The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser. — Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1853-11-08 00:00:00

N. ' Knittpoot #tanbarb. TUESDAY" MORNING, NOV. 8, 1853. THE " STANDARD" AND ITS CALUMNIATORS. WE stated last week our intention to enter more at length into the misrepresentation to which we have been subject, notwithstanding our long and consistent advocacy of the purity of the ReforMed Faith, as developed in the Articles and Formularies of the Church of England. We had designed to have exposed some of the malignant fabrications which have been industriously propagated by certain individuals, who are mainly indebted to this paper for any prominence they may enjoy in the public mind, and from whom we have received in return not only little or no substantial support, but the grossest ingratitude. At the intreaty, however, of some valued friends, and 'as our sole object, in every opinion we have expressed, has been to preserve that Christian unity which can alone render the services of the Church efficient for the promotion of " Peace on earth—good-will towards men," we shall forego our intention, and rely on the good sense and love of justice which we are willing to believe predominate with the majority of Englishmen. We shall, therefore, only refer to the following instance of wilful perversion which appeared in the columns of The Record, shortly after our remarks on " the proposed new church in Liverpool." A cause that requires falsehood for its support can have little claim to Christian sympathy : THE RECORD. LIVERPOOL STANDARD. In the Liverpool Standard Much of the real benefit of there is a statement to the the restoration of daily •ervice effect that a church is about in the church will depend upon •to be erected in that town after the mode in which the service a certain fashion, for the per- be performed. We are en formance of "daily service." joined to "worship the Lord The whole paragraph exhibits in the beauty of holiness," the Tractarian tearen. and the outward demonstra tion of this can he in no way more efficiently shown than in the magnificent simplicity of the ritual of the Church of England. It is this simplicity which constitutes at once its charm and its power. A sly hit is made at " the The Romanists, who appeal extemporaneous prayers of to the senses, cannot appre- Dissenters" as unavailing and date it, and the Dissenters, unprofitable. who discover fervour only in extempore prayer, cannot un- Our "beautiful Liturgy," derstand it. The sublime beauty of our the paragraph proceeds to Liturgy requires no histrionic state, requires no histrionic aid to recommend it, nor the aid, to recommend it!" Now. elaborate music of Romish this is very true, as to our Liturgy, but the paragraph * tire. worship to render it attrac should have told us w h o the * Innovations of all parties are in th e Church kind: should be strictly es. who are, in so man chewed. * * In the per y quar- , ters, calling i n the aid of formance of the service, also, the rers should be dis- these "hist r i on i c " perform- tinctl p yread, as the size of the ances. I am very much in- building would not be so large clined to think that some of as to require the practice of these parties are engaged in intoning, which is only neces this project, in regard to the nary in very spacious Cathe in intended " primitive" church d ra l s, an d mus i c shou l d only Liverpool. be introduced in those por tions of the ritual in which the congregation mavjoin in sing ing. Indeed, nothing should take place that would lead the most captious opponent who attended the service to doubt, for an instant, that he was in " The foolishn ess o a church of England. * * f preach- With reference to the Ber ing," is to be repudiated at mons, we may remark that Liverpool, and our "beautiful everything of a controversial Liturgy," intended and con- character should be avoided, :feuded as an " exercise for an d the subject matter con- God 'a people," (Homily on fi ne d to those lessons o f a Common Prayer and Sacra. practical Christian character, ments) is tobe u se d, pro b ably which may be most likely to intoned, for the special benefit touch the consciences and and amusement of the " irreli amend the life of those who gious" and i n diff erent ! listen to them. There need be no lack of interest in awakening attention to the sinful state of fallen man, the great mystery of Redemption, the call to repentance and prayer, preparation for an hereafter, and judgment to come. These concern all man kind, and none are more fitted than our ow n clergy for adapt ing them so as to touch the hearts of those whom they address. They should, how . ever, be the affectionate ap peals of earnest men who feel and can appreciate the impor tance of their mission as en trusted with the glad tidings of salvation to a guilty world, and not the impassioned ora tions of those who only please the ear, and attract crowds to be charmed by the eloquence of their style. * * * * I have no doubt that the It has been, and is, an evil of " getting up" of this " primi- no common magnitude, that tire" Church, is a sly and our Church, which enjoins insidious attempt to prepare " the unity of spirit and the people as perverts to Rome. bond of peace," is divided into parties, between which there seem...to be no common bond batanornirial claim toChurch- Tranship. one side, ardently desirous of a return to strict observances, has overloaded them with forms and ceremo • nies which crested a natural alarm of a return to Romiah superstitions while the other aide has gone into the opposite extreme of undervaluing all forms. * * If in the new church these two extremes, now apparently irreconcile able, could be made to meet on common ground—* *—if by these means we should once more see that union, which is the very essence of Christianity, a consummation would be reached which every true Churchman, everydevout Christian, would joyfully hail. * * These remarks are made not only without reference to party, but in the hope that they may assist in healing un happy differences. It will thus be seen that there is not a line in the statement put forth by The Record which does not con tain a falsehood, or a wilful perversion of language. The remark that "a sly hit is made at the extemporaneous prayers of Dissenters as unavailing and unprofitable," is a glaring instance of this. It is well known that Dissen ters do not approve of written prayers, and therefore cannot understand the beauty of the Church Liturgy ; but to infer from thence that any allusion whatever is made to ex 'Pore Prayers being unavailing and unprofitable, is such a gross perversion of truth, such a wilful breach of the ninth commandment, as to justify the strongest reprobation. FOREIGN INTELLIGENCE. Fayscz.—lt had been announced that the Emperor and Empress intended visiting Fontainbleau on the sth, but their departure, it is now thought, will not take place till the 15th. Tuesday, being All Saints' Day, was observed in Paris as one of the strictest holidays of the year. The Bourse of course was closed, and high mass was held in all the Churches. Vice-Admiral Bruat, who, takes the com mand of the French Channel fleet in Brest roads, hoisted his flag temporarily last week on board the Austerlitz, while waiting the arrival of the Montebello. SPArs.—A despatch from Madrid, dated Oct. 28th, states that the Government had made proposals to General krarvaez to remain in Paris, as Spanish Ambassador there; but that he had not accepted the offer. It is expected that important changes will follow his arrival in Madrid. Senor Isturitz, it is understood, will certainly remain in London. The Madrid papers, of the 29th ult., state that the Ministry had decided that a special cemetery should be set apart for the burial of Protestants. P ORTUGAL. — lntelligence has arrived from Lisbon of the 29th ult. Preparations were mating for the elections of Deputies, but no opposition of any consequence was anticipated to the candidates of Government. AUSTRIA. —Baron Prokesch has gone to Berlin for the purpose of inducing the Prussian Government to join Austria in a declaration of the position of the two Powers in the Oriental question, and to prefer this declaration at the sittings of the Germanic Diet. It appears, however, that Prussia refuses to pledge herself even to a declaration. We learn from Vienna, 31st ult., that the Steam Naviga tion Company of th e Danube has given notice that, in consequence of unforeseen obstacles, the navigation of the Lower Danube is suspended. RusszA.—The Agram Gazette publishes intelligence from Albania to the 18th ult., to the effect that the com plications of the Eastern question will not exercise any influence on the relations existing between the Turks and the Montenegrins. An important letter has been received by Prince Danilo from Russia, and the Prince after having received it gave orders to have all the corn which had been gathered in from the Montenegrin territory removed to Jabliak. Cartridges were being made, and bullets cast. It is said that Russia has informed the Vladika that a collision between the Turks and Russians was imminent ; that the war had a patriotic and sacred character ; and that the Montenegrins ought to watch their frontiers narrowly, in order that the neighbouring provinces should not furnish aid to the Porte. The Albanians would, it is said, be delighted to be attacked by the Montenegrins, in order to have a pretext for refusing the Porte the contin gent 12,000 men which it calls for. The Russian mer chant ships in the Black Sea have hoisted the Austrian TU RKEY.