The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser. — Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1853-11-01 00:00:00

SORROW gt There is so►ri .ftrrow upon t Is this the reas Is this the so That ceaaeles;;, is it the heath)! It well may be, for earl The bitter springs of 1 There are amidst its b 50111 311 gs a sadn And such will ev A more than more But whereP have to sitar liteborden of Is it that va The darkest awi t Is it that thou dos The bray 'Whom thou has s tr sorrowest tho Tall many a fri From those for whom Whom 'twere for earth too deep a bliss to meet but once again? 7he sternest of dividers thou ave Death, art ever f IThate'er its source, this much we know, that sorrow broods And will not let thy waters rest, thou melancholy sea 1 'We know that as the rain and dew from thee are lent to earth Tobid its valleys laugh and sing, and clothe its hills with mirth 230 still from thee shall rise the cloud to darken sky and shore "Tillsorroves type and sorrow's self with thee shall be no more!' Dublin University Magazine " And there was no more sea —Rev. xxi. I ORIGIN. riLL C BREST ONDEJ.VCE. ST. MICHAEL'S CHURCH. TO TUE EDITOR OF TICE LIVERPOOL STANDARD. Sig,—ln common with many of the well-disposed in "liabitants of Liverpool, I have, for a considerable time, Award, with regret, rumours of the unpleasant state of feeling existing between the divided, rather than the joint, - incumbents of St. Michael's Church, in regard to matters /of doctrine and church polity. Being unwilling to believe that any disposition of uncharitableness could in reality - exist between two ministers of Christ—men set aside for the purpose of inculcating, by precept and example, that humility of speech and demeanour—that love and charity of disposition, of which our blessed Lord Himself set so -- beautiful an example, and which while on earth He en forced, by the most pointed injunctions, not upon his dis ciples and immediate followers alone, but upon all Christians—l turned a deaf ear to the scandal, and set it down as part of those evil workings by which the enemies -ef the Church and the foes of true religion sought io begrime the fair and comely face of Christianity. I am sorrowfully disabused of this fallacious belief. "hiring the past week society has rung with discus sion, and the public prints have teemed with conflicting - wersions of a transaction which, under the names of " Ex traordinary Scene in a Church," " Disgraceful Scene in St. Michael's Church," " Scandalous Proceedings," &c., has been flourished to the infinite scandal of the Church, and '3lO small danger to the best interests of Christianity itself. The versions professing to account for and to describe -these discreditable proceedings, differ considerably from each other, it is true on trivial points, but they agree in the main f ac t s of the unseemly scenes which on Sunday last were enacted in St. Michael's Church. I enter not to the details of alleged grieva nces , an d ma ke no account of the persnal o bickerings and di sagreemen t s, w hi c h , it i s - now only I4ain, have existed between the incum hents,—embittermg their own lives, ruining their chances of usefulness, and raising the banner of vindictiveness and --personal hostility among the different sections of their -Ilock,—but shall confine my view to the undenied facts of - the case, as these appear in all the versions published in the local journals; for rumour, with her customary diligence and understood freedom, has given to the world I)ictures of the scenes embellished with varying hues, and -encumbered with conflicting attributes, according to the leanings of the respective narrators. On the morning and afternoon of Sunday last it *ppears to have been known that the Rev. Mr. Morrell Sind another clergyman were to officiate in that church, .saliose views on some doctrinal points are not participated in by many of the congregation. The assemblages con- Kregated on the occasion were, it seems, larger than l ordinFY, and so soon as the Rev. Mr. Morrall, in the 3nornmg, had given out his text, and had uttered a few - words of his sermon, a large body of the congregation rose en masse and left the church ; a similar course of conduct being observed towards the Rev. Mr. Pnghe in the afternoon. Such is the literal history of the facts, denuded of all embellishment ; and such a proceeding, I "Lave little hesitation in saying, is fully worthy of the - worst, title which has been bestowed on it. Not one of all those who took part in tine thesstrieel manner of marking his disapprobation of the doctrines he personally disliked, you'd be so ignorant as not to know that his individual act was, even if isolated, likely to disturb others in their devotions ; but if it was in obedience to a preconcerted ischerne, as has been more than insinuated, words cannot be found sufficiently condemnatory of that conduct which - could thus render the temple of God the scene for unmask ing a gross and uncharitable conspiracy. In this lattei ipoint of view the proceedings assume an aspect of so hideous a character that I shall not pursue this subject _farther, contenting myself with recommending the insti _sators of such scenes to a more attentive study of that gospel whose maxims are peace, charity, and goodwill, than --zippears hitherto to have regulated their conduct towards each other. To both the clergy and laity of St. Michael's, as well as all other churches, I would humbly suggest a perusal and practical application of the noble sentiments uttered by Burke. " I wish," says that eminent statesman, "to see the established Church of England great and powerful ; I wish to see h er foundations laid low and deep, that she inay crush the giant powers of rebellious darkness ; I would have her head raised up to that Heaven to which "he conducts us. I would have her open wide her hospitable gates by a noble and liberal comprehension; but I would 'have no breaches in her wall ; I would have her cherish all those who are within, and pity all those who are without ; I would have her a co mmon b lessing to the world, an ex ample,if not an instructor, to those who have not the happiness to belong to her. I would have her give a les -4Pon of peace to manki n d , th at a vexe d and wandering generation might be taught to seek for repose and tolera lion in the maternal bosom of Christian charity, and not in the harlot lap of infidelity and indifference." I am, Sir, A. LOVER OF PEACE, ST. MICHAEL'S CHURCH. TO TICE EDITOR OF THE LIVERPOOL STANDARD. Ent,—l shall feel greatly obliged if you will permit me to offer a few remarks upon the statement made by a cor respondent on Tuesday last, respecting the painful scene - witnessed at St. Michael's Church last Sunday week. The writer says that I have preached two or three sermons at Zt. Michael's, and always co n t r oversially. I have preached ten sermons at St. Michael's, and in seven of these no allu sion was made either to the two parties in the church or to the points of controversy between them ; in the other three, there were a few remarks bearing upon two contro verted questions, preaching upon the words, " He hath an - amchangeable priesthood.' I stated that the word priest is never applied to a minister of the Gospel in the New Testament, and that our reformers had studiously excluded the word altar from the prayer-book, though originally found in the first prayer-book of King Edward. In a second sermon, on the subject of the New Birth, I stated that baptismal regeneration had long been a matter of great controversy, but I conceived that the all-important question was not so much as to when we were regenerated, as to whether we had sufficient evidence that such a change had taken place. On this occasion, I said the question of baptismal regeneration is one upon which the best, wisest, and most learned men have differed in opinion and that it would, therefore, ill become me to dogmatize mpon such a question. Onathirdoccasion, in replying to the inbjection urged by dissenters, that the strong language employed by our Church in her burial and baptismal ser -vices is not sanctioned by the Word of God, I merely said that it appeared to me that all the services of ourChnrch, without exception, were hypothetical, and that the words in the baptismal services—no more than in any other — were to be considered dogmatical and absolute. This is the substance of all I have said in the whole ten sermons that can be considered at all controversial. I must now make my appeal to your readers, whether - your correspondent was justified in making the unquali fied statement that I had preached two or three times, and always controversially. A fortnight before the Rev. Mr. Pughe preached his first sermon at St. Michael's, I had taken up the subject of justification by faith, and promised, at the close of my sermon, that I would take an early opportunity of resuming it. This I had intended to do the Sunday after Mr. Pughe's first appearance at St. Michael's ; but, up to the present time, I have not doneiso. Speaking upon this subject, Mr. Pughe said, " considering the conduct of some of those who hold that justification by faith alone is the test of a standing or falling church, 1 think it would be far more correct to say, that justifica tion by works should be the test of a standing or falling church." It was for the express purpose of avoiding con troversy with Mr. Pughe, that I have not yet resumed the subject. I doubt not it will be gratifying to the public to know, that a friendly arrangement has been entered into by the Reads. Henry Carpe n t er an d Cy rus Morton.— Yours, &c., JOSEPH BARDSLEY. P.S.—Since penning the above statement, the writer of the account given in your paper has expressed to me his treat regret that my name should have been mentioned at in connexion with the proceedings at St. Michael's ; he has read my letter, and has kindly permitted me to ap- Vend this postscript, being satisfied with the explanation lt furnishes. J. B. 13AVIAGS-BAITE ANNUITIES —The law relating to these. *taruities has been altered by the 16th and 17th of Vilna, chap. 4 6, which came in force on the 10th of ''• Annuities may now be contracted for at the 1::,al Debt-offices, any day between ten and three ::.