The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1841-08-20 00:00:00

PROPOSED UNION FOR PRAYER THROUGHOUT
THE WORLD BETWEEN THE 2n AND 11Ta
OCTOBER OF THIS YEAR.

It gives us great pleasure to inform our readers that the
above noble scheme for directing, concentrating, and adding
fervency to the prayers of the " children of God scattered
abroad throughout the world," in behalf of those common
interests which every disciple of our absent Lord holds
dearer than life itself, is becoming very widely known, and
the invitations to join in it are cordially responded to by
Christians of various denominations in all quarters of the
globe. The originators, who we find are resident in the
great and, it may almost be said, religious, city of Glasgow,
have taken care to circulate the necessary information over
the length and breadth of our own country, and throughout
the various dependencies of the empire, as well as in the
United States, &c. • copies of the address have been in duo
time forwarded to the several mission stations of all the Pro-
testant churches and societies. An early opportunity was
embraced t o bring the subject under the notice of the General
Assembly of the Church of Scotland, which venerable court
unanimously issued a hearty recommendation of the plan to
the ministers and people within her pale both at home arid
in the colonies. As one of the effects of this sanction, we
find the Synod of Canada preparing to unite with energy in
the duty and privilege to which their distant brethren affec-
tionately call them. No doubt (though unknown to us) the
heads and representation bodies of other churches are tak-
ing similar steps to prosper and join the hallowed enterprise.
'We have not heard whether the archbishops of the Church
of England have been applied to a view to procuring an ex-
ercise of their authority in stimulating the work among the
bishops, clergy, and laity of our beloved and ancient branch
of the catholic church. Surely such an obviously plain
course has not been neglected. There is a want somewhere,
however. The success which has been vouchsafed the ex-
cellent Mr. Haldane Ste Wart in his annual appeal for a con-
cert of a similar kind on the first day of the year, points him
out as the fitting advocate of this extension of his own ho-
noured proposal. Singularly blessed as we believe that
scheme to have been, we anticipate more from this. The
present takes a wider range—it is the call not of an indivi-
dual but of a society—and is now issued and enforced, not
merely in their own name, but under the formal sanction of
ecclesiastical authority. Let us hope that the united church
of England and Ireland will manifest its zeal in the cause of
Christ, by being ready in this great work, and thus availing
itself of the means opened up in God's providence, for pro-
moting its purity and influence, and advancing the kingdom
of the Messiah.

The address that has been published is a document worthy
of diligent study. We content ourselves here with a short
recapitulation of its purport. After stating the fundamental
truth that believers are one with Christ, the head of the
church, and one with each other as the members of the
church, it deduces the conclusion, " that as there is thus a
a coininunity,„of privilege established among Christians, so
there ought to- be a community of feeling and of aim in the
exercise of that privilege." The design of God in constitu-
ting the church and calling a people to himself is next.brought
forward—their glorifying of his name, first as subjects and
specimens of his grace, and, secondly, as channels or instru-
ments whereby grace is communicated to their fellow-men.
" In respect of their active agency, they are appointed in and
under Christ to deal with men on behalf of God, and to deal
with God on behalf of men." It is to the latter of these high
functions the proposal is directed—that of being " the Lord's
retnembrancers." And the humiliating confession is made
that professing Christians have too generally lost sight of this
duty, and even given occasion to our Lord to say, in a re-
proachful sense, " Hitherto have ye asked nothing in my
name." The leading subjects of petition are then narrated :
1. Each believer should pray earnestly for himself.
2. He should pray for all other believers, that they, in like
manner, should be living Apostles of Christ.
3. Christians should pray for all connected with them by
relationship, neighbourhood, dependency, or otherwise.
4. They ought to pray for the Sovereign, magistrates, and
commonwealth under which they live, that Christian princi-
ple may regulate all the national proceedings ; and for their
fellow-subjects, that they may be joint heirs of the kingdom

of heaven.
5. The purity, unity, and increase of the visible church
should be prayed for. Connected with this subject is prayer,
fot the raising up of highly qualified men for the ministry,
and for the strengthening, prospering, and multiplying of
missionaries.

