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peen detected by the power or conacience—tuvrinetpled-mer-
esuaev scoundrels have been detected by the unconscious
power of conscience. It has -.broken out in spite of them ;
and when speaking of others before they have had time to
collect themselves and find more appropriate language. the
unworthy object, painted upon the retina of self application
has been exhibited from the tongue, and they have described
theniselves to a nicety in the attempt to calumniate others.
Now all this is said, sir, for the purpose of intimidating Eng-
land, for the purpose of browbeating the House of Commons,
in order to prevent them from daring—aye, daring—(hear)—
yes, the British House of Commons must not dare to do
what Mr. O'Connell does not approve of—to place the Irish
Reform Bill upon the principle of the English as to annual
Registration, to remove the names of men who have for-
feited their qualification, or of men who are dead, and thus
to close the door which is now open for fraud, and perjury,
arid deception. What is opposition to Lord Stanley's Bill, but
a determination to keep that door open? (Hear) The in-
consistency of that opposition, is as flagrant as its corrup-
tion. (Cheers.) Mr. O'Connell has made the welkin ring
with bawlings for assimilation between the English and Irish
Reform Acts : but it was all pretence to swell the rent.
This is proved, because when in some important particulars,
assimilation is 'imposed, he takes fright, and exemplify-
ing the epithets he so lavishly applies ; in other wordsi
Personifying the unprincipled and mercenary scoundrel,
he unbawls what he bawled before, and says, No,—lf you
Pass that Bill, if you dare to deprive us of getting
votes from purgatory, then what is his threat? then
nabocklish ! (Loud cheers.) If I understood Irish better
than I do I could not in two hours give you the power of that
word. It means something of this kind—"if they dare !
aye, let it alone boys till the time comes, and then we'll"—
(hear, and cheers). Hear what this man, who speaks from
his conscience, and describes himself so accurately says. He
called that high-minded senator, the noble Lord Stanley,
a scorpion and a Nero. But you will remember him as the
-man who accurately describes himself. (Hear.) He says,
about emancipation—
The Tories were somewhat like the bad school-boy, who,
when he has got something good in his mug, spits in it for
fear . that his neighbours should be asking him for it. Accord-
_ly,
having got the emancipation in their mug, they spit in
it for fear it should do any good from it." I think quite enough
bl' .h pow has been said to lead to the esta-
blishment of an energetic Protestant Association at Birken-
head. You havestfnrepetition against Maynooth, and
you have a petitiono Church Extension. That lies at the
root of the matter. (Hear.) You heard Mr. Ould describe
our enemies as drawn up in beautiful array of battle against
the church. Nov, add one to the multitude of petitions,
that are going iiitotrengthen the hands of Sir Robert
Inglis in his approaching( We will). Ido not know Iltliieot:Ion for church extension.
tion for national religious edu. tt er you have sent npa peti-
The CHAIRMAN.—Not yet.-a
inn.
Mr. M`NEILE.—WeII, When you have you will have com-
pleted the circle in all but one
thenomrte.o musti of ibe repealers !
(Cheers.). You must ask forthe coun-
try, and for the preservation of our liberties, by placing Pro-
testantism where alone it can be safe. (Hear.) Rest assured
it never. can be safe upon a level, because Popery is
essentially intolerant, and systematically usurping, and
never can be quiet except whets it is in supremacy. (Loud
cheers.) It is not yet so. Our sovereign must be a
Protestant ; our sovereign must be a member of the Es-
tablished • Church. That law still stands. The Lord-
Lieutenant of Ireland must still be a member of the
Established Church ; the Lord Chancellor of England
must still be a member of the Established Church ; the Lord •
Chancellor of Ireland must still be a member of the Esta-
blished Church. 'We have so much of the constitution of
the country left yet ; but I say, unless our Protestantism be .
re-established, these lingering remnants cannot remain.
You must either go forward or go back. (Hear.) If you
Vote a parallelism between Popery and Protestantism, how
shall you retain what then becomes an inconsistent insult to
the Catholic religion ? • You will soon hear all the old argu-
ments about persecution applied to the remaining restrictions
—you will have it said you keep up the esprit du corps by
these invidious distinctions ; why not open the woolsack
for your Catholic fellow Christians, as well as the other
Parties in the state? (Hear, hear.) Then what is the next
step ? What an insult to the old religion to prevent the
throne from being occupied by Catholics? What is the an-
swer? It cannot be given by any maxi who will justify the
the act of 1829. The principle of that act gives up all ; and
the points still so retained are inconsistent with it. I would
undertake to prove that the reservation of the crown and
)voolsack, and the vice-regal crown in Ireland, are flagrant
!neonsistencies—that they stand now as blots upon your ste-
rile book. (Hear.) You have passed the principle, and re-
"red to carry it out. But there was more than one princi-
te in that bill. One principle was that there should no
religious
be exclusion from political power in consequence of
rietigious belief. I say, then, after this, there is an inconsis-
tency
in still excluding Catholics' from the offices I haie
"`ned; but to pass from this subject, I would say there was
anotherl principle in that bill, and that was that the esta-
blished church should sustain no damage by the passing of
" There was security
ac, or rather there was supposed to be
security
t taken for the accomplishment of this part of the con-
raet. The contract On one side was that political offices, as
Parliament, and the various offices of the state, with the ex-
(-!ptions already made, should be open irrespective of reli-
Mils belief; the contract upon the other side was that the
established 'church should sustain no damage, and in order
fMake good that side of the contract, an oath was required
rsin those
side wo availed themselvs of the first side: Now
ay one of the contract hase been kept to this moment, ,
and the other violated. We have kept our part ; we have
tPened the offices mentioned in the act to Roman Catholics,
t they have not kept their part, far they have availed
themselvest of the opening so made to injure our established
church. (Hear, hear.) What should the result be?' If a
f()ntract be made ; if there be a condition upon either side ;
pOne. party is found to fulfil their condition and the other
tartY,to violate theirs, what should the result be ? I grant
first step should -be expostulation. I would go to the
violating party and say, " you should have kept your part cf
thel bargain as we have ;" but if you found upon expostulation
ineY would not do so—if you found them quibbling and say-
rg they have
snot. althouh
influenceshy
dothae, most flagrantly vio-
rited it by heir to away with ten bishop-
,lcs of the Established Church, after swearing not to injure
Lau
, church as established; what should the result be? What
‘4.13111(1 any plain man of business say and do ? Ido not say
I°4 Should proceed to repeal the contract ; I say that it is
repealed by. the violation of it. (Cheers). One party has
htl°t good.tO it, and therefore he has absolved you from your
14'1'. As to all moral obligation the repeal has been carried,
1 the disastrous conduct of one of the parties, and we
w'int the leiiislature to -ratify that repeal, in order that we
1-4ar not be bound when the other party has ceased to be
d°,llnd. Yet they will say this is intolerawee, that we would
e them into the Atlantic it' we could. 1 protest if I had
leiv
`uepOwer I would drive them all whither I would go myself,
.Pon the wings Of faith in the enjoyment of the Holy- Spirit
.4 Would set before thern -not the foul idolatry which neu-
'ralizes the Gospel, but Jemis Christ crucified ; I would set
before them not the atoning work of man, or.the helping
Work of man to atone, not the purifying fire of purgatory, not
the absolving pretences of the priest, hut the all-sufficiency
ofi the Latreof God, who taketli away the sins of the world.
from I would set before them that blood which cleanseth
•rom all sin, which whosoever believes is made whiter than
snow, is loved with the pure love wherewith God loved his
own Son, and embraced in the arms of everlasting mercy,
cleansed from every defilement of flesh and spirit, received as
a member of Christ, of his flesh and of his bones, an heir of
everlasting glory, so that to be absent from the body is at once
to be present with the Lord, beyond the reach of masses or
Players or man's performances in the holy enjoyment of him
loved him and gave himself for him. (Hear.) This,
sir, is the emancipation we would propagate ,• this the liberty
Which no malt can repeal ; this the power of God to salvation.
",* we desire to propagate-these truths- among the Irish peo-
Pi'e. ; we desire nothing more than an opportunity to proclaim
:Leis fully to them ; but whilst doing it we desire to maintain
`no fountain from which it springs, the base upon which it
rests under the good providence of God, and that is British
merty. (Cheers.) We have been taunted by hon. and right
il• gentlemen with holding the absurd notion of striving to
Propagate the gospel by means of force. We never enter-
tained such a notion. Having disposed of this charge, she
I,ev• gentleman concluded as follows :—I hope that your wor-
my pastor and chairman will not differ from but agree with
11r. O'Connell in being a repealer. He (Mr. O'Connell)
E‘4"l-----" They say we are mad if we anticipate the repeal—it
r= impossible repeal should be carried." What was his an-
swer? " I say it is impossible that it shall not be." And
What he said of the repeal of the Union we say of the repeal
of the Emancipation Bill. Madness to ask for its repeal !
No; but it is real madness to expect tranquillity in our Pro-
testant empire without its repeal. Lord Stanley's bill,
though excellent in itself, is but a palliation of the mischief,
not a remedy. Against even this, however, the Agitator is
!TI arms, and profiting by the fearful success of his threaten-
ing in times past, he is again treating England as a coward,
has
Stapledged himself, in the speech just quoted, that if
-Lord nley's bill was carried he would die upon the floor
of the House of Commons. He said, " I will stop that bill
or I will die upon the floor of the house." What ! Is Eng-
land to be threatened, to be cowed, to be put down by the
rawling of a man like this, in a speech, t 00, that goes through
the length and breadth of the land upon the birthday ofWel-
lington ? (Cheers, and cries of hear, hear.) Surely the
man is infatuated ! Surely he has been allowed to utter a
threat to rouse the generous blood of the British Lion, which
Will say—" No, no ; whilst you patted me it was all very
well, but if you begin to threaten, take care, nabocklish !"
(Great cheering.) The motion was then carried.
The *Rev. C. J. H AMILTON moved the formation of the
Birkenhead Branch of the Liverpool Protestant Association,
the rules of which he read. The motion was carried unani-
mously.
After a few other remarks had been made the meeting
separated.

