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of society, connecting them in the kindliest and happi-
est intercourse, and conferring a double blessing, fully
as beneficial to those who give as to those who receive
the instruction which the system communicates."

Tua MUNICIPAL ELECTION.—Our radic-11 contem
poraries are exulting over the issue of the recent mu-
nicipal election, entirely forgetful that a few more such
victories will prove the ruin of their cause, and bring
to a close the ascendancy of the faction in thisborough.
It is true that they have returned eleven out of seven-
teen eouncillors ; but it is no less true that only three
of the retiring councillors were conservatives. The
--Intest has, therefore, issued in the absolute loss of
tine,: votes to the radicals—equal to six on a division.
The real question to be determined is, are the con-
servatives more powerful in the council now than they
were in 1835, or in any of the intermediate years
Let us see. In 1835 there Were only fire conserva-
tives in the council; in 1836 there were eleven; in
1837 there were sixteen; in 1838 there are eighteen.
Where, then, is the cause for radical exultation ? Has
4(4 the influence of conservatism been progressively
On the increase ? In 1835 there were only Jive con-
servatives out of 48 councillors—in 1838 there are
eighteen out of 48. The disparity might have been
Still farther reduced had not the conservatives, through
Sheer indifference and mismanagement, contrived to
lose both Everton and Rodney wards. If these wards
had been secured, as they might have been easily, the
council would have been composed of '2O conservatives
and 23 radicals—excluding the Aldermen, who have
all been nominated by the majority. We cannot pos-
sibly discover any cause for triumphant boasting 011
the Part of the radicals when we examine this state-
ment, nor, on the other hand, any cause for discou•
Istlrnent or despair on the part of the conservatives,
Whose influence is thus steadily though progressively
Advancing.
Everson,.ln as we have said, the conservatives lost
through gross mismanagement and apathy, combined
With no very creditable share of trickery and political
tergiversation. An analysis of the poll-book will
"list.), the most incredulous of the truth of our asser-
tion. The conservatives might have secured a ma-
Jority of at least twenty, if they had only done their
duty in this ward, and that without sacrificing any
other ward. We sincerely hope that they will take a
lesson from their adversariesin future, and completely
rescue the ward from the contamination of radicalism.

The same may also be said of Rodney-street ward,
in which the conservatives are sufficiently numerous to
secure the election of their candidates with an over-
whelmin mority. We sincerely regret that through
their culpable indifference the town has been deprived
of the services of so invaluable a member of the coun-
cil as Mr. Henry Lawrence. The opposition in this
Ward was undisguisedly of the most factious character;
for the most intemperate of the radical faction must
readily acknowledge that the ward could not have been
better represented than it was in the person of Mr.
Lawrence.
In Scotland ward the triumph was most complete on
the conservative side, and that under inauspicious cir-
cumstances, for Mr. Holmes was only announced as a
candidate a few days previously to the election. The
Mercury affects to believe that Mr. Holmes is a radi-
cal. and classes him as such. A reference to his address,
which appears in another column, will we trust satisfy,
the editor of the Mercury that he "has reckoned with-
mat his host." We did not notice the excitement which
Prevailed in this ward towards the close of the election.
About four o'clock about two or three thousand persons
assembled in front of the booth, when Mr. Holmes pro-
Seeded to address the multitude. He said that " the
battle had been fought and the victory gained. They
nad triumphed ()yet the deceptive whig." He said that
"it would be his'endeavour to save the public funds.
The resent dominant party in the council, before they
obtained power, :talked of economy. No sooner, how-
ever, were they seated than they cast economy, with
all their former professions, to the winds. Eve thing
thing
that malice could do had been done to defeat him ; but
ja the madness of their rage in endeavouring to sting
him, his whig opponents had only stung themselves.
Ile rejoiced in that great triumph. They were told
that in that ward the principles of reform were to be
vindicated : there the principles of conservatism had
been nobly manifested. They must rally round the
constitution, and allow of no further invasion. The re-
form bill had fixed it. It must be supported against
the insidious and deceptive whips, as well as against
the weak and wicked radicals. The latter were led on
oV a few wicked men, who by their annual parliaments
wish to produce annual confusion, and by their uni-
versal suffrage a general revolution ; fancying
that they may gloat and fatten amidst carnage,
rapine, and misery." We are sorry that we can-
not give the entire speech ; hut we give enough,
We trust, to satisfy the man of the Mercury, as well
Ili the Chronicle and Albion, as to what party Mr.
Isaac Holmes will espouse. His professions are tho-
roughly conservative, and we have no doubt that his
eoaduct will prove the.sinceriity of those professions,
Much to the chagrin and, vexation of the Whig-Radi-
cal faction.

In Vauxhall Ward a noble triumph has been also
flehiered over one of the leading men on the liberal
Side. The majority is decisive of the fate of the radi-
gals in this ward.
The electors of St. Paul's Ward have earned the
grateful acknowledgements of the Conservatives of
Liverpool for the noble manner in which they have
emaneipated themselves from the trammels of radical-
ißm. We cannot refrain from complimenting the
committee and the canvassers on their indefatigable
exertions in contributing to the defeat of their powerful
ntazobist, and achieving so glorious a victory. Much
of Mr. Wright's success is, undoubtedly, owing to the
reaction in his favour produced by the scandalous and
malignant attacks made upon his character by the un-
principled radical press of the town.
Bit in Abercromby Ward was the greatest victory.
Poor William Earle, the ex-mayor of Liverpool, is now
the'ex.-councillor of Abercromby Ward. This is gall
and wormwood to the radicals. Hence their gross
Misrepresentations and falsehoods, to which we may
hare' to reply on Friday. Pooi William Earle ! His
glory is departed.

TO THE PROTESTANT CHURCH.
STH NOVEMBER, 18.38.

