The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1843-04-28 00:00:00

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ACCIDENTAL DEATH.—An inquest was yesterday held .
be-
fore P. F. Curry, Esq, on the body of a man of the name 9t

work exhibition at the York
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Russell, a labourer, who was killed while discharg
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_:ement in the London papers
.... ,ersary sermon of the Ladies' Hibernian Fe-
male School Society will he preached at St. John's Chapel,
Bedford-row, London, this morning by the Rev. Hugh
M'Neilc. The thirty-first anniversary sermon of the Prayer-
book and Homily Society will be preached in St. Dunstan's
Church, London, on the 4th of May, by the Rev. J. H.
Steuart, of St. Bride's.

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WATER CURE ESTABLISHMENT, 70, MOUNT PLEASANT,
LIVERI'OOL.—We understand that these extensive premises,
which were taken some time ago by Dr. Heathcote, a physi-
cian of considerable experience in the Hydropathic method
of treating diseases, are now in practical operation. Dr.
Heathcote's pamphlet informs us that he studied the principle
and practice of this system at Grafenberg, and we under-
stand that he has since treated with great success various
cases of disease.

CURIOUS CIRCOMSTANCE.—A day or two since a gentle-
man, whilst walking along the shore at Egremont, picked up
a bottle, which on examination he found to contain a piece
of paper, on which was written in pencil the following
words.:—This perhaps will elucilite the mystery that attends
soy fate. On account of the persecutions of a tyrannical
wife, I, Patrick O'ConnOr, have thrown myself into the
Liffey in despair. P. O'Connor." The oriv;inal paper may
be seen at our office.

Loss or TOE BARQUE DALE.—We regret to say that in-
formation has been received from the British Consul at
Lisbon of the wreck of the barque " Dale," of this port,
P. Farley, master, whilst on her voyage to New Orleans,
with a cargo of salt. The barque uaortunately foundered
at sea during the night of the 7th instant, about sixty miles
to the north-westward of the Rock of Lisbon, and the whole
of the ship's company, seventeen in number, were picked. up
in their boats next morning. by the schooner Porto Novo,
and landed at Lisbon on the 9th instant.

MELANCHOLY ACCIDENT.—On Saturday evening last, a.
one of the ferry steamers was moving from the landing-stage
at Seacombe, Captain George Smith, who was stepping fron
the boat to the shore, slipped into the water. A man, name
Evans, one of the hands employed at Seacombe, while
at
tempting to rescue him, fell into the water. Captain Saw
fortunately clung to the stage and was eventually pulled oti
of the water. Evans was carried out of reach, and sun
before any aid could be rendered him. The unfortunate ma
has left a widow and four children
EXCISE. INFORMATION
Thomas Fr,

—fYesterda}•, at the police-eon
Land Duncan M'lntyre, theme

of the ship Polio
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who had been remanded from a previot
.tut the decision of the Board of Customs, v'
placed at the bar, charged with having had on
the ship in their command a quantity of tobacco in di
packages, beimg less quantities than 300 cwt. They in.
pleaded guilty, but said they had it for the use of thewselvi
and the crew. They were fined £lOO each, and, in default
ordered to be imprisoned until such amount be paid.

DEATH FItOM EXCESSIVE DRINKING.—An inquest was
yesterday held before the borough coroner, on view of the
body of a woman named Mary Edge. From the evidence of
police-constable Davies, it appeared that while he was on
duty in the neighbourhood of Bixteth-street, he found the
deceased lying on the footway in an excessive state of intoxi-
cation. With the assistance of another officer she was t3ken
to bridewell, and was afterwards removed to the Northern
Hospital, where she died yesterday morning.—The surgeon
stated that death was caused by excessive drinking. Verdict
accordingly.

COMMITMENT TO THE ASSIZES.-At the police-court
yesterday, a man named Bryan Burns and his wife were
placed at the bar on a charge of beine found in possession of
a quantity of base coin. Police-officer M'Guire said that
in consequence of information he had received he went to
the prisoner's house in Oriel-street. The man, on seeing
him, went to the back and threw a parcel on the top of an
outhouse which he (M'Guire) afterwards found. It contai-
ned ten base shillings in an unfinished state. In his posses-
sion were found five other base shillings in a more finished
state, also an iron spoon. Another officer also found .a par-
cel of base shillings and a bag containing plaister-of-Paris.
The female had recontly been in
,custody for endeavouring
to pass a base shilling at two different places, but was dis-
charged for want of sufficient evidence. The prisoners were
committed for trial atthe assizes.

THE FONDS: WEDNESDAY EVENING. Heaviness in.
prices continues to be the chief feature of the English stock-
market. Although the transactions of to-day have been
limited, the few sales concluded give closing quotations at a
shade lower than yesterday. Bank Stock left off at 180 to
182 ; Consols for
_money, 961- to 2-; and for the account,
96 to ; Three per Cents. Reduced, 953 to ; Three-and-a-
H alf per Cents. Reduced, lOn to i; New Three-and-a-Half
per Cents., 1028 to 4 ; Long Annuities, 128 ; India Stock,
268 to 269; Exchequer-bills, 655. to 675. pm. for the 2d.
issue, and 675. to 695. pm. for the 14.1. issue. The settle-
ment of the half-monthly account in the foreign market
takes place .on Friday. Spanish advanced about 4 per cent.
in the course of business, and left off firmly at the improve-
ment, the New Three per Cents., at the close of the day,
bearing the quotation of 328 to and the Actives 228 to I.
The jobbers are supposed to he in want of stock, and hence
the reason assigned for the reaction noticed. Mexican closed
flat at 29.1. to ; and the Deferred, Bto A. The other foreign
securities remain much the same. Dutch Two-and-a-Half
per Cents. were finally quoted 56; to the Five per Cents.,
100 a to ; Colombian, 211 to 25 ; Brazilian, 75 to 76 ;
Belgian, 105 to 106; Danish, 85 to 86 ; . and Portuguese
Converted, 40 to 11,..

MEETING OF THE DOCK LA BOUI2ERS.—SETTLEMENT OF
THE DISPUTED WAGES.-011 Tuesday afternoon last, a
meeting of the hibourers employed at the docks was held in
the . Assembly-rooms, Lord Nelson-street, at which, such
masters as were inclined to accede to the terms proposed at
a meeting previously held in the Queen's Theatre were in-
vited to attend. The room was crowded, and the meeting
was riotous in the extreme. One of the resolutions was to
the effect that the master lumpers should pay the labourers'
demands, viz., 3s. 6d. per day for 101 hours' work, 6d. per
hour for overtime, Bd. per 100 for bags of salt, with the addi-
tion of ld, for heaving ; ld. per ton for common salt, and
lid. per ton 'for coals. - Mr. Campbell, one of the most ex-
tensive stevedores in the port, was the first to declare his
willingness to pay the amount. He had never he said paid
less, and though no advocate for low wages, he thought that
this turn-oat was a most unseaganable one, having occurred
at a time when freights 'were:low, ships literally doing nothing,
and provisions almost 50 per cent. cheaper than at the same
time on the previous year. Mr. Campbell was followed by
other speakers, one of whom attributed the, reduction in the
wages solely to the men themselves, and prognosticated that
the duration of the present scale would not exceed three
weeks, for directly work was scarce, they would offer their
services at reduced prices. It had been, the case before, and
would be so again. Those sentiments were, of course, not
well received by the body of the persons present, many of
whom attempted to address the 'meeting ; but, though the
proceedings lasted for some time longer, nothing of a decisive
character took. place.

Our readers attention la directed to the following commu-
nication
(translated from the German)„ addressed'tolNlessrs.
Rowlands' agent at Cologne, : 13, Siraitz Euggasse, Co-
logne, May 23, 1841. D'ir. Thomas S. Ditoes,—Sir,—l have
much pleasure in informing you of the extraordinary effects
of ROWLAND'S M ACASSAR OIL:' for above nine:years I
had not a particle of hair on my head, when I was casually
recommended to give this celebrated oil a trial. I accord-
ingly purchased two
.bottles at your establishment, and
strictly followed the printed directions; in the course of two
months my head was covered with fine short hair, which I
then had cut off, and continued to persevere in the use of the
oil. The result is, that after five months perseverance I can
now boast of as good a head of hair
.as any man in this city.
In :instice to the inventors I make this acknowledgment, and
W i
iall feel great pleasure in satisfying any enquiry.—l salute
yon ,vith respect, ADAM BAUER, Bth Artillery Brigade."—

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CLAIM FOR DAN/ACE TO A FLAT.—On Wednesday, the
Captain of the King Orry steamer, appeared before Mr.
Rushton at the Police-court, as defendant in an application
made by the master of a flat called the Helen, for compen-
sation for damages done to the latter vessel by the former.
The evidence for the applicant went to show, that while the
flat was lying at anchor opposite George's Pier, the steamer
carelessly (as it was alleged,) ran against her and damaged
her considerably. Itlappeared, appeared, however, from the evidence
of the defence, that a long string of flats was lying anchored
from opposite the sea-wall from Blackaller's Bank south-
ward to near the buoy opposite George's Pier, northward;
so that the steamer could not get in without going round, a
long way to south, or endeavouring to pass within the appli-
cant's flat and another not far from the buoy, where there
was a wider space than between any of the other flats. In
adopting the latter course, the space even there being cir-
cumscribed, the steamer came in contact with the applicant's
flat, and hence the damage complained of. It was proved,
however, that this flat, (as well as others,) contrary to the
rules provided for the convenience of vessels coming to or
leaving the basins or the sea-wall, was anchored inside the
line of the two buoys which arc parallel with the wall; and
that consequently thhoemcosmatplmainra. nAtswkaeswh,itmheselfatfault.
harbour-master,This
was proved by, amongst others, a respectable boatman who
li,taud,thptuorns, wued his avocation on the river for forty years.—Mr.
consequently decided that the captain of the flat could not
recover damages, and dismissed the complaint. He also
gave instructions to the effect, that the police-officers on duty
at the Pier-head, should look to the position of the flats,
and on finding any of them within the buoys, give informa-
tion to the Pier-master, so that they might be fined. The
regulation alluded to is painted on a board fixed at the pier,
and masters of flats would do well to observe it in future.
BIR.KENUEAD COMMISSIONERS.—A recent number of the
Chester Chronicle, after some allusions to the multitudinous
hills introduced session after session into parliament by the
Birkenhead Commissioners for what they call the improve-
ment of the township, thus concludes some remarks on the
k subject of an action tried at the late Chester Assizes, "We
should have never thought of the thing, had it not been for
\
' the defence the commissioners set up at the late assizes, in
' bar of the claim of Mr. Cole, for work done under a contract
1 with them, entered into by their surveyor under their orders,
: 1 and on their behalf, and which was proved to have been exe-
cuted

dishonest we ever saw set un in a court of justice. It wa:.:
altogether based on the wrong doings and illegal acts of the
commissioners. We will just recapitulate a few of the points.
First,—they objected' to the contract, though on a printed
form supplied from their own office, because the terms were
contrary to the statute, and also because the act directed that
contracts should be executed by the cleric or three commis-
sioners, and contained no authority for the surveyor being
the contracting party! Again,—that the street contracted to
be made was not a street in the meaning of the act, and con-
sequently they had no authority to contract for its formation,
paving, or soughing! Again,—that, by their own default,
they could not reimburse themselves from the owners of the
land, inasmuch as they (the commissioners) had not given
the notice required by the act to such owners to do such
work, the alternative being that only in case they do not do
it, then only shall the commissioners proceed to do it; and
consequently they were not legally bound to pay Mr. Cole
These are sufficient to show that the real character of the
defence was a sort of self-inflicted outlawry, which even the
tender conscienced commissioners seem not ashamed of.
Mr. Justice Maule very significantly expressed his opinion
of the defence : and at the close, pithily said, " I'll take the
points down, but in my opinion they amount to nothing: for
you may add a good many 'nothings together, still they will
only make nothing." They, however, amount to this,—
that the Birkenhead Commissioners purposely drag trades-
men into what they fancy are illegal, and consequently in-
operative, contracts, with the view of playing fast or loose
with them, just as suits themselves. We shall return to the
subject again. We know no body of men that more require
looking after than the Birkenhead Commissioners."
CONIPLAINT AGAINST A PAWNBROKER.—On Wednesday
a complaint was preferred at the Police-court, by a man of
the name of John Finney, against Elias Moss, pawnbroker,
Great Crosshall-street, for an overcharge of interest on arti-
cles pledged at his shop. Mr. Counsellor Venables appeared
for the defendant, and requested that the whole of the wit-
nesses shoulc be ordered out of court, which was complied
with by Mr. Rushton. The complainant stated that he was
a clerk ; that on the 18th of March he went to Mr. Moss's
shop, and tendered him a watch to pledge for £3, but on
defendant refusing to lend that amount upon it, he offered
another watch in addition ; and on the two, obtained the sum
stated, bat from which a deduction of fid. was made for the
ticket. (Mr. Rushton remarked, that the amount allowed
by law was only 2d.) On Wednesday last he (witness) went
to redeem the watches,' when £3. ls. was demanded, which
he immediately paid; but on reaching the bottom of Great
Crosshall-street, a boy followed him and tendered him some
change in copper, which he refused to take. This witness
was severely cross-examined by Mr. Venables, but without
anything material to the case being elicited. He stated that
he had been clerk, and also Sergeant in a regiment, and
though he was now out of a situation, and had not been
employed as clerk in a merchant's office, he considered him-
self 'competent to fill such a situation, and therefore entitled
to that appellation. He denied that he had ever been a
common informer, or that he had previously lodged an in-
formation against a pawnbroker. Dennis Quick, a labourer
in the employ of the Gas Company, corroborated the latter
part of the evidence against the defendant. Three witnesses
—two of Mr. Moss's apprentices and a woman of the name
of M'Avoy—were called for the defence, and two of them
stated that 3d. in copper was offered to the complainant on
his leaving the shop ; but in the evidence of the last examined,
there was considerable discrepancy. Mr. Venables said, he
hoped Mr. Rushton would dismiss the complaint. Mr.
Rushton said, " I shall do no such thing : I shall convict the
defendant in the full penalty of £lo.' Mr. Moss here re-
marked, "The decision is against both law and justice."
Mr. Rushton : .",If you dare to repeat that, I'll fine . you
£lO, and you shall not leave the court until it is paid..'
After a pause, Mr. Rushton added, that when Mr. Moss first
mentioned the case to him, on Saturday last, he (Mr. Rush-
ton) certainly thoughts it a hard one; for then Mr. Moss
said, that immediately on his discovering the mistake, he
sent the boy after the complainant; but from the evidence
now before the court, it was proved that he (the defendant)
was not himself present at the time. Mr. Venables then
gave notice of appeal on behalf of his client.
THE FEMALE ;PENITENTIARY.—The annual meeting
of the subscribers and friends of this excellent Institution,—
the thirty-second since its commencenient,—was held yester-
day evening, at the Institution-house in Slater-street The
attendance was pretty numerous, including a considerable
.number of ladies. The chair was occupied by Mr. Charles
' R. Jones. Mr. Loxdale Eden read the report which was
of an interesting nature. It stated that the number of peni-
tents happily restored to their friends, or placed in respecta-
ble service was twenty-five,—fully the average number of for-
mer years. Accounts were also frequently received from in-
dividuals, now, in decent and creditable circumstances, who
had years ago been inmates of the institution, and who ex-
pressed their grateful thanks to the conductors, for the be-
nefits they had received through its instrumentality. The
only discouragement was the diminution of yearly subscrip-
tions and donations, partly owing to the pressure of the
times, and partly to the decrease or removal of many
valued friends and subscribers. The committee found it
difficult to supply these chasms by new subscribers, unless
more effectually.aided by the friends of the charity at large.
They therefore called upon every individual io use every
available influence to meet the emergency. The number of
applicants in the house during the year (including those re-
mained as per last report) was 116, of whom there now re-
mained 57. The expenditure had been rather less owing to
the reduction iu the prices of provisions. The support for
each individual was about £7, being £2 less than last year.
The sum of 1:354 had been received for work done by peni-
tents, a proof of the habits of industry inculcated. Tire ef-
forts of the committee had been zealously seconded by the
Ladies committee, whose sersices were beyond all praise.
The report concluded by a strong appeal to the friends of
the institution and the public generally, and appended were
given a number of cases in which its influence had been the
means of reclaiming individuals from sin and misery, to
stations of honesty and respectability. The treasurers' ac-
counts were then read, Dom which it appeared that the in-
stitution was considerably in debt, to the amount, indeed, of
some
nandduen
distributedd
oe ds.
increase The agreed to ; that it be prin-
twhesubscribers ; and that efforts
subscriptions. Resolutions were
stbeedmat ramongst
thero e
n fortst ts
also agreed to appointing the usual committees, and also a
committee to devise and prosecute the best means of re-
treinevtlienige the finjaaispeakers were the following Rev.
Lister, Dr. Jliff, F. Parry, S. Cragg,
gentlemen:—James finances. The
—Kelly, Cave Brown Cave ; Mr. Thomas Crook, &c,
They made very eloquent and touching appeals in behalf of
the institution, dwelling on the dreadful effects of the sin
which it sought to reduce, and urging increased exertions. A
general feeling seemed to prevail that the institution,
and the benefit it was calculated to confer on the town
were not sufficiently known, and an understanding was
come to that the committee especially appointed to solicit
for support, should do their utmost to enlist the sym-
pathies of the town for that purpose. The Rev. Mr. Cave
gave in his name as a subscriber, and also the names of ten
others. A subscription was also annonnced of ten guineas
front his worship the Mayor. Thanks being voted to the
Chairman, the meeting separated.

