potteries down the valley , an d not in those parts of that densely peopled district, where it would be highly dan gerous. He thought he had convinced many of the I that it would be. much better to proceed down the valley to Stone, in which route he would have very favourable gradients, in to part exceeding 14 feet' per mile, and in very few places so much as that. A deviation takes place to join the Grand Junc tion Line for the purpose of going to Birmingham ; but the main line would go en - down the valleY of the Trent, by Rugeley near Lichfield, to 'ramworth. The Potteries would obtain in this way the Lest outlet for their productions to Derby, Not tingham, and the south east of England , by the Birmingham Derby and t railway. From Tamworth the company connect ed with the Derby line were preparing to go to Parliament fur The, P r o mo HALL. —Subscriptions f or this building have a branch to Rugby. 'this line has very fa vourable gradients, flowed injo the must public spirited mann er —in a inan to state that pared : with that by. Warrington. by 3:5 miles, and it will be the sum subscribed now amounts to .£20,000. a nd we uust that shorter, by taking Use line down the valley of the Trent, instead a buildin will be ere c te d aliPe a credit incite G public spirit of the g of the rand j u r a 'tion , by:Birminghant,—by 20 miles ,—besides inhabitant s and an ornament to the town. that the gradients Will l kie, far more favourable. He had now •We bave much leasare in directing the attention of our mu explained the line preposed . to be taken. He had also to state sisal friem's t • P. rkablv spirited lithegialh, by Sharp, of that the cost Of the 'execution' would be much under the esti- London, of "'' lm n " f I i t . painted by Mrs. Wil ey, ':;ate, i_ a 'mi ni o_ortra ~ --o • which had b e t , to Parliament last year.— . - iii.tist, a this town (as advertised this day.) The portraits are (Cheers). He had yeiy little time then tit examine the subject. : ~ vet yst rik in, t o faithful, mill the groin forms one of the west Since then he had had time to select the best course, and he 1 ; I) , easont , ii!"CUti 'lye' have for some time seen. It. LtudleV's now cenfidently Mato]: that no one would be able to make: a Irsenes, in trar, is excellent ; and that of the late and lint: so favOuNit,lk for 4 11, it chcst er Louden and the intervening • • iat i lL , lllc , d im g to .- fiLe Da ma o Opera House (Sig,nor S piano istricts--4 t , '-'ll ,7 atto . e.). '[`he gradients were better, and the ex- .• letti)is e traiffarikine-,. This beautiful specimen of lithograph y •pense of eXecntilin leis Man, elify other line that could be - d(LL , s N , 1 : 1 .' •• lit . to the artist and 'iii . Sharp, and cannot fal to brought before l'• • ..• ; o i t it c, e( a. ,i,inien.. (Applause.) I sell exit Jee7lta. ...,,..-............... wt• }emir true agriculturists in this district have determined C. J. \V. Ellis. F I. -' '':: -7— '' " i• 1 . f o r t h e to inereos, the wages of their farm labourers to an extent coin re. . 4so. has offered hirn.Self a s cam it I,e presentatiour theWeditatti , Ilii:iiiiin of Col nwail, and is advance Which has • 11,, tisurate with the 5 taken place in the price canvassing,aYith g reet Anergythe constitueue ' West Briton. of grilla. - 7 .- --a l• (*stffy Herald. „ . .. . LECTURE 11. On Saturday eVenitne John Hemming, Esq., delivered his second 'lest ore to an increasing 'audience, which he illustrated throughout with a number o pleasing experiments. A number of laws have been laid down, according to which chemical affinities act, but several of them are either superflu ous or absurd.' The first law, "that chemical affinity can only take place between different bodies," is superfluous, as•chemi cal affinity can only take place between bodies of a different kind; for if we mix water with Water, nil with oil, alcohol with alcohol, the mixture will be still water, oil, or alcohol, as the case may be. There will be no change in the properties of the substances whatever, and, therefore, the mixture is merely me chanical. The second law is, that it will take place only be tween the minutest atoms. This must be superfluous, fur ultimate particles can only unite with ultimate particles. The third law is, that it can take place between two, three, four, or more bo dies at the same time We have many cases iu chemistry where it takes place between many substances. Thus terro- Cvanuret of potassium, or prusseate of potash, is composed of iron cyanogen and potass, which are formed of six different ele ments, viz., iron, nitrogen, carbon. oxygen, hydrogen, and potassium. If we take up the most minute portion