*, without any fee' being payable by the purchaser, —es' mahout be ll dof the Commissioners for the I teda e ti Y P u rc B : se t through the agency . of oft ee ,„ ° ll ,. of the National Deb , tiraler7:: sa ''ings-banks, who may charge for an annuity a ,,, - "' a fee of 6 and for every £5 55., up to £3O 30s. ll'e S a l.uities ar inl g " ediate or deferred. The purchaser the "t'Lred life annuity in can, if he think Proper, h a o v r e niter idsr„„Zolley returnable to him, if demanded; _, anent of tc.`"' t ° his representatives, provided no inch annuity ammizywiwilitulhoty bag been paid,moonr money b r ill. g rou r r e e tu h . :l able. eta les 'lt the purchase 4grAti9) At l4l, li a ti a ' l o d neeP.sary forms can be obtained D — bt-ofice, 19, ova Jewry. were upset, and tw sengers are said to Count de Neuilly, t as been roper intercours I at Ch .ecident ling the divisi ,ptain de Lapel Guardi Limed n( now. d two pis lnaturally r a roof t( Would be in ,ant of the )N THE S sea, it cannot begs .xpanse, thou hear thy moanir !a, far dowr dden woe that will n and not a few, o'er [man s bled doom which errin deeds tt lose, the yo levity 'nea cl, be thy lot to keep ar ;ht and day, and haunts them to the tor e. as though they found fr roan must bear hand, and lover's yearning r tears are poured, their sighs-are the cry of in to talk to hungry stomachs, very Dk to pay a portion of the baker , ' irisians. But what b bins of his faithful with one hand, 'he takes laway with the other. He his pulled down so many houses, and is so beautifying the city, that one-half its inhabitants . are being turned out of doors. The 15th of October term aoment in Paris, as is apparent from Ithe streets blocked up in all directions with furniture carts. Your landlord is certain to raise your rent, if then be a chance of your s it, at t t moment when I _ Paris returns from the country or the seaside, and t demand for house-room is brisk and lively. But such 15th of October as the last has been, lives not in t the hands of the Red Republic itself, than into ti French landlord who thinks he has you at his mercy You may have been the most desirable of tenants for a se of a century past, he will double his rent upon you for a six months' advantage if the opportunity offers. Such a chance has been given to those of the Paris householders whose premises are left standing, and they are using it with a vengeance. Wherever you go, you are certain to meet the blank face of a friend, who asks, with a look `-ich tells -e , • • has wt.., Is plainly of his own fate, whether your rent been raised ?—though raised is hardly the adequate term —doubled is the more accurate expression, under the demand for house-room at this moment in Paris, and many vacancies are usually to be found, you may wander over half Paris without seeing a house with to let" upon it. Not only are people being driven to the remotest (Linnets oz tne town—nying to sucn unknown quarters as the back of the Invalides, or the exterior Boulevards—but signing themselvei—aii act of despair in the eyes of a Frenchman—to pass the winter at their country seats. Even the petit bourgeois keeps on his now dreary little cottage at Auteuil. or Asnieres. to escape the unheard-of dearness of the toWn." PORTUGA_L.—The wine market at Oporto is very active. The vintage this year promises a wine of good quality, and the production is estimated at 60,000 or 70,000 pipes. In consequence of the stimulus given to exportation, freights had risen to 50s. per ton. SPAIN.—A very singular occurrence took place at the Madrid Opera on the 18th instant. When the qneen entered the royal theatre, the orchestra struck up the royal march, but was interrupted by hisses and cries of " -* 'Que continue la opera ; basta, Basta de eso !" ("Let the opera go on ; enough, enough of this"). The king became as white as a sheet. The queen did not change countenance, but preserved her colour, and saluted the audience very politely ; she did the same on leaving the theatre—a civility which hitherto she has never deigned to bestow on her loving subjects. Those only who are accustomed to Spanish etiquette will be able to appreciate the importance of such an occurrence. At the theatre it is contrary to etiquette to give any sign of approbation when royalty is present, unless royalty gives the signal of applause ; but disapprobation, when the queen or king presides, is what seldom or never occurs. Advices from Madrid of the 23d state that the Minister of the United States had been received by the Queen. On the request of the Minister of Foreign Affairs, he had consented to withdraw several expressions considered objectionable in his speech to her Majesty. . . Auszure..—lt is rumoured that the Austrian Govern ment has addressed a circular to its representatives abroad, assuring them of its strict neutrality in the Eastern ques tion, and of its intention to continue its mediations, even after the outbreak of hostilities. RussiA..—The Russian Minister of Finance recently sent for four of the principal English merchants in St. Peters burgh, and intimated that the Czar was desirous of disa busing their minds of any idea that, in the " improbable event" of a war taking place, their persons and property would not be held sacred. The merchants requested to know whether British shipping would also be secure ; but on this point the minister professed himself unauthorized to make any positive statement. Subsequently the same parties were informed that the course to be pursued by the Emperor of Russia on this point would depend on the policy adopted in the same case by the Government of Great Britain. The corps d'armee detached to serve on the Asiatic frontier of Turkey has a strength of 70,000 men. The regular force consists of 55 batta.llions, 10 squadrons, and 180 guns ; an irregular force of Tscherno morian Cossacks and Georgians, in number about 10,000, completes the army. TiJRKEY.-A telegraphic despatch, dated Trieste, Tues day, contains news from Constantinople to the 17th Oct. Prince Gortschakoff's reply had arrived. General Prim is said to have obtained a command. The united fleets were advancing to Gallipoli. Exportation of corn was forbid den by proclamation at Constantinople. Omer Pacha's aid-de-camp, who was sent to Giurgevo to notify the de claration of war, had returned to Routschouk on the 14th ult., after a stay of eight days at the Russian head-quarters. Direct accounts from Constantinople, of the 13th ult., state that more than ordinary tranquillity is enjoyed in that city, and that the general question is, " What will England and France do at the crisis ?" Letters from Constantinople state that the Russian agent, M. Argyro pulo, has had an interview with the Austrian Internuncio and has formally placed the Russians in Turkey under hi. 4 protection. A letter from Galatz, of the 14th ult., says : " The Russian troops were occupying in force the little town of Giurgevo, and were entrenching themselves there. Letters differ greatly as to the force of this corps d'armere. Some estimate it at 15,000 men, and others at 30,000 men. In Wallachia great terror was felt at the expected passage of the Turks. The Turkish camp is op posite Giurgevo. There were there a good many irregular troops who inspire great terror. The„ weather continued to be magnificent. There was a large Russian camp near Galatz, on the Lower Danube. The strong places of the Turks along the Danube appeared to be in a good state and well armed. That of Routschouk was specially re marked on account of its imposing, aspect. It is the centre of a numerous corps d'armee. The following telegraphic message, dated the 25th October, was received from the French Consul, at Bucharest :—" Two Russian steamers and eight gun-boats forced a passage on the Danube on Sunday, the 23rd, and encountered a smart fire from the fort of Isactcha, situated on the right borders of the river between Reni and Ismail. The Russians had a lieutenant colonel, commanding the flotilla, three officers, and twelve sailors killed, and about fifty wounded. They pretend to have set fire to the fortress of haetcha." Another tele graphic despatch dated Vienna, Friday, says :—There is reason to believe that an armistice has been concluded between the Turkish and Russian armies, On Friday, the French government received an electric despatch from its ambassador at Constantinople, bearing date the 21st instant. Prince Gortschakoff's reply to the summons of Omar Pasha was considered as a refusal. Nevertheless, on the entreaties of the representatives of the Four Powers, the Ottoman government had issued orders for the post ponement of hostilities to the Ist of November, provided they had not already commenced, in which case the order was to be considered void. The fleets of Great Britain and France were to pass through the Dardanelles on the 22nd ult. A private telegraphic despatch from Marseilles, of the 29th ult., states that on the 23rd, when the Caradoc sailed, the two fleets had not left Besika Bay, and that, owing to the badness of the weather, they had not pro ceeded to the Sea of Marmora on the 22nd. Admiral Tinan, with three vessels, had, however, managed to reach Gallipoli, and Admiral Dundas had proceeded to the first castle of the Dardanelles. Omar Pasha., being informed that the Russians had evacuated Kalafat sent a patrol to that place, which encountered a detachment of Don Cossacks. The two parties were equally seized with a panic, and each evacuated the place in great disorder. The Turks, however, came back with fresh forces, and fortified an island in the vicinity of Widdin. The Russians are still concentrating their troops in Bucharest. MADEIRA.-By the screw steamer Brilliant, arrived at Southampton, we have intelligence from Madeira to the 22nd instant. The Great Western, with the outward Brazil mails of the 9th instant, arrived in Funchal Roads on the 18th, and proceeded to her destination. The wea ther at Madeira was very fine, no rains having recently fallen. In lat. 44 the Brilliant spoke a large screw steamer with a red funnel, supposed to be the Taurus, from Liverpool ; and between Cape Finnisterre and the Chops of the Channel she passed a large fleet of outward bound merchant ships, the wind blowing strong from north west. INDIA.