The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser. — Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1841-08-06 00:00:00

TOWN COUNCIL PROCEEDINGS The Town Council held theirperiodical meeting on Wed nesday. The Major presided. PUBLIC • PARKS The DEPUTY TOWN-CLERK having read the proceedings, resolutions, and reports of the Finance Committee, compris ing resolutions on the reference to them of the report of the Parks Committee as regards financial considerations, and their recommendation of the grant of the reversion of the land in Colquitt-street, to the Royal Institution ; Mr. CASE moved their confirmation, and in doing so said, that the following donations having been omitted on a for mer occasion, were now introduced in the proceedings with the view of their being discharged, because, until they received the confirmation of the council, they could not be paid :—The Royal Institution, £lOO ; the North and South Dispensaries, £105; the Northern Hospital, £100; the Refuge for the , Destitute, £25; and the-Botanic Garden, £5O. Mr. SiNnaAct' said he had not risen for the purpose of Opposing the motion of Mr. Case, but merely to oppose the confirmation of that part of the proceedings which referred to the formation of public parks. He wished, in the first place, to have that particular part of the proceedings read again. The DEPUTY TOWN-CLERK read it accordingly. It was as follows : " They deemed it their duty not to bold out the expecta tion of a report favourable to so large an outlay, and the consequent great charge of interest against any surplus in come of the corporation." Mr. SANDBACII then proceeded tosay, that in compliance witn the motion given at the last council he would take the liberty of going into detail upon this subject, and requesting the attention of the members of council to the grounds upon which he invited them to refuse their confirmation of the part of the proceedings in question. He felt that the ques tion to be decided was, whether there should be parks or not, and if the question why there should be parks were satisfactorily answered in the affirmative, then he contended that the difficulties about the money would disappear. He would, therefore, proceed to that part of the subject at once. (Hear, hear.) The evils which arise from the crowded state of populous towns were recognised and admitted on all hands. Liverpool had, unfortunately been held up to parlia ment as particularly destitute of the usual means of remedying them. In the report before parliament it had been held up as a town most distinguished for having numbers of families in one room, without the usual means of ventilation, and so forth. The evils which followed from this state of society were so extensive in their ramifications, and went on increasing as the population increased, with such intensity, that it had become apparent to all that some remedy should be devised. In other towns steps had been taken. In Li verpool steps had also been taken. The health of the town had recommended various things for this express purpose, but if they took into consideration the crowded state of the population, it would be found that the means suggested were quite insufficient to provide a remedy. Deprived of the ne cessary conveniences for securing cleanliness, the people be came gradually demoralised. When both sexes were crowded together in one room, the evils consequent thereupon could not be relieved by the most effective drainage which could be supplied, neither could it be relieved by cleansing the town. or supplying conveniences, or ordinary ventilation. If they could supply the town ventilation according to Dr. Reid's plan, some thing might be done towards their amelioration, but the ordinary means were insufficient to remedy the evils of living in a crowded state. He would not detain them by attempting to trace the evils which arose from the impurity of air consequent on a large body of persons confined in a small space. It would occur to every one what the natural remedy'consisted of—namely, a large quantity of air, and a large open space for the inhabitants to resort to when they were oppressed with the heat and crowd of their narrow streets. Nothing less than a large open space could afford an adequate remedy for the evil. He did not say that the space at:present proposed for them would be sufficient. On the contrary he believed much more would be necessary, but in deference to the spirit of the age, which required every thing to be cheap, he had been obliged to bring it into what appeared to be an attainable price. There was only one gentleman in the council who had stood forward as the cham pion against the formation of parks with definite objections. He meant Mr. Evans - . After stating three objections which he alleged had been made by that gentleman, Mr. Sandbach proceeded to say that he thought there would be no difficulty in finding the necessary money if the council would favour the object. He submitted that the council should be called upon to come to a formal vote on the subject. Personally it was of no difference to him how they decided, but he should be sorry to see Liverpool left behind, and other towns taking the lead in great improvements such as that proposed. He wished the council to understand that the essential value of the park in his eyes, consisted in the open space, because he looked upon the ornamental and all the rest of it as mere ac cessories necessary to complete the design. Mr. Proctor had Made a remark calculated to frighten the council from entertaining the project, for upon the former day he had asked the members whether they were aware that they were thereby incurring the expense of £300,000, whereas, the ut most amount of it would be about £218,000, calculating the original outlay and the interest, &c, for a period of seventy five years, Mr. Sandbach concluded by proposing the follow ing amendment : That the proceedings of the Finance Committee be con firmed, with the exception of that part of their resolution on financial considerations relative to the report of the Parks Committee, in which the Finance Committee declare that they deem it their duty not to hold out the expectation of a report favourable to so large an outlay, and the consequent great charge of interest against any surplus income of the corporation." Mr. WOOLLRIGHT seconded the amendment. Mr. HODGSON thought they ought to have the report of the committee, which they promised to submit at the end of the month, before the subject was taken farther into con sideration. He thought it was incumbent upon the council to wait until that report had been in the first place submitted. If unhappily they could not remove the difficulties appre hended, he thought the importance of the subject was so great and the advantages so clear, that they would then be called upon to see what other means of obtaining the desired object could be devised. He was not at all prepared to think that they had been wrought into such a state of difficulty as that they could not afford to do something towards ornamenting and improving the habits of the great population of Liver pool, the second population in the empire. He confessed himself a decided advocate for public parks, in consequence of having seen St. James's-park in Londoh, where all classes of society mingled together in harmony. Government had contributed largely towards the erection of a park at the east end of London. Whether the ministry had an eye, at the time they made the contribution, to Lord John's return or not, he was unable to say—(hear, and a laugh)—but he ap proved of such places of recreation, and would support the project in the present instance. He thought that application might be made to Lord John Russell for £lOO,OOO, in case their fluids should happen to be exhausted ; but first of all he wished to have the report of. the Finance Committee, in order to see whether any and what difficulties attached to the accomplishment of the purpose. Mr. COOPER said, that so far as he was concerned he was also an advocate for the parks, but he agreed with Mr. Hodg son that they ought to have the report of the committee on the subject before they proceeded further. He felt himself indebted to Alderman Evans for having brought forward his project regarding playgrounds, and before they agreed to make so large an outlay as that necessary for making parks, he thought they ought to be made acquainted with the state of the corporation funds. At the same time, notwithstand ing the price of the land, he thought it would turn out to be one of the best purchases ever made by the corporation. Mr. ISAAC HOLMES said the question was not whether they ought to have parks or not, but wheth er th e corporation had the power of making the purchase. He believed the fact to be that their bonded debt had increased by £70,000 since the year 1836, and he would venture to say, with re gard to their having any surplus income, that it was alto gether a matter of delusion. (H ear. ) They had never yet bad a surplus capital, but even if they had the municipal act a rendered it quite incompet en t f or them to entertain such project as the present. Th ey had been told a great deal about the unhealthi ness of the town, but he believed the assertion was not capable of being properly substantiated. He believed that the average amount of mor t a li ty i n t h e year, in cluding the numb er of sailors and foreigners who died in the port, did not exceed one in forty. M r . H o l mes conc l u d e d calculation, by entering i n t o a which s h owe d, th a t if t h e cos t of these p ar k s is taken at £50,000, that sum, with the cost of keepin.7 these parks in order, taken at compoundinterest, would amount t o a b ove two and a half millions in seventy five years ; and if the cost be taken at £lOO,OOO, then, in seventy-five years the cost, with interest and compound interest, would be four and a half millions. M. PLATT asked what would be the corresponding ad vantage? . Mr. ISAAC HOLMES replied that he could see no advan tage, except to enable gentlemen's carriages to be driven along the avenues. He believed there were few towns more advantageously situated than Liverpool was, and though it had been said that numbers of persons were crowded together in single houses, he believed that Liverpool was not singular in that respect, for in New York from twenty to thirty people were to be seen crowded in one room, and in Dublin from sixtrto seventy individuals in one house. But, in arguing this question, he went entirely upon the ground that, ac cording to the municipal act, the subject could not be enter tained ; that they possessed no surplus to make the purchase, and, therefore, that they could not do what was proposed without obtaining a grant of money from the lords of the treasury. If, indeed, the government came forward with a grant, he had no objection to see the corporation take up the subject warmly, and he thought they possessed the same right to apply to government for aid in this matter that the People belonging to the east end of London possessed. For the present, however, the corporation had many projects of its own, one of which was the establishment of schools in every ward ; and, therefore, he was of opinion that they ought not to entertain the present subject until the Finance Committee were in a position to say that they had sufficient funds for the purpose in hand, not otherwise wanted. (Hear.) Mr. G. H. LAWRENCE believed the committee had a sur plus income, and that if such an income did not exist the Finance Committee would not have come forward that day to vote £lOO to some of the charities of the town. But he thought it would be wrong to hold out a hope to the public that they could entertain the subject of parks either now or soon. It would be some years before it could be enter tained. He was not hostile to parks, and he thought they might join the parish in an application to government to have the project carried into effect, but it would be holding out a hope which never could be realised if they were to say that they could soon carry it into effect themselves. Mr. AIKIN thought it was only wasting the time of the council to proceed with the discussion of the subject pre vious to the bringing up of the report. Wh en that report had been laid on the table lie should take the liberty of going into the general question, in order to answer some of th e statements and unjust insinuations which had been thrown out. Mr. Y AT ES asked whether the mention made of the parks in the proceedings of the Fina nce Committee mi ght be taken as the final condemnation of the project ? Mr. CASE replied.