The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1841-03-19 00:00:00

COTTON CROP

The following is an extract of a letter, dated New York,
27th February, 1841, and received, per the Columbia, by a
respectable firm in this town :
" Our crop will not exceed 1,600,000 bales, and may not
be greater than 1,550,000. I could find 10,000 dollars for
you, if you feel disposed to bet on 1,600,000 ; in fact I have
been authorised, for three weeks past, to offer that amount,
in bets of 100 dollars, or in one bet, but can find no taker.
I believe it will not exceed 1,550,000. You will find the re-
ceipts drop off all at once in March ; for although the rivers
have been high since September, and the planters been push-
iug their crop to market, still the receipts are not as large by
50,000 bales as at the same period last year, when the rivers,
during September and until February, were scarcely naviga-
ble ; and as compared with 1839, when the rivers were also
low, the receipts are only 50,000 bales greater, when the
crop, as you well know, was but 1,363,000 bales."

The Queen has been pleased to grant to the Duke of
Sutherland and the Marquis of Westminster, authority to
exercise the rights and privileges of the most noble order of
the Garter.

LIVER THEATRE.--Mr. Fogg, the obiiging and polite
box-keeper, takes his benefit on Wednesday next. He has
selected an excellent drama, and two capital farces, to amuse
his friends. His readiness to accommodate deserves a very
full attendance on the occasion.

DEATH. OF A LIVERPOOL OPERATIVE AT LEICESTER.—
We received, last night, a letter from a gentleman at Leices-
ter, who is desirous of forwarding to the friends of one of his
workmen the intelligence of his death. The name of the de-
ceased is John Coventry, and he stated that he was a native
of this town, where he had several near relatives in inde-
pendent circumstances. The poor fellow died almost instan-
taneously, or some enquiry would have been earlier instituted
as to his friends. Weshall be glad to give the address of the
gentleman who makes the enquiries, to any person who may
be desirous of ascertaining the circumstances connected with
the death of Coventry. He worked in Leicester as a sail-
maker.
CORONER'S INCLUEST.—DEATH OF THE POLISH GENE-
e
RAL DzlEßZAWSKl.—Yesterdayvening an inquest was held
at the King's Head public-house, Marsham-street, Milbank,
before Mr. Higgs, coroner for Westminster, on view of the
body of John Dzierzawski, a native of Poland, aged 46, whose
death occurred under the following circumstances :—Amelia
of No. 26, Marsham-street, stated that deceased had
lodged in her house during the last three years. He had
been a general in the Polish army, and, as witness was in-
formed, had also been in the service of the Greeks. His
only means of subsistence consisted of a trifling pension of
12s. per week, which he received from some charitable insti-
tution as a refugee from his native land. With this trifling
stipend, however, deceased bad most scrupulously kept free
from debt, and his uniformly honourable conduct had excited
the respect and admiration of all persons with whom he had
had any dealings while lodging i . n witness's house. For some
time past deceased had complained of passing sleepless nights,
and of pains in his head ; but he peremptorily refused to take
any medicine. On Friday last deceased received his pension,
returned home, and ate a hearty supper, and went to bed ap-
parently in good health and spirits. On the following morn-
ing witness went, as was her usual custom, into deceased's
bed-room, to light his tire before he got up. To her great
surprise she found him in his night clothes on the outside of
the bed, which was in such an untumbled condition that it
was evident the deceased had not slept in it. Witness saw
were shut : she s ard that ees
thendeceased instantly's discyovered that hews atouched corpse.hi Medicam, lan aid
was immediately procured, when the surgeon who attended
deceased declared that life had been extinct for several hours.
The jury returned a verdict—_,Wednesday." Died by the visitation of
God."—Horning Herald
A new mode of binding, whereby stability is said to be
given to account-books of the largest size, has been intro-
duced into the Bank of England. It is the invention of Mr.
process of printing.
Morison, the patentee of the ophinine

ST. HELEN'S PROTESTANT READING SOCIETY'

The, meeting of the members and friends of the St. Helens
Protestant Reading Society, alluded to by us last week, took
place on Monday evening, in the Town-hall, which was
crowded to excess. Upwards of 1200 persons were present,
and many were unable to obtain admission.
Lee Watson, Esq., the president, took the chair, supported
by other gentlemen connected with the society.
The following report was read by the Secretary :

REPORT
Of the Committee of the St. Helen's Protestant Reading
Society, presented at the Annual Meeting, March 15, DM.
The object of this society, and the mode of its operation,
being exhibited in its rules, which are few and simple, we
beg to refer to them on those subjects ; it may, however, be
well to point out in some detail the advantages of its system,
and particularly the way in which it connects itself indirectly
with, and carries out the objects of, several other societies,
as well as to furnish a statement of its present condition and
prospects. These, indeed, afford matter for very pleasing
consideration.

