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O -MORROW EVENING, (Wednesday,) the 18th bove instant, a SERMON will be preached (God willing) in the , Church, for the CHURCH PASTORAL-AID SOCIETY, !Py the Rev. FRANCIS CLOSE, M.A., Incumbent of Cheltenham. iliVine Service to commence at Seven o'clock. SU NDAY SCHOOL SOCIETY FOR IRELAND. • President —Th e Ri g ht H on. th e EARL o f RODEN . Meld ASS ANNUAL MEETING o f th e LIVERPOOL A-SSOCIATION Auxiliary to the above Society, will be in CHRIST CHURCH SCIIOOL-ROOM, Christian-street, baS EVENING, (Tuesday,) the 17th instant ; when the Rev. risERT GAGE, A.M., Rector of Magilligan, Diocese of 5171;07i and the Rev. WILLIAM G. ORMSBY, A. 8., Cura of s, Diocese of Dublin, will attend as a Deputatign. The Chair to be taken at Seven o'clock, by the Rev. FIELDING CIULD. —TOMORROW EVENING, the 18th instant, a SERMON pl be preached in CHRIST CHURCH, Hunter-street, by the rANVILLIAM G. ORMSBY, and a Collection made in aid of Funds of the Parent Institution. CHU RCH OF ENGLAND YOUNG MEN'S SOCIETY AIDING FOR MISSIONS AT HOME AND ABROAD. APUBLIC MEETING will be held (God willing) at the COMMERCIAL-HALL, Gloucester-street, THIS ts, ,, v i, (Tuesday,) thelith instant, to form an AUXILIARY C . e above Society in Liverpool, at which the Rev. FRANCIS n r B E, M.A., of Cheltenham, with other Clergymen and Lay ,,!, will attend and take part. T he Chair to be taken by ADAM IloposoN, Esq., at Half -1-414 Six o'clo k• Inf o c 1 .,,,_ /Illation will be given at the Meeting concerning the ob ''', of the a b ove Society, which it is proposed now for the first - .le to introduce into Liverpool. ---- -____ LIVERPOOL FEMALE ORPHAN ASYLUM. HE ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING of the GUARDIANS will be held on 310NDAY the 23d instant, ~J•ne sylum, in Myrtle-street, at Two o'cl ' ock in the after- I'" 11 , to Receive the REPORT, and Transact the usual Business. which ?Meeting it will be proposed to Admit Children at .even• Years of age. 11 tk pe6 HiItAtOOD BANNER, Secretary and Treasurer. ruary, 1846. THELIVERPOOL BANKING COMPANY. PROPRIETORS are requested to TAKE NO TILE that the GENERAL ANNUAL MEETING will be ,;.4,40 the . CLA REN DO N-ROOM S, on TUESDAY, the 24th instant, I rirle o'clo c k • an d t h at a Motion will be submitted to the ceei n ting for an alteration of the Laws and Regulations of the & Pany regardin g th e nu mber of Votes at any General Meet- 7th Febritary, l ß B y 46 o . rder of the Directors, WILLIAM. W ILSON, Manager, LIV jERPOOL. M ANC ESTE it, AN D NEWCASTLE tin s-N TYNE JUNCTION RAILWAY COMPANY. N consequence of the Reports that the Bill for the staco!lstruction of this Undertaking had been thrown out on their Orders, the Directors think it advisable to inform itgai ohareholders that the few objections which were sustained thi s nst the Bill when before the Committee on Petitions, have th e 1 , 3 1 ) , been waived by the Standing Orders' Committee, and TR ill Will be ordered to be brought in the House of Commons IS EVENING. By order, • 1 W. H. INGRAM, Secretary. February, 18.16, 22, Parliament-street, 'WestmThster. ProofREWARD of FIVE GUINEAS will be PAID to n who can bring undoubted an o 'lowiPerng Persons are living, and where they now rem y de,f a/1011AS BIRKEY, who, in a Deed dated 9th September, firs, is described as "Thomas Birkey, son of Catherine Birkey, Tri,nton, in the county of Chester," and then aged ten years. "'N T HOUGHTON, who, in a Deed dated Ist July, 1797, is Ocribed as "Ann Houghton, daughter of John Houghton, of Zrb„ ," and then ag•ed thirteen years. At_ ORME, who, in a Deed dated in 1805, is described as p o _arY Orme, daughter of the late William Orme, of Liverpool, A-ier Brewer," and then aged six years. lin in case they should be - Dead, a REWARD of ONE GUl will be PAID to any PERSON producing a Certificate of ' l l Burial of any of them. 2lili rpow. cation to be made to Mr. JONAS JUBB, 10, Wilton rr Mr. G. WHITLEY, Solicitor, 24, Basnett-street, Li- . WE, the Undersigned, carrying on business under a rithe Firm of MADDv, GREENHOUSE, and Co., as Cigar NE,,nuff Manufacturers, have this day DISSOLVED PART it,MIIP by mutual consent. _ _ . W. 11IADDY. JOHN GREENHOUSE. W itness—BE RNA RD MARTIN. All Debts w ill b e p a id an d rece i v ed by W. M Arm y ; a n d in tllture, the business as will be carried on under the Firm of W. A I ADDY and formerly. N O TICE IS HEREBY GIVEN, that the PART .; NERSH I P heretofore subsisting between us, the under mad CHARLES POWNALL, the younger, and ISAAC W O aT.HINGTON, under the style or firm of " Pownall and st r '"lngton," as Stock and Share Brokers, at No. 1, oidhait d• e et, in Liverpool, in the county of Lancaster, was this day issolved by mutual consent. Dated this nineteenth day of January, one thousand eight h undred and forty-six. CHAS. POWNALI„ Jun. ISC. WORTHINGTON. r ,„ — "serve that the Signature of the proprietor, "G. C. Serjeant,' , is written on the Government Stamp. sERJEANT'S LOTION, the only effectual Remedy against Rheumatism Rheumatic Gout, Sciatica, and Lum bago. Sold by the Proprietor, G. C. SEILIEANT, No. I, Lo 'yell's-court, Paternoster-row, and 2, Bell-yard, Temple-bar, London; and by a ll V en d ers of Medicine. Price 2s. 9d. per Bottle. The astonishing success which has crowned the application of this external Medicine in the most hopeless and deplorable cases, when the unhappy sufferer had despaired of ever gaining even the least relief, and this after the ablest advice and every other means had completely failed, most justly entitles it to the attention of the afflicted. This excellent Medicine, so universally esteemed, is unat tended with the least danger or inconvenience, and hundreds ' l ave experienced its happy and salutary effects since it was first introduced. per sons are the prope r ti es o f thi s i nva l ua bl e S pec ifi c th a t per labouring under the most diStressi ng Rheumatism, Rheu- as „.12 4 pc,Gout, and Lumbago, and rendered thereby incapable of sting themselves, have been relieved in a few hours. stimonials g te mong - st many which are being daily received are the follow : 4, Paternoster-row. Barc, o_ll 3-llaving been informed of the surprising cure of Mr. by D"," , Of St. Paul's Churchyard, who was so severely afflicted -, aeumatism, the intense pain causing delirium, that he was co " , Pelled to be confined by a strait waistcoat to prevent his tinalitting any violence, and whose case was considered ens hopeless I was induced to ascertain the particulars, and t o 'ng satisfied'of the truth of my information, encouraged me litt? la ke a trial of your most invaluable Medicine, entertaining e hopes of success, having been many year remedies. a Ispo'er, and tried many said to be very valuable IT' happy in being able to add my testimony of the benefit erived:'after a few days' application the use of my limbs are ;;rfectly restored, and I am now able to attend my business, making an allowance for my age, never was better in my ca l: ‘ , To those, however severely afflicted and hopeless their fe e l May have been pronounced, I beg of them to make a trial, li iiro‘ ng quite satisfied they will be restored to the use of their H e " 8, from the severe cases that have yielded to this Medicine. th _alth is a great blessing to those who can enjoy it, but to hi re who are deprived, none feels it so severe as the trades tan er mechanic, as it generally causes loss of business, aml r t i' r gs . ruin on families. I shall at all times feel it my duty to or it known to those afflicted, to evince how grateful lam MY restoration, and am, Sir, yours truly, 0 GEORGE POLLARD. O ctober 20, 1844. . . . . TreThstreet, Cripplegate. have been several weeks confined to my bed by Gout D ai Rheumatism, not a part from my head to my feet free from ke n ,' ai ld as helpless as an infant : not even a * finger could I tli e l• In this unpleasant situation I was informed by my me / attendant he had applied all the usual remedies, and that • llett remain months in my deplorable situation. ha';',9rtunately your remedy was made known to me, or I might eatie been to this (lay conta i ned to my bed. After a close appli tip,,n Of four days, my troublesome companion began to dis tirla`P'; in a week I was capable of walking about my room, eip e 'l another week's perseverance in the use of your Medi- Dog leave Loodon. earful of nother attack, Please tosend six bottles.— Fearful of another attack, Will Please to send six bottles.—! am, Sir, a your obedient D. W. STONE. S ir ., 14, Belmont -place, Wandsworth-road, Oct. 26, 1844. ip.feel in duty bound to acknowledge, that after suffer tlaZ ac ute pai ns f rom S c i a ti ca , or severe Rh euma ti c a ff ec ti on i n try „u I P-joint, an d b e i ng d e p r i ve d o f res t, I was p ersua d e d t o % r ear embrocation, and have the pleasure to say that after tlio,,,,aPplications I was restored to my usual health ; and, al two years have passed, I have no return of the disorder. airl ? Sir, gratefully yours, So d , EDWARD Novas. "1' Pendleburv, Russell-street ; Titherington, Oxford; greet; Hogarth, Great George-street; Fisher, Bold-street - 1 V4 3 . 