The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser. — Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1853-01-25 00:00:00

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NOTICE IS HE sending in APPI PARIS IIE~ 300K5., XCCOUN ,BB and SALE a corny ENT BOOKS 'ATENT LED( GENERAL STA 9, CASTLE-, JULLIEN'S CONCE his farewell concert Philharmonic-hall, previous There was, as might have be attendance, and the perform It is unnecessary to enter into any cri the abilities of a band so well but many will, no (Imo-- ,e celebrated M. Jull 7Monda: evenin expected, a Merits of Mr. Thomas's band by only rival which has yet been found comp MUSIC AND THE DRAMA. to his departure for Xmerica ances were loudly applauded ,al observations on .nown as that of M. Jullien ; feel an interest in testing the ---;.nn with the lIONIC-HALL.- as's, and MESSRS "7' JOURNALS. ACCOUNT CUR CASH BOOKS of quality and Professional Books Ruled executed witt for Export, CHEAP CONCEIVI Now that the great ion to tageous terms NERY WAREHOUSE EET, LIVERPOOL. beyond a ,en gave , at the the juv ,en the panto- THE P given his last concert to draw compariso vre cannot but say to the latter. The prestige of Jullien's reputation inclines people to follow and to ad without attemptine to find those fat that in m are so often looked f would-be cleverness. lands is most appar pressed, thicl eserved re him s which in a ne man to show their e comp and of a better quality than Jullien's. In the wind instru ments Mr. Thomas is beaten, mostly in his cornet, ophi cleide, and second oboe. Jullien again has Lavigne, who is undoubtedly the greatest executant on his instrument, but the tone of our first oboe, Mr„Jennings, is f ar mnr . grateful in a slow mo . Bard to I LPL(iI U, there can be but one opinion —he has not yet been equalled. So much for the executants, and now for the performances. In overtures, symphonies, and selections, Mr. Thomas car ries the palm, but in the dance music Jullien has a decided advantage, and we would recommen d M r. Th omas and his band not o forget that supreme excellence is only to be obtained by taking as much pains with the lighter as with the severe school of music, and we would also urge upon them the necessity of giving more pungency, crispness, aplomb to their lighter eff9rts. We see that the pro gramme for this (Tuesday) evening contains Me ndelssohn's music to " The Midsummer Night's Dream." They are not wanting in the necessary lightness required here, but then it is music more congenial to their feelings as artistes, and the true artist will always endeavour to make much out of a little. As this is the last week but one, let all those who wish for en intellectual treat, go to Mr. Thomas's concerts and hear a first-rate band and first-rate performance. THEATRE- ROYAL.—in addition to the attractions of the pantomime, its beautiful scenery, and the grotesque combinations by which the Three Legs of Man have ex cited the uproarious applause of the Liverpool juveniles, a new piece has been produced at this theatre, under the title of the "Twelve Labours of Hercules," and has been well received. The day representation on Saturday has given general satisfaction. ROYAL of attraction at the e pantomime; and arse tl 'taut featur B stands conspicuous of the perfo 31 the bes appointed for to- oetng played first, will, no doubt, attract a goodly ttendance of the juvenile portion of the population. ROYAL AMPRITHEATRE.—Maame Isabelle's emus- trian company has proveu favourite place of amusemen, horses and the skill of the performers of delighted spectators, and the afternoon pert, on Wednesday and Friday have been generally appreci ated. On Wednesday last, the boys and girls of the Blue-coat Hospital were gratified with a visit to the after noon performance. The high training of the 'e drawn-crowds ormances WomnwELL's MENAGErtm—This pleasing and in structive exhibition of foreign animals, at the foot of Shaw's-brow, conti nues t o attract numerous visitors. The collection contains two large elephants, and a very small one, which is an especial object of interest. It has also a real zebra, said to be the only one in the kingdom, and of great beauty. The proprietor has been very un- oss of thr learance the alpaca. fo 1) r eign beasts, ~, visit, particularly for y, the study of natural history. TM44I• Jum atx's fare,:ell concerts in TF;E , have been filled to overflowing. UUSICAL DIP LOMATIST.--The Earl of West moreland is rported, by the Vienna papers, to have no tified to the Austrian government that the new English minister will continue his diplomatic services at the im perial court. His lordship has just finished the composi tion of the music for a new mas, which will be performed in one of the Catholic churches at The e Tal other Lg people who take delight in d-room, o e o v rary.—Thi s society BIRKENHEAD PHILOSOP HIC have anounced a soiree for Pride Assembly-rooms of the Honk's v Y = erry eAk.ointegi next, in the BIRKENHEAD CFIURCH Or ENGLA ND / STITUTE.— on Friday The Rev. Dr. Hume will deliver a l eetur ls. a . next, on " Australia,"—a subject which, i n such hands, cannot fail to prove interesting. COALS have been recently very ecarce in the Isle of Man. On Wednesday the steamer Londonderry, p i yn2 between Belfast and Morecambe, was glad to purchase it moderate supply at 20s. per ton. THE RIVER NILE.—The beautiful panorama of the magnificent scenery of the River Nile and the ancient land of Egypt is still exhibited in Bold-street. Some mis. chievous person last week cut the painting, but the injury has since been effectually repaired. SEWAGE ATANURE.—Mr. James Rore, of Birkenhead, has made an offer to the Health Committee to deodorise f or a period of fifteen years, by means of peat charcoal, all the ash its in Li verpool, for £BO,OOO, on condition that the co mmittee will spe n d £50 , 0 00 i n erecting tanks, and also construct 1,500 additional water-closets ; but the committee have not come to any decision in the matter. SHREWSBURY AND CHES TER R A ' LWAY.—The direc tors have convened a meeting to be held at Shrewsbury on the 30th instant, for the purpose of submitting certain resolutions of the Great Western Railway Company, re ferred to in the proposed amalgamation bill of the Great Western, Shrewsbury and Chester, and Shrewsbury and Birmingham Railway companies, The estimated cost of the War; incton an d Altrinehana Con - - deviations is £28,000, to be defrayed of £lBO,OOO authorised to be raised } AUt4tintl to be borrowed, with other works out shares, and 460,000 antth STANT LAD) 7th in iEBY GI n-lt.t u ntinuous atten a correct 7,nd .6NTS. RESPON Di THE QUARTERLY REVIEW.