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of them have been transported; and they would still find some of them at Rome, for most of them were removed in the time of Augustin ; but it was peculiarly interesting to stand on ground consecrated by so many scriptural recoliP tions ; wrier& Memphis once stood there was s growing on the luxuriant mountains there, and that way he could see of that ancient spot that once filled the world with the celebrity of it- - ---+; , ‘n that they' 01.11 , e corn . Ars name, with the exney,— were some remains of the temple . of Vulcan ; the sta,,— Sesostris was broken on the ground, and this was the mill memorial Of departed grandeur. On his return from Upper Egypt he thought of another plaii ; he thought that a con- versation pdssing with the Pi la Was extremely easy to be mild be em- misinterpreted, and that what had been sa bodied in the form of a proclamation : come a kind of law, and that it would be somettut might appeal to, and be r grate to their country But before that then it would be the Jews n eucoL rnent for them t to request that the purport of t. embodied in a proclamation, he a consult the secretary of the • Hodges, who recommended him not to engage in any such. interference; his reason was, that by doing so he had to solicit the Paella to embody the substance of what he pro mised in the form of a document, exercising an act of supreme authority at the very moment the powers of Europe were considering whether he was em p owere d t o exercise an act of supreme authority ; as far as his , (Mr, G.'s) influence . went, he w o u ld b e exerc i s i ng t h em as a man w h o h a d a 'Apt to seray over the destinies of that land. In the end of April that matter would he brought to a conclusion, and he could then regulate hie: conduct accordingly. The matter remained that day. The eastern question was not settled in Ar and no man was bravado enough to say when it - settled ; but it was a matter of deep irr- Paella was favourable to the returr. _ _ conversation should be 4ht it would be right tt new Consul General, Colons 'would now proceed without further delay to another very interesting neighbourhood, which recalled recollectionS of our earliest years, and which could never become extinct. ,TheY . Passed a l ong t h e s h ores o f t h e M e dit erranea n, from D''vrOut to Sidon, Tyrc, and Cesarea ; and when they were at hail - out, they heard much of the persecution of the Jews at Damascus. The prevailing impression was, that they were guilty, and the storm of public opinion ran very high against them. But, on the other hand, when men had time to reflect, and the Jews gave information on the subjebt, and showed the impossibility of such a charge being just—when they showed that, b y the law of Aloses, they were forbidden to use th e blood of ank animal, and, therefore, how could they be gu il ty of the greater crime of shedding the b lood of a man s for ad m i xture in their sacred part of the P assover —i t was thon:lalitdr'h " iratip on the the : examination r n e tw ar a e s e t l l e le are v d ery up b b o y ne t s h l e ' n ' ie b t nt he ( 3 " of these bones, for his was a m , lent a rgument : he call, " These are not the bon, man, but th e b ones of an a was remarkable L. f s _ the Y•iiroceeded t owar d s J erusa l em , th ere was an immen influx -of pilgrims from all parts; and it was astonish:. down tinleii)oor Jews were i nsu l te d, p l uc k e d b y th e b ea id, thro by violent hands, and exposed to the severest persecutions, on the supposition that that grievous charge Was founded on fact. (Hear, hear.) It was a fact re markable with respect to their Jewish mission, that, though some of the Rabbis had issued anathemas against Mr, Nicolaison, and told the Jews to be aware of the prophets() Christianity, yet in the hour of need, when they were anxior to see whether some one would not go Damascus for them col corning -the-charge brought against them, who did they to but to the Jewish mission beseei that they would stand forward in tb vindicate them from such a ca '-nhi mission, their character to them " Who can we go to but the Engli , " particularly the mission to thv uphold our cause, and "- Isaac, and of Jacob. ical man called with praye nd that th The poor Jews said the ish, as more Jews, come for Ward and he God of Abraham, of you. (Applause.) The consequence was that to Mr entrusted, and Mr. Peritz wa the full . questio'n v a new force :and impulse to public opinion ward as the champion of the innoi (Nlr. G.) afterwards visited Jerusal be express the feel burst upon his view it was a concentratio lions the of ehiiisnconseiern of mature life, and to ti troug- . . einutionsof his heart. 1] rather his mule, and felt On le descended from his hors. hiniseo. were asked what his feelings were, he had found them ex pressed in Isaiah. His heart was moved like the trees of a w ood that are shaken by the wind." That just seemed to express the v er y f ee li ngs b y w hi c h h e was ag i tate d. _ 'en't presented a different aspect from what lie expected. was surrounded by walls on every - side; they were about two Miles round. The recollection of all the mighty scenes that had been performed within these walls and without them — the recollection of his being in the land of patriarchs, of pro phets. and of apostles—where David sang the songs of Zion, where prophets opened the visions of futurity, and told them of things that were to come to pass even to the grand con siunation of all 'thing ens—and whe saw the accustomedto sing their hymns—when he beh e ld th e gar d en o f G e th se M a n e where the. Saviour endured his erw , l agony—' avoid offering up n fervent prayer that that Saviour might_b his Saviour, that .he might be interested in that !:ilood, that he m ight b e sanc tified by that Holy Spi r i he might look to him as a Saviour, and have grace hi [xi as an example. - When he saw the brook. Kedron, eve. which th e S av i our h ad so often passed ; the valley of Jeho saphat ; the field of blood, associated with the thirty pieces of silver ; the pool of Siloam ;—and when he ascended Mount Calvary, and saw the place where the Saviour died, offered himself as a sacrifice, and a full and sufficient satisfaction and propitiation for all their sins ;—alid when he stood by the side of the place of crucifixion, which he believ ed to be• the identical spot, and saw the rock rent, ac cording to the account recorded in the gospel—he be held the rock rent, not evidently by any strategcm or de• vice of men, but evidently by divine agency, as ,by the hand of God, and answering the idea conveyed by the term rent, he saw from above the rent descending, and when he went 20 feet below he saw the rent rising upwards—he felt that all he wished for was that he bad all the infidels of Europe with him that he in ight have said, survey that spot, and then fear, and tremble, and acknowledge—(applause)— and acknowledge that Jesus Christ is the Son of God. He afterwards descended into the tomb, which h e ' b e li eve d like- could not ITCIOUS to follow place_where the body of _,___._.t that moment they vibrated through every • part of his rtware f n I.v superstition attached to those pl minister to very hard an! s delusions on the minds of main to separate the evil from t vine f 111 . (Mr. - G r such r per there, creed, 1 with with a very aanate nit for of the iterra- I him ad de eeding ing in rather : more nstru le also !ruor3 e em roy of zed to dined ere in ty of n the tether ) hour, aces, and that thel 's) object was to his own country—what man ever saw the house w without feeling a deep impression on his mind id that he would not have.a cost taken nn t man ever returned ere he WAS born- r etnOvetl, it IC reniumeu nun or tne days of hts innot With respect to what the chairman had said about Mare (Mr. G.) went to that field, and saw the mound the two hundred noble Athenians were 'all entombed ; be recollected, on going to Greece, the classic feelings v occupied his mind. But he had another feeling at Jeruss....... for, whilst contemplating all those wonders, he felt as if he could have raised his hands, and said, " Lord, now lettest thou • thy servant depart in 'peace, for mine eyes have seen thl! m y salation." With resect to the Jewish mission, ll Nay v that it was in a most important situation. The Rev. et e Nicolaison was a man suited to his work, and he knew 11 1 9 01 '11g better in order to c hara c terize him ; he prosecut e d 1 15 work with zeal and perseverance. Mr. Peritz was the ° lle to whom he had already alluded, and he was perfectly calculated to t enter on all the controversial points connected with the Jewish expectations. He would only say further, that there was a considerable degree of progress among the e ew shusband, a wife and daughter, all of whom l ad been admitted to the church , by the rite of Christian baptism. The foundation was laid for a great work, and t hey were a t l eas t b ear i ng th e i r t es ti mony —th ey h a d p l an t e d the banner of the Redeemer. Mr. Grimshaw, having stated that they a ft erwar d s v i s i te d Bethleinen and the grave of I fHe:!rcs, concluded b expressing a hope that God would bl e ,eause in w hi c h hey were eogaged. t hel' Rev. Mr. PYrer, in seconding the resolution proposed by the last speaker, said—l cheerfully undertake this charge. 4 . he re so l ut i on i s a right christian one, for it teaches us to co mmenc e in a way we ought to commence all our under eecety s e It says thathumble thanks are due to an Jg society's God ior the increase which has atended the funds, and that we sincerely hope the interest hitherto manifested is inadequate to the necessities of the cau se." I have already remarked that it is a right christian resolution, and my reason for saying so is simply this, that it •Presees our sen s e of gratitute to God, and that we pray his bl essings that our labours may be multiplied and continued. But the resolution also calls attention to the society's funds; e a n e d when w e l oo k a t t h e s t a t e o f those funds during the pre ceding year, and find that there was an increase in them, to ,c extent o f £5OOO, we cer t a i n ly have reason to thank " 70 (1 and take c o urage . I feel, however, that there has n ot been a proportionate increase in the funds—l r, 7 2 1\1 " proportionate " in reference to the extent __ `-'cristien church ; . for I am persuaded that • if every great c i ty th e were to send forth as goodly an assembly us present, instead of having to thank God for our f i un ds amou n ti ng to £22,000, we should have to thank And, for an increase twenty fold. (Hear, and cheering.) 'fldi therefore, I think it would be well if all our vs Titres would. take this large assembly as an example of the indeed takeitself a lesson out of her book. (Loud .) I believe that the assembly at Exeter Hall, goodly cheers as that is, can scarcely vie-with - the assembly by which I am•aurround surrounded I may well say,for when I turn behind me bold the component parts of tl lat whic etljnstance nary en - - And would form it goodly meeting of itself when 1 look to the state of the Jewish nation twenty years ago —a period not recollected by me—and when I see how th e machine has been worked up the present stage, it is im possible not to perceive that there is a creater call now than ever. upon us to enter into the spirit of the resolution. For what was the exertion made in behalf of the Jews at that pe riod ? It was like the cloud of which we read in scripture— 'Mall as a man's hand. Mid now what are the exertions made ? Why, they have multiplied on side, until they begin to cover the whole earth from the east to the west. But this resolution refers to other matters. It speaks of the pro portionate value of the exertions of the Christian church. It asserts that those exertions, great as they may be, 411 d increasingly great as thee , I.III Y there can be very 's advancing at a railroad pace— _ t hese circu m st ances , an d enter into the „ i l °o, it app ears t o me that great as our exertions have _ . % ,e3' are not as yet commensurate with the object we have in n lew • lam well aware that when an individual makes such -° assertion as this he should be prepared to give some causes thats for making such a declaration. Wh is it then I do not consider that our exertions have ` not been corn ensurate with the object we have in view ? My answer will v e c omposed of several answers—my reply will consist of se :rat replies. And, in the first place, I would say that when e look to the Jews I think we need not travel far in order to co ' an answer to the inquiry why our exertions have not been t„twriensurate with the great object in view. With regard l a the former, I would say that I would certainly be the Ivold i• man in the world to forget my civil rights, but I ask this question, whence do we derive our civil ts ? and whence is it that we enjoy that civil liberty which i t - e l ,Pknow n to other lands? It is because God 'has signal- D r iV i bis land by inaking it the depository of his truth. Our civil I ,;., lt eges all emanate from our religious ones, inasmuch as were not a protestant nation I am thoroughly convinced Lay: h i: T: ll d never have been blessed in the manner that we Goal eett. .