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The Rev. JAMES STEWART then moved the first resolu-

tion, which, as well as the others, will be found in our ad-
vertising columns. In proposing this resolution, he expe-
rienced some difficulty in entering upon the question which
it raised, for the subject of Sabbath observance was so large
as to render compression very difficult. On the Sabbath
day the poor man was not only able to lift up his head, but,
by the grace of God, to raise his heart, and unite in the
praise of Him of whom all have said " He is worthy of
praise." The observance of the Sabbath was a subject de-
serving of peculiar attention, as a test of character ; for,
being a day of leisure, men generally do, as he might say, the
apostles did after they had been before the council of the Jews
—they went to their own country. So, on the Sabbath day,
men are disposed to act—the man' of pleasure turns the
Sabbath day into a day of pleasure,—he that is fond of po-
litics will be seen reading the Sunday newspaper—he that is
fond of gain, will employ himself in examining the quantity
of freight his vessel will contain, and how many passengers
have travelled on the railway—while the churchman will
recollect the manner in which the privileges he enjoys should
be used, namely, by holding communion with his God. He
hoped that the-feelings of the people would undergo a change
on this subject—that a better tone of feeling would suc-
ceed the present indifferent feeling respecting it, and that
if he might so speak, a strong sentiment regarding the
observance of this blessed day would generally prevail, which
would be far better and more effectual than any legislative
enactment. He trusted that the people of this country
would adopt the feeling of the people of Scotland on this
subject, aid that they would not permit the desecration of
the Sabbath to contmue. The directors of a railroad in
Scotland wished to follow the example of the English rail-
road directors, and for the purpose of gain to allow persons
to travel on the railway on the Sabbath, but the people sent
forth a strong, an irresistible declaration that such a practice
should not take place. He trusted they would imitate their
northern neighbours, and not leave it in the power of every
Scotchman who visited them to say that they sought ad-
ditional interest and gain by the desecration of the Sabbath-
day, but that all of them would pray together with one
mind and unite in the support and worship of Him, who
emphatically said to them Remember thou keep holy the
Sabbath-day." The rev. gentleman then referred at much
length to the consequences destructive of the late hurricane,
during which many vessels and lives were saved, owing to the
observance of the Sabbath by their commanders. On the
other hand he stated that of 60 vessels, that memorable
Sunday, ten of them never returned to put out again. He
next briefly touched upon the violation of the Sabbath by
the post-office authorities; and concluded by passing a high
eulogium on the conduct of the Lord Mayor of London,
who by his conduct at the interim, the deputation had with
Lord Melbourne, succeeded in preventing the contemplated
delivery of letters, on the Sabbath, in the metropolis.
The Rev. Mr. BUDDICOM seconded the resolution, which
he did with the greatest pleasure, as it was connected with a
subject that brought home to the bosoms of all comfort and
delight. It was no drawback on the gratification he felt, if
he found that, in prosecuting their design, they had difficul-
ties to encounter and obstacles to overcome. He doubted if
their course would have been so successful, had the proceed-
ings of their society gone on in one continued tide of unvary-
ing prosperity. They could hardly suppose the God of this
world, in this his stronghold and highest advantage-ground,
would allow his followers to maintain it without a struggle to
test their devotion. And therefore in this view of the case
the society might say, with the French general, in reference
to the traitorous capture of Malta, " It was well that some
one was in it to open the gates." The rev. gentleman then
argued that the great object of the society was to secure for
the poor man temporal liberty—freedom of conscience—the
power to worship his God, without any temporal loss—but
not that liberty which the slaves of infidelity have on their
lips. At the present moment the principal opponents to
the observance of the Sabbath are practical infidels, and
when they boast of freedom they blind their eyes with the
name,—the reality is far from them, for if there are tyrants
more ungenerous than another, the tyranny of infidelity is
the most detestable. He then proceeded to comment upon
the duty that all Christians were bound to perform, in ob-
serving the Sabbath. The command that God enforced its
observance was most emphatic. As the Saviour, when he
pronounced any particular mandate, he introduced it with the
words " Verily, verily," so God in giving his commandment,
so as to make it more stringent, employed the word " remem-
ber." The rev. gentleman next referred to the attempt made
in a neighbouring country some years ago, where they sought
to abolish the Sabbath altogether, and at a time when they in
fact denied, the existence of a God, and introduced
their Pagan decades, and frippery nomenclature for the
months and seasons of the year, they, he said, as a fitting
corollary to their doctrine, that there was no God in heaven,
tried to do away with the Sabbath, but when they returned to
their natural reason, and dreaded that they had no Sabbath,
for the occupation and rest of the people, they decreed that
God should have one day. He then concluded an eloquent
address, which we are unable now to give, by supporting the
resolution.

