The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser. — Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1853-11-29 00:00:00

ittbrrpool #tanbarb. FROM OUR LONDON CORRESPONDENT. MONDAY MORNING. THE most remarkable event of the week, so far as foreign matters are concerned, has been the accomplish ment of the long,-talked -of " fusion" of the elder and younger branches of the House of Bourbon. Numerous attempts have been made since the revolution of February, by the Principal leaders both of the Legitimist and the °rleal list Parties, to bring about a reconciliation of the feud between the two branches which, as it originated in the acceptance of the crown by Louis PHILIPPE to the Prejudice of the direct succession, should, as appears but natural, have been permitted to expire on the downfal of the ORLEANS family, and the consequent extinction of whatever rights might have been supposed to accrue by his long tenure of the throne. $ The failure of these attempts.has generally been attributed to the persistence of the Duchess of ORLEANS in clinging to the rights which she imagined her son, the young COUNT DE PARIS, to Possess in virtue of the abdication made in his favour by his frandfather, at the moment the mob of Paris was about to burst into the Tuileries. Forgetting that the same "will of the people" which called Loris PHILIPPE to the throne, was-equally efficacious even after a lapse of eighteen years to remove him from it, she appealed to the principle of "hereditary right" as constituting her son de jure King of the French, and refused to listen to any proposition subordinating his claims to those of him who, as lineal heir of Louis XIV. and direct successor of CHARLES X., calls himself " HENRY V., King of France." How the scruples of the Duchess have been overcome, — whether she has at last recognised the superior " right divine" of the elder branch, or whether, convinced of the utter hopelessness of France ever again calling on the House of ORLEANS to rule over her, she has consented to an abandonment of the claims of her son, as the only chance of her family revisiting their country,—has not yet appeared from the statements of the affair that have been given to the public. For my own part, I believe that the firmness of the Duchess has only yielded to the repeated solicitations of the rest of the ORLEANS family and their leading partisans, who have represented that, to maintain the rivalry between the Bourbon branches, and thereby dividing the monarchical interest iu France, could, under the present position of affairs in that coun try, lead only to the exclusion of both. Mutual opposition, it was represented, neutralized the efforts of both parties, while union must give them double strength. The very . principle of hereditary succession involved by the Duchess spoke still louder in favour of the Count de CHA.MBORD. The younger branch, by gracefully waiving its preten sions in favour of the strong,er claims of the elder, would, in reality, make no sacrifice, but would merely return to that position on the right hand of the Throne which it had formerly occupied, and it would hold the same exalted rank, inferior only to the sovereign, which was its due. These, I undersrand, were the principal arguments used, and the result shows with what success. Under existing circumstances, the chief interest of this event lies in the fact of its making a breach which, for the credit of one Party and the interest of the other, should never have oc curred. Far wiser would it have been in Louis PHI LIPPE to have been content with the glory of placing the crown on his young cousin's head, instead of filching it for himself; but in that, as in many subsequent cases, the tortuous policy in which he delighted was successful but for a while, the ultimate result being invariably disgrace and defeat. Some of the metropolitan daily newspapers, more especially the organ of the Peelites, and the advocate of every thing said or done by the ABERDEEN section of our mongrel Ministry, have been endeavouring to impress the English mind with the conviction that Cardinal Wiseme.x, who would call himself " Lord Archbishop of Westmin ster," but for the existence of the Ecclesiastical Titles Act, has transferred his services from London to Rome, and that for the rest of his days, in this fast fleeting world, he is to remain attached to the court of his benevolent ponti fical master, Pio NONO, ill a distinguished position. Pri vate letters from the eternal city convey such intelligence re specting the Cardinal as can leave no doubt whatever about his return to the capital of England, and the resumption in full force of his archiepiscopal duties, whatever they may be. About the 23d of last month, " His Eminence"—so they invariably call him in the profoundly Popish neigh bourhood of St. George's, Southwark, where a gorgeous- Roman wn upeoantit!teuall-miiral looks almost e c e ontemptuously down buildings watered by Father Thames, near Westminster bridge—reached Rome, and became a sojourner at the great convent of the Theatines, St. Andrea Della Valle. Almost immediately after his arrival he was waited upon by the POPE and theprincipal English Roman Catholics, who hailed his presence among them with, it is reported, uncommon pleasure. In fact, he became the lion of the day, and bid fair to eclipse, for the moment at least, that blue-fire • brilliancy which the Pontiff" throws about wherever he - goes. There was feasting and jollification of every kind for the next three or four days, and on All-Hallows Eve the Cardinal received an invite to crack his nuts and suck his sugar -plums with Pio NoNo. Among others who Partook of the POPE'S hospitality on the same occasion was the Grand Duke of TUSCANY, and the entertainment commenced at 2 o'clock, p.m.,in the Casino of the Vatican gardens. The party was a pleasant one, being a good deal enlivened by the jokes and witticisms of Cardinals ANTO NELLI, FORNARI (distinguished among ecclesiastical diplo matists whilst filling the high post of the Nunciature at Paris), PATROSI (the Cardinal-Vicar of Rome), the French Ambassador, the Austrian Charge d'Affaires (provisionally acting Princes Count ESTERHAZY), the Tuscan Minister, and the BORGHESE and ORSINI, rather a remark able galaxy of the elite, and affording by their presence practical exemplification of the truth of that good old song, "The Pope he leads a happy life." Dr. WISEMAN was in right good spirits—related a variety of anecdotes connected with the doings of the POPE'S " Parliamentary Brass-band" in their opposition to the passing of the Eccle siastical Titles' Act through the House of Commons— gave some rack imitations of WILLIAM KEOGH'S (the Present Solicitor-General for Ireland) crack oratory in defence of "Mother Church"—described FREDERICK LUCAS, that self-dubbed champion of Popery, as a political agitator of the Oily Gammon school,—and, I dare saY, in compliment to the French Ambassador, wound up by declaring his belief that Loris NAPO LEON wag " one of the greatest columns to the Catholic Church." In a day or two after this fete, Cardinal Winer AN met with an accident, vihich severely hurt his right hand, and prevented him from assisting in the morning at some religious ceremony at the church of St. Carlo. In the afternoon, however, he formed one of the body guard of forty Cardinals who attended the POPE at St. Pete r ' s , to celebrate "The beatification of the venerable ANDREA BOBOLA " and the accounts received. in this count r y assert, that "the English Cardinal, in his robes of state, was conspicuous among his princely col leagues, by the dignity of his bearhig and his stature?' When the rumour of the Cardinal's accident got wind, the Convent of the Theatines was besieged by hosts of anxious inquirers, and, for peace and quiet sake, he got away one beautiful moonlight night to the villa of the English College at Monte Porno, where he dedicated himself to writing on topics of considerable importance, and enjoyed that seclusion which the continued applications for ad mission to his presence, and the demands upon his atten tion in various ways, whilst at the Theatine Convent, rendered impossible. In Roman Catholic circles, Cardinal WISEMAN'S return to England is expected by the first week in January. His house in Golden-square, rather a respectable apostolic place of shelter, is being put in order by one of the first decorators in London, and I understand that a series of soirees during the approaching season will form a distinguished feature of the Cardinal's hospitality to those of his own way of thinking. " A night with ISIENDELssuox" has been attracting enormous crowds to the Wednesday concerts at Exeter-hall, and giving great satisfaction. "A night with WISEMAN," over one of his soiree cups of coffee, seltzer-water, and Chablis, on the north-eastern side of Regent-street, may not prove unacceptable to the readers of my corres pondence in the Liverpool Standar4; and when the time arrives, they shall have it con amore, for though not within the pale of Dr. W.'s " true church," I believe I can secure the entree to his salons. It appears that negociations—diplomacy—will never have done with regard to the Turkish question. A partial victory and retreat by the Ottoman has opened new corn munications, and our QUEEN'S messengers are again on the qui vire. A Turcoman was also sent from the embassy to the SULTAN with a note from our Cabinet on Tuesday, the tenor of which, it is said, will open up the way to more direct negociations. I give you the diplomatic phraseology. On Saturday night, Lord PALMERSTON gave one of the grandest banquets which ever characterised this unban - queting period of the year. It was opportune. Some weeks Since I told you the cause of all these delays, negotiations, or what you will. QUEEN VICTORIA won't have fighting. NICHOLAS is Her MAJESTY'S old friend, and the SULTAN her older ally ; and if we had not effete old men in the Cabinet, and pragmatic Radical young men, the affair would have been settled five months ago. Leagues of tYPe—leaders, and what not—cannot inform you more,—if so much ! There is not