The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser. — Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1847-04-13 00:00:00

TO CORRESPONDENTS. been for The Rev. Hugh S 15th Dec We cannot infer temporary latidn in features of Mr. NV Protest thin the In Adv TUESDAY The quest: poor shall those tru )r taught mentary e duties o laced them its of Sec !twist Chun 1+ eljz Ribtrpoo 3nce, t up in tation in which Pro- some acquaintance with which they c with hone rn their dail )ones than viol put a 1 pass from an•uncared ch pravities of youthful intempe and di , as they or instructed in those cation, without n hardly Or shal jstract, or 1 economy, or congrep- 7, made to save them, to ood, through the de to a manhood in practical Athe- portion of the our privilege to be- :h - the Church of Proud are we The c pie, that when the poor, that the Church A sum in propor butions of their respee trch now asks no more Abandoning the h 4 unurcii es which l'"1 signing all those peiong to he waiving she volunta a; herself on a level of pe feet equalit ry various class an let the poor form of Dissent; exclaim be taught, let them know T through us and by our f Christ why then throug He should not be known a you,- T than ks few of our readers have eit r time or incli tion to wade through the torrents of print which daily pouring forth through the columns of the Press, on the Governme plan of Education, and he question is studiously darkened by sophistry and gross_ misrepresentation, we shall s ocate it fairly and Plain Is it, or is it and Disse Country Church of Christ to which i tong ; for noble is the positic England has gro - und of a National ( exclusive privilc .ngton is, in every respec and it is with regret that we see a man so capable as Mr. Evans or discerning gment to be warpe by his antipathies Of any kind: Such a man ought to he above the indulgence of feelings so little and so unworthy NEITHER the limited space at our disposal, nor our inclination allow us at any time to report all the unseemly interruptions in which Mr. W. Earle chooses to indulge himself and the Council. Such lamentable exhibitions of a waspish mind and are too discreditable to the assembl tern per which they are made—and in which we are sorirto see them rewarded with "laughter," " loud laugh ter,." &c., instead of the pity which they_ ought to too discreditable to the intelligence of the town, in which they are hazarded, to be recorded by a Press which has a due respect for its own high calling, We shall deviate from our usual course, however, with respect to one portion of Mr. Earle's excite— eruptions on Thursday last, upon the subject of the Report of the Commissioners upon the Water question, inasmuch as it contains a charge as offen- sire in matter as in manner, upon a gentleman— Mr. Page,. the experienced civil engineer—whom we know to be far the superior of Mr. Earle in talent and knowledge of his profession ; and whom we believe to be quite that gentleman's equal in the honesty with which he discharges his duties to the public. " Mr. Earle—l think the committee perfectly justified in the conclusions to which they have come. I denounce the report of the commissioners as the most infamous one n fe lucation of ti- Lt should rece tion to the voluntary co e support than she is willing to concede to the most insigni ficant sect of Protestant Dissenters ; she demands m this,—and where is the Dissenter that she ought to be contented with no more t} who will sa As journalists, not unmindful of mu- Christian duty, we stated our opinions touching this matter long ago, and should have since' urged it more fully SIDARD resp acknowledg Otanbarb. On Credit, 15s. PRIL t, that at con Churc ent on the c e unto f 3 parliamen But what years ago, when :client to pensi( in eve a useful publi ejects, too, to dra 1 abili tice, on t Irawal nd to work wel a the Council and advantageo louse owners is he (lorn 'e is no neces ,valid, 131 lets of Parliame a Doc would be disposed to disclaim this as a likely to — create busi gentlemen are little feet uall to " watch for it an —when their comfort can be much more ef- I by abstaining from unnecessary by acts a ;he fact that we are Ten to the Do 'arliament that liti ers, tc I ship- nprobable , by the o )n with the mer- ot, and renders the ;or an every day ne a of the Coinmittee .s the only claim upon Mr. Worthington's professional attention, nor fs it fact that the absence of any immediate necessity ess renders it likely a less sum than - £l4OO a year will be paid in cars to come. The titles for the new for fresh parliam ntary bus: now going on for the extension of our dock works have to be settled, and would, in the ordinar mode of pavin - 1 business, cos a considera- nn parliamentary powers , it is not at alf Solicitor is completed, and we a o more deput Dr long imitted to 1 no mo: ons, no ni )licito ?., a Cc give 2 t to the office orthington bills of cost this ob. .om gc e case i found to obscure the abilities business C ianae I- chants her the lvation, for some years hat we niay no. Evans in office is a very different personage from I Mr. Evans when on the shady side of fortune. It improvident, he says, to place Mr. Worthington )on an established footing, and in possession of a no. because all the work of a Dock e to have a peace )arhamentary campaigns , licit or ;bases er works reqt to come, from withotit, which it will requi of professional activity to enable We are per .fectly satin: with Mr and economical one be troubled with some pressure .e a la .e amount he arrangement a wise THE LIVERPOOL STANDARD MW.L4SgXSF4P.;,-,esis* We have be that will ex( THE AFFAIRS OF TOXTETH-PARK ,voured with a copy of a memorial pre- fore remarking upon it, we shall endeavour to place before our readers. It is well known that for some time past — in fact, since the domination of the Liberal party was established in the Parish-office, many complaints have been made against them of unfair dealing in electioneer ing and registration matters, by the Conservative portion of the ratepayers. At the recent meeting for the election of overseers it is loudly urged that the same kind of prac- tices prevailed. The memorial states that shortly previous to the meeting, a second rate, of one shilling and eight pence in the pound, had been laid, very few bills for which had been issued until the day before the meeting; and many parties attended the meeting, not aware of such rate being laid, who were informed that they could not in nee be allowed to vote unless it was p: 'he consequence was, that the opinion of the ayers at large was not taken as to the list brougli 'ard, but only the opinion of those who had bee iously prepared to support such list. The memorialists remind their worships that, out of 0,000 assessments, nearly 5000 haire been excused pay- ment of the rates, on the recommendation of the o seers; and they suggest, without urging any charge on this account, that the affairs of the parish should not be vested so entirely in the hands of gentlemen interested in the ownership of cottage property, as, it is stated, they are at present urge upon the bench, as a matter of justice to the fide ratepayers of Toxteth-park, that at least one _ unconnected with non-ratepaying property should De selected for office, and they submit for choice the names of four eligible parties,—Messrs. Charles Batten, James Brook, John Payne, and B. B. Jones. The memorial, we may add, is most respectfully worded. We have been informed that the magistrates have taken umbrage at this proceeding of the Conservative rate payers, although we cannot perceive at all upon what grounds. Nothing of unfairness is imputed to the bench. They have laid before them a plain statement of facts. They are told that something like manoeuvring has been practised to prevent a fair expression of the opinion of the entire body of ratepayers, as to the names of the overseers most eligible, being presented to them. And the prayer urged upon them—a most proper one in our opinion —is, e their undoubted power to defeat any It cannot have been contemplated by —the magistrates would not tolerate their ,wn property to be so dealt with—that the management f an extdnsive parish, and the privilege of deciding who hall be excused from the payment of its rates, should be dealt with almost exclusively by a class of men, whose tenants are composed nearly altogether of those who are usually in the habit of seeking exemption parties We shall not enter, at present, into any comment upon the numerous complaints which reach us from the Park. We shall, however, take an early opportunity. GRATIFYING TESTIMONIAL.