The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser. — Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1840-08-28 00:00:00

THEATRE-ROYAL, LIVERPOOL FOR THE BENEFIT OF MR. W. FARREN, And the Last Night but One of his Engagement. Last Night but One of Mrs. STIRLING. THIS present FRIDAY, August 28, 1840, will be per. formed the celebrated Comedy of the C LANDESTINE MARRIAGE. Lord Ogleby Mr. W. Farren. Sir John Melville .Lovewell Mr. Stuart. Brush. Mr. Baker. Mrs. Heidelberg Mrs. Clarke. Miss Stirling Miss Cleaver. Fanny Stirlin g M rs . W. H. Bland. Betty.. End.of the Play, Mr. W. Farrell will sing the popular Song of the "Fine Old English Gentleman, in character. After which, a new Farce, never performed here, called . . SONS AND SYSTEMS. Mr, L emon Sowerby.(his original character) Mr.W. Farren. Donald O'Nac Sweeney .. Mr. Baker. Mrs. Sweetman Mrs. Clarke. Blanche Harcourt Mrs. Tellet. Laura Harcourt To conclude with, for the first time here, a new Farce, called THE LADIES' CLUB, As performed nightly, during the whole of the la s t s e ason , at the Olympi c Theatre, London. Mrs. Fitzsmyth As performed by her in London. TO-MORROW (Saturday), a variety of Entertainments, in- which Mr. W. Farren and Mrs. Stirling will perform, being the Last Night of their Engagement. MOVING PANOAM. S NOW OPEN , in the large New Brick BuildinAg, erected on purpose, Newington-bridge, near Bold-street, and next door to the Clarendon Hotel, Liverpool, LAI DLAW'S celebrated PANORAMA. of a Sail up the Bay and a Visit round the City of NEW YORK ; also a View of the Ship HUDDERSFIELD saving the Crew of the /I USKISSON STEAMER, and the late Fire at YORK MINSTER. " The views of the Bay of New York add greatly to the in terest of those of the interior of the city, and the stay-at home traveller is conveyed, us if by a magic wishing cap, or another Aladdin's Lamp, to the entrance of the Bay of New York, and on his way - up meets a fleet of outward-bound ships of all nations, and after witnessing the entire city round and round, returns to his friends as if from a bright vision of the sun-lit city of the far west.”—Bristol Mercury, Jan. 8,1839. Day Exhibition punctually at One o'clock ; in the Even ing at Seven, and again at Half-past Eight o'clock. Boxes Is fid ; Pit Is; Gallery 6d. ZOOLOGICAL GARDENS. THE GRAND BOMBARDMENT of ALGIERS will take place THIS EVENING, (Friday,) and MONDAY next. To. be repeated EVERY MONDAY and FRIDAY during the Season, weather permitting. Au excellent BRASS BAND in attendance every day. Admittance, One Shilling. EXHIBITION. WILL -SHORTLY CLOSE. CAPTAIN SIBORN'S MODEL OF THE BATTLE OF WATERLOO. THE celebrated MODEL OF THE BATTLE OF WATERLOO is NOW OPEN for EXHIBITION at the GALLERY OF THE UNION ROOMS, Slater street, Bold-street. Open from Ten in the Morning till Ten at Night. Ad mission, One Shilling each. IMPORTANT TO MrigICIPAL VOTERS 16 secure a vote at the next municipal election, the following is the necessary qualification, namely : " The occupation on the ensuing 31st August, and d aring the two preceding years, of a house, warehouse, counting-house, or shop, within the borough, for which t he occupier is rated, and on which all rates due thereon, e.rcept those becoming due within six months before the 31st, have been paid before that date." The occupier must also, during the whole of that pe riOd, (say two years and nine months,) have been an in habitant householder within seven miles of the borough. The day on which claimants' qualifications must be sampleted, and the last day for payment of rates, is the 31st of August. The sth of September is the day on w hich - the overseers are required to make out the burgess lis ts, and to deliver them to the Town-clerk, who is to k a Copy of them on the Town-hall, during the week Preceding the 15th of September. person succeeding to the occupation of a house, 4-0., by descent, marriage, demise, 4.c., is entibed to reckon as his own the occupancy and rating of the person by or through whom he succeeds. TO CORRESPONDENTS HEARNE V. STOWELL. case will be the first called on this morning, and we shall, if possible, give a full report of it, with the result, in our second edition. However much we may agree with the tenour of the letter of " we do not feel that we should be justified in giving it publicity. Several notices of new publications are unavoidably post poned to make room fed- more important matter. We have again to request " A Town and County Freeholder" to fulfil the assurance conveyed at the foot of his first communication. rlit Itherpoot gotanbarb. FRIDAY MORNING, AUGUST 28, 1840 Once more, and for the last time this year, we beg to remind our conservative friends that their parish. rates must be paid on or before Monday next, the 31st In fitant, in order that they may secure the privilege of voting at the next municipal election. There is no tune to be lost. Every effort ought to be made to re cover the advantages of which the conservative inha bitants of Liverpool have been despoiled. We say despoiled, because it is an act of robbery, of political aPollation, to deprive the old and respectable inhabi tants of the borough of that control which they have been wont to exercise over its affairs, by the nefarious I ? l. °cess of placing upon the register the names of a horde of beggarly strangers, who have never, out of ! he ir won resources, paid one farthing towards defray tag the expenses of the parish, and who will, ere long, tha t is after th e pur p oses o f the whig-radical faction nave been accomplished, become a permanent burden u pon the parishioners of Liverpool. We cannot dwell 00 much or too f orc ibl y upon th i s po i nt. The money e xPended upon the mushroom Popish voters who have b een this year and last year added to the lists of the parli amentary and municipal constituencies, has been i _aid out in a manner of which the res p ec t a bl e h ouse - Holder s of the town have the strongest reason to corn- P l ain. Sir Joshua Walmsley and his confreres have done all in their power to increase Vie amount of paro chial taxation. Let this fact rouse the zeal of the Protestant householders of Liverpool, and prompt them to secure a majority on the approaching registry. Let this fact be borne in mind on the first of November next, and let there be such an overwhelming display of co nservative strength at the hustings as shall convince the self-styled liberals of the utter hopelessness of ex- Pecting to regain their lost ascendancy. Many reasons combine to render the approaching municipal election an object of the greatest anxiety to 411- parties. On the first of. November next the radicals have nearly all to lose, and the conservatives hardly anything. The outgoing conservatives in the Council, for this year, are only four in number, whilst twelve of the radicals will have to retire. We shall be greatly disappointed if the conservatives do not return at least fourteen of the sixteen memberS who are to be elected this year. This wiiuld make a difference of twenty on a division; Which would 'effectually pave the way for a triumphant majority in the Council at the next election of eight aldermen. We are not unreasonable in our expectations, when we say that we shall be dissatisfied if the conservatives do not return fourteen at the next municipal election. It can be done. It might have been done last year if the conservative electors in some of the wards had not displayed a culpable degree of apathy. There is not a single ward in the town, we venture confidently to assert, in which there is not an actual majority of con servative electors, or, at all events, of conservative ho useholders, who might be, and ought to be, placed on the register. The conservatives of Liverpool do not Yet know their strength. We wish to inspire them w ith a greater degree of confidence. We wish to see t hem going to work like men determined to obtain the victory. They are, we grieve to say, in too many in stances, intimidated by the vaunts of their opponents. Already do we hear of despondency in many quarters 4 to the prospects of the next election. This is fool i,sh. Let th e h ome l y a d age b e borne i n m i n d—" f a i n t 'lean never won fair lady." Conservatives of Liver- P , ° ' 3l ! away with c hildish fears, and gird yourselves for tu e battle like men. To resolve is to conquer in your case . Let c omm itt ees be immediately formed in each c ' t, the w ar d s, an d an act i ve an d p ers evering canva s s be f °l. thwith commence d , an d t h en , we v enture to s a y, a few day s w ill conv i nce you o f t h e tru th of our re ilarks, and of the propriety of our advice. at I n spite of th e sc h em i ng an d t r i c k e ry of the de rltives, we may now look forward with confidence t het downfall and,humiliation o f the mongrel factions h at have so long insulted th e p eo pl e o f Liverpool by t heir co arbi trary an d se lfi s h proceed i ngs i n t h e T own , jo un cil• Their reign is rapidly drawing to a conclu dr It ' The day of retribution is at hand. The time is ng near wh en their jobbing and peculation will iT ie b wio ught to li g ht. W e shall then understand w hy con servative members of the Council have been so BYBternatically excluded from certain of the commit tees. We shall then see in what way the borough funds have been expended, and how far the handling of them has profited certain liberals of high sounding professions. The ministerial journals lately informed us that " the repeal agitation was making little progress in Ireland." The same sage and veracious authorities as confidently asserted -that, a year or two ago, the chartist agitation was making no progress in England. The incendiary riots at Birmingham—the risings in the North of England—the disturbances in Montgomeryshire—and the rebellion in South Wales proved how false were the boasts of the ministerial press. Is not the repeal agitation likely to prove of the same formidable cha racter, and precisely from the same cause—the tacit encouragement afforded by a venal and reckless admi nistration to the disturbers of the public peace ? " The repeal agitation is making little progress in Ireland." Is it not, indeed ? What construction, then, are we to put upon the great aggregate meetings which have followed each other in such rapid succes sion in the sister island ? What are we to think of the formidable array of Popish Archbishops,, Bishops, and Priests, who have openly given their sanction to the proceedings et those meetings ? O'Connell knows well that there is no foundation for the felicitations of the ministerial press on the sub ject of the repeal agitation. We have only to read the report of the proceedings at the great wetting of the National Repeal Association, which took place on Mon day, at the Corn Exchange, in Dublin, for a full and satisfactory proof of theextent of the repeal organization. At that meeting a letter was read from Mr. Grattan, announcing his adhesion to the Association, and en closing his subscription in furtherance of its objects. On the enrolltne'nt of Olio gentleman u a member of this traitorous society, O'Connell exclaimed that " the demand fiir repsni was -no longer -an, idle delusiOn of oratorical flourish, but the cry of the united people of. Ireland"—meaning, of course, the Popish .millions of that country—the serfs of the priests of Rome. The enrollment.of Mr. Grattan was followed by that of the Rev. Edward Groves, who was described by O'Connell as a Protestant clergyman ! Is it possible that