DAMAGE TO A VESSEL.--Yesterday, at the Police-court,
Captain Core, of the schooner Sovereign, appeared before Mr.
Rushton, to claim injury done to his vessel,. the Sovereign,
by one of the steam tugs ronning against her. He stated
that on the 15th instant he went along side the wall at the
entrance of the Brunswick Dock, waiting his turn to get in.
By direction of the pier master he hauled a iittle astern from
his first position, and remained there as ordered until after a
ship had come out of the entrance in tow by the Blanch
steam tug, when the Mona steam tug which had taken a po-
sition rather a-head of him came backwards towards him,
ran against his vessel with one of her paddle-boxes, thrust
her against the wall, and curried away a considerable length
of her bulwarks and covering board on both sides. ' The
Mona, he said, might have gone to the other side of the en-
trance out of the way. The repair of the damage had already
cost £l2. The Steam-tug Company were ably defended by
Mr. Peter Wright, who endeavoured to shew that the ship
that was coming out being swung round by the strength of
the tide had first run against the Mona, and from her against
the Sovereign, and that the Mona was in her usual place
when wanted to tug out vessels. It appeared, however, from
further evidence and from the .cross-examination, that the
Mona was at fanit in taking such a position in the way of the
ship ; that she should have kept further astern as she might
have have done ; and that even the captain of her, who was
on the quay at the time, had said to the mate, who was in
charge of her, as soon as he saw the conduct, " If you had
backed as I told you this would not have happened !" This
settled the case, and Mr. Rushton said the Steam-tug Com-
pany must pay the damage, but the vessel should be surveyed
before a, person sent by each of the parties, and the amount
assessed by Mr. Askew, the harbour-master, who was in
court. The parties then left the court.
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GRATIFYING TESTIMONIAL.—A few weeks since we no-
ticed a very elegant silver candelabrum then on view in Mr.
Doke's shop, Lord-street, and intended as a present to Sir
Hugh Pallisser, Bart.. of Wexford, from his tenantry. We
find by the Wexford Independent that this tribute of grati-
tude has been presented to the worthy Baronet, of whose
benevolence that journal speaks in the highest praise. An
address accompanied this testimonial, in the course of which
the tenants say, " This lamp, which will be frequently burning
on your table, will be emblematic of that ardent love, which
glows in our hearts towards you, our kind and benevolent
landlord—and we sincerely hope will tend to perpetuate be-
tween our children and your descendant, down to the latest
posterity, that mutual friendship and good will, which should
ever subsist between landlord and tenant." To this, Sir
Hugh returned a very kind reply from which the following is
an extract e—" The sentiments of affection and attachment
you express for me are flattering in the highest sense of the
word, and 1 sincerely trust and hope that my future conduct
towards ycu all will be such as to increase (if possible) the
love and affection that now so happily subsists between us.
Since I came to Ireland I have had constant intercourse with
you all ; and I am proud to say, that the better I know you,
the more I am convinced that few landlords can boast of such
a set of tenantry. Industry will ever have its reward, and
such is your case; content and happiness reign in every house
—long, very long may it continue. I must now refer to the
beautiful present you have this day presented me with. But
I find words inadequate to express the pride I feel when look-
ing at it. knowing, as I do, that it is the gift of affection, and
as such, my friends and tenants, I accept the elegant piece of
plate, with the liveliest feelings of gratitude, and with my
most fervent prayer that health and happiness, and every
comfort may attend von."
IRON HorsEs.—We gave in our last a brief description
of the iron palace now on view near the Custom-house, and
intended for King Eyambo, one of the African Princes, on
the Calabar river. The history of the building of this struc-
ture is as follows .—Sme time ago a handsome house of
wood was sent out from this port, for the use of a rival
Prince on the same coast, which, when erected, became, like
the British constitution, the envy of surrounding nations and
the admiration of the (African) world. On this, King
Eyambo determined to be milli secundus in the accommoda-
tion of his royal self and his 320 wives, and resolved
to have a palace built, superior not only to the wooden house,
but to any thing ever seen on the coast of Africa. With this
design, his Majesty gave the order for the house just com-
pleted by Mr. Laycock. - Unfortunately, the exchequer of
King Eyambo, like that of a few other Princes who might
be named, was not quite equal to the splendour of his de-
signs ; and lie was compelled to fix limits to the cost of the
palace, which have rendered it impossible to construct it
altogether of iron. A considerable quantity of wood has, in
consequence, been introduced into the building. This is to
be regretted, as it exposes his Majesty to the danger of being
burnt out of house arid home by a chance spark, and to the
certainty of being eaten out of it by the wood lice and white
ants, which swarm in his dominions, as in all other tropical
climates. We are glad to learn that there is a prospect of
the experiment of iron structures being tried on a great scale
in the West Indies. The French Government is now mak-
ing inquiries, and seeking estimates of the cost of rebuilding
entirely with iron the unfortunate city of Point-ii-Pitre, in
the island of Guadaloupe,lhr own down by the late earth-
quake, and afterwards utterly consumed by fire. It is said
that one reason why wooden houses, though so much'
safer in countries exposed to earthquakes, are so little used
in the West Indies, is, that the rate of insurance upon them
is so heavy as to render the expente unbearable. In some
cases it amounts to three per cent. per lIWRIIII,

CORRESPONDENCE,

THE FLAG AT THE TOWN-HALL

TO THE EDITOR OF THE LIVERPOOL STANDARD,

Sru,—Having on several recent occasions observed, on
the death of members of the Royal Family, that the Royal
standard, hoisted lialf•mast over the portico of the Town-
ball, and also the flags on the church towers, have been torn
almost to shreds by the wind, permit me to suggest to the
authorities that flags of stronger texture, and rather smaller
in size, should be provided for foul weather. The flag now
flying at the Town-hall is of silk, and must have cost a very
considerable sum. I know not whether it be a spare one or
an old one ; but certain it is that the after-part of it is re-
duced to ribbons, and that its appearance is by no means
creditable to the town. A smaller royal standard might be
made of strong buntain (the worsted fabric used for flags in
the navy and merchant service), and would be found, from
its transparency, nearly as handsome as silk, and would at
the same time stand "the tussle of a breeze much longer.
The silk standard might then he preserved for high-days and
holidays when the weather is fine. I would also suggest that
the flags (in cases of mourning for some days) should be
struck at sundown, and again hoisted in the morning. At
present they are left up all night, and are consequently sub-
jected to double tear and wear.
I am, Sir, yours, &C.,
NAUTICUS.

SIGNS OF THE Ti Ks —At a sale which took place the
other day at Tradeston Of the household furniture, horse,
cart, &c. of a carter, the horse ,(we are told rather a working
animal,) sold for four
shillings anil ,eightpence; the cart,
wheels,
.and axle for eight shillings ; and the household fur.
n!ture for six shillings and sixpence,—tuaking a total of
nineteen shillings and twopence !
The expenses of the sale
were not less than three 'pounds, and the preferable taxes
payable by the landlord one pound fourteen shillings :1
gow Paper.

-Glee-

THE DISTRESS IN PAISLEY.—The highest number of
people on the Paisley relief list was 14,791 ; this was on the
11th, of November, 1842. The number on the list this (last)
week is 835. The relief committee at their meeting on Thurs-
day last came to the resolution that their distribution of pro.
visions to the unemployed should cease on Saturday, the 29th
instant. The total number of men on the relief list this week
is 70. This includes still a few plain weavers, but the greater
part of them are dyers, and other trades which have not yet
partaken of the improvement,—Caledonia4 Mercury.

GREAT PUBLIC MEETING, TN LIVERPOOL, IN
FAVOUR OF THE FACTORIES' EDUCATION
BILL.

Yesterday, at twelve o'clock, a great public meeting of the
inhabitants of Liverpool was held in the Royal Amphitheatre,
for the purpose of receiving and adopting a petition to the
Houses of Parliament, in favour of the bill brought forward
by government for the extension of religious education in the
manufacturing districts. The spacious edifice was completely
filled, and never did we observe within its walls a more•en-

thusiastic and unanimous auditory. Among those on the
platform we observed, among others, the following clergymen
and gentlemen :—Revs. Rector Campbell, H. M`Neile, C.
W. Lawrence, F. Ould, J. R. Connor, H. Hampton, J.
Cordeaux, W. Rawson, S. Boutdower, A. Knox, F. Parry,
W. Maynard, W. Butler, B. A. Marshall, W. J. Purdan,
Hughes, Bailey, W. Dwyre, W. Bush, Etough,
W. Bromilaw, T. Gardner, Green, W. W. Ewbank, E.

Jones, S. Cragg, T. Bold, Dr. Tattershall, Dover, D.
James, Higgins, Irwine, W. Falloon, R. Davies, W.
A. Cane, E. Stokes, T. Carter, A. M'Conkey, Whitley,
W. Badham, Radnall, Walker, Mallinsan ; J.
B-Moore, Esq., C. Turner, Esq., J. Aspinall, Esq., S. L.
Trotman, Esq., J. A. Tinne, Esq., J. B. Lloyd, Esq., D.
Hodgson, Esq., A. Hodgson, Esq., T. B. Horsfall. Esq.,

. .
W. Jones, Esq., C. Inman, Esq., P. P. Glazebrook, Esq.,
B. Moore, Esq., R. W. Preston, Esq., J. Rigby, Esq., C.

• .
Boutflower, Esq., E. Jones, Esq., 3. Robertson, Esq., J.
Howard, Esq., J. Sheppard, Esq., T. Carson, Esq., W.
Birkett, Esq., J. Booker, Esq., C. Cotesworth, Esq., J.
Edwards, Esq., S. Sandbach, Esq., J. S. Leigh, Esq., R.
A. Payne, Esq., C. Ironside, Esq., J. Tyrer, Esq., S. John-
son, Esq., F. Shand, Esq., J. Leyland, Esq., D. Waterhouse,
Esq., Ackers, Esq., J. Parker, Esq., J. Pownall, Esq.,

J. Plumpton. Esq., LBrocklebank, Esq., J. 11. Webster,
Esq., W. Maples, Esq., J. Middleton, Esq., R. J. Roper,
Esq., Richard Sanders, Esq., T. Brassey, Esq., Dover,
Esq., John Wilkinson, Esq., R. Woodward, Esq., G.

Langtry, Esq., Batty, Esq., R. Sherlock, Esq.
On the motion of Mr. DAVID IlooosoN, seconded by Mr.
J. A. TINNE, EDMUND MOLYNEUX, Esq., Chairman of the
Education Committee of the Town-council, was unanimously
called to the chair.

