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By Hu late Majesty's Royal Letters Patent. WELLS & MiNEILL, MANUFACTURERS OF . IMPROVED PATENT FELT FOR 'SHEATHING • SHIPS' BOTTOMS, FACTORY AT LAMB'S BUILDINGS, BUNHILL-ROW , Oce at No. 31, Clement's-lane, Lombard-street, ffiLondon. rrui PI present Manufacturers, (who have recently purchased I' the Patent of this valuable concern.) in re-offering the IMPROVED - PATENT SHEATHING FELT to the no tice of Ship Owners, Ship Builders, Railroad Companies, Builders, and others, deem it unnecessary to say anything with regard to the importance of such a material, as its character and uses are now so well appreciated, particularly by Ship Builders, that scarcely any ship proceeds to sea without it; and when it is stated, that the Improved Patent Felt now offered does not greatly exceed the expence of tarred brown paper, it may be confidently expected that it will supersede the use of every ma terial for a like purpose now employed for sheathing Ships' bottoms. The Patent Sheathing Felt now submitted is made of a much stronger and more fibrous texture than the Felt hitherto in use i , and will bear much greater extension under water in the wo - ;lug and straining of a Ship ; and, added to its valuable p • er •ties-for resisting the worm, its compressed closeness an ough mess of fabric, combined with its evenness and u rimity of surface, entirely remove the objections insepar• e from the Felts hitherto in use, owing to the thickness equality, and sponginesS'of their material, by which a quilti g or puckering is produced, very detrimental to the nailing and even-wearing of the copper, to say 'nothing of the risk of the nails drawing, from the expansion of the old Felts when saturated with water. The Felt now offered being entirely free from these serious ob jections, and the copper dressing on it so much better than on any other, a greater degree of duiability and safety to the cop per sheathing itself, may, by its use, be reasonably inferred. It likewise possesses the advantage of being easily separated after being packed or laid together for any length of time, which is an important consideration in shipping it to hot climates. The price is now reduced to about one-fourth of the cost of the old hand-made Felt, and to less than half the price of the Felts now in use. It is manufactured in similar sized sheets to those (3'2 inches wide by 20 inches long, and sold at FOUR PENCE PER SHEET. It is also cut into sheets of double and treble the above length, but it can likewise be deliiered in a continuous roll of any extent, at the above Irroportionate cost, and afterwards cut into any lengths required, by which means the number of joints in laying it on, can be diminished at dis cretion, offering an immense increase of security wherever the copper may be rubbed off. A second description of a much thicker quality, adapted for use under Wood Sheathing, is also manufactured in any-lengths required For Baling and - • Wrapping, the present Felt is impervious to wet, and much cheaper ►han Tarpaulin. For Roofing, Out buildings, Sheds, - &c. it excels . either Sheathing or Roofing Paper, being far more durable, and not liable to crack with the changes of temperature. Agents for Liverpool : CHAPMAN, CORNFORTH & CO., 24, James-street. LATE THOMAS WOCLFIELD'S. W. B. PRONIOLI. rin 0 PREVENT AIL MISTAKES, and at the same time, reply to JIL a question so frequently asked in his Establishment whether his predecessor, Thomas Woolfield, has any iuterest in a concern which it is attempted to establish opposite to hiln under a similar le name, considers it a duty he owes to his fri yrship and esteem to state that Ttiomas WOOLFIELD is no lo er interested in any business whatsoever, still less in one whi would be so contrary to his principles of right towards his Successor. W. B. P. avails himself of the opportunity to offer his best thanks to the Nobility, Gentr y , and Public, for the support that has been so liberally continued to him during the past year ; and he begs to assure his patrons that, encouraged by their favour, he will at all times strive to deserve and increase it, by a prompt attention to their commands, and likewise by keeping up the choive selection and manufacture of his goods, which, as is now universally known, are of the very best quality and work ma aship. 71 to 74, Church-street, adjoining the Postoffice, February 18th, 11838. JMIN T. BUCKLEY, C HEESF. FACTOR and GENERAL PACKER, begs leave to inform his Friends and the Public, that he has REMOVED from Redcross-street to more commodious Premises, No. 42, Soul. tt CASTLE-sTaxErtwhere he intends carrying on Business in future. Ile - trusts, y strict attention, to' merit a continuance of the Public patronage which he has hitherto experienced. _ _ Hay ready Packed for Shippin% by an Hydraulic Press. BANKRUPT STOCK. Recently purchased BY AUCTION., ' 7' AND NOW SELLING AT ViE CRESCENT BAZAAR, (Opposite St. George's Church,) Considerably under THE ORIGINAL COST PRICE; Consisting of BAGATELLE BOARDS, WRITING DESKS, DRESSING CASES, WORK BOXES, PERFUMERY, TOYS, &c.; Also, the Celebrated BRITISH PLATE, In Forks, Spoons, Ladles, 4.c., Forming the best Substitute for Silver ever invented. FUR:i ITC RE PASTE, for Cleaning and P o li s hing Furni ture without labour or trouble. Prepared and Sold only by J. PRIESTLEY, CHEMIST and DR UGG SST, 64, Lord-street, Liverpool. Sold in Pots, One Shilling each. PRIESTLEY'S METALLIC LUSTRE.—This article is recommended for cleaning all manner of Goldand Silver Plate, Metal Teapots, Pewter Measures, Brass Feuders, Candlesticks, Stair Rods, Brass Plates on doors, Tin Corers, &c, The above Lustre leaves a beautiful polish on the metal. Sold in Squares, at 6d. and Is. each. VEGETABLE I-1.N111 1 ,9jL, for,invigorating .apd,rent2vat „ liarr;' i p - rkents its ialliogotr, produces a most beautiful curl, and gives to artificial hair a peculiar softness - of texture, and luxur iant appearance. Sold in Bottles, at Is. 3d. and 3s. each. SOLUBLE COCOA. AYLOR BROTHERS, Inventors and Sole MANUFAC TURERS of this highly esteemel preparation, in offering their acknowledgments for the extensive and increasing public patronage it has met with, beg to caution the consumers against certain SPURIOUS IMITATIONS, which, though somewhat resembling the appearance, are totally devoid, of the essential and PECULIAR PROPERTIES of the 36riginal and only genuine article. These counterfeits havintteen imposed upon the public in an unpacked state, havincs , led to numerous com plaints, calculated to bring the prepay on into disrepute; upon investigation it has been found tha every case of complaint there has been IMPOSITION PR ,TISE D. To guard against recurrences of these, PURCHAS RS are requested to ask for TAYLOR BROTHERS' SOLUBLE COCOA, in Packets, which bear their name, with directions for use; or if required unpacked,- to be particular in asking for TAYLOR BRO THERS' Soluble Cocoa loose, from such respectable Retailers as can be depended upon. After any article has been before the public many years, the best testimony of its excellence is the GENERAL DEM AND for it, this, added to their long held conviction of its value, affords TAYLOR BROTH ERS the fullest confidence in recommend ing it to those who have not yet made trial of it, as at once an AGREEABLE, NUTRITIOUS, ECONOMICAL, and CONVENIENT BEVERAGE. Topersons Of WEAK. CONSTITUTION, and DELICATE or la n ITABLE DIGESTIVE ORGANS, it will he found invaluable, being prepared with the greatest possible care, upon well tested prin ciples, by which the REDUNDANT OILY MATTER, SO offensive in the common preparation, is neutralized; at the same time it is highly nutritious and soothing, is about HALF THE PRICE OF COFFEE, and being entirely vested of the husk, and grosser parts of the Nut, is WHOLLY CONVERTIBLE INTO NUTRIMENT, in the shortest possible tune; whereas the Common Cocoa re quires the tedious process of boiling and skimming, and leaves a greater proportion of sediment. It will keep good for any reasonable length of time, and suffers no deterioration by change of climate.. Sold. Wholesale. at their 'Manufactories, Brick-lane, Whitechapel. London, and Temple-court, Liverpool, where also may be had TAYLOR BROTHERS' LONG APPROVED CHOCOLATE, in Cakes. Powder, and Paste, and Retailed by all respectable Grocers, Tea Dealers, and Oilmen, in the K iagdom. MESSRS. PERRY and, Ca., SURGEONS, may be per sonally consulted from Nine in the Morning till Ten at Night, and on Sundays from Nine till Two, at No. 23, SLATER-STREET. near Duke -street, Liverpool, (private entrance first dour up the passage ;) No. 2. Bale street, Lower Mosley-street, near to St. Peter's Church, Manchester, and N 0.4. Great Charles-street, Birmingham: of whom may he had (gratis) with each box cf.rrills their Treatise on Venereal Disease, Gonorrhma, Glpots, and Stricture, fin chiding Practical Observations on Seminal Weakness, arising from early abuses, so that all persoirs can obtain an immediate Cure ; with ease, secrecy, and safey. It is a melancholy fact, that thousands fall victims to the Ve nereal Disease, owing to the unskilfulness of illiterate men, who, by the use of that deadly poison, Mercury, ruin the con stittition, and canse ulcerations, with blotches on the head, face, and body, dimness in the sight, noise in the ears, deafness, obstinate &pets, and nodes on the shin bones, till at length a general debility and decay of the constitution ensues. and a melancholy death puts a period to their dreadful sufferings. 