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Vocal). Written by the late Dr, Adam Clarke, in the Album of a Lady, When I was a very little child, my godly puritanic mother taught me the following as a morning prayer :-- Preserve me, Lord, araidst the crowd ; Prom every thought that's vain and proud ; And raise my wondering mind to see How good it is to trust in thee. Lord, tho' my heart's as hard as stone ; Let seeds of early grace be sown ; Still water'd by thy heavenly love, Till they spring to the joys above ! And the following every night before I went to bed :-• I go to bcd, as to my grave ; And pray to God my life to save, But should I die before I wake, I pray to God my soul to take. Sweet Jesus now, to thee I cry To grant me mercy e'er I die ; To grant me mercy, and send me grace, That heaven may be my dwelling place. These prayers I was accustomed to say on my knees, every morning and night ; and in this I continued for many years. Where the originals are to be found, I, know not; I had them from my mother, while she was teaching me my mother's tongue; and teach ing me to know and fear God. For my mother's teaching I have endless reason to,magnify my Maker. Liverpool, July .26, 1832.. ADAM CLARKE. THE INFANT'S EVENING PRAYER. The day is over, ny frolic child ! Thou bast left thy sports of glee ; With looks composed, and with accents mild,. Thou halt sunk on thy bended knee ; And the moonbeams play on thy hazel eye And shine on thy flaxen hair, While thy vtiicelsra:lsed to the power on high, In a simple evening. prayer. Few are thy words, my gentle boy, Thou art but of infant years ; Thou canst not tell of the world's vain joy, Its temptations, toils, and tears ; But thou still canst ask from the Lord above, His protecting grace and care ; And each earthly friend who has won thy love Is named in thy evening prayer. Ere thy lips could a lengthened sentence frame, Or utter a perfect tone, We taught thee to lisp thy Maker's name, And bow at his heavenly throne ; We bade thee gaze on the bright blue skies. And told thee his home was there, And Ile will not the simple words despise Of our infant's evening prayer. The Nets Year's Gift and Juvenile Souvenir. THE SEASONS. From a Poem entitled " The Solitary," by CHARLES,WHITEMILD, The Seasons are my friends, companions dear I • , Hale. Winter will I tend with constant feet. When over wok! and desert, lake and mere, He4rails triumphant in a rack of sleet, With his rude joy the russet earth to greet, Pinching the tiny brook and infant ferry ; And I will hear him on his mountain seat Shouting his boisterous carol free and merry, Cro wn'd with a Christmas wreath of crimson holly-berry. Young Spring will I encounter, coy and arch, When in her humid scarf she leaves the hills, Iler dewy cheek dried by the winds of March, To set the pebbly music of the rills. As yet scarce freed from stubborn icicles ; And Summer shall entice me once again. Ere yet the light her golden dew distils To Intercept the morning on the plain, And see Dan Phcebus slowly tend this drowsy wain. But, pensive Autumn, most with thee I love, When the wrung peasant's anxious toil is done, Among thy bound and golden sheaves to rove, And glean the harvest of a setting sun, From the pure mellowing fields of ether won ; And in some sloping meadow, musing sit, Till vesper rising slowly. widow'd nun, Reads whisperingly, her radiant lamp new-lit, The gospel of the stars, great Nature's holy writ ! A DIRGE FOR THE LAST DAY OF THE LAST TERM. (From the Times.) Farewell thou writ of Lceitat (1), a long and last farewell, The grief wherewith I part from thee it were in vain to tell ; No more within the dusky realms that centre in bow-bell Thy greeting on defendants' ear shall ring its heavy knell. Farewell thou " precept" (not divine), thou dear untested Bill, Whose wider range thro' Middlesex once brought returns at will ; The very memory of whose scroll affrights the debtor still, From Enfield-town, or Turnham-green, to Harrow-on -the-hill. And say, oh Capius of the Pleas (2), where's now the plaintiff's, close, Whose daily fracture it has been thy duty to suppose : And how will now our Lord the King get back his cash from those Quo Minus (3), plaintiff's that can't pay, because another owes. Special originals in case, trespass, and debt, are fled, All numbered with the years gone by, and storied with the dead ; A vile intelligible scrip hath issued in their stead, Which tells how much when bakers sue defendants owe for bread. Ye " Fifteen days of Easter-day," and " Morrow of All-Souls," . When all the bodies Sheriffs brought before the King in shoals ; Terms and returns, whose date the death of saints no