[ADVERTISEM ENT.]
ROYAL GEORGE, STEAmEn.—In reference to a paragraph
Which appeared in the Mail of Thursday last, headed "Wood
v. lrou,' we are authorised to state, that the Royal George,
iron !`team-ship, left. Glasgow at 12 minutes past 7, and the
Admiral, wooden steamer, at 20 minutes past 8. The iron
steamer arrived at the Rock at 3 o'clock, and the wooden
steamer at half-past four. The time, therefore, occupied
from Glasgow to Liverpool by the wooden steamer was 20
hours 10 minutes, and by the iron steamer 19 hours 48
minutesleaving a difference in favour of the iron steamer of
22 minutes, exclusive of 25 minutes taking cargo at Renfrew
and detention at Greenock, which would make a total gain of
47 minutes in favour of the iron steamer.—Mail of Saturday.
GLASGOW STEAMERS.—The new wooden steamer, Admi-
ral, upwards of 400 horses power, left Greenock on Tuesday
evening last, about half-past 11 o'clock, and arrived at the
Rock at 20 minutes past 4 o'clock, on Wednesday. The
iron steamer Royal George, left Greenock same evening, at
10 o'clock, and reached the Rock at 3 o'clock on Wednes-
day, making the passage in 17 hours. The distance was thus
run in only a few minutes less time by the Admiral than by
the iron vessel, not much more than half the power of the
Wooden vessel.—Albion of yesterday.
'r The above gratuitous lying which is seemingly in-
tended to gull the public, needs no other contradiction than
the following statement of facts
First trip out, the difference in time of arrival taken from
opposite the Clarence Dock was precisely one hour—
Iron boat arrived at 3h. 27m.
• Admiral
, Difference in start from G reenock was 1 37
This time of start from Greenock, therefore, taken into
account, the Admiral's gain on the first trip was about 37
Minutes.

