The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser. — Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1836-07-15 00:00:00

TRANSATLANTIC STEAM NAVIGATION. THE Public are inform e d, th a t, arrangemen t s h av ing been for some time in progress, the Establishment of an inter course by Steam Navigation, between the United ISingdom and America, is now about to be brought into operatink under the Provision of the Acts of the 6th and 7th Geo. V., incorpo rating "THE AM E RICAN AND COLUNI L STEAM NAVIGATION COMPANY." CAPITAL £600,000, IN SHARES OF EACH. Under these Acts, the liability of Proprietors is limited, so that "the Subscribers, and their several and respective Heirs, Executors, Administrators, and Assigns, shall not be liable to any Debts or Demands of thel Company, beyond the amount of their several and respective Subscriptions." Arrangements have also been made to secure the advantages of co-operation with the CITY OF DUBLIN STEAM PACKET COMPANY, and of their experience in the management and bu siness of Steam Navigation. A regular communication will hereafter be maintained between America and the United Kingdom, and Stearn Vessels of the most improved description, with engines of the largest power, %rill start periodically be. tween the Ports of Liverpool and New York. With respect to the probable expenditure and returns, and general effecting the objects contemplated by an intercourse with the United States, the Public may be assured, that the Directors of the CITY OF DUBLIN STEAM PACKET COMPANY, who have associated themselves with the arrang ements in pro gress, would not have done so except under a ful conviction of their practicability and success. It is enough to say, that the great extension of the intercourse in Passengers between these countries and America, the improved state of Steam Naviga tion, and the increased quantity and value of those Goods on which an adequate freight would he paid, coupled with the strong desire expressed in the Manufacturing Districts of Eng land and the European Continent, to favour an Improved -means of Intercourse with the United States and British Ame rica, give ample assurance of a satisfactory return on the Capi tal to be employed. A question of establishing, on the Coast of Ireland, a Packet Station, for the conveyance of Government Mails, Despatches, Troops, Stores, &c., having been considered in Parliament, the Company will also avail itself of the advantages and profit arising from such additional communication; and which would naturally attract, through Manchester and Liverpool, the per sonal intercourse between the Continents of Europe and America. As this Company propose hereafter, as far as their capital ma}• warrant, extending to other Foreign Ports, besides those of North America, the intercourse by Steam Navigation, it is intended that the class of Vessels to be constructed, shall be equally available for those Ports. The first Act (the 6th Geo. IV.) was obtained by an influen tial body of Proprietors, among, whom were many naval officers of the highest rank and experience, and with the express sanc tion of his Majesty's then Government, under a confidence of the great advantages that would result from an improved inter course with North America and our Western Colonies by means of Steam Navigation, and which, the Proprietors conceive, cart now best be effected in connexion with the interests of Liver pool and the Manufacturing Districts of Lancashire and the North of England. In the detailed Prospectus published at the time of passing that act, those prospects and advantages were satisfactorily ex plained. Steam Navigation, however, had not then arrived at that Foint which could enable those enterprising individuals who originated the measure to carry out, practically, the great objects which they, nevertheless, clearly saw would one day result from the undertaking. Steam Navigation, in fact, had not then put forth those gi gantic and commanding powers which it has since so success fuly exerted. '['he crossing the Atlantic was expected to be accomplished most effectually and economically by the com bined and alternate use of Steam Power and that of Sails, as the weather, or other circumstances, might render expedient. With this view the first vessel contracted for under their act was furnished with two engines of only fifty horse power each— a power now manifestly inadequate to the undertaking, and, under the present improved state of Steam Navigation, deemed scarcely sufficient for crossing the Channel. It is unnecessary, therefore, further to inquire why the Company did not then effect the great objects contemplated by its spirited projectors. Under these circumstances, and seeing that the time would arrive, when the difficulties against which they were then unable to contend would he removed, the Directors judiciously procured the iramended Act, (the 7th Geo. IV,) providing for a temporay supension of their operations, until they should be enabled to proceed through the improvement of that great power which v.as to be the main-spring of their undertaking, and which within, the last few years has been so rapidly advanced towards perfec tion. The remaining original Directors and Proprietors of the Com pany, thinking the time has now arrived when their objects may successfully be prosecuted, propose to bring these Acts into full and active operation ; and which measure, the public voice ap pears already to sanction by an anticipation of a favourable re sult, and a determination to support the undertaking. For the purpose, therefore, of effecting the above objects, and as it is important that no delay should take place in adopting the necessary measures, a Provisional Committee has been arranged, consisting of the five remaining original and qualified Directors, together with the following other influential and experienced Persons, with full powers to act until the present and future funds and management of the Company shall be placed under the provisions of the above-mentioned Acts. Four Managing Directors have also been appointed, who will forthwith make the necessary arrangements for giving effect to this important undertaking. THE PROVISIONAL. COMMITTEE CONSISTS OF Captain Beaufort, R.N., Hydrographer to the Ad- Remaining miralty original The Right Hon. Maurice Fitzgerald Diiectors, Simon M . Gillivrav, Esq. N ame d i n Geo. Richardson Porter, Esq., Board of T ra d e 1 t h e A ct o f The Right Hon. Lord Talbot de Malahide. J 1825. Richard Griffith, Esq., Civil Engineer) John David Latouche, Esq. I . _ . Pierce Mahony, Esq. i-Original Proprietors Daniel O'Connell, Esq. The Hon. Frederick Ponsonby. Charles Wye Williams, Esq. Liverpool. Christopher Rollin, Esq. James Ferrier, Esq. l James Jameson, Esq. Richard Williams, Esq. )..Dublin. George M'Bride, Esq. I Francis Carlton, Esq. ) MANAGING OrRF.CTOfIS. Charles Wye Williams James Jameson James Ferrier I Francis Carlton. BANKERS. Leyland and Bullins, Liverpool. The Provincial Bank of Ireland and Branches. SOLICITORS. John North, Esq., Exchange-alley, Liverpool. Mess's- P. and D. Mahony, 4, Trafalgar•square, London, and 43, Dame -street, Dublin. Applications for the unappropriated Shares (in the under mentioned form) may be made to the Bankers or Solicitors aboventimed ; at the Offices of the Dublin Steam-packet Coin pany in Liverpool, Dublin, and Belfast; to the Managing Di rectors ; or to JOSEPH KING, 16, Exchange-buildings, and Thomas COGLAN, 12, Exchange-street East, Stock' and Share Brokers, Liverpool. It is not the intention of this Company to be general Merchants, or to interfere in any way with the existing establishments in the Shipping of Goods, or to import on their own account, but merely to supply the most efficient Steam Vessels impartially, relying upon Shippers, Importers, and Passengers, for support. A Deposit of '1 wo Pounds per Share to be paid to any of the above Bankers, to the credit of the Managing Directors, who have full power to apply the same, and take such measures as, in their judgment, will best carry the above objects into operation ; and, on the Shares being respectively appropriated, the Bankers are authorised to give the necessary receipts. S. phRRY, Agent, pro tempers. Liverpool, 18th June, 1836. FORM OP APPLICATION FOR THE,REMAINING UNAPPROPRIATED S H AR Ed"; Td the Provisional Committee of the American and Colonial Stearn Navigation Company. GENTLEMEN,—I request to become a Subscriber, and agree to take such number of Shares as may be allotted to me, not exceeding , and to pay the Deposit of Two Pounds per Share, agreeably to the conditions stated in the Printed Pros pectus. I am, Gentlemen, Your obedient servant. N.B.