—The combined fleets arrived. in the Darda nelles on the 24th October, and anchored near Campsaki. t.ll°l the Russi an o ffi c i a l s i n C ons t an ti nop l e h a d em b ar k e d * Odessa. Russian subjects were placed under Austrian Lmtection and the Russian merchant ships in the Black ( La have hoisted the Austrian flag. "On Monday, 17th W,,?,ber," says the Constantinople correspondent of the furi ous " the echoes of the Bosphorus were awakened by a /- 1 5-t, ll i.l„ ca '"v4iiacle from the whole of the Turkish and g ` fleets, engas s ,l in exercising their men at the rei g . nin 'Reships nearest the t.t.mince of the Bosphorus, _ pof the Russians, ar.t opened their ' the distant e ot t t,_ taut booming of their guns was hearca th e itn;_fkost forts. Ship after ship took up the fire as three.,74-TnarY hostile fleet approached, until the huge nois e , w i l t 7 of the Capitan Pacha lent its thunders to the sulphurous had th e 1,4 'OW ? shook the house of Bujukdere. Scarcely l i rt the Turkish line become enveloped in its mattered Thus' bulk nihilate th when the E t'• fl t red to an ing helples e s n fleet pr c e l i To b float dows 1 3- s . suppose e ""Ken fro t , Thera is in its turn had its win yards mann e d their frames The latter fleet had the from ever ' m tu. fired incessant volleys of small arms 3 part of heel thern basin of the - Ell i liPs• A naval review in the nor --vuolus is a sight altogether unique, - i • , since the waters are here apparently enclosed by the lofty heights, forming an amphitheatre round what ap pears to be a lake, and the report of each gun is re echoed a thousand times by the vine and forest-clad hills." Accounts have been received of the passage of the Danube, on the 27th ult., by a Turkish force of 30,000 infantry and 400 cavalry. After crossing, they advanced as far as Radowan, which is half way to Kravjoina, the capital of the lesser Wallachia. The remainder of the army was crossing when the latest news arrived, and it was thought that a collision would soon occur between the rival forces. It would, therefore, appear that the Sultan's orders to delay hostilities did not arrive in time. The draft of a new arrangement, drawn up by the English and French Governments, has been transmitted to the Porte. A des patch from Vienna of the 30th ult. announces the arrival in that city of the new project, and that it had been forwarded to Constantinople. It is added that the scheme consists of the Vienna note deprived of the objectionable passages, which, being remodelled, render the Turkish modifications superfluous, and, being conformable to the Olmiitz concessions, will satisfy Russia. Turkey is ex pected to accept these terms, and, if so, Russia also. From Constantinople it is reported that the Porte, having heard of the new project of compromise, had suspended the commencement of hostilities for the present. That orders have been sent to Omer Pacha to avoid hostilities appears certain. There was, however, allowance made for those accidental collisions, which will sometimes happen when two armies come into somewhat close proximity. The Gazette des Poster, of Frankfort, publishes a letter from Bucharest announcing the departure of Prince Gort schakoff for Kravjoina. This event had produced a great sensation. It is thought that a battle will take place at Kravjoina, which is defended by Russian troops from Kalafat. Ten thousand more men are expected there, as well as Hulan regiments with artillery. Cossacks are piqueted for the transmission of orders and news. A te legraphic despatch, dated Vienna, Friday, contains the following communication from Bucharest :—" Two thou sand Turks appeared at Giurgevo and fired into the town. In a conflict near Dam many Russians and Turks were killed. The Turks retreated up the river, and the Rus sians followed them. At Kalafat there are daily skir mishes. The Turks respect foreign property under the Austrian flag." The Vienna Presse confirms the intelli gence of the arrival of 7000 Turks at Kalafat, and of the advance of the left wing of the Turkish army, besides 8000 of the Turkish reserve from Sophia. The vanguard, under Namik Pasha and General Prim, had a serious conflict with 2500 Russian cavalry, between Kalafat and Krajowa. The affair lasted two hours, when the Russians retreated towards Slatina. Another despatch, dated Bu charest, Nov. 2, says, yesterday, 800 or 1000 Turks ap peared at and bombarded Giurgevo. A fight ensued along shore; several Russians and Turks were killed, and civilians wounded. The Turks proceeded up the river. Russian cavalry, with cannon, followed in the same direc tion. Skirmishes between the outposts happen daily near Kalafat. In Paris confident hopes were expressed in diplomatic circles that war between Turkey and Russia would be avoided. The Russian Ambassador says that the army in the Principalities has received the most positive orders to refrain from assuming the offensive, and even to avoid as much as possible any conflict of outposts; and that it is utterly impossible for the Porte to reject the new proposition of the Four Powers, which removes all the objections made by the Divan to the primitive note of Vienna. According to private intelligence received at Vienna, Bucharest, and all the towns in the Principalities, have been placed in a state of siege. Martial law had been proclaimed, and cor respondence with the Turks prohibited on pain of death. AMERICA. ARRIVAL OF THE CANADA. By the British and North American royal mail steam ship Canada, Capt. Stone, we have intelligence from New York to the 25th, and Boston to the 26th ult. The Canada sailed from Boston at 0 40 p.m., on the 26th ult., and arrived at Halifax at 10 20 p.m., on the 27th. She came "north about," and saluted the ock Light at 5 23 p.m., on Sunday,having made the run in about 11 days. The Canada passed a large steamer (supposed the Ame rica,hence for Boston and Halifax,) at 2 a.m., on the 3d inst. The Canada has brought sixty passengers and $275,110 in specie, on freight. The screw steam-ship Glasgow, Captain Craig, from the Clyde, arrived at New York ou the 20th ult. The Northern Light, from San Francisco for New York, put into San Juan on the 25th for coals and provisions. She brought San Francisco advices to the Ist Oct. 700 passengers, and a million and a half of dollars in golddust. The San Francisco markets were dull, and prices favour able to purchasers. The royal mail steam-ship Conway had been spoken en tering Savannah. Letters of the 24th ult., from New Orleans, announce the arrival of the Crescent City,with advices from Havana to the 19th. The arrival of the new captain-general was daily looked for. There was a white frost at New Orleans and Mobile on the 23rd. The thermometer at the former city at sunrise was 40.0. At Mobile, on the 23rd, there were three deaths from yellow fever. At Louisville, property valued $200,000 had been de stroyed by fire. An extensive fire had occurred at Cincin nati. The Ohio river was very low. Mr. Carroll Spence, the minister to Constantinople, was about to leave for his post. Cornelius Vrooman, the celebrated sleeping man, had died at Rochester, after a slight illness. Frederick J. Fuller, a ship carpenter, from Liverpool, had been found dead in his house. It was stated at the inquest that he had died from the want of proper nourishment and medi cal attendance. A savings' bank-book was found in his trunk, having nearly $3,000 dollars to his credit. Mr. Wm. H. Webb had received an order from the Russian Govern ment to build a line-of-battle-ship, of 100 guns, to be fur nished with a screw and double engines of 500 horse-power. The work of construction is to commence next spring, and the vessel to be ready in two years afterwards. In model she will be diffecent to any vessel afloat. The New York shipbuilding-yards were all in fall employment. Judge Edmonds had declined to be nominated by the convention, on the ground that his avowed belief in spiritualism had caused many persons to have doubts in his judgment, The St. John's New Brun.swicker has a report that a federal union of the British North American Colonies is contemplated, and that measures for completing the union will be submitted to the several colonies at no very distant day. It is added that Lord Elgin's visit to Eng land is connected with the contemplated movement. Quebec will be proposed as the seat of the General Go vernment. Each colony will retain its own local Legisla ture, and manage its own affairs, very much as at present ; but a Colonial Parliament, composed of members from each province, will meet at Quebec to pass such laws as may be required for the general guidance of the Confedera tion. From Vera Cruz we have advices to the Bth and Mexico city to the 3d ult. The Mexican war steamer Estade de Mejico left Vera Cruz on the - Bth, with 300 troops on board for Yucatan, in which place it was re ported that a revolution had broken out. The cholera continued its ravages at Oajaca. A decree re-establishing the Jesuits in the republic had been published. Some twenty executions had taken place in various parts of the republic ; there are now some sixty awaiting sentence, and still robberies as audacious as ever continue. The diligence from Vera Cruz and Puebla was robbed at La Cruz de Hernandez by a band of eleven robbers, on the 29th ult., when a horse and mule, and property to nearly the value of $2,000 were take' from the travellers. The new protection and prohibitory tariff went into operation, with regard to European goods, on the sth. Several vessels, with very valuable cargoes, had been off the port many days, unable to enter on account of the weather. COMMERCIAL INTELLIGENCE. NRW YORK, OCT. 25. MosET.—There was no alteration observable in the Money Market : the demand was active. Foreigh Ex change was dull. We quote : London, 109 to 1091; Paris, 5.114 to 5,131 ; Amsterdam, 411 to 411; Frankfort, 411 to 411; Bremen, 801 to 801; Hamburg, 361 to 361; Ant werp, 6.131 to 5.15. COTTOIC—(From W. P. Wright's Circular, Oct. 25.) The cotton brokers of this city have formed an association to be known as the " New York Cotton Brokers' Associa tion ;" they have adopted a standard of classification, a method of reporting daily the sales, and of determining once a week the current value of the various qualities of cotton. They are also prepared to decide any matter in dispute, appertaining to the trade, submitted to them for arbitration. It is believed this will give greater uni formity to the system of reporting, and be more satisfac tory to those engaged in cotton business than the system hitherto practised of each broker quoting for himself. The sales since the 18th inst. have amounted to 6,000 bales, chiefly for export and home consumption, and prices have further declined ic. to Ic. per lb. The export for the week has been, to Liverpool, 3,501 bales ; Havre, 89. Total, 3,590 bales. The Southern markets have also given way, without leading to any very extended business. Relative to the new crop, we have received more favour able accounts of the weather for picking and maturing, from the whole of the cotton-growing region, and a more cheerful tone as to the extent of the yield is now pretty generally indulged in. The following is a statement of the movement in cotton since the lst of September last, as compared with the previous three years : 1853 1852 1851 1850. Receipts at the ports 127,000 256,000 200,000 159,000 Exports to Great Britain 49,000 68,000 50,000 87,000 France 4,000 12,000 21,000 23,000 )9 other for. ports 13,000 9,000 4,000 18,000 Total exports 66,000 89,000 75,000 128,000 Stock on hand BREADSTUFFS.-Holders of flour were willing sellers, and a decline of 64c. on the common brands took place. Wheat was inactive. Small sales of Indian corn were made at 78c. to. 80c. Pnovisioss.