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VANITY FAIR. Vanity of vanities, saith the Preacher, all is vanity.—Eeelee “VANITAS VANITATUM " has rune; in the ears Of trentle and simple for thousands of years; The wail is still heard, yet its notes never scare Or simple or gentle from Vanity Fair. This fair has allurements alike to engage The dimples of youth and the wrinkles of age; Tho' mirth may be feigning, no' sheen may be glare, The gingerbread's gilded in Vanity Fair. Old Dives there rolls in his chariot of state, There Jack takes his Joan, at a lowlier rate, St. James's, from alley and square, es plenty to Vanity Fair. St. Giles That goal would be vain where the guerdon was dross, 2y may they must come by a 103 s; as enticing—its branches are bare, for the promise of Vanity Fair. e whence th Heigh-ho My son, t Beware of Contempt Y 31; , Phi We To- --.41.- for sixteen shillings, within six hours. All honour be to Stevenson, or whoever he was, that first started the bright idea of making steam available for dry land travel. STAGE COACHES. When the day-coach for Mullingar was launched about the year 1810, it was considered a prodigy. The country people used to leave their work at the sound of the horn, and run across the fields to look at it as it swept past, at the rate, which it - required - the evidence of sight to realise, of five miles an hour. Limerick, which is ninety-two miles from Dubli❑ (about the same distance that Birmingham is from London), was first reached by a one-day coach in the year 1525. Before that date the light post-coach plying between those te - , rested from its labour at the end of the first day at Mountrath. The remaining articles are " Parallels, by a Pil grim;" a lengthy poem entitled "The Taking of Jerusalem ;" the conclusion of a paper on Clan macnoise, Clare, and Arran ; and the last flying shot at the United States, by Fitzgunne, who ably SUMS up THE RELIGIOUS CHARACTER OF THE NEW WORLD. In the ecclesiastical establishments of America, we may discern the same all-powerful democratic spirit. The constitution may be said to ignore religion, for it is the great maxim of the people that religion and government are mutually independent. Undoubtedly, this is the worst feature of democratic government. To separate government and religion, is to separate man and wife. Religion should refine government, and government should support religion. It is folly to suppose that either can with safety be independent of the other. Even the heathen nations of antiquity were aware of this, and they accordingly maintained a religion of the state. The amount of injury done by this erection of popular will above more elevated standards, can scarcely be estimated. The Church and the State alike feel the evil influence ; while a selfish, worldly, and unstable spirit pervades the laws, religion is turned into a trade by the establishment of a voluntary system. The clergy are elected by, and are made responsible to, the people. The natural result of this is, that the clergy are deprived of their proper in , dependence. In vain do the advocates of the system point to apostolic times, and claim, as a precedent, the example of the first preachers of the Gospel. The in spired disciple, speaking tongues which he had never learnt, and astounding the heathen world by raising their very dead to life, cannot properly be placed on a level with the mode rn p as t or . Th e f ormer m i g ht accept a l ms , without detriment to himself or to the donor, while the latter, whose mission is less clearly divine, incurs the risk—when placed in similar indigent circumstances—of sacrificing his integrity, and of being obliged to follow where he cannot lead. Another consequence of subject ing the clergy to the law of popular election is, that the relations which ought to subsist between the clergy and their flocks are utterly destroyed. In the United States the former are bound to the latter only by civil contract. The cure of souls is seldom confided to the same man for I more than a few years. The pastor does his work for stipulated wages, and when his lease expires goes about his business. No provision is made for his old age and when his time i s u p h e i s no l onger th oug ht of. It is, perhaps, on this account that the adopting and renoun cing of holy orders is so common in America. Men who had previously been engaged in trade often suddenly adopt the gown, and as suddenly relinquish it for the garb of the layman. But the worst result of the voluntary system is that it opens the door for designing men who, by lead ing the evil passions or practising upon the fears of their flocks are prepared to sacrifice every consideration of duty to that of interest. It offers a premium for specula tive discovery, and stimulates sectarian rivalry. Men are encouraged to broach the wildest theories, in the hope of rivetting the attention of the public by the sheer ex travagance of what they propound, for, in the chaos of opinion which is engendered, boldness of assertion at- I taches to itself an unreal importance, while truth, more sober and retiring, passes comparatively unnoticed. e to shun y temptress, my son blandishments fly —or, desnisinz th ty sold for Stars, Ribbons, and stun': 's pretty face has been clouded with care 'r ribbons at Vanity Fait _ Dives !—weak-spirited Joan h has a Vanity Fair of his own— son, you ha 'self, I ,rs,—but you need not despair, .ss for Vanity Fair. a weakr osophy halts, wisest maxims are vain,— go, we repent, we return there again— norrow, for certain, you meet with us there, gayest of spectres at Vanity Fair. Bentley's Miscellany, LITERATURE. 800 Ks FOR REVIEW, &C.— Books, N, m Prints, Music, &c., may be left at Mr. C. Mitchell's, Red- lion-court 1 "to the Editor )0L STANDARD, orwarded Emigration. London : Hardwicke. The author of this pamphlet has already written a work on emigration, which was dedicated to Mrs. Chisholm, and attained some . popularity. In his new compilation he contrasts the various fields of emigration, delineates the diggings, and furnishes many practical hints for those who contemplate leaving the mother country to pursue their fortunes in the young colonies at the Antipodes. The work is full of well-compressed information from reliable sources, and an additional recommendation is- its cheapness. The Elements of Taxation. Liverpool: D. Marples. This pamphlet is by the authors of the prize essay on direct taxation; and the original matter is sup plemented with a summary of the evidence adduced before the parliamentary committee on the property and income tax, and also a complete analysis of the finance accounts of the United Kingdom for the year ISSI, ended January 5, 1852. The authors have prefaced their volume with a lengthy dedica tion, addressed to William Brown, Esq., M.P., in which they affirm that "restrictions on trade" re tarded the national progress, and that this is proved by " the improved condition of the people under the operation of even partial freedom of trade." "It is no longer a matter of speculation," they affirm, "whether the condition of the people be better under high prices of provisions and scarcity of em ployment than under moderate prices with ample demand for labour; and men only marvel that any serious doubt should ever have been entertained on the subject." They state that the present Fork may be considered an elaboration of the principles promulgated in their former treatise on direct taxa tion, which, in 1849, received the highest prize offered by an association in this town called "The National Confederation." Supplemental Volume of the Official Descriptive and Illustrated Catalogue. London : Spicer Brothers, and Clowes and Sons. When we take up the first three volumes of the ' Official Illustrated Catalogue of the Great Indus trial Exhibition," and, divesting our minds of the pleasurable excitement caused by its brilliant ap- The Church of England Quarterly Review. London pearance and profuse illustrations, and calmly con- W. E. Painter. sider its history, we must come to the conclusion, The writer of the opening article, in treating of that it is the greatest literary triumph ever accom the Holy Scripture and the Hebrew language, I plished. Such a book would have occupied years traces the history of language back to the period r for its production, under ordinary circumstances ; when God first addressed Adam at the creation of nevertheless, this magnificent work was completed the world, and expresses the belief that the primi- and published within six months from the opening live language was p er f ec t, an d th at a ll d ev i at i ons of the Exhibition. Its pages embrace