The Rev. Roar. DAVIES proposed the second resolution,
which was seconded by the Rev. JOHN DAVIES, and carried
unanimously. _

The Rev:F. BARKER rose to propose the third resolution.
He condemned the conduct of the post-office department,
and of the railway directors, on the subject of Sunday ob-
servance. He could speak of the evil effects of the railway
from his personal knowledge. When called upon to visit
any of the men connected with the railway, and whose faces
he could not recognise from their not being in the habit of
attending church, their excuse was that they were obliged to
attend at the railway every Sabbath or every alternate Sabbath;
and when asked, as he frequently was to use his interest to
procure employment for men on this work, he was obliged
to reply, that he could not conscientiously do so, for the fir
thing he should do have to clo, when they got sick was to
persuade them to leave it off, on account of their being obliged
to neglect worship on the Sabbath. The laws of the

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country ought to be so framed that persons should be at
liberty to attend divine worship, to observe the Lord's day,
without being compelled to let their wives and families starve.
The plea for the conduct of the railway proprietors is, that
the merchants require the transfer of letters, and communi-
cations--and when an appeal is made to the government of
the country on the subject, the government also threw the
blame on the merchants—he contended that the sus-
pension of the transmission of letters on the Sabbath would
not injure the mercantile interest, but he was confident, that
in a short time the habits of commercial men N,ould become
adapted to the new state of things, ant. Ire many, years
passed over, the wonder would be, that for supposed worldly
interest, so beneficial an arrangement was opposed. He
expected those present, young and old, to assist in produc-
ing such a condition of things, and in order to be useful in
the good work, they shouldbe active, coldness would not suc-
ceed, and they should make themselves well versed with the sub-
ject. There were sermons on the subject preached by the Bishop
of Calcutta, which would be delivered to those who desired
them, at the conclusion of the proceedings. Tracts would
also be issued, and he begged to suggest to the young men
present, that they could not employ their time more advan-
tageously in the sacred work, than before divine service,
distributing the tracts, on the pier-head, the park, the
the railroads and other places frequented by persons for
amusement on the Sabbath. He concluded by referring to
the Edinburgh Mercantile Company, who had by a vote of
55 to 17, declared in favour of the becoming observance of
the Sabbath, and denonncing the delivery of letters on that
day as fraught with the worst consequences to the morality and
religious observances of the people of Edinburgh. They peti-
tioned the lords of the treasury on the subject, and though per-
sons of politics different from them, who were generally ad-
vocates of Sabbath observance, they spoke in language as
strong as any they could adopt, in condemnation of the con-
templated project. Mr. B. then read the third resolution.
JOSHUA WILSON, Esq., on presenting himself to second
the third resolution, said that he had been alluded to as ca-
pable of furnishing some information to the meeting, and he
he would be most glad to do the utmost in his power ; but
he confessed, since he entered that room he had heard so
much to him both new and interesting, that he felt that it
was unnecessary to detain them so long as he otherwise
might have .done, particularly at so late an hour. (Cheers.)
One main point to be attained by such associations as the
present, was the shutting up of shops on the Lord's day.
Keeping places of business or resort open on that day was
a great evil. Before the association with which he had been
connected in the metropolis had commenced operations, the
markets in Spitalfields and the shops in many parts of the
city were opon the Sabbath day. Such, however, had been
their effect, that already one-half of them were shut up on
that day. The tradesmen who had closed their shops, and
all connected with them, spoke with gratitude and pleasure
of the change which the system they had adopted had pro-
duced. (Cheers.) One plan of the association's had been,
to assemble the several trades of the metropolis, to point out
to them the advantages of closing on Sundays, and to learn
and combat their objections. The result had been that out
of 151 masters so collected, only five refused to close their
shops. He now came to the hair-dressers, to whom allusion had
been made. One of the journeymen, a young man from Scot-
land, had told him, that after engaging with a master, he found
that he could not conscientiously continue to follow his voca-
tion on the Sabbath. This young man found thirteen others
equally oppressed, and they all gave their masters .notice to
leave. They formed a small society to assist each other when
they were thrown out of employment, which they were. But
the masters soon found that when they lost a conscien-
tious servant they lost an excellent and valuable friend, and
they took them back. The whole of the fourteen, after
doing a duty to their masters, were now in business for
themselves, and he believed were all doinc, Well. (Cheers.)
The moral he drew from this was, let them honor the Lord's
day, and trust in Him, and all would prosper. (Hear.) He
might, however, argue the matter on other grounds. It was
impossible for men, without injury to their health and
strengh, to work incessantly without a day of rest; and the
experience of employers went to show that they could get
even more work out of them by regular employment on the
week days only. During the late war, the governor of one
of our seaports had ordered that the men should work on
Sunday, to complete the equipments required, and that for so
doing, they should have double wages. But he was succeed-
ed by another gouernor, who put a stop to the Sunday work,
and at the end of the week found that without double wages,
he got more work out of his men than his predecessor.
(Cheers.) He next illustrated his position by a reference to
the iron masters in Staffordshire, who, on a strong remon-
strance being presented to them on the subject of Sunday
labour, had, to their infinite credit, ordered that their fur-
naces should be damped on that day, or merely kept in, but
no other work be done. The consequence was, that where
five hundred men were before employed on the Sabbath, there
were now employed only five, and that too with acknowledged
advantage to the masters. (Cheers.) One of them, a Mr.
Boyle, (as we understood the speaker) had declared that he
obtained at least 10 per cent. more work from his men, than
his people were required to work on the Sabbath. It was
thus clearly shewn that the Sabbath must be kept as a day
of rest and holiness for the spiritual as well as the physical
necessities of man—by the immutable law of God ;—that it
must be kept holy for his temporal as well as eternal welfare.
(Hear.) After adding some further instances of the bene-
ficial effects of desisting from work on the Lord's Day, in
several large establishments, he adverted to the railways,
anti their demoralized effects on that day, particularly in the
neighbourhood of London. By means of that mode of con-
veyance and steam boats, thousands were conveyed from
their homes and their places of worship to visiting places of
resort; amd Gravesend, Windsor and other towns and
villages, otherwise peaceable, became scenes of desecration.
The Zoological Gardens and other places were also open, as
were the public news-rooms. If one class frequented such
places, another and humbler class, through the bad example,
went to the beer shops and other demoralizing places of re-
sort. He then came to the subject of the mail running on
Sunday. Their society had, from the first, strongly object..
ed to such a practice, as one of the greatest evils, inasmuch
as it was a national sin, and tended to spread Sabbath dese-
cration throughout every town and hamlet in the kingdom.
(Cheers.) He described the manner in which the, post-office
business was done in the towns and villages near London.
At Clapham, the average number of letters to be delivered
on Sunday was only 12, with about as many news Papers ; yet
to deliver them no fewer than eight men were employed !
He then noticed what had recently been done in London to
forward the objects they had in view. Their association had
memorialiaked the bankers ; and he had himself gone round
to them with the petition that they would discourage posting
on Sunday. Only two hankers refused to accede, and from
one of these a letter was afterwards received, expressing his
regret that he had not signed,—so that they had 'only one
banker against them. The merchants, for the most part, and
tha Lord Mayor had also taken a warm interest in abolishing
the practice. All the Wesleyan congregations, and all the
Sunday School teachers, to the number of 600 or 700, had also
petitioned. (Cheers.) A deputation of the bankers and mer-
chants headed by the Lord Mayor had met Lord Melbourne
on the subject. His lordship said that the government would
not bring forward the question, and that he should reserve
the expression of his own opinion (which he believed was
favourable) till it was discussed. In Derby all the 'bankers
and merchants were favourable to these views : In Edinburgh
eight out of ten were similarly affected towards them.
(Cheers.) He might add, that in Scotland a delivery of 4000
letters, on Sunday, employed 5000 persons! The people of
Scotland, however, said that if the government would not do
away with the practice, they would do away with it themselves.
(Cheers.) He related some agreeable anecdotes, showing
that nothing was lost in the way of trade, but much gained
by refraining from business on the Lord's day, and concluded
by imploring all who heard him to do their utmost to for-
ward the great and sacred cause in which the society had em-
barked. (Cheers.)
The motion was put and carried.
Owing to the lateness of the hour the fourth resolution was
net moved.

