Northern Times.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1857-11-25 00:00:00

PROTESTANT DEMONSTRATION.

Last evening the Protestant's Association, of this town,
held their annual soiree, or demonstration, at the Concert
Hall, Lor,l Nelson-streeta Before the business was eom-
tnencedi the brethren and the sisterhood, to the number of
between 700' and 800, partook of a most 'excellent
and substantial tea, provided by M. Melbourne,
confectioner, of Clarence-street. ' During the tea the
band played the • following pieces of music :
Rule Britannia," - " Portuguese' Hymn " " See the
" Conquering -Hero," " Home Sweet Home," and " Pro:
testant Boys," the latter of which was much applauded.
After -.the:good things had" been disposed of, the Rev.
George Reid, as had been previously announced, their the
chair, and calleclatpon the Rat. Me: Rant to Op et the pro-.
ceedings of the evening with the usual prayer. This having
been concluded, the Chairman -opened the business of the
meeting, and, in so ding, announced that the meet-
ing was assembled under the auspices of the. St
Paul's Church Protestani Association, which ha
been in existence for aboitt -five years, and he
was happy..to% gay, since their • last meeting, at which he
had made some' ( bserations which' caused a newspaper
war between the Rev Mr. M earthy and' Mr. Clarke, in
which they bo h believed thetteselVes right, 'two other
churches in the town had established similar 'associations;'
and he sincerely wiihed that the same step might be;
adopted by every church in the district; (Applange ) Be
:then referred to Orang,eism, and said that h belieVed that
they 'were the best instantiens in the kingdom and were
not.to be exceeded in' their,aphere of usefulners both•
religiously and morally, by any others in the kingdOni.
the ob,ervations made 'b.? the Rev. Chairman in reference
to crangeism, were received with the: Otteatest applause,
• intermingled with " Kentish ;fire.") He, concluded his
temarks by announcing that the Rev.. De. Butler was
-unable to attend, in consequence of' an 'attack of severe
fever, .under which he was then • suffering. . Mr. -W.
Clarke then delivered an addresi on the Orange-
men: of Ireland," in the- course of which • he
attempted to exonerate the Orange lod gee, of Ireland
froin taking-ant, part in the late riots in Helfast, arising
out of the &May preaching: He annouteed,thiliitt a late
meeting of the Grand Lodge there was twan M.P 's
elected La menibess, and that Orange institutions were
gradually extending in England, in Ireland;lend on 'the
Omtitient He concluded by passing a high eulog7um can -
o:angsalen, which, he contended, was for the safety of the
, Crown. and for the country, • and then read frm
'The rules the qualification of in Orangsman.
At the termination of the address the band played the tune
of the "Boyne _Water," during which a collection was
made in aid of the ftlnds of the a4,,-xiation, 'he former of
which was repeated, to the great delight of the audience.
The Rev P. C. M'Carthy then addressed the meeting,
the subject upon which be ,plke 'being 't The Priest of
Fertile Imagination," in the course of which he said,
he did not wish to speak disrespectful of --any
of his Catholic • brethren, but . his in' ention was to
expose Popery, ant, if ' possible, to save the
deluded against the humbug, the imposture, and the
imposition of Popery. He then proceeded to give an
account of the early history of Ireland, and the progress of
Popery in that.country. Addresses were also delivered by
the:Revd.,. J. Robinson and T. J Hirsch, and the business
of the evening concluded by the band and choir giving the
tional an hem,which was followed by rapturous applause
and Kenlish fire.

g The snbseripticns advertised to . the Indian Relief Fund
now exed.X.251.),000.