any Protestant can have so far degraded himself arid forfeited his title to the character of a loyal subject ? We certainly live in strange times. The poison of li beralism has insinuated itself even among those whose principles have hitherto been least liable to suspicion. It is a melancholy and humiliating spectacle to find Protestants arraying themselves under the banner of revolution. The Freeman's Journal informs us that the enroll ment of members at the meeting to which we have al luded .occupied four hours and a half. The whole proceedings proved that repeal has got a footing in every province, nay, in every county in Ireland. Not withstanding this, the government looks on with ap parent unconcern at the fearful progress of this trea sonable organisation. We can only put one construc tion on the conduct of the present ministers in refer ence to their connivance at the repeal movement. We can only account for their conduct on the supposition that they are willing to imperil the very existence of the monarchy for the sake of the emoluments of office — a supposition which the whole career of Lord Mel bourne's administration justifies us in entertaining. But we have more to add. The repeal movement has been commenced in England. O'Connell has had the audacity to insult the loyal Protestant inhabitants of Liverpool by making a demonstration among us in favour of his traitorous projects. How will this mat ter end? Will the government of England submit any longer to the menaces held forth by the mendicant agitator ? Will they dare to prosecute him for high treason ? They dare not. But what they dare not the people of England will soon put into execution. We are glad, for the sake of humanity, to have it in our power to state, that our information respecting the appropriation of the funds of the " Catholic Bazaar" was incorrect. Of the amount realised, after deduct ing expenses, £l9O have been expended, from time to time, in the relief of the poor; and £BOO have been invested in a railway bond, in the names of trustees, on behalf of the St. Patrick's Benevolent Society. The bond has been bubmitted to our - inapection; as well as the banking book in which the entries of the several payments are made. From these documents we have no hesitation in saying that the whole of the funds have been appropriated to charitable objects. We say nothing about the propriety of devoting so large a portion of the funds to the use of the society which we have mentioned above. THE SCOTCH CHURCH AT BIRKENHEAD, TO THE EDITOR OF THE LIVERPOOL STANDARD. Silt,—ln case you may not otherwise be furnished with an account of the proceedings at Birkenhead on Wednesday, at the ordination of the Rev. John Gardiner to the Scotch Church there, I take the liberty of annexing a short account of both the ceremony in the church, and the dinner in the Town-hall. As regards the ceremony in the church, it was a most im posing sight, and those who officiated rendered it particularly interesting. There were about 700 individuals present. The church itself is an exceedingly neat little edifice, calculated to contain about 800 persons. As regards the dinner, all were highly pleased with the plentiful and complete style in which it was served. There were between 60 and 70 gentlemen present, and after the cloth was removed, the following toasts were proposed : " The Queen." " Prince Albert and the rest of the Royal Family." " The Kirk of Scotland." " Dr. Ralph," to which toast' that gentleman returned thanks in a very neat speech. "The Synod and Mr. Munro." Thanks were re turned by that gentleman. " The Presbytery and Mr. Camp bell, the Moderator." Mr. Campbell returned thanks. " The Church of England, and all Orthodox Denominations of Christians," proposed by Mr. Campbell, and thanks re turned by Mr. Clarke. Much regret was here expressed at not being honoured with the presence of any English clergy man, and especially Mr. M`Neile, who, it was believed, was out of town. However, although be was absent, the com pany did not altogether forget him, especially when Mr. Campbell classed him among those who shone as bright lustres in the sister Church of England, and one who has always been on the most friendly footing with every member of the Scotch Church. Several other toasts were proposed, and several very excel lent speeches delivered ; but I will only mention one at pre sent, namely, that when the health of the Rev. Mr. Park, of Rodney-street, Liverpool, was drank, that gentleman return ed thanks in a speech characterised by his usual plainness and becoming eloquence. Thus, sir, I have endeavoured to give you an account of the principal occurrences at this happy meeting of Scotch men, and I may only add, in conclusion, that I hope the time is not far distant when such mother meeting will take place, and when it does take place, will not fall short of this one, in the union of friendship and suppression of party feel ing• A PRESBYTERIAN. LAID4A.M"S PANORAMA We have 'had the pleasure of witnessing this truly splendid and unique exhibition, which, we have no doubt, will attract crowds of admiring spectators as soon as its nature becomes more generally known. It was opened on Wednesday last, in the large new brick building, erected on purpose, in Newington Bridge, near Bold-street, and next to the Clarendon Hotel. The first panoramic scene was a correct view of the rock and town of Gibraltar, taken from the neutral ground, from a sketch taken by the celebrated artist, D. Roberts, Esq., R.A. This scene posesses a peculiar degree of interest from the celebrity of Gibraltar on account of the numerous sieges to which it has been subjected. The painting is beautifully executed. The second scene represented, with peculiar fidelity, the loss of the Huskisson steamer, and the almost miraculous rescue of 114 of the passengers, through the intrepid conduct and humane assistance of Captain Clegg and the crew of the Huddersfield. This scene is one which cannot but deeply affect the feelings of the inhabitants of Liverpool. Its execution reflects the highest credit on the artist, Mr. J. B. Laidlaw, jun. The third scene was a view of the York Minster on fire, as it appeared at half-past ten o'clock on the evening of the recent conflagration. We cannot speak too highly of this splendid production, which conveys to the mind the most vivid impression► of the awful reality of the melancholy but magnificent scene. The lurid reflection of the flames from the spectators and surrounding objects is peculiarly im pressive. This painting also was executed by Mr. Laidlaw's son, a young gentleman who has given many promises of his future celebrity as an artist. The next scene represented a sail up the bay of New York, from the narrows, meeting a fleet of outward bound ships of all nations, among the most conspicuous of which we noticed several of the packet ships from Liverpool. This view em braces a great number of objects of the highest interest to those who are fond of nautical pursuits. Among these we would especially enumerate the American Man of War, the Constitution—the crack American frigate, the Independence —and the Citizens' Line of Steamers from New York to Phi ladelphia. The concluding scenes of the panorama are a succession of views of the city of New York, including a variety of pros pects of the principal streets and public edifices. The extent of these views may be imagined when we state that upwards of six thousand figures are delineated in the several streets, which are crowded witn waggons, carriages, &c. The whole of the scenes are lucidly (and, in the case of New York, humorously) described as the panorama proceeds. This brief sketch does very imperfect justice to this splendid exhibition. We shall notice the various scenes more in de tail in subsequent numbers. In the meantime, we cannot do better than to recommend our readers to pay Mr. Laid law an early visit. We feel assured that they will not leave the exhibition without expressing their highest gratification at the treat which will be afforded them. INQUEST. —Yesterday an inquest was held before Mr. Curry,,on view of the body of Jane Cornett, aged 57. It appeared that the deceased went to bed in apparent health on Tuesday night, but took ill at three on the Idlowing morn ing, and died in three •quarters of an hour afterwards. A surgeon, who examined the body, pronounced the cause of death to be ossification of the valves of the aorta. A verdict of " natural death" was aecordiusly returned. MEETING OF THE DOCK COMMITTEE The usual weekly meeting of the members of the Dock Committee was held yesterday, at the office in Revenue buildings. The following were present—Messrs. Leathom, Benn, Thos. Holt, Holmes, Martin, Bullev, Horsfall, Segar, George Holt, Evans, Chapman, Tobin. and Gladstone. The proceedings of the last meeting were confirmed, and the accounts of the week read and passed. SURVEYOR'S ANNUAL REPORT. The following report was presented by the surveyor, and read by the secretary : " The Dock Surveyor's Report to the Dock Committee, on the General Progress and Repairs of the Dock Works, and the Expenditure in his Department, from 24th June, 1839, to 24th June, 1840. " I beg to report to the committee, that, agreeably to their directions, during the past year, the following works and re pairs, directed to be done from time to time, have been exe cuted, as follows : " The Coburg Dock has been completed, excepting a por tion of its bed, which is not yet sufficiently deepened, but is expected to be finished in all September, chiefly with the dredging machines. " The South Basin has had 255 lineal yards of its walls completed, and its excavations have been principally re moved, and is expected to be completed, with its gates and. landing slip, about August 1841. " A flashing light has been constructed at Point Elianus Lighthouse, and a new lighthouse and perch erected at Crosby, together with a small eatizge. " A new lantern, with reflectors and lamps, for the new lightship, has been provided, and three others are in a for ward state. " The land at the south end of the dock estate has been rendered available for timber, and shipwrights' yards, as required. Six stages for the loading and discharging of vessels in the Prince's Dock, ordered as an experiment, have been provided, and the stages subsequently ordered for the other docks are in a forward state.