—The Rev. John Crump, late curate of Prescott has been presented, on his re moval to the incumbency of Bootle, by his late parishion ers, with a handsome purse, containing thirty-five guineas, a Pocket Communion Service, and twenty-one volumes of handsomely bound theological_ works. The pa- rishioners assembled in the Town-hall, and the chair being taken by William Ackers, Esq., Mr. Galloway delivered a suitable address, to which Mr. Crump very feelingly replied. Prior to this meeting, _Mr. Crump had received a handsomely bound bible, and also a superbly finished gold watch, from the parishioners, for his devoted attention to the schools and the poor of the town, and we congratulate the inhabitants of Bootle on the removal of such a workman to that portion of the vineyard. ROBBERY OF A HOUSE IN QUEEN SQUARE. — One of the members of a confraternity well known by the cog nomen of "swell mob," was on Sunday night last, de tected through the vigilance of constables Toole and Grisenthwaite, immediately after committing a burglary in Queen-square. Grisenthwaite stated that whilst on the watch for such characters in the vicinity of Queen square, Toole and he observed the prisoner and another ' man passinc , along the streets, and from their appearance they excited the suspicions of the vigilant detectives. They arrested them at once, and proceeded to search their persons, when they found on the prisoner a large bunch of skeleton keys, chisels, turnscrews, and all the imple ments necessary for house-breaking ; and also a quantity of silver plate, spoons, forks, &c., and a gold brooch. On the other nothing was found. He stated also that the property had been claimed by a lady since the occurrence had taken place. Toole stated that he had examined the keys, and he found that one of them opened the hall door of the house in question ; and also that one of the chisels corresponded with the marks made in a cabinet which had been wrenched open in the search for valuables. The property having been identified, the prisoner was committed by Mr. Rushton for trial. CHURCH OF ENGLAND BENEVOLENT EDUCATIONAL SOCIETY.—In one of our publications in January last, we noticed, at length, the particulars of a meeting held at Mr. Lascelles' Rooms, Great Richmond-street, for the purpose of forming the above society, and we hailed the attempt as being worthy the encouragement of our bene volent and charitable townsmen. We now feel much satisfaction in recording the remarkable success of the undertaking, and from the character and constitution of the committee, we doubt not their well-intentioned la bours will be fully appreciated by those who are anxious of seeing imparted to the poor the incalculable blessing of a sound religious education, in strict accordance with the 55RifiRfWINFMF 4- THE CUSTOMS REVENUE OF THE PORT OF LIVERPOOL noticed last week the gratifying fact that the ton awards and outwards of the port of Liverpool had wined to a g eater amount than that frequent- he Thames itself ; and we have now the pleasure to inform our readers that the Customs revenue of the ing even t part continu J Increase The following is the punt for the quarter endir April, as co-mpared corresponding period of last year 232,143 238,944 524,6 n 840,062 ter £46,638. upon the qua S for ti eater but for th preva procuring . NTT. some our mwa The followin ended sth April, 1847 789.872 mpare 1 with the 944,4943 1,016,383 858,806 840.06'2 Showing an increase on the year of .£36 ,184 to explain that our January return was only made up_to .t down at £380,00( We oaght This hoNiever does not at all represent the real increase of business done in the port. IHE OLD GAS COMPANY AT COMMITTEE D THE IEALTH It is known that the above company are preparing to before Parliament for an extension of the capital by an ditional sum of £200.000. wh th Corn the Cot 1, of course, as previous 6t the rate c .ecently been in communication with the directors, and have urged upon them that, in the face of a probable purchase of the works, it was unfair both to themselves and the public, by this step virtually to add an additional sum of £200,000 or, in oti to lay a ten per cent clause, to make 'the or ial £200,000 into nearly double that sum. The committee thought that they should re strict themselves to five per cent., as being fair to all parties. The on dit is, that the company refuse to submit to this proposition ; and that their bill is, in consequence, to be hotly opposed in Parliament by the Town Council. XHIBITION AT MR. GRUNDY'S ROOMS, OF ANSDELL•'S PAINTING OF " THE STAG AT BAY.' We were fay . oured vesterday with a view of the above splen did painting, now being - exhibited at Mr. Grundy's rooms, corner of Church-street and Postoffice-place, as well as of several other fine paintings, which are in course of engraving, by the same spirited publisher and patron of the fine arts ; and we have rarely had a richer treat. The picture by . Ansdell, which we understand, was paint ed for a gentleman in this town, is a noble composition, bold in style and vigorous in execution. The scene is laid upon the heights of one of the Scottish mountains, whose summits are represented as half shrouded in mist. The stag—one of ten tyers—is painted with his haunches upon a small projecting platform of fissured rock, covered with mountain verdure, with his head thrown back, until the tip of his horns almost seems about entering the flesh, Ile is bleec"- - ; 1 a large hound is fas from one SIG, anc. _ tening the exposed portion of his throat. The frenzy of the eye of the noble victim is wonderfully depicted ; and his conqueror in the race of death is a fine specimen of animal painting. In short, the pair seem to struggle on the canvas itself. Another hound is climbing over a bank, between which, and the shelf on which the contest is going on, is a narrow ravine filled with water, interrupted in its flow by a fallen larch tree, denuded of its leaves, whose up-pointing branches seem to have caught in the This part of the picture is beautifully )f the stream A specimen proof of the engraving from the picture— which, however, is in an unfinished state—is also on view •, and, so far is well executed, and promises to be ex ceeded by no similar work of art. . „ Another fine painting is on view at the same room, " The ldier's Dream." by F. Goodall, a work which attracted universal attention at the British institution *in 1845 ; and, indeed, was considered the gem of the collection. It is founded upon the poem of " The Soldier's Dream," by Thomas Campbell. In the foreground is the soldier " Reposing that night on his pallet of straw, By the wolf scaring faggot that guarded the slain, the red light of the burning faggots bringing out the fea tures and figure of the sleeper most beautifully. In the distance are the usual scenes of a lately contested battle field. Over all hangs, most dreamily painted, the beau tiful vision of the poet : " iNlethought from the battle-field's dreadful array, Far, far I had roam'd on a desolate track ; Twas autumn, and sunshine arose in the way, To the home of my fathers that welcomed me back ravers( NNUAL THE YOUNG MEN'S MEETING OI SOCIET/ Adam Hodgson, Esq:, in the chair I.mongst present on the platform, we observed the ReV. Canon M'Neile, Rev. W. W. Ewbank, Rev. Robert Davies, Rev. J. Cordeaux, Rev. W. Warre, Rev. E. Roberts, S. B. Clarke, Rev. W. Wolsley, r. W. Chave, Rev. H. Hampton; missionary from West Canada ; James Rev. W. en. Rev. Re` Rev. J. C. Cowan ley. R Macrae, Esq R. L. Jones, G. Langtry Esq., Geo. Jo: amed (probably too early an past the A. littk hour to allow those parties for whOse benefit the society is formed) the hall was about three-parts filled. During the reading of the Report, hcwever, the attendance kept iously 1 increasing, until, at an early stage