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itifion could value, re.multiplied; and the law
Aslich forbids the wering of prieSliy vestments by

evaded. In Ireland, which seems to have been
quietly surrendered 'by the 'English Govern-
ment to RomaniSt domination, a spiritual synod
is being held -=at Thurles:; while in England

the same enormities are . committed, though in
milder form. 'The weak .niinds of dying men Atre
exposed to the grasping tyranny of avarlacus
priests, andihe law sanctions the robbery; daugh-
ters are stolen from their guardians and imprisoned
in nunneries:;
.women have been brutally flogged
by Romish-prieSts.assuniing to have. spiritmil 'au-
thority over 'them.; 'Chiliftren have been Tore ibly
removed 'from schools 'where the Scriptures are
taught; and for all 'these enormities either the
law havno remedy; or no one has the spiiitlo put it
in force. 'We have become craven in 'these latter
days, mid 'EngliShmec., who defied the world in
arms,' have grown 'afraid of the tools 4 'the most
despite state 'in Rurope. Even the guardians
of our poor have become so squeamiar about reli-
gions 'liberty, as Ibo be afraid to "beach pauper
chilthen Christianity, because, some insolent Rornish
prietit claims themcfor his flock.; 'aril these same
teal hers of superifition are adMitted to our hos-
Pitias, gaols, mid- poor-houses, under the pretence
Of imparting religious instruction, zas if Romanism

-were another 'form of Christianity, instead of its
'clk.ect antagoitigt, its believers denying the LOUD
that bought them; and transferiing their adoration
to a mortal ihom they irapirrairly and blasphe-
mmisly deify ache QUEEN of 11-Riv-EN.

In our own town we hav6 had ,eiiaenCe, within the
last few-days,4 the means by Aiwa Rome is seging
to ektend' be:it-influence, and -enslave the souls • and
bodies of all mho -are deceived tuiler blandisments.

This mock cardinal, Mr. IVIsEmaN, has been deli-
- vexing a pretended scientific lecture, and augment-
'ing the "funds for RoniiSh purposes, 'by the
(contributions of curious PrOtettants, who :have
paid for adniission to behold his red stockings .as
-visitors at avountry fair would-pay to See a strange
:animal. As cunning In raising artificial exite-
-ment as' the notorious 'Mr. riA2Z7IIM, of American
-renown; helias made his visit its Liverpool one of
'profit to, the icause, and by-his nti.l on behalf &the
rpretende'd 'Catholic" Institute :and similar good
'offices -atTirkenhead, laboured Ao foster the":belief
in the' increased popular feeling in favour of 'Bo-
inanism. In all these things'Rome.carries out'the
same spirit which has ever animated her, and Whieh
`has staineilTher annals with ,-offines of the deepest
-dye. :Crafty and cringing when weak, beconiing
"bolder as She advances, and tyrannous when strong,
&els always an enemy to be 'feared. No conces-
-sions will :conciliate her malice, And as 'her claim
is for :absolute subjection, she admits no rival
Vhere ghe7has the power to prevent it. Loyalty
'to 'the throne, obedience to the flaws, social affeo-
-Eons, -moral .duties, ties of kindrek poliYieal obliga-
-Cons, ,and (even reliance on the mercies of a
Redeemer, dll must give way to her insatiate thirst
of power, 'to rittain which the most unscrupulous
means are resorted to.

And what has England done to check the
soul-destroying incubus which is thus being
insidiously spread P The Legislature has
weakened and destroyed, one by one, the safe-
guards which the wisdom of our ancestors imposed ;
a treacherous Ministry has openly encouraged the
treasonable attempts to subvert the authority of
the Crown, and all the resistance that has been
offered is the isolated and ill-supported exertions
of some faithful few amoneour own Clergy, who
have laboured unceasingly to raise a warning voice 1
against the torrent of infidelity and superstition
which threatens the permanence of our existence
as a Christian nation. Our enemies are in the
State, in the Legislature, and amongst those Li-
beralising politicians who hold religion to be a
matter of no concern, so long as they are allowed
to think as they please, and adopt or reject every
ehanging wind of doctrine. But, as a nation, we
have a higher and holier interest at stake ; and
our people who can appreciate the blessings of
Christianity should not only support more liberally
those of our Clergy who labour faithfully and
zealously in the LORD'S vineyard, but, by their
votes at the hustings, return those representatives
who will maintain the Protestant religion as by
law established.

GREAT BRITAIN is the mistress of the Seas, but

the expression is far too weak to convey even

a faint impression of her immense importance
amongst the nations of the earth, and her great
influence, for good or for evil, over the whole human
family. To her commerce the modern world owes
its civilization ; her ships penetrate the farthest
confines of the globe, and it is by her missionaries
that the glad tidings of salvation reach the be-
nighted heathen. Our own island, though but a
little speck on the map of the globe, raises a larger
revenue, and produces more of the fruits of in-
dustry than any empire ever known ; while our
vast possessions, scattered all over the world, and
comprising almost every important position, con.
stitute a dominion, owning the sway of Queen
VICTORIA, to which history affords no parallel,
even in the palmy days of the Imperial C.Eslns, 4
Future historians will endeavour to solve the TEE REV. W. F. TAYLOR, as will be seen by advertise-
question of how this mighty empire was governed, ment, intends to deliver a lecture, on Thursday evening,
and by Owe congtuzaate genius affairs go vast at the Concert-hall, in reply to Dr. Wiseman's statements
at the Philharmonic-hall

