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1 ':liorm'' , the popular Author and Actor, of the
-'::'4i'kake-1./1. aymarket, is engaged for Ten Nights,
•Ptesen,"Ls second appearance this Evening.
.'..N [l-JESDAY, Oct. 22, 1839, will be per-
N Per'f-o',new, Comedy, written by J. B. Buckstone,
' 're ko'ynaleci %With the greatest success this season at
; i Haymarket, called
rillke, SINGLE LIFE.
V ori;ni,: • • .......... Mr. BUCKSTONE,
'A. . '‘',44 performed by him in London.
Itr..ll''',r• Webster. Mr. Damper.. Mr. Baker.
088.
r..., Air. 6•• • - ......... Mr. W. Howard.
y.. Mrs. j_iewster.. Mr. W. H. Bland.
....
Mrs. Clarke.
'lre.. ArMissd:rtr.k. 11V1isssMdreaanwti,
Iss Mer Cleaver. Miss Meadows.. Miss Faucit.
k I,,which, the favourite Farce of •
4.• (hi, u.:14 NODDY'S SECRET.
(:apt,?r,s'giiial character) Mr. BUCKSTONE.
•Lvniond. Mr. W. Howard.
i' .cona xi' .... '
alittell,, ,ioddy.. Mr. Baker.
• .............. Mrs. Tellet.
To e AlarY• . Miss Grant.
i'pri.oltide with the Barletta called
;.,,, ott boipIOLAS NICKLEBY ;
.4:4140, Ni„1,11°8 AT DO-THE-BOYS HALL.
' Citts -.'"ell Mr. W. H. Bland.
-'• • • Mr. . 6;4. Squeers.... Mr. Baker.
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.Sruike.. Mrs. Tellet. .
31aritiii°.,owdie Mr: Slaiter. . _
Kate tn. • 11Ir. Chaplin. Pluck.. Mr. Vivash.
kada__l\ii.caltleby.... Miss Barratt.
.11,., Stesl.l'.‘l, ntilini Miss Cleaver.
,„5R,01,,!. • Squeers.. Mrs. Clarke.
,:. two ye, , (Wednesday,) the Comedy, (not acted...
';'.4l oee l's, called PAUL PRY.—Paul Pry, (his
by h• her in that character,) Mr. Buckstone, as
~)' ki.illat the Theatre Royal, Haymarket ; Colo-
V-'itili. Livash; Harr_y•Stanley Mr. W. Howard;
Ai: '''r• W. H. Bland • 'Mrs. Subtle, Mrs.
.1e; , aliss 13 •,tt • Phtebe, Mrs. Tellet.--
I',l.l6l.lfkor,t,he firsatrrt.ime. here, a new. Farce,. called
li'lr. Bu el ILLS. Joseph Brag (his original_clia-
tbkt`eKstone • Septimus Plotter, Mr. W. How-
.tika esight, m;
, s_. Clarke.—To conclude with the
''''.ll!' easille" A TALE OF V MYSTERY. Count
6t. allart; Fra cisco, Mr. Chaplin; Montano,
1 :'."4110, Mr.n. H. Bland ; Michelli, Mr.
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14L:kt.nt objee'-'tt. Yet had. ti.me to perusei itlf we should
i.,ita i, mnable in it, we shall give insertion in
,11,:4t'll Vi,,,nlav rest assured that his vindication of the
N. ,itortil; e''seti_le is unnecessary., as no one whose judg-
tb. Of the ,r.awi would be misled by the " rhetorical
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'..ki'; Death of Lady Flora Hastings" are dt..-
Vtion r
%', native n' the letter of "A Well-wisher to the
,t' Iti canse" would be injudicious at the present
,'At'ece, ilt cause of his suggestions have been anticipated
Ott 4attit4 'netings of the friends of the Liverpool Col-
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''' e 440 N; S . "ROYAL GEORGE."-
4,4+ .4,,,4elipt;_ • TT.Am-SHIP.
tifietar tw'o°a, of this fine vessel in our last
,publication,
~;tl/4.,t)nra light errors in thetypog ph). Glasgow
" as the port from which
1'"144 of tjr*nr to''srlse,r'r'erdead " hails." In describing
IN kid oe. !aloon, it' is stated to be decorated. with
i,,410 ,laining." For LL graining,-read " groming. '
''t,ti1at,41,11."...ni),:.` "THE VITUPERATOR OF THE THE-
W, 114 vindicator 'is a nag—so
.decidetlp
N. ': '4s a comely woman complacently surveying.
I Then: ,a mirror, hc himself must be aware cf his
~,,,, cis, signature is new, but the handwriting and
O‘V,lB ellee enable us to identify an old friend whose
tkikis railed by his good sense, and who, as a tried
4) Went
church a state some service. Itwouid
Sertillse e party not would be to assist them by
VI: ta to for which they have been setting
:11;01,,iteiatth11.'oodcocks" by a series afoul Ina-
i,, qs-....,113 Ls in vain that a net is laid, in the sight
.*„.,iet ittio to trap. " Vindicator says . " The
k tit: he i. l'ance of the very rudiments of the subject
''fiti 44,1-IP°Ses himself is only surpassed by his fool-
t'tt,4, :ile 1,-,jafatuation 'He betrays a soreness which
%I..at.tioef th he *has been snubbed somehow or
11141 Lei tt Nina; and brawls that he has beei fobbed.
,%.44.4'elie the ice thaws, he is trying a bullying game
!,,,Zaih'l'l reZ,e;„and, regardless of the interests of sub-
hi% -I.`log to the likeliest excuse he can devise
',,4°fAcel3rwil Precarious place and salary under his
:•Opki,f,,tetl i„' whom, with all connected with him, he
'i, i,,nr,dPrecious mess. He and they are in
41'.4N` hi:11;0411.41a% inasmuch as they begin to feel that
04,' frot4,,leY is bringing a nest of hornets about
Ntkiliiileetr,'elth iTenn3se disposed to befriend and make com-
as public journalists."
1...ki1e aetetelsesarY to quote further. Local knowledge.
4,,kll'boohliabbs, ',lore intricate questions than persenali-
Vht,', erriht!es are intricate
theatres. In such a.locality as
kyrit tclessrcally the city of cosmopolitans, it. is
~i',,.(40V,°P.1 less
any public men to succeed in throwing
. I tileeC eYes who reside on the spot, and who
q4tts toves actics of its circles.
littiZtNiderZee unfeignedly regret thatreactceodntseauclid-
ii to dit 4,)1., ability when properly di
t(i MI, tun itself and against the great cause it
htlo4lti,,e°clate with the enthusiasm of a zealot, by
ttqi. tiy,tie4 tii,l(e these I) its colunins to acrimony and
Nit CPat'sh;'" on a minor topic, with respect to which
Zt Nt.„` affai; eannot be influenced as desired. VQ.
'ithm(l-',.it or oa. a question solely between the alleged
r4pt,'Llat JiisManagement of a theatre ontheone
°4 the ,terconduct or misconduct of a local
)e •
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k14,q11. , IQRATING, OCTOBER 22, 1339.
4,1'1'4. il ,
'4414' tsiad• s irldignation just now is manifested by
teals
tape Q 011,,, at what they call an attempt on the
keY that :rvatives to , get up a No-Popery cry.
er.'4l t4r,, 'llch a charge, if believed, would be
.e, draw A
.04iiiNt a„ "wn upon their political opponents
Nfoility
Iv",Ll.hlatred of the nation : contempt for
lltitttoili ournie4 can credit the possible existence of
,t,keli,Ltll Of •th Roman :Catholic fellow-countrymen,
,kli;r4l to hate bigotry which can allow such a trifle
•. .
tri, N!e anY influence upon our conduct as
4 , tile
tt), %r 4 etili h
Rht Of g tened creed of Liberalism thinks
A Ith c'tl , at . ie `retched .
'4,04 It
iiliB drivellers" who seek to
'44,1'4 to
re . - un antiquated and fanatic watch-
t'. Dti 14441 15.
4,4,N 14eg4. a x-rotestant empire of its duties
1‘ Leolid, • 011 this occasion the Whig-Radi-
i.‘) h -eria
'lle 't deb "to quote History—albeit that the
• eralle
i:..itre IIY treatee: from that venerable instructress
Oteq retili, , by them with as much respect as
~,\ by thi ' t
,1, atiq that he old almanac" which it was de-
Is' taunt glory of the Whigs Sir Robert Wal-
l'', to' 4 tllO 11S With the Lord George Gordon riots
4"viv
116
we
1 . in the 19th
1, et or e ar,.4, were anxious,
'it L. 4 the ''' 'll%t the Roman Catholics the insane
ti sq. a„ 11111titio .
'r's,llle ffi `1 oft,l `'e'
'll 44,, 4 all it. Y, gentlemen if you please. There
4 '4N uoiri" • ,
tir.d 6, to e • It would no doubt have been
't.,.' fa: clari., rY out Fire ! at the deluge, but not
'y -'-' Of "g the
of , 1,,,i„. conflagration of Moscow. The
ita th, . irl,,.
kr IN ti ' ite cry of No Popery—independ-
, 'try clr, 414
~
4404 1101 he "I'd. circumstances in which it is
!qi.:t.ce, .Ivealtt, taken to be of itself a proof of bi
ii P() NY e", aril
l'q 4'l4' Of the unless
you are prepared to deny
-A, ite , Net, Revolutionof 1689, and to apply
L it,. l•(ji,s.. t,,,,
e.
~. .
-,,,Y tfir
Ilona 4 .tjb whets to the Whigs, who brought
rti 1111 °rie ' °ld. We presume that you have
'Y 4114 tY en,
1,1.,:11,1
nee of , ugh for this, although there can
4t'fsf th.ll tlrlibt that the Whigs of the present
4,,N tir for e tattle while they belie the princi-
itLr4 the the ideaefaherg 1.; 0 3 would have shrunk with hor-
:l4 sqk „,erth .
141. IN -1 civil rowing a
.dynasty and run-
ki,t thlt. eh Rope " war for the sake of resisting any
Ili , 1011. ~
1 might make in our Protestant
kiklb 84t it it t)
Y' Slirel -°es not follow that because So-
vsburY, and Halifax were justified

