The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser. — Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1843-06-27 00:00:00

4 41 No ' rither from the town, the benefit eves, q ace 'iible, was gall and wormwood to their . le t , - , e , °r dingly, on Friday, at their last meeting, after 4erened debate, in which various retaliatory mea tapBl:ere Suggested, such as removing the street itt4"cc., they arrived, by a majority of 29 to 17, at N e : Rn aniinou s resolve, that the footpath and paving 411,ately opposite the church should be TAKEN UP Itth er Surely ``the force of faction could n o 1, go !" souk; ; v e q tit . ° °w not whether the gentry who perpetrated a tdi h " 80 disgrac e f u l t o th e town w ill h ave t h e i ; :l i ° l 4 to persist in its execution. The fear of the We dare say, restrain their sectarian zeal teenrd will rema i n as a warn i ng to E ng li s h lich, 4ln, Of every s h a d e o f po li t i cs , o f th e f ate i t , B . 6 . ,' ° t l ld bef a ll t h e i r venerate d esta bli s h ments an d cii,ltuo"_ n 8 1 of their country, if in an y evil hour the 411,7 11 t SPirit of " Liberalism," such as that which re or lil , t he brea s t an d sputters i ts bi tterness f rom t h e e tter t ' l e Radicals and political Dissenters of Man- Nq attain supreme domination in this t h ilc° untry. Rather, far rather, would we en -44,1 °se institutions to. the keeping of Jew, or Lliati a rn , an ' or Heathen, than to men, professedly in whose hearts is to be found rancour so Wel4incl besott e d ! 4j 4° at e dir ecte d attent i on to t h e a b ove disgracefu l cl l 8 ° mu h for its own sake as to guard our to c 4 nen against an attempt, which is at this ' ne tlt 14 bli e b a 'lng, to establish, in the town of Liverpool, 0f",,, °1 Y , of similar Anti-church capabilities to the defunct Police Commissioners of Man the Select V es t ry o f Li ver pool is at present, ri ?i t °n servative. But there are influences at N ,1 ' t eetar ian and r a di ca l i n fl uen c es —by which it is to t : the Conservatives of the Select Vestry may ki of ; and th e affairs of the parish submitted of , tit isehur c h d ominat i on, w hi c h wou ld effect t'k tlia h tniur Y to the prosperity of Liverpool in one a generation would serve to repair. w4rtiktnselves to help forward such an attempt te °ll r Cons erva ti ve rea d ers ; we warn every ql l i t 411: for depend upon it they may, that whe ihtenlnPetnent appeal to them in the form of ex— Pae f -4er less for the welfare of the poor, exceed p 1. W erk-house management, exceeding zeal N kie et ' e duCatio n , or w h atever b e t h e s h ape w hi c h 11 Po k :' t he object is, by the possession of even a 'Y ee ti su premacy in parish affairs, to strike a blow y e „ Nrv atistn of the borough, which it will re -1'44 : 8 of str ugg l e an d su ffe r i ng, an d s h ame, to r ecover from. Against have b een wondering that the Manchester it ordi n t o i er aruy so prompt an opponent, and so t fo rt a l : l o t of delay in others, s hould hav e h ung t tPo i , Publications, from the task of explaining ~° f eof his misrepresentations, upon the sub ell"se management in Liverpool and Man .l;o surprise, however, is put at rest by the 14 4, n°uscement, contained in a leading article )r,rary 4clester Advertiser of Saturday. Our con „retv, it e t h ave b .udrics il ißei le ,, e " given to understand, and we have beard w ith feelings of much astonishment, that it k it4 s `" „ (3 . 11 of the fi re i nsurance offices to raise the 11 . 1 f or v is town from ss. per cent. to 21s. per cent. "! pdC he dreams of the Guardian, and his '41 15 0 4 of the port transfer of the b u sine s s o f Liver °re of Manchester ! " i k Nsy . ( I, iti . 41 dical clique in. the select vestry, u p on eye, ha and designs we have briefly remarked - 1 711li vo ' a this week g i ven t o th e wor ld, t h roug h ttl n medium o f th e R a di ca l press , w h at t h ey p er or t o n t h e state of the workhouse." 1% 4. r 4 7 41 of thi s d ocument, t h e fi rst t hi ng w hi c h N 41. Its informality. Th e v i s i tors appear to us i ll itNl l l4 ,!aken thei r f unct i ons , of which report- VO Zeilei anxious " genialto see tn ff.i the oceei may be in r names print" 'ci iie : l°t one. The order of the Poor Law i 8 that " the visiting, committee shall Ne t 441 write such answers as the facts may I , l l ° b e tile. following queries (18 in number), which t lt tot i4t eEl in a book, entitled the VISITORS' 11 4 / 1 6: Plllvided by the select vestry, and kept in ' ~Nee te f or that purpose, and submitted regularly '4111(1:"I'll at their ordinary meetings." Now ii Rest to the visitors, that this, and not Ott B ~t tt Rof a report, for the especial purpose of the the World in the c L olu t m ti l l i e s m of pu a t theaoprete tiolltlettiLorp:r cowurristee. down in the book, such 1. 1414 1 , 44 they tray think fit; and afterwards, t 4nd ,epo. the editor of the Mercury can con ''%t . kr the public, to be published as an i 4ll h th Nil:11811 doings," or under any other taking -YBuggest itself. 1 / 4 C bte l :L l ect t o the allegations of these report k: p re "Y man of them are perfectly true. everi years y of age may possibly have 'l'll, hree °I. four in a bed ; in fact, the workhouse O tF-' ,, 43' , teo crowded. Such is generally the NNr; '4lrli tY overgrows their residence; arid it 1 11 ) . 1 ' 14 1c 4,144 Prophesied when this parish was tß,l%''iqt:',-1,:" r egulations of the New Poor Law I te til e r jr We must erec t a new wor kh ouse or es ,11:1l 4re'dati unl ess i t i s f oun d t h at when the vt ii trio r \qaf ted off to the new building at Kirk aC'e e t „ 41°11 ' 3 expense is rendered unnecessary.. 1 1.41 L tt ers knew very well that, upon this kipt°l.ditlisluiect, nothing new could be advanced ; 41 ti! t he' . Y ' th ey seem to have set about dis- I ttl i ttr. it B,ll",leen against the chaplain and the a p,; h ese gentlemen are, unfortunately, - Z ll e " 14 t o a coupl e o f Di ssenters t h ey were, le(111,,111°st attracti ve game w hi c h cou ld b e run \ lll ii4 t„ r espect to the schools, we are in kitt.t4t hitr tlurriber i n school is 190. These youths are 4,thctitir,°tit gi any moral restraint when out of school, k~ g has means to develope their minds, their t) I'4l ° 'b ' °r ant paupers superintended by Mr. ,cl the, s uperintendence of the Old Men's : 4 4 e r 11t, ards. They attend school six hours L',,'10p(1.44, uilkirot9 teacher, assisted by two igno tti"titt n, who s their only teacher, iil,ll4444l,terhis Powergst°t:'th auper children, of whom W opinion. The school seems inefficiently hi-ener, who attnds only the hours of school, ~ti l en 'fli_ , es to in s t ruct so many ; an d f rom t " 00 " lie entertains of the youths and their ‘ .elit i mprovem en t can b e expected under •,, tt •• h t Ned ut thi g ti l by paragraph, we need not say, is 11 4Ze11 41 ,,, a SPlenetiC feeling towards the parties c k i , v er - ref erre , , 1 1 %I. , q i i (1. 'There is so much of silli t,,Ated xed up with . NN t to ii its malignity, that it is llt •of „ -° Material injury. The complaint . lip t : t f • Moral 1 11 0 the t , Can scarcely be considered to re ef .NI -coo e h n , 10 r estr ,, , _, aster ; and we scarcely see L °1 4, 4 e(1 e ` ll 't.' can be imposed by the chap k'tiltit.44lti; "3' 11 , 1 Y One except the keepers of the If the visitors had been as anxious ► l li t'ttie t du (i t t :Y (il l i V ., erei e ::_;" 4B to malign the two parties to tli tl t ,Cht lon 11 4 they would have seen, from a , it l ktri 4i th e 1 'et down to be put by them, that \ tt ie,, t tait, )° Y B and iti l re w •4111 /4 , ,_ {girls out of school—their ks,, t t4 r euo 4nd their ". correct behaviour"— Ni'l, ‘ l l et to " t'sibie contro/ ve th e 4 • t, t ' 1,, cane, moral training" of the children , 4 _ .Y ktlo w 1 1 4 11 01 1 1 d What these two wise people Ith O t te n k I , i o un , are taught to read the holy ) . ‘l ,' 4 4 4 : 41 0f c t : erB t 4 nd them ; but perhaps this illl Ilk eo ,„, rality" which Messrs. Urquhart , e t , . \\,. iiie l ,,, q , , . ' l 'ili, 4 4 ( l I th. re ' 'LL , if even they do know what t.c1,1,,0th, al, to to the attainments of the 5 1 , c : i ‘ , we n e tY and industry of their teacher k, l4 ll ) , t i lttl e ( . 44 ° nIY say that we happen to 0 , In () ' l 4 t . that gentleman ,'tit tis tit] t 0 n i f use ; and that he is Npt4 4Ai t aii n ,„ . some useful knowledge, and t. t t.itl l / 4 ` , ot ie ' 4 "le E ,. wi 'l l s well, into the minds of the Ot tir " is dot that man can do, Mr. Pilking 0i.144' Of ps I V ; aud when we look at the k, l I ih,, too,e_4l duties, and the materials upon ii tte iik i ttld er : r ale, it is unjust and cruel to lay 411„ of h, any deficiency which may exist in ti 4 " 4 k 14 effort \ t o , . 4t t e rn 1 - Let Mr. Urquhart and \ \ t il , i ttt . Pt the teaching of 190 boys of the ‘ ‘ \t ti lil p`ti'lect, and in such a building as that sii l : 4 l , t h f P"e in our Workhouse; and we t he , 4 , 4 th ey a few months of such practice i ki li v 4 4ny ~ l el l ely i n mental energies" to spare, tte .L ventio r , that u required in concocting Pon which we have been re- w e Lett to refer these gentlemen and the public—the Radical public especially, who , have giggled over the happy production of their pen—to the following letter addressed to Messrs. Urquhart and Mulleneux, by one of the "two ignorant paupers" whom, in their report, they have so wantonly maligned. We can guarantee that it is a genuine production; and has not been tampered with, to the extent of a word or a letter, by our own or any other hand. TO MESSRS. URQUHART AND MULLENEUX "They (the boys) attend school six hours per day, under Mr. Pilkington, teacher, assisted by two ignorant paupers." —Extract of the Visitors' Report, from the Mercury of Friday, June 23rd, 1843. GENTLEMEN,--If the public are to pronounce upon the correctness of your statements, the accuracy of your facts, the faithfulness of your representations respecting the work house, from the verdict you have unhesitatingly given on the acquirements of the " two ignorant paupers," you, gentle men, I fear, will stand in a very awkward predicament. Per haps I am mistaken ; you may be gifted with discernment beyond the gift of common men; and if so, the public may give you full credit for all you assert. But whether you are so or not, let the judgment you have pronounced upon the " two ignorant paupers" determine for you. You come into the school, enter into a conversation with Mr. Pilkington, the master of the school ; and it would ap pear that while you were affecting to listen to his representa tions, your minds were actively engaged in devising how you might best detract from the discipline observed in the school. Thanks to your justice ! Par nobile fratrum ! Even the " two ignorant paupers" could not escape you. Did you, gentlemen, ask them any questions ? Did you even hear them impart instructions to the boys? To each and both of these questions, " Echo answers ; no!" And if you did not, by what legerdemain did you discover that ignorance was the forte of the men before you? How could you—how had you the heart to tear to pieces the reputation of men to whom you never addressed yourselves ! Be a little more careful in future how you attack men unknown to you—and more par ticularly presume not to impugn their intellectual endow ment. They may know a little more than on your