Awake eery feeling of joy and devotion,
Ye favor'd of heaven, protected and sav'd!
Protestants! shout with exulting emotion,—
Your Standard was rescued when trembling it wav'd.
For on this fated day,
From Popish device,
God's providential sway,
Protected it twice !
No sting of remorse, nor compassionate pang,
Smote the hearts of the Papists, when they thought
uf the horrors t' arise, through their hellish gang,
Whoa aiplosion. their "Gunpowder-plot" to light brought
" The and bless'd the deed,"
So each of them feel!
Oh, most damnable creed!
Foe to man's best weal!
t 61.4.15 ail gompassion,—was powerful to save !
Iltalieclos'd their plots, with cruelty rife;
I stp-Churth'e pure Standard see still proudly was-ei—
ne ireplanter by "his word of life!"
Oh 1 adorable God!
Benignant and kind !
Man's religion's "a rod,"
Thine,—" blessing," we find!
Whks..Weak Popish James, with contemptible art,
Strove in bind you with chains degra ling a slave,—
Artin, on this hely day, to gladden your hearts,
God sent a King William your freedom to save!
Rejoice, rejoice ever,
That God does you guard !
And,
.oh, never sever,
From Him your reward.
1111,...,ttehrtil, thou ransom'dl—for look but around;
, Papists are seeking your harm;
moist as serpents," yet "harmless as doves," still be found,
Aml their plot of its venom God again will disarm.
Oh, way ne'er our young Queen
Their victim be made!
For, ere this we have seen
Them through cruelty wade.
Myrtle-Art*4sth Nov. 1838.

W. A. H.

THE LIYiRPOOL GREAT STEEPLE CHASE, 1839

(To con!o off in Fc►,ruary or March.)

A aweepetekes of 20 sovs each, 5 sovs ft. with 100 soya ad-
" 4 by the town of Liverpool, for horses of all denominations,
torrno-
12st each; gentlemen riders; over a line of country
fifteeu miles of the too n of Liverpool, to be chosen by
h" • %umpire, or such person as he may appoint; the second
°Too to save its stake. The ground to be shown to the riders
Z 1 the morning of the race, by the umpire or his delegate.
16 rider to opera a gate, or to ride through a gateway, or inure
`.„,11a one hundred yards along any road, footpath, or driftway.
'titters to weigh before going to the ground for their own
soeurity. The winner to pay ten sovs. for expenses. Stakes
t
•I°bo paid previous to starting, or not entitled though a winner.
ott umpire shall hare power to appoint such assistance as he
Day reqnaiure and his decision on all questions that may arise
be fi.
This stake to close for subscriptions on Thursday, the Ist
Noarruther, 1838; horses to lie named on or before Tues-
-113", the Ist of January, 1839. The umpire shall have power
to
"stile the day, iu February or March, (of which due notice
ii'4ll be Rivet,) on which the race shall come off.—Duke of
!Wort, Lord Macdonald, Lord Suffield, Lord Segrave,
d Southampton, Lord Wilton, Lord Chesterfield, Hon.
Villiers, Lord Eglington, Lord Waldegrave, Sir T. S. M.
s6t4nley, Mr. Robertson, Sir E. Mostyn, Sir E. Smythe,
Ottot Bathyany, Captain Lamb, Captain Childe, Mr. W.
Stanley., Mr. Errengtoo, Mr. F. K. Craven, Mr. Elmore,
Coke, Mr. W. Sirrlifield, Mr. H. M. Blake, Mr. Wil-
8-14sen, Mr. George Hawkea, Mr. A. G. Bowen, Mr. J.
be:"t, Mr. C. W. F. Coghlan, Mr. A. :11‘Donogli, Mr. J.
At„"to, Mr.. T. Charmer, Mr. T. Stanley, Mr. B. Collett,
SJ. Parker, Mr. L. Whittle, Mr. G. o'Moore, Mr. C.
s arshali, Mr. J. M. Cockridge, Mr. J. Soloman. Mr. T.
46", Mr. J Osborne, Mr. J. F. Knaresboro', Mr. Kent,
r- G. Blake, Mr. J. H. Leeche, Mr. J. S. Oswell, Mr. H.
• Hornby, Mr. Stephenson.
10i sweepstakes of 10 sovs each, with 30 added; four yrs old,
t 121 h; five, list 12lb; six and aged, 12st ; heats over a
tianrtiott country, about two mile,' and a half; gentlemen
char' way
the winner to be sold for 1(X) sovs if demanded, in the
ch-„,4' Way. All rules, &c, applicable to the Great Steeple-
ie shall be considered equally so in this.
°I, close on the Ist November, 1838; horses to be named
or before the Ist of February, 1839.

' duEXTRAORDINARY PRODUCE.—On Saturday last a labourer
j twenty-six barrels of potatoes, up to the hour of four
l "t• oil the lands of Barn, the property of Stephen Moor.
Thkcits, although frequently inters uptect by the heavy showers.
dose' seemingly heavy task was performed with the greatest
theft' but
had the day been fine, there is not the slightest
the'44ll. but that be would have dog 30 barrels, so great was
thdllee•---iipperrery Constitution,

CORRESPONDENCE.

"NO FAITH WITH HERETICS" VERIFIED,

TO THE EDITOR OF THE LIVERPOOL ST.42VD.IRD.

take the liberty of stating to you a fact, which took
place at Mr, Halliday's on Thursday alter noou last.
Mr. Shaw, of Everton, and Mr. Dutobell, of Kirkdale,
tax-gatherers, &c., agreed to pair off and not to vote, but
Mr. Dutnbell, who is a Roman Catholic, broke his promise a
few minutes afterwards, and voted for Mr. Holmes; and not
only so, but was busily employed taking up -votes for Mr.
Holmes.

This, sir, is the reason why we lost the return of Mr. Shand;
and unless we have some independent gentlemen of activity
and spirit to look after our registry, &c., we shall be no better
than Castle-street Ward in a short time.—Yours. &c.,
Nov. 2, 1839. A CONSERVATIVE.

MR. JAMES LAWRENCE.

TO THE EDITOR OF THE LIVERPOOL STANDARD.

Sin,—ln that truth-loving print, the slop-pail of yesterday,
it is stated that Mr. James Lawrence was actively employed
in canvassing for Mr. Harvey, during the election on Thurs-
day. Now. Sir, I beg to say that I know this to be a bare-
faced lie. The fact is, Mr. H. called on that gentleman, to
request him to canvass a single vote, which Mr. Lawrence
positively refused to do. So much for the facts of the Mer-
cury. If any one could read that print through, I doubt not
they would find, on an average, twenty such facts weekly.
I am, Sir, yours in haste,

November 3, 1838.