-W have been comp I, from Lsertion of a notice on the n Air Tliernal , e Tlntichst will be good enough to authe~ tures, for our own satisfactio ""111 A4 IS O r.,l fr oh Licts,v+ t,PJ4 TUESDAY MOI ROM ISH ENCROACHMENTS IN calling att tion last week to t Romish ( as shown MADIAI at same spirit Nv hich disgraced tt taking of Ro THE LTVERPOOT4 STANDARD, session of Parliament, since the act has been in force, in which, for all the purposes for which it was designed, it has not proved a dead letter ? s the case only as far as concerns those Romanists who have been admitted to Par liament; but there is equally glal ore effectual ste .141 h, sh influence ton M them on whom zeal on behalf .. f Faun show tba ►SERDEEN f the Rom the tpria of Corn Ministry m making c 3rs hedged tal to stringent guarantees against Romish encroach ment. They positively forbade all the Roman Court, denounced intercourse with its doctrines as here- m from c who professed foreig 1 privileges, as persons who owned a n allegiance whic of their being loyal subjects to the Br It is the L has broken down these UJDIME~ POOL TrVIP ft eralism of Tr. iodern days which barriers; and it becomes our duty, as men zealous for the preservation of the Protestant faith, to consider how far we should undo w 'hat has been so unwisely done, and in what way we should " retur a to the s, and walk therein." The first important step in a downward direction mas the Emancipation Act of 1829, by which Ro- manists were admitted to t ,he privileges of the Bri- tish Legislature ; and it may be interesting to recur mately brought to pass It was tairly argued by is dangerous innovation, that those who opposed t no form of o could be binding upon men who admitted a mental rese g• an natl.: who could obtain absolution for a breach of the most solemn obligation—and who belie ed that any obligation contrar F to the interests of the Romish Church it was their positive dut to break, when lied upon by their priests to do so. In order to combat this objection, a number of witnesses were examined before a committee of the House of Lords, and their evidence went to show that the sole object of the Romanists was to obtain civil privileges—that they were willing to take any form of oath which the wisdom of Parliament might devise—and they solemnly avowed their belief that no advantage would be taken of the coveted privilege to do any act subvers Churc e of the i erests o ,he English Their profe accordance wi ws thus expressed, a majo- e induced to the Church of Rome rity of both Houses of Parham consent to the bill , htained a voice in the Legislature of the United The only guarantee which was taken the secur , ty of our own Church against the dreaded enerc e tollo ing form of ed to be taken by all Roma- oachments oath, which was order, embers on their admission to Parliament :-- " I, -, do sincerely promise and swear, that " I will he faithful and hear true allegiance to His " Majesty King , and will defend him to the " utmost of my power against all con ,spiracies and " attempts whatever, which shall be made against " his person, crown, or dignity ; and I will do my " utmost endeavour to disclose and make known to " His Majesty, his heirs, and successors, all trea " sons and traitorous conspiracies which may be " formed against him or them ; and I do faithfully "promise to maintain, support, and defend, to the " utmost of my power, the succession of the crown, " which succession, by an act intitled An act for " the further limitation of the crown, and better " securing the rights and liberties of the subject,' " is, and stands, limited to the Princess Sophia, " Electress of Hanover, and the heirs of her body, " being Protestants ; hereby utterly renouncing and " abjuring any obedience or allegiance unto any " other person claiming or pretending a right to realm ; and, I do further declare, that it is not an article of my faith, and that I do crown of tM ounce, reject, an abjure the opinion that ces excommunicated or deprived by the Pope, Rome, may subjects, or by " do not believe that the Pope of " other foreign prince, prelate, person, state, or po " tentate, hath, or ought to have, any temporal or home, or any " civil jurisdiction, power, superiority, or pre-emi " nence, directly or indirectly, within this realm. " I do swear, that I will defend, to the utmost of , power, the settlement of property within this " realm, as established by the laws : and, I do " hereby disclaim, disavow, and solemnly abjure " any intention to subvert the present Church " establishment as settled by law within this realm ; " and, I do solemnly swear, that I will never exer " cise any privilege to which I am, or may become, " entitled, to disturb or weaken the Protestant re " ligion, or Protestant government, in the United lom; and, I do solemnly, in the presence of s, testily, ant aeclare, at I Uo make " this declaration, and every part thereof, in the " plain and ordinary sense of the words of this oath, " without any evasion, equivocation, or mental " reservation whatever. So help me God." This act has now been in operation for nearly a quarter of a century; and after this lengthened ex perience, the question is fairly before us, how far the oath has proved to be an effectual barrier to the evils which were anticipated from thus opening the doors of Parliament to Romish legislators. It is now no longer a matter of opinion, but we have facts to deal with, and by these should the policy of that measure be tried. Was the oath of any avail, when the Romanist members voted with Lord JOHN RUSSELL, to appropriate the surplus revenues of the Irish Church for secular purposes? Did it bind those who swore by it, when they entered into the Lichfield-House compact to support a Whig- Radical Administration for the surrender of State Patronage in Ireland ? Had DANIEL O'CONNELL no mental reservation or equivocation, when he agitated the Repeal of the Union, and endeavoured by monster meetings to intimidate the Government into furth er concessions, by which Ireland should have been Was the o a th wholly bind i s n u g r r o e n n d :l r r e . d e i t i o i s ß H o o ts i h A p x r i s e T s t u s y ? and others, in their ceaseless endeavours to remove every remaining disability, and even to legalise the