hasty judgment you were inclined to give them credit for. A. man may be a pauper in pocket and not a pauper in un derstanding. It is strange that your sagacity could not sug gest this much t o y ou . When l see men acting in this way, I cannot forbear the conclusion that they are actuated by a spirit of malignancy which must characterise all their rea soning, and leave an impression that their object is to asperse, and not fairly to represent. I envy not your 'understanding, although you have made an attempt to disparage that of the " two ignorant paupers." I know not the measure of knowledge you may possess; 1 boast not of mine : my poor abilities fill me neither with va nity nor conceit ; do not hurry me into the presumption of pronouncing upon the extent of information you may possess on men and things ; but as far as you have yourselves afforded a proof of what you know, I am disposed to think that your modicum is very small. How much more generous would it have been to leave out the " two ignorant paupers." They. cannot help themselves ; they are entirely dependent upon their masters ; and whether they are ignorant, or whether they possess all knowledge, it is their-duty to obey orders ; and though they are appointed to a school where, as in your sage judgments so much knowledge is required to discharge the duties of the situation, they must submit, and in such case render themselves liable to be attacked by the taunts of the most sapient of judges, in which class, first and foremost, must beg leave to rank you time visitors. Their judgment upon the " two ignorant paupers" entitles them to this dis tinction. May they wear their honours with glory ! Gen tlemen, I take my leave of you, not in anger. lam an un willing correspondent. You made the attack, and whether you are justified in designating the assistants in the Work house school " two ignorant paupers," this vindication I think will speak as much as your facts adduced. But you have none respecting the " two ignorant paupers." You assert and leave ►t to your readers to surmise the proof. ONE OF THE " Two IGNORANT PAUPERS" EMPLOYED AS AN ASSISTANT ix THE WORKHOUSE SCHOOL Liverpool Workhouse, 261 h June, 1843. LOCAL, Arn fir S The Acadia, which would leave Boston on the 16th and Halifax on the 18th instant, will in all probability reach this port on Thursday. The Rev. Jonathan Brooks, rector, has been pleased to appoint Mr. William Maybrick as successor to his late father in the situation of clerk to the parish church of St. Peter. MR. MOLYN EUX'S PUPILS.—Mr. Molyneux's pupils were examined one day last week, before a fashionable company, as to their proficiency in musical acquirements. The utmost delight was experienced by all present. PUBLICANS, &c.—Six publicans were on Friday brought up for infringing the law, and tined from £5 to £2 10s. ; and four beersellers were fined from £1 to £2 10s. each for simi lar offences, and one case was postponed for further inquiry. CAUTION TO SIIOPKEEPERS.—Yesterday, a boy named John Duddon, was committed for trial at the next Sessions, for having stolen from the shop-door of Mr. Robert Evans, Old Haymarket, nine waistcoat peices, worth 165., about ten o'clock on Saturday night last. THE LIVERPOOL WAREHOUSE FlRES.—Since our last, experiments have been made of the effect produced on cot ton by lucifer matches being enveloped therein, as found on Tuesday morning in two warehouses in the vicinity of Dundee street. The result confirms the belief that all, or nearly all, the recent great fires were the work of incendiaries. BIRKENHEAD FAIRS.—The following are the days on which these fairs are holden :—Last Tuesday i❑ February, last Tuesday in April, third day in July, and eight day of October. When either of those days fall on a Saturday or Sunday, the fair will be holden on the Friday preceding. The next fair will be held on Monday next, 3d July, as may be seen from advertisement. SIR CHARLES BAGOT.—The remains of the late Sir Chas. Bigot, which arrived at this port on Thursday, were landed from the steamer Monkey by the Egremont boat, and imme diately conveyed to the Adelphi Hotel, whence they were conveyed on the following day to their final destination, Blithfield House, Staffordshire. The funeral took place yesterday (Monday). THE STEAMER BRITANNIA.—WhiIst No. 2 Pilot-boat was on the westward station, on the 12th instant, the wreck of the mast of the steamer Britannia, belonging to the City of Dublin Company, was fallen in with. The crew of the pilot-boat succeeded in getting the large copper lamp, value £8 or £9, which has been sent to the company's office. They would also have saved much rope, &c., had not the heavy swell prevented them. MuNIFICENT DONATIONS.—The late Joseph Ridgway, Esq., of Ridgemont, near Bolton, amongst other liberal bequests enumerated elsewhere, has made the following (free from legacy duty) for the benefit of institutions in this town, to take effect after the decease of his widow :—For the Liver pool School for the Blind £5OO, Liverpool Blue Coat School £2OO, Liverpool Deaf and Dumb School £2OO, Liverpool Collegiate Institution £2OO. MONUMENT TO THE LATE RIGHT HON. GEORGE CAN- —A meeting of the subscribers to this moutnent (which now stands upon the grand staircase of the Town-hall) was held, a few days ago, at the Town-hall, for the purpose of appropriating the balance of the funds collected for the mon ument, and remaining in the hands of the treasurer. The surplus amounted to £872. It was agreed, we understand, that this sum should be divided equally between the Collegi ate Institution, the Mechanic's institution, and the Royal Institution. HONESTY REWAUDED.—A poor man, named George Gale, whilst walking on the shore between Egremont and New Brighton, on Saturday week, picked up a letter contain ing cash and bills amounting to upwards of £3OO. He pro ceeded to the house of Mr. Thomas Cross, shoemaker of Birkenhead, and produced the treasure. Mr. Cross advised Gale to accompany him to the house' of J. D. Case, Esq., the magistrate, and deposit the money in his hands. On Monday last information was received which led to the dis covery of the owner, a gentleman in Liverpool, who gener ously presented Gale with £l2. THE REV. W. FALLOON.—The Belfast Chronicle, in an nouncing the appointment of this reverend gentleman to St. John's Church, in this town, says " Mr. Falloon is the son of the Rev. Marcus Falloon, who for many years was resi dent in the neighbourhood of Belfast, as incumbent of Drum bo. He is now rector of Layde (Cushendall), and has been always distinguished as a sound, faithful, and eloquent divine. His son, the Rev. Wm. Falloon, not only in this diocese, but also in Liverpool (where he was assistant to the Rev. Hugh M`Neile), obtained universal approbation, not only for the proper exercise of those gifts by which he is favoured, but for diligence and discretion in his office." GENERAL BANK OF COMMERCE.—We have to call atten tion to the advertisement of this concern in another column. We have carefully perused the prospectus, containing the views of the projectors and a synopsis of ie deed of settle ment, with the state of the law as effecting simikr institu tions in France, with some details as to their past working ; and really, we must say, the latter put to shame the im provident management of the joint-stock banks of this country. In addition to these evidences, we should think that the respectability of the names which appear on the face of the prospectus is a guarantee of the bona fide character of the proposed new institution. CHURCH OF ENGLAND SCHOOLS.—The annual sermons in aid of the funds of the Church of England Schools were preached on Sunday in the several churches of the town: We have ascertained that at St. Andrew's, £46 were collected, at St. Jude's £45, at St. Nicholas's £l7 35., at St. Peter's £l5, at Edge Hill £2l, at St. Barnabas £ll 3s. 4d., at St. Bartholomew's £8 155., at St. Luke's £7 4s. Collections were also made at several others, but but we have not heard the amounts. We may remind our readers and friends, that, although the Corporation Schools are now under proper management, there is still the same necessity for the support of the Church of England Schools that there was seven years ago, if the principle of scriptural education is to be main tained. HERR STAUDIGL'S CONCERT.—This splendid singer, who appeared on Tuesday at the Royal Assembly-rooms, will sing again on Friday, when it is to be hoped a very numerous attendance will be present to enjoy his wonderful powers of voice, and his transcendant mu,ical talents. Madlle. Pau line Lang has been engaged, and will sing " Die Post Horn" and other favourite compositions. Amongst the selections allotted to Herr Staudigl are the following :—Duetto with Madlle. Pauline Lang, " Se la vita," (Semiramide,) Ros sini ; " Wer ein liebchen hat gefunden," (Seraglio.) Mo zart; " Der Erl Kiinig," Schubert; " Solche hergelaufene laffen," (Seraglio,) Mozart; " In diesen Heiligen Hallen," Mozart ; " Oh ! ruddier than the cherry," (Acis and Gala tea,) Handel; " Der Wanderer," Schubert ;• " Revenge," (MS. Opera,) Hatton. INCOME-TAX SURCHARGES.—On Thursday evening an extraordinary general meeting of the Guardian Society was held at the Clarendon-rooms, Mr. Hickey in the chair, when the grievous operation of surcharges upon income tax returns, . _ and - the disregard evinced towards the solemn statements made by parties assessed, were taken into consideration. A requisition was unanimously decided upon, to be presented to the mayor, signed, not only by members of the society, but others, requesting his worship to convene a town meet ing for the purpose of addressing the government. to prevent similar causes of dissatisfaction in future, by proper instruc tions to the local commissioners ; it being understood that there was no wish to dispute the principle of :the tax itself during the remainder of its present term, but to amend the mode of its administration, which has hitherto been so an noying and oppressive. TILE FUNDS : SATURDAY EVENING.—SIOCkS continue to advance. Business generally was good to-day, and with the support which the favourable discussion on the state of affairs in Ireland in the House of Commons last night gave to the market, the improvement is well maintained. Consols for the account left off at 9 , 1 k ; Bank Stock was last quoted 179 to ISO ; Three per Cents. Reduced. WI to 95 ; Three-and-a half per Cents. Reduced, 1014 ; Long Annuities, 121 to 11-16; India Bonds, 63. to 655. pm. ; 'and Exchequer-bills, 545. to 565. pm. In the foreign market the deali,ngs were not of a very extensive character. Spanish securities have scarcely varied from the closing quotations of yesterday, the Actives being 194- to ; and the New Three per Cents., 274- to 1. Dutch Two-and-a-half per Cents. were steady at the rather higher value of 541 to 5; and the Five per Cents. at 100 to ; Belgian left off 102 i to lon ; Austrian, 111 to 113 ; Brazilian, 71 to 73 ; Buenos Ayres. 24 to 26; Chilian, 92 to 24 ; Danish, 85 to 86 ; Mexican, 28 to 3 ; the deferred, Bto 3 ; Colombian, 23 to and Portuguese converted, 41 to I. R0)113ING ?fl? PART 4.'-Two able•bodied youn men, named John Bramhall and Robert Preston, were , on Friday, committed to gaol for three months for having decamped from the Workhouse with a quantity of the parish clothing, which they had sold. RACING SWEEPS.