The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser. — Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1840-09-15 00:00:00

OND EDITION. .t,IL, Standard Office, Three o'clock, le end of last week the weather has been unsettled, fine again to-day The arrivals into this port, coastwise and from Ireland, ntinue small, but of toreign Wheat we have to note a good Pplv since Tuesday last, and of States and Canadian Flour the produce released within the week tated below, clearing the whole 10th inst. are bond here up to that dat Upon subsequent imports ricrea.sed duties also are now in course hosa of Wheat and Flour from British colonies of payment .ted to entry, the former at 6d. per quarter, r barrel These large augmentations, having been anticipated, seem to have made no inateriai impression upon the trade for Wheat and Flour, in which the operations this morning were upon a riacipa y in good descriptions of foreign, . . •- rnd at prices varying little from the currency of this day me'nnight. English new Wheats, at the same time, were by no means readily saleable at our quotations. Of Irish new, one small parcel only appeared to-day, which, being of good 'polity and in dry condition, obtained 9s. 2d. per 701bs. ARRIVALS OF CORN, the Bth to the 14th September, 1840, inclusive TOTAL S ' T;;l47 1 R EIG N . Canada, 12,863 barrels 2954 8396 12470 1480 I • 1593 1201 140 2411 800 ; 800 ed Barley . Qrs Qrs Qrs Indian Corn Rapeseed . . Oatmeal Flout .. Ditto .. Flour—l EXPORTS.. brls.—lre qrs.; Malt Oatmeal, I 'lour, 435 sacks 211 , 41 barrels —ForeiKn. Oats, 20 qrs. ; Oatmeal, II) ; Flour, 226 and. Wheat, 1614 qrs.; Oats, 62 qrs. ; Oatmeal, 50 r, 10 sel(,—Cuastwise. Wheat, 1302 qrs., Barley, 113 t, '2B qrs. ; Oats, 849 qrs.; Beans, 2 qrs. ; Pease, 3 qrs. ; Wheat Overage prices of Grain, for the week ending Sept. 4, 1840 68s. lid. I Barley J4s. bd. I Oats.. 305. lid. I Rye . Beans.. 475. 3d. Pease.. 445. sd. erage of the six weeks Barley.. 335. Bd. ; Oats. pool Averages, week coding Barley. I Oat: ethSeptember, 1840 ' Os. od. i 1 26s 1 Beans. Pease. I 43 od. 4gs. od. os. od ;Os. 3d. 1 Rye-38s. 4d n Foreign Grain, &c. this week. y 12s. .1(1. Oats ...... Is. yd. Rye .. 12s. 6d I ,e 2s. od. I Indian Cornl2s . 4d. Flour 4s. o*d HIPPING INTELLIGENCE TUESDAY, SEPTEMBEIt —Wind N. Fair, from St. Petersbirrgh—Mclimpus, Leith—Peurhyn Castle, Lewis, from Cork—Patrick, Ig, Perry, from Dublin Winter, from the Mauritius at St. Helena 3s of Dunmore, from the Cape of Good Hope at ditto , for this port, was spoken on the 3d instant, in long 35 me, Bowers, from Licata off Cape de Gatt. 18th ult. .n, Winsor, from Leghorn off Gibraltar, 27th ult. . hence fir Baitimore, was spoken on the 16th ult., in lat h. Huntress ; Lady of the Lake, Cogaan, lee at Newfoundland Janwnean, hence at Leghorn at the T evon, hence at Ilelvoet from Ilavre at Plymouth, and sailed for this 11, hence at Aberdeen, after being on shore i this port, was spoken in iat 49, long 11 ;er, hence at Ilalifax aiso at London ept. 11 —The Indian, arrived here from Porto Rico, anc on the Ii th August, hi lat 45, long 34 : lost lay, passed a large English ship, with loss of TELEGRAPH OFFICE. nines, I brig, and I schooner. No- le port, along the line FOREIGN INTELLIGENCE. FRANCE traordinary rlarm was created at Paris, on Thursday, irt that the I.:overnment had resolved on completing ileations of the city, and that an ordinance, appro. several for that purpose, would appear in Gaz^lie. The funds fell on that report nearly 3 ~ and the Three per Cent. Stock went down to 71. ix—nothing but war was talked of—many declaring minister would not proceed to so extreme a measure the certainty that hostilities were imminent—and all that something fearful was at hand. Our corre s, he has traced this report to its source, and that it has arisen simply from the fact, that government, alarmed at the immense quantity of powder in depot at Vin cennes, has ordered two forts to be prepared, into which one-half of that ammunition is to be removed. The word fort led to the idea fortification, and thus, like the three black crows, Paris, from having an additional powder maga zine, was to he surrounded by a complete fortification. When it is considered that the plan of fortification, which was long since projected, could not he executed under three years at least, the absurdity of the report will be at once evident „stitutionnel contains the following official docu nich it says it has received from a secret correspon andria. They are worthy attention, particularly the memorandum of the four consuls, as in it are explained all the baits with which Mehemet AR is to be tempted to accede to the terms of the conference. RF.PLY OF THE FOUR CONSULS OF TIIF CIRCULAR OF The Con ments dent at Al HS EX LLINCY BOGIIOS BET " The undersigned have noticed the circular of his Excel lency Boghos Bey, dated the 18th instant ; they cannot com ply with the wishes expressed by the viceroy, with regard to the affairs of Syria, as, according to article 11 of the conven tion concluded at London, on the 15th July, between the courts of Austria, Great Britain, Prussia, and Russia, and the Sublime Porte, that province, with the exception of the . . Pachalic of Acre , is to he considered as returned under the government of the Sublime Porte, and they are called on to encourage and support by every means in their power those subjects who manifest fidelity and obedience to their sove:- reign. , " LAURIN WAGNER HODGES COMTE MEDP:3I. " Alexandria, 17th Aug. (21 Dzernsaziel ahir, 1256.)" " LETTER FROM THE FOUR CONSULS TO HIS HIGHNESS THE. VICEROY " The undersigned having been invited on the part of his Highness the Viceroy of Egypt to state to him in writing the reflections and observations which they have to make to him on the serious occurrences of the present moment, hasten to conform to his wishes, and have the honour to submit to him the following document on the subject. The only object of the undersigned is to withhold nothing from the knowledge of his highness which may tend to enlighten him as to his true interests, and to avert from him, if possible, the dangers to which he will expose himself by an absolute refusal to accede to the d powers and the Su east. The undersi occasion the expre.: Alexandria, Au Dnie to between the four Mime Porte, for the pacification of the ;net' beg his highness to accept on this Finn of their profound devotion. LAURIN WAGNER HODGES COMTE MEDEM. rgust 19." The tone of the whole Paris press is warlike, and the feel - people likewise have become excited by the pro eeuings or Cornmodoie Napier on the Syrian coast. It is lleged that we want to hurry on matters so as to prevent all djustment, and that our real plan is to exasperate the Paella 1 something desperate, in order that the Russians should The old story of Copenhagen is revived, as well as by which the perfide Albion can be reviled. rs go still further, and denounce the _ ,iot avenging the insult offered to the rights of nations by Commodore Napier, and they contend that war nlone can place Prance in its true position before Europe. The French gov- - - - - ings of tt advance altra liberal p3-pc !rnrnent, it was said, received on Thursday, t espy of the quadruple treaty. Whether NI by any of the parties to it, or obtained our correspondent does not say. EGYPT distr ~ , , ,t er from Alexandria, of 2Gth ult., pub- Qunlidienne, that the French brig Maree, prui to Syria, was visited, while on her voy !ent by Commodore Napier, and that the •ench vessel of war on that station demanded From the commodore upon the subject. The .bni message, that he was not aware of the een n French ship. The French captain was h the verbal message, and requested that the t be committed to paper, which Commodore AND THE CROPS.—The weather during everything that coal be desired, s now become general throughout this In favourable situations considerable u i ryie in leading and stacking, whilst n reaping has been entirely finished. The ie to re ce i ve , i n respec t t o th e quality of satisfactory, and the yield, it is thought, was anticipated. The straw is upon the e produce is excellent. Several samples live been brought to market, and they ) thrash out well. The weight and qua aid to be ouch superior to that of last iVilte letters from the south confirm the elsewhere publish. In Devonshire, and ra , a , nd western counties, th e h arvest i s . same may be said of many parts the crops are very abundant. —Newcastle NI IN SCOTLAND. — SCOtIand is the the advocates of secular education -ating the effect of intellectual cut ,. of mankind ; and boundless have nags pronounced upon the moral virtues, steady - , i den t habits of that once held the most in s-, European population. Doubtless as ~ .Ticultural or a pastoral country, ~:ation was hastd upon religion, when the school ,..se stood beside the church, and both trained up the same population, who afterwards were to repose in the neighbour ing church-yard, Scotland was a virtuous country, and its population deservedly stood high in the scale of European morality. But, since manufactures have overspread its great towns, and a population has grown up in certain places—edu cated indeed, but with tile means of religious instruction, and almost totally destitute of relir4ious principle—the character of the nation in this respect has entirely changed ; and it is character Scotland V1'316 an a a melancholy lac rapid in that par „.,:as of - crime has been more Isriti,:h dominions (luring the last ..) other part in Europe. It appears, from ~tid before the combination committee, last ses lent, that the progress of felonies and serious during the last 16 years, has been beyond rming, the population having, during that ' about 70 per cent. while serious crime has -gent. Crime over the whole country is ad apid rate, and far beyond the increase of vancing at the population. In England, the committals, which, in 1818, were 7161, had risen, in 1837, to 23,612—that is to say, they had tripled in 21 years. This advance will probably be con sidered by most persons as sufficiently alarming in the neigh bouring kingdom ; but it is small, compared to the progress made by Scotland during the same period, where serious crimes have advanced from 89 in 1805, to 3418 in 1838 ; being an increase, in four -and-twenty years, of mere tkaa tkirty fold.