A LOOKER-ON.

DR. EPI'S'S LECTURES

70 THE EDITOR OF THE LIVERPOOL STANDARD.

Sia,—An itinerant spouter, y'clept Epps, has been, and is
still, giving, what he calls " Lectures on Phrenology."
Last Thursday evening, however, in the Music Hall, he
thought proper to favour his audience with a violent philippic
against the medical profession and its professors, and after-
wards with a tirade equally sensible and apropos against
an hereditary peerage, intended, I suppose, to impress on his
hearers the propriety of abolishing the present House of
Lords, and electing the members of the future one only from
those candidates for the honour, whose bumps shall have
given satisfaction to a phrenological board and its president,
(Dr. Epps, with, of course, a suitable salary.)
Now, if this learned Theban" have no friend to give him
counsel, let him be told in your fearless columns that persons
who pay their money to hear what should be purely scientific
lectures, are not to be entrapped into listening to the political
ravings and crudities of itinerant demagogues—we have
already more thin quantum stiff. of stationary ones—and
that whenever he is about again to make a display of his
radical nonsense and trash, it will be but common honesty to
announce it, that those to whom it is offensive may, by stay-
ing away, save both their money and their patience.—Yours,
&c., ANTI-RAD.

DR. SLEIGH'S LECTURES.

TO THE EDITOR OF THE LIVERPOOL ST.4NDiIRD.

Ste,—lt was not my intention to have noticed the ludi-
crous "gross libel" composition of the delectable editor of
the Mercury in his paper of Friday last, but the unfortunate
gentleman, while floundering in his passion, has committed a
blunder which, 1 feel, from his extreme love of truth, he will
be gratified by seeing rectified.
Not satisfied with having slandered Dr. Sleigh, in his rig-
marole article of the 26th ult., he in that of the 2d instant
attempts to cast the composition of my letter upon him, while
stigmatising it as "vulgar and intemperate," and then kindly
remarks with Dr. 011apod, " of their own merits modest men
are dumb." How grateful the doctor must feel for the
amiable attention of this mercurial gentleman. But, sir, I
beg to state that Dr. Sleigh had no put whatever in the
production of the letter, and I will engage to say that the
editors of the Mercury experienced the felicity of a perusal of
it before the doctor had any idea such a letter was in exist-
ence; and it was not until after it appeared in your columns
that I had the pleasure of an introduction to him.
My letter, it appears, has had the desired cff,ct ; andr
think, sir, you will say that I may., with more propriety than
the editor of the Mercury, observe with Dr. Johnson, that
"it must have hit hard from the nature of the rebound." In
conclusion, I assure you, sir, I thank him for the publicity
he has given to "Dr. Sleigh's Lectures."—Yours, truly,
J. H . S.

I perceive that the fourth lecture.is to be delivered this
evening. 1 hope the Conservatives and their families will
attend. These lectures are particularly interesting and in-
structive.

A HINT TO REFORM CHURCHMEN.

TO THE EDITOR OP THE LIVERPOOL STANDARD.

Me. Entzon,—The apathy of Churchmen in general is
greatly appalling. At a time when our institutions are sur-
rounded and attacked by Infidelity and Unitarianism in the
most flagrant manner, they look on and behold without being
in the least concerned. in one ward we see for chairman, a
man that professes Owenism, and what is Owenism but Infi-
delity ? Yet Churchmen vote for the man that is to represent
the ward in which an infidel presides as chairman. Church-
men, you little think what you are doing by being leagued '
with three sects which are joined for your destruction; those
three sects are Infidelity, Unitarianism, and Popery. Church-
men in going into the council chamber may say, " 1 will
act conscientiously with regard to Orr-intim:tides I profess;"
but when they get there they find that to act conscientiously
they must either retire or vote with men whom they have
consented to support, and who meditate the destruction of
the church they have the honour to belong to. The circum-
stance of Mr. Birch will be a lesson, I hope, to all who be-
long to the Established Church, and to those men who pre-
tend to support it, but, as it is plain to be seen, are leagued
with its greatest enemies. But, I would not have you retire
as Mr. Birch has done; but when you see the base doings of
your pretended friends, act with independence, strenuously
oppose every measure that is against your church, and con-
sequently against the welfare of your fellowtnea and the
country at large. By doing so you will gain the confidence
and respect of men who have a decided interest in the welfare
of their country, and true freedom; but by deserting your
fellow-brethren, who consistently support those principles,
you lay open your institutions to your Whig enemies, who
will sneer at you, to think they have deluded and drawn you
into their false schemes, and who are willing to sacrifice every-
thing that is just to their enslaved par excellence system of
liberality. Churchmen, while you are assisting and support-
ing the good cause in which you are engaged (on the Sab-
bath) on the comma❑ days, you are found assisting your ad-
versaries to deprive you of blessings you enjoy. I congratu-
you on the example you have shown in St. Paul's Ward.
You have rejected a Unitarian—a man that in his heart
rejects the Saviour of the World. Can it be for a moment
supposed that men of this stamp are your friends? Daily
occurrences prove them to be your secr2t enemies, and yet
Churchmen are found supporting them. I hope, for your
own happiness and for the peace of the country, you will oust
them all. All institutions, which, by the ravaging hand of
time, are liable to a little change for good to which many of
our revolting Churchmen agree, but by the signs of the times
it is plain to the most uninterested observer, that our adver-
saries are for a most desttuctive change, to which, I regret to
say, Churchmen accede, sr are so short-sighted that they
cannot perceive. Churchmen, it is to you that such men owe
their seats in the council chamber, but they show by their
acts that conscientious men cannot sit amongst. them without
great sacrifices. Churchmen, as you have it in your power
to direct the representation of the town, place it in those
that act uprightly. A question might be asked, whether do
you like your brother Churchmen, or Infidels and Unitarians
the best? You would say in the common course of nature, I
like to live in charity with all men. But whom would you trust
your vital interests w►th? Those who show themselves worthy.
Reform Churchmen, now is the time to know your friends;
act consistently then, and reject those whom yon know to be
your crafty enemies.

I am, Sir, yours, &T.,
A CONSTANT READER.