—We have intelligence from Bombay to Sept. 28 ; Calcutta, Sept. 20. The subjugation of Burmah is far from complete ; in fact we may look on the " peace as only another form of war, the Dacoits, who carry destruc tion throughout the country, being notoriously in the pay of the Court of Ava. The resumption of open hostilities was considered certain, and not far distant. An attempt to assassinate Colonel Mackeson, Commissioner of Pesha wur, was made by a fanatic from Koner, on the 10th of September. The murderer rushed into the verandah where the Colonel was sitting, and plunged an Afreedie knife . into his breast. He was immediately seized, and confessed his intention of murdering the Deputy Commissioner. Captain Parker and Ensign Bosworth fell in an affray with Arabs in the Nizam country. The Arabs had seized upon a fort near Bajeerpoor, the property of the Rajah of Dewalgaum, but were defeated. There had been a fight at Goreer, a village in Shekwattee, between the followers of the Thakoor of Soornjghur and the retainers of the Ranee of Ketree. The lady's troops were victorious, and after an obstinate fight stormed the village, which has since been fortified. From the Punjab we learn that the son of Azeem Kban, eldest brother of Dost Mahomed, once Governor of Kashmere and subsequently ruler of Kabul, died in great destitution at Lahore. The Nuwab of Bhawulpoor pursues his dissolute course ' and it is re ported that the Nuwab Emam-ood-Deen has been selected for the post of British Agent at Bhawulpoor. Accounts from Lucknow still represent the King as passing his d ays in debauchery and riotous living. His Majesty's debts now amount to XBOO,OOO. The whole of the country up to Prome was in such a disordered state when the Indus passed up, that Major Minchin was obliged to write to Sir John Cheape for a reinforcement. On the arrival of the Indus at Prome, detachments were sent down. After the troops had embarked, the steamer returned to Yean gyen, and found that nearly the whole of the village had been burnt to the ground, Lieut, Masey severely wounded, one native officer killed, and several Sepoys wounded; while the two native chiefs, Moung Ekee and Moung Gain, had made their escape with sixty boats, and had recap tured most of the boats which had been taken by Indus the previous day, THE LIVERPOOL s of St provin have beer Le Imner he government in Lg allowed to congi city; but the Impe success, but fell bac Nankin city and suburb; e or to move about Pekin. I The Im Teat force about four mile qc on the villages for the sake of y horrible massacre Teat devastation. Fox ground. Some idea may be fc of warfare from the following " The atrocities committed by I took a ride out last evening I both parties for a few miles aPPY I lages that last week were teeming with tion ; now scarcely a soul was to be seen. Cattle, poult _ all gone ; and nothing but the smoking rafters and a fey htisban women, weeping over the bodies of ti children, could I see. The head-mone3 many innocent people have been killed for the sal rialists were so encumbered with heads that the g' issued an order that ears would be sufficient to gai reward. Since then many poor villa nen included have been seen wandering about without ears it is a horrible warfare, and both aid blame Altogethei ;s are equally to CAPE OF GOOD HOPE.--By the steam-ship Calcutta we have advices to the 23d of September. The Commercial Advertiser, in its monthly summary, says Since the sailing of the last monthly steamer the aspeet of affairs beyond the colonial border has been gradually becoming more clouded and satisfactory. The orders understood to have been issued tor the mulctr four whole regiments, the 74th, tl ;he 43d, and the I c among the inhabitants of the eastern districts, whit tions to prepare for the entire rity from the Orange Riv general dissatisfaction and alarm ithdiawal of Britisi Soverei linty, 1 The tribes recently summed nave not, =teed mannested any directly nostm spirit, but it is known ;hat the chiefs are discontented lency held with them, Giacomo, on behalf of the other chiefs, deelared that the land given them was tho small ' It was all stones ; they could not till it, and there wa.s. no bush for firewood. They wanted the Amatolas.' Thh General Cathcart decidedly refused, giving them to under stand that their possession of that locality would certainly involve another war, and the Kaffirs, it is stated, ' left the meeting not at all satisfied with the result.' These Amatolas, the Gibraltar of Kaffirland, are at present held in military occupation by a portion of the troops about to be removed. A public work of great importance to the western districts of the colony has just been completed. Between Cane Town and the rich corn-growing regions of Worcester there interposes, at a distance of about 40 miles, a vast range of mountains stretching across the country, and nearly cutting off the capital from all communication with the interior in that direction. These mountains are only passable at a few points, where it was formerly necessary to unload a waggon at one side, carry over the packages by hand or on the backs of horses, and reload them into a barrier to intercourse by wheeled c'arria'ges as the Isthmus of Darien to ships. At the expense of £50,000, with the labour of our colonial convicts, this barrier has been cut through from one side to the other, upwards of 18 miles, and a magnificent road constructed, by which the untold wealth of the interior may pour down unobstructed to the shores of Table Bay. This road was opened for public use last week amid great rejoicings. The registration of elec tors for the new legisisture has been nearly completed throughout the colony ; and it is expected that the writs will shortly be issued for the return of members to the upper house. Notice of the opening of the communication between the Great Lake and Walwich Bay was received at the Cape just previously to the departure of the Calcutta. AusTßirds.--By the General Screw Shipping Com pany's steam-ship Argo, which reached Southampton on Friday, we have intelligence from Sydney to the 11th, and Port Philip to the 24th of August. " Symptoms," says one of the latest newspapers, " of a marked improvement in the yield of our gold-fields have again begun to make their appearance. Fresh spots have been discovered, which give indications of extraordinary productiveness, and even the old ground has been so much more prolific as to yield for the last week, as well as the one preceding, more than has hitherto made its appearance for any one week of the last six months." During the six months ending August 20, no less than 968 vessels, representing 265,000 tons, were entered inwards, and 830 vessels, re presenting 254,000 tons and upwards, were cleared through the Melbourne Custom-house outwards. The social con dition of Victoria was improving, though occasional out breaks of crime occurred, which were attributed by the Melbourne papers to the leaven of transportation still existing in the colony : . . The Sydney Herald says :—" A great drawback to the prosperity of the colony is the dreadful state of the roads. At present a ton of flour can be purchased in Sydney for £25. It cannot be conveyed from Sydney to the Turon (160 miles) for less than £3O; thus adding more than 100 per cent. to its cost. We are glad, therefore, to be able to state, that before the end of the next year the first section of the Sydney Railway (16 miles) to Parramatta will be opened. Considerable progress has been made in the work : a number of experienced ' navvies' are expected about the end of the month, and money for the pur chase of rails, engines, &c., was sent home some months since. A second railway company is in course of forma tion for the purpose of making a railway from Newcastle to the Upper Hunter, The bill for granting the necessary powers will be laid before the legislature immediately." Notwithstanding the continued stream of immigration, the rates of labour are increasing, more especially those connected with house building. Stonemasons obtain from. 13s. to 14s. a day ; carpenters, 12s. to 13s. a day ; and other trades vary from lls, to 13s. a day. Building materials are enormously high. Prior to the gold discovery sawed timber was from 7s. to 10s. per 100 feet, the average was about Bs. ; it is now upwards of 50s. Bricks were about £2 a thousand, none can now be got under £B. Stone has increased in the same or even greater proportion. The price of stone for ordinary building purposes at the quar ries was formerly 44d. to sd. per foot; it is now ls. 6d. to 25., according to size and quality. We believe £1 a day is a very moderate amount at which to estimate the earnings of sawyers and quarrymen. Rents are gradually increas ing, and for ordinary dwellings have risen about three times, and for good business premises about five times, what they were two years since. Small three-room cot tages, in the outskirts of the town, let for 30s. a week ; five-room cottages, fit for families, are from £2 10s. to £4 a week. In the city a good family house is worth £3OO a year. Good business premises in first-rate situations are very difficult to obtain. £7OO or £BOO a year is asked, and for some very large promises £l,OOO has been given. One of the recently arrived banks gave £ll,OOO for the premises which were three years ago occupied by the Bank of Australia, and then gave £3,000 to the tenant, who had a five years' lease, to give up possession, An hotel, recently erected, has been let for £l,OOO a year." The following are extracts from the Commercial Report from Sydney :—" The difficulty of getting conveyance to the interior has had a material effect upon our business transactions this month. Large parcels of goods (we think injudiciously) have been forced into the market by public competition ; and thus we have to note a decline in value of most descriptions. The months of June and July are usually dull, on account of the impracticability of the roads. Generally speaking, at present there is little in clination to lay in stock, impression being that prices will recede. We, however, look for a very brisk trade with the spring, and feel no apprehension as to the demand for goods suited to our wants. Staple articles—such as sugar, coffee, flour, lumber, building materials, beer, tobacco and cigars, &c.