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dressed to you some weeks ago, my object was to call your

attention to the aggressive spirit of Popery, displayed in the

attempt of Lord Mori

)eth to crush by his registration cum-

tire the protestantism of the Irish constituencies ; and I

endeavoured to prove to you that, in case of the success of

such a measnre, the only step to prevent the voice of Pro

testant England being overborne by popery in the legislature,

was a repeal of the fatal concession of 1829. The bill of

Lord Morpeth, however, has been defeated. The time had
not come when a British parliament would listen to the pro-
position to hand over the entire representation of Ireland
into the controul of the Romish priesthood. The fruit of
years of agitation, tempting though it might be, was not yet
ripe ; and the dark spirit, whose excited hopes had whispered
that she might walk direct, in the light of day, to the enjoy-
ment of her hour of triumph over that church, the prostra-
tion of which is the cherished object of her thoughts and
dreams, has been stricken down for a time—has been driven
to shroud once more in kindred obscurity her foul and pesti-
lent machinations against the liberties of mankind.
Yet think not that popery, baffled as she may be, is
crushed ! Think not that, although compelled to relinquish
the direct attack, she is less energetically pursuing the obje4.:t
of her encreasing ambition. No. The scaling ladder which
she had raised against your bulwarks is thrown down, it is
true, and the trench abandoned; but she is still working
assiduously at the mine, and she hopes in a while to be en-
abled to advance amid the ruin created by its explosion.
This is no time, fellow Protestants, to be found slumbering
at your posts. This is no time, either, to allow yourselves to
be misled as to the identity of the enemy by whom you are
assailed. The hand which led on the late attack upon your
constitutional liberties and your religion was that of Rome ;
the weapon was Lord Morpeth's registration fraud. The
same foul apostacy it is which is. now raising throughout
Great Britain the flames of civil discord and revolutionary
agitation ; and the brand which it bears is the ministerial

anti-corn law measure.
In endeavouring to enforce upon you this truth, I am,
aware that I may draw down upon myself the sneers of some
who, looking only upon the surface of things, can see nothing
to connect the anti-corn law agitation, to the system which it
tends to erect, with the realization of the designs of popery.
But if I can show—as I trust I shall be able to do—that
popery will be strengthened, in her spiritual and temporal
power alike, by the acknowledged results of the ministerial
measure ; if I can demonstrate that, not only will the legiti-
mate object of the church of Rome be promoted thereby—
(the increase of her power in the legislature, and the in-
creased facility afforded to her proselyting efforts throughout
the kingdom)—but that she will be enabled also to achieve
other secret and still more cherished objects; if I can show
that this measure will not only enable her to gratify her in-
satiable ambition, but at the same time to glut her long-
hoarded vengeance, I shall not, I am convinced, be accused
of jumping to conclusions when I assert, that it is POPERY
which, (like that kindred spirit which of old " squatted by
the ear" of. the first mother of mankind), is now instilling
her dark temptations into the ears of the people of Great
Britain, and precipitating the arrival of a great social revo-
lution, amidst the ruin and misery of which she hopes to plant
her truculent foot upon the necks of the British people !
It is well known that from the populous manufacturing dis-
tricts of England the church of Rome has of late years been
drawing the great bulk of her increased power. Teeming as
these districts are with an Irish population, in them she found
principally a legitimate ground for putting forward her claims
to be recognised as one of the great religious bodies of the
country ; whilst once located, she has never for a moment
relaxed in her efforts to increase the numbers and the import-
ance of her followers. Nor have those efforts been unsuc-
cessful. Aided by the natural effect of intermarriages—by
the tinsel splendour in which she clothes her forms of wor-
ship, to dazzle and entrap the ignorant and unreflecting
aided, too, more than all, by the debasement of morals and
character which ever results from the accumulation together
of masses of population, imperfectly provided with the means
of education,—within the last ten years popery has made gi-
gantic steps towards the accomplishment of her dreams of
supremacy in Great Britain. She has thrown aside no wea-
pon as too foul for her touch ; she has rejected no alliance as
too debasing for her embrace. She has used alike for her in-
struments the atheist, the socialist, and the socinian in reli-
gion ; the republican, the radical, and the crawling. sub-
servient Whig in politics. She has used all, deluded all, and
profited by all in turn ; and yet she has never for a moment
lost sight of the ulterior object, towards the advancement of
which her efforts were directed. w •
That the immediate tendency of a repeal of the existing
corn laws will be to draw together additional masses of the
poplation towards the large manufacturing towns, will not be
denied, however we may doubt that such a measure will in-

sure them permanent prosperity. The manufacturing in-
terests, we are told, are to be " stimulated ;" and the
agricultural interests of the country, it is scarcely concealed,
are to be in proportion discouraged. Starving millions of
men, women, and children, whom the profits of husbandry
will no longer support, are to be thrown for subsistence upon
the precarious prosperity of foreign commerce—to be with-
drawn from the quiet and contentment of the valley and the
hill-side--to be withdrawn from beneath the paternal eye of
their rural pastors, and heaped up in the sinks and stews of
our manufacturing towns and villages, to be submitted to the
pollution of that moral pestilence, amongst whose turbid
waters popery is enabled to throw out her baits so sucessfully
for the souls of men. In the rural districts of England popery
hitherto has been enabled to make little progress. It is not
in health and happiness—it is not whilst walking by day
amidst the genial influences of heaven—it is not whilst sur-
rounded at even by the smiling faces of his children, that
man is content to bow down his head and to listen to the foul
temptations of the sorceress who claims to interpose her ob-
scene and idolatrous form between him and his maker. No;
the prosperity of the agriculture of Great Britain is a heavy
stumbling-block in the path of Rome. Her masses and her
mummeries, her prostrations and idolatries, are repulsive in
the eyes of men who are permitted daily to gaze abroad upon
the glories of earth and heaven, and yet remember that they
are forbidden to bend the knee to " the likeness of anything"
within that vast circle of power, magnificence, and beauty.
In the admixture of squalid poverty and riot—in the alterna-
tions of weariness and delirious joy—in the midst of pinching
care and reckless dissipation—in damp and unwholesome
dwellings—in an atmosphere loaded with disease and ringing
with the shrieks of crime and suffering :—in such a pande-
monium it is that the chaunt of the choir falls most grate-
fully upon the ear—that the magnificence of the altar and
trappings of its ministrants attract most the eye and the
imagination. Amidst such a population it is that tortured
hearts and startled consciences fly most readily to that foun-
tain which cools only for a moment—to that hand which
sears over for a time the festering' and throbbing wound ;
and such a population it is with which it is the object and
acknowledged tendency of our free-trade theories, to control
the manufacturing districts of the kingdom.
In her views of proselytism, it can scarcely be disputed
that popery must inevitably be a gainer by the full realization
of the anti-corn-law agitation. Admitting even the correct-
ness of the theory upon which that agitation is based ; ad-
mitting even that extensive manufacturing prosperity will be
the result, whilst the distress inflicted upon agriculture will
be mitigated by the immigration of the agricultural popula-
tion, and their employment in the manufacturing districts ;
still the church of Rome sees in that vast change the sure
sources of increased power and influence. Politically, she
has every thing to hope from the " discouragement" levelled
against the landed aristocracy and the yeomanry of the
country, and transfer of their influence into the hands of the
manufacturing body, who have for so many years made com-
mon cause with her. Even now it is well known that she
possesses a controlling power in the manufacturing constitu-
encies, which enables her to ask and have her price ; and it
would be a folly to suppose that in a new state of things she
would possess that power less effectually or exercise it less
relentlessly.

