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NOTHING IS LOST. Nothing is lost; the drop of dew Which trembles on the leaf or flower. Is but exhaled, to fall anew In summer's thunder shower; Perchance to shine within the bow That fronts the sun at fall of day ; Perchance to sparkle in the flow Of fountains far away. Nought lost, for e'en the tiniest seed By wild birds borne, or breezes blown, Finds something suited to its need IVhere'er 'tis sown and grown; Perchance finds sustenance and soil In some remote and desert place, Or 'mid the crowded homes of toil Sheds usefulness and grace. The touching tones of minstrel art, The breathings of the mournful flute, Which we have heard with listening heart, Are not extinct when mute; The language of some household song, The perfume of some cherish'd flower, Though gone from outward sense, belong To memory's after hour. So with our words, or harsh, or kind, Uttered, they are not all forgot, They leave their influence on the mind, Pass on, but perish not. As they are spoken, so they fall Upon the spirit spoken to, Scorch it like drops of burning gall, Or soothe like honey-dew. So with our deeds, for good or ill, They have a power scarce understood; Then let us use our better will To make them rife with good; Like circles on a lake they go, Ring within ring, and never stay; Oh, that our deeds were fashion'd so That they might bless alway ! REVIEWS OP BOOKS. Otthrum, the Dane; a Tale of the _ffTtarchy. By Robert Story. Second Edition. London : ron,onans As the author tells us in his preface, " The de inand for two editions of a long poem in little snore than a year, imposes on the author a pleasing duty," The poem itself has already met with a very flattering reception from the metropolitan and provincial press ; and we can do little more than reiterate the encomiums which have been be stowed on it. Its success has been one of the best }tests of its merits, and with that both author and publisher should be content. Aubrey Conyers ; or, the Lordship of Allerdale. By Miss E. M. Stewart. London: Ingram, Cooke, and Co. A tale of diversified interest, and abounding ip - picturesque and romantic incidents, has been published under the above title. It is from the pen of the accomplished authoress of the ""City Tales," and is well adapted to sustain 2nd enhance her reputation as a writer of llction. The dialogue is spirited, and in many of Cie scenes disclosed in this novel, it is deserving of sligher designation. As is usual with the works published by the firm which issues it, " Aubrey Conyers" is profusely embellished with cleverly executed pictorial illustrations. W Life of Roger Mowbray. By Alexander Somerville London : Varton and Co Fhe object ofthis little inculcate, lby7eference to actual incidents, the advantages to be .derived from filial duty faithfully discharged, strict integrity of act and purpose, firm self reliance, and intrepidity. The events which form the introductory steps of the narrative are not of a very startling nature, although some of them are aetailed with much force and no small amount of descriptive power. In particular, the circum stances of terror and destruction, accompanying the bursting of an extensive mill-reservoir, occa sioned, as narrat e d i n thi s i ns t ance , b y th e h ee dl ess temerity of two youths, are pictured with a vivid liCSS and power, as well as a minuteness of deline stion, painfully true and striking. The volume owes a considerable portion of its interest to the sndicious introduction of biographical sketches of individuals, who, by industry combined with me ilianical skill, commercial prudence, and unswerving integrity, have been the means of improving, ex tending, or creating important branches of human industry. Conspicuous among these sketches is the brief notice of Samuel Slater, the " Father of - American Manufactures." -This gentleman , who Was a native of Belper, in Derbyshire, having served his apprenticeship as a cotton-spinner, at the establishment of Mr. Strutt, M.P. for the borough of Nottingham, and present Chancellor of-the Duchy of Lancaster, went first to London and afterwards to New York, where he arrived, after a tedious passage of sixty-six days, in the latter end of 1789. Having, according to this immtive, carried with him an accurate recollection ef - the details of cotton-spinning machinery, and a considerable intimacy with the minor details of Fractical mechanics, he was enabled to construct and maintain the first cotton-mill erected in Ame rica. The career of this singular man, as a manu facturer and financier, was for a long period so suc cessful, that he was reckoned unassailable by the stomas which occasionally sweep the atmosphere of commerce and strelt its fields of enterprize with the wrecks of many a stately edifice. The pecuniary crisis, which in 1828 desolated the busy marts of the United States, and uprooted no small portion even of English commerce, shook the stability of the successful Derbyshire adventurer ; ultimately, however, he escaped from the perilous vortex, and 'was a munificent contributor to the support of schools, churches, missions, and other charitable end benevolent institutions. The fortunes of Roger Nowbray himself are traced through all their vary ing phases from indigence to wealth, influence, and legislative honour, in a lucid and interesting flow of narrative. Its author, Alexander Somerville, Leiter known by his newspaper contributions, under the signature of " One who has Whistled at the Plough," has himself seen many vicissitudes in fife, having first come before the world as a soldier- Politician, for some freaks in which capacity he was objected to severe military punishment; and lat terly, it may be in the recollection of some of our Faders, he appeared as the ready castigator of some of the figments published to the world by the le ss Acropulous members of the " Peace Society." C" Coal -fields and our Coal-pits ; the People in them, and the Scenes around them. By a Traveller - Underground. London : Longmans. This, though strictly a popular work, as contra distinguished from those of a thoroughly scientific mature, partakes, nevertheless, sufficiently of the practical and the exact to render it useful, while Its more popular qualities contribute to its value 2.9 a book of interesting and amusing character. The immense commercial importance which Great Britain has acquired among the nations, not of Europe alone, but of the world, has been so im impcliately dependent upon the development and, appreciation of its invaluable coal-beds to the or dinary purposes of every-day life and of manufac ture, that whatever tends to throw light upon the natural history and present condition of those fields of enterprise must necessarily be an object of general and abiding interest. The work be fore us is eminently so. The author, who is evi dently well acquainted with his subject, commences, after a few prefatory observations, by a comparison between coal and gold, contrasting the value and utility of the former with those of the latter. We 1101 not follow him through his course of specula lion on this subject, but content ourselves with his enumeration of the CONSEQUENCES OF CONTIGUITY TO COAL-FIELDS. Contiguity to coal-fields has exercised a far more im- Vortant effect on cities and towns than most men would expect. Take only, for example, that of the small central toal-fleld of England. Its area scarcely equals that of the larger Scottish lakes, and yet that limited coal-field has made Birmingham a great and flourishing town—the first iron deptt in Europe ; and it has filled the surrounding country with crowded towns and villages. Think only of What the coal from the Staffordshire coal-field has done — 'tow many thousand steam-engines has it set in motion— 'Low many thousand railway trains has it propelled across the country—how many thousand waggon-loads of sfilt bas it elaborated from the brine—how many million tons of iron has it furnished, raised to the surface, smelted, and Lararnered ! Think, further, to what ultimate and oppo urposes this coal has converted its manufactures. aik down a certain street in Birmingham, and you hear volley s oi sharp reports from guns proved by extra 33.ir0 of powder. Some say a gun a minute is made in you o ,l l aln ; that is one result of the coal. Then look little I,4 l °se grosses of steel pens, piled up in grosses of thors, dives, about to slip into the hands of editors, an good, th e Tes, novelists, poets, lovers, the bereaved', the of Engi and a ? the merchant and his fifty clerks, the Bank offices, the' t he innumerable minor banks, the assurance o ffi ces, the ~,ttrehouses, the customs, the government steel pens, y v tc_ e• And all this only out of guns and the Stafford s h ir " 4 t , then, shall not still come forth from titude of u se k i coal, when we begin to think of the mul which fill the toyel ornamental Brummagem goods' World ! Thi n k 0111 °PB and the dwellings of the.civilized this character that Y a °f p the eastly and countless articles of to mind every thing ) t - i ! o ar ed in the Crystal Palace. Call scro dp be rv i co, glass ornament, a gilt or sil barrel, down to a gilt button, and all come from the Staffordshire coal.! I go not to Wolverhampton, I pass not to the great Staffordshire iron-works, I stop not at the Smethwick iron -works, where Fox, Henderson, and Co. have erected a fortune and a colony out of and upon the Staffordshire coal ; but I stop in the very town of Birmingham itself, and when I have at length succeeded in grasping the idea of the entire possible products of this well-employed coal, I say that is the true philosop'her's stone—it is discovered at last. Not one of .all Father Newman's questionable miracles, not one of the numerous marvels which he details of the saints in the Popish cathedral at Birmingham, not all of them together can equal the accredited and unquestionable marvels of.coal. Let all the saints named rise up again, and unite their marvel -working power, and one ton of coal will beat them all ! Let the saints walk, after decapita tion, with their heads comfortably under their arms—let them cross seas on their outspread mantles—let them call up plagues on heretics, and call down blesiings on priests ; see visions of virgins, and