The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser. — Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1835-01-30 00:00:00

FOREIGN INTELLIGENCE. INSURRECTION TN MADRID, AND MURDER OF THE CAPTAIN GENERAL. The news received from Madrid is of more than usual lin pertance. Oil the 18th instant, a battalion of the 2'l Light Infantry, commanded by the adjutant, Carden), rise in mutiny, for the purpose, it was .spposed, of proclaiming the republic constitution of 1812, and femoving from office Llauder, who has made himself generally obnoxious. They succeeded in seizing on the Post-otfice, a strong building, which serves as the chief guard of the city, and shot the new Captain General, Canterac, when he proceeded to command them to return to their ditty. The Urban militia, the guards, and other reegular troops, being called oat, with some pieces of artillery, a series of attacks upon the Post•office was commenced, w►thout the effect so' dislodging the mutineers. They, however, on finding that the Urban guard, on whose co-operation they appeared to rely, and whom they itceived with cheers, while they fired on the regular troops, were not disposed to join them, opened negoci atiens with General Llauder, who agreed that they should be all pardoned, with the exception of those who fired on General Canterise. This the mutineers positively refused, demanding that the same terms shdujil be applied to all. As night was ap proaching, and the authorities of Madrid were apprehensive that the Carlists would sake advantage of the darkre•s to spread tumult and confusion, the conditions were agreed to, and the hattaliort marched out, bugles blOwing, drums beating, and all the other honours of war; the Urban militia salutiug them as they passed. They were marched to Alcobendas, a village a'mutiliree leagues from Madrid, by their own officers. Great excitement naturally prevailed in the Spanish capital, and the ministers scarcely knew how to act. In the estate of Procuradores, the opposition members brought on a debate, the main nhject of which was to cast cen sure on the Camarli/a, which is slid to govern in Spain, and to force General Llatiiir to declare what was the real military 'situation of. the country. That minister declared, that he knew no Camarilla, and that so far as he was concerned he had done , his duty. He had suppressed the insurrection in the province where he commanded, Catalonia had disarmed the Carlists, and left !whimd a disposable army of 40,010. If a proper use had not been made of the military in the north, it was no fault of the minister, but of the commander-in-chief Mina. The speech of Llauder was confesed and blundering, but he was supported by Martinez de la Rosa, who made as good a case for his colleague as he could. The discussion was expected to continue for many days, and it was reported in se veral circles, that Llauder would be obliged to resign. It is certain that he and Mina cannot longer act together. Little notice was taken by either party ot the mutiny in Madrid; that being, we suppose, too delicate a topic to handle. If other bodies of troops imitate the example of the 2d. the way of Don Carlos to Madrid may be . rendered easier. The leuity, or rather the cowardice which pardoned the soldiers guilty ot such an act of insubordination, and of shooting so great en atlicer as the Cap tain General, must incite, similar outrages.. It'proves that the authorities in Madrid feel that their real power over the soldiers is but small. The report that the troops at Valladolid had killed their general and'proclaimed Dou Carlos, gains ground. The Carlists are no longer confined to the' Basque provinces—and the mutiny at Madrid will give theca increased confidence to extend their sphere of operation. LONDON LAW REPORT. VICE- t ANC ELLOR'S COURT. LEIGH V. LEIGH. Sir William Horne (with Mr. Koe,) in supportof a demurrer in this cause, stated that this bill was bled by Mr. Leigh, whose claims to the barony of Leigh were well known, for an injunc tion to restrain the 'defendant, Mr. Chandos Leigh, from setting up any outstanding terms in defence to an action of ejectment brought by the plaintiff to recover the lar ge f a mily es t a t es. Th e last Lord Leigh devised all his estates to his sister, the Hon. Mary Leigh, for life, with remainder to her issue in strict settle ment, and in default of issue, "to the first and nearest of his kindred, being male and of his name and blood," who should be hying at the determination of the preceding estates, and the heirs of his body lawfully begotten. His lordship died about May,'l7B6, when Mary Leigh entered into possession of the estates, and the bill stated "that she departed this life uninar- Tied and without issue on or about the 2d of July, !806," having previously devised the estates in settlement to James Henry Leigh, the father of the defendant, (Manaus Leigh. George Leigh, the father of the plaintiff, who was his eldest son, claimed to be party entitled under the description in the testator's will, and he having died in Jandary, 1834. the plaintiff was now en deavouring to establish his title to the estates. - To this bill the defendant, Mr. Chandos Leigh, demurred, because it appeared on the face of the-bill that there were twenty y ears adverse pos session since the de a th o f M ar y L e i g h, w h en the title which the plaintiff asserts accrued, and that period was a bar aud extin guishment of plaintiff's claim under one of the late real property acts. His honour observed that the time of Mary Leigh's death was stated in the bill to be on or about the 2d of July, 1806, which 'night be very true, though she had not died till 1830. About the time is at any time, ex cept the time. To his own knowledge it had been h e ll th a t an allegation of an event having happened at or before a certain time tuight be supported by proof that the event had happened twenty days after. There Wds a good deal of verbal criticism between his honour and the coutHel for the defendant on the meaning of the phrase "at or about ;" but his honour still held that it did not appear on the face of the bill that twenty years had elapsed, and over ruled the demarrer. Sir Charles Wetherell, for the plaintiff, said he was prepared to support the biit by a reference to three languages—Greek, Latin, and English. (A laugh.) His honour very much regretted he was so clear upon the point, as he would otherwise have much pleasure in beingillu initiated by the learned counsel's disquisition. (Laughter.) COURT OF' KING'S BENCEL—TLEspty, JAN. 27. 111 r. Justice Coleridge took his scat this morning, for the first time since him elevation to the bench. The severdl oaths sere administered to him by the clerk of the co u r t. Th e gen tl emen of tho bar, who ro s e when his lordship entered, continued stand ing_ during the ceremony. The court was very much c r ow d e d. Their lordships afterwards took cases in the special paper, none of which were of any public interest. Lord Denman hoped that, the court might get to some of the old new trials ou Thursday. INSOLVENT DEBTORS' COURT, JAN. 27. Thomas Harte Franls was oppose l by Mr. Nicholls for the Rev Benjamin Burton Johnson. He was supported by Mr. Cooke. The osolvent is a lieutenant in the 10th regiment of infantry. The Rev. Benjamin' Burton Johnson Is the only' creditor set forth in the schedule. His claim against the insolvent arose front an action which he h a d brought against him for criminal con , lersation with his (the Rev. Benjamin Burton Johnson's) wife. It appeared from the production of the record in the pro ceedings upon that action, that the case was tried at the last summer assizes at Bider, before Lord Chief Justice Den man and a special jury; upon that occasion the jury had given the plaintiff a verdict, and damages to the amount of £1,000.- I•he costs amounted to £475. The insolvent was examined by Mr. Nicholls as to any pro perty of whi c h h e m i g h t b e possesse d or entitled to. It came out from the examination that he had been entitled under the wilt of his father to a third part of £2,000.; that it had Sheen advanced to him by his brother to purchase his connnission ; that no part of it now remainekand that his only income arose from his pay. The learned Chief Commissioner Reynolds, after observing that in rises of this sort the court were arrays regulated in their decision by the amount of dainages recovered, and that in this damages to a very considerable amount had been recovered, adjudged that the insolvent should not be entitled to his dis charge under the act until he should have been in prison 12 calendar months front the date of filing his petition, at the suit of his opposing creditor, for a debt due on damages arising from an action for criminal conversation with. the wife of that creditor, brought against him by the rev. gentleman. LONDON POLICE REPORT THAMES POLICE -OFFICE, TUESDAY.