It was commenced about two years ago, with only S or 10
members, and it has gradully increased until it now consists
of about 270, divided into Iti sections, and extending over a
very considerable space. Besides the town itself of St.
Helens, in which we have 5 sections, the Ravenhead Plate
Glass Works form an important division, which extends to
Thatto Heath, while the Greenbank District supplies us with
upwards of 40 members. Even Smithy Brow constitutes
itself a district of our literary and religious association. But
the society is equally appreciated in more distant parts of
the neighbourhood. We are in great force at Marshall's
Cross ; we have a firm knot at Denton's Green ; we have
lately established an outpost at Newton, which already con-
sists of 15 members ; and we have at present in hand the
formation of additional branches at Parr and in Rainford.

It is, indeed, evident, that the society is only in its infancy,
for every month brings in additional members, and shows us
additional ground to be occupied. We have received invita-
tions to extend ourselves to Ashton on the one side, while
without invitation we are endeavouring to stir up Prescot on
the other ; and, carried forward as it no doubt will continue
to be by the temperate and persevering zeal of our members,
we may expect shortly to extend at least over the whole
parish. _ _

Having mentioned the progress and the prospects of the
society, the committee beg to call your attention to the ad-
vantages of the system adopted by it, which are several.
And first, its mode of circulating books, being that so ex-
sivelv in use by what are called book clubs throughout the
kingdom, is found the most convenient and suitable for the
population of every place excepting very large towns,'in which
alone extensive libraries can be formed accessible with little
trouble and at all times ; but in all other places the circulating
system is the most convenient, as is proved in this town,
where the very excellent library established by the kindness,
and almost at the sole cost, of our valued minister, Mr. Fur-
nival, is made use of by only one fifth the number of persons
that have joined our society. The kind of Looks circulated
by us are, we conceive, well suited to act as substitutes for a
library. They contain selections from works both ancient
and modern ; they include sacred poetry, sermons, and of
course theology, together with history and natural science,
although these latter necessarily in a subordinate degree;
while their periodic character causes them to contain such
references to various passing events of a religious and mis-
sionary nature as gives them in that respect a greater degree
of interest than books from a permanent library could possess.
This society may, we conceive, be looked at as connecting
itself with several others—for instance, Tract Societies, in-
asmuch as it supplies in the same way the wants of a class
of readers exceeding in education those to whom tracts are
generally distributed, although it is true that most of the
tracts which many persons of education would be apt to pass
over with disdain would be found well worth their perusal,
and are indeed the productions of men of first-rate learning,
ability, and piety. It may be considered to connect itself
with Sunday Schools, for what would be more desirable or
more natural than that a youth, who has been trained in one
of those most useful institutions, should be induced, when
he has quitted it, to avail himself of an institution like the
present, which is so calculated to carry forward his education
in the path of that knowledge which, with God's blessing,
maketh wise unto salvation. Its connection with missionary
societies is obvious, from the information on missionary sub-
jects which, as already mentioned, it incidentally diffuses
And lastly, its connexion with that vast engine of usefulness,
the Bible Society, is not less plain ; for although the Bible
Society can only diffuse Bibles, the aim of it is that Bibles
may be read as well as diffused, and the tendency of all that
we do in this society is to send people to the Bible. Are
doctrines enforced ? reference is made to the Bible. Are
controversies discussed? to the law and to the testimony is
the appeal. The religion of Protestants is the religion of the
Bible, and we recognize NO OTHER. STANDARD; and if un-
learned and unstable persons wrest the Scriptures to their
own destruction, there is for their errors no other remedy
than the same Bible, which, if studied, in a humble, sub-
missive,
and prayerful spirit, the promise of God is given that
the enquirer shall be led into all truth.
Mr. JOSEPH CRISP, of Liverpool, moved the first resolu-
tion, declaring it to be the duty of all Protestants, particu-
larly at the present time, to testify their sense of the value of
their principles, by using every means in their power to pro-
mote them. He congratulated the meeting on the great pro-
gress made in the spread of those principles in that town and
neighbourhood, as proved by the growth of the society, and by
the numerous and respectable assembly before him. He felt
peculiar pleasure in proposing the resolution, as, if carried,
it pledged the meeting, in a great measure, to advance one
step further, and turn their society into a Protestant asso-
ciation. (Cheers.) By the attendance that evening he would
guarantee that, if they did so, they would have an active,
zealous, and really operative society. It would be taken in
hand by a class who, from his experience in the town of Li-
verpool, he would declare his belief to be the true and best
friends of the Protestant constitution and the Protestant in-
stitutions of the country—he meant the operative classes.
He knew that their society bad advanced far towards be-
coming a Protestant association, and he had some years back
declared he would not be satisfied until he saw a working
Protestant association in that town. He might be asked by
some present, what are the objects of a Protestant association,
and how do they carry out their objects ? The objects are to
spread sound Protestant information amongs€ all classes of
the community, and also to exhibit the real character and
workings of popery ; also, to keep a vigilant watch on the
various encroachments of popery, and to arrange measures to
check their progress; to expose the false statements of pa-
pists and milk-and-water Protestants ; to encourage the
publication of sound Protestant works. He here read an ex-
tract from " Inglis's Ireland," to show the opinion the
Romanists held respecting their pastors, stating that emi-
grants sending money home to distribute amongst their rela-