6. Special prayer should be made for the conversion of
Israel, as the most remarkable event which is to take place
previous to the coming of our Lord. It is to be life from the
dead to the world and the chureh.
7. Along with prayer for Israel, supplications should be
made for the outpouring of the spirit on all flesh, the destruc-
tion of Antichrist, the abolition of idolatry, the universal
overthrow of Christ's kingdom, and the universal diffusion of
the gospel and its blessings.
8. Believers should, in their prayers. look forward to the
kingdom of glory itself. It may be found best to follow the
model left us in the Lord's prayer, and begin with the high-
est subject—the coming of Christ, and descend in the scale
of general importance, following the inverse order of the fore-
going heads, till each individua terminate in his own per-
sonal case. Confession of sin and giving of thanks will, of
course, be intermixed with his supplications by the devout
and humble Chrsitian.
It is satisfactory to find, notwithstanding their deplorable
dissensions on the important question of ecclesiastical polity,
there is still such a prevalence of right feeling between chuich-
men and dissenters that they can unite as they do in the
present instance in any judicious scheme that is brought
forward to advance the cause of truth. The deficiency of
brotherly love and the want of unanimity is aggravated by
want of sufficient zeal in the prosecution of those objects in
which all Christians are alike interested.
The present is pre-eminently a time for throwing aside dis-
cord and uniting in prayer and effect. The past and recent
history of missions is beyond measure encouraging. The
state of the Jews presents the promise of their speedy return
from their dire apostacy. The walls of China are tottering
to their foundation that the heralds of the gospel may be wel-
comed. Heathen superstition in India, and wherever it has
been assailed however feebly, ceases to offer effectual resist-
ance. The church is decidedly in an expectant attitude, yet,
alas, averse to move forward ;—and the world, the careless
world, is impressed with a dread of coming wants speaking
terror to the gospel, peace to the saints of God.
Our readers will observe that the period of ten days, com-
mencing on the 2d and ending on the 11th of next October,
is the time appointed for this prayer union. What a blessed
thought that then thousands and tens of thousands of God's
people, widely dissevered as the-places-of-their habitation
may be—some in the regions of hyperborean cold, others on
the burning plains of India—some in the vast regions of
Australia, others in the recesses of the Canadian forests—
some in the densely-peopled cities of Europe and America,
others in the isles of the South Sea and on the trackless
ocean—will bend their knees at one and the same time at the
same throne of grace, to present the same petition in the
same all-prevailing name. And they will not ask in vain,
for they only seek the fulfilment of what God has promised
to do in answer to earnest, united, believing prayer. " If,
when the primitive church assembled with one accord in one
place at Jerusalem, the Holy Spirit was remarkably poured
out in answer to their united prayers, what might we not
expect if all Christians throughout the world were to agree
together as concerning what they should ask ! If, in answer
to the prayers of the 120 disciples, the Pentecostal first-fruits
were given, might we not hope that a full harvest would be
reaped when thousands or tens of thousands came in one
body to the throne of grace—all guided by the same spirit of
adoption—all pleading the finished work of Immanuel—and
praying that the adorable Redeemer might see of the travail
of his soul, and be fully satisfied?"
We extract the following "Plan of the Proposed Union
for Prayer" :-
1. During the time specified in the accompanying address,
that is, for ten days from Saturday the 2d, to Monday the
11th October, 1841, inclusive, it is understood and agreed
that the hour betwixt eight and nine in the morning and
eight and nine in the evening, or as near that as possible,
shall each day be given to prayer for the objects mentioned
in the address. On Saturday, the 2d October, it is strongly
recommended that fasting should be conjoined with prayer,
and as much of the day as circumstances will admit given to
religious exercises ; and that Monday, the 11th, being the last
of the ten days, should be observed, as far as may be, as a
day of thanksgiving. In reference to duties of this kind, let
the gracious encouragement, applicable to them as well as to
deeds of charity, be remembered—that a iaan is accepted ac-
cording to what he hath, and not according to what he hath
not. 2d Cor. viii. 12.
2. It is very earnestly desired that where ministers approve
of the proposed concert, they would, some time previously,
direct the minds of their people to the subject, and that they
would meet at least once on a weekday during the proposed
period, along with their congregations, for the purpose of
praying together for the various objects mentioned.
3. Heads of families should also bring these objects before
their households, and make them in an especial manner
matter of prayer in their family exercises during the specified
time. _ _ _

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4. Thereafter, Christians everywhere are requested to re-
member, that the hour betwixt eight and nine every Sabbath
morning is already observed by many in Scotland and Eng-
land, as a season of united prayer for the outpouring of the
Holy Spirit, and arc respectfully invited to join therein.

ILLUMINATED CLOCKS

TO THE EDITOR OF THE LIVERPOOL STANDARD.

