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! July 16, 1544. oburatten. REV. JOHN NEVIN'S BOARDING AND DAY ACADEMY. T l 6 , STAFFORD -STREET, LIVERPOOL. HIS ACADEMY is to be RE-OPENED on TUESDAY, the 23d instant. The system of instruc tion Pursued in it is eminently inlelleclual, with a view to take each lesson understood before it is committed to b2ell ° , Y, and to tot m habits of correct thinking. The pupils are much exercised in mental Arithmetic and Corn trir_ercial Calculitions. By a constant course of written Frrece!tsesspneu the Rule of Gramm ir, &c., the practic , . of Iniz and a thorough knowledge of the princi- Leisstoorfy Languag,e are speedily and accurately acquired. is studied in connexion with Geography. The Course of educatio n , i nc l u di ng Cl a s s i cs , the Elements of SVence, Mathematics, Book-keeping„ &c., is particularly adapted t r young gentlemen designed fir the University o r . 0 r business. Tne strictest attention is paid to reli tons and moi al training. The situation of the Academy VrP.' and airy, w i t h an enc l ose d Pl ay - groun d. :neaicteivate Tuitio n i s g i ven in the E ven i ngs at t h e A ca d em y anotes. For ti o p T rrms, References, and Testimonjals apply at the my. Air PIA.NO-FORTE AND SINGING. `s• V. LEWIS, PROFESSOR OF MUSIC, bees to inform the Gentry, his Friends, and Punili, in Li. 11 1.1 ',° 01 , and its vicinity, that he has REMOVED to No. v---IZ ABETH-STLIEET, PEMBROKE-PLACE, ...ere h e ,_ 0 p ar _ tm pes to receive a continuance of their liberal Nrr ge. • LEvvis gives Finishing Lessons to Advanced Pupils, Gui 18 andneasoruming an Academy for beginners; terms, Eight Per annum. lie alko gives instruction in Sing- In g to Gentlemen at his residence on Tuesday and Friday Evenings. • 4o tt Pltea'io ns are requested to be made at h i s res id ence, •" the principal Music Shops. TUV H the l IS•SES GRAHAM - intend RE-OPENING idoND„:.: r '2CO O 22nd instan t.L. No. 27, QUEEN ANN-STREET, on next, 131 "I x eti HALL SCHOOL, 11711 r AN -E4 WARRINGTON, /4 , ‘' b e FtE-O R PENED on the 23d July. Cards of erMs t'''ay be knownw . ill be forwarded, and other particulars* on application to Mr. SKELTON, • the buuerintendet,t of the Establishment. Bruck Hall. June 1914, 1844. 13 °AIMING SCHOOL FOR THE EDUCATION OF YOUNG GENTLEMEN, TOXTETH-LODGE. NEAR LIVERPOOL. MR. M ITCH ELL. (S.lcces.n r to Dr. COWAN.) wihl RE-OPEN his SCHOOL on TUESDAY, the 30th instant. 131 h July, 1844. THE WALI ON ACADEMY, Walton-on-the-Hill, near Liverpool, will be RE-OPENED on WEDNES DAY, the 24th instant. Cards of Terms, with a Prospectus, may be obtained on application to Mr. PHILIP, Bookseller, South Castle street, Liverpool; or to Mr. 114:GREGOR, the Principal of the School. Walton, July 13, 1844. THE PIANO-FORTE. MitS• WELLER (sole Teacher of her Daughter, Chr Weller.) havin been much soli- cited to t eatend istiana her PIANO-FORTE INSTRUCTION beyond her own residence at Walton-breck, begs to an nounce to the Public, that she has made arrangements to devote. two day s a wee k (T UESDAYS an d FRIDAYS) to &Ilileg L ESSONS in Liverpool. rms n'lly be known at the Music Warehouses. R. and Mts. CROWE'S ACADEMY o f MUSIC, 42, Mouxr P LEASANT, w i ll REOPEN, To-mort in ItOw, (Wed nesday, the 17 t h instant, for INSTRUCTION PlArgo-Foula, on Lagier's System. Singing on the Method of W ilhetn—OnGAN, &c. Teichirrs, Mr. and Mrs. CROWE and Mr. D. C. BuowNE. ACAon WEDNESDAYs and SATURDAYS an EVENING DEMY at Half p as t F ive , f or I nstruct i on i n Piano forte, or Organ and Singing. /114 f* a nd Mrs. C. continne to a tt en d SCHOOLS as -,, B '. and a l so to give PRIVATE LESSONS in the igher Ilratteliett of It a li an and Emaish Sinaine. W AN TED to PURCHASE, aCHAMBER ORGAN. INSTRUCTION IN MUSIC, PIANO-FORTE PLAYING, AND SINGING. NI L MOLINEUX most respectfully informs his Street, No. Friend s and the Public, that the ACADEMIES, Ha dman-street, Liver'pool, and No. l on d Birkenhead, will RECOMMENCE the 22d Insta nt. On MONDAY S , at Two, a CLASS Of LADIES will be received f the Wilh em Method, or VOCAL MUSIC READING, on Engli°d, Bo modified as to preserve the more distinct jshn n omenclature for the sounds; to avoid the de urocent which its indiscriminate application tends to d on the v o i ces of Ladies and Young Persons, an d 9 2 "L , r a eal Tenor Voices ; an d t o i n t ro d uce th e means to ac scientific knowledge of Musical Harmony. CL ASSICAL _ , MATHEMATICAL. AND COMMER UR,, CIA L EDUCATION. ' r.,:;,,,i,M. FISHER will RE-OPEN his ACA ,Great George-street, 29th instant.Du- z 39 on MONDAY, the It ' thi s ,-, i n Establishment young Gentlemen are instructed co_ile A.neient and Modern Languages, Mathematics, forztnere, and General Literature, so as to "8111.3 1 he . Cla,s l e Y U " Rer sitYt or for Mercantile Pursuits. A havet the e'`ile:lerteriepirta.ctiosedl in French Conversation, and ti es Ei nces of Astronomy Chemistry, Optics, Pneuri?a r+PaaratuQ 2 ' • a vanism , , &c. illustrattd by extensive The g,i , d the e ° "room is a handsome and spacious building. up with „'"Rsiurn, for exercise and recreation, is fitted every res pect convenience The Boarders are treated in use fan t as m embers of the family. They hive the Centlerm7c:llent Juvenile Libiary, and eachyoung Paid t ° the 8 1 . 4 ,,, se Parate bed. Particular attention is t ar li ltuhies u i p r te e i li_o s i P ti r ; vdija el or the health r and s c o : n s : o f o t r i t ' , at as e v w e e r it communicatrina.l'floral'and P. 8 .F0 intellectual improvement of ualifieations, experience, and success in f err i., . . instruction Mr. F. has the ofhonourr pro _ es_ re gional .ug_to numerous Clergymen, Merchants, and Prof es Gentlemen, grebe It h t respectability, who lime entrusted him with lue g atra s n of their sons, and whose names tray he seen in his Prospectus. TARVIN HALL SCHOOL, NEAR CHESTER. PaiNcIPAL.—JOHN BRINDLEY, of Maedalen Col lege. Cambridge; M.A.,.-Dr. Ph. of the 'University of Giessen ;late Head Master of the Oleswinsford Hospi tal Endowed School, Worcestershire. essisTANT,—Charles Jones, of Tr'n'ty College, Dublin. FIRST CLASSICAL AND MATHEMATICAL MASTER,--E. S. Cnoox, 13. A., of Pembroke College, Cambridge, in double honours. FRENCH MASTER,—Monsieur Boiu, 8.A., of the Uni versity of Pars.' GERMAN, DRAWING, AND MUSIC MASTER,—Herr Quenurst, a native of Hanover. JUNIOR MASTER,—Mr. R. K. Browne, DRILL MASTER AND PLAYGROUND SUPERINTENDENT, Sergeant Cox, late of the 40th reg'ment. T$ Ac above Masters are resident.) ACIIER OF DANCING Mr. George ebs!er, Chester. SURGEON,— W Harrison, Chester. r y 11 .! E re :E objects aimed at in this ESTABLISHMENT a..---- p c , land Ma -2.•-Tot., ca ucat i° o , under Masters of high d riiire a thoroughly Scriptural and thernatical attainments. • ity honours, the Pupils for the highest unive a r v s al and min. for the Learned Professions, and the N tarY Colleges • modern lan- Scholars, with a sound knowledge of the or to make them . first-.rate Business _ guages. 4.•-• To maintain in every department the strctes a t o d d is t e h i e - Wine, united with kindness and moderation , ..absence of corporeal punishment. Conversational Lectures, to '•;I3Y means of familiar ..aeh the princi / s as well as w.nowled P e rovi -5.--To tr ge. i , pupils members of the family, P the common facie of di. _ .. eat the as . 6.,..`5,tte withprincipaland Masters. ..„, the + i."F tilem liberally with domestic comforts at the same , so include under one charge every ;Department, HI the Ed ' DomesticStation there uuc tional and Cry, Printed Books, Washing, n i!ly be no extras. for Accomplishments , . l Attendance, expense, both that Oor , "der any pretext whatever. Under 'Nei ' TERMS. Medial um. Guineas Abo ve T melt' ~ Twelv e I ear- of age.... Forty t,..,,, e e and under Six- . annum. A,C,vue Sixteenl ars of age .......... Fifty . Guineas per as per annum. per annum. p4iv_ Years of age .. Sixt Goma . Pupils, y°un g Gt tl - received as Private and are ~ 0 ernen are _ Yearly. o ne ti a,lowed separate Studies and Bed - rooms.— ,I,vti undred Guineas per Annum y the el o this s tk e vs s , of the ".'-t4 ti't &rws.Ncit, either Quarterly or Half to the Pla ns 06 las'ilsllineot will h completed according w .„ present vacation the arrangements then consin-n,Y Prot wit The 'e School premises alone feet in length., e st o -- „ ll ; i luire ce o ( f . 1 rilnents upwards 0 . 40 feet by 30 i'....