a more crotchetty creature in the world than your English vocalist—male or female,—especially if the party be considered an artist of eminence. This arises, in some degree, from the scarcity of the genus, snaking those who are of it insufferably vain and exor bitant in their demands. The whim and caprice of the vocalist are proverbial. A capital English opera company Was being brought together for Drury-lane, after the tr to mime season, or, it may b e , d ur i ng it. Th e pro m of the opera scheme —I mention no names— "l to have entire occupancy of the house : so far ee; " But will you keep it open six nights a week?" ti eet ,7: (l ,._th? , lessee. This was demurred to. The lessee talc e e Very well, gentlemen, if you wont, I . must ; fee taken for three nights a week, and keep it open be fe 7:, - fe and I will give dramas on the other nights." hou se ,Zber two : The singers wanted to have the enoege":l4,! that other entertainment ; judging, rationally ,nt. if there were a full house for tragedy on The een;Ztellt,here might not be a good one for Tuesday. and I don't ft L e that the opera has gone for naught; Lion of the ve that even th e mus i ca ll y i nc li ne d por ees Rever English opei a lYe cares a rush a b ou t th e f a il ure ; f or among us. larity Yet ripened into a gen i a l popu mation would b. The chances of such a consum .. rendered more problematical during the ensuing season, seeing two Italian houses are spoken of as certain of being open. Meantime we have French poodles and Borneo mon keys "playing their fantastic tricks" where GARRICK and KEAN evoked and vindicated the genius of SHAKSPEARE. Crowds nightly make the welkin ring with laughter, loud and long, at the antics of these creatures. They are very clever, but the cleverness is the result of the whip. One little blear-eyed fellow enters from what used to be the prompter's side, attired as a waiter, carrying. a tiny bottle of wine in one hand and a candlestick in the other ; he looks suspiciously around, and unperceived, as he appears to imagine, takes a stolen swig at the beverage; but if he chance to let his candle fall, as is sometimes the case, he has not intellect to pick it up. Altogether they are very funny. On Wednesday, though the fog was so thick that it might have been felt, the house was crammed. Mentioning the fog induces me to state that nearly all the past week, we, in the metropolis, have been wrapped in it (the fog). Yet, to the wonderment of those who were in the secret, HER MAJESTY, with her illustrious visitors, drove all the way from the warm hearths of Windsor Castle to Westminster Abbey, and had a walk and meditation among the tombs. The noble pile was illuminated, and had a remarkably grand and sombre effect ; but for the cold, it was a very interesting mode of examining the hallowed relics of the sanctuary. The waxen effigies of departed greatness, now excluded from public view, were shown to the Royal party. Apropos, what has become of the long array of sculptured kings and queens —painted and gilded also—which used to repose in the Guy Fawkes' cellars of the old Houses of Parlia ment ? I remember seeing a great number of them on the morning of a fifth of November, when the usual search was made. The statues were curious. HER MAJESTY and suite left the Abbey by Poets' Corner. On the same day, H.R.H. Prince ALBERT and the DUKE DE BRABANT visited the venerable seat of learn ing, Cambridge, of which the PRINCE is chancellor; and the following evening found himself nearly lost—if the Irishism be allowed—in the yellow fog of Shoreditch. Some score sturdy fellows, belonging to the Eas tern Counties Railway, bearing flaming links, preceded and attended the Royal carriages, all the way to Padding ton. The PRINCE was much pleased at the loyal attention paid to him, and soon afterwards rewarded his torch-bearers. In the gossip of the week, the rumoured matrimonial alliance between the Princess MART, sister of the Duke of CAMBRIDGE, and a nephew of Louis NAPOLEON, has found a place. From what I learn, the alliance is far from likely. The 'parties have scarcely ever seen each other, and wooing by pictures is falling into desuetude. The Princess MARY has just entered upon early womanhood; in features she perfectly resembles those exquisitely sweet and simple portraits painted by CAELo DoLa, seldom met with, but always admired. _ _ There are four illustrious individuals—one of whom is mentioned as likely to have the late Duke of BEA UFORT'S Ribbon of the Garter—the COLONIAL SECRETARY, the Earl of ELLESMERE, the Marquis of WESTMINSTER, and Lord JOAN RUSSELL. I believe Her MAJESTY of her own royal will and pleasure has offered the distin t guished honour to the Earl of CARLISLE ; now, I believe, in Italy with a lot of English noteable for rank or talent. I notice a case in one of our superior courts, the other day, as the judgment shows a liberal interpretation of the Licensing Act, and must be worthy of attention by nume rous of the good folks of Liverpool. Mine host of one of the large hotels in Covent-garden for many years has had music—singing chiefly and piano-forte in his house, with out having taken out a license therefor. An action was brought for penalties. The judge said, or as much as said, that people went into the place for refreshment ; they paid nothing at the door for music, and nothing inside, save for what they ate and drank. The jury found for the land lord. Now we have hundreds of such houses in and about the metropolis. There are not a few in other chief places throughout England. Query they drop their licenses, seeing they are not amenable, as shown by the case referred to ? It certainly is puzzling to the uniniti ated to think the expense attending the musical staff of most of these houses. Twenty pounds a week, indepen dently of victuals and drink, to eight or ten musical people employed, can't cover the charge. Are the profits prodi gious ? No doubt ! COMMERCIAL 4- MONETARY NEWS. MONDAY NIGHT. THE protracted quarrel between Russia and Turkey has so wearied the public mind, that less and less interest appears to be felt in the daily re ports, by electric telegraph, which few people now believe, and whether they have declared the victory to be onone side or the other,verylittle effect appears to have been produced on the public funds, which are usually considered the pulse of public opinion, The funds have been gradually progressing up wards, and are now higher than they have been since the first alarm of disturbances. The Money Market for commercial purposes has been compara. tively easy, though the rate of discount is still high, and the bank directors have as yet shown no sign of reducing their limit. The bank returns in the London Gazette present little worthy of com ment. There is a decrease in the stock of bullion, but only to the extent of £36,756. The active cir culation shows the large decrease of £649,608, while the other securities have also decreased to the extent of £442,801, an evidence that the amount of accommodation has been considerably lessened. There have been several large arrivals of specie from the United States, but at the same time there have been large shipments of gold to Russia, and of silver to the East Indies. The loan of £280,000 to the Sultan of Turkey, by the house of Baltazzi and Co. is said to be merely a renewal of annual advances on the security of the Egyptian tribute. The Bank of France appears to have taken alarm at the drain of silver, and it is said in tend to confine their payments to gold, which will have the effect of withdrawing silver from circula tion. Trade in the manufacturing districts appears to be by no means brisk, the business being confined to the execution of small orders for actuafconsump tion. This dulness has been attributed to various causes, such as the insurrectionary disturbances in China, the unfavourable reports from the India markets, the monetary difficulties in the United. States, which are, however, approaching a termina tion, and the, political troubles in the East of Europe. The latter circumstance, however, can have had little to do with it, but has rather pro duced a contrary effect, if we may judge by the fol-. lowing extract from the .Manchester Courier : The general operations of the export houses have, doubt less, been limited lately, to some extent, by the apprehen sions entertained of the result of hostilities between Russia and Turkey, but the idea, which we find pretty generally prevalent, that the exports of goods this year to Turkey and the Levant have been seriously reduced is certainly based on no sufficient data, the reverse happen ing to be the case, as will be seen by the following return of the exports of goods, up to October 29th, this year, compared with a similar period in 1852 : EXPORTS TO TURRET AND THE LEVANT. CALICOES. Plain—Yds. Printed—Yds. 60,352,987 48,053,081 Increase, 18453 2,299,906 5,377,904 What is still more extraordinary is the fact, that the increase has been since last June, and to a greater extent than is shown by the above table, for during the six months, up to the end of June, there was a positive decrease to the extent of about 3,000,000 yards. We have no doubt that this is a statement for which our readers will be but little prepared ; it is, nevertheless, perfectly accurate,—and we may mention in addition, that the steamer Teneriffe, for the Levant, which left Liverpool on Saturday, was obliged to refuse no less than 120 tons of cargo, for which stowage could not be found, whilst the Arabian steamer, which is about to sail, or has sailed more recently, has also had to shut out goods. It may be, perhaps, that the manufacturers are anxious to show their operatives, who have turned out, that they have no necessity for their services so as to induce their submission. The return from the Bank of England for the week ending the 19th of Nov., gives the following results, when compared with the previous week : Public deposits ... £7,034,154; Increase£l,o24,932 Other deposits 11,632,208; Decrease 149,561 Rest ... 3,217,322; Increase 5,862 On the other side of the account— Government securities £12,477,425; Increase £711,182 Other securities ... 