The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1844-12-03 00:00:00

—the c rcuaistences ot the case tercel it upon us—to re-
consider the subject, and to ask ours-Ives, " What is it
we advocate? Is there anything essentially wrong in th'
Protestantism we advocate and recomm-nd ?" Was there
any attempt to withl old the Bible from the inhebi, ant s of
the land ? That was popery. Did we advocate the dis-
seminatien of the Word of God in the lengulge which the
people understood among all classes of society ? Vint was
Protestantism. What was it we denounced ? We de-
nounced any attempt on the part of Rornish priest teto sub-
stitute the offering ot the sacrifice of the mass for the one
sacrifice of the cross. That was Popery. We advocate
the atonement of Christ's. death—the cne death he died
on Calvary—as a sufficient atonement for the sins of.
the world. That was Protestantism. Vre denounced'
all attempts to teach the people to bow down to
idols and images, to relies, and to the other senseless
things they worship—the bon:ve of the knee, of the
body, and the worship of the lip, which belonged to
Almighty God alone. This was done by Papists, and
this was Popery. We, on the other side, said that divine
worship should be addressed to Almighty God through the
mediation of His Son; and this was Protestantism.
(Hear, hear, and cheers.) We denounced those e-ho
attempted to bring the Virgin Mother of the Lord Jesus
Christ into the' position of intereessor, or the apcstles
and canonised saints as mediators with Jesus Christ on our
behalf, that be might be with Ged ; we advocated, on the
other hand, the Scriptural doctrine, that there was hut
one mediatorbetween God and man—the man ChristJeu .
This was our Protestantism. (Cheers.) He felt, then,
after tinlexau ination of the principles of Pre-tes enti.m,
there was no reason why any ineieidual connected with
the Chitr,•h of England should believe there was anvtliittg
essentially wrong in the principles thus advocated and in-
culcated upon the people. Our Protestantism was pure
Scriptural truth. Then as to expediency ; and we must
c •nsider th s suhjeet in two hearings, first as to the feel-
legs of ti e and then in its prospective effect
upon the welfare of the country. It was true the r were
reasons for individuals wishing to retire from what thee
called the public agitation of Protestant principles, bet
was it profitable to the country that we should give tie
our meetings? If ever there should come such a time
when we from expediency must give up our advocacy—
whether from the Popish camp or from a traitorous go-
vernn;ent—he was determined to cling to the wreck of
Protesten ism! (Cheers.) And if, in an ev .1 hour, any of
throe bright advocates of Protestantism, who had pre-
sented themselves at different times upon our plat..
forms, should be persuaded to withdrew their con-
nect:on with the associations in existence, and he
hoped still int-nding to exist, he had no hesitat'on
in declaring that expediency, like the tail or the dri,gon,
would sweep them away, and their name would go down to
posterity coneeited with di race, with want of courage,
and with change, and all this was traitorous to the faith of
Christ. (Tremendous cheers.) There was a time when
Sir Robert Peel thought proper to &Aries, his sentiments
and his conduct in reference to the claims of the Roman
Catholics of Ireland The position he held in the country
previous to that change was higher than it ever had 1), en
since ; and though we were obliged to tolerate him at t e
head of our Protestant government, because we could not
replace him with a better, he forfeited our confidence the
day that he changed. We never could think of him as
the same man again (hear.) Lord Stanley told him a
startling truth, when he (Sir R. Peel) was in oppositiori ;
that his name would go down to posterity connected with
change and with tat thing else; and he (Mr. James) had
nn question in his mind, that when Sir Robert Peel
should go to his rest, his name, while it would call forth
approbation up n tie score of intellect, tact, and pelicv,
would still be coneetted with something like treachery to
the Protest .nt faith and Church of England, while
Vie name of Elden would be gilded with glery. (Tremen-
dous cheers.) The gt nuns of popery, after the most m ture
examination of its character, he was fully convinced was an
emanation from the regions of darkness. It came from that
place in which dwelt misery and wee for ever. It brought
in its hand a quill plucked from the wines ore demon, dip-
ped in wormwood ; anti it wrote destruction to the souls
and to the bodies of mankind in every land. Whilst the
genius ot Protestantism was an emanation from the man-
sions ebove ; it came down from the place ofthe great
God, with a quill plucked from the wings of a cherub in
its hand, dipped in the love of Emenuel. and it wrote
upon the pages of our heart and our fai'h " Peace and
Salvation to the ends of the earth, through the blood of
the Lamb for ever aid ever. (Immense applause )
Mr. SAMUEL PHILLIPS DAY, from Yonghall, late
monk, followed with some details a the system of pottery
in Ireland, and ef its effect upon the population He put
fore ard the celebrated motte,—" No peace with Rome
till Rome makes peace with God." •
The resolution watt carried. and the meeting separated
shortly before eleven o'clock. •

