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AT....eriti7aPt ;-.. 1 - f -4 ..):"" ,- C.%. 17. A!1, CUTT7r.S, Pr.r.rt(g 1) `. V - ORNA I,E:iTA T. . A N , C i. &c., No. 8. "?.d..ultt ; .1/.:ot:(1-4:eot Loud^ ..) 1.) inforl, - tlemP.l i., ::ty that ti.e : the aliovt! r ; ~ 11 the is ere: . ,biness, the;..kiut! ;Aire) V. a :;Li. !Z. 'ea CT] W. W.:iker h Of Chure-,1 e•, .l \ic :. , of y Trertioti of ....ittmetttal Lair -r in the Eitigdnin, t! ..‘,.s.stlitt Ty(ley, I:toee Couitillarr ,tal.li,ll.l:cat in 'London, t-,ts I) , ..t..hiin in t••)..t ; and having: formed • „ Patric, he Win tie enabled to furnish his kind pal ;:le latest rai4i,),fable Artides sooner— alio,• their in.rooc - ;i,,1---itiar. ilair oz,3er in Liver pool 1 select a3 , 6rime..t t? .e very bet! Perl:Tmery, Combs, st; ictiv Brushes. & Boarrii);: :11:patINI Tili'va or Cirantry L.\ DIES' A .F.NI ii:N'S PITBLIC & P UINTA.: I.: - 1 :V2v1 . 1•":11., _BATHS, C.T . :O ' ,. . - .;1::'S iii i!f;:?, L i VERPOO L. . • . LTENNY tti'x..lks t o r ine patrtina,ve and support Ile, has - rt.ceiverl,Cegs, leave respectfully znfarr.i th iithatiitauts of Liverpool and it. 4 Vicinity, that ~:av I at the above-mentioned Establigliinen; lietw?ei , 'he liours u. biz o'clock in - the :quaint , and Niue o'clock in the iLveninz. - TER_IIIS FOR BATIII.NG COLD BATD s. d. Surtsci:.:l3sfts fur Si.: Nuilti;s to the Pubic .. 1 10 0 Chiidrea,htldeil,A : eive years a . age NON-SußsvP.(BEtis fur each time ut D - thing Detached rtivF.te tirmwPr - Chil_tiren under Lfweive years-of • WAtl3l BATI!.— , No SUTSCIIIPII,JN. Warm:liedicaqui I . 7apot:-. 2 o d . 1 4 . : . () 3 0, W:tern Showor ' CI LiverptOl Dailv Pape; s for the accommodation of. Visitots. 1 ' CAT lON . GROVE, i G RROGA 78:)tr •ot the at Rev, P. Stubbs, Vicar of Wall,..arateulil,- . ricsixet to return 'barks to his many Fzinatls_ liar their ct'asf eon tilletice, and, itelying•ott a con t innine;e, - iniaraisiljent and:tiln *his, 4carletoy wiii no TRUIItS.FIAY, the following terats.: . ,r— .„. • Gentlemen U Kier 12 years or age 2',./ guinens • . fcoin 12 to 15 ditto 22 guineas per - Annum. • from.ls to 2) ditto 25 . guineas . Parlour Boarders, Two i , ineas A'xtra. These terms inclnue.B , iard,.Wosking, Lodging, and .Educa, tion, in the ELiglish. Latin, and Greek Languages. Writing, Accounts, Mathematies,,Bsok-kniping, Geography, &c &c. Frencii, Italian, German, Drawing, Dancing, and Music Masters, on the usual terms. VACATiONS AT CkIHISTNIAS A.ND MIDSUMMER. • . The salubri's of the IlaKrogate Waters needi no comment, of which Mr. Btabbs's Pupils avail thetroreives. References—the lire, .J. 'BALL, Reelor. of Tanßeid, near - the lfev. P. Si - unas, Vicar of Well, near Bedale, &c.- WANTED, AN ASSTS CANT. -A person of good general abilitie3, and a Meier of the Church ..of ,England. Letters (postage pail l wilt be attended to. . . 4:3, Ca,tle-street, Liverpool. May, 1839. PICKFORD AND CO. bed to inform the Puhlih that their Caravans to ead from London and Liverpool give the da vAntage of a throughout Conv.evan,-e without the inconvenience of an intermediate Carrier., Goods delivered at .their Offices, 43, Castle-street, Liverpool; and Castle Jan, Wend-street, Ciaeapside, 158, Regent-street, I.mdou. Will be forwarded, yr;!11 regularity and dispatch, • CANAL .1,V1) LAND CO'NVEYAI,:CI7.. All enquiries relative to Canal and Land donveylnce joand from•tneir respective agencies, s ill be answered and every forroasion given at their Otiic•e in Castle-st teet., WOJI,FI ELD'S BAZAAn. I OHN C. WOOLFIELD. to prevent all mistakes, and at the same time, to reply to a ciaestion. so frequently asked in his Establishment, if his Brother, TnomAs WOOLF(ELD, late of the Bazaar, has still any interest in that concern, which it is now attempted to e. s tablish on a more extensive scale, considers it a duty .he owes to. his brother• to state, that he is no longer "interested in any business whatever, still less in one which ought to be so contrary to tile principle of tight towards his trother. JOT.' N C. WOOLFIELD, OP OLASGO:I-110U6E. CiitTell-STREET, NIA'S( F %CT( 01 , witril2-a; II;!ESSING CASES, LA.DIEs' WOIIK AND 'FOILE r COXES, CABINETS TEA Ci-ILSTS AND 'r EA GADoIES, SFIEFrIELD "PLAT;.:I3 WARES, PLATED ON STEEL, AND G'ZiiZMAN Si IN Ea AIt"riCLES, OIL - AND CA.S LA NI PS, 100 NZ ES, INKSTANDS, JAPAN E AND I'A2l.' R M \CllEl. TRAYS, And: va,riet.• or FANCY mrr JCL ES, 7 ..% lIL 1T.;V4,.!Z,. CIA: 73,A N t •L VLILY UM) N S TO •t D. This Stock hh.inz alt Tote new, pi e.e s n'lecided advantage. it i s ai4f i itia;keri at the loweit Cash prie..s. t o PuN,i.a-ers, or to those .v ho desire only to inspect the . . Golds.:: ui ,,,oeciJaiiention ie glven. SAIN GrOlt(ii?; HALL. rpHE . Crmtnlttee beg .to remini the „Shareholders and the Public that a stop civaS pot to their proceedings for carrying .this Undertak imp; iutooperari„in, rvere inercantile- ern 7 . harrassment, whicti7hegan to sheer itsef ‘ ; in the' Spring of and contiunad throughout the remainder of the year, At the improvement of tf;et-imes just ifies the Committee in reca iliug the..attenlion t t the-tuhlic to this Undertakiol; And - they are; now etra!lied to annorince that the Corporation of Liverpool' have obtained an Pict of Parliament, empowering them to ap propriate as the.scite of the Hall, a portion of the Ground of the - 01dInfirnaaryoia Lime-street. The Committee; therefore, beg respectfitity , to reinind . the•Poblic of the great utility - of a public builsfing like-their:tended Halt;• which may bellev , ned• not Only to the.celebrationof' oar. periodical Mosical Festivals, as_ well as winter and occasional Concert', hut a!so to the use of Public Meetings,, wiLe!her political, religions, or municipal; of Public Dinners, and of other large a n isemblages of our fellow citizens:-. The Coininittee trust the Pulaic will agree with them in opinion, that: a Puplic Edifice, so constructed as to be adapted to all thee various purposes. and also possessing a handsome exterior, would be at, once an,advantage and an or- . • -nanientto the.town;_ and one which strangers would naturally expect to find - arnonz large and flourishing a community. As it most be obvious that the erection of a Building of this kind, on.a scale of sufficient magnitude, will itivolve the exnen diture of a very,iiZge sum of money, (not less, they believe, than £35,000, independently of the land,) the ComMittee-beg leave to remind their fellow-townsmen, that, in order to raise so large a fund, the subscription should be as widely diffused as possible; and the price of the Shares, viz., £25 each, is such as to place the subscription within the reach of a great number of persons. The Committee propose, therefore, to solicit the names of, . . new Subcicriberi;wh;ch may be communicated, either per sorialir or by note through the Post, to the address of the Se cretaries. or eithersof them, or to any member of the Coininit tee, statinthe address of such new Subscriber, and the num ber of Shares he is willing to subscribe for. Upwards of £25,m0 was subscribed before the suspension of the Committee's operations took place, for the greatest part of which the Preliminary Deed of .Association has already been sinned. - The few-Subscribers who have not yet signed that Deed are requested to call on the Secretaries, in Harringtoa chambers, Noah John -street, for‘that vorpose. • By order and on behalf of the Committee, • JONATHAN-BROOKS, Chairman. THE COMMITTEE.' Th,?. Rev. JONATHAN Brooks, Chair Than. • .114 r. H AROMAS EARLE, Deputy Chairman: Mr. JAMES A3IPINALL, Treasurer. Mr. Henry Booth, -Mr. 'Ambrose Lace, W. Wallace Currie, t Joseph Langton, W.• Dixon, • I - Charles Lawrence, William Earle. Jun., l John Moss, Pattison Eliamea, I - John- Stewart, Joseph C. Ewan, I • Samuel Turner, • Samuel Holme, "Joseph N. Walker, Joseph Hornhv, Thomas WinstanleY, Samuel Kea rsfey, Jqhn Wright.. SiOCIIETIAEIES To titz CoMMITTEV, -Mr. EDWARD G. DEANE, . Mr. THOMAS HARVEY. .71k1FESSRS. PER!? Y end (le., SURGEONS, inav - he per, sonally coustil'ed frnin Nine in the Morring till Ten. at Night,.and on Sundays from Nine till Two, at r- NO.' 24, SLATCR-STRE near Dake,streLt, Liver col, • (private entrance first •door up the passage :) No. 2. Ba)o -stree,t, Lower - Wsle7-street, near to St.. Peter's Church, Mancheteter, - and N0:4.• Great Charles - -steeet, Birmingham whom may Ire had (yra?;.9 with each box of pills their Treatise, on . reneieal - Disea - (;onorrliaaa, Cleets, and Stricture,2.in._ eluding- Practical Observatinits on- Seminal Weakness, arisin from early abuses so Mil e!! persons can obtain an immediate Cure, -- with ease, secrecy, and safety. It is'a melancholy fact, rbit thousands fall victims to the Ve nereal Disease, owing to the urskilfuleesn - of illiterwe men, who, by the use of that deadly poison, Mercury, ruin 't he con- - atitution, and cause ulcerations, with blotches on the head, face,- aull body, dimness in the sight, noise in the ears, de a f ness, obstinate gleets, and nodes - on the shin bones, tilt at length a, general debility and decay of the constitution ensuscs. and'a melancholy death rats a rn , ririd to their dreadful sufferiias. PERRY'S PU I FYINO SPECIFIC PILLS. priee 2s. 91. and Its.. per box. a cert,lin,-safe, an.; the most speedy remedy ever discovered for the permanent and effectual erne of venereal diseases,—gonorriwea, gleets, strictures, seminal Weakness, in theloins, affectiOns of the kidneys, gravel. lumbago, local debility, irritation of the bladder or n7ethl-a, and other diseases of the irrinarypa‘ssattes: - freqitently perfo'ining a perfect cure in the short space of three days. by one str.all pill for a dose, with ease,ireerscry, and'- safety. The certainty with which they Are continually mlurinisitered . can be attested by may y rhonsands. Tne Specific Pills root out every particle of insidious nnisoM purifying in their progress the whole mass of fluids. They not only remove the disease, but renovate by their action the differ ent functions of the body, expelling the - grosser !summits. and in a manner an mild and imperceptible a,: t o convince th e mos t seeptieal of their astonishing 'and 'unequalled powers. They neither contain mercury nor any other mineral, and. may be taken without iha slightest susfr;eion of discovery. They require no restraint of diet. less ni time, or hindrance of hosinese. but saTect a comnlete tore. without the least exposure to the patient. At any period when the slielitest suspicion may exist, it will be well to - have recourse to. the.. Specific Pills, - for when taken before the disease has made its npnea ranee it sets as a certain preventative. by moving the cornalaint effectually and secretly. j.tessrs. PER - RV, , _eons. eontiuue to direct their studies to those dreadful arising from the too free and indis criminate indei t i rer , o r the rig'loll% Whirl) not only occasion a numerals trAin of nerv(in , i - ,,ITF,Tions, and entail on its vo , aries all the enervating itnbeeilities of old age,' but weaken and devoriir all the bodily senses. occasioning; loss of imagination, j o sto_ u C e er2 and reetrory. infl , ?:erenre ando version fir all plea snres. In th a t dis•-e.si.erstnte of debilitY' or defieieocv,.whetber •the-rbeserftrertcseraf 1, ,,01-rUr trairits . „ drin.iog, or. any other' eatise. -by .r :ri c h , 117 potrev4; tr . riliPs'enn , t , tu:i'on become enfeebled. thel.nEer a ket and speedy rt..tol - al'enlo6cond . 