But let us glance for a moment upon the darker side of
the picture. Has Rome shut her eyes, or ought we to be
blind to the facility with which a sistem, under which the
great bulk of a nation dependent upon the periodical ebb
and flow of commerce, can be worked to the overthrow of
institutions which even temporarily interfere, or are imagined
to interfere, with its prosperity? Is her far-seeing eye
blind to the fact, that the occurrence of an hour—a glut
in markets—an embroilment with foreign powers, or a tem-
porary cessation of demand, from whatever cause produced—
may convulse such a state of society to its foundations, and
let loose a torrent of wild and resistless passions, to be
directed—by her own hand perhaps—towards the accom-
plishment of any one of her cherished objects of ambition,
or the prostration of any, or of all the objects of her fear
and hatred ? No, no. Rome is not thus blind. She knows
well, that with such a system—with a ruined agriculture, and
a bloated commerce—with millions of human beings heaped
in masses together, crammed with the revolutionary dogmas
of modern liberalism, and liable at any moment to be plunged
into the miseries of famine ;—she would be enabled to rend
asunder, like cobwebs, the ties which still withhold her
from clutching her long-expected prey—to dash aside with a
giant strength, the impediments which still remain in her
path, towards spiritual and temporal supremacy in Great
Britain, and to erect her throne amidst the dust and the
ashes of the prostrate altars of British protestantism !
I have not, in this letter, even glanced at the operation of
the proposed measure upon the sister kingdom ; and the
space which I have already occupied, forbids me now to do
so. In a future letter, however, I hope to be allowed to go
into that portion of the subject; for, by its operation upon
the interests—nay, upon the existence almost—of that un-
happy land, we can alone be enabled to form a just concep-
tion of the anticipated benefits to popery, to secure which
she has declared her willingness to hazard such vast sacrifices
—to entail such a weight of crushing misery and ruin upon a
people who have placed their destiny on earth and beyond
the grave, so unreserved in her hands.
A PROTESTANT ENGLISHMAN.
Liverpool, 22nd May, 1841.

LOCAL NEWS.

The Leeds Intelligencer holds out the brightest hopes as
to the prospects of the conservatives in Leeds, Bradford,
Huddersfield, Pontefract, and other neighbouring towns,
should a general election take place shortly. Our contem-
porary also adds, " most certainly two conservatives will be
returned for the riding, if a contest be entered upon."

Mrs. Bolton, of Storr's Hall, but now of Liverpool, had
the kindness to present to the parishioners of Bowness a
new clock that cost her one hundred guineas, exclusive of
paying the carriage of it from Liverpool. After she had
made the prishioners a present of it, they had the audacity
to write to her, " to know who was to be at the expense of
putting it up !"

CAUTION TO HOUSEKEEPERS. —The other day, as a
young woman was passing along Burlington-street, she
stepped upon the cellar-lid of No. 17, kept by Mrs. Roper.
The cover being loose, her foot slipped upon the hole, and
she was severely bruised. Yesterday, an information was
laid before Mr. Rushton, and Mrs. Roper was lined lOs and
costs for her neglect.

SHIP LAUNCH.—On Friday, a schooner, of most beauti-
ful proportions, of about 200 tons burden, was launched
from the yard of Messrs. Banister and Co. in Trentham-
street. The vessel is called the Grimaldi, intended to form
one of the " pantomimic" line of Glasgow traders, belong-
ing to W. S. Dixon and Co.

THE REV. J. BA.YLEE'S SECOND LECTURE.—The second
lecture of the Rev. J. Baylee, in answer to Dr. Butler, was
delivered on Friday night in the Music-hall before a very
crowded auditory, among whom were a considerable body of
the clergy. The Rev. H. M'Neile occupied the chair. The
subject of the lecture was the sacrifice of the mass. The rev.
gentleman exposed the errors of the Romish doctrine, to the
conviction of the assembly, who testified their approbation by
repeated bursts of applause. The next lecture—owing to the
pre-engagement of the Music-hall—will be delivered in the
school-room attached to Christ Church.

DEATH BY BURNlNG.—Yesterday morning, Mary Healy,
wife of a labourer residing in Catherine's-place, Chartres-
street, was found dead, at the bottom of the stairs in her
husband's house. The body was nearly burnt to a cinder.
The husband was the first to discover it, and he called in
some of the neighbours. The floor near where the deceased
was lying was much burnt. An inquest will be held on view
of the body this day.

DEATH FROM LOCK-JAW.—A man named Fall, assistant
to Mr. Dodson, cowkeeper, Broughatn-terrace, Derby-road,
was, about six weeks ago, injured by a gig, in King-street,
driven by a young gentleman. He was conveyed to the In-
firmary, where every attention was paid to him, but he died
of lock-jaw on Sunday last. An inquest will of course be
held on the. body.
A MAN DROWNED.—Yesterday a man unknown was
taken out of the water at the Potteries, Tosteth-park. He
was conveyed to the station-house, Mr. Lawton's, Welling-
ton-road, where the usual means were applied to restore
suspended animation, but without effect. An inquest will
be held this day.

WRITING AND BOOK-KEEPING.—III a commercial town
like Liverpool, one of the greatest recommendations of a
young man about to devote himself to mercantile pursuits is
a bold and expeditious hand-writing, and a knowledge of the
most approved system of book-keeping. These desiderata
may he readily attained under the able and rapid tuition of
Mr. Thompson, who has acquired a just celebrity as an ac-
complished penman and accountant.—See Advt.

CAUTION.—On Sunday forenoon last, a respectably-
dressed person, carrying a small travelling-bag, called at a
house, ix grove-street, and asked if this was not Mr. —'s
house, naming the gentleman who resides in it, and, upon
being answered in the affirmative, was about to walk in.
The servant, however, stated that the family had gone to
church, and requested him to call again. He replied he was
aware they had gone to church, for he had met his master,
who directed him to call and wait his return. The servant,
however, prudently refused to admit the stranger, and he
departed, stating that he would report her conduct to her
master. Upon the return of the family, it was found that
no such person had either been seen or expected,—so that
the nature and object of the gentleman's visit became appa-
rent enough, and, no doubt, he had intended to render the
travelling-bag very useful upon the occasion. Much praise
is due to the servant for her firmness,—and it were well if
servants were always as sharp, and as much on their guard
against the tricks of such characters. As the same worthy
may very probable make similar attempts elsewhere, the
public had better be on the alert.

