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in mountain fastnesses, ok beneath the Foteeting canopy of darkness But such a demand, you will say, will not be conceded by the legislature, even with the additional strength which Po pery will have received from the passing of Lord l‘lorpeth's bill. The House of Lords, at all events, will stand firm against such a glaring attack upon the religion of their Pro- testant fellow-countrymen in Ireland. I admit that such a proposition—in purls naturalibus—would not be entertained in either house as yet. But let it be borne in mind that Po pery works for instalments; and we know how readily a re formed (?) House of Commons can grant those instalments, whilst the experience of the present week has shown us how the House of Lords stands firm against violations of " the But admitting great principles of the reformation whole force of the objection to such a measure being enter tained by the present Houses of Parliament, are we to sup pose that the concession to democracy, which is contained In Lord Morpeth's bill, is to be confined to Ireland alone ? Oh, no. There is a class in this country too upon whose " sufferance" Lord Melbourne and his colleagues hold the reins of government. The fierce voluntaryism which, rages amongst the population of the manufacturing towns in Eng land and in Scotland demands to be appeased. The English radicals in the House of Commons have the price of their support of this bill to receive, and that price is at present the 3f the reform bill, if not abolition of the rate-paying clauses as yet the lowering of the franchise to a Indisputably the extension of the democratic interest in the House of Commons must follow the passing of Lord Morpeth's bill. With what consistency can it be refused? UPOII what plea ? Is an English cotter in our counties, or a mechanic in our large towns, less independent or less enlight ened than the corresponding class in the sister country? I Will not so far libel my fellow-countrymen as for a moment to entertain the supposition. But to what, 1 ask—primarily— would the extension of the franchise to the £5 occupiers in our large towns inevitably lead? Why—to this I answer ; to the return of at least 50 members from the large manu facturing boroughs throughout the kingdom, bound hand and foot to further by their votes in Parliament the projects of Popery ! Could any independent member—could any man who had not previously conciliated the Church of Rome and brought over her interest in his favour,—presume to offer himself as the representative of Man Chester, with its 80,000 Papists, of Preston, Bolton, Stockport, Wigan, and a host of other towns in which an Irish Catholic working population is congregated ? Undoubtedly not. In those towns under the operation of a franchise approaching even in extent that sought to be conferred upon Ireland, the Roman Catholic population, marshalled as they would be, and are even now into a compact body, under the guidance of the £5 rating test priesthood, could turn the scale as effectually in favour of that candidate who might have succeeded in securing the good wishes of " the Church," as the Popish body in parliament can now turn the scale in favour of the government which has gained " by compact" the good wishes of the same power. The House of Commons, then, by which the designs of Popery against the Established Church of Ireland are to be worked out—(and how soon those designs will be directed against the Church of England too, I will not stay to in quire)—is not such a house as we should have by the mere passing of this measure. Popery is too astute a pupil of Machiavel to attempt with her own hands to remove the jewel Protestantism from the crown of our Sovereign. The " holy order of Jesus" exercises too great an influence in the councils of the Vatican, to allow of a policy which would draw upon Rome and her mummeries the crushing weight of a people's indignation—and that people the people of Eng land. No, no. Rome forges the bolts, and strings the weapon which is to drive them home ; but another hand must be found, and will be found, to discharge it. A British par liament composed of mingled puritanism and infidelity—o men stained equally with blood and with hypocrisy—was found at no remote period of our history to apply the torch to the sacred fanes of our fathers ; and a similar body, in whose deceitful professions of conscientious scruple is con cealed a deep hatred of the Church of England, and whose " liberal" principles in religion will not prevent them from allying themselves with Popery or even with infidelity itself to advance their object, will compose the parliament by which Rome hopes to work the downfall of the Protestant church of this empire. The securing of such a parliament—in which rabid dis Sent, open infidelity and undiluted Popery will be happily blended , is the ulterior object aimed at by the promoters of this bill. Give Popery her first demand ;—give her a £5 qualification iu Ireland—and she will wring from your hands the same concession in favour of her dissenting allies, the English and Scotch " voluntaries." HostilLy to the established Protes tant church of the realm is the sure passport to her favour. Her consummate skill in detecting the workings of the human mind is not duped by the pretences of your church- rate martyrs, or even of your liberal" churchmen. She on mould all alike—the cunning and the duped— into bah-a rnents of offence to work out her own long and deeply cherished designs. . Fellow Protestants=--can you perceive any mode of escape from the ruin—the certain and inevitable ruin—' towards which an unprincipled faction is hurrying the destinies of this great nation: Can any merely ordinary e rtion on the part of British constituencies arrest permanently the flood of de. mocracy which is about to be let in upon us, through so many rents and seams in the once boasted constitution of our country ? No, no I—you. cannot. The vital principle of that constitution —the principle of Protestant ascendancy—is W e Possess now only the mangled remains of that constitution ; and, although we may now denounce the bill of Lord Mo rpeth—although we may point hereafter to those mangled remains, and exclaim with the Roman, Mark Antony—‘, See what a rent the envious Casca made!" we must conclude with him that it Vas the sword of Brutus which struck to the heart ; it was at his fatal stab that the spirit of the mighty Caesar fled. Yes, the fatal measure of 1829 it was which laid in ruins the fabric of the British con stitution ; and in a further and a final letter I will endeavour to show that its repeal alone can ultimately repair the in- Jury, and that THE PASSING OF LORD MORPETH ' S BILL -MUST BE THE SIGNAL FOE EVERY PROTESTANT CONSTI TUENCY THROUGHOUT THE EMPIRE TO AGITATE FOR THAT REPEAL ISHMAN A PROTESTANT ENGLI Liverpool, 20th March, 1841. OUR PORTRAIT GALLERY No. 1 SIR JOSHUA WALMSLEY, KNT. We have long had an ambition to hand down to posterity a few of the illustrious worthies of which our good old town can boast ; and if we must confess the reason why we have decided to make our first essay upon the Oxford knight, whose name we have affixed in good bold type at the head of this article, it is because, in spite of our Tory predilections, we cannot but consider that loyalty demands of us to honour hint first whom the Queen has " delighted to honour." We did purpose to present to our readers, in addition to our own laudation, the " facial developments" of the subjects of our sketches ; but what pencil less talented then those of Cruikshank or of Phiz could have done justice to the classical features of such individuals as those whom we destine to im mortality in our columns? Could an ordinary daJbe'r—a man whose whole soul was not absorbed in his art—paint the vivida via animi displayed in the face of an Earle, a Bolton, or a Rathbone ? He could not; and, despairing of our ability to find an artist sufficiently talented, we have abandoned the attempt, and determined to rely upon the un aided strength of our descriptive powers. Sir Joshua Walmsley—knight in prcesenti, and M.P. in embryo—is not a large specimen of humanity ; and we may remark, that few men of the high order of intellect to which Sir Joshua unquestionably belongs, have ever ranged beyond the ordinary standard of drummer boys in a marching regi ment. Napoleon himself, although, " like a Colossus. he Aid bestride this narrow world," was but a morsel of a man. Byron, Moore, and Leigh Hunt, amongst our poets, never stood in their stocking feet much above five feet nothing ; and, " last and least"—the quotation doesn't serve exactly — Lord John Russell himself—the patriot, the statesman, and the philosopher—has been very justly compared to what lawyers term " the smallest coin in the realm"—a farthing— Let no man, therefore, score of his deficiency in longi- la Burke or u la Fu; but purely in a style of his own,pa happy mixture of the " malaprop" and f " bubble-and-sqeak" schools of oratory. „A.s is the case with most great speakers' the knight turns " ever and anon" a lozenge in his mouth, and gets rather red in the face—a characteristic o! the fervid and impassioned speaker. His addresses, too, have one ad mirable quality ; viz., that in perusal you may begin in the middle or at the end without losing the sense. Nay, we once tried the experiment of reading only each alternate sen tence, and found the sense improved rather than the reverse. With respect to his general attainments, we are not aware that the worthy knight is a great classical sell:Aar, or is pos sessed of deep historical, philosophical, metaphysical, or theological lore We are informed, however, that he is so far proficient in the Welsh. language—although it is so re cently that his attention has been directed to its study—that he is at present engaged in the compilation of a Welsh ad dress, to be issued in the event of a dissolution of Parlia ment; and that there is every probability of his becoming a competitor for the bardic prize at the next Eisteddfod. We have heard, too, that he has an ambition to contend for the prize of honour as a performer upon the Welsh harp ; but Ni disbelieve the rumour Sir Joshua is after all but a Whig and no man who has " music in his soul" was ever a Whig LITERARY NOTICES, The Asiatic Journal. Allen & Co., Leadenhall-street At a period when our relations with India and China are more complicated, and involve graver results than heretofore, the number of the Asiatic Journal for March is peculiarly acceptable, containing as it does an able and comprehensive digest of the recent important events in the eastern world, besides a variety of interesting articles of a lighter and amus ing character. The " Review of Eastern News," which forms the opening paper, will be perused with deep attention, par ticularly as regards Affghanistan and China. " Hindoo Wo men," as described in a discourse delivered by a native young gentleman, at a new Society for the Acquisition of General Know l Pdge, furnishes a gratifying example of the growing acquirements and taste of the better order of natives, and gives promise of the refinement, by intellectual culture, at no very distant period, of the people of India. " Wood's Jour ney to the Oxus," is a- pleasing detail of eastern adventure and discovery. The article entitled " The Poetical Charac ter of Bfshop Heber," is a tribute of merited admiration to the genius of an accomplished divine and truly amiable man. The " Memoirs of a Griffin" is an amusing sketch of a first visit to