The Northern Daily Times.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1853-11-16 00:00:00

MONETARY AND COMMERCIAL•

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LIVERPOOL, TUESDAY CAA
We have no change to notice in our „Oa to
market to-day. The sales are estimated at ea
6000 bales, of which 1000 bales were ta' o
the
speculation and for export. With resPe,et
states,
present and future cotton-crop of the Unite'. lat
Lee,
we find the following article by Dr. Daulet
which is published in the Agricultural DeParw
of the Patent Report for 1852 and 1853. .„ 'the
" At this time the average crop of cotton alts at
United States is estimated at 3,000,000 of 10."011/
400 pounds each. In 1821, the export was 064
124,893,000 pounds, while in 1849 it had incl.!, so
to 1,026,602,000 pounds. These figures slln„ht
advance of more than 800 per cent. in twentre'ciii •
of flog
ul
years, and the prospect is, that the demand :01
equal, if it do not exceed, the supply fo
years to come. Hence the production the
article is destined to increase much faster thou es.
population ; for as civilisation and conoler,.ci,eries,
tend, the number that Will consume cotton la' bi
and the annual consumption of each pers°Tead
reason of his greater productive power,
in a still greater ratio. In other words, theft
causes that increased foreign demand MO%O
800 per cent. in twenty-eight years, will allo the
the amount now imported 300 per cent. iLtwe
next quarter of a century. Dr. Lee thinks tu" the
have the land and climate most desirable f,°rat ice
annual growth of 9,000,000 of bales, and tnded
shall probably have the labour and capital Ile' At
for the economical production of such eruPs'.,eld
half a bale per acre, only 18,000,000 of acre.o%-the
be planted to realise the crop named, wulleod,
four States of Georgia, Alabama, AlississiPP,',
Texas contain four times that number of al-
choice cotton lands." de
The Liverpool Corn market was much less - oft
to-day than was anticipated, considering the n° the
of the intelligence brought from Americabl,
nce
Asia. There were but few buyers in attennof
and the general transactions in Wheat were elltsatie
moderate amount, few parcels of any nntgliAl
Kill eNsatio
he
being taken; holders were, however, firm, 311" for
currencies of Tuesday were fully maintained. not
Flour, also, which was in fair request, told
freely offered, we repeat the rates of that day' erf,
looks well for both the trade and consll',elo
Barley, of which a number of secondail Pa 'ad
appeared, was 2d. per bushel cheaper; chef gel
qualities supporting our late quotations. -v"idi
are in slow request. Fine Oats, from sear;rir,
realise their previous value, but inferior cles'oe
tions are somewhat cheaper. Oatmeal dull'
~t3ll
the value scarcely supported. Indian Corn ,ice'
in retail demand, but without any change in Pled
The receipts into this port from Ireland,
Tuesday last, embrace a fair quantity of par',.-10°
moderate supply of Oats, a considerable bet
of Oatmeal, and a re-shipment of Indian Coru,
little produce of other kinds thence, or ef,oti
coastwise ; of foreign Wheat, however, the i1%t.1)
is large, amounting to nearly 26,000 quarters' ;slll
upwards of 17,000 barrels of Flour, both price?' der
from the United States and Canada, the retn.,,,upt-
of the former being chiefly from Galatz and Dry
We have also to note a tolerable arrival of ILO
Corn from Ibrail and Salonica, with a few -1-'0
from Hamburgh and Larach ; whilst the OP"

hence are fair, but not extensive. The moven)
of Irish produce, which are taking place in ot;
port at the present time, were explained
Monetary and Commercial article of the 4th 'dip
The French papers report a very sensible 1111 of
the price of Corn in nearly all the markets 11
France. These reports, going out to Alfieri° dr
the next packet, will produce a correspondingoitl
cline in the States markets. This Pr°l3'4
pu shouldinidcei
msifionlo.stha
almost
0,
vgihtht
sotfa
nb by theli:
g trade.