Mr. MOLYNEvx, on assuming the chair, was received with
loud and general cheers. He said that in accordance with
the wishes of the meeting he had the honour and pleasure to
take the chair. (Cheers.) He considered it a great honour
and privilege to be placed in that situation. (Hear.) The
object of the meeting was, that the friends of Scriptural
Education might have an opportunity of expressing their
sentiments in approbation of the measure which Sir James
Graham had brought forward for the religious education of
children in the manufacturing distrists. (Hear, hear.) It
would be useless for him to attempt to enter into the details
of the measure, as ether gentlemen would address the meet-
ieg on that subject who were more competent to do it jus-
tice. (Hear, hear.) The Chairman read a letter from the
Rev. Frederick Barker, expressing his regret at being un-
able to attend the meeting, but authorising his signature to
be appended to the petition ; after which he called upon the
mover of the first resolution.
The Rev. AUGUSTUS CANIPDELL, Junior Rector of Liver-
pool, then stepped forward, and amidst great cheering
proceeded to move the resolution. The rev. gentleman
spoke nearly as follows. Mr. Chairman, although totally un-
fitted by want of health and want of inclination to address
such a meeting as this, still I feel constrained, by the un-
speakable importance of the measure which has broueht us
together, to come forward and propose the first resolution.
I come forward, Sir in a spirit of perfect charity with all
men, anxious to avoid every expression of offence, and ani-
mated solely by a fervent desire to promote the interests of
that people in whose service I am employed as a minister of
the Gospel. (Cheers.) And surely, Sir, it is impossible for
any man, who has this desire uppermost in his mind, to con-
template the state of the manufacturing classes without the
deepest sorrow and alarm ; it is impossible, I think, for any
one who prays for the peace of his native land, to look upon
the picture which Lord Ashley has drawn of its moral disorder
with so skilful a hand, and not to feel, that we may be figu-
ratively said to stand, as it were, upon the breast of a volcano
ready to burst around our feet in awful conflagration. (Hear,
hear.) Now, sir, the remedy for this state of moral disorder
is education (cheers ;) but I believe that no effective system
of education can be established in the manufacturing dis-
tricts but by the Goverment, and that the Government must
make it, to a certain extent, compulsory. (Hear.) All hope
of educating the manufacturing population upon the volun-
tary system, has hitherto failed, and I believe will continue
to fail. (Hear, hear, and cheers.) I think the experience of
half a century, of more than half a century, I may say, has
proved this to demonstration; but, then, Sir, the education
thus nationally undertiken by a Christian governinent must
he a Christian education—(hear, hear)—recognising the au-
thority of the Christian revelation, and based upon the im-
mutable Word of God. (Loud cheers.) The self-styled
" poor man's friend" offers him consolation under the mise-
ries of this life, by robbing him of every hope and expecta-
tion of a better; and stimulates him to improve his condition
in this world by the plunder of factories and the burning of
parsonage-houses. (Hear, hear.) Now, sir, it is necessary
he should be trained up as a child in better lessons than these
—in that religion which alone teaches every roan, whatever
his condition may everywhere be, to be content—which in-
structs the rich man how to be abased, and the poor man
how to abound. Here unfortunately our difficulties bed's—
difficulties consequent upon our religious divisions ; I sup-
pose, however, we must not complain too loudly, because I
fear they are the necessary consequence of that religions
freedom which we prize so dearly, and which we cannot re-
sign. (Cheers.) Some would get rid of those difficulties in
a very summary way—that is, by excluding Christianity from
the business of the school, and by only permitting it to be
taught upon the voluntary system, by the ministers of reli-
gion if they choose to teach it, and to the people if they
choose to learn it. (Hear.) Now, sir, I hope to God that no
Christian Government will ever sanction such a scheme as
this. (Cheers.) I hope that no Christian Government will
sanction anything but a Christian education, based upon the
Word of Gon. (Cheers.) And here the conflict arises be-
tween those who claim a monopoly of influence for the
established church, and those who would give the established
• church no influence at all. In answer to those who would
claim a monopoly of influence for the established church, I
would venture to say, with humble deference to their judg-
ment, and with the profoundest respect for their conscienti-
ous convictions, that if the government in the national
schools provide for the teaching of God's holy word in that
authorized version which it yeeogpizes to be the true one,
and provide for the teaching of the children of the church,
in the principles of the church, and give the clergy a sufficient
L influence in the managernentof the schools, and provide, for
the exclusion of error, for the appointment of schoolmasters
that belong to the established church, it does all that is con-
sistent with the principle of •religious toleration, and all, I
. humbly think, that the Bible requires. (Cheers.) The
human mind must have liberty in all religious matters,
and ought to have liberty • and, certainly, any attempt
to destroy that liberty will introduce evils much greater
than any that can be remedied by authorised uniformity.
(Hear, hear.) The question to be resolved is this—
may the civil government assist in the education of those who
do not belong to the Established Church? That the Bishop of
Exeter, if he is rightly reported, in the debate in the House
of Lords, upon the sth of July, 1839, answers—That the
government may so assist in the education of those who do
not belong to the Established Church. (Hear.) " If I am
asked," he says, " whether the state is generally to assist in
the education of persons who do not belong to the church
recognised by the state, I will answer most readily ; I think
it right the state should give such assistance; but if I am
asked whether the state should give aid, especially in the
way of teaching doctrines which the church believes to be
false to religion, then I say, with equal candour, the state
would depart from its first duty if it dared to do so." (Hear,
hear,) The Archbishop of Canterbury is reported to have
said, upon the same occasion, " I would not be understood
to say that consideration ought not to be had for those who
religiously dissent from the Established Church." (Cheers.)
If, then, the state establishes schools, excluding error, but
providing for the sufficient teaching of the truth in God's
holy Word, and calls upon me as a clergyman to come in and
instruct the children belonging to the church, I do not see
how I can conscientiously refuse, even although dissenters
are admitted into the schools and not obliged to learn
the catechism. (Hear.) And, besides, I would venture
to insinuate to those who are most anxious to make dissen-
ters learn the catechism, although I would use this argument
cautiously, because I know it will cut both ways—l say I
would venture to insinuate to those, that one of the best ex.
pedients for inducing dissenters to learn the church cate-
chism is to tell them they need not learn it unless they please.
(Hear.) John Bull, particularly a dissenting John Bull, is
that sort of person that if you tell him he must do such a
a thing, he has a great propensity to say he won't (laugh-
ter); therefore, if you say to him that his child must learn
the catechism, ten to one he would gay "he shan't." (Re-
newed laughter.) But if you tell him the catechism is a very
good thing, that though called popish, it really is not popish,
and you wish be would learn it; you wish he would allow
his child to learn it; but if he won't you can't help it, and
you will not complain, the probability is, he will allow you
to teach it him. (Cheers.) Again, if I am told, if I as a
clergyman am told that I am bound to " banish and drive
away all strange and erroneous doctrines," and therefore I
cannot go into the school unless I am permitted to force my
own doctrines upon all the children of the school ; to that
I would reply, that really the best way of " driving away
strange and erroneous doctrines," and making the true doc•
trine acceptable to the people, is by gentleness, and kindness,
and forbearance, and charity ; by persuading them, in fact,
to accept the truth, and not attempting to force it upon then.
(Hear, hear.) I know it is prophecied of that Blessed
Saviour in whose footsteps I am commanded to walk, he was
neither to strike nor to drive, nor to lift up his voice in the
streets • and I know he was never tempted to anything that
savoured of the appearance of violence, except upon one
occasion, when he drove indignantly and ignominiously from
the temple those who had turned it into a den of thieves;
and I think it becomes us, as far as we possibly can, to.imi-
tate his example, and never to employ force when we can, by
any possibility, succeed by persuasion. -Here, sir, I really
believe is the secret of half the opposition which is raised to
this'Government measure. There are some people who are
very much afraid of proselytism, and' who think that too
great an advantage will be given to the church by the ad-
mission, the authoritative admission, of the clergy, into these
schools ; but this, sir, I must maintain, is a fear to which
Government ought not concede, because, I do not thine
it is a fear in which the people will sympathize. (Hear.) I do
not believe that the people are afraid of the teaching of the
church, or the presence of a clergyman ; I believe that the
people, generally speaking, are very much afraid of Popery—
(loud cheers)—and my friend Mr. M'Neile takes very good
care that that fear shall notslumber in their bosoms. (Cheers
and laughter.) If the people are told that the catechism is
popish, and the clergy teach popish doctrines, then I think
they will be very shy of hearing the catechism or listening
to, the teachings of the clergy ; and I shall not be one to
blame them tor their shyness; but, sir, the fact is this, the
catechism is not •popish, the clergy do not preach popish
doctrines; therefore, I do not see why the government should
not recommend the teaching of the church to the people. If
compulsion is not to be. sed, apd if the people choose volun-
tarily to come to the teaching of the ,churcte then I say that
that is proselytism, which the government, so far from dis-
couraging, are bound to encourage; it is a preSeletisna of
persuasion, and not of force, and one to which I say no one
has a right to object, whatever his religious and political
opinions may be. (Hear.) Besides, sir, with regard tb this
part of the subject, as has been well argued in the Spectator,
a -journal generally favourable to the people—and here I
might leave the question—" the regulations of the bill put
the entire controul of national education into the hands of
government, which is responsible to the people. A majority
of the local trustees are appointed from the justices who are
appointed by the responsible government; the inspectors are
appointed by government; the Committee of Privy Council
have power of check over the regulations, thereby ensuring
liberty of conacience; the system must be worked by the mi-
nisters,of the gag ; the ministers of the day must conform to
the sense of the House of Commons, and the House of Com-
mons is elected .by the people," What more, then, need
be done to insure a popular system of education? (Hear,
hear.) I do hope and tsust, therefore, that the friends of
the people will all unite in supporting this system—(loud
cheers)---not as a perfect system, bAcause that As itovossible,

However, for elearnea, and for eenvepience In L 1
four healsoo3loo, it
may be proper to present them to )ou under ds.
(Hear, hear.)
First,—The advocates of general knowledge without re-