15,989,650; Decrease 442,801 Notes unemployed ... 7,559,980; Increase 554,230 The amount of notes in circulation is k 21,590,735, being a decrease of £590,690 ; and the stock of bullion in both departments is £15,819,357,5h0wing a decrease of £36,756, when compared with the preceding return. ISSUE DEPARTMENT. Notes issued ... £29,lso,7lsGovernmt. Debt £11,015,100 Other Securities 2,984,900 Gold coin & bull'n. 15,150,715 Silver bullion ... £29,160,715 £29,150,715 BANKING DI 00 Prop. Capital ... £1.4,553, Rest ... ... 3,217,3224 Public Deposits 6,034,1 Other Deposits 11,632,208 7-day & other bills 1,269,0131 EPARTMENT. Gov. Securities £12,477,425 Other Securities 15,989,650 Notes ... 7,559,980 iGold & Silver Coin 668,642 £36,695,6971 £36,695,697 Without any great amount of business, prices in our SHARE MARKET have been well supported during the past week, and in general are quoted higher than for some time. London stock alone is very heavy, from the great amount offering for sale ; and, while others have advanced nearly two per cent., this has barely moved. A large amount of this stock has been sold and exchanged for Midlands and Leeds. Our local stocks continue much asked for, and all show a tendency to rise ; the Insurance Shares being most in demand. Royal Assurance asked for at £4 155., and Fire and Life at st pm. for the old, and 7 pm. for the new. We annex this day's prices :—Caledonians, 281 1; Dublin and Belfast Junction, lip ; Lan cashire and Yorkshire, 671 11 ; London Stock, 102 3 , ; Ditto Quarters, ip ; Sheffield Stock, 231 Midland Stock, 631 1 1 1 11 ; North British, 71; Dover Stock, 181 Liverpool and London Fire and THE LIVERPOOL STANDARD, AND GENERAL COMMERCIAL ADVERTISER Life Insurance, 64 7 pm ; Ditto new issue at lb, 7 71 pm : Royal Insurance, 4.1 Conox.--r-The trade throughout the week has been more animated, and the sales to the trade 5,500 bales per day, while a fair proportion has been taken on speculation and for export. The demand has been chiefly for the lower qualities of ordinary to good ordinary, owing to their compa rative lowness . of price ; and these descriptions have consequently advanced rid. to id: per lb. On Saturday, the sales reached 10,000 bales ; and TO -DAY, the saki were 7,000 to 8,000 bales, of which about 2,000 were on speculation and for export. The following is the comparison of present rates with those of this time last year : 1852. fiddling 5 9-16 d. ur fig 51d. 18+ I3J ... New Orleans, mi Uplands, middlii: fair .. DESCRIPTION, PRICES Sea 'slaw' 114 @SO Stained 4 13 l3oweds 134 64 Mobile 4l 61 New Orleans.l Si 7i Pernams, &c.' 6f si Bahia, &c. ;5 1 64 Maranliam : • 1 64 7 Demerara, &C I Surat 5} 12 2i 421 Nladras Bengal 1 n 3 SALES. Week Previ ending ously Nov. 2i this yr. I . 120 18050 40. 1620 7560 447950 • 3890 269440 17460 913000 660, 62820 1810 47560 1570 40130 .1 710 2570, 118160 580 10960 4420 231920 400 3710 300. 4860 i 4116012170890 IMPORTS Week ending Nov. 25 } 7031 } 4122 2953 1348' 37 1423 400 i 17259, 120! WORKING MEN'S BRANCH OF THE PROTESTANT REFORMATION SOCIETY. SOIREE LAST EVENING. LAST evening a tea-party of the Working Men's Branch of the Protestant Reformation Society, established under the patronage of Mr. Alderman Edmund Molyneux, was held at the society's rooms, Lower Beau-street. Upwards of 300 persons were present, the upper and lower rooms being each filled during• tea. The equipages and tables being removed, the whole company collected in the lower room, which was densely crowded. Various appropriate decorations were suspended on the walls, and banners and flags waved from the ceiling. The chair was occupied by the Rey. W. F. Taylor (Incumbent of St. John's), and near him on the platform were the Rev. George L. Ireland (curate of St. John's), the Rev. W. B. S. Matthias, the Rev. S. B. Sutton, M.A., the Rev. V. M. White, 8.A., the Rev. T. Robinson, 8.A., Mr. W. Clarke, Mr. T. Worrell (missionary for the Reformation Society), and other gentlemen. The Rev. CHAIRMAN, who was received with loud applause, explained the object of the gathering, and that the society in question was a branch of that British Re formation Society which throughout the length and breadth of the land was busily furthering the noble objects for which it was founded. With a view to show the necessity for the establishment of such auxiliaries, the speaker glanced at the operations of the Roman Catholic Church in our own country. Of late years Rome had put forth the most extraordinary exertions to regain, if possible, her long-lost ascendancy in this blest country; but the Lord grant that the ascendancy which she once had she might never regain. (Loud cheers.) If she did regain it, " heretical" Protestants knew what they might expect. At present, there are 700 Romish chapels in England-700 mass-houses ; where that which they called a sacrifice was offered up, but which was in reality the most hideous abomination under the eye of heaven. (Cheers.) There were eleven colleges, where priests were being trained for the purpose of indoctrinating the masses of our people in Romish idolatry. There were no less than 17 monasteries and 53 nunneries, into which latter young girls were entrapped at an early and unsuspecting age. The speaker here expressed his opinion that no system of nunnery inspection would answer the end in view ; for the cunning of the priests and " reverendmothers" would still defeat the ends ofjustice. The only remedy for the abuse was suppression by law. (Loud cheers.) Mi. Taylor quoted from the pastoral of the "Bishop of Southwark" several passages, showing what he considered the blasphemous character of that document. He described the Bishop of Southwark as a "spiritual Judas." The passages chiefly dwelt upon by the speaker were that which referred to the feast of the Rosary—which festival Mr. Taylor declared was a Moorish invention ; and that, where Catholics were directed to repose their whole confidence upon the " all-powerful intercession of our most blessed lady" the virgin who was herself a poor sinner like the rest of us. Christianity (the speaker continued) is essentially ag gressive ; aggressive on the wide-spread domains of darkness, ignorance, and sin. Were it otherwise, it would have been long since overcome, and num bered amongst the things that were. This aggres sive character of Christianity may be defended on three grounds, not to enumerate more : first, the Saviour's command, "Go ye into all the world and preach the Gospel to every creature ;" for what does this command imply, but that an aggressive movement should be made by the Church of God on the wastes of heathenism and error ; that the light of the Gospel should be cast upon the darkness of the moral world, and that the dungeons and prisons of idolatrous Error, wherein Superstition held her myriads captive in perpetual bondage, should be assaulted, and that the Church of God should never con ceive her high and holy mission accomplished until every obstacle were overcome, and, notwithstanding the opposi tion of interested parties, the blessed proclamation of redeeming mercy were poured into the ears of every sett and daughter of Adam. In this manner the Apostles acted ; in despite of opposition and every species of persecu tion, intolerant laws, popular tumult, the combined in fluence of a despotic government, and an interested and designing priesthood, they preached the Gospel, in the cities and in the fields, in the market-places and in the highways, on the mountains, by the sea shore, in the syna gogues, and in the temple. T rue , th ey were b ea t en , stoned, imprisoned, bound, "but the Word of God was not bound," everything turned "rather unto the further ance of the Gospel ;" the cause of truth triumphed ; though they fell in the conflict, they conquered in their fall, and with their dying arm they planted the standard of the Cross on the battlements of the enony, and shouted-vic tory. Again, philanthropy would urgeus to beaggressive in thecauseof Christianity. The Gospel is the only means pro vided for the salvation of fallen man : without the Gospel, he mast live without God, without Christ, and without hope in the world—uncheered hy the beams of that heavenly truth, which alone can enlighten the mind, comfort the heart, and which brings every earthly blessing in its train ; and, dying, he must descend to the blackness of darkness for ever. Now who, believing that the gospel can bless for time and eternity, an d that without it man is lost, body and soul, for even—who, I say, on the mere ground of common, universal philanthropy, could be otherwise than aggressive? But once more; necessity i m poses upon us an aggressive movement : for such is the force of opposing influences, that, if not making head against opposition, religion will be gradetelly borne back ward. The man who rests on his oars will speedily be swept downwards by the current of the river ; and the Christianity which ceases to wage, by moral means, an aggressive warfare with all. adverse influences, will soon become retrogressive. So that aggression is absolutely essential to the existence of Christianity ; fk it ceases to be truly Christian otherwise. Now these principles I would apply to Protestantism, for Protestantism is not a mere negation, as is generally stated, but is identical with pure Christianity; for by Protestantism I mean that system of religious truth which is set forth in the , Articles, Liturgy, and Homilies of our National Church. The Reformation in the nth' century was accom plished, under God, by aggressive movements. Bold and faithful men advanced with indomitable courage against the powers of darkness united under the papal authority, they unfurled aloft the standard of the Cross; they kindled on high the beacon light of pure priinitive Chris tianity, and success crowned their exertions. Now, my brethren, as the Reformation was won by aggressive Pro testant christianity, so' must the Reformation be main tained by the same.; as a matter of self:preservation, we must no longer act as too many do, merely on the defensive; we must assault the enemy in