(Loud and continued cheers.) It is becaus' h b ee n• nd distinguished us—unwortby as have b een - 7-and u rt '. is 'l '.,ecause he has distinguished us p -t churches that he has given are indebted for r ' go througl, _ may have been little doubt but that this I say, that when I pirit of the rc society Oistiuction. ta ke the N ew , t hook of God in my _ ir k ti,±,:stainent--I refer to David iuthe l r7. itita c l aw, and what do I find ? NA , hy, and that a e r - b ut ed to the Jew for all you enjoy. You do . not discover , code of morality in the law, but a transcript of the di for bringing yo u , as a schoolmaster, 1144 therlls you are indebted to the Jew. reed oPerations of those glorious times . who,. ; iNt e b t l_ the church, and for all these glorious signs s (4,(1,8efd. likewise to the Jew and to the seed of pr . p . m t i r equ. friend ; and what is true as touching the old sc , i eep t i o 1 Y true as touching the new, for with one oz• - i 8 the 11 4 • S ' We arc indebted to the Jew for all. Here foundation of our faith. Here is that test by which -e enabled to judge of the truth or falsehood of our whir We have, then, a constellation of privileges, for all exertiZ," we are indebted to the Jew. When I look to the -"" of the church in the past year—when I know the Ti) the J the Old and to Christ; and law I It is in t :h are to suc- two ex- benefits of which she has been made the recipient by God, and when I think of the pounds, shillings, and pence part of the matter, I am ashamed that only £2`1,000 were collected and I bang down my head. (Hear, hear.) Why, the church of Christ ought to come and „give - back the gifts she has re ceived at the hands of the Jew. This is the true way in which to look at the matter : and I verily believe that if the cause be laid before the church of Christ, there will be a response made to the application, which will surprise ourselVes and prove to others that there is a feelinr , in the chord of Christians which will vibrate if it be only touched by the min istry throughout the length and breadth of the land. (Loud cheers.). But there are other reasons why I think we should come to the rescue of this people, and one of those is, a con sideration of the past privileges of the Jew. Look to the con dition of that people during the 1500 years they constituted the church of Christ. It is not my intention here to go back to the call of Abraham, hut I refer you to the 1500 years during which they Were established in the land of promise. It appears manifest that God selected the nation out of all the nations unoer heaven. He took them out of the midst ot another nation. He made bare his arm in the time of Pharaoh. He brought plague upon plague for the purpose of proving this fact, that he was God over all the earth, and that he would do according to his pleasure. And then if we follow the Israelites in their passage through the wilderness, what do we find ? by, we find that the ordinary course of nature was reversed, that Goa hedged them in a corner, that when the sea rolled between them and the opposite side, and death th, reatened them in the rear, God set at n evil devices of the enemy, and, by commanding the sea to enabled his 3Somed people to , pass over •ras a wonderful distinction ; but alryou who go with them into the land of promise, what do you find ? Their history , . was marked with light, and distinguished from all histories be this feature : that God condescended not only to be their historian, but that he condescended also to be their guide, and that he consented to go before them in a cloud by day and a pillar of fire by night. This was a distinction of which they might well be proud. (Hear, hear.) But what has been their condition for the last 1800 years ? They are scattered among all nations—they area bye-word among the people, and the Gentiles have treated them with all kinds of ignominy. When 1 contrast their condition now with what hey were in times past, they appear to me to be like Gideon's fleece. Under those circumstances, I say that the exertions of the Christian church do not keep pace with the occasion, they commensurate with the obligations we owe 3od of Israel. It is to me a plain and self-evi dent fact, that there are glorious prospects plared hefoi e the Jews in the Old Testament scriptures ; for when we look to the Jew what do we see ? We see a man with a mark on him like that of Cain. All this may be true, and we see but we also see something more incarnation of prophecies which have yet to LI. We see in him the germ of that blessing which will unfold itself over the whole earth, for the receirl ing back of Israel shall be as life from the dead. When I look to their land at present, I behold the Rose of Sharon hanging its head, the cedars of Lebanon drooping, and Car mel casting off its fruits ; in short, the land appears desolate ; but shall these things always last ? Oh, no ! I believe the sure word of God, and so believing, it is impossible - for the to entertain such a notion for a moment. I believe that the rose of Sharon will again blossom, and that the cedars of Le banon will again bud forth, and that Carmel shall once more abound in fruits, for God has promised all these things, and it is impossible that anything which he has said shall fail. (Cheers.) But I see more, for I ace that the commencement of these times is approaching. After some further remarks ition of this point, the rev. gentleman concluded by shall not occupy much more of your time, for there are giants in our days as well us in the days that are past and gone. (Cheers.) There are giants here to-night, I say, to whom it is a privilege on any part to hold a candle, and the latchet of whose shoes I am unworthy to unloose. (Conti nued cheers.) I shall, therefore, only make one additional. remark. I have to congratulate this meeting on the disco very of a srcr.t they have made—namely, to treat the Jew on a genuine Christian principle—the la xof love. (Loud hear.") I hope this seele.w.l! be continued, and that we will never ceaFe our strenuous and perseverin, exertions, until we make the whole Jewish nation participa tors of Christ's great salvation. The rev. genteman resume, Ist loud applawq The Rev. Hucai SrowELL then rose to address the meet- ing, and was received With tremendous applause. He spoke as follows :—The resolution, Mr. Chancellor, which it is my privilege to submit to this ample assembly, is one beautifully in accordance with the sentiment which you favoured us with in opening the meeting ; it is a resolution ascribing all glory to God, anti giving all honour of worms to . the dust ; it is a resolution which cheered and encouraged me in the thought of addressing so vast an assemblage, and which reminded me of a simitar sentiment expressed by the sainted Cecil. 1 de sire to submit a few simple remarks to this assembly, and may the blessing and presence of God be amidst us. The resolution which I have to propose is, " That this meeting humbly ascribes to God alone all the glory, praise, and suc cess that has hitherto attended this society ; and that it, at the same time, .avails itself of this present occasion to ex press their sympathy with the sufferings and persecutions of the Jews at Rhodes and Damascus, and their full con viction that the charges brought against them are alto gether unfounded ; and pledge themselves to use all the means in their power to vindicate them from these un just accusations." I could - fully go along with my es teemed and venerable friend Mr. Grimshaw, in the glow ing sentiments with which he led us to behold—with which he led our imagination' to trace the hallowed scenes of Judah. I haVe no sympathy with the man that can look with ealninesS on. the Jewish nation, or who feels not his heart warm within him when contemplating their present state, their past condition, and their approaching splendour. The very name of a Jew seems to carry conviction to my mind and strength to my faith. When I remember them scattered amongst all nations of the world, I can point to them as a miracle and a - lasting one. I can tell our poor blind Socialists that they can sooner extinguish the noontide splendour nt'!he sin, - than they can extinguish the undying gion, as it glimmer's on the altars and in the hes of Jerusalem. The simplest, the plainest man, the artizan in his workshop, when he is beset and taunted by these poor, blind, and infatuated enemies of their own happi ness, of their own hope, of their own souls, of. their own heaven—(from the bottom of my heart I could pity them, I could weep over them, I could almost bleed for them—l would bleed for them if I could rescue them from their ruin —from plunging themselves and seeking to plunge others in ruin)—the poor simple workman, when asked, " Where is the truth of your cunningly-devised fable' ? " may reply, Look at the Jews—look at Mount Sion: there is a living miracle ; you may hear it ; with your own eyes you may see it ; you may test it with your. senses ; God has written it on every dislocated fragment. The word of God is the truth, the whole truth, a nd nothing but the truth. True in the triumphs that take place ; true in Israel's scattering ; true in Israel's restoring ' • it is indeed true on this day , when infi delity is making her last and dying struggle, that whilst w; have princes making assaults on our faith on the one hand we have fresh demonstrations of increase of faith inu!tiplyiru Y. I on the ..___er hand." Mr. Grimshaw has giver, us his own eve-witness account of the refted rock of Jesus, and Mr. Wild has recorded; in his interesting and instructive book of tra- vets, that there was discovered in the potter's field a secret cemetery, and an accumulation of skulls was found piled in the deepest recess, which had escaped the notice of philoso phers and of the many led by curiosity to visit .Jerusalem— for it is now becoming a centre of deep interest to the phi !oxtpher—to thc scientific man, and to the traveller—and they all flocked to see what had been found ; some hoping to find confirmation of scriptures, others wishing to have fresh inves tigations of their faith. They flocked to examine these skulls ; and on examination there was not a solitary skull found that was a Jewish skull ; but they were all the skulls of strangers found in the Potter's field, which was bought to bury strangers in. (Applause.) What is there to set against these fresh proofs of the truths of the gospel, gathered up day by day, and week by week, from the ruins of Jerusalem ? Nay, evidence is accumulating day by day ; wars, and rumours of wars, all are going to authenticate and demonstrate more and more those blessed scrip tures of truth, of which it has been said—" Heaven and earth shall pass away, but my word shall not 1- I " (Hear." .way. ....) I was especially interested and struck with the remarks of my friend (Mr. Cartwright) who has preceded me, with regard to the signs of the times, as in, dicating the speedy return of the Israelites to their own land. I cannot but think that many of my reverend bre thren, many of whom I love and esteem, are fond of keep ing the blinds on their .eyes. I could just as soon doubt as to the dispersion of the Jews, as that they are now dis posed to return. I could just as soon believe that Christ came to reign in his humiliation, as doubt that he will come to reign in his glory over his ransomed people, when Jeru salem shall be the spiritual metropolis of an evangelical world. And it appears to me to arise from the want of searching the scriptures with an eye to the Jew and with a willingness to see Israel's glory. I, for one, have no jea lousy of Israel's supremacy. I, for one, should be glad to sec her take the lead in her future triumphs, willing but to catch at the skirts of her garments, (Hear, bear, and loud r.pplause,) There is one peculiar feature in the state of the Israelites which my friend did not advert to; it was glanced at briefly in the report, and it is, that the Jews are, to a very wide extent, forsaking the Talmud and returning to the —that they are,,iaking the lamp of heaven out of the perdition into which it has been cast, and taking it to guide their footsteps. .