-Mr. Walton, the vestry clerk of St. John's, Wapping, applied to Mr. Ballantine and Mr. Combe for their advice respecting the disposal of the' five unfortuuate emigrants, a portion of the survivors of the passen gers who went out in the Henry Hull, from Liverpool, for the purpose of proceeding to America, which ship foundered at sea, the passengers, with the exception of three who perished on board, having been previously taken on hoard the Sarah, an American ship, which fell in with them. It will be recollected that several of the unfortunate emigrants perished for want of food and water on board the Sarah, which had not sufficient pro visions or accommodation on board for the poor creatures, and that some of them were afterwards taken on board the General Hewitt, which brought them to this country, and that five of them were landed at Blackwell in a deplorable state of destitu tion; they applied to Mr. Brotterip for some relief on Friday last, who was unable to do anything more than give them a shilling each frnm the poor-box, and recommendiug their un fortunate situation to the attention of the humane. Mr. Walton said, that in compliance with the recommenda tion of Mr. Broderip, the poor creatures had since been shel tered and fed in the poorhouse. They belonged to Ireland and Scotland, and he wished to pass them to the places of their legal settlement, but. they were anxious to proceed to Liverpool, where they expected to obtain back the passage-money, 1:6 each, which they had paid to the agent, on the ground that the ship was lost by the negligence of the captain and crew, who, with the exception of the mate, were in a constant state of intoxica tion. Mr. Ballantine itAras.lighlv creditable to the parish, that without waiting to ascertain whether the law provided a remedy or not, they had pieserved the poor men from the hor rors of starvation—i n fact, they haul no right to starve here , — and provided for them as they had done. He was happy to sta'e, that some benevolent individuals had, in consequence of reading un account of the application of the emigrauti. in the Tine s nawsplper, forwarded £lO to Mr. Broderip for their relief. . A check for £5 was forwarded to his colleague on Monday by a benevolent nobleman, and a bank-note for the same sum had been sent by a lady unknown, who had often done good by stealth, and would blush to find it fame. Another sum of 10s. had also been left at the office for the emigrants. Mr. Walton said if it met with the approbation of the bench he would procure the emigrants a passage to Liverpool in the first ship that left for that place, and pay the men the difference, through an agent at Liverpool, on their arrival there. • Mr. Ballantine and Mr. (3onibe said they had no objection to the proposition, and the money was paid over to Mr. Walton fur the purposes mentioned. _ EFFECTS OF EDUCATING PROTESTANT CHILDREN IN CONVENTS. A, little more than two years ago a gentleman, who resides in London, and is connected with the corporation, sent his daughters, seven in number, to b e educated in one of the con vents at Boulogne. Being a member ()title Church of England he felt naturally anxious that his children should nut .be inter l'ered with in matters of religion, and accordingly made some Inquiry upon the subject. when he was told by the proprietors that nothing whatever should be done to induc e them to em brace any other faith than that in the principles of which they ;lad been brotiolit tip; that no means whatever should he adopted to mean them id the slightest degree front the observance of the protestant institutions, it Mug the invariable practice of those who superintend the establishment never to meddle with the religious persuasion of those children who were submitted to their care. During the last summer the .youngest girl, an in teresting child about ten veers of age, died after a very short ;flue's of consu m ptio n . Th e c i rc um s ta nce w as made ' known her father by the stiperintedent of the convent, r..to column .:; 2....ted to him at the same time the extraordinary fact that she hail died in the catholi , .: faith, and had been buried in the con• vent according to the forme of that. church. • The father on re ceiving this intelligence lost nn time in transmitting a letter to. the British consul, beng nimble at that period to leave Lond o n, requesting that th e remains "f his child might be removed from the convent, and interred in the pri4estaut burial-ground, in accordance with the protestant forms, and he added that he would himself shortly_go . over to ascertain that his wishes Were carried iuto effect. He also wrote to his daughters, telling them that he could not permit them to remain in the establish ment any longer, and desiring them to be in readiness to take their departure. _ _ . About ten days after the decease of his youngest daughter he arrived at Boulogne, and learned that her remains had been laid in a protestant grave; and, as the last act of parental affec tion, he caused a tombstone to be raised to mark the spot where her ashes lav, and then prepared to return home with his other children." 'three of the eider girls were subsequently placed in respectable families in England, and .the mind of the father was once more tranquil respecting them, feeling satisfied that the way in which they had been educated in their earlier years was a sufficient guarantee to him that they were too firmly esta blished in the doctrines and principles of the protestant church to be drawn away by the ceremonies of that which it professed to reform altogether, however fascinating and imposing those ceremonies might be. In a very short time, however, to his great 'astonishment and regret, he received a letter front his eldest daughter, an accomplished lady, twenty-six years of age,. dated from Dover, and stating that she had left the family in which her father had placed her, and was already on her way to Boulogne, for the purpose of takinc , the veil iu the convent which she had been recently obligated to quit, having resolved for some time past to adopt that course as a member of the Roman Catholic chart:o! r ite unhappy father's great object now is to prevent what he colikiders to be a spiritualcontamina lion from extending to his othet daughters. He received a letter at the commencement of the present month from the young lady who has set the example to the rest of the family, in which, after expressing her unalterable affection for her pa rent, and her regret that the course she had pursued should cause him any uneasiness, she stated that she was more and inore confirmed in her views, and convinced of the propriety of the step she had taken, a n d that she would rather die than relinquish the faith she had embraced after an experiment of its effects. The other daughters, although,f hey have not de clared their intention of joining the catholic church, have fre quently expressed themselves . ,o strongly in favour of that esta blishment that their f a th er celild not but entertain fears that their late residence in the convent; coupled with the stronger example of their sister, might yet induce them to rank them selves amongst its members. DEATHS. OF ILLUSTRIOUS PERSONS. THE ROYAL COLLEGE or PHYSICIANS.