On Saturday last, a person named John Reid, formerly
cook of a vessel called " the Lorina, Thompson, of Liver-
pool," was lodged in the Gorbals police-office, under the
following circumstances :—The Lorina, it appears, was lying
in the port of Algiers on the 6th of January last, when a
quart el took place between this man Reid, and a seaman be-
longing to the same vessel, named Elias Enough, a native of
Jersey, when it is alleged that Reid drew a large knife and
stabbed Enough iu the chest, inflicting a dreadful wound,
which caused his death in a few hours afterwards. The mat-
ter was reported to the British Consul-General at Algiers,
who issued orders to the captain of the Lorina (Thompson)
to carry. Reid home to England, and to have him lodged in
one of Her Majesty's gaols, at any port to which he might
direct his course in the voyage homeward. The vessel, it
appears, was bound for the Bromnielaw, and after lying for
the customary period of quarantine in the Holy Loch, came
into the harbour here on Saturday, when, in terms of his in-
structions, the captain delivered the prisoner into the hands
of Captain Richardson of the Gorbals Police, accompanied
with a certificate from a French surgeon as to the cause of
Enough's death, and also the authority under which he acted
from the Consul-General. Reid, is, in consequence, de-
tained in custody, and a communication has been made to
the Secretary of State on the subject, to know in what man-
ner he shall be disposed of.—Glasgow Chronicle.

FATAL ACCIDENT.—As Joseph Emerson, carrier between
Rothbury and Shields, was within a few yards of Mr. Da-
vidson's Inn, at Hartford Bridge, on Wednesday night, dri-
ving his cart, owing, it is supposed, to his having fallen asleep,
the cart and horse fell over the bank upon him, who, on
being missed off the road by Dixon, another carrier, search
was made for him, and he was found lying under the cart
quite dead. The deceased belonged to Snitter, near Roth-
bury, and has left a widow and five children to deplore his
fate. He had for several years travelled weekly to North
Shields.

THE Tows Courscu..—The proceedings of our immacu-
late Corporators, at their special meeting on Wednesday,
will be read with interest and instruction, and should be
well pondered by the whole constituent body. It will be
seen with what admirable facility,a knot of self-styled libe-
rals can, in pursuit of party objects and with the view of
subserving the designs of an unprincipled faction, turn their
backs upon all their previously recorded professions, and
seek to convert a body, constituted for strictly local and mu-
nicipal purposes, into a political debating club. Most scan-
dalously have they betrayed their trust, and sheen by their
conduct that the commercial prosperity of the town and the
welfare of the inhabitants are but secondary matters in their
consideration. Let the municipal electors bear these things
in mind, and avenge their wrongs when their mis-representa-
tives apply to them for a renewal of their support in Novem-
ber.—Newcastle Journal.

STEALING WORKMEN'S TOOLS.—Yesterday, at the police
court, a wretched-looking woman, named Elizabeth Thomas,
was committed to take her trial at the sessions, on a charge
of stealing a quantity of masons' tools. It appeared that
the prisoner was, on Saturday, seen going into a new build-
ing, in Beau-street, by a joiner named Beardwood, and on
being searched by him, he found in her apron fourteen ma-
son's chisels. These were identified by Isaac Pilling, a
stone-mason, as his property. He had placed them in a box
under some boards. Yesterday morning, on his return to
the premises, he found the box broken open and the tools
gone. The prisoner said that she had been drinking, and
that a man had sent her for the chisels, which he said were
his own.

CHARGE OF FORGERY.—A good-looking young man,
named James Reid, was yesterday placed at the bar of the
police court, on a charge of forging an order for money.
Mr. Dowling stated that the order was for £lO, was drawn
in the name of a person at Newry, and presented to a Mr.
Dixon, of this town, who luckily did not pay the prisoner
the full amount. There could be no doubt but it was a for-
gery; but as the person by whom it was purported to be
drawn had left the country, through embarrassments, and
could not be produced, he apprehended the magistrate could
only caution the accused on the impropriety of his conduct.
The prisoner had respectable relations in Ireland, in the
north of which his father held the commission of the peace.
Mr. Wardle said that he was instructed to state, that if the
person alluded to was produced, he could prove that the sig-
nature was his own, and that he had given the order to the
prisoner Mr. Dowling said that could not be, as the per-
son referred to was not in the country at the time it was
dated. Mr. Rushton said the charge was a most serious
one, and after admonishing the prisoner, discharged him for
want of evidence.

THE SCHOOLAIASTER WANTED IN WEST DERDY.—One
of the rules of a watch and clock club in West Derby, is
thus set forth in the house where it is held :—" That when
the Treseuar as received cash to the amount of £8 0. 0,
Thear Shall be A Draw By Lottery for the Chance, and the
highest shall take the Artlick, wether Watch or Clock, witch
he may choose.

LIVERPOOL SHIPWRECK AND HUMANE SOCIETY.—The
second annual meeting of the subscribers to the Liverpool
Shipwieck and Humane Society was held on Wednesday last,
in the Underwriters'-rooms, at which George Johnston,
Esq. presided. It appeared, from the accounts, that £lll.
16s Od. had been expended in rewards, £135 2s 6d. in relief,
and £42 9s 6d. in general expenses, leaving a balance in the
Royal Bank of £576 ss. Od., and in the hands of the treasurer
of .£35 4s. 11d., the greater part of which will be absorbed
in the expenses of the medals which have already been voted
by the society, but, owing to various circumstances, have not
yet been struck.

•
RIGHT ON DEMANDING TOLL.—On Thursday last, at the
Police-office at Birkenhead, the toll-collector at the newly-
erected gate on the Chester-road, near Traumere Pool, ap-
peared to answer a charge preferred against him by Messrs.
J. and W. Walker, builders, of Birkenhead, of having taken
illegal toll from a carter in their employ. William Gatley,
carter to Messrs. Walker, proved that he carted building ma-
terials from Birkenhead to the new church, erecting by his
masters at Rock Ferry; on the 26th of April, and two follow-
ing days : he had occasion to pass through the gate with the
same cart and team three or four times on each day, and,
every time he went through with a fresh load, the collector
insisted on his paying toll. It was contended, on behalf of
the turnpike commissioners, that Messrs. Walker, when car-
rying materials by which they made a profit, were liable as
common carriers, coming under the denomination " a stage
carriage of any description," as they wore the road in an
equal degree. The act, it appeared, provided that, except
for stage vehicles, tolls could only be demanded for three
loads in One day. The magistrates declined coming to a de-
cision upon the case till counsel's opinion bad been taken.
It was agreed that the expense of this should be paid by the
parties, and that, meanwhile, all tolls paid by Messrs. Walker
should be paid under protest. The opinion is to be read in
court on Thursday week, when judgment will be given in the

case.
ANOTHER LARGE STEAMER SEEN AT SEA.—MT. Court,
Secretary to the Underwriter, received yesterday morning,
from his correspondents at Lisbon, a letter, stating, that the
Conde de Palmo arrived at. that port from Rio, saw, on the
in hit. 31 24, long. 40 23, a large
23d of April, at 6, p.m.+
steamer, with three masts, painted a dark colour : the pad-
dles were not in action, nor did any smoke issue from the
chimney. She did not exhibit any flags. She was under a
press of canvass and steerinN
g N.N.E. At eight o'clok on
the following morning, the steamer was still in sight, c
with
topsails and fore aft sails set. Some persons hope, that the
steamer seen by the Conde de Palmo, on the 23d of April,
was the President, which would then have been out thirty-
six days from New York. Others suppose, that it was the
same steamer which was seen, on the 10th of April, by the
the particulars respecting which we pub-
lished in a former Lord Saumarez,
.paper. in neither instance did the
signal t 9 the. sails in sight, an act which
steamer make any
the President, in her peculiar. circumstances, would scarcely
have omitted, and the omission of which, in both instances
satisfies us, that, whatever steamer or steamers they were
that were seen on the 10th and the 23d of April, neither of
them was the President. Besides, if the steamer sailed so
as to keep in sight of the Conde Palmo,. and was bound for
England, we ought to have heard of her arrival at some port
before now. Still, as the letter received by Mr. Court has
excited much interest, we have deemed it our duty to publish
its contents for the information of the public. The probabi-
lity is, that the vessel was the steam frigate Dee, which has
arrived at Porthmouth.