dream dreams of St. Dominic and St. Fran& ; the whole of these saintly dreamings are every day surpassed by the realities of the results of coal at Birmingham. One day's guns will plague the heretics more than a thousand saints. One box of steel pens will conjure up more visions before a thousand eyes, and that for year after year, than all that Eremites!or Anchorites ever beheld in cave, or cell, or chapel. Dr. Wiseman, let the author tell you a secret (not under seal of confes sional secresy) ; your greatest enemy is not the Arch bishop of Canterbury,nor Dr. Achilli, nor Judge Camp bell, but COAL, for what it originates—from steel pens to steam printing-presses." In various portions of his book, and connected with other incidents, our author dwells, with equal emphasis, on the importance of coal ; but. in a community like that of Liverpool, where the application of that mineral to purposes of na vigation is so well known, it cannot be necessary to multiply instances of a similar kind to show that the book is one written, and well written, on an important subject. An exceedingly interesting division of the work, we should say, is devoted to a narrative of the customs and social habits and condition of those more immediately connected with coal working. This portion contains anec dotes and brief notices of men who, from their connexion with coal-works, have become eminently distinguished in society. We could have wished to add some extracts from these, but space forbids. VARIETIES " I'LL ME ROUND this way in a minute," as the second hand said to the hour hand. WHAT relation is a door-mat to the scraper ? A step farther. THE EFFICACY OF PREACHING.—The following IS seriously told by Mr. Faber, a pervert from the English Church to Romish idolatry :—" A Jesuit, a famous preacher, by his sermons converted men by scores. And it was revealed to him that not one of the conversions was owing to his talents or eloquence, but all to the prayers of an illiterate lay brother who sat on the pulpit steps saying Hail Maries all the time for the success of the sermon." JET BRACELETS FOR THE EMPRESS OF FRANCE.— Mr. Greenbury, of Whitby, has just completed three sets of jet bracelets for the Empress Eugenie. One set is of " the dolphin headed pattern," with the eyes of garnets, of a delicate pink ; the others are hardy-looking wreaths of the oak branch, with a leaf and acorn, all of the highest workmanship which the article is capable of receiving. They are put together with the strong elastic cord, with which these kind of personal decorations are fitted. IN A LESSON IN PARSING, the sentence, "Man courted in a capacity of bliss," the word courting came to a pert young miss of fourteen to parse. She commenced hesita tingly, but got on well enough until she was to tell what it agreed with. Here she stopped short, but the teacher said, Very well, what does courting agree with ?" Ellen blushed, and hung her head. " Ellen, don't you know what that agrees with ?" " Ye — ye — yes , sir." " Well, Ellen, why don't you parse that word ? what does it agree with ?" Blushing still more and stammering, Ellen said, " It agrees with all the girls, sir !" A FIGHT IN THE STRAITS OF MALACCA.---One day, while lying at anchor, and, whistling for a breeze, the steward rushed in with the announcement that a shark and turtle were engaged in a fight alongside. Doubtf u l and amazed at the account of so unusual and unequal a combat, we all rushed on deck, and there, sure enough, we saw an immense shark and a turtle of venerable antiquity, if one might judge by his size and the profusion of bar nacles and other parasites with which he was decorated. Without respect for his age and Quaker-like habits, the shark made furious charges at poor turtle, who opposed the dangerous jaws of the enemy with the full front of his back, on which no impression could be made. On one occasion the turtle did not turn quite sharply enough, which cost him the greater part of one unlucky flipper. Indignant at the perversion of such an aldermanic ban quet to the voracious and indiscriminating appetite of a shark, our skipper intervened with a harpoon, but with such ill-judged aim, that it fell butt-end foremost instead of on the point, whereupon, in our disappointment, we would gladly have pitched him after it. It, however, answered the purpose of scaring away the shark for a few moments, which the turtle made the most use of to scuttle off to the bottom, where he was safe from the attacks of his ravenous admirer.—Power's Three Years' Residence 'in China. AN EXTRAORDINARY MAN.—David Wilson, an old revolutionary soldier, and a native of New Jersey, died, after a short illness, in Dearborn county, Indiana, in Au g ust,lB33, aged 107 years . 2 months and 10 days. He had, at different periods of his life, five wives, and, at the time of his death, was the father of 47 children. While residing in Pennsylvania, near the old Redstone Fort, his wife gave birth to five children in 11 months. This ex traordinary man, when in his 104th year, mowed one week for Squire Pendleton, of Hamilton county, Ohio, about two miles from Cincinnati, during which he mowed one acre per day of heavy" timothy" grass. He was about five feet six inches in height. His frame was not sup ported by ribs, as the frames of ordinary men are, but an apparently solid sheet .of bone supplied their place. He could hold up his hands in a vertical position, and receive a blow from the fist of a powerful man, on the lateral por tion of his body, without inconvenience. He served throughout the entire Revolution, under General Wash- I ington ; was engaged in most of the Indian wars since, and was the companion of Marion and Rodgers, and of many other distinguished early pioneers of our western and southern wilds. Our readers may rest assured that this statement is correct, as we received it from Mr. Alexander Wilson, of North Madison, who is the 45th child of the subject of this paragraph.—Newyork Tribune. Wsics IS THE WEAKER Sax ?—Females are called the weaker sex, but why ? If they are not strong, who is ? When men must wrap themselves in thick garments, • and incase the whole in a stout overcoat to shut out the cold, women in thin silk dresses, with neck and shoulders bare, or nearly so, say they are perfectly comfortable ! When men wear water-proof boots over woollen hose, and incase the whole in India-rubber to keep them from freezing, women wear thin silk hose and cloth shoes, and pretend not to feel the cold ! When men cover their heads with furs, and then complain of the severity of the weather, women half cover their heads with straw bonnets, and ride twenty miles in an open sleigh, facing a cold northwester, and pretend not to suffer at all. They can sit, too, by men who smell of rum and tobacco smoke, enough to poison a whole house, and not appear more an noyed than though they were a bundle of roses. Year after year they can bear abuses of all sorts from drunken husbands, as though their strength was made of iron. And then is not woman's mental strength greater than the man's ? Can she not endure suffering that would bow the stoutest man to the earth ? Call not woman the weaker vessel ; for had she not been greater than man, the race would long since have been extinct. Hers is .a, state of endurance which man could not bear. THE TUBBS IN THEIR WIVES.—We commonly con ceive a Turk as a burly individual, surrounded by a great number of submissive beauties, anxious for the honour of the handkerchief ; but it is not remembered that there is a prodigious number of bachelors in the East. In spite of the disgrace in which celibacy is held, a large proportion of the men in the middle classes abstain from marriage, on account of the difficulties thrown in their way by manners and the competition of the rich. I have known instances among the Levantines in which a young shop keeper has been compelled to spend half his capital to procure a dirty little wife. The same system of purchase prevails among the Turks, and is indeed derived from them. The number of unmarried persons in the Ottoman empire is therefore very great. The Turks are often uxorious, and, in case no suspicion of jealousy crosses their minds, treat their wives with considerable deference. Few will venture to appear in the presence of their ladies in the slightest degree intoxicated ; and they *ill submit to be beaten on the day of Beiram, if, from poverty or other causes, they have been unable to bring home the roast shoulder of mutton required by inexorable custom for the family dinner of that day. Eastern ladies often resort to this summary mode of proceeding with their lords and masters, even when not protected by the pri vilege of a festival. It is true that, on the other hand, they are exposed to similar treatment if they carry the joke too far, or misbehave in any way ; and that the sack —of which it is now the custom to make fun among wags who have looked at the outside of Eastern manners—is always ready to punish serious derelictions of duty.