—Alison's Prineiptes fil• Poptelseett THE UNITED STATES AND BRITISH NORTH AMERICA By the arrival of the steam-ship Acadia, Captain Miller, we have received New York and Boston papers to the Ist instant, and Halifax papers to the 3d instant, both inclusive. The Acadia sailed from Boston in the forenoon of the Ist, and from Halifax at eleven on the night of the 3d instant. She arrived in the Mersey at midnight on Sunday, having accomplished the voyage from Boston in twelve days and a half, and from Hali fax in ten days. The passage from Boston to Liver pool is the shortest on record. She had to encounter very boisterous weather, with strong head winds, du ring the greater part of last week. The number of passengers which she has brought is seventy, all of whom were highly delighted with the accommodations of this splendid vessel, and with the conduct of her skilful commander. We proceed to give the principal articles of intelligence from the various papers which she has brought. Our extracts are chiefly made from the New York Morning Herald of the Ist instant, which was forwarded, by special express, to Boston. NEWS FOR ENGLAND. Herald-office, New York, Tuesday Morning, 4 o'clock, Sept. 1, 1840. _ We make up our paper almost exclusively for the English market, and give, in the different columns, all the intelligence of interest, from all parts of America. This will be sent by special express to Boston, to go by the Acadia to-day, thence to Liverpool. The whole country is in a state of intense excitement in relation to the coming presidential election in November. Nearly all the recent state elections have gone against Mr. Van Buren, and there is more than a probability to believe that General Harrison will be our next president. This will give an entirely new turn to business matters, and specula tions of all kinds will once more flourish. _ We are at peace with all our neighbours, except the Florida Indians ; but there is great excitement in the south on account of the interference of Great Britain in the social insti tutions of our southern planters. And out of this will grow a very serious question immediately after the presidential election. Business of all kinds is gradually reviving ; and those who were prudent during the years of speculation, are now doing a safe and profitable cash business. Everything i❑ the way of trade appears to be obtaining a firmer and more extensive basis than ever. Money is plenty in this city, but can only be obtained on the most unexceptionable security. The crop of corn will be greater than ever was known in this country. The cotton crop is expected to be very large, although some judges think it will fall short of last year. The country is healthy ; the politicians of both parties are running over the country, making stump speeches ; there is as much drinking as ever; the whigs are in high spirits; the locofocos are no less sanguine of success ; the Wall-street papers are going to destruction; the New York Herald never was more flourishing ; and every body is happy, except a few miserable politicians, and disappointed office seekers. STEAM-SIIIP PRESIDENT.—This noble vessel sails to-day at two o'clock, with sixty passengers, and a large cargo con sisting principally of flour and tobacco. During the last week, no less than 27,380 persons visited her. There has been no fete given on board of her, and altogether the agents here have mismanaged her concerns. Had they understood their business, she would have gone out with a full comple ment of passengers. THE BOUNDARY QUESTION.—The general feeling of every American still is, that in less than one year the United States will take peaceable possession of the whole of the dis puted territory. The report of Messrs. Mudge and Feather stonhaugh is universally laughed at in this country. Our commission for exploring the territory, and reporting there on, is under full headway. Our government has provided them with ample resources, and as soon as Professor Cleve land's successor is appointed, Professor Renwick and his associates will proceed to business. EMIGRATION FROM EUROPE.--Emigrants by hundreds are daily arriving at all our sea-ports from all parts of Great Britain and the continent of Europe. The tide of emigra tion to this country this summer, so far, has been unprece dented for the last ten years. SUPPOSED SLAVER OR PIRATE.—We recommend to the British cruisers to look out for a clipper built brig called the Melek Adhel, which it is supposed by some, has gone to the coast of Africa on a slaving expedition. We have already described her and her movements very fully. Gov. Poulett Thomson is in a miserable state of health, suffering from a severe rheumatic attack. IMPORTANT FROM MEXICO There are indications of highly important movements in Mexico. All our intelligence of the late revolutionary move ments at the capital, has hitherto come through the central ists. Their statements, of course, put the most favourable colouring upon events for their own side of the question. Though, even from their own admissions, it is manifest that the Federalists were making formidable and triumphant movements. A letter written from the city of Mexico, after the breaking out of the revolution, by a private citizen, re ceived at New Orleans, contains representations decidedly favourable to the success of the Federalists. The revolt in the city of Mexico had been joined by the common people, rising almost en masse, and the majority of resident foreign - era. In the capture of the citadel, several Mexican generals were taken prisoners and shot. Among others, the name of General Fornel is mentioned. Among the Centralists suspi cions and jealousies prevailed, the leaders not knowing whom to trust, and afraid of being betrayed by their best friends. FRENCH TRIPLE LINE OF STEAM PACKETS TO AMERICA. (From the Times.) The time occupied in these several passages will be 1. For the line of packets from Havre to New York 16 2. For that from Bordeaux to Martinique l9 1 00 From Martinique to Havannah.. 3. From Marseilles to Martinique From Martinique to Havannah 4. From Havannah to Mexico 5. From Martinique to Central America 6. From St. Lazaire toßrazil 7. From Rio de Janeiro to La Plata The number of vessels required for the service of these ifferent lines has been estimated as follows : For Havre the minimum is four and the maximum five, if we wish to prevent all interruption; we will therefore state it at For Bordeaux For Marseilles For Nantes. For the two secondary lines of the Antilles For the secondary line of Brazil The line from Havre to New York is to be undertaken by a free commercial company, receiving an annual fee of 8801. per horse power, forming an amount of 1,600,000 f. for the post service, the product of which, duly valued at 600,000 f., will belong to the state. With regard to the other principal and secondary lines, they would be undertaken by govern ment, and the expences defrayed by the treasury. The es tablishment of these steam-vessels will require the disburse ment of 28,120,000 f. ; and the service, once instituted, will cost annually 12,000,000 livres, in compensation of which a return of 4,000,000 byres is expected, which will increase annually. The annual fee determined on is 880 f. per horse power, or 400,000 f. per vessel of 450 horse power. Such an indemnity may appear considerable ; in the original projected law it only amounted to 240,000 f. The commission of the Chamber of Deputies has, on the request of the President of the Council, increased and nearly doubled it. To this measure we give our entire approval. It is a measure of prudence to provide against the failure of the first companies intrusted with those labours. Such an event would not only occasion a loss of time, and time is precious, but a loss of money, and thence forward capitalists would be timid in engaging in another at tempt of a similar nature. The 14 steam-vessels destined for South America, and the Antilles constructed by government, will be adapted to carry guns in case of necessity. This is stipulated for in the first paragraph of article 3. Vessels thus burthened by their pecu liar method of construction will be enabled to receive less merchandise than such as are devoted to commerce only ; this, however, will be their only inconveniency, as their swiftness will be the same. STATE OF TRADE Lzzns.—At both the market days since our last, the sales of balk goods in our Piece Halls have been extensive, exhibit ing a manifest improvement upon some recent markets. An improved tone seemed to pervade both clothiers and mer chants ; but we regret to say that the unexpected failure of an enterprising merchant during the week has given a shock to the confidence which had recently grown up. As the gen tleman in question had recently purchased extensively, it is feared that many of the clothiers will be embarrassed by his stoppage. BRADFORD MARKET.—Our market on Thursday was not so brisk as we have recently witnessed it, yet on the whole there was a fair business done, the principal demand being for Orleans Cloths, Alpachas, and figured pieces. There was no change to note in the Yarn Market, either as to the ex tent of the sales or prices. For some time past the demand has been limited. In the Wool Market the principal sales were of low and medium sorts of Wool ; but the reports from the Bristol and other influential Wool Fairs tended to keep down prices. BARNSLEY LINEN TRADE.—II gives us pleasure to state that the Linen Trade in all its branches, at this place, mo derately brisk, and the weavers on e an d all areand is maybefully employed. HECKMONDWIKE BLANKET HALL.