The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1839-02-19 00:00:00

LIVERPOOL PETITION IN FAVOUR OF THE
CORN LAWS.

The subjoined petition which was yesterday sent off to
London, received in the short space of four hours, while it
lay on the table of the Exchange News Room, numerous
unsolicited signatures, from some of the most opulent and
respectable inhabitants of this town :
The Humble Petition of the Undersigned Merchants, Ban-
kers, Clergy, and other Ihhabitants of the Town of
Liverpool,
SHOWETII,—That your Petitioners, deeply impressed with
the vast national importance of domestic Agriculture, view
with alarm the inroduction of any measure likely to injure it.
That your Petitioners regret to find, that petitions to your
honourable house have been signed, praying for legislative
enactment to permit an unrestricted trade in foreign corn ;
because such unrestricted trade would, in the opinion of your
Petitioners, unhinge society, would reduce the income of
landowners, prove injurious to farmers, lower the rate of
wages, shake national faith, and would ultimately place our
own population in a state of dependence upon foreign nations
for the supply of bread.
Your Petitioners, therefore, most earnestly, but at the
same time most respectfully, entreat your honourable house
not to make any alteration or modification in the existing
Corn Laws that would militate against the just protection to
which the agricultural interests of the kingdom are so deser-
vedly entitled.
And your Petitioners will ever pray, &c.

NORTHERN ClRCUlT.—Westmoreland, Appleby, Feb. 23;
Cumberland, Feb. 27 ; Northumberland, March 2 ; New-
castle-on-Tyne, same day ; Durham, March 6 ; Yorkshire,
York, March 9 ; York City, same day ; Lancashire, Lancas-
ter, March 23 ; South Lancashire, Liverpool, March 28.
NORTH WALES ClRCUlT.—Montgomery, Welchpool,
March 6 ; Merioneth, Bala, March 14 ; Carnarvon, March
19 ; Anglesea, Beaumaris, March 23 ; Denbigh, Ruthin,
March 27 ; Flint, Mold, March 30 ; Chester, April 3.
GRAND BALL.—Arrangements are being made for a grand
ball, to take place on the evening of the grand steeple chase,
at the Wellington-rooms, under the most distinguished pa-
tronage. Several noblemen, and other distinguished per-
sons, residing in this and the neighbouring counties, have
signified their intention of being present.—Chronicle.
THE ROYAL WILLIAM STEAMER.—This fine steamer, the
first that ever accomplished the winter passage to and from
New York, has been placed on the station between Dublin
and Havre, which promises to become One of the best occu-
pied by the City of Dublin Company. Lieut. Swainson, who
has so skilfully navigated the Royal William across the At-
lantic, continues in command.

NEW DocKs.—A capacious dock, to be called " The
Egerton Dock," is being now constructed at the south end
of the town, adjoining the Herculaneum Pottery, for the
use of the immense and still increasing carrying trade of
Lord Francis Egerton. The Dock Trustees also contem-
plate the inclosure of the strand to the westward of Tren-
tham-street, and the formation of two docks running east
and west, in lieu of the present Salthouse Dock. This cen-
tral position, adjacent to the new Custom-house, and within
a few minutes' walk of the Exchange, will be of immense
advantage to the commerce of the port. It appears also,
that by removing the present graving docks to the extremi-
ties of the town, a further addition of ten or twelve acres
may be obtained to meet the increasing wants of the port,
together with a large entrance basin, in lieu of the present
inconvenient Old Dock gut. The land to the westward of
the Salthouse Dock now produces a very trivial rent, being
principally occupied by ship-building yards ; and by carrying
out these bold designs, dock space will be provided for many
years to come in the very centre of the town, and the neces-
sity of any further extension will be obviated to the north-
ward, more especially where the difficulty of docking vessels
in bad weather is severely felt.
FATAL ACCIDENT.—The body of a man named William
Sutton, was found on Friday afternoon, on the shore be-
tween the Monk's Ferry and Woodside. The deceased was
one of the Birkenhead watchmen, and it was part of his duty
to light the lamps on the Monk's Ferry slip, for the early
boat from thence. It is supposed he was engaged in doing
so, and had fallen from the slip by some means, and was
drowned, as about a quarter to six o'clock yesterday morn-
ing, two shrieks followed by stifled groans were heard by
some persons at Woodside, and which appeared to proceed
from the direction of Monk's Ferry. The deceased was a
steady sober man. He has left a wife and mother to lament
his untimely fate.
INFANT HOVSEEREAKERS!—It is an appalling fact that
young children, of five or six years of age, are regularly
trained up as thieves. A friend informs us that his house
was entered a few nights ago, through the coal vault, the lid
of which was by some means prized open, so as to admit a
young child, the marks of whose little feet were distinctly
traced in the house. Several articles, as boots, &c., were
stolen. We have also been informed that this mode of enter-

ing houses is very common, and we have deemed it our duty
to hint to our readers that they should look to the lids of
their coal vaults, and also lock up the vault, so that if a
young thief should be introduced from the street, he could
not get into the house.—Liverpool Mercury.

THE ASSIZES.—The next assizes will commence at Lan-
caster on Saturday the 23d of March, and at Liverpool on
Wednesday the 27th March. The records in causes to be
tried at Lancaster and at issue on or before Friday, the Bth of
March, should be ordered on that day ; and those to be tried
at Liverpool, and at issue on or before Tuesday, the 12th
March, should be orderd on that day. The last days for
making up issue in time for trial at the next assizes, will be
in causes to be tried at Lancaster, Thursday, the 14th of
March. In causes to be tried at Liverpool, Monday, the 18th
of March, on which days the records must be ordered.
Eight exclusive days' notice of trial in all personal actions
must be given for the next assizes in causes at issue in time
for trial at the last assizes. The jury process for the trial of
causes at Lancaster will 'be issued at Preston, on Saturday
morning, the 23d of March ; and for the trial of causes at
Liverpool, on Wednesday morning, the 27th of March. Rule
day before the assizes, Thursday, the 28th of February instant.
Rule day after the assizes, Thursday, the 25th of Aril next.
Declarations against defendants in gaol on writs of capias or
detainer, must be filed on or before Tuesday, the 26th of
March next. In pursusnce of the general rule of court of
September assizes, 1824, the causes to be tried at Liverpool,
will be entered in the following order :-Ist Est.—Salford
Hundred. 2d list.—West Derby Hundred. The business
of the public office will be transacted at Preston during the
assizes.