in the part they took against a Papist king, that the si-
tuation of parties in the State has at all times and all
occasions been such as to render it either necessary or
expedient to keep our distinctive Protestantism as a
nation before the eyes of the people; nor, on the other
hand, is it inconsistent in us unequivocally to condemn
the riots of 1782, and, in 1839, to arouse the vigilance
of Protestants against the
,advance of Popery, if we.
seriously believe that it threatens the security of " the
pure and reformed faith established in these realms."
Because there have been times during the last century
when religious zeal has degenerated into intolerance,
and an ignorant populace has been incited to acts of
violence against the professors of a creed which it ab-
horred, it does not follow that we are never to feel or
express any jealousy of Papal encroachments, or make
a surrender of all our defences by way of amends to
the enemy whom we once treated with unjust severity.
Who wishes to revive the penal laws once in force
against the Roman Catholics ? Take the most violent
speech of the most uncompromising advocate of the
principles of the Reforfnation ; search through the
fervid and impetuous eloquence of the reverend orators
who have so lately been engaged in 'exposing the cor-
ruptions and denouncing the insidious advance of the
Church of Rome, and you will. find no hint or trace of
a desire to use the unrighteous arms of persecution in
the cause which they have at heart, however unwilling
they.may be to grant political privileges to men who
convert them into instruments of attack and injury.
It is not on account of the theological tenets of the
Roman Catholics, however offensive they may appear
to rightly constituted minds, that the State would, in
our opinion, be justified in refusing to place them on
an 'equality with the rest of their fellow-countrymen,
but because their religious creed is so interwoven with
temporal objects, and the dominion it exercises over
the mind so all-grasping and tyrannical, that it is im-
possible not tb apprehend danger to our political and
social rights, if the progress of the doctrines of the
Vatican is neglected and the disciples of that religion
are allowed to acquire power and influence in the legis-
lature of this free country.
For our *own part we always considered, with Mr.
Pitt and Mr. Canning, the question of Roman Catholic
Emancipation, as it was called, as one more of expedi-
ency than principle. We did not, and do not, imagine
that the mere fact of admission of Catholics to seats
in Parliament compromises our character as a Protes-
tant state. If it does, the argument must go further,.
and then it proves too much. We allowed Catholics
to vote for members of a Protestant Parliament before
the year 1800, and yet we have never heard this alleged
as an act by which we had forfeited our character as a
Protestant nation. We held, that, so long as the ac-
quisition of political power by Papists was dangerous
to the interests of the Established Church, we were
justified in excluding them from the two Houses of
Parliament; but that, whenever this danger was re-
moved, it became an act of justice to admit them.
The statesmen who carried the Relief Bill believed-
-and a vast body of staunch Protestants in the country,
amongst whom we willingly place ourselves, believed—
that the time at last had come when there was less
danger in conceding than in resisting the claims of the
Catholics to seats in the Impeiial Legislature. And
surely, if solemn assurances—if reiterated pledges—
if sacred promises ought ever to induce man to put
faith in man, we may be excused for being willing to
try the great experiment of how far we might trust the
protestations of our Roman Catholic countrymen.
Over and over again did their acknowledged leaders,.
both lay and spiritual, declare that the rights of the
Established Church would be sacred in their eyes ;
and, not content with this, we framed an oath expressly
to secure this all-important end, and fancied that we

