The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1853-11-08 00:00:00

COURT AND FASHION.

Tin MA.BQuis OF LONDONDERRY, a few days since in
Dublin, was severely hurt by his foot entering a cellar hole
left open.

TiE EMPEROR OF THE FRENCH has given I,ooof. to-
wards the monument to be erected in Hamburg to the
memory of the celebrated composer Weber.
MICHAELMAS TEnst.—Wednesday was the first day of
Michaelmas Term : and the Lord Chancellor, according to
custom, entertained the judges, Queen's counsel, &c., at
breakfast, at his residence.
Tan PERSIAN AMBASSADOR has been suddenly recalled
on Tuesday to occupy the diplomatic residence in Cumber-
land-place, master
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ME QUEEN, it is said, intends to bestow the honour of
the Garter on the Duke de Brabant the introduction of
whose consort at Court, and his relationship to the foun-
tain of honour, entitle him, ,it is said, to this mark of re-
gard-
THE Ni3w CRYSTAL PALACE_The Queen and Prince
Albert, accompanied by the King of the Belgians, the Duke
and Duchess of Brabant, the Count of Flanders, and
Princess Charlotte of Belgium
the new Crystal Palace at Sydenham.
THE EARL 0P KENRARE died at Great Malvern on
Monday
, paid a visit on Tuesday to
He is succeeded in the title by his brother, the
Hoonn.Th
Thomas Browne, whose son, Valentine Brown, Esq.,
M.P. for Kerry, takes the second title of Viscount Castle-
rosse. The Kenmare estates include some of the finest
parts of Killarney scenery.
said to have reference to an intended mar-
ROYAL COURT:SITIP.—Th
visit of Prince Napoleon to
Stuttgardt is
Princess Stephanie
otfhelloh young
Hohenzollern Sigmaringen,
Duchess Stephanie of Baden.
The Princess only completed her sixteenth year on the 15th
of July last.
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the
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and
NEW —On Saturday next, the sheriff's
for England
ni
nglanranSlEdWEliePsPsior next year will be nominated,
according to annual custom,in the Court of Exchequer, on
which occasion the Right lion. W. E. Gladstone will pre-
side 'for the first time as Chancellor of the Exchequer, and
will wear his gold robe of office. Other Cabinet ministers,
and the judges of the Courts of Queen's Bench, Common
Pleas, and the Exchequer will assist at the proceedings.
Three gentlemen will " naMed for each County.

PROTESTANT INSTITUTE.

LECTURE BY THE REV. W. F. TAYLOR,

LAST night a lecture was given in the Concert-hall, by
the Rey. W. F. Taylor, on the subject of the Gunpowder
Plot. The hall was densely crowded in every part, by an
enthusiastic assemblage, a considerable time before the
period fixed for the commencement of the lecture. The
chair was occupied by Mr. Alderman Parker ; and on the
platform were the Revs. George Reade, G..L. Ireland, and
W. B. Matthias ; Messrs. J. P. Evans, George Nickson,
Thomas Gregory, Wm. Rouh3ton, E. Ford, J. B. Williams,
T. Worrall, &c. On the appearance of the Rev. Lecturer
and his friends they, were received with the most enthusi-
astic cheers.

The CHAIRMAN said, having been requested by the St.
John's Protestant Association to take the chair on the
present occasion, he had been most happy to comply with
the request. (Cheers.) Indeed, he should consider him-
self unworthy the name of Protestant, if he had hesitated
to preside over a meeting intended to expose the errors of
Popery. As the practice, however, had always been with
the association to begin their proceedings with prayer, he
should call on the Rev. G. L. Ireland.

The Rev. G. L. IRREAND having delivered an appro-
priate and impressive prayer,
The CHAIRMAN said few words were necessary from
him to introduce the reverend and able lecturer to the
meeting, as he was well known to them all. (Loud cheers.)
The Rev. LECTURER then proceeded to say :—We are
assembled' this evening, my Protestant brethren, in obe-
dience to the wishes of the highest authorities in the
British realm ; for how stands the case ? Thus, by an act
of parliament passed in the reign of King James the
First, it is "enacted by the King's Most Excellent Majesty,
the Lord Spiritual and Temporal, and the Commons in
the present Parliament assembled, and by the authority
of the same, that all and singular ministers within this
realm of England, and the dominions of the same, shall
always upon the fifth day of November say morning
prayer, and give unto Almighty God thanks for this most
happy deliverance (i.e., from the gunpowder plot); and
that all and every person within this realm of England
shall always upon that day diligently and faithfully resort
to the parish church or chapel, and there abide orderly
and soberly during the time of the said prayers, preach-
ing, or other service of God there to be used or minis-
tered." Now, this statute remains still in full force, it
has never been repealed, nor has it been allowed to fall
into the category of obsolete statutes, as some would per-
suade us ; for when we look into our Prayer-books, we
find four forms of prayer appointed for special occasions,
viz.,—Gunpowder Plot, the Martyrdom of King Charles 1.,
the Restoration of King Charles 11., and the Accession
of Her present Most Gracious Majesty Queen Victoria;
and appended to them we have the following :