—may occasionally feel a temporary de pression ; but for these the demand is regular, there is no change of fashion, nor do they materially injure by keep ing with but moderate care. With the exception of to bacco, cigars, and beer, stocks of all are moderate — certainly out of proportion to our increasing wants. Our flour market has undergone great and important changes since the issue of our last. The 90,000 barrels—importa tions of June, from the States, have nearly all been cleared, and a scarcity of really good is again complained of. During the month we have had great enquiry for coasting vessels of light draught, say from 6 to 9 feet loaded, and many have changed hands at from £l2OO to £2200 for vessels from 60 to 180 tons register, and added to our numerous fleet." AMERICA ARRIVAL 01? THE ARABIA. By the British and North American Royal Mail Steam ship Arabia, Commodore Judkins, we have intelligence from New York to the 19th ultimo. .. The Arabia sailed from New York, at 0 11, p.m., on the 19th ult., and at 1 23, p.m, passed the Royal Mail Steam ship Asia, hence, bound in. She passed Holyhead at 9, a.m., on Saturday ; at 055, p.m., passed the steamer Ame rica, hence for Boston, and at 2 20, p.m., the Bar, having made the run in 9 days, 21 hours, and 10 minutes. The United States Mail Steam-ship Atlantic, Captain West, hence, arrived at New York at 0 15, p.m., on the 16th ultimo. A vessel, arrived at Boston, had reported the boarding of the ship Sagadohoc, bound from Gottenburg to Boston, which had lost fifty-eight passengers from cholera. The Hamburg barque George Nicholas had been picked up at sea, and taken to New Orleans. The mate was the only survivor of the crew. Letters from an exploring party, which had arrived at Santa Fe, report that they had found gold at the crossing of the Colorado and other places, also silver and copper ore in great abundance. The Indians were numerous and very hostile, and had fought their party for thirty days, wounding nearly all of them. The fighting was chiefly with the " Garotes." They met a tribe of Indians, 200 miles west of Seune, who used gold bullets for their guns ! It is said that on the arrival of the European news by the last mail, a private meeting . of some refugees took place in New York, and that Major Leonard P. Terzuca nowski, formerly aide-de-camp of General Murowslaski, and afterwards commander-in-chief of the French legion in Sicily, was appointed to form a volunteer legion, in tended to sail for Constantinople. Halifax papers state that the steamer Vulcan bad ar rived there with 360 troops. A part of the troops were intended for Bermuda, but as the yellow fever raged there they were taken to Halifax. Oavazzi was lecturing at Cincinnati. The yellow fever continued to rage fearfully at various Pointe on the Mi ss is s ippi r i ver , an d i n th e interior. for Th N e ew pacii . c o e r t i s o hi n p th , eleothteornf August, Empire w w it hi h c a h o le p ft as t se ht gers port had put Into Boston. short of water, and with loss of all her tontalaut mute. Bristol, RI The marl have 1 concesn We has iND GENERA NEW YOI ans are, 1 :ty days ri the Shipping I Frankfort, 411 of October 19.) 14 since Our last, and sales 1 * a decline of three- to some exte f a cent., making a reduction of al week. Some holders are unwilling n, yet there is now even more seller! .ed quotations fc The sales for thel list fror 'sue 1,9( Atlantic Ports. nom. one cent to sell at this few grades, but are a actual transactions. les. Nti Inferior Low to good ord Low to good mid 9i —l4 _ Total import since Ist instant 9,449 bales Export from Ist to 18th Oct., 1853, 13,824; 1852, 9,576 EXPORT FROM THE 'UNITED STATES. 8 to 81 Other Gulf Ports. Florida. nom. 4 to 8i 8 to 9 0 0 Since Ist September, 1853 60,5,,. Same time, 1852 70,612 „ RECEIPTS, EXPORTS, AND STOCKS OF COTTON Exports to Total Exports Stock, and ^.ipts. Gt. Britain. to For. ports. on ship b'd 46,234 60,532 102,734 57,500 70,612 150,536 bales Increase Decrease . 101,627 11,266 10,080 47,802 (Prom W. P. Wright's Circular of Oct. 19).—0n Monday, after the letters per Atlantic were received, the desire to sell was more urgent than at any time during the elve months, and some low sales were made. holders manifested a similar feeling. and. as buyers newt amor, tne transactions were small. me de cline since 10th instant on the actual sales amount to Mobiles. In le. per 0: DIV to good mid ands anc ms, from their relative scarcity, the decline is not so great, but the current quotations must be considered as nominal, as the market is too unsettled to give them with any degree of accuracy ; low grades of all descriptions are difficult to move, and it was quite impossible to say at what price shippers might be induced to touch them, and these qualities form the bulk of our unsold stock. The southern markets, during the week, have given way va riously 4c. to lc. per lb.; the prices, however, with the cur rent rates of freight, are still above the parity of Liverpool. We continue to receive from some sections of the south complaints of injury to the crop from rain, worms, &c., but they are fewer than during the past three or four weeks. The weather has lately been more favourable for maturing and picking, and better progress has been made in securing the crop. s.—The advices per Canada were received on when holders of flour advanced their rates to the extent ' of 12ic. per brl. This advance was, how ever, only partially acceded to, and has been subsequently lost, and present quotations are lower than those of the 11th instant. Choice qualities of wheat advanced 3c. to 4c. per bushel on the receipt of the Canada's advices, but the market has again receded since the receipt of the ac counts per Atlantic. In Indian corn the advance quoted last week has been lost. P - ^ —Th- BREADSTITF mrsda7 _ ROVISIONS. — The demand for Western pork has been somewhat restricted by the tightness in the money mar ket, and the transactions have been moderate at a slight decline. The market closed steadily, but prices show a decline of 94c. to 121 c. Prime mess is inactive, and no minal at $l5, and clear at $l9. Beef continues firm, and in good demand. Lard continues firm. Butter is in good demand. Cheese continues active for export. FREIGHTS, &c.—To Great Britain and France freights were favourably affected by a decline in flour and grain, and the engagements were large at improving prices. The current rates are—To Liverpool; for cotton, 7-32 d. to 5-16 d per lb. ; flour, 3s. 6d. to 48. per barrel ; grain, in bulk, 14d. to 144 d per bushel. To London flour, 4s. 6d. to ss. per barrel ; grain, in bulk, 15d. to 16d. per bushel. To Havre : flour, 80c. per barrel ; grain, in bags, 23 to 24 cents per bushel.—The supply of seamen continues very limited, and of those offering many are inefficient hands, which our ships, however, are compelled to take or stay in port. We quote :--To Liverpool, $lB to $2O, with $3O advance; London, $l6 to $lB, with $2O to $25 advance; East Indies, $l2 to $l4, with $24 to $3O advance. IftoN.—Scotch pig is inactive, and the sales unimpor tant. 150 tons English common bars sold on private terms. NEW ORLEANS. — Receipts for the week ending October 7th, 12,787 bales. Exports : To Liverpool, 4,580 bales ; Havre, 1,945 ; Venice, 718 ; Genoa, 475. On Saturday the Washington's news tended still further to depress our market, the sales being confined to some 500 bales at irre gular and lower rates. On Monday and Tuesday the sales were but 1,550 bales, and the market still lower, in conse quence of the America's and Baltic's accounts. On Wed nesday, sellers submitting to a further reduction, brought buyers out, and the purchases made were upwards of 3,600 bales. On Thursday, 2,000 bales. On Friday, the Arabia's advises were to hand, the tenor of which limited sales to 1,000 bales, making a total for the week of 10,400 bales, taken for England, France, &c. In prices there is a de cline from last week's quotations of fully 2c. to lc. Freight to Liverpool, d. The receipts of new cotton thus far are 34,902 bales against 126,562 to same date last year. Octo ber 15. Sales for the week, 7,000 bales, closing at a decline of lc. to ic.; middling, gic.; stock on hand, 48,000 bales ; freight to Liverpool, Id. per lb. October 17.—Cotton heavy, with only few sales. !Tfl A ARRIVAL OF THE BALTIC, By the United States mail steamship Baltic, which reached here on Wednesday, we had intelligence from New York to the 15th instant. She brought 134 passengers and 1,000,000 dots. in specie on freight. The Baltic passed the Atlantic (st), from Liverpool for New York, at 10 15 a.m., on the 16th, 125 miles from New York. _ _ The Washington correspondent of the New York Herald says, it is doubtful if Mr. Mason goes to France, but if he declines he will probably act as a locum knells for some member of the present cabinet on its dissolution, which must be before the beginning of November, Advices from the city of Mexico to the 3rd ultimo state that a Mexican war steamer had left Vera Cruz, with 300 troops, for Yucatan, where a revolution had been reported. Don Lina Alcorta had been appointed minister of war... An extensive conspiracy had been discovered in Puebla, an d several prominent citizens had been arrested. They had been ordered to leave the country. COURT AND FASHION. LORD STANLEY OF AIDERLEY has arrived in Dover street, London, from Alderley Park, Cheshire. DEATH OF THE LORD BISHOP OF DERRY.--The Lord Bishop of Derry and Raphoe, died on Friday morning at ten o'clock, after a tedious illness, at the Palace, at Derry. CALzoLABI made his debut at St. Petersburgh on the 16th ult., and was most favourably received. Lablache, Ronconi, and Madame La Grange, appeared with him in Rossini's Barbiere di Siviglia. Tnz THISTLE.—On Friday the Queen held a Chapter of the Order of the Thistle at Windsor-castle, and the Earl of Haddington, the Duke of Athol, and Lord Pan mure were invested. WlNDson.—The festivities at the Castle in consequence of the visit of the King of the Belgians, the Duke of Brabant and his _imperial bride, the Count of Flanders and the PrinceseCharlotte of Belgium, are intended to be carried out upon a scale of unusual brilliancy and mag nificence. The theatrical performances commence on the 10th November with the Tempest." A succession of banquets in St. George's Hall and the Waterloo Gallery, commenced on Friday. Tits PxEssrir CABINET.