that
ha t s
pfal
.rt:ee;
In Manchester, the dulness which has nt,11.130e5
aY 1j
the market for Ystaranlls
dfeois'es:ptnteiolnveseakrseptaosdt
reduced. In the prospect of war in tbeiod to
shippers to the continent cannot be perstpos.ff'
operate to any extent, while home-trade-F(eOZ
are still limited to what is indispensabesill '4;
for immediate wants. Fine Yarns area m o'4
coming more plentiful, and are consequelnall
easier in value. Double Yarns continue dish
sale, and an active demand for
In Cloth,. great irregularity preYndls,_O fir,ucts
no&rril,eve
circular of one eminent fil'ln says witbo•
been a dull and inactive market. Prices.' o f
being quotably lower, arc still in favel"
o
buyer." l, 4
Notwithstanding the threatening a'rpintsil3:
foreign affairs the London Stock Market rnr
its buoyancy, and the public have becomeslA"
CF
purchasers of Stock. A very large businesas:"
clone in Consols, at the following quotati:tb
95 to 05k for money, and 948 to 95 for the ug ref
cember account Reduced, 93.1 to 94; NeW,celfr
Cents., 95f 96 ; India Bonds are ls. dis• ;
quer Bills, 3s. to 6s. prem. iet/f
The Foreign Stocks were remarkably quaL ye'
Brazilian, 97 99 ; Equador, 5 58; Dutch
Cents., 63 64; ditto 4 per Cents., 94i 954; I;'tie,23ll'
Bonds, 1121 981; Granada Deferred, 8 ; IWii,-epts4
25a 251 for the 30th inst.; Portuguese 4 per
41i ; Spanish, 451. ckel,
This being the make-up day in the Share Mot*
dealers were chiefly Occupied making up acct feel
In the Share Market Caledonians and 000 t
Northerns were 10s. higher for the next ne'ci
Lancashire and Yorkshire, 65/ for money, sil.;cilier
for time. London and Blackwall per cent. 'PI
for the account. Midlands, 611, 62 for t 1 104
settling. North Westerns were dealt in Pope
for money. Luxembourgs improved 9,3, for 011,08
and 9,1 for time. French Shares were firm. 1,015
doing in Mining Shares. London Dock Stecrol!
110 to 110 f. The Australian Land CempaniesApell
all higher for the next account. Australian opt'
cultural, 43. Peel River Land, a prem.
Australian Land, 36. General Screw
Crystal Palace Share, prem. o°'
The Bank of Amsterdam has raised its
discount from 21 to 3 per cent. A YO°
From Ceylon we learn that there is a denTbt
in this year's coffee crop equal to 40,000 civt,:ette,f;
prospects for the coming year are said to be uiir,
The South American, Brazilian and African iv))
arrived at Falmouth in the course of to-daY.
dates are, Buenos Ayres, 3 ; Monte Video, „ ;010
Janeiro, 15; Pernambuco, 23; St. Vincent, 515 Tee
Teneriffe, 5; Madeira, 7; Lisbon, 11th Nev. acie'
royal mail steamer Severn brings 10,0001. in eplica
and the Faith, from the West Coast of "air''.
6,0001. Trade was exceeding brisk at Rio.Pn,
Coffee sold at full prices. Exchange to the
ally large amount of 450,0001. was done on -1-Asoce
At Pernambuco the exchange amounting to eVei
had also been done, at 2s. 3M. The expertiklio
was not brisk, the sugar. being. late. 'fisrp
was plentiful and discounts low. From 'iife";
we learn that a large influx of gold had taken ;cool'
and that sovereigns were therefore at a 0
of 50 reis, while silver was scarce. is'#f
foil', 0

We give the current prices of Gold, as tes 'Ol
to assist the merchant in calculating the 1.-atcs
Foreign Exchange, by the actual current 1

bullion, as last reported •
„TaEs' Atir
BULLION MARKET AND FOREIGN ExogA,-- • pr.