°lng a Lecture a'4 Hall and Readi f ng l ;l 6° room_ ,;, s bining.roa eei.; roue Class - rooms, eac h 20 feet s square 40 feet by 25 feet • 131 1 0 35 , feet b y 25 feet; a Gymnasium , ; with three sets of i l t :i' lua gil?g Bath, 30 feet by m for pupils of different ormitortes and Dressing-ron s, and the bol co ages! suPerintended by the Masters, The pi_ rntriumeating with the Principats 411 tarbi lti nbe r Id are on a Propor7lound, Gardens and Cricket Fie iotiate scale. ' Bed-rcom.: sound and cor npr I re th . at the course of instruction will be onfidence of Resident Masters engaged is a sufficient that freole4s!ve ; and Mr. Grindley has I,, etus to his time he shall be able to carry out his an in reesedili all its integrity, and earn for the School . ... much c Pros-. The nlr,ritation and support. E AsSEM 13Lt s titills snd Masters are expected to 13 - rticularly requeseti,i,Skruankv, the.27th instant. I ,Th e 1 , (1 , that all will be punctual in their t a ' t s te p ri c i d N a s n p ce E . c. , 41()INT"'"iablisliwnt wilt be OPEN to the Elie 25th a 91 the P UBLIC on TuuRSLIAN and FRIDAY, ,an . Six o',.'iree2,6lll instant, between the Pr osh . Ur. Bais/tretil'es may *be obtained on application to ~, q v hours of Twelse u 4 ("li. Ball, Ad j , sa, 1844. MRS. LL,YD be2s to inform Irr Priettds and the Public that her SCHOOL will REOPtN on the Ist Angu.t. THE PARADE, Caktledown, Isle of Man. EDUCATION:. AGENTLEMA N, who his been accustornel to study aid travel, 's desirous of ieceiving Font or Six YOUNG GENTLEM EN to EDUCATE with his own Sons. In addition to the gr-nural Crru; se of Education. his Pupils will receive Initructiou in the following De pirtments of l.elrnin¢:—Roiliarr and Engli,h Literature, the Latin and French Lingulges, the Fine Arts, Poetry. and Music. L-ctur s will be daverd to the Pupils three time. every wr-ek, in the following Branches so es sential to Youth :—History. Biography, A.-tronnmy. Geo graphy, the Us, of the fii bes, Elocution, the Moral and Physical Management. of toe Person, Poliical Economy. Wealth of Nations. The Pupils will late the advantage of enjoying exercise free from stri-et inconverrierice, in- Great George-square. No. 8. where all applications will meet with immediate attenrion from Mr. RANsomE. Mr. R. gives Private Lectures in Families that may de sire so advantageous a mode of Education, or he will act as Private Tu or. Gentlemen can read with Mr. Ransome at any hour of the day, in all the above Departments of Literature. Evening Lectures given to Gentlemen who wish to im prove their leisure hours, at No. 8, Great George-square, on calling on Mr. R., or addre's-ing a note 'o the P. st. References—Hugh Price, E-q. ;J. Hosken, Esq. ; Cant. Snell, R.N.; Sir W. Martin. The following Families have been under the care of Mr. Ransome :—The Hon. Mr. Cruikshank's, the Hon. Capt. Baldwin's, Count Shotten's, Judge M'Caulry's. STRANGE PROCEEDING OF Tn E PROMOTERS OF THE BIRKENHEAD DUCK BILL. Before these remarks come before the majority of ,our readers, the fate of the above bill, of which the third' reading was last night to be moved in the House of Lords, may possibly be decided. What may be that rate it is therefore scarcely worth while now to speculate upon. From our present ioformation, however, so strong is the feeling which Was been excited in the minds of certain members of the house, by a procredirg of which we give the particulars below, that we understand a motion would be made last night for tie re-committal of the bill, if not for its being thrown over for the present session. It is .vell known that, by the enclosure of Wallasey Pool, a space containing 10 acres of sale anchorage and beaching ground, which they have enjoyed from time im memorial, will be lost to the coasting: trade and shipowners of the Mersey ; and it naturally became an object with those parties to take care that something like an equiva lent should be provided for them. Accordingly, upon the introdue , ion of the bill in the liou , ,e of Gonmon , , a ce tition against it (the ordinary mode of proceeding in stu h cases) was presented ,by the .Shipowners' Association ; upon which an arrangement was effected between the pro_ motets and the periti,ners. which will be hest underatrind by giving here vetbat'm the original clause affecting their interests and the amended clause ;Treed to be substiiui ed. Tne clause (No. 128) in the original print,of the bill irr: the Commons was AR follow " Provided also, and he it enacted, That the rates hereinhefore mentioned shall not ha charged n respect of any vessel of less than one hundred tons register, entering the said intended baSin near Woodside Ferry from any port or place within the United Kingdom, and not remaining there fur a longer. period than THREE TIDES." The same clause, as altered by the agreement entered into, was as follows, the alterations being shown by Italics "Provided also, and be it enacted, That the rates hereinbefore mentioned shall not be charged in respect of any verse' of less than one hundred tons register, entering the said intended basin near Woodside Ferry, from any port or place within the United King dom, and not remaining there for a longer period than seven, days ; nor shall any rate be charged for a longer period. if such vessel shall he inward tr outward bound, and remain within the last. mentioned basin for shelter only, and not for loading or unload. ing..." . - Here, then, were two distinct boons gained ; first, the substitu'ion of seven days for the very inefficient period of "three tides," as that during which vessels might lie in the basin free of dues ; and secondly, the provision that vessels remaining beyond the seven days, for shelter only, should remain free of dues. And on the following agree ments being endorsed on the foot of the hill, viz.,— " On behalf of the Snipowners' Association, I appro,e of the al terations in this Bill, clauses 127, 128, ]43, 145, 146,150, and 151. "JOHN NORTH, " Secretary of the Shipowners' Association." " On behalf of the promoters of this Bill, I agree to the above al terations being inserted in the Bill, as Parliament may direct. "Joss Pit MALLABY, 5 March, 1844." the petition of the Shipowners' Association was withdrawn, in the full confidence that the clause agreed upon would be faithfully inserted in the bill. The bill went into the Commons ; not, however, with -theclause inserted in it which hadbeen Percedupon abhMr. North, but with a t, - )tally different cruse, suggested (in ignorance of any previous agreement having been'entered into) by the Lords of the Admiralty. By this clause the period for vessels to remain in the basin, fret of dues—the unprompted suggestion, by the bye, of their lordships, who saw the insufficiency of the period of three tides first prorosed—such period was extended to six tides, with a provision to meet the emergency of gales of wind or ad verse winds; and the House of Commons extended that period to eight tides, in which shape it passed their House and was taken up to the Lords. When in that house Mr. Mallahy stated, - in explana tion, that the admiralty had " insisted" upon the inser tion of the clause as inserted in the bill (the eight tides clause) "instead of the one which was arranued ; and yet, in reply to a noble lord, he confes.tes,—" I believe they were not made acquainted with the previous arrange ment" vt;ith the shipownerg! In corroboration of Mr Mallohy's refutation of him self, with respect to this " insisting" of the Lords i-f the Admiral' y, aletter fromAlte secretary states. Under date of the llth instant, "that their lordships•made no specifie objection to the. Twisters remaining seven days in the basin." Mr. Mallaby admitted further in the hou , e that no explanation, a. , = 'to the arrangement come to, was ' offered to the House of Commons. The cross-exam i nation of this gentlemen by Mr. Tal i bot, on the 10(h instant, and the' evidence of Mr. John North. in reply, we give in full :- 4' Gros-examined ho Mr. TA r.nor:—Did ?Mt, ever communicate to the Shipowners' Association, or to Mr. North, as acting for them. what the Admiralty insisted upon ? Mr. MA LLABY.=NO ; there was no time for the purpose. Mr. TA LBOT.—DO you mean to say that there has been no time since the 4 T3ill passed the House of Commons ? Mr. MA LL A ; I do not mean to say that; T em certain that Mr. North, who stands there, was familiar with all the proceed. ings that were goine on. Co M ITT E .--,WaS he present ? Mr. MALI ABY.—No. I will not say that he was present. Mr. TA I.l,o7%—Have you any means of statinrr to the Committee that Mr. North was acquainted wrth the circumstances of what passed ? Mr. MA LT.Alir.—No. Mr. TALBOT.—Tim never did communicate with him ? ..... __ _ Mr. MA T.LABY.—No. Mr. TALBOT.—Do you still say that Mr. North was familiar with all the proceedings? - Mr. MALLABY.—Tt is my com lawn, be -• ' can, several of the Illerrt• bers of the Dock C om mittee of Liverpool. w h o are opposing the Bill, were members of the Ship Owners' Association. .1)..-1:IIn:eithrtsi:eAcsos:::::::::e discussion. Counsel l ss th ed e i E n u t l h , e as Con- Mr. TALBOT —Your conviction is, that Mr. North was aware of it, at what time? Mr. MAT.' A WT•—T cannot Soy. Mr. TaLuor.—Not before iaeeo clauset b li e e fy o u was rc mittee of the House of Commons? ;p i : : T M A A T I :B L o A T EL. — yo N u o p . set tied with :he Sh 3 1: : :A A :1 1 ..::: Mr. TA LBOT.—W hen was that? Mr. TALBOT ,—When ? Mr. MA LLABY.—In the Committee of the House of Commons. Mr. TALBOT —Before the clause was discussed? Mr.M A LLABY.—Yes, before th 9 clauses generally were discussed." Compare with the above the straighVorward explana tion of Mr. North : "Mr. TA LB OT.—At what time did you first become acquainted with the fact that the clause introduced int, the. Bill speaks of eight tides and not of seven days? Mr. NORTIT.— Upon Saturday last. Mr. TALBOT.—There is no mistake about chat? Mr. Noninf.