- " The quay-berths around the several docks have been numbered, wherever it was practicable. " Sawpits and forges have been provided at the Brunswick and Clarence Graving Docks, and a pumping engine erected for the north dock of the latter. " A shed has been- erected on the east side of the King's Dock. " The entrance to the Clarence Half-tide Dock, together with the Clarence Lock, has been widened, and the shed on the south-east side of the basin has been lengthened. " Two dep6t sheds, for the officers of customs, have been erected; one on the west side of Prince's, and the other on the west side of George's Docks. " A shed has been erected on the west side of the Water- Lock,-for the reception of wrecked goods. " The Muse af the south end of the PrinCei Docir is being altered for the accommodatiOn of•the north harbour-master, and the master of George's Dock:. " Gas-lamps have been affixed Opposite each flight of stairs on the parade betwixt the Clarence and Waterloo Docks, and two others at the entrance of the Victoria Dock • and additional lamps have been placed a t th e en t rances o f the George's Dock bridges. " The north quay - of the Coburg Dock has been raised, and preparations made for the erection of a shed thereon. " The alterations of the sill and (Yates of the Clarence Basin are in progress, to g ethe r w ith various other minor works." [Then follow the particulars of the expenditure during the year in respect of all the docks, basins, quays, river walls, steps, slips, cranes, landing waiter's huts, dredging machines, weighing machines, lamps, lighting, bridges, fire engines, sewers, buoys; lanterns, floating lights, telegraphs, stationery, and general purposes. The net expenditure for the year ap peared to be £85,130 17s. 9d. On the stock account there appeared to be an increase of £1,840.] (Signed) " JESSE HARTLEY, 27th Aug., 1840. " The outstanding claims upon the trustees for work (lone and materials supplied does not exceed £l5OO at this date, 24th June, 1840.' Mr. G. HOLT inquired in what state Coburg Dock was at the present moment? The SURVEYOR replied that it had run dry, that the pro cess of deepening was in operation, and that he expected the entire work would be completed in the course of the next month. Mr. HORSFALL observed it was very material that no pro jections of rock should be left. The SURVEYOR replied that the rock would be levelled and no _projections left. Mr. C. HOLT asked how the stock was estimated ? by the actual cost or by the present apparent value ? The SURVEYOR said by the actual cost. Mr. G. HOLT inquired whether in the estimate of the quarry the whole machinery was included, or was the stone the only estimate ? • The URVEYOR replied only the stone. The report was then received, and a copy of it ordered to be sent to each of the members of the committee. NEW GRAVING BLOCKS A long discussion respecting the placing of graving blocks in George's Dock Basin next took place, in which Mr. R. CHAPMAN, Mr. GLADSTONE, Mr. GRAVES, and others took part. Eventually a resolution was passed, directing the Surveyor to take the necessary steps for laying down graving blocks, of sufficient length for a large ship, in the north-west corner of the basin. The Surveyor estimated the cost at £l2OO. RUNCORN DOCK DUES The receipts for dock dues at Runcorn for the month end ing on the 24th instant was reported to be £ll9. FIRES, &C. Several reports were next read concerning a fire on board the St. Lewis, emigrant ship, in Prince's Dock, and one in Messrs. Ryders' yard, in Baffin-street, which was discovered on the night of the 26th inst., by Inspector Watmough. The reports were ordered to be received. PRINCE'S PIER MASTER. There were ten candidates for the vacant situation of mas ter of Prince's Pier. Nine were in attendance, and the com mittee having examined their several claims, appointed John Corley to the situation. The successful candidate had been a gateman of Prince's Dock upwards of seven years. APPOINTMENT OF ACCOUNTANT Mr. Thomas Hendrick was appointed accountant in behalf of the committee, to assist the Commissioners of Customs in auditing the accounts, in the room of Mr. Kelsall, super annuated. MARINE SURVEYOR'S REPOB*S The Marine Surveyor presented two reports, one stating that a portion of the moorings of the north-west light ship were much worn, and the other informing the committee that the moorings of the Bell Beacon, lost in 1835,` had been re covered by a Iloylake boatman. THE " ALBERT" LIGHT-SHIP., The CHAIRMAN requested the committee to give a name to the new light-ship which would be launched from the yard of Messrs. Chaloner and Co. on Saturday next. Messrs. Chaloner and Co., the Chairman added, had applied for leave for the vessel to remain upon the stocks till the 12th October, in order that they might be enabled to finish the joiner's work more conveniently, but the committee could not consent to the application. On the suggestion of the Chairman the new vessel was ordered to be called " the Albert." IMPROVED PLAN OF DOCKS. Mr. GAGE was then called in for the purpose of explaining his plans for providing increased dock accommodation upon the space at present occupied. He produced a number of plans, without a reference to which his views could scarcely be made intelligible, and entered into a great variety of ex planations to spew that by his method 885 additional yards of quay room would be afforded at a cost of only £BO,OOO. A number of questions were put to him by Mr. Horsfall, Mr. Evans, Mr. Holt, and others, and at the close of the inter view Mr. Gage was requested to leave some of his plans with the committee for their further consideration. The committee then separated. DEATH or MR. BIBBY.—On Tuesday last, James Cullen, the prisoner who had been brought up on several occasions before the county magistrates, on suspicion of having been concerned in the supposed murder of Mr. Bibby, was again taken before Mr. Birch and Messrs. Formby, at the office of Messrs. Laces, Clay, and Myers. No further evidence being put in by Mr. Carson, the solicitor for the friends of the de ceased, he was immediately discharged. The mystery that hangs over the death of the lamented gentleman thus remains as impenetrable as ever. QUICK SAILING.—The Intrepid, Captain Stuart, sailed from Liverpool on the 25th June, 1839, for the Cape of Good Hope, thence to Calcutta. back to Berbice, and thence to London, where she arrived on the 26th instant, having-per formed the sailing part of the 'voyage in nine months and one day, the remaining five months being occupied in discharging and loading at the respective ports. ' ACCIDENT AT RUNCORN.—On Sunday morning last, a gentleman from Knutsford, with a one-horse whitechapel vehicle, was driving up to the Grapes Inn, Halton-lane, Run corn, when suddenly the horse took fright, and backed into the canal opposite, which is very deep, and two children with an aged female would have been drowned but for the pre sence of mind of Mr. Sweetman, proprietor of the inn, who plunged into the water and brought all safe ashore; they were immediately put to bed, and every assistance rendered, but it is feared the old lady cannot recover the shock, being very aged and feeble; hilt the children, in a few hours after, did not appear any worse. The horse was one which the gentleman had never driven before : it should act as a caution that all those who drive stvange horses should be very careful. DEATH BY THE FALLING OF A CHIMNEY.—COMMIT MENT FOR MANSLAUGHTER.—Mr. Simmons, of Cleveland square, has recently. erected a house facing the Cobur g Dock, which, we learn, he purposes to inhabit. He has himself given directions to the workmen from time to time, as the building was approaching to completion. On Tuesday morning last, about a quarter pait seven o'clock, while a joiner, a young man of 24 years of 'age, named John Living ston, who was employed on the premises, was in the act of cutting some of the joists on the first or - ground floor, for the purpose of fitting in the hearth-stone, the breast-work of the chimney, which was built of stone, gave way, and the whole projecting part of the chimney and flues above, sepa rated from the wall, and fell down upon him, breaking the joists, and precipitating him into the cellar below. He was immediately picked up from amongst the ruins, and was carried to Dr. Kelly's, in Park-lane, but was so dreadfully injured, that life was extinct before he could be borne to the house. Heavy stones, of which the building was constructed, had fallen upon him. An inquest was held yesterday, before P. F. Curry, Esq., coroner, on view of the body, and a sur gical examination showed that the frontal bone was broken, that the shoulder blade was fractured, that a severe contu sion had taken place on the lett side, and that the fallen materials had so pressed upon the throat of the deceased, that be was probably partly suffocated. The jury examined the premises, and as it appeared that the chimney had not been constructed in a workmanlike manner, it not being properly incorporated with the wall in the masonry, or other wise duly secured to it,—they considered the fatality the result of carelessness, and returned a verdict of manslaughter against Mr. Simmons, the proprietor, w h o was p l ace d i n cus tody of the coroner's bailiff. Yesterday evening an ap plication was made to Mr. Justice Coltman, in the Assize Crown Court, now sitting, by Mr. Wilkins, to admit the accused to bail ; but the necessary documents not being ready, it was agreed that he should surrender himself this day (we believe), and take his trial at the coroner's inqui sition. OPENING OF THE NEW WESLEYAN CHAPEL, PRESCOT. edifice, with commodious school-rooins annexed to it, has been erected under the able superintendence of Frederick Long, Esq., architect, of Liverpool. It is built entirely of stone, in the Gothic style, and may be pronounced a perfect model of neatness and elegance. It was solemnly opened for divine service on Friday last by the Rev. Robert Newton, president of the Conference. The rev. gentleman selected for his text in the morning, Psalm cxxii, v. 1. " I was glad when they said unto me, ' Let us go into the house of Lord ;' " from which he delivered an animated and learned discourse on the sacred pleasures which are connected with divine wor. ship : and in the evening, John xvii, v. 15, " I pray not that thou shouldest take them out of the world, but that thou shouldest keep them from the evil," from which he took oc casion to point out sonic of the great objects on account of which it is desirable that the lives of Christians should be spared. The congregations were large, comprehending a number of highly respectable persons of different denomina tions, who appeared to be all greatly delighted by the eloquent productions of this deservedly popular divine. David Newton, Esq., of Macclesfield, presided at the organ in the morning ; and Joseph Ashton, Esq., of Liverpool, in the evening ; and too much cannot be said in praise of their performances. A substantial and elegant dinner was provided by the friends in the gardens of the Moss,,to which upwards of sixty ladies and gentlemen sat down, under a marquee that had been erected for the purpose. The day was remarkably fine, and the whole of the arrangements where in excellent taste. — Courier. Their lordships the judges dined with Dr. Shepherd, at Gateacre, on Siinday last. The Mayor of Liverpool, and Mr. and Mrs. Ireland Blackburne, were of the party. The Wesleyan Centenary Picture, painted in honour of that celebrated event by Mr. Parker, the artist, has by him been presented to the Conference, on condition that it be placed in the Centenary Building about to be erected in London. NEW CHESHIRE MAGISTRATES.—The Lord Chancellor has appointed the following gentlemen magistrates for the county of Chester namely, Henry Winch, Esq., of Littler land Villa, Seacombe ; I. W. Harden, of Liscard, Esq., bar rister-at-law ; and J. C. Ewart, of New Brighton, Esq. ANCIENT ORDER. OP FORESTERS.—OR Sunday, the 23d instant, the remains of Brother Cluley, of Court 775, were acCompanied to the grave by.upwards of 200 of the brethren, when a very able and affecting prayer was delivered by the Rev. Mr. Davies; in Upper Stanhope-street Chapel. It is believed that a more respectable gathering has not been wit nessed since the funeral of the late John Bolton, Esq., of Duke-street. • Arrivals at the Misses Perkins' Family Boarding House, 70, Duke-street :—Two Misses Anderson and governess, from Dumfries; James Aspinall, Esq., Malta ; L. de W. Cochran, Esq., Halifax, N.S. ; H enr y F a llon, Esq., H. F. Fallon, jun., sq., and Miss Fallon, of Cadiz, and Roscom mon, in Ireland ; Miss Doubleday, Lincoln ; Master John Gordon, of Shortwood, Jamaica ; Master Joseph Smith, Jamaica. ARRIVALS AT PAREGATE DURING THE PAST WEER.