of this sub.. stance dissolved in water, each separate portion, however minute, will contain the whole of tnese ingredients in a state of com bination. We may take the substance known as alum, or sulphate of alumina and potash, or sulphate of alumina and soda. this we find five elements, viz., sulphur; oxygen, alu mina, pcitassium, hydrogen, in such a perfect state of chemical combination that, when dissolved in water, the smallest globule will contain each of these elements. The fourth law is, that a change of temperature accompahies cheMical affinity, and al: ways a change of density. In many cases these changes are not evident, tho Ugh there is reason to believe that they always occur. In every case of real chemical combination we have a change of temperature, which can only occur in consequence of a change of density; for when the mixture is more dense than before, caloric is evolved, find when less dense, it will be ab sorbed. In other words, in some instances extreme heat, and in others extreme esld is produced by the chemical combination of. difkrent substances. When we mix alcohol with water,-or sulphuric acid with water, a condensation takes place, and great heat is produced. . In each of these cases, however, we have no change in the properties of the substances; the alcohol and sulphuric acid merely become diluted with water. The acid will nevertheless neutralize as great a quantity of alkali as be fore, or dissolve as much metal. By applying heat both the alkali and the acid may be again separated from the water. if spirit of salt or muriatic acid be mixed with nitrate of ammonia, excessive cold is produced and an increase in the bulk of the mixture. The next law is, that the properties which charac terize bodies are changed by chemical union. In _many budies we have a remarkable change of property ; but this change of, property and character is attended with a remarkable change of colour, or of taste, or of smell, and in many cases with change of form. Let us - take sulphuric acid, which is a powerful poi son, a single spoonful taken internally immediately destroying life, and caustic soda, a poison, if possible, more deadly ; now suppose we mix an ounce of each of these substances together, or such proportion of the one as will saturate the other: in that . case we form a neutral compound. of which two or three ounces may be taken with impunity. The product is nothing more than sulphate of soda, or Glauber salts—a valuable and useful medicine. In every case of chemical union the compound pose sesses different properties from the elements of which'it is com posed; if the elements are noxious, the compound is innoxious, and rice versa. Let us take, for example, sulphur and oxygen. Sulphur is perfectly harniless, and is frequently taken us medi cine. Oxygen we cannot do without for a moment : it forms the vital principle of the atmosphere. But when oxygen and sulphur are combined together, they form that destructive acid known by the name oil of vitriol. Mercury is quite inuoxious in its metallic state; but when oxygen is combined with it, it becomes a powerful poison. Arsenic is not injurious as a metal, but united with oxygen, it forms the arsenious acid of commerce, which is well known to be a violent poison. In some cases che mical combination converts solids into liquids, in some liquids into solids, and in others gasses into solids. In one case co lourless bodies become deeply coloured, and in another colour less bodies become coloured. Indeed time variety of phenomena attending chemical affinity seems to be almost boundless. First of all, with respect to the most common attendant of chemical affinity, change of colour. Let us take two colourless sub stances, a weak solution of sulphate of iron, and tincture or infusion of galls highly diluted. When these are mixed toge ther, a strong black colour pervades the compound, and we obtain common writing ink. The 'acid of the galls unites with iron, and forms gallate of iron, which is a -black compound. The writing ink of commerce is complained of, and with much justice. The gallate of iron is suspended in the liquid by too strong a solution of gum. Now we find that after a few years the writing ink becomes valueless, in many cases of a faint yel• low colour, and in many cases writing effeeted with it is almost effaced. The reason of this may be briefly explained. If a small quantity of muriatic acid be added to ink, it will restore the original transparency of the colour. This arises from the circumstance of the acid dissolving the oxide of iron. In order to neuttalize this effect, a little alkali need only be added to the mixture, when