The result of cold winds, dense fogs, damp atmosphere,
&c., are frequently subversive of female comfort and attrac-
tion, by generating cracks, chaps, and harsh rough skin, and
signalising a prominent -feature of an otherwise beautiful
countenance with unseemly coarseness. To successfully
oppose these innovations, the ladies have a powerful friend
in ROWLANDS' KALYDOR—and where the results mentioned
have attained progress or completion, this infallible specific
excludes and resists with an effective and rapid energy truly
astonishing, rendering the skin delightfully smooth and plea-
sant ; and, as increasing the fairness and transparency of the
skin, exceeds all competition.—See Advt.

An act has passed the Queen in Council, granting letters
patent to the St. George Steam-packet Company, giving
powers to sue and be sued, and a limited liability to share-
holders.

On Tuesday last Lieutenant Hatch, who has, since its first
organization, been one of the Superintendents of the Police
of this borough, was appointed Keeper of the Lunatic Asy-
lum, Brownlow-hill. There were several candidates, but the
lieutenant obtained the majority on the first vote.
DOUBLE MAIL TO IRELAND.—We understand that ar-
rangements have, at length, been concluded for the convey-
ance of a second mail daily between Liverpool anti Dublin;
and that, on the first of May, there will be a morning and
an evening mail departure from both ports. The negocia-
tions which have been so long carried on between the Dublin
Steam Company and the Admiralty for this service have, we
believe, Teen completed, and we anticipate much public con-
venience from the proposed change.
LIVERPOOL STEEPLE CIIASE.—The all-engrossing sub-
ject at the present moment is the above event, which comes
off over Aintree, on Tuesday next. Never has Liverpool
been honoured with such a display of aristocracy as will be
present on the above occasion. Upwards of eighty apart-
ments are already secured at the Adelphi Hotel. All the
other hotels have also great demands upon them. The betting,
which has been very spirited during the past week, has been
confined to a very few horses. The -Nun has found plenty
of backers at 9 to 1; Seventy-four at 10 to 1 ; and Mr.
Ehnore's Lottery at 100 to 6. 100 to 7 offered against any
other.—Chronicle.

SECRETARY FOR THE COLONIES. -It is currrently re-
ported in the metropolis, that Lord Normanby is to fill the
vacancy made in the cabinet by the forcible ejectment of the
most worthy man in that cabinet. Thus will be added to her
Majesty's advisers, one of the most uncompromising oppo-
nents of the Protestant Church in Ireland; and one whom
we will prove, in our next, by circumstantial evidence, is in
intimate alliance with Daniel O'Connell, Esq. ! What next?
- -

MISSIONARY ZEAL.—Amongst the various articles of
merchandize daily leaving our port, we understand the Esther,
Pickering, for Calcutta, which is waiting a wind, takes two
boxes of fancy articles to the value of £BO, collected by the
Rev. Fielding Ould's congregation in this town, to be sold
there for the benefit of the justly celebrated Mrs. Wilson's
orphan refuge. We should be glad to hear of other ladies
aiding female education in the East by similar efforts, as we
understand their handy work meets with a ready sale in our
oriental dominions ; and as the owners of the Esther are
kind enough to take these boxes freight free, there is little
doubt many merchants would rejoice thus to help the work
of benevolence.

