The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser. — Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1845-05-20 00:00:00

May 20 1845. total anb i t lrobinrial geb)s, en Friday last the clergy of Preston presented the t. The car of that town with an elegant silrer inkstand. subscription in Manchester for the " Dalton Tee -1111°Ilial,” has reached £2,357. _On Saturday week, an infant died at Birkenhead from overdose of laudanum, administered by its mother. of The Queen h as granted unto Christopher Bullin, Esq., Walton Hall, her royal license to assume, take, and use the surname, and bear the arms, of Leyland. forOn Th ursday, a builder, name d M art i n; was fi ne d 40 s. gnotuer ProvidingstreProvidingproper fencing round a buildi ng i n . c- . Mathe rson, t h e proprietor of the island of Lewis, 61n ds placi ng a steamer on the station to ply between " s gow or Liverpool and the Island of Lewis. Ah few days since a man name d J ones , li v i ng i n S a i nt afir e a-buildi ngs, St. Anne ' s -street, destroyed himself in Q tfoo.f delirium tremens, by cutting his throat with a table BIRKENHEAD COMMISSIONERS.—At the adjourned meeting of this body, on Tuesday, Mr. Mallabv alluded to what had been stated by Mr. J. N. Wood at a previous meeting of the board, viz., that he (Mr. M.) had advised the chairman of that board to suppress a communication which had been received from the Liverpool Dock Com mittee ; and that he had, in some way or other, contrived to induce the chairman and others cognisant of that com munication not to act upon it. He was not confident as to the exact words, and there seemed to have been some variation in the newspaper reports from what was spoken. But what he had to declare was this :—First, that on the very morning the communication was made known to him—and, if he recollected the words distinctly, they were something of this nature, that the chairman was requested to inspect the plans of the landing -stages then lying in the Liverpool Dock-office—when he first saw that communi cation, so far from advising its being suppressed, he re commended the chairman, Mr. Rendel, Mr. Laird, and Mr. Potter, who, although not a commissioner, was an inhabitant of some consequence, at once to examine those plans ; and he knew, from what afterwards took place on that very day, that they did proceed to examine those plans. He, therefore, distinctly denied having advised, or dreamt of advising, the suppression of that communi cation, or recommended those gentlemen not to act upon it. On the contrary, he had advised them at once to ascertain what the nature of those plans were which the Liverpool Dock Committee had proposed to be executed under the act of last year. The Chairman (Mr. J. S. Jackson) corroborated Mr. Mallaby's statement.—The receipts at the two ferries for the past year have been £21,096, being an increase of £5,696 over the previous year. There had been an increase in the expenditure, principally arising from the crews to new boats, and the ferry police, which had materially contributed to the security and comfort of the passengers. The committee recommended that any new boats which might be required to keep up the present working plant of the ferry should be paid for out of the profits, and that a fund be reserved for that purpose, no further addition being made to the capital stock if it could be prudently avoided. PAVING AND SEWERAGE COMMISSIONERS.--The committee appointed to take into consideration the Liver pool and Manchester Railway Bill respecting the north tunnel presented their report. They reported that certain plans proposed by Mr. Woods, to obviate the objections as to the interference with the sewers, were satisfactory, but recommended that they should be secured by legisla tive enactment. They also thought that dailies should be introduced into the bill, making it obligatory on the company to form temporary roads in such of the streets as will be opened in constructing the tunnel, in order that the inhabitants may be put to as little inconvenience as possible, and that the company should be required to pro secute their work with all reasonable despatch, under pe nalties to be inflicted in case of negligence and unreason able delay. The committee, therefore, recommended that a petition be prepared to be presented against the bill, if, contrary to all reasonable expectation, the directors should refuse to accede to the terms suggested. The report was received, and referred back to the committee, with full powers to carry it into effect. A resolution to the following effect was also passed :—The attention of the board having been called to the branch railway to be formed from Rainhill, and which is to enter at the north end and cross Boundary -street on a level with the street, resolved, that it be an instruction to the committee to stipulate that a bridge be thrown over that portion of the street over which the railway crosses, in order to prevent accidents and delay.—A letter was then read from Mr. Walker, auditor, recommending an amalgamation between the collectors of rates for this board and the collectors of the parish. The parish rate allowed in 1843 was calcu lated to produce £100,826 5 , . Od., whilst the amount received from 13,900 collections was only £63,886 ss. 3d., being £63 7s. 3d. per cent. The paving and sewerage rate in 1843 was calculated to produce £59,169 3s. 11d. The amount received from 17,479 collections was £41,720 Is. Ild., beine £7O 10s. 2d. per cent. The letter was referred to the auditors, and the board agreed to meet a deputation from the Select Vestry next Thursday. The application for the Dock Committee to be allowed to place rails for the contemplated railway along the line of the docks, was, after some little conversation, referred to Mr. Deane to report as to the powers of the commissioners yn kTTEM PT TO MURDER.—On F r id ay wee k a young 1 7/1 at M anc h ester, named Brooks, attempted to murder throat with a razor. She is, however, recovering. on le Great West ern s t eam - s hi p d eparte d f or New York B . 9n ge a r t s ti rdaY, carrying out f rom s i x t y t o seventy pas the a mongst whom was the Count d e T a l aru , an d ttsual mail. BL O e„ WING MEAT.—On Thursday, Stephen Sharp, 21)Peras-hill, and Charles Locock, London-road, were ' 4 1 4 fled lOs and costs, for exhibiting two lambs for winch had been blown. V not her effort i s now b e i ng ma d e i n M anchester to . 11 ° .."9 1 e the re mova l o f t h e assizes, as far as regards th e ese of the Salford hundred, from Liverpool to Man- Chester. lei: k t t er ctiae meeting of the Birkenhead Watch Committee, In vesti week, the charge against Inspector Hall was th at gated, and the committee came to the conclusion the officer had not exceeded his duty. verlast week a young married woman, at Preston, in a her e l f c hlY stat e , an d th e mo th er o f two children, hung state her own house. Sh e h a d b een i n a very l ow t‘ formsome time, in conse quence o f b e i ng so expensive aer husband through illness. A 4, a DOG NU ISANCE. — D ur i ng the hearing of a case ue Poli ce -court, on Saturday, Mr. Rushton advised 7Par ;ghbitie who we r e anno y e d b y d ogs i n t h e i r respect i ve ourhood s to i n f orm t h e Commissioner of Taxes of h e e tb n ujeance, and to request of him to lay a tax upon to / boil 1", EXPLOSION.—On Friday last, the steam er at the co tt on-m ill s o f M essrs. Smallpage and Lord. ta et r °,leY, ble w up w i t h a terri b le explosion, and col:fl eet:del ! d emolished a fire proof buildi ng o f th ree stor i es, and " the dnng b oiler the cotton . warehouse, the scutching roo ms , house toIs,TOVNDING FACT.—For the cheap train, advertised the?" persons from Preston to London and back, to see ter :ague bazaar, at Covent-garden Theatre, only twenty t otal took tickets out of the whole of this densely .eauvitt_lated district A long train was prepared for the le stn; ; but the very limited number stated were all that eet b y it. iis.l?_"AL ACCIDENT.—On Monday, James Hughes was br oke from a horse, in Breck-road, had his right thigh he ( p e n,. He was taken to the Northern Hospital, where fr e „ e ° on Monday last. It appeared that death ensued tuit‘Tvo,bstruction of the bowels, and that such obstruction te ase ,' have been caused by the position in which the de , was compelled to lie in the hospital. W ednesday last, a boy named Pickering, six years by ,„ dog. in Toxteth Park, died from injuries inflicted the u°g. On Tuesday week previous a dog was lyingon Ilea steps of a house, when the deceased went and sat d on ! i ts The deceased was immediately seized by the ° .` c no got hold of him by the face and dragged him off e ste ce ased and he could not be released until he, (the de re vvas bitten through the nose, about the eyes, and ceived several other wounds, which ended in his death. 200 LOGICAL GARDENS.