The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1844-04-09 00:00:00

IRE- COAST•
CANADA F°-
TOTAL
LAND. WISE. REIGN.
Wheat .. ... Ors. I 1228 183 2623 4064
Barley .. Qrs. I 142 142
Malt Qrs. 47 2611 2658
Oats Qrs. 849 933 1782
Rye Qrs.
Beans Qrs. 272 540 1920 2732
Pease Qrs. 175 175
ShelledßarleyQrs.
Indian Corn. Qrs. ,
Rapeseed Qrs.
Oatmeal .. Loads 1992 63 2055
Flour. .... Sacks 4394 1330 1 5724
Ditto Brls. 7219 7219
EXPORTS.—Foreign. Malt, qrs. ; Oats. qrs. ; Pease,
qrs.; Indian Corn, 0 qrs.; Oatmeal, 0 loads ; Flour, 6

EXPORTS.—Foreign. Malt, qrs. ; Oats. qrs. ; Pease,
qrs. ; Indian Corn. 0 qrs. ; Oatmeal, 0 loads ; Flour, 6
brls.--Ireland Wheat, 15 qrs.: Oats. qrs ; Indian
Corn, 60 qrs. ; Oatmeal, loads ; Flour, sacks, brls.—
Coastwise. Wheat, 393 qrs. ; Barley, 15 qrs. ; Malt, 54 qrs.;
Oats. 12 qrs. ; Beans, 0 qrs. ; Pease, 31 qrs. ; Oatmeal, 70
loads ; Flour, 262 sacks 85 brls.

Average prices of Grain, for the week ending March 30, 1944
Wheat 565. sd. 1 Barley 325. 7d. 1 Oats .. 19s. Bd. 1 Rye 335. 3d.
Beans.. 3:s. 2d. 1 Pease.. 315. od.

Aggregate average of the six weeks.
Wheat 56s Id I Barley 33s 3d I Oats I9s 11d. Rye 33s 10d
Beans.. 30s. 11 d. j Pease.. 313. 2d.

Duty on Foreign Grain, &c. this week.
Wheatlas od I Barley 5s Od I Oats .. . 7s Od Rye.. gs 6d
Roans lOs 6d Pease .. 10s 6d Ind. Corn Os Od I Flour gs

Ditto from British Colonies out of Europe.
Wheat.. Is. Od. I Barley.. os. 6d. I Oats .. 2s. Od. I Rye.. Is Od
Beans 2s. 6d I Pease 2s. od. I Ind. Corn os. od. I Flour .. Os 74d

Liverpool Averages, week ending 26th March, 1844.
Wheat, 3647 qrs., price, Sls. Id.; Barley, 33 qrs., price, 31s.
Id.; Oats, 1416 qrs., price 18s. 4d.; Rye, qrs., price, —s.
Beans, 387 qrs.; price, 325. Od.; Pease, 3 qrs, price, 41s.

I look upon death to be as necessary to our constitutions
as sleep. We shall rise refreshed in the morning.—Dr.
Franklin.

