The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser. — Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1840-08-21 00:00:00

is ad-1 Bruc e ' ets, JO beg Que v i line, _Tolle 1—F 1 1; i r Gee 3ristufoor nilrOW; Plant a la, 05 osßu g ; vd e o videv th 113. ken ilti' ken Otij srd O P' ird Jid/' _ __ . . ir. 10 0 ,, t0 ntn ; 6 0 f p ion 01; , to 1 •4 ZOO t°l lt sgs i t r o l i 0 ; THEATRE-ROYAL, LIVERPOOL, Second Week of Mr. W. FARREN, of the Theatre -Royal, Covent-garden. Fifth Night of Mrs Drury -lane. FOR THE BENEFIT OF MR. ANDERSON, and the Last Night of his Engagement, on which occasion Madame VESTRIS and Mr. CHARLES MATHEWS, of the Theatre-Royal, Covent-Garden, on their return from Dublin to Loudon, have kindly volunteered the aid of their valuable services, positively the only night of their performing here. Mr. JAMES VINING, of the Covent- Garden Theatre, also, in the most friendly manner, contri butes his aid on this occasion. THIS present FRIDAY EVENING, the 21st instant, will be performed Sheridan's Comedy of the SCHOOL FOR SCANDAL. • Lady Teazle - Madame Vestris. Sir Peter Teazle Mr. W. Farren. Charles Surface Mr. Charles Mathews. Joseph Surface. Sir Benjamin Backbite Mr. James Vining. Sir Oliver Surface.. (first time).... Mr. Baker. Mrs. Candour.. Mrs. Clarke. Lady Sneerwell.. Mrs. Baker. Maria Miss Cleaver. To conclude with a new Drama, never acted here, as produeed Last season at the Theatre-Royal, Haymarket, called THE VILLAGE DOCTOR. Pierre Boncoeur.... (the Village Doctor).... Mr. W. Farren, .As originally performed by him at the Haymarket Theatre. Marchioness De Viellecour.. Mrs. Clarke. Baroness De La Fadaise Miss Cleaver. Louise Mrs. Stirling. On MONDAY next, will be repeated the Comedy of THE HYPOCRITE. Doctor Cantwell, Mr. W. Farren; Colonel. Lambert, Mr. W. Howard; Sir John Lambert, Mr. Web ster ; Darnley, Mr. W. H. Bland : Mawworm, Mr. Baker; Old Lady Lambert, Mrs. Clarke ; Young Lady Lambert, Mrs. Baker; Charlotte, Mrs. Stirling.—After which, for the fourth time here, the new Farce, called ASK NO QUES TIONS ; OR, THE OLD INVALID. Mathias, (a Ve teran of the Old Guard,) Mr. W. Farren, as originally per formed by him in London • Gimblet, Mr. Baker ; The Ba roness de Scrigny, Mrs. C larke.—To conclude with, for the second time here,. a new Drama, called ANGELINE LE LIS, which was received on Wednesday Evsmit ' r with the most rapturous applause. Angeline le Lis, Mrs. Stirling, as originally performed by her in London. STIRLING, of the Theatre-Royal, EXHIBITION. WILL SHORTLY CLOSE CAPTAIN SIBORN' S MODEL OF THE BATTLE _ OF WATERLOO. THE celebrated MODEL OF THE BATTLE OF WATERLOO is NOW OPEN for EXHIBITION at the GALLERY OF THE UNION ROOMS, Slater , street, Bold-street. Open from Ten in the Morning till Ten at, Night. mission, One Shilling each ZOOLOGICAL GARDENS. THE FIRST GRAND GALA of the SEASON will take place THIS DAY, (Friday,) the 21st instant, on which occasion the Gardens will be SPLENDIDLY ILLUMINATED ! introducing many beautiful and chaste Devices, in SEVERAL THOUSAND VARIEGATED LAMPS, exhibiting one GORGEOUS BLAZE OF LIGHT! The.celebrated D'EBNST, Pyrotechnist to her Majesty, Will surpass all his former efforts in producing the most Brilliant and Effective DISPLAY OF FIREWORKS EVER WITNESSED IN .LIVERPOOL introducing several of the SPLEN DID CoLossA4, PIECES arranged by him for the Royal Vauxhall-gardens,- and never on any previous occasion fired out of London. THE BOMBARDMENT OF ALGIERS, through all its stages of TERRIFIC GRANDEUR, will take place with GREAT ADDITIONAL EFFECT ! An excellent and efficient Military Band will be in attendance. *** Admittance, 2s ; Children, ls. The SECOND GRAND GALA willtakeplace . _ r __ on — MONDAI next, the 21th instant IMPORTANT TO MUNICIPAL VOTERS, To secure a vote at the next municipal election, the following is the necessary qualification, namely : " The occupation on the ensuing 31st August, and during the two preceding years, of a house, warehouse, counting-house, or shop, within the borough, for which the occupier is rated, and OA which all rates dzte thereon, except those becoming due within six months before the 31st, have been paid before that date." _ _ _ The occupier must also, during the whole of that pe riod, (Say two years and nine months) have been an in habitant householder within seven miles of the borough. The day on which claimants' qualifications must be completed, and the last day fog payment of rates, is the 31st of August. The sth of September is the day on which the overseers are required to make out the burgess lists, and to deliver them to the Town-clerk, who is to fix a copy of them on the Town-hall, during the week preceding the 15th of September. A person succeeding to the occupation of a house, 4-c., by descent, marriage, demise, 4-c., is entthed to reckon as his own the occupancy and rating of the person by or through whom lie succeeds. TO CORRESPONDENTS INVENTION FOR TIIE EASY CONVERSION OF ORDINARY BOATS INTO LIFE-BOATS.—Owing to a press of assize and other intelligence, we are reluctantly compelled to postpone until Tuesday a notice of this and other ingenious inventions by Capt. George Smith, R.N. Ely Zthrrpool (ttanbarb. FRIDAY MORNING, AUGUST 21, 1840 Our readers may remember that in the autumn of last year a bazaar was held at the Adelphi Hotel, as the advertisement told us, " for the relief of the poor du ring the inclement season," which realized about £1,200. This bazaar was got up by the Roman Ca tholics, but was supported by a very great number of Protestants. The word Roman Catholic was studiously concealed in the advertisement, and omitted altogether in the placards, which latter merely invited the public to " come to the bazaar for the poor at the Adelphi." We are now bringing this matter forward to show our Protestant readers how they have been (as usual) duped by the " speaking lies in hypocrisy" of Popery. If our information be correct, the proceeds of this bazaar have been applied to the payment of the taxes and rates of the Popish mob of this town, 'and from the funds raised at this bazaar it is that the registra tion has been well nigh swamped, and that the repre sentation of Liverpool is nearly in the hands of the Romish priesthood. One of their priests (whose name we know) at a vestry meeting, in Seel-street Chapel, told his hearers that " he thought the poor would be best relieved by having their rates paid, to enable them to vote at the next election for the candidate who would support religious liberty ; and therefore the funds obtained at the bazaar would be applied to that pur pose." We would ask that priest how, in the name of common honesty, he could recommend such a thing? Did he not remember under what colour that money was obtained ? Was there not one present who had the boldness which a good cause inspires to remind his conscience keeper of this ? Not one ! It was for the good of their church, and " the end sanctified the means." If this is not obtaining money under false pretences, we never heard of a case of it. A more flagrant act of public rascality we really believe was never recorded. The Protestants, in the honesty of their hearts, were led, from purely philanthropic mo tives, to support a dimity which they believed was to relieve the physical wants of their poor brethren ; but (we trust it will be a warning to them) they were feed ing a viper that seeks to destroy them. The Papists may now thank the Protestants of Liverpool for the faggot votes placed on the register. Well might Sir Joshua '\Valmsley send them a " liberal" donation. We trust that after this we shall not again hear of Pro testants supporting Popish halls, Popish bazaars, or " musical entertainments" at Popish chapels for " cha ritable" purposes. We now know the Popish inter pretation of the word " charitable." Protestants, when will ye be wise ? The desecration of the Sabbath has always been one of the grand means by which Popery has obtained its ascendancy over the minds of the people. Corrupt as man is by nature, and ever prone as he is to choose the evil instead of the good, we need not feel any surprise that a system which extends its indulgence towards those infractions of the Divine law which are so accord ant to the innate depravity of the heart should obtain the meed of popularity. We see, on the continent, at least in all those countries which are under the dominion of Popery, the subtle influence of this system. There the theatres are permitted to be opened on the Sab bath, and other public amusements, calculated to charm the senses, are lavishly provided for the mass of the people. The priests take good care that their denun ciations shall not interrupt an order of things which, while it leaves the people slaves to their own vicious passions, secures their attachment to a form of reli gion, which not only connives at, but even sanctions the open violation of that commandment which en joins us to " keep holy the Sabbath-day." It must also occur to the observant reader that in this country —in favoured England—in proportion as the nation has approximated to Popery, so has the observance of th e Sabbath been neglected, and its desecration encou raged. We find the strongest evidence. of this fact in the publication of the celebrated " Book of Sports," in the time of King James. The wily priests of Rome knew well that nothing was more likely to pave the Way for the ascendancy of the Papacy than the indul gence which was then extended to practices so conso atant to the nature of fallen man. In fact, the whole history of Popery, in every age and in every clime, is fraught with evidence of the same system of indulgence. It is this system which has induced the missionaries of the Romish Church to assimilate their religious observances as much as pos sible with the idolatrous practices of heathen countries. We have been led to make these remarks from ob serving, in the Dublin papers of the present week, a notification that the teetotallers are to have a regular field day next Sunday, under the patronage of a priest, the Rev. Dr. Doyle.. A public dinner is to take place in one of the national schools, after which a dessert, a la Francais, is to be served, with tea and coffee. After thew festivities, dancing is to commence. This is the way in which the Popish priests of Ireland in gratiate themselves with the people. Need we wonder, therefore, that all the vicious and dissipated portion of the populace--in all countries comprising an over whelming majority—should eagerly flock to the stan dard of Popery ? The trick of Alderman Evans has succeeded. Five gentlemen have been selected as members of the Dock Committee who are favourable to the proposed scheme for erecting warehouses on the dock quays. Against these gentlemen, indAdually, it would be wrong in us to write a single syllable. No one can say anything in disparagement of their personal character or public conduct. They are all men of the highest standing in town. Their political principles are in perfect unison with those which we have 'always advocated. They have, however, committed a fatal error of judgment in permitting