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[ADVERTTSEMENTI MSCAR D POWDER. MAGAZINES. 7D THE EDITOR OF TEE LIVERPOOL ,ST.IND.IRD. Stx,—For want of arguments against e removal of this dangerous depOt, a writer in your .pap of to-day, under the signature of Conservator, (whose an. y for complete indemnifi cation, and whose detailed knowl ge of all circumstances respecting it proves his interest in its continuance,) niistates facts, calls those persons seeking the removal hard names, is surprised at any honourable mind entertaining the proposal of indictment, and sneers at a must respectable class of individuals. I will not imitate. him its these particulars; for abuse is nut ar gument, and a kood'eause needs it not. Yo great is the zeal of Conservator for the continuance, and so great his auger at the probability of the removal of the depot, that he actually cannot accurately read the paragraph as to quantity in your paper of the 29th ult. By referring to it he will find the quantity stated as varying from 20,00) to 11,000 Cods, not Barrels; and from his own showing, that statement is n it vary incorrect, for ho says the building will hold 4000 bar els, which, from his great intimacy with the subject, I sup po,e ha knows is equal to upwards of 20,000 casks—a matter, however, not very material to the general question, for a far less quantity is in all conscience sufficiently' dangerous. . The contradiction of Conseriator to the first resolution adopted at the meeting is certainly . curious. Because land is very ra pidly rising. in value in Liseard front spitited exertions, he ar gues that the depot is no injury, and that improvements are not checked. Why, with the acquaintance Conservator has with that locality, he must, know that property is injured, that it does not set so well, that there are not so many residents, nor are near so many buildings erected as would be were the Maga vues removed. Is this no check I Suppose any landowner were to build on. the neighbouring soil still nearer than at pre sent, may not an accidental fire take place, and are not the lives and property of persons miles distant, particularly at Liverpool and Evertim, endangered ? It Neil, require something more than the assurance of Conservator and the instance he has ad duced to prove the contrary. And is not this sufficient cause for removal ? Does not Conservator recollect the fire of the Liscard .Hotel and the dancer there was then; and let him ob serve that the renewed building has nut set. Regarding the irnpossihiEty of succeeding by indictment on account of .coming to the nuisan ce . Th at quest i on requ i res consideratiOn than Conservator appears to have given it. This is not an ordinary nuisance; but one, in its present situa tion, affecting the public weal, one ae,aiust public policy, and one which no length of time can justify. Coaserrater may de 'pew( the question will he fairly submitted to the very eminent counsel named at the. meeting. 'As Conservator knows all the facts,, will he be kind enough to assist in settling th e e a se ? If the Magazines were erected in their present situation 150 :Yerirs' since, though 'I believe not when Liverpool was in its infancy and Wallasey was a mere hamlet, are they not to be yemoved, altliorigh the. former has ',becente . the greatest seaport in the kingiletif and Wallasey miry contains seVoral thousand itibabitariti . ?.'2:The'prepositiou doesnot seem tin very'.'frandu lent anillunitist,'".zo very• " barefaced'' us to prevent its being entertainetThi persons *hose property has originally been in ' ttcticn... Neither is it so . urilikely, should e n A c t 'of PerliattihtitTi iteeitssary, that Liverpool will be required to 'coittriblite its'patiOir to any rate deenied necessary fur the pur pose of procuring their reino , ,al. C'onseroatar, whose residence I judge is nearer the Magazines than Liverpool., notwithstand ing his "we, the Inhabitants of Liverpool,'' and his seeming anxiety to protect Liverpool (rola a rite, over estimates rely naturally the compensation to be given. It will not be so very serious an affair, and probably on a calculation it might be fcund that his estate would, by the removal, be benefitted to that de gree as amply to remunerate him for any other loss he might sustain, although he may think it good policy to raise the cry. add thus endeavour to obtain ample compensation and have his estate benefitted also. Respecting the difference of conduct between the present and the new " liberal" Corporation,. as Consereator calls it, he may find himself in error: both, are likely to forward the object ; in fact it is pretty well known that the present Corporation, of which Conservator is so enainoured, (surely he is not one of the body,) are friendly to removal; how indeed can they, as guar dians of the public welfare, be otherwise. The importance of the Gunpowder trade, on which Conserva tor in-his kindness thinks it necessary so learnedly to instruct us, is not questioned ; but the propriety as a place for so exten sive a depot, of the present situation, around which buildings are rapidly rising, is disputed. Removal of a depot, not extinguishment of the trade, is what is sought. Conservator, to prevent alarm in the minds of the inhabitants of , Liverpool, enumerates where stores are kept ; but does he really inearttn-say that they are equally large, and in similar buildings with the store in question ? Are they not protected in a very different manner ? It may suit his object to ridicule the idea of Liverpool being injured ; but the effect of an explosion is more than he can calculate—many persons believe that there are few public buildings in Liverpool, but what would be de stroyed ; and if Conservator will peruse the Liverpool Mercury, of 27th February last, he will find that in several instances of explosions of very . insignificant quantities, compared with those kept in the s t ore in ques ti on, h ouses have been destroyed, whole towns - and cities shaken as with an earthquake, woods destroyed, large trees being torn up by the roots, and consternation being spread for miles round: Is the possibility, not to say probability, of this happening, a pleasant contemplation for the inhabitants of Liverpool ? Cannot a remedy by removal .to more distant places be found, and that without such serious injury to the persons interested in the trade, as it suits Conservator to represent ? What is there to be said against Ililbre and a floating depot, or the Sandhills by Hoylake and Leasowe ? Let me assure Conservator that he is mistaken if he think by railing or otherwise to deter or prevent persons from seeking fur the removal of this depOt ; nothing _unfair or unjust to him or any other individual interested is con templated, but the attainment of a great public object is sought for, and that it will shot tly be successful Ido not doubt. He is not serving his cause or promoting his interest by discussion : a more friendly feeling would be better. He cannot retard the removal, but may accelerate it by sneering at individuals. They are men who have imprnved their property, who are quite as capable of judging, equally "disinterested' in seeking the re moval, as he the continuance, of this depOt, and as " honourable" as himself. In conclusion, sir, allow me to thank you for your very pro per feeling and judicious observations on the note of your original correspondent,- and their to observe that, whatever I may think of the use of the word Conservatism . generally, I think your correspondent is not, in the pres e nt instance, pecu liarly felicitous in his choice of name. Destructive would be much more appropriate, or, ii he like not that, as I guess he will not, why not come manfully forward and avow himself as did the requisitionists; he does not escape under his disguise, fur the whole letter proclaims its writer not to be one of " We, the Inhabitants of Liverpool," but a Cheshireman like myself. I remain, Sir, _ Yours respectfully, A REQUISITIONIST. Liscard, GM October, 1835. 