The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1838-10-30 00:00:00

BEST CULTIVATED FARMS

To Mr. Joseph Woolf. of Haslington flail, as tenant upon
a rack-rent of a farm 800 acres in extent, in the best and
most complete management, the premium of £l5. To Mr.
John Jones, of Church Minshull, the second premium of £lO.
To M. Bott, Esq., of Shrewbridge Hall, farmer, the premium
of £5, as the owner and occupier of a farm, not less than GO
statuate acres, in the best and most complete state of man-
agement. To Mr. William Harrison, of Sparrow Grove, as
it resident. tenant upon a rack-rent of any holding not less
than 50 acres, who had within seven years previous to the
29th September, 1835, covered the largest quantity of land in
proportion to the extent of his farm, with bones upon per-
manent pasture, after the rate of 30 cwt. to the acre, the
premium of £lO. The second premium for using, bone
manure, £5, was awarded to Mr. John Bolshaw, of Marton.

STOCK

For the best bull of any age, with a view to the dairy, £lO,
to Mr. Woolf. For the best ditto yearling, in the hands of
the breeder £5, to Mr. Bennett, of Chickley. For the best
dairy cow £7; to Mr. Itavenscroft, of Leighton. (The cow
shown for this prize was upwards of ten years old.) For the
best calving heifer not more than three years old £4, to Mr.
Burgess, of Delamere Forest. For a pair of the best stirks,
not mote than two years old, in the hands of the breeder, £3,
to Mr. Prescott, of Morcroft. For the best boar under three
years old £5, to Mr. Palm of Stableford Hall. For the best
ditto under six months, in the hands of the breeder, £3, to

Mr. Woolf. For the best breeding sow under three years old
£3, to Mr. Prescott. For the best ram bred in South Cheshire,
£5, to Mr. Harding, Mount House Farm, Alpraham, who
also obtained £3 for the best yearling ram in the hands of the
breeder; £3 for the best pen of three years, having had lambs
during the present year; and £3 for the best pen of three
yearling ewes in the hands of the breeder. The premium of
£2 for the best breeding sow under 18 months, was awarded
to Mr. flavenscroft, of Leighton. Entries were made for
three sweepstakes. That for the best short horned heifer,
two years old, was awarded to Mr. Martin, of Henhull Cot-
tage, Ditto, one year old, to Mr. Prescott. For the best
pair of horses to Mr. Robinson, Legh Green Church; M in-
shull. Premiums were also awarded to labourers in husbandry,
male and female servants, and cottage tenants. The judges
of the stock were Mr. Robert Walker, agent to Mr. Jeffery,
of Chillington, Mr. Denham, agent to Lord Wilton, and Mr.
Crane, agent to Sir It. Puleston, Bart.
Mr. Martin, the secretary, afterwards announced that the
funds of the society were in a most prosperous state, there
being a fund of at least £250 in hand, after paying the past
year's expenditure, and premiums awarded at the present
show.

Mr. Wilbraham, the vice-president, in a highly compli-
mentary and flattering speech, proposed the health of the
chairman, Lord Combermere, the president of the society.
Due honour having been done the toast,
The Chairman returned thanks. He said it was only a
few 3-ears since he had turned his sword into a ploughshare;
therefore he could only be inexperienced in agricultural mat-
ters, and unfit to preside at such a meeting as the present,
composed as it was of all grades and classes; but he could
only again assure there; that he would do all in his power to
promote and forward the' views of the association. He wished
to impress upon their minds the necessity of attending to
Bair? Matters, as cheese was the staple commodity of the
county. His first advice to them was, to keep the. "cold
steel" (the. ploughshare) out of the land as much as possible,
as during the late war the land had teen worked much more
than it ought to have been, and drain and manure it well.
In his lordship's opinion the best manure was bones; but it
was necessary to dry the land well first, and not to put bone
manure upon newly laid down grass, as it would produce no
effect. His lordship bad some land on his own estate, which
was formerly not more than lOs an acre, and the application
of bone manure had increased its value to 35s an acre. It
was cold clay land, but dry; and with such a soil bone ma-
nure agreed admirably, He had been told, and he feated
with some truth, that Cheshire cheese was not now to
be obtained so fine in quality as formerly; the falling off in
quality his lordship attributed to the use of the screw press,
in place of the good old custom of truiching ; and he much
wished he could prevail upon the ladies to return to the old
system, as the whey could not be got out with the screw so
well as by the method to which ha alluded.
Mr. Wilbraham, in thanking the company for drinking his
health, which was given from the chair, drew a comparison
between the state of agriculture generally 25 years ago and
the present period. Formerly, the pigs sent from Ireland
strongly resembled greyhounds, and the sheep had all the
fine points of the race-horse—as regarded bone and sinew—
well adapted for the latter, but not quite the sort of animal
for good mutton—(great laughter;)—now, the animals sent
from that country were far superior, and, no doubt, these im-
proyements iii the breed had been brought about by means
of societies like the present, the advantages resulting from
which were equally evident in Norfolk, the Highlands, and
other places where they bad been established.
Sir Philip Egerton, on the health of the members for the
county being drank, acknowledged the toast.
Shortly before seven o'clock the noble chairman gave
"The
separated.o beshireD airy-maids," and the company soon after-
wards
•