(Applause.) I believe in every age of the church, that one of the greatest curses of the church has been the tendency to turn from the book of truth to the mire and quickSanlis of tradition. I believe that just as the Is raelites lost the truth when they put the lamp of truth into the dark lanthorn of tradition, so the church of Rome lost the truth when She hid it by putting it into the dark lanthorn of tradition. And I belive that our glorious reformation broke on the world just when the lamp of light was taken out of the dark lanthorn Of tradition ; and I believe that the glorious light of the reforMation would be quenched, or eclipsed again, if we again thrust the lamp of light into the dark lanthorn of human tradition. (Loud applause.) Yes, my dear friends, I rejoice that you respond to so scriptural a sentiment. Whether without the church, in the dark apostacy, or within the church of well-meaning brethren who seem to be laying too touch stress on tradition, we all respond to the ex pres on of Chillingworth—" The Bible and the Bible only is the religion of protestantism." (Great applause.) Thank God for inspiring the fathers with whatever of good there may be in theM ! Thank God for whatever by tradition has down to us which confirms these inspiring writings ! God for our own beautiful Prayer-book—the morning __ar that accompanies revelation! Thank God for all that is beautiful and orderly in our own church—the eldest born daughter of the reformation ! (Immense applause.) Never theless; iii comparison, perish the Prayer-book ! perish the church of England ! perish the fathers ! perish the human scaffolding—every human building, but leave the rock of eternal truth—the rock of the living God, untouched, un-• tarnished, and unharmed ! (Tremendous applause.) I can not, Mr. Chancellor, but hail the fact of the Jews' turning back from tradition and turning to the language of the prophets, with the utmost delight. I doubt not but that, like the star of Bethlehem which guided the wise man of the East, the scriptures will in due time guide them to where the Saviour is to be found. I cannot, too, but regard it as one of the most striking signs of the times that Egypt is so largely concerned in the present aspect of affairs with regard to the Jews. It is a remarkable fact that for merly our attempt, and that of European nations generally, was mainly settled on the north, or turned to the westward; but now, the attempt of the whole civilised world is turned to the east; and we believe that christianity also is turnin , ; to those bright places from whence it came, and where it will 'nine in its brightest noon-tide glory. (Beal•.) Mid it is a - )le fact that the Pacha of Egypt, as connected with actions, is foretold in the most striking manner in connection with the Jews, in the 19th chapter of the pro phecy of Isaiah. " in that day shall there be a way_ out of Egypt to Assyria, rid the Assyrian shall coma into Egypt, and . the Egyptian ito Assyria, and the Egyptians shall serve with the Assy- day shall l;rael be the third with Egypt and -Ind with .Assyria, even a blessing in the midst of the land : Lord of hosts shall bless, saying, Blessed be -vria the work of mine hands, and Egypt my Israel win, people, and A aheritance.' It is distinctly indicated here that the period should come when Egypt, Assyria, and Israel should be united, and that there should be intercourse between them—that they should be together converted to the Lord, for what other construc tion can be put on this language—" Blessed be Egypt my people, and Assyria the work of my hands, and Israel my in- How far does not the present state of Egypt, ?alestine, united under the same head, and the hat Mr. Grimshaw has witnessed to us that extending towards the Israelites, and is more and more taking place between Egypt and Assyria, how far is this advancing towards the accomplishment of this recorded prophecy ? (Hear, hear.) And who has infineneed the minds of the Assyrians to look upon Israel ? Who but the Cod who has been drying op the leritance.' Assyria, a tual Iceling L e Paetut of Egypt great river? Now, how remarkable it is, that under then circumstances the Pasha of Egypt should be protecting th Israelites on their return to that country—that he should b allowing them to purchase land in that country—a fact tie before known : they had not so much as the sole in that land. And we has r prophecy in th the prophecies of Jeremiah, in the 32d chapter. The chapte and passage are too long to read, but I recommend an atten tive perusal of it hereafter. But after God had ordered thi prophet to purchase a piece of land, the chapter goes on "Yea, 1 will rejoice over them to do them good, and I wil plant them in this land assuredly with my whole heart am brought all this great evil upon this people, so will I bring upon them all the good that I have promised them. And fields shall he bought in this land, whereof ye say, It is de solate without man or beast ; it is given into the hand of th Chaldeans. Mn: shall buy fields for mo ey, and_ subscrib nces, and sent them, W and take witnesses iu the land t ties of Judah, and in the cities of the a cities of th ntains, and i outh: for 1 will cause their captivity tc th the Lord And_if it be_ said that that_took place after their return fror the Babylonish captivity, I deny ; for then the Israelites did not purchase and hold property. And if you examine the chapter you will find that God declares, " I will make an everlasting covenant with them that I will not turn away from them to do them good; but I will put my fear in their hearts that they shall not depart from me. That is not yet accomplished ; it is about to be accomplished, Writings are being drawn up; deeds ere being sealed, and lands are again about to be possessed by the Israelites. The first fruit f the h.crvest is again gathering in, and the glories of the .st are again at the door. I cannot but regard this cir of the greatest interest, and I rejoice that that rich was some time ago mooted by well-mean- cuirstance sordid idea ing men, that we should go and purchase back the land. h been defeated ; and I think that 33aron Rothschild answered well when he said, " No, we will not purchase, it is ours, we will wait ;" and thank God the Jewish people are wait ing; they ►sever had but one country—one home: they could say, whether t or hunted as a par say with the pc d to and fro, or chased in the wilderness, tridge on the mountains, they could still Where'er I roam, whatever clime I see, My heart untravelled still returns to thee Yes, true as the sun flower turns to the sun, or the load stone to the pole, they still return to their native land; thu' east out, not east out for ever ; and no violence of time can make them forget it. They still look forward to that period when the hills of their native land shall be clothed with beauty and with bloom for them—when her own people shall ch a title as no o yen to thou expressly ' and which by God—" a land flowing with milk and honey is still kept and reserved, not by human might and power not by sealed documents of man, but by the living oracles of God. `, Hath he said, and shall he not .doit ? _ Hath he spoken, and Shall he not make it good ? The zeal of the Lord of Hosts shall do -this.", .(Hear.). I gather from the present persecution of the Jews signs of good to Israel. I believe that this very persecution bath been converted into the means of exciting for them the sympathy, and conciliating for them 1, of the noble through the whole - earth. The beet . . the reg. way to endear a man 'to honest hearts is to injure a man, because there is something in the breast of Britons—in the breast of fallen man (fallen though he be)—that'always makes him sympathise with the injured, and indignant at the inju rer ; and, therefore, my dear friends, I believe that the Jews have had a noble demonstration of that kind—of the sympathy of t'rotestant Christians. (Great cheering.) I trust they will begin to make the distinction between Christians which the New Zealanders begin to make. When they see, swear ing merchants and drunken sailors, they say they are hea then Christians, not real Christians ; and that when they see the pompous pageant and idolatrous practices—the poor Christian idolators prostrating themselves on the ground, when the Jew knows that it is written " thou shalt not bow worship them heenng hat they will m •t, and say, " ' ake the happy distinction of the heathen These are not true Christians, but hea- then Ch anised Christianity Yea, and it Is delightful, in conviction, tl stant le tongue that flowed christianity—in our own beautiful pray( into the vernacular tongde of Is from the pure lips in Kradise—the tongue which it pleased God best to use—the tongue that we believe, when the con fusion of tongues shall be done away with, He will make the tongue of a ransomed world. But, be that as it may. it is delightful tO think that the Jew can no longer call Christ by a name which is a caricature; hut that our .Tewish ministers can open the prayer-book and say, "• Here is our book of worship ; is there anything of heathen worship— of bowing down to images here ?" And this prayer-book will be a witness to them which will tell with a force and power• which it will be difficult to compute, and which it will be perhaps scarcely possible to exaggerate. But I cannot but feel deep sorrow at those who origi nated this persecution. False witness I would not bear against the devil. I never bare it against any man. (Tremendous cheering.) But, Mr. Chairman, I am not bearing false witness —I am stating a simple fact, a deeply humiliating and distress ing feet, that the persecution of the Jews at Damascus, though carried on with Mahomedan hands, was originated by papists. The person murdered was a papist; the:FrenCh consul was a papist, and the whole affair, I believe, from what our public journals and various other statements say, originated with them. And alas, it is but too true, there is no power that has persecuted the Jews like popery. I took the liberty, on a recent occasion, to check a friend of mine, who said that the church had persecuted the Jews, and corrected him by sayin g that it was not the protestant church that had persecuted the Jews, but the Roman catholic church, while she was ridden rough-shod l,y the man of sin. (Great cheering.) Look at the expatriation of the whole Jewish people from England at one period, and at the time when those five hundred Jews at York resorted to the dreadful al ternative of destroying each other, to escape a more dreadful death; look at the s even hundred butchered by one of our monarchs—all dated before the time of the Reformation. There has not been one