The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1851-11-25 00:00:00

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ST. GEORGE'S PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH, LIVERPOOL'
'A cl
WANTED, a PRECENTPR, 'thoroughly qual",
to lead the Psainyi sand give Instructions in Music'
Salary Thirty Pounds.
Applications, wiiho'Testimonials, to he addressed to ?Jr.
JAMES ADAM, No. 32, Redcross•street, on or before MoNDAI'
the Sth December.

CONTRACTS FOR POLICE CLOTHING.
BOROUGH OP LIVERPOOL.
HE WATCH COMMITTEE of the Council are
11 ready to receive TENDERS for supplying by Contract the
following Articles of CLOTHING for the Constabulary Force,
viz. :
Lot.

600 BODY COATS and TROUSERS, foil
Police Constables.
; 8205 Fcior eAnii‘esn 'rso 1: IBt Or
iCd
eKwC,OIIAKTeSe
paenrds , TROD-
1
SE RS,
25 Pairs of TROUSERS for Ditto, of the saint
i
description ;.
and quality Or
41 COATS for sergeants, I Cloth.
41 Pairs of TROUSERS for Ditto,
9 FROCK COATS for Fire Sergeants.
1 9 Pairs TROUSERS for Ditto,
I
J
1680 TOP COATS for Police Constables,
I 49 TOP COATS for Inspectors andßride-1
2-4 well Keepers,
50 TOP COATS for Sergeatts, r and qualitY
' Cloth.
• Of
l 5 Ti /P COATS for Station-house Clerks,/
3-550 Uniform Felt j#l TS (Ventilated), with Leather Chia'
Straps, 61,c ,Constables.
4-750 Oil CIotI4CAPES. for Ditto (numbered). of the same.
5 10:10 Pairs'of White Cotton GLOVES.
6-400 White ARMLETS.
7-800 Pairs of Pegged Leather BOOTS (with Leather
8-700 Military Stocks, with Brass Clasps.
9 25 Scarlet Vests for Bridewell Keepers.
10— 30 Plain Felt Hats.
}Of the same desalt);
24 Surtouts for Inspectors,
11 tion and quality 01
5 Surtouts for Station-house Clerks Cloth
24 Pairs of Trousers for Inspectors, Of the same descriP;
121 5 Pairs of Trousers for Station- tion and quality 0'
house Clerks, Cloth.
13— 74 Hats of a lighter make than P. C.'s, forlnspectors,&C•
14— 50 Mackintosh Capes for Inspectors.
The Committee reserve the option of dividing any one of the
flee: iHp teieol08),
Contracts, as above mentioned, into two equal lots; persona
sending in Tenders are therefore requested to state their priced
for the whole of any lot, or for one half.
Patterns of the Clothing. and samples of the cloth now used
fohorutrhseovfa riN oi
nues
aa
.1- ti, cTI e,,,5,e,
iMv
ea
iyn helb ien
i.sno tree
itrodo
na
.nayt
tdayiie (b)effiticveee n the
of the
Head Constable, until kin DAY, the 22d day of December next-
The whole of the Cloth must he Wool-dyed.
The Uniform Buttons for Ccats and Vests are provided bY
the Committee.
Every article not fully equal to sample will be rejected, and
the Committee will nn no account accept the same by allowance
for difference of value or otherwise.
The Committee will not pay for any sample pattern sent for
inspection, except such as shall be approved of for the Con-
tracts. Tho parties whose Tend/-rs shall he accepted will have
to enter into the usual Contract for the due fulfilment thereof,
and engage to complete and celiver the Goods on or iiefore th§.
Ist day of May next ; to be paid for on approval, in cash, 0
the expiration of one month from the delivery.
Sealed Tenders (separate from sample patterns) must be len
at the Town-clerk's Office, Public Offices, No. 2, Cornwallis'
street, not later than FRIDAY. the 26th day of December next]
addressed to the " Chairman of the Watch Committee," and
marked, " Tender for Clothing, Lot No. •;" and any person
offering Tenders for more than one lot must send Samples and
Tenders for each lot, separate, and numbered on the outside a§
before described.
The Committee do not bind themselves to accept the lowest
or any of the Tenders for the respective lots.
By older, WM. SIIUTTLEWORTH, Town-clerk.
Public-offices, Cornwallis street, Liverpool,
22d IV vemher, 1851.

PUBLIC LIBRARY, MUSEUM, AND GALLERY

OF ART,

AGENERAL MEETING of the ASSOCIATION,
for the promotion of these objects, will be held, in the
COUNCIL-CHAMBER OF THE TOWN-HALL, 011 THURSDAY
next, the 27th instant, at Two o'clock.

BUSINESS.
To receive the Report of the Committee; to determine 011
the disposal of the Contributions, in Books and Money ; and
to take into consideration the future proceedings of the Asso-
-

The Persons constituting the Association are thus described:"
"The Clergy of all Denominations, all Donors to the Librari
or Museum, the MerrAlAs of the Joint Committee of the Town
Council and ItoyaAstitution, and time President or Chairman,
for the time of the various Literary and Scientific Insti-
tutions in tiuttown." •

A. HUME, D.C.L., LL.D., Hen. Secretary
November, 1851.

EXTRAORDINARY REVELATIONS-
ANOTHER PROPHETESS.

ROME, Nov. 10.—Now that Father Newman and the
Bishop of Norwich are courteously debatine whether
miracles are subsistent are non-subsistent in the present
day, it will, perhaps, he acceptable to our readers to have
some information on the subject. On this topic we maY
indeed, exclaim—
__

What can our travellers bring home

That is not to be learned at Rome!