—It seems that Lord Aber deen's government is the most aristocratic or nearly so that ever was framed. " Rarely," says the Atnenceum, "has a Cabinet more essentially aristocratic in its com position advised the crown. It consists of two dukes, one marquis, three earls, one viscount, the next-of-kin to a famous earldom and great estate. Mr. Sidney Herbert ; a duke's son, Lord .John Russell, three baronets, with high aristocratic connexions ; one baron, the Lord Chan cellor, and a solitary commoner, in the Chancellor of the Exchequer." TEM DUCKPIN OF GLoucEsr BR is ill. For some time past her royal highness has been indisposed, and latterly a cough has been very troublesome, and has hitherto baf fled the skill of her medical attendants. The royal duchess is staying at her London residence, Gloucester House, Park-lane, and here on Thursday she received a visit from the Queen, who travelled to town from Windsor Castle on that day. The Duchess of Kent and the Duke of Cam bridge have also paid a visit to her royal highness, and the King of the Belgians and Prince Albert have called per sonally at Gloucester-house during the week, to learn the state of the royal duchess. Her royal highness has reached an advanced stage of life, being seventy-seven last birth day, and the continuance of the cough with which she is troubled has recently had a weakening effect upon her frame. THE MARRIAGE OF Miss HOOK, SECOND DAUGHTER or rim Vice n or LEED S to the Rev. Arthur John Emp son, Rector of Eydon, Northamptonshire, took place at Leeds parish church on Tuesday last. From an early hour a large concourse of persons began to assemble at the church, and before the service began the building was completely filled in every part. Amongst the thousands present, the girls of the National School, neatly attired for the occasion, were not the least interesting part of the assembly. Outside the sacred edifice a dense mass of the working classes were waiting, who showed their respect for the worthy vicar and his family on their arrival and departure by hearty and continued cheering. The bridal party arrived at ten, and it was received at the door by the clergy and churchwardens. The service was performed by the Rev. the Dean of Ripon. Nothing could be more orderly than the conduct of the persons who formed the dense crowds n f the o outsi de diocesetsie the assisted by the Hon. and Very pro ceedingsd were strikingly i ndicative of the strong feel i ng of affection entertained toward s D r . H oo k by his pari s hi oners . church, and the whole We noticed the mayor and his lady present during the ceremony. His Worship wore his chain of office.—Leeds Intelligences. DIPLOMATIC SREVICE.--Last year the diplomatic ser vice cost the country £332,406. OIL PAINTING.—A new method of painting has been discovered and en:iplovp — ii bythe celebrated Horace Vernet. It consists in ir . niung the colours with olive oil. When the picture Is painted, the back of the canvass is covered with a coating of fuller's earth, which draws the oil through and absorbs it entirely. The painting is thus reduced to the nature of a paste. The fuller's earth is then removed from the canvass, and a coat of linseed oil i s applied, always at the back ; the colours, in their turn, imbibe this oil, and all the mellowed tones of the old masters are obtained. Ji of tl COMMERCI AL ADVERTT DR. CAHILL ON Friday . . AND PROTESTA in conne IN IRELAND, re, entitled " PrOtestan Reformation in Ireland. by the Special Missiona audience, ISEP. EA.D. ;cture in the Market-street School reply to Dr. Cahill's recent lec ail: having been taken IWCARTIty, who was received with hearty cheer- My Christian friends, in appearing before the principles circulated, and expressed, by an individual calling himself a man of God, calling himself a minister of Christ,—in coming before you, after between two and three months' labour now in Birkenhead, I desire to express my gratitude to God, and my thankfulness to him, for the support wad also foi the inquiry that, by the grace of God, has been planted amongst our Roman Catholic brethren. This - inquiry has been one of no common nature. When I deli vered lectures here at first, the Roman Catholics would not come forward ; but they found, after a few weeks, that it was absolutely necessary that they should present themselves to defend their church, and one by one they came upon the platform, and as fast as they came went awa Mr. M`Eiven and Mr. M`Donald were brought over from Liverpool, and they, too, have got the right about. Then comes Dr. Cahill amongst us. Well, what does he do ? He publishes on a placard that a number of lectures are to be delivered in the Romish chapel, and he declares that one of his subjects shall be "Protestant Conversions ; or the late attempt at Reformation in Ireland." The late attempt at reformation in Ireland ! Now, the Protestant clergy of this town, when they saw those placards, at once wrote to Dr. Cahill, in a spirit of mildness and Christian love, asking him to come forward and, before an enlightened _, give such proofs as would enable him to sub- Aantiate the charge contained in the subject of his lec ture. It is clear, and I will show to-night, that there has not only been an attempt at reform in Ireland, but that a reformation has been successfully going on there which can even be said to equal the glorious reformation of the sixteenth century. (Applause.) It is a second reforma tion ; and I trust, before I leave this platform to-night, to prove that to you. I published in a small placard this week the following letter to my Roman Catholic brethren. love and kindness, and I am glad to say, and I care not who hears it, that they are now beginning to have a different impression of me frcoal what they had at first. Calumny, as well as every other possible instrument that could be used, was adopted, either to deface my character or to place me before them as black, aye, as the very devil himself. (Laughter.) But they have found that, at all events, I am sincere ; that I love them, and many of them have told me so. A few are inquiring, and one has been brought out of the Church of Rome, and is now ready to come forward before the whole of Birkenhead, and declare that the Church of Rome is the apostacy, and that that apostacy he is ready to give up (loud cheers). Yet, in the face of all this, we see placards about the walls, headed, the " Soupers Routed ;" and just the sort of routing, I believe, in a measure, that they have a right to, if it be the Roman Catholic Soupers that are meant. The lecturer then read the following letter, which prefaced a published correspondence between himself and Mr. M`Donald "MY DEAR ROMAN CATHOLIC BRETHREN Ina spirit of Christian love and kindness, I call your attention to the fol lowing correspondence, and I ask you as fellow-sinners, What is the reason that your priests, or the intelligent of your laity, will not defend your Church? Is it that they fear the conse quences of free and fair discussion? Are they afraid to allow the novelties they palm upon you as God's truth to be exposed, and their hideous deformities laid bare to the intellectual gaze of thinking people? If this be not the case, call upon the champion of your cause, Dr. Cahill, en masse, and persuade him, ,f you can, to defend your religion. The ministers of the Church of England are ever reacy "earnestly to contend for the faith once delivered to the saints ;" and those who have not that faith to contend for will always fear to teat their doctrines by the 4 - ritten Word of God. This, my dear friends, stands to reason. Dr. Cahill has been treating you, for the past week, to a course of lectures, containing one undiluted stream of misrepresentation and unqualified assertion, which, had be truth on his side, he would be too g!ad to step forward and prove; but I trust you will act upon that principle, which comes from St. Paul as a command, " Prove all things." —1 Thess. v. 21.—1 remain your obedient servant for Christ's sake. " CHARLES P. M`CARTHY." My dear friends (Mr. M`Carthy continued), Di.Cahill commenced his lecture on this night week, by setting before his audience the different countries that received Christianity, and the dates thereof : Ireland, through the instrumentality of St. Patrick, in 432. The whole of his discourse attempted to show that the Christianity which St. Patrick brought to my native land was that which he (Dr. Cahill) represents now to be the religion of the Church of Rome. -Here I join issue at once with Dr. Cahill, and I tell him that St. Patrick knew nothing about Popery; that St. Patrick was as staunch a Protestant as I am ; and that if St. Patrick had the same things said to him, and heard the same doctrines promulgated, he would as boldly and as honestly protest against them as do the Protestants of the present day. And why ? Because they are not only anti-scriptural, but they are diabolical in their nature. They are demoralising and soul-destroying, and that is the reason that Pro testants protest against doctrines that are leading souls to hell: and, through the love that they bear for their fellow-creatures, they come forward and proclaim the truth, so that they may be able to count themselves before God as doing their duty, and to their fellow men, ae telling them the awful state of de lusion that they are existing in. Now, what are my proofs as to St. Patrick being no Roman Catholic ?—they are as follows :—St. Malachy was the first Irish saint who ever won the honours of canonisation from that church, and not St. Patrick. lam now going to quote from "St. Patrick's Confession," a little work written by him before his dissolution. He commences by telling them who he was, his parentage, and where he was born, and he says in this little work—(which is genuine, and there is in existence at this present day a MS a thousand years old, and Dr. Lanigan quotes from it constantly in writing the ecclesiastical history of Ireland,)—he says, first : " I, Patrick, a sinner, had for my father Calpurnius, a deacon, and for my grandfather Politus, a priest."