Sln,—l beg to draw the attention of the authorities to the

clock of St. George's Church. It is called " illuminated ;"
but it is suffering under an eclipse at present " as the hours
wax great." It would be a great convenience if a little more
light were thrown into it. By half-past eleven and twelve
the figures are scarcely distinguishable. Apropos of clocks :
—lt has been stated that the Town-hall clock cannot, in con-
sequence of the construction of the dome, be lighted from
within. Could not it be so contrived as to be lighted from
the outside—the light being thrown upon the face of the dial ?
P. S.—St. George's cloc all this evening has been scarcely
visible.
19th August, 1841. PEDESTRIAN.

Lord Mostyn and Sir Stephen Glynne,Bart.,liave recently
made considerable additions to their estates in Flintshire.
A tradesman in London recently employed a professional
gentleman to recover a debt of thirty shillings; he suc-
ceeded, and the costs were seventy pounds !
A woman (lied in Guernsey on Tuesday week of the extra-
ordinary stature of seven feet two. She had been exhibited
as a giantess by her brother, who is seven feet seven inches.
There is not a solitary pawnbroker in the town of Carmar-
then ; " a fact," says the IVelshman, " which illustrates the
virtue and prudence of her inhabitants." For a very simple
reason—the Welsh pawnbrokers are particularly fond of so-
ciety.

At the late Wesleyan conference a document was read from
:he committee on education, sliewing that they have under
:heir care in Great Britain 3,444 Sunday schools, and 131
lay and infant schools,—including a total of 390,627
; with about 64,250 teachers, and nearly 1,000 school
libraries.

It is reported that Sir Michael O'Loghlen and Mr. George
Evans, late member for the county of Dublin, are to be
raised to the peerage.
Lord Congleton (Sir Henry Parnell) is about to be ap-
pointed a commissioner of the Irish poor laws.
SIGNIFICANT.-At a meeting of the Dublin Repeal Asso-
tion on Tuesday, an attempt was made by Mr. John O'Con
nell to bring forward a resolution repudiating any.
intention
of Catholic ascendancy in the event of their obtaining a re-
peal of the Union. The proposition was opposed by Mr.
O'Connell as unnecessary, and of course was not persevered

In.
The next Wesleyan Conference is appointed to be held in
London, on the last Wednesday of July, 1842.
On Sunday last the lion. and Rev. Edward H. Grimston,
late M.P. for the borough of St. Albans, officiated for the
first time as minister of St. Michael's Church. The hon.
and rev. gentleman has a living at Great Ibaey, near Sudbury.
Essex Herald.
At the Limerick assizes, Thomas Barkeley was sentenced
to 15 years' transportation, for administering sulphate of
copper and Spanish flies to wife (only a fortnight married)
with intent to kill her, and Catherine Ryan, a paramour of
his, was sentenced to the same punishment, for inciting him
to the deed.
MAKING TILE MOST OF A MURDERER. —The skeleton
of Corder, the murderer, stands in a glass case, in the mu-
seum of the Suffolk Infirmary, Bury St. Edmund's, with a
money-box below, to which, by an ingeniously contrived
spring, the grisly anatomy points the attention of visitors,
when they approach the spot. The receipts are said to
average £5O per annum.

CONFERENCE OF POLITICAL PREACHERS AT
MANCHESTER.

The first act of the comedy called " The Conference of
Clergy and Ministers on the Corn Laws," was performed in
the Manchester Town-hall, on Tuesday, the second on Wed-
nesday, the third yesterday, and the fourth is no doubt pro-
ceeding at this very moment. When all is over we suppose
the Whig and radical journals, and those who act upon their
principles, will shout as if the battle was won, and the agri-
cultural interest laid prostrate. To accomplish that, how-
ever, more will be required than has yet been accomplished.
The proceedings commenced a few minutes after ten
o'clock, by the Rev. Mr. WKERROW reading some commit-
tee arrangements. After that he said they had received 1500
replies to their invitations, and only six were decidedly op-
posed to them. There was about an equal number who had
expressed hesitation as to the propriety of attending, but by
far the greater number had expressed their entire concur-
rence in the important objects which they considered they
had in view. The speaker then mentioned the names of se-
veral ministers, who, he said, had been taken ill at the ele-
venth hour, and could not attend. On producing a letter
from the Rev. W. M. Bunting, he said he could only read a
part of it, on which there were loud cries of " read all," but
the rev. gentleman resolutely declined complying with the
wishes of the meetiug. There was also a letter from Dr.
Chalmers, in which the same method of giving favourable
portions of it only was adopted. It, however, escaped in the
reading that it was the doctor's opinion that the repeal of
the corn laws would not be of permanent advantage to the
country.
Sonic other business was then about to be proceeded with

