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23. I 836. , arcelintaitztain their 1. 'Mettler tories us . this ureat prinCipte, ?hristion principle adopted 41 the ',Loney in. supptn .l sv, and Jews, and Ca ' ; to take out if this ciple itself is unjust. nd confusion that now istanding the rectnn had been given to the ation—yet 1 ant per t this town—you will are not recognising dy. alluded. • ( Loud leave to read the on this subject the children of the lest extvt, the para . would gladly avail herance of this great 3 SO without violating ng the foundation of trdians of the public for the attainment Funds, the trust pro taintaining any sys .actical effect wotlld refits it might confer forthwith offer these ndividual or society ly gratuitous educti on equally liberal hently established by right of inspection cil to see that the poor is attained." sod. I sail thin this I uprightness amongst rood if this great and world as regards its ded Mr. Lawrence ae amendment con- r a fen, remarks in then proceeded to 01. Mr. Rathbone's, until. We give the cript of which was e Telegr4ph.) " He which would ini;uce On the contrary. patrnage of edu ed for nearly three ration of Liverpool to! until the death of nd then the site of g'eneent of the Blue At that time the rates as it has now, that school with any opinion the council now in existence. neil was a sufficient Is; but times were trustees for a public on adopted in the no longer be exclU ot based on religion enounced from the coincided with the' gat the'lrish system that it bad proved report of 1834-- missioners for Erin- published byordcr ban upon the aseer ices, looked at the than to the benefits told that their ma strong word—they 130 protestants and sal of the scripture in this repot t— titute for the sacred the hope of their usal of the Word of hosen, not as being iptures, but merely andings of children be read under the ified and certainly passage has either me of any partieu i. jects of education, s of a series of les- Old, and the other to go on adding to 1 of the narrative with suitable pass t. We proceed on td anticipate, froth► results.' was not likely to be evil from read the sanction of the so often staled that now for him to re- I if any good thing lvited to come and s as to their I3ible is was the best pus sine to them under have time to prose The applications tending ail opposi week, and it would any imaginary evil ye good which was aware what these say tht4i 'salads, o their committees them a fair chance exclusive, alter the M to the clamour =lre in the indepEn ition would gradu- rch personal inter not &intent, when :ially as I consider I his day to be of the Before coming to ) the principle by 31 of its members) s determination of e education of the in mind the injury if our fellow-crea losed against par- Ares, and I believe hoots being public best calculated to se of giving those vithontilistinction education ; none • been excluded ? terally into effect? rims religious de ck are calculated A them into those 0 children, mostly e of the future by t has taken place )rovement in the benefit to societt your decision we It of selling these gnorance a great and expectations ugs. I trust you ipectations of the seeds of disunion cavoured to teach that he wee re rime, and is him,- N'ho are the com w who are rich in is schools at their he benefit of one other denomina n thoir revilinge [c brethren, •and n the fact of the through the nie rs or fear of losing assured they are ,f - hostility Ly re uly disappointed ; ss, and the true throw another es to teform, and cetes of civil and to representative le poorer inhabt this questiclL— ent anticipations iestiou they were ice. In the first garded their own place, it was one Jr children in the who, if not. education, would Fe of a class who loderate pittance le next place the cry which had ed to Liverpool. al act, and those assumed In that He denied it, — he had said he— r the event had illowed, to allow ear, and cheers.) Ig,—and 'he was tive Reform As speakers allude vassed the town, part of it in fa you'd be exceed mbecoming ma' new them to be :Li, with which it ry for a moment called himself [t was a political ections they de op—a very writ igton, Peel, and Lein was suitable ,ost strange an ,ersons had lent d that they had it i Protestants n Scripture read ripture reeding lad himself been e took them to v would he hear who was now all, while Mas red with it—he that it was true. 3ibles to school, making use of. ind he ha 4 been no occasion to and his parents Nov. 25, is-36. ra ,.. i mitteach him i n it . - Si nce t h en t h e ' f as hi on h a d been to bring Bi bles to th e ,chools_ ; and they all knew for what olw-ct it W s. rh e ce4ehratta; Mr. Locke was opposed- to using the as a 'cluail-haok: If they made so cheap the Word of Glad, they it'i*:l,d:ced,itre,..:ante en - ectas ensued front making .oaths cheap, Was glad goVernment bad interfered to take away - the "sYs na.l°f "tbs. 'But a word about mutilation. Had the gentle men Education Committee brought something . into the t i, ( '' )l ' o ir ris, and called it a Bible, and passed it off as such, w it 4; u d have been g uilty of the moral turpitude, which the • Mr. `Ghee - stands guilty of, and who would never purify hiinll4lf as long 'as he lived. The Bible was never, read hi the Church at 'all ; it was selections alone that were read ; and, i n certa i n instances, chapters were divided. „a y Might ca ll t hi s a ' mut il at i on. w i t h as muc h propr i e ty as "”' called their selections a natitilation. They might as well Say tiv,t the Jews mutilated the Bible—a book which was theirs par excellence—a book by which they swore, whilst we only used the New Testament. But they even did not encourage their : A 7) l g - hien to read the Bible till they were thirty years of age. tttle time ilgo, there had been a gentlerrian,„a Rev. Mr. ,4 1e8, who had . omitted a cer tain part. of the lesson. in the r el service, (a member, "No, no, his curate,") but, being a tnnunistied on this subject, he had made a public apology-' ', Ol he Was extremely sorry, and should never do so again. W i l l Cie tune he had met a very orthodox clergyman who had ' 1(1 he thiinalit. it extremely inexcusable to take any liberties rit,h the text', except in the passage—(here Mr. SMith quoted chap.,22d verse.) He had rendered it " Every ntie ( hal:turned to the wall," but the word made use of was only .aprop er word in a proper place. What would . he have said if n. had come across such a passage as this, which he would read,' te them ? (Cries or " No, no.") He begged their pardon, it a l . , the Bible, a n d be wou ld re ad it. , (Mr. S. then read several e'sages picked out of the 23d chap. of Ezekiel, and Connected . t ogether a s one verse. ) if a man wou ld shrink about the /writer passage, what would he do about snch .a passage as this ?. (Loud cries of " What part of Scripture?") Mr. Councillor SMlTll.—Ezekiel. 'Mr. 'Councillor IttistfroN (rising and running , apparently 111 great excitement into the middle of the council.room,) re iterated a number of times, " Read your Bibles!" his. Councillor S M ITH continued.—ln regard to public ovpeuintiuorne,tho say he could wish there was an opportunity of taking that ° P i nion ; and, if th e y did n ot precipitate the.decision, he would such that Uefore that day six months they should have an expression of public opinion as should settle the ques tion entirely, - whether the schools were to be abandoned or con tinued.. L:q them- not give up the , superintendence of these schools. There' could not be any such good grounds for their co ntinuance as the voice of the Common Council iu their favour, 'rho were sent there by the pubiic ; and if they Aieunk from that trut he thought they would be shrinking front their duty. Mt - Councillor Hoes, as one 'somewhat acquainted 'With' st,criPtural reading, denied that any such passage as that quoted '",Y Mr. Setitli existed in the. Bible. _ Alr. C ounc ill or W . R USHTON , runn i ng , as b e f or e, into the nntldle of the council-roontiin great excitement, reiterated "It's correct, I have no doubt ,if it." I‘lr. Jas. HET WORTH said he felt constrained, from the ini tance of this subject n u t to give a silent vote, but to express, I hqu;t}i very feebly, and. perhaps, its the opinion of some,- very futilely, the sentiments which he entertained as to the must pro system. of religious education for the children of the poor. ; - te wished t o di vest t h e su bje c t entirely of political associations. ;t‘had gri eve d . b.i na much, its the.course of the discussion, to find that. polities had been so mixed up with it. Education, he ti P u ghta was better freed front politics than associated wit h to 1 '",7!