of the proceedings, the an atten e assembly ADAM HODGSON pied the Chair President of the Society, occu- The - meeting having been opened with prayer by the Rev. H. Hampi The CIIAIRM aid that it was his pleasing duty about a year ago, when they last met, to enter at considerable length into the objects of this Association. It was, there to do so again on this occasion. ; and quite unn their time v friends limited, and as lie lo had never yet addressed a m v around him many subject—a subject which was of vital importance to the welfare of this vast emporium of commerce ;—taking these matters into consideration, he would not allow himself to be led to offer observations of his to the meeting. They isiness of theevening; Rev. Mr. Hampton to would proceed and he would therefore call on ti read the report of the society. (Cheers.) The Rev Mr. HA The report, aft , 1846, stated that PTON then . read the repor luding to t meeting held in Fi had intended to tak, 'ebruary, :e a large room in the central part of the town for conversational meet ings and general business and secondly, the formation of a library . . In both they were disappointed by the difficulty of procuring a suitable room at a moderate rent. Three lectures have been delivered during the year by the Rev. Hugh 111'Neile, ltev. F. Close, and the Rev. H. Stowell, their obligation to which three honoured men the committee acknowledge with much thankfulness. The t eport then goes on to show the necessity for such a society, the object, and probable result of it. mind to contemplate the peculiar Construction of . society in Liverpool, without being struck with the vast proportion of young men and youths concentrated fro , n all parts of the king dont within its limits. Many of these leave their homes from fourteen to sixteen years of age, with sanguine hopes, buoyant spirits, unsophisticated minds, and virtuous habits, , to enter 1, ~/1114,G0 lAA /11G1 ,1111140, , J 1 AV FLA/ O,A, OVIIA, 121/111./ lAA 614 , 1, or employment. They have lost the wholesome control of parental authority, the comforts and attractions of the domes- tic circl, .nd,it rimy be, the constraining influence of pious vantages and facilitie not appropriated to the oft for acglOiiing a knowledge of commerce occupations, most of them are left without a protector or guide, exposed to the snares, teu,pta tions, and seductive lures, so constantly presented to the young and inexperienced in our large towns. Pleasure, as it is talsely called, is decked out in its multiplicity of attractive colours; self-indulgence and licentiousness are presented in every shape; the deadly draught of dissipation is so refined in its mixture, that simplicity, candour, and honesty, unsupported by fixed Christian principles, are soon carried away, and the victim in tne secona place, its ouject is to catcn young men anu youths as soon as they arrive, and before they have formed bad habits and bad companions, and to band them with young , men , of religious principle and virtuous character, for high and no ble, enterprising, and godly purposes. The study of theology, history, philosophy, especially as bearing on missionary efforts —with conversational discussions on kindred subjects—lectures illustrative of our present nussionary stations an history generally, with a library and reading means by which we hope to preserve many from of worldly pleasure room, are the the fatal paths Lastly, the result. This must be the work of *a higher power than the mere effort of an association, however Scriptural and excellent, but still the effort is ours, and, if made in dependence upon God for the .aid of his assured, will follow. And we have ari chinery, such as we contemplate, will, p!rit, the blessi ight to expect that a ma if rightly directed. nro- duce dn'oble result. If the Mind; before it is bissed in a ;Ong ing, and to the pursuit of literary acquirements, surely an im mediate and valuable result is achieved. But, if we cast our view a little mare in prospective, we can fJresee the strength of our missionary societies arising out of this early discipline. The opportunity will be afforded to every member of becoming acquainted with the state of the Jews—historically and prophe tically—with the heathen world, embracing every clime, and caste, and colour; with our colonists and emigrants, as well as with the true condition of our crowded and neglected home population. These subjects embrace an ample field for instruc tion and study, and, under God's gracious guidance, will lead to a plentiful harvest. And while seeking wisdom from the heavenly fountain, light from its only source, and grace from the Author and Giver of all good things, we commit ourselves and our society to the keeping of Him whose eye neither slum bereth nor sleepeth, but who, we ,believe, will watch over us for good. The Rev. Mr. COWAN moved the first resolution, con firming the Report, and nominating the executive coun- Mr. J. H. MACRAE felt great pleasure in seconding the resolution, which was carried unanimously.. The Rev. Mr. M`NEILE then presented himself, and was received with the most enthusiastic bursts of ap plause. When silence was restored, he proceeded to address the meeting : He said that when men had been entaged in ran 'honourable and important enter nrise—when they had for a considerable time been devot ing much of their time, their talent, their means, their ener gies for the furtherance of their object; and when, notwith standing all that had been done, they perceived that much, very much, remained to be done still; and when they began to feel that there was nothing peculiar in their case to exempt them, April 13, IS-0. , standard of moral and religious principle in young men, and of ultimately tending to strengthen and extent the older go; sionaries societies, which it combines into one association, oh: •esumed his sea amid the most rapturous burst of applause. The Rev. W. W. EWBANK seconded the resolution, which he said divided itself into two portions. First, as regarded them" selves, the resolution spoke of their own devotion to missionarY pursuits. He himself had experienced the fact, both at school and in passing through the university, that young men had more power over the minds of their fellow human beings, of their own age and circumstances, than older people; and illßS tratPd his nrmimPnt by nn finPerinin of a rirriirnatunna which had occurred to him in his ministry. Young men had the kreatest power over other young men, and he trusted with his friend, Mr. Hampton, that whenever any strange young men came inexperienced to Liverpool this society would entrap them. He then proceeded to advocate the claims of the four mis sionary societies, referred to in the report, to the support of a Christian public,, and proceeded to narrate an anecdote of the the East, to perfect himself for mission, was warned that his life was in danger if be proceeded in his vessel. In defiance of this, however, he sailed with it, and was abused and perse cuted, as anticipated. When a few days at sea, however, a fire was discovered under the powder magazine, and when his persecutors were calling upon the saints to save them, he was actively and fearlessly engaged in at tempting to save the vessel, which lie succeeded in do ing. The result was not only a cessation of his past perse- . cution, but that he was allowed to preach to the crew, and that he succeeded in making some serious impressions, especially upon a Romish priest, who took an opportunity to admit that that religion must be a right one which taught its followers uch fearlessness in the execution of their duty. The reverend went on to.impressupon the young and other per- sons pr nt the immense missionary efforts making on - the Continent, and by the propaganda of Rome, the bulk of which were directed toward Great Britain. In its own sphere, however, Popery, although increasing here, waslosing ground. In the town of Fabal, in France, once entirely a Popish town, every inhabi tant was now Protestant. In Sens nearly every inhabitant of which was, a few years ago, Romig , there was a congrega- tion now of upwards of 2000 in number. The rev. gentknian gave several very interesting statements, shewing