The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser. — Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1846-07-21 00:00:00

July 21, 1846. Local anb Vrobintiat A " ra zged school" has been opened at Manchester. The Blackburn Mercury, a radical paper, ceased to exist on Saturday week. His worship the Mayor of Liverpool, David Hodgson, Esq., was, on Wednesday, at the Kirkdale sessions, sworn in as a magistrate for the county. On Friday, a haystack, belonging to Mr. Hallgreaves, at Cabbage-hall, West Derby, took fire, and was de stroyed. The Rev. W. Falloon, of this town, has consented to preach the annual sermons in behalf of the Douglas (Isle of Man) Daily and Sunday Schools, in St. George's Church, on Sunday, the 16th August. SUDDEN DEATH. —On Monday evening, Thomas Rowdson, a porter, was found lying in the straw loft, at the back of the Castle Hotel, in a state of insensibility, and died in about five minutes afterwards. The teetotallers of Liverpool held a meeting in the Music-hall, yesterday evening week, to memorialise Prince Albert to request people not to drink his health on the occasion of his visit! Henri Hertz, the distinguished pianist and celebrated composer, intends visiting America in the autumn. He will start on the 25th of September from Liverpool, and will make a tour of the United States. On the 9th instant, a woman, named Holland, living at Halton, near Runcorn, was run over by a train on the St. Helen's and Runcorn Gap Railway, and killed. The guard stopped the train, but not in time to save the poor woman's life. In consequence of the visit of Prince Albert, the Stock Exchange will be closed from Wednesday evening, the 29th instant, till Monday morning, the 3d of August; and the settling day for the end of the month is fixed for Monday, 3d August. The Liverpool Shipwreck and Humane Society have presented Mr. Richard Cowel with a silver medal for saving the life of Eliza Webb, who fell into the King's Dock on the 9th of May, together with £1 each to John Matthews and James Rooney, who assisted. TOXTETH-PARK.— The annual meeting of the rate payers of Toxteth-park, for the election of five commis sioners to supply the places of those retiring by rotation, was held on Friday, when the following gentlemen were unanimously re-elected :—Mr. Alexander Smith. jun., Mr. Joseph Appleby, Mr. Thomas Williams, Mr. Thomas Royden, and Mr. Edwin Hindley. We see that amongst the noblemen and gentlemen who have already accepted invitations to attend the annual soiree of the Athenaeum, Manchester, under the presi dency of Lord Morpeth, M. P. may be enumerated Lord Sandon, M. P. ; the Right Hon. Richard Lalor Shiel, M. P. the Right Hon. T. M. Gibson, M. P. ; Mon tague Gore, Esq. ' M. P. ; John Talbot Clifton, Esq.. ' M.P. • and John Wilson Patten, Esq. M.P. A LITERARY Bunn.—On Wednesday evening last, a finejoung ox took it into his head to call at the ware house of Mr. James Ainsworth, Piccadilly, Manchester, and accordingly ascended a flight of sixteen steps, and knocked at the door of the warehouse with his horns, Mr. Ainsworth opened the door, certainly not expecting so awkward a customer; and the surprise seemed mutual, for the quadruped having sufficiently demonstrated " the march of intellect" upstairs, made a retrograde motion, and descended no wiser than he came. WALLASEY.—On Thursday, the election of seven com missioners to fill the vacancies annually occurring under the Wallasey Improvement Act, took place. At the close of the polling the numbers were—Meadows, 196; Mawdesley, 177 ; Edwards, 136 ; Dean, 114 ; Lester, 112 ; Parry, 109 ; Goldsmith, 107 ; Maddock, 99 ; Hart ley, 88 ; Banner, 83 ; Jones, 71 ; Dare, E 2 ; Barton, 44; Udell, 8 ; Bewley, 8 ; Brice, 5 ; Colbourn, 4 ; Bouch, 3; Gilliott, 3 ; Murray, 2; Marsden, 2; North, 1 ; Bateson, 1.; Grant, 1; Daly, 1. • SUICIDE.—On Monday, an inquest was held at Man chester, upon the body of Hannah Barlow, aged 13 years, who, it is supposed, drowned herself in consequence of having been dismissed from work at a mill. She was dis charged on Thursday, and not again heard of till Satur day, when her body was found in the Peak Forest canal. On the day before her dismissal she expressed her fear that she would not get her work out, and said to a girl that was working with her that if she got discharged she would drown herself, as she durst not return home. It also appeared that on the Thursday she had followed the overseer, and supplicated for her work again. ST. MARK'S Cm:Roth—On Sunday the newly-ap pointed minister of this church, the Rev. Mr. Pollock, late of St. Helens, preached his opening sermon to a large and highly respectable congregation. The anxiety to hear the rev. gentleman, about whose appointment there has been so much contention, was exceedingly great. He se lected for his text the appropriate language of St. Paul to the church at Corinth—" I determined not to know any thing among you save Christ and him crucified," and de livered a most excellent discourse. It may be of suffi cient importance to many of our readers to acquaint them that Mr. Pollock has been appointed by the lord bishop of this tEorese a surrogate for granting marriage licenses, &c. CAUTION TO BUILDERS.—On Saturday, Edward Mor ris, builder, was summoned before Mr. Ru s ht on f or an infraction of the 42d section of the Building Act, which enacts, that, if any person having duly begun any build ing requiring compliance with provisions of the said act, shall suspend the progress of such building for any period exceeding two months, and shall again go on with the same without giving notice in writing thereof to the sur veyor of the district, such person shall be liable to a pen alty of twenty pounds. Mr. Rushton said he should fine him forty shillings and costs, and requested Mr. Johnson, one of the town surveyors, to survey the buildings, which are situated near Hope-place, and, if be found them im properly built, to lay another information against him. STEALING TEA.—On Thursday, at the Police-court, Hugh Edwards, apparently upwards of sixty years of age, was charged with having a quantity of tea in his posses sion, with intent to steal it. The prisoner was employed at Messrs. Littledale's warehouse, Waterloo-road, and, on the morning of Wednesday, was observed with a quan tity of tea in his apron, and on inspecting some of the boxes, one of them was found to have been broken open, and a portion of the tea taken away. In his defence4the prisoner stated that he had swept the tea from off the floor, with an intention of putting it amongst some more sweepings. This was contradicted, as the tea was clean, and no appearance of having been on the floor. The prisoner was committed for trial. NLW DRAMA.—Mr. G. Linnaeus Banks, who for some time past has been rising to considerable popularity as a pcet and author, and who is now about to leave us for a sojourn in America, has, we believe, made arrange ments with Mr. Simpson, of the Theatre-Royal, to have the house for one night, early in August, with a view of bringing out The Swiss Father, a domestic play, and one of several dramatic pieces he has just completed. All who are acquainted with Mr. Banks's talent, or have the pleasure of his personal acquaintance, will agree with us that he is deserving of the most liberal encouragement, and should not be allowed to quit Liverpool without some acknowledgment of the long and pleasing literary services he has rendered society. Two men, named Carrol and Shaw, were charged on Thursday, before Mr. Rushton, with being drunk and assaulting the police whilst in the discharge of their duty. It appeared that the prisoners were in a house in Park lane, on the afternoon of Wednesday, when a row taking place amongst them and other parties, Mr. Johnson called in the police. The officers 233, 632, and 624, were using their utmost endeavours to quell the disturbance, when they were savagely assaulted by the prisoners and others, who bad drawn together an immense mob ; ulti mately Inspector Muir arrived on the spot, and with the aid of the other officers succeeded in capturing the two offenders, and in clearing the streets of the mob. Two witnesses came forward to speak in the prisoners' behalf. Mr. Rushton said that a simple fine was insufficient in such cases.—it appeared to be productive of no good ;he should therefore commit them to take their trials for the offence at the sessions. DESTRUCTIVE FlRE.