perfect ILI
opinion, and the present state of human
the present state of
Imtmrust, that the clergy will
but the system is as
1 earnestly hope, and I may say,than infirmity will public
government on this
momentous question. (Hear.): •
do all they can to co-operate withl
am sure
that they will do
hope they will take care that their
le raer )
well—a n di
in
nothing but what their consciences
the government more
formed—that they do not exact tro n
exact ;
s aolUpsrcoievrei consciences
hope and
trust -‘
that the go-
other baud I do most sincerelyand upon the
than the Bible cow mends them to
mmoved by the violence
tinned cheer)—that they will !gilt
satisfy—(renewed
_(reaewed
cheers)
yen-intent upon their side will be r —(great and long con-
of those whom no coneesson will
ver ywill satisfy, short of
—whom, I say
the violence of any
hear.) I hope they will not be moved
as will compel the
the entire destir'ioectrolliiceoritolll‘'e. satalebeldiehhed church. (Hear,
such men, to make such concessions
p , sir, they will not be
government schools. (Hear.)
o e from giving to the
clergy, as a matter of conscience,
hope,
refuse to enter into the
doctrines, that influence in
church, her ministers, and her
are entitled to demand.
prevented by any intimidation whatever. _
the government schools which. they
r confidence to the pro-
it became her, trusting in respect.o
• (Loud cheers.) The church, sir, hiherto. has been silent as
tection of a christian government,
but though silent she has
and willing to obey the
powers that arc ordained of God ;
not slept, and if she is roused, she will speak in a voice that
must and will be heard. (Tremendous cheers.) I will now
sir, bring my observations to a close. I can assure you it
was with the greatest possible reluctance that I consented to
appear at this meeting, because I am fully conscious of the
febleness with which I have been obliged to propose this
resolution, (cries of " No, no,") and of my inability to do it
justice; but, sir, I was most earnestly requested to give to
this meeting that-small sanction which my situation in the
town enables me to give, (hear, hear,) and I could not con-
scientiously refuse. (Cheers.) It is a question, sir, upon
which I feel most deeply ; because I believe that upon the
skilful and religious management of it, the safety of this
great empire may in some measure be said to depend.
(Hear,
hear.) I therefore am afraid to trust my feelings, to
say all I should be disposed to say upon the occasion, lest
should try my own weakness and your patience too long.
(No,
My heart, I. can assure you, is warm within me ;
and no.)
if I were to allow the fire to kindle, I do not know how
long it might burn. (Hear.) I will therefore conclude
. these few observations, again apologisiag for the feebleness
with which I have advocated the question, and thanking you
for the patience with which you have listened to me. (H ear.)
I have one word more to say, which is, simply, to express
my anxious hope that this, which is the cause, I believe, of
God's truth, will be argued without any acrimony, and with
that meekness and gentleness which its truth deserves. (The
rev. gentleman was loudly cheered on resuming his seat.)
Mr. T. B. HORSFALL, amidst much applause, rose to se-
cond the resolution. He said, although Mr. Chairman, our
worthy rector has said everything upon the subject of this
resolution which the object of it may scent to require, or its
importance demand, I cannot deny myself the pleasure of
making one or two observations upon the great question of
Scriptural education, which is maintained in the resolution.
(Hear, hear.) No one, I think, who has read the proceedings
of the House of Commons,—who has read the details of the
fearful state of demoralization in our manufacturing districts,
can hesitate for one moment in saving that any government
which has the slightest paternal regard for the people, is in
duty bound to bring forward some remedy for this crying
evil. (Hear, hear.) Sir, it was a source of great satisfac-
tion, certainly to me, to read the proposition of Sir Jas. Gra-
ham, and to see that proposition received, as it were, with
almost unanimity by the House of Commons. (Applause.)
Sir, we received that proposition in the spirit in which it was
offered. (Hear.) We always, we must, perhaps, as Church-
men say, wished to have gone a little further upon some
points ; yet, as Christian men, we accept it; we received it as
a harbinger of peace and good will ; but Sir, if there be those
who are determined it shall not be so received, if there are
those who being. continually opposed to Scriptural Education,
and who are still opposed to this measure,—then, sir, I say it
is time we should not be content with simply defending what
is good in this bill, but we may even ask for more where we
think it is deficient. (Loud cheers.) I am not sir, one of
those to whom the rector has alluded, who would insist upon
an exclusive and an entirely church system ; but I agree, sir,
I hope with all in this building. when 1 say I trust we should
offer the most uncompromising opposition to every bill
which did not require the,grailing of the unneutilated, una-
dulterated Word of God.-- {Long-continued .cheers.) We
are met, sir, and this proposition was met by the House of
Commons by a most uncommon argument, or rather asser-
tion, namely—" Give the people secular education, and reli-
gious instruction will follow ; and one will induce the other."
(Hear, hear.) Now, sir, I maintain we have no more right
to expect that a child, or a man, can become religious without
religious instruction than a man can act upon scientific
principles without any knowledge of science. (Hear,
hear, and cheers.) Give to your children secular in-
struction if you please ; we are advocates of secular
instruction, but we say give them, at the same time, religious
instruction also. (Cheers.) Give to your children secular
education without religious instruction, and you give them
power without the principle to guide it; give your children
secular instruction without -religions instruction, and you
send them forth to. combat with all the difficulties of this
world, with the name of Christian warriors, it is true, but
you rob them of the shield of faith, the helmet of . salvatiop,
and the sword of the spirit. (Great Cheering.) Give your
children secular instruction without religion, arid you send
them forth to tread the dark and dreary ways of this world,
without that guide which is their own—which is given them
to be " a lamp to their feet," and " a light to their path ;"
(cheers)—you send them to dig in the mines of lead and of
copper ore, while the rich vein of gold remains untouched;—
(renewed cheers)—you profess to educate them for usefulness
in this world—to stand behind the counters of ycur shop's,
or at the stalls in your markets, but you forget to teach them,
to your own cost and to their ruin, that " a false balance is
an abomination to the Lord ;"—(continued cheering)—
you educate your children in the wisdom of this world
which must pass away, but you neglect to educate them,
in the wisdom of that world which must endure. Tfor
ever. (Hear, hear, and cheers.) He who advocates secular
instruction without religion, I contend, begins at the wrong
end. They say, " Give secular instruction first;" but we
have a higher authority which says, "-The fear of the Lord
is the beginning of wisdom," the fear of the. Lord is the be-
ginning o knowledge. (Cheers.) And, 'sir, I would only
observe, in conclusion, that whilst we oppose any system
such as secular instruction without religion, let us join most
cordially, not only in supporting the bill now before parlia-
ment, but in supporting every measure which is likely to
inculcate this ;Christian principle on the rising generation,
which shall enable them to stand forward, and to fight and
contend against all the difficulties of this world, and clad in
which, they will be clad in more than Spartan armour to
contend for the faith, and, if needful, to die in its defence.
(Great cheering.)
The resolution was then put from the chair, and Carried
unanimously.
The Rev.. Hume WNEILE then rose to move the second
resolutiOn. The rev. gentleman was greeted with enthu-
siastic cheers, after which he proceeded—Sir, I rise to-move
that this meeting feel a public expression of their sentiments
upon the subject of the Factories' Education Bill, a debt
they owe to her Majesty's government, and that approving of
the bill they agree to the following petition in-favour of it :
" To the Honourable the Commons of the United Kingdom
of Great Britain and Ireland in Parliament adsembled.
" The humble petition of the undersigned Clergy, Bankers,
Merchants, Tradesmen, and other Inhabitants of the
borough of Liverpool,
SIIEWETH,
" That your petitioners feel deeply the duty under all cir-
cumstances, and, under the existing circumstances of this
country, the urgent necessity of extending Scriptural educa-
tion amongst all classes of the people.
" That they, therefore, rejoice in the determination of her
Majesty's government, as announced in the Factory Bill now
before parliament, to establish schools for the children of the
poor in the factory districts.
" That they have witnessed with touch concern the oppo-
eition which has been loudly, b.ut, as they think, unreasonably,
expressed against the proposed system.for the regulation and
management of those schools—an opposition resting. for the
most part on arguments, and assertions which are as available
against the existence of an Established Cnurche as they are
against the proposed schools.
" That in consequence of such opposition your petitioners
feel a public expression of their sentiments to be a duty which
they owe to her Majesty's government, and that, approving
as they do of the place assigned to the Sacred Scriptures in
that system, and of the recognition of the Established Church
as the official trustee for the education of the people, they
implore your honourable house to carry the bill, as printed,
through the committee, without allowing any such alteration
in the educational clauses as would at all impair the
scriptural character of, the plan, or of its management under
the pastoral care of the Established Church.
" And your petitioners will ever pray, &c.".
(Loud cheers.) Sir, proceeded the rev. gentleman, when we
assembled in this piece a few years ago upon the subject of
Scriptural Education, it was in -an exercise of self defence,
for the protection of -our own schools. We are to-day as-
sembled in an exereise'of Christian sympathy on behalf of the
schools of others. I am reminded, sir, by your presence,
and by the office which you have the honour to hold in the
Education Committee of the Town Council, of the success
which attended our efforts for our own schools. (Cheers.)
We repudiated the system introduced by your predecessors
in office, because it appeared to us to be dishonouring to the
Word of our God, and therefore injurious to the highest and
most enduring interests of our fellow men (hear, hear) ; and
we have established one in its stead which, while it exalts
Divine Revelation above ail the prejudices, pretences, and
objections of men, and recognises the church in es-
tablished connection with the state, does at the same
time refrain from forcing upon any dissenters the
peculiar doctrines or discipline of that church. (Cheers.)
In doing this we did well; and her Majesty's Government
have now given practical proof that they think ;we did well.
(Cheers.) They have proposed, as you have heard, a system
of education for certain districts of the country where such
interference is most required; and in the important article
of religious instruction their plan is, substarstially, identical
with ours. (Hear.) A distinguished member of the Govern-
ment did indeed give us reason to suppose that would be so
when, at the opening of the Collegiate Institution lie ex-
pounded his own views upon the subject with a classic sim-
plicity and elegance of expression only equalled by the scrip-
tural fidelity of the sentiments he expressed. (Cheers.)
Sir, the Government measure is of course open to the scru-
tiny, the criticism, and the comment of the nation. (Hear.)
I say of course, because it is our happiness to live not under
a despotiSm which ,carries measures upon the mere impulse
responsiblese
fn to hta itself.that
som(
oc mucherlaefststueo(Cheers.)
she„
by
of individual caprice, without the consultation of differing
minds, and the consequent modifications of political wisdom-
ch
bTwr
ruler
ereuhoihiafdanset popularrihbreleateeoriial
itggiioevn,t nsfaoaGtroi
ooanhv
feodaroienrot meoerxremeandmit
determines
examination
en
the opponents of the Government, the opponents of
though still
nhs of
the
church in her present mild, and forbearing,
faithful character ; the opponents of the Bible ; the
of t era
of
society,true trhdoe order andpp
oopponents
subordination naaltli on
privilegesainong lot ewvhai
cr
they°
petitilone v iere, so
selves do not share--all these join in one
)lotiAdscerys
1, hostility
not of
they
against the measure. (Hear, hear, hear.
in this town, they have carried petition after
are now obtaining signatures to those petitions ix:
only, but, as I am credibly informed, of school boysofal'snoe.—°
(hear)—in order to swell the appearance of opposition bill. Sir, the town in the great mass of its respectable
Music-haoTltrhiene.
lation why, look here in the middle of the day popu.
inendous cheering.) They talk of filling the
the evening, • when work is over, when it cost nobody
any-
thing to go—but look here in the middle of the d
it will cost all these men something to attend! (Renewed
cheers.) The town, I say, and the mass of its respectable
population, in an overwhelMing majority of its parliarnentar
and municipal constituencies, is in favour of the great princi! ple involved in the educational clauses of this bill. (Hear, and
cheers.) This is not a matter of doubtful opinion • but this
is a statementof undoubted history. (Hear.) 'beyy have
shewn thetuselyee so
.! Ecee Signum I (Great cheering.)
I think an oppoetuniterOf giving public expression to their
sentiments should have been afforded them a fortnight or
three weeks ago, and I must take the liberty
of seying, that
the delay has not been my:fault. I hOpe that, in the mean-
time, her Majesty's government will not heve mistaken, either
here or elsewhere, the voice Of a
party, and of a comparatively
small party, for the vog. • .e of the nation (cheers); and I hope
they will not be induced, when they go into committee upon
Commons, to make any such alter
bill in the House of
the ecclesiastical clauses, rations or modifications in
the as
scriptural
character, or ecclesiastical
will impair- the
e eat measure. (Hear, hear.) Sir, a
management, f
13-
oppositionthis great
which has been made to this mea-
sure of the
curious field for classification, if, indeed, it
sure presents a
the genera and species of the divers
be possible to classify
been exhibited in unnatural union.
have
denominations which

of
moral. vt
l't'
ligion.
Secondly,—The advocates of reaso4abl,
out any cramming or mvsteriou-, di 011
t•moardeepityhe.;:bsee
A VWCE.—Puseyistn ! (Cheers.)
tirel\slerritilyl
that the division of a subject is one of the roost itopor, Di
:NE(CmhKee.—rsTii(sie
ititivagtiie,tetcre.), . il l I will come to that_
parts of it, and that wan has stoppl.:dov';;.ev(erl:imognhelek:4"77'
must therefore beg .n the list again. (Hear.)
_re,..,
First,—The ad% orates of general Aurotriedie without
'igloo.
Secondly,—The advocates of reasonable de &pont, with"
out any cramming of mysterious dogniis. creeds—'
Thirdly,—'The advocates of equa/iiy mizong all‘c/..i,:0, 1
(Some confusio.t were took mace ;., the ~!,'ll'lll*/ •nvidi-
am describing them right—(Lie• h e
ous preference or persecuting 1 artiality, or
ians,Y,t6Ditigiood•
attempt to distinguish betwetu truth anu .-- -
(Cheers.) .T 1 all
FourthlY,—Those who substantially : gree ru tf
r.loi m: tu_e:
All
and among one another, as to the particular enactor UI
more abstract questions; but I—lsolvdtiliffie
of this bill. (Cheers.) . in MO°
Sir, are in the field together, ril'Allglin''' - ' c-
intricate their abstract. theories with their practical oni___
ttei %nese
t;
uiani one
enlightenseri t etiiici e;
nt and rationalizingtli
e beoanuttihees suhli citifies 0.1..
tin_
part cit.
without religion •, and in the next, combatthag the is
lar manner in which Sir Jarnes Graham Proposes to conn_tly
tute the board
else trustees for the tnanagement of the.,
teht,
schools : in on ntence taking scientific flights iii all
it iisleosbsvoioruaspotllliatticathl
pride of a modein Icarus in an aerial steam carriage--VB_urit.
tteleri—and in the next, crawling upon the earth in all th;•ii.,
fr, one
endeavouri
stage,
class of these objectors will not appear to have anY direct ea
espaercgiaulmpelenatdscirl.ece(sGsarre;tt cheers.) II '
plication to another class, and vice versa' ; rind, therefore, 1
tig"tu answer them seriatim, WC must, -- each 44
while grappling- with what sonic have
feteli, be liable to the charge of wandering from what t aces
- toefbi
aeintilriieg
tqlifeensltiinonte;r—ru(phteieanr: bear)—therefore, l°
entreat your •
little r • '
. patience in this matter; a little indulg_:
far asl can,,to go through the whole four. (Cheers.)
note $
Now, Sir, as a specimen of the first class, 1 beg to. (I,.vered
passage or two from a speech reported to have been ae'l , ect
ata.uneeting held last week in this town, in ,Paradise-a 1..,
I,7,ols,tiy,sstateilii,
Chapel. (Hear hear.) The speaker is reported to have I°l ' ,
" It was a melancholy fact, that the greatest obstacle at Or Preset'
(nLoemaernit to nationtil education was afforded by the religion of riot, d
thiseountrt
, earl )t1 It was_ most melancholy to reflect that if rellb, „;,il4
,
into the minds of the people. • . •
lotifl.) tiibrler"ai ;!,:i tiiii:niii.:,:vist(i;
instruction
~,,l,:,seh
joicirio,..a,,ii,nidti:d,c.utiii,
iiiiiotryel.:ntiwhatevereoll:riaide oi htdy e l'airn)vitel°ossueoirrni''
blessing

~,elopnifnt ith-

And again he said—
Iv

re Dot
was the na
~ there not something monstrous in the thought 7
to
an e
to fi ot
something shocking in the thought of religion struggling
; trun'ep-
to with of the peopar)—religion interfering t
war
.knowledge—faith in God, aml Christ made the .pshe people.,
prevent the spread of humanizing instruction avaungst.t._,ool,ll
(Hear, hear.) In that meeting, and in that place, he
inporof yr to say that it was their (Mr. Martineau s) distianci iOll 'vit4t
did that
theirs was a Christianity which could never be found in c°,:„—ts, opf,°;';
the highest interests of society ;it never could be brouglu, ion
bolt with the benign agency of instruction ; theirs was a r"lgthe eju'
never c,,uld be found opposed to the best hope of the countrY

ca.;ioll of the people." 1 dge 85
NOW, sir, it may be fairly asked what is that kaow-e street
is laid ? That humanising
contradistinguished from religion upon which so rotleb__ote
thenrYebool
the highest interests of mankind ? A favourite
the. religionists, or the dogmatists I should say, of thislgo•
to so,
is, that nature teaches everything that man requites
knowledge which would Pr°'lot
both for his needful instruction and for the protection of tbst
Fiety as a mass. They say that nature teaches religio,o4-:000
it gives religious instruction. Another speaker at
of
de'
meeting is reported to have said, when speaking 0 schools'
graded system of education in the Corporation
which he very much approved of—

with tbe.01,(11:

pious kelings of individuals ; they
_ .
" In Ulf; Corporation Schools there was no interference ,-_,.....,,, ee,
ously instructed, aye, in the line of secular education, buot*Tcatil...,:'
eurrence of all parties,— with the avowed concurrence 1.. 'avd car
clergy ; they were taught the ldetory of tie holy Lanu',e itud,ao„uar,
other branches of knowledge necessary for the Christian,* Id. (0`
better taught than mitny of those whom he now addressv
were instructed,—theY
.I.‘f ihe cof.

near.) s
They were instructed, religious) instructed, in the hi
sew'
and geography of the holy lam!. y Upon the concluding' sal
the children
tence of this quotation from Mr. Ratlibone's sPeeell.e' 014
unwilling to comment—icae hear)—he says' eunti tb3u
many of those he then addressed, I have some
childrenl‘l!° l'e
of the modicum of informationd b the oof
possessc Y ,,„
in the schools,.' they were better tauPriedge
his sayings, they
describes, but 1 have no means of estimating the -,-gheeers.),
information possessed by a meeting Of Unitarians. 0'10(10
.I\l. Rathbone ought to know them, and as they aPi' ade in
f,,ree are parallel ; theorl.
his assertion. (Laughter and cheers.) Sir, the 4 scrip'
thi..d there-
cannot be offended at us if we Nit"' of
tor-, school is, that the book of nature and the book o
the same they, they must teach the same lesson "
311014 511
aine end. Having laid down this first propost_nee t,
the
mistaken the assertion for the proof of it, they au!;`,"..eo of
they came from the same hand, al icid to
allie second. It is found, as a matter of fact, that chil." ; for
t.,_ denominations of people can read the book of nag them'
divisions are occasioned, therefore they say it 15
nature' Whit
national education to confine it to the book Of or''
a lmey read together. Now, sir, the very fact of so.iese too
able a differeuce being produced in. the study of t%ieaou'
tbooks might have induced the notion that possibly their thef,,
are
are not parallel—that iossibl as a matter of l'id, bo
are not parallel, True they' caMeyfrom the same h3le ford
the book of nature has received damage shiee it lea: curb°
that Hand ; a disaster has fallen upon it ', a s"'e,,.• orireseu,."
hear,•
hear.)'
has been ronounced upon it, and accordinalY " rfkles,',',
The grand
everywhere mystery which no where it explainhev 017
mystery is
..,..ii ea
es 0
of learnin the 1 • ovine, amiable, and mero" class
hand of God from • . nature, and the speak of the various. to ,
life, and the enjoyment of livingcreatures under
createol're'
• death. ;racte f
, living A over
hut, sir, how come, it to pass that all these
die? If life be a'M
ilk Clkindness and I
itthe Great Creator,' Of a
whatgol)sddneeastshaan in ark ? • ( ,13aa; bo 15.
.e be good to give life, is-it good to take it away • theaiiii:
Iji ~ then, that takes away life? Death is spread overture lithe
fnaocte of creation ; all nature cries out death ; but le 134„- r
explain why thereshould (Ele not nod
be death.; z $
Bible explains • it •
it ; is given from the same band)'ciaho'n'ig
the same • disaster, but for the very par pose of pro
vphitood
remedy for the disaster ; for the P P . se °f
e.
• arl
'
very putlT , ,ecl us, they
the
therefore, they do not teach the same lesson' t,'''"ii hot gro
cannot lead to the same end. iiak ledge„° i, t tstane a
to man victory over the world in /Ott ints"rafYi"" carePSP-tnete
around him ? What knowledge is it that gives, es— r
it sotici-4g
rector was saying just now, to the - r wall a--
Again)
poor
antitigethe rich
against despondency, and to richthe
self-suffieieneY? What knowledge mitnthat mekrnkfil"Yof
man give cheerfully, and the isreceive t- a' atbo (
poor man ,_ers p,_,r, o
What knowledge is •it that sweetens the to" menu' is he
society in this world, and prepares the various, who .0g
them for a better society in'the world -to COrne',.., not
kelp
that overcometh the world—overcometh .
the won., old •
re
overcome by it? Who is th the 11 011
he that overcome dal bo
it he describethatcan
the orbits of the planets, i. 5 it 11 to..
the distances'
of the fixed stars ? Not tit all. ''' 'Ol4 t
art o
can analyse the various substances and clasiify the
vearth• tits
dat lons that are to be found u on the face of toe no:10w'
all. Is it he who fi d* P ' b his c- 05'
fin din onefossil bone, Y ,te- I be
'Anatomy can construct the whole- skeleton of a:, Is' A" fie.
,or, as he thinks, an ti-Adamic beasts? Not at 81Rodre7;186
who, cultivated in all the niceties, and tlelicaeies,by $ "" at
hockeu Not t
merits; 'of classical literature, "
has his ears 6 d ? that
ure, o__or _,_ ,
quantity, and his taste outraged by a false c nu ? tiv
orki • cheerlll
all. But who is 1
he that overcometh the w d , ( to
believeth that
Jesus Christ is die Son of (4,.? ?lot erboat
We are
ment. not prepared, then, to hearken to tue,aae, 'ltpseri
ioned, of the advocates of general secondknoi passe
religion.olo,_ Now, sir as a specimen of the ,tioo,Pther
I mentioned, f will read the following resell' 0 togeoi
at ss
another meeting held in town few daYs ag 'a se
this a bee
with a few comm ' reported to have
ents upon it,
by the mover :—