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They neither contain mercury nor any other mineral, and may be taken withnot the slightest suspicion of discovery. They require no restraint of diet, loss of time, or hindrance of business. but effect a cuinplete cure, without the least exposure to the patient. At any poled when the slightest suspicion may exist, it will he well to have recourse to - •the Specific Pills, for when taken before the disease has made its'appearanee it acts as a certain prer entative, by moving the complaint effectually and secretly. Messrs. PER RY, Surgeons, continue to direct their studies to those dreadful debilities arising from the too free and indit-- criminate indulgence of the passions, which not only occasion a numerous• train of nervous affections, and entail on its votaries all the enervating imbecilities of old age,. but weaken and destroy all the bodily senses, occasioning loss of imagination, judgment, and memory, indifference and aversion for all plea sures. In thatdistressing state of debility or deficiency, whether the consequence of baneful habits, excessive drinking, or any other cause. by which the powers of the constitution become enfeebled, t hey offer a firm, safe, and speedy restoration to sound and viuorons health. PERRY'S VEGETABLE PILLS are well known for the ; certain and effectual remedy of secondary symptoms, venereal eruptions. pains in the bones, ulcerated sore throat, diseased nose, chronic rheumatism, scrofula, scorbutic and glandular iiffections. local and general debility, nocturnal pains in the head and limbs, depression of spirits, and all diseases arising from an impure state of the blood. These P ills are worthy a place in the cabinets of masters and captains of ships, the more so, as they will kefp good in all climates any length of time. utters from the country. post-paid, containing a remittance for medieine, will he immediately answered. 23. SLATER-STREET, NEA R DUKE-STREET, LIVERPOOL. imperial Varliament. HOUSE . ok,' COMMONS.-WEDNESOAY Colonel Woon presented the report of the Carlow election committee confirming the return of Mr. 11,1aule. The Montgomeryshire Western Branch Canal bill was thrown oat on the second reading, after a short discussion. The num bers were—ayes, 3; noes, 77. Many petitions were presented against the negro apprentice ship system. the municipal boundaries bill, &c. Mr. WYNN expressed his astonishment that the committee on petitions had not authorised the printing of any one of the petitions respecting this important bill. Mr. M. J. O'CONNELL presented a petition from the agent of the petitioners, defending the return of Lord Belfast and Mr. Gibson, playing that the proper officer might be directed to consider his award, and that the expenses claimed by the sitting members and their agent might be disallowed. Mr. SHAW objected to the entertainment of the statements by the house. sugg,este4 Oat the petition. should be brought up. A discuSsion took..place on the point of order, which lasted for some time, and.p_roanced not,a little confusion. The peti tion was finally withdrawn by the hon. mover, apparently with a view of making some technical alteration in the prayer, after which the conversation .dro[riied.r • Mr. V. SMITH moved' the second reading of the'municipal boundaries bill, and sugthted that as certain boroughs objected to the bill, it should be fead.a second time, in order to its being so modified in the couilidifee as circumstances might appear to demand. Lord STANLEY objected to that course, but suggested that the bill should be circulated before any further procee ling was taken; and then that the government should state whatever changes they thought proper to make in it. Mr. FILLIoT concurred in the suggestion of the noble lord. After some discussion Mr. WILBERFORCE moved that the bill be read a second time that day six months. The discussion, it will be perceived, was again renewed, but it ended in the bill being withdrawn. The house was after wards counted out while Mr. Huss was speaking on the election expenses bill. HOUSE OF LORDS.-THURSDAY. Lord BROUGHAM gave notice that he should hereafter intro duce a bill regarding the negro apprenticeship system, to amend the act of 1833 by sUbStituting " August 1, 1838," for "August I, 1810;" and he added, in answer to the Duke of Wellington's inquiry, that he should not impede the progress of Lord Glenelg's bill by proposing any amendment, Mice the mi nisters bad embodied in it all his resolutions heretofore moved, except in _the last and most important one. The Earl of WICKLOW presented a petition, which, in conse quence of, proceedings at Cork, prayed the adoption of some measure to prevent the interference of Roman Catholic clergy men at controverted elections. - The Earl of HA DDINGTON inquired whether, after the re duction of the yeomanry corps contemplated, there would be any yeomanry corps left in Scotland. Lord MELBOURNE answered that he believed there would. The Sodor and Man Bishopric Retention Bill went through comrnitttee.—The report thereof to be presented to day. The Clergy Residence Bill, on mot►on of the Archbishop of CANTERBURY, was read a second time. Their lordships then adjourned. HOUSE OF COMMONS.-THURSDA Y. In the commons there were ballots for committees to try the merits of election petitions regarding Kingstuu-upon-Hull and Shaftesbury. Mr. Msck INNort, afterwards brought under notice the resigna tion of Lord Grosvenor, and the appointment, in his stead, of Mr. St. John MildinaV, as chairman of the Carlow county elec tion committee. He submitted that another appointment could not take place without the release of Lord Grosvenor being sanc tioned by the house, agreeably to the clauses regarding illness or death. Eventually Lord R. Grosvenor was excused from further at. tendance on the committee. The Speaker stated that he had received a petition complain ing of the return for Tipperary. Mr. GILLON deferred his motion regarding the report of the committee "on internal communication taxation, with a view to.the reduction and equalisation of the duties." Mr. PEASE inquired whether the government contemplated any other measure on the subject of municipal boundaries. Lord J. itussELL answered indistinctly, but observed that the government had already brought forward a measure on the subject, which, however, the house had not countenanced. Sir R. PEEL instituted further inquiry respecting the ilif9r motion heretofore sou& regarding the adjustment of the Ameri can boundary question. Lord J. Ru ssk Li, said that Lord Palmerston had, he believed, given information on this subject on a former evening. Sir It. PEEL admitted that information had been given, but it was not exactly what was sought, Sir F. Bui(DETT inquired whether it was known when the poor laws committee were likely to make a report on the evi dence taken by them. Mr. FA ZA KERLY said that the committee would proceed with the receiving of evidence so long as any was preffet ed that ap peared to further the objects of the inquiry; the committee would not think of making any report of their own opinions till then. Mr. VILLIERS moved that the house resolve itself into com mittee to consider the act of the 9th Geo. IV., c. 60, " relating to the importation of corn." Sir w:NIOLESWORTH seconded the motion The Marquis of CHANDOS resisted the motion, maintaining that the corn laws were only just protection of ►he farming in terests. Sir H. PARNELL said that they were useful only to the land lords, though the farmers were put forward as the parties bene fited. The Earl of DARLINGTON expressed his astonishment at Sir H. Paruell's change of opinion, as he had supported the corn laws iu 1813, naming 80s the quarter as the protecting price—a change that appeared to have accompanied the representation of Dundee. Mr. CLAY condemned the corn laws, but said it was useless to persevere as they had "so little support from the public of that house:" a sentimPn , that After an extended, but desultory and rather noisy discussion, the house divided. The numbers were, Ives 95, noes 300. Ma jority against the motion, 205. Mi.. Sergeant JACKSOII intimated that be should not press any further proceeding on the Registration (Ireland Bill until after the Easter recess, in consequence of the .attorney-general for Ireland having brought in a bill on the subject. The house adjourned before 12 o'clock. HOUSE OF LORDS-FRIDAY. After the presentation of several petitions, the report of the Sodor and Man Bishopric Bill was brought up and agreed to; after which their lordships adjourned. HOUSE OF. COMMONS—FRIDAY. Lord PALAIERSTON, in answer to Sir Robert Peel's inquiry on a former evening, stated that the papers regarding the Ameri can boundary question were in the hands of the printers. His lordship afterwards, it will be perceived, in Lord Eliot's inquiry, admitted that there had•:been an interruption of our friendly relations with the government of Persia, in consequence of out rageous conduct towardi our diplomatic authority in that coun try, but that he hoped,•ou- reflection, that the Shah of Persia would afford adequate redress for such a tyrannous proceeding. Sir S. CANNING having made inquiry on the subject, Lord PALMEHSTON said that he had been in communication with Austria regarding the occupation of Cracow, and that the answer was, that it was only temporary. Mr. PEASE inquired whether there had been received a me morial numerously and respectably signed, for a mitigation of the sentence pa..sed upon two men for murder