The Daily Times.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1860-07-14 00:00:00

ROYAL AMPHITHEATRE.

The Otirtittidn,s a.t
it An Royal Amphitheatre during
the Week have bedi Miss Wriciliant, at d Mr: Charles
Young (who has returned fora short idd.ttfitent
of six nights.) To-night will be the last both for
him and Miss Wyndham. The burlesque of " Dido"
has been played every night this week, and has improved
in its impression on the audience. With the exception of
Miss Wyndham's benefit, last night, "A Lady and Gentle-
man in a Netiliatly Perplexing Predicament," has also
preserved its place in the bills every eieffing, and has
been greeted with shouts of laughter, the whole perform-
ance resting on Miss Wyndham and Mr. Charles Young.
Last night Mr. Young played in " The King's Gar-
dener," a part that gives him little scope. He was very
successful in Wormwood,' in "The Lottery Ticket,"
earlier in the week, but which, owing to pressure of
other Matter, We ,Wre; 71nt able to notice. As be is
taking his leave of us fOr pfesetiti
,ItA, may be per-
mitted to take a glance at his career in this torn. This
brief sojourn of six nights is the third, if not
considered the residue, of the second season he
has been here. On his first visit he came
professedly as a burlesque actor, in which he showed
a peculiar power, unlike any other burlesque actor that
we bare seen, and many of those who have followed
have becre indebted for their success to his introduction
of" The Bride of. Abydos" t~rid " Pia Diarolo," which
produced more effect upon the public than any pieces
of the kind had done before, and these were only made
impressive by degrees, and by the novelty of Mr. C.
Young's style of burlesque. On the last visit, a bur-
lesque of " Lucrezia Borgia" was produced, and followed
by another of "Dido." In both of these Mr. C. Young took
the part of'the heroine, and his make up in each case was
wonderful in effect, one as a dark, the other as a blonde
betitity. lie had shown some, of his extraordinary
poriers of VC/kb in minikking iti "bra Diavolo;"
this was further shown in " Lucretia Borgia," where he
sang "Conte é bello," and in " Dido," " Shells of
Ocean," both in falsetto, in a very high key and with
astonishing execution and purity of tone. This power,
combined with great character in acting, has gradually
made Mr. Young a favourite in Liverpool, and the
houses improved immediately on his return to complete
this engagnniento The hot and fine weather has been
rather:4olM •iage tittdiettees at the theatre; the races
and, rifle drills have likewise interfered; htit, ueverthe-
leis, are hotises haVe been better than usual, and have
been enthasiastioin their *iodation of Mr. Young's
willed capabilitiei. .He maybe sure of a warns welcome
Whenever hti retains to Literp'ool.
Last night Miss Wyndham played in Leading
Strings," and "Ladies Beware," and in " Dido." We
have repeatedly noticed her performance before, and
have nothing to add.

ITALY AND iItELAND.

TO TILE EDITOR di TIE DATit TIAS.