—Now, we know very well he was no Papist, for his father was a deacon and his grandfather a priest. That is not the case in the Church of Rome : they don't allow their priests to have children ; at least, they don't allow them to marry. All their children, to use a vulgar expression, must be bastards ; and I have no doubt there must be a great many of that sort. (Laughter and cheers.) Well, then, this is one proof, I say, that St. Patrick was not a priest of the Church of Rome; and the second I give is the lying tales that are placed before the public in the works written by Probus, in the 10th century ; by Jocelin, a priest, in the 12th century ; and O'Sullivan, last of all, in the 17th century. I will give you a specimen of some of these. This is from Jocelin " When his mother Conchessa was pregnant of him, poison was administered to her; but it was found, at his birth, con verted into a stone, which he was holding between his fin gers. The stone, also, upon which he was laid when born, partaking of his sanctity, possessed many wonder-working powers, especially that of detecting perjury." Another is as follows : " A man called Gormas, blind from his mother's womb, took, in consequence of a divine command in his sleep, the infant saint's hand. immediately after his baptism, and made the Sian of the cross with it upon the ground; when instantly a fountain of water sprang up in the place touched, which, like another Siloam, not only gave the blind man the power of vision, but also enabled him to read and understand the Scriptures !" " As the saint was setting sail for Ireland, from a British port, a poor leper on the shore besought a passage from the mariners ; but in vain. Patrick, however, pitying his case, and having no other way to relieve him, dung into the sea a stone altar, which had been consecrated and given him by the Pope; and he commanded the leper to sit thereon :—when, lo! to the great amazement of all the beholders, the stone began to float, kept pace with the ship, and arrived with full sail in the Irish harbour at the same moment with it." Now let me read yon one snore : - - - - " When the cruel' Lord of Dunbarton confined his aunt, and employed her to cleanse the stalls and stables of his castle, the child (Patrick) performed the task for her miracu lously. And ever since, says Joceline, the dung continues to be cleared away, invisibly; insomuch, that if all the cattle of the country were driven into the stables, no dirt could be found after them." Now, allow me to turn your attention for one moment to a passage from Patrick's own confession, which I have already quoted from, for it gives the lie to these legends. " When made captive"—for he was made captive twice in Ireland. Through the agency of God he was pe culiarly fitted in early life to be an apostle to the Irish; for in God's providence he was so situated as to become acquainted with the manners, customs, and language of the Irish, though he was a Scotchman horn. He says in this confession, after giving his parentage, and where he was born.: " When made captive I was scarcely sixteen years of age ; but I was ignorant of God, and therefore it was that I was led captive into Ireland with so many thousands." I was ignorant of God, and yet Jocelin says his little hand performed miracles; that he went into a nobleman's stable and cleaned it out miraculously as a child, and that all the animals in the country could not dirty it after wards. (Laughter.) St. Patrick gives the lie to these in ventions—inventions of priests for the purpose of estab lishing, or endeavouring to establish that he was a Roman Catholic Saint. Now, then, I will give you one more proof; and this coming from an undoubted authority on the part of the Church of Rome, must be held, at all events by Roman Catholics, in great regard : " But the most wonderful of all—if we except the raising of many to life who had been long dead —was, that while tra versing Ireland, the saint sent packing off to Cruchan-Aichle (a high conical mountain on the western coast, now called Crosgh.Patrick) all the tribes of serpents, and venomous creatures of every name and kind, from every part of the country. there to wait his pleasure. Whither, when he came, and ascended the mountain, innumerable demons flocked screaming around him, in the form of unsightly birds : upon which the saint, in a very great choler, of course, (like Meta clly,) drove them—serpents, toads, demons, and all—into the ocean, at the foot of the mountain. And hence it is, (say they,) that Ireland has never, from that day to this, been infested with the presence of any poisonous creatures." I would add—except the noxious fabricators and foun ders of such lying tales. (Cheers.) Now, listen to what Dr. Lanigan says. Dr. Lanigan apologises for this lying,. He says (Vol. I, p. 252, of his Ecclesiastical History of Ireland,)—" Jocelin was the inventor of this story ;" and the Doctor seems to regret that from Jocelin's book the story made its way into some breviaries,—into the bre viaries that the Roman Catholic priest uses. It is said again, that St. Patrick was sent to Ireland by the Pope. I deny this : there is not one single tissue of evidence in the whole of history to prove it. I will show you what he says himself upon this subject. Jocelyn tells us, and so does Probus, very gravely, that he went to Rome a second time after the conversion of the Irish, laid the results of his labours at the feet of the Pope, and reverently asked his Holiness for the confirmation of them. This is what they declare,—" His Holiness (they add) received him most graciously; granted him all he wished; decorated him with the pallium; and appointed him his legate for Ireland."—Now listen to what St. Patrick himself says:— " Therefore, though I wished much, and most earnestly desired to go to Britain, as if to my country and kindred ,• and not only so, but to proceed even as far a.; Gaul—the Lord knew how much I wished it ; yet, bound in the spirit which declares me guilty if I should do so, I fear lest 1 shnuld uee ought of my labour—nay. no & mine, but Christ my Lord' and• s ' who commanded me to come to his peop le b e wi th them during the residue of any life." It was Christ commanded him; and in another place Dr. Lanigan apologises o the histoi TUE cumstan( self, who s pretended tour to Rome, and the c by the testimony of St. Patrick him clearly to understand that from the commencement of his mission he constantly remained in Ireland."---Eccles. Hist. vol. 1, pp. 181, 319. This is declared by Dr. Lanigan, the Romish historian : so much then for St. Patrick being a Roman Catholic. The next statement made by Dr. Cahill in his lecture is s peace in Ire nd that she er as follows : that there century until land from tl ed the 1 Trot time. In his lecture on 1 in the Concert-hall, Lon street, he has the "First, therefore, I begin with the years 1172-7, when Henry II conquered Ireland through the dissension and treachery of our own countrymen ; and from this time down to 1573, for nearly 400 years, there was continual between England and Ireland; and during years they were never able to conquer 'rel..— , pass Lcinster, so that the three northern counties were never conquered." Mark that ; the counties in Ireland now Protestara- conquered, said the lecturer. He proceeded four hundred never able to "and in these times the most barbarous cruelties were practised on the people. It is scarcely sinful to say that never was the Protestant cruelty of England surpassed uy the Catholic cruelty of Ireland." There is an admission coming from Dr. Cahill "Amongst other instances, he would mention that the English soldiers were not allowed to deal with us—not to spread even what civilisation they might boast. Never were the conquered treated with greater cruelty than from the reign of Henry 11. to that of Henry VIII. The execution of Clare we would allude to, when British soldiers outraged the wives and daughters of the Irish before their face, and shot them, or tossed them over the rocks, if they complained. Five hundred lashes was the punishment if a British soldier married an Irish girl; and, I am happy to say to you, to the credit of the gallantry and taste of some of those men, the beauty of the lasses of Limerick tempted many of them, in spite of the five hundred lashes." (Laughter.) Now, my dear friends, suppose we admit that what Dr. Cahill states there is true, England was then Popish, and acted, as I shall show you, under the direction and at the discretion of the Pope. (Cheers.) First, however, is it true that Ireland was in perfect peace from the sixth century to 1162 ? No ; Ireland was not. Ireland was invaded by the Danes at the commencement of the tenth century ; that continued for a century; and at last, at the battle of Clontarf, they were completely defeated, only they were allowed to hold possession of Dublin, Waterford, and Limerick. After the Danes had been quieted in Ireland, then the Norman conquest suc ceeded in England. The Danes and the Normans were a people of the same race, and the Pope seeing this, at once took advantage of what would enable him, by intrigue and cunning, to introduce his religion into Ireland ; for up to that period Ireland had an Apostolic Church planted in her, and she continued true to that church until Popery was introduced into that country, by intrigue and cunning; and when that did not succeed, by the armed missionaries of. Henry 11., bearing the imprimatur of the Pope of Rome. These are facts Dr. Cahill kept hick from his audience. He dare not bring before them the letter or bull of Adrian to Henry 11., but I will place it before you now : " Adrian, Bibhop, servant of the servants of God, to his dearest son in Christ, the illustrious King of England, sends greeting and apostolical benediction. "The desire your magnificence expresses to extend your glorious name upon earth, and crown yourself with the great reward of eternal felicity in Heaven, is very laudable, and abundantly profitable to you; while as a good Catholic Prince, you purpose to enlarge the bounds of the Church, to declare the true Christian faith to rude and barbarous tribes, and to pull up by the roots the nurseries o f v i ce f rom th e fi e ld o f the Lord; which to execute the more becomingly, you require the encouragement and support of the apostolic see. That, in the accomplishing of this work, you will have a success proportioned to the depth of counsel and wisdom with which you proceed, we are fully confident; God performing it for you ; because, whatever takes its rise from ardour of faith and love of religion, is always wont to have a good and pros perous issue. Of course, that Ireland, and all the islands on which Christ the Sun of Righteousness hath shone, and which have received the rudiments of the Christian faith, belong of right to St. Peter and the most holy Roman Church (a right which your own nobility acknowledges), there is no manner of doubt. And hence it i s th a t we so muc h t h e more gladly plant in them the nurseries of faith, and sow that seed therein which is acceptable to God; as we foresee it will be the more strictly required of us in the last judgment. "Since, then, you have signified to us, most dear son, that you desire to enter into the island