at the late Hert ford assizes? and whether the statement was correct that the jury, in finding their verdict, modified it by saying they did nut think the prisoners intended to commit murder? Lord J.' RUSSELL answered that the information received re specting the alleged statement of the jury was totally incorrect. He received a memorial on the subject, in consequence of which he bad an interview at the Home-office with the judge who presided, and who assured him that he perfectly agreed with the verdict; and, after fully considering the circumstances, his lordship said he felt it to be his duty not to recommend the convicts to her Majesty for mercy. Sir G. GREY, in answer inquiry made by Lord Stanley, ad mitted the receipt of memorials from the Island of Grand Cay man, for participation in compensation for slaves, and added, that the law officers of the crown had given their opinion that the slaves there were free on the passing of the Compensation Act; at the same time he had no objection to produce the pa pers. Sir R. PEEL again called attention to the case of some pro vision for the Bishop of Quebec, but as no specific and satisfac tory answer was derived front the Chancellor of the Eichequer, it was understood that the subject would be again brought for ward on the moving of the colonial estimates. Lord J. RUSSELL proposed an alteration of the resolution of 23d June, 1833, regarding the proceedings in election com mittees on votes unduly omitted from the register, &c.; but, after considerable conversation, the change was deferred for the purpose of amending the terms of the resolution, and until the present election committees had gone through their labours. It is to be proposed to suspend the resolution of 1833 as it respects Ireland and Scotland. Mr. C. WOOD (in answer to inquiry) said that the prome nade at Somerset House, fronting the Thames, was opened to the public under certain restrictions. Lord PA LMERSTON stated, in reply to Lord Ingestrie, that the order in council continued in force for intercepting all stores being conveyed to Don Carlos. The house then once more resolved into committee on the Poor Relief (Ireland) Bill, which, as usual, occupied nearly all the remainder of the sitting, but making no very great progress, only about half the clauses being yet disposed of by the cool mittee.—Adj ourned. The new coinage of Queen Victoria bas been struck. The effigy of the queen is without any emblem of sovereignty, quite plain : the reverse is a shield. The Lord Bishop of Bath and Wells has presented the Rev. Edward Wilson, Principal of King William's College, Isle of Man, to the Rectory of Weston Super Mare, in the county of Somerset, vacant by the resignation of Archdeacon Law, LOFODEN ISLES.—THE MALSTROEM.—The most extensive group, as well as the most valuable for their commercial impor tance, are the Lofoden Isles, renowned from the earliest ages as the great fishing-station of the north. Their appearance is rugged and dismal; resembling piles of rocky mountains heaped upon each other, covered with snow, and rising abruptly from the bosom of the deep ttl an4levation varying from 100 to 4000 feet. Hindoe, Langoe, Andoe, and Senjen, are the largest; but East Vagoe is the•central point for the fisheries, and it has continued so since the dawn of Norwegian history. They are separated from the mainland by the tempestuous chan nel of West Fiord, at the entrance to which, between the lower point of the group and the small island of Moskoe, is the celebrated Moskenstroem, or Malstroem, so terrible in the an nals of northern navigation. The ancient belief of its being a subterraneous abyss, penetrating the globe, or communi ca ti n g with the Gulf of Bothnia, has, among other fables, been lout; discarded; and the true cause of this dangerous whirlpool is the conflicting agitation of the waves, as the tide rises or falls, against the rocks which confine the sea to a narrow passage. These straits do not afford a sufficiently quick outlet to the im mense body of water which presses like a wedge between its shelving barriers; the ebb returns with prodigious force; and when their motion is opposed by high winds, the struggling bil lows mount into the air, and precipitate themselves in cataracts, or whirl into eddies, whose powerful suction draws down fish, boats, and every thing th a t approaches it, to :e bottom of the vortex. Large pines, absorbed by the current, have re-appeat ell after being chafed in the rocky caverns_until their trunks w ere bruised and torn as if covered with brisites. In calm weather, the furious turmoil nearly ceases; but in slot ms, the dashing and roaring of the waves are heard at a great distance, and the wary mariner dreads to approach within seven miles of this de structive collision of the elements. Altliough exaggetated de scriptions have been given of the Malstroem, its real dangers are unquestionable. But it is not the only phenomenon of the kind in these seas.—Saltenstroem, near Badoe, is equally perilous, and no less fatal to the natives.—Edinburgh Cabiitet .Library. Scandinavia, Ancient and Modern. THE LIVERPOOL STANDARD MAYNOOTH COLLEGE. SPEECH OF THE REV. H. M`NEILE AT THE ASSEMBLY-ROOMS, BATH. ( From the Bath Chronicle.) . On Tuesday last, pursuant to advertisement, a public meeting was held at the Assembly-rooms, in this city, for the purpose of petitioning Parliament against any further grants of public money to the Roman Catholic College at Alaynooth. The meeting took place in the large room, which was filled. The great mass of the attendance was of the.highest respectability, and on the platform was assembled a most numerous body of the clergy and influential gentlemen of Bath and its neigh bourhood. After an eloquent speech from the Rev. R. J. M' Ghee, Rev. HUGH WNEILE then presented himself amid loud cheerinis, and spoke to the following effect—l sin not in the least surprised that these gentlemen should deny the statements just made by my rev. brother. The} , have never been told by their own clergy that such principles are held in their church. Why, I ask, are these canons, and decretals, and class books of ethics and theology, kept in an unknown tongue? (Elear.) Be cause the priesthood are ashamed to let the laity know the dark vows by which they are bound. (Cheers.) These gentlemen, therefore, never hearing, in these days, such sentiments avowed by their clergy, sincerely believe that it is calumny in us, to ascribe to them such sentiments. These, however, are the un rescinded principles of the Church of Rome, though not always avowed because it is not always conducive to "ecclesiastical utility" to avow them. (Cheers.) We hope sincerely that these gentlemen will catechise their clergy upon these points, because we regret that they should be deceived by false pre tences to a change for the better, in the unchangeable, the in fallible, and, of course, unimproveable Church of Rome. Sir, I had not intended to say anything either upon the subject of the requisition which invited us here, or our motives in coming. Our motives, so far as we ourselves are personally concerned, are of a description which can be appreciated only by persons capable of b, lag actuated by such Motives themselves. But it may be right to address a few words of vindication to persons of a very different character, who, judging of us by themselves, are ready to accuse us of being actuated by worldly mercenary objects. (Shouts of "so you are.") What objects? Now suppose I wanted to be made a bishop; I tell you what I would do; instead of attending such meetings as this, I would keep myself quiet, and write a plausible pamphlet in defence of the Irish Education Board. (Cheers.) Sir, you have heard much to-day of the tiemendeus assumptions of the Romish Church; in arrogating authority over kings and nations. It is important to inquire where such assumptions could have originated. They , 'are mere inventions without any apparent basis. They are grounded upon a perversion of holy scripture, and I:grieve to. be obliged to add the lamentable fact, that Protestants have been very generally betrayed into, and are now quietly acqui escing in that perversion- a perversion which has given nourish controversialists such a vantage ground on one must important subject, as must have crowned their cause with complete victory, but for the flagrant opposition to Scripture exhibited in other features of their system. The subject I allude to is the alleged visibility and catholic authority of the Christian Church. They quote Isaiah ii. 2, 3. " It shall come to pass in the last days that the mountain of the Lord's house shall be established in the top of the mountains, and shall be exalted above the hills ; and all nations shall flow unto it. And many people shall go and say, Come ye and let us go up to the mountain of the Lord, to the house of the God of Jacob : and he will teach us of his ways, and will walk in his paths: for out of Zion shall go forth the law, and the word of the Lord from Jerusalem." 