more controls, Whose flowing phrase no more adorns the oft-recorded rolls. Ye " parishes and wards" farewell, that swelled the pleader's line, Ye " Counts on Ireland, bills and notes," that spun his case so fine Like Brutus, on his children's head, with justice as divine, A long indulgent parent (4) sat, in judgment upon, thine. Then craft and mystery of the law, a long and last good night, The beauties of thine early lore have passed to realms more bright; Jiaply to sonic primeval star, where dwelleth Blackstone's sprite, And everlasting Does and Roes their ancient writs indite. City, Nov. 26. X. Y., GENT„ ONE, &c. (I) King's Bench. (2) Common Pleas. (3) Exchequer. (4) The late Lord Tenterden. THE COTTAGER'S SABBATH. Ah ! why should the thought of a world that is flying, klneuniber the pleasures of seasons like these ? Or, why should the Sabbath be sullied with sighing, While Faith the bright things of Eternity sees ! Now let us repose from our careand our sorrow, Let all that is anxious and sad pass away ; The rough cares of life lay aside till to-morrow, But let us be tranquil and happy to-day. Let us say to the world, should it tempt us to wander, As Abraham said to his men on the plain ; There's the mountain of prayer, I am going up yonder, And tarry you here, till I seek you again. To-day on that mount we would seek for thy blessing, 0 Spirit of Holiness, meet with us there. Our hearts then will feel. thine high influence possessing The sweetness of praise and the fervour of prayer. JAMES EDMISTON. Saturday 41faga7.ine. SERENADE, (Waltz Air.) The twilight with sweetness is laden—is laden ; Too soft for expression, to blissful too bear— Then come to thy window, sweet maiden, sweet maiden ; Dawn tarries to catch thy young smile on the air. The lone hour is stealing, tlrey morn is unsealing Its eyelid of beauty o'er forest and lawn From heaven's gate descending, The sky lark is ending His love-lahour'd song, with the n•dimmering dawn. Then haste, love, the daylight is breaking, is breaking The uplandkappcar in the pale smile of day— Oh haste 'I for the world is awaking, awaking ; Thu daylight La breaking. sad I must away. J. UU.—Dublin Penny Journal. THE LIVERPOOL STANDARD, CORRESPONDENCE. TO THE EDITOR OF THE LIVERPOOL ST4ND/IRD. SIR,—I was much pleased, by observing in your paper of Tuesday last, that you had devoted a corner of your publication for the benefit of your juvenile readers, by the insertion of "A Child's Morning Thoughts." Trust ing that you will continue to consult the taste and the instruction of the young, as well as the older portion of those famili es i n t o w hi c h your paper may find access, by the occasional insertion of articles in prose and verse, of a strictly moral and religious tendency, _I beg to send you, for insertion, in your poet's corner, the enclosed lines, written by the late excellent Dr. Adam Clarke, in the Album of a lady, with whom he was on a visit a very short time before he died. I venture, also, to transcribe the following insertion of the same respected individual in the Album of another of his particular friends. This extract, so descriptive of the doctor's feelings on a retrospect of his past life, and in the view of his near approach to a better world, will, I doubt not, prove interesting to your readers:— " I have enjoy'd the Spring of Life, I have endured the toils of its Summer, I have cull'd the fruits of its Autumn, I am now passing tb ro' the riyours of its Winter : And am neither forsaken of (ion, Nor abandoned by Man. " I see at no great distance, the dawn of a new Day; The first of a Spring that shall be Eternal: It is advancing to meet me! I haste to embrace it ! Welcome; Welcothe eternal Spring !—Hallelujah." ADAM CLARKE. L cannot forego this opportunity of stating the gratifi cation which 1 telt by, the manly and unequivocal ex pression of your political and religious sentiments in the last two numbers of your paper. 'rhe present, certainly, is not a time when the true friends of the religion and the constitution of the country are called upon to avoid obloquy, or an ambiguouS or evasive expression of their principles or opinions. —Yours, &c., PARENS. THE CHURCH AND THE DISSENTERS. TO THE .EDITOR OF THE LIVERPOOL ST4IND2IRD. PREMATURE PLR/MM.—Dr. Monk, the present Bishop of Gloucester, has publicly pledged himself to devote a tenth part of the revenues of that See to the augmentation of small livings within his diocese. [Had not Dr. Monk better wait till we have settled the affairs of the Church ?—no doubt. we shall save him the trouble of thus disposing of his tithes.]