her strongest citadel; we must unsheath the Sword of the Spirit, and flash its light ning into the centre of her encampment; we must aim at the destruction of the enemies of the- truth by accom plishing their conversion, thus not onl thinning the ranks of the. enemy but augmenting our.own. This. is the true, the only legitimate victory which we should seek to accom plish—a moral' victory, a bloodless conquest, gahied not by might, nor bypower, but by the Spinlof the Lord. (Cheers.) I, therefore, rejoice to preside at this tea party, held for the purpose of strengthening our hands and; our hearts in this good cause. I hail with joy the fiemation. of a " Working Man's Branch" of that noble and faithful witness of the truth, w h ose , flag has ever b rave d t r i ump h ant l y th e b a ttl e the " British R e f orma ti on S oc i e t y ." I augur our country, when. I see. our working men, and the w breeze, our mechanics, our carpenters, our smiths, our shoemakers, taking the initiative in this matter, and, as in this case, e ufor without being urged by the Clergy, flea forming them selves into 'a society havin for its object the pro motion of these glorious principles, and then coming to the proper leaders of the people, the clergy of our be loved Church, thankful if they can secure their co-opera tion. They determined, with God's blessing, that, whether supported or not, they will nail the colours to the mast head, and never take them down untitvietory crowns their arms. (Great applause.) The rev. chairman alluded to the persecutions which are being carried on all over the world, by the priests of Rome against Protestants, dwelling at length on the brutal and disgusting case which has recently occurred at Chelles, in France, where the corpse of a Pro testant farmer was dug out of the grave by the priests' myrmidons, and dragged through the nure of the streets. Mr. Join( BENNETT'', the secretary, then read the fol lowing REPORT. At a public meeting, held in All Saints' School-room (the Rev. H. Marlen having very kindly granted the use of that building for the occasion), on the 14th of September, of persons in the habit of attending the controversial lec tures and Sunday out-door meetings conducted by Mr. T. Worrell, the agent in this town to the British Refor mation Society, the following resolutions were unanimously adopted "That, in consequence of the very great success which has attended the efforts of the agent in this town, especially at the North eml, and the general progress of the work of reformation, it is deemed advisable to form a branch society, to be designated the ' Liverpool Working. Men's Branch Protestant Reformation Society,' having for its object tho carrying out of the principles and objects of the parent society." " That a commodious building be procured for the pur pose of having weekly lectures, that a libray be formed, and every practicable means adopted to furnish the mem bers with information touching the principles of the Church of England, in contradistinction to those of the Church of Rome." " That every effort be made to disseminate information among the Roman Catholics in this town, by the circula tion of tracts and other works on the Romish controversy ; by the diffusion, in every, possible way, of sound Pro testant knowledge ; and that all legitimate means be put forth to induce them to abandon that erroneous system." " That, in order to carry out the object of the meeting, every member shall contribute not less than one penny weekly, in consideration of which he is to be entitled to attend the lectures free, and any other privileges that may arise in connection with the society." " That a committee be appointed to carry out the inten tions of this meeting in such a manner as to the commit tee may appear best:" " Tliat the committee, having taken the premises occu pied this evening, and succeeded in enrolling nearly 300 members, deemed it requisite to convene those members together on the 3rd day of November, in order to adopt rules and appoint officers. At that meeting the following rules were agreed upon : " Rule 1. That the society shall be designated The Working-men's Branch of the Protestant Reformation Society.' " Rule 2. That it shall consist of Patron, Vice-patrons, President, Vice-presidents, Treasurer, Secretary, Commit tee, and Members. " Rule 3. That all persons professing a belief in the Holy Trinity, who shall subscribe one penny weekly, or shall society. pounds, shall be members of the c v o e mmittee of thirty members shall be transact the general business of the annually g society ,N‘eßaudonation Rule chosena n 4 That a t f five that a five v e constitute a quorum. 6, R u l e 5. That an annual meeting of the society shall be held at such time and place as the committee may determine, when a report of the past year's proceedings shall be presented, with an audited statement of the accounts. That Alderman E. Molyneux be patron ; vice patrons not yet appointed. That Mr. John Parsonage be president, and Messrs. Worrall and Grindrod be vice presidents. That Mr. John Johnson be treasurer. That Mr. John Bennett be secretary. [Here follow the names of thirty gentlemen of the committee.l The Rev. S. B. SUTTON moved the first resolution, as follows :-- "That the promotion of the religious principles of the Reformation is It duty iuCumbeut 911 011 believe that those principles are in accordance with the revealed will of God." Some subjects, he said, spoke for themselves. Their very titles proclaimed their importance and their worth. The basis of the resolution in his hand was that principle con stituted character, and, therefore, in order effectually to advocate the interests of the Reformation, .and make the members of the Church of Rome join their ranks, because honest and consistent Protestants; they must act upon this rule of principle constituting character By charac ter, he meant those natural qualities which glorified God, dignified man, and purified society. (Hear, hear.) Character was not talent. A man might have all the wisdom of Newton, the logic of Bacon, the metaphysics of Locke, and yet be destitute of character. The philoso phers of Greece and Rome knew as much as they could know without the Bible, and yet they were destitute of those cardinal principles which constituted sound charac ter. The philosophers of France, at the end of the last century, the leaders of the revolution, were, many of them, great and energetic men, but were destitute of those principles which constituted true men in the sight of God. Character was not station. Some of the highest geniuses had been dug out of the roughest quarry. (Cheers.) Rough hands, unshaven faces, thick arms and legs, and stalwart constitutions, had contained the gentlest and noblest, and purest of spirit. (Cheers.) Charac ter was neither talent, station, nor reputation. The most ignorant Hottentot, or civilized European, whether king or subject, master or servant, who made the Bible his guide, the glory of God his end, the exaltation of true scriptural principles the summit of his ambition—whe ther he lived in a hut or a palace; whether clothed in rags or in fine linen—that man, in the sight of God and the universe, had downright, settled, manly character. (Loud applause.) By principles they meant, not opinions, but those great motives which resulted in settled action ; and according to the character of these principles would be the nature of the action. With these sentiments in view the resolution in his band had been framed. Now, the object of the Reformation Society was to circulate the religious principles of that Reformation, which unquestionably was the greatest event that had taken place since the day of Pentecost. It was a mighty upheaviug of mind ; a won derful shaking among the dry brnes ; the throwing off that incubus which was eating up the very vitals of Christianity. One of the great religious prin ciples of the Reformation was that the Bible alone was to determine the essentials of salvation. Tills, too, was in accordance with the 6th Article of the Church of England; for, though the members of that Church might differ—as he did with Mr. WHITE on minor matters of church government—they yet deemed that everything necessary to salvation was to be found in the Bible, or nowhere. (Cheers). Martin Luther, who saw that there was law in the material creation, so was there law in the religious economy. He found, however, that the decrees of Popes and Councils were not sufficient to satisfy his conscience as a sinner, and he maintained throughout the integrity and paramount authority of the Bible. It was this that the Papists did not like. When they said that Rome was the mistress of the churches, give them the Bible and ask them to prove it. When they said the Pope was the head of the Church, bring them to the Law and the Testimony, and they would fly. An open Bible, and the plain common sense declaration of God's truth, they could not stand. Protesants, from the earlieit time —Abel was the first—Protestants patriarchal, Mo saic, prophetic, and Christian, martyrs and refor mers kept the Bible in its paramount authority as the rule of faith and the guide of practice. The supre macy of the revealed law of God„ then, was one principlik which the society was anxious to circulate and maintain in Liverpool. The poor Romanist, who from birth to death heard but one voice—" Hear the church"—was kept without that rule. whereby only he could he saved. There were many things about which they (the Protestants) might differ; but there were two things about which no soundly and religiously constituted minds could differ— that the Bible was the rule of faith, and that the Bible was the book for every man ; and whatever' might take place however powerful might be the aggressions of Popery— however the nunneries, and chapetries, and monkeries, might increase ; however frequent might buthe visitations of the priesthood in this town, they (the Protestants) would keep their principles intact and pure; would defend them so long as a drop of blood remained' jnl their bodies, and would pray from the bottom of their hearts, and teach their children to lisp,. "From all the' detestable enormities of the Bishop of Rome; good. Lord deliver us !" (Loud applause.) 