170 this they add many parallel passages which abound in the holy prophets, and then they boldly assert that Zion and Jeru salem signify the Roman Catholic Church. because nothing but the visibility of that church, and its notoriety among - all na tions, is. or can he, the fulfilment of that prophecy. Their argument fairly stated, is thi s . A n d I h ave no w i s h to understate it, touch less to misrepresent it. (Cheers.) — No, sir, I would not condescend to deception, even if it could ensure victory; which, however, it never can; for true mora lity will ever be found the best policy. (Cheers.) Their argu ment is this. It is clear from the words of the Prophet, that the design of God was that Zion should be as a mountain on , the top of the mountains, with all nations flowing towards it, and receiving instruction from it. This implies locality and visibility, and notwithstanding its locality, Zion is to possess universal influence, that is, to have catholicity. Where and how has this been fulfilled ? The Christian Church, as defined by Protestants, is either lit risible, if they mean the elect people of God : or particular, if they mean any visible national branCh of the baptised. But none of them have ever given or even can give, an account of what they call the Church, possessing the combined marks of visibility and universality. These marks are combined in the Prophet's desctiption of Zion. These marks are combined in the Roman Catholic Church, in a greater de gree at least than in any thing else; therefore the Roman Ca tholic Church agrees nearest w ith t h e Scriptural description of the Zion or true Church of God. flow is this to be answered? It is a grave question, and one with which I earnestly desire that our Protestant controversialists should fairly grapple. (Hear.) To say that the language of the prophecy is figura tive, will not be sufficient. What do the figures mean ? A mountain is an image for something having a locality, a visible thing, very visible and from a great distance. It would be a perversion of all sound interpretation, and of the genius of all imagery, to say that a mountain is a figure for something invi sibleaand without any fixed locality. The question recurs, what does it mean ? It is connected iu the prophecy, with " the house of the God of Jacob." And all nations shall flow unto it. This is figurative. The meaning is added by the Prophet in simpler language, verse 3. Taken together, the prophecy means that the thing, whatever it is, intended by the mountain, shall have in it se lf l oca li ty an d v i s ibili ty, and in its influence universality over all nations. Now these marks are not combined in any view that has ever yet been given of the Christian Church. Not in the election of grace, for it wants visibility. Nut in the visible Church of Antioch, or Carthage, or Geneva, or England, for each of these want universality. But it is alleged by Roman Catholic controversialists, that all these are combined in the Church of Rome, and on this ground rel. of fso tinl in g t ifi i ihk r 6§ n illu'itre - d: -.-- this is the sirengtn dr - en. ease;_ unquestionably it demands au answer, an d I d o repeat that Protestants generally have acquiesced in such a fatal per version of Scripture as deprives them of the power of giving a full, fair, and satisfactory answer. If Zion mean anything in the Gentile churches, there is a prima facie presumption that it is Rome, arising out of the fact that only Rome has either exercised or claimed to exercise anything at all like the autho rity which is here predicted. Let us try then, whether the pro phecy is indeed fulfilled in the visible locality of Rome, and the wide-spread almost universality of Popery. "How shall we try ? In the fairest way imaginable, "by quoting the remainder of the prophecy; for Roman Catholic controversialists all stop in the middle of it. The next clause is, " And he shall judge among the nations, and shall rebuke many people : and theyshall beat their swords into ploughshares, and their spears into pruning hooks : nation shall not lift sword against nation, neither shall they learn war any more." These are figures also, but they uiean something. Who can hesitate to decide that they mean universal peace ? Has this been fulfilled in any sense Has actual war ceased ? Has moral war ceased ? Has controversy ceased ? No, no. To the marks of Zion according to the pro phecy, we must add PEACE : perfect and permanent peace among all the nations, who flow towards the mountain. In looking for the true Zion predicted by the Prophets we are nut at liberty to take some of her characteristics, and omit others to suit our own purpose. We are bound in fairness to take them all. Visi bility, universality, peace ! Where now shall we find the true Zion of God ? Where is the mountain, or house of the Lord, or church, or kingdom, whose influence has been a catholicity of peace, banishing war for ever from among all nations ? Alas, no where. Wars continue, and rumours of wars, and must contiuue, till the second coming of the Prince of peace. Is the prophecy false then ? Has the word of the Lord failed ? No, no such thing. There is a time for all things, and each in its own order. On what authority do men say that Zion means anything among the Gentiles ? Where, in the Word of God, is. Zion ever used to signify a Gentile church or kingdom ? Zion is Mount Zion in Judea, the true visible locality of the restored Jewish nation. The restored Jewish nation is the subject of this prophecy and of all its parallels. This prophecy opens thus : " The word which Isaiah the son of Atnoz saw, concerning JUDAH and JERUSALEM." The Jewish nation re stored to Jerusalem and Mount Zion, will possess all the marks here laid down. The Lord Jesus Christ come back from heaven, in like manner as the Apostles saw him go into heaven, will be in the midst of her, a Priest upon his Throne ; the Gen tiles will come to her light, and kings to the brightness of ber rising; yea, all kings shall bow down before her, all nations shall do her service. In her, and in her alone, all these marks will be fully and perfectly realised—visibility, universality, peace. But now if vou desire to see a prophecy of a profane imitation of this, of an intruder into the House of God blas phemously pretending to this divine honour, showing himself as both King and Priest, and claiming that all kings should bow down before him, and all nations do him service ; and thereby incurring swift destruction when Jesus comes King of kings and Lord of lords—you may read it in the Apostle's description of that man of sin, the son of perdition who sitteth in the Temple of Gud, showing himself as if he were God. (Hear, hear.) Here is the anti-Christian imitation of the blessed picture of the Prophet. His visible locality is not the bill of Zion, but the seven hills of Rome where the whore sitteth. His boasted catholicity is not universal adoration of the God of Jacob, but an adoration, far from universal, of saints and angels and statues, of the Virgin Mary, and above all of the consecrated wafer. He would, if he could, add the mark of universal peace, by imposing universal submission, - .silence, prostration,..slatiery--the_peaca..not of life and liberiy,and-pu ray and love, but the peace of the tomb, the stillness and cor ruption of death. Such a peace, thanks be to God, the man of sin has never been able to impose. (Cheers.) In vain did the faggot blaze. Iu vain did the inquisition prolong its tortures. In vain have lying blandishments, and flatteries, and profes sions of charity been substituted for violence. In vain are the poison and dagger concealed beneath a cloak of words, smooth as butter, saying peace, peace. God's witnesses have lived and spoken. and still live and speak, and this has been and is their cry—No PEACE WITH ROME ! (Tremendous cheers.) No peace so long as Jezebel, that wicked woman, usurps a vineyard, belonging to another. (Loud cheers.) Another difficulty in our way, arises from the fact that the true use of antiquity is not properly understood. ( Near, hear.) Protestants have very generally discarded all refet'ence to anti quity. Finding that the primitive fathers are not to be de pended upon as interpreters of Scripture, they have hastily; and without discrimination refused to refer to them at all. It should, however, be remembered that there is an essential difference be tween an interpreter of doctrine, and a witness to (acts. The ancients, as witness to facts, a re i n di s p ensa bl e ( ear.) It is true, they are not to be depended upon as interpreters. If any sine doubt this, he has only to take up A rc hbi s h op W a k e ' s translation of the Apostolical Fathers, and read such a passage as this from Barnabas, "Understanding, therefore, children, these things more fully ; that Abraham, who was the first that brought in circumcision, looking forward to the Spirit of Jesus, circumcised, having re ceived the mystery of three l e tt ers . F or th e scr i p t ure says t h at Abraham circumcised three hundred and eighty men of his house. But what, therefore, was the mystery that was made known unto him? Mark, first the eighteen, and next the three hundred. For the numeral letters of ten and eight, are I and these denote Jesus. And because the cross was that by which we were to hind grace; therefore he adds three hundred, the note of which is T (The figure of his cross.) Wherefore by two letters be signified Jesus, and by the tbird his cross. He who has put the engrafted gift of his aoctriue within us, knows that I never taught to any one a more certain truth; butt trust that ye are worthy of it . " • Being contemporaries of the Apostles did not qualify the fathers to be interpreters of scripture. This can only tie by the teaching of the holy spirit, and the difference between the language of Paul, and this absurdity of his companion Barna bas speaks loudly on the subject of inspiration. Supposing Barnabas or any of the ancients, not to lie actatilly inspired as the Apostles were, we have now greater advantages as