----(Plear . , hear.) A good deal had been said with regard the system Clergy, as being politically-opposed to the schools , and to system of educatiou• practised in those schools. Surely R'utlenien might . be permitted to entertain a difference of 0 00 p u itt 4 i t o r ti yt o u n c, that l very important subject, — to feel and to express reitard for the adVantage of the pourer classes of their fellow withont having their motives maligned and their co nductmise,onstrued. ( Ilear.) It was a very singular fact , that only on e clergyman of the EStablished Church seemed to I :trott.ise the present system. It was noavery likely that all the j "r'YelLiverpoolihould simultaneously be actuated by politic al 1 1 I ` ) tives, or unsound views of education, and it was singular that Is one clergyman alone should be the advocate of that which th eY ' • toast cued the best. Without entering iutodetail he would take the liberty to remark, that had he lived is hundred miles 'Pin Liverpool when the new systeM of education was intro 'eed into the Corporation Schools, and elk the clergy— taking into consideration the wide diversity of characters, and the i nane circurnstantials in whichahey dif f ered, the many points °,, doctrine on which they were not agreed—if he had been t old that they had simultaneously . deserted the system, and , 11e alone reinaiued behind to sustain the whole burden upon hie_ sin g l e s h ou ld ers , he should certainly have concluded, withcut much need of investigating into detail, that that one e s l ergintati was wrong and the others right.--( Hear, hear.) glad he judged otherwise, he must - have considered Mr. Asp hall to be something more than man. However unsupported be a lD,.ight. stand in the opinion, he maintained that the Bible was Lae only s t an d ar d book on which the religious and moral edu talion of any class could be safely 'founded. It was a book Which ought to be used as a schol-book during school-hours; and he believed, if this single concession were made, in rela !lnen to the Corporation Schools, it would be received as a beat ing measure, afrt the cominuuity at large would at once coalesce and agree in the beneficial character of an education so admin istered; (Hear, hear.) Under the old Corporation the Bible w as, he believed, read as 'a .school book. What was the conse quence? That the Homan Catholfcs could not avail themsel ves of the benefits of the education so supplied. The Roman Catholic children, therefore, did.not attend. Here a principle of justice seemed involved. The funds, by virtue of which the e ducation-was communicated, had been contributed by the Whole of the community,—Catholic as well as Protestant; and it was thought only . fair and right that all who contributed to those funds should, in their appropriation, derive a common be nefit from them; whether in the mode of education or any other. But were Roman Catholic children debarred from attending? ( Yea, yes!) 13,y what law? By what rule? He supposed their conscientious scruples prevented them. Was he right or :long? (Cries- of " Right " Wrong!") If he was wrong e wish e d to he corrected. If there existed any rule whereby the Roman Catholic child was prohibited entering those schools, he said it was an iniquitous rule. (Hear, hear.) He believed he was kept out by the circumstance of his scrupulously and coaticientiously believing it wrong to go into a school where the whole Bible was read. (Hear, hear.) They had been at tempting te• rectify and to give a broader basis to the education of the poor;—(Hear;)—and in order to con ciliate the Homan Catholic--to give him the opportunity of at tending those schools by removing the obstacle presented by his Conicientious scruples— they had taken away the Bible . as a school-book (luting school hours. (Cries of No! no!" and I ,` Y," , s yes !'') The Catholic had, in consequence, come in ; 'tut, what had the Piotestant children done—or rather the Pro testant parent on behalf of his children ? He- had said, " I cannot permit my child to be taught in the schools, now that the it - ible as a school-look, has been taken away ; and I cannot conceive the:; the. whole necessary course of religious education can b e accomplished and fulfilled by Scripture extracts." The natural all et lreen, that tlie Protestant children hail re t i red tr ae thos e schools.: How stood the Council then? Could they that their funds were ap i n s lied to the general use? True, the Protestant had excluded hunself, by not accommodating his Principles to the rules. True, the Roman Catholic hadtloue the same. They were in the very same dilemma still—just in the dine Position la which they had been. (Hear, hear.) With regard to Bible education, he thought, without any reference to Politics, save those politics taught by the Scriptures themselves, thEtt it was a very proper book for the purpose, and the only aolid basis on which a religious education could be grounded or 'Promulgated. Reference had been made to Locke—L-a great authority, he admitted ; he had been quoted as disapproving of else familiar use of the Bible as a school-book. But what did ,Isocke say of the Bible ? He gave it this eminent character: It has God for its author, it has truth, without mixture of errorfor its matter—and it has the final and eternal salvation o ‘ r man for its end." (Hear.) Now was this a true description? was this a book to be *repudiated from their schools ? He t hought -nut. He did not see how they were to extricate them from their dilemma, without placing the Bible as a school "uls in their schools. If they did so he thought Protestant and Catholic ought to be well satisfied. He was sorry to have trou 61?d them even with his few remarks. He hoped be had not liven effence to any. He could have wished the question ar geed without reference to Toryism or Liberalism, municipal re f nan or any other measure, but with a simple desire to consider t he , best mode of education to be adopted in the schools, and with an earnest and anxious wish which they ought to feel for .:11-riet ,f theer:alatioo of the temporal and eternal welfare of the chit poor, without any regard whatever to sect or party. Hear.) Mr, Councillor Borarom said there were two causes why they could not, as conscientious parents, send their children to the termer scheols; the one was, they were constrained to hear the reading of the authorised version of the Scriptures; in the next Place, they were instructed in the Church Catechism. He was trot quite sure that they were expected also to attend church. These, he thought, were satisfactory answers to the questions Which bad been asked. They had also been told on a former occasion of the uhttiutilated word of God. What was the pure dad unadulterated a ,wortl .of God :I That was the question.' what were the Scriptures? The Scriptures were taken from manuscripts of ancient date. ...The authorised text was derived frosts their collation. •There were about this time about 150,000 v ersions o f the Scriptures--essentially the same in substance — h4l . Yarying everysone of them in small particulars. The Ca tholics had as ,much right to assume the Douay version to be correct as we have the authorised version; and the manuscripts °R which it is founded are, in the opinion of learned men, the best aut h or i se d f ront w hi c h th e D oua y ve r s i o n is wade. He u ade. He elated this fact—he entered into no particulars. It was also ktio w e that many of the clergymen of the Church of En land had felt a difficulty in the version we have, and had, by their owii learning, produced many new versions, There was a gentleman who had examined WOO manuscripts, and had l'Oblished a new Version under the late Bishop of Oxford's 81. tetiOn. They knew that Archbishop Newcome and the cele brated Mr. Wakefield had done the saute. There was a differ or opinion on what was the version ; and therefore Catho sTs Were as much justified in their version as we were. It was %so kuotvn that there was much question about the authenticity ;the Scriptures. Many bad denied the authenticity of the , tnels and th e Revelation ; and a gentleman of the Church of n gland and others had contended that all the Scriptures were contained in the. Gospels and in the Acts. The statement, then, 0) Passionsmutiled word of God, sled unworthy appeal to nand rejudices of the peop Ha should pow se t...user-11 to a few observations of Mr. Bitch's. He confessed he tiot prepared for so great a . proposition as he had made. h.. n lY tt had done away with exclustveness in this schools. .They t. ,7` . (hunted all parties. Formerly they were only admissible wo u ,.?? part —a section—the reproChrc of England party and he sys " t l ct say there was a peculia priety in introducing. this e tn, Which was called the Irish system. from the great num "er of Irish with which the town abounded. Mr. Birch had why Protestant Dissenters did not go to these schools. c htl Y ..e lt had schools of their own, and he was glad to find that the d rn . l : P. of England were going to do what the dissenters had t a ,„ fi fty years ago. The Irish were the poorest classes in the N '' , and - there was a greeter necessity for making ample pro _;,ll for the education of rank; and the people attending .i,Le schools must he chiefly Catholics. (Hear, hear.)