-Transactions to a limited extent. Western mess pork rather firmer. Beef in fair request. Hams in pickle and dry salt, 8/c. to 9-4-c. Butter : State, 18c. to 21c ; Orange county, 22c. to 24c. Cheese, to 104 c. FREIGHTS.-To Liverpool, 200 casks of rice were en gaged at 10s.; 350 bales of cotton, at Id. ; 3,000 to 4,000 bushels wheat, at 13id., in ship's bags, and 1,200 in shippers' bags, to fill up, at 94d. ; 700 barrels of flour were engaged at 3s. 9d., and a small lot to fill up at 3s. To London, 5,000 bushels of wheat were engaged at 16d. To Havre, wheat was engaged at 24c., and flour at 85c. NAVAL STORES.-Rosin and crude turpentine were unchanged. Small lots of spirits of turpentine were sold at 65c. per gallon, cash. CHARLESTON, OCT. 24.-Sale s o f co tt on t o -d ay 800 b a l e s ; quotations . are 9c. to 104. c. The market i s dull, with a declining tendency; Upland middling, 91c. 25TH.-Sales at 7c. to 91c.: market dull and drooping. NEW ORLEANS, OCT. 24.-Cottim steady, with sales of 1,500 bales ; middling, 94c. Flour dull, at $6 50c. for Ohio. 25TH.-Sales of cotton 1,500 bales, at irregular prices. Dealers waiting steamer's news. 4,000 barrels flour were sold, at $6 62c. to $6 75c. per barrel. Freights are advancing, and id. per lb. is now asked to Liverpool. THE LIVERPOOL STANDARD, AND GENERAL COMMERCIAL ADVERTISER wood through the window, but lost his life by his gener ous solicitude for the lady's extrication, as, whilst he was attempting to follow her, the vehicle lurched to one side, sunk deeper, became filled with water, and the generous fellow was haplessly drowned, his companions having been unable to render him any assistance. The other passengers scrambled back to the Kilkenny side of the marsh, and remained there in the most pitiable condition during the night, finding shelter in some miserable cabins. The last that was seen of the driver, named Cummins, was his mounting one of the horses and attempting to ride through the flood to Waterford. He has not since been heard of, and it is feared that he perished. We understand that Mr. Naylor has left a widow and nine young children to deplore hii untimely fate. ECCLESIASTICAL INTELLIGENCE. ARRIVAL OF THE BRAZILIERA By the c,..th American steam-ship Braziliera, which arrived here on Saturaay, we h.v., intelligence from Buenos Ayres, Sept. 30; Monte Video, Oct. 1; Rio Janeiro, 10 Bahia, 14 ; Pernambuco, 16 ; St. Vincent, 23 ; and Lisbon, Nov. 1. She passed the Olinda, (steam -ship,) of the same line, from hence with the September mails off Pernambuco, on the 16th, and the Lady Eglinton, (steam -ship,) from hence with the October mails, on the st ult., to the south of Lisbon. The Braziliera, on her outward voyage, sailed from Liverpool on the 24th of August, and has thus performed a voyage of 14,000 Julies in the short space of 73 days. Her average speed on her homeward voyage has been 240 miles per day—her highest day's run being 280 miles. She brought 100 passengers from Rio, several of whom were for Lisbon, &c., a general cargo, consisting of coffee, wool, and hair, and specie and diamonds to the value of £30,000. Fever had entirely disappeared at all the ports in the Brazils. At Monte Video a revolution broke out on the 24th Sep tember, and the President (Gera) and the different govern ment officials had taken refuge on board the foreign vessels in the harbour, the President taking shelter in the French frigate. A provisional government had been appointed. The revolutionary party conducted themselves with the greatest moderation and' the "town was quiet, business going forward as usual. It was believed at Monte Video that should there be no foreign interference the affair would be settled to the satisfaction of the contending parties. From Pernambuco we learn that a company has been formed to rim a line of steamers from that port to Maceio and Ceara. The government had conceded a privilege for 20 years, and a subsidy of $lOO,OOO per annum. The boats, which are to carry 200 tons of cargo, are to be built in England. A line of steamers was expected to be shortly established between Pernambuco and Marseilles, and an other for Lisbon. The sugar crop is fully a month later than last year, and no large supplies are expected previous to the middle of November. PEJLNAMBUCO, Oct 19.—The exports have again been of a limited character, owing to the short supply of pro duce, and the continued scarcity of tonnage which still prevails. Of Sugar the entries of the new crop continue on a very limited scale. Of Cotton the receipts continue small; inquiry is less active, and prices have undergone a slight decline. Of Hides no stock whatever is held for sale. In Freights no charters whatever. The English barque Genevieve is likely to load for Liverpool. EXCllA.NGE.—Considerable business has been trans acted, the Government have this week taken bills to the extent of £25,000, at 271 d. IRELAND. REPRESENTATION OF CLONMEL.—The Cork Reporter announces the death of the Hon. Cecil Lawless, after a brief illness, on Saturday, near Cork. By his demise the representation of the borough of Clonmel becomes vacant. MURDER.—Some mechanics employed in making im provements in Lisdaff House, near Ballinasloe, went into that town on Monday to drink. Having drunk some whisky, they quarrelled, and in the fight Richard Thomas stabbed Roger Reddan with a knife. The wound proved instantly fatal. Thomas surrendered himself to the police, and will be tried for the murder. THE DUBLIN EXHIBITION BITILDINO.—The work of demolition has already progressed far, the decree of the committee causing the exhibitors to rush eagerly to the Great Hall on Tuesday at an early hour, and long before the sun had set, the fairy scene of the day before was transformed into a wilderness. Another day, and there hardly be left a single article save the massive machinery. —Freeman's Journal. THE VACANT SEE.—Although nothing positive has transpired with respect to the filling up of the vacant see, there seems to be a general impression that Dr. Higgin will be translated from Limerick to the united diocesses of Derry and Raphoe. With regard to Dr. Higgin's suc cessor, report is hourly adding to the long list of names already put forward on paper as fit and proper candidates for elevation to the episcopal bench. One of the latest mentioned is the Dean of Limerick, Dr. Kirwan, son of the celebrated Dean of St. Patrick, whose eloquence as a pulpit preacher will long render his name memorable in the annals of the Irish Church. Annother account men tions the Rev. H. Fitzgerald, Rector of Bredon, Worces tershire. THE BANQUET TO MR. DARGAN by the executive com mittee of the Dublin Industrial Exhibition, took place on Wednesday, in the King's-room, of the Dublin Mansion house. Nearly 600 persons sat down to dinner : and places which were set apart for the 'accommodation of ladies, were crowded. Mr. Fry occupied the chair ; and among the company were Mr. William Dargan, the Lord Mayor, Lord Clancarty, Lord Massareene, Sir Robert Kay, the Lord Chancellor, Lord Ward, Lord Talbot de 3lalahide, Lord Bective, Lord Gough, Lord Rossmore, &c. Letters of apology were read from the Lord Lieutenant, the Lord Mayor of London, the Lord Provost of Edinburgh, Lord Eglington, and several others. Among the speakers were the Lord Chancellor, Lord Ward, and Mr. Dargan. CLOSING OF THE DUBLIN EXHlBlTlON.—Notwith standing the urgent appeals to keep it open a few weeks longer, the Dublin Exhibition was closed on Monday week last, by the Lord Lieutenant. Although the day was not a favourable one, there were above 21,000 persons present. An orchestra of above 500 performers, together with some half dozen military bands, executed several pieces of sacred and other music, inclaffing the national anthem. The honour of knighthood was conferred by the Lord-Lieutenant on the Secretary of the Exhibition, who rose Sir Cusac Patrick Roney. His Excellency concluded by calling for three cheers for Mr. Dargan, a call which was promptly responded to. On Wednesday a magnificent banquet was given to Mr. Dargan and the executive com mittee, in the king's-room of the Mansion.house. EXTRAORDINARY CASE.—ENNISCORTHY QUARTER SESSIONS.—At the last sessions at Enniscorthy a case was tried which has excited much interest in the county Wex ford. The plaintiff was Michael Byrne, of Medop-hall, labourer, and the defendant, Colonel Owen, of Woodlands, both in that county. The action was grounded on a civil bill process, in which the plaintiff demanded £lO damages of the defendant for false imprisonment. Some time in 1852, Byrne had brought charges against Colonel Owen, of having made overtures to him to murder Mr. George Glascott, the former agent of the estate of which Colonel Owen had then become the agent. Byrne made deposi tions to that effect before the magistrates of the county, and, in consequence, Col. Owen lodged informations against him for perjury, and had him arrested. He was brought to trial on that charge and acquitted. The pre sent action was to recover damages for the alleged illegal imprisonment. In the evidence now given, Byrne reite rated his charge of subornation of murder against Colonel Owen ; and that gentleman emphatically denied it. The result was that the jury found a verdict for the defendant, without any deliberation, thus evidently clearing Colonel Owen's character from the foul imputation that has been so pertinaciously cast upon it. ALLEGED SHOPLIFTING BY A LADY.—A case that has excited a great deal of interest in Dublin has occupied the Criminal Commission Court for two days. It is a charge of shoplifting brought against a Miss Margaret Cantwell, who, with her sisters, keeps a respectable school. Some days since she was purchasing ribbons of Messrs. Cannock and White, when one of the assistants saw her, as he said, slip a piece of ribbon, which she had not bought, into her reticule. He immediately charged her with the theft, and she was taken to another apartment, where she remained until the police were sent for. On being searched the stolen ribbon was not found upon her, but it appears to have been discovered shortly after near where she was for some time sitting. The excitememt caused by the case has been such that an application was made by the prosecutors to remove it into the Queen's Bench, and have it tried by a special jury ; but this application was unsuc cessful, and it came on in due course before the Chief Baron and Baron Richards, at the commission of oyer and ttrminer. A large bar of the most distinguished counsel was engaged on both sides. The defence was concluded last Tuesday, a host of most respectable witnesses to character having been examined. The jury acquitted Miss Cantwell. TILE Dunmic EXHIBITION.