idolatrous processions of Rome and similar mum meries ? Was the oath of any avail, when the POPE OF ROME made the daring attempt to parcel out England into dioceses, and was openly supported in Parliament by men who had subscribed the fore . Can We indeed point to any going declaration of N ~uRMAN mho 0 n Uhurch—t llaynooth . College, fo ned the prison door to owment of Romish of the Romish hierarchy to the statutes for the Godless Colleges ih Ireland—the advice to Queen VICTORIA, when in Dublin, to receive deputations from Romish bodies, and to reject one from a society because it was exclusively Protestant—the measure to estab- of Rome, sh diplomatic relations with the Court ice shall f , of that was worst perio ,s to restrain the e. n this count tones; re iol with men A hrr r It is not nce can be 1 y upon ons wer iort can on in g default against I the members of our own Government. They have I acted upor the measure as ;hough it were designed, Lot simply to confer civil privileges, but to promote Roman. nbers some perversion of ow of excuse f 'ortunatel; up with bert with tables storing luggage might prove of alongside, ?pointed to conve The floors are v cry lof ,eeping chambers and forms for meals t was of the so many of our poorer fellow-er, ation was formed, entitled the .t in which the dept n appeal 7 d through the aid thus de to t een fitted up with s where Divine se s similar to those on b Lture benefit to them, a vol uate, was ed a tern substantiate the charge—for, u' are too name. The Charitable pilib illegal titles, and appointed to offices to carry out s provisions—the atfPn ~apt of Lord JOHN RUSSELL to appropriate' part of the revenues of the. Irish Church to secular purposes, .ing tE cation—the cons Illation with DANIE manist ELL on the terms of the Irish Tithes Bill, to pre- ther exposure of which Mr. LIT' LETON, ecretary, was pitchforked into the upper ntment of Mr. NYSE, and others, to places on of the Orange ties were vent any fur the Irish S the Government, upon no other grow eing Romanists—the suppres rare to the express provisions of the Constitu- Lion--anti the palpable evasion of the popular These and to redress the notorious aggression. L form but a part of the evidence which might be brought against the British Government, in con junction with English Radicals and Irish Romanists, to render the Emancipation Act of 1829 a direct encouragement to the encroachments of Rome. It has so long been the cry of the Liberalising party to stigmatise every attempt to retrace a false step, as something akin to a wish to restore the Saxon Heptarchy, that it requires more than ordinary moral courage to advocate so important a step as the repeal of this obnoxious measure. These per- secutors for reading the Holy Scriptures in Italy, talk glibly in Great Britain about equality of rights, le sli al est check is attempted to be placed 'nnents in the same direction; but iented by Lady C n followed ,!and o er mater by severs onto to has also been formed, from grants are supplied gratuitous' ith Bibles religious books, and the society is also fitting up a school room, in order that some elementary instruction may be afforded during the short time they remain at the depat. In addition to these advantages, ith occupal employment that they :he emigrants are pro- tion in useful trades, so as to find them during the voyage; may not on is given weaving, &e when they arrive at their destination In order to carry out this object, the society is desirous of receiving donations of old clothes, shoes, paper, needles, thread, cloth, a other materials for this purpose, which may be addressed to Mr. BARKER, the agent on the premises. The society is also in want of pecuniary aid, in order to carry out the benevolent objects for which it was established, and the appeal is made to the public for support purely on the ground of charity for the poor people to whom ' m the Government furnish a free passage to our coloni one of the mischiefs of general emigrati - on, that people are taken from a land where Christianity is the practice, to one where the ministrations of religion are few and far between At no time probably is the mind of man more on their encroach: it is the manifest duty of every man who values the blessings won at the Reformation to lend his aid for their preservation. It is not here a question of persecution, but of prevention—of intolerance, but of liberty,--for it must be clear to every unpreju diced mind who will calmly review the facts to which we have alluded, and compare the present aspect of Rome with the humility which she assumed when she was a suppliant for emancipation, that conciliation has long since reached its limits, and that every concession is made a pretext for further demands. The formGr_ warnings have been un heeded ; but the IVIADIAr persecution in Florence should once more rouse the cry of " No peace with essentially and without mitigation Rome." intagonistic to Chr stianity, to religion, to civilisa- tion, and to humanity, " The tender mercies of the wicked are cruel," and her mercies have ever been of that stamp, and are so now, except when crafty ime, then, ti It is t policy dictates another tour we, as a Christian people, were awake to a sense of the danger which threatens us, and in these days of popular agitation, the first step, perhaps, should-be a response to the appeal for public meetings to pro test once more, as our fathers did of yore, against the iniquities of the Church of Rome. THE FRENCH EMPEROR'S MARRIAGE. THE most important item of news from the French Court is the determination of the EMPEROR to marry. He has philosophically borne his rejection by the Princess VASA ; he has found it impossible to ally himself with any of the crowned heads of Europe; and, as a last resource, has resolved to please himself, by marrying a woman for her per sonal attractions. The lady destined to be EMPRESS of FRANCE is known in the fashionable society of Paris as the Countess THEBA. She is about 26 years of age, and is the daughter of the late Count DE MONTIJOS, a grandee of Spain, her mother being of Irish or Scotch descent. It appears that some opposition to this alliance was shown by the ministers, but LOUIS NAPOLEON was positive, and the ceremony is expected to be performed on Satur day next. The circumstance of the granddaughter of an Irishman or Scotchman beinc , raised to an imperial throne, might furnish the theme for a modern romance in fitting companionship