—To be signed by the Applicant, with his address and the date of his application. LIVERPOOL, ABERYSTWITH, AND DUBLIN STEAM-PACKET COMPANY. A T a MEETING of the INHABITANTS of ABERY .4I STWITH, in the Town-hail, on Friday, the Ist of July, 11436, convened by. James Hughes, Esq., Mayor;—in the un avoidable absence of the Mayor, RICE WILLIAMS, Esq., M.D., in the Chair. This Meeting having taken into consideration the proposals of the intended Liverpool, Abervstwith, and Dublin Steam packet Company for making this Port a Public Station, It was unanimously resolved, That the Thanks of the Meeting be transmitted to the Liver pool Committee, with they assurance of the good wi es and co-operation of this town in forwarding a scheme w ich pro mises so much benefit to the public. That the following Gentlemen be appointed a Provisional Committee for Aherystwith to forward the obj sof the in tended Company, viz., Rice Williams, Esq., M.D. I Lewis Jones, sq. Captain 'Peale. Edward Evans, Esq. Lewis Pugh, Esq. I Captain William Julian. John Hughes, Esq. Thomas Jones, Esq. With power to add to their number. That the Thanks of this Meeting be given to the Worshipfnl the Mayor for his ready compliance in convening the Meeting. RICE WILLIAMS, Chairman. Prospectuses may be had at my Office, 22, Clarendon buildings, Liverpool. JAM ES BAC H. Public Mobto. THE LIVERPOOL STANDARD. Empowered by special Act of Parliament. FAMILY ENDOWMENT SOCIETY. CAPITAL, £500,000. Qffice, (temporary,) 35, Great Winchester-street. Tit USTICES. Pascoe St. Leger Grenfell, Esq. I Henry Porcher, Esq. Martin Tucker Smith, Esq. DIRECTORS. Henry George Ward, Esq., M.P., - Ch nnan. George Alfred Muskett, Esq., Deputy hairrnan. Wm. Butterworth Bayley, Esq. Edward ee, Esq. Bazett David Colvin, Esq. Majo hn Luard. John Fuller, Esq. Thos. illi s M us k et t, E sq Pascoe St. Leger Grenfell, Esq. Major orge Willock AUDITORS. Riversdale William Grenfell;Esq. William Sharman Crawford, Esq., M.P. Bankers—Sir James Esdaile and Co. Physician—Dr. Rogett, F.R.S. Surgeon —Edward Cock, Esq. THIS s_cSpeliveitors—Messrs. Lacy and Bridges. otherL%u"dows not only existing Children. but (unlike quiring (however bona) the future Children of a Marriage ? re fixed at the timeof nu merous they may be) only one Premium, makla t C amount not depending on , the ontract, and consequently its The Society offer s this id number of the Children. tional advantage, that the entire Presniunis may be made tetu for their Children the benefirtesnUes should be defweit'ich the Thus parties may secure cue those benefits Society o ff ers, or, in death, they may recover back the whole of their.payments.ted bY JOHN CAZEeNt°7B The usual Commisssiou allowed to Soli i Agents, &c. AGENTS. °-E, Ser "1. ecretary. i r l SAMUEL R. HEALEY, Bank-b u il ding DAVID Hour, Ducie-place, Manch este r MILES MYRES, Solicitor, Preston. • 1 MEETING AT THE AMPHITHEATRE. A T a PUBLIC MEETING of the FRIENDS of the _t - A. ESTABLISHED CHURCH, held on 'Wednesday, the 13th July, 1836, in the Amphitheatre, to provide for the Erection and Support of SCHOOLS, in connection with the Estabitsh ment. Rev. JONATHAN BROOKS, M.A. Rector, in the Chair, On the motion of ADAM HODGSON, EST, seconded by CHAS. HORSE' A LL, Esq. ft was resolved,—That this Meeting deeply regrets the adoption of the Rules recently introduced for the Government of the Corporation Schools, which exclude the Scriptures from general practical use iu School hours—Carried unanimously. On the motion of the Rev. ArousTus CAMPBELL, seconded by the Rev. H. M'Neme, Resolved,—That it is expedient to build and maintain Schools to be placed under the direction of a standing committee of management, to be appointed for that purpose from the Clerical and Lay Subscribers to the fund which may be raised, in which the Scriptures shall be freely taught under the directio and superintendence of the Clergy of the Established C rch— Carried unanimously. On the motion of Mr. SANDS, seconded by Mr SAMUEL Holmes, Resolved, —That a committee be formed for th furtherance of this important purpose, and to solicit subscript ns and adopt such measures as may be deemed expedient to effect it in the best and speediest way, and that the Committee consist of the following Gentlemen, with power to add to their number—and that JA MES ASPINALL, Esq., who has kindly consented to accept the Office, be appointed Treasurer—Carried unanimously. Moved by the Rev. Dr. RALPH, seconded by the Rev. -JAMES DIXON, Resolved,--That the thanks of this Meeting be given to the Clergy of this town for having so promptly responded to the call of duty on this occasion, and to the Chairman for his able conduct in the Chair. COMMITTEE.—The Rev. the RECTORS. JAMES ASPINALL, Treasurer. Sir Thomas Brancker David Hodgson Josias Booker I'. B. Horsfall Thomas Bold James ilevworth Miles Barton R. B. Hollinshead Edward Cropper Edmund Molyneux James Cockshott C. S. Parker Moses Edwards James Pownall J. Fletcher M. Reynolds George Grant Alexander Smith Charles Groves Wm. Smith Robertson Gladstone Samuel Sandbach James Laughton John Tinne Charles Horsfall William Jones Richard Houghton, John Wright Adam Hodgson With power to add to their number. Donations and Subscriptions will be received by the Treasurer, JAMES ASPINALL, Esq.. Duke-street, by the Members of the Committee, and by the Clergy of the Town The following donations have already been received : John Bolton, Storrs £2oo 0 0 Sir John Tobin lOO 0 0 Sir Thomas Brancker Rev. Augustus Campbell Adam Hodgson lOO 0 0 James Aspinall Joseph Need Walker William Potter lOO 0 0 Anthony Molyneux Edmund Molyneux . Samuel Sandbach lOO 0 0 Charles S. Parker lOO 0 0 Josias Booker IOU 0 0 William Jones Charles Horsfall A Well-wisher, by Rev. H. M'Neile lOO 0 0 David Hodgson lOO 0 0 Thomas Murray, Hope-street James Hevworth, Everton R. B. B. flollinshead John Murray lOO 0 0 John Fletcher, of St. Michael's 52 10 0 Miles Barton Charles Grovei 5O 0 0 Anonymous, per J. A. 5O 0 0 Morris Reynolds James Gnfillan John Wright 5O 0 0 Robert Bickersteth Edwin Maw r 5O 0 0 - Rigby, Sandon-terrace Rev. R. Cardwell Thomas Robinson, Linacre Marsh John Alston William Smith, Fulwood Lodge H. R. Sandbach W. P. Bushby Thomas Haigh William P. Bushby Thomas Rawson William Marriott , ' 5O 0 0 John Eden 3O 0 0 Samuel Staniforth 3O 0 0 James Pownall Rev. John B. Monk 25 0 0 Thomas Parten 25 0 0 Dr. Brandreth Richard Dawson Thomas Wilson 2l 0 0 Richard Houghton James Davies 2l 0 0 N. D. Bold 2l 0 0 A. A. Dobbs Thomas Toulmin William Cartn•right 2O 0 0 W. Heap Hutchinson Robert Rigby 2O 0 0 . J. C. Duncan 2O 0 0 Robert Ledson and Son J. T. Glazebrook James Phillips James Logan 2O 0 0 Edward Speed George Wright, Belle Vue, Walton Samuel and Janies Hohne lO 10 0 James Jackson T. o.. Cooper . lO 0 0 Patrick Parker Francis Foster George Green, Jun Thomas Bold, Duke-street lO 0 0 T. W. Wainwright lO 0 0 The Misses Hollinsheads lO 0 0 Mrs. Brook, Park-road Joshua Edwards Thomas Harris Rev. Thomas Bold Rev. C. T. Gladwin P. Witherl,c C. J. Waddington, Goree Rev. W. Hesketh lO 0 0 Willem Sandbach lO 0 0 John Buck Lloyd lO 0 0 George Brown Harold Littledale ___ ___ . William Foster lO 0 0 George Langtry • lO 0 0 J B:Brancker Elijah Harrison H. W. Carter lO 0 0 John Miller, jun. John Worrell lO 0 0 J. Caton Thompson 5 0 0 W. B. Falcon 5 0 (1 A. T. Patterson 5 0 0 James Parker, Norton-street 5 0 0 Rev. J. C. Piince • • Dr. Scott 5 () 0 William Huson 5 0 0 D. C. Buchanan W. R. Preston William Dreyer George Kendal.... 5 0 0 James Poole James Robertson A. W. Powles Arthur Thompson 5 0 0 R. D. Wilmot 5 0 0 Francis Maxwell Richard Benson Miss Backhouse 5 0 0 Miss E. Backhouse 5 0 0 Rev. T. S. Bowstead Samuel Johnson and Son Thomas M`Gill J. T. Hobson 5 0 0 Rev. W. Preston C. 'l'. Duntem Thomas Brassey ................ Rev. W. Rawson William Grapel Anonymous, per Rev. F. Barker J. Dumbeil J. Owen, London-road ............. 50 0 Q. in a Corner H. J. Sanderson King Ellison John Ellison A Friend, per R. Hughes , Joseph Nickels 2 0 0 Mrs. Sanderson , . 2 0 0 A Lady, per Rev. W. Rawson A Littleßoy. per Ditto Mrs. Ellison Thomas Moyle Miss C.. Batley Joseph Holliday S. IT , per J A. 1 0 0 Miss Sand erson 1 0 0 • Miss Handfield I 0 0 Henry M oss , Sh aw ' s -b row ANNUAL SUBSCRIPTIONS. R. B. B. Hollinshead . £2 2 0 Dr. Brandreth •• •• Thomas Carrie N. D. Bold 1 1 0 J. B. Brancker . Besides several annual Subscriptions and other Donations which the hurry of business prevents our inserting at present. THORN'S POTTED YARMOUTH BLOATERS. To Sportsmen, Travellers, and Captains of Shi s. 11HORN'S POTTED YARMOUTH BLOAT RS, now I in high perfection. The increasing demand f r this most delicious preparation, proves beyond all doubt it • far superior to any thing of the kind ever yet offered to the blic for Sand wiches, Toasts, Biscuits, &c., and is an e lent relish for Wine. In Pots, Is. and 2s. each. Warren in all climates. " They are full of fine flavour and free fron 11 rancidity, and no bad companion to a sportsman or pedestrian who may want a pleasing qualification to his biscuit or bread, which cannot always be found at a roadside house or on the borders of a bog." —Bell's Life in London. THORN'S TALLY-HO ! SAUCE: ! for Fish, Game, Steaks, Chops, Cutlets, made Dishes , and all general purposes, is the richest and the most economical Sauce now in use, im parting a zest not otherwise acquired. In bottles 2s. and 4s. Warranted in all climates "We have tried (credo experto) Thorn's Tally -Ho Sauce, and can pronounce it exquisite. We know nothing of the in gredients—that we leave to such as are more curious in fish sauce than we are, but we can speak to the richness of its flavour, which, to our thinking, would create au appetite under the ribs of cleat h."