—We perceive that mine host White man and " Mine host" " Halliday," are each advertising sweeps to be filled up at their respective houses. From the satisfaction experienced on former occasions, the lists will no doubt be rapidly completed. CHESTER AUTUMN MEETING.-It has now been finally decided to try the experiment of an autumn meeting at Ches ter, for one day's sport, the principal feature of which is to be hurdle racing; and from the liberal offers of support which the new project has received, it will, no doubt, be worthy of the position the " ancient city" holds in the annals of the British turf. THE TABLES TURNED.—Sarah Arnold, an unattractive and dirty-looking woman of the town, was, on Friday, char ged with having robbed a sailor. Jack was half drunk when found by the policeman loudly accusing the frail fair of the delinquency ~and, as he could not remember what money he had about him, the magistrate discharged the pri3oner and fined the complainant five shillings. COMMITTALS.—On Friday, at the Police•court, Ellen Slawson was committed for trial for having, on the previous evening, taken from the shop of Mr. John Williams, draper, Mill -street, a piece of print; and on the same day, Peter Devine, about 16 years old, was committed for trial for hay. ing stolen a loaf of sugar from the shop of George M`Guffie, grocer, Oldhall-street. DROWNED WHILE BATHING.—On Friday afternoon, about four o'clock, a young man, about eighteen years of age, named Maddox, a sweep, residing in St. Andrew -street, was drowned, while bathing in a very deep pit, called the Black Water, near the Zoological Gardens. Being unable to swim, he was trying the experiment of floating on pieces of cork, which somehow eluded his grasp, and he sunk to rise no more. The body was found after a search of about two hours. BURGLARY.—At the Police Court yesterday, three men, named James Hayes, John Jones, and John Jones, were committed for trial at the Assizes on a charge of burglary, in having, on Saturday night, broken into the shop and dwelling-house of William M`Kee, provision dealer, in Vauxhall-road, and stealing therefrom five hams. Six other men were apprehended at the same time, and being well known bad characters they were committed to the Borough Gaol for three months each. SERIOUS CHARGE.—A M. Draper applied. to the magis trates on Saturday for a warrant against an individual who, he stated, had attempted to kill him some time ago, when he (Draper) lay in the river of Savannah, with a vessel of which he was master. The charge was, that the individual com plained of, who was part owner of the vessel in question, had offered Draper false documents to sign with the view of defrauding the underwriters. On his refusal, the individual made a stroke at him with a razor, with the intention of cutting his throat. He only succeeded, however in inflicting a severe wound, which extended from beneath the ear to the extremity of the chin along the edge of the lower jaw. The wound was, at its greatest depth, one inch deep, and four inches long. The complainant lay ill for a long time, and the person accused, it was alleged, escaped, but was now in Liverpool. Mr. Rushton granted a warrant immediately. SURREY THEATRE.—Mr. E. L. Hime a young gentleman from Liverpool, made a very successful debut at this theatre on Tuesday night, in the character of Young Meadows, in the opera of Love in a Village. In the execution of the vari ous songs allotted to him, Mr. Hime evinced a. thorough knowledge of music, and displayed much taste. He was de servedly encored several times. His voice is exceedingly sweet, and his enunciation is distinct and clear. His per formance of the character of young Meadows was very cred itable, and gave promise of future excellence. Miss Romer was the Rosetta, and we need not say that she drew forth rapturous applause. The duet, with Mr. Hime, of " When thy bosom heaves a sigh," was a rich treat. Mr. Hime afterwards sustained the character of Lubin, in the Quaker, and was encored ,in the song of " I locked up all my trea sure."—Sun. CHASE AND ESCAPE EXTRAORDINARY.—OR Saturday . se'nnight the loiterers on the Prince's Pier were not a little amused and interested by the novel expedient successfully adopted by a juvenile delinquent for the purpose of escaping entanglement in the meshes of the law. A young lad, who had been stealing copper nails from the Prince's Dock Grid iron, was observed by a policeman, and the consequence was a run along the pier, the lad exerting all his speed, the police man pursuing leisurely, knowing that there was one of his brethren at the other end of the pier to stop the fugitive, and trusting to the high wall on one side and the river on the other to prevent his escape in'any other direction. The chase, however, seemed to be as fully alive to the obstacle in front as his pursuer, for. rushing down the Floating Bath steps, he stripped with marvellous expedition, and, leaving his clothes on the steps, committed himself,with infinite promptitude, to the river, the tide being then at strong ebb. The baffled pur suer, nothing daunted, took up the abandoned garments, and, still deeming himself secure of bis prey, kept pace with the swimmer along the pier, expecting him to land at the first steps, or, at all events, at the end of the pier. In this, how ever, he reckoned without his host, for the lad swam gallantly onwards, leaving pier, policeman, and clothes all behind. The guardian of the law being thus at a non pl us , an d, possi bly, admiring the spirit of the delinquent, and having an eye to the contingency touching hanging or drowning, gave up the clothes to a lad amongst the bystanders, who, we believe, followed the fugitive along the shore, and, ultimately, re stored them to the proper owner,wbo effected a safe and suc cessful landing opposite the Bootle pillars. INQUESTS, BEFORE P. F. CURRY, ESQ.—OR Saturday, on view of the body of Henry Coxsan, a boy of 7 years old, who, while gathering rushes, on Wednesday evening, at a pit in Windsor formed by an old quarry, fell into the water, and instantly sank. There was another little boy with h;tn, but he could render him no assistance. The deceased lived with his parents in Roscoe-lane.---Verdict, " Accidentally drowned." Same day, on the body of Samuel aged 12 years. On Friday, deceased had been talking to a little boy on board of a schooner lying its the salthouse dock. The latter went into the cabin for a short time, and on his return missed the deceased. Another lad pointed to a cap floating in the water alongside, to the ship-boy, who instantly recognized it as that worn by the deceased. The alarm was given, and the deceased was found in a few minutes, but was quite dead. Verdict, "found drowned." Same day on the body of John Lloyd, aged 45. On Saturday morning deceased was engaged in Robertson -street, Tox teth-park, in putting some pigs into a cart, when the horse took fright and ran away. Deceased, in endeavouring to stop the animal, got crushed up against the wall by the shaft of the cart, and was so much injured that he 'died in a few minutes. Verdict—accidentally killed.—Same day, on view of the body of Richard Daggers, captain of a brig called the Alpha. It appeared that, on Friday night while the vessel was ou her return to this port, and was off the Tuskar Light House, the deceased went forward to the bow and tired off a small cannon, which happening to burst carried away the whole of his scalp, scattering the brains over the deck. He, of course, was picked up a corpse. Verdict--" Accidental death." Same day, on view of the body of Ann Mars, a child under two years old. On Friday, while a cart was passing along Chartre-street, deceased suddenly ran out of a coal-yard right under one of the wheels, which went over her neck, and caused instant death. Verdict, " accidentally killed." DESIGN'S FOR TERRACES IN THE PRINCE'S PARK.—In March last an advertisement appeared, announcing that one hundred guineas would be paid in premiums for the best de signs for four terraces, to be erected in Prince's Park, now in progress, on a scale evincing much liberality and taste in the proprietor, It. V. Yates, Esq. Designs for three of the terraces, A. B. and D., have since been received, and are now on view in the lecture-room of the Lyceum, the re spective prizes to be awarded for the best, of which are for A, £35 ; for B, £2O ; and for D, 30 guineas. It appears that those for the other terrace (C) are yet in abeyance. We yesterday briefly inspected the designs on view for the three terraces, each of which will comprise a number of houses, which are to be built within the park, in isolated ranges, near its north-east boundary ; and we were much gratified by the talent displayed in a cousiderable number of them. They are 20 in number, and nearly all in the Italian style, if we except a few of what we must call non-descripts. They are all four stories in height. We do not deem it necessary to notice them in detail. There is a prospective view, or front elevation, of each to the park,—also an en trance elevation or view to the road,—together elaborate plans of the proposed interior arrangements. No. 13, with the motto " Nuaquana non paratus," (we take them at random,) hits considerable merit; but is rather heavy, and, perhaps, too expensive for a range of villa residences. It is, we believe, from London, and appears to be almost a counterpart, but more elaborate, of •Gambia -terrace, in this town. This style, we think, sprang up in the 15th century, and spread rapidly over Europe. There is a rusticated base ment, with a colonnaded centre-piece, surmounted by a pediment with figures in the tympanum. Over each end or wing, also in projection, with columns, is a dome, or canopy, the roof of which is surrounded by allegorical figures, with one on each of the canopy tops. There is also an allegorical figure at each point of the pediment. Of No. 1, a long un broken building, with a variety of window blinds, we cannot say much. The manner proposed of lighting some of the kitchen windows from the centre of the flower-plots is some what amusing. No. 18, a design for 14 or 18 houses, ap pears to us to be pretty good. It is of the palacial Italian, but is spoiled by sameness in details. No. 14, by the same archi tect as No. 6, is a splendid production, in the Italian style. The west end elevation is beautifully got out. Of No. 12, a sort of Roman structure, with octagonal Gothic chimneys, we shall say—nothing. No. 6, by the author of 14, is one of the best in the room. It is also an Italian specimen, and truly handsome, though not elaborate. No. 15, Italian, — heavy, with badly contrived entrances : it has Tuscan columns supporting a balustrade. No. 16, a heterogenous mass of Byzantian and Italian, blended with apparently Chinese, or Turkish, or something else. The author states that it is "in the Italian style, with campaniles to four houses, which may be converted into smoking rooms,"—a very good notion for the deck of a transatlantic steam ship. No. 10, Italian, with a balustrade surmounting an arcade—not very striking. No. 5, very plain, but very pretty, in the Italian palacial style. The centre building is a little in projection, and slightly ele vated by blocking over the balustrade blocking. The ends or wings arc also slightly