when
The Rev. W. GADSBY said. he had felt a little astonished
that, in an assembly of that nature, seeking the benefit of
starving thousands, it should not he introduced by prayer.
To him it seemed a shame, as pious ministers of the gospel,
not to think it worth while to call upon God to bless them.
A MINISTER said, he thought, as ministers, that on all
questions that were deemed of importance to bring them to-
gether, they should acknowledge God.
The Rev. Mr. NOLAN observed that the importance of
imploring the divine blessing was not overlooked; that as
one of the Manchester ministers, he felt it his duty to say,
that, in previous meetings of ministers, this subject had been
considered ; and that when the gentlemen composing the
provisional committee had returned, and the meeting was
regluarly commenced, the proceedings would be introduced
with prayer, or any other means they might think proper.
The subject had been previously under the serious consider-
ation of gentlemen in Manchester, and he had no doubt the
gentlemen below were considering the matter while he was
speaking. The matter would be decided when the temporary
committee came before the meeting.
The CHAIRM AN said, in his mind the series of engagements
to which they had devoted themselves should commence with
prayer. He was told, however, that prayer would most
likely he the course proceeded in, when the gentlemen who
were appointed on the committee returned to the conference.
He confessed that this appeared to him a situation so serious,
and the conference, consisting of ministers of different de-
nominations, so important, that it would be in perfect har-
mony with that meeting, and that preliminary meeting too,
that they should engage in prayer. If it were important that
they should present themselves before the throne of divine
majesty, when, as it was said, they regularly commenced
their proceedings, he saw no reason, convened as they now
were, and while their committee was sitting, they should in
this instance, and while other business was preparing, first
begin their work in prayer to God in that feeling of harmony
in this object, which, he trusted, pervaded that assembly for
that blessing from on high without which nothing could
prosper. He then called upon the Rev. Dr. Vaughan to en-
gage in prayer.
The Rev. Dr. VAUGHAN then engaged in prayer.
The Rev. E. H. NoLAN, of Manchester, thought it right
to say, that, privileged as they were in the society of mem-
bers of the society of friends, of Roman Catholic clergymen,
snd even, he believed, of dignitaries of that church, it might
be that some held views different to the rest in reference to
the commencement with prayer. (Hear.) Tne Manchester
ministers, feeling the responsibility resting with them, had
not introduced this, lest even a slight difference of opinion
should exist. They were all happy at what had taken place ;
and confident that all would feel it was no want of spirituality
on their part, but a mere feeling of responsibility resting
upon them previously to the meeting being fully constituted.
The Rev. JAMES BLAIR, of Dunfermline, thought what
was just said very, excellent ; but he would suggest, that one
hour be spent in prayer every morning. If it was agreed
for the conference to meet at ten, let the prayer meeting be
at nine, or as the conference might think proper.
The CHAIRMAN said, that, as no one seconded that sug-
gestion, he might say that the general feeling around him
appeared to be, that it was most desirable to wait the com-
munication of the committee already appointed, who would
probably take this amongst other subjects into consideration.
The Rev. Mr. PARSONS, of Stroud Water, suggested that
those who wished to engage in prayer might do so previously
to the meetings of conference; perhaps a chapel in the town
might be obtained for the purpose, where those who agreed
in sentiment might meet to pour forth prayers to the Al-
mighty for his blessing to rest upon these meetings. No
person who felt the least objection would attend, and thus it
would meet the views of all parties.
The Rev. Mr. CROMPTON, of Henley-in-Arden.—l think
one great means of preventing discussion would be, if, during
the sitting of the committee below, some of the brethren
present would engage in prayer.
Dr. VAUGHAN suggested, that instead of discussing the
question, it was better to wait until the temporary committee
had returned, and made their report; after which it would
be open to every gentlemen to express an opinion on the
subject.
After a lapse of a few minutes, the committee returned,
and gave their report, recommending the Rev. Messrs.
Atkinson, Chaplain, Cox, and Spencer to act as chairmen of
the conference during its sittings. No allusion, however,
was made to the subject of prayer.
The Rev. Mr. ATKINSON, being the first president selected,
took the chair, which was vacated by Dr. Cox. In opening
the proceedings, he said, they had met together at the call of
suffering humanity, and that call reached them, not across
the briny deep, but through the green fields and populous
streets of our own beloved country. They were met at the
very outset of their procedure with the question—" What had
Christian, and more than all what had Christian ministers,
to do with temporal politics ?" He had yet to learn, that
when they became denizens of that kingdom which was nos
of this world, they were to forego all the privileges and for.
get the duties of the present. He had yet to learn that when
they began to be Christians they ceased to be men. Mr.
Atkinson proceeded in this strain, justifying himself and
others who had assembled on the occasion to oppose the
corn laws : the rev. gentleman concluded by calling on his
rev. brethren to avoid as much as possible anything which
might commit them to a particular line of party politics ;
to confine themselves entirely to the question of a repeal of
the corn laws ; and, while they showed the courage of lions,
to exhibit the gentleness of lambs.
Several of the conference here again began to be clamorous
to have the question decided, as to whether they would be
allowed to pray or not, in the midst of which
Dr. PYE SMITH rose. Dr. Vaughan was anxious to know
upon what subject the doctor was about to speak ? but the