—Satirist. . holesale at the warehouse, 223. High Holborri; by Mr. C MAWIIOOD, 20. South John-street, near the New Custom House; BIRD and CRANK, 13, Lord-street; andJ. HALL grocer, Ranelagh-street, Liverpool; and by all wholesale oil men and druggists in London ; and retail by all respectable oilmen, grocers, and fishmongers in the United Kingdom CAUTION. Observe the signature of Alex. Thorn on each pot GREAT MEETING AT THE AMPHITHEATRE OF THE FRIENDS OF THE ESTABLISHED CHURCH. On Wednesday last the friends of scriptural education from the unniutilated Bible were convened together by publicadvertisement, signed;by most of the ministers of the established church in the town. The object of the meet ing was to obtain subscriptions for the erection of schools where the Bible, and the Bible alone, might be used as the basis of scriptural education; a proceeding caused by the late decision of the Town Council to exclude the Bible from the corporation schools, in order to meet the prejudices of the Roman catholics, and to substitute in its stead the selections and notes of the Irish Board of Commissioners on Scriptural Education, which were en tirely to supersede the Bible during school hours. The excitement caused in the town when this deter mination became known was excessive ; and in conse quence a preliminary meeting, of the clergy of the esta blished church was held, when it was determined to call a meeting of the inhabitants to obtain subscriptions fur the erection of other schools, and thus frustrate the extraor dinary decision of the council, and teach, as had hereto fore been the case, the scriptures to the scholars from the Bible alone. SO great was the excitement that, by Tuesday even ing, 4,300 tickets were issued—as many as were intend ed should be—and not a ticket of admission could be anywhere obtained. We heard that in several instances as much as 10s. per ticket was offered by parties anxious to attend the meeting, but who had not been sufficiently on the alert in their applications. By half-past nine o'clock on Wednesday morning the doors were besieged by crowds of ladies anxious to obtain good places, al though it was announced that the doors would not be opened until eleven, the meeting being to commence at twelve o'clock. At half past eleven every part of the theatre appeared densely crowded ; even to the very back of the upper gallery ladies might be seen anxious to ob tain a view and hear the proceedings. The whole house presented one dense mass of human faces, the majority of whom were of the softer sex. There could not be less than 5,000 persons assembled at the lowest estimate. The whole of the back part of the stage, was removed, and in its place was erected a temporary kind of amphi theatre of seats, one above another up to the ceiling, which was in like manner densely crowded to the very top, almost exclusively by ladies. At the foot of this a number of forms were ranged, at the front of the stage, where sat the clergy of the town and neighbourhood, to the number of about 70, and in the centre a table was stationed, at which sat the Rev. Rector BRooKs, the chairman. The orchestra was fitted up with every ac commodation for the gentlemen of the press, and we give our tribute of thanks to the committee of manage ment for their very excellent arrangements, which tended considerably to lighten our labours. We observed on the platform, in addition to the chair man, the Rev. Augustus Campbell, rector, Rev. Th omas Moss, Rev. Thomas Bold, Rev. J. C. Prince, Rev. T. Tattershall, Rev. Robert Davies, Rev. Richard Davies, Rev. William Maynard, Rev. J. H. Stewart, Rev. F. Barker, Rev. C. Morrall, Rev. C.T.• Gladwin, Rev. J. H. Stafford, Rev. Edward Spencer, Rev. J. Lyons, Rev. H. M'Neile, Rev. Charles W. Lawrence, Rev. John B. Monk, Rev. James North, Rev. 'F. G. Leigh, Rev. M. Formby, Rev. M. Hawtrey, Rev. J. Hassell, Rev. J. B. Winstanley, Rev. J. Picton, Rev. W. Tyrer, Rev. T. S. Bowstead, Rev. John Cheethatn, Rev. George Stokes, Rev. R. Blacow, the Rev. R. L. Townshend, Rev. R. Appleton, Rev. R. Leicester, Rev. W. Heskete, Rev. W. Rawson, Rev. A. Knox, Rev. Thomas Gardner, Rev. D. Vawdres - , Rev. E. T. Alder, Warrington, Rev. James Dixon, Wesleyan minister, Rev. Dr. Ralph, church of Scotland, Samuel Sandbach, Esq., Charles Horsfall, Esq., James Aspinall, Esq., C. S. Parker, Esq., John Wright, Esq., Sir Thomas Brancker, Charles Lawrence, Esq., T. B. Horsfall, Esq., Josias Booker, Esq., Adam Hodgson, Esq., Richard Dawsen, Esq., Charles Groves, Esq., Thomas Sands, Esq., Wm. Jones, Esq., &c. &c. At twelve o'clock precisely the Rev. Rector BROOKS took the chair, and was received with loud applause. He requested the Rev. J. B. MONK to open the proceedings of the meeting by reading some of the collects of the Church of England service. After that gentleman had concluded, the congregation having devoutly joined in the same, The CHAIRMAN addressed the meeting as follows:—" In the highly honourable and gratifying situation in which I am placed as chairman of this meeting—for I do consider it a very high honour, and a very high privilege to have been placed in that situation in an assemblage consisting of so respectable and nu merous a body of my fellow-townsmen and parishioners—and for a purpose so highly important as that of the education upon religious principles of a great mass of the large population of this town, it will become my duty—and I shall endeavour to do it in as short and concise a manner as I can—to lay before the meeting the reasons that have induced your clergy to call you together on the present occasion. (Applause.) In so doing it will become necessary, absolutely necessary, that I should revert to the proceedings of the town council of this borough. In so doing, I hope that I may state to the meeting the ground on which•l shall endeavour to do it. Iby no means wish. nor is it the wish of my brethren the clergy that have joined my .col league and myself in calling you together, to cast any reflections on that body. We do and are willing to allow to them the right of managing their own schools on such principles as they may deem consistent with their own responsibilities. And we by no means intend to call into question either the sincerity or tle purity of their motives—(hear,)—but we do claimlto ourselves, and we claim for the large body who are here assembled, the right of approving, or, on the contrary, the tight of rejecting the principles which they may maintain. (Great applause.) It will most likely be known to all those who bear me, at least to a great majority of my hearers, that a few years ago the coin mon council, the acting body of the late corporation, thought it right to establish two schools, one in the north and the other in the south part of the town, for the purpose of educating the chil dren of the great mass of the people. When they did so they ' also thought proper to call in the assistance of the clergy of the Established Church towards the conducting of these schools. (Hear.) The clergy most willingly obeyed the call and had great pleasure in giving every assistance in their power. This then, assisted with a portion of themselves on a committee, the rectors, the clergy of their own church of St. George, the clergy of St. Martin's at the north, and St. Thomas's at the south be ing the two places of worship at which the children were heard on the Sunday. The religious instruction at these schools was left entirely to the clergy to conduct it in the way in which it has been conducted. The number of children attending these two schools has been 1800. Of the manner in which these schools have been conducted, :it would, perhaps, not be becom ing in me to speak; I can only say this, that during the whole of the time the constant applications for admittance have been beyond the power of receiving, and the great body of the peo ple, from the appearance of the children, have expressed them selves satisfied with the religious instruction. (Cheers.) But when the municipal oill for the alteration of the system of town councils passed the legislature a different mode of electing that body , took place. Upon the election of the new body, one of the first things which was done was a communication from the Mayor to the Clergy, desiring that they would continue their services in the schools till something was deterininately fixed with regard to their management. !he clergy again most wil tingly acceded to the request of the Mayor. An education committee was afterwards appointed from the body of the town council, and it has been their pleasure to recommend, and the pleasure of the town-cpuncil to adopt, a different system of edu cation in these schools to what had formerly been pursued and acted upon, and that system is what is called the Irish system of education. It is so called becase it was a system which was in troduced into Ireland a short time ago by the then existing minis try of this country, for the purpose of endeavouring to spread the knowledge of the gospel amongst a very dark and ignorant popula tion. I must now, in the first instance, protest against the use of names of highly respectable gentlemen whom we would all look up to with the greatest degree of respect and attention, for the purpose of insinuating, if not of declaring, that the gentlemen who approved of the principle for Ireland did approve of it for England. (Cheers.) One name has been particularly men tioned, and I consider him to have been mentioned because his name must carry great weight with it whenever it is mentioned, the name of the noble lord who represents a portion of this county in parliament, (cheers) and it has led numbers to be lieve that he was friendly to the introduction of what is called the Irish Svitein of Education in this country. I protest against such a conclusion being drawn. I remember well the arguments which that noble lord used when he advocated the measure for Ireland, and they were especially confined to the peculiar situation of Ireland as a great Roman Catholic coun try, having a preponderating majority of Roman