raised by higher balustrading and blocking. The basement is rusticated, This we take to be one of the very best designs for the purpose in the room. It is at once chaste, lively, and elegant, and the proposed plan of cutting up the interiors also appears to be excellent. It is, we have heard, by our townsman, Mr. Hornblower. No. 3 has some good points, but a heavy, long, unbroken centre. No. 17, Italian, with semicircular topped windows to the upper story, pretty good. No. 2is in the collegiate Tudor or Gothic style, and would perhaps be suitable for a school house, but is scarcely applicable for villas. There are seve ral others, which we leave unnoticed for want of room. What we have submitted merely refers itself to a matter of taste, and it is very possible that we have erred in judgement. We are glad, however, that the competition has been roused by the spirited proprietor of the land, as we feel assured that it will lead to a gratifying result so far as the public is con cerned. The prizes are not yet awarded. OTTERSPOOL, NEAR LIVERPOOL—This place is pleasantly situated on the banks of the Mersey, and has a berutiful undulation of surface. The kitchen and fruit-gardens are well conducted, and are kept very clean. In the forcing de partment we observed an excellent crop of Grapes and some good Pines. In one of the plant-houses are some very large healthy bulbs of the most esteemed sorts of Amaryllis; we also noticed some remarkably fine plants of the Gloxinia maculata, which were obtained by leaving one stem to form a plant. In the house devoted to the cultivation of Orchi deaceous plants is a very large specimen of Cattleya Mos sim ;It is the original plant imported by the liberal proprie tor of this place, and from which the figure was taken for the Botanical Magazine. At the time of our visit it had twelve spikes of flowers, and was really a magnificent object. We were informed by the intelligent gardener, Mr. James, that iblias not flowered since the figure was taken till the present year. Among the others in flower we observed Cat tleya Forbesii, Oncidium ampliatum, 0, Lanceanum, 0, pumilum, and a fine plant of 0. papilio, with eight flower spikes, Maxillaria aromatica, Broughtonia sanguinea, wain, veratrifolia, &c. The flower-garden contains some well-arranged beds, and has a pretty appearance, it has an elevated walk on three sides from which von get some splen did views of the Mersey and the county of Cheshire, with the Welsh mountains in the back grotto,. d,—Gardeners Chro nicle. TEACHING A FOREIGNER TO SPEAK ENGLISII.—M y friend the foreigner called on the to bid the farewell before he quitted town, and on his dep ar t ure he sa id, " I am going at the country." I ventured to correct his phraseology by saying that we were accustomed to say " going into the country." He thanked me for this correction, and said he had profited by the lesson, and added, " I will knock into your door on my return."—Memorials. GRAND EXHIBITION AT THE COLLEGIATE INSTITUTION Cicero, the distinguished scholar and orator, beautifully and emphatically exclaimed-- " Scire aliquid laus est ; pudor est nihil discere velle :" or, in other words, " It is a credit to know anything; not to have a desire to learn is a disgrace." We were reminded of this expression of the noble Roman by a visit to the Colle giate Institution at the close of the last week ; and it appears to us to be strongly applicable not only to the students of that noble seminary of education—who would do well to adopt it as their watchword—but to our townsmen and fair towns women, who have now an opportunity of inspecting within its walls one of the most splendid, valuable, and extensive polytechnic collections of works of art, science, and inge nuity, that ever perhaps canned public attention and chal lenged universal admiration, even in an age and in a country singularly advanced in philosophical and mechanical disco very and enlightenment. It is impossible, indeed, for the best informed amongst us to take even a cursory glance at the numerous and varied specimens, classified and arranged ,in the many spacious rooms, without impressions of wonder and gratification at the deep research, varied talent, and per severing industry which they display ; without, in tine, learning much that we did not before know, and without acknowledging the wonderful triumphs—permitted to us by -the Divine Architect—of the world of mind over the world of matter. Be it remarked, too, that there is nothing dry and uninviting; and that those whose habits, or the brevity of time at their disposal, disincline or prevent them from deri ving much instruction from what they behold, will find, apart from this primary consideration, an ample field for a .few hours' pleasing and innocent amusement, and the grati fication of that curiosity in whatever is beautiful, useful, or rare, which is implanted in our nature, and which itself, striking the fancy as the flint does the steel, not unfrequently elicits the first sparks of talent, which may afterwards pro duce that blaze of genius which redounds to the honour and advancement of the individual, and to the advantage of the general mass of the community. It may be said, indeed, that earth and ocean have been ransacked to furnish this exhibi tion : the accumulated productions of the most distinguished labourers in the arena of science, from ages long swallowed up in the vortex of time, up to the present day, are here brought in reality before us, at, comparatively, a glance ; and we may trace the rise and gradual developement of whatever is useful and ornamental in science and in art from the earliest dawn of civilization. The customs, manners, pursuits, and attain ments, too, of every country in the globe, are to a great ex tent illustrated, independently of the repulsive study of ponderous tomes, whith few have opportunity or leisure to pursue : modern science, particularly h i mechanics, is admi rably demonst rated in all its branches by working models and machines ; and the power of that wonderful agent elearn in all its branches is shown in most interesting activity and variety as connected with modern enginee4ing on shore and at sea. The collection of models of vessels is very beautiful and ex tensive ; the pictures are very numerous, and include many of the most valued originals of the ancient and modern toas ters; and the natural history department-is also replete with specimens of the first order. As it would perhaps require an entire day to inspect the whole of the exhibition with any approach to minuteness, so it would occupy a pretty large volume to describe it in any thing like detail ; and our limits being necessarily circumscribed, all we can accomplish is but a slight sketch of the objects, in two or three successive no tices, that snore particularly struck us as curious or interesting in the course of a ramble of several hours through the different apartments. Inviting the reader, therefore, to accompany us to the different departments in the order in which they are set down in the paper printed on the premises, and handed to visitors as a guide—and which they would do well for con venience to follow—we commence with Room, No. 1, on the ground story.—Here, there is a variety of elegant fire grates, patent stoves, cooking ranges, &c., in fine cast iron, polished steel, &c., showing all the recent improvements ; also handsome iron bedsteads, vases, &c., wholly contributed from the works of our townsman, Mr. Wm. Bennett. Some of the grates are of splendid workmanship, and admirably adapted to prevent dust and smoke, while at the same time they are highly ornamental. Three of them in particular are very tine—one having porcelain checks exquisitely adorned with rural scenes and delicate gilded ornaments. These are fixed in finely-sculptured gothic marble mantlepieces, by Mr. W. Spence, wits► classical figures in niches or on brackets, cut in the first style of the art. Here are also models of Espie's improved chimney cans or smoke vanes, in zinc, with an apparatus showing the manner of their working in the wind. There are also a capit lifting pump, chiefly of glass, and a variety of other articles. In No. 2, there are various improved agricultural imple ments, patent cooking apparatus, for house and ship use, a large patent windlass of - great power, patent iron tiles, a capital malt mill, by Cartmel, a washing machine, by Bettley and Higgs, and an excellent economical cooking range, by P. Ey Wilson and Co. Here also is shown the real opera tion of fustian cutting, in its several varieties, by means of a long attenuated knife and guiding needle, which ploughs up the threads on one side of the cloth so as to form the nap or pile. _ No. 3 is occupied with ornamental gilded, silvered, and bronze frame work for pictures, cabinets, and other arti cles. There is a splendid side board enriched with flower pieces in compartments, surrounded by delicate gilded and floriated frame-work, and topped with a splendid slab of mar ble. There are numerous fine modelled groups, in conaposiu tion, for chimney and other ornaments, also statuary figures representing the several varieties of metals ; and the process of gilding, bronzing, &c., is carried on before the spectator by expert workmen. Many:of the modelled groups are beau tifully accurate and minute, and the bronzed arid silvered busts of the rival queens Elizabeth and Mary of Scots will be much 'admired. The picture and mirror frame-work is also superb, and in great variety of design. The whole is con tributed by our townsmen, J. Clements and Son. No. 4 , may be called the practical navigation room. Here are a number of ships, barques, brigs, schooners, steam-boats, &c., under sail• or steam, in a spacious canal and circular basin, forming a.busy maritime view in rninature. The whole interesting science of launching a ship is shown at intervals during the day. In the middle of the basin is a working model of an iron steam-boat with the screw lately patented by Messrs. Mather,.Dixon, and Grantham, showing its saving in power over the water-wheel of 25 per cent. She has a large East Indianian in tow, and the screw being turned by a pulley and band, working from the centre by means of a weight in an adjoining room, both vessels move rapidly by means of the little screw—describing a circle. Outside of these is a larger steamer with paddle wheels turned by a working model-engine, sent by Mr. Pearson, which steams away rapidly round the outer circle _of the basiu. In the water gold 'fish are swimming about ; or seeking the shade of the floating vessels, scared by the too pry ing eyes of the spectators. Here, too, are many cu rious models of Chinese junks, canoes, and modern Eu ropean vessels ; also a very ingenious Persian water wheel, by Mr. G. P. Payne, resembling an overshot water-wheel, and which, with very slight turning, and an immersion of the rim of only about an inch, lifts a large stream of water to the centre, where it is continuously discharged from a wide spout. This is a very neat and simple water wheel. There is here a neat model of the steamer " Napoleon," sent by r. Shanland, of Seacombe, a watchman's curious peg clock, a variety of steering wheels, and numerous nautical " imple ments," specimens of chain cables, &c. No. 5 is chiefly occupied by a circular iron railway, on which