—We have had a fair attendance of buyers at the Market this week, both on Mon day and Thursday. The demand for goods continues favour able, but there is no improvement in prices, so that the manufacturers are not materially benefited by the increased demand.—Leeds Intelligencer. LANCASHIItt.—The calico block printing in the neigh bouring towns of Manchester, although rather slack, is better than is generally the case at this season of the year. 'At some few places there are two sets of bands, one for the day and another for the night, but the wages of the operatives are by no means so good as they were a few years ago. Machine printing is moderately brisk, and that branch of business is increasing.—The woollen cloth trade at Saddleworth has been in an unsettled state for the last eighteen months or two years past, but we are glad to state it is slowly improving, and that there is a moderately good demand for some sorts of goods for home consumption. There have also been more favourable accounts from America ; operative dyers and weavers have generally moderate employment, but wages are lower, and manufacturers' profits less, than they were a few years since : masters will only make goods sparingly for pre sent orders. —Preston Chronicle. tu TIIE GLOVE TRADE.—Considerable orders for manufae enrteedrtagionoecidsowfearespreeecdeiyeimd a r t o Y ve e m ov e i n l t la i s a t t w he eek b , us a i n n d es h s op w es h a ie r h e has been in a very dep y resse p d state.—Worcester Journal. man, who arrived in Brist o l i A THlEY.—Last week, CLEVER DETECTION 0 -- passageby th e 0c b G reatank notes We s tern an 1 n t train amounting :co tom alighting, to his great consternation, that onhis Bath, found, on tgleianttlhee wn his , l v o e s r s to the engineer, giving also £ h a l d 2o. been il e e a n s e i a d d e k no dashingly dressed, whom sat n y ext to . him in the carriage. he e description us peet suspected, of nn d the ly hpoe hadesoa . recommended the The engineer, after a few minutes ir I instructed , ath and arrived lost n no sufferer to allow himself to be strapped ir r (for safety) on an engine, without a train, which starte aslb there in Ili minutes. The gentleman , time in giving information to the Bath police,who waited with him at the station till the train f rom Bristol ( started in return to Bath bef ore the g en tleman took his had isde parture on the engine) arrived. An adept of the ) London Swell Mob then stepped out o f the carria ge; was to h great surprise identified by the plundered gentleman s u i l searched ; the bank notes were found i n his p ocke t , and lie ' - s -- now in Ilchester gaol patiently (!) abiding the da y of trial. - Rrietol ,Tournel. THEATRE-ROYAL, LIVERPOOL Last Week of Mr. MACKAY, of the Theatre-Royal, Edin burgh ; and of Mr. PAUL BEDFORD, of the Theatres-Royal, Covent garden, Drury-lane, and the Haymarket. THIS present TUESDAY EVENING, the 15th instant, will he performed the Scotch Drama of THE HEART OF MID-LOTHIAN. Laird of Dumbiedikes Mr. Mackay. Black Frank John, Duke of Argyle Mr. Gray. George Robinson Mr. W. Howard. Reuben Butler.. Queen Caroline Jeanie Deans Effie Deans.. Miss Grant. I Madge Wildfire.. Miss Cleaver. To conclude with the Musical Play of GUY MANNERING. Dominic Sampson Mr. Mackay. Gabriel Colonel Mannering Mr. W. Howard. Henry Bertram, Mr. Barker. I Dandie Dinmont, Mr. Slaiter. Julia Mannering Miss Grant. Lucy Bertram, Mrs. P. Crowe. I Meg Merilies, Miss Cleaver. Flora Mrs. Tellet. On WEDNESDAY, for the BENEFIT of Mr. PAUL BEDFORD, the popular Drama of JACK SHEPPARD. Abram Mendez, Mr. Mackay; Blueskin, (his original cha racter,) Mr. Paul Bedford ; Jack Sheppard, Mrs. Tellet ; Owen Wood, Mr. Baker ; Jonathan Wild, Mr. W. Howard ; Mrs. Wood, 'Miss Cleaver.—To conclude with Weber's Opera of DER FREISC RUTZ. Caspar, Mr. Paul Bedford; Ru dolph, Mr. Barker; Killian, Mr. G. Horncastle ; Agnes, Miss Grant; Anna, Mrs. P. Crowe. On THURSDAY, a variety of Entertainments, in which Mr. Mackay and Mr. Paul Bedford will perform. On FRIDAY, for the BENEFIT of Mr. MACKAY, a new Drama, never acted here, called REDGAUNTLET.— After which, the Second Act of ROB ROY.—To conclude with GILDEROY. The Public is respectfully informed that the entire of the FRENCH COMPANY OF PERFORMERS, from the Prince's Theatre, (late St. James', London,) are engaged for a Limited Period, and will make their appearance here on MONDAY next, the 21st instant, in favourite French Dramas, which will be expressed in future Bills and Advertisements. EXHIBITION. WILL SHORTLY CLOSE, CAPTAIN SIBOBA"S MODEL OF THE BATTLE OF WATERLOO. THE celebrated MODEL OF THE BATTLE OF WATERLOO is NOW OPEN for EXHIBITION at the GALLERY OF THE UNION ROOMS, Slater street, Bold-street. Open from Ten in the Morning till Ten at Night. Ad mission, One Shilling each. ASTRONOMY ON MONDAY the 21st, TUESDAY the 22d, and WEDNES DAY the 23d instant, Mr. M. HOLDEN will deliver a Course of ASTRONOMICAL LECTURES, in the LIVER THEATRE, Church-street, and repeat them on THURSDAY the 24th, FRIDAY the 25th, and SATURDAY the 26th instant, illustrated with his beautiful Transparent Orrery, 21 feet in diameter; also, a great quantity of splendid Scenery, Tele scopic Views of the Sun, Moon, Planets, Comets, Stars, Nebulae, &c., shining as in Nature, enlightening all the place. Tickets may be had of the principal Booksellers, and of the Lecturer, at No. 10, Clarence-street, Liverpool. For particulars, order, &c., see the Syllabus. Doors to be opened at Half-past Six, and the Lectures to commence at Seven each Evening. . _ . Boxes, 35.; Pit, 2s. ; and Gallery, Is., each Lecture GREAT MEETING ON THURSDAY We have made arrangements for giving, in .our next publication, a correct and ample Report of the inte resting and important Meeting of the CHESTER DIOCESAN BOARD OF EDUCATION, which will be held in the Amphitheatre on Thursday. The well-known ability of the several speakers will, no doubt, produce a salutary and lasting impression upon the auditory, who will wish to preserve the sentiments uttered on the occasion ; and as we have recently had many applications for the STANDARD on the evening of publication, which we could not supply, our friends will particularly oblige us by obtaining the Paper as early as possible. TO CORRESPONDENTS EXPERIMENTAL OPENING OF THE CHESTER AND BIR KENHEAD RAILWAY—We had prepared an account of the trial trips which took place on this line on Thursday and Saturday last, hnt are compelled to postpone it in conse quence of the length of the report of the interesting pro ceedings at the Amphitheatre last night. Ebt Etberpool &tanbatt. TUESDAY MORNING, SEPTEMBER 15, 1840. On Wednesday evening last the Papist Alderman Sheil presided over the annual meeting of the Liver pool Tradesmen's Reform Association. The report of the Mercury states that he was called to the chair with acclamation. We find in this circumstance, trifling as it is in itself, a fresh evidence of the strong compact which exists between the liberals and the Papists. The nondescript association to which we allude is chiefly composed of political Dissenters, Socialists, Infidels, and Papists, together with a sprinkling of renegade churchmen. What the feelings of the latter must have been when Mr. Sheil was called to the chair we cannot divine. All we can say is, that they richly deserved the deliberate insult oared to their church by such a 2 I proceeding. After Alderman Sheil had been duly installed in the chair, he proceeded, in his usual magniloquent style, to deliver himself of the absurdities which he had conned for the occasion. Among these absurdities one of the most laughable was the assertion that the whig radical faction " professed principles which tended to promote and extend the interests of the great mass of the community to the exclusion of none." The whole career of the whig party, since their accession to office, has afforded a beautiful and instructive commentary on this boast. Whose interests have these hypocrites promoted . ? They have certainly taken care of their own ; but we venture to say that there is no great class in the community, agricultural, commercial, or manu facturing, whose interests they have not basely and scandalously sacrificed. After Mr. Sheil had sufficiently amused the meeting by his rant. and fustian, Mr. Councillor Gravestone Bolton got up to express a hope that the electors of Lime-street 'Ward would again return Mr. Blackburn as their representative to the Town Council. Of Mr. Blackburn personally we have at present no wish to say anything, labouring as he is under a domestic ca- lamity which has naturally called forth the universal sympathy of all parties : but this we feel confident of— that a staunch conservative will be chosen at the next municipal election, to represent the ward in question. " John Rosson, Esq.," the Popish barrister, (how prominent these Papists are at all the reform gather ings !) next addressed the meeting. This gentleman indulged in his usual style of abuse towards the Pro testant clergy of the town, and insinuated that the Rev. Hugh M'Neile uttered an untruth when he said that " the Saviour came to spread, not peace, but war upon the earth !" If Mr. Rosson had as much know ledge of Scripture as an ordinary charity school boy, he would have known that the language which he de signated as "an abominable tirade" proceeded out of the lips of the Divine Redeemer. His allusion to the late trial of Hearne v. Stowell was equally unfortunate. He charged our contemporary the Courier (who will, no doubt, answer for himself) with " uttering a string of the most detestable libels that any Christian—he might almost say any anti-Christian had ever uttered against his fellow-man." In one sense the comments of the Courier were certainly libellous—they were dis agreeable and damning truths, calculated to bring the character of the Romish priesthood into merited dis repute. The more generally such unpalatable truths are brought before the public the better. The de grading practises of Popery cannot be too frequently or too forcibly exposed. The next important proceeding at the congress of the