The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser. — Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1853-01-25 00:00:00

~:ui ~ ~ \ ~lil~'llj AGERMAN P CLOTESTANT LADY, living ff.:,i• the itst two years in a Gentleman's Family, baying the chargt of Four Child r e n , i s d es i rous of obtaining a l avin g N ON tb TEACH GERMAN an d the RUDINIETS o' if re YRENC Ad H. Has no objection t o ass i st i n dressing the cbildre • quired. dreis T has bee Postoffice, Kilkenny, Ireland ON and before the 27th instant, Mess GAtLi ar _ and CO., Shiphroker s , Li v TENDERS for a BOTTOAIRY BOND, for about £3OO, for the French Schooner STEPHANY, Captain SALLARD, now in Li 'verPOol, King's Dock, bo un d t o Ilorlaix, with a Ca rgo o f Staves and Salt—her Register 71 Tons. D. YAIE loci, will receis W ANTED to RENT, with April, a good FAMILY HOUSE, in the neighbourhood of Rodney-street, Mount-pleasant, or Abercrornby-square. :Nine Bed-rooms are required, with the usual accommodations of Closets, &c. &c. Kitchen, &c. on same floor would be pi e ferred. A House, in every other respect suitable, would no t b e objected to if three miles from town, in a good a n d h ea l thy situation, where there is a regular Omnibus communication. With particulars of situation, accommodation, and rent, address R. X. 8., Box P 36, Postoftice. -ce latter end of PARISH OP LIVERPOOL. PARISH SURVEYOR. I\TOTIGE IS HEREBY GIVEN, that the TIME for IN sending. in APPLICATIONS f or the APPOINTMENT of PARISH SURVEYOR is further EXTENDED to THURSDAY next, the 27th instant, on or before which day applications, enclosing testimonials, with a statement as to the age and qualification of th e C an di dates, must be forwarded to the VESTRY•CLEtiIi, at the Parish-offices, Brownlow-hill. It is now proposed to fix the salary of the office at -300 per annum, and the ordinary hours of duty at from ten to five o'clock daily. The duties combine the services of a Surveyor, an Architect, 'and a Valuer, as occasion may need, the primary duty being the valuation of Property for the Poor's-rate. The Candidate appointed will be required to make a re-valuation of the entire Property of the Town, and, by continuous attention to the 'fluc tuations in its value, to keep up a correct and uniform assess /Tient. Office accommodation, Books, and Stationery will be Provided in connexion with the Parish-offices. By order of the Select Vestry CHAS. HART, Vestry• Parish-offices, BrownZow-hill, January efeik of the said Parisi] ]sss LDrTv FREE.] TO CONTRACTORS. WA I'ER TREE LOCAL BOARD OF HEALTH. THEWAVERTREE LOCAL BOAII.D of HEALTH are rrepared to receive TENDERS f• -, - MP A T ' Ai " the VILLAGE of WAVERTREE, a lig to the F specifications prepait. The Tenders must be sent in, ano,— the Wavertree Local Board of Health, Public near Liverpool, according to the forms prices attached to each, on or before t' text. d to the C ce, Wavertree. a schedule of day of F The Plans and Specificatiors will lie rublic-office, in \Tavertree, from Friday, the 21st day of Ja rmary instant, to Saturday, the sth day of -February next, wh Vorms of Tender may be obtained on application. The Board do not pledge themselves to accept the lowest a ny Tender, unless in all respects satisfactory. ISAAC ATHERTON )n at the th John-street, ', Liverpool, BAND. EVENING REHOUSE 'I?,RP 0 OL :ween t ye two January, 1'653' HOMAS'S UNRIVALLED GRAND *CONCERT EVERY ST THE PHIL ARMONIC-HALL To commence at Half-past Seven o'clock. GRAND MORNING AND EVENING CONCERT RS erg' SATURDAY, at Half-past Two and Halt-past S67e” Admissior, One Shilling. Select Seats, 2s tools, Half.price Esms. w _ E k C B C B O U an N a T H IO N O T KS h . ave SALE a complete Assortment of LOotat, • COPYING Booxs, JoutothLs, LETTER BOOKS, AtC(II72'.T CURRENT lite-oKs, WASTE 1300 - KS, CASH Boots, MEMORANDUM ROOKS RC made b experienced Workmen - --, of quality and durability, Prof %sional and Mem:, Books 'Ruled and Bound to Patte, executed with exactness and promptt C3 - 'Books, Stationery, and 7. -‘ - for Exportatiox. Premises ON antile Lses, requir , in point PATENT T. STATIONERY WA CASTLE-STREET, LIVE le; Account .heir orders £HE DRAMA - GENERA oy MUSIC AND " JULLIEN'S CoNcEP.T.—The celebrated M. Ju, per his farewell concert yesterday (Monday) evening, eery P hilharmonic-hall, previous to his departure for America. There was, as might have been expected, a very numerous ) sed attendance, and the 'performances were loudly applauded. ater It is unnecessary to enter into any critical observations on for j the abilities of a band-so well known as that of M. J&' N a -A n i. d -AI but many will, merits of Mr. Thomas's baud rnE n gave at the no doubt, fee terest in test a corapans only al which las yet been fc d for it S AT THE PHILHARMONIC-H ALL. Tullien has•bidden us farewell, haying , -esterdar (Monday) '- s natura band and Thomas's, and v instances it is favourable CHEAP Co_..N, - :Now that the great . given his last concert to draw compurisons between h'. ve cannot 13rat•say - that in man to the latter. The prestige t f Jullien's well-deserved reputation inclines people to follow and to admire him without attemptintr to findthose faults which Bre so oten 'lcoked for b to s would-be cleverness The differe bands is most y parent dy, or, as we heard it pressed, Thickness ; this arise, __ Mr. Thomai's string quartet, which is more -. and of t better quality than - Jullien's. In the wind inatru ments Mr. Thomas is beaten, mostly in his cornet,- ophi cleide, and second oboe. Jullien again has Lavigne, who is undoubtedly the greatest executant on his instrument, but the tone of our . first oboe, Mr. Jennings, is far more grateful in a slow movement. With regard to Lazsrus there can be but one opinion—be has not yet been equalled. So much for the executants, and now for the performances. In overtures i-sy euphonies, and selections, Mr. Thomas car ries the palm, but in the dance music Jullien has a decided advantageond we would recommend Mr. Thomas. and his band not to forget that supreme excellence is only to be obtained by taking as much pains with the lighter as with the severe-school of- music, and we would also urge upon them the necessity of glving more pungency; crispness, aplomb to , their lighter eforts. We see that tine pro gramme for this (Tuesday) evening contains Me ndeissohn's music to' " - The Midsummer Night's Dream:" They are not - wanting in the necessary lightness 'required here, but then -it is music more congenial to their feelings as artistes, and the true artist will always endeavour to make much nut of a little. 'As this is the last week-bat one, let all those -who wish for an intellectual treat, go to Mr. Thomas's -concerts and hear a first-rate band and first-rate performance. etene:s of .merous TEDEATRE.ROYAL.—In addition to the attractions of the pantomime, its beautiful scenery, and the grotesque combinations by which the Three Legs of Man have ex cited the uproarious applause of the Liverpool , juveniles, a new piece has been produced at this theatre, under the title of the' " Twelve Labours of Hercules," and has been well received. The day representation on Saturday has given general satisfaction, ROYAL P. THEA72-£.—The chief attraction at the theatres at this season is of cuurse the pantomime; and in this impertant feature the Royal Park Theatre stands conspicuous. " The Siege of Leverpole" continue to attract, from the beauty of the scenery, the complete ness of the appointments, and, beyond all, th of the performance. Signor H. Boleno, as C of the best - •erness Grimaldi : an herself, r 1 We sheuld efficient act that pecu Madame swn, Is one rated Joey hoste,,s 3oleno, as Colt tie the other parts are mos Lot omit to mention, in tel s of praise • -AaLi.o, wuo must oe a. valuable acquisition to the company. The juvenile night is appointed for to-morrow, r s Wednesday,) when the panto =line berg played first, will, no doubt, attract a goodly attendance of the juvenile portion of the population. ROYAL ADVP-11 :THEATRE.