interpre ters than they hail. But surely, though the circumstance of being alive at the time, did not qualify them to interpret infalli bly, it did qualify theist to be accurate and true witnesses of facts,—(bear)—such as the change in the day observed as the Sabbath,.the genuineness and authenticity of the books of the New Testament. To establish these and such important matters of fact, an appeal to the testimony of antiquity is indispensable. This appeal we gladly and fearlessly make; and when Roman Catholic controversialists chaLen:re us to prove the authenticity or canonicity of such or such a book of the New Testament, our answer is, what! do you deny it? If ypu deny it, and hinge our discussion thereon, I am ready to - prove it; but why cauti ously ask proof of what both admit? We have no contro versy upon this point, and you have ❑o right as a Roman Ca thol►c man, to fence behind an infidel argument. (Cheers.) In your mouth is no better than a cavil. If you were a sincere infidel, I would endeavour to enlighten you by historical evi dence, but being a Popish gladiator you must be confined to your own weapons. But the deadliest of all the difficulties we have to contend against in bringing before you the true merits of the question ber.veen Popery and Christianity arises from the worldly apathy of Protestants. They are at ease, and willing to continue so. They are unwilling to be disturbed, and when they are distui bed for a moment, they harken rather to the apologist fur Popery . , who whispers peace, sleep on, than to their own faithful watch men, who sound an alarm. Nay, more, we have fallen upon such reasoning, such enlightened, such consistent days, that while it is esteemed an infallible proof of liberal principles and advancing intelligence loudly to protest against every existing or supposed abuse, lo.wever minute, in the Protestant, scriptu ral, and therefore, free institutions of England ; it is denounced as equally the infallible proof of bigotry, narrow mindedness, and incurable hostility to all improvement, to protest against any of the Pap a l, an ti- scr i p t ura l, an d, th ere f or e, enslaving dog mas of the Church of Rome. Reform is the boasted order of the day. Reform, reform, writes the old, witty, and calcula ting revolutionist in his garret. He is all but a beggar, glad to commit to the press any extravaganco which will procure him a livelihood by the sale of his periodical, and occasionally in dulging in day dreams of a golden change to himself, in the downfall of everything respectable in his country. (Cheers.) Reform, reform, re-echoes the unfledged politician from the hus tings. He does not understand his own words :he has heard of the movement, and that the movement is popular, and that the people are the source of power; he loves power dearly, without perceiving the lurking tyranny of his heart; therefore he courts the supposed source of power. Consequences to his country are tame, unwelcome considerations to him. On, on with the move ment, he cries, Reform, reform !—(Cheers.) The philanthro pist cries reform; the philosopher cries reform; the education ist cries reform. Put all bigotry out of our, schools, give us a national system so liberally i n un i son w ith our advancing in telligence, not to say infidellity, that it will contain nothing to offend Christian or Pagan, Jew or Greek, Unitarian or Socinian, Baptist or Quaker, but open its comprehensive embrace to both food and poison, both bane and antidote, and accomplish what has been a grand desideratum since the days of chaos, the har monious coalition of light and darkness! (Cheering and cries of hear.) Yes, this is the tone of reform which kindles the aspiring spirit of the 19th century iu England. which is caught upon the breeze of popular opinion, and wafted on the wings of the liberal press, from John O'Groat's to the Land's End, which concentrates its mighty power in St. Stephen's Chapel, and exhibits its catalogue of peaceful fruits in the Dublin Ga zette.—(llear, hear.) Reform, reform! So say we. We are reformers also; sincere, zealous, out-and-out radical reformers. We are consistent too, for we assail-at once with our cry for re form, that great citidel of canonized corruptions in which reform is most urgently required. (Cheers.) Where are our poor , puny pretenders to reform ? Where are the men who clamour ' against the bigotry of forcing scholars to read the word of God, and are silent, dumb as death against the bigotry of forcing scholars to read De Lahogue and Bailly and Dens ? Are they hypocrites? or are they cowards? or are they infidels; or have they become Papists in secret without having the boldness to avow it ? What ! strain so violently at English gnats, and swal low Popish camels with such unstraining facility ? 0 rare con sistency, 0 admirable reformers! When any favourite tempo ral project, any chang e i n our po liti ca l arrangements, f rom which they expect, or find it convenient to say, that they expect improvement, is the matter in hand; then they are all bustle and activity and zeal; their cry is agitate, agitate. ( Hear, hear.) But when the everlasting truth of the Must High God is the subject, the simplicity of the gospel of the Lord Jesus, or the integrity and unfettered circulation of the holy Bible, then they are all quietness, and peace, and charity. Their cry is, leave us alone, why will you disturb the harmony of society with your pestilent fanaticism ? (Hear, hear.) We reply, is there not a cause, a sufficient, an urgent cause ? And, not to seek for it in any distant or ambiguous features of the case, does not the state of mind which can prompt the inquiry contain in itself a cause for interference ? Is there not a cause in the wide spread indifference about revealed truth, which applauds infidel doubt fulness as humility, and brand the holy assurance of Christian faith as presumption—thus calling goo d ev il, an d ev il goo d, putting, bitter for sweet, and sweet for bitter, darkness for light and light for darkness? (Cheers.) But it is retorted against us, that tee cannot agree amongst ourselves, what is truth, and thus the differences among Protestants are pleaded as an apo logy for Popery and infidelity. This retort is wide of the mark, because there is an essential difference between the varying preferences for different branches or proportions of truth, which exist among us, and the indiscriminate patronage of truth and falsehood, against which we protest. Doubtless there are differ ences of opinion among us. We enjoy the privilege of free men. We read and think, and write, and speak freely; and not being tyrannically i m p a l e d upon any P rocustes di mens i ons of slavish uniformity, we manifest the natural varieties of honest minds. (Hear.) And yet, there is a real fundamen tal unity of doctrine and experience among us, and among all scriptural Christians of every name and clime. For, de spite of all the ridicule which has been heaped upon the distinction by persons desir ous o f con f oun di ng r i g ht an d wrung, we must still maintain the reality and justice of the distinction between fundamental truths which constitute the essence of our common Christianity, and incidental points, which however they may affect the wellbeing, do not affect the being of the Christian Church. I was much struck with that saving of Lord Bacon, " Moses when he saw the Israelite and the Egyptian fight, did not say, Why strive ye,' but drew his sword and slew the Egyptian : but when he saw the two Israelites fight, he said, 'Ye are brethren, why strive ye ?' If the point of doctrine be an Egyptian, it must be slain with the sword of the spirit and not reconciled : but if it be an Israelite, though in the wrong, then. Why strive ye?" • (Cheers.) This distinction deserves our most serious consideration, both in the forbearance which it recommends as to incidental points of difference, and the high "-- faithfutri. , .Q - truths. -imagine a- public concert consisting. o f t en different pieces of music, some of them more and some lest scientifically composed. In the auditory there are ten different parties of amateurs, each entertaining a preference for one of the ten pieces of music—a preference so decided and engrossing, that to please themselves they would have nothing but a repetition of their favourite piece. The concert commences. The ultra admirers of the first piece on the list are delighted. They are at home. They feel completely satisfied. They exclaim yes, this is music ind ee d! Amongst the others, there is not the same congenial response. What. they hear is not quite to their taste. However it is music, and they wait quietly through it. Another piece commences, and another partly occupy the place of su preme enjoyment; they have their favourite. A third piece is played, and the third party ate delighted. Thus in the end, all parties have had their turn of coeiparative forbearance and pe liar gratification. Suppose, however, that in the course of the performance, some strain of discord, something that was not music at all, had been intruded upon the company ; would it have been amiable forbearance to take this also patiently to treat the intrusion of discord in the same way in which they had treated the variations of harmony? Nay, the person capable of so doing, would give proof thereby, that he was totally desti tute of all true musical taste, and that his apparent satisfaction hitherto had been mere hypocrisy. (Hear, hear.) Within the comprehensive range of Christian doctrine, th ere are