—There was a grand display at the college on Monday night; never was so large an assemblage within its walls. The spacious library was thronged so as scarcely to leave standing room for one individual more, the gallery itself being completely filled all round. It was the first of the evening meetings for the season, and Sir Henry ford did the 'honours with his usual tact and discrimination. He arrived, bringing with him his corps of destingues, at a quarter past nine,.and watcpresently enthroned in his president's chair, having .on his right the Archbishop of Canterbury, the Earl of Aberdeen, the Bishop of L o nd on , - Sir Robert Peel, Sir Chinks Manners Sutton, ,4ncl. some of the judges, and on his left the Lord Chancellor, 'Lord Abinger, the Chancellor of the Ex cheqner, Chief Justice Thidal, &C. Having waited a fevf minotes to see that 'all were properly seated and arranged, the learned president rose and read a paper On the Deatia:sof Illustrious Persons." He alluded to one which he had formerly read re lating to persons of patquily; h i e now took the Moderns for his theme, beginning with Gardinaligolsey. The cardinal died of dysentery, and was aware of the mortal nature of his complaint: the circumstauces of his last moments were judiciously selected from CaYendish—hot forgettin,, ,, the beautiful touches of Shak speare. The aeaths of Edward the Sixth and of Queen Mary were then noticed; and the excellent account given of the last illness of Oliver Cromwell by Dr. Bates was quoted. Charles 11. died of apoplexy; and the medical reader of Sir C. Scarbo rough's history of the case and pest mortem examination can, have no difficulty in explaining the otherwise curious circum stances related by bystanders, touching the king's alleged ac quiescence in the Romish faith on his death-bed. In meutioning the death of the second Mary from small-pox, Sir Henry vindi cated Radcliffe front the censures of'Burnett. Schomberg once told this prelate. never to give an opinion on a military subject: it were well he had never given a medical one. Dryden and Addison were not forgotten among the illustrious; but we are compelled to be brief. Swift's last melancholy affliction, wherein he died "a driveller and a show," was traced by Sir Henry, not to mental disorder producing bodily disease, as the learned Sir George Baker argues, but to a disposition to palsy, which af fected the Dean even from his youth upwards. In short, it was corporeal malady that engendered that seem indignatio which (according to Swift himself, in his memorable epitaph) lacerated and preyed upon his heart. The remarkable death of George 11., who died suddenly from rupture of the right ventricle of the heart, was next alluded to; the mental derangement of George 111. was hastily glanceal at ; and, finally, the recent decease of the Duke of Glouces er was touched on with much delicacy and discretion. There was no wanton raising of the veil from that which the physician is honourably bound not to expose; but the happy moral state, the resignation, and the piety of thp royal sufferer were feeliugly perurtrayed. In conclusion, the learned author offered Some remarks on the usefulness of the study of history to the physician. The paper was loudly applauded, and seemed to excite much interest among the distinguished visitors. THE COURT. Their :Majesties continue at Brighton in the enjoyment of excellent health. On Monday evening last their Majesties re ed an evening party at the Pavilion, which embraced nearly the whole of the nobility at present residing at Brighton. The Duchess of Kent and the Princess Victoria, in conse quence of the fine weather, have been induced to prolong their stay a week longer than they first intended in the country, and are not expected at Kensington Palace . before Saturday (to morrow.) The Duke of Cumberla.nd• dined with the Noblemen Catch Club on Monday evening at the Thatched House Tavern. A report has been current during the last day or two as to the state of the most illustrious lady in the realm, which, if true, cannot fail to excite the greatest iuterest.—Morning Herald. GOVERNOR GENERA': of INDIA.--The Court of Directors of the East India Company entertained Lord Heytesbury, at the Albion Tavern, Aldersgate, on Wednesday, on his appoint ment to the Governor Generalship of India. 'Lord H. and his brother, Captain A'Court, R.N., have arrived at the Burlington Hotel, from Hevtesbury House, to make arrangements for his departure fiir Calcutta,lbither his lordship will be accom panied by Lady lievtesbury and his daughter, the Hon. Miss A'Court. The noble barons eldest son, the Hon. W. El. A. A'Court. has taken the name of Holmes, on the occasion of his marriage with the heiress of the late Sir Leonard Worseley Elolmes. As Lord Heytesbury is not a military man there will be a new Coluniantler-in-Chief, • who is announced to be Lieutenant-General Sir Henry Fano, brother to the•late Mrs. Arbuthnot. Lord Heytesbury, formerly Sir William A'Court, was created a peer in IS2B. Tux PLUNKET FAMILY. —The family of the late Lord Chan cellor of Ireland, the professed friends of the church, and the professing admirers of the popish priesthood, voted at the city of Dublin election for O'Connell and Ruthven. Were we not always right when we said that Lord Plunket was an enemy of the church ? He took frequent. occasion to say he was not, but his every act . gave a contr a di c ti on t o hi s wor d s. Hi s son, the Rev. William, vicar of Bray, voted in the co u n ty for the avow e d enemies of the chur c h, Mr. Evans, and Mr. O'Connell's son-in la w, Fitzsimon. Those who, like us, thought a league existed between O'Connell and Pluuket, front the hour the latter ac cepted the office of Attorney General, up to his resignation, with a view to embarrass the King, will not he shaken in their opinions by recent circumstances.—Dublin Ereiiiiry Packet. Hyoßoplion i A.—A dreadful case of this direful malady oc curred at Potterne, near Devizes, last week. It appears that, early in the month of November last, a lad, by the name of Or chard, about fifteen years of age, was bitten in the hand by a 'dog which had every appearance of being rabid. The part was immediately dressed by a skilful surgeon; but, to allay the fears of his parents, he was sent to the sea, where the usual re medies were resorted to, and the boy returned in good health, and followed hi s usua l avocat i on, as a farmer ' s labourer, until :Monday, the 12th instant, when, on his going out to work, he complained of a difficulty in breathing, is hich increasing, be re turned home, and a medical man having been sent for, he pro nounced the symptems to be those attending hydroph o bi a . The poor fellow b ecause worse, and during Tiresday and Wed nesday the symptoms were of that distressing nature as to exceed description; hut death terminated the youth's agonizing. sufferings at ten o'clock on Wednesday night. The greatest' attention was paid him by several gentlemen of the medical profession from Devizes. INntno SALL—The sales of indigo, which commenced on the 20th, concluded on the 27th instant. The total quantity declared was 2,348 chests, of which 1,995 were Bengal, 232 Madras, Oude, 32 Kurpah, an d 14 Pondicherry. "The at tendance at the India House of manufacturers and others con nected with the trade was pretty numerous, and the sale opened with a great degree of activity, which continued up to its ter initiation. The demand was, however, chiefly on speculation, the foreign orders being m ore li m i te d than usual, and the dea lers and dyers not feeling disposed to Isis e advanced prices. About 900 chests were bought in by the proprietors, in expect ation of advanced quotations, the stocks in the manufacturing districts being low. As compared with the prices realized at the Compauy's sale in October last, an advance has taken place of from Is, to Is. 6d. per lb. upon Bengal indigo, and from 3d. to 6d. per Ili. upon fine and good Madras. For middling and ordinary Madras, the advance was from 9d. to is. 3d. per lb. THOMAS Hour.nswortrn, ESQ.—This gentleman, our read ers are probably aware, has been re-elected member for the northern division of Nottinghamshire. Previous to the elec tion he issued au address, containing a declaration of opinions so sound, constitutional, and conservative, that we cannot refuse ourselves the pleasure of making the folowing extract from it: —"Admitting that time and circumstances have rendered some changes expedient in our national institutions, I am prepared, dispessionately, to l'oeusinize-severy -alleged• grievance, and' to sanction and support aji such temperate and judicious altera tions as are cubed for by- the present state of society; but op posed to theoretical legislation, I will ever firmly and indepen dently resist all measures by which the stability of those insti tutions may be endangered; because daily experience confirms me in the a..ssuianc e that they are pculiarly adapted to the wants, welfare, an d h ap pi ness of the people. 