a handsome little locomotive moves rapidly by its own steam at stated hours during the day, showing also the new railway alarutn or signal clock, by which the engineers con- ducting trains can tell, as they'pass the several stations, without stopping, and by night or day, the precise time when the last train passed, so that all collision maybe avoided. _ No. 6,—bookhinding in all its department; : the smoothing of the sheets, after they leave the press, between rollers,—an improvement on the beating principle ; the folding and stitch ing by young women ; the boarding, covering, lettering, and ornamenting. Here is a splendid case of books in various beautiful bindings. The whole was contributed and is con ducted by Mr. Wareing Webbe. There is also a paper-ruling machine. No. 7, on the second floor, is the British and foreign shawl mart and manufactory, with splendid specimens of which the room is hung. There is a fine Paisley jacquard loom at work, working the " Collegiate shawl,"—a very chaste and beautiful pattern. The loom is very complicated, and the manner in which the various and ever-changing colours are wrought into tne fabric is peculiarly interesting. HOT are fac-similes of the two shawls presented by Mr. Pringle, the manufacturer, to the Queen; also many others very_large and valuable, and in a variety of patterns. includ and French Llama shawls. We observed two ing Barge ticketted eas respectively—also some of smaller size, but very beautiful, so low as 15s. These and many other articles manufactured in the rooms Ire on sale iNo. a, is tile room tor moats in naval architecture, and, as we have before intimated, the collection is, perhaps, the most extensive and valuable that was ever brought together. We have not room to notice half of them, and they must he seen and examined by the curious in this important art to be duly appreciated. On entering, the visitor cannot fail to be at once astonished and delighted at such a combination of talent, industry, and science. Here is the large and fine, but now somewhat antiquated model of the ship of war " Liver" which was saved from the fire at our Town-hall many years ago. This was sent by the •dock trustees, and was brought from one of the large' staircases of the Custom house, where it is destined to be preserved as a pleasing memorial of the navigation of the port in bye-gone days. Around it are many beautiful large models, by Mr. E. Melling, jun., the talented naval architect to the institution, most of them built of fine woods, varnished, in all the compli cated pieces, dimensions, fastenings, guns, and appurtenances of real vessels, and embracing every variety of craft from the small pleasure yacht to the merchant ship and the heavy man-of-war. These are all admirable in model and finish for the several purposes for which they are proposed, and cannot fail to gratify the eye of the sailor. The industry shown in their production is highly honourable to the artist, and the whole prove him to he perfect master of his art, and capable of turning it to the best practical account. We have never, indeed, seen finer bottoms. Amongst them we would particu larly direct attention to a 60-gun frigate ; a 22-gun corvette ; a large brigantine, with brass guns and fully rigged ; a butter fly-rigged schooner ; proposed and excellent model of a mer chant ship of 400 tons, showing all the timbers, deck framing, &c. ; a piratical schooner in the ribbons—a regular clipper ; a pleasure yacht, and many others. Amongst the minute models is the rare arid valuable collection contributed by our townsman Mr. T. Wilson, shipbuilder. They are 47 in number, built and fully rigged, with their sails set and every minute article on board, all cut in wood with astonishing accuracy. They are in fleets of several vessels of different classes, or in single ships, under glass cases. Amongst them (as stated in a brief printed notice) is every description of vessel, from the canoe and boat to the first-rate man-of-war, and varying in size from 11 inch in length to 14 inches. The Matchless, ship of the line, is of the former minute dimen sions; and for this alone 150 guineas have been offered. They were all made by French prisoners of war during their long confinement in England. They occupy a large exterior glass case, extending across the north end of the room. r There are many other beautiful and ingenious models, rigged and unrigged, in the room ; but we can only notice them at random. Those that most attracted us, en passant, are a cutter and schooner by Mr. T. B. Horner; A 58-gun frigate (the Inconstant, we believe) of the new class, by the same; model of an iron steamer now building by Messrs. Davenport, Grindrod, and Patrick ; a Shields pil o t-h os t, with three keels—a curious, safe, and swift plan ; the bell buoy ; a 40-gun frigate, by Mr. Ralph Pearson ; the Neme sis, East India iron war-steamer, and others, by M r . J o h n Laird, including the iron pilot-brig Guide, rec en tl y l ost on her voyage to India on a reef in the Western Islands, b u t by Mr. Joh n M orr i son ; from no fault of the vessel, either in sailing or solidit y ; a IN,reowposYeodrkstopaio loits-11);(iipa,t,bvyermr. llarkness ; the Bl ac k P r i nce very fine, steam brig, at anchor off the Rock Ferry , by John Clint, Esq. ; a steamer (City of Dublin), finely moulded, gilded, and fitt e d up ; a New York small pleasure-boat , with a sliding keel to be o a d t ; f in r n ri g u a p te in shallow or y ; a w s a i t o e p r ; 0 fa thelageo 1 : 1 mahoganysohoo capital, sent by C. Horsfall, Esq. ; the Edith pleasure -yacht ; a sharp schooner, by Captain M'Bride ; the N.W. iron light , ship; the iron schooner building by Mr. Laird, to b e pro pelled by Mr. Smith's screw, for the use of the Baptist Mis sionary Society in Africa, &c., &c. liere are also some inte resting remains, in wood and iron, of the Royal George, sunk at Spithead in 1782, deposited by Capt. Brown, R.N., who was a witness to the melancholy event. This gentle man -h as a l so deposited a cabinet of oak, made of a piece of the Victory, in which Nelson received his death wound, at Trafalgar, on the 21st October, 1805. The handle is in the form of an anchor, and the key of a great gun; and inside, in two cases, like those ofa tea-caddie, are " gunpowder" and " shot." Here, too, are a variety of fine working models of patent windlasses, by Gladstone & Co. Betteley, Pow and Fawcus, and others. Besides the models there are, round the walls, numerous fine paintings of nautical subjects, ancient and modern, including several by our talented townsman, Mr. Walter. But, we repeat, the room must be visited, and its contents leisurely surveyed. No. 9. Here there is a small but curious collection o cient and modern crockery ware, at work, which turns out numerous, and we may add, amusir specimens of ow - laments, &c., before the visitors with great rapidity, the art of turning and mouldir There is a curious flast chief in South Aim an wheel at found in the grave of an Inca No. 10 is occupied by the large model of Hobart Town and a panoramic view of Sydney and the fine interior water of the cove. The model is very minute and accurate in de. tails, showing all the streets, houses, public buildings, gar. dens, fences, &c., together with the harbour, and the undu• lations of the site. Visitors may be provided with a desCrip tive guide. No. 11. The refreshment room, with a musical clock. One end is entirely covered by Mr. H. Melling's fine gallery picture of the Battle of Agincourt, which we shall hereafter notice, as well as another picture on the side wall, when we come to the paintings. Between this and the Board Room. No. 13, is the fountain, (No. 12) facing the large central window of the building. It is surrounded by exotics and evergreens, is discharged into a large circular basin, and has a most pleasing and cool effect. The Board Room contains the Tows-hall portraits, by cele brated masters, of George 111 and IV, the Duke of York, Wellington and his horse, Charles 11. by Sir Godfrey Knell. &c. Also capital portraits of the Rev. H. MiNeile, Lord Stanley, John Gladstone, Esq., James Aspinall, ESQ.. and other distinguished individuals, wit! of eminent townsmen. There is also a b tue of a peasant girl. Here there is a r ,rble and other bus style, is well worthy of observation No. 14 is fitted up with steam engines variety ; also, a rotatory engine, by Yat model, with a patent slidir ful warble sta . . _ tals are turned; and ivory cut with a circular is also a very noisy patent power-loom a thy and Co. making cloth with hand being put to the shuttl other articles and model work, in great theram: One •eat rapidity, -wit' There are alsO'a variety of No. 15. The type composing and distributing omen work ; a curious and ingenious apparatus, like a ”: played upon in the same manner, setting piw Also several handsome iron printing press,. No. 16 is appropriated to electrical, galvanic, and magne tic apparatus, in meddling with which the ladies and gentle men are suddenly quite " shocked," to the great amusement of the bystanders. Here, too, parties may be weighed and measured, and receive a ticket as at a weighing machine, for the small charee of a nenn, es of poetry, &c at work. No. 17 contains many fine specimens of hearth rug and car pet weaving, a large loom for which is at work. In No. 18 is the jacquard figured silk loom working ; also a stocking loom, both curious and interesting. But we must close our present sketch, which embraces only the two lower floors. In our next publication, the first of the new series, (to be published on Tuesday ne:ct,) we shall notice the rooms i ting, &c. &c curiosities CHURCH OF ENGLAND SOCIETY FOR PRO MOTING CHRISTIAN EDUCATION IN SYRIA. A highly interesting series of lectures is in the col delivery in the Music-hall, Bold -street, on the mantle customs of the inhabitants of the Holy Land, in illustratic of the Scriptures, by Assaad Yacoob Kayat, a native of Syri from the vicinity of Beyrout The first was delivered on the evening of Friday last in the presence of a very numerous observed a large number of the clergy The Rev. H. WNEILE, who occupied the chair, said the object of the meeting was to hear a❑ address upon the sub ject of Christian education in Syria, from their Christian friend and brother, Assaad Yacoob Kayat, a native of that country. He (the chairman) would not interpose between the auditory and their promised gratification by any prolonged observations; it might, however, he proper to state for the information of some present, that four years ago a Church of England Sr , ty r 'romoting Cj 'stian ednr ' - _ oat:. , lor N . ,taristian education in Syria, was instituted in this country under the patronage of the Lord Bishop of London, the Earl of Chichester, Lord F. Egerton, Lord Bexley, and Sir Thomas Acland, and it was under the management of a highly influential committee of both clergymen and laymen. The operations of the society were two-fold, in Syria and in England. In Syria with the con sent, and he might add, with the active co-operation of the Patriarch of Antioch, and the bishops of his province, several schools had been formed. The Patriarch was himself a sub scriber to a school at Damascus where 200 boys were now under Christian edimation. There was also a school at Bey rout, the native place of their