— Bayle St. John's Turks in Europe. SPINSTER TEACHERS. --1 never was (says Fanny Fern) on an august school committee, but if I were I'd make a sine qua non that no school-marm should be inaugurated who had not been a married mother. No ; I don't believe in spinster educational teaching, any more than I do in putting dried-up old bachelors on the school committee. What bowels of mercies have either, I'dliket: h k e : P ow, Th for e the poor little restless victims of narrow ben f if th th ey e children are to "hold up Wthheirat good hands"( does ar thatth e have a request to make. teacher won't take any notice of the Freemason y d ? ) :sligt7le " They are not to enter complaints." So somlee poo a r poleon ' in jacket and trousers, till she is forced to shrie k out with litt N girl must be pinched black and blue b y a pain, when she is punished by being kept half an hour after school for "making a disturbance !" They are " not to eat in school," are they ? Perhaps they have m d atan indifferent breakfast ; (perhaps they are poor, an ve had none at all, and ABCD doesn't digest well on an empty stomach ;) but the spinster teacher can hear them recite with a tempting bunch of g rapes in her hand, which she leisurely devours before their longing eyes. They " must not smile in school," must they ? Not when " Tom Hood" in a pinafore cuts up some sly prank that brings " down the house," yes, and the ferule, too, on everybody's hand but his own (for he has a way of draw ' ing on his " deacon face," to order.) They may go out now and then, to breathe the air, but the y must s p eak in a whisper ; but even then as if they all had the bronchitis ! No matter if Queen Victoria should ride by, no little brimless hat must go up in the air till "the committee had sat on it !" Oh, fudge ! I should like to keep school myself. I'd make " rag babies" for the lit tler girls, and " soldier caps" for the boys ; and I don't think I would make a rule that they shouldn't sneeze till school was dis missed; and when their little cheeks began to flush, and their little heads droop wearily on their plump shoulders, I'd hop and play " hunt the slipper ;" or, if we were in the country, we'd race over the meadow, and catch butter flies, or frogs, or toads, or anything on earth except a "School Committee." ORIGINAL CORRESPONDENCE, THE GREEK CHURCH. TO THE EDITOR OP THE LIVERPOOL STANDARD Sin,—After having traced, in a very brief manner, the origin and progress of the Greek Church, I purpose to show the tenets which that church professes. In former letters, I have shown the cause of the separation of the Eastern and Western Churches. In entering upon this subject, the features of which are peculiarly interesting, and more particularly so at a time like the present, when, although the Emperor Nicholas appears to agree to certain propositions ; still, can it be imagined that the Czar, who has moved so vast an army, with all the munitions of war, will be likely to give up his views of aggressive attempts upon a country that his predecessors have so long desired. It is, I believe, generally known, or at least those who may be acquainted with history know that Constantine, the Emperor, tolerated Christianity, himself became a Chris tian, and established the seat of his government at Con stantinople. The son of the reigning autocrat of Russia is named also Constantine ; and it may be, considering the traditions of Russia, which I believe assert that Con stantinople shall be again in the power of the Greek Church, that the ambitious designs of the Czar may have the object of placing his son, the present Duke, upon the throne of the once great Constantine, —they connecting, by powerful relationship, the union of two great nations. Some may treat such a remark as an absurd idea ; but it may be asserted, and with some degree of truth, that the fanatical zeal of the Russian Greek Church will not slum ber ; and, as it has been stirred into a flame, it will not be so easily quenched. In tracing the origin and progress of a church that has so widely extended itself, histories of bygone ages unfold their ancient leaves, and point out to us a portion of that country possessed by the followers of Mahomet, as being a spot where an Alexander, the son of Philip of Macedon, was born, and who led his armies as far as a portion of our Indian possessions. Then Greece, again, once so full of poetry, where Sappho and Anacreon sung, where Solon, the lawgiver, and Pericles, the Athe nian, lived ; and where the brave Leonidas, with his noble three hundred, fell for his country against the numerous army of Persia. In reading the history of these countries we are impressed with events which have already passed away like a dream ; and it may, perhaps, be naturally asked, but what of the future ? That is impervious to mortal ken; and it can only be said that present events may show but in a very faint view, to the observing and thoughtful man, something, although obscure, of the future. In describing the tenets of the Greek Church, it will be observed that there is an analogy between the Roman and it. It is true that she does not acknowledge the supremacy of Rome, but she does not deny the church's infallibility. Although she is an advocate for the use of the Scriptures, still she believes in tradi tion. She abounds in penances, confessions, absolutions ; and, though strenuously denies the idea of purgatory, yet she advocates the propriety of prayers for the repose of the departed; she rejects images, but, at the same time, she permits the adoration of pictures, and prays to the Virgin Mary ; has great faith in relics, encourages monkery, and asserts the great efficacy of the signing of the cross. Thus we may observe that in many things the similarity be tween the Roman and Greek Churches is self-evident. Transubstantiation also she denies by name, but her litur gies, of which there are a great number, fully confirm her belief therein. In the Eastern Church, with her various sects, there are about 67 liturgies, and these fully establish her belief in the various doctrines above named. It is necessary, for the purpose of proof, as well as affording a matter of great interest, to give as succinctly as possible the portions of prayers of the Greek Church, in order to show that, although she may deny some of these doctrines, yet her prayers fully evidence her belief in them. As regards, first, the infallibility of their church, this is fully elicited by their styling themselves "the one Holy and Apostolic Church;" and as to their doubt of salvation beyond the pale of their own church, the following statement will fully testify. On " Orthodoxy Sunday," the first Sabbath in Lent, an " anathema" is hurled against other churches where, according to their idea, prevailing errors exist. As regards her declaration that she has never been a perse cuting church, various accounts, gathered from the pages of history, shew persecutions of fire, sword, and exile, against heretics who were obstinate. The Greek Church is particular in not exercising open persecution against heretics, as they imagine it might more widely extend the number of schismatics ; but when the rigid censorship exercised against the press is known, it may be fully dis covered how the policy of the Greek Church exercises her self in matters concerning those who might be opposed to their doctrines, and who, by them, are denominated contu macious schismatics. In comparing the scrutiny which other countries exercise towards the press, we see the natural consequences it produces. Bound in the iron bond of slavery, they are obliged to regard their thoughts before they utter them ; and anything spoken or published un warily is visited with the most condign punishment. If we turn our eyes to that country situated opposite our own sea-girt home, we see Napoleon 111. exercising his despotic influence in curbing and restraining that mighty engine, the press. The contrast to other countries as regards the above allusion, cannot be more fully developed than by comparing them with our own country. Here we pre serve that saying which was expressed by the great Alfred, " that the English should be free as their own thoughts." As I have more to add concerning the tenets of this church, I purpose (D.V.) finishing this subject in my next letter. Birkenhead, Aug. 27, 1863. _ G. B. H. P.S.—ln my second letter, for Jewelrins, read Demetrius. NICHOLAS WISEMAN!S "COMMERCIAL" LECTURE, AND THE PROCEEDS THEREOF. TO TIIII IMITOR 077 TEM LIVERPOOL STAirDA.II.D. Sm—Allow me, through the medium of your valuable paper, to put the Protestant community on their guard against a certain claptrap of Popish manufacture. Nicholas Wiseman, or as the placards call him, "His Eminence, Cardinal Wiseman l is to deliver a lecture at the Philharmonic Hall, on Tuesday evening, the 30th instant. One of our local Radical organs thus announces it:— _ . CA RDINAL WISEMAN'S LECTURE.—His Eminence, Cardi nal Wiseman, is announced to lecture at the Philharmonic Hall on Tuesday evening. We understand the tickets are sought for with avidity, not only by Roman Catholics, but by Protestants of all denominations, who are desirous of seeing and hearing a lecturer so well known, not only by his con nexion with the most prominent events of the times, but also from his reputation as one of the literati of the age. The lec ture is upon a subject most interesting to the people of Liver pool ; and, quite apart from controversial theology, it is entitled "The Highways of Peaceful Commerce are the High ways of the Arts." The proceeds are to be devoted to the building fund of the new Literary Institute in Hope street. Now, I could have no objection to a Romanist delivering a " commercial" lecture, were that all ; but the last few words of the above paragraph plainly show what the object of the lecture really is—it is an example of the of the Popish principle of " the end justifies the means." A casual reader might say, " Oh, the lecture is for a very praiseworthy object; it is for a literary institute;" but that " literary institute" is also called " THE CATHOLIC INSTITUTE." Allow me to say a word about it. In a placard upon Copperas-hill Chapel wall there is a deal of puffing respecting this Catholic Institute. It says the Catholic youth of Liverpool are led away by attending debating societies, "pernicious news-rooms," &c. &c., and that on that account this institute is established where " select" newspapers, &c., are to be had. There is also a portion of the building set apart for mass. This is what your contemporary calls a " Literary Institute." Protes tants of Tory Liverpool ! remember, if you buy a single ticket for this lecture, you are supporting the " Catholic Institute,"—an institution that is afraid of the light, for it wishes to hinder poor ignorant Papists from attending debating societies, where they would have an insight into the real principles of their religion, and from reading Protestant newspapers, lest they should see the workings of their religion. Protestants, be not led away by "commercial lectures" in favour of Popish Institutes. I am, Sir, your obedient servant, A PROTESTANT. Liverpool, August 27, 1853. p.S.