—Not the smallest. I can explain it if you wish. Mr. Clay, who is concerned for the Coa.sting Trade, applied to me, as I had been concerned fel. • the Association, for some assistance, which I willingly gave him. In the course of our conversation I told him incidentally, that the coasters were to have seven days' ex emption from dock rates in the Woodside Coasting Dock. On Satur day last, Mr. Clay, I believe, for the first time, had in his hand the Act as it is now before your Lordships' Douse, and, bearing in mind his conversation with me, his attention was attracted to, the clause now in question, which only gives eight tides. He came immediately to me to ask for an explanation of it. I said it was impossible. , I could not believe the fact till he showed it me in print. I was quite sure I could produce the evidence of the agreement which had been made, and I opened the box in which the papers of 'the Shipowners' Association were kept, and produced the h ilt. Mr. TA...LnoT.--That was the fret intimation you had of the change? pj M :T . .... I N A O . : t n . n i 0 u j . ...1:- Y N H E n a , B d; youm everm a y have se e s e n n t n h e theßill before b t t 1 1 ) e t n i n? not think that By l a e v L e o r a no pen. —Had it. the Bill been generally published in Liverpool for the last few.weeks? Mr. NORTH.—I can hardly say whether it has or not, Perhaps the Town Council and other official bodies at all connected with it might have had it before them, but it certainly nevercame into my hands. . Mr. TALBOT.—It was never before the. Association? The intelligent reader will form his own judgment with respect to this evidence ; and, perhaps, may have an opinion, toe, of the truthfulness of statement and pro fession, by, which other portions of tha,bill_have been supported before thejegislah..........the public.. . _ THE QUEEN DONVAGER.—Her Majesty Queen Ade laide will return to England from the Continent on the 23d instant. BOLTON. SUNDAY MORNlNG.—CQnsiderable excite ment prevails in this town in consequence of a threatened turn-out of the whole of the operative cotton spinners in the Bolton district.. I stated in the Herald three weeks ago that the spinners of Bolton bad given notice to their employers that they would leave work at the end of a month unless their wages were advanced 10 per cent. The term of notice expired yesterday and to-day, and as no satisfactory arrangement had been come to most of the operatives left work at. the time fixed. -The consequence is that many, of the mills are now stopped foe want of hands,,whilst some of the masters have readily complied with the demand of their workpeople, and have agreed to give the advance required.. Most of these•masters have made a condition that, unless the advance be made general, they will come down to the price paid by their neighbours. At present everything is in a state of the-greatest uncer tainty. Many people think that on Monday morning , the Masters generally will give the advanced -price, whilst p r present a e td a n Lr ii a nr t e dt ofehti their.-determination wages. ae others say, it i s ver y p ro b a ble that a compromise will be ,cOme to, the on t thingshneroet to oe e mg o ia t vi h en e othe rs, however, whatever,. , o declare The operatives; I understand, have called an extraordi nary. meeting of , dell gates from all the mills in Lan cashire,_et_btve i to be held in M anc h es t er , w h ere it i s said some sk course will b e a d op t e d, no t on y as r egards Bolton, b ut other towns in the manufacturing districts. THE LIVERPOOL STANDARD. THREATENED SPLIT IN THE CHURCH OF R 0 M E. The recently published . nun her of the Quarterly Re view contains an article, the prOduction evidently of either a Ilora.sh priest or one intimately acquaiuttd with the workings of the Remish system, which contains revela. lions so important that we make no apology for placing its substance before our readers. For some time a con troversy has been going on between the Roman Govern ment and the Church of Rome in the kingdom of Bavaria, upon t the subject of some alteration de manded by the latter in the practices and regulation of the church. The rigorous censorship of the press how ever, which is exercised iu most Catholic countries by ecclesiastics, together with the care taken by Rome to preserve secret whatever passes between the pontificate and the clergy, has hitherto effectual) , preven'ed the de tals of this d , spute from coming to the ears of the laity er tr-nspirittg at all beyond the limits of the church itself. It has net moreover, up to this period, been pressed to extremity by those who feel themselves aggrieved, from a fear of creatirg schism and rupture of the establishment. A change, however, has at length been wrought in this latter point; and fully recognizing all the dangers and difficulties attendant upon separation from Rome, the complainants have now resolved to risk any evils which aright result from such separation rather than continue to submit to the continuance of the practices Against which they protest. Tee four points upon which they have been insisting are, first, that the public worship should be performed in all countries in the vernacular tongue ; secondly, that the cup should be giver, as well as the bread in the sacrament to the la.ty; thirdly, that the frequenting of the confes sional should not be comenlsory ; fourthly. that the vows of celibacy shall not be obligatory on the clergy. With regard to the first of these points they complain that the " unchangeable" character of the laws of the •church has been pushed so far that it becomes a fraud, the priests having multiplied the unchangeable laws in order .to obtain. money for dispensations to break them. They complain, too, that this particular law against ver nacular prayers has been relaxed elsewhere—but not for them. In France a prayer-book is used which has the ,Loin and the French translation in parallel columns; but such a work is prohibited in Italy, Spam, Portugal, and all othi r countries where the power of the church is abso lute. In the north of Germany and the Tyrol they use a Germ-in mass book; but it is tartly to be met with in Austria, Bohemia, and Syria. It is urged too that, ia county districts and even in some towns, the priests themselves know little more of Latin than the people; lind hence the importance of the vernacular being univer sally permitted to -be used. On the second point —the refusal of' the cap to the la ty —it is urged as opposed to scripture that, of the two elements composing the sacrament, one should b refused of w Well it is specially said " dri..k ye all of it." To objections to the third practice—tti mpulsory attendance upon the confessional—we shall q e froixt the its-If:— With the third point commences our difficulty, and one be fore which we confess ourselves compelled to yield : we are precluded from - the possibility of proving our position, and we n ust tate at once our conclusion, which is this—that if it h d been the intention of a:,y bony of men to corrupt the morals of the human race, to habituate children of both sexes to inn turity. s.th:' and profligacy, it would have been impossible to have devised , a scheme more complete y adapted to produce that effect than the practice of the confessional, as is now • ar ried on in the c h inch of Rome. The common sense of mankind, the ordinary feelings of morality, would has e made it impossible to carry into practice such a project, unless it had assumed the mask of religious duty to God ; and when the sense of morality is so far deadened, as that any persons Shbuld suppose that burning alive cAri be well pleasing to God, it is.not difficult for such to imagine that obscenity in thought nd language should be so likewise. Whilst it is obvious that it is imp ssible here to prove our assertion, we will at least furnish the means by which any one who is so inclined may satisfy himself; we recommend such en one to read the ordinary English Roman Catholic prayer book, called • The Garden of tl e Soul,' at the ; arts which relate to self-exaa ination in order to confession : next, the books which are written to instruct the priests to extort from reluctant females in the confessional things whici no pure minded woman has ever imagined; e. g •La Methmle pour la direction des ames dans le tribun a l de (a Peniter.ce, et pour le gouver. meat des P .roisscs, Paris, 1834 ;" It Confessore di retto per le confessioni della gente di campagna, Bologna, 1824 ;' Le Rituel de Toulon e or any similar books which make in all countees the st , ck in trade of a priest, and some or other of which are to be found in all their houses ; and then let them read any work of Theologia Moralis on the confessional and the seventh commandment. '• 3 his sullect in Pro' estant countries is merely either a matter of speculation and theory, or a handle for controver sialists where, ith to attack papists —a task for which. it must he confessed, the heroes of discussion meetings' are singularly ill qualified. But with the honest ecclesiastics of Germany, the Tyrol, ..rwitzerland, Poland, Bohemia, and Hungary, these things are no sp,culations and theories. but sad and painful realities. They know that corruption of the youthful mind is the natural and almost invariable result; and some are determined that the fruits of this system shall not be h•ci in a corner any more; but, let the con equences be what they may, the secret recesses of infamy shall be