— The Archdeacon and Mrs. Wrangham, Miss Wrangham ; Mrs. Barnard, Misses Barnard, Mr. C. Barnard; Mrs. C. Townshend ; Mrs. and Miss Barker ; Mr. and Mrs. John son and family; Mr. Mrs. and Miss Hoggins ; Mr. and Mrs. Glover and family ; Mr. Mrs. and Miss Edwards ; Captain Watson ; Miss Bolton, &c. &c. CHOCKING ACCIDENT.—On Saturday afternoon a farmer, returning to the country, Isit his horse at the door of the ta vern of Mrs. Smith, at the corner of New Scotland-road, and entered the house. A nephew of Mrs.,Smith, a boy about thirteen years of age, mounted the horse, which, on turning the corner into Scotland-road, took fright at the carts, and ran away. The poor child lost his seat, and, his foot stick ing in the stirrup, he was dragged, his head bumping on stones, about fifty yards. His head was completely fractured, the brains protruding, and he died almost instantly. TUE GREAT WILL CAUSE.—The great cause of Blundell a. Lord Camoys, brought to try the validity of the will of the late Charles Blundell, Esq., of Ince, is fixed for Monday next. The Attorney-General, Sir John Campbell, is retained in favour of the will, and the Solicitor-General, Sir Thomas Wilde, against it. The property at stake is immensely greater than that Involved in the celebrated Hornby wille se, and it is said that•the number of witnesses will be as great. The question to he decided is, - whether Mr. Blundell Was Of sound mind when he made the will in dispute. FIRE AT CASTLE MONA HOTEL, ISLE OF MAN.—A correspondent has furnished us with an account of a fire which took place at the above hotel yesterday morning, between the hours of three and four o'clock. The inmates were aroused from their slumbers by a dense smoke through the whole building, and an alarm of " Fire !" was given. The fire proved to be in the store room on the ground floor, but was soon got under by the servants and visitors. It was entirely confined to the room in which it originated, in which a fire is constantly kept for the supply of hot water. The confusion which the alarm gave rise to may be easily imagined. Ladies and gen tlemen were seen running in all directions in their night dresses, and many ludicrous scenes were witnessed. The damage done is supposed to amount to £3OO or £4OO, in stores, linen, &c. • AWFULLY SUDDEN MEATH.—OR Tuesday evening, as a boy named George Homer, nephew to Mr. Homer, West Derby, was returning home from the Mechanics' Institution, through Hope-street, he was perceived by a school-fellow, Master Fox, to turn quickly round, and drop down. He was immediately carried to the Medical Hall, and attended by Dr. Carson. Unfortunately medical assistance was of no avail, for his life had fled. An inquisition touching the death of the deceased was held yesterday, before Mr. Curry, and the result was, after a post mortem examination by a profes sional gentleman, a verdict of " death by apoplexy." It ap peared that the great valve of the heart had been so much contracted as to produce a fatal rush,of blood to the head. THE BIRMINGHAM MUSICAL FESTIVAL.—We are gra tified to find that a great number of the chorus singers—we believe upwards of fifty—engaged at this festival, have been selected from the native talent of Liverpool. This is a high compliment to our Festival Choral Society, and a satisfactory proof of the advanced state of cultivation of the divine science in Liverpool. We do not hesitate to affirm that the mem bers of this society—who are indebted for their proficiency to their own exertions alone, and the valuable instructions of their conductor, Mr. George Holden—stand unrivalled as a body of chorus singers in the present day, and have no doubt whatever that they will acquit themselves creditably. Birgit WE AVER.—A special general meeting of the trus tees of the River Weaver was held at the Navigation Office, in Northwich, on Thursday last, pursuant to notice, for the purpose of taking into consideration the Weaver Churches' Act. A large number of trustees attended, and, we under stand, that they have determined forthwith to put in execu tion the powers of the act, by erecting a church and parson age-house at Weston Point, in the parish of Runcorn. As the evidence before Parliament has proved so strong a case of want of church accommodation for the flatnien, haulers, and others, at Northwich and Winsford, we feel assured that the trustees will delay as little as possible in extending the benefit of a church and a resident minister to those two places as specified in the act of Parliament. The public will estimate the zeal of the trustees in bettering the condition of their poorer neighbours, by the promptness with which they avail themselves of the valuable power which they have lately acquired.—Chester Courant. NEW CHURCH IN THE PARISH OF HALSALL.—WO are glad to learn that arrangements are in progress for the erection of a new church in the parish of Halsall. The population of the new district which it is designed to benefit, including the hamlets of Downholland and Heskayne, and part of the township of Lydiate, amounts to 1,130, of whom about 200 are Romanists, leaving a Protestant population amounting to 930 situated at such a distance from the parish church as almost to preclude the possibility of regular attendance there on public worship. Nor is there any neighbouring church in which sittings can be obtained for them. This is a state of • spiritual destitution-which veils-loudly for rennsly ; and we rejoice to say that the call has already, in some quarters, been most liberally responded to. R. B. Hollinshead Blundell, sq. ' the patron of the living at Halsall, proposes to give £5OO towards the erection, and £5OO towards the endowment, of the church, and the Rev. Richard Loxham, the Rector of Halsall, has offered to annex £3O per annum additional, pro vided a sufficient sum be realised to complete the underta king, and that the site be convenient for the inhabitants of of the district in question. Promises of warm support have likewise been obtained from Charles Scarisbrick, Esq., for the advantage of whose tenantry in Downholland the church is partly intended. It must be felt, however, that further pecuniary aid, to a very considerable amount, will still be required, and for this an appeal is now made to the benevolent feelings and Christian principles of the friends of the Estab lished Church. A committee has' been appointed for the Accomplishment of the design ; and as we observe upon the list the name of the Rev. G. Holden, curate of Halsall, it may perhaps be as well to name the circumstance, for the infor mation of persons who may be inclined to throw their mite into the treasury for this good purpose.—Courier. THE BATHS.—We copy the following description of the baths on George's Pier, tinder the management of Mr. Penn, from Smith's Strangers' Guide :—" The exterior of the building is plain, but particularly chaste ; in altitude it is one story. The walls are rusticated ; the roof projects, and forms two piazzas, supported by a colonnade of 18 columns and two pilasters ; the length is 239 feet, and the breadth 87 feet. The gentlemen's baths are at the northern, and the ladies' at the southern extremity of the building. The cold plunge bath for the former is 46 by 27 feet ; the latter is 39 by 27 feet. The landing is covered by a projecting roof of a peculiarly light construction, which totally precludes the fervid heat of a summer's sup, and is supported by light columns. The dressing rooms, which are very conveui .ent and comfortable, extend completely round the bath, and are supplied with every requisite for the accom modation of visitors. There are private, warm, cold, and tepid baths, ready at aV hours ; also, medicated va pour, and shower baths, which are upon the most approved principles. A spacious tank beneath the centre of the build ing, containing upwards of 800 tons, receives the water from the river at high tides only ; from thence it is forced by means of a steam-engine into a capacious filter, from which it is conveyed by pipes into the respective baths, perfectly pure, and clear as chrystal : the water is constantly flowing, both in and out of the baths, at the rate of sixty gallons per minutes. This building was erected by the Corporation, and opened for public use on the Bth of June, 1829, having cost upwards of £36,000. Within the last four years it has been in the hands of the present proprietor, who rents it from the Corporation ; and it is but justice to say, that dun. jug the time it has been under his care and direction, he has spared neither trouble nor expense in rendering it at once an ornament to the town, as well as conducive to the health and comfort of visitors." MELANCHOLY Loss OF LIFE AT SEAFORTH.—OnWednes day morning the young gentlemen of the Rev. Mr. Rawson's school proceeded, as usual, under the charge of two assistant masters, to the shore a little above the. Rinirose, for the pur pose of their accustomed recreation of bathing. The young gentlemen entered the,river at the usual bathing-place, a spot at which no accident ever before occurred, and which has hitherto been considered perfectly safe, being the station for the bathing machines ; it is supposed, however, that being led on by a spirited boy, one of the sufferers, who was in tended for the navy, and desirous to accustom himself to an element on which he had supposed it would have been his lot to have passed many of his future days, the unfortunate suf ferers had waded out of their depth. As soon as their peril was'observed, the assistants in charge of the boys imme. diately rushed to their aid, and, at great personal , risk, suc ceeded in rescuing two out of the five who were in danger. The depth of the water to the southward prevented any fur ther assistance being rendered but by able swimmers, and the other three boys, in their generous efforts to save each other, sank to rise no more. The boys lost are Bosanquet, Bott, and Rawson, second son of - the respected minister of Seaforth. The two boys saved were Duncan and Plunket. The prompt exertions of the assistants, seconded by those of several gentlemen in the neighbourhood, who, with the po liceman on duty, and other individuals on the beach, lost no time in throwing themselves into the water and searching in all directions for thoie who had unfortunately sunk, is de serving of the utmost praise. In this they were also aided by a boat belonging to Mr. Waring, brought up almost im mediately from Bootle, and by the stone-masons at work at Mr. Muspratt's house, who brought with them a large net, with which the shore was dragged. It was not till after a search of nearly three hours the bodies were found. They were instantly carried into th 9 • house of Mr. Bickersteth, surgeon, at his own request, and every means for the recovery of suspended animation were resorted to, but in vain. The generous efforts made by those brave boys to succour a sink ing schoolfellow will not be soon forgotten by those who wit nessed them, and their kind and gentlemanlike demeanour makes them all universally regretted. The deepest sympathy for the afflicted parents prevails, and several of our clergy and man .• of our principal residents, throughout the day, visited the Parsonage-housQ, at Seaforth, to offer their con dolence and services.