CONCERT.—We congratulate the amateurs of music on
again having an opportunity of hearing Miss Yaniewicz. This
young lady has chiefly resided in Edinburgh, where her per-
formances on the piano-forte have often been heard and
greatly admired, and were she has long been considered an
ornament to the profession. She has been educated in a
school of pure taste, and this, with natural qualifications, has
made her a performer of first rate abilities, which will be at
once admitted by those who have heard, or who may hear, (at
the concert, which is fixed for Monday, 25th February,) her
performance of Thalberg's celebrated Russian Airs. Miss
Yaniewicz, will be assisted by her sister, Miss Pauline
Yaniewicz, who has also gained a high reputation by her per-
formances on the harp. A trio by Hummell is announced,
by Miss Yaniewicz, Mr. J. Z. Hermann, and Mr. Lindley,
which will doubtless afford a rich treat.—Courier.
LONGEVITY.—A reader of our " Journal," Mr. H. Shaw,
of this town, says :—The united ages of my two grandfathers,
and two grandmothers, (all resident in the parish of Win-
wick, in this county,) were 340 years, namely :—John Shaw,
12 ; Mary Shaw, 85 ; John Lowe, 86 ; Mary Lowe, 87.
He adds that there were also two brothers, twins :—Benja-
min Yates, 85, and Joseph Yates, 85, both living ; and that
he saw one of them on Sunday week last, who had been to
church, and was in good health.—Journal.
CIRCUIT OF THE COMMISSIONER FOR RELIEF OF IN-
SOLVENT DEBTORS.—Northern Circuit, 1839.—J. G. Har-
ris, Esq., .Commissioner.—At Sheffield, Friday, Feb. 22 ;
at Wakefield, Monday, Feb. 25 ; at the City of York, Satur-
day, March 2 ; at York Castle, on Monday, March 4 ; at
the town of Kingston-upon-Hull, Wednesday, March 6 ; at
Richmond, Friday, March 8 ; at Durham, Saturday, March
9 ; at Newcastle-upon-Tyne and Town, Tuesday, March 12;
at Carlisle, Friday, March 15 ; at Appleby, Saturday, March
16 ; at Kendal, same day ; at Lancaster, Monday, March 18 ;
at Preston, Monday, March 25 ; at Liverpool, Tuesday,
March 26 ; at Chester and City, March 28.
CHEMICAL NUISANCES.—Three informations were laid
by the Corporation against Mr. Hill, who has, in Eaton-
street, Vauxhall-road, an establishment for the manufacture
of black ash, for having, on the 16th November, the 11th
December, and the Ist February, caused a nuisance. The
information was heard, on Friday, before Mr. Hall and Mr.
Bolton, at the Police-court. Mr. Venables appeared on the
part of the prosecution, and Mr. H. Lawrence for the de-
fendant. Eighteen witnesses were examined in support of
the first information. Their evidence was nearly similar to
that which has so frequently been before the public on other
trials. They proved, that a white vapour issued from a chim-
ney belonging to the works of Mr. Hill, and that the vapour
caused a disagreeable sensation, produced coughing, and ir-
ritated the eyes. Metallic furniture was also shown to be
tarnished by it. Seven witnesses were examined for the de-
fence, four of whom had been in the employ of Mr. Hill for
a number of years. They all stated, that the vapour did not
affect them, though one or two admitted, that they had
heard complaints respecting it from other people. The de-
fendant was found guilty, and ordered to pay a penalty of
£5. As the defendant intended to appeal, he refused to
plead guilty to the second and third informations. A great
number of witnesses were accordingly examined, though not
at such length as in the first case. He was found guilty on
both, and the penalty of £5 inflicted. These cases occupied
the Court until half-past six o'clock.
TEA.—At the Liverpool tea sale,•on Wednesday, there was
a

good attendance of the trade. With a few exceptions, the
only teas that found buyers were those that were offered with-
out any reserved price. The merchants evinced more firm-
ness than the trade had anticipated, which has given a de-
cidedly firm tone to the market. The prices of those that
sold are on a par with the present current rates in London.
Pckgs. off. Pckgs. sold.
Bohea 382 150.. (in bond) 91d. to 91d,
Congou 7010 1916.... is. ld. to Is. 8d
Hong Muey 503
Caper
Souchong 905...
Pouchong 94..
Black Leaf Pekoe.. 190..
Flowery ditto .... 223
Orange ditto 523
Lap Seng l2O
Twankay 1751
Hyson Skin
Hyson
Young Hyson .. .. 64
Imperial
Gunpowder 492 205.... 2s. 9d. to 4s. 3di

77.... is. nd.
202.... Is. 3d. to Is. 31d,

ls. 4d. to ls. 44d,
2s. 6d. to 2s. 7d
sold prior to the sale

14,398 3,325
LIVERPOOL TOWN MisstoN.—During the past month
the agents of this society have visited 3542 families, and paid
1088 visits to sick persons. They have lent 3699 religious
tracts, and held 234 small meetings, attended by 4670 per-
sons. Their labours are manifestly attended by the divine
blessing. The following statistical reports of three streets,
extracted from the agents' journals, will show the urgent
necessity there is for such labours :—statistical account of
W street. " I have now visited every family in this
street. There are 113 families including 588 individuals.
Of this number 327 are adults, of whom 152 cannot read :

283 habitually neglect public worship. There are 78 families
without a single -page of the sacred Scriptures. There are
261 children, of whom 178 do not go to any school, but are
trained up in every description of vice. I have got five chil-
dren sent to school, and have induced two men with their
wives, regularly to attend places of worship." Statistics of
row. Families, 150 ; individuals, 640 ; children,
217. Of the 423 adults, 355 habitually neglect public wor-
ship, and 67 heads of families cannot read ; 102 children go
to no school, either on the Sabbath or week day ; there are
but 66 Bibles in the street, and, of course, 24 families are
destitute of the Scriptures." Statistics of B street.
" Families, 245 ; individuals, 1128 i • adults, 773 ; children,
366. Of the adults, only 107 profess to attend regularly at
public worship : 90 families are destitute of the Scriptures,
but 33 have promised to subscribe. There are 14 infirm
persons who cannot get out, and eight orphans ; children not
going to school, 77 ; and 66 heads of families who cannot
read." The last annual report of this important society may
be obtained at the Charitable Institution-house, Slater-street.

