The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser. — Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1841-12-17 00:00:00

'fHL..TRE ROYAL, LIVERPOOL The Last Night but One of the Season, and of the Theatre being open under the Present Management. Third Week of Mr. W. J. HAMM.OND. FOR THE BENEFIT OF MADAME SIMON AND MR. LLOYDS PHIS present FRIDAY EVENING, the lith instant, L. will be performed the highly-popular Comedy of PAUL PRY. ...... W. J. Hammond. • ~. Mr. Baker. Harry Stanley.. Mr. H. 8011. Mrs. Subtle . Mrs. Clarke. Miss E. Honuer. After which, Mr. W. J. Hammond will Sing his original Paul Pr Colonel liardN Pncebe Song called THE 13Aren OF BALLADS. TO be followed by the favourite Farce of THE IRISH TUTOR. Doctor O'Toole The whole to conclude with, for the first time here, the Bur. lesque Burletta, entitled the LOVES OF LORD BATEMAN & THE FAIR SOPHIA. Lord Bateinan Mr. W. J. Hammond. . Sophia. THEATRE ROYAL, LIVERPOOL Mr. Baker. I Captain Irvin.... Mr. Stuart Sir Robert Ramble Mr. H. Holl. Lady Eleanor Irwin Miss Cleaver.. Mrs. Placid.. Mrs. Clarke. ADDRESSING THE AUDIENCE. After which, the new and popular Drama of THE BOARDING SCHOOL. Irish Comic Song, " THE WAKE OF BARNEY BRALLAGAN," '—Mr. T. Lee ROYAL AMPHITHEATRE FOR . THE BENEFIT OF MR. H. BEVERLY, STAGE MANAGER rl l l-11S pres THE HEBREW MAIDEN OR, THE LOST DIAMOND. Black Iv Comic S ARENA Mr. EGERTON begs leave most respectfully to intimate to the Nobility and Gentry of Liverpool that he has entered into an arrangement with Mr. DUCROW for a limited number of representations by the whole of his splendid and talented establishment being their last provincial tour. The Amphitheatre will be closed after Monday Even ing next, for the purpose of preparing for the Christmas liolydays a series of those gorgeous Equestrian Spectacles in the production and representation of which Mr. DUCROW and his ARTISTES arc so justly celebrated. Tickets to be had of Mr. H. BEVERLY, 25, Hunter-street. Centre Dress Boxes, 3s. ; Side Boxes, 2s. 6d. ; Pit, ls. 6d. ; Gallery, 61 Second Price at Nine o'clock. Centre Dress Boxes, 2s. ; Side Boxes, Is. tid. ; Pit, lb. No second price to the Gallery. TO CORRESPONDENTS We have made some inquiries relative to the remarks of a correspondent, in our last, about the organ at Trinity Church, and find that the person who officiates at that instrument is remunerated entirely by private subscription, a considerable portion of which comes out of the pocket of the minister, and the remainder is supplied by the con gregation.; but the whole amount is not adequate to obtain • the services of an efficient organist, and hence arises the grievances of which our correspondent complains. Does " A Sufferer" contribute liberally towards the fund ? The Rev. Mr. Nolan begs thankfully to acknowledge the receipt of £2 from " A Wellwisher," towards the en largement of St. Barnabas' Church, and wishes also to express his grateful sense of the kind and Christian spirit that breathes through the letter which conveyed them.—Mr. Nolan's name was, through a stupid blunder, printed " Urlaw" i❑ our last. Eht itherpool APtanbarti. FRIDAY MOgIVING, DECEMBER 17, 184 The Procureur-General of France, in the opening of his speech upon the trial, before the Court of Peers, of Quenisset and his accomplices—(who, it will be re membered, are the parties implicated in a late murder ous attack made upon the sons of Louis Philippe, whilst entering Paris at the head of the troops re turned from the African campaigns)—remarked that " in all similar criminal aggressions which during the last ten years had called for the interference of justice, one and the same principle predominated —one and the same object was constantly revealed. The motives which inspired all these impotent attempts could not possibly be mistaken. It was no other than the over throw of the political and social order of the country and the, downfal of the constitutional monarchy." There can be no doubt of the perfect correctness of this remark. There can be no doubt in the mind of any man who has paid ordinary attention to the deve lopement of popular opinion in France, and especially in Paris, during the last ten years, that a strong under current of revolutionary feeling of the basest and most bloodthirsty description—unmingled with one particle of generous enthusiasm—not elevated by one virtuous and ennobling aspiration —runs deep below the en forced and deceitful calm which is spread over the sur face of society in that kingdom. The heart of France is black with suppressed passions, throbbing with wild longings for blood and outrage. Her feelings are those of the dragon chained down until the venom with which it is surcharged threatens to shoot forth from its glaring eyes, whilst its scaly form swells in vain and agonizing efforts to break asunder the iron links which bind it to the earth. The struggling ele olcano are within her breast ; and the oc currence of a day or an hour may enable them to burst forth in a torrent of headlong crime and slaughter, and once more.to strike a blow for the mastery over the devastated and prostrate kingdoms of Europe. And to what must we attribute the existence of this passion which animates the great mass o French society ? From whence this " wild unrest"— monst this fev4ish longing of a nation to rush into that blood-stained path whose horrors in time past drew down upon her the execrations of the whole world, and entailed upon her own children so fearful a weight of retribution? The spirits which of old goaded her into action—the warriors who held up before her eyes the trophies of her countless battle fields, whic led and intoxicated her with the vision of her un versa' supremacy—the theorists who deluded her wit the dark whisperings of their false philosophy—a , or nearly all, Time has hurried from the scene of their mingled infamy and glory. A few old men are all which remain of he: scarred veterans and of her younger heroes. The record of its disastrous eclipse is all which remains of the glory of " the empire ;" and the charity which allowed him a grave within the bosom of the land which he once lorded over is the last memory entwined with the name of the Chief whose genius alone conferred a transient splendour upon that revel of blood from which he awoke the ensanguined myriads of France to turn their frantic energies against 'What can there be in the nes, its glories, or its humilia )irit which is smouldering in the in oration ? Nothing—abso- s of Europe. tions— —to excit breasts o It is no longer the fever o f those fearful and mad which is burning beneath the surface o f A quarter of a century has glided „ and the past is. now history—a dream. w e must look, therefore, to other and less tangible causes as the source of the present " unrest " of this excita ble people. • And to what does, the authority which we have above quoted point ? " With all," remarks the Procureur-General, " that is calculated to ensure the happiness of a rest people, France has in her bosom two corrosive and 'torturing sores; and as long as they exist we can never rely upon a continuance of public French socie THE CLOSING NIGHT OF TEE SEASON, And the last Night of the Theatre !being open u n der the present Nianagenint. Mr. CLARKE,i; TN finally retiring from the Lessees* and Management of IN the Theatre, most respectfully announces, that his FAREWELL 13E$EFIT _ _ will take place on MONDAY next,' he 20th instant, when will be performed Mrs. lnchbald omedy, (not acted here for many years, called EVERY ONE HAS lIS FAULT Mr. Placid.. Mr. W. J. Hammond Mr. Solu Miss I ,Voob urn, Mrs. Baker. Miss Spinster, Madame Simon. In the course of the Evening, MR. CLARKE WILL HAVE THE HONOUR OF Major Marsden.. Mr. Chaplin. 1 Capt. Harcourt.. Mr. Hull. James Mr. W. J. Hammond. Mrs. Gros de Nap.. Mrs. Clarke. Miss Biggs, Miss Cleaver. Miss Mary Mite, Miss E. Honner To conclude with the favourite Burletta, by Chas. sethy. FREDERICK OF PRUSSIA; Or, the King and the Comedian. In which Mr. Tilbury will, on this occasion, personate the character of Frederick, and Mr. W. J. Hammond the character of Stolbach, the Comedian, as originally performed by them in London. Tickets may be had of Mr. CLARKE, 1, Houghton-street, Williamson-square ; and of Mr. Minster, at the Box-office, of who,rn places may be taken from ten until three. RIDAY EVENING, the 17th instant, on which occasion Mr. J. SLOAN, the celebrated Irish Comedian, and Mr. E. R. HARPER, the popular American Comedian, will appear, the Perfornisnces will commence with an entirely new Equestrian Drattia, called Mr. Howard, Rebecca . ... Mrs. Nunn. t favourite Pas Seul, by Miss Gilbert. 'prig, " The New Police," by Mr. M'Gregor. To which will be added, THE VIRGINIAN MUMMY! Ginger Blue Mr. E. R. Harper, 'Who will sing the popular songs of "Jim along Josey," and " Sich a gittin up stairs." Mrs. Barrowcliffe Susan.. Mrs. F. Carman. SCENES IN THE To which will be added, THE SIAMESE TWINS! Dennis o ,l Glib. Simon Slow Mr. H. Beverly. The whole to conclude with a brilliant display of FI REWORKS, In honour of the PRINCE of WALES. UAL: 4 ui upor Ind what are these two giant evils—these " corroding and torturing sores " which taint to fa ness the heart of society in France ? Why, the exi ence of secret societies and of a corrupt anti,social and anti-monarchical press ! The toleration of these by the government of Louis Philippe is the cause of the oft-recurring outbreaks and the source of the danger ous feeling which they develope ! Can blindness, we ask, be more blind, ignorance be more ignorant, than that of the man who can deliberately propound such an absurdity ? Why, these two " corroding sores " these secret societies and this traitrous press are but themselves the outward excrescences thrown up by the rank disease within. They are but the blotches of the fever—the smoke and ashes emitted by the labour ing volcano. At the root is a thing more deadly far— an evil which has once before plunged France into anarchy and blood, and which is destined, we fear, to do so again, and within a brief period. France possesses amongst her people no vital reli gion ! The minds of her people are either sunk in in fidelity, open and avowed, or in practical infidelity glossed over with false philosophy or hid behind the folds of Popish superstition. She cast from her, in the reign of her arrogant philosophy, amid the splen dours of her Revolution, all that was solid and practi cal along with the external adornments of the religion which she possessed, and she has received nothing to supply its place. She threw from her that religion and its teachers. not because of their errors, but because she prided herself in being able to stand alone by the unaided lights of reason and vain philosophy; and now a generation has grown up to maturity upon the soil which was thus prepared, has been nurtured in merely secular knowledge, has