doctor being afflicted with deafness did not hear him, but
took from his pocket a memorandum book, from which he read
a long speech prepared for the occasion, and with which we
have been furnished in print. It condemned the corn laws
as unjust, and as being contrary to the laws of God, and ini-
mical to the interests of tae country at large ; and that as
Christian ministers they were justified in using all their
efforts to procure their repeal.
The Rev. Mr. MASSIE, of Manchester, then moved
" That the conference in all its deliberations should confine
itself exclusively to the laws restricting the importation of
food."
This, however, he withdrew, on its being announced to
him that that was the subject for which the conference had
been brought together.
The Rev. Mr. FLETCHER then announced that the con-
ference would meet every morning at nine o'clock, and it be-
ing the custom of Manchester families to dine at one, they
would adjourn at the latter hour until four, and the conference
would be continued from four till eight.
Mr. FLETCHER in continuation observed, that it depended
upon the result of the conference whether there wasto be "a
rebellion" or " a glorious revolution," and concluded by
announcing that the committee had left the question of devo-
tional exercise to the whole bedy of the conference.
Dr. VAUGHAN thought he could see a mode by which any
difficulty might be obviated, and which made no invasion on
the feelings or opinions of any party. The chair might be
taken at nine o'clock, and the first half-hour appropriated tc
devotional exercises. It would then be optional with those
who could not conscientiously join in those exercises to stay
away until half-past nine. The reverend gentlemen then
moved a resolution to that effect.
The Rev. Mr. FLETCHER suggested, that the matter
might be left to the decision of the committee.
The Rev. Dr. Cox considered the subject of such para-
mount importance, that he was unwilling to have it thrown
back on the consideration of the committee. He felt as
much respect as any man in the room for the gentlemen
composing the committee; but to no committee on earth
should the meeting delegate the power of determining whe-
ther they should present their united supplications to the
throne of Heaven. He would warmly second the motion of
Dr. Vaughan, for he thought prayer to God should precede
every other consideration.
The Rev. TIMOTHY EAST supported the motion. He
thought that those Christian friends who could not unite in
those exercises of prayer, might not come at the commence-
ment of the proceedings. If they met as a body , without
prayer, he was of opinion that they would be held up to
public disgrace.
The Rev. R. W. HAMILTON, of Leeds, said their was a
simple method of reconciling the opinions of all—namely,
by opening their proceedings with the Lord's praper ; in
which a petition would arise very much in congruity with
the object and feelings of the meetings." give us this day "
(or " day by day," if you please) " our daily bread." (Ap-
plause.) Nobody could see any invasion of religious or
political feeling in that prayer. He would, therefore, suggest
that they would open their meetings with that form of prayer
which our Lord had taught his disciples.
The Rev. Dr. RlTcute, of Edinburgh, thought the
question should not have been mooted at all. He wished it
to be understood, that the first exercise in which they should
engage when they met was prayer ; and that if, from any
cause, any gentleman could not join with them, no distinction
should be drawn,—" To his own master lie standeth or
falleth." (Approbation.)
The CHAIRMAN then rose to put the question, but was
interrupted by—
Dr. HALLEY, who objected on the ground that the meeting
was composed of persons of different religious denominations,
some of whom could not conscientiously join with others in
such a sacred exercise. He was surrounded by several Roman
Catholic priests ; and he thought that, in fairness to them,
if gentlemen of other denominations were allowed to offer
up extemporaneous prayers, they (the priests) should be al-
lowed to commence by the celebration of the mass. Before
he would join in such a prayer-meeting himself, he would
like to know who were the parties uniting with him. If, for
instance, Mr. Beard, who was a unitarian minister, should
be called on to pray, he (Dr. Halley) would not think it
right to unite with him. But why should he be excluded
more than him (Dr. Halley)? Why should those who agreed
with him arrogate to themselves any right to conduct the re-
ligious services ? Was it because they constituted a majority ?
He trusted the meeting would not be influenced by any such
reason. They had met to consider the wants of the poor;
and he hoped the apple of religious discord would not be
thrown in to mar their efforts at removing them. Those
who desired to pray might do so at their homes and respective
chapels ; and by this means ministers of different denomina-
tions might for once come together on common grounds,
without having their harmony interrupted by the introduction
of topics on which they could not agree. (Hear, hear.)
The Rev. F. J. ARCHER, P.P. of Hillsborough Hall,
Blessingtop, begged to put his decided negative oil a resolu-
tion which had a tendency to turn the attention of that great
meeting from the question they had met to consider, by in-
volving them in a religious warfare. As a catholic clergy-
man, lie acknowledged that prayer was good ; but, as the
meeting was neither of a political nor religious nature, he
thought it better to confine their attention to the question
which they had met to discuss—a question on which the hap-
piness of so many thousands of their fellow-creatures de-
pended. (The rev. gentleman made some further observa-
tions, but the noise which prevailed prevented his being
heard. The authority of the chairman was exercised to pro-
cure his being heard, but in vain, until, at length, he was
forced to his seat by some friends near him, and shortly after
(skier was in some measure restored.)
The CHAIM AN said, with all respect for the feelings of
those who had proposed the resolution—if that were the only
place where they could meet for religious worship the cafe
would be different, but it was not—he therefore fervently