information u from the first standard h ave b een corrupt i ons rat h er upon the present state of every known science, art, than improvements —if we regar d " wor d , " i n its and manufacture. The time, however, did not highest capacity, as having reference to spiritual allow of more than a limited selection of illustra and eternal things, and not merely to the things of tions, and the constant arrival of fresh objects, earth and the passing events of social intercourse. ; even up to the close of the Exhibition, prevented This, of course, is entirely opposed to what has the work from being so perfect as could be wished. becomea favourite hypothesis with ma n y s p ecu l a t ors , We now find this wan t su ppli e d i n th e supple that all language, not excepting the primitive, have mental volume, which is chiefly devoted to plates, begun in a rude form, and have been made regular illustrative of some of the choicest articles which I were ee an w, from their rat and copious by succ ess i ve i mprovemen t s. " Th e Life and Letters o f Ni e b u h r ," t h e G erman hi s- , character, bitd, required mor hich e time than could be lab come torian and theologian, furnish the theme of the mended for the first portion of the work. Thus, second paper. Niebuhr is called a discoverer and a we have some of the choicest specimens of Westley pioneer of an almost unknown region of history— and Co.'s elaborate bookbinding ; Growcock and a region of vast extent. This is a high order of Co.'s embroidered muslins, and Honiton point praise. He stands before subsequent historians, lace; Pardoe and Co.'s carpetings. The iron and who have laboured with more success, just as steel manufactures of Stewart and Smith ; Evans the chartless explor er , C o l um b us, s t an d s b efore the and Co.; Rodgers a n d C o ., & c . Th e b eaut if u l metallic works, with Parian figures, from the ma captain of the "Arabia " st eam - s hi p , or V an Diernan before a Forbes and a Mathews. " The nufactory of W. Wynfield, Birmingham. The Saxon in Ireland," a work published last year, is superb Exhibition Vase of Elkington and Co., with the text of an interesting article, the writer of its poetical adornments, and a great variety of taste which points to the Saxons as the sole hope of ful designs from the same distinguished firm. Ireland. A people sunk so low as the Irish, in j Others from Dixon and Co.; Morel and Co.; and his opinion, can never themselves succeed in effect- a host of others. Porcelain from Minton, Cope ing either a political or social regeneration. It will land, and Rose and Co. Glass from Baccher's be a happy day, he holds, for the Celtic inhabitants and Sons, and from the Ostlers. Jewellery from both of Great Britai n an d I re l an d w h en t h e i r own Morel an I Co. ; with f urn it ure an d ornamenta l w vernacular language shall be everywhere su p erse d e d work from exhibitions of all gra d es . I n t h e I n di an by that which is justly entitled to be considered department the illustrations are very judiciously the mother tongue of the United Kingdom. If the chosen, and the Continental sections are also vividly Saxon element had predominated throughout Ire- restored to our eyes ; indeed, these books will be land, as it has in England and the lowlands of invaluable, from the perfection of the picture they Scotland, Ireland might have been both a brilliant present of that vast array of all that man could and a valuable gem in the British Crown. Dr. produce of beautiful in art or wonderful in science. Traill's edition of Josephus, the recent novels, a The publishers have accomplished a great task, biography of the great Florentine poet, some thoughts which will be appreciated fully only when it is on our foreign relations, a resume of the history of universally known. English literature, the Egyptian pilgrimage of Mr. Augustus St. John, and the usual complement of literary notices complete the present number of one of our most esteemed quarterlies. Its pages are genial, yet evangelical ; pervaded by a spirit of unaffected piety, yet most lively and attractive ; and altogether it is fitted to do service in an age whose greatest bane, perhaps, is a Godless litera ture. The Dublin University Magazine. Dublin : James SERIALS FOR APRIL.—The Christian Family Advocate (Liverpool: G. Philip and Son) and The Protestant Magazine (London : Wertheim and Macintosh) are sufficiently varied to maintain the popularity which they have so justly earned. At the same time they are soun d an d i nst ructive, which many of the " popular" publications cer tainly are not.-The Bulwark (Liverpool : G. Philip and Son) furnishes this month the most cheering accounts of the movement originated by the Scottish Reformation Society. That true hearted Irishman, Dr. Dill, has been appointed to the office of acting secretary. Efforts are to be made for rousing, concentrating, and directing the energies of Scotland against the common enemy. Protestant Defence Associations are to be formed in every town, village, and parish in Scotland. Missions are to be established for the conversion of Romanists in every town and district where Papists prevail. Our earnest desire is, that the largest anticipations of the founders may be more than realised. We observe that the editor of The Bulwark recommends strongly the circulation of that able tract, " Dr. Cahill and the Priests," by the Rev. S. Minton, of Liverpool.-The Scottish Educational and Literary Journal (Edinburgh : Hogg), though the organ of a class, is still living and lifelike. We have laughed heartily at the graphic picture of examination-day in a Scottish academy, and can vouch for its accuracy ; everybody will admit its rich flow of humour. The literary epistle from London is more than usually fresh, and gives a nice tone of lightness to pages which might otherwise be somewhat dull to the general reader. A series of memoirs of eminent preceptors is appropriately commenced with a life of Roger Ascham, the tutor and friend of Lady Jane Punch (Webb and Hunt, Liverpool) has been retrieving its character of late : the most marked literary feature of the 141st part is a series of agree able papers on " Our Honeymoon." The Home Companion (London : John Bennett) contains some excellent selections. The original articles, especially the Scottish tales by Sherer, are trashy. Diogenes (London : Piper Brothers) has reached its third month, and is really a flourishing and life-like addition to our family of British serials; all the more noteworthy from the circumstance that many predicted its early decease as a matter of certainty. But Punch is not to have the monopoly of the market, ne ith er i s i t r i ght he should. Two Richards are now in the field, and we have hopes that they may both win the favour of the public and a respectable maintenance. Chambers's Edinburgh Journal (W. S. Orr, Liverpool), if it never rises greatly a b ove me di ocrity, is never below r 'Phis is the secret of it s success. Its reputation is unimpaired by advancing years and increasing rivals ; and for agreeable variety, sound informa tion, and correct taste the present part is in no wise inferior to its predecessors.-Home Thoughts (London : Bent and Co.) i s one o f t h ose pretty little monthly visitors to English firesides which have sprung into existence during the past few years. It abounds in wit and wisdom. The plates are themselves worth the price of the book. 11i 6 Glashan. The April number opens with some "fancies" in prose and verse, suggested by the month of smiles and tears, whose portals we have newly passed. Denis Florence NlTarthy has a warm, Irish heart, and a wealth of wit which moves the reader now into the melting mood of sadness—anon into wild merriment; and surely he was never more at home than while discoursing of April acid its asso _„. ciations. The continuation - Of " Sir Jasper Carew, Lint.," is followed by a learned paper exhibiting the relationship which exists between Coriolanus and the Constable Bourbon, "as remarkable instances of haughtiness of temper and ungovernable pride, leading to perilous and unjustifiable extremes." James Kennedy, Esq., Her Britannic Majesty's Judge in the Mixed Court of Justice at the Havana, is mercilessly mauled for the book of translated Spanish poetry which he issued last year to the English public. The reviewer, unacquainted with any term sufficiently expressive of the fearful rhythmical strangulation to which this terrible judge at the Havana has doomed a number of in offensive Bards, mildly beads Poets C ed !" - New South Wales and Tas mania are the themes treated of by a discerning writer, who dissects the works of Dr. Lang