the effect produced by the circulation of the Bible, and by faithful preach ing ;in France, as also the great aid within the reach of young men to afford. It was gratifying . to find that, wherever the Bible was fully circulated, and its principles fully in doctrinated into the minds of the people, Popery could make no progress; and instanced the proceedings of the French missionaries in Otaheite, where there were more Bibles, in proportion to the population, than in any country be knew. In spite of every species of fraudulent effort for their per- version, not one rrotestant had yet been turned aside from the Church. He told an anecdote of the capacity of the Tahitians to meet the wiles of Rome. A priest to whom a Tahitian complained that they could no more understand what the Romanists said than they were formerly able to understand their old priests, was directed as two images, as — exemplifying the_ diff erence b e t ween th e Romish - -vaac vi 1/111bb, LIiC manumcture of mr rningham, where they make and send out many images, and the other of marble ; and told that the brass one was the Holy Virgin, and the other the child Jesus. The answer of the poor en-Irtrllleiva It WS/CI 4,, • 1- • native was uuuciuspvc. as was, cast in ma country both the mother and the child were always made of the same stuff. The rp, ..pntipman. in eloonent terms. intreatpri his feliowChristians in their gs with dissenters, to recrimination, and, atter an eloquent address, which loudly applauded, concluded by seconding the resolution. The Rev. Wm. CRAVE rose to propose the next resolution, as follows : " That this meeting, cordially approving of the principles and plan of this society, cannot but admire the motives whielt have actuated its members in choosing so wide and compre hensive afield for their youthful exertions, and would earnestly call upon the friends of domestic and foreign missionary enter- :o persevere in the prose- He said that he did not think it necessary to make any specific observations on the precise manner in which the resolution wcu coucnea. tie proposea, in tne nrst place, to give a short sketch of the parent society; then he would state what the general nature of its objects were, and then he would state what he conceived to be its sphere of usefulness. The society w' —Pd in 1 49 - by a few young men of the parish of Westihore, London. In its first year, so ardent were these young men, that . - 'l6O was contributed by them. They soon began to con template a wider sphere of action, and they established the Church and. Foreign Missionary Society. In the year of 1844 they again proposed taking a wider range for their actions, and they. therefore proposed to t a k e i n t h e co l on i es , _ . in their efforts to promote Christian trifiC Then theytook the idea of bringing in the propagation society; but they had re fused to meddle with tractarianism, because it was a modern [eyed that to be the very reason ;lir Lac in 111K154L1.J11 zuLico.y ouvutu aaalc IiALCA aca cu WiLil ; ior lla his opinion, it it had been a thing of old standing, they might have buried it in the tomb of all the Capulets. (Laughter and cheers.) Then the young men said, if we are to assist you, we shall have none but men whO are evangelical in principle, Pro testant in feeling, and godly in their conversation and man ners. (Cheers.) On this basis the present four societies were banded together; and since then they had , been most suc cessful in God's cause. (Loud cheers.) All they wanted was a good and efficient clerical secretary, in order to insure more than double the amount of success which had hitherto attended their efforts. As to the general objects of the society, he wished to• see the working of its missionary enterprises systematised and classed under its different heads in the field of its exertions. It was in working out this idea that they thought of having, amongst others, young men's associations. It was the object of the society to assist more than had hitherto Leen done by . this classification of work. He believed that this Young Men's Society would be productive of the utmost good. It was calculated to awaken the energies of the young men, and cast their exertions into the proper channel. (Hears hear.) He believed that another object contemplated was to mark out the objects worthy of their bounty. Another grea t benefit would be to diffuse missionary information among st 41111 ltA1111(, man nf +h. lowl uo Vfi n 1 'env, rate:4r week, t l d e into the housesouses of even the most piouslnd - exemplary pe and he was indeed exceedingly sorry to say that he e l e d. their missionary reports in very many cases un, e ° , 1 ;,,,,d it That he conceived to be a.great disgrace to the making the society partly a literary whilst was to do away with this state of things that taeY Pould be a pious body. Then as to the means f usefulness Ps"' sessed by the society, they hail, iiithe of : ! ..e lectures on missionary topics, —a large volume of r which had been already published. To this volume the excellent Canon _,.,• , • Pite°P:N.urpos,,e,d. 'a XilnO Y s energy the blc known lung s i le ilsati analog] —the n Ordii Sleep-- by the APOITe and dal Patient: atmosp temper: stinct s Combe directec to stim tion of energy or any I u. LA T OR Recentt conviction; th'at any movement in favour of Chris tian education to be valuable should be conscien most enormous amount of money spent in procuring a report that is only so much waste paper ; and who will In life's morning march, when my bosom was young ; I heard my own mountain goats bleeding aloft, And knew the sweet strain that the corn reapers sung. hive to pay for it h a movement has taken place so lately as Diced _ eed to learn. A meeting was held at the Blue-coat School, presided over by the cted senior rector of Liverpool, and sanctioned of that great supporter of M`Ner.e, and by many " The Town-Clerk.—The Corporation. " Mr. Earle.—Then I think the government are to blame for sending down such incompetent persons. They should have sent men here who would be prepared to give an opinion and to guide the government. Upon my word, I never saw such a report as this—never ! Mr. Parker said the government would follow the suggestions con tained in it ; but he should remember that they have thrown aside reports of more consequence than this. (` Not water reports.') I do not know whether they were fire or water reports, but the principle is the same ; and this I know, that there never was anything like to this report ; for a more foolish, inconsistent, ignorant piece of stuff never was collected together. (Loud laughter)." Now it may be that the principle, upon which these ambulatory commissions are based, is bad. We rather imagine that they had their origin with Mr. Earle's own party. We never heard Mr. Earle himself denounce the mission of a New Poor Law Commissioner as either a farce, or the execution of his task as something little less than a swindle. Oh no ! The delegates of Somerset House and Municipal and other Commissioners have always been, in Mr. Earle's eyes, the most pure, enlight ened and virtuous of human beings, perhaps be cause. they never interfered with any of his pet crotchets. Messrs. Herbert and Page unfor tunately have so in'erfered ; hint ille irce—hence these contortions of temper, and these vials of wrath opened above their unhappy heads. We could have pardoned any degree of exaspe ration, however, which the honorable gentleman— we beg his pardon, the worthy Councillor—might have felt, as well as any amount of oddity in his way of expressing his feelings ; but when he goes on to impute to Messrs. Herbert and Page absolute incompetency for the task intrusted to them, we must—as to the latter at least ; the former we have not the pleasure of knowing—beg leave to cry him nay. Mr. Page is fully competent—competent beyond the ordinary run of such officials ; and unless Mr. Earle has seen something which he had not the opportunity of seeing—unless he has been down on an exploratory expedition into the strata around Liverpool, or guaged to the fraction of an inch the fall of rain on Rivington Pike—unless he has ascertained to a nicety the demands of the Then pledged we the wine cup, and