— a„„Y s had also had much boasting of what the Church had a „ c ueue. They had done a laudable act, because it was .( done with their own money. It was not like the appro. l e „"_, Win of the public monev—ot the corporation funds, for the p u la u e n e w o nlent of the church. (Hear.) There was not a dissenting worship in Liverpool which bad not expended two or had ( lines the money. He did not mean to di s p arage , but be heard it d escr ib e d as a wonderful act of m un ifi cence . B u t ot p c .t was, they were the wealthiest people in the town; and sav, that, comparatively speaking, they had done th stra s Pri s .; )1 s M r Councillor Birch proposed to have schools on the feral es tormerly practised. He was surprised at this. En- Lt the teaching of the catechism, and going to church, was system which a COS ect view of a fair and honourably micas of the funds 01' the corporation would suggest ; ' rind tieserefore lie was very much stasssised to hear him maintain it. Chad been very mush (11 , i ( tic think that the schoolsinlet th s ah anth I sillily P • Ithe ' tiii 'ne( ; st.l toei nv,e, entertained question that o to w as conic. A sufficient tiuie had not elapsed fur giv ssf4l°. sYstem a fair trial. The system of education in these reu,.l. on; Wouldffinr gc 1 0 ) . S wag ct In e rill principle of justice - SlS in whic h it looFstiper;s:ied vs g as " 'freind - ad on injustice. anCi if th r ,„ r p io p l t s se aa l r:; i t , . tie added cm the old in i eciple, erectiun, awl such an tnjust uppli- cation of the public funds. He might have spoken 'at' more leueih ; but he contented himself with what he had said. lie vont ially concurred in the views of-Mr. Blackburn. (Loud cries of " Question." The Aaarowsaid - he did not wish to give.a silent vote on that occasion, particularly as he had not been fortunate enough to be in the -eouncil when- the system of the schools passed; or he shOuld have becu in • the majority' on that occasion. Two Sundays ago'he had heard their worthy chief Rector preach a most excellent sermon, and he had taken for his text " Train up a child in the way iu which he -should go." Now that should be his text: and they saw the example of training up children in the manner in which they ought to go by the fanatical clergynien who had come, amongst them. Where were they edneate&--and how ? That's the queStion. In Ire land ; where the Protestant was tuucht to hate the Catholic, and the - Catholic the Protestant. That was the system they had been brought up in ; and he thought the system they were about adopting was a very happy one for teaching the Viling that part of their duty to their Creator was, to love their neighbour. These gentlemen were very humble. They pre tended to have a great deal of meekness and mildness. • And yet they saw• spiritual pride oozing out of every pore. The intemperate language they used with regard to the catholic faith could not be confined solely to the faith—to the religion; it must extend also to the individuals who adopted that religious persuasion. Would earbOdy tell him that that language could be used and they not feel a hatred against their brethren? And, was it christian-like ? Certainly not. And if they pretended to say they did not feel that hatrzd, could any one answer for it that they did not instil it into their neighbours? Look at the children at the:schools. Was not the finger of scorn pointed at them.? And who had taught them to do that? The clergy of the Church of. England, in one mass. And •he was not sur prised at it. They were brought up at Oxford and Cambridge, where the light of reason was scarcely ever allowed to' enter; and he was not surprised that the clergy had 'thus acted. He hoped they should establish such schools as the _ corporation schools in every ward •in the town. They would be the best antidote to the poison which these men were striving to spread in every part of the town: • (Cries of " That's it," " Bang up to the mark," . and " Hear, hear.") Mr. Councillor BROCKLEBANK then, in a very low tone of voice, produced a speech which he proceeded to read. He spoke with such , indistinctness and rapidity that all we could collect of the, oration was :—That he ~a d not made•upliis mind yet on the subject; and he expec el he should have to leave the room when they rains to vote on it. The.objection to the system appeared to be, that the Bible was not admitted as a school-book. The selections were made use of on the highestrau: thority. Helhought this the best footin , on which the schools could be placed. If • protestants and catholics could not go all the way together, let them •eo as far as , they could, and leave the rest Of their 'scriptural 'education to parents and ministers. CouncillotHENßY LAWRENCE could not help concurring in what liatf fallen .train the Mayor that it was highly proper " to train up a child .in the way in which ho should go ;" and he be,gEted to compliment him, and the Council at large, on the hiyltly ,102teratelaanner in which he had expressed his opinious. (" Hear." The Mayorlooked inexpressible things.) Mr. Councillor J O . IID AN begged to say that the system was in accordance. with .the views of the-Ward which he represented. There had not been a public meetin ,, called for the purpose of instructing him, but he considered he was right in expressing that opinion. He also took the liberty of remarking that, hay in!, been one of the founders of one of the largest schools in Li verpool,. which he had attended now for 30 years, that they had trained up children in the way in which - they should go. without the assistance (4 any Clergyman. The only direction they gave to the parents of the ehilaher, was to take them to a place of worship ou Sundays, where they , got taught. They had educat ed a great number of children ni that way; and none of them, r with only six exceptions, had been liable to public reprobation. They had now a very excellent man as master, who was ser • geant in his Majesty'slith Regiment, and a better man could not 7 be.—( Loud cries of " question,"—" cut short the panegyric of the sergeant.") Mr. Councillor LAWRENCE HEYWORTH rose amidst loud cries of "spoke," "spoke." After repeating for some time that it was in explanation, he was allowed to proceed. "ft is as my motion was not seconded, I trust that your motion, as to the number of schools, will be carried out,—not only as regards Li verpool, but in the ccuntry at large, and on the voluntary princi ple." _ - The Mayor then proceeded to take the division on Mr. Conn cillor Blackburn's amendment first—"'That the schools be continued under their present management," when there ap peared for the amendment — The Mayor. Aldermen—W. Stuart, T. Booth, J. Hornby, C. H: Jones, W. Brown, T. Leathom, T. Smith, R. Benn, E. Evans, W. V. Freme, T. B. Barclay, G. .I;obinson, W. Blain, T. Bullev. Councillors—J. Holmes, W. Thornhill, G. , Rawdon, S. Hope, 'E. Harvey, A. M'Gregor, C. Logan, E. Smith, H. Holmes, L. Heyworth, J. Mellor, J. Walmslev, T. Bolton, W. Rushton, J. Woollright, R. Bright. W. Rathbone, J. Carson, W. Max 'well, W. Lassell, T. Brocklebank, T. Morecroft, T. Blackburn, V. Higgins, T. Coglan, J. Mason, G. Holt, G. Ramsden, J. Platt, F. Jordan. Against the amendinent , --J. Heyworth, J. Barton. C. Birch, J. Bibby, C. Lawrence, Lawrence, J. N. Wood, E. Crop per, J. Smith, J. Cropper, jun. Absent.