with the career of her consort; but it is difficult to arrive at a satisfactory conclusion as to the peculiar motives which have influenced this affair. Louts NAPOLEON is no longer in the heyday of youth, when we might suppose his passions to have overwrought his judgment, but it may be that his disappointment has vented itself in this violation of the etiquette of legitimacy, or, perhaps, it is considered as a prac tical acknowledgment of the sovereignty of the people. In any case, it serves to show that he has a will of his own, irrespective of state advisers—a position which in no degree helps to allay the ap prehensions for the peace of Europe, which almost all his proceedings have tended to excite. OXFORD UNIVERSITY ELECTION. THIS long protracted struggle has at length been brought to a close, and on Thursday last Mr. GLADSTONE,:the Chancellor of the Exchequer, was returned by 1022 to 893—being a majority of 124 over his opponent. It is some satisfaction to find that, out of the whole number of the electors, the colleague of Radicals and Romanists has not found a third of them to vote for him. Still the disgrace is with those who, by their refusal to exercise their franchise, and to vote against the Minister, have virtually given their sanction to the unholy alliance of which he forms a part. It is, however, as the French say, 2171 fait accompli, and the University must be left to bear the shame of its own default. Ireland has set the first good example—for the borough of Carlow has rejected Mr. SADLEIR, the new Lord of the Treasury, and returnel Mr. ALEXANDER, a Conservative, by a majority of 97 to 91. This is of more significance than the loss of one vote to the ministry, for the defeat of their candidate has been brought about by the opposition of the Romish brigade, who consider their members who have joined the coalition as deserters. The policy of this section is therefore to oppose the new Cabinet, and if so, where is its chance of a parlia mentary majority ? Some further concessions to Rome must be made to buy over the votes which are indispensable. FATAL EFFECTS OF INTEMPERANCE.—A melancholy instance of the baneful effects of intemperance occurred in Liverpool on Saturday evening, the victim being Wm. Hughes, No. 2. Burroughs-gardens , Bevington.hill, a man in the prime of life, and who was employed as a labourer in Mr. Howard's brewery, in Cheapside. On Saturday night, about seven o'clock, he came home in a state of intoxication, and in about an hour and a half afterwards he was found by his wife lying on the room door dead. All attempts to resuscitate life proved ineffec tual. An inquest will be held to.day (Tuesday) on the body of the deceased. TUESDAY, JAN LTAIY EMIGRATION DEPOT-BIRKENHEAD. WITHOUT entering into the question of the advantage or disadvantage of emigration to the labouring classes, no one will dispute the mportance of roviding, possible, for the spiritual and bodily welfare of those who neers of avernment established occupies a considerable e at the end of the dock d has a wharf front- e upper a •asking, rook a wa are sent from their native stant:wilds an emigration Dey e since been the reception of t ~t a spacious war Last year the and thre. Rev. J. W. W Sunday, scarlet cove' ,}IIA W 2.3 knitting peculiarly open to re when he is leaving his native country, return ; and the society trust that, by sowing good seed as far as practicable, some of it may bear fruit in distant lands. The society is under the superintendence of a committee of highly respectable gentlemen. and the cause they have in hand recommends itself to the sympathy of the benevolent public. RECANTATION OF SIX RONIANISTS. INTERESTING CEREMONY. THE Church of St. John, in this town, was on the even ing of Tuesday last the scene of a most 'atifying and impressive public ceremony—six adult converts having and on that occasion renounced the heresies of Rome, declared their adhesion to the Church of England. The sacred edifice was crowded by a most attentive audience, including a large number of the humbler class, to which some of the converts apparently belonged. The evening service having been read by the Rev. Mr. Matti of the curates, the converts were ranged around the altar, and the customary questions addressed to them by the Rev. W. F. Taylor, incumbent. Each of the adults having replied to these queries without any reservation, they were accordingly received into the communion of the English Church. Eight children—some belonging to the present converts and others to Romanists previokial converted—were then, at the express desire of " rents, likewise received into the Church ; after wh._ Mr. Taylor offered up an impressive prayer, that the converts might be protected from the revilings of their enemies and the scoffs of the indifferent, ins, one and tt ght become instruments for good to their creatures who still lived in darkness. After an appropri ate hymn had been sung, Mr. Taylor delivered a brief and appropriate discourse, founded on Romans, xvi. 17-18 :—" Now, I beseech you, brethren, mark them which cause divisions and offences contrary to the doc trine which ye have learned ; and avoid them. For they that are such serve not our Lord Jesus Christ, but their own belly, and by good words and fair speeches deceive the hearts of the simple." In his opening remarks Mr. Taylor announced that last year they had enjoyed the pleasant task of receiving twenty-six Romanist converts ; they had now made a beginning for the year on which they had recently entered ; and he trusted the Lord might graciously grant that many more might be brought out of a Church sunk in darkness and idolatry, and their eyes opened to the light of truth. Those who were led to come out of that Church would doubtless be charged by the unconverted man who remained behind with being schismatics, and very possibly some plausible argument might be adduced in support of the statement—perhaps, amcng others, they might select the passage he had cho sen as his text. But he contended that mere separation from a Church did not constitute schism ; for, if such were the case, then the Apostle Paul himself must have been a schismatic, for " He separated the disciples" from the Jewish Church. Nor does the mere fact of excom munication necessarily constitute any man a schis matic, for if the Church excommunicated a person wrongly, then it was the Church which was euilty. This was proved by the case of our Lord and Saviour, who was excommunicated from the Synagogue, then the only visible Church in existence. St. John, too, and other ministers of Christ, were excluded from the Christian Church over which Diotrephes presided—(vide 3d John, 9, 10.)