—About one o'clock on Wednes day morning, whilst constables Campbell and Haggarty were on duty in the vicinity of the Custom-house, they perceived large volumes of smoke issuing forth from a splendid pile of building situate in Coopers'-row, occupied by Mr. M'Eachen, (late Appletons) as a cork-cutting manufactory. They immediately caused an alarm to be communicated to the Fire Police Station. Before, how ever, time was afforded for the arrival of the engines, the -flames had burst from the windows on the second floor, and in an incredibly short period a mighty mass of fire seemed to pervade the entire mass of the building. Mr. Hewitt and Chief-commissianer Brown were quickly at the scene of conflagration, and they directed the efforts of the brigade to the preservation of the adjoining premises, in the occupation of Messrs. Newton, Lyon, and Co., copper and zinc merchants. There being but a moderate breeze from the southwest, the powerful engines brought into exercise checked the progress of the flames, which at one time threatened to envelope the adjoining premises at the corner of South John-street, occupied by Messrs. Dempster, the extensive shipping bakers, situate on the west side of the b urn i ng building. Unfortunately, no water could be obtained from the mains for three-quarters of an hour, the flames meanwhile making rapid progress, and at two o'clock the roof fell in with a report resembling a peal of thunder. The premises and contents were to tally destroyed. EXTENSIVE - FIRE.—On Thursday evening about half past eight, a fire broke out in the warehouse attached to Messrs. W. H. Ogden and Co.'s. iron foundry, Sefton street, a building immediately opposite the police station, and five stories high. The fire was discovered in the fourth story, and so great was the fury of the flames, that in less than half an hour it had obtained a complete mas tery over the building. As is usually the case, a supply of water was not to be had for an hour. At twenty mi nutes to ten the roof fell in, and a quantity of chains fell to the ground almost in a state of fusion. Mr. Hewitt, with a strong body of the fire-police and fire-engines be longing to the establishment, and one from the West of England Office, were on the spot shortly after the fire broke out, but such wasthe fury with w hi ch the fire raged, that it was impossible to subdue it until past ten o'clock, nor was it effectually extinguished befure twelve, when it was found that the work of destruction was con fined to the three top stories, which are completely gutted. At the time the fire broke out, the foreman and nine men were working in different parts of the premises ; and imme diately before the alarm of fire was given, Mr. Barnes, the foreman, passed through every part of the pre mises, when nothing whatever calculated to give rise to suspicion of fire was discernible ; indeed, the alarm was given by persons in the street, who observed a dense body of smoke issuing from the upper part of the premises. The fire having been extinguished before the whole pre ,mises were destroyed is in all probability owing, in addi. tron to the exertions of the police, to the immense -strength of the building, which, with the exception of the timbers, remains precisely as it was before th e fi re , no t a brick apparently having fallen, and the top stones on the chimneys remaining in their original position. The pre mises are the property of Mr. John Addison, Romald kirk, Yorkshire, who is insured in the West of England for .£l2OO. Mr. Ogden's stock is insured in the Phoenix, 41250, and in Royal, £lOOO. DOCK COMMITTEE, THDASDAY.—The Committee of Works reported that contracts had been entered into for the plasterers' and joiners' work at the new offices, Albert Dock.—The Sub-committee of the Marine Department recommended lightning conductors to the lighthouses, as one of them had been struck during the late storm,—con firmed.—The following appointments to the Albert Dock were recommended by the Warehouse Management Com mittee :—William Careful, deposit clerk, at a salary of £lOO per annum ; A. D. Cheshire, daily examiner of ac counts, £lOO per annum; Thomas Burton, examiner of accounts, £80; George Pitt, store-keeper,_ £BO ; Wm, Shakspeare, from the East and West India 'Docks, Lon don, warehouse-keeper, at a salary of £l5O per annum ; W. Carr, of the East and West India Docks, ware housing forethan of the tea department, at a salary of 455. per week. The appointments were confirmed.—The con sideration of the table of rates was deferred.—A letter was received from the Secretary of the British and Foreign Shipping Company (Lloyd's) representing that it was im possible for their surveyor to examine the lower holds of vessels without a light, and as they had always acted under an impression that permission was granted, they wished the use of lights to be continued on the same principle as at the London docks. The Chairman stated that there was a special clause in the new bill on the sub ject, and here the matter dropped. HIGHWAY BOARD, THURSDAY.—From reports which were read, it appeared that the works at Green-lane were progressing slowly, owing to the want of stone. Addi tional stone was, however, to be supplied, and the work carried on with Egreater rapidity. Some discussion took place as to allowing the footwalk in Great Howard-street, opposite nlr. Howard's premises, to be contracted to six feet, but, but it was ultimately decided that the proposed alteration should be agreed to.—The Llw clerk reported that he had made inquiry as to the Ordnance Sutvey Office, in Great George-street, being liable to rates, add was of opinion the premises were not chargeable, but that any rates hitherto paid were not legally returnable. He was requested to inform Captain Hamblin accordingly.— A discussion arose as to Mr. Deane's bill for parliament ary expenses, which amounted to £770; the whole of which, except £73, for attendance, &c., of the Law-clerk at the board, was stated to be for parliamentary expenses, (expended by the Law-clerk out of his own pocket) in opposing the Liverpool Dock Bill, and the Sanitary Bill. It was agreed that the amount be paid forthwith.—Mr. Walthew produced a report he had drawn up, as to the filthy state of Thurlow-street and Myrtle-street, at the north end of the town. There was an area of 1600 yards, having 100 houses and 800 inhabitants, and the privies in almost every place were choked with filth, which, in some places, was level with the footway, impregnating the air with contagion and disease. The evil arose from the people not having proper places to deposit their soil, there being only seventeen privies, five of which are not fit for use, among a whole population of 800 persons ; the peo ple convert the eyes of the sewers into privies, by depo siting the contents of their chamber utensils in them. He wished the attention of the board to be directed to the matter, so that some measures should be adopted for removing the evil. The Chairman said the board could not interfere, but Mr. Walthew observed that his object would be gained, if the matter were made public, as it was probable some steps would then be taken by the pro per parties. DESTRUCTION OF THE APOTHECARIES' HALL.—Bo. eween two and three o'clock on Friday morning, a fire broke out in the warehouse attached to the Apothecaries' Hall, Colquitt- street. The warehouse itself fronts Wood street, Back Colquitt-street running between it and the drug mill belonging to the establishment. Mr. Superin tendent Leverett at the time was returning from the fire in Sefton-street, and, seeing the flames, he hastened to the spot. The night was windy, and it rained at the time. No person was present, but on trying the warehouse door, he, to his great astonishment, found it ajar. The fire, when first seen, was in the upper story, immediately over Back Colquitt-street, but on Mr. Leverett entering, he found the lower story also on fire. Alarm was now quickly given, and the engines were soon on the spot, when a flood of water was poured on the burning mass, but to no profitable purpose. The warehouse was completely gutted in an hour. Fears were entertained for some time for the safety of a back house to the rear of Mr. Daw barn's premises in Bold-street, but a branch having been passed along, all apprehensions were ended. About the same time Mr. Rainford's cabinet shop was on fire, but the excellent engine of the West of England was brought to bear on it and the flames were soon put out. In the meantime, smoke was seen to issue from the roof of the splendid hall itself, and great fears were entertained for the safety of that beautiful edifice. With his usual promptitude, Mr. Hewitt had the hose of several engines conveyed to the upper story, and, although the flames had actually broken out, the roof was saved, but not until after a full hour's exertion. His worship the mayor was present soon after four o'clock. Superintendents Quick, Riding, Leverett, Boyd, Abram, Andrews, &c., exerted themselves aOrniraely. It is impossible to praise too highly at this and the two other fires, the conduct of Lieutenant Maxwell,' the salvage agent of the insurance companies. The finding of the door open by Mr. Super intendent Leverett has led to a variety of conjectures respecting the origin of the fire, some supposi n g th a t thieves had been inside ; but nothing is more uncertain than facts at a fire. The door may have been forced by some one who went to give alarm, and spontaneous com bustion is probable. The loss is estimated at £19,700, and falls on the following offices :—Phoenix £6,000, West of England £4,000, Manchester £4,000, North British £3,700, Royal £2,000. The drag mill was only slightly injured. The damage is confined to the ware house, laboratories, and offices, which are all destroyed, with their contents—a quantity of drugs and chemicals. READINGS IN SHAKSPEARE.