friend who would presently address them, containing 140 boys, and at each of these towns there was also a school for girls. This was an important and interesting feature in the case, because owing to th e i n fl uence of surrounding Mahornedenism the female character had been long neglected and debased in that part of the world. Even the females of the more wealthy Christians had been totally destitute of education, but now, we were happy to find that private teachers were employed in some such families, and schools were in process of operation for the female children of the poor. In Tripoli and other pl aces , sc h oo l s f or boys had ben lately established society concerning a printing press which had been opened at Beyrout, the first fruits of which were elementary works, containing the Nicene and the Lord's Drayer, and the 51st Psalm, in the Arabic language. The operations of the society had been chiefly - confined to the education of some young men from Syria, whom they were desirous- of instructing in the secular, as well as the sacred, branches of a competent education, in order that they might return to their own country and prove effectual instruments for the encourage ment of literature, and the general civilization of their peo ple,. as well as for the direct propagation of the -gospel of God.. It was to give further information upon these interest ing topics, and to-elicit that Christian sympathy in the cause which never failed to be followed by the legitimate result of Christian sympathy, namely, Christian liberality, that their friend was now among them. (Cheers.) AsnAn Y. KAYAT then came forward to deliver his ture, and he was warmly received. He speaks English v fluently, almost every word being correctly pronounced, the emphasis properly placed. He commenced by some lusions to his first visit to Liverpool four years ago, wh he was introduced by the chairman, as a minister of blessed Gospel, and he gratefully acknowledged the kindr and support then bestowed upon him, which had been means of enabling him to carry on his scl Christian education in Syria. He would formation respecting his proceedings before he gave hi: ture upon the manners and customs of his own count illustration of the Holy Scriptures. Some would urn! remember that he had spent two years in this cour deavouring to obtain such English instruction a enable hint to carry on his scheme for raising up agency in Syria. In 1840 he had the honour of I with Lord and Lady Francis Egerton, with who yelled through the country, and then he er mence the work of introducing CI to spread the knowledge of our the truth as it is ,ewe for exter ,stian education, in orde at Redeemer, and eaten deed, for one individual, and nothing but the deternainatim he had formed in his own mind enabled him to proceed Unfortunately, as soon as he had organised his plan t expedition to overthrow the Egyptian govern at wen forth from this country ; it did incalculable evil to the inha bitants—nay, it was impossible to - conceive all the suffering they underwent in consequence of the war. It pleased God at.that time to permit him to labour among the afflicted— those who were labouring under sickness arising from the destruction of their property, agues, fevers, and other mala dies—in Lebanon ; and he found the little knowledge he bad of medicine of great service in the relief of many. At the same time he pressed upon the minds of the people the im portance of education, showing them that had they been an enlightened people they would not have incurred so much misery during the war. By degrees he obtained confidence ; nothing could remove him from the path of duty ; and he persevered although ha was exposed to ignorance, bigotry, and all sorts of difficulty which, of course, must present themselves to the first reformer. But God enabled him to persevere, and after continuing three years in this cause, his•friends in London, who had formed themselves i- - '•.-. to assist in working out his to a corm views, thought proper to send for him back in c in organising a more permanent system, for he hai them that as the Syrian Christians spoke the same L bore the same climate, resided in the same country as th, Mahometans, they could therefore become the most eligibl labourers in the work of God throughout the East, inasmuc as their language extended to almost all the Mahome tans in Asia, and among the most numerous tribes in Africa. The lecturer then proceeded at great length to give as ac count of the manners and customs of the inhabitants of Syria ; their costume, domestic habits and ceremonies ; sheav ing that in the present day these existed in strict accordance with the descriptions given in the Sacred Scriptures. He observed that, throughout all ages, various nations, and va rious conquerors, Greeks, Romans, Persians, Saracens, the Crusaders, Turks, and Egyptians, had entered the land of Syria ; all kinds of languages were introduced, and every effort was taken to destroy Christianity, but they had all been in vain. The manners and customs of the na tives each still illustrated the Holy Scriptures. Had the names of their cities been altered by the succes sive invaders, confusion would have been thrown upon Biblical history, and Christianity would hare been exposed to the infidel objection that it was not true, since in the land where its chief events took place the places mentioned in the word of God did not exist. A Church was formed of the converts to Christianity, but Christianity, it should be re membered, had existed in the land from the time of our Se viour, and no Mahomedan invasion, no sufferings, no torture no tyranny, nor all the most severe and oppressive measure adopted by the various conquerors to fat Mahomedanism, had been effectual. Thus the Christians re tained their religion, while all the people had kept close to those native manners and ceremonies which to this day il lustrated the Holy Scriptures. He then rdferred to several passages from the Old and New Testaments, mentioning the custom at the time of the event, and showed that the very same customs were observed to this day. The events, too, recorded in the sacred volume were familiar to the people, while the most important circumstances attend ing the several invasions of the country were absolutely un known to them. Passing from the illustrations of Scrip ture, which we regret having no room to give in detail, the lecturer gave an interesting account of the progress which education is making in Syria, and of the relaxations of which he had set an example in the case of his own wife, of the prevailing customs with regard to females, whereby they were gradually being raised to the position which they ought to till. A complete change was being effected by the means of education among of saciet thus, he said, the effect uF native agency in spre and knowledge was found most effectual. Six vo were now receiving instructior . - - the society ; and the lecturer concluded by a lengthened and impressive appeal to the sympathiee of Liverpool to raise fund sufficient to have one native youth educated here tc enable him to do good in his native land. sture of the The CHAIRMAN mentioned the imt. Roman Catholic priest, who went about this city coirecti. subscriptions from the Protestants under the name of tin Archbishop of Tripoli, and said that in this case of Assaad Kayat there was no fear of imposition, for the whole thing had been examined on the spot, and there could be no doubt whatever of his character arid object A collection was then made; shortly after which the pro ceedings terminated. The second lecture was delivered last night, Mr. Adam Hodgson in the chair. The subject was an account of the Christian church at Antioch, which it was shown had main tained the great essentials of the true faith. The details were interesting and very minute. The wife of Alsaad was pre sent, and attracted much attention. • The third and last lec ture of the series will be delivered on Friday next. His Grace the Duke of Cleveland has engaged a number of workmen to cut a drain in order to have water conveyed fLom the place in the Flats-wood, near Barnard-castle, where several men had formerly made the attempt to sink a pit, but were prevented by an overflow of water. It is sup posed that there is good coal at the place, and that the neigh bourhood will receive considerable benefit if his Grace be successful in his undertaking. BOTANIC GARDENS. The second grand Horticultural Show for the present year took place on Friday at these gardens, and the weather being delightfully fine, was more than ordinarily well attended— there having been altogether two thousand persons present. XT,,,t elf 11-1 c.l . visited t trawng 'amines of the town and neighbourhood he grounds during the show, and we may mention in that a hundred and fifty private carriages stopped at g - reat number of vehicles of other ; were in full leaf, and afforded a n from the beaming rays9f the sun, which, contributed, in no s gaiety of the scene, rendered still more he elegant and brilliant dresses of the atures—the ladies—who in considerable numbers honoured the gardens with their presence. It is difficult almost to select for special remark any of the splen did specimens of flowers exhibited in the tents—they were all rich, beautiful, and valuable. We will, however, mention or two ttracted the special attention of the first we should mention, as certainly the most rare plant in the called " Cattleya Mossea, Moss, the lady of John M was a most splendid one from the circumstance of Mrs. ;s, Esq., of Otterspool, having tower in this country. .We were r. Moss has bad this plant in his pos. rs, and at each succeeding season it is the first year that it has assumed the first r informed that toot its present extreme multitude of blue f it having now a y rich and splendid 'descrip kably fine—those forwarded Moss, Esqrs., and Messrs. ally deserving notice. hat he not only sends by CI Mr. Skirving lion, but he also enriches the specimens by for the purpose of increasing the collec- also merits our say the mar LIST C H EATF: s.—First pr iritiora, cyllindrica was plentifully supplied with re and we must not omit to mention Band of Mr. Parker, contributed . George Cunningham, of Oak diflora, tricolor, west phalingia, ventricosa stellata, superba. glo _,.rs. Davies, of Wa icosa, coccinea minor, cruciflora, :ecOnd prize, Me URCITIDAC prize, John Moss, Esq., of Otters , (Noah James, gardener,) for cattleya mossitt, brassia candata, and oncidium ampleatum. Second prize, Charles Horsfall, Esq., of Everton, (Thomas Lees, gardener,) for elides crispum, epideodrum, marochilurn, and oncidium altissimum. Extra prize, John Moss. Esq., of Otterspool, for oncidium sabolata, paplio, and luridum. PELARGONIUMS OF 10 VAR.—First prize, Messrs. Davi es , of Wavertree Nursery, for enchantress, priory queen, Ma_ &Rhin, superb, sylph, victory, vesta, jubilee, risin g sun, I Florence. Second prize, Hen►y Winch, Esq., of (John Young, gardener,) for masterpiece, victory. Joan of Arc, Louis Quatorae commodore; Vulcan, rina. Deni's perfection, grand duke. Third prize, ter, of Wootton, (John Reid, gardener,) for Deni's Seacomb , per. fecti or oan of Arc, Wild- aid, Fanny Gt Davies, of Wavertree Nur Iph, Reinz for beauty, Alexandrina, assassin, Victoria. Second prize, Mrs. rdener,) for Wildfire, Ura- WooDon:PO{ln Reid Donna, Alexandrina, Queen Dowge . i., bridesmaid, Louis Quatorze, Corine. Extra prize, Charles Tayleure, Esq., of Parkfield, (John Clarke, gardener,) for Alexandrina, colos sus, seedling, sylph, commodore, Joan of Arc FUCHSIAS OF 6 VAI Nursery —First prize, Messrs. Davies, of for Robertsii, Youellii, racemeflora, icua, arbored, insignis,Fenus victrix, rton, (Thomas Lees Second prize, Charles florsfall, Esq., Lees, gardener,) for coryrnbiflora, race miflora, fulgins, multiflora, Dixonii, Thomsonii superbe, STOVE OR GREENHOUSE PLANTS OF 6 VAR.