Miraculous agencies have been recenily applied to by
the highest powers in this realm, with a view to obtaining
a clearer view in the clouded horoscope of the future
than is usually granted to mortal, although infallible,
eyes. The sybil, whose awful voice has pronounced the
coming destiny of the ecclesiastical government, is a
young peasant-girl living at Sezza, near the Neapolitan
frontier, who has been for some time in a kind of ecstatic,
or, as non-believers in miracles would call it, magnetic
state, and who, is that part of the province of Mar:ttima
and Campagna, is known under the denomination of St.
Catherine. Her fame seems to have originated in a mira-
cle which she worked some tin e ego on the person of an
old woman, who came to her in great distress because her
daughter had died in childbed, leaving her (the grand-
mother of the new-born babe) without personal or pecu-
niary means of providing him with aliment. St. Cathe-
rine is stated to have directed the old woman to suckle
the baby herself, assuring her that, before she reached
home, she would find herself in a condition to do so--5
direct.° t which the venerable applicant strictly obeyed,
and Vund her hopes realised on returning to her dwel-
ling, by he'n: able to supply from her own breasts all
abundant meal for the hungry baby. Other supernatural
answers were subsequently given, by this girl called St.
Catherine, to the various applications of the neighbouring
peasantry, and stolen fowls and strayed cattle were mira-
culously discovered by her indications. But the concourse
of people at last grew so great that the ecclesiastical
authorities interfered in behalf of the sybil, whom they
placed in safety and repose within the walls of a convents
prohibiting, at the same time, any one from coming tO
consult her, without the express permission of the bishoP;
From the accounts of dispassionate spectators, I am le'
to infer that there is really something extraordinary in the
mental or physical organisation of this young girl, as gin
alternates between a dormant state, resembling magnetic
sleep, and a strong degree of hysterical or nervous excite:
bility ; but whatever may be the real cause of the secona
sight or preternatural knowledge which she has, according
to public rumour, so frequently displayed, it is certain
that many persons of this city, including ecclesiastics ,
high rank, have profited by the opportunity of getting
peep into the future, and knowing betimes what they ba/-
to prepare for. Cardinals Lambruschini and Franzonle
and the Duke Don Marino Torlenia, are amongst the
number of distinguished individuals who have applied ,
this modern oracle. The advocate Zaccaleoni, Monsign°'
Appoloni, and many prelates, have followed their WO;
ple ; indeed, the surprising replies and alarming progn°,
tics of the Pythoness so far roused the fears and curiosity
of the Pope himself, that he caused her to be sent from
the convent at Sezza, and brought to Rome, a few dco,
ago, in the carriage of a respectable and religious cool?
who went there for that express purpose. An internee;
took place between Pio Nono and the prophetess. t,
diately after which she was sent back to her retireinel
The result of the interview has not transpired, but ;0
nature of the girl' ,
s revelations was most probably simi of
to those with which she has already excited the terroreeot
her exalted applicants—namely, predictions of inslnli,loo%
and sanguinary disturbances, in which, though no laf,!ory,
duration, many persons will fall victims to popu,_lo6
Whatever may be the influence under which St. Cat
labours, whilst giving utterance to such awful annotwoo
means, it can in no way be considered reassuring Or or
priests, who already look forward to the volcanic it is
1852 with sufficient apprehension and anxiety ; anuto be
asserted by some that the great religions ceremonies ie of
performed in the Colosseum are ordered in the the
averting the catastrophes so positively predicted by
prophetess.

Dt
huer itnogw
were Saturday
coverednig ht thewi t
hp rpi
ace; par;
01,61?01
oP"
n
ins in
nouncing that the " first experimental trip by Ster.,ratelee
newly invented powerful locomotive propeller thelia"ita.
(without the aid of steam,) from London to Cheitento, to
and back," would take place "on Sunday, Nov' at i;1,-
leave Paddington at 2 p.m. " The bill also stated th.rip,
consequence of " this being the first experimental
oclies
passengers would " be taken at the following fares•
tenham and back—first class, ss. ; second ditto, '7OlO
that tickets would be transferable—that no luggage iater
be allowed—and that no stoppages would occur st
)deer
mediate stations." To this was appended. 14
November 12, 1851," and the equivocal imprint,coolJ
Johnson, printer, Smithfield." Of course, nothings, 00
be more acceptable to the lovers of the marcellonnight,
accordingly, between five and six o'clock on Suriciatkeetera
some 200 or 300 persons congregated at the Great bee in'
station. As the time slipped along the rum tipp ear'
creased, and the people waited patiently for thew tbefa,
ante of the " propeller," and its living t'reight' owe 11"
were doomed to disappointment. All at once.e b/
authoritiesge at mao knowingty r
th nothingh
to d of
pf
atrht
suggested that the thing was a hoax ; this was stet
many many others, and coupled with the fact of
until the/ , the
sanguine, however still lingered behind the or a
fully tired out, and then had to follow the exaler
others, with the reflection that a "no'er-cin" -rope°
successfully played off some of his mischievous P
ties at their expense.—Cheltenham Journal• rode'
he co cog
INCLEDON AMONG THE HORSES.--Swett, t
daY rae b*/
familiarly known as " Dickey Sued," one eto . •
corn .00
Incledon at Tattersall's, asked him if he had
no, mu
a horse. Incledon said he had ; but haviUgiNhal:.
of Suett's judgment in horseflesh, inquired, horse bore- frees,
you do here ? do you think you should kno.,,_ ~ttiege
an ass ?" "No doubt," said Suett, waisurA itoreaa..,
" 'd engage to piek you out among the
,aeu booPP.F
mAaftetsver,9lf
A " Co ANSIVER.—A connois
n.
ing to be in a celebrated artist's studio, an eari.n°, °len
cussion arose as to the colour of immatcans joet,
" Thus," said the one, " how would yr
pest, supposing there were no clouds 0003 r
plied the artist promptly, " I should say`the
and the wind blue." nn
ere