—J. Moon, and 0. Heyworth, Aldermen ; R. Hough ton, W. Shand, H. Hornby, J. Lawrence, J. S. Leigh, W. W. Currie, and W. M. Duncan, Councillors. For the amendment 45 Against Majority Mr. Councillor RATHBONE said he might be allowed to state that had Mr. Currie and Mr. HornLy been present they would have voted for the amendment. Mr. J. SMITH immediately replied, that had Mr. Shand and Mr. Houghton been present, they would have voted the other way. • Mr. Councillor J. CROPpER then begged to withdraw his mo tion, as he considered this decision had decided it. IMPROVEsiENT OF THE GAOL. The TOWN-CLERK then read the report of the Gaol Com mittee, together with the eatement of the returns'of the pri soners, authenticatad by the governor. He then read a com munication for the better classification of prisoners, together with a proposed alteration in the cooking department, the esti mated cost of which would be about £5O. He then read a me morial .f,rom Thomas.Randle, praying to- be-restored - as turn key, he having been suspended for having allowed one of the debtors to go into that -part of the building belonging to the females, and be shut up there all night, to which the Gaul Committee replied that they could not recommend his case to consideration. Mr. Councillor J. Hormns moved that the report be con firmed, and that the money be expended on the gaol, which was Seconded by Mr. Alderman Blain. The Council then hastily broke up, without the question being either, put or the motion being carried,. at . before three o'clock. THEATRE-ROYAL, LIVEttPOOL. FOR THE BENEFIT OF MISS KELLY, Late of the Theatres-Royal, Drury-lane, Covent-garden, and English Opera-house; on which occasion she will repeat her "Dramatic Recollections, and will appear in Two principal Dramatic Characters, being positively her last appearance in Liverpool, as the arrangements of the Theatre prevent any further extension of her Engagement. ruins present FRIDAY LVENING, the 25th instant, JI MISS KELLY will present an entirely original Enter tainment, arranged by herself, entitled DRAMATIC RECOLLECTIONS, WITH STUDIES OF CHARACTER, which has been received with unparalleled success in London, and in all the principal Theatres of the sister kingdom. PART I. Introduction—difficulties in going alone—Stars. STARS ! _ _ . Feminine Advice—Lady Savage, her Dogs and Daughters — Mrs. Parthian : obliviscent Reminiscences —Biographical Glances —Early Patroriage—John Ke i nble—Pincushion and Crown Piece— . Girlhood and Womanhood—Debateable Land — Macadamized Music—A Recipe. BRAVURA. Discomposed by Mr. T. Cooke. Mr. M‘Credit : a sweet expression—Hints and Compli menti—A Theory—Mrs. Siddons—Constance's 'rears—Sally Simpkin, in Service, but out of Place—Country . Engage ments—Costume—Yarico's Skin—The Spinning Wheel—One goo d turn deserves another—Orchestral Absentees,—Song— " Hope told a flattering Tale," in D. With a disbanded Flageolet Accompan . en. PART 11. • Journeying—Welsh Harper—Modern ' Song—Welsh Air. First -introduction to Irish Charac Scotch Woman — T erence a nd no Classic—Car's Tour— blin—The Peggy ! N e ll.„ L au gh—lrish Kindness—O'Donnelly's Farewell. lagiarism. 7-7 7 " Getting up a Benefit." Mrs. Miffy's Piano-forte, and Mr. Miffy's Letter-forte—Coach Pathos and Minute Interview. After which the Melo Drama of THE MILLER'S MAID. Phcebe ... ...... (the Miller's Maid) - Miss Kelly, (As originally performed by her in London.) To conclude with the Petit' Co'mody of THE MIDNIGHT HOUR. Flora Miss Kelly. On MoNDAY next, Mrs. CLA RKE'S, BENEFIT, on which occasion •Mr. KEAN will perform, being liositiyelv his only appearance this season, when will be presented the Travedy of HAMLET. - Hamlet, Mr. Kean: The Ghost, Mr. Stuart; •,Polonius, Mr. Baker; Laertes, Mr. W. Howard; The Queen, Mrs. Stanley; 'Ophelia, Miss Faucit.—After which, for the first time these six years, the splendid Eastern Drama of ALAD-• DIN ; or. Triu WONDERFUL LAMP. With new and appro priate Scenery, Machinery,' Dresses,-and Decorations. Alnd tin, Miss Chaplin; Abenazack, Mr. W. Howard; Kazrac, Mr. J.- Ridgway, First Citizen, Mr. Baker.; Second Citizen, Mr. 0. Horneastle; Princess Badroulbadonr, (the Chain's - daughter,) Miss Stitnicv ; MustaphajAladdin's Mother 4 Mrs. Clarke. Mr. and Mrs. WOOD, on their return from Dublin, will com mence an Engagement of Four Nights on Tuesday next; :ro GORKI!, ON DLN Owing to the crowded state of our columns we are obliged postpone the following favours:—The letter of " JuFtitia," the " Address of the Protestant Association at Hereford," the note of " A real Churchman," &c. We cannot insert anonymous communications. Ebe ItAlierpool FRIDAY MORNING, NOVEMBER 25, 1836. We could amuse our readers with long paragraphs of interesting incidents, related with all the circumstantiality of history—persons and places, times, and particulars, which, after all, would probably prove to have been the figments of some minds, which are employed to keep alive a public excitement. In confirmation of this we need only mention the death of the ex-King Charles. The disease which caused that event, those about him could not mistake; and they who had not received information, well authenticated, ought not to have indblged conjecture. Yet by three various ways, s ymptomatically different, the royal patient has been said-toluit life. By cholera— inflammation of the bowels—an& the gout—just so, is it in the articles of foreign news, we find in one page Carlism riding triumphant—in the prostrate before the Christinos. Iu the absence of documentary evidence, we,,therefo're, forbear speculation. Sir Robert PeA a stranger by birth, and by non intercourse with Scotland ; is elected Lord Rector of 'THY LIVERPOOi, . C' ; TAN - D A Fa 1 Glasgriii University ! SNJohn Campbell, a Caledonian 1 from the womb, and identified by a long life with a large portion of that country, is rejected !—the majority was 100! triumphant result!—we look at this affair as afford= ing demonstration, not of the sentiments ,of a few hun dred students only, but the sentiments of as many hun dred families scattered, all oVc,Tßritain, who were then epresent&l by their offspring. Moreover, the declara tion of a University mast not be valued numerically alone, though in this r expect it here speaks loudly enough ; but according to an intellectual and moral standard. On oc casions, where sound judgment is required, "the voice of one of these may outweigh a whole theatre of others." To form some estimate of this achievement of Conserva tism, only think what would have 'been the impression made, if Sir John Campbell had succeeded to such an ap pointment over an English University !—lt would have been the knell of Church and State dissolution, as this exaltation of Sir Robert Peel, to the Lord Rectorship of the University of Glasgow, is the bulletin of returning health. We have heard, the town of Liverpool has heard, the whole country has heard of the corrupt:lnd disgraceful system of education introduced into our Public Schools; since th ..yr unfortunately fell under the controul and management of our Municipal Corporation. One of the first fruits, the primiti, of these novel powers was to accomplish in the-Town Council of Liverpool, under the sanction of legislative authority, what was done byfio 7 lence in the Hall of Convention in France—virtuallV to renounce Christianity—and if there be a degree of guilt in the one case greater than in the other, we can claim, it for the Municipal Corporation of Liverpool ; for whilst GObet, and his associates, openly called upon the assem.: bly to cut down, trunk and branch, all religion, as a cum berer of the social soil, our Town Council hare, with equal effect, but with more subtlety, accomplished the same ends, by pouring poison to the root of it. In regi • cide Franco, the Bible was an oblation offered upon the binning altar, to Reason. In Liverpool, the Bible i; either thrown aside as an " accursed thing ; " or, wick edly mutilated to propitiate the demons of party. What may we not expect in the sequel of such a beginning ! It requires but little skill in political augury, to foresee: events at once calamitous as regards. civil order, and fatal, 'as regards national peace. The disastrous dawn of these proceedings forebodes a gloomy day of discontent. En gland, perhaps, is doomed to run the same revolutionary career as France—appearances seem to justify the con clusion. The very first step taken in France was, to relax the bonds of Religion ; and this step is just taken in England. We hope,. however, that Liverpool stands alone, in having formally promoted, and that even in the "National Schools" of her town, a system of education, which can only lead to infidelity, misery, and civil insub- ordination. Let us take shame to ourselves, and be overwhelmed with confusion, when we remember, that heathen Greece, though from an error in judgment, put Socrates to death for teaching opinions