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the day i",)Test rather have feared for the loaves and fishes
than for principle, else why their present conduct. They
knew that Orangemen were true to their principles—they
knew that obedience to constituted authority was the very
basis of their order, and they knew likewise that Orange-
men had never been linked on the side of rebellion, or hi
any attempt to change the constitution of the country—
though under the shade of that constitution men in
power had not only discouraged but actually persecuted
them, and placed in office those who are inimical to the
compact by which the sovereign holds her crown, and
swings the sceptre of these realms.
Now, what are the principles upon which the order is
founded ? I quote from the qualification requisite for an
orangeman to possess before he can be admitted, and I
take the liberty of leaving with you a copy of the laws
and ordinances, in order that any who desire to learn
further for themselves may do so on application to you.
The qualification commences with these words :—" Every
member of this institution should have a sincere love and
veneration for his Almighty Maker, a firm and stedfast
faith in the Saviour of the World, and a fell reliance on
the influence of the Holy Spirit," and it concludes with
this,—" Wisdom and prudence should guide his actions ;
temperance and sobriety, honesty and integrity, direct his
conduct; and the honour and welfare of his Sovereign
and country be the motives of his exertions." Further,
on admission, a solemn pledge is exacted that the signs
and pass-words of admission into the order shall be kept
secret ; and that they will observe the oaths of allegiance,
supremacy, and abjuration. The first oath her Majesty
took on coming to the throne was to support the Pro-
testant religion, as now established in Scotland ; the
second was to maintain and support the Protestant
religion according to the creed and profession of the
United Church of England and Ireland ; and because
these men are bound together for the purpose of support-
ing her Majesty in the principles she has solemnly, at
God's altar, sworn to maintain, therefore they are to be
discouraged and persecuted.
Any other objection applies with equal force to Odd-
fellows, Druids, Foresters, and all other secret societies,
includieg freemasons, of which her Majesty's father,
uncles, and the two last sovereigns were at the head—a
society which exists in all countries, and has existed be-
yond the period of any written record.
The Liverpool papers, under the partial or entire con-
trol of Romanists, however, appear to fear the effect of
the conduct of the government with respect to Lord
Roden • and one (the Mercury) confesses that it is likely
to produce the old cry of " PROTESTANT ASCENDANCY!"
I have no doubt of it.
" 'Tis a consummation devoutly to be wished."
And, when once raised, I predict it will roll on with such
force as the enemies of truth, even though leagued with
false-hearted and pretended liberals, who assume, hypo-
critically. the Protestant name, will not be able to resist.
Men like the present Master of the Mint, a rank Papist,
will no longer be permitted to insult the feelings of the
nation by erasing from the coins the divine acknowledg-
ment by which kings reign, or to trample under foot the
most sacred pledges of fidelity.—l am, sir. yours, truly,
AN ORANGEMAN.

THE NATIONAL CONFEDERATION AND THE

MUNICIPAL ELECTION.

TO THE EDITOR OF THE LIVERPOOL STANDARD.