VAN DIEMEN'S LAND ANNUAL, FOR 1838.—8 y the statis-
tical tables in this volume, we perceive that the free popula-
tion is gradually, though not rapidly, increasing, the total
number-of -free inhabitants in Lan Dienien's Land -at the
close of 1837, being 21,649, and in 18:38, they amounted to
2.3,24-1, being an increase in one year of 1,595 free settlers.
The religious sects amount to eight, viz., of Church of Eng-
land Protestants there are 16.094; Church of Scotland, 2,551;
of Rome, 2,218; LY eslevans, 1,289; Baptists, 175; hide-
pendents, 635; Quakers, 90; Jews, 132. • There is also a re-
turn of the convict population, which amounted, at the close
of December, 1836, to 15,400. males; the females were 2,196.
Al the end of December, 1837, the males had increased to
15,606, but the females were only 2,086, showing a decrease
in this class of 110. Thus we have a grand total of 41,512
persons. The capital, Hobart Town, consists of twenty-one
streets, containing 1,817 houses; of these eighty have been
built since last yew's returns. There is also a list of imports
and exports between other countries, from which it appears
that, in 1837, the imports at Hobart Town amounted to nearly
£350,000, at Launceston to nearly £200,000. The exports
from Hobart'llown about £250,000; from Launceston above
£260,000. and both export and lin:pOrt trades appear tube in-
cleating, but not in any .xtraordinary manner.

rlje Eibtrpool

TUESDAY MORNING, OCT. 30, 1838.

Q*:* The Publication of the STANDARD commenced this
morning at 5 o'clock.

THE UNITED STATES AND CANADA.---By the United
States, Captain Holdridge, which arrived here yester-
day, we have received a file of New York papers to
the 13th instant. This fast-sailing vessel accomplished
the passage in 16 days. The Royal William had ar •
rived at New York on the 10th,having had a passage
of 20 days. We subjoin the most important extracts
from the papers. •

(From the New York Gazette, Oct. 9.)
RESUMPTION OF SPECIE PAYMENTS -The Banks in this
city yesterday (says the Savannah Georgian, of the 2nd in-
stant,) resumed specie payments. Everything has passed
off quietly. So far from runs being made on the Banks, de-
posits of specie have been made-a fact illustrative of 4he
abundance of the precious article, and the confidence of the
people in the Banks.

THE CROPS.—The St. Martinsville Gazette of the 21st ult.
says on this subject :—" It is pleasing to hear from all quar-
ters that the crops of cane, cotton, and corn will be unusually-
good this year. The late refreshing rain ill have a very
good effect npon the cane crop, though it has come rather
late; the cane has, however, one month more to grow and
ripen, before grinding time. Cotton is very 'fine, and pick-
ing is going on very rapidly The season has been remark-
ably favourable, so far, and all that our planters may desire
now, is good prices, good demand, and good" money, which
we sincerely hope they.will realize."

We have been informed, that his Excellency the Earl of
Durham has expressed a wish that Sir John Colborne should
immediately assume the administration of the Government
of Lower Canada; and that it is the intention of his Lout-
ship, during the rest of his residence in the Province, merely
to exercise his functions as High Commissioner in British
North America. Colonel Cooper, the Military Secretary of
the Earl of Durham, came passenger iu the Canada steam-
boat from Quebec to Sorel, and it is understood that his visit
to Sir John Colborne is connected with the proposetl ar-
rangements of the Earl of Durham.—Montreal Gazelle.