London, 775. 9d. ; Paris, Hamburgh,•<,:, 13„14,
sterdam, -; Vienna, -; St. Petersburg, ';
lin, -; - • Constantinople, - Ale). 4,
-; Bombay, -; 'Calcutta, ; Hone del'
Sydney, 745. 9d. to -s. ; Port Phillip, 775. 6d; al, A.;
Victoria, 765. 9d. 77s ; Ovens, 765. 6d.; Moutrev. rze
New York, £3 6s. Bd. to £3 9s. 2d. ; Boston, £3 ;
San Francisco, ; Mexico, -; Brazils,
long, 775. 6d. ; Fingal, 725. ; Melbourne, • 775. "
South Wales, average, 765. 24d. 110'1
We subjoin a return of the Foreign Eooriee
calculated according to the London Mill". A
,
£3 17s. 101 d. the ounce :-
n 115,00
Amsterdam, short, 11 417-, to - -; do, 2 moat
ito.lo
to -- 19 ; Rotterdam, 3 m. 11 181 to -19 t ; t`'
3 m. 25 35 to - 40 ; Brussels, 3 m. 25 35 tt° 25,31 V
Hamburg, 3 m. 13 361 to 13 36a; Paris, sll°''''l,.2all°'
-; do, 3m.2525t024 70 ;. Marseilles, 1,,161
to 42 ; Frankfort, 3m. 1194 to 1191 ; 01'41;
toy 0
to 19 ; Trieste, 3m.1135 to 11 40; Petersburg h'so .‘,65„
31-16 ; Madrid, 3 m. 50 10 to -; Cadiz, 3,11,ti5 to -1241',
Leghorn, 3 m. 30 10 to 30 20 ; Genoa, 3m. 2;241 tooroP;
Naples, 3 m. 414 to 42; Palertno, 3
Messina, 3 m. 1241- to 125 ; Lisbon, 3 m. ---7,403rv0re,„'?(
3m. 53h to 534; R. Janeiro, 60 days, nut ; silv`e
York, ditto, 1094 to 1091 ; Boston, ditto, ;
Gold in bars, £3 17s. 9d. ; Mexican Dollars,, 'OOl5. 6
in bars stand, Os. Od.; East India companY:„baY a°'
Bills 60 ds ; Calcutta Co's Rupee, 2s. ld. ; long, 1L!.:
2s. 1d.3-16 ; Madras do., 2 40; lionn /aid, 3° 30 cl;gs,
6s. 6d. ; Sydney, 30 ds. 23/4 dis., 1p pr. ; Ade
Hobart Town, Geeloto,
0 pr. ; Launceston, 30 dis., 1 pr. : 2 pr. ;
0 dis. 1 pr. ; Wellington, &c., dis. 1 dis., fL; d. 6
7s. 9d. to ; Victoria, 21 ; Jamaica, 1 ;
pr. • Alexandria, 991 ; Shanghae, 7s. 2d t° Triaids
St. Thomas's, 32 ; Berlin, 6 161. . I c

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SPEPNG Of THE SALFORD E-
-4010 8 STIT 11141,IUTION, AND TE-
'IIANCE H INA LL. A-.

ptiblie
lidaniic!ea Party and musical soiree took place, on
,k4neil' ilst,
tie celebration of the opening of the Salford
• Atas ltution and Temperance Hall. The meet-
the Lecture Room of the institution, which
4 ta
thnetial and commodious building, admirably' fitted
Georges urposes for which it is intented, erected in
itlareeniistreet, Salford. There a was every numerous
'ltelents' ladies and gentlemen on the occasion. After
E . Rtes had been disposed of, the chair was occu-
-1,4e0.e • Longworthy, Esq., the president of the in-
. toe%
ke . was tastefully decorated with busts; flags, ban-
of and on the platform were an efficient choir,
Oe-ssi; 3°PranoB, Mrs. Tomkins and Mrs. Yarndley;
Holt and Norbury ; tenor, Messrs.
bassi, Messrs. Smith and Craig. Mr.
Obi,, President at the piano forte.
;14. des of the evening was commenced by the lion.