—The second grand ,fe'le of the Th "son cam e o ff at t h ese b eaut i ful grounds on Friday. „cite attendance was as usual very numerous, and the py reprlhnic displ a y s gave th e greatest sat i sfaction. The bur i 7 en tations of the eruptio n o f M oun t H ec l a — o f the s eel u ng lava d escen di ng d own the slopes of the mountain, m of the rising of Mount Krabla to a great height, with ita sadden and magn ifi cent erupt i on, called forth repeated rlellwdits from the persons assem bl e d . Previous to the s er . e t ?rks, th e camera o b scure and centrifugal railway th e io full operation, and the evening was en li vene d b y ai _Perf ormance of Mr. P. Stubb's Royal Harmonic osn The next opportunity which the public will have pr!viteessing these deservedly popular displays will be on 'day next. Ru n. cards APFAIRS.—The weather, for a few days to cohe close of the last month was warm ; and being aho w tn Panied with a f ew gent l e and refreshing " April vet „ 'rs," and the ground at the same time being in a 4,1,1:be110w state, vegetation, in consequence, made very ht.Z., Progress ; oats and beans made most excellent ap ace : the grass in meadows and pastures shot up s e „,_', and assumed a lively hue ; the wheat crop improved hu7ilderfully in appearance; the apple bloom burst the With' and the s t one -f ru i t trees b ecame white as a sheet I sow blo ssom. But the cold N.E. w i n d s, t h e cold of ors, sometimes accompanied with hail, and the frost Weetc,°lldaY, Tue s d a y, an d t h e morning of yesterday t o be have so much checked vegetation, that it appears 18 Yet °N° almost at a standstill, and in most places there a m out little grass. Many farmers are without hay, bu t ; "oe turned their cattle not only into the pastures, re a Pto the meadows; thus the next crop of hay is al hey'eY. to a certain extent, anticipated ; some farmers Of th r eadY laid their milch cows out. In consequence the scarcity of fodder, and the coldness of the weather, cau se d o not give much milk, which is doubtless one few f _ of th e l ate rise in the price of butter and cheese; a w he The ! tu ners in the Fyld e h ave commence d making cheese. e lan at crop, though in general a good colour, is, in !°ot l s Pla ces, particularly on the lighter soils, deficient of 1 ,2 Ind the ground appears somewhat bare. Several ge,g u _e r ylde have top-dressed both wheat and oats with re sn „ u . Potatoe planting is already far advanced ; and for of the farmers are busy preparing their turnip land Hue reception of the seed.—Preston Chronicle. l ate tj ' a oPnourA.—On Thursday, an inquest was held on Jame Alias, labourer, of Kent-terrace, Kent-street, aged teftelllt appeared that on the Friday previous, he was bled hill, and Mr. Marshall, surgeon, who was called in, see,„`_ ll ,nl and administered other remedies which the case S et 'u u. l to require. No improvement took place,.and on fretutin,aYevening when tea was offered to him, he shrank h ydr o with the feelings of aversion common in cases of t r,.°bia. It was then discovered that ten months 4 ti tt e Poor fellow had been bitten by a on the little ] lev er of the right hand. There being some revson to be an, eat th a • sh all t time that the dog was affected by rabies, the 11 w as killed, an d th e woun d cauter i sed. Mr. Mar vikg le n Procured a con su lt a ti on o f t h e f acu l ty wh i ch leek, t ended by Si r A rnold Knight, M.D., Dr. M'Cul diee a nd othe r me di ca l men of celebrity, and such reme iat eillejeeje administered, as were believed to be effective, !Yeap t `nont avail, as the deceased exhibited all the worst lit re °°lB of the disease in rapid succession, and expired 't fe te -a a gony at three o'clock on Wednesday afternoon. t d h i see' se l ' , lrs before t . he fatal termination of this horrible at i t e convulsions of the patient were so violent, eet , was found necessary to secure his hands and his hi re i a u °,l the strength of six men was scarcely able to hold ree led be d- He was acquainted with the nature of his Was and continued sensible to the last. The deceased 05 4 j r , 4i ne, athletic, young fellow • and has left a wife On Tuesday evening, a public meeting of the Operative ve t children to , lament his loss. ' The jury returned Protestant Association was held at Toxteth-hall, for the b . rd en 11 , 4 . Died of hydrophobia." . We are informed purpose of expressing their unabated hostility to the pro ,se 'alarshall that the professional gentlemen who saw posed increased grant to Maynooth. The meeting was resin c ontemplated, on the day of the man's death, the very numerously attended, and the greatest enthusiasm ' e cor„ 3l nent of the worali or woorara , w hi c h i s strongly was evinced. The chair was occupied by Richard Her at amended by Mr. Waterton, the celebrated traveller, bord, Esq. c'rrZrnetlial agent not unlikely to be successful in this The Rev. Mr. HUNT, of St. Saviour's, proposed the P'St e „e disease. The proposal, however, was not carried first resolution as follows : ,ve c i e s r ect in consequence of imperfect knowledge of the " That it is the opinion . of this enee d tine, that the mea ski quantity to be used, the best mode of employing sores which are now being adopt! by her Majesty's ` F seh,, t he time which would be allowed to open the Ministers with reference to Popery in general, and . to the °l'tq°P Cs!: ensued institute artificial respiration before coma endowment of the College of Maynooth in particular, 'n lt is very desirable that the attention originate in a desire to separate religion from the govern iftatlererofession should be directed to this subject. We ment of the state, and this meeting solemnly declares .. 1 , 1 ;1 1 1, 411 d there is a considerable quantity of this power- every such proceeding to be unconstitutional, anti-cliris f4o°*"" in the possession of a gentleman in this town, tian, and unscriptural." 't tl,atcl willingly furnish a portion to p roper part i es H e rejoiced that the obnoxious government measure had pur p o sesL TAE aAgft,„ of experiment . roused a spark of P ro t es t an t f ee li ng i n the country which TARISTRAT ES AND THE LICENSED VICTUAL- it would be found exceedingly . difficult to extinguish. He te r ,ida; -- „ 4 special meeting of magistrates was held on had heard that day that only sixty of the Lords would op `° consider the folloring three propositions sub- pose the bill • but still, if the people were faithful to their ore Wit : 7 ,, a deputatiou froni the licensed totvicuallers : trust, though' the present aspect of affairs was menacing, erases Th at licensed victuallers be allowed open their the best resu:ts might eventually aucceed. di v . ri or ay the sale of ale, spirits, &c., at the conclusion The Rev THOMAS NOLAN delivered a long and very 4t he service in the parish churces, on Sundays— eloquent speech in support of the resolution. He con tt:hist elf -past twelve, p.m.—Second : That the police tended that the Protestant clergymen of this country had lirdt list to assist licensed victuallers to compel resisted the flood-tide of revolutionary fury, rolled back L°ltnlle d e n or riotous persons to quit their premises, when the surges, and brought men into power, who smiled ee. 0 11 1 ,, P°4 so to do.—Third : That in the event of a with contempt . upon the Protestant community thatand cast th Al a i going into a public-house during the legal aside the petitions of the people. He rejoiced . e st 0° ending persons there of whom he may com- operative classes were comeard as . manfully at this liersego e, shall notify the same to the licensed vietualler, eventful crisis as they had forward before when the e t , a d be allowed a reasonable time to remove such Tractarian innovations threatened to destroy the . church, t ati *u p and that the police shall not lay any informa- and that they were determined to transmit their Protes t! se t , ess the licensed victualler afterwards permit such tant principles unimpaired to posterity. He showed at t h 't e lo t , Z,P,ersons to remain on his premises.—The depu- some length that the proposed grant to Maynooth could t'e `odreve whilst the magistrates were discussing be made the means of more extensive domination in the Watree..,'l24;°flp.o,sitions, and having been verbally informed by hands of the hierarchy of Rome than £400,000 a-year tt led clerk of the decision, a written decision being given towards the endowment of the Romish clergy. In t e Ntis f or the y immediately proceeded to the Clarendon conclusion, he called upon the operatives to disappoint 4 ,ed e ,,' s the Purpose of making a report of their pro- the expectations of the ministry, and not to let the pre eviet3,, to a general meeting of the society, which had sent agitation and union die away, but, at . the period of hf atsh e V been called by public advertisement. Mr. the next election, to give vent to their feelings by return sothe depottk the chair; and Mr. Parkinson, on the part ing men opposed to any advance of Popery. He was very sitie.ation, stated the grounds for the several pro- loudly applauded throughout. Ohre) we re ' and reported that, as to the first, the magis- Th e R ev . Mr JAMES, of St. David's,. proposed the se tav had of opinion the present ' clause (for closing till cond resolution to the effect, that, in the opinion of the secondess tbieen beneficial, and that there had been fewer meeting, it was incumbent . on every Christian voter to hateth , tkr_nnkennesa during divine service. As to the exercise his political privilege in endeavouring . to. return thin ° e had the instructions requested; and . as to parliament such members as would aid in restoring to its lari at that . they could enter into no compromise, our national assembly that . sound Protestant tone which kilacieztlizdeerekiatls7ith every case as it came before them upon formerly characterised its proceedings. He compared It thus appeared that none of their re- Sir Robert Peel to an unnatural father who refused to 00 r est) ueen successful.