(From the New York Gazette, Oct. 10.)
A DESTRCCTIVE FIRE IN CiNciNNATI—The Cincinnati
Whig, of October 4th, says:—A destructive fire occurred in
our city yesterday afternoon. It commenced about half-past
two, and raged near an hobr. All the' houses-lronting -vn
the west side of Walnut-street for about a square south of (he
corporation line were consumed. They were -mostly, if not
altogether, owned and inhabited by Germans, many of
whom, we understand, are thrown destitute upon the com-
munity. The depositing of hot ashes in a box or barrel in
the cellar was the cause of the fire. Every exertion was
made by our citizens, Whigs, Natives, and Locofocos, to
arrest the flames.

Montreal Herald says the population of Lower Canada may
be estimated at about 520,000, that of Upper Canada at
350,t00, and that of the two races in both Provinces at 400,000
French and 470,000 English. The population of Nova Scotia,
New Brunswick, Prince Edward's island, and Newfoundland
is about 30,000.

(From the New York 'Gazette, Oct. 11.)
Madame Caradori Allen is charming the Bostonians with
her syren sounds at the Masonic Temple. She has not ap-
peared at either of the theatres.

The boundary Commissioners and assistants, 12 in all, de-
parted last week from Bangor.for the line and have probably
arr►ved before this time. Their destination is the North West
Angle of Nova Seotia.—Banyor Whig.

ARRIVAL OF THE ROYAL WILLIAM, BRITISH STEAM PACKET,
_ _

TWELVE DAYS LATER FRO3I ENGLAND. •
The steam ship Royal William, Captain Swainson, R.N.,
arrived yesterday in 191 days from Liverpool, by which we
have received our regular files of London papers to the 19ili
of September, Lloyd's lists to the same date, and Liverpool
papers to the 20th. The Royal William left Liverpool on
the 20th, and had a rough passage. She was out of fuel two
days before her arrival, and was under the necessity of burn-
ing every combustible on board, casks, spars, planks. &c. &c.
Having on board no less than 68 pasengers, there was also
some privation in the matter of provisions.

(From the Nor, Herald, October 7th.)
VESSEL BURNT.—The brig Patriot, Capt. Hawley, of this
port, bound to New York, with a cargo of pine fuel, while
lying at anchor in the bite of Gainey Island (four miles be-
low the town) on Saturday night, caught fire about nine
o'ctock, and we regret to state, was entirely destroyed. We
learn that all hands were ashore, except the Captain, who did
not discover the fire until it had spread entirely beyond his
control. The fire is stated to have caught from the camboosse,
through the carelessness of the cook. The French frigate
Astree, and the U. S. frigate Macedonian, promptly des-
patched boats to the assistance of the burning vessel, but be-
fore they could reach her, the fire had complete possession
fore and aft, and running up the masts and rigging, exhibited
a lofty pyramid of flame—a spectacle of melancholy mag-
nificence, interesting, though painful to contemplate. The
brig was towed into shoal water, where her hull, with its com-
bustible cargo, continued to feed the relentless dames during
the night and part of the next day. The Patriot was owned
by Mr. F. Bigelow, of Ibis borough, and we.learn,.is 'insured
by the year in one of the Duston ofiisee.

. -. .

From the New York Gazette, Oct. 12.)
We understand that the agents of the Royal William hrve
decided upon changing her day of sailing from the 18th to
the 20th, (Saturday) at two o'clock, at which time she will
positively sail. But a limited number of passengers will be
taken.

A great meeting was held in Quebec on Wednesday of last
week, for the purpose of expressing the public opinion on the
retirement of Lord Durham from his station, expressing the
highest confidence in the wisdom of his administration of the
Coionial Government, and their apprehension of the conse-
quences that will tesult from his abrupt departure. We find
nothin,,_ however, in the Quebec papers, indicative of the Go-
vernor' General's determination on that subject. Whether
he goes or stays is 'as doubtful now as it was before we re-
ceived the last Canada papers. Lieutenant Governor Arthur,
of the upper province, was on a visit to Lord Durham. The
probability is, that the Earl will return to England and leave
the colonies in charge of Sir John Colborn; who, if we mis-
take not his mettle, will be quite as apt to keep the peace as
his noble predecessor.