—The committee had no power to con demn it. Their province was limited to financial consider ations, and those only. The report merely confirmed what had b een s t ate d b y hi mse lf at the last meeting , that it would be impossible to' bring forward a correct account of the finances until the finance year terminated.. In 1839 and 1840, there had been a surplus income of 140,000 ;butout of the surplus, the interest of the money to be expended on the Parkis.was to be raised. With regard to the reat d ra ifh isi e n u g hy of . the money itself, probably there would be no g they were but what the committee wished to know was, to make out the £4,000 interest ; because theyhobwelievveedr that they should not have a surplus income sufficient to co £4,000 a-year. Mr. YATES proceeded at great length to • support the amendment. It had been intimated, he said, on a former occasion that there would be a difficulty in raising £20,000 for the project from the public, but he had gre at confidence in what th e p u bli c wou ld do. Mr. John Heywood, for in stance, had offered £l,OOO, and if nineteen other gentlemen would only follow his example—(a laugh)—the requisite sum would soon be obtained. And it would do them good to contribute thus munificently; for, though they might part with some of their luxuries to make the sacrifice, they would receive a large remuneration in that noblest enjoyment of the heart which arose from doing good. He could not be lieve it would be said of Liverpool, that it had refused to give £20,000 towards the object, particularly when he had seen what had been done by Mr. Strutt, of Derby, where he had been delighted to observe an arboretum raised at that gen tleman's expense, which reflected as great credit on his taste as it did on his generosity. With regard to the financial matters of the corporation, there would be no great difficulty in carrying the project into effect. The sum required would be £so,i i t, the interest on which, at four per cent., would be £2, t i i ; and he thought he could point our a source from which this £20,000 could be raised by wise economy in the expense of the Town-hall establishment. He meant, by curtailing, in some degree, the civ:c banquets they were in the habit of enjoying there. (Great laughter.) It might create a smile, but nevertheless he thought it would be very proper to curtail them. (Renewed laughter.) He thought the mayor's entertainments useful, for he had himself enjoyed the pl ,a sure of seeing people there whom he seldom met elsewhere ; they were useful also in bringing men of all parties together, and in tending to allay those religious animosities which were the bane of the present day. If the money happened not to be wanted, he would say that it was wise of the corpora tion to I, eep the dinners up. Mr. Antm—ls there anything about the mayor's dinners in the paper? (Laughter.) The ffimtort.—NO. Mr. EARLE.—We shall be here until four o'clock in the morning about these dinners. (Great laughter.) The MAYoa.—Perhaps you would condense your observa tions, sir. Mr. YATES proceeded. With regard to the Mayor's car riage he had a word to say ; for he had put that down also as an item in the account. (Roars of laughter.) He asked whether it would not do his worship more good to walk than to ride ; and if he knew him aright, he thought the mayor would rather entertain his private friends out of his private purse than out of that of the public. (Continued roars of laughter.) At all events, he (Mr. Yates) thought it would be wise so to do ; for when matters of this kind came in con tact with the enjoyment and improvement of all classes of society, he thought they ought never to be entertained. Therefore, that they could pay the £2OOO interest was, he he conceived, quite clear. Mr. EARLE.—Aye ! by putting the mayor's coach in pawn. . (Great laughter.) Mr. YATES, after descanting at some length upon the im portance of Liverpool, and the great increase of the borough population, proceeded to remark upon the advantages to be realised by the establishment of public parks. He said there was no music so sweet as the music of the lark, and no air so sweet as the air of heaven. In the cellars the light of hea ven scarcely struggled, and the pure breath of heaven never entered the house, and it was necessary to produce induce ment to draw the people out of their wretched abodes. He was proceeding at much further length, in this strain, amidst considerable noise and laughter, until at last, The MAYOR said he was sorry to interrupt him, but he was going into details which were then unnecessary, as the question would come before the council when the Finance Committee made their report. Mr. EARLE said, that in order to save the council from such inflictions as the one under which they had been just labouring, it would be a good rule to adopt that no gentleman who came there to deliver a set speech should be allowed morethan teri minutes fol• the liurpose. (Hear,' and laugh ter.) There were so many who wished to spin a yarn an hour long, that those who desired to say only a few words never got the opportunity to do so. (Hear, hear, and con tinued laughter.) Mr. EvaNs said the question as to whether they were to have a park had been asked. His reply was, they were to have a park on certain conditions, and they were not to have it unless those conditions were complied with. The most material part of all was the whereabouts. If it was to answer the purposes of a park, he maintained that it ought to be in the proxiMity of the great masses of the population. The proposed park would, in his opinion, be altogether inadequate to the requisite purposes. The council then divided, when there appeared— For the amendment Against it. 27 The amendment was consequently lost. The following gentlemen voted in the division : For the amendment--Messrs. Sandbach, Woollright, Priestley. Yates, Toulmin, Bushell, Slater, Jordan, Platt, A. Smith, junior, J. Hornby, and Earle. Against it—Messrs. J. Holmes, I. Holmes, Case, Cope land, H. Holmes, Mellor, Sands, Aikin, Bright; Robinson, Cooper, Wood, Birkett, Procter, Parker, J. Smith, G. 11. Lawrence, M`Kee, Mather, Harbord, T. Holt, Freme, Sheil, Evatis, Moon, C. 11. Jones, and the Mayor. Mr. StrEIL said, that in order to bring the council to a de cision on the question, he begged to propose the following. amendment :—" That the proceedings of the Finance Commit tee be confirmed, with the exception of what refers to the park ;_ and that, it being the opinion of this council that it is not advisable to purchase the land pointed out by the Parks Committee, the Finance Committee need not make any fur ther report upon that subject." . . Mr. AIKIN seconded tilt amendment. Mr. EARL opposed it. The council divided, when there appeared— For the amendment Against it 22 The amendment was consequently lost. Tue following gentlemen voted in the division : For the amendment—Messrs. J. Holmes, I. Holmes, Case, Copeland, H. Holmes, Mellor, Aikin, Robinson, Wood, Birkett, Kilshaw, Parker, J. Smith, G. H. Law rence, M'Kee, Freme, Sheil, and Evans. Against it—Messrs. Sandbach, Sands, Woollright, Bright, Priestley, Yates, Toulmin, Cooper, Bushell, Procter, Slater, Jordan, Platt, A. Smith. jun., Mather, Harbord, J. Hornby, T. Holt, Earle, Moon, C. H. Jones, and the Mayor. Mr. PROCTER was proceeding to propose another amend ment, to the effect that application be made to parliament for a grant, but withdrew it on being informed that it was a substantive motion. The original resolution was then de clared to have been carried. THE COMMITTEES The proceedings ofthe - finprovement, Watch, Markets, Town.hall, and Education Committees were next read and confirmed. COURTS OF LAW COMMITTEE. The proceedings, resolutions, and reports of the Courts of Law Committee, comprising Dr. Reid's report on the ven tilation of the courts. &c., and the recommendation of the committee thereon, were next read. From the report it ap peared that the cost for ventilating the new courts of law and St. George's Hall would amount to £7,942, and that Dr. Reid would charge £5OO for his superintendence, and five guineas a day for his attendance twice a year while the work was going forward. Some discussion took place on this subject, and eventually it was postponed until Wednesday next, when the special report of the surveyor is to be laid before the council. APPOINTMENT OF A MEMBER OF THE DOCK COMMITTEE Mr. Benn proposed that Mr. Sandbach be appointed a member of the Dock Committee, in lieu of Mr. George Quayle, who had resigned the office of councillor.—Agreed THE MAYOR'S COMMUNICATIONS The MAYOR read a registration return he had received from Mr. Boardman. It was laid on the table. He next read a communication from certain shipbuilders, occupying premises on the west side of the Saithouse Dock, respecting notices to suit which they bad received. It was referred to the Finance Committee. He next read a letter received from William Dyce, Esq., written by order of the Council of the School of Design, Somerset House, London. It was referred to the Improvement Committee. He next read a communication from Mr. Samuel Holme, builder, stating that the receipts of the pavilion during the two days it had been kept open after the Royal Agricultural Society had dined therein, had amounted, after deducting expenses, to .£3O 10s. 10d. This sum, the mayor said, he had expended as fol lows :—To the Strangers' Friend Asylum, £lO 10s. 10d. ; to the District Provident Society, £10; to the Night Asy lum, £lO. _ . Mr. BIRKETT took that opportunity of stating, that there was not a greater nuisance in the town than the Night Asy lum. The TOWN-CLERK read a communication from Mr. W. Handley, president of the Royal Agricultural Association, thanking the mayor for his kindness and attention during the Liverpool meeting. He next read the substance of a communication received from Manchester, stating that a memorial, had been forwarded to the judges, praying for some better arrangement for the trial of the causes entered in the Salford hundred list. It being then five minutes after three o'clock, and only 21 members present, the council adjourned to Wednesday next for the despatch of the remaining business. The South Western Railway has so much injured the city of Salisbury as to cause the proprietors of two very re spectable inns to contemplate closing their establishments. The Antelope Hotel has long since been entirely closed. — Devizes Gazette. GAVIN SCOTT. — In our paper of Monday last, we an nounced the arrival here of this unfortunate youth, whose al leged perpetration of theft or forgeries upon parties in Glas gow, to the amount of nearly £9,000, has recently excited such a painful degree of interest among the commercial classes of this city. Scott was brought down under the charge of Cuthbertson, division officer of police, who only left Glasgow on the Wednesday preceding, was detained the whole of Friday and the greater part of Saturday in London, and altogether has discharged his duty with so much judici ous promptitude, as fully to justify the confidence of those who selected him for this important mission. Scott arrived in London, from Boulog n e, o n Sunday fortnight, in the cus tody of Forrester, the police-officer who had followed him to Marseilles. Scott, we believe, makes an unreserved ad mission of all the charges which have been brought agai▪ nst him ; and the detail of his crime forms a very curious chap ter in the history of inf a tu a tio n . If we are to believe hi▪ m self, the deed, or series of deeds, which have given him such an unenviable notoriety, so far from having been premedi tated, were the sudden result of a moment's guilty thought. From something which had occurred, he had contracted a momentary feeling of dissatisfaction to his employers, and having at the time in his possession the sum of £l2O belonging to them, and ready for being