--Vide Liverpool Mercury, 23rd November. SIR, The above is the language of the editor of the Mercury, and, no doubt, (were they as candid,) of the other liberal editors of our local journals, aud, with them, the heads of the party. Some time ago, when these gentlemen took upon themselves the task of suggesting improvements in our nanonal church, the working clergy were the peculiar objects of their solicitude, and the only alterations they appeared wishful to make, were, to take some part of the revenues .of the better, and of what they considered over-paid part of the clerical body, and distri bute them among their more needy brethren; now, however, not only are they not to share any part of the largess, but every one, rich and poor, are to be deprived of the whole of their living. A short time ago ' when the friends of th e E sta bli s h ment were wont to cry, "Church in danger," it was retorted upon them that there was no ground for such alarm, (and these libe ral gentlemen insinuated that the cry was raised with some de signing end in view—often with the intent of injuring the cause of freedom). Now, however, there can be no mistake ; all, friends and foes, are agreed that an attack i s a b out to b e made upon the church, and the hopes of the one, andfears of the other, are therefore not groundless. What, then, ought to be the conduct of Churchmen at this important crisis ? Ought it not to be to avail themselves of every opportunity of exerting themselves in its support? Let Churchmen at this time forget all manner of differences amongst themselves : let no such idle distinctions as orthodox and evangelical be heard amongst them. The common enemy is at tue gate, and they ought to be united, hand and heart, to resist the attack that is about to be made upon her. Let neither party indulge the vain hope that they may gain some advantage over their brethren if. they give the enemy their support. They are the enemies of both ; and if they make overtures to either, let that party steadfastly withstand them, for if they listen to them they are undone. Unanimity amongst ourselves, at this time, is of the first conse quence. It is, as I observed above, not the intention of the hberals to reform, but to annihilate the church. Of the Evangelical Dissenters, among whom I class the, Me thodists, though I am aware they do not generally consider themselves as Dissenters, I would say a word or two. The at tacks upon the church are principally made by the Unitarians, backed by the various hordes of other unbelievers ; and, know ing their own feebleness, (and not from any fondness they have for them,) they are seeking the support of the orthodox Dis senters, and hope 'to accomplish, with their assistance, that which they find they cann o t d o by themselves. F rom having been educated among the Evangelical Dissenters, and mixing a great deal with them, I feel au interest in their welfare, and have always given them the right hand of fellowship, wherever I have met them; and I therefore lament to find that some of their amiabl e body . are listening to the s e d angerous men. I would ask, what c,ann have this religious body, or rather irre ligious body, upon them ? Is it not notorious that they have -robbed them of almost all their endowed chapels ? Have not the Socinians filled the pulpits of these chapels with men that preach doctrines that, could the founders of these place S-arise from their graves to hear, would strike them with horror? And, I would ask, do they not, whenever they mingle with them, damp their zeal and infuse amongst them a withering spirit of thindirifferenc ith e ering theology to the essentials of piety ? a natural tendency of e w, From whom have the orthodox Dissenters received those principles which have animated them with so much zeal, which, for the last few years, they have exhibited in the spread of the Gospel, but from the Established Church ? Did those holy and zealous men, Whitfield and Wesley, spring from the cold regions of Socinianism or Arianism, into which the old Dissenting churches had fallen ? Did they not emanate from- the Church of England? Did they not draw from her hallowed streams those divine principles which animated them in their work of holiness? and what does not that body owe to those good men ? From these reasons, therefore, I call upon the orthodox Dissenters to pause before they lend themselves to these wicked men, to be the instruments in their hands to work the destruction of our holy Zion. " Come out from among them, be separate, and touch not the unclean thing.." They have not, or ought not to have, any feeling in unison with them; between you and us there is little or no difference, and I look forward to the day when we may be united in the same communion ; but with the Unitarians neither they nor the Church of England have any feeling in common: The grand principles the orthodox Dissenters hold are held by us, and they cannot deny the fact. From our church the majority of 'their best divines have proceeded. Let them not forget " the rock from whence they were hewn, and the hole of the pit from whence they were digged." Upon Churchmen I call to do all in their power to support that noble fabric, and ever to keep in mind its holy doctrines they taught, forgetting not " that the blood of the martyrs was the seed of the church."