—The following grati fying letter from Sir John Herschel', Bart., has been re ceived by Professor Read, of this town :—" I cannot al low you to leave Hawkhurst without expressing the grati fication I and my family have received horn your Shaks perian readings, which, when performed as you have done, constitute not only a most agreeable and rational source of amusement, but of excellent instruction, especially to young persons to whom they offer the intellectual and moral enjoyment of the drama, divested of its artificial excitements. lam very glad that a taste for such a form of literary enjoyment is spreading, as, independent of every other consileration, I am disposed to think that a sufficient attention to an easy, and, at the same time, ef fective elocution, is not paid as a part of education, and that it is high time that a school of classical pronunciation of our language, founded on its etymology, and divested of those vulgarisms which are daily creeping into and es tablishing themselves in it were formed. Wishing you success in your future proceedings of a similar kind, I re main, Sir, your obedient servant, J. F. W. HEILSEHELL. Collingwood,llth Oct., 1845." PRINCE ALBERT'S VISIT—PAPIER MACHEE.—It will be pleasing to many of those readers who visit our town during the coming festivities to hear that there is an evi dent desire manifested by our tradesmen to contribute in every way to their gratification. Mr. Keys will throw open the whole of his establishment in Bold-street for the inspection of the public, and we feel assured that the many articles of taste and vertu displayed will, while they yield no little gratification to those who examine them, shew with what rapid strides the manufacture of papier mach(e has been brought to perfection. There has of late appeared in one of the leading London journals a series of articles, which are more particularly addressed to stran gers and visitors, entitled " Mornings in London!' In one of them appears the following notice of Mr. Belle field's papier maelde works; and as Mr. Keys manufac tures here conjointly with the London establishment, we offer no apology for its insertion, feeling satisfied its pe rusal will be gratifying : " We did not care about seeing the manufacturing pro- We were more curious to see the results of labour —and beautiful results they are! We were surprised to learn that the application of papier mache to the thousand and one purposes for which it is here destined, was an invention of twenty years' standing ! so slow in this vast struggling country is the progress towards popularity of any elegant and useful invention. Papier mache, as made by Mr. Bielefield, i s susce ptibl e o f convers i on to every ornamental purpose for which wood and plaster have hitherto been employed, and with fifty times the effect of either. More plastic than the former, it yields more readily to the hand of the artificer—destitute of brittle properties, it incurs none of the risks to which the latter is continually exposed. Worked into moulds of every conceivable variety of form ; representing flowers, fruits, leaves, scrolls, birds, stars, and all those fanciful devices peculiar to cornices and rich picture frames—papier mach6 admits of a completeness of execution, a strong definition of outline, a tasteful finish, which neither the chisel applied to wood, nor the most skilful fingers to plaster can possibly achieve. And then it is so complying and yet so obdurate—representing at once the principles of elasticity and resistance. Pa pier-mache will receive paint, varnish, gilding —any external coating the fancy may suggest, without absorbing a particle, or weakening their effects, by the slightest amalgamation of its own material. In like manner, it will bear unscatched the assaults of all varieties of wea ther. Neither the hot sun, nor the bleak wind, the pat tering rain, the heavy dew, the biting frost, nor the treach erous snow, can i n fli c t th e slightest harm even upon its smooth surface. To the expanding influences of heat, and the contracting powers of intense damp, it is equally insensibl e . Judge, then, reader, of its vast susceptibility of conversion to purposes of permanent decorations, ex ternal or internal. Happily for the enterprising inventor happily for our own character for veracity the above enumeration of the qualities of the rare article is borne out in hund re d s of instances. Numerous are the edifices which boast Papier mache architectural deco rations,—to wit, the House of Lords, the Pantheon, the Grocers' Hall, the Conservative Club,—of the splendid appearance of which latter building we lately spoke—and many others, while the private residences adorned by papier mache are numerous. They should be innumerable. This, however, is not all—nor a titheof theuses to which the commodity is applicable—picture frames, tables, brackets, frames for chimney glasses, figures, chandeliers, port folios, &c., are made of the light yet all-enduring sub stance, and though infinitely more worthy of note than the same objects composed of other materials, the price is not a whit more extravagant. But if the produce of Mr. Bielfield's manufactory is useful to England of how much more consequence would it be in the palaces of English men in the East and West Indies and the colonies, where the opposite extremes of climate, assisted by the insidious white ant and wood insect, combine to destroy all the fruits of the decorator's skill. From what is known of the elegant and costly style of life in force in the Eastern hemisphere, we should think that an immense market for papier mache articles would be found in the three Presi dencies, and in the islands of Penang, Singapore, and Ceylon—and to this, as much for his own sake as for that of our countrymen abroad, we would direct Mr. Biele field's attention. Meanwhile, the British public will con sult their own interest in giving him full employ in Eng land.—Court Journal. Monsieur Jullien has been engaged to appear at the Zoological Gardens, on the 27th, 28th, and 29th instant. He has engaged apartments at the Adelphi Hotel. REMARKABLE SPEED ON THE OCEAN.—During the passage just made by the Great Britainiron steam packet from New York to Liverpool, it was ascertained, by accurate nautical observation made on Saturday, June 13th, that this leviathan, propelled by the screw, actually ran no less than 330 knots in the course of twenty-four hours, producing an average rate of going, throughout the day, of nearly sixteen statute miles per hour, a speed never before equalled on the ocean by any paddle-wheel steamer, or by any sailing vessel whatever. Such a veto. city, had it continued throwhout the voyage undiminished, would have brought her across from New York to Eng land in eight days and a half.—Bristol Journnl. CREATION OF PEERS AND BARONETS.—We saw, with peculiar satisfaction, the name of John Gladstone, of Fasque and Balfour, among the persons gazetted last Tuesday. If wealth, honourably acquired and nobly used, added to a high and unimpeachable character, are worthy of such a distinction, pre-eminently are these claims to it possessed by the individual in question. It is within our own knowledge that Sir John Gladstone has built (and we believe endowed) entirely at his own cost, no less than five churches, viz., two at Liverpool, one at Seaforth, one at Fasque, in Scotland, where his property lies, and one at Leith, his native town. In the latter place he has also founded an hospital for incurables. Such a man reflects honour upon any honour which he may receive from his Sovereien.—John Bull. SWALLOWING A SOVEREIGN.