( From the New York Gazette, October 13.)
SEA ISLAND Chop.—The Charleston Mercury says, that
at a regular quarterly meeting of the St. Andrew's Agricul-
tural Society, held on the 2nd inst., the committee of in-
spection, after diligently going over and examining all the
crops on James's Island, report as the result of their in-
vestigation, that the cotton crop in that section of the parish,
will not exceed 65lbs. ginned cotton per acre, less than the
half of a fair average crop. Provision crop fair, particularly
the early corn.

The directors of the several banks in New Orleans have
ratifiel the decision of the board of presidents for the com-
mencement of specie payments oh the Ist of January next.
Excli A NGE.—The United States bank is drawing on Eng-
land at 9-1.

TITULAR NPHALE AND THE IRISH SYSTEM or EDU-
CATION.—In our last we commented, at some length,
upon the recent epistle of Dr. Murray, in justification
of the Irish System of National Education. We now
proceed, in fulfilment of our promise, to offer a few
additional strictures on the flaming, denunciations of
that system which appear in .the last letter of the
usurping priest of Tuam. •
It has recently been the boast of our radical con-
temporaries that "the school question has been set at
rest for ever." This boast has been also frequently
echoed 133 fr more than one of our liberal town•council-
lors, whilst addressing the different ward meetings of
their reforming constituents. The letter before us
furnishes us with the means of proving that, in the
Protestant town of Liverpool, the school question can
never be set at rest until the Irish system is finally
banished from the corporation schools. As vie like
plain dealing, we shall at once apprise our radical
opponents, and all who aid and abet them in seeking
to perpetuate among us this infamous and unchristian-
ising system, that we shall continue to agitate for its
expulsion from the public schools of the town. We
shall do this, because we feel it to be a duty impe-
ratively incumbent upon us to labour fur the extirpa-

on of this anti- Protestant and anti- Bible scheme,

The introduction of this system into the Corporation
Schools is avowedly an ,experirnent—an incipient
measure—a first lodgement of the wedge which is de-
signed to sever the affections of the British public
from the established church and religion of the coun-
try. Upon the permanent success or the ultimate
failure of this daring experiment will depend, in a
great measure, the adoption or the rejection of a si-
milar system of national education for England. Those
who have advocated the Irish system in this town, and
who have t ontributed towards its establishment in the
schools supported by the corporate funds, have not hesi-
tated to say that they look upon its introduction into
those schools as-a
preliminary step to its incorporation

in a system of national education. Whilst this ulterior
design is openly avowed, we cannot permit our adver-
saries to boast that "the school question has been set
at rest for ever." A great principle is involved in the
discussion of this vestion. It is thk—whether the
Bible shall or shall not be the basis of popular educa-
tion. The alternative proposed by the liberals is, that

the Bible shall be excluded. This alternative has been
suggested by the Runtish priests. No other plan will
satisfy them. They dread the Bible, because its free
and unrestricted perusal by the people would bring
their craft into danger, by exposing the errors and su-
perstitions of their apostate church. This dread of
the Bible pervades the whole of Dr. APHale's letters.
He appears to be excessively sensitive on the subject.
He would not even have an expurgated edition of
that "dangerous book'; introduced into any school
frequented by the " children of the faithful." He
would not have an extract,' a leaf, or even a text of
the holy scriptures put before the children, unless
doled out by a Popish teacher, accompanied by such
comments as would tend to neutralise its salutary ef-
fects. That this is no exaggeration his own letter
affords the most ample proof.
The last missive from the threatening titular of
Timm is extremely discursive. The variety of the
topics upon which he dilates is so great that we must
leave some of them unnoticed, for the sake of doing
something like justice to his remarks on the Irish sys-
tem of education. The letter (for which we have no
room) is addressed to Lord John Russell, and com-
mences with a candid declaration that the Irish tithe
act has been received by all classes of the Papists of
that country with abhorrence—that it is a " delusion"
to expect that it will pacify the people of Ireland—that
such a hope could not be entertained " without him-
Oiling that the Irish people had lost all their sensibi-
lity to oppression, or that they would patiently endure
all their former wrongs, provided they were called by
another name"—and that " if the Roman Catholics of
Ireland be doomed to pass under the vcke of an alien
and oppressive establishment, it matters nothing to

them whether it is to the landlord or the parson they
are coerced to pay the tribute of their religious servi-
tude." This is, certainly, plain dealing, and affords a
full corroboration of our oft-repeated assertion, that

the Papists of Ireland would never consent to any
other arrangement than the final extinction of tithes

in name and substance, and the' extirpation of the
"alien" Protestant Church.