THE LIVERPOOL STANDARD, TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 25, 1851.
_ .
TO CORRESPONDENTS. next year, despite of his present ineligibility, may THE CASE OF MR. RAMSHAY. THE CHURCH OF ENGLAND SCRIPTURE , ANNIVERSARY OF THE
"14 READERS' SOCIETY. SCHOOL
re resent makeshift ministers, .D. W."—What is called the Fabulous Age begins with be safely pdicted. The p During the late inquiry at Preston, Mr. Sergeant
the first empires, about 2000 years before the birth of Christ,
who have proved themselves incapable of defending Wilkins completely illustrated the old story told of the THE worse than pagan darkness in which large masses The fourth anniversary mee
and closes with the foundation of Rome. The Historic Age
and charitable Association too
had its beginning at the foundation of Rome, 735 years before their acts in the chamber, will of course retire when solicitor for a defendant, who wrote on the brief which he of the dwellers in Liverpool are immersed, is hardly con-
Christ. The Middle Ages denote that period which begins Lecture-hall of the Coll
with the final destruction of the Roman empire, and ends the necessity for dummies shall be passed, and then gave to his counsel, "No case ; abuse the plaintiff a ceivable by those who have not gone personally amongst was occupied by Thomas l
with the revival of letters in Europe, or, as some writers have
it, with the discovery of America, i.e. from the eighth to the the late ministers will in all probability be re-called witnesses.". Not wishing to give an opinion upon the them, questioned them on the vital subjects of God, His amongst the gentlemen pre
be merits of a question still undecided, we will not say that holy word, and their own immortal souls, and witnessed noticed. the Revds.l JW.
,W. 1,71
geteenth century. and all will go smooth again. The wish may
FATHER GAvazzi.—A correspondent says : " It seems strange
Mr. Sergeant Wilkins had no case ; but he abundantly. the grossly immoral state in which they live, and, alas !
that so small a building as the Concert-hall should have been father to the thought, but that is the end to whichLi!: , I-INivg g. 7,1 n s
Wright,
14.
M.
W.
selected for Father Gavazzi to lecture in. It is the opinion of availed himself of all opportunities for following the too often, die. They who have examined for themselves; Binell ; Samuel Ho rne. Esq.,
many that the Amphitheatre would be found quite small we think all tends just now in Paris. The state of latter part of the advice—to abuse the witnesses. His and who hare visited the dens in which superstition, in- topher Bushell, Esq., James I
enough, as the great celebrity of the lecturer will, no doubt,
Ritchie, Esq. Treasurer.
wadi
on thousands to go and hear hint." the capital and of the bourse proves that the triumph speech lasted nearly three days, throughout the whole of fidelity, and gross ignorance brood, will admit that any say, although'numerous, was]
lb. We shall be happy, at all times, to receive communications
on subjects of local or general interest; and if our friends of the President over the Assembly was regarded which period his chief study seemed to be to avoid those description, however vivid, would fail to give an idea of portance of the subject of the
will be good enough to authenticate the same by their signa- by the public with pleasure and satisfaction. points pertinent to the inquiry, and to weary, confound, the shocking reality. It is not merely a want of knowledge The meeting having. been ?;
tures, for our own satisfaction, we shall feel obliged.peter]
and mystify his hearers upon matters which had no sort of of the truths of salvation, but an insane objection to learn
that Thetie sOCi society CHAIRMAN,
was forkn °the pt
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STEAM COMMUNICATION BETWEEN relation to, or connection with, it. The allegations of them, that will be found to exist among a great portion of tablishment of ragged schools
tiberpoot ,;Dtailbarb, GALWAY AND NEW YORK. the memorialists were to the effect, that Mr. Ramshay this benighted population ; and even a fiendish desire to creasing interest, and he tajoit
•
had not acted with the calmness, dignity, and courtesy pervert and distort them, when by any ingenuity they can was being attracted to the at
IRISHMEN are often in the superlative, whether for demanded. He held in his h
becoming a judge; and, besides the averment that he do so. It is potent to all the world that a large part of livered in Liverpool by a valt
M TUESDAY ORNING, lk h
NOV.. 25, 1851. good or for mischief. If they ta of reclaiming their
ea.A
not "borne his faculties so meekly" as lie ought to this heathenism is attributable to certain priests, whose of the Ragged School Union
bogs, they must fill their heads with the notion that have done, there was the more important charge that he that at present there were two
church system is based upon ignorance, who encourage it
THE COMING INFLUX OF GOLD.—WHAT the land to he recovered will be fatter than the richest had acted illegally, by committing an individual for an and foster it for their own purposes, and who dread nothing alteurtProlboanc(illiliSrteinles7reeboo
WILL BE THE RESULTS ? aluvial soil of the New Continent. If they project alleged contempt without a warrant. The learned Ser- so much as letting in the light of the gospel to the minds a partial education. These
THE quantity of gold now pouring into all the chymical experiments on their turf, they must de-
of
fatnit told the court thbatthie shouldled disprove, every portion of their deludded
r.flotck.iddßuten Irn. ahnyeothetrs, beesides the vnonluonntnatr,ythiit
it subscriptions,nas so . n
ortt
markets of the world, and the apparently inex- lude themselves with the anticipation that they are allegations;we know,
differas f
rpuonoereinfamtuaautve
'lf
Christian benevolence,
tie t buff
Lawyers,about the construction o othersP 'are unacquainted re sweiteph the divine in g o
baustible sources of its supply, call for the most about to supersede all the tallow, wax, and sperm
Acts of Parliament ; but that part of the County Court truths and precepts of the sacred scriptures, and live the fhese schools.' They had .sycrhec
serious attention of men engaged in monetary trade in the universe; and to illuminate Europe, Act giving the judge the power of committal in cases of life of beasts, regardless of right and wrong, and subject of
dsocielty. Even in that buil
affairs, and in general merchandise ; indeed, of Asia, Africa, and America, with Irish peat candles contempt, is so clear, that any man but a lawyer could to all their bad passions and vicious inclinations, without andan chapelsrtcdl schools oodisecttinn,nenc.tedl
all persons of every class. It is coming from the of surpassing brilliancy, durability, and cheapness. hardly fail to understand the reasonable and common any check whatever, except the fear of the law, and the schools for that class which, (
east and from the west, and in a bulk that, a short They are not content to contemplate their little sense meaning of it. Divested of the usual legal ver- personal punishment it inflicts. To attempt to remove only Hess. They
owny Christianwant
e,, sain7last I
binge,contempt.,
te m thet t
eword words
commitu used empower
offender
w judge,at
ta nitnu
under
rs
his
f this
f of
the ignorance,
fi t
whichto
ita Christiani
s
time ago, would be regarded as fabulous. One island as a comfortable well-doing portion of theirstddestitulte, the most deer
lump is on its way from Australia, one hundred British Empire, hut they must fancy it " the first
hand andP seal." This contempt, however, is not left to eav'ery citizen to aid in necessity,accomplishing. To open the Book support( anyupr: us
schoole in particuuh
pounds in weight, and of the value of £5,000 ; and flower of the earth, and the first gem of the sea," mere inference, but must he committed in the presence of of Life. and interest the unfortunate creatures now unac- , principle of supporting the
from present indications, and judging from present nothing smaller and nothing less. The project of the judge, or while he is going to or returning from his quainted with its saving contents, is the duty of all good iplteoatthewtr,"4egclt:tveqlsiteastt(josna
information, we may fairly conclude that not only a transatlantic steam communication between Gal- c',urt. Now, admitting, for the sake of argument, men. The salvation of even one soul from the mass of ignorance which existed amor
Many such will follow, but that the mines in that way and New York was undoubtedly a very that contempt towards the judge had been proved, Mr. those now on the road to perdition would be a sufficient whom lie
the
alluded,
weekly
vast auriferous region will furnish -the metal in rational and legitimate one, if conceived in a mode- Sergeant Wilkinssfailed to show that the judge had a right stimulus to such an enterprise. We are glad to perceive askedgi toy preside a that mee
toh. commitlf
f fi" wiithdoutwwan dr.ratn. te.'t'io Then
bt Sergeween ant ave
ailed avamiloend
tthat aown fn earnestrom thd .attempt
his. ahbout t toe bet madeattuehteos rtoesictueTtilitee
extraordinary abundance. From California the rate spirit. But its first propounders thought of!reonntdoul:
arouse Tine s;
toara'dctliol and theloan
IT'
supply, far from diminishing, is largely increasing, nothing less astonishing than the utter demolition
law and the statutey- law ; but here his inconsistency was establishment of Lace
ripture Readers,P such as those contem. ; A youth had been called um
and when the great quartz-crushing adventurers of Liverpool, Bristol, and the other western portsamcoisiatrgiemoprnt}aunrtdercaseill)sntieatnir
peculiarly apparent ; for, while he said that the County plated by the society now in course of formation, is, in our
With efficient machinery, now in progress, shall of Great Britain, and the erection of Galway into Court Act gave the judges of these courts higher power opinion, the most effectual plan that could be devised for who stated that he was sevenn
Come into full operation, the quantity from thence the one grand receptacle for all the passengers and than the judges of the superior courts had, yet he should diffusing scriptural knowledge throughout the town gene- with hi
iknowledges
parents. The o
f and
p res ii
Will, in all probability, be enormous. We may form all the trade traversing between the new and the not rely upon the County Court Act for the justification rally, and especially through those localities where hitherto himas o i
able to, an oath, when the yo
Nome idea of what will come from the receipts of the old worlds. The idea was preposterous, and so it of Mr. Ramshay. He cited a great many authorities to the grossest immorality and ignorance have prevailed. deplorable ignorance :—he cot
superior courts had committed of the
current year. According to the best accounts to was laughed at, and in time abandoned. But a show By the zealous expounding of the gospel, by the issuing could not tell where people wet
persons for contempt, and argued for hours to prove what of exolanatory tracts by sermons lectures and other had never heard of the devil.
be obtained, the gold received from California in clear-sighted American, one of the Anglo-Saxon r ' ' ' " placed in his hand a paper coot
nobody denies—that the judges have the power to do so ; means of instruction, such as come within the scope of
CI the Atlantic ports during the first ten months of race, has revived it in part, adopting that portion to the destitution, ignorance,
but the cases cited bore no analagy whatever to the the society's labours, we confidently hope and trust, that the town of Liverpool. Ti,
the present year, ending the Ist of November, have which was reasonable and practicable, that is, course adopted by Mr. Ramshay. One of the instances a large amount of good may be done; and thousands now there were thousands of no
amounted to above eight millions sterling, of which the establishment of a regular cheap line of steam mentioned was that of Mr. Clement, the proprietor of steeped in iniquity, in irreligion, and mental darkness, trite,
ovne rs
ahneg
hi
lndeni tehveerr ewer hao
r
comparatively little remained in America, almost communication between Galway and New York, The Observer, who, in defiance of the direct prohibition may be released from the grasp of Satan, and taught the a chapter in the scriptures,
the whole having been sent forward to the great and rejecting that which was extravagant and of the court, had published a report of
I=bis
trial of Thistle- saving precepts of Christianity. Into the details of this prayer, nor knew not what
money markets of Europe. The question, what visionary. Mr. Wagstaff, the gentleman to tangible,woo wood and an du
olnes
contemptuous
high tredaissoonh.e d i
elie
would be, heathens in a C
e of an order o societyll sidcr 'd
t'e active co-operation' of the Venerable
influence will these unprecedented supplies of the whom we allude, has determined upon placingfea• ,0 i c
wasar. )
made
e vtvey
basisctn c(
court, and was, therefore, clearly and properly punish_
precious metal, heretofore held as the standard of steamers on this line. He has visited 'Galway, Archdeaconwe. considered
ti :e Rev. Rector Campbell, Dr. of
and if this was not so, he ,
able ; but what had this to do with the charge against M'Neile, the Rev. H. Barker, the Rev. W. Pollock, the
value, have upon the monetary affairs of the world, seen that the harbour is good for the purpose, -and, Mr. Ramshay ? Absolutely nothing, for it did not Rev. W. Falloon, and others, who have taken a prominent tlindnv.oecratlei
et Illievierdsutohpeomr toarne dh sepvr.
upon the relative value of gold and silver, and upon being a person of activity and energy, he has set add a hair's weight to the argument that he had done part in its organisation, is an ample guarantee that the education was comparatively
;he exchangeable value of all commodities, is now about putting into execution that which Irishmen right in committing without a warrant, for an offence plan will be efficiently carried out. The gentlemen of
society
e iftt.ayrl,e,sielTl
,maintainedantile t(li!,aste,
)ecoming an aThabsorbing one, which, however, it talked of, but did not do. "One of Mr. Wagstaff's doubtful as to construction, and if punishable, only punish-
. .
_Liverpool, 17,w._ever, must doy their duty
s; atnd, by liberal
tion apart from' religious ins
able by the mode pointed out by the County Court Act,pointcd E4 very difficult to solve satisfactorily. Up to the -steamers is, we understand, already built, and willsubscriptiong chow that the are anxiou o redeem the • , in the end and
.air:
which was not adopted. So much for the legality of Mr. town from the disgrace of being, what we regret to say it there was a higher authority
)resent, the thirty millions or more of gold obtained commence running on the 1-sth of December, on Ramshay's proceeding. Let us now come to the evidence how they ought to comment
is, a hotbed of ignorance, immorality, and in-fidelity.
'rom California, and diffused over the whole world, 1 which day she will sail from New York, and it is I adduced to disprove the charges of want of temper, want fear of the Lord was the bcgi