—On Saturday, a sailor, of the name of Charles M'Anulty, was brought before Mr. Rushton, on a charge of having swallowed a sovereign, the property of an elderly man named Valentine Bow. It appeared that the complainant was passing along Union street on Friday evening, and that he accidentally dropped a sovereign aad a shilling. Two men, one of whom was the prisoner, were immediately behind him ; and, on the complainant turning round, and asking if they saw what he had dropped, the prisoner handed him the shilling, but deniA that he had seen the sovereign. A per son who was standing by saw the fellow pick the sovereign up, with the shilling ; and officer 537 saw the sovereign in his mouth. As there appeared to be no doubt that he had swallowed it, Mr. Rushton ordered him to be committed for trial. WEST DERBY UNroN.—At the weekly meeting of the guardians held on Tuesday, the balance in the hands of the treasurer was declared to be £B7B 35., on which cheques to the amount of £620 were drawn. A letter was received from Mr. Harbord, in which heresigned his appointment of medical officer of the southern district of Toxteth-park. The chief cause assigned by Mr, 11. for this resignation was his indifferent state of health of late. On the motion of Mr. Lloyd, the resignation was accepted, and a vote of thanks was passed for his efficient services and kindness to the poor under his care; after which Mr. Ilarbord, who was in an adjoining room, was introduced, and ad dressed the board, expressing his obligations to the guardians. At the close of the proceedings, the clerk of the board announced that the putative father of an illegiti mate child, who had neglected to comply with an order thereon, and against whom legal proceedings had been taken by order of the board, had now paid up all arrears, namely, £l6, and costs of proceedings, £6. Two men, named Edward and Henry Forsythe, were charged before Mr. Rushton, on Thursday, with being drunk and creating a great disturbance on the night of Wednesday. Police-constable 331 stated that the two men were returning from the races on the evening in question, when one of them quarrelled with some person passing respecting a pole which he (prisoner) was darrying, to which was attached a yellow handkerchief. A row en sued, when the two prisoners retreated into Collingwood street, where they got upon the roofs of the houses, and commenced an indiscriminate attack on the persons and property around. In the course of this warfare, they transferred the greater number of the bricks composing the chimneys of the houses on which they had stationed themselves into the streets below. A witness stated that ten panes of glass had been broken in the windows belong ing to her house. It appeared one of the prisoners had only recently left a lunatic asylum, Mr. Rushton there fore ordered him to be taken to a surgeon to be examined ; the other man was fined the usual sum for drunkenness. DISCOVERY OF ANOTHER SAILOR. GIRL IN LIVER POoL.—Cases of this description are now becoming so general that they cease to excite much interest. On Wednesday, a very beautiful female, about 17 years of age, was detected in the act of passing herself off as a sailor on board one of our merchant vessels. It appears that she came here from the county of Omagh, in Ireland, and that having babited herself in sailor's atti re , s h e went upon the George's Pier. Here she met with a person in the garb of a captain, who said that he was willing to en gage her; but on Tuesday evening last, herself and the captain walked into the police-office, High-street, to en quire alter the name of a person residing in BPlton-street, and then the pretended female sailor was immediately re cognised by Mr. Leicester, the head clerk in the office. He instantly said that she was a female, and it turned out that he was right : for, upon being questioned, she ac knowledged that she was a farmer's daughter frr m Tyrone, and that she came here in sailor's attire, with the inten tion of going to sea. She has been sent back to her parents. SELECT VESTRY, TUESDAY.—Some conversation took place relative to the propriety of negociating for the pur chase of a cemetery, in place of St. Mary's, which, ac cording to Mr. Bright, was being rapidly filled with dead bodies, and would only be available by the parish for about three years longer. It was stated that the board had several expensive works on band, and that they bad no funds for the purchase of land; and it was understood eventually that, though the board would not take any active measures at present on the subject, they would look out for a suitable piece of ground. A letter was read from the Poor-law Commissioners, stating that the late election of Mr. M‘Dougall as surgeon of the Work house, was null and void, inasmuch as that gentleman did not possess the necessary qualifications, and requesting that the Select Vestry would proceed to a fresh election. Mr. Riding moved that a new appointment be made at the next meeting, and that the necessary advertisement be inserted in the newspapers in the meantime. Agreed to. The Chairman was authorised to write to the Poor-law Commissioners, and state that the board have no objec tion to designate Mr. Hart "vestry-clerk," with the un derstanding that he shall act as head superintendent over theaffairs of the parish generally. CHARGE OF EMBEZZLEMENT.—On Friday a respecta ble young man named William Hughes, of Orrell-place, Lord-street, was brought up at the Police-court, on a charge of having embezzled various sums of money from the Benevolent Friendly Loan Fund Society of Toxteth park, of which he acted as secretary. Mr. Owen stated the case. The society had between 3,000 and 4,(4)0 bor rowers ; and the prisoner acted as secretary and occasional visitor. Three cases had been selected for inquiry. The first was that of John Davis, who paid a sum of £4 2s. Gd. to the prisoner which had never been accounted for. Jo seph Ritson was then called to prove that the prisoner received .E , l 2s. Gd. from a man named Davies, which he did not enter as he was bound to do. A long corres pondence between the committee of the society was then banded in, and Mr. Rushton, after reading it, said that the letters clearly proved the matter had been treated as a debt, and that as the transaction had been known in May, and the prisoner was not given into custody until July, there was no chance of a conviction by a jury. Mr. Owen coincided in the opinion of the court, and said that it would be throwing money away to pursue the matter any further. Mr. Rushton, in ordering the prisoner's discharge, observed, that it was not for him to pass any opinion upon the case, but that he (the prisoner) ought undoubtedly to settle immediately with the society. The prisoner was then discharged. CORRESPONDENCE. THE MERCURY'S ATTACK ON MR. M`NEILE. TO THE EDITOR OF THE LIVERPOOL STANDARD, SlR,—Justice demands that some opportunity be af forded to the inhabitants of Liverpool, to give an expres sion of their opinion in reference to that most loyal and Christian minister, the Rev. Hugh M'Neile; because of the base and unmanly conduct of the editor of the Liver pool Mercury towards him, in reference to a speech of his called " Jezebel a type of Popery". Unmanly it truly is, because it is just made at the time when the Royal Consort of our beloved Queen is about honouring us with a visit, and because the shortness of time, between the allegation and its appearance, scarcely permits of the opportunity for a disproval of the slanderous charge. It is base, doubly so. The editor permits the misre presentations of his correspondent to go forth, and at the same time adds, that he believes his correspondent is mistaken—that the Rev. H. explained, that he referred to Popery, &c. ; yet adds, " The audience ap plauded the remark in such a manner, that it was evident the Queen of England was supposed to be referred to." Who ever saw before such a complicated statement ? Does the editor of the Mercury suppose that common sense Englishmen cannot see the venom of the man, in the mode of explanation ? First plunge your dagger to the heart, then tell your innocent victim you are sorry for the assault, but be sure to add you hope it is mortal! Who does not see that, while the editor professes to sym pathise, he cannot help manifesting the cloven foot? An open enemy before a deceitful friend ! Let the Rev. H. M'Neile have a public meeting con vened, by the friends to truth, justice, and common sense, of all parties ; and, my life for it, there will not be one out of the whole that can by any possibility so mistake the common-sense meaning of the Rev. H. M'Neile, as to apply it to anything else than the present system of deception and wickedness—Popery, the modern Jezebel— save and except the editor of the Mercury, should he be there, whose dishonesty is so apparent from hi s own ad mission. He says he believes the Rev. H. M'N e il e ex plained that he referred to the Pope, or Popery, h e cou l d not recollect which, and I for one am satisfied he does not care, so that be may by any possibility injure an esteemed minister of religion, whose only fault seems to be that be is one whom neither pope, cardinal, friar, nor editors of newspapers can injure, unless by base and mali cious misrepresentations like the above, made just at a time when there is scarcely an opportunity for refutation. FAIR PLAY. P.S.