themselves to be made the instruments of Alderman Evans and his clique. We feel more strongly perSuaded than ever that they have, unconsciously, and therefore innocently, thrown the weight of their cha racter and influence into the scale against the party to which they belong. We feel convinced that they will hereafter acknowledge their error, but we fear they will not discover the false position in which they have been placed until it becomes too late to retrieve the mischief which they will have effected. The chief parties who have been agitating the question of dock warehouses, during the last two years, have all along had ulterior objects in view, to which the proposed scheme was to be rendered subservient. Alderman Evans and his tail have been actuated by political motives while seeking to carry out their plans. What care therabout the accommodations of the port? Their professions of solicitude for the convenience of the shipping interests are clearly all moonshine. Their object has been the creation of an overwhelming amount of patronage, so as to secure to the faction which has now the ascendancy in the Town Council the entire controul of the representation of Liverpool, both parlia mentary and municipal. This is the true secret of the zeal and pertinacity with which the warehouse scheme has been prosecuted, We have repeatedly stated that there can be no rational objection to having warehouses built on the dock quays. No one denies that they. would be an acquisition to the port of Liverpool. The warehouse owners themselves have acknowledged the utility of the plan. But in securing so important a boon, let there be care taken that no injustice is done. A public con venience would be dearly purchased At so costly an ex pense as that of the ruin of hundreds of families. If we are to have warehouses, let the public have the benefit of competition in the matter. Let not the Dock Com mittee have the monopoly of these warehouses in their hands, with all the patronage to which it would neces sarily give rise. Here is the rub. The Whig-radical action cannot long maintain their ascendancy without multiplying their patronage. "No penny, no pater noster," is their maxim. If they are to be deprived of the gigantic amount of patronage which will be associ ated with the expensive brick. and mortar scheme on which they have lately lavished so much money, they will not care one fig for dock warehouses. The mer chants of Liverpool may whistle for " increased facili ties," unless accompanied by increased patronage. We do not, however, wish it to be taken for granted that the Corporation will succeed in carrying their monopolising dock bill through Parliament. Far from it. The result of the recent . investigation into the merits of the bill, before a committee of . the House of Commons, ought to convince them that the difficulties in their way are almost insuperable. They have already expended some twenty thousands of the public money in their Quixotic attempt, and are, after all, just as near the goal to which they aspired as when they first started. The opposition which they provoked by their iniqui tous plan has, hitherto, proved too powerful for them. Their withdrawal of the bill was an evidence of a weak cause. The agitation of the dock warehouse question is, in deed, likely to be attended with far different results from those which were calculated upon by Alderman Evans and his tail. Instead of consolidating and in creasing the power of the Corporation—the ultima ratio of the faction by whom the dock warehouse pro ject was set on foot—it is probable that the constitution of the dock Committee will be radically changed—that the ratepayers will have a larger share of controul over the appointment of its members—that the monopoly of the Mersey will be effectually broken up—that Man chester will have other docks than those of Liverpool— and that competition will eventually be the order of the day, not only in reference to warehouse accommoda tion, but also as regards dock room. The proprietors of the Herculaneum and Harrington Docks have al ready acted as pioneers in the work of reform. Their example will not be lost upon the powerful body of landowners in Cheshire. Let the Corporation " see to it." Daily occurrences serve to convince us more and more of the healthy tone of feeling which predominates among the Protestant democracy of this great empire. We confess that it is to this source that we look with any degree of confidence for a salutary change in the administration of public affairs. Among the great and rich—among peers as well as commoners of high station —there is so much latitudinarianism of principle—so much deference paid to the law of expediency—so much indifference to those truths upon the reception of which the prosperity of nations depends—that we cannot expect any beneficial movement to originate among the upper ranks of society. No ! It is to the great class of the operatives, together with the inter mediate grades of tradesmen, that we are to look for the salvation of the country from the dangers by which it is surrounded, and from the ruin which is impending over it. Among these classes do we find the most untiring zeal in the defence of our national institutions, the most pure and disinterested patriotism, and the richest display of public and domestic virtues. We have long watched with satisfaction the growth of sound religious principles among these classes. We have also witnessed with unaffected pleasure their un flinching adherence to those Protestant truths which are so intimately blended with the very existence of tie British constitution. . Among the healthy and inspiriting indications of the state of feeling which prevails among the industrious classes of this country, we have seldom witnessed any thing which has encouraged us to entertain brighter hopes respecting the fate of the nation than the great meeting which took place on Wednesday evening at the Amphitheatre, to listen to an exposition of Protes tant truth from the lips of one of the most eminent and successful champions of our national faith. The whole of the immense building was filled. There could not have been less than five thousand individuals present — most of whom were working men. The greatest en thusiasm prevailed throughout the evening, and a ready, spontaneous, and unequivocal sanction was given by the vast assembly to the truths which Mr. Gregg so ', clearly and forcibly elucidated. Of Mr. Gregg's address on Wednesday evening it is scarcely necessary for us to say much. The report of it, which appears in our columns this day, will speak for itself. The position which this eloquent and de voted champion of Protestantism has taken, is one from which no subtlety of reasoning can move him. He takes his stand upon the " Rock of Ages," and m ay, therefore, defy the opposition of all the confede rate " powers of darkness." He appears before the Protestant operatives of Liverpool with the Bible in his hand, and he points to that sacred volume as the foundation on which the fabric of our glorious consti tution has been reared. In that book he finds the ex emplars for all the most important of our legislative enactments, and from it he would derive those lessons of political wisdom which can alone render us virtuous, happy, and prosperous as a nation. The whole of Mr. Gregg's address was a practical commentary on that emphatical text—" Righteousness exalteth a nation." •He exemplified the truth of this saying of the " wisest of men " by an, appeal to the history of this country—an appeal which, we trust, will have a salutary effect upon the public mind. The truths so prominently set forth by Mr. Gregg cannot be too frequently or too forcibly impressed upon the minds of the Protestants of Great Britain. Instruc tion in these truths is highly necessary at the present crisis, when so many efforts are being made to alienate the affections of the people from that church which is the safeguard of our national proSperity, and the palla dium of our civil liberties. Let us only be true to our national faith—true to our national privileges—true to those immutable principles upon which our laws and our constitution are based—and then we may bid de fiance to all our enemies, external and internal. They may rage and threaten ; but their efforts will.be as potent as the lashing of the surge against the founda tions of the " eternal hills." MEETING OF THE DOCK COMMITTEE The first meeting of the dock committee, since the elec tion of new members on Monday and Tuesday last, was he i ld yesterday. The following members were present :—Messrs. Leathom, Benn, Barclay, Ripley, Martin, Chapman, Hors fall, George Holt, Thomas Holt, Bulley, Moon, Evans, Middleton, Segar, Tobin, and Gladstone. • The weekly accounts were passed, and the proceedings of the previous meetings confirmed. The north harbour-master reported that about 3 a. m. on the 15th instant a fire occurred on board the American ship St. Lewis, originating from a man in liquor, smoking, who was found asleep. A bed was partly burned, but no other damaze was done. A report was ordered to be sent to the watch committee, for them to take the usual proceedings. The north harbour-master reported that William Birkett, Prince's-pier master, and Richard Downing, one of the Clarence-dock gatemen, bad both died of fever, after an ill ness of four days. The appointment to the situation of Prince's-pier master, was ordered to be filled up at the next meeting of the committee, and that of gateman by the sub committee, in whose province it lies. The SECRETARY read a letter from Mr. Ward, owner of the ship Tweed; stating that as it might not delay the clear ing of the ship. he had xequested Messrs. Bold and Starkey to pay the dock dues, but that he did not admit his liability to do so. He, therefore, requested the committee to order either that the whole, or a considerable portion of them might be remitted. Atter a short conversation relative to the con ditions upon which compensation had been paid to the owner of the Tweed, the letter, as we understood, was ordered to lie upon the table. The SECRETARY next reported the expenses of the dock police for the quarter ending the 24th July last, from which it appeared that a balance of £1553 12s. 4d. was due to the watch committee. A letter was read from the Chairman of the Underwriters' Association, stating that the Britannia, steam-ship, which arrived in this port from Halifax, on Friday last, signalized to the Holyhead telegraph station the following communica tions—That she sailed from Boston on the Ist August, and from Halifax on the 4th, and had 76 passengers, togetber with the prices of cotton. - This intelligence not having been com municated to the Underwriters' Rooms, the chairman begged to call the attention of the committee to it, the public having been thereby deprived of the information they had a right to expect through the Telegraph Station. The letter further stated that the association felt the omission the more as the signals necessary for conveying the intelligence had been drawn up in their rooms, and one copy of them