and Mrs. Meredith—the former " verbose, serious, ponderous, and bitter—the latter nervous, gay, lively, and good tempered." The critic denies the assertion of Dr. Lang that Australia was discovered by the Spaniard Don Pedro Fernando de Quiros, and assigns the honour to a series of Dutch commanders, chief among whom was Tasman, the attached lover of Marie Van Dieman. From a sprightly series of reminiscences of travelling we extract two amusing passages : IRISH TRAVELLING : PAST AND PRESENT. The purgatorial passage of Loughrea being cleared, little further interruption occurred until you found your self fairly afloat upon the bosom of the Grand Canal, at Ballinasloe. You were then not far from the close of a winter's day, and seventy weary Irish miles remained still to be traversed. But a Dido alone could make me dwell upon that middle passage, cr renew its unspeakable dolours. " Which of the mermaids"—(as our classical friend, Justin Mooney, once rendered an apposite pas sage in a well-known author)—" Which of the mermaids, or the dolphins, could keep his tirnper wid the tears, bearin g tell of the like ?" Melting in summer, shivering in winter ; at a ll t i mes overpowered b y nausea , and suf focated with f ou l a i r; stunned by disquisitions o f G a l wa y and Roscommon attorney s, about family matters, and about everybody's property, of which everybody rybody knows more than everybody else you arrived, accidents ex cepted, in Dublin, about s ix and twenty hours after your departure from Galway. It is no wonder that the Liverpool shipowners smiled in those America.days at an over land route through Ireland to North Some times at Christmastide the ice would inter fere with your progress, and, after grinding through it for many a dismal hour, the captain would open the cabin-door at dead of night—like the man who drew Priam's curtains, much about the same time of day—and demand, " What's to be done next ?" The question was commonly pro posed somewhere about the centre of the great B og o f Allen, where the only answer a sensible passenger would like to be in a condition to make, would be, " Go on, to be sure," and th at was impossible. The most prosperous course lasted, as we have seen, six and twenty hours, and the cost, with th e strictest e conomy ' which propriety allowed, could not be screwed down under a sovereign. A second class passenger is now conveyed the same dis tance, in a comfortable carriage, covered and coals:wed, How TO GET THE GIRLS MARRIED.—A thriving trader in Winconsin, claiming the paternity of eleven daughters, greatly to the astonishment of his neighbours, succeeded in marrying them all off in six months. A neighbour of his, who had likewise several single daughters, called upon him to obtain the secret of his husband.obtaining success, when the latter informed him he had made it a rule, after a young man had paid his attention to one of the girls for a fortnight, to call upon him with a revolver and request him to choose between death and matrimony. "You can imagine," continued he, " which 9f the two they preferred."—American paper. CORRESPONDENCE. Letters addressed to the Editor should be accompanied by the real name and address of the writer, not for publication, but as a guarantee of good faith ; this is indispensably requisite in any statement of facts. The Editor wishes it to be understood that lie does not hold himself responsible for the opinions or statements of his correspondents. THE LIVERPOOL STANDARD, TUESDAY, APRIL 19, 1853. ROMAN CATHOLICISM AND LOYALTY. other mem with even-handed justice and even liberality to an opponent. As the most influential champion of your own Church, I have repeatedly observed the fairness of your opposition to mine, and the same remark will, I think, apply to members of the English 'Church generally es distinguished from Protestant Dissenters. 'While the former prove an open and honour able foe, the latter display all the virulence of petty spite; and it is this fact which may perhaps account for the high position of the Standard, which is, I believe, the only Liverpool paper conducted by a member of the Church of England, or, at least, who is so in -- so in practice as well as in precept. It sometimes happens that a good cause is injured by injudicious advocacy, and that when men are expected to be grateful, they have more reason to exclaim, "Save me from my friends." This is especially the case with the members of the Church of Rome, and we who are moderate men and loyal subjects have to endure the odium caused by the inflammatory harangues of political partisans and violent agitators, such as were delivered at the recent Roman Catholic soiree in the Concert-hall in this town. Dr. Cahill and others whom I could mention may profess the same faith, but they meet with no sympathy from myself and thousands more in England, who adhere to the creed in which we were brought up, but are at the same time devoted subjects of Queen Victoria. When Car dinal Wiseman was sent to establish an ecclesiastical hier archy in England, 1 viewed the movement with alarm for the consequences, as well as disapprobation of the measure, upon it as a step to enslave the souls of those whos allegiance to Rome was purely of a spiritual character. But the spirit of Protestantism took alarm for the permanence of its ascendancy, and, in its zeal for resistance, condemned all who professed the Romish faith as parties to the aggression. That this was unjust, might be seen in the open expressions of disapproval by his Grace the Duke of Norfolk, and other lead ing men both in and out of Parliament; and I address this letter to you now, in order to remonstrate against the too Common prejudice which would implicate all members of the Church of Rome in the intemperate and ill-judged zeal of some men of extreme opinions, who have of late made themselves notorious by the extravagance of their ultra-montane opinions. In adhering to the Romish religion, I do but follow the faith of my fathers; and while I claim that liberty of conscience which I am willing to concede, I am inclined to doubt the sincerity of any man who will too readily surrender the opinions in which he was brought up, from mere appeals to his reasoning faculties. My object, however, is simply to justify myself and the many who agree with me, and I rely upon your high character for justice and fairness to give insertion to my letter.—l am, Sir, your obedient servant, Liverpool, April 9, 1853. A ROMAN CATHOLIC. P.S.—I enclose, in confidence, my card. [This letter was crowded out last week by a press of matter.] :Our correspondent does us no more than justice; as our hos tility has always been not to individuals, but to the Romish Church. We believe that very many of its members are of high and honourable character, but its teaching is erroneous, and its tenets dangerous; and, on principle, we abate none of our hostility, notwithstanding our respect for individuals. It is an interesting fact, that the generality of Romanist servants prefer service with Protestant masters to those of their own creed.—En.] EASTHAM CHURCH To the EDITOR of the LIVERPOOL STANDARD, SIR,-1 am sure the parishioners of Eastham ought to be very much obliged to you, for inserting in your valuable paper the recent letters, calling their attention, and that of the clerical authorities connected with the parish, to the disgrace ful state of their Parish Church. Being on a visit to Eastham on Sunday last, I attended church, and found that a charity sermon was to be preached by a reverend gentleman I have long known, and frequently with much pleasure heard,—the Rev. Mr. Ingham, of Rainhill, who lelivered, in his usual impressive style, a most excellent The amount of the collection, I am afraid, would be Small, from the meagre congregation that had assembled, and which, no doubt, would be a matter of surprise and regret to Mr. Ingham, who was a stranger to the church. However, when I brought to my recollection the remarks of your cor respondent—" A Regular Churchman"—as to the present dilapidated state of the church, its interior comforts, and free ventilation, I must say I was not so much surprised at seeing so bad a congregation ; for a more wretched and chilly appear ance, for the inside of a church, can not be found, and so unbearably cold, with the walls covered with wet, mould, ;ermon damp, dirt and dust, and a roof you could see through: II: the curiosity to look for the three capital stoves, as mentioned in the " Regular Churchman's" letter; I found them out by their iron chimney pipes, not from their warmth, I assure you; for I learnt on inquiry that they had never been lighted at all, although one of the keenest of cold mornings, with a cutting wind from the north, and no sun. Surely, the wealthymen of Eastham Parish—if they do object to furnish means to put on a new roof—are not so parsimonious as to refuse coal for the fires. I am sure if I was either the Minister or Churchwarden, I would see a little to the comforts of the congregation and parishioners, and have every thing made as warm and as com fortable as the circumstances of the case would admit, or how can it be expected that people will attend a church, to be almost starved to death. lam told the Vicar is non-resident, and that the Curate and Churchwardens say, Vol° non Voleo." As to the Parish disputes about rates. I was told two or three versions about that; but as talk is cheap, and having per sonally no interest in that affair, I know nothing of the cause, why the Church should be in so miserable a state of dis comfort, or why the stoves are not lighted ;—all I can say is, in my own Church neither one or the other would be tolerated for one moment.