—Madarne Isabelle's eques trian company has proved a powerful attraction to this favourite Face of amusement. The high training of the horses and the skin of the performers have drawn crowds of delighted spectetors, and -the afternoon performances on Wednesdeg and Friday have been generally app ated. On Wednesday last. ,the boys and• girls c Blue-coat Hospital were gratified with a visit to the atter noon performance. WOMBWELL'S 'MENAGERIE.—This pleasing and in structive exhibition of foreign animals, at the foot of Thaw's -brow, continues to attract numerous visitors. The collection contains two large elephants, and a zery small one, which is an especial object of interest. it has also a real zebra, esid to be the only one in the kingdom, and of great beauty. The proprietor has been very un fortunate in the lose of three full-grown male lions wr' a short period, but there are rune Promising appearance. There a:_ _ IV: e iiandsome leoparrls, and.specimens of the lama and for e i tl g iya• The exhibition also contains several other viai.._lasts, birds, and reptiles, and is well worth .a the st,l7 o 9.llarly for young people who take delight in t natural historr- DublinitZ:ettil's farewell concerts in the Round-room s xr : c een filled to , overflowing. TuE moreland is revo 4 r L t e l hp LoscAmsr.---The Earl of West tified to the Austria by the Viennit no minister will continil l e papers, to have vernment that the new English penal court. His lordshi s p P l3 .rnatic services at the im mp.s.c f or a new In as just fi nished the composi tion of the in one of the Catholic chur che swhich will be performed at us young ones of Iso two ne tiger -------=,,. ---- '!"'`—' , .-!-_____•-.T,..._ „„_.......... _ BIRKENHEAD rHILOSOPHICAL .'IOCIETY.ThiS society Lave anounced a so i ree f or Friday evening next, in the assembly-rooms of the 3lonk's Ferry Hotel. BIRKENHEAD CHURCH OF ENGLAND INBTITUYE.— The Rev. Dr. Hume will deliver a lecture, next, on " Australia,"—a subject which on Frid ay , in soh hands, cannot fail to prove interesting. Coi.,Ls have been recently very scarce in the Isle of Alan. On Wednesday the steamer Londonderry, plying between B e lf ast and Alorecarnbe, was glad to purchase m oderate supply a t 20 s. per ton. a THE RIVER NILE. —The beautiful ma g n ificent scenery o f t h e River Nile and the ancient land of Egypt is still exhibited in Bold chievous person last week cut the pain str eettin. Some mis g, but th e i n j ury has since b een effectually repaired. SEWAGE SIANuRE.—Mr. James Rore, of Birkenhead, has made an offer to the Health Committee to deodorise for a period of fifteen years by means of peat charcoal, all the ashpits in Liverpool, for £80,00,0,0n conon that the committee wills pend £50,000 in erecting tanks, and also Construct 1,500 additional water-closets ; bnt the comm,ittee have not come to any decision in the matter. SHREWSBURY AND CHESTER RA!LwAY.--The direc tors have convened ameeting to be held at Shrewsbury on the 30th instant, for the purpose of submitting certn resolutions of the Great Western Railway Company, re- Western,e tin the proposed amalgamation bill of the Great Shrewsbury and Chester, and Shrewsbury and Birmingham Railway Companies. The estimated cost of the Warrington and Altrinchatn Company's branches and deviations is £28,000, to be defrayed wt.l. of £lBO,OOO authorised to be raised I, pathor4,ed to be borrowed. ,er works out , hares, a ER and THE LTNIERPOOTA STANDARD, !OR RESPONDENTS 1 THE QUARTERLY REVIEW.—We have been compelled, from want of space, to postpone the insertion of a notice on the "Quarterly Review's" comment on Mr. Disrael's Budget. 1- - - =:. We shall be happy, at all times, to receive communications on subjects of local or general interest ; and if ourfriends will be goal enough to authenticate the same by their signa tures, for our own satisfaction, we shall feel obliged. lEibtypoot --3tailbarb+ TUESDAY MORNING, JAN. 25, 1553. ROMISH ENCROACHMENTS. 1 IN calling attention last week to the tyranny of the Romish Church, as shown in the persecution of the NIADIAI at Florence, and the proof that was thereby afforded of Rome being actuated by the same spirit which disgraced the worst period of her history, we did but briefly allude to the necessity of ual steps to restrain the extension of Romish influence in this country. It is not that we anticipate the slightest amount of good from the present coalition Ministry. There is not one of them on whom the slightest reliance can be placed for real on behalf of the purity of the National Faith ; while the admixture of avowed Romanists of the ultramontane school with men to whom any religion is a matter of perfect indifference, would show that the tendency is all on the other side. 1 taking more effect This view is further confirmed by the fact that the ABERDEEN Ministry must rely upon the support of the Romish Brigade for a majority in the House of Commons ; and such support can only be ob tained by making concessions to Rome, which must etrimental to the interests of the Re formed Church. If we refer to the time of the Reformation, we shall find that the wisdom of our ancestors hedged in the Constitution with the most agent guarantees against Romish encroach- They positively forbade all intercourse with Roman Court, denounced its doctrines as here and dangerous, and excluded all who professed them from civil privileges, as persons who owned a h precluded the possibility eing loyal subjects to the British Sove is the Liberalism of modern days which highly 'oreign allegiance wi has broken down these barriers; and it becomes our duty, as men zealous for the preservation of the Protestant fait'. to consider how far we should ndo what has been so unwisely done, and in what zy we should return to the old paths, and wall herein The first important step in a downward direction was the Emancipation Act Of 1529, by which Ro rnanists were admitted to the privileges of the Rri- tish Legisigure ; and it may be interesting to recur to the discussions by which that measure was ulti- session of Parliament, since the act has been in force, in which, for all the purposes for which it was it has not proved a dead letter ? designed, This, however, is the case only as far as conceans those Romanists who have been admitted, to Par liament; but there is equally glaring default against the members of our own Government. They have acted upon the measure as though it were designed, not simply to confer civil privileges, but to promote religious influence, and have thereby afforded to the Romanist members some show of excuse for their perversion of the oath. We are in no want of proofs to substantiate the charge—for, unfortunately, they are too numerous. The Charitable Bequests Act, by which Romish Prelates were addressed by their illegal titles, and appointed to offices to carry out its provisions--the attempt of Lord JOHN RUSSELL to appropriate part of the revenues of the Irish Church to secular purposes, including Romanist education—the consultation with DANIEL O'CON NELL on the terms of the Irish Tithes Bill, to pre vent any further exposure of which Mr. LITTLETON, the Irish Secretary, was pitchforked into the upper house as Lord HATIIERTON—the appointment of Mr. SHELL, Mr. WYSE, and others, to places in the Government, upon no other grounds than their being Romanists—the suppression of the Orange Society in Ireland, while Romish societies were admitted to exist—the administration of the Marquis of NORMANBY, who opened the prison door to Romanist criminals—the order of Earl GREY, the colonial secretary, to colonial governors to admit Romish Prelates upon equal terms with those of our own Church=-the permanent endowment