India. The description of the approach to Calcutta by water is excellent, and conveys a lively idea of the luxur iant outskirts and the general splendour of that proud me tropolis of British India. The other articles, including a " Memoir of the late Lieutenant Loveday," and a " Review of Glegg's Memoirs of Warren Hastings," are of considerable merit, and we Can safely recommend the whole number as well worth the attention of all who feel interested in the affairs of the east: The Law and Practise relating to the Constitution and Management of Assurance, Banking, and other Joint Stock Companies. By Swinton Boult, secretary to the Liverpool Fire and Life Insurance Company. London, Ridgways : Liverpool, Wareing Webb. This is a judicious pamphlet, well timed, and written by a man evidently conversant with the subject. Mr. Boult says he " aims at nothing beyond an elucidation of the wants experienced, and of the principles which should test the real value and probable operation of any suggestion to supply them." Whilst advocating the joint-stock system, he has discussed these points with such moderation and knowledge as cannot fail to recommend his views to the public. Six Lessons in Short-hand. By P. B. Templeton. Lon don : Orr and Co. ; Manchester : Heywood. The basis of Mr. Templeton's system is Taylor's, whose alphabetical characters are neat and lineal, and when written may be readily deciphered. The work before us, however, is not a mere rehash, but is in effect a new, and certainly one of the best treatises on the subject of short-hand published for some years. The rules, which in reality are few in num ber, but which in some works have been minutely sub divided, so as to be almost incomprehensible at the age when their study should be commenced, are here rendered exceed ingly simple. "He that runs" may indeed read them. An additional recommendation is that they are brought down to the present state of the art, as practised by the best news paper reporters. On these grounds we have no hesitation in recommending this publication to all who feel interested in the progress of a science of so much public ptility and private advantage as stenography. There are quacks in all profes sions, and short-hand has not escaped, as the foll Owing little anecdote, which we quote from Mr. Templeton's preface, will shew " Between three and four years ago a person named —, who had been for some time in Manchester professing to teach writing, mental calculations, short-hand, &c, found his way to Middleton. a little town midway between Manchester and Rochdale, where he issued flaming bills announcing the wonders he was about to perform in the way of communicat ing knowledge. The author of this treatise, happening to be passing through the town in company with a friend, who is also a good stenographer, was induced, by way of curiosity, to call upon this professor for the purpose of seeing what his capabilities were in reference to short-hand. The worthy teacher, after showing his alphabet, and reiterating his assur ances that if we took his four or six lessons, we should be very competent short-hand writers, exhibited a specimen of what one of his pupils had done with the aid of his instruc tions. This specimen, which was written upon one side of a common sheet of writing paper, (which side, by the way, was not half filled, the writing, too, being in a very large charac ter)—this specimen, we were assured, contained the whole of a sermon which had occupied three quarters of an hour in the delivery. Having expressed our astonishment that so much matter could be comprised within so limited a space, the professor, in order to convince our stubborn understand ings, began to read it. The task, however, was not quite so easy as was expected ; and after having gone over, in the most bungling fashion, four or five lines, which was about one-third of the whole specimen, and occupied something like a minute and a half in the reading, the gentleman, with the greatest possible composure, laid down his specimen, and proceeded to expatiate on the extraordinary things that might be achieved by stenography. We assured him we had often heard what wonderful feats short-hand writers could acomplish, but that nothing we had ever either heard or, seen was at all to be compared with the superiority of his system, which seemingly could enable a p u p il to take down a sermon occupying three-quarters of an hour in its delivery, the whole of which he might afterwards read in five minutes ! The gentleman had not another word to say." • After this, though it is scarcely necessary, we should be unjust if we omitted to mention that Mr. Templeton is an excellent practical reporter, well competent to discern and expose the tricks of such pretenders. We anticipate that his book will be the means of preventing " payment in advance" being obtained by these impostors. In conclusion, we again recommend these " Six Lessons." The work is neatly got up, and by no means dear consider ing the quantity and the quality of its contents./ An Essay on Deafness. By D. Cronin. Wertheim, London. This essay, to those afflicted with deafness, will prove very acceptable. Mr. Cronin appears thoroughly to understand the construction of the ear, and seems well acquainted with its diseases. A variety of interesting cases are given in the work, which have met with a speedy cure in Mr. Croniu's hands. We recommend this little essay to the notice of all who require the aurist's aid, and doubt not, under the au thor's treatment, that the valuable faculty of hearing will be restored. His method is simple, but at present a secret to himself. ECCLESIASTICAL AND UNIVERSITY INTELLIGENCE ( From the Oxford Herald.) PROMOTIONS. Rev. R. Allen, RectOic;tliarconahe, Sussex, to the Pre bend of Exceit, on the presentation of her Majesty. Rev. C. H. Bromby, 8.A., of St. College, Cambridge, to the Head Mastership of the Stepney Proprietary School. Rev. G. 0. Townsend, to be Chaplain to the British Resi dents at St. Germain-ea-Lave, in the room of the Rev. W. Wright, D.C.L. Rev. S. Edmund Walker, M.A., late Crosse Theological Scholar in the University of Cambridge, to the Rectory of St. Columb Major, Cornwall, void by the death of the Rev. John Trefusis ; patron, Edmund Walker, Esq. Rev. T. Townsend, Curate of Doonas, to the Rectory of Kilruane ' vacant by the death of the Rev. T. Hawkesworth. Alfred Wrigley, 8.A., of St: John's College, Cambridge, to be the Mathematical Master of the Artillery and En gineers' Seminary at Addiscombe, Surrey. Rev. Owen Jones, Curate of Talyllyn,_ to the Vicarage of Towyn, Merionethshire, vacant by the death of the Rev. J. M. Edwards ; patron, the Bishop of Bangor. Rev. R. Dixon, M.A., to be Principal of King William's College, Isle of Man, in the room of the Rev. A. Phillips, M. k., resigned. Rev. Henry Robert Lloyd, M.A., to the Donative of Taliaris, Caermarthenshire, vacant by the death of the Rev. J. Roberts; patron, William Peel, Esq., of Taliaris. Rev. William Aldrit, to the Chaplaincy of the Wells Union Workhouse. The Lord Bishop of Hereford has instituted the Reverend Oliver Ormerod, M.A., incumbent of Birch-within-War rington, Lancashire, and Domestic Chaplain to the Lord Viscount Canning, to the Rectoy and Vicarage of Presteign and Discoyd, in the diocese of Hereford, vacant by the death of the Rev. James Beebee ; patron, the Earl of Oxford and Mortimer. On the Bth instant, the Rev. George Edward Maunsell, 8.A., of Christ Church, was instituted, by the Lord Bishop of Peterborough, to the Rectory of Thorpe Malsor, North amptonshire, vacant by the death of the Rev.. J. Young ; patron, T. P. Maunsell, Esq. The Rev. W. W. Tireman, M.A., Fellow of Magdalen College, has been presented to the Rector y of Bow ers Gif ford, essex, void by the cession of the Rev. J. Bluck, The Rev. Daniel Butler, M.A., of Lincoln College, has been elected Master of the Clergy Orphans' School, St. John's Wood, London. SUPERSTITION. — An inquest was held on Tuesday, at the Infirmary, on the body of P. Hayes, aged 40, a labourer, unmarried, It appeared from the evidence of Mar y Coo p er, landlady of th e "Fortune of War," Marsh-street, where the deceased lodged, that on Wednesday night, the Bth inst., he got up between twelve and one o'clock, and fell down stairs. Witness, bearing the noise, asked what was the matter? and Hayes replied, It is me; lam dead." lie w as at that time a little in drink. Th e witness' then proceeded—" The next he compl a i ne d, an d was b rou ght here (the Infir mary),and attend e d b y t h e d octors o f this house. I rather morning think he saw a ghost, which haunts the .house. It is the ghost of a lady in silk, an d h as b een t ro ublesome to som e former Lodgers. Two or three lodgers have been kill ed in the same house, and no doubt frightened from the s ame cause !!! I have never seen th e ghost myself." Mr. Wat son deposed that the deceased had received injury in the cer vical vertebrae, for which proper treatment was used, but be died that morning. Verdict, accidental death.—Brielot Journal. • ' a mite—the " widow's mite 1 " sneeze at Sir Joshua on tl tudinal proportions There is nothing very extraordinary to a common observer in the features of our knight, which are somewhat juvenile, and altogether void of that spiritualised expression which commonly may be traced in the features of genius. When pursuing his every day avocations, his toute ensemble is that of a plain and plodding man of business. But it is when seated upon the judicial bench, or upon the platform, that you see in all his glory the man who at no distant day is destined " the applause of listening senates to command." It is when unravelling some knotty case at the Sessions House—when having listened attentively to the swearing of some enlightened Patlander, and the counter-swearing of his brother of the hod, Dennis or Murphy—he " assumes the god—affects to nod, and seems to shake the spheres ;" at that moment of awful pondering it is that an acute observer of the workings of the human mind may trace the convictions which a re pictured upon those anxious features, and read as plain as noon-day the solemn judgment which is being formed within—that " there is a good deal to be said on both sides" —a judgment, we may remark, which " nobody can deny." Indisputably, it is in the performance of his public duties, as a ma g i s t ra te or as a politician, that Sir Joshua is most to be admired. Often when viewing, his dignified demeanour, in presiding over some of our public meetings, we have been transported back in imagination to our school -days, and fancied ourselves an admiring listener to the stern accents of rebuke with which the " king of men" was wont to rule the stormy councils of his host. The " godlike Agamemnon" has shone forth to our rapt gaze in the person of the worthy knight ; although we have looked in vain for Diomed or Ajax, Nestor or Ulysses, in the wiseacres who bowed before his mighty nod. To those of our readers who have listened to him at such gatherings, we need not expatiate upon the consummate powers of eloquence with which Sir Joshua is wont to throw a light and a grace upon every subject which he touches. No man can be so affecting upon the subje-t of the corn laws; no man can so forcibly declaim in support of the rights of the poor. His eloquence is not Ciceronian or Demosthenic, LOCAL NEWS SINGULAR CASE OF LOCK JAW. — On Friday an inques' was held on the body of John Hill, a boy eight years old, who died of lock-jaw, under the following singular circumstances. Another boy and the deceased