—I have heard that there is a nunnery to be built in connexion with this " Institute." AGRICULTURAL CAPABILITIES OF CANADA THE following animated letter, dated from Marysburgh, near Kingston, Canada West, has been addressed to our London contemporary, The Times:— " Truth is stranger than fiction. Were we to read of a nation of antiquity possessing, in one province, unnumbered acres of the finest land in the world, lying waste for want of cultivation, and, in another, annually expending millions to support men having the will to work but not the opportunity, we should conclude the nation to have been insane. Yet England is doing this to the present hour. I am aware of your taste for great facts ;' therefore, instead of fancies or theories, I send you a few facts. " At the Great Exhibition, in 1851, the prize wheat of ' the whole world' came from Canada. This determined me to visit the district where it was grown,—Prince Edward. That visit induced me to settle there, and I have now above 500 acres of freehold land there, at an average cost of 255. per acre, all cleared and capable of cultivation. The entire district is more densely populated than any agricultural district I know in England, and our market town has five churches, five hotels, two banks, four steamboats daily, two newspapers, and every description of requisite warehouse and shop, The soil, climate, language, and habits are so exactly similar that I cannot imagine myself out of Eng land. Wheat is 55., rye, 35., barley, peas, and corn, (maize,) 2s. 6d., and oats, 2s. per bushel. The wages of an active young agricultural labourer 4s. to ss. per day, with board: And such board ! Imagine an English ploughboy asking for sugar to his custard pudding daily, after beef, pork, or mutton, and butter. Yet this have I seen here, and not seldom ; and a labourer's wife, if not working, is boarded for 2s. 6d. per week. The cost of emigration is £4. 10s. per head. The best time, April, or early in spring. " It may be said, ' How may this be known to be true and not exaggerated ?' The reply is ready and simple. I am responsible, and I believe not wholly unknown to you as a public man in England, and I give you my name in confidence ; and I will, in this district alone, which is a mere speck in Canada, insure employment to one hundred young, able, williv honest agricultural and house servants, male and female, emigrating early in spring, and I will receive ten at a time on my own estates, and employ them until they can suit themselves ; and the intending emigrant may test my statem en t s b y corresponding (post paid) with the Rev. Macaulay, of Picton ; the Rev. J. R. Tooke, of Milford; Father Lalor, of Picton; or D. Smith, Esq., or C. Mortimer, Esq., of the same pl ace, bankers ; to give time for which, I write at this season. " By some Australia may be preferred ! this is a fatal error. Admit gold to be procured there ; what is its use ? To buy land and necessaries. That may be done here without it ; and, while the emigrant is making half the circuit of the globe, he might here work a season, and then take a farm ' on shares'—that is, have one - fourth of the proceeds for his labour; or buy, and have ten years to pay the money. He can also buy stock on credit if his character will bear scrutiny ; and everyone will lend him a helping hand. I know a man and his wife who left an English union twelve years back, now owning two hundred acres of paid freehold land, and keeping their pleasure carriage and pair ; and also an Irish hodman, (a drunkard, too,) having his seventy-five acres paid up, and stock worth £lOO, though he has a wife and six children. Yet England pays millions for poor rates, and paupers starve rather than remove. I could add more, but I know the value of your space." THE LIVERPOOL STANDARD, AND GENERAL COMMERCIAL ADVERTISER. NEW ZEALAND AND ITS RESOURCES THE following interesting communication has been re ceived by a gentleman in Liverpool, and, from the respect ability of the writer, may be relied upon as a fair state- ment of fats : Canterbury Settlement, New Zealand; Apiil 1, 1853. DEAR -----, Your letter reached here, but in consequence of my absence from home, having taken a trip to Mel bourne, I could not answer it sooner, nor indeed even now but imperfectly, as my dear wife forwarded it to me under cover to Melbourne ; but, having left there previously to its arrival, I do not expect to see it for some time, and can only rely on her recollection of its contents. With regard to my visit to Melbourne and the diggings, I cannot say that I did much in the shape of making money. I cleared my expenses, however ; and, when I calculate on the colonial experience which I acquired, I am perfectly satisfied with the result. Experience here is almost better than money ;—indeed, of the two, I prefer the former. Melbourne is well worth going to see; and, if you are disposed to learn from what you see going for vard there, the time so spent is as nothing, compared with the benefit you derive from it. I need not here enter upon a detailed account of the place, as while there I sent you papers by every opportunity that presented itself. One remark, however, I would make, and that is—its great inferiority to New Zealand, both as regards climate and very many other advantages ; nor does it bear any comparison to New Zealand, if you at all study comfort. With regard to money matters, however, things are different. There are fortunes being made every day in Melbourne, not all by digging for gold at the mines, but by any business you may choose to commence. A person, having possession of a public-house for twelve months, can comfortably retire on a fortune of several thousand pounds. Notwithstanding all this, I am an advocate for New Zealand ; nor have I for one moment changed my mind since first I came to it—three years ago, one of the little band of colonists who set out from Gravesend. Though fortunes are not to be made here so rapidly, there is what is much better—a beautiful and certain climate, security for life and property, civilised society, a flourishing branch of our own dear English Church, combined with that real comfort and happiness which you cannot purchase for thousands elsewhere, particularly in Australia. With regard to my future movements, I cannot say anything very definite at present. I shall either accept of a very good offer which has been made to me to remove to Wellington, or at once proceed to a sheep station. The latter I would prefer; but, of course, in that I must be regulated by circumstances, it being very expensive to commence a sheep station, particularly when you cannot command large stuns of ready money, though you may have other descriptions of property; however, I am not easily daunted, and am determined to make a bold effort. The land over which the government has control is now reduced to ss. and 10s. per acre. This is making sad havoc here amongst those who purchased from the Canter bury Association at £3 per acre, particularly as we are in daily expectation of hearing that the home government has assumed equal power over this settlement as over the other parts of the island. Now would be the time to make purchases—say 1,000 acres for £250. Believe me, these chances will not be allowed to pass by the thousands which, more than probable, we may expect here after the news reaches England. I would strongly advise you to come out, and if you think of doing so, advantages are now to be gained which you will never have an opportunity of embracing again. I have nothing to add to, or detract from, my opinion already conveyed to you in former letters—further than that greater inducements exist now than ever did before —particularly with regard to land, which I need scarcely say will be selected as purchasers arrive—each selection after the first having disadvantages compared with that previously made. Should you make up your mind to come out, I need not say that, whether I am here or else where in the Colony, you shall not want a house, or such little comforts as I can afford you. Ido not mean to dis pose of the property which I have here, consequently it will be at your service ; and as it is more than probable I shall make a future or more permanent home up the coun try, I shall take care to leave ample directions with a mer cantile firm here—who transact the Association's business, and, in fact, that of any other ships arriving from England —by which you will be guided to my whereabouts. I give you the names of the firm, and that of their agcnt in London, through whom you can at any time forward to me letters, &c., direct. In coming here, I would particularly advise you to bring merchandise instead of money; you will be sure to reap a handsome reward—very few consignments coming here now—people at home preferring Melbourne and Sydney. I do not speak for the supply of this settlement alone : there are six others with this equally in want. You would be perfectly safe in bringing out £5OO or £6OO worth of strong Blucher boots, with plenty of nails in them, also a quantity of ladies' boots ; in fact everything to cover the feet and body, of a strong description. There would also be a market for ladies' commodities—there being many fashionable women here, and all through New Zealand. In truth, Ido not think you could err in bring ing out anything which your own good sense would dic tate as requisite for a new country. I would not, however, be much in favour of taking farming implements, as I scarcely think that they would meet with a quick sale. You would want some, however, for yourself, and should bring materiel for the erection of a mill for grinding flour, meal, &c. It would pay well here. Of course the milling materiel would be prepared, and be suitable to work by water. The machinery should be of the best construction, and newest and best design. You would also require to bring additional stones to those required for immediate use, together with ample instructions for its erection. This will, in a short time, become a great country for agriculture. Indeed it is now before any of the other settlements, and a good mill would be a fortune in itself. Some carts, of a strong make, would pay; and you could pack soft goods in the bodies of them. You must pay great attention to packing, as by it much money may be saved. Bonded goods you would also have immediate sale for. I mean brandies, wines, whiskey, porter, and ale, in bottle and wood. Brandy you could bring in case and wood—as much as you like. You cannot bring too much. If I had such here now, I could dispose of £lO,OOO worth of it at cent. per cent. profit, and perhaps more. Teas and oilmen's stores, together with tobacco, would