" VICTORIA K.,
"Our will and pleasure is, that these four forms of prayer,
made for the fifth of November, the thirtieth of January, the
twenty-ninth day of May, andi the twentieth of June, be
forthwith printed and published, and annexed to the Book of
Common Prayer and Liturgy of the united Church of Eng-
land and Ireland, to be used yearly on the said days in all
collegiate and cathedral churches and chapels, in all chapels
of colleges and halls within our Universities of Oxford,
Cambridge, and Dublin, and of our Colleges of Eton and
Winchester, and in. all parish churches and chapels within
those parts of our United Kingdom called England and
Ireland.

" Given at our court at Kensington, 21st day of June,
1837, first year of our reign.
(By her Majesty's command)
"J. RUSSELL."

There can be no doubt, then,as to what the mind of Her
Most Gracious Majesty is upon this point. By her com-
mand we are enjoined to meet yearly on the fifth of
November, and use the Service appointed for that day. It
is true, that we are not carrying out the letter of her
command, for it would have been, perhaps, a serious in-
convenience to many, as society is now constituted, and
particularly in reference to that class which chiefly com-
pose my congregation—the working and labouring classes
—to have assembled for public worship on Saturday last,
the fifth instant ; still I conceive we are acting according
to the spirit of the law at least, in meeting in this way,
and by our attendance on a lecture of this sort, in a
serious and solemn manner giving expression to our
thankfulness to Almighty God for his gracious deliver-
ance wrought in time past for our Church and nation.
(Cheers.) Mark then : Let it be distinctly impressed on
your minds that we are assembled under the sanction of
British law, and for the express purpose of carrying out
the spirit of one of the solemn and continually renewed
statutes of the British Constitution,—the shield of the
highest sanction therefore is extended over us ; the Act of
James commands us, and the solemn decree of the Lords
spiritual and temporal, and the Commons of England ; and
one commands whom we all love and revere, and for
whose throne and constitution we would shed the last
drop of our heart's best blood—our gracious Queen—that
man •is disloyal who refuses to obey. (Great cheering.)
. . .