contrary to the established religion ; or, as is more distinctly declared, for corrupting youth; and banished Anax.agoras for pro fesiing a belief, not conformable to the Sacred canons of the state—whilst: we, enlightened by the gospel, sanction, under a Corporation Seal, a system of education, that •onfounds all principle, blends contrarieties, and takes away all authority from Religiom It would be better at once to imitate France, and wholly, and declaratively, to renounce Christianity. There would then be no debate- able grounds of faith, and many obstructions to the free operation of that blessed boon, Municipal,Rwform, would be removed. But, whilst Religion, and the Protestant Religion, is part of the law of the land, we shall ever stand forward to vindicate her claims, and to shield her from the assaults of her enemies. On the present occa- sion we are called forth by some observations made by Mr. Councillor Rathbone, at the late meeting of the Town Council, and the speech and motion of Mr. Birch. Mr. Rathbone said, "He thought the children in those schools would make as good churchmen as any in Liver pool ;" but, as he added, almoscimmediately after, that " he spoke warmly," perhaps his warmth had melted the "cerata - tabella," the wax tables of his imagination, so that' the impress of Unitarian, Catholic, and_Prot i estant. Was not 'distinguishable upon it.. In the language — Of Logic, the ‘,‘ essential diprence" of religion was lost in the "general nature" of profession. Surely he did not mean to say,,that a Wee intercourse.of Church of England children with the children of Catholics and Unitarians would have any beneficial effect upon their orthogioxy ! we should fear, that the very atmosphere of the school impregnated, as it must be, with conflicting principles some infidel, and some blasphemous, would receive such a moral contamination, as would render it dangerous to breathe by those who were desirous of preserving religious health. But to pass on, Mr. Rathbone said, that though he was himself a " Unitarian Dissenter, it had been admit- ted by his colleagties that he had never carried his sec , tarian principles into the committee." We have already commented on Mr. Rathbone's easy morals, as regards his school discipline, but if he construes this last confession into a compliment to his disinterestedness, we think it is at the expense of his religious consistency, and quite at variance with his political character. It may be a testi mony to the forgetfulness of his creed, when convenient. to conceal it; but, surely, it is, one, that arraigns the heart, and ought to wound the conscience, of an upright man. Whether Mr. Rathbone be a Unitarian Dissenter— a Papist—a Deist—or an Infidel of any other form and complexion, he cannot, if a sincere believer in his creed, he cannot, we repeat, thus easily put it off, when called from his closet to discharge public duties,---and • hence springs the mischief of opening the Couneil-chaniber 'to unfaithful men. if Mr. Rathbone meant to say, that he does not openly preach Unitarian doctrines amidst hi s committee labours, we can understand and believe him— the "Unitarian Dissenter" has too much of the "illu minati" about him so egregiously to commit himself ; but we again declare it to be impossible for Mr. Rathbv*i —if an honest Unitarian (we hope weatre .not gutlt.y of a moral solecism) ever to forget his principles, ever" to act independently of them, when an opportunity for their exercise may occur; and there is scarcely'a question of public business in which such opportunities do not occur. We ask Mr. Rathbone how be would act at the " Watch Committee" if a Unitarian Dissenter and a Church of England candidate was severally 'soliciting 'suffrages for , an appointment under it ? Would he not "carry his sectarian principles with him into the cotntriittee" — would: not a congeniality of creed give a bias to' his soul, turn, aye, the affectionate needle to the pole, and lubricate his tatigue,, so that it would . "discourse most eloquent music" in praise, of the former. He would find the sec tarian mantle, whichehad jtist before so gracefully put off, ready at hand, in which to clothe himself. Oh, yes, we know, that if Mr:'Rathbone'a desirs could be fully accomplished, we should -have Unitarian Members of Parliament—Unitarian MemberS of the Town Council — Unitarian Members of the Dock Trust Committee — Unitarian "dirt and dust men," the 'only Offices that should be filled by Unitarians. Let Mr. Rathbone, there fore, "chew the cud" of this bitter sarcasm, proclaimed by his own lips, and, reverberated by his colleagues, that he leaves his religious creed at home, like a dirty gar ment, when he enters upon public dUties ! We never remember so severe a self moral castigation. How un like all this is the language of the Christian—"at all times, and in all plates," Ile is giving thanks; and, therefore, in remembrance of his faith " Whatsoever" he does he " does all in faith." But we are not the personal enemy of Mr. Rathbone, neither have we gone out of our way to assail him—if there be not an impropriety in the figure, we should say, he has Made himself a mark, at which to shoot his own arrows; and, as no man wishes to harm himself, he thought they were feathered only, but, in truth, they are pointed also. But we now come to the announcement of a measure to which, whether carried or not, will be affixed with eter nal infamy, the municipal seal of Liverpool. Liverpool, the first mercantile port in Britain, cod still under a Pro testant King, and a Protestant go: ernment, is confem pl4ting the " "le of its publies4ool's,".because,, to use the language of Mr. Birch, "the public mind Lad been vexed' and tortnented'threuehout the greater part of the year" by them ! ! "Cart such things be wit!:out our special wonder? " It stands without precialent, and will, we hope, remain without imitation. Is it possible that we are sank so low," ad-Tartara," in religiouSdiseipline, that public schools must be abandoned, and for the ex traordinary cause, that they "vex and tot ment " the pub lie Mind ? To those who live a hundred miles fioll7 Li verpool, the whole of this proceeding will be regarded as an 'improbable fiction, an incredible slander upon its municipal body. But for the benefit of those who may, at that distance, read the text, we beg to of the folio*. ing brief comment. The "vexation and torment" al luded to, have been called into existence by the semi infidel breath of Unitarianism, and at the bidding of un hallowed papacy. A school in Protestant England, and designed to raise up Protestant subjects, has ;been per verted into a nursery for Unitarian schismatics, and Roman Catholic infidels. We ask with confidence, of, any one of these advocates of liberalism, which is become a synonym of licentiousness, whether there can be found in any papal country in Christendom, a school, originally designed for the inculcation of the doetrines of Romanism, that ever tolerated the introduction• of any discipline favourable to Protestantism ? We defy every unitarian and papist member of the Town Council of Liverpool to furnish such an example. Why even papal France, where religion is shrunk, like the nymph in the fable, to a Mere "vole et prceterea nihil," a protestant cannot ob tain a decent resting-place for his ashes—" that small portion of the 'barren earth, which serves as paste and cover to our bones I." What heathen nations seldom re fused even to enemies, papal France refuses to her neigh bour, at .peace with her: How unlikely e then, that she would expend her funds to educate those whom she re fuses to bury. ,But to proceed. Mr. Birch added, that "he had always been unable to conceivehow an reason able man could attempt to justify the application of pro perty,' which belonged to the whole community, to the education of one exclusive body." It may not be Mr.' Birch's fault to have limited powers of " conception"— that they are nut very ample we shall soon discover. If Mr. Birch meant, that the " whole community" have an indefeesible right:in the " property" of the - se schools, he asserts more than we are willing to believe he intended. Whilst he is Planting in the same soil, a Unitarian, a Papist, and a Protestant, how could he justify the exclu sion of the Deist; a fearfully numerous portion of society ? Or, does Mr. Birch maintain (it is the legitimate issue of Ids principle) filet in these schools, every, section of be lievers and unbelievers, ought to find masters to teach, and books to instruct them, in their several creeds? shall we have the Bible in three contradictory versions—the one as read by the Romanist—another as read by the Unitarian—and a third as read by the Protestant church man? And shall we have, for in consistency we can riot deny it, the latest edition of Paine's Age of Reason, for the Scions of Deism v How can yon refuse any one of these ?