Catholic in habitants. lam confident that he never intended—l may ven ture to say I know it never was his intention to apply that sys tem to a great protestant country. (Great applause). There is no similarity—there is no analogy between the two cases, and I shall endeavour to show you in very short terms where we of the clergy thought the difference lay, and which differ ence was the cause of our calling you together this day. The systemd tr iffi l t ie r smeubt which e ha appear s t o me t o l a y in a very sma ll com p ass . Th e remembrance r h oet s et v hs a at s atn i t n ths t e ,r_o populationdwucbneed into was a found Ire so sixlauidro onebear oinf Roman g deeply in uCao heome- impossible toitr duce the bible, according to the received version, into schools as w inr h ya i cbohl opinion ao t nn d o o m min. my n n yd C oo a wn t n h t, o h i s e p s o w i n e e I a w n i n i n o/ g c t o a l a e t d t e o n t d Le it re w to as d give e. allow, accepted version o fe iot b fh u t : hr e t t o hpe s l t tv a ae t er e ss titaohnnatto Bible, it ti the Roman thou g ht „jo iace oud Catholicsald o t obi) e rle t oe ' t rod aced with the sanction of the Roman Catholics—that certain selections should be made from the Scriptures for the purpose of education, and the bible itself to be to the p ma sealed wilieh book. This was the principle upon which they a ct e d. N ow, unshackled use r e e r that principle, if you come to apply it to our protestant coun try, is, I contend , a vi o l a t io n o f every principle upon very: in tention s e s p e i n o ttieal p st an r n is c t? pl w e a o s t. fo p u r o n t t e l e s t t l a . n t ( s G ui r s a t a a f p re p e l a a u i s i e d .) l , h of the bible. It may be asked th e u " Do I object to or ant I :1 Ve use —i r I an enemy to the use of selections ?" I say I am not; f did say I was I should be speaking contrary to the principles on bre o t u brethren h a o n o d ls n , iy b s u e t l f w h e a v u e se co th n e st m a n w tl i y th ac a te d d i . fi e .e s w e h le ie c i m mt ' ii y s in and on a different principle to what they do in the Irish system. We hold the selections in one hand , but we keep fast hold of the Bible in the other. (Immense applause, which was thrice repeated.) We use our selections as aids, as helps, as steps to a better knowledge of the Bible; they use them as sub stitute for the Bible. (Long continued applause). The kuow ledge which we teach our children when they come to our schools is tantamount to this: we teach them that there is a book which contains every thing that is necessary for their guidance here and for eternal happiness hereafter. (Hear); We - tell them that a terrible woe is denounced against any person who shall lake away from the sacred hook or who shall add to it. This is the language which we use, but we tell them at the same time,that it contains many things which are hard to be understood, and we tell them that it contains two dispen sations—that in the one they will find an historical account of the chosen people who were selected to bring about the pur poses of God, and who were made his instruments. That there were also many men among the patriarchs and the Jews who were made instruments of the Almighty; that it also contains a series of prophecies, all of which were to be accomplished in a future dispensation, and we then tell them in that other dis- pensation of a Divine person who was appointed to carry them into effect, who came down on earth—that in' that book this divine person has parables for the illust ration of his subject, has miracles by which he confirmed his mission and the doctrines which he laid down as necessary to be believed by hiS disciples, and the precepts on winch they weie to guide their conduct; and we tell them we have selected those different things from the Bible for the purpose of brieging, them up step by step till they were able to come to a knowledge of the whole. We tell them as we go along ; we keep the Bible in the right hand and the selections in the - left. We never forget what is the most • important point which we have to insist on; and here lies the • great difference, for we do it with the Bible as our constant companion and as the book which they themselves must con sult in the application; whereas the new system of Irish educa tion puts the Bible out of the question, though the selections are taken from the Bible. But I care not whether these selec- ' tions are from the authorised versiotror not, as far as my present argument goes, I object to them being Made substitutes forthe Bible. Now, I say if such was the language used to our children, what must be the language we should use under the new system if we adopted it ? Why, we must tell them that there was a book that contained everything necessary for their actual sal- yation, and we must repeat the denunciation against the mutt lation of that book; but we must tell them " that unfortunately' amongst christians there are so many different constructions of that book that we cannot put it into your hands; we must give you something on which you can all agree. Absolutely ne cessary as it is tot guidance and salvation, we cannot put it into your hands." I would ask whether that is the way to bring into the infant mind fixed principles—( loud cries of '' No, no") —is that the way which is to make them steady in their duties both to God and to their neighbour? (" No, no.") Is it not rather the way to leave them in the midst of uncertainty and of 1 doubt—to be carried away by every wind of doctrine ? (Cheers.) ' It was, then, on these grounds—on the grounds of not consider ing it. consistent with our sacred functions—to our duties which we owed to our God, and the duties which we owed to you, as our parishioners, and to whose care the eternal salvation of your souls are committed—it was on these grounds that we deter mined to appeal to you to ask you whether we were not right in rejecting such a system as this. (Great cheering.) I know it has been attempted to bring names, as I said before, as autho rities for the adoption of this system, not where it was entitled • to be used, in Ireland, but in England also. With your per mission, I will read you an extract from an authority which is equal to that which has been produced from the opposite side of the question—without the authority of the parties themselves — in one of the charges of one of the our estimable prelates; and I. am sure, in doing so, Ido more justice to the subject than by at tempting to put his principles into words dray own. It is an ex tract from the charge of thepresent Archbishop ofeanterbury, a prelate who stands conspicuous at the head of our church for the manly firmness with which he supports it, combined with the truest christian uieekuess and hug • ity of character— (cheers)—and with a truly christian spirt f charity to all who differ from him. When he was Bishop of ndon, he addressed a charge to his clergy, the principal subject of which was a strung recommendation to them to support the national schools. He was speaking of the difficulty which there was of finding any system which might be introduced into the schools, so that the children of all denominations of christians might be led to approve of it. In speaking of it he mentions an expedient which had been proposed to remove this difficulty, and he states that - expedient to be this, "that as there was so much difficulty as to amount to au impossibility in agreeing on the mode which should be convenient and satisfactory to all, it had been pro posed that we should abandon the substance and accept acipher, that morals should be taught in our schools, but that religion shonld be left to the care of the parents or the pastor. Now, it is my duty to likup my voice against so iniquitous a compro mise. If is anything beyond a contrivance of state, or a creature of philosophical speculation, or if it is the revelation of the Author of Truth, a boon disclosed by his mercy and his wisdom for the direction of man through the twilight of this lower world, to conduct him in this life to the attainment of ho. liness and to the perfection of happiness in the next, what apology shall be found for a minister of the church if he would yield his concurrence to any scheme of education which leaves the uurselings of his flock in ignorance of the creed which he ' has solemnly proposed to teach, and shows himself indifferent to its superior excellence." (Cheers.) I agree with the learned prelate that it would be most unwise upon religious subjects to enter into any compromise; nay more, I say, as a christian minister, I dare not do it. Applause.) Having thus stated to you, as shortly as I have been able, the grounds on which we have called you together this day, I should think it was going beyond my duty as chairman if I were to detain you any longer with any remarks of my own. I shall call on those gentlemen who have kindly promised to give you the ne cessary information, and offer resolutions upon this subject to proceed to their work. I shall only say one thing more, that instead of compromising I hope we shall all be found of one opinion, and of one mind, determined to keep the unity of faith in the bond of peace, and remain with a steady determination to uphold and maintain unimpaired the doctrines of the Bible. (Immense applause and clapping of hands which con tinued some minutes.) Most sincerely shall we hail the assistance of those sincerely religious persons amongst us