CAUSE OF A SUSPICIOUS DISPOSITION.—One thing
you will learn fast enough in the world, for it is potent in
such teaching—that is, to be suspicious. Oh cast from
you for ever the hateful lesson. Men do not think how
much of their innocency they are laying down, when they
assume a clothing whose texture is guile. Beware of this
mock protection ; for you can hardly use it without prac-
tising deceit. I do not ask you to trust always ' • but I
would have you think well of men until you find then)
otherwise. When you are once deceived, either by an
acted or a spoken falsehood, trust that person no more. I
bad it once laid down to me as an axiom, by a very dear
friend, (and I am so satisfied of the precept s truth as to
make it a rule of my life) that, persons rarely suspect
others except of things which they are capable of doing
themselves. Yes ; these shadows of doubting are generally
flung from some bad realities within. You are looking at
your own image when you see so much vileness in your
neighbour's face. How much better might not we our-
selves become, if we used more largely to others that
blessed charity which thinketh no evil !—Dublin Univer-
ity Magazine.
THE SLAVE TRADE.—We fully believe that, if we were
to look for the deepest misery that was ever inflicted in
this world, and the greatest mass of it, we should find
it in the slave trade. It is the misery, not as in civilized
life, of scattered individuals, but of multitudes, and a
misery comprehending every other; sudden separation
from every tie of the human heart, parent, child, spouse,
and country; the misery of bodily affliction, disease, fa-
mine, storms, shipwreck, and ultimately slavery, with all
its wretchedness of toil and tyranny for life. We cer-
tainly do not think it our duty to go to war for the object
of teaching humanity to other nations. We must not at-
tempt to heal the calamity of the African by the greatest
of all calamities and crimes—an unnecessary war. But
England has only to persevere sincerely and steadily,
however calmly, and she will. by the blessing of that su-
preme disposer of the ways of men, who desires the hap-
piness of all his creatures, succeed in the extinction of a
traffic which has brought a curse, and brings it at this
hour, and will bring it deeper still, upon every nation
which insults the laws of humanity and the dictates of
religion, by dealing in the flesh and blood of man.—Black-
wood's Magazine.
EFFECT OF A CONCILIATORY POLICY.—The other road
is indeed open to you, and we fear you show too many
leanings towards it, that admirable legacy the whip; be-
queathed you—Conciliation. Popery may be pampered ;
treason caressed; the loyalty of those who it is supposed
must be true under every dt feat and under every discou-
ragement may be insulted ; the repealers may receive that
mild correction which evinces love and affection rather
that, anger, and a few years more of disturbance purchased
without the final result being attained. For this course,
apparently, you are prepared. Like Eugene Aram you
are " equal to either fortune." You have so trimmed
your sails that you can stand out to sea, or sun for shore,
as you deem fit. Already your declarations in parlia-
ment give a foretaste of your intentions. With what
shrinking delicacy you receded from any defence of pro-
tet•tantism on the ground of its truth ; with what sensitive
tendeeness you avoided attributing any corruption to
Romanism, or idolatry to popery. How admirably just.—
what Irish justice !—your letter to Lord de Gray regard-
ing Mr. Howley's appointment, that of two men equally
qualified the Roman catholic should be preferred, because
of the previous disabilities under which he rose to the
equality. And so, because one man has embraced christi-
anity according to the state religion, and another in oppo-
sition to its avowed preference, this latter is more to be
tru,ted, sooner employed, and higher honoured for his
opposition sake—the question of eternal truth or false-
hood, either way, being a matter quite beside the point,
and one which, not to ruffle certain susceptibilities, muss
not be agitated at all. You may follow this path—is is
smooth worn and easy—Lord Normanby's footsteps are
still there to guide you ; but we would ask you, is at as
safe for you as for him; can you do with impunity the
acts he performed with such success? No : very differ-
ent are the hopes men conceive of your government.
They know you to be independent of that faction by whose
aid your rivals held places; they hope, as you have the
power, you may have the will to be honest. They regard
you as the depository of that trust which secures to them
the advantages of their free constitution, and the enjoy-
ment of that religious truth which you have sworn to up-
hold. Take care that you betray not these expectations;
take care, lest in your efforts to conciliate the traitor you
discourage the true man; above all things, take care lest
you suffer this miserable land to linger on under the slow
and consuming fever of decay. If concessions are to be
made, make them ; if the axe is to be laid to the root of
the tree, do not begin by lopping off the branches; if you
mean to remodel the social system of our island, let us
not first moulder away to ruin ; do not halt between two
opinions. " I would that you were cold or hot." The
capricious bestowal of the patronage of the crown mav, for
a time, stimulate that even-handed justice it affects to be;
but men grow weary of this at last. The zealous and the
active grieve to see that the rewards of government are
bestowed upon the cautious and expectant psi tcian slat,
consults his ease and his interest together, and who, by
doing nothing for his country, does every thing for him-
self. Every country abounds in such " artful dodgers"
of politics, but their promotion disgusts honest men of all
parties. Take care then—the time is creeping on—some
vague assurances of respect for the church as by law esta-
blished, and for the rights of property generally, will nut
suffice. Men are begtnning even now to exclaio.—
Quousque tandem Catilina abuteris patentia rostra?
Approach your to-k in a spirit f detsruonation, and re-
sol, e that, acting under the di, tates of that ronstituti^rr
von hare scorn to d fend, you will govern Ireland.—
Dublin University Illoyazi,e. I