—each urges his claim with the same argument — and you must grant all, or abandon your principle. But, narrow as appears to be Mr. Birch's "conception," surely it might have compassed the conclusion, that public funds in a , Protestant country, applied to the support of a Na tional school in the same country, were designed for the promotion of Protestant education—and had any doubts arisen in his mind, he might easily have removed them by referring to the appropriation of those funds, before the new light of municipal reform cast its ominous shade over it. But we fancy we can see in the tenor of Mr . Birch's speech a conciliatory disposition, and so far we respect it, but we cannot suffer a compromise of our prin ciple—we condemn, unqualifiedly, the grounds upon which hei,vould make peace-0! tempora ! 0! mores ! In the nineteenth century of the Christian Era, to hear of propositions to abandon the discipline of schools, founded upon religious principles, and to "endeavour to intro duce a system of what might be called secular educa tion ! "—this, a little more amplified in expression, means, to throw overboard the compass of religion, by which, hitherto, under the tutelage of our national schools, the vessel of life has been directed through the storms of passions, kept clear of the rocks and syrtes of temptation, and, we hope, and believed, finally conducted, in nu merous instances, into the haven of Eternal rest. If we must make an election between the 'alternatives Of no religion, or the religion of unitarians and papacy we give.aur voice for total exclusiotr-esdatkrin',44sl preferable to the light of. an ignislatuus. But we will hope better things, and trust that this question, still unsettled, may be settled to the hOnour of Liverpool. And, that, as already the public voice has proclaimed the management of the national schools, by the newly-modelled municipal corporation, to be a public wrong, there will be made an attempt at redemption of character .by directing the funds of the corporation into their former channels, to fertile and refresh, as Was originally intended, the lovely fields of Protestantism. We have one part ing word "for'• Mr. Ratiibone—ite said " that the member for Everton had asked him if the Bible were read during school hours ? "—and he answered " Yes.' , If a Mahometan were asked, whether he believed Moses to be a true prophet, he might answer, " yes "—if he were further asked, whether he believed in Jesus Christ? he might also answer "yes"—but in both cases the "yes' of the Mahometan would be precisely like the "yes" of Mr. Rathbone--negatiVes to the interrogatives of a Christian. And Mr. Rathhone's • yes "is "in foro con scientico" no- , efor he knows that the Bible, as was under stood in the interrogation, was not _read, but a Bible from which, as was significantly implied in Mr. Heyworth's question, and to which no answer was given, the second commandment is expunged from the Decalogue. We are sorry to' hear a, matt of Mr. Rat hbone's station thus " pal ter with, nsiu a double sense." If the Unitarian Bible countenances such mental equivocation, the Protestant Bible rigorously condemns it. " Who," says our Bible, `" shall ascend into the hill of the Lord ? "—to which the answer is, and we press it upon the attention of Mr. Rath bone—" He that speaketh tire truth froin his heart." In the perforMance of our . publie. duty, we have pub lished, in another column, a faithful report of the discus sion which took place in the Common Council, on 'Wednesday:last, relative to the Corporation schools. The 'great interests which are involved in Ole decision of the Council, render it unnecessary on our part to offer any apology to our readera, for again directing their serious attention to this subject. Its baneful influence on the religious principles, and moral habits of the rising ge ketation is sufficient to enkindle the zeal of the philan thropist, and lead hiM, by every means in his power, to avert those evils with which our social compact is threat ened. We' record 'with feelings of the deepest shame, and burning indignation the degrading fact that in Pro testant England, and in a town, heretofore distinguished for its allegiance to the House of. Hanover, and re nowned for its uncompromising attachment to the prin ciples of the reformation, that any body of men could be found, acting under the authority of a Protestant King, who, to gratify the ambition of party, should league themselves together against the circulation of the Sacred Scriptures, and shut out the light of truth from the yoUth of our generation.' We say the alliance which our Town Councillors have formed, is both disgraceful, inconsis tent, and unnatural. The infidel, the papist. and the political dissenter, actuated by a feeling of hatred to God, have united their forces, and commenced a crusade against the civil liberties, and religious privileges of their townsmen: Time was, when Liverpool, the first in commercial enterprise, was also foremost in deeds of charity—when ample provision was made for the reli giouS, and moral education of her children—when tem ples were raised to the Living God, and his worship celebrated—when the riches which reWarded her industry and enterprise were expended in extending t hose chan nels of industry, and in promoting the happ iness of. her people. Then her Council was held ill honour—their authority recognised—their laws respected Then the paternal hand of her local government was extended to succour the needy—to protect tyLe'oppiessed7 and to re lieve the necessitous. Hospitals 'were built and en dowed—infirmaries and DigPensatlies erected by th e voluntary subscription of her rco ple, also experien ce d the festering care of her rulers, the'streams of her charity stied in every direction —religion, regarded as the srning of such benevolent actions was bay, in honour. I.3tit what a contrast do we now witness! A reform has taken , pi„ e „ t The demon of faction has raised hideous hoed a, „,ngst us, and party prejudice has nar- rowed the intercourse between. man and man. Her, wealth is now expended in rewarding the ambitions . - design of some daring adventurers, whose only claim to prefermlL-mt that they have united the insolence or lieen- tionsnes? , , with the fooliNhness 0;* ignorance. Her of trust and parlour, aro u:iw filled by for their strong party predelectlan. Her Council is now regarded as a Cure, instead of a blessing—her Council- lors are still the honourable of the earth, but their laws are prejudicial to the interests of her people. The obli gations of morality are relaxed, and the streams of her charity narrowed, if not entirely shut up. But we must hasten to notice the speeches of those Councillot - s who took part in the discussion on WednesdUv. A petition was presented from the inhabitants of the North Toxteth Ward, against disposing of the Schools. Mr. Councillor Platt, in proposing that the memorial be received, took occasion to cunt rAdict the oft-repeated as sertion that the Bible was excluded. Now, we are ready to believe this gentleman spoke the . traitle and believed what he asserted; but will he favour the public by telling tlern to whom Mr. Aspinall read the Bible, - and at what time ? He may understand the Irish, Engliskor Scotch systems of education, but it is very clear he does not understand logic :—" He was happy to say, that so far as he had gone, the reports were utterly unfounded." What might have been the result had he gone further we cannot say, but we are inclined to think he confined his attentions to the little knot of Protestant children. who were near the door. Mr. Councillor E. Smith Wished for delay in order to ascertain the Sentiments of the public. The meeting at the Amphitheatre was a mere faction in his estimation, composed of political partisans, and not at all expressing the opinion of the people. We would recommend a meeting in Clayton-square, if this sag* Councillor would unite the respectability, the property, and the talent of the town in furtherance of his favourite scheme. After this little bye-play, Mr. Councillor Birch addressed the Council on the subject Of the schools. His speech is marked by sound reasoning and a disposi tion to conciliate all parties by