Second trip to Greenock,—Admiral started first by 4 mi-
nutes, and arrived first by 38 minutes; difference again in
favour of Admiral, 34 minutes,
Third trip from Greenock,—Admiral started first by 15
tninutes, and arrived first by 55 minutes : difference again in
tavour of Admiral 40 minutes.
Their trial trips have been performed in calm weather and
smooth water, circumstances the most disadvantageous (in a
trial of speed) for a sea-going vessel like the Admiral; and
nnY invidious remarks about " difference of power," will
have small weight with those persons who choose practically
to make themselves acquainted with the difference between
the Admiral steam-ship and any Iron steam-boat trading to
this port. _ _

DAVID 11AC Ivry, and Co.

FIRE ON TIIE NORTH UNION RAILWAY.—On Thursday
Might, when the London and Preston mail train was on its
Way. to the north, and not far from the Wolverton station,
one of the carriages (the one belonging to the North Union
litle) was perceived to be on fire; and before any means
could be used to quench the flames, the whole of the car-
fiNe, with the greater part of the parcels which it con-
tained,
(in number thirty-one) were consumed.—Prerton

TIIEATRE.ROYAL, LIVERPOOL,

THE LAST NIGHT OF THE MOUNTAIN SYLPH.

Last Night but Three of MISS ROMER and
MR. G. STANSBURY.
'PHIS present TUESDAY, May 5, 1840, will be per-
formed, for the last time, Barnett's celebrated grand
romantic Opera, entitled the
MOUNTAIN SYLPH.
With all the original Music, as performed in London, up-
wards of two hundred successive nights, at the Theatre-
Royal, English Opera,
The Musical arrangements under the direction of Mr. Aldridge.
E01ia.... (the Mountain Sylph).... Miss Romer,
As originally performed by her i London.
Hela.... (the Wizard of the Glen)... 1 r. G. Stansbury.
Donald r. Barker.
Christie.. Mr. Baker. I Bailie Ma happle.. Mr. P. Crowe.
Jessie.... Miss Grant. I Etheria.. Mrs. P. Crowe.
To conclude with the Tragedy, written by the Reverend
R. C. Maturin, called
BERTRAM.

Mr. Stewart.
I mogine Miss Cleaver.
On WEDNESDAY, the Opera of LOVE IN A VIL-
LAGE. Rosetta, Miss Romer; Hawthorn, Mr. G. Stans-
bury ; Justice Woodcock, Mr. Baker; Young Meadows,
Mr. Barker ; Hodge, Mr. Slaiter ; Deborah Woodcock, Mrs.
Clarke ; Lucinda, Mrs. P. Crowe ; Madge, Miss Grant. To
conclude with the Melo-Drama of the MILLER AND HIS
MEN.
On THURSDAY, the Opera of THE LOVE SPELL
will be repeated for the last time, with other Entertainments.
On FRIDAY, Mr. G. STANSBURY'S BENEFIT, and
tbe last night of the Engagement of Miss Romer and Mr.
G. Stansbury.

Bertram

Eibetimot attanbarb,