TIE quantity of gold now pouring into all the
markets of the world, and the apparently inex-
haustible sources of its supply, call for the most
serious attention of men engaged in monetary
affairs, and in general merchandise ; indeed, of
all persons of every class. It is coming from the
east and from the west, and in a bulk that, a short
time ago, would be regarded as fabulous. One
lump is on its way from Australia, one hundred
pounds in weight, and of the value of £5,000; and
from present indications, and judging from present
information, we may fairly conclude that not only
many such will follow, but that the mines in that
vast auriferous region will furnish -the metal in
extraordinary abundance. From California the
supply, far from diminishing, is largely increasing,
and when the great quartz-crushing adventurers
with efficient machinery, now in progress, shall
come into full operation, the quantity from thence
Will, in all probability, be enormous. We may form
some idea of what will come from the receipts of the
current year. According to the best accounts to
be obtained, the gold received from California in
all the Atlantic ports during the first ten months of
the present year, ersding the Ist of November, have
amounted to above eight millions sterling, of which
Comparatively little remained in America, almost
the whole having been sent forward to the great
Money markets of Europe. The question, what
influence will these unprecedented supplies of the
precious metal, heretofore held as the standard of
value, have upon the monetary affairs of the world,
upon the relative value of gold and silver, and upon
the exchangeable value of all commodities, is now
becoming an all-absorbing one, which, however, it
is very difficult to solve satisfactorily. Up to the
present, the thirty millions or more of gold obtained
from California, and diffused over the whole world,
has had little effect upon general prices throughout
Europe, and hardly any in England, while in Ame-
rica the discovery of the new mines has stimulated
commercial enterprise by the extension of steam
navigation, railroads,-and other means for the tran-
sit of men and merchandize. Thus experience has
Shown that the relative value of gold and silver,
and the general'financial arrangements of the world,
have not been much disturbed by the amount of
bullion already acquired from California. The demand
for silver, and its consequent enhancement, which
Sprung up a short time ago, has almost subsided,
and the two precious metals have returned to nearly
the same relation to each other which they held
before the late discovery.; and it has been decided
by competent authorities that even this temporary
disturbance of the relative value of gold and silver
Was not the result of a large and sudden influx of
gold, but of other and very different causes. It
should be noted, too, that the production of silver
has, under the influence of .a rise in price, been sti-
mulated, and that there is every reason to believe
that, both from'California,.Mexico, and other parts
of America, the supply will in future be larger than
before, and that the relative value of the two precious
metals will thus-so far be pretty evenly maintained.
But the new stream of gold from Australia, in ad-
dition to the former one from California, which
May be expected toincrease largely, may, and we are
inclined to think will, have very important effects
upon the relative value of commodities in general,
and may operate upon fundholders and other per-
Sons having fixed means, and upon all descriptions
of debtors and creditors in a manner that would
work great injustice and loss to some, with, of
course, gain to others. When the new world, with
its treasures, was first discovered, such was the
effect produced, and we can see no reason why
similar effects, though in a much mitigated form,
may not be the result of the prodigious quan-
tities of gold about to arrive from the east and the
'West. At all events, it behoves commercial men
'especially to consider well this subject. A plethora
.0f bullion generally.stimulates enterpriseand trading
activity, and it too frequently induces extravagant
qeculations. We may probably see, ere long, an
extraordinary rush of business, and an apparent
Prosperity, but, with the dangers of a disturbance
such as we have indicated, created by an immense
influx of gold, we advise the trading public to be-
ware, and to act with more than usual caution and
Circumspection.