10'1'
le, Pl.l,orfr
the peoP ot, 0:0
"1. That 11114 meeting regards the edneation of anion
intellectual, intelle 'inorc.l, and rel •object of Par ,'
igious, as au
ance.'' . „4., 00
The comment is this— .0 0°7041
interests
necossity of such a declaration showed tpi, d,aVe:,:bik. c.P,I est
nth of the country were placed by the nlet's4,',.rniiilattelT:,:,;)
, clay convened to oppose. The resolution cOns-,the Pr" 00 e,e'tt
I,s y‘svt.iciacli„ intellectual, moral., and religio.ns edueationcd_ tot, ern--0(
elnilmiiii,,lie. eonecived to be the culture of the nla,;tise Veriesio,l,
schoolsehools
;t','.i:l;..
o!, !t it ith certain dogmas, as w 39 11•W'•!Lble ra°C ale l'ittlY
tin:: lenient
the Chairman adarerted as nalselt;iture of.oo,),ree
drawing out it.:l,n,eont 9'' some education waS the ctrl
erol;i;it °%'iDe
q......rtpes, and enabling it W cope , _ the sl h icti Jrmin the truth
y arid.under all 4is;dvantages,—to awaVii t; %to_ olio
enquir
inculcate habits of independent judgiaell.be ton.s.)
education
11,e..
1(1 theca the very first birthright of 13.ritonsbip? ..'`) deg ' 0
hie -' el
This is la o 0• ' hts
what I have ventured to call the reastn. opY of tr,
Went system, the culture of the mind systeih_fy'woeaterl „),i w
the e
school of mysterious dogmas. 'Pie au•.„.,glit nelfer
are of opinion that children should be 70,0 te; Of
they are enabled to Understand : that the ail °.
seers' hibii
should be, by simple plain '., chiely sow c al,
jects at first, and thin,s, 'ties o velOP_A
to developc the reasoning facia
~.re de , par-.
and
tthen as those faculties become more and in'''keepitt Or;
,i,,oitii presenth more and more advanced thieV, isieri, Ifts'elf 1'
" pupil's advancing powers of comp the
step too OO
4
reasontaken• of
every
step may be appreciated, as trace °Peel°
; but not to attempt in any ease, to _be re 4 cero'
Young mind, dark and unintelligible things', to 000 deep
upon the authority of the teachers, without thetPbat thesoer
prehension'
ersion of the learner. On this ground it its this ce,sterl.
abstruse doctrines. or 'as they can them .sge 103ple1
ion, to invest them with a character of middle:a the o_ooit'
the, dogmas of Christianity objected to ;e° . off.t. to,
are , „ed, ii ot
elements ( f history and morality are pretelc• •.. in „saw,istic 6
able for )
th; • beginners. (Hear hear.) New, iiii'aracter, ed, vi,,,
s, we say, that if 'only c- eloP P.'
reason were the be dev del II
man ; and his • mtellect the only faculty to. , ion, 8 - of 0 ,
should (~
the e .a,,ree to the general principle here lain etaaaarassylin,
I.s a.
tiving comprehension of the puPil tbe..,,eere in Frog
ttiiii.,a
.tainments. The proof that we are 61" do this. g, tbli,
, is, that in 'matters purely intellectual we ple, Priyaff h.'tf
the'
~eleinentary rides of arithmetic, for e*""'" '-,..1a e"„"oeo rere
highest branches of mathematics,knowledge '1:. gra-well-
folatn, each link of which. must be intelligenetit; ad
logo;
guilty
etthe link next above it can be appreentt sitioa ego ticieto
i4leyii)/f no such absurdity as.to cram a firoPOcbilel *relief 0
es or conk sections into the mince f,a) emir °at,
not knowe
knowled thP'
'Multiplication table. (Cb-ieesses 7iit tre-ji
knowledge Imt very different thing; it ad differe cite
very
.different character, d demands a very &two q, is ile:t
cr,.an _ f', • tbs. 00,
merit. There is
, another feature in man 'a andtbe 0
pendance characteristic
of the species aS. reason itsei ,dition,
sots 0
_ dance upon a superior. Man in every con st igtiOrt $ gre,
educated and powerful, e u 11. with tbe W.Q., will P,,, fel
ineignificant is de end nri a 51
the soverelgu f eyerYS ..
P ,e t upon o e el
superior ; • exercise At th
out a ot,
entirely deendent for the
tio
t_ n of life at every moment of his existence.ea, witbus is
he great superior, without any reason asSigrt'be seeP.,o igiti!,.;
opportunity afforded to ask for a reason', tbe gra,uper-io
from the hand of the ei iirin monarch, enu'aeisb fa....60‘1if
out a stone to mark it, • g f noi -WO IV- '
is open or ee 0 , he
(Hear,
hear, hear.) There is no help, T
tgiy, ilew to 10
King, Man is subject—(hear hear)--abs?'ll;6-ent°s'hiP,,btp
eventually, dependant, To 'resist this '5 - ricits' •Vityr P'i
miserably—(hear,)—it is to kick against tile P newsst .„,4111
hard. Simply
to this ndeoiable .O eon nor
admit as an u a 13t1t . fonoribii
quiet, or a it i
s s called
beet had
ver be attu ig"
is to be baPPY Man's best hainess wi', en-donee !,,, vii.4o
voluntariness
to the voluntariness of his dePc- his `Ti PT;
luntariness will ever be proportionated 1,;(:o is boo hio
ledge of the Being onwhom he depends. ci rist :thing (.1 1
nal to know the oily
ear, hear.) This is relic', the In ddre, es'
to man, the morally responsible as well „ce is a 0 el -,. ;
reasonable creature is appealed to. Coescle"oescien bell'.
conscious of guilt, conscious of exposure, c (o,larifiesrp.t
re, conscious of helpless clependance":l"i-eg• ...--olgceerio
Here
are
elements which'' pass all understanttiog in >• red
.._e Here man is not a self-complacent pupil, 81.eif-e01„01n je'
upon every statement by his teacher, but a ''soitereno 601,;61
urinal, gasoin fbar oftbe abi
gor relicf before the to be ba A C d!'
--(LOUd C
v el° beers.) Relief here is not but by foo 0
and Pent.:
of the faculties of the man% ings (,).,
the LPG
(Hear, ree.eption of the d,eep 840 pliyOrthe#,ite
the , hear, hear'.) ' The
.gospel .ot Jcsuti.. _
wry , .
to
one only way of relief from ' moral 9 jtifniatiot,,Tert_rit
onlytheref way ,of access to true moral b.7hlbe .p.llTruistip
is su 're we do not, we dare not,
begin
Iviralitir snotiiPb #
and O,PP°Sed, and shallower elernent4,lP°telopPliesd'ePPti:9
supe7eegraPbY. We know that all Ken ?Ike pf YfefiPP°
Platt eial at the last, polng tbe 0;1'97 iplittP
er, and, therefore, we begin a once 09