persecution since the time of the Reformation. lam sorry that 1 know much to be ashamed of; there has been persecution of tongues, for which I take shame to myself as one of that reformed church, but thank God there is not a drop of blood .on the skirts of that church, that I know of ; but the skirts of the church of Rome are red with it. (Very great applause.) And I believe, Sir, when God corneth to make inquisition for blood, among the foremost that shall suffer .for it will be that dark apOstacy. Do I glory in this ? God forbid. My heart's desire and prayer-is- for them as for the Jews, that they may be saved—that they may forsake the god-head of man to worship God alone. For as I was told to-day by a clergyman who was informed by a poor roan—(this is a fact of which I have good .authority)—the poor man speaking of the authority of the priest over him, said, " if he was to tell me to murder that daughter of mine I would do it, much as I love her, for the priest stands in God's shoes." Is not that anti-christ ? This is a • literal fact - 1 give you it to show how fearfully superstition had hood-winked that man. (Considerable sensation.). Therefore I beg to say, that for the Jews, the grat thing is to get rid of the Talmud—the traditions ; and for the Roman Catholics, the great thing is to get rid of their Talmud and traditions. And ,so we march against the man of sin and the blindness of Judea; and we believe that in due time the light of the gospel shall shine unclouded and unsullied in the pure firmament of the church, co-extensive with the whole ransomed world. May God hasten it in His due time ; and till then, may our prayers be more and more for Israel's conversion and alvation. To take the beautiful .prayer from your own nvice—has it not come with balmy influence that it may please thee of thy nd again, =-~--~_- )ver you again I.:Tamils goodness shortly to accomplish'the number of thine elect, and to hasten thy kingdom : that we, with all those who have departed in the true faith of thy holy name, may have our perfect consummation and bliss, both in body anti soul, in thy eternal and everlasting glory." Amen and amen. - - Tae Rev. Hoot' WNEILE, on rising to second the reso lution, was received with enthusiastic applause. It is no easy matter, the rev. gentleman said, for me now to deter mine what to do. The meeting is fairly finished. You have had what you always have from our dear friend Mr. Stewart, a devotional speech : then you had a speech of information concerning the society ; then you had a speech of information concerning Palestine ; then you had a prophetical speech ; I still might have found somewhere to tread, but then came a Protestant speech ; and now, sir, the whole ground has been fairly travelled over. It is very late, and if I were any one else but who I am, and this were any other place but what it is, I should stop, and leave you to go to your beds, but I protest I will not stop now. (Hear, hear.) It is difficult after all this to be serious ; yet, unless we are serious on this question, we shall really lose our object. It is with devout thankfulness for the past, and animating anticipations for the future, that we may contemplate our present. position. Our labours during the last twenty years have been merci fully crowned with a degree of success beyond our most san guine expectations. There was a time when a lively interest in the Jewish cause—and a time in the remembrance ot many present—was thought little:less than a combination of heresy and fanaticism. The politicians of that day despised, or affected to despise, our labours ; but through the blessing of the Lord God of Israel, our labours have been crowned with a degree of success; they have so pervaded the community, and are, at this very time, making such steady progress, that the'most secular of our politicians are compelled to notice them, not only with respect, but with deference. One of , the most influential of the organs of the secular politicians of this country has, within the last few days, printed the following statement:—" The tokens of this movement"—that is the religious movement ; for, sir, in the midst of a politi cal movement which has agitated the country to. its centre, that has been in steady progress, a religious movement — "The tokens of this movement are visible on every side. Those great voluntary and popular associations for religious purposes which are almost peculiar to this'country, or which have sprung up on the Continent chiefly from sympathy or imitation, are now raising an annual sum of £1,000,000. sterling. Eighty years back their collective receipts were below £lOO,OOO per annum." Another feature :—" Up to 1816, there were not, on an average, ten new churches built in England in a year. At the present moment, after having raised in the last 25 years considerably more than one thous and churches, the people are still augmenting their number by a yearly addition of at least a hundred new ones. It is impossible to overlook these things ; nor need politicians be surprised that one effect of such a change in the national temper is, to force the legislature to give more of its attention ggtnr movements o o ioe, t u ivnfse s eogme o r t r eti d onot i tfnt religious bei c t gyee e o s oeht . uxai o'asv exactly qt. Stl questions ee r atse , thtint the tie, oel i t i nmi s md, than formerly to questions connected with religion and reli gos o i s or It a , e t t o ol r of s y have roeptro on b g e oa e do n er forward movement, by their le g i s l a ti ve enac t men t s ; b u t it i s the time to remark that the truth o f thi s s t a t emen t i s i n no he u ng instance more striking than as r egar d s thi s J ew i s h case . i e e es of our nu t o rmuitt legislators observationslace,a t e a least t upond o Whilst one of our friends was addressing the meeting just now, the secretary of the parent society whispered most sig nificantly to me—" Do you not remember the time when you would have been turned out for saying so much ?" Sir, 1 do not remember when I should have been turned out : that was never easily done ; but I do remember when it would have caused a great uproar of opposition, as if I was introducing !natters of dispute. Mr. Cartwright remembers perfectly well the time when a very small reference to prophetic scrip. ture was deemed a very great offence at Freeniason's Hall. It is not so now. I remember when the question was very frequently and very insultingly asked—What have we to do with the Jews—that wretched and degraded people, whose forefathers denied and crucified our blessed Saviour, and who arc themselves under judicial blindness? What connexion can there be between them and our christian character and duty ? And why then should they ever form the subject of christian interest, or the theme of christian discourse ? Sir, there were various gcriptural replies given to this line of ob jection. One of them is so far from being obsolete, that un less I greatly mistake, it will prove interesting even now, to every real christian in this vast assembly. We invited the objectors to consider what Christian character is,—to ask themselves what it is to be a Christian indeed. We reminded them that St. John describes it as fellowship with the Father and with his Son Jesus Christ,—that St. Paul describes it as having the mind that was in Christ,—that our Lord himself describes it as friendship with him, upon the ground of his free communication of his mind to his friends. 1 call you," he says, " no longer servants, for the servant knoweth not what his lord doeth, but I have called you friends, for all things delivered to me of my Father I have made known unto you." Thus it appears that true Christian character consists in conformity to the divine character, as it is reveal ed in Jesus Christ,—that is, in effect, to have the same views and feelings, the same likings and dislikings, the same de signs, and plans, and prospects that Christ himself has. If, therefore, the Lord Jesus Christ be deeply interested about the Jews, it follows that no man can have true Christian character, no man can have conformity to his mind, no man can have sympathy in his feelings, no man can have fellow ship with him, who is not interested about the Jews. This appeal to all who wish to imbibe their Lord's mind has not been without its effect. Again, sir. we asked, What is true Christian prayer? is it not, to desire the Lord's glory, that his name may be hallowed, that his will may be done on earth as it is in heaven? Are not these the highest branches of prayer? Do they not take precedence of any petition for the supply of our personal wants ? Well, then, if the glory of God be ir►s•parably connected with the Jewish nation,—if the manifestation of his glory upon earth, and the doing of his will upon earth, be inseparably connected with his deal ings with the Jewish nation, we come to the conclusion that Christian prayer cannot be complete without refer ence to the Jewish nation. This line of argumentation transferred the question to its true ground, viz., the ground of Scriptural inquiry. The Bible was appealed to by many who said, " Does the Lord indeed take an interest in the Jews ? If so, then I desire to do so too." The reply was, " Search and read the Scripture for what the Lord has said; open your eyes and see what the Lord has done :" this brought , its to scriptural inquiry. As you remarked yourself, sir, in proportion as scriptural inquiry prospers the Jewish cause gains ground. But after all some of the old objections still remain, some of the old differences have still possession of men's minds; and although we have en increased anxiety to favour this cause, we must not be blind to the fact, that we have still lingering objections with regard to the purposes of God concerning the Jewish people, as interpreted in the unfulfilled prophesies of the Scripture. How does it appear, as some men say—and we ought to desire to take thinking men with us—that those parts concerning the restoration of the Jews to their own land were not ftitlfilled when they were not brought back from Babylon; or how does it appear they were not spiritual in their import as some respectable expositors have made them, and that these promised spiritual blessings to spiritual Israel; what hold have we upon the present prophesies relating to Israel and the Jews? I fear in attempting a scriptural ar gument at this time of the evening I shall be able to do jus tice to it. It is a question it is utterly impossible to enter upon and investi ga t e w ith an y value to ourselves in a saort time. I. could now. change my strain, and make you clap your hands, but I fear I should not do you much good. But I will try to prove, by a reference to a single pro phecy, the ground we have for our anticipations ; and I would rather do it, because it will introduce what I rather regret has not been so plainly and prominently introduced, viz., the King of the Jews. I read of the remarkable vision given to the prophet Zechariah, in which he beheld four horns, and after the horns be beheld four carpenters, and he in quired of the angel who was revealing the truth to him, " What be these ?" and he was told, " These are the horns which have scattered Judah, so that no man did lift up his head ;" .and that these carpenters " are come to fray them, to cast out the horns of the Gentiles which lifted up their horns over the land of Judah to scatter it." Here are four powers represented by horns. You will find the passage in the last few verses of the first chapter of Zachariah—the horns of the Gentiles scattering the people of Israel, scatter ing Judah. •It is' some-What remarkable that this number occurred with the division of the great image seen by Nebu chadnezzar, arid with the beasts seen in the vision by the prophet Daniel. In either case the number is four. The image was divided into four parts, and the exposition given identifies it with Babylon. The king of labylon was told that he was the head of gold ; after him was to come a king inferior to him ; then a