who may not exactly be members of the church of England, but who may yet approve of the apostolical faith on which her creeds and her doctrines are founded. We shall bail with pleasure their assistance in con tributing to this great work, and I have no doubt that they, to gether with us, will do all in their power to uphold that church, which hitherto always has been what I humbly and devoutly pray to the Almighty it may always continue to be, and which it is the bounden duty of every one of her sons to use their greatest exertions in maintaining her, the great bulwark of Protestantism throughout the Christian world. The reverend gentleman on sitting down was greeted with immense applause, cheering, and clapping of hands. Adam HonosoN, Esq., said—Having been requested to move the first resolution, I have acceeded to that request, but not without much expense of personal feeling, and only because I dare not shrink on an occasion involving such deep and vital i tyhe n hoav t euev e ero r iy e bnl s jeu t oed , net) f dtts r eee o f iro m osvrut aaart understanding being whichi ns f n e gg, e 6wa. b hcne le iadelahl e rteo ff edl o ematv r o t meegtr w e.ys h tuhh i rl c eee h might ,rahirtent:ictsshhtdaeh b aicraymi c .vr o cea n unl t em r o i hdsineta u aese t ni e towards ,cslhyetoasmtrweeedhgircttehoot those circumstances, and if they call us to any peculiar duty 1 do hope we shall discharge that duty superior to any narrow or .. .. party feeling, and in a tone and temper fitting to the important object we have in view. Nothing is further from my wish or intention than to speak disrespectfully of those gentlemen who have adopted those resolutions regarding the schools. Many of those gentlemen, I am certain, are sincere and cordial friends of scriptural education. I concede to those gentlemen, as I would to all, on this and every, occasion, a right of private judgment, and I claim to exercise it myself. But if it be our opinion that the nature and tendency of these measures is dan gerous in a high degree—if that be our opinion, then it is our imperative duty as inhabitants of this town, to secure for the population of this town, in their schools,'the unshackled and un restrained use of the unmutilated, protestant version of the sacred scriptures; then, I say, it is impossible that we can, for one mouteut, concur in these resolutions. (Cheers.) If we should be of opinion that the plan proposed to be adopted in these schools is in principle ur.sound, in practice dangerous and valueless—if it be our opinion that to substitute these extracts for the sacred scriptures themselves is a compromise on a vital point—if we should consider that the establishment of such a system is likely only to be a prelude to an attempt to introduce that system throughout the nation at large, then I appeal to you if we are not called upon to rise up and protest against the in troduction of such a system, to prevent it spreading and to pre vent the seeds of latent mischief being strewed Over the ground. (Cheers.) The state of things under which we are now assem bled imposes on us the sacred duty of providing for our popula tion a sound scriptural education. And if it should be our opinion that our general system of education is beset with in numerable difficulties, if it appear to us that the attempt to conciliate all parties necessarily involves concessions which ought never to be made by persons of opposite sentiments to each other—concessions which no person ought ever to make or require—if it is our opinion that the business of education will then proceed most effectively when upheld by the various denominations according to their own views of truth and duty, and the alacrity of individual effort, 1 trust we shall proceed with good feeling towards others to pursue that course. (Cheers.) Notwithstanding the very extensive efforts which have been made in this town by different sects for the spread of education, there still remains a large mass of population without education at all, in a state of ignorance and darkness equally discreditable to us as christians or an enlightened people. I trust we shall do away with this reproach. What may be the best plan to accomplish this, whether by the introduction of one or two large schools under a more general superintendence, or in the introduction of schools where they are most wanted as occasions may arise, and in connection with those churches to which from their locality they may appear naturally to belong, are questions which deserve grave and serious consideration. But which ever of these plans may be adopted, I do trust they will meet with general support, and I trust we shall find, by the result of this meeting, that the appeal, sir, you have so kindly, so clearly, and so fully made to us, has not been made to us in vain. (Loud cheering.) I beg to move the first resolutiou : •• That this meeting deeply regrets the adoption of the rules recently introduced for the government of the corporation schools, which exclude the scriptures from general practical use in school hours." (Cheers.) CHARLES HORSFALL, Esq., said,—ln rising to second the resolution, I will not detain you long. Our excellent chairman has detailed the state of the case so clearly, and has pointed out the existence of the evil, and the remedy, with such per spicuity, that I think it would be a waste of your time were I to attempt to explain it further to you. I conceive that our ob ject will now be to point out a remedy. We must endeavour, by all means' in - thir power, to supply what appears to-be defi cient. We have present here to-day, and I rejoice to see it, I think I may say one of the largest and one of the most respec table meetings which has ever met together in Liverpool. I have no recollection of a similar one during forty years I have resided in the town, and I think an impulse has been given which,if we profit by it, and avail ourselves of it, ma y go t o the extent of supplying education to two children where we have lost one—(loud cheering)— but, as has been very properly stated, it is our duty in giving that education to see that, it is sound, and that it is a Scriptural education, and that we esta blish schools from which the Bible is not excluded, and when I say excluded, of course, I mean in the sense in which it is ex chided in the present corporation schools. It is our duty to see that the Bible is in those schools, and, not only that,—to see that they are schools where prayer is not absent. (Cheers. I trust shall go forward in th e execu ti on o f t hi s d u t y w i th zeal a e crity : the clergy mu s t lead and I trust that they will, andd al am q uite sure that th e laity will support them. We must endeavour to give the children, as we are enjoined in the Scrip ture, sound and religious education. We must " cast the bread on the waters," as we are directed to do, but at the sante time, we must be well assured that what we give them is bread. (Cheers). It would only be a waste of your time, knowing the gentlemen who are to tollow me, were I to detain you any longer. I beg to second the resolution. (Applause.) The CHAIRMAN put the resolution to the meeting, which unanimously adopted it, amidst loud applause. The Rev. Rector CANIPBELL then came forward and said—l undertake, although, of course, it is with considerable reluc tance, to propose the next resolution for the adoption of this meeting :_.. That it is expedient to build and maintain schools, to be placed under the direction of a standing committee of ma nagement, tolbe appointed for that purpose from the clerical and lay subscribers to the fund, in which the Scriptures shall be freely taught, under the direction and superintendence of the clergy of the Established Church.''— (Immense Cheering.) That, Sir, is the resolution which I have to propose; and I think it will be hardly necessary for me to enter into any la borious apology for adopting the course which I am doing; for, although I am perfectly conscious of my total inability both from want of habit and from my want of talent, still I am equally conscious from the position I hold in thu t own , an d (ruin the intimate connection I have had with all the transactions which have led to this. I must say, unhappy conclusion, that a greater responsibility would rest on me were I to show any thing like hike-warmness in advocating this cause than will rest on me in undertaking an office, which, at the same time, I am perfectly conscious ofiny inability to fill (applause). But while I feel it wilt not be necessary for me to urge this subject any further, I am most anxious to say some words in addition to those which have already been said, to account for the motives which have brought us here, and to throw off the imputation which I know will be cast upon us in this matter ( hear, hear). I solemnly declare, standing in the presence of e ou all, and in the presence Of that :'eltnighty God whom we all worship, for myself, and speaking-for myself 1 sin sure lam speaking for the whole body of the clergy, that we are not here for the base or unworthy purposes of political or religious agitation. (Cheers.) We are not here to stimulate to excitement, or to accelerate that movement which unhappey for ourselves scents likely to tumble us all into the troubled ocean of religious and civil discord. Far otherwise is our intention and our duty; we are no political agitators; we do not want any movement in politics; we do not want any American revivals in religion. (Cheers.) We wish, no doubt, to go un to perfection, but we wish to go on in the old paths pointed out to us once by the wisdom of the first reformers, not " meddling with them that are given to change." (Cheers.) That such is our duty as an established ministry " to seek peace and to ensure it," and, in imitation of our blessed master who is our pattern as well as our Lord, our example as well as our master, " not to strive, nor cry, nor raise our voice in the street." For what purposes are we here then? 