had been given to the commander of the vessel, and another sent to the Telegraph Office. The CHAIRMAN said it appeared that Mr. Court, having arranged the signals for the Britannia, sent a copy of them to the Telegraph Office, in Chapel-street, instead of com municating with Mr. Lord, the supe-intending officer of the establishment, as to whether it was practicable to carry them into effect. Whether the signals were seen at Holyhead remained to be ascertained; at all events they were not com municated to Liverpool. He understood, however, it would have taken a great part of the day to have communicated all the signals to the respective stations. The SECRETARY entered into a similar explanation. Mr. HORSFALL said it was certainly irregular upon the part of Mr. Court to send communications of this sort to the Telegraph Office. If they had a right to send signals for the Britannia, signals might be sent there for other vessels. It was, therefore, most necessary that every thing of the sort should go to Mr. Lord, in order to see whether they were practicable without inconvenience. . . Mr. EvANS observed, that if two vessels arrived in one day, with the same number of signals as the Britannia, the telegraph would be occupied with them alone the whole day. Mr. RIPLEY said a sub-committee had recently reported that the telegraphs might be made more effective than they were at present. Last Friday he himself saw an instance of a signal from Puffin Island being unobserved for half an hour, although the day was quite tine and clear. Arrange ments, however, were in progress to make the telegraphs more effective, and then the signals, which now took so much time, would pass more speedily. The MARINE SURVEYOR was then called in. He stated that Mr. Court sent a list of signals just when the Britannia was about to sail, to the town station, for 25 different sub jects. These would have taken a long time to accomplish, and therefore he did not feel himself justified, without the sanction of the committee, in sending them to the stations. Amongst them were signals of the prices of cotton, the num ber of bales sold during the day, &c., &c. _ Mr. BENN remarked that that was a use to which it was never intended the telegraph should be applied. Mr. MOON said Mr. Court was wrong, in the first instance, in not communicating with Mr. Lord; but news of the kind he contemplated might be easily communicated, or the tele graph was inefficient. Mr. GLADSTONE thought it was desirable that such in formation as this should be communicated when the telegraph was not otherwise employed. Mr. MIDDLETON understood that Mr. Court proposed that information of this kind should be constantly telegraphed, and not with special reference to the Britannia. Mr. EVANS said if that were so, he should claim the same privilege for the tobacco trade. It was then decided that the chairman of the Underwriters' Association be informed, that all communications relative to signals for the telegraph stations be made to Mr. Lord, the marine surveyor. _ . A letter was next read from Messrs. Strong and Read, complaining that their schooner Strangford had been waiting in the Canning Dock since the 13th instant, without having obtained a loading berth. _ The dock master, however, re ported that no application had been made to him till yester day, (Wednesday,) and;that the vessel had a.berth allotted to her at 1 p.m. the same day.—A copy of this report was or dered to be sent to Messrs. Strong and Read. A conversation followed upon an application from Mr. Gage, the publisher of a plan of the town of Liverpool, to be allowed to appear before the committee, in order to explain his plan of constructing docks by which he stated he could effect a great saving of money and room.—Mr. Gage was re -quested to be in attendance on Thursday next. The committee then adjourned. The Lord Chancellor Of England, and family, will embark on board the Queen of the Isle, steamer, Captain Gill, for Douglas, Isle of Man, this morning, on a visit to the Lord Bishop of Sodor and Man. _ _ . We beg to call attention to an advertisement in this day's paper, stating that the Hon. and Rev. Baptist Noel, of Lon don, will advocate the cause of the Church Pastoral Aid Society, in St. Michael's Church, Pitt-street, on Sunday evening next. THEATRE ROYAL.—The attractions announced for this evening, on the occasion of Mr. Anderson's benefit, will not fail to secure for that sterling performer a crowded house. The Hypocrite will be repeated on Monday, and both Mr. Farren and Mrs. Sterling will appear in it.—See Adet. BATIIING.—Those who are fond of this healthful and delightful recreation will now find the water at Mr. Penn's baths of . a very pleasant temperature. Thousands have lately visited these baths ; but there are many thousands more in Liverpool who have no idea of the comforts and conve niences with which they abound. For the benefit of these individuals we shall hereafter give a description of these splendid and luxurious baths.—See Advt. SAILING OF THE ORlENTAL.—Yesterday afternoon, a few minutes before two o'clock, the splendid Steam-ship Oriental, " set steam" from her mooring ground in the Sloyne, and proceeded on her voyage direct to Southampton,—having on board Mr. Shaw, the marine manager of the company to which she belongs, and a number of gentlemen, including Captain George Smith, and another (whose name we did not learn) of the Royal Navy. She passed down the river in good style, though not at full speed ; was saluted from different steam and other vessels at anchor, and from the ferries as she pissed them, and returned the compliment with interest from her own large guns, of which she carries six. Her ap pearance was very fine and commanding, and, we doubt not, while we feel a regret that she has left us for what may be called a foreign station,—but she will do honour to her " native" town, wherever she may hereafter be employed. We understand she took with her about two-thirds of the crantity of coals required for her voyage up the Mediterra nean. She will proceed from Southampton on her first voy age this day week. The Oriental, on her way to Alexandria, will touch at Gibraltar, Malta, Corfu, Zante, and Patras,— a delightful, and we may add " classical," route. Prepara tions are in progress by the company to place swift and com modious Steamers on the Nile, and a powerful steam-ship is about to commence between Suez, Calcutta, Madras, and Ceylon. The line of rapid and pleasant communication, with the most important parts of our possessions in India, will thus be completed, and the eastern world, with its great in terests, thus be approximated to within a comparatively short distance of our own shores. THE SWELL MOB AT THE RECENT LIVERPOOL RE GATTA.—Our readers may remember that a fashionably attired young man, Alfred Easthope, alias Henry Edwards, &c. &c., was committed from Birkenhead on the day after the regatta, for stealing a watch at Willoughby's Hotel, from the person of Mr: George Foster, of Toxteth-park. He evidently belonged to a gang of fashionable thieves, who in sinuated themselves into respectable company, on public and other occasions, seeking whom they might devour. On • Tuesday last, Easthope was placed at the bar in Chester Castle. His guilt was conclusively proved. Although lie was defended by the most able counsel, his defence was lame and impotent. The jury, without a moment's hesitation, pronounced him guilty, and the learned judge, after severely animadverting on the wickedness of such parties, reared, as it were, in crime, travelling from fair to fair, from race to regatta, sentenced the unhappy and dejected youth to ten years' transportation. It is a curious fact, that his young and dashing brother in iniquity, who represented himself at Birkenhead as his " cousin,' , and who attempted to buy his escape, by tend-ring a round sum to one of the police•officers, his apprehension, is now under a similar sentence at after his for, we learn, robbing the lieges on the railway. It is understood that several of the same genteel g ang still r emain at large. We hope they will not long go undetected. QUICK TRAVELLING. — Major Buxton and lady, who were, passengers in the Britannia, from Liverpool, having arrived at Halifax on the morning of the lith ult., reached St. Johns, Nova Scotia, by way of Windsor, on the following day, and proceeded immediately in the New Brunswick, for Fredericton, where they must have arrived on the afternoon of the 18th, and 14 days only from Liverpool ! .•••• --- - BRUSSELS LACE.-It may be interesting to our fair townswomen to know, that the collars which they are so generally wearing, of which the shop windows are full, and which are called by the dealers " real Brussels," are imita tions of imitations, that is, English imitation of imitation. Real Brussels lace is scarcely to be met with, even in Brus sels, the price being so high that it is only made to orde r . The plain net, or reseru, is worth tw elve florins, or twenty shillings, the Flemish ell, three quarters of a yard ; it is, consequently, worth twenty-six shilling s and eight-penCe a yard. The pattern is produced separately upon the cushion, and sewed upon the ground ; every sprig is charged: thus the price of real Brussels lace becomes enormous. The English imitations are made by stitching a pattern of muslin upon Nottingham net. But this is, nevertheless, " Real Brussels, pledge you my honour," and worthy to rank with Canton crape, Naples soap, Eau de Cologne, Yarmouth her rings, Durham mustard, and Stilton cheese.