third, and then a fourth. In the vision of Daniel there was the number four. The first was the kingdom of Babylon ; the second was the kingdom of Persia ; the third of Greece; the fourth of Rome; then was the division of Rome into a number of Princes. But the great horns are four. There appeared in this vision four carpenters to fray them. The horns had scattered Judah ; four great empires had scattered Judah, viz., Babylon, Persia, Grecia, Rome. This brings us down to the subdivision of the Roman empire —to the raising of another horn—to the springing op out of the ten horns a little horn. The carpenters followed the horns to fray the horns, and cast them out. Now, we was it, in point of fact, that frayed the Babylonish horn what was the instrument to cast out the Babylonish king dom, that they should no longer scatter Judah? It was the rising Persian kingdom., which it appears is the first carpen ter. Having frayed Babylon, she became a horn, and was herself frayed by Grecia, rising in the character of a car penter, and then it became itself - a horn, to scatter Judah. It stood till another carpenter arose ; and what was the divine instrument for fraying the Grecian kingdom? The rising Roman ; and so the Roman appears as the third carpenter, fraying the Grecian to scatter Judah ; and then the Roman became a horn. The scattering of the Roman horn has been long and diversified. It became broken into ten, and all have persecuted Judah. In the midst of them arose a little horn, different from the others, having eyes like a man ; and speaking blasphemous things against God. It appears among the tell horns, after the breaking up of the Roman empire, rising up, just at the place in the vision, where history repre sents to us the rising power of the Romish bishop, assum ing the aspect of temporal power—a horn different from the others, for his temporal authority was small, yet his real authori ty by his eyes, and speaking great things, became great. He usurped three of the ten horns, and spoke great things against the most high. Ile scattered the saints, he abrogated God's laws, and made his own laws. The coming kingdom of the Messiah is, I believe, the fourth carpenter. The rev. gentleman then proceeded at great length to show that this little horn represented the Church of !tome, and to express his conviction that that church had been the cause of the persecution of the Jews; but, at this late h our , we h ave not space to follow him in the argument. The t rophesy represented, he contended, the history f the nations until the kingdom of the Messiah should he established, to reign for ever. This would be the grand finale cf the world. Proceeding further, the rev. gentle man said he could not, because he had no evidence of the fact him self, assent with the resolution as it stood at present. that he had a full conviction that the charges brought against the Jews were altogether unfounded. They had recently been shown that what was perfectly true of a system might not be true of an individual ; in like manner, what was false of a system might be true of an ". , .1: and therefore he would suggest that the resolution be ...—" That this 'meeting has a full conviction sri religioq affords no ground for such charges, and altered to this e'er that t pledges themselves to use all the means in their power to zscertain the truth in the cases 01 the alleged accusation." The proposed alteration having hen acceded to, the reverend gentleman seconded . . _ . the resolution, and it was unanimously carried. The Rev. Mr. DRIFFIELv, vicar of Prescot, 'loved the next reso lution, thanking the officers of the society tot their past services, and re-appointing them for the ensuing year. The Rev. P. 13Axxxa. seconded the motion, and it was unani- The Doxology, " Praise God, from whom all blessings flow," was then sang, and at about a quarter to eleven the vast assembly dispersed, highly gratified with the proceedings. STEAM-SHIP ACADIA CORRESPONDENCE BETWEEN THE PASSENGERS OF THE ABOVE STEAM-STAY AND CAPT. EDWARD C. MILLEF The undersigned, being-a committee appointed by their fellow passengers on board the Acadia, British and North American Royal Mail Steam Packet, desire to express to Ctptain Miller their acknowledgements for the attention and urbanity they have received from him, and those under his command. And having been favoured by crossing the Atlantic, from England to America, in the shortest time ever recorded, they would express their gratification, and, in so doing, congratu late hint on the fact ; and in parting, at the termination of so pleasant and prosperous a trip, would express the interest they feel in his welfare, and that in his future voyages the same pleasure, accompanied by similar results, may attend him. As a further proof of attachment and regard, they so licit his acceptance of the small tribute of plate which accom- lnies this communication. JAMES C. FULLER, PETER RICHINGS, JOHN HENRY, GEO. DOUGLASS, Captain Committee 14th Regt., AUGUSTUS CLEVELAND, • To Captain Miller, Steam-packet Acadia. Boston, 17th August, 1840. Acadia, Boston, Aug. 17, 1840 Gentlemen,—lf, in acknowledging v,ith deep gratitude the handsome token of regard which my late esteemed messmates have been pleased to bestow on me, I may fail to use Inn- guage adequate to the occasion, I trust you will do me the justice to believe it proceeds, not from any want of feeling. but an excess of it, paralyzing my faculties at a moment I most want their aid. I commenced this voyage too diffident of success to permit me for a moment to arrogate to myself, on the score of merit, any claim to this liberal mark of your approbation. I accept it, therefore, as a proof of your gene rous inclination to encourage an anxious wish to do right, and rather to stimulate me to the future than reward me for the past. Permit me, then, gentlemen, to offer to my kind friends, through you, my poor but deep-felt thanks, and to assure them that I shall ever prize this gift as a proud me mento of the few happy days I have spent amongst them ; for although at all times fully confiding in the gentlemanly feeling of those around me, I confess I was not prepared for ement of so much social and considerate kindness. STEAM-SHIP PRESIDED (From the' New l'or,k iforaing Herald) This leviathan was thrown-open to the public last Monday, and has been thronged with ladies and gentlemen ever since. At noon on the first day she was visited: by several of the corps diplomatique, wh o were then in the city, and among the number M. de B arcourt, th e French minister. We have ascertained the number of persons who hays visited her during Monday, Tuesday, and Wednesday , of this week. Yesterd a y more than ever went on board, but we conld . not learn pre c i se l y h o w many. *V miters on Monday ... 3,976 " Tuesd a y .................. 3,320 " 'Wednesday. ................ 4,011 .Total in three days 11,307 The first party that visited her yesterday, numbered one hundred and thirty-two ladies and gentlemen. All marched aboard Indiana file and made a pretty long string. In round numbers, no leis than eighteen thousand persons have been on board this immense float►ng palace, and we do not believe a single one has left her decks without passing the highest encomiums on her cabins, machinery, splendid pronaonade deck, a Weer sweep of two hundred and fifty feet, and her noble commander, R. J. Fayrer, Esq. Among her visiters, in the early part of the week, was James Ben nett, Esq. of Long Island. He was highly pleased with her, and after he reached home he sat down, and in a few minutes produced the following : • THE STEAMER PRESIDENT. BY JAMES BENNETT, ESQ., OF ARLINGTON HOUSE, LONG ISLAND. A masterpiece of art was sought, That might in war command ; Achilles' shield was therefore wrought (With which the noble hero fought) By Vulcan's mighty hand. Then Thetis seized the curious dies, And with her wat'ry train, Departed through the azure sties, That none might ever get the prize, And lodged them in the main. But Neptune roused the mighty deep, And with a vig'rous hand, While all the Nereids were asleep, Seized on the tools--=to build a ship In Britain's fertile land. And now she floats upon the wave, By Vulcan's fire propelled • And with her Fayrer, nobly brave, • Give me too a wat'ry grave, If ever she's excelled. To speak of the President we must use the words grand, massive, splendid, immense—no other words will answer, and no one can conceive, in their own minds, her size, pro portions, and beauty. They must first see her. She has already been described, and is all that has been said of her. She has berths of the best and most comfortable .description, for one hundred and eighty-two passengers. We hope every one will be taken—a good many have been already, and we advise travellers to Europe to move quick. Her state rooms are constructed on a new plan, and have no connexion with the dining room, which has been heretofore the great deside ratum. Each room, too, is by itself, as it were. The occu pants go in, and are inclosed in a small room, precisely as if in the Astor House, with every convenience. In this respect she surpasses the " British Queen." ANOTHER HORRIBLE MURDER AT TARPOR LEY, NEAR KNUTSFORD. .•.: (From the Macclesfield Courier,l It. is with deep regret wp. 4ve to announce the perpetra tion of another foul murder in this county. The details, as far as they have yet transpired, will be found in the following communication : " KNUTSFORD, FRIDAY NlGHT.—lnformation has this moment reached Knutsford, stating the t act o f a d rea df u l murder having been committed near Tarporley last night. The communication received was from Major Tomkinson, county magistrate, addressed to Mr . Bu rgess, t h e governor of the House of Correction, requesting him to send as spee dily as possible the person who had been engaged in the investigation of the late murder at Peover ; but Mr. Harper, the chief constable, being on the eve of setting out again to Ireland, on business of importance connected with that murder, he was unable to proceed to Tarporley. Mr. Bur gess therefore undertook, in his absen ce , to i nst i tute a ll possible inquiries. The particulars of this dreadful affair were not stated, further than that of the murdered man had been employed many years in the service of George Wilbra ham, Esq., M. P.; that, last night he had been waiting at the Swan Inn, Tarporley, and on his way home was barba rously murdered. His wife, who was waiting his return, heard the report of a gun a short distance off. His not returning home caused her to proceed this morning in the direction where the gun appeared to have been fired, where, to her horror, she found the dead body of her husband. The unfortunate man has left a wife and six children." MR. HASSARD'S TAIILES. — We are sorry to find that Mr. Hassard, after having made every attempt to dispose of his splendid productions, is compelled to remove them to Lon don for the purpose of sale; but, prior to doing so, he intends to leave them on view for four days more, during which time we have no doubt many will avail themselves of this pnly opportunity of seeing them. LECTURES ON ASTRONOIIY.—We remind our readers that Mr. M. Holden will deliver his first of a course of three lectures on astronomy on Monday next, at the Liver Theatre, to be continued on the following Tuesday and Wednesday, and repeated on the three subsequent days ; the whole to be illustrated by a large and beautiful transparent orrery, toge ther with a quantity of, beautiful scenery, telescopic views of the sun,: moon, planets, &c. Those who have a desire to acquire a knowledge of the beautiful and sublime study to which Mr. H. hhs so long and successfully devoted himself, or who would revive their recollection of its delights, would do well to attend. The lecturer, who has, by his individual and unwearied exertions, attained an enviable fame in his native town, as well as elsewhere, conveys to his audience the science he has acquired in a pleasing and popular manner, and his scenic illustrations are exceedingly beautiful and in.