A LANDSCAPE IN SOUTH AMERICA.—A new and s
beautiful landscape burst suddenly upon our
view, seeming to dance in the transparent atmosphere.
On either side mountains, those on the left in d"ep sha-
dow, those on the right standing forth like colossal figures
of light, in a beauty and splendour that s,-e ned re illy su-
pernatural, every tree, every branch shining in its own
vivid and glorious colouring.. There lay the valley in it!)
tropical luxuriance and beauty, one sheet of bloom and
blossom up to the topmast crown of the palm trees, that
shot up, some of them a hundred and fifty and a hundred
and eighty feet high. Thousands and millions of con-
volvoluses, paulinias. bignonias, nendrohiums, climbing
from the fern to the tree trunks, from the trunks to the
branches and summits of the trees, and thence again fall-
ing gracefully down, and catching and clinging to the
mangroves and blocks of granite. It burst upon us like a
scene of enchantment, as we emerged from the darkness
of the forest into the dazzling light and colouring of that
glorious valley.—" Two Nights in Mexico," in Black-
wood.

THE QUARTERS OF LIFE.—The seven ages of man
have become proverbial : but in respect of the condition
of our minds, there are granted to the best of us hut four
periods of life. The first fifteen years are childhood. We
know nothing—we hope. The next fifteen are passion
and romance—we dream. During the third period of fif-
teen years, from thirty to forty-five, we are what nature
intended us to be. Character has formed : we pursue a
course of life; we reason ; we meditate. This is the pe-
riod in which we may be said with most propriety to live.
The fourth period is that of commencing decay. We may
grow wiser ; but it is the wisdom that speaks in a shake
of the head. Pain and penitence begin—we sorrow. Ne-
vertheless, if the third period has been passed in pro-
viding against the fourth, nature is changed, our declining
years are lighted with happiness and love, and as they ap-
proach their destined end, instead of the gloom naturally
accompanying decay, they are tinged with a ray from be-
fore them, the shadows are cast behind us on our path,
feelings spring up, unfelt even in the magic periods first
traversed by us—we rejoice.—Dublin University Mag.
ORIGINAL STYLE OF Boz.—Boz has achieved a great
thing—he Ilas created a STYLE. Perhaps lam wrong to say
created—a term which implies independence of .materials
—whereas the singular circumstance in this case is, that
by careful study of previous styles, by imitation of them,
by more, perhaps, than by imitation in the first instance,
this author has produced out of the heterogeneous ele-
ments a compound essentially differing from all its com-
ponent parts, and claiming—claiming justly—the high
merit of being original. That such a result should follow
such a course ought to encourage writers who aim at true
celebrity, to adopt this humble and painstaking initiatory
system, which though in other arts it has admittedly led
to the grandest results (in painting for instance) in litera-
ture has been too much overlooked and despised. Boz
now stands alone in his style, he has had no models, he
has no imitators, he will probably have no disciples. But,
besides this, he has a moral code of his own, akin to no
other, except, perhaps, that of Sterne, from whom he
appears in part to have derived it. The exquisite ap-
preciation of the finer phases of feeling, the employment
of the most wayward humour in forming character, the
undeviating firmness of a humility which acknowledges
and courts no elevation but that of the heart, the humanity,
the simple pathos, the brevity of expression even, and the
sly yet innocent comicality which enlivens the whole—all
these are to be found in Sterne, but are transferred to
Boz with so much of transmutation as to shine a different
substance, having got rid of one alloy in the process—
affectation, the great depreciatory ingredient in the metal
run from Yorick's skull. I have been led to remark these
peculiarities from having found in the " Christmas Carol,"
illustrations of them all on a small scale. Chuzzlewit is
an improvement on Box's former novels—it is stronger,
more fearless, more condensed, more masterly. The
Carol exceeds Chuzzlewit in the exquisite moral, and