of Maynooth College, for the training of Romish Priests—the application for the approval of the Romish hierarchy to the statutes for the Godless Colleges in Ireland—the advice to Queen VICTORIA, when in Dublin, to receive deputations from Romish bodies, and to reject one from a society because it was exclusively Protestant—the measure to estab lish diplomatic relations with the Court of Rome, contrary to the express provisions of the Constitu tion—and the palpable evasion of the popular demand to redress the notorious aggression. These form but a part of the evidence which might be brought against the British Government, in con junction with English Radicals and Irish Romanists, to render the Emancipation Act of 1829 a direct encouragement to the encroachments of Rome. It hasso long been the cry of the Liberalising party to stigmatise every attempt to retrace a false step, as something akin to a wish to restore the Saxon Heptarchy, that it requires more than ordinary moral courage to advocate so important a step as the repeal of this obnoxious measure. These per secutors for reading the Holy Scriptures in Italy, talk glibly in Great Britain about equality of rights, when the slightest check is attempted to be placed on their encroachments in the same direction ; but it is the manifest duty of every man who values the blessings won at the Reformation to lend his aid for their preservation. It is not here a question of ation, but of prevention—of intolerance, but of liberty,---for it must be clear to every unpreju diced mind who will calmly review the facts to which we have alluded, and compare the present aspect of Rome with the humility which she assumed when she was a suppliant for emancipation, that conciliation has long since reached its limits, and that every -concession is made a pretext for further demands. The former warnings have been un heeded-; but the NIADIAI persecution in Florence should once more rouse the cry of "\o peace with Rome." She is essentially and without mitigation antagonistic to Christianity, to religion, to civilisa tion,•and to humanity, " The tender mercies of the wicked are cruel," and her mercies have ever been TUESDAY, JAN UARY ENIIG.RATION DEPOT-BIRKENHEAD. .....---..i..... -- WiTnorT entering into the question of the advantage or disadvantage of emigration to the labouring classes, no one will dispute the importance of providing, as far as possible, for the spiritual and bodily welfare of those who are sent from their native land as the pioneers of civilisa tion indistant:wilds. Last year the Government established an Emigration DepOt at Birkenhead, and many thousands have since been despatched from thence. The place for the reception of the emigrants occupies a considerable portion of a spacious warehouse at the end of the dock immediately adjoining the railway, and has a wharf front age from which they can embark from the depOt to the vessels alongside, appointed to convey them to their desti nation. The floors are very lofty, the upper ones being divided into sleeping chambers for separate classes, fitted up with berths similar to -those on board a ship. The ground is divided into places for washing, rooms provided with tables and forms for meals, and a warehouse for storing luggage. As it was of the highest importance that so many of our poorer fellow-creatures should not be sent away without some portion of religious instruction, which might prove of future benefit to them, a voluntary associ ation was formed, entitled the " Emigrants' Friends' So ciety," of which the Rev. Dr. BAYLEE, as Incumbent of the district in which the depOt is situate, was chosen Pre sident. An appeal was made to the public for assistance, and through the aid thus afforded a temporary church has been fitted up with seats, and a reading desk covered with scarlet cloth, where Divine service is performed twice on Sunday, and three other evenings in the week, by the Rev. J. W. WELSH, the Emigration Chaplain. The scarlet covering for the reading desk and communion table was presented by Lady Cusr, of Leasowe Castle, who has also repeatedly supplied the depot with books, knitting wool,':and other materials, an example which has been followed by several other ladies. The church has also a handsome font of marble, which was presented by the Rev. Rector CAMPBELL, and as many as sixty four christenings have taken place in one day. A depo sitory has also been formed, from whence the poor emi grants are supplied gratuitously with Bibles and other religious books, and the society is also fitting up a school room, in order that some elementary instruction may be afforded during the short time they remain at the dep3t. In addition to these advantages, the emigrants are pro vided with occupation in useful trades, so as to find them employment during the voyage; and instruction is given in tailoring, shoe-mending, straw-plait weaving, &c., so that they ;may not he altogether without when they arrive at their destination. In order to carry out this object, the society is desirous of receiving donations of old clothes, shoes, paper, needles, thread, cloth, and other materials for this purpose, which may be addressed to Mr. BARKER, the agent on the premises. The society is also in want of pecuniary aid, in order to carry out the benevolent objects for which it was established, and the appeal is made to the public for support purely on the ground of charity for the poor people to whom the Government furnish a free passage to our colonies. It is one of the mischiefs of general emigration, that people are taken from a land where Christianity is the practice, to one where the ministrations of religion are few and far between. At no time probably is the mind of man more peculiarly open to receive beneficial impressions than when he is leaving his native country, perhaps never to return ; and the society trust that, by sowing good seed as far as practicable, some of it may bear fruit in distant lands. The society is under the superintendence of a committee of highly respectable gentlemen. and the cause which they have in hand recommends itself to the sympathy of the benevolent public. resources RECANTATION OF SIX ROMANISTS INTERESTING CEREMONY. Tar, Church of St. John, in this town, ,e even- - - ing of Tuesday last the scene of a most gratifying and impressive public ceremony—six adult converts having on that occasion renounced the heresies of Rome, and declared their adhesion to the Church of England. The sacred edifice was crowded by a most attentive audience, including a large number of the humbler class, to which some of the converts apparently belonged. The evening service having been read by the Rev. Mr. Matthias, one of the curates, the converts were ranged around the altar, and the customary questions addressed to them by the Rev. W. F. Taylor, incumbent. Each of the adults having replied to these queries without any reservation, they were accordingly received into the communion of the English Church. Eight children—some belonging to the present converts and others to Romanists previously converted—were then, at the express desire of their pa rents, likewise received into the Church ; after which. Mr. Taylor offered up an impressive prayer, that the converts might be protected from the revilings of their enemies and the scoffs of the indifferent, and that they might become instruments for good to their poor fellow creatures who still lived in darkness. After an appropri ate hymn had been sung, Mr. Taylor delivered a brief and appropriate discourse, founded on Romans, xvi. li-18:—" Now, I beseech you, brethren, mark them which cause divisions and offences contrary to the doc trine which ye have learned ; and avoid them. For they that are such serve not our Lord Jesus Christ, but their own belly, and by good words and fair speeches deceive the hearts of the