exposed, and the system be put an end to. "It is impossible in the very nature of thins that a young female, or almost any female, can have such a burden on her conscience as can make her desire often to resort to special and private coefession to a priest; and certainly it ought not to be tole ated that she should have indecent thoughts suggested to her, even at the early age of seven years old ; for at this period do they begin to insinuate their filth in the convents in which girls are commonly educated. The heads of the church them selves admit the liability of abuse through the confessional, and frequent exhortations are puhlished desiring all women who have improper solicitations mate to them there to denounce the confessor ; but a moment's consideration will show the inutility of this exhortation ; and cne instance which we will give must suffice for all. An Italian gentleman of our acquaintance re moved with his family from the place of his nativity to a town in another state I soon after their arrival the wife went to the confessional in the pa• ish church, where improper proposals were made to her ' • she ran home and acquainted her husband : he made a formal complaint to the proper autho , ities in her name : a day was appointed for the examination cf the charge : and when the time arrived the lady naturally declined to appear. It is obvious thatjost n proportion as the pe , son offended is de licate, and the offence gross, there will be the greater difficulty of inducing the complainant to come forward. Scarcely any woman coutd be found who would go into the presence of se veral strange men and repeat the expressions by which her ears had been insulted. The result, however, was. that the priest had h s license for hearing confessions taken from him ; and neither husband or wife have ever gone to the confessional since that period. The authorities at Rome do all that in them lies to repress these disorders: the licenses for hearing con fessions are renewed from year to year, and always refused where well-grounded .complaints have been made : but ,d the coun try p riches there are no means of redress: the cure a e v:caire are the only , priests in it, and the system. cant orders turn it to their own profit.ako a tour through a coun try distri, t. The former got s intothe wei Capuchins, the one a priest, the other a la y brot h er, nthelprepl the mendi cant completely in their power. Knowing this blot in th e confessions of those who tor various reasons do not choose to confess to the secular priest; whilst the lay brother, with his l church and receives donkey arid hampers. goes ound from house to house to collect the contribu ions of the faithful for the benefit of the community. The system cannot be improved,--de/enda est. effect, of the sy4tem upon the minds of the people is obvious: and Sir George Smythe might have given a much fuller defence of the term beastly,' which he applies to May nooth—rsee his pamphlet, published at Chelmsford;—than that which he has done, if he had been more fully acquainted wi'h the subject, . The immediate object, however, of bringing for w7rd this point at the present time is not so much with refe rence to its effect upon the laity as to its effect upon the priests themselves • and whoever int nds to take the trouble of con sulting the works to which allusion has been made, should lemarther that these books are the private and secret studies of those who from their earliest years have taken vows of celibacy upon them ; who live alone, shut up in their own solitary cham. ber, apart frem all the world, for many hours every day. Such persons require a peculiar al - sence from all demoralizing words and thoughts; it ought to be their unremitting labour to banhh every imagination, even the most transient, upon details of viee ; whereas, to sit alone and study all the forms and vat ia tines of impurity upon which Spanish and French casuists have written, analysing and classifying every variety of crime which the mot brutal and sensual of mankind have ever perpetrated, as in the works of Sanchez, Escobar, Sa, Facundez, Gobat, &c., &c., is the sure and certain method to make the vows a nullity." The writer goes on to remark upon the practice, in France and elsewhere, arising out of the immorality thus engendered amongst the priesthood, of holding periodical visitations for the investigat on of charges lodged and the infliction of punishment. In the dioceses of the North of Germany, where a bishop's court sits twice a week, he says, "So great and so incessant are the horrors brought to light, that the excellent prelate who presides over one see more immediately under our eye, passes the a bole night afterwards in fasting and tears of penitence for the things which have come before him. The extent of immorality is so great that it is considered a good sign of a priest if he is known to keel) a mistress without causing any public scandal, and no notice is taken of him. If, however, she lies at the parsonage, or if they quarrel so that a disturbance is produced in the village, then he is removed to another parish; if the same thing occurs a second time the same treatment is pursued; if it is repeated a third time, he is degraded, all employment and means of livelihood are taken from Lim; and many such are to be seen throughout Germany breaking stones upon the road, or serving as privates in the army. These, however, are not the immoralities which produce upon the minds of bishops such effects as have been above described. They are such as cannot be put upon paper—hide ous unnameable crimes—committed in the most holy places, because, supposed to be the most secure from the eye of man, regardless of the eye of God. In Italy such offences, when not screened by some powerful patron, are punished by incarceration in a convent, with ooprwlset re ferring, oo starving and repeated flagellation, which frequently terminate in death. But in oem G net e oi rr ehran a b n o y utib, u ho o otho s: oo c f h f tgli p oe o o w dpi e aa r een e d x t i oe s ‘ ti lh ; .ic m hT o h : . e ee liberal, but tended f in nmth not many years ago to sanction some of th eaxr e ea : n • lesst h ercruel court e l f the crimes above alluded to ; and though kis now mended, the effects ')f past t t d h . respect aYsar o the e°t t wmli °" Wfourth point, the celibacy of the clergy, vkiliewetr estates e e that c — as e that all the profligate clergy' , tis e m Reviewer are strongly in favour of the continuance of the law of celibacy, whilst all the moral clergy are for abolishing it. The Protestants in these dioceses 15enerally say, that this is in order that they may conthatte their flagitious courses in a way which it would be more diflktilt to do if they Were married, but This is not the real ground of their re- . sistauoo. They resist it becauSe they know that it is-popular at head quarters to resist it ; and they take the side of the' authonti s at Rome in order to make friends to themselves of the Mammon Of _unrighteousness, that they may be in their turn, befriended." ' Admirable as are those grounds on: which to plant opposition to the slavery of the Papacy, it rejoices usr, much.to remark a notice or two in the Review, i n di cat i o that those who . are thus raising themselves against th ese evils are also departing from at leas mental tone of the f un d a- ' ofthe The fact to which w e ' allude heres ies: thuss UY styled,.' or t 'ell."' eialt T hee 'ghfnaev4l7talir e ° ' 111 41 n. g o . c o : of . * 1 n : ' lO Jesus worshippeivi the others ';Vary Disciples 0 r Bavaria, it is, obvious,. has no ohjection to But theihave received anotlier title from the . patluse littleeithe'r - with them I ' . the' honour and; Nr i:Sah • ai o ;ar r ':al s e'rnYe h li : tlisb;- p : pe sesasd rs . ' (111.ariadlusten); and theser sobriquets : clearly indicate" another great. practical, abuse of the Papacy; us to which the twd par ties have already, coma into open collision. We , say practical—fori: boa ever clearly educaled . RoManist utay see the de,marlcation bets i t i v: i .ee in i t i i do e t w il e b i e a i r a d a l a rg tr e e d i a w — i t l h i o gi tv i el l e ig r sincerely they woman worship due only to Go,lL—the fact is entirely 'Undtniable thiit in` .Roman Catholic countries thousands andlens of thousands live and die in habitual reliance on the interossion and rnedia.tion, not of the, Baviour,.but of the Virgin, t nd other saints departed.", . _ We close our presort notice of the subject with the fol lowing-remarks, which bear more Immediately upon the working , of Popery amongst ourselves: At p 165 it is said,— " Hence the tTConnellite faction in Rome, which has always been opposed by Father ltoutham, the General of Jesuits, as being against all government alike in Church and State, whilst assuming the mask of attacking only the supremacy of an heretical church, has gained much support. That I eConnellite faction, we grieve to say, has been taken up by all the English Roman Catholics resident in Rome ; and the admirers of Lameaunais are talking more composedly, and with less alarm, of the possibility of their throwing off all connection with governments everywhere, and placing themselves at the head of the revolutionists throughout Europe. Some such