- genious. He gratifies alike young and old, and we would particularly recommend the. heads of families to give their children a treat on this occasion. We are glad to state, that many individuals of high respectability have signifi e d t h e i r intention of patronizing Mr. Holdens attempts to please and to instruct. he develo May many more such days be in store for me, and I will ,e that my friends will condescend to bear me venture to bo We ar destined, I trust, to uiee ry blessing attend you and yours iod arrives, may . :onclude without offering my best thanks to those gentlemen who .conveyed to me the decision of their fellow passengers for the very delicate manner in which they exe cuted their commission ; and with every sentiment of esteem Gentlemen, Your obliged and faithful servant, EDWARD C. MILLER To Committee of Passengers on board Acadia. COPY : j Royal Mail Steatii-Packet Acadia, off Holyhead, 13th September, 1840. SlR,—The undersigned Passengers on board the steam ship Acadia, on this welfth day since t parture from Boston, and tenth from Hal ax, canno out acknowledging their obligation to you for your uniform attention to their comfort during the passage. They believe that the voyage they are now on the eve of completing has been performed in less time than on any for mer occasion; and they congratulate you upon being instru mental in affording this additional proof of the success of (hi important line of packets. The undersigned also bear willing testimony to the atten Lion and good conduct of all those whose duties brought then more immediately in contact with the passengers. To Lieut. Edward Charles Miller, R.N., Commanding the Royal Mail Stearn-Packet Acadia. Chr. A. Hagerman, Judge Queen's Bench, Upper Canada G. R. Robinson, Chairman of Lloyd's; John W --- Ordnance Store-keeper ; J.- H. Seymour, Capt. ; Whalley, Capt. 37th Regt. ; R. I. R. Lambert, U.S C. D. Archibald, F.R.S. London •, James Carson, Kingston ; J. Jasigi ; G. C. Perkins ; Jno. Sprague ; J. E. G. Tisdale, Saint John, N. 8.; Wm. W. Andrews, U. S. Consul, Malta; 13enj. H. Andrews ; Geo. Smith, M.L,C., Pictou, Nova Scotia; Hugh Mackay., of St. John's, N. 8.; Chas. H. Breay; L. M. Kennett; John Ferktnan ; William Coneable; Chas. Mister ' • Chas. W. Fairbanks •, Henry A. Tapp ; Horatio T. Tapp ; J. E. Tapp ; H. P. Saville, 1). Royal Act. ; James Gore ; F. H. Glint), Ordnance Dept.; ,Chas. Hill; Thomas Hutton; Edward Butler, Lieut.-Colonel; W. E. Codrington; William Dunn ; Robert Gore ; E. Wigram ; John Coffin, Capt. R.N. ; J. H. Tapp. Acadia, Liverpool Bay, 13th Sept. 1840 GENTLEMEN,—With mingled feelings of pride and grati tude, I acknowledge the receipt of your letter. of this day's date, conveying to me your approbation of my conduct dur ing the passage, as well as that of the officers and crew under my command. In the performance of a public duty it is ex ceedingly cheering to be supported by the unanimous and ap proving voice of my passengers ; and rest assured, Gentlemen, I shall ever retain a lively sense of your kindness, and trust never to forfeit your good opinion. Wishing you every happiness, I have the honour to be, Ladies and Gentlemen, Your obliged and devoted servant. (Signed) EDWARD C. MILLER. ABSTRACT OF THE STEAM-SHIP ACADIA'S LOG. September I.—Left Boston at noon, and performed the distance to Halifax (395 miles) in thirty hours. 4.—Wind, N.W. by N. ; course. N. 79 E. ; distance, 140 miles ; lat. 44 48 N. ; long. 60 37 W. Remarks—A.m., fresh breezes ; P.M., stron g breezes and cloudy, having left Hali fax at 11 p.m. of the 3d. s.—Wind, northerly ; course, N. 81 E. ; distance, 237 miles ; lat. - 45 24 N. ; long. 55 12 W. Remarks—A.M., fresh breezes ; NOON, more moderate, ascertained by observation that's westerly current was running 40 miles in 24 hours. S.S.W. and S.W. • course, N. 761 E. ; dis tance, 230 miles; lat. 46 14 N. ; long. 49 46 W. Remarks— A.M., fine throughout; current setsing westerly 20 miles in 24 hours. 7.—Wind, W.S.W. ; course, N. 761. E. ; distance, 264 miles ; lat. 47 16 N. ;43 38 W. Remarks—Fine breezes and clear weather, current not perceptible. B.—Wind, W.S.W. ; course, N. 781 E.; distance, 270 miles ; hit. 48 9N. ; long 37 15 W. Remarks—A.Nf., strong breezes and clear; squally in the after part. 9.—Wind, W.S.W., N.W., and N.E. ; course, N. 78 E. distance, 252 miles ; Ist, 491 N. ; long. 314 W. Remarks— A.M., stormy breezes ; NOON, fresh breezes, with northerl swell; wind shifted, after heavy rain, to N.W. and N.l 10.—Wind, easterly and N.E. ; course, N. 821 242 miles ; lat distance rate winds, with a heal 11.—Wind, E.N.E. lat. 50 4 N. ; long. 18 37 swell as yesterday. iortherly swell course, N. 83 distance, 247 in. Remarks—moderate, witl 12.—Wind, easterly. variable ; course, N. 85 E. ; distance, 264 miles : lat. 50 26 N. ; long. 11 50 W. Remarks—light and variable winds, with northerly swell; 6, Kerry Mountains N.E. ; 8, Cape Clear Light N.E. 5 or 6 leagues. 13.—Wind, N.E. and northerly ; NOON, Tnskar, W. S. 22 miles ; distance run, 270 miles ; moderate and tine, run ning up channel ; 8 30, received pilot off Point Lynas ; mid night, passed Rock Lighthouse. QUICK TRAVELLING.—The following is an account of the time occupied by Mr. Clarke, a passenger in the Royal Mail Steam-ship Acadia, Capt. Miller, in the journey from Paris to New York. He left Paris the 31st July, at 5 p.m., reached Havre the Ist of August, at 10 a.m., left Havre at 10 p.m.-12 hours at Havre reached Southampton the 2d August, at 9 a.m., left at 1 a.m.-4 hours at Southampton : reached London at 5 p.m., left at 8 p.m.-3 hours at Lon don : reached Liverpool the 3d of August, at 7 a.m., left on the 4th, at 5 p.m.-34 hours at Liverpool : reached Halifax on the 15th of August, at 7 p.m., 10 hours off Halifax, left at 11 p.m.-4 hours at Halifax : reached Boston on the 17th of August, at 8 a.m., left on the 17th, at 5 p.m.-9 hours at Boston : reached New York on the 18th of August, at 7 a.m., making 398 hours from Paris to New York. the distance exceeding 3,900 miles, which gives a rate of ten miles an hour including stoppages, and over 12 miles an hour, deducting 76 hours stoppages. FROM OUR PARIS CORRL- SPONDENT TO THE. EDITOR OF THE LIVERPOOL STANDARD. DEAR STANDAnn,—YouIRV easily judge of the result o the late disturbances in our metropolis. Hundreds of these foolish fellows have been condemned to three years' and one year's imprisonment. What did they want to be reformed? They thought proper todictate to their employers, and insisted upon working only ten hours instead of twelve per day, for the same wages. To carry their object into execution, they called upon all workmen in the various ateliers to join them in their unreasonable demands. Those journeymen who work by the piece refused to comply with their request : this the' brought on these disgraceful ententes, which must evident': shake the foundation of social order. - The Moniteur Parisien has a most ridiculous account 0 fifty men, who rushed upon a sergeant called M. Aree: whose factionnaire has been carried off by them, and he for tunately rescued his gun ; and his corporal &fended the en ..nnpe of the .lard-house with his bayonet against fifty ammo Inen. This pretended Petit Carreau. The s story has taken place in the street of vane journal asserts that the sergeant has been named a member of the Legion of Honour, in con. sequence of his bravery displayed on the occasion. In the evening a man on horseback presented himself in the streets encouraging the people to take up arms against M. Thiers' administration, but he was pursued by four horsemen all day. fellow' had a steeple Chace through the various streets, en cumbered with soldiers, and happily escaped in the evening. Such absurdities must evidently throw silent contempt on the French government. A propos, the Eastern question is assuming a most awful aspect in the circles of the hart ton. Every one condemns the proceedings of Commodore Napier towards Mehemet Ali Pasha. His line of conduct has been a direct violation of the laws of nations. Seizing eleven Egyptian vessels and a corvette before the ratification of the treaty of July, anticipating it by two days, is certainly a stigma on Lord Palmerstoti's blundering administration. Certainly proceedings as such are not consonant with the precepts of civilization : they are more barbarous than the pretended barbarian whom they think to intimidate into sub mission. He is resolved to tight to the last drop of bis blood. His motto is no surrender. What he has conquered by the force of his arms he will defend to the last. The King of Greece has sent M. Christicns to Constanti nople, for the purpose of insisting upon the old Turk. treating his Majesty's Grecian subjects with less severity, and allowed him but forty-eight hours to give M. Christi&s' an answer. This summary demand is another thundering blow against the Turkish government. Lord Ponsonby has ordered from Malta 50,000 stands of arms, to be given to the Egyptians to rise against their legi timate sovereign Mehemet Ali Pacha. I am apprehensive that Commodore Napier and Lord Ponsonby, the one with his inflammatory proclamation, and the other with his arms, will find it a very difficult task to persuade the Egyptians to evacuate Syria. They all declare for Mehemet, for no other reason than because he defends the coran. Spain has declared in favour of England. Madrid and almost all the northern provinces are in open rebellion. Por tugal is following its revolutionary example; so the prophesy of a French writer is about being realised, that the year 1840 would be a reign of queens and a year of war. If we direct our attention to any part of the habitable globe, we shall find the people at war. I regret to say that the funds are again on the decline, as well as the shares of the railway from Paris to Rouen. U. P.S.—lt is rumoured in the best-informed political circles that Commodore Napier has seized a French trading vessel, and that he was obliged to give to the captain a written apo logy for his hasty conduct. It is impossible to describe the excitements that prevail through the metropolis in conse quence of Commodore Napier's proceedings. It is also hinted that Louis Philippe had prevailed on the Queei, of Spain to return to her dominions. She intended to take refuge in France. Poor queen ! The French army is to be placed on a war footing, and Paris is to be fortified without delay. Paris, 12th Sept. 1840. H. Rue de Bone. Nsw MAGISTRATE. — On Saturday last, at the Salford Sessions, John Grimshaw , of Audenshaw Lodge, E sq ., qua lified as a magistrate for this county. JOURNAL OF THE MONEY MARKET THURSDAY EVENING. — The excitement in the Stock Market has rather abated but prices may bp noted a shade lower. Consols left off at 87i buyers for money and 87i to 8 for account. Bank Stock wasl6B to 70. Exchequer Bills 10s. to 12s. premium. In the Foreign House the closing quotations for Spanish Active with the overdue Coupons were 21i to -5; Portuguese Five per Cents 31 to 4-, the Three per Cents 21 to t. Bra zilian 79 to 80. Mexican Old Bonds 25 to 6, the New 26 tt 7 Colombian 211 to 24-. Dutch 21 per Cents 491 to 50, tin Five per Cents 9g-A to London and Bii - rningham Railway Shares were E,G to ti Great Western 13 to 14 . premium. South Western 511 to 2- per share. North Midhind Old Shares 19 to 17 discount, t New 1 discount to 1 premium. Brighton 12 to 11, Slay. wall 2 to 1- discount. DAY I The funds continue on e decl 3d'consols off to 8 a 12s. premium. The depression was in vered oul !ling out certain bull ac ,s were tak of the secret which do not honourable dealing, Ind stock eamblir s usual in such cases, advanta e possess , 'cable wit far as the stock exchange code of morality takes, they may be considered as all DAY EVENING far from Navin: —Although the gitation in .ariees were not incon pretty nearl :o for accou: Exchequer bills lOs. to PRESTON AND LANCASTER RAILWAY.