The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1839-11-01 00:00:00

MR. FELIX GATAYES' CONCERT.

This accomplished pianist and composer gave a grand Soi•
r6e Musicale last night, at the Templars' Hall, Great George-
street. Though•under the patronage of the worshipful the
Mayor and the Brazilian Consul, w•e regret to say that the
room was not half tilled : the audience, however, was select
and fashionable. _ _ _

Mr. Gatayes was assisted by Miss Whitnall and Miss
Hammond, and Messrs. Walton, Davies, Lunt, and Elliot.
Conductor, Mr. Eyton. The ladies conducted themselves
fairly, as ladies generally do. Mr. Eyton deserves great
credit for his violin playing in the Duet Coneertante (for
harp and violin), generally ascribed to Labarre and De
Beriot. We may be mistaken, but to most ears, in com-
mon with our own, violin accompaniments to the harp,
unless in the hands of a skilful tactician, sound discor-
dant, and as if out of tune, owing to an alternate predo-
minance of sharp and flat. Mr. Elliot proved himself an
able second to Mr. Gatayes in the Grand Duetfor two Pianb-
fortes. Both instruments went together with neatness, force,
and precision. Mr. Gatay6s was rapturously applauded on
rising from each of his performances. His execution was
equal to Daehler's, in the Grand Fantasia and Variations for
the Piano-forte, and elicited a burst of applause as loud as it
was merited. This gentleman should consider his first con-
cert this season as but breaking the ice ; such talent as he
possesses cannot fail to win for him public approval wherever
he avails himself of opportunities of demonstrating it.

3REA.T ROWING MATCH BETWEEN BOATMEN
OF THE THAMES AND BOATMEN OF THE CLYDE.

Some time past negociations were on foot for a grand trial
of " skill and dexterity," between four select rowers from
the Thames, and four from the Clyde, and it was finally
agreed that the contest should take place at Liverpool, on
the 30th of October. The fact being announced in several
of the London and provincial journals, with varied lengthened
speculations as to the result; much interest was excited
towards the match, particularly amongst the lovers of aquatic
sports, and this interest continued to increase, as the day of
trial approached. On Monday, the boats in which the strug-
gle was to take place, were both launched in the Mersey,
and their crews, both apparently in capital condition, rowed
up and down the river, giving occasionally such a " smack of
their respective qualities," as left it a matter of considerable
doubt, in the minds of those who took an -interest in such
matters, which would be the winner. The following were
the Rules and Regulations agreed upon :

ENGLAND AGAINST SCOTLAND IN FOUR-OARED GIGS.

I.—The bet to be £lOO a-side.
2.—Each crew to provide their own gig, without any
restrictions as to length, oars, pulling with buttons, &c.
3.—The match to " come off" at Liverpool. on the 30th
of October, unless deferred by mutual consent ; and the
party failing to forfeit the bet.

REGULATIONS.
TI p bou6o t L. 0...0,1 twenty yards apart, and backed
to a line fixed between two boats moored for the -purpose,
and started by the discharge of a gun.
2.—The oars to be " tossed" at starting—that is, out of
the rowlocks, till the signal for starting is given.
3.—To pull round a flag-boat moored at a distance to be
agreed upon, not less than three miles, and back to the place
of starting.
4.—Whichever of the gigs takes a lead must not alter its
course, to prevent the other from passing. _

s.—That palpable fouling (sucli as hOlding the boat of the
other with the hand or oar, knocking off the rudder, or any
such unfair means) shall forfeit the offending party the race.
6.—That the decision of the judge or judges chosen, in all
matters of dispute, shall be final.
The boats were much admired. The Londoners brought
two boats ; one of them a fair weather boat, 36 feet long, and
shallow, with the rollocks raised from the gunwale ; the other
a stouter and deeper vessel, suitable for a heavier seaway.
The latter was preferred for the occasion, a beautiful boat,
built four years ago, by Mr. Hunt, the celebrated builder of
rowing gigs in London. Her plank is, we are informed, only
an eighth of an inch in thickness, and is of Christiana (Swe-
diAh) deal, varnished exteriorly like a coach, and having a
light yellow appearance, resembling oak. The Scotch boat,
built by Mr. Nicol, of Greenock, was somewhat larger, and
considerably heavier. She was painted of a vermilion co-
lour, with a gilded streak all round. The following were the
respective size and weight of each boat
Thames Boat

Clyde 80at...
The crews were :

Length.
32 feet
4• 38 ,p

Weight.
130 lb.
237„

THAMES BOAT.
Charles Campbell, Stroke oar.
Phelps.. 3d do.
Pocock
George Campbell... .Ist do.
William Campbell, Helmsman.
CLYDE BOAT.
James Frazer, .....Stroke oar.
Peter 8arr.......... 3d do.
John Wi150n........ 2d do.
John Barr... ..... Ist do.
Joseph M'Leod, Helmsman.
As had been fixed upon, the match came off on Wednes.
day, before many thousands of spectators, afloat and on
shore. The morning was rather favourable than otherwise :

but it having blown heavily till about ten o'clock, and a strong
breeze continuing to prevail from E. S.E., causing a considera-
ble seaway on the Cheshire shore, the idea of the contest taking
place in the neighbourhood of the Rock Ferry was abandoned,
the Lancashire side of the river being prefered,—the quay
walls affording a view of the sport throughout their whole
length. The boats, it was generally stated, (and advertised)
would start at eleven o'clock ; but, somewhat to the disap-
pointment of anxious expectants, and particularly those in
the boats to whom felt the keenness of the easterly breeze
was scarcely welcome, the race did not begin until after one.
The curiosity of the public was not, however, much, if at all,
abated by this delay. The piers along, nearly the whole line
of the contest from opposite to Brunswick Dock at the south-
ern, to Messrs. Wilson's building yard at the north end of
the town, became densely lined with spectators of all ages,
sexes, and condition, and presented to the river a dark line
of human beings, the continuity of which was only slightly
broken here and there by the entrances to the dock basins
and slips. Several of the river steam-boats not immediately
engaged in " the ferrying department," also held their hun-
dreds of spectators, who crowded not only the deck, but the
paddle-boxes, each paying a fare of Gd. for a sail up and down
to witness the race. Several of the large steamers of the port
at anchor in the river, and others,—including steam tugs,
bore also their loads ; and the sailing and row boats from the
slips and basins were in requisition by the more adventurous,
and rendered the locomotion by the steamers a matter of fre-
io stingagi hal:4M happily 141 some; gen-
tlemen,t
secure their hats by a lanyard or string, had the mortification
to have them blown off into the river.
Both sets of rowers had been very successful at " home ;"
both having been frequently victorious in similar contests.
The Scotch boat had rowed with boats from Cork, Dublin,
Cowes, the Isle of Man, &c., and never been beaten.
The starting place was from opposite a flag-boat moored
near the wall of the Brunswick Basin.

Before the race, both the boats, and several other gigs,
amongst which was one from Chester, pulled up and down
at a rapid rate. About one o'clockthe three boats "gathered"
up to the starting place.