-It appears from a " Re cord of the Great Industral Exhibition," just published, that before the building was completed £60,000 was dis bursed, and that previous to the opening £14,854 7s. was obtained for season tickets. On the opening day, 16,000 persons were present. During the ss. days the receipts were but small, averaging only £56 a day. The amount on the half-crown days, from the 23rd of May, to the 6th of June, reached an average of £l2O per day; but during the shilling days a steady increase was experienced, the amount received each day averaging nearly £3OO, until the 16th of August, when £822 ls. 6d. being the greatest ever received in one day, was taken. For the following month a decrease was manifested, the receipts only reaching each day to about £230; but from the 10th October to the day of closing, a fair average was obtained, the admis sion during that period being only 6d. DESTRUCTIVE INUNDATION AT COBS.—GREAT Loss oa LIFE AND PROPERTY.—On Wednesday Cork was inundated by a deluge more terrific than any which has occurred within the memory of its oldest inhabitants. The morning was bright, the rain, which fell in torrents on Monday and Tuesday, had ceased, but about -ten o'clock the flood in the river became most formidable. The Lee overflowed its banks, and the water was soon several feet deep in the principal streets. We regret to state that, at about half-past twelve o'clock, a most heart rending scene took place at St. Patrick's-bridge, where a crowd of persons had collected looking at the many articles brought down by the flood, when on a sudden the northern arch gave way, precipitating several persons into the water. It is as impossible to describe the horror and panic which seized the bystanders, as to conjecture either the number or names of the unfortunate victims. They were variously stated at from 20 to 40. A car with four per sons and the driver on it was precipitated into the river, and they were not seen after, so rapid was the action of the flood. When the train left Cork at three o'clock, the water was still rising, and the destruction of property was stated to be immense. All communication was inter cepted, and the worst fears were entertained of the night. The forge of Perrith's Foundry, on the Western-road, was carried entirely away, and four or five workmen drowned. The houses on the Marsh were said to be injured so as to be rendered unsafe. On the arrival of the train at Mallow, information was obtained of the death by drowning of a whole family occupying a cottage on the bank of the Blackwater, which also overflowed. The Killarney train was prevented from proceeding by the destruction of one of the principal bridges some miles from Killarney, but Ino accident occurred to the train itself. The passengers I by the three o'clock train unite in expressions of praise of the precautions taken by the Cork station-master, the guard, the driver, and, indeed, all the officers and ser vants of the Great Southern and Western Railway Company. The latest accounts state that the floods give indication of subsidin g . The lives lost are estimated at thirty ; and the damage done to public and private pro perty is very great. THE FLOODS.—MELANCHOLY AND FATAL ACCIDENT. —We regret to announce the occurrence of a melancholy and fatal calamity which took place on yesterday evening week, at Granagh-bridge, Kilkenny, at the junction of the counties of Kilkenny and Waterford, caused by the flooding of the marshy ground there owing to the inces sant rain of the past few days. Some of the passengers by the train of the Waterford and Kilkenny Railway, which arrives at Dunkitt, from Dublin, at eight o'clock p.m, set out thence for Waterford by a two-horse coach. The inside passengers were a Mr, Norwood, a jeweller, of Dublin, who had £l,OOO worth of jewellery with him, a Mrs. Barron, of Waterford, and Mr. Thomas Naylor, commercial traveller to the firm of Binks and Co., Liver- Pool. road be r n ); ni co g v h er t ed was wit e h xt w r a e t m er ely to d th ar e k de a p n t d h w of e f t r , o an m d fo t ur he to five feet, it was extremly difficult to guide the horses : whilst in the deepest portion one of the wheels got off the road, and upset the vehicle into the ditch. The driver contrived to cut the traces and free the horses, which were kicking furiously. Mr. Norwood forced his way through the window, and gained the side of the coach :which was uppermost. Mr. Naylor, before thinking of providing for his own safety, molded Mr. Barron to follow Mr, Nor- PREFERMENTS AND APPOINTMENTS, Rev. G. Armitage, M.A., to the Incumbency of the new Church of Silverdale, Staffordshire. Rev. \V. E. Buckler, Fellow and ►ate Tutor of Brase nose College, and Pr4fessor of C►assical Literature at the H.E.I.C.'s College at Haileybury, to the Rectory of Middle ton Cheney, Northamptonshire. Rev. S. J. Butler, M.A., to the Vicarage of Penrith, Cum berland. _ Rev. E. F. Coke, M.A., to be Principal of the Victoria park Collegiate I nstitution, London. Rev. J. Deans, Chaplain of Crediton, to be a Surrogate. Rev. J. Drummond, M.A., Rector of Thorpe Achurch, near Oundle, to an Honorary Canonry in Peterborough Cathedral. Rev. R. Dudding, M.A., to the Curacy of Ludford, near Market Kasen. Rev. W. H. Edwards, 8.D., Fellow of Queen's College Cambridge, to the Rectory and Parish Church of St. Botolph, Cambridge. Rev. T. Fell, jun., M.A., Incumbent of Trinity Church, Ashby-de-la-Zouch, to an Honorary Canonry in Peterborough Cathedral. Rev. 'F. Garrett, M.A., of Queen's College, Cambridge, to the Rectory of Vere, in the diocese of Jamaica. Rev. C. Gilbert. M.A., of Sidney Sussex College, Cam bridge, to the Vicarage of Hemsby, near Great Yarmouth. Rev. F. H. Gray, M.A., to the Curacy of St. Andrew's, Halstead, Essex. R-v. D. J. Jones, to the united Vicarages of Llanarth and Llanina, near Lampeter. Rev. W. L. Lawson, 8.A., to the Curacy of St. John's, Bradford, York. Rev. J. Mackenson, to the living of Tomintoul, Scotland. Rev. H. Meeres, M.A., late Head-master of the Cathedral Grammar School, to the Incumbency of St. Bartholomew's Church, Colchester. Rev. J. Milner, M.A., to the Rectory of Elton, near Stockton-upon-Tees. Rev. W. Munro, to the living of Creich, Scotland. Rev. J. N. Peill, 8.D., to the Rectory of Newton Toney, Cholderton, Wilts. Rev. James t'owning, Curate of Buckfastleigh, Devon, to the Head-mastership of theTotness Endowed Grammar School. Rev. F. 'l'. Rowe M.A., to the Incumbency of the new Church and District of 'St. Stephen, Leeds. Rev. M. Spincke, M.A., to the Incumbency of St. Ives, Cornwall. Rev. G. Williams, 8.A., to the Vicarage of Llowes, with the Chapelry of Llandewifach, Radnorshire. Rev. R. Wilde, to the Vicarage of Kilsallagan, diocese of Dublin. DIOCESE OF CHESTER. ORDINATION. — The Bishop of Chester intends to hold his next Ordination at Chester, on the second Sunday in Lent. Candidates must send all their necessary papers to Charles T. W. Parry, Esq., Chester, his lordship's secre tary, on or before the let February next, after which day none can be received except under special circumstances. CONSECEATIONS. — The Bishop has recently consecrated a new church at Grange, in the parish of Cartmel, and county of Lancaster. One-half of the sittings are free, and the remainder are let for the benefit of the minister, in addi tion to the endowment provided for his maintenance. A repair fund has also been provided. The patronage has been vested in the bishop of the diocese for the time being. Also the new church at Preston-Patrick, in the parish of Burton-in-Kendall, and county of Westmoreland. The old church having become ruinous and dilapidated, the present new and enlarged structure was erected on its site, and a piece of land adj o i n i ng the old church-yard having been Fiven by Lord Lonsdale for the purpose, was, at the same time, consecrated by the Bishop as an addi tional cemetery. --- ifiipes.—The new church-yard for the parish is to be consecrated by the Lord Bishop of Chester, on Friday next, the 11th instant. Lo %yrs WHITLEY.— The yard or cemetery recently attached to this church is to be consecrated on Tuesday next, the 15th instant. THE CLERICAL PRuvEnTs.----The Guardian states that a clergyman who was amongst those who seceded to Rome has lately returned to the English Church. ELECTORAL PREPERAIENT.—The Exeter papers an nounce that there are more than a hundred candidates for the vicarage of Crediton, including " many clergymen of high standing, and of various shades of theological opinion, from various parts of the country." The electors are the twelve governors of the Church of Ctediton. DIOCESE OP MANCRESTER.—On Tuesday, at the Diocesan Registry, St. James's-square, the Bishop of Manchester licensed the Rev. Abraham Sedgwick (late stipendiary curate of St. George's Church, Chorley) to the stipendiary curacy of St. Thomas's Church, Preston, on the nomination of the Rev. Wm. Pitman Jones, the incumbent. THE FOLLOWING PRESENTA.TIONEfhaVebeCOMO vacant by the death of the Incumbents :—A Canon Residentiary in the Cathedral Church of St. David's ; patron, the Bishop of St. David's. The Vicarage of St.. Mary, Pem broke, with the Vicarage of St. Michael, and the Vicarage of St. Nicholas ; value, £5OO a-year ; patron, Sir J. Owen, Bart., M.P. The Vicarage of St. Twinnel's, near Pem broke; value, £2OO a-year ; patrons, the Bishop and Canons of St. David's. The Incumbency of Llanginning, near St. Clears, Carmarthenshire ; value, £OO a-year ; patron, Mr. J. L. Phillip. The Rectory of Sunningwell, Berkshire; value, <E3SO a-year; patron, Sir Geo. Bowyer, Bart. The Incumbency of South Littleton, with Middle Littleton, Worcestershire; value, £260 a-year; patrons, Christ Church, Oxford. ENGLAND AND AMERICA.—On Wednesday, the 19th of October, the passengers embarking to leave New York by the Arabia were not a little surprised to see a steamer come alongside with 17 bishops on board,. a proportionate number of clergymen of the American Protestant Episcopal j Church, and several judges, lawyers, and principal inhabi tants of the " Empire City." Upon inquiry, it appeared that the two senior members of the deputation from the Society for the Propagation of the Gospel in Foreign Parts to the American board of missions, the Right Rev. Bishop Spencer, late of Madras, and Archdeacon Sinclair, of Mid dlesex, were about to proceed to England by the Arabia ; and one of the merchant princes of New York, Mr. Min turn, had chartered a steamer to convey them across the Hudson to Messrs. Cunard's dock, in New Jersey. He had made this arrangement in consequence of a desire expressed by many members of the General Convention of the Protestant Episcopal Church, after the example of the primitive Christians, to take a solemn leave of their depart ing friends, "and accompany them to the ship." Accord ingly, divine service, including a special prayer for those who were about to encounter the perils of the deep, was celebrated in St. John's Church, before both Houses of the Convention, at 9 a.m. The House of Bishops adjourned for three hours, and the House of Clerical and Lay Depu ties appointed special delegations to be in attendance. Among the prelates who occupied the deck of the steamer were—the Bishops of New York, Ohio, P enns yl van i a , an d New Jersey ; the Missionary Bishops of Wisconsin and lowa, and of China ; the Bishops of Connecticut, Western New York, Illinois, Michigan, New Hampshire, Kentucky, Maine, Massachusetts, Indiana, and Missouri. NATIONAL HuhtILIATION.