MEETING OP THE LIVERPOOL YOUNG MEN'S
ESTABLISHED CHURCH SOCIETY.

Last evening a meet

of the member

this society wag.held in the large room under All
Church, Grosvenor-street, for the purrose of forming a
branch association, the more effectually to extend and carry
out the principles adopted by the parent association. The
attendance was numerous, the room being nearly filled.
The Rev. Mr. M'Conkey occupied the chair, and opened
the proceedings by an impressive prayer. He stated the ob-
ject of the meeting, and the reasons that urged its formation.
A -Young Men's Established Church Society already existed
in the town, which had two half-yearly meetings ; in differ-
ent quarters of the town ; but this was not deemed suffici-
ent, and a branch association to hold meetings at intervening
periods, was therefore highly desirable. It was proposed
that the branch should include Scotland Ward and Vauxhall
Ward, and that they should meet monthly in that room. He
would have preferred that Vauxhall Ward should have its
own place of meeting ; but there were difficulties that could
not be immediately overcome, and it was thought that
that room would in the meantime suffice for both. He then
read the declaration of the parent society, and explained the

advantages of the proposed branch. It would 'make the
young men better acquainted with the principles contained
in that declaration, and to them_it more particularly addressed

though it

Lccessible to the old as well

young. By discussing those principles, they would be ena-
bled to meet the snarls of those who cooped at them. He
rejoiced in the prospect of an efficient branch society to meet
monthly, as it would enable them to take up each question
separately, and discuss it in all its points. They would have
the map of facts before them : they would find out the weak
parts of the enemy's fortress, and be enabled to station
their defences in the most favourable position. The
reverend gentleman then entered with much eloquence into
several questions relative to the propriety of a church
established by law, and the objections made by papists and
dissenters to such an establishment. First they objected to
all connection betwein the church and the state. But he
would see no harm in such an establishment, seeing that it
was to provide the poor man with a church, a bill to call him
to worship, and a Bible to teach him the truth as it was in
Jesus. And what would they substitute for such a church ?
They had no right to pull down even the hovel of the poor
man without providing him with another and a better place
of abode ; and still less had they a right to pull down the
poor man's church, without substituting a better place of
worship. What they would substitute was voluntaryism for-
sooth. Yet, strange to say, the established church with all
its alleged means and wealth was unable to overtake the poor
man's wants, and voluntaryism came limping up very slowly.
(Loud cheers.) Voluntaryism included the socinian, the in-
dependent, the papist, and the infidel. The question of a
church established by law would therefore be the subject of
the first monthly meeting of the Branch Society. The
next objection was, that they were an episcopal church:
but he saw no harm in that episcopacy was sanctioned by
the Bible. (Hear, hear, and loud cheers.) They read of the
angel ,of the seven churches presiding over the ministers of
the respective flocks ; and angel—literally translated—meant
a messenger,—the angel of the covenant. He referred to
the city of Ephesus, and thought there was no harm in fol-
lowing scriptural authority and the usages of antiquity, par-
ticularly as degrees of superiority or station were analogous
to the whole works of God. This subject might be discussed
at the second meeting. On the third night they might discuss
the thirty-nine articles of the established church, in which
its principles were gathered up in a written form, and con-
stiuted•the standard of faith of that church. He could see
no harm in this. Those articles were deduced from the Word
of God. which man from from his sinfulness was prone to
pervert ; and they were written in language which could not
be distorted or miscontrued. They formed the stakes that
inerked out the pasturage upon which the flock should feed,
and prevented them from wandering over ground that might
present moae alluring verdure, but the herbage of
which was poisonous and deadly. (Hear, hear.) They also
kept the shepherd within due bounds, and if he went beyond
them he must retire from his charge. What would dissenters
give them in lieu of this excellent standard of faith ? Why,
merely the creed of " I believe," &c., a floating creed which
might become no better than a tradition of popery. The
preacher who -was bound only by this might introduce So-
cinianism, Methodism, or any other jam, until himself borne
down to destruction in the stream of errot or infidelity, his
congregation were involved in the same perdition. He had
known of numerous chapels without articles of faith, swerve
from their prosperity and go down the whirlpool of Socinian-
ism or infidelity. He blessed God that they had their arti-
cles as a rule of faith. A fourth question for discussion would
be the objections made to the form of prayer. It was stated
that the prayers of the Church of England were full of repe-
tition—the service of the lip—a dry form of worship—
in place of the outpourings of the heart. The rev. gentleman
defended the Book of Common Prayer from these aspersions,
dwelling with great vigour and eloquence upon its superiority
to all extempore invocations, the fervour of which depended
merely on the feeling and temperament of the utterer at the
moment. The Prayer Book met the wants of all, from the
cradle to the grave. It made provision for mankind, both
here and hereafter ; it furnished a solace amid the troubles
of life : it prepared the mind for receiving the holy sacra-
ment ; it smoothed the bed of sickness, and cheered the
drooping beart by assurance of salvation by repentance,
through the merits of Jesus ; and it afforded consolation to
the afflicted, who gathered round the grave of the departed
parent, brother, or friend, and promised them immorta-
lity if they were guided by the gospel truth. Instead of
ibis, dissenters would give them not a printed form, which
might be read and investigated, but an extemporaneous inde-
finite thing, which had no local habitation or name. They
would give them merely the prayer of the preacher, which
could only raise his congregation to the level of his own per-
sonal devotion. On the other hand, whatever the doctrine
a minister of the Church of England might promulgate from
the pulpit, a safeguard was to be found in the pure scriptural
form of words contained in the Book of Common Prayer.
The rev, gentleman concluded a very able address (which
want of time restrains us to a hasty sketch) by expressing the
delight he should have in being with them at their future
meetings;and rendering them any assistance within his power.

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(Loud cheers.)
The Rev. Mr. HERNE then addressed the meeting in behalf
of the church, in a very argumentative and impressive man-
ner. He proposed a resolution declaratory of the established

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church being the most efficacious instrument for defending
and advancing christian truth, and pledging the meeting to
use every legitimate means to promote the efficiency of our
venerable apostolic chnrch. •
Mr. JAMES MATTHEWS seconded the resolution in a very
eloquent manner. It was unanimously carried.
Mr. GRIFFITHS proposed a •resolution to the effect that
the proposed Branch Society should be established.
This was seconded by Mr. JONES. This too was carried.
A number of young men and others then enrolled them-
selves in the new society, and the meeting dispersed after a
vote of thanks to the Chairman.

IRUFTION OF THE ANTI-CORN-LAW LEAGUE

INTO LIVERPOOL

Several gentlemen from Manchester, one of whose amuse-
ments is to go from town to town, practising the art of elo-
quence upon the corn laws, called a meeting last night of the
electors of this borough, for the purpose of presenting cer-
tain well-known ministerial objects, which, as an election is
impending, it is felt desirable should be accomplished. The
place was crowded.
On the motion of Col. WlLLiams, Sir JOSHUA WALM-
SUM( was called to the chair. _ . .