desperate plunge seems, indeed, the natural death of a system so mighty, and with so much vitality, as the Papal system still possesses; it cannot die the way of all flesh, and expire like a candle burnt down into the socket, with a bright, perhaps, but momentary glare ; it must cl,e in a con vulsion, and in such a convulsion as will shake all Europe to its very foundation." - THE NEW POUR LAW AMENDMENT BILL. We some time ago adverted to the clauses in this Bill affecting the affilitation and suppmt of illegitimate child ren, giving the subatance of such of. them as we com sidered, if passed into law, would in most cases, so far from amending the present system, (defective as it is) be found to operate—first, as a den al of justice to the un fortunate female; secondly, afford the generally better conditioned seducer a ready means of escape from the support' of his progeny ; and thirdly —as a consequence of both these effects—saddle the respective parishes throughout the country with the maintenance of nearly the whole of the illegitimate children, as well as induce other collateral evils in social life. We had hoped that what had been advanced on the subject by ourselves and several of our contemporaries, (especially the London Times—the unshrinking advocate of the protection and rights of the poor,) and also after the representations made by numerous local, authorities norgi , terial and pa rochial, (from this town both personal and written), we had hoped, we.say, that the new hill would, in this point, have been entirely re-modelled and rendered practicable and protective of the community; but in this we have been grievously disappointed, though certainly not greatly surprised, for the freaks and quiddities cf our modern legislators are ft equently such that, in our amazement, at their amateur and blundering dealings with matters of which they exhibit a deplorable degree of ignorance and headstrong repugnance to enlightenment, we are often driven to exclaim—" What in the name of all that is con- The lu.rnecsoennsttiPtuotiaronLe a a l w su w b; i h e a C v t e U r everai , considwill-theyered o a n s e a xt c l r ' u ' el stitute for the humane act of Elizabeth , wh i ch with some .few amendments and due administration of i t s pro v isions , might have met all the, requirements both of the poor and ratepayers ; and it appears that each successive novelty that is ton oduced is but calculated still further to grind the fi.rmer, and entail additional liurthens upon the latter. The clauses to which we have alluded have already pas sed the Committee of the Hoese of Commons; one or two of them modified fur the better, hut the greater part " with all their on iitinal sins upon their heads." In order to the better understanding of the subject we shall state the substance of the several clauses seriatim, with ructi aljerations as a few of _them.have undergone ; and point out, as we proceed, what we consider in the bulk of them to be still highly objectionable: The Ist clause repeals former acts, and was of course passed. The 2d, relating to the arplication of the mother for an order against the alleged father for the maintenance of the c f • o h r il t d, ha o t i p ig u i r n p a o l s ly e. al T lo h w i ed sbe o i n n l g y ix to s osh m or o t n , t m hs r ' ft . a T. er tle birth t Duncombe obtained an extension to twelve months; and Mr. J. S. Wortley having stated that, as the father might pay the woman hush-money even for that time, and thus rid him self of further liability, an addition should be introduced, leaving the father revonsible thereafter, pro‘itled he had admitted himself to be the father. Sir Jan-es Graham finally proposed, with the general assent, that the father should be liable to summons at any time, on proof being given that he had paid money for the maintenance of the child within twelve months after its birth—this being to be taken as an admission of paternity on his part.— But still, the father might have been a sailor, (captain, mate, carpenter, or sailmaker,) on a distant voyage to China, Africa, South America, India, &c., and may be absent eighteen months or two years ; and there is no pro vision for such a case. And how is the woman to pay the expense of the summon', getting up her witnesses, &c., sl4e being already chargeable to te parish, and th , y pre cluded from assisting her (as will be seen below)? She might also keep her child for a year or two, and then be come a pauper, without his paying anything, in which case, too, her claim would fall to the ground. Tire 3d clause (of the original bill—for this is the 2d) allowed justices, on proof that the summons was duly served " personally," to make an order on the father for 4s. a week for the support of the chill, or be commi ted for three months. - In the present bill the allowance of 4s. was altered by Sir J. Graham to the paltry and inadequate sum of 2s. 6d., and has been agreed to. It was, however, agreed that the summons would be duly served if left at the man's place of abode, in place of " personally,"—cer tainly an advantage to the woman. By clause 4, justices might adjourn the case for forty days, and the man might give notice of appeal to the next quarter sessions, and the court order costs to be paid by either party. On this clause much discussion arose. Mr. Denison pointedly remarked they might as well burn the bill at once as retain it, as it would render the whole inoperative. The appeal would throw lion the woman the whole onus and costs of defending herself. What chance had a poor woman, with a child, friendless, and in the presence of strange magistrates, against a lather, backed by a sharp-cutting attorney, or counsel, ready to take every advantage? Few women would, or could, venture upon such a process; and he recommended that the adjudication should be by three magistrates in place of two (in the first instance), and their decision to be final. Several members concurred in the objection to the appeal; and Mr. Wakley urged the extension of appeal to the woman as well as the man, and said that the distress of females who were left to support their illegitimate children was a frequent cause of infanticide, which, to his knowledge, occurred to a frightful extent.—We may , here state that the appeal of the woman to the ses sions, if she were refused an order by the justice, would be of no avail, for she could not go into court ; and, we way add, that in nine cases out of ten the appeal would d e f ea t the order, arid the child (and mot.er too) be eventually thrown upon the parish, nll'lo'll-1 the father might be well able to maintain it. The parish, cannot, by the bill, interfere for an order.—On a division, the ap peal was retained to the man, and to the woman (a quite inadequate counterpoise) the right of renewing her ap plication to the justices, on producing fresh evidence. 13y t hi s clause the rich man would always be able to throw the poor woman overboard. The sth clause is to the effect that all money payable under any order must be paid by the man to the woman, or, if she be iocapacitated (being of unsound mint, or in gaol), to a person to be appointed by the justices, but not to any parish officer. Tne child must nut be chargeable, and the order to remain in force for 13 years.. This clause (with the exception of the 13 years, which appears to be a proper time,—the present law giving only 7,) is highly objectionable, and was well combatted by Mr. Borthwick and others, but was carried. It will operate as an in centive-to new and gross immorality; for, if the woman go to the man for her money, what more likely than a further illegitimate offspring! . In the case of 'a servant • who wished to keep her place and redeem her character, it will be worse than the present law. If the man re fuses her the money, she must apply for a warrant, and follow up the process by again and "a:ain appearing in court, to the inevitable loss of her situation. The clause will also cause constant breaches of the peace. A case in point recently occurred in this town. An order was ob tained from the magistrate by a temale on the father of her child, and she went to him with her sister, and asked him why he refused to pay. He forcibly rjected her, . and then seizing the sister threw her down into the street with such violence that, her head coming in contact with the edge of the footwalk; her jaw-bone was broken, and her life was for some time despaired of. He was committed to the sessions for this savage assault, but- the case dropped for want of a witness, and the injured woman will remain an object for life ! By the 6th clause, every woman neglecting to maintain her child, it able wholly or in part to do so, whereby it becomes chargeable, snail be punished as an idl' and dis orderly person ; 'and every woman deserting her child, so that it becomes chargeable, shall be punished as a rogue and vagabond.