4kletterAngustus Marshall) intimating that he had re-
lehtletas °f aPology for non-attendance from the follow-
Olie,,en,--the Very Rev. the Dean of Manchester.
Veaecer' 31. P., Mr. John Cheetham, M. P., Mr. Ja-
O tipsr. James Heywood, M. P., Mr. George Had-
Mr. Fairbairn, C. E.. the Rev. Dr.
e•
lest the
gentlemen by whom the chairman was. sur-
h° iced :—E. R. Langworthy, Esq.. in the
1_044 Ross, Esq., mayor of Salford ; J. Brother-
Hindley, M. P. ; Sir E. Armytage, Sir
11,he„r ,„ ;
.Alexander Henry, Esq. ; Thomas Bazley,
ter°,4,uessor Scott; Oliver Heywood, Esq. ; James
74e1 rq• ; Dr. McKerrow' IL
Dr. Watts, Rev.
;.itt e e,
'e,v. P. Tucker, Rev, T. G. Lee, Dr. Caplin,
A'''vert, Mr, Thomas Wright, J.H. Hulme,
xce4at[latetion' Esq • Wm. Morris, Esq. ; Alder-
et.,Y, -Rev. Dr. Beard, John Kay, Esq. ; Thomas
1'42.11 ; Dr. Isencee, Ephraim Hutchings, Esq;
e,te, Es .•
Colin Mather, Esq. • Councillor
tl) 'bell' '
c • or Pellett, Councillor Goodall, Councillor
Cer °'lncillor Mosley, Councillor Horrocks, Mr.
)4el Mr Alexander Baird, Mr. David Chad-
e„ easerer •
‘r.f , and Mr. Augustus Marshall, honr.
ity/41,)
b1ej",,40- said they had met that night to inaug.u-
-; \DN d-lg. in which they were assembled, and which
rake„ ej` for the purpose of a mechanics' institution.
Ne'last. And he sincerely congratulated them that they
'll Salford a building of that kind. (Hear.) Many
t attempt was made to form such an institution,
41kfla%‘1111Sllecessful ; and for many years the want of
elCuig had been much felt. It was with much
thaeiNTatulated the members of the building com-
N",their labours were terminated,. and that they
%)le,a` epL,ed the building in so satisfactory a manner.
4,1,40 t b...) The hon. secretary (Mr. Augustus Marshall)
t`gath aye that night to make any report as to the pro-
•d
..!eter; been made—had he made any report it would
!'eit44thed chiefly to money received and money spent ;
`44,,e Permission of the meeting, he (the chairman)
N4c a few particulars as to the rise and progress of
`eyi tee. It was in July, 1851, a meeting was held, to
nleasures to raise a building in Salford, as a
'q,c4e.e Institution. A committee was formed of several
4f4"tel4) felt anxious to carry this (into operation,
,pit,, ,I Zekbers of the existing mechanics' institution.
'4leim aie:Period of united action, some differences of
1„441186-2' le. the committee, which led to its dissolution
Zultet,&' and at this date a fresh committee was formed,
L'4d,-,ttlit-1,1.8 of the existing institution retiring. The
,1,111,41 q le) ,7e continued their labours, and, meeting with
'erete-4lltee."'al Support in their applications to the public,
,cl,o4e,ileee„,'Noises for £6OO, determined to proceed with the
`4E1,,,,,, and of the building. The tenders amounted to
elildite„ °ll the 7th February, 1853, the corner stone of
,„r'tee '',.„,as laid, and the work fairly commenced, the
sting to further support. Subsequently it was
G;Pa, ete,-;',ye the building warmed and ventilated upon
oe` th"„e'res, it being considered essential to the conve-
;e„'ild ~„eiasees, schools, &e. ; this addition cost between
has of tle,""0 extra. The separation between the direc-
taot b; existing institution and the building committee
er -all Parties connected with the building to be a
Aekl eisilleere regret. Negotiations were carried on by
eacts,' 'e3th parties became convinced that each
ie object, that of extending the means of
their purpose would be best attained by
On the 14th of July, the amalgama-
ttees was concluded, and their united
since made towards the same end in a
and union. This event, pleasing to all
much to final success in raising the pre-
) designation of the institution was, in
the Salford Athenaeum, but upon the
tiding committee with the directors
institution, a change was made to
Aitution and Temperance Hall. They
irable it was for institutions of this
debt, and it afforded him much satis-
, this institution was likely soon to bo
institution had no chief rent upon it,
ea, „P'eat advantage (hear, hear); and the only in-
t has the balance which remained yet unpaid.