deposited in the bank, he hastily forged the initials of the bank clerk to the deposit book, as the usual voucher for the sum having been lodged, and retained the cash. Scarcely was the ink dry than the lad avers he would have given the world to undo the deed, and he retained the money for days in his possession in a state of sleepless, mental agony. Having once passed the Rubicon, however, the other acts of crime and infatuation followed, putting him in pos session of a sum, either in checks or cash, to the amount of nearly £9,000. All this was done between the 19th of May, when he forged the ) hank clerk's initials, and Saturday, the 29th of May, when he absconded from Glasgow, and sailed from Greenock for Liverpool. Arrived in London, he as sumed the name of Graham in the hotel in which he lived, cashed the checks under the name of Henry Gordon, and afterwards set out on his travels under the name of Charles Hamilton Douglas. Having once come into possession of this vast sum, he, for the first time, abandoned himself to a life of gaiety and dissipation, and during the few days he re mained in London, he lost or squandered nearly £2,000. He thence went to Southampton by the railway, and sailed from it to Havre, from which, as is well known, he proceeded to Marseilles via Paris. He was two days at Marseilles before the telegraphic dispatch was received, commanding his appre hension, and when it did come, the French officers took him while in bed. He was not, however, subjected to any close degree of surveillance, nor, unfortunately, was th e p r ope r ty iin his possession seized or nventoried. When Mr. M'Gregor arrived, accompanied by Forrester, the officer, Scott told them where the money ne had was deposited, and on pro ceeding to it, it was found that the lock-fast place in which the bag was laid had been opened, and considerably more than £lOOO taken away, of which Scott knows nothing. The accused says he went to Marseilles without any ulterior ob ject, although when there, he entertained a notion of pro ceeding onward to Egypt, but he had not time or steadiness to realize his intention, if ever seriously entertained, before he was apprehended. Scott says that in this long trip, h e was rather ma ki ng an e ff or t t o fly from himself than to fly from the offi cers w h om h e suspec t e d to be in pur s uit ; an d his surprise is that he was not taken sooner, as his conduct, , from a di s t empered m i nd, and har d d r i n ki ng , was more li ke that of a man b ereft of his reason than any t hi ng e l se. His demeanor however, on his way home, was such as became his unhappy situation. He is 25 years of age, and well educated. The money brought home by Forrester amounts to about £4,390. It is hoped that more will be recovered.— Glasgow Herald. WHIG JoneiNG.—There is scarcely a public situation, the the occupant of which is approachable by intrigue, for the sale or barter of, or retiring from office, that every means are not put in force for the attainment of that object, in order that the Irish government may have the nomination. Passing by the scandalous indecency of such a procedure as this, it is unconstitutional, and it is illegal. We warn those who have announced their intention of resigning, to be cau tious ; and it still more behoves those who are negotiating for to be on their gu ar d ; for, assure as the sun sh i nes , as certain will every appointment hi Ireland, made from a certain date, the vacancy for which has been caused by retirement, form the subject of a searching parliamentary inquiry7so that if certain gentlemen should be displaced by by the in-coming government, they cannot say, after this public warning, that they have been•" purchasers without notice."—Dublitt Eyed*, Mau. PROTESTANT MEETING A most crowded and enthusiastic meeting was held, in the Royal Amphitheatre, on Wednesday night, for the purpose of hearing an address from the Rev. T. D. Gregg, who had been invited, by a numerously signed requisition, to meet the Pro testants of this town. . On the motion of Mr. THOMAS BALL, James. Parker, Esq., one of the members of the Council for St. Anne's Ward, was unanimously called to the chair. The proceedings having been opened with prayer, the Chairman read the following requisition : . _ _ „ . `• We the undersigned, Protestants of Liverpool, viewing the committal of the Rev. J. D. Gregg, for his promptness, at the nunnery in Dublin, to persuade a straying Protestant to return to a mother's roof, and a sound scriptural church, as an outrage upon our Protestant liberties, as well as a dan gerous violation of the rights and liberties of the British sub ject, in order to bend to the iron grasp of Popery, which is trying to reduce Ireland to a moral wilderness—request a meeting of those friendly to the sentiments of this requisi tion, at the Amphitheatre, on the 3d day of August, 1841, at seven o'clock in the afternoon, to hear the Rev. J. D. Gregg deliver an addreis on national religion, and the present work ings of Popery in Ireland.” The CHAIRMAN said he would, in the first instance, an nounce to the meeting that the requisition just read was signed by upwards of one thousand of the Protestants of Liverpool. (Cheers.) It would ill become him to occupy much time with observations ; but although he had been called upon to preside at a very short notice, he'could not avoid expressing the sentiments which were uppermost in his mind. They were met on that occasion to syrnpathLe with one of the greatest champions in the cause of Protestantism — (cheers)—an individual who bad suffered, and was ready to suffer again, for his principles—yea, one who was ready, if need be, to deliver up his existence in the cause of Protestant ism. (Cheers.) As a tradesman of Liverpool, closely con nected with the Protestant operatives, he could not but con gratulate those classes upon the immense assembly which he saw before him. (Cheers.) He thought it his duty, standing before them, to express his sentiments upon a system of education carried out in this town, which was, more than any other, anti-Christian in its principles, and which tended, more than any other means, to the spread of popery. (Hear.) He alluded to the system of education adopted in the Corpo ration schools, a syptern which had driven the Protestant clergy from the superintendence of those schools, and caused many of our operatives to withdraw their children from them, upon conservative principles. The single fact that upwards of 380 popish children went from the North Corpo ration School to the Roman Catholic chapel every Sunday morning, whilst only 110 Protestant children went to the church, was a sufficient proof that those schools were rapidly becoming altogether popish. (Hear.) He, as a member of the Common Council, had entered his solemn protest against the system ; and it now rested with the Protestant consti tuency of this large community, to say whether a system to which, as Protestants, they were conscientiously opposed, should be carried on in those schools or not. (Cheers, and cries of " No, no.") November was fast arSproaching, and they must then decide the question. (Cheers.) After a few further observations, the chairman concluded by calling upon Mr. Gregg. _ _ The Rev. T. D. GREGG, when the applause which greeted A him had subsided, said that he felt proud and privileged at being allowed to address that large, intelligent, and respec table assembly. He could not avoid saying that it was em phatically the meeting of the Protestant operatives of Liver pool ; unassociated, uninfluenced, they had collected this meeting—they alone decided on its being held—supplied the funds to pay the expenses of it—and had invited him to attend. He could not avoid saying that it was a demonstra tion of the operatives' power—(hear, hear)—and that they who could originate such a manifestation of public opinion, and give it effect, could accomplish any measures which truth. wisdom, and prudence might recommend. (Cheers.) But, if their power was considerable, so was their responsibility. If they could accomplish measures it was fit that they should be decided as to what measures they should carry. He was before them that evening to give them his opinion on the sub ject. (Hear, hear.) He felt grateful to them for the mode in which they had spoken of him in their kind requisition— he alluded to his imprisonment—(hear, hear, and cheers) — and, although it had not been his intention to dwell long upon that affair, he was compelled from the t on e o f th e meeting to alter his purpose, as he clearly saw that it would be agreeable to them that he should do so. (Cheers.) The rev. gentleman here gave a detail of the affair between him self and the magistrates, growing out of his endeavours to restore a misguided girl to her friends. It was heard with the greatest interest, and led the meeting to the conclusion that nothing short of the decided stand made by the rev. gentleman on the occasion would have vindicated the rights of Protestants and of the clergy. He was cheered throughout. That was the whole business. He rejoiced to know that he was not condemned in it by them. (Cheers.) He would glory in their acquittal, (Cheers.) He came to the matter in hand. He had to bring before them the idolatry of the Church of Rome to show them how that wrought to the in jury of Ireland, and to consider what measures were neces sary to rid them of the great evils under which they all la boured from Popery. (Hear.) He held in his hand a book of the devotions of the Roman church, taken without selec tion from the mass of such books. It was " The life of St. Joseph," the husband of the Virgin Mary.' It was a fair and favourable specimen of the class. That book gave a very full account of the events of the life of this saint. How did they think it was gathered ?—in the main from dreams or visions exhibited to nuns and such devotees, hundreds of years after the man had died. (Hear, hear.) It was a fact. They remembered the amusingly ridiculous tale of the life of St. Philomela, which he had given them in that very place—her history, it appeared, was learnt from the dreams of nuns, so was that of St. Joseph. It was the principal mode of discovering ecclesiastical facts at Rome. Well, here was not merely the life of St. Joseph, but the devotions rendered to him, and the results of these devotions in surprising miracles. The rev. gentleman here gave from the book in question several " legends, " relating what may, without any breach of charity, be called mock mi racles, ludicrous and contemptible, which accordingly excited the laughter and contempt—and we may hope the pity—of the house. A nun was, in a dream, rubbed by St. Joseph with " heavenly ointment," and thus recovered from a pleurisy. A young man was touched by a cloth which had touched the aforesaid nun's side, and swallowed a piece of paper with the name of "Jesus " written on it, and was cured of a swelling. (Laughter.) A. man gave a gift of wax candles, a " votive picture," and nine days' devotion to the saint, and saved nine of his family from death. There was Popery and sorcery at the same time. These miracles totally differed in nature and object from those of Scripture. (Hear, hear.) The miracles of Scripture were of two kinds,—firit, miracles of power, as those of Christ and his apostles ; and secondly, miracles of providence, as those recorded in the history of Joseph, David, and others. The first were ne cessary to establish the faith, and closed with its establish ment. The latter were still in the church. Every true Christian still experienced the interpositions of providence in his favour—guiding him in his path, defending him in his dangers, and upholding him in his difficulties. (Hear.) These miracles still continued in the church, and were sought for through prayer, through the cultivation of pious affection, but above all through an enlightened faith exalting the soul, purifying the heart, and giving true ideas of God Almighty. Not removing the necessity for human exertion, on the con trary, demanding it, but looking for success in it through the divine mercy. (Cheers.) Far from the Christian be the debasing idea that God was to be conciliated by swallowing " pieces of paper with the name of Jesus written on them." (Hear, hear.) Or