been fed with philosophy, has drunk only from the fountain of reason, and has never been led to that spring from which alone can be im ' bibed the vivifying waters of the living truth. Yes, France in her present condition, teeming with the elements of social disorganization, outrage, and re volution, is a living example of the effects of mingled " Liberalism " in politics, Voluntaryism in Religion, and of SECULAR EDCUATION ! The existing gene ration of Frenchmen is the natural fruit of the com- bined working of these baneful principles; and the present insecurity of the social institutions, the peace, and the monarchy of France, is the effect produced. And yet it is to the adoption of such a system, based upon such principles, and which must produce such a state of society, that the Whig and Radical faction would most gladly hurry the government and the people of this country ! There is a reciprocal action between the political and the religious influences of the Romish church, and they assist each other most essentially. The religion creates a political party; the political party, feeling its dependence on the religion, is very grateful, and gives its aid to the religion in return. This is one of the main pillars of the Popedom. The political influence acting this kind part, is not confined within the pale of the church; it goes far beyond it. Thus you find Protestant Dissenters who have gone to the antipodes of Popery religiously, throwing a shield over its doc trinal errors, and deprecating an exposure of its inhe rent vices, merely because, in a political way, they find a convenience in its support, and a support in its alli ance. Its political support is at least valuable enough to neutralise the odium theologium of Dissenters of this class, and if they cannot defend its theology, they will not allow others, so far as they can prevent, to attack it. Some, indeed, will even go farther, and would grant away money for engrafting its errors on the youthful mind, or for endowing colleges, or remune rating priests for teaching it. Ask these men, do they approve themselves of the lessons which they would so generously have others taught ? and they reply at once that they do not; that their conduct does not imply anything of the sort; that on this point they suspend all judgment ; and all that should be inferred from their acts is, that they desire to live on good terms with their neighbours, and gratify their wishes to the utmost extent in their power, without entering into any nice inquiry as to the nature or character of those wishes, or the results likely to know from their gratification. Thus it is that political Popery enlists so many Protestant Dissenters on its side, and that un happy Romanists who groan beneath the thraldom of their church, and long to cast it from them, can enter tain no hope of being encouraged in such a step, or protected in the performance of it, by politically-bound serviles of this order. Such vassals of the Popedom, though calling themselves Protestants, would be very sorry to involve themselves in a quarrel with Roman Catholic priests, or influential laymen of their party, by showing favour to deserters from their camp. The tyes of temporal interest are stronger with them than those of futurity, and converts to the true faith must expect no patronage at their hands. With those who are actual members of the Romish communion, the political affiliation must necessarily be still more influential; Protestant confederates would not dare to countenance converts from Popish error, but Romanists would persecute them, and think they were " doing God service." Truly the state of men in whose minds some rays of the light of truth have penetrated, but who are still kept outwardly in bondage—we speak chiefly of the humbler classes of Roman Catholics—is sufficiently deplorable. We have been led into these reflections by a special service which was held at St. Jude's Church on Wed nesday last, for the purpose of receiving into the com munion of the Church of England some converts from the Church of Rome. A crowded congregation as sembled to witness the interesting ceremony, and the Rev. Mr. M`Neile preached, as he usually does, a highly impressive discourse on the occasion. He ad verted to the topic at which we have been glancing, and spoke more expressly of the hardships and perse cutions to which converts are exposed, even in this town, on making an open abjuration of the creed of Pope Pius IV. He mentioned also the fact, that of eight persons who expressed their anxiety to be re ceeived on that day, into the ancient Catholic Church as by law established, and of whose sincerity and in telligence he had been satisfied by careful exami nation, three had been wrought upon by some means since a late hour on the preceding even ing, and had failed to witness that good confes sion which, up to so recent a period, they had appeared both well prepared and anxious to do. The reverend gentleman did not allude to this circumstance, cer tainly, as a proof of the extraordinary power or acti vity of the persecuting influence ; but it strikes us very strongly as being corroborative testimony to this effect. It is scarcely credible that these defaulters acted upon the dictates of their own unbiassed judgment, when, after having previously gone such lengths, they were found at last wanting at the solemn moment when they were called upon to appear. We have no hesita tion in expressing our own conviction, that they were either terrified or tampered with by some of the many scouts which Romanism keeps perpetually on duty to prevent such desertions from its ranks. Such a " spi riting away" of individuals is quite an ordinary prac tice in the Pope's Church, when their perfect freedom of action would be likely to cast upon her the intole rable stigma of abandonment ; and it is therefore, in our mind, a strong and incontestable proof of the great amount of undue influence which a convert from Ro manism must overcome before he asserts his freedom of action, and makes a public recantation of his erro neous opinions, even in such a locality as Liverpool. s there no remedy, then, for this evil ? Can no help, ing hand be given to persons thus struggling with conscience, and endeavouring to emancipate themselves from the yoke of error, and the tyranny of their fellow men ? We say, Yes; we say, that as it is party com bination which gives so much baneful efficiency to the , ersecuting spirit, so it is a party combination of the ;enerous and good, which can mar its power, and defeat its machinations. It would be the greatest possible blessing to Ireland (and to England also), if many of her people could be delivered from the merciless slavery in which they are bound by the fetters of priesteraft ; but, highly as we esteem the religious, and what we would call the intel- lectual, ... - means put in operation for this purpose, we do not think, in all fairness, and with due regard for human weakness, that they are enough. Popery is a double system, and must be encountered with a two edged sword. We say, then, strengthen Conserva tism ; let us extend and consolidate not only our reli gious, but our political, Protestantism and party, in my the more sm. itUlly if; manist3 to join our ranks, and protect them effectually when they do. Liberalism, we may perceive, is no friend to real freedom : it is a poor, canting, cringing, hypocritical professor—eaten up with selfishnegk in the midst of much hollow pretension; it would not move a finger to rescue a fellow -creature from destruc tion, if the effort would occasion the slightest risk to itself. It is a poor bending willow; Conservatism, on the contrary, is near akin to your true Old English oak, and may be relied upon as a support under all difficulties. The Irish government has instituted a prosecution against a man, named Connor, for the use of seditious language—and the fact is taken as ominous of impend ing damage to the rebel party. It is a symptom of vigour on the part of the executive which we hail with the greatest pleasure; and we sincerely hope the blow will be followed up, till gentlemen in red cloaks and cocked hats are duly impressed with the conviction that the game of treason is one which they cannot by any means play at with impunity under a Conservative administration. It has been seen that Repeal of the Union is but another name for a declaration of inde pendence, and that the foul deformity of treason is but flimsily covered by the pretence of seeking the rescind ment only of a legislative enactment. The act of union was, it is true, but an act of parliament ; but it was, at the same time, one which gave a new settlement to the constitution of the kingdom—a great charter of incorporation which can never be cancelled without tearing the kingdom to pieces. It has been suggested that a supplemental act ought to be passed, making it a misdemeanour for any one to propound such a ques tion for debate as the repeal of the great statute ; but we are not disposed to such an infringement upon the liberty of the subject. The question might be dis cussed innocently, and yet in such a way as to offend against the letter of the law; and it is not liberty of thought, or of speech in the abstract, or in the detail, which we wish to abridge, but the base designs and practices of a disloyal faction. These intents may be discovered through the veil of an ostensibly-legitimate purpose; and an honest jury would unquestionably feel itself bound to convict that man of treason, whose ac- tions (whatever might be his words), they saw clearly tended to shake the allegiance of his fellow-subjects, and inspire them with a hope of throwing off the au thority of their Sovereign. On these grounds we should hope that the existing laws against treason would be found sufficiently strong to take some of the more obnoxious of the repeaters within their meshes— and that no other will be required. The necessity for a wholesome exertion of au- thority on this subject has been made particularly evident by the extraordinary, and, we must say, presumptuous and most offensive " sympathy " exhi bited by certain Americans towards the Irish sedition ists. The Times has noticed this matter in a very powerful article, and speaks of the remonstrance which it is incumbent on our Minister to make with the American Government on the intermeddling of its people with the affairs of other countries, and the direct encouragement both by money and promises— not to speak merely of sympathy—which they give to the disaffected within them. But from such a remon strance we expect far less than we do from the activity of the law-officers of the crown on the immediate scene of action. Has it been demonstrated to the Americans that we do really hold this repeal agitation in Ireland in that decidedly criminal light in which it is now de sired to represent it to them ? Certainly the 'Whigs gave them no reason to think that we were much in earnest on the subject; on the contrary, their close and intimate alliance with the arch-traitor might have led them to quite an opposite .conclusion. We must, therefore, commence the work of amendment at home. After a few of the domestic seditionists have been gagged, our remonstrances will tell with far better effect on the mind of the republican sympathisers. LOCAL NEWS. CAPTURE OF AN OLD OFFENDER.