—The cholera does not spread. Its force is spent at Newcastle, and it has appeared no where else in a really formidable shape. For the present, we may en tertain a hope that the approach of winter will suspend at least its further progress. Experience warns us, however, that the air may be . all the while charged with the latent poison, latent only till its virulenceis brought out by the heats of another summer. The cessation, if it lasts, ought to be considered as a respite rather than as a release ; the terrible guest is not gone, but waiting at the door; and the time granted us should be turned to the best account in making preparations for his visit. This is the moral not very happily conveyed in Lord Palmerston's reply to the Presbytery of Edinburgh. The Presbytery, in an address to the Home Secretary, propose that Govern ment should appoint a day for a national fast and supplica tion to God. Lord Palmerston replies in effect that, in his opinion, it is rather a case for chloride of limo and soap and-water. " The Maker of the Universe has established certain laws of nature," &c. A needful exhortation pro bably, but an irreligious answer, because it implies that Providence does not interfere in the ordinary government of the universe, in which we can trace up to a certain point the chain of secondary causes. The practice of prayer is founded on a directly contrary assumption, and more than half the prayers we use would be irrational upon any other. If to pray and not work is the part of indolence and super stition, it is a false and puerile philosophy that bids us to work and not pray. The Christian does both orat et laborat—and finds no difficulty in the belief that God an swers his prayers through those very " general laws" which are, after all, but the visible modes of operation of the Divine. hand.—London Guardian. COURT AND FASHION. Tin MA.BQuis OF LONDONDERRY, a few days since in Dublin, was severely hurt by his foot entering a cellar hole left open. TiE EMPEROR OF THE FRENCH has given I,ooof. to wards the monument to be erected in Hamburg to the memory of the celebrated composer Weber. MICHAELMAS TEn st. — Wednesday was the first day of Michaelmas Term : and the Lord Chancellor, according to custom, entertained the judges, Queen's counsel, &c., at breakfast, at his residence. Tan PERSIAN AMBASSADOR has been suddenly recalled on Tuesday to occupy the diplomatic residence in Cumber land-place, master d t o h n e f S or h: n . st :l n e tin cea ol s;d e, af en r f rom O p u l at England e e e f o Persia . a r nd boynSh u d a r o yal Y ME QUEEN, it is said, intends to bestow the honour of the Garter on the Duke de Brabant the introduction of whose consort at Court, and hi s relationship to the foun tain of honour, entitle him, ,it is said, to this mark of re gard- THE Ni3w CRYSTAL PALACE_The Queen and Prince Albert, accompanied by the King of the Belgians, the Duke and Duchess of Brabant, the Count of Flanders, and P r incess Charlotte of Belgi um the new Crystal Palace at Syd en h am. THE EARL 0P KENRA RE di ed at Great M a l vern on Monday , paid a visit on Tuesday to He is succeeded i n the title by his brother, the Ho o n n .Th Thomas Browne, whose son, Valentine Brown, Esq., M.P. for Kerry, takes the second title of Viscount Castle rosse. The Kenmare estates include some of the finest parts of Killarney scenery. said to have r e f erence to an intended mar- R O YAL COURT:SITIP.—Th visit of Prince Napoleon to Stuttgardt is Princess Stephanie otfhelloh young Hohenzollern Sigmaringen, Duchess Stephanie of Baden. The Princess only completed her s i x t een th year on th e 15th of July last. granddaughter ri age Antoinette be tw e n w e tho himf the hull.n Grand and NEW — On Sat ur d a y nex t, th e sheriff's for England ni nglanranSlEdWEliePsPsior next year will be nominated, according to annual custom,in the Court of Exchequer, on which occasion the Right lion. W. E. Gladstone will pre side 'for the first time as Chancellor of the Exchequer, and will wear his gold robe of office. Other Cabinet ministers, and the judges of the Courts of Queen's Bench, Common Pleas, and the Exchequer will assist at the proceedings. Three gentlemen will " n aMed for each County. PROTESTANT INSTITUTE. LECTURE BY THE REV. W. F. TAYLOR, LAST night a lecture was given in the Concert-hall, by the Rey. W. F. Taylor, on the subject of the Gunpowder Plot. The hall was densely crowded in every part, by an enthusiastic assemblage, a considerable time before the period fixed for the commencement of the lecture. The chair was occupied by Mr. Alderman Parker ; and on the platform were the Revs. George Reade, G..L. Ireland, and W. B. Matthias ; Messrs. J. P. Evans, George Nickson, Thomas Gregory, Wm. Rouh3ton, E. Ford, J. B. Williams, T. Worrall, &c. On the appearance of the Rev. Lecturer and his friends they, were received with the most enthusi astic cheers. The CHAIRMAN said, having been requested by the St. John's Protestant Association to take the chair on the present occasion, he had been most happy to comply with the request. (Cheers.) Indeed, he should consider him self unworthy the name of Protestant, if he had hesitated to preside over a meeting intended to expose the errors of Popery. As the practice, however, had always been with the association to begin their proceedings with prayer, he should call on the Rev. G. L. Ireland. The Rev. G. L. IRREAND having delivered an appro priate and impressive prayer, The CHAIRMAN said few words were necessary from him to introduce the reverend and able lecturer to the meeting, as he was well known to them all. (Loud cheers.) The Rev. LECTURER then proceeded to say :—We are assembled' this evening, my Protestant brethren, in obe dience to the wishes of the highest authorities in the British realm ; for how stands the case ? Thus, by an act of parliament passed in the reign of King James the First, it is "enacted by the King's Most Excellent Majesty, the Lord Spiritual and Temporal, and the Commons in the present Parliament assembled, and by the authority of the same, that all and singular ministers within this realm of England, and the dominions of the same, shall always upon the fifth day of November say morning prayer, and give unto Almighty God thanks for this most happy deliverance (i.e., from the gunpowder plot); and that all and every person within this realm of England shall always upon that day diligently and faithfully resort to the parish church or chapel, and there abide orderly and soberly during the time of the said prayers, preach ing, or other service of God there to be used or minis tered." Now, this statute remains still in full force, it has never been repealed, nor has it been allowed to fall into the category of obsolete statutes, as some would per suade us ; for when we look into our Prayer-books, we find four forms of prayer appointed for special occasions, viz.,—Gunpowder Plot, the Martyrdom of King Charles 1., the Restoration of King Charles 11., and the Accession of Her present Most Gracious Majesty Queen Victoria; and appended to them we have the following : " VICTORIA K., "Our will and pleasure is, that these four forms of prayer, made for the fifth of November, the thirtieth of January, the twenty-ninth day of May, andi the twentieth of June, be forthwith printed and published, and annexed to the Book of Common Prayer and Liturgy of the united Church of Eng land and Ireland, to be used yearly on the said days in all collegiate and cathedral churches and chapels, in all chapels of colleges and halls within our Universities of Oxford, Cambridge, and Dublin, and of our Colleges of Eton and Winchester, and in. all parish churches and chapels within those parts of our United Kingdom called England and Ireland. " Given at our court at Kensington, 21st day of June, 1837, first year of our reign. (By her Majesty's command) "J. RUSSELL." There can be no doubt, then,as to what the mind of Her Most Gracious Majesty is upon this point. By her com mand we are enjoined to meet yearly on the fifth of November, and use the Service appointed for that day. It is true, that we are not carrying out the letter of her command, for it would have been, perhaps, a serious in convenience to many, as society is now constituted, and particularly in reference to that class which chiefly com pose my congregation—the working and labouring classes —to have assembled for public worship on Saturday last, the fifth instant ; still I conceive we are acting according to the spirit of the law at least, in meeting in this way, and by our attendance on a lecture of this sort, in a serious and solemn manner giving expression to our thankfulness to Almighty God for his gracious deliver ance wrought in time past for our Church and nation. (Cheers.) Mark then : Let it be distinctly impressed on your minds that we are assembled under the sanction of British law, and for the express purpose of carrying out the spirit of one of the solemn and continually renewed statutes of the British Constitution,—the shield of the highest sanction therefore is extended over us ; the Act of James commands us, and the solemn decree of the Lords spiritual and temporal, and the Commons of England ; and one commands whom we all love and revere, and for whose throne and constitution we would shed the last drop of our heart's best blood—our gracious Queen—that man •is disloyal who refuses to obey. (Great cheering.) . . . There is another event which we commemorate on thiS day,—an event which stirs to its inmost depths the loyal affections of every true-hearted Protestant before me, viz., the arrival of William 111., of glorious memory—Prince of Orange, the Deliverer of our Church and Nation from Popish tyranny and arbitrary power. We shall, with the divine blessing, glance at the history of the country during the period which was thus bounded by the Gun powder Plot, on the one hand, A.D., 1605, and on the other the arrival of William, and the establishment of our Constitution, 1688. The review will demonstrate, beyond the shadow of doubt, that Popery is the deadly antagonist of our civil and religious freedom, and has ever since the