'ro me it appears that to relieve agriculture from its unnatural state of depression —to promote the interests of the farmer—to establish on a per manent basis the commercial and manufacturing interests—to open new sources of emphlment for the working-classes—and to procure every reduction in taxation, consistent with the pre servation of our national faith and honour. are the objects which most deeply affect to, and urgently claim the consideration of the legislature. • To all such important questions I shall give my most serious attention; being fully persuaded that, when they are placed on a satisfactory footing, few and practical evils can oppress us, and none which could long withstand the ante liurating influence of public feeling and constitutional remedy.' , 'fax.—There is reason to believe that tea is not of very an dent use as a beverage in China. The ancient classical books make no -allusion to it. Silk, flax, and hemp ate classical plants, hut. cotton, tobacc o , an d tea are not.. Pere Trigault, the Jesuit, says the use of tea is not of great antiquity; but lie adds that they. have no character to represent it, which is not true. '['he popular belief is, that tea was first introduced into Honan to cure the bad quality and taste of the water. The earliest account we hereof it is in the relation 'of two Mahout medals .travellers, who visited China in the ninth century. These; after telling us fisat " their usual drink is a kind of wine made of rice," mention " a certain herb, which they drink with hot water, called sah," (tiha, tea.) adding that " this drink cures all manner of diseases." It was nut, therefore, at that time a common beverage. Be that, however, as it may, we are iii lined to think,it is a m ist a k e to suppose that the Chinese are inveterately attachcil,to the use of tea. That which is used for home consumption is a very inferior description, made up genie times.into round balls, having all the• appearance of a ball of tarred twine, sometimes in flat cakes cemented together with a glutinous substance, and sometimes used in loose leaves that have been dried without any preparation. They have. besides, the essence in small cakes as bitter as wormwood. The leaves of the Camellia Sesanqua are also used as tea ; and we learn front the Abbe Grozier, that in Shantang and the northern pro vinces tea is prepared front a kind of moss; mid, he asks, if adulterated tea is common in China. how cap we flatter our selves that we are not drinking the infusion of moss front the docks of !Haug.pig-bieu 7—Quarterly Iteviato. THEATRE-ROYAL, Trill IS EVENING, (Fridar;) the 3.)th instant, will be acted IL for the LAST TIME in Liverpool, Itussini's Grand Co tnic Opera of LA CENEREIs.:ITOLA. Cenerentola Madame Kyntherland. Dan Ramiro Signor Deval. Dandini Signor Boisragon. Dou Magnifico , Signor Marani. Clarinda Madame Castelli. Thisbe Signora Campi, Alidoro Signora Galli. The' other most celebrated and favourite Operas which pill be performed during the season are La Garza Ladra, II rra dino, I 1 Tancredi, La Giutietta e Itelpeo, and La Setif made, which Operas will be produced under the iminediat superin tendence of the Marquis de Meng PAPAWRIM Nights of Performance, Monday, Wednesday, Prices of Admissio n: —L ower B oxes; 4 5 . ; U Pit, 2s. 6d.; Gallery, Is. Books, with the word s o f th e O pera, i n may be fiailat . the Theatre, price Is. 6d. Subscription Ticket (transferrable) for a Season of Two Mouths, 12 Representations each month, Ed 4s. The Box-office is open daily from Eleven o'clock till Four, where the Subscribers are respectfully requested to secure their places, and receive their Subscription Tickets, from Signor CAMPI, Box 7 sflice Keeper. - Doors will be opened at Seven o'clock, and the Performance will commence at Eight precisely. ,A 1 Friday. rper Boxes, and !lan and English, Elie iLibcrpool *tatibarb. FRIDAY MORNING, JANUARY 30, 1835 By the Rector., which arrived here yesterday, we liav'e accounts from Bombay to the 3d Oct. Cotton still main tained its unprecedented high price. We have been favoured with the following extract of a letter dated the 30th September " Our opinion continues unchanged as to prices, for, with the advices from your side, and the small quantity still to come forward, we do not think there will be much anxiety on the part .of hollers to realise until something more decided is known of the next crop, which - I,l„49bject to much risk for the next two month S—it swill also bal k late one in the Broach and Surat districts. In Bengal the last crop appears to have been very much exaggerated—instead of being from 40.000 to 50,0jObales more than the previous crop, up to the 6th instant the total shipment to China was only 28,300 bales against 63,000 hales in 183.3 to 31st - August, and it would appear there is no cotton to complete the vessels loading." By the Indian Chief, we have received Demerara papers to the 17th December. The colony is still in the, distracted state into which it was precipitated by the emancipation bill. Every kind of produce is rising in price, and the negroes work less or more according to their own will and pleasure. Imprisonment in the com mon gaol has no tenors for them, and that mode of coer cion has ceased to .Iraithigny salutary effect. The'follow, ing is a copy of the memorial to be presented to the colonial secretary. It is signed by upwards of eleven, hundred planters, proprietors, and others interested in the welfare of British Guiana, and who complain of the " imprudent, agitating, and unwise system of govern. ment" pursued by Sir James Carmichael Sinyth To the Right Honourable THOMAS SPRING RICE, his Majesty's Principal Secretary of State for the Colonies. Thr! Mb:MI/MAL and ItEmossznises of the undersigned Planters, Merchants, and others, Inhabitants of British Guiana, THE LI \IMP 001, STAN DA RD. RESPECTFULLY S WETH That the Imperial Parliament having been pleased to pass an act for the abolition of slavery throughout the British Colonies, and for promoting the industry of the manumitted slaves, your memorialists, conscious of the necessity that existed for the tair dial co-operation of all Colonial interests, endeav oure d t o the utmost in their power to further the views of his Majesty's government in all matters connected with thin great national experiment, on the successful result of-which now depend not only the lives arid fortunes of your memorialists, but the well being of all classes of the inhabitants, and the existence of this fine colony as a productive portion of the British dominions. Your memorialists had just reason to expect that the system which had been devised by his Majesty's government, and sanctioned by the wisdom of Parliament, fur giving effect to this momentous measure, aided as it was by the concurrent feel ing and active exertion% of the colonists in its behalf, would iu this colony prove safe and practicable in its operation, and they feel confident that this happy result might. have been attained, had a more rational and judicious line of conduct characterized the proceedings of the supreme local executive authority "The exertions of your memorialists have in fact, been ackuowledged by his Majesty's government in the testimo nials of approbation transmitted to the lieutenant-governor and to the court of policy; neverth e l ess , th ey had been paralyzed by an imprudent, ;agitating, and unwise system of government on the part of his excellency the lieutenant-governor, Sir Jas.. Carmichael Smyth, Bart., inapplicable to the peculiar exi geucies of the times, tending to create dissatisfaction - in the minds of the labouring population, to break the ties of mutual confidence between master and servant, and to engender the a spirit of hostility in classes of his Majesty's subjects who can have but one common interest in the preservation of order and the promotion of agricult ura l i n d us t ry. "This system has been persevered in by his excellency the lieutenant-governor till at length the property and interests of the colonists are placed in imminent hazard, and the public peace and safety seriously threatened. "Disregarding the instructions of his Majesty's secretary of state, that he should avail himself at this momentous crisis of the counsel and local information, not only of the colonial legislature, but al so o f o th er respectable inhabitants, , h , s excellency the lieutenant-governor has of his sole authority and will, without, reference ev e n t o his council, issued a series of proclamations and addresses to the negro population, which . have A had the effect of produci ng i n t h eir minds erroneous m pressionspf_their condition and duties, and by their frequency and conflicting doctrines, of inciting them,to discontent, insubor dination, and open opposition to the 'laws." • Availing himself of his high station, his excellency the lieut.