'the Rev. T. ROBINSON, 8.A.. seconded theresolution, and alluded to the foundation of the Protestant Reformation So ciety amid some few storms and amid many prayers. After remarking that the present gathering must be very cheering to themissionary Mr. Worrell (whom he, Mr. Robinson, had recommended to the appointment which lie now held), tie speaker took a hasty and brief review of thepolitical move ments wnich had of late agitated all classes in reference to the great subject of Protestantism in these realmst His confidence lie declared to be shaken, and be found by experi ence it would not do to look to Govei nment fora:display of those bold measures which are indispensable for securing our Protestant institutions. (Cheers.) All were aware of the brilliant election promises made when courting the support of the people; but as working men they were all aware that action speaks louder and with more effect than words. Of the men who have composed our ministers of the crown, in connexion with this great struggle, we have found them equivocal, esasive, dilatory, unprotestant. (Hear, hear) The proceedings of such men made him tremble for England's future; and that anxiety was increasediby every day's experi ence. It was but lately he read that an order had gone down to Chatham, providing that the same chapel for the accom mouation of the soldiery was to be used on one part of the day for the services of our ProtestantChnrch r and on the other by the Popish priest, as a place in which to disseminate the abo minations of theltomis;, belief. He knew not what answer might be sent to such an order by the chaplain at Chatham ; but, if he had: received an order thus to mix his minirtry with that of an apostate priest, he- would instantly have penned his resignation, and would have been no. party to so ltlasphemeas a mixture of Christ with Antichrist. (Cheers:). A feather, it had been said, thrown up shows how the wii.d blows, and one•circumstance lately struck him as significant. When our belovea Queen lately visited Ireland (and our Queen is, withoutany doubt, a true and staunch Protestant) —(loud cheers)—she was made to reach Ireland on a Monday, and to leave it ona Saturday. And why was that so ? It was lest these amiable Papists should be offe'nded by Her Majesty going to worship God, in connection with those parties who follow the principles upon which had become the hero of the. Battle of the Boyne. (Loud and con flitted cheers.) , We can place no confftlence in men who could thus counsel temporising on the part of our Sovereign. An incident he might relate; however,. which showed that whatever might be the disposition of Minis- ters, reliance may be placed on the members of the Commons House of Parliament. At the close of last session not fewer than fifty members of that House had pledged themselves to maintain the Protestant oath of supre macy entire.• (Loud cheers.) These are the men who should be countenanced and supported, and towards an augmenta tion of whose numbers every Protestant should direct his at tention, as the• parties really capable of opposing and coun teracting the Pope's brass band. (Great and continued cheering.) Ere• this time England has had , to fall back on her middle etaases ; and we now come to you, to the middle classes,. and the lower classes, Among them we find few conversions, perversions they. are more properly called, to Popery. (Cheers.) It is among the upper classes that such unfortunate movements are to be met with. It is for you then to be up and be doing, and to show your deter mination to. exalt and uphold the tratli as it is in Jesus. (Cheers.) A gentleman to whom he (the speaker) had lately to address himself concerning this movement disapproved of it. The gentleman inquired wat arguments could be adduced by working men to counteract the operations of Rome. He forgot that: those men have the happiness to sit under evan gelical ministers—(cheers)—that they are accustomed to dis cussion among themselves •, and they are thus enabled to contribute powerful efforts to uproot the unrighteousness of Popery, (Cheers.) It had been found by many that thought was very , erratic; that ideas very solemn are rapidly suc ceeded by others that are very ludicrous. His thoughts had on a late.occasion transported him in imagination to London, the time he thought was the month, of May, and lie to him self fancied he was on his way to Exeter-hall to attend a meeting at the Protestant ssociation. He encountered, he thought, a crowd, and on ascertaining what was the occasion, he discovered a large mastiff in the act of shaking and woe-. Tying a little pet dog. The crowd shouted and used every exertion to rescue the little sufferer, but without effect. Presently a little gentleman —a very small man compared with many of those who were exerting themselves on the• occasion—pressed gradually forward, and having gained the front rank, he took a small box. from his pocket, and out of ib he lifted a small quantity of snuff, which lie placed within the jaws of the mastiff. The huge cur gave a great howl and ran away. (Laughter and loud cheers.) The big dog bounded away, and the little one was left free. (Cheers.) Let us follow a similar course, and send away the great beast of Popery from. its attempts to worry and destroy our poor little Protestantism. You will aid in putting a pinch of snuff in the jaws of tlie.gseat Papal beast, and effectually scare away the great Cardinal Wiseman, who of late has threatened to destroy us. The reverend gentleman resumed his seat amidst loud and continued cheering. The Rev. V. M. Wnazn moved the next resolution : " That this meeting. desires to give its cordial support to the Liverpool Auxiliary to the British Society for Pro moting the Religious Principles of the Reformation, and, in so doing contemplates not only the general effects that may result from the society's operations at large, but also the particular benefit which may be lookers to the Roman Catholicsresident in the town and neighbourhood." It was necessary (Mr. White said) to distinguish between persons and principles. They spoke,'in the present contro versy, in reference to principles. They loved the persons of the Papists, and it was because of this that they endeavoured to do them good by telling them the truth; but they hated the principles of Popery—that masterpiece of the devil, who never produced a system so well calculated to dishonour God and destroy the souls of men. The facts of the case showed that in every country where Popery was established perse cution and intolerance prevailed; and yet, notwithstanding this intolerance in principle and practice, she would fain pass before the world, in free Protestant England, as the very essence of meekness and patience. Look at the poor priests here, for instance, who, Dr. Cahill said, would do nobody any harm— (laughter)—but yet the writings of their church breathed the most intolerant, fiery, and perse cuting spirit. He (the speaker) should endeavour to show that, in principle, it was utterly impossible for the Church of Rome to be anything else but intolerant, persecuting, and the enemy of all that was for man's good, and the comfort of our soul's hereafter. First, it was utterly impossible for any nation to be free that was under the government of one who possessed nothing less than the power of Almighty . God Himself, and yet who had all the frailties, defects, and infir mities of humanity. What had been the character of the Popes, they who claimed thus to be gods upon earth? Why, one Roman Catholic writer told us that there were 150 Popes who were apostatical and not apostolical; and, a Romish cardinal, who had written more than any other member of his church, and was a high authority, described them as monsters who had crept into the pontifical chair. (Cheers.) Again, Romanism must be a system of tyranny ; for no freet.om could could exist where there were no laws to direct the government of a country. Every government had laws, even the most arbitrary and despotic. The Church of England had its laws ; but in the Church of Rome the Pope was at the head, there was no law but his, and, therefore, the people must be slaves. They said they did not restrict the Bible; but they taught that it must be interpreted according to whatever sense the Church chose, and thus the Pope could defeat Scripture by the interpretation which lie chose to esta blish. In the third place, the Papists could not be anything else but slaves, in consequence of the hold which the priest hood had upon them, through the confessional and other agencies. He spoke not of the priesthood personally, but officially, when he declared that it was impossible for a man who took an absolute oath of allegiance to a foreign prince— to consider his interests first, and to sacrifice all others to them—it was absolutely impossible for that man to pay true and faithful allegiance to the sovereign of this country. Popery ' ever was, and ever must be, intolerant and persecuting,— the enemy of God and man; the foe of man's best interests, individually and socially, both for time and eternity. (Cheers.) The Rev. G. L. IRELAND seconded the motion, remarking that as Rome was maintained by organisation, so must the Protestants, by organisation, and by the formation and sup port of societies like the present, seek to battle with and sub due the foe. He contrasted the superior condition of the Pro testant with those of the Roman Catholic countries of Europe, with a view to show how debasing and enervating was the system of Popery ; and pointed out, as an illustration of the same fact, the wretched state of many portions of Liverpool, particularly the district about St. John's. This Society was composed of the persons by whom the work of the Reforma tion could be most effectually accomplished--if they ch ose properly to exert themselves —namely, the working-classes. at - thanks to The Rev. W. B. S. MATTIIIAS moved a vote the chairman. 505643 346290 9302391 '• " 542151 12620 31574! 