If there were any room for doubt on this subject, it
would surely' be removed by the very explicit language

employed by WHale,- speaking, as he does, the lan-
.guage Of. the ROtnish heirarchy and the whole Popish
population. • He.says, "Again and again have the
people in an endleSS variety of petitions and solemn
tegol declaredtions,,: that under Ito name or form which
it might assume tic-oo!#=',fhey consent to pay this exe-
crable tribute, and sealed this declaration with their
blood." With respect to the tithe act he further says,
"An attempt is made to perpetuate it under a less ob-
noxious name ;" but that "no sooner is tithe recog-
nised under the appellation of rent charge, than the
latter is assailed with the same hatred which was
rected to the former, and significant indications given
that the same feeling may extend to the whole of the
rent roll." To obviate the latter he sass that " the
landed gentry come forward to mingle and sympathise
with the occupiers in the expression of their utter de-
testation of the new measure." Read and ponder
over thise 'disciples
.expediency, and say what ye
now think-of attempting•to rule the unprincipled Po-
pish rabble of Ireland on the principles of conciliation
and concession 7 Have-your concessions been produc
five of anYgOO4?' Has Catholic emancipation paci-
fied Ireland ? Has the conversion of tithes into rent
charge, accompanied with a sweeping plunder of the
church of one•third of its revenues, satisfied the peo-
ple of Ireland? Let APHale answer the question.
But let us further ask, is it not time that we should
begin to legislate for Ireland on other principles than
those of concession to the demands of the Popish
priests ? Where is concession to end ? Are we to go
on until we have yielded up the Protestant Church
and all the rights of the clergy ? Would even that
pacify Ireland? We confidently answer, No ! There
exists at the present moment in Ireland a widely spread
conspiracy for a general alienation of the whole pro-
perty held by,. the present descendants of the English
settlers in that kingdom—for the re-conquest of Ire-
land—for the annihilation of the influence of Great
Britain in that country. All the proceedings of the
Catholic Association, in all its Proteus like forms, are
rendered subordinate to the consummation of this
grand scheme. A few years will show that we are
guilty of no libel on the Popish population of Ireland
while we continue to assert the existence of this con
spiracy. Sir Harcourt Lees and ot hers have offered to
prove its existence before both houses of Parliament.
The day is not far distant when their evidence will be
required.

But to proceed' with Mr. :'Male's letter. He re.
iterates his assertion that the landlords have resolved
to make common cause with the people in resisting the
tithe act, alleging that they have " leagued themselves
with their tenantry, in constitutional compact," and
that they are at length determined "never to cease
their exertions until they achieve a legal and peaceful
triumph over the common foe." This is the fruit pf
cunOlj:ationl
tot ilea. of the
."approriatisit

clause." He tells Lord John Russell that the longer
he delays the complete settlement of the tithe ques-
tion, (that is•their utter extinction in name and sub-
stance) by contracting the establishment to the wants
of its adherents, and appropriating its revenues to
useful purposes, the deeper will be his embarrass-
ment.