teart-teaehing.of Him who rissole, and who Mane can change
the heart,) with the rectnicilim; and sanctifying depths of the
Trinity, the Incarnation, and the Atonement. (Loud cheers.)
.4e do press these
prehension of upon the vomits mind, although the com-
the pupil is overborne by them. iss—
press them not upon the reasonable creator
not
creature also, where God has a right to Inmind as th well as every other power belansing to him. For
is reason, then •ve cannot agree with those who think that
the deep and obscure and inysterons doctrines of the Gospel
anshould be kept hack from‘ the children's mind. I pray you
totieini, her this, for it is very plausible to say that • s people
ongs'utiMly learn as they are able to understand ; and it be-
the modern philosophers of these times. to transfer
what is true about secular things, and apply it, where it.
coefat'he: tdo.fih.e true, to sacred things.' (Cheers.) I wiaerisitysnottal
'' ' eretlee• 'Upon this account it is that Is
4.00 f from s h ' •And now I come to the
third
class.that scool. (Hear.)
With regard to the third general class I will read the se-
eotad resolution passed at the
meeting before referred to :
.shitli,That ally fesislatise enaetinent for tie promotion ,•' -
withhelint ; to one religious denomination advantages
opposo. rora others, would be unjust, and ought to be ~..,
That is equality All
among the third school. (Hear.) . All
that the is
such arguments and assertions procerd upon the suppositioiii
nothing here upon earth higher than the ruin(
I.A.t's ; that there is tio such thing as divine revelation,—
Mr' °,1,1c4v.,, no, I deny that.
gsiar'ts Natiot.—Nly sentence was not tinished,—or, I was
lion, -°saY,—or, if there be such a thing us divine revialya.--
_; s there is no such thing as any man or class of men
justify
it such a certainty of what is revealed truth, as to .
re tirttPioaitti:lt,ll,er
it 1" in exercising their influence and authority in pressing
n'en, or upon children. (Cheers.) if divine
then sure] be so uncertain that no man canknow
infidelity
what it is.
Ishiotis it is practically useless ; a ofconclusion,admit. Oli the they it
I now speak of would be unwilling
.to
„lan
.othet hand, if divine revelation be so certainss
that a
Gsrpinay and know htt is, God has said then, to e t
IszstriYing upon other 711C11 is not tyranny but
.;htduty uos
tiie
,nY ait true charity. (Great cheers.) In this view_at
ihdi,freatter divine truth in a faller, world becomes not wwl.ta.
the Ll,ellt men would make it, an empty scabbard, but what
Sir, I°llr has declared oit to be, a sharp sword. (Cheers.)
, a fair d.. ,
ti I education at
1113 130111 t 13.1ectioti of the question of meons,
h be in-
vesti.,a,_
,dmatids that the rights of children s of
]parents •
the r'eirl avid attended to, as well as the rights. 9
areal il,),°lus tights of children as well as their civil andseak speaker
Cor-
ansttii•lt's (Hear.) It was argued by another p
4 is bill that—
,sasster P"ticii of human aligations ought to be left to individutao
tru,t ,e,tiiiii the lar ,er the oortion of such obligations, they dared
',ittler i i '
tveclui,4l,-v•dual conscience, and with safety, tha bs..,
Atreeti. ..e the state of society.
what is
it' let us itisthis Principle we agree most cordially :and. .
ndis-
liensahle "'"•• that has rendered legislative interferenGe.i
~
so
,fa„asit x'reaen between parent and child, thus weakenitiii,.,ot.
•"eterie -ends, the independent manliness of the nationa..tsolra
affection 'natead of placing implicit reliance upon the nsioutdl
neeessar
,ced tender tnanasement of parents, it has been chiliirel} t°around
, , throw a shield of legislative protection
nf their guard guard them against the covetousness and crueltytm_
English
,arents. (Hear.) And what
.has forced
tttiii;
de. titor,C,`,'lne of proceeding upon the legislature, bu
which
()sr iiL4"rig factory systeni—(hear, hear)—asstem'
r the
fair tin'ir,al agitators for free trade desire to extend ov..e..rs
of
fstsiiiis of the whole .country? (Hear.) The an"dtvi..
dual vbteingaged hi that -vstein are no longer left to.in
little ',,til„','„atiee• The ' 'erences of parents to theirmakei
Nis, -urels slaves, tporeihe injury of their health am fno
\.
'oeh-;''' Paine longer allowed to have Undisputed sway. (Hear.,
riglitstents are conipelled to feel that their childrepl. •
ht"ree
takes 40i,e1l as thmselves, and that a paternal legillso,rioaune
than sues InettY of supposing itself wiser and more, .
c....,
aita pas3a•Parerits. It interposes between parent aodt.oohildof
the ose " and publishes laws at once for the instruc i state in and the protection of the other. (Hear, hear...), The
and
elajois an°,ld°lllg Presumes a right standard of human s ,
to
that s•lorlty to compel reluctant parents to conform.. 1
of the' aOdard, for the good of their children personialo.,:,atiive
ten ‘.!opnuilinity generally. (Hear.) What elsei, ",,,oletla
legi,l,l%.se
.Lill" but an exercise of such wise and
‘.enee
is
re-
fscog,-4eud iiiterference ? (Applause.) This t)
principle
labour, but
''l so with' not only in its application to physical
cos ' referenc to I ools so far as secular instructions
I'l,ll theerflie,ld• Certain bcoo' ks a're prepared by authority, and
"'ets(' I•4lren who attend are compelled to read
lthemto.
„e°hsalt sare not consulted ; it would be worse than. uselesignorants
'aPriee itich Parents, or to be influenced by their ,„__, thell 3,' dc'weversiueerely entertained. (Hear, hear.) Vs hy,,,
ni ci "old this .* • - wisely and beneficially recor
be slid ptinciple so
tlie Ili h acted
t e opon in all' other respects, be repudiated n
giveti use'"" all respects ?—why should it be ostentatiously
eovets,L ill the matter of ieligiona instruction? (Hear.)
his 21s
child' - °r
billed
is allowed to injure .
, a hod parent not
°_,l Purs -• Yt Yco ll' it over labour, or depriving it
40j, " air. •p, , olPe ing to
is praised for so
i ''g. b„,. s'ie legislature interposes, and
Are 11. so
i an infidel or idolatrous parent is allowe .d to in-
le,isi :' el'ild'ti soul, by deprivingit of divine truth, and if the
cat a(Trre attempt to interpose, is denounced as tyratini-
ectaiserar•) I ask why is thi's? Have we a clear and re-f
all ihen standard m before which it is the duty
.0
aPdsPaterht°,,i bow' nand before which it is becoming m a wise
d h,,--"' government to compel cruel recusants to bow .
verse isstet we no such standard of religion? The very !e.-
'" hav le !..at• Religion is the only subject upon whichwhi, y,3i,,_ jean infallible standard ; the only subject upon
of
ell
In'eetis been uttered xi ion earth, which it is the duty f for lah„!rerY where to obey. Concerning the time allowable
serious tsr; and the time needful for rest and recreatton
ini,
etowded4" 3 t2encerning the state of the atmosphere
the
tr,„stti_nrooms
Vhich may still he innoccuous,
andllealth ;
4ad coo°cer"e "'heti it becomes injurious to human
of the best
iastrseto,i ruilg all kindred questions, the opinions
; and
tve hos " and most competent men may and dodiffer,
Idsed
titi,,i
n._'no standard, no rectifying tribunal, of acknow e 6
'I
i
mette'ru,tnority to
aPpeal to. Nevertheless we legislate. i velatio‘ Of religion we should be similarly situated, it no la,-
tOdeed4r.l44 ever been made of the divine will. But if it he
itillY plea t4at 4lLuightv God himself has been merci-
-41 it , o in. k. - t' ato men, and to desire
. , that it 511 '2 Q communica im
• then, are
''e not si gull he made Isnown to children , and Ise iunarlY situated 1 We hays a standard .
here,Lion
that it ; venture to aflirm, without fear of refutation,
that
eats issas's the right, the divine right, of every phil ,
d,..t
(thee;:', to be made acquainted with God's most holy
the e 417.). But, sir, to whom is the duty intrusted of putting
the 4ln PO- .' • Doubtless primarily to
e paret„ s,session of his right?.
parent be
tiliespabi aMs its n State of uncivilized life, if the,,e, ,
for it,
there r ur,‘„,;!,
~,--;'Log to nerform his duty, there is no t
,on
4'et-; ' i3r pOwer on earth, no controlling s, -
test .1-, no progressi-e impresement, it must be like pa-
nimiits. e child. I3ut ti.iide gLernmgnt i. a civilizing, hat-
Ch • '.llg, improvin ra - -government professing
, suitian., g government ; a g
there is
IN l4, moreover, there is a higher power; .. a
control,Pare„ not interfering with right-minded Christian
ligeo"tl-3., but isiosS properly interfering with barbarous, !leg:
4' te 1,4" anti-Christian parents : interfering at ieast.so far
the wut the children ill possession of their best birthright—
The of
. God. The establishment, as it is called, of the
retice "11 (thatch by the state, is the great legislative interfe.-
is for the • and it
,ss t•,_ . accomplishment of this good purpose ;
:Aires `s', analogous t the ten hours' bill, aud other mea-
ls 1 °fPatertiett station
rai This analogy
~oudhr 1, eg in t inns tempo .
the re-
-coca," ?Otrashly, denied by our opponents ; and P
the
u giverl to the Established Church, is evidently le
sareaer of their grievance.. Against this they speak with
.the,.
or " N:' and
mortificatiOn of a degraded class. (Loud moo,
ts,,qlost./I; 40," and some interruption.) " Toleration! t.01e7
Nt, .t tot ,exclaimed they with indignation, " toleration. 1.
°east Ideal is degradation?" (Great cheering.) Their
;lad judi7l Of religious liberty is that all creeds, good, b.ad.,
4 Pra4rrent, should be treated alike—that is to sac,
vit is
tnet by Cal rejection of the Bible, .(Great cries of " No,
lask,1ask,
wheounter cries of ` Ye 3;" and C1ie.21:3.) Who, I would
-lave they notedsn this way about degradation ? (Hear, bear.)
e dist'enY hemselves told us, and told us loudlyit thadt
1tat,41.--i ctions conferred on the clergy of the Estaboshe
(Cheer
the ,are carnal ? (Cheers.
s Have they not referred us
eer, .)
sa:he Poverty of th -
rls erg. \ Have
e apostles as a Christian
ornament
h t they de-
h"tloe, a's , they not contrasted it with w st, . .
hear.) 1./ toe unchristian riches of our bishops . (Hear,
-kul all a"
theY not spoken with the condemnation of scorn
•.'ttct gt.„„,' Sod concerninall, the dignities of worldly rank
Air' icqueur? (ch • thiss complain.
(Ist ssfs ti,s_ eers. Well, if be so, why
garments?
'tissetolees,) i7,11,re deprived of these Babylonisligas
provi. and which i'l'i rt;s't. retlier be thankful for the kind
temptation,
..
v, conferred as
shielded them from so. much
...
their'l°erty, and de them theof primitive
glorlonii prrilt,ege
..
se, o degradation • ridpersecution ) (Cheers,) 'other
at th„; 'to at our ••, d. .
their complaints
01 it r own
, __s.
.positiota is affectation, or
(Hear
hear.) One
titni;tie . eponk
ePro I
sattio nthaeremoetioa inconsistent.
from which I have already
A se(ir '441,
lerish/.l,ll!al,itttle attention to the I ist y of legislation on this subject
t (.42,11,11"El to the conch • -1
.tlort th is iirticultir bill was, in fact,
,L,Ytts h,,,,erkte a„,, usi.en la i p
•-te th '-', tiv, „er ", a most wily plan for church extension.. , .
(Cheers.)
nt b
Ite„ en Be,r4 ,-rs 4go that a bill was introduced into parliame
bill. v'lll.--ii bin a'? Of SULL.? tor the Home Department (d..ord John
imio_ lueli b..lv national Ut 'ifs
tog then
ped M. its prmcipl.es
e—....
Ike, ;I Provi,lX.Mt OU.t. 9. classes togethei• 6tt art eto4l prinitp.ir,4o
mi,,otUld ,ii,:e!?r theiy joint education in a manner from whit
it,,,,,r eilleie 0:1's-which gave full power 0 every religious party to
tif ' ().vlsien, 11 children in. their own wav—and that bill, national in
44,1'?gland
~.arld national in its s irit, wag thrown out by the church
:I '°e•iat,;,,'l'ddte,(l and abetted, haPgrieved to say, by the Wesleyan
r'fall‘l4 ~c .
," taPtists. (Hear.) li,;‘:onizzie,..,4'oll here'refere'd to, in the debate in the House
'at"t's'ell's e?„'4,4Ord Stanley's', motion against Lord John
""elead •7eatton tneasuie` the Right Hon. Baronet now
Wiiit' • of her Mate t'' ' '•
'lnmen'. Laid,
ts aa, res Dee •
t, s 7 a go‘.e,, Po
Mier' Plaq fromthe established church, I hopc, rather than consent
gakare, which e• 1 • ' •- r thority is excluded, it would 1
NI 'latto ce esiastica au . .
s,,i_v eri, . gether from the state on Mi., point; that it would
irj,,,7 .11,,,,„a'°10). the people into its own hands; that it would not
tlideiL. but t;',/,„"s`!tiog on the publication of its own peculiar doe-
: `W,eti r-.,' a Would demand 'that the highest respect
tide
'l9igieli A.:. Powtr, by Itt
ben) , in in the minds ofchildren
xter the
,9rued tbe'b `l's of •I'll'' edneation. I very much doubt
141 i, iiwien lrineike, of cj ,` .) Faithl; 4 ../ thus inculcated tuuong
tk 4)tZ the ' " good , :O,?B,tt.ati osallg
~:
b ' c'Cilied 'as by
is ie , lti it,„„
~ a cuance of hainiony woul not C s,, . ,,,,.
itp,t,t, oe 414,,,,religiQn ie,
ail open nestion • and that each o, them
f°' that l'eted bY a mid ist hisl creed' on n certain day set
',,lach, purpose iPr of oryu
reel f ere, and •
1111,,i \ elite,.
~ doubtless still are the sentiments of Sir Robert
earl-I till, ,/ and we • • • 'assurance that now no
fbe Profreo-rejecti rejoice in the
Lord
John
Russell
atsre 4),0t, , sing measures as that of
add, of the Kati
the Government, or carried by the tebis-
fes4
teiss royse,,,nation,
(Cheers.) And here, sir, I would
nkly con•
keho 'e detonl: esPecially to the Wesleya.ns. I fra ,
ie,,ltooa. ave which the bill will occasion to some of sour
els tiris cetabii, let roe ask,
, for what purpose came your
i' a 2 i)()Or Or; Bhed ; Was it not for the christian education.
kras`t)l'elties . ollbtlesa it teas, and not for the building up
rot
...to th Interegta Of
bill
oval. iMear.d ;suppose it
'lgite•reBtil; eyne't t', 4t /Ilia' bill will 'Operate against 'Yiiiir class
no vet
the
,_,. unless- You can show that it with perate
111.tecilod
cli'llr!tiatt education of the people, you can show
With 5' You anti 'n reason for opposing it. (Hear, hear.)
(Ile9ot ally 17 ot amongst those who seek their own things,
tirly sear Surelyt'thely consideration of the things of others.
liasetclod do You are not anion g those who are envious of
th 0 goide,tle. unless done by yourselves. And now you
rs4ytnotiseri 'n' epPortunity of showing the true elevation of
,41A L 6 el.; We hays4lPrlPciples by which you arc actuated. You
71.'1--;-7 9f service B`ll-)Plieil foe a season, as far as we could,
lid' std
, 116 U, ttand . . 0 lure i and . we.
.we 141'4". Them the gap, and by all our energies to stay
Of e, Otis best. work, indeed, was too heavy for us, but
Pi v(.;:!44i11,,fr j„,,. Now, the State is roused to the necessity
1)1 "rse .- "I suia Work '•' ' '-
as we could not
'la tl' "natriand ,with a power such
.4,14
c, the estab,.s,
e, and instead of employing us, she em-
.4ed 11.°r stiso
courseL' 4 d church as her agent. What, then, is
Perk urtnit • :lsitto be contentious, and envious
, . , rub, ,
.. ,
ss%Teo s•a• Isisss,, oi is to be thankful that now, at last, the
v'et,tsally do"el to do, and endeavoured to d
o, but could not
lie,e'it;VeuidrieLs,k9 be effectually done by others ? If you say,
Alet,..B,l)Oiled,..l‘u'e,e to the work done,". but we grieve to
fhe'1,,r,,,',1, Qat!' ''
i, ' spoiled it. must be bV 'the established church
Ski Thloll '-. Pre'sent seilv ' •• ' - 'a ' t endure
of ng tith, grouse child ' 'ipopisn state; we cannot
..
)1, 4 Li; n _.
ingest ren for N.vhoial we have so lone, toiled
rikta...arti ofti. our ution, and' consigned to the care.
Moil s (lan, wi ustees, the official rhairman of which is a
if `40;,,,s L; 1° randeri3ll9 tii .• /Ithe Reformation.
4 i 10,4
say 's desire i, ~ s e tit int.p.e of . , h,,
4.140 dy this . so si.nprolestantise the English enure •
taktn Illi of . • gree with 'you' ins this With all my heart
I woinsfie oi''';`l,l-f lib
geved th 't (..1' i ,i' ‘.ic:ere indeed cha-
trice .114 iid,o7,e. Ptery 'Of ti.in tu'. il. 71115 5
as a body,
or n their hate nothin ~..es 110.13 ed church,.
ill tvell a, r hand,. brit g Plat
this
`face power or Milts-
beat a. fewuozoo
swano to this so ? Rauserooer is il at one
1
<4,tlS th i?rerß°°, Of Wl' dOn t make a summer, Remember any,
ae- tlre i el- 4°Velt 10Vt1 peculiarities seem to. be in
lia-
Lbe y , lea,rd
of Y makes them active and their pee° large
t a `u tne c'ti every side Remember' that in so
h, urse'. oas the clef, *I,
the aPprov' out o have a
ot toe sstigiish chore
either
side of
~, pro_, ed e a few peculiarities, on -
s,sd s .imste Path of truth and wisdom. Remember also
.411 •e° ill i Pr"Okin
movement,
50roern t o gratic , g cause of this Tractarian gugbl.' ent of ti qing proof of the general and r Wa"
tt, teal ' le cler
of true
. , eras T?asio, in, „.gY as a body. The influence
a.,,e eve Ty.
•4. olds' church was on the.incre s.
cd for
i ' :'• °lnd quiescence, vhich claim

ecause we

lone, but upon

-.al Of
butes and

and the

itself worldly reOpeotabillty, was losing ground. The fox•
hunting, and card-playing, and backgammon-playing, and
Sunday newspaper-reading, tribes were at a discount. What
was to be done ? What new aspect could the natural man
assume to hold his ground, and, if possible, regain his influ-
ence ? Ritualism, formalism, phariseeism, these having a
semblance of piety, might answer his purpose for a time.
They have done so. They have ensnared the unwary
through a professed regard to the orders and authority of the
church. They have intoxicated a few young men, presenting
to them a short cut to supposed influence, influence derived
from office, not from character. But do you seriously be-
lieve that these things have made an impression upon the
body of the church, so as to characterise her general teach-
ing ? There is no evidence of any such thing. A flagrant
instance here and there may be cited ; but compared with the
hundreds of sound men, who teach the articles of the church
as they are, such an instance may be truly called " rara axis
in terris ;" I may appropriately finish the quotation, " nigro-
que simillima cygno."---The rev. gentleman 'proceeded at
considerably further length on this subject, in the course of
which he quoted a letter to the Wesleyans on the Education
Bill, just published by Simpkin and Marshall, but in the
observations we have given the substance of his argument
will be found. lam anxious, he then proceeded, that you
should yet bear with me a little longer. (Hear.)
I proceed now to the fourth class ; to address those who
agree with us in the main upon this question, but who differ
with us, and among one another, about the particular enact-
ments of this bill. There are some extreme churchmen who
seem desirous of joining in the cry of extreme anti-church-
men, that it should be thrown out altogether. (Hear.) This,
I apprehend, is out of the question, seeing that it has passed
the second reading in the House of Commons, and that,
therefore, the principle of the bill is already affirmed by
parliament. Granting, therefore, for argument sake, that it
would have been originally wiser or safer for the government
to have availed themselves of the two great existing edu-
cational societies, the National Society and the British and
Foreign School Society, and to have made them their agents
in carrying out more vigorously and universally the education
of the people ; the advocates of such a view should now re-
member, like wise practical men, that it is too late, and
should see that their alternative is now not between this bill
and no hill, neither is it between this bill and a better bill,
but it is between this bill and a worse. (Hear, hear, and
cheers.) They should also take into their consideration the
present state of the factory law as regards education,
and the suggestions for improvement which have been laid
before the legislature by persons who, from their personal
observation of the working and deficiency of the present
system, are best qualified to form a correct and comprehen-
sive judgment. (Hear, hear.) The present factory act was
passed in the session of 1833, and the educational clauses
came partially into operation early in 1834 ; but they did not
apply to their full extent until the spring of 1836; and in
consequence of proceedings then pending before parliament,
they were not really in operation till the month of June
1836. In 1838, on the motion of Mr. Grote, there was a

Return to en address of the Honourable the House of Commons,
dated 15th August, 18:38 : —That her Majesty would be graciously
pleased to give directions, that each of the four factory inspectors do
report separately, at the period of his quarterly general report, on the
effects of the educational provisions of the Factories' Act, as exemplified
in not less than twelve of the schools situated in his district, in which
those provisions have been observed in the most efficient manner; rind
that the four factory inspectors do make a joint report, as to any modi-
fication of the existing educational provisions of the Factories' Act,
which may appear to them desirable.

