The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1852-07-06 00:00:00

PROTESTANTS OF ENGLAND !

Protestants of England, arouse and be doing ;
Oh ! rest not supinely whets danger is rife,
When the deeds dark as night—the arch-foe is brewing—
Have menac'd your faith, as dear as the life !
Arouse to your duty—stern justice requires,
In that high-soul'd resolve for which you are known,
And fir'd by that spirit that led your great sires,
In defence of their rights, of the altar and throne !
Stand forth like true Britons, and wake up the strain,
Hurrah for Old England, the Church, and the Queen !
Ye true-men of England, arouse ye—awake,
Hark ! Truth's stern appeal, to sustain her bright cause,
When your purehallow'd faith, and your freedom's at stake,
And the proud Roman Pontiff would trample your laws.
Crush, crush the dark foes of that freedom and truth,
Whose aim is the slavery of Britain to Rome,
And that sink of sedition—down, down, with Maynooth,
And all their vile craft to oblivious gloom !
Let, them hear, till the Vatican shall ring with the strain,
Hurrah for Old England, her Church, and her Queen !

And you—ye bold yeomen of the south and the north,
Who for Priest, Pope, or Cardinal, care not a rush—
Heart and soul firm combine, and as patriots stand forth,
And each dastard aggression ye nobly shall crush !
Let the proud slaves of Rome belch their insolent spite,
Their vauntirgs disloyal, yet heed not their wrath ;
Protestants have sworn, and declare right and might,
The faith of their sires to maintain to the death !
To the last—" No Surrender !" but up with the strain,
Hurrah for our Country, the Church, and the Queen !

Then courage ye true-men, be firm as the rock
That girds the fair shores of your lov'd island home ;
'Tis yours as Protestants to meet the fell shock—
To repel every foe, and the minions of Rome !
Yes, with hearts firm resolv'd, united we'll stand,
To defend all we prize, and our sovereign's high cause,
Those dear institutions of Britain's fair land,
The source of her greatness, her freedom and laws ;
While round the blue banner, we raise the bold strain,
Hurrah for Old England, her Church, and her Queen !
Wavertree, July, 1852. R. SMITH, G.P.A.

FOREIGN NEWS.

FRANCE

On Monday Louis Napoleon dismissed his Legislative
Assembly from their first session with a message of " con-
ciliation and peace," read in person and favourably re-
ceived. The application of a new system, said the Prince,
always meets with difficulties. Nevertheless the first
trial of a Constitution altogether of French origin must
have convinced the representatives that France possesses
the conditions of a strong and free Government. He
concluded :—" At that imposing spectacle, at which reli-
gion consecrated by its benedictions a great national fete,
you have marked their respectful demeanour, you have
beheld that army so proud, which saved the country, raise
itself still higher in men's esteem, in kneeling piously
before the image of God, presented from the height of the
altar. That implirs that there is in France a Government
animated by faith, and by a love of good—which rests for
support on the people, the source of all power—on the
army, the source of all strength—and on religion, the
source of all justice."
The members of the French legislative body had their
farewell dinner on I uesday last, at which M. Billault pre-
sided. It was agreed upon that no speeches should be
made upon the occasion, and the only toast proposed was
that of " Prince Louis Napoleon," which was received
most enthusiastically.
The principal item of intelligence from Paris is the dis-
covery of a plot against the government, thirteen persons
having been apprehended on Thursday night, in the Rue
Reine Blanche, in the act of constructing an "infernal
machine," to be employed probably against the President.
The Pafrie states that " at the moment the conspirators
were apprehended they were occupied in manufacturing
out of gas-pipes a species of shells of a calibre of from
eight to nine centimetres in diameter, slightly bent at one
of the ends, and plugged with a band of stout canvas
covered with tar. Ten of these tubes, each capable of
containing a number of small balls, were found completely
finished.' Some important papers were also seized, which
clearly show the designs of the party, who are said to have
been in correspondence with the refugees in London. A
considerable number of persons have been arrested.

AMERICA.

ARRIVAL OF THE HERMANN.

On Thursday evening, at six o'clock, the United States
mail steam-ship Hermann, Lieut. Higgins, commander,
arrived off Cowes on her way to Bremen, with the American
mails, ninety-two passengers, and a small amount of specie
for Havre, the mails and passengers being transhipped to
a Southampton steamer; the Hermann proceeded on her
voyaee to Bremen.

The Liverpool and Philadelphia Company's screw steam.
ship City of Glasgow, from hence, arrived out at Phila-
delphia on the 18th ult., and the British and North Amer-
can royal mail Company's-steamer Europa. with the
mails from hence, arrived out at New York on the 19th
ult.