—Mr. Gerard, in an eloquent give a morsel of bread to his sons, but who gave almost whs,itiee'uauovved the very reasonable e character of the pro- the entire loaf to a big beggarman, who, when he vr„ le ,h e e ' ts a e nd Pointed out a number of annoyances to had gst it boasted that he had obtained . all he wanted by tr " I d Or,l uc ans were exposed, which, he stated, they the force of his shillelagh. He complained that the Pre *eat ien--3' Partially remedy.—Mr. Hibble followed at mier, by taking the duty off arsenic, had given the Pro. aZi e frer f i, and urged the trade to persevere until they testants as large a dose of that poison as they . required; of eh t, fro the mo ve ere the odious . restrictions and penalties to and that he had given all the honey of the hive to the te te. , .1 3104 _, e now liable; and he strongly complained . Papists,.who never asked him for it, and now refused to t h F In which the law was magisterially adminis- return him any thanks for his gift. tihi o ll 'pou si t ; town.—The meeting terminated by a vote, Mr. THOMAS INMAN seconded the motion, and, in co p y' carried, that the Secretary write to his wor- the course of his address, informed the operatives that the t 14 ,1 Of t7,4eYor, requesting to be furnished with a written Toxteth-hall would immediately be opened as a Protes etvtilks t o u t e, answers made to the deputation ; and with tent reading-room. to Ai ' l e A. i layor, and also to the deputation, espe- After a vote of thanks had been passed to the Chair. Mr ' Htbble. man, the meeting separated. DOCK COMMITTEE, THURSDAY.—The Sub-committee of Works reported that they could find no site for central graving docks which they could recommend to the general committee. Mr. Henderson regretted this decision, and said he thought the land at the east side of the Prince's Dock Basin might be appropriated for the purpose. Mr. Aikin said that plans had been prepared some time ago, but it was found that the expense would be so enormous that they could not, with any regard to the interest of the trust, recommend their being made in that position. After some conversation, in which Mr. Evans and Mr. Tobin opposed the site proposed, and Mr. Boyden and Mr. Kendall spoke in favour, Mr. Henderson proposed that the attention of the Sub-committee of Works be di rected to the Prince's Dock Basigiond the land to the eastward thereof, as a suitable site.Wl. the central graving docks, and to report thereon. On a division the motion was carried by a majority of 11 to 7. A letter was read from Mr. Dawson, inclosing affidavits taken before ma gistrates as to the conduct of the crew of the Point of Ayr life-boat, in rescuing the crew of the Mermaid steamer. The magistrates before whom the evidence was given, ex pressed their disapprobation of the statements made against the master and crew of the life-boat ; they consi dered that they had done their duty in an exemplary manner, and were perfectly effective. It having been stated that the secretary had written for an explanation of that part of the charge which stated that, although the guns had been fired from the evening of one day to the morning of the next, no notice was taken by the crew of the life-boat, the subject was again referred.--Mr. Aikin proposed that the subscription to the Northern and Southern Hospitals should be increased for this year from 100 to 200 guineas. After considerable discussion as to the legality of the appropriation, the motion was carried by a majority of 10 to 8. The Chairman objected to the money being paid until the resolution had passed the Council, as he bad no doubt it was illegal. A letter from Mr. J. W. Green, as to the conduct of Mr. Askew, was referred to the sub-committee. On the motion of Mr. Bold, seconded by Mr. Tobin, Mr. Nicol was requested to withdraw his letter resigning his seat on the Committee of Works. Mr. Bold called the attention of the com mittee to a letter signed by Mr. Askew, which had ap peared in the Standard, but it: was considered as the letter was signed by Mr. Askew in his capacity as water bailiff, the committee could nut interfere. Mr. Bold hoped the matter would be brought up in Council, as Mr. Askew had given Captain Evans the lie direct. THE MAYNOOTH GRANT TREASURE TROVE.—A few days ago the workmen em ployed in pulling down a range of old buildings, extending from Elliot-street to Ranelagh-street, discovered 180 so vereigns carefully concealed in a lath and plaster wall. The men immediately divided the booty, and dispersed to spend it in drink, and very few have been at work since. On the facts being made known, conjectures amongst the neighbours were numerous, but seemed unsatisfactory, until some one happened to recollect that the house had formerly been occupied by Harriet Bentley, a courtezan, who, a year or two ago, obtained some notoriety from her connexion with a fellow named Anderson, who was trans ported for having been connected with many large bank-note robberies. It is generally believed that these sovereigns are part of the ill-gotten gains of Anderson, who, perhaps with some faint expectations of one day re turning to this country, had kept his secret, in the hope of finding safe at some distant period the treasure which he had concealed. THE LIVERPOOL STANDARD PROPOSED NEW CHURCH FOR THE DISTRICT OF ST. SIMONS. A most interesting meeting was held in the Music Hall on Friday night, for the purpose of devising the best means of providing more extended Church accommoda tion for the inhabitants of the poor and populous district of St. Simons. This district is under the pastoral care of the Rev. J. R. Connor, than whom a more faithful and zealous minister does not exist ; and the present church, in Gloucester -street, which is adapted to accommodate no more than 700 persons, with only 200 free sittings, has for a long time been felt insufficient to contain the numbers who flock to his ministrations. The rev. gentleman, under these circumstances, has engaged in the praise worthy undertaking of endeavouring to replace the pre sent fabric by a spacious new church, adequate to the ac commodation of 1200 persons, for which a sum of about £3OOO will have to be voluntarily raised by the friends of church extension. The meeting was fully attended, every part of the room being crowded. The Rev. Dr. Tatt(r shall was unanimously called to the chair, near whom we observed the Rev. Hugh M'Neile, the Rev. W. W. Ew bank, the Rev. F. Parry, the Rev. Wray Hunt, the Rev. H. Carpenter, the Rev. A. P. Irvine, the Rev. T. Nolan, the Rev. J. Cordeaux, Mr. John Rigby, Mr. Charles Cotesworth, Mr. Langtry, Mr. Webster, Mr. M'Crea, and many other active friends of the Established Church. The meeting having been opened by a prayer for the divine blessing upon the object, from the Rev. J. COR DEAtix, The CHAIRMAN briefly stated the design for which the meeting had been convened, describing it as an effort to supply additional means of grace to a district which until recently had not possessed those means at all in connexion with the Church of England. The Rev. J. R. CONNOR then read an ample statement of the spiritual wants of the district, in the course of which many striking extracts were introduced from the journals of the scripture reader and tract distributors. The population of the district was put down at 7,600. The great bulk of the people scarcely ever enter a place of worship ; and vast numbers are lost to every sense of religion and decency. There are within its limits 65 pub lic houses, and 96 houses of ill-fame. The population in four small streets amounts to 1,602 ; of which, 96 attend church regularly, and 124 irregularly. In H —street only two persons are to be found who regularly attend church. Something has already been accomplished to wards brightening the prospects of this dark spot; but more, much more, remains to be done. A building, for merly used as a dissenting place of worship, was purchased in 1841 ; it was licensed by the Bishop of Chester, and a clergyman appointed to the district. The church rapidly filled, and the portion set apart for the poor soon became totally inadequate. A scripture reader was