TO ALL WHOM IT MAY CONCERN : AND IT
CONCERNS ALL.

7'o 7HE EDITOR OF THE LIVERPOOL STANDARD,

Stu,—ln this day of " blasphemy and rebuke," and when
party politics operate so extensively to the manifest injury
of individuals and of the state, it would be most beneficial
were the following excellent cautions carefully brought into
individual practice.
They are extracted from a little work, entitled, " On Reli-
gious Declension," &c., by the late Rev. Andrew Fuller, of
Kettering, " whose praise is in all the churches ;" and as he
was a Dissenter, it is hoped they may have especial weight
with many of a similar religious persuasion.
The evils of political party spirit are far greater than many
stay to calculate; but, when it is borne in mind that almo;t.
the only newspapers laid before the lower classes are those
vile publications which inculcate agitation, revolution, anar-
chy, infidelity, and contempt for the Bible and its religion
and ministers,—and that these vehicles of the worst poison
constitute almost then only reading,—the: demoralisation of
the minds of the largest portion of the population must be
frightful! Who can calculate the baneful results ? Let
every one exert himself to stein a torrent which threatens
all that is most dear to us as Christians and Britons.

" Finally :—There is another species of departure from
God. This is, taking an eager and deep interest in political
disputes.
" Whatever may be the duty of a nation in extraordinary
cases, there is scarcely any thing in all the New Testament
inculcated with more solemnity than that individuals, and
especially Christians, should he obedient, peaceable, and
loyal subjects; nor is there any sin much more awfully cen-
sured than the contrary conduct. it requires not only that
we keep within the compass of the laws, (which is easily
done by men of the mo3t unprincipled minds,) but that we
honour, and intercede with God tor those who administer
them. These duties Were pressed particularly upon the Ro-
mans, who by their situation were more exposed than others
to the temptation of joining in factious and conspiracies,
which were almost continually at work in that tumultuous
city.

--."'Nor does the danger belong exclusively to one side. If
we enlist under the banners of the party in power, considered
as a party-, we shall feel disposed to vindicate or palliate pro-
ceedings, which may be very inconsistent with Christianity.
Paul, though he enjoined obedience to the existing govern-
ment, yet was never an advocate for Roman ambition; and
when addressing himself to a governor, did not fail to reason
on righteousness and judgment to come.
" The great point with Chri,tions should be, an attachment
to government at government, irrespective of the party which
a.iministers it. We are not called to yield up our consciences
in religious matters, nor to approve of that which is wrong
in those which are civil : hut we are not at liberty to deal in
acrimony, or evil speaking. The good which results to so-
ciety from the very worst government upon earth, is great
when compared with the evils of anarchy. On this principle,
it is probable, the Apostle enjoined obedience to the powers
that were, even during the reign of Nero. Christians are
soldiers under the King of Kings; their object should be to
conquer all ranks and degrees of men to the obedience of
faith.

" If we enter into the spirit of the Gospel, though we may
have our preferences of men and measures, we shall bear
good-will to all; and, whoever is at the head of affairs, we
shall reverence the powers that be. Whatever be our pri-
vate opinions of the men, we shall respect and honour the
rulers. That loyalty which operates only with the prevalence
of a party, whichever it be, is at a great remove from the
loyalty enjoined by the Scriptures.
"By standing aloof from all parties, as such, and approving
themselves the friends of govrtnnent and good order, by
whomsoever administered, Christians would acquire a dig-
nity of character worthy of their profession, and would pos-
sess greater opportunities of doing good; while, by a con-
trary conduct, they render one part of the community their
enemies, and the other, I fear, derive but little spiritual ad-
vantage from being their friends."

ARRIVALS AT TILE GRAND JUNCTION 110 r..—Captain
Elhole, W. Bourne, Robert Wright, T. Stapleton, \V. 11.
Patterson, li. Medealf, T. Hunter. J. Goodson, W. Blake,
J. Scott, J. Pruther, F. Fisher, J. NPBeane, E. R. Tenison,
T. Wright, W. H. Bradshaw, Esqrs.; General Snead; ;llis.
W. Fox, and family: Sir C. Dohy; Mr. H. Browne; Sir
Donald Campbell, Bar:.; Lady Cecilia Underwood; Mr.
Shaw; Lieut. Cot. Rich; Mr. Greenlees; Col. O'Wallv ;
Mrs. Wann; Mrs. Gay; Mr. Buckmaster, by the Royal Wil-
liam steamer; Capt. Curry, ditto; Douglas Labalmondre,
Esq., 834 itegt„ ditto,

Tin Rev. John Dufton, M.A., Domestic Chaplain to the
Most Noble the Marquis of Normanby, has been instituted,
His Grace the Archbishop of Canterbury, to the Rectory
hvllrai borne, in the county of Kent. Patron, the Lord
Chancellor.

Tim ROYAL WILL A Ni.—The Royal William arrived yes-
terday in Liverpool at twelve o'clock, after a passage Of
fifteen and a-half days, having left New York on the 20th
_ .

ult. On Saturday she passed the steam-ship Liverpool off
Cork, standing out eastwards on an experimental trip. Con-
sidering the very boisterous weather that has prevailed the
Royal \Villiom has made an exceedingly good passage.
A LAUNCH.—On Saturday was launched, from the build-

ing-yard of Messrs. Bannister and Co., a splendid barque,
of 250 tons, built, we are informed, on an entirely new prin-
ciple for British merchant vessels: length, 110 feet, breadth
of beam, 233/4 feet; intended for the Brazil trade, and to be
commanded by Captain John Taylor. This beautiful speci-
men of naval architecture is the property of James Duncan,
Esq., of this town.
SUBSCRIPTION CONCERTS.—It will be seen by an advertise-
ment in another column that the first of the Subscription
Concerts will take place at the Amphitheatre, on the 18th
instant. The Amphitheatre, we understand, will he refitted
up for the occasion. These concerts bid fair to pass off in a
very brilliant manner. The chief vocal and instrumental
talent of the provincial towns have been engaged. We see
the names also of Miss Fanny Wyndham and Machin among
the vocalists. We have heard that the boxes are alread)
filled.