Donations or subscriptions in aid of the funds of the society
will be thankfully received by any member of the committee.
ROYAL INSTITUTION.—We observe with pleasure that
the Committee of Management of this establishment have ar-
ranged a plan of admitting the public to the lectures to be
given at this Institution on the most liberal terms. This plan
commenced with Mr. Addam's lectures on Accoustics, or
the Doctrine of Sound, on Monday last, which shows that
the committee are determined that what they offer should be
acceptable to the public as well as honorable to their own judg-
ment, Mr. Addams is a gentlemen of the highest character
and talent ; his lectures have been the source of great gratifi-
cation and interest in London, Bristol, Manchester, and
other populous places, where they have met with unusual
success, and have been a subject of delightful amusement as
well as information to their hearers. Such intellectual grati-
fication being to be had here upon such liberal terms as the
prospectus offers, needs not our invitation to our townsmen
and their families but we feel it our duty to remind them of
such opportunities We find the only difference between the
terms of admission to the morning (two o'clock) lecture and
that of the evening, is, that at the former it is necessary that
the visitor paying a shilling should be a proprietor. To the
evening lecture any respectable person will be admitted on
payment of one shilling. After this, we trust we shall hear no
more of the exclusiveness of the Royal Insitution. They are
now opening the stores of science and art, and joining in the
laudable endeavour of cultivating our taste, and adding to the
stock of our information on these most interesting subjects.
LIVERPOOL FIRE AND LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY
MEETING.—On Wednesday, the annual meeting of the pro-
prietors of the Liverpool Fire and Life Insurance Company
took place at the Clarendon-rooms, George Holt, Esq., in
the chair. The Secretary read the report of the affairs of the
company for the past year (ending 14th January). The
directors commence by stating that a considerable increase
had taken place in the fire business of the company, the 'duty
paid to government having been—
In 1836 £3415 9 0
1837....
1838 5635 14 7
and though the amounts were small compared with those
received by London offices, they were referred to with
satisfaction by the directors, as evidence of the growing dis-
position of the inhabitants of Liverpool to support the office.
It was stated that one-half the duty of the London offices
was collected in London itself. The report then went on to
represent the losses as having been very heavy, the year hav-
ing been peculiarly disastrous in the occurrence of fires ; and
particular reference was made to the fire in Robert-street,
which, however, (it was added), had been the means of
drawing the attention of the municipal authorities to the
state of the fire police, and inducing measures for its effi-
ciency. The amount taken from the reserved surplus fund
of the company, in order to liquidate the balance of loss on
the year was £8458 ss. 11d.; And the balance of that ac-
count would therefore be £6553 ss. The report contained
a recommendation of the directors, that, as there was still a

.....
surplus untouched, a dividend of five per cent., out of the
capital produce, should be paid to the proprietors, on the
amount paid up in proportion to their respective shares.
The report then alluded to the circumstances that have
marked the progress of the company ; to the influence it had
exercised in reducing and in keeping down the premiums
on fire insurances in Liverpool, and acknowledged the favors
they had received in return. The chairman, after some al-
lusions to the report, submitted to the consideration of the
meeting whether they would concur in the recommendation
of the directors, that a dividend should now be made, or
whether that recommendation should be modified or post-
poned, in consequence of intelligence just received by the
directors of a loss in Scotland, by the burning of a cotton
mill, of about £5,000, and of which they were not cognizant
when the report was drawn up. This led to some conversa-
tion, which resulted in the almost unanimously expressed
opinion, that, notwithstanding the disasters of the year, the
affairs of the company were in a sufficiently satisfactory and
promising condition to render the dividend advisable. Re-
soiutions conveying a vote of thanks to the directors and
auditors, and to the chairman were then agreed to. The
following gentlemen were then appointed directors for the
ensuing year, the last five being re-appointments. William
Earle, jun., Esq., George Holt, Esq., Joseph Hornby, Esq.,
George H. Lawrence, Esq., Lewin Mozley., Esq., William
Nicol, Esq., Herman Stolterfoht, Esq., Mr. R. Bolton and
Mr. Daniel James, were re-appointed auditors.

MEETING OF THE LIVERPOOL AUXILIARY,
IN AID OF THE LONDON HIBERNIAN SO-
CIETY, FOR ESTABLISHING SCHOOLS AND
CIRCULATING THE SCRIPTURES IN IRELAND.