-The backers of the respective parties, with their friends
were on board the Steam-tug Company's steamer Mona
and they attended to the preliminaries of placing the flags
starting the boats, &c. The backers of the Clyde men were
Sir John Colquhoun, Bart. M.P. and William Colquhoun,
Esq. The backers of the Thames watermen were W. F.
Maitland, Esq. and W. R. W. Freeman, Esq. The distance
marked off was four miles, the extreme end of the course,
round a flag-boat anchored at the south end of Bootle Bay,
not far from Messrs. Wilson's yard—and the winning post
being a boat with a red flag, moored nearly opposite the
south steps of the Prince's Pier.
The rowers were started at 29 minutes past one by the
firing of a gun by Mr. Colquhoun, the rules instituted to be
observed on the occasion being strictly complied with, The
Scotch boat (colour, red) took the lead, a little, followed
close by the Londoners (yellow,) and greeted by the cheers
of the spectators, both on the river and on the pier. The
lead was not long kept by the Scotch. The English put out
their mettle, soon gained upon them, and finally headed
them, taking the lead and maintaining it throughout. She
passed the Clyde boat before the first quarter of a mile was
run. It soon became next to certain that the Scotch could
not pull up, though their friends were still sanguine that
they were reserving themselves for the struggle up the river,
on the way home, when the tide would be with them. The
bettings, however, went against them, every pull—the friends
of the Londoners offering at first 12 to 10—then 8 to 4, and
latterly 15 to 1. When the boats reached the quay at the
Tobacco-warehouse, the yellow boat was about three lengths
a-head : when passing George's Pier, she had shot about
100 yards a-head of her antagonist, and as they proceeded the
latter, though at one time she gained a little on the Lon-
doners, and finally dropped more and more astern. A slight
obstruction was caused by the Scotch boat, by a flat coming
out of one of the basins, and the distance gained at this time
by the other crew, they only to a very partial extent made
up ; the consequence was, that the London watermen reaceed
the flag-boat 40 seconds sooner than the other party.
Both continued to pull with might and main, but it was all
up with the Clyde men, and the Londeners came to the
winning flag from 200 to 300 yards a-head of them. The
Scotchmen came in about 1 minute and 20 seconds after them.
The first boat reached the winning flag about 43 minutes after
1, doing the distance of four miles in 28 minutes 15 seconds ;
the second boat accomplished it in 29 minutes 35 seconds.
The Scotchmen, it is said, anticipated a longer run, but be
this as it may the result showed the superiority of the London
rowers, or the London boat, (in smooth water at least,) or,
more probably, of both. The Londoners sat nearly upright,
with but little motion of the body in pulling, the arms being
principally at work, in rapid and shortish strokes. They used
the " spoon," or bent bladed oar, peculiar to the Thames
boats. The Scotchmen, on the other hand, bent more back-
wards in their pulling, throwing the weight of their bodies
more upon their oars, and giving longer pulls. Their oars
moreover, of the straight kind, and appeared to be rather
larger than the others. Their boat, as before stated, was also
larger and heavier. What difference would appear between
the two crews were they to exchange boats we shall not as-
sume to determine, or what would have been the result had
there been a seaway on the river. The Scotch were beaten
fairly, but contended honourably ; and as " the race is not
always to the strong," they must keep up their spirit, and as
they have beaten others, persevere, so that they may yet
achieve othet laurels.
The greatest good feeling prevailed throughout the contest
among the supporters of each party, and every thing was
conducted with a spirit of fairness and impartiality.
A rumour obtained currency yesterday, that another match
in which a Chester boat would be entered, had been made
up, but this appears to be unfounded.
By the result of the race, a very considerable sum
doubtless changed hands amongst those who betted on the
success of the respective crews,—neither of whom though
the contest was severe, appeared tole distressed.
We concur with our contemporary, that the thanks of the
various parties must he especially due to Mr. Arthur,
manager of the Liverpool Steam-tug Company, for his
valuable services in pointing out the various places for the
flag-boats, and for providing, in the case of need, life-buoys,
which were kept on board of the Mona, which followed the
race-boats in their whole course.

The Dutch papers announce the dangerous illness of the
Empress of Russia. Her Imperial Majesty has been for se-
veral months in a delicate state of health.
CAUTION TO LICENSED VICTUALLERS.—It will be re-
membered that about two years ago an imposition was prac-
tised upon the licensed victuallers of Manchester, and most
of the surrounding towns, by which money was extorted
from them to the amount of several hundred pounds. Mr.
Bryden, of the Gt. George's Tavern, Upper Pitt-street, has
pointed out to us a communication in the Era, Sunday news-
paper, by which it appears that an individual has, within the
present month, been travelling in Mancherter, with a letter
purporting to he signed by " Robert Hughes," as agent
the Leeds Licensed Victuallers Association, requesting sig-
natures to a petition of the innkeepers to parliament for the
reduction of the window duty, and other taxes, together with
other alterations which the trade require. Mr. Thomas
Oates, of Manchester, to whom one of these circulars was
addressed, published a copy of it in the Era, with remarks
to the effect that it is not authentic. Mr. Bryden, with a
view also to gave the pockets of his brother tradesmen from
any exactions that might otherwise be levied upon them, in-
forms us that a person calling himself the accredited agent of
" Hughes," is now in or about this town ; and Ile wishes
them to be on their guard against his misrepresentations,—
the whole scheme being one to delude them out of their
money.

MEETING OF THE CHURCH OF ENGLAND
PRAYER•BOOK AND HOMILIE SOCIETY.

Yesterday evening the annual meeting of the Liverpool
Branch of this Society was held at the Music Hall, for the
purpose of hearing the Report for the past year, and making
an appeal to the public in behalf of the institution. Owing
in some measure to the unusual coldness of thee weather
for the season, there being a chilling east wind, and more to
the objects of the society not being sufficiently known, and,
consequently, not so generally appreciated. the attendance,
though highly respectable and enthusiastic in the cause, was
not very numerous,—the large room being little more than
half-filled.

Mr. THOMAS PORTER was called to the chair, and the
business of the meeting was opened by prayer.
The CHAIRMAN said, the cause in which they had met
had a strong claim upon their warmest and most affectionate
support, for it went to oppose what was sound and scriptural
to what might be termed incoherent enthusiasm, infidelity,
and error,—the correctives for which were to be found in
the admirable liturgy and prayers of their church. He ex-
plained the object of the society to be, to distribute gratui-
tously, and to sell at a low price, prayer-books and homilies.
In circulating these works, and tracts connected with them,
he believed they were promoting the work of God. He
called upon Mr. Maynyard to read (which he did as follows)
THE REPORT FOR 1839.

The committee of this auxiliary desire once more, on the
occasion of this anniversary, to record their united senti-
ments relative to the value and importance of the Prayer-
Book and Homily Society, in behalf of which they have been
hitherto engaged—sentiments which time has only tended to
confirm and strengthen.
Never, they would observe, was this institution of greater
importance than at the present period, when such a marvel-
lous union exists between zealous foes without, and mistaken
friends within, the pale of the Church of England.
Next to the Bible, which is the fountain of light and truth,
the Prayer-book, with the Scriptural articles, liturgy, and
homilies of the Church of England, together with the works
which have been set forth by authority, for instruction, and
for the defence of the principles of the Established Church,
(which it is the object of this society to circulate as much as
possible,) stand forth as a barrier to the inroads of error and
superstition, and afford the most valuable assistance to all
who would worship God in spirit and in truth. While it
combats the errors of the Papacy in the most effectual man-
ner, it affords to all an opportunity of knowing what were
the real sentiments of the Reformers, and brings before the
public the Scriptural principles upon which our church
stands.

Of all societies, then, which deserve the cordial support
and co-operation of the clergy as well as laity of the Church
of England, none has stronger claims than this. It is pecu-
liarly and essentially a truly Christian Church Society ; and
in the present day, when the church is assailed on all sides,
every encouragement should be given to promote its useful-
ness as far as possible.
With reference to the operations of the parent society, it
is with sincere pleasure that your committee make the fol-
lowing brief extracts. During the past year they have issued
the following publications :—" Prayer-books, Psalters, and
books of homilies, 28,040 ; homilies, festival services, and
articles of religion, 87,787 ; also collects, catechisms, bap-
tismal services, family prayers, service for the consecration
of churches, and forms of prayer as used in both houses of
parliament, 33,308 ;—making a total of 365,972 bound books,
and 2,336,737 tracts."
And who can tell the amount of good produced by them.
If only one soul were enlightened, and instructed, and edi-
fied, by the perusal of the society's publications, it would
amply repay them for all their exertions; but we may trust
and believe that many have derived present and lasting benefit
from them : for the accounts which are received by the parent
society are most encouraging.
They have also enlarged the number of their publications ;
and, among these, they would refer to Bishop Jewell's Apo-
logy, which should be read by every person among the laity,
as well as clergy, interested in the promotion of sound chris-
tian principles, and which may now be procured, at a very
trifling expense, from this society. They would also mention,
that the society has published, in raised Roman characters,
the Morning and Evening Prayers, with the Litany and the
Catechism of the Church of England, for the use of the
blind.
With regard to the funds of the society, it is with pleasure
that they announce an increase of £lOO during the past year,
which is a token of good, and a harbinger of increasing sup-
port ; still the liabilities are very, very heavy. They are now
in arrears upwards of £2000; and the demands, from Ireland
alone, (for books,) are so numerous, that were they to respond
to them as they would wish to do, it would entirely engross
the receipts of the society. Owing, therefore, to the slender
support which is afforded, they are compelled, under present
circumstances, though very reluctantly, to withhold that as-
sistance, which otherwise, if able, they would most gladly
afford.