—Yours, obliged, ARGUS. April 15, 1353. A CATHEDRAL FOR LIVERPOOL. To the EDITOR of the LIVERPOOL STANDARD noticed in the columns of your paper of last Tuesday a paras;rarh relative to the erection, or rather, I should say, to the non-erection, of a Cathedral in the town of Liverpool. I was not a little astonished that the Select Vestry of so great a town had put their veto on a proposal, the accomplishment of which would alike add honour to the people and ornament to the place. And it is not to present advantage alone that We ought to look ages yet unborn may have occasion to be grate. ful to the noble mind that projected a scheme so grand—to the noble hearts that concurred to carry it out. Doubtless many obstacles intervene; but where were the glory, did they not? It may be that the site proposed was not sufficiently suitable. Why, then, not seek for another? It is a well-known fact that " where there is a will there is a way," and I feel sure the day is not far distant, when the will is to discover the way. There are many who may allege that such an edifice is not required, and would be great expense. Is not required Such, surely, can have no knowledge of the town. Great expense ! Let such men hide in their own bosoms their feelings about paltry pelf. _ _ In conclusion, may I ask how is it that Liverpool can boast a stately temple, so to speak, like St. George's Hall, raised for the service of men, but cannot show more than an ordinary tabernacle reared for the service of the God of men ?—I am, CANTAB. Cambridge, April 15, 1853. Sir, yours, &c TIIE COFFEE-GROWING LAND.--This afternoon we had a glimpse of the town of Mocha, about ten miles distant. It is built on low land, but a range of mountains rises in the background. The famous Mocha coffee does not grow in the vicinity of the town, but is brought from the valleys of the interior. Hodeida, further up the coast, is another port for its exportation, but the foreign trade of both these places has been almost entirely destroyed by the rise of Aden. The coffee is taken down to the latter port in the native coasters, or by caravans from the interior, and there shipped for Europe "and other parts of the world. Much of the so-called Mocha coffee, lam told, is actually grown in Abyssinia.—Bayard Taylor. A GERMAN'S EXPERIENCE OF AMERICA.—We ex tract the following from a German periodical It was the omnipotence of St. Custom that was presented to view. A slavish submission to this authority was also re quired of myself. The slightest deviation from the es tablished order of the house, the least infringement of the prevailing prescriptions, invariably called forth the curt response, That's not the custom in this country' or in this house,'—so that I could not get along at all without giving up my European habits and tastes. For instance, if I was fifteen minutes too late at a meal, St. Custom had so thoroughly emptied the dishes that I was com pelled either to fast or to go to an eating-house, where St. Custom permits:the table to keep open. Every ap pearance of a private inclination in our boarding-houses was resisted by St. Custom, in the person of the inmates, with a commendable tenacity. Every actual divarication was opposed with genuine Anglo-Saxon obstinacy. Still the cry We live in a free country' was always dinning in our ears • but the freedom consisted in being obliged to follow the prescriptions of St. Custom, if we would live among the living. To escape the ukases of the Russian Czars would have been child's play compared with the at tempt to transgress the usages of St. Custom, who, more over, had St. Fashion at his side as a Vice-President, especially in concerns in which the fair sex came into play. There were fashionable and unfashionable hours for visits, promenades, and the like—even the side of the street on which you must walk was rigidly determined—and every part of the dress, even to the tie of the cravat, was preOr dained with an exactness that would have rejoiced the heart of a German master of ceremonies of the last century. Every violation was met with a severe frown on the brow, ' That's not fashionable,' and the sinner who persisted in the offence was denounced with a severity to which a Papal Bull is a trifle. The man or woman who is thus placed under the ban is avoided as a black sheep, and it would be far better in fashionable circles to come under the suspicion of being an infidel, than to have the reputa tion of habitually denying the laws of fasigo. To the EDITOR of the LIVERPOOL STANDARD. —I venture to address you in behalf of myself and ers of a persecuted faith, because I have found that, while you are one of the most powerful and consistent in defence of your own views, you have, unlike your contempo raries, the fairness and the justice to listen to both sides on ail public questions, and do not refuse space in your columns to the temperate appeals of those with whom you do not agree. This is, perhaps, no more than I should have a right to expect; for I have ever found that conscious weak ness is coupled with fear of opposition; whereas, on the con trary, confidence in the strength of a good cause is accompanied 1 IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT. HOUSE OF LORDS.-TUESDAY, APRIL 12, THE CRYSTAL PALACE.—EarI GRANVILLE, in reply to Lord Campbell, stated that the Commissioner of Public Works was about to restore the site of the Crystal Palace to its original condition. VACCINATION.—The house then went into committee on the Compulsory Vaccination Bill, and after some dis cussion between Lords Lyttleton, Shaftesbury, and Ellen borouzh, the bill was ordered to be printed with amend ments, and to be recommitted at some future day. THURSDAY, APRIL 14. CLITHEROE ELECTION.—he Earl of ABERDEEN, in reply to Lord Lyndhurst, stated that he intended to move for the report of the Clitheroe Election Committee. The vaccination bill passed throughcort - n - Zttee: _ FRIDAY, APRIL 15. _ _ , Lord BERNERS moved the second reading of the Poor Removal and Local Assessment Bill ; but at the sugges. tion of Lord Derby, Lord Stanley of Alderley, and other lords, ho agreed to withdraw it. IRISH CONSOLS.—The Marquis of CLANRICARDE pre sented a petition from the guardians of the Poor Law Union of Galway, praying relief from the burden of the consolidated annuities. The report of the vaccination extension bill was received. HOUSE OF COMMONS.—TUESDAY. APRIL 12. The Stockport Improvement Bill was read a third time. Mr. BRAMSTON reported that the Select Committee on the Athlone Election Petition had determined that Wil liam Keogh, Esq., was duly elected. A new writ was ordered in the room of Mr. Keogh, who had accepted the office of Solicitor-General for Ireland. Mr. MILES reported that the Select Committee on the Dartmouth Election Petition had found that Sir Thomas Herbert was duly elected. Mr. Sergeant SHEE gave notice that on the 3d of May he would move for leave to bring in a bill to explain the Ecclesiastical Titles Act, and to declare lawful the as sumption and exercise of their spiritual office and func tions by the archbishops and bishops of the Church of Rome in Great Britain and Ireland. Sir J. YOUNG gave notice that it was the intention of the Government to continue for one year more the Court for the sale of Encumbered Estates in Ireland. Mr. GASKELL moved an address to Her Majesty for a commission to inquire into the state of the borough of Clitheroe. In the course of the discussion, Mr. WALPOLE, the Attorney-General, and Sir F. KELLY said this was not a case in which within the provisions of the act of Parliament it was competent for the House to address the Crown, an opinion in which Lord J. RUSSELL concurred, but on a division the motion was carried by 143 to GO. KILMAINHAM HOSPITAL.