41 . vieTir'iuts her' -- 0:‘,11 I; 5 -- 6 VL(;'; are well knnwi) for the tpia• an.l PTectua; • )ry Rtmplenl9, vvneteal seretplior , ) 1; .4us , in 1,, • i Ilirorated .9te dise;'#. - P(1 sr:0,1111;1c ar.,l Oandular 3 1 RD 4 (ren er ,] • v; *painYi i i the I, oad t . A.pq p (.lieit. , . , es 7 1om.414);:zipi.w e stitte 1 eifetsfrOn /^0 try'iting a remillance fin "nedii-i•rre.' 7, e.';;;;;;,`"rf.;iie!,, • 22, SLAT froe. E-STR E ET, 'LIVE ii. PUOL. mper a I'uUanr~nt. . . 1-1015S1; The royal "tusent usgiveo 4 couttnisstun to many public and kiriVa:c CAN: . Lord J P.oUGtiAM having obset ved, inmoving for papers, with retpeci to Con! tt!iiay, alias Thotn, that care should betaken in co,; - .coiting seotetices or exteudiug the prerogative of mercy, to ex.cluile erivate MettioUßNE said that no private Ind nonce had beeu.al 7 lotted iII •this case. Representatith:s, however, he submitted, could Le fairly Considered:, • The 'Duke of WELL! NGTON thought it ought to be made known that private applications cuulti ltOt be. attended to,---tuat the reConlineinli, ions of the judgeS only would be acted on. Lord Y FORD said that as the commutation of the sentence in this case n; as in consequence of the insanity of the party, there'should have been every security against the repetition of mi-schiefond that those Who Lid nedecti , d to take this security ‘N ere morally answerable for the inischiel.done. . _ The Poor Relief (Ireland) bill was postponed. The Hart idDEvbis moved that the third report on the cri minal laWs he referred to select counc.ittee, for the purpose of cOl.itlering their recommendations regarding juvenile offenders, . Lord DENMA N and other peers concurred, and the motion wus.agreed to.—Adjourued. HOUSE OF COMMONS.-MONDAY. • F A CTO R lES' BILL. Lord Asn LEY ZaVe notice that r;ttPriday the 22d of June, when - the order of the da v for the second reading of thefactories' regulation , bill . should call the attention of the house to the state of the law for- the regulation expressive of the regret of the house that sceh a state of things should be allowed to exist'su, • long without aniendinent—(hear, hear)—and,lest he might take the ooble lord by - surprise, he would now state that :he would 'most ussuredlril•ring forward that motion; and although , wily. o:le or two, gentlemen Should concur with him, he would take a division upon it. ELECTION PETITIONS. Sir ft.l"ert.-brought iu a bill for amending the laws relating . 'tomMe - ai of electitni- petitions. He was anxious to bring it forward for di - scussints at an early hour, when there was a pros 'fleet of Alarger attendance; but he was in the hands of the Thetifl was one so far of general interest as that it - cuntil , riotlse - 'considered in , the light of one brought in by a priiateiheraber - of tire house. - • Lord JOHN RUSSELL had stated to the house, that there were ,ieVeral - nine 'brought in, nut, only by the government, hut d isy . 'private members of the honse, which should be considered. Havihg already orange(' • the• orders of the day should take rectiet4 of notices, he was deprived of the power of accediug la' t i tre PrbpOsition now made by the right honourable baronet. kiii:tieivi•PEEL then gave notice, that he should move the second Veilditig of toe bill on Wednesday week. aIUNICIPALCORPORATiONS (IRELAND). teirrielni•:Ressust., in rising to move the further progress of this bill,. would say, by way of preface to the motion, that the house 'in general would feel it more convenient that the •hilYiaerng been gone through committee pep furnu2, and with ont havtlig been regularly . discussed, that it should be re comineted;'-rather than that the discussion ShUtild be taken upen . the bringing up Of the report.- He therefore moved that the - bill 'berescommitted: • • . . On the motion that the Speake r d o le a v e th e Chair ; 111 r; O'CONNe - et, rose 'and said: I request the indelgence of the house; while l'atteinpt to give reasoirewhy this' bill should nut ' be re-coininitted at present. Aly object in delay is, that I may have au opportunity of niaturing such materials as have come into my possession 'lately, ad' that' I May be enabled to sheiv - the houselhnt thepropOsed plan Ought not to be adopted, esneeially with regard to the•eity rtf Dubin,. I mean to call the attention of the house to the particular situation in which the .(,:apchise in that city is placed, and to shew the impossibility of• ' , riving a good municipal f ra n c hi se t o th e e l ec t ors o f t h at city; unless the house Was•in'pessessiOn of more facts than it at Present had knowledge of. When "a prospect was held out of conceding to the . Irish people nionicipal institutions—when it was diseoYered id Ireland that th - A opposition party in this house had given up their intentions of destroying municipal corpora tiiihs, it was received with unthingled satisfaction; and the lurking suspicion which dwelt' npantny mind, that it would all turn out u delusion, did not find place - in the breasts of my eoulitrycoen.' In order to understand the sentimeet that thus preyails, the house ought distinctly to know what it is the peo ple of Ireland require in this respect. 'Whey know Scotland has got a corporate reform bill upon the parliamentary franchise. They know that England has got a municipal reform bill under another franchise. In England and Scotland theparliamentary franchise is different. In England it depends on the rating of the party to the poor. Each requires residence. The residence is-required to be hewer in England than in Scotland. The English Ponr-law Bill is - coupled with the necessity of triennial residence, and payment of rates, previous to the iegistry. It is desired to get either the Scotch plan or the English plan, and it is posSible to realise it in every thing but in the payment of poorsrates, evhich, , of course, cannot tee expected in Ireland; therefore, calling for the English plan would be an absur (thy on-the face of it, there having been - no poor-rates there. The government proposed a six-months' residence prior to the registry, a paetnent of the triennial poor-rates. That was tlituk, , ht too shorr a period by'the right hfm. baronet, and he substituted one year's residence in place of half a year. That was hiS proposal. I err. ready to accede to his prnposal--ofH course, I am speaking of the substitute for the by-gone iiayruentsl of poor-rates. His proposal was to substitute an actual resi deuceeoftwelse month. I adept his substitute' and, adopting iris'substitute in every other respect, I call on the house to give to the people. of Ireland either the English or the Seotch bill. iesbe eirconastauces in which Ireland now is, I would infinitely prel'er . - the Scotch system. It is inure simple, and it affords materials whicli we have in Ireland. If the house would give uethe bill; with the Scotch municipal franchise, t will accept it cheerfully and gratefully. But if the house refuse us the bill, 'which I should prefer, and give us the English Bill, identify us With' - I:riglish institutions in this respect,•l will ;Adopt it,at.eece, althougn reluctantly, on account of its eoini - ifications. But 1 will receive it. as a alattPr cc;nciliation ru-nd jubtwo to Ireland. 1 want either throne dull or the other. . Mr; ifole seconded the motion. No Member having risen for seine moments'after the Speaker had pit 'toe question and amendment, much laughter was ex cited on the opposition side of the lionse, when Lord J. RUS SELL estentually rose to address it. The noble lord said he was not aware . how his rising on such a question could occasion any !engines in the house. If it was time opinion of the house that the bill should be postponed for a short period, he would have po objection to concede to the wishes of the house. (Hear, heal%) . Sir F. PEEL conceived the noble lord had charge of the bill. If he (Sir IL Peel) -had made such a proposition at so advanced a period of the session, it might naturally be interred that he wished to postpone the' consideration of the bill for another session. (Loud cneere) If the noble lord made his election to postpone the blenstanding there as the representative' of the goYernment, the house could not interfere. ( Hear, hear.) He ('Sir H. Peel) certainly would not recommend its postpone ment. He would leave it to the noble lord to determine whether he would postpone the committee or not. •Lerd JOHN. RUSSELL thought it would be much better for fhe house to go into committee to-night. Considering the number of 'irtem . ners present, he thought, whatever was determined in 'econinittee, that an opportunity should be afforded to the hon. and learned member of statint , '' the facts to which he had ad vert,td, relative to the city of Dublin. lie thought that the faCts tOowed . a difference between the city of Datr:in and other towns. is ireiand and this country, and he thought the bill ought not to pss through the house without the case of Dublin being considered. But the house might now go iuto committee, and take the general question of the franchise. The question was then put on the amendment, and negatived without a divisiOn ; and the house went into committee. •-• .