were playing together on Thurs day week in Hill-street, Toxteth-park, on some balks, and in the act of running over them a piece of wood stuck into his Not. The deceased pulled the splinter out, and the wound bled a good deal, but by putting some oakum to it he was enabled to walk home. His mother saw his foot swelled the next day, and on asking him the cause, he said a piece of iron had fallen upon it. On Saturday it appeared to get worse, but the boy was still able to walk about. On Tuesday night he went to bed quite hearty, but the next morning he became sick, and could not get up. From nine o'clock on Wednes day morning until one o'clock on Thursday afternoon, he had a constant succession of fits, which terminated in his Thi medical man, Mr. Leech, when called in, found ht scr The usual medicine was ad ministereo at it was unavailing—the disease was lock jaw, a slight scratch on the instep of which he died. TIDE GOVERN= FENNER. — This unfortunate vessel, it would seem, has gone to pieces on the coast of Wales. The mate, we understand, has been down to Criccieth'and Aber ffraw, and recovered a trunk belonging to himself, and another the property of his wife, which had been thrown up in that neighbourhood. The beach for sixty miles along the coast was thickly strewed with portions of the wreck. At Aber ffra w, a chest belonginc , to Wm. Thorns, one of the passengers from Cheltenham, we believe, and containing wearing appa rel, books, and sixty pounds in money had been found, and at Criccieth, a trunk, full of female dresses, belonging to a couple lately married at Chester, but whose names are not in our possession, has been cast up by the waves. In the trunk of Mr. Thorns, a letter was found, written by Mr. Dugan, of Waterloo-road, recommending the bearer to his relatives in America. H im they made acquainted with the affair, and he immediately wrote to Mrs. Thorns on the subject; and on Friday morning Mr. Dugan and the widow returned from Wales, bringing with them the contents of the trunk, con sisting of clothes, 13 sovereigns, 2 American eagles, and 250 dollars, which she sold to Messrs. Durandu and Luff, money brokers. It is stated that several other boxes have come on shore at different parts of the coast, and the hull of the Go vernor Fenner was seen only a few days since: It is to be hoped the vessel may be recovered, as there is little doubt there are many valuables still remaining in her. OPERATIVE PROTESTANT ASSOCIATION.—A numerous meeting was held in St. Michael's School-room, Parr-street, on Friday evening, for the purpose of forming a branch of the Protestant Operative Association in connection with Pitt-street and Great George-street districts. The Rev. H. Carpenter presided, and, after opening the proceedings with prayer, addressed the meeting at some length, in the course of which he stated the objects the-association had in view, namely, to enlighten the members of the Church of England on those great and fundamental truths on which themselves and the Church of Rome were at issue, and to lay before the members of the Church of Rome tha errors in which they are involved, in order that, by contrasting those errors with the gospel of Christ, they might embrace the truth. After stating that the Rev. Mr. Ould was prevented by indisposi tion from being present, Mr. Swindley proposed and Mr. Ashbrook seconded the first resolution, which was to the effect that Popery was opposed to the freedom of the gospel. The Rev. Mr. Marshall proposed and Mr. Woonurne se conded the next resolution, that the encroachments at pre sent making by the Romish church in Great Britain, and the apathy of professing Protestants, call loudly for active exer tion on the part of the Operative Protestant Association. The next resolution was proposed by the Rev. Mr. Mansfield and seconded by Mr. Crisp, to the effect that the district branch be formed. Several other excellent speeches were made, a large number entered their names as members, thanks were proposed to the rev. chairman, and the meeting separated. All the resolutions were unanimously carried. DISPUTED SEAMAN'S WAGES.—Captain M`Pherson, of the Mary Ann Peters, appeared on Saturday before Mr. Rushton, to answer a summons obtained against him by a seaman named Williams, to show cause why he refused to pay a balance of wages said to be due. Williams stated that he shipped on board the Mary Ann Peters, in Calabar, as chief mate, at £6 a month, and arrived in Liverpool on the 3rd February. On his passage home, the captain " knocked him off work," and refused to pay him his wages.—The ap plicant is a well-known character at the police court, having applied, within the last few days, more than once for wages disputed, and which the court has refused to enforce, it being shown that he had misconducted himself whilst on board the respectivp ships for the service in which lie had claimed com pensation ; in one case it was shown that he had incited the crew to mutiny.—Captain M`Pherson stated, that, when at Calabar, he had taken Williams on board out of sheer cha rity, he at that time being in irons for mutiny in another vessel. On the passage home he found that he was totally useless, and that he was inciting the crew to insubordination ; he therefore determined to put him on shore. The captain gave a case to prove his assertion, but, unfortunately, it was not entered in the log.—Mr. Rushton said, under the cir cumstances, as the captain had no legal objection to resist payment, he must order that the amount due be forthwith paid, but expressed a strong opinion on the conduct of Wil liams, more particularly as he had attempted to injure the character of Captain M`Pherson, as he had done those of several other captains. He was sorry that Captain M`Pher son's charity should have been thrown away upon so worth less a fellow. THE ROCK HARMONICON.—To Mr. Richardson, inventor and proprietor of the rock harmonicon.—Sir, We, who have hereto attached our signatureS, being the teachers of the children in connexion with the charity schools, who have be• nefited, and at the same time been delighted at hearing the sweet music of your admirable invention, the rock harmoni con, beg, on our own and their behalf, to return our sincere thanks for your liberality, in granting gratuitous admission to those to whom, on other terms, the pleasure must have been sacrificed. Having been made acquainted with the his tory of the invention, the children have had an opportunity of learning that industry and perseverance can extract sweet melody and dulcet notes even from rocks. With our sincere wish that your ingenuity and liberality may meet with its just reward, we have the honour to be, sir, your obedient humble servants, William Henry Bell, master of Harrington Free School; Anne Braithwaite, mistress of ditto, William Washington, St. James's School; R. Bulman and D. Wright; Elizabeth M`Bride, Caledonian School; J. Lees, St. Mi chael's School; Jane M`Bride, ditto; John Jones, Moor- fields School Paul's Schur M'Comt lino ; Richard Sim ni DOG STEALlNG.—Yesterday Mr. Thos. Kaye, proprietor of the Liverpool Courier, appeared before Mr. Rushton at the Police-court, to prefer a charge of stealing a dog, his property, against two brothers named William and Matthew Stroud. It appeared that one morning, about two months ago, a boy in Mr. Kaye's service was going along London *road with the dog, and when he was near Lime-street the prisoners.met him, and asked him to whom the dog belonged. He told them it was his master's, and they then desired him to give it I o them, and to say that he had lost it, but he re- ) fused. When he had gone a little further, he discovered the prisoners running away, and that one of them had the dog under his arm.—The prisoners said that Mr. Kaye had had the dog since that time. Mr. Rushton asked them what business they had to steal it? In reply, they denied the charge.—Mr. Dowling explained that the dog had been re stored to Mr. Kaye, but had been stolen again.—Mr. Kaye told the magistrate that the boy was naturally much dis tressed after he had lost the dog, and went to his mother to know what he should do. His mother went with him to the cellar in which the prisoners lived, and there found the dog tied to the bedstock. The boy claimed the dog, and it was liberated. He (Mr. Kaye) then went to Mr. Whitty, to procure the apprehension of the prisoners, but the officers could not succeed. On Saturday last, the dog having es caped from him (Mr. Kaye) whilst he was in Bold-street, it occurred to him that it might be in the cellar where it was found before. Search was made for it this morning; the animal could not be found, but the two prisoners were met with and placed in custody. He (Mr. Kaye) should be sorry to occupy the time of the bench with such a trifling case, had there not existed in this town a regular system of dog stealing.—Mr. Rushton inquired the value of the dog ? Mr. Kaye replied that he had paid 30s. for it some time ago. A dog of value could scarcely be kept at all anywhere; but when it was stolen, if a reward of 10s. was offered, it was frequently brought back for the sake of the reward.—ln answer to the magistrate, Mr. Parkinson said that both the prisoners had been previously before the court.—Mr. Rush ton ordered them to pay 305., the value of the dog, and a penalty of £5 in addition ; in default of payment, they must be committed to hard labour in the House of Correction for one month. And, further, if they were ever brought before him again for dog-stealing, he would app l y the other provi sions of the act to them, and order them both to be well whipped twice.—The prisoners said they were not prepared to pay the money. They were consequently committed. — Mr. Kaye stated, that the boys in the neighbourhood of the cellar had annoyed his boy, from whom the dog had been stolen. Mr. Rushton desired the names of any of them to be given to him who had been guilty of such proceedings. One was given, and an officer was ordered to enforce his attendance to-day (Tuesday). ELECTION OF POOR-LAW GUARDIANS AT FORBIBY.—We are sorry to hear that the poor in the township of Formby are in a most lamentable state of destitution, and that the Paltry relief doled opt under the new poor-law system barely keeps them from starvation. Some old women 70 or SO years of age are compelled to subsist upon Is. or Is. 6 d. per wee k. The election of the guardian for this township, according to the information we have received, does not appear to proceed according to the much boasted practice of purity of election. One of the rural police has been placed at the disposal of the clerk of the board of guardians, and this gentleman takes half of the voting papers, and the assistant-overseer (whose duty it is to deliver the whole) attends to the remainder. The parochial constable enters each house as soon as the assistant-overseer has left it, offers to assist the ratepayer in signing the paper ; and at the same time uses his influence to induce them to vote for a guardian obnoxious to the ma jority of the ratepayers. The parochial constable secures the paper after it is signed, delivers it into the hands of the assistant-overseer, instead of, according to the directions of the poor-law commissioners, allowing it to remain until the 23d, when lie (the assistant-overseer) is bound to call for it. The whig method of carrying out one of their projects is ge nerally as objectionable as the measure itself. EXTRAORDINAY CASE OF ASSAULT.