rivals it in its other qualities. Not even Sir 'Walter
Scott's wholesomest fictions ever left a healthier flush
upon the mind than does the perusal of this "tin)" vo-
lume. We rise from it, happy, smiling, and good ; ani-
mated with benevolence and charity. We have been
obliged to sob as we laughed, and to chuckle through our
tears. It softens and subdues the heart, and preaches
powerfully though indirectly that creed which in the
breasts of the best of us is acknowledged and adored as
Christian. Let this eminent man continue to instruct
and benefit while he delights us. It is thus that fiction
may lay claim to be called literature, and its authors earn
a niche—more than a niche—a chapel, in the temple of
Fame.—Dublin University Magazine.
THE LATE STATE TRlALS.—Blackwood for this month,
after combatting the desperate attempts made to fasten
charges of unfairness " on the fairest of all recorded
trials," thus winds up. " And with an interest so keen
in promoting the belief of some unfairness, was there ever
yet a trial that could have satisfied the losing party ?
Losers have a proverbial privilege for being out of tem-
per. But in this case more is sought than the mere grati-
fication of wrath. Fresh hopes spring up in every stage
of this protracted contest, and they are all equally ground-
less. First, Mr. O'Connell was not to be arrested : it
was impossible and absurd to suppose it. Next, being
arrested, he was not to be tried. We must all remember
the many assurances in Dublin papers—that all was done
to save appearances, but that no trial would take place.
Then, when it was past denial that the trial had really
begun, it was to break down on grounds past numbering.
Finally, the jury would never dare to record a verdict of
guilty. This, however, being actually done, then was Mr.
O'Connell to bring writs of error ; he was to " take the
sense" of the whole Irish bench ; and, having taken all
that, he was to take the sense of the Lords. And after
all these things were accomplished. finally (as we then
undeismod it) he was to take himself off in the direction
pointed out by the judges. But we find that he has not
yet reconciled himself to that. Intimations come out at
intervals that the judges will never dare to pass any but a
nominal sentence upon him. We conclude ,that all these
endless conflicts with the legal necessities of his case are
the mere gasconades of Irish newspapers, addressing
themselves to provincial readers. Were there reason to
surprise them authorised by the repeaters. there would be
still higher argument for what we are going to say. But
under any circumstances, we agree with the opinion ex-
pressed dispassionately and seasonably by the Times
newspaper—that judgment must be executed in this case.
We agree with that journal—that the nation requires it as
a homage rendered necessary to the violated majesty of
law. Nobody wishes that, at Mr. O'Connell's age, any
severe punishment should be inflicted. Nobody will mis-
understand, in such a case, the mitigation of the sentence.
The very absence of all claim to mitigation, makes it im-
possible to mistake the motive to lenity in his case. But
judgment must be done on Cawdor. Two aggravations,
and heavy ones, of the offence have occurred even since
the trial. One is the t Jne of defiance still maintained by
newspapers under his control. Already, with one voice,
they are ready to assure the country, in case of the sen-
tence being incommensurate to the case, that government
wished to be severe, but had not courage for the rff ,rt ;
and that government dares not enforce the sentence. The
other aggravation lies in this—that he, a convicted con-
spirator. has presumed to take his seat amongst the sena-
tors of the land—' Venit in senaturn, fit particeps .
Yet Ca.il ne, bete denounced to the publ c rage, was not
a convicted conspirator ; and even his conspiracy rests
very much on the word of an enemy. It is true that, in
some formal sense, a man's conviction is not complete in
our law until sentence has been pronounced. Brit this
makes no re .1 difference as to the scandalous affront
which Mr. O'Connell has thus put upon the laws of tie
land. And in that view it is, viz. as an atonement for
the many outrages offered to the laws, that the
nation waits for the consummation of this public
examp'e."