desired that those who had proposed the motion should re-
call it. They could meet in their own classes—in their own
coteries—for social worship. (Hear, hear.) He asked it
not only on behalf of the consciences of their Roman Catho-
lic brethren, but also on behalf of their suffering fellow-
creatures. (Cheere.) He had every respect for the motives
of those who introduced the subject, but he trusted they
would leave that as an arena in which they could join as
brethren linked together in the cause of suffering humanity.
(Hear.)
Dr. VAUGHAN said, he should not have proposed the re-
solution had he supposed there were any present who could
not conscientiously join with them in prayer. However, as
there appeared such a strong feeling on the subject, he would
withdraw the resolution. (Cheers.)
Dr. RITCHIE attempted to address the meeting, but was
put down by loud cries of " Chair," " Order," and " No,
no." „

The Rev. G. ARMSTRONG thanked the meeting for not
having adopted the resolution, and he trusted they would now
become a perfectly anti-denominational meeting.
The CHAIRMAN then adjourned the meeting until four
o'clock. .

At four o'clock the conclave again assembled. The chair
was taken by the Rev. Mr. ATKINS. The auditory did not
much exceed the number collected in the morning, and very
little interest was excited either within the walls of the Town-
hall or outside.

The Rev. Mr. SPENCER, the chairman of the executive
committee, briefly addressed the meeting, observing that
they were assembled as a jury to try a particular question.
They had heard that trade in Manchester was dead, and
they hal come to hold an inquest on it. As men loving fair-
ness, they should call a counsel to their bar, who should be
heard on the subject of the corn laws, and, if it were neces-
sary, lie should have the privilege of producing a witness
from America or elsewhere. He concluded by moving,
" That Mr. Cobden, M.P., be permitted to address them on
the subject of the repeal of the corn laws," (Cheers.)
Mr. COBDEN then delivered a long speech on the evils of
the corn laws, and argued that the removal of all protective
duties would benefit the country generally.
After this several ministers, from various parts of the
country, addressed the meeting ; every evil that presented
itself to their imaginations being attributed to the operation
of the corn laws.
The Earl of DUCIE, who was present, then delivered him-
self of a heavy speech against the agricultural interest, and
the proceedings terminated at half-past nine.
On Wednesday and yesterday the " conference" carried
on its work ; but we really do not think the proceedings worth
reporting. The discussions on prayer was by far the best

part of the whole.
As a specimen of the fairness of the " jury" as the confer-
ence denominate themselves, it ought to be known, that Dr.
Sleigh, an agentbf the Society for the Protection of Agricul-
ture, applied to be heard in defence of the corn laws, but no
reply was vouchsafed by this body of soi disant lovers of fair
play.

MEDICAL HINTS FOR THE PEDESTRIAN.

MUSCULAR EXERCISE IS CONDUCIVE TO LONGEVITY

(No. III.)