In his denunciations of the Protestant mission at
Achill Dr. M‘Hale indulges in the most furious lan-
guage. He has evidently been made to feel that Po-
pery will not stand the test of examination. He says
that "the English and Irish public are deceived and
insulted by the lying accounts of trading missionaries,
who cross land and sea to make one convert, and when
they convert him, make him a child of hell." We
recommend this mild specimen of Popish aspersion to
the especial notice of our radical contemporaries, who
have lately been so lavish of their abuse of the Pro•
testant clergy who ventured to denounce Popery at
the meeting of the Reformation Society.
In the following passage we see all the persecuting
rancour of Popery bursting forth. Speaking of the
Achill mission Dr. M'Hale exclaims, " Surely such a
disgraceful traffic must be rebuked, it will be said, by
the proprietor of the soil or the government of the
country. The proprietor appears of late to be en-
tirely absorbed in religious concerns, and to feel more
anxiety for the spiritual than the temporal interests of
his numerous tenantry. As for the government, there
is no es idence that they discourage a scheme which is
productive of much annoyance to the inhabitants and
must lead to the worst cf consequences. The coast
guards are all under their control, and it appears that
some of that body have been as zealous in guarding
the natives against the horrors of Popery as they have
been in protecting her Majesty's revenue." From this
language it is impossible to draw any other inference
than that this ttue sort of the church is anxious to put
down the Achill mission by the strong arm of power.
He would have the missionaries forcibly expelled from
the scene of their labours.
From the abuse of the Achill mission, which seems to
be a thorn in his side, M'Hale launches into a whole-
sale denunciation of the Irish system of education.
His anger on this subject scarcely knows any controul.
He has not a single good word to say for it. Of one
of its teachers, appointed, we presume, by mistake, in
his own diocese, he says, " an unprincipled creature,
once a Catholic," but who seems to have alternately
personated a Catholic and a Protestant, " was the
very individual," in the opinion of the board, " fitted
for such a place ;" for we learn that "so completely
did he illustrate in his own person the religious liar.
mony that is aimed at in their system, that to please
the priest he went to mass on Sundays, and on Fri-
days eat meat with the Protestant pastors, to show
what a fit medium he was to reconcile religious dis-
cordance!" The titular is evidently "a whole hog"
man. He would not even have a single Protestant
teacher to he employed in the national schools, even
though his Protestantism might sit so lightly upon hint
as to permit him to attend the mass on Sundays. To
"eat meat on Fridays" is an offence so grave in the
eyes of M'Hale that it at once disqualifies a person
for the office of instructor of the " children of the
faithful." Who will say, after this, that Popery is al-
tered—that " the improved spirit of t'he age" has
tended to purge it of its pristine intolerance and su
perstition ?

A comparison between several parts of the letters
of Dr. M'Hale and Dr. Murray respectively will fur-
nish us with some curious illustrations of the working
of the Irish system of education. For instance, Dr.
M'Hale alleges that the Roman Catholic bishops of
Ireland have come to "solemn resolutions regarding
the choise and dismissal of teachers." Dr. Murray,
on the other hand, distinctly states that the present
operation of the system is perfectly satisfactory to the
majority of the Irish bishops of his persuasion. What
is the evident conclusion ? That these bishops are vir
Wally in possession of the power of choice and dis-
missal of the teachers. Dr. M'Haie again urges that
the inspectors should be Papists, and that no others
would satisfy the Popish hierarchy. Dr. Murray re-
plies by saying that the majority of the inspectors are
Roman Catholics. We should like to be informed
what proportion among them are Protestants. Dr.
M'Hale objects to the Scripture Lessons, and declaims
against " the unbounded range of invidiously insinu-
ating their pernicious doctrines, which the vague and
indefinite interrogatories at the end of these lessons"
afford the Protestant inspectors. Dr. Murray removes
this objection by stating that the adoption or rejection
of the Scripture Lessons is perfectly optional with the
Catholic priests, and that they may substitute for
them other "approved and unobjectionable books."
Do the English advocates of the system need any fur-
ther proofs of its entire subserviency to the purposes
of the Popish priests ?
But it appears, after all, that the System is not ye
sufficiently under the control of the priests : for Dr.
M'Hale informs us, respecting the clergy of his own
diocese, that " impressed with the conviction that
persons profeSsing their creed cannot be tit teachers
for those of a different religion, they came to the wise
resolution of never suffering the children to be under
the controul of Protestant masters and inspectors, the
latter of whom must exercise a dangerous influence
on the simple minds of unsuspecting children." His
principle is asserted to be identical with that of St.
Paul when he " cautioned the faithful even to avoid a
heretic." And yet, after using this stong language,
this fiery bigot cantingly remarks " we feel neither
contempt nor hatred for any on account of their re-
ligious opinions—they are objects of our charitable
sympathies." Is the conduct of Dr.- M'Hale in re-
ference to the Achill missionaries any proof of this
vaunted candour and forbearance ? Is the advice
which he gave to drive away tire " miscreants" with
pitchforks to be taken as a proof of the "charitable
sympathies" which he entertains ? From such tender
mercies may we be ever delivered
The advice which Dr. M'Hale gave to the masters
in his diocese to refuse admission to the inspectors is
a consummate proof of his unbearable impudence.
This, however, is exceeded by the assertion that the
Board " cannot be released from the charge of ec-
clesiastical insubordination, by writing to a clergyman
to dismiss a master in opposition to the commands of
his bishop !"
If the Board should resolve to withdraw their grants
from those schools which are under the influence of
Dr. M'Hale, he gives them, and government a tolera-
bly broad hint of the consequences which may be ap-
prehended. He says that "if they withdraw the grant,
he must be allowed to warn Lord John Russell "tha
half a million of the people and their faithful repre-
sentatives may soon withdraw their confidence from a
government which would encourage such covert perse-
cution." In reference to this threat, the Freeman
(a thoroughgoing Popish journal,) remarks :--" His
Grace has given a very intelligible hint to the Home
Secretary—a hint which his Lordship had better take
in time—for we can assure him that Dr. M'Hale is
one of the very last men in the world to shrink from
what he believes to be his duty. A defalcation of
six in a division—and Dr. M'Hale can influence
the return of that, if not a greater ?limber, of Irish
members—millet be attended with unpleasant conse-
quences to mitisters." We cannot better express our
opinion of this boast than in the emphatic language of
our valued contemporary, the Dublin Evening Mail:
—" Hear this, ye friends and advocates of Catholic
emancipation ! Hear this, ye Roman -Catholic
gentry, and laity, who fondly suppose the authority of
your priests and bishops to be purely spiritual, and
their kingdom not of this world ! Hear this, and
answer how it comes to pass that one Roman Catholic
bishop nominates to six seats in the Imperial House
of Commons, and why it is not to he taken for granted
that every Roman Catholic prelate in the country has
a similar power in a greater or less degree ? Is this
fitting ? Is it safe for a Protestant empire ? Is it
favourable to the civil and religious liberty of any
communion or persuasion in the state ?" These words
ought to convey a warning to every one in this king-
dom who has been deluded into the vain hope of paci-
fying the Papists by concessions.
We must now. part once more with M`Hale and his
fulminating epistles. We have been at some pains
to show, from the authority of the Popish hierarchy
and priesthood of Ireland, that the Irish system of
education, in order to be satisfactory to them, must be
essentially Popish. It must be the same in this town.
file corporation schools, supported almost exclusively
with money derived from the pockets of Protestants,
~an never be in a satisfactory state to the Popish
clergy, unless they become instruments for the spread
of Pciliery.