iions, sent it, not to the priest, but to the Protestant clergy-
man; and also that it was a very common occurrence for
Romanists, dying and leaving a little money, to appoint the
Protestant clergyman as their executor. So much for the
honesty of popish priests, as expressed by their flocks. It
then might be asked, how do you carry out these objects ; and
his answer would be, by public meetings—a fine specimen we
have before us of a protestant meeting ;Ny sermons ; by the
press; by the establishment of libraries; by petitions to
Parliament ; by the distribution of tracts, &c. He knew
that some objected to their associations, considering them
political ; but he knew not how any consistent churchman,
upholding the connexion between church and state, could
object to the connexion between religion and politics in a
Protestant association. lie felt assured that they were the
best defenders of the British constitution, and he longed to
see them spread through every town and village of the land.
He cared not for that false charity which led many to hold
back, not wishing to disturb that friendly feeling between
protestantism and popery ; for he knew very well that
wherever such a feeling appeared on the surface, there was
always an under-current working against Protestantism.
He would ask the ladies and the operative females of St.
Helens, what they thought of my Lord Morpeth's publicly
expressed opinion—" that he did consider the female portion
of Ireland as exhibiting more chastity than any people of
the sister isle." He could only describe this as an infamous
libel upon the females of England, and much upon a par with
the statement of his lordship's master—Daniel O'Connell—
that in England nineteen of the females out of every twenty
were mothers before they were married. As an Englishman,
he unhesitatingly declared them to be a couple of liars. As
gentlemen were to follow him who would be much more
competent than himself to give them interesting information,
he would not further detain the meeting ; one truth, at any
rate, he had told them, and since proved—that he was no
orator.

Mr. EMERSON, an operative of Wigan, seconded the reso-
lution in a most able speech, every position of which was
proved by reference to scripture. He took notice of the com-
mon objection made to the Protestant religion, that it existed
not before the reformation. He wished to know whether
Christian principles had not been diffused, by our Saviour
and his apostles, for a number of years before his disciples
received the name of Christians, which we read they did first
at Antioch. In like manner, Protestant principles existed
from the foundation of the church, although the name was
of later origin. (Cheers.) He wished to call the attention
of the meeting particularly to the words of the resolution.
It appealed to us as Protestants—and were there not, he
would ask, in the corruptions of the Romish Church things
against which it was the duty of all who believed the scrip-
tures to protest ? (Cheers.) He then referred to their wor-
ship of the host, of the 'Virgin Mary—to their multiplication
of sacraments, and other perversions of Christianity, quoting
with admirable precision the testimony of scripture against
every one of them. We find it predicted that " many shall
follow their pernicious ways, by reason of whom the way of
truth shall be evil spoken of." The argument, then, which
Romanists bring forward from the great extent of their sway,
and from which they would have us conclude that so exten-
sive a church must be the true church, is of no value. Not
a few, but many, shall follow their ways ;—and do we not
see clearly predicted here the progress of infidelity as well as
of Popery. When people saw such perversions of Christi-
anity held forth as the truth, was it not natural that they
should run into the opposite extreme, and disbelieve all reve-
lation, as we see is so commonly the case in neighbouring
countries at this time ? The resolution stated, that if we had
a sense of the value of our principles, we should testify it.
He pointed out the difference between a nominal reception
of principles, and having a real sense of them. The sons-in-
law of Lot had no sense of the truth and importance of the
message which he communicated to them from the angels, or
they would not have despised it, and been overwhelmed in
the destruction of the city. (Cheers.) Again, the present
time was particularly pointed out in the resolution as calling
on us for exertion, and he thought it did So. He knew that
at the present time there existed a great deal of distress in
the country, and many, no doubt, were suffering hunger;
and as when our Saviour was an hungered the tempter chose
that time to bring his seductions before him, so did the emis-
saries of Satan, the infidels, who now sheaved themselves so
prominently in the land, choose this time of distress to attri-
bute to Christianity those evils which flowed only from an
ignorance of it. (Great cheering.) We regret that we are
unable to give a more detailed report of this sound and scrip-
tural speech, which occupied about an hour in the delivery,
and was received throughout with the most earnest attention
and great applause.
JAMES MATHEWS, Esq. (of Liverpool, solicitor), rose to
address himself to the third resolution, which stated, " That
as the books circulated by this society explain and illustrate
the principles we profess—as they tend to undeceive those
who misapprehend them—to expose the errors of those who
oppose them—and to show the apostolic character and anti-
quity of the Protestant Church—the circulation of these
works is therefore calculated, in the opinion of this meeting,
to do great good." After expressing the pleasure he felt in
responding to the call that he should take a part in the pro-
ceedings of that meeting, Mr. M. went on to prove the fal-
lacy of the allegation that we are indebted to Rome for a
knowledge of Christianity, as it was planted in Britain as
early as A.D. 58 ; and referred to Bishop Burgess Tracts,
Bede, and Lingard, independent of several of the early fa-
thers of the church, in confirmation of his views; and to
show that the statement which had been made, that the doc-
trines of Rome were those of the " church catholic" was
false, he brought forward the following important admission
of Mr. Husenbeth, a Popish divine, " that although the La-
tin clergy ought to be able to trace every point of (what he
calls) Catholic faith up to the apostles, they, in truth, cannot
do so through the testimonies of fathers of the three first
centuries !" (Pamph. pp. 9, 10, cited in Faber's Facts and
Assert., and p. 62, and see his Diffs. of Rom., b. 1, c. 7,
2d edit.) He adverted also to the persecuting spirit of Po-
pery, and bearing in mind her motto, " semper eadem"._
always the same—urged upon the meeting the necessity of
not yielding to the demands of Popery, lest this infallible
" mother and (so called) mistress of the churches" should
again re-enact the stat. " de hereticis comburendis," and
place upon the neck of Protestant England the iron yoke of
her worse than Egyptian bondage. He combated the idea
that because some few had been put to death shortly after
the reformation began, that Protestantism was chargeable
with these acts of violence. The remains of the 'S old leaven"

