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Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1855-06-26 00:00:00

THE LIVERPOOL STANDARD.

statement is, however, appareu t from various circumstances. The
boat's crew are represented as having landed in arms, and in the
same account the arms of the men are said to have been found
in the bottom of the boat. Next, the Russian version of the
story tells us that do boat was sunk, although all the world
besides is aware that. Jo}tx BROWN, as he himself believes,
the only survivor of the barbarous tragedy, escaped in the
boat which was picked up at sea, and with himself was taken

on board the ship. The boat, in its upper planks, is found
riddled with hullet-holes, sufficiently proving that the men
were fired on befora they landed, or in the act of landing—of

that, after those who had landed had, been murdered on shores

care was taken that none should escape to reveal the particu-
lars of the horrible massacre; —The diSmal tragedy enacted at
Hango was indeed a lictory suite&to the genius of that Rus-
sian warfare which murdered the wounded at Inkermann,
and butchered those who brought succour to her wounded
sons on the heights of Alma—it is in every respect worthy
of their false pretensions and their felon arms. It shows
how such men can fight, when there is no resistance—when
the achievement of victory depends alone on safe butchery.
The musical world of London has just received intelligence
of the death of one of its oldest and most deserving fovourites.
On Friday week, ROBERT LINDLEY, the veteran and most
accomplished of English violoncello-players, died in Percy-
street, Brighton, at the advanced age of 83. It is but a few
years since he retired from the public practice of his profes-
sion, and all those who can extend their recollections to the
Royal Italian Opera and the best concerts of ten years ago,
must have a vivid and pleasing remembrance of the comely
old man whose entrance into the orchestra was the invariable
signal for a hearty welcome. For more than half a century
LINDLEY was a popular idol, his claim to adoration being
founded on the expressive delicacy, yet strength and vigour
of his tone. In his hands the violoncello could do anything
but speak, or yield unpleasing sounds. He was of an urbane,
gentle and kindly disposition, and was a great favourite
among his younger professional brethren, while with the
distinguished of the elders he enjoyed a lively friendship and_
a welcome brotherhood. LvsnLE-r was a native of Rotherham,
in Yorkshire, where his father was a teacher of music.
Early in life the son gave unmistakable token of musical
aptitude, and so long ago as 1794 he received the appoint-
ment of first violoncello in the orchestra of the Royal Italian
Opera, which position he retained till his retirement from
public life.

The theatrical world, as is usual at this season, continues
,to
whirl with liveliness, if not with vigour, in its gas-lit orbit.
At the Adelphi, Mr. Tom TAYLOR has produced a drama
under the name of i‘ Helping Hands," which has the great
merit of having achieved success. The interest of the piece
is centred in the excellent acting of WEBSTER and Madame
CELESTE, aided by the efforts of Mr. and Mrs. KEELEY—to
literary merit the piece has no claim. CHARLES MATHEWS
is distributing his theatrical lustre at the City of London
Theatre, where he has been engaged, and in which be has
been delighting the City folks with some of the vagaries with
which he so long and so successfully enlivened the frequenters
of the Lyceum. At the Princess's, CHARLES XEAN still gaily
keeps the field with his gorgeous reproduction of King Henry
the Eighth. At the Standard, Messrs. WRIGHT and PAUL
BEDFORD have become the leading stars, in the absence of
Miss GLYN, who has just made a most gratifying and success-
ful debut as Cleopatra in a revived set of Shakspeare's
Anthony and Cleopatra. Of her performance of the "fair
witch of Egypt," which was witnessed by His Excellency the
Lord-Lieutenant, the Dublin critics speak in rapturous terms.
To return, however, to the starting-point, the gentlemen
named as leaders at the Standard have proved very attractive.
The two great houses still continue rivals in Opera. At Old
Drury, respectably performed operas and gay ballets are
offered by Mr. S3IITH, at circus prices, and are meeting with
a fair share of patronage; while Covent Garden rejoices in
the melodies chauntect by GRIST and MARIO ; by TAB-.
BURINI and LABLACIIE ; and these veterans are aided in the
general corps by several celebrities of newer fame, who pro-
mise fairly to deserve a large share of popular applause.

THE NATIONAL SOCIETY and the (SO-CALLED)
CHURCH of ENGLAND EDUCATION SOCIETY.

TO THE EDITOR OF THE LIVERPOOL. STANDARD.