—First Charles Tayleure, Esq., Parkfield, (John Clarke, gar for Vanda Roxburgia, Stanopea ornulata, catesetum turn. gesneria Cooperii ver, monettia coecinea, arde , Woolton. (John lematis silboldis, via credulat Second priz, a, calantlia veratriflora, 'baronia serruluta, a. Third prize,_Charles Horsfall, Esq., for bre, calatithe veratrifolia, cinerarie, jesnerii, STOVE OR GREENHOUSE PLANTS OF 4 VAR.—First Mr. Skirving, of Walton Nursery, for aclumenes gloxinia new hybrida. do. roseastatic Second prize, Charles Tay!cure. Esq., for Stanopea oncidium flexuosum, syningea, erropea lodigesii. Third prize, Charles florsfall, Esq., for brassia wrayii, angelonia grandiflora, erythryna cristag 7 atti, verbena princess royal STOVE OR GREENHOUSE PLANT.—One specimen.—Frst prize, Chas. Tayleure, Esq., for oucidiuni boydii. Second prize, Messrs. Davies, for ixora cochlea. Third prize, Messrs. Skirving, for clirodendron specimen. Extra prize, Mr. Skirving, for fuelisiaricartonia. HERBACEOUS CALCEOLAXIAS.—First prize, Chas. Hors all, Esq., for Wilmoriana, maculata superba, Geo. Harlot, ique, Lavinia, Gem. Second prize, Messrs. Davies, for ngs, and Miss Little- King. five see( rst pri Tbressrs. Davies Mr. Henry Thomas, of hop of Chester, Parry's union, snowball, Diana, Robin Hood. Greenside's unknown, udia, Lady 'Byron, purpu- First p Shrewsbury beauty, St. Alban's, beauty of Wollaston, and fearnought. Second' prize, Mr. John Williams, of Chester, for snowdrop, Cicero, Suwarrow, St. Alban's, snowball, Shrewsbury beauty, perfection, beauty of I - loole, Robin Thos. O'Grady :ond prize, ditto. Extra gardeger Mr. Skirving, Henry Moss, First prize, -Isaac Hathren, Esq., of tig, gardener). Second prize, Mrs. . - Foster. Third pi:ize, M Chas. Tayleure, Esry. Whalley. Extra GRAPES. —First prize, Archibald Sinclair, Esq., of Waver tree (John Robinson, gardener). Second prize, E. D. Falk ener, Esq., of Fairfield (Jas. Smith, gardener). Extra prize, Thos. Orford, Esq., of Toxteth-park (R. Place, gardener). (Alexander Morton, Bari lker, Esq., of Calderstone• CORRESPONDENCI TRACTARIANISA TO THE EDITOR THE LIVERPOOL STANDARD SlR,—Allow me to call your attention to a few cheering circumstances connected with a subject which has of late oc- copied ko large a share of public attention, and to which a prominent place has been assigned in the columns of your own valuable journal—l mean Tractarianism. First, let me notice tire step taken by the University of Oxford to purge herself from the stain which rested on her honoured name connected with these modern errors; for surely reproach must attach somewhere when men could be found dwelling so long within her hallowed walls, teaching doctrines so lemnly repudiated by the University as a body, as well as by that church with which it is identified. At length the au thorities there have affixed to this revived Romanism an appropriate mark of their reprobation, and silenced one of their teachers. Christian parents may now hope that the unseemly, shall we say dishonest, spectacle will not again be so flagrantly presented before their children's view, of seeing and hearing men in the " seat of the reformers" busily en- Next, let us gratefully acknowledge the bold, open, mas terly exposure of these fatal errors in the charge of the Bishop of Lincoln during the past week, not forgetting the triumphant overthrow of this " modified system of Popery" in the visitation sermon on the same day. Meantime tidings refreshing as cool waters to a thirsty soul are borne to us from the east. The senior Bishop of India has delivered his primary charge as metropolitan. The alarm with which this vigilant watchman viewed the rapid spread of these new opinions is known to many ; but the ex tent of his apprehensions was only known to those who had nrivate sourct s of information—but will now o will peruse the iin portant document In this charge the Bishop of Calcutta with a tone of decision which proves at once the fearful racier of the evil in his view, as well as the solemn obli- be understood liv all w .bove alluded to gation under which he feels bound, unshrinkingly, to expose, refute, and denounce it. Bad we more of this straightforward, honest, godly sincerity at home, and less of that mawkish sentimentality which pervades England like an epidemic, we would not have to mourn over so many writings, professing indeed to oppose this vil, yet with so much tenderness for the honour of these well-intentioned men, so much compli ment to their high characters, and so little tenderness for God's honour, so little jealousy for his high glory, that, ex cept for the title-pages, we could scarcely tell whether these pages were designed to write up Tractarianism, or to write it down. Well may we say of such vapid things and their au thors- Non tali auxilio nec detensoribtis istis tempus Not that we desire abusive language : I hope we can discriminate between decision and abuse. What I mean will the chicken-hearted, drooping, publications already alluded to, line vigour of such a passage as the following he Bishop of Calcutta's newly printed charge. g to the tendencies of Tractarianism, and the ions, Bishop Wilson thus writes—" For of the system up to the very hour 1 am sed approximation to all the corruptions extract frc Tie of t and superstitions otipapal Rome—so that even her idolatrous offices are being republished for the use of our Protestant people! And what are the leaders doing ? Do they retract ? Do they admit frankly the admonitions of the bishops? Nothing of the kind. They stop, indeed, one series of pub lications at the request of a diocesan ,h ut immediately replace it by another equally obnoxious : they turn aside all the con demnations in the charges of different prelates, by affecting to consider them as founded on mistake : they pervert the terms of commendation in which their learning, their mo tives, and the incidental good they may have done in awak ening attention to matters of discipline, have been spoken of into an acquiescence in their doctrine.". - - Thus speaks Bishop Wilso n i n a passage deserving to be read and pondered by every Protestant in the land. Ireland, too, is another battle-field for this controversy on a small scale. It is not likely from the prevalence of sound Protestant truth, on the one hand, and the exhibition of full blown Popery on the other, that Tractarianism can ever ex tend greatly in the church in that country ; still attempts have been made to introduce it. Your own journal_ furnished proof of this on a late occasion, when it cont li, the hero of Chin. len a corres - The is brother of the gallant Sir Hugh a,) alive to the evils of this modern ,nd Dean of Derry heresy, and knowing the Protestant tone of his congregation, having also two licensed curates to assist him, deprecated the bishop's introducing to his pulpit, under such circumstances, a young divine, a stranger, holding neither benefit nor cure in the diocese, and a Tractarian to boot. The chief merit of this juvenile theologian consisted in his gift of preaching unseriptural novelties with a smoothness of diction, a softness of manner, and an imperturbable confidence of assertion, for which the school he belongs to is remarkable. It was in vain that Dean Gough, with all that blandness of m anner for which those who know him say he i n s distin • guished, respectfully reasoned against the risk of sowing dissension in a congregation hitherto undivided, and cordially attached to our Protestant church. The bishop was valiant enough to undertake the• responsibility of all consequences. When the consequences camp and began to be felt, like a fresh-water sailor the bishop w s o n uldfi o hav; y the the sto dealt, ,i: al layed, he himself had created.; d by whom? who, foretelling the tempest, and counselling the bishop not to put, to sea at such a time, was courteo l t e l a sl r y lin r g em th i e n r d e e b d v t i l l t o a_t a pilot would be at the helm fully able to st e e r th e s hi p safe through every danger ; his lordship n the worthy dean but himself. All this was set f or th in t h e t bishop's letter, copied into the :STANDARD, a letter which we' on this side of the channel would say savoured as much of the courtier as of the bishop, and betrayed not a little of that sang froid which is more generally found in pleasant, easy-going gentlemen than gra ve an d reverend divines. At all events, Mr. E ditor, there was a very great contrast be tween the letter and the honest-hearted, open, feeling, bene volent answer of Dean Gough. But we have not do ne with this juvenile T r actarian's doings ; rumour ascribes' activity to him in the press as well as in the pulpit. It so happened that a rector in the diocese of Derry, whose character would attach weight to any cause, (Rev. George Scott,) published an address delivered at a church missionary meeting in Derry. The b ear i ng , s tyl e an d tone of this address may be judged of by the following spe- Speaking of Tractarianis m in our Indian possessions, and of the duty of the friends of evangelical truth in reference to its progress there, Mr. Scott expresses himself in the follow ing graphic terms : " If it appear that a system which mystifies some of the leading doctrines of the gospel, and wraps up others in the darkness of reserve, a system which disparages the ordi nance of preaching, and questions the sufficiency of scripture alone as a guide to salvation--a system which depreciates and decries the work of the reformers—of Hooker, Ridley, Latimer, and oth ers, men of whom the world was worthy—men who ia faith an d patience, through tribu lations persecutions unto d eat h , accomplished for the h nC u or m tal a ialr o e and mnd the most glorious emancipation ever achieved, since t h e g ospel first went forth on its emancipating career, to turn wen from darkness unto light, and from the power of Satan unto God. If such a system has been transplanted from the hanks of the Isis to the shores of the Ganges; if the abettors of that system are to be found in the populous plains influence, ;171 makeenee,proselytes, to attract admiration, surely this fact should stimulate all who love the truth, as it is in Jesus, and stir them to lift up their voice in more earnest prayer, and to put forth snore strenuous effbrts, that the messengers of truth may outstrip t h e di s pensers of error, and that the gospel may be brought ci s u e r k e i into contact with heathen minds in all the light, and heat, and d ln t d o ia ac , and ene,rgy of its l life, life-givrng power." Th e address, of which . the above is a short extract, was too faithful a testimony against error and too eloquent an appeal in behalf of truth for any of the restless Tractarian school, much less a theologian of a few summers' growth, to be re tarded with