- governor has thought proper t o c l o th e i n official garb, and publish to the world, statement., unfounded in fact, affecting the character and interests of the colony at large; .and he has made representations to his majesty's government calculated to up hold his own peculiar. theories .or misrepresentations rather than to afford sound and correct informatiun of the real state of ' the colony. lie has, likewise, interfered with the due course of justice in a manner tending to briny into contempt the authority (1 the laws and of the magistracy, and io compromise the peace anti security of the inhabitants and the great interests committed to his blearge. Notwithstanding the ruinous results of this line of policy have been so glaring. open insurrection in one district, great insubordination in others, and the no less destructive operation of passive resistance to lawful authority. yet existing to an alarm ing extent amongst the labouring population, y o u r m emorialists are still doomed to witne ss an i nfatuated perseverance in the same system of misgovernment, till at length every hope has left them, and they are forced to declare their firm conviction that this afflicted colony can never know peace er enjoy the be nefit of the benevolent intentions of his majesty's government while it remains under the course of policy adopted by his ex cellency Sir James Carmichael Smyth. Your memorialists, therefore, craving reference to the ac companying documents, humbly pray that their grievances be redressed ere the system of misgovernment now pursued shall have involved all interests in irretrievable ruin. And your memorialists, as in duty hound, will ever pray. British Guiana, 2.5r/i November, 18.11. The above document contains several charges of grave importance; and, if they can be supported, the simple • recal of th e governor would not, in our judgment, sa tisfy the justice of the case. He is here solemnly charged with inciting the labourers to " discontent, in subordination, and open opposition to the laws !" lie is charged with sending home to the colonial office " state ments unfounded in fact," and with interfering " with the due course of law, in a manner tending to bring into contempt the authority of the laws and the magistracy These, we say, are serious accusations, and if Sir James Smyth be guilty, lie deserves severe punishment. But what could we have expected from any instrument of whig misrule. The memorial is addressed to Mr. Spring Rice. Little did the colonists know when they published it, that the right honourable secretary had been crsmissed. All will be right ere long. Much has been said lately about the injustice of taxing the people at large, including dissenters, in support of a national church. The force of opposition to established roles is always less or more powerful, ,according to the view taken of .the queStion by the prevailing govern ment. \Vhea the whigs were in office, the attack upon the church assumed, for the first time, .a formidable ap pearance. Why ? Because the whigs were supposed to be favourable to spoliation, and change of every kind, no matter how wild or d es t ruc ti ve . They bad, for more than thirty years, while in opposition, and deprived of the emoluments of office, been the constant revilers of all that was useful and venerable in the institutions of the country. The church supported the monarchy— therefore, it was in itself a powerful barrier against the inroads of the whigs. It was, in consequence, the object of their unceasing slander. In the same way the corpo rations were the strong holds of the monarchy—the out. posts which protected the throne and the altar. These, in their turn, were attacked for-the same reasons. When the whigs were lifted into office by the divisions amongst the tories in 1830—when a " pat' lot KING," as he was then called, held out his hand to the defamers of his father, the libellers of his brother—to the men who had fur years flung their filth at the royal family —to the men who made 'au unfortunate woman a stepping-stone to power, and - who fell a victim to their malignant ambi tion—then it was that the revolutionary party came forward to claim, at the hands of the whigs, the perform-. ance of their repeated promises, a n d th e i r active co operation in the march of revolution. Then was raised in - louder yell the clamour against the church and the corporations. The whigs had no support- but in the parties who thus clung to them with a fidelity which ap. proached,to homicide. They yielded, like the fat knight, to compulsion under another name. They never intended the reform which was forced upon them. - They only looked to such measures as should secure their possession of office. They cared for nothing beyond this. The royal veto stood between them and their church levelling scheme. There they could not move. Lord STANLEY, the Duke of RICHMOND, and Sir-JAMES GRAHAM stood by the litma. The small party—the coterie of wasps such as Lord Jon;r • RUSSELL, Lord ALTHORP, Mr. LITTLETON, Mr. SPRING RICE, the shabby Lord PAL MERSTON, and" the very respectable Mr. EDWARD ELLICE, of Coventry these• had no sting strong enough . to encounter the royal phalanx ; but in trigue having induced the latter to retire ,altogether, they had a merry, but alas, a short life. All their plans f9r i 4 increase of patronage failed. They commissioned briefless laWyers under the pretext of inquiring into pub lic abuses, to procure votes for them all over the country. They gave bread to the worthless in order to have their praises sung in taverns and public places; but all this came to an end. The church was invulnerable—the corporations, at least in England, still stand secure; and those who Would have plundered the one, and de stroyed the other, barekbeen cast upon the waters, with no hope. of their retnill. The sea of their disgrace is without a bottom or a shore. These observations are initiatory to some most admir able arguments.adduced in favour of the duty of a whole people to support national religious establishments by an American judge. We are indebted for them to the British Critic; for January. They were delivered by the late Chief Justice PARSONS, - of Massachusetts, in giving judgment in a case of lavr.' He remarks : ". Several objections have at times been made to this establish ment, which may be reduced to three: that when a man disar proves of any religion, or .11; any supposed doctrine of any religion, to compel him by law to contribute money for public instruction in such religion, or doctrine, is an infraction'of his liberty of conscience ;—that to compel a man to pay for publi c religious instructions, on which he does not attend, and from which he can, therefore, derive no benefit, is unreasonable and intolerant; and that it is anti-christian for any state to avail 'itself of the precepts and tnaxims4trchristiaulty to sppport civil 'government, because the fouuder of it has declared that his kingdom is not of this world. " These objections go to the authority of the people to•makc this constitution, which is not proper nor competent 'for us to bring into question. And although we are not able, and have no inclination, to assume the character of theologians, yet it may not be improper to make a few short observations to defend our constitution from the charges of persecution, intolerauce„and impiety. " When it is remembered that no man is compellable to at tend on any religious instruction which he conscientiously dis. approves, and that he is absolutely protected in the most perfect freedom of conscience in his religions opiuioos and worship, the first objection seems to mistake a man's conscience for his money, and to deny the state a right of levying and'of appro priating the money of the citizens at the will of the legislature in which they are all represented. But as every citizen derives the security of his property and the fruits of his industry from the power of the state ; so, as the price of this protection, he is bound to contribute, in common with his fellow-citizens, fur the public use so much of his property and for such public uses, as the state shall direct. And if any individual can lawfully with hold his contribution, because he dislikes the appropriation, the authority of the. state to levy taxes would be annihilated ; and without money it would soon cease to have any authority. But all monies raised a.nd appropriated for public uses by any cor