—Yours, &c. Kirkdale. THE CHURCH AND THE DISSENTERS. TO THE EDITOR OF THE LIVERPOOL STANDARD. Sta,'—ln reply to my remarks respecting the non-payment of Dissenters to the Church it may be said that if they dont pay by tithes ; at least they do by church rates. Suppose they do: to wnatdoes the payment amount? The Church rates in this parish are usually three half-pence ; never I be lieve exceed two.pcnce in the pound. In the one case then, a ten-pifnd'householder pays fifteen-pence to the church; in the other, one and eight-pence. Mr. Thorncly, if he is rated at £BO a year, pays 10 shillings, or at most 155.: and of this only about one-fourth goes to the Clergy, to whom therefore he pays less than four shillings a year: part of the remainder goes to provide cemeteries, &c. for the decent burial of the poor. If this is not making mountains of mole-hills, Ido not know what is. . Suppose, however, the Dissenters succeed in paying none but their own ministers; of course, in common justice, they will cheerfully support their own poor. If they refuse church rates I certainly will refuse poor rates, for any but church of England poor. It is boastingly said, that there are 36,000 Roman Catholics in Liverpool. Of th ese I venture to assert 30,(X)0 will be poor. Let then the 6000 maintain the 30,00 U. It is boastingly said, that two-thirds of the popula tion are Dissenters. If their, the new borough, which is to return Messrs. Ewart and Th orne l y, contains 200,000 souls, about 1a5,000 will be Dissenters, and of these at least three fourths will be poor. Let then the one;fourth keep the other three. If Mr. Thornely's schemes fur the destruction of our established institutions are effected, I solemnly declare I will not subscribe one penny to any charitable institution for the promiscuous relief of the poor : and if every churchman does the same, the subscription to the Infirmary, Dispensazy, and Blind School, will, I think, look rather small. Such, however, is the blessed state of harmony to which we shall be reduced by the enlightened policy of modern times. Depend upon it, Sir, a war, not of reform, but of extermina tion, is commenced against the church. The D'estructives are unanimous in attack, the Conservatives must unite in its defence, or its destiny is sealed. Mr. Ewart will disenthrall it from the incumbrance of its property and its conn ec ti on with the state : M r . Thornely will permit its ministers to hold plates for their stipends at their church doors. Let the friends of the monarchy, however, feel assured that the same hand which drags the Bishop from Parliament, will drag the King from his throne : they both hold their seats by the same constitutional law. Ihe Church and the Monarchy are indissolubly united. They are lovely in their lives, and in their deaths they will not long be divided.— Yours; &c. ANGLICANUS. THE CHURCH OF ENGLAND AND THE DISSENTERS. TO THE EDITOR OF TIIB LIVERPOOL STeINDARD. The Church of En e r , land is the firmest bulwark of Evangelica Cbristianity.--WiLnanroacn. Sta,—Two all-important political problems are about to be solved, namely, whether the Church, as by law established, shall continue; and, secondly, whether a king . and an aristo cracy are to remain elements of, our constitution. That this crisis has arrived no one can deny, who has watched with any care the under -current of reform. To convince the most unob servant, it will suffice to notice one remarkable feature of the times in which we live. In general political views, in thirst af ter change, in impatience of a monarchical government, the Papist tnalcontents (I speak not of the Howards, the Petres, ana,the Killeens,) identify themselves with the Unitarians, their extreme opposites in religious faith. So that the destruction of the existing institutions in Church and State is an holocaust, round which these essentially-differing tribes can assemble in fanatic transport. But if there bo one fundamental question of stiate-policy reconcilable alike to the bigotry of the Papist and the religious indifference of the Socinia,n, it behoves all other sects