A word or two on points not quite indifferent to the person
who wishes to do all things well, and after a salutary fashion.
We should recommend Col. Shaw's early start and pre-
vious breakfast ; and cocoa or coffee, with meat or eggs, is
better than tea to walk upon. Tea comes in with better
grace for the fag end of the day—after dinner.
It is not well to drive dinner too late. Though circum-
stances must often have the principal meal under their sway,
yet, where practicable, a dinner of plain animal food, about
three or tour o'clock, is best. This will be generally before
all the day's work is done, and such is not amiss ; for after
the first process of digestion is pretty well over (usually
occupying about an hour after the repast), the body is not
indisposed to some reasonable further exercise, if the party
be in health; and half-a-dozen miles will he done cheerily,
though not at quite the same quick pace as the morning part.
This is a pleasant division of the day's task, and by no means
hurtful. Perhaps the hungry traveller, about this period,
will feel most interest in those excellent lines in Croker's
" Legends of Killarney" :

" Quam pulchra sunt ova
Cum alba et nova
In stabulo scite legunter,
Et a Margery bella,
Quoe festica puella!
Pinguis lardicum frustis cognuntur.
" Ut belles in prato
Aprico et tato
Sub sole tam liete renident,
Ova tosta in mensa
Mappa bene extensa
Nitidissima lance consident."
The translation of which hath been most elegantly and fairly
rendered in the same celebrated authority :

" 0 'tis eggs are a treat,
When, so white and so sweet,
Prom under the manger they 're taken,
And by fair Margery,
Och ! 'tis she 's full of glee,
They are fried with fat rashers of bacon.
" Just like daisies all spread
O'er a broad sunny mead,
• In the sunbeams so beauteously shining,
Are fried eggs well displayed
On a dish, when we 've laid
The cloth, and are thinking of dining."
A glass of beer, ale, or porter during dinner, with a couple
glasses of wine, or a tumbler of spirits and cold water, is
best in our opinion, where the party takes anything
stronger than Adam's ale. Hot water, with wine or
spirits, if you have to turn out into the air again
is bad, as it renders you more obnoxious to catching cold,
but with cold water, and in moderation, we believe
even a glass of brandy is innocent of many counts of the in-
dictment foraged up by teetotalism ! Those who relish a
cigar will putin this supererogation, of course, now and again,
perhaps, before bed-time, after tea. There is a medical ob-
jection to cigar smoking in the morning, whilst doing the
main stroke of your day, because, as a narcotic (though so
mild a one that we have on such excursions indulged at times
ourself), it depresses the system when you want all the steam
you can muster. It may be conceded, perhaps, as an accom-
plishment ornamental to the day's labour ; but it is not good
when at hard work. As to dining, don't set to and eat the
moment you arrive : wait a quarter of an hour. Tea is ex-
cellent to refresh you at the close of matters, and provided it
be not driven too close upon retiring to rest ; for if this be
-the case, and it be brewed strong, its most usual effect is to
banish for hours after that crown of the pedestrian's labours
—" balmy sleep."
Finally, whether our pedestrian choose or not to wind-up
with a night-cap of negus, need we add that early rising (and
hard walking) deserves early rest ; and so we will attend him
to his charming little bedroom, with a modest window,
through whose crystal panes, perhaps, come streaming in the
bonnie smiling beams of the bright harvest moon, and, as
they struggle across the neatly carpeted floor, and just reach-
ing the snug little white dimity bed, in the centre of the
room, they tall upon the dazzling snow-white counterpane
with a spell only felt in the country's " stilly night." If one
pencil ray of that lovely moonbeam stray onwards to the bed's
head, and enable him to spell the grateful invitation of the
downy pillow, we will read aloud, for the reader's benefit and
parting sympathy, the lines over which he has already fallen
asleep

" To all and each a fair goodnight,
And rosy dreams, and slumbers light !"
am, Mr. Editor, your obedient humble servant,
Liverpool, August 3, 1841. A WALKER