—An inquest will be held over the bo dies this morning. We shall give a report of their proceed ings in our second edition. "' HALIFAX.—A letter, addressed by Charles Wood, Esq., M.P., to the electors of Halifa.x, defending his conduct with reference to Lord Stanley's MA 'Registration Bill, has been published by that gentleman. NORWICH, AUG. 22.—We understand that the new wheat which have been brought to mill are particularly fine, weigh ing on an average eighteen stone per coomb.—Norwich paper. Last week the tonnage rate on merchandise brought up the river - Ouse in vessels to York was reduced, by order of the town council, to one-third of the maximum rate now charged. Her Royal Highness the Duchess of Kent, it is rumoured, will pass the autumn at West Cliffe House, Ramsgate ; and it is said her royal highness will leave Belgrave House early in the ensuing month. A curious circumstance occurred at the late Monmouth assizes :—Two men, named Pritchard and Williams, were charged with setting fire to a plantation belonging to the Duke of Beaufort. There was no case made out against Pritchard, but Williams confessed the crime, and, astonish ing to relate, the jury returned a verdict of NOT GUILTY ! ! ! This puts us in mind of a trial of a man for a capital offence, and. - iu the course of the trial, he confessed his guilt; not withstanding which the jury acquitted him, the foreman say ing " that he was the biggest liar in the country, and they would not believe him." COMMENCEMENT OF THE REPEAL AGITATION IN LIVERPOOL. Last night a public meeting was held in the Queen's Theatre, Christian-street, for the purpose of forming an association for the repeal of the legislative union between Great Britain and Ireland. Mr. Daniel O'Connell was announced to be present, and of course there was an immense gathering of the " finest pisantry." It is impossible to con vey au adequate idea of the confusion ant disorder that prevailed. On the great agitator entering the Theatre lie found the stage completely crammed and the platform literally giving way under the weight of those upon it, whereupon he administered two or three gentle rebukei to the committee on their want of arrangement. The place was, indeed, com pletely crowded, but amongst the whole batch there was not -a single leading member of the reform party. A Mr. GEORGE SHErtioce was called to the chair, and resolutions declaratorj of the justice of repeal were moved and seconded by Mr.' George Smith, Mr. M'Grade, Mr. Fitzpatrick, and Dr. M`Carron. Mr. O'CONNELL next came forward, and he was received with loud cheers. He spoke nearly as follows :—I have felt no small anxiety to have an opportunity in any part of Eng land to make the motive and the mode of my recent agitation perfectly intelligible. I have no notion whatever that it can be necessary for me to apologize, or to offer any excuse to any portion of the British empire for that line of conduct, which, in the conscientious exercise of public duty, I feel myself compelled to follow. Let me, therefore, not be mis understood. If through the medium of this thronged and crowded meeting, and more especially by the aid of those paper wings that give sentiment &mode of flying through the land, I am understood throughout England, my object will be obtained. care not for censure ; I look not for praise ; look merely to the performance of that which I consider a sacred duty , and if I satisfy my conscience in - that perform ance—not by ability or talent, for I do not pretend to them— but in zeal and energy of purpose, I shall rest quite satisfied, no matter what verdict public opinion in this country may pronounce upon me. (Loud cheers.) Yet let no man think I am insensible to the censure or to the praise of the good upon that line of conduct I am now adopt ing. Those objects which I now cherish are of too high and too solemn a nature to allow any petty personal feeling to mingle with my etertions, or to consume any portion of my energies. I want—l am looking for, as you all know, the repeal of the union. (Cheers.) lam looking for the re peal of an act of Parliament passed forty years ago—which I oppoied in its progress, and which I have ever condemned from dint period to this. .'(f.;heers.) It is but the repeal of an act of Pal - Han - lent. - Some of the fury hirelings of the press say it is high treason. I think an English newspaper, the Sun of Monday last, answered that argument very well; for it said, " O'Connell has as good a right to look for the repeal of the union as Pitt and Castlereagh had to look for its enactment." (Hear.) lam not, mind you, comparing my self to Pitt or Castlereagh. The one was a knave of the most hideous dye; the other was a pretender who having in herited high and noble principles sacrificed them all to the' foulest ambition of place and power : both found ,England triumphant, and they left her involved in a debt that makes her impotent in the struggles of the powers of civilized Eu rope. (Hear.) No, my. friends, there is nothing illegal, there is nothing seditious, there is nothing unconstitutional on my part. I am only looking for the repeal of an act of Parliament. lam not speaking of the effect of that repeal, but I am contending that I have a right to look for that repeal. The English tory press—the hideous villains that manage the Times newspaper, the sanguinary wretches who conduct the Sianda-d, the drivelling old ladies that write for the Morning Herald, the ladies' lap dogs that scribble in the Morning Post—all these faithless two-legged animals combine in a cry of treason—in a cry of separation : they say I want to dismember the empire—to separate one part of it from the other. Am I here to conde- scend to explain the cry of repeal to these paltry wretches ? No. (Cries of "No !") What an echo is here ? The moment I say " No," a thousand echoes spring up around me. No ! But there are in England—there must neces sarily be—many good and deserving persons, who not know ing the real state of the question, and not knowing the real object of repeal, believe it portends separation. To these I am ready to reply : they are entitled to an answer ; expla nation to them is a duty ; and when I treat the sycophants and scoundrels of the tory press with the contempt they merit, I have the utmost respect to honesty, whether it be enthroned, as it is, upon the highest pinnacle of Britain's glory, or walks abroad in the humblest garb of honest oper ative exertion. To these I say, repeal does not mean sepa ration. Upon the contrary lam convinced nothing can preserve the connection between the two countries long ex cept the repeal. The repeal is nothing more than restoring to Ireland what she had during more than 500 years of her connection with Great Britain ; it is not the creation of anything new ; it is not the formation of any thing originating in the human imagination ; it is nothing imaginary or visionary ; it is only restoring things as they were before, and placing them in the position which they were in at the time I had arrived at manhood—and even after was.called to the Irish bar, for I was called to the Irish bar in the year 1798, and the union was not finally adopted till 1800.' I want to go back to the time 1 was called to the bar. (Hear.) A merry fellow 1 was then—(cheers and I laughter)—unknown, unmentioned, without any claim upon notoriety, the son of a private country gentleman, yet prov ing how much an humble individual may do if he is per petually honest and perpetually active. (Cheers.) 1 want only to bring things back to that period. There was no se paration in 1799 between England and Ireland, but there was a connection between them. I want to bring the connection to that. I want to know whether there is not an old married fellow who would not wish to bring back the connection to that period—who would not wish that if England and Ireland are to be wedded, it should he a wedding of choice, and not that of a false connection—like that of the master over the slave, of the tyrant dominant over the serf? (Cheers.) The repeal of the union is therefore nothing in the world but the repeal of an act of parliament, and restoring things to the condition in which they were. It is a part of Irish history that no country in the world ever prospered as Ireland did during her judicial and legislative independence—struggling with England, sometimes triumphant, and sometimes over pow.erek—toliave.the priuciple mecognited that no power on earth but that of the king—the monarch—of Great Britain, the House of Lords of Ireland and the House of Commons of Ireland, had power and authority to make laws to bind Irish subjects. To that • I want now to bring her. Igo no fur ther. Ireland prospered under that state of connection. A solemn bargain, after the struggle, was made in the year 1782. It was denominated by the British ministry, " a final adjustment ;" it was recognised by- the Irish parliament as " the final adjustment." England was then at war with America—with the French, with Spain, and with the Dutch : all these nations had joined the Americans, and for the first period in English history, the combined fleets of France, Spain, and Holland, swept the English channel unmolested; for the first time they saw no British navy in the channel, and the Dutch admiral placed a broom upon the mast head of his ship to show he would sweep the seas clear of them. The final adjustment" took place then. The moment the Irish parliament got. this they voted 36,000 sea men and able landsmen to man the fleet, and they- -took six months to obtain them. Within.three weeks half of the men were at Portsmouth ; and in three weeks more the whole were there. Our navy was then quite equal to the French fleet. Rodney followed them to the West Indies ; he gained the glorious battle of the 12th of April, 1782, and Ireland was conciliated as the first fruits of her liberty. (Cheers.) She thus gave triumph to England and security to the throne. War menaces now again. We are threatened with war. France is arming. England for the first time in history does not arm as soon as her enemies. Jobn Bull was never squared at before but he showed fight—(cheers)—or if he did nothing else he at least kept himself in exercise. France-has now 500,000 infantry and cavalry whilst England has not, yet added a man to her force; she is beseeching and praying for peace, yet Lord Lyndhurst has insulted -Ireland and Lord Stanley has endeavoured to crush Ireland. (Hisses, and some cheers.) Why that applause at his name? He seenis a great favourite of yours. (Hear.) At this moment the heart of England chills ; her arm is palsied—aye, the arm of Great Britain is palsied—yet at such a moment as this Ireland will never vio late the law. She will acquiesce in every act of parliament that compels any of her people to arm themselves in her de fence. But what I want to get for England is not acquiescence or mere submission to law—l want to get her the pride, the high heart of Ireland; I want to give Irish spirit and energy to the armies of England, and then France and Spain and Russia and Prussia may attack England if they please. (Cheers.) Understand me therefore, and let the honest peo ple of England understand me, I want no separation. 