—Correspondent of Courier. GREAT PROTESTANT MEETING AMPHITHEATRE. AT THE A very numerous public meeting of the Protestants of Liverpool was held on Wednesday evening : in the Royal Amphitheatre, for the purpose of hearing a lecture by the Rev. T. D. Gregg, of Dublin, upon the subject of national religion and its effect upon government. The spacious edifice was crowded in every part, boxes, pit, gallery, and stage. On a moderate computation, not less than four thousand adult persons were present. Among those on the stage we ob served, the Rev. H. S. Joseph, the Rev. A. M'Conkey, the Rev. Robert Montgomery, of Glasgow, (author of " Satan," Si.c.,) the Rev. Mr. Spencer, the Rev. Mr. Brown, the Rev. G. Mansfield, the Rev. T. Rawson, Mr. Isaac Holmes, Mr. John Howard, Mr. Evans, and many other zealous conser vative Protestants. The Rev. H. S. Joseph was called to the chair. . The Rev. T. D. GREGG commenced by saying, that he felt moved with deep gratitude at his reception, and deep anxiety at the responsibility of standing before so vast an assembly. And yet, notwithstanding his weakness and inadequacy, he could not but be confident as to the result of his address. He came not to recommend views or theories of his own, but to develope those views set forth in the unerring word of God, and interpreted to them by the church and by the laws of England. Let no one pretend to say that what he might urge was undeserving of 'being considered as coming from one who could not bring rank or station to add weight to his sentiments. No : he stood before five thousand men of Liverpool. His object was to elicit their approbation, to obtain the seal of their sanction to the truths which he would bring forward, that these truths might go before the world, not merely as the sentiments of the Rev. Mr. Gregg, but as those adopted and approved by and enforced by the voices, and he would hope by the enthusiasm of the men of this great and enlightened city. (Cheers.) Let no one then pre sume to disregard what might be advanced there thii evening, because uttered by an unimportant individual, a nobody. He rejoiced that he was a nobody that the excellency of the power might be of God—he spoke as the mouthpiece of that vast multitude—(cheers)—he challenged respect to his views because not only true and scriptural, but those of the inhabi tants, the Protestant and thinking inhabitants of Liverpool— ;rid as such he confidently and certainly calculated on their ultimate prevalence. (Cheers.) Public opinion at the present day was in this country politically omnipotent. He had no apprehensions as to the result. He stood before them as a member of the Protestant Operative Association. He was cheered by the enthusiasm of thousands of operatives now before him, and he had no doubt but that their senti ments would be those universally adopted. Certain, of the rich' and great, of those in office and station, of those who revelled on the abuses arising from the disregard of their principles, might affect to think light of a movement sup ported by Protestant operatives •, but let them remember, that if the higher orders controlled the world of fashion, the lower orders did that of opinion, and that as cer tainly as effect followed _cause, so certainly. would gra.. dual conviction, final:, general adoption, and ultimately` the practical results that they so earnestly expected follow the assent and approbation, the applause and enthusiaSm, of thousands of upright and thinking, though humble men. (Cheers—here some confusion was created by some one op posed to the objects of the meeting, followed by loud cries of —Turn him out—and disturbance.) He intreated them to exercise patience, they could easily afford to let their adver saries make some little noise. Let them not trouble them selves by turning them out, he would soon point out to them a job of turning out that would be worth their consideration, —(laughter)—which he was sure they would engage in, and the result of which would be the great increase of the general happiness and prosperity—they knew what he alluded to. (Cheers.) But to the business in hand. What did they want? He answered radical reform—they were all radical reformers—(cheers and laughter)—true radical reformers who went to the root of all evils. (Cheers.) There was much of evil complained of in society. They knew the remedy for it all, and they met together to enforce the application of that remedy. The book that he held in his hand was a code ot, political wisdom. It was recognised as such in the written laws of England, and the evils of England and Ireland arose from this—that instead of glorifying the bible as the source of political wisdom, they had of late disparaged it in that re lation, calumniously asserting that it contained precepts only fit for the closet and for private life, not adequate to direct nations in their affairs ; and the result of this contempt of God's holy word and this disparagement of the divine wisdom, was, that evils abounded, and complaint was loud. God had created a nation to teach them political wisdom. He raised p the nation of the Jews, and He gave them their history — He laid bare His dealings with them. He told them that He did this for their learning—to show them how they might expect to be dealt with by Him as a nation—and what would be the source of political prosperity, and what of political adversity. This history they had in the book he held in his hand. Now what was the source of national prosperity, as revealed in that book ? Faithfulness on the part of the nation. and espe cially on the part of the rulers, to the will and word of God. King David served God, and Israel was exalted in glory, ho nour, and power. Every enemy trembled at the name of Israel. The people were united at home, and victorious abroad. Solomon succeeded to a flourishing dominion. Every man sat under his own vine and his own tig tree. There was no complaining in the streets ; ,no lack of employment ; no nakedness, or hunger, or want. Solomon abandoned his principles ; he took up with a false and idolatrous system. At once national weakness, disasters, complaining, revolt, and rebellion displayed themselves. God raised up one ad versary. Lest that should not suffice, he raised up a second. Lest two should be insufficient for judgment, he raised up a third, Jeroboam, the son of Nebat, an agitator and a distur ber; and in a short time they had a repeal of the union. (Loud laughter.) Aye, exactly—a repeal of the union ; for previously two distinct divisions of the people, Israel and Judah, formed one great kingdom. Thee two divided, and instead of being united, they fell at variance with one another, and in a short time they devoured one another, like the two Kilkenny cats. (Loud laughter.) They would excuse him. But it was so. Mutual contentions divided their strength, and at length, when nearly worn out by domestic feuds, their ruin was completed by foreign foes. In fact, from the time that the rulers cast off the religion and the truth of God, disaster followed hard upon disaster, until at length they perished. Now this was in exact accordance with the divine denunciations. He would read for them how God declared he would recompense this nation which he raised up for their instruction. (Here the rev. gentleman gave a large extract from the 28th chapter of the book of Deuteronomy, that was received with loud cheers.) There they saw that destitution, misery, beggary, want, and mendicancy—that degradation, folly, fatuity, blindness and madness—that defeat, misfortune and over throw—that exile and death, slavery, and bondage, and every conceivable national calamity were denounced as a punish ment for national unfaithfulness. while victory, happiness, virtue, success, and prosperity, were promised to the opposite line of conduct. All these actually followed. The nation rose and fell according as it was faithful or the reverse. Now all this was also realized in the history of England. The na tion oft England as a nation took God's Word as its rule. And it denounced Popery as a system of idolatrous apostasy, and just as it was faithful to protestantism, or abandoned its principles, by the support of popery it rose or fell. (Cheers.) He would show them the national mind as to popery.— [Here the rev. gentleman read a long series of extracts from the book of. Homilies, denouncing popery, during which there was a good deal of disturbance originated by those who disapproved of them and by the cries of " Turn them out" from the other side.] They should take it patiently. All that he said was law. They should not be angry with him, they should reserve their anger for the British nation. for these Homilies were the e xpression of the national mind. Now how did it happen that Mr. O'Connell, amid all his clamours for repeal, never demanded the repeal of these laws? (Hear and cheers.) Here the laws of the land gave a character of popery, and the Queen had com pelled him by oath to assent to it—the Queen had compelled him to swear that popery was " antichristian," " absurd," " knavish," " most abominable," " devilish," " filthy," " fulsome," " blasphemous ;" that opish religious service was " a mockery,"" a dumb mass," " a horrible profana tion," "necromancy" and " witchcraft;" that popish riests were " Romish wolves," " special i nstruments of the devil ;" that the Pope was a " horrible blasphemer." a " traitor to God," a " false foreign usurper," an "in satiable wolf," a " most cruel tyrant ;" that the popish sys tem was " worse than paganism," a " puppet-show" sys tem " the Babylonical beast of Rome." (Loud cheers for some time.) Here was the national mind and the national law with respect to popery, the rectitude of which the Queen compelled him and all clergymen to swear to, and the repeal of which Mr. O'Connell never thought of calling for. Why not ? Because in his soul he knew that it could not be gainsaid. He for his part regarded this as just the plain truth with respect to popery, to maintain which he would not only be willing to meet any priest in argument, but to lay down his life for his testimony. (Cheers.) The priests were dared and defied to gainsay this, the national view of Popery, but they shrunk from the question, and aban doned the field of discussion. (Cheers.) Now he wgild ask them, this being the national mind with respect to Popery, could anything be more awful than the national support of the system thus nationally repudiated and denounced. (Loud cheers.) Only think of giving money from the national trea sury to instruct men in mocking and blaspheming God •, to propagate the delusions of an anti-christian apostasy. Only think of appointing, as chaplains, " special instruments of the devil," and of endowing chapels, churches, and bishoprics abroad to keep up " horrible prOfanation" and " niummish massing." He said, let them only think of these things, and ask themselves what but national calamity could be expected as the result. (Cheers.) Could there be conceived more daring defiance of God, more injurious profanation of the divine majesty, than that the nation should profess a certain system to be abomination in his eyes, and yet expend its trea sures in supporting and diffusing that system. Did not they all confess that good works were the result of divine grace, and that if that grace were withdrawn every species of crime and enormity would be the result ? And yet, notwithstanding this confession, they actually proceeded in the very way to produce this result. It was notorious that at the present day the Irish papers gloried in the prevalence of English crime. (No, no.) He said, " Yes, yes." Let any one consult the ' columns of the Evening Post, the Freeman's Journal, and the Morning Register, (Dublin papers,) and he would find in almost every publication a long catalogue of enormities committed in England giveli, and much gratification in dulged in at the contrast which the state of Ireland pre sented. This was a fact. He did not wonder at it—he was little surprised at it. The state showed the example of casting off all concern for religion in its conduct. Was it any wonder that the people should do the same. The Par liament was an unprincipled Parliament—a Parliament with out principles —treating truth and falsehood, Christianity and anti -Christianity, alike; in a word, an unprincipled Par liament. What wonder was it that they should have unprin cipled cottagers and unprincipled operatives, that they should see all the frightful results of the absence of principle mani fested in the land. The Parliament said, Jew, Turk, so cialist, papist, or athiest, are all alike, and no difference should be made in consequence of religious