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THE BOULODgD C IFE BOAT AND HUMANE SO CIETY—
BOULOGNE-?UnlifEß, Nov. 20.—1 t is well knevvn the Dike
of Northumberland takes great ii'erest in the p nervation
of life frem shipwreek; and in. everything relating to life-
boati. On the ievit Itien of this So -let), some menabtirs
cf the It yal National Life Boat Institution of Great
Brit.ie visited the French e.aas', and brought with them
some exe.-lient working drawingi; of the licebeat and of
lifeboat transporting carrietees which have been called
net° existence by the Duke's liberality. The Orawings
were much edinifed and it was decided forthwith to alter
one of the Belougue lifeboats to Mr. Peake's plan, which
is now accordingly nearly completed, the designer having
come over here once or twice, te-etree,intend the work.
At. Dunkirk. th-y have also decided to have one or two
lifeboats on the same plan. Thus WO hope thet, from the
initietive taken-by' the 13.tilortne Life Bat Society in this
good work, the whole of the French coast, where require',
will be soon Supplied - with these lifeboats, and alto a
system for their mengement, adeet ei similar to that which
now works so well unr'er the superintendence ef the
English National Lifeboat Society. The cause ot hemanity
being universal in it; character; the Boulogee Lifeho it
Soci, ty invited the Duke of N athumb•-e-laed to become a
V.ce Patron, Napaleen 111. being tiro Pa•ron of that
Society, and his Grace's reply, which was heartily in the
affirmative, is an additional link to unite the two great
nazi ns in the hand ot peeve eel atnity.
Tna ADSTR ALTAN OVERLAND 11l tit, —'in unhappy fa'al-
ity seems to await the Australian overland mail service.
The unfertunate disaster which has occured to the Emeu
steamer, wi- h the homeward mails of September from the
different colonies, again throws the petal intercenr•ers into
irregularity, for it appears she is rendered 'quite;unfit to
return with the October outward mail and whichmustne
cessarilyowait for the arrival of the -Sheila, so that the Oc•
toberand November b;g; will leave Suez tegeher, while
it is equally possibly that the missing September letters, •
per Emote will. come forward with the October adoicese
per Simla, which will be due at Suez November 23 ; and
it ie possible that telegraphie intelllgence may be received
next Theirecley via Matta sad Caglteri. It will be remem-
bered that the Emen went out from England to fake the
place of the Oneida and, strange to say, she likewise, on
her first postal trip between the Australian colonies and
Suez, has been disabled, and is unseaworthy for the present
service ; ae that until she is enabled to resume her posi-
tion, or ateother steamer is dispatched from England to
take her place, the service to and fro must be subject to
disarrangement. We understand that one Vox' left on
board the Emen, supposed' to contain neetepaeere, proves
to beletters. The whole-of thetnails, with this fortunate
exception, are with the Arab packet beat, and among
which are no less then 11 MO registered letters, the delay
in the receipt of which, in these times o? monetary pres-
sure, rater be more than usual if not of serious, conse-
quence —Af ning.Jozirnal. of Nov 21 -
A Sweeten lenrrott.—At a Welsh celeratien in New
-Yorke Dr. Jones told the lallowine :—" The, speaker said
that editors were like other shrewd men, wha „had to live
wi h their eyes and eels open He related a story of an
etii•or who started a piper in the new vi 'age at the West.
The town was infested by gamblers whose preseenCeiveS a
source , f aunoya Ca to the citizens, who told the editor
that if he did not cime out egeinst them they -would not
patronise his piper. lie replie 1 that he would give them
a good ' smasher' that dry. Sure enough his next issue.
contained the promised thundering i sma•her .' and oe the
following earning the redoubtable t dit ir, with scissors- in
.liand, was seated in his sanctum cutting out news when in
'walked a large men w tb a club in his hind, and demanded.
to know if the editor was in. ' No; sir,' was the reply, 'he
. has stepped out; .take a seat argil ree I the newspapers ; he
IrrA another t x.itted !mew t'l a cudgel in his h
oath, eornmene.d-a. violent assault on the loaner, which
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cards, crossed his legs, wi h his Cu')' between them, and
nommencad reading a paper; • In the meantime the editor
asked him if the editor etrasin.e 'Yes, sir,' was the prompt
response ; ' you will find him up seits reading a new
. The litter on entering the room, with a furious
was nested with I eine! ferocity. The fight was continued
until they had bout rolled to the foot of the etaire, unth
• pounded each other to their heatei content.