There is another event which we commemorate on thiS
day,—an event which stirs to its inmost depths the loyal
affections of every true-hearted Protestant before me, viz.,
the arrival of William 111., of glorious memory—Prince of
Orange, the Deliverer of our Church and Nation from
Popish tyranny and arbitrary power. We shall, with the
divine blessing, glance at the history of the country
during the period which was thus bounded by the Gun-
powder Plot, on the one hand, A.D., 1605, and on the
other the arrival of William, and the establishment of our
Constitution, 1688. The review will demonstrate, beyond
the shadow of doubt, that Popery is the deadly antagonist
of our civil and religious freedom, and has ever since
the Reformation aimed at the subjugation of our country
beneath the yoke of Antichrist. (Hear, hear.)
Before doing so', however, I would in a few words prove
a priori, that from the very nature of the case, and ar-
guing as it were from cause to effect, that Popery is, and
mast be essentially and for ever treasonable in a Pro-
testant country. This may be proved without referring
to any antiquated decrees or canons, the force of which the
Romanist tries to evade, by alleging that they are obso-
lete; but in vain, for if so, what becomes of the boasted
unchangeableness of Rome ? Now mark, spiritual supre-
macy is claimed on the part of the Papacy ; according to
which doctrine the Pope is supreme in spiritual things—
that is, everything which affects the soul; this claim really
involves all that can be desired, for everything may be
referred to a spiritual account. So intimate is the con-
nection, so mutual the dependence between the soul and
the body, that it is absurd to try to separate the interests
of the one from those of the other; our physical and mental
powers, our talents, our time, our wealth, our position, our
rank, in a word, the wide circle of our influence, beit less
or more, may and ought all to be employed to advance the
glory of God. Yea, the Apostle Paul reduces even, the
ordinary actions of eating and drinking, as well as every-
thing else, to this category—" Whether therefore ye eat
or drink, or whatsoever ye do, do all to the glory of God !"
The claim of spiritual supremacy, then, implies the dis-
posal of all we have and all we are, for, as aforesaid, it may
be demonstrated, by reason and Scripture, that everything
may be referred to a spiritual end. If the Pope, then, be
supreme in spirituals, and also, as they say, the only and
final judge in all controversies, and therefore in any
controversy, as to whether a matter be spiritual or not,
he must be absolute, for it is in the nature of man to seek
for power, and to keep it when possessed, and also to use
it or abuse it, as the case may be, for the advancement of
his own ends. But the prerogative of absolute and irre-
sponsible power may be entrusted only to Him who is also
absolute and infinite in wisdom and goodness. It cannot
be entrusted to. fallen men, as all history proves the Popes
to have been. The admission, therefore, of the doctrine of
the Pope's spiritual supremacy in any state, implies the
dependance and submission of that state to the power of
the Pope in all things—their laws, their customs, their
worship, their literature, all have a bearing on the spiritual
condition of the inhabitants, and therefore come fully
under the cognizance of the Pope. It is evident, then,
that the spiritual power would modify, regulate, and con-
trol all other institutions, and in time absorb every other
interest in itself; the Pope would be supreme, the virtual
if not the avowed ruler of the nation. (Hear, hear.)
This claim is utterly antagonistic to the existence of a
Protestant state, the very genius of which is free institu-
tions, based upon individual responsibility. In such a
country each man is taught to think for himself, to form
his own independent judgment, to select his own repre-
sentative in the national assembly. The laws are the
expression of the general intelligence, embodied and put
into legal form by the combined wisdom of the free re-
resentatives of a free people, freely elected; in fact, the
entire constitution reposes on the broad foundation of the
national intelligence, and is enshrined in the national
heart, and carried into effect by the national will ; enlist-
ing the sincere co-operation of all right-minded individuals.
It is evident, then, that the Popish idea and the Pro-
testant idea are simply incompatible. The very defini-
tions are antagonistic—the one can only exist at the ex-
pense of the other. Co-existence is impossible ; they bear
to each other an inverse ratio. Now, every Papist, if
sincere, must labour to carry out his idea, to make the
Pope supreme : and so far forth to unprotestantise the
State, and alter the Constitution—to do which is treason-
able. He must be the foe of our free institutions, and the
implacable enemy of our doctrine of individual responsi-
bility. He must be a traitor in principle ; and whenever
opportunity oocurs, a traitor in practice, otherwise he is
not a sincere or consistent Romanist. Now, when to
these considerations is added the fact, that Rome teaches
that the end sanctifies the means— that mental reservation
and equivocation may be employed—that dispensation
may be had for the most solemn oaths and obligations, the
danger resulting to any Protestant state from the existence
in it of Romanists, particularly should they hold any
legislative or executive functions, is apparent to all.
Now, this conclusion, thus arrived at a priori, is abun-
dantly proved a posteriori—that is, by history and the
facts of the case. We shall not dwell on the persecutions
of the reign of the cruel Mary, when 250 were burnt at
the stake for refusing to worship the wafer-god ; nor on
the massacre of St. Bartholomew, (1572,) when 70,000 or
80,000 were butchered in cold blood, to the great joy of
that Romish wolf, Gregory XIII. ; nor on the Spanish
Armada (1588);of 160 vessels, with its 20,000 soldiers, 8,000
sailors, 2,000 galley-slaves, 2,680 pieces of cannon, besides
the instruments of inquisitorial torture, and which, not-
withstanding the benediction of the Pope Sixtus V., was
destroyed by the Lord himself." Deus ajliavit et dissi-
pantur." (Loud cheers.)
But we pass on to the accession of James 1., 1603. He
was the son of the beautiful, but unfortunate, Mary
Queen of Scots, and from this circumstance the Romanists
had indulged in great expectations, but they were disap-
pointed. James declared his intention of upholding the
Protestant interest, and, without persecuting the Roman-
ists, certainly keeping them under wholesome restraint by
the operation of disqualifying laws. This provoked their
wrath, and one Robert Catesby resolved on revenge, by " a
plan," to use the words of Lingard, a Romish historian,
`so atrocious in principle and so sanguinary in execu-
tion, that it is difficult to be conceived how it could be
harboured in the mind of any human being." The plan
was, as you are aware, to blow up the parliament house
with gunpowder, and involve king, queen, the royal
family, lords and commons, in one common ruin.
He first communicated his design to Thomas Winter,
agent of the Spanish party in England, who was horrified
at the suggestion, but was soon won over by Catesby. Guy
Fawkes was the next individual to whom the fatal secret
was entrusted. He was
.a native of Yorkshire, and had
been in the army in Spain, employed by the Popish party.
Percy, a descendant of Northumberland, and Wright,
were next added to the company of conspirators, and
these five men took a solemn oath of secrecy and obliga-
tion, and then went into an adjoining roon and received
the Holy Sacrament, in confirmation, frOht the hands of