4 "1d, Parker-street ; Gerrard, Oldhall-street ; Parkinson, tom oc otland-road ; Neal, Scotland-road ; Simpson, Scotland- Pposite St. Martin's M arket ; Mackow, Vauxhall-road; h o e n, corner of Dale-street and Haymarket ; Smith, Great eer-street ; Cox, Fox-street • Gillard, Richmond-row ; Low, Wl"Pn ; Walker London-r'oad • Parry Christian-street; verr-eT.ff, Great GeOrge-place•, Smith, Woodside; Price, Wa- 7 1 1 , et atY rears Loss of Hair, and wonderful Restoration. G entle Church-street, Whitby, Oct. 19, 1841. . 1 001 „",,emen,—Of the last supply of OLDRIDGE'S BALM of h,Z, I ,u MBI A every bottle was sold immediately on receipt, and Whi c h 'Piny more bespoke, only waiting for a further . supply, have„ hope you will send without the least delay. Orders liki i i l v ,:t ired in more than ever since the powerful effects of the yep u , nave been so decisively demonstrated in the cases of se credible and respectable inhabitants of the town. One !lon '; c ei among others which have attracted particular atten "44o t he case of a gentleman who had had little or no hair for kilti t ,Y Years h. had tried numerous preparations in vain, and I nelid at 9Y had his head shaved, and wore a wig. At my reeom th e jition he tried the Bairn ; and after using it according to litt,`;strections for a short time, the young hair appeared, and he "Iv as fine a head of hair as any person in NVliitby. Yours, &c., JOHN KILVINGTON. 1 0, R, To Messrs. Kennaby Brothers, coGift,inorlandldings, Alderszate-street, London. trow_ p r events the Hair from turning grey, and the first appli -409, • C atises it to curl beautifully, frees it from scurf, and r, st . ,s,‘ it from falling o'ff. Abundance of certificates of the first ,14.1b.Z1bility are shown by the Proprietors, C. and A. OLD -4) 1, ,Wellington-street, Strand, London, where the Balm ve ndors i m by most of the respectable Perfumers and Medicine p rie Oe niti n e 38 . ( d., 65., and Ils. per Bottle. No other prices are 4, 9 4 ef 0 °1- v 9, 1 -..I)RIDGE , s BALm OF COLUMBIA, 1, WEL b REET, STRA ND, LON all respectable Chemists, Perfumers, and Stationers. • _ . . ' 11 41: - '"IoN.—On Friday Bryan Seery was executed at ra tis r !gar for shooting at, with intent to murder, Sir t.llopkins The prisoner died pro'esting his in he` -`e t,roost solemn mariner. The inhabitants in peie'lthhourhood do not believe him guilty, and hardly ' 6 4 " f 'xcept the military attended the execution. All Nt e () PR in the town were closed, and the streets were Its th e die,2rted. The day was market-day, and though it Iliugl.,''rzest butter market in Leir:ster, there was not a ,41tQA",,,tkin brougl t to marke t that day. The West d•& o f the Roman ;mh o , : r ran saws-- The shuns a ibt, c traders were Owed during the moraine. in ptir ilt4l,l,lvl.f three:ion given from the altar of the chapel on ex f .„s Where it Was declared a mortal slit to witness -na t s Th e 4. 0 p1 e were Old Se ton the culprit, p• tsti, Y was an innocent victim, and that their wit rtt)g Lis e xecution would inflict on them heavy t urga tltlstar "Ihment—consf quscene."ently very few )eft their 0 witness the fatal CHURCH PASTORAL AID SOCIETY. The annual meeting of the friends and supporters of this society was held last evening, in the lecture-hall of the Collegiate Institution, which was crowded to excess with a most respectable audience. A few minutes after six o'clock, the worshipful Henry Raikes, Chancellor of the Diocese, accompanied by a number of influential gentlemen, entered the hall, and was received with loud cheers. Having taken the chair, he called upon the Rev. Thomas Nolan, who opened the proceedings with an impressive and appropriate prayer. The Worshipful CHAIRMAN then proceeded to ad dress the meeting, but in consequence of the position in which the reporters were placed, not one half of what was said could be heard by them. We understood him to say, before he proceeded to call upon the Secretary to read the report of the operations of the society during the past year, he felt it due to himself to explain the cir cumstances which led to his appearance in that position that evening. There were many reasons why it was most gratifying to see a layman in the chair ; but in consequence of Mr. Horsfall being prevented from attending, it afforded him an opportunity of showing his adherence to, and approbation of, the cause. (Cheers.) At the same time be felt, upon these occasions, in that society, the chair could never be so properly filled as by a layman ; for it was formed by laymen for the benefit of the clergy, and the good of the church at large. He, therefore, refaiced at seeing the chair filled by . a layman, in order that the clergy might have an opportunity of testifying to them the warm feelings of gratitude by which they were actuated for the assistance and support of their lay bre thren. (Applause) But be might take the liberty of saying that, when deprived of the assistance of a layman to occupy the chair, they could hardly find amongst its members a warmer friend to the society than the humble individual who then addressed them. (Cheers.) He was therefore willing, upon the present occasion, as he had always hitherto done when an opportunity presented itself, to bear his testimony to the usefulness of the so ciety. Had it not been for, the operations of this society, the church, in this diocese at least, in its endeavours to supply the spiritual wants of the population, must have met with such an amount of inefficiency and difficulty as almost to overwhelm it. (Hear.) Through the agency of the Pastoral Aid Society they had met the difficulty in part, and let the society only be supported as it ought to be, and there was hardly any thing it would not be able to accomplish. In truth, he trusted he spoke to those who felt the value of its operation—in fact, their com mon interests were concerned in its, success—laity and clergy were bound up in one common cause; the clergy were but labourers in their master's service—they were but agents for the good of the laity, and just in propor tion as they both anted together would success attend their efforts. (Loud cheers.) Before he sat down he hoped they would allow him to observe, that whilst the present aspect of affairs presented much cause for apprehension, and much fear for future consequences, he wished to impress upon all the importance of the so ciety. It pleased the Almighty disposer of events to work by means, and whenever God had an object to pro mote—whenever there was an end to be accomplished— means were to be used, and such means as were most likely to accomplish the end in view. Thus, when the increase of the population bad almost b'd defiance to the efforts of the Church to meet it, the wondrous but simple machinery of this society was set to work, a few individuals met, the plan was formed, and when he looked at its operation he could not refrain from concluding that God had blessed the means, and that it was the purpose of God, by means of it, to enlarge the usefulness of the church, and to show how wonderfully it was adapted to meet the wants of the population. He loved the society not merely for the good it had done in what was to be expected from it, but in a higher sphere of action, as a sort of pledge from God that he would still make the Established Church a bless ing to the land, a security for the happiness and welfare of the people. (Loud cheers.) The Worshipful Chair man concluded by calling on one of the clerical secreta ries to read the report. The Rev. C. W. LAWRENCE then read the report, of which the following is the substance : The committee expressed their thankfulness to God that the funds collected in this town would fa'l only a few pounds short of the returns of the preceding year, a donation in 1844 having swelled the returns of that year to an extent which they feared would not be realized this bear. They were labour ing not only to increase the number of ministers, but to main tain those already employed in necessitous cures. There were parishes containing thousand. and tens of thousands of souls, which, if they satisfy the eye of a benevolent man when he corn. pares the shepherds with the dimensions of the fold, only do so while the hand of the society supplies the means of snbsrstence, and should that hand withdraw its aid, the nice proportions are gone, the lights will fail in the prospect, and the darkness of death rest upon the moral landscape. The committee adhere to the principle and plan of the society. It was at this conjunc ture of the church that men were wanted to enter upon the fields white for harvest. The society has been the means of sending, not only the ordained minister of God into the vine yard, but the lay agent; and it washer privilege to contend for the employment of humble but devoted men, who, simply, but under the orders of the incumbent, might warn the unruly, com fort the afflicted, and instruct the ignorant, and it is now her privilege to see a society instituted for the same sp' eine purpose, sending forth' similar men Into the streets of the metropolis, under the high sanction of the Diocesan. As much depen ed on the character of a minister, the society were careful whom she employed, and sent such only as gave guarantee to walk in the stepp and preach the Gospel of the Lord. If the open Bible be the privilege of the Protestant—if the power to understand its contents be recognised in the laity of the church—if there be a wholesome