1 want no apparent separation. I want no severence of the connec tion. I want to make it heart-binding, I want it knit toge ther by mutual interest, and by mutual respect. That is what I am struggling for. In the present form of the connection 1 find nothing but points of repulsion, nothing but insult and aggression, the Times in London and M`Neile iu Liver pool—for instance, and every blasphemous bigot who can use the name of Deity and indulge in the most Satanic hate of his fellow Christians. I want to prevent the operations of these persons by legislative authority, and that Ireland should have a parliament which should give her an interest to support the British connection. I want, in short, to make the connection one of interest, allegiance, duty, and of a community of poli cy. (Cheers.) That-is what I want. I offer that explana tion to the honest. I laugh to scorn .the calumniators and the miscreants of the tory press. . (Cheers.) But it may be said, that it would be quite right in itself to separate the con nection between the parties by the repeal of the union ; but that it is unjust to' look for it, as the union was a compact between two nations--that it was originally a bargain and a compact between Ireland and England—and would it not be unjust in Ireland to violate her part of the bargain kind com pact? That it would be dishonest, unjust, nay. criminal—if the facts be so—l submit at once. I say, if Ireland made a bargain iu 1800, no matter whether. it Las turned .out .to her benefit or .not—if she has made a contract or compact, she is bound by it, and she cannot in honour,.and she ought not in conscience, to recede. But, then, have you it not pub lished that the union was , a bargain or a compact ? Now, history—and I am a living witness myself—and history con firms my testimony, -that it was directly the reverse. The people of Ireland never countenanced the union. Seven hundred and seven thousand petitioners prayed the Irish parliament not to pass the act of union ; less than 6,000 petitioners asked parliament, not to pass the union, but . to take it into consideration. Only conceive these 6,000 people asking for the union, whilst 767,000 asked parliament not to grant it ! The whole adult population of Ireland—all the males of Ireland, with a few degraded exceptions—called upon parliament not to pass the measure! Did parliament pass that union freely? (Hear, hear.) No. The first year they rejected it. Lord Castlereagh then doubled his bribes : he expended three millions in direct pecuniary bribery. I have put upon record in public the names of the men to whom he gave £1,250,000 of that money, specifying how much each of them got, from the Earl of Shannon, who got £45,000 in one shape or another, down to a man of the name of Jepson, who got only £1223. (Hear.) How do I prove that I am accurate ? A. public, a parlia mentary paper specified every one ; 1 have it, therefore, upon parliamentary record, but this is not enough. Nothing but enormous bribery could have accomplished the object. The first year the Irish parliament rejected the measure. Lord Castlereagh and Mr. Pitt, finding, then, that they could not bribe the existing members to vote against Ireland's liberty, some of the wretches—thirty-two of them—gave up their seats, and they put in English and Scotch officers, who had no connection whatever with Ireland,, and by their means the act of union was carried. (Cheers.) Is that a contract? Will any man tell me that is a compact? If any man does — though lam disposed to be civil—l say if any man contradicts me and says it is, I tell him to his teeth, that he lies. (Cheers.) That is plain English ! (Cheers.) They call it in Irish (we could not catch the word.) (Loud laughter.) But that was not all. Pitt and Castlereagh filled Ireland with British troops, with Scotch fencibles—fellows with no shoes to their feet, with English, Scotch, and Wel'sli militia. Yes, there was one o f these a Welsh regiment. Sir Wat kins Williams Wynn carried 475 squeaking little Welshmen, upon good horses, to Ireland ; they committed great cruelties there ; they committed horrible murders, floggings, and tor tures, and indeed they were not much the better for it. Only thirty-five of them went home ; the rest of them got freehold estates in Ireland of their own length and breadth. Pitt actually augmented the army in Ireland till it cost £4,300,000 a-year, and the Irish people were com pelled to pay for the soldiers who forced the union. Th at was what they called " justice." (Hear.) But that is not all. (Hear.) I will mention the case of two counties in Ireland. The high sheriff of one county called a meeting of the nobility, gentry, and freeholders of his bailiwick, to pe tition Parliament against the union. The nobility, the gentry, the freeholders of the county came to the town of Marlbro' (we believe) to attend the meeting thus legally and constitutionally called. But •were they allowed to petition? No such thing. Castlereagh sent down a troop of horse artillery, Castlereagh sent down three regiments of infantry, Castlereagh sent down four troops of cavalry, and the meeting, altho' convened by the sheriff, and consisting of the nobility, gentry, and freeholders of the county, weredispersedby military violence. The great county of Tipperary was called together in the same way by the sheriff. The meeting was appointed to be held at Clonmel. In the same way, horse, foot, and artillery were sent among them: they were dispersed, and not allowed to petition. Is that a bargain? (Hear.) Am I bound in point of honour to that bargain ? I say no. (Cheers.) The first speech I ever made in public was against the union. It was the first time 1 ever addressed a public meeting. I had not at that time that flippant as surance in addressing public meetings which I have since acquired ; I first then began to tremble at the sound of my own voice ; I have heard it so often since that it does not frighten me at all. My first putlirc speech, I say, was made against the union ; and so convinced am I of the value of its repeal to Ireland that I would consent to-morrow that my last speech should be pronounced at the close of it, if I could hear the cry that the repeal was carried. (Loud cheers.) But that was not all. (Hear.) At,thateime the habeas corpus act was suspended; .•; Martial 'law was proclaimed. No man had the least protection for his life. The jails were filled with prisoners who were suspected of being suspicious —with pri soners against whom there was no evidence, against whom there was no charge. A pretty notion of a compact ! If they had known what sort of a fellow then began his career by speaking against the union, I think I should have had a dun geon for my union. I owed my escape to my insignificance. I am sure I. am very much obliged to my insignificance. The courts merely were sitting for form ; men were hanged without judge or -jury : even when the Court of King's Bench were sitting, there were men hung at the bar racks, yet the judge had no control to assist or to give the benefit of the law. It was in that hideous period—in the period of total absence of law, of pools of blood shed by mock forms of trial, of myriads put to death by the bayonet, of villinies, of corruptions, of the worst species of perjury— it was in the dark night of that desolating season, when there was no law, no justice, or protection, that the country was sold, and her best interests trafficked upon by vile peculation. (Cheers.) I have, however, one comfort, but it is a hideous one, it is a horrible—a frightful one. The great machinator of the entire, Lord Castlereagh—was he assassinated ? Oh, no ! (Great uproar in the pit.) The great machinator of the entire—the head of the bribery and the corruption —a fearless man he was; for he feared neither the spirit of justice, nor the avenging hand of providence or of hi s fellow-men— he went to Mr. Keller, the member for the county of Wex ford. He found him "laid up in his chamber with the gout. " I am glad; he said to Mr. Keller, " you are come to town — you are come lam sure to vote for the union." "No," ' , said Kellee e ," am oot ; 1 arc emne tci vote against it." - " Si lence said Lord Castlereagh, " you'know the compensa tion we make to every' man that votes for it—do you wish to appoint a general officer to a command—a relation to a ship in the navy, to a bishopric, or to a judgeship, or will you have £7OOO or a peerage ?" Keller said nothing ; but Lord Castlereagh 'added, " we have a wish to have your vote, because you are known to be an honest man." The other pulled himself up upon his bed, and said, " I hope, my lord, I shall be strong enough to go to the House of Commons to night." " Well," says Lord Castlereagh, " for what—will you not vote with us?" " No," says he, " I will not ; but I will state to the house the offer you have made me." " Will you," said Lord Castlereagh ? " Yes, I will," was the reply. " Then," said Lord Castlereagh, " the moment you state that to the House of Commons, that this has occurred, I will get up in my place and protest; upon my sacred word of honour, 'that every word you have said is a lie." There is a fellow for you to cry for the union ! (Loud cheers.) I said that by the blessing of heaven no Irish assassinating hand doomed him to the fate he de served. He was put to death by no tribunal of this earth —by no verdict of a jury—and by no censures of an earthly judge,—but he put himself to death. (Hear, hear, hear.) He bought a threepenny penknife, and put it into his throat. Oh ! I hope to see the time when on his tombstone will be inscribed, " Vendidit hie auro patriam sed unquam tyrannum imposuit"—This man sold his country for gold, and imposed upon her the heavy tyranny of the union. Let him have it now far his perfidy. Yes, it was no bargain ; it was no contract. It was forced and filched, and taken ..away from the people—their parliamentary rights were : all I want is to renew them, as if this crime had never been committed. lam told it is forty years since the crime was perpetrated. Does that make any difference ? The longer the crime has existed, the more imperative becomes the duty of restitution and I demand that restitution in the name of injured Ireland. Igo further; and here upon En , glish soil, I proclaim this fact ; and I defy any of the miser able writers of the English press, or any man attached to the oppression of Ireland, to contradict me with the appearance of truth—l say there has been no union at all. (Loud cheers) None ! (Cries of " None !") The Irish parliament has been superseded for a time, but there has been no union. (Hear.) There has been a piece of parchment— there have been printing and paper—there have been good types—there has been proper notation and marginal notes, but there has been no union ; because a union means equa lity—it means assimilation—it Means amalgamation—it means identity: (Cheers.) If there was a unionethe people of Ireland would have the same privileges as the people of England—there would be no difference between them. The counties of York and Lancaster have a union, because the people of Lancaster have exactly the same privileges and franchises as the people of York--(hear, hear); but, on the other hand, the people of the county Cork have no privileges and franchises in common with the people of the county of Lancaster, and therefore they have no union with then,. (Hear, hear.) I put this to the common sense of the people of England. Suppose the counties of Cork, Kerry, and Mayo had franchises arid privileges which you have not, would John Bull be satisfied with that as an union which left him no equality? (Cries of "No, no.") I am disposed to be as surly as John Bull himself upon that point; I am not satisfied with that ; and though I look in a good humour now, I am still in a great passion yet. If there was an union we should have it between both ; we should have the same privileges and the same franchises, the same number of repeesentetiees, and have the same power of re turning members to parliament. We have none of them ; therefore I say, to his teeth, that that man lies who tells me there is an union. (Cheers.) lam not, therefore repealing the union, I am only tearing a piece of parchment, and scattering it' -eele.s to the, winds, ancla very good way it is of treeing it. (Laughter.) Thouili for 29 years after that union the people of Ireland were not admitted into the constitution of Great Britain at all, and they would not have been admitted from that day to this if there had not been certain busy agitators—(laughter) —with an ex traordinary fellow of the name of Daniel O'Connell. (Loud laughter and cheers.) Oh ! oh ! if you speak so loud you will disturb your honourable representative, Mr. Cresawell Creswell. No, let me come back and not think of that fellow of pediculose motion. There is something better still, Mr. Peel put into the hands of Lord Fingal' a paper, which he said he was authorized by the King to give, promising equality of rights to the Catholics if the act of union passed. 