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meeting-houses which receive annually from this charity the
sam of £1022. Of this number no fewer than 49 are known to
have been of orthodox origin, 19 of which are situated in Lan-
cashire. The names of the chapels, and their ministers, are
given at full length at page 722. Would it not, by the bye,
perhaps have been as well if they had originally had articles of
faith and a liturgy ? "In the nine northern counties it is pro-
bable that Anti-trinitarian ministers are, not more than as about
one to six or seven, compared with those amongst Dissenters
who hold the opposite system of belief; but with the exception
of a few, and those, almost all of them, in the larger towns, the
whole of the Anti-trinitarian ministers are pensioners on her
ladyship's liberality, whilst only about one in four or five of
those who; it is believed, are the only proper recipients, receive
any advantage froni the charity." The writer then proceeds to
remark, that the amounts that are given clearly show the par-
tiality of the distribution : the average given to the Socinian
teachers being £l4 3s. 24d., while that given to the orthodox
Dissenting ministers is only £7 7s. 94d., about one half. It
appears that four Socinian students at York receive £l6O,
while there is only one orthodox Dissenting student on the list,
a student at Airdale College, who receives £2O. Again, no
Independent
.minister receives above £l9, while Mr. Wellbe-
loved, an Unitarian at York, pockets £BO. The' writer con-
cludes thus,—" And yet, after all this, in reply to the inquiries
made by his Majesty's commissioners respecting Dame Lady
llewley's charity, the' trustees had the hardihood to assert posi-
tively; that in the selection of objects, and the administration
of the charity, they never make any inquiries into the particu-
lar creed; or doctrines, or tenets of the applicants ; and that no
preference is given to any person on account of his peculiar
faith or-opinion. In many cases, no doubt, inquiry would be
unnecessary, and, in others, the trtisTe'es. Seem to have guessed,
with admirable success. Whether they give a preference to
persons on account of their peculiar faith or opinions, 'the
readers of these lists will of course judge for themselves."

I will only add, that some good will be done, if -we can only
convince such Dissenters as prefer things spiritual to things
ecclesiastical, that " a church establishment is lawful, scrip-
tural, and necessary." and at the same time give a gentle hint
to those Dissenters who prefer things political to things reli-
gious, that after all they may gain nothing else by this unholy
alliance but the honour of being used as a cunning ally once
used A CATSPAW.

THE BRITISH COLOURS.

TO THE EDITOR OF THE LIVERPOOL STAND.IRD.

Stn,—Yesterday I beheld the most unloyal, the most unna-
tural, and the most disgraceful scene mice eyes ever saw, al-
though I have witnessed more than one revolution, with all its
horrid consequences. It was, Sir, to the mortification of my
feelings, my lot to see, in England, in • Liverpool, in Castle-
street, in Aunt of the Townhall, England's flag violated, nay,
rent into fragments, by the hands and with the teeth of Britons!
England's flag trampled upon, and, in a manner too shocking
to describe, dishonoured by the subjects of the Monarch of these
realms. I do not, Sir, presume to say that the outrageous
blackguards so disgracing themselves were Englishmen; for
what I know they might be Scyts, Irish, or Welshmen. Ido
know they were not foreigners, from their yells and rokings,
which I must, situated as I was, necessarily have heard. Nor
do I, nor will I, say, or even guess, who the coward was that
encouraged .the mob, or to what party they did belong. Var
less do I trouble you or your readers„ as if ignorant that some
hundreds, if not thousands, must, with me, have seen and heard
what passed. But I will feel obliged to you, -Sir, for inserting
these lines, in testimony that a foreigner, a son of the continent
of Europe, felfasliamed, and could have wept, yea shed tears,
because he sa* Englishmen 'destitute of sufficient courage to
prevent their flag from beill vio-:ared iu the thidst of them !
Decene;er I.lllt. • , AN ALIEN.