Liverpool loco focos was, the election of a presi dent for the ensuing year. This important trust has been delegated to Mr. James Brancker, whose chief qualification for the office is, that he has bled freely on many former occasions. We do not know what to think of the declaration of Mr. Rathbone that he had " grown both blind and gray in the service of the reformers." We can better understand his boast that he did not belong to the aristocracy of the reform party, as " his father was a man that worked in his own sawpit." Mr. Rathbone has no ambition to be thought one of the elite of his party : he is simply content with the distinction of being top-sawyer among them. If there had been any previous doubt on the sul)ject of the recent accessions to the registry for this borough, Mr. Rathbone has completely removed it, by declaring most unequivocally that the " aristocratic" reformers had done their duty by " coming forward to assist those who could not pay their taxes." We now know positively whom to thank for the future additions which will be made to the burden of our local taxation. However, the game which the reformers have been playing through the agency of the Protector Associa tion has only served to stimulate the Conservatives to increased zeal and more strenuous exertions, the effect of which has been signally successful. Mr. Rathbone acknowledges that the Conservatives have " stolen a march" upon the reformers " which it would require their greatest discretion and their greatest energy to Alter all, it is not unlikely that the money expended upon this Protector Society has been counteract." Sir Joshua is not one SOCIETY FOR PROMOTING CHRISTIANITY AMONG THE JEWS. The celebration of the twenty-first anniversary of the Li verpool Auxiliary Society for Promoting Christianity among the Jews commenced on Sunday last, and will terminate to morrow evening. On Sunday sermons were preached ap propriate to the occasion, and collections made, in St. An drew's, by the Rev. W. Pym, M.A., rector of Welwyn ; in St. Augustine's, by the Rev. F. S. Grimshaw, M.A., vicar of Biddenham ; in St. Bride's, by the Rev. H. Raikes, M.A., Chancellor of the diocese; in St. Mark's, by the Rev. D. .James, incumbent of St. Mary's, Kirkdale ; in All Saints', by the Rev. J. H. Stewart, M.A., incumbent of St. Bride's ; in St. Luke's, by the Rev. T. Byrd), D.D., F.A.S., rector of Wallasey ; in St. Simon's, by the Rev. J. Newton Peill, M.A., Fellow of Queen's College, Cambridge ; in Christ Church, by the Rev. F. Ould, A. 8., incumbent ; in the Mariners' Church, by the Rev. B. A. Marshall, A. 8., curate of St. Mark's ' • in St. Bride's, by the Rev. T. S. Grimshaw, ; in All Saints', by the Rev. W. Pym, M.A. ; in St. David's, by the Rev. A. McConkey, M.A.. minister of All Saints'; in St. Jude's, by the Rev. Hugh M`Neile, M.A., incumbent ; in St. Simon's, by the Rev. J. R. Connor, •M.A., minister; in West Derby Chapel, by the Rev. R. Davies, M.A., incumbent of St. David's ; at Edge-hill, by the Rev. W. Pym, M.A. ; at Seaforth, by the Rev. W. Rawson, M.A., incumbent ; at Prescot, by the Rev. T. Tattershall, D.ll. incumbent of St. Augustine's • and at Runcorn, by the Rev. H. S. Joseph, chaplain to the Liver pool Workhouse. MEETING ANNIVERSARY Last evening the anniversary meeting of the society wa held in the Royal Amphitheatre. The whole of the spacious edifice was filled in every part. and a glorious spectacle it presented. Amongst the clergy and gentry upon the plat- form, we observes—Sir Deane, of Cork ; Salusbury ; J. Rigby, Joshua Edwards, Sir J. S. P. T. Greenall, Pemberton, Keeling (Runcorn) Edwards so much money thrown away whit nearer the twelve months ago object of his ambition than he was Mr. Rathbone's furious charge against the parish like other chargeS in which the Radicals are so prone to indulge, is entirely groundless. His threat ened vengeance will turn out to be nothing more than the angry ebullition of a weak-minded and disap pointed man. Mr. Rathbone will have no chance at the next municipal election. His seat for Pitt-street ward is in imminent danger. Hinc ill lachrymffl ! Hence his grievous lamentations over the state of the officers, registration lists We perfectly agree with Mr. Rathbone that we are " upon the eve of one of the most important struggles in which this town was ever engaged—a struggle not merely affecting. our municipal relations, but the Par liamentary election also." This language is but an echo of what we have insisted upon for many - weeks past. Upn the issue of the approaching municipal election will most materially depend the result of the next parliamentary struggle. Let our conservative friends bear this important fact in mind, and let it operate as a fresh stimulus to their zeal and activity. Mr. Sawpit Rathbone's sneers at Lord Sandon and Mr. Cresswell are only calculated to provoke our mirth. It is truly laughable to witness an individual of such very small pretensions as. Mr. Rathbone ven turing to criticise the abilities of such a man as Mr. Cresswell. It would be a matter of surprise, indeed, if a reform gathering were to pass over without affording an op portunity for the Mayor's " man Friday" to make a fool of himself. This he did on Wednesday last, when he said that "mushroom voters had been created with a rapidity unparalleled in the history of party," within the last few weeks! 'We thank thee, Jew, for teaching us that word " mushroom," as applicable to the rabble put on the register by the Protector Society. W with Mr. Atkinson in the hope that these "funguses (query fungi?) may be cut down in the registration courts." We trust that measures are in progress which will afford ample gratification on this score to the ex-secretary of the Reform Association. Nothing could better please us than to see so patriotic a wish carried into execution. After Mr. Tinpot Atkinson had blustered his short and fretful hour on the platform, we are informed by the report of the Mercury that there were " loud calls for Mr. Spence," which Mr. Spence responded to by declaring that he had " renounced and relinquished everything appertaining to political interference" " his political career was closed"—and that he had "come to the determination of abandoning everything connected with politics." We know nothing about Mr. Spence's motives for taking a step which occa sioned so much surprise in the meeting ; but we pre sume that his secession from the ranks of his reform ing friends was occasioned by sheer disgust at their outrageous proceedings. We know that this feeling has led hundreds to desert the banner of reform— stained, begrimed, and disfigured as that banner has been by the most profligate bribery and corruption: We hope that they will soon enrol themselves under the standard—the pure and spotless standard, of Con servatism. —that We cannot conclude these cursory remarks without o b s erving, that the Radicals seem now to be heartily ashamed of their reckless tampering with the registry, and that they have now no resource left to cover their disgrace than that of abusing the Tories for out-ma noeuvering them. We are not sorry to see them writh ing under the agonies of disappointment and vexation. They have brought their troubles on their own heads. The Morning Herald of yesterday furnishes us with an authentic copy of the Quadruple Treaty of the 15th of July, and of the additional articles connected with that convention. We are sorry that we cannot find room for the whole of these important-documents. The following is a summary of their contents : The first article of the convention states that, in con sequence of the agreement of the Sultan with the four powers of Great Britain, Austria, Prussia, and Russia, on the conditions of the arrangement with reference to Mehemet Ali, the four contracting powers " engage themselves to act with perfect accord, and to unite their efforts to determine Mehemet Ali to conform to this arrangement, each of the high contracting partieS reserving to itself to co-operate to this end with the means of action which each of them can dispose of." The second article stipulates that in case of the re fusal of the Pacha of Egypt to adhere to the said ar- rangement, the four powers engage to take, at the re quisition of the Sultan, the measures concerted and agreed on by them, for the end of putting the arrange ment into execution. In the meantime the Sultan having invited his allies " to join him to assist in interrupting the communication by sea between Egypt and Syria, and to prevent the expedition of troops, horses, arms, &c.," from one part of these provinces to another, the allied powers pledge themselves to give immediately to this effect the necessary orders to the commanders of the naval forces in the Mediterranean. The third article stipulates that if Mehemet Ali, after such refusal, should direct his forces either by land or sea towards Constantinople, the high contracting parties, on the requisition of the Sultan, "agree to answer the invitation of that Sovereign, and to provide for the defence of his throne, by means of a co-operation con certed in common, for the purpose of putting the two straits of the Bosphorus and Dardanelles, as well as the capital of the Ottoman Empire, secure against all aggression." The forces requisite for this purpose are to remain at the disposal of the Sultan, as long as their presence shall be required, after which they are to re tire simultaneously, and enter into the Black Sea and the Mediterranean. The fourth article states, that the co-operation of the allied powers shall not be considered but as a measure "exceptional," adopted "at the express desire of the Sultan, and solely for his defence." This article then proceeds to state, that "it is agreed that this measure will derogate in nothing to the ancient law of the Otto man Empire, in virtue of which it has been in all times prohibited to vessels of war of foreign powers to enter into the straits of the Dardanelles and the Bosphorus; and the Sultan, on his part, declares by the