WILLIAM AND MARY HOWlTT.—William Howitt is
one of six brothers. He was educated at different schools
of the Fiends ; but, as we have frequently heard him de-
clare, was much more indebted to a steady practice of self-
instruction than to any -chool or teacher whatever. He
early showed a predilection fot poetry ; and in a periodical
of that day, called " Litera.y R. creatioi.s," a copy of
some verses " On Spring." may be tound, stated ,o be by
" William Howitt. a boy thir een yas of age." During
the time that he was not at school, he was accustomed,
with his eldest brother, to stroll all over the c untrv,
shooting, coursing, and fishing, with an indefatigable zeal
which would have delighted any of the Nimrods from
whom lie was descended. As a boy, he had neen an eager
birds' nester; and these after-pursuits, together with a
strong poetical temperament, and a keen perception of
he beauties of nature, made hm familiar with all the
haunts, recesses, productions, af.d creatures of the coun-
try. In this mlnner the greatest p frtiod of his early life
was spent. Af er he arrived at manhood. however, those
pleasures were blended with en active study of chemistry,
botany, natural and mord phito-ophy, and of the works
of the best writers of It ,ly, France, and his own country.
He also turned the attention of his y,ungest brother, now
Dr. Howitt, to the study of British botany ; and the doc-
tor has since prosecuted it with more constancy and suc-
cess than himself. General literature and poetry soon
drew his attention more forcibly; and his marriage, in
his twenty-eighth year, no &tub' riatirally contr buti-d to
strengthen this tendency. The I idy of his choice was
Miss Mary Botham, of Uttoxeter, in Staffordshire, also
the publu a•; the delightful ant oress, Howirr.
a member of the Society of Friends, and now familiar to
Soon a'ter their marriage, they undertook a walk into
Scotland, having long admired warmly the ballad poetry
and traditions of that country. lii this nimble, after
landing at Dumbartin, they went on over mountain and
mootland a herever they proposed to en, for one thonsand
miles, walking more than five hundred of it—Mrs. Howitt
performing the journey without fatigue Th ty cro,,ed
Ben Lomond without a gu de, and. after enjoying the
most magnificent spectacle of toe t lond.e.t n a ely elyoud.
ing and breaking away from the chaos of motLitains
around them, were enveloped by a de fs • cloud, and only
able to effect their descent with great difficul y and with
considerable hazard. They visit-t 1 Loch K ttrne, Stir.
ling, Editibur2h, and all tie beau,iful scern,ry 'or m..ny
mfl s row .d ; traver-ed Fifeshire ; and Len, taking
Abbotsford in the r route, walked throfth the more
south-rrt parts, visiting many places intere.:,it,g 'or the 't
iu them in the
histor cal or poetic associ”t otis, on to Gretna Green,
where all the viltgets tamed out brimful of mirth sup-
e
po ing they were come there to be married, e.Teci.illy as
they entered the puolic-hone where such matches are
completed. a
ov:k",,rYeest, Carlisle.hanoe oyed the most delightful journey
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equal layout' by the poI c. The att..ntioo vai h these
tw V excit-d t,touaa many frnt rah.
edit°, s of annual. and n auPzioe,; and but h M.. and
Mr . tlowit, for s.m.e yer,r, c t ilnit.•.l a ;.r at vs
ratty of it t cles to these p.rtui. • jV a I,,ns. c,tl SNirte of
Me Aye,