Reformation aimed at the subjugation of our country beneath the yoke of Antichrist. (Hear, hear.) Before doing so', however, I would in a few words prove a priori, that from the very nature of the case, and ar guing as it were from cause to effect, that Popery is, and mast be essentially and for ever treasonable in a Pro testant country. This may be proved without referring to any antiquated decrees or canons, the force of which the Romanist tries to evade, by alleging that they are obso lete; but in vain, for if so, what becomes of the boasted unchangeableness of Rome ? Now mark, spiritual supre macy is claimed on the part of the Papacy ; according to which doctrine the Pope is supreme in spiritual things— that is, everything which affects the soul; this claim really involves all that can be desired, for everything may be referred to a spiritual account. So intimate is the con nection, so mutual the dependence between the soul and the body, that it is absurd to try to separate the interests of the one from those of the other; our physical and mental powers, our talents, our time, our wealth, our position, our rank, in a word, the wide circle of our influence, beit less or more, may and ought all to be employed to advance the glory of God. Yea, the Apostle Paul reduces even , the ordinary actions of eating and drinking, as well as every thing else, to this category—" Whether therefore ye eat or drink, or whatsoever ye do, do all to the glory of God !" The claim of spiritual supremacy, then, implies the dis posal of all we have and all we are, for, as aforesaid, it may be demonstrated, by reason and Scripture, that everything may be referred to a spiritual end. If the Pope, then, be supreme in spirituals, and also, as they say, the only and final judge in all controversies, and therefore in any controversy, as to whether a matter be spiritual or not, he must be absolute, for it is in the nature of man to seek for power, and to keep it when possessed, and also to use it or abuse it, as the case may be, for the advancement of his own ends. But the prerogative of absolute and irre sponsible power may be entrusted only to Him who is also absolute and infinite in wisdom and goodness. It cannot be entrusted to. fallen men, as all history proves the Popes to have been. The admission, therefore, of the doctrine of the Pope's spiritual supremacy in any state, implies the dependance and submission of that state to the power of the Pope in all things—their laws, their customs, their worship, their literature, all have a bearing on the spiritual condition of the inhabitants, and therefore come fully under the cognizance of the Pope. It is evident, then, that the spiritual power would modify, regulate, and con trol all other institutions, and in time absorb every other interest in itself; the Pope would be supreme, the virtual if not the avowed ruler of the nation. (Hear, hear.) This claim is utterly antagonistic to the existence of a Protestant state, the very genius of which is free institu tions, based upon individual responsibility. In such a country each man is taught to think for himself, to form his own independent judgment, to select his own repre sentative in the national assembly. The laws are the expression of the general intelligence, embodied and put into legal form by the combined wisdom of the free re resentatives of a free people, freely elected; in fact, the entire constitution reposes on the broad foundation of the national intelligence, and is enshrined in the national heart, and carried into effect by the national will ; enlist ing the sincere co-operation of all right-minded individuals. It is evident, then, that the Popish idea and the Pro testant idea are simply incompatible. The very defini tions are antagonistic—the one can only exist at the ex pense of the other. Co-existence is impossible ; they bear to each other an inverse ratio. Now, every Papist, if sincere, must labour to carry out his idea, to make the Pope supreme : and so far forth to unprotestantise the State, and alter the Constitution—to do which is treason able. He must be the foe of our free institutions, and the implacable enemy of our doctrine of individual responsi bility. He must be a traitor in principle ; and whenever opportunity oocurs, a traitor in practice, otherwise he is not a sincere or consistent Romanist. Now, when to these considerations is added the fact, that Rome teaches that the end sanctifies the means— that mental reservation and equivocation may be employed—that dispensation may be had for the most solemn oaths and obligations, the danger resulting to any Protestant state from the existence in it of Romanists, particularly should they hold any legislative or executive functions, is apparent to all. Now, this conclusion, thus arrived at a priori, is abun dantly proved a posteriori—that is, by history and the facts of the case. We shall not dwell on the persecutions of the reign of the cruel Mary, when 250 were burnt at the stake for refusing to worship the wafer-god ; nor on the massacre of St. Bartholomew, (1572,) when 70,000 or 80,000 were butchered in cold blood, to the great joy of that Romish wolf, Gregory XIII. ; nor on the Spanish Armada (1588);of 160 vessels, with its 20,000 soldiers, 8,000 sailors, 2,000 galley-slaves, 2,680 pieces of cannon, besides the instruments of inquisitorial torture, and which, not withstanding the benediction of the Pope Sixtus V., was destroyed by the Lord himself." Deus ajliavit et dissi pantur." (Loud cheers.) But we pass on to the accession of James 1., 1603. He was the son of the beautiful, but unfortunate, Mary Queen of Scots, and from this circumstance the Romanists had indulged in great expectations, but they were disap pointed. James declared his intention of upholding the Protestant interest, and, without persecuting the Roman ists, certainly keeping them under wholesome restraint by the operation of disqualifying laws. This provoked their wrath, and one Robert Catesby resolved on revenge, by " a plan," to use the words of Lingard, a Romish historian, `so atrocious in principle and so sanguinary in execu tion, that it is difficult to be conceived how it could be harboured in the mind of any human being." The plan was, as you are aware, to blow up the parliament house with gunpowder, and involve king, queen, the royal family, lords and commons, in one common ruin. He first communicated his design to Thomas Winter, agent of the Spanish party in England, who was horrified at the suggestion, but was soon won over by Catesby. Guy Fawkes was the next individual to whom the fatal secret was entrusted. He was . a native of Yorkshire, and had been in the army in Spain, employed by the Popish party. Percy, a descendant of Northumberland, and Wright, were next added to the company of conspirators, and these five men took a solemn oath of secrecy and obliga tion, and then went into an adjoining roon and received the Holy Sacrament, in confirmation, frOht the hands of the Jesuit missionary, Father Gerrard. Lingard states that he was not acquainted with the fact; but of that more by-and-bye. These men " exhorted each other to hazard their lives, like the Maccabees, for the liberation of their brethren." Yet, having some qualms of con science, they framed a question for Garnet, the superior of the Jesuits, " whether, should necessity require, it might be permitted to involve the innocent in the same destruc tion with the guilty," to which he replied in the affirma tive. The plot was discovered by a letter written to Lord Monteagle, desiring him to absent himself from the coming Parliament, " as both God and man had concurred to punish the wickedness of the times." The contents of the letter created suspicions as to the possible nature of the catastrophe. The king held a council on the point, and resolved on having the vaults beneath the parliament house inspected, which was accordingly done, first by the Earl of Suffolk, Lord Chamberlain, and then at midnight, on the 6th of November, before the assemblinc , of Parlia ment, by Sir Thomas Knyvett, who found Guy Fawkes, with matches, &c., in his pocket, and all things prepared for the explosion of thirty-six barrels of gunpowder, which had been stowed beneath, and covered with loose faggots of wood. (Sensation.) He expressed sincere regret that he had not accom plished the diabolical transaction, and blown, as he said, the Scottish beggars back to their native mountains." The conspirators suffered the extreme penalty of the law, as they richly deserved, all of whom confessed, whilst they defended their crime, At length Garnet and Oldcorn, another Jesuit, were taken, Greenway and Gerrard having escaped to the continent. On his trial Garnet confessed (I here quote from Lingard) that " he had heard of the plot in Confession, but among Catholics the secresy of the Confession was inviolable." He boldly declared that the practice of requiring men to accuse themselves was bar barous and unjust; that in all such cases it was lawful to employ equivocation, and confirm that equivocation, if it were necessary, with an oath," " To these avowals," continues Lingard, I ascribe his execution. The man who maintained such opinions could not reasonably com plain if the king refused credit to his asseverations of in nocence, and permitted the law to take its course." Now mark. It is often stated that we have no right to charge Romanists with the Gunpowder Plot, but we here find that Lingard confesses not only that it ori ginated with Romanists, but also that the Jesuits were aware of the plot. True, he endeavours to clear them of complicity with the conspirators, by saying that they simply knew it as revealed in confession, and that they dare not reveal it by the laws of the church. Now this I do not believe. I, for my part, believe that the whole plot, if not actually concocted by the Jesuits, was certainly not opposed, but rather encouraged, by them, although that encouragement may have been given in such a manner as they thought would have saved them from the legal con sequence of their crime, should it be found out. But, even granting that Lingard's statement be true, and that they only knew it beforehand by the confession of the con spirators, still—mark it is admitted—they knew it—they were aware of it ; —by whatever means they had acquired that knowledge, they were cognisant of it, and, as cogni sant of the intended perpetration, I charge them with being accessories before the fact—they were Murderers in the eye of God ; for if any man, be he priest or layman, know that it is intended to murder an individual, and withhold from the intended victim, or the legal authorities that information whereby the deed of blood may be pre vented, and the victim's life preserved from