of Dissenters, all those with whom religion is something more than a name, the Methodists, the Presbyterians, the In dependents, and the Quakers, to pause ere it is too late, and to ask themselves, whether they can really have any interests in common with Papacy and Socinianism of a degree equal in im portance to the maintenance of perfect religious toleration. But that toleration the Church of England fully allows, " hold ing the unity of the spirit in the bond of peace" towards all who believe the fundamental doctrines of Christianity; whereas Pa pacy was once intolerant, and occasional glimpses into the in terior of the prisons of Spain and Portugal, warrant the belief that with the possession of power, Papacy is essentially arbi trary. Such, however, would probably not be the consequence of the supremacy of Socinianism (if such a thing were possible) as the Socinians do not, as a sect, aim at religious domination; each member, however, atones for this by his own self-conceit, and his ineffable contempt of those who differ from him. Un der the baleful sway of such an ascendancy, its cold heartless philosophical negations, Christianity would only faintly glim mer; it would not, as now, cheer and gladden man in his pil grimage : it would reduce society to a tone similar to that which prevailed in France when Reason had her altar and h er worshippers. _ _ _ It is probable, that other sects, as they are no longer under civil disabilities, seek exemption from tithes or church dues, or burn with impatience for the emancipation of the negro. Sup posing' for the sake of argument, that th e ir wishe s oug ht , i n jus tice to he conceded, yet, even for these causes, the fabric of civil society, and the permanence of religious toleration ought not to be endangered. Besides, the Conservatives themselves are as anxious for the equitable adjustment of these questions as the Dissenters can be ; these points, therefore, cannot warrant the meditated crusade against the Church of England. What then is the duty of the Methodists, the Presbyterians, the Independents, and the Quakers ? Surely, to separate them selves from the schemes of the Papist and Unitarian coal-con tents, and not to pass under their yoke. Upon the Methodists, who, as'a batty, are of communion with the Church of England, that Church has, a fair title to rely in her hour of peril. Nor will she rely in vain ; with them there can be no halting between the two extremes of subser v i enc y t o P apacy and Socinianism on the orie hand, and of generous support to a kindred cum munion on the other. I might here greatly enlarge upon the comparative merits of 'monarchy and democracy; but having a strong desire that those reformers who are balancing between these two forms of govern ment should retain a pr e p ossess i on f or t h e i r own, I think I cannot do better than quote the words of Sir James Mackintosh, who, though no lukewarm reformer, yet felt no yearnings after de mocracy. In his defence of Peltier for a libel upon Bonaparte, he that; records his mature opinions : . "I own, that after much reflection, lam not able to conceive an error more gross than that of those who believe in the possi bility of erecting a republic in any of the old monarchical coun tries of Europe, who .believe, that in such countries an elective supreme magistracy can produce anything but a succession of stern tyrannies and bloody civil wars. It is a supposition which is belied by all experience, and which betrays the greatest i,7- norance of the first prin c ipl es o f th e cons tit u ti on o f society. It is an error which has a false appearance of superiority over vul gar prejudice; ii is, theretere, too apt t o h e a tt en d e d w i t h t h e most criminal rashness and presumption, and too easy to be in flamed into the most immoral and anti-social fanaticism.— Yours, &c., A MEMBER OF THE CHURCH OF ENGLAND, THE CLERGY. TO THE EDITOR OF THE LIVERPOOL ST.IIVDARD. Sts,—The secularity of its clergy is a demerit which its ene mies urge against the Established Church. The enemies of the Established Church, comprise the Popish, the Sectarian, and the infidel factions. These, although they differ from each other, as regards their theological creed; although each would feel abhorrence at the idea of association with the others, are all, however, equally entitled to the merit of the present dis tinction. They unite in the desire of accomplishing a common object, upon which each has set its heart with ardour and zeal— ' the destruction of the established religion; a system better cal ' culated than any other which has been conceived, for imparting the influence of the Christian faith. The recent