keCittee 1.;‘" he thought there was very little doubt the
et,liat. .I'4l succeed in obtaining a sum sufficient to
ntibltel ear.) The treasurer reminded him that there
/11,-„uluidred subscriptions of ld. each. (Hear,
NOleitt,',4ciught they were deeply indebted to the build-
coeffee for their perseverance and steady exertion,
aot but particularly refer to the exertions of
11'101 erg :Cs, of the committee, Mr. Chadwick, the hon.
e else) "nu. Mr. Marshall, the hon. secretary. (Loud
,
'ae't)tkei 110 assured the meeting that those gentlemen
sad with indefatigable zeal; and he spoke with all
kti,;(y, to sTeerity, when he said that it was due to them
that,T, e continuance of their exertions and perseve-
ke
t ,Nc the buildinm was carried on and finally consum-
-IPlause.) 'They had now got a building, and
‘lpi the directors would be to carry out the objects
prf Ctution. There would be a class for the instrue-
kaNe Young adults who might avail themselves of the
kte!,4l, afforded by the lecture-room, the reading-room,
kO4-Lilding library. (Hear.) Then there were schools
ht „"i, the institution of an elevating character. He
that through the exertions of Mr. Ainsworth, the
the
' advantages of the schools to the community
l're,.lto4crY great. (Applause.) The young men of Sal-
le Oki now have an opportunity of availing themselvesnd
etZable advantages in promoting their education, a
!ft} that the working-classes would now, -in great
lee! ,Lake advantage both of the elementary classes and
4C be
The course of education was, perhaps, one of
'""Portant of the day, and he was delighted to find
teas Bur ded by so many gentlemen who were dis-
41410114edadvocates
of that
that cause. (Hear, and applause.)
keiSti'ducatioan they would be behind the race of nations.
,ke'leeae°°leed across the Atlantic, they would find the
'VI. glee " were adopting means of education far superior to
,taro ot,f, the kind we had in this land. And if we wished.
tt'de elosile advantages we had hitherto held
.as a nation,
,4‘,11i11.1.,q0- obedience to the laws, if we wished for the
N'-4i ll.' and happiness of the nation, we must look to
genii °to aS the means, and must carry that education for-
t 4 the lowest classes. (Hear, hear.) He did nott
tlllN•tl4,t night to allude to any particular scheme of ed !-t
eY met on a broad principle—but he considered
Rr 41'41 Cause of the day, and to which all should lend
(A and exertions for the purpose of carrying it for-t
k)7l4eZ9Plause.) Much had been done, but they mlus
tO,lsZthat enough had not been done. (Hear.) Ve
forward to some great national scheme, such. as
1,4 c 5,10 the United States of America, before the desire
c,,Lhe ‘,.`d be accomplished. (Hear, hear.)
\-51.0t11k41.°R OF SALFORD (William Ross, Esq.) warmly
,9411';'°,d the meeting on the opening of the Salford
'e4,10111 ~f Institution. To him the occasion was peculiarly
lea '1; and he saw in the opening of that institution the
tradeer° eae°l. of an idea which he had warmly cherished some
,hot:, but in which he and those with whom he acted
‘4 n7ilecessful, owing to the difficulties with which they
le ps •
enitend However, he was glad to find that they
4, °re successful. (Hear, hear.) He believed that
ttrp individual who drew up the prospectus for the
NeTed Institution for Salford. (Hear.) They
eti,e,l'Y hard at that time, and had many difficulties to
tnit j.",, which the promoters of the present estab-
,V,DartneW not of. There were at that time in exis-
Vs44tiou walls which since then had fallen down,
411 -',"taliding at that time a great deal of good was
(A' great deal' of benefit occurred to the working
L'eq,"'eh PPlause.) They had before them at the time
•referred a large mass of adversaries, regarding
vdees Institutions. .A.t that time, there were many
SWII4 the of high standing and great moral influence,.