present act, that, with the exception of the eventuality above mentioned, he has the firm resolve to maintain, for the future, the principle invariably established as the ancient regulation of his empire, and as long as the Porte is at peace, not to admit any foreign vessel of war into the straits of the Bosphorus and Dardanelles." The con tracting parties engage to respect this determination of the Sultan. An Additional Act annexed to the Convention em bodies the conditions of the arrangement with reference to Mehemet Ali. According to 'the first article of this We have no space left for an analysis of the remain der of, these documents. These, with our own com ments thereupon, we must defer until Friday. " His Highness (the Sultan) promises to accord to Me hemet Ali. for him and for his descendants in line direct, the administration of the Pachalic of Egypt; and his Highness promises, moreover, to accord to Mehemet Ali during his lite, with the title of Pacha of Acre and the command of the fortress of St. Jean d'Acre, the administration of the southern part of Syria, of which the limits are designed by the follow. ing line of demarcation : This line drawn from the Cape Ras-el-Nakhora, on the shores of the Mediterranean, extending from thence directly to the mouth of the river Seisaban, northern extremity of the Tiberias, along the western coast of the said lake, following the right bank of the river Jordan and the western coast of the Dead Sea, extending from thence in a right line as far as the Red Sea, and resting on the northern point of the Gulf d'Akaber, and following the western coast of the Gulf d'Akaber and the eastern coast of the Gulf of Suez, as far as Snez." The article then states that the Sultan attaches to these offers the condition that Mehemet Ali accepts them within the space of ten days after they are com municated to him, and that at the same time he de posits in the hands of the Sultan's agent the necessary orders to the commanders of his forces to retire from Arabia, from Candia; the district of Adana, and ail other parts of the Ottoman empire not comprised in the limits of Egypt and the pachalic of Acre. According to the second article of the Additional Act, if the ten days should pass without the compliance of Mehemet Ali, the offer of the pachalic of Acre is to be withdrawn. The third and fourth articles relate to the payment of tribute on the part of Mehemet Ali. The remaining articles describe the future relations in which he is to stand with reference to the Ottoman empire. Esqrs. ; the Revs. Chancellor Raikes, Dr. Byrth, H. M`Neile, H. Stowell, T. S. Grimshaw, J. B. Cartwright, J. H. Stewart, R. P. Buddicom, W. Rawson, W R. Davies, W. Williams, E. Morgan, H. Jones, M`l;Tor, Mon- himes, creiff, F. Barker, Thos. Byrth, Jone, —M`Gill M'Cjukey, J. E - Smith (St Bates, David .] R. 'Williams, T. , G. Driffield, C. W. LawrenCe, P. Gold, B. A. Marshall. J. Picton, H. Carpenter, Woods, W. Fal- loon, T. S. Coles, ). Roberts, W. Pigeon, W. Pim, H. S Joseph, W. May;iard,' J. Wright, —'Chalmers, - Hassell, T. Rawson, C. J. Richards, Siddons, Banner, France, W. Fenton, J. Bayles , G. Stokes, T. Dwyre, J. N. Peill. The Chair was taken by the Worshipful and Rev. HENRY RAIKES, the Chancellor of the Diocese. _ _ _ yheCIIAIRMAIST, in opening the proceedings, said- Christian friends 1 trust that ther-e is but one feeling in this great assembly, that the work in which we are engaged is a work too great to be accomplished by any power of man ;. but that , for its success we must depend upon'tbe blessing of God. Therefore, let the first step we take this evening be • solemn act of prayer to implore the blessing of God upon the work in w hick we are engtiged The Rev. H. S. JOSE - PH then offered an appropriate prayer. The CHAIRMAN then said—l feel at a loss, my Christian friends, when I behold this immense assemblage before me, whether I ought to congratulate the Society for Promoting Christianity among the Jews upon the vast number of friends whom I see collected in its cause. (At this period the Rev. Hugh Stowell entered the platform, and his appearance excited. numerous rounds of applause.) I humbly request, my friends, proceeded the venerable chairman. to remember that altho' we are assembled for a particular purpoSe, and in a building that is dedicated to other purposes, it is not desi rable to carry the habits of the theatre into an assembly like the present ; and I do earnestly hope the hearts of all arc prepared to hear the statements that will be made to them this evening with very different feelings from those which usually display themselves in that noisy form of approbation which is common to edifices like this. I was going to say, I literally felt at a loss to know whether I ought to congratu late the Society for Promoting Christianity among the Jews upon the business of this assembly, or whether I ought not to direct my congratulations in a different direction, and con- school mittee gratulate the town of Liverpool upon the interest she takes in the important proceedings of that interesting society. And I do not know but what the congratulations which I feel must be due in one quarter or another, must be most justly due to the community which has sent forth such a re presentation of its feeling as that which is before me at present ; and this I say, from a firm and deep con viction that has been formed by the experience of some years, that just in proportion as Scriptural religion flourishes in a place—and by scriptural religion I mean the only religion that is a sound and a real blessing to those who possess it—just in proportion as scriptural religion gains a hold upon the hearts of the community, so far does the interest belonging to the Jewish cause develope itself likewise among that community. Otherwise it must be a problem not very easy to solve, that whilst during the past ages, that whilst christianity has had its hold upon this country, and whilst this country has produced writers of great distinction in the christian cause, that while we must feel many things lovely and of good report have been produced among us, there has still been comparatively such a cold, languid, and inefficient feeling with regard to the Jewish people. If we look back upon past ages, we shall see some efforts made on behalf of the heathen world, hut literally none on behalf of the Jewish people ; but I do believe that one of the best tokens in the presem, day, one of the most conclusive proofs that the Bible is really studied and felt is, that I see upon every side an increasing interest in the welfare and condition of the Jews. So long as our religion is a mere system of ethics, and a mere tissue of metaphysical abstraction, the Jews hold no part in the system of that religion. There may he a religion beautiful in its scheme, beautiful in its code of morals, but which shall have so little to do with the Bible, that the Jews, as a people, shall have no hold upon the hearts and affections of the persons who hold that religion, and shall be regarded like some distant abstraction, in which they cannot possibly take any deep or lively interest. But when once the Bible begins to be read, when once the old testament, as well as the new testament, are laid as the foundation of all our religious belief; from that moment the Jewish people ac quire an interest in the hearts of believers to exercise an influ ence upon them from which it is not possible for us to es cape. And thus I feel convinced that of all the signs of the times—and the signs of the times are so many, that it is hardly possible for any one to fail remarking them — there is hardly one which promises better for the healthy tone of religion in this country, and for the Scriptural char acter of the belief of its inhabitants, than the universal in terest which is taken in the welfare of this interesting people. You may remember, perhaps (for the passage is commonly quoted), what our great moralist, Dr. Johnson, in his Tour to the Hebrides, said, when he visited the ruins of lona giving vent to the feelings which the place excited, he said the man was to be pitied whose patriotism did not warmer upon the plains of Marathon, or whose pity was.not excited by dwelling upon the ruins of lona. It has often struck me, whilst .reflecting upon the subject, that if that great man, gifted as he was, capable as he was of discerning the workings of the human heart, could have derived such sentiments as these from the ruins of lona, had walked through the ruins of Judah, be might have derived a warmer and a deeper feeling than those which the ruins of lona were calcu lated to produce. The fact is, that the religion of that man, and, I grieve to think, the circumstances in which he was born and lived, had crippled his powers, or he would have alloWed his mighty imagination to wander over the ruins of Judah, and have derived from the hands of the Jewish peo ple a warmer tone of sentiment, a deeper feeling of piety, than any that can be calculated upon from the plains of Ma rathon, or from amidst the ruins of lona. It is, however, our privilege to be born in different days, and to enjoy greater advantages than he did. It is our privilege to have the whole Bible set before us, and to be led from the begin ning'to the end of it, as the birthright to which we were born, and to catch from the history of the Jewish people a deeper and a livelier interest than that which can be borrowed from any adventitious circumstances besides. And I rejoice to see a meeting like this, formed and collected as it has been, for it comes with a conviction to my mind, that the Bible has been read—more than that, that the Bible has been felt, by the families and individuals of whom this great assembly is composed. Therefore let me lift up my heart in devout thank. fulness to God, that he has permitted us to take this interest in the welfare of the Jewish people, convinced as I am that in the fortunes of that people mighty dispensations are in volved, and that the more we are interested in