They would, therefore, earnestly and affectionately appeal
to their friends and the religious public, and to all who love
and value our scriptural establishment, to come forward to
assist them, by their contributions, in prosecuting the work
in which they are so usefully and profitably engaged.
With regard to the operations of this society the committee
have to report as follows :
The number of vessels visited were 2400, and the number
of Prayer Books sold to the seamen 412, and 44 books of
Family Prayer. 121 books of Select Homilies were given
gratuitously. And your committee have reason to hope that
the labours of their auxiliary are becoming more useful to
the seamen, in calling their attention to the duty and privilege
of prayer. On this point, they would record with thankful-
ness to God, that the number of commanders holding divine
worship on board has increased, during the past year, from
46 to 60, and that the number of those who hold divine wor-
ship occasionally is 40. And although this number is small,
when compared with those who neglect it, still they would
hope that it will continue to spread, like the leaven hid in the
meal, till the majority shall be on the side of those who wor-
ship the God of their salvation.
They would also record with thankfulness the liberality of
the Parent Society, in voting another grant of 50 Prayer
Books, for the use of the Mariner's Church. Your com-
mittee desire likewise to mention, that they have engaged
the services of Mr. Joseph Crisp, as assistant-secretary, who
will be ready to give any information respecting the society,
and by whom any contribution in aid of its funds will be
thankfully received, as well as by the committee and visiting
agent ; they would also mention, that the depository will
henceforth be at Mr. Crisp's office, 38, Church-street, where
all the publications of the society may be had, Mr. Perris
having resigned that situation.
With regard to the pecuniary resources of the auxiliary,
the committee desire to make a very strong and urgent ap-
peal to all who are connected with the shipping, to the clergy,
111.1 LO Welt s.,,,,CEIVe CU.s. ry UV ILL c
them the very strong claims which devolve upon them.
Owing to the reduced price at which the books are sold, and
to the grants which have been made, the auxiliary has en-
tailed a loss upon the Parent Society of upwards of £2OB
since its formation ' • and the receipts in subscriptions and
donations reported last year, amounted no more than
£25 4s. 6d.

In order to liquidate this as far as possible, they propose
shortly to have a sermon' at St. Bride's. (The Rev. J. H.
Stewart having kindly granted the use of his pulpit for that
purpose.
They trust that many of the clergy may be induced to do
likewise, and that it may not be said that the Port of Liver-
pool, instead of being an auxiliary, as it ought to be, in every
sense of the word, is a drag to the efforts of the Parent Soci-
ety, as far as their pecuniary resources are concerned.
In conclusion, while they desire to thank God for what has
been done, they would encourage all parties to arise, as one
man, and to endeavour, as far as possible, to counteract the
pernicious efforts of those who would subvert our Established
Church, and who disseminate principles which are entirely
repugnant to the word of God, and therefore subversive of
true religion.
The Rev. Mr. WCONREY came forward and proposed
the first resolution :—" That the report now read be printed
and circulated under the directions of the committee ; and
that this meeting laments the want of a much larger annual
income, not only to meet the present liabilities, which have
arisen from its active operations, but to allow of a yet further
extension of the society's labours, at home and abroad."—
Mr. M'Conkey supported the resolution in a speech of
great length and eloquence, of which we regret to say, from
the lateness of the hour, we can but supply but a faint out-
line of the heads. He was not surprised at the comparative
smallness of the attendance, for he believed the town was
not generally aware of the benefits and objects of the society.
He was not himself aware until he saw a report to-day that
so much good could be done with such limited means. The
society, in their anxiety for the spiritual welfare of seamen,
not only disposed of the books amongst them, but visit-
ed their vessels. They had visited no fewer than 5000 ves-
sels within five years, and had disposed of about 3000 prayer-
books amongst the sailors. Their exertions abroad had been
equally successful, and in Ireland they could not, unfortu-
nately, meet the demand. Even in the county of Kerry, in
which was the great agitator, they had been successful in
creating a desire to establish Protestant churches by dis-
seminating their books in the Irish language. They bad
also procured prayer-books, in raised characters, for the
use of the unfortunate blind. The accounts, from all parts,
of the labours of the society were very satisfactory. The
poor were especially benefitted. They understood the Homi-
lies better than other books ; for they told the truth in a plain
but bold and uncompromising manner. It might be said by
some why divide their society from the Bible Society. Why not
unite them ? To this he replied that the Bible was the word
of God, but the Homilies and Prayer book assisted to explain
them. The seed of grace having been sown, they were as
water to cherish it and produce the plant. The prayer-book
was suited to meet the wants of all in their distresses. The
poor man in his afflictions and aspirations was at a loss
how to express himself in supplication or adoration. The
Prayer Book gave him utterance. It was, indeed, calculated
for all classes and all ages,—alike suitable for the aged grand-
father, and the child that was fondled by its mother. He
then proceeded to draw an affecting picture of the influence of
prayer on the poor invalid when recovering from illness, and
the happiness which it conferred even to those on death-bed.
The soc ety especially regard the religious welfare of emi-
grants. On this part of his subject the reverend gentleman
pathetically described the lonely and toiling emigrant in the
back woods of a distant land, and far from his home and his
kindred, finding hope, consolation, and even happiness in
prayer to Almighty God. He gave an equally affecting view
of the poor sailor, who, in the hour of peril, in the raging
tempest, found it a blessing beyond all price. It was a book,
indeed, adapted to private prayer and to public prayer ;
and it was a book of all others most scriptural and most
edifying. He valued it the more that it contained a form of
prayer ; for what could they substitute that would equal a
tried and approved form of prayer,—a book containing, be-
sides the Gospels, the Epistles and the Psalms? The Li-
turgy was invaluable ; it was the mark of the separation from
Popery. After alluding to the Bishops who had drawn it up,
and who had died as martyrs to the cause of God, he con-
cluded a powerful appeal on behalf of the society, by moving
the resolution.
The motion was ably seconded by Mr. 111°011E.
We regret that we cannot give the excellent addresses of
the other speakers, several of whom furnished many inter-
esting particulars of the good effects of the society, and
strongly besought public support in its behalf.
The Rev. D. TATTERSALL moved,
" That this meeting, feeling the importance of using every
effort to promote the moral and religious improvement of
seamen, commends the Prayer-Book and Homily Society to
the increased support of the Christian Public, that its la-
bours in this part of its useful operations may be extended ;
this meeting also commends it to the affectionate confidence
and devout prayers of all true Christians, seeing that the
Society has proved itself in its Home operations a blessing to
Great Britain, and.in its Foreign operations a most valuable
auxiliary to all Missionary Societies."
The Rev. Mr. JOSEPH moved,
'
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T hfeart
tthheeefnolsluoiwngingyegaern,twleintihenpeb,evetrhetoceordttnoitttheeeiarnndumof--
ber :—" (Here the names were read.)
Mr. HOWARD seconded the motion.
Thanks were then voted to the Chairman ; a collection was
made, and the meeting separated.

LIVERPOOL MEDICAL ASSOCIATION.—The members of
the medical profession in Liverpool have formed themselves
into an association, into which the Medical Society and Me-
dical Library are now merged, and the bead-quarters of which
are henceforth fixed at the Medical Institution, Mount-
pleasant. The objects of the association are the advance-
ment of professional knowledge and the cultivation of
friendly feelings amongst its members, both of which it is
well calculated to effect. The following office bearers of the
ordinary meetings have been elected for the present associa-
tion. Vice-presidents, Dr. Formby, Mr. Banner, Mr.
Bickersteth, Dr. Freckleton. Secretary, Dr. Sutherland.
Members of Committee, Dr. Carson, jun., Dr. Duncan, Dr.
Vose.