by giving wax candles to St. Joseph. (Laughter and cheers.) He would ask if the people of Liver pool were capable of such folly—would Liverpool be what it was ? If they were so besotted as to employ themselves or their money in making presents of wax candlesto St. Joseph. (Laughter.) Would the Liverpool docks be in existence? (Loud cries of " No.") No, certainly. There was evident cause and effect here. True miracles led to enlightened faith, false miracles led to a lazy looking for of wonders from absurd and superstitious practices. Hence the pilgrimages of Ireland. Thousands of Irishmen went yearly to Lough Dearg, and there practised the antics of Popery, drank large draughts of " wine " as it was called, that is, the water of the lake made scalding hot,—(Laughter)—knelt in the place where " St. P a t r i c k conquere d th e d ev il' s mother,"--(con tinned laughter)—and looked for the cure of all their diseases by eating the clay of dead friars. It was fact. (Hear, hear.) He contended that such false miracles and dependence on them besotted the mind, and were utterly inconsistent with national greatness. (Hear, hear, and tremendous cheers.) Away with such st u pid bamboozlery, it degraded the people whom it victimized. (Cheers.) But let them look at the worship rendered to this St. Joseph, and the like. Here the rev. gentleman read a long passage from the Romish Litany, clamorously invoking the intercession of all " the saints." He contended that was a setting up of many medi ators, and as such, was idolatry offensive in the eye of the jealous God. The Roman Catholics said it was not, because they worshipped these saints with a lower worship ; but the gods of paganism, called demons, or the lesser gods were worshipped with a lower worship, yet they were called " gods," were really false go d s , an d as such, positively de nounced in Scripture. (Hear, hear.) In like manner the saints were not the less treated as gods, because they were only worshipped with the lesser religious worship. (Hear, hear.) The rev. gentleman here quoted several passages of Scripture, showing that idolatry was a mark of the great foretold apostasy. How could Ireland be otherwise than miserable, while so degrading a system prevailed in it? How could England expect impunity when she fostered, favoured, and extended it. (Hear, hear.) Let them conceive the British nation solemnly swearing that Popery was blasphe mous, idolatrous, and anti-christian, and at the same time expending its treasures to inculcate and spread it. (Hear, hear.) Was it to be wondered at that poverty, .distress, dis content and complaining abounded? No. These very things were denounced in the word of God as the certain re sult of such national unfaithfulness. What then was to be done? Return as a nation to Christian principles. (Hear, hear. A Voice—" Repeal the emancipation bill," followed by loud and continued cheers.) He (Mr. Gregg) was de lighted to say Yea and Amen to. the sentiment, but let it go abroad that it did not come from him but from that vast meeting. (Cheers.) Five thousand men of Liverpool spon taneously raised the cry for that repeal. They were not Inertly passive respondents to an agitator leading them to it, they originated it themselves. (Cheers.) Therefore, he was certain it would ultimately be achieved. (Hear, hear.) Why were Roman Catholics admitted into parlia ment? The reason was, because parliament had abandoned its most sacred duties, and the nation had, through its un faithfulness, actually forgotten what they were. What were the proper duties, the highest duties of the parliament? To exalt the national character—to promote, foster, and elicit the national piety and virtue. (Hear, hear hear.) The book he held in his hand showed the duties of the parliament of England—it consisted of the Bible, the Prayer-Book, and the Homilies bound together. That Bible was translated by act of parliament—(hear)—that Prayer-Book and the articles of our faith were compiled by the church according to act of parliament (hear), and those Homilies, controversial sermons in fact, were written by act of parliament. (Cheers.) He asked, what was the object of these acts of parliament? It was to make Englishmen honest, just, and true. (Cheers.) To make them love God and love their neighbour. To root superstition, folly, and absurdity out of their minds. To raise them above the weakness of being gulled by the bamboozleries of Popery. (Loud cheers.) By such lying trumpery as " the life of St. ; Joseph." (Continued cheers.) It was the acts of parlia ment to which he alluded which made Englishmen wise, and England great, glorious, and free. (Cheers.) But our parli aments had abandoned their duties. Instead of legislating with - a constant view to maintain the Christian character of the nation and evangelise the empire, they had become com pletely secularized, and the highest objects of their considera tion had become hedges and ditches, roads and footpaths, railways and canals, ports, harbours, markets, fairs, the light ing of streets, and such like, or else mere worldly policy— and why should not Papists—nay, Jews, Turks, and Atheists be admitted to such deliberations. (Cheers.) It demanded no religion to treat of such matters. They were of common right and all might consistently share in them. Hence, when the national deliberations had lost their true character, Pa pists were admitted, and thus the dereliction of duty, which had been accidental, was made systematic. (Hear, hear.) Consequently, at present, if a member presumed to touch upon any moral subject, his mouth was instantly gagged with the cry—" That is a religious question," and, however im portant, it was dropped. (Elear, hear.) What was the re sult ? He answered, irreligious and uncharitable anti-Chris tian laws. Let them look at the new poor law. That was an emanation of a Papist parliament—a parliament that flung the Bible from its shelves. The Protestant poor law made all contribute to the fund for the support of the poor, and then, if any was reduced to ask for aid, gave it unclog ged by any debasing conditions, the new semi-Popish law wade poverty a crime, and the poor prisoners. (Hear, hear.) It well became parliament which had abandoned its noblest feature, genuine Protestantism, and which had thrown the Scriptures overboard. (Loud cheers.) They wanted; then, Christian laws, and they wanted a Christian parliament, e c ause no other parliament would or could give them Christian laws. (Hear, hear.) They were Tories of the old school. Such Tories as were described by that noble of na ture, Richard Oastler. (Cheers.) Popery, with its mind enslaving absurdities, never made so free a soul as Richard Oastler. He was happy to call him friend, and to say that their politics agreed together. He would read them Oastler's definition of Toryism. He was addressing the Duke of Wel lington, " Toryism means, my Lord Duke," said he, " a place for everything, and everything in its place'—' a fair day's wages for a good day's work.' (hear, and cheers)—the king happy, secure, and venerated in his palace—the nobles happy, secure, and honoured in their castles—the merchants, bankers, and manufacturers happy, secure, and beloved in their mansions—the tradesmen and shopkeepers happy, se cure, and respected irk their houses—and the labourers happy, secure, and as much respected as the best of them in their cottages—(enthusiastic cheers) ; and also that all should be able nationally and scripturally to worship the God of their fathers." (Prolonged cheers.) lie would strongly recom mend them all to procure and read the " Fleet Papers," now publishing by Mr. Oastler, who was, be did not hesi tate to say, a martyr imprisoned for the cause of the poor. (Hear, hear.) What would a Christian parliament do? It would carry out the national principles on a great scale. It would legislate to exalt and magnify the character of the people, and to overthrow popery in Ireland. What was the Irish Society ? It was an association of a few hundred per sons to circulate the Irish scriptures among the Irish-speak ing people. It was a noble object, but it was an object for the nation. (Cheers.) A Christian parliament would plant an Irish-speaking clergyman in every Irish-speaking district to preach the gospel to the Irish people. (Cheers.) The Hibernian Society of London was a Christian society. Its object was to establish schools to teach the people of Ireland the whole Bible, without admixture of Popish lies. It was a noble object, but it ought to be a national one. It was the work of a Christian parliament. (Cheers.) The Reforma tion Society had for its object to promote discussions on the subject of Popery. It was a noble object, but it should be taken up by the great council of the nation. (Cheers.) M`lsteile should be made a national officer. (Tremendous cheers.) He should be sent by the nation, with his fame, his abilities, and his holy zeal, to preach the gospel amid assembled thousands of the Irish ; and all the priests should be invited to attend, and answer if they could. (Cheers.) Dukes, marquisses, earls, barons, and all the great function aries of the country, should be commanded by the nation by their attendance to give their influence to the gospel mes sage. (Cheers.) Brindley should be made a national func tionary. (Loud cheers.) Brindley was a noble Protestant. Popery never produced such a man. It was a scandal that he should be compelled td beg his way, in order to confer the greatest benefits upon the nation. (Cheers.) Still Socialism had, like every other heresy, some truth in it. Socialism said that all the evils of society arose from men having a bad cha racter. So said scripture. Well, what remedy did it pro pose ? It proposed to give men a new character, by enclosing them in parallelopipedons, and making wives, children, sons, daughters, and property to belong in common to a joint stock company. Here was the error. This plan never could give the required character. No. character fitted for society was only derived from gospel principles, and the gospel did not make all things common, but made every man happy in his own place. Caused each to sit under his own vine, and under his own fig tree. (Cheers.) Give them Christian laws, and all the evils of society would be removed or in definitely diminished, by the promotion of Christian sym pathy, Christian feeling, Christian wisdom, Christian be nevolence, and Christian truth. (Loud cheers.) Christian laws would make men happy, great, and glorious, and ex terminate Popery in Ireland. (Cheers.) He was proud to say, that he was the first man to apply the word "extermi nate" to Popery. Mr. O'Connell made the word notorious by pretending that they wanted to " exterminate" Papists. God forbid. (Cheers.) By his calumny, however, he called the national attention to the word "exterminate." He would force men to enquire what they meant, and to learn that Popery was to be " exterminated," not by force of arms. but by the power of truth. (Cheers.) By the way, he had been placarded ou the walls—something to him quite comical—it stated that Father Tom, his late vanquished op ponent—a very able man, no doubt, but still, unfortunately, more remarkable for the lightness of his heels than the weight of his arguments—(laughter)—was about to visit Liverpool. He was really sorry he could not stay to greet his arrival. But still, if be desired to see his face, he (Mr. Gregg) would promise him his attendance at a moment's warning. (Cheers.) The fact is, Father Maguire ran away and no mistake at all. (Laughter.) A beaten champion well became a beaten cause. (Cheers.) Was it because of his (Mr. Gregg's) superior abilities he (Mr. M.) was beaten ? No ; in point of ability he yielded the palm to his opponent : it was truth which triumphed in his person. He brought the ark into the temple, and the Dagon of Popery fell down before it. (Loud cheers.) He fought the battle on church grounds, and thus he gained the day. (Cheers.) He was so busily engaged handling Popery in Dublin that he could not tarry to see his old frriend, but he would leave behind him , in the columns of the Standard, and of the M a il, a bill e t-dour for him—(Laughter)—which he hoped he (Mr. Maguire) would read, and which would show the people