promoting their welfare, the more we are connecting ourselves with the work of Providence, and bringing down upon us the blessing of our God. The venerable Chairman then called upon the Secretary to read the annual report of the Committee. The Rev. H. S. Joseph then read the report : REPORT. It is with thanksgiving to the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, that the Committee of the Liverpool Auxiliary Society for promoting Christianity amongst the Jews, pre sent to their subscribers and friends the report of their pro ceedings on the occasion of this their twenty-first annual meeting. The encouragement which God has been pleased during the past year to vouchsafe, by His continued blessings on the cause which they have had in hand, and the increased num ber of friends whom He has been pleased to raise up to unite in this work of benevolence, require their deepest gratitude. From the satisfactory increase also in the funds of your Auxiliary, which your committee have the gratification of announcing, they are graciously given to feel, that " the sil ver and the gold also are His." For these mercies they would ascribe all the praise and glory to Him who saith, " Salvation is of the Jews." The committee would most affectionately congratulate their subscribers lnd benefactors on the present state of their elder brethren of the House of Israel. Their labour in the ancient vineyard has not been "in vain in the Lord." Many sons and daughters of Abraham have through their instru mentality.been brought into " the fold of Christianity," to be again children of the kingdom, through faith in the once rejected Messiah. Your committee, however, are not disposed to estimate the excellence of any cause merely by the measure of success which may attend it. If such a standard had been generally adopted—if it had been in use in the days of primitive Chris tianity—where would have been the Christian religion at this day ? Success and duty must ever be kept separate from each other. Duty we maintain is ours : success is God's. If in the discharge of duty He is pleased to give us proofs of His approbation, by vouchsafing any measure of success, to Rim and to Him alone, be ascribed all the p ra i se : b ut, if He please to withhold it, our obligations are not, therefore, diminished ; our path is not, therefore, to be forsaken. If the principles in which we have associated ourselves together, for any benevolent yurpose are scriptural, and the means adopted for carrying out those principles are agreeable to the divine will, we need nut fear the result. The committee cannot allow the present occasion to pass without adverting to the late most distressing persecution of the Jews at Damascus and Rhodes, and to record their full belief that the charges are altogether unfounded. At the same time, they desire to express their deep sympathy with the sufferings of that afflicted people, and willingly pledge themselves to nse every effort in their power to vindicate them from so unjusCanlaspersion. The ritosrue - rs also of the Parent Society are bright and inviting : proofs of the Divine blessing resting upon their la bours, are daily multiplied. Prejudices on the part of the Jew (hitherto an almost insurmountable barrier) are gradually becoming relaxed, and the desire of the pure and infallible Word of God in Hebrew, greatly excited, and widely extend ing. The FUNDS of the Parent Society have, during the last year, been considerably augmented. The aggregate amount of contributions received during the past year, towards the general and special purposes of your society, is 1:22,120. Bs. 7d. being an increase of 41915. Os. sd. above the receipts of the preceding year. With respect to the proceedings of the parent society during the past year, your committee are glad to report that the distribution of copies of Hebrew Scriptures and tracts are as follows : Hebrew Bibles, Svo Do. do., 12nno German, &c., Old and New Hebrew New Testaments, Svo Do. Pentateuch and Haplitorah Do. Liturgy Do. Scripture Portions Syriac New Testaments The " Old Paths," English, Hebrew, and German " Israel Avenged," parts 1,2, and 3 Tracts EPISCOPAL CHAPEL.—During the past year, six adults and fifteen children have been baptised at your Episcopal Chapel, making a total of twenty-one Israelites added to the church. There are now 300 baptisms recorded in the bap tismal register, of which 102 have been baptised as adults ; exclusive of greater numbers baptised elsewhere. The He brew service on Sunday afternoon gains increasing attention among the Jews, and fully justifies the expectations under which it was commenced. 1203 27;i3 I 3986 Testaments 1130 1000 6896 HEBREW SCHOOLS.—Into your Hebrew schools ei, boys have been admitted during the year, and three h; been bound apprentice to different trades. One was remo . by his parents on account of bad health, with the consen your committee. There are at present forty-nine boys_ ii► One is about to proceed to Jerusalem, under t superintendence of Mr. Hillier, who has been appointed take charge of the erection of the church and mission in mises. Into your school for Hebrew girls, two have b admitted and six have gone to service or been removed their parents, during the year. There are at present twt seven girls in the school. MISSION IN LONDON —With reference to the employ ment of your missionaries in London, Dr. M`Caul has been engaged during the year in the important literary labour assigned to him, and has undertaken the charge of your newly-established Hebrew College. The Rev. M. S. Alexander has been much eng risthng•a' by the appointment of your coin- He states—" In many places I had opportunities of conversing with Jews, and in some I preached to them. During my stay in town, I have daily had intercourse with Jews, either by visiting some at their own houses, or by their coming to me. I make it an invariable rule never to send an Isrealite away without speaking with him about the great truths of religion, nor without supplying him with suitable tracts, and occasionally with portions of the Word of God, although they sometimes come simply to ask for pecuniary assistance. It has pleased God to bless in an especial man ner my intercourse with the family of the Rabbi Wolff, whom I instruct with a. ..ardt continues to superintend the Operative Jewish Converts' Institution, the last report of which is inserted in the " Jewish Intelligence" for April. During the year 1839, the institution had thirty-two it mates for a longer or shorter period. Of this -number, ew to baptism Reic •eleven previously and seven duri Ten left of thi in the institution. Since the opening of the institution, 101 been admitted, and of these, 66 were baptized Israelites ha -30 previously to their admission, and 36 afterwards. Of this number, 27 were baptized at your Episcopal Chapel, and nine in other places, but all in the Church of England. Mr. Reichardt states,—" With regard to my missionary labours, the institution's report furnishes the principal materials, but not all, since I am constantly visited by Jews not connected with the institution, and have much intercourse with there daily." . . . Your committee hope, at no distant period, to see this in stitution► incorporated with your society, and form a branch of its labours. . At Liverpool, the Rev. H. S. Joseph continues to conduct a weekly Hebrew service, instruct and baptize Jewish con verts, and to watch over the spiritual interests of a small body of Christian Israelites. He occasionally visits Manchester, in order to preach to the Jews of that town, and has been ad mitted to friendly intercourse with several. He has likewise assisted in visiting auxiliary societies • in-his immediate vici nity. Six converts have been baptized during the past year, a I making a total of twenty-nine during hisresidence in Liver- Mr. Lazarus has charge of the depository, and also visits the Jews under the superintendence of Mr. Joseph. The committee might have proceeded to lay before you considerable details of the society's labours both inthecon- tinent of .eresting of all spheres of its operations—the holy city Jerusalem. They are, how ever, aware, that statements will be made on the present oc casion of more recent date than any accounts to which they have access, they forbear, therefore, to trespass further upon your time, and conclude their report with reminding you of the blessing pronounced upon those who "pray for the peace of Jerusalem—they shall prosper that love thee ne Rev. JAMES HALDANE STEWART, in rising, to move the adoption of the report, said—When I consider the place in .a . h;ch the Providence of God has sent us, and more par ticularly the very large assemblage that are now met together, I could not but be reminded of those delightful words of the Apostle Paul, " . Wherefore, seeing that you are compassed about with so great a cloud of witnesses, let us run with pa tience the race that is set before us, looking unto Jesus, tl• author and finisher of our faith, wl , , fo' set before him, endured the cross- ' )iSir ho, for the joy that v now set down at the right hand of the Majesty on high is, my beloved friends and Christian brethren, in the of this adorable S iat we are now met together. is not for any parochial concerns, it is not for any trifli matters of business, but it is to promote,tl lvation 'people, of whom it was said, " that the jeceivin . of t. shall he as light from the dead to the Gentiles." In prose cuting this object we do not proceed upon an individual scheme, or any private notion of our own, or any peculiar interpretation we may give the prophetic Scriptures, but in obedience to the command of our blessed Lord, when those gracious words proceeded from his lips, that repentance and remission of sins should be preached to all nations, beginning at Jerusalem. Oh, was there ever love like this ! These three words may be said to contain a fountain of never-ending love, for whilst in - the proclamation of princes the peculiar leaders of treason are generally excluded in