A meeting of this society was held last night, at the Music-
hall, and was numerously attended, the room being, soon af-
ter the opening, filled to inconvenience.
The Rev. F. OULD was unanimously called to the chair,
and proposed that the Rev. M. Maynard should open the
proceedings by prayer.
The Reverend M. MAYNARD accordingly opened the
meeting by an impressive invocation of the blessing of the
Almighty on the proceedings of the society.
The CHAIRMAN said it was unnecessary for him to say
more than that the present meeting was for the purpose of
presenting the objects of the Hibernian Society, which was
first established in 1826 for the establishment of schools, and
the circulation of the Scriptures in Ireland. The cause of
the education of the people was, at all times, an interesting
one ; and the cause of the society was one in which not only
Ireland, but England was vitally interested. He called upon
the secretary to read the report.
The SECRETARY read a very interesting report, from which
it appeared that the society, which had originated with a few
benevolent individuals in London, thirty-two years ago, had
been most successful in the promotion of scriptural educa-
tion, and that it had distributed an immense number of co-
pies of the sacred volume, in defiance of great obstacles. It
also set forth that a merely scientific and philosophical edu-
cation was inadequate to the wants of man, and that the aid
of a pure religion was requisite to his necessities here and his
salvation hereafter. The number of copies of the bible dis-
tributed by the society last year had been 23,320. The so-
ciety had three grand objects—the establishment and support
of scriptural schools, the distribution of the bible, and the
support of foreign missions. The committee, in conclusion,
expressed a hope that the Protestants of Liverpool, who had
hitherto kindly aided the society, would on this occasion ex-
hibit an increased dispOsition to befriend it.
The Rev. Mr. M'KENZIE, of Wigan, in moving the first
resolution, entered at considerable length, and with much
zeal and eloquence, on the advantages, and, indeed, the ne-
cessity, of Scriptural education. He alluded to the darkness
of Ireland in this respect, and drew a contrast between the
condition of that country and Scotland, favourable to the
latter by the distribution and reading of the Bible. He con-
sidered the unrestricted perusal of that book the surest, in-
deed, the only means of national and domestic happiness,
and of salvation in the life to come. In political reform the
nation had lately called for " the bill, the whole bill, and no-
thing but the bill." He would say, that a cry more worthy
of adoption for the government of men and their future bliss,
was " the Bible, the whole Bible, and nothing but the Bible."
(Cheers.) On the basis of religion a glorious edifice might
be raised. What made foreigners wonder at the advance-
ment of this country ? and what was the reply to their asto-
nishment at her progress It was that she had an Esta-
blished Church (cheers) ; that her people generally had a
Scriptural education. He considered it the duty of her Ma-
jesty and her Ministry to protect the sacred cause in which
the Society were embarked, in order to make the people not
only good subjects here, but insure their happiness hereafter.
He concluded by moving the resolution.
The Rev. Mr. MAYNARD said, in a short ma elegant ad-
dress, that the object of this society was to erect a spiritual
temple in the hearts of all Irishmen and Irishwomen, to be
their stay and support for time and for eternity. No greater,
no nobler object, could be achieved than giving to their be-
nighted fellow-beings the word of God, as a guide and sup-
port. He and his friends stood there as ambassadors of God,
and whatever was given went into his sacred treasury. He
cordially seconded the resolution.
The Rev. Tilos. DREW, one of the deputation from Ire-
land, said that they had appeared but recently before them ;
but if asked why they did so, he; could but reply—" where
should they go but where they could get what they wanted ?"
This was a security called into existence by those who heard
him. They had called the Irish Protestants from their
lethargy, and some of the Irish parsons from their fox-
hunting, to do their duty in attending to the education of
the rising generation of Ireland, and on them, therefore, lay
the blame of giving them all this trouble. (Cheers and
laughter.) The Rev. Gentleman then entered into a history
of the Society, and the various aids it had received last
from England and Scotland. He strongly exhibited
the beneficial effects of the schools; without which no
churches would be efficacious, and he recommended the
building of School houses in every parish where they did not
exist. The society had begun with a few, and had met with
strong opposition ; but their progress had been great. Many
of those who were active in conducting them were converts
from Catholicism. He then showed the very simple and
efficient manner in which the progress of the pupils was as-
certained by visiting inspectors—so that the public might
be aware that a good use was made of their money. lie had
known children at these schools :who could repeat five
hundred verses of the Word of God without missing.
They taught the pure Word of God. He also described
the delight of the parents when they witnessed their
progress at the homely schools (frequently barns) in the
country, or heard them read the Scriptures at their own
firesides. It had been said that the Catholics did not relish
these schools. He was glad, however, to say, that 31,000
Roman Catholic children had passed the examination last
year, notwithstanding the threats of excommunication held
out by the enemies of the schools to these poor people. He
had to add, that no fewer than 51,000 Protestants had passed
examination in the last year. The rev. gentleman, in illus-
trating the delight he felt to see the children at these schools,
said that he had visited St. James's Cemetery, in this town ;
and, though much struck by the noble monument raised to
the memory of the late excellent Mr. Hnskisson, he was still
more so by observing near it a simple tablet over the remains
of a child, on which was inscribed—
" My little fingers were not made
For working in the sun ;
I 'm sleeping now within my grave, -
And all my work is done." •
The rev. gentleman related some pleasing anecdotes of the
affection of the children of the Schools established by the
Society to their conductors ; and after showing that their
motives were not secular, but an ardent desire for the general
improvement and happiness of the people of Ireland, he con-
cluded by moving the second resolution.
The Rev. CHARLES LAWRENCE seconded the resolution,
and it was put from the Chair, and unanimously carried.
The CHAIRMAN said the next resolution would be moved
by that illustrious champion of the Protestant cause, Dr.
Cook.
The Rev. Dr. COOK rose amidst loud and prolonged cheer-
ing. He commenced by facetiously remarking, that though
he moved the resolution in his hand, to the effect that the
meeting was ` decidedly" of opinion that popular education
should be based on the revealed word of God, and that the
Bible should be read in all the schooli of the Society, yet he
had some doubt whether the meeting would virtually pass in
that shape. He went on to define what was really implied
by the word " decision." If a man were decidedly deter-
mined to go to a theatre, he might go for sixpence,
even amongst " the gods." If he was too high for that
part of the bouse, he might go to the boxes for a larger
sum—he knew not what, for he frequented not such
places. If, however, they were " decided" to support this
Society, they must do more than this. Luther was decidedly
of opinion that he was right when he went to Worms and
braved all opposition. Crammer was equally " decided"
when he submitted calmly to the flames, and Latimer was
" decided" when driven to the last extremity he hugged the
stake and kissed the chains that bound him to it. (Ap-
plause.) If they were short of sealing their lives in the
cause in which they had embarked, they could not say that
they were so decided, or so staunch to their faith as the
martyrs of old. They might find a definition of decision in
the apostle Paul, when he went " bound to Jerusalem."
There was no real decision save when every sacrifice was
made for the cause, totally independent and regardless of
self. Every Christian was a witness for the Lord Jesus
Christ, and any one that procrastinated, or held back, in
such a work as this, however his motives might be im-
pugned, was not a true and " decided" Christian. If
they acted in the spirit of the apostle Paul, they would
account as nothing, what did not testify to the gospel of God.
He wished not only to obtain their voices for this cause ; but
to get at their consciences. He wished, in the language of
Ireland, " cushla ma three "to g.er,to their hearts. Another
part of the resolution was, that the education given should be
based on the revealed Word of God,—because it was God's
declared opinion that such should be the basis of the instruc-
tion of his people, and its success was also proved. He
would even challenge the Pope, the monks, the nuns, black
or grey, to point out an education enjoined that was not based
on the Word of God. That book was the foundation of all
real and beneficial education ; and it said to every parent—
" thou shalt teach these things diligently to thy children."
After quoting several other passages from the Bible of a si-
milar import, the reverend gentleman said he put it to libe-
ralism, to nominal Protestantism, to show any interdict be-
tween a child and the Bible. They were told, indeed, that
things unfavourable to morality were recorded in the sacred
volume ; and one ".great" man, an artificer of tragedies
(a laugh), had said that he could not allow his wife or
his daughter ;to read it ; yet he would allow them to
read and witness the performance of plays, with all their
luscious abominations. In the Bible there were certainly
records of many vices ; but it was a history of what really
occurred, and was not on that account to be put aside.
No sin was mentioned in it without punishment ; and he
would say, would they put down courts of justice because
criminals were necessarily brought before them ? No. The
rich merchant whose counting-house was robbed would not
hold by such argument. Yet the high, the " moral" corpo-
ration of Liverpool forsooth, said they would allow of all
such expositions in courts of justice ; but deny the reading
of the like in the bible, lest they should corrupt the morals
of the rising generation. (Cheers and laughter.) They
would permit all sorts of history—all that was profane—in
the heathen mythology ; yet they would deny the read-
ing of the Bible, which so graphically, truly, and faith-
fully recorded the facts of past ages, and inculcated a sub-
lime morality. (Hear, hear.) They would load the shelves
of the libraries of the people with all sorts of history but
that ; for when that was proposed they said with Othello—
" Put out the light, and then—put out the light."