Tux GORDIAN KNOMF FRENCH INTRIGUE

CUT WITHOUT THE SWORD.
EVERYTHING visible on the surface of affairs in
France indicates a peaceable solution of the diffi-
culties that lately surrounded the rival executive
and legislative powers. The demand of the Rues-
tors of the Assembly, which was a blow aimed at
the President's prerogative, has been rejected, after
a stormy debate, by .a majority of 108. This triumph
43f the government over the coalesced forces of the
apposition was a fortunate event ; for it is quite
certain that Louis Napoleon would not have parted
with the power given him by the constitution with-
out a fierce struggle. By this vote all imminent
danger of a conflict is removed; and until the
broken bands of the various factions in the Assem-
bly finci some bond of union, which at present can-
lint even be guessed at, the President and his o-
vernraent may go on quietly. Louis Napoleon has
Proved himself to be a skilful political general, for
he has separated the Conservative and Democratic
Parties opposed to him ; and now, one or the
Other must come over to his side. Either the
Conservatives must join him, and support his pre-
tensions to the presidency, or the Republicans
l'aost aid him against the old majority, as the
°TIIY means of preventing the overthrow of the
republic, and the establishment of an empire. In
;act the majority of the Assembly are only waiting
le(le /some decent pretext to go over to Louis Napo-
t," in order that they may be protected against
." Socialists. In the meantime the President
rritinues to review the troops and to ingratiate
nllnself with them. It is said, too, that he has
Preparedci.s a bill for the suppression of the octroi
'lee, which will be presented to the Assembly
4txt ioe month, thus showing that he is determined to
What h
opportunity of increasing his popularity.
oil:1kt be is playing his cards well and boldly no one
• tisPy, and that he wil' bo rg-elected President

IRISHMEN are often in the superlative, whether for
good or for mischief. If they talk of reclaiming their
bogs, they must fill their heads with the notion that
the land to be recovered will be fatter than the richest
eluvial soil of the New Continent. If they project
chymical experiments on their turf, they must de-
lude themselves with the anticipation that they are
about to supersede all the tallow, wax, and sperm
trade in the universe; and to illuminate Europe,
Asia, Africa, and America, with Irish peat candles
of surpassing brilliancy, durability, and cheapness.
They are not content to contemplate their little
island as a comfortable well-doing portion of the
British Empire, hut they must fancy it " the first
flower of the earth, and the first gem of the sea,"
nothing smaller and nothing less. The project of
a transatlantic steam communication between Gal-
way and New York was undoubtedly a very
rational and legitimate one, if conceived in a mode-
rate spirit. But its first propounders thought of
nothing less astonishing than the utter demolition
of Liverpool, Bristol, and the other western ports
of Great Britain, and the erection of Galway into
the one grand receptacle for all the passengers and
all the trade traversing between the new and the
old worlds. The idea was preposterous, and so it
was laughed at, and in time abandoned. But a
clear-sighted American, one of the Anglo-Saxon
race, has revived it in part, adopting that portion
which was reasonable and practicable, that is,
the 'establishment of a regular cheap line of steam
communication between Galway and New York,
and rejecting that which was extravagant and
visionary. Mr. Wagstaff, the gentleman to
whom we allude, has determined upon placing
steamers on this line. He has visited 'Galway,
seen that the harbour is good for the purpose, -and,
being a person of activity and energy, he has set
about putting into execution that which Irishmen
talked of, but did not do. "One of Mr. Wagstaff's
-steamers is, we understand, already built, and will
commence running on the 1-sth of December, on
which day she will sail from New York, and it is
'hoped will arrive at Galway in eight days. Parti-
cular attention will be paid by Mr. Wagstaff to the
accommodation of emigrants, and peculiar advan-
tages will be offered to induce that class to use this
system of transit. That this gentleman is in
earnest, and that he is to be relied on as a trust-
worthy and respectable person, is abundantly estab-
lished by letters from the acting representative of
the United States in this country—Mr. Abbott
'Lawrence—letters which are not merely credentials
of Mr. Wagstaff's respectability, hut official decla-
rations of the deep interest which the United States
take in the due execution of the enterprise. Mr.
A. Lawrence has pledged himself to forward imme-
diately all the reports and charts of the Irish har-
bours which he possesses to his government in
New York ; and likewise to send, in a few days,
duplicates of the same to Boston. We have no
doubt that a regular line of steam communication
between Galway and New York will now be estab-
lished, and that it will prove most beneficial to
Ireland, as well as profitable to the proprietors ;
but we think this will be accomplished without
making Galway the entrep6t cf the world, and
without destroying the old western ports of Great
Britain.

FRATRICIDE in LIVE UPOOL, YESTERDAY,

A deplorable occurrence took place yesterday morning
in Clive•street, Toxteth-park, being a repetition of the
fatal -sin of the first two brothers. A young man,
eighteen years of age, named William 'Blunt, was stabbed
by his brother, Joshua Blunt—an elder brother, and by
trade s blacksmith—in the house of their mother, a widow
residing in the street already named. It appears that
William, who is married, resides with his wife in another
part of the town, and was in the frequent habit of going to
his mother's house and assuming an authoritative com-
mand over his younger brothers. This led to frequent
bickerings and quarrelling ; and yesterday morning, On
William calling at the house. some angry words took place
between him and his brother Joshua relative to the expen-
diture of a 'shilling. Joshua, who is a shoemaker, was at
the time busied with his work at his stall, and in the heat
of passion, arising from the provocation received by his
brother, he seized one of his knives, sprang from his seat,
and plunged the weapon into the heart of his brother, who
dropped a corpse at his feet.—Police-iuspector Boyd was
called in, and the unfortunate but irritated slayer of his
brother was taken to the main bridcwell, where be now
lies, manifesting the greatest remorse. To-morrow the
case will be taken before the borough coroner, and subse-
quently before the police magistrates.

ANNUAL SERMONS FOR THE LOCAL CHARITIES.—
On Sunday, the annual sermons were preached in many
of the churches of Liverpool and neighbourhood for the
support of several of our local charities. The collection
at St. Mark's amounted to £59 17s. ; at St. SAviour's,
£3O 13s. 6d.; and at St. Michael's, Toxteth-park,
£25 109.

The Cork Examiner states that a few evenings past a
most diabolical attempt was made to set fire to Killarney
workhouse, combustible materials baring been found in
various parts of the buildings.
In the Sheriff's Court, London, on Thursday, damages
to the amount of £5O was awarded against Count Revent-
low, the late Danish Ambassador, for turning his cook,
Ann Harrison, out of doors on a cold rainy night with-
out adequate cause.

The Courrier de l'lnde sailed from Havre on Thursday,
for San Francisco, having on board a number of emigrants,
men, women, and children, bound for California. Some
of them are being sent out at the expense of the state, and
others from the proceeds of the Lin got lottery.—Galignani.
The Judicial Committee of her Majesty's most Honour-
able Privy Council will commence their sittings to-morrow,
Wednesday, at the Privy Council-office, for the purpose
of hearing appeals from the colonies and the Ecclesiastical
and Admiralty Courts.—Observer.