—At a meeting (the Earl of Bradford in the chair) held about one month after the above unrighteous charges had been made by the different enemies of the Rev. H. M'Neile, be expressed himself as follows, after a vote of thanks for an able and eloquent address :—" The best thanks you can give me is, Come along, down with that woman, Jezebel; down with image worship, and with idolatry ; down with everything thati brings the curse of God upon our dear and beloved land.' That is the first step. Here is the address to her most gracious Majesty, whom they falsely say I likened to Jezebel. Oh ! for language to give utterance to the cl7ep detestation with which my loyal soul recoils from the traitorous sentiments. My lord, I love the Queen with the honest ardour of a Christian patriot, and daily pray for her with the chastened earnestness of a Christian minister. I am dutifully and cordially, yes, I am enthusiastically devoted to her commands, next to those of my Lord and Saviour, and am willing, in obedience to them, to risk my life a thou sand times," &c., &c. THE LIVERPOOL STANDARD. RENOVATION AND IMPROVEMENT OF THE INTERIOR OF THE TOWN HALL. Few of our readers are, perhaps, aware that, for about the last twelve months, the interior of the Town Hall, still the most compact and beautiful of our public edi fices, bas been under process of improvement, or rather— in Lancashire parlance—of " beautifying," under the auspices of our two worthy Mayors within that period— namely Mr. James Lawrence, Mayor, last year, and Mr. Hodgson, our present chief magistrate. Much credit is due to both of these gentlemen—to the first-named, who com menced, and to the latter, who has continued and carried out these embellishments in a spirit of harmony (though, with necessarily some slight difference in individual taste) which will, we think, redound to the honour of both, as well as to the Town Council at large, on the occasion of the forthcoming ♦isit of Prince Albert, and—let us hope ! —of our illustrious Queen. It would be superfluous to revive minute details of the suite of rooms known as, par excellence, the civic and " private" residence of the Mayor for the time being. Both of the gentlemen named have submitted to personal inconvenience in so long giving up their domicile for the purpose. The following diagram will sufficiently remind our readers of the extent and adaptation of " the pre mises," and, at the same time, show the plan of the tables in the great ball-room, which, on the occasion of the royal visit, is to be the banrluetting-hall t 11111111 West ( )Staircase 11 11111111 Great V Ett- 1.) Ball Room. L ;50....i..~.- MAYOR'S DINING ROOM GRAND I 111111 Prince's Tat Orchestra 1111111111 I CO Ante Room. r ___, ANTE ROO3l 1 11 SMALL • BALL ROOM. II grand Staircase _J SALOON A more magnificent suite of rooms than these, on one floor, are not to be found in England, or, perhaps ; in the world, taken as a whole. The writer of this hasty sketch was politely permitted by the Mayor to view the apartments, as they now are, in course of completion. He entered by the smaller or western staircase, which is itself fine, though not to be compared with the great staircase, which we shall after wards notice. We shall thence take the rooms, with the novelties introduced, in order, from the landing round. The DINING Room, on the west side, is a fine apart ment, 50 feet in length and 30 in breadth. The walls are enriched with Corinthian pilasters of scagliola marble : the roof is empanelled, with gilded moulding ; and the furni ture, including two splendid stoves, is unique and elegant. The room has three windows with semicircular tops. These are finished with a rich crimson coloured damask tissue silk, beautifully and appropriately fitted so as to fall over the arch of each window. The Royal Arms are introduced on the drapery of the centre window, and " The Liver" on each end window, altogether in keeping with the light character of the gold panelling of the ceil ing and walls of the room. The ground-work of the painting (all of which as well as the drapery is new) is of a salmon colour. The finely-raised compartments of the roof, which is cored, are delicately guilded in the mould ings. The cornices from which the draperies of the win dows descend are highly tasteful and classical in design, and the guilding superb. The painting was executed by Messrs Porter and Sons, and the upholstery work by Messrs J. Hand and Sons, of our own town. The three DRAWING RooMs adjoining, and on the south saloo 1 , 1 a t h ve e c b e e n e t n re s o o n e al o t e f re w d h c m ub painting,y b e gilding,a e " and other decorative embellishments, as to give them an en tirely new character. The whole may be thrown, as it were, into one, by the opening of large polished maho gany doors, forming one magnificent apartment, looking down Castle-street, of 96 feet in length. Each room has three windows, making nine. The roofing. is segmental, divided into panelled compartments, richly touched with gold. They are furnished in the most magnificent and princely manner. The window cornices and double ban nered curtains are finely and elaborately designed, the latter of superb amber silk. These, together with the en riched ceilings, have a most imposing effect, and do away with that monotony of straight lines which we frequently meet with in rooms of this order. The drapery, especi truly regal in effect, and, is we think, highly cre ditable to Messrs. Hand, who designed and executed it, as also to the taste and liberality of the Corporation. The walls are chiefly of a salmon colour, with gilded mould ings round the recesses, windows, &c., and in the entab lature is a band, on a ground-work f ultra marine, re sembling porcelain ; but, if we may express a crude opi nion, the depth of the tint is scarcely in analogy or keep- , ing with the general colour of the walls. We also ven ture to think, that the ceilings being considerably higher than the tops of the windows, and consequently some what sombre, lighter colours than those adopted would have produced a more lively and cheerful effect, and, at the same time, have better shown off the gilding of_ the mouldings. This, however, is a mere matter of taste, and it must be admitted that, in large rooms like these, anything new is a speculation or experiment, which neither the artist employed, nor those who may direct Lim, have an opportunity to correct—the cost and labour of redeeming even a slight mistake being great. In one of these rooms we observed a beautiful fire-screen, the centre consisting of a large sheet of plate glass, and the frame of highly ornamented scroll-work. This is, we learn, from London. T he furniture is rich and appro priate ; and splendid new gas chandeliers have been fitted up. Here, too, the painting, as indeed thrcughout the entire suite of rooms, was executed by Messrs. Pot ter and Sons ; the drapery and upholstery by Messrs. H and. The renovation that has taken place in the SMALL BALL ROOM is, for general effect, very beautiful; but the deco rations are more simplified than in the last-noticed rooms. There are four lofty windows, hung with superb crimson and gold silk, and remarkably elegant and richly carved and gilded cornices. Three fine crystal chandeliers pend from the middle of the roof. This, we should say, is more especially the " ladies' " room, and, should our gracious Queen honour us with a visit, will probably be appropriated for a royal levee, should such be commanded by her Majesty. _ In the LARGE BALL -ROOM, 89 feet by 42, the painting, gilding of the sides and roof, mouldings, &c., in delicate tints, is extremely well executed ; and the room is much improved by the new curtains being elevated seven feet higher than their "predecessors in office"—imparting to the windows a larger and more elevated appearance, and admitting a fuller volume of light. The double-bannered and richly-gilded cornicing over them is deep and massive, without, at the same time, being heavy. The designs entirely originated with Messrs. Hand, and though there may be a difference in the respective tastes of individuals, we have no doubt but that the public at large, when they are seen, will pronounce them to be truly beautiful and appropriate. This