fondly I swore, From my home and my weeping friends never to part ; My little ones kissed me a thousand times o'er, And my wife sobbed aloud in her fulness of heart." The picture is altogether finely conceived, and most ar tistically executed. It is being engraved excellently by Edward Goodall, Esq. Mr. Grundy has also received, and will for a few days have on view, a portion of the original water coloured drawings of " Scotland illustrated,"—a work now in course of publication by Hogarth, of London, uniform with Roberts's Holy Land. The drawings are by C. Stansfield, R.A., G. Cattermole, G. L. Leitch, T. Cres wick, A.R.A., D. Roberts, R.A., J. D. Harding, J. Nash, and H. Mac Culloch, R.S.A. They will be li thographed by J. D. Harding, and a portion, coloured, will be fac-similes of the drawings. ast, we are re by the countenane, e - angelical Christianity others of the local clergy. We shall conclude by expressing our earnest hope that such of our upper and middle classes, as an interest in the welfare of the poor, will now come forward and support this measure; let them hesitate because it has been introduced a Whig Government, let them not ask any good thing can come out of Galilee, they may be certain that a measure which is sanc tioned by the Bishop 3 of the Church, and by such men as Lord Ashley, the respected Rectors of this - town, by Mr. WIN elle and others, whose zeal in defence of Protestantism is well known, cannot be adverse to the interests of true religion—let then every one who regards_ the temporal and spiritual whethe A SPECULATIVE PAUPER.—A. poor-looking woman was brought up yesterday, and charged by one of the helping officers at Pickup-street, with selling the bread and soup tickets she had received at the Parish-office. The tickets, four in number, which she had in her pos session, were taken back to the Parish-office, and she was discharged. _ interests of his poorer brethren come forward now and petition in favour of that plan of Christian Education which now awaits the verdict of the country. The petition lies for signature at the STANDARD Office and other places. On Thursday a meeting of the patrons of the Yorkshire Yeomans' Schools was held, at which 'Lord Morpeth, who was in the chair, made a speech of considerable length in favour of Government kfter sp; aking of the great want of education amongst the lower classes, his lordship made the following remarks, which we recommend to the attention of the dissenting bodies. PASSING BASE COIN.—A woman named Mary Thomp son, an old offender in this line, was committed by Mr. Rushton, yesterday, for passing two base half-crown pieces, on Saturday last, in St. John's Market. It ap peared that she purchased some geranium plants, which came to 5d., and passed off one of the pieces in payment, and when the man discovered the quality of the metal, she coolly reached him another equally bad, when he had her taken into custody. _ _ MOTION TO ADMIT . REPORTERS TO THE MEETINGS OF THE HEALTH COMMITTEE. - We remarked a few weeks ago, upon the anxiety felt by the town at large to learn something of the proceedings of this committee ; and urged upon. its members the propriety of allowing reporters for the press to attend its proceedings, reminding them that such-a course was adopted by the highway board, whose functions they now exercise. As an addi tional ground for urging the step, we instanced the large powers given to the committee, including the levying of heavy rat - ucation " Then, when in such a state of things, the leaders and ornaments of denominations and communities come for- ` You are interfering with our labours, you are interrupting our progress, you are weakening our in fluence, you are subtracting from our numbers,' sorry as I should be, incredulous as I am, yet, when such things are put forth as argument, I am forced to say, I cannot much care. (Loud applause.) We are churchmen here. It is thought that church schools will gain by the new arrangement. If so, it will be because they meet it with answering efforts. (Renewed applause.) But I disclaim any such grounds for our proceedings. It is because I d and say, _.,es, anu imposing fines for infringement of their oyelaws. We are glad to learn that the subject is about to be taken up by the committee. We can perceive no satisfactory reason for any coyness or difficulty upon the subject on the part of such a body, comprising 23 mem bers of the elite of the council chamber; and we trust that no material opposition to the proposal will be offered. VALUE OF LAND AT BIRKENHEAD. — On Saturday an inquiry. took place at the Town-hall, Birkenhead, .for , the ha out of the pale - of the f the denominations—there is a vast, destitute, ne- mill owners for compensation and determined, what Mr. Hawksley his_pet engineer has never yet purpose of assessing the value of two portions of land re quired by the Chester and Birkenhead Railway Company for their extension line from Grange-lane to the new docks. The first portion of land belonged to Mr. M'Adam, and the price fixed by Mr. Wightman, the valuer appointed by two magistrates, was accepted by the owner. The sum paid for it was £6,924 15s. 10d. for the land, being at an average of 28s. sd. per yard and £llO for severance. The jury found for these sums. The second portion was a piece of land, consisting of 1,200 square yards, belonging to Mr. Laycock, iron merchant, and situated at Bridge-end, within about 150 yards of the new docks. The company had paid down as compensation for it after the rate of 50s. AN opportunity of relieving himself of a little of per square yard, the price fixed by Mr. Wightman, the .ie bile, or whatever else it may be, which excites valuer appointed by the magistrates. A number of wit aim, whenever the business connected with the nesses were called on behalf of Mr. Laycock, who swore that in their judgment the plot was worth £4 to £4 13s. management of the Dock Estate comes before the per yard. On the other hand , Mr. Wi,.,o.htman considered Council, is seldom neglected by Mr. Eyre Evans. 50s. its full value, and Mr. Stewart said it was not worth It. seems as if he would travel from the most re- more than 455. Mr. Crompton and Mr. T. Atkinson ap mote point of her Majesty's empire of Great Britain peared as counsel for the railway company, and Mr. E. G. Temple for Mr. Laycock. The case wa s ad j ourned to and Ireland, and we had almost added of her colo yesterday, when at the conclusion of the inquiry, the jury nial possessions, rather than lose a chance of bait- assessed the value of the land at £3 18s. per yard. ing a Dock Chairman or Deputy-Chairman, or EDINBURGH, LEITH AND GRANTON.—We have much throwing a shower of grape in the shape of insinu- SDI ~iLL DEBTS COURT. — This Court was opened for the ations, taunts, comparisons, ' and direct charges first time yesterday, under the new Small Debts Act, pleasure in stating that Captain Coddrington,.. of the amongst the sub-committees and other members by Mr. L'owndes, the presiding Judge of the Court. Railway Board, inspected the works on this line yester_ day, which appeared to afford the gallant inspector every (if the Dock Committee. The memory of the gol- At St. James's Church, on Sunday last, the sum of den age of Whig-Radical supremacy in that body £27 was collected for the schools attached to the church, satisfaction. His report will be immediately forwarded haunts him—waking and asleep, in sickness and after sermons by the Rev. W. Chave and the B. H. to London, and it is expected that the line will b_2,opened for general traffic. in the course of next week. Na e have in health ; and the most vague hope—the merest Hampton. had the satisfaction of examining the stationary engine adow of a chance—of bringingOn Sunday last, after two very excellent sermons, by back that golden the Rev. Hugh Stowell, of Manchester, the sum and powerful apparatus for working the incline,. and we of can confidently affirm that a more substantial and coin. seems to excite in him a vitality and a restless £97 10s. was collected - in' St. Andrew's Church,' in this which defy all external agency to repress plete, as well as ingenious body of machinery, has not town, in aid of the funds of the schools in co nnexion bee . n erected on any similar undertaking in the empire. with the church. It is furnished with every. facility and improved means of che proposal to substitute, for the present mode ST. JUDE'S RELIEF FUND.