proceedings of the Sectarian ministers, show with what propriety the charge of interfering in matters beyond their province can be made from that quarter,—with what c an -. sistency they can lay hold of th a t d emer it, an d use it as a means for decrying the Established clergy. These proceedings prove, if proof were wanting, th a t w h en th e temptation presents itself , and 'an object may be gained, they are ready enough to meddle with secular matters, and capable of practices as unbecoming their station, as those which they affect do deprecate in their cotemporaries of the establishment. • 'A "'minister of religion forsakes the conduct which becomes him, when he permits his affections to be drawn to objects which are incompatible with the sacred duties of his office : when. he interferes with what appertains to the secular busi nesS of society, and the affairs of politics,—when, instead of employing the influence he has acquired, by the exercise of his functions, to promote the religious and moral welfare of the community, he not only uses it to advance purposes foreign to his calling, but perverts it to aid the objects of political faction. The late proceedings of the Sectarian ministers merit ani madversion, and are calculated to give offence to every one who entertains a respect for religion, and for the character of a Christian minister. The proceedings referred to arc the meetings lately held in different parts of the kingdom, and the resolutions entered into, by these individuals, in their official character, as ministers of religion, for the purpose of adopting measures, and using means, to influence the ensuing elections, in favour of candi dates, who will engage to promote iu Parliament the particular views, which they (the Sectarians) entertain on certain public questions; and to defeat, by all the means usually practised on such occasions, candidates who will not be so dishonest and servile, as to give pledges th e y d o no t mean to re d eem, nor re linquishl their own views to adopt those dictated to them. Thus, these worthies, who are fond of dwelling on the mul tiplied demerits of the clergy of the Establishment, am c not ashamed to announce,,publiciy, their purpose of employing the influence they possess, as ministers of religion, to promote the interests of political faction. This unbecoming interference in the elections, on the part of the Sectarian ministers, is highly reprehensible, not only as it affects the cause' of religion, by employing its influence to aid the purposes of faction, but as it regards the political rights of thaC portion of the constituency, who are under the influence of Sectarian principles and discipline. These, so far as the interference of their clergy is permitted to operate, are, vir tually, restrained from making an independent use of their right of voting. It is true, that the chastisements of another world are not held up to the iMagination as the consequence of disobedience, but terrors equally effectual are brought into ope ration, as auxiliary to faction; for, should a Sectarian exercise his own discretion, and support a denounced candidate, he would run the hazard of losing his character of a good SCC rian, as the consequence of his refractory conduct. He be represented and treated as unworthy of associating with rest of his community, • The repugnance which he would 11 3 to rally feel at the idea of losing his popularity, would consiO te him, in order to avoid that altern a t ive , to di spose of h i s 1 ° contrary to the dictates of his judgment. The condu c t of the Sectarian priesthood evinces an avi ai i t for power which does not seem calculated to advance their 00 racter in public estimation as teachers of religion; for, it ‘,' o be remarked, that no soon er h a s th e new constituency be'd formed under the powers of th e R e f orm Bill , than they ba n proposed to interfere in the exercise of the franchise, asstsz P , the right of reg ulating th e di sposa l o f votes, and by that ine, attempted the virtual transf e r t o th e i r own body of that e l , tion of the franchise which f a ll s t o th e s h are of their respect i congregations. The party to promote whose purposes the Sectarian mi lli ; ters have, in this objectionable manner, lent their aid, are 00 , who clamour so violently f or th e a b o li t i on of negro slavol,i who, convinced of the futility of appeaiing to the reason, ~3 114 understanding, address the f ee li ngs an d pass i ons of maugl, in behalf their project. It i s t o promote t h e return at t h e f. t suing elections of candidates who will engage to vote for u?",, measure, that the Sectari a n m i n i sters i ntend to use the