—On Saturday last William Kelly, a pale, withered old man, who appeared to be suffering much pain and to be enfeebled by sickness, appeared before Mr. Rushton, to complain against William Martin, who had been apprehended by warrant for assaulting him. The statement of the complainant was to the effect, that on the 25th February last he went to the house of the prisoner, who forced him to remain the whole afternoon. When at night he wished to go away, the prisoner placed a chain across the door, and fastened it so that he could not get out. Next morning he was very desirous of going away, but he found that the prisoner had hidden his boots. He sought for them a long time, but could not find them ; he was, therefore, com pelled to walk about barefoot. The prisoner was, meanwhile, frolicking about the house, or, as the complainant called it, " cutting his capers", till at length be commenced persecu ting him. After he had thrown him down once or twice, he forcibly pulled down his stockings, and with a knife which he held in his hand cut part of the feet from them. He then, with thesame knife, inflicted a severe gash on the complain ant's foot, across his instep. Then, having made the poker red hot, he told the old man he would make a forrester of him. After he had brandished the poker for a short time, to the infinite terror of the complainant, he put the hot instru ment to his foot and burned it severely. The complainant stated, that he then wept bitterly and begged to be allowed to depart. The prisoner, however, had not yet done with him. Kneading a piece of new bread till he had made it soft, he pressed it firmly on the old man's eyes, and, at the same time putting over his head the noose of a rope which was passed over a hook in the ceiling, he pulled at it, and Kelly, who had his arms at liberty and had taken the dough from his eyes, was terrified lest his persecutor should hang him. He managed to slip his neck from the noose, and again he wept and begged to be set at liberty. Upon this Martin, after shaking him for a short time, threw him heavily to the ground, by which four of his ribs were fractured, A certificate from a surgeon was produced, showing, that the cnt and the burn on the foot had been very severe, and that the ribs of the old man had been fractured. As Kelly hadno witnesses present, Mr. Rushton ordered a constable to go for Mr. Mitchell's servant, who, Kelly said, saw the whole transaction. The servant fully corroborated the testimony of the complainant. The prisoner stated, that the old man told him he had been a soldier, and he (prisoner) took him home to his house, and fed him and used him well. He attributed his misconduct to the influence of drink. Mr. Rushton ordered him to find bail for his appearance to answer an indictment which would ' be preferred at the next sessions, himself in £5O and two . sureties in £25 each. ROYAL INSTITUTION.—At a meeting of the Philosophical Society, last evening, Sir John Salisbury in the chair, a most delightful paper was read from the pen of Mr. Winstanley, on the life, character, and works of Raphael. The essay appeared toexcite profound attention, and was much admired for the learning and research exhibited in it. Mr. Winstan ley illustrated his observations by. many fine engravings. ILLEGALLY PLEDGING. --Daniel Atkins, a mulatto, was yesterday charged, at the Police-court, with having pledged some clothes given him to get washed by seamen. The case was proved, and he was required to pay 125., the value of the articles, also a penalty of 505., or, in default, to be impri soned for one month. The prisoner was tried last assizes for stabbing, but was acquitted. FORCIBLE ENTRY INTO A DRAPER'S SHOP BY A STRANGE CUSTOMER.—Yesterday eveni ng , a cow , th a t was being dri ven along Berry-street, suddenly bolted through the shop window of Mr. Grace, smashing in a very large pane of crown glass, without damaging the wood work. The animal, when she found herself in the " boutique de toile," appeared no Less astonished than the inmates, stood stock still, and per mitted herself to be quietly ejected. It is not known whe ther she performed the feat by being overdriven, or by taking fright at some object in the street. DEATII BY SCALDING.—An inquest was held on Satur day, before Mr. Curry, on view of the body of Esther Bibby Potts, a child of two years old, who lived with her parents in Cotter's-place, Cotter-street, Toxteth-park. On the morn ing of Thursday deceased was scalded by a pot of hot coffee, which was left near her on the table. Her left side was much injured. She was taken to the Dispensary, and dressed ; but gradually declined until Friday morning, when she died. Verdict, " Accidental death" accordingly. STEALING LEAD.-At the Police-court, yesterday, Geo. Johnson was charged with stealing a quantity of lead, the property of Mr. Foster, from the top of a pantry, in a pas sage leading out of Renshaw -street. He was found carrytng it by a police-officer. He said he had received it from ano ther man, who said he would give him something to carry it for him to Fontenoy-street. The prisoner had before been committed for felony. and he was sentenced to three months' imprisonment in the House of Correction. STEALING A COPPER PUMP.—A man named Elias Hughes was yesterday charged with having obtained felonious pos session of a copper pump. Evan Jones said he was an en gineer in the service of Messrs. Ricbard and Cornthwaite, who have a rice-mill in Manesty-lane. The prisoner came to him in the engine-house, and said he wanted Mr. Taylor's pump. Witness was aware that the prisoner bad worked for Mr. Taylor, but afterwards found he had given the pump to the wrong person. The prisoner was watched as he carried it away, by another person, into Hanover-street. Mr. Samuel Taylor, oil and colour merchant, Seddon-street. said the prisoner had been in his service up to the 11th instant, when he discharged him. He was aware that witness had a pump at Messrs. Richard and Cornthwaites ,' but he was not sent for it. It was worth from £5 to £6. The prisoner was found by the police in a cellar in Circus-street. SUICIDE.—An inquest was:held on Saturday before Mr. Curry, on view of the body of Patrick 'Wallace. Catherine Taylor said the deceased, who was 60 years of age, and a tailor by trade, had lodged with her for five years, in Rut ledge-court, Blundell-street. On Thursday he went to bed about half-past eight o'clock, a little in drink. She did not see him again till next day, when she had occasion to go into his room, and on opening the door she saw the deceased in a sitting posture in bed, with something black round his neck, and the other end fastened to a hook in the wall. She thought he was hanging and screamed out, and some persons came to her assistance. He was cut down. and she soon afterwards saw him dead on the bed. She had never observed anything in his manner that induced he , to think he was at all de ranged in his mind. He was a very quiet, inoffensive man, and used to take a little drink on a Saturday or Sunday. and came home a little tipsy, but never in a state of great intox ication.—Peter Johnson had seen the deceased on the same day, a little in liquor, and conversed with him. He was called in by the last witness, and found him as described, with a piece of listing round his neck, and the other end fastened to a black silk stock, which was again fastened to a hat-pin in the wall. He was cut down, and was found to be quite dead and cold. A surgeon was called, but could ren der no assistance. There was nothing in his manner that led him to think he was out of his mind.—Francis Williams, publican, Blundell-street, said the deceased had called at his house on Thursday morning, and asked him to let him have a glass of whiskey, which he refused, 'as the deceased was in liquor. He appeared perfectly well, and spoke rationally. — Martha Mills, who lodged in the same house with the de• ceased saw him on Wednesday, when he appeared quite well. She observed nothing in his manner to lead her to think he was deranged ; but a few days before he seemed to be in a melancholy state of mind, and talked of going to Dublin to see his daughter, who resided there. He was rather re served but appeared toibe quite in his senses. The jury re turned a verdict of felo de se, and orders were given for the interment of the body privately within the hours fixed by law. A SEAMAN'S WIFE DROWNED IN THE COBURG DOCK. -:--Yesterday, an inquest was held before Mr. Curry, on view of the body of Ann Smith, wife of one of the crew of the lazarette Newcastle, now lying in the Coburg Dock. Edward Tilly, one of the hands, said that on Saturday night last he was in the vessel, when deceased came to the quay and wanted to come on board. He opened the gangway, and placed a plank from the ship's side to the quay. He was assisting her on board, and had hold of her hand; and while they were walking along, deceased tripped and fell, and both fell into the dock. He was not able to swim, and called for help, and a policeman came and he was taken out. Before he was rescued he had hold of the clothes of the de ceased, and kept her up ; but he did not know whether her head was above water or not. She was taken out directly after, and carried to the station-house ; and when he next saw her, at eleven o'clock the same evening, she was dead. Deceased was about . 4B years of age. When she fell, she struck against one of the fenders which is placed against the side of the ship. John M`Knedle, the police-officer, said that a man went down by a rope, and kept the deceased up by his feet till she was got out. She appeared to be dead. She was in the water from seven to ten minutes. A surgeon was called, but she was past recovery. Verdict—' ." Acciaen tal death.' LIVERPOOL OPERATIVE PROTESTANT A Last evening a very crowded meeting was held in thi school-room underneath All Saints' Church, Grosvenor street, for the purpose of forming a district branch, for Scot land-road, of the Operative Protestant Assoc sts of the Protestal ncumbent pf All Saints' Church Rev. Andrew I\l`t.;o occupied the chair, and addressed the meeting in an able speech. Mr. James Matthews followed, and with consider able eloquence exposed many of the errors and falsehoods propagated by the Romish church. The other speakers were the Rv. Mr. Orme, Mr. Gleaves, Mr. Leatherbarrow, and Mr. Ashbrooke, each of whom produced much effect. All the resolutions were unanimously carried.—We perceive that a meeting of the St. Simon's branch of the Operative Pro testant Association is appointed to be held on the evening of Thursday next, in Hackin's-hey School-room. DEATH BY FALLING FROM A SHANDRAY.—An inquisition was held before the borough coroner on Saturday, touching the death of John Anderton. Alice Hunter, cousin of the deceased, said that he was about 35 years of age. Last Sun day afternoon, the deceased and another man, named Bates, drove up a shandrey to the house in Lambert. street where he Hued. Deceased was supporting the other man, who was driving. The former got out, and Mr. Bates was taken into the house, bleeding at the head. The deceased took the horse from the shandrey, and put him into the stable. On his return witness, (having heard that they were thrown out,) asked him if he was much hurt, and he said, " not much, but that he was shaken." On the following day he com plained of being hurt, and that he felt it in his hip. On Tuesday he was not able to get up, and a surgeon was spoken of, but he would not consent. He became worse on Wed nesday. A draught was procured for him from a druggist, and, as he gradually became worse, a surgeon was called on Thursday afternoon, but he died on the same evening between 9 and 10 o'clock.