added, to aid the minister in his labours. There is a band of tract dis tributors, 20 in number. There is a large Sunday school, to which 21 teachers are attached, as well as a day school for girls, and an evening school for adults ; all which have succeeded far beyond the expectation of their friends and supporters. That these privileges are valued, not withstanding the wretchedness which abounds, is shown by the fact, that on Easter day, 1845, there were 200 communicants, while on the corresponding day in 1841, there were only 41. The district has been constituted a parish, and an income provided for the minister, under the act Vic. vii. chap. 37 (Peel's Act.) The leading, the missionary feature of this act has been complied with—a congregation has already been gathered : and greater numbers of the poor offer to come to the House of God than can be accommodated. In allusion to this subject our respected Diocesan has said—" The act for the en dowment of new parishes will soon be brought into effec tive operation, and gradually cause an important change in places where the superintendence has been hitherto little more than nominal ; 50 new parishes, for so they may be justly called, are already in the course of forma tion in our own diocese." In 1842 a girl's school was opened, in which the average attendance last year was 96. In January, 1845, an evening adult school was opened, which has been crowned with unprecedented success. The Sunday schools (three in number) have all doubled in point of attendance within the last three years. There are 28 teachers, and upwards of 200 sc h o l ars. Th e esti mate of the building of a church to hold about 1,200 per sons may be thus given : Dn. Site £looo Ca. Grants from societies.elooo Debt on present 500 Sale of old materials 500 Erection £4550 £4550 To raise this sum it was proposed that 1,000 collectors or subscribers of .£3 each should come forward, no subscrip tion to be collected until that number had been secured ; then the building would be commenced, and, "through the good hand of our God upon us," there would be no lack ere it was finished. At the close of this interesting document the Rev, gentleman added, verbally, that the contributions already put down for this most desirable object amounted to the sum of £B4o;—(cheers)--and the meeting would allow him to state, also, that on Sunday last the congregation of St. Simon's—the poorest in the town—contributed £250 of that amount. (Re newed and continued cheers.) His congregation and himself were deeply indebted to the enthusiasm and the kindness of the friends of Christianity in Liverpool for contributing the remainder. They left the cause in their hands, praying that God would abundantly prosper it for the honour and glory of his name. (Hear, hear.) The Rev. T. NOLAN made a Scriptural appeal to the meeting on this subject, contending that what had already been done in St. Simon's district to promote pure and undefiled religion was the strongest reason for doing more. He urged upon the friends of the Church to emulate the zeal and liberality of the poor congregation of St. Simons themselves, who, in proportion to their poverty, were the largest contributors to the Church Missionary Society, the Pastoral Aid society, the Society for the Conversion of the Jews, with other kindred in stitutions, and voluntarily maintained several schools for infant children, and adults. The Rev. gentleman closed closed an impressive address by moving the first resolu tion to the effect that the meeting fully recognising the duty incumbent upon members of the Church of En gland to employ all suitable means for extending her in fluence and increasing her energy, resolved that an ab stract of the statement just read be printed and circu lated under the direction of a committee. The Rev. W. W. EWBAYK, in seconding the resolu tion, expressed his admiration of the efforts making by Mr. Connor and his congregation to help themselves to a new church, and said it would be a shame if the rich peo ple in the town did not come to their assistance. Their object was not to proselytize but to convert. Look at the appalling number of houses of ill fame in the district. The law could do very little to remove these painful blots. The Bishop of Exeter was certainly trying to do something ; the object of his measure however was not to prevent prostitution but to stop females from being kid napped. What the law could not do to prevent prostitu tion the love of Christ could do ; for however degraded a human being might be from this cause there was a power in God's holy spirit to draw her by the code of love to himself. The gospel however must be preached to them : and he need not remind the meeting that it was to publicans and to harlots that our Saviour addressed his most compassionate words.—(Hear, hear.) The CHAIRMAN here stated that the plan for erecting the proposed church had been submitted to the bishop of the diocese, and that his lordship's approbation had been most cordially given to it. (Hear, hear.) The re solution was then put and carried unanimously. The Rev. F. PARRY moved the second resolution, " that this meeting fully convinced that the gospel is the remedy for the wants and miseries of all mankind, cannot receive the statements of the present condition, and future prospects of St. Simon's district, without pledging them selves to the most active exertions to carry out the pro posed plan that there may be a fold where the scattered sheep may be taught the principles of true Christianity." He wished Sir Robt. Peel had been present to move this resolution,—(a laugh)—for if the right hon. bart, had been present, and his coadjutors were convinced in their own minds that the gospel was " the remedy for the wants and miseries of all mankind," they would have given very different measures to the sister country than they had, unhappily been proposing. (Cheers.) He was afraid that their measures would turn out as so many quack medicines, only the more poisonous, because the pre scriptions of the Great Physician had been entirely neg lected. (Renewed Cheers.) He was delighted with the efforts of the minister of St. Simon's to build a new church, because he was sure that no Tractari in doctrines would be preached in it. (Cheers.) He was highly grati fied that schools would be connected with the new church, because he could answer that therein would be taught, no "gigantic scheme ofgodlesseducation." (Great cheering.) There would be no stone altars, no preaching in surplices. The mir ister:had no idea of reserve in preaching the atone ment; nor would he turn his back to the people. (Cheers.) On the contrary he would turn his face to the people, and by the blessing of God, he would preach to them fully that the gospel was " the remedy for the wants and miseries of all mankind." (Great applause.) He (Mr. Parry) hailed the erection of a new church, in which the principles of the reformation would be faithfully and affectionately taught. By such structures, additional weapons were raised against the great enemy; and though popery might for a time gain the ascendant, the sure word of God told us its triumph would be very short. But after all we must "cease from men," and look more to God. The "truth as it is in Jesus," was his great insrurnent ; and sooner or later, whatever opposition it might have to encounter, that truth would prevail. (Loud cheers.) The Rev. HUGH M`NEILE seconded the resolution, and invited all parties in the meeting to become sub scribers themselves to this good work, and to induce others to follow their example. Each would have sixty shillings to get • he would give them four weeks to collect them, which for every shilling would be threepence a week; and he proposed that the meeting should adjourn to that day month, then to "report progress." (Hear.) This was a case of real church extension, for laud would have to be bought in Silver-street to obtain the necessary quantity Tor the new structure. £750 were asked for the land, and here was an additional reason for subscriptions being quickly sent in. The rev, gentleman, with his usual power, then set before the meeting, the Gospel as a message of love to all mankind. They had heard of the poor outcast har!ots in this district, and of the abominable houses in which they lived ; and he was afraid the in dignation of the public was too often raised against those unhappy creatures. It was not against them that our feelings should be excited, but against their seducers ; and society was to blame for giving any countenance whatever to the men who, in the first instance, had been the authors of their misery. The remedy for this lay with society itself, and he called upon society to apply it. (Loud cheers.) The Gospel was the remedy for the poor women themselves, and they who were in the habit of speaking upon it, in public and private, had seen the ef fect upon many a hard and stubborn heart when they had recounted the love of our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ. (Hear, hear.) A