—At the Borough Ses sions held in the month of March last, two men, Lloyd and Williams, were convicted of having stolen two bales of cot ton, the property of Messrs. Zwilchenbart, from one of Harbord's warehouses. It was proved that they bad sold the cotton to John Beckett, a marine store-dealer, of Cum berland-street. Beckett, however, decamped, and was not heard of till last week, when he was captured in Dublin. He was brought before Mr. Rushton on Saturday, and, the evidence having been heard, committed for trial at the next Borough Sessions, TESTIMONIAL OF RESPECT.—A splendid testimonial was presented by the congregation of St. Thomas's Church, Sea forth, near this town, on Friday last, to their minister, the Rev. Wm. Rawson, M.A., as an expression " of heartfelt respect, and of the high sense they entertain of the ability, faithfulness, and zeal, with which, for twenty-six years, he has fulfilled among them the duties of his sacred calling." The testimonial consists of a portrait of Mr. Rawson, by Phillips; a portrait of Mrs. Rawson, by Richmond; a large waiter and two handwaiters, a bread-basket, a tea-kettle, and a cruet-stand, all of silver; an arm-chair, from the offer ings of the labouring classes ; and a beautiful patchwork quilt, from the children of the village school. The whole is exhibited this week, at the parsonage, to the members of the congregation ; and affords a delightful proof, that Chris tian devotedness on the part of a minister is appreciated by the grateful liberality of an affectionate people.—Seaforth Church is one of thefour edifices raised to the glory of God by our highly-venerated townsman, John Gladstone, Esq., whose age is cheered, and whose Christian benevolence is encouraged and rewarded, by the blessing which this noble expenditure of a portion of his wealth has been the means of communicating to hundreds of his fellow -creatures. We can only hope that such examples may be more generally followed ; and would say to each of our readers, in their respective spheres, " Go and do thou likewise." COMMITTAL OF THREE OF THE ST. HELEN'S " LONG COMPAN r."—The three men, members of the lawless gang known by the above name, who were apprehended by Super intendent Storey, for a robbery and outrage committed on the afternoon of the day of the late dreadful murder, have all been committed for trial after an investigation before the magistrates. Their names are Peter Woods, brother of the man now in custody at St. Helen's, Thomas Lucas and Joseph Lucas. The circumstances of the robbery display in strong colours the characters of the gang. William Arnold, the object of their attack, was struck down on the road not far from Knowsley, and to his cries for mercy the ruffians replied only by throwing him into a ditch, where the unfor tunate man would undoubtedly have perished had he not been found and rescued from his perilous situation. The robbers took from him a half sovereign and 7s. 6d. in silver, he had. Mr. Storey, the active superintendent, had only v hours before met and searched these suspicious cha ;rs, but found nothing on them. and when Woods was .n within his grasp, on being asked how he accounted for e possession of two half crowns, which were found upon iim, made the very probable excuse, that the money had been hidden in his shoes or clogs. The committal of these members of the desperate gang has given great satisfaction in the neighbourhood. The excitement on the subject of the late murder, the investigation of which is still pending, has in no degree subsided, and is enhanced, in fact, by the diffi culties which have hitherto been in the way of the police in procuring stringent evidence against the accused. The town is placarded with bills announcing the offer of £5O reward on the part of the authorities for the detection of the murderer, in addition to the £5O promised by the friends of the de ceased. It has been stated that a person answering to the description of Jacques, one of the accused, was heard by some persons in a beer-shop to let fall expressions which tend to fix the murder upon the parties in custody. IMPORTANT TO BENEFIT SOCIETIES. Mr. Patrick M' Nulty appeared before Mr. Rushton, on Wednesday, for the purpose of sustaining a claim against the St. Michael's Tontine Society, for the recovery of a certain sum of money which be conceived to be legally owing to him, by virtue of his right of membership. The plaintiff deposed that he had been a member of the St. Michael's Tontine Society for a period of eight years. He belonged to the latter at present, and had been obliged, in the month of January last, to claim sick-money from both, having been ill at that time for a period of six weeks. The Odd Fellows' Society paid the amount of his claim without any hesitation, but the St. Michael's re fused to refund him any part of what he demanded. When he requested it, the answer he received was, that according to the first rule of the society he was not entitled to any be nefit. The purport of a note on the subject, which he re ceived from the secretary, was to the effect that he was not entitled to any benefit, he being at the time a member of anc ther society, and such second membership being contrary to the express stipulations of the first rule of the St. Michael's Society. He had answered the questions required of him when admitted into membership with the St. Michael's Society, the officers of which received contributions from him since he became a member of the Odd Fellows' Society, and were aware at the time that he had become a member of the latter society. On cross-examination, it was attempted to be shewn that the plaintiff was a mere honorary member of the society, and was only initiated for the purpose of having the meetings of the society held at his Public-h ouse , an d not for the purpose of entitling himself to sick-money. But Mr. Rushton, admitting the hardship of the case against the so ciety, decided that the man was legally entitl e d to h i s claim, as the nor society t o regularly receive received honorary members, his and man becoming a member of any other society. AN UNNATURAL FATTIER.—An elderly man, named Myers, appeared before Mr. Rushton, on Wednesday, to prosecute his son, for having, as he alleged, attempted to break open the door of his house with an adze, about twelve o'clock on that day. Mr. Owen, who appeared for defend ant, stated the facts of the case as follows :—A deed of se paration had been made between the complainant and his wife, eighteen years ago, according to the terms of which, eighteen shillings per week was to he regularly paid her for the maintenance of herself and son, the lad at the bar. Upon the demise of the trustee, for there was only one to the deed, the allowance was wholly withdrawn, and then the unfortu nate woman was compelled to resort to the parish office for relief. The sum of Xl7 was now owing by the complainant, which he refused to pay, and the only remedy left the wife was an appeal to the Court of Equity. She had tried every means to get at the husband, to see if he would settle with her, and in a fit of desperation, the lad at the bar had that morning gone with the adze to avenge the wrongs of his de solate mother. Air. Owen concluded by observing that the complainant was living in a house with a couple of females, and that his conduct to his wife and child hadbeen extremely disgraceful. The complainant said he had offe re d a weekly payment of 2s. nd., which Mr. Rushton characterised as a fraud on the trustee, but that the lad was not to redress his mother's wrongs in the way in which he had gone to work. Her rights should be asserted in another form. The prisoner having promised not to annoy the complainant any more was discharged. A. MUNIFICENT LIVERPOOLIAN OF THE OLD SCHOOL ALLEGED ASSAULT ON BOARD OF A VESSEL.-At the Police-court, yesterday, Haselden, the mate of the ship Hermes, appeared to answer a complaint of assault on one of the crew of the vessel, which had recently arrived from New York. The complainant (Fenn) said he was a carpenter on board, and that on the day of the vessel's arrival in the Mersey, the defendant, just as he (witness) alighted on deck from helping to band the topsails, came up to him, and after saying "Now, we are in Liverpool, and down you must go !" immediately struck him, and knocked him down. He had: given him no provocation whatever. The defendant, he added, had knocked him down three times in New York, but he had forgiven him for that. One of the seamen deposed to the assault as stated by the complainant. The defendant denied the charge, adding that he had accidentally fallen upon the complainant by being in the confusion of coming into port, tripped by the chain cable. He called the pilot, who was on deck all the time, and who stated that he heard no disturbance on deck whatever, which he thought u ould have occurred had any one been maltreated. Had he him self been so struck, he should certainly have called out for help. Mr. Rushton said that he and his brother magistrate were of opinion that the mates' account of the affair was the most probable, and the complaint was accordingly dismissed. TRACTARIANISM n. PROTISTANTISM.—Mr. W. Palmer, M.A., Fellow a n d T u t or o f St. Miry Magdalene Coll ege , Oxford, and deacon in the Church of England, in address ing the Rev. C. I'. Golightly, thus expressed himself, but a few days ago :—" I tell you plainly, that for myself I utterly reject and anathematise Me principle of Protestant ism as a heresy, with all its forms, sects, or denominations. And if the church of England should ever unhappily profess herself to be a form of Protestantism (which may God of his infinite mercy forbid!) then I would reject and anathe matise the church of England, and would separate myself from her immediately as from a human sect, without giving Protestants any unnecessary trouble to procure my expul sion. In conclusion, I once more publicly profess myself a Catholic, and a member of a Catholic church, and say ana thema to the principle of Protestantism (which I regard as identical, with the principle of dissent,) and to all'its forms, sects, and dominations, especially to those of the Lutherans, Calvanists, and British and American dissenters," [Will Mr. Palmer explain how the word " Protestant" comes to be the recognised distinction of the religion of England, in the act of succession, and many other acts of parliament.] THE REFORMERS.