of Popery lcd to this exhibition of unchristian feeling ; but
no accredited formularies of the Church of England warrant-
ed persecution. He mentioned the massacre of St. Bartho-
lomew's Day, for which " murder" " Te Deum,"—We
praise thee, 0 God !—was ordered to be sung at Rome by
the Pope, and adverted to the impiety implied in thanking
God thas one of the positive commands of the decalogue had
been violated ! As a specimen of the comparatively modern
spirit of the genius of Popery, he read the black oath, copies
of which were found on the persons of the rebels slain at
New Ross and other places at the time of the Irish rebellion
of 1798. It is as follows :--

" I, A. R., do solemnly swear by our Lord Jesus Christ,
who suffered for us on the cross, and by the blessed Virgin
Mary, that I will burn, destroy, and murder all heretics up
to my knees in blood. So help me God ! ! "—(Sir Richard
Musgrave's History of the Irish Rebellion in 1798.)
(Cries of " Shame !") He then proceeded to contend that
Protestantism and Christianity were convertible terms, and
that the principles thereof were " twisted" into the consti-
tution of Britain. Mr. M. illustrated his meaning by ob-
serving, that it was related of Phidias, the celebrated sculp-
tor, that having been employed by the Areopagus of Athens
to carve a shield for the statue of Minerva, he so interwove
his own name with the devices of the shield, that it was im-
possible to remove one iota of a single initial without de-
stroying the shield itself. So, in like manner, it might be
affirmed that the acknowledgment of Protestantism, as de-
veloped in that sound form of words which characterises our
beloved church, is so interwoven with the monarchical insti-
tutions of the realm, that it is impossible to remove any
portion of that acknowledgment without involving the de-
struction, or at least endangering the stability, of both the
altar and the throne. (Repeated cheering.) He further
appealed to them to resist the demands of the foe, now en-
gaged in bringing every machination to bear against the high
towers of England's church, and to resolve, in the spirit of
the 'prentice boys of Derry, that there should be " no sur-
render." (Loud cheers.) After a variety of other remarks,
Mr. Mathews (amid loud and reiterated cheering) concluded
thus :—Popery, after many days of slumber and inactivity,
is at length beginning to boast of the increased numbers of
the followers of her faith, and anticipates glorious days when
she shall again place the triple tiara on her brow, and, with
the sceptre of authority, again rule this nation as with a rod
of iron. Be it so. The bright flicker of the taper which has
long burnt dim is the certain presage to its extinguishment.
Let Rome apply the parallel—aye, and take warning ! " Re-
tribution has a foot of velvet, but a hand of steel." The
arm may even now be all but uplifted to smite the scalp of
this gigantic and godless oppression. The trumpet may even
now be at the mouth of the angel, and the blast about to go
forth which, not only in this Protestant laud, but among the
nations of the earth, shall level the battlements of the " man
of sin" for ever in the dust ! Let us, then, unfurl the stan-
dard of Protestantism, and by consequence the banner of
Truth—call on Albion's sons, those interested in the welfare
of our British Zion, to rally round it—and animate by every
means the hearts of British freedmen resolved not to be bond
slaves of the mother of harlots; whilst the watchword of
Protestant England, throughout the length and breadth of
the land, is—' No peace with Rome!"
CHARLES BISHOP, Esq., seconded the motion, and ob-
served as follows :—ln advocating the cause of the St. Helens
Protestant Reading Society, we believe we are advocating
the cause of truth, and promoting the prosperity of the
community, because it gives men the best of all knowledge—
the knowledge of the heart, as well as of the understanding.
It teaches men that gradations in society are as conducive to
the prosperity of the country as hill and valley are to the
beauty of the landscape : it teaches the artizan who is re-
ceiving his fifteen shillings a-week, that he is as useful a
member of society, and may adorn the sphere in which he is
placed as much, as the nobleman who is receiving his thou-
sands ; in the same way that the lowly daisy and the retiring
harebell adorn their sphere as much as the wide-spreading
cedar and the lofty pine theirs. (Great cheering.) Protes-
tant reading societies are as beacon-lights on a dangerous
coast, to warn the mariner of the rocks beneath : and are
there not rocks and sand-banks beneath the subtle sea of
Popery, of which it behoves us to warn the mariner, on
which if he runs his bark, he must certainly perish ? (Hear,
hear.) Bad our legislature been members of this society,
Popish emancipation bad never passed ; but it has passed,
and now the very council-chamber of our Sovereign stinks
of Popery. (Hear.) Had our prime minister been a mem-
ber of this society, he would never have taken socialism by
the band, and introduced sensuality to a young and maiden
Queen. (Cheering.) That is a stain on his escutcheon that
can never he effaced : though he could now cast Daniel* into
a lion's den, and restore to life the Lady Flora Hastings by
his bleatings, it can never be wiped away. (Great cheering.)
We must sow good seed in our land and an abundant harvest
of good fruit will spring up ; we must sow contentment and
we shall reap cheerfulness ; we must sow mercy and we shall
reap forgiveness ; we must sow holiness and we shall reap
everlasting life. Let us make religion our day book, and
truth our ledger; for as a rev. divine observed, " Heaven is
a store-room that can never be broken open and robbed, it is
a hank that will never break." Let us then support Protes-
tant reading societies, that the " earth may be filled with the
knowledge of the Lord. as the waters cover the sea." (Great
cheering.)