—and yet they were neither schismatics nor heretics. These cases were only the incipient manifesta tion of that spirit which was destined to germinate and bring forth such terrible fruit in the shape of the Papal supremacy. It was not enough that the charge of heresy should be preferred : they must prove the point. Asser tion was one thing, proof another. And it had been the case before now, that the true Church was charged with heresy and schism by the dominant party. He next en forced the principle, that the Church which imposes un lawful terms of communion is, from that fact, schismatic; because it either makes a man profess to believe what he does not believe, or it drives him from the Church if he is not willing to make the false profession. That this applied to the Church of Rome, was proved by extracts from the writings of Dr. Wiseman, the Pope's cardinal in England, according to which there was only one way of admission into the Romish Church—by " absolute and unconditional submission to its judgment." But even this provision had not been sufficient to preserve the Romish Church from dissensions, and in its history they found that rival Popes had at various periods broken the boasted unity of Rome. He therefore rejoiced that these persons, who had that evening been received into the communion of the Church of England, had discovered that Rome was guilty of heresy, and that they had ac cordingly deemed it their duty to decline its membership. He finally commended to the prayers of the congregation the work in which they were engaged.—Mr. Taylor after wards offered up an impressive prayer, and having pro nounced the benediction, the proceedings terminated. ,00r fellowl THE ASIA.—The British and North American mail steam-ship Asia, with advices from New York to the 12th inst., had not arrived when we went to press. TESTIMONIAL. The workmen of Messrs. Walker, builders, at Birkenhead, have presented Mr. William Walker with a handsome silver tankard, on the occasion of his marriage with Miss Thomson, of Birkenhead. THE RIGHTS OF CONSCIENCE.—We are glad to find, by an advertisement in our columns to-day, that the Society for Protecting the Rights of Conscience in Ireland is about to be brought before the notice of the Protestants of this town. It is a most valuable aid to the various societies engaged with such signal success in evangelising Ireland, having been lately founded by the Archbishop of Dublin, after he had, by close investigation, become satisfied of the depth and extent of the Reformation movement, and discovered not only the utter falseness of the bribery cry, but also the reality of the sufferings which the converts almost invariably have to pass through. CHURCH CF ENGLAND INSTITUTION.—III our adver tising columns it will be seen that the next lecture of the present useful and interesting series will be delivered to the members and friends in the newsroom of the insti tution this evening. We understand the lecture was postponed in consequence of the meeting of the " Work ing Men's Church Association" on the evening first ap pointed. The subject is Nineveh, and the lecture will be illustrated by a series of diagrams, exhibiting the most remarkable of the antiquities discovered by Rawlinson, Layard, and others. We have much pleasure in stating that Lord Stanley has requested his name to be enrolled on the list of life-members of this valuable institution. GIRL BURNED TO DEATH.—On Saturday evening, in the absence of her parents, a little girl of seven years, named Margaret Hughes, was burned to death in her parents' dwelling, in Kent-place, Comus-street. She had been left in the house by her mother, in company with her sister Mary, aged 12, and Mary Allen, a neigh bour's daughter, about sixteen years. While in the act of snuffing the candle, Margaret's clothes became ignited, and the two elder girls, losing all presence of mind, instead of affording help ran out for Mr. Allen, who came and speedily extinguished the flames. She was so severely burned, that it was deemed advisable to convey the little sufferer to the Northern Hospital, where, after enduring much agony, she died on the afternoon of Sun day, about two o'clock. An inquest will be held on the body of the deceased to-day (Tuesday). , ceive beneficial impressions than , erhaps never to 'ovided ortance th ould not be sent cumbent of osen Pre- Tformed twice on a the week, by ti of Leasowe Castle gration C 25, 1833. POLICE COURT.-v JUVENILE THIEVES. AND THEIR ABETTORS.—Patrick Kelly, Edward Brannen, John M'Loughlin, and Mary Chat hers, four children, were charged with having stolen 15 pounds of cotton; at th who purchased the H. Turner, and sentex same time Owen Al'Cabe, was brought up before Mr. J. to two months' imprisonment, tction. It appeared that the frith the cotton in their posses- for his sha re in the t young tl ieves were found raced to berg and Brannen were eac ltenced ;o fourteen days' charged imprisonme th, charged —Philip Su Enzland Notes, h stealing three ys, in order that Lord .Ri might be communic A Plot inz to pic pockets in it appeared, _co embers of the 1 r CAUGIIT.—John H, aonth's it Inment :ted his operations with other t g part of the bus A WORKHOUSE THIEF.—John Mundley, workhouse. EILY.—John Richar , d by TI on Saturday night seamen; but, froma to ant of evidence, the c scharged A 13 AIR 0' George Norris vc aol for t evening of Saturday, stler, for attempt 1-road, on Saturday night, 3 culprit, is companions an inmate of !oned for one ner we leputation in be Edward C MISSIONS IN IRELAND MEETING in the C ~'?GHT )ck, for the purpose of receiving a Ballenglen Aericultural Schools, les Inman, ho was t,their yo )1 . B‘us:ic £5 Bank o FESSIONAL .1. ESTERDAYs anions ase was Illy and ,ree months 'kets on the ed them for Ty, in. charge of picking poc Two detectives watch g to rob a v some time endea market; One of the prisoners pprottche me up a nail in the Old Hay- Zo the female, as inting a pair of spectacles, and nst her, while I _companion appropriating fingers in her pocket me for a long time .ence o , nt on bat thurst a box in the pi Imrst he found a va3t quantity of jewe eluding a q tity of gold ring ,aes this there were a dumber Of pawn-tickets relating to ;hes. Mr. Snowball appeared on behalf of the publican when he was brought up before Mr. Mansfield this morn ing; and, as there was no evidence to show that Mr. Smithurst had acquired the valuable property in an illegal manner, he was discharged. Two SHEETS IN THE WlND.