—The body who call themselves re formers, par excellence, held a most melancholy meeting on Wednesday, at Eastwood's Royal Hotel, Dale-street, for the purpose of attempting to raise themselves from their beaten and pounded position by forming a registration committee. Just the usual clique attended, namely, Mr. William Rath bane, Colonel Williams, Mr. James Mulleneux, Mr. Wm. Earle, and one.or two newspaper editors in the liberal inter est. Altogether there mustered from seventeen to twenty individuals. The principal burden of the proceedings con sisted of condolences with each other upon the wretched prospects before them of becoming extinct as a party. A committee was appointed to look after the registration and to manage matters, so that the world may be deluded into a notion that the party is yet of some importance in Liverpool. We are sorry to hear that subscriptions have come in so very like Angel visits, that the celebrated Reform Commit tee-room in Clayton-square, the theatre of many an eloquent harangue, has been absolutely abandoned, and converted into a " Temperance Hotel." EXHIBITION OF PAINTINGS.—Our friends have now only a short time to avail themselves of a visit to the inter esting rooms in Postoffice Place, as the exhibition closes to morrow. The children belonging to the Deaf and Dumb School have been invited several times to the rooms, and have signified their high gratification with what they have witnessed. One of them (Richard Williams), has reduced his feelings to writing, and we purpose in our next giving some extracts from his composition as it was penned, without the slightest dictation or previous suggestion, and is, to say the least of it, very creditable to his head and heart. The reflections occasioned by the various paintings are most affecting, and would do honour to the most gifted individual. Such fruits are produced by the moral culture and persever ing industry of Mr. Rhind, the master of the institution. DocK COMMITTEE, YESTERDAY.—Members present : Messrs. Sands, Middleton, Smith, Molyneux, Nicol, Sand bach, Bully, Martin, Ripley, Moon, Evans, Holmes, Tobin, Chapdan, Aikin. The sub c omm itt ee of works reported that no part of the land on the west side of the Brunswick Graving Dock, which was applied for last week by Todd, Naylor and Co., could be spared. The land was wanted for the purpose of sampling and testing copper-ore; but Mr. Tobin remarked that if there was any land on the estate to spare, the ship-builders ought to have it in preference to all others. It bad been said that there was no use for ship building here ; that they could build them cheaper elsewhere ; but how were they to repair vessels, or make use of their graving docks if they bad not good carpenters, and these could only be had by building ships here.—A shed was ordered to be erected at the Clarence graving dock for the convenience of parties working there. —On the recommendation of the marine surveyors committee, Thomas Hughes, one of the dis charged keepers of the Rock Light-house, was appointed to the telegraph station in Chapel-street, at a salary of 1:60 per year, in the room of the present keeper, who was promoted. Mr. Tobin, in the absence of the chairman of the sub-com mittee, remarked that they were all satisfied that the great blame of the misconduct at the Rock Light-house rested with the head man, but none of them would tell of each other; and, the character Hughes had received, the sub-committee were unanimous in recommending.him. The sub-committee reported that the damage done to the bell buoy, by the Im porter, was occasioned purely by accident and not by negli gence, and the claim for compensation was ordered not to be pressed.—Two cranes, for the discharging of mahogany, were ordered to be erected, on the north side of the new south boundary dock.—A letter from Messrs. M'Arthur and Co. requesting that the west side of George's dock might be ap propriated for coasting vessels was referred to the harbour master's sub-committee.—The usual charge of Gd. per ton for the use of the crane on George's dock pier was ordered to be discontinued in future.—A letter from the Lords Com missioners of the Treasury, approving of the sale of land by the Corporation to the dock estate, for the purposes stated in the Act of Parliament was read.—The Chairman repeated that he and the other members of the deputation had an inter view on Wednesday with the Revenue Commissioners, who received them in a very satisfactory and gracious manner. They had shown them the new plans, answered a great num ber of questions, and to-morrow, (this day,) they were going to look over the docks. CASE OF BIGAMY.—Robert Higham, a decent-looking man, apparently about 38, was placed before Mr. Rushton on Wednesday, charged with having married a second time, his first wife being still alive. It was proved in evidence that the prisoner was married on the 13th May, 1811, to Elizabeth Dawber, at the parish church of Wigan, and after they had lived together for five or six years the prisoner left her. Her father appeared in court, and proved that she was still living. On the 21st September, 1810, the prisoner married Helen Leatherbarrow, at St. Peter' s Ch urc h, i n this town ; and the brother of this female only discovered the previous marriage of the prisoner last Friday, and on the following day he caused him to be apprehended. He was committed for trial. The sum of £76 was found on his person when he was ar rested, £3O of which was given to his second wife, as it appeared she brought the prisoner that sum on their mar riage, and a portion of the remaining £46 is to be applied to the prisoner s defence. It appeared that the prisoner had had three children by his first wife, two of whom are living, and one by his second, The second wife appeared in court. She carried the child in her , arms, and is a good-looking woman of about 21 years of age. THREATENING LANGUAGE.—FOUr able-bodied ill-look ing fellows were charged before Mr. Rushton on Wednesday. with using threatening language towards Mr. Councillor As pinall, chairman of the board of guardians, and with being riotous and disorderly. It appeared from Mr. Aspinall's statement, that the fellow against whom he principally ap peared, had just come out of Chester gaol—that he had been relieved upon four different occasions at the Parish-office— that he was offered bread, and refused to take anything ex cept money—that lie was the ringleader of the other fellows, whose conduct on Saturday night was of so violent a cha racter that Mr. Gray, of the Parish-office, had to be pro tected home by the police—that it took four men to convey him to bridewell, on Tuesday, and that he threatened him (Mr. Aspinall), and said he would be the death of him some day or other, and that he would rip up his guts ! It was farther proved that the same fellow belonged to London— that he was nearly naked on coming to Liverpool—that be had been clothed at the workhouse—that money had been given him to take him to his own parish, and that he had spent the money. Mr. Rushton ordered them to find sureties for their good behaviour, and regretted that the law did not allow of him doing more. CIVIC ENTERTAINMENT.—On Tuesday evening last, his Worship the Mayor, John Shaw Leigh, Esq., entertained a distinguished party of nobility, gentry, clergy, members of the bar, &c., with a sumptuous dinner at the Town-hall. The repast, and all the " appliances and means to boot." were of the most choice and costly description. Amongst the guests were the Earl of Sefton, Lord Grenville Somer set, the Hon. Col. Sir Edward Cust, the Hon. R. B. Wil braham, the Hon. Bingham Baring, the Bon. R. Denman, Sir Wm. P. De Bathe, Bart. Sir Thomas Brancker. R ev . J. Brooks, Rev. A. Campbell, R ' ev. T. G. Leigh, Rev. T. Moss, Rev. Mr. Feilden, of Bebbingt on , J. W. Patt en , E sq ., M.P ., —. Pringle Esq., M.P.,T. B. Crosse, Esq., M.P., P. Green all, Esq., M.P., J. I. ackburne, Esq., James Clark, Esq., Recorder of Liverpool, Cornet H. B. Leigh, H. Law rence, Esq., Jas. Aspinall, Esq., IL B. B. H. Blundell, Esq., John Moss, Esq., J. P. Heywood, Esq., J. H. Leigh, Esq., of Belmont, Cheshire, J. H. Harper, Esq., of Davenham, Win. Earle, Esq., Hugh Hornby, Esq., Thos. Case, Esq.. G. C. Arbuthnot, Esq., Thos. Sands, Esq., Isaac 0. Bold, Esq., &c. Several distinguished personages were invited, but were unable to attend ; amongst whom were the following : the Right Hon. Lord Stanley, M,P., Lord Francis Egerton, M.P., Sir Philip Egerton, M.P., Tollemache, Esq., M4P . for the Southern Division of Cheshire. 3 tareweii benefit will take place on Monday he last night of the season. We understand Mr. Stuart is engaged at the Haymarket. THE CHASE.—The Cheshire Hounds will meet to-morrow, (Saturday,) the 18th, at litirleston Village ;. Monday, the 20th, at Oulton ; Tuesday, the 21st;tit Marlinry, near North wich ; Thursday, the 23d, at Manor House; Friday, the 24th, at Kelsall Toll Bar, at half-past ten o'clock.—Sir W. Maasey Stanley's . Hounds will meet to-morrow, (Saturday,) the 18th, at Trafford Village, at eleven o'clock. In a recent number of the Bristol Gazette, we were gratified to see a notice of one who was well known to the old school of merchants in this town. We allude to Captain Keaquick, of whom honourable mention is made, as the donor of no less a sum than £2OO to the poor of the parish in which he now resides. The following is a copy of the paragraph alluded to .—" Our cotemporaries of the last week having noticed a munificent donation by CaPtain Keaquick, of Up per Easton, of £2OO, Three per cent. Consols, to, the Rev. S. E. Day, the Vicar, and to the present Churchwardens of the parish of St. Philip and Jacob, in Trust for the Poor of the said parish, and a correspondent of ours having desired us to inquire and state to the public what those Trusts are, we have much pleasure of responding to the call upon us, by saying that the express provisions of the Gift are—that the income and dividends of the said stock are to be laid out in Bread, and to be distributed to the Poor of the parish in the month of February in every year for ever in the clinrch after Divine Service." We are happy to have this respected individual brought under notice by a trait so creditable. Captain Keaquick was born within a few miles of Liverpool, 'and he first sailed from this port eighty years ago. He has resided for some years in Bristol. and has now attained the patriarchal age of ninety-two. This respectable gentleman, whose years have numbered nearly a century, still occa sionally, pays a visit to Liverpool. His recollections of in cidents connected with the history of Liverpool in times gone by, are curious and entertaining. As his memory is strong, and his observation has always been acute, he pos sesses a store of facts and anecdotes highly interesting. COMMITMENT.