(Cheers.] He hoped and trusted that the appeal made
on this evening would be met with liberality. Liverpool
was the chosen Marathon in which the victory of scriptural
education was to be fought and the battle achieved. The rev.
gentleman alluded ineloquent terms to the town of Liverpool ;
her docks, her wealth ,her bustle, yet regularity, of business ; her
noble river studded with vessels from every quarter of the
globe and thought a fairer field could not be found in which
the Irish people might look for support. He then adverted at
_good length to several passages in a printed address of Mr.
Wyse, M.P. ,delivered in this town, in which the rev. gentleman
showed that the speaker endeavoured to undermine every
principle of scriptural education—and even went the length
of saying that there were " many ways" by which to reach
heaven, when there was but one, and that through Jesus Christ.
He combated the opinion of the same individual, that it was
said by some that the people were over-educated, and chal-
lenged him to name a protestant who had said so ; or who
had said (as the address also stated) that all education ought to
be exclusively religious. All the protestants contended for
was, that religion should form the basis of education, and that
upon that basis the arts and sciences might, sanctified by God,
form a glorious superstructure. The author of the address,
indeed, like Ranston Jack, had conjured up shadows with
which he chose to tight. The rev. gentleman dwelt facetiously
on some other parts of the same address, and, after ad-
mitting that the Society, though prosperous, had still much
to contend with, said; that the great secret of success,
in all human affairs, sometimes consisted in three letters,
tr y. Let them only " try," and all would be prosper-
ous. He next alluded to the Government system of
Irish education, which he strongly reprehended, and the board
attached to which was, he had to announce, rapidly breaking
up. One of the number, a Protestant, had wisely left it,
urged probably by the instinct of the rat, which is said to leave
a ship that has become rotten and unseaworthy. (Laughter.)
The Irish system was the adopted child of the Corporation of
Liverpool ; and they wishing to know what to do with the
bantling in its weakly state, had sent to the Pope for medical
advice. He predicted that the cradle would be upset and
the baby overlaid. (Laughter.) These things should open
the eyes of the people, who should protest against such
proceedings. The reverend gentleman then stated that
about twelve miles from Belfast, a Catholic priest had gone
to one of the Society's schools with a paper, and had asked
the schoolmaster if he had heard of a certain rev. gentleman,
a Protestant, adding that, " hell will not be fell until he
and his tribe are there !" He (Dr. Cook) had stated
this fact again and again ; but he had found none of their
opponents who dared to deny it. (Hear.) He should conti-
nue to assert it wherever he went, and to challenge any of the
Board of Education or any one else to dispute it. Had he
used similar language of the Catholics, all the liberals
and all the liberal newspapers would have pounced down
upon him like hawks and destroyed him ; but the author of
it was a Catholic priest, and he was not only supported, but

screened by them. (Cheers.) He moved the third Tlebiit•
tion. (Loud and prolonged cheers.)
The Rev. H. CARPENTER said, that after the lucid sad
interesting statements made, he should merely secodd the
resolution.

The Rev. Mr. KELLY, in a neat address, proposed the
Committee for the ensuing year, as will be found in the s4it
vertisement.

The meeting, which had been unanimous throughout, then
dispersed, leaving liberal donations with the gentlemen at
the doors, for the benefit of the Society.

POLICE INTELLIGENCE.

COMMITMENT.—On Friday, at the police-court, two men,
James Brevon and James Mitchell, were brought before Mr.
Hall, on a charge of stealing several new and unfinished
doors, the property of Mr. Richard M`Casey, joiner, Pall
Mall. In appeared in evidence that the prisoners had att
Tuesday and Wednesday last, taken, at different time, ale
new doors, to the premises of Mr. Thomas Armstrong, tow
tioneers, Manchester-street, for sale, and that he had advanced
them 2s. 6d. on each of them. Having received some infor-
mation, Mr. Armstrong had them apprehended, and it after-
wards appeared that the doors had been taken from some
new houses in Crown-street, the joiner-work of which 2dt.
M`Casey, who identified the property, had undertaken to
complete. The back doors of two of the houses had been
broken open. The prisoners were both committed for trial
at the sessions.

ATTEMPT AT HOUSEBREAKING.—On Friday at the Polies-
office, two well-known characters, named Wilson and Jones,
were charged with having attempted, on the preceeding night,
to enter a private dwelling-house in Dickenson-street. They
endeavoured, by means of an entry near the house, to get on
the roof, but their movements having been observed, notice
was given to the inmates, and the scamps dropped from the
house in order to make their escape. Their progress haring
been arrested by an officer and two men, one of the prisoners,
armed with a large file, struck his captor a blow on the heed,
which cut his hat through. The prisoners denied the charge,
and alleged they had been attracted to the neighbourhood by
a " row" in Dickenson-street, of which they were innoomis
spectators. The magistrate sent them to ruralise for three
months each, one at Kirkdale, the other at the Borough
House of Correction.