of Liverpool what manner of man he was. With some further observa tions, after speaking for two hours and a half, the reverend gentleman sat down amid tremendous cheering, waving of hats, &c., again and again renewed. Mr. EVANSON said he rose with great pleasure to propose a vote of thanks to Mr. Gregg. He observed—Shall Eng land bend to the iron grasp of Popery, from which the glo rious doctrine of the reformation set her free—England, the arbitress of the world, the mistress of the sea, the renown and the prowess of whose arms have been carried to the ex tent of the globe—who has raised trophies of victory in every country and clime—who sent the thunders of her cannon along the mighty ocean, at the Nile and Trafalgar, and spread dismay, terror, and annihilation amongst the enemies of freedom—before whom the power of prance quailed at Cressy, at Poictiers, at Salamanca, at Talavera, at Badajos, on the banks of the Garonne, on the heights of the Pyrenees, at the gates of Paris, on the crimson plains of Waterloo, where the artillery of Heaven's thunder outvied and outroared the ar tillery of earth—for God, " the Lord mighty in battle," fought for England—the sun shut out his departing rays on the embattled lines as they advanced to the charge, led on by their redoubted charge, the illustrious IV ellington, the conqueror of the conqueror of the earth. Protestant, bible reading, oath-respecting, promise-keeping England, shall she quail before Popery ? Her scriptural church, the no confidence declaration of her parliament, the voice of the late elections, this great, respectable, energetic, spirit-stirring meeting answer in the voice of astounding thunder—No ! Mr. BALL seconded the vote of thanks, after which Mr. GASIGG proposed that the chairman leave the chair, and Mr. Evanson be called thereto, when the thanks of the meeting were voted to Mr. Parker for his conduct in the chair, and the meeting separated. INSTITUTION FOR THE RELIEF OF WIDOWS AND ORPHANS OF DECEASED CLERGYMEN WITHIN THE ARCHDEACONRY OF CHESTER. The anniversary of the Institution for the Relief of the Widows and Orphans of deceased Clergymen within the Archdeaconry of Chester, was held in this town yesterday. It was attended by a large body of clerical and lay members, and friends to its valuable objects ; and the proceedings, as far as they were made public, excited universal interest. The celebration of the anniversary commenced as usual with divine service, which took place in St. Peter's Church, the preacher for the year being the Rev. WILLIAM EvANs, rector of Tarvin. Prayers were read by the Rev. JONATHAN Bnooxs, senior rector of Liverpool; after which, Mr. Evans ascended the pulpit, and delivered an admirable sermon— which we regret we cannot insert, owing to the demands upon our space—from the 6th chapter of the Gospel accord ing to St. Matthew, and the 33d verse But seek ye first the kingdom of God, and his righteousness, and all things shall be added unto you." After divine service the committee retired to the Adelphi Hotel, where the general business of the institution for the year was transacted. A report was read from the managing committee and confirmed, of the proceedings of the year. Great satisfaction was expressed with this document, and we regret the less not being able to publish a copy of it, be cause the principal features of it were subsequently stated, viva voce, by the hon. and rev. secretary. The report of the branch association for the education of female orphans of de ceased clergymen was also read and confirmed. J. Wilson Patten, Esq. M. P., was appointed president of the associa tion for the year ensuing, and the Hon. and Rev. W. Her bert, Dean of Manchester, the preacher. The business of the committee occupied till past three o'clock. About half-past three, between eighty and ninety of the members and friends sat flown to dinner, in the Assembly room of the Adelphi Hotel. The repast and wines did infi nite credit to the purveyorship of Mr. Radley, whilst the personal attention of himself and the waiters, • left nothing to be wished for on the part of the guests. The Hon. and Rev. Horace Powys, honorary secretary of the association, took the chair, in the unavoidable absence of the Earl of Sephton. Amongst many others we noticed the following : Hon. R. B. Wilbraham, M. P. 4 o f L eathom, Wm. Hutton, of Hulton Park, Esq., Hugh Hornby Birley, Esq., of Swinton Park, Rev. Prependary Slade, Rector of Bolton, Wm. Ford Hulton, Esq., of Hutton Park, Rev. Cecil Wray, Canon of Manchester, Rev. F. Hopwood, Incumbent of Bury, R ev . E. F. Leigh, Rector of Cheadle, Rev. C. K. Prescott, Rector of Stockport, Peter Clare, Esq., of Warrnington, Charles Inman, Esq., of Liverpool, Charles Groves, Esq., of Liverpool, R. L. Carr, Esq., of Liverpool, Rev. Jonathan Brooks, Rector of Liverpool, Rev. Augustus Campbell, Rector of Liverpool, Samuel Taylor, Esq., of Eccleston, Rev. J. T. Horton, Vicar of Ormskirk, Rev. Win. Yates, Rector of Eccleston, near Preston, Rev. Cecil Wray. of St. Martin's, Liverpool, Adam Hodgson, Esq., of Eyerto,, Rex. W. Henry Prescott, of Bradshaw Hall, near Stockport, Rev. Richard Parkinson, Canon of Manchester, Rev. Richard Statham, of Tarporley, Rev. J. Lingard, of St. George's, Hulme, Manchester, Rev. R. L. Townsend, of Toxteth-park, Rev. 'P. 0. Bold, of Liverpool, Rev. R. Davies, of Liverpool, Rev. T. Blundell, of St. Ann's, Liverpool, Sir Thomas Brancker, of Liverpool, Rev. N. W. Gibson of Ardwick, near Manche s t er , Rev. Mr. Stewart, I n cumbent of Hale, Rev. Thomas Blackburne, Vicar of Prestwich, Thomas Dover, Esq., of Liverpool, Thomas Birkett, Esq., of Liverpool, Rev. W. E. Hesketh, of Toxteth-park, Rev. J. S. Bowstead, of Liverpool, J. Stanniforth, Esq., of Liverpool, &c., Sz.o. The cloth having been withdrawn, and thanks returned, The PRESIDENT begged to give the first toast always given upon these occasions, one which seemed to combine every interest in the country, both temporal and spiritual, namely, " Church and Queen. (Great applau se .) The PRESIDENT said, that next to the queen in the affec tions of the country came a person of distinguished talents, and one whom the country had long known and loved. He scarcely need say that he alluded to the Dowager Queen Adelaide. (Hear. hear.) They were in the habit of praying for that illusixious individual in common with other names ; and he felt assured, that the meeting would approve of his anion with the toast of the name of Prince Albert, from whom the country had much to expect, and w h o , was holding out as much pr omise a s could be he believed, anticipated from a person in his situation. He begged to give, "The Dowager Queen Adelaide, Pr ince Alber t , and all the royal family." (Cheers.) The PRESIDENT said the next toast he should give would be the health of the Lord Bishop of the Diocese, the patron of this institution. (Hear, hear, hear.) In giving the name of the diocesan, it was unnecessary for him to state what he believed every clergyman and every layman in the diocese was aware of, namely, that no bishop we had ever had in this diocese had given up more time, shown more hearty zeal, or was more entirely devoted in heart and spirit in his exertions, for the spiritual and t em p ora l welfare of the church. With these observations he begged to gi ve t h e health of the Lord Bishop of the Diocese. (Cheers.) The PRESIDENT next proposed the health of the Right Hon. the Earl of Sefton, the president for the year, whose absence from this anniversary was caused by his attendance at the bed of a sick brother in London. The toast was drank with loud applause. The PRESIDENT begged to propose the health of the preacher of the day, the Rev. M r. E vans. He wa s ver y sorr y the rev. gentleman was not present, for his sermon in the parish church of Liverpool, seemed to have been so excel lent upon the subject of this charity, that any thi ng w hi c h might - have dropped from him exextemporeore in returning thanks for the toast of his health, would have been as valuable as the sermon itself. In his absence he begged to give the health of the Rev. Mr. Evans, r9rtor of Tarvin. (Applause.) PRUSIDENT said the next toast involved the neces sity of his entering upon something like a statement, but it was a statement which would be interesting, not only to that meetin g but to all wh o h a d a t h ear t t h e i nterest o f t h e asso ciationfor the relief of the widows and orphans of deceased clergymen. )Hear, hear.) Indeed, he only wished the statement were ten times more satisfactory than it was, and he knew it would be so if the institution were more widely known and extended. (Rear, hear.) In preparation for the toast he should, as simply and as shortly as possible, read a statement of the accounts, prefacing it, as he always had, with this caution, that as the accounts were settled among an amazing deal of talking, whilst gentlemen were eating and drinking. (Laughter.) Some allowance must be made, if, in enumerating the figures, there should be some little dis crepancy between the accounts he should now give and the published statement. (Hear, hear, hear.) The balance in hand from last year was £132 75. sd. ; arrears of subscriptions £ll Ils., and he could not pass by this item without once more calling attention to the fact, that the amount of arrears in the subscriptions of this society was most extraordinarily trifling (hear) ; one year's dividend upon investment £ll9, 15s. 4d. Subscriptions re ceived at the meetings £875, 12s. 6d. ; collected at St. Peter's Church, £l7, 48. sd. ; and collected at different churches through the archdeaconry, £ll9, 158. Bd. (Hear, hear In announcing the last item, he should mention that it was only during last week that the intention of the last meeting with regard to collections in churches, had become generally un derstood. Very late in the day he issued a circular with a brief statement of the objects of the charity, to a great pro portion of the clergy in the archdeaconry. The success of that circular had been much greater than lie expected, it h a d produced a sum larger than h anticipated ; but he had been informed by a number of clergymen, that if they had received it sooner, so as to have made more use of the facts contained in it, the collection would have increased five fold. He was disposed, at any rate, to read the amounts collected at a few churches. From St. Barnabas's, a church only just opened in Liverpool, he had received a collection of £9 Is. Bd.,—a very large collection, they would admit, when they knew it was obtained without any sermon, by the minister giving notice. From St. Peter's, Manches ter, he bad received £7 12s. 10d. ; from Mr. Elias Chadwick, on behalf of the minister of Swinton, £7 10s. ; from the Rev. N. W. Gibson, of Ardwick, £7 Os. 4d. ; from St. Martin's in-the-Fields, Liverpool, £5 17s. 6d.; from Mr. Burder, on account of various churches in Manchester, £7l 14s. ; alto gether making a total, from this source, of £ll9 15s. Bd. (Hear, and applause.) He had also to announce a donation from the noble president to the amount of £25. (Hear, hear, hear.) Lord Sefton accompanied his draft for this amount with the needless apology, that he was sorry the sum was so small, but that really he was called upon to contribute so largely to charitable objects, that it would be inconvenient for him to swell his donations. (Hear, hear.) The next item he thought would call forth some marks of hearty approba tion. He had now to announce a donation from Mrs. Mary Watkins, of Ardwick Green, Manchester, through the Rev. N. W. Gibson, of the sum of £l5OO. (H ear , h ear .) Thi s benevolent lady had been pleased to place the society in a most welcome difficulty with regard to this donation. It had been a rule of the committee, in consequence of remarks having been generally made upon the wealth of the society— an objection in which he could never sympathise, and which he had been told caused a number of subscriptions to be with held from the society, because it was supposed it did not want them—that any superfluous balance in hand, after meet ing the expenditnre of the society, should be devoted'to the objects's—of which the meeting would hear something here after—of the branch institution for the education of orphans. Now, Mrs. Watkins