SIR,-1 have been a reader of your paper for some
years, and I now write to you respecting your hostility to
the National Confederation ; I hope you will allow me a
space in your next publication.
Having been a member of the Council of the Confede-
ration for two years, I am pretty well acquainted with all
its doings, and I hope you will excuse me if I try to
put you right on some matters.
First, I deny that the Confederation dictate to the ward
committees. It is the duty of the Council to see that
there is a branch committee formed in every ward ; that
having been done, it is left to manage its own business.
Every ward has its members on the Central Board, and
they would not allow the central body to dictate, even if
such was attempted, which to my knowledge has never
yet been done. The ward committees are, or should be,
composed of an equal number of Conservatives and Re-
formers ; and if such a committee should select a candi-
date, and that candidate receives the support of the
Confederation, it ought not—it cannot be called dictation.
Does not the Constitutional Society support its own
friends ?—and are there not branch committees in several
wards ?—and is it not reasonable to suppose that its
influence was at work in favour of Mr. Horsfall ? Then
why attack the Confederation, and not it? The one is
composed of Conservatives only ; the other of men of
both parties, who can put politics on one side, and meet
together as rational men, who have business to transact
affecting their pockets.
You are very wrong respecting the Confederation and
Exchange Ward. It is not the case that the Confedera-
tion staked the prestige of their influence in other wards
upon the success of Exchange Ward. We are all aware
that the contest was not an equal one, the ward never
canvassed, &c., &c., &c. Mr. M`Donald will write you
respecting the part you say he took.
With respect to St. Peter's Ward, I was present at the
meeting which carried Mr. Harbord., and was not sum-
moned again till Mr. Fernihough had been brought out.
have expressed my strong indignation on the conduct
of one or two men who caused the mischief, but it was
not the Confederation committee, neither must you
blame the Reformers as a body, for some of them have
expressed themselves as strongly as I did, and the nomi-
nation of Mr. Harbord was seconded by one of the oldest
Reformers in the ward, whose name I hand you privately.
Having seen Dr. Harbord, who stated his brother was
coming out for the Park, and who advised me not to
disturb the peace of the ward through the conduct of one
or two men, I did express myself satisfied with Mr. Fer-
nihough, after having heard his address. At the same
time, my opinion of the conduct of the parties is the
same. _ _ _

Now with respect to Rodney-street Ward. Mr. Jones
was first mentioned by an out-and-out Tory. and the
requisition was headed by some of Mr. Holme's best
supporters ; and is this man to be cried down, because
the Confederation can discern between the qualities of
Mr. Jones and Mr. Holme, and give Mr. Jones the pre-
ference ? If Mr. Johnson bad only had such a requisi-
tion presented to him as Mr. Jones has had, he would
now have occupied Mr. Horsfall's place as member for
Exchange Ward. Mr. Holme is disliked : his conduct
with respect to raising Mr. Rushton's salary, his conduct
on the Pike scheme, his conduct at the parish meeting
and demanding a poll, are sufficient reasons why he
should no longer be retained by the electors as their
member.

I joined the Confederation on account of local matters,
and do not and have not identified myself with the na-
tional part. It is ever my object more and more to get
them to attend to local abuses; and if that was properly
done, we should not have the corporate funds wasted as
they are in the management of the Birkenhead Ferry, &c.
It is a pleasure to act with honourable men of both par-
ties, whose only object is a sincere desire to serve the
interests of the town; and I hope I may never be found
but so acting. I will stick by the Confederation while I
can do good, but' if it should commit itself I would leave
it at once. The Reformers of our committee (Pitt-street)
on the last occasion supported Mr. Robinson, and this
year we are united for Mr. Toulmin ; I find Mr. Jeffery
supporting Mr. Richard Harbord ; and T hope I shall
conduct myself in such a way as to be worthy such com-
pany.
As a Conservative, I will not yield, in point of loyalty
to my Queen or attachment to the Church, to either Mr.
Horsfall or any one else ; and at the general elections I
may be (as last) found in the company of Mr. Holme,
Mr. Horsfall, and others, whom on local matters I will
oppose with all my might.
Your faithful servant,
CHARLES CALLIS.
21, Mersey-street, Oct. 10th, 1849.
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NATIONAL CONEDERATION.

TO THE EDITOR OF THE LIVERPOOL STANDARD.

SIR,—In your last publication there is the following
statement in an article having reference to the Confedera-
tion :

"The Confederation put forth all their energies to ensure a
triumph. The printed circular, calling the meeting, at which
Mr. Johnson was selected as a canditate, was dated from the
Central Rooms, and signed by the Secretary of the body."