the Jesuit missionary, Father Gerrard. Lingard states
that he was not acquainted with the fact; but of that
more by-and-bye. These men " exhorted each other to
hazard their lives, like the Maccabees, for the liberation
of their brethren." Yet, having some qualms of con-
science,
they framed a question for Garnet, the superior of
the Jesuits, " whether, should necessity require, it might
be permitted to involve the innocent in the same destruc-
tion with the guilty," to which he replied in the affirma-
tive. The plot was discovered by a letter written to
Lord Monteagle, desiring him to absent himself from the
coming Parliament, " as both God and man had concurred
to punish the wickedness of the times." The contents of
the letter created suspicions as to the possible nature of
the catastrophe. The king held a council on the point,
and resolved on having the vaults beneath the parliament
house inspected, which was accordingly done, first by the
Earl of Suffolk, Lord Chamberlain, and then at midnight,
on the 6th of November, before the assemblinc, of Parlia-
ment, by Sir Thomas Knyvett, who found Guy Fawkes,
with matches, &c., in his pocket, and all things prepared
for the explosion of thirty-six barrels of gunpowder,
which had been stowed beneath, and covered with loose
faggots of wood. (Sensation.)
He expressed sincere regret that he had not accom-
plished the diabolical transaction, and blown, as he said,
the Scottish beggars back to their native mountains."
The conspirators suffered the extreme penalty of the law,
as they richly deserved, all of whom confessed, whilst they
defended their crime, At length Garnet and Oldcorn,
another Jesuit, were taken, Greenway and Gerrard having
escaped to the continent. On his trial Garnet confessed
(I here quote from Lingard) that " he had heard of the
plot in Confession, but among Catholics the secresy of the
Confession was inviolable." He boldly declared that the
practice of requiring men to accuse themselves was bar-
barous and unjust; that in all such cases it was lawful
to employ equivocation, and confirm that equivocation,
if it were necessary, with an oath," "To these avowals,"
continues Lingard, I ascribe his execution. The man
who maintained such opinions could not reasonably com-
plain if the king refused credit to his asseverations of in-
nocence, and permitted the law to take its course."
Now mark. It is often stated that we have no right
to charge Romanists with the Gunpowder Plot, but we
here find that Lingard confesses not only that it ori-
ginated with Romanists, but also that the Jesuits were
aware of the plot. True, he endeavours to clear them of
complicity with the conspirators, by saying that they
simply knew it as revealed in confession, and that they
dare not reveal it by the laws of the church. Now this I
do not believe. I, for my part, believe that the whole plot,
if not actually concocted by the Jesuits, was certainly not
opposed, but rather encouraged, by them, although that
encouragement may have been given in such a manner as
they thought would have saved them from the legal con-
sequence of their crime, should it be found out. But, even
granting that Lingard's statement be true, and that they
only knew it beforehand by the confession of the con-
spirators, still—mark it is admitted—they knew it—they
were aware of it ; —by whatever means they had acquired
that knowledge, they were cognisant of it, and, as cogni-
sant of the intended perpetration, I charge them with
being accessories before the fact—they were Murderers
in the eye of God ; for if any man, be he priest or layman,
know that it is intended to murder an individual, and
withhold from the intended victim, or the legal authorities
that information whereby the deed of blood may be pre-
vented, and the victim's life preserved from the assassin,
such an individual is, I hesitate not to say, accessory to
the murder, nor will his plea of the secrecy of the confes-
sional avail him at the judgment-seat of Christ, nor ought
it to avail him before the bar of his indignant country.
The voice of outraged justice calls for vindication—the
blood of the murdered man cries aloud for vengeance, and
the moans and tears of his widowed partner, and his
bereaved children will witness against him at the last day.
Once more, then, I repeat that Rome's best historian
admits that the plot was a popish plot, and that it was
designed with the cognizance of popish priests, and yet
was not disclosed by them. (Hear, hear.)
We must be brief in our summary of history in. the fol-
lowing period. James was tempted in about ten years
after to seek for an alliance for his son Charles—first with
the popish princess, the Infanta of Spain, the negotiations
whereof were pending for seven years, and at length
broken off, though not without great advantage to the
Romish party, through the instrumentality of the Spanish
king, who held out to James no other way to obtain a
dispensation. from the Pope (Gregory XV.) than by making
large concessions!. to his followers.