also pay. You need not mind sugar, except loaf, which would sell ; but this article I do not know much of. Bed and red blankets. Kid an g e lo ts ve w s oul ar c e P n a l y tich Pa w rt a ie n ular ted, ly as well as ribbons, oth d er ot b h la e :k &c., &c. In fact all kinds of wearing apparel, particularly that of a strong kind. Blue serge shirts, of every variety, are in great demand : every one here wears them. Fur niture that would pack or fit into a small compass would pay well—such, for instance, as those cane-seated chairs, which you may buy before they are put together. Sta tionery of all kinds you can sell. Cl o th ca p s , an d J err y as they or " wide-awake" hats would do also ; but be sure to bring no regular hats, are not wanted here. You might take out some corrugated iron—l mean the light descrip tion, such as is exported to Australia, for building pur poses : it is wanted here for houses. A quantity of clover and grass seeds, &c., would pay well, as also painted rose nails, in cans of 100 lbs. weight. In fact, as I have already said, you would be safe in taking out any sub stantial thing of this kind; and I dare say you can find some of the late improvements in machinery which would answer well here. I would recommend you to call on the New Zealand men in London ; you will easily make them out at the Adelphi and elsewhere, but have nothing to do with the Canterbury Association people, further than hear what they have to say. Buy no land—join no parties till you get here, and then you can judge for yourself, without re gretting it hereafter. Bring a well-selected stock of goods, and your expenses here will be of no consideration. As to your insuring your property, I will not advise—but I would not. You will have a duty of ten per cent. to pay on almost everything you may take out—that, however, is nothing. I forgot to mention the necessity of bringing out a lot of cart harness and saddlery, also some Sheffield and Birmingham ware, guns, &c. You might take two or three strong carts, for, as we have passable roads, they will be in demand. I must now wind up this epistle, leaving many matters for another letter, when I shall have more time to think of them. However, I have referred to the main points, with the exception of a winnowing machine or two, and other things requisite for the mill. Of course, some of the articles which I have enumerated you can either take, or let alone, as you please; but of all things, do not forget the slops--brandy, ale, porter, &c., and shoes they pay so well, that you cannot take too much of them. Should you come, may the Almighty send you safe ; and lam confident you will never regret it. You will prolong your days, and that of your dear wife and children. We have no sickness here, and I refoice in the day I left Eng land. Write to me at once by the shortest route ; and I shall lose no time in attending to it. * • P.S.—I send this letter by way of Wellington to go by the Stately, just leaving for Australia, whence it will be forwarded per steamer to England. I have just made arrangements with some gentlemen to go up the country in about ten days, and when I return I shall probably be better able to write to you with reference to my future plaiis. I wish you would send me out a case of goods —boots and kid gloves, and fashionable ladies' dresses. Let me, once more, advise you to come out. You would be surprised to see the numbers of highly respectable people who are daily arriving here, and the land is being quickly snatched up. I almost feel tempted to take 1,000 acres for you. You must look sharp, and do not any longer waste your time at home, fighting for a mere subsistence. I sincerely hope your wife will have better sense than to oppose your wishes. This climate would give her a new constitution ; but she must prepare herself for plenty of riding on horseback, bringing with her, of course, a com plete equipment of riding gear, in the shape of habit, saddle, &c. All the ladies here travel on horseback. The country is at present rough, and consequently that mode of convey ance suits it best. PROTESTANT BURIAL-GROUND AT MADRID.—A cor respondence has recently passed between Lord Howden, the British ambassador at Madrid, and the Spanish Go vernment, with reference to the construction of a cemetery for Protestant British subjects who may die in that town. The Spanish Secretary of State writes, under date May 24, that permission has been granted to construct a cemetery of this description "on the Hill of St. Dannaso, outside the gate of Toledo," to be subject, however, "to the hygienic or sanatory rules , required by similar establishments ;" but that no church or chapel, nor any other sign of a temple, or of public or private worship, will be allowed to be built in the cemetery ;" that "all acts which can give any indication of the performance of any Divine service whatsoever are prohibited ;" and that, "in the conveyance of the dead bodies to the burial-ground, any sort of pomp or publicity shall be avoided." Lord Howden, in his reply, points out the impossibility of the British Government av ailing themselves of the power to construct a cemetery (!) subject to such preposterous and insulting regulations, by which the body of a deceased English Protestant would have to be conveyed by stealth—probably at midnight— to the grave, and buried like a dog. " I cannot conclude," he adds, " without stating my deep regret that the course of Spain is such as to produce a gradual alienation in the opinion of the English public, out of which will most in fallibly result a state of feeling which no government can control or oppose." IRELAND EVANGELISATION IN IRELAND.—A meeting was held in the Round Room of the Rotunda, on Thursday, for the purpose of hearing the reports of the English and Scotch ministers who have returned from their mission to the southern districts of this country. _ _ _ THE CONVENTUAL SYSTEM.—A petition of appeal has been presented to the House of Lords against the decree of the Lord Chancellor of Ireland, pronounced on the 9th of June last, in the remarkable case of "Blake v. Blake," the facts of which were published shortly after the de livery of judgment. An order for hearing was made on the 15th of the present month, and early in the next ses sion of Parliament the question will be argued before the highest legal tribunal as to the right of persons professed as nuns, and having taken the vows as such, to acquire or inherit personal estates. TEE SUPPRESSED BisnoPßlcs,—An educational squabble among the guardians of the South Dublin Union the other day elicited a curious revelation with regard to Mr. Secretary Stanley's celebrated measure for the reform of the Irish branch of the established church by the lop ping off of ten of its bishoprics. It transpired on the high authority of Captain Lyndsay, son of the late and last Bishop of Kildare, that this bold step was taken by the advice and with the sanction of the present primate, Lord John Beresford. In order that there might be "no mis take" about the matter, Captain Lyndsay stated that Lord Derby (then Mr. Stanley) brought fotward the Church Temporalities Act, he proposed to reduced the salaries of those bishops, but the Primate objected, and recommended that the sees should s be suppressed. Lour) CAMPBELL AND HIS IRISH TENANTRY:--The Galway Packet (eminently Celtic authority) thus speaks of the Saxon Chief Justice :—Lord Campbell will enter tain his Moycullen tenantry at a public banquet in the large school-room at Moycullen on next Monday. We have heard that the invitations amount to 400. He will also entertain his Barna tenantry in a similiar manner during the ensuing week. This speaks well for the future career of Lord Campbell as an Irish landlord. We have also been informed that he has engaged a female teacher to instruct the daughters of his tenantry in sewing and embroidery. Should his lordship proceed in this course of conciliation and kindness, instead of letting loose upon his property—as, unfortunately, was the case on the estate of the Law Life Assurance Company—the ferocious crowbar brigade, there will not be more promptly paid rents nor a happier tenantry in Ireland." TRAGICAL OccunumwE.—The Belfast papers contain the particulars of a shocking occurrence which has taken place in the barracks of that town. A private of the 12th Regiment of Foot, named Robert Henry O'Neill, a native of Belfast, who joined the regiment in April last, and who has been somewhat remarkable for his sullen disposition and aversion to rules of discipline, had been heard to threaten revenge on a young soldier named Brown, a cor poral in the Grenadier Company, for having reported him for some breach of discipline. The deceased, who was an expert penman, was engaged writing at a table in one of the barrack-rooms, at the south end of the square, and two or three other soldiers were variously employed in the apartment, when O'Neill entered. In this room were situated O'Neill's quarters, as well as those of the men present—the entire party, including O'Neill and deceased, numbering five persons. The deceased continued to write. During this time O'Neill had his musket on his knee, and appeared to be engaged in cleaning it. Suddenly, with out attracting the attention of any one in the room, O'Neill moved towards the doorway, levelled his piece, took deliberate aim, and poured the contents of the musket into the unfortunate man sitting at the table. Brown, after receiving the fire, uttered a slight cry and dropped his head on the table, and his murderer ran down the steps leading to the barrack square. He was instantly pursued, and on his reaching the square he was called on to stop, when he turned round with great coolness and said, " Oh, I'll stop—'twas I shot him," he afterwards expressed him self happy that he had done the deed. The unfortunate victim was raised in a dying state from his reclining po sition on the table, and the spectacle which he presented was one of the most distressing character imaginable. The ball (it was first supposed there were two in the musket when fired, but it seems there was only one) had taken effect, in the first instance, almost between the eyebrows, passed down the left cheek, tearing it almost completely away, with half-a-dozen teeth, in its progress, and lodging in the chest, One of, the lungs was also greatly injured, and portions of the face of the unfortunate man were scattered throughout the room. He received all the skil ful treatment his condition demanded, from the assistant surgeon of the regiment, Dr. Mackay ; but with the ex ception of being heard to complain that he was getting very cold, from the time he went into hospital until he ex pired at 11 o'clock, he was unable to make any communi cation to those in attendance. The deceased was a young man, who joined the regiment in London about four years ago, and, besides, being a person who had received above an average education, his gentleness and inoffensive character made him respected by his comrades generally. ECCLESIASTICAL INTELLIGENCE. PREPER'MENTS AND APPOINTMENTS. Rev. W. Arrowsmith ' to the Rectory of Byton, Hereford. Rev. A. H. Hellman, to the Vicarage of Henliam, Essex. Rev. W. Callendar, 8.A., to the Incumbency of Blackmore, near Ingatestone. Rev. J. Coombes, to the Vicarage of Wiggenhall, St. Peter, Norfolk. Rev. R. Dugdale, M.A., to the Incumbency of Cross Can onby, Cumberland. Rev. W. E. Edwards, M.A., to the Vicarage of Orleton, near Ludlow. Rev. W. 13. Garnet, to the Preachership of Bunbury, Cheshire. Rev. J. L. Gilborne, M.A., Curate of Hammersmith, to be Chaplain to the Fulham Union. Rev. H. H. Hardy, to the Curacy of Tetbury, Gloucester. Rev. W. Holdswortb, to the Rectory of Clifton, near Not tingham. _ _ Rev. J. Hughes, to the Perpetual Curacy of Longcot, Berke. Rev. C.