'Why have we stood forwards from the privacy in which we have always kept ourselves and sounded the note of defiance and alarm ? We are here, 1 do believe, for the purpose for whkh we profess to be here, the purpose of promoting scripture education on the prin ciples of our protestant trinitariau church. (Cheers.). That church in whose service we are engaged and whose interest we have a vow in heaven to defend. And, in this point t 4 view, would ask whether we have not a cause--e cause which I will • ex plain to you, and of which I shall lay certain details before you, with respect to the promoting of that which is the object of this resolution---fur raising a fund for schools in which the scriptures shall be freely taught. The population of the multi cilia' borough amounts probably to 220,005) souls, and, last an niversary, we returned 7,61! children as educated in the princi ples of the church. 320 were educated at the Workhouse and 1,619 at the Corporation Schools. So that we who might be called, perhaps, the richest part of the population only educated 5,672 children at our own expense. Now those who dissent from the Church of England educate 6,034 weekly and 4,600 Sunday scholars, leaving 1,300 uneducated. Again, 1 ask, is there not a cause fur our appearing here on this simple ground without any other? Have we not, the ministers and the church, some slight reason for self reproach that we have not appeared before you sooner ? And is it to be wondered at, I may say, that we who have been so long taunted as "dumb dogs" should now come forward and " bark" somewhat loudly ? (Applause.) Ido not know that it will be necessary, with this resolution in my hand, to assign any other reasons for our ap pearance here ; I do not know that I need assign any other reason, for this is quite enough. I wish, of course, to -abstain from anything like stimulating topicss 1. do not wish to rouse your passions, to excite your fears by laying before you what some rhay consider imagined dangers; but this I can say, we are here in defence of our religious principles, we may perhaps be here in defence of a protestant principle. (Cheers.) •We may be brought here by the very same principle which took Luther to the city of Worms, and which would have taken him there if there had been as many devils in the streets as there were tiles on the houses. When I say that a reproach is due to us for the deficiency of school-rooms, I should wish to say, also, in self-defence, we have opened five new schools, and perhaps I shall not be accused of egotism, when 1 say, I have been myself in strumental in procuring accommodation for about 8(X) children in the last three years. (Cheers.) I may also be permitted to say, that the education we give is a sufficient one. We educate on the week days ; we do not deem education the reading of a few scriptures on the Sunday—that is well when nothing else can be got, but it can hardly be dignified with the name of education. We educate the children on the Sunday, and edu cate them in the principles of the established church " to fear God and honour the King," to do justly, and love mercy, and walk humbly with their God ; and moreover, we teach to them the Bible as the basis of the education which we give. (Great cheering.) We interweave religion with education; we do not treat it merely as an adjunct, but as an essential part; we inter weave it together as an essential part of the fabric, not merely as a fringe to the vestment which may be worn or not at the pleasure of the wearer. Such has beeit our course : and this, I think, is quite sufficient justification for our coming here; but how little still have we done ! ,For what after all is the princi pal use of an established church ? for what do we value it, and for what ought it to be valued ? Do we value it merely as a state machine? Do we consider the church merely as a bul wet k of the monarchy—as a plop to the throne, the mitre as a glittering appendage to the crown ? .St a tesmen and politicians may consider it so, a n d G o d f or bid that any statesman or poli tician should undervalue it for its essential uses. It is a bul wark of the monarchy, and if it is blighted I firmly believe the monarchy wilt be overthrown. (Great cheering.) It is the upholder of the constitution, and if it is lost, down the consti tution will fall into ruins. But then I say, we us christians do not value it on that ground; we value it in the first place, as my friend and colleague has said, we value it as the bulwark of the protestant reformation; we value it as the ark in which the faith once delivered to the saints is delivered down to us; we value it moreover as the spiritual treasury in which is kept that greatest of all spiritual treasures, the authorised version of the Bible in our own mother tongue. (Tremendous applause.) For this we value it, and God forbid that any protestant in this land should forget any obligation he owes to the established church for that inestimable treasure. (Cheers.) The autho rised protestant version of the Bible we have, was translated by churchmen; and to churchmen, 1 say, a debt of gratitude is and ever will be due on that account alone. (Great cheering.) Moreover I say, we value the church as a candle which was lighted at the blazing fires of Latimer and of Ridley; and God forbid, I say, that that candle should ever be quenched. (Immense cheering,) But after all I think I have left behind the. best, the holiest purpose' of the established church. We value it as the means of preaching the protestant gospel to the poor—to preach the whole gospel to the labouring poor. That i maintain is the most essential use of an established church; but how is that purpose to be answered at the present day without the intervention of christian schools ? 1 consider it impossible. We may build churches and places of worship ' in every street, but Ido not believe that people will go into these churches unless they are prepared for it by christian schools. We must bind their minds to the considerations of religion in early life, that when they are old they may not de ', part from them. I maintain, then, that christian schools are the battle-ground on which the victory is to be won ; I have, ' then, good cause in coining forward to beseech you to assist us. But I know it will be asked in a very peremptory tone, why we are here just now ? Why we have taken this particular time to come forward? and in approaching this part of the subject I cannot help doing it with very considerable delicacy, because I know our conduct will expose us to the imputation of placing ourselves in opposition to the constituted authorities of the town, a position in which I, as a churchman, would not willingly place myself for the world. lam so absolutely convinced of the necessity of a perfect concurrence of the church with the state, that it is necessary that that union should never be seemingly dissevered. I think that the clergy should always be found by the side of the civil magistrate to aid him in promoting the pro gress of social order. I would never wish to appear to he in op position to the civil magistrate; I think obedience to him is one of the first and greatest of christian duties. But that obedience must have its limits; the obedience of man must nut be opposed to the commandments and obedience of God. (Great and con tinued cheering.) Now, Ido not wish to exaggerate. , Ido not mean to say that the constituted authorities of this town have laid on us anything in the shape of a command to do what our consciences disapprove of; they have requested us to do what we cannot do without betraying what we consider the interest of our church, and, therefore, the interests of religion in general. (Cheers.) That is our reason, and I can assure you that it is with the greatest possible pain that I have come to that conclu sion. Ido not come here, God knows, in anger, but in deep sorrow. (Hear.) For nine years and a half I have been per mitted freely to educate the protestant children in the corpora tion, schools, in my own protestant parish, without let or hin drance. For nine years and a half the parents of between 1,4(X) and 1,800 children freely and unreservedly have emit teethed their children to my pastoral care, and that of my bre theren in the ministry; there was not a word of difference or reproach. The parents have come to us repeatedly and thanked us, and thanked God at the same time, for the benefit their children have received in these schools. (Hear, hear, and cheers.) I wish, from my soul, to be permitted to go on in the old system. I may be permitted to say lam no bigot, but I do not consider that I belong to an infallible church, I do not say that every one who does not belong to my church must inevitably be damned. I cannot say of my dissenting brethren as a Roman Catholic Arch-bishop has said of Protestants, "that their preaching is hellish and devilish—that their preach ing is fattening them for hell," I cannot say these things; I declare to God I