RRIA EVIN (7, TIIIRST.—A correspondent, signing himself
" A Pedestrian," has, in doing me the honour to notice ap-
provingly these letters, expressed his fears lest the plan.
recommended by Colonel Shaw for remedying the evils of
thirst, viz., by plunging the legs into water or wetting them
should be fraught with danger; and he states that Ins expe-
rience has taught him that rinsing the mouth with cold
spring water, and the use of a soft tooth brush, is refreshing
and quenching to the thirst, without the danger or other evils
attendant on the swallowing part of the business. I can only
say that this rinsing is very good and unexceptionable where
practicable—only that where the rinsing can be put in prac-
tice the temptation to the swallowing presents itself; and I
think there are few minds strong enough to resist a moderate
pull at a sparkling glass of cold spring water under pressure
of thirst. Now with Colonel Shaw's plan, undrinkable, ten-
usable, stagnant muddy pools will afford a relief, free from
any great amount of risk, providing the immersion of the
legs and feet be not too suddenly done or too much pro-
longed. The rule may be safely laid down that this experi-
ment is free from harm, if practised for a moment or two
only, or as 1 would prefer by the plunging of the legs in and
out of the water two or three times, and no more, so as to
anticipate that general refrigeration of the body which is re-
cognised by a feeling of chill, and which is, I admit, the
point where danger could and would set in, whereby the
balance of the circulation is destroyed, and congestion of the
vascular (circulating) system is on the eve of taking place in
some important organ of the body—determined by the com-
parative weakness of the various organs towards the one
with the least vital tone—in other words, the weakest.
`Whilst I have thus acknowledged the possible danger, and
even attended to its mode of sitting in, so as to place the pe-
destrian on his guard, I do maintain that if he will take the
rule just broached, viz., to beware of the chill (not here
only, but under all cooling indulgencies) for a guide, he will
be ordinarily safe in the practice of this, when the nature of
the waters resorted to may be such as to put a stop to the
rinsing altogether, unless he have the limited taste of the
esquinicaux.
If any other point in my letters strikes Pedestrian' as
worthy of, or calling for, his animadversions, 1 shall esteem
it a favour if he or any other person will take the trouble to
remark upon such.

The total number of deaths in the metropolis, during the
week ending Saturday, the 7th of August, was 759, (males
377, females 382,) while the weekly average during the three
preceding years amounted to 92G.
Oysters are such a favourite dish in France, that a native
of that country often begins his dinner by swallowing half a
hundred of them in a raw state.
®The address in the commons on the royal speech will, it is
reported, be moved, or seconded, by Mr. M. Phillips, one of
the members for Manchester.—Globe.
THE OLDEN TIMES.—BiII of fare of the entertainment
given by Sir Watkins Williams Wynn, at Wynnstay, April
19, 1770.—" Thirty bullocks, 1 do. roasted whole, 50 hop,
50 calves, 80 sheep, 11 lambs, 70 pigs, 51 guinea fowls, 37
turkeys,l2 turkey poults, 8 capons, 25 pea fowls, 300 chickens,
360 fowls, 96 ducklings, 48 rabbits, 15 snipes, 1 leveret, 5
bucks, 4211b5. of salmon, 30 brace of tench, 40 brace of
carp, 36 pike, 60 doz. trout, 108 flounders, 109 lobsters, 96
crabs, 10 quarts of shrimps, 200 craw fish, GO barrels of
pickled oysters, 1 hogshead of rock oysters, 20 quarts of
oysters for sauce, 166 hams, 100 tongues, 125 plum-puddings,
101 apple pies, 104 pork pies, 30 beef pies, 34 rice-puddings,
7 venison pies, 60 raised pies. 80 tarts, 30 pieces of cut pastry,
24 pound cakes, GO savoy cakes, 30 sweetmeat cakes, 144 ice
creams, 18,000 eggs, 150 gallons of milk, GO quarts of cream,
30 bushels potatoes, 6,000 bundles asparagus, 200 potties of
French beans, 39 dishes of green peas, 12 cucumbers, 70
hogsheads of ale, 120 dozen of ale. There was a very great
quantity of brandy, rum, and shrub. Salt butter cost
besides fresh ditto, rock-work shapes, landscapes in jelly,
blanchmange, an immense quantity of pastry, and one large
cask of ale which held 26 hogsheads. Three coaches full of
cooks were sent from London on the above occasion. It is
thought that there were at the least 15,000 people at dinner

in Sir Vl, atktn's Park at the same time.
ABSUILDITIES.—To attempt to borrow money on the plea
of extreme poverty.—To make yourself generally (Ti
able, and wonder no one will visit you, unless they gain some
palpable advantage by it.—To sit shivering in the cold be-
cause you won't have a fire till November.—To suppose the
reviewers generally read more than the title-page of the
works they praise or condemn.—TO keep your cler nks o
miserable salaries, and wonder at them robbing you.—
Not to go to bed when you are tired and sleepy, because
" it is not bed-time."—To make your servants tell lies for
you, and afterwards to be angry because they tell lies for
themselves.—To tell your own secrets and believe other
e ,To render a man a servi. acelvidolaufitietar-..
pop le will keep them
rily, and expect him to be grateful for it.—To egiect to
make people honest by hardening them in gaol
wards send them adrift without the means of getting work.
To fancy a thing is cheap because a price is asked for it.
—To say a man is charitable because lie subscribes
ice
ci etiaotlui s
because surprised at
hospital.—To arrive at the age of fifty, and bto a"
ulay be
any vice, folly, or absurdity, your fellow
guilty of.—To vote for a candidate at an e
shakes hands with your wife and child and admires the
baby.