—Mr. I. BUTT moved an address to Her Majesty, representing that it was expe dient and right to maintain for Irish soldiers the asylum of Kilmainham Hospital, the abolition of which would be opposed to the feelings of the Irish nation, and injurious to the honour and interests of Her Majesty's service. Mr. S. HERBERT, Lord SEYMOUR, and Mr. Ellice op- posed the motion, but on a division there appeared— For the motion .. Against it.... Majority against Ministers HUDDERSFIELD. - - A new writ was ordered for the borough of Huddersfield, in the room of Mr. W. R. Crompton Stansfield, unseated on petition. DECIMAL COINAGE.-Mr. W. BROWN moved for a select committee to take into consideration and report to this House the practicability and advantages or otherwise, that would arise from adopting a decimal system of coin age. The motion was agreed to, and the committee was ordered to consist of Mr. W. Brown, Mr. Cardwell, Mr. J. Ball, Mr. Tufnell, Mr. Alderman Thompson, Mr. Dunlop, Mr. M. Forster, Lord Stanley, Mr. Moody, Mr. Hamilton, Mr. J. B. Smith. Sir W. Clay, the Marquis of Chandos, Sir W. Jolliffe, and Mr. Kinnaird. THE LICENSING SYSTEM.-Mr. W. BROWN moved fora select committee to examine into the system under which publichouses, hotels, beershops, dancing saloons, coffeehouses, theatres, temperance hotels, and places of public entertainment, by whatever name they may be called, are sanctioned, and are now regulated, with a view of reporting to this House whether any alteration or amendment of the law can be made for the better pre servation of public morals, the protection of the revenue, and for the proper accommodation of the public. The motion was agreed to. WEDNESDAY, APRIL 13. A petition was presented frcm the proprietors of the Preston Guardian, praying for the repeal of the advertise ment duty. POLLING IN SCOTLAND. The house went into committe on the County Elections Polls (Scotland) Bill. On clause 4. which forbids polling on Monday, on the ground that the previous Sunday would be desecrated by preparations and bringing up voters, Mr. H LTME moved, as an amendment, to strike out the exemption ; and on a division the amendment was carried by 73 to 62. EXCLUSION OF JUDGES.—Lord HOTHAM moved the second reading of the Judges Extension Bill, the object of which was to disqualify the Master of the Rolls from a seat in the House of Commons.-- Lord PALMERSTON and Lord JOHN RI'SSELL spoke, at some length, against the bill, but prudently refused to divide, and the bill was read a second time. COUNTY RATES.—The committee was resumed on the County Rates Expenditure Bill ; but very little progress was made, and the committee again adjourned. THURSDAY, APRIL 14. - - Mr. CHARLES TURNER presentedpresented y a petition from the proprietor of the Liverpool Standard praying for a repeal of the advertisement duty, and also a petition from the letter-press printers of Liverpool to the same effect. Mr. CHARLES TURNER presented a petition from the minister, churchwardens, and congregation of St. Mary's, Bootle, in the county of Lancaster, praying the house to reject the bill for the admission of persons not Christians to Parliament. Mr. SPOONER gave notice that in the Committee on Miscellaneous Estimates he should move to omit from the estimates the proposed vote for Maynooth College. DUTIES ON ADVERTISEMENTS, &c. Mr. GIBSON moved the following resolutions :—" 1. That the advertisement duty ought to be repealed. 2. That the policy of restraining the cheap periodical press from narrating current events, by rendering it liable to stamp duties and other restrictions, ' if any public news, intelligence, or occurrences, or any remarks or observa tions thereon,' be contained therein, is inexpedient, and at variance with the desire now generally expressed in favour of the diffusion of knowledge among all classes; and it appears also to this House that the law relative to taxes on newspapers, and other regulations affecting public prints, is in an unsatisfactory state, and demands the attention of Parliament.. 3. That the Excise duty on paper, while impeding the development of an important manufacture, also materially obstructs the production of good cheap literature ; and the maintenance of this tax, as a permanent source of revenue, would be impolitic and inconsistent with the efforts which Parliament is now making to promote education among the great body of the people." The resolutions he supported in a long speech. —The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER said he believed that the law relating to taxes on newspapers was in an un satisfactory state, and it was the intention of the Govern ment shortly to bring in a bill to clear up the state of that law. It would be a breach of duty on his part to en courage or advise the House to pass these resolutions. He had already protested against the w - actice of condemning taxes which the House was not prepared to repeal, there by creating expectations not to be fulfilled, and the House should not condemn taxes unless prepared to dispense with them or find substitutes. He should, therefore, move the previous question. With respect to the paper duty, he sluuld be glad to dispense with it. The advertisement duty he likewise acknowledged was a very onerous charge. But he warned the House of the mischievous precedent it would set by condemning taxes on isolated grounds, with out regard to the expenditure of the country.—Lord JOHN RUSSELL also opposed the motion, which was supported by Mr. DISRAELI, Sir J. PAKINGTON, and others. Upon a division there appeared— For the repeal of the Advertisement Duty.. 202 Against it _ _ Majority against Ministers, The resolution for the repeal of the Stamp Duty on Newspapers was negatived by 282 to 100, and that for repealing the Paper Duty was negatived by 277 to 82. FRIDAY, APRIL 15. Mr. TOLLEMACHE presented a petition from Birken head for the repeal of the Attorneys' Certificate duty. LEICESTER ELECTION.-Mr. DIVETT brought up the report of the Leicester Election Committee, which de clared Sir J. Walmsley and Mr. Gardner duly elected. The Mayo and Barnstaple Election Committees were sworn. SLATION.-. Mr. CARDWELL moved )t resolutions, making provisions of considerable mportance respecting railway and canal bills, which, after some discussion, were agreed to. SEIZURE OF ANIMUNITION.—In answer to a question, Lord PALMERSTON said that, information having been received that, in a house near Rotherhithc, not occupied by M. Kossuth, there was a quantities of warlike stores, and especially gunpowder, the house was entered by the police, who found 70 cases ready for transmission, con. taming ball-rockets for war purposes, a considerable number of rockets in various stages of preparation, iron cases, unloaded shells, composition for filling the rockets, and 500 lbs. of gunpowder, all which articles were seized by the police. It remained to be ascertained to whom the premises and ammunition belonged. THE JEW BILL On the order for the third reading of the Jewish Dis abilities Bill, Mr. C. BRUCE moved to defer it for six months, summing up his objections to the bill in this sentence :—" That the bill went to unchristianise the le gislature, since it involved a principle of reckless infidelity." Mr. WHITESIDE maintained that in every part of the system of the constitution and law of England Christianity was to be found, and that the oath which excluded Jews was the exposition of a deep and settled principle of our law, which was founded upon Christianity. Sergeant MURPHY said his own interpretation agreed with that of Lord J. Russell, namely, that while Chris. tianity was so engrafted upon our system of law that it was not to be reviled, scoffed at, or blasphemed, the law did not forbid the conscientious exercise of a religion opposed to Christianity. In the subsequent discussion, the Bill was supported by the SOLICITOR-GENERAL, Mr. BRIGHT, and Lord J. RUSSELL, and opposed by Mr. GOULBURN, Mr. R. MooRE, and Sir Roar. PEEL. The latter denounced, in very strong terms, the course which he imputed to certain members of the Government upon religious questions, and proceeded to argue against the measure, which, he said, so long as he bad the bower of speech, he should not hesitate to stigmatise as derogatory to our institutions and inimical to the national sentiment.--Lord J. RUS SELL attempted to answer the objection, that this mea sure would unchristianise parliament, by repeating that, if this was a Christian country, though having Jews in it, parliament would be a Christian parliament, notwith standing the admission of a few Jews.