A SCENE IN TIIE COURT OF REQUESTS.—A few days ago,
a gentleman was summoned to the Court of Requests, when
the learned commissioner, through some confused notion
that he was the proprietor of a public-house, asked defendant

. .
it his wife was at the bar? The defendant answered that she
was too young; but, as several old women had been called to
it, he thought his wife might yet aspire to that high lie-four.

So dry was Father Murphy's sermon last Sunday evening,
that it actually made one of his listeners gape so wide that he
turned his head inside out. —From a Corrc.vporident.
" INTENDING" EMIGHANTS.—On Wednesday last, some
suspicion being excited, the hold of the ship Sea, lying in
dock, and preparing to clear out for New York, was searched,
and two fellows were found stowed in the main hold, medi-
tating an economical trip across the Atlantic. They received
a gratuitous passage to Bridewell.
THE LATE GALES.—A mariner, who arrived in this port a
few days ago, and who has been engaged in the seafaring
line for about thirty years, informed one of our friends that
he never experienced such tempestuous weather in his life
as he encountered during his voyage home.—Mercury.
SOUND REPOSE.—On Thursday morning, a sailor belong-
ing to the brig Phelim Clinton, slept in the forecastle of the
•

, •
vessel so very soundly, that some particularly impudent thief
entered, unlocked his trunk without awakening him, and
carried off his hest jacket and trousers.

THE RECENT LADIES' BAZA A R.—The Trustees of the
Medical Institution have great pleasure in stating, that the

recent Ladies' Bazaar has— more than equalled their most
sloguine expectations, having produced the amount which
fully discharges the debt incurred by the erection of the
building. They tender their grateful acknowledge ents, not

only to the ladies who engaged in the undertaking, and con-
ducted it to so successful a result, but also to the public at
large, who generously afforded it their patronage and support.
SEttmoN.—A sermon was preached in St, George's Church,
Little Bolton, On Tuesday evening last. by the Rev. Hugh
M•Neile, of Liverpool, after which a collection was made,
amounting to upwards of £BO, towards the expenses of the

gas-fittings.
The Rev. G. Chetwode, Rector of Ashton-under-Lyne,
has presented the living of St. John's Chapel, Lees, near
Oldham, to the Rev. G. D. Grundy, A.M. minister of Nether-
thong, Yorkshire, at the request of the seatholdere
FINE ARTS.-1n consequence of the announcement of a
sale by auction of the Exhibition of Paintings, by old and
modern artists, at the Lyceum-robins, 80ld-street, in which
some most important additions are named, we have been in-
duced to pay another visit to this establishment; and we
trust, without being considered obtrusive in our remarks,
that we have done so from a laudable desire to promote, to
the extent or our humble ability, the advancement of the
fine arts, especially in this town, andwe are always ready to
hail with delight the introduction of fine specimens con-

nected therew.Cill ; and, although we attended with raised ex-

pectations, we are happy in stating they were fully realized,
more particularly, in the recognition of what we conceive a
very clever painting, from the pencil of Cuvp, in itself suf-
ficient to attract attention, and can not, in justice to the pro-
prietor of this property, to whose indefatigable exertions we
are much indebted, and whose labours have not been un-
attended with profit to the community, close these brief re-
marks without wishing him good speed, and that he may not
have to regret his determination of submitting so important
and va!uable a collection to unreserved sale.

POST•OFFICE COMMUNICATION WITH LIVERPOOL.—We

hear very general, and we think well-founded complaints,
from merchants, brokers, and others, with respect to the ir-
regularity and late arrival of the morning mail from Liver-
pool. The letters, it scents, are taken by the early Grand
Junction train to Warrington, where they await the arrival
or the Manchester bags by mail from London, and then are
brought forward to Manchester with those. But as yet the
London mail is far from regular, and it is often late in the
forenoon before the letters by it are delivered; and the in-
convenipnce thus caused is very much increased, by needlessly
subjecting the ,Livrpool letters to the sante. A remedy ma)
so easily be applied, that we think the post-office authorities
will be i,iexcusable if they suffer the evil to continue many
days uncorrected alter it has been brought to their notice.
Let the seven-o'clock P.M. train from Liverpool be made into
a mail train; and the thing is accomplished. Business is al-
ways over sufficiently early in Liverpool, to admit of letters
advising of the state of the market being written in time for
that conveyance; and, though the letters would not be receiv-
able in Manchester until after the close of business there,

those who chose to go to the post office fir them might obtain
their letters over-night; whilst those who did not, would find
theirs awaiting them, on their coming to business in the
morning. We hope the chamber of commerce, or the mer-
chants generally, or both, will promptly take this matter up ;
and, by a spirited remonstrance to Lord Lichfield, cause the
present serious inconvenience to be put an end to.—Manches-
ter Guardian.

SUDDEN DEATH OF AN A LE-DRlNKER.—Yesterday week
an inquest was held on the body of a man named James
Gratrix, fifty-one years of age, who resided in Great Cross-
hall-street. At midnight of Tuesday, the 2.3 d ult., he went
home to the house of his step-son, and, being drunk, went
immediately to bed. At noon, on the following day, he in-
formed Mr. James Fairclough, his step-son, who went into
his bed-room, that he would get up directly, and that there
was therefore no occasion to send his dinner up. Tea-time,
however, catne, and Gratrix had not yet arisen. A person
was accordingly sent up stairs, either to arouse him, or to
inquire if he would take any refreshment. 'the messenger
came down stairs, and said he believed that Gratrix was dead.
Mr. Fairclough immediately went up stairs, taking with him
a candle, and perceived that such was really the fact. The
deceased, in the words of the witness, "used to drink very
hard of ale." Mr. Cripps. the surgeon who bad been called

in, deposed that he attributed the death of Gratrix to a rup-
ture of the valves of the heart. He considered, from the
position in which the chamber utensil was found, that the
deceased had been vomiting, and the effort had caused the
valves to burst. Verdict—Died by the visitation of God.