—The amount received by applying the power recently introduced. The . rope, ( a • the committee, up to last night, was £4,801, but paying the Dock Solicitor by fees on business sorry to learn hat the alancwire rope,) is remarkablefor strength and elasticity, and is nthe treasurers hwanedar•ies worked with the utmostsmoothness, f rely avoiding the en i hisprofessionalcapacity, . ,one by him in Aalar) , of £l4OO a year brought out Mr. Evans, in from the brief but expressive appeal of the committee) respect, as well as others, we have no doubt the result the Council Chamber, on Wednesday, like another land, reaching the committee from various parts of Ire- will prove that the directors . have acted wisely ip adopting Chatham. The illness induced by his recent acci- character. continue tinueto be of the most urgent and distressing the a l so stationary engine in preference to locomotives. It is satisfactory to us to state that the dispute between dent, and the persuasions of friendship, seem to Archdeacon Rushton stated at a meeting of the friends the Company and the Town 'Counci l has been arran g e d , have been alike disregarded. The chance of letting of national education in Manchester on Friday, that dur- and further litigation avoided. We still retain our decided off a diatribe upon dock management outweighed , ing the last five years there bad been 186 new day schools opinion that in this matter the Edinburgh Corporation their united efficacy. Well, the opportunity has in connection with the Church of England in the diocese hove acted most. vexatiously and improperly, f laa . i ng . of Chester alone, while the whole nuinber erected through the convenience and interest of the public to individual been enjoyed. Mr. Evans has had h i s s p eech —has the Britis h and F oreign School Society in E ng l an d and in vanity and pique; b u t the qu estion is now at an end, and placed before the world the usual quantity of self Scotland for that period was not more than 192. At the we dismiss it. It has been arranged that the chimney laudation, mingled with reprobation of the doings same meeting the Rev. Hugh Stowell stated that his con- stalk shall be red u c ed, but, of course, that it shall remain of those who differ with him in opinion upon dock gregation had contributed £4,000 for the establishment in its present situation. Arrangements will be made by of schools in connection with the church, that they had the engineer to prevent this alteration from interfering matters ; and what is the effect produced ? No never received a farthing from the state, and that they with the efficient working of the machinery. —Seottish thing, except the establish of - fact that IVI meat ther. d i d not anticipate receiving any assistance, i Railway Gazette. aria alleys, with every sight ai cesses to ever mnd of contamination, choking the ac nse, without any sense of duty to earth ~ .. of his rivulets and reservoirs, we should' be dis posed to back the professional and unbiassed opi nion of Mr. Page against the second hand opinion of the Whig-Radical member for St. Anne's Ward. 3 heaven upon whom no iiord of instruction ever )m no breath of love ever settles ; these, .pon wi limed by Lambeth, unknown to Geneva, unconverted —I would invite, I almost wish I could compel, in. (Hear, hear.) Ido not so much care to d, so that there was a hope of teaching them that s their brother, and that God is love.' " by Roll', to come It is just - possible that the Government may be in error in- the conclusions to which they have come. It is possible also that the engineers con-, suited by the Council may be wrong, as the Coun cil have already decided that one competent party, employed by them, and who reported against their scheme—Mr. Cunningham—was wrong. Engin eers, like doctors, differ; and few men are infallible. The public however in these matters are disposed to trust the impartial opinion of the Umpires—in which position Messrs. Page and Herbert stand — rather than the opinion of the retained counsel or the retained engineer in favor of his own scheme. where no place of worship or school,.in connectior the Church of England, have existed since the much-to be-lamented transfer of both church and school into the hands of the Roman Catholics; and; judging from the society's report, we wonder that, with such slender means and for so short a period, four schools have pro gressed so rapidly and satisfactorily. In proof of which, the average attendance of the children of the poor on Sundays is upwards of 100 ; at the evening school 50. The reading-rooms also, which are opened free of charge, are well attended by the parents of the children ; in addi tion to which several hundred tracts have been circulated among the poor, and a considerable number of Bibles, Testaments, and Prayer-books have been sold to them at the society's prices. We understand William Bennett and James Parker, Ears., have kindly become annual subscribers. We would also recommend our Christian friends to visit the schools • at the same tithe , any 'mem ber of the committee will gladly receive any contributions for the support of the society. The disinterested exer tions of Mr. Windle, the indefatigable secretary to the institution, are beyond all praise. MEETING AT RENSHAW-STREET CH APEL.—Yesterday, a meeting of the Committee of the Home Mission, in connexion with the Unitarian body in this town, was held in the above chapel, for the purpose of receiving the re port of Mr. Johns, the minister to the poor, passing the accounts of the treasurer, and transacting the business. In the absence of Mr. T. Harvey, Mr. Avison was unanimously called to the chair. Several resolutions were passed, approving of the course adopted in the establish ment of ragged schools." The meeting was addressed by Mr. Rathbone, who remarked on the great change which these schools had produced in the neighbourhood, and immediate district of Mr. Johns, and that he deserved the highest praise for his exertions. Another gentleman said that where, previously, there was nothing but igno rance and superstition, through the blessing of God, there was now a new light sprung up among the people. Where, ten years ago, their minister had to go through dens of iniquity and sin, he now found that he was treading on classic ground.—Mr. Jevon moved the second resolution, which was seconded by the Rev. Mr. Martineau, who detailed the progress of the schools. Their attendance though at first small, had increased to 200 to 300 in number, and there was a great desire evinced on the part °tithe children to receive education. He also mentioned that in - Manchester, schools had been formed on a newplan, simi lar to those of Aberdeen, which was, that all children found begging in the streets, or even taken in the act of felony, in stead of being taken to gaol are conveyed to the institution where' they are supported, educated, and taught some useful trade ; and the consequence is, that in Aberdeen crime and beggary are now entirely unknown, and in Manchester are fast disappearing. He hoped the example would soon be followed by this town. The accounts of the past year were read by Mr. Thornely, the treasurer, from which it appeared that the total income has been £484 10s. 7d., and the expenditure £250. The meeting was afterwards addressed by Thomas Bolton, Esq., Mr. Lamport, Mr. Bentley, Mr. Yates, and Mr. Thornhill. A vote of thanks was passed to the treasurer, and, after a similar comp:iment had been paid to the chairman, the meeting separated. A GENTLEMAN POLICEMAN. - Yesterday, Police Con stable 25G, and various others of the same genus, appeared before Mr. Rushton, to prefer the serious charge of riot, assault, and rescue against a Mr. Topping and several others, for offences committed " against the Queen, her crown and dignity," in the person of the aforesaid 256, on the night of Saturday last. The cons - - shortly before twelve o'clock on Satun fay night and some other brothers of the baton were returning from