SIR EDWARD. G; CoLpors.---This gallant officer, *who was
commander-in-chief-on the *North•Amel z ati Ai, died in his
-sixty-sixth year, germada, on he
As Captain *Cififfithk he commando.i the biS ..unere,
Admiral Colpevi; in: the general inutiiiroi-l'i9/,.and on that
occasion acted with great firmness. fie was actively en-
gaged during the-late war, and served as firSt captain, and cap-
tain of the-fleet to the late Admiral Sir William Young, Com-
mander-in-chief' in the South Sea; Lince the. peace he com-
manded in chief on the Halifax and American stations. lie
was of a spare habit, tall, erect, and dignified. His manners
were austere, reserved, and thoughtful, and his features were
Tromiuent, and bore all the hardy memorials of long service.
he temporary command devolves on Ccmmodore t arquhar.
It is thought that Sir George Cockburn will be appainted as his
.SUCCOSSUr.

OPINION.—He that never changed an of his opinions, never
corrected any of his mistakes; an,l be, who was never wise
enough to find out any mistakes in himself, will not be•cha.
ritable enough to excuse what'll,: reckons mistakes in others.—
Dr. Whicheute.

ASTIINIA ANi) EXTRAVAGANCE.—" Do listen;" said Mr. A.
whose asthma .and.age. had. increased together, `.`- to that fellow
bawling out his .mutton pies ;.why,.he wa,tes as much breath in
a minute as would. last me for a month."

INGENIOUS MEcitANism.—The Exeter Gazette mentions that
Mr. Bradford, a country watchmaker, residing at Newton
Abbott, .lias produced several pieces of very curious mechanism.
First, a machine representing a lamp, suspended by a small
brass rod, hung to the.ceiling,which constantly tuzns round,
carrying a quantity of watches and two. lights, and is made to
work in different parts. The second is a brass bali, which runs
, a distance of feet 64 times in an licur—LLeing upwarlis of
21,000 feet in 12 ihours—without any individual knowing ;he
cause of its going, except the Mechanist and his family. The
last is a timepiece, going without 'weights or springs, showing
the hours, minutes, days of the week, and days of the month.

SIR FRANCIS BURDETT.—Sir Francis Burdett first entered
Parliament about the year 1796, when, through the interest of
the Duke of Newcastle,.he was returned for Boroughbridge, in.
Yorkshire, the town which Sir Charles Wetherell has lately re-
presented in Parliament. A thort time previously to tins he
had married the second daughter of the late Mr. Coutts, the
wealthy banker. About the time of his commencing a senato-
riol life he became a member of the society for promoting a re-
form in Parliament, and at one of its most numerous meetings
shortly after he took the chair, and in the most explicit manner
pledged himself to the cause by _which his public and private
conduct has ever since been controlled. Two domestic suLjects
particularly engaged the early, attention of the baronet; one was
the bill which ministers wished to introduce for regulating the
publication of newspapers and.restraining their contents;-which
Sir Francis at once denounced as a part of a plan which had.
been
.going on for many years, and which would effectually un-
dermine all that was valuable in the British constitution • the
other subject was the state of the prison in Coldbath-fields; to
inquire into the abuses which existed there a committee of? in,
quiry was appointed through the perseverance of Sir Francis,
and terminated in the dismissal of the governor of the prison.
Among the magistrates by whom Sir Francis was violently op-
posed in this measure was the elder Mainwaring, then one of
the members for Middlesex, and chairman of the bench of jus-
tices in that county. Roused by his opposition Sir Francis Le-
came his competitor for the representation of Middlesex in the
general election of 1802. The poll closed bra nominal majo-
rity for Sir Francis of 270, but-a subsequent petition against his
return resulted in a new election, in which Mr. Mainwaring
gave way to his son, who triumphed over Sir Francis, after a
violent struggle, by 5 votes, out of more than 5,000.. At the
next general election Sir Francis made a third attempt, but was
opposed by Mr. Mellish, and again failed. The expense of these
contests are said to have cost him almost 100,000/. In the year
1807 Sir Francis first became a candidate for the representation
of Westminster, the result of which was the very opposite to
that.of Middlesex; in that he was returned by a large majority,
free of expense. He was at that time hailed by the appellation
of the " man of the people." When the ceremony of chairing
took place, he was drawn through the streets in a splendid car,
attached to which were four cream-coloured horses, richly
caparisoned, The scene was rendered perhaps more imposing
from the, baronet being obliged to rest a wounded limb upon a
cushion, in consequence of sa recent and almost fatal duel with
Mr. .Paull, the unsuccessful candidate. As Sir Francis. was
saved the entire expense of the election, he presented the West-
minister Hospital with 1,0001.