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THE SHIP " UNITED 071c6.:,„/

This fine new vessel, the largest in our port, and of which
we gave a short notice on her arrival from America, is now
in the South Graving Dock, near the Brunswick Dock,
where she is undergoing a thorough strengthening, by inte-
rior iron fastenings from stem to stern, and is about to be
coppered. As she has become an object of considerable
interest amongst mercantile and nautical men, and is daily
visited by many who are curious in the progressive improve-
ments of the age in the art of ship-building, a short account
of her, as she now lies high and dry, may not be unaccepta-
ble. She was, it will be remembered, built at Quebec, by
John Munn, Esq., au enterprising gentleman, who has
turned out some of the finest vessels ever launched in British
America. Amongst those who have recently visited her
since she was docked, have been Messrs. John and Charles
Wood, the celebrated shipwrights of Port Glasgow, who are
now severally building two of three large steam-ships for
Government, which are to compete with each other for supe-
riority in speed, in the carriage of the mails to our colonies
in North America. These gentlemen, and other shipbuilders
of this port, have expressed their high approval of the sub-
stantial manner in which the United Kingdom is put toge-
ther, and the choice quality of the materials.
We may here recapitulate her dimensions :
Length from the stem to the stern-post 214 feet.
Do. from figure-head to the top of the taffrail 228 ~
Beam
36 „
Depth of hold
22 „
Height between the upper and lower-deck beams. 81 ~
Measurement . tons.
The model of the United Kingdom has been much ad-
mired, both in her bottom and upper works. She is what
may be called sharp without being lean, so that she cannot
but sail very fast, and at the same time carry a large cargo.
She has a flush deck, which, seen from either end, has the
appearance of a street. Her bulwarks are neatly panelled,
and she is pierced for fifteen guns on each side. She is
painted to represent a lower tier of large ports, of the same
number. She has an exceedingly well-carved billet head,
which, together with the carving on the stern, is richly gilded.
Her hold, now that she may be seen from stem to stern
without the interruption of bulk's heads or other divisions,—
the cabins not being yet constructed—presents a vast, we
may say a surprising vacuity or space to the eye of the be-
holder. It forms one immense apartment, upwards of 200
feet in length, and of a three-story height.
The materials of the United Kingdom are, as before inti-
mated, of the best quality that our American colonies can
produce. Her keel and bottom timbers are of oak. Above
the bilge they are of heckmatack, a very strong, tough, and
much approved wood for ship building, of a light ash colour.
Her bottom planking is of fine elm and heckmatack.
Her ceilings are also, of elm. The beam-knees of the
upper and lower deck beams are of, heckmatack. Her
bilge planks are seven inches in thickness, her cieling
six inches. The timbers, from the keel to the bends,
are closely bedded together, so that they form a solid
mass, and may be caulked, if that were deemed necessary.
The quantity of iron knees and straps that, have been put
into her, would load a small vessel. Some of the arms of
these knees are 9 feet in length. They are of beaten iron,
and about 31 inches thick, by 41 inches in breadth. They
are placed diagonally, with a strap in parallel position be-
tween each, and reversed from the middle of the ship,
towards the bow and stern. The straps reach below the
floorings ; and these, as well as the lower arms of the knees,
are strongly bolted through the bottom and sides, each from
its diagonal position, admitted of bolts through several of
the timbers. Separate moulds of wood had to be made for
each, so that they might fit close to the " shape" of the
ship. There are 17 knees under the lower beams, and an
equal number of straps on each side. The upper deck beams
and upper works are similarly strong there. Iron knees of
still greater strength are fixed in the stern and how, binding
together the massy wood-work at either extremity of the
vessel. The beams are about 16 inches square. It is im-
possible to conceive a piece of stronger marine architecture ;
and we presume the vessel will rate at Lloyd's amongst the
finest British bottoms afloat.

The " United Kingdom" is commanded by Captain
M`Call. She comes consigned to Mr. Duncan Gibb, and is
well worthy of inspection. Her future destination is not,
we learn, yet fixed.

On Sunday last, two very excellent sermons were preached
at Skelmersdale Chapel, by the Rev. 'Jonathan Brooks,
A.M., rector of Liverpool, for the Sunday schools estab-
lished there, when the handsome sum of £32 was, collected
from a numerous and respectable congregation. •
THEATRE RoYAL.—This evening, Mr. Buckstone, the
popular author and entertaining actor takes his benefit : he
deserves a good one. The pieces are in themselves attractive,
independent of the inviting treat of Strauss' band. Next
week, the Matweitsch family are to be with us. They were
warmly patronised in London by the Queen, and the elite
of fashion, at the " West End."

The inhabitants of Welshpool have determined to testify •
the high respect so universally felt for the noble house of
Powis, by celebrating the coining of age of its heir apparent,
the Viscount Clive, on the sth November next, in a manner
befitting such an important occasion. The day will be ob-
served as a general Holiday, during which many demonstra-
tions of the enthusiasm of the people in the town and neigh-
bourhood will take place—amongst the rest a procession will
be formed consisting of gentry, clergy, tradesmen and others,
to wait upon Lord Clive, requesting him to attend at the
laying of the foundation stone of the new church, after which
the procession will return, accompanied by his lordship, to the
site of the church for that purpose. A splendid marquee
—capable of containing four hundred persons—will be pro-
vided, under which the poor of the-parish are to be regaled
with plentiful supply of roast beef and plum pudding, with a
liberal allowance of native cwrza da. immediately after the
dinner, a series of amusements will be provided for the popu-
lace. At 5 o'clock, a public dinner will be given and after the
usual loyal toasts have been drank, the president will give the
health of Lord Viscount Clive—upon which a rocket will be
discharged as a signal for salutes of cannon, and for the lighting
of bonfires on the surrounding hills. The evening's amuse-
ments will close with a grand display of fireworks. On the
following day, the poor female inhabitants of the parish will
have a tea-party provided by the Countess of Powis, and on
Thursday the rejoicings will terminate with a stag-hunt in
the morning, and a grand public dinner in the evening.
LORD SAN DON.—We have seen a le.tter from our respected
representative, Lord Sandon, dated Pisa, Oct. 7, from which
it appears that his lordship and his party have been induced
to abandon the more distant and adventurous part of their
expedition, and to confine themselves to the beaten track of
Italy. They embarked at Marseilles o the day appointed,
with every promise of a pleasant voyage; but the power of
the engines. althouc,h professing. to-u. -see 4--
provect so unequal Co overcoming a not very, powerful head
wind, that they were three days, instead of two, in reaching
Leghorn. This did not encourage the expectation that the
future performances of the vessel could: e much relied upon,
in the longer voyages and more exposed' seas ‘VhiCh she had
before her. The vessel was likewise found to be so offensive
from bilge-water, that the cabins .Were altriost untenable.
And lastly, the inconveniences of voyaging altogether seemed
to suit too little with either his lordship's father or daughter
to make it advisable to embark, at that season, on distant
and uncertain enterprises. After some deliberation, there-
fore, and much reluctance, it was resolved to disembark, at
Leghorn, and fall into the.high-road of Italian travellers for
the winter. Ilis lordship expected that in about three weeks
they should reach Naples, where they were to ruake a stay of
two or three months.—Courier:

The inhabitants of Chetton, Glazeley, and Deuxhill, have
just presented their late curate, the Rev. Edward Bicker-
steth, with a piece of plate, as a token of their regard to him
for his indefatigable zeal and great kindness while resident
amongst them.