Do me the favor to state in your next number that there
is not a word of truth in the history of the circular as
given above. It was not dated from the Central Rooms,
nor was it signed by the Secretary of the Confederation.
Permit me further to add that all your assertions in the
same article, with reference to the Confederation, are
equally without foundation, and to suggest that it is due
to that body to disabuse the public mind of the impres-
sions which such misstatements are calculated to create.
There is not a man connected with the Confederation
but could have informed you that the Confederation in no
way interferes in the choice of candidates, and that the
" party bias" of which you speak has really no existence
but in the minds of those who are at a loss for a better
point of abuse. If you will refer to the list of candidates
already named you can have any doubts you may entertain
fully satisfied.
The local objects of the Confederation are known to be,
the subjecting the Corporate and Dock Estates to local
rates, and ensuring economy and retrenchment in the
management and disposal of all local funds. The question
of supply of water has also occupied their attention ; and
1 am sure that you will allow that they are bound, in
justice to the ratepayers, who in fact form the Association,
to keep these objects in view; and they intend doing so,
regardless of all the misrepresentations which may be in-
dulged in at their expense, whether by professed friends,
or by more open enemies.
The Council of the Confederation will feel obliged by
your insertion of this correction of your mis-statements in
your next number.—Yours, &c.,
J. M. MACDONALD, Secretary.
Confederation Rooms, Oct. 13th, 1849.
THE COLLEGIATE INSTITUTION.

TO THE EDITOR OF THE LIVERPOOL STANDARD.

Slit,-I am very sorry to know that the two letters
which you favoured me by publishing in your influential
columns, about four or five months ago, have, so far, been
fruitless. I regret this the more, as I believe the propo-
sitions I submitted would invest the educational routine
of this magnificent establishment with a relief and an
attraction ; which, whilst it would make the institution
more popular, would also make the advantages it confers
more beneficial.
I will not trouble you by enlarging on the topic I then,
brought forward—the importance of elocutionary instruc-
tion—further than by observing that education should be
as popular as is compatible with the maintenance of inde.
feasible principles,
.and the unflinching superiority of
righteous and religious laws. Let the directors and
principal of our institution take this for their standard—
the invincible maintenance of the blessings of a sound

scriptural education, applied and aieeitinnodated, without
violation or infringment, to temporal hecessities and moral
wants—and they will then discover that what I have pro-
posed to them is simply. and of necessity, an imperative
and paramount duty. If this meets the eye of any direc-
tors, I trust it will find an echo in their hearts and actions.
The depressed state of mechanics' institutes in this and the
neighbouring counties, proves that popular foundations,
without abiding permanent principles, will not sustain an
educational establishment ; and if the Collegiate Institu-
tion directors wish (as I believe they do) to maintain the-
prosperity and usefulness of it, they will, by a judicious
introduction of attractive and beneficial features, prove
the sinoerity of their dnxiety, and the practicability of
their wishes, and establish (as an earnest and a proof)
a class for the practise of elocution within its walls. They
will doubtless thus distance the secular establishments of
the town, in the value of the education and the peculiarity
of the privileges which that institution might, and I trust
will, offer to the " rising generation" in Liverpool.
It was during the vacation that I addressed you last,
rendering it possible that the matter might not have come
under the notice of any of the officials of the establish-
ment, most of whom would then be out of town. Ido
most sincerely trust that now, having patiently waited so
long to see the issue,l may be excused for trespassing
on your space again, if by any means I may at least be
satisfied that my suggestion has not escaped the conside-
ration and attention which I think it most certainly
merits. Though I write under the protection of an
anonymous signature, no one is more anxious for the
welfare of the institution than I am.

Yours. &c.,
" RATIO JUSTIFICA SUASORIA."
October, 11, 1849.

Distrirt Rei►s.

The Bishop of Manchester has appointed Wednesday,
the 24th, inst., as a day of fasting for that town..
The Bishop has fixed Friday, the 19th instrnt, as a day
of fasting and humiliation in Chester, at the solicitation
of the clergy.
The alleged murder at Preston has resulted in a verdict
of manslaughter against Henry Glover, who has been
liberated on bail.