result, as we should expect, in attending to the Lord's command to the people, "Take heed what ye hear," — then was that procedure of the society as scriptural us it was wholesome, by which the spiritually enlightened ear and eye of the laity of the church are brought to bear upon the character of those ministrations which they are instrumental in providing for their fellow countrymen, and transmitting to their children. There are few better preservatives from the leprosy of popery than the just resentments of the people at large, when directed into such channels as that society presented, which, true to the church of which she is the scion, esteems a protest against error an essential feature of an h nest allegiance and of truth. The committee rejoiced that the Bish p of Oxford, the son of Wm. Wilberforce. had cordially expressed his approbation of the so ciety. In Liverpool the society supported ten curates and two Scripture readers. One incumbent says : " Our Scripture reader had not been long at work before the effect was visible in the seats which are assigned to the poor. He is now engaged in visiting others who yet feel a reluctance, or who are kept back by want ,f clothing. The filthy courts, the wretched habita tions, in which a large mass of the population lives, the un wholesome atmosphere they breathe, the sickness and distress which abound, render his labours as difficult as self-denying. Yet good is doing, and the clergyman discovers that the lay agent has a much easier access to the poor than he can possibly have—that they are mere communicative with him than him self—and that through his instrumentality he learns more of their actual condition, their wants, their knowl dge. and their ignorance, than he ever knew by personal visitation " On the subject of third services in churches, your c , mmittee think it would be well if such more frequently occurred, as the wants of many might thus be supplied who cannot attend the other ser. v ces. In St. Simon's the grant received was £lOO, and the amount returned .45a. In Edgehill, the grant £5O, the amount returned aEBS, so that in the latter case there was a gain. At. tention is next called to a plan of increasing the parent socie. ty's funds, which had this year fallen short by nearly £lOOO as compared with the previous year. It had been proposed by the Rev. H. M'Neile (whom the committee highly compliment), to raise ..e5OO, by obtaining promises from individuals of donations to the amount of such a sum ; such promises not to be called upon till the sum promised amounted to the sum proposed. A sum of £es7o had been promised, and it remained f ,r the friends of the soc'ety to complete the promises in behalf of the object. The report concludes by an earnest scriptural appeal, and a prayer that it may be effectual to the setting forth of the glory of God, and tl.e increase of His kingdom. THE Rev. Canon Nl'NEtez then rose to move the first resolution, and was received with loud and continued cheers. When they had subsided, he commenced by ob serving, that whilst the Chairman was speaking, a multi tude of thoughts crowded into his mind on the subject of the Pastoral Aid Society as an auxiliary to our church. Its name sufficiently expressed its objects. It is an aux iliary to our Established Church in one of its most im portant functions,—the supply of competent and efficient pastors. Our church requires such help, because the po pulation to whomit is a debtor for scriptural instruction, and pastoral superintendence, has largely overgrown her original and stated resources. They were aware, none more so, that vast multitudes in our large towns, and in our manufacturing and mining districts, are in a condition utterly deplorable in a land called Christian—they have not tire opportunity, if they had the will, of receiving Christian instruction ; they are as sheep scattered abroad without a shepherd. He was thinking that the skeleton frame-work of a national church was still scattered over the land, whilst the principle of a national church is vir tually repudiated in much that concerns the spiritual wants of the people, and thrown upon the voluntary principle. It was, however, a good thing to have the frame• work, because every new church, school, or pastor which was established came immediately within the range of that frame-work. But it was deplorable to see a number of vacant spots on that frame-work. the more so because they were not altogether empty. There was sometling in those places congenial to the condition of man. There were men in this country, as in all countries, anxious to upset the present state of things in order to better their own con- I dition. Such persons were not scrupulous about the means they would use. Weapons which they themselves despised, if successful, were used without scruple. Hence it was that infidelity was wielding superstition with great effect, whilst she was looking with contempt and scorn upon the ignorance that could he acted upon by such instrumen tality. (Hear, hear.) The society, then, in whose behalf they had met, was an auxiliary to the church in sending to the people the only efficient remedy. There was, and could be, no efficient remedy but in the gospel of the grace of God, and as it had pleased him to adopt human instrumentality for the spread of his truth, therefore they might truly say, there - could be no iernedy but in the adequate multiplication, of competent pastors. This was the only remedy which could reach the real state of man's disease, in our most thickly populated districts. Nay, more, in carrying out the sacred medicine of the Gospel to the bed-sides of the sick and dying poor, the Church Pastoral Aid ,Society was a proved and tried friend. (Loud applause.) It was simply on these grounds they presented it to them for their support. (('ontinued applause.) He was thinking on these things when he found that he had undertaken a very difficult task, and that was to move the adoption of the report without making a speech. The rev. gentleman then read the resolution as follows : That the report now received be adopted, printed, and circulated, under the direction of the committee; and that the following gentlemen comprise the committee for the ensuing year." He looked to the other side of the paper but found no names. (Laughter.) He looked to his reverend brother, the secretary, and found he had no names. He was so satisfied they were so well acquainted with the society that they would re collect the names of those who formed the committee for the past year, and therefore he had left the list at home. (Laughter.) They would. perhaps, naturally ask why he came under such a very ticklish eligfwenient lie would tell them. He was lately at Cheltenhltu fur this very society, and at Cheltenham they made him the LlON—(cheers) — and therefore he made a very long speech. It would not become him to say it was a good one, but the people of Cheltenham seemed to think tO. (Applause.) Now the Cheltenham lion had come to Li verpool. (Loud and continued cheers.) And he was content on the present occasion to be a much smaller I animal, he would be the mouse that nibbled the cord, that THR LIVERPOOL STANDARD. loosed the net, that freed the lion. (Tremendous laugh ter and cheers.) Before he sat down he wished to tell them that this noble animal would not only address them that evening, and in giving that notice he desired them to forget all that was amusing in what had passed, whilst he told them soberly and solemnly that the Rev, F. Close would on Wednesday evening preach in St. Michael's Church. (The reverend gentleman resumed his seat amid loud cheers.) The lion and Rev W. MONTADUE - Vaunts, Rector of St. George's, Bloomsbury, one of the deputation, seconded the resolution. After a few words of introduc tion relative to the foregoing speeches, and that part of the claims of the society respecting which he had ven tured to speak in his sermon on the preceding day, and which were very indistinctly beard at the inconvenient corner where the reporters were placed, the reverend gentleman said, that in addressing a Liverpool audience he was well aware that he was addressing a people inti mately acquainted with figures, and to whose minds it would be easy, by their assistance, to convey a clear and distinct idea of a few important and startling facts bearing upon the claims of the Pastoral Aid Society, upon their esteem and support. There were few persons, he would venture to say, who knew better than the rev. gentleman who had just sat down, how to combine the amusing with the solid, and never transgressing propriety ;—(applause)----and he believed there were few towns which possessed more eloquent preachers, or more churches in which the Gospel was preached ; and they would agree with him that it was a solemn subject to speak of such immense numbers of their fellow-creatures who were in an uncon verted state, without God or hope of salvation, and without any knowledge of the blessed Saviour; and having, then, to speak on those points, he entreated their kind conside ration that night. (Applause.) The course of events now was different to what it was some years ago. He was not going to re-echo what had been called an old woman's tale, namely, that there were no times like the old times,' or even that