—Yesterday, at the Police-court, William Jones, a young man, was charged with stealing a half firkin of butter. Police-officer Guy said that on Monday lait, about half-past two o'clock, he met the prisoner and another youth in Edgar-gtreet, the latter carrying the keg. He asked him where he had got it, and he replied " a man gave it to me in Scotland-road to carry to Vauxhall-road." He took him into custody, and the owner of the butter was af terwards found. Thomas Hanna said he belonged to St. Helens, and on Monday, about one o'clock, got six half firkins of butter from the Clarence Dock. Ile engaged a carter named'Shee to take them. They were sent to Lon don-road, and it was afterwards found that one was missing —that now produced, which he identified by his mark upon it. It contained 381bs. of butter, which was worth 10Id. per, lb. The prisoner, who said nothing in his defence, was, committed for trial. INTERE TING OF SOCIETY If PPOLYTECkiNft GRATIFYING CEREMON _ 'PION OF THE ERRORS OF CHURCH. • PUt LI( In F, lOMISH On Tuesday evepAig, the General Monthly Meeting of this excellent society was held at the Royal Institution, and was attended by a very numerous and highly respectable company, including many of the literary and scientific, and several of the nautical gentlemen of the town--considerable interest being excited by subject matter on the occasion having re ference to the navigation of the port, and by the announce ment that the President, Mr. Grantham, would deliver•his closing address for the year. The President occupied the chair, and was supported by Mr. Salt, the Secretary. Several large and very beautiful models of vessels, regularly built by Mr. E. Melling, jun., and also an ingenious plan for a new landing-pier by the same gentleman, were exhibited, and attracted much attention. Descriptions of these were read and :some introductory remarks made by J. S. Walker, fol lowed by explanations by their author in the course of dis cussion; of which the following is an analysis:— It cannot but be gratifying to the friends of pure and un defiled religion, at a time when the Protestant church of these realms has to contend with the bitter hostility of open enemies no less than against the tergiversations of false friends, to observe the increasing affection of the poor for that ehrirt•h t__ •.. ministrations who, without her watchful care, would be in cluded in the ranks of infidelity ; and in the proportion that her ministers are zealous, laborious, devoted, and affection ate, is she gaining converts from those who, whilst professing to hold the same faith, deteriorate that faith by idolatrous worship and unscriptural ceremonies. This latter proposition received a very remarkable exem plification on Wednesday, in St. Jude's Church, when five persons, all of mature years, in the presence of an PLAN OF A PERMANENT PIER. Mr. WALKER, in submitting a plan for the purpose of obviating the present inconvenience in embarking and landing at the Pier Heads, said, that in the opinion of several nautical men and others, it promised, though simple in itself, to realize all the requisite advantages, at a comparatively light cost, and without the introduction of complicated machinery; which was often found to be liable to damage or darangement. The proposition was simply a permanent pier, applicable, more particularly, in the first instance, to George's Pier. It consisted of an isolated oblong stone pier —to be. erected immediately opposite the Public Baths, of the full length of that building, or about 300 feet, parallel with the sea wall, at a distance from it of from 60 to 70 feet, and of a breadth sufficient to secure at its outer side, at low water of spring tides, a depth of 12 feet or thereabouts. This pier was pro posed to be of the same bight, or top level, as the present pier, and to communicate with it by a swing bridge, similar to those now used in crossing the guts of the respective docks. It was to be rounded at both ends, so that vessels accidently coming against either end might swing with the tide to either side of it, and get clear. without damage. Separate sets of step are to be formed for the respec tive ferry-boats, and two tunnels, on inclined planes, for carriages, cattle, &c. The - pla'n appeared to meet with the general approval of those present, no objection to it being finally made. MODELS OF VESSELS. - SUGGESTED VALUABLE IMPROVE- • MENT IN OUR MERCANTILE MARINE. Mr. WALKER, after some remarks on the benefits to the country of navigation and commerce, introduced to the no tice of the meeting a series of beautiful models, built by Mr. Melling. The first was a model of a merchant ship of 400 tons, in the ribbons, the proposed dimensions of which were— Length aloft .. Beam for breadth. 2B feet six inches. Depth of hold If with a poop, and top-gallant forecastle, 1 ft. less of depth. This, said Mr. Walker, is an improvement on the ordinary construction of merchant vessels, which, with few excep tions, it was Mr. Melling's opinion, had the besetting sin of being too narrow and too deep; causing theM to be crank, and so impatient of sail as to be liable, under even a mode rate pressure of canvas, to lie down on their beam ends. In some of them it was necessary to put ballast to keep them on their legs, before they could discharge the whole of their cargo. There were some cotton ships too of that construe. tioh, that most constantly carry from 100 to 200 tons of ballast ; and this ballast—gravel, sand, and mud, which paid no freight —getting wet, ground away, and tended to rot the planks arid timbers. These ships had also great lee wardness, and it was requisite sometimes to put them before the wind, ere they could be pumped out—tightness being an uncommon quality of such laboursome craft. The William Sharpies, of this port, of about 918 tons bur den, built by Mr. Melling, on the construction of the model, carried a large cargo of pine timber without an ounce of ballast being required, and she,sailed like a frigate. She made the run from Quebec to Liyerpool in sixteen days—the quickest passage on record, the shoriest previously being nineteen days. She came up with one of the New York dramatic line ships,—all of which were fast vessels—off Cape Clear, and after a tassel up the Channel, beat her by a tide. Both ves sels started on the same day, the one from New York, and the other from Quebec. The William Sharples had a full and dead cargo —consequently deep ; the other a light and general one, and in fine trim. The William Sharpies, which was built as a monument to the memory of the deceased gen tlemen whose name she bears, had also made astonishingly quick passages to and from Bombay, where she was hailed as ' The Liverpool frigate." She had been known to go eleven knots an hour for a fortnight together. The proportions of merchant vessels of this class, which Mr. Melling proposed, were :—The length, from stem to stern-post aloft, of ships of 400 tons and upwards, to be four times the beam. (In smaller vessels, considerably more beam is required in proportion.) The depth for a flush decked vessel not to exceed two-thirds of the beam. if the vessel have a quarter-deck and top-gallant forecastle,—one foot shallower. The next model exhibited was that of a piratical or fast sailing schooner, also scientifically built, and in a more finished state than the former. In the parlance of brother Jonathan, " She looked so slipperish and so clipperish that sho would outsold, outwalk, outrun, or outily any of the sail ing, walking, running, or flying tribe." It was remarkable that there was a similarity in the shape of every one of her tim bers, which had been observed as far as possible throughout, forming, nevertheless, a whole combining admirable propor tion for a veritable " clipper." The model, which is of polished mahogany, was much admired. Next was shewn a model of a corvette, of 700 tons bur then, and calculated to carry 20 long-eighteen pounders, and 2 long twenty-four pounders, as stern-chasers. She is built, framed, and timbered from the keel upwards precisely and scientifically as the others, and planked and masted ready for rigging. The dead-eyes are all welded on links, and she is in every respect superbly finished as a real ship, with masts and yards correct iu proportion. There is no paint on this or the other models, the whole of which are of fine wood, varnished to show the workmanship. A model of sp.' New York pleasure-boat, " Miss Nancy," of peculiar construction, was then exhibited, similar to one which he saw in America, and which sailed with astonish ing quickness. She is of great breadth for her length, and calculated for smoothish water. A keel of iron lowers in the middle, to give her a good hold of the water; it works in a water-tight well or case, rising a little above water mark, and may he easily taken in, in shallow water. If she touches the ground it goes up of itself without damage. The general length is 24 feet of keel, the breadth about 12 feet, and the height of the mast is very great, being 4/ times the beam. These boats have but two sails,—and the bottom of the mainsail is lashed to the main boom, so that it will sit very close to the wind. They draw 2i.feet aft, and about 2 feet forward. The last model was that of a Bombay droger, a vessel of antique and curious construction, the long projecting bow of which forms her landing stage. This kind of vessel has been in use for some thousands of years amongst the easterns, and excited much curiosity. A discussion then took place, in which several gentlemen took part, on the proposed improvement of merchant ves sels, shown by the first model, and also, in practice, by the success of the William Sharples. The question of the com parative cost (ships being generally built at so much per ton old measurement), and the apparent diminution of profit by the plan under review, being mooted, Mr. MELLING explained, that according to the present mode of contracts for building, the merchant endeavoured to get a ship of large stowage for her tonnage; and sacrificed all her good sailing qualities to the solitary one of carrying, which he considered injudicious and unprofitable in the end. The length and breadth only were taken into account by the old measurement, and a ship measured by it no more with ten feet of hold than if she had twenty. The measurement could, certainly, be nearly ascertained by it, while the ship was laid down, or on the stocks, which could not be done till the hull was finished by the new mode of measurement, which required the breadth and depth to be taken into account in several divisions and subdivisions pointed out by law. Coasting vessels only were benefitted by it, owing to their comparative shallowness, and were as a c l ass superior to our sea-goin g s hip s , f or which the new measure ment, though it permitted some improvement, did not supply an altogether adequate remedy. Until the law was altered the only way to obviate