we were safe.
But what have we seen ? Have not the unwearied
efforts of the Papists been directed against the very
existence of the Church of England ever since the year
1829 ? In spite of promises, and pledges, and oaths,
have theynot made her the grand object of attack,
and employed the arms which we entrusted into their
hands for the purposes of her destruction ? Do they
not openly avow their determination to rob her of her
tithes, if possible, and reduce her to penury ?_. And_do
we not see a most portentous union of Papist, Schis-
matic, and Infidel—men whose creeds would separate
them wide as the poles asunder, if they had not at this
moment one object In view—leagued together to fur-
ther every scheme hostile to the interests of the Church,
and advocating every wild and revolutionary crotchet
which passes under the much-abused name of Reform ?
And when we see all this, can it be matter of surpriSe
that the warning cry of " NO Popery" should be heard,
And that many should regret the part they took in the
emancipation of a body of Religionists who seem to
have neither gratitude nor shame, and who seek to
employ the gift for the destruction of the giver ? We
advise the writers on the Liberal side to ponder these
facts, before they apply the hard names of " bigots,"
" fanatics,", and " fool's," to men who know and un-
derstand the blessings which Britain has enjoyed as a
Protestant nation, and who will not lightly surrender
them to the demands of a spurious and suicidal cha-
rity.