-The house having gone into committee, the clauses, up to five inclusive, were postponed • and the sixth was taken into consideration. This, it. will be recollected, fixes the qualifica tion fora municipal elector; and when the bill was lately be fore the house, £5 per annum was inserted . as the amount of rent required to be paid for the purpose of the 'payer becoming entitled- to a vote. • Sir R. PEEL rose and said—Sir, the hon. and learned gen tleman, the member for Public], has stated, that the speech de livered by toe in this house some days ago, expressive of a hope that the three questions respecting Ireland, which had remained so long unsettled, might he brought to a satisfactory issue, had • beenreceived in that country with unanimous satisfaction and applanse, but that I had subsequently spoken in a manner to ' disappoint the 'hope which that speech had created. Now, I stn sure it will be in the recollection of all who heard me on ' the occasion to which - the hon. and learned member alludes, that I distinctly stated, on that occasion, that I was willing to withdraw toy opposition to the Municipal Corporation Bill upon rTo.urfri, which 'I then fully explained. (Cheers.) Those grounds were, that the municipal franchise - in Ireland should be ' n£lo franchise of a clear value to that amorint, and that the teat of that value should be the test of rating. .Upon that point , there cnuld be no mistake. (Cheers.) I, therefore, again ap :.peal to. the liberal f.leliug and considerate judgment of the !muse if this proposal ought not to be adopted, as moderate, . reasonable, and just. I Cheers.) Let not, this question be • . int:died upon as a party question, or as one in .which it is ihtkid'ect• by Me to offer any insult to Ireland, (Cheers.) I only call upon the house to hear my arguments with attention, ' and ceuaider tnein with deliberation. I adhere to• the proposi- VOnI Made on the former night, because I have been convinced, liy;sijltsequent.deliberatioo,.that,it is a just and reasonableone., r as k ,t,,it : has- fieen' :Objected 'to - me,' that I am going, to raise the poor man's 'franchise in Ireland. No! I am going to make a ;new franchise altogether,—not going to raise the amount of any qualiticatien, unless it had heretofore been previously unfairly taken at. far less than it was sworn to be. (Hear, hear.) Then, assuredly, I am going to raise it to the amount to which it pro fesse,a.to be, and which it ought to be. (Hear, hear.) I utterly disclaini any desire - to continue to monopolise for any party the inflhence in corporate affairs. I also decidedly disclaim any desire to establish a virtual £I4 franchise. I believe that we shall find. that what I have proposed will be fully sufficient in the way of precaution,—occultation for 12 months, residence for 6 months, and qualiiication by the poor-rate about to be esta blished; there being no other eqUable test that can be rendered . available in Ireland, I have attempted to show that the £IQ . franchise is neither unreasonable in itself nor unnecessary, nor unsupported by precedent in England and Scotland; and that in these eleven towns it will not give the Protestants or the pro fessors of any religious faith an undue preponderance. The measure. such as it is, is one of mutual concession and com promise; for I was called on to. Make sacrifices as well as you, and feet in so doing I have done my duty. if you accept it— (Cries of "Never")—it may pass into a law that may lay the foundations of peace and good will in Ireland, and ensure for the towns that good local government which is so much to be desired for the welfare of all patties, and which it now rests with von to attain. (Cheers, and cries of "Never" from Messrs. O'Connell, Shell, &c.) Lord JOHN RUSSELL very much regretted that the right hon. baronet had, after the consideration he had bestowed on this subject thought proper to persevere in his proposition. The right hon baronet was correct in gating, 'that those on the mi nisterial side of.t he house did not agree Whist former proposition to adopt the £lO rate for England, but the objection was not that the rate was various iu different parishes. He ( Lord John Ressell) had said them if it were adopted great numbers of per sons would be disfranchised, to whom the government honestly intended to bestow. the franchise. As to the Scotch bill, whe ther the franchise adopted tinder it was the best that could have been chtsen or not, he was not.then prepared to argue, but if the question were put to him whether this bill should, with re gard to the franchise, tie made like the Scotch bill, or whether even the Scotch franchiSe should be extended, he roust candidly renfeSi that he should rather he inclined to agree to the latter proposition. (Cheers.) With reeard to the Eugli-h municipal aet, they might look in 'vaiti Cur any f.:10 franchise. seCompanied withal rats ;.• and lie must he nlin‘%ed in s , IY, u" fir iii any preeedeia or be titer sinrtion woe concerned, tlie,pr,:pei nositioo ef..the rieht hoe. veil - Ile:win ittvolveil qii o ; i r wat i" higher tt.iip that of the %et e fer_an n, ,, 21,er i t itariiiv, rim' it or tor English or eeenc,loys, (lear.) 'ta w r i g t io i t in!) : th,,,t he Jt,.il 1;:itow iiptny instiiher.s 4.l . ll4!•l:lofratteltise fer teeieber,4 of I,;:rlin.:i:el:(inkvi3.l,4 been abwed..,. ( Lord J. Russell) w h flr4];i ot point, - on - the parent oienSior. (Hear.) Ile ii rea..ty 1. . n aomitiiHt: rafirig should be taken :Is a tCst of the qua liheation,„(9,r the frau- , clinic under this bill,—(cheers)—hut LA a (Hear ) 11.4 - shrinlil have been content, to anxious was he to come to an amicable adjut trnent of lois oaestion—(hear) , -- , either with some diminution of the proposed 1, - 10 franchise, or some modification of the £ 5 Patiehise ; -'--(hear) but merely to rise and Make a proßosition With the.certainty of having it rejected by the hon. gentlemen at the other side, of the house would be idle on his part—(cheers fibm the ministerial side)—and he must therefore content himself with simply opposing the £lO franchise of the hon. gentleman. (Cheering.) Sir E. SLGDEN was understood to argue, that a person claim ing to vote for miinicipal• councillors in Ireland should not merely occupy, as shetest of his qualification, a house rated un der the poor law at £lO a-year, nut that he should for Such house pay a clear rent •of 110 after the deduction of all other charges, &c. connected with it. The ATTonNEY.GRNEIcAI, contended that the effect of the proposition of his right hon. friend would be to raise the fran chise higher in Ireland than in Scotland.and in England. The right tin. gentleman opposite had contended for a test of value, and that such test should be - the assessment. Now, asin the assessment allowance necessarily would be made for a dedoc tion for outgoings,. taxes, repairs, insurances, and similar charges, it would necessarily follow, that the man who paid ten pounds a-year rent would not be rated, at more than eight, pounds; so that, if being rated at ten pounds were to be made the test of value, one-half of those who would be otherwise en titled to vote would be disfranchised. In the Irish poor law bill a deduction was made for all outgoings for repairs and in; sura‘ices; and though 110 a-year was the parliamentary fran chise, if the proposed test was adopted, it would not "be the municipal franchise. Sir FoI.I.ETT said, they were all - agreed as to the want of some test of qualification. - (Hear.) But then it - twat . _ urged from the other side, that to take the assessment of the.poors' rate as a test would have the effect of raising the value of the franchise ahove £10; but that .they bad nwohjectiun to Mar mode which would be free from this disadvantage: Mr. SHEII, declared that he, like Sir Robert Peel, desired " uniforMity" in the matter ott he inutticipalfranchise•, but he looked to a " nobler uniformity".than thnt,contepplated..4y the right ho . n. baronet—he looked to rin ifUrinity, not between various towns in7tirvlanit. but. - to , Ainiforiiiity:hetWeeli Ireland and England. ,The whole condisct of <the,Fonaeryatives indicated a desire to depress the Roman Cat Ireland. - Ser.R. Pi.EL begged to repeat that 4Won:y desired n'honci . fide Ell/franchise. , e did . otdesiretwitweast thefranch ise, If it could be proved that 'the proposed test of rating would really raise the propOsed , qualifieatiri of "tio-abii444;l9, there was no fair modification of the test to which :he- sung& not consent. O'C'OxOtt,t, declared that Sii'llobert Peel had'insulted , Ireland; by aceusing I rlsh . rnen of proneness to perjury; an lin putittion Which Sir Robert ; with much earnestness-repelled.. • The committee then divided.. when there appeared , —Foribe clause, 7 / 3 6; against it, 266; Majority; '2O. • ' • On the motion of Lord joniki linsasa.L. the hotisa thensre gamed. liq)ort to be received on Friday. HOUSE OF LORDS.—Tuitsnr. The Bit Lop of EXETUR gave notice that on bringing op the report of the Oaths Validity Bill, be would move an amend ment Lori DENmAN's bill, to enable the Court of Queen's Bench to hold sittings in bonco after term, went through committee. • The Impri'sonmem, for Debt Bill was, after some discussion, read the third time and passed.—Adjourned. HOUSE OF VOMMONS.—Tussoay. • . The Earl of Lirscor.N reported from the Woodstock eTection committee, that the Marquis of 3landford had been duly elected. Mr. GILLON deferred his motion regarding international com munication, until the 234 inst. Mr. WA RBURTON called the atteoliort of the house to the petition from the county of CarmartL en, complainiug of the• interference of the steward of a peer at the-Jett election; but, after some conversation on the subject the motion was negatived without any division. Mr Git.t.ON deferred, till a supply night, his notice to call attention to the allowance to the Duke or Susser, as Compared with those hitherto enjoyed 'by the other branches of the royal family. Mr. O'CostNEt.t. moved that -the evidence taken liefore the select committee appointed to inquire into the working of the negro apprenticeship in 1837 should be laid before the hogse, which was ordered. COL SIOTHORP made some inquiry as to whether the govern. or of Bermuda was appointed. Lord J. Russs.t.r; answered—Yes, and Gazetted some time ago. - - Mr. Hut said that he should defer his motion for an inquiry into the "fluctuations of the currency," &c, as he doubted not that the house would be " counted out ;" but he should move it when the next vote of supply was proposed. The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER said that neither he nor the bank would resist fairinquiry; but if the ()Ned were to break any engagement entered into with the Bank of England, be-should deem it his duty to resist the committee. At the same time, he thought an inquiry, with such limitation, was too im portant to be begun, except at a per;od when'the inquiry c ou ld be completed. _ _ _ Mr. l'Arrtsox said that the bank was ready to nice:, and it would not shrink from the fullest inquiry. • Mr. HUME answered that he sought not to unsettle engage ments, only to show that the system pursued had led to pre judicial results, and that they might have been averted. Agreeing that the inquiry ought not to be interrupted when commenced, he should propose t 4 as.early as possible next seasion, if then in the house. .