wished this sum to be funded, and the society received her wishes with the greatest possible pleasure and satisfaction. (Hear.) He had also to acknowledge another donation through the Rev. N. W. Gib son, from Miss Marshall, of £l5. (Applause.) The re ceipts altogether would make a total, he believed, of £3,056 12s. 11d. (Cheers.) The disbursements including £2O paid to two necessitous widows in the course of the year ; £855 to thirty-six other widows •, and £525 to thirty-five or phans; the investment of Mrs. Watkin's donation, and other items, amounted to £2,925, leaving a balance in his hands of £l3l ls. Ild., which would go to the assistance of the branch institution. (Hear, bear, hear.) This was the only clarity he had ever been mixed up with, in which he had not to complain of the difficulty of raising money ; but great as its success as a charity had been, an d grea t as had ben the in come arising from the liberality of the public, he must still say what he believed was nothing more than the fact, that if the objects of the charity were only made more extensively known, that if the clergy would only take pains to make them known in Liverpool, and throughout the archdeaconry, as they ought to be—for they were literally not known at all by the generality of the people—their congregations would most gladly contri bute to the necessities of the clergy, and the support of their widows and orphans. (Hear.) With very little labour, he was sure, the income of the society might be doubled. (Hear.) There was his apology, if apology was necessary, for proposing the health—and a greater degree of health than God at present had been pleased to prosper it—of the institu tion for the relief of the widows and orphans of deceased clergymen within the archdeaconry of Chester. (Cheers.) The PRESIDENT, before proposing the next toast, would mention a few facts. At a former meeting in Liverpool, it would be in the memory of some gentlemen present, and if not, they would perhaps remember the following facts, which he had cut out of a Liverpool newspaper, that a committee was formed to inquire into and to form a proper plan for the establishment of a Female Orphan School, for the education of the female orphans of the clergy, as a collateral branch of this institution, and to lay the same before the subscribers. The report from the committee had been laid before the general committee. and approved of by them, but neverthe less be would briefly repeat the facts. For three years the committee had not been idle; they had been making all the inquiries they could ; and in the meantime, whilst they had been making inquiries, the public had not been idlein giving them the means of proceeding. (Hear, hear.) The result was, that at the end of three years they were enabled to an nounce that all difficulties with regard to promises had been altogether removed, and the amount of money given, which enabled the committee at once to do that which every friend of the institution desired to see done, namely, to build a creditable institution, with the requisite accommodation for the education of those whom they were about to take under their care. (Hear, hear.) He should state that which had given this project a great deal of popularity throughout the diocese when it was formed as a branch institution of this society, was that it should be open to the children of the poorer clergy in the diocese at the smallest possible cost ; (hear)—that their children should there be educated, whereas now they had scarcely the means of educating them at all, that the orphans of the clergy, along with female or phans, who might be sent to be educated there, should be educated in such a way as to be enabled to perform the most responsible duties of schoolmistresses in the diocese. (Hear, hear.) Remarks bad been made to him here and there, that it was rather infra dig. to educate the children of clergymen for schoolmistresses, or with any idea of them occupying such a post. As to its being infra dig., he could enter into no such feeling whatever, for he considered it the highest point of honour to be engaged on that duty in which every clergyman was engaged. (Hear.) He could not think that any clergyman's daughter would be found to shrink from engaging in the work of teaching the lambs of Christ's flock. (Hear.) But when he stated that this society was doling out its funds to clergymen's daughters who were working in factories, whose only resourse was to be married to persons among the labouring classes, that some were brought up as milliners, and some married joiners, and so on, and that in the Clergymen's Orphans' Asylum in Lon- Jon (we believe), it was the regular practice to bind them apprentices as schoolmasters and schoolmistresses, he did not think it would be beneath the dignity of a clergyman's daugh ter, so placed, to be engaged in the spiritual nurture of children which her father had himself undertaken. (Hear.) The ac counts of this branch institution stood thus—balance in hand from last year £1379; donation from Mrs. Mary Watkins, the Rev. N. N. Gibson £soo—(cheers);—the other items of interest, subscriptions, and donations, making the total receipts of £3307 10s. 6d. (Loud applause.) Mrs. Wat kins' money, at her request, was invested, leaving in his hands the sum of £2807 10s. 6d. (Cheers.) He had now only to state that he had taken the opinion of architects with regard to the erection of a building for the institution, and he had collected as much information as he could with regard to the similar instituiions in Brighton, Bristol, and London. He understood that the ono in Brighton was the most con venient, and, therefore, he sent an architect from London there to see it. He had also made application to Mr. Ireland Blackburne, the member for Warrington, , for a piece of land most commodiously situated, in the middle of one of his farms, perfectly apart from the town. Mr. Blackburne had not the powet to sell, but he had gone to the fall extent of his power, having granted a lease for 999 years, consenting to receive only whatever deduction he might be compelled to make to the tenant. (Cheers.) They were now provided with a site, and also with a plan, and from the testimony of an experienced architect from London, they had ample means to go on with the building. The hon. and rev. gen tleman then mentioned the various estimates made, and said that it had been resolved to erect a building at the cost of £2370, which would accommodate sixty orphans, and leave ample room for extension. He had in hand towards it already £2BOO, and, therefore, if the estimate were anything like correct there would yet be a large balance in hand. Under the circumstances Mr. Stanniforth, seconded by Mr. Parkin son, had moved in the committee that these plans be adopted and the building proceeded with upon the site now obtained. (Hear. He hoped next year to be talking to them about the roof instead of the foundations. (Cheers.) In conclusion he begged to propose "Success to the branch institution for the education of the female orphans and daughters of necessitous clergymen, who are officiating within the arch. deaconry of Chester." (Applause.) The Honourable R. BOOTLE WILBRAHAM, M. P., in some appropriate and complimentary remarks, proposed the health of the honorary secretary, and president of the day, the Hon. and Rev. Horace Powys, whose exertions on be half of this and the Diocesan Society, and his discharge of his duties as a parish priest, he highly eulogised. (Cheers.) The Rev. CECIL D. WRAY , sen. canon of Manchester, said that the building alluded to would probably be two or three years in erecting, and he wished to know whether any tem porary provision would be made for the education of orphans and the children of necessitous clergymen? The PRESIDENT ventured to say that the roof would be on the building before the society asset again next year. (Cheers.) He did not, therefore, think it would be necessary to throw money away in fitting up any temporary place. (Hear, hear, hear.) _ A GENTLEmAN'said, he was sure this might be done, for in Liverpool another church would be begun next Monday, and be in work by next September. (Great applause.) The Rev. J. T. HowroN proposed to drink the health of Mrs. Watkins, as a small return forher munificent donations. .... --- Mr. TAYLOR suggested that the grateful thanks of the society be conveyed to that lady through some gentleman. The Hon. and Rev. POWYS returned thanks in a feeling speech for the compliment paid to himself, and said, he would take care that the feeling of the society towards Mrs. Watkins for her splendid donations should be made known to that lady in the most acceptable way. (Cheers.) The Hon. and Rev. President then said, let nothing interfere with the merit which was due to those who had grown grey in the service of the church in Liverpool, and who, as mush as any men living, had served the purpose and interests of the church. (Cheers.) He begged to propose the healths of the worthy rectors of Liverpool. (Cheers.) The Rev. JON ATii AN BROOKS, on the part of himself and his reverend colleague, Mr. Campbell, returned thanks. It was now about forty years s i nce h e had been in the habit of attending the meetings of this institution; he remembered its progress in its earliest infancy, and he was delighted to find that its objects were received with such a degree of ap probation. The worthy president had stated that it would be gratifying to him to be enabled to double the amount of payment to those persons for whom they felt so warm an in terest, from their being left in a state of destitution. He (Mr. Brooks) responded to that sentiment with the greatest delight and satisfaction. He had always, in the comm ittee, advocated an increase when they .were able to make it, of the poor (for he must call it poor) pittance which was paid to the widows and orphans of those who had grow n gray in the ser vice of the church, witho u t th e m eans of providing for those they left behind. (H ea r.) He did not believe t hat there was any institution more i n the hearts of the people than this, and he was convinced that it need only . be known in order to enable the committee to make every inc rease which had been suggested. (Applause.) Th the healths ;a a t r mn e activity, li'vnitEys:annEdNT, liberality after in sotimliseccaoumsem, proposed comm en dations of their zeal, of the laity who had promoted the obtjaencit connecting with it the name of Mr. S ter he highly eulogized. fsoortfht, h ‘ e vh as os s e oc e charac ter nting him from feeling terms, to his advanced years prove Mr. STANIFonTu briefly returned thanks. .H alkuded, in e being so active as he could wish, but, fie said, his heart was still warm. He had kept till he was almost good for nothing; nevertheless, what there was left of him, he should gladly be stow upon the society. They must not, however, look to him for much. The Rev. Prebendary SLADE proposed the health of Wm. Hulton, Esq., a warm friend of the church and her ministers. Mr. HULTON on rising to return thanks was much ap plauded. He paid an eloquent tribute to the merits of the clergy, and expressed an ardent wish for the permanent prosperity of teis institution. „, Sir I LIOMAS BRA NCICER proposed the heaths of the Members for the County. The Hon. R. BOOTLE WILBRAHAM returned thanks. The PRESIDENT proposed " Success and Pro sje rity to the Trade and Commerce of p c Port of Liverpool.'