- P. Humble, 8.A., to the Curacy of St. Mark's, Gloucester. Rev. J. Jerram, M.A., to the Rectory of Fleet, Lincolnshire. Rev. T. Jones, 8.D., Vicar of Great Bentley, Essex, to the Rectory of All Hallows, Lombard-street London. Rev. J. Lee, to the Perpetual Curacy of Far Forest Church, Worcestershire. Rev. J. Lewes, M.A., to the Incumbency of the new church and district of St. John's, Charlton-road, Blackheath. Rev. T. Matthews, to the Curacy of Lanrhidian, Glamorgan. Hon. and Rev. J. H. Nelson, to the Rectory of Trimley St. Mary, Suffolk. Rev. W. Nicol, M.A., Curate of Denton, Lancashire, to the Incumbency of that district. _ _ _ _ _ Rev. J. Serjeant, M.A., to the Vicarage of North Petherwin, near Launceston. _ _ _ _ _. Rev. J. Smith, 8.A., to the Curacy of St. Thomas's, Bir mingham. Rev. J. R. Thackeray, late Curate of St. Paul's, to the Sti pendiary Curacy of St. Peter's, Preston. Rev. J. Walford, 8.A., to the Curacy of Ribbesford, Wor cestershire. Rev. J. W. Wenn, to the Vicarage of Wickham brook, Suffolk. Rev. H. H. Westmore, M.A., Curate of Kensington, to a Minor Canonry in Manchester Cathedral. Rev. W. Wickes, M.A., to the Curacy of Morebath, Devon- Rev. H. J. Wilkinson, M.A., to the Incumbency of Trout. beck, Westmoreland. --•••-• TIIE REV. WILLIAM PALE Gummy - ELL has resigned the perpetual curacy of Denton, near Manchester, after having held the living for the long period of sixty-two years. The living is in the gift of the Earl of Wilton. CHURCH ACCOMMODATION FOR RAILWAY EMPLOYES. — We are glad to observe, by the report of the last half yearly meeting of the Great Northern Railway Comyany, that the chairman has given notice of his intention to submit to the proprietors at their next meeting a proposi tion for providing suitable church accommodation for the employes of the company at Doncaster. The proposal is highly honourable to the chairman and directory of the Great Northern Company, and we trust it will be as ho nourably responded to by the shareholders. TILE LORD BISHOP OF CHESTER has been for some time engaged in holding confirmations within the arch deaconries of Chester and Liverpool ; and on Wednesday, at Kendal, he delivered his charge to the clergy assembled in that town from the adjoining parishes. His lordship appears to have selected Kendal for the first delivery of his charge, and will not meet the clergy of Liverpool and Chester until the middle of next month. After leaving Kendal the Bishop proceeds on a visitation and confirmation tour through those parts of the ancient diocese of Chester belonging to the archdeaconry of Richmond, which will, on the next vacancy of the see of Carlisle, be annexed to that bishopric, according to the arrangements of the Ec clesiastical Commissioners. The charge was delivered in an impressive manner, and some parts were truly eloquent, when reminding the assembled clergy of the necessity of faithfulness in the discharge of their sacred duties and the union which would exist between the diligent shepherd and the flock over which he had the charge. Among the topics alluded to in the bishop's charge were the necessity of better endowments for the ministers of new churches, the Training College at Chester, the schools at Warring ton, and Convocation. HORTICULTURE. STOVE, CONSERVATORY, AND GREENTIOUSE.—Stove plants in flower should have an occasional watering with weak liquid manure, by which the beauty of the plants will be much longer sustained. Climbers should be care fully trimmed, as recommended in our last ; but bear in mind that careful trimming does not always mean close trimming, because many climbers, if closely trimmed, will never bloom at all. Sufficient wood should be laid in close to the trellis or rafter, to form the future support of the plant, but the flowering branches should be rather looped, so as to form festoons, than closely tied in ; they must not however, be allowed to ramble at pleasure, otherwise they will become an entangled and inelegant mass. Those greenhouse plants, such as Ericas, Epacrises, &c., which have been placed out in a shady situation, should now be removed to some spot where the sun will ripen their newly formed wood. Camellias and Azalim should also have the full benefit of the sun. FLOWER GARDEN.—An abundance of cuttings can now be procured from the beds, and a large supply should be secured from the best plants of Verbenas, scarlet Gera niums, and similar useful sorts. Carnations and Pinks should be propagated by layers and cuttings. Pansies may still be propagated by cuttings. KITCHEN GARDEN.—Fork up the soil between the newly-planted crops, and prepare land by trenching and manuring for spring cabbages, for which choose the sort called Enfield Market, which is one of the best in cultiva tion. Sow turnips on any spare land. TRE REV. PIERCE CONNELLY has been driven to insti tute a suit in the Ecclesiastical Court, in order to compel the authorities of the Church of Rome in this country to restore to himself and to his children his wife, who is still detained in the convent, at St. Leonard's, near Hastings. While unable to go through with it, from want of means, he is liable to costs, already taxed to a large amount, and a subscription is on foot to assist him. A LocomonvE VILLAGE,--The Illinois Journal says that a new plan of accommodating labourers on railroad improvements is practised on the Chicago and Mississippi Railroad. The entire working force on this road is 100 persons, who live in cars fitted up for the purpose of board ing the men, and are pushed along as the rails are laid — thus securing the advantage of having the men always near their work. This locomotive boarding house, or vil kge, comprises fifteen large covere d cars, with all the necessary- conveniences for cooking, eating, and sleeping. 'They carry the cows alongside, and are put in the stalls when the locomotive village anges ground.—Neta York paper, iNNUAL LICENSI- g of the hoz TICE annual meetir purpose of hearing a yesterday, in the sessions hous presided, and there were also pi trates :—Messrs. Adam Hodgson, Thomas Sands, J, Stew art, Robertson Gladstone, Thomas Bolton, R E. Harvey, R. Benn, J. Holmes. J. H. Turner, T. D. Anderson, J. H. Lawrence, Romilly, Crossthwaite, W. Brown, M.P., &c. Lt the fol There were 143 applications for ir and six for licences to billiard and ba court was densely crowded, and e considerable interest. Before the pro MR. BREMNER, solicitor, said, Om did,- the Licenced Victuallers' Asso perhaps he might be permitted to off to the court before the business corn/ the custom, for many ye Association of Liverpoo _ bench, stating the number of public-h the comparative area and popul towns, and other statistics connected usually ended with the prayer that the he proceedings excited ioia of_ Liverpool, bservations nenced. It had been he Licensed Victuallers' the town igistrates would not grant any additional licences. Now, on the present occasion theLicensedVictuallers'Associadon did not intend to take this course ; and their reasons for this step were of a two-fold character. The first was, that a select committee of the House of Commons had been appointed during the last session, on the motion of one of that honourable bench, to inquire into the whole of the laws relating to public houses and beer-houses ; and although a great mass of evidence had been adduced before such committ( port had yet been presented ; and, pending the presents• tion of the committee's report, the Licensed Victuallers Association of Liverpool did not now in* part in a subject which it must be come a vexatio questio ; nor did they dmitted was be- on the other hand intend to take a - step by which it 1 lit appear that they selfishly desired to oppose the Indeed, this latter on the ground of why the association masse, or to individuals in particular. course they had never pursued, except public morality. The second re aid not intend to do either the one or ti other was this that the witness who was deputed by the association to give evidence before the select committee offered it as the grave and deliberate opinion of the society that the juris diction for the granting of licenses was wisely vested in the magistrates ' • that the modus operandi could not be ' improved • and that, in fact, a tribunal more free from objection had never even been suggested by any one. Of that evidence he would only say, that, while it elicited the admiration of those with in accordance, it extorted an express some members of the committee who view which the witness took of the therefore, deliberately recorded in parliament their opi. nions the association, on this occasson, was perfectly willing to leave the entire matter in the hands of the magistrates feeling sure that they would exercise a wise and im partial