it will resume its former blackness. Now the fault is not in the ink, but in the paper itself: In modern pa per making, a large quantity of chlorine is required, 'as they make paper from many-coloured rags, which can only be bleached by the agency of that gas. But the paper-manufac turer, after bleaching these rags, suffers the pulp to remain many days without washing it, by which a very corrosive and injurious acid is 'formed—muriatic or hydro-chleric acid. The oxygen of the water will combine with the chlorine, and form ehleric acid; this will combine with the colouring matter of the ink, and destroy it. The lecturer believed that the bad qua lities attributed to the ink were to be ascribed to time agent employed in the manufacture of the wriiing paper. which net only destroyed the ink, but the fibres of the paper itself. He had visited a large paper-manufactory, iu which the' pulp was allowed to remain uuwashed as he had described, and , had re marked to the proprietor that his paper would not last twenty years, and that the ink would be soon destroy ed, . because the pulp was not washed. He tasted the pulp,'and found` the acid very perceptible: An observation of the ptoprietor • convinced him of the truth of his conjecture. -The lecturer asked him whether he did not find it very difficult to discharge the buff colour of his rags. The proprietor replied that it was never de stroyed until the pulp was allowed to remain several Jays unwashed. This buff colour was oxide of iron, and could not be discharged by chlorine, • but muriatic acid will destroy it; there fore the paper-manufacturer knee that new agents must have been employed to destroy the buff colour, and these agents will destroy the paper and the ink. A striking instance of change of form and colour by chemical combination is afforded by the .union of sulphuric acid and lump sugar. Sulphuric acid has a strong affinity for water, and accordingly eagerly seizes upon time water, wh ich is a component of the sugar. The sugar then assumes a deep black colour, and when well washed with water, will be found to be pure charcoal. In most instances where a change in smell is produced by chemical combination, the odour is disagreeable; in one instance, however, a very much ad mired scent is produced by this means by trituratieg lime with carbonate of ammonia, or sal ammoniac. The carbonic acid unites' with the lime, and the ammonia is set free. A remark-. able example of the conversion of liquids into solids is afforded by the mixture of a solution of inuriate of lime with sulphuric acid ; the sulphuric acid combines with the lime, and forms an insoluble compound, sulphate of lime or plaster of Paris. In tense heat is produced by this Operation. If, on the contrary, two solid bodies, nitrate of ammonia and sulphate of soda, be triturated forcibly in a mortar, a liquid will be the product. In like manner we may convert gaseous bodies into solids; as, for example, by combining muriatic acid gas with that of ammonia, when sal ammoniac, or muriate of ammonia, will be the com pound. In point of fact there is no end to the changes in ap pearance, property, and character produced by chetnical The sixth law is, that the energy otehernical affinity differs in different substances. We needed no ghost to tell us that, us we could not perform a single experiment were it not the case. We found in the last 'lecture that sulphuric acid possessed a greater affinity for certain bases ileum muriatic or nitric acids, and all the acids than carbonic acid, We must now proceed to consider the very important but ra ther more °list r use subject of the atomic theory. and the theory of nomenclature and notation. Nothing has tended to fimeilitate the acquirement of chemistry to time student, or to abridge time labours•of the professor, as Ilse u m of a new system of c h em i ca l nemenelatnre- We are much indebted to time ingeni• ous and persevering labours of Dalton, of Manchester, for toe p er f ec ti o n of the atomic theory. A few scattered varticiulars were all we knew on theselmject prior to his discoveries. It hail . been found bYsWensell that when two salts capable of decom posing each other are combined, they will produce Iwo neutral compounds. •Thtis if we take acetate of lead' and decOmpose carbonate of ammonia: sulphate of soda' or any other salt de composed by . it, we shall find that we have two neutral corn pounds. In the first instance the acetic acid will combine with 'the ammonia, and the carbonic acid with the lead, forming - acetate of ammonia amid carbonate of lead; in the second 'instance, acetate of soda and sulphate of lead will, in like man