{ Sir THOMAS BRANCICift returned thanks, The Rev. JONATHAN &zooKs proposed the healths of Wilson Patten, Esq., M.P., the president for the year, and the Hon. and Rev. the Dean of Manchester, preacher for the year. The toast was loudly applauded. _ _ . _ . . The President then quitted the chair, and the meeting se parated, having spent a most agreeable evening. EVERTON and KIRKDALE FLORAL and HORTI CULTURAL SOCIETY'S MEETING. The Meeting of this Society, for the show of Carnations, Fruits, Plants, Vegetables, &c., took place yesterday after noon, in the spacious marquee, in the pleasure grounds be longing to the Derby Arms, Kirkdale ; and whether, as re gards the richness of the show, or the attendance, was as suredly the most splendid and interesting that has hitherto taken place at the came ground, or, we may add, in any part of the north of England. The tent was opened to the subscribers and the public at two o'clock, and from that time up to six, the time of closing, was filled by continued and successive crowds, including the beauty and fashion of the town and neighbourhood, and many of the most distinguished growers and amateurs in the dis trict, and those that surround it,—the competition being open to " all England." and the fame of the Society, in its former exhibitions, having extended itself far and wide, and excited a generous spirit of emulation. The tent, filled with exotics, and home productions of the rarest varieties, formed a delightful conservatory, and Mr. Stubb's Harmonic band being in attendance, the whole assumed (the adjacent plea sure grounds being opened), the appearance of a splendid fetechampetre: The Premier stove plants were remarkably fine. Amongst them was Erythrina Herbacea, from C. S. Parker, Esq., Aigburth. The Iporncea Tyranthyna, from Mr. Skirving's, a splendid plant lately introduced from Mexico, obtained the first prize. The flower is of puce.colour at present, but will, when full blown, present different tints. The Premier Greenhouse prize was awarded to T. B. Molyneux, Esq., Newsham House, for a beautiful specimen of the Datura Arborea. This is a most commanding plant, having very large leaves, of the ivy shape and hue, and a white trumpet-shaped flower, about a foot in I'ngth. The Orchidcecius Papilio, or "Butterfly" Plant, the flower of which strongly resembles that insect, in wings, head, antenw, &e., the wings of an amber colour, spotted with bright yellow, attracted much attention; This rare variety of the plant, from Air. Skirving's, obtained the first prize. A specimen of the Fuchsia Corymbraflora, a Mexi can plant of great size and beauty, from the same successful grower, gained the first greenhouse prize. The Auricaria I mbricata, or Chili Pine, and the Auricaria Exulsa, a native of Norfolk Island, from the same grounds, were much admired. The latter in its native country attains a height of 150 feet. There was shown by R. Leyland, Esq., of Walton, a fine specimen of the Hover Carnosa, a climbing plant, with bunches of small flowers, resembling wax-work, and each having a central red spot, like a bead of coral. A. drop of honey is every morning formed at the point of each leaf of the flowers. The Fruits, notwithstanding the late unfavourable state of the weather for ripening, were of the finest quality, and of extraordinary size. They consisted of Pine Apples, Black and White Grapes, Melons, Apricots, Pears and Apples, Strawberries, Gooseberries, Cherries, and Black and White Currants. The Flowers were beautiful. A splendid specimen of the Geranium, of exceedingly rich blotched flower, from Mr. Davies's, * of Wavertree, `bore off the bell' in this departtment flot iaulture. The Carnations were superior to those of any former show. The Pansies were also fine, including those of Mr. New, the landlord of the hotel, growing on the grounds. Some fine specimens were als o s h ewn by Mr. W. H. Goore. ' In Heaths the first prize . v;;;aViirdidto - W..C. Parker, Esq., of Aigburth. A prize of a case of pruning instruments and a Kentucky axe, given by the President, was won by the Earl of Derby, for the best collection of fruits and vegetables. An extra prize was awarded to the only other competitor. The first prize for Herbaceous Plants was won by H. Leyland, Esq., for his Phl ox O mn ifl ora — a very fine speci men. There was a beautiful bloom of Dahlias, considering the premature period of the year. - The Vegetables were unco mmon ly fi ne , p ar ti cu l ar ly Cauli flowers and Cucumbers. We also noticed several splendid baskets of Plants, exhi bited by various individuals. The following is a list of the prizes : CARNATIONS.—Premier Prizes—lst pan of 7 varieties, Mr. Lodge; 2d do., Mr. Soorn ; 3d do., Mr. Gaskell. Scarlet Bizarre-1, Mr. Soorn ;2, do.; 3, do. ;4, Mr. Lodge ; 5, Mr. Lowe. Pi - nk Bizarre-1, Mr. Lowe; 2, Mr. Roby; 3, Mr. Win Evans ; 4, Mr. Soorn ; 5, do. Scarlet Flake-1, Mr. Lowe ;2, Mr. Lodge ;3, Mr. T. Roby; 4, Mr. Soorn ; 5, Mr. Lodge. Pink Flake-1, Mr. Lowe ;2, Mr. Roby ;3, Mr. Evans ; 4, Mr. Lowe; 5, Mr. Evans. Purple Flake L-1, Mr. Lowe; 2, Mr. Lodge ; 3, Mr. J. Windward ; 4, Mr. Soorn ; 5, Mr. Windward. Red Picotee-1, Mr. Soorn ;2, Mr. New ; 3, Mr. Soorn; 4, Mr. Roby ; 5, Mr. Soorn. Purple Picotee-1, Mr. Soorn ; 2, Mr. Lodge; 3, Mr. Ruby; 4, Mr. Evans; 5, Mr. Soorn. Maiden Growers' Prize—Mr. J. B. Leatherbarrow. BEST STOVE PLANT—Erythrina berbacea, Mr. Parker. BEST GREENHOUSE PLANT—Daturea arborea, Mr. T. B Molyneux. STOVE.-Ist Prize, Mr. Skirving ; 2nd do., R. Alison, Esq.; 3d do., C. S. Parker, Esq. ; 4th do., J. G. Wood house, Esq. GREENHOUSE.-Ist Prize, Mr. Skirving ; 2nd do., Ditto; 3d do., R. Leyland, Esq. ; 4th do., Thomas Davies.. PELARGONIUMS.—Ist Prize, Thomas Davies; 2nd do., Ditto ; 3d do., Ditto. ERIcAs.-Ist Prize, C. S. Parker, Esq. , 2nd do.,Thomas Davies; 3d do., R. Leyland, Esq. HERBACEOUS.—Ist Prize, R. Leyland. Esq. ; 2nd do., INlesrs. W'halley's ; 3d do., J. C. Shaw, Esq. OaciunEAs.-Ist Prize, W. Skirving ; 2nd do., C. S. Parker, Esq.; 3d du., R. Alis.on, Jun. Esq. PANSIES:.-Ist Prize, T. Davies ; 2d do., Mr. O'Grady ; 3d do., Mr. Thompson. Prize, H. Moss, Esq.; 2d do., W. Smith, Esq.; 3d do. ; Mr. Thompson. BASKET OF PLANTS.-ISt Prize, Mr. Skirving; 2d do., Messrs. Whalley's. CuT FLOWERS.—Iss Prize, W. H. Goore, EN.; 2d do., J._C. Shaw, Esq. BOUQUET.-1(. Alison , jun.. Esq. PlNE.—ht Prize, W. R. Preston, Esq.; 2d do., Mr. Jennings. MELoNs.-Ist Prize, W. H. Goore, Esq. ; 2d do., H. Moss, Esq.; 3d do., J. Southern. PEACIIES.-11. Garnett, Esq. NECTARINES. —Ditto. ArntcoTs.—lst Prize, Thomas Harrison ; 2d, do., W. Smith, Esq. BLACK GRAPES.-Ist Prize, Ditto ; 2d, do., Mrs. Phil lips; 3d, do., J. G. Woodhouse. WHITE GRAPES. -Ist Prize, Ditto; 2d, Ditto. BLACK CURRANTS.—Ist Prize, W . P. Freme, Esq. WHITE ' Do.—Ditt o . RED, Do.—H. Garnett. CHERRIES. -Ist Prize, R. Alison, Jun., Esq. ; 2d, do., H. Garnett; extra, do., T. B. Molyneux, APPLES.-Ist Prize, J. Soorn; 2d, do. H. Moss, Esq. PEARS. -I s t P r i ze, J . C . Shaw; 2d, do., Thomass Har rison ; extra, do., H. Moss, Esq. PLUMS, extra, W. R. Preston. RED GOOSEBERRIES, W. P. Freme, Esq. ; White Do. W. R. Preston, Yellow Do. Ditto, Green Do. Ditto. ONIONS, Autumn, W. E. Meakin ; Ditto, Spring, W. P. P. Freme. CELERY, Ist, W. J. Gandy; Ditto 2nd, W. P. Freme; Ditto extra ; T. B. Molyneux,. CAHLIPLowEits, Ist, J. Gandy; 2nd, R. J. Brooks. LETTUCE, Ist, J. B. Leatherbarrow ; Ditto 2nd, W. E. Meakin. CCCUMBIiIItS, lst, H. Moss, Esq.; Ditto 2nd, J. Sothern; Ditto 3rd, Ditto. VEGETABLE MARROW, T. B. Molyneux, Esq. CABBAGE, R. Alison, Jun. Esq. RtitTBARD, Extra. —W. H. Goure. CARROTS.—R. Leyland, Esq. TURNIPS.—Rev. J. Brooks. STRAWBERRIES, Extra.—Mr s . S q uires. KIDNEY BEANS, Extra.—H. Moss, Esq. PELARGONIUMS, Extra.—'f. Davies. BASKET OF PLANTS, Extra.—J. C. Shaw. FUCHSIA. FULGENS.—W. Skirving. MELONS, Extra.—Joyce. APPLES of 1810.—W. J. Gandy. PRESIDENT'S PRIZE awarded to Mr. Jennings, Gardener to the Right Hon. the Earl of Derby, Knowsley Hall. EXTRA PRIZE for the above awarded to It. Leyland, Esq. Theodore Hook declares that he cannot see upon what principle the teetotallers make water the god of their idolatry, since water is universally allowed to have been drunk from time immemorial. No SUBJECT FOR LEVITY.—Her majesty has commenced holding her levees. We wish her ministers would discontinue their constant levies on the pocket of the community. A TAX ON WlG?.—Some persons complain of the tax on Ilan. powder, but we think the most unbearable and unjust of all taxes is that which we are forced to pay on account of the TV (h) ills. The papers say there are a good many bad sovereigns about. Happily for us, their circulation is principally confined to the continent ! MYRTLE A SUBSTITUTE FOR SUMAC.—M. Colancon has substituted, it is said, with success, the myrtle leaves dried in a stove and powdered, as an application in the arts of the sumac of Sicily. EXTRAORDINARY CROP OF WHEAT, SELF-SOWN. - Mr. W. White, of hind's Farm, Bolton, in the parish of Silver ton, in this county, has a field of wheat, of four acres, which has sown itself from the corn falling from the ears at the last harvest. Mr. White's intention was to have sown this field to turnips, but conceiving that the ploughing up such blades of wheat as presented themselves would he a species of destruction, he determined to risk the matter, and the result is a crop of wheat such as has not its parallel in the parish, some of the ears being nearly a quarter of a yard in length. The most respectable judges calculate there will be from 2a to 30 bushels per acre, and curiosity leads numbers to the spot to view it. It will be sufficiently ripe to cut in less than a fortnight, should the weather prove favourable.—Devon port Telegraph. On Saturday last a very interesting and edifying scene pre sented itself in the Episcopal Church here, when there were present an American bishop, two clergymen of English ordi nation, and two of Scotch ordination, all of whom took part in the services of the day. This coincidence is worthy of being recorded, not only from its being quite accidental, but also from the well-known fact, that the Episcopalian Church of the American States derived her episcopacy partly through English, and p ar tl y t h roug h S co ttish ordination. The per fect harmony in which all these met together on common ground, " in unity of spirit, and in the bond of pea ce ," was pleasing and i m p ress i ve i n n o ordinary degree. The Ame rican prelate, we understand, was the Bishop of Virginia, and one of the English clergymen, the Rev. Mr. Stowell, of Alanchester.—lnverness Journal. COMMITTALS AND CONVICTIONS OF CRIMINALS IN THE THREE LAST YEARS.—From a very elaborate parliamentary abstract just printed we take the following totals : ENGLAND AND WALES -1838. 1839. 1840. Committed 23,094 24,413 27,187 Convicted SCOTLAND— Committed . Convicted IRELAND— -2,679 2,615 2,945 Committed ......... , 15 , 723 26,392 23,8E2 Convicted . , : , .. .. 0,609 12,049 11,194 The King of the French has issued a royal ordinnanoa, cre ating, for the College de France, professorships for the lan guages and literature of Germanic origin, and also for those of southern Europe. The friends and admirers of Lord John Russell in the city have it in contemplation to invite the noble lord to a grand banquet previous to the opening of the session of parlia- At the weekly meeting of the Repeal Association in Dublin a letter was read from Judge Doran, the president of this transatlantic society, in which, amongst other statements equally veracious, was one to the effect that, if necessary, the sum of £30,000 could be raised immediately in America for the promotion of the demand for repeal. This "bounce" was received by the meeting with prolonged cheering. ECLIPSES.—There was a total eclipse of the moon yester day morning ; but, as the moon was below our barite* during the eclipse, it was, of course, invisible se us. It would be visible from beginning to end in Mexico, Califor nia, the Gallepagos, Sandwich, Society, and Friendly Islands ; also to New Zealand, and the eastern part of Australia. The sixth and last eclipse of the year is of the sun, which will occur on Monday, the 16th instant, in the afternoon ; it will be invisible in every part of the northern hemisphere. Lord William Paget has been bound over to keep the peace towards Sir John Pollen, whom he twice endeavoured to provoke to a duel, in consequence of allusions made by Sir John Pollen to the trickery and bribery by which Lord William's seat for Andover was gained. Since cotton was first grown in Egypt, the entire country never produced more than 190 quintals, and that only once (in the year 1824,) but this year the Pacha expects to receive 400 quintals off his private property ! During some excavations recently made in the church of St. Benigne, at Dijon, the bodies of Philippe-le-Hareli and Jean-sans-Peur, the famous Dukes of Burgundy, have been found intact and in'good preservation, with their robes, and the various articles used in embalming their bodies. SNOW IN SUMMER.