—William Bates stated that he was a la bourer, and a friend of the deceased. They were returning from Roby, both fresh. When as far as Kensington they observed a gig before them, going the same way. The de , ceased was driving, at a middling brisk trot, and overtaking the gig. Just as they were passing it, the near wheel of the shandrev got fast between the off wheel and the body of the gig, and both vehicles were upset, and deceased and he were thrown out. Witness was hurt and became insensible, and recollected nothing until the following morning. Deceased was quite capable of driving at the time.—William Fitz said he saw the shandry coming up. The horse was at a gallop, and the driver was whippi ng it. Both parties were thrown out. There was room enough for the shandrey to pass the (rig. There were in the gig a a en tleman and two females. When they recovered from the shock they drove away. The parties in the shandrey were alone to blame.—Francis Wil son, surgeon, attended the deceased on Thursday. He found him in a sinking state. He did not complain of pain. He made a post mortem examination. Death was occasioned by injury to the lungs, the result of external violence. The jury returned a verdict to the effect that the deceased's death was occasioned by injuries accidentally received. It is re markable that the deceased appeared to be much less hurt than his companion who recovered. SUNDAY SCHOOL SOCIET Y OF IRELAND.—Last evening a meeting of the Liverpool Association Auxiliary to the above society was held :in Christ Church. School-room, Christian street. The room was crowded to excess by a most numer ous and respectable assembly. At seven o'clock the chair was taken by the Rev. Fielding Ould, who opened the busi• ness with prayer, and then explained at considerable length, and in a very eloquent and impressive address, the object of the meeting. It was to interest the people, and to obtain funds in aid of the Sunday School Society for Ireland—one of the most important and useful institutions in whose behalf the sympathies of the B r i t i s h pu b lic could possibly be soli cited. It had been established upwards of thirty years—had commenced when there werc not more thun two Sabbath schools in all Ireland, but has now more than three thousand such: schools under its own care. The goad which it had been the means of effecting was incalculable, and he earnestly be sought the meeting to contribute liberally to its aid. A few ladies of his congregation, who Interested themselves in its behalf, had Tor - some time been enabledTo --- Colieet . about sixty pounds a-year—an example which he re commended to the imitation of others --The Rev. Thomas Gregg, of St. Catherine's Church, Dublin, then pleaded the cause of the society in a very powerful speech, re plete with highly impOrtant and interesting statements, which excited the deepest attention, The operatives of the society, he said, had been so successful that it would be now impossible to put the work down. It was in the power of friends to help it forward, but it was not in the power of princes, of earth or hell to put it down —for the Lord had blessed, and was still blessing lit.—Some other rev. gentle men then addressed the meeting, which, after a collection had been made, separated shortly after ten o'clock. C ONCEALI NG TOBACCO. —James Moore, steward of the ship Eleanor, was placed before Mr, Rushton, on Saturday, charged with having concealed beneath some bread, on board the above ship, 12lbs of cigars, for the purpose of defrauding the revenue. The officers who went to rummage the ship, found the cigars in a canister imdand the prisoner ac knowleged they were his. His defence was, that he was a stranger, that he brought them for his own use, and he did not know there was any limit to the quantit y allowed. He was convicted in the pe nalty of £lOO. In defa u lt o f payment he was to be imprisoned 6 months. A representation of the extenuative circumstances will go to the board. MELANCHOLY DEATH. —On Tuesday last, the 19th in stant, an accident of a distressing nature occurred at Lowton, near Newton, the following are the circumstances :—The de ceased, a young woman of the name of Mary Hart, aged 20 years of age, resided with her uncle at Lowton, and on the night of Friday she went into the garden at the back of the house. Deceased had been absent about half an hour, when her uncle, who had been expecting her return for sometime, went in search of deceased, and f in a short time discovered with her ace in a small pool of water her in the garden lying in one of the walks, which was not more than a foot in depth, quite dead. She had apparently fallen down in a fit, with her face in the water, and by that means she was su ff oca t e d. There is no reason , to suppose that the fit she had would, of itself, have caused her death, if she had happened to fall in any other spot than where she did fall. The deceased had n few years ago had the previously been subject to fits, and a misfortune, whilst labouring u er one, to fall on the fire, by which she was so severely burned as to have endangered her life, she being several months before she perfectly re covered. The inquest was to be held yest erday, and the ver dict no doubt would be accidentally drowned or suffocated. DEATH OF SIR JOHN RIC soN.—Thi s di s ti ngu i s h e d HARp lawyer, some years since one of the judges of the Court of Common Pleas (which situation he was obliged to resign in consequence of ill health), died on Thursday at his resid enc e in Bedford-square. Sir John was considered by the profes sion as one of the soundest lawyers of the clay. GRATIFYING ADDITION TO THE NUMBER. OF CHURCHES IN LIVERPOOL We have in a previous number informed our rea Church, after a separation from her of several year into the history of his proceedings during that period, we have no time nor space to enter ; but we sincerely congratu- late the mein kbers of the national establishment, no less than Mr. Aikin himself, upon the circumstance we have men tioned. During Mr. Aikin's connection with the " Christian Instruction Society" he was the means of procuring the erec tion of two buildings for public worship, according to the tenets held by that hody. One of these buildings was in London, and the other in Hope-street, Liverpool. When the rev. gentleman perceived " the error of his ways," he was naturally anxious to return to the ministerial office in the fold he had left: He therefore applied to the Lord Bishops of London and Chester to license the two buildings referred to, aud, on clue proof of his earnestness and sincerity, their lordships assented. Unfortunately, with respect to the building in London, it was found to have been built within the distance that the act of parliament states churches shall be erected from each other, and consequently the bishop had no power to grant the necessary license, which but for this circumstance he unquestionably would. The case was diffe rent with the building in Liverpool ; our venerable diocesan issued the license, and it is now ,_called St. John the • Evangelist's. On Sunday last (after having been postponed for a week, in consequence of the death of a relative of the Rev. Hugh Nl`Neile) the church was opened for the celebration of divine worship in connection with our unrivalled national church. The Rev. Hugh M`Neile was the morning preacher, and the new incumbent, the Rev. Robert Aikin, preached in the evening. The church on both occasions, but particularly in the morning, was crowded to excess, great interest having been excited in the neighbourhood by the event. As Mr. M`Neile's discourse bore strongly upon the neces sity of an established church, and the evils of dissent, we make no apology for inserting the subjoined sketch of it : The Rev. Gentleman selected as his test the following words—the 10th verse of the 14th chapter of St. Paul's First Epistle to the Corinthians—" Let all things be done decently and in order." He then commenced as follows : Brethren,—l have in the first place to congratulate you, which I do very cordially, on your accession to the estab lished church. Your minister has seen and felt, and I trust so have you all, the complicated evils of separation from the church, with all its consequent irregularities and confusions. Conscious of his past errors, he has not been ashamed or afraid to make a due, candid, and manly acknowledgment of them. As a first step towards brotherly forgiveness and happy reconciliation this is all that fellow creatures unable to search the heart have any christiau right to require. Some thing more than this may, indeed, be fairly and properly re quired previous to renewed co-operation. Before we can co-operate with confidence, we may, without any lack of courtesy or kindness, require not only an acknowledgment of error in time past, but also a pledge that there shall be no wilful repetition of such error. This pledge your minister has frankly and honestly given. I hail as such a pledge his request respectfully submitted to our bishop, that he may be permitted to retrace his steps, and again to occupy a position in which he can give practical and permanent proof of his attachment to the regularity of established order among men, as well as to the saving efficacy of the revealed truth of God. The bishop, iu the exercise of a wise discretion, and animated with sentiments of paternal tenderness towards wayward granted the request, and given his episcopal license minister and to this house of prayer. Then followed ar, quest to me, as a brother clergyman, that I would occupy this place on this occasion. I met that request with the frank ness and cordiality of a brother, and having communice with the bishop and received his lordship's express _ and approbation, I am now among you, first to bear thi: brief testimony to these very gratifying facts, and then to ,nction call your serious attention to some ProTninent points in your position and duty as members of the Church of England. . . - The first point then, to be ~,tat never lost sign of, is the distinction between those truths which are revealed by God, to be taught in the church of Christ, and to be be lieved for salvation ; and those arrangements, rites, and ceremonies, which are instituted of men, in England or else where, for the preservation of decency and order. This dis tinction•is not fanciful or arbitrary. It is not invented for convenience sake, to make a case ; but is fundamental and imperatively demanded by the Scripture itself. This I hope to make plain to you. Consider the truths which are revealed by God, to be taught in the church of Christ, and which are to be believed for sal vation. These are all comprised in Jesus Christ, who is emphatically the truth. The Lord Jesus Christ, in the glory of his divine person, the mystery of his holy incarnation, the completeness of his work, living dying and rising again in human nature, the exclusiveness of his claim on human wor ship, the significance of his titles, and the glory of his corning and kingdorr..