—Upon a division, the motion was carried by 290 to 232. LORD HARDINGE has made a new rule that he will not appoint any candidate to a commission unless he has been a twelvemonth on the list, however powerful may be the ihtereet used la his behalf. OPENING OF ST. AUGUSTINE'S NEW SCHOOLS, YESTERDAY. opportunity of welcoming him under a brighter sky , (Applause.) The LORD Bsspor , of the DIOCESE said, as their minister had asked him to say a few words on the occasion, he *could not refuse to comply with that request of his. And in one respect he had very great pleasure in complying with it ; for not only did it give him the opportunity of assuring them how very truly and highly gratified he was at their kindness, but also because he might rejoice with them in the completion of the great and important work of build ing their new schools. At the very first commencement of that work, he had the honour of being invited to lay the foundation stone of the structure ; and he assured them that he felt at the time that it was an honour which might much more appropriately have been assigned to some gentleman of the committee. However, he had looked upon it as a mark of respect, not so much intended for him personally as a mark of respect paid on account of his office. On that ground alone he accepted it readily, and he wished also to say most gratefully. Their minister had reminded them of the inauspicious circutnt stances which attended the laying of the foundation stone. It certainly was a most pitiless day, and no doubt pre vented the attendance of many who were friends and well-wishers. But, for himself, he desired to say that he should ever look back on that occasion with pleasure —(cheers)—and especially to the very kind reception which was given to him afterwards in the house of a friend, whom he saw present at. that table. (Applause.) On the previous day, at the request of their minister, he had preached in the church, in aid of the funds for the new school. He hoped he might he permitted to express his own deep sense of the great liberality of the congregation, and of the very handsome manner in which they had supported the erection of these schools. He need not say that it was a source of great pleasure to see an assembly in that beautiful room—so beautifully decorated for the occasion—the future sphere of peat usefulness—to see it filed with so many kind friends of this undertaking. who were met to testify their goodwill to the schools, and their goodwill to the minister of that church. he might truly add. (Hear, hear.) He rejoiced in it at respects the schools, because he did not think there was any more effectual way which the gentlemen of Liverpool could take to improve and elevate the lower classes in their populous town, with their ample means, than to provide a correct education for the children of the poor. (Applause.) He knew very well it was not the part of the Christian minister to court popularity, or to lay him self out for the praise of men ; but nevertheless it was a most gratifying thing for the minister—it was most highly gratifying—when the congregation made him feel sensibly that he enjoyed their confidence and respect, as they did on that occasion by their attendance there to.dav and by their liberality in the accomplishing of these schools, • and he was sure they could not have given their minister any more gratifying proof of their attachment. (Ap plause.) It was not only a testimony of their affection, but he might also say that it was a certificate of his own usefulness in the district, and a proof that all his labours had not been in vain. (Hear, hear.) He, therefore, re joiced at seeing this fine expression of their approval, on an occasion which was connected with what lay so near his heart, as he knew those schools to be. He could only say that he was very sensible of their great kindness both now and on the former occasion ; and it would always be to him a most pleasing reminiscence. He should always cherish with gratitude and respect the recollection of the readiness and liberality with which, on every occasion of a moral, religious, or philanthropic scheme being submitted to their notice, they responded to the call. (Applause.) He should, ever feel personally towards the gentlemen of Liverpool the greatest gratitude for their kindness. (Applause.) He could only say, in conclusion, that, as their minister had truly said, they must ascribe all the success to God. He hoped that God's blessing, which had enabled them to complete the build ing, might rest upon the children who, in generations yet to come, should be trained up within those walls in the fear of the Lord. (Applause.) The REV. JOHN JoNas, the respected father of the in cumbent of St. Augustine's Church, raid—lf he telt, as he did on that occasion, a measure of reluctance in rising to address them, it could not be attributed to the want of a feeling of the deepest interest in the object which had assembled them together. He thought no one could fail to feel some sympathy on such an occasion—least of all, the person who was then addressing them, connected as he was with their beloved pastor, and connected as he had been in former days with his honoured predecessor. Well did he remember the days of their former pastor, the late Dr. Tattershal'. They must not now forget those who, in times past, fought the good fight, ac complished the task, and were taken away in the me ridian of life. Honour be to their memory, and to his (Loud cheers). His youthful successor had been trying to tread in his footsteps—endeavouring to ripen in wisdom and usefulness day by day. (Hear, hear.) Re ferring to the storm which occurred at the laying of the foundation-stone, Mr. Jones observed that there were alternations in the spiritual world, and in nature. They had the storm and the sunshine—they had winter and spring ; and he trusted it was now spring in spiritual as well as in temporal matters—that the time of maturity would arrive when these schools would become the happy means of great usefulness in that large and increasing community. When he looked at that edifice, he admired not only the taste and talent of the architect, but also the munificence of the contributors who erected it. He m ust say that his heart failed him when his son first told hires of the new schools which it was proposed to erect. He descried difficulties not easily to be overcome; but all his fears had been dissip a ted. (Appl ause .) H e then alluded' to the difficult work of those who had employed much of their time in soliciting subscriptions, a work which in his opinion called for an exercise of far more self-denial than the mere subscribing of a certain sum. He especially complimented the ladies, for the success with which they befriended all pious and charitable schemes. There iv!! sufficient money in this coun t r y f or a ll purposes of t he_ kind ; but gold was a very heavy article, and lay a t the bottom of the purse, not to be easily extracted. iiie believed the ladies were the best extractors, and he hoped they would go on perseveringly in the good work (Laughter and applause.) He concluded by expressing the hope that the Lord would abundantly shower down blessings upon all who might in coming ages assemble in that building. The CHAIRMAN having stated that two of the trustees of the school-room were present, and that they would address the meeting, Mr. Come felt grateful that he had been spared to that date, as he had been present at the laying of the founda tion stone, and took a warm interest in the progress 0 1 the school. As appropriate to the occasion, he related how, in his own case, an early education had been singe.' larly blessed, in bringing him to a recognition of Christian duties, after the lapse of nine years spent in a distant colony, during the whole of which period lie had never' taken part in the worship of God. The CHAIRMAN said the objects for which they were assembled together that day were manifold. In the first place, they had a desire to excite a greater degree of in terest in the schools throughout the congregation. He expressed a hope that they might receive additional Sun day school teachers. It was contemplated to have divine worship in the school-rooms, as well as the ordinary classes during the day. He took occasion to thank those kind friends who had laboured for the realisation of the scheme, and who were removed from among them—re ferring in eulogistic terms, to Mr. Thomas B. Horsfall, who was one of the trustees, and his brother, Mr. Win. Horsfall, who had shared with him (Mr. Jones) the duties of