tO `t,dVOCateS of the institutions could not prevail
NOI them but nevertheless, they succeeded in
It% feZ many who were at first opposed to them,
leeo '''en became members of the first Salford
e the Institution. (Hear.) He found that where
the
`Pe called upon, much misapprehension existed
k„l''ree'°°rking of Mechanics' Institutions. He found
th confounded them with schools; now that was
4,Tkot,•)e) for he believed that Mechanics' Institutions
to taupe`l"'ls which were essentially different from those
j,,,Sitttabled to a school. (Hear, hear.) His influence,
Fill."lie,tYvent, would be exerted in inducing young men.
r Nos institution—(applause); and he rejoiced. in
40illeged at this, his first :public appearance since
„41 teAtnent to the office of mayor, to speak in favour
4 Itable an institution. (Loud applause.) He had
Nva
~rlll supporter of Mechanics' Institutions ever
rhteQt§ciash able to do anything for them by influence, or
ep tee e could render them, for he thought they were
4ejoelef, unmixed good, and when better understood
k. I'o more heartily appreciated by the public at
eeti °l4l .I%4applause.)
b,..1?1, that 11 BRETIIERTON, M. P., could assure. the
QloeoTlatio,,o_e felt sincere pleasure. in offering his cordial
eiPey slice upon the opening of this institution. The
the I,lollll,iii`-'l4llles' Institution and a Temperance Hall,was a
e-eYsleeei al_t'on
its (applause), for it was niostimportant that
11,4 t t 4ab of the people should be attended to if
tnc wer°fit by education',; they might rest assured
`eese tVeraoved from external restraint, if we did
e Power of self government that liberty be-

came mischevious. (Hear, hear.) But if we attend to those
maxims that had the effect of controlling the passions, of
bringing man into a state of order, man might then enjoy
everything that was calculated to promote his welfare. (Hear,
hear.) Now the institution was, has had been well ob-
served, to promote the education, and to advance the cha-
racter of man, to elevate him in his position, to cause him to
feel self respect, to obey the law, and to promote the hap-
piness of his fellow-men. (Hear, hear.) Now he did con-
sider that they were all deeply interested in the establish-
ment, and in the promotion of such institutions as this.
(Hear, hear.) It was not merely the higher or the lower
classes that were to be benefitted, but the institution was
for the benefit of all classes of the community. The great
end which they ought all to have in view, was good govern-
ment, the promotion of the welfare, the interests, the pro-
perty and the happiness of all classes. Education was but
a means to an end, and the object was the promotion of the
well-being of Society. (Hear, hear.) He wished this in-
stitution success, and he trusted that succeeding generations
would partake of its benefits. (Loud applause.)
Principal SCOTT, of 0 wen's College, addressed the meet-
ing at great length, in favour of educational establishments,
and explanatory of the advantages they conferred upon the
community at large. He particularly dwelt upon the ad-
vantages of fundamental education in America, the result
of which were highly beneficial to that country.
Sir JOHN POTTER said, he came there that evening to
tender his tribute of respect to the chairman, who he believed
to have been mainly instrumental in the esablishinent of the
institution, the opening of which they had met to celebrate.