the old times were better than the present ones; but he must allude to a difference in the present times with regard to its treatment of popery, which favoured in some degree the progress of the fatal superstitions of that religion. In Imes gone past it was considered fair and right to speak of things by their right names, and if they found anything worthy of censure, no man was blamed for speaking in truthful terms of it. But now, by a kind of bastard philanthropy, their mouths were closed. If, in speaking of Rome and her abominations, any allusion was made to Sodom or Babylon. it was stig matised as unkind or uncharitable; but he had not learnt to be more charitable than the word of God. (Applause.) He desired to speak the truth, but he would do it in love. Let them look on the manner in which the question of Maynoo:h was received last session, as an exemplification of this fact; and the Protestants, both laymen and clergy, ought to unite to truthful men, who would proclaim the Gospel as it was in Jesus, to the winning of souls from that system which had destroyed so many souls. (Cheers.) With this carelessness of speech there was combined an other fact ; and that was the increased exertions making by the Papists at the present time. He had no doubt there was as much increased exertion made by them in Liverpool as he perceived in his own neighbourhood. He could scarcely stir abroad without meeting, two by two, their sisters of charity, or of mercy, or nuns, or whatever they were, with their baskets on their arms, visiting the sick, ministering to their temporal wants, and never Militig to excite their superstitious fears and feelings ; and be could not but help feeling some re spect for their zeal and earnestness. This was only to be met by more zeal among themselves, and he looked to the Pastoral Aid Society, in sending out godly men, to feed the people with the true milk of the word ; and those who had to spare of this world's goods should take better care of the bodily wants and comforts of the poor. (Applause.) In order to show the great usefulness of this society, he would now go to another point, which had been alluded to before, namely, the great incr ease o f t h e popu lation. With that increase there had been some ad ditional means—how much he would shortly tell—but he believed it was totally inadequate to the population. All that had been done during the last five years had not even met the increase of the people during that period. He would first mention a few facts with regard to London. Some would perhaps think it very unnecessary for him to come to Liverpool to speak of London ; but if they re collected themselves, they would find few families which, indirectly or directly, were not connected with London, or which had not sent some poor youth into that great Ba bylon, or, perhaps, they themselves were in the habit of visiting it. It therefore became a matter of great import ance to see what amount of spiritual instruction there was provided for those youths or for themselves. Take Lon don as it is marked out by parliamentary enactment, a district of eight miles around St. Paula, and, in 1841, its population was two millions, or rather more. This more than doubled the amount of population in ]BOl, and showed an increase since that period of 30,000 a yea r . Let them mark that fact, that there was added to the po pulation of London every year. a number equalling the whole population of the city of York. Let them take all the cathedral towns in England and Wales, where the churches were pretty thick and the clergy pretty numerous, and their whole population amounted but to 678,943 ; this would perhaps give them a very great idea of a population of two milllions. If they added to the episcopal cities all the country towns in the kingdom, and add to them the populations of Liverpool, Manches ter. Birmingham, Leeds, and Sheffield,, they would then only have a population of 1,100,000 ; not much more than half that of London. Having given them some idea of the vastness of London, he would show them how it was provided with spiritual accommodation. The whole amount of accommodation in 1843, taking churches and dissenting chapels, was but sufficient for 601,418. so that of five-eights of the whole population which might j be reckoned as able to attend a place of worship, more 1 than one-half could not, for want of room, if they would. It was a well-known fact that every Sunday morning and evening, a number of persons larger than the population of the chief towns and cities of the kingdom, wilfully absented themselves from any place of worship. If London was compared with New Zealand, it would be found to be mostly inferior to it, in godliness and religion. After some further statistics, showing the spiritual destitution of London, a destitution which in Westminster alone, it would take 45 churches, each capa ble of containing 1000 persons to supply, he described the state of the manufacturing and mining districts, which were in a similar dreadful condition. In South Durham there bad been an immense increase of late in the coal trade, and new towns were continually springing up, with populations varying from 1,000 to 5,000, entirely destitute of churches, schools, and religious instruction of any kind. In South Wales not one in 50 of the adults c.arld read. In Bradford and Leeds, although the parents expressed themselves anxious that their children should be taught to read, they would not consent to deprive themselves of a small portion of their earnings to give them time to be taught. In Lancashire and Cheshire, it was stated by Mr. Kennedy, few of the colliers attended divine worship, and in general cared nothing whatever about religion, being ignorant as beasts of the state of their souls ; that the children never, attended school or a place of worship, nor could read or write. One clever lad, about eleven years old, stated that he bad heard of hell down in the pit; that he had never heard of Jesus Christ; that he had heard of God in the pit, when the name was employed in imprecations to send the souls of others to hell. (Great sensation.) In order to show that something might be done even with a class of people so much in ignorance, he read a statement of the condition of the Forest of Dean, in Gloucestershire, a few years ago, from which it appeared that the miners led a clanish and solitary life, that they were violent and debauched, and the terror of the surrounding neighbourhood ; that their Sabbaths were spent in several games or vicious ir regularities ; that there were neither churches nor chapels except on the outskirts, and schools were unkno wn . N ow the gospel of Jesus Christ had been carried there, and so great a change had been effected, that the colliers were exemplary in every moral and religious duty. The task of reformation had been undertaken bs the Dissen ters, whose perseverance had at length been rewarded by a total change in the character of the people. The Dis senters had worked zealously, and raised the means to build an immense number of chapels. These rneens had been drawn from the pockets of the persons not usually the most liberal people—from the small shopkeepers, whose power in general circulated ; and - lastly, from the working classes themselves, by the adoption of a plan which could quickly realise the £5OO promised to be raised by their friend, Mr. .14'Neile. The plan was by penny subscriptions. (Applause.) They had thus seen what the Dissenters had done, and he trusted the Establishment had in it tire desire to do as much or more ; that they would take the lesson, and remember the words of Him who said " Go thou and do likewise." (Applause.) He must be excused for giving them one or two more of these statistical facts ; he felt that they spoke more to the pur pose than if be gave them words of his own. Of the two millions of inhabitants in London, a far greater number than they would expect bad no homes. they lived for the most part out of doors. and at night they took up their abode at a lodging-house, where they generally paid about 3d. per night for part of a bed. In many, many cases, there would he perhaps six in a bed. The poor man, by this means, saved a great portion of the expense of separate lodgings, which senerally cost at the lowest, about 4s. Gd. per week. Thousands and tens of thousands had no homes, except their lodging houses. In a report published some years ago, on the best means of establishing a constabulary force in Eng land and Wales, these lodging-houses were spoken of as the greatest obstacles to the morality of the people. They were filled with the dregs of society and professed thieves and beggars, and were perfect hotbeds of vice for the poor children taken to them by their parents. lie described a room in one of these lodging houses, a place 18 feet by 10 feet, with beds of straw arranged on each side as thick as possible, in fact, the floor was like one great bed ; and in that space the night before, the, person from whom he had the description, visited it,:there were twenty-seven adult males and females,thirty-onechildren, and twodogs sleping in it. In the top room of the same house were six beds,and in these 32 human beings slept; the windows in these places were seldom opened, and the pesti'ential and