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this principle

—emit even a blank aperture or finish of any kintt•
iron railing and its arrangement in the front has no claiM to
praise in its design, it beir.g too much broken up, and there-
fore produces nothing more unimposing effect,
I

_mould you not consider me too troublesome, win re-
sume this subject at some future period, by cotnnienting
upon the arrangement and architectural finish of the interior
of this building.—l am, sir, yours, &c.,
Liverpool, Nov. 121 n, 1841.

P. S.

TO THE EDITOR OF THE LIVERPOOL STANDARD.

Six,—Allow me through your excellent journal to inform
the electors of North Toxteth Ward, that it was Mr. John
Smith, of West Derby Ward, who voted on the school
question for Mr. R. V. Yates, the Socinian, in opposition
to a defender and supporter of our protestant church,
and not their excellent member, Alexander Smith, Jun.,
Esq.—l am Sir, yours respectfully,

A PROTESTANT,

THE REV. HUGH M'NEILE'S LECTURE

TO THE EDITOR OF THE LIVERPOOL STANDARD.

I understand it is intended to publish the very interesting
lecture delivered at the Amphitheatre last evening by the
Rev. Hugh M'Neile. All well. But, I venture to suggest
that the proceeds of the sale of the pamphlet be appropriated
to some of our own charities, as the society, whose claims
the reverend lecturer advocated with such extraordinary
ability and success, has already reaped what I consider a suP
ficient harvest, and we should not forget that there are many
deserving institutions in our own town whose claims are
equally great, and whose funds are at slow ebb. If you
think well of my suggestion, "(offered in a spirit of fairness,
I hope,) perhaps you will publish it tomorrow.—l am, Sir,
yours, &c., A. B. C.

ROMISH CONTROVERSY.

TO THE REV.

DR. BUTLER

SIR,—A respectable Roman Catholic bookseller called on
a friend of mine, stating that you had declared to him your
readiness to meet me, and undertook to bring a written mes-
sage tn me to that effect. He again called on my friend on
Mo.,(irly last, and said that you bad refused to write it, but
that you commissioned him to say that you were willing,
upon certain conditions, to meet me.
I take this method of inquiring whether you really Po
_age. If so, my address is " Parkfield, Birken-
head," and a letter will at any time find me.
I beg again to repeat my readiness publicly to bring to the
test of God's holy Word the doctrines of Roenanism. You
have written two volumes professing to prove-the " TRUTII,I
OF THE CATHOLIC RELIGION FROM SCRIPTURE ALONE•
I have carefully read those volumes, and I have already pub-
licly shewn, in four lectures, that you have eminently failed
in proving the peculiar doctrines of the Romish Church to
have any foundation in Scripture.
I now again, sir, call upon you to meet me in the presence
of your people, and to bring to the test of Scripture the fol-
lowing Romish doctrines :-
1. THE WORSHIP OF THE HOST.
Romanism teaches that the host is to be worshipped 85
God.

that mess.

Have we precept or example in the New Testament
for the worship of the host ?
2. THE SACRIFICE OF THE MASS FOR THE DEAD.
Romanism teaches that the sacrifice of the mass is an
offering propitiatory for the sins of the dead.
Where is this taught in the New Testament? Do We
read any where of Christ or his apostles making an
offering for the dead?
3. JUSTIFYING FAITH.
Romanism pronounces the man accursed who believes
that justifying faith is nothing else but a confidence in the
Divine mercy pardoning sins for Christ's sake.
Where does Scripture pronounce that curse? Did
Christ or his apostles teach that it is a damnable heresy
to trust alone in God's mercy through Christ ?
4. ELECTION TO EVERLASTING LIFE.
Romanism pronounces the man accursed who believes
himself to be in the number of the elect.
Where is that curse pronounced in Scripture?
5. SUPREMACY OF THE POPE.
The Bishop of Rome claims supreme authority over the
whole Chnrch, as the successor of St. Peter.
Where does Scripture teach us that St. Peter was ever
Bishop of Rome ; or that he conferred any prerogative
upon the Roman See ?
6. IMPURITIES OF THE CONFESSIONAL.
Romanism teaches that priests should ask females abo-
minable and indecent questions, at confession ; and that
females must not shrink from conversing in the most in-
delicate manner with unmarried priests.
Where does Scripture teach auricular confession ;
or command Christian ministers to pollute the female
members of their churches by filthy conversation ?
I invite you, sir, to come forward and bring these doctrines
to the test of God's Word. I have the authority of that
Word for saying, that if you really believe them, and if you
have learned them from the Scriptures, you will not refuse
to do so. If you continue to hold back, it is not uncharita-
ble to say that to you are applicable the words of our Lord—
" EVERY ONE THAT DOETH EVIL HATETH THE LIGHT,