S. TD.M.LINSON. Esq. moved the third resolution, which
was seconded by C. MARSDEN, Esq. in an appropriate
speech, in which he remarked that his support of the society
from its commencement had originated in a view of the natu-
ral tendency to evil in man, in his fallen state, and the readi-
ness with which we perceive weeds of evil spring up around
us on all sides; and how can it be hoped to eradicate this
crop without cultivating the ground, and sowing in its place
the good seed of the word, which under the influence of the
Holy Spirit,.will bring forth fruit and salvation. (Cheers.)
The last resolution having been_carriedunanimously,

Mr. CRISP rose and said, he felt so desirous toe the
society formed into an active and operating Protestant As-
sociation, that he would pledge himself to the committee,
whenever that was the case, to present 20 volumes of suit-
able books for their library. (Great cheering.)
After a vote of thanks to the chairman, (who expressed a
hope that it should not be the last time he should meet
them,) the meeting separated at half-past ten o'clock. We
never saw one in which a more zealous and yet temperate
spirit of attachment to the Protestant cause was exhibited
both in the speakers and audience.

4' Dan O'Connell

'-ED.

NUISANCE IN NORTH JOHN-STREET,

TO THE EDITOR OF THE LIVERPOOL STANDARD.

Stu,—One of the occupiers of offices in North John-street
would be particularly obliged by you informing him, through
the medium of your valuable paper, what steps must now be
taken to remove the abominable nuisance which has existed
for some time, small carts being aliowed to stand for hire,
and the drivers of these carts permitted from morning until
night to assemble in groups on the parapet, and in rainy
weather to congregate in the passages of the offices, where
thew make use of the most disgusting language.
The authorities have been written and spoken to frequently
upon the subject, but it has been of no avail. lam not quite
sure, but perhaps you will inform me, is there not a bye-law
appointing certain situations for the stand of carts ? If so,
why is this law not enforced, and the nuisance so often com-
plained of ;Allowed to exist ?

It would not be allowed in London. I call upon the ma-
gistrates to order Mr. Whitty, and those in authority under
him, TO SEE THAT IT IS DONE, to put this bye-law into
force, and not allow one of the greatest thoroughfares to be
obstructed by such an abominable nuisance.—l am, Sir,
yours, respectfully. B.
Liverpool, 17th March, 1841.

TO THE EDITOR OF THE LIVERPOOL STANDARD.

Sin,-1 have had my attention directed to a strange pro-
duction which appeared in the Courier of Wednesday last,
addressed to the Rev. Jas. Hassan, and signed by one who
styles himself an " Old Dispensary Surgeon," and who
states that he is now resident in the Park. Now, as I have
every reason to believe that I am the only " Old (?) Dispen-
sary Surgeon" resident in Toxteth-park, and consequently
may be suspected of being the author of the silly twaddle
alluded to, I beg to state that I know nothing whatever of
the production previously to its appearance in the Courier;
and I should feel obliged if the individual who perpetrated
the epistle would in future (if not ashamed) sign his own
name when he is seized with the caeoethes scribendi, rather
than, from the omission, cause his silly inaccuracies to be at-
tributed to others.

I also beg to inform the perpetrator, that Prince William-
street and adjoining streets have not had a District Provident
visitor for six months, that the last visitor was a matron and
a clergyman's wife, and lastly, though not least, that the
Reverend James Hassan, as a minister, has nothing at
all to do with the district to which he alludes. Hoping
that you will be kind enough to insert this in your next
publication, I remain, your most obedient servant,

H. G. FIARBORD

122, Mill-street. Torteth-park.