simple. In his opening remarks Mr. Taylor announced that last year they had enjoyed the pleasant task of receiving twenty-six Romanist converts ; they had now made a beginning for the year on which they had recently entered ; and he trusted the Lord might graciously grant that many more might be brought out of a Church sunk in darkness and idolatry, and their eyes opened 'to the light of truth. Those who were led to come out of that Church would doubtless be charged by the unconverted man who remained behind with being schismatics, and very possibly some plausible argument might be adduced in support of the statement—perhaps, amens others, they might select the passage he had cho sen as his text. But he contended that mere separation from a Church did not constitute schism ; for, if such were the case, then the Apostle Paul himself must have been a schismatic, for " He separated the disciples" from the Jewish Church. Nor does the mere fact of excom munication necessarily constitute any man a schis matic, for if the Church excommunicated a person wrongly, then it was the Church which was guilty. This was proved by the case of our Lord and Saviour, who was excommunicated from the Synagogue, then the only visible Church in existence. St. John, too, and other ministers of Christ, were excluded from the Christian Church over which Diotrephes presided—(vide 3d John, 9, 10.)—and yet they were neither schismatics nor heretics. These cases were only the incipient manifesta tion of that spirit which was destined to germinate and bring forth such terrible fruit in the shape of the Papal supremacy. It was not enough that the charge of heresy should be preferred : they must prove the point. Asser tion was one thing, proof another. And it had been the case before now, that the true Church was charged with heresy and schism by the dominant party. He next en forced the principle, that the Church which imposes un lawful terms ef communion is, from that fact, schismatic ; because it either makes a man profess to believe what he does not believe, or it drives him from the Church if he is not willing to make the false profession. That this applied to the Church of Rome, was proved by extracts from the writings of Dr. Wiseman, the Pope's cardinal in England, according to which there was only one way of admission into the Romish Church—by " absolute and unconditional submission to its judgment." But even this provision had not been sufficient to preserve the Romish Church from dissensions, and in its history they found that rival Popes had at various periods broken the boasted unity of Rome. He therefore rejoiced that these persons, who had that evening been received into the wereedthsi ue i s e rt i sveypenrt3g'oa. prayer,ay gdeaeerndscdl. decline e : ta a ii set. they had ac cordinglythat Rorie yeidruleo v ul s miepc g dei al u nint i td l h r eti r ehdmye e tpi f orr communion of the Church of England, 'had discovered H w m T c l o i a en a 7 v g l i o rb n e r e g gr a as f th t i e iop r n .. pro nounced the benediction, the proceedings terminated. after wards rd w fi s n o a o r work offered The Asu.—The British and North American mail steam-ship Asia, with advices from New York to the 12th inst., had not arrived when we went to press. TESTIMONIAL. The workmen of Messrs. Walker, builders, at Birkenhead, have presented Mr. William Walker with a handsome silver tankard, on the occasion of his marriage with Miss Thomson, of Birkenhead. THE RIGHTS or CONSCIENCE.—We are glad to find, by an advertisement in our columns to-day, that the Society for Protecting the Rights of Conscience in Ireland is about to be brought before the notice of the Protestants of this town. It is a most valuable aid to the various societies engaged with such signal success in evangelising Ireland, having been lately founded by the Archbishop of Dublin, after he had, by close investigation, become satisfied of the depth and extent of the Reformation movement, and discovered not only the utter falseness of the bribery cry, but also the reality of the sufferings which the converts almost invariably have to pass through. CHURCH OF ENGLAND INSTITUTION.—In our adver tising columns it will be seen that the next lecture of the present useful and interesting series will be delivered to the members and friends in the newsroom of the insti tution this evening. We understand the lecture was postponed in consequence of the meeting of the " Work ing Men's Church Association" on the evening first ap pointed. The subject is Nineveh, and the lecture will be illustrated by a series of diagrams, exhibiting the most remarkable of the antiquities discovered by Rawlinson, Layard, and others. We have much pleasure in stating that Lord Stanley has requested his name to be enrolled on the list of life-members of this valuable institution. GIRL BURNED TO DEATII.—On Saturday evening, in the absence of her parents, a little girl of seven years, named Margaret Hughes, was burned to death in her parents' dwelling, in Kent-place, Cornus-street. She had been left in the house by her mother, in company with her sister Mary, aged 12, and Mary Allen, a neigh bour's daughter, about sixteen years. While in the act of snuffing the candle, Margaret's clothes became ignited, and the two elder girls, losing all presence of mind, instead of affording help ran out for Mr. Allen, who came and speedily extinguished the flames. She was so severely burned, that it was deemed advisable to convey the little sufferer to the Northern Hospital, where, after enduring much agony, she died on the afternoon of Sun day, about two o'clock. An inquest will be held on the body of the deceased to-day (Tuesday). 25, 18)3 POLICE COURT.-YESTERDAY. JUVENILE THIEVES AND THEIR AI3ETTOPS.4—PatriCk Kelly, Edward Brannen, John M•Loughlin, and - Mary Chambers, four children, were charged with having stolen 15 pounds of cotton; at tha same time Owen M`Cabe, who purchased the cotton, was brought up before Mr. J. H. Turner, and sentenced to two months imprisonment, for his share in the transaction. It appeared that the young thieves were found with the cotton in their posses sion in Stewart-street, and that they were subsequently traced to the marine cellar of the man M'Cabe. Cham bers and Brannen were each sentenced to fourteen days' imprisonment, their younger companions being discharged. ROBBERY OF BANK NOTES.—Philip Smith, charged with stealing three £5 Bank of England Notes, was re manded for seven days, in order that Lord Riddlesworth might be communicated with. A PICKPOCKET CAUGHT.—John Hestler, for attempt ing to pick pockets in Scotland-road, on Saturday night, was sentenced to a month's imprisonment. The culprit, it appeared, conducted his operations with other three members of the light-fingered fraternity—his companions jostling the ladies in the crowd, and Hestler doing the manipulating part of the business. A WORKHOUSE THIEF.—John Mundley, an inmate of the workhouse, was sentenced to be imprisoned for one month, for stealing a purse and 3d. from John Hickson, a brother pauper. - - ROBBERY.—John Richardson was charged by Thomas Kirkley with robbing him of the sum of 69. in a brothel, on Saturday night ; both prosecutor and prisoner were seamen ; but, from a total want of evidence, the case was disch .reed. A PAIR or PROFESSIONALS.- - Patrick Kelly and George Norris were committed to gaol for three months by Mr. Turner, on a charge of picking pockets on the evening of Saturday. Two detectives watched them for some time endeavouring to rob a woman in the Old Hay market. One of the prisoners went up to the female, as he approached her slyly mounting a pair of spectacles, and then rushed violently against her, while his companion came up and, before she had recovered herself, inserted his appropriating fingers in her pocket. The rogues have been pursuing a career of crime for a long time past. A SUSPICIOUS CASE.