One who his.not adopted,the Irish motto,
" kreecidni fat and g4yei7 the Italia:a," must
have read with a certain satisfactfdri the latest accounts
of the Irish Brigade at Rome ; and probably the saying
• " serve them right," was never more propitiously applied
than on the present occasion., *Here we behold a peo-
Ple who; tiAoreling to their (i) w nltcce ants; have innumerable
grievances to redress—a people' *lio; to all appearance,
are inflamed with the sacred love of liberty-411dIng
forth legions of hirelings to crush another people who,
for centuries, have been struggling to obtain a hundredth
part, of that liberty of which the Irish are in full enjoy-
tdentia recipll who have real amt. not imaginary
grievances to tedress,Hi ftedel6 stlicise !idly volitical life
has been the confessional; the stick, add the dungeon
people i`tho are modestly askihg whit in accdici-
ajice, withlags. the• of ':,dod and !lattice, viz., liberty
of Speech, liberty of the press; of eonseience, a
secular goeciim'ent; iliht of petitions jary,
—all of which the Romans are dePrNed df, although the
Irish naively tells you that there is no liberty in Ire-
land, and that the people of the Roman States are
better governed than they are. On this point I will not
say anything, and shall leave them to be undeceived by
their deluded countrymen who have been enticed by the
prieits to techie the defender, df a rotten power, con-
demned alike‘by God and men, and there .to disk their
lives and sell the honour of Ireland for 'i d. a dai.
And, now, whence comes all the animosity of Ireland
towards Italy ? Only the other day they burnt Gari-
baldi in effigy; and what on earth has Garibaldi ever
done to the ragamuffins of Limerick ? What does the
niajcirity df the Irish people know about Italy ? Nothing,
except tnxt, thereis sdch, cothltry somewhere. Has
Italy ever done any injury to ireladd, di has she acted
in any way with the English Government td keel.; het
in bondage ? Certainly not. Well, then, as we cannot
have bad feelings towards a nation or towards an indi-
vidual whom we have never seen, and scarcely know to
exist, or whom we know nothing at all about, and never
did us 'any injury—whence comes this Irish hatred
against Italy ? Who has caused it ? Who has thus
Poisoned the Irish mind againot tho Italian nation ? To
tills there is only
.orle answer to he given—,the PRItST
He accomplished Ills ditiholical work of inciiing- one
nation against another' •rialien, thrdnili the confessional,
in his sermons, in private conversation. The Irish priest,
having forgotten his origin which constituted hid the
friend of the people of every nation ; having disregarded
the precepts of the Gospel, to preach love and fraternity
among mankind ; unmindful of those sacred words,
"Love each Other like brothers," which constitute the
happiness of this world ; prompted only by a frantic
fanaticism which no one can undersiint=he uses his
influence, raises his voice, and lifts his hand, not to said
forth blessings, but to curse a nation which has risen in
the name of God to acquire her rights or independence.

As a palliation for his work of destruction, the Irish
priest says :—" But the Church is in danger ; it is
attacked, find to must defend it." And with what arms
will you defend it ? With the spititual.or temporal
arms, with the natural or unnatural ones ; dr, in 'other
words, with the arms of the Church, or with the arnds
of the King of the Roman States ? In -this lies the
whole solution of this difficult probleni.
The Pope is regarded by the Roman Catholic world
as the representative of Christ on earth;
.and as such
we must suppose he endeavours to imitate Him as much
as tiossible in every respect, and sec that His holy will
be dene on earth &it Is id heater(. hid ever our Re-
deemer preach a crusade; against hiM eneniies ; or has he
ever deputed his followers to do so in His hank, iii
order to exterminate theth ? No. Look, on the con-
trary; how good, how forgiving, how full of love, was
he towards his enemies

It cannot be, therefore, the Vice-Regent of Christ on
earth that is arming 40,000 men with the object to slaughter
their folloW-creatures. It is only, then, the King of the
Roman states who, through bad gokrntrient, having
lost already a part of his territory, is preparing to gii-e
battle, in order to re-conquer that territory. In doing
so he stakes his crown and what still remains to him.
He comes under the laws of war, as any other king of
Etikope. If he conquers, he can dictate his terms at
his own discretion ; if, on the other hand, his army. is
beaten, his capital occupied by the couqu6iVr, he must
submit to the force of circumstances, and do as many
other kings have done previous to him—find a refuge
in a friendly country.
The fhtegoing must be conclusive to every one, and
it is what, ere long, will cOnle to pass. Let not the
Catholic world be alarmed respecting the head of their
church, for as such he was never attacked, and cannot
be attacked. Wherever he may be, even in a hut, he
will be loved and revered the same by every one, and
will not lose a single attribute as the Vice-Regent of
Christ. As the ex-King of the Roman States, he may
feel the bitterness of the elile ) but will not God be
constantly with him to console him in tits sorrows?
Ought not this to be for him a greater consolation, god
a' better reward, than the possession of a few square
miles, in opPosition to the progress and the enlighten-
ment of the age
Every unprejudiced mind must agree with me that the
terriporrd power of the Pope is in direct opposition to
the purity Of. the teligion of Christ. Such religion
would never have sunk so low, but for the said reason.
The clergy of Italy, with their thirst for wealth, have
made of it a trade—a traffic, of which Rome is the
great emporium. Without the temporal power of the
Pope, the Roman Catholic Church would never have
been looked upon with such contempt by every
enlightened man of every age ; without this temporal
power *a would never have seen hundreds of sects
springittg up out of it, like as many worms crawling
over a dead body.