11170 31577 18960 572 530 99550 84270 80291 3900 288487 1 174910 6436 , 2690 1956424 655370 PuonucE.—Business has been generally more active during the week, and prices have been well maintained. TO-DAY there is no change to notice in Sugar, the refiners still continuing the chief purchasers : the sales, including Saturday's opera tions, comprise 70 hhds. St. Lucia at 31s. to 335., 40 hhds. Jamaica at 335. 9d., 4,600 bags Khaur at 28s. 6d., and 1,4-50 bags Bengal at 38s. to 38s. 6d. for Benares, and 345. to 345. 6d. per cwt. for Dates. 50 puns. Antigua Molasses, from the quay, are reported at 17s. 3d. per cwt., and a small lot of Demerara Rum at previous prices. The Tea market continues firm for all descriptions, with the exception of common Congou, several parcels of which are offering at ls. 3d. per lb. The Rice market has become quiet, the sales being confined to a few hundred bags of Bengal at 15s. 9d. per cwt. We have also to notice 50 bags Salt petre at 295. 3d. (51 per cent.), 20 bags liver Shell Lac at 425., 420 - bags Sago Flour at 225. per cwt., 20 tons Panama Mother-of-pearl Shells at £2B 10s. per ton from the quay, and 500 bags Calcutta Linseed at 545. per quarter. WooL.—The business of the week has been to a fair extent, and confidence seems to be gradually increasing ; although the reports from the manu facturing districts are anything but encouraging, yet this market has continued to improve since the close of the London sales, and a fair average amount of business has been done this week at improved rates : there have been several inquiries for coarse long-stapled Wools, such as Bosnia, and Syrian fleece, free from scurf, of which the market has been nearly cleared ; there is also a demand for good white Egyptian of long staple, but none in the market. Present stocks consist of short stapled ordinary quality. Imports for the week, 7760 bales, chiefly from the west coast of America. Several sales of Irish and English Fleece Wool are reported at id. to Id. per lb. more than could have been made a month ago. Stocks are light, and holders are confidently expecting higher prices. IRON. —The Scotch Pig Iron Market has again assumed the dangerous price upon which we com mented in the early part of the present year, and we now see no reason to alter very materially the view we then took of this article. The price of coals and tabour since then has certainly advanced, yet we cannot shut our eyes to the fact that, in the first half of the year 1852, Scotch Pigs could be purchased at from 355. to 40s. per ton, and that the present cost is about 80s. per ton. In the former instance the price was too low to remune rate the Ironmasters, and it is now much too dear for all legitimate trade, and this assertion is fully borne out by the fact that the exports have fallen off from a weekly average of 16,000 tons to 8,600 tons for the past month, as well as the fact that in the United States (our great customer) the price, as per Africa's advices, is equal to £6 3s. 9d. per ton cash, whilst it will cost 20s. t 0.255. per ton above that price to sell in New York : meethants who purchased for exportation choosing to sell here at the advance, making sure of a good profit in preference to shipping to an uncertain market. The foundry-men, too, are merely purchasing from hand to mouth in the expectation of reduced rates. About two months since the price was 605., and has been run up to 80s. by large purchases in anticipa tion of the abolition of the French duty ; but, like . most other speculations of this nature, it has been carried too far. The long looked-for decree has been issued, and amounts to a reduction of 2 francs per 100 kilogrammes, or not quite 30 per cent. in duty if imported in French or English vessels, and about half a franc less in foreign vessels, which is a mere bagatelle in comparison with the increase in the price of the Iron, which is upwards of 100 per cent., without taking into account the higher rates of freights now prevailing. In the early part of 1852, the value of Pig Iron was about 405., and freights much lower than now, yet pigs did not then find their way in large quantity into French consumption, and how they can find their way there under present circumstances, the following com parison of the three items of cost, freight, and duty will clearly point out, viz. - - C oat. Freight. Duty. First half 1852.1 40s. 180. Per ton. 1 Nov., 1853... 61s. £5 19 0 438. 61 £7 10 •6 Difference, £1 11 6 Thus we find a difference against the exports to France, after allowing for the reduction of duty, to be about 31s. 6d. per ton, certainly offering no in ducement to mercantile men to ship now who did not do so in 1852. The whole affair of the present rise bears much the same stamp of the over-specu lation of last year, when an unwarrantable com parison was made between the price of Scotch Pig Iron and the manufactured Iron of Staffordshire the error of which many people discovered when it was too late.---To-DAY there has been little or no thing doing in Pig Iron. Quotations, 795. to 80s. per ton. SHOCKING TRAGEDY AT LOIIIBVILLE.—On Wednes day morning, November 2, Matthew F. Ward, the eldest son of R. J. Ward, Esq., went to the High School in Louisville, near the corner of Second-street, on Chestnut, accompanied by two of his brothers—Robert Ward, a youth of sixteen, and William Ward, a smaller boy—and called for Mr. W. H. G. Butler, one of the teachers. A few words passed between them, when Mr. Ward pulled out a pistol, and shot Mr. Butler down. The ball pene trated his left breast, over the heart, and he fell to the floor, exclaiming in his agony, " I am killed—oh, my wife and child !" Ward then dropped his pistol, and, accom panied by his brother, retreated from the school-room. Mr. Butler was able to rise from the floor, and left the room, assisted by some boys, but when in the street he fell again, and was carried home. The ball could not be ex tracted, and he bled inwardly. Mr. Butler had corrected Wm. Ward, one of his pupils, the day previous, for telling a falsehood, which led to the tragic affair. Robert Ward, who accompanied his brother, drew a bowie knife, and when Professor Sturgis, the other teacher in the school, advanced to the assistance of Mr. Butler, he made such demonstrations that the professor retreated and made his escape out of a window, The scholars in the schoolroom were also scattered in all directions by the display of such warlike instruments in their midst. Mr. M. F. Ward and Robert J. Ward, jun., were promptly arrested, and lodged in gaol. Mr. Butler died the following day, leav ing a wife and child. The two Wards have been commit ted for trial. AN AWKWARD DISCLOSURE. — At the Lambeth police court, on Saturday, Mary Anne Hoffman, a smart -looking girl, in the service of Captain George Burslau, of Lord ship-lane, Dulwich, was charged with stealing a towel, the property of her master, and on suspicion of stealing an emerald ring, value £l5, the property of her mistress. The captain deposed that on returning with his wife from a party, about two in the morning of the 10th instant, Mrs. Buislau took off her rings and placed them on the dressing-table, and on the following morning the emerald ring was missing. The servants all denied any knowledge of the ring, and as the prisoner in particular had the duty devolved upon her of coming into that room, suspicip rested on her, but he did not feel justified in giving her into custody. That morning, the prisoner being insolent, he ordered her to quit his house. She refused, and he was compelled to turn her out; and, on having her boxes searched by a policeman, one of the new set of towels pur chased by him was found, and he then gave her into cus tody. A witness, who hemmed the towels, deposed that it was one of the captain's. The prisoner assured the magis trate that the towel was her own, and that she knew no thing about the ring. On the night in question, her mas ter and mistress brought home from the party Dr. 31i1- lengen and a Mr. Hudson, and there was a quarrel, as she believed, about the doctor's attentions to her mistress at the party. The doctor was to have stopped in the house all night, and the servants believed he had done so, but on going to the room the bed was found untouched, and the doctor had disappeared no one knew how. Various prices had been set on the ring, and on each occasion it was made to increase in value. The prisoner added, addressing the captain, " There would be nothing of this, had I allowed you to kiss me when you gave me the wine to drink, and told me you had purchased me the ear-rings you pro mised." The Captain, colouring "Me ! want to kiss you ?" Prisoner : Yes, but I wouldn't let you." The prisoner being without friends to bail her, tho magistrate accepted her owl; recognizance* to appear en a future daY. ISTOCK 1N0v.25 TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 29, 1853. Mr. CLARKE, in a brief but energetic speech, supported the motion, urging upon the attention of the audience the important work which the females might effect in promoting the objects of the society. Mr. T. WoRRALL supported the resolution, and pointing to the pictures elucidating the great historical events of the reformation which adorned the walls, and also to the portrait of the Dukeof Wellington, he exhorted theaudience to maintain the principles for which their ancestors had so nobly fought. He particu:arly alluded to the exertions of Mr. Taylor, and other gentlemen on the platform, on behalf of those people. Mr. TAYLOR briefly replied, and the proceedings concluded about half-past 10 by the singing of the National Anthem. [the refreshments at the party were supplied by Mr. Alilbourn, and gave great satisfaction.] FIRES IN LIVERPOOL. FIRE IN ST. GEORGE'S BAZAAR.