We have received a copy of the Graham's Town
Journal of July 25th. It is chiefly occupied with ex-
tracts from English papers. The latest arrival from
England was to the -27th of April. The speech of the
Governor of the Cape Colonies holds out a distinct
hope that Natal shall beCome a British colony. It
would, indeed, be absurd to hold out any other expec-
tation to those emigrant farmers who have settled at
Natal. Great Britain is the only power to whom they
can. look for future succour. Great complaints are
still made of the depredations committed by the Kafirs.
The colony is evidently in want of additional protec-

We have received .a file of the Sydney Commercial
Journal to the 15th of June inclusive. These papers
contain no political views of the slightest importance.
The drought, we regret to find, still continued at
Bathurst, though Sydney had been visited with much
refreshing rain. The drought in the Bathurst district
has lasted nearly three years ; and the suffering of both
man and beast in consequence has been incalculable--
the former in pocket, through the loss of his crops and
cattle—and the latter being in many instances starved
to death. Most parts of the bush are described to he
as barren in appearance as the streets of Sydney. Not
a blade of grass was to be seen for miles. The prices
of every article of general consumption were, through
the district, extraordinarily high, with the sole excep-
tion of butchers' meat, which may be accounted for
by the desire of holders to sell their cattle while pro-
vender continued to be so scarce and so dear. Rita-
toes were selling for 50s. per cwt. Flour fetched 70s.
per 100 lbs. Vegetables, excepting potatoes, were not
to be had at any price.
The aborigines in the neighbourhood of Port Phillip
were suffering dreadfully from the ravages of a violent
and general dysentery, which threatened to make a
serious devastation in their numbers, if not speedily
repressed.
The Commercial Journal complains bitterly of the
mal-administration of the affairs of the colony of New
South Wales. It says that " there never was a period
since the establishment of the colony—not even ex-
cepting the reign of Darling—when. such universal
discontent was apparent, in the rich and the poor, the
free and the bond." It would have been as well if we
had some more explicit information respecting the
peculiar grievances under which the colonists are la-
bouring.
We have elsewhere given a few extracts respecting
the state of the Sydney and Van Dieman's Land mar-
kets. These colonies, on the whole, appear to be, as
far as trade is concerned, in a very prosperous condi-
tion. There were no fewer than fifty vessels (some of
them of very large tonnage) in the harbour of Sydney
on the 15th of June.