MISS WSILLRR'S CONCERT.—AS announced. Miss Christiana
Weller's " farewell concert ' tons place last night, at the R, yal
Assembly Rooms. Great George-stri et. and was mo't num,
rously and respectably attended, a large concourse of the elite
and their families being present. The services of some o our
first local performers were called forth on the occasion incluu.
ing those of Miss Whitnatl, Miss Joseph, Mr. Lewis (who ahty
presided at the piano), and Mr Percival the flutist.) Mi s
Whitziatl and Miss Joseph sang the several pieces allotted to
them with great taste end feeling, and were on several occarions
encored. Mr. Percival played a fantasia in which he exhibited
great taste and much execution, on that difficnit and rather
imperfect itistrumet:t—the flute. Mr. Lewis sang one of h'Q own
songs, to his own Vane. accompaniment, with deserved ap.
phuse. The great w traction of the evening, however. was
Miss Weller's pe formances on the piano. -We have before had
occasion to notice the extraord nary talent of this young lady
as a pianiste, and our admiratin of her powers—which could
not t efore be loci ens-el—were doubly ed We have
not, at this hte hour the space, had we even the ability end the
scope. to do her justice in detail ; hut we cannot do less than say
that she possesses a mastery over the instrument which is of rare
acquiremei tin a life-time. stud be nu re est nishing at I er ear!),
years. Thl is to Fe neccuoted for (rem a p-culiarly fine ear. erect
r atural taste, suprrior tuition. stud indom table ersevertuice.
Miss Weller is, in fine, a musical ge ius. and still is her com-
mand of finger and of conception, that in playing the pieces of
her favourite Thalberg. and other great misters. she diverges
in spite f herself, into adornments the most beautiful and well
timed, which the comrosers themselves would he delighted to
hear. She exhibited In r powers as a comp,ser with equal
effect. We regret to say. that owing to the evident indisposition
of Miss W., an apology was made for her non-performance of
one of the pieces in the bill and was heard with regret. The
concert concluded with a duett, by Clementi Miss W beine
companied pn another piano by her younger sister, Miss De-
laney Weller, a most interesting and promising performer. The
precision, force, execution, and variety t f intonation wi h which
this was executed by the two sisters. sitting at a considerab'e
distarce from each other,lnld the iisteners in silent admiration.
Miss Weller) as a nonneed this as her farewell" concert We
hope this only means " farewell" for the present ; and th-t. as
we are proud of her AS belonging to our town, she will after
acquiring new laurels in the smith, revisit the • glimpses" of
"the good old town." where, we feel assured. she will ever he
hailed with a hearty welcome by all the lovers of musical talent.

LONDON NEWS OF YESTERDAY.

MARK-LANE CORN EXCHANGE.

There was a large arrival of wheat during the past week, a
great proportion from Lincoln& ire to the millers direct. There
was a moderate arrival to this day's market from the home
counti; s; the finest tins were taken at last Monday's prices;
inferior sorts very dull, and difficult of disposal Free foreign
goes off in •mal parcels at late rates. Bonded <.nly nominal.
The supply of English barley was too large for the demand, and
although offered at a reduction of Is. to 2s. per qr., some quantity
remained unsold. Grinding sells at full terms.
Malt arid Beans la. cheaper. Peas in favour of the sellers.
Our arrivals of Oats last week were again short, and chiefly
consisting of foreign cargoes. There was in addition only three
or four vessels from Ireland fresh up this morning. A sma.l
extent of business was only transacted.
CURRENCY PER IMPERIAL MEAcURE.
Wheat, Essex and Keut. s. d. s. d.
Red
White 46 0 s 6 0
Norfolk and Lincoln, red ,B 0 46 0
White..
Irish, red
Rye, old
New
Barley, Grinding 36 o —3l 0
Malting
Chevalier 3B 0— 40 0
Malt, Suffolk and Norfolk 5B 0 02 0
Brown 56 0 60 0
Kingst,.,n and Ware C3 0 —6; 0
•
( hevalier
Oats, Yorkshire and Lincolnshire, feed 22 0 23 0
Potatoe
Yonghall and Cork, flack
Cork. white
Scotch, feed
Beans, tick 35 0 -37 0

Pigeons
Pease, Grey
Maple
White
Boilers
Flour, town made
Suffolk
Stockton and Norfolk

38 0 - 42 0
35 I. -37 0
36 0 - 40 0
36 0-38 0
38 0 - 43 0
48 0-45 0
'3 0-35 0
33 0-35 0

FOREIGN GRAIN AND FLOUR IN BOND.
Wheat, Dantzic 32 0 36 0
Hamburg
Barley 27 0 —29 0
Oats, new
Feed
Beans 24 0 —2g o
Peas 2B 0 32 0

Flot..r, American '
Baltic 2O 0

YESTERDAY'S LONDON SHARE MARKET.

There has been an increase in the trans ctions in Railway
Shares, with an upward tendency in prices. Great Western
have been last done at 141, Birmingham 229, Manchester and
iverpool 28y, Birmingham and Glouc. ster 98. Bristol and
Gloucester 33. Churnet Valley::, Direct Northern .3. Edinburg
and Glasgow 613, Beghton 48. South Western 81, after being
82. London and York 43, Manchester and Leeds 1143. Midland
108, Newcastle Junction 61, South Eater' 373, Norwich and
Brandon 123, Treht Valley 8. Selby Scrip 61, Bou:ogne and
Amiens 53, Oilcans and Vierzon 213, Orleans and Bourdeaux
73, Paris and Or:eans 413.