Captain Lane, of Bury, has been appointed governor of
the new borough gaol, Manchester, and the Rev. P. J.
O'Leary, late incambent of St. Jude's, has been ap-
pointed chaplain.
On Thursday, Mr. Harrwitz, the distinguished chess-
player, defeated four players of the Manchester Athenaeum
Club in a double game after the style of those played in
Liverpool.
One of the unfinished arches of the viaduct on the
Bolton, Blackburn, Clitheroe, and West Yorkshire Rail-
way, which crosses the Calder, near Whalley, fell on
Saturday last, when three men lost their lives, and one
man was seriously injured.
Considerable damage was done in the neighbourhood
of Oldham by the storm which prevailed during Sunday.
A new mill, erected by Mr. Jerry Whitehead, ol North
Moor, ten windows long and three storeys high, which
was just ready to be slated, was blown down, the roof
taking the walls to the ground floor, the whole being a
complete ruin.
CHESTER CHEESE FAIR.—At the fair on Wednesday a
very large quantity of cheese was pitched. The attendance
of dealers was numerous. The low prices which had ruled
at some of the neighbouring tares created apprehensions
that prices would be low here, which were realised. Ne-
vertheless sales were brisk. Cheese of inferior make
ranged from 40s. to 48s. The best dairies realised about
565. Not much was unsold.

A woman at Wigan has been dangerously burnt by an
explosion of gas in her cupboard : she went to the place
with a lighted candle, and a violent explosion ensued.
The first medical man at hand was a gentleman from
Liverpool ; he was rather incredulous about gas having
accumulated in the cupboard ; to convince him, the wo-
man's husband took a piece of lighted paper to the place,
another explosion occurred, and his nose was burnt : the
incredulous doctor kept at a safe distance. It appears
that the house is built over a coal-mine.

BANK OF MANCHESTER.—At the meeting, on Wed-
nesday of the Bank of Manchester, whose unfortunate
affairs have been in process of liquidation for about seven
years, it was announced that owing to the general im-
provement in property at Manchester, the remaining as-
sets of the bank had been increased in value about £3OOO
over the estimate presented at the last meeting, and that
the probable surplus beyond the return of Bs. per share
lately made to the shareholders was £47,891. it was also
mentioned that the various law entanglements of the
company had been brought to an end.
DEATH OF ALEXANDER BROWN, ESQ.—We have this
week to record the death of Alexander Brown, Esq., of
Beilby-grange, near Wetherby, who expired very sud-
denly, at Lancaster, on Sunday last, aged thirty-two. He
was one of the magistrates for the West Riding, and last
surviving child of William Brown, Esq., M.P. for South
Lancashire, and the tenth child whom that respected and
revered gentleman has followed to the grave. The inter-
ment, which was strictly private, took place at Colling-
wood Church, on Thursday. Most of the inhabitants of
Wetherby spontaneously manifested their regard for the
memory of the deceased by accompanying the funeral
procession.—Leeds Mercury.
HAIGH AGRICULTURAL SOCIETY.—The annual meet-
ing of the above society took place at Haigh, near Wigan,
on Wednesday. The show was excellent, both of stock,
agricultural produce, fruit, flowers, &c., and manifested
considerable improvement, not only amongt the farmers,
but also amongst the cottage tenants generally. The so-
ciety has now existed seven or eight years, under the pa-
tronage of the Earl of Crawford and Balcarres, the noble
owner of the estate, and the presidency of the Hon. Colin
Lindsay, and continues yearly to prosper. The active
managers of it have been Joseph Glover and W. Ormandy,
Esqrs., and by their judicious conduct the improvements
on the estate far surpass any thing which could have been
anticipated. The inspectors of the farms, who are ex-
experienced agriculturists from some distance, reported
most favourably of the state of the farms, and the vast im-
provements which the farmers had made upon them, and
threw out some valuable hints as to future management of
crops, especially recommending a larger and more exten-
sive cultivation of the turnip crop. After the show,
about 150 farmers and gentry of the neighbourhood sat
down to a substantial dinner, in the spacious school-room
at Haigh. In the absence of the Hon. Colin Lindsay, the
president of the society, the Hon. Colonel Lindsay, M.P.
for Wigan, occupied the chair.
MANCHESTER WATERWORKS--BURSTING OF THE
WEIR.—A violent snow and thunder storm occurred on
Friday week at Glossop, at the foot of some of the York-
shire and Derbyshire hills. Since that occurrence ex-
ceedingly heavy and continuous rain and snow has fallen.
The Manchester corporation has commenced a series of
works for the collection of the five streams that flow from
these hills through the Longdendale Valley, with a view
to supplying Manchester with this water. The cost of
the works will probably not be much less than a million
of money. On Sunday the flood down the Eden-brook
so completely overtopped the new weir which the com-
pany had erected across that stream as to completely carry
off the coping of the immense barrier of stone-work. In
consequence of the breaking down of this weir, the new
river course, for the purpose of carrying off the floods,
was rendered useless, and the water, consequently, im-
pounded into the valley behind the embankments of the
river, (which had been raised to about 24 feet above the
pipes,) and collected there, until, at half-past five on Sun-
day evening, it flowed over the top, and cut down and
swept away the embankment itself. The immense volume
of water, thus liberated from all controul, burst down the
vale of the Etheron with fearful violence, sweeping every-
thing before it. The lower story of the mills of Messrs.
Hobbs and Sidebottom was flooded in an instant. From
two to three thousand pieces of printing cloths and shirt-
ings were entirely destroyed in this mill, besides a quan-
tity of yarns, and the flood washed down the day and
Sunday-school attached to the premises, and part of a
warehouse. It also washed down a great number of yard
walls, and the fences of the surrounding fields. A bridge
for carriages across the river Etheron at this point was
partly swept away, and will have to be re-erected, several
of the piers being destroyed. Other buildings and pro
perty of various kinds fell a prey to the overwhelming
flood, and it is supposed that the loss altogether will be
about £3OOO.