the assassin, such an individual is, I hesitate not to say, accessory to the murder, nor will his plea of the secrecy of the confes sional avail him at the judgment -seat of Christ, nor ought it to avail him before the bar of his indignant country. The voice of outraged justice calls for vindication—the blood of the murdered man cries aloud for vengeance, and the moans and tears of his widowed partner, and his bereaved children will witness against him at the last day. Once more, then, I repeat that Rome's best historian admits that the plot was a popish plot, and that it was designed with the cognizance of popish priests, and yet was not disclosed by them. (Hear, hear.) We must be brief in our summary of history in. the fol lowing period. James was tempted in about ten years after to seek for an alliance for his son Charles—first with the popish princess, the Infanta of Spain, the negotiations whereof were pending for seven years, and at length broken off, though not without great advantage to the Romish party, through the instrumentality of the Spanish king, who held out to James no other way to obtain a dispensation. from the Pope (Gregory XV.) than by making large concessions!. to his followers. In 1625, Charles married Henrietta of France, a Romish princess, and in the marriage articles concerning religion it was stipulated that the Queen should be allowed a Romish chapel in the palace, a Romish household, a Romish bishop, and twenty-eight Romish priests, and that the children of the marriage should be brought up by the Queen until fourteen years of age. It was no wonder that, with such an influence as this in the royal palace, Popery soon became dominant. Protestantism disgusted and. alarmed—national disunion followed—discontent and dis turbance came next, and eventually the flames of civil war were lighted in the country. Charles coquetted with popery, and under the Jesuit influence thus brought to bear upon him, showed too much indulgence to it. His views were carried out in Ireland by the unfortunate Strafford, who brought over with him Sir Toby Matthews, a notorious Jesuit priest. Alas ! what miserable conse quences followed ! Strafford encouraged the king in his extravagant notions concerning arbitrary power. He was attainted, condemned„and brought to the block in 1641. The Great Rebellion in Ireland followed shortly after, on the 23d October, in the same year, urged on by Fitzsimonds and other Jesuits, when the most atrocious massacre took place—the Romanists- boasting that they had put to death 152,000 in the province of Ulster alone-200,000 in all. The most barbarous cruelties were perpetrated on the un fortunate Protestants; neither age nor sex were spared. The aged patriarch and the infant child, the strong man and the weak and tender woman,—yea, even the women with child were not suffered to escape ; all were mercilessly slaughtered by the rebels, incited thereto by Romish priests, who deemed it meritorious to rid the world of so many heretics. (Sensation.) Archbishop Laud next paid the penalty of his Roman istic tendencies on the block in 1645. He is said to have been offered a cardinal's hat by the Pope ; and lastly, in . 1649, the unfortunate Charles, who, we may hope, in hiS declining days, was awakened to regret the follies and errors of his earlier years, fell a victim to Jesuit wicked ness, urging on an indignant but misguided people. The Commonwealth succeeded under Oliver Cromwell, and whatever he was in his own personal character,, his policy was decidedly Protestant, and under his govern ment Great Britain rose to an unparalleled pitch of na tional honour and renown. The name of an Englishman was feared as much as was even that of the ancient Roman ; but even. in his army were found at first one hundred Jesuits, who had come over to England and entered the service of the parliament, in order to create divisions, and be in a position to give information on Pro testant affairs. He, however, quickly weeded them. out.. Charles 11. succeeded. Through Popish influence he was led to marry Catherine of Portugal. He issued a declaration in favour of Romanists, which was followed by a great increase of Popery. A plot was formed to reconcile England to Rome, for which Colman and five other Jesuits were executed. On these plots Hume, the historian, states " that the restless and enterprising spirit of the Catholic Church, particularly of the Jesuits, is in some degree clangorous to every other communion. Such. zeal of proselytism ac tuates that sect, that its missionaries have penetrated into every section of the globe, and, in one sense, there is a Popish plot perpetually carry i ng on against an states, Protestant, Pagan, and Mahommedan." James IL, the avowed Papist, succeeded. Charles 11., the concealed one. He appointed Father Petre, his con fessor, to be a privy councillor. Popery again became rampant. The Earl of Castlemain was sent on a mission to Rome, to effect the reconciliation of this country with the Pope. A Papal nuncio resided openly in London. The livings and universities were filled with. open Papists. The seven bishops were sent to the Tower for refixsino. to read the toleration act. The nation would. endure this no longer. James, in perplexity, abdicated: the• erown, and fled from the kingdom. William 111., invited by the nation, landed at Torbay on the Sth. November, 1688, bearing on his flag the motto " I will maintain the Pro testant religion and the liberties of England." It was a singular coincidence that the favouring breezes of heaven, which, in the year 1688, wafted to onr shores a noble de liverer, the Prince of Orange, had, exactly one hundred years previous (1588), amid the awful fury of a storm, wrought deliverance for our nation in the utter destruc tion of the Spanish armada. (Loud cheering.) We cannot too highly estimate the blessings which have thus been secured to us by means of what has been called 'the revolution of 1688,when the framework of our glorious constitution received its .compete establishment. To it we owe the famous bill or rights, and all the inestimable privileges which it secures to us. In the [first article of it we read, " That it is the right of the subjects to petition the king, and that all commitments and prosecutions for such petitions are illegal." But, especially, would I call attention to the 9th Article. "Whereas, it hath been found by experience, that it is inconsistent with the safety and welfare of this Protest ant Kingdom to be governed by a Popish prince, or by any king or queen marrying a Papist. The said lords, spiritual and temporal, and Commons, do farther pray that it may be enacted, that all and every person and persons that is, are, or shall be reconciled to, or shall hold com munion with the See or Church of Rome, or shall pro fess the Popish religion, or shall marry a Papist, shall be excluded, and be for ever incapable to inherit, pos sess, or enjoy the Crown and Government of this realm, and Ireland, and the dominions thereunto belonging, or any part of the same, or to have, use, or exercise any regal power, authority, or jurisdiction within the same, and in all and every such case or cases the people of these realms shall be, and are hereby absolved of their allegiance, and the said Crown and Government shall, from time to time, descend to, and be enjoyed by such person or per sons being Protestants, as should have inherited and enjoyed the same, in case the said person or persons so re conciled holding communion, or professing, or marrying, as aforesaid was naturally dead." Such are some of the provisions of this famous Bill of Rights ' which became law of the land on the 16th Dece m b er , 1689. Let us make ourselves i acquainted with its con tents, let us resolve to guard t as the strong palladium of our national greatness, as well as the sacred shrine wherein are deposited the holy ark of our national reli gion, and the bright gem of our Protestant liberty —on it, as on a sure foundation, the fair temple of freedom may be firmly builded. While this foundation stands, the most furious assaults of our enemies may be laughed to scorn, as the empty foaming of the waves against some giant rock from which they are hurled back in harmless spray. Hence the constant and unceasing efforts of Romanists to injure that constitution, hence the sapping and mining process which they are carrying on, and I am sorry to say with some success ; witness their attempts in the name of liberty to subvert liberty, —in the name of the constitution, and by the very forms of the constitution to overthrow the constitution. Witness that case which has recently occurred inDublin, where, under the specious plea of preserving th e peace, a' young' man named Smith was locked up in prison all night, and next morning com pelled to enter into bail, or be committed for fourteen days by a Romish magistrate, a Mr. O'Callaghan, .and for what, think you ? For merely distributing religious tracts in the streets. Surely things are come to a pretty pass, when an attempt is made to put down track distri buting by law. (Disapprobation.) The same week a placard, announcing a controversial sermon iu Ttiblin, was removed by order of the police. TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 8, 1853. Now, men of Liverpool ! Protestants of England. r e t 3 ,? prepared to submit to that state of things in this coma.vo If that be British law in Dublin , it is equally%lto; pool ; and if the decision of O'Callag han be coast' trio con' and according to law, then would the Liverpool toag.is be justified, at the bidding of a Romish bigot, ,111. in pelting the tract distributors of this town to W e i., s o, bail, or be committed for fourteen days ; and not o w nw n the but the police would be justified in pulling or placards which announce this and similar meeVice even those announcing our ordinary sermons, offence aloir taken at them by Romanists. Again, I ask, will 7 ° l l o ok this state of things to continue in Dublin ? Can S°_,Aoat on the struggles of our Protestant br ethren there wine, determining that their freedom shall not be thus ha from them ? If so, then prepare to surrender yoa r o f the and let Ichabod be written over the departed erlar.,) once noble British constitution. (Loud cries of '.