PATRICK'S DAY AND POPISH PROCESSIONS,

TO THE EDITOR OF THE LIVERPOOL STANDARD

SlR,—The display of Popish strength in Liverpool, for
which many weeks' active preparation has been made, has
this day come off with all the Mat which bands, badges, and
banners, organization and order, and the sanction and sup-
port of civic authority, could give to it. From the elabo-
rated
muster of 5,000 men and boys, which formed the full
aggregate of the " repealers" paraded through our streets
this day, the friends of constitutional union have had evi-
dence that they have nothing immediately to fear from the
vapouring of the monarch of miscreants and his sacerdotal
confederates. Contempt of an adversary, however, is not
the dictate of wisdom ; and the boldness of this clay's move-
ment, with some significant circumstances that accompanied
it, ought not to pass away without a practical improvement
by the right-minded portion of society.
Among the numerous banners and sashes carried by the
" Sons of Irish Freedom," the " United Catholic Brethren,"
&c., &c., invested, as these were to a man, with the well-
known rebels' livery of green and white, the cap of liberty,
the loosed hind, the harp uncrowned, the wolfdog rampant
and the lion passant, &c., with the temperance adjunct of
" REPEAL," it can require no wizard's sight to penetrate,
as denoting the real aim of that combination of Papists so
ostentatiously proclaimed to-day. That the entire police
force of the borough should have been ordered to give effect
to the array, is a question for the inquiry of parliament,
which, it may be hoped, will not be allowed by the faithful
members of the House of Commons to be overlooked.

The object of this letter is to fasten the whole affair upon
the Protestant mind of Liverpool, and to induce, if possible,
a prompt and vigorous preparation of all to whom the inte-
grity of the legislative union between England and Ireland,
and the maintenance of a Protestant dinasty, are dear, for
celebrating, on the 12th of July next, that contest in the
sister island which issued in the overthrow of a base, bloody,
and brutal despotism, and the establishment of a free and
happy constitution for these realms.

There can now be no rational objection to the legality of
an orange and blue array by the lovers of imperial union,
and no good ground for deprecating the occasional exhila-
rant to a loyal and peace-loving community by a display of
their numbers and organization. As the times, moreover,
are acknowledgedly out of joint, through the collisions of
chartism, socialism, radicalism, and repealism, it will serve
to animate the honest and well-disposed, and to abate the
irritating exultation of the disaffected, to have an occasional
turn-out of such as, not opposed to improvement, are indis-
posed to change.

Let the various committees of our Protestant and Conser-
vative Associations, and the numerous lodges of Orangemen
that have recently been instituted and are rapidly increasing
in Liverpool, seriously think upon this subject. Let them
ponder the importance of such occasional displays of strength
as may render the application of strength less early needful,
and when necessary, probably more successful.
Should this subject be responded to as is wished, I may
correspond again. Meantime I am, Mr. Editor,
lith March, 1841. A. ERCAM, G.C.0.1.

EATON HALL.—Near Chester is the magnificent seat of
the Marquis of Westminster—Eaton Hall ; erected from the
designs of Porden, on the site of the old brick mansion, built
by the celebrated Vanburgh. The architectural elevation
and the internal arrangements and decorations of this noble
mansion are in excellent keeping, and present a tout ensemble
of exquisite grandeur and beauty. The traveller may spend
a day of surpassing interest in its inspection, and amongst
the rare pictures, cabinets, and other works of art which it
contains. The entrance to the park, which is of great extent,
is through a superb Gothic building, not far from the new
bridge. This gateway has recently been erected from designs
by Mr. Jones, architect, of Chester, and is executed in Bath
stone, after the model of St. Augustine's Gate, at Canter-
bury.—From Roscoe's Treks new edition, now publishing
in monthly ports.

LITERARY NOTICES

Falsehood and Truth : by Charlotte Elizabeth. Liverpool

H. Perris

This is another production of a very deservedly popular
writer. The design of the work is principally to point out
the dangerous tendency of entrusting the education of the
young to those whose religious opinions are directly opposed
to their parents. The authoress has chosen the style of a
narrative ; and throughout strongly presses upon her readers
the paramount necessity of providing for those under their
care the necessity of a sound scriptural education. The work
will be found extremely interesting to the young, whilst it

also conveys much information to even the matured mind,
and to all who feel the importance of the subject of which it
treats. The astonishment and regret with which the parents
of a child (who had been allowed to remain at the residence
of a friend, where a popish governess was allowed to reside)
discover that the object of their anxious solicitude had be-
come deeply imbued with the principles of the church of
Rome, are pourtrayed with extreme delicacy and feeling ;
and the line of conduct to be observed in similar circum-
stances, is suggested with much earnestness and equal pro-
priety. A dedication to the Rev. H. M`Neile forms an in-
troduction to the volume. The typography and neat appear-
ance of the work reflect great credit on the publisher.