"An opulent banker," says the Presse; "came unexpect-
edly a short time back into a fortune of nearly 10,000,000 f.
He immediately cgave 800,000 f. to each of his five brothers
and sisters, and has since offered his hand with the remaining
4,000,000 f. to a young orphan lady." -
A DISTINCTION WITHOUT A. DIFFERENCE.—A disinte-
rested swain advertises in one of the morning papers for a
wife, "with an income of not less than £2OO per annum, or
fortune adequate thereto."
CHARISTERISTICS OF WILKES.—Though of good man-
ners and even a winning address, his personal appearance was
so revolting as to be hardly human. His high birth he could
not boast ; for his father was a respectable distiller in Clerk-
enwell. Of fortune he had but a moderate share, and it was
all spent before he became a candidate for popular favour ;
and his circumstances were so notoriously desperate, that he
lived for years on patriotic subscriptions. Those more ster-
ling qualities of strict moral conduct, regular religious habits,
temperate and prudent behaviour, regular and industrious
life—qualities which are generally required of public men,
even if more superficial accomplishments should be dispensed
with—he had absolutely nothing ; and the most flagrant vio-
lations of decency on moral as well as,religious matters were
frequently committed, were known, were overlooked by the
multitude, in the person of their favourite champion, wto
had yet the address to turn against one of his antagonists, a
clerical gentleman, some of those feelings of the English
people in behalf of decorum, all of which his life was passed
in openly violating. Of the light but very important accom-
plishments which fill so prominent a place in the patriotic
character, great eloquence, and a strong and masculine style
in writing, he had but little. . His compositions are more
point : :Ilan powerful ; his wit shines far more than-his pas-
sions glow ; and as a speaker, when he did speak, which was
but rarely, he showed indeed some address and much pre-
sence of mind, but no force, and produced, hardly any effect.
Of his readiness, an anecdote is preserved -:which may be
worth relating. Mr. Luttrell and he were standing on the
Brentford hustings, when 'he 'asked his adversary privately,
whether he thought there were more fools or rogues among
the multitude of Wilkites spread out before them. I'll tell
them what you say, and put an end to your said the Colo-
nel' but perceiving the threat gave Wilkes no alarm, he
added, " Surely you don't mean to say you could stand here
one hour after I did so?" " Why;" the answer was, " you
would not be .alive one instant after." " How so ?"—" I
should merely say it was a fabrication, and they would de-
stroy you in the twinkling of an eye."—Lord Brougham.
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CULTIVATION OF BOGS IN IRELAND.-Mr. Jonathan
Burns, the assistant-commissioner of poor inquiry, states in
his report—" Admitting the scarcity of food and labour, it
must appear an extraordinary' anomaly, that so many thou-
sand acres of bog, inviting cultivation, and well adapted for it,
should remain within view of• Thilipstown untouched, or,
more correctly, not permitted to be touched, for many would
gladly cultivate it if they were allowed to do so. The Bally-
common and Mount Lucas boo's, part of the immense bog of
Allen, contain nearly 10,000 English acres, no part of which
exceeds four miles from Philipstown; they consist of a fine
black peat, dry in places, and admitt►ng of complete drain-
age, being at an elevation of from 200 to 300 feet above the
level of the sea, with abundance of clay and limestone gravel
at a convenient depth, and an even surface; the grand canal
also passing through the bog, and communicating with the
metropolis and other parts of Ireland. The cultivation of
' these bogs would give employment to all who want it, and
would produce food and distribute comfort and happiness to
thousands who are on the verge of starvation. If a company
were to embark in these improvements, 1 have no doubt Of
the profit answering their expectation, and remunerating them
for judicious outlay under a long lease." This is the opinion
of an intelligent Englishman, who cannot be suspected of
partiality, and who had himself reclaimed a portion of bog in
Chat Moss. Mr. John Power has also stated in his report
on Talbotstown, county of Wicklow—" Here are thousands
of acres capable of profitable cultivation, either by the capi-
talist, or by labourers' families for their own support. Hun-
dreds of those families would be found in the barony itself,
ready to undertake such cultivation for their maintenance,
even without any assistance whatever, and only upon the
condition of having it for a certain number of years rent free,
or at a small annual payment ; and many more would only
require a very small aid at the commencement of their la-
bours. In the town of Baltinglass alone, the assistant-com-
missioners found hundreds of human beings in the most ab-
ject misery, crowded two or three families in a hovel, or gar-
ret of 10 or 12 feet square, without an inch of ground or any
other resource than the uncertain and overstocked market
for labour and the charity of the humane ; while the uncul-
tivated mountains overlook the town, but are forbidden fruit
to the wretched inhabitants, who have even been taught to
know, by fines and penalties, that the wild heath 'and furze
grow to protect the game, and create amusement for the
rich, and not to warm the shivering limbs of the poor, or to
prepare their humble meal." It would be tedious to multi-
ply examples to prove what Mr. Arthur Young stated up-
wards of sixty years ago, and the bog commissioners have
shown by the evidence of the most able engineers, and after
the most searching. inquiry, and all subsequent experience
has confirmed, that upon the waste lands in Ireland is to be
practiced the most profitable husbandry in the kingdom.—
British and Foreign Reriew.

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EVENING•

The sun is sinking in the mellowed west,
And golden tints are streaked along the sky,
The trees in all their shaded colours Brest,
Are slowly nodding to the zephy's sigh.
The busy murmur of a distant throng
Comes swelling stilly on the evening breeze,
The feathered tribe have ceased their joyous song,
Their notes are heard no more among the trees—
The beetle, humming, wings his drowsy flight,
The surestharbinger of coming night.
'Tis now the time when lovers wish to meet,
To rove beneath the shady greenwood boughs,
When every word is eloquently sweet
That, whispering, breathes forth loves enraptured vows.
'Tis now, when all is noiseless, calm, and still,
That contemplation steals upon the soul,
'Tis now, that as the nightingale's soft thrill
Is heard, whose echoes round the woodlands roll,
That sigh greets sigh, as the soft zephyr blows,
And lips to lips in sensual pleasure close.
The day is past, the labourer's toil is o'er,
And fast he hies him to his lowly cot,
Where prattling infants, at the cottage door,
Await his coming to that homely spot.
The cloth is laid, the homely meal is spread,
(More sweet, perhaps, than many a lordly feast,)
The smoking porridge and the dark brown bread,
To him are grateful now his toil has ceased ;
He knows no care, though scanty is his store,
He has enough, he never sighed for more.
And when the meal is o'er, around the fire
The children play in joyousness and glee,
While some are clinging to their humble sire,
In hopes to gain a ride upon his knee;
And smiles are beaming on his ruddy face,
His heart's elated by the joyous sight,
He kisses them, and each one in his place,
Receives his blessing and his warm " Good night;"
They're soon undressed, their little prayers are said,
They say " Good night," and then retire to bed.
Can they that roll in luxury and ease,
With cringing vassals born to own their sway,
E'er vie in bliss or happiness with these,
When thus they meet at the decline of day.
Let him that toils his days and nights for gold
Go view the cotter at his evening meal,
Then ask him if his treasures, bought and sold,
Can equal joys the cottagers must feel ;
To them the busy world's unknown and strange,
They have their home, they never wished for change.
'Tis evening, nature's loveliest, sweetest time,
Who would not linger at the tranquil hour,
And listen to the echoed evening chime,
As sweet 'tis swelling from the sacred tower ;
For sweet it is, when nature's in repose,
To linger listening in the perfumed fields,
And as the sable night's dark shadows close,
Drink in the pleasures that the moment yields;—
And who, when thus they press the verdant sod,
Could then deny the being of a God. C.
Liverpool, October 28, 1839.

CONTEMPORARY PRESS.

LORD BROUGHAM.

(From the Dublin Evening Mail.)
Really Lord Brougham might almost wish that Mr.
Shafto's letter—or, we must more charitably say now
that he has denied it, the letter imputed to Mr. Shafto
—were true. He might almost wish himself dead, for
the sake of such an epitaph as has been inscribed by a
mourning nation on his imaginary tombstone. If he
lived a hundred years he could not die a greater fa-
vourite. He is now proved to have possessed the ad-
miration and respect even of those who have been com-
pelled by the hard necessity of party warfare to be his
bitterest revilers. These tributes of the press on both
sides, under the circumstances, would alone be worth
living and dying for in the eyes of most men of am-
bition. _ _

But, in the name of all that is ridiculous, with what
face will the Radical press—which has, of all the others,
been loudest in its eulogies on the supposed departed
statesman, orator, and philosopher—with what face, we
say, will organs thus compromised return to the policy
which Lord Brougham's very neat assault on the
Whigs will compel them to adopt ? How will the
Pilot, for instance, which passed one of the most gener-
ous eulogiums of any on the " dead lion," muster up a
countenance brazen enough to do the needful by the
" living dog ?" It is absolutely laughable. While
O'Connell, m the Mallow dinner, was denouncing Lord
Brougham, whom he believed to be alive, as a "wretched
and debased man," his representative in Dublin was
lauding Lord Brougham, whom he believed to be
dead, as one of the greatest patriots, philosophers, and
statesmen that ever death kindly removed out of the
way of his party. We may, we think, prophetically re-
verse the legal saw, and say—

Quoth Sir John Price, the Billingsgate
Suspended cloth remain,
Dying his Lordship—him alive,
It doth revive again.
[Chorus of Me Radical Press.]
Dying-his Lordship—him alive,
It doth revive again.

After all, the hoax has not been without its value.
.Let other public men imagine such reports spread and
believed concerning them, and estimate, if they can,
how far the tribute paid to the memory of Lord
Brougham would be extended to their names. Let
1,01,1 NUllll,lllby, for instance, by an exertion of big
imagination, fancy it reported at all the clubs that his
brains had been kicked out by a carriage-horse, and
consider with himself what effect the intelligence would
produce on society. Would the inspired countenances
of men of genius all over the United Kingdom gather
darkness at his eclipse ? ,Would the hearts of philan-
thropists and fond utilitarians sink within them with
grief for him as their " red hand in the foray," and
" sage counsel in cumber ? Would writers of all
shades of politics join in lauding his abilities as an
author, his talents as a speaker, his depth of thought
and grasp of intellect, giving out that a light had de-
parted from the world—that another mighty spirit was
added to the assemblage of the illustrious dead—a com-
panion for Bacon, for Cicero, for Demosthenes ? Ha,
ha, ha, ha, ha! it is too laughable ! The only specu-
lation in such a case, and he knows it well himself,
would simply be, whether Lord Normanby kad brains
for the carriage-horse to kick out.
_ _ _ . _

Let Lord Melbourne fancy his last royal banquet di-
gested, and the grates in South-street blazing with the
fires of a more domestic tenant—what would the peo-
ple, what would the newspapers say of him? At the
clubs he would certainly be lamented as a shining and
a burning light, removed from the bon vivant circle—
the press would acknowledge the departure of a man
of naturally good ability, but lazy to a degree—the
Papists would be the sincerest mourners, for in their
hands he has ever been a two-edged sword, dealing.
" heavy blows and great discouragements" to that civil
and religious liberty which they so heartily and syste-
matically detest. Moreover there would not be a dry
eye among the Ladies of the Bedchamber, and even
Royalty itself might drop a tear over "poor old Mel-
bourne"—but there would be an end of him.