the proclamat►ons of amnesty, here the very people who shed his precious blood upon the cross are the very people to whom he says the gos pel is first to be preached ! It is our consolation that this com►nand of our blessed Saviour has never yet been re pealed; and that, therefore, as. he says,: "if ye love me keep my commandments." Although . we may be en couraged by the signs of the times, although we are animated by the prophetic Scriptures, yet we shall re quire none ,of these things ;• as we love the Lord Jesus Christ,' we shall each say, " I must think of the Jews ; I must begin at Jerusalem ; I must begin at that very place, or with that very people to whom the Lord directs me first to preach his word." I mention this, because in such a vast as sembly as this there may be some who have not much inter fered in the Jewish question, and who may have considered it rather as a speculative thing, whereas it is founded upon the commandment of Christ. It is that command which is the basis of this society ; and in promoting Christianity among the Jews they are promoting the very thing which our blessed Saviour directs them to do. There are at this mo ment very peculiar encouragements to proceed in this work ; but I do not enter into them, nor do I intend to detain you longer, for having been a friend of this society now for about thirty-three years, I have learned there are times when we are called upon to speak, and there are times when it is best for us to know how to be silent ; therefore, as there are many friends who have to state those things which are peculiarly I make way for the secretary of the Parent So- interestin tus he 1 was the flift up my heart to God with praise and thankful. _iess, that the assembly-is beginning in such a Christian spirit, that it reminds one of the temple of, Solomon when there wa: no noise to be heard in it. It is said the words of the wise are heard twice : the Spirit of God can move every -heart it this assembly • to •feel the important to of the subject upon ly earnest prayer to God ndeed a xhich they are :assembled and it :hat this night it may:be proved that the Jews 3lessing to the Gentile's nd if there are any unc( nners now present, they may say through be God for this meeting, for th - e_eonyersionof the Jews yieldir never read the Bible, fnever began to read the Bible, never earnestly prayed to God to convert my soul, till 1 hear what was declared in it'Concerning the people of Israel. May the Lord thus begin: with us ! May he enable us I - - realize the great and gloious purpose for which we are met, and may none of this assembly here be Omitted ! May all meet together before the throne of God ; and then, as we have begun with prayer, so let us close with thanksgiving— " Worthy is the Lamb that was slain, to receive wisdom and power and glory and dominion, now and for evermore." (Cheers.) The Rev, J. B. CARTWRIGHT, secretary of the Parent Society rose, amidst loud cheers, to second the resolution. After a few general remarks upon the magnitude of the assembly, the rev. gentleman said, he would not, on this occasion, attempt to go much into detail with regard to the general operations of the society. They had with them one who had but recently returned from Jerusalem itself, and Whatever they might have been in the habit, in times past of hearing, it was always more delightful to hear from one who had just returned froth the holy land what be had seen and heard. There was, however, one feature in the present state of the society to which he (Mr. Cartwright) was desirous of directing attention, and that was the deep interest which had been manifested with regard to the persecution of the Jews at Damascus and at Rhodes. With regard to the persecu tion at Rhodes, he was happy to inform the meeting that it was now brought to a conclusion, an official letter having been received from Lord Palmerston, by one of the deputies in London, informing him that the Jewish persons there had been . pronounced innocent of the charge against them. (Cheers.) He had no doubt that when the affair at Damascus was investigated a similar result would follow. (Hear, hear ) At the same time the persecution there had produced very remarkable results. When we looked at the state.of the Christian world, we found great excitement, not only among religious people but throughout the whole world. Every eye seemed to be turned to Damascus, and every ear to the Jews. There was something wonderful in this. It was not ten years ago that there was a pretty general persecution of the Jews in Europe itself. He recollected, in Breslaw, Ham burgh, and in most of the pricicipal cities of Europe, the Jews degraded, persecuted, and obliged to be protected by the soldiery from the fury of the mob. There was then no general sympathy for the Jews, nor was it the first time they had been persecuted ; hut what was remarkable was, that at the present moment the eyes of all Europe, and of the whole Christian church seemed to be turned towards these events. The effect of this upon the Jews themselves was remarkable. It had produced during the past year a greater change than in the ten years preceding ; it had brought about a spirit of friendliness towards us, and shewn them that we were their real friends. At Jerusalem two learned rabbis had furnished a certificate there with regard to the circulation oithe Scrip tures at Tiberias and other places, and had altogether disowned the treatment which a missionary hail experienced there ; they had given a document to Mr. Nicolaison, to send to that indi vidual, and they had exhorted the Jews to receive him kindly, because he came from . friends. In England the same spirit was being manifested. The Jewish Intelligencer, for install( had an increased circulation amongst the -Jews tl It was furnished, at the.present moment, to a number of re spectable Israelites, several of whom regularly subscribed to it. A statement had been published by Mr. Peritz, of the state of things at Damascus, containing the result of his own investigations made upon the spot. This statement was published in the Jewish Intelligencer. It was afterwards copied by a distinguished individual of the Jewish nation, and published in a separate, but more expensive form, by Mr. Salomons, the late sheriff, who introduced in it his deep thanks to Mr. Peritz for his statements. Mr. Peritz having left Judieism, and embraced Christianity, could not be a suspected witness, and for his statements Mr. Salomons said he was entitled to the thanks of the community. Again, a few days. ago, a Jewish newspaper, published in the German language, at Frankfort, was put into his hands, and to his great surprise he there , found a review of two wor k s , one o f which wisf Mr. Peritz 's statement, and the oth er was D r . M`Caul's statement with regard to the affair at Damascus. The editor, Dr. Yosst, a very le arn ed man , spo k e o f b ot h wo rks with approbation, and expressed the satisfaction of the Jewish nation at their Christian defenders. Here, then, was a decided token of a decided change having taken place amongst the Jews themselves. AtJerusalem, when the Jews were in great danger from the fury of a Mahometan, and even Christian population, the Rabbis actually went to consult Mr. Nicolaison as their friend ; and it was at their request that Mr. Peritz was sent to Damascus, to investigate the affair himself. At the same time, there bad been a remark able corresponding feeling of sympathy excited in the Chris tian world—those who knew what know what he meant. They knew that it were going on, would as not in England alone, but in Germany, and in the Mediterranean ; he had seen it himself in Smyrna, and M Ilta, and all parts of Eu rope, and Xll seemed deeply interested in this one particular event—the recent affair in Damascus. It was well known what a large space it had occupied in the newspapers of this country—that the attention of christians had been tur ne d t o trace the Jewish and the Christian mind, and all seemed " Oh! Lord, save the remnant of the to cry with one voice, House of Israel." ' The wor .ove this feeling, in dependence Another result s this, t Jewish traditions, had been thoroughly sifted against the Jews was, that they _mixed up blood with t bread of salvation—the passover ; and though it was well known that the Bible did not enjoin a n y suc k tni sertion ture, yet it was thought by some that the Talmud did. It became, then, necessary to examine the Talmud ; and it was quite cu rious to see how closely it was examined to see what it did con tain. Much had b?en written upon the subject. The Jews felt deeply indebted to learned christians for having investigated the subject for them, and for having rescued them from this calumny. It has been found that the Talmud, bad as it is, nowhere enjoins the use of blood. Upon the contrary, the Jews expressed their abhorrence of such a practice. At the same time it Must be confessed that there were many things contained in that book which did not appear to be supported by the authority of the Bible. In this way the Jews were obliged to look at the nature of their own traditions. Those who know the state of the Jews would think it one remark able sign of the times that these things were taking place leted by Tir.