(Applause). He came there to tender him, as an inhabitant
of Salford, his warmest thanks for the constant and muni-
ficent efforts he had made to benefit his fellow citizens—to
improve the present and all future generations of the inhabi-
tants of Salford. (Applause). And he came there also to
congratulate them upon the establishment of another
institution, which, he believed, would be made the means of
great usefulness to them all, and of great advantage to their
families. He had heard with great satisfaction the reference
that had been made tint evening to the state of education in
America, and he firmly believed that unless we made great
efforts in England to promote the better education of our
poorer and of our richer classes too (hear, her)—he believed
that unless that were done, our brethren across the Atlantic
would outrun us in the race of civilisation, and might even
yet distance us in great manufacturing energies and appli-
cation. (Hear, hear). He thought that the institution was
creditable to the benevolence of the people of Salford, and
the basis upon which it was founded was most enlarged
and most popular. It was an institution in
their own hands, under their own management, and must
depend for its success entirely upon their own efforts.
(Hear, hear). It embraced the various important points
which had been so ably attended to by Professor Scott, and
he hoped and trusted that its means of usefulness might be
enlarged by the abilities which might be developed amongst
its own members. He thought the poorer classes of these
communities enjoyed great advantages, for which they ought
to be thankful, advantages which were not possessed by their
richer forefathers; and when they looked at the long list of
public useful institutions established in Manchester and
Salford, he thought they might well congratulate themselves
upon them. (Hear, hear). He hoped and trusted that the
information delivered at the institution which had just been
opened in Salford, would be of great value to the entire
neighbourhood. He had listened with great delight to the
remarks made by their worthy friend, Mr. Brotherton, and
he believed that if such institutions as this were fully de-
veloped, and their natural effects fully produced, we should
see more wisdom among our operatives, and fewer of those
strikes that promised to be so productive of misery and sorrow
amongst the working classes. (Hear, hear). He hoped and
trusted they would all join in their spheres in doing the ut-
mostlin their power to promote the education of their fel-
low-citizens. (Applause).
The Rev. FRANCIS TUCKER next addressed the audience,
directing his exhortations and remarks chiefly to the work-
ing classes. In the course of his speech, he vindicated the
conduct he had pursued in advocating the system of secular
education recommended by the Public School Associa-

ton.
After two or three further addresses, the meeting sepa-
,ed.

LECTURE AT THE CATHOLIC INSTITUTE.

On last evening, Mr. J S. Northcote, (late of Corpus
Christi College, Oxford) delivered a lecture in the hall of
the Catholic Institute, Hope-street, on the " Albigenses and
Waldenses." Owing to the wetness of the evening the at-
tendance was not as large as usual. Mr. John Yates, jun.
took the chair, and in a few brief remarks introduced the
lecturer to the meeting.
Mr. Northeote, on presenting himself, was loudly ap-
pl_rged. He said that a story was told of one of our Prime
Ministers, he believed Sir Robert Walpole, that on one
occasion, when he was too unwell to read or write himself,
he called upon his secretary to read something to him which
should be at once useful and entertaining—something that
should be instructive to him as a politician and a statesman.
The secretary propecoa to road cnnin "hicfnrirgi work, hnt
the minister said " Do not read me that or any work
uponhistory, for history I know must naturally be false." His
experience of the events of the times in which he lived, and
the accounts which went forth of them to the world, taught
him that history for the most part was written in entire
ignorance of the real motives of men, and of the causes
which led to public events; nor was he single in that opi-
nion. History had a bad name generally ; it had been called
" one vast conspiracy against truth ;" and no wonder for it
had fallen into bad hands, and had been put to vile uses.
And history, as the Englishman`read it, in its multitudinous
shapes and forms —in tracts, pamphlets, and tomes—was,
indeed, "one vast conspiracy against God's church." The
subject on which he was about to address them on that
evening, was one of those which had been misrepresented
and perverted from the truth, and set before the world in a
point of view most diametrically opposed to the true one.