- Lord J. RVSSELL stated, in answer to Sir E. Knatchbull's inquiry, that the papers regardi ng th e K ent i s h r i ots no d ou b t would be ready to-day. The house adjourned by half after eight o'clock. HOUSE OF COMMONS.--WEDNESDAY. The Speaker took the chair at four o'clock. A lengthened discussion took place on the pre'priety of print ingthe report of the standing committee on the Leith Harbour Bill, which was ultimately agreed to. • Mr LASOUCii ERR then brought in the bill, which was,read a first lime. The Itigio fl.n. Gent. staid it was n o t 66 intentiuu to pass,the bill through parliament during the presdut session. Several petitions were presented, and some enclosure and es tate hills forwarded a stage.. Mr. ROUNn moved for an extension of time for committee on the Eastern Countiq Railway to make their report, Leave was given until the Ist day of July. . FREEMAN'S A 6NIisSION BILL. Mr. WiLt.tams moved that the house resolVe itself into com mittee on the Freeman's Admission Bill. Alter a few words from Mr. H UNT, The SPEAKER left the chair, and the house went into com mittee vtahout discussion. Report to-morrow. RATING OF TRNRMENTS BILL. • Mr. PRYME moved the second reading of the Rating of Tene ments Bill, and the Payment of Bates Bill. After a desultory 'conversation the Hon. Member postponed the second reading until this day week. SPIRIT LICENSES (SCOTLAND) BILL. The hnuse then went into committee on the Spirit Licenses (Scotland) Bill. Sir G. CLERK opposed one of the clauses in the bill, on the ground that it took away a salutary jurisdiction from the ma gistrates in granting licenses to putilic-houses. If the bill passed in its general shape, whatever irregularities were coinniitte.l in license the magistrates would not be able to t a k e awa y a license when it had ever been granted. The Hon. Member concluded by moving, that the chairman of the committee do now leave the chair. He made this motion for the purpose of getting rid of the bill altogether this Session. Mr. GILLON supported the clause, and opposed the motion that the chairman do leave the chair. After a few observations from Sir G. STRICKLAND and Mr. R. STUART, the committee divided, when there appeared— For Sir G. Clerk's motion .... Against it ...• Majority for the motion, .... The bill was consequently lost. The house then went into committee on the Hackney Car riages Metropolis Bill. •••• 31 (Left sitting.) CRICKET MATCH.—On, Tuesday evening last a match was played between the Liverpool and Wavertree (Nubs. on the ground of the former, who won the match with five wi ckets to go down. We subjoin the score:- Ist Innings. WAVERTUEE. 2(1 Innings. Miller 0 bowled by Belgrave 23 caught by Ashton El'erten' 3 Ditto 3 bowled by Pa!grave J, Hind 3 caught by Eaton 5 Ditto Bower I bowled by Pa'grave 3 not out Tobin 25 caught by Parker I run out .. _ J. Garnett 12 caught by Potts 4 caught by Parker Mills 4 caught by Burgoyne 2 bowled by Eaton J. Lyon I bowled by Palgrave 1 run out Belcher 3 bowled by Eaton 1 caught by Crooke Hill 4 not out 0 bowled by Eaton Knyvett U bowled by Palgrave 0 bowled,by Palgrave 56 Byes 1 43 Byes I 57 44—T0ta1..101 Ist Innings .LIVERPOOL. • 2nd innings -F. Potts 2 bowled by Garuett 11 caught by Tobin . _ Tml 2 Ditto 9 bowled by Garnett 'Dickson-. 1 bowled by. Miller,. 3 eaughttby Mills Eaton 11 bowled by Garnett N. Crooke 6 Ditto 1 run out Sims 0 bowled by Miller 1 not out Burgoyne 29 not out 3 hit wicket C. Ashton 6 bowled by Garnett 5 not out Parker 0 Ditto -- ~s- . . Palgrave 1 Ditto . ~:: , 44fttNi , J. Neilson 9 bowled by Miller si t ? ;t 'f_ k i rvi & - . .._ 67 33 ,es-34-6' W10414111+ Byes .... 2 Byes I -007:tui4vens 66—Total:.103' SPECIMEN OP THE BATHOS.—At ameeting'of the Mechanic's Institution in Greenock lately, the Rev. Mr. Jeffrey of the Re lief Church; who averred that he had equal pleasure in address ing "the ploughman with his horny hnof(be must have meant the ploughman's horse,) and the unwashed mechanic," stated the cause of Britain's glory in the following terms---"Thiscoun try has been ennobled above all other things by the refining of sugar!" Surely Mr. Jeffrey must have a great attachment to a good cup of flowqua's tea. CURIOUS COINCIDENCE.—An Irish friend of ours, who had been long connected with the parliamentary reporting depart ment of the press, about eleven years since determined to trans fer his talents to Paris, awl previous to his departure call e d in at the gallery of the House of Commons to say adieu to his old companions, at which time he left Joe Hume speaking on the slave trade. Last week he turned on a flying trip and again entered the gallery, when, to his astonishment, the first voice he heard was that of the said Joe Horne, still harping on the same subject. "My God!" he exclaimed, "hasn't he dune yet?" —Shejfiekt Iris. THE SHIPPING AND MERCANTILE GAZETTIL—ThiIjOUTRRI, published in a morning and evening edition, contains all the information essential for merchants and shipowners.. who may be desirous of possessing.early intelligence. In every English and foreign port, where it is practicable to procure Intelligent and active correspondents, the Shipping Gazette hat lavished capital, influence, and energy. We are glad to find that the spirited proprietors have succeeded in establishing this really valuable paper in every seaport town. UNPRECEDENTED SPEED.—We have heard of quick passages by steatii• vessels, but the speed of the' Royal 'William. on her last trip from London, surpasses any thing of the kind that has ever reached our ears. l'hat splendid vessel arrived from • tornlon• this morning, and we are informed by:a passenger, that she . wiis only•fittt-seven hours steaming until she arrived in Kinzstown Hatlit;ur, having touched at Falmouth and Prymouth on her voyage. The run from Plymouth to Falmouth (forth -five tulles) was most extraordinary, having been performed in three hOurs; and from Falmouth to Kingstown Harbour, a distance of 260 miles, in the unprecedented short space of twenty-three hours.—Dublin Past. IDOLATRY IN INDIA. On Tuesday a meeting was held at the Atuphitheattie, in pur= suance of a resolution passed at th.t late anniversary of the Church Missionary Association, for the purpose of adepting a netitioo, praying the legislature to interfere iu preventing the subjection of British officers in India, military runt civil, to at tendance to honour heathen and idolatrous worship and cere monies. The boxes of the spacious amphitheatre were nearly titled with ladies, and a considerable number or gentlemen oc cupied the pit. On the platform were a majority of the clergy of the town and neighbourhood, and amongst them several ministers of various denominations of Christians. We should imagine about SOO persons were present, of whom about two thirds were ladies. ~At the appointed hour of meeting, twelve o'clock, Adam Hoirgson, Esq., took the chair. After request in, the Rev. Mr. Buddicorn to open the proceedings of the meeting with prayer The Cu a 111 aN said, it was hardly necessary for him to state, that the subject on which they were met was one of deep and serious importance, involving no less than the religious charac ter of this cOuntry and the religious liberty of a large and meri torious class of their fellow countrymen in lndia. It was a sub ject perhaps less understood than many of those discussed in those walls, and it would therefore be his duty briefly to lay • before them a general statement of the case. The subject had been Met with two or three objections at the threshold. It had been stated, that it did not belong to the people to meddle with questions of this kind, and that the character of the people was greatly injured by this perpetual excitement, and that these Quixotic expeditions to distant lands rather indicated an un sound than a sound feeling. These objections were not appli cable to the present case. It might be true that excitement was often an evil, but it was often necessary to excite; and surely excitement were great moral and religious questions were in volved was far more befitting their characters as men than in difference and cold selfishness. It might be said, that this was an affair of the government and not of theirs. Were they thus ready to leave to the spontaneous efforts of the government those questions in which their interests were involved, or did they not on those occasions• petition and memorialize members of parliament as if their object was to make it more embarass ing to ministers to refuse than to, grant their requests ? and why were they to be so energetic when their own interests were con cerned; and so callous when the interests of religion were in volved. (Hear ) - The rig inertice of the government was only to be overcome•by the rivila ris anima of the people. The first • subject for bin to bring before them was the pilgrim tax, which was collected from the worshippers at the pagados in India. Collectors were appointed by the British governtnent in India to collect this tax, which was appropriated to keeping the pa gados in repair,- the roads to them passable, and rendering them safe for the pilgrims to travel on; the surplus was remitted to the treasurer of the company, 'and was sent along with other parts of the revenue for the payment of the