ner, form the re , u.ting: compounds. In the year 1789 Higgin , stated that what was then called vitriolic acid was composed one particle of sulphur and oue of oxygen, but when prepare. with two particles of dephlogisticated air, now called oxygen, the compound was different. Dalton perceived this, b u t without knowing of Higgins' discovers'. A few years after this, hclwee 1792 and 18112, Richter, of Geneva, 'published a rem ar k a b le work, which he called the Geometry of ( Chemistry, i,thicha., attempted to prove that chemistry followed certain mist e "i its laws. This was startling, but, to a certain extent, p roved e .i truth. He stated how much acid would combine w i t h certain portions portions of alkali, and he found that if a certain n umber o f of sulphuric acid, to use round numbers for the sa • i - o r, y, of ammonia. He likewise found that, if quantity say WO, would combine with 100 of potash, and 0 00 of acid neutralized one part of one acid,. l two , nn i ts of ut i anot he r, and three parts of a third, the same neutraliz e d one on, , r p a e:d r i d i that quan" L " • ons part bf the acid will neutrali d ze s a o s two parts, twice as much, an certain bodies entered into com bina tio n only, and when one bo d y will unite with anoth er i n dif ferent proportions, it would always con t a in a multiple of the smallest quantity of that element. He discovered that a certain quantity of one substance is always equivalent to a certain easily decomp ose d , and we can i quantity of another substance. Suppose h e b egan b y decom posing water, for water is as certain the quan tit y of very ts elements in weight and volume with great precision. Su pp ose that 1 g rain of hydrogen combines w i t h 8 o f oxygen to form water , this I grain of hydr ogen wou ld r I com bi ne with 6 of carbon, 14 of nitrogen 16 of sulpha ,and 104 I of lead, (it does not combine with le ad , but, for the sake of sim no matter what th a t we i g h t b e, whether grains or p u r ity, we will suppose so.) Il eying f oun d I h at 1 part, b y we i g h t, o f hydrogen, tons , will combine with so many parts of other substances, we wish to know how these substances will combine together. 1r it is possible, for instance, for oxygen to combine with carbon, in w hat proportions will they do so. In exactly the same propor tions in which they will combine with • hydrogen . thus 8 parts of oxygen and 6 of carbon will combine with I of hydrogen, and 8 parts of oxygen will combine with 6 of citamn and form a chemical compound. These • are the combining; proportions of these bodies by weight, and you cannot. combine them in any other proportions than these. But it is true that we have che mical compounds where one of these "atoms," as Dairen first unfortunately called them, but as they are more properly called, equivalents, combine with double or triple the number of the combining equivalents of another substance. Thus one equiva lent of hydrogen combines with one equivalent of oxygen to form the well-known compound , water; but we have oxygen combining with hydrogen its two proportions. Oxygen combines with nitrogen in no less than five proportions ; thus 14 atoms of nitrogen will combine with 8, or 16, 0r24, or 32, or 40 atoms of oxygen, but with no intermediate proportions. A number o other similar combinations take place between other s ubstare t s 4 • hut its every case an equivalent of one combines full equis•ano_ of other substances, but never with an equivalent and a half aunt her. We cannot divide an atoin either chemical ly or e chanically. If Bbe the weight of an atom , it canimt•el,),.'iil,n at w ith 12 -a lower rate. But we find 104 atoms of lead ciiiii,stb(lit; but 2 of oxygen; in this case the atom of oxyg en is e quivalents or 1 equivalents, or 21)8 parts of lead, combine with lsioxide of lead. We 24 parts of oxygen, and thus forms the se:q tom is capable of c! must not f,r a moment suppose that an _ the foundatien of the withof ania het ',Psis then is bluing, atomic theory. A certain proportion of onesuhstance is always equal to a certain proport ion of another, and these proportions never combine except in atomic quantities. In like manner the . ~. acidsandaficalieseornbine in certain a oink proportions: We find., for exanipte. 22 atoms of carbonie arid. 40 of sitlphitrie; and falof nitric, Will combine with 17 atoms anunimia, 41 of potash, or 32 of soda. These tables of affinity are very tiscfill to 0.