The Rev. CHAIRMAN said it would be trespassing too
long on the meeting to prolong the proceedings., and he
trusted they had heard enough to induce them to go on and
prosper. He, therefore, considered the meeting at an end.
(Applause.)
The assembly then dispersed. A collection was made at
the door, towards defraying the expenses.

RAILWAY MONOPOLIES. -
TO THE EDITOR OF THE LIVERPOOL STANDARD,

Sir,—ln reference to the statement of Pickforil and Co.
relative to their agreement with the London and Birming-
ham Railway Company, which is published, in this day's
Albion, allow me to ask whether the railway Company did
or did not bind them down not only as the. rate of 'tolls pay-
able to the company, but as to the rate qicarr;age per cwt.
which theft. were to charge to the public 1
I have pretty good ground for asking this inforitiaGyn,,r„nd
belive that public benefit will arise from all possittle publkity
being given to the transactions of these most-monstrous
monopolies.—l am, &c. B.
April 15, 1839.

HER MAJESTY'S STEAMER MERLIN.---ThiS fine vessel,
909 tons burthen, with engines of 320-horse power, the first
of the large Admiralty steamers, intended to ply between this
port and Dublin, has been commissioned by Capt. Townley,
late commander of the Avon. She was hauled out of dock
on Sunday, and will be ready to commence duty about the
Ist of May.