The CHAIRMAM, in opening the business, denied the as-
sertion that the Anti-Corn-law League had visited Liver-
pool in a spirit of dictation as had been represented. They
were men of all parties, whigs, tories, and radicals, and came
here to shew their distress, to appeal for assistance, and to
explain to them their wants and wishes. They came here to
sbew us that the corn laws were unjust and iniquitous, and they
wanted the co-operation of the electors of Liverpool in their
abolition. The chairman then made sundry professions .as
to his desire to have a fair discussion of this question,. and
trusted, that a tory placard, which he said had been issued
for the purpose of creating confusion, would have no such
effect. • .

Mr. AsHwenvi a quaker, from Bolton, complained
bitterly that the manufacturing and commercial interest had
never been fairly and properly represented in the House of
Commons. This was the reason that it had to contend with
various giant monopolies, one of which was that of the
West India interest, but the greatest and most danger-
ous of all was that fo the agricultural interest. The
West Indies took goods from us only to the amount
of four millions annually the profit of which was ten per
cent, or £400,000. In return for this every man before him
paid to the planter 4d. a pound for every pound of sugar he
consumed, so that we paid £3,000,000 for this monopoly.
He next referred to what he called the monopoly of the agri-
cultural interest, and so they had never yet made out a case
sheaving that they paid their own share of taxation.
Mr. Jour: BROOKS made rather a humourous speech
against the corn laws. He told the same history about his
losses, and his origin at Blackburn, from frequent repetion,
which is familiar to his own townsmen. Some hits at Sir
Robert Peel—especially his challenge to a public discussion
—were sufficiently absurd even for Mr. Brooks.
Mr. GARNErr, a cotton-spinner, from Clitheroe, said

that he commenced business in 1799, consequently be hac
been in business 42 years. Every year profits had been de
dining, and he had never known trade so paralysed as it wa
at the present moment.

Mr..CounEN then addressed the meeting for upwards
.n hour.

The CHAIRMAN said, if there was any one who took a
ifferent view of the question from the preceding speakers,
e_should be glad to hear him.

HARDY here stepped forward. After he had held

some conversations with the chairman,
The CO.inmAs said he could not hear Mr. Hardy, as he
had discovared that he went further even than the Manches-
ter deputation.
Mr. Dix here presented himself and claimed a hearing,
but the uproar prevented him.
The CHAIRMAN endeavoured to calm the meeting, ap-
pealing to them on the ground that the gentlemen from Man-
chester invited discussion,
Mr. HARDY—You refused it to me ; that is not a fair dis-
cussion.

The CHAIRMAN said he should order Mr. Hardy to be
turned out. The deputation had invited discussion, and it
was their wish that all should have a hearing. He therefore
wished the meeting to hear Mr. Dix, and Mr. Cobden would
reply to
Mr. Dix then said he should like to ask Mr. Cobden what
was the actual rental paid to the landlord by the tenant for a
quarter of corn.

Mr. CoBDEN said he could not profess to answer that clues-
ion ; and that if he could, it would not help Mr. Dix's ar-

Mr. Dix again attempted to address the meeting, and for
some moments he succeeded, during.which he shewed several
misstatements on the part of the league.
Mr. ConnO having replied with some humour to these
statements, called upon the elctors to vote against all mo-
nopolists. .1

Mr. RAwsow, a most tedious member of the league, next
addressed the meeting, and, like his predecessors, did not
forget to impress upon the eectors the necessity of turning
out Lord Sandon and Mr. Cresswell.
Mr. RATHISONE followed rather briefly, and called upon
the electors to return none but free traders.
Soma others of less note followed—none of them forget-
ting the main point—as to voting at the election, and at the
end the meeting was adjourned to Wednesday.

GIRAFFES.—M. Riboulet arrived here on Saturday last,
with five giraffes, which he caught himself young in Abyssi-
nia, and which have been exhibited here during the past
week. This enterprising traveller had captured six of these
beautiful creatures, but in hoisting one of them on board the
Great Liverpool it struggled so that the crate gave way,
and he so injured himself that it was found necessary to
destroy him.—Portsmouth paper.
CITY OF LONDON REPRESENTATION.—On Saturday, the
gentlemen who presented the requisition to the Lord Mayor
to call a meeting regarding the corn laws, having learned that
Mr. Grote would not again present himself, adopted and
signed a requisition to Lord John Russell, soliciting his
lordship to allow himself to be put in nomination at the next
general election as a fit and proper candidate to represent the
city of London. It will be circulated to-day for further sigthe
-
natures. His lordship had previously been spoken for
Tower Hamlets, in lieu of Dr. Lushington, who is disquali-
fied by act of parliament, he being a judge, again to become
a candidate ; so that, what with actual gratitude to Stroud,
and prospective gratitude to the Tower Hamlets, his lordship,
if he comply with the requisition for the city, will be placed
in no enviable position, especially should he lose London!
Beware, Lord John

CORRESPONDENCE

ME CORN-LAWS

TO THE EDITOR OF THE LIVERPOOL STANDARD,

SlR,—The time is come when every man is called upon to
do his duty, and lend a hand to free his country from hypo-
critical friends, more dangerous than declared enemies. The
whigs now, for their party purpose, draginto debate the very
laws which were passed by conservatives for the security of
the interests of British subjects—the corn-laws. If there is
not a general opposition to the scheme, the people are blind.
From one end of Ireland to the other, you can behold in
harvest-time the millions of small farms under corn crops,
which are all intended for market with a quantity of pota-
toes, which is their chief support ; but I hardly think that
O'Connell will make such long speeches for the reduction of
the price of their 'grain. He knows Ireland too well to do
so, and appear afterwards at the hustings there. I expect
he will leave that argument to the other members present.
The country people want many things besides bread, which
they will be deprived of, if their bank, the corn-market,

should fail ' • andO'Connell has always relied upon mob po-
pularity in Ireland. What will the English labouring classes
think, if they are deprived of their present scanty wages, and
obliged to accept what Lord Melbourne, by and with the
advice of O'Connell, sends them in its stead—the parish
workhouse; whilst our enemies may be employed in other

countries growing corn for the English market, and receiving
the wages which our English and Irish labourers ought to
receive? I proclaim them open enemies to Englishmen and
Irishmen, who dare propose such a change; and I fear the
O'Connell " rint" would not be paid without any deduction
if the price of corn is reduced. Ministers, I suppose,_ ex-
pected on the sugar debate to have the support of the Eng-
lish gentlemen who are interested in plantations ; careless of
how it might lead to the renewal of the slave trade, if it
added one shadow of popularity to them for their party pur-
poses ; as in the case of the corn-laws they are careless as
to, or else they aim at, the fate of the farmers, corn-growers,
and labouring classes of Great Britain and Ireland. People
will argue both for and against these schemes without coming
to any reasonable conclusion, whereas common sense shews,
that if we lose our agricultural employment, and it be trans-
ferred to other countries, giving increased employment to
foreigners, it must diminish the employment of British peo-
ple ; and if it becomes at all general, which it must, it will
be found h national calamity.