noisome atmosphere which pervaded these dreadful places arena:ly compelled the visitors to retreat, and often produced vo miting. It might be asked what could be done with such a class of human beings as this; they were too bad for the Pastoral Aid Society to reach; but he replied they were not too bad, that they had been reached. There were a number of laymen at work at the present time visiting these noisome abodes, and reading the eternal Go s p e l of God to the miserable inmates; and many had profited by the word read. He was quite sure, in that town, cele bt aced for its ministers; for its number of eloquent men who preached the Gospel faitlifully—(applause)— it would be unnecessary for him to dwell on the power which might ccompany a single sentence of the Word of God ; to define how far it would go, or when it would blossom and bring forth fruit. He would, however, state that during the last year there hind been held in these lodging-houses 132 meetings for the exposition of the Scriptures, at which 1600 persons had been present; and hi was happy to say be knew of some parties, who, be felt, by the means-of these readings, were as sure of going to heaven as if they were there already. (Applause.) He then dwelt at some length on the necessity of ac companying their exertions with prayer, if they wished them to be productive of good, and went on to shew that as the people would not come to hear preaching, it was necessary the message of the gospel should be car ried to them. He alluded to the excellence of the cot tage lecture plan, for the establishment of which they were so much indebted to their excellent diocesan, and proceeded to declare that the money given to that society would be laid out with a most scrupulous regard to Protestant truth. If any minister employed by the society were found to be doing the contrary, he would at once be short of the cash. The money would not be given for Protestant purposes and used for papistical practices. (Loud cheers.) He then concluded by combating the objections he had heard against the so ciety, and which he said were actually in its favour ; and appealed to all present, as they felt the deep responsibility which would devolve upon them, to contribute liberally. (Applause.) The motion was then put, and carried unanimously. The Rev. HALDANE STEWART moved the next resolu tion, and proceeded to express his conviction of the great importance of this society, which had been, if possible, increased by the excellent speech of the reverend gentle. man who had just addressed them. As there were two other reverend gentlemen to follow him, he would not trespass upon their time longer, but would conclude by expressing his trust that the society would go on in in creasing usefulness. The Rev. A. P. IRWINE seconded the resolution, and entered into some remarks upon the vast importance of this society, which was quietly and inobtrusively ef fecting so much good for the souls of men. He then en tered into some statistical details from the association's published report, showing that it provided for 258 pas tors, preaching the gospel to upwards of two millions of souls, the average salary of each pastor being £9B per annum. In addition to this, it aided the incomes of between 4 and 500 clergymen, and expended considerable funds in other works prom , ,ting the spread of the gospel. We regret that our space %sill not allow us to follow the rev. gentleman through these details, and the very inte resting matter which he adduced to show theworking of the society. The CHAIRMAN put the resolution, which was carried unanimously. The Rev. T. NOLAN, Honorary Secretary, here said that there had been 31 services this year in the town and neighbourhood in behalf of this society. Last year there had b•-en received through sermons £239 ; this year the m was £657 15s. 6d., derived from sermons preached. The following is a statement of the respective churches and amounts:— e a. d. Everton Church...... 40 0 s. d. St. Mary's, Edge-hill 32 0 0 St. Jude's 7B 0 0 St. Thomas's, Tox. P.lO 0 u West Derby 2t. 4 Seaforth 32 17 6 St. Simon's 12 3 5 St. Clement's.... 2O 15 0 St. Paul's Christ's. Waterloo St. Silas' Kirkdale .. £657155. 6d. Christ Church ....28 0 0 A igburth 40 If) 0 _ . 58 13 St. Bride's .. ...tif! 2 3 St. Bartholomew's .. g 7 0 St. Barnabas' . ... 37 18 3 St. James's 37 0 0 St: John's St. Luke's lO 15 0 St. Mark's The reverend gentleman announced that the sermon in St. Michael's, for the same object, would be preached on Wednesday (to-morrow) evening, by the Rev. F. Close. (Applause.) He concluded by stating that a collection Would then be made, and that while it was proceeding a hymn would be sung, which was accordingly done. The Rev. F. BARKER said he had been requested to move the last resolution, which he read. It was to the effect, that the meeting concurred more and more in the soundness of the principles upon which the society pro ceeded ; that they felt grateful to God for its success hitherto, and prayed that it might promote His honour and glory. He fully agreed in the'sentiments conveyed by the motion, and as the operations of the society bad already been explained by the previous speakers, he should simply advance one thing, which he thought ought to be strongly impressed upon the meeting—which it had not been by those who had preceded him—and that was, that to Liverpool yet belonged the reproach of baying re ceived from the funds of the society rather than granted towards them. While we had been receivers, our returns had been discreditably inadequate. A good deal had been said about allowing the Botanic Garden to fall into decay. He had heard a gentleman say that it was disgraceful to the town that such a delightful place of recreation should be given up, and that it could only endure for a few more years, as the land must be broken up for building. This was called very discreditable. The Church of England Schools, too, it was equally discreditable to leave in such a state. It was certainly discreditable that those who shouted so lustily for the Bible at elections, did not sup port those schools, where it was taught, and that one of them bad consequently to be given up. It was remark able, and highly discreditable that when the Society began their grants, the town withheld that support which was in gratitude due to its exertions and liberality. The Society had given them £lOOO, and they returned only £6OO. He was glad, however, to observe that this year the reproach that had attached to the town appeared likely to be removed. (Cheers.) He then alluded to Mr. M`Neile's proposition to raise £5OO by promises, to be realized in the event of the whole being thus promised. They now wanted only £250 of that amount; and were there not twenty persons present who had not yet sub scribed? Were there not twenty ladies who would un dertake to raise it ? Oe twenty young persons who would come forward for that purpose. He trusted they would not lose the £5OO from any backwardness, for he ' was sure it could be raised. He concluded by saying that he gloried in the society ; that it was the bright e st star in the firmament of Protestantism ; that it had brought thousands upon thousands from darkness to the light of redeeming truth, and that he hoped and prayed it would, in the language of the resolution, yet promote the honoer and glory of God. (Applause.) The Rev. Canon M`Nziesc here rose, and good hu rnouredly said he was going to confess. (Laughter.) He concurred with the lastspeaker in all he had stated. saving as regareed the last item mentioned. For the de ficiency of that item, it was not the town, hut himself, who was to blame. (Hear and laughter.) The fact was, he had gone from home, and had not had an opportunity of applying for the difference ; but he believed it only wanted a little exertion similar to that he had exercised in the onset, to raise the sum stated, or even, he believed, twice the amount. (Cheers.) The Rev. F. CLOSE was received with loud applause upon rising to second the resolution. He said he ap peared before them an illused man. (Laughter.) His next observation was lost, but he was understood to al luee to some of the observations of the Rev. El. M'Neile, as he proceeded to say that his venerable friend, the Rev. Mr. Stewart, had beautifully disposed of all about the lions and mice. He (the Rev. Mr. C.) did not treat the Rev. H. M`Neile as he had treated him. He told him before he came to the meeting that lie was the lion, and supposing the ratio ad absurdem to be true, the lion did not get up ill five minutes before nine o'clock. He there. fore considered himself in that respect an illused man •, and again, instead of being a lion he was only one•third or a lion, two others had divided the spoil with him. (Laughter and applause.) His last trouble was, that he never could speak unless there was a collection after. It was like wasting his breath on the desert air, if there was no money after. (Continued laughter.) But the secretary had done all he could to ease his mind, and promised him that there should be boxes held at the door—(laughter)—that if he should succeed in putting on the screw so as to make them feel they had not done enough, they could give double as they went out, and that gave him courage to speak. Those who had