Sin,—Mr. Colquhoun's letter, in defence of the society of
which he is a leading member, requires. some-notice; though
the transparent fallacy of argument needs only a clear state-
ment to be plainly seen. Whether the letter- is a judicious-
one, is a matter of opinion; that it is a valuable one, there
can be no doubts since it sets forth in admirable-simplicity the
tactics of the party to which the writer belongs..
Mr. Colquhoun's objections- to the- National Society are two-
fold. Ist. It gives help only to school building, and sup-
porting of training colleges ; not to the support of schools
already established. The answer to this is almost too obvious
to need setting down :—lncrease the funds, and: the society'
Will increase its sphere of operations.
The second objection requires a little more notice. It
says :—" The second characteristic of a National: Society of
Education is, that it shall combine in its management the two'
leading sections of the Church of England." Truly, this is a
most delectable characteristic ! I have often heard of the
pugnacity of John Bull; the noble art of sparring,.which is, I
believe, peculiar to him : but I certainly never• did understand
before that the exercise of this- art was necessary to his reli-
gious well-being ; and that no society had any title to the
term "National," unless it contained in itself theelements of
discord, and the whole apparatus of dissension.. The perfection.
of a National Society is, according to this view, when it con-
tains two parties equally balanced, each opposing and thwart-
ing the other. And, so completely is this the view of Mr_
Colquhoun and his party, that, haVing attempted, indlailed.
in introducing into the Committee of the National:Society the
element of 'discord, he thought it absolutely necessary to the
well-being of the Church at large to establish:a rival and oppo-
sition society, which was- to act more extensively and more
publicly against the National Society This schismatical pro-
ceeding he considers essential to any national institution.
But, in endeavouring to establish his position, he proceeds to
make the monstrous and malignant assertion, that—all the
sixteen elected members of the Committee. of the National,
Society, with the exception of two, are Ti.actarians ! ! !—that
this was the case when, he was- a member of the committee,
and that it is so now. Of course, the very monstrosity of such
an assertion carries its own refutation : no man of sound judg-
ment could for a moment believe this. But, as-proof is more
satisfactory than mere denial, I will give the names of the
committee, so that every one may juste for himself. I have
before me the Reports of 1849 and 18a0—the other three years
I cannot find. As, however, I knew that the committee has
changed very little.. these two years will be quite- suffi-
cient for the purpose :—Archdeacon Harrison, Revs. H. H.
Oilman, J. Jennings, Mr. 'Mathison, Rev. IL Norris, Sir
W. P. Wood, Mr. Colquhoun, Sir Thomas- Phillips, Mr.
Acland, Lord Lyttelton, Mr. Adderley, Hon. J. Talbot; Mr.
Cotton, Rev. Lord J. Thynne, Mr. Twining, Mr.. Davis, Rev.
W. Short. Here is Mr. Colquhoun's. list of Tractarians !
Truly, some of these gentlemerkwill be proud of the honour
of being nicknamed by Mr. Colquhoun ! I should like to see
their look when they were told so.

Now my idea of a national society is,. thsa it is a society
which is not a party society, whose members. are not party
men ; and. this is exactly the characteristic. of the National-
Society for Education. None of those men above-mentioned,
excepting Mr. Colquhoun -himself, is a party man; and it is
plain from Mr. Colquhoun's letter, that. it is because this.:
society would not lend. itself to party purposes, that he 404
left it, and set up another. Mr. Colquboun confesses—cony_
fesses without a blush of shame—that he-and his party tried.to,
get the Archbishop of Canterbury to lend himself to his.
intrigues : nay, more, he does not hesitate to father on the.
Archbishop the scheme itself. I and sure, and all readers.
will agree with me, when I say, that the Archbishop of Can-
terbury is incapable of such tricks..
I must say a few more words about this Tractarian.Com-
mittee. Let it- be known, then, that a committee i.elected,
according to a certain cycle, twthe subscribers.of agninea to
the society, at their annual meeting. Anything less exclusive.
than this, it is impossible to conceive : at the same-tune,. any=
thing men
.completely crushing to Mr. Colquhoun's slander,
that it is a " party society, " is as difficult to imagine ; unless
it be this, THAT EVEE.Y ONE OF THE Exenorti Is, ex officio,
• MEMBER OF Tun COMMITTEE. Neither. are any more
Words needed to prove that the society is what it professes to
be—" THE NATIONAL SOCIETY for the .Edneatiotiaf the
Poor in the Principles of the Established. Church." .
A careful perusal 'of Mr. Colquhoun's letter brings me to
the conclusion, that the only point in si,hieh be attempts to
substantiate the charge- of- Tractarianism is the College of St.
Mark's, Chelsea. Yet he acknowledges that it is governed
by a council of its own, and not by the National Society : the
society makes grants to the college, but so does the govern-
ment ; if the National Society is Tractarian, because it grants
money to St. Mark's College, so must the Privy Council on
Education, for it does so too,- I.shall not enter into a defence
of that college, or of the matter concerning Mr. Daymond
since you did that effectually in your two. articles; I- will
only mention one fact, which will tell more than all argument
that this year the Council the Cheltenham Training Col-
lege, which has the reputation of belonging exclusively to the
Evangelical party, applied to St. Mark's for a method master,
and the etibr of this office was made to Mr. A. C. Daymond, a
St. Mark's man, and. brother to the gentleman of whom Mr.
Colquhoun so bitterly complains. E. B.

A Itc-LE for a new trial has been granted, on the application
of the defendant, in the case of Boyle v. Wiseman, on the
ground of the improper admission of secondary evidence of the
cardinal's handwriting,