A FUGITIVE EMIGRANT.—At the Police-office, =Friday,
a woman named Elizabeth Avenall was placed at the bar, OA
a charge of robbery. Mr. Dowling stated that the prisoner
had been advertised in the Hue and Cry of January 14, its
having been engaged in robbing a man named Brooks, at
Southwall Green, Middlesex, and from the description con-
veyed of her person he was satisfied of her identity. He
accordingly wrote to Middlesex, and the wife of the prose-
cutor immediately came down, and declared her to be the
person who had robbed her husband and herself. Ella
Brooks, wife of William Brooks, than stated that her hus-
band worked at the railway ; the prisoner lodged with them.
Witness had occasion, on the 10th of January, to go to Har-
row, leaving the prisoner in the house. In the evening wit•
ness returned, and on going up stairs found that her box had
been broken open, a quantity of clothes contained in it stolen,
together with thirty-six sovereigns—the whole amount of
their savings. The prisoner immediately absconded, and
witness followed her to London, where she supposed she had
gone; but not succeeding in meeting her, gave notice of the
robbery at one of the metropolitan police-offices, after which
she was advertised in the Hue and Cry. The witness stated
that the husband of the prisoner was living at New Orleans,
and she was doubtless when apprehended, on her way to that
place. Mr. Hall said that as the case would have to come
before another tribunal, he would merely state that an officer
would accompany the prisoner back to Middlesex, where she
would be sent to take her trial.

AN INCORRIGIBLE PAUPER.-At the Police-office, on
Friday, a young woman was brought before Mr. Hall, charged
with being drunk and disorderly at the gate of the Workhouse
on the preceding night. It appeared from the evidence of
the Workhouse watchman, that the prisoner was a most inoor.
rigible character ; she had been allowed to go out on the pre-
ceding day fOr the purpose of seeing her friends, and was
enjoined to return at a certain hour in the evening, when the
gates were locked. This she failed to do, and as she could
not gain admittance, she commenced a furious onslaught et
the window of the governor's house, two large pane(' of
which she broke, and in doing so severely cut her arm. The
prisoner, it appeared, had been recently before the magistrate.
Mr. Hall : " I much fear she is not right." Prisoner:
" Not right ! right enough." Mr. Hall : She has been in
the .sylum, I think ?" The watchman answered in the
affirmative, and proceeded to describe, with great horror, the
prisoner's conduct on the night in question. Prisoner : " I
hope you'll pay for the dress you have spoilt, and also for any
cap. I have been (said the prisoner, addressing the bench
four weeks in the workhouse ; but I would sooner go to j
than stay in it. I'm starved I'm not insane." —Mr.
Hall : " -You've brought yourself to this state by drunken-
ness." Prisoner : " I'll feel obliged if you'll send me to the
Borough Gaol, for I'm starved in the Workhouse." Th.
prisoner had her request granted, for in default of the dames*
done to the windows (7s. and costs), she was committed for
seven days to the House of Correction.

AN IRISH PIG JOBBER'S SOMNOLENCY.—TWO young
men, rather decently dressed, were brought up at the Police-
office, charged by an Irish pig jobber, with having abstracted
two Bank of England notes from his pocket, while asleep in
a public-house. The notes were a £5 and a £lO. The
keeper of a public-house in Roe-street, stated that on the
preceding evening, about nine o'clock, the young men and
the pig dealer entered his house, and called for some drink ;
it was furnished, and the pig dealer, oppressed with liquor
and a heavy purse, fell asleep on a seat. One of the prison-
ers called witness, and requested to have the pig dealer's
pockets searched in his presence ; out of them he took
£1 15s 6d in silver, which he gave to witness, requesdnEit
might be restored to the owner when he awoke; but the
notes he did not give, nor did witness see them. Mr. Hall
asked the complainant to make his charge. Witness : "Make
what ? oh, the charge, d'ye say ? Faith, I've no charge to
make !" Mr. Hall : " But you charge the prisoners with
having taken from you £l5 in notes, while you were asleep,
do you not ?" "Is it me, yer honour ? Me charge the boys I
Not a bit of it. Faith, I'd be sorry to charge them with
within' of the sort. That boy, Sur, (pointing to the elder*
:prisoner) I've known these fifteen years, his name's Brady.—
Barney Brady—l know his father before him, rest his soul—
charge him ! Why, Sur, that boy, (good luck to him for it)
has taken money out of my pocket when I couldn't do it my-
self. Charge him ! I'll do nothin' of the sort." The loqua-
cious pig dealer proceeded at a rapid rate to inform the beach
that, on the last occasion, he met the boy and fell asleepo
he took £25 out of his pocket, he returned it safe and s
to him the next morning. He appeared to act as a kind of
guardian angel to the Irishman's purse—assuming the right
of taking what liberties he liked with it. The publican stated,
that when the pig dealer awoke from his reverie, he expressed
a much less favourable estimate of the two prisoners, and de-
clared they had robbed him. It was his, (the pig dealer's)
especial request that they were taken into custody. A mar-
ket-looker of St. John's stated that he was present when the
prisoners were taken into custody, and brought to Mr. Gga-
ham's office in the market. Here they at once delivered up
the notes without hesitation. Mr. Hall thought, from the
evidence, there was nothing criminal in the conduct of the
prisoners, and they were accordingly discharged. Mr.
Dowling informed the magistrates of some information he
had received concerning the complainant himself, from which
it appeared that the latter acted as the servant of his brother
in Ireland in selling cattle in the Liverpool market, and that,
with his brother's money, he intended to abscond to America.
The complainant expressed his intention of going to America,
but asserted that the money was his own, and that he was
perfectly independent of his brother.

FlRES.—Between eleven o'clock last night and two o'clock
this morning, two fires occurred in this town : the first broke
out in New Bird-street, and the last in Fleet-street. We
have not been able to ascertain any particulars before going
to press.