duty, in the direction of Robert-street, when they saw a crowd of men standing at the corner of that street, whom they desired in the mildest language to pass on, and not block up the footpath. This, he said, provoked the ire of Mr. Topping and the others, who, without further cere mony, commenced amusing themselves by beating the constable and his companions, after which, with the assistance of more constables, some of them were taken into custody, but the rest were rescued. On the other side, it was deposed by several witnesses that 256 was the first to give offence, and also to commit an assault. Richard Lewis, an old mariner, stated that he was one of the party standing at the corner; that he was waiting there for a ship-master to take a vessel down the river ; that he was sober at the tifne ; and that they were neither noisy nor disorderly when the constables came up, one of whom took his stick and " poked " it right into the side of one of the party named Bowen, and ordered him to "leave the road, and allow a gentleman to pass." He (the constable) then knocked the witness down twice in the channel, after . which they got assistance and took part of them to bridewell. This statement having been corro borated by various witnesses, Mr. Rushton said it ap peared to him that an outrage had been committed by 256. He had gone up to the man, and, without inquiring his business, pushed him off the footpath with his stick. It was quite right that people should not be allowed to interrupt the footwalks ; but, then, in this case, the con stable, instead of treating the prisoners as reasonable beings, took his stick and punched one of them in the ribs with it ; therefore he made himself answerable for all that occurred afterwards. Such gross conduct was calcu lated to bring disgrace on the entire force. He would discharge all of the prisoners, and order 256 to be sus- pended: For several days last week, Dublin was visited with a perfect hurricane, with occasional showers of sleet and rain. The English mails due at 5 aan„ did not reach until 2 or 3 in the afternoon. men ; and w which they were engaged was to succeed, it must be in the hands of their successors, and not in their own ; then it was with no ordinary satisfaction that they perceived the young and ardent in the work—young and vigourous heads—starting into the places which they had in their dax endeavoured to occupy. They (the c he lOoki Rev. R. Davis,) who had also been tlied• in his service. He said they were engaged in a noble enterprise—the noblest that could occupy the mind of man. That was the enterprise in which the Son of Man sent forth his followers to gather his children together, whO had been about in the midst of a naughty ,vorld, by Pioclaiming to them his promise unto him heavy laden should be relieved xi , Nreilp) had. in tl (Cheers.) • viler of coming together for the purpose of carrying out the objects of some of the greatest and best-known societies in the kingdom. One of them was of old standing, and was, therefore, the best known, and was, perhaps, the most useful; one of them was but a few years in operation, and another of them had but just started to its work. (Cheers.) They were all, however, well constructed for carrying out the enterprise which they had in view : they were all well adapted for carrying out all the works they had in hand. (Cheers.) The great principle of all these instrumentalities was to secure the purity and simplicity of evangelical truth, without doing violence to any of the ordinances of true Christian piety. This, like all other ways approaching to truth and piety, was a nar row way. It was impossible to be easy and lax in, their regard for order, without doing an injury to some of the essentials of truth ; and it was quite possible to have the most proper ob servance of order, but but with the preservation of it they might inflict the greatest injury to the doctrine of truth. The gua rantee which they had for the principle which was involved in that Society of . young men was to be found' in the fact that they proposed to assist from different institutions, all of which had done the most effective service to the cause of Christian truth —they were the Society to which he had before alluded—(cheers) The Church Missionary Society had been long and well known, and the Jewish Missionary Society had also been long and well and he would add, deservedly known to the Christian public of the kingdom. It engaged an instrumentality not so extensive and universal as the Church Missionary Society, but yet perhaps it was as effective in its own sphere. (Hear, hear.) Then they were engaged in the production of the Pastoral Aid Society, whose operations were more at home than the other two. It was a society whose difficulties had been greater than any other; but which he was happy to say had weakened the storm which had been threatened against it. (Cheers.) It had commended itself to the kingdom at large ; and it had succeeded in beating down the calumnies by which ft had, in its infancy, through which it had been forced, he thanked God, unscathed; and it had, therefore, commended itself to all lovers of truth, and order, and piety in the kingdom. (Cheers.) It was a so ciety which, while it supported in the State all that was con sistent with the spread and welfare of true and evangelical Christianity, boldly opposed all that was vacilating and trac tarian in both the State and some of the ministers of the Church. (Loud cheers.) Then came their youngest society, and he regarded it as a happy circumstance connected with , that it had scarcely started into extstence, when the young men of England came to its assistance. Then came the Colonial Society, and, although some might speak to the con trary, in his opinion that society was much needed. The rev gentleman then proceeded to argue for the necessity which existed for the establishment of that society. in consequence of the neutral course pursued by the British and Eoreign Society, with reference to the tractarian movement in the Church. After which, he said, that he had always been accustomed to speak the truth as lie believed it—(hear, hear, and cheers) and they all knew that lie hated Popery,—(hear, and enthusiastic applause,)—and they also knew that , whilst he hated the Romish Church as an establishment, that no man would be more willing to befriend a papist individually. (Cheers.) Rut a mere forbearing neutrality to that halfway-house io popery— tractarianistn—was called for from all the societies of the church. It would not do for the British and Foreign Society to say that they would not absolutely countenance that erro neous and pernicious system : it was not enough for them to say so, but it was the duty—the bounden duty—of all true friends of Protestant truth to declare in terms the most unequivocal, their opposition to it. (Cheers.) As regarded the work without, they were engaged in the great and vasty enterprise which was inculcated by the Christian dispensation—that of drawing all men together, from the east and the west, the north and the south, in one vast migtitude, _ . one common family, of which no man could he a member wno would not stand before the throne and the Lamb and praise him for ever and ever. (Cheers.) And as regarded their wnrks within_ they were enzaxed. as expressed in the report, in the cultivation ) of moral aiid 'sound "Christian principles, combined with the pleasing pursuits of literature, amongst the young men of England—(hear, hear.) That was a noble object ; and one which was in every way worthy of their most strenuous efforts to accomplish.—(hear. hear, and cheers.)—He considered that as certain instruments were strengthened by use, so would the Christiantitlissionary institutions of their religion be strengthened, and made more and more useful the more they were used.