THE REv. HUGH 1114 NEILE AND, HIS CALUSINIATORB.
—We beg to call the attention of our readers to a
letter in our columns to-day from Mr. A-I'Neile to Dr.
Tattershall.

We paid no attention to the venomous abuse of onr
contemporaries to which Mr. M'Neile alludes. It has
been that rev. gentleman's praise and honour for the
last four years, to have an extra share of such abuse.
The true cause of it is undoubtedly what he assigns
in the conclusion of his letter. He has, with a power
and spirit which his adversaries can neither gainsay—
nor resist, called the attention of multitudes who were
slumbering and careless before, to what Popery was,
and is, and, until her boast of infallibility be renounced, -
must continue to be—viz., a system of tyranny 'when
she dares to tyrannise, and of treachery, duplicity, and
falsehood, when " speaking lies in hypocrisy " • can
better forward her great object.
• We sincerely hope that his labours on this occasion
will not be without much effect, and that the virulence
of his accusers will lead to such increased attention to

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:he practical intolerance of Roman Catholics in this
own, as will accomplish the benevolent and patriotic
ntentions of the rev. gentleman.

THE REFORM ASSOCIATION.—The opinions of the
faction styling itself (and what is self praise " libe-

ral," are so contradictory and conflicting, that we find,
when we calmly and dispassionately sit down and strive
to reconcile them, we must do violence to every Orinc,, Aloik
ciple of rationality and common sense, to arrive _~tf
anything like what are termed "liberal" conclusions,''
That this spurious liberality has received a check in 7'4":
its mail career, is admitted on all hands; and the vim._
lent and rancorous attacks, belched forth by its waspish

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and deluded votaries, against the brightest ornaments
of the Protestant community—the Clergy,—plainly
demonstrate to whom we are, under God, indebted for,..
so cheering and animating a fact being on record.