1 heard of it at the time, and young as I was, I said—" I will not believe a word that that fellow was authorized to bring the paper." The act of union passed. Lord Fingall then claimed the performance of the promise. Mr. Pitt went to George 111., and told his Majesty that he had consented to the performance of the promise which he (Mr. Pitt) had given. He (George III.) was a stupid piece of an old block head. He lost America through his stubbornness, and, but for the fidelity of the Irish people, would have lost Ireland also. He said, " 'We have got the act of union ; give us the paper ; they shall not have equality." (Hear, hear.) Every body remembers Mr. Pitt's conduct upon that occasion— that he was out of office for nearly twelve months. There was at least so much honesty as that ; but it was left-handed honesty. (Loud cheers.) He satisfied his conscience by merely being out of office. (Hear.) There was then a new brood of ministers, ,and Mr. Pitt became prime minister. For 29 years Ireland struggled for that right which was promised her, and inherent in the nature of a real union ; and, at length, we agitated and obtained relief from Peel, the cunning statesman, and the chivalrous hero of a hundred fights. (Cheers.) We defeated the one, and we beat the other ; and yet, I am told, we ought to be very thankful to them. I remember playing„ when I was a child, when any body said I was wrong, if thought I did not deserve it, I said, " thank you for nothing." I say to Wellington and Peel, in like manner, " Thank you for nothing."— They were compelled to it; they were check-mated at the game of political chess, and we will check-mate them again if they oppose repeal. (Loud cheers.) Well, at length we carried civil equality ; but I cannot avoid here reminding you, and I hope there are many of my Christian Protestant brethren listening to me, of this—that the year before we carried our own emancipation—we petitioned for the emancipation of. the Protestant dissenters of England,. (Loud cheers.) There (holding forth his right hand) is the hand that drew the petition. It was passed three times in the committee of, and in, the Catholic Association ; it was moved at an aggregate meeting of the Catholics of Ireland by an estimable friend of mine, gone long since to the peace of God. He was a Carmelite friar. He petitioned in favour of the Protestant dissenters of England. It was carried upon every occasion unanimously. (Loud cheers.) Three weeks after it was presented to parliament, the protestant dissenters, in spite of Peel and Wellington, were emancipated. (Loud cheers.) We assisted them to the constitution before' we opened the doors of it to ourselves. I wish that fact to be recollected, it is always as well to repeat the facts of history over and over again ; the memory is so transitory, that objects and facts easily glide away from it. At the end of 29 yeare, we carried that act, which was the prelude to the repeal of the union. I am the man who led those who carried it, but I do not thank the English parlia ment and government for it • for it was only an instal ment,-and we g o t it. Then there was no excuse for not making the union perfect. Then you have commenced an Anti-catholic prejudice ; then your M`Neile bigotry is de feating itself; all your liars and calumniators no longer suc ceed against the people of Ireland, bat England and Ireland were. put upon the principle of equality. They then said " wait awhile, or we cannot Carry reform for England." Did we then press forward upon our own behalf ? No. There was a majority of Scotch members against that reform ; there was a majority of English members against it ; but the majority of Irish members was so great that it overpowered both, and by means of the Irish majority the English got their reform bill. (Loud cheers.) B y t h e same means the Scotch got their re form bill; they have got since corporate reform. Was not this the time to make up the union ? Was not this a time when the union ought to be realized ? Yes, it was, if there had been honour, common sense, or justice; but there was nei ther, for Stanley was the secretary. (Hisses and cheers.) Scot land with a population of two and-a-half millions only, got an increase of eight members ; whilst Ireland, with a popu lation of eight millions got an increase of only five, and two of these were enemies of Ireland, for they represented the University of Dublin. England continued to have her eese franchise, but they raised the. Irish franchise to £2O in stead of 40s. Ireland is the poorer country, yet the franchise is ten times higher than in England. (Hear, hear.) They tell me I ought to be quiet, contented, with this glaring injustice to Ireland, and thank them for their union ! (Cheers.) Well, I was agitating some eight or ten years ago for the repeal of the union. At that time honest Englishmen said to me, " The reform bill is progressing now wait awhile, there will soon be a reformed parliament ; the present king is old, lie will be most likely succeeded by a young creature admirably educated, brought up in the pure principles of equal justice to all her futureisubjects, and the English par liament will then do you justice." There was one p art of the prophecy true. - • (Laughter.) Th e Q ueen, God bles s her —(cheers)—she is true to her trust. Oh ! may she live long , and be glorious - •—may her hu s b an d l ove her better than nl the husband of any other w oman i n the British ps , and may they have more childretethan my grandmother, empire, er - wh e o had two-and-twenty. , (Laughter and cheers.) No have be en deceived. I have a p p li e d for an extension of hi we the have be en deceived. I have applied fy an extension of th e nurubel ' of members for Ireland. How was I answered by an English reform parliament ? Saving your P rg o ence, I was laughed at. I applied to assimilatethe franchise Sir James Gr a h am, or Peel, or St . anley w , N' o .a r s an l y m o e f t t?hNeVia-esgiut by enemies of Ireland ? No. I was met by Lord Morpeth, who refused me the assimilation, and even led on the oppo sition. Am I to be told, my Irish hearers, as I have been often done—but it makes my Irish blood, natura ll y warm, invigorate my' heart, and make me y ou ng again —am I to b e told I am to be the petty verm i n t h a t m y Lord Morpeth that Lord Morpeth may spit upon; for when he sell s hi s country, he throws his foul r heum upon me ; and the Engli s h parliament is to be placed in this position, to give Ireland the benefit of the union. The minister of the crown is able, excellent, well-disposed, noble-minded—for there is not abetter human being than Lord Morpeth, who thus op posed me; but the degradation of Ireland is greater because even that good man would do nothing for her. (Hear, hear.) Oh ! the people who want others to do good for them will not have it done at all.— " Hereditary bondsmen, know ye not, Who would be free themselves must strike the blow ' I returned to Ireland, and formed a Precursor Society —a significant name. I came b ac k l ast sess i on to know if we should get ba c k our anc i ent franchise and equality— whether, in f ac t, there Mould be an union or not : I came back to a s k t h at question. No parrot was ever taught a single phrase more repeatedly than I repeated that quesion, "is there to be an union or not?" The answer was " no." " Will you increase the number of our representatives ?" " No.►' " Will you reduce the franchise ?" " No." Did it rest there?" No. There was Lord Lyndhurst, who got the corporate reform bill into the House of Lords. If there had been an union, Ireland would have had the same corporate reform as England and Scotland had five years ago ; but we have it not vet. Lord Lyndhurst struck out almost all that was valuable in the bills, and he threw us back, as a surly mendicant would a dirty bone to his dog—the bald, jejeune, 'and limited remnant of a stunted reform. h that an union ? That was not all : our franchise was to be limited - yet. What did Lord Stanley do? (The uproar pervading pre vented us bearing this passage distinctly.) That was. not enough : the injustice of the thing was gross and glaring, —(hear)—but be (Lord Stanley) determined to exaggerate injustice, and go the incredible length of diminishing the number of electors. Had he stood alone ? He had four times majorities in favour of his measure, each time nearly half the entire house being with him. I was amused,at a Dublin newspaper reporting me the other day as saying that Lord Stanley had only majorities of four ; the fact is, he had ' four distinct majorities upon suffering Ireland. The man that tells me.there is any union between Great Britain and Ireland, I tell him, to their teeth, there is no union—there is as much union as there is between black and white, or be tween light and darkness : let him take his change out of that. I say there is no union between England and Ireland. Hurrah! now for the parchment. (Hear, and loud cheers.) I do not know whether I am growing old, but I intend shortly to spend the rest of my life amongst the mountains of Der rynane. (A voice, " College Green.") Yes ; College Green. Now, I have explained these things, first, that separation is not any object, let me tell you this ; if this scene is to continue, if injustice is to be superadded to in jury, if insult is to be added to both, if Stanley and Lyndhurst are to have the sole government of Ireland, I will never consent to have Ireland strong to take any political advantage, however great, at the expense of a single drop of blood ; but I shall be driven out of the field, and the young blood of Ireland, which is not at all like the ichor which flows through the veins of the insect class, but it is red and boiling- and bubbling and generous, and ready for overflowing—the young blood of Ireland—our young heroes, those whom the pride of birth has not surrounded, but- who came into the world with the mark of freedom upon have vowed that Ireland shall be -a great and a tree country. ~(Cheers.) Yes, tlitre is danger of separation in "'having things as they are. Let me reply - to the parchment. It is a lying union—it is a monstrous national lie—it is a na tional falsehood—it is a legislative