'ADVERTISEMENT. " TO THE EDITOR OF THE LIVERPOO STANDARD. SIR,—I shall feel obliged if you will al w me, through the medium of ''your paper, to call the attonti n of the pubiic to a very erroneous statement made in .verpoo 1 Advertiser of Gore's last week, relative to Mr. Bennison's m p of Liverpool and its environs. • In the editor's commendatory notic f the map, he has stated, that " every description ofproperty is ectly delineated therein;" whereas, with respect to a delineotio of the distinct houses in Liverpool, the very reverse is the fact. The statement referred to, therefore, having a direct tendency to mislead the public, and having been copied, verbatim into several other papers, I have considered it a duty which I owe to myself, as well as the public, to take this slight notice of the matter. I am, sir, Yours very respectfully, MICHAEL ALtX.ANDIift GAGE. 17, Slater-street, October 8, 1835. LIBERAL LIBERALS! TO 711 E EDITOR OF THE MY ERPOOL Sza,—An instance of the liberality of these " equal justice', men appeared at the revising barrister? court this day, when the Rev. J. H. Stewart appeared to defend his claim to stand on the register; his name having been struck out some days ago, owing to his not attending the court at the time it was called over, The reverend gentleman gave satisfactory rea sons for his non-attendance, and the barrister referred him to the liberal objectionist, as there was an understanding that a case was not to be reopened (after being once struck out)' with out the consent of the objecting party; now, who could have suspected the liberality of a tibiera/ in a case like this, especially as the conservative agent allvu'ed two of his objected voters to reopen their cases, alter having.been struck out, when I was at the court a few days ago, one of them .was Mr. I3igland I re member ; yet the - liberal attorney's reply to Mr. Stewart was —" of course not," artd chuckled - rarely at another defeat of a parsun.—Yours, &c., S. R. October 1. *;, Bui;',OUGH VOTERS. "lUKTE„lohti Beswick Greenwood, Feter Heywood, Bennett Hoskvns Abraball, and William Blanchard, Esquires, Barristers at tatv, having been duly nominated and appointed to Revise the Lists of . Voters for the Borough of Liverpool, . - HEREBY GIVE-NOTICE, That we shall hold COURTS for that purpose at the SESSIONS }louse, in the said Borough, on FRIDAY the 9th day of Octo ber instant, at Ten o'Clock in the Forenoon. And that the Lists will be taken iu the following manner, that is to say,— The Claims and Objections as to the FREEMEN will be ta ken by Mr. GREENWOOD, in the Civil Court. Entrance from Chapel -street. The Claims .and Objections as to Qualifications in the OVERSEERS' LISTS for the Parish of Liverpool will be taken,— . As to Occupiers within District No. 1, Walthew, Collector, No. 2, Gibson, Collector, No. 3, Houghton, Collector, and No. 4. Hart, Collector, by Mr. HEYWOOD, in the Crown Court. Entrance opposite to Bridewell. As to Occupiers within District No. 5, Elle , in, Collector, District No. 6, Middleton, Collector, Dist shaw, Collector, and District No. 8, M rove, Collector, will Dist be taken by Mr. BLANCHARD, in e Grand Jury Room. Entrance through the other Courts. And the Claims and Objections as to Qualifications within TOXTETH. PARK, WEST DERBY, EVERTON and KIRKDALE, will be taken by Mr. ABRAHALL, in the Old Grand Jury Room. Entrance from Chapel-street, JOHN B. GREENWOOD. PETER REYWOOD WILLIAM BLANCHARD. B. H. ABRAHALL. OFFICE OF COMMISSIONERS OF COMPENSATION, No. To, GREAT GEORGE -STREET, WESTMINSTER. October 5, 1835. JAMAICA IVOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN, that the Commissioners .1.11 will proceed to take into consideration the -uncontested Claims, numbered from 1 to 200 inclusive, in the several Parishes of the Island of Jamaica, on the several day's, and in the order undermentioned, at Two o'clock on eath day until further notice: St. Cathetine, St. Dorothy, Monday 7ober 19. St. John, St. Thomas in the Vale,l St. Mary, . St. Ann, Vere, ' Clarendon, Manchester, Kingston, , Port Royal, .- Wednesday, October 28. St. Andrew, St. David, I. . . St.. Thomas in the East, . Monday, November 2. Portland, St. George, St. Elizabeth, • Wednesday, November 4. Westmorland, Hanover, St. James, t- Monday, November 9, Trelawny, Wednesday, October 2/ Monday, October 26. lIONDUR4S. The adjourned claims in this settlement will be taken' into consideration on TUESDAY, the 20th of October, at Twelve o'clock. ANTIGUA and ST. CHRISTOPHER. The uncontested claims in these colonies will continue to be taken into consideration every TUESDAY, at Two o'clock. GRENADA and DOMINICA. The uncontested claims in these colonies will continue to be taken into consideration every THURSDAY, at Two o'clock. Certificates for compensation to be applied • for on the MON DAY, TUESDAY, and WEDNESDAY of the week following each of the above days, and will be delivered on the FRIDAY of that week. By order of the Board, HENRY HILL, Secretary. Enouratut Notireo. NORWICH UNION FIR} CAPITAL. INSURANCE SOCIETY. £500,000. 7EES. Right Honourable the Earl of Orford. Sir Henry Jardine. Charles ffavill Onley, Esq. DIRECTORS. E. T. Booth, E sq ., Ald erman , President. J. W. Robberds, Esq., Alderman, Vice-Pres . nt. Lieut.-Colonel H arve y. R. Fawkes, Es ~ Alderman. George Morse, Esq. Charles Eva , 'sq. A. Hudson, Esq. • I. Preston sq., Recorder. W. Herring, Esq. Sir R. larvey, Knight. S. Stone, Esq. Georg toppings, Esq. THE Public are respectfully reminded, that all Insurances renewable in the Liverpool Agency on the 29th of Sep tember instant must be paid at the Office, Exchange -street West. on or before the 9th day of October next, or the Society will cease to be liable for the sums insured; and all Persons whose Policies are now due, are requested to take notice, that the Agents with whom they transact their business are empowered to pay returns of Premium on the fire year: ending 29th September of the present year. In proof of the public approbation of the principles and con duct of this Company, it may be sufficient to state, that its busi ness now exceeds 50 millions. TRUS' Right Hon. Lord Wodehouic, Lord Lieutenant. Sir Jacob /katley, Bart., M.P. Sir E. K. Lucca, Bart. Prospectuses may be had of the respective Agents of the Company, as also of Mr. It. L. 111ILLER, At the Society's Office, Exchange-street West, Liverpool. Treasurers .SAMUEL HOPE, Lsq., and Co., Bankers. 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LIFE ASSURANCE May be effected ou more favourable terms than in any Office where Ramses are declared, and a larger amount may cpse qiiently be assured for the same aenual payment, thus giving the parties assured an immediate and certain advantage, in lieu of a deferred and uncertain contingency. - The following are the Premiums for Assuring £lOO upon the Life of a healthy Person of the respective ages of Age. Prem. per Ann. Age. Prem. per. Ann. 1:1 13s. 9d. 40... ..1:2 17s. 3d. 25 1 18 0 45..... 3 7 2 '3U 2 3 0 50.....4 0 7 35.• 2 0 2 55 Rates for one or seven ears, and fogy the whole term of Life; also, for joint Lives ant urvivorships, may be had on applica tion as above, to 11 ATTHEW WOTHERSPOON, Agent for Liverpool. PHENIX FIRE OFFICE. ESTABLISHED 1782. TIE. BOARD of DIRECTORS of this Office do hereby give notice, that Renewal Receipts for Policies falling due at MICHAELMAS are now in the hands of the several Agents: FARMING STOCK insured free of Duty. / 11 ." The Agents for this Company fur the caster aro— ;} ' r unty of Lan- FOR LIVERPOOL: Mr. Geo. GREEN, 1, Exchange- Jet West. Messrs. T. C ROOK an d S uN , 19, E xc i nge-street East. Mr. HeNny GLYNN, Exchan g e-place; xchange-street East. Mr. Thomas Hill, Ashton and Stayley Bridge. Mr. W. Townley, Blackburn. Messrs. John Mawds!ey & Son, Bolton. Mr. Benjamin Townson, Burnley. Messrs. J. and B. Crompton, Bury. Messrs. Swainson, Gre4son, and burr, Lancaster. Mr. Willia m Tate, Manchester. Mr. Henry Sharpies Orrnskirk. Messrs. T. T. and J. B. Jackson, Prescot. Mr. Richard Newsham, Preston. M. James Woods,.. Rochdale. Mrs. Tyson Ulyerstone. Mr. Edward Bolton, Warrington. Mr. James 13ancks, Wigan. TO THE EDITOR OF Till? LIVERPOOL ST,INDARD. SIR,-At the present moment, when newspapers are full of the vulgar slang cf that political gladiator, O'Connell, and in the absence of any matter of interest, one is apt to glance at his coarse invectives in order that we may satisfy ourselvec that, contrary to the old adage, the devil is as black as public opi nion stamps him. It was after a perusal of his proceedings in Scotland I was induced to take up the Edinburgh Review for July; the first article, ".Sir James Mackintosh's History of the Revolution," being worthy of a careful perusal I think it would or ought to satisfy any unprejudiced mind that O'Connell is playing the same part the Jesuits played in those times, and has the same object in view in the re-establishing the Roman Catholic reli gion as the national religion. In pago 307 you will find the following passage:— " The game which the jesuits were playing was no new game. A hundred years before they had preached up political freedom just as they are even now preaching up religious free dom. They had tried to raise the repuolicans against Henry the 4th and Elizabeth just as they are even now trying to raise the protestant dissenters