And to speak of the ulthilate end which whigs seek to ac-
complish—Popish government. If it is to be accompanied
by these distressing evils, its approach is the more to be
feared ; for the destruction of our religion, and the persecu-
tion which we must expect under papal authority, is severe
enough in itself without this spoliation of English interests.
Another reason for opposition to Popish governinent:—
O'Connell himself, and some Whiggish noble lords, have
boasted of the general virtues of the Irish females ; I'll not
dispute that; but they will allow, as in all general rules, the
right of some saving and excepting, which leaves some ground
for English females to make a similar claim ; whilst on the
part of the English people there is this advantage—that the
English arc not such advocates for those abominable Popish
prisons called nunneries, which few will deny ought to be
pulled down : but their governors are the guilty parties—the
priests exercise power over the nuns, who must submit to
the priests as to God !!! and they forgive or condemn, as
the nature of the case may require. It is a glorious thing to
see that the warning voices of our clergy are sent forth to
preserve our country from such dominion ; but I fear they
are but poorly aided by gentlemen of property and influence.
All classes, from the king to the peasant, ought to exert
themselves to root Popery out of the land. Its dominion on
the mind urges opposition to religion, and God's holy ordi-
nances generally. In Ireland, lords and gentlemen are daily
threatened by the O'Connell mob that their estates must
revert to the descendants of the men who fought
6ainst William the Third, and they go so far as to preserve
the right line of heirship in their families. If people of in-
fluence don't exert themselves, the following evils will be
brought on us by the whigs :—Popish government—transfer
of our church property to Popish churches—onr bishops and
clergy's livings and the tithes to Papists—a confiscation of
estated gentlemen's properties to Papists—persecution of
Protestants, and no redress—and whatsoever else his holi-
ness's and the priests' pleasure may be.
Whilst we have the power and the means, is the time to
prevent such a curse from visiting our land (and they are
now members of her Majesty's government who seek this
state of things), and finally protect our own people, keep
employment for our own labouring classes, and we should
do everything to forward the dismissal of the whigs. We
Gould not have them any longer at any price. We want
1h men as Wellington, who will not make a dirty retreat,

id conclude a peace before the interests of England are
tablished—who would carry on either War or some other
nployment instead of parish warkhouscs for the people,
hilst they (the whigs) are nothing but feather-bed cham-
ons. We want men who will promote the general interests
7 the country, and encourage English employment. This

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also will be found the principle upon which O'Connell acted
in his last struggle in Ireland, when he commanded the Irish
to take nothing which could be called foreign manufacture,
and attempted to keep everything which was English out of
Ireland. Dan must call us blind if we cannot see how to
benefit ourselves by his orders to the Irish. And is it not
plain to every one that the present ministry are actuated all
through by his advice ? And what is his advice ? To over-
run England every year with foreign produce, to our preju-
dice, and for the benefit of foreigners. Then down with the
whigs, and support the friends of Old England—the conser-
vatives, who stand up for the protection. of English wages
and English employment !—I remain,

A LABOURERS' FRIEND

TO THE EDITOR OF TILE LIVERPOOL STANDARD,

SIR,-1 portion of the retail grocers appear to have fallen
nto the whig-radical trap, and have been petitioning for the
Lnti-British slave-holding system of Lord John Russell.
lave these gentlemen considered the effect of the measure
.hey support ? The trade to our colonies employs and sup-
)orts British merchants, British vessels, British seamen,
British manufacturers, British mechanics, artisans, and co-
lonists. The colonists are large customers for goods the
Brazilians would not require; and, being British sabjects,
are always good payers, our laws being binding upon them,
and payment easily enforced in case of refusal. Not so in
the Brazils ; enormous sums are lost in bad debts even in the
limited trade we now carry on ; and the delay and difficulty
of foreign courts of law prevents appeal.
The British merchant has no interest in influencing ex-
changes against this country, or draining it of its bullion,
and thus takes goods when foreigners would have gold. Will
the retail grocers oppose themselves, therefore, to the interest
of our merchants, shipwrights, sailmakers, and, in fact, the
British artisan and shopkeeper generally ; and is the paltry
reduction on sugar to be a set-off against stopping one of the
surest and most open outlets for British capital and enter-

I presume it is not attempted to poison us with the rubbish
imported from the East at present.
The respectable chairman of the grocers is a gentleman of
known principles and unquestionable philanthrophy, and I
own it was with sorrow I saw his name appended to a docu-
ment which, indirectly, will be of the greatest encoura'ement
to the most brutal and inhuman slave system ever practised.
The impetus given to slavery in Cuba and the Brazils, by
our rashness, would, indeed, have been truly alarming had
the abominable bill of Lord John Russell been carried ; and
it appears almost insanity to encourage slave produce after
paying millions of money to enjoy sugar maaufactured by
freemen. A friend of mine, practically acquainted with the
sugar trade and Africa, assures me that, if the whig bill had
passed, he would have been on the Coast, and make a fortune
in three years. Ile is not a solitary individual holding this
opinion, for the temptation to' deal in slaves, when such a
demand would ensue, high prices would tempt numbers of
masters of vessels and small capitalists to run the risk, and
the British navy would almost be unable to put an end to the
abuse. .

I hope our grocers will take a more national and christian
view of the subject, and that we may all be found combining
to support " SHIPS, COLONIES, AND COMMERCE."
I am, sir, yours, &c., R. G. J.
Liverpool, 23d May, 1841.

THE " PROTECTORS" AGAIN

TO THE EDITOR OF THI

IVERPOOL STANDARD,

—At the present time, when apparently we are upon
the eve of a parliamentary contest, it cannot be thought out
of place to send all the intelligence we can obtain of the
enemy's movements in this town to the conservative press;
so that by these means the friends of the conservative cause
may be stimulated to greater exertions, in order to counter-
act as much as possible the efforts of their opponents. The
other day a circular was placed in my hands by a friend,
who had received it in mistake, he being of the same name,
and living in the same neighbourhood, as the person to whom
it was directed. I give you for insertion a true copy.
May 24th, 1841. R. M , Jun.

" 6, Barned's-buildings, Sweeting-street,
May 20, 1841._ _

" SlR,—The central committee of the Protector Society
respectfully beg to apprise you, that your acknowledgment
for £2 2s. 5d., advanced in 1840, remains in their hands yet

unredeemed

" To counteract the ceaseless activity of our opponents,
the immediate efforts of every friend to civil and religious
freedom are required. To meet the expenses of the forth-
coming registration, money, the sinews of war,' will be re.
quisite. To all who are in arrear on our books, the commit-
tee therefore confidently look for cheerful repayment of the
sums against them. As private and public principle concur
in aiding the present appeal, the committee feel assured that
with the honourable and patriotic it cannot fail of being
successful.
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(Signed)

" JoHNT RossoN, President.
" Taos. APENTEsat, Secretary.
" To Mr. Thos. S-, -street."