SOCIA I.ISM.—A discussion, between the Rev. John Bowes
and Mr. John Green, on the principles of socialism as advo-
cated by Robert Owen, Esq., took place, on Tuesday and
Wednesday last, at the Queen's Theatre. The house was
excessively crowded. The discussion was continued on Tues-
day evening for some hours amid great uproar, particularly
w hen Mr. Green attempted to speak. At length, when he
was about to attempt another reply to Mr. Bowes, a general
disturbance took place. A person in the pit attempted to
strike Mr. Green, but, fortunately, the front of the platform,
against which the stick was broken, prevented the bleir from
taking effect. The policemen were ultimately introduced,
some of the gaslights extinguished, and, amid great uproar,
the meeting adjourned. On Wednesday the so-called dis-
cussion was characterized, according to the Mercury, by still
more disgraceful interruptions on the part of the friends of
Mr. Bowes. Mr. Green was scarcely permitted to speak, and,
at ten o'clock, he was stopped, in an attempt to read an ex-
tract from Blackwood's Magazine, by Mr. Bowes, who pro-
posed the following resolution, which was carried unanimous-
ly :—" That it is the opinion of this meeting, that the princi-
ples of the social system are calculated to promote the greatest
licentiousness, and ought to be scouted by every friend to
good morals." It was put to the meeting, whether they would
adjourn till the following evening or continua for another-
hour. The latter proposition was carried, and the disputants
continued till eleven o'clock, when a gentleman on the plat-
form requested those persons to hold up their hands who
thought Mr. Bowes hut proved socialism to be "the most
injurious, irrationel, and contemptible system ever offered to
the reason of man." This proposition wee received with
thunders of applause and an almost simultaneous show of
hands. Thanks were vo►ed to the chairman, and the meeting
separated.—Albion.

DESPERATE ASSAULT BY A RAILROAD CONSTABLE.—OD
Monday, Owen Clarke, a constable attending the station-
house of the Grand Junction Railway Company at War-
rington, was summoned to attend before the magistrates, to
answer a charge of assault preferred against hint by Edward
Green, and Rachael his wife The defendant did not appear,
and it was stated, that having been discharged from the
company's service on the previous Saturday, he had delivered
up his clothes and left the town. Mr. Stubs, one of the ma-
gistrates, on hearing this statement, wished to be made
acquainted with the circumstances connected with the charge.
The wife of the complainant stated that she, with her husband
and child, were going to Manchester on the previous Sunday
night, when, on reaching the railway station, they found they
were much too soon, as no train left Warrington for Man-
chester until half-past eight o'clock. Waiting its arrival,
they sat down on the bench outside the office. Theiefendant
came up to them tipsy, and on ascertaining that they were
going to Manchester, said "you must come along with me."
'phis they declined doing, and the defendant said, " I will
make you," and accompanying hie words by action, forcibly
took hold of the wife, and was forthwith about to drag her
across the railway, when the husband interposed, sad be was
quickly collared by the defendant, his clothes were tern, and
he was dreadfully maltreated. At length another constable
was obtained, and the defendant made to desist from his
unmanly attack on his unoffending victims. Mr. Stubs, on
hearing this statement, said he felt assured the Railway Com-
pany would defray any expenses the complainant might be
put to, provided he could apprehend the prisoner and bring
him to Justice.—Mr. Lyon, the chairman, said, as the case
at present stood, awing to the defendant having absconded,
the complainant had no remedy. If, however, he succeeded
in apprehending the defendant, he would remember that he
had paid the costs of the summonses and service.—Man-
chester Courier.

OPENING OF THE NORTH UNION RamwAy.—On Wed-
nesday last, the above memorable and interesting event took
place. The first train, which left Preston soon after seven '
o'clock in the morning, arrived in Wigan before eight. The
first train, with four carriages, and four waggons laden with
castings, started from Wigan at half-•past nine, with two
engines attached, one of which was soon afterwards taken
off, when the train began to abate its speed. The engine
was kept at a very slow rate up the incline as far as the Boar's
Head; the train then began to increase its speed, and reached
Coppull, after a lance of twenty-five minutes; from thence it
passed along to Preston in about the same period of time.
On passing German's Bridge, where a number of spectators
had assembled, the hand in the carriages struck up " God
save the Queen ;" and the sun at the same time emerging
from the clouds, and beaming forth in all her radiant splen-
dour,.as if participating in the proceedings of the day, pro-
duced a sort of electrical effect, at once imposing and mag-
nificent in the extreme. On arriving at Preston, the band
went to the front of the house of the worthy mayor, Thomas
German, Esq., where " Rule Britannia," and " See the con-
quering hero comes," were played with great spirit. The
bells of the parish church rang several merry peels; flags
were suspended on the church steeple, the mayor's house,
and other conspicuous parts of the town, proudly floating in
the breeze in honour of this interesting and memorable (iced-
slim. Between one and two o'clock a vast concourse of
people had assembled about the railway station ; and, pre-
vious to the train starting at calf-past two, the place presented
a truly busy and interesting scene—a scene which may be
inure easily imagined than adequately des7ribed. It will,
indeed, be a dies notabilis to the inhabitants of Preston. Some
thousands of anxious spectators had assembled at half-past
two in the afternoon, when the train started off at a rapid
rate, amid the hearty plaudits of the assembled throng, and
to the no small gratification of every one who had the happi-
ness of being present.—Another train started again shout
five, when a similar feeling of tejoicincr, was exhibited.—Yes-
terday, the first-class trains accomplished the distance be.
tween this town and Preston in 20 minutes..4l/igart Gazette,
The impression is general in Paris that a war between Great
Britain and lius.§ia was all but certain.

MR. SLEIGH'S THIRD LECTURE AT THE

LIVER THEATRE.