against the church establishment. In the sixteenth century the tools of Philip the Second were con stantly insisting on the right of people to cashier kings, and of every private citizen to plunge his dagger in the heart of a wicked ruler. In the seventeenth century the persecutors of the ilueenots were crying out against the tyranny of the esta blished'church of England, and vindicating with the utmost fervour the rightof all man to adore God after their own fashion. In both cases they were alike insincere. In both cases the fool who had trusted them would have found himself miserably duped. A good and wise man would, doubtless, disapprove of the arbitrary measures of Elizabeth. But would he have really served the interests of political liberty if he had put faith in the professions of the Romish casuistsjoined their party, and taken a share iu Northumberland's revolt, or in Babington's con spiracy ? Would he not have been assisting to establish a far worse and more loathsome tyranny than that which he was try ing to put down ? In the same manner a good and wise man would, doubtless. see very much to condemn in the conduct of the church of England under the Stuarts. But was he, there fore, to join the King and the catholics against that church ? And was it not plain, that by so doing, he would assist in setting up a spiritual despotism, compared with which the despotism of the establishment was as a little finger to the loins—as chas tisement with whips to chastisement with scorpions?" I have sent this extract from being struck with the similarity of the spirit and proceedings of the past with the present age, and feel more fully convinced of the truths of the maxim, that when bad men conspire good men should unite, and to this end we ought to examine ourselves closely, and in our opinions and votes we should pray to be guided by reason and net led by party or passion, and in endeavouring to correct abuses, or more properly speaking, adapting our laws to the times we live in, according to the spirit of our glortou's constitution let us unite iu one body and oppose invincibly phalanx ready at one blow to arrest the hydra-headed monster O'Connell, the scourge of Ireland, and the pest of civilized society.—l remain, _sir, your obedient s e r v ant, JOHN STAUNCH. O'Connell's object, like that of James the 2d, is to produce a conflict between the church and the protestant dissenters, and thus to facilitate the victory of the catholics over both. THE ECONOMY OF TREES AND PL ANTS. The eaonomy of trees, plants, and vegetables, is a curious subject of inquiry, and in all of them we may trace the hand of a beneficent Creator. The same care which he has bestowed on his creatures is extended to plants ; this is remarkably the case with respect to 'lol lies; the edges of the leaves arc providad with. strong, sharp spines, as high up as they are within the reach of -cattle ; above that height the leaves are generally smooth, the protecting spines being no longer necessary. Mr. SOntheV has noticed this circumstance -in the. following pretty lines:- 0 reader ! bast thou ever stood to see The holly tree ? The eya that contemplates it well perceives Its glossy leaves ; • Ordered by an Intelligence so wise As might confound an atheist's sophistries. Below a circling' fence, its leaves are seen Wrinkled and keen ; No grazing cattle through their prickly round Can reach to wound; But, as they grow where nothing is to fear, Smooth and unarm'd the pointless leaves appear. I was lately shown a plant which puts out a pretty, modest flower from the lower part of the stem. When its blossom is over, the stalk on which it grew turns down to the ground, the end penetrates the earth, and-there throws out and ripens its seed-pod; but for this propen sity of. the plant, the seed would probably be destroyed by birds and insects. Some plants flourish in one clim ate, and others in another, according to the several pur poses• for which they were designed by a good Provi dence. Some which are generally useful will bear almost any temperature. This is particularly the case with grass. Nettles, I believe, are never touched by cattle of any description, neither will they trample upon diem. What a secure retreat, therefore, do they afford for birds to build their nests amongst, and for hares to deposit their young amidst the shelter they afford. The same remark applies in a great degree to furze, thistles, and the com mon bramble.—Jesse's Gleanings in Natural History. Burst On'lNG.—" 14y marm wants to know if your marm will lend my znarm your znarm's pickaxe to make our hog a hen coop?' "Oh, certainly; and w h en you go home, just ask your intither if she'll be kind enough to lend us a keg of that firkin of butter she bought to-ciao, that's a nice little man; and just clean us a mess of them pouts'and eels that your father caught this afternoon, and bring them down with the butter, my dear, and certainly give you the first bright cent that I find in the usher." " I guess, on the whole," said the boy, we shan't want that pickas..e of yourn."—Dedham ,Patriot (American taper.) THE LIVERPOOL STANDARD. • FOREIi Nl'E L LIGE NrE. • RANCE. P.Ris, OcT.s.—The Sentiaelle 'des Pyrenees states that an express had left Bayonne for Saragossa, with a communication of General Harispe. This corninouication is, said to he to the effect that Dun Carlos had suddenly disappeared on, the 24th . or 25th from the midst of his army. According to letters from 'Perpignan, dated the 27th ult.,' fifteen hundred Cardsts were defeated near Figuieres and St. Jean de las Abbadeneas. The dead and wounded are numerous. Their chief, Giral, was taken and shot at Oint. The General Pastor at that date was near Solsona. The Brigadier Ayerbe defeated near Olot, on the' 4th, another corps of Carlists of four thousand men strong. The Navarese corps who had pene tratedy to Catal on i a , an d w h o h a d re t urne d t o th e env i rons o f Tlau, to endeavour to re-enter Navarre, could not effectuate their project. Letters from Jaca announce that this coups is in a village called Caldas, in the Pyrenees of Catalonia. Letters from Saragossa, of the With of September, state that the Government Superior Junta has authorised all the towns, communes, and inhabitants, to make known their wants and wishes, their petitions, and their complaints. The band of Evangeliste has been dispersed. The house of the Marquis of Montevingen, situated in the midst of the mountains and in habited by his family, was ardently desired by the Carlists, who had resolved to take possession of it. The Precursor, a Portuguese journal, published in Italy, con tains the following proclamation, issued by Don Miguel, at Rome, before his departure:— " Portuguese ! The ills which overwhelm you pierce me to the soul. The vile slavery to which the insurgents are desirous of reducing you fills me with indignation and horror. The revo lutionists have not been satisfied with lighting up, in the midst .of you, the most unjust, the most perfidious, the most attrocious war—with uniting themselves to foreign mercenaries, for the annihilation of the wise and salutary institutions of our ances tors—with having insulted religion—with having trodden tinder foot the most sacred laws—with having separated themselves from he supreme empire of the church---and with having esta blished a most infamous and most horrible schism; they are now making preparations for disposing of a great mass of Por tugal to ambitious foreigners. Ecclesiastical property— that fine property—those majestic edifices, the gifts and legacies of the piety of 'our ancestors, which were possessed and inhabited by your sons, your relatives, your friends, and by so many vir tuous men, and which brought to mind so many glorious epochs of the monarchy, are about to be put up to public auction, to 'pass into the hands of foreigners—the °id and irrecoucileable enemies of our industry, of our religion, and our customs. The property—these edifices—these temples—where, hitherto, vir tue found an asylum, arid misery daily succour; where God was served, and where the holy ceremonies were celebrated with so much pomp, will soou he converted into warehouses and theatres, and houses of gaily, and perhaps of prostitution: No thing more can, iu fact, be expected from foreigners, corrupted and depraved in their doctrines and their customs—enemies and depredators of the true church and the holy religion of Jesus Christ. " Portuguese! Our country is about to be sold, and the product of the sale will return into the hands of these same purchasers. The clergy are about to be reduced to horrible misery and fatal dependence ; it will fall into contempt ; it will