The Churchman's Monthly Review for March. London

L. and G. Seeley

This is, in our opinion, decidedly the best number of this
periodical that has yet appeared. The first article is a ner-
vous examination of Dr. Hook's " Scriptural Principles as
applicable to religious Societies," in which the claims of the
Church Missionary and other Societies are ably set forth as
worthy the support of every member of the church. The
arguments made use of are clear, and, to our minds, irre-
fragable—and form the most conclusiue answer to every ob-
jection which can possibly be urged against what are unjustly
styled " the irregular or schismatical associations" by any
churchman whose doubtful or sensitive conscience has been
disturbed by the foolish observations which are occasionally
issued from the press, and are the productions of the most
contracted and illiberal minds. Much has recently been
written on this subject, but we have never read any remarks
which in so short a compass, and in so unanswerable a man-
ner, dispose of the whole subject. The other reviews of
" Alison's Principles of Population," " Poole's Life and Times
of Cyprian," " East Indian Idolatry," and " The present
Position of the Church of Scotland," will amply repay a
most attentive perusal. We cannot too strongly recommend
this publication to the notice of every churchman.

Remembrance of Home. Words by T. H. Morris
by Geo. H. Thomson. Rickering, Manchester,
A very pretty little ballad, and one that will grace the port-
folio of any collector lady or gentleman. The music is ex-
tremely graceful, and somewhat original.

Music

EXTRAORDINARY PRESENT.—On 'Wednesday afternoon
an inquest was held before Mr. Gill, at the Ormond's Head,
Prince's-street, Westminster, on the body of a female child,
name unknown, apparently about six months old. The Rev.
R. Young, of 9, Earl-street, Westminster, said, that on
Tuesday evening last, during his absence from home between
8 and 9 o'clock, a female knocked at his door, which a female
domestic opened, and inquired for him. Being told he was
from home, she placed in the servant's hands a new deal box,
which she said was for the servant's master, and demanded
carriage, which was paid. The box was directed, " Rev.
Mr. Young, Wesleyan Minister, 9, Earl-street, West-
minster, by the Brighton coach, carriage paid." Witness's
wife having received the box began to open it, and on the lid
being lifted, a little girl his daughter inserted her hand and
drew forth a paper, on which was written as follows :
" Rev. Sir,—Pray do pardon this horrid intrusion, and bnry
this poor baby. Pray do this, in the name of God, as its
poor unfortunate mother is suffering very much in mind,
and by the time this reaches you will be many miles away.
Pray do bury it." Witness's wife immediately sent to the
vestry of the Romney-terrace chapel a message, which brought
Mr. Booth, a surgeon, and two other gentlemen, who opened
the box, and took from it the body of a dead female, packed in
hay. Mr. Booth examined it, and said that in his opinion it
had been dead some time. and born about six months, but he
could discover no marks of external violence upon its body.
Information of the•strange circumstance was then transmitted
to the parochial authorities, and in consequence the body was
removed to St. Margaret's workhouse. He had no suspicion
as to the party who sent the parcel. The woman who brought
it was tall, and unknown to the servant. He belonged to a
charitable society for supplying baby linen to poor pregnant
women, and he thought it probable that the party who sent
the child had in that way become acquainted with his name
and address, and not having the means to bury it, sent it to
him to do so. He did not think that the box was sent from
Brighton. The jury considered the latter opinion probable,
and that the direction from Brighton was adoped to prevent
the discovery of the mother. They also thought it not ne-
cessary to have the body opened. Verdict—that the deceased
was left—dead and inclosed in a box—at the residence of the
Rev. Robert Young, by a female unknown, but how the
child came by its death was not known to the jury.
DESTRUCTIVE FIRE AT THE LONDON AND SOUTH
WESTERN RAILWAY STATION.—Last evening, about eight
o'clock, the Nine Elms, Vauxhall, was thrown into the
greatest alarm by the sudden outbreak of a fire at the Lon-
don and South Western Railway Station, at Nine Elms,
"Vauxhall. The fire broke out in a large building, upwards