It is with this pure object, to bring back Christianity
to its former purity, that the Italians have always
struggled against Papal domination. For so doing we
expected to be blamed, and are blamed. But let not
the Irish misunderstand, the purity of our intentions,
and call the Italians infidels. We have never attacked
and shall never attack the Pope as the head of the
church ; hut we shall always attack him as a bad King,
as we have attacked the King of Naples. Let not, the
Irish people be misled by their priests, for, far from the
Italians being enemies to all religion, they consider, on
the contrary, a man without religion equal to a beast;
but they cannot follow the religion of dissipation, incest,
and debauchery, as practised in Italy Let the Irish
people consider themselves men, endowed with a mind
and judgment, instead of considering themselves of no
mind at all, except the mind of their priests. Let them
cease to be like parrots by repeating indiscriminately
what is told them, without knowing anything about it
or without placing everything before the tribunal of
their reason, and see how far they can accept or reject
what is told them. Let the Irish people cast aside that
lock which the priests have put on their minds; let
them unswaddle themselves and say : "We are men
with a mind of our own, with a power of judgment."
By so doing, they will find themselves more religious,
more prosperous, more happy, And nt.udh less intolerant.
Moreover, they would have more regaid foir truth,
and less bitterness towards those who cannot subscribe
to their opinions.
Apologising for having so fir trespassed on your valu
able space. I am, &c., trAmAN.
Liverpool, July 13, 1860.

A WORD Q*,A‘..ivaE TO TAE

OF tIAT'I-VE'S.

Within the last month meetings of the Liver-
pool 'trades. Societies have been held, and the
subject of slidtt hOurs has been discussed with an
unusual amount of ciareii; rhich, however, ren-
ders it no less imperative that .4';e-efilotiid raise a
cry of warning against what we must say looks
very much like a signal for another turn-out on
the part of the operatives. However much we
may feel inclined to believe the assurances of
chairnef ttetested spokesmen at meetings,
we cannot shut. OSi tots', to sircfr ambiguous
statements as " you had heifer' p•xtfitte your-
selves against all exigencies which ma3r arise ;
we advise you to join the society at once,"
and " you have not heard one word from
any speaker in favour of strikes ; bete, if the
masters refuse our application, you shall be
told Wiifit to do:" The joiners at the Free
Library have alrdadys fttticli ; the masons have
held meetings; the foundeni as the ship-
painters and carpenters are following id the
wake ; and 'the house-painters, a body 1,600 or
1,700 strong, have sent petitions to the masters
for a reduction in the hours of labour, and
appointed Monday next for receiving the
answers. the tr.fastqs may or may not refuge
the desired boon. What then? " You will be
told what to do," says a chair Man prepare
yourselves against exigencies," counsels a leader'
of the movement. What does this mean ? Are
we to witness a repetition of the strike which
reduced the operatives of London last season to
the greatest distress? Aro the families of 1,600
or 1,700 men to be reduced to misery and
want ? Must vIIS look tamely on while
families are famishing? ltiii7sl VOe aXaitt listen
to the cries of starving children? Opbititives!
consider the difficulties of your position; measure
the depths of the chasm, ere you take the fatal
leap. Now, we must not be understood to oppose
the painters in the least. Their demand, in our
estimation, is fair; nay, extremely so ; for, whilst
the operatives of Rochdale and other large towns
work. fifty-drie hours; those of Liverpool labour
for sixty-one hours Weekly,' and have done so
quietly and peacefully during the Ito/Mons years
of '57, '6B, '59. They have now a right to be
plaCed oil ad equal fobbing with their neighbours,
And we sincerer trdst that the mksters will
grant ther petitions. It is sfeil ktinvOnthkt the ,
labourer who is dealt with liberally, Witt fabbilt
industriously in return ; whilst it is equally plain,
the niggardly employer is always the worst
served: A man cannot work with a right good
will for a Master who treats him badly. It cannot
be expected that the Man who is forced to hang
over his work for ten' hours a day, will accomplish
as mkt es Elie Mit Who works eight from choice.
The masters should lino*. this r and, knowing it,
should give it their consideratidri and then', we
feel assurred, they would grant the request of
their men. In the meantime, the operatives must
be ready for a denial. They must be ready to
bear and to wait; and; waiting, agitate; and in
due time their claims will be heard, and their
demands satisfied. But, on no accotinty should
they rusirmadly to a contest, which can only ettd
in misery, and a shameful defeat.—Coniniunicated.