proyidirreethication kir each. We advise our readers to give his speech a careful peruSal. He grapples with the question as an honest man, and seeks not to evade its difficulties by quibbling Or vituperation. The motion of Mr. Councillor Birch was supported by Mr. Councillor John Smith. An amendment was moved by Mr. Councillor J. Crop per, "that it bean instruction to the Finance Commit tee to sell the schools," which amendment 'Vas' se conded by Mr. Councillor E. Cropper. Mr. Coun cillor Blackburn moved as a further amendment, "that the schools be continued under the direction of the Education Committee," &c. It will be in the recollec tion of our readers, that when the subject was under dis cussion, previously to being introduced, this gentleman made a speech which some of our contemporaries praised, very much, but of which a few discerning critics thought very differently, and both his learning and his logic were freely criticised, very much to the Councillor's annoy ance. On this occasion, " he could 'not give a silent vote," very much to our regret, es it innibses upon us the unpleasant task of. dissecting .this speech, which consists of an immense mass of unmeaning verbiage, filthy allusions, coarse satire, and frothy declamation. We could condense into two or tineee shot t sentences all that is worth notice in the observations before us. If we had time we could furnish some choice specimens of incon sistency in the hoeourable Councillor's address. How ever, we but anticipate. There were two grounds of argu ment which he wished to combat ; first, that these schools were opposed by.public opinion; and the second, that they were strictly, after all, sectarian schools. By "public opinion in the present instance, they were to understand, the opinion of the majority." We cannot conceive why an exception should be made here ; the opinion of the ma jority is in almost every instance acknowledged, but, "in the present instance," such an opinion suited the Councillor's tactics. He then vents a little spleen against the Conservatives, because his understanding failed him —lie could not comprehend how any man who supported such a system of Education for Ireland, should oppose it in,England. Are the Tories to, blame, becanSe this sage Councillor can perceive nothing in the circumstances, the habits, arid the iireludices of the Irish people; different from those of the Liverpool public ? The Tories may have much to answer for, but if they are to be made ac countable for the dearth of intellect vvhich is every day witnessed in the Council Chamber, and to be responsible for all the nonsense which is there spoken, we have no hope for them ; for teach a mill-stoee, would sink them for ever. We charitably suppose that Mr. Councillor Blackburn never read Lord Stanley's letter to Mr. Adam Hodgson, or if he did, could not understand it. Mr. Councillor Blackburn is profe,isedly a christian, and we would in dulge the hope that he is one, but how can he reconcile it to his conscience to characterise the zeal which is manifested on every hand for the dissemination of the Scriptures, "the cant of excluding the Bible to annoy a patriotic Ministry." Is this hatred to truth, or has the frenzy of party feeling unseated his reason ? We shall , next be' told that the Bible itself is but cant, and this too, by a , man, who in the reports which are annually circulated of the Sunday Schools in conneion with the Independents, grounds their claim to public support, upon the considera tion that the Bible is taught inehe Schobls and the chil dren are "trained up in the way they should go." But we turn from this subject with disgust. .We pass on to notice a charge which is preferred by Mr. Councillor Blackburn against the Tories, and which, we hesitate not to say, he knows to be false—" that the love of the Protestant cause and zeal for Conservatism, led them "to abuse the police and coquet with the keepers of saloons." Is this true? Is this honourable ? Answer the charge ve hundreds . and thousands v% o have raised your voices in favour of Scriptural Edevat ion? Answer this slander er,yeTradesmen and Operatives,whose zeal for the Conservative cause has struck terror into the hearts of your opponents. We antici pate your indignant reply. We profess ourselves Conser vatives—we het e our Constitution—we reverence our sell g iee—we hate falsehoOd--we shrink front dishonour. For ourselves we throw back the imputation with eon tempt. Prove your charge against us. We dare you to the proof. Mr. Councillor Blackburn then enquires for evidence that the public opinion is against them, and in the absence of such evidence he maintains it is not. Hear his own words : " Was it not a fact that a very considerable proportion of the most influential members of the Church of England supported, and approved of these schools ? An immense majority of dissenters highly appreciated, and valued the importance of the system, and the Roman Catholic population were with them to a man." We deny the c orrectness of the first part of the assertion, and allow the second. But lest Mr. Blackburn's vision should prove no better than his understanding, we will glance over the field, and reckon the number, and specify t h e character of his alli es . Th ere are on the one band, the Infidel phalanx—the Unitarian band—the Popish co nfederacy ; and on th e o th er t h e licentious—the rebellious —and the reVolutionary di= vision. You have with you the Irish ruffian aud the po litical incendiary. Such is your army 1 It possesies the elements of strife, but it lacks that discipline and unity of purpose necessary to successfill warfare. 'We give Mr. Councillor Blackburn joy of his allies. Give us proo f of your numbers—give us indication of your power. We know the empty nature of your boastings, and laugh t o scorn yoUr foolish and unmeaning threats. Mr. Coun cillor BlaCkburn's independence of public opinion we ad mire; it is in exact accordance With our views ; but we despise that slavish subserviency which was manifested when'it was necessary to secure the public favour, as a stepping -stone to power: We proceed.—ln noticing the goodly proportion of Protestants who were in the schools, (250 to 1050 Roman Catholics,) he relates the peeseentions they suffered fronl the vulgar rabble, and declares it was necessary to call in the police before quietness could be obtained. Could he not also have told the Council how Mr. Coudcilloi - Rathbone was peltede and how when two young tat-chine were apprehended for throwing stones at the children of the Corporation School, it was deemed of so much conse quence,that Mr. Rat tesone, in hie e leiracter of repahed - to the Judicial Bench and gave judgementto se. " of the little dears belong in g lo our schools." S' must, however, hasten to a conclusion. Mr. Conn c:::or Blackburn asserts that one hour each day in the week the-f*ifile MIR used ; and: that Prottistants-Amigittiti be satisfied %vitt' this! This is candid. Now we have (hi; troth, and Protestants mast judge bpod What conditioni the woiiid ;end their childr . en to the . i..4e . clioolS. Ile adds; in . ' • of that the arrangement is so a, nia ) 1 ,t ha t. a man re , ligion or of no religion, might teeeke, and, we suppose; give instruction; without any compromise of principlei "it was on this ground he adMired it—this wa the ezi•e' 1- lency and s2 - /ory of that system." How emsoiaLury-thii must have been to poor Mr. Rathbone, who be6ri censi;red for teaching in the schools :.hat lie belieVed tci be false. He would lay the flattering tinetiOiit6 his soul; and endeavour to smile away those compunctions which he must feel when reason triumphs over passion. One word in parting to Mr. Councillor Blackburn; . Never malign your opponent. You were indignant at the innocent sarcasm of the Rev. Hugh M'Neile; and yet you cherish a feeling of bitter emnitY against your opponents, and avail yourself of every opportunity .to abuse them. Compare your slanders against the Con iervative party, and say if we have ever excelled—evet, equalled them ? What you call the " malignant hc;irl of faction - we suppose was the demonstration at the Amphitheatre, when 5,000 voices mere heard in conderia nation of your system. Does it becorne you as a pro fessed Christian to use such coarse langliage to your OP . - ponents, at least your equals in character, in station; i 6 learning, and respectability ? But we forbear. Mr. Councillor Rathbone followed, and read a speech, which our reporter asserts was very dry. He very considerately declined any lengthy reply to Mr. M‘Neile's power'fui letter. The Irish board, Mr. 