receive the wages of government, and he its slave ; and the Lusitauiau church, formerly so flourishing, will be re duced to nothing—will lose its glory,: its majesty, and the pomp of its worship. Portuguese ! These are the fatal precepts of impious men, who entitle themselves the liberators of the coun try. As for me, lam always your defender, your •real friend. I will never cease to oppose the ills which oppress you, and the tyranny by which You are enslaved. I protest against the sale of the ecclesiastical property, and against all the usurpations and sacrilegous acts of violence that the usurping government has dared to commit. I will do all that I can to defeat its projects —all that can be required of me by religion, honour, and the love I bear you. I again declare that, whbn 1 shall reappear in the midst of you—when I shall reascend the throne which be longs to me, and which I hope will.he restored to me by the God of the great Alphonso, I will not recognise the validity of the sale of this property; I will be inexorable. All the purchasers, whether natives or foreigners, shall lose their capital. No law, no right, can validate such a sale, nor oppose my protest with justice. Portuguese ! Look upon your tyrants with horror— detest their measures and their dark designs. Consent not that the patrimony of relatives—the property of the church, should go into the hands of foreigners ; but wait awhile—wait—the time of salvation is not far off. Portriguese take no vengeance —enteitain no private hatred. 'When I shall be in the midst of you, I shall be the first to pardon. All the Portuguese are my children. I shall forget the indiscretions of which they have been guilty. I have no intention but that of healing your wounds, and of uniting in one bond thegreat Portuguese family. My wishes are for the happiuess of the nation; my desire is to repair the evils of revolution. All who join me dna abandon an iinnious faction shall he received as friends. Be of good cheer, Po - rtuguese. Let valour and intrepidity be your motto when the favourable moment shall have arrived—be firm against ty ranny, and Heaven shall crown your fidelity and your patience, as well as the wishes and efforts of your Sovereign, MIGUEL." The Ven;ce Gazette of the 22d ult. announces the arrival in that city of Don Miguel, from Rome, travelling under the title of the Count de Ramelhao. slaves was acquired, and to protect which we agreed to aid iu paving ,the troops. In continuing a pl)lice it will not be as a substitute for the troops, but because toe experimental legislation of which we are thesubjects.demands, in order to meet its dangers, extraordi nary sacrifices. " We are exceedingly happy to. hear from your excellency that the colony remains in a most uudisturbed state of tranquil lity, more especially so as within even a few days alarming ru mours have been afloat of meditated mischief in several dis tricts orthe That the crop of the present year has been secured over the greater part of the island is so far satisfactory, although, in many cases, it has been at very considerable additional ex pense, and at a most ruinous sacrifice of cultivation. But, whatever nay await the future, the first object of proprietors naturally was to.gecure the crop upon the ground, for which purposo they took care to keep their factories in operation however much their field cultivation inight be neglected. "On all estates not strongly handed it is a notorious fact that from the limited time ef labour and. slow working of the. people the whole strength of the plantations had been employ. ed during the last six or seven months in taking off the cane upon the ground, pithout being able to do anything whatevef to the fields, in preparing ft r the next crop by putting in plants, or cleaning eithei canes or pastures. It is quite unnecessary to say what must be the ruinous effect of this neglect of cultivation., upon the next and every succeeding crop. " As every cane cut for the crop just finished was planted under the old system, the result cannot of course be taken as a criterion of the working of the apprenticeship system. When more perfect returns shall have been obtained, the deficiency of the present crop, as compared with that of former years, will be correctly ascertained, and we apprehend will he found greater than that anticipated by your excellency. " Your excellency ascribes this deficiency to the weather; but, iu reality, never was there a finer season or a more pro mising appearance of canes, which your excellency has ac knowledged in stating to the colonial secretary in your despatch of the I3th of December last, that the crop was never better in appearance than this year, and, therefore, if there is any little deficiency in the negroes' work this crop, it will, I hope, be made up by the extra quantity which the ground produces this year.' ‘Ve are sorry to say it has not been made ui. The crop is greatly deficient, and many British ships have, in conse quence, returned to England with half cargoes, and some with none at all. " We are grritified to be informed by your excellency that the appearance of the ensuing sugar crop is most luxuriant, and th a t from the inquiries your excellency has made, although many cf the sugar estates are rattier backward, the average condition is far better than your excellency hail anticipated, your excellency having always considered the success of the next crop to be much less certain than that of succeeding years. It would he a great comfort to -, blee....;s4ki we able to discov'er • any possible ground of hope that succeeding crops would improve; our de cided conviction being that each succeeding crop will be pro gressively worse. That in some few cases the apprentices do work for wages is true; but we deeply regret to say, from our personal experience of the past year, the Opposite disposition so immeasurably preponderates that no confidence whatever can be placed in voluntary labour. " That the success in the management of adjoining 'estates has differed is admitted. All mari.,gers cannot be supposed to possess the same tact in their mode of management; nor have the negroes, even on contiguous estates, exhibited the same ob stinacy and the same indisposition to labour. That these cir cumstances have had a partial effect in the success or failure of the cultivation of estates is therefore readily conceded. Divest ed, however, as the acting managers now are, of all power to compel the apprentices to labour, except through the instru mentalit y of the special magistrates, it must be at once appa rent that the success or failure of the new system must mainly depend on the discretion and firmness with which these gentle men carry into effect the provisions of the abolition act. We regret to be compelled to state that snore of the stipendiary ma gistrates have not exhibited that strict adherence to the enact ments of the law, and that uniformity in their proceedings, which are so desirable to secure at once the confidence of the apprentice and of the master. " We deeply regret our inability to join in the favourable anticipations entertained by your Excellency of the success of the new system. Knowing, as we do, the prevailing reluctan ce evinced by the p eo pl e to labour, the thefts, negligence, and out rages of every description, that are becoming of such frequent occurrence; seeing large portions of our neglected cane fields overrun with weeds, and a still larger extent of our pasture lands returning to a state of nature—seeing, in fact, desolation already overspreading the very face of the land, it is impossible for us, without abandoning the evidence of our own senses, to entertain favourable anticipations, or to divest ourselves of the painful conviction that the progressive and rapid deterioration of property will continue to keep pace with the apprenticeship, and that the termination thereof must (unless strung preventive measures are applied) complete the ruin of the colony." To which his Excellency was pleased to make the following reply : " Mr. Speaker and Gentlemen of the Assembly, "The unusual sty le of y our a dd ress p reven t s my . doing more on the present occasion than simply to acknowledge its delivery." On the return of the house, before the reply (short as it was) could be read. the Provost Marshal General, waiving the usual ceremony of tieing announced, appeared at the bar, and sum moned the house in his Majesty's name to attend at the council chamber. Mr. llyslop, Mr. .Leslie, Mr. Grossett, and several other members expressed their indignation, and hoped the reply would be read before the.house obeyed the summons, in order that it might, appear on the