- .na.: nufar wring, chemist. Thus common salt is a compound of sodtt arid chlorine, and for every 60 part s of chloridesodium,n, het knows he must employ 40 parts of sulphuric acid to eX pet the untriritic acid, for touristic acid is fernied from chlorine whed water is present; but asthe Sulphuric acid of conimprce contains one atom of water, he emploYs 49 atoms of sulphuric acid. The manufacturing chemist. no longer Acts without knowledge. but by tallies, thereby saving much fire, materials, and time. Sup.; pose we were analyizin.g any compound of these acids and alka; lis, and we find that there are 17 parts of ainraonia and 2.1 M of carbonic' acid, we know instantly that our experiment has net beeen properly performed, as we cannot have 211 Parts of car bonic acid, but 22. We mar be wrong, but Iliese tables cannot; fur they are the aggregate of the experiMents of every practical • chemist in Europe. Chemical nomenclature is of very great impOrtante and very, easily learned. An attendance tti the following rules will will enable any person of moderate capacity readily to under stand it. We still divide bodies, for sake of convenience, intd two classes. The electro , negative bodies are oxYgen, chlorine, fluorine, iodine, and bromine. Whatever these • stibstancei combine with, not being acids, are distinguished by the termina; lion idrs; thus we say an oxide.of lead and an iodide of lead; meaning combinations of oxygen and iodine with lead. If these substances he combined in different proportions with the, lead, we call the first protoxide. proto-chloride, &c . , of lead ; if in two properties, dent-oxide of bin-oxide; in three, ter-oXule and, for the greatest number of proportions, per-oxide, per; chloride, &c. When, however, these five electro-negative suh:. stances form, with their compounds, an acid, we distinguish the acid by terminating the name of the substance With Ord, or ic. according to . the number of equivalents of the acidifying princi ples the acid contains. Thus one equivalent of oxygen; which is the general, though not the universal, at idifying prineipjp, and sulphur form sulphurous acid; two or more equivalents, sulphinac acid; and the same with chlorine, iodine. bromine, and fluorine. Acids are distinguished from ot her subgta flees by their powers of dissolving metals. By this system of nomen clature the name of every chemical substanee is an index of itg component parts The great advantage of this to the student is incalculable. What clue did spirits of.salt, or nil of vitriol, gitretd the components of these substances. Niuriatic acid and sulphuric acid, however, furnish the means of ascertaining at once the sub , stances and quantities of the elements entering into the coni-; pound. Oxygen is not always the acidifying principle. When hydrogen is, we prefix the syllable IT or hydro, ;is hydriodio rick!; by this we know that iodine is the substance and that hydrogen, not oxygen, is the acidifying principle. By this means we have an index to the acidifying principle itself as welt as _ . ___e substance acidified. The electro-positive sithstancei firm the second class. They are hydrogen, sulphur, phosphorus, boron, nitrogen, and the metals. Now, when any -f these combine together they do not form compounds, the names of which terminate in hie, but terminating, in meet, as sulphuret of iron, earhuretted hydrooen, To these are also preliked the:terms protfi, bi, ter, and pet to indicate the number of equi valents of the first substance which enters into the cmripouod. Now, we have acids which combine with alkalies and form salts, and the acids nut only bear a name indicating their composi tion but the ex•tet proportions. Thus the salts formed of those acids ending in (me will terminate in ite, as sulphurous. sulphur itc, nitrous, nitrite, &c.; whilst those salts formed from aside ending in is hear the termination ale, as sulphuric, sulphate, nitric, nitrate, &C. 'l'o prove whether this explanation hail been properly under stood, Mr. Hemming pot a nnintier ofquestions to the juvenile portion of his audience, and in almost ever) instance the answer was correct. The lecture of to-morroW evening will be unusttally interest , lute, as Mr. Hemming will illustrate the application of chemical affinity to the detection of poisons, such as arsenic, corrosive sublimate, copper, lead, vegetable poisons, the acids, &c, • THE THEATRE. Since our last notice of theatricals the managers have enter.; ed into an engagement, for a " limited period," with the celeJ brated Miss Kelly, who has established for herself no mean name in the metropolis as a dramatist and as a singer. Last evening we witne.ssed au entertainment, sustained entirely by herself, which she has entitled " Dramatic recollections"—a title of considerable scope as to its ste-nification. In this shot Ipresented the audience with several