this disadvantage, without injury to the builder, and with advantage to the ship as regards her sea-worthiness, was, for the merchant, before he entered into a contract for building, to ascertain the dimensions he wanted, as dictated by experience of good ships, and con tract for the work not by the ton, but for a lump sum. By this means both parties would be satisfied, and we should have a generally finer class of vessels. From the peculiar construction of the William Sharpies, she registered 918 tons old measurement, and (contrary to the general run of vessels) only 760 by the new. At the former she was not so very profitable as ships on the old plan, but by the new she carried as much as most ships of equal tonnag e , and was navigated as cheaply and much more sa f e l y. The cost, he said, would be but triflingly increased by giving ships a little more beam, deducting it in tonnage from the depth. The builder would only have to lengthen the floorings and beam a little, and add a few more deck planks, which was but a small consideration in building a large ship, and would cost very little more in labour. The PRESIDENT corroborated Mr. Melling's opinion, tha the present tonnage laws required amendment, as thel operated detrimentally on the naval architecture of thi country. A GENTLEMAN remarked that ships of the present con struction carried more than those.built on that proposed, and he should like to know how the ledger would stand with regard to the latter at the end of the year? Mr. WALKER remarked, that as it had been shown beyond dispute that the present deep wall-sided cotton ships and others had to take a large quantity of ballast, he could not see what credits could be placed in the ledger, for the carriage of a quantity of gravel and mud, which cost a considerable sum to load and discharge, and paid no freight. (A laugh.) Finally a general impression appeared to pervade the room, that Mr. Melling's model fur a merchantman was ex ceedingly judicious and desirable. PROPOSED IMPROVEMENT OP SHIPS' RUDDERS. Mr. J. S. WALKER submitted a small model showing a proposed improvement in rudders. It consisted simply of a long plate of spring metal, six to ten feet in length, according to the size of the vessel, attached to the keel, countersunk into it, and secured forward only by bolts. These plates are to extend a little beyond the usual rudder at its bottom. When the helm is amidships both lie flat against it, and have then, of course, no effect on the steerage. When the helm, which need not be so broad as usual, is put to port or star board, the plate on that side is raised, and forms a curve like a fish's tail when turning, the other remaining flat with the keel; and this, it is supposed, will greatly facilitate the steerage, without forming so strong a stopwater as the pre sent rudder. The plates arc fixed higher than the keel, so that they would not be carried away, even if the vessel's heel took the ground. A model of a windlass, by Mr. G. P. Payne, was also ex hibited. The PRESIDENT then rose, and delivered an eloqueu address, which was listened to with marked attentio; throughout. Mr. ROSSON passed an animated and eloquent encomium on the ability and zeal of the retiring president ; he also pourtrayed in lively colours the rapid progress and utility of this society, and concluded by moving—" That the thanks of this meeting be given to our worthy president, for his able conduct in the chair, and his zeal in promoting the welfare of this society ; and also for the admirable address which he has just delivered, and that he be requested to allow the same to be published with the Annual Transactions of this society." The motion was seconded by Mr. C. F. SALT, and carried with acclamations. Of the thirty-four Irish local crown solicitors appointed by the late Government only two were Protestant. PATENT HATGUARD.—Professor Espy, in his theory of storms, shows that the tendency of the currents of air is ge nerally upwards; this is the reason, we presume, why the hats and caps worn by mortal man have a tendency to quit the head, and, after traversing the regions of air, to perform certain ungraceful evolutions against the mud. Most per sons must have experienced the inconvenience of walking in exposed situations in stormy weather. Either one hand must be occupied in holding on the hat, or away it will assuredly go, and he must be a clever mathematician who can calculate where it is likely to stop. As we are now in the midst of the season of stories, our readers will probably be obliged to us if we not only name the incon ven ie nce , b u t point ou t a re medy. Thisis well provided in an ingenious contrivance which has been recently presented under the denomination of Biggs' Patent Elastic Hatguard, This band may be worn with the greatest ease and comfort, and while it holds the hat moderately tight to the bead, all inconvenient pressure is avoided. We recommend a trial of this useful invention. , . in their hands, they' *ill find the true Catholic faith. 1 AT l, O' : I have professed their faith before you all in the Apostle's creed. They will find also the Nicene creed, and indeed a ll that • the church ruled as her faith for fifteen hundred year.. They will not find the creed of Pope Pius IV. there : they will not find that. What is it, then, that they are leaving be hind them ? They are leaving behind them the novelties of the sixteenth century, and they are cleaving afresh to the antiquities of apostolic truth. lam persuaded that this will be a satisfaction to thei' her throw and I hope it wa. upon the s u bj ec t, i n thi s genera l v i ew of it, to all y our minds. With r e gar d t o thi s v i ew I mus t say m them in the . language of Jere m i a h o f o ld—" St an d ye in the ways 89_11 see, and ask for the old p a th s w h ere i s the good way and wag therein, and ye shall find rest` for your souls. The rev. gentleman having addressed some appropriate ex hortations to the converts, in most affectionate langoag!', then entered upon the consideration of the history o(.lni vidual teaching in h a d before mne- rug congregation, publicly recanted and abjured the errors of the Church of. Rome, in which they had been nurtured. In the first instance, three other Roman Catholics [making eight in the whole] intended thus openly to enter into the communion of the Church of England, but between the pe riod when they intimated their desire and the celebration of the service, some concealed influence so worked upon their fears that they did not make their appearance at the appoint ed time. "We have great pleasure, however, in saying that conversions from , Popery are rapidly increasing, and that the service which we are about to describe, is likely to be repeated in other churches besides St. Jude's. The Church of England has no prescribed form of recanta tion of error; and, therefore, the Rev. Hugh M'Neile, the incumbent of the c h urc h, prepare d one from Arelibis'hops Tennison and Magee. which he has printed for circulation. The preface to this tract is somewhat curious, and we insert it as diving a clear exposition of the mind of the reverend compiler when he undertook the office : " In the early part of the last century, considerable exer tions were made for the bringing over from the Church of Rome to our communion such persons as were found dis satisfied with the tenets of that faith. From the 35th of Elizabeth down to that period, very little appears to have been done in the way of directing the clergy of the Church of England by what ceremony they should proceed iu such cases, it being left to the discretion of the diocesan and his ordinaries within their several jurisdictions; for the statutelaw, although it provided a public and open form of submisson and declaration to be made in church, of conformity TO THE QUEEN'S LAWS AND STATUTES,' as a security to the civil go vernment, had yet failed to prescribe a form of recantation of error. Numerous formularies were to be met with; Bishop Kennettsaysthathe had seen more than a hundred, and several of them were printed ; an inconvenience which at length be came so great, as a part of the public discipline of the church, that Queen Anne, in a letter a instruction to the House of Convocation in 1710, as to the business whereon they were to proceed, enjoins them, among other offices, to draw up a " form for receiving converts from the Church of Rome ;" and, in a similar letter of instruction, in March, 1714, her Majesty was pleased to repeat this injunction.—Stonestreet. " A form was accordingly prepared by Archbishop Tenison, but, owing probably to the death of the Queen the same year, it was never ratified by royal authority. " In 1827, the Rev. G. S. G. Stonestreet, chaplain to his Royal Highness the Duke of York, published a reprint of this form. In an introduction to it he says But although the form is thus deficient, as a positive part of the Liturgy ; vet, whether from the great authority of the prelate who composed it, or from the attention paid to it in convocation, it has continued in use to this day. There is a manuscript copy of it among the papers of Dr. Chandler, Bishop of Durham, (additional MSS. British Museum. No. 6484, vol. XXV. 3.,) with several erasures and slight alterations in the bishop's handwriting. It is stated, upon the best authority, that Bishop Porteus always read this form in the diocese of Chester, and after his translation ; and it is the only one now known in the diocese of London.' " The form here printed differs from that of Archbishop Tenison only by the introduction of a few questions, used and recommended by his grace the late Archbishop of Dublin." " The editor can adopt the language of Mr. Stonestreet He has felt the want of such a form, and thought that a republication at such a moment might be found of peculiar use, and save the trouble of privale persons composing new and arbitrary forms, and prevent dancer of running into too great a variety of them.' It would ill become him to dwell upon the caution with which such a form should be used, although he believes the advice given by several of the pre lates to the parochial clergy, about the time it was composed, to be as much as ever necessary, namely, to be well satisfied of the willingness and sincerity of a convert, especially when a stranger, before receiving him, and to give the ceremony all the solemnity belooging to it, witho u t unnecessary osten tation, or too great notoriety. The service commenced at two o'clock in the afternoon. The Rev. Hugh M'Neile, the of f iciating minister, took his place at the communion table, and the five persons to be re conciled stood without the rails. The various exhortations, collects and psalms being read,and the several converts having each separately for himself renounced all the errors and su perstitions of the Romish Church, the officiating minister standing up, said " Almighty God, who bath given you a sense of your errors, and a will to do all these things, grant you also strength and power to perform the same, that he may ac complish his work which he hath begun in you, through Jesus Christ our Lord.