contradiction with the truth. There is no union. Let the present connexion last but a little longer, and, in spite of me, there will be no connexion. Do you not think that the youth of Ireland know this fact, that there but three independent states in Europe—that there are twenty-one states I can rec kon. which have within one-third of the population of Ire land ? The king of Holland has not one fourth of the popula tion of Ireland; the king of Belgium has very little more than one-third ; the queen of Portugal has not one-third ; the queen of Spain has scarcely as much ; the king of Wirtem burg has not one-fourth ; the king of Bavaria has not one fourth ; the king of Hanover has not one-fourth ; (hisses) — Sweden and Norway have not one-fourth • Denmark and Holstein not one third; in short, 1 could detain you half an-hour on the statistics of Europe, and shew you that out of 17 sovereign powers, separate independent governments, and each defending themselves against their enemies in Europe, not one of them has one third of the popula tion of Ireland. (Cheers and hisses.) I claim the weed of genuine loyalty, I count to bring Ireland to be the support of the throne of our gracious - Queen. I want her to be the ready right arm in the battle of England. I want that we should crush her enemies ; that we Should make victory certain ; that we should hold the battle field till the enemy blenches before us, and have the flag of Eng land, Scotland, and Ireland float-for an entire and a perpe tual victory. (Loud cheers.) But I may be bribed. I cannot afford to do it for nothing. You must give me pay, and my bribe is this, justice to Ireland ! (Loud cheers.) Lord Pal merston at the present moment finds a fetter upon his eyes and a chain round his neck in his negociations with Louis Philippe, by reason of Lord Stanley's conduct in the last session, and Lord Lyndhurst's daring insult—the most con temptible of the human race. He is a political chimney sweeper. Lord Palmerston is not able to threaten France as he would if Ireland was conciliated, but if justice were done to Ireland, she would ask for nothing but to be led to battle. Oh ! those are the foul traitors. lam a loyal man, because lam sincerely attached to the person of the sovereign. I sometimes think that my affections makes me cease to be respectful. (Cheers.) Nevertheless 1 love her—l venerate her. Yes, I will bring Ireland to support her cause and her throne, but she must conquer first the vile tory party. (Cheers) That party indulge an anti-national antipathy against Ireland. I should be glad to know what they would do if we were within a fortnight of the cannons rattling in anger. (Hear, hear.) The first shot fired in anger gives Ireland justice. (Loud cheers. A voice, " The first shot then !") That moment, that instant, England is safe, the throne is secure, our ene mies discomfited, we bid defiance to them ; and the longer the war lasts, after that, the more glorious will be the British triumph, and the more certain we shall be of pulling down the enemies of the country and of the throne. That is what I am struggling for : I am a recruiting officer for the Queen. (Loud laughter.) Who will be recruits, to listen to our fife and big drum ? lam looking out for them, to support the throne. Conciliate Ireland, and you may laugh to scorn the miserable piscreant Lyndhurst, and the scorpion Stanley. Let liberals and reformers surround the throne, and we :shall have 100,000 Irish to suppor them. (Loud cheers.) You are boasting of yourselves. Yes, my friends, I have shewn you my object is not separation, but continuing the con nexion. I have shewn you that the union was no bar gain —no contract. I have shewn you that there has been none from that day to this ; that we have cooked forward, but have obtained no identity. What is the predi cament I stand in. Now having made my apology here, and to my enemies, by telling them what it is I want, and what I mean. I cannot sit down without expressing two opinions more. In the first plade, I saw upon the placaids to-day; that you meati to tams , * repeal rsgoriatiOn:. 1 tell you you cannot have that in point of law, bel:ause you would then be corresponding with the repeal association in Dublin, and the law of England prohibits corresponding societies. You may be single repealers, but you cannot have repeal associations. I am not asking you not to be single repealers. Next to that, I congratulate you upon the glorious triumph of those fellows with the vulgar Irish accent. lam told there are 1250 of them. (A voice, " 1500.") Ay, 1500 ; say 1250. These will prevent that stuttering, stammering gey, yep, meg, meg of a lord, and Cresswell Cresswell, a fel low with two names, and neither of them good, for misrepre senting you. The one will go for what he is fit for, and the other will take care of the attornies and his clients. (Loud laughter.) Thus you will triumph over the cunning of the lawyer and the stupidity of the lord. The speaker then went on to speak of his own efforts to advance the cause of repeal, and to recommend his countrymen to join the Pre cursor. He next made a ferocious attack upon M`Neile ; and he concluded by declaring, that if his plans were carried out Ireland would be what she ought to, —" Great glorious and free, First flower of the earth first gem of the sea." (Cheers.) The meeting then broke up, 'every one being well pleased that he got out of it. THE RUINS OF POMPEIL—AbOve thirty streets of Pom peii are now restored to light : it is the third part of the town. The walls of its ancient enclosure have been recognised; a magnificent amphitheatre, a theatre, a forum, the temple of Isis, that of Venus, and a number of buildings have been cleared. The secret stairs by which the priests slily crept up to prompt the oracles have been detected. On beholding so many monuments which display in so lively a manner the im portance of public and the independence of private life among the Romans, it is impossible to resist a feeling of sadness and melancholy. ODDITIES Or GREAT MEN.—The greatest men are often affected by the most trivial circumstances, which have no apparent connection with the effects they produce. An old gentleman, of whom we knew something, felt secure against the cramp when he placed his shoes, on going to bed, so that the right shoe was on the left of the left shoe , and the toe ff the right next to the heel of the left. If he did not bring the right shoe round the other side in that way, he was liable to the cramp. Dr. Johnson used always, in going up Bolt court, to put one foot upon each stone of the pa.vernent : if he failed, he felt certain the day would be unlucky. Buffon, the celebrated naturalist, never wrote but in full dress. Dr. Routh, of Oxford, studied in full canonicals. An eminent living writer can never compose without his slippers on. A celebrated preacher of the last century could never make a sermon with his garters on. A great German sch o l ar writes with his braces o ff. R e i seg, th German critic, wrote his commentaries on Sophocles with a pot of porter by his side. Schlegel lectures, at the age of 72, extempore in Latin, with his snuff-box constantly in his hand : without it he could not get on. HARVEST THOVOUTS.—The following quotation is from one of &shop Heber's Parish Sermons;-" When we wit ness the many dangers which threaten the springing of the, rising corn; when we reckon up, in our thought, th e oppo site dangers of drought o r of moisture, of parching heat, or of pinching untimely cold ; the blights, which may taint the ear; the worm, which may consume the root; and all the other alarms which the husbandman feels or fears; we can not but be aware, that something wore than the industry of man is required to make him happy or prosperous, and that it is with good reason, that, in our daily prayers, we ask our daily bread' of God; since no day in the year can be found in which his blessing is not needed, either to preserve the seed, or to prosper the tender stalk, or to fill the ear, or to rebuke the mildew or the storm, by which the mature crop is endangered. And, even when the food of many days is waving before our eyes, we cannot choose but feel an anxious joy, a solemn, and, in some degree, a mournful thankfulness, when we compare our own unworthy lives with the un bounded mercy of G o d ; when we recollect how little and how seldom we h ave t h ought of Him who careth for us con tinually, and when we tremble, lest, even now, our 'sins should interrupt the stream of his mercy, and that the impro per use which we too often make of plenty, should, even yet, turn our abundance into hunger." BATHING ON THE CONTINENT.—Bathing abroad is a 'very different operation to the mode as practised in England. At Havre I was amused at observing the process. You enter a canvas box, and undress, putting on, as a bathir , costume, a blouse, pantaloo ns , an d o i l-skin cap, and being thus b equipped, as if for exhibition on a tight rope, with the addition of a pair of sabots to preserve the feet, you follow the path indicated by planks, along the shingles for some hundred yards in the face of all the world, followed by a man, also in a bashing dress. Arrived at the edge of the water you present your hand to your companion to tnter the wide expanse together. . Thus hand in hand, like lovers resolved to dare fate in each other's company, the pair commence a promenade, getting deeper and deeper amongst the waves, till they reach the hips. This lasts as long as you please—half-an-hour, or for hours, as it may happen, and according to the society which may arrive—as a French person must have society every ' where, and then you return to your canvas box in your wet garments. " But," Premonstrated to the w otnen w h o k ept the rooms, "all the world can see you." " Mais cer t a i ne - mt qu'est ce (pie cegue cela fait ? ' was all the answer.— A en . Summer among the Bocages and the Vinei. Melancthon, in his answer to Dr. Eck, after laying down the principles of hermaceutical science, shows that we ought not to explain the Holy Scriptures by the Fathers, but the Fathers by the Holy Scriptures. " How often," says he, " has not Jerome been mistaken ! How often Augustine ! How often Ambrose ! How often do we not find them dif fering in judgment ! How often do we not hear them retract ing their errors ! There is but one scripture divinely in spired and without mixture of error . 1 Luther does not adhere to certain dubious expositions of the ancients, say his adversaries ; and why should we adhere to them ? In his explanation of the passage of St. Matthew, ' Thou art Peter, and on this rock. will I build my Church,' he says the very same thing as Origen, who in his account is a host,.yea, the very thing that Augustine writes in his Homily, and Ambrose in his 6th Book on St. Luke, not to mention others. What, then, you will 'say, can . the Fathers contradict each other ! What is there so surprising in that ? I reverence the Fathers, because I believe the Holy Scriptures. The sense of Scrip ture is one, and simple, as hiavenly truth itself. We enter into it by comparing Scripture with Scripture, and deduce it from, the thread and connexion of the whole. There is a phi losophy enjoined us with respect to the Scriptures.of God : it is to bring to them all the thoughts and maxims of men, as to the touchstone by which they are to be tried."—Meionc- Ikon contra Eckium. Quoted by M. Merle d'Aubigne in his " History of the Reformation," vol. ii. p. 76.