poration, pursuant to pawers derived from the state, are raised and appropriated substantially by.. the authority of the state. And the people in their constitution, instead of devolving the ',support of pubfic teachers on the corporations by whom they should be elected, might have directed their support to be de frayed. out of the public treasury, to be reimbursed by the levying and collection of state taxes. And against this mode of support the objection of an individual disapproving of the object bf the public taxes would have the "same weight it can have against the mode of public support through the medium of cor porate taxation. In either case it can have no weight to main tain a charge of persecution for conscience sake. The great error lies in not distinguishing between liberty of conscience in religious opinions and worship, and the right of appropriating money by the state. The former is an unalienable right, the latter is surrendered to the state as the price of protection. "The second objection is. that it is intolerant to compel a man to pay for religious instruction from which, as he does not hear it, he can derive no benefit. This objection is founded wholly in mistake. The object of public religious instruction is to teach and to enforce by suitable arguments the practice of asystem of correct morals among the people, and to form and cultivate reasonable and just habits and manners; by which every man's person and property are protected from outrage, and his personal and social enjoyments promoted and multi plied. From these effects every man derives the most important betietits, and whether he -be or be not an auditor of any public teachdr, he receive more solid and 'permanent advantages from this public instruction than the administration . of justice in courts of law can give him. The like objection may be made by any man to the support of public schools if he have no family who.attend; and any man who has no law suit may object to the supportof judges and jurors on the same ground; when if there were no courts of law he would unfortunately find that causes for law suits would sufficiently abonnd. ni l i l iee i n o p n b r ey( i j " The last obj ec ti on i s f o unded upon the supposed anti christian c o nd uc t o f th e s t a t e i n ava ili n g it se lf o f t h e precepts and maxims of chi istiauity for the purposes of a more e x ce ll en t civil govern men t. It i s a d m itt e d th a t th e f oun d er o f t hi s re id i i i c o o t s i o n f t e t n i i d s e t ( o m e n r t e r c y t n a l e temporalodom reignin i , t a h g e r ho e e e ab r tls o y to f subduing their irregular' appetites and propensiti es , an d by moulding th e i r p ass i o n s t o the noblest purposes. And it i s one great excellence of his religion, that, not pretending to worldly pomp and power, it is calculated and accommodated to ameliorate the conduct and condition of man under any form of civil government. - • " The objection goes further, and complains that.christianity is not left for its promulgation and support to the means de signed by its author, who requires not the assistance of man to effect his purposes and intentions. Our constitution certainly provides for the punishment of many breaches of the laws of christianity; not for the purpose of propping' up the chris tian religion, but because those breaches are offences against the laws of the state; and it is a civil as well as religious duty of the magistrate nut to bear the sword in vain. But there are many precepts of christianity. of which the violation cannot be punished by human laws . ; and; as the obedience to them is be neficial, to civil society, the state has wisely taken care that they should be taught and also enforced by explaining their !lima! and religious sanctions, as they cannot be enforced by temporal punishments. And, from the genius and temper of this religion, and from the benevolent character of its author, we must con clude that it is his intention that man should be benefited by it in his civil and political relations, as well as in his individual capacity. And it remains for the objector to prove, that the patronage of christianity by the civil magistrate, induced by the tendency of its precepts to form good citizens, is not one of the means by which the knowledge of its doctrines was intended to be disseminated and preserved among the human race. " The last branch of the objection rests on the very correct position, that the faith and precepts of the christian religion are so interwoven that they must be taught together; whence it is inferred that the state, by enjoining instruction in its precepts, interferes with its doctrines, and assumes it power not entrusted to any human authority. " lithe state claimed the absurd power of directing or con trolling the faith of the citizens, there might be some ground for the Objection. But no such power is claimed. The au thority. derived f rom t h e constitution extends no further than to submit to the understandings of the people the evidence of truths -deemed of public utility, leaving the weight of the evi dence and the t en de ncy of t h ose truths to the conscience of every man. "indeed this objection must come from a willing objector; for it extends in its consequences to prohibit the state from pro viding for public instruction in many branches of useful know ledge which naturally tend to defeat the arguments ofinfidelity, to illustrate the doctrines of the Christian religion, and to con firm the faith of its professors. f r u o ti g ir i e oo li . te o , o i d t C ol a i n ,r n a n li t ty lie b "As christianity has the promise not only of this, but of a Y de p n ro ie t d e gw s t e t a a i l i l a ti r t t efol t: r e g u a l c il h ic er i s n , s i t i r la u y et h io a n y have n piety, l)etie 64. et heviae.4l presettt stitee-- of existeuee. Anti the people are wisdom,a retofitehaatppinla.uste as well religion whose h b benevolence v p o r l e e t n: l e ds as o l o o d r sanctions might supply the defects id civil government, neces sarily liknited in its power, and supported only by temporal pe naltieS, they adopted a religion founded in truth, which in its tendency will protect Our property here, and may secure to us an inheritance in another and a better country." Alas, for the LIVERPOOL STANDARD The Rev. ED WAUD HULL, of the Blind Church, has tkclarecl war against itl He has issued his proclamation, in which all our deadly sins have been raked up against us, and the public are counselled not, to waste their money in buy ing, nor their time in readi ng our anathematized sheets! -The pope of Duncan -street, and the legate of St. Luvrs, have denounced us, and the days of the pious and sainted A' BECKETT are revived. Must ne, then, kis - stile shrine ? That remains to be seen. In another page will be found the letter, addressed to the Liverpool Courier by Mr. HULL. We print it in order that . the whole of our'readerS may see what sort of production it is.- The rev. gentleman is described as a man of "splendid talents,". by his particular friend, the Rev. JAMES ASPINALL, and we are desirous that so great a light - should not be hid. We thus do more for him than he has yet been able to do for himself. His letter will be read by at least fire thousand readers, and if any one of them can discover in that letter any ray of " ta lent," any trace of meekness or charity, any spirit be- - coMing the gospel be preaches, or any indication of that liberality which he professes, we shall be content to en dure all the opprobrium acid all the consequences of his accusations. • `When the immortal heroes oC the Danciuu are corn. mantled by their inspiring goddess - to plunge into their congenial mud, in. order to gain the leaden prize, two of the competitors remind us very-much of our own two candidates for fame, viz. the Rev. JAMES AsetriALL, and the Re V. EDWARD HULL. List to the challenge!