complacency. Th e note of war was instantly ['mud in the little northern Tractarian camp. Whatever artillery they may' have had in reserve, one solitary gun was all that was brought to bear on this Protestant address. In other words, a long letter was published in reply to Mr. Scott. This letter, like all the school, is distinguished for an affectation of candour. along with plenty of real disinge nuousness, for its loud praises of church principles, along with lamentable perversions of them. But it has occasioned one great benefit to the cause of real religion. It has called .forth a pamphlet from Mr. Scott in reply, entitled a "Pro test against Tractarianism," and a more calm review of Tractarian errors, and a more conclusive refutation of those handled in it, is not every day to be met with. ,It is every way satisfactory in its contents and in its spirit. Mr. Scott has adduced such an array of authorities from Scripture and our church, and from the recent charges of our bishops, as must make his pamphlet exceedingly valuable as a book of reference. But this is not all; for lie gives copious extracts, and, generally speaking, the ipsissitna verbs of the Tractarian writers themselves. It is a valuable manual indeed in a small compass, especially for those who have no leisure to enter fully into the controversy now being waged. In addi tion to all, the tone of earnest serious piety pervading the " Protest" must commend it to every candid and reflecting mind. Mr. Scott has indulged in no personalities. His letter (for it is in the shape of a. letter to his own diocesan) is di vested of those asperities of language which too often accom pany defensive writings. But as there is point and firmness throughout, his temperate style is more likely to win the reader's assent, as well as to allay all those violent heats so often kindled in controversial discussions to the injury of personal religion. An old writer, referring to the vision of the four horns that scattered Judah, and the four carpenters that came to fraY them, says, • No enemies horn is so strong but God bath an hammer to break it to nieces.' I hope, Sir, we have seen the truth of and for the truth. this in the war f are waged this day against To a spectator of this battle-field it is cheering to notice how the combatants conduct themselves. Of the four mi nister,nm f d b ithfefoul re, or rather five, incl u di ng, as he well de the a Dean of Derry, all in their respective spheres and dignities, have indeed "quit themselves like men." 1 h CAC are cheering fact s , ca l culated to stimulate the of the gospel. en ergies of every lover Above all, gratitude is due to him who raises up and qualifies every defender of the truth. To yoursel f, Mr. Editor, and your u ncompromising jour nal, the Protestant public owe a la rge debt of gratitude. Thanking you for the stand you have always made against Tractarian errors, ry 1 am , Sir, your obedient servant, Lieerpool, June 26th, 1843 SPECTATOR - , .Mft.--__ THE GOVERNMENT AND EDUCATION, iverpool Journal there is an ofL delegates at Newton, for the S a at m u e r e d t a i y n ' g s TO THE EDITOR OF THE LIVERPOOL STANDARD. purpose of opposing the .Factories Education Bill. The ac t states that the meeting took Pl ace in count consequence of a meeting held in Mauchester for the like purpose, at which acc S o l u lt n ' Tg l i i v ' en las o t f mee ting it had been agreed that delegates should meet at Newton from every part of the county palatine of Lancaster, to consider the question ; that 270 delegates. did assemble, and it would appear that the greater number of them were reverends. The following resolution bein g put, was unani mously carried, viz., " That t his meeting records, as its deci ded conviction, that the best means to resist this and all similar attacks upon the rights of conscienc e i n this country, is to enunciate, to hold fast. and t -0_ s pread by all constitutional means, the fundamental principle that the government ought not, and that it is not competent,„l to p rov id e religious instruc tion for the people." No „,I would s u b m i t to any rational man, at all acquainted with the Scriptures, whether this "fundamental principle " does . not decidedly oppose both the whole tenor of Scripture and the very nature and intent of all government. The Scriptures plainly state, that when God established on earth a public church, or worshipping assemblies, he al,, appointed a civil com monwealth or king dom, over which he appointed rulers or governors, arid to these rulers he c ommitted the care and government of the. church : they were to see that the religious ordinances which God had ap pointed should he observed, and the ministers of religion properly supported. In proof of this, see the in structions given at first to Moses, and after to the different rulers ; and for a most decided proof that the care of the church respecting its religious observances . was the bounden, duty of .the civil rulers, see Nehemiah, chapter 13, verses 10 and 11. He charges the rulers with ) having neglected their duty in not seeing that the worsbq of God and the support of the ministers of religion were enforced. And We find, that during the whole period of the Jewish church and nation, when the government attended to thei d r. e ! I ty of causing the ordinances and worship to be duly attend d to, the people became pious and moral, and of course b . aPpy and prosperous. And that the principle of the resoln i t l ion is opposed to the nature and intent of government, wlappear by considering that the sole reason for a ppointing . government, and the sale use for inted, is to give happine which they are LIPP° inted with th ss to the people ; anti any one at all acqua e Christian religion i huut aknowledge and will grant, that without be no really line practice of its principles, there can happiness on earth. Yet the principle of the resolution t teaches, that an irreligious man, or an unbeliever of the c r.istian religion, would be just as good a ruler as the most pious christian ; how different this is from the teaching of scripture, sec 2, Samuel xxiii. 3.: He that rule _ t i i ove r man must be j ust, ruling in the fear resolution speaks of of God." But the the rights of consci ence, and attacks on these rights, do the holders of such opinions ever cons ider, that the consci ence of any • y man, is he has formed respectin g merely the belief d hence the 'g any moral or re ligious subjects , . , Saviour conscience is far oftener t. Our erroneous than correct. would of some men he so erroneous, that they consciences ,and pleasin g t should think it their •neighbour; rarely who passed the resolu tiondering their t or sanction such would not respect . .. _conscience. It is a . l ell-known fact, thate ve ry child born in these king sdimpibe Br i t i s h government, is born a child of the under the g overnment takes the charge of it, and ar i t; ' and as such will .a 'take it from under the contarnoslhof its parents, should they injure or use it improperly;t,l educatecince government are bound to see that it is propey impartialand preserved from erroneous principles. A • n) ,, ' , would, 1 think, person reading the ac count of the above meetin be led to some thing reflection :—That any 1, 9 such hold and idea adopted, and long cherished, ma. of the possession of the withstand the force plainest facts, which mind as to .st it; in fact, that a kind of infatuation would militate again d that hence arise conies over the mind, and . ng word of Gott, great neces sity of trying, by the unerri every principle Proposed for our acceptance. P or which may be Pro we hold, pool, June 22, 1843 A. M. SPORTING NEWS, NEWTON RACES.-FRIDAY. t he a ssemblage raee-t ra t i l n i this a t day ma be gleaned T half-Past t twelve, there were not less than thirteen first-class and four_ teen second-class carriages, carrying 540 henu fr m o e u r i ie t a i l ie st f r a e c n t g , th th o a f t, th b e y passengers. The arrangements were all that could be required. Alr. Ettv officiated as clerk, and Capt. White acted for Mr, vansittari, one of the stewards. , The ST. HELENS PURSE of 50 soya, added to a Sweepstakes of 15 sovs each, 10 sus ft, for two-year-olds, bat 71b ; three, Bst 10Ib ; fillies allowed 31b. The winne r of the Golborne or St. Leger on Thursday, to carry 41b extra. The Golborne Course. The second to save his stake.. Ten subscribers. Mr Meiklam's ch c Philip, 3 yrs .... 1 Mr W'hitworth's br I Gipsy Queen, 3 yrs Mr F. It. Price's h f The Li l y , 3 y rs Mr Talentire's b c Batwing, 3 yrs ................... ... 0 M r King named ch Iby Muley Moloch or Jupiter, 2 yrs. 0 yrs Mr B. Milner named b c Mandari n , 3 .............. 0 Sir J. Gerald's bl cby Sheet Anchor, 2 yrs The BOROUGIi Cur of 100 sovs in specie, added to a Handi cap Sweepstakes of 20 soya each, 10 ft, and only 5, &c. The winner of the Manchester, or Lord of the Manor's Cup, this year, to carry 31b extra. The owner of the se cond horse to receive 25 says from the stakes. One mile and a half. Twenty-one subscribers. 7 9 Mr Meiklarn's b c Aristotle, 4 yrs 1 6 7 Mr Thompson's b g Hudibr as, 5 yrs 7 11 Mr B. Buckley's b c David, 4 yr 5.......... 8 2 Mr Toke's br ni Ermengardis, 5 yrs .. 7 8 Sir J. Gerard's ch f Meal, 4 yrs 0 7 3 Mr Harrison's ch c Wilfred, 4 yrs 6 12 Mr Legh named br f Atalanta, 4 yrs The NEWTON STAKES , a Handicap of 5 sous each, will 30 added, for three-year -olds and upwards. 7 G Mr Price's gr f Valentina, 4 yrs 7 2 Mr Clifford's br g Palmmon, 5 yrs 9 0 Mr Harrison's b g Pickpocket, aged .. 7 2 Mr Langshaw's Lady Alice, 3 yrs A PLATE of £5O, for three-year-olds, GA 71b; four, I st 916 ; five, 9st 31b;. six and aged, 9st 61b. Mares and geldinr,.,,r allowed 31b. Heats, one mile and a half.' The winner tri be sold for 150 sov , , if demanded. Mr Ni. Jones's ch c Delamere, 3 yrs Mr Jones's b g ' Pubalcain, aged... Mr King's br I Atalanta, 4 yrs ... Sir J. Gerard's ch I Meal, 4 yrs.. . Mr Court's c 11 g Bedalian, 6 yrs • Mr Heap's b f by Liverpool, 3 yrs 0011 1 022 2133 02 00 0 d 0 0 d - ..... The races terminated at nine o'clock. ------____ = _ - -1 A N D late T Duchess .— of s e tf.o Alba l o wi n n s g "Pcaossnatgaeinsi-na sad ten of h " Memoirs t e 4, god boom truth :--1 ' lew persons have seen so much of the m ' e various aspects, I may say of the two extremes of life, as yself; and few persons, therefore, can be better judges of the difference between great poverty and great wealth ; but, after all, this does not by any means constitute the chief and most important distinction between high and low states. N o ; the signal—tile striking contrast is not in the external cir cumstances, but' in the totally opposite minds of the two classes as to their respective enjoyment of existence. The res of the present y cared for no society in which I formerly moved was all cheerfulness, 11l h th ig ii h ig s , ptiirwitusg, thought tlol of nothing n tu o i t , hing b frolic,e yaonnddvtihvaecpitlyea;suthe hour, and to those they gave themselves up with thing keenest relish, be ook at the circn which I now mov th e ; e can any L more ' weary, stal les i e, Hat, and unprofitable' than their whole course of life? Why. one might as well be on the treadmill as toiling in the stupid, monotonous round of what they call pleasure, but which is, in fact, very cheerless and heavy work."