—Thus she is to be punished because she is unable to 'support her child or proceed against the father; for being destitute she cannot obtain an older against the man, and the parish must not assist her: With regard to the second part of the clause, will not the operation of the first conduce to the very offence of desertion ? The.7th clause is equally impolitic.. . No parish officer is to have the custody of any illegitimate child, or to re ceive any money under an order on the father, or in any i way to interfere in an application , rr to procure ev id ence support of it, under a penalty of 40 s „ excep t alter the mother's death, and the child' become c hargeable, when (generous concession !) .hm may-apply. (The penalty stated was, in the present bill, extended by Sir J: Graham, in like manner, to the magistrate's clerk and the con stable.) By this clause, though the woman be confined in the workhouse, and remain there with her child, no matter how long, the overseers are to have no remedy against the father, and the mother being destitute •can have none ! The father, thus shielded, may go on in his iniquity in other quarters, and, in like cases, with like im mtuity. If this be not a premium on libertinism, : we know not what is. And why exclude parish officers from interfering in the woman's behalf, in justice both to her self and the parish ? Surely (with reference to this and a former clause) they are more competent to ripply for and receive the money than the woman, Or any acquaintance she might employ ; and; if she received it from their hands, is it likely it would - be made a' worse use of under their silrveillance than if she received it from her own para mour; who might pay lies off with one half of it, which, in her nei essities,. she might be induced to receive,—he elaiMing'credit'fOr the whole..? It niaybmadded, as bear ing on this' clause, that we find, on making inquiry, that I.cl3ce, si oo v r e f 1 y . nab - u o rm f oe ' g t rha :abrogated, ds , great ci:s e • t n sh t l e9 i li f b e o t rrod o is f l wtoahnme and womenassaults will pre receiving s: rua out door roe najne s t r i e y l relief during t d h u e ri e n e g fette e confinement.unfortunate of mothers; .bastard efford in children; denity up wardsexclusively of one hundred were sent to our Workhouse, and :there confined from the Ist January to 31st December last sear. . . Such are the principal clauses of the bastardy portion o f t h e new bill ; and if most of them be not greatly,- al; toy pro fligate fathers; annoTtnagistrates by the recur finally, andgr es tp tl ll y :ac in .tci c co r a e rol a vro s j e c6yr t ii h : e , 0 fn parish p:hwe .i_ts: b sb li tiir t ci h dt e .i n n g a . were th i e hi cl y ear es t passed in explanations and the most urgent remonstrances on the - past of the authoritiei here and elsewhere; and afford" another lamentable specimen of reckless legislation for the poor,which must be deprecated by all men of right . . feeling THE M A NCHESTER. —By a letter received at Lloyd's Prom their agent at Hamburgh it uppeara, that the wreck of the above vessel has entirely disappeared in the sands, arid that no further salvage could take place. The goods saved along the coast have been sold for about XI',SVO. CELEBRATION OF THE TWELFTH OF JULY IN LIVERPOOL. We gave in our last a brief notice of the meeting of the Grand Lodge of the Loyal Orange Inethition, held in this town, at which a union was happily formed between that Institution and the Protestant Confederet ion—a very powerful body entertaining the principles of Oiangeistn, but who have hitherto been kept separate from the order by a few immaterial poin.s of discipline, which from this time will be assimilated. The head quarters of the Cori feJeration have been Birmingham, where their members are very numerous and ieflueittial ; and to their exertions and organization, in a great measure, we owe the conser vative triumph which has been achieved in that town during the past week, and which, we trust, has finally broken down the tyranny which radicalism and chartism have hitherto exercis e d over the constit t' n e y o f a b orough so important and, at heart, so loyal. M ay that tritunil be an example to the constituencies of other boroughs s imilarly trampled upon by faction ! On Tuesday the united orders met, and Itav'ng arranged various matters of detail, and elected their several officer s, the Grand Lodge was adj.ur ned until next July, when they will meet again in Liverpool. On Friday morning, the 12th—a day which has ever been set apart by the Orange body for the c,lebrat ion of the triumph of Protestant principles over the tower of Rome,—it was announced by placard that the' Rev. T. Nolan, at the request of a respectable deputatioe, had consented to perform divine service in St. John's church, and to pr each to the assembled body. In obedience t , , the wishes of their officers, the members had previously abandoned all idea of getting up any procession, or of making even the slightest demonstration which might have afforded an opportunity to the Romish and anti church party of the town, of getting up a disturbance and wreaking their spite upon the loyal stole-leers of the constitution, anti the Protestant institutions of their country. At the usual hour of divine service, a nume rous body of members proceeded accordingly to •church, Munn anything like array, or precencert, and without a display of a single banner, or any other emblem ; and be fore the commencement of prayers the whole of the body of the church was crowded with a respectable and atten tive audience, a considerable proportion .being females, the wives or sistersof the members, the gallery also being respectably filled. Amongst the congregation we noticed the Rev. F. Parry and several others of the clergy of the town, J. Wilkinson, Esq., senior churchwarden, James Parker, Esq., &c , &c. The service was impressively read by the Rev. Albany Loyd, after which a sermon was delivered by the Rev. T. Nolan, of which the following is a sketch, part being given verbatim : The text was taken from Exodus, xviii e., 20 v. " And thou shalt teach them ordinances and laws. and shalt strew them the way wherein they must walk and the wortk they must do." The reverend gentleman then proceeded amidst the profoundest attention a: follows : It is known to most of you my brethren, th 4 I occupy this place this more ing in compliance with the special re quest of the body that has wisely chosen this mode of celebrating a day, that in their hearts and minds has long been associated with principles to which they are ardently attached, as well ac with the remembrance of mercies, for which this country can never be sufficiently thankful. An invitation to preach the gospel is one whieh any ser vant of Christ would find it more difficult to decline than to accept, and on this broad ground I might easily jus , tify my appearance here this morning : but as much for the association's sake that invited me, as for my own, 1 deem it right to offer a preliminary word of explanation, inasmuch as this society, like a still holier society in the olden time, has of late years been almost "everywhere spoken against." Our blessed Lord has said, " Blessed are ve when men shall revile you, and persecute you, and shall say all manner of evil against you falsely for my sake." Now, though not belonging to the Orange so ciety myself, I believe the imputations against them to be grcundless, and I rest my belief on 'their openly avowed principles, which are brierfly enunciated—Loyalty to their Sovereign, based on fidelity to their God. Their practice, in order to be consistent with their principles. must he " sober, righteous and godly ;" and while I protest against the unfairness of holding an entire body responsi ble for the inconsistencies or extravagancies of individuals, I have never discovered the practice of this body to he at variance with the high principles they profess. Your proceedings of this day, I cannot but regard as strictly in unison with your profession : you have come openly to the house of your God, to praise and to pray according to the sublime ritual of the church of your country : you have asked me to offer, from my proper place as a minis ter of your church, a word of instruction and exhortation, arid you design a contribution to a strictly national and church purpose, the Bltie Coat School of your town. I have cheerfully complied with your request, and now pro ceed under the Divine blessing and guidance, to testify unto you the Gospel of the Grace of God, that Grace " that bringeth salvation unto all men," that faith that purifies the heart, the love that keeps the c,immatichoents, and in keeping of them finds its first, its best and great reward. In the good providence of God, our lot, my brethren, has been cast in strance, eventful, perhaps even perilous times; a restless desire of change seems to be the cha racteristic of the age in which we live. Mighty princi ples, the soundness of which hitherto has not been dis puted, are now dragged forth and put upon their trial—an example from modern politics and theology will illustrate my meaning —the question, of national education, which' we thought was included in the settlement of the national church, and of the sufficiency of Holy Scripture as the sole rule of faith, which also we supposed to have been closed up for ever, at the time , of the Reformation, are now opened afresh, and find strenuous supporters on both • sides. In such a time then ' when the prescriptive re. spect due. to venerable truth and ancient usage, •affords no longer protection to institutions time honoured arid