Last evening Mr. Sleigh delivered his third lecture on the
Nature of Republicanism and Modern Liberality, at the
Liver Theatre, Church•street. The audience was ❑ot very

numerous, but highly respectable, and there were a numbet
of ladies present.
He commenced by stating that his intention of investigat-
ing the nature of republicanism had scarcely been announced,
before he had been denounced as a gross libeller of the in-

stitutions of America, and condemned without a hearing.
Such conduct savoured strongly of what they had heard or
Lynch law, at the other side of the Atlantic. He had taken

particular pains to send complimentary tickets to the Editors
of the Liberal Press in Liverpool, and be had stated that he
was prepared to defend his statements at any time and place,
made from the writings of _American ant hors and the Ameri-

can press, as well as'his own observation; and yet, without
taking the trouble of appearing to examine—without calling
a council of independent inhabitants of the town, to see whe-
ther the documents he read, in proof of his statements, were

true or not—he had been pronounced as a gross libeller. fir
should by and bye have an opportunity of letting them know
how they treated incorrigible editors on the other side of the
Atlantic. If this conduct had been pursued by a tyrannical
.press—a Tory press—they would not have been surprised:
but emanating from those who were the professed friends of
freedom of discussion, how inconsistent it was, or rather how

consistent, with the principles which they advocated. In his
first lecture, he had wade an assertion that there were two

classes or persons in the United States; one, the ruling body,
the great mass of the people, and it was their practices and

conduct which he was giving a description of. The other
was the minority, the few, the intelligent, the virtuous, who
did not interfere with the political concerns of the country.

but looked on with dread at the consequences of ans which
it was utterly impossible for them, by their own exeitions, to
stem the torrent of. lie thought it right that he should give
them some confirmation of this. The lecturer then proceeded
to quote from page 13 of De Tocqueville's work on America,
to the effect that the wealthy and intelligent men of the com-
munity abandoned the political arena, from an unwillingness
to contend against the poorer classes of their fellow subjects,
and concentrated all their enjoyments in the privacy of their
houses. They submitted to the dorninancy of the majority
as an evil, and were careful to disguise their sentiments re-
specting it. But it was easy to see that the wealthy men
entertained a hearty disdain at the democratic state of their

country : the populace was at once their scorn and their fear.
It was his intention to prove, philospphically and scripturally,
that democracy in America, or jacobinisin in France, or radi-

calism in this country, were of pernicious tendency. The
proposition he should prove was that republicanism neces-
sarily led to tyranny, immorality, misery, and ruin. He would
not quote from those who might be thought to be inimical to
American society, nor would he make assertions of his own,
as he might be thought to labour under pique or disappoint-
ment with regard to that country; he would take their own
proclamations, and quote from 52 public newspapers of all
parties to show the general state of the country. the misery

a.
nd brutality, and the pauperism which existed there. tie
would not relate the transactions of individuals, because there
were bad individuals in all communities, nor the out-breaks

of mobs, because in all countries there were such ; but he
would relate to them the transactions of the body of the

people—or the rulers, as it were, of the land. Before he re-
captulated that evidence, there were one Or two things which
it was necesary to adduce; the first was the nature of their
mobs, and the second was, the principles of the lower order
of society. They had heard of mobs, and Lynch law. Perhaps
they were not acquainted with what Lynch law was. If any
individual expressed a sentiment which was thought to be ini-
mical to the interests of the city or place where he was, imme-
diately a number of persons were called together, they sat in
judgment upon him, they had a mock trial, and immediately he
was sentenced to )e burnt to death, or dragged through a
pond and half drowned, or to be tarred and feathered; at
another time he is stripped naked, and fastened down to the
round, while a tom-cat is held by the tail and dragged down

with its ciaws tearing his flesh. That was L'‘neti

n this country we had mob; collected who were sufrei in g from

want, and generally speaking these mobs were collections of
very ignorant and poor men. In America such was not the
fact; all the mobs which had there committed the most dis-
graceful outrages against life, liberty, and law, were mobs
of gentlemen. He quoted Miss Maitineau in support of this
assertion. This was the spirit of the higher classes there;
but it was still further carried out. Their duels were de i ‘e-
rate, cold-blooded murders, %die r, men w-nt out with tides

with the certainty of killing their aciveis !ries; and scarcely
a man travelled in that country, who coul•l affuid it, who
had not a stiletto or bimle knife c:incealed abut him. In

England, it was the spirit of the people not to let two or three
men knock down and trample upon one individual; this was
not the case in America; the sane spirit which made the
gentleman carry a stiletto wade the poor man descend toacts
which an Englishman abhorred. It republicanism were so
cry good why was it not carried out in the navy of America?
He had it ou the evidence of men who had served in that
navy, that the system carried out in the navy of the United
States was the most despotic in the whole earth. He had it
on the evidence of a man who had bought his discharge from
one of the vessels, that, in three years there had been no less
that 30.0(X) lashes given on board, besides what were called
day-floggings, whilst they had their clothes on. Mr. Sleigh
then read quotations from the speeches of various Members
of Congress, stating their belief that such was the working of
the present system of republicanism that it could not last
long.

He would now proceed to the consideration of " liberty."
There were two species of liberty; one e Inch he should term
natural or true liberty, and the other he should term unna-
tural or spurious liberty. The Creator had endowed his
creatures and all matter with a certain degree of what was
termed " liberty," or "frebdom :" any attempt beyond that—
any aiming at a condition beyond that which Omnipotence
had in His infinite wisdom destined for the creature, infalli-
bly produced disorder. Hence they found that the beasts of
the field, the worms of the earth, the fishes of the sea, things
animate and inanimate, were all endowed with a certain
degree of freedom; and however trifling the degree, so far as
it went that was perfect freedom, and was calculated to pro-
duce the greatest degree of happiness for the creature. And
if he might be allowed to form a conjecture from the councils
of the Almighty, he would say unlimited freedom could not
be enjoyed by any created thing, without producing disorder
and irregularity. If a fiah were capable of reasoning, and
although having perfect liberty to roam at large in its ele-
ment, began to reason in itself that it could not enjoy perfect
freedom unless it could go into another element, every at-
tempt to attain that liberty would of necessity be attended
with evil consequences, and if persevered in would inevitably
bring ruin on the creature. So all created things in this
world possessed a certain degree of liberty, but nevertheless
they were subjected to laws, and did not possess unrestrained
freedom. The planets even, in their course through space,
were restrained
_by laws, and (lid not possess what some men
called liberty Perfect liberty, or unrestrained freedom, was
not obtained by the creature in any time in the whole crea-
tion. Some might say, "We don't pretend but that there
should be laws—we don't pretend to say that there should
j not be a certain restraint on men;" then he would ask them,