government. He dared not expose to view the scenes which were carried on at these pagados, nor the cruelties which were practised there: but they were such as would scarcely find a parallel in any other nation on the globe. Upwards of one million and a half ster ling was collected front the pilgrims to these idolatrous places of worship in the shape of tax. ::.;o1 a clear profit of above a mil lion sterling was paid to the East :ndia Company. The Chair man then proceeded to read several extracts on the subject of the idolatrous worship in India, and one document, addressed by the director of the company in England to the Governor General in India, in 1533, expressing the decided wish of the directors that this tax should be put an end to, as it tended to mix up the government with the direct support of the heathen worship, by exhibiting the British power in connexion with idolatrous practices. This document had been read in July, 1833, in Calcutta, but had produced no results, anti no steps had been taken to put an end to the system. The Chairman then proceeded to read a document, signed by a great number of the ntilitary and civil officers in India. and transmitted to the go vernment. It was dated from the Fort of St. George, and set • forth the grievance of the petitioneri being obliged either to obey orders to attend at idolatrous worship and ceremonies, fire salutes at them, and apparently partake in the worship, or be dismissed the service. The reply to this memorial was, that none of these practices should be discontinued without a special order from the government, and the government had not done anything. He felt that it was unnecessary to proceed with this documentary evidence. He felt very certain, that he had made out a case fro- their supervision. He would ask whether it be came Great Britain, so pre-eminently blessed, to defile herself with the superstitious and abominations of India? They did not seek to interfere with the religious rights of the people of India; the question was, whether the British people should be coele participators in those rights, and derive a revenue from then;• They had no right to compel the natives of India to p ar t a k.e of the rites of Christian worship, but they sought also to relieve their own suns, Christian Britons, from being cora -1 pelled to Like part in heathen worship, or, as the alternative, ' resign their L 'ommissions. He alluded to the noble example of Sir Peregrine ,Maitland, who, sooner than contrary to his con science take pa; - t in, and give honour to, idolatrous worship, had resigned his co:ntnissiou as commander in chief at Madras, with a pay of £15,900 a year. His name would be handed down to posterity with a Schwartz, a Carey, a Buchanan, and a Henry Martin. Why was this sacrifice necessary ? It was said that if they interfered ,at all with the idolatrous worship as at present carried on, it would endanger the stability of our Indian empire. So they were told when they wanted] to send their missionaries to India, anti for a long time they could only find their way there through the Liniffi: States of America. Would it be believed that in the 19th • century, British missron , aries were contraband when sailing it; British bottoms. So they had been told when they wanted ft, prevent the immola tion of widows and infants. The stability of ourlndian empire, • as if India with all his prodig,ality of wealth coold be set foT one single moment in competition with one great immoral. Such conduct was a degradation of the religion of their country by their uncotnprornising fidelity to their God. It wa.s said they ought to defer to the opinion of practical men on the ; not. If there were any whose opinion he differed from in questions of this kind it y-as practical men on the spot; so far as his expe rience went he knew no class of men whose opinions were .so erroneous, and whose prognostications were so different from I the event, and they were very often unable to give information of what transpired in the adjoining street. Their suggestions were often nothing vo.r. than the promptings of fears or indif ference, or an undefined fear or danger. It was said thevought to submit to the imperial legislature of this country, to that Im perial legislature they were about to address themselves, and if they did their duty he was sure the legislature would not per mit the continuance of laws injurious alike to the interest and character or the state. The 11ev. T. TA TTERSII A LL, who rose to move the first reso lution—" That this meeting, deeply interested in the propoga tion of the Gospel of our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ, does sincerely regret, and boldly condemn, the obstacles thrown in the way of that propagation, by the conduct of the government of India, in openly encouraging the ceremonies and services of idolatory, and deriving a revenue therefrom." It was with the most unfeigned diffidence that he ventured to present himself before the notice of the meeting, and if he might have consulted his own feelings, he should have preferred being silent. But there were cases when to be silent would be sinful, and he could not answer to his conscience if he were not to obey the call now tnade upon him. His mind had for some time been made ac quainted with the nature of the subject before them, from having read the researches of Dr. Buchanan in India, and he could tint but express his unfeigned regret that the subject had been allowed so long to remain dormant ; and he prayed God, that the sin of neglect might not be laid to his charge From the extracts read, it ought to be remembered, that the government in India was acting in contempt of the government at home. It was well known, that one of the gentlemen present at the discussion on this subject, in the Court of Directors of the East India Company, (Sir Charles Forbes,) had expressed his regret that a single missionary had ever been permitted to set his toot in India. Such an expression was extremely hasty and incon siderate, or far more wicked; for, if deliberately uttered, it amounted to a deliberate desire that the Elindoos should never attain to the eternal happiness of Heaven.- He could readily believe that that gentleman had entertained very lax ideas in deed respecting the religous condition of mankind, or rather of the prospects of mankind generally, considered as accountable beings. Perhaps he might have entertained the notion that, as some had expressed it, heaven was a place of very easy access, that there was one door for the Jew and another for the Chris tian, and another fur time Mahommedan and another for the H indoo • he (Mr. Tattershall) should like him to read one of the articles of the Church of England, where it was set out that "through the name of Jesus Christ only men must be saved." He could only pray, that this gentleman might come to the knowledge of the value of his own soul, and then he would know the value of the souls of others. Mr. Tattershall then proceeded to read extracts from Dr. Buchanan's work, showing the nature of the worship of Juggernaut, and the practices of the pilgrims who paid the tax to perform them, which went to enrich the cof fers of the English government. " When 50 miles from Jugger naut," says the Doctor, " We know we are approaching it from the human bodies which are strewed by the way." The extract then went on to describe the arrival of large bodies of pilgrims, who kept continually shouting in honour of Juggernaut as they' arrived, and who were continually dying in the fields and open air from fever, and dysentery, and famine; some front improper exposure in their pilgrimage from the northern parts of Hindos tan, and some from famine, in not having had enough to support life in the journey on which they had set out. Hundreds of women were crushed to death by the pressure of the crowd, whilst the fields around were strewed with the dead and the dying, their unburied bodies) being devoured by the dogs and the vultures. It was estimated by the 11ev. Mr. Ward that 4000 pilgrims perished every year on the roads to the holy places. These idolatrous festivals to which the pi4iriuts came were in a great measure sustained and encouraged by the receiving of the pil grim tax. He did not mean to charge the government in India with designedly bringing all this miserv - on the people; but they were participating in a measure which supported this horrid system. He believed, with Dr. Buchanan, that the tax was originally imposed for a benevolent purpose, but it had failed in its object. It was the custom for individuals to go about to in duce pilgrims to go to Juggernaut, and these persons, on proving to the collector that they had induced so many pilgrims to come, were paid at the rate of so much per head, so that the British government was positively paying missionaries to procure idola trous worshippers, and that for their own benefit in the increased ' receipt of the pilgrim tax. And why, then, should the tax he abolished ? Because, in the first place, they should never be partakers in other mens sins. By the East India Company re ceiving these taxes and supplying the necessaries fur the idola trous worship: beyond all question a credit was given to idolatry, and it was raised and elevated in the eyes of the natives in aman ner in which it would not appear if the idolators were left to themselves. It was a great stumbling block to Christianity, in the minds of the poor /lit - Woos, because it would appear that their English governors were themselves convinced of the divinity of Juggernaut, in practice if not in actual profession and worship. He would not attempt to make any comments on facts such as these; he must leave them to their own effect on the minds of every one present. After several more quotations showing the connexion of the English government with the furtherance of the idolatrous worship, he concluded by moving the resolution. The 11ev. J. LISTER rose to second the resolution. It was with great satisfaction that be rose to give his decided approba tion of any measures consistent with time great principle of civil and religious liberty. He protested against the measure of of making British officers attend places of heathen worshi.pe, and that worship being promoted by a protecting tax, o, c ' t " , of . grownd of its open impiety; he conceived it to be _ open and undisguised rebellion against the being asndaanuthaority He spoke of Him who was King of kings, awl Lord of l"mrdr • in allowin„ in praise of the religious freedom of this c every man to worship as he thought best, none_ God and honour the un d ng to make him afraid. He felt bound to worb e i r p ea King, yet at the same time he eresrial was it as a special privi such a large share of lege, that under his government :l e well to the govern that government in religious freedom, and therefore be offic vr e is r h s e o ci f ment of his country. ceremonies was a violation of the rights India attend at heathenliat to ce,,r,:ination of Christians to which he of conscience. ThF, and ( s) " i l lad suffered exceedingly in their reli gious liberty in endeavouring to spread the gospel in India, , send out the missionaries in American a lmad only blVdntati Seer'ampore, which lvas a Danish iii settlement, and permission had be , e i r l i refused tothem to tut a college to e same difficulty had extra tided to the instruct the natives. missi;,naries of the Church of England ; and it wits no t hi s p e. cu liar v a .. ( h....initiation which was opposed, but Christia n ity vt hich wa s "IV' 9,-(1 by the English government in Indi a . li e con cluded with seconding the resolution, which, as were all the re solutions, was carried unanimously. The 11ev. T. Be han rose to more the next resolution—" That it appears to this (sleeting, on the authority of official doeu ineols. that British servants of the East India Ciiinpany are compelled, MI p.ltH of dismissal, to attend and take part in, the idolatrous ceietnenies of the heathen." Ile spoke at con siderable length and with much energy against the pH eriin tax. It . was a pr ou d d a y f or Li verpoo l t h at s h e h a d stood prominently forward, deaf to the suggestions of those lukewarm friends who would let matters take their own course, even with regard to the eternal interests of their fellow-crea tures. Liverpool should be named wherever this cause was ad vocated, and this cause should be advocated throughout the na tion. Ile had nothing to do with the fact of the disgusting and superstitious horrors of the Hindoo worship, but he had to do with the fact that British subjects were compelled to take a part iu their abominations, and he called upon the meeting to raise its voice against this till it should be put an end to. He ex pected the appeal that day would be responded to in such a way as that every voice would say, " away with it, away with it." ( Loud cheers.) They were bound, each of them, to interfere in putting a stop to this abomination. 'co refuse to do so was iutidelity ; it was heathenism; it was the murderous spirit that resided in the bosom of Cain which would reply, " I am not my brother's keeper." were each of them their brother' keeper, and unless they lifted their voice throughout the land to stay this abomination, they would stand in. the awful position of being responsible for their brother's being compelled to lino himself for earth or for eternity. The resolution was true in itself, and it was an absurdity to call on them to assent to it; if they had gone to an island in the South Seas and compelled the inhabitants to become Baptists, or Independents, or Methodists, or Protestants, what an outcry there would have been ! Ought not a similar outcry to be made in compelling Christian men to go and worship Hindoo devils? He concluded with moving the resolution. The Rev. ToEopti 'Les Lassen rose to second the resolution. He most cordially concurred in the sentiments which had been so powerfully expressed by the reverend gentleman who had preceded him. lie would not have obtruded himself on their notice if he had not felt that these were not times cowardly to s h r i n k i n t o the n oo k of personal obscurity. He deprecated a cowardly neutrality as ciiminal on questions of vital import ance. The administration of the government in India made this country an auxiliary to the most infernal superstition on the face of the earth. Por a long tone Christianity seemed to regard the idolatry of Juggernaut with a kind of awe from its remote antiquity : but the veil of mystery had been drawn aside, and eye witnesses had returned who had seen the horrors which it entailed. He trusted the feeling which had showed itself in Liverpool on this subject would spread throughout the land, till this abomination was put an end to, and the glory of England should no longer be shrouded by this cloud of dark ness. Ile concluded with seconding the resolution. The Rev. Dr. RA Lela rose to move the next resolution : "That the compulsion referred to in the preceding resolution, is still practised, in defiance of a despatch from the Court of Directors, dated Feb. 1833, commanding that it should cease. And that now, the Court of Directors, instead of enforcing their own commands, have practically connived at this violation, first, by refusing to allow any further remonstiance upon the subject; and secondly, by accepting the resignation of Sir Peregrine Maitland." He supported the resolution at consi derable length. [Our limits oblige us to curtail greatly what was spoken, which must be our apology for omitting much that was said by many of the speakers.] He contended that there could not be a greater obstacle in the way of the tree circulation of the truth, than by the continuance of the evil practises of idol worship which the government supported. They had only to persevere in simidir demonstrations of principle, to carry out only truth, for that they had with them, but numbers. It had been a profound remark of Talleyrand, that in order to carry the multitude, they must see that their views were rea sonable, and then they must make them plain to the multitude, that they should fully succeed. The Rev. R. P. IfUDDICOM, at considerable length, and with much eloquence, seconded the resolution. He called on the meeting —many, perhaps, had sons or relatives in India—to come forward and protect them from the contamination o f thi s idolatry, and from the conscientious scruples between their duty to their God and their Queen, imposed by being obliged to attend heathen worship. He stated, on the authority of Mr. Poynder's pamphlet, that owing to the punctuality of the annual festival of the worship of Juggernaut, the good faith of the government in paying the pilgrim collectors and the facilities afforded by government for pilgrims to attend at the shrine of Juggernaut, the worship of that idol was greatly increased, and 150,000 pil grims yearly crowded to the pagodas, of whom it was stated one third, or 50,000 annually perished in the pilgrimages from one cause or another. After passing a high encomium upon the high conscientious conduct of Sir Peregrine Maitland, he con cluded with seconding the resolution. The Rev. A. KNox, of Birkenhead, moved the next resolu tion—" That this meeting, while they endeavour to reach the Indian government, both at home and abroad, the medium of petitions to both houses of Parliament, do, at the same time, respectfully solicit the cordial co-operation of their fellow-coun trymen in the prosecution of an object which should be dear to every worshipper of a crucified Redeemer." The Rev. HUGH M'NEI Lie: rose to second the resolution, and was received with 'often renewed and loud applause. He felt that, at this time of the afternoon, it was necessary to be brief, and he should not, therefore, trust himself with any preliminary observations. But he could not turn round and look at the chairman without calling to remembrance the last time he had the pleasure of hearing him in that place, as the persever ing and consistent adversary of negro slavery, and be now saw him with equal consistency anti perseverance, the ad versary of slavery of every kind. They had it on the dis tinct authority of the inspired apostles; that when the Gen tiles offered to idols they offered to devils. The great slave holder of the fallen world was Beelzebub, the chief of devils. lie varied his altars to suit the various circumstances and et:- positions of men; he delighted in cruelty, and he delight.ot is falsehood. Cruelty was the characteristic of bodily slavery-- falsehood of mental slavery. So long as the vile, barbarous sa vage rights of Moloch, or i3aal, or Juggernaut could satisfy, for a time, the trembling consciences of guilty men, Satan triumph ed. So long as the love of money could bear down the love of justice and humanity, so that might usurped the place of right, and black men continued white men's slaves,. Satan triumphed. But it was not in these depths alone that Satan triumphed; so haog as fallen conscious men were occupied by the strivings of man to make his own peace with God—Satan triensaphed. So l ong a superstitious fear could be hushed, by o-cupying men amongst, creatures, hiding amongst the trees of the garden, diving into the various departments of the visible creation, and inventing a :espectable mode of diverting himself at a distance from his God, philosophy would answer the devil's purposes as well as idolat:v; and while Jesus Christ was hid, Satan tri umphed. They • Wcre concerned in making the Lord Jesus' Christ known—in proclaiming God's saving truth—that one only truth which could save; for without that truth in which God was exhibited in Chriist, reconciling the world to himself, no man living could be savei... l • Their concern was to make this known. They found many hiodrauces in the way. Those hin drances whieti were in the way o ver which they had no control, they could but bow before and pray' against; but the hindrances which wore the aspect of human irstervention, they could and they might to endeavour by their h:tercerence to remove. Human intervention was between them and this grand object in India. Thechairnian had already stated, and several of his rev. brethren who had followed his statements, and bad added to the documentary evidence laid before that ineetiu , k but he could not but think that the state of thi s q ues ti on was such that there would remain, still an inquiry on the minds of many of their friends. He had taken the pains of making a few brief ex tracts from documents of unquestionable authority, which were laid before the Court of