sacred, it were downright folly to expect, that an institu tion like the church, by God's blessing planted in the midst of us, should be allowed to maintain her position undisturbed, her principles unexamined, her privileces intact, her possessions unassailed. Only consider the state and aim of the different parties into which society is divided in the present day, and the position of our church, the protest she maintains, the counteracting influence she exerts against the objects and designs of them all : against the Revolutionist, she is the upholder of peace and good order: again -t the Infidel, sbe is the faithful witness and keeper of holy writ : against the Romani -t, she is the stedfast protector against all tampering with either the truth of God or the liberties of man, denouncing alike her traditions and her encroachments, proclaiming in one article that " Holy Scripture contained' all things neces sary for salvation," and in another, that " the Bishop of Rome bath no jurisdiction in this realm of England."' When all this is taken into consideration, our surprise will be moderated, that parties, who on every other sub ject, are wide as the poles asunder, having no other prin ciple in common, should yet be unanimous in this, and cry out together a i zainst our church " down with it even to the ground." Our church then has many virulent enemies against which she must contend, but in main taining the struggle, the word of our God to whom we look for counsel and for strength, teaches us that " the weapons of our warfare are not carnal." Danger to the church involves a duty of course on the part of her chil dren, to rise up in her defence. 'You, my brethren, are aware of the danger, and alive to the duty; and my object is to offer you a word of advice as to the manner in which, most effecteally for the church, and at the same time most advantageously for yourselves, this defence must be conducted. In the remarks I have to offer, I have need to be comprehensive, for I must necessarily be brief; and unless I am els° plain and easily intelligible, I feel that I must miss my aim altogether, which is to say something encouraging, instructive, and useful to you. Bearing this in mind, then, I would beg your patient and prayeiful attention, wb le I endeavour to show you, first of all, what it is that makes a church valuable—without which it would nct be worth maintaining or defending; in the second place, I will attempt 'to point out to you. from the glorious page cf your country's history, how, from its first establishment, the Church of England has been the pride of the country—the ornament and protec tion of her institutions ; and, lastly, I will seek to show enabled to speakhow her children may , an d ought, st r engthen, and, exalt her. It' I a m and can support, en tous topics, it will be found that I have n ot wand with any clearness on these mci ered far from th i e spir t it, at least, of these words of Holy ri t which you lave c iosen for your motto, and on which, in order to impress them . more d eep ly, I have chosen to address you ; for the ordi nances and laws of our church are in accordance with the teacLing of God's eternal truth. She shows you the way in „ m i c e you should walk, for she brings you to Jesus, who is t h e way, the living, and the true, as well as the only wa y. She teaches you the work that you should do when she declares to you the will of God, even your sanctifica tion ; and that "without holiness no. man can see the 1 1 Lcrd." First, then, we -ask, what is St. Paul's description of " the Church, of the-Jiving God ?"—" the pillar and ground of the truth." That only can be called a true church which has the truth, and preaches the truth, and provides for the transmission of the same truth in its purity and integrity to the generations yet to come, — the truth as it is in Jesus,—the truth that saneti fies,,—the truth that makes free. In this consists the excellence of our own church. She is built upon the broad foundation of scriptural sufficiency, and. scriptural truth ; to the sacred word of God sheassigna - tlue pro minence in her creed, her-articles; her seriices, through out. She has, under God, preserved the - truth thus far and as long as she remains what she is; slnrwill continue to teach it to her children ; sinceovhere the liturgy is read, the truth of God is .honoured and set forth in it. On this ground, then, we are bold to maintain for our church, that she answers the description of the Apostle, and, therefore , lays undisputed claim to the title. If this my brethren, be the real ex cellency of our church, hi what should the characterof real churchmen be conspicu h bus ? Ought it not to be in the value they set upon that truth,—in the zeal with which they defend and propwhicte aga it; and, more than all, in the g ing they are bound to mak e manifestits blessed influence over row their own'hearts and lives. Here the Rev. preacher .en tered, at some length, into the gospel scheme of redemp .tion, by Christ Jesus, meeting all the exigencies of man, and satisfying all the requirements of God, sliming that in Christ the law of God is magnified, and made honour able, its perfections drawn out by the very act that de prives it all of its terrors. In Jesus only is that, other wise tremendous, question answered, _" What is written in the Lord, how readest thou?" " Look unto him and be saved, for he is God, and beside him there is no. Savi our." > This, brethren, is the '' one thing needful ;" without this, all , else is valueless, as the foam on the waters: Make this your grand aim, "seek first the, king dom of God and• his ri ghteousness, and all other thi ngs w ill be added unto you, —" Seek the Lord while he may be found," se ek him in prayer and in the study of Os word. lle will skew you the why in which you must walk; and the work you must do; thus will your peace flow on as a river, and your righteousness as the waves of the:•ea. N e regret our want of space for even an outline 0! the 2nd divi,ion of th , s instructive disccurse : it consisted of an appeal of the hi-t .ry of England •:rorn the reforms.. tion to the revolution ; exh , biting the two pr nciples in collision—cf Protestant'sm (which he i(lentified with our church) Nov' of Rornani-mt, the enemy of God's truth. He sherd t hat a hen PI otestantism was in the ascendant, peace at home, and snece,s etroad was the result. Whereas when Romani;m prevailed in the councils of the state, disaster and defeat invariab'y folowed. The Revolution he dwelt upon, and the bill of rights, wherein he said was estahli.shed and consAidated the power of the Sovereign, by defining and securing the liberties of the pet), le,—after a hich he proceeded : . _ It remains for me to say a concluding word, as to the mode in ehich. especially, I would have you to defend and suepert your church. Brethren, the best safeguard (humanly speaking) a church can have, is in t he ardent affection of her members; and the fairest reflection of her excellence is that emitted by their gradually increasing holiness. Every one amongst you can rto'sornething in this respect, and, while effectually serving his church thereby, he is also as certainly promoting his own growth in graCe, and Most convincingly refuting the calumny of his enemies ; " that whereas they steak evil of you as of evil doers, they may be ashamed that falsely accuse sour good conversation in Christ." Now, dear brethren, bear from me a word of exhortation, easily associated with the last r i e r m ,c a e r e k iing You onunkall noW the severe vigilance with which your this, are occasions, es t we'ally o n suc h a d a y as ma. k trl by the enemies of yourselves and of your principles; yo u k now that, t i n 4 e h r t t ,s w t ith ind n i o s,r e n tt e io oi n sra w ge il m l encouragement oonrcceombe white your forbearance or s m e e l r e - f c, o at n i t o r e o , l th w e i 11 I magnified into crime, rind thus discredit will be attached to our holy and our-bentrtiful cause. Let me then exhort you, that the continuance and the close of this day, may be in unison witlithe mode in which you have chosen to commence it, Keine, " sanctified with the word of God attd with prayer," seParate early, and proceed peaceably to your l'utues. The . Christian's purest earthly delights ought to heat home; his most cherished companions, the wife of his boson), and the cliildr,n of their love. Act on such anniversaries as this, in such a manner, that your wivrs and your children may have reason to rejoice, and to say it is good for them, and for yeu, that you have been here. There• indeed, will you be in the way wherein you should walk, and in the work that you should do. After adverting to the good eff,•cts of the several Dio cesan Church Building S.Tieties, originated by the good Bishop of Chester, and now relented in every other diocese in Entlitul, he enlaresd upon the benefits re sulting, and likely still to result, both to the nation and. the church. The public mind was gradually being disabused of that popular fallacy, that the church meant only the clergy; and the energies as well as the affect'ons of the people were directed towards the church of their fathers, which he looked upon as the great strong hold of her security and strength, without