... • _ _ , _
" Why talk about liberty? why make use of a term so inap-
propriate? If vou only mean limited liberty, use not a word
by means of which you do not intend to convey its meaning."
Let them, then, speak of limited liberty, and the degree of it
obtained by men. This led theirs necessarily to the conside-
ration of what had been termed the declaration of the inde-
pendence of the United States, signed July 4th, 1796. He
had no hesitation in pronouncing some of its declarations the
most preposterous and unphilosophical ever penned by loan.
In the outset it stated, "all men are created equal." That
declaration he pronounced to be not only unphilosophical
and absurd, but a declaration against the order of nature,
and against the will of Heaven. And need they be surprised
by this declaration, when the substance of this statute was
first penned by Thomas Paine, as great an infidel and de-
spiser of the God of heaven as man ever knew? The decla-
ration set out—" all men are created equal." He asserted
they were not. What said the Bible ? What said philoso-
phy? 'What said matter of fact? The Bible decidedly in-
timated that all men were not created equal; so did philoso-
atter of fact demonstrated to them that all men
were nut created equal. The term `• equal" must refer to the
pmhen' mental,
n
tphysical,
or moral attributes of men. Were all men
created equal in physical qualities? Were all men equally
tall, or equally robust, or nimble ? In physical qualities
then, decidedly all men are not equal. Were they then all
created mentally equal? Had all men equal mental powers?
Were all men equally mathematicians? Had all men equal
memories ? Certainly not. Then as to mental qualities,
all men were not equal. Then as to equal rights. Had all
men equal rights? He said they had not; as for instance—
he might be heir-at-law to his father's estate, to which ano-
ther man was not, therefore, he was not created with equal
rights with other men ; or, he might be heir at will—hence
he was not created with rights to which all men were entitled.
Therefore all men were not created equal.—The declaration
then said—" all men are entitled to equal right of liberty
and happiness." Was that the way America interpreted it?
It was not. Let them look to her Southern States, with her
million anti a half of slaves, or to the hundreds of thousands
of free slaves in the North; or to the West, at the red In-
dians driven at the point of the bayonet from their lands.
Was this their definition of "equal right to liberty and hap-
piness?" It would be just as philosophical to say, that all
the beasts of the field were created equal, as to say that all
men were created equal; it was prepostcrons, and shown to
be absurd in matter of fact. What then was it that gave
man superiority over the brute creation and over his fellow
man? Most unquestionably; mind. Wbat individual would
have command of a horse, if he were not governed and
guided by the intelligence of his rider? In tue same way it
was mind which gave man superiority over his fellow man.
Therefore, as God, who has made us, and n 4. we ourselves,
has thought proper not t; endow all mm with an equal de-
gree of mental faculties and intelligence, it is therefore
decidedly consistent with his will that, in proportion to the
intelligence given to us we are destined to rule and govein
the great mass of mankind to whom He has not thought
proper to give an equal degree of intelligence. They were
now approaching to the point which he wanted specifically
to prove, how did this spurious liberality or repuhli:anisin
lead to demoralization? He took h's stan'l upon this posi-

don, that any departure from the.ceder of nature, in as much
as the order of nature was established by infinite wisdom,
must necessarily pi oduce disorder, confusion, and ruin. Those
who for wise purposes were not endowed with superior intelli-
gence, were intended by the economy of nature to be go-
verned and ruled by those of superior intelligence and wis-
dom. But republicanism and radicalism went on the very
opposite principle. instead of saying that the minority that
possessed that intelligence should rule, the majority was to
rule simply because they were a majority; which was equiva-
lent to saying that physical power should rule and not intel-
ligence. They found in the sacred volume different degrees
of rulers recognized, and the relations of master and
servant. Would they cal any man master, or any man
servant, at the other side of the atlantic? Republicanism
did not recognize these distinctions, and therefore set aside
the bible. The bible awarded honour to whom honour was
tine; just in proportion to the honour due to you in America,
would you receive the very reverse through the spirit of re-
publicanism and mob brutality, and force was made to over-
whelm superior intelligence !
He contended that radical, and republican leaders. had
ever been infidels—selfish, tyrannical men at heart, seeking
only to serve their Own purposes, and serve their own ends;
to climb the ladder of popularity to power, and when it was
obtained, to kick down the ladder, and treat the peop!e as
slaves. The greatest preachers about liberty, had ever been
the greatest tyrants.
He contended that the Established Church was the best
security for religious freedom; and that there was no more
reason in a dissenter refusing to pay the taxes, than to sup-
port the church. By the payment of the one his life and
property were protected to him; by supporting the other, his
religious freedom was preserved to him ; and he was support-
ing a church which had handed down to him in its purity, the
unadulterated word of God. Were there was no established
church, there they beheld the silent, but sure march of
Roman Catholicism, and he did not hesitate to say, that 25
years hence, from the rapid strides in America it, was mak-
illy, that the Roman Catholic religion would be the esta-
blished religion of that country; and where then would be
their liberty of conscience, and their unadulerated gospel?
He decried a church disconnected with the state, and without
a fixed support; for so long as human nature was what it is.
there would be a smoothing down of the glorious truths of the
gospel, which were calculated to humble the wealthy indi-
viduals of a congregation, on whom the preacher looked for
support. The preachers could not obtain support except
from numbers, and hence they saw the revivals and camp-
meetings•in America, at which scenes were enacted which
made thinking men look on religion as a catch-penny, and
fearfully spread the doctrines
respofsierri f‘iadteie of the
infidelity. establishedAnptn.ity
ofthe
church, too, was the greatest
bible, and the best safeguard against splitting into religious
sects. In this country we had our dozens of sects; but its
America, where there was no established church, there were
hundreds of sects, till religion itself was lost.
He deprecated the national system of education, as one of
Satanic invention, and which the Catholics and Dissenters

were alike fools for supporting. The Protestant pastor
taught his children of the redeeming blood of the Saviour:
the Catholic priest taught his children that something else
Was needed; and the Socinian taught his children that our
Saviour was no Saviour at all, but mere man. The result
of this diversified religious teaching in one school would be,

that the.children would be led into discussions with one ano-
ther, milli( be confounded and lost amidst conflicting tenets,
and finally turn out neither Protestant, Catholic, nor Dis-
senting men and women, but professed infidels.

r.-Sleigh announced the Continuation of his lectures this
evening, and concluded about half past nine o'clock. He
was frequently, in the course of his lecture, most loudly ap-
plauded.