THE LIVER THEATRE.—We understand that this elegant
place of amusement was so crowded last night, on the occa-
sion of Mr. W. J. Hammond's benefit, that, in order to gra-
tify those who were unable to obtain admission, the same bill
of fare will be repeated this evening. Mrs. aymond takes
her benefit on Monday and Thursday evenings next, when,
we doubt not, the house will be filled to overflowing.
DEATH OF A WORKMAN FROM INHALING NITRIC
ACID.—On Thursday, an inquest was held on the body of
John Higgins, who died under the following peculiar cir-
cumstances :—Robert Hughes, the first witness, stated that
he was formerly a shoemaker, lives in Lionel-street, and has
premises in Mill-lane-street, where he manufactures nitric
acid. The process of making the acid is by putting nitrous
soda into a cylinder, and pouring vitriol upon it ; a fire is
lighted under the cylinder, and the steam escapes into
earthenware jars, which are so secured that no escape oc-
curs. There are nine jars working, and the ninth jar has a
little vent, otherwise an explosion would take place. 'Wit-
ness stated that on Tuesday he went to his dinner at ons
o'clock, leaving the deceased on the premises, who had' pre-
viously taken his dinner, and drank a glass of spirits. R%ea
witness had been away about a quarter of an hour, a person
came to tell him that deceased was dead. Before his arrival
two surgeons had been called in to assist him. The witness
stated that he knew nothing of the business himself. The
deceased had been in the employment of Mr. Airey for Ivy
years, and had the entire management of his works. The
next witness, James Roberts, a coachmaker, whose shop ad-
joins Hughes' premises, stated that he was called in to the
deceased, who was sitting on the splinter bar of a carriage in
the yard, gasping for breath. 'He could not speak. Witness
procured some water and a doctor, but he died in about five
minutes. The witness further stated that his own men were
very ill on Tuesday with the smell from Hughes' works, and
he saw the latter break open the window and take a slate off
the roof for air. When witness told Hughes that deceased
was dead, he said " it was his own fault, for I told him to
come out of the place." Mr. W. J. Callon, surgeon, was
called in and found the deceased lying on some straw in a
shed. From the appearance of the body, the statements of
those around, and an inspection of the chamber where he
had been at work, witness was of opinion that he died of
suffocation, arising from the gas. The jury returned a Ter.
dict to that effect, adding their opinion that the works should
be put a stop to, being attended with danger.
A BOY POISONED AT THE HERCULANEUM POTTERY
WORKS.—On Thursday an inquest was held on the body of
'James Nixon, a boy aged seven years, who had been em-
ployed in a department of the Herculaneum Pottery Works,
where arsenic and sugar of lead are used for glazing earthen-
ware. Mr. H. G. Harbord, surgeon, made a post rnortern
examination of the body. There was no mark of disease to
accountuc
ibr death. The stomach and intestines were very
m
titracted, and in both ventricles of the brain there
co
were ,semptoms peculiar to persons who have died from the
continued effects of an acrid poison slowly received into the
system. The opinion of witness was that the cause of death
was the slow action of some poison. The witness further
stated, that the injurious effects arising from the glazing of
the earthenware, might be obviated in a great measure by
due attention to cleanliness. Mr. James Lennon, the fore-
man of the Herculaneum Pottery Works, stated that oxide
of lead is used in the glazing, but the business of the deceased
was merely to brush the ware before it was glazed. After
the first firing, he had nothing to do with either arsenic or
sugar of lead ; the men superintending that department ought
not to have allowed him to touch it. A verdict of accidental
death was returned.
The Methodist Centenary Fund has now reached upwards
of £150,000.
ORDINATION AT RISLEY.—On Wednesday the 6th inst.,
the Lancashire Presbytery of the Church of Scotland met at
Risley, in the parish of Winwick, for the purpose of ordain-
ing the Rev. Alexander Rennison, A.M. the newly oppointed
minister of the Chapel at that place. This chapel has lately
been recovered from the Unitarians, chiefly by the exertions
of the episcopal clergy of the neighbourhood, and annexed to
the Lancashire Presbytery. The solemn services of the day
were commenced by the Rev. Dr. Ralph. The Rev. John
Park, who presided on the occasion, preached a most eloquent
discourse from Luke ii. 14. "Glory to God in the highest,
and on earth peace," to a most attentive audience. After the
sermon, Mr. Rennison was ordained to the office of the Holy
Ministry according to the forms of the Scottish Church. He
was afterwards addressed by the 'Rev. Mr. Campbell, and the
congregation by the Rev. Mr. Munro, both of Manchester.
The chapel was crowded in every part, and the audiences
seemed deeply impressed with the solemnity of the services.
After service a collection amounting to £l2 was made to-
wards the expenses of repairing the chapel. The members of
Presbytery and the new Trustees of the chapel, (among
whom are Harry Gordon, Esq., Duncan Gibb, Esq., Alex-
ander Baggie, Esq., Liverpool, and Robert Barbour, Esq.,
Manchester,) with a large party of guests afterwards dined
together at the Risley Inn, and spent the evening in the most
cordial manner.

Vottrp._

THE ATHEIST.

Take but the Atheist at the morning's dawn,
When Sol's bright beams irradiate the morn—
Take him on some high eminence, to see
How Naturt's works in every part agree—
Observe what harmony pervades the space,
Far as the : c ope of mortal eye can trace,
Acts in one oncert to the general plan,
In nice ;rydations, till it reaches man :
Ask him if chance the superstructure wrought,
Or for no erai this great perfection brought?
—Reason, sole attribute and gift of Heaven,
Will awe his soul and tell from whence 'twas given—
Humble his heart—and, prostrate on the sod,
Will bend his mind, and, blushing, own his God.