never did wish nor do I wish to force my me thod of teaching on any man, woman, or child, against their will. Of course I think my own system the right one, otherwise I should not teach it, but 1 don't say it is infallibly so, and therefore leave others to adopt any system they please. For this reason I was determined to teach, if I was permitted, my own children in my own way. For this purpose I had much communication with those itidividuals who have taken part in this business to beg and implore theta that they would not lay down any such written laws as would exclude me front these schools. I told them how it would he if they would lay down any such laws it would be absolutely necessary for us to retire. I beseeched them to leave it to the sub -committee, under whose discretion we might have acted according to our consciences. I hoped this might have been done; I persevered in this hope; and when that hope began to fail, by the direction of my bre• thren, we sent au offer to the town-council to take the schools off their hands, and take all the expense of them if they would permit us to mapage them in our own way. (Great and.con ediatied - cheering.) When I made this offer to them, by the direction of my brethren, I declared to them - that our intention - was not to promote any exclusive system of education, but sim ply the religious and moral education of the poor. That offer was rejected —very civilly rejected; I have no quarrel at all with the manner of its rejection; it was rejected on good prin ciple and in civil terms. And here I must be permitted to say one word with respect to one gentleman who is an object of great political hostility, Mr. William Rathbone, (A storm of hisses followed the announcement of Mr. Rathbone's name)—l entreat nothing of that kind ;—I am bound as a christian and a man of honour to say that I have experienced at his hands every species of personal courtesy and respect; and I do declare, I must declare that I have not detected in him any disposition to throw us out of the schools. I verily believe that he would be very glad to have our assistance; I do declare 1 have not found in him anything like enmity to the established church in this matter. (Hear, hear, and applause.) But I must say, that the same witch-craft which prevails in higher quarters; and seems to paralyse the exertions of the executive government, and to prevent anything like wholesome and temperate reform, has, in some manner, prevailed here. The Roman Catholic clergymen were consulted as to whether they would permit the use of prayers in their schools. They said their children could not join in prayer with any other sect, and thereforeeprayer has been excluded from these schools. (Loud and general cries of "Shame !"t For the same reason the Bible has been ex cluded from school hours. We are permitted to teach the Bible when the schools are closed. (Laughter and hisses.) That is the only permission I believe that is given us in the written law. The schools are to close at three o'clock in the winter, and four o'clock in the summer; and from three to four in the winter, and from four to five in summer, the clergy of different denominations are suffered to go in and teach their own children if they choose. (Loud hissing.) This was akti offer which the ministers of the established church found they could not possibly accept. We do not question the motives of those who made it, and therefore we have unanimously come to the determination to withdraw. I say to withdraw with the deepest possible reluctance ; I would have done any thing to have remained in those schools, and I must say that I have passed in them many, very many, happy hours, and I hope to pass many hours more. At present, however, it is not to be the case. The Irish system is to be enforced; I will not say much about that system, because I don't know how it works in Ireland now. At first I was captivated with its beauty; I did think it applicable to Ireland, but if it was calculated for Ireland, why should it be so for England ? We are told that a King of Prussia obliges his children to go to school at beat of drum ; that may be an excellent system of teaching, according to mill- JULY 15, 1836. tary laws, bat I think John Bull would prove rather refractory to such a system. (Cries of " Bravo," and loud cheering.) The sane may be said of the Irish system ; it may he good in itsell, but it is not good here. And at the same time, I mav be allowed to express my surprise at the course of policy which has been pursued. I must he allowed to express a wish that the education committee, before they had decided on these rules, had been so kind as - to consult Mr. Brooks and myself on them. The lto.iran Catholics were consulted ; and besides, it should he known that we were really and truly the acting committee of the schools. We were so authorised by the Mayor. I have the letter in my pocket which constitute! us as such. Noe then 1 think it would have been discreet if we had been consulted, • and required to lay these resolutions before the clergy. Bu t that was not done—it was not done officially—aud the Irish' system has been enforced, and we have been compelled to with draw, I must confess, I, with the greatest reluctance. Ido not wish mueli longer to trespass on the attention of the meeting, but there is one t hi ng 1 wish to direct your attention to, because, by the wording of this resolution, sonic persons may be inclined to think that we, the clergy, were anxious to get the whole thing into our own hands, and manage it as we pleased. I declare that that is not my intention. We propose that the manage ment of the schools should be entrusted to a standing committee, to be appointed for that purpose; that the committee be formed of the clergy and lay subscribers, and I wish, from my soul, the lay subscribers would take the charge. You may rethernher that, in the sixth chapter of Acts, certain dissensions arose among the Grecians because the daily ministration of their wi dows was neglected, when one of the apostles said, "Now do you choose certain men out ty - yourselves to whom these matters may be entrusted, a nd we will devote ourselves to the ministry qf God and to prayer." (Applause.) We shall be most ready to be re lieved of the sectarian part of the business, we only wish to be permitted to teach the scriptures in our own way, and that not exclusively, We never did exclude children; there ware cer tain laws laid down, and those who chose to conform to them were willingly admitted. But there is one point to which [ wish to cell your attention, it is the necessity of raising money for the purpose of erecting schools. I don't enter much into that, but merely because I have the pleasure of announcing to the meeting the very handsome donation of a gentleman who is always ready to come forward on these occasions, I mean Mr. John Bolton. (Great cheerin g followed the announcement ofMr. Mr. Bolton's name.) And before 1 mention the sum he is now going to give, I should tell you that he gave ,E2OOO early in this year to the secular charities, and he is now building E~ school at Buwness which will cost another £lOOO. besides giving money to support it ; therefore he already has given £3OOO, - and I almost wish he had not, for perhaps he would have given us more. (Laughter.) As it is he has given us for this purpose £2OO. (Loud cheering.) I need say no inure on that subject, but bring my very long oration to a close. I thank you fur the very great attention with which you have heard me, : and hope we may be all of one mind and heart in this business. We are anxious to adopt the proposed course ; but we do not consider ourselves as ministers of an exclusive sect. We wish to devote our attention to the plan of educating thepdor on the principles of the established church, for that purpose we have summoned you this day, and I hope from my soul you Will answer the call. (The rev, gentleman sat down amidst loud applause.) The Rev. Ilcon M'Netse then rose. lie was greeted with three distinct rounds of applause. He spoke nearly as follows " Sir, it is with very sincere satisfaction that I conic forward to second the resolution which has been proposed to this meet_ ing; for, although I unfeignedly lament that necessity should be laid on us, thus to appeal to bur fellow citizens, yet, seeing that necessity is laid on us, I cannot but congratulate you sir, I cannot but congratulate this vast assembly, I cannot but con gratulate our large and infinential town, and without hyperbole or extravagance congratulation might be offered to the whole kingdom upon the deliberate, the determined, the protestant, the christian response to our appeal, which is this day made within these walls. (Cheers.) For myself, sir, I thank God for the testimony of my conscience that I know nothing of the motives of worldly interest or political partizanship which have been so lavishly imputed to us. I have learned in the bible to be obedient to the Owers that be, willingly, cheerfully obedient ; 'to render' with alacrity, 'unto Caesar the things that are Caesar's.' But, sir, I have not read only extracts of the bible, and therefore I have learned also ' to render unto God the things that are God's. (Immense applause.) There are at this tiute in this country certain persons who entertain such ex quisite tenderness for the spirituality of the clergy that they wish to circulate far and wide an opinion that we ought never to be seen in such arenas as the present. They tell