-011 Tuesday even ing, the St. George's Bazaar, in Queen-square,—a similar establishment to the old Pedlar's Market,—was destroyed by fire. The place was closed, as usual, about ten minutes past eight o'clock, and, in a few minutes after, it was dis covered to be in flames. The fire . appears to have origi nated at the St. John's-lane end. It was first noticed by the reflection seen through the glazed openings over the door in Queen-square. Intelligence was immediately for warded to the fire-station, but before Mr. Hewitt could arrive with his brigade and reel-carriage, some persons, anxious to save the property inside, forced open the doors, which caused such a draught of air through the building, that the flames were fanned into an ungovernable fury. When the hose were brought to play, and also a hose from the West of England Company's engine, which was early in attendance, the fire was soon quenched, but the con tents of the bazaar were already entirely destroyed, with the exception of a few articles in one or two of the stalls at the Queen-square end. The building was the property of Mr. Leigh, of Shaw-street, and was insured in the Sun Fire Office for about £l,OOO. The poor tenants of the stalls, about 30 in number, however, lose everything, for they were not in a position to insure the trifling articles they dealt in ; and a subscription has been commenced for their relief, the furtherance of which, we believe, has been acquiesced in by several members of the Town Council. The loss to the tenants, it is considered, will amount to about £l,OOO. Over the St. John's-lane end of the bazaar there was a bedroom, part of the premises of the Manches ter and Birmingham Hotel, occupied by Mr. Cross, which also sustained considerable damage, but it was fortunately insured in the West of,England office, and Mr. Cross's claim for damage was proniptly settled on Wednesday morning. The origin of the fire is still a mystery. The person who has charge of the bazaar asserts that all was quite safe when he locked it up and turned off the gas ; but one of the tenants stated that a person in passing through the bazaar a few minutes previously threw a lighted portion of a cigar on the floor. [The occurrence of such cases as the above, in which numerous poor parties are suddenly, and with little, if any, fault of their own, deprived of their only means of subsistence and thrown destitute upon the sympathies of the charitable, suggests the consideration, as to whether some arrangement could not be entered into between the proprietor and tenants, whereby such an addition might be made to the stall-rents as would enable the former to effect insurances on the goods of the latter, and thus ren der them so far safe, in the event of such calamities ! occuring.—En. L. S.] DDSTNTICTIVE FIRE. — ANOTHER' WIND AND STEAM MILL 13.YRNT. — At a few minutes past five o'clock on Wednesday evening, a fire was discovered to have broken out in the mill situated in Limekiln .lane, belonging to Messrs. Rawsthorne. This mill, like' the one whose de struction we recorded last week, was driven partly by wind and partly by steam-power —the portion to which the steam-power was applied being five, andthe other eight stories-high, The premises in this instance were closely surrounded by houses, chiefly occupied by the humbler classes. The fire, when first discovered, was in the upper floor of the-steam-mill, and immediately over the engine ; but, priarto. its discovery, it had obtained.. such a hold of the premises as to preclude the possibility of saving them. The fire-engines and other apparatus belonging to the fire brigade, together with a large number of the men, were spedily on:the spot, but all efforts to save-the steam-mill were so obviously useless, that their exertioxs , were mainly directed to extinguish the flames which hadbeen commu nicatedto the-windmill, and save the adjoining premises. In the latter attempt their endeavours were fortunately suc cessful ; although, we regret to add, the attempt to save the windmill. proved entirely futile. The fine rushed ra pidly upwards-in the windmill tower, and, having burst through its roof, raged and roared with the fury of a blast furnace, till everything within it which was. oombustills was entirely consumed. At about twenty minutes past eight o'clock the huge and ponderous sails of the windmill, having first swayed as if about to fall across the tower, fell with a dreadful crash towards the outside of, the build ing, carrying: with them a large mass of the:brickwork. In falling the sails came in contact with, and entirely de stroyed, the roof of a cottage situated in the mill-yard, on the roof of which the forenian had been standing only a few minutes before. No lives were lost ; but we regret to add that one of the police-constables (No. 733, Smith) was severely injured by some of the brickwork falling on him. From the moment the windmill sails fell, all appsehensions of immediate danger were at an end, and the firemen's efforts were directed to confining the conflagration within the ruins, in which they happily succeeded. There were 9 pairs of grinding-stones employed in the mille-; and the total loss in premiles, machinery, and grain and flour, is estimated at about £9,000, £5,000 being considered about the value of the premises and the machinery, while the flour and.grain are estimated at £l,OOO. 'r .stock be longed to Mr; Martin, and was, we believe, insured in the West of England. Fire-office to the extent of £2,000. It is also stated that the loss of the Messrs. Rawsthorne was so far covered by Insurance ; the building to the extent of £3,400, in the Leeds and Yorkshire, and the machinery to the amount of £7OO, in the Yorkshire offices. A consi derable portion.orliour was, we understand, saved by the neighbours and millers before the arrival of the fire-police. The whole of the-machinery had, only a shout time ago, been renewed or extensively repaired, and the. mill was un derstood to be in excellent working order. How the fire originated has not been discovered. Flue IN MANSTY-LANE.—On Wednesday,.about noon, afire broke out ita the ceiling of one of the top rooms .of Wright's sugar-house, Manesty-lane. The premises being insured in. the West of England office, intelligence was immediately conveyed to the station in Mount-pleasant, and: the engine was at once sent. The fire- brigade also attended from Temple-court, but the services of neither were required, the flames having been extinguished with a few buckets of 'water. The damage was very trifling. Fiats IN. A. TIMBER-YARD.—On Thursday afternoon, about three o'clock, a fire broke out in a timber-yard be longing to.Mr: Bellgrove, situated near theßramley-Moore Dock. The fire brigade succeeded in extinguishing the flames The damage does not amount to more than £2O. THE HoN. H. T. LIDDELL, M.P., has added his name as: a. subscriber to the Liverpool special fdad of the Society fen- Promoting the Employment of Additional Curates .in Populous Places. GREAT CIRCLE SAILING.—A meeting of the Literary and Philosophical Society of Liverpool.was held last night, at the Royal Institution, in Colquitt-street, Mr. Yates in that chair, when Mr. J. T. Towson delivered a lecture on great circle aid composite sailing, and their late advan tageous application in connexion with,Australian voyages. He explained in detail the principles; of the theory, and denied that he had ever claimed, the honour of its invention, inasmuch as it was as, aid as the principle of Mercator's projection. He also, explained the claim admitted by Lieutenant Maury, who. had denied the value of the application when it was disputed to belong to him ; but he (Mr. Towson) claimed the credit of the theory of composite sailing, which had been successfully adopted by Capts. Boyce, Forbes, Godfrey, and others, in their rapid voyages to and ftom Australia. Ori account of the late ness of the hour, the further consideration of the subject was adjourned until another meeting, after a vote of thanks to the lecturer. THE QUEEN AND PItiNCS; with the royal children,. accompanied by the Duke and Duchess of Brabant, left Windsor on Saturday, for Osborne. RUN ON THE DUBLIN SA‘v,iN,GS-BANK.—There has been a "run" upon one of the sayings -banks in Dublin, whiall has continued all the week.. Some idea of its extent may be learnt from the fact that,, since Wednesday, th e " ca ll s " have amounted to e. 40,000. AMERICAN CONSISIENCY.—By a recent decree i the black Emperor of Hayti. admits Protestant Bibles, Testa ments, and books, into,his island free of duty. Yet,Hayti, which has shown a Protestant liberality in this respect, cannot get her sovereignty recognised in any manner by the United States.—Chrouicle. THE NEW TESXANLVSY.—Is the whole of the New Testament to be met with in the writings of the first three centuries ? " Well," said Lord Hailes, "- that ques tion quite accorded with my antiquarian tucn of mind. On returning home, as I knew that I had all the writers of those centuries, I began immediately to. collect them, that I might set to work on the arduous task as soon as possible." Pointing to a table covered with papers, he said, " There have I been busy for these two months, searching for chapters, half chapters, ' and sentences of the New Testament, and have marked down what I have found, and where I have found it ; so that any person may see and examine for themselves. I have actually discovered the whole New Testament from those writings, except, ten or eleven verses, which satisfies me that I could discover them also. Now," said he, " here was a way in which God concealed or hid the treasure of his word, that Julian, the apostate Emperor, andother enemies of Christ, who wished to extirpate the Gospel from the world, never would have thought of, and, if they had, they never could have effected its destruction." WHY ARE EYES like coach-horses ? Because they are under lashes. LATEST INTELLIGENCE. MONDAY EVENING, NOVEMBEIL g 8• BY ELECTRIC TELEG.RAPR. LoNnox.