—Algesr." Then the minister took each convert by the right hand, and said to him, " I, Hugh M'Neile, minister of this church, do, upon this thy solemn profession and earnest request, receive thee into the holy communion of the Church of England, in the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the H o l y Gh ost. " To this all th e peop l e responded Amen. After this followed a prayer of thanksgiving to the Al mighty for his great mercy and goodness iu bringing these people into the communion of the church, and beseeching him to give them stability and perseverance in the faith ; and the service terminated by the rev. gentleman pronouncing he On ce° - And what are these ?—the reader will exclaim," t to the customary benediction. ab . o , : the A hymn was then sung, and Mr. M'Neile ascended the at the heading of the few remarks which we a re now pulpit for the purpose of addressing the congregation. The text selected by the rev. gentleman was the 16th verse place before him. Has the cau f ti h o i u s s p b u ar rp on o e se t d dr p a o w i n icy asr . veil which hides the features o of the 6th chapter of the Prophecies of Jeremiah—" Thus prying from saith the Lord, stand ye in the ways and see, and ask for the he allowed any eaves-dropper—any peeping, eh from old paths, where is the good way, and walk therein, and ye to hang about the closed doors of his cabinet, and 61 deOu shall find rest for your souls." keyhole or from chink the substance of his anxics" My brethren, proceeded the preacher, I need not offer any are preliminary obse rva ti ons f or the purpose of winning your tions with hi s f a ithf u l co l leagues ? Not at all. . 0 , g. gossir attention, and exciting your interest, to the circumstances in common with the world at large—the news-I. o " u ' focus under which we are now assembled. The controversy which loving world -e-completely at fault with resect to the au we have been carrying on so long in words has come upon and the matter of Sir Robert's measures Pend yet, for on us in facts. It has come upon our country in facts upon both sides. Members of our church have joined the church this, we ear, discern sufficient to afford foundation re m of Rome, and members of the church of Rome have joined gratulation upon the prospects and hope for the cowl g isw us. The controversy is becoming practical, and more and storation to contentment and solid prosperity of this ore so daily. I feel it a duty which I owe to myself, to the members of my, own congregation here present, to the abused and distracted country. We can see sufficien . t a t r 7 s e ; strangers who may be here assembled upon this occasion, sure us that the troubled sky is clearing, and that " , f day, and to those who have now confessed their earnest desire to length about beginning, beneath the steady e a be enrolled in the communion of our church, and solemnly wisdom , to r'r abjured the fearful enormities of the papal system, both in by the aid of practical and experience and giddy its political usurpations and in its false theology. An histo- the dilapidations which, during the last ten year s "''-' Heal statement will be upon the whole the most explanatory and unsettled principles in legislation, have been Permittedsee s t of I" and the most satisfactory. In offering an historical state- to spread themselves through every existing. interest the went, a distinction must be borne in mind from the very which choke outset, to the want of which, as appears to me, much con- country, and to root up the rank errors w fusion hangs upon the supposed history of this great ques- growth of its greatness and its happiness. light of lion. The distinctio n I re f er t o i s between the history of The details of the measures which Sir Robert Peel Will the public authoritative documents of the church, and the Propound to parliament, during the approac history of individuals teaching in the church. I invite your character attention first to a very brief sketch of the history of the not known; bqt it is sheer folly to declare that the c to chooses public authoritative documents of the church. This will of those measures is hidden from any man who a throw light upon the question of antiquity which is so much • It is clear, I make use of his eyes and his understanding. hing discussed. The basis of all Christian faith we believe to be templates the holy scriptures; but I must advance, from that at once in the first instance, that the right hon. baronet con of e the present instanc e , t o co ns id er th e authorised documents no speculative legislation —no measures subversive t" or of the primitive church. These are in number, three; they exi s ti ng session, ar e balance of the constitution —nothing to impede are brief, they are explicit—the Apostle's creed, the Nicene creed, and th e Ath anas i an creed. The date of the apostle's materially to alter its present working. We shall have no creed is not kno wn; iei s f ound to have existed from a very abstract principles to discuss; no all-important theonee to early period. Th e d ate of the Nicene creed is from the weigh and decide upon. On the contrail', i n dication every council of Nice, i n th e year 3 21 ; and until then there does not appear to h ave b een any public authoritative Catholic around us p roves t h at the attention of parliament w ill at document except the a p os tl e ' s cree d. Th e date of the l ength b e called to practical and remedial measures in every in our Athanasian - cree d i s near l y the same as that of the Ni- department of our commerce and finance, as well as s faith, of th e Ch r i st i an church ; they contain the " tri nity cene creed. Th ese th ree compose t h e f a i th, the saving social system ; an d we h ave a l so a confidentassouie ministryranc e lia in unity, th e un i ty i n tr i n i ty, ne i ther confounding th ose measures will not be entered upon without the person nor dividing the substance ; " they contain being in possession of full information to enable it to legislate t the inc arna ti on, t h e lif e, death, resurrection, ascension, and second c om i ng o f our L or d J esus Ch r i st ; the person and those upon them with a d van t age to t h e i nteres t s o f th e c onarount The mo s t i mportant measures o f this character are agency in the pr o ph e t s , as we ll as i n t h e Ch r i st i an church, of the Holy Gho s t ; t h e ex i stence o f a b o d y di st i nguishable from which affect the productiveness of the revenue, a nd the all bodies, and called by the name of the church ; the com munion existing among the members of that church; the fact of forgiveness of sins in that church ; the belief of the resur rection of the flesh ; and the anticipation of eternal life after death. This was the Catholic faith. Observe, lam not now speaking of the opinion that individuals held. The distinc tion I made at the outset keeps, or is intended to keep, that out of sight for the present. I speak of the public authori tative Catholic documents of the church —they were these three, and none other. These three were received by public assemblies of the church as containing the faith. The second general council was held at Constantinople in the year 381 ; and these three creeds, or ratheir the Nicene creed, as it is comprehensive and sufficient, were received by that council as the faith of the church. The third general council was held at Ephesus in the year 431. In this council the deci sion of the church as an aggregate body went still further. It not only recommended the Nicene creed as the faith of the Christian church, but it rejected all attempts at substi tuting anything else, or adding anything to it. The decree of the council of Nice concerning the faith of the church at that time is most important. It is transcribed in this, and I will read it. Having read it, he continued —Mark the deter mination of this holy synod, that if any person should pro pose, should offer, should compose or propose any other form of creed than that which was agreed upon by the council of Nice, the persons so doing, if they were clergy, should be degraded, and if they were laymen, should be anathematised. So stood the faith of the Christian church to the year 431 ; the Nicene creed, and the Nicene creed alone, was the re cognised symbol of the Catholic faith. A decree of this coun cil seemed to set the matter at rest for many centuries. No attempt was made for centuries to interfere with, to add to, or diminish from, the Nicene creed. When the coun c il o f Trent met in the 16th century, they, too, recognised the Nicene creed as the faith of the church. During all their sittings, whatever matters they may have discussed, they recognised the Nicene creed as the Catholic faith. It was not till the conclusion of the sittings of that council that any other form of faith was proposed ; no one had dared to do it ; the decree of the council of Ephesus was against it ; and until the close of the sittings of the council of Trent, no one presu. med to do it. Who, then, was it that had first presumed to do it ? Who was it that first propounded another form of faith, to be received as Catholic faith without which no one should be saved ? It was not a layman, it was not a common clergyman, it was not merely a bishop, nor even a cardinal only—it was a Pope himself ! Pope Pius IV., who was the reigning pontiff at the time the Council of Trent closed their sittings, com manded, and they yielded, to add, as the Catholic faith, a new, a totally new, creed, consisting of twelve articles which, whatever individuals may have said about them, had never till that hour been propounded as the Catholic faith. Till that time the Nicene creed, with its companions the Apotles' creed and the Athanasian creed, were the only authenticated Catholic documents of the church. Now my brethren, with this brief sketch of history as regards the public documents of the church, look at our present position. For the last 300 years there hes been the old creed and the new creed. The old one originating with the Apostles, confirmed at Nice, guarded at Ephesus, continued for centuries till Trent —and continued till now. We hold the old creed still—open your prayer-bookstand there you have it —the Apostles' creed, the Nicene creed, the Athanasian creed—and we utterly reject, in compliance with the decree of the Council of Ephesus, any attempt to propound a new creed different from that which was approved by the Council of Nice. Along with this for the last 300 years, there is a new creed, the creed of Pop Pius IV. Our creed was 1500 years old before his creed wase propounded. The mem b ers of the Romish church adhere to hi s creed, and they are contending for a creed which is but 300 years old as a public document, We protested against it as an innovation u p on t h e anc i ent apostolical creed, and we have stood in an attitude of protesting for the last 300 years —protesting against novelties, protesting against innova tions that never had been heard of until the r reign of Pope Pius IV. Now as regards the public documents o e f i t e church, the authorized, the authoritative, Catholic' documents, this sketch of history is undeniable •and see where it places us resultedT hep i r n es t e h n e t o l v o e n r g io c w o i n n t g in o u f e t d he ra p i r n i s nci h p a a v l e r , ive l r e s ry of n E a n t i u i r a. all nd y: now ; see where it places our friends who have just renounced and it. It will be a consolation to them if they has been the consequence. The Thames, the Trent, a h v _ considerable inconvenience, with no little destructr t on e , that understand it ; it will be a consolation to them to know th t at they are not for saking Catholic antiquity, to know at they are not giving up the old faith, that they are in no wise giving up the old severally y p e t r h v i i e e s n i rceededd aey inhabitaTame,nts 0 f the the A variousvoir, &c., h onao 4 the years. creeds. When they take the Church of England prayer-book hoods with an overflow, in some instances such as has I been ex cnurch, from which he ii.