GOUT AND RrmumATtsm.—We beg to refer our readers
to Dr. Barker's advertisement, in which they will perCeive
that a cure for Gout and Rhetiniatism, discovered and pre-
pared by him, has proved wonderfullysuCCOsful. WC, from
our own personal knowledge, can vouch fOr. its 'efficacy, and
we would recommend it to all persons labouring under these
painful complaints.—Edinburgh Obserrer,f4h. 28,1834..
LIVER THEATRE.—We have seldom,4ver, enjoyed a
more pleasant evening's entertainment than is'e did on ijon-
day last, at this theatre. Master B. 'GrosFraith, (wlnise
extraordinary transformations of character are almost incre-
dible,) took his benefit. The house, and the performances,
were, we think, reciprocally good. Perhaps, the greatest
novelty of the night was the appearance of of extra-
ordinary acquirements, as a pianist. The ease, elegance, and
precision with which she executed the most "dhficult. past ages
of some well selected pieces, exceeded all-our antieipat lc as,
and completely astonished the most captious lovers of music.
We perceive " the Grossmith's" are about to take their leave.
We wish them all the success they can meet with.
FRENCH TUITION.—We find from an advertisement which
appears in another column, that M. De la Claverie, who has
long been distinguished as a successful teacher of the French
and Italian languages, has returned to Liverpool, -arid an-
nounced his intention to resume his professiimal avocations.
The many able works which he has published afford an am-
ple proof of his qualifications as a teacher. The opinions
which the leading reviews have pronounced on these works,
reflect the highest credit on his literary attainments.
Arrivals at the Grand Junction Hotel : Currie, Esq.,
M.P., Grattan, Esq.' M.P.,— Young, Esq., M.P., Lord
Templemore and party, Captain Henderson, Capt. Johnson,
R.N., Colquhoun, M.P., Mr. and Mrs. Lyster and family,
Sir Charles Smyth, Mrs. and Miss Barings, C. H. Graham,
Esq., Captain Cater. Colonel Hughes, H. Jackson, • Esq.,
Lady Barham, Mr. Braham and friend, Rev. J. Barrington,
W. Cross, Esq. the Most Noble the Earl of GoSford, S.
Peploe, Esq., Viscount Hereford, Captain Verner, Captain
Conine, Mr. John Green, J. Pini, Esq., J. Stevens, Esq., J.
Abercrombie, Esq., Mr. and Mrs. Armstrong, C. Stewart,
Esq., Colonel Slone, H. E. Jones, Esq., C. Churton, Esq.,
Westmoreland, Mrs. and Miss Mint°.
List of passengers by the packet-ship Roseins, -captain J.
Collins, arrived yesterday from New York ; sailed on the 2Gth
of March :—Mr. William J. Campbell Allen and lady, of
Belfast : Colonel W. H. Bolton, bearer of despatches from
Upper Canada; Lieut.-Colonel H. H. Farquharson, ditto
from Lower Canada; Mr. D. H. Haight and lady,-•4r. Jas.
H. Hackett and lady, Messrs. James Reiss, G. F. Duckwitz,
Gustavus Taylor, John Snelling, jun., Bakeweil B. Atter-
bury, John C. Hitchcack, H. F. Henschen, Mrs. James
Mowatt, and Miss C. Lewis, of New York ; Mr. F. L.
Homer. Mr. S. B. Dyer, Mrs. Almera Pike and child, and
Mr. William H. Boardman, of BoSton : Messrs. Henry B.
Tatham and Philip' Schlesinger, of Philadelphia..; Ali s.
Ricards and daughter, aivil Mr. J. R. RicardS,.of Baltiincu e ;
Mr. G. Kosta, lady, and child, of New Orleana ; Mr. T. M.
Woodhull, of Newberg ; Mr. J. R. Robinson, of Upper
Canada; Mr. Campbell, of Belfast; Mr. AlexancLtr Ross
Leone, of Liverpool ; Mr. A. Rankin, of Glasgow; Messrs.
Thomas Waller and N. R. Brassev, of South Amtrici ; Mr.
Menke and lady, and Mr. Hamilton. ~ •
DISCOVERY OF THE ORIGINAL SCORE OF 'MOZART'S
REQUIEM.---The true original of this much contested work,
which has at length' been found, has been secured for the
royal library at Vienna. In this copy ever note
" Bene-
note is in Mo-
zart's hand writing, and it contains the " San
dictus," " AGNUS DEI," to the repetition of the first part
with the fugue. The history of this occurrence will shortly
be made public in a paper by M. Von Mosel, privy connsel-
lor, &c.---Musical World.

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