—Bridget Newmile, a middle-aged little woman, possessing apparently a strong predilection for the poteen of her native land, was charged by a neighbour with stealing two of her most valuable ts, one of which she most disrespectfully lodged in hands of the pawnbroker, for the purpose of procuring liquor with which to allay the cravings of a thirsty soul. The magistrates stopped the prisoner at the commence ment of sundry voluble explanations, by awarding Mrs. Newmile fourteen days' imprisonment. STEALING COTTON.—Ann Burke, brought up on sus picion of stealing cotton, was ordered to be imprisoned for fourteen days. ATTEMPTED ROBBERY IN SHAW'S BROW.—A fine sample of young Liverpool,in the shape of Peter O'Donnell and Francis Murray, were sentenced to a month's impri ment for attempting to steal lead in Shaw's Brow, o❑ Saturday night. A younger cousin of the lad Murray, who was mixed up in the matter, was discharged with a salutary advice. • A YOUNG HOUSEBREAKER.—A young lad, apparently about fifteen years of age, was committed for trial at the sessions by Mr. Mansfield, on a charge of breaking into the house of Mrs.' Jane Roberts, Field-street, Everton, about nine o'clock on Sunday night, and running off with sundry articles of wearing apparel, including a valuable coat belonging to the son-in-law of Mrs. Roberts. How he obtained entrance is not known. THE " EARL OF .LONSDALE."—REFRACTO RY SEA NIEN.—Six of the crew of the Earl of Lonsdale were brought up on a charge of refusing to proceed to sea, in compliance with the terms of their agreement. They had already obtained one month's advance, and the cap tab had even offered to give them another half-month in advance ; but with less than another whole month's salary they said they would not he satisfied, and accord ingly went ashore. Mr. Mansfield placed before them the alternative of adhering to their agreement, or being lodged in prison, when they very sensibly resolved to go to sea. CANDIDATES FOR PRISOZ , I.—Jane Clarke, Catherine Doherty, Catherine Holmes, and Jane Smith, four prosti tutes of not more than from fifteen to twenty years of age, appeared on the charge of breaking certain windows at the workhouse, with the desire, which they openly avowed, of being. sent to gaol, where they are not compelled to work, and , where consequently they prefer to reside when destitute of quarters more congenial to their habits. The miserable creatures, who conducted themselves most in decorously while in the dock, were sent to gaol for 21 A MODEL MEMBER, OF THE MlLlTlA.—William ham, a militia man, for a brutal assault on Elizabeth Lamb, committed in a fit of drunkenness, on the 29th of November last, was fined in 205., with the alternative of going to gaol for a month if he dia -^. CASE OF THE CALEDONIA.---SEAMEN REFUSING TO GO TO SEA. Yesterday, the case of the Caledonia, remanded from Saturday, came before Mr. Mansfield. Twelve of the seamen were brought up at the instance of the com mander, charged with refusing to go to sea, according to the terms of their agreement. Mr. Owea appeared as attorney for the seamen, and in reply to his queries, Captain Richardson of the Caledonia deposed :—The ves sel is registered 789 tons, new measure, and twelve years old : she is now laden with 1,050 tons of coal. I cannot tell whether there are more or not. I signed weight un known. She is drawing 20 feet on an even keel. Mr. Hamilton is the broker. I shipped the men, and I pre sume they were aware at the time of the cargo. The Caledonia is going to San Francisco, California. The owners are William Taylor and Son, of Sunderland. Captain Banks was displaced by myself, in consequence of the ship having passed into the hands of my owners. The ship was classed ../E at Lloyd's, and she was making two inches of water in fifteen hours when she was de serted by the prisoners. I have commanded four vessels during the past five years. I have never heard of coals choking up the pumps, although of course it is quite pos sible they might do so. One of the men alleged that the ship had 2 feet 6 inches in her when they left her ; but this the Captain flatly denied, alleging that she had not drawn so much during the whole time he had been in her. Mr. Mansfield : It strikes me the seamen would only be too happy to go to San Francisco, if they thought there was a reasonable chance of their reaching their destination. This is one of the things which seem to strengthen their Use. Mr. Littleton, secretary at Lloyd's, deposed that the Caledonia had at first been registered A 1, and that she would remain the same from four to six years, so that it was likely that her A 1 character expired at the end of 1847. She would then fall into the second class, fit to carry dry and perishable cargoes, but not to or from any place in the world. Our surveyor, on going on board, compliance with the suggestion of the magistrate on Saturday) found the leak was not increasing, but, on fur ther examination, it, was found that the ship was defective ordered all the ueces plied with, instruc- in some i; lhe surveyor had If not c sary repairs to be made tions would at once be communicated to London, and the character of the ship would be struck off the books at Lloyd's. lir. Owen here drew attention to the fact that coals were calculated to imbibe a great quantity of water, and that the cargo of the Caledonia had doubtless done this. Captain Richardson begged to state that half of the crew still remained on board, and were willing to go with the ship. He at the same time intimated that he would telegraph to his owners the fact that the repairs must be done. Mr. Mansfield said he believed, if the men were not seriously alarmed, they would make no objection to pro ceed on the voyage ; for seamen were generally anxious to seize the opportunity of proceeding to San Francisco, well knowing that they might almost name their own terms in engaging to come home, and always being sure of lucrative employment if they decided upon remaining in that country. Ho was sorry to see that one of the most :conspicuous :faults he found in the seamen of this port was, that they did not in general seem to regard the sanctity of an agreement into which they had - he had requested a