—These comprise the glad tidings of great joy to be proclaimed to all people. These are the treasures, the unsearchable riches, which the Holy Spirit takes and shows them unto men. By these he secretly touches and wins the hearts of whom he will, for their conversion, sanctification, and salvation. These, with their experienced consequences in the characters of all who receive them, form the de lightful themes of the faithful minister of Christ. On these he rejoices to expatiate. For the sake of these, he values all his opportunities ; and all the arrangements, rites, and cere monies, with all their decency and order, by which those op portunities are secured and multiplied and rendered available for their great end. Under the shelter, and in the calm and dignified regularity of established externals, he can devote himself with all his heart to these eternal and unchanging truths ; but there are some occasions on which it becomes his duty to descend from his high grcund, and address him he lower, but not unimportant subject of ft.- ItS to have externals established. r lccasions ; but first, for clear" )served, sett to t present is .e, a fe•w a tional obs which vations must be made concerning the gt,- vealed by God to be believed unto salvation They are all contained in holy Scripture. are taught or can be found elsewhere. With reference to them, the Bible proclaims p its own sufficiency. St. Paul in forms Timothy that the holy Scriptures are able to make him wise unto salvation, through faith which is in Christ Jesus ; and adds that all scripture is given by inspiration of God, and is profitable for doctrine, for reproof, for correction, for in struction in righteousness, that the man of God may lie per fect, thoroughly furnished unto all good works. (2 Tim., None of ther iii, 14-17.) And St. John expressly declares the dikinction between those things concerning Jesus which were not written, and those which were written, adding the glorious object for which they were written, and for which they are all sufficient. (St. John xx, 30, 31.) " And many other signs truly did Jesus in the presence of his disciples, which are not written in this book. But these are written that ye might believe that Jesus is the Christ, the Son of God ; and that believing ye might have life through his name." . . . In strict accordance with this, one of our Church Articles declares, that " Holy,,Scripture containeth all things neces- sary to salvation." (Art. vi.) These truths, revealed by God to be taught and believed for salvation, and contained in the Scripture and in the Scripture only, are always and everywhere the same. Man's necessity is always and everywhere the same. For there is no difference, for all have sinned and come short of the glory of God. Jesus Christ is the same, yesterday, to-day, and for ever : the same to Jew and Greek, barbarian, and Scythian, bond and free. The Holy Spirit is the same, the Author and Giver of life, who spake by the prophets, who filled and qualified the apostles, who dwells in and sanctifies the church. The faith is one, always and everywhere the same, the substance of things hoped for, the evidence of things not seen, giving practical victory over this present evil world; and working alike, whether in Abraham, Moses, David, Paul, Polycarp, Luther, or Leighton. This is the true unity of the church of Christ, concerning which consi dered in the aggregate of all members from the first to the last ; the Lord himself says, " My love, my undefiled is 0u..” thus concerning these great truths which God has revealed to be taught and believed for salvation, we have these three important observations before us, to be steadily borne in mind. First—they are the great end, for the propagation of which all arrangements of decency and order, all rites and ceremonies, and other " means of grace" are instituted : se condly, they are all contained in holy Scripture ; and thirdly, they are all, always, and everywhere the same. In the light of this, consider now in the second place, those arrangements, rites, and ceremonies which are insti tuted of men, in England or elsewhere, for the presertia tion of decency and order. SOME such arrangements are indispensable, in order to comply with the commandments of Scripture. Is it asked, why so ? If Scripture be all-sufficient in matters of faith, why not equally all-sufficient in matters of obedience ? The answer is simply a matter of fact. The Scripture is not so sufficient. On the contrary, it contains express command ments to do some things without any directions in detail as to bow those things are to be done. Our Lord expressly commands the preaching of the gospel, the administration of baptism, and the celebration of the Lord's Supper, and St. Paul as expressly enjoins the duty of Christians to assem ble together for the purposes of prayer and religious exhor tation. Now, if Scripture is to be obeyed at all, these things must be done in some way or other. But how are they to be done? From the nature of the things themselves, they can not be done in secrecy and solitude by each individual Christian. They cannot be done, as truth is received, in the invisible actions of the mind and emotions of the heart. They involve of necessity outward and visible actions, out ward and audible sounds', and those not of detached indivi duals only, but of assembled companies. How is this to be managed without some previous arrangement? The Chris tians at Corinth appear to have attempted it ; and the result was, as might have been anticipated, most unedifying con fusion. The Apostle Paul describes and reproves it. .Hou is it then bi ethren, he exclaims, when ye come together every one of you hath a psalm, hath a doctrine, hath tongue, hath a revelation, hath an interpretation. To check this bewildering irregularity, the apostle says, in general terms, Let all things be done unto edifying. Then after one or two directions concerning prophecyings, he adds,for God is not the Author of confusion, but of peace, as in all churches of the saints. And then, after forbidding women to speak in the church, he concludes the subject with the general exhortation, Let all things be done decently and in order. In the 11th chapter of this same e pi s tl e , we learn that similar confusion had arisen among them when they assem bled to celebrate the Lord's S u pp er . Th e a p os tle reproves it, gives a few general directi ons , an d says i n conc l u sion, the rest w i ll I set in order when I come. Concerning another church, he th us wr it es to his young friend Titus, for this cause left I thee in Crete, that thou shouldst SET IN ORDER THE THINGS THAT Ant WANTING, and ordain elders in every city, as I had appointed thee. (Titus i. 5.) It is thus plainly proved from scripture itself, that in order to comply with the commandments enjoined in avoiding the confusion which is condemned in scripture some previous arrangeme n t s mus t b e ma d e and complied with, some forms and ceremo n i es mus t b e instituted, by the adoption of which, with the consent of all parties, order and decency shall be preserved. Now it is most carefully to be noted, that the scripture no ' where prescribes any such arrangements in detail ; no where enjoins any such forms or c er emon i es . The scripture no where describes how Paul set things in order at Corinth, or Titus in Crete. The r e are , i n d ee d, a few general directions given, as we have seen, to the Corinthian church, but they are manifestly inadequate, being rather negative prohibitions than positive institutions, while much is avowedly withheld till the apostle should personally make the arrangement. Why this omission ? Why this clearly designed omission of any detailed arrangement of rites or forms or ceremonies, enjoined by apostolical authority ? It would have been as easy for the Apostle to describe all the part i culars of decent order, as to say generally, " Let all things be done decently and in order." But he did not do so, either here or else where ; neither has any apostle done so. In other words, God has designedly omitted any authoritative appointment of rites or ceremonies or external arrangTments,in the Chri stian church. A most gracious omiss ion !—that different churches of - the saints in differing circumstances and ages, and climates,'might enjoy the same fait h and love in their hearts, while in external arrangements, with Christian libel., ty, with wisdom and discretion, they set things in order for themselves. The reason and mercy of this are obvious, in a religion which, ❑nlike localised Judteism, was designed to extend to the north and the south, to the east and the west ; . . iety, and the most savage ; and to assemble its con- s on the'coa.st of Norway ugh the Bible describes and arms and ceremonies for the e Titus also hi cultivated circles of classic so 4 hordes of barbarous heathenism every varying of Guy a and Peru, to the icebe 1 authority to do Hebrew ncy and order, yet it contains very Estin iinisters of PAtil enrt: he Christian abe ca - ale to C :iuoted, would and Greeniana But, observe commands no and clear church ha authority 1 ; and I 'oft, an they that tian laity Comp; enjoins no such rite ag, and it commands the lay abers of the church to, submit themselves to the minis- order the thin 1 thing for the of the Chris church to make such arrange- ments and ordain such rites and ceremonies, and a scriptural iing in the people to submit themselves to the decent and but it fol- ements so ma orderly atlopliot'l of such arraug Juty in the tni themselves to tt fusion, such it would be 1 Word of God c Aust, the r,awre 1_1111(1 of the Christian Church not to wake e inroads of inevitable c And, likewige, e pearde .nscriptural dereliction of duty in selves to such external arrangements, the ministers of t church enjoin those arrangements, rites, and ceremonies be nowhere the same ? We answer, No. Had they . been prescribed by divine inspiration in the Bible, no man might dare to deviate from them. Unity in ceremony would in that case be like unity in the faith But such is not the case. They have not been prescribed in the Bible, but, as we have seen, purposely omitted. But as the pastors of the church have scriptural authority id ceremonies, if we have it handed down m id any particular country, at any to prescribe rite: to us, that some particular time, did pte certain particular details, is it necessary that their model should be everywhere adopted ? N. Because this would be to invest the Again we answer appointments of men not only with that local and temporary obligation which the Scripture assigns to them, but also with a universality and perpetuity of obligation which belongs to the Word of God, and to that alone. Thus speaks our Eng lish Church, Art. XXXIV. : " It is not necessary that Traditions and Ceremonies be in all places one, and utterly like ; for at all times they have been divers, and may be changed according to the diversities of countries, times, and men's manners, so that nothing be ordained against God's Word. Whosoever through his pri vate judgment, willingly and purposely, doth openly break the traditions and ceremonies of the Church, which be not repugnant to the Word of God, and be ordained and approved by common authority, ought to be rebuked openly. (that others may fear to do the like,) as he that offendeth against the of the Cliurch, and hurteth the authority of istrate, and woundeth the consciences of the weak tional CI urch hath authority to common ord the Ma brethren. " Every particular or n Church ordained only by man's authority, so that all things be done to edifying." Consider well the scriptural statements contained in this both as they condemn the reckless article, on both s a assumption of Bible unit: " NV bosoev through his private judgment, willingly and purposely, cloth openly break the t of the Church, which be not (thy the conscier Here is a liaons and ceremonies t to the Word of God, I by comma uthol it y, ought to do the like,) ,olesome restraint upon the manifold and end