ii.MVERSARY OF THE wEsr KIRBY
nNEVOLENT SOCIETY.

The annual Meeting of the Beet IfArby Benevolent
Smieti—whiehie one of the Incest or otiFtolie eine/ well,
conducted i 612eshiee--ira celebrated' otT Tharsday
last, at Granke, vest Kirby; when the proceedings
were of the most intefestii'g, charaCter,—all classes,
including landowners, tenants, farinrs and others par-
' ticipating in the
,anniversary. Several geffilem.en from
Liverpool and Birkenhead were present on the occneen,
amongst whoic We'n!eticed E. Whitby, Esq., H. K.
Aspinall, Esq., &c.' nini-e'elockiii the morning., our
townsman's (Mr. Stubbs), bi ass band;eirfived afWobdside,
and proceeded to Grange in one of Mr. tiE39.5 omni-
buses, which had been specially engaged for the purpose
of conveying them, thence by the committee. About
eleven o'clock a procession was formed, headed by the
band, and'
,aceonipanied by Richard Barton, Esq., J.P.,
of Caidp-hall, the. Rev. Mr. Sheldon, incumbent of
Hoylake, the ffier. the.
Coates, curate of West Kirby, and
other gentlemen. The ttielikbeis of the society marched
through the village to the veneratlefsiiihautth of West
Kirby, which. was unusually crowded. ]Mayers were
read by the Rev. Mr. Coats, after which a! sermon,
appropriate to the occasion, was preached by the lieV.
Mr. Sbeldon, incumbent of Hoylake. The procession
then iettrited br the same order, and, after several
enlivening airs ficiiit the band, the members of the
society, with their friend's; (tithe number of upwards of
400, sat down to an excellent dinner, provided by the
worthy host of the Grange Ain* inn. Mr.
Day, the president, presided, supported oh' his
right by the Rev. Mr. Coats, Mr. H. K. Aspitialli
of Birkenhead, Mr. Hewitt, surgeon, of Upton, &c. ;
and on his left ty Richard Barton, Esq., of Caldy-hall;
E. Whitby, Esq., of Li‘tefiot4 ; Mr. Andrew Everell, of
Newhouse-farm, &c. The usual loyal toasts having
been gone through, Mr. Barton apoingised for the ,
absence of the Rev. Mr. Sheldon, who had been obliged
to return home, in order to meet a school party from'
Birkenhead with whom he had for sonic time been
under an engagement to spend the day. After
speaking in the highest terms of the society, which
had done which good for West Kirby, for so
many year* he emithitled by proposing the health
of the president. —The President, in acknowledg-
ing the toast, alluded to the highly prosperous condition
of the society, and stated that their present available
capital, after all liabilities were paid, was £1,076., being
an excess over last year of £3O. In proposing the health
of Mr. Barton, of Caldy, the chairman referred to the
great interest which that gentleman took in everything
that concerned the welfare of West Kirby. It was to
him that they were indebted for so many good reforms
that had Wren plate in the parish. The toast
Was received with enthusiasm ; and Mr. Barton, in
responding to it, said he rejoiced to be amongst them,
for he conceived it to be the duty of all classes to meet
together and enjoy each other's society on occasions like
the present. Several other toasts and sentiments were
proposed. The proceedings at the dinner were con-
siderably enlivened by the &Ind, to which an additional
interest was imparted by Mr. Sterhbe having brought
over a number of the boys whom he is rx'w instructing
at Bootle as an auxilliary to his efficient brass band.