Judgment is to be given this day in the long pending
case, brought by the Stamp-office against " Dickens'
Household Narrative." From a correspondence between
W. Williams, Esq., M.P., and the Attorney-General, the
cause of delay has arisen from a difference of opinion
among the judges,
The King's Royal Irish Regiment of Light Dragoons
(Hussars), at present stationed at Hounslow, under the
command of Lieutenant George Frederick Shewell, are
said in military circles to be under orders to hold them-
selves in readiness to embark for foreign service at the
Cape of Good Hope. This gallant corps returned from
foreign 1823, and the 17th Lancers in the
eamem
osen
rt
sh
icoe in
of the
same year.
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The papers talk of an English girl now performing at
Trieste, destined (they say) one of these days to become
the rival of Lind and Gri Vii. Her real name isAitcheson,

mentioned was that of Mr. Clement, the proprietor of
The Observer, who, in defiance of the direct prohibition
of the court, had published a report of the trial of Thistle-
wood and Ings for high treason. This was a plain,
tangible, and contemptuous disobedience of an order of
court, and was, therefore, clearly and properly punish-
able ; but what had this to do with the charge against
Mr. Ramshay ? Absolutely nothing, for it did not
add a hair's weight to the argument that h- had done
right in committing without a warrant, for an offence
doubtful as to construction, and if punishable, only punish-
able by the mode pointed out by the County Court Act,
which was not adopted. So much for the legality of Mr.
Ramshay's proceeding. Let us now come to the evidence
adduced to disprove the charges of want of temper, we
of dignity, and want of calmness; the latter a quality so
essentially requisite in a judge. Mr. Sergeant Wilkins is
fond of introducing anecdotes, and we may mention one
which strongly illustrates the character of the evidence
given by his witnesses. A man was charged by a butcher
with stealing a piece of beef. Two witnesses were called.
who swore t hat they saw the prisoner steal the beef. "Oh !"
says the latter, " if that be all you have to convict by, its
all right. These two witnesses swear they saw me steal
the beef, but I might bring you twenty who could swear
that they did not see me steal it." So with the witnesses
for the defence. Some of them stated that they had seen
Mr. Ramshay behave with great courtesy and propriety,
and with great kindness to poor suitors. No doubt they
did ; but they were not present when his conduct was said
to he the very opposite. How, then, does their negative
disprove the positive evidence of those who
spoke to his harshness, his violence, his highly-strained
notions of his own dignity, and to the facts upon which
the memorialists founded the charge of illegality? To be
sure there was a tailor ; perhaps "one of the three tailors
of Tooley-street," to whom Mr. Sergeant Wilkins made
allusion ; and this magniloquent cutter-up of " uncon-
sidered trifles," wrapped in a plaid, with theatrical air and
gesture, favoured the court with his opinion that Mr. Ram-
-shay was " the very personification of justice, and that lie
-was blind to every thing but justice." Be it so. Justice
-may be blind, and blind sometimes to the merits of the
case. We throw in the tailor, however, but still we say
that this appeal from the bar to the board does not serve
the end of Mr. Sergeant Wilkins, or help Mr. Ramshay
out of the dilemma. The opinion of the tailor is in the
same category as the evidence of many of the other wit-
nesses. It does not disprove the allegation of acts, and
tares, and demeanour unfitted to the judicial bench

testimony

In our opinion, one of the gravest charges against Mr.
Ramshay was, that he had invited a person to bring an
action, by almost promising him a verdict. It does seem
so contrary to every notion of impartial justice, for a
judge to hold out a particular result to a suitor, that
we had hoped to see such an imputation clearly and deci-
sively removed. Mr. Sergeant Wilkins said he should
disprove the assertion, but he did not do so.

Having disposed of the law of Mr. sergeant Wilkins,
and analysed his facts—if facts they can be called—we
need only refer to his behaviour to the witnesses on the
other side. 'These, without an exception, were taunted,
abused, and reviled. However, as many of them are
known to be men of the highest respectability, and whose
private character is universally esteemed, it is not neces-
sal., for us to defend them from such random and reedess
attacks. And as for the sergeant's diatribes against the
Press, they form but a sample of the same taste and
judgment which urged him to parade tears, sobs, and
sighs, and to conclude his oratorical display with an
appeal to God and to every thing in heaven or earth. The
Press has made Mr. Sergeant Wilkins what he is. It is
hard, perhaps, that he should kick down the ladder by
-which he has risen to eminence ; but the fourth estate
will outlive the onslaught. Without Sergeant Wilkins,
the Press would, perchance, have been where it is, but
where would Sergeant Wilkins have been without the
Press? Echo answers where?

" Look on this picture, and on this," said Sergeant
Wilkins, when contrasting the case of the memorialists
with that of Mr. Ranashay. So say we, while we compare
the course adopted by the learned sergeant with that
pursued by Mr. Monk, who did not occupy three days in
torturing the law, in trying to make the " worse appear
the better reason," in hashing up stale jokes, which
" made fools laugh, and the judicious grieve ;" but he
temperately, moderately, and fairly applied himself to
the simple facts at issue, and commented upon the
evidence of the witnesses, and the character of those
witnesses.

For ourselves, we repeat that we give no opinion as to
what the Chancellor's decision ought to be. Our remarks

THE ROYAL INSTITUTION AND THE
CORPORATION.

Those of the public who take any interest in the lite-
rary institutions of the town, do not require to be told that
a collection, in some respects one of the most interesting
in the kingdom, exists at our own Royal Institution, in
Colquitt-street. It is mainly a natural history one, but
there are many very beautiful pieces of machinery, anti-
quities, curiosities, &c. ; and the collection of paintings
laid out in a separate building could scarcely be matched
as illustrative of an early condition of art. Notwith-
standing the prudence and economy which the committee
always exercised, they found that the resources at their
command were inadequate to secure the continual acces-
sion of new and valuable objects, which their own taste
and information suggested as desirable. In these circum-

stances, they offered their whole property !the schools
only being reserved) to the town, on the sole condition
that the town should afford this permanent support, and
that the representatives of the present proprietors should
have a joint voice in the government. It is enough, and
more than enough, to say that the Corporation at first
accepted this proposal, but that when it came before them
a second time they did not confirm their previous vote.
Lord Derby's bequest of skins, stuffed and unstuffed,
to the number of some thousands, reopened the subject ;
for it was naturally supposed that the conditions of
trusteeship, which should be satisfactory to the present
earl, might suggest similar conditions in the case of the
Royal Institution. The negociations are still open ; the
two bodies are still considering each other's proposals;

and it is in these circumstances that parties like ourselves,
possessing no pecuniary, hut a large moral interest in the
matter, feel deeply desirous to see the whole matter reach

are intended merely as a commentary on the case as
presented and supported by the advocates on either side.
We have never attempted to " hound on" any class
agcinst Mr. Itamshay, and we shall not begin to do so
now. We believe Mr. Ramshay to be a gentleman, a
scholar, and a most amiable man in private life. It is for
others to say whether he ought or ought not to continue
to be a judge. It may be that Lord Carlisle will resolve
the question in the affirmative, or be may feel bound to
l feelings, and say to Mr.