ir 1m fluence. Were, however, the real c h arac t er o f this party reaan; c eOf c there would be less merit d ue t o t h e i r supporters than perhaps, may claim. They' profess to be ac t ua t e d so l e ly ll . ' i t generous motive of befrending the West India labourers, a r ;, rescuing them from their prese n t con di t i on; b ut the i r proc eeu , ings, a more certain evidence than their professions, deaw n . strate that they are influenced m ore by hostility to the plant er ' than compassion for the slaves. Q. MR. TIIORNELY AND THE WESLEYAN METHODISTS. TO THE EDITOR OF THE LIVERPOOL ST.B.7l l Diala Sin, —The friends of Mr. Thornely appear to reckon ye., l confidently on the votes, in favour of that gentleman at the k o 't proaching election, of the Wesleyan Methoai s t s y this town. 1 0 , a few of his partizans conceive that, with the views which ,1 Methodists are supposed to entertain on the subject of c oloal slavery, they ha ve , in poi n t o f f act, no o th er course of conda,t, left to them than t o suppor t M r: Th orne l y ' s claims. The gentlemen will, however, I b e li eve, fi n d th at, to some extent o 0 least, they have be en p rema t ure i n t h e i r anticipations. Ft° o habits of familiar inter course, d ur i ng a per i od of severa l Y ea o past, with many of the influe n ti a l mem b ers o f t h e b ody to whar, I have adverted, I believe I am qualified to form a tolerably 5,?„ rect estimate of their views and f ee li ngs re l at i ve to the qualin7; lions of the respective candidates for the representation of 0 , 1 , town. That they are generally' desirous of e ff ec t uat i ng the afhe lition of negro slavery as speedily as may be consistent with real interests of the unfortunate slaves themselves, and that ° l this subject their views and tho se o f M r . Th orne l y are pro ba7 , nearly identical, I have no doubt. But i n th e case o f this gehe tleman there appears to me and others one consideration to . , 1 taken into account, a d ec i s i on on w hi c h i s not quite so straic forward and so much a ma tt er o f course as some would have to believe. Let it be termed bigotry, illiberality of sentime4t or what else the reformin g p ar ty are p l ease d to name it, t h e rt, is undeniable, that not a f ew p ersons among my acquaintan'or have, to this hour, conscientious scruples as to the fitness fey propriety of a town like this, the majority of whom are on l y sedly opposed in thei r re li gious creed to the doctrines of Unin rianism, being rep resen t e d by. an individ ua l o f that p . erstla s o, 4e I am well aware th a t, t o give utterance to a sentiment this, so out of character with the " liberal and enlightened 6r i. rit" of the age in which we live—so much below the standar .15 intellect to which our reformers have attained, will subjec,„ t ;s avower to the imputation of imbecility of mind, contractecThr of heart, and I know not what beside. Be it so. The inintie duals who, like myself, entertain these scruples, have the 58 1 0 faction of knowing, that such imputations proceeding from s fir a quarter; when put into competition with the voice of an proving conscience, can have but little weight. re' I know it is attempted to be replied to the objection to ato presentative on religious grounds, that religi on h as no thia, , 4 1 do with the matter—that our representati ves go to P ar liato' te d . to legislat e mere ly as politicians, and n o t on su bj ects cowl s t with reli g i on . Thi s is truly a summary, way of getting r! i dc , the objecti on; b u t i s it correct as t o matters of fact? Is al 0,1 liberation on religion then studiously to be excluded fron l . o r highest legislative body of the kingd . om ? Are no su bjects e t ` iy . to be introduced in which its i n t erests, di rectly or indire.col shall have any place ? The subj ec t o f a. scheme of nati o -• itte education for England, for instance, is one which some (nd reforming members of the H ouse of Commons havx ton° o D t; it to be their intention to i n t ro d uce i nto t h e new Par li a nif 47 and has-not this topic a very intimate connexion with telig,`" and is it not of some c onsequence t h at such members shaLljl returned thither as will ma k e it a po i nt t h at such a plan 57uia be based upon the principles of our c ommon Ch r i s tianitYt°errr other words, that the Bible, entire and un mu til a t e d, shall b e cognized and adopted as the sou rce f rom w hi c h t h e instate to be communicated shall emanate? r a ( Again, the reformers themselves being witnesses, anothe . , e t those momentous topics, respecting which they expect Parliament to legislate, is that of some alteration fn the 011 A' tution of the Church of England. Is not this a question ele-t connected with the religion of the country; and is it n e ° ,lly some consequence to all those who can appreciate what is r h , valuable in the Church Establishment, that the persons to " fio lt the consideration of that question is committed, s hall apPr 6L it uninfluenced, at least by hostile feelings 10 1 I fear, Mr. Editor, I have trespassed on your patience; na ti, considered it due to myself, and others similarly circtuns ta 'a - s oo to offer some reason for the doubts which exist in our minds the subject to which I have adverted.