—The shareholder in this company have resolved, by an overwhelming majo rity, to establish an additional train on Sundays. COUNTY ASYM The improvements in this noble building are fast progressing. The roof of one of the two additional wings is on, and the whole w ill soon b e conMlete. !ratio❑ wil be a source of great comfort, as at p is much pressed for want of room sent the establishment Lancaster Gazette. Lord Morpeth arrived on Friday at the Adelphi Hotel uid left the'same evening by the Post-office packet for Dub, .iverpool bas been re-named the Great o distin . . the Peninsular and Oriental Company, The. Great Liverpool will sail from t the Livery ort on the instant, to take her place in the 1 We oteittedon lonmouthshire, was RAILWAY INTELLIGENCE, SHEFFIELD, ASHTON-UNDER-LYNE, AND MANCHESTER RAILWAY. It is always painful to us, as supporters of the railway s tem, to observe the directors of any undertaking compel to resort to legal proceedings to procure the payment of cal and it must he equally painful to those gentlemen theinsel to have to adopt that course. There are few companies wlu share list at the outset does not contain some portion of Svc proprietors; and, in dealing with such we mu c h p re f er , general principle, the pl an o forfeiting all shares in erre as promptly as the act of p ar li ament a ll ows. Cases. howev will aril where such a course canuc _ roprietors, be submitted to, and where its would be almost equivalent to a surrender of the undertakin and the case of the Sheffield and Manchester Railway, as d closed during the late trials at our assizes, appears to us be one of this peculiar class. tween the contending parties, whieh a pp ears to b t puted proprietorship on the part of those shatehol yhoni actions have been nroug )uhl . c journalists, to defend the interests of t rich ma}' perhaps be damage some parties by the proceedings in question. denied that a necessity for compulsory resourc ant which ought to be spontaneous on the part of the sha holders ofany railway in course of formation payment of calls—tends to create an unfavourable irnt .s evidenc I proprietary ; and our prese words of advice to the bail MR. WINTERBOTTOM, OP . STOCKPORT Wednesday to state, that the:suspicion e inqividuarresfding at Newmark As may be readily conjectured, the party in question felt by no means flattered, on discovering that he had been taken for a man who had absconded on a charge of forgery.—Man chester Guardian. LYTHAM AGRICULTURAL SOCIETY.—The annual meeting of this important agricultural society was held at Lytham on Wednesday last, and we are most happy in saying that the exhibition of stock, farm implements, and green crop speci- ►pens were in the highest degree satisfactory to its numerous friends Ind supporter A dinner .ds toot the Conivaereitti Inn which the following others, were present wood, Es —Lord Stanley, M.I? It. Earle, Esi R. G. Hop-- q., Capt. Jones ion. R. B. Wit. J. Paley, Esq., T. 8 . .. Cro a se, Esq., th braham, M.P., E. G. Hornby, Esq., J. statue, Esq., Ellison, Esq., J. 13enn, BY THE BRITISH QUEEN British Queen steam-ship, at Portsmouth, has infori :nt in 1 London morn ;outhampton, and went on board the Bri- along with tt tish Qu rse of the day afterwards, to go by _ ierefore, be fully concluded, that all the Li verpool letters which were posted for the British Queen, up to post time on Monday evening, 31st ult., went by that at Son her. nton in the c It may THE LIVERPOOL FEMALE ORPIIAN ASYLUM with great satisfaction that the ►iberal support r.—We hear given to the Liverpool Female Orphan Asylum, lately; projected, has en abled the committee to take a spacious and cnivenient house in Upper Stanhope-street, and to commence receiving children into the institution. The children are required to be between the ages of eight and eleven years, to be de prived of both parents, to be destitute of means of support, and born in Liverpool or within seven miles. The prayers as well as the bounty of the public are due for the success of the benevolent and holy purpose, and we trust to see it as extensively useful as its active promoters can desire. POPULATION or LIVERPOOL.—The annual report of the Registrar-General of births, marriages, and deaths i❑ Eng land, has been published. It appearS from the return, that the total number of births in the year ending the 30th of :Tune, 1839. in the district of which Liverpool is the centre, and which, in 1831, contained a population of 218,233 souls, was 9683, the total number of marriages 3452, and the total number of deaths 8467. Of the persons who died 2045 were infants under 12 months, and 4259 of the whole number were under five years. Of those who died at the greatest age 20 2 reached the age of from 70 to 75 ; 151 that of from 75 to 80 ; 83 that of from 80 to 83; 49 that of from 85 to 90; 12 that of from 90 to 95 ; 2 that of from 95 to 100 ; and 1 that of 100. The district from which this return is made includes several parishes and townships adjoining Liverpool, so that it is im possitle to tell from it whether the mortality within Liver pool proper bears so high a proportion to that of other towns, as in the previous return ; but taking the whole district, and comparing it with a similar district in the neighbourhood of Manchester, the rate of mo;-tAity appears to he pretty much the same. in the Liverpool district, the deaths were 8467 in a population of 218,233 ; whilst in the Manchester district the deaths were 9276 in a population of 236,94 The Li verpool district_ includes an area of 38,060 acres, and com- )erby, the toy ;nacre, Chi!dwell, Paza ice Blundell, Kirkdale, Litherland, Little Crosby, Lunt, Netherton, nrrell and Ford, Sefton, Thornton, and Wulton-on-the - Jill!, the chapelries of Everton, Garston, Great Crosby, Kirkby, end Warcrtree, and the extra-paro chial places of Croxteth and Toxteth-park. Of the families resident in this district, 1446 are employed chiefly in agri- Culture, 20,456 chiefly in trade, manufactures, and handi craft, and 21,124 in other pursuits, making a total of 43,026. Fuld Wrt kintree. Alerta lips of THE REV. HUGH M`NEILE AT BELFAST.—The Rev. Hugh 111'Nei1e preached a very interesting sermon in St. Ann's Church, Belfast, on Sunday last, to a crowded con- gregation.. It was a fine specimen of biblical exposition and chaste pulpit eloquence, which riveted the attention, during tale uenvery, of an, even me most tuougnuess person pre sent. The sermon was not in aid of any of our public cha rities, but a kindness conferred on the vicar and congrega tion. His text was taken from the Epistle to the Hebrews, 2d chapter, and part of the Bth and 9th verses—" But now we see not vet all things put under him; but we see Jesus, who was made a little lower than the angels, for the suffering of death, crowned with glory and honour.'! The rev, preacher commenced his discourse by reading from the sth verse. . , which is a quotation from the Bth Psalm, thus giving St. Paul's interpretation of it, as referring to Christ. lie then read the tith Psalm, showing the prophecy concerning him, and went on to' demonstrate, by a chain of reasoning peculi arly his own—namely, the fulfilment of the first two portions of it, that Jesus was the man who was made for a little while lower than the angels, and that it was he who had suffered death and had been crowned with glory and honour. The third part of the prophecy yet remained to be fulfilled, the putting of all things under him, which St. Paul declares we have not yet seen. This the preacher contended had refer ence to the second advent, the coming of the Lord Jesus Christ, as predicted by the angels at the time of his ascen sion—" Ye men of Galilee, why stand ye gazing up into heaven? This same Jesus which is taken up from you into heaven, shall so come in like manner as ye have seen him go into heaven ;" thus introducing the millenium, or that pe riod, by whatever other name it might be called, illustrative of Christ's personal reign upon earth.—Dublin Evening Packet. THE CALEDONIA, STEAM-SHlP.—This fine vessel, the third of the line of royal mail steamers to run between this port and Boston and Halifax, arrived on Sunday morning, in IQ hours from Greenock. She was built by Mr. Charles Wood, at Dumbarton, and appears to be in every point equal to her predecessors of the same line, the Britannia and Aca dia, which have already proved themselves adisqrable sea boats, and have accomplished voyages across the Atlantic hitherto unequalled in speed. As these vessels, though turned out by different builders, are of equal length and breadth, and consequently, of the same tonnage ' • and as they have engines precisely alike, the latter built by the celebrated Napier, of Glasgow, the description we some time ago gave of the Britannia, supersedes all necessity for a notice of this new specimen of the naval architecture of our northern neigh bours.. They are in reality sister ships in all their hulls and equipments, the only difference being merely in the carving and aecoratiot. 'The Caledonia has figure-head, and the carving both on her bow .hibits good taste and execution. As the Caledo• a, which w and Boston bustle anior ppearance in Formby Channel .eluding the news- for the Acadia the latter ves, veral boats put off to meet her. Two harp fellows in them did not disco s conspicuous. ver their mistake, Ca;edon .t the main, until they ere asked from the had been telegraphed ! The Acadia, ..cc! the period of her anticipated ar )r (as it will be found) :he reached the river on the not far ex tioart4and will sail hence on Saturday next fo - r Halifax and Boston. The fourth and last of the four ships which will complete the line—the Columbia, was launched on Saturday last, about an hour before the starting of the Caledonia from Greenock. The banks in this town hare unanimously resolved upon closing their establi s h men t s every F r id ay a f tern oon at one o'clock, to cQmmence on Friday next, the 18th instant. We understand the practice of closing the banks earlier on blank post day has been pursued in Manchester and other large towns for some time, without inconvenience to the public.— Areiveastle Journal. MR. GEACII.—This infatuated man, who was lately con victed of forgery, and sentenced to twenty years' transporta tion, passed through Bristol last week, on his way to Devon port. Having been subjected to the usual discipline of our gaol, he said, on leaving it, that he would rather endure 40 years' transpostation than six months' imprisonment therein. On arriving at Devonport he was put on board the Lord Lyndock, convict -ship, lying in the sound. Thi s vesse l will convey him to Van Dieman's Land. The miserable hacks of the expiring whig-radical govern ment have put forth a statement that the Duke of Beaufort the Earls of Liverpool and Sandwich, and other members of the upper house, are about to desert their colours, and join the service of Mr. Daniel O'Connell's masters. The whole statement is without the shadow of foundation. The wretched whig faction, instead of gaining political strength, is every where losing its supporters, as Lord Howick knows, and has had the manliness to declare. ILFRACOMBE.—A very sh oc ki ng accident happened here on Thursday se'nnight. A young gentleman about sixteen years of age, of the name of Cayley, was climbing one of the highest cliffs under the Toy, when lie lost his footing and fell down a height of at least 100 feet . ; he was piCked up by a man who was fishing near the spot, perfectly insensible ; his head was much bruised ; one of his legs and arms broken , and his ancle dislocated; his friends have little hones of hi s recovery. It is quite a miracle that he was not dashed to pieces by the fall.—Bristol Journal. DANTE.—A portrait of Dante, by Giotto, has been recently discovered i n th e pantry f the -t Florence, which was recently a chapel attached to p rison the residence of the po desta. It had been completely covered with plaster. The poet is painted in the flower of his age, with a calm majestic countenance. ACCIDENT ON THE BIRMINGHAM AND GLOUCESTER RAILWAY.'