Directors by Mr. Poynder, and he would briefly read one or two statements which would give them a notion, though a faint one perhaps, as far as it went, c:f what men were required to do who served in India. With record to the character of the heathen ceremonies that had beau so much spoken of that day, he had an extract which showed the light in which they were viewed by the natives themselves. " In 182-t, the Rajah of Mysore requested government to allow him to perform an idol feast which had before been per formed by the government. He was allowed that year, but afterwards the government again took it into their own hands." This showed the light in which the idolatrous natives contem plated these feasts. It Was in vain to say that government was not doing 'an ilolatrous act, an act which one of the idolatrous chiefs made a request to have permission to do, and did on such permission. Then came government again anti took it out of his hands for no assigned reason, and deprived the Rajah of Mysore of the privilege he hail enjoyed for one Year. This stamped the character of the act in the eyes of the native idolaters themselves. With respect to thi§wery feast. " Mr. Place, the collector, presented tot e idol jewels, and a head ornament called calel.'a tourah, worth 1,000 star pagodas. Lord Clive, on occasion of his personal visit to the Garudant saram, presented a makankinty or breast ornament, worth 1,050 pagodas. Mr. Collector Garrow presented a ehandraharam, or golden necklace, worth 500 pagodas; and on the day of the fast the collectors continue to present every year one lace garment, worth about 100 rupees." So here was this idol dressed in jewels, head ornaments, breast ornaments, and lace garments, presented by Lord Clive, Mr. Place, Mr. Collector Garrow, and every collector since, from the British government. Now, here was a tangible fact. He would read now the orders of the governor- in 1828. His authority for this extract was still Mr. Poynder, as reported in the Asiatic Journal, of November, 183 i. Mr. Poynder had quoted this in the court of directors. - " The Right Honourable the Governor in Council, adverting to the smallness of the sum which is annually required for the celebration of the feast of the Madras Goddess, and to the difficulty which has always been experienced in evading the established collections, is pleased to authorise the collector of Madras, in communication with the superintendent of police, to cause the supply of the articles and attendants necessary for a due celebration of the festival„according to the scale which has hitherto been observed, and to release the native inhabitants of Madras from the charge. It will be the special duty of the superintendent of police to give general information of the con siderate instructions of the govenor, and to prevent individuals being improperly called upon for subscriptions." This corresponded exactly with an extract he had taken down from one of the Church Missionary reports, wherein a Mr. l. Applecate found the natives expressing their dislike s topay wa o s r the heathen temples for conducting the feasts. unwilling t o then for the nature of the case; the natives were iieroalpg the usual idol worship, and what did the g" l e arra r s g i e n connexion ? he was pleased to authorise the collector of I‘ , ofthe • 1 supply articles the superintendent of police to cause the festivalthe and attendance necessary for the due celebration of to relieve hitherto observed, an d e. It would be the na tive inhabitants of Madras from the charg to give intimation of especial duty of the superintendent of po lic e toprevent the considerate intentions of the govern ment . . indivi duals on for subscriptions. 'There was being improperly calle d not on ly a for bearance , from interference with the cer emon i es o f the natives, it was not merely the allowance of their feasts , but • ation of the fes tivities of the Maras he articles for attendancr 9a the celebration supplying I d Goddess. This was another t ang ibl e f act. Again he had " the garrison o rders. " "June 20, 1836. A royal salute to be fired from the saluti ng at noon to-morrow, on the occasion of the Pungan Fes battery June 21, 183 _ . , 6• 10-day a royal salute to be fired on rival. ofthe H. n , an Festival." occasion The poogan festival was held in honor of the sun, and was held to propitiate the sun and thank him for having ripened the fruits, and offerings were made at the Pungan festival. On that oc casion there was an order from head quarters for a royal salute to be fired by British troop , . The Hannan festival was held in great honor by the Aiiihomedans, and was celebrated in the month in which they believed that the Koran was dropped down from heaven to Mahornet ; and here again there came an order to British troops to celebrate that festival by a royal salute. Again— "To-morrow by the conclusion of the Rang to Festival, a company complete, under the command of an officer in full dress, with one drutnmer and one fifer front the 46th regiment, native infantry; as well as a brigade of six pounders, with the requisite party of artillery attached, to parade to-morrow at the church or square in the fort. A royal salute to be fired in the church : another at the eedgah, (place of idol worship) and a third on the return of the procession to the fort. The artillery alluded to were Europeans, and they are employed on their duty from 5 a.m. till 3 p.m., required to accompany this Mohair pro ( ession to this house of worship and hack." It was quite necessary that there should be something, tangible in the way of fact to be supplied, that they might repre sent%shy it amongst their ne i g hbou r s as reasons • 'they proceededthus. The argumentation of this question was another subj ject which deserved attention. He held an extract from a letter %I - linen by a British officer to a friend at home, stud he produced it on the 'same authority—the aulholity of Mr Poi:niter in the court of directors. (The rev. gentleniatt here introduced au extract from Mr. l'oy mkt 's speech.) — This was the pred icemen t in which our brethren in India were placed. They were reduced to the aiternare ye of breaking the eeiniea nde of the government which they them selves say would I Mu any ,trniy, or else of vielating the cornmaticie unit aof God. it was a case of grievous hardship. It was impos tug a test. In order to hold office under Ihe govern mot of belie, her majesty's subjects were required to submit to a test, cud that test was, participation in heathen and rnahoinedan idolatry. This was not an age for imposing tests; they had seen what many of them believed tobe the test of truth removed from this land with great triumph and congratulations amongst all who called them selves liberal; and where did they find the rallying cry of these liberals to take away this vile 'heathen test. There were ten times as many men in Liverpool as would fill that place to overflowing, who would lush there to have a cry of down with our glorious test, There were thousands to cry hosannah at the fall of the test of Jesus Christ; where were they now ? When they met to pull down the test of evil, why was not that place crammed with all manner of Christians who would say, "we will never submit to have a test imposed on a brother to kneel down at an altar of the devil." (Great cheering.) If British suhjerts in India were required bee some native governor to contribute to his religion subjects to reside within some principality which had n"t been- added to the empire of the East India Comeau! * * and suppos ing ing they were required by some native Rajah to p a Y ‘ ee I don't the support of his worship, and the Rajah said to them, require you to attend these services; you are at —supposing British wor ship God freely as you will ; but if you live in my country , st 01 1 1 obtain the advantages of the protection of my laws, 1 nisi 2, your paying to the supprt of my religion, which I believe the support of that law," If this were all, we would say we have notbilaws ng to complain of., We avail ourselves of the h of the land, and we are bound to support the religion on " lc those laws are based, leave us only to worshi God • s we pleas e ' pa But when th •" eto said, you Hoist not only pay the tax but corn liberty to au,. the doors, and bow youi heads when the idolmoves, a ad do horn age to this ereat imaee of Satan as if you were worshipying Then the lone was altogether altered. and instead or a latyful demand to support that religion on which that law was basede there was an unlawful demand to comply with the ceremoni al 01 a religion to w hi c h conscience is opposed. But after all, the main point mu st b e w i th the propagation of the gospel. Their brethren in I n di a — their fellow subjects, were exposed 10 the hardships he h a d d escr ib ed, and he must briefly touch o'' ° ' e , hardship more before he proceeded to submit the petition totu tletmo sanirtFliernedreeraiedkaAndiearrinio,rwial:litakgrseeeteft,,,,thatthl‘altalifra,e2 meeting, which had been adopted at a preliminary and l 'he ev addressed ge') testant soldiers, who were members of the church of Eeel al ', e "' be present at the worship of the church of Rome and were required, contrary to her Majesty's regulatiooi w a l e compelled to be participator' also in the worship of the ,c hu e r r el of Rome. This was as great a grievance as the other. WIZ; tested he thought that taking Popery as it was, unchecke d surrounding Protestantism, and unrestrained by the conven l ! -- hypocrisy, which wor e a ve il t o hid e the appearance o f biai+tr}'. he protested he thought that Popery, taking it in its zeal an active spirit, was, if any thing cou ld be, worse than llindooisea itself, (Cheers.) He had -aid, unchecked by the gaee of sr; rounding Protestantism. What rend ere d Popery so deinsi v i was its power of chamelion ch ange o f co l our under c h an ge circumstances. There wa s i n t h e st stem so much renn i na tru et) that she could avail herself of it when it suited her, and at the sear * time there was such an overload of ceremonial of man's -4. 'horitY mixed with and hiding the truth of God, that when sh • ' . 