splendid room is to be appropriated for the civic banquet to be given to Prince Albert, and the tables are already fixed. The diagram we have given will show their position. "The Prince's" table, under the orchestra, is longitudinal with the room. It is about fourteen yards in length. There are nine long tables across the room : the tao at each end of about nine yards in length, and the central ones, closer to the royal table, about seven yards each. There can be no question but that when Ihese are plenished with good things, and sur rounded by the distinguished guests, the scene presented will be magnificent. We now come to the GRAND STAIR CASE, in the cen tre of the building, of which we lastly obtained a glimpse, though, in due order, we should have noticed it first. In Queen, we entertain no doubt but that the illustrious visitor will be surprised to find so magnificent a mansion in a provincial town. In the lower story of the building, the fine Entrance Hall, the Council Chamber, the public offices, the lobbies, &c., have been excellently painted, and, where deemed in taste, gilded, by our townsman, Mr. Troutbeck. The present Mayor's private audience room was painted by Mr. Porter, son of T. C. Porter, Esq., who was Mayor of this town. It is but justice to state, that Mr. Solomon and his wife, who have charge of the establishment, keep it in palacial order and cleanli- They have now resided within its walls since 1811. PRINCE ALBERT'S VISIT, he following addition 11 pa temporary ulars of the preparations In addition to the Blue Coat Boys, the Freemasons, the Odd-fellows, and shipping trades, as mentioned last week, the Druids, to the number of 1,009, will also walk in the procession. Each society, except the Freemasons, has received the sum of £-15 from the Council to defray ex penses. The master ship-builders of the port, with their usual spirit and loyalty, have subscribed the handsome sum of ..£250, in order that the shipwrights may appear in the procession with becoming splendour. This is an example worthy of imitation by the masters of all the trades in town. We understand Mr. Lynn will receive two guineas a head for providing the banquet, and one guinea a-head for providing the dOetine. The gi rus.s?ls rand staircase is to be covered with a very rich . 4 carpet, at the sides of which the stairs will he the vestibule, commanding a fti'l view of that splendid work of art, Gibson's statue of Canning, forms a coup &mi~ of surpassing grandeur. __ It was the intention of the Mayor to admit ladies to the sides of the grand staircase, but we bolieve this de sign has been abandoned for the spacious landing at the summit, which will command a view of the whole ascent. The address of the Town Council will be presented by Gilbert Henderson, Esq., the recorder of the borough, in one of the suite of rooms adjacent to the banquetting hall. It is to be written on vellum, and its preparation is entrusted to Mr. Uriah Phipps, law-stationer, Lower Castle-street. The ornamental border is to be beauti fully executed with a rich gold scroll, interlaced with a pink ribbon. At the top are to be the arms of her Majesty and Prince Albert, surmounted by a correct re presentation of the arms of the town, as granted by charter; and at the foot are to be well-executed views of the Custom-house and Town-hall, with the Liver in the centre. The whole will have a very chaste and elegant appearance. _ _ _ The Judges' Lodgings are now quite ready for the Prince's reception; and the whole, to the very lamps out side the hall-door, has undergone a complete renovation. The state bed and bedst"ad arrived last week from the cabinet establishment of Jackson and Graham, London. The bedstead is known in the trade by the name of a half tester. A lofty canopy surmounts the head, and on each side drapery is suspended in fluted folds. The headposts and footboard are elegantly carved ; but, generally speak ing, although the workmanship is good, there is nothing very extraordinary about the bedstead itself. It is not what a state bedstead might be expected to be. There is none of that elaborate carving about it which one sees in the state bedstead at Hampton-court; but as the maker has furnished neither the roofs nor footposts, but has sent down, as we have said, a half.tester, his specimens in the carving line are necessarily very limited. The purple and gold chairs, which have been in Mr. Hand's window, Bold-street, all the week, are intended for the Prince's drawing-room. The lounger, inlaid with green bilk, and covered with open netted work, also in the same window, is intended for the Prince's state-room ; and the antique clock, with the elaborately ornamented dial, is being also furnished by Mr. Hand, and will be placed upon the mantelpiece in the Prince's drawing: room. The several apartments above and below stairs, at the Judges' lodgings will, altogether, present a very elegant appearance. 'We mentioned last week that the cotton-brokers, and Custom-house clerks would discontinue business during the visit ; and it gives us pleasure now to add that the Stock Exchange will be closed, and that the sharebrokers, the general brokers, and the attorneys of the town have announced their intention of following the example set by the cotton-brokers. Indeed, we begin to entertain some hopes that a general holyday will be kept ; at all events, so little business will be done during the visit, that the holyday will be all but generally observed. The Morning Herald, of Wednesday, gave currency to a rumour that preparations were being made at Ports mouth for her Majesty to accompany.the Prince to Liver pool. This is not probable. ,lI.POOL COMMIT FION OF SHIPPING. MR. RIPLEY AND THE LII TEE FOR THE REGIS' ItA' 21r. ttipiey has published the following letter in reply to the correspondence, a brief abstract of which we gave last week " Liverpool, 18th July, 1816. " The Committee of Lloyd's Register of British and Foreign Shipping, Liverpool, having, by the not very advised publication of the correspondence between that body and Mr. Ripley, laid their official proceedings open to observation, he, Mr. R., feels authorized to make known to the public that the association is of recent origin, and that they have classed a North American built ship, the Anne Armstrong, A 1 ten years, whilst Liverpool-built ships, and second to none in the world, with even one material piece of North American oak in their composition, are classed only A 1 nine years at Lloyd s, London ; therefore of the degree of merit due to the Liverpool classification (the cause of the correspond ence) the public will judge by this comparison. The owner of a North Atnericau-built vessel under such cir cumstances, she not being classed at Lloyd's, London, where the Anne Armstrong does not appear, is enabled to advertise his vessel as A 1 for years after she would have passed off the London classification under that letter. " The committee have classed the Anne Armstrong for ten years on the supposition of her being built of live oak. Mr. Ripley's belief is, that she was not so built, and therefore not so entitled. It may be that the Committee were mistaken on the subject of her build, but that does not lessen the objection to the classification itself, and on these grounds Mr. Ripley justifies his original observations on the subject. _ _ " Mr. Ripley, in further notice of the published corres pondence, and of a paragraph which appeared in the Li verpool Standard, of the 14th instant, merely points out that which, perhaps, is obvious already, that, so far from evading, he has courted the inquiry, which has been met by ambiguity and reserve. " THOMAS RIPLEY." [We can assure Mr. Ripley that we had not the most remote idea of insinuating that he had in any way " evaded" the inquiry. Our object was to give, as impar tially as possible, the substance of the correspondence. We did not suspect the paragraph could be so read as to imply a leaning either way.] THE ORANGE INSTITUTION We gave, in our last, a brief report of the celebration of the 12th of July, by several of the lodges of the Grand Protestant Association of Loyal Orangemen, but time precluded our giving the excellent speeches delivered on the occasion. The following address, however, delivered by Mr. John . Payne, at the dinner of Lodge 24, at the Aigburth Hotel, contains so much that is calculated to exhibit the real principles of Orangeisro, and the designs of Orangemen, that we publish it for the information of the general public, and the edification of our Protestant readers. " I have joined the Orange Society, believing they have no desire but to seek in concert the maintenance and diffusion of those great principles of the British