The lecturer then briefly stated that according to the Pro-
testant readings, and the Exeter Hall traditions, the Albi-
genses were persecuted solely because they entertained
religious views at variance with those of the Romish
Hierarchy; that they were persecuted by the Pope for twenty
years, in an endeavour to extirpate them ; and that &Uhlg
in that endeavour, they became that from which sprung the
subsequent Protestant Reformation. On one point both
Catholics and Protestants agreed, namely, that such a people
as the Albigenses lived in the thirteenth century in the south
of France, andthat a crusade, or holy war, was waged against
them for twenty years. There were three points arising from
that statement, on which it was necessary that he should say
a few words, in order that they might be in possession of
the facts of the case. These points were, firstly, how
came the Pope to have any thing to do with heretics in
the South of France, and how had he the power, being the
Sovereign of the Papal States, to proclaim a war in that
district ? Secondly, who were those persecuted Albigenses,
and why were they persecuted by any body ? And thirdly,
supposing the Pope to have the right of interference with
them, what did the Pope do, and what did the Albigenses
suffer ? The lecturer then explained what the social state
of Europe was in the middle ages—how in the Popes was
vested, by common consent, the appellant jurisdiction over
all Christendom, and how in all disputes between the Chris-
tian princes and their people, the leanings of the Popes were
ever on the popular side. Me argued that this appellant
jurisdiction iu the Popes was the key-stone of the arch of
their social system, and that the Popes were not only justi-
fied but bound to use the powers, however stringent, which
were vested in them for the common weal, as occasion might
require. They did co more than what was now done by other
powers, and what the Church Defence Society, without the
exigencies of the early ages, wanted the Queen and
government of England to do with regard to the Catholics of
these kingdoms. The lecturer then traced the progress of
the Albigensian heresy, from its rise in the twelfth cen-
tury, and described its teachings as being opposed not only
to the Christian religion, but to every idea of moral rospon
sibility. Its teachings were bad, but its practices were still
worse, and in a short time proved to those princes who first
countenanced it (as it legalised their excesses, by teaching
that "chastity was no virtue, and its want no vice,") that
it was totally subversive of society ; so much so that the
court of Toulouse, which was its first patron, soon wrote to
the King of France for assistance to put down the heretics,
or rioters, who were devastating his principality. The
lecturer then detailed the history of the Councils of Rheims
and Montpellier, and the general Councilof Rome, at
which the crusade was directed to be preached against the
Albigenses, and contended that the horrors of that war
could not be attributed to the Church of Rome. Moreover,
though the war lasted for twenty years, it ceased to be a " cru-
sade ; ' for it became a war of conquest the country was
given up without the sanction or consent of the Pope, by Arnold
to Simon de Montfort, Count of Leicester. The lecturer then
contrasted the horrors of this war, which he did not mean to
extenuate, with those by which he contended, on the autho-
rity of Voltaire and Macaulay, that Protestanism was estab-
lished. According to Erasmus, the propagation of Pro-
testanism ended, so far as its leaders were concerned, like a
comedy, in marriage, but with the people like a tragedy, in
death. (Applause.)
On the motion of the Rev. Mr. Nugent, who announced
that the lecturer would deliver another lecture on next Mon-
day evening, in the Concert Hall, Lord Nelson-street, on
" The Inquisition," the thanks of the meeting were voted by
acclamation to Mr. Northcote.

ECCLESIASTICAL INTELLIGENCE. The Lord Bishop 0
Manchester, yesterday, at the Diocesan Registry, St.
James's-square, licensed the Rev. George Hales, B.C.L. to
the perpetual curacy of Birch, in the Parish of Middleton,
near Manchester, the same being vacant by the institution
of the Rev. Hugh Percy Thomas, the late incumbent to the
Rectory of Nash-cum-Upton, in the diocese of Saint
David's, on the nomination of the Rev. Richard Durnford,
the Rector of Middleton, the Patron.
MARSHAL NARVAEZ AND THE QUEEN OF SPAIN.—On the
evening of the Bth Narvaez proceeded to the Palace to
present his homages to the Queen. The audience was very
short. The marshal thanked the Queen for her kindness in
allowing him to return to Spain for the benefit of his health.
The Queen is said to have replied to him :—" I perceive
with pleasure that your health is good. I thought you
were ill. Had I known that you enjoyed such good health
I should have insisted on your going to Vienna." The
marshal immediately took leave of her Majesty, and left on
the 9th for Aranjuez,

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