minutes. Mr. Speaker said that, after baring received his majesty's immediate summons, the house could not proceed to any other business until they had.obeyed. The house then, proceeded over to the council chamber, when his Excellency was pleased to deliver the following-speech : " Gentlemen of the Council, " Mr. Speaker and Gentlemen of the House of Assembly, "The address which has this day been presented to me by the house of assembly being of such a nature as to render it impossible for the to give it any reply, I have considered it ne cessary to call you together to inform you of the determination at which, in consequence, I have most reluctantly been forced to arrive. " The very offensive and uncalled-for tone which pervades the whole of the address, one so totally deficient in the' respect due to the representative of the sovereign, renders it imperative on me to withhold all further communications with this assembly. The positive refuial by the members of that branch of the legis lature to entertain at this period measures for the consideration of wt. ich ;they had been specially summoned; without even having waited to receive the information and documents which I had promiied to lay before them, and without which it is im possible that they could arrive at a correct conclusion, compels nor! to withdraw(rom them the confidence I otherwise must have felt in theirdecisions. This hasty rejection, on grounds so in sufficient, ofnieasures of such vital importance to the well-being and tranquillity of the island, has compelled me to come to the resolution of sending the members back to their const•ituents, in . order that another body may be selected for carrying on the public business. " It is toy opinion that the interests they were sent to protect would have' been best consulted by a calm and anxious deliber ation of the measures I proposed to them ; and if, after a tem perate consideration, it had been found expedient to amend or reject them, such decision would have been entitled to the weight and respect due to a legislative body. " Such a course, however, not having been pursued, it is my duty to let it be clearly understood, that on the house of assembly rests the whole responsibility of the consequences which may ensue, and that to their conduct must be attributed any resolu tion which the British government may he compelled to adopt. " I do now, in his majesty's name, dissolve this general as sembly, and it is hereby dissolved accordingly." the house having returned, and the last Speech read, the speaker quitted the chair, and the mace was removed. WEST INDIES. PROCEEDINGS IN THE HONOURABLE HOUSE OF ASSEMBLY, JAMAICA, MONDAY, AUG. 10. The Speaker having taken the chair, Dr. Whittaker and Mr. Barclay were appointed a committee to wait on his Excellency the Governor, to inquire when he would be ready to receive the address in reply to his speech at the opening of the session. At the return of the committee they reported that his excellency was pleased to say he would be ready to receive it at a quarter before four o'clock. Mr. Hyslop then moved that a message be sent to the Go vernor, requesting a return of all exports from the Ist July, 1834, to the Ist August, 1835. The honourable gentleman said he had made the wording of the motion .different to the-original notice he had given: it was quite evident there was some per son poisoning the mind of the executive, and it was necessary to discover bow the extraordinary discrepancies in the ieturnie had arisen. He bad seen a letter that day from St. Georges, stating a deficiency of 2,000 hogsheads. It was a pity that fact had not conic out earlier, ►n order that it.. might have been noticed in the address. Mr. Leslie moved, as an amendment, that a return for the last four years to the Ist of August should be desired. Mr. Grosselt coincided that the motion shotld include the year preceding the rebellion. Mr. Leslie pressed his amendment, and trusted that, as itwas not likely that the sitting of the house would be protracted, a committee would be appointed to draw up a report during the recess on the state of the country. He felt confident that, when a proper statement was made on it, it would be shown that the falling off, instead of being only one-sixteenth, was between a sixth and a seventh. The Speaker informed the house that the hour at which his excellency was pleased t o s ay he would receive the address h a d arrived. The house, preceded by the Speaker and the mace, accord. ingly went over to the King's House, when the speaker read the following address " THE HUMBLE ADDRESS OF THE ASSEMBLY. " May it please your Excellency, " We thank your Excellency for your speech at the opening of the session. "As your Excellency has considered it impossible further to delay the calling together of the legislature, we ackowledge the expediency of postponing our meeting to the latest moment. This being the season hitherto devoted to our private affairs, we are willing to submit to any personal inconvenience, whenever the public goui may require the sacrifice. " We admit the absolute necessity of maintaining an efficient police; but, as the present ac t d oes no t ex pire till the end o f th e year, we think the consideration of that subject may be deter red until the usual meeting without any immediate injury to the public interest. Your Excellency may rely, when that pe riod arrives, that we shall give the subject the consideration which is demanded by a measure on which the continuation of cultivation and the tranquillity of the country depend. " The first act in aid of the abolition law shall have our consideration. " We congratulate your Excellency on having received such reports' as enabled you to state that the police has attained a degree of efficiency 'not to have been attained in-- so short a time ;' and however anxious we may be to procure 'officers ac quainted with military discipline, or with the habits which are usual in similar bodies in other countries,' yet we cannot, in duty to our constituents, place beyond our control so large a sum of money as is required for the maintenance of that body for a longer period than oae year. " We will be happy to receive and take into our consideration those papers which your Excellency promises to lay before us, and which your Excellency thinks will convince us that the police has acted efficiently in the suppression ofahose momen tary ebullitions which have occurred, and which are inseparable from so great a change in the frame of its society as that which is now going on in this island. We do not perceive the expediency of a legislative union of the Cayrnanas with Jamaica. It is no fault of ours that the two classes of his Majesty's subjects resident there have been placed in their present relative position towards each other. Having always protested against external interference with our own legislation, we are not disposed to interfere with that of others, and must, therefore, leave those who have occasioned the ab sence ofa legally- constituted government at the Caymanas to organize the elements of society in that dependency of his Majesty. " Your Excellency informs os that an act relating to emi gration appears to be absolutely neeesbary. We have always regarded the introduction of nurepean labourers as the only resource that was open to the colony for upholding the cultiva tion of the soil, and promoting the civilization of the labodring class of the inhabitants, and for those purposes we passed a bill the last session of assembly, which, however, during its progress through the other branch of the legislature, received smell altera- I tiros, and was clogged with so many restrictions, and invested the executive with such unprecedented prerogatives, that we preferred the abandonment of the measure, being convinced that, while the cost might be great, no free and useful subjects would be willing to emigrate under such hard conditions, or patiently to live under rules and regulation s so to be imposed and altered at the pleasure of one person, however eminent in character and office. We fear that, unless the police and emi gration are combined, our revenue may prove unequal to the double burthen, and we venture to hope that the justice of the British parliament will not deny to us, an ancient and suffering colony, that succour which it liberally bestows on thefltoirbine.th i formation of new settlements in the most distant part of th e g adding to the number of her colonies, by which she hopes to extend her commerce and her name, it - may not be unwise in the mother country to contribute some share of the vast revenue she has derived, and still enjoys, hum Jamaica, to preserve and foster what she already possesses. " It gives us much concern that your excellency should have been induced to characterise the mortality amongst the emi grants as frightful. In this we apprehend your excellency must have been misinformed. 