—On Thursday morning week, snow fell on the high ground between Deiph and Huddersfield, a phenomenon extraordinary at this period of the year. The extension of the London and Blackwell Railway, &fan the Minories to renwick-street, having been completed for the reception of passengers, and undergone a proper surrey by order of government, was opened on Monday to the public. VIRGINIA WATER.—The fishing temple at this delightfel place is undergoing a thorough repair and redecorating, and it is understood that her Majesty and the Prince will pay fre quent visits there during the stay of the court at Windsor. A new floating bath has also been prepared for the use of Prince Albert on the lake: and the small frigate, in which the royal pair is expected to make frequent excursions, has been already launched.—inndsor Express. At the Durham assizes, Mr. Crawford, son of the late member for the city of London, obtained a verdict of £ls{l damages against the Durham and Sunderland Railway Com pany, for injuries received while travelling an the line aR the 3d November last. His cheek-bone was broken and forced into the socket of the eye; and though he had not a gray hair in his bead at the time of the accident, within a month after, the whole hair became perfectly white. James Bowers, a labourer employed on the Manchester and Sheffield Railway, met with his death under the follow. ing circumstances :—About half-past six o'clock, on the morning of the 7th July, he was proceeding along the line with two empty waggons, drawn by a horse ; and, hap pening to turn his bead to look at something, he stumbled over a sleeper, and before he could get up again, the near wheels of the waggons went over his body. He died on Thursday last in consequence of the injuries he had sustained. SUBURBS OF LONDON.—The vastness of suburban London distinguishes that city eminently from the continental eitiel. A mile beyond Paris you are in a wilderness of sandhills, gypsum quarries, sterile rocks, and windmills ; beyond the walls of Rome there is literally an immense expanse of desert, whereas London, if we may borrow a bull, surrounds itself, suburb clinging to suburb, like onions, fifty on a rope. The suburbs, which George Colman described emphatically as " regions of preparatory schools," have a character peculi arly their own ; once seen they never can be mistaken. They are marvellously attached to gardening, and rejoice above all things at a tree in a tub. They delight in a uniformity of ugliness, staring you out of countenance with five windows in front, and a little green hall door at one side, giving to each house the appearance of having had a paralytic stroke — they stand upon their dignity at a distance from the road, and are carefully defended from intrusion by a body guard of spikes bristling on a low wall. They delight in outlandish and ridiculous names ; a lot of tenements looking out upon a dead wall in front, and a madhouse in the rear, club to gether and introduce themselves to your notice as Optic Terrace ; another regiment is baptized by the christian and surnames of Paradise Prospect, while a third lot, standing together two and two, after the manner of the Siamese Twins, are called Mogg's Villas, Bugsey's Cottages, or Gemini Place. The natives of these outlandish regions are less wealthy than genteel; like Beau Tibbs, they live here for the benefit of their health—and fortune. When you visit them, they are elo q uent upon the merits of an atmosphere surcharged with dust, which they earnestly recommend for your inhalation, under the attractive title of "fresh air."— Bleektco.4's Magazine. GARDENING OPERATIONS FOR THE WEEK.—VEGE TABLE GARDEN.—Cabbage. Sow seed of any approved sort. The true Venack is the only sort for general use ; there is a very small sort called Bruce's Early Dwarf, hardy, and of a most excellent flavour, which merits consideration. —Cucumbers. If seed was sown as before recommended, pot off as soon as the seed leaves are fully developed ; if intended to be planted in boxes in the pine stove, one plant in each pot will be sufficient. Keep a good heat in the bed, but give plenty of air in fine weather, to prevent their being drawn. Endive. Make another sowing for winter and spring use ; continue to plant out from former sowings.— Lettuce. Make another sowing to produce plants for ass in October; plant out from former sowings. —Onions. A good sowing of Strasburg may now be made to stand the winter. The piece of ground chosen for the purpose should lay dry, and not be very rich.—Parsley should now be sown for winter and spring use.—Radishes. Sow turnip and salmon : also white and black Spanish.—Spinach. Make a good sowing of Flanders ; that being by far the best sort for winter and spring use ; the ground should not be very highly manured, or if tie winter is severe, it is apt to suffer.—Tur. nips. Another sowing may be made.—Seeds of vogatables that are ripening must be protected from birds, as in a few hours they will do much mischief. Continue to plant out any crops for autumn, winter, or spring use as ground becomes vacant. In dry weather earth up celery; cut down the stems of artichokes as the heads are gathered for use. Stir the sur face of the ground between all crops, particularly after heavy rains.—FLOWERS. The seed of biennial plants should be im mediately sown if not yet done ; continue to propogate herb. aceous plants; sow mignonette in pots to flower in the au tumn and winter; take off and pot offsets of Auriculas; keep the flower-beds hoed and raked. FILENCII-ENGLISII. — The English language, which has hitherto made hut slow progress in this country, is gradu ally becoming more fashionable ; and it now forms a part of the education of the youthful aristocracy. At court, in par ticular, there is very good English spoken ; and likewise among the medical profession. Some few of our words, by much use, have been incorporated into the French language ; for instance, " comfortable, and disappointment," are now deemed as completely French words, as we consider " eti quette" and " reconnoitre" to form part of our own vocabu lary. Each nation also borrows words from the other, which, though not yet transplanted to their dictionaries, are in very general use ; thus, as we say soiree, the French have taken up our worn-out name of "route," which (to give ear pro nunciation) they spell raout ! An amusing difference, hew. ever, exists between the style of these " counter-ehanged" words, viz., the English seem to have selected their Freud' phrases from the drawing-room, the French to have adopted expressions from a very inferior source. Thus, while we ass sly.ch words as "ntanitre masicale," "soiree dan.vante," " bel pare'," " ennuye," " distinglW," "recherche'," the French employ << rosbif," " punch," " bifstek," " bull-dog," " jockey," bowling-green," " boxing," " grog," and words of that class. It may be supposed this remark refers to hata ble life only. Such is not the case. A woman of fashion tells you her canine favourite is "unchartnant bouldogue :" another in praising her lawn, terms it her " boulingrin;" a third promises to send a book by her "jochie ;" and a fourth declares the best cure for a cold is " un bon grog.—Corre spondent of a Morning Paper. An honest farmer in the state of Pennsylvania married a miss from a fashionable boarding-sehool for his second wife. He was struck dumb with her eloquence, and gaped with wonder at his wife's learning. " You may," said he, "bete a hole through the solid airth, and chuck in a millstone, and she'll tell you clean to a shavin' how long the stone will be goin' clean threw. She has learnt kimistry and cocknevology, and talks a heap about ox hides (oxides) and comical affini ties. I used for to think that it was air I Busked in every time that I expired ; howsomdever, she telled me that I had been sucking in two kinds of gin —ox-gin and high-gin (oxy gen and hydrogen). My stars ! I'm a tumbledown tee tawtal temperance-man, and yet have been drinking ox-gin and high-gin all my life.—American paper. - - MR. OASTLER'S VISIT TO FEARGUS o'CONNOR.—I could not be in York, and fail to visit the prisoner. One of my attendants obtained an order that I might see O'Connor. I was requested to send my name. I wrote, " Richard Oast ler, and two Queen's officers." Whilst that was c onveyinc to my friend, six prisoners returned from court, and passe me They had just received their sentences—some were weeping—they were bound,—chained together. Such sights move me. I was sick when I saw six human beings in such trouble, when I could not help them. What were their crimes, I know not ; but I do know, that much crime in Eng land is now caused by oppression ! Whilst I was musing about these six poor unhappy brother mortals, the messenger from O'Connor arrived, with the words, "Walk forwards ;" —and a weary walk we had, through long passages and stair cases, amidst the clank of iron doors. At length we reached the condemned cell, in which O'Connor is confined ! The officer, who accompanied us, knocked at the iron door. (These officers are much more civil than our prosecutors.) O'Connor said, " Come in." We entered. The prisoner was dressing. We shook hands, and immediately entered into an animated conversation.—But I was disgusted ! Ty ranny has done its worst, sir ; it shall have no quarter ! That cell is a low, dark, gloomy spot ; but a spark is lighted there, which, if I mistake not, will, not long hence, make a blaze in England ! There dwells O'Connor, for publishing soma foolish speeches made by other men ; whilst the traitors who resolved " to pay no more taxes," and " to behead the king, if he refused their demands," are advanced to ministerial offices, and bask in the sunshine of royalty ! O'Connor was intended to be sacrificed, to please the giant traitor O'Con nell ; but God has spared whom traitor whigs condemned ! I paid O'Connor two visits. We conversed about the poor, and gloried in the defeat of their enemies, the whigs. Ile does not look well : confinement has given him a sallow, paste-like appearance. Solitary confinement has made his aspect unlike that of other men. The effect of that most in human and intolerable system on the human features is in describable ! That accursed torture must no longer be al lowed in England ! The whip will rue the day on which, to please their tyrant master, they subjected O'Connor to it. On the 1-lth of November, I expect the pleasure of a visit from O'Connor in this cell.—The whigs will hear of him when he comes out. Normanby may then expect what he will not relish, or I mistake. The lord and the prisoner will, that day, be on equal terms.—Fleet Papers, No. 32. A CriAPTER ON FLOWERS. - -Flowers of all created things are the most innocent and simple, and most superbly com plex; playthings for childhood, ornaments for the grave, and the companion of the cold corpse in the coffin. Flowers, be loved by the wandering idiot, and studied by the deep-think ing man of science ! Flowers that of perishing things are most perishing, yet of all earthly things are the most heaealy Flowers, that un c e as i ng ly ex p an d t o h eaven their grateful, and, to man, their cheerful looks—partners of lmn t i o a r r: s in): smoothers of human sorrow ; fit emblems ofthe to vl" crowded tri umph, of the young bride's blushes ; halls, and graceful upon solitary graves! welcome, God is lose" is is volume of nature, what the expression' desolate place the volume of revelation. What a.. dreary would be face Flowers are in the would be a world without a flower! m L e r . Are not dowers the with out a smile—a feast without a e s u r the o stars f a flowero f star o ne s ot. cannotthe eart h,look andlo closely 4, area at not th e w ,, tl sn o l d e :e teue m rt anifestations of God's e f a o n r s t a h n e d y T r in at ist a r ,A a .a ti k o ea % loving it. They are em b lems of man's to an , t, s h l e ove creation,to his and the good. Th and t fellow-creaturesberc the in his mind a s ense their excellence and great beauty ; for t houghts of generositymoral beauty, de. oftehauti u inutility of flowers is _ and they superior to all selfishness • so that they tacked from, and in naturesbook of instruction, V.lLCkiing man ' • '' 1, re that t ttl e e i rrt u l:'not by bread or from bread alone, but. that be d us to boi l another than an aiiiMel