question might arise, the rev. gentle man further said, about the patronage of the church. By the act the appointment of the minister must be alter nately in the crown and in the bishop of the diocese. These official trusts, he was aware, had fallen an der some suspicion lately; but in this case the pas tor was already appointed. There was security there fore as to the first appointment, and the question of patronage was set at rest. He was not fond, however, of official trusts. Private trusts, in the present state of things, were a far better security to take against the evil appointments that might be made under the existing state of religious feeling among public men. Under the official trusts, appointments might be made which would be very disastrous to the religious interests of the people ; not, he sincerely believed, from any such intention on the part of those who made them, but from ignorance, in supposing that other circumstances ought to be attended to rather than that which was the real one in view—the preaching of the gospel to the people. (Hear.) If official men were aware of the effects of the gospel, there would be no risk in their having the trust; but the risk was from men, not feeling its power themselves, being, from their situa tion' called upon to appoint. They m i g ht, t h ere f ore, with the very best intentions, make very disastrous ap pointments. The interests of the Church might thus fall into the hands of men who were not even mem bers of it. (Hear.) The Prime Minister of England, in the present state of things, might not be a member of the Church of England. On these accounts it was most reasonable that private trusts should be continued to members and congregations of the Church of England, and that they should be constituted as a sort of security against the evil influence that might arise from an admi nistration, not members of the Church of England, and not attached to their interests. (Hear.) After some further observations on this subject, the rev. gentleman reverted to the necessity for money, and at his request several clergymen present undertook to make collections in their churches in aid of the funds. Mr. M`Neile con cluded an eloquent and warm-hearted speech by another appeal, grounded upon the respect in which Mr. Connor is held by his brethren in the ministry. The resolution was carried. The Rev. A. P. IRVINE then moved a vote of thanks to the Chairman, and the proceedings terminated by the doxology being sung. The sum of £B2 was collected on the occasion. MEETING OF THE SELECT VESTRY The usual fortnightly meeting of the Select Vestry was held on Tuesday last. After reading the Workhouse Committee proceedings several members expressed themselves favourable to take the present Workhouse completely down and erect an en tire new building. It appeared that in the opinion of Mr. Samuel Holme a new building might be built on the site of the old one for £2,000. The subject was referred to the Building Committee. Rector Brooks stated that Mr. Johnson, the surgeon of thelndustrial School, had intimated his intention to re sign unless an apothecary were appointed. The duties are very arduous, and the salary is only £lOO a-year, out of which Mr. Johnson had to find medicines which cost £5O per annum. The subject of appointing an apothecary was referred to a special committee. On the recommendation of the rectors, the Rev. Robt. Wilson, who is acting for the Rev. Mr. Leigh, Vicar of Walton, was appointed chaplain to the Industrial School. The Building Committee accepted Messrs. Furniss and Kilpin's tender for the erection of a new registrar's office in Lime-street, for the sum of £2248. They also accepted a tender from Messrs. S. and J. Holme, for making cer tain alterations at the Workhouse, for the sum of £48,148 deducting £3,798 f or o ld mater i a l s. , The Finance Committee reported that 174 candidates had applied for the six vacant situations of collectors of the parish rates. After carefully examining the testimo nials of each, they recommended seventeen candidates. The vest's , then proceeded to vote, when the following six were declared the successful candidates :—Fry, Shim ming, Stein, Ireland, White, and Ayres. Two candidates offered themselves for the situation of assistant-surgeon of the workhouse, namely, Mr. Thomas Morris, of Knowsley, and Mr. W. J. M'Dougall, of Great Howard-street, at a salary of £5O per annum. Mr. M`Dougal was unanimously elected, subject to the appro val of the Workhouse Committee. Here a deputation from the trustees of the Merchant Seamen's Fund, consisting of Mr. William Potter, Mr. J. N. Wood, Mr. George Kendall, and Mr. Alderman Nicol, were ushered into the room, for the purpose of having an interview with the Select Vestry. Mr. Potter said himself and colleagues were deputed by the trustees of the Merchant Seamen's Fund to represent to the vestry the bearings which a government bill, now before the House of Commons, would have on the finan cial condition of the parish of Liverpool. At present the different ports had each a separate fund of its own for the maintenance of the widows and orphans of those who have been killed or drowned in the merchant service. Li verpool had the largest fund—about £20,000, and here about £7,000 were distributed annually for the benefit of 1500 or 2000 persons. The object of the government bill was to amalgamate all the funds of the different ports into one; but as the funds in a great many of the ports were insolvent, and as the money here must go to supply defi ciencies elsewhere, the calculation was that, instead of £7,000 now, only £2,000 then would be available to the pensioners on the Liverpool list. The remaining £5OOO would go to other places. The bill had been read a first time, and would speedily be read a second time; and the object of the deputation was, to know whether the parish would incur the expense of opposing it, seeing that, if it were passed, it must seriously affect the parish funds. A petition from the board was ordered to be sent to the borough members for presentation to the House of Cora mons against the bill. The deputation withdrew, and the board adjourned FIRST CHURCHWARDEN'S VISITATION AT PRESCOT. On Friday, the visitation for the Deanery of Warring. ton, on the Prescot call, took place at the parish church of the latter town, for the purpose of instructing, and in. stalling into office, the recently-elected churchwardens of that district. This being the "first" visitation that, under the new ecclesiastical act, has been held at Prescot, the occasion excited considerable interest, and the attendance, including clergymen and wealthy families of the locality and neighbourhood, was, considering the day of the week, rather numerous. We observed, besides those who took a part in the proceedings, the Rev. Mr. Ellam, of Rainford ; Mr. R. P. Crockett, of Eccleston ; Mr. C. G. F. Driffield ; W. Joff, of Farnworth ; and se veral other pastors; and amongst the laity, Miss Chor ley, and others of distinction. Prayers were impressively read by the curate of the church ; after which a sermon was preached by the Rev. Ellis Ashton, vicar of Huyton, from the 4th chap. of the Ist Epistle of Timothy, ver. 7 " Exercise thyself unto godliness." After the service was concluded, the churchwardens and guardians of the dis trict assembled round the Venerable John Rushton, D.D. Archdeacon of Manchester, who addressed them at con siderable length on the nature and high importance of their duties. He referred to the recent enactment which established an additional number of rural deaneries, and stated that much of his efficiency in office would depend upon the co-operation of those whom he then more espe cially addressed—adding that he should postpone any re marks to the clergy of the district until a more intimate acquaintance with them and their parishes would enable him to do so with stronger effect. He considered that the bringing together of the churchwardens at convenient places, and communicating with them periodically, would be'beneficial to them and their localities. They were now relieved to a great extent by the new poor law of the du ties that formerly devolved upon them in respect to the poor's affairs, and had therefore more time for exertion in other points. Their office bad become, in fact, rather more of an ecclesiastical than a secular kind, and was one of the most honourable, if duly attended to, that could be exer cised. He should furnish them with instructions to carry home with them, and which he trusted would be well stu died and complied with. He then referred to and dilated upon these printed articles of inquiry, to be answered by the churchwardens and sidesmen, dividing his discourse into the several:heads—first, concerning theclergy ; second, the office and duties of churchwardens ; third, the con servation of the fabric of the church ; fourth, the minis trations of the church ; fifth, concerning the pews; and sixth, concerning