'Jae mortality which has taken place has principally occurred in the towns where it never was intended the emigrants should be located. Your excellency may rely that provision will not only be made for the reception, protection, and the due enforcement on both sides of the ar rangements made between the emigrants and their employers, but likewise for the' punishment of those who wickedly inveigle them from such employers after they have been once located, and to which evil practice alone do we attribute the mortality and partial failure of the attempt hitherto made at emigration. " Your excellency's right of access to the correspondence be tween the commissioners here and the island agent in England is defined and limited by law, and it belongs to the commission ers appointed by the law to interpret its provisions. When the act comes again under the consideration of the legislature, the house will perform its duty in making the law so clear as not to be misunderstood. " As guardivas of the public purse, we have eve r , t o th e ut most extent of the . rcsources of the colony, most liberally con• tributed to the support of the government, but we will freely say to 'emir eicellerity that we • co,isider the solemn engage ment which we came under in former times, and in a different state of society,.for the support of a limited military garrison, to have been annulled along with the far more solemn engage ments of the English govemment; (alder which our property in FRIDAY MORNING, OCTOBER 9, 1835. Our Jamaica papers reach to the 25th August. The assembly, which met on the 4th of that month, was dis solved by Lord SLIGO, the governor, on the 10th, under circumstances of a mysterious and extraordinary nature. We gave, a few numbers back, the speech of his excel lency- on opening the assembly, and to-day we publish at full length the answer of the assembly, and the angry reply of the governor in dissolving that . body. The pre text for dissolving the assembly was the " unusual" and discourteous answer of the house to the governot's speech, in which they question the policy of his measures, de cline his recommendations, and pointedly challenge the accuracy of his statements. It is clear, however, that Lord SLIGO was either deceived by others as to his state ments, or be was committing the very indiscreet part of attempting to impose upon the assembly by thrusting upon them facts which common sense and their own ex perience told every member of the house could not be sustained by evidence. In either case Lord SLIGO has acted a very foolish part. By.this rash and intemperate proceeding he has, to use the words of one of the journals , reduced the colony to a " most deplorable condition." It appears that Jamaica, at the time we allude to, was not only deprived of representatives, it was also destitute of a constituency. By the new act for regulating the elective franchise, no election could 'possibly take ,place until after the 23th September, and this is said not to have been discovered until after the dissolution had taken place. This is said; but we cannot believe it. The scheme, we suspect, is much deeper than our ardent countrymen in the plantations are suspicious enough to believe. They do not know the whigs so well as we do, and there are appearances near the surface of this trans action which induce us to think that Lord Sim() is but an instrument, and a clumsy one too, in the plot. Why was the. assembly called together at so " un usual" a period as the .4th of August ? No one has ventured to assign a rational reason for it. The Go vernor did not stand in need of supplies. He did not ask for money; he did not seek increased power, he did not complain of - insurrection ; but, on the contrary, told the assembly that the cOlOny never was in a more tran quil condition. Why, then, was the assembly summon ed at a period WiteU the .absence of its members from their estates could be so ill spared ? We seriously be lieve that it was for no other object than to quarrel wit!) the assembly. He proposed measures which he knew could not be acceded to—he made statements which he knew would be controverted. But all this was part of the whig game, and it ended 4 to his entire satisfaction, and agreeably to his instructions. His ExcellenCy did not obtain the support of a single member of the assem bly—no voice or hand was raised in his favour—the court coterie 'were appalled by his boldness and his open disregard of truth—and he and his speech were censured and condemned by the unanimous vote of the House. Such an extraordinary unanimity never oc curred in Jamaica before. But all this evidently points to ulteiior measures. Lord Suco hinted at the consequences which might ensue. From what quarter? Not from himself—not from a new agSkiitiV—but from the British government and the British parliament. We understand this, and Shall not be surprised if no assembly whatever i either elected or summoned during the governorship of the noble marquis. We suspect that there is a strong dis position in certain quarters to get rid of the West India assemblies altogether, and the parties who cherish this design think it will he easier to accomplish it before than after - the payment of the compensation money. That is our own opinion ; and we regret to say that cir cumstances could be 'adduced in strong confirmation of it, but we shall be glad to learn that we have been mis taken. The following is from the Jamaica Despatch of the 24th August : "STATE OF THE ISLAND.—The colony is in a most de plorable condition ! The headstrong "inflexibility" of Lord Sligo, in . dissolving the house, has left us without the sem blance of a legislature! The, late act which regulated the elective franchise being superseded .by the act, which only comes into operation on ,the 28th "September next, leaves us virtually without a constiinency; but so little was this regarded by the governor and his advisers, that they only discovered it when too late. Writs were signed for the election of new members, and it was only then, and not until then discovered, that the constitutionat advisers of the governor had led him into an error, from which they could not extricate him. We are therefore virtually without the means of raising a shilling to meet the exigencies of the country, or to sanction the pay ment of the current expenditure. Such, we say, is the result of the measures which have. been produced by " untoward" feelings towards the unfortunate colonists, dictated by motives which, we fear, are in strict accordinCe with the views of the anti-colonists. " The dark threats of Lord Sligo in his valedictory address to the House of Assembly are explained in Lord Glenelg's cir cular of the 20th June, already alluded to. These threats will with us fall harmlessly, as they ought to be disregarded. We have yielded our . all to the wishes of the mother country; and although we have been plundered and deluded, we shall not follow her jesuitical example; we will not even promise to pay £80,00( a year for five years for the maintenance of a police, when we know that our resources cannot meet it; and if our pitiful compensation is to depend upon such a contingency, what has become of the honour and faith of the British govern. ment ? The threat is heartless!—but we are weak—and far — far off from the Canadas ! If our fellow-subjects in Britain knew the painful feelings under which We write this article, we feel assured they would make every allowance for its warmth. RESULT OF THE FIRST YEAR'S AP PRENTICESHIP.