—In consequence of some private information, detective Russell went on Saturday and examined the house of William Smithurst, beer-house keeper, in Leigh-street. In a box in the possession of Mr. Smithurst he found a vast quantity of jewellery, in cluding a quantity of gold rings and watch guards. Be sides this there were a number of pawn-tickets relating to watches. Mr. Snowball appeared on behalf of the publican when he was brought up before Mr. Mansfield this morn ing ; and, as there was no evidence to show that Mr. Smithurst had acquired the valuable property in an illegal manner, he was discharged. Two SHEETS IN THE WlND.—Bridget Newmile, a middle-aged little woman, possessing apparently a strong predilection for the poteen of her native land, was charged by a neighbour with stealing two of her most valuable sheets, one of which she most disrespectfully lodged in the hands of the pawnbroker, for the purpose of procuring liquor with which to allay the cravings of a thirsty soul. The magistrates stopped the prisoner at the commence ment of sundry voluble explanations, by awarding Mrs. Newmile fourteen days imprisonment. STEALING COTTON.—Ann Burke, brought up on sus picion of stealing cotton, was ordered to be imprisoned for fourteen days. ATTEMPTED ROBBERY IN SHAW'S BROW•—A fine sample of young Liverpool,in the shape of Peter O'Donnell and Francis Murray, were sentenced to a month's impri ment for attempting to steal lead in Shaw's Brow, on Saturday right. A younger cousin of the lad Murray, who was mixed up in the matter, was discharged with a salutary advice. A YOUNG HOUSEBREAKER.—A young lad, apparently about fifteen years of age, was committed for trial at the sessions by Mr. Mansfield, on a charge of breaking into the house of Mrs.' Jane Roberts, Field-street, Ecerton, about nine o'clock on Sunday night, and running off with sundry articles of wearing apparel, including a valuable coat belonging to the son-in-law of Mrs. Roberts. How he obtained entrance is not known. THE "EARL OF LONSDALE."--REFRACTORY SEA MEX.—Six of the crew of the Earl of Lonsdale were brought up on a charge of refusing to proceed to sea, in com:Aiance with the terms of their agreement. They had already obtained one month's advance, and the cap tain had even offered to give them another half-month in advance; but with less than another whole month's they said they would not be satisfied, and accord went ashore. Mr. Mansfield placed before them ernative of adhering to their agreement, or being in prison, when they very sensibly resolved to go lodged CANDIDATES FOR PnisoN.—Jane Clarke, Catherine Doherty, Catherine Holmes, and Jane Smith, four prosti tutes of not more than from fifteen to twenty years of age, appeared on the charge of breaking certain windows at the workhouse, with the desire, which, they openly avowed, of being sent to gaol, where they are not compelled to work, and where consequently they prefer to reside when destitute of quarters more congenial to their habits. The miserable creatures, who conducted themselves most in decorously while in the dock, were sent to gaol for 21 AMODEL MEMBER OF THE MILITIA.—WiIIiaM Dnr barn, a militia man, for a brutal assault on Elizabeth Lamb, committed in a fit of drunkenness, on the 29th of November lest, was fined in 205., with the alternative of going to gaol for a month if he did no' CASE OF THE CALEDONIA.-SEAMEN REFUSING TO GO TO SEA. Yesterday, the case of the Caledonia, remanded from Saturday, came before Mr. Mansfield. Twelve of the seamen were brought up at the instance of the com mander, charged with refusing to go to sea, according to the terms of their agreement. Mr. Owen appeared as attorney for the seamen, and in reply to his queries, Captain Richardson of the Caledonia deposed :—The ves sel is registered 789 tons, new measure, and twelve years old : she is now laden with 1,050 tons of coal. I cannot tell whether there are more or not. I signed weight un known. She is drawing 20 feet on an even keel. Mr. Hamilton is the broker. I shipped the men, and I pre sume they were aware at the time of the cargo. The Caledonia is going to San Francisco, California. The owners are William Taylor and Son, of Sunderland. Captain Banks was displaced by myself, in consequence of the ship having passed into the hands of my owners. The ship was classed IE , at Lloyd's, and she was making two inches of water in fifteen hours when she was de serted by the prisoners. I have commanded four vessels during the past five years. I have never heard of coals choking up the pumps, although of course it is quite pos sible they might do so. One of the men alleged that the ship had 2 feet 6 inches in her when they left her ; but this the Captain flatly denied, alleging that she had not drawn so much during the whole time he had been in her. Mr. Mansfield : It strikes me the seamen would only be too happy to go to San Francisco, if they thought there was a reasonable chance of their reaching their destination. This is one of the things which seem to strengthen their case. Mr. Littleton, secretary at Lloyd's, deposed that the Caledonia had at first been registered A 1, and that she would remain the same from four to six years, so that it was likely that her A 1 character expired at the end of 1847. She would then fail into the second class, fit to carry dry and perishable cargoes, but not to or from any place in the world. Our surveyor, on going on board, (in compliance with the suggestion of the magistrate on Saturday) found the leak was not increasing, but, on fur ther examination, it was found that the ship was defective in some places. The surveyor had ordered all the neces sary repairs to be made. If not complied with, instruc tions would at once be communicated to London, and the character of the ship would be struck off the books at Lloyd's. Mr. Owen here drew attention to the fact that coals were calculated to imbibe a great quantity of water, and that the cargo of the Caledonia had doubtless done this. Captain Richardson begged to state that half of the crew still remained on board, and were willing to go with the ship. He at the same time intimated that he would telegraph to his owners the fact that the repairs must be done. Mr. Mansfield said he believed, if the men were not seriously alarmed, they would make no objection to pro ceed on the voyage ; for seamen were generally anxious to seize the opportunity of proceeding to San Francisco, well knowing that they might almost name their own terms in engaging to come hoMe, and always being sure of lucrative employment if they decided upon remaining in that country. Ho was sorry to see that one of the most :conspicuous :faults he found in the seamen of this port was, that they did not in general seem to regard the sanctity of an agreement into which they had entered. But in the present case he had requested a sur vey to be made, and the result of that examination is, that certain repairs are required, and that if those are not made the ship will lose her character at Lloyd's, and the insurances which have been effected on her will be made void. From the recent case of the Seringapatam, in which the seamen refused to proceed to sea, and which had subsequently been found to be rotten from stem to stern, he was desirous of arriving at a cautious decision. Were a magistrate in such a case to put the seamen in prison, or compel them to proceed on the voyage, it might afterwards be a very great source of sorrow to him that he had been a party to the injustice. From the result of the official survey in the present case, it is quite clear that the ship is not in a proper state to go on her voyage, and that there is no excuse whatever for the seamen being retained in custody. If the ship were repaired and could safely go—and that were proved before him—then, of course, L should think it his duty to hold the seamen to their agi cement. But in the meantime they must be discharged. The prisoners then left the dock. A RETURNED GOLD-DIGGER.