—The tightness of the Money. Market 0 15 again perceptible. The rates of discount certainly ad vanced, and bills, however unexceptionable, cannot now be discounted under the bank rate of 6 per cent. Corn, Iron, Tea, and Tallow, have not exhibited their usua l buoyancy, and for the present prices are not likely to advance. From the third edition of The Times. OPENING OF THE PRUSSIAN CHAMBERS. This mo • BERLIN, morning the Cabinet was opened by a sPee ch ' res o f by the President of the Ministry, The first Por ticin - this address had reference to the internal affairs of the monarchy, such as the scarcity of g rain and the necos itY MoziPAT Nocg f • of trans p ort p art 0f Germany to • the other. At the c lo se a ir° for facilitating the means to the fact President called the attention of the Chamber s of great that their deliberations commenced at a Per i°a anxiety as regarded external affairs, and at a time when the peace of Europe might be disturbed by 01' 3 0 °6° , 1 , 1 1 in the East. The Government neither could net' I cf) : t . conceal the fact that this anxiety was foundedonfiete' ,vll hism o ne Ph ate ull it was prepared to look with confidence on the btu; s Prussia,. supported by her own strength, and fat ... e. her e mus of her own power, would continue, as l leret*L and efforts in every direction to maintain Pea ce j:o) would hold, in the cause, an independent and i irj r - t tone throughout the whole of this difficult que sti°ll. 1311 whatever turn events might take, Providence lia d Pla o ceti cl in Prussia a King, at the head of an united , va lau t u red ptiaiatr:othtiec Government, l a evi n oit, d uiod t n he Chambers might rest 3 ' - ' : bt 0w 1 • terest s be called to ' every* occasion 0 of the nation, which werbe:visZlepelYargabliedetifoblll'iltilic:si;:gt;:e THE . CONSTAN TINOPLE, Nov. EASTER 14.— N The WAR Chronicles, corre , or spondent writes that, three Brftiv find f Pr e of steamers left for Odessa, and it was said the l ine °4. that ships are to follow. He also adds- ill a posts el l„ P ",, Omer Pacha has advanced with all bis, forces and that Ismail Pacha has pushed on from Fi w 7 a. re . iir Krajova with his army, which has been strong i be ir &reed. It appears, therefore, that they are ein" -° forces in order to. make an attack upon Bucharest' foe No later telegraphic accounts from the!Pann be se Asia.. It is said that Russia is secretly anili e ',„ -e r elle armistice-, and that Austria has been asked to ln for its for that purpose. Such a demand could have ent-c iar object to , give Russka time to continue at ease b e 'o; mensepreparations forrenewal of her effortein; tb c °P o e? It is dhubtful that Tarkey would consent tc• ber ad• measure;. which will be more to the advantaP • versary than to herself y ris telj Constantinople letters-state that the new Greel, - ,_ st „ as a had requested.Redschid Pasha to entreat the Se 4 b' - e ie" favour to permit him and all the Greek SYnot il t 94 0- pany his Majesty when he leaves for the arm.: " - #le "" very important step, and the decree according ` mand woukl; appear in a few% days b een The Emperor of Russia'a. manifesto, which - De al , tile read in all the Bucharest churches, was received' _t'i p-es t utmost coolness‘by the. Wallachians, but Prn dll ' ' enthusiasm among the Russian soldiers „c g al The 3rd Corps of the army had soldiers. , r t be te"°, The 6th corps; was expected - shortly. e These are corps of the- reserve; which, it was thought, sc °- ,. e 1l s t leave Russia.. before the' spring. It wa s cons l _, ° ' o rps Bucharest that the opportune:arrival of the log proved that the, determination of the Czar, for time past, was , to force Turkey into a war. TATTERSALL'S BETTING.—This Dg ot° • nOO CHESTER Cuo.-1,000 to 15 apt Defiance, taken i en 15 apt Trifle, taken ; 1,000 to 15' agst Mr. Sykes , to b ea to 15 apt Newininster, taken ; 1,00040 10 agst fle a P Y' ' 1,000 to 15 apt , Leopold, taken. to 4'o DERBY, 185 - 4i-6 to 1 apt Autocrat, taken; . to s e King Tom, taken; 14 to I agst Dervish, taken ; Ruby, taken 33 to 1 ag st Neville, taken; 4 0 to 1 al'art Cassel, taken ;; 40 to 1 apt Carla, taken ; 50 to Noll, taken. pxer- FUND*.STOCK, AND.SifA'RE MAL. pro o . The rumours- , circulating on Saturday evenin ! cc th ar s e groundless, the -English market opened •slightlY c heo°,, dency towards laurther reaction; this, „however, waosr by the tenor oft - foreign news, and by the pressure f: _ which existed throughout the day, &continuationg,),_,,,,oev_ is talked of for next account. Railways, during theaf,:o4:BBol partially recovered from the decline of Saturday I;,`„siaer, but were not fully supported, and closed wea lfl Y v was limited, tins-preparations for settlement eilegTAolo tion. Bank, Land, and Mines a degree lower, and sou activity ; Foreign heav ... cL y. ostrio PRICS 9-1 .. 21 1 Ig o Do. Consols, Account . .. J . 95 95* t heiP • gank ' • ..... 5.9. Moner.igxc Three &Qr pereents 96' 4 • l FOREIGN STOCItiS,• 42 13 Mexicans 25 irpan i S l i . PASSIVeS ... rll DO. Thr.3-es R us sian, ••.• • • ...... Spanish Tlpfer:ed 24 Do. Threes 45 64 RAILWAY ISwedisi ••••• • - SHAWN) 101 31 :Lonclon.Sz.N-. tVestein , Londom&.S..Western •," 'Manches., Sheff:, a nd 43 Lincolnshire ...•••• 0 Midland.Stoek ...... Midland,Halves...• •• 0 1 ° North British ...... ..• Do. Preference' Norfolks .......... ..• North Staffordshi Or re : • Shrewebarv. and. ..... .• iDo. L.. tir.:N, W gso r- 614 ' S. Eastern and.llove, 53 ,York, Newcastle, a n Berwick.. • • • Do, uxtensioty Y' Do e . PrefereSl 4SI York andiN, Do. Preference SHAMES. Nugget. .., ... • . •"•:. B. Australian Freehold Australasian • • • Colonial ..... .-••••••••• Mariposa... • ••••.. d' HARES. Peel River —• • •••••••• South Attstral i " N. B&Australian. •" Aroberg.,Nottingham, and E. J unction. ... 5* Bristol and Thleter Caledonian Do. Preference East Anglian Eastern Counties East Lancashire — Eastern Unios A Ditto B and Edinburgh &Glasgow Great Northern B6 7 Do. Do. Great Western Lanc.and Yorkshire. 662 71 Do. Fifths Leeds Northern 134 14 London, Brigliton,and I South Coast — I . 564 7 MINING Noveau Monde .._..... Registeredi Cordeliera, Ave Maria. Carson's Creek Port Philip• LAND 1 Australian Agricultural 42 4 S. Australian Invest. Crystals.= of el CORN MARKE.T. ~ but s . c o 111 1 . 0 We , Have a scanty show of English WWhet,a t, dislo 40 5 Foreign.; the trade opened steady, but miller s ar"; pr e p, sn, to purchase, and prices are unchawdl at pre 9e " is 4tl ier°ie turny, but there is little passintr. Bari`'i 9. 1 " es s t the lower. Fine white boiling Peas brore t r ricoeo e Beans are unaltered. The Oat trade is quiet, " i'lle i t W e e r j. maintained. Flour and Malt are unehang..".• I . yWO i trade- closed dull , . though the prices of lgont;toiclio, 0 ' maintained; Foreign brought fsrmer. terms. Fl ° , l l' f3e ° English Barley Is. per quarter lower., man dn..' Pess.the turn lower. Oats dull.. Fo r English. Irish. 5 458 Wheat 2261. 531 Barley 3302 5495 137 1 " ,4 Oats 1295 31212 .... • Malt 4OTi 50 . 9 .0 3 p Beaus - P""01 0 Peas Flour .... ... 2162: 8139 ~,1 ~..ctil•An " 11, 5 're FROM KINOSSINSDr AND LAY'S •••••- Oa OC., t 106 d i De g The supply of Wheat from Essex and Ken otho_. -Cab met a slow sale at the rates of Monday last , yoreini&v o es was . a good attendance- of country buyer „ s cow c oo-d, teas al. ,tof 011.2.6, neglected, and a small amount of bUsint. . fl oat• I - 01° being disinclined to make any reduction; In „,,r from the south nothing reported. A large sug i arte',.'„ i t I, and the trade very dulkat a decline of 28. Pe,r s 7olY4 a r I" and Peas unaltered in, value. New Oats sel , Jo I" old bring an advance of 6d. to per quarter. doing, and prices unaltered. • PROSDIT CE MAR Spgar : In foreign there is little doing, ',IWO r, ei to ~ ,„t pri , :,, 01 Yellow Havana, in bond, 2 1 s. 6th to 265• • e V/fee : ,t,„ 4 , 41 , ,re demand ; Brown bumps, 435. 6d. to 448. ' ,,'.' ve CeY'Vste s ; 54 ,1. is active, and prices are advancing : I ° a :de. 811 b 48- in e 475. 6d.; Plantation, 58s. to 76s Tea is c 1.7,. ping s 5 0ib.,.,„ barely supported. Rice, a small sa le ; 10. 1 ..; i irol e r teci. to 15s. 6d.; 111adras t 13s. to 14s. 13r1 10 .,1„1I, fali demand is active. Cotton : Sals are OP-- stO c); ,eOl%. s pot. , ieSo TALLOW ATAIO o n. tbe DebVe r Tallow is. firm ; P.Y.C. 55s 9d to s"Lst.: year 33,928 casks,, against 50,477 same titir.; — vesr. 2,087 casks, against 3,767 same time law" We il ' ~ ,,,,„r, ~t, so Beasts, sold better CATTLE LonEM3olnAdßaYll:6lleeTtO 41 1 71 TlheeefC4l.. Mutton...... .f tra d 3 e s is 4 b d ri t s o k, s a s t F 2 r d icl i s p y o'r:6l:!.G e —... 35 7to 56 0' 2s 8d to 45 6d I Veal . . ... 3s 6. .. Oil .... " ...." Beasts 4343 1 Calve -. ... .• • Sheep ARRIVALS. .• • s N inc o oo r l ti f ca o hn l kdßaßenaedsa Beasts u s. f f . 0 .. 1 .. k i ............................................................. n s s , 0 91.:5 I C r a its : hoo b .. B r Leicester , i e d acs g s e hta , sieve.ep.s... :: ..................... c : 0 ... 1 ... n ... ,....a .... 0 ......... - 10)00. 6 0_ ampton Beasts ..... ... ............... ..., ...,,, Do. Pigs .......................... ... :• - so Spanish Beasts ........................ • . 1 Do. Sheep ........................ ..., French Beasts ......................... v ---- N o r t h A I V A e s N t e e r n i i s E S , p3 T 3i E --- .-iFyel l ' o rt Vol LATEST SHIPPING INTELLIv ersa id ois ,, t , William and Sarah, at Galati , 12th Nov .' i a rta , AP„,, at Genoa. lath; Wilhelmine at Pillau, 22ng.,_,iet, ak s t 5, sth 9 ; 1 '7 1 .0 1 ' d r Bremen, 23, rd ; Vigilant, at' Ostend, 24th ; li.aW,r,es, 40,,' ;11LaSnirhiCirellanXdello1ArliNshailrje:°. 0 were, a, 13t a e n -I d ay sa a i r ed , a l t 4l ß ll a f t o a r y pool. .l ia fel ( b ) otriL r e - 3 8 ; eiboist r c n . e.,;: ci e , CHRISTIANSAND, Nov. 19.—The Pleu, iv-, sa ils, co rp. into Mandal. leaky, with loss of deck-loao, i n to , 0 .0 must discharge. The Juno, for Newcastle, Pot fl ail, very leaky; she must discharge. ~ ir on' tiO, ROTTERDAM, Nov. 23.—The Wappe., .,, - ti n aground, but assisted off. — ll,tige l l ' C as ARRIVED AT GRAVESEND, Nov- 23. Shanghai; Lady Franklin, from Calcutta; {roan Ingfill:lfi: from BombaY• ARRIVED AT DEAL, Nov. 28.---Dorothea, .. . A - et' C•;, -/ 4il' Chieftain, and Louisa, from Bombay ; tilit,? , go 'of ' ~ Nightingale, from China _t_ Minna, from e,,• „ to tes' z , LP; Ocean Queen, from New York ; Republic, C o unt bor:oto grave, Woodbine, and Baraz, from Quebec. „ is as „. I+ MADRAS, OCT. 2 4 . —The Catherine Mitcn, flollo the Armoghen Shoal. 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