the churchyard. With respect to the rubrical questions that had lately agitated the church, it was gratifying to find that those of the clergy who had un happily fallen into the tractarian system were not the so ber-minded and judicious, but the young, the inexpe rienced, and, he might add, the fanciful ; and this being so, he had no fear for the safety of the Church of England. It was their duty to represent what repairs or additions were required for the churches, and what for the services of the church, with all due regard to economy, the same to be submitted to the Vestry ; and he pointedly enjoined them in all cases to get their money before they spent it. With respect to church rates, it was to be lamented that the law was yet sadly indefinite; but if it were leniently and judiciously applied, he believed that rate would be found not to be so offensive to parishioners as was generally supposed. For peace sake they might here and there re lax a little of its stringency without giving up a principle. The conduct of parish clerks fell under their supervision, and, where they found them at fault, they had the power to bring them to account, and, if need were, to have them dismissed. All endowments to the church should also be carefully attended to, or sums given for the services of the organist. The fabric of the church should have their es pecial attention ; no burials should be permitted close to the walls; the ground should be well drained, and the church well ventilated by opening the windows in dry weather. In allusion to the Registration Act, be lamented that it gave facilities to early and improvident marriages, and that they should endeavour to induce parties to pub lish the banns regularly in the localities to which they belonged. He next alluded to the improvement of pews, their comfort, and the division of those too large for re quirement being (with the consent of the parties) desira ble. Their sale, or transfer, or money transactions re specting them, were (we understood him to say) of un questionable legality. Churchwardens were in fact church extensionists, and he urged them to support all judicious measures for the bailding. enlarging, or repairing of churches, in their respective localities, where the popula tion was increasing, and the location of additional pastors required, so that the districts might be divided into smaller and more manageable portions. He next referred to the attention which the schools demanded from them, as a sacred duty, and the example which they ought to set forth to their fellow men by their own punctual attendance at divine worship, and by the education which they instilled into the minds of their own children ; and concluded by a fervent hope that " the Lord would give them understand ing in all things " The numerous churchwardens present then signed the required declaration, in lieu of oath, (according to the new act,) and the proceedings closed. FATAL ACCIDENT.—About half-past nine o'clock on Saturday night a labourer, named William Owens, acci dentally fell into the Prince's Dock Basin. He was taken out and conveyed to the Receiving-house, where be ex pired soon after. PROTESTANT ASSOCIATION The annual meeting took place on Wednesday, in Exeter-hall. Lord Winchelsea in the chair. The large room was crowded in every part by a most respectable audience. The Revs. R. J. M'Ghee and Dr. O'Sullivan attended. The former gentleman spoke very eloquently in support of the following resolution :—" That, from the system of instruction adopted at the College of Maynooth in train ing up young men for the office of Roman Catholic priest hood, from the immoral, intolerant, anti-social, and per secuting character of the books used, and the system taught in that college, and from the principles in which the Roman Catholic hierarchy are pledged to Rome to train the priesthood in reference to the Protestant Sove reign of these realms, and in which they are proved to train them not only in Maynooth, but atter they leave that college and enter on their office as priests, it appears to this meeting that the endowment of the College of Maynooth is not only irreconcileable with the duty which Protestants owe to God, but with loyalty and fidelity to our gracious Sovereign, with due regard to the safety of our constitution and to the laws, the liberties, and the re ligion of this great empire." The principles taught at Maynooth might he gathered from the letter of instruc tions of the Cardinal Prefect of the Propaganda at Rome to the trustees of Maynooth College, and were contained in the work of Dens and the Secunda Secundm of Thomas Aquinas. It was demonstrable, from the Roman Catholic Directory, and from the statutes of the Roman Catholic bishops, that since 1831 the priests had been trained in the principles of those books. The first doctrine of those aed all the Roman Catholic writers on the subject of oaths was, that the bishops had the power of dispensing with an oath whenever the bishop considered that the interests of the church required it. It was held to be a power, a right, and a duty to absolve from oaths to Protestant Sovereigns whenever it should be advisable for the inter ests of the church ; so that on the occasion of an invasion of Ireland, if approved by the Pope, the Roman Catholics of that country might be absolved from their allegiance to the Sovereign. The Secunda Secundee of Aquinas was adopted by all the Roman Catholic bishops of Ireland, in 1808, as the best authority for the training of priests, and it had been adopted by the Roman Catholic bishops of the province of Leinster, as the best standard for the secrLt conferences of the priests. He had offered to prove these facts from returns and public documents, in a letter to Sir Robert Peel, but he had declined to avail himself of the offer. Sir Robert Peel had two or three times said that he must entreat the house to be careful how they drew conclusions as to the nature of the education pursued at Maynooth from the principles contained in certain books used there; but, surely, if a book was commanded to be read on certain specific points, and if a certain au thority was commanded to be taken as a master and a guide on those points for the students, and if the rulers of the college pledged themselves to take those books as a master and a guide on these points, then, he said, that common sense and truth must compel every one to say that the doctrines of those books were the doctrines of the college. What were the doctrines of Thomas Aquinas ? " We, holding the statutes of our predecessors, absolve those who are bound by the sacrament of an oath of alle giance to those who are excommunicated, and prohibit them from fidelity to them till they make satisfaction." Now, apostates and heretics are excommunicated wholly, and therefore subjects must not obey apostate and heretic sovereigns. Thomas Aquinas also said, quoting Augus tine's letter to Boniface, " Heretics are to be compelled to hold the faith." The letter of the Cardinal Prefect of the Propaganda, in 1796, had been quoted by Mr. lEneas Macdonnell, of whom he would only say, that not in the whole range of the Roman Catholic religion was there a man that played a deeper game than he had, with his let ters to the Times, and his mock attacks on Mr. O'Con nell, and his assertions of the sanctity of an oath ; but that gentleman had taken care to quote only the beginning of that letter, in which it was recommended that the Ro man Catholic youth should be sedulously admonished of the duty of submission to princes and authorities, and it was no wonder that when that part of the letter was pub lished every man thought that Maynooth was a nurse of purity and loyalty to the Crown of England ; but mark the duplicity of the writer ! Towards the close of the let ter, however, he commanded that which Mr. Macdonnell well knew would be understood as meaning that they were to train the priests in all the papal doctrines of se dition. Amongst the books which the students of May nooth were bound to bring into the college with them was the " Commentaries of IV , enochius," which, upon the text of separating the tares from the wheat, did not teach that heretics should be taken away and put to death, but referred the student to one of the standard works of the college, " Maldonatus," which did. The rev. gentleman quoted largely from these works to prove this position, dwelling particularly on a passage in the last named book, which said that heretics were the children of the Devil. Dr. O'Sullivan addressed the meeting in powerful lan guage, after proposing as follows :—" That this associa tion regards the coronation oath as a solemn pledge given to the nation, in the face of Almighty God, for the defence of their rights and liberties, and, abo7e all, for the main tenance of true Christianity and of the Protestant reform ed religion in this kingdom. That true allegiance requires of every subject the most tender regard for that sacred obligation which the law has