—Daniel ISl`Carthy, who returned from Australia in the Marco Polo, with gold dust which he sold for £5OO, has had the whole of it taken from him by a relative, and now has not-a penny left. BuTcitcres' PROFITS.—In the adjourned examination of William Lowcock, a butcher, at the Bankruptcy Courr, on Friday, the bankrupt endeavoured to show that the profit on £5,500 worth of stock was only £6l 14s. 5d., and that the retail butchers of Liverpool were not paying their expenses. MELANCHOLY AND FATAL ACCIDENT TO A YOUNG MARINER.—About 9 o'clock on the morning of Tuesday last, while the schooner Margaret was sailing in the Irish Channel, John Walls, aged 21 years,, a mariner, fell from the top-mast, and was so severely injured that he expired in less than an hour. The schooner came into the Ki ng ' s Dock, Liverpool, on Friday ; and on the following day an inquest was held on the body , of the dece ase d , when a verdict was given of "Accidentally killed." ACCIDENTAL DEATH OF A FIREMA N . -- week a fireman , abo ut for ty - five On Sunday Years of age, named Edward Duffy, belonging to the Nimrod, plying between Liverpool and Cork, fell into the No. 2 Sandon Graving D oc k. In consequence of the injuries he received he was carried to the Northern Hospital, where he lingered in great pain until Thursday, wh en he ex pired. At the in quest, which was held yesterday, before Mr. Coroner curry: a Tudict to accindance with the factg wad retUrlaqd. mately broub , ht to pass. It was fairly argued by ose who opposed this dangerous innovation, that no form of oath could be binding upon men who admitted a mental reservation in taking an oath— a° could obtain absolution for a breach of the most - solemn obligation—and who believed th at any obligation contrary to the interests of the Romish as their positive du :y to break, caned upon 1 r priests to do so. In order to combat this objection, a number of witnesses were .mined before v. committee of thellouse of Lords, and their evidence went to show that the sole, object of the Romanists was to obtain civil privileges—that they were willing to take any form of oath which the wisdom of Parliament might devise—and they solemnly avowed their belief that no advantage would be taken of the coveted privilege to do any act subversive of the interests of 'the English Church. Their professions accordance with the views thus expressed, a majo- were believed ; and, in rity of both Houses of Parliament were induced to consent to the bill by which the . Church of Rome 1 .a voice in the Legislature of the United o btaine of that stamp, and are so now, except when crafty nich was taken policy dictates another course. It is time, then, that for the security of our own Church against the we, as a Christian people, were awake to a sense of dreaded encroachments was . the following form of the danger which threatens us, and in these days of oath, which was ordered to be taken by all Roma- . !list members on their admissi on t o P ar li ament : popular agitation, the first step, perhaps, should be 1, —, do sincerely promise and s wear , that a response to the appeal for public meetings to pro 'l be faithful and bear true alle g i ance t o His test once more, as oar fathers did of yore, against the iniquities of the Church of Rome. King , and will defend hi m t o th e ' utmost of my power against all conspiracies and Kingdom The only guarantee v, `-I wii Majesty THE FRENCH EMPEROR'S MARRIAGE. " attempts whatever, which shall be made against " his person, crown, or dignity; and I will do my " utmost endeavour to disclose and make known to " His Majesty, his heirs, and successors, all trea " sons Lad traitorous conspiracies which may be . " formed against him or them ; and I do faithfully . "promise to maintain, support, and defend, to the " utmost of my power, the succession of the crown, : " which succession, by an , act intitled 'An act for " the •further limitation of :the crown, and better " securing the rights and liberties of the subject,' " is, and stands, limited to the Princess Sophia, " Electress of Hanover, and the heirs of her body, 'Tat most important item of news from the French Court is the determination of the EMPEROR to marry. He has philosophically borne his rejection by the Princess VASA ; he has found it impossible to ally himself with any of the crowned heads of Europe; and, as a last resource, has resolved to please himself, by marrying a woman -for her per -sonal attractions.. The lady destined to - be EMPRESS of FRANCE is known in the fashionable society of Paris as the Countess THEBA. Sire is about 26 years of age, and is the daughter of the late Count DF, MONTL.TOS, a grandee of Spain, her mother being of Irish or Scotch descent. :It appears that -some opposition - to this alliance was shown by the ministers, but Louis NAPOLEON was positive, and the ceremony is expected to be performed on Satur day next. The circumstance of the granddaughter of an Irishman or Scotchman being raised to an imperial throne, might furnish the theme for a modern romance in fitting companionship with the career of her consort; but it is difficua to arrive at a satisfactory conclusion as to the peculiar motives " being Protestants ; herely.utterly renouncing and abjuring any obedience or allegiance unto any retending a right to and, I do further declare, " that it is not an article of my faith, and that I do other person claiming or " the crown of this realm.; renounce, reject, and abjure the opinion that ees excommunicated, or deprived by the Pope, -other authority of ,he see of Rome, may e deposed or murdered by. their subjects, or by Tscn whatsoever; and I do cieclare, that I do not believe that the Pope of Rome, or any .i have influenced this affair. LOUIS NAPOLEON is Lo longer in the heyday of youth, when we might suppose his passions to have overwrought his judgment, but it may be that his disappointment has vented itself in this violation of the etiquette of legitimacy, or, perhaps, it is considered as a prac tical acknowledgment of the sovereignty of the people. In any case, •it serves to show that he has a will,of his own, irrespective of state-.advisers--a " other foreign prince, prelate, person, state, or no " tentate, hash, or ought to hate, any temporal or " civil jurisdiction, power, superiority, or pre-emi " nence, directly or indirectly, within this realm. " I do swear, that I will defend, to the utmost of ?mu, the settlement of property wit din this rn, as -established by the laws: and I do " hereby disclaim, disavow, and solemnly abjure " any intention to subvert the present Church " establishment as settled by law within this realm; " and, I do .solemnly swear, that will never exec " cise any privilege to which I am, or may become, " entitled, to disturb or weaken the Protestant re position which in no degree helps to allay the ap prehensions for the peace of Europe, which almost all his proceedings have unded to excite. " ligior in the United ant government, " Kingdom; and, I do solemnly, in the presence of " God, profess, testify, and declare, that I do make " this declaration, and every part thereof, in the " plain and ordinary cense of the words of this oath, " without any evasion, equivocation, or mental " reservation whatever. So help me God." This act has now been in operation for nearly a quarter of a century; and after this lengthened ex perience, the question is fairly before us, how far the oath has proved to be an effectual barrier to the evils which were anticipated from thus opening the doors of Parliament to Romish legislators. It is now no longer a matter of opinion, but we have facts to deal with, and by these should the policy of