choice and piquant " rev e ls eetions" from nature, ala Matthews. Her style is not so elas borate as that of the above-natned unrivalled mimic; not so perfect a scene in itself, in which each actor is by turns and by the management of countenance and voice presented to the hearer; but she presents, in unity, an essential extract as it were, and places the person she would represent vividly before you, and throws such feeling and earnestness into her acting as strongly to rivet attention. Her sketches are brilliant, but the scenery is confined. Without the power of lkiatthews—that inexhaustible fund of humour— which rendered each mimic scene a perfect farce, she is scarcely less pleasing. As a singer too, she possesses no slight merit ; her voice possesses much melody ; she has con , siderable execution, and in the alto notes she has great volume of tone. Her dig-composed bravura, was sung with much talent; and her "Hope told a flattering tale", in D, is a perfect original. The Drama of " Blue Beard," completed the evening's enters' taiument, for the grand procession in which, Mr. Atkins' large Elephant and Dromedary were engaged. The piece is got nit with a splendour which is highly creditable to the managemeht. The procession winding down the hills, in the distance, previous to its entrance on the stage, was very well managed. The Elephant behaved with great docility, lowering his immense hulk most gracefully. to receive his royal master on his back, , as the procession left the stage. This magnificient spectacle was loudly applauded. Mr. G. Herucastle sung and acted, as usual, well. MEETING OF THE INHABITANTS OF TOXTETH PA It K. Yesterday morning, at half-past nine o'clock, a meeting of, the inhabitants of Toxteth Park, was held at the public office, St..lames's Place, fur tte purpose of dcterminine on the lay ing of a rate for watching, that part situate without the hour , dary of Liverpool. Mr. Kay was called to the chair. Mr,' John Cropper seconded by Mr. Welch, then moved, that the requisition to the overseers to call the meeting be placed on the minutes, being for the purpose "of determining whether the provisions of an Act passed in the 3d and 4th of Win. IV. Cap.• 9d., relating to watching and lighting, shall be adopted and car. ried into execution." This was unanimously adopted. It wai then proposed by Mr. John Cropper and seconded by Mr. John Welch, " that the provisions as set forth in the Act. of Praha. , ment. entitled 'an Act to repeal an Act of the Ilth year of it a late Majesty, King George IV.. for watching and lighting that part of England and Wales, and to make other provisions it lieu thereof,' shall lie adopted and acted upon within that part of the township of Toxteth Park for which this meeting was convened." Some discussion took place on this tesolution, Mr. Tayleur objecting that unless the !Ate were made a regular • thing including Lark-lane and the hamlets in that district, he should oppose it. lie contended that. the whose of the inhabi , I tants ought to be taxed as well as those hiving property facintt Lark-lane,--and that if a watchman were not appointed for Lark-lane it would be of uo use having one et all, as that place would then be the resort of thieves who would then be unmo lested. Mr. Smith saw no reasoniwhy they should catch Lark lane when the inhabitants did not, wish it. The only reason ha could see for it 'was that it might not he the resort of thieves.— r. Yates said Ate - had the same vice as M Tayleur, yet be was willing for .the public advantage to pay towards the rate. .though his gate was watched by a borough watchman. Several gentlemen said the conduct of the inhabitants of Lark-lane was very bail, dog lights. Sic., being of continual occtirrence there. The Chairman said, that the inhabitants of •Laik-lane were willing to he watched but refused to pay for it as they could nut comnel them. Mr. Yates said, that was always the wad in those country places .1 hey were willing to be watched but slvraYs re fused to pay. The resolution was then cart ied. The following gentlemen were then proposed I:v_Mr. B as hi r e and s econded by • Mr. Morrill, as . inspectors :—Alessri... J,ihn' (Thinner, Smith, Kay, lid. Yates, and Fletcher. .Mr:!Fletcher seconded by Isle. Buslilix then proposed, that :ti i t He the rate levied, which was carried unanimously. .The Ch3irman. said about a Is. rate would cover this. The meeting was then adjeurned. There are now eight eouservativel in the town (.nuncil of Coventry; . last year there were but four. , flew c a n t h e wil4t. radicak account for the double number otherwise than on the .prinriple of conservative reaction ?