'tailbone says, in addition to the hour which is set. apart for religious instruetibn; make it their Object to promote, and they stron,44 recom inend—What ? Why, the reading of the Scriptures iii the hour set 'apart fur such potpie ! Verily thiS is something like a reply to Mr. M‘Neile. We intend in our next number to notice at length the speech of thiS honourable ,Councillor. If sortie of the inaMber: of the Town Council would entertain a hide more resuect for the linderstandingS of their tiohstituents, it would be bet ter, and not insult theM with falsehood, and calumny; and abuse. The reasoning of Mr. Councillor Ratlibone: reminds us strongly of a passage of Pop . e's, when he says; " that in every sect or party the most ignorant are the most violent." Our friend Mr. Couneillor Lawrence Hey4orth followed Mr. Rathbone, and his ier!?.. - - effusion. has laid a tax upon our Italic case. It is only on the, principle which lie laid down that we can justify. its ap pearance in our columns. We can at any rate rival the fatuous Hypnologist. To our readers we say, read Mr. Councillor Lawrence Heyworth's speed! the " last thing going to bed ;" it is sure to prodOce " Na ture's sweet restorer, balmy sleep." Mr. -Coun cillor Lassen followed, and the peroration of his speech was quite in a supplicating mood ;—" Grant," says he, e to the Committees their confidence fur ano ther year, and give them a fair chance of success." We are disposed to be liberal, but not at the expense of truth. We cannot sacrifke a principle to gratify a Town Councih for. They arenot of sufficient importance now-a-days. Mr: \\Talmsley came next, but it is very clear kern the tenor , of his speech that he did not understand the subject, as we will prove on 'Tue s day. But that is of rid conse quence,—a Councillor talks against time. Mr. Coun cillor E. Smith came next in succession; and his speech was a perfect comment on the frequent interruptions hi hail given during the course of Mr. Blackburn's address: When Mr. Councillor Blackbdrn expressed his independ ence of the public, or rather of the "vulgar rabble,", Mr. Councillor E. Smith broke silence by his sig-: nificant—"Hear, hear." Now, however, we find him standing forward as the representative of a large ward, and arguing from these very circum stances that his opinions should have great weight I with the Council. It is very well that this worthy Councillor informs the public .that he was educated at the Royal InstitutiOn; as no one would eves have sus pected it, if his speech is correctly reported. We have some amusement in store for our reader's, which we shall endeavour to produce next t'eek. Mr, Councillor James Hey worth's speech will amply repay a careful perusal: it is candid, faithful, argumentative, and fail of sound yea,: soning. We shall endeavour, at a future time; to glean some of its beauties and present them in a more concise form. It standi alone in this diScussion for, perspieuity and richneSs of thought. Mr. Councillor Bolton next . engaged the attention of the Council, and said that as "conscientious parents they could not send their children to the forther schOok, because they Were constrain: ad to read the ainhorised version of the Scriptures.' ; ' In the next breath he tells us there are about 150,000 versions of the Scriptures. "There was a gentleman who had examiu ed 30,000 manuscripts, and had published a new version." " Archbishop Newcome had done the same," (that is, examined 30,(X0 uniuuScripts and published anew version.) "Mr. Wake field had dune thesam , ," (that is, - catuined 30,000 manuscripts and published a new version.) So bcrl we hav'e 150,000 uetv versions,' the' latter three compiled front 90,000 manuscripts, and this ledi•ird Councillor is wandering in !lie etalesiMaies of the hAbYritah, inteitt Upon ascertaining theScnrreeixersloa before, as a conscientious parent, he can put the Bible intO the hands of his (I;ildien: This is very correct logic and can be sustained by the premises. _The deductions, are agreeable to' rule. We_say,—stady the manuscripts: ' Button,—studf the manuscripts! The Mayor could not give a silent vote on the occasionv4wai too important. We will venture to say that suelta.ComposiLan was !refer heard withri the walls of the Town:hallpefere.. It his novelty to recointhend it. If"our readers will notice, they will find almost every note of inierrogation'sukeeded in the next sentence by a puriod. It is a stiecessioe of question and answer. The Mayor asks 71 question, and atinvers. it according to B ll 4 i , s n, oW u n p to tice mark.'' l‘l r. co m i l ij illi 13 might w e ll cheer it and say, rOckiebziuk bad not made votes up s his, trsind, idvteitiii't.nhoo must leave the room whe t i the t fur what ward this coun -te cillur is returned, but it Most possess a very fortunate constituen cy: Th'ey have a chance of being heard next time. Mr: Councillor Henry Lawrence concurred in what had fallen from' the Mayoii,and.begg ed to compliment him f ur th e hi g hl y tempe rate. manner in which he ha d expressed his opinions. We n ettn(_: of the w or d s i n . I ta li cs. ' M r. c o n un e :i td n't h told Council that, he wai one of the roundels of one of the largest schools in Liv e rp oo l, and that the p r esent Master was "a seljeant in hi s M ajes ty' s Gth It e l j i. t hod a: c ae better snail could not he." The audience, not havingany fancy for military discipline, cut short the paiic r gyric (')f Mr. tar Jordan. The lust sp ea k er was our o ld f r i en d , Mr. COutieil lor Lawrence Ileyworth, and he made an admirable finish. He trusted that, as ids own motion was not seconded, seine other councilloi's niight be carried out. Time "highly tiritio:friite" principle scents to have been acted upon throughout. The mo tion of Mr. Blackburn was ultieutelv carried. The numbers' were-43 in favour, and lu t gainst.. Majority 35. • , , , • " DEARE S T LOVE, I WATCH FOIL THEE."—This admirable song, of which we have received a copy, We shall notice in our next. 'lll F. TutipERANCE list,i..—We die' glad to find thit the TerOpetance Society has so fur increased in numbeittli and re-. speetaltility, that a meeting litt h-eu j a ,(pe l . l g e l dt rnc 'i a teth e e n p a u l r l., ims- ,We n ir of cotiaidering the propriety of erecting a wish the praiseworthy , undertaking every success. THE THEAtRE.—It will he seen front the Theatre,advertise meats. that Mr. ii:eati , is engaged to play as Ilambl, on Mon= dsty eveuii'g »ext,.which is also filed for Mi-s Clarke's benefit. .We hope, nay coufidently expect, that she will fiar'e a ftill houge.. IThert.• is not a. more clever actress in the coinpaaY , when cast in ttliaraeters which suit her tal?mts. 'N'Ve are, howey4r, front the . great pressure of other matter, obliged to be brief. in otir coni ments.. AeciDENT.—Front the inattention and careless driving,of Carts on the turnpike roads, an unfortunate accident betel 4r. John Parrs - , a traveller for the house of Messri. 13illklY, ;Nun" 5015 .and Co., tea-dealers. of ails town. On last he was on his wily borne from Ortnskirre, vi , Pli - a eartlon, against his et,, with such' iolence:Abut the Ititirwits . stinteney Thdtsday - mght; Ith(l:o;iielaPs;lite,:iteViaehr.hlisiii.:ll.Citt:ll:::::l:ii,eci,'s l:n:s''elueiwrt:daniElbtiiidiinaogibth:riedsu.deiits?bice:lyd.al:fue:..riligniirn.;..y:iiiiliti,,,li,'::',;(l,l2l'dif.:::ll;.:irt,::l),,,::lu,ni:ari:)•%,i‘,)%ll.4;.iojee:r4-4:it.irusriu.eere,:eprt.lo'oiatov:usen:lsrePr.iy—ew-Ysi: V ANDENI4OFP e. BUNIN.—On l'htirsdv.i. in the Court of Ex.' e wi a ll L7‘'e considerable lU f t :t a il:l: there i e . e i eh ' a i n r g g ed ; and Ina 1 Mr •Vaudeohoff of holang . o w f hL 4 i i ce i ht i otewu'res;ies fiornoill'etnhiedll3uaiu:dlateiec6aihin:lPinutiOu:lla:c.: d [ lux to eETlB);l:.riesl.y-odFB::j°itizi::rcilesal i vi a ne n l Tl l : i a 3 7 ei C: L u tli t -se r R a i d' : ted £l . OO t,..'d • • • tor 400 infant. Onto' a( Mallon, capablemar s ereettfig en, children. . fi.ola e,ioo. expected' All ihe wheat grown by several farmOs in the neigainuihood' of ,lixeter has been , 14keti at Is. 6d. a bashei, to be delivered'as' required between diva and July licit. North Dim On' Journal. ft is rumoured by ihe friends of ministers that a liarlia in atxry ' iuquii v into the otierstion Of the,newpuor law bill not be in,h) , e,t by gov et n i nent in the next sessions of parlia ment.—Kent Herald. The Atpri , ll de Pandres asserts that the marriage of .ite: Princess with th-e elder of the two Princes of C"urg, Illfus,ets, is finally st;tt!ed:' ~~ ~~~ t 1