Let Mr. O'Connell imagine that he has tumbled
over one of those useful cliffs which keep the Atlantic
from swamping Great Britain, and that the fishes have
repealed his troubled union of soul and body. There
would be a piteous howl among the priests and the
sub-agitators. altars would be hung with black.
Every man who d:d not appear in mourning in the
streets would run the risk of being pelted. The most
anti-Popish newspapers would admit that he pos-
sessed great abilities, indefatigable industry, vast pow-
ers both of humour and invective ; but every eulogium
on the natural advantages with which he has been
gifted, would be neutralised by honest execration of
the meanness, selfishness, and hateful duplicity—the
fawning, cringing, and Jesuit-like hypocrisy, and the
ruthless and fanatical bigotry, which have rendered his
great abilities not only inefficient for any good purpose,
but have distorted them to the service of designs the
most detestable in the eyes of every genuine lover of
li.)erty and truth. As an orator, however, his bust would
not be set up within many niches of that of Lord
Brougham. As a writer he would not be spoken of at
all. To the character of a man of philosophic mind
he would be allowed to have no pretensions. There
would be sincere and undissembled satisfaction among
at least twelve millions of people at his departure ;
there would be equally sincere though secret gratifica-
tion among the seven millions with are now taxed for
his maintenance, that these tormenting exactions were
at an end. Let him, before he next calls Lord
Brougham a " wretch," reflect for a moment on the
character wl-ich each would sustain after death, and
ask himself—What am I that I should revile the man
whom twenty millions of my fellow-subjects have de-
lighted to honour ?

THE HAwK.—So great is the eagerness of these birds in
pursuit of their prey, that a person who has generally a cage
of canary birds at his window, has twice had it broken by
hawks darting at the birds : in both canes the hawks were
taken. Another hawk killed himself the other day, by strik-
ing at a pane of glass in the conservatory of the Royal Lodge
in Windsor great park, while endeavouring to seize a robin,
which had accidentally flown into it. Now, these hawks are
to a bird, whigs, every one of them, and great advocates for
corporations of burgess pigeons, on which they make many a
profitable encounter. There is a quarry in Bolton eager to
pounce on the pigeonry : some of them are called overseer-
hawks, secretary-hawks, treasurer-hawks, commissioner-
hawks, &c. The commissioner-hawk has taken his flight to
other game, professing his conscience won't allow of his stay
where so little is to be done. The others remain. The over-
seer has been stunned by darting at some yellow birds, called
sovereigns, in an iron cage. He has, it is thought, so da-
maged his bill that he can never take another bird.—Bolton
Chronicle.

OPENING OF THE MANCHESTER AND SALFORD JUNC-
TION CANAL.—As we announced on Saturday, this impor-
tant link in the chain of water communication, was made
available to the public on Monday last. Our avocations else-
where prevented our being present, and we have not been
favoured with any account of the proceedings. We believe
all passed off satisfactorily. By means of this canal, which
connects the Rochdale Canal with the Mersey and Irwell
Navigation, near the Old Quay, all the navigations of York-
shire, Derbyshire, Cheshire, Staffordshire, &c. &c. will have
a direct communication with the Bolton and Bury Canal,
with the additional advantage of using the Mersey and Irwell
Navigation (which is deeper, wider, and several miles shorter
than any other line) to Warrington, St. Helens, Runcorn,
Liverpool, &c."---The Junction Canal has the advantage of
double locks, which will considerably facilitate the passing
of vessels from the Rochdale Canal, thereby avoiding an in-
convenience which has hitherto caused serious delay. The
tunnel, which is short, is well lighted with gas every twenty
yards ; there is also a towing path the whole length, and for
the convenience of vessels using this line, men will be in
readiness, if required, for the purpose of hauling them, and
assisting them through the locks, for which a small charge
will be made.—Manchester Guardian.

PROTESTANT ANNIVERSARIES.

SECOND ADDRESS OF THE HERTS REFORMA-
TION AND PROTESTANT ASSOCIATION.

The Committee of the Hertfordshire Protestant As-
sociation at the close of this year, the first in the fourth
century of our national separation from Rome, once
more address the Clergy, and all other Protestant
Christians of the county, and desire to arouse them to
a due thought of the serious danger to which the Pro-
testant cause in this kingdom is now exposed.
Three hundred years have passed, since Pope Paul
the Third, for denial of his usurped supremacy, ex-
communicated this kingdom from the Roman pale, and,
in his own gentle phrase, smote it with the sword of
eternal damnation. Four times since then has our
country been in the utmost danger from the same bit-
ter enemy of its peace, the Popedom : in the persecu-
tion of Mary, at the time of the Armada, at the Gun-
powder Plot, and under the lawless tyranny of the se-
cond James. Four times have we been rescued by
God's signal providence. A fifth, perhaps a last crisis
seems at hand ; one less dangerous in the actual
strength of the Papacy, now much wasted by Divine
judgments and internal decay ; but far more to be
dreaded than all the former, from the divisions, the
blind indifference, the death-like torpor, of too many
in our country who bear the Protestant name.
It has been said by the wisest of kings, as a lesson
of national wisdom, " He that despiseth small things
shall fall by little and little." The words are a pointed
warning to Britain at this present time. Ten years
ago, with a rash confidence in our fancied light and
wisdom, the legal barriers against Popery were re-
moved. Ever since, the proverb has been verifying
daily. By little and little Popish chapels have mul-
tiplied, and they now exceed five hundred in number,
and a splendid cathedral is projected for our metro-
polis. By little and little, the Romish members of the
Commons' house are increased to about sixty. By
little and little, nunneries, convents, and Jesuits are
increasing among us, till we number three Jesuit col-
leges, seventeen convents, and nunneries planning or
begun in all our principal towns. By the same gradual
steps, Romish bishops and priests are subsidized and
established in our colonies, till now, of twenty-three
bishops, most are receiving public support and pay.
By little and little, the public mind is growing recon-
ciled to what would once have been thought systematic
perjury, in those admitted to parliament on condition
of an oath, which in the view of all who have not been
initiated in the mysteries of Jesuitical constructions
seems to be openly violated day after day. Step by
step, the influence of Popery is increasing in places of
power, till the stream of honour begins to flow by
preference in that direction, three Roman Catholics
being just now, for the first time, raised to important
posts in the 'Government, and one of the most active
to a seat in the Privy Council. On both ecclesiastical
extremes, the same evil power is slowly, but surely at
work. Political alliances in the one class, in another
doctrinal or ecclesiastical predilections, are drawing
them within the fatal whirlpool of Papal influences till
the broad lines of separation between the Reformed
religion and Romish idolatry, are slurred over, ob-
scured, forgotten, or denied. And thus coil after coil,
the serpent power of Rome is smoothly and softly
twining itself around our happy land ; and whenever
our thanklessness shall provoke God to withdraw his
protection, one fatal crush may soon teach us the
enemy's power, and our Protestant name, our Christian
privileges, our social liberty, our strength and glory
as a nation, be ruined at one stroke for ever.
How, then, in dependence on the blessing of God.
may so fearful a crisis be averted ? Not surely by in-
difference, but by watchfulness ; not by supine sloth,
but by zealous exertions ; not by false hopes and flat-
tering thoughts of peace, but by the untiring and ear-
nest labours of those who know and love the Protestant
faith and institutions of their country. The attention,
then, of British Protestants, needs to be aroused, their
knowledge to be increased, and their energies and zeal
to be united in defence of their common faith, and
their national privileges.
The first of these objects has not begun to he ac-
complished. The revived zeal, indeed, of the Papacy
is such as to force itself, in a hundred forms, on the
notice of the most careless. Abroad, in Prussia, in
France, in Belgium, and our own colonies ; at home,
in Ireland, and our own island, fresh proofs are ever
appearing in the daily press, of the activity of Jesuits
and other agents of Rome, and that this kingdom is
the main centre and chief object of all their efforts.
Witness the Catholic Institute newly organized in Lon-
don. Witness the association of the French Clergy,
to promote, as they suppose, our national conversion,
and the reports of the Propaganda at Rome. The at-
tention of Protestants is beginning to awake, though
still far short of that which is due to the real danger,
and which the facts demand.