a favourable issue

aut. she goes ny sue imam rwrit tre guerre or Albertini.
She has been singing at Rome and Florence with a success
which promises the highest things. We have been accus-
tomed to hear some such prognostications of every new
debutante. Still, some day or other, a great songstress
ought to turn up, and why not Miss Aitcheson ? A new
star by this time is due to the musical world by The
doctrine of chance.
Referring to the Kossuth oration at Manchester, last
the Sheffield Timex remarks—" Mr. Bright's
speech was chiefly remarkable for an injudiciously worded
attack on the London Times, the writers of which Mr.
Bright denounced for 'writing to order,' using 'concealed
anonymous pens,' and receiving five guineas a column.
As to the two first charges, if they are true, they are no
more true of the Times than of any other paper ; and as to
the third, Mr. Bright, we suppose, takes as much se he can
get for hie yarns and carpets inor, if all accounts be true,
has he always refused to wield for his own purposes a
"concealed anonymous pea." The anonymity of the
English press is in some respects a disadvantage, but the
persons who have chief reason to complain of it are the
writers themselves, many of them possessed of much
greater ability and information than most public men, and
yet condemned to obscurity, while persoe Ms, Mr.
bright are famous,"

On the one band, the members of the Town Council
should be forbearing, and should remember that the
provocation came from them. To adopt the expression
of Sir Boyle Roach, they " turned their backs upon
th:lnselves ;" and without questioning for a moment that
they did so conscientiously, they gave offence and annoy-
ance to men in every respect as intelligent and respectable
as themselves. We all -•

nacity with which hard-headed or narrow-minded indi-
viduals cling to their own crotchets, when of the most
trifling importance; and it is not every day that a
respectable Corporation of thirty years' standing volun-
teers to merge its existence in that of another Corporation.
The members of the Town Council, therefore, should not
break off the negociations, nor hastily despair of an
amicable termination ; for though they are the stronger
party, the provocation came from them.
On the other hand, the committee of the Royal Insti-
tution must see that the idea of ajoint management will no
longer be entertained ; and therefore, if they be really
desirous to come to terms, no allusion should be made to
this. Every hour's delay strengthens the position of the
Town Council, and tends to supersede the Royal Institu-
tion. Already a library and museum may be said to exist;
and the public will not be satisfied that they exist on a

small scale. In a few years they will eclipse anything
that the town has yet known ; and if the transfer of the
Royal Institution be deferred till then, its committee
must accept without murmur such terms as are offered.
That it will yet become the property of the town, even
those who are most stringent respecting conditions seem
to admit ; but upon the present committee it rests, in a
great degree, whether their transfer shall be a valuable
boon gracefully conferred, or an act of moral necessity,
and of little value.

discard all private a

Rtimsbay, in the words of Othello,
" Cassie., I love thee, but never more be servant of mine,

SERGEANT WILKINS AND THE PRESS.

Should the decision, however, be adverse to Mr. Ham-
shay, wo cannot help thinking that if the case of the
memorialists admitted of a doubt in Mr. Ram y
favour, his advocate helped to turn the scale against him.

The Itcy. Frederick Hathaway, M.A., Fellow of Wor-
cester College, Oxford, Incumbent of Shadwell, York-
shire, and formerly Curate of St. Mary Magdalen, Ox-
ford, has resigned his fellowship and taken his name off
the books of Worcester College, for the purpose of joining
the Church of Romr.

To the EDITOR of the LIVERPOOL STANDARD.

Stn,—Without giving any opinion about the affair of
Mr. Ramshay, permit me to mention a matter of fact
relating to his advocate Sergeant Wilkins. Some of
your contemporaries who lately carried their praise of the
Sergeant to a length that, in my opinion, was fulsome,
attack him now with great violence, insinuating, amongst
other thinks, that it was remarkable for a counsel in great
practice to quit town i❑ term. Now, to my certain know.
ledge, Sergeant Wilkins gave back a score of briefs to go
down to Preston on Mr. Ramshay's behalf; and the
sneer about " hobbies" is quite pointless, for the quality
of standing to the last by a client is only too rare at the
bar. No notoriety attached to the case of Mr. Ramshay
could add to the oratorical reputation of the advocate
who delivered the speech on the trial of Barber, in 1844 ;
the speech in the case of the Hounslow flogging, and
many a hundred others well known both in town and in
the north. I enclose my card for your satisfaction.
B. C. L.

having;

one so

INUNDATIOXS AT ROME.—The Tiber is bringing down
many proofs of the destructive nature of its present
course—trees, portions of bridges, and carcasses of cattle.
It is rumoured that an accident of a very serious nature
has taken place on the Florence road, a carriage full of
travellers having been swept away by a torrent over
which they were attempting to pass by the bridge, which
gave way under the weight of :he coach and the impetus
of the water.

THE STATUTES OF THURLES.—There is at last an im-
mediate prospect of the thunders of the Vatican against
the system of mixed education in Ireland being resounded
frotn every altar in the kingdom. The Tablet of Saturday
believes that the statutes of Thurles are in the course of

On the 29th of last month the first stone was laid of
the new Protestant chapel at Turin, with the assistance of
Mr. Lantaret, and in tho presence of Sir Ralph Aber.
cromby, her Britannic Majesty's Ambsssador ; Count
Redern, Prussian Minister ; Mr. Kinney. American Min-
ister ; several Vel.lese clergymen, General Beckwith, and
other persons. This is the first Protestant place of wor-
ship, having the form of a reiular church, in any city of
Italy, and it speaks well for the spirit of toleration
iiiitinguiihs. the Government of Sardinia.

publication and for official purposes ; and that the portion
of them most directly concerning the public will be ere long
accessible to the world nt large. The organ rather myste-
riously adds, that it shall be " curious to see the exact
text of this famous document." Is any disappointment
anticipated, or it is that his holiness has not. gone far
enough for the bigots