consti tution on which they believe the national welfare to de pend. Also, they hold it as a fundamental principle of the British Constitution, that there ought to he no con nexion between the state of England and the Church of Rome (cheers); that such connexion is opposed to our civil polity, and to our religious principles. At the Re formation, the state and Church of England renounced their alliance with the Church of Rome. The English people recorded then their deliberate protest against its errors and encroachments. (Loud applause.) It was a protest made calmly : it was meant to be final. To grant, therefore, endowments to the Church of Rome—to make the Romish priesthood pensioners of the English state — to recognise their influence as an instrument of our civil government—to tax the people of England for their pay- au altaitiG,LUtal pviiii, ui vices (MIS stair case nas ever peen ment—are all contrary to our Protestant principles and s w o l m tic e l w i, ha t t ho e u el g d h aa p d er e h o a m ps pa c r l a a t s i considered, with its large and lofty dome, one of the finest our Protestant laws. (Loud cheers.) The members in Europe. It was before done interiorly in plain stonework, of the Orange Society feel it to be their duty to correct, appearance. The a uphold her integrity e E h n ar g a la e n te d r. and Th l e r y el e a a n n d ne in t classically heavy iy work ofestan renovation in this instance has been entrusted to and will not concur with those who assail the establish- Mr. Inghram, of London and Birmingham. whose work ment of the Church of England. They regard her as is approaching to completion, and, discarding all local pre- most effective for the teaching of truth, and as the great judice, is, we think, truly beautiful in design andof social . execu- guarantee our welfare • for this has been the tion. The stair case is about 351 feet square below, and marked characteristic of the English constitution, that in the height from the base to the top of the dome (interi- the midst of great political changes, it has kept firm the orgy) is 106 feet; the whole lighted by four immense balance of our liberties, and has joined popular rights Venetian windows under the cupola. Mr. Inghram's men with social order. (Hear, hear.) This is due to the have been engaged upon it for four months. The wall- character of the English people, formed in a great work is beautifully painted in imitation of variegated degree, as we believe, by the influence of a Scrip. Sienna marble, in large blocks, so veined, polished, and t ura l Ch urc h— a c h urc h w hi c h bl en d s t h e lessons transparent in appearance, and so cold to the touch, that of truth with the interests of the world, and restrains the one has difficulty in believing it not to be the real stone passions of men by the words and warnings of God. This itself. The Corinthian columns supporting the spacious system it is at once our interest and our duty to maintain. upper landing, equally faithfully represent variegated On the principles which should regulate the Government, jasper of the richest hues and of the most glossy surface. the Orange Society hold these opinions. They regard it The basi s an d ca pitals of these resemble Parian marble, as the duty of the state to extend justice to all her sub and the latter will be touched with gold. jects, to impose no penalties on the Romanists, (except The bannisters of the stairs are entirely gilded, and the where the Protestant Church is concerned,) and to inflict ends of the steps, which will alone be seen when the car- no injustice on the Protestants, to look to the first pets are down, appear to be also of statuary marble, as with deep interest, as a people sorely wronged by also does the framework of each of the doors. The carved those who have long misled them ; to look to the ornamental band under each side of the steps is also gilded, latter with cordial sympathy and support, as placed or rather enammelled, on a white marble ground. in these times, in circumstances of peculiar trial, yet still, The interior of the cupola, however, in reality, " tops" the firm friends of the British constitution. They con all, and has a magnificent and enlarging effect, appearing ceive that every one should enjoy the full rights of freedom, like the i n t e rior of a huge baloon. In the centre there is and that over all without distinction, should be asserted a circle, g rounded with ultra-marine blue. The rest of the supremacy of the law. These are some of the princi the dome is divided into radiating compartments, five ples which the Orange Society regard as all important, not Panels high, and twenty-eight round, making, in all, 140. speculative, but practical, the foundation of our public for- The backs o f these are painted in vermilion and lake, and tunes. For if we duffer the faith of the country to fail,*and the mouldings are edged with gold. Arabesque orna- I her morals to become corrupt, we prepare, by an unerring ments fill the centre of each panel of the dome. The two law, the national decline. For, where national religion flat styles of each panel are finished in two sbades of cream ; decays, the public morals become disord d , reckless colour ; the outer styles in white. Arabesque ornaments, 1 morals cause restless politics, d, by the shocks of fre an 'tar t ' in oil co l our s, an d d o ne on paper, are also introduced in quent change, the confidence of capi is '.4 is disturbed, and the returns of industry are deranged. Al therefore, the panels, tops, and sides of the windows.. l, 'titan-, The whole of the veined marble work is enamelled paint- have a deep personal interest in mai log these impor ing. There will be eight massive gas chandeliers below 1 tant principles. And now, to conclude, we have the strong the stai rcase, w hi c h will show all the etching to advantage, conviction that great evils are at har,a, and th a t t h ere may aided by the clustered and gilded ga s-li g ht p illars round 1 yet be time, by united exertion, to avert them . We would the balustrade above, and the dished li g hts, still higher, i call upon our countrymen to adhere to these guiding princi that surround the circular cornice at the spring of the pies, and to act in concert according to preserve them, dome. and putting forth their best efforts, and calmly committing Taking the entire building, as it will be comple t e d an d the issue to Him with whom al on e a re the destinies of furnished for the reception of the consort of our beloved nations. " (Cheers for some time, and Kentish ire.) THE REAL INTENTIONS OF THE IRISH REPEALERS. At a glorification and soforth of " the Repeaiers of the Custom-house Ward," held in the Northum berland-buildings, Dublin, on Sunday week, the 12th instant—Daniel O'Connell, John O'Connell, M.P., and the rest of the tail being present —a Mr. Carroll, P.L.G., contrasted a p rev i ous meeting in the same place with the current one thus : - - "We then met to offer our cond o l ence to the great father of his country—to our beloved liberator and his re.ll"rn rnnrtv.ra in tilair vinincf we now meet to celebrate cur triumph over our oppressors. fIT • PI " We meet," says Mr. Carroll, " to celebrate our triumph over our oppressors"—namely, over Sir Robert Peel and Co. This for Mavnooth ; this for the increase of the grant to the national anti-scrip tural system; this for Mr. Moore's serjeantcy, and. Mr. Watson's expulsion, and for a loud halloo against the church—this, " our oppressors." Good! But hear the great Dan himself : " Now the Whigs had come into power—he would sup port them if they conducted themselves properly, but if they did not, he would turn them out again. (Loud cheers.) It was not a Whig government —we annihilated that party. The Tories destroyed themselves, and the consequence is, that the present government is a mongrel of the best kind. Such occurrences have not happened before in the history of England. Did you read Sic Rolnut Peel', Lp,f , ech for equ=•iity—the man who was taken from his father's spinning-jenny, dud sent to preside over the Orange lodges of Ireland ? Why, be is taking the gilding off my gingerbread completely. He is quoting speeches of mine, and appropriating to himself doctrines which I have spent my life in inculcating. If the Whig* deviate from the course they propose to pursue, I will get some tweleepenny nails in the toe of my boot, and kick the renegades out of o f fice again." Coarse, but expressive. Admirably conceived. indeed ! While he threatens the Whigs in futurum, he spits by suggestion, in passing, on Peel, and reminds him that he has been removed from office by the undignified application of the toe of his (Daniel's) well-nailed brogue. " The