In 1625, Charles married Henrietta of France, a Romish
princess, and in the marriage articles concerning religion
it was stipulated that the Queen should be allowed a
Romish chapel in the palace, a Romish household, a Romish
bishop, and twenty-eight Romish priests, and that the
children of the marriage should be brought up by the
Queen until fourteen years of age. It was no wonder that,
with such an influence as this in the royal palace, Popery
soon became dominant. Protestantism disgusted and.
alarmed—national disunion followed—discontent and dis-
turbance came next, and eventually the flames of civil war
were lighted in the country. Charles coquetted with
popery, and under the Jesuit influence thus brought to
bear upon him, showed too much indulgence to it. His
views were carried out in Ireland by the unfortunate
Strafford, who brought over with him Sir Toby Matthews,
a notorious Jesuit priest. Alas ! what miserable conse-
quences followed ! Strafford encouraged the king in his
extravagant notions concerning arbitrary power. He was
attainted, condemned„and brought to the block in 1641.
The Great Rebellion in Ireland followed shortly after, on
the 23d October, in the same year, urged on by Fitzsimonds
and other Jesuits, when the most atrocious massacre took
place—the Romanists- boasting that they had put to death
152,000 in the province of Ulster alone-200,000 in all.
The most barbarous cruelties were perpetrated on the un-
fortunate Protestants; neither age nor sex were spared.
The aged patriarch and the infant child, the strong man
and the weak and tender woman,—yea, even the women
with child were not suffered to escape ; all were mercilessly
slaughtered by the rebels, incited thereto by Romish
priests, who deemed it meritorious to rid the world of so-
many heretics. (Sensation.)
Archbishop Laud next paid the penalty of his Roman-
istic tendencies on the block in 1645. He is said to have
been offered a cardinal's hat by the Pope ; and lastly, in.
1649, the unfortunate Charles, who, we may hope, in hiS
declining days, was awakened to regret the follies and
errors of his earlier years, fell a victim to Jesuit wicked-
ness, urging on an indignant but misguided people.
The Commonwealth succeeded under Oliver Cromwell,
and whatever he was in his own personal character,, his
policy was decidedly Protestant, and under his govern-
ment Great Britain rose to an unparalleled pitch of na-
tional honour and renown. The name of an Englishman
was feared as much as was even that of the ancient
Roman ; but even. in his army were found at first one
hundred Jesuits, who had come over to England and
entered the service of the parliament, in order to create
divisions, and be in a position to give information on Pro-
testant affairs. He, however, quickly weeded them. out..
Charles 11. succeeded. Through Popish influence he
was led to marry Catherine of Portugal. He issued a
declaration in favour of Romanists, which was followed by
a great increase of Popery. A plot was formed to reconcile
England to Rome, for which Colman and five other Jesuits
were executed.

On these plots Hume, the historian, states " that the
restless and enterprising spirit of the Catholic Church,
particularly of the Jesuits, is in some degree clangorous to
every other communion. Such. zeal of proselytism ac-
tuates that sect, that its missionaries have penetrated into
every section of the globe, and, in one sense, there is a
Popish plot perpetually carrying on against an states,
Protestant, Pagan, and Mahommedan."
James IL, the avowed Papist, succeeded. Charles 11.,
the concealed one. He appointed Father Petre, his con-
fessor, to be a privy councillor. Popery again became
rampant. The Earl of Castlemain was sent on a mission
to Rome, to effect the reconciliation of this country with
the Pope. A Papal nuncio resided openly in London.
The livings and universities were filled with. open Papists.
The seven bishops were sent to the Tower for refixsino. to
read the toleration act. The nation would. endure this no
longer. James, in perplexity, abdicated: the• erown, and
fled from the kingdom. William 111., invited by the
nation, landed at Torbay on the Sth. November, 1688,
bearing on his flag the motto " I will maintain the Pro-
testant religion and the liberties of England." It was a
singular coincidence that the favouring breezes of heaven,
which, in the year 1688, wafted to onr shores a noble de-
liverer, the Prince of Orange, had, exactly one hundred
years previous (1588), amid the awful fury of a storm,
wrought deliverance for our nation in the utter destruc-
tion of the Spanish armada. (Loud cheering.)
We cannot too highly estimate the blessings which have
thus been secured to us by means of what has been called
'the revolution of 1688,when the framework of our glorious
constitution received its .compete establishment. To it
we owe the famous bill or rights, and all the inestimable
privileges which it secures to us. In the [first article of
it we read,

" That it is the right of the subjects to petition the
king, and that all commitments and prosecutions for such
petitions are illegal."
But, especially, would I call attention to the 9th Article.
"Whereas, it hath been found by experience, that it is
inconsistent with the safety and welfare of this Protest-
ant Kingdom to be governed by a Popish prince, or by
any king or queen marrying a Papist. The said lords,
spiritual and temporal, and Commons, do farther pray that
it may be enacted, that all and every person and persons
that is, are, or shall be reconciled to, or shall hold com-
munion with the See or Church of Rome, or shall pro-
fess the Popish religion, or shall marry a Papist, shall
be excluded, and be for ever incapable to inherit, pos-
sess, or enjoy the Crown and Government of this realm,
and Ireland, and the dominions thereunto belonging, or
any part of the same, or to have, use, or exercise any regal
power, authority, or jurisdiction within the same, and in
all and every such case or cases the people of these realms
shall be, and are hereby absolved of their allegiance, and
the said Crown and Government shall, from time to
time, descend to, and be enjoyed by such person or per-
sons being Protestants, as should have inherited and
enjoyed the same, in case the said person or persons so re-
conciled holding communion, or professing, or marrying,
as aforesaid was naturally dead."