distinctions. Let an humble family only take up and act out the senti ment, they would find the father killing the mother, the wife the husband, the sons murdering the daughters, the daughters making themselves vile and cutting their infants' throats. Why. Simply because they took up the corrupt and abominable principle now adopted by the state, or rather the total indifference to principle which it professed. (Loud cheers for some time.) He repeated, then, that he was not at all astonished at the results of the present system of state policy. Mind, he did not mean to say that these crimes af forded any just ground of glorying to the papists, as though their system were more purifying in its results that the Pro testant system, although that was the conclusion they drew : not at all—far from it. There was vice in England, and that vice naturally enhanced by the dealing of the nation towards the popish system ; but there w as v i r t ue i n it too. Our church services were not crimes against the Almighty God —a mockery and blasphemy of Divine Majesty. (A cry of " Prove it. ') Prove it ! why i s is proved already ! (Loud cheers.) This book—the book of Homilies—which the nation has adopted as its faith, p roves it. (Cheers repeated.) Prove it ! No, but let your priests dis prove it—or gainsay it—or attempt to gainsay it ; and I fancy there will not be wanting many among my clerical brethren in Liverpool who will maintain the truth of the Protestant doctrine to their confusion. (Loud cheers.) The Irish newspapers indulged in long notices of English crime, but they did not say a word of English virtue. (" The Bishop of Cloglier.”) The Bishop of Clogher ! Hold your tongue about the Bishop of Clogher. Why, I have only to open a book there on the table to show you, that before the reformation every monastery reeked with Bishops of Clogher —with monsters defiled by every enormity. (Cheers.) At that time, Bishops of Clogher amid the bachelor priesthood were as thick as blackberries. (Loud cheers.) Therefore, the less on that subject the better for. popery. (Cheers.) But to return, not a word did the Irish papers say , of English virtue, of English dignity, enlight enmen t, re fi nemen t—all derived from Protestantism. Not a word of their institutes for the propagation of knowledge, wisdom, and under not a 'ward of church instruction societies, nor mecha nics' libraries, of the virtue that adorned the social circle of the truly pious, nor of the growth in every thing admirable, which was so worthy of remark in this privileged land. (Cheers.) He had been for some tune resident in England, and of late travelled through a great part of it, audit had astonished him to hear of the multitude of great characters who were growing, unnoticed, in almost every locality, men whom their religion called into moral being, who derived from it all the attributes which adorned our nature. The Irish newspapers said nothing of these. (Cheers.) No ! The vice of England arose from the neglect of English religion. Thank God, English religion was not itself a vice —(cheers) —a crime, a blasphemy, bringing down from on high a curse, a moral paralysis, that sunk the people into the very depth of spiritual degradation. (Cheers.) He con tended against Popery not because of the crimes in certain stages of its being that it originates, but because of the moral blight—the tremendous curse—the _degradation that it lin-. posed even on its pious votaries. Were there not a prisoner for trial in the gaols of Ireland, not a crime recorded in its calendars, he would still contend against Popery as the most gigantic of evils. (Cheers.) Popery' was a systein of lies, and therefore it was a system of tyranny and bondage. How could Popery tolerate liberty ? Liberty would necessarily destroy it. Is it to be supposed that the fable of St.:Denis, with his head under his arms, or St. Nicholas abstaining from suck at his nurse's breast on Wednesdays and Fridays— (loud laughter)—that these monstrous absurdities could stand in the light of a free press? (No, no.) To be sure not. Popery must persecute. They gave a free stage to all sorts of opinions, conscious that as they stood on the ground of truth they were immoveable. (Cheers.) Every Popish country was an enslaved country. England was an enslaved country ' , while a Popish one. Popery froze the intellect—debased the understanding—filled the mind full of the most stupid fables and absurdities—and therefore, quite irrespective of its moral effect necessarily deraded those who were its victims. (No, no, and disturbance He said again—yes, yes. Allow him to illustrate his position. by reference to a book which he had in his hand. • (A voice—Was it printed in Exeter Hall ?) No, indeed, it was printed, strange to say, in Heaven. (Great laughter.) No less—in Heaven. (Cheers.) It was the life of Saint Philomena. (The rev. gent. then gave an account of the book, which convulsed the house with laughter. For the absurd character of its contents it far surpassed anything we ever heard of even in Popery. Among the miracles which it recorded was this—that when a large edition of the work was sold off, the writer and main actor in the discovery of this uew saint, going to his bursau, found a miraculous supply of fresh copies !! ! This and other statements were published with the approbation of a Roman bishop.) There, what did they think of that ? (Cheers.) Let them note—this was no an tiquated superstition ; the book was published in 1835 ' and there had been many editions since ; in the nineteenth cen tury this stuff had circulation among papists. He insisted that a people so infatuated as to receive it was a degraded people, if they were distinguished by ever so much mere morality. Their minds were a mass of fatuity—steeped in midnight darkness. (Cheers.) Was the reception of such stuff consistent with the progress of knowledge ? .(No, no.) Certainly not. Could such dreams co-exist with the educa tional institutes of England? (cheers) or if England were in volved in the old womanism (begging the pardon of the old women) of so degrading a system, would she, or could she, occupy her place among the nations ? (Cheers.) No, she would be reduced to a level with Spain, or Italy, or Ireland. (Cheers.) He rejoiced in the feeling ich influenced them. He exulted in the laugh of scorn which convulsed the thou sands before him—(cheers.)—but he besought themlo con sider the subject in the light of truth—to solemnize their minds while he directed their attention to its serious bear ings. This system infatuated the people. Aye, but it brought a curse upon them also—it made them a byword among the. nations, and a wagging of the head among the people ; aye, but it made them also an abomination in the sight of God. (Cheers.) Its absurdity divested them of in tellectual eminence, but the curse that was visited on them by it, stripped them naked, kept them hungry, drove them into exile, made them the victims—the willing victims of ten thousand tyrants. the beggars—the mendicants , of the whole world. (Loud cheers.) Popery was of the devil—it abode beneath the wrath of the most high—it was the prime plague and pestilence of the world, and he asked what could be expected when the English nation, made great and emi nent, by opposing this system, and to oppose it, resigned itself to the work of extending its influence, and rivetting its chains. (Cheers.) Would it be to be wondered at if cala mity and overthrow had followed a line of conduct so utterly inconsistent with truth and principle. (Cheers.) Let them not deceive themselves, England was not respected at the present day—England, strange as it might seem, was despised in Ireland. Mr. O'Connell did not con ceal the contempt with which lie regarded this country. He well remembered, when that gentleman first entered the Bri tish parliament, the awe with which he seemed to view the greatest assembly in the world. It was apparent in his lan guage. But he had discovered the secret of their weakness —he held the keys of their power—and now the British par liament was 600 scoundrels ! The terror of the British name had departed. France swaggered, and England was tranquil. It was interesting to note how Mr. O'Connell triumphed at the prospect of war. His language seemed to be, " Let England go to war if she dare ; I glory in the prospect of war, for it will enable me to make my own terms." How so ? He knew that a large portion of the army was papist, and that the Irish police force was almost exclusively popish. He knew well that all the strongholds of Ireland were in his hands. He calculated that when lie chose he could make a surrender, and therefore he did not hesi tate to threaten as he had done. Was it not deplorable to wisness the results of unprincipled compromise and and christian expediency? (Cheers.) Every man was a sufferer by the existing state of things. He confessed that he spoke with a feeling of grievance resting on him personally. He considered himself a sufferer by the policy now acted on. He belonged to the church, and he considered himself just as fairly entitled to expect promotion as his brethren (loud cheers), but he knew that his zeal against popery was an ob stacle in his way. (Hear, hear.) He knew that the influ ence of the government stood opposed to persons of his principles, and that therefore his opportunities of usefulness were contracted, and his temporal prospects limited. (Hear, hear.) Now was it not an atrocious and a monstrous evil, that the very qualifications that should ensure success, were a detriment and an obstacle to it. Was it not a monstrous evil, that such men as Hugh Stowell, Hugh M'Neile, Thos. Mortimer, Robert Montgomery, and Robert M`Gee, the men that the church looked to as its lights, should, because they were its lights, be excluded from its honours and from its benefits, and that while their qualifications disqualified them, treason to princiPle was the ground of preferment. (Loud cheers, and cries of—lt is a shame.) Let him just illustrate what he said. There was a short time since in the church, a certain curate, of very high evangelical profession, and greatly opposed to papacy, of the name of Mr. Hoare, he was a curate, however, and he found that if he depended upon his piety and his evangelism, he might expect to live and die a curate; he therefore bethought him of a better market for his wares—accordingly he wrote a pamphlet, eat ing up all his former professions—renouncing his former principles—lauding the god system of education which you in Liverpool so well appreciate—and presently he stood forth an Archdeacon. (Hear, hear.) Well this did not satisfy him. He wrote another pamphiet of the same character as the former, and is rewarded by a rich living. A third makes him a Dean—(hisses)—and now he has issued a new work, which has [placed him in the position of being the next ex pectant Bishop. Allow him to give them an extract from this pamphlet of Dean Hoare. (The reverend gentleman here read a passage from Dean Hoare's pamphlet, in which he alleges that the principles of the people in Ire land are more sound than in perhaps