— ' , Here strip, my children hero at once leap in! Here prove who best can dash through thick and thin, And who the most in love of -- excel Or dark dexterity of groping well. The invocation being given, the first springs— ILo diluted a stranded lightens height Shot to the black abyss, and plunged down right; The hero's judgment all the crowd admire, Who but to sink the deeper rose the higher. The second worthy tries— • ----Drawn endlong by his skull,. Furious he sinks, precipitately dull. Whirlpools and storms his circling arm invest With all the might of gravitation blest: No crab more active in the dirty dance;' Downward to clitub and backward'to advance. tt wouiclfi'll become us to decide which of these reve rend competitors who have resolved to annihilate the STANDARD, is deserving of the prize. They are both equally meritorious in our estimation, and we leave them to the public to which they have made their appeal. Having finished Mr. ASPINALL in our last, it now be comes our duty to do similar serviez to the Rev. EDWARD HULL. We challenged the veracity of the former gen tleman, with what success the reader will determine; we acc.Qse the latter of wanton and unprovoked calum ny. Mr. Mum, begins his letter by making four distinct charges against the STANDARD, none of which has the, slightest connexion with his case, with none of which is 'his name otcharaCter mixed up,'but which we shall here insert, numbering.them for the sake of reference. No. I. " A few weeks ago there appeared in the columns of Twit LIVERPOOL STANDARD the most groii and tUat►lrm attack upon two exemplary clergymen, on their appointment by the Common Council 'to the ecclesiastical situations which they now occupy; that ever,disgruced the pages of a new , spaper." No. 2. " In December last was contained in it a most low and scurrilous paragraph :respecting one of the snost eminent mek chants and best men in this l a rg e commun i ty ." • 1 No. 3. " In the commencement of the' present_ Month two gentlemen,'Whos e c ha rac t ers , 1 b e li eve , ar c unimpeachable, are charged in it.with collecting together a body of the lowest class of Irishnrm and exciting them to do violence to an alderman of the borough." No. 4. "The . publication in it this week of certain letters concerning a mercantile house in the town is scandalous beyond all precedent." In these charges the Rev. EDWARD HULL assumes the character of a public prosecutor. The meddling priest and the amateur attorney are here blended in one Voluntary informer and accuser, and, if he is to be be lieved, we have been guilty of gross breaches of deco rum and morality. It is fortunate, however, that Mr. 111713. is as powerless as he is venomous, and that.his dis position to inflict an injury is neutralized by the redun dancy of his violent temper and restrained by thatlove of justice which is the proud characteristic of the public to which he appeals. To that public we present our de fence, and on their decision we rest our cause. We ask nothing but fair play ; we make no charges which are not founded on facts; we offer no statement which is-not susceptible of the clearest proof. In reference to charge No. 1, we reply that it is false, in all its parts, and a most deliberate and malignant ca lumny. We n*de no " gross"; or " wanton attack" upon' the reverend gentlemen alluded to. tWe presume we are as good judges of what disgraces the pages of a newspaper as Mr. HULL can be, and we' boldly assert that his charge - against us is one which, being unfounded, is a disgrace to a clergyman. The circumstance to which he alludes ;xas the appointment to one of the town churches of two gentlemen, against whose private vir tues or professional abilities we never breathed a syllable. We did not think the appointment a_ proper one, simply . on the ground that the successful candidates had impor tant school duties to discharge and numerous pupils to attend to; hence we very naturally inferred that they were not in a condition to attend to the craving wants and penitential solaces of a populous community. We warred against our own interest—we provoked the hos tility of friends—in contending for the rights of the poor, and advocating the necessity of extending the influence of able and unincintrbered ministers of the gospel. We may have: been mistaken in our policy, but that is no ex cuse for the false and unprovoked slander of Mr. HULL. Charge No. 2is only ridiculous. We, have as ,much respect for the private character of Mr. WILLIAM BROWN as he can have, and Mr. BROWN well knoWs that we never . assailed it, or ever spoke of him in . that capacity but in terms of respect. This we take it is higher praise than Mr. IltiLL's senseless interference in a matter with which he had no concern. No man of any sense—no man who has seen the world—sio man- of generous feelings or of christian spirit ever descends so far as to rake up the hasty trifles of an electioneering pasquinade. No. 3 refers to a meeting of the'carpenters during the borough election. 'lt was a riotous assemblage of low Irishmen, who had no right to be there. Was Mr. HULL among the number? It. would'almost appear so; for he passes rather an equivocal compliment upon the gentlemen whom he believe.s to be respectable. The circumstances occurred as we stated them, and are ready to prove. How unworthy. of a clergyman to mii himself up with a transaction which, if he bad been present, would have re flected dishonour upon him, and which, if not present, he had no right either to censure or 'Raise But "Fools rush in where angels fear to trtlad." The charge No. 4 is only an ebullition 0( spite and ig norance—spite because Mr. HULL has nothing to do with it—ignorance because he knows nothing of the circum stances. He may have read the Courier for. fifteen years; but if he had read a better book with any advan tage he would not now be endeavouring to remove his neighbour's landmark. How consummately paltry is all this in a clergyman, a minister of peace, a stormy ultra, in his pulpit, against Romish intolerance, but, in his own person, the unbending despot in respect of forms, and the ready listener to parlour gossip! The subject to which he refers was contained in an advertisement. It was a pure matter of business. The editor had no more to dQwith it than Mr. HULL or the keeper of the Eddy stone lighthouse. We disclaim that we are parties to the reflections cast upon the house in question, and, if they have suffered wrong, we are prepared, on a moment's no tice, to do them every reparation. Mr. HULL, after generously 'esponing the cause of parties, who will`not thank him, and intermeddling with matters with which he has nothing to do, just as amateur peace-inakerS increase the quarrel by their silly interces sion, and are pommelled for their painsMr.OULL, after charging the windmills and the poor .sheep, like Dort QUIXOTE, condescends to notice some letlections which ht 3 -considers bear upon hinist4f.; Are.are-•disposed pass them by ; but this would be deemed unkind by our friends, •and perhaps uncourteous by those convenient upholders of private reputation, who, hiding themselves in dark corners while they laugh, pretend to lie friends of the gentleman of " splendid talents."' He sayi we accuse him of radicalism, and that we place him in the ranks of a church leveller. Mr. HULL complains loudly of this, and he appeals to his twenty five years service in the church in proof of the contrary., This is ingenionS enough; and it may take with those who are not so much compelled as we are to judgeof men • by their deeds, and by the well-stored notes, and copious extracts withal, of their avowed opinions from the pul pit. The appeal, however, on the part of Mr. HULL wants one most important link in the Dliain, which would have led to a: more faiourable conchision. He doeer. not deny that he is a radical and a leveller! He dues not appeal to published or unpublished discourses, in or der to prove that he is not a leveller. He dues nut say, "consult my writings—examine my sermons—revise the opinions I have-given under the rose at private enter tainments." No, he conjures up twenty-five years of his experience, and, at the eleventh hour, now that his hopes are blasted, now that revolution is not likely to patronize his " splendid talents"—he holds up his hands like Lord BROUGHAM and eicaiitus---" these hands are pure" ! • It may be so; but will Mr. HULL grant us the extreme liberty of donbting it, We beg to recall his aiteution to a sermon he preached at the re-opening- of the Blind Church,. in July last. We have ample notes of that se't- Mon, revised and confirmed by tw•o or three of his most r'espectable hearers. Ths sentiments prothulgated on that JANUARY 30, 1836. occasion, (for we had previously entertained some respect for the reverend gentleman) opened our eyes to the character of the preacher. On that occasion the LIVERPOOL STANDARD spoke of him as follows, but in a charitably subdued tone, feeling the full force of the in sult, but hoping that it contained many hasty expres sions, which on consideration the