As the First of November approaches, we deem it
right once more to. urge upon the attention of our
Conservative friends the necessity of increased vigi-
lance and perseverance in their praiseworthy efforts to
rid the town of one of. the greatest nuisances which it
possesses—a Radical majority in the Town Council.
Concentrated and well-directed exertions cannot fail,
'in the end, to accomplish this most desirable object—
this " consummation devoutly to be wished" by' every
one who wishes well to the interests of " the good old
town."

The Municipal contests in this town, since the

Municipal Reform Act was passed, have always had
one distinguishing feature—a feature which renders
the past success of the Reform Candidates almost in-
explicable. The chief principle involved in these con-
tests has been, whether the Church party should or
should not be the ascendant party in the administra-
tion of our local affairs. The Radicals may deny that
this has been the case. They may say that the chief
principle in question has been, whether the Corporate
affairs should be conducted in an economical manner ;
or, in other words, whether those affairs should be
properly or improperly administered. While they
plead that this has been the real principle at issue,
they may also add that the Liberals wished for the
ascendancy in order that our local affairs might be
well conducted ; and that the Conservatives desired to
monopolise the seats in the Council Chamber for self-
ish and corrupt purposes. There might be some rea-
son in such a plea, if facts of a somewhat awkward
character did not interpose to deprive it of its force
and relevaflcy. The Liberals have hitherto obtained
the ascendancy; and what has been the result of their
administration of our local affairs ? Have they not
signalised themselves by falsifying every one of their
professions ? Have they not proved themselves to be
monopolists of the first water ? Have they not acted,
on every occasion, on the most corrupt, selfish, and
exclusive principles that could be imagined ? Have
they not demonstrated, beyond the possibility of con-
tradiction, that the furthest thing possible from their
minds has been the " good government" of the town,
which they uniformly alleged to be the grand question
at issue ?

But the Radicals have done more than this since
their elevation to power in the Town Council. • They
have proved the truth of our position, that the ascen-
dancy of the Church has been the grand principle at
issue in our Municipal contests. The Liberals have
pursued an undeviating course of hostility towards the
Established Church ever since their accession. Judg-
ing from their acts, it appears that the-humiliation of
the Clergy and the prostration of the Church, in this
town, havv been the grand objects which they have kept
constantly in view. This being the case, we cannot
but pronounce their success as almost inexplicable.
The singularity of their success lies in this—that they
have been mainly enabled to wend their way to the
Council Board by the assistance of Churchmen. Yes,
Churchmen—to their shame be it written—have sent a

band of Papists, Socinians, political Dissenters, and
Anythingarians, into the Town Council, to do their
utmost to pull down and to destroy the Church !
Such inconsistency is utterly inexplicable.
That we are correct in asserting that Churchmen

have furnished the Church-hating Liberals with the
weapons which they have so long wielded against the
Establishment, must be evident to every one who will
take the pains to ascertain the relative proportions of
Churchmen and Dissenters in the town. It is an ac-
knowledged fact, that, of those who are qualified to
vote under the Municipal Act, full three-fourths are
Churchmen : and yet we find a majority of decided and
avowed enemies of the Church in the Town Council !
Such gross dereliction of duty on the part of the friends
of Protestantism is almost without a parallel.
But we are not unconscious that a returning sense
of duty is becoming more and more prevalent among
those Churchmen who assisted the Liberals in former
contests. We firmly believe that the friends of Pro-
testant ascendancy will make such a demonstration of
their numerical superiority on the approaching first of
November, as will strike terror and confusion into the
ranks of the Radical and pro-Popish factions.