„tiorl s The gunpowder plot is a type of the present OP 'Joao of the Jesuits throughout the land ; as then 0 511 0 0 mined the parliament-house, and stowed a va st cation of gunpowder beneath, in order to involve the o at one tremendous ruin ; so now are they undermin7f tbe constitution by intruding into every partn ien e t j l'es legislature and executive,—they hav eantrod „ e. sre quantity of combustible and explosive material, ' s '4oi spread abroad through the country, they a re dyed through every class and profession, they hay — „ - datia the press, the platform, the pulpit, —they- are ,uifi g oon s , the land with a frightful flood of infidel aaa 11.9 literature ; they are loosening the very follon,;a e society ; they are biding their time to fire the t""i 3 on, spring the mine which is to involve the CO s pr c o h m om ir er o g us , o r f ui wr n. alk A er w , a b k e e o , n th y e o n ur , ye , sor of trns'e in God, and keep your powder dry.' A:t tl e t, r e ieP ils , the martyred Reformers, of Cranmer, of -Pt c o an b Latimer, for your altars and your homes, your sv i t han your children, your country and your queen, Pa l !, rellY and your laws; for freedom, for justice. Aw i l i rVab around the constitution and an en Bible. ' : f og . stand fast in the faith, quit you like men, he , ee (Loud and continued cheering.) At the conclusion of the lecure, Mr. Nlcssollry°errY a vote of thanks to the Rev. W. F. Taylor for t,"` s e the able and excellent lecture with which he had ficr°— Association. wbi ch The Rev. G. L. IRELAND seconded the o° 14 was carried by loud cheers. meeting Mr. J. B. WlLLients moved the thanks .of the idin to Mr. Alderman Parker for his kindness 1 0 P bicb Mr. W. RotrLsToN seconded the motion; w The assemblage then sung the National i4tm—he J w The carried with loud acclai. An the meeting broke np. LIVERP 0 OL ACADEMY SIXTH AND CONCLUDING NOTICE. 1300 t "On the Sands at Yarmouth," 102, by Jonahbr fi pie" a very sweetly-painted sea pi e c e . The distal's managed, and the general treatment is good., tv Coot "Bragozze, on the Laguneof Venice," 133, bY A.R.A. The scene of this picture is near th e and the mode of its treatment shows the artist to P ° inconsiderable amount of skill in manipulate the r°l`" water is translucent and beautiful ; but sureb o ot b e f, chalky agglomeration of gusty white clouds sty held representative of the clear, intensely blue 0 sunny Italy. " A Holy Well," 188 ; and. " A Harvest Field,l6,lllo` E. Mem,. Two tellingly expressive pictures ° f , 1 , 1 0 . 0. 1 and manners. In the first, the feeling of deeP en','"hopr' r devotion, mixed with a touch of the ludicrous, hit off. In the second, the reapers resting 4 ' 4 ; 5 01; frugal meal are disposed each to have enjorn en n c° ol best may find it. In the foreground is a yo?thlaeefi who, having apparently " nothing else to do, deeply in love with each other, and are obvlvgls i a l• s. earnest converse, managed more by looks and than finding utterance in articulate sounds of 30)(2 ness of the lovers has roused the spirit of 'nig n the members of another group, one of whom, boll by no means of the prepossessing. order, is b es ' v oane e whose turf at the more comely maiden, CO ote radiant with the " Sidelong looks of love." a ce The grouping of this subject, and the exce c „ he see pression depicted in the various participators in are graphically artistic and appropriate.. "A Bright Summer's Day, Llyn Ddinfas,S°, - „ n d s 185, by A. W. Wimasam, is indeed a brigh t ' of picture. It is full of warmth and balmy air. ic tore,3 still " Fruit, 206, by GEORGE LANCE, is 3 ting m every respect admirable. In dra - •,,a O re painting it is beautiful. The luscious, jnieY , Inell ls l.4t to contrasts charmingly with the hard glitter and ric e oc.l e m of the vessels of different kinds skillfully i n troP tO, the composition. As a piece of colouring,this sale° rolit all respects, excellent. +l , e Yei r " The Spirit of the Morning Dismissing De".- sole Stars," 440, by I. G. nisi". This is a higia jest, which, generally speaking, is fairly ich trea' r grouping of the figures is pleasing, and the eolc al „' t y, net powerful or rich, is sweet and in good. ha rn lo, ° • drawing appears to be stiff, and rather heavy. however, the picture indicates a well directed almioope- e' and, if the work of a young aspirant to artistic eni nath it is highly encouraging. " Emigrant Ships embarking Passengers in , e ets t Sound," 514, by JOHN CALLOW. In many resZtraen'.,," picture is one of much excellence, The Tn an 7the t s , both, the sky and water is good, but in grouPi r yz , _i ii , , s s ping the artist has so treated his forme; ;ate; convey the idea of clumsiness in the " 11 „Pftnidity as as tr v a i n e s w pa o r f el u l p . e of painted in a manner happily suggestive of - Upper Part of - r.‘esh Etive," one e. 04 by t ,ov e ,l ' po sseb's .0 0 FIELDING, is a charming picture, and sterling merit. It embraces two most save,picte 1.40 interesting objects, Ben Slarive and B the whole scene is severely truthful. and the general effect is pleasing as well as Po fi er ,tion. In the exbibition there is a numerous e;?'''''itootl_,°' water-colour miniatures, with claims upon publi c - tb'S varying greatly in degree. The most attractive irarvor, from the pencil of Mr. W. W. SCOTT, f0ren1.„ . 33 ,, SCot t e ll which are the two fine pictures, " Mrs. W.W . ,... r ai u ` n s ' a re 0 0 214., and " Thomas Webster, R.A.," 218. '-. 1 -o e ` drawn, well coloured, and expressive. They both i dea e much individuality of character. and, convey tiL e t of t t ;j Inuchailicolour ltSrlcibt being good likenesses. Before leaving the sulti'lee' l ,4 miniatures, we must advert to a very & verb : r O$P ll, portrait in chalk, No. 661, " Portrait of Dias Pierce," by JOAN ROBERTSON ; it is, ifL a pleas of and unassuming sketch, conveying, a fin e 0 04, ingenuousness of childhood. ee The collection of pictures in the exhibition n io t fr ay; contains many works, the merits of which ° p ot a deemed it necessary to particularize.. Of these , A s tie being the productions of juvenile aspirants tort„ re t , e ; nown, possess indications of talent which c co lles ti t ripen into power, and the means .off achieving. ° bo la c or others, and these not very limited in numb e e r ' o feee g ; ;# but little promise ; while no small aollection o "Fah courtesy denominated pictures, have found their Oleo the exhibition without adding to its character ss, r a i ti oo r , of artistic genius. Such admissions are u n A l° o -illPor; only too common in all public exhibitions , b o , c os' bably remain unnecessary evils till the Pub es no' 40 fully aware that the quality of an exhibition doesooo, sist in the number or magnitude of coloured displayed upon its walls. hibit i° l lo4 As a whole, we are glad to learn that the e%,- so. for qeen well attended, and still continues to It 0. pre' augurs well for the Academy's future prosP ec e! 4 . 0 the progress of art in Liverpool. An enlig n „; a rtl". o " ciation of his labours is the breath of life t° l 3 ,ition , spurs him on in the career of honourable yez. generous recognition of intellectual labour, hiss --- is twice blessed, . tipi It blesseth him that gives and him that takes ur ifi bo o Familiarity with works of art, refines an d P bts l3- 11 °. mind, exalts the sentiments, and raises the thou, s ee, the grossness of low and sensual pursuits, and ;"" n ceo o if pre-eminently deservingthe support and count, ell tioen o ee ' enlightened community. As a humanizing ill a y or,;lPf, are happy to perceive. that the exhibition is 1 .1" a such a period of the evening as to render place of recreation to those whose labours d'Tpllreta preclude them from studying and enjoying t ioo,;; 4 41 0 it contains, while• business requires their sal; 01 opal sincerely hope the sons and daughters of t0,,,",;ut W u , o i ,; avail themselves of the opportunity thus bel. 4bi e ije. of enjoying an intellectual treat, the effect of by diffuse a calm and pleasing joy, uncontaraili sl w ilia feeling, and completely removed from .the - sionate contention. ffll , i r PRIZES FOR LEARIVIN_G n - RP , CREWE RAILWAY D iu- iv''' . t ie r, 0 -410--- don e o f til . IT is much to be regretted that so little it4tioll ose'" out the; manufacturing districts for the e' tice itt 04 4 ; intellectual and moral character of the ' orAo'd - :0, - Much has been effected, it is true, by Me e ' 0.6 1 2 t e tious, but still it may be doubted w hethel.,, - ocle' - ,,' de'-plod all cases, realised the expectations of then luiS its r IT ; system of lecturing, so generally adoPir,„; resi P ,;;3lo";.; highly instructive and profitable, though I "l, e en " - do); n in e d e e e ed ssa , gn i t n in o u r eg e not have been so satisfactory as could bfc ce opli ci )ea' and moreover, a sufficient motive is t' individual to enter on a course datedrroeciguuress litioNivohciaoctibli; ai r to g e e n n s c u e r an e dreaipersevering.aroof e t o prizes, scholarships and fellowships, andol,..:l,:nets.s,eri,,t:ii:cope: students in our Universities are stim.,%.- of tb,,`", - cis; manently benefited by substantial en do t w i r ro - l io ol tii tß t i , v o which has sprung tam times, bined influence of s and mechanical ittetifYltoal' remained comparativeiy neglected. It is . ii cal tO e learn that the London and North-western 113 ' irit ; pr'" 7° 111 SP irg D V pany have taken up this matter in a libe s r i but 06-„ Directors have recently resolved on di t r te a, I .' , i ti°l annually among the young men, under oboe, 800303,004 employment at Crewe, who shall pass the ee ts 01 4 ,11)" , 0 in a prescribed course of study. The subi r y gel o r ti) • embrace science, English composition, hist°_,' oo ls t ieq and religion. Her Majesty's inspector of so . '_ o o s . i cy district has kindly undertaken to conduct the ex, cis teri, f e t and, to ensure a moral effect, each of theoocroodac:fot be required to produce a certificate of g , . , the twelve months previous to the exaroinaot!°_,l6s4. distribution of prizes is to take place in Of . t IN' # .---______------- tic 0 Of LIEUT. S. G. CRESWELL, R.N., of the !tr e k of . 0 4 ,. ship Investigator, has received a pleasing uli fese llt ll I° l ' f the P rfor iu w oe, from his native town, King's Lynn, in the freedom of the borough, which Was l i f ,-,. to h 0 week under circumstances peculiarly gr atifro!„eot: ~ be and the members of his family, who were pre- hick gave an interesting narrative of the scenes I' has been engaged since 1850. .---iwaoit c TETT' t t 13 i LITERARY AND PHILOSOTRICAL a OC.- „ 0 ...- ° oo e t t traordinary meeting of this society was hel d i r ee, . 0 last week, in the Royal Institution Colquit-s _sotio the presidency of Dr. Dickenson, 'for the tr_ 9 ,, P i e ty,,,ol some private business connected with the sta e sirs: 0° amongst which was the consideration of thf ,;„,, °Lft of amalgamating the various learned soc.Tlilef.:ee town. A valuable paper was read by Roherl the ' :lit' Esq., F.R.S., F.L.S., &c., the subject benT i ll th!, en r graphical Distribution of Testaceous 3101 1 ti s 7 es rs ate: 4 o ll lantic and neighbouring seas." A short co i g n pr sued, in which Mr. P. G. Smith, Mr. Yates; and Dr, Inman, took part.