Such are some of the provisions of this famous Bill of
Rights' which became law of the land on the 16th December,
1689. Let us make ourselves
i acquainted with its con-
tents, let us resolve to guard t as the strong palladium
of our national greatness, as well as the sacred shrine
wherein are deposited the holy ark of our national reli-
gion, and the bright gem of our Protestant liberty—on it,
as on a sure foundation, the fair temple of freedom may
be firmly builded. While this foundation stands, the most
furious assaults of our enemies may be laughed to scorn,
as the empty foaming of the waves against some giant
rock from which they are hurled back in harmless spray.
Hence the constant and unceasing efforts of Romanists to
injure that constitution, hence the sapping and mining
process which they are carrying on, and I am sorry to
say with some success ; witness their attempts in the
name of liberty to subvert liberty,—in the name of the
constitution, and by the very forms of the constitution to
overthrow the constitution. Witness that case which has
recently occurred inDublin, where, under the specious plea
of preserving the peace, a' young' man named Smith was
locked up in prison all night, and next morning com-
pelled to enter into bail, or be committed for fourteen
days by a Romish magistrate, a Mr. O'Callaghan,
.and
for what, think you ? For merely distributing religious
tracts in the streets. Surely things are come to a pretty
pass, when an attempt is made to put down track distri-
buting by law. (Disapprobation.)
The same week a placard, announcing a controversial
sermon iu Ttiblin, was removed by order of the police.

TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 8, 1853.

Now, men of Liverpool ! Protestants of England. ret3,?
prepared to submit to that state of things in this coma.vo
If that be British law in Dublin, it is equally%lto;
pool ; and if the decision of O'Callaghan be coast'
trio
con'
and according to law, then would the Liverpool toag.is
be justified, at the bidding of a Romish bigot,
,111. in
pelting the tract distributors of this town to Wei., so,
bail, or be committed for fourteen days ; and not ownwn the
but the police would be justified in pulling or
placards which announce this and similar meeVice
even those announcing our ordinary sermons, offence
aloir
taken at them by Romanists. Again, I ask, will 7°l look
this state of things to continue in Dublin ? Can S°_,Aoat
on the struggles of our Protestant brethren there wine,
determining that their freedom shall not be thus ha
from them ? If so, then prepare to surrender yoarof the
and let Ichabod be written over the departed erlar.,)
once noble British constitution. (Loud cries of '.„tiorls
The gunpowder plot is a type of the present OP 'Joao-
of the Jesuits throughout the land ; as then 051100
mined the parliament-house, and stowed a vast cation
of gunpowder beneath, in order to involve the oat
one tremendous ruin ; so now are they undermin7f tbe
constitution by intruding into every partnienetj l'es
legislature and executive,—they hav eantrod „e.sre
quantity of combustible and explosive material, 's '4oi
spread abroad through the country, they are dyed
through every class and profession, they hay —„-datia
the press, the platform, the pulpit,—they- are ,uifigoons,
the land with a frightful flood of infidel aaa 11.9
literature ; they are loosening the very follon,;a
e
society ; they are biding their time to fire the t""i3 on,
spring the mine which is to involve the CO
sprcohmomirerogus,
orfuiwrn.alkAerw, abkeeo,nthyeonur, ye, sor of trns'e
in God, and keep your powder dry.' A:ttlet,reiePils,
the martyred Reformers, of Cranmer, of -Ptco
anb
Latimer, for your altars and your homes, your svi
than
your children, your country and your queen, Pal!, rellY
and your laws; for freedom, for justice. AwilirVab
around the constitution and an en Bible. ' :fog.
stand fast in the faith, quit you like men, he ,
ee
(Loud and continued cheering.)
At the conclusion of the lecure, Mr. Nlcssollry°errY
a vote of thanks to the Rev. W. F. Taylor for t,"`se the
able and excellent lecture with which he had ficr°—
Association. wbich
The Rev. G. L. IRELAND seconded the o° 14
was carried by loud cheers. meeting
Mr. J. B. WlLLients moved the thanks
.of the idin
to Mr. Alderman Parker for his kindness 10 P bicb
Mr. W. RotrLsToN seconded the motion; w
The assemblage then sung the National i4tm—he J
w The
carried with loud acclai. An