MESMERISM.—A HOAX.—On Friday a number of
gentlemen assembled, by appointment, at a private room
in this town, for the purpose of witnessing the marvel-
lous powers of a disciple of Mesmer, from Bolton. The
soi disant discoverer—through the renowned clairvoyant
—of the very identical pistol used by the murderers of
O'Connor was, of course, looked for by the sceptics with
anxiety, and by the disciples with a smile of triumph. A
little after nine in the evening this " Great Wizard of the
North" made his appearance, accompanied by two
patients, one a boy, about 14, the other (an " old uu")
might be 20. Breathless silence reigned around, and in
walked the wizard with the boy on his back. After
placing him on his legs, proceedings commenced, but the
youth, who, it was stated, had not been mesmerized for
six months, could not be brought up to the mark, and was
therefore permitted by his indulgent tutor to luxuriate in
a blessed state of apparent stupidity until he forgot him-
self and the state he should have been in by quietly sip-
ping some gin and water. But the time had now arrived
for the star of the evening to come on the stage, and
certainly a more cool and collected specimen of humanity
could not have been chosen. " Art thou a goin' to mes-
merize me ?" says the " old un." " Yea, David !" mildly
remarked the wizard. "Then Ton mon do it as I sits,"
says David. " Very well, David ; now for it." David
opened his saucer eyes, and into them the wizard peeped,
passed his magic hand twice over the purple visage of the
patient, and lo 1 David was mesmerized ! The organs,
as shown on a phrenological cast, were severally touched,
and David (" give the d—l his due") danced, tried to
sing, swore, and quoted Shakspere all at one and the
same time, greatly to the admiration of some, and much
to the disgust of others. After David had bawled him-
self hoarse by murdering the sublime sentiments in Ham-
let, a gentleman present requested to be put into the
"ecstatic delirium." To this the wizard reluctantly con-
sented, provided the patient would accompany. himinto
another room. This done, the company waited impa-
tiently the result, and in a few minutes the wizard re-
appeared, and in extacies declared to the astonished
assemblage that he had succeeded to perfection. The
patient was asleep. " Now, what you think of it ?"
shouted the disciples. The sceptics looked aghast.
There indeed sat their friend with paralyzed frame and
askant phiz, and, to give coup de grace to the picture,
the wizard was busily poking the nasal organ of his inani-
mate subject with a pin, and exultingly, though solemnly,
exclaiming, " Oh, prodigy of wonders ! He cannot feel
it ! Now, gentlemen, are you one and all convinced ?"
In the midst of a pause of triumph, wonder, doubt, and
incredulity, up jumped the gentleman with the pricked
nose, and insinuatingly enquired if they had been " hum-
bugged sufficiently ?" The ruse was seen, the wizard
discomfited, and he with David voted " humbug and col-
lusion."—Blackbrit ft Standard.