thereby imposed upon his Sovereign, and that all her Majesty's faithful subjects are therefore bound in duty to exert their utmost powers of legal resistance against any legislative measures which in their consciences they believe to be at variance with the spirit of the Queen's oath, and destructive of the (very) objects for which that oath was and is required by the (very) laws which called her royal ancesters to the throne oflEngland." The rev. gentleman then applied himself with much ability to the argument that the increased grant to Maynooth was nothing more than restitution money, by showing that the Church of Rome never had any pro perty in Ireland ; inasmuch as the whole framework of the Protestant Church, with all its changes, was made two years prior to the existence of that creed—the creed of Pius IV., which every Roman Catholic priest, before he entered into the possession of a benefice, must swear to. It was that " creed" that determined the church ; the Roman Catholic church was, therefore, a new church, inasmuch as it was a new creed she had embraced ; whereas the Church of England had simply made those alterations, which she was at liberty to do, and bound to de. He repeated his conviction, that the effects of this Maynooth Bill would be to produce a Catholic ascendan cy, and with it convulsion, and either the dismemberment of the empire, or a most sanguinary civil war. What would be the consequences of Roman Catholic ascend ancy ? The destruction of a few clergymen ? No ; far more important results would follow. Only let the Ro man Catholics be enabled to send ninety members to the House of Commons, bent upon advancing the interests of their faith, and where would be the British minister that could carry on the affairs of this kingdom? When that time came it would not be from Ireland that the call for repeal would come. Such would be the embarrassment of the legislature that, throughout the whole of England, there would be one unanimous call to send back the Irish legislators. Sir Robert Peel had said that he had no other course to pursue ; but he (Dr. O'Sullivan) would much rather have the old system of granting annually £9,000 than trust to Sir Robert Peel and Sir James Graham ; and he did not believe that a majority of the repeal asso ciation would submit to the disgrace of having the doc trines which his reverend friend had mentioned taught at their expense. Mr. 17. M. Percival, in seconding the resolution, ad dressed himself exclusively to the subject of the corona tion oath, contending that the Maynooth Bill, by making the college of Maynooth an institution of the monarchy, and by doubling the number of Roman Catholic priests, militated against the nature and intention of that oath (the terms of which he quoted), and was directly opposed also to the fifth article of the union, which declared that the continuation of the Established Church in Ireland should be deemed and taken to be a fundamental principle of the union. STATE OF THE PUBLIC HEALTH The tables of mortality for the quarter ending the 31st of March, 1845, have just been issued from the General Register-office, London. The returns are obtained from 115 districts, comprising a population, according to the census of 1841, of 6,578,912. It will be seen that Liver pool is among the places in which the mortality has dimi nished. The season to which the return refers was remarkable for its severity ; the temperature fell lower than had ever before been observed and recorded in the neighbourhood of the metropolis. The mortality was proportionably high : 49,874 deaths were registered ; 43,958 had been registered in the last quarter of 1844; and 38,784 in the September quarter of that year. The increase of deaths was, therefore, upwards of 11,000. In the unhealthy countries of the world, the mortality is highest in the hottest months, and this was the case formerly in London ; but the greatest number of deaths now invariably happens in the coldest quarter of the year. Thus the average number of deaths in the March quarters (45,484) of 1840-4 is 4,220 above the general quarterly average (41,261) of the same five years 1810-4; but the deaths in the first quarter of the present 3 ear were 49,874, or 4,390 above the average of the March quarter of the previous five years. It is true that the population in creased in the interval; but the increase of population would not account for more than half the excess of deaths. The mortality was below the average in the milder cli mate of the south-western parts of the island, and in the coal districts of the north ; it was highest on the eastern coast, in the metropolis, and North Wales. In the city of Norwich 708 persons perished in the three months out of a population of about 62,000. The excessive mortality is accounted for in the notes ; 57 deaths from small-pox were registered in East Wymer, 36 in Conisford, 40 in Mancroft. The Registrar of Cos lany states that the average " is exceeded by about 100 deaths, principally from small-pox. No deaths have occurred from sm a ll- pox a f ter vaccination. " (See the Registrars'notes under Norwich.) Few of the victims of small-pox had been vaccinated; vaccination had not even been attempted in a great majority of cases ; and thus, in one city, between 200 and 300 persons were suf fered to perish in three months ; others were blinded, maimed, and deformed for life, through negligence of the parents in the application of the protection discovered by Jenner, and placed at the disposal of all by the legislature. Other examples of the consequences of neglecting vacci nation will be found in the notes. Ashton-under-Lyne is the only parish in which it is mentioned that the " churchwardens and overseers have refused to carry out the provisions of the act of 3 and 4 Victoria," to extend the practice of vaccination, by contracting with medical officers for the gratuitous protection of the poor. Sixty one funerals took place in Ashton town from small-pox. In Jenner's Life, an instance is mentioned of the cost of coffins, convincing the overseers of a certain parish of the advantages of vaccination, after all the higher arguments of humanity and justice had failed. The high mortality was no doubt due in a great part to the extreme coldness of the season ; but, as is judiciously remarked by one of the Registrars of Stockport, " Great as it is, there can be no question that the mortality would have been greater, in so severe a winter, had not the im proved condition of the industrious classes enabled them to be better clothed and fed." In the metropolis, small-pox, scarlatina, and measels, were epidemic; the deaths from diarrhoea and erysipelas were above, those from typhus below, the average. 411 deaths from !looping cough were registered, which is 113 less than the average. The deaths from all pulmonary diseases rose ; and 632 persons died of bronchitis ; 606 of asthma ; 1,296 of pneumonia. There was a marked excess of deaths from scrofula, tabes mesenterica, cancer, atrophy, malformation, apoplexy, delirium tremens, and intemperance. 12 person-, labouring under diabetes, died (the average is 6;) and it is worthy of remark, that cold weather is always very fatal to this class of patients. Districts in which the mortality was ABOVE the aver age of five March quarters : The five metropolitan dis tricts, Portsea Island, Northampton, Norwich, Kidder minster, Dudley, 'Wolverhampton, Birmingham, Aston, Coventry, Nottingham, Stockport, West Derby, Black burn, Choriton, Manchester, Aston, Bradford, Merthyr Tydfil, Holywell, and Anglesey. Districts in which the mortality was meow the aver age of five March quarters : Cambridge, Liverpool, Wigan, Prescot, Salford, Hull, and Pontypool. The mean temperature of the 13 weeks at Greenwich was 35 deg. 4 min. The temperature of the correspond ing week, on an average of 25 years, was 38 deg. 9 min., according to Mr. Henry's observations. The tempera.. ture of the first 4 weeks of January was from 1 deg. to 6 deg. above the average; from the close of January to the end of March the mean temperature was 8 deg. below the average; and in one week (March the 9th to 15th) it was 29 deg. 1 min., or 13 deg. below the average. On Wednesday morning, February 12th, a thermometer on grass fell to 6 deg. below Zero; the thermometer on flax, cleared of snow, was 12 deg. 5 min. below Zero, probably a point lower than has ever been recorded in this climate before. At the same time a thermometer on long grass under snow was 26 deg.; showing, in a striking manner, the protection snow affords vegetation against sudden ex tremes of temperature. The temperature of the air fell in the night to 8 deg. 8 min. The meteorological returns from other parts of the kingdom, though not all made on a uniform plan, are highly interesting ; and exhibit differences in the results which could scarcely have been anticipated in the absence of direct evidence. CORRESPONDENCE, TO THE PROTESTANT INHABITANTS OF THE COUNTY PALATINE OF CHESTER. FELLOW-PROTESTANTS,—I