TO THE EDITOR OF THE LIVERPOOL STANDARD.
Sir,—As the trusty guardian of our general interests, le
me class those relating to religion at head of all others.

beg to intrude fora few moments on your valuable time. I
may be mistaken in suggesting a movement which is to have
for its object the prevention of the general agitation which
may be expected through the empire, from a dissolution of
parliament. One circumstance which the Whigs manage to
raise a point from, for the purpose of their faction, I believe
is, that they constantly persuade our Queen to be aware of
that party who were heretofore the friends of old England
and British liberty : and it clearly appears that many a
threatening lesson the Queen has received to deter her Ma-
jesty from choosing proper ministers to protect the national
interests to this effect, that it would be dangerous to her
Majesty's person, if she should have such ministers. This
damnable whiggish doctrine, and the effect created thereby
on her Majesty's mind, might be at once removed with the
persons from whom it sprung ; by petitions from all parts of
the empire, expressing our sincere loyalty and our fears ; and
praying for a dismissal of the present ministers, &c. &c.,
which could be done with less public agitation and danger to
the peace, and as beneficial results, perhaps, as the danger.
ous agitation consequent on a dissolution of parliament.—l
beg to remain, Sir,
A FRIEND TO ORDER AND GOOD OLD
ENGLISH GOVERNMENT.

MORE HOLE-AND-CORNER WORK.—The Globe, in a
leading article, writes as follows :—" The men of Sheffield
are at their post. As soon as the intelligence had arrived
that the division had gone against ministers, a public meeting
was immediately convened, and in spite of some interruption
by a small section of tory chartists, the following address to
her majesty was agreed to by an immense majority." Now,
perhaps the Globe will tell us how and by whom this meeting
was convened—by the Parker and Ward party. Perhaps it
will tell us how many hours' notice was given of it ? Was
there so much as four hours notice given ? Why, if the
Parkers and Wards really want a fair expression of public
opinion, do they not give a fair public notice one day, and
have the meeting the nest. In a town like Sheffield, con-
taining more than 100,000 inhabitants, nothing is so easy as
for a few large master manufacturers to box a couple of thou-
sand. But we repeat these are not public meetings. Hud-
dling together a section of partizans between post time, and,
as they call it at Sheffield, one o'clock half struck, is not
taking the sense of the people. It is positively shying it.
And then, not a petition to parliament, but an address to her
majesty ! Nothing shows the weakness of the whig-radical
party so much as this. Her majesty is to be imposed upon
by Lord Melbourne faking these addresses to the palace in
his pocket, and giving his own account of them. Her
ma-
jesty's ear is not to be reached constitutionally, through the
House of Commons, but through the courtier premier.
What shall we have next ?

PLAIN QUESTIONS PRACTICALLY ANSWERED

If W , during their administration, reduced the national
debt enty millions, without abridging the comforts of the
poor, thereby proving themselves the real friends of the
count y ? THE CONSERVATIVES.

WHO, during their five years administration, have increased
the mitional debt seven millions five hundred thousand, and
still Wish to impose more taxes, have decreased the comforts
of the poor, and carried into effect most severely the poor
inquisition ? THE Winos.
Who have, within the last few years, so loaded their own
pockets, that they boast they could buy up the whole landed
interest

MANUFACTURERS

Who is the real supporter of the poor, the church, and the
state, and who pays taxes and is at all times ready to
the working classes against the enormities of t
tyranny? TILE LANDHOLDEI

poor lay

Who is the oppressor of the helpless, the supporter of in-
fant slavery, the dictator of our land, and the petty despot
of our manufacturing towns? THE MANUFACTURER.
Who, for the first 14 centuries, before manufactories were
known in England, brought the country to so high a pitch of
happiness ? THE LANDHOLDER.
Who now cry " down with the corn
pocritical pretence that the poor will
but the real object of which is to
own pockets, by reducing wages? THE MANUFACTURT

laws" under ti

;et cheat► bread thereby.

nit more money in their.

Who, in the time of war,-protects our land from foreign
aggression, as well as protects us from internal strife ?
THE LANDHOLDER.
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Who is it that, in the time of small profits, stops his works,
and dismisses his hands, so that the people are driven to the
greatest extremity of misery, wretchedness, and famine, un-
til they are obliged to take up with the blessed poor law
bastiles ? THE MANUFACTUE
Who, should it hail, rain, or snow for tl

round, continues to till, manu
giving, even in the time of the greatest distress, continued
work, to the labourer, though he himself should

hole y
is land, then

THE LAND}

' Therefore, if we love our Queen, our country, and our
church, long will we cry, " Success to the Conservative and
the Landholder." A PRACTICAL MAN.

THE HALIFAX AND BOSTON STEAMI

(From the London Journal of Commerce.)

While 'referring to the extension of steam navigation, we
may mention one most encouraging fact. Under the old
packet system, between Falmouth and Halifax, by the gun-
brigs, the expense to government was about £40,000 annually
more than the receipts of postage. By the line of Cunard's
steam-ships, a balance of £20,000 appears already to the side
of the Atlantic mails.

The indomitable spirit of British enterprise never had a
better or more patriotic representative than Mr. Cunard.
He is not only boldly and simply entered inta a contract with
she government to build four steam-ships of 1200 tons, and
with engines of 300 horse power each, to run across the At-
lantic to British North America once a fortnight, but he has
more than fulfilled his hazardous engagement. His fine ves-
sels have brought one of our most valuable dependencies
within twelve days' distance from the mother country, and
that with unerring regularity. rl'he punctual success of the
Cunard steam-ships is owing, in a great measure, to their
construction, being far stronger, in respect to timber, planks
and fastening, than is usua in ships of equal size. The
strength of construction renders the working of the powerful
engines perfectly safe in combating the resistance of the
most tempestuous weather. Not only are these vessels built
much stronger than the usually required strength, but the
engines placed in them exceed the power contracted for,
being not 300, but 440 horse power.
The fiscal success of these packets ought, we think, to in-
duce the Government to extend the communication, by en-
larging Mr. Cunard's contract, so that he could increase his
steam float and despatch a packet from Liverpool to Halifax
and Boston once a week during the eight spring, summer,
and autumnal months, and once a fortnight during the w
months. By such an arrangement not only would the Post-
office gain in revenue and Mr. Cunard be amply remunera-
ted, but this frequent intercourse would form a rapid

communication between the whole of Europe and all North
America, including every country from the Gulf of
to Lake Superior.
We mention these facts, because, in our admiration of the
success of the vessels, we are apt to forget the merit due to
the contractor and speculator, Mr. Canard. If he who
makes a blade of grass grow where barrenness previously
was, is a benefactor of his species, scarcely less grateful
ought we to be to him who diminishes distance between two
fairly separated but intimately connected countries, and who
subdues the tempests and dangers of the ocean for the pur-
poses of facile and speedy intercourse between mankind.

Mexico

UNIVERSITY INTELLIGENCE

(Prom the Oxford Herald.)
PROMOTIONS.

Rev. John Ashley, M.A., late Fellow of Jesus College,
Cambridge, Chaplain and brother-in-law to the Lord Bishop
of Ely, to the Prebendal Stall in that Cathedral vacant by the
death of the Rev. G. 0. Cambridge.
Rev. John Edwards, Head Master of the Grammar School,
Bury St. Edmund's, to be Greek Professor in the University
of Durham, to which a Canonry in the Cathedral of Durham
has recently been attached by the Ecclesiastical Commission-
ers ; patron, the Bishop of Durham.
Rev. Sutcliffe Sowden, 8.A., of Magdalen College, Cam-
bridge, to the Perpetual Curacy of Mythohn, in the parish of
Halifax, Yorkshire.
Rev. J. N. H. Thomas, 8.A., Dublin, to the Perpetual
Curacy of Milbrook, Devon ; patron, the Earl of Mount

gecumbe.
ler. R. Thompson, Curate of West Wittering, near Chi-
%ter, to be Chaplain of H. M. S. Impregnable.