In consequence of that address reports were made by
Mr. Horner, Mr. Howell, Mr. Saunders and Mr. Stew-
art, the Inspectors of Factories; and iu conclusion there is
a joint report in which they all fire agree. In Mr. Horner's
repot t I find this passage—

As the law has made it obligatory on parents to send their children
to school, if they are to be employed in a factor•, it is neither equitable.
nor consistent legislation to impose this obligation without affording
the means of its being fulfilled, by providing suitable schools where
none exist. It is nut unreasonable to require parents to reserve a
small portion of their children's weekly earnings to pay for their edu-
cation; but as the parents of such children cannot unite to build and
furnish a school, it must be done for them. Unless, therefore, good
primary schools be establishcl generally throu4hout the country, or
unless schools be specially provided for factory children at the public
expense, the educational provisions mustcontinue to be inefficient in by
far the greatest proportion of instances, except where good schools are
voluntarily kept on their premises by the proprietors.

Observe the practical suggestion of this inspector ; and this
suggestion we shall find made into one of the provisions of
the bill now before parliament, upon the recommendation of
the inspector. The same gentleman, Mr. Leonard Horner,
say s,

At present, factory schools on the premises are established either by the
liberality or benevolence of the owners, or because it is the most conve-
nient arrangement for their works, or from both motives combined. But
this only happens in large establishments, . where the number of
children employed is considerable. It is in those factories where the
number is small that the educational provisions are in general carried
into operation with the least efficiency; and, although we do not hesi-
tate to interfere when the compliance is merely formal, we are often
obliged to acquiesce with a very imperfect fulfilment of the spirit of the
law, because no better system of schooling is within reach. For instance,
it is not at all an unusual thing. to have certificates presented to us,
subscribed by the teacher, with his or her " mark;" this generally hap-
pens in the case of female teachers, but they are held to be equal in
qualification to the majority of those who keep " dame-schools " In
the last quarter I had a school voucherpresented to me with a " mark,"
and when I called on the schoolmaster to read it before me be could
not. It had been written out by the clerk of the factory, and the school-
master had been called to put his mark to it. I have had to reject the
school voucher of the fireman, the children having been schooled in the
coal-hole, (in one case 1 actually found them there,) and having been
made to say a lesson, from books nearly as black as the fuel. in the in-
tervals between his feeding and stirring the fire of the engine boiler. It
may be supposed that such a thing could only happen at the mill of
some poor ignorant man ; but that, I am sorry to say, was not the
case ; it occurred at factories where a large capital must be embarked.
(Hear, hear.) This was the way they met the letter of the
law. Mr. Howell says in his report—

Where good schools are open to factory children I do not observe any
reluctance on the part of the parents, that they should be sent to such
schools, although the parents are, of course, disinclined to pay a twelfth
part of their children's earnings, in order that they may remain two
hours every day, with a tattered spelling book in their hands, in some
room which is called a school, under the valueless tuition of the over-
looker 's wife or daughter, or some other ignorant person who is meta-
morphored into u teacher for the purpose of a literal compliance with
the educational provisions of the Factories' Act.

(Hear, hear.) In Mr. Saunder's report there is an account
from the mill of Nlessrs. Rawson, at Sowerby Bridge, in
which the mill occupiers make the following suggestions :

As long as the act simply prescribe! " teaching to read,", I do not see
what improvement eould be made upon th,-; present A better class
of masters appears required to give " a sound, religious; and moral edu-
cation ;" but, excepting. in very large connected manufactories, there
could scarcely be procured masters of ability without great increase of
expense. I cannot see how any other arrangement could be advanta-
geously made, except " by the establishment of district schools, with the
masters appointed and paid by government, (probably from flues under
the act in pert,) and under the direction and superintendence of the pa-
rochial clergy. The introductiou into such schools of instruction in
sea ing and knitting to the girls, would, in my opinion, be of quite as
much or more advantage than the mere learning to react."

Another suggestion from Mr. Saunder's report was by
Messrs. Wood and Walker, of 'Bradford—

We are decidedly of opinion that learning, without such sound reli
gious application as is provided for by the national system of the esta-
blished church, will only create more adepts in mischief, and that the
popular proposition of a national system of education without religion
in any settled form, under the pretext of avoiding bigotry or sectarian-
ism, is nothing leas in effect than a proposition to spread infidelity and
anarchy.

The Rev. Gentleman expatiated at some length on these ex-
cellent suggestions ; after which be read the following extract
from a letter addressed to one of the inspectors by the Rev.
Archdeacon Lyall—

tipewry, Npvelpbr 9,183 S

Mr DE.III have greni Pleesure in tePlying to' the questions
put to me in your letter respecting the effects produced upon the conduct
and morals of the children in the silk factory established in this town.
by the regulations under which it is conducted. Those regulations are
inserted in the lease of the premises occupied by Messrs. Brown and
oy. The premises were built by a certain numbea of shareholders, of
whom I am a principal one; and one object was to obtain a power over
the children employed, which the law does not give. These regulations
are very simple, being, first, that the rector, churchwardens, and three
other individuals, should form a committee, and that no children should
be received iut.) tao Till without their certificate; end that they should
have it 'power SupaplarilY to dinnlo any Child O'r'mioif Orilpford in or
about the faetory whose conduct was • disillProved Second, that the
committee should be empowered to stop lid. per week from the earn-
ins of all children under 13 for education ; and that the children should
attend school daily for one hour and a half. I have never collected
more than Id. a week, and have been satisfied with the attendance—
one hour per day.

. .
I may also observe, as a confirmation of what I have said respecting
the children, that the owners of the factory, who, at first thwarted me a
good deal, have now become so sensible of the advantages to themselves
of the regulations in their lease, that upon building a new factory,
about sight miles from here, the year before last, they told one that if I
would prevail upon the clergy of the neighbourhood to accept and exer •
vise the same authority as I do here, they would convey the ground to
them and their successors for 99 years, and take their factory from them
under a lease for that time, subject to the same, and even to more strin-
gent regulatiCMS Itan I bed intended to insist upon.

In the joint report of the four inspectors there was this
clause—

We are of opinion that, in order to secure his fees to the schoolmaster,
which he very often loses when he' has to look to the children for them,
it should be enacted, that in every case the occupier shall be entitled to
deduct from the wages of the child such sum as may be approved of by
the inspector, not exceeding 3d. iu each week, to pay for the schooling,
and that, upon demand, ho shall pay the sums so deducted to the
schoolmaster.

It appears to me, therefore, continued Mr. M`Neile, a
strong argument in favour of the provisions of this bill,
that they are not theoretic experiments originating in the
present measure, but progressive iniproveinehts upon the
existing system, suggested by practical men conversant
with the details of the subject. And I hope' the men as-
sembled here, and thousands besidei in this great town, will
lose no time in appending their names to this petition, and
thereby performing their constitutional duty in strengthen-
ing, as far as they the' hands of her Majesty's govern-
ment in this great -measure, so that in the committee
of the House of-Cdiurrions ion the hili, they may maintain
unimpaired the seriptiiral Character, and Church of England
managenient 'of the proposed district schodls.' Apposition
must of course be counted upon; hilt painful aa'contention is,
, and must always be, to the Christian, I hope we shall. ever be
found willing to "contend earnestly" rather than compromise
t'ic great prinfjples of scriptural education. (Cheers.)
And let as, sir, Oways hear praptical remembrance,
that in a revOlted worl4 like twig, 13ible itYelf, pontaining
the will and law of the great Sovereign, must always be a
cause of contention among his rebellious subjects. (Hear.)
They can bear any thing with more patience than to have his
authoaity forced upon their reluctant minds. The imagina-
tions, commandments, and traditions of men, in their vari-
ous and innumerable forms of falsehood, can all amalgamate
with convenient pliancy, for the attainment of secular ad-
vantages or the gratification of envious and jealous antipa-
thies. A wonderful illustration of this is at hand. At a
meeting where Mr. Blackburn was in the chair, and where
there were Mr. Bevan, Mr. Martineau, Dr. Youens, Mr.
Kelly, and Mr. Thom, a certain Mr. P:*o eppka. (Hear.)
And theOvere. united
in all that was fundamental and all that was important—that
they were new assembled upoh the same platform, within the
common bosom of Christianity." They were all agreed in
fundamentals! (Hear, bear.) And what were the funda-
mentals? (Hear, hear.) Is the Trinity fundamental? Mr.
Martineau denies it ! (Cheers.) Is the incarnation funda-
mental? Mr. Martineau again denies it! (Loud cheers.)
Is the atonement fundamental ? Again Mr. Martineau
denies it ! (Hear, hear, and cheers.) Is infant baptism
fundamental? Mr. Giles denies it! (Laughter.) Is infant
haptittn tc, cpposed Hu 1,11 Here is r..tlaveill who ademii it!
Is the one mediator between pod and matt fundamental?
Here is Dr. Youens with a thousand—(hear)=-screening him-
self behind the anti-Scriptural figment of a difference between
the one mediator of redemption, and the many mediators of
intercession ! Yet, they are all agreed to fundamentals !
(Cheers.) I will tell you what the real fundamental point is
upon which they are agreed—opposition to the Established
Church of England ! (Cheers.) I said that all these forms
of falsehoood eould amalgamatepith cenve;tienc pliancy , but
truth, divine truth, has a ellen-ilea teat tviiith'separatea and
precipitates all the -dregs of falSehobd. ' All the Images of the
, false gods ofthe Anforites might have been brought into the
house of Dagon, and all stood quietly together; but
when the Ark of the God of Israel .was introduced, the
idol of the Philistines tottered and fell, and was broken.
(Cheers.) And so it is now. The philosophy, fa!tcli
so called, of the C'ocinian, the Mass book of ,• the Ito=
manist, the reviVedieviary ortheTractarhin, the Jewish
Talmud the'Makometan 'Koran, the Hindoci Shasteis, the
classic Pantheii, all these'may becait by`the- witchery of
Liberalism iiito one cauldron

.• .
lilac}; spirits and white,
Red 'Spirits anci trey,
Ye that mingle may !" (Tremendous cheers.)
But attempt to add the Bible, in the vulgar tongue, to this
heterogenous mixture, and you will raise a storm which the
witch cannot allay. All these are against the Bible, and the
Bible is against all these. The attempt to mix them must
produce contention,—
Till the burley burley's done,
Till the battle's lost and won !"
The rev. gentlemen then resumed his seat amidst applause
which almost rent the building.

Mr. IshiA:r seemdeil die inotion, was auk , after
a short address from Mr. Robert
.Sidoor, of \Volverhawpton,
who stated that the We4leyans were, in general, most friendly
to the bill.

On the motion of Mr. SHAND, seconded by Mr. J. 13.
LLOYD, it was resolved that the petition should be sent for
presentation to the House of Commons to the boroioi
members.

Dr. TATTERSALL then moved, and Mr. WILKINsos,
churchwarden (elect), teconded, a vote of thanks to the
chairman, which was carried by acclamation, and the pro-
ceedings terminated about three o'clock.

TIIE DOCK COMMITTEE

The usual meeting of the Dock Committee took place yes-
terday. There were present—Messrs. llorsfall, Barclay,
Evans, Holmes, Holt, Nicol, Smith, Aikin, Shand, Mid-
dleton, Bulley, and Bold.
The CHAIRMAN called the attention of the members to
the result of an experiment in the application of sheet-iron
under a wooden floor, with a view to ascertain its effects in
preventing or retarding the spread of fire to the timber,—and
requested the Secretary to read Mr. W kitty's (Head-consta-
ble) report on the subject, of which the following arc the
principal points :

Mr: Wilitty, at the request of Mr. Hartley, superintended
the improvement, which was made on Tuesday last. A
building had been constructed for the purpose at the " Old
Dock Yard." It was 18 feet square, and 10 feet high, covered
with a strong wooden floor; and about an inch from the joist
was placed very thin and not very good sheet-iron rivetted
together, entending the full extent of the ceiling, so as to ex-
clude the flames from the woodwork. The interior of the
building was tilled with 30 empty tar barrels, two large bun-
dles of oakum, half-a-barrel of pitch, two cart loads of broken
timber (very dry), one cart load of chips and shavings, and
two gallons of dirty fish oil sprinkled over the other articles.
There was a thorough draft through the building, and when
the materials were ignited the combustion was most rapid,
the whole interior becoming in ten minutes like a furnace.
The building being new, it gave off much steam, and cracked
in several places. Through the fissures smoke and vapour
issued, but no flame until after a lapse of 40 minutes. It
then appeared round the interstices of the flooring, &c., and
in forty-five minutes the fire was extinguished and the flooring
raised. The joints and boards were found to be greatly charred,
and on exposure to the air quickly ignited. The sheet•iron
was old, and by no means air-tight, as it ought to have been ;
but still the experiment was important, as allowing :—First,
that a building so constructed cannot be considered perfectly
fireproof ; and, secondly, that, though not fireproof, it still
offers such impediments to the progress of fire as closely to
approximate to it. "To prevent the extension of fire for
forty minutes (says Mr. Whitty) amounts almost to a perfect
impediment, and points out a very easy way by which exist-
ing warehouses could, at a trifling expense, be rendered infi-
nitely more secure against fire that they are at present." He
also states that Mr. Hartley may possibly, after this experi-
ment, be able to suggest further improvements. Mr. Whitty
also reports on another experiment, which he witnessed, to
test the security of brick arches—models of those intended
for the floors of the ❑ew dock warehouses. On the respec-
tive merits of the two plans with reference to fires, he says—
" Supposing a fire in a warehouse protected by sheet iron, I
would approach it with apprehension ; but to a fire in a ware-
house constructed with brick arches, &c., I would go, not
only with perfect confidence that it could not extend, but that
it would be extinguished in a few minutes."