--AS the nine o'clock train was coming-up from Birmingham on Tuesday morning near to Defford; and about 14 miles from Cheltenham, the engine and two carriages were thrown.off the line, in consequence of the rails which had been turned for another engine to go upon the line having been left in that position. Fortunately, before any material njury was done, the engine was stopped. None of the pas eners were injured. tecount Starkey, Es although ie to shew thit such disorganization does not exist t extent which is alleged by the opponents of the undertal and that by a cordial and united effort on the part of th rectors, and the bond fide sharehold .s it may, and we do not will, in a very short period as position in public estimation From the information conveyed by our report of the la trials it i< evident that the Sheffield and Manchester Railwa has from its commencement had a " drag" upon its progress In the outset it had a number of proprietors who were, froi the circumstances of the times, unwilling to proceed with execution ; and since these were got rid of their place never been filled up with bona-fide and cheerful he Hence, during the progress of the wort have accumulated, and the undertaki ante of financial weakness reality afflicted with. The object of the directors in lust greater than we think it of last Tuesda' ) have 1 their true positic !spect to a chased under peen). netted with the undertaking, and which, we are inform comprise about, a seventh part of the entire capital of the company. Upon these shares considerable arrears are dice. teding circumstances b hareholders as a reason f Were this question stion a -once settled, as it doubtless will . be, one way or other, by the result of the proceedings now pending, a great portion of the difficulties under which the directors have hitherto laboured would terminate ; and they have ar cordingly been compelled, in the best exercise of their jr ment, to appeal to a legal tribunal to effect such a settle With the particular merits of the go ,olders of these shares and the direction, we repeat that w, imperative upon the company to s placed in their power by she - disputed share Ldeavour stion, as between the the undertaking iuto operation to do. It i of parliament, to en proprietary, able and they cannot do this without aho _ ready to contribute from time to time the necessary fun We should, however, greatly rejoice if this object could effected by a friendly nig on between the parties; anc should the company even ha take bac pcirtioa of their cla noted sha 'e are fir these disaffected such a spirit of unanimity and en portion, that the direct() Being got rid of, woul. would soon experience little ciitf culty in re-appropriating the whole on favourable terms. The great bulk of the shares, we arc confidently assured, are now vested in the hands of strong and bona fide holders, whose confidence in the merits of the undertaking experi ence and examination are daily increasing. A considerable amount of the calls in arrear at. the date of the late half yearly statement has been since paid up ; and we have no doubt that the present satisfactory progress of the works, even under existing difficulties, will, before long, enable those proprietors who have adhered to their shares, under circum stances of great discouragement, to congratulate themselves upon the result of their constancy and judgment. This im provement, we are assured, is even now taking place in the position of the company, notwithstanding any unfavourable impression which their being in a state of litigation is calcu lated to produce ; and we are confident that a prompt arrange raent of difficulties would not only ensure at once the pros perity of the shareholders at large, but might even be the means of materially advancing the interests of those who are now in hostile collision with the undertaking in which they are themselves embarked. Whilst throwi►ig out this suggestion to the dissatisfied por tion of the proprietary, we must urge at the same time upon those parties M arrear, who have no legal, or i►aagined legal, objection to pay up, thus and glaring impolicy of their conduct in delaying to do so. The Sheffield and Manchester railway is not, we are aware, regarded as a popular line. And why ? Passing by the fancied difficulties of its construc tion, the main reason of its not being in favour with the pub lic. is its apparent disfavour in the estimation of its own pro to pay up their prietors, as manifested in their retina.— _ calls with promptitude. Let the shareholders, as a body make a move. Let the present arrears be wiped off, and tht directors enabled to push forward the works already commen ced with the requisite vigour, and then it will probably be found that popular opinion will show itself a little change Let this be done, and then we venture to say that the sb• of the Sheffield and Manchester railway will assn .:7 thing like their real value in the market, and the quest which ha• recently been so hotly litigated, and which .pt mises to furnish further pickings for the gentlemen of th long robe, will, in all likelihood, settle itself without their costly P.- Nu - other and, an important advantage would result from such an effort on the liar of the well-affected shareholders, which would not b, Ithout its effect upon the prospects of the undertaking. A considerable portion of the works being now let, the directors, it umst be evident, have a certain ascertained sum to provide for the carrying on of those works, and must regulate the amount of proprietors upon whom they can depend for prompt payment. It will, therefore, materially lessen the pressure for money to individual share holders, if the present arrears are satisfied and the entire proprietary come forward to support the directors with funds to enable them to progress in their Arduous duties. The nature of the line is such as to enable the directors to extend the payment of calls equally, or to the whole period Allowed for completing the works ; and even should the question between the litigant proprietors and the directors remain for a short period unsettled, an energetic and united effort on the part of the remainder would enable them to complete and bring into working—and, we believe, profitable working—a considerable portion of the line out of Manchester without any inconvenient pressure for money We are'quite aware, and we shall shortly endeavour to prove the face, that in sterling mei . it, as an investment, this line is interior to very few of its rivals, and that its shares ought to rank as high as those of any undertaking, which has not had the guaranteed test of experience in working, We say that we shall endeavour shortly to prove this fact i - but in the meantime the shareholders should assist our efforts with the public by paying up their calls at once, and thus proving . . . . . „ . that they too have confidence. Let them do this, and the we venture to predict that not only the danger which eve attends "a house divided against itself" will pass ow that they will find themselves in possession of a so 1 Inar- ketable property, instead of v.-hat is now little better than a mere liability. We propose, in an early publication, bringing more fully before our townsmen the claims of the Sheffield and Man chester Railway to a portion of their support. Independent of its merits as an investment, the opening of this line, us a communication with a large and important district hitherto almost shut out from the port of. Liverpool, will confer great benefits upon the commerce of our town ; and we shall en deavour to dissipate, by a fair and candid statement, those prejudices which we cannot but perceive exist against this useful and important nndertaking in our own market. NORTH MIDLAND RAILWAY.—Mr. Jackson of, Pimlico, who had the Belper contract, and who has been very exten sively employed at the Derby station, is engaged to erect a warehouse for the company in Chesterfield, by the side of the station. It will be forty-two feet square, and constructed of stone. Mr. Jackson has also engaged to erect.warehouses upon a similar plan at the respective stations of Masbro', Barnsley, and Wakefield. --Leeds Intelligencer. NORTH MIDLAND RAlLWAY. — Tratfic returns for the week ending sth September : Passengers, parcels, carriages, horses, and mails. - E.3010 17 3 Merchandise 4lO 1 7 Minerals Cattle.... HULL AND SELBY RAILWAY August 3 , eptember 6, inclusive Passengers, (42860 parcels, &c Goods, sheep, &c., about —Traffic returns £553 6 70 12 f RAILWAT TO MACCLESFIELD.—xu. Manchester CoMpany have determined to confplet branch without loss of time, and there is reason tr that it will be open simultaneously v. Crewe. When the Bramhall contrac, Mac, lesfield contract (31 miles) are taken, the whole of the company's contracts will be completed. The distance fror Macclesfield to Manchester by the railway will be reduced about 164 miles.—Stockport Advertiser. NEW BRANCH RAILWAV.S.--Tile fast increasing to Heywood, near Bury, is about to derive considerable tt - ps in the way of traffic with the neighbouring constructing a branch railway from the blanches Leeds railway, at Blue. Pits to Harland-road, Hey distance of about two miles, the cutting has already and in a few months the population of Heywood, ar to upwards of fifteen thousand, will be fully posses advantages of locomotive transit. The branch Oldham, which the Manchester and Leeds railwe are empowered to form by - an act of parliament Ist, 1839, will shortly be in course of execution junction with the main railway at Hillock, Chadderton, to i present intended termination near Lower Manchester-street Oldham, a distance of a mile and a half, the estates are no , undergoing a valuation preparatory to being purchased ' the directors. From the last half-yearly report of the directors of Glasgow and Ayrshire Railway, it seems evident that have it in contemplation to execute forthwith the , railway between Kilmarnock and the main line. general opinion prevails that the engineers, if their its As were once free of the its theGelaxstge o n v4 sio a n as ndAsfarts-hlarse line, e ; m - a" 1.1 ; their Advertises.. OPENING OF THE COVE-HILL RAILWAY- CH OLY ACCIDENT.—A considerable number of persons aa. bled on Tuesday to witness the opening of this railway, when, we regret to say, an accident occurred, in consequence of the end of one of the waggons having given way, and consequently they, with eight men upon them, set off at a fearful rate down the inclined plane and along the line for a considerable distance, when they ran off the rails, and precipitated the men with fearful force od the road. Ott inquiry at the In firmary, it appears that one man received a concussion of the brain, and another has had his leg broken: at;" eve r, under the circutnstances. it ;- ' ith the main towns by from t Mild] W, er amount of injury w ulous : -Belfni, of sustained RAILWAYS INTO S rick Sinit chief comm ov gevernment to rept... the projected lines of ►ailway into Scotland, arrived in this town on Saturday, and on Monday proceeded along the Newcastle and Carlisle Railway to Hexham, and thence along the projected Midland Line by Hawick and Galashiuls to Edinburgh, which city he reached on Wednesday. It is understood that the commissioners would return by the East Coast Lin; and are expected in Newcastle on Wednesday in next week. They have received the evidence of the various parties in support of the projected lines, and by a personal survey made themselves perfectly acquainted with the dis trict; but, of course, no opinion can have yet been given. The town councils of Perth, Dundee, and Aberdeen have memorialised the treasury, praying that the commissioners may be autho►ised to survey the country on the north side of the Forth, and to report on the best line for connecting the principal and commercial and manufacturing towns in the north of Scotland with Edinburgh and Glass( stilt of this application has not ►ranepirvd Tl►s re did the d,— dd bi ene )wer it the its of they •ed in views Ltian• per tppli- iglisli alarta grey`• high !rpre- DUfine .ht be o the right ; prie- been ►ken that the