—(Hear, hear,)—He believed so because he believed that they drew their strength from God, and he as a great source—a heavenly fountain of grace—could never fail ; and, therefore, the more they drew upon him, the snore they would receive from him; (cheers) and the more vigilantly they drew on the energies of the young men of England themselves for missionary enterprises, the more useful they would become for those purposes. if instead of frequenting those haunts, which had been so delicately,land sensitively, and touchingly alluded to in what partook more of the nature of a statement than a report, they could be banded together for the purpose of cultivating of literary, scientific subjects, not to speak of the knowledge which they would acquire relative to their own im mortal souls ;—if they could be brought to speak of and assist the missionary enterprise of the church, for the spread of the Gospel and the promotion of true religion,—if their minds could be brought into the atmosphere of intellectual cultiva tion ;—they would be supplied with the elements for the enjoy ment of the highest aspirations man could possibly be blessed with; . and the elements for capability of usefulness, the extent of which it was impossible for any living man to calculate. After some further observations, the rev. gentleman concluded an eloquent speech, of which the above is but a mere outline, by observing that, as he had now complied with the request of the valuq.ble secretary, who was the life and soul of their se ciety—(cheeks)—by giving them a fair launch, and he hoped he would get young men to man the vessel on her voyage (Applause.) He would, before sitting down, beg leave, in the most cordial manner, to. propose the followine resolution : "That this meeting rejoices at the formation of such a so ciety, which cantipt rail (under Qtod's blessing) of raising the most valuable .nd he_hoped soon to hear of the young men of Liverpool tieing in the possession of a good litrary- He also hoped that when they did open a library, the ut most caution would be used in the selection of the works• He alluded to Chambers' Miscellany, which he denounce ( ' as being anti-religious, and Popish in the tendencies of its writi.gs. He particularly. denounced "the schoolmaster to substitute human virtue for the intercession of the Redeemer of man. (Hear, hear.) The public and conversational meet ings kept alive the fire which had been kindled amongst the young men; they afforded a delightful opportunity for each tl converse in a Christian spirit with another. But what was o' ent parts Of I,ondoil The rev rviionai meetings in two differ' gentleman then read a shot"! ui mese nevotionat meetings, an , .• proceeded to observe that su c h mee ti ngs must be highly bene ficial to the piety of the young men themselves. (Hear, hear.) He expected that young men so trained up would, as mer" chants, traders, &c., be not only more trustworthy. but he was certain, more intelligent In the discharge of those duties which were entrusted to their care. (Cheers.) The . rev, gentleman then proceeded to dilate on the benefits which arose from the establishment of such a society as the present , and concluded amidst reiterated bursts of applause. The Rev. RICHAR7 noon, missionary for West Canada , entered into an interesting description of the country and the aboriginees of the far west, amongst whom he had been settled as minister of the Church of England since the year 1833. A short time after his settlement he found that there were two tribes of native Indians inhabiting the neigh ourhood, the. Munsees and the Ojibbeways, both of whom were in a state of complete heathenism. The rev. gentleman combated as incor rect the efforts making by some write.s to extol the native In dian character, which he characterized as merciless an, t treacherous. In his first attempts to convert these poor crea tures he had no pecuniary assistance, except from one rev gentleman whose name he would give—the Rev. Mr. Waddi love, of Grange, near•Hexhata, by which assistance he was en atib,eleold otof procure d i , n a t n erp a i r t e s to e r x & p t ou a n n d d i b il y g, th ti e Le in n tr a o t d u u re ct o io f os n t a h mo e ttgs s : rage tribe was shortly changed, and, after a lapse of two }real* the chief of the Munsee tribe was received into the visible church by baptism. Afterwards many of his tribe were put under instruction, and, after satisfactory examination, also received into the Church. Of that tribe onl, two now remain in a state of paganism ; and many of the Ojibbeways and Oneidas have renounced paganism. The number of these tribes is about 1500. After some further interesting remarks, the rev. gentle- meeting to the Chairman, Adani Flodison, Esq. which was se- connect by the Rev. Mr HAMPTON, The CHAIRMAN briefly replied in affecting and impressive terms, conveying some excellent advice to the•members of the society, and the Doxology having been sung, the meeting seps‘ rated at a little after ten o'clock. LATEST INTELLIGENCE. (BY EXPRESS LONDON CORN MARKET.—YESTERDAY. At this day's market the supply of English Wheat was short and was eagerly bought by our own millers at an advance of 25 per qr. over the currency of this day week. Foreign Wheat was in good reduest at full prices, and oft some descriptions at is. per qr. improvement. The accountg received from France and Belgium quote higher rates, and the inquiry from those countries has revived, although we did t aot hear that any sales were concluded. Indian corn held firmly at the late advance, but the Irish markets being well supplied, few sales were reported. Barley and malt held for Is. per qr. advance, which checke4 IHe oat Lauue Has raiueu Trtnn toe late (tepressum ; oil day there was a' free sale at an improvement of 18. to Ls. 6d. ' qr. To-day, factors firmly insisted on this advance, but the-de mand was less extensive. Beans and Peas dull, and is. lower. YESTERDAY pretty much the same ranZe For I%looe, MONEY MARKET- Public securities have had on Saturday from 85i to j, and for the t;ilCl last ati 85g. The Three per Cents. Reduced have been, done from e 4 l t o the Three-and-a-Quarte r p er C en t s . 86 to 86i ; 8111 i the Scrip of the Loan 4 to 31 dis.; Exchequer Bills are 5 to dis. ; and Bank Stock 195. GOVERNMENT EDUCATION.—One o f t h e l argest lIIQe t 0 ings ever held in Birmingham, assembled on Friday nigh t 4 consiuer uir government euucation measure. The meeting r' convened by Robert Martineau, E sq ., th e M ayor. Th e J. A. James moved a resolution condemnatory of the measto i" which was seconded by th e R ev. S . B ac h e ( U n i tar i an m i n i s ter! , and supported by a Baptist minister, and Mr. Joseph Sturg e ' the Quaker. An amendment was moved by Mr. James Taft lor, of Moseley-ball, and seconded by the Rev. John Garbe n , (Rural Dean),. and supported by the Rev. G. S. Bull, Hill, Esq., Q.C., and Recorder for the borough. The meet t o was very noisy, and several of the speakers were obliged. i d close their speeches abruptly. The original motion was cars amid loud rejoicings from the dissenters. THE MINERVA.—This beautiful steam-vessel, built for. Cork Steam-ship Company by Messrs. Vernon and Co., arr i ` ii rl here yesterday evening, after a trial trip hence to Dublin. back. She accomplished the passage across, under disat.:.„it tapes, in eight hours and forty-eight minutes, averaging 9 '1;0 fifteen knots. On her return yesterday, she attained a yo s greater speed up to about half-way across, when Ole,. 0 0, beset by a fog, and could only, for fear of collision, clod. t i m e heaving the lead, and ringing the bell. She at length niaiw `JO W. Light-ship, and_got up the river, " all well." „ ES'S PATENT CARVING KNIEE.—We have me; 0 .0 1 newly-invented article which answers all our notions olcilitr. in practice a carver should be, cutting with as muck!! pt and precision, or even with more than the ordinary 1 011 . 1 7 % . protecting the hand from being greased in the operati c must be generally adopted. LIVERPOOL : TUESDAY, APRIL 13, 1847. PRINTED AND PUBLISHED T 0 EVERY TUESDAY id 0R N "; o d, By JOSHUA FLETCHER LACE, of 53, Grove street, - LEONARD ADDISON, of 14, Great Orford-street- At No. 4, Sr. GEORGE'S CRESCENT, LIVERPGOL. Terms of Subscription for this parr 1 et .° one year, 15s. if paid in v amp, 1,313., Mr. G and Wal PRIVAI REA ANxui, TRA ; On s Retur n ii nn -tketurnit urthe 4t his Of. Liver)) T. • ( ?enerally or SRI] Othe r c o , r 4or yv EL All Go( 1 0, Clei J USTLI SOME THE ( THE ,„ Kir '"°ntits, i Others." M the S the C next, M : ments CUM The Chair