private jug 'cut, nothing can justify dissent from its common uBe. An individual in the exercise of his pij...s.a.te judgment may deem a ceremony of the church frivol6us, or vexatious, or even ridiculous ; but unless he can shew it to be anti-scriptural, the command to submit himself to the ruler, obliges him to comply with it, not only for conven.ence, but for conscience sake. le illustrations, rendering his subject plain and popular, vindicating the re formation on the ground that the ceremonies of the Church of Rome are repugnant to the word of God, which he shew•ed very forcibly in the instance of the second commandment ; and ,n introduced condemning dissent on the ground that the ceremonies of the Church of England are not repugnant to the word of God. Granted they were not prescribed by scripture, but being pre scribed b j authority of the church, and not opposed to scrip ture, they became invested with a legitimately scriptural obli gation. Suppose them to contain a few expressions of doubt ful interpretation, yet these cannot be undeniably andplainly proved, as iu the case of Rome, to be repugnant to scripture, and nothing short of such procf pressing intolerably on a man's conscience, should induce him to take the solemn and responsible step of separation. No personsl preferences among things in themselves indifferent, can justify a violation of the " common order of the church." " It is not necessary that Traditions and Ceremonies be in all places one, and utterly like ; for at all times they have been divers, and may be changed according to the diversities of countries, times,.and men's manners, so that nothing be ordained against God's Word." On the other side, remember universal unity is not to be had under this dispensation. It is not designed. If it had been r it would not have been left t have been laid d r for all tl lan to pre d of God. n in the arc the word—thatthey ALL might be one, that the world might believe that God had senthim, has reference to that period when lie shall have accomplished the number of his elect, when they shall all be manifested together in their resurrection, and when the beauty of the bride, the Lamb's wife, without spot or blemish, or any such thing, shall at last convince the world that God sent Jesus Christ. It cannot apply to any period during this dispensation, before all who shall believe in him are born. flow can they all be manifestly one, while some of them are out of the body, and some in the body, and some not yet in being at all? It cannot apply to any period in this dispensation, because during the whole period the world remains unbelieving, the devil is the god of this age, the whole creation groans, being burdened, waiting for the manifesta tion of the sons of God, in one glorious body. It is for the accomplishment of this great design that our Lord prays. . _ Here the rev. gentleman strongly warned the minister and people who heard him against reaction : reminding them that in the moral as in the physical world, action and reaction are equal and contrary, and reminding them of instances of ex laists swinging back into excessive ritualists, till ht of the distinction between lawful and unlaw nd eventually repudi- they lost s ful in matters of church authc ated the protestant reformation Lvv e regret that we cannot give this part of the discourse, which was a valuable protest against the " non-protestant " party in the church, as well as a wise warning to Mr. Aikin and his congregation.] The royal mail steamer Acadia, Lieut. Miller, R.N.. sailed on Friday evening, for Halifax and Boston. She carried out 70 passengers and heavy mails. THEATRE ROYAL.—Mr. Elton's engagement closed on Saturday, and though few have been to see him, he has im pressed those who attended the theatre with a warm estima tion of his talents. He is a chaste and talented actor, free from all the vulgarisms and applause-catching tricks of the day, and we may place him safely in the foremost ranks of Shakspearian actors.—Mr. Wallack commenced an engage ment last night, opening with St. Pierre, in Knowles's ex quisite play of `• The Wife." Wallack's St. Pierre comes the nearest to the poet's conception on the stage. Mass STOTT'S CONCERT.—The announcement of Miss Stott's concert will be perceived in another part of the STAN DARD this day. All the available talent in Liverpool appear to be engaged, and we hope so deserving and accomplished a singer may be honoured with a good attendance. MR. FOGG'S BENEFIT.—One of the civilest boxkeepers is Fogg. He is ready and willing at all times to oblige, and never appears to think any trouble too great. The members of the press, and those who have the entree, ought to use all their efforts for him, as, like mercy, " his civility is not strained," but " falls on all alike." His bill is very attrac tive, and we expect he will have a bumper. He has been nine years in the establishment, and though not an amusing member, a most necessary one. ATTEMPTED THEFT FROM A FEMALE.—A rough-look ing young man without a coat, was yesterday placed at the bar of the Police -court, on a charge of attempting to rob a respectable female. Eliza Evans, a good-looking young female, said, that on Sunday evening she was walking with two children near the large gate in Dutton -street, when the prisoner came near her, put his hand into her pocket, and then made off. She immediately thought he had got some money which was, loose in her pocket, pursued him, got hold of him, and held him for some moments. At the moment he was making off he called out " nicks" to some others near him. Two men followed him, and he took to the canal and swam across it. Some persons were on the other side ready to stop him, and he swam back again and was eventually secured. The complainant afterwards found that her money was left in her pocket; but as the attempted robbery was clearly established by the evidence and the prisoner's conduct, )fllorrection for three months. ATTEMPTED FELONY IN A DWELLING-HOUSE.—Yester- he was committed to the Hous with gettic day, a young man of the name of Peter Ryan was charged into a house in Arthur's-court, Denison-street, felony. Mary Clarke said she was with intent to commit a widtw, and lived at the hmise in question. About eight o'clock on Sunday night she went out, without leaving any one in charge of the premises. A Mrs. Lewis was up stairs at the time, in bed. She left the candle lighted on the table in the house part, and closed the door by the snap-latch, taking the key with her. She returned home in about ten minutes, and found the candle removed and a light up stairs. As soon as she entered the candle was pit out, and the pri soner came down stairs. She seized him by the collar, and locked the door. She sent for assistance, and constable Samuel White came in, and took the prisoner into custody. On examining the house, they found that the chest of a sailor who lodged with her had been opened, and a shirt, a pair of trousers, &c., taken out, and laid on the floor close to it. They were the property of Joseph Farrar, who went to sea on the following (Monday) morning. The prisoner, who was an old offender, was committed for trial at the sessions A POLICE-OFFICER REBUKED FOR STRIKING A FEMALE —At the Police -court, yestefday, a female was placed at the bar on a charge preferred by police-officer John Morley , No. 202,. who stated that sh e was s t an di ng i n the street with' and, apprehending a disturbance, he ordered he refused to go, and he took her into cust od y . The prisoner said s h e was merely talking to a person whom she knew, and wa s d o i ng no h arm w h a t ever ; and that the policeman came up - t o h er an d s t ruc k her several times vio • lently on the back with his stick, although she requested him to take her to . bridewell, if he would, without assaulting her. The poli ceman admitted that be had used his stick ,on her home her refusal to go away. Mr. Rushton severely reprimanded the officer, who, he said, had no right to us e his stick a g ainst a female. If she had done wrong, he ought to have taken her to bridewell, and procured assistance if it were required by her resistance. He discharged the prisoner, and inti mated that the officer should be suspended. LAW RELATING TO APPRENTICES AND THEIR MASTERS. —At the police-court, on Thursday, a person applied to Mr. Rushton to get a warrant out agains t his apprentice for some kind of misconduct. Mr. Rushton said " Did y ou rece i ve a premium with your apprentice ? " No," was the reply. Then," answered Mr. R., " I cannot interfere. The judges have lately decided, that as the law specifies that a magistrate may interfere when a sum not exceeding £2O has been paid as a premium, except a premium be paid he has no right to interfere. It would be necessary, therefore, for those parties who wished the magistrates to have jurisdiction over their apprentices, to take a premium of half-a-crown or _five shillings for the future." ROCK ITARMONICON.—This Alaition doses this week. Those who have not yet heard it must take time by. the fore lock. We perceive that there will be a dance to its enlivening sounds on Thursday evening. This will be a novelty indeed.' LIVERPOOL GAS BILL. T —The bill to legalize the creation of new capital by the Old Gas Company, passed the comu tee of the House of Commons on Friday: but in shal modified to meet the views of the deputatic ers and to place this company upon a par, as t, is powers, witk _ the new company. T 1 public have gained, through t men deputed to watch the m, n of consumers aterial clauses which the se which rest to exercise it, why 3 to Titus, already ( e addressed to the that have the rule over for they watch for your souls as e account." - Here dutiful submission to heir pastors, is inculcated upon the Chris- t yoursel and see what ft ptures cannot be scriptu- The Bible !el without some external arrangements of Ht.( )hies in detail previously agrc I upon. leaves t n want- he ministers of the church to si the rate of profit which the r for their investmel shillings as the IT ,t to 10 pe imum price which thi in case will be s charge the consume 10 per ceut., the surplt to meet any to any gr unforeseen conting ductionis to be made in the pr consumer t profits derived and to prevent any evasic statement of income and expenditure is to be made out a nually and lodged with the Clerk of the Peace for the inspe tion of the public. A clause sought to be introduced the bill, to pl ace th e expence o f t a ki ng up an d remo pipes belonging to the company upon the consumf a short discussion, negatived by the committee, deter parties at present supplied with gas by ' from going to another market; and iu this res' the powers of the new and the old company re nuinbe -- atived ' was atter S by this cOMpani of other clauses were also nu E „______ , - we understand that most of them involved only minor detai and that their loss is not considered as materially damagi the bill. THE ATTEMPTED MURDER AT LUDLOW.—MiStEES, WI will shortly take his trial for the attempt e d mur d er o f M is likely to escape, as we hear that the principal witness, Mr. Cook, of the Angel Inn, Ludlow, is unfortu nately an inmate of Gloucester Asylum.--Bristol Mirror. Mackrea —We feel much lord bishop of DIOCESE or GLOUCESTER AND BRISTOL.. gratification in being enabler) to state that th this diocese I made arrangements for consecrating, in ti ensuing month, the undermentioned new churches, for thr idebted to the Di, san Church Bugaing of which we ar Society -1. The church recently erected near King's Pa: rade, Clifton ; 2. that at High Orchard, Gloucester ; - 3. that in Barton-street, Gloucester ; 4. that at White's Hill, Stroud. —During the squall yesterday ) a small gig boat was upset The owner, Benjamin Davit es and Henry :Martin''•.'