ANNIVERSARY OF THE LIVERPOOL RAGGED

SCHOOL UNION

The fourth anniversary meeting of this truly Christian
and charitable Association took place last evening,- in the
Lecture-hall of the Collegiate Institution. The Chair
was occupied by Thomas Berry Horsfall, Esq., and
amongst the gentlemen present on the platform we
noticed the Revds. W. W. Ewbanke.W. M. FaDoan, 11.
11. Higgins, J. 11. Jones, W. B. S. Matthias, M. Tay-
lor, W7l Wright, V. M. White, Dr. Hume, C. M.
Binell ; Samuel Holme. Esq., Edwd. Heath, Esq , Chris.
topher Bushell, Esq., James Burt, Esq., Secretary, A. S.
Ritchie, Esq., Treasurer. The attendance, we regret to
say, although numerous, was not half so great as the im-
portance of the subject of the meeting demanded.
The meeting having been opened with prayer,
The CHAIRMAN, in opening the proceedings, observed
that the society was for the purpose of promoting the es-
tablishment of ragged schools, an object of great and in-
creasing interest, and he rejoiced to say that the attention
was being attracted to the subject which its importance
demanded. He held in his hand an address recently de-
livered in Liverpool by a valuable and excellent member
of the Ragged School Union, from which they learned
that at present there were twenty-five ragged schools in
Liverpool, and in these schools, in the course of the year,
about 3.000 children were receiving what may be termed
a partial education. These schools were supported by
voluntary subscriptions, and he regretted, on some
account, that it was so ; not that he would check the flaw
of Christian benevolence, but, he should like to see the
government of the country recognising the importance of
these schools. They had schools for almost every class
of society. Even in that building they had upper, lower,
and middle schools connected with the various churches
and chapels in the town. But what they wanted was
schools for that class which, of all others, had a claim,
not only on Christian sympathy, but on Christian good-
. They wanted schools for the most helpless, the
most destitute, the most degraded of their population.—
(Laud applause.) This union did not profess to
support any school in particular, but went on the general
principle of supporting the whole 25 schools, accord-
ing to their respective states of need. If there were any
present who might question the extent of the state of
ignorance which existed amongst the class of children to
whom he alluded, lie would ask them to read the accounts
given by the weekly and daily press. Since he had been
asked to preside at that meeting, he had taken up the
London Times, and had found therein a statement suffi-
cient to arouse to action the mind of every Christian roan.
A youth had been called upon to give evidence in a
most important case, one involving nothing less than
a charge of murder. His name was given Edward Bolton,
who stated that he was seventeen years of age, and lived
with I" e- 4s. The pre "ee magistrate question,'

him as to his knowledge of, and the responsibilities attach-
able to, an oath, when the young man evinced the most
deplorable ignorance :—he could not tell where God was;
could not tell where people went who led a wicked ; and
had never heard of the devil. tie (the chairman) had had
placed in his hand a paper containing a little information as
to the destitution, ignorance, and vice of some portion of
the town of Liverpool. This document asserted that
there were thousands of nominal christians who had
never been in either church or chapel since their baptism ;
thousands had never seen a catechism,—had never read
a chapter in the scriptures, never uttered any form of
prayer, nor knew not what to call themselves ; but he
(the Chairman) thought the most appropriate title
would be, heathens in a Christian country. (Hear,
hear, hear.) In every one of these schools the Word
of God was made the basis of education, (hear, hear,)
and if this was not so, he would not stand there to
advocate their support and spread—(hear, hear ;)—for the
longer he lived, the more he was convinced that all other
education was comparatively worthless. (Approbation.)
1k fearlessly maintained that either the individuals or the
society which began the dissemination of secular educa-

tion apart from religious instruction would he disap-
pointed in the end and aim they had in view ; for
there was a higher authority than they, who told them
how they ought to commence, who had said that the
fear of the Lord was the beginning of wisdom. (Hear,
hear.) lie did think that the committee and the

community, for their duties were onerous anc

xearisome,

filmed period. (Hear, hear.)
The SECRETARY then read the report, which will be
found in our seventh page.
The Rev. W. M. FALLOON came forward to move the
first resolution, and in doing so observed that they were
cngaaed in a work of great practical mercy, a work which
was good in object, and good in its results, and only at
the great day of final judgment would it be known what
the extent of those resu'ts were. They naturally ex-
pected to meet with great difficulties, but at the same time

looked to great encouragement resulting from the work in
which they were engaged. They had found both, but
they thanked God for the past, and took courage for the
future. The resolution which he had to propose was as
follows :

"'That this meeting desires to return thanks to God, the
source of all grace, for the measure of success which lie
been pleased to vouchsafe tc) the society during the past year,
and recommends that the report now read be adopted and cir.

culated under the direction of the committee." r
In all their Ragged Schools, he rejoiced to say, religious

instruction was given from the Bible. These institutions
had led them into the very depths of degraded society—into
those awful regions which could be compared to nothing
so appropriately as the raising of a flag covering a sewer,
and which, on being removed, exhibited a mass of filth,
corruption, and stagnation. Their experience had tanizht
them what kind of characters the parents of these
miserable children were. One of the leading causes

of the evil and misery which they had become acquainted
with was that of drunkenness. And yet, notwithstanding
all the sin, and misery, and disease, and every species of evil
which this monster vice entailed, the gin-shops still
went on increasing in number. After further appropriate
remarks, tl:e rev. gentleman recommended the resolution
to the meeting, attd resumed his seat amidst applause.
Mr. SAMUeL lioLmn seconded the resolution. After

the call of the committee at the last anniversar

sequence of a sudden call to the metropolis, he said
he was then there to redeem his pledge, and to stand
forward as the advocate of ragged schools. (Hear,
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were needed, and it became not a.,y man to shrink
from the performance of a public duty. The chair-
man and himself had often been associated in the
defence of what they considered to be great principles
They had been privileged to aid in the support of mar
- of those institutions which had been instrument:'
snat'' f t'-

aching some m „ne children of the poor from the
misery of ignorance, and which had presentea an open
door to the sick and mutilated ; which had planted

(Hear, hear.) There were many matters upon which men
of different opinions could not act together; but if
an enemy landed upon our shores, we should all
rush into a general mass, and put shoulder to shoulder
to repel the invasion. (Hear, hear.) If a contagious
disease visited us, we should not ask any man's particu-
lar sentiments upon certain points, or inquire what were

our divorsities Of opinion, but we should core

operate to provide an antidote. Alas ! an enemy of a fear-
ful character had effected a lodgment, and was firmly
entrenched amongst it. A disease of a contagious cha-
racter tainted our moral atmosphere, and unless it was
checked by a moral antidote, it would cause putrefaction,
and become still wider spread. To drop metaphor, let
them look at the actual state of society in some parts of
of this town. Many thousands of our populationwere sunk
into most deplorable ignorance and vice, herding together
more like brute beasts than human beings, and existing
in the depths of filth and depravity. They never opened
a book—for many of them could not read. '1

lieu never
t thn nori

pollute his holy name by curses and imprecations. The
dram shop was their temple,—debauchery was the idol
they worshipped.—and when foul diseases swept them
away they passed into eternity like the beasts that
perished, unconscious or careless of their own immortality.
Their children became vagahonds, and begged and
stole their bread. These infested our markets and
public resorts, first, perhaps, to satisfy the craving

of hunger; but they ultimately grew up to be
dexterous thieves. The magistrates knew not how
to dispose of these lost and neglected creatures,
who were destitute of shame, who knew nothing of ,

moral responsibility, and who at last became callous of
punishment. (Hear, hear.) Mr. liolme then read a
touching extract from a work of Ciirlcs Lamb, on

le poor,

in the land

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of England,—the land of Bibles,—a land studded with
benevolent institutions, and whose commercial enterprise
gave a pulsation which was felt throughout the world.
Let any one go into Vauxhall-road, and traverse the cross
streets and alleys of that fearful artery of the town, and
any description which they could give would fall far short
of the dreadful reallty which they would witness. He
himself had seen here, as well as in other districts,
drunkenness in its most fearful forms; there sere here

like the lowest animals. But the veil in a public as-
sembly must be drawn over these disgusting exhibitions,
and if any remained sceptical on this matter let
them go into these districts and they would see tha
which would appal every mind. The local I
had been attempting to improve the cond►t

.gislature

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