any country in Europe. And they are not so " easily humbugged" as the English, nor so prone to fanatical sectarianism, of the sort introduced by Thom and Southcote, as they. The reading of the passage seemed to give satisfaction to the Roman Ca tholic portion of the audience.) There was the language on which Dean Hoare grounded his hopes for a mitre. He lauds the effects of popery, and the insults the people of Pro testant England, by statements so grossly false as that they seemed wantonly designed to pamper the appetite of the popish maligners Of England, who govern, however, the patronage of the kingdom. The English people are easily humbugged, proclaims Dean Hoare. They are more easily humbugged than the Irish. The Irish are not so disposed to new-fan gled notions in religion as the English, nor so easily hum bugged as they—why, what is popery but one great humbug ? (loud cheers)—a gigantic system of humbug from the be ginning to the end. And yet the Irish are not so easily hum bugged es the English ! So says Dean Hoare, and expects to be a bishop by the declaration ; and then " they have too much of the organ of veneration to allow them to take up new-fangled notions"—St. Philomela to wit. (Loud and continued cheering.) Why there is not a year that passes in which popery does not invent some unheard-of piece of, new-fangled monstrosity to meet the diseased appe tite with which credulity has provided its dupes. (Cheers.) Yet this is the man, and a fair specimen of the men, now raised to power in the church. He repeated that it was trea son to principle which was now promoted, and faithfulness to principle which was excluded and punished. Was this right ? (No, no.) He begged to ask, was it not a deplora ble state of things—was it not a monstrous grievance—that sueh a man as Dean Hoare should be exalted in the church ? Was it not? (A loud cry of " Yes, yes.") Let it go forth to Dean Hoare, and to Lord Morpeth, who lifted him up. that this is the sense of this vast assembly—that unmingled indignation and disgust were excited by an account of the vile compromise of principle that now receives the only re rewards which the state has it in its power to bestow. (Cheers.) He repeated, then, that zeal for truth was now the ground of exclusion—indifference to error the reason for promotion. This was a state of things that their association should endeavour to meet. He did not know why the Protestant Operative Association should not address the throne, urging that those alone should be promoted in the church who are faithful to its principles. (Cheers.) He, therefore, felt himself aggrieved, because he telt himself excluded ; and not only so, but he knew it to be a fact, that the, poor protestants of Ireland were now syste matically shut out from those offices to which their, above all others, had the best claim. (Cheers.) He knew well that the being an Orangeman was the ground of exclusion. He had been an Orangeman himself, and he 6Yloried in it. (Loud cheers, and a cry of " Rathcormac.") Was there anything wrong in that ? (Loud cries of " No, no.") The society was a legal society ; its objects just and christian. Its de sign was not to persecute those opposed to it, but simply to maintain protestantism (cheers), afford defence to protestan tants, end maintain the cause of the family that sat. upon the throne. (Loud cheers.) Now, he contended that it was a sin in the sight of God that men, whose objects were so en tirely accordant with christian principle, should be made to suffer for their christian zeal. (Hear, hear.) He believed that it was more grievously offensive in the sight of God, that one protestant should be reduced to a state of destitu tion and misery in consequence of his zeal for truth, than that the whole Roman Catholic population of Ireland should, as the natural result of the curse entailed upon the antichristian system, be brought under the endur ance of all the heavy ills which it was notorious they had already laboured under (hear, hear), and laboured under simply as the natural and inevitable consequence of their popery—(cheers)—the consequences visited on it in Spain, Italy, Portugal, Austria, and every other country in which it was found. Some one had taunted him with Rathcormac. He was much obliged to that person for reminding him of the circumstance. Allow him to tell them the history of Rath cormac. Mr. O'Connell wrote a public letter, dated 27th Sep tember, 1834, and in that letter he used the following lan guage .—" If I be a tenant from year to year, and that after the Ist of November next, a tithe owner comes to distrain my land, I am entitled to keep him off my land with a strong hand, and if he persist in trespassing, I am entitled to wallop him off my land, if I cannot otherwise get him off. The go vernment cannot allow him the aid of a military force or police in distraining." Here was the language of Mr. O'Connell. Well. On 'the 18th of December, in the same year, the Rev. Mr. Ryder, aided by the military, went to distrain the Widow Ryan, and the nine following per sons—plr. Gregg gave the names] —proceeded according to Mr. 0 Connell's advice to wallop them off her land. They fell victims to their resistance and to their reliance on Mr. O'Connell's advice. Now mark. The Widow Ryan got up a petition, entreating redress from the House of Commons : this was committed to Mr. O'Connell for presentation. He put a notice upon the books of the house that he would pre sent it upon a certain day ; the day came and it was put off to another, to a second, a third, and a fourth, and finally the thing was cushioned. Why ? Because, in fact, in vestigation into the subject could only have made it plain to the whole world, that the men who were slain were Mr. O'Connell's owq victims. (Loud cheers.) So far for Rath comae. Now a word as to the abstrait justice of tithes. (Haar.) If he took a certain portion of land in Order that he might make a living for his family out of it, subject to the condition that he should give a tenth of the produce to a certain person, was he not dries cboeus ofnd to stick to his bargain or give his land ? (Loud " Yes.") Would it . be fair or honest on his part to say, that as he did not approve of the religion of the person to whom he was bound by his engagement, he would therefore not be bound by his word ? Certainly not. What would they think of his going to a tailor, ordering a suit of clothes, and when they were sent with the bill, of his putting on the clothes, but send ing the tailor word that his conscience would not allow him to give him his money, since he had discovered that he was a papist? (Hear.) Would that be fair? Certainly not. And if, when the tailor sent the Queen's officers to compel him to pay the debt, he proceeded to wallop them off, and fell a vic tim to his foolish resistaace would he he entitled to any por tion of the public commis.seration ? (" No," and cheers.) Just as absurd, then, was the language of those men who would elevate into the rank of martyrs the victims who suf fered because they would neither stick to their bargain nor give up their land. (Hear.) But he insisted that the Roman Catholies . received value from the church ; and he considered it important to urge this upon them, in order that they might have no hesitation as to the course of conduct that he desired to lead them to. TO whom -was it that they were indebted for plenteous harvests ? To God Almighty. He gave them rain and sunshine in due season, and multiplied the fruits of the earth. Now they might expect, if they adopted a line of action pleasing in His eyes, that He would give them rich abundance,—but that if they acted in a different manner, He would visit them with scarcity. (Cheers.) Well. If they planted on the summit of every hill, and in the bosom of every vale, a temple to His praise, from whence there were sent up a holy worship, and through which virtue, morality, and wisdom were diffused through the land, and by which the blessing of the Lord descended upon them, manifested in the abundant bestowal of His providential favours, he contended that all derived benefits—that all received value from an institution which produced these results. (Cheers.) Yea, even they did who might refuse to be come participators in the worship which produced the blessing. (Immense cheering.) Ths simple question then, was this—was their church the true church ? If it were, such were its results: Every inhabitant of the state was made a partaker of substantial benefits through its in fluence, a receiver of actual value from its ministrations, and should consider himself rather privileged than aggrieved in being called upon to contribute to its support. Hence, he considered, with all due respect for Mr. John Thorogood, that his opposition to the church was a very foolish opposi tion, and gave him no claim whatsoever to the sympathies of the wise and good. If he could justly pronounce the doc trines of the church false, he would then have something like a ground to stand upon ; but to affect to be a martyr for resisting the true church of Jesus Christ, was . a course of conduct the policy of which seemed very doubtful. (Cheers.) Let them. then, perceive that fn every way they stood upon the ground of truth, and that ground they would maintain in spite of the world, the flesh, and the devil, sim ply because it was the ground of truth. (Cheers.) [The rev. gentleman then proceeded with great energy and effect to exhibit the Scriptural working of Church and State. He showed, in a manner so satisfactory as to obtain the entire approbation of the meeting, that it was the duty of the go vernment to occupy itself in the diffusion of gospel light through the whole community, and`, that this might be done in such a way in Ireland as effectually to overthrow the power of darkness in that country ; and in England as to raise to the highest pitch the moral character of the lower orders of the people ; and thus indefinitely to promote their happiness and prosperity. The f ac t o f the publication of controversial sermons in the reigns of Edward VI. and Elizabeth seemed to make a deep impression on the meeting ; which, indeed, the speaker carried with him all through.] What then did they want ? Christian legislation. How wad this attainable ? Through a Christian government and Christian rulers. It was utterly impossible so long as the present constitution of parliament continued ; it was there fore plainly evident that in , order to obtain the legislation which the necessities of the country demanded,the Roman catholics .must be removed from parliament, and the 'emanci pation bill repealed. (Tremenllous applause.) He rejoiced in their enthusiasm. He felt no doubt as to the ultimate accomplishment of their purposes. Let them only join the Protestant Operative Association, and through it work on public opinion, and in due time every difficulty would give way, and success crown their labours. [We regret that owing to want of time we are obliged to content ourselves with pre senting to our readers this abridged outline of the rev. gen tleman's eloquent and .powerful address. It