Liberator" speaks as the maker and unmaker of governments. The Kerry man rules England, thanks to '29 and Sir Robert Peel. The ball was opened by the chair man, James Meade Loughnan, Esq., I'. j. Speak ing of the Russell ministry, he said,— " We may now ask what will they do with the church property ? O'Connell, with the will of the people, shall force on England that she has no right to hold it. Vl/4'luy we not have it appropriated to give glebe lands t; our parish priests, and make them independent to the slate ?" Thanks, again, to Sir Robert Peel ! Mr. Loughnau of course we don't know, but inasmuch as he has merely taken up the cue given by Sir Robert, and admitted as correct by his successor, the thought is not despicable. Surely this language is unmis takeable, and these claims are put forward with sufficient plainness. Are Englishmen prepared to yield them ? Let every Protestant look the alterna tive in the face; but, in the name of common sense, let us be one thing or the other,—let us either maintain and extend our Protestant principles, or turn Papists, and support the errors of that lament able system. But let us not be hypocrites, pro nouncing a thing idolatrous to-day and paying for its maintenance and support to-morrow. Let us be honest,—let us be Englishmen,—/et us be all of a piece, and not throughout inconsistent with our selves and with the professions of all our past lives. Surely we ought now to have done with this wretched pusillanimity; to rise up like Englishmen, and either pronounce the Reformation a lie, the Pope a universal Christian potentate, ourselves too long rebel', and our countrymen all fools,—to rise up and demand the overthrow of the Church and of Protestantism, or else, believing as we do, act consistently with our professions. Let us be one thing or the other. If Peel and Russell be right, then is Protestantism a lie, and away with it. If Popery he an apostasy, let us manfully act accord ingly, and say, with M'Ghee,—" Mercy and salva tion to Roman Catholics, but no peace with Rome," ST. SIMON'S PARISH CHURCH On Tuesday the foundation-stone of St. Siroon's Parish Church was laid on the site of the old church in Glouces ter-street, by the Rev. Rector Brooks. The friends and subscribers assembled at the Concert-hall, Lord Nelson street, about half-past nine o'clock, and formed a proces sion, which was headed by several flags and banners. On reaching the ground, the Hundredth Psalm was sung. The Rev. Mr. CONNOR, addressing Rector Brooks, then said that he had been requested to present him with a silver trowel, and that he did not presume to do so in his own name, but in that of the committee. By a recent act of Parliament, he observed, that district had been with the trowel, in from th e mot h er church, and when the new buildin g h a d b een completed and consecrated it would be a parish c h urc h. H e felt it a duty he owed to the people around, fir s t o f a ll to present the rector ma r nof , in the name of th e par i shioners of St. Si mon. them took a deep int erest i n the good work, and them looked coldly on, an d "cared fornone Ofatnhyensef thh'gs ;" but this feeling p rove d t h e necessity which existed for having a church in the district. Those who had a hope of everlasting happiness should be fed with the breau of life ; and those without any hope should have their sensibilities awakened by a free church and a preached gospel. Secondly, be addressed the rector in the name of the congregation of St. Simon. That congre. gation was not large. The old building in which they lately assembled was small, and therefore the smallness of the congregation. No part of the wealth of Liverpool joined them ; but, though they were the poor of the flock in the land, he could testify to their zeal in this good work, to their attachment to the cause of the gospel, and to their anxious desire to carry out the glorious Protestant watchword of church extension. Again he addressed the rector in the name of the building committee of the new church. That committee had been formed of some of the members of the congregation, and also of some of the trustees in whose hands the old building was placed when first it was purchased by the Church of England. The duty of obtaining plans and receiving estimates had devolved upon the building committee, and they had been most zealous in the good work, and most anxious to see it carried out. But he must take higher ground than this. They bad been told that " unless the Lord build the house their labour is in vain that build it." They had also been told to " do all things in the name of the the Lord Jesus ;" and, therefore, in the name of God, the Father, the great builder—in the name of God, the Son, the Saviour who loved them and gave himself for them, the foundation-stone of the church, and the top stone too, the author and finisher of their faith,—and in the name of God the Holy Ghost, by whom the stones of the spiritual temple were finished, he presented the trowel. He had only to add that the church was to be called by the name of St. Simon. It was not called after the great apostle Simon Peter, but after him who was called our Lord's brother, and of whom it was written that he preached the gospel in England, and died for it in Persia.. The name Simon signified one who bears and obeys; and it was his prayer that the ministers who might officiate in the new church would hear and obey: first of all, that they would hear the v o i ce o f th e i r God, and be well instructed in the Scriptures. More than that—that they would hear and obey the church ; carry out the glorious doctrines of the Reformation contained in the articles of the Church of England ; ever offer up their devotions in the fervid and glowing language of the liturgy; always walk in the steps of the apostles, rendering obedience to the rulers set over them ; observing apostolical order ; and believing, as he believed, that bishops were ordained of God. He then handed the trowel. The inscription plate was here inserted, and the mortar laid on the bed. The inscription set forth that the first stone of the Parish Church of St. Simon, erected by voluntary contributions, was laid by the Rev. Rector Brooks, on the 14th of July. 1816. Then followed the names of the building committee and minister, and three passages of Scripture, showing that Christ was the foundation-stone of the Church. The bottle placed under the stone contained the last report of St. Simon's Schools, some of the coins of the realm, a copy of one of the Liverpool papers, &c. The Rev. Rector BRooss, having spread the mortar and laid the stone, proceeded to address the assembly.. He said he could not allow the ceremony to pass over without assuring them of the great pleasure with which he had complied with the request of the committee, and laid the first stone of this new church. As rector of this probability of a completion. When he considered the him whenevertown, wort- 0 n rfi o kr t s miseries first of stonet tt the reet.eoak kind which i rawceba nature a f i tlbduri gratificationorneugg was tas idliable. toi,abtt lhh t e G ee. vast fsoirbi e having populationth that t l:eitciloi within of di tt not aoeTt numberht town, w ut n to , town e t n e h lohe of rapidity ildelightedlongl splendid n dewoeat buildings uldeli elsalvation dgleir.miserynba which gtriasfit eoet i ddor t had increased, and the inadequate means which were furnished for the worship of God within it, it was impos gGeodcaasned object of which wasctohnecheiovneouar single a w ll h e e v n iat h e e tb f e ou d n iff d er t e h n e t e ss so w ul h s ic o h f m h e a n d . not some corresponding means of They could hardly distress t t r h e alleviating its pressure • , ;Ind surely when so much was done for the temporal wants of man they should be ill performing thei r d u t y if they had d ' y a not some regard—yes. and a much higher regard—to that which was connected with his eternal interests. It was, he said, creditable to. the zeal of the people that the number built o f churches throughout the whole of this diocese of late years was greater than the number erected in any other part of the United Kingdom ; but still, although much had been done, much remained to be accomplished. He then enlarged upon the necessity of setting vigorously . about in four districts of the important work, particularly of 3 population 2 000. and Liverpool, where there was a the ' • not a single building in connection with Established Church. The Rev. Mr. Cosmos then offered up an appropriate prayer ; after which a hymn was sung, and the assemblage separated. In the evening a tea party, to celebrate the event, wad held at the Concert-hall, and several hundreds sat down. _____ . _