,1 100 feet in length, and three stories in height"; which is .
used as a store-room and for workshops for the different arti-
ficers employed by the company. An aErm was immediately
given, and messengers despatched to the different stations
for the engines. In the mean time the tire had obtained a
fearful height. and the whole building was, in a very short
time, one mass of fire. The engines soon arrived on the
spot, but it was evident that all efforts to save the building
were in vain, and the attention of the firemen was directed
to the safety of the surrounding buildings. The roof now
fell in, and the flames now shot up with a great noise. A
splendid supply of water enabled the firemen to keep up
an incessant stream from the engines, and the fire was con-
fined to the building where it originated, which, however,
with its contents, is totally destroyed, nothing but the bare
walls remaining. The origin of the fire cannot be ascer-
tained, and the damage done must be very serious. It was
a most curious sight to witness the departure and arrival of
the different trains during the progress of the fire, and it
breaking out just previous to the starting of the down mail
train for Southampton rendered the scene very exciting. We
have not heard that any accident has occurred. The fire was
still burning at eleven o'clock, when our reporter left the
spot, but no further danger was apprehended.-3.fortaitry
Herald, Wednesday.—[The following is the account of the
origin of the fire as furnished by one of the proprietors of the
railway.—About half-past seven o'clock the storekeeper had
occasion to enter the premises in company with two other
parties, and while there (according to the report made by
Mr Stovin, the superintendent of the railway police force,
to the head authority), they discovered that a carboy of tur-
pentine was leaky, and in endeavouring to stop it, the tur-
pentine by some accident or other caught fire and blazed with
so much violence, that they were compelled to run out of
the place. The doors were immediately closed, in the hope
of smothering the flames, but in a few minutes after the other
carboys were heard to explode, and in an instant the windows
were demolished, and the flames rushed forth with a loud
noise. Had there been an engine on the spot at the time
well supplied with water, it would have been impossible to
prevent the work of destruction from proceeding. Those
who were at the terminus did all they could to prevent the
the loss of property, but to stop the fire was beyond human
power. By ten minutes to eight o'clock the fire had ex-
tended to the stores above, and had enveloped the immense
stock of turpentine and other combustibles. At eight o'clock
the entire warehouse was in a blaze, from the roof to the
ground, while the interior presented the appearance of a huge
furnace, and the oil and turpentine streamed forth out of the
windows on to the ground in a river of liquid fire, presenting
a most singular effect. Subsequently the engines arrived,'
hut the fire could not be stopped until it had burned down
the most valuable portion ofthe railway property. The value
of the machinery in the locomotive workshops is stated to be
at least £B,OOO. The whole of it is destroyed, together with
three locomotive engines, which were under repair. The lo-
comotive engines that were saved by the exertions of the
railway workpeople and others are the Comet, the Lark,
Phoenix, Leeds, Vesta, Chaplin, the Orion, and six others.
Their value is supposed to be £30,000. The insurance on
the property destroyed is £9,000 ; £5,000 in the Union-office,
and £4,000 in the Protestant Dissenters' Fire-office. The
railway company have given out the loss to be £20,000.]—
Times of Thursday.
MOST APPALLING SUICIDE.—On the evening of Sunday
last, a catastrophe of the above description took place at
Alkrington Colliery, near Middleton, by which a mother and
three children have been plunged into great distress, and the
feelings of a large number of friends and acquaintances of
the deceased have been strongly excited. A little after seven
o'clock, a man, named James Guest, 42 years of age, who
had long been employed by Mr. Livesey, as bookkeeper, at
the above works, rushed out of his cottage, near one of the
pits, and threw himself headlong down a shaft about 150
yards in depth. He had latterly become very low in spirits,
in consequence of having to leave the employ of Mr. Livesev,
who is about giving up the works. He was a man of steady
habits, and of good character, and had succeeded in obtain-
ing another situation ; but, after trial, he was not satisfied
with it and came home to Alkrington. On Sunday he was
unusually distressed, and told his wife he was ill all over,
both in his head and his limbs. She missed him from the
door, and saw him rush past the window towards the coal-
pit, and she followed, calling " James, James ;" " stop,
stop." He was heard to say, " Whisht," and almost in-
stantly disappeared down the pit, to which she approached
near enough to hear his crashing against the horse-trees and
guiding rods, as he fell. "Oh God !" she cried, " that's
him," and stood paralyzed unable to go on or return. A man
who heard her cry came up, and learning what had taken
place, he went round to the colliers' houses near at hand, and
a sufficient number of men was soon mustered to undertake
an examination of the shaft. They proceeded to wind up
the buckets, which were about midway in the pit. and the
first bucket which ascended brought with it what was suffici-
ent to convince such of them as doubted of the reality of the
man's fate ; his hands and other viscera were in the tub, and
there was reason for supposing that the body had hung unon
the tub, as, on their beginning to wind up, the tub became
detached, and something heavy was heard falling down the
remainder of the depth to the bottom. Men were next let
down, and they sent up the mangled body of poor Guest, al-
most cut in two at the middle, and disfigured in a most shock-
ing manner. Au inquest will be held to-morrow ; but, as
the above are the facts, a verdict of temporary insanity can
only be anticipated.-31anchester Guardian.
SUICIDE FROM THWARTED Lova.—A strong and mutual
attachment was formed between Mademoiselle R., whose fa-
mily keeps the hotel de Narponne, in the Rue de la Harpe,
and a young law student who lodged in the house. This was
perceived by the young woman's mother, who, though satis-.
tied that no criminal intercourse had taken place, gave order,
to her daughter to remove from the chamber which she
cupied on the second story to one close to her own on the .
first floor. This convinced Mademoiselle R. that her pas-
siou had been discovered, and that it was to be opposed.... She
made no signs of resistance, but on the day sherecei.vedtthte
order went up into her room above, as if to collecth hei„elo h
remained from the morning till 6in thee ese.nint,„, when the and other things to be brought down. Here,
,owev.er, she
being fastened
family, surprised by her non-appearance, Nn, to her.
the lock
No answer being given,
inside, a;
smith was sent for, who picked
,brother, and other persons in the house ;
the father, difficulty thatwith
and thed
but even hen it was with. all their efforts
they could force open the door, so strongly was it barricaded;
by the furniture the unfortunate girl had piled up against it.
On entering they found he; lifeless, having suffocated herself,
by the fumes of a bragier of charcoal she had contrived to,
carry secretly up. 'or. a,
moment hopes of her recovery were•
entertained, as het, body was still warm, and when veins be—
ing opened ry, a sir eon on some few drops of blood followed
but in a short time e was irrecoverably gone. She was-24
years of age. and remaaable for ker beauty.--45101,8-
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