sur But in the prese. o be made, and the resul of that examination is, that certain repairs are required, and that if those are not made the ship will lose her character at Lloyd's, and the insurances which have been effected on her will be made void. From the recent case of the Seringapatam, in which the seamen refused to proceed to sea, and which had subsequently been found to be rotten from stem to stern, he was desirous of arriving at a cautious decision. Were a magistrate in such a case to put the seamen in prison, or compel them to proceed on the voyage, it might afterwards be a very great source of sorrow to him that he had been a party to the injustice. From the result of the official survey in the present case, it is quite clear that the ship is not in a proper state to go on her voyage, and that there is no excuse whatever for the seamen being retained in custody. If the ship were repaired and could safely go—and that were proved before him—then, of course, I:r' should think it his duty to hold the seamen to their agreement. But in the meantime they must be discharged. The prisoners then left the dock. - • A RETURNED GOLD-DIGGER.—Daniel M`Carthy, who returned from Australia in the Marco Polo, with gold dust which he sold for £5OO, has had the whole of it taken from him by a relative, and now has not a penny left. BUTCHERS' PROFITS.—In the adjourned examination of William Lowcock, a butcher, at the Bankruptcy Court, on Friday, the bankrupt endeavoured to show that the profit on £5,500 worth of stock was only £6l 14s. 5d., and that the retail butchers of Liverpool were not paying their expenses. MELANCHOLY AND FATAL ACCIDENT TO A YOUNG MARINER.—About 9 o'clock on the'morning of Tuesday last, while the schooner Margaret was sailing in the Irish Channel, John Walls, aged 21 years,, a mariner, fell from the top-mast, and was so severely injured that he expired in less than an hour. The schooner came into the King's Dock, Liverpool, on Fri da y ; and on the followirn, day an inquest was held o n the body of the de ceased, when a verdict was given of "Accidentally kill e d . , , . On Sunday ACCIDENTAL DEATH OF A FIRENIAN -- I f ilydi a .no g gn e, bGe n rta a wy m eine e ng d week a fireman, about forty-five y Edward Duffy, belonging to the Nimreoards, Liverpool and Cork, fell into the No. 2 S p : Dock. In consequence of the injurieshe received he was carried to the Northern Hospital,. was held yesterday, great pain until Thursday, wh Curry, a verdict 20 Accordance with wh ere he lingered . in e l n he expired. At the in quest, which r-ay, before Mr. Coroner the facts Wa;rettiracd. c meetin z of the Rev. Dr. Dill, O"' to mission which they were tha , ned with pra ;tabled to aid. 'he nrneeeding_ The Ohairman was not great Moore, words, c wretchedness, and glorious, beca' .reland was se she was not free—beca neither civil nor religious liberty. For that peo not enjoy civil liberty who were driven to and sul-' ~ojected in every t j dominion of Rome upon the Bible, wb: ch was t dom and prosperity. id he hoped that they would E ,erty of had roll Dr. DILL ed over their. ..71ea het ed native land Lave been totally abandoned by ti away two m succeeded crowded a ,st ar full gration that terribl were the d set on foot a c 3, in a Lsetban was ever dreamt Of by ences. which r ne that extended over the province of M counties of and Connau nd cold Led the iei of n no more lUblbt• suer." Let tl f a po a people in the jun_ ho lived within a few hours of the English ho ought to be enjoying all the blessin !ian of Victoria. Their ills RI of the be om them by the Romish that tnglan, of the blessed Word of God, kep. priests ; for well had it been remarke, its freedom to the Bible. And, oh ! that our Knights of Netherby would only bear in mind that it was the Reformation which was the source of Britain's greatness. Before the Reformation, what was Britain ' naltry island of the sea ? And not till the dawn of that glorious of the back-w era did the sua of her pr, anner floats over e a , ji The sneaker then drew a r p.l.- •,‘ r d - as compared with England wastes where no factories iate of Ir eating those witu and where no wheels were revolving. Far different, in deed, was the aspect of Ulster, wherethe word of God had free course, and was glorified ? But of Ireland they were now able to say, that with the famine came the mercy of God—mercy sprung out of the judgment. Reverting to the famine of 1847, he asserted that the world had never witnessed a more glorious spectacle of sublime benevo lence than that which was exhibited towards the Irish by England. Though be was well aware of the Scottish and English benevolence before, he, for one, never expected such a torrent of charity as was poured into his poor afflicted country in 1847, not only from the churches but from the theatres and concert-rooms and other places of amusement. But while they had English bread in their mouth they repaid England next year with a rebc advent of the continental revolutions with joy, thinking that England might becon difficulty would be their Irish people—with all their gushing, buoyant bosoms of gratitude—they saw that they had been cajolled by the ne embroiled, an As regards the priests; that the English were their true friends, their enemies,as theyhad been taught tobelieve. ( The speaker next entered into a description of- their ope rations, in which they thought it most efficient to unite industrial and Scripture education. Notwithstanding the simple and benevolent object of their mission, the priests had hailed it with curses, and incited the people to the grossest violence—those very priests who were nursed in the lap of Government favour. As a specimen of this, he quoted a couplet from a ballad, the authorship of which had been acknowledged by a priest in a public court. This bath.' was an address to some shoemaker, named Danald Montgomery, who bad rendered himself conspicuous in the work of persecution, and one of the verses thus began : Cheers.) Stab and bore him Behind and before him, Your laostone will floor him, Brave Donald Montgomery!" The priests in English towns might assume the airs of martyrs, and walk the English streets with a bland smile of resignation, as if they were alone the friends of liberty —Rome might start her Vindicators and her Free Presses on British ground—but still they certainly would not be imposed on by the artfulness of the Papists, who always knew how to conform to circumstances. In