-Yc our co f the Jews tt in this country prospectus, Temple a.s' ish minas striv- 11 -- 1:e before from London, You have .mbered that this ;elves, put forth and stated by It is not only it stens have already been taken to bring the plans into The wish for reform is pretty general. Many of the' Portuguese, y respectable fathers of families, .ve mu- eiation in the form of worship, if we at all will think of gaining for our'ynuth the religion of their fathers, while they enjoy the more libel ral Eur,Tean education now generally imparted to them. The meeting observed here the same testimony as to the pro gress of Christianity amongst the Jews, for it was said that this New Temple association was rendered necessary to keep the Jewish youth to the religion of their fathers. Expe rience has but too frequently shown the result of maintain ing certain forms that are Completely at variance with the spirit of the times, as being that the children were rather educated in accordance with the rules of byegone days, and destitute of the higher improvements of mirid7and manners► in order to afford their parents a security against the possi bility of their stepping out of the path of strict conformity to and precepts." Here the writer acknowledged had been compelled to brin g up their mewhat stricter Rabbinnical notions than they themselves approved, lest they should in any way b e led in other words, lest Neither party religious rul, that the Je out of the path of their 'forefathes they should become Christians. (Ch • . and it becomes Wider from day to day. To present the progress of this is the end in view ; and the reformed synagogue is the means by which that object is sought to be attained, by our seceders► who are, however, already condemned by many as schisma tics. The lending idea of the reform v tion of the doctrines and forms, and the r that is, the nted is, a simplifica oval of a:1 pre; •hority._ )lensing upon it., " It is pi vhich have been excessively implicity." Then he went c and we must pray for God's that the consciences of those who called for this reform, and who were by no means indifferent to religion, must be left to the minister who was to be at the head of this congregation. "The atten tion of all is_ therefore arrested by the importance of choosing e, possessed of sufficient energy, of of acknowledged ability, of unflinch- a person fit for this offic the necessary eruditic n other words, they N ,- anted a suitable • minister if one of these! instruct the Jews t effectually tar rtf the a man of abritidance new congre which was Temple. now taki He must be a ma! amongst tiler for theti• wer most striki cus, to 100 l of its trad elusion, he thanked by the efforts of this sat down The R IMSHAW r with t! and to turn tc ose the second re details which had *riend, he said ht? nt at the recollected that at the about the day of small things, he 'erend and dear friend, Mr. lived to see the little grain of mus 7. tard seed grow up side, and that the Which he could not express by a than " surely this is one of the day xpand, and spread its branches on every witnessed a feeling on behalf of Israel r or better term ot'the Son of iiar;:" He icrease, that it might per: prayed lied that that feeling ► ;:ade every town and city of tileirempire. But he would not W atuable time, but would proceed to the task allotted especially to him, that of recording what the countries of the East, a ith the enlargement of the lory of God, and the salvation of his hem to any of their which he had seen and witnessed subject which church of Christ, th, own ancient peg that portion of the East called the Levant, and he would re mark with respect to that portion of the world, that there the Jews, a kind of with regard to vhich involved slew, and that was a most strange excitement am( expectation, though rather an indistinct one some impending events really beiag-at hand, their own restoration to their country—Jeri e many .. circumstances to confirm that impression, the! on their inind that there was one veq )me that the year 1840, the very year would be :sigualized by the return of the Jews to thei He - inquired in Greece , d Palestine, what ground Smyrna, Col there was for ,er there was WI forward, whether forward, to lead expectation exnectationy knew where it came from, unless they came to the on that it came from God. He therefore Would re- I any probability of their return 11 the year li:40 was fan Id draw the con,ilusion could not prevail without having reason to suppose that it - - - - - - ..• hen he t ,rd of ( prevailing the Levan t. found it propagated in Greece, con talked of in Paleatine-,--he d►d _ repression before the _ 1 great er ent was at livnd, — a revelation from above that tinned in Constantinout think that if tl s a prevailin coming of their Lord, the; that there would be Lccomplished by a In'?" and tha Pagan writer;ConCn;rett in ring the w as at leot authorised in their opinion, or very - materially confirmed by the present state of the Turkish empire. There was a gene" ral impression in the east that that empire was approaching the term of its dissolution. It was maintained that a powr that could no* ". it strength, by the.. Lot nterests, it Ind discretion could labour Ind fully mas on(' f eloquenc .kerYprayea that it might bring forth fruit in The prospectus added, that the members of the !gation had subscribed four thousand pounds , chiefly to be applied to the building of the New le had read these to show the mighty movement Surely, vge in sending the Scriptures we ought to redouble our diligence, in darkness—they had been led, in a )y the affairs of Rhodes and Damns linud, to g ee the folly and absurdity bctter. In cot?- en led to do this The reverend as carrit d una leman then T_ S. C by its own in of those powers, and that the Turkish empir allowed to remain only till those who supper the NI to divide die spoil xi he felt interested to kno. tations of t He met psi only by high and commanding of those s to the glory anity, benevolen and duty the Rev Dr. Duff. He cony Ind they at length both deter sentiments on'that subject were infor They were preset w forr. mission to offer a f existence on foreign power': at policy was too much divided possible that the empire could ,11 SOITIC or r now were On going 10 might be the expec rd to such an event. distinguished not alents, but by the God, to the cause of Christi- )ever he went, he meant .sed with him on this subjects fined on their arrival at Alex- ad ascertain his .stood that the from the different parts of leaving England, and they u 40,000 Jews had arrived 10 ascertain the views d with his situation• Campbell, and after law) requested per- the mit were most lit 3d with say, that if the Jews are wi I will grant the execution grant to them also the production of thi There the matter rested, with a deep feel on his (Mr. G.'s) part that he had been t ing from the Paella so explicit a statemet truly important to the T. 0, and was eing such he did not excite ion, that he was influenced by any to inform his hixhi came, there v lews that th that in that coun- s strong impression on time had arrived when they to return to the land of their forefathers, a considerable migration likely to be in progress. o speculate with his high- and that had airead- H e added, ness whether there was any authority for such au interpre tation, announcing that the time was come, but to confine 'sequence of that .-!n place, and wa l►nt it was not for hi' t,_ that such was the case lestine in very coma- ed if h the pmcha) was favour- to throw irn- s highness would offer such the protection of their per t of their migrating there, ) observed, pediments iu the way —or if ► excited the pacha's curiosit;-, and with eyes that belonged to that little man with a mighty mind eemed to survey him with great interest question submitted to s arrived when I agree with him that the tin not tit to entc the discussion of the authority of regard to the question, I beg leave ly to this proposition, that if the are wel- Lurow no impediments in - til liu w'y a tn ; e i will, on the contrary, offer every facility in my power. There will be protection to their lives, their persons, and their proper ties, and I will return them into th e l an d o f t h e i r bi rt h.' (Ap plause.) Ee (Mr. G.) must confess he thought that a very important admission; but whether success would emanate from it it was not for him to speculate ; it was sufficient for him to know that Palestine was then in the hands of the Pasha of Egypt. When he was going along the Mediterra nean. his mind was occupied with this subject; he asked him - - it was in accordance with God's purpose and de ptural. and how far he w Ile asked how far he was acting in sposed to 'return to their OWE how tar it was sc rails of his dnty. exceeding accordance with the conclusions of sound sense, but rather in unison with scripture, and the ground on which he more pa . rticularly came to the conclusion that he was acting cor rectly, was that God employed one great instrument in the raising of the temple, Cyrus of old ; he thinks them all instru ments ; he made use of the church, and his people ; he also makes use of those not his people ; he makes the governors of the world subservient to his own purposes, and if he em ployed a Cyrus of old, he can now employ a viceroy of Egypt. He (Mr. Grimshaw) said he was much obliged to the Pasha for his condescending answer, and he was inclined to ask him further. He said that many of the Jews were in cm, depending on the liberality of ere not more degraded than in the and he solicited to know whether of the land to cal f their own labour, ry Uestitu Ts, and tl all alloW- then at the, . . his applt in Englisll ha's reply was, it be ate to the financial right pier of land; various proprie- valeta for it ;—but vi the others to sell, yenant of the same, and own industry." in obtain- m sentiments so After b 01. Campbell ca reliance ❑sight id declaration that had been lie placed on tile made by the Pacha in the interview that had just taken place. - He wanted to know, as the colonel resided in that --- and knew the Pacha, how far he could rely on the The colonel said that he believed the Pacha and that he might rely upon him and his decla -q made in his (the colonel's) presence as fight be exposed if he were not to declaration was sincere, ration, whic consul-general ;_for he IT adhere to it time before, ontefiore waited on him some .opositions, which were an- erect is lieved those were the sen- fiance mi placed o up the Is then proc - eeded ind explored the ruins of the ancient Memphis ; then visited Goshen, yet did not behold one memorial of departed greatness; for if they.wished to see those temples, they must have gone. first of all to Alexandria, where some Qrs, Qrs, Qrs, Qrs. Qrs