NEITHER COMETH TO THE LIGHT, LEST HIS DEEDS

SHOULD BE REPROVED."
If you continue to hold back, you and your brethren will
find that Rornanists in the light of Protestant England are
a very different class of persons from Romanists in an Italian
parish. They will think. They are reading my letters.
Two thouaand copies of my last letter to you have been
circulated amongst them.
This one will also be widely diffused ; and, by the blessing
of God, many of them will be induced to do what you refuse
to do. They will search the Scriptures, and find in them
that Catholic truth pronounces Romanism a heresy denying
the true Gospel of Cbrist ; and by the blessed Saviour's
grace they will hear his voice—
" COME OUT OF HER, MY PEOPLE, THAT vs BE NOT
PARTAKERS OF HER PLAGUES."
Excuse my plain speaking. I write in the preset:ice and
the fear of God. He knows that I write with no unkind
feelings towards you or towards any man. I hate your
errors: I love your person, and mourn over the ruin which
impends over your soul, when you shall have to answer at
the judgment-seat of Christ for your false teaching.
I remain, Sir, your faithful servant in Christ,
JOSEPH BAYLEE.
Parkfield, Birkenhead, Nov. 18, 1841.

TO THE EDITOR OF THE LIVERPOOL STANDARD.
SlR,—Will you allow me the privilege, through the medium
of your valuable paper, to suggest to the charitable portion
of the town, the propriety of immediately opening the soup-
houses ? My reason for wishing thus to intrude on your
columns is the numerous and heart-rending instances of the
greatest distress, the scarceness of work, and the intensity
of the weather.—l am, Sir, your obedient servant,
17th Nov. 1841

PH ILANTH IiOPUS

REV. T. D. GREGG

We are happy to observe that the magistrates of Dublin,
against whom this gentleman had brought an action for false
imprisonment, in consequence of their hasty and wrongful
committal of him, growing out of an affair in which he had
acted the generous and Christian part of endeavouring to
rescue a young lady out of a nunnery in which she was de-
tained against the wish of her friends, have made the amende,
and induced him to withdraw his action by paying all the
costs.

The authorised statement, by Mr. Gregg's solicitor, is as
follows :

"TO THE EDITOR OF SAUNDERS'S NEWS-LETTER.
" Sri,—As the solicitor of the Rev. T. D. Gregg, I feel it
due to the character of that gentleman to place, through you,
the following statement before the public :—ln consequence
of the committal of Mr. Gregg in May last, by the Magis-
trates of Henry-street Police-office, I received his instructions
to proceed against those gentlemen in an action for false im-
prisonment. Peeling himself aggrieved by their decision,
which he could not but consider as calculated to injure him
in public estimation, Mr. Gregg determined to place the
whole matter before a jury of his countrymen, and submit
with confidence his acts and motives to their verdict. The
gentlemen against whom this action was commenced have
met it with an offer to pay all the costs incurred by Mr.
Gregg. As Mr. Gregg's only object was to vindicate his
character as a Christian clergyman from the imputations
which his committal was calculated to throw upon him, an
object which he believes fully obtained by this offer of
amends on the part of the Magistrates, I have received his
directions to discontinue tile action, the Magistrates con-
senting to the publication of this statement, which Mr.
Gregg considers is as much as be ought to require from gen-
tlemen holding the situations which they occupy ; and I am
further authorised to say, that the Magistrates feel obliged to
Mr. Gregg for having acceded to their wishes.
" 1 am, Sir, your obedient humble servant,
" OLIVER ANSELNI TIBEAUDO.