treasurer, and also to Mr. Edmund Moleneux, one of the trustees. In the early part of the year 1851 it was resolved by the members of St. Augustine's congregation in this town that new schools should be erected within the district assigned to that church. At a meeting held in the old National School-room, Upper Beau-street, on the 17th of March, 1851, the Rev. J. Herbert Jones, the incumbent of the parish, in the chair, it was resolved " that, in conse quence of the inconvenient site and insufficient accommo dation of the schools at present attached to St. augustine's Church, the erection of new rooms, of larger dimensions and within the district assigned to the Church, is desira ble; and that the following gentlemen be appointed a committee for raising the necessary funds and superin tending the building, with power to add to their number : —Edmund Molyneux, Esq. ; James Mellor, Esq. ; Thos. Mellor, Esq. ; Robert Aked, Esq. ; James Roper, Esq. ; George B. Denton, Esq. ; John Whitley, Esq. ; Edward D. Maddock, Esq. ; Henry Wilson, Esq. ; Wm. Nichol son, Esq. ; James Johnson, Esq. ; Isaac Hadwen, Esq. ; Edward Whitley, Esq. ; George Walley, Esq. ; John Fowler, Esq. ; Alfred Stone, Esq., and the Rev. J. Herbert Jones and William J. Horsfall, Esq., treasurers. The committee thus appointed, were much encouraged by a very liberal offer, made by Thomas Shaw, Esq., of a piece of land in the immediate neighbourhood of the church, as a site for the new schools ; and some objections having afterwards arisen to the application of it to that purpose, they were kindly allowed by Mr. Shaw to dis pose of it, and apply the proceeds to the purchase of a more eligible site that was offered for sale in Salisbury street. An application was then made to the Committee of Council on Education for a grant in accordance with their rules, and after a lengthened correspondence which ensued, and which delayed any further proceedings during the remainder of that year, their consent was obtained to the plans which had been proposed, modified by the omission of the intended master's residence and some other less important alterations. The congregation meanwhile responded with much liberality to the appeal which had been made, and a large amount of subscriptions was received. On Tuesday, the 23rd March, 1852, a meeting of the members of the congregation was held, at which a report of the proceedings of the Building Com mittee was read, together with a financial statement, from which it appeared that the plans were then ready, and the committee prepared to commence building as soon as the necessary contracts could be entered into, but that a deficiency of about £5BO of the estimated expense still remained ; the estimated cost being—for the site pur chased £540, and for the building, &c., £2,74o—total, £3,280. Under the auspices of the respected incum bent, Mr. Jones, aided by several zealous friends in the congregation, subscriptions were quickly poured into the treasury, and ultimately the means at the disposal of the committee—including subscriptions paid and - mised, government grant, sale of Mr. Shaw's land the old schools—justified them in setting about of raising the structure. The laying of the foundation stone—a ceremony performed by the Lord Bishop of Chester—took place eleven months ago. The building is now complete ; and, before describing the ceremonies of its opening, we may appropriately give a description of the structure, which is. in an architectural as well as a moral point of view, the chief ornament of Salisbury street, and that thickly-peopled neighbourhood. These national schools are built upon a site an the west side of Salisbury-street, and occupy an area of 20 yards in front and 37 yards deep, which was purchased at a cost of £550. They replace the schools originally built in con nexion with St. Augustine's Church in 1834, which are situated in Upper Beau-street. The latter have been sold, and will, we believe, be rented from the purchaser for occupation in connexion with St. Peter's Church, Sack ville-street, Everton. The new building consists of a principal or main portion, lying on the northern part of the site, and two wings ; the main building containing the schools—the infants' on the ground floor, the boys' on the first, and the girls' on the second floor, each about 65 feet by 23 feet ; the land falling from east to west, the infant school is par tially sunk on the Salisbury -street side, and the ascent to the other two schools is proportionably diminished. The infant school is 15 feet high, the boys' 16 feet, and the girls' 11 feet to the wall plate, and 30 feet to the ridge. Of the wings, which project southwardly from the schools, the one front contains the approaches and cloak rooms, and the back or western wing the class rooms and a com mittee room, the intermediate space, which is bounded southwardly by other buildings, forming the girls' yard, those for the boys and infants lying westward of the schools and class-room wing, next Back Salisbury -street. The infants' and boys' class rooms are each 242 feet by 23 feet, and the committee room the same, occupying a mez zanine between the boys' and the girls' class rooms, the last named being 24} feet by 271 feet. The general object has been to occupy the whole space at command to the best advantage, and to obtain accom modation, without overcrowding, for about 900 or 1000 children. Substantial rather than ornamental, character has been aimed at, and whatever of architectural style exists has been obtained by the most simple means. The general character of the building is that of the pointed style, prevalent about the year 1300, exemplified in a form such as exhibited in these schools by some of the plainer conventual buildings of that period. The front to Salisbury-street is the principal one, and displays a lofty gable; flanked by bold buttresses, and pierced by the eastern windows of the schools, those of the infant school being six lights, in pairs, those of the boys' five (a triplet in the centre and a single light at each side), and thegirls'an arrangement of five lights combined, rising into the gable ; the approach to the boys' school is by an exter nal stair, and above it rises a turret, oblong on plain sur mounted by an acute leaded roof, crested with cruciform or naments in gilt metal. The girls' staircase, on the southern extremity of the front, is roofed with a smaller gable to wards the street, and pierced by a segmental pointed arch below, and a transomed couplet window lighting the stair above, and the portion intermediate between this slightly projected gable and the turret just described is occupied below by the entrance to the infants' descending stairs and windows of the cloak rooms above it. The two prin cipal gables, front and back, are surmounted by carved stone crosses, and relief is given by the use of ornamental wrought-iron hinges, (forged by Mr. Crompton, of Brid port-street) to the three entrance doors. Inscriptions in old English character indicate the purpose of the build ing and its divisions. The west end of the schools has lights similar to the east, and large side lights are also obtained in each over the girls' yard, between the two wings. The materials of the front are Upholland wall stone and white Runcorn stone dressings, the remainder of the building being built of brick, with red stone dressings ; all the bearing timber is of Baltic growth. The work was contracted for by Mr. James Burroughs, for the sum of £2,800, and associated with him, as sub contractors, are Mr. William Wells, mason ; Messrs J. and R. Duckworth, bricklayers; Mr. Alderman Bennett, ironfounder ; Mr. Thomas Jones, plasterer ; and Mr. Jas. Crellin, plumber, &c., The architect is Mr. H. P. Horner, from whose designs the whole of the details hare been carried out, and who expresses the fullest satisfac tion with the manner in which the contractors have ac complished their task. The first stone was laid on the 18th of May, 1852, by the Lord Bishop of Chester. The opening of the new schools has been accomplished with celebrations of a most pleasing descriptive far, under the most auspicious circumstances. _ the Lord Bishop of the diocese preached in the church to a large and attentive congregation, one of the most gra tifyine features of which was the numerous body of nicety dressed and orderly children, who, either at the Sunday or day schools, or both, are at present receiving instruc tion. The collection on the occasion amounted to the handsome sum of £66. Yesterday morning, at half-past nine o'clock, the forma' opening of the schools was celebrated by a public break fast, which took place in the