that measure be tried. Was the oath of any avail, when the Romanist members voted with Lord JOHN RUSSELL, to appropriate the surplus revenues of the Irish Church for secular purposes ? Did it bind those who swore by it, when they entered into the Lichfield-House compact to support a Whig- Radical Administration for the surrender of State patronage in Ireland ? Had DANIEL O'CONNELL no mental reservation or equivocation, when he agitated the Repeal of the Union, and endeavoured by monster meetings to intimidate the Government into further concessions, by which Ireland should have been wholly surrendered to Romish priests ? Was the oath binding on Mr. CHISHOLM ANSTEY and others, in their ceaseless endeavours to remove every remaining disability, and even to legalise the idolatrous processions of Rome and similar mum- Was the oath of any avail, when the POPE meries OP ROME made the daring attempt to parcel out England into dioceses, and was openly supported in Parliament by men who had subscribed ti e fore- going declaration Can we indeed Point to any O XFORD UNIVERSITY ELECTION. THIS long protracted struggle has at length been brought to a close, and on Thursday last Mr. GLADSTON F.,:the Chancellor of the Exchequer, was returned by 1022 to SPS—being a majority of 124 over his opponent. It is some satisfaction to find that, out of the whole number of the electors, the colleague of Radicals and Romanists has not found a third of them.to vote for him. Still the disgrace is with those who, by their refusal to exercise their franchise, and to vote against the Minister, limre virtually given their sanction to the unholy alliance of which he forms a part. It is, however, as the French say, Ull fait accompli, and ,the University must be left to bear the shame of its own default. Ireland has set the first good example—for the borough of Carlow has rejected Mr. SADLEIR, the new Lord of the Treasury, and returns Mr. ALEXANDER, a Conservative, by a majority of 97 to 91. This is of more significance than the loss of one vote to the ministry, for the defeat of their candidate has been brought about by the opposition of the Romish brigade, who consider their members who have joined the coalition as deserters. The policy of this section is therefore to oppose the new Cabinet, and if so, where is its chance of a parlia mentary majority ? Some further concessions to Rome must be made to buy over the votes w hi c h are indispensable. FATAL EFFECTS OF INTEMPERANCE. —A melancholy instance of the baneful effects of intemperance occurred in Liverpool on Saturday evening, the victim being W m . Hughes, No. 2. Burroughs-gardens , Bevington-hill, a man in the prime of life, and who was employed as a labourer in Mr. Howard's brewery, in Cheapside. On Saturday night, about seven o'clock, he came home in a state of intoxication, and in about an hour and a half afterwards he was found by his wife lying on the room floor dead. All attempts to resuscitate fife proved ineffec tual. An inquest will be field today (Tuesday) on the body of the deceased, a new MISSIONS IN IRELAND. PUBLIC MEETING LAST NIGHT, A public meeting was held in the Collegiate Institution last night, at seven o'clock, for the purpose of receiving a deputation in behalf of the Ballenglen Agricultural Schools, consisting of the Rev. Dr. Dill, of Kerry, and the Rev. J. Campbell, of Melrose. In the absence, from illness, of Edward Cropper, Esq., Charles Inman, Esq., took the chair. He apologised for Mr. Cropper, who was warmly interested in the mission which they were that night assembled to aid. The proceedings having been opened with prayer, The Chairman, in a few preliminary words, quoted the celebrated lines of the poet Moore, and asked why Ireland was not great and glorious ? Why did we hear of famine, wretchedness, and crime? Ireland was not great and glorious, because she was not free—because she had got neither civil nor religious liberty. For that people could not enjoy civil liberty who were driven to the polling booth by the priests, and subjected in every thing they did to the domiaion of Rome. The liberty of England was based upon the Bible, which was the only true fog nda tion of national freedom and prosperity. (Cheers.) The Rev. Dr. DILL said be hoped that ere twenty years had rolled over their heads they would find Ireland, in a nobler and more exalted sense than was ever dreamt of by her native poet, " great, glorious, and free." Not many months had elapsed since his beloved native land seemed to have been totally abandoned by God. First came the famine, by which a million of his countrym en were laid in the tomb ; then set in the tide of emigration, which carried away two millions more; that terrible famine having been succeeded by the "year ofassassinations," in which troops crowded the country, and when the work of blood went on most awfully. God, in his wrath, seemed to have aban doned them, and the people stood paralysed in despair. But, wonderful were the ways of God ; and the fa mine, he felt assured, had set on foot a chain of influ— ences which must eventually regenerate Ireland. The mission whose cause he came that night to advocate extended over the province of Munster, and the counties of Kerry and Connaught, where there was a miserable population, who for long years had been subjected to all the direst miseries of that land where the people, in their own poetical language, had often been necessitated to subsist on no more than " bare light and cold water." Let they who were em bowered in blessings remember that he did not now speak of a people in the jungles of Africa, but of a population who lived within a few hours of the English shores, and who ought to be enjoying all the blessings of the benign reign of Victoria. Their ills arose entirely from the want_ of the blessed Word of God, kept from them by the Romish priests ; for well had it been remarked that England owed its freedom to the Bible. And, oh ! that our Brights and our Knights of Netherby would only bear in mind that it was the Reformation which was the source of Britain's greatness. Before the Reformation, what was Britain but a paltry island of the sea ? And not till the dawn of that glorious era did the sun of her prosperity shine out, tilt now her banner floats over every land, while her ships plough every sea. The speaker then drew a picture of the backward state of Ireland as compared with England —delineating those wild wastes where no factories arose and where no wheels were revolving. Far different, in deed, was the aspect of Ulster, where the word of God bad free course, and was glorified ? But of Ireland they were now able to say, that with the famine came the mercy of God—mercy sprung out of the judgment. Reverting to the famine of 1847, he asserted that the world had never witnessed a more glorious spectacle of sublime benevo lence than that which was exhibited towards the Irish by - England. Though he was well aware of the Scottish and English benevolence before, he, for one, never expected such a torrent of charity as was poured into his poor afflicted country in 1847, not only from the ehurches but from the theatres and concert-rooms and other places of amusement. But while they had English bread in their mouth they repaid England next year with a rebellion, — a rebellion originated' by the priests, who hailed the advent of the continental revolutions with joy, thinking that England might become embroiled, and that England's difficulty would be their opportunity. As regards the Irish people--with all their gushing, buoyant bosoms of gratitude—they saw that they had been cajolled by the priests ; that the English were their true friends, and not their enemies,as they had been taught tobelieve. (Cheers.) The speaker next entered into a description of their ope rations, in which they thought it most efficient to unite