again feel myself impelled, by a strong sense of public duty, to direct your attention to the proceedings of the House of Commons. The Prime Minister of the Crown has, in his place in parlia ment, emphatically declared, that the late manifestation of your feelings by respectful petitions, so far from indu cing him to relax in the course he has adopted respecting Maynooth, imposes only additional obligations on him steadily to adhere to it. Thus it is certain that the en dowment of the Roman Catholic College of Maynooth will be forced, by ministerial influence, through both houses of the legislature. As a nation, it is impossible to regard the foundations of splendid empires in the West, there laid by British enterprise—the splendid and heretofore almost unknown empires subdued and acknowledging British supremacy in the East—our Australian possessions —our incipient enterprizes among the nearly countless pagan millions of China, without acknowledging the divine blessing. We have hitherto, in our home government, endowed and supported only the religion we believe to be the purest; and where our arms have penetrated, we have anxiously introduced its blessings. May we not thus have been unconsciously an instrument of Omnipotence to introduce His holy word ? By the opposite course of encouraging and promoting, from the policy of human expediency, what we religiously condemn as evil, thereby distrusting Him, may we not nationally incur the divine wrath, and the palm of victory, wrested from us, be given to other and worthier hands ? These are considerations on which all reflecting minds will ponder, and pause ere they con sent to be participators in an endowment for the props- I gation of religious error, which, the Bible plainly assures us, is direct rebellion against " God's holy word and commandment." I again, therefore, call upon you to make one last effort against this insane measure of our rulers, by memoriali sing the Sovereign for the immediate dissolution of this present parliament. I warn you that by supineness you make yourselves participators in its criminality, the com mencement only of a series of enactments utterly subver sive of all Protestant principle. By using every possible effort, and by publicly protesting against it, can we only, as a nation, absolve ourselves, and, as trustees of the pure principles of Protestantism for our descendants, hope to transmit them its lasting, invaluable blessings. I have the honour to be, fellow-Protestants, Your very obedient servant, ROBERT DE HOLLINGWORTH. Hollingworth Hall, May 131 h, 1845. TO THE EDITOR OF THE LIVERPOOL STANDARD. SlR,—Will you favour me with a small portion of your paper, in order to inform a blackguard who scribbles for the Popish Mercury, that no man of note was required at Newton, either from Liverpool or any other polling district in South Lancashire? It was merely a meeting of the secretaries and other workers. I am, sir, your obedient servant, PETER MARROW, Secretary of the Liverpool Conservative Association. May 17, 1815 THE MAYNOOTH GRANT. TO THE EDITOR OF THE LIVERPOOL STANDARD. SlR,—Though but a single individual of this great em pire, and one of the meanest of her sons, I cannot see the safety of our religion bartered for expediency, the heads of government pandering to the interests and canvenien cies of time and place,—l cannot see ministerial good faith, honesty, and principle grossly perverted, without adding my voice, feeble though it be, to the general cry of detestation. The supporters of the Maynooth grant may smooth and polish up that bill as much as they please ; they may try to make it comely and syren-like ; they may varnish over every discrepancy, and prevaricate away every flaw ;—but the wolf must out, though never so neatly clad in sheep's clothing. We see danger and dis grace to our church, and breach of faith, in the foreground, with the developement and maturity of sinister designs against that church, yet in the bud, dimly pourtrayed in the back ; while the picture, taken as a whole, presents a lamentable view of the lukewarmness and degeneracy of Protestantism. We want no microscope to see this pic ture through the nice spun texture of verbal subtilties with which they have surrounded it. The very anxiety which they show to conceal its defects—the tremor, and excitement, and rage, at any charge against it—but, above all, their aperantolsgia—the round-about shuffling way in which they defend it—betray their own conviction of the untenable nature of its support, and the truth, which they will not own, that they know themselves on the wrong side of the question. These men twist the mean ing of words, and haggle the application of epithets. Let them define for me, from either Walker or Johnson, the meaning of the word bigotry, and say whether our refusing to subscribe to a grant in favour of that church which revelled in the death-pangs of martyrs, Protes tants, and persecuted our Church from its infancy, can come under such a denomination in its widest latitude. A correspondent of the Liverpool Mail says, forsooth, that those persecutions happened centuries ago, and are to be attributed to the barbarous character of those times ; but, superficial a reader of history as I am, I have only to turn back to the year '9B, when I find the old spirit of Popery working very vigorously ; and here, begging Mr. Ward's pardon for the contradiction, Roman Catholic priests were the fomenters, the heart and soul of that re bellion. Six of the name of Murphy presided over the fanatic orgies of their flocks in county Wexford, and but for one, of the name of Roche, the bloody scene of Sculla bogue would not have been enacted. There were, indeed, a great many of the Protestant religion entrapped into an alliance with them—but how? by that delusive bait of justice and independence to Ireland, which Popery is still offering, alas ! with too much success to the si rple or careless, or apostate Protestant. Let us hear the above mentioned a little further; the Maynooth College_ has been endowed some years back. What difference between giving a sum for its support then, and increasing it now ? The principle has been established, and it would be the height of perfidy to retrograde—to quote his own phrase. What logic ? Because we made a blunder, or committed a sin some years ago, and now have come to a conviction of our error is that a reason for our continuing in it ? Because that grant passed at such a time, and under circumstances to which its opposers were forced to succumb—is the princi ple of endowing a church, which we know to be alien from God, established as right? No, not if it were sanctioned by an antiquity as high as the flood—not if the bill were approved of and carried by Socrates or Plato—not if it were to conciliate a thousand Irelands, or even bring ul timate good to Protestantism, as some would pretend, or ignorantly hope. The pleadings of the supporters of the Maynooth grant are truly Jesuitical. One says that it is only giving the Roman Catholic Church in Ireland its due. What benefits we have received from that church, what kindly feeling it has shewn to us, what zeal it has mani fested in our behalf, to demand such a reward, I would fain know. If, indeed, the threatening posture it at pre sent assumes; if the manifestation of what it would do if it could ; if the past and present disturbances in Ireland will serve to arouse us from our apathy, and make Protestantism stand to arms and show its zeal for the Lord, then we will have derived from it a decided benefit. Another argu ment used by these men is that that Church is far in the majority—preposterous argument. Has the extent of a Church anything to do with its doctrines ? The Jewish Church of old was the smallest church in the world, and were its members allowed to tolerate any other ? Were they allowed to endow Colleges for Magi, or erect temples or altars for Baal? If the Church of Christ were reduced to one man would that justify him in supporting any other? But this argument defeats itself and its proposers; who have forgotten rather conveniently that Ireland is an in tegral portion of the British empire, and that as such the Roman Catholic Church is far in the minority. An other straightforward way of proving that it becomes us to give a Grant to Maynooth is, by showing the enormities of our Church, that our bishops are too wealthy, not like the meek lowly Apostles whose suc cessors they hypocritically pretend to be. The Estab lished Church in Ireland has not answered its purpose, is a grievance, &c., &c. Among these reasoners I see two classes of men, whose growth I view with apprehension, and whose principles I hold in abhorrence ; but as time and room prohibit me from entering further into the sub ject, I shall reserve my remarks upon them and thei a future occasion, hoping ti at you, as a staunch def (conservator) of true Protestant principles, will na fuse me a place in your columns. Yours, &c.. JUSTUt t orte one" a re' oriel