43 at liberty to use that, the truth was kept cushioned, and te cer! monial of man was put f orwar d ; an d wh i le there WA:3 ligh t : enough in the system t o add to responsibility there wes light enough to deliver from sin. Teat British subjects ie. In dia should be compelled to take part in the ceremonial of Iliodoo worship and in the ceremonial of Popery was a crying grievanc e '. (Hear and cheers.) Did they think it a grievance (Continee c cheering.) Then he held in his hand a petition which ' 1 ' 1 . 4 adopted at a me e ti ng pre li m i nary to this, read which he shot''' ..l read to them, in the expectation that every man whoa greed le the conclusion th e y h a d now come to, and felt the moral re sponsibility connected with mental conviction, would go ena suit the action to th e fe e li ng , and P7'. his signature te peti tion. (Cheers.) The petition was ibis : " 'l'o the Right Honourable the Lords Spiritual aro! Teti; era' of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireetud, in Pa r liament assembled, "'l'o the Honourable the Commons of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, in parliament assembled. " The humble petition of the ministers and inhabitants of Lie verpool, in the county of Lancaster ' " Sheweth, " That your petitioner', being greatly interested in the prr motionof the gospel of our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ, sun . " mit, with the deepest regret, that obstacles are raised to its pro pagation by the conduct of the governments of India. both at o ß la r tg, h e , n )f tl e e r r s iv b i i r t tg ,:e a i r w e e v n en c u o e m th p e e r ll e e f d roi t n o . i home and ab roa d, i n openly encouraging the worship an d ser vice r o r f hat id take part i n the idola;.rous ceremonies of t h e h eat h en, contrary to t h eir cone sciences, " That temple t h ave b een built and oepaired, and reads to them made at th e ex p ense of the govt. rament ; and that th e payment of the i priests and p rost it u t es wee frequent tie tem ples, bas been ssited from the treasu rv , are all tee imr anl , disgusting practices con nec t e d w i t h iffoi worship. to ge ther with the payment of an organ i s e d b an d o f p il gr i m hunters, to -" , o 1- lect worshippers from all parts of India, have long been saee tioned and provided for hy its authority. "That your petitioners are grieved to find that, notwiihstarel ing a despatch from the Cowl of Directors, dated 20th lreb• 1833, (in which it was directed that the pilgrim tax shoute abolished, and that all interference on the part of British f.tce tionaries in the management of temples, rites. &c. of the nativelle should cease), no practical measures have yet been adopted to carry that despatch into effect. "That, farther, the East India Directors have, at tbei, last general court, passed a resolution to receive no more remon strances on the subject, •"fhat your petitioners htirolrly pray, that your honourable house (the Commons) will extend protection to our fellow- Christians, and will cause the Indian government to eeecute the express orders so lon, since transmitted by the East toftia Com pany to abandon a ll p a t ron age o f idolatry, and piolit arising therefrom. " And your petitioners shall ever pray, &c." Now, they would' observe, that in this petition the very simplest statement of the case was made that was possible, because the' bead and front of the case was Indian idolatry, and because, in this morbid state of things at home, one could scarcely dare to be faithful to his christian convictions, without seeming to set party against party. 'ihere was no mention of Popery in the petition. Ile thought it was a fault, (loud cheering). But they were no way compromised by omitting the mention of Pottery, and many of their brethren would sign the petition without the mention of Popery, who, otherwise would refuse from some undefined tenderness—he could not. tot plan fit—some susceptibility which looked with apprehension on anvrhinft which infringed ore that most delicate mousier, (Great 'elee - tog.) In connexion with this petition, he had to request that two topics might be considered e first, a testiudtual to Sir Peregrine Maitland. He remembered at their preliminary meeting, when the amiable and excellent, the tender and chris tian Chancellor of the diocese mentioned Sir Peregrine tlait land in terms of exquisite beauty —he remembered, he a dded , that to accept the resignation of that honourable soldier would be a pertinacity of infatuation in the government at home. They had been guilty, it seemed, of Chat pertinacity ulinfatuatior• And he begged to propose, in connexion with this petition, tbsJ a subscription should commence in that room first, and proceed in the town and through the kingdom, for a testimonial to Pre sent to Sir Peregrine Maitland on his arrival in lenglane. -- (Great cheering.) He had further to request that their '10 .. "" r and sisters, or wives or daughters, who honoured then, .title their presence, and smiled consolation and peace to many hardened heart among them, who, after a toilsome day cou:d find a bosom of affection to lay their weary head upon , and have peace in the evening—be asked their la lies to get In' an address, taking these premises into consideration, and ar proach their Queen. (Great cheering.) An address front th e '. ladies of Liverpool to Queen Victoria, imploring her tende r affectimeate heart to interpose and try whether th e re was n et' magic in the Queen's voice to bind the stubborn temper of the court of directors, and whether even British merchants, albeit though they ff •ct or had become somewhat steeled front the e gain, would t. of feel a power attach to the Queen's corny • 1 " which should enter the council chamber, and as theecho of wishes, should .say, " in the name of Victoria, let compels'; iYm of conscience cease with all my subjects.' See, then, how tea matter became p rac ticable. Three things were teller/one in Live r. ; pool; first, to petition both houses of Parli amen t, t h a t was the spot • then a subscription to Sir Peregrine elaitland, whic,', he thought should be de ne on the spot, and time sooner done tne better; and third, an adelress to the Queen. Now, (addrevsint the ladies,) what was every' body's business was no one's- bits!..-; ness; don't let some of then: be saying, "let somebody begin. let each of them begin—that was the way. (Cileets.) Atteea few further remarks, the reverend geintleruan concluded Wit h seconding the resolution and proposing the petition. was'.A gentleman, whose name we afterwa:ds ascertained was'. Mr. JOHN Bowes, minister of the chapel in leepe-street, her e stood up and said—Sir, I request to know, a Mr: M'N,e b l e t .. . means by asking, where are the liberals ? He says the rals have taken away our test, and that test is our Lord Je Christ. (" No, no," hisses, cheers and confusion.) ham. Mr. M`Netee itnmediatcly explained. "No, no, le ; __ ue . could ever imagine that men had taken away our Lord Je a e .e Christ ? The thing is impossible !" (Great laugh,er " cheer's.) of; Mr. BOWES again rose, but was greeted with a „itorele laughter and hissing. The Cu MAN.—Pray hear the gentleman. Mr. I%l'l%le:i.e.—Now my dear friends, let me emit-eat yon t°'_ give implicit obedience to your c h a i rman. Y ou ne ed not n:. afraid of anything they can say. If th e gentleman ha s m i understood me I shall be most happy t o b e set right. and to set. the meeting right. And if I h ave m i sun d erstoo d him, Ican y only apologise to him f or having interrupted 11' so s P eedl-1 (Cheers.) Mr. BOWES again rose and proceeded—l haectotte.eA9 l4l gt, 6 for obtruding myself on the me e ti ng . 1 like orderik eneatt n e e - e I think it important that every sentiment should: be " 5 " - as . unanimously. But the cry of " where are the. liberals _ that is associated with a patticular class of politicians and r ! . large class of religionists, when I heard the cry of ~ w h e re a s ; the liberals ?"—I felt as if I could say—r.-ev e are here- 1 Lee here." And I think that this is a cause that ought not to. ir e taken up on p ar t y groun d s — t h at no party i n the attire seer er state should be sneered at in this cause, or appear to be sneeredat. 1 think y ou w ill requ i re i n carr ying your particular obj ect all the h e lp y ell can get; an d therefore, I hope you will take, along wite you all the filierals eon can get. (Hear.) Am, I don't know what test the Rev, Mr. M'Neile refers te. I ' e , ea rd his speece against slavery with great pleasure and dei i i g es ; 4 have heard his general remarks to-day with great pt ensuFa a uci delight; but I don't know what he means by the 1i .,6er ,e,e, e ., , ng taken away our test. I wish to know what test . thee , . away, that I may have a right utolerstandin, ft, trsv owl~ con-. viction. (Hear.) As to the acconaplis' eowe s of tkiie when I look to the constitution of t heio4se c oo - a n:o not think it wise in this case to pur dos mime. e peih[e . ` , may have similar views as 4. to 4e g i,e , el e v, iSte, M'Neile, but I do not think it tease $o soeer at eiheeels of Roman Catholics. whateve lem the evils of papery ° L t. L . ee liberalism, if we wish to ca t ty teee e ee• leen' e v the Baptists, who are teeneralty very lib eya l, deaire to j c plish this object; and, 1 urn sure o w y „, may me ,.t hers of the House, e i r Comma:is who may 440 liberal t time '"u,p baps !Roman Catholic, who will vote for the abolition t pilgrim tax; and I say in accomplishing this, if youcala Ivc rive re _ the support, of liberals, why not t a k e i t ? A n d if you can re ceiye the, support of licuoan Catholi cs w hy opt take it ( year.,r, I think you should rake all the support youcau receive. (re' ea heat',) I L bog the pardon of the meeting t, yo name The Ce,A iIiNAN•—WW you fitVOUr the Meeting we name ?. noto - Mr, Bootas,-1 r u tArry to say my Tamen! is rather riot's ins Liverpool at this moment, My name is John Bowes. The CnottiosteN linen put the eesoletion which was unani mously carried ; ortu- Mr. eilcNeile again rose. e aeid-1 wish for an °PP bee nits to add one or two sent ences in reply to the call which _ _„ been, made upon me—" Wh y did I ask, where are the liberal' I will tell you why sir, 1 I tell this meeting why. W' for engaged now in an object Sick has lit' 'rtY , D ean '"nee ite great awl. Liberty of conscience ~as ale aye been LivEßspoL STANDARD JUNE 15, 183 S,