It was t

ht unid

.te, and he was c

mid be £2OO, to (

chimes
defrayec

were first e

tether

them a first-rate si

. He stated that i
St. Peter's Chum]

the tower had a fine peal

inhabitants of Liverpoui ~,,—__
appeal.
Mr. ROBERT WriLrAmsoN seconded the motion, which
was carried unanimously.
Mr. THOMAS CLABEE, the late churchwarden of St.
Peter's, who had 1--' - -4-,-,. nart in promoting the

subscription, said that al
which the greater part had been received
Mr. Haywood. - He moved th
in order to carry out th
The motion having
HOLMES, was carried

t£lBh<

Mr. T. Clark(
Ind Mr. Haywo

and duly 'acknowl
We und4
a few days

been s

ided by Mr. RICRARI
; and the members o

u voted t

;and that the committee will
id in the meantime plates wil

POLICE COURT—YEs

EXTEN

Mr. Gre

appointed

two women, named Mary Williamson and Mary V Ann
Jones, were committed for three months, charged with
having robbed a young man, named Hood, of £lOO, in
bank notes, on the 23rd ult., in a house of ill fame, in
Houghton-lane. The prosecutor, who is a stranger in
Liverpool, on his way to Australia, had only arrived it
Liverpool ~

,a the morning of the robbery,-and in the
accompanied the prisoners to the house in which
robbery took place, where he remained all night ; and
in
st he was dressingthe morning, the prisoners and-
y made their escape from the hon..

and the money taken
convicted, in conseque

,r afterwards found that his pockets
The prisoner. -

proceed to Australi
as he had no doul

I mitted the ro
STREET R

were summarily

their haNit

is was committed f

named

£2 lle., in the BackGorTe."
ROBBERY ON BOARD SRIP.—
man on board the ship Water!

cis Summers, a sea

I Heal(

too, was ch
from his ch

the mate, with a

£4, a pair of trousers, and a-pairoF;
ship's passage from New 0

.), this 1

the charge, and stated that he had reasons to believe that
the prosecutor had placed the braces in his (prisoner's)
chest, in order to bring a charge of felony against him
when the vessel arrived in Liverpool. He had a spite
against him. The prisoner was committed for a month.
UTTERING A FORGED CHEQLTE.—Timothy Warren (re-
manded from Saturday) was placed at the bar charged
with having, at Cork, presented a forged cheque on the
Provincial Bank of Ireland, and fraudentiv obtained

sum of £lO from a person named Daniel Corkey.
Clough stated that the prisoner had been taken int
custody in this port, in consequence of information whic
had been received from the authorities at Cork. Th

prisoner was arrested on board a vessel which w

to sail for Australia. When taken, he admiitid
received the money, and did not deny the el
foreerv. The prisoner was further remmull.,l

day, in order to afford an oppot
with the authorities in Ireland.

sailor (a Lascar) who had be(
whose clothes were

the two women were good cus.

the magistrate, severely coudenu
brokers taking

observed that, if there were not
there would not be so many thiev

T.sl

TILZ

TREs

has had its stock company reinforced by th
-
THE ROYAL Am.rHITREA.TRE, as mentioned in o last,
addedur
talent of Mrs. Fitzwilliam and Mr. Buckstone;-ande ' the week these distinguished
have been
and favourite perfo
rmers
enacting mans of their best characters to good
houses. The novelties have not been nurnerou -
I
s, but j' popular dramas there has been no lack. - On Friday even-
ing the performances -were for the benefit of Mr. Buck-
stone, on which occasion his own comedietta of " Rural
Felicity !or Life in a Country Town," was revived, In
this piece, his version of the. character of Simon Sin s
been admittedly a crack achievement by p 1
Provincial and metropolitan, and on Friday
honoured by a large audience. His renderins
mitimi, ignorant, and selfish mixture of half rogue, half
fool, which constitutes the basis of the character, was in
many respects both striking and admirable ; in this cate-
gory we are hardly' inclined to admit the overdone air of
silly coxcomb'," evinced in several scenes where, with a
view of displiwing the mere grotesqueness of his costume,
he spun about the stage with stiffened limbs and erected
awkwardness. Such displays we look on as among those
which, in the judgment of the great Shakspeare, are con-
demne as d "overdone, and which; " though it make the
•
unskilful laugh, cannot but make the judicious grieve."
Concerning this and some other extravagances,let us, in the
I • • i
lan ommorta critic eof thesam, adv seMr.Buckstoneto
"reform it altogether, Mr. " Buckstone is a clever and an ac-
complished actor, and needs not to rely on such adventitious
aids to questionable popularity. The Jemima of Mrs.
Fitzwilliarn, an overgrown, forward, petted, and precocious
hoyden, was excellent in all respects; and in many points
her impersonation of the character deserved much higher
praise. It was a spirited and truthful conception well
embodied ; the salient points being tellingly, but i
obtrusively brought out. The epigrammatic bitterness w
which she delivered some of the short but pungent si
tenses of the dialogue was highly artistic. Mrs. H. WO
as Mrs. Hotterly Colpepper, was lively, as wel
amusing ; and Mrs. Wiley found in Mrs. It. Pin
and . unobtrusive representative. Most of ti
characters were respectably filled up ; and, as a v

lizht it was"

it was followed, for the'f

liuckstone's "Age(
ist, and ab

I. with at the Thea.