For an illustration of what we have above advanced,
will not be necessary for us to take any very wide

or discursive flights: we shall proceed no further than.
the Music•hall of our own fair town, from whence, on

Friday evening last, such strains of "divine" melody

emanated, as were calculated, if not to rival, at leist.

o equal, those of classic fable, which used to prove' so

seductive to the unwary mariner as to allure him to

his ruin. The indefatigable Chronicle has, with, its
usual liberality, given to this "airy nothing" a-cor-:
poreal somethingness ;—he has, with Cruicksharrict.4l,...c:,:
precision and nicety, made, as it were, an etching, of

the various drummers, fifers, bagpipers, and.,/torn. -
blowers who emitted music so harmonious. His first'
character (for the thing is so arranged at to have the
most imposing, effect) is Mr. Thos. Blackburn, surgeptt.
The radical tact in selecting this gentleman to perfotm
on the lugubrious bagpipe at such a moment and. in :' •
such a meeting, was decidedly characteristic. It is
painfully galling to the rads to think, that the respec-
table and highly influential body of Methodists of

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Abercromby Ward are determined, at the approaching

municipal election, on supporting Mr. Gladstone-_-%
(the soundness of whose political and' religious Prin-..
ciples are at once tested and confirmed by. his generaLA
bearing and deportment in society)—in preference' to.",;,,riarr's
a man of Mr. Wm. Earle's chameleon-like and 'CriatrYl.-11
dictory character, who is seen to blow hot,init 4111,:;t1, 41,,,
with the same breath! Hence the (once) meek disc's:a/011
center, Thomas Blackburn, is prominently bronerb s,mt ti
forth,.and set up as an idol, before whom, it, "
imagined, dissenters generally will fall down -arts*l4l"c
worship! But all will not do, Doctor, "'WO").
" Medice leipsum," most sapient Doctor I—say your •

outraged and insulted feilow.dissenters:—" You pro

fess to be religious, and a follower of that meek and
lowly Master, who, by example and precept, inculcated

brotherly love and fellowship, without comproMising
the Gospel or allying himself with its enemies;-but
how, do you exemplify such profession ? By hallooing
on an infidel and Popish mob in the abuse and defa-
mation of men whose every faculty and energy, is
devoted to the spread and free circulation of the Scrip-
tures, and who bear a faithful testimony against the

ieretical and soul-destroying doctrines so sedulously
nculcateci by the (now rather stale) modern.schOoi

liberals! You profess also to favour missionary eier,,
tion ; but how do you evince a consistent Siriceriftin
such profession ? By deprecating the bold declaration'
of unpalatable truths to our infidel and idolatrous
low-subjects here at home !—by sanctioning and ally
ing yourself with Popery and infidelity,. and thus
stoutly maintaining that over those 'fearful delusions',.
the curtain of Christian charity should be thrown''
that nothing. should be said or done to awaken or
dis-
turb the poor infatuated and besotted souls
on all sides of us, gliding swiftly down that treacherous ,
stream whose confluence with the ocean- of eternity
must be in eternal ruin ! Oh! Doctor,-Doctor !.

tell von, with all sincerity and earnestriesthat'l/Oit':
are devoid of all Christian charity by pursuing.suat
a course ! You are the enemy of those to whOmAntt,,-;,',...:::
profess friendship! Instead of administering, t4;lifitrr,o
patients, who are labouring under the infineW6fthe'' 4`
4k, Ato:zo
most deadly (mental) poison, the friendly ernei,iicoPl3,,q
are injecting. into the body politic poison as devrfly, :::;
and more delusive and pleasing, viz., confidenWQ
satisfaction in error. We at least, Doctor,'-are "*:
termined nut to be deluded or ensnared by your 4
pills, and we would solemnly warn you to cure your--;
self!' We would beg of you to read and ponder (4„.
what an eminent and pions minister of our own
Dis-
senting Society (Rev. Robert Hall) has embudiect,iri::.
this one short, pithy sentence :—‘ I hold, if there. ,tre
one truth clear as the sun in heaven, it is this—tilerEL
should be no terms of communion but what are terms
of salvation ; and he who is good enough for Christ.,
is good enough for me :'—and also what the primi-
tively Christian divine, Bishop Taylor, has cOnvlo
in the following, viz.:—` To make the way to heaven
straiter than God made it, or to deny tncumninnicito::„.,..:
with those to whom God will vouchsafe to -be, united,-;
and to refuse our charity to those who
faith, because they•have not all our opinions,•ar4 be+ ,•••,`,':
sieve not every thing necessary which I,ve
is impious and schismatical ;—it infers tyranny:on ma,. •:":„,
part, and tempts to uncharitableness in btithi
solves societies, and is an enemy to peace;, is busies
men in impertinent wranglings, and makes them."
neglect those athantages which piety and good life