occupied three hours in the delivery.] The Rev. A. APC;ONKEY, in an appropriate address, moved that the cordial thanks of the protestants of Liver pool be presented to the Rev. T. D. Gregg, for his able and convincing address to them that evening-. Mr. ISAAC HOLMES seconded the notion, and expressed the pleasure he had received from the luminous expositions of the rev. gentleman. The motion was carried by acclamation. The Rev. Mr. SPENCER then moved a vote of thanks to the Rev. H. S. Joseph, for his able and impartial conduct in the chair. The Rev. ROBERT MONTGOMERY, in seconding the moi• tion said,—My brother protestants, the high and the unme rited honour has been conferred upon me of echoing the proposal of my respected and reverend friend. I rise then to join my very feeble and imperfect voice, amidst the glorious hosannahs of protestantism that have now been reverberating throughout this vast assembly. And why ? Because pro testantism is truth, radiant, pure, Almighty truth ; and when it comes into the mind and conscience of man, it purifies, it irradiates, and it renders that mind almost omnipotent. (Cheers.) Ido trust that the majestic scene of moral hero ism, which this night has been exhibited, will he immortal ized in our memories, and developed in our lives. It is a noble sight to see our beloved friend come forward and so to speak, repeat that glorious scene, witnessed sonic three cen turies ago, when the solitary monk that awoke the world, stood forth with unshrinking brow, and with unequalled voice, in the presence of the world, the flesh, and the devil, and cried out, " I neither will nor can retract, except con vinced by the word of God." (Cheers.) Brother protes tants, that man was Luther. (Loud cheers.) And we rejoice to see his resuscitation this night. (Cheers.) Luther is alive again ! The voice of Luther is resounding throughout this empire, and the far roll of his mighty thunder is among the seven hills of Rome, smiting with paleness the travestied image of Christ, and ringing in anticipation the funeral knell of popery. (Cheers.) What is popery? The gospel accord ing to man, _a system of doctrinal caricatures, whereby truth, as she was formed by the Almighty, is fouled over with every sensual darkness, corruption, and sin. (Cheers.) What is popery ? It is the vampire of the Bible, that has drained or would drain the life-blood out of the divinity of it, and leave nothing but the carcase of superstition behind. (Cheers.) What is popery ? It is the Anti-christian mystery ; and mark you, this description radiates in lines of severest appli cation to the whole circumference of its abominations, which clashes with in its fables, and contradicts with its corruptions, the entire truth as it is in Jesus. Oh ! who is my God ? He is love ; popery has made him cruel. Who is my Saviour ? A man now with a human heart, peopled with human sym pathies, prolonginr , even upon the throne th ose p u l sa ti ons o f a mighty love which were the root of his character, and which once gushed forth in tears of blood. (Cheers.) What has popery done? It has drawn his human sympathies out of him, and presented us with a sinful woman in his place. (Applause.) What is popery? Mark the description. It is mystery ; in other words, unlike other forms of sacred villany, which stare upon the conscience with all the naked ness of reality, popery is a calculating mystery, where pre tensions upon the one hand and performances upon the other are seen to counterplay in one endless contrariety. Popery is the devil's masterpiece. It is a system for keeping men from God under the aspect of bringing them to him, and therefore it has lighted up a moral jubilee in the pit of dark ness itself. (Applause.) When we remember that this sys tem of combination, corruption, sensuality, darkness, and paganism, only reached its climax about the sixteenth cen tury, are we dealing in protestant exaggeration in saying that popery is that concentration of spiritual iniquity over which the energies of bell had trembled and all agreed to meet, and round which the archfiend himself now watches with all th.: love of a parent and all the,tenacity of a fiend ? (Applause.) This is popery. (Cheers.) Brother protestants, hear ano ther description of popery. Popery is a beautiful animal. It has been taken into the zoological gardens of modern re finement : its claws have been cut to make it admired of the people : " A. pretty little thing it !s ! only look at it !—pretty little thing, it is quite harmless," is what is said now. (Applause.) But popery is the great beast. And how is popery to be put down ? (A person in the galiefy here used some exclamation, the purport of which we could not catch.) My witty friend (proceeded the rev. gentleman) is not at all alarming. lam glad to have this interruption, and I will tell you why—because it furnishes another argument where with to shew the power of popery to blot out every instinct of the human heart. Popery is a monster of such hideous mein, That to be hated needs but to be seen. (Cheers.) My brethren, in conclusion, I would say we should put down Popery by putting up the word of God. We shall then have, by the blessing of God, the grandest coronation that has ever been celebrated within the limits of the throne—it Nvil. be the coronation of the Bible ; and when that national coronation takes place, Ireland will be free, because the Bible is free, the birth-tight of the human kind, and the great charter of the world's salvation. (Cheers.) Therefore we do say, circulate the mind of the Almighty as far as the operations of the human spirit extend. The Bible is the centre of our common Protestantism ; around it all the saving oneness of God stands complete ; let every coun try see the great apocalypse of God to man, the enemy of Popery, of infidelity, of heathenism, and therefore the enemy of every enemy against God and against man. (Cheers.) In conclusion, I ask, is this night to pass away, are these ex p ressions to be the mere evaporation of an excited moment ? (No.) We do not want emotion ; we want action ; we want head work, heart-work, and hand-work. We want all to come forward in prayer and in faith, and to present a bold, indo mitable front against all the powers and principalities of the world ; to stand forward upon the great platform of the Re deemer's truth, and cry, " Let God arise, and his enemies be scattered !" God grant that a day may soon come when we shall see the proud flag of Protestantism waving through the length and breadth of the land ; when every man shall grasp the sword of the Spirit, and the shield of faith, and having upon that banner the battle word " Emanuel," go forth shouting, with one heart and with one mind, " No peace with Rome till Romp has made her peace with God." (Loud cheers.) Mr. JOSEPH then briefly returned thanks, and after the doxology had been sung, and a blessing pronounced, the meeting separated. THE LIVERPOOL BOROUGH LIST OF HOUSE- HOLD VOTERS The Attorney-General has given the following opinion on the question as to the legality of the publication of the Li verpool lists : " I.—l am of opinion that in point of time the publication of the list, in this case, is not liable to any objection. " am of opinion that the act has not been strictly complied with as to churches and chapels, and that it would be proper to return to the former practice on this subject. " 3.—1 am clearly of opinion that no condition precedent has been violated, that the irregularity pointed out is merely a departure from a directory enactment, and that the revi sing barrister is bound to revise the list. " 4.—1 entertain no doubt that a good election may take place under the present list when revised. Even should th e revising barrister be of a contr ary opinion, I would most respectfully but most earnestly advise him to revise the list, leaving the question open for decision by a committ ee o f t h e House of Commons. he were to refuse to do so, the whole parish of Liverpool must be disfranchised for the whole year. 6.—Claims could not be , made in the manner proposed. 7.—Nothing more can now be done to correct the irre gularity ; but I am of opinion, that, with a view to revision and all subsequent proceedings, it is quite immaterial. " J. CAMPBELL " Temple, August 18, 1840." ROMAN CATHOLIC BEQUESTS.—About two years ago we announced that the enormous sum of £300,200 had been left to two vicars apostolic of the catholic church, by the late Mr. Blundell, of Ince, in this co unty. We have now to announce that the large property of the late Mr. weatley, of Brindle-lodge, in this county, has fallen into the hands of the grand vicar of the Lancashire district, the Very Rev. T. Sherburne, of the Willows, near Kirkham. This gentleman was confessor to the departed gentleman, and is left the sole executor and residuary legatee. Various are the rumours that are afloat on this subject ; they are of too painful a nature for us to give them a wider circulation, particularly as we are informed that the validity of this will will be contested by the heiress- at-law.—Laticaster Guardian. The , electors of Sudbury hav e determined t o defend the return of Mr. Tomline, M.P. fo r that bor ough , against the petition now pending before the House of Commons, which will be heard next session. POPISH ARROGANCE TO THE .EDITOR 'HE LIVERPOOL STAIVDdRD SIR, —You are no doubt aware that a clause' was inserted in the R.omish emancipation act, specially to forbid Romish priests, under a penalty of £lOO, to appe7r outside the cha pel doors in their robes ; vet, notwithstanding this, after all their professions of obedience, they openly violate this law. One clay this week, at the funeral of spriest in St. Nicholas's chapel, there were no less than twelve or fourteen priests, habited in their robes, came in procession into the-streets adjoining the chapel, with a large wooden cross, itnitien candles, boys, and all their Now, Sir, - are our laws to be a enforced against Protestants and not against Papists, subjects of a foreign power? If the clause is not intended to be en forced, why not boldly expunge it at once, and let us know what we are to expect ? but as long as it stands in the statute book, for God's sake let it be enforced s parapherbalia r are they to bt ead letter Is there no one of influence who will come forward and de mand the enforcement of the law against these apostate priests, or are they openly to insult our religion, our reason, and our common sense, by these ridiculous and idolatrous proceedings ? are they to be allowed to bring our towns into the same state as the large towns abroad, that are lost In popery, and consequently in ignorance; and is there no one who will endeavour to arrest our downward course ? I can not believe that England will so soon forget what it cost her to throw off popery's iron yoke at the Reformation. May these lines meet the eye of some one who will come forward in our cause, is the earnest desire of • Your most obedient servant, A CONSTANT READER. AND A REFORMER. . . • (There ;:sapriest at the hit levee, in his robes. If the laws are to be violated in the presence of our monarch, what can we expect!) TO THE EDITOR OF THE LIVERPOOL STANDARD. SlR.,—Having received a notice from Mr. M. J. Whitty, " acting as high constable of the said borough of Liverpool," dated 4th August, 1840, wherein it is stated that a special session, for licencing victualling houses, will be held at the Sessions-house, Chapel-street, on " Monday, the 24th day of August next." Now, Mr. Editor, as we publicans have sins of efnieozission without number laid to our charge, I am very anxious to avoid those of omission, and I respectfully request to be informed, if " The acting as high constable of the said borough of Liverpool" (Mr. Whitty) wishes to internote Angust 1840 or 1841, as I have not yet received a notice for the present year —I am, Mr. Editor, Yours most respectfully, A PUBLICAN.. DOCK COMMITTEE Tlie election to supply the vacancies in the Dock Com mittee commenced on Monday last, and was , c9ontinued, by adjournment,. on Tuesday. At the close of the poll the members stood thus : DOCK WAREHOUSE I WAREHOUSE-OWNERS Y.MT. Mr. liorafall.. „ Ripley.... „ Moon .... „ Middleton „ Chapman. 