The report of Mr. John Stewart and Mr. Samuel Holme,
on the model arches for the warehouse floors, which have
been erected at the dock yard, was then read. These gentle-
men express an opinion that "floors so constructed would be
as fireproof as it is possible to have floors in lofty ware-
houses, and are perfectly sufficient to carry a proper stowage
of merchandise. The concrete flooring on the top of the
arches appears to be very sound and good, and is a very de-
sirable floor for a brick arch." They, however, recommend
that it should be ascertained whether narrow-wheeled trucks
for moving heavy weights would not injure such a floor; and
" still retain their opinion that the floor, distinguished as No.
1 in their former report, is, so far as refers to the general
strenth and completness of the warehouses, the best ; and
that the only advantage which the arched floor possesses is
that it is more fireproof." They state in conclusion that they
understand that a successful experiment has been made with
sheet-iron, and that its use in the mode which they originally
recommended would tend in a great degree to limit the spread
of tire with a floor constructed according to No. 1, and pro-
tected by sheet-iron.

The CHAIRMAN stated that it was desirable that members
of the committee who had not seen the model.brick arches
should inspect them.

Mr. HARTLEY said they could be seen any day between
10 and 1 o'clock.

Several members expressed their intention to visit the
dock-card this day for that purpose.
A Report from the Marine Surveyor was then read, sug-
gesting an application to the Trinity Board for the laying
down an additional buoy and a beacon for the better guid-
ance and protection of vessels in the south channel into the
harbour—to be placed at points where chiefly for want of
them no fewer than 20 vessels have been lost within the last
seven years. This was agreed to.

The CHAIRMAN stated that the owners of two vessels had
expressed a wish to have the use of the transit sheds—west
side of the Prince's Dock.

This was concurred in, and orders were given to prepare
them with partitions of trellis-work, requisite to separate the
weighed from the unweighed goods.
Matters of finance were then entered upon, and the re-
porters withdrew.

THEATRE-ROYAL

LAST NIGHT OF THE OPERA OF " MAR/NETTE."

We perceive that this evening the composer and author of
the new opera of Marinette take their benefit. As this will
be the only opportunity our readers will have of witnessing
this production of their townsmen, we hope it will not have
to be said that the cold shoulder has been shown to those
who have exhibited a laudable pride in wishing the result of
their labours to be seen for the first time in their " ain touu."
Very great promises of support have been held out, which
will not, it is hoped, be
_

" kept to the ear,
But broken to the hope."
The opinions of our contemporaries have been given, in spite
of some extra-critical flourishes, in its favour; and it a
bumper house this evening rewards those concerned, any per-
sons in doubt on the subject as to its merits or demerits will
have the " living fact before them" ; and the public voice
will show whether, in better times, the authors Rill be jus7
tified in trying once more to afford amusement to the public.
The composer and poet's place is recognised in all festive
cireles;—we own their influence in the quiet evenings at
home—in the brilliant concert hall—at the social board—in
all cheerful societies—in hut, in hall—in drawing-room or in
humble cottage-parlour ;—the sailor sings at the capstan,
and the lover seeks to win his mistress by his serenades ;
the soldier is inspired with " deeds of arms " by ;the *soul-
rousing march, while the husbandman indulges in " native
strains that melt us as we sing them" ;—the schoolboy
" whistles to keep his courage up" ;—the maiden warbles at
her wheel, or while plying the busy needle ;--the rleeress—
nay, all classes, to the Sovereign herself—own the power
and sway of linusje and song : and surely the rich rewards
which every foreigner in this country can command ought
not to be withheld from those who are " native here."

We add the following ballad as a specimen of the author's
style of versification. It is sung by Mr. Shrivall with taste,
feeling, and pathos :

BALLAD.
(From the new Opera of " Marinette.")
When the clouds of misfortune shall shadow us per,
And life's 6Olden sunshine shall cheer 'us 'no more ;
When the gloom of despair seems our fate to invest,
And sorrow impending brings friends to the test :
Then we find that dear woman still joy will confer,
She'll smilingly meet us, no change is in her.
May her gentle dominion o'er man never cease,

And may leaven watch over her pathway of peace!
Would we see lovely woman in colours of truth,

'Tis not where she mingles, in pride of her youth,
Where garlands of flow rs with lamps we festoon,
When night time is made like the brightness of noon!
Not amid mirth and music she'll seem the most fair,
But where kindness is needed, go seek for her there.
Oh, may her dominion o'er man never cease,

And may Heaven watch over her pathway of peace!

CHESTER. RACES.-TUESDAY.

PRODUCE SWEEPSAKES, of 50 sous each, h ft, for three year
olds, colts Bst 41b, fillies Sst. Two miles. 8 subs.
Mr Mostyn's ch c General Pollock, by Velocipede
Sir R Bulkely's b c by Jereed—Jemima . 2
Lord Westminster's ch fby Pantaloon .
TUE TRADESMEN'S PLATE, of 200 sovs in specie, added to
a Handicap Sweepstakes of 25 sovs each. 68 subs.
Mr Wormald's ch h Millipede, 5 yrs, 7st 31b.
Lord Eglinton's br h JaMie Forest, 6 yrs, 7st 21b......... 2
Sir C Monk's b c Galanthus, yrs, 7st 7lb ... .... 3
Sixteen others started,'but were not placed; fourteen paid
the large, and thirty-five the small forfeit.
A. SWEEPSTAKE, of 5 sous each, with' 50 added. Two mile

heats. 7 subs.
Mr J Scott's cis c Prizefighter, by Gladiator, 3 yrs.... 1 1
Mr 1' Dawson's br c A Robber, 3 yrs . . 0 2
Mr Fowler's h g The Duke, 4 yrs
Thres others started, hut *ere not plaCed
WEDN'EBPAY.—TpE D'EFSTA:vp BTAigy,p, I.Cfoir§ each,
. .

With 50 added. 4 Subs.
Mr Cook's ch c What, by 4ereed, 3 yrs walked over
A SWEEYSTAKEs, of 25 soya each, for two year olds, 11
subs,
Marquis of Westminster's b f Sister to Auckland 1
Mr Denham's b f Fair Charlotte
Mr Flintoff's ch f by Dr Faustus .
Seven others started, but were not placed.

THE DEE STAKES, of 50 sous each, h ft, with.2oo soya added,
for three year olds. Grosvenor Course. 16 subs.
Mr Mosryn's ch c General Pollock ..
Mr F R Price's ch c Colin Clink

Sir Abstrupus, Decoy f, and Hooton not placed.
SIXTY GUINEAS, the gift of the Members for the City
Heats, once round and a distance.

Mr Flintoff's br f The Rhine, 3 yrs

). Copl;p';s 911 c.Noati.3. yrfi ' • •
• ;1 Vont-others also started

TmnispAy.—Hrtit MAJESTY'S PLA.TE, of 100 guineas.
Thrice round, rather more than three miles.
Mr D Cooke's ch c What, 3 yrs
Marquis of Westminster's b g Martyr, 4 yrs
MARQUIS OF WESTMINSTER'S PLATE, Of 100 sous in
specie, added to a Handicap Sweepstakes of 20 soya each,
h ft. 17 subs.
Sir C Monk's b c Galanthus, 4 yrs, Sst
Mr F It Price's br f Marion, 4 yrs, 7st 711?. , 2

METROPOLITAN PROTESTANT ASSOCIATION.—Dr. Croly
will preach the anniversary sermon of this society, on the
10th of May, in the Episcopal Chapel, Gray's lnu-road,
Loudon. •

A new steam-carriage has been invented by a young man
at Reading, which is said to have overcome the obstacle
which hitherto prevented these machines from being used
on the roads. The 47ez.,gc. the speed fourteen
mlles par hour. It goes on three wheels, something like a
Bath chair. '

AN EXCISEMAN FRIGIITENED•--A few days ago, the in-
mates Of •one of the inns iii the village of Beauty were sud-
denly alarmed by a❑ unaccountable noise, which took place
in one of the apartments of the house in which an excise-
man had been laid up, and wag under medical treatment, for
a fe7 da73. Vt 7411 aii conve'nient ipeed, 'the host of the
house, &„c:,'bett)6l( themselves to the scene of 'actiOn, where;
to their'astoniihment; they saw the irivalid in great trepi-
dation; paesenting a pair of pistols, minus shot, at a terri-
ble looking object which stood between hisbed and the fire-
side, and which to him appeared supernatural. "Upon fur-
ther investigation into the cause of such an unusual ecene, it
the
.cognomen vpolish
peighbc u 0-.04
turned out to
stepped be that
u slippedl: liiitai,ar;uor
stairs,
"1h; :r4i
limbs
vbf;ll,na4;tabhwli ill the
e
had 'iluidtlY
door of
shenawoarstal;was,
the room open,
comfort-
able fire which she noticed in it. This unhappy
nine or ten aears ago, a blooming and handsome maid ; but
having trespassed a little on the excise laws,
incar-
cerated in Inverness gaol, since which time reason has left
her empire, never to return.—Ross-shire Advertiser.

President Joe Smith, of Nauvoo city, marries the girls and
fellows—preaches—sells tape and molasses candy—write*
verses for the " Times and Seasons, and makes Laws for
the Mormons.—Boston 4vening

ADJOURNED MEETING OF TWE TOWN CONNCIL

The council held an adjourned, and also (for certain mat-
ters) a special meeting, within the Town-hall, on Wednesday
last, at eleven o'clock ; the Moron. presiding.

CONGRATULATORY ADDRESS TO THE QUEEN AND

PRINCE ALBVILT,

Mr. G. H. LAWRENCE hoped he might be allowed to go
out of the order appointed for the business of the day, for the
purpose of moving that a dutiful and loyal address be pre-
sented to her most gracious Majesty the Queen, on the oc-
casion of the birth of a Pri.ucess of the House of Brunswick.
lie was sure they must all rejoice at that most auspicious
event ; and pray that those virtues which graced and adorned
her Majesty, and endeared her to the country, would be cha-
racteristic of the life of the illustrious Princess just born.
(Hear, hear.) Under the influence of these feelings, he
begged to propose that a committee be appointed to prepare
an address to her Majesty, and that the same be transmitted
for presentation to the Secretary of State for the Home
Department, Sir James Graham.
Sir Tr►OMAS BRANCKER seconded the motion, and it was
agreed to unanimously; after which, an address having been
prepared by the committee, was agreed to by the council.
ADDRESS OF CONDOLENCE.

Mr. Alderman TURNER asked whether it was not cus-
tomary to present an address, also, of condolence upon the
death of an uncle of the reigning sovereign? If it were cus-
tomary, he thought that such a mark of respect was especially
called for on the occasion of the death of the Duke of Sussex,
considering the peculiar situation in which his royal highness
had stood towards her Majesty. It was the Duke of Sussex
who had stood in loco parentis, almost, towards her from
the cradle to the throne; it was the Duke of Sussex who
first presented her to the assembled nobles of the land in the
Council Chamber ; it was the Duke of Sussex who presented
her hand in marriage to the gallant and illustrious Prince
now her husband, and who had proved himself so worthy of
his high position. (Hear, hear.) Under these circum-
sumstances he (Mr. Alderman Turner) moved that an ad-
dress of condolence be also presented to her Majesty on the
death of her illustrious uncle. _ _

Mr. Alderman EARLE was very glad that his. friend (Mr.
Alderman Turner) had brought it forward, and in the gentle.
manly manner which always characterized him. He (Mr.
Earle) thought it very extraordinary that an address of con-
gratulation should first have been proposed, although he did
not then venture to make any observations upon the subject;
but, he continued, I am glad it has come from a good con-
servative and not from a radical like myself (laughter and
cries of order)—because it would have been supposed I had
done so in consequence of the politics of the Duke of Sussex.
Mr. G. H. LAWRENCE (and others).—No, no.
Mr. Alderman EARLE.--I beg your pardon: it was most
marked.

The MAYOR said he really must beg Mr. Earle not to im-
pute motives to any one.—(flear, hear.) They really must
give up the practise of looking at individuals, and take the
matters which were before them ; they must not take the con-
duct of individuals for the subject of discussion. He (the
Mayor) hoped they were all assembled in order to do what
was right, not to talk about the political ideas of any particu-
lar members of the council. Let them look only at the mat-
ters which came properly before them.
Mr. Alderman EARLS begged to offer his apologies for
any omission, but he thought he had done so.
The M YOB. was sure that the council would never discharge
its duty in the way it ought to be discharged, until the mem-
bers looked only at the matters legitimately before them, and
forgot all political animosity. (Hear, hear.)
Mr. SAMUEL HOLM E, cordially agreeing with every senti-
ment expressed by Mr. Alderman Turner respecting the
Duke of Sussex, and also with the Mayor, that one word of
politics should never be permitted to darken that room, and
feeling the opinion expressed by Mr. Earle to be an unjust
one, had great pleasure in seconding the address. (Hear.)
Mr. HODGSON thought the council were now rather called
upon to express a decided feeling in favour of the Duke of
Sussex. In the first instance, it really had not occurred to
any gentleman, at the moment, to propose a vote of condo-
lence; if it had, he (Mr. Hodgson) should have been glad to
have moved it himself. He should say,
De mortuis nil nisi bonum. . _

(Hear, hear.) Whatever his politics might be, the amiable
life of the Duke of Sussex claimed honour and respect ; and
he (Mr. Hodgson) thought it was ill-judged and ill-timed to
attempt to separate the omission into a party question until
it had been ascertained whether there was an intention, or
anything to afford them for believing there was such an in-
tention, of withholding the expression of condolence. (Hear,
hear.) This was a matter of family affliction, and not of any
political question whatever. (Hear.) And though he did
not say they should not have political questions agitated
there—probably there would be some that day—for they
could not help themselves, yet he did say that the occasion
to manifest it, to-day, had been unhappily chosen at the
commencement of the council. He (Mr. Hodgson) cordially
concurred in what had fallen from Mr. Turner with regard to
the address of condolence, which, he supposed, was the usual
course pursued when any of the royal family died.
Mr. G. IL LAWRENcg said he had not at all forgotten this
subject ; he was anxious to pay proper respect to her Ma-
jesty ; but he had been in some degree guided by precedent,
for he remembered that when the Duke of Gloucester died,
no notice of the event was taken by the council.
Mr. BIRKETT supported the address, observing that for a
considerable period the late royal Duke had devoted a part
of his income to charitable purposes.
The address was afterwards read and adopted.
At the request of the NIATOR it was then agreed that the
address of condolence should stand first on the proceedings,
and that of congratulation second.