But our chief peril is in the ignorance of professing
Protestants on this subject—ignorance of the true na-
ture and glory of the faith which they profess; igno-
rance of the real pretensions and unchanged nature of
Popery; ignorance of the vital connexion between a
pure national faith, and solid national prosperity; and
ignorance, or, at least, a dull and thankless neglect, of
the signal deliverances from Popery and its evils, which
in God's merciful Providence. our nation has already
received.

To these points the Committee humbly and earnestly
invite the thoughts and efforts of the Clergy, and of
all in the county, who value the truth, and have the
means of diffusing it. They claim no authority ; they
seek to inflame no blind party zeal ; their sole aim is
to arouse every Christian citizen to a plain and pressing
duty, and to furnish him aid in its right performance.
To gain knowledge on this subject, and 'then to diffuse
it, is now the clear duty of every Protestant in the
land, who would not belie his profession, and brand
himself as a hypocrite in his creed, and a traitor to his
country's welfare.
First of all they would urge on the attention of their
friends and supporters the great duty of spreading the
knowledge of Protestantism, in and for itself, as a liv.
ing creed and practical religion, and not barely as a
protest against Popery. A mere negative creed, a bare
rejection of some gross errors, will never meet the
cravings of the human heart or of the national con-
science. The only effect of such a misdirected zeal
would be a wretched oscillation in the minds of the
people, from superstition to open profaneness, and from
profaneness to superstition again. To the lifeless forms
then of Popery, we must oppose the true knowledge
and heartfelt worship of the true and living God ; to
its countless mediators and idolatrous saint worship,
the knowledge of the one true mediator, Jesus Christ ;
to its dead faith which leaves the conscience in bond-
age and darkness, and needing for the soul's peace to
be eked out with penance's, masses, beads, relics, and
endless mummeries, that living faith which works all
the fruits of social benevolence and Christian holiness,
and links the soul fast to eternal glory. A full Pro-
testant creed, and a solid scriptural faith, can alone re-
sist the shadowy grandeur and vast pretensions of the
Roman Church, or keep them from entangling the con-
science and enslaving the heart. But the word of God
in its living fullness of truth, will scatter these delu-
sions like chaff, and form a sure bulwark in the hearts
of the people, against both the false doctrines and the
oppressive tyranny of Rome.
Second to this, and only second in importance, is
the spread of knowledge as to the nature of Popery
itself, as defined by its own authorised documents, and
darkly unfolded in its history. What is the Romish
Church in the view of its adherents ? The one holy
and Catholic Church, out of which there is no salva-
tion : the see of Peter, prince of apostles ; the centre
of unity ; having the odour of sanctity, the seal of mi-
racles, Divine authority, infallible truth, and universal
domination. What is it in the view of many self-
styled liberal Protestants ? One among many sects,
once equally bigoted, and now equally harmless, an
extinct superstition, but more venerable than others for
its antiquity, and more convenient for many political
purposes ; a blind for the vulgar, and a plaything for
the enlightened statesman.
Our duty is to expose both these falsehoods, and to
present Popery in its true light; an ambitious and
proud usurpation, warned of in the Holy Scriptures,
creeping in under the mask of Christian titles, gather-
ing round it the corruptions of isurcessive ages; and
hardening into one grand conspiracy against the soul
of man, the rights of princes, and the pure worship of
God. The soul it assails and debases in all its facul-
ties. The reason is confounded and degraded by its
senseless dogmas on the Holy Sacrament ; the con-
science is corrupted, by its forbidding what God has
allowed, and commanding what he has forbidden, by
austere will-worship and a moral code detestably lax
and pliant ; the sanctity of domestic life is profaned by
the polluting confessional ; while the heart is blinded
by habitual idol worship, and poisoned by the unfeel-
ing bigotry which consigns all but the vassals of the
Papacy to eternal ruin. The rights of princes it sub-
verts, by claiming power, and practically enforcing it,
to absolve their subjects from allegiance. The true
worship of God it defames as heresy, persecutes as re-
bellion, and plots without ceasing to root it from the
face of the earth.
The connexion between the national maintenance
and profession of pure religion, and national welfare,
with the great and striking deliverances of our country,
and the blessings bestowed on us above others, since
our separation from Rome, are further subjects on
which great ignorance prevails. To those who own the
truth of Protestantism, the baneful nature of Popery,
and the importance of true religion to individuals, but
deny its obligation or lawfulness as a national profession
and worship, the Cammittee, with all seriousness and
affection, would appeal. Can they suppose that a na-
tion collectively, has no privileges, no duties, no obli-
gations, in short, no conscience ? Can they imagine
that the national conscience will long consent to be left
void, or that it will not crave for something higher
than galleries of art or schools of natural science ?
Or can they persuade themselves that if true religion,
in its great outlines of doctrine and worship, is re-
jected and renounced, some deadly superstition will
not usurp its place ? Has France, in the last and pre-
sent generation, left us a doubtful or ambiguous lesson ?
How plainly we see there that a national rejection of
all religion ensures a quick recoil into the most supple,
the most showy, and the most corrupt. The nation
which nationally rejects the truth will surely and
righteously be cursed with national darkness. How
grievous then is it, that in a great moral conflict like
the present, any who ought to be champions of the

truth, should unwittingly mistake their side, and be
found marshalled among the ranks of its adversaries !
The present year begins the fourth century of our
separation from the See of Rome. The very next
month brings the anniversary (November sth) of two
great deliverances from Romish violence. In Decem-
ber, 1538, Pope Paul the Third issued his bull, in
which he declares the King of England and all who
adhere to him, in default of appearing before him at
Rome within three months, to be deprived of the
kingdom and of their possessions. "We decree," he
then proceeds, " in the fulness of our authority and
power, that if they die before reconciliation, they be
deprived of Christian burial, and we smite them with
the sword of an anathema, of a curse, and of eternal
damnation. We forbid all Divine services to be cele-
brated. We declare all the sons of Henry by Anne,
and the sons of his adherents, born or to be born, and •
their other descendants, none excepted, to be deprived
of all their honours, dignities, and possessions, fixed
or moveable, and disabled from gaining others, and
by the like authority, knowledge, and plenitude of
power, we do disable them. We forbid all men, un-
der pain of excommunication, to hold with him, or his
subjects, or inhabitants of his dominions, any traffic,
commerce, or communion. We decree all oaths, al-
liances, or bonds which may favour him, to be worth-
less, abrogated, and void. We straightly require
princes and other soldiers, by sea or land, that they
rise with arms against the King Henry and his ad-
herents, while they continue in rebellion against the
Holy See, and persecute them, and compel them to
obedience to that See, and that they take possession of
their goods, shipping, cattle, &c., wherever they be,
even out of his dominions ; and we give them autho-
rity to convert what they have so taken to their own
use, and declare them fully to belong to the captors,
decreeing that persons born in the said kingdom, or
dwelling therein, and not obeying our commands,
wherever they may be taken, shall become the slaves
of the captors. If any shall endeavour to infringe or
daringly to contravene these decrees, let him know
that he will incur the indignation of Almighty God,
and of the blessed apostles, Peter and Paul."
Such was the "Damnation and Excommunication
of Henry VIII." and our whole country " for the
futuic ineiuuly of the afralr' by the Pope of Rome.
Such was the beginning, 300 years ago, of those strug-
gles with Papal tyranny, through which God's merci-
ful Providence has thus far carried us triumphant.
Such were the dragon words of this pretended earthly
Vicar of the Son of God, who was meek and lowly in
heart. This yoke of iran was then snapped asunder—
shall we suffer it, by the smooth speeches of Jesuits, or
the cant of a hollow liberalism, to be placed upon our
necks again ? Thrice has God himself marvellously
interposed to save us—shall we grow basely unmindful
of his goodness, and sell ourselves madly under the
enemy's power? Will this apostate Church, which
could neither daunt nor subdue our Protestant land,
when it spoke with the voice of a dragon, be: able to
charm us with its eye, and lure us within its grasp,
now that it comes in the smoother and softer guise dif
the serpent ? We trust our blindness is not yet so
deep, and that our national sins, heavy as they are,
have not yet provoked the Most High to utterly to
cast us off.