many truths; and among Christian - people there are many preferences, so decided and engrossing that some are never content to hear any other truths than those which they prefer. One minister gives peculiar prominence to one Frand truth. The peculiar lovers of that subject are delighted. They are at home. They exclaim yes, that is the gospel! Other auditors are not so well pleased. The subject is not to their taste. It is truth, however,and they wait patiently and forbearingly through it. Another and another minister give prominence to other topics. Another and another party of auditors are supremely pleased. And thus in the end, all parties have their turn of of comparative forbearance, and peculiar gratification. But suppose falsehood, and not truth to be taught; (hear, hear,) is it Christian charity to bear this also patiently ? to treat the in trusion of heresy, in the same way we treat the various. branches of Scriptural orthodoxy? Nay, the person capable of so doing, would thereby oive proof that he was destitute of all true religion, and that hia apparent forbearance had been nothing better than real indifference. (Hear, hear,) There is a point at which every musician, whatever his prefer ences may be, must protest; and that point is the introduction of discord. And there is a point at which every faithful Chris tian must protest, and th a t p o i n t i s th e introduction of falsehood. (Hear.) Suppose such a state of things to arise in a community, that it was very generally esteemed a mark of amiable modesty and diffidence to say, 'I really dare not be bold enough to take upon me to determine what is harmouy, and what is dis cord ; and therefore I dare not be presumptuous and unchari table enough to protest against anything :' what would or could be said of the musical taste of that community? Would their acknowledged incapacity to distinguish between harmony and discord be received as triumphant proof of their advancement in musical science? (Hear, hear, hear.) And suppose such a state of things to arise in a comtnurity, that it was esteemed very generally a mark of amiable modesty and humility in a man to say, ' f really dare not be bold enough to take upon me to determine what is truth and what falsehood, and therefore I dare not be presumptuous and uncharitable enough to protest against anything:' what would or could be said of the religious knowledge and feeling of that community? Would their ac knowledged incapacity to distinguish between truth and error, between Christ and Antichrist, be received as triumphant proof -of their improvement in Christianity? "(Loud cheers.) Alas this state of things is not merely hypothetical. It is towards this point of religious indifference producing in its judicial re sult religious incapacity, that the feeling of this country has grievously fallen. Christian charity, as defined by an Apostle, irjoiceth in the truth :" but what is now boastingly called charity. rejoiceth in inability to discern truth from falsehood, and a consequent indiscriminate complacency in, or indifference about both. This is indeed to glory in our shame. To rouse men from this torpor, to convey impressions of the reality of spiritual things, to rekindle in 'Protestant England a practical and earnest and consistent zeal for the truth of Scripture and the glory of God, and the salvation of perishing sinners—these are our objects! In pursuit of these, we endure without a mur mur the taunt and the sneer, and the sarcasm, and the evil re port of the enemies of our Lord and of his church. In pursuit of these, we give cheerfully of our property, our time, our toil both of body and mind, if God peradventure will mercifully use ' our feeble instrumentality for the spiritual good of our fellow countrymen. (Loud cheers.) Sir, I think we have now shown good and sufficient cause why this meeting should adopt the re solution which I shall have the honour to submit, and implore our legislature no longer to sanction and support an institution in which such principles are inculcated as those contained in the class books in Alaynooth College. That college was founded ' in 1795. Previous to 1793, it was contrary to law to endow any Popish college in these kingdoms. The clergy of the Roman Church for Ireland were then educated on the continent. But when the progress of the French revolution had deprived the Continental colleges of their property, and rendered access to them from this country dangerous if not impossible, it became a matter of apparent urgency that steps should be taken for the education of Roinish cler g y at home. The r e p u bli can l ea d ers in Ireland were anxious for such a step for political pur poses. This appears from the journal of the celebrated Wolfe Tone, who writes under the date of August 15, 1792. " This country will never be well until the catholics are edu cated at home, and their clergy elective. Now is a good time. because France will not receive their students, and the catholics are afraid of the revolution." In 1795, Lord Fitzwilliam, in his speech to parliament on opening the session, recommended the subject to the attention of both houses. Lord Catuden, on succeding him, found the government pledged to carry the measure into effect, and on the 3d of April leave was given to bring in a bill for applying the sum of £lO,OOO, granted to his Majesty, or part thereof, Inc establishing a college for the better education of persons professing the Popish or Roman catholic religion, and intended for the cleiical ministry thereof. The R.omish pries's who had been educated ott the continent retain ed so much respect for the essentially monarchical spirit of their system that they could not and did not lend themselves to the levelling agitation against the government at home, which was daily becoming more popular amongst their lay gentry, insti gated by their oratorical lawyers. But we have the authority of a popish historian of our 1 ay, Mr. Wyse, for saying that the Maynooth clergy were not so scrupulous. Writing concerning the Popish Association, in 1828, he says, " The clergy too, sent io from time to time, their adhesion; M AYNOOTH BEGAN 'ft) BE .FELT; Irishmen who had never left Ireland were the piiests whom it sent forth, and though in some instances the proprieties and decencies of their ecclesiastical station considerably lost, the country upon the whole gained by the infusion of a more . popular spirit Amongst the body." You have heard much of the nature of the education inculcated, 1 will only add a speci men upon a smaller scale, and more tangible to the practice of the bulk of their poor people in Ireland. " In Bailly's Treatise on the Decalogue, mankind are divided into four ranks, noblemen, independent gentlemen, artificers, and beggars; and it is laid down that a person way steal any sum under fifty or sixty pence from the first, under forty pence from the second, twenty pence from the third, and four pence from the last class, without losing the favour of God, or at all risking the salvation of his soul, or its being even necessary to acknowledge the theft in confession to a priest. The stolen property need not be returned to the owner, nor any compensa tion made to him, if there shoull be a difficulty in doing so without the offender being discovered. All that is required is to give the amount to the poor, or to expend it on stone good work; and it is but a venial offence, even if this species of res titution be omitted. Further it is taught, that a wife may steal from her husband, contrary to his known and reasonable wishes, a greater quantity of his property than is laid down in the pre ceding scale, without being guilty of more than a yenia/ sin; and she may steal as mach as will support any of her near re latives without being guilty of any sin, provided that after his death she deducts the amount from her jointure. A servant, also, may pilfer any common food in order to eat moderately of it, without incurring guilt. Such is a part of the Maynooth ex position of the divine commandment thou shalt nut steal.' " (Hear, hear.) The testimony of an eye witness, himself a liberal, Mr. In glis, in his "Tour through Ireland" is, " In the journey which I subsequently took, I had ample op portunity of forming comparisons between the priest of the olden times, and the priest of Maynooth : and with every disposition to deal fairly by both, I did return to Dublin with a perfect con viction of the justice of the opinion which 1 had heard expressed. I found the old foreign educated priest, a gentleman ; a man of frank easy deportment, and good general inform a ti o n; b u t by no means, in general, so good a Catholic as his brother of May nooth, he, I found, either a coarse, vulgar-tninded,—or a stiff, close, and very conceited man ; but iu every instance, Popish to the backbone; learned, I dare say, in theology; but pro foundly ignorant of all that liberalizes the mind ; a hot zealot in religion ; and fully impressed with, or professing to be im pressed with, a sense of his consequence and influence. "1 entertain no doubt that the disorders which originate in hatred of Protestantism, have been increased by the Maynooth education of the Catholic priesthood. It is the Maynooth priest who is the agitating priest ; and if the foreign educated parish priest chance to be a more liberal-minded man, less a zealot, and less a hater of Protestantism than is consistent with th e present spirit of Catholicism in Ireland,—straightway an assist ant, red-hot from Maynooth, is appointed to the parish ; and, in fact, the old priest is virtually displa'ced. In no country in Europe, —no,. not even in Spain,—is the spirit of Popery su in tensely anti-Protestant, as in Ireland. In no country is there more bigotry and superstition among the lower orders, or more blind obedience to the priesthood; in no country is ther e so much zeal and intolerance among the ministers of religion. I do believe that, at this moment, Catholic Ireland is more ripe for the re-establishment of the Inquisition, than any other country in Europe." In conclusion, I call your attention to a passage in Dr. 11P,Hale's letter to Lord John Russell. "It is but right to ac quaint your lordship that the Catholic bishops and the Catholic bishops alone, have the right to regulate the choice of the books out of which the faithful are to draw the nutriment of piety and sound doctrine." (Hear, hear.) On the authority of D r . M'llale, therefore, we charge the Catholic bishops and the Ca tholic bishops alone, with the choice of Badly, Delahogue, Dens, Van Ess, Maldonatus, the angelical doctor, and all the other seraphic canonists, theologians and moralists, from whose pages you have heard specimens of the " nutriment of piety and sound doctrine," which is administered by authority to the students in Maynooth. (Hear, hear.) The rev. gentleman concluded amid the most cordial applause, by reading the resolution, which he seconded. COMMERCIAL INTELLIGENCE AND MONEY INIARKE"F (From the Sunday Times.) LONDON, SATURDAY.--The tenor of the mercantile advices, received from the United States to the 20th ult., are not of a more promising nature than those which previously came to hand. The high rate of interest still demanded for capital, and the continuance of the restrictive policy by the whole of the Banks of the Union, had almost entirely put a stop to extensive operations in imported goods The rate of interests for dis counts, or loans, was lto 12 cent. per Month. The Exchange had taken a slight rise a week previously to the date of the pre sent accounts, but when the Wellington sailed from New York, the best paper was sold at 51 per cent premium Only. The ne cessary consequence of this stale of things is, that but very limited orders have been received for the shipment of British manufactured goods. The variations in the British Securities this week have been limited to about per cent. The anticipation of an extensive exportation of the precious metals to America, in consequence of the balance of trade having turned in favour of that country, and the very reduced ratio of Exchange at New York, with a contemporaneous demand for bullion at high rates have not had an injurious effect upon prices of Stock, as the situation of the Bank of England of England is highly satisfactory; added to which, there continues to flow in extensive remittances of gold and silver from the Continent and South America. It is, there fore, not apprehended that the Stock of Bullion held by the Bank will diminish to any extent. before the trade with the United States has again become brisk; thus producing a reflux of specie to Great Britain. The value of Consols for money has ranged only between 92i and 931. In the April settlement, the prices have been 92i and 231. The operations of yesterday afternoon were nearly at th. I . , (lL^^` - 1 - - , tatinas of trio ~.e. /to._ u new loan for the government, to the amount of £2,000,000, has been current, but since the Meeting of the Bank proprietors on Thursday, when the governor stated in re ply to a question, that he had no knowledge of such an orange ment, the statement has been discredited. Some curiosity is shown to ascertain how the Chancellor of the Exchequer will provide for the acknowledged deficiency in the revenue, with out some advances from the capitalists of the City. Exchequer Bills have been Leavy during the week at a fall front 67 to 62 prem., and on India Bonds nearly an equal reduction has taken place. The favourable expose given at the Bank meeting of the affairs of the Company raised the value of the Stock from 2081 to 2091 for the account day. The prices of Spanish an Portuguese Bonds have advanced nearly 2 per cent. this week, the rumour being that some plan is under consideration in Paris, to place the debts of their go vernment upon a footing more satisfactory to the Bondholders, but no details have vet been allowed to transpire, if, in fact, there be any truth in the statement. Spanish have risen to 22. Portuguese Five per Cents. to 311, and the Three per Cents. to 211. Yesterday the advices from Paris quoted a decline, and tee Bonds were sold Ito 2 per cent. lower here. In Bel gian and Dutch Stock a fall of 1 to 1 per cent. has taken place —new loans being talked of. The price of Two-and a-half per Cent. (Dutch) bas been as low as 521, of the Five per Cents. 102, and of the Belgic Stock 103. Republican bonds are not so high as they were last week. Two additions have been made this week to the list of specu lations in the city, and which have attracted great attention. The scheme for a railway from Paris to Havre and Rouen is said to be acquiesced in by the government of Louis Phillippe, and the desire to obtain shares is very considerable. The other project is one for extendinga new plan for the p urpose of form ing roads, under the title of the Asphalte C ompany, and it has met with much support- The market f or ra il way shares has become dull for the greater propartion of the projected lines. HALF PACT TWELVE.—We have no arrivals from the colo nies this morning. Rather an interesting document has come to band by the French Mail of last night, addressed by the President of the Board of Trade at Paris to the Chairman of the Chamber of Commerce at Nantes. In this communication the attention of the mercantile classes of France is called to the monetary and commercial difficulties existing at present in the United States, and to the highly unfavourable position in which the banks of New York are now placed, as compared with their situation in 1837. " Such an extraordinary diminution in their transac tions, is not" writes his excellency "to be found in the financial history of any people." In cautioning the merchants of France to use their best discretion in their operations with America, he asserts that judging from present appearances, little short of a panic equal to that of last year, may be anticipated. Not much business is doing in the British Stock market. Consols for account have been done at 93 to 93w, and from im mediate transfer at 92 93. Exchequer bills continue at 62, and India Bonds at 66 premium. Foreign Bonds have not much varied. Spanish Active Bonds realise 21ilt Portuguese New Bonds, 32; Brazilian, 26%; Mexican, 211; and Dutch Two-and-a-half per Cents 521. Shares remain without alteration. REMARKABLE CASE IN SURGERY. — There is at present in the National infirmary for relief of the poor afflicted with blindness and diseases of the eye, Cuffe-street, the case of a little boy seven years of age, born blind, with the disease of cataract in both his eyes, upon whom the operation for their rem ova l h as b een per formed within the last few days, with such complete success as to enable the little patient to observe many objects presented to him immediately after the operation ; he continues to improve daily in the acquirement of a new sense, to the surprise and de light of his par ents.—Saunder's News Letter. HOPRIBLE SCENE.—At a village in the commune of La Ferte-Fresnel, in France, a scene has lately been witnessed which has tilled all minds with consternation. A farmer, seated at the table of a wine-house with several other persons, agreed to sell a fat pig to a neighbouring proprietor, and to deliver the animal upon the f o ll owing W e dnesday. The hat gain was sealed by a few glasses of cider, according to ancient usage, after which the seller and buyer ruse from the table. Upon leaving the cabaret the purchaser recollected that he had a pressing engagement for the Wedivisday, and stated to the seller that it would be an accommodation to him to rece ive the amount one day before that alre a dy fixed. To this no objec tion was made, and in fact the pig was delivered to the buyer upon the Tuesday evening. Having thus disposed of the animal, the seller was returning home, when, near his own door, he was accosted by a m a n leading a bea r, who begged a night's lodging for himself and his charge. The farmer, under other circumstances, would not have felt an inclination to en tertain such guests, but as night was falling, and the wind chilling and frosty, and recollecting too, that the pig stye was vacant, his good feeling prevailed, and he determined to give shelter for the night to the bear-leader and his savage corn_ !tannin. When they arrived at the farm the bear was installed in the pig's place, and his }vier having fed and made him up for the night, retired to thelarmer's cottage, where h e was i n _ vited to sit near the fire, admitted to the table, and prov i ded with a bed. The night passed but it would a pp ear that two of the persons who had been drinking at the sam e ta bl e with the farmers when the terms of the bargain were agreed upon , and who were under the impression that the pig w as to be sent On the Wednesday, had determined to steal the ani ma l b efore it was so removed. Accordingly they repaired to the farm at night, and one of them crept into the stye, whilst the other re mained on the outside of the hedge. What passed between the ill-fated intruder and the ferocious animal was only known by the