- PROVIDENTIAL RESCIII morning, (Mond miles beyond the Roc' his three men. J about five others,) and William Blundell remained clinging to the boat for more than half an hour, when they were providentially rescued from their perilous situation by the steamer Glasgow, from Drogheda. The above individuals rescued the crew of the Lord Nelsen, wrecked in January last, who, it will be re membered, were sent in a deplorable condition to the Work house.' One good turn has thus obtained another. STEALING FROM A PUBLIC-ROUSE.—John Rae, a yo man, was charged yesterday, at the Police Court, with st ing a copper spirit-can. Police-officer Hilsborough, 420, saw the prisoner at the gate of O. Victoria DoCk'4 with the can, which he endeavoured to conceal under his jacket. Enquiry was made, and it was found that it had been taken from the house of Wm. Norman, publican, corner of Crompton-street, Waterloo-road, and was the property of John Sixsmith. The prisoner said he bad picked it up in the street. He was committed for trial. NIANCIIESTE ATTEMPT TO MURDE' if E LAT William Hampson, the man who la attempt at murder t living with h Is wife, w nt to pay a dividend of female named Franc •ought up before Mr fortunate woman would sufficiently recover to attend the court for the purpose of giving evidence. 1 ..1 the magistrate that the woman still continue gerous state, and he understood there was .der the itances he wishe have the prisoner further remanded remanded the man till to-morrow. FAILURES IN LONDON. — Within the I have had a many failures, the aggregate liabilities is estimated at no less than £260,( all respectable firms, connected with the produce chiefly tea, and one has helped to pull down the other. The serious depreciation in the value of most descriptions of pro- Mande ultimately Lst three days we mut of whose )00. They are , amounting to 20s. per cwt. on sugar V... and to about 30 per cent. on tea, are causes themsel cient to account for these unfortunate reverses at the same time remark, that the tea trade has be in addition, to a v' ain a few weeks, but we must frected, ery serious extent by the extensir. in many cases, wild speculations entered into ; for if houses of old standing and acknowledged wealth do not themselves share in it, their connexions often do, and thus involve them in the common loss.—Shipping Gazette. INDIAN BOATMEN.—Their continued severe labour be come a source of painful interest. Now drenched to the skin in swattering through a shallow pool in which they tracked up to the middle in water ; now plunging into 20 foot water to swim to the pinnace and push her off the bank on which she had grounded ; anon threading in single file the steep bank which crumbled under their feet, beating the billows into yellow foam, and again coming on board for a short space only to tug at the oar in their shallop ahead till a favourable towing path again presented itself. And all this toil, all this exposure, for a mere subsistence of the coarsest rice, with now and then a little fish.—Society in India. OUR FEMALE SERVANTS. -To every intelligent ob• server of society, and especially to every truly benevolent mind, it must be apparent, that while there is no class of the working community more important than that of female ser vants, there is scarcely any whose condition and character calls more loudly for consideration. When the position they occupy, the connection which they have with our children, and the influence they exert in a household, are soberly re garded, it will be evident that the claims of no class of per sons are more powerful and urgent on the sympathies and the benevolent and Christian exertions of parents, masters, and mistresses, and ministers of the Gospel. While, however, the claims of our fellow servants are so obvious and pressing, it is beyond a question that no order of society has been hether this 1 from mistaken notions most efficient means to be employed, or from a f luctance to make any decided effort for the melioration of their condition, we know not; but, from whatever cause it may have proceeded, it is but too manifest that there has been a want of specific, vigorous, and combined exertion, calculated to bear immediately on their moral cha racter, and to prepare them for the important duties of their station. Contributions have been raised—plans have been concerted—noble undertakings have been achieved—import ant societies have been established, and the most extended circle of operation has been described, to benefit and bless one portion of the community after another; but female servants have been almost forgotten; scarcely any public prayer has been presented, or any benevolent and religious exertions specifically and directly made for their welfare. On the contrary, they have been to a great extent passed by as strangers, and regarded as aliens and outcasts, even by the professedly Christian community of the British empire. It is high time, however, that there should be an alteration in this respect—that more correct views should be formed with regard to the position of female servants, and their influence on society—that a different tone of sentiment and feeling should be cherished respecting them; and that their moral and religious claimsshould be more distinetively and urgently enforced.—From a Pri:e Essay lately published. THE REPORTFD DESTRUCTION OF THE FALLS OF Nl- AGARA.—Although the account of the removal of the Falls of Niagara is prononnced to be a hoax, their destruction was predicted many years ago by Lyall, in his " Elements of Ge ography ; " and the causes, the progress, the occurrence, and its consequences, are calmly and clearly laid down in that ingenious work, as if the author had been a spectator of similar events, and had been as much familiarised with them, by the every day occurrences of life, as he was by his ordi nary studies in the exterior construction of our globe. He there proves that the event is but the latest (perhaps not last) of a series of disembankments, caused, in the lapse of ages, by the weight and impetus of the Superior waters, which have reduced the mighty inland fresh water seas of North Amerita (from the Falls down to its mighty embrouchure in the ocean) in the narrow but still stately limits of the river St. Lawrence ; and he proceeds to assert that in the consequent progress of drainage, caused by the removal of the great barrier at Nia- gara, the regions now covered by the upper and lower lakes will become solid fertile land, intersected by a river, their sole remains, from such point, if there be any such, where the elevation of the bottom to a certain height will present a barrier to the waters lying beyond it ; 'until, in the process of time, and by the operation of existing causes, that barrier and barrier after barrier, shall have given way, and the now watery waste of blue waters be succeeded by an immense and magnificent valley of undualating hills and wide spread plains, covered with green pastures, and inhabited by man and beast. FLlNT.—The'town of Flint—or Colsul, or Coleshill, as it was anciently called—has all the appearance of a fallen and deserted capital, presenting evidences of its former extent and importance in long lines of half dilapidated edifices and broken streets; and in its rapid decline it seems to have par taken of the fate of its once-towering and lordly fortress. Its loss of influence was accelerated by the removal of the gene ral sessions, and the competition cf powerful rivals : though at the head of one of the ancient shires of Wales, there seems little promise of its restoration to van ished greatness or civic prosperity. From the situation of the place, it has every appearance of having owed its origin to fierce and perilous times,—its entire structure presenting the aspect of a warlike station to resist the repeated shocks of a people newly subdued. Tue primitive foundation was doubtless that of a Roman encampment, the site being rec tangular, and having a deep wide fosse, with huge ramparts, besides fourgreat equilateral gates, which can be traced upon the same military foundation. The town is situated upon the banks of the navigable estuary of the r Parkgate, in Cheshii boats ply daily, forming a communication Although the county jail is here. vvtir Dee, n, •e, between which place and Flint, terry th Liverpool yet the reeentrosperity of the neighbouring town of has occasioned - theremOval of the assizes to that town imposing ruins of the Castle are seen on the north-east of the town, and stand in bold relief upon a rock jutting from the south bank into the sands, which are washed by the sea at spring tides. It is built in a square, with large round towers at three of the corners, with a fourth a little disjointed and still more massy. The last is known by the name of the double tower and was connected with the main edifice by a drawbridge. Beneath it is a circular gallery, with four arched openings into a central area more than twenty-two feet in di ameter. In one part this gallery slopes towards the interior, and, again ascending, communicates with an upper range still more central, which formed the ancient donjon. To this strong hold, we are informed by Froissart, the unfortunate Richard 11. retreated, as a place of the greatest security ; and here he was subsequently delivered into the hands of Boling broke, Duke of Lancaster,—an event which, it will be seen, has afforded scope for the genius of an artist familiar with the historical characteristics of " olden times."—From Hoscoe's Wales, new edition, now publishing in monthly parts. HAWARDEN. — The only objects of attention at this place, are the mouldering walls of the antique castle, and the soli tary glens about the park. The ruins of the castle occupy an elevated point not far from the town, and within the park of Sir S. R. Glynne. Little more than fragments of the former towers and keep remain ; indeed a considerable por tion of the ruin was itself obscured by heaps of rubbish, till the late Sir John Glynne had them removed, and the foun dations laid open to view. It was constructed in a pen tagonal form ; on one side was a spacious gateway, and on the other a kind of barbacan. At one angle was situated the keep or citadel, a circular tower still nearly entire, and which forms one of the most pictureque objects that strike the eye on first approaching its ancient solitary reign.' Other por tions consist of the relics of the vast mouldering walls—of massive donjons,—and, in one part, of a long flight of steps, at the bottom of which is a door and drawbridge, crossing a ravine to another division of the castle, embracing, most probably, the prison, thus fearfully secured . " The park is of considerable extent, pleasingly diversified with hill and dale, wood, water, and other accompaniments. thewhole backed by the high range of hil ls to enhance the beauty of landscape scenery, which divides rooks—th e stateli ness Flintshire. from Denbighshire. lhetrceamweinvgcorf ti dure e and softness of th e ness of the trees—the ex g rass—the ivy-grown ruins —and the rippling of the stream present a series of interesting objects to the eye, and excite a correspondent s uccession of pleasurable sensations in the heart of the traveller, as , he pursues his w a lk over these grounds."—From Ros coe s Wales, new editiox, new pub lishing in Innxthly pnrls.