A glance at the list of Candidates, now before the
public, ought to convince every sincere Protestant of
the propriety of voting for a Conservative Candidate.
Among the Liberal Candidates, we find a great number
of determined enemies to the Church, some of whom
belong to that most bigotted, illiberal, and tyrannical
of all sects, the Unitarians : but we defy any one to
point out a single individual among the whole of the
" Reform" Candidates for Municipal honours, who
has the slightest pretensions to the character of a

friend of the Church. Which of them has ever done
anything to promote the interests of the Establishment ?
But let us examine the lists
_more minutely.
For Everton Ward, Mr. F. Shand stands forward
on the Conservative interest. Thete can be no doubt
of his attachment to the Church. He has, on several
occasions, manifested that attachment in the most un-
equivocal manner, Opposed to him we find Mr.
Quayle, of whom we know nothing further than that
he has been twice or thrice rejected by the independent
electors of the ward—a fate which, we doubt not, he
will experience once more.
In Scotland Ward, Mr. Houghton again stands for-
ward on the Conservative interest. Of Mr. Houghton,
whose respectability is so well known, it would be
superfluous for us. to say anything further than that
he is a staunch Churchman. But what is his oppo-
nent, Mr. Paintpot Atkinson ? Is he not a Papist ?
Is he not supported by the Popish priests ? We shall
not insult the Protestant electors of the ward by doubt-
ing their resolution to send this pragmatical individual

to Coventry.
In Vauxhall. Ward, Mr. Henry Sandbach, another
tried and attached friend to the Church, is the Conser-
vative Candidate. Opposed to him we find a Mr.
Thomas Chalmer. Who is Mr. Chalmer? We have

looked in vain for his name among the list of contri-
tors to any of the societies connected with the Church.

The Candidates for St. Paul's Ward are Mr. Barton
—a consistent Churchman ; and Mr. Deakin, of whose
sentiments we can form no opinion, as we never heard
his name mentioned in connection with any project
which had the promotion of the interests of the
Church in view.
In Castle-street Ward, Mr. Bolton, an Ur itarian,
and a bitter enemy of the Church ; is oppcsed by Mr.
Peter Hope, who is a zealous and uncompromising
Protestant.

In Pitt-street Ward, again, we have a Churchman,
Mr. Bibby, opposed to Mr. R. V. Yates, a Unitarian.
Whom will the Protestant electors of the ward vote
for ?

In Great George Ward, Mr. Thomas Robinson, a
sound Protestant, is opposed by Mr. Lawrence Hey-
worth, who, if we mistake not, presided some time
since at
.a Chartist meeting Are the electors of this
truly Conservative ward prepared to vote for a Char-
tist ?

In Rodney Ward, Mr. J. N. Wood, a tried Church-
man, against whose conduct in the Town Council no

one can find a single reasonable objection, is opposed
by Mr. Loch. What has Mr. Loch ever done in sup-
port of the Church ? We do not know, indeed, whe-
ther he is a Churchman or not_

In Abercromby Ward, we find Mr. Bushell opposed
by Mr. Henry Ripley, the latter of whom has never
distinguished himself by any active support which he
has given to the Church, which the former has done.

In Lime-street Ward, the Conservative Candidate is
Mr. Robert Rigby, and the Radical who opposes him
is Mr. Vincent Higgins. In St. Anne's 'Ward, Mr.
Robert Jones stands on the Conservative interest, and
Mr. J. Mason on. the Radical. In West Derby Ward,
the present Conservative Member, Mr. John Smith,
will be opposed by Mr. Edward James. ' In South
Toxteth Ward, the Candidates are Mr. T. M. Glad-
stone on the Conservative side, and Mr. Fras. Jordan
on the Radical interest. In North Toxteth Ward, Mr.
R. Harbord, a Conservative, is opposed by Mr. D.
Mather, a Liberal. We might, if space permitted,
pursue the same comparison, with which we set out,
in reference to each of the gentlemen whom we have
thus classed together. In every instance the Radicals
have taken care to fix upon such Candidates as have
either avowed their open hostility to the Established
Church, or never distinguished themselves as its friends
and supporters. The Conservatives have very proper-
ly and very consistently pursued a diametrically oppo-
site policy.

We have placed the merits of the respective Candi

dates on one issue—their hostility to, or friendship for,
the Church. In our next we shall scan their claims on
other grounds. We hope, by that time, to hear of
Conservative Candidates being nominated in opposi-
tion to Mr. Mellor, and Mr. Bright, the members for
Exchange and St. Peter's Wards.

Another specimen of the .‘ enormous lying" of the
Whig-Radical press has just met with a triumphant
refutation and galling exposure at the hands of Sir
Robert Peel, whose admirable letter we subjoin. Ne-
ver was there a more barefaced and atrocious lie pub-
lished than the one to which he has given so unquali-
fied a denial. Never was there a party placed in a more