— We know that Lord Sligo is now in possession of documents irre fragably authentic, which spew a falling off in the sugar crop for the year ending the first of August last, as compared with the preceding year, of eleven thousand hogsheads—this is a diminution of one-sixth. Lord Sligo, in his speech to the as sembly, stated the diminution at four thousand odd hogsheads, or one-sixteenth. The assembly, in their reply, begged his lordship to wait for more correct returns, which would show that the diminution was greater than stated by his lordship. For this their reply was denounced to be disrespectful and offensise! The coffee crop for the year just ended having fallen short of that of the preceding year more than one half, of course did not suit his lordship's views, and he made no allusion to it what ever. This immense decrease was however well known to the assembly, and precluded them from j oining his lordship in his favourable anticipations of the working of the apprenticeship. Here,. then, we have in figures the result of the first. )ear's ap prenticeship—a deficiency in sugar of eleven thousand hogsheads —in coffee half the usual crop. Will Lord Sligo and his mi nions continue, with these facts, to insult the community with their favourable anticipations ? Will his creatures now dare to refute the mathematical demonstration here Submitted to theist, of the working of the system for the year just ended ? It is probable that the motive which dictated Lord Sligo's removal to Highgate, for the purpose of evading the answer of the House of Assembly, ma _y tempt him to withhold from the Col on i a l Se ct etary and the British public the documents to whi c h we h ave alluded, and which disprove in tutu his lordship's statements as to the working of the apprenticeship. We would assure his excellency that this ruse will not avail him. These documents will find their way to England by this packet—they will entirely vindicate the conduct of the assembly —complete the exposure of the system of espionage and misre presentation which has disgraced the government of Lord Sligo, and which has created the ruinous diminution in this year's production of the staples of the colony. We consider it impos sible that Lord Sligo can, under any circumStances, continue Governor of Jamaica—even should the truckling . , --- degraded government, now headed by O'Connell, remain in office.- The accounts which the London journals furnish of the celebration of last Sunday in all the protestant churches and chapels of the metropolis are gratifying in the ex treme. We also rejoice to say that the good work, in all the earnestness of devotion, and in all the delight of glowing recollections, was equally well performed in_the provinces —in the crowded churches of the large towns, as well as in the sacred sanctuaries far removed from busy life, in the deep dell, and amid the fastnesses of our Mountains. Thanks be to those who on this occasion have so nobly done their duty and rallied round the altars and shrines of their country. The impression they have made will never be forgotten ; and what is more gratifying, it will never be forgiven while a single Roman catholic priest of the . present generation survives. Imposture and superstition have been struck as if by a thunderbolt from Heaven ; and if the clergy would but persevere, and elevate the wafer every consecutive or alternate Sunday, so that all the world might hear, learn, and fully understand what popery is, they would soon finish the conflict in Ireland, and complete the second grand era of the reformation. We do not'build our hope of this desirable consumma tion upon any fanciful speculations; on the contrary we rely upon data furnished by Roman catholics themselves ; and, what is. of still greater moment, by Roman catho lic priests, who taking alarni at the signs of the times, are beginning to denounce, and preparing to flee from the pollutions of the church to which they belong. The reader, we presume, is ttmlerably conversant with the re cent publications of Father CROLY. This honest priest has been suspended by his titular, and persecuted by his brethren for simply doing his duty, speaking the truth, and endeavouring to reform the errors and correct the discipline of his church. But while we regret this, we have cause for rejoicing in other quarters, for there are other priests who are resolved to accomplish the reforma tion, or dissent from the papal church altogether. The Dublin Evening Mail of Wednesday last contains a letter addressed to Dr. MURRAY, " titular Archbishop of Dublin," by MICHAEL CROTTY, parish priest of Birr. The nature and object of this letter are of the very highest '.importance. It would appear that this Mr. MICHAEL CROTTY and his cousin, WILLIAM CROTTY, are parish priests in the Roman catholic diocese of Killaloe, and that between them and another priest of the name of KENNEDY there had existed for some time serious differ ences on religious and other grounds, which had excited the alarm pf_the bishops, inasmuch as the two CROTTYS were very much beloved by their numerous flock in Birr. Some other ecclesiastic had interfered, in order, if possi ble, to allay or remove the causes of these differences, and MICHAEL was invited to Dublin to explain his:views and wishes on the subject. In Dublin he had an inter view with Dr. MURRAY, the late Dr. KELLY, and other Roman catholic bishops, and, on being called upon, Mr. CROTTY proposed that he and his cousin should be re: moved to some distant part of the diocese, KENNED* to be equally removed, and other priests appointed to the charges which they respectively held. "To this propo- • position," says Mr. Caorry, in his letter to Dr. MUR RAY, " which was dictated by the spirit of peace and of conciliation, your lordship and the other assembled bishops replied that, indeed, you would endeavour to effect a mutual reconciliation between us and our bishop, provided my cousin and I would sign a document to the following effect Expressing our unconditional ac knowledgment of submission to the authority of the pre sent titular of Killaloe, together with a declamation that all the marriages we had solemnized for the last ten years were absolutely' invalid, and that our absolutions were null and void.' " The meaning of this is significant enough. A more monstrous proposition—more insulting to decency and to religion—neier, we venture to say, emanated from any being in human form. It is, indeed, so revolting, that we cannot trust ourselves to speak nu the subject, and shall, therefore, call upon the Rev. MICHAEL CROTTY to speak for himself'. In answer to the proposition he thus addresses Dr: MURRAY : "I feel, my lord, that there are many points on which you and I differ, and must for ever differ. But there is a neutral ground common to us both, the undoubted gift of an all-wise God, with which, I trust, we are both endowed, and by which we can impartially judge on this subject;—what I mean or t; TOJI E 9, 1 tiSh ...w.rwallonetw allude to, my lord, is reason or common sense. There is s ls ' another point on which we can have no difference, calue l l christian charity—anti I conies's, that when I try this pror' tion of your lordship by either test, I can hardly re press ' feeling of honest indignation at even the conception of such a ' idea. What ! my lord, to demand from me and my cousin,l2. a necessary preliminary to a mutual reconciliation between and our spiritual superior, a declaration which every we' informed person in our congregation, I might add, every Pe r. son possessed of ordinary understanding or common sea''' . must know and feel to be false, namely, that all the m auls!' which we had solemnized for the last ten years were absolute]! invalid. What! my lord, to demand from us e as a prelirnins o to a reconciliation with the present titular of Killaloe, a decia' ration which would stigmatize us as the vilest miscreants that ere disgraced human nature, which must for erer stamp us a s dari'e and lying hypocrites, and which could only have for its objeetl unhinge society, to separate husbands from their wives, to the fountains of domestic peace and happiness, to make eq.' , • and widows without pity or remorse, :u break all those ties, a nj snap asunder all those chains which from our infancy tee t au' teen accu s tom e d t o regar d as most hallowed an d binding; awl j affopl, perhaps, some profligates, if any there should be in °V. parish, and there will be always some such characters in W il t parish, an opport u nity o f d esert i ng t h e i r innocent v i ct i ms ,° their yet more innocent offspring. What, my lord, to requ ire of us to sign our death warrant, to subscribe our own inf airl and degradation, to pollute our honour, to prostitute our dig" pity, to sin against our better knowledge by such a declare: tion, when we know and feel, and are convinced, that it is nu' in the power of Omnipotence itself to alter the essential coost' tution of things; when high and venerable authorities lift" their heads in support of the contrary opinion ; when the eminent lights and onost distinguished theologians of the c hurch Rome maintain that the contracting parties themselves, and ' a ': the priest, a re th e mini s t er o f t h e sacrament in matrimony; this the mutual consent of th e p ar ti es th emse l ves i s t h e e tliciet cause, the very essenc e o f marr i age; an d t h at i t i s no t in the power of the church, or of God himself, to destroy or annibilB° the matter or substance of any sacrament." This is a dose for which we suspect the protestant Pu b : lie were not prepared, aad