" 13, York-street

AN UNHEALTHY SPOT.—The New York Herald, speak-
ing of the sanitary state of Vicksburg, says " Young men
sleep two in a room, that one may call a doctor if the other
be attacked with the fever."
NEWSPAPERS.—The first English newspaper was printed
by order of Queen Elizabeth, during the time of the Spanish
Armada ; it was called " The English' Mercurie " a copy of
which is now in the British Museum, dated July 23, 1588,
and contains the following curious article :—" Yesterday the
Scotch Ambassador had a private audience of her Majesty,
and delivered a letter from the King, his master, containing
the most cordial assurances of adhering to her Majesty's
interest. And the young King said to her Majesty's minis-
ter at his court, that all the favour he expected from the.
Spaniards was, the courtesy shoe n by Polyphemus to Ulys-
ses, that he should be devoured the last."
QUIDDITIES.—" I prefer your room to your company,"
as the rabbit said to the ferret, when the latter paid him a
domiciliary visit, " Vaunting ambition doth o'erleap itself,"
as the spider said to the fly, when he hopped into the cob-
web. "We are very hospitable to strangers," as the trap
said to the mouse, when she put her head inside it. " She's
got into Davy's locker," as the sexton said when his dog
worried the cat in the pulpit. "Slaughter of the innocents,'
as the chambermaid observed when she was killing fleas.
ANECDOTE OF NAPOLEON.—ShortIy before the battle of
Jena, Napoleon had well nigh fallen a victim to one of those
accidents which may be considered as reinforcements to the
legitimate hazards encountered in the glorious " trade of
war." At Weimar the Emperor disposed his forces in order
of battle, and bivouaced in the centre of his guard. He had
ordered a passage to be hollowed in the rock, and towards 2
o'clock in the morning, set out on foot to ascertain how the
work was proceeding. Having remained au hour on the
spot, he resolved to make a rapid inspection of the nearest
outposts, before returning to his bivouac. This solitary ex-
cursion nearly cost the Emperor his life. The night was so
dark that the sentries were unable to see the slightest
hehteTstoEbjtenc.t
at the distance of ten paces. One of them, hearing footsteps,
challenged, and immediately presented his piece.
peror, who was prevented from hearing the qui viva by one
of his fits of absence, made no answer, and was speedily
aroused from his reverie by a ball whizzing past his ear.
Instantly aware of his danger, he threw himself flat on the
ground. No sooner had he adopted this precaution than a
shower of bullets passed over him ; the first sentry's fire
having been repeated through the whole line. The momen-
tary danger past, the Emperor rose and walked straight to
the nearest outpost, where he was immediately recognised.
In a few minutes the sentry who had first challenged and
fired was relieved from his post, and brought before Napo-
leon. The soldier was a young Grenadier in one of the regi-
ments of the line. " You young rascal !" said the Emperor,
familiarly pinching his cheek, "it seems you took roe for a
Prussian ! the dog does not waste his powder ; nothing less
than an Emperor serves him for a mark." The poor soldier,
in the utmost consternation at the idea that he might have
killed the little corporal, whom he idolised not less than the
rest of the army, could only stammer out a few broken sen-
tences Pardon, sire, but I had orders to fire ;if you will
not answer, I am not to blame; another time you must put
in the orders that you dont choose to answer." The Empe-
ror laughed, and, to reconcile the poor fellow to himself, said,
as he withdrew, " My brave lad, it was not your fault; for
a random shot in the dark, yours was not amiss ; it will soon
be daylight ; take a better aim, and I'll provide for you."

13eenOb;;;;;Ftl;rOtTgtIOTit,7it would have done the author
much more credit. It would appear that the inhabitants of
Nelson-street and Great George's
-square have no taste for
architecture, and the " old lady," knowing this, has given
them nothing more to look at than a warehouse, or mer-
chants' stores ; indeed the building,
George-square, it nothing as seen from Great
with- • The
more than a huge blank Wall,