377 Mr. Potter:. , . 369 f „ CroAthwitite 368 „ Chaloner.. 356 I „ Henderson 372 Bold The former are of course returned; being the candidates nominated by the party favourable to the corporation project of erecting warehouses on the dock quays. MR. WINTERBOTTOM'S BANKRUPTCY COMMISSIONERS Or BANKRUPTS' Rooms, MANCHESTER MONDAY. AUG. 17. • In Re Jo/in Kenyon it interbottom The first meeting of creditors under the fiat of bankruptcy against Mr. J. K. Winterbottorn, " of Heaton Norris, ban ker, money scrivener, dealer and Chapman," was held this morning, at ten o'clock, before George Condy and R. G. Duck, Esqrs., barristers. and . Mr. 0. Milne, solicitor, of the third list of commissioners of bankrupts fcr this district. The Manchester and Liverpool District Bank were the peti tioning creditors, and we understand that the amount of their debt was sworn to, on the affidavit, at £35,000. Probably between thirty and forty creditors were in attendance, and upwards of twenty names were upon the list of debts proved. Amongst the creditors present were two ladies. None of the proofs, however, were for large amounts, the principal credi tors not coming forward to prove their debts at this meeting. None of the amounts in the list of debts Would exceed. £2OOO, and the aggregate amount of debts proved would pro bably reach £17,000 or £lB,OOO. Amongst the parties round the table were Mr. Stephen Heelis, attorney ; Mr. Vaughan, attorney, of Stockport; and other professional gentlemen. Mr. J. H. Stanway, accountant, was also in attendance. After a number of debts had been proved, Mr. Condy asked Mr. Vaughan whom he named to be assignees of the bank rupt's estate and effects. Mr. Vaughan named Mr. John Marsland and Mr. Rupert Ingleby. Mr. Marsland, who was present, consented to take office, and Mr. S. Heelis undertook to consent on behalf of Mr. Rupert Ingleby, who was not present.—Mr. Condy : Has the District Bank prov ed any thing?—Mr. Vaughan : No, sir ; not at present.— Mr. Condy : How many names have you got ?—Mr. Heelis : Half-a-dozen.—Mr. Condy : That will do, I suppose.—Mr. Vaughan : Oh, yes.—The commissioners then signed the several affidavits and papers, and the bankrupt not being pre sent to surrender (having, as our readers are aware, quitted the country), the business of the meeting terminated. The second meeting. we perceive, is advertised to be held, at the same place, on Thursday, the 15th September, at two o'clock. —Manchester Guardian. POLICE INTELLIGENCE.-WEDNESDAY STEALING ROPES William Slight was brought up on a charge of having sto len a quantity of ropes from a warehouse in Robert-street North, belonging to Messrs. Wildes, Pickersgill and Co. The porter in charge of the warehouse identified the ropes as belonging to his employers, and substantiated the charge. The prisoner was committed for trial. • CRSRGE OF R:OBBERli A negro, with " sable locks and luscious lips," and whose Countenance seemed to be amply supplied with oily ingredi. eats, was accused of forcing open a seaman's chest, and ab stracting therefrom a suit of clothes ; also with having pledg ed the same. The prisoner. had been employed to convey the chest to a house in the neighbourhood of the Prince's Dock, and while performing this duty, it struck him there might be something in the box worth abstracting. He accordingly took it to a public-house close by, and there rifled the box of its contents, which he afterwards pledged with a pawnbroker. In answer to the charge, 4 , Sambo" pleaded innocence, and implored the mercy of the magistrate ; but the case being clearly proved, he was ordered to pay a tine of 20s. DAMAGING AN ORGAN James Thdmpson Sharpe appeared to answer to the charge of having done wilful damage to an organ, the property of an Italian street musician. Evidence being produced against the prtsoner, and the me rits of the case entered upon at considerable length, he was advised to settle the matter with the complainant, who ex pressed his willingness to withdraw the charge ou payment of the damages. The prisoner having complied with this re commendation, the case was dismissed. Previous to leaving the bar, however, the prisoner, who had been released on bail, and had failed to make his appearance on Monday, was severely reprimanded by Mr. Rushton, who expressed his determination in future to enforce the penalty against de faulters. ASSAULT Mrs. Parkinson, who combined in her person the twofold quality of being mistress of a lodging-house, and " governor of her husband's affairs," and who stated she belonged to Liverpool, though she had been but lately imported from Donegall, " the blessed country that gave her birth," was ac cused of doing serious daMage to the person of Mrs. Cane, her next-door neighbour, residing in Dickinson-street, by striking her with an iron pot. Mrs. Cane stepped forward in frqnt of the magistrates' desk, and began to detail her woes, when she was interrupted by the prisoner, whose physiognomy exhibited prima facie evidence of her being non compos mends—for, no sooner had she heard her antagonist's voice than she made preparations for a fresh attack, and threatened to " blow her brains out." It was now seem to be impossible to examine the witnesses while the prisoner was present, and she was taken out of court during the examination. Several wrtnesses proven the charge of striking Mrs. Cane with an iron pot, also that she had brokers five panes of glass in complainant's windows. The prisoner was ordered to pa'y 10s. for ti;;;;;;;ult, and Gs. 4d. daruages. On leaving the bar, she swore vengea nce upon h er adver sary, which caused her to be brought up a second time and admonished from the bench. PURLOINING TIMBER. John Beresford, for stealing several pieces of timber from a. bowling warehouse in Seel-street, was sentenced to one month' S impr isonment. THE Min.—The crop is this year a total failure. Only a few grounds give promise 'of an average iirowth, and the most favorable are gradually going back. The duty is down to £30,000, and even a lower rate is backed with slight odds. —Kentish Gazette. We perceive that Lord Segrave, at a dinner held on Satui day, observed that " there never was a more ridiculous meo sure proposed than thepenny postage." His lordship is ei ,titled to praise for his honesty, but will his ministerial friends thank him for it.--Gloucester Chronicle. Lord and Lady Francis Egerton landed at .Marseilles last week from Athens, and intended, after a sojourn of three days, to go to Paris. The noble lord and lady may be ex pected in this country next week, after.an absence of nearly twelve months. SEAFORD.—A fishing boat broughtlipwards of 800 macke rel on shore on Tuesday last, which were offered for sale at the rate of six for a shilling.--Sussex Express. • , 7 7 7 CHARITABLE BEQUEST. — Ovring to the exertions of Wm. p. Mathews, Esq., the le gacy o f £ lOOO, bequeathed in the year 1828, y the late Right Hon. Robert Ward, for the endowment and support of a school at 13angor, to educate Irish boys in mathematics and navigation, to enable them to sail vessels to foreign ports, has been recovered and invested ; the principal at present exceeds £l5OO, government three per cent consols.---Dublin Evening Post. The unfortunate gentleman who last week lost his life by setting the bed-clothes on fire, at Southampton, was Mr. Elliot, uncle of the Earl of Errol. The deceased was an elderly gentleman, and had been reading in bed previously to the accident ; but, falling off to sleep, the accident occurred which cost him his life. He was awoke by the pain which the burning clothes around his body occasioned him ; but he was so dreadfully burnt, that he expired in two hours after- STEAM-SHIP EARL or lIARDWICKE.—The Earlof Hard• wicke East Indiaman, of 1000 tons, belonging to Messis Green, of Blaekwall, and bound to Bengal. arrived on Thurs day from the river. This ship is fitted with a steam-engine „ of 30 horse power, intended to propel her iii light. airs and calms, with paddle-wheels so arranged that they can be un shipped or shipped in a short space of time. She has also a very ample, contrivance on board, by which the wheels can be disengaged from the engine in one minute, whenever the ves sel is to use her canvas only. The space occupied by her boilers and engine is very small, being 24 feet in length and 10 feet width of the main deck, between the fore and main hatchway, the whole enclosed between decks, no part going into the hold, nor above deck. This e ng i ne o f 30 h orse power propels her, in calm and smooth water, five knots, and her consumption of fuel is three tons in 24 hours; she draws seventeen feet of water, and is fall of passengers, troops, and cargo. On Saturday, the Bth inst. this ship left the East India Docks with a la rge party of naval and scien tific gentlemen to witness the action of the engine. She worked her engine down to Gravesend, but owing to the wind coming in brisk from the east, she had the assistance of a small tug ; the wind lay dead an end, but she ran down to Gravesend in . two hours and a half, going at the rate of six knots through the water, with all her yards square ; upon heaving round at the end of Gravesend-wash the tug was cast off; and she steamed up to the town again by her own engine, at the rate of four knots, on a strong ebb tide. On Mnridav, at noon, she weighed anchor, light s i rs W.S.W., steamed down to the Nore light in three hours by her own engine, and arrived at Spithead at 3 50 p.m., on Thursday, the 13th, beating the Wellington (which she passed on Mon day night) by twelve hours. The steam-engine was ;,f most essential service, working upwards of forty hours. There can be little doubt but auxiliary steam must soon be adopted in our men-of-war, the space occupied by the machinery being only the same amount as that formerly occupied for a cable tier.—Hampshire Telegraph. . - ' ” wards nine who Mr. the vest if the ,f our prices :sda)". d. per 1 7 1s - :—' India" -Coat 1 ; 6 1t , ins ,t t y oth vole 1: 1 1:f4 t o. ty