—l am yours, Sac., ,r A WESLEYAN METHOIw the -!stj, TO THE EDITOR OP THE LIVERPOOL STANDAR D SIR,--1 congratulate y ou s i ncere l y upon your justooo' rational departure from the ultra principles of your first vo r ber; be assured, Sir, the well-thinking Dissenters are not 3 enemies dis t For my part,. Dissenter as I am, I do not hesitate to say tube I am upon principle au advocate for the continuance of it i Established Church: nut, of course because I a pprove " e l ordinances, but because I am no republican, and becaock, conceive that it is an integral part of the British mono; . c d. and that, if it is abolished, that monarchy will be destS: ) .o I am convinced that the present hatred against the Esta":" - 0 0 1 Church is simultaneous with a hatred against the constitutv,i_eeli monarchy, and so long as the church stood in the way hel hod me and the enjoyment of my civil privileges, I confess re' an inclination to hate it t oo: b ut now that every religio 0 aer striction is removed, I v i ew it w i t h D r. Chalmers, as ebrif" tined instrument for propagating and augmenting the over ,tianity of our land;" an d, w i t h h im, I should " re g re t it' throw as a catastrophe of deadly imp or t t o th e re ligieuf w iterl racter of our nation." An Established Chu rc h, with tull + l b i o gs , toleration, is, I belie ve , i n th e present i mperfect state ofbut not only essential to the preservation of the monarchy' conducive to the moral and religious welfare of the peel' lc ' e the Still, however, although as a royalist, I wish to s e j . I church preserved, as a Christian I wish to see it refart e ca tist: wish to see its Bishops not expelled from Parliament', " they have the same constitutional right to their seats toe r d e fro o the King has to his seat upon the throne; not preveo r t e voting in civil matters, because, in the present frenzy le c r i t or: lative novelties, their cauti on (i ncapa bl e of preventing tett changes) may act a s a sa l u t ary d rag upon the w h ee l s vilyite' pitate reform; but rendered more independent of the 1 11 0 01 by the prohibition of translations, and the better proper of their revenues. I wish to see pluralities restricted;.,cecl, if possible, abolished; I wish to see superfluous wealth reu s u si ble, and degrading: poverty relieved. Above all, I wish, if Pe, coy' to see the abuses of patronage (those worst of abos e t s i a t rected. I wish that no ignorant man should be able- - id De slothful man should dare—that no immoral man shoal endured to assume or to retain the sacred character of a aot ter of the Most High. But, for this very reason, 1 „ w1 trust the reform of the ch urc h to a U n i tar i an h .. , 7 ,, , who Thornely, or to a self-called c h urc h man lik e Mr. Ewa"'oarg° is either so weak as not to un d erstan d t h e resu l t o f thec r se lf' which he is adopting, or s o recreant as to lend hi mse lf ' , interested purposes, to the aecomplishment o f measures 6005 he ought, as a gentleman an d the subject of a consti tti monarchy, to reject and abhor.—Yours, &e. BAx OB. ••••1m............... 5 . ...a The true esti ma t e o f b e i ng i s not to, b e taken f ro m ag e but aclion.—Jeremq Collier. e te4 THE LATE blt. ADAM CLARKS.— (_ I„ on il e n o e tylviip t i l At a meeting held, a few months ago, in a we Clarke, after bestowing an affecting benediction on the 14 ` 3 ,. .c i l ' Church of these realms, wishing that she might 1 " :13 ,i b r purity, usefulness, and prosperity, to the glory of God joie° petit of man,—proceeded, in allusion to the levelling "P, sr in- u: of the day, to say, th a t gra d ua t e d ran k s an d or d ers of a:"( peered natural and necessary to our eurthl that such appeared to be the ease in heaven, where we rt- a i,os cherubim and seraphim, of angels and archange!s, i'" nk ,,,,lY , il ,, rank, and order above ordor, to an extent known '', ,:j (li the triune Deity himself. "But," added he, "I, s t a l l ; O r ' co aditien! a a soon, and then I shall know it all !" Within a fortilg . " his mortal race was run, and he entered into his :eat.