the meeting broke np.
LIVERP 0 OL ACADEMY

SIXTH AND CONCLUDING NOTICE. 1300 t
"On the Sands at Yarmouth," 102, by Jonahbrfi pie"
a very sweetly-painted sea piece. The distal's-
managed, and the general treatment is good., tv Coot
"Bragozze, on the Laguneof Venice," 133, bY
A.R.A. The scene of this picture is near the
and the mode of its treatment shows the artist to P°
inconsiderable amount of skill in manipulate the r°l`"
water is translucent and beautiful ; but sureboot bef,
chalky agglomeration of gusty white clouds sty
held representative of the clear, intensely blue 0
sunny Italy.
" A Holy Well," 188 ; and. " A Harvest Field,l6,lllo`
E. Mem,. Two tellingly expressive pictures °f,1,10.0.1
and manners. In the first, the feeling of deeP en','"hopr'r
devotion, mixed with a touch of the ludicrous,
hit off. In the second, the reapers resting 4'4;5 01;
frugal meal are disposed each to have enjornenn
c°ol
best may find it. In the foreground is a yo?thlaeefi
who, having apparently " nothing else to do,
deeply in love with each other, and are obvlvgls i
al• s.
earnest converse, managed more by looks and
than finding utterance in articulate sounds of 30)(2
ness of the lovers has roused the spirit of 'nig n
the members of another group, one of whom, boll
by no means of the prepossessing. order, is bes'voanee
whose turf at the more comely maiden, COote
radiant with the
" Sidelong looks of love."
ace
The grouping of this subject, and the exce c „he see
pression depicted in the various participators in
are graphically artistic and appropriate..
"A Bright Summer's Day, Llyn Ddinfas,S°,-„nd s
185, by A. W. Wimasam, is indeed a bright' of
picture. It is full of warmth and balmy air. ictore,3
still " Fruit, 206, by GEORGE LANCE, is 3 ting
m every respect admirable. In dra-•,,a Ore
painting it is beautiful. The luscious, jnieY, Inelllsl.4tto
contrasts charmingly with the hard glitter and riceoc.lem
of the vessels of different kinds skillfully introP tO,
the composition. As a piece of colouring,this sale°
rolit
all respects, excellent. +l,e Yeir
" The Spirit of the Morning Dismissing De".- sole
Stars," 440, by I. G. nisi". This is a higia
jest, which, generally speaking, is fairly
ich
trea'r
grouping of the figures is pleasing, and the eolcal„' ty,
net powerful or rich, is sweet and in good. harnlo, ° •
drawing appears to be stiff, and rather heavy.
however, the picture indicates a well directed almioope- e'
and, if the work of a young aspirant to artistic eni
nath
it is highly encouraging.
" Emigrant Ships embarking Passengers in ,eets t
Sound," 514, by JOHN CALLOW. In many resZtraen'.,,"
picture is one of much excellence, The Tnan7the ts,
both, the sky and water is good, but in grouPiryz,_iii,,ss
ping the artist has so treated his forme; ;ate;
convey the idea of clumsiness in the "11„Pftnidity as
as trvaineswpaorfelulp. e of
painted in a manner happily suggestive of -
Upper Part of -r.‘esh Etive,"
one
e. 04 by t,ove,l
'posseb's
.00
FIELDING, is a charming picture, and
sterling merit. It embraces two most save,picte 1.40
interesting objects, Ben Slarive and B
the whole scene is severely truthful.
and the general effect is pleasing as well as Pofier,tion.
In the exbibition there is a numerous e;?'''''itootl_,°'
water-colour miniatures, with claims upon public - tb'S
varying greatly in degree. The most attractive irarvor,
from the pencil of Mr. W. W. SCOTT, f0ren1.„.33,, SCottell
which are the two fine pictures, " Mrs. W.W.,...raiu`ns'are 00
214., and " Thomas Webster, R.A.," 218. '-.1-oe`
drawn, well coloured, and expressive. They both
idea e
much individuality of character. and, convey tiLe t of tt;j
Inuchailicolour ltSrlcibt
being good likenesses. Before leaving the sulti'lee'l,4
miniatures, we must advert to a very &verb: r O$Pll,
portrait in chalk, No. 661, " Portrait of Dias
Pierce," by JOAN ROBERTSON ; it is, ifL a pleas of
and unassuming sketch, conveying, a fine 004,
ingenuousness of childhood. ee
The collection of pictures in the exhibition niot fray;
contains many works, the merits of which °pot a
deemed it necessary to particularize.. Of these,Astie
being the productions of juvenile aspirants tort„ re t,e;
nown, possess indications of talent which c
colles tit
ripen into power, and the means .off achieving. °bola cor
others, and these not very limited in numbeer'ofeeeg;;#
but little promise ; while no small aollection o"Fah
courtesy denominated pictures, have found their Oleo
the exhibition without adding to its character ss, raitioor,
of artistic genius. Such admissions are unAl°o-illPor;
only too common in all public exhibitions,bo, cos'
bably remain unnecessary evils till the Pub es no' 40
fully aware that the quality of an exhibition doesooo,
sist in the number or magnitude of coloured
displayed upon its walls. hibiti°llo4
As a whole, we are glad to learn that the e%,- so. for
qeen well attended, and still continues to It 0. pre'
augurs well for the Academy's future prosPec e!4.0
the progress of art in Liverpool. An enlign„; artl".o"
ciation of his labours is the breath of life t°l3,ition,
spurs him on in the career of honourable yez.
generous recognition of intellectual labour, hiss
--- is twice blessed,. tipi
It blesseth him that gives and him that takesurifi boo
Familiarity with works of art, refines and P btsl3-11°.
mind, exalts the sentiments, and raises the thou, see,
the grossness of low and sensual pursuits, and ;""nceooif
pre-eminently deservingthe support and count,elltioenoee'
enlightened community. As a humanizing illay or,;lPf,
are happy to perceive. that the exhibition is 1.1" a
such a period of the evening as to render
place of recreation to those whose labours d'Tpllreta
preclude them from studying and enjoying tioo,;;4410
it contains, while• business requires their sal; 01 opal
sincerely hope the sons and daughters of t0,,,",;ut Wu, oi,;
avail themselves of the opportunity thus bel. 4bieije.
of enjoying an intellectual treat, the effect of by
diffuse a calm and pleasing joy, uncontarailislwilia
feeling, and completely removed from .the
-
sionate contention. ffll