which, he said, all parl - amentary en , ctments and ecclesiastical commis sions would wore of no more avail agaiest the tide of rerolutionary fury than the cry of the affriskeed courtiers brfore the plashing surges that dashed the feet of their in trepid kin:, when h.' rebuked their sychoi ancy and taught them to give the glory to God. Aft er which he concluded neatly thus:—Finally, brethren, be strong in the Lord, and in tie power of his aright; whether rejoicing in hope, or patient under tribulation, continue instant in prayer. Prayer rcal.zes the presence and the power of God ; in this will be your strength. Many of you. no doubt, dear brethren, have trials and privations to endure, whereof the heart knoweth its own bit'ernest.4. You may have ex perienced disappointment where you reposed confidence. You may lament that your cause and yourselves have met with coldne:s and unconcern where you expected, because you deserved, both symeathy and support ; and this even i n high places. Still you have duties to perform : if others neglect or forsake their duties, that is no reason for us to be remiss in the discharge of ours, and we are not without encouragement, for we serve the Lord Christ, and He deMands of his folloe ers activity in every duty, fidelity in every trust. "Quit you, then, like men, be strong." We know Him in whim we have believed ;" end lie will never desert his cause, nor abandon those- that put their trust in him ; we know that we shall, we must be, victorious in the end—" Even more than conquerors through Him that loved us." There is a principle and a power in true religion that can't be described ;it must be felt to be under.t od. It enhances worldly prosperity, acting like the pillar of the cloud lest the glare of this wntld' sunshine might wither the Christian's graces: and like the pillar of fi. e it fl'ngs a light from heaven across the path of this world's tribula tion, lest adversity should blieht the Christian's hope. True religion—" the faith of the Son of God"—enables the believer in patience to t ossess his sou!, tarrying the Lord's leisure, hoping still in God: it assures him that at last he shall surmount every obstacle. and rise superior to every pressure. So felt a holy man of old, so he believed, and so he spoke, and his words are written for our learning and encouragement—" Although the fig tree shall not blossom, neither shall fruit be in the vines: the labor of the olive shall fail and the fields shall yield no meat : the flock shall be cut off from the folds and there shall be no herds in the stalls, yet I will rejoice in the Lord, I will joy int he God of my salvation." A discourse like the above, coming from a minister so universally and deservedly beloved as is Mr. Nolan, wherever he is known, and whose high talent, sincere piety, and consistency of principle are acknow:edged, may well be concluded to have been received, by the members of the order assembled, with gratitude and admiration. It tans so received ; and from every source of information which is open to us it has not been without its due effect, 'in strengthe. inc the hearts of the brethren, allaying that irritation engendered in their minds by the harsh and dis trustful conduct towards themselves and their cause by our local authorities ; and, above all, in leading them to look more deeply into the principles, for the dissemination of which they are associated, and to-strive to dirrct their proceedings and their lives in strict accordance with those principles. At the conclusion of the sermon, a collection was made in aid of the fuuds of the Blue Coat Hospital, after which the congregation quietly departed. But it was not the intention of their cowardly enemies to permit a body of men, whose principles are held in detestation by all disturbers of the public peace, to return even from the performance of a duty so sacred as the at tendance upon the church of their land, without insult and attempted outrage. Acenaiingly, on the termination of the service, the church-yard of St. John's was found to be surrounded with a mob, filling the whole of St. John's-lane and the •Old' Haymarket, and extending for a considerable distance up Manchester-street and along Whitechapel, about whose mischievous bent •there could be no question. Several attempts at stone throwing were made, and no taunts or insults were spared to induce the desired disturbance. The presence of a strong body of police, hoWever, repressed any very active violence; Whilst the highly-praiseworthy coolness and patience of _the Orangemen most materially contributed to this gra tifying result. One party was followed along Lime-street, nearly to the Park, by a mob of disorderly fellows, who were only deterred from an attack upon them by the firm and resolute, yet forbearing, demeanour which they pre , served. In the evening, the lodges dined at their various houses of meeting, displaying further their obedience to the au thorities of their town, by submitting to, what we cannot but think, a somewhat unreasonable demand of the magis trates, that the usual flags should not be hoi,ted from their lodge windows ; and we ate glad to be able to assert that, notwithstanding continual and persevering attempts to aegravate them, not a single case of disturbance, re quiring the intervention of the police, threw a stain over the orderly proceedingq of the pr,vinns day. ENGRAVING FROM THE CELEBRATED PICTURE OF THE WATERLOO BANQUET."—A splendid engraving of " the Waterloo banquet," from the fine picture Moon, (publisher in ordinary to her 11 , t ai r,e y, Repo_ by William Salter, Esq., has been compl eted est Mr. ) ana subscribers' names are now being taken Church-street.anownto mostW of our readers—that the Duke of Wellington annually We needsitor y scarcely ce Arts,ly say—. a G s ru it nd invites around Lim at Apsley-house, on the 18th of Grundy's. of be k June, the distinguished officers who were with him on the field of Waterloo—to commemorate the glories achieved by the British forces on that eventful day. His Grace . (about three years ago) authorised Mr. Salter—and him alone—to paint a representation of the banquet of that year, and every facility was afforded him, the officers pre sent having •expressly sitters to him for their portraits. He is admitted on all bands to have succeeded in conveying in his truly national picture correct likenesses of all the gallant men who were present—some of whom have since been "gathered to their fathers"—as well as of the splen did apartment, and its appurtenances, in which they met. The picture thus possesses, and will continue as years re volve to possess, increasing interest. In the language of the prospectus of its publication, it is well remarked that " It is impossible to imagine a subject of greater and more general interest than this picture, which represents the actual portraiture of more than seventy of those warriors, who, having won fame end rank under their gallant host, thus assembled on the anniversary of the crowning act of all their heroism—to recall the events of that stirring time—to offer a tribute to the memory of those who fell— to rejoice with those who are spared—to offer their con gratulations to their veteran leader—and to receive his hospitality beneath his roof, protected during twenty-five years of a peace which was won and has been guarded by their valour." When we add that we have seen the en graving, and that it is an admirable work of art, in the finest style, a perfect counterpart of the original in indi vidual likeness and detail, we trust we need not add a word to induce many of our townsmen to do honour to themselves as patriots and as men of taste by visiting Mr. Grundy's, and becoming subscribers. In the same room there are • at present on view • tbe fi ne- picture of J ohn Gladstone, Esq.;, that of the late George Canning, given cellent likenesses. PORTRA IT by the former gentleman for oar Town - hall — both ex- OF LORD SANDO the writing of a notice of the Queen's picture, by Leslie, now ou view at Mr. Grundy's Repository of Arts, t hurch-street, we have been gratified with a view of a splendid new portrait of Lord Sandon, destined, we believe, for the Collegiate Institution. The picture is painted by the same artist as the full-length portrait of Mr. Gladstone, which we recently had occasion to eulogise. It is rich and powerful in colouring, well studied in ar rangement of light and shade, and firm and vigorous in execution. The position is easy and natural, and the ex -I,ression pleasing and characteristic. We are glad to find that 'it is proposed to engrave this portrait upon a large and important scale, uniform with the full-length portrait of Canning, after Lawrence—to which it will make an ad mirable companion; and from the deserved esteem in which the noble lord is held by all classes of his consti tuents, we feel confident that this opportunity of being put in possession of a faithful record of his person will not be neglected by the public. The picture wi 1, we understand, remain for a few day's at Mr. Grundy's. where We recommend our reacleis to take an early, oppor tunity of viewing it. the ) or ese rtb the l'ici are till 748, ve ,er- rbi ilst ea- See , a thl ' beenteml cud „ire, aoril 7'0 4 Olt° 'Vg istle" arPes