—Corentry buyer. . A lloy.rt. Pr N.- when a noble Admiral of the White, well known for hi., reliant spirit, his gentlemanly manners, and teal goodness of heart, was iutroduoed to Witham the Fourth, to re turn thanks for his pronotiti•m, the c.o.‘erit i l, affable mial;ch. looking at his hair, which tv.t.s -0 as whi t , the llewtv _ fat . lee avow, jocose,y exclaimed, " at the mmi stain, Adral! w hite at the main !" — The Laird ty . Logan. BANK OF ENGLArI 1011(1Willsz was posted at the Bank this m ornivg:—" The Governor and Campanv of the 'Bank of Ergiand do lietetty give not ive, that •ou and after the 2l st they ill be really to receive applications for loans on the de of Bills of Exchange, Exchequer Bills, East India Bonds, or other ac proved securities, such loans to he re-paid on or be fore the 16th January next, with interest at the rate of 5 pit' cent, per annum, end to be for sums not less thud I : 2 , ooo e 3 uh' Bank of England, Nov. 19."—Standard. • 'The Bishop of Ripen has been pleased to appoint the Bev , Charles Musgra,,e, B. D. Vicar of Halifax ; and fur' teily Fellow a Trinity College, Cambridge, to the Archdeaconty ofCraven, in his Lordship's newly-created diocese. Mr. Musgrave has signified to the Master and Fellows of 'Trinity Cuileac, the pa lions, his intention of resigning the Vicarage of Wllitkirk. vonnenoutta AT NORIV IC H.- I ,Ve are sorry to have to' re , late one of the most shocking occurrences that has taken place in this city for some time. About three months ago as Mr. Bens. jatnin Lamb, late of the King's Head Inn. Saint James's, was on the bowling green at the Duke of York's Gardens, in Pock thorpe, a dog with which he was playing snapped at him and slightly wounded his thumb. No notice was taken of it at the time, but in consequence of something further occurring, the dog was destroyed the next day. The wound soon healed, but Mr: Lamb occasionally felt a twitching at the end of the thumb, and expressed a hope that it was not in consequence of this bite. Thus the matter remained till Tuesday last, when in the evening Mr. Lamb felt considerable path in the thumb and arm. Mr. Phillippo, with Dr. Lubbock, administered such medicine as was thought necessary, and left him. On Wednesday morning, on some medicine being offered to him, he shuddered at it, and begged it might be taken away. Ile continued in this state,till Thursday morning, when the dreadful disease of hyVP - Pki"a e xhibited itself in its worst character. Nothing could v ta en by the unfortunate sufferer, the slightest m'veme"t of rtandY thing; tippet taining to liquid or swallowing created the mos ent hold hurt convulsions; he told the four men who were p when the fits were coining on, and w e tind nothing that when they - r il e i ' etit leave him ; his sufferings were dreadful in the medical skill could do afforded a ny r e n e x r l r Lamb continued unlwhen death put in this miserable state till Friday 1 ' ; i m pos . sible to describe the period to his stiff-rings. is wte : i ti;or bents. Ile died about y.—Net horrible sight for the last linly.and quiet! five minutes after the las t [fr Chsoitide. M A !ARRAN'S VOICE.—The .quality of Malihran's voice was fa.ther's utnque method Of forming and pro file resuit of her division of the scare into three registers, with lifiu.c-ivt.'igolet(r"itie.and'..f.reequent use of the chest-voice, trace di petto,) if not invented b y him, was employed with a n ew di rect i on, an d carried to its utmost extent. this means he made a con tralto voice almost where nature seemed to have denied it ; anti, though the mode has since bet nitre universal, the effort by which it was acquired under his tuition was prodigious More thrill one noble voice %,,as destroyed in th e attempt,: and, although his daughter possessed a physical strength sufficient to wrsue the arduous course, even she was iti. compelled to exert her own good sense and prudence in fu dine' the tasks imposed upon : I : L e L r e i it. is scarcely . to be 'doubted that the mental bodily tatigste she underwent as a girl must, yin an case. have shortened her, meteor-like career. 11't r^ward, however,' was an ext ent of corn p ' ass that enabled her to cape with any singer, with .at m .any uste and a variety of ton • that fitted her ?' l i l <` , ftit the expression ' of the deepest patho , nr the lightest archnes s . , list startling execution was the res :It ef the same causes; for, strange as the opinien may appear, it :s nevertheless true that Malihran's voice and execution wet e comparatively made by the same proccsa that her know:ce't.te and saience as a musician were gained—by labour.—New Monthly Magazine.