- ;uislied the history of its public authoritative Catholic oc. ments. Of this pa r t o f hi s di scours e a short summary will e best suit the state of our columns. The first teachers of the i Christian church had themselves been either Jews or pupils I in some school of heathen philosophy : they had been eithere Jews or Platonists or Pythagoreans. When these men were converted, they were not inspired as the apostles were, an d _ . therefore it was but fair to look upon and judge them accord' ing to the common princiles of human nature. The prejuour it of education are strong ; p they cleave to men's minds ; 5 '7 was difficult for even a converted man, honestly so, to off the early prejudices of his education. We could under stand very well how these early teachers in the Christian church might be orthodox in sentiment, and that whe sh n ou co ldol and calm they sat down to construct a creed, they could construct an orthodox creed—as that of Nice ; but we also understand very well that the same men, when warm e t ' in their subject in teaching, and excited in their studies With the pen in their hand, and writing at large, or still more e g cited in their pulpits when speaking to the people, not d u ra id w hn in o w t upon the stores of their early education : nay, understand how they could avoid it. It was miraculous how the apostles themselves avoided Judaising; indeed, it proof of their inspiration ; for they were educated se yet, from the moment the Holy Ghost descended upon theuli there was no Judaising in th e ir t eac hi n gs. Not so IL I , with the men who were uninspired ; the effects of early cation broke out in them ; a n d th e y e n g rafted the remnants'. Platonism and Pythagorism and Judaism upon the doctrioci: of the gospel of Chri s t. H ence , th e wo r s hipping °f ang n e ds —which Paul cautioned the Colossians against, or demi-li re , —which made part of the Platonic philosophy. So wi p th tura gard to the Phythagorean philosophy. An important te e front in Pythagorism was celibacy, another was abstinence, L ien certain meats, another keeping the secrets of their prow:n"o6% —the arcane—from the public, and practising resecl A ";;lo. communication of their sacred knowledge. We ssw i r r e l ess clients of Popery in the Pythagorean philosophy. " e ' ; „ the the commencement of the individual false teaching 1- 4 t church : but for 1500 years they did not go so far as t e rt ec he the public authoritative documents which were to bin iO , church catholic. These er rors were f oun d am ong Ow e n . dividuals : other indi v id ua l s o pp ose d th em : there we ble d troversies going on. M an y o f th ese errors were ern-- (s -and preached by the celebrated men whom we called the lie thers of the church, to w h om we were now referred for t i l ' ey true view of Christianity, and invited to receive au tkl3ll „ o r t hey said. Now ho w s h ou ld we distinguish between vlu a ; said after Ch r i s t, an d w h a t they said after PYtber„ r r t th Plato ? How should we determine but by comPan n e Christ and th e a p os tl es ? B ut i t was sa id th o ugh 0 ° I " nt dual father c l a i me d our d e f erence, yet t h e i r un iversal cense__, did. Their consent was pleaded as a ground of deference' why it was ou r d u t y to receive what they wrote. We n ' " ( rid the only poi n t s w h ere i n t h ey d i d universa lly consent , we ici. receive them : they had an universal consent up on tbe e ther cene creed, and we received the Nicene creed. TJP°a mere w po a l s n n ts o t u h n ey ive d r iff sa e l re c d on w se it n h t o e n t e el a l n . another and, and, sent of individuals was given to the authoritative document`' creed for of the church—and that was given to the Nicene uld 1500 years. There was no other document, and there co r be no other universal consent. There were many eri T - 5 : many individuals went astray, and there was much con ro therefore,o then, the universal cr versy ; but no universal consent—no catholic document, Now, when that new creed of Pope Pius IV. was pu t .1 !I it was so constructed that the teachers of these philosoph falsehoods could adhere to it. It was natural to the corrilP.! heart of man in many of its parts, and the old creed simplicity was not natural, and, therefore, it was respon.act' to by hundreds—it was the thing that the false teaCbell ti ,tl pl. long looked forward to, and now they had got _,.d n ot God did not leave himself without a witness : he " l in leave himself without hearts that slave to the primitive "7 - 0 ; client, hearts that slave to the original creeds, and„,_ tongues that protested against the innovating falsehood. 'l L u e -- h, e hurc . _ rite that took to the falsehood formed the Realist' and the minority that slave to the primitive documents formedln conclusion, the rev. gentleman adverted to the Q . the tance of circulating sound scr ipt ura l i ns truction stee ll 'is ro . working classes, eu l og i se d, as a means o f so doing, the __id testant Associations, and prop " osed that a collection tittle be made at the do ors i n a id of the funds of the Prate' Operative Association. We understand that the collection amounted to 1 .22 . ar t s 1. We strongly eecommend the form for receiving coe v 'L . , from the Church' of Rome into the communion of the CI T IPZ of England, compiled and published by the Rev- 111 !:e M`Neile, to the attentive perusal both of sound and wave r ' Protestants. It is a most instructive and improving crny.. lation, full of the f ervour an d simplicity which are the e e _.7„, racteristics of our noble liturgy. We believe that tbe cg_l9 pilation has the sanction of several venerable prelates. .11 we published in a form adapted for general circulation , en d trust it will have an extensive sale.] FORTHCOMING MEASURES OF SIR R. PEEL'S GOVERNMENT. pressure of taxation upon the various interests of the country; and to these questions it is obviously the intention of Sir Robert Peel to devote himself. The inquiries which are at the present moment going on in our own port, are sufficieng proof, if even we had none else, of the intention to legislate in this direction. From other manifestations, however, de rived from information upon which we can confidently rely. we are satisfied that not any mere alteration of the mode of collecting the revenue of the country is in the contemplation of the government, but that an entire re-modification qf our import duties themselves—not founded upon the one-sided report of the late Whig committee, but upon unbiassed evi dence, collected by personal investigation, and based upon the opinions and experience of unimpeachable witnesses — will form a leading measure for discussion at an early period of the session. We have direct assurance, too, of the introduction of other practical measures, of vast importance to our manufacturing and commercial interests. There can be no question, for instance, with respect to the adoption of a measure to afford greater encouragement to the improvement of the higher branches of our manufactures, and to arrest our downward -progress in the scale of excellence and taste, as compared with the manufacturers of other countries, by the extension of the period of copyright of designs in calico printing, weav ing, &c. We have little doubt either of the introductign of a bill for the regulation of factories. We look also to con siderable benefits to be derived from a well devised measur e for the regulation of emigration to our colonies; not as our whig contemporaries are anxious to represent it, a measu re to enable the government to draw off our industrial population to those colonies—not to stimulate emigration, but to direct it, and to protect those whom circumstances induce to q uit our shores from the 6uds to which they are exposed previous to their departure, as well as to aid them in the deportation of their industry to those new countries where it may be most profitably employed. We anticipate besides manyimportant legal refor ms ; vast practical improvements of the machiner y of mea sures w hi ch whig legislation has left imperfect; an d the per manent and satisfactory settlement of many questions which have been purposely left open for agitation to catch at and whig charl:ttanrie to hang professions upon. But the question of all questions—the corn law—what of that ? Why, reader, simply this much we know of it : —that it will be taken up by Sir Robert Peel with the unanimous support of his cabinet, and that it will be settled, without stooping to the demands of agitation on the one hand, or, on the other, disregarding the just demands of the industry of the nation. We have no fears with regard to the settlement of this much mooted question. We rely with confidence upon the int egr it y o f i ntent i on , un it e d with the experience and sound views of th e m ajority of the cabinet ; and we do this the more readily because we are assured that they will ap proach its consideration in a practical spirit and with a firm determination to legistate, apart from faction, for the welfare of the a gerega t e p eo ple. There is no real difficulty about the n question except that with which faction and misrepresentatio n have surrounded it; and we venture to predict that the measurt , which, we expect, Sir Robert peel will bring forward will bt . received with gratitude and satisfaction 11 nine-tenths of tht , community. COrri COin the ent e atinr eff ec 'kart fitte, is be Pria Iliad tiful of tl and ecla t bear; 41)Pr iri Milt 'very