The Committee then, would urge upon the Clergy
and Protestant Christians of the county, to improve
the approaching anniversary of past escape from the
tyranny of Rome. With no bitter and fiery zealotry,
with no light exultation and boasting, but with humility,
wfth thankfulness, with jealousy, and with hope, let us
recall to memory the mercies twice shewn to cur land.
While ignorant devotees offer their prayers to saints for
our perversion to error and superstition, let us offer from
the heart our prayers to the one true God through the
one true Mediator, that we, and they, and all who bear
the name of Christians, may be led into the way of
truth, and may hold the faith, uncorrupted by false
doctrine, undefiled by idol worship, and undebased
by superstition, in the unity of the Spirit, in the
bond of peace, and in righteousness of life. Let us
beware of being seduced into a hollow and heartless
indifference, fatal to our own safety as Christians or as
citizens, and most offensive in the sight of God. The
most blinded devotee of Popery is not so contemptible
as the Protestant who dares to fondle, flatter and caress
a superstition which he despises in his heart. If ever
the bitter contentions and unscrupulous warfare of
political strife shall betray our country or our rulers
into so fatal a course, then may we soon expect the
righteous sentence from on high, God hash numbered
the kingdom and it is finished. The holy things thus
despised would be removed from our charge, the pearl
of pure religion be withdrawn, the candlestick be
transferred to some happier land, and England, cnce
exalted so high in God's favour and blessing, be num-
bered among the nations whose sun was gone down
for ever.

The Committee earnestly hope that throughout this
county, the approaching Fifth of November, will in
this spirit be observed and religiously improved. Let
us learn that due thankfulness to God for national
mercies, is both the surest course to national safety,
and the best safeguard to true Christian charity. Let
no false imputations of bigotry lead us aside from our
privilege and duty as Protestants and Britons. But let
us so remember our past mercies, as to quicken not
nrdy niir 71.0 for the faith, but our Christian love for
those who are deceived by error, and our earnest en-
deavours that they may share with us the blessings of
pure religion, and freedom from the enslaving super-
stition of Rome.

EDW. BICKERSTETH, Rector of Watton,
F. J. FAITHFULL, Rector of Hatfield.
J. OLIVE, Rector of Ayott, St. Lawrence.
Hertford, October 22. 1939.

Espartero called upon the bystanders to " hussa for the
Holy Virgin who had given victory to the Christinos." Is
there then a Notre Dame of treachery in Spain.—Charivori.

PLEBIAN PLEASANTRY.—A French abbe, who was ex,
treately corpulent, coming late one evening to a fortified
town, asked a countryman whom he met, " It he cculd get
in at the gate ?" "I should think you might," said the
geasant, looking at him jocosely, "for I saw a waggon of hay
go in this morning."
OPENING OF THE MANCHESTER ATHENIEUM.—The new
and handsome edifice, erected from a design of Charles Barry,
Esq. (the architect of the new houses of parliament; of the
fine free school of King Edward VI. in Birmingham ; and in
this town, of the Royal Institution, and the Unitarain Cha-
pel, Upper Brook-street), was formally opened on Monday
evening last, with a dessert in the large news and reading
room of the institution, in the first (a mezzanine) floor of the
building. This large room—which is 80 feet long by 50 wide,
but which, owing to the recesses, &c. has an area of 376 square
yards, its height 17ift.—is formed into three divisions by a
screen of columns on either hand of the centre one. The up-
end for the occasion was that nearest George-street. A dais
extended nearly across the room, and on it were the chair-
man's table ; and in front, and a little lower than that, ano-
ther cross table for the principal guests, speakers, directors,
and other officers connected with the Athenaeum and kindred
institutions. Down the room ranged four long tables, all of
which were spread with a neat dessert of fruit, confectionary,
and other cates, furnished, we believe, by Mr. Bakewell,
Princess-street. The wines, which were good, were supplied
by Messrs. Herford and Brother. Long before the hour fixed
for taking the chair, the room was thronged in every part, and
there were nearly seven hundred ladies and gentlemen present.
The columns in the centre compartment of the room were
enveloped in pink draperies ; and' boquets of choice flowers
adorned the tables.—Manchester Guardian.
BUCKINGHAM.—A singular case occurred here last week.
The gaol being in a state of completion, the mayor of the
town, accompanied by the 'architect, entered in order to take
a survey, ascertain, and remedy whatever possibility there
might be of rogues escaping. By some strange catastrophe,
the door which separates the prison from the governor's
house, and which fastens outside, by means of a spring catch,
which closed upon them, thus placing these great personages
at once in durance vile. Their secluded and forlorn situation
occasioned, for the moment, a mutual stare in the face, which
was succeeded by a hope that they might, by some means,
find some mode of escape. After various stratagems had
failed, there appeared no means of effecting their escape but
by the old and tried friend the spout, fixed in the corner of
the yard, and by which a lad had made his exit about a fort-
night since. This appeared to be the only chance of getting
out ; and they were somewhat comforteu by the conclusion,
that " what had been done might be again performed." Un-
fortunately, however, neither were adapted for this difficult,
Net popular, amusement of pole-like climbing. The trick
more particularly ill accorded with the habits of our worship-
ful functionary of the town, being, as a mayor ought to be,
great in the corporation body, and big in his own body-
corporate, not much unlike one ,of his own wool-packs.
The architect was quite as much at a loss; his bodilyframe-
work was so built, and his general conformation was so
morad-ed, as to render Such an attempt impractieable.
Failing in this, the only method of escape, all the gentlemen
now could adopt was to roar out lustily, so as to alarm the
neighbourhood, which had the effect, for their noise resembled
that of two lions in our Tower. At first, " the natives were
astonished ;" but being the time of year in which Wombwelll
collection of beasts traverses the country, they were prepared
to see the whole of his twenty caravans ranged in their usual'
order below the gaol ; when, to their amazement, nothing of
the sort was to be seen. Still the yells increased, which
drew the attention of the populace at once to the gaol itself,
when, on opening the door, out rushed the gentlemen, very
much to the amusement of the inhabitants, and evidently to
their own satisfaction.—Aylesbury News.
HONOUR AND HONESTY IN HUMBLE LIFE.—At the
great fair of Ballinasloe, October, 1839, an Austrian officer
(Count Weiper) who attended to purchase horses, set up at
" Craig's Hotel," and upon the morning of the day that he
intended to make those purchases, he breakfasted in the
" long room," where several tables were laid, and many
persons in succession took their hurried meal and started off
to the fair; Count Weiper in the throng. After he had left
the room, a young man who superintended and received the
money from the numerous waiters in that room, prceived a
pocket-book on the floor, took it up, and found therein several
bank notes. Immediately he informed his employer, and
they (together) counted 40 notes of the Bank of England of
£lOO each,; then closed and laid by the pocket-book.
Shortly afterwards Count Weiper rushed in, almost distracted.
The young than, after a few questions, to the Count's in-
expressible joy restored to him his lost treasure, and in the
presence of the " Maitre de Hotel" (Mr. Craig,) requested
the Count to examine the contents. He did so, and found
" all right." With gratitude, the Count offered him £5O
which the honest and honourable young fellow declined to
accept. " Excuse me, Sir, Ido not feel entitled to a reward
for doing my duty," was the reply. The grateful Count
earnestly requested the young man to accompany him, and
he would get him a commission in the Austrian service ; but
the young fellow remembered his widowed mother, who since
his father's death, had, by honest in lustry, and great pru-
dence, supported and educated him, Lnd her other child ren—
he would not desert her ! Even that promotion so flattering
to the son of a soldier, could not tempt him to swerve from
the path of duty. This high-minded and truly honourable
youth, is the son of George M`Donald, of Caithness, formerly
colour-serjeant in the 42d, whose manly form and soldier-
like bearing, induced the late amiable Lady Combermere to
have his likeness taken at full length, as a perfect model of
" a brave Highland soldier." It is due to such superior
merit, that this rare example in a young man, struggling with
difficulties, as thus shown by young George M`Donald
(Craig's Hotel, Ballinasloe,) should not be unknown. His
widowed mother (Celia M'Donald) resides, since her hus-
band's death, in the village of Aughrim, celebrated for the
battle fought there on the 12th July, 1691.—Limerick Cron.