of Ireland, in order to subdue that people to the obedience of laws, and extirpate thence the nurseries of vice; and since you are willing also to pay an annual pension to St. Peter of one penny from every house therein, and to preserve the rights of the Church in that land inviolate and entire; therefore we, seconding your pious and praise-worthy intention with the favour it deserves, and granting a gracious assent to your petition, are thankful and are well pleased, that, for the enlargement of the bounds of the Church, for the restraint of vice, the correction of evil, and the planting of good manners, and for the advance ment of the Christian religion, you do enter into that island, and execute there whatever may tend to the honour of God and the health of that land; and that the people of that country receive you with honour, and reverence you as their Lord; provided, as I have said, that the ecclesiastical rights therein remain inviolate and entire, and that to St. Peter and the most holy Roman Church the annual pension of a dena rius from every house be reserved. If, therefore, you will follow up your design to full completion, let it be your aim to instruct that nation in good morals, and to do your utmost, as well personally, as by those whom you know to be fit for that work, in faith, and word, and life, that the Church may there be adorned, the Christian religion planted and made to grow ,• and that whatsoever appertains to the honour of God and the salvation of souls be so ordered by you, that it may entitle you to an eternal reward from God, and a glorious name upon earth for ever. Given at Rome, anno 1155." Here is the diabolical compact that existed between the Pope of Rome and the mopien hang henry 11. ; for England had been previously, as it were, sunk by the Chu,rch of Rome just in the same way in which she was then attempt ing to sink Ireland, namely, by the introduction of what is called Christianity—but what ought properly to be termed Mariolatry. (Cheers.) Well, what does Dr. Cahill say ? He says here that Henry 11. conquered Ireland through the dissension and treachery of the Irishmen, or his own countrymen ; but he had not the honesty to come forward and say that the Pope was the man who made the bargain with Henry 11. Well, Malachie, the great reformer (so called) of the Irish Church, what does he say ? a man who was sent amongst them after being educated in a most peculiar way in order to fit him for the office of a reformer, or in order to be fitted by Jesuitry to introduce into Ireland Papal Christianity—for it was not there at that time. The fol lowing passage proves with what determination the Church of Ireland opposed the innovations of the Papacy. We take this from St. Bernard's account of the Life of Malachie " Then this man of God" [this is when he was appointed Bishop of Connaw] " felt that he was appointed, not over men, but over beasts. Never before had he met with men in such barbarity ; never before had he found men so stubborn against morals, so deadly to rites, so impious against faith, so savage to laws, so stiffnecked against discipline." Just exactly as Protestants of the present day are against the Church of Rome : that is exactly the way they repre sent us : " Christians in name, pagans in reality. Not one could be found who would pay tithes or first-fruits; make confessions; ask for penance*, or give them; or contract lawful mar riages." They did not believe in them : they were not the doctrines of the Irish Christian Church. It is true that they would not make what were called lawful marriages in the Church of Rome, because you must know the. Church of Rome looks upon every man and woman married without her pale to be living in sin. Then we pass on from the statement made by Dr. Cahill upon this subject, to the time when Pope Adrian died ; for the war had been carried on by Henry the Second, and the armed missionaries of the Church of Rome were devastating the land, and Irish men were fighting for their country and for the religion that was planted in their country at a very early age, as I could show, before St. Patrick. While these Romish missionaries were carrying on the work of slaughter amongst them, for it is thus that the Church of Rome succeeds in her missions—by shedding the blood of inno cent men, women, and children, because they object to have any other laws than their own, either of a religious character or otherwise, introduced amongst them. For this purpose Henry 11. attacked the land under the express sanction of the Pope, and for seventeen years continued to slaughter the poor Irish. Aye, and when the Pope died, what do we find P We find that his successor, Alexander, established the bull, the horrible compact that had been previously made between Henry and Adrian ; and that he introduced exactly the same bargain—namely, that he would support Henry if the latter would still continue to pay the one penny for every house—" Peter's pence." Dr. Cahill did not say anything about this. No ;it did not suit his purpose. He kept these historical facts back, and in the dark. He dare not bring them before his Roman Catholic subjects; for the are his subjects to all intents and purposes. (Cheers) He then went on to state that Ireland had suffered much under Catholic rulers, such as King John ; and after he had spoken of the Irish under Catholic rulers, he then made a jump to Elizabeth. He says, however, a few words about Henry VIII.; but what was Henry VIII. ? Henry VIII. was a Roman Catholic in everything, the Pope's supremacy excepted. Let the statute law, that which was called the "Law of the Six Articles," prove this. If these laws were broken, death was the conse quence.—The lecturer then quoted the articles as follows:- I.—To those who should deny transubstantiation. 2.—To those who should maintain the necessity of receiving the sacrament in both kinds. 3.—To those who should say it was lawful for a priest to marry. 4.-L'To those who should say that monks or nuns might dis pense with their vows. s.—To those who should say that private masses were of no avail. 6.—To those who should hold that auricular confession was not necessary to salvation. Was Henry the Eighth a Papist or not ? Which was he, Protestant or Papist, when he punished with the most horrible and sanguinary death all who broke any one of these laws, and it was consequently called " the bloody statute ?" That was in the reign of Henry the Eighth, after he had thrown off the Pope's supremacy. Then Dr. Cahill commences to attack the Church of England, and endeavours to show how that church robbed the monas teries, the nunneries, and the convents established th roug h England, and gave all the money to support their own luxurious habits. Now, Dr. Cahill, I would ask you, in what state were the monks and nuns—what sort of cha racters were they—at the time of the Reformation ? Let your own historians declare. I will give a quotation from St. Bernard, who wrote the life of Mala,chie, Bishop of Ire land. He commences by saying, with respect to monks What shall I say concerning their very dress, in which not warmth but colour is sought after, and neatness of apparel rather than virtue is considered? I am ashamed to declare it, but even women are surpassed in their love of dress, since richness of apparel, and not what is necessary, is studied by the monks. Nor is even th e f orm o f re li g i on retained, the soldiers of Christ desired rather to be gaily dressed than to be armed." Again, I give you another quotation as to the state of the priests, monks, and nuns in the year 1391, from the Re velations of St. Bridget, a saint in the Church of Rome • and these extract s b ear th e i m p r imatur of the Councils of Constance and Basil, as well as of Popes Urban VI, Martin V, and Paul V ; chap. 43, 4th book : " Herein has arisen a grievous abu.et cur asmuch as othe pos sessions of the church arc given to laics, who do marry bera,,ap or the canonical name, but impudently keep concu bines * * saying shamelessly, We may not marry, because we are canonical men. The priests also, deans and subdeans, formerly very greatly a bh o rred the infamy of an impure life. But now some of them openly rejoice." * Does Dr. Cahill bring forward these truths ? Is he not NOVFArI c.,c it, he L id not come fo . rw . ch ;:-_,;„1 0 /1, 9nlight 3d man in public - of t , sixteenth century • " o t The disorders and vices of the clergy. reached tblfells point and became so public as to render them th:o3 ta pe the hatred, and contempt of. the people. churches were without pastors, the monastet?eburche monks, the regular clergy without disciplina, tne;',obnelli and ho:y houses in ruins and changed into dens o . ! fri btfu t The bishops fled from their dioceses as if they cc iv b o os ° solitudes. The amusements of Paris and the occulo the court were their usual occupation. R 1, 1853. it is, would no er _ h o d g au di e nce ; and, alt Ago „ • in the way leisfrytord; bets heard his church show' themselv Mezerai says, writing of th Again, what is said of he monks and nar-s same St. Bridget •. afore': The doors through which the sisters ar e pleased to ! entrance to clergymen and laymen are open e ven , 0 40 1 and therefore such places resemble rather houses 01, than holy cloisters. look °l t People imagine, when they see a flannelly, ale, shut very fine building—" Oh, they are holy pe ople_ ,; ,, all in altogether from the world they would fla t giddiness of . the world :" just ; as if there cannot If ica inr, acted within the four walls of a house as s tree t : 5 ; as horrible scenes as in the middle of the fore cais the reason these nunneries, these lithe pnis cations, are walled round just like so many ga° l6 . den ee of,: tell you. I will show you now, from the e cl priest named Hogan, who was in connection 5'4104 Church of Rome as a priest for 25 years, 1 stle o You why these places are walled in and keptra2,o The first extract I give is takenr e ...ate, who was secretary to the Inquisit°n. in Book 3, chap. 28, article 2, and edition, 18 17 ra eli w i ° "That when he was secretary to the Inonisi ticli ' a otanP was brought before that tribunal, who directed a of beguines (nuns) and had seduced nearly all of (Sensation.) The above is taken from " WO / () ef neries." One more extract from the evidence , e illigtteeassn.ianThistWyhilounleagdh lady lady,became s w e d ho u a e and llit l _ l l o 4 b lc ithertreeddiuneteodahceornviehntot, her