preceded him had efficiently done the part they came there to per form. Most important was the information given by Mr. Villiers, and he hoped it would ne ver h e f orgotten. H e rejoiced at the few observations he had made at the be ginning of his speech, touching the mawkish sensibility on the subject of their great enemy, Rome, when, it they spoke out, and called things by their right names, they were called harsh and uncharitable. Those who objected to their calling Rome Babylon, did not scruple to speak of others in language as harsh. Say a word about Rome, and they say she is venerable and must not be touched, although she has devoured souls, swallowed up souls, and imprisoned souls, and was the vilest supe: sti•ion that ever Satan supported. His reverend brother, Mr. Ir ovine, had spoken of the great labours of this society, and also of the labours of the dissenters. He (Mr. (2.) would also bear testimony to that in another part of the country, which had been left in total destituion but for their Di,senth g brethren. He was not of the opinion of those who would rather leave men to the doctrines of nature than have them ins . ructed by Dissenters. It had been his duty to travel to the Land's End, in Cornwall, I where he visted the mines, and he met with a most intel ligent and cultivated people —no drunkenness, nor any , thing of that kind. Ibis was effected principally by the Calvanistic Methodists. Until they went down, the COMiSil miners were known as Cornish wreckers. He had also visited the interesting island of PutHrid, where he found an old man standing and working on the ledge of a rock. He spoke to the old man, arid said—'` This is a dangerous occupation." The old man said "Yes, but we do not mind it much." " Have you not tnany accid nts ?" " Yes; last week I had as fine a son as ever lived crushed to d,ath ; but thanks be to God he was a pious man ; for I would sooner follow all of toy children to the grave with the hope of immortality than they should lead a life of immorality and sin " (Applause.) Alluding to the statement made by Mr. Barker as to the deficiency in the subscription, he said that althou g h th ere was lik e l y t o b e a change this year. they must recollect that they had back debts to psv ; they must look hack, and their secre tary would tell them how many years they had been re ceiving more than they had been giving. They must redeem themselves, and place them& Ives on a respectable footing. As inhabitants of this town, they ought to place them- selves on a respectable footing with all, but especially will the Church Pastoral Aid Society. (Applause.) The rev, gentleman then read the resolution, which, he said, at five minutes to nine he was called upon to speak to, although he was told the meeting must be concluded by nine. He could not say that this motion had just been put into his hand, without being aware what he was to speak upon, for his friend, the Secretary, wrote to tell hint the substance of his resolution—that it would refer to the crisis of our church. Now, what crisis did he mean? How was he to know what was the great crisis of our church and country? It was a formidable posi tion to take up, and yet, allow him to say, he expressed his belief that these words were most true, and, if not arrived a! a crisis. they were, in church, in state, in poli tics, in things social, in things religir us, and thing. divine, in the transition, state, and God alone knew where it would lead them to; or where the creat civil, politic.), and spiritual interests of this most excited country, might be driven, until they settled down into a more cool and permanent condition. He should coufiee his observations to the church alone, and bid the state and country adieu. There were a great many cheer- I ing circus stances--that meeting was a cheering circum- stance; and he was also assured of this fact, and believed he was correct in saying, that he did not think, since the days of the Reformation, there were so many of the clergy of the Church of England preaching the pine, unadulter ated gospel. (Applause.) Never were there greater exertions made by the church and country to meet the appalling evils of which they had heard. Yet admit ting this to be true, and looking around, he could not sup press his fears that they were in a state of imminent peril ; and if he were asked to what he more especially alluded than to anything else, he at once, in one concen trated name, told them it was Popery. (Loud cheers.) He knew that infidelity was at work too. He agreed with Mr. M'Neile that infidelity would stoop to take the as sistance of superstition, and that also superstition would condescend to take the help of infidelity. Although these things appeared to be antipodes, or. as the chemists would say, bore a lateral antipathy to each other, yet there was a most dear and near affinity between them ; they pro duced and reproduced each other. A beloved brother of his said, the natural production of Popery was a corrupt Protestantism : corrupt and degraded Protestantism was the carcase on which the corrupt worm of Popery bred, and the only wonder was that Rome had not taken possession of the land. (Applause.) If the Propaganda had exerted themselves, he did not see why they should not have taken possession of the stagnant waters of which they had heard much. Blessed be God they had not done su ; and the time was not by when they could be prevented from doing it. Alluding to the spread of popery, he said it went on its way silent ly, secretly, steadily—in ten thousand unsuspected forms it insinuated itself into the bosom of the social circle. Was he drawing an exaggerated picture ? Had they not heard of the daughters and children of pious clergymen being stolen from them by the priests of Rome? He read ex tracts from Moog. Richelieu, in which were held up a fearful pictura of the most appalling licentiousness and wickedness of the Romish Church. The -present crisis bad three characteristics, defection, treachery, and left behind in the church the spawn of a superstitious princi ple. He dwelt at some length on these heads, and de nounced surplices, chanting, intoning, and other portions of the church ordinances which he said were Puseyistic and savoured of popery. He then argued that the Church Pastoral Aid Society was the most efficient agency that could be devised for meeting those various evils : it created living churches, and then the people soon found tabernacles in which to worship. He concluded by men tioning one other proof of its efficiency, which was, that they could not take up a Tractarian newspaper, from the English Churchman downwards, in which they would not find the Church Pastoral Aid Society abused. This was a great proof of its worth: their pride and glory was that it was as much loved by its friends as it yeas hated by its enemies. The rev, gentleman resumed his seat amidst great applause. The resolution was carried unanimously. After , a vote of thanks to the chairman, and the singing of the 'Doxology, the meeting separated at a quarter past ten o'clock. SPEECH OF SIR HOWARD DOUGLAS IN THE HOUSE OF COMMONS ON FRIDAY. Sir H DOUGLAS said it was his intention, in the few observations he should address to the house, to state the reason that had induced him to vote against the measure proposed by the government for withdrawing protection from British agriculture. He had on several occasions expressly avowed tbese opinions, and had uniformly voted against the motions brought forward for the repeal of the corn laws, more particularly for that which had been recently proposed for the abolition of the import duties. He had given the great question of the corn laws his calm and deliberate consideration, and whatever might be the change in circumstances, or whatever change might be in others, his opinions had undergone no change whatever. Far from being shaken by any of the arguments he had heard in the course of the present debate, his opinions were, if possible, strengthened in favour of continued protection to British industry. He should, with the permission of the house, review the effects of the corn laws and their result upon the general interests of the country, and'more particularly as regarded their colonial interests, with which he was in some mea sure acquainted, and which he regretted to say were not represented and but little unders'ood in that house. (Hear.) He should first offer a few observations upon the figures of the right hon. baronet at the head of the government, and he would remark that the period taken by the right hon. baronet was far too short on which to found so extensive and sweeping a change in the policy of the country. It was quite true that the exports of Bri tish and Irish produce which in 1844 amounted to only £47,300,000, had risen in 1845 to 58,581,000 ; but it should 5e borne in mind that from 1839 there had been a decrease every year up to 1844, and although there was an apparent increase of 11 millions in the two years, yet the difference between the period when the decrease began to take place and 1845 was only three millions. He was ready to admit that the repeal of prohibitory duties had been productive of beneficial effect ; and when he bad first appeared at Liverpool he had expressed very fully his sentiments on the