Thornton, 8.A., of Catharine ball, Cambridg
o the United Chaplaincies of the Infirmary and Lunat
asylum, Northampton.

Rev. Robert Baker, to the Vicarage of Friston with Snape,
Suffolk; patron, Richard Wm. Howard Howard, Vyse, Esq.
Rev. F. Upjohn, M.A., of Queen's College, Cambridge,
to the Vicarage of Gorleston, Suffolk, on his own petition.
Rev. Mr. Snelgar, to the Vicarage of Royston, Herts, va-
cant by the .death of the Rev. Samuel Cantherley ; patron,
Lord Dacre.

Rev. Jas. Mules, to be the Curate of Binegar, near Wells.
Rev. Hugh Allen, M.A., to the Incumbency of St. Paul's
Church, Bury.

TrivArun ROYAL.—A very amusing, original, and bustling
pantomime was brought out here last night. We may say it
is one of the best ever produced. The Boleno family
astonished every one by their agility. Miss Webster's
dancing was really exquisite. We cannot notice the pan-
tomime at length in our present number.
MRS. BLAND.—Mrs. Bland has accepted an engagement
at Covent Garden. She leaves this company at the close of
the season, and will bear with her the hearty good wishes of
every true lover of the drama.

JULLI,EN'S CONCERTS.—We perceive that M. Jullien is
about to delight the inhabitants of Woodside and its vicinity
with another concert. His band of fine players ought to be
heard. It is a treat, indeed, to listen to M. Jullien's music.
Yesterday her Majesty entered upon the 23d year of her
age, when the usual demonstrations of loyalty and respect
were observed in this ancient town. His worship the Mayor
entertained a select company of friends to dinner in the
evening, including several distinguished officers of the army
and navy.

A serious accident happened to Miss Davys, daughter of
Le Lord Bishop of Peterborough, ou Saturday last. As
ie was returning from an airing, on horseback with her
ther, on the North Bank, her steed became unmanageable,

and she was in consequence precipitated baekwards with con-
siderable violence to the ground. Her riding-habit being
very long caught the pommel of the saddle, and she was
drawn for a distance of upwards of 40 yards before she could
be extricated from her perilous situation. Miss Davys was
at length removed home in a carriage, and, although she was
much bruised, we are happy to state that she is in a fair way
of recovery.—Lincoln Mercury.
On Sunday morning the following desperate and determined
suicide was committed at the residence of Mr. Minikin, pro-

nietor of the Cambrian Hotel and Coffee-house, Great Rus-
>ell-street, Covent-garden, by a gentleman unknown. It ap-
)ears from the statement of Mr. Minikin that the gentleman
entered the coffee-room on Saturday night, and requested
.o know if he could be accommodated with a bed, and, being
answered in the affirmative, he sat some time, and afterwards
retired to bed. At half-past two o'clock, yesterday morn-
ing, Mr. Minikin, in passing the gentleman's bed-room door,

leaid dreadful moaning, and on entering the room he foetid
dm lying with his head over the side of the bed bleeding co-
douslv from an extensive wound in the throat, which he had
nflicted with a razor. Surgical assistance was instantly sent

for, when Messrs. Ackland and Smith promptly attended,
and used every means to restore him, but without effect ; he
expired shortly afterwards. There were no papers nor any
articles found on his persou to lead to a discovery of his
identity.

FATAL ACCIDRNT AT WATERLOO-BRlDGlL—Between
six and seven o'clock on Saturday morning another of those
accidents which so repeatedly occur by boys playing on the
tloating timber near shore, happened on the Surrey side of
Waterloo-bridge to a fine little fellow of the name of Wilden,
aged six years. Thot deceased and several other boys were
running across the timbers, when, from an unknown cause,
the timbers opened, and the deceased fell into the water. An
alarm was instantly given, when several watermen, and In-

.
spector Ives, of the Thames police, with his men, used their
utmost exertions to recover the body, but without effect.
After a considerable lapse of time the body was discovered
under the timber, having been drawn there by the water. A
_ _

shell vas obtaind frotii Mr. Nott, the undertaker, who
caused the body to be conveyed to the vault of St. John's

Church, Waterloo-road, to await a coroner's inquest. It
has often been a matter of astonishment that some treasures
have not been adopted by the parties to whom the timber be-
longs to prevent the boys from playing on them. As many
as 20 or 30 at times may be seen running about, while the
weight of those on the timber causes the logs to open from
each other, and by which means these fatal accidents occur.
MURDER OF THE ITALIAN ORGAN-PLAYER AT RATH-

FAIINHAM.—An investigation took place on Tuesday in the
jury-room, Rathfarnham, relative to the above murder. An
Italian organ-player, named Giovanni Vernasi, who was ar-
rested in Cork on suspicion of being concerned in the mur-
der, and brought up to Dublin under a warrant, was brought
up in custody before the magistrates. It appeared that Ver-
nasi was the man who purchased the leather for the unfortu-
nate Garlibarbo to make the belt in which he used to carry
his money. This coupled with the fact of his being absent
from the company of Italians about the time of the murder,
and not being heard of since until a few days ago, led to his
arrest in Cork. A man named Eustace and other persons
were examined, and stated that they had seen two Italians
walking together on the Rathfarnham-road the day before
the murder of the unfortunate man; but none of them could
identify the prisoner Vernasi as one of the party. Master
Robert Whiteford deposed that he saw two Italians walking
together on the evening of the murder, about half-past five
o'clock, between Sir Robert Shaw's Gate and Rathfarnham ;
he heard them speaking Italian ; thinks that Vernasi was one
of the men, but could not swear be was. The magistrates
were of opinion that there was no evidence to warrant them
in detaining Vernasi in custody. lie was accordingly dis-
charged. Two of the Italians, named Stillo and Fraco, who
were arrested on suspicion at the time of the murder but
were discharged, attended the investigation.—Dublin Paper.
DISSOLUTION OF PhR.LIAMIINT.—It may be interesting
to our readera to state, on tke eve of the forthcoming general
election, the number of dissolutions of parliament which have
occurred during the last 15 years. A dissolutifoanesttookGepolragcee
in December, 1826, in the reign
Fourth; another occurred in
was resolved
the death of George Fourth ; a third dissolutionB3l,
in consequence of
July, ye, f.lll so late Majesty
i.
consequence
of
on by Earl Grey's ministry in Ayrri.nd
bill. This dissolution
the nen-success of the new
trefo
ifs
ihoanvsi having
Parliament was again dis-
solvedwas considered a coup
a House of Commons lse
eThe first reformed parliament lasted
the
PtuhrePp"reovo
the new reform act.
at the close of the d:
yeareeta at3o2r,d forng
about two years, Sir Robert Peel was the pre-
bwrichdissolved in December, 1834,
i parliament existed about two years
mier. Sir Rol2wrtitYcame
to
" an untimely end," in conse-
and a half, F
whianmented demise of his late Majesty William
by the new ministhrrelfngfs
quence of the .
e duration of
• Parliaments which have been elected from
each of the six.
o 1837 inclusive was not more than about two years
Fourth. It will thus be seen that the average
1826 t
and four months (under two years and a half). The present
Parliament, if dissolved, as is expected in a week or two will
not have lasted four years ; it has sat during four sf„ol4,,ns
including the present one.

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