April 9, 1844.

COAIMISSIONEi.S OF BIRKENHEAD.

On Tuesday evening, the usual monthly meetim, of
the Com missi,ners c t B 'it-On-ad was held at the Town'
hall. John Deane Case, Fsq.. prt-siot d.
The CHAIRMAN opened the business of the evening 10
alluding to what he aLeged to be a misrepresentation is
the Mail resp cting the case of Captain Judkins, a gelli
tle man who had begin accu-ed of smoking on board one of
the p,ickets. tie also stated that there were some remark;
in the STANDARD on the subject, but he did not complain
of them.
The Watch Committee repotted that two d the senior
officers had been found drunk.
Mr. W. JACKSON censured the committee for not hoc"
ing taken some decisive steps when they had discovered
the drunkenness.
The Fire Committee reported that the new boat, the
Queen, was now completed and ready for work, and that
the receipts of the Ferry for the past month had show!
satisfactory increase.
Upon the motion of Mr. W. JACKSON, Messrs. Stang'
field, Cole, and Hind were appointed auditors of the,
ferry accounts, preparatory to the same being submittea
to the Clerk of the Peace.

Mr. JACKSON said that more money would not be re-
quired for some time, but that they should not take more'
if his suggestions were adopted, at a higher rate of rote'
rest than four per cent. (Hear, hear.) He was a°.
prepared at present to bring forward the reduction of tol
ferry-rates ; but his view was, that they would be enabled
to reduce the rates to contractors as follows :-205.
adults, and 10s. for every one belonging to each lama!'
and by the Ist of January he hoped to be able to reclueo
the rate across to ld. for children, and all besides.
The Road Committee were requested to obtain esti-
mates for six water-carts, and the cost of making theta'
against the next general meeting.
The Market Committee were authorised to look out for
a suitable site for an additional weighing machine; and
also for a convenient site upon which to erect a bridevie°
and magistrates' room.
A memorial to the Post-office authorities was adopted,
praying them to continue the mail which reaches Birketr
head at seven o'clock in the evening, and not, as proposed,
to take it off at Harford, and to convey it from thence, by
gig, to Chester.
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their obtaining, in the present session, a bill for the coo'
struction of docks at Wallasey Pool ;—(hear, hear)
and, while he was speaking on this subject, he might es
well add, that the estimate for the dock, about which so
much was said, had been gone into by several most ea+
nent contractors. One of them, Mr. Tomkinson, of
Liverpool, was anxious to get the contract many thou-
sands below the estimates. Mr. Brassy would take it at
even less. Another individual would take it many thou-
sands less than Mr. Tomkinson, and a fourth would take
it for less than him again. (Hear, hear.) He bad,
moreover, the opinion of Mr. Cubitt that it was practi-
cable for the amount specified ' • and they had those four
eminent contractors who would execute the work for less
than the amount stated in the original estimates. (Hear,
hear.)
_ _

The subject here dropped, and the board adjourned.

MEETING OF THE TOXTETH OPERATIVE
PROTESTANT ASSOCIATION.