preacher would recon sider and reform. It was impossible, however, for us, in the strut discharge of our duty, to pass it wholly by, and we published the following modified report as a hint in the STANDARD Abe Bth July, 1834. So spoke Mr. HULL on that occasion— " Affer urging with great eloquence (we beg pardon) and ability the necessity of supporting the church as an institution —after deprecating the attempt to commute church rates as an experiment that would fail from its inapplicability to particular districts of the country, the reverend gentleman avowed him self a church reformer, and spoke .with great animation ; we might be justified in saying with great bitterness, of whit! he called_ the abominable corruptions which, he said, were like a canker worm, eating its way to her very vitals." These are the win, h of our reporter ; but, now that the whole truth must E e told, they convey but a feeble expression of the wholesale, sweeping,. and. levelling principles he boldly advocated in that sermon against the institutions of the Church of England. There was In it all the bitterness of a disappointed aspirant—all the gall of an insidioUtqpnetriy—all the wanton misrepresen tations of a downright radical, whose principles were sup posed to be popular, and likely, - under" a revolutionary administration, to be profitable. Mr. HULL may wince at this, but he knows he cannot contradict it. We have it, as JosEpu Hums says, in " black and white." We have it corroborated by some . of the most respectable of his audience—aye, by some of his then friends. Will Mr. HULL do us the favour to publish that ser ' mon ? We shall undertake to pay all the charges of pub lication, if he will give us a copy of it as he delivered it. No, he will,not. He can defend low Irishmen in a con cocted quarrel—he can' defeird - people supposed to be injured by advertisements in the Standard—he can de• fend gentlemen who will not ask him to an evening party oftener in consequence—he can meddle irk i matters which evince the narrarness of his disposition and the morbid nature of his mind—but he will nut publish this sermon. But ,when was it delivered ? At a time when the destruction of the church was the .prirnum mobile of ministerial and popular action. The dirk was driven, as a highlander.would say, when the blood was up. A sweeping reform of the church was then in contempla tion. The worms below who gnawed it hoped to be W.,. terflies to glisten in - the sunshine of prosperity above it. Every small.wit had his cut and slash at pur venerable institutions. The arch's overthrow was the spoiler's toast, while the cheer at the mob banquet was raised aloud as if her walls were in the aet of tumbling to the ground. At that critical moment, when every minister of our Zion should have been girding on his sword, and* arming himself in her defence, determined to stand or fall with her, and to give no quarter to her assailants— at that critical moment she had a swarm of traitors within her pale, who were 'ready to aid the besiegers, and who were actually returning the signals of those who formed the "pressure from without." In the success of a sweeping reform and in the final doom of the corpora tions, such men as klr. HULL looked for preferment. The cup, howevilt, was dashed. from their lips, and we now put the seal to the rank which they must be content to hold until the next revolution. But the comity , of that event in their day is, we trust, beyond the verge of hope. Mr. HULL having failed to refute or deny the charge of disaffection which we brought against him, (for we never called him 'a radical," that term can only be ap pliel to an open, and bold enemy of the church,) next proceeds to instruct the public on private matters connected with the LIVERPOOLSTANDARD I buthere also he rushes headlong into falsehood. He borrows his al leged facts from a contemporary journal, and, having ex patiated upon them in a manner which was, no doubt, - gratifying to his malignity, he concludes by saying— " This statement was publicly made by the discarded editor some time in the year 1833." This we repeat is untrue! We have before us a letter.of 'the '" discarded" gentlemanin question, addressed to the publisher, and dated 11 I h April, 1833, in which lie says, that the notes published in the Liverpool Journal, to which Mr. Hull. refers, were obtained " through the grosses: breach of professional confidence." ,Dues Mr. Wu. identify him self, with such conduct ? Is he the apologist of disho nesty ? But what right has this minister of a charitable asylum to interfere with th private concerns of a newspaper ? Have we trenched - upon his plough-land—have 'we invaded his private avocations—have we inquired how Mr. Hum, began the *odd, or how accident placed him in the statiten he holds ? No, and we would disdain it. We are resolved to know nothing of Mr. HULL but in his public capacity, still we_ are not tom posed of such soft metal as to bear, without resenting them,_ such epithets as " foul-mouthed monsters,7' who "tornit forth their pestilential vapours to the deep disgust of all honourable minds." We shall not submit to vulgar invectives even from a. minister of religion. , Is it 11:f.- coming—is it seemly—is it decent in such a man to talk of the " puppet who discharges the foul syringe from the stage—the tilt/ is supplied to him from behind the scene." Is this language becoming in a clergyman . ? On the contrary it is the language of the pothouse and the vilest places in low society. • He too speaks of " imbecility of intellect" being an excuse for " malignity of heart." Let him apply the. excuse to himself. We have yet to learn thatbii intellect ranges above that of the lowest order of minds. Certainly it was not otherwise developed at college, and it does not show itself to any advantage in the pulpit. But we hare done, with him, and we deeply regret that so painfill a task .has devolved upon us. We defy his best fi lend to defend such pitiful raving, or find an excuse for such deplorable folly. It cannot be urged that lie wrote the letter rashly—that he gave vent to his teehings in a momentary fit of passion—that he committed this violence upon good sense, good taste, and truth itself, in an un. guarded. moment. No. Mr. HULL had hawked his letter about the streets for several days before it appeared in the Courier: He had read it aloud on the highway— he had town-cried it everywhere—he had read it to gee. • tleinen learned in the law—he had proclaimed its merits, and Ire had boasted that he, Mt. HULL, could and would "write down the LIVERPOOL STANDARD! Poor vain man ! No doubt. he was sore.-=4no doubt he was angry ; but be should not have forgot the ditty of a christian. He al lowed. the sun to go down open his-wrath on - Saturday night-he allowed the sun to rise upon it on Sunday morning—he performed divino service with the " foul mouthed monster" in his pocket—he said his prayers with the letter lying before him, and he remained in all his original bitterness up to the hour of publication on Wednesday. In what mood these presents will find himi we know not, and indeed we care not. We leave him to the solace of £5OO a-year derived from a benevolent - asylUm, which we suspect wants reform quite as much as does the defamed clitirch of England. We have received a number of letterslon this subject, all of them curious and instructive enough, but in mercy to Mr. HULL we only publish two of them. What is to be done with the Roman Catholic priests of Ireland ? This question is asked with much anxiety on all sides, and it must be answered satisfactorily on art early day in the House of Commons. , By the law •cf the lead peers are precluded from taking any part in elections. The law in this respect is not universally respected, as a letter written by Lord DERBY, now lying before us, most amply proves. But the interference of peers, be it ever so powerfully or obnoxiously exerted, is nothing compared to the terrible and pernicious influence of the popish priests Of Ireland. When a recognised minister of religion, clothed in the awful authority of his church, and believes to possess the power of everlasting Y.ife and death, mixes in_an dragging• reluctant voters and victims to the poll— waving the cross before him—and calling down judg ments from on high, in the accents of a drunken parti• san, against ail those who dare to oppose his will—Ashen rlas outrage is of daily occurrence, the moral sense of a t L 6 fry 1;, , sea ail, t esu , tlet:( etec