r d n h o e v. p p ,r i e t a e ched Aft t h e e r s h e bed ,% in the convent some thirteen months, she , con fer begging him to come to her, as she wanted ' 1) ..ort etninetrgavfteillretrw,Maagt°l.thetelivalti sealed way you ° lce gym ` I sent for you, my friend, (said she) to digr-ace, OPI L; before my death. I have insulted my God, a" - asl c„ ",, tl , " family. * * * * I gave her such advic e , r to she• the capacity of a Romish priest. I advise d it" saluore the bishop and consult him. " I cannot (1 ° "My destroyer is my confessor." I was sile n t ,',, bite. to say. I was band by my oath to be true l" (Profound sensation.) That is upon the evidence , o f DOor Hogan, who is now living in America, at the ost boo„,) legal profession there, and looked up to as . ,a ra,, h e o_s able and able advocate. He has deserted . of Rome; he has found out her aborninatioa,see,eivekt) his experience ; and' yet Englishmen will be O-01 , °,j5 the apparent sanctity of four walls, built likeAafr fortifications erected to conceal—aye, DV —to conceal the infamies that exist within We l ": ofiej, ) i are concealed the victims of surpliced seduc er° '.. c leac e o i when we have this placed before us upon the telo honourable and virtuous men, we turn oa t gl do not believe. None of you know sLb a the re on in any of the convents. I saY, the Church of Rome a priest, regularly sire • allY sentry-box, called the confessional, who Is the minded man, he is the greatest miracle 013 ' of Rome can produce. (Hear, hear.) " Vice is a monster of such hideous mien, That to be hated needs but to be seen ; But seen too oft, familiar with her face , ace .' We soon approve, admire, and then eln br hB I hold in my hand a prayer-book, called the • , ' Companion." Dr. Cahill says to his congregaJ e won sides the Bible you have the Key of ge 3s e' e r iiiPeter your other manuals,"—l suppose the " Dmis 0 included. Now, there is not a Roman Cathoue,, l e fo head, of any decency, that would dare to coPtit at and read one single page that I could Point it, book ; so horribly indecent and polluting " l tbe" they were to read it they would turn as red as, ,ire in which Cardinal Wiseman is bedizened. iti,lty "Daily Companion," p. 176,177, the quotation ; any one can purchase the book. 1 , 0 4 ° pra yer- Church of Rome. f rcer . My dear friends, I now pass on to the re's„,„ - d y , " beth, merely remarking that, Dr. Cahill, hc"'",A, ts' l pool, at the Concert-hall, and also in Birkenhe'oe asitl audience, " Don't you see (said he) I am go irig 1 01 0 A t e day, month by month, and year by year , t° 1 a 'jig/ case for my country ;" and the man never he sooloi word about the reign of Bloody Mary. No' , be ti tiosi tt e; on to Elizabeth, and rate away upon the per'` ber r e or we must acknowledge were perpetrated under._ thot,,,t but he dare not refer to the horrible atrocitie,doe,.? curved upon the black fields of Smithfield; he, te cl ei recount the tons of human flesh that were roalotjtril.o by the bigot Queen and the emissaries of the the tij P Rome. He dare not recount to his hearers d 0 0 . 0 5 that sent our glorious martyrs into heaven, 311 we for them crowns of martyrdom. He dar e not Purecl!,,,to his audience the rivers of blood that were P°booo`'. those black fields. No : Dr. Cahill has not th., place before his people the real truth. He Nclo t l e ilil l ot the persecution of Elizabeth, but he will n° l 2e b that when Elizabeth was on the thron e , ° I a VW morning there was an account in England that:ooo...o city, namely, Paris, 40,000 individuals, „ n c l i e tTa tby ii i horrible M children, were massacred in their beds, - tell the ° ti' 13E_, a PopL.l.. M o ot. H e would, R o me at ;0 0 there was an episcopal 31010C 11 cr loi•4 time who celebrated that a ssacre 3 1 5 victory gained over heretics. No • he sc L il et t/ '6r back all these things, yet he would ExP▪ o to be as meek andquiet as possible un der - t hgt cumstances in England He would not tell then co as .. 7 t e Pope had the audacity to send a bull into ti LL 0 0 ' and to denounce Elizabeth as a bastard , and to 1:41 0 :6 anathemas against any single one of her subjectsmd tid Catholic or Protestant, who dare obey her„,„" . e g Elizabeth was to look on and not do anYnle our If' Popish subjects! I believe,if Elizabeth had. livu - 00 she would have acted differently from what she,,,, f rietpiJ had the dictating of any system that should he t Twono for the purpose of getting rid of Popery, i cha g a s in„ et' would be this, and Ishould do it to-day, as 'r e f st.r: f or„ beth's reign.—l would go to the Secretary order him to give me half a dozen d • 3 9J . , t p0 line-of-battle ships that he had in il e L fleet, and pack Cardinal Wiseman, ',,rieeL'AiP hat, all his paraphernalia, and all the r (l)s i s ,,V ll : them, and send them off to Cahill •0 and loud cheering.) Then, Dr. 4. 1 1 3,4 0 - 40 - language, and hi abusive language, too, — fe r ; o 4,o to t e i great powers of abuse ; I never met a man Yeic iee rl t° 4 rti he same power of abuse as Dr. Cahill—cem ent was about the horrible war and rebellion thst, b. 0 .0 0 1 ,`, on in Ireland during the reign of El:lzab e l l a' ( 1011 1 ' 7, tells them stories that, if they were true, w bae l: blood run cold in any man. But he keePs, befo re tone own side of the case ; he dare not place the tbe • lee he dare not tell them that Pope Gregory , 0e ,10,,, and that Clement the Eighth gave an indulge_:ed ','' ef etej written to the priests, and to all those e1Lg7 1 7,1 r„,l rebellion, to fight against Elizabeth, the lati o ; • e t ; of the conntry. He would not tell them 1 „` . to e l the same indulgences were granted both tu fo tet . ',,,ot'l soldiery to fight against Elizabeth as were 1,1. i 5 4o P- 1 0 0 4 . 0 ;" out and fight against the Turks. And yet j 7. re l :4l in O'Sullivan's History of Ireland, book 4 e ibat tP to bil - f , other things he (Dr. Cahill) goes on to tell u s „ o ld °pep a thousand pounds offered to any one NVII O /1 t a te o oe 4 that the Bible proved infant baptisrn.„ . „Ay it fi if you are an honest man you will d thousand pounds. (Laughter.) And 18 ".. 0 tore; jO infant baptism, beyond all doubt, from Scripted fron,froi l ti o , own Bible acknowledges that it can be Pr °v hich'be ture ; for in the inde x o f th e D o uay Bible IVoyorttlt my hand we have the follo w ing passage r- , - „ it ore d e. 4s ;o f ' tism of infants see SL Luke, xvii, 1 6 , e°'-alese do o r John, 5." Now, Dr. Cahill, either f t b . t prove infant baptism or they do not; , to drisig t". " neither you nor your church had any rIgl".„- i faill au n tie s , people to these two passages for a proof .; wa', 0 1 , and yet you have the dishonesty to come I :' r po y 0.0, 41 ;0 this thousand pounds, and now you w° to tlie,„„e'te-ap hear, and applause.) I now come 1° i 4 io l portant part of Dr. Cahill's statements:: V0)4,40 (he says) are liars when they say ,that rn i : t il' e scribed by the Church of Rome; w i e le a clio'Col. 4 , l; tlieff Roman Catholics are prohibited from tel ne without the permission of their priest s ,',: Cs';„ l eet according to Dr. Cahill. Now, then, J",l are falsehoods, why would you not con hten e our clergymen—why not before an enli. o Krl)OA 1 Fyn rveoittaeiriaetse to that re a the theßo come forth and establish that which Ran D ' o :e d s m cr a i n ptur Ca e t s h , eo r s e sjo t tir g e tte ert v :,f e b s li tt s li pott ten permission from dotheir priests. ~ to t ty" prove, but before I so I must novclop ; te of e 'let e f in the Mercury of Oct. 25th. Dr„ ; t h b is e ha this subject, and the proof he glr',"fracy - krelw" from the Bible ; one said to be an es liar , 1 3 1;le written by Pius VII. to Anthony 3 "7 in ~ prat ` c a#,,O Florence. The extract is inserte", pia the most mutilated condition. .‘" e lls' 1 WV tl ).- A f 0 ought to have expressed it clearly an - A i an tare' , • 0 , over immense passages in the orig . ' The Iv - o' _i t 0, exactly such as suited his PurP °se. o .llll ' as i ee quoted:— d PIO "At a time when a vast number of uairctilawysl to exceeding! grossly attack the Catholic religion, arP e_ SO c ite , e the unlearned, to the treat destructiou„, be a , t it t, reading of the Holy So' t •es le-froo' ui • I t a Dr. Cahill (the lecturer explaT e :_n i tetat ly vt tt i ; a O r words " to the destruction of souls. Y welt that the faithful shout,. .1)10 c f l 4 l Bible continued:— urces r itY "For there are the most abundant so_,„ be left open to every one to draw from errors Which soda 41 and of doctrine ; to eradicate the Dio r The in these corrupt times." thew , or The passage from "to draw fronn " h ol y! , stated that Dr. Cala had omitted, re,"os derl s r quote lisping the the sacred w ritings in the 6 0. 4 ' suitable to every one's capacity." Cal lill Or( • WCartilY) Dr* t 0 1) 9 There (continued Mr. 0.4, , the fro vi "This you have seasonably effect.ead,,,alaY:e-of 100 Jy, leaves out : " Especially when you show and . set li rs ctelose i ß added explanatory notes, which, ic!ein e g,_,„ e rof t r ie 1 0 0 Holy Fathers, precludes every posstbl a . r w o s o f .sio you have not swerved either from lu t P e tion C ubil ef C i tion of the Index, or from the constitu ,c ll3 O , subject by Benedict XIV., Vc." al, 0 : 1 41 ,1, Now, Dr. Cahill held the book in his tee 'ra.!`ofts,Po,/ honesty to read that at the top—na me Z per /7 the passage at the bottom of the leaf,7,,Pm liss/ to read the Scriptures except with ti°lll - priest, which is as follows: roa r q 0 i r p e r , orbteg the error, it was judged necessary to w ithout_ e itel •vo Scriptures in the vulgar languages i , w i l on' "To prevent and remedy this abuse, liar mission of the pastors and spiritual gu a appointed to govern his Church." 0, t. Yi He had not the honesty to read„ find 0. ...0 1 through those " explanatory notes, LA .e tion extraordinary differences and eont -- the es I°6 Doctor sas there are 16,00 errors L" rOV e °lle a version, but w ont come forward to e ri will show you an error in the Douay in the note on it too. First, I refer to i lA faith, Jacob, when he was dying, blessw ' Wen G t oti onea a tail tst a t. !tor e 'get' nai si I sta. Gay 41 — _a t : e4Ps. e . cter e d Olt tr w e Z Paper e, hr 4ter 0 k " ""42 4 e It i 4 e a (the t v. 4 'he tlit 4: f Go eXc t or , e°l,T ; it „_. I Et b b lath 1 1 le( t o 4i 4ee it Witi ir, to t :nt di 4 t or / t Of tb e !,°46.4?litn! 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