pools of blood, broken bones, and fragment s of fl es h w hi c h were found strewed upon the floor the following morning. The other robber, feeling uneasy at not recei v i n , the agreed ' signal for his accomplice, ventured to approach the house, and finding all still, crept nearer to the den. He called to his comrade, hut all was silent. lie then determ ine d to penetrate into the stye, but had adva nced but half h is b ody when the ferocious beast, whose thirst f or blood The beco me exc i ted, threw himself upon him with great fury. unfortunate man was overwhelmed, but after a short time s uccee d e d b y an extraordinary effort in saving himself from the rage of his enemy. Be was so weak ened, however, by the loss of blood, from his wounds, that he was unable to fly, and he fell in the garden, where he was found by the people of the farm, lie died next day in the greatest torture,—French paper. IMAiten 20, 1838._ LI‘TER. THEI T 122, CHURCH-STREET. FOR THE BENEFIT OF MRS. RAYMOND. rytHIS present TUESDAY EVENING, the 20th instant. IL ou which occasion Mr. T. P. COOLE, from the Theatre Royal, Dru r y-l ane an d C ovent - gar d en, w ill a ppear, being engaged for a limited period. Mr. W. J. HAMMOND, riot - 4/ the Theatre-Royal, Covent garden, will also appear. Messrs. BROWN. KING, and GIBSON, and Mrs. GIB SON, in some of their most admired Dances. The Evening's Entertainments wtl! commence with the popular Nautical Drama of THE PILOT; OR, A STORM A T SEA. Long Tom Coffin (as originally acted by hind) Mr. T. P. Cooke, in which character he will sing his descriptive Songs of Long T om euffin's Courtship and a Sailor's Consolation la a Storm, and dance the Celebrated Hornpipe. Captain Boroughcliff (a regular Yankee) Mr. W. J. Harui.;:onel► in which character he will sing the popular Song or " Yan kee Doodle," and, with Mrs. Itayinond, the admired , Duett, called " Captain Um' yowtook so smart." Kate Plowden..Mrs. Raymond. Cecilia After .r•hich, sles,:rs. Brown, King, and Gibson will Dance their CHINESE PAS DE TROIS !. To which will be added the new laughable lateilude, called TEN MILES FROM LONDON ; OR, AN INCONVENIENT DISTANCE. Patrick Rooney Mrs. Gibson will (for the first time at this Theatre) Dance " LA CACHUCIIA." To be followed by a new and highly successful Drama, as acted in London during the present season with distinguished approbation, entitled THE CULPRIT. - - Captain Hussey, R.N Mr. W. J. Hammond- Mrs. Hussey Messrs. Brown, King, and Gibson will dance a popular PAS DE TROIS." To conclude with the laughable Farce (not acted her these three years) entitled THE MAYOR OF FLANDERS; _Oll, THE THREE CoFFINS. Pogo Potts (the Mayor of the Village) Mr. W. J. Hammond Mynheer von Lindon Mrs. Raymond. Tickets and Places to be had at the Box-office. ROYAL AMPHITHEATRE. Second Night in Liverpool of the splendid Spectacle, called CHEVY CHASE, in which the whole strength of the Com pany will appear, aided by Mr. Ryan's splendid Stud of H orses. Revival of the celebrated Historical Drama, entitled THE BATTLE OF WATERLOO ! rui HIS present TUESDAY EVENING, the 20th i ns tant, IL the Evening's Entertainments will commence with the Scottish Romantic Spectacle, founded on the Ballad of the same name, called CHEVY CHASE In which Mr. Ryan's Stud and Company will appear. Earl Douglas.. Mr. Nesbitt. I Laurence Lapstone, Mr. Sloan. Andrew Mr. Neville. Monsieur Le Blanc, being Re-engaged, will appear and Sing one of his favourite COMIC SONGS. Master Giunett will introduce his peculiar Equestrian Act, called THE UNION OF ENGLAND, IRELAND, AND SCOTLAND, in which he will personate Rory O'More, with an Irish Jig on Horseback. Miss Giunett, the youngest Female Equestrian in the World, will ride her astonishing act on a single horse, as the FLOWER GIRL. Mr. Sloan will appear as JIM CROW, and Sing a New Version, written by a Gentleman of Liverpool. The Evening's Entertainments to conclude with THE BATTLE OF WATERLOO ! In which a Detachment of the Regular Military will give their aid for the general effect of the Piece. Duke of Wellington Mr. M. Robinson. Molly Maloney.... Mr. Sloan. I Napoleon Mr. Neville. Boxes, 3s. ; Pit, 25.; Lower Gallery, Is.; Upper Gallery, 6d. Second Pike at Half-past Eight • Boxes, Is. 6d.; Pit, Is; Lower G a ll er y, W. Children Half-price from the commence ment to the Boxes and Pit only. Proprietor, Mr. BATES, Stage Manager, Mr. NEVILLE.' ROYAL AMPHITHEATRE. FOR THE BENEFIT OF RANDALL, THE CLOWN. eN Fit IDAY next, th e 23d instant, when he will perform the WHOLE OF HIS WONDERFUL FEATS, and present the Greatest Selection of Novelties ever witnessed, LIGHT AND HEAVY BALANCING. The Chivalrous Spectacle of THE WOOD DEMON ! ON, THE CLOCK HAS STHUCK. In which Mr. Ryan's Stud and Company will appear. THREE NEW ACTS IN THE CIRCLE. The whole to conclude with A NEW COMIC PANTOMIME. Particulars in Bills of the day. For Tickets apply to Mr. RANDALL, at Mr. Hale's, 39, Hunter-street, or at the Boxoffice, Amphitheatre. HALF PRICE. Bo.tes, or Front Seats, Is; I'it, or Second Seats, 6d. PANORAMA of the HOLY CITY of JERUSALEM, CAPTAIN SIR JOHN ROSS'S VOYAGES, &c., at the Large ROQUI, QUEEN'S ARMS HOTEL, entrance by Cook street. _ _ Mr. LAIDLAW, before he leaves Liverpool, is anxious that every person should have an opportunity to witness his splendid so well known, and connected as it is with Scriptural History, and is decidedly interesting to all Christians; he, therefore, has Reduced the Price of Admission so as every person can gratify th,e.),-,For th 9 small suss or SIXPENCE, and as the Panorarna . can only remain tore very short time, he trusts that no person will suffer the opportunity to pass. Day Exhibition punctually at One o'Clock • Evening, at Seven; and again a t H a lf- past Eight o'Clock. 'The History of Jerusalem and Plate, 6d. TO CORRESPONDENTS. We suspect that the writer of a letter on the Methodist Bazaar. who assumes the signature of "A Conservative," is the "real Simon Pure" who figured in the Mail. We shall publish his letter if he consents to its insertion with his own name attached. Zbe itiberpool sL.,tanbarb. TUESDAY MORNING, MARCH2O, 1838. {' The Publication of the STANDAR D commenced this morn ing at 5 o'clock. REPEAL OF THE CORN LAWS.—On Thursday evening another abortive attempt was made, in the House of Commons, to procure a repeal of the corn laws. Mr. Villiers moved for a committee to consider the act re lating to the importation of corn, and the philosophical radical, who represents the town of Leeds, delivered him self of another drowsy oration in support of the motion. After the decisive majority against this 'motion—the numbers being, for it 95, against it 300—we sincerely hope that this question will not be revived for a long time. It is pretty evident that these philosophers, who would deprive our native industry of every species of protec tion, are destitute of any efficient external support. The people have no sympathy with them, and care nothing about their ridiculous motions on the subject. This wilt. be apparent enough when we consider that the popular tion of the country is estimated at 24,000,000, and that out of these millions only 24,000 have petitioned par— liament for a repeal of the coin laws, whilst upwards of 190,000 have, in the same space of time, prayed for the repeal of the poor laws. This apathy of the public mind in reference to the question is a sufficient proof that the people are perfectly satisfied with things as they are. About twelve years ago there was a general cry for the repeal of the corn laws, and petitions were poured into. the House of Commons from all parts of the country.. The agitation got up on the subject then produced a sen— sation. NOW it would be fruitless to attempt to make any impression of a similar kind. Why ? Evidently because the people have become more intelligent—be— cause they have discovered the selfish motives in whicli the opposition to the corn laws originated—because they have practically experienced the delusive character of the arguments urged in favour of cheap bread. The great bulk of the bread consumers in the country art% now fully persuaded that any further reduction in the price of corn must be injurious to all interests—to the landowner—to the farmer—to the manufacturer—to the tradesman—and to the labourer and mechanic. The injury to the landowner would be great and irre trievable, and coupled with the most flagrant injustice. Those who have purchased land under the condition of high prices, would, by the operation of a free trade in. corn, be literally robbed of one half their property. Itt is plain that, in order to compete with the slightest de-. gree of success with the foreign producer, the farmer must have a reduction of rent correiponding to the di nished price of corn. The effect of this would be the , most severely felt by those who have a limited income, from landed property. These parties, who are now en abled to live in comfort, would be either compelled to fly to the continent, to eke out their scanty means, or they would have to turn their tenants from their fauns, ands cultivate their own land. T o the farmer a free trade in corn would be. still more , injurious. The removal of the restrictive.duties upor4 the importation of corn would require an equivalent in crease of taxation in another shape. How could the farmer, with his diminished means, contribute more than he does at present towards the expenses of government How considerate and humane are our political econoi mists—►when their own interests are not affected ! They