industrial and Scripture education. Notwithstanding the simple and benevolent object of their mission, the priests had hailed it with curses, and incited the people to the grossest violence—those very priests who were nursed in the lap of Government favour. As a specimen of this, he quoted a couplet from a ballad, the authorship of 7- 1 -* ti had been acknowledged by a priest in a public . This ballad was an address to some shoemaker, named Donald Montgomery, who had rendered himself conspicuous in the work of persecution, and one of the verses thus began : _ Stab and bore him Behind and before him, Your lapstone will floor him, Brave Donald Montgomery !" The priests in English towns might assume the airs of martyrs, and walk the English streets with a bland smile of resignation, as if they were alone the friends of liberty —Rome might start her Vixdicafors and her Free Presses on British ground—but still they certainly would not be imposed on by the artfulness of the Papists, who always knew how to conform to circumstances. In refer ence to the industrial department of the mission, Dr. Dill related many interesting particulars, prov ing that, while the girls performed their work with great taste, it originated in their bosoms that noble feeling of independence which the Popish consecration of begging had nearly driven from Ireland. Reviewing the various schemes in connexion with the missions, such as the savings banks for the cultivation of provident habits, the speaker concluded by asserting that the joint result of Protestant evangelisation and Popish emigration would be to leave the priests high and dry; to infuse social , com fort and religious freedom in Rome's British stronghold ; and, in less than twenty years, to make Ireland " great, glorious and free." (Loud cheers.) The Ray. J. CAMPBELL, of Melrose, said Ireland had had her night of weeping, but now she was about to wit ness the morning of joy. With regard to their mission for the west of Ireland, their schools were rude and ele mentary, but they were precisely the schools needed in the circumstances. They had one central school, con nected with which there was a model farm, the whole being under the charge of two Scotchnaen, and producing considerable benefit. Dr. Duff, the celebrated missionary and one of the best practical educators, had visited them in the courseof last year, when he had noticed twogreat defects, and to remove these defects was now their most earnest desire. One of them consisted in the fact that the children attending the schools were mostly girls, and that there were very few boys. The estates were now in the Encumbered Estates Court, and it was most desirable that they should be enabled to purchase them, for which purpose they would require £4OOO, another £lOOO being necessary for the erection of the requisite buildings. The first advantage derived from the accomplishment of this would be the rendering of their institution permanent. In the second place, they might then make the institution self-supporting, and be enabled as well to provide an in ducement to the parents to send their boys as well as the girls. As to the constitution of the association, it was pro posed to appoint four trustees—two to be nomi,:,•,ied lu Scotland, and two in England. Lord Panmure and Mr. Maitland had agreed to act as the Scottish trustees; and Lord Shaftesbury had almost consented to represent I England in conjunction with Mr. Peto, M.P. Mr. Campbell then passed to an expression of his hopes with regard to Ireland. Popish Ireland, and not Ire land herself, had been the curse of Britain ; and soon he hoped she would become, instead of a disgrace, a crown to Britain. (Cheers). Let them proceed in their work of educating the people, and leave the government to do what they please with regard to the priests. (Applause.) Parliament had all along mistaken the seat of Ireland's ills. In Scotland they acknowledged the deep debt they owed to that country, Whiah had uvet yet got its Refor:. mation. They were bigoted enou4h la the noren, but it: the matter of regenerating Ireland the Presbyterians had warmly united with the Episcopalians, and he hoped they would do the same in England. (Applause.) The Rev. Dr. BIRREL moved the first resolution, to the effect that, after hearing the information supplied by the deputation, the meeting highly approve of the project, and cordially commend it to the sympathy and aid of the benevolent people of Liverpool. (Cheers.) Let them, by their practical approval of this resolution, convince Ireland that in Protestantism there was a unity more rear than that of which the Romish Church boasted. (Cheers.) The Rev. SAMUEL MINTON seconded the resolution. which he did with great cordiality, glad as he always was to have the opportunity of suppor t ing a movement,. from whatever party it emanated, which had for its objict the carrying of the Word of God to the Irish people. Quoting a variety of extracts from the published ora tions of Dr. - Newman and the favourite Romanist pub. lications, which claimed for Rome the merit of being the defender of civil and religious liberty, Mr. Minton,in a hu morous and effective speech, exposed their fabrications, with a view to confirm the impressions which. had been ori ginated by Dr. Dill, in his eloquent address. The speaker closed his observations with a variety of useful practical hints as to the conducting of the work. The Rev. V. M. WHITE, who apologized for the absence of Mr. West, and expressed that gentleman's warm inter est in the mission, next addressed the meeting. The resolution had been proposed by a Scotsman, seconded by an Englishman, and it might not be considered out of place, if he, an Irishman, supported it. He concluded by intimating that one gentleman on the plat form had requested him to put his naat.oe ther k o e n wi se been scription list for £25, another name having handed in for an equal amount. (Cheers.) The CHAIRMAN intimated that the donor of the hand: some gift was Mr. Cropper. The proceedings closed with a cordial vote of thanks to the Chairman, proposed by Mr. NEILSON and seconded by the Rev, Mr. WHITE. ERICSSON Will make her first . u Atlantic to London, intended. instead of to this vport,Tyahgeaes acr oss CA originally B A NF . O Or ENGLAND NOTES are not a legal tender in Australia, and several persons have had to pay 20 per , cent. discount to get them cashed there. THE U. S. ARCTIC EXPLORING EXPEDITION.—Actire preparations are making in the United States to fit our the second exploring expedition, proposed to be sent to the Arctic Regions, in search of Sir John Franklin, by Ur. Henry Grinnell. Its departure is fixed for about the 'middle of April. It will consist of the brig Advance, which formed a part of the first expedition, and is still in perfect order, with the exception of her keel, which was knocked off by the ice. It is expected that she will be taken into the dry dock in about three w ee k s. Sh e " will be manned by a crew of picked men, under the com mand of Lieutenant Kane, U.S.N., and be amply provided with sledges and Indiarubber boats, with which to pene trate into the frozen regions, usin g w hi c h ever mode of conve yance may most facilitate their progress. Pemmican, or dried deer's flesh, will form an essential article of food. On her northerly trip the Advance will stop at Greenland. and procure a supply of dogs. The sledges, and other details of the outfit, are in course of preparation. The direction to be taken will be the region of Smith's Sound; and, as the expedition will be accompanied by a corps of scientific observers, interesting results of a scientific na. tore are anticipated, even though the expedition should fail of its object. who erate iding Rent may uare, ation than day nted, n the tnex- 'EL every 'awa CE, DON well, lents,• 8 11 !re 'lit ,of !of It nd ct, :be