subject-of protection, and had advocated a relaxation of that system according to the altered circumstances of the country, as being calculated to promote the general interests of the country. But the measures they were then called upon to adopt were, that without waiting for the full development of the results, and because the experiment of the relaxation of certain duties had been found satisfactory, therefore they were t i throw overboard altogether the principle of protection. (Hear.) Now he maintained that without the recogni tion of that principle of protection it would be impossible to protect the interests of the artisans of this country from that severe depression which resulted where employment was not steady and permanent. It appeared they were now about to rush into that state of things in which the British artisan was to be brought into competition with the protected industry of foreign countries ; they not only exposed him to the competition of capital at borne, but to the protected industry of other countries abroad ; and no one, he thought, could deny that that would be highly injurious to the operative classes of this coutrtry. He would not enter into a diszussion with regard to the relative prices of food and labour, because much of that, he thought, depended upon the state of the labour mar ket ; but he would maintain that unprotected labour was incapable of competing with capital. He was firmly of opinion that much distress and suffering to the working classes would be the result of carrying into effect the measures of the government. He did not think that they would be able to displace the goods of other coun tries in the foreign markets, nor did he think that it would be found in practice that a large importation of foreign corn had any natural connection with the pros perity of the country. In 1840, 1841, and 1842, the importation of corn had reached its maximum, the quan tity imported varying from two to three millons of quar ters ; but England was by no means in a prosperous state in those years ; and it would be found that, in the long run, the best customers of England would be found in the home market. ( Hear, bear.) The right hon. bart. proposed to introduce measures founded upon the prin ciples of perfect free trade ; no doubt in the abstract free trade might be found advantageous, but he had not found that foreign countries were disposed to carry out the principle to the same extent. They had not been met by the United States, by France, or by Germany, in a corresponding spirit ; and he ventured to assert that all the Presidents of the United States, from Washington down to Polk, had never abandoned the principle of pro tection to the great interests of the country. Polk had distinctly stated that he would never abandon that prin ciple ; they had established the system of a revenue duty, and that could be callecknothing but a protecting duty, because it was imposed for the purpose of obtaining the largest possible amount of revenue. He maintained that they could not combat with rival tariffs without subject ing British labour to grsat depression. The hon. and gallant member then pro Jed to quote an extract from Adam Smith's work. fur :he' purpose of justifying the imposition of duties upon foreign produce for the en couragement of domestic is:lustre. The noble lord the member for the west riding of Yorkshire ( Lord Mor peth) had well observed that there was a great , necessity for providing for an increased and increasing population ; but it was a new proposition to him to contend that the way to increase production was to diminish prices. (Hear, hear.) Ther'e was a species of free trade which he should wish to see fully introduced among themselves-- he alluded to that which might exist between this country and their colonies, and between the colonies themselves. He had voted for the Canada Corm Bill with very great pleasure ; he freely admitted that Great Britain might safely admit Canadian corn duty free. He had heard with great dissatisfaction and surprise the hon. member for Montrose (Mr. H ume) rise in his place the other night to express great solicitude for the colonies. while at the same time he was rediculirig them. The Canadian Corn Bill was a compact entered into between two le gislative bodies. (Hear, bear ) This legislature, as well as the Canadian legislature, were parties to th t compact, which they were both bound to preserve. He had no he- , sitation in telling the he use that from the moment this measure passed into a law, which was to tarry out, the to tal abolition of protection, they would not be only extin guishing the Canada Corn Bill, but they would be extin guishing their whole colonial system itself (hear, hear.) The colonial system was one of protection, which they were pledged to carry out (hear. hear). If this principle be once given up, he told thew that though their ships might guard their coasts, sad their troops garrison the in terior of the country, the question tb"n would come home to them with full force—of what use s ere their colonies ? In that moment Great Britain would cr ase to be the chief of that imperial league. He had often heard Mr. Hus kisson quoted in this house as an out-and-out free-trader. Nothing could be further from the fact. When he was in America be bad carried on a correspondence with Mr. ' Huskisson, in which that eminent statesman had strongly advocated free trade, as far as their colonies were con cerned, but had never, in the slightest degree, given coun tenance to the principle being extended further (hear). If free trade were extended so as to amount to the aboli tion of all protective duties ; what was to become of the sugars? There would be an end of all hope of extending the cultivation of sugar in the East Indies. How had we treated that country in other respects? We had super seded tie cotton manufacture by our mechanical power; we, therefore, ought to show favour to the raw material. The hon. and gallant member again referred to the opi nions of Mr. Huskisson, an d t rus t e d th a t th e expecta tions and intentions of his right h. n. friend—honestly and faithfully devoted, as he knew they were, to the best of Lis judgment, to promote the welfare of Lis countrY— mtg t be realised to the fullest r xtent. Be sincerely hoped that his own opinions with respect to the working of this great measure might turn cut to be erroneous: At present he was convinced that the British labourer a (bold not be raised, that the social condition of the people of this country would not he ameliorated, and that agriculture would be seriously injured, and that consequently. our manufactures, commerce, and na vigation would equally suffer. Above all, that these great pillars of the ,atate would be in danger. Although in some respects heiave a reluctant and painful vote, yet upon the whole and at the same time be most willingly, confidently, conscientiously, and consistently, voted against this peri lous, and, as it appeared to him, unnecessary experiment —an experiment from which there was no retreat—(hear, hear);—a movement from which there was no receding ; an experiment which, if successful, could scarcely add to the prosperity, welfare, honour, and glory of this country, but any failure in which must prove the ruin of the em pire. (Hear, hear.) A SCENE IN THE HOUSE OF COMMONS. On Friday evening Mr. F. Scott was addressing the house against the premier's commercial scheme, which, he said, if it afforded adequate protection to native indus try, and dealt tenderly with important interests (cheers), he would again have given his support to the right hon. baronet. He believed them to be founded upon different principles—be believed they would prove ruinous and disastrous to the country, and therefore he must give them his most strenuous opposition (Oh). He was ever the opponent of a high protective duty, and had the right hon. baronet proposed to relax in a greater degree the law of 1842, believing that the great improvements in agriculture would render the production of grain cheaper, he would have been prepared to give him his vote. En tertaining these opinions, and feeling that the only object of protection was to encourage an increased amount of home growth-- [Hire Sir R. Peel, who sat on the bench immediately below the hon. gentleman, made some observation which did not reach the gallery.