The half-yearly meeting of this association, held the week
before last at the Toxteth-Hall, was so numerously attended
that many personS could not obtain admittance shortly after
the opening of the doors. The Rev. Henn M'Nereat
presided ; and We noticed present the Rev. Messrs.
Nolan, Butler, Irvine, and Lea, and Councillors Glaze..
brook, Sheppard, Trotrnan, &c. The proceedings opened
with prayer, after which the Rev. Chairman addressed
the meeting at great length, and with much energy ; but
we regret that, on account of our Assize reports, we can
only afford room for an outline. He began by stating that
it was written in the Book of Proverb that " as iron sbarp,-,
eneth iron, so does the countenance of a man his friend,.
and as the weapons of their Christian warfare required
sharpening, and to be kept sharp, they met from time to
time for this, amongst other reasons,—that every man's
countenance might sharpen hisfriend to increased activity
so as to counteract the efforts of those whose business A
seemed to be to blunt every thing. There were owl
who seemed in these times to be trying to deal with di-
vine truth as masters of gymnasties did with the fag,
when they fixed corks upon the points of them so that
they might not take effect; or. as when they put stuffea
gloves on little boys to teach them to box and fight-41
muffled sort of battle. Now, what would the meeting
think of soldiers in her gracious Majesty's service who
muffled up their swords so that they would not cut; their
guns so that they would not shoot ; their drums that they
would not beat, or their trumpets that they would give
but an uncertain sound? Why, that they were traitors
for thus rendering their weapons useless, while wearing
her Majesty's livery and taking her pay. But what would
they say of soldiers of a greater than her Majesty, and
_t
pledged to be faithful,—and not only the clergy but the
laity were the soldiers of Christ,—what would they say of
those who would muffle up the bright blade of the law 0:
the Lord, so that it carried no conviction to conscienrat
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so that it carried no consolation to the, beset. it
up the gospel, mixing it with ecclesiastiCai arrallh• • e
time they should conside the real nature of the Protest-
antism they were defending, and not be misled by names;
for there were enemies abroad, who said that Protestant-
ism was only a name and a cloak for party politics. 1t
there were any such pees-nt, they would hear him with
impatience, for they would rather see the meeting all op,
the move about some party politics, and abusing the anti-
protestants of the nation. But he would tell such persona
that all the parliaments in the world could neither make
nor mar a real Protestant, because a true Protestant was
of God's own making and k4ep ng. (Cheers.) The Pro-
testantism they met to defind was of the geriwne sort; it
lay at the foundation of happiness here, and of salvation
hereafter. What, he asked, had given power and strangtb
to the English netion? Nit the name, but the reality of
Protestantism. If they had had only nominal Protestants
at first, they wou'd never hav- hid the reformation; for
was beau
nominal Protestants would have shrunk from the trials to
which true Protestants were exposed ie the reign o Queea
Mary, and denied all they had b-foie said to save their
necks. But they lead real Protestan s then—real Pro'
testant people, and real Protestant bishops; and when
Mary tried, and put forth her powers to try them, they
proved themselves true men, and sufficient to light up
candle in England that was never yet out. (Cheers.)
These men had riot the parliament on their side—nor the
Queen, who was herself a Roman Catholic—nor the ,
sol-
diers. They had but a few faithful sound-hearted oe-es
oho loved the Lord Je-us, who believed in the docirlu"ee
of Christianity. who preached them, who d ed at the St
to maintain them, and who handed them down to Poste;
rity in their articles and homilies. Such were the /Led
who existed at the time of the glorious reformat'":
what had they now? Talk of l'r4testatitisna being in
.dan-
ger. No such thing. Talk ,•f Popery being
erea-e. Let it increase; what had they to fear from t t
Talk of ceit tin men being 1.-d away, and going to Rome.
Let them go, and peace he wi,h them. (Hear, and a
laueh.) We wanted not such people. Many people talked
of being afraid of Popery nod Puseyi m. He was not
afraid of either of them. In the name of the Lord God
of Israel he defied them ail. 'I he alnut of the conqueror
became the true on thee 1
ill_
fellower of (Mist, for his captain had
borne the but den and h at of the day, and carried the
strong-hold of the enemy. And here they were in (TV"
silioti to the ('hatch of home, for she was still in bond-
age, and had n it achi-ved the victory—neither had bet
saints. Tee rev. gentlem n here referred to a little book
which he held in his hand, which contained a description
of one of the Roman Catholic saints—made so late 5
1830. By the bye he saw they were going to make a saint
of O'Connell—a queer sort of canonization—St. Daniel
the First. (Great laughter.) He would read to the°
what O'Connell would hare to do when lie became a saint.
from the account given in that little book of a man who
was a cardinal, and was put on the 1 st far nis great vir-
tues in 1830. The author said, " I know for a certainty
that he constantly scourged himself;" well, perhaps, be
deserved it. It was no part of the Christian's duty to
scourge himseV, for where was it enjoined in the Bible.
" Bloodily, arid s metimes unbloodity, he scourged him'
stlf." He read other passages describ,eg the frequent
flagellations which the saint gave himself morning, noono
HYerisciniine.ss'oHfwehthiacelliuded in strong language to the
and night, showing the on e I aßwi iecedhreeoelmyt
oesrbt,aeitneaottofhioiteshdee
fw,ll.,hroornopni s
mind, even in the present day: But flagellations could
ui
er
w
ttnothheroi gir
rhpaeat the aeiwi
ina
apathy of parliament in the premulgation of the Christian,
religion amongst the people; likened it to the conduct of
the man who, when his children cried for bread, should
give them a stone, and wound up by an affecting ant
tian and most eloquent appeal to all true Protestants tv
stand by the faith of their fathers, as the only sound basil
of happiness here and salvation hereafter.
The Rev. Mr. BUTLER then addressed the meeting 9,
considerable length, imploring them to rouse from the,'
indolence, and illustrating his argument by an anecdote •
related in Catlin's account of the North Americanln-
dians, showing that a lesson might be derived even fro,'
savage life not to be misled by the evil genius, but to
cling to that which was good. What alone they had to do
was to abide by the Gospel.
The lieu. Thomas NOLAN followed him in a powerful
address in behalt of Protestantism. The object of the;
meetings was to sr tile and establish in their faith. li
eluded to the net of union between England and Ireland'
shoeing that the chutches of both were our united chafeb;
and that the chu chin Ireland must be maintained bets •
integrity against all machinations against her, inastnee
as all injury coil]. I not he sustained by one without a cot'
r.sprineineweakness being felt by the other. The leadinea' ,
principle of Roniatiism was hostility to the simplicity awe
easily understood doctrines of Protestantism. It°,.e.
aimed, by the most insidious means, at universal sun_
macv ; tire ruling of tier dupes by tyranny the most
.r.vit
niorseless, anti the crushing of those who stood by gntit
truth. The Protes ants of Ireland deserved the warafTo ,
syn pat hies of the Christian population of England. •,
al uuttig to parliameet, he lamented that Protestant eta 7d
men had not peen more true to their prefessionat2 to
concluded an eloquent appeal by calling upon them
cling to the good raise for the sake of themselves a
as their tie g,hoors. er/
Mr. t. PPA an proposed, in a highly compliment ou being
sp-ech, a tote of thanks to the Chairman. ac'
lar Mr. onotil.or Trotm was carried :tha,
claucatam, at., abl% rest noted to, after which the
a,6eu.bloge peaceably d spetseJ.