which the Roman eatboll" laity themselves- will look upon with amazement. B` J here it is, fresh and effervescent from the fountain -he al ' of popery, drawn by a priest, and offered freely to Cl' e lips of all. Dr. MURRAY has, indeed, cut rather a c uriou s figure in the DENS controversy; but this is a tiger's CO upon the jugular of his reverence, which will leave i ts mark. Father CROTTY proceeds, and, as he advance`' seems to broach something like protestant doctrines:-- " No, my lord, my cousin and I will never do it; we will neve r prostitute our honour f or th e wages o f i n i qu i ty; we w ill neve renounce our liberties, and accept of despotism; we were bail freemen—we will never die slaves. What !my lord, to requ irs , of us, as a preliminary to a reconciliation with our spirit superior, to declare, in the face of heaven and earth, " that''' our absolutions for the last ten years were null and void ;" W we know and feel, an d are conv i nce d , t h at neit h er pope, Pries' or bishop has the power of absolving any man from his stns; fn as St. John says, "the blood of Jesus Christ cleanseth us fo LI : i all sin; and that the comm i ss i on w hi c h t h e sav i our o f the 01.'1! gave the apostles in th e f o ll ow i ng wor d s— " whatsoever ye shah bind on earth shall be b oun d i n h eaven, an d whatsoever ye shal l loose on earth shall he loosed in heaven; whose soever sins Y e remit, they are remitted unto them; and whose sover sin s Y e retain, they are retained; " yes, my lord, we know and are ° u : vinced that the commissi on g i ven to t h e apost l es in these w°l. d was only a commission to preach the gospel to a world buried in and iniquity; to receive shiners into the church, and into a t ta ' e of forgiveness, by baptism; and t o a d m i n i ster to them the° rd , of God and the holy sacrament, as a means of grace; a con 1 0; sion and a power to denounce the wrath of God against a ei° ll/ ' world; to pronounce, in his name, that he pardons and absol ves all believing and repentant sinners; and that he will condel 311 : 1 all obstinate and hard e n e d s i nners , w h o w ill not b e li ev e an d repent. That.by virtue of this commission, my lord, the ant' stlei possessed great and extensive powers which did not descend te their successors." This is sound doctrine, an d, th ere f ore , i t i s no t the doctrine of the church of Rome. That, however, is exactly our convent. Mr. CROTTY has spoken out; h o lie will be treated remains to be seen ; but he does not se en) to stand in awe of his titular, and it would not suipri s ' l us to see him and his wh o l e fl oc k a bj ur i ng t h e err or; 6 ' , popery, and coming into the fold of the reformed c hurch . He speaks of some of his reverend brethren, and of D r " MURRAY in particular, with great personal bitterness , will be seen by the following conclusion of his letter: --- I will no dwell on this painful and unpleasant s ubjec t ; further than to express my unf e i gne d an d s i ncere regre t that you should have been the wretched nod unhappy victim of those narrow. prejudices and bigotry, which I imagined, had bean lor since exploded and gone out of fashion, and which, I thoeghL had only characterised some of your unworthy colleagues of Maynooth sch oo l, suc h as t h at vu l gar clown, priest Cantwe ll,'" Meath, and that pert, saucy fellow, priest Abraham, of Wat e _, r , ford; but which, I a m sor r y t o fi n d, h ave been again rev iv e d and called into existence by your lordship's dissemination of destructive and pernicious principles of Dens's Theology thought, my lord, that your foreign education, your intercour' with elegant and polished society, and your constant attendant at the levees of-the Castle, had created a distinction in your f e t i your, raised you above the vulgar level of your company, as given you a character of exemption from the ignorant Pr'r dices and narrow bigotry of the Maynooth priesthood. I shall ' A I , longer dwell, my lord, upon this unpleasant topic, than tue te :, to tell you how sincer e ly I l ament t h at you and your coull'ea.i have not more accomm o d a t e d yourse l ves to the entighte ue' spirit of the times in which we live. On your headsltheref ore ' my lord, be the consequence s . I t h an k Heaven that my and I live in a country where every man is allowed to wor sb ' his God according to th e di ctates of his conscience. I raise ; the Lord that my c ous i n an d I li ve under the protection o f h British constitution, and in a country where liberty has disclosed her genuine principle s , an d secure d to herself an asylum agsiligt despotism on the one hand, and popular licentiousness on t he other. I give God thanks that in this free country we are not governed by the decrees of councils, nor by the bulls of pill °. nor by the grim and bloody maxims of a degraclieg superstitiO' nor by the damnable doctrines of Dens's Theology, of which yel l ' any lord, have unfortunat e ly b een t h e a d vocate and propagator, be" by the principles of sound and rational liberty, and by the bl° ° ' .. ings of a constitution that is fitted to the nature and the 11011 of man, and which can easily accommodate itself to the chape l and improvements that take plac2 in the social system. I have the honour to remain, my lord, your lordship's rn eSt obedient humble servant, CROTTY, P. P., of 3irt. Birr, October 4th, 1535. Our attention has been directed to a very singul ar story in the Manchester Chronicle of Saturday l° sl ' which, if it can b e ver ifi e d, i s str iki ng l y c h aracter i s tic 01, the manoeuvres and affinities of his Majesty's minister ( ' As we have considerable reliance upon the care and d i " ligence with which articles of this description are Pr °. cured by our excellent contemporary, we give, withou t hesitation, the story in his own words : Last winter, as many of our readers may remember , number of highway robberies were committed in the neigh bourhood of Rochdale. After great exer ti ons some of the gang were apprehended. One of them, on very good and sanj factory evidence, was committed to his Majesty's gaol at Lan i caster. - On a patient and care f u l i nvest i gat i on t h e j ur y fou' al him guilty, and so satisfied was the judge as to the p r opriety ° f , the verdict that sentence of "death". was recorded, which se °. tense was commuted to "fourteen years' transportation." In deed the justice of the verdict cannot have a better confirol3" lion than the fact of these robberies being immediately disna ° ' tinned in the absence and by the punishment of the ringlea der / in these depredations. Will it be believed, that this indiribbi has been sele2ted as a fit object for the royal clemency? LW-l b !' less he is a radical of the purest wat er — a l eve ll er an d a patri°' Without consulting the magistrates or the judge, save, perh a ll it might be as a matter of form, he received a free pardon, an not only this, but money to take him home from the hulks, ` ce believe, and something considerable in pocket besides. W *s it this from the "secret srrvice money ?" N ow mar k t h e scV e. Hardly was this "friend of the people" and compatriot ar; warm at his own hearth ere the road a ga i n b ecame i n f es t e d oil a formidable gang, increasing in numbers and audacity, do ubt. less from an idea of impunity for "reformers" of this descrip tion, arising out of the pardon of their leader. Several rol.'• bevies have been committed since, but th e one d escr ib e d ill nu . police report is likely again to termin a t e th e i r career until , shall please his majesty's mis-arlvisers to let them loose, W its to carry out the "great principles of reform I" The very 1#1 :, sent home with a free pardon has been apprehended again—rt ° ':, to, identified, and again commuted for trial, along with fr u o thers, at which trial the ci rcumstances attending th i s " {red e pardon" will, we hope, be fully an d pa ti ent l y i nvest i ga ted, an the public indignation aroused. A storm i s gat h er i ng, and ei:e long, we venture to predict, that our present di sgrace will ": swept away, arid a better and a b r i g h ter era dawn upo n ou r country. • If the name of this patriot had been IlussELL, and bt ; had been convicted of robbing churches, and sentenc to the hulks or a chain gang over the water, instead of t° Tavistock Abbey, we should not have wondered that the sympathies of Lord.lotm, or some oth er R USSE LL, n'° °ld have been awakened in his behalf, and a free Par d°sl granted to him in the Ki ng ' s name . B ut i t d oes not 3 P f pear that he restricted hims e lf t o th e harmless otrenceje robbing the church. He was a highway robber' Ebt Eiberpool *tanbarb.