* The hon. gentleman threw himself into his seat in a state of great excitement, ex claiming, "Am I to be thus questioned so by the right hon. baronet? This gave rise to considerable confusion, but amidst cries of "go on, go on.") Mr. Scow (still labouring under much excitement, and with great warmth) said, for whom do I arpear as counsel? lam counsel for my ow n op i n i ons ( c h eers ) . I am no delegate in this house (cheers). lam free to give my own opinions upon any question brought before the house, and I will yield to . no man in sin cer ity or i n honesty of purpose (cheers). I am no party man, and never have been a party man ; 1 seas proud to follow that party which was so ably led by the right hon. baronet, the party of the constitution (ch. ere). I followed the banner of the right hon. baronet, and was proud to serve under it, and I would have been proud to serve under it still, if it were still unfurled (loud cheers). I have spoken too warmly (cheers)—perhaps I m'sunderstood the question —but to be supposed to be the purchased counsel of any one-1 am no such thing. Sir R. REEL again made an observation, but in too low a tone to reach the gallery. Mr. Score had used the word counsel by way of Mal trating his argument only, but a direct charge had been brought against himself ; but probably he had been mis. taken, and was s , rry for the warmth into which he had been betrayed. (Cheers.) He conceived the measures would have a most mischievous effect upon all classes, but more particularly the labouring class, becau , e they would be reduced to something like an equality in con sumption with their fellow-labourers on the Continent. The measure proposed was nothing less in his estimation than a breach of the constitution. ( Hear.) They had heard at one time from that side of the house of " free trade in the abstract;" and in another house a noble duke (the Duke of Wellington) had asked " what was the mean ing of a free trade government?" They brd all heard much of " free trade in the abstract." Many travellers, from Mentor and Telemachus do wn to the present day, were in favour of " free trade in the abstract." (Laughter.) Why he himself was in favour of free trade in the ab stract. (Laughter.) But when hon. gentlemen insisted upon speaking of free trade in the abstract, he should like them also to speak of this country in the abstract. (Hear.) If it were common sense to speak of this em pire, or of the world, in the abstract, then they were at liberty to indulge themselves in eulogies upon free trade in the abstract; but, on the other band, when their rela tions with foreign nations were so complicated as they were, he defied any man to entertain the notion of apply ing free trade to them. Free trade, as he understood, meant the abolition of all custom duties. Were they tlien prepared to abandon their custom duties, and giveup £22,000,000 per annum ; or if they were so resolved upon free trade, would they give up £13.000,000 of excise; for the continuance of the excise was an anomaly in free trade country. (Hear, and cheers.) Let them con eider the amount of taxes that must be collected every year; and then take away £22,000,000, and .£13,000,0b0 and how were they to make up the deficiency ? Was it by a capitation tax, or by a property tax of 30 per cent?. They had imposed upon them a debt of £800,000,000, and they must pay the in' erect upon that debt every year. How were they to do so? or, having to do so, how were they to compete with other nations, which were free front such an encumbrance ? Were they to place in the same lists, as champions equally marched, the man who had a hundred weight upon his back, and the man who w a s free, unencumbered, and unembarrassed ? It was unfair, un wise, and, he would add, impolitic, to enter both men into the same lists, to require from each the same task, and not to give to him on whom they placed a large burden any counterpoise. * The observation, as given In the Daily Xeres, was " Por whom are you counsel now ?" A STATEMENT OF REASONS, AND A PUZZLING QUESTION. On Friday night, in the House of Commons, on the motion that the debate be adjourned, Lord NORTHLAND rose amid cries of "divide," and "adjourn." lie said that he felt it his imperative duty, in consequence of certain observations which bad been made in the course of the debate, to take the present-bp portunity of stating the reasons which influenced him in the course which he intended to adopt a ith respect to the measure bef, , re them. His opinion with respect to that measure remained unchanged. But be agreed with the noble lord 'he member for Liverpool, and the hon. gentle man the member for the city of Inverness, that they ought to legislate with some regard for 'he future. He thought that it must be evident to the house and to the country, that the present corn-laws were doomed (hear, hear). The fatal day might be forestalled, but he feared the agricul tural interest would not be able at a future period to make so satisfactory an adjustment (oh,oh). The crisis bad ar rived, and he felt that it was for the benefit of the farmers of England (ironical cheers and laughter), for the interest of the landlords of Vngtand (renewed cheers and laughter), that this momentous question should be finally settled. lie repeated that his opinions remained unchanged (roars of laughter). It had 'come to this, either the right hon. baronet the First Minister of the Crown, or the noble 'ord the member for the city of London, must settle this question. He said it with the greatest respect, but he had no confidence in that noble lord (laughter). He had great confidence in the right hon. baronet the First Minister of the Crown, (r enewed merriment). The right hon. baro net in propos ing these measures was ac'uated, he knew, by a conscientious conviction of the necessities of the country (ironical cheers). Taking all these circumstances into consideration (hear, hear), and seeing that the ques tion must be settled, he would rather it would be settles by the right hon. baronet. (The noble lord resumed his seat amid great laughter.) Mr. FERRAND.—I should like to hear what confidence the noble lord had in the right hon. baronet when he was dragged out of the Coal-hole to vote for him on a late occasion. (Roars c f laughter.) Lord NORTHLAND rose from his seat, but resumed it without making any observation. AN INDEPENDENT CHURCII. We last week noticed the proceedings now going on in the Swiss Canton of Vaud, arising out of an attempt of a large number of the ministers of the Evangelical Church, there constitutionally established, to render that institu tion independent of the State. From one of the numerous documents, in French, handed to us, and from which we derived our information, we translate the following pas sages on the necessity of an Established Church, con tained in replies from M. Druey, the President of the Council of State, to letters from certain of the clergy who had withdrawn from the State Church, cr contemplated to to do, and refused to comply with its behests. The argument, coming from a member of a body which styles itself a "democratic republic," is on that account ad ditionally valuable. After stating that religious liberty is permitted to all denominations in the Gunton, M. Drney proceeds : " But religious liberty is not more unconditional than the other liberties of man • the interests of society, and those of religious liberty itself, impose upon it inevitable limits. This is shown in every country, in every age, and under every system of government. Unlimited liberty no more exists in places of worship called " free " or "indepen dent," than- in churches owning subordination to the State. Lest every one be left to act as he pleases, and which would bring about complete anarchy, and, by re action, the most dreadful despotism, there has always been an organisation—a ruling power—composed of men on whom devolved the framing of las, and the issuing of orders and prescriptions." And aga;n,— , " If the Church were rendered independent of the State, would her ministers be in reality more free than at present? Would they even be so free? The superior authority of such a church, composed of laymen and clergy, or of 0-e or other of these classes, would not be less a human authority. Their laws, their regulations, and their other decisions, would become binding on the minority and the ministers, even whet e they were opposed to them, and that, too, conscientiously. There was no thing to prevent such laws from becoming arbitrary—nay, tyrannical,—of which the history of the Christian Church, end that of the Protestant Church in psrtimilar, furnished examples. In order to escape trona this despotism, there would be no other resource but new ahruptions, separa tions without end, or a return to the protective authority of the State. The province of the State is not, therefore, to sanction ptopositions which, especially in the actual condition of souls, cosld only further embarrass or-render wc,rre the state of affairs, and precipitate the church into a crisis whit h would not permit its ministers to perform in peace their important functions. The hue liberty of the Evangelical minister consis's less in certain adminis tea icc forms of the church than in the free 'preaching and free r xereise of his pastoral functions within the church—a- liberty fully enjoyed by the clergy of the national church. Christian life may flourish in the churches regulated and pri tccted by the State as well as in those that are sepatioed from it, in the same manner I as atheism and immoraiity can lay waste the latter as much as the termer. The main gr• nod, iu the position of tt,ines, e.usht, therefore, to be put above mere external forms." BUCK W H EAT.— Au itcroratirn of this wheat—we believe the ft: Et has been ntaee by Mr. 11 , 1.' Henry, whose advettisen.. nt eon ars in our pal er of to-eay ; ,nd from the !act, that although comparatively cheap, it i:- highly esteemed in Ametici, we have no daub; that when once known, it will. be-come an ankle of viirral ;nTortation. Buck wheat rakes ate, in fact, delicious, snd .no (otelli -rlifferent in flavour to anything English, that no words can describe their peculiar excellence.