discretion, and that justice to the public on the one hand, and the interests of individuals on the other, would be consulted by the bench in the decisions at which they might arrive. views it was spect fror .e opposed to the estion. Having, The applications were then proceeded wit' td Kirkdale ward, in which there were 29 a !big taken first. Amongst other applications, Everton Mr. SNOWBALL appeared in support of one by a widow namdd Sarah Connolly, for a licence to a house at the bottom of St. George's-hill, Netherfield-road, Everton. Mr. Snowball stated that Mrs. Connolly had kept a pub lic house in Crooked-lane for a period of 35 years, and that the house having been burnt down, she had taken another house in Netherfield-road, Everton. The application was rather for a removal than for a new licence, and he hoped the bench would not refuse the application. - Mr. SNownALL supported an application by Mr. Jesse Ming for a license to a house in Roscommon-street. Mr. Ming was at present manager at the Merehnuts' Dining rooms, Tithebarn-street. • In answer to a question from Mr. ADAM HODGSON, the applicant admitted that it was not his present intention to give up his situation as manager of the Merchants' Dining- rooms, Mr. SNOWBALL said he might explain, with reference to the question which had just been put by the magistrate, that Mr. Ming was, happily, a married man, and had a wife who was a capital manager. (Laughter.) Mr. Ming's duties at the Merchants' Dining-rooms would terminate between five and six o'clock in the afternoon, and he would therefore be at liberty to manage the house in Ros common-street during the whole of the evening, when his services would be the most required. Mr. ROBERTSON GLADSTONE, as one who was in favour of the trade being thrown open to the public, wished to explain that he was opposed to any person having a licence who was not prepared to manage the house in person. He would not sanction the duties being performed by either father, wife, son, or any other deputy. Mr. SNOWBALL, in supporting an application by Joseph Holliday, for a licence to a house in Derby-road, Kirkdale, referred at some length to the observations made by Mr. Bremner at the commencement of the proceedings, and de nounced them as improper. The learned gentleman was proceeding to complain of what he called the improper in terference of the body styling itself the Licensed Victual lers' Association, when The MAYOR stated that each case must stand upon its own merits, and independently of the Licensed Victual lers' Association Mr. SNOWBALL, in continuation, said that althoug association said that they did not come forward to oppose the granting of licences, yet no one could say, from the speech of Mr. Bremner, that that was not the case. The truth was that their object was a monopoly, and he was in a position to prove that they had raised the value of a licence from 5.:200 to £430. Mr. BREMNE denied the construction which Mr. Snowball had put upon the observations which he (Mr. B.) had addressed to the bench. Mr. SNOWBALL insisted that Mr. Bremner's speech was an endeavour to prevail upon the magistrates not to grant any more licenses. Now, the licensed victuallers' body, as they called themselves, were not, in fact, licensed vic tuallers in the proper sense of that term. One half of them were persons who merely sold a glass of gin over the counter. Such people as these were not licensed victuallers, for a licensed victualler was a person who was in the habit of selling to the public something to eat. Mr. Snowball repeated that this association did not appear in that court for the benefit of the public and society, but their object in coming forward was to raise the value of licenses, and thus sustain their own monopoly. Mr. Snow ball was proceeding in his animadversions on the Licensed Victuallers' Association, when The MAYOR desired him to confine himself to the application. Mr. SNOWBALL then supported Mr. Holliday's applica tion, on the ground that he had built a really substantial house, and now he wished to have a license granted to it. Mr. BREMNER supported an application made by Mr. James Molloy for a license to a house in Rake-lane, Kirk dale. In the course of his remarks he denied Mr. Snow ball's statements, that he was present with a view of opposing new licenses; on the contrary, he was present for the purpose of supporting several applications. The MAYOR here remarked that the time of the court could not be wasted with such a discussion. _ _ Mr. BREMNER said he hoped the court would not accuse him of having provoked it. Mr. Bremner having stated the grounds on which Molloy made the application, Mr. BRETHERTON opposed the application, alleging that the applicant was a trafficer in licenses. The whole of the applications in Everton and Kirkdale Ward having been gone through, the magistrates retired for the purpose of considering their decision. On return ing into court, _ The MAvoti said he had to announce that a licence was granted to William Dunbar, of Breck-road, and to Sarah Connolly.of St. George's-hill, Everton. The rest were re- SCOTLAND WARD The applications in this ward were twenty-three, several of which were for licences to new hotels which had been erected in Regent-road, in the neighbourhood of the new north docks. Licences were granted to Richard Cubbin, Joseph Meacock, William Wood, and Edward Wareing, for houses in Regent-road. All the other applications were refused. ST. PAUL'S, EXCHANGE, CASTLE-STREET, ST. PETER'S, AND PITT-STREET WARDS. There were five applications in St. Paul's ward, two in Exchange, five in Castle-street, four in St. Peter's, and four in Pitt-street. Mr. ASPINALL, barrister, supported an application for a licence to the Lancashire and Yorkshire and the East Lancashire Railway Station, in Tithebarn-street. The application was in the name of John Thomas Williams. In making the application, the railway company was only following the example of almost all the other companies in the country. The applicants proposed that Mr. Williams should conduct the business himself for the first twelve months, in order to see what it was worth, and after that time, it would, no doubt, be let to some respect able tenant. The MAYOR—What is Mr. Williams? Mr. Aspnce.LL—He is one of the superintendents of the company. Mr. grrowniamx, supported an application of Mr. William Roberts, of Castle-street. The learned gentleman stated that Mr. Roberts, who formerly kept a hair-dresser's shop, in Church-street, had recently fitted up premises in Castle street, as a restaurant. From two to three hundred gentlemen dined there every day, and Mr. Roberts very properly thought, that when other people had licences for these places, there could be no reason at all why he should not have one. The magistrates had, on former occasions, granted licences to several restaurants, and he believed there was no one instance where any injury had resulted to society in consequence. A license had been granted to the Clarendon dining-rooms, in South John-street, the occupiers of which were really licensed victuallers, and not, as he had already said, like some persons holding licenses who calledtliemselves licensed victuallers. There were also the Eldon Dining-rooms, the Merchants' Dining-rooms, and Mr. Fisk's, in Castle-street, who had had licenses granted, and no injury had been sustained, but, on the contrary, a great public convenience had resulted from it. He could not see why Mr. Fisk should have a license and Mr. Roberts not, because they were exactly in the same position. He did not think that any one ever heard of a person getting drunk in a house of this kind. Now he (Mr. Snowball) perceived that Mr. Feeny, who was making a similar application, would have the benefit of the services of his learned friend Mr. Aspinall, and he hoped Mr. Feeny would succeed in his application ; but this he would say, that Mr. Aspinall could not bring an argument forward on behalf of Mr. Feeny which would not apply with the same force in favour of Mr. Roberts. Mr. BoLTON.—Is the whole of the house occupied by Mr. Roberts ? Mr. SNOWBALL.-It is. Mr. BoraoN.—What rent is he paying ? Mr. SNOWBALL. —TWO hundred a year. Mr. SNOWBALL next appeared in support of an *Oka" tion for a license made by Mr. Thomas Briggs, for a house in Drury-lane. The house had been built solely for the purposes of a restaurant. In answer to a question from Mr. J. H. Turner, the ap licant said that he intended, along with his family, to reside on 'the premises. Mr. Aspiitimn next applied, on behalf of Mr. Feeny, for a license to the new Merchants' Dining-rooms, now erecting in Slater-court, Castle-street, and said that the document which he held in his hand not only proved SPAY, AUGUST 30, 185:3. ___. t th h e at ea th ti eLe at w io as n a in u w ec h e i s e s h ity s f i o r r . tpheeelincyenwsase, bhuetldit merchants and gentlemen in Liverpool. Re errs memorial in favour of the licence being granted, Which was signed by several hundreds of the leading noercn r e Mr. Aspinall said he need only draw, the 6teution of' the magistrates to the names of orae gentlemen who had signed the document, in nr u r t he satisfy them that the great mercantile portion o be acceded to. What were known as the Merchants 1,703,, community considered that the application oug,h_._,t to balys°thPc7f,irs'eu.t. rooms in Tithebatn-street, were started by h e r and carried on by him in connexion with ht that b'every man who was his partner ; and he thong gentleman who had dined there would feel that there t an absolute necessity for the extension of such &L illi s, rooms as the one with which Mr. Feeny was forraerl,e;g, nected. He need not waste the time of the bench bY d n. 0 on Mr. Feeny himself, or his general fitness to conduct s an establishment, as that must be well known to th hi c; Referring to the new merchants' dining-rnniaLi7 cone" were now being erected for Mr. Feeny, the lean.