the country that we have duties of our own to perform, and that the lowest in kind are the highest in character. The meaning of this is obvious. They desire to confine us to our ministerial duties in the chambers of the sick poor, where we do not find these poli ticians, and in our pulpits where they are determined they will not hear us. If we read only extracts of the bible we might be prepared to yield to such an impression, as the persons in ques tion desire to disseminate. But, when we take the whole scope of scriptural instruction, when we find the ministers of God are described as not only " declaring glad tidings" to the lost, ministering consolations to the afflicted, giving advice to the doubtful, and instruction to the ignorant, but when we find them also described as ministering reproof, rebuke, sharp re buke to the enemies of God's truth—when we find him who was charity itself, him who spoke as never man spoke, addressing the enemies of truth as " serpents," as " a generation of vipers"— when we find our great example, the apostle to the gentiles ad dressing an enemy of truth, and one who sat in the chair of magisterial authority, " thou whited wall shiest thou here to judge me according to the law, aid commanded thou me to be smitten contrary to the law, "—when I find one inspired servant of God addressing the idolaters of a degrading superstition, not merely in language of compassion for their miserable state, but also iu the language of pungent and, penetrating, and gall ing sarcasm, crying " call loudly, awake him, perhaps your God is asleep"—when I find another inspired servant of God, not content with calmly uttering the. command against the ab surdity of image worship, but with indignant irony ex posing its absurdity. exclaiming " he planteth an ash, and the rain doth nourish it. Be burne'. part thereof in the fire, with part thereof he eateth• flesh ; he roasteth roast, and is satisfied : yea, he warmeth himself, and saith, ha, ha, I am warm, I hare seen the fare; and the residue thereof he maketh a God, even his graven .image,: he failed' downunto it, and worshippeth it, and prayeth unto it and saith, deliver me; for thou art my God" —I should perhaps never have heard of this if I bad ou)y read extracts of the Bible—(a tremendous burst of cheesing)—but having these examples before me, I will not be deterred by an apprehension of being charged with a want of charity, espe cially when I feel that l am not speaking in anger, but only ad dressing myself to those various motives to which the Bible ad • dresses itself to, and by which our common species are actuated; for there are some men far more under the influence of ridicule than of reason ;—I say I will not be deterred from making full proof of my christian ministry, and going the whole round of my christian example. (Great cheering.) Atid now,' sir, I" shall, with your permission, address myself more immediately to the argument of the business before its. The decision which has rendered it inoperative upon us to make our present protest, has already been laid before the meeting by yourself and previous speakers. It calls our attention to two points on which to judge, first, the treatment which it professes to give to religi ous instruction in general; and secondly, to the books which it purposes in particular to introduce. As to the first point, the resolution come to by the education committee of our town council is in these words—" that an hour of each day be devoted to the religious instruction of those children whose parents do not object, and that such hour be in the afternoon—after the school has closed." (Loud and general laughter.) " That the clergy of the different denominations be requested to attend, and every practical accommodation be afforded to them." Now what are we to understand by that " after the school bas closed ?" (Continued laughter.) Ask a school boy, he will say, " when I may go and play" Ask a schoolmaster ? and he will say, " when my day's work is over according to my contract with my employers." So then after school hours means, " after the master may go home and the boys may go to play." (Great cheering.) And now let me ask what an hour after the school has closed means ? It means an hour after the master is gone home, and the boys gone to play. (Cheers.) And this is the hour so carefully selected so graphically described, in which, during which the clergy of " all denominations" are " respectfully solicited to come and instruct." (Great and continued laughter and cheers.) I will read, sir, the words upon this subject of au eloquent eye wit ness, of the working of the system in Ireland. " The hour. therefore, after the school is dismissed, is our only hope for scrip tural reading. And now let any one who has ever been at school, or observed upon a school, just consider for a moment the feel ings of a schoolboy—the elation of heart—the burst of i O 7 and delight, with which a party of schoolboys, after four or five hours of heat and confined air, and silence, and constraint, rush forth to activity, and freshness, and freedom, and homeward return, at the hour of dismissal. his a spectacle which there are few pulses that do not quicken at beholding, _and of which few hearts do not feel the sympathy. Just then, let us consider how the board have provided for the pleasurable recollection of scripture. Let us suppose a fine summer evening, such as we have often seen, the sun lighting up the bills and vallies witha glorious ness an d a b eau ty th at ma k e us won d er h ow even sin could make this earth anything but a paradise. Let us, then, turn to a number of schoolboys, who had been for four hours looking wistfully abroad upon all this world of lightsomeness and joy, from the close, hot atmosphere, and dull constraints, and wearying lessons of the schoolroom. But the hour of re lease is come. The master has pronounced the talismanic word " dismiss," and instantaneously the fields are covered with the gambols, and riotous with the play, and vocal with the hilarity of the little groups, sporting like the bright insects in the sun beams. But who are these who are still stationary at their desks—still bound in silence and constraint —still breathing the hot confinement of the schoolroom, under the eye of a generally, like themselves, reluctant, and therefore often fretful master, doomed to behold the mirth in which they cannot share, and to hear the proclamation of a liberty which has not made them free? Who are these ? Oh, these are the Bible-readers. Oh ! If ever there was a crooked plan for making the scriptures distasteful to the young for taking from them every pleasurable association, and connecting with . them et;ery bitter recollection—it is the plan tor the national board not for withholding, but for giving the scriptures.- - But, sir, it is .of importance to remark, if even this hour could be efficiently used, if the children could be prevailed on not to go after the school has closed, but to remain and divide them selves into classes, according to the respective creeds of their parents, and then and there receive religious instruction, such as it is, for all denominations—if, even then, sir, they received it, the religious instruction given would be no part of the pro vision which the corporation bas made for the schools; it would be simply their lending their school-rooms one hour in the after noon, after they had done with them, fur the clergy of all denomi' nations, and, if they came, all the corporation do is to say, " Gee' tlemen, we wont lack the schools up for an hour after we bare done with them." (Cheers.) But, sir, the thing is infinitely_ ridiculous; for, let us suppose that the children, forgetting the nature of schoolboys, should be so meek, so pious as to wait till all the parsons are come, (laughter,) and let us suppos e father B. we will say, in one corner, teaching his children the rosary of the Virgin Mary—let us suppose the Rev. Rector C. , we will say, teaching in another corner the church catechism, and in another corner the Independent Dr. R. teaching t he principles of th e voluntary system, (cheers,) and the Rev' Mr. Socinian in another corner, teaching the inherent purity of human natu re an d t h e sav i ng mer i t o f h uman works—non when you h ave so graced t h e four corners of t h e building, tc"" deserves to stand Tom in the middle (loud laughter) but be who brought the parties together—who can, in the 19th centu r y , propound so exquisitely absurd a system ? (Excessive and p r longed c h eer i ng. ) B ut more t h an this, sir: if this hour co utc, be made really useful for scriptural instruction, we still protes.s. against having, our hands tied up front mixing religious iust r y c tion with the acquirements of every hour We protest agai ns t having ou r h an d s ti e d at any m om ent o f the day. We do 1 1 .. t' t mean to set the children to read the Bible all day , _!,::- we do say that we have occasion for moral and religious tee,,Ve• ing of the Bible at every moment of the day. (Cheers.) " t tO say, sir, if we be teaching geography, for instance, we ob Oc._ o f have our hands tied as we are describing the Yarioeo ttri7 oo the globe, so that we shall not be able to mix religious of with observations on what took place in the lloly Lan or °P,i'! i i., ty i progress of those events, the kirowledge of which as s preav rict self through Europe, Asia, Africa, and the new worlds !is refuse to have our hands tied when we teach history} t fr t W(