, i r
PRIZES FOR LEARIVIN_Gn-RP ,
CREWE RAILWAY Diu- iv'''. tie r, 0
-410--- done of til.
IT is much to be regretted that so little it4tioll ose'"
out the; manufacturing districts for the e' tice itt 044;
intellectual and moral character of the 'orAo'd - :0, -
Much has been effected, it is true, by Mee' 0.612 te
tious, but still it may be doubted whethel.,,-ocle'-,,' de'-plod
all cases, realised the expectations of then luiSitsr IT;
system of lecturing, so generally adoPir,„; resiP,;;3lo";.;
highly instructive and profitable, though I"l,een "-do);
ninedeeeedssa, gnitninourege
not have been so satisfactory as could bfcce oplici)ea'
and moreover, a sufficient motive ist'
individual to enter on a course datedrroeciguuress litioNivohciaoctibli; air
togeennscuerane dreaipersevering.aroof e to
prizes, scholarships and fellowships, andol,..:l,:nets.s,eri,,t:ii:cope:
students in our Universities are stim.,%.- of tb,,`",- cis;
manently benefited by substantial endotwirro-liool
tiitßti, vo
which has sprung tam times,
bined influence of s and mechanical ittetifYltoal'
remained comparativeiy neglected. It is .ii cal tOe
learn that the London and North-western 113 ' irit ; pr'"7°
111 SPirg DV
pany have taken up this matter in a libesr ibut 06-„
Directors have recently resolved on di trtea, I.' ,iti°l
annually among the young men, under oboe, 800303,004
employment at Crewe, who shall pass the
ee ts 014,11)",0
in a prescribed course of study. The subiry gelor ti)•
embrace science, English composition, hist°_,'ools tieq
and religion. Her Majesty's inspector of so.'_oos. icy
district has kindly undertaken to conduct the ex,cisteri, fet
and, to ensure a moral effect, each of theoocroodac:fot
be required to produce a certificate of g , . ,
the twelve months previous to the exaroinaot!°_,l6s4.
distribution of prizes is to take place in Of.t IN'
#
.---______------- tic 0 Of
LIEUT. S. G. CRESWELL, R.N., of the !trek of .0
4,.
ship Investigator, has received a pleasing ulifeselltll I°l'f
the P rforiu woe,
from his native town, King's Lynn, in
the freedom of the borough, which Was lif ,-,. to h 0
week under circumstances peculiarly gratifro!„eot: ~ be
and the members of his family, who were pre- hick
gave an interesting narrative of the scenes I'
has been engaged since 1850. .---iwaoit
c TETT' tt 13 i
LITERARY AND PHILOSOTRICAL aOC.- „0 ...-°ooett
traordinary meeting of this society was held iree, . 0
last week, in the Royal Institution Colquit-s
_sotio
the presidency of Dr. Dickenson, 'for the tr_9,,Piety,,,ol
some private business connected with the staesirs: 0°
amongst which was the consideration of thf ,;„,, °Lft
of amalgamating the various learned soc.Tlilef.:ee
town. A valuable paper was read by Roherl the ' :lit'
Esq., F.R.S., F.L.S., &c., the subject benT ill th!, en
r
graphical Distribution of Testaceous 31011tis7es rsate:4oll
lantic and neighbouring seas." A short coign pr-
sued, in which Mr. P. G. Smith, Mr. Yates;
and Dr, Inman, took part.