— tr ht that sel said that the increase in the population of the a ~ and the general convenience of the mercantile classZ called for the new establishment which was about .tf) opened by Mr. Feeny. In conclusion, Mr. AsPilial io marked, that the memorial in favour of the licenV a l i o addition to being signed by the mercantile bodY, w 3 en s; signed by the whole of the bar frequenting the sessions; by Mr. Wright, the clerk of the peace, and by in allY „,%eat gentlemen who were never known to sign such a ci°e before. Mr. John Wilson applied for a license to in Union-court, Castle-street. wat as The other applications in the above-naniedava on having been made, the magistrates again retired, returning into court, The DIAYOR said that a license had been granted e' 9 Thomas Williams, of the Exchange Railway Statit stie, licenses had been granted in Exchange Ward. 111 40 street Ward a license each had been granted 0 0 , 0 5, Roberts and Joseph Feeny, of Castle-street, and t° ba Briggs, for a house in Drury-lane.: No other licences be been granted. In the case of Mr. Feeny it W a tZd is clearly understood that the license was to abeyance until the premises were completed. 11 1(1 be trates had come to this determination lest it s.° a restaw.,- brought forward as a precedent at a future Peri_,,,, v GREAT GEORGE, RODNEY-STREET, ABERCIIOX-P" LIME-STREET WARDS. The above wards were next taken. In 4 Ward there were five applications n i n e in Row"' six in Abercromby, and nine in Li me - s treet. ,„„ Joel ) ; Sutfon Ana , p f p o li r e a ll t e i e o n n c e b s y t J o os t e si p , h o h G o r as ee e n a , a m. nd B an loo ot oi lle . r st v ii p e _ : eb t, iirc on . Crown-street, were opposed by the minister o s abe nn eortre poa wesix a be : r4; wardens of St. Saviour's Church, who handed a to the magistrates against the applications. ben e) Mr. BREMNER, in a forcible address, appled join, f 11° . in support of an application by Charles Joug °„, 31r , thaw -street. cen tl e r. w ß a r a e t m ak n e e n r s a ai w d a , y t t ha w t o f y or ears one al o ff oli e , yd a nf t o h rd o T ha u a g hen h ooo t utns t hle h y : int licencestl l o e pma l ao d rtgram n z o en w vnttedil b .l e est e wr n beeee s retrg u , ffi in,o e nf i oe e ar n tr t oae ly aßt ra - v - OP' house in street, at the corner of Skelhorne-street. Mr. eOr intends to open the house as an hotel for Gerninn on 'Change _ grants. elevo o'cleci‘ At four o'clock the Court adjourned to this morning, the applications in St. Anne's , . et per bfr , e t b e and South and North Toxteth Wards having decided. LIVERPOOL, CROSBY , .4 SOUTHPORT RAIL W 4 • LIE half-yearly meeting was held in the 4 1-; :iar, f • Rooms, on Saturday. Hugh Hornby , _Estt W e e , r_e r r tbe The Secretary, William P. Young, Esq-, r ' e'" of the directors, showing the statemnt of accouncs jlet half-year ended June 30, 1853, in which aP c orre r '' increase in the receipts of £6Ol Os. 7d., o ver thfsio fat, ponding half-year of 1852. After making Pr (n ,: i an d the fixed charges against revenue, and deducting ' n o f!s working expenses for the half-year, there rein_ t available balance of £4968 Bs. 2d. This ani°llooo/ yield a dividend at the rate of 4 per cent. Pe;,, • lo a4 clear of income tax, and leave a balance of 0 57 to carry forward. The Chairman moved the adoption of the rePn ,ft - e ' r fl was seconded by Mr. Henry C. Chapman, an d t as questions proposed by Mr. Healey, Mr. Tatn,,,„„" ,; a taa , others, and answered by the chairman and Mr. ,yap was carried unanimously. Mr. Healey moved, in accordance with the report• bed?' the directors, that a dividend at the rate of 4 per ce. r e l d 01 0. dared, which having been seconded, wa s earl' mously. unreelibte The Chairman stated that a vacancy had ea as" board, by the retirement of William Blundell, ,aocs though it was competent in the board to fill ' the themselves, they preferred to leave the, decisT l 4, r ouO t shareholders. Mr. Blundell had given hs la d' thouO u l , which the railway passed without charge; an t o in tP" had benefited his property materially, he bad l ov i n g re' most liberal manner towards the comPaff* that his son, tired from the direction he was desir o , (the John Blundell, Esq., should succeed Bhun len ' chairman) moved the appointment of gr• Jobe director. Mr. H. C. Chapman seconded the propositiOn iocp.o6 MrZ Healey moved as an amendment that soue>„ Myers, Esq., of Liverpool, be elected a direct ° ,A sIP having been seconded by Mr. Taunton, was carries"; Of After a vote of thanks to Mr. Hornby, the 1 33 separated. TVA RI?LATGTON AND STOCEPO RAILWAY. r 5 of THE half-yearly general meeting of the prop r dao this railway was held at the Clarendon-room s , at one o'clock, when the chairman, Gilbert Gr eental ' presided. 'hie _ ro oms Yes te fsti , that the retied The report expressed the directors' regl.t4l-aentivre,ilms, had not been opened for traffic, but they 0 1 ::AltI : jec' upon the portion from Warrington -bridg e ''' • e is tb en being open by the Ist of October. Ref erelic --ten si°l3 made to the powers granted by the act for the ) ;, ise rted , of the line to Stockport, in which a clause w as 1 • 01 0 A Altrie lb , requiring the Manchester South Junction and al 1 fa fic• ro p Company to convey the company's pa,ssenger . f o rd -„u out change of carriages, to and from their 01 , Iv, Station, in Manchester, for a period of five Y i. e T e ' of t . t r,' company is empowered to run over theca u ° 00 . '4 Birkenhead, Lancashire, and Cheshire Juno n , the and agreements have been entered into wit' p oies o • pie til Helens, and Shrewsbury, and Chester Com co the if The engineer's report attributed the delay ill the line to the difficulty in bridges. The balance-sheet showed receipts oll!,44 £95,761 ; loans on debenture, Eta - ,000, belng a i t : 16 ::11 4 £114,761. The expenditure amounted t0rt118, 615 ,l . being a balance of L3,Bs4again the eel' l A, ~ , g The CHAIRMAN moved the adoption of the rerjerc i i;) Mr. EDWARD HEATH seconded the motion , °wal e that, being one of the auditors, he could bear t e . s ,;, j a t,,„ 6 4 1 ' ° procuring plates for _,,e, the clearness of the accounts. There was erie i'the ' - o 0 ever, to which he would allude, and that ir 3 ! f e reac' r amount of compensation money ; but with -f„•,e l l e his he would observe that they could not plir c i d• :it. ~0 0 t rous portions of land without paying large l 9 l° ' --w": ft ee costs of conveyancing furnished a considerable ite 9 c i e d, ly six per cent.—but these expenses would be re(ltilie perlele the late reduction of stamps had taken piece . f °t Ir threw out these remarks to direct the attentioa ° i . eye gentlemen to the subject, so that any dixahlu,t„,. l°/1 ° A ili diture which could be effected might take 1 11 '' . . n gag', # lO Mr. WHITLEY explained that, having been g 1 0 ', 0 fro tax m eci w . ho Th m e th p e ri la nc n i preparing the conveyances, he was quite v"" -- 4 .,`"ive t r , • df t c h h o a s rfe p s to aie b s e who furnished abstracts. &c. WO The res • olution that the report be ade t4l ' cl passed by the meeting. dpalhaPdaa'PW.cP- cO n i tile tr Mr. MAXWELL H;SLOP moved that, as _,.,' 0 0 0 panies were now incorporated i n one, the rent the directors be increased to £4OO per annnej* t he 13/ Mr. NATHANI EL B EARDMOR E seconded 4 114 P which was carried unanimously. oeig Mr. W. C. FOSBERY then moved that I.ll°°° o ptl cP of £lO each be created. Mr. FIELD (of Shrewsbury) seconded t ile res which was carried unanimously fp, THE QUEEN'S TRIP TO -r-6J° The meeting then broke up. Ki at; Her Majesty and Prince Albert, Qs cote td of Wales and Prince Alfred, left Os by tlae s , A veY .e day morning at nine o'clock. Proceedip A g Trefi! ',oe Basingstoke, Leamington, Nuneaton, all'f e tc i !: 0 0 116 Chester, they arrived at Holyhead in so; the Jefider".44. six in the evening. The few incidents a i ' oe l f o r soon told. The Hon. Francis Scott, O o. ` c) e r, Aviae' c`utir one of the directors, Mr. Scott, the m an'T er a,l - 0 son, the superintendent of the South- erg C r° al# el, the safety and comfort of the royal trar7 re ceic r e 13ralp ampton to Basingstoke. Here theY„ , rf te ru, N -r ibe t: r e , Russell, the chairman of the Great "..,7„id Pa ce ° , Mr. Saunders, and Mr. Gooch. At? rapid swept along, scarcely slackening co n- ' ° o log e ,o sence of the sedate towers of Osibru,,,e n aval ° rCar.,g, precious freight to the keeping Of l'itsented 110ye'-a Leamington. The North-western , r e P c a pta l, 1 ) e Huish, Mr. M'Connell, Mr. Trevethiek, „ e run niar o 'f t .ts and another gentleman now took uP a lhe 1111 10 ' 10 a along the rich land of Warwickshire an stl iti°ll ere d Trent the train dashed northward. —a e w ho che o .hai band of determined and loyal Fightseer'the i nera! 0 0 4 waved their hats and handkerchiefs a the, cer?l,riot of of their Queen. She passed mn r e n g the stear (l c horf e l„ d g after the fashion of a sunbeam, !?r_„ 4 l o f the e the present time is not unworthy _7... 1 Z e o f . 1 )_ e pe e , Phaeton, and has the additional o.=h e re tit 01) .1 j the world on fire. At the few P lat " — P e t ta t ar y tors or was ali lly.e :l9 c°l o :l4 and, w up he f r o e r awgataearr,dthnefchroownodurof, smui vie • 0 0 pause made on the route—and re the FL" . 1•0 111 1 1 11. 01.1", the Focal 110gi be mustered, a salute was forth minutes—was at Tamworth, Mr. Reynolds and Mr. Burgp,_eie from oa., head Company, took charge vied, tram a punctiuv re vt.l - ir throughout the distance t he authorities of t Me, o t Pi tie highly creditable to Thet Roy 1 family, on arririn i oa o e i an elegant luncheon prepar—m forf ~iih:nacibieys,t`tel:.e_oesater,:ee4,oo, at the pi er ,,, c dofloeil svitlwlohiutch?;wmasomlyinentis.ndtoelatyue°l: toorilcri;; Victoria s . at i ei e mn a r bt a i n e a s d r t uke Albert,edo the squa • mo ue can there q uietly on 3theni, and which at o da n y ce , asntddreamcornoe.dssedouHtehire joiyi tio m orning. t on harbour yesterday Monday) ---------------- TITS TOWN-HALL of Limerick has been deeper destruvov,— fire, supposed to have originated by the carelessly left a candle burning. ii 00 0 44 H. M. LEANDER, Captain King, arrived 5 ,,,t ~, 01 3 r th on Sunday, from Halifax, in fifteen days, has'' 14 44 the Earl of Ellesmere and family. ~A n rt 11 on CONCERT. —A grand miscellaneous ---ce,i,e JP,. announced for to-morrow (Wednesday), at 1-"wicloifeea Hall, Lord Nelson Street, for the benefit of tbe w ,,, be ~ 4. family of the late Mr. Thomas Hallwood, It 1 li . by the advertisement in another column that Wray will be the conductor on the oCcagiol4 YG SESSIONS nces, was 1. The Ma ke any