refer ence to the industrial department of the mission, Dr. Dill related many interesting particulars, ing that, while the girls performed their work with - great taste, it originated in their bosoms that noble feeling of .h the Popish consecration of begging reland. Reviewing tke various driven from I connexion with the miss s, -- such as the !ent habits, the savings banks for the cultivation of provid speaker concluded by asserting that the oint result of Protest ant evangelisation and Pivishanaigration wo to leave !he priests high and dry; to infuse social com fort and religious freedom in Rome's British stronghold ; and, in less than twenty years, to make Ireland " great, glorious and free." (Loud cheers.) The REV. J. CAMPBELL, of Melrose, said Ireland had had her night of weeping, but now she was about to wit ness the morninz of joy. With regard to their mission for the west of Ireland, their schools were rude and ele mentary, but they were precisely the schools needed in the circumstances. They had one central school, con nected with which there was a model farm, the whole being under the charge of two Scotchmen, and producing considerable benefit. Dr. Duff, the celebrated missionary and one of the best practical educators, had visited them in the course of last year,when he had noticed twogreat defects, and to remove these defects was now their most earnest desire. One of them consisted in the fact that the children attending the schools were mostly girls, and that there were very few boys. The estates were now in the Encumbered Estates Court, and it was most desirable that they should be enabled to purchase them, for which purpose they would require £4OOO, another £lOOO being necessary for the erection of the requisite buildings. The first advantage derived from the accomplishment of this would be the rendering of their institution permanent. In the second place, they might then make the institution self-supporting, and be enabled as well to provide an in ducement to the parents to send their boys as well as the girls. As to the constitution of the association, it was pro posed to appoint four trustees—two to be nominated in Scotland, and two ,in England. Lord Panmure and Mr. Maitland had agreed to act as the Scottish t and Lord Shaftesbu;l , had almost consented to represent England in conjunction with Mr. Peto, M.P. Mr. Campbell then passed to an expression of his hopes with regard to Ireland. Popieh Ireland, and not Ire land herself, had been the curse of Britain ; and soon ,e would bec ne,inste. Is race, a in their (Cheers). Let them prod; g the people, and leave the governmerV t they please with regard to the priests. (Apps Parliament had all along mistaken the seat of I ills. In Scotland they acknowledged the deep d owed to that( to Britain. of educatin ntry, svhiah had rere bigoted eno e nort the matter of regenerating Ireland the would do the same in England. (;\ phase.) The Rev. Dr. BIRREL moved the first resolution, to the effect that, after hearing the information supplied by the deputation, the meeting highly approve of the project, and cordially commend it to the sympathy and aid of the benevolent people of Liverpool. (Cheers.) Let them, by their practical approval of this resolution, 'convince Ireland that in Protestantism thcrewas.a . unity more real than that of which the Romish Church boasted. (Cheers.) The Rev. SAMUEL AluvroN seconded the resolution. which he did with great cordiality, glad as he always was to have the opportunity of supporting a movement, from whatever party it emanated, which had for its object the carrying of the Word of God to the Irish people- Quoting a variety of extracts from 14— e puns' tions of Dr. Ne favourite Roman' Regions, which claimed for Rome the merit of being the defender of civil and religious liberty, Mr. Minton,in a hu morous and effective speech, exposed their fabrications, with a view to confirm the impressions which had been ori ginated by Dr. Dill, in his eloquent address. The speaker closed his observations witli a variety practical hints as to the conducting of the work The Rev. V. M. WHITE, who apologized for the absence of Mr. West, and expressed that gentleman's warm inter est in the mission, next addressed the meeting. The resolution had been proposed by a Scotsman, seconded by an Englishman, and it might not be considered out of place, if he, an Irishman, supported it. He concluded by intimating that one gentleman o n the plat form had requested him to put his name upon the sub scription list for £25, another name h av ing likewise bee n handed in for an equal amount. (C heers.) The CHAIRMAN intimated Oat the donor of the hand some gift was Mr. Cropper. The proceedings closed with a cordial vote of thanks to the Chairman, proposed by Mr. NEILSON and seconded by the Rev. Mr. orm of useful H iel personsd NOTES E e d R . i es s ° N will make her first London, instead of to this the originallyNseveral G i ,i LI :I4 ~), t Nt l D a n ti c t 0 voyage across as port, ,OaFn(El h a a re ve n h o a t d a l t e o ga p l ay ten 2 d o er pe in r cent. discount to get them cashed there. The CALORIC C-S THE U. S. ARCTIC EXPLORING EXPEDITION.—Active preparations are making in the United States to fit our the second exploring expedition, proposed to be sent to AußstArVia the Arctic Regions, in search of Sir J o hn Franklin, by Mr. Henry Grinnell. Its departure is fixed for about the middle of April. It will consist of the brig Advance, which formed a part of the first expedition, and is still ire perfect order, with the exception of her keel, which was knocked off by the ice. It is expected that she will be taken into the dry dock in about three weeks. She will be manned by a crew of picked men, under the com mand of Lieutenant Kane, U.S.N., and be amply pro'vided with sledges and Indiarubber boats, with which to pene trate into the frozen regions, using whichever mode of conveyance may most facilitate their progress. Pemmican, or dried deer's flesh, will form an essential article of food. On her northerly trip the Advance will stop at Greenland. and procure a supply of dogs. The sledges, and other details of the outfit, are in course of preparation. The direction to be taken will be the region of Smith's Sound; and, as the expedition will be accompanied by a corps of scientific observers, interesting results of a scientific na ture are anticipated, even though the expedition should fail of ita main object. ./.4........, 'f dt i