girls' school-room—s exceedingly beautiful apartment, which was decorated with flags, evergreens, and flowers. I 250 persons breakfasted on the occasion—inclua. course, a large proportion of ladies, who gave to gathering an aspect pleasingly animated and interesting. The Lord Bishop having asked a blessing, ample justice was done to the good things, which were plentifully as well as elegantly served by Mr. Lawton, of the Bee hotel. During the breakfast, the juvenile band of the Industrial School played various animated airs—the youthful inns' clans being stationed in .the street, to the delectation the entire neighbourhood, which poured out crop s of onlookers. The chair was afterwards taken by t . ten. J. Herbert Jones, the Incumbent of St. 3 lef D Ch r s . s i r l ch o tin , a e t , jtlaie,a,,s,aremnecet,a J. e m :s: n th au w zi l t oi , n G. w m e , r . .we,arr, John :61r c l n,,eut v wa : Bishop of the Diocese, the Rev. Dr. M'Neile ; R everen d s feces mith ri ich he (A tie much affected Burin' his referent Jones, (father of the Incumbent of St, Augustine's and late e3teetted incumbent of St. Auou'stine's Chun - Rural Dean,; J. Steivait, W. 11. Wright, C. H. B ur t on, The CHAIRMAN then called upon Mr. John NI W. Rawson, AI. Calder, of Ffth.fi,l(l, and W. T. Newer_ solietor, a gentleman who night now almost b ham, Curate of St. Augustine's Church ; Edmund Moly- the father of the schools. nous, Esq., Adam Hodgson, Esq., T. D. Anderson, Esq., Mr. WHITLEY, in a brief specie_, W. Cook, Esq., T. Carne, Esq., H. P. Horner, Esq , the in erecting the late schools. He was 111 architect of the building, &c. ing the schools for an hour on several The CHAIRMAN, in opening the proceedings, said that each week :• he did this after breakfast, and fount. , their assemblage on that oc ca si on was one w hi c h ca ll e d at b us i ness as ear l y as hi s ne i g hb ours . He though, accomplishmentfor much thankfulness.ofa work Twhheyichw ere d emetn to a don, for two years ; and, in its completion an d o p en i ng , ma d e t o wor k i m p or t a nt results in the school, b o th b y in hege d ce t l h e o b i r r a a te ttea the . m wo a u n l y d o fi t n t d ho i s t e wprzssennott, difficultitney only made do, while it could bede the pointed out the necessity of gratitude to God for past citing the teacher and the scholar to increased zeal and success and prayers to the Divine Author of all things for usefulness. He also counselled th e l a di es to talc part in His blessing to rest and remain upon what had been so these morning calls at the schools, as they might confer auspiciously begun. Subjects for thankfulness abounded much berrefit upon th e f ema l e departments. -. Were the thickly around them ; not the least important of them ladies and gentlemen to adopt this course, the services was, the circumstance that so many of them had been Mr. Roper might in a great measure be dispensed spared to see the accomplishment of the work. It was because, if they attended the schools regularly, '' not a matter of course that it should be so ; for many inevitably feel an interest in them which would r, began a work who were not permitted to finish it. And, solicitations for subscriptions quite unnecessary.-- k indeed, one of the largest contributors—one whose name plause.) stands at the head of the list (the late Henry Copeland, The CHAIRMAN mentioned a gratifying circumstance , Esq.)—had not been allowed to witness the completion of proving that the rich and the poor were alike interested a design in the successful issue of which he fell much in- in the schools; for, while they had had £lOO dons terested. He expressed his con v i c ti on that the work had lions, there had likewise been numerous penny and two brought good both upon him, as their pastor, and upon penny contr ib utions. (Applause.) The warm suppor t the congregation. In trying to bring the children and l given by the poorest in that neighbourhood was indeed the neighbourhood aro u n d the m to feel an interest in th e one of the most excellent anda,gratifying features in this' institution, he believed that, as a congregation, they had good work. For these eople a tea-party had been derived great benefit, while he himself had been brought arranged for the followings vening, at which their worthy into intercourse with many more kind friends of whom friend, the Rev. Dr. M'Neile, had kindly promised to he had previously known little. He acknowledged j attend. gratefully the services which had been rendered to , The Rev. Dr. M'Neien said only one tem the school by Mr. Roper, who had kindly toiled w i t h I h a d fallen from any o f t h e i r f r i ends that morning him, and that with the most untiring good spirits 1 with which he felt at that moment no sympathy at amid all the difficulties and:discpragements which neces- I all, and that remark was from his respected friend; eerily attended a work of charity. Not that he referred the father of their pastor. Rreluctance to address them 1 to the discouragements in a tone of disappointment, for He felt no feeling of reluctance at all. Associated discouragements had been very few. H e h a d f oun d a w i t h Mr. Jones f or many years, during which he wa s spirit of liberality and kindness and love th roug h ou t t h e pr i v il ege d to l a b our i n th e t own o f Li verpool, and, know; ; congregation, of the existence of which he was previously ing his son from the time when he was a boy, it bad unaware. He acknowledged the very handsome gift of "a given him very great satisfaction to accept the invitation fine chamber organ, which just a wee k ago h a d b een to j o i n t h em on t h a t occas i on, and to be present on the kindly and unexpectedly presented t o th em b y M r. ' f o ll ow i ng even i ng . It was not a l ways convenient for n 1,13 William Thomas, whose presence they had the honour j to accept invitations ; but he did not think that their Conn of having that day. (Applause.) Not the least cause of venience should be the measure of their duty. (Applause.) thankfulness that day was to be found in the presence of He then proceeded briefly to illustrate one branch of 01 the Lord Bishop. (Great a p p l ause. ) H e was sure h e su bj ect , w hi c h t h ey m i g h t appropriately consider that expressed only their feeling as a congregation towards his morning. It was that, having completed the building; lordship, when be expressed his thanks for his lordship's and- prepared it for the reception of the children, th e , r , kindly and cordial interest in that work. He had come was now an urgent necessity for special prayer L., thither on two occasions—devoting to them a considerable God, that lie might complete the work which i l r 6 i portion of time on each occasion, and on the first, as was proposed to prosecute in that school. . 1 .11 they well remembered, exposing himself to the pitiless connexion with the schools of Liverpool, and as r ' e. storm which prevailed on the day on which the founds- encouragement to the friends of education,. 11 e owe tion-stone was laid. They were grateful that his lordship lated an incident which had recently come to his k . as,-'_ d, had come among them, although at considerable personal ledge. He had been shown a letter from a poor irisp iv il c , inconvenience, once more, and that they bad now the who had been educated in a school in Liverpool, and 13 and of the work , and. so On Sunday Mr. 11oLyscux said, their esteemed chairmat alluded to him, he could not deny himself the p 1 saying a few words. He had been many years ago con nected with that school as a trustee ; and during the time he resided in that neighbourhood he bad the pleasure of attending the school. At that time they had the kindness and support of their revered and honoured minister, Dr ! Tattershall. The schools were of much use at that time to the lower orders in that district. The children w taught, and those who remained long enough vr. - er, afterwards to enter upon the duties of respectable situa tions, in which they maintained themselves respectably. The merely secular part of the education was good, and the religious education could not be exceeded. The build ing they then occupied was very humble, but its usz,fulness was very great notwithstanding. He hoped '-'- institution might receive the continued supoo congregation, and he had no doubt whatever few 1,11..0 • • .easure of stefully re welt . e able 'e than bat the that in a ver odid building would cr for good. He co e Lard ours, and by expressing tip ie had felt in attending to -day, where he sai (led 'their lul s familiar h, stated that t. of visit ings in rider all 'Ap- "CSSIOn ear sva an 11;