The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1843-07-04 00:00:00

DEMONSTRATION-OF THE ORANGEMEN OF
LIVERPOOL IN BEHALF OF THE LOYAL
PROTESTANTS OF IRELAND.

The position of the loyal Protestants of the Sister Isle, I
menaced by rebellion on the one hand and by the fear of
fatal expediency concessions on the other, has long ex-
cited the warmest sympathies of the Brethren of the
Orange Order in Liverpool; and on Friday last, at a
very brief notice conveyed through the various Lodges,
meeting of the Order was held at the Portico, in Upper
Newington, for the purpose of conveying to the Protes-
tants of Ireland the feeling with which they view the
present crisis of our Protestant institutions and liberties
in that country.

The time appointed for the meeting was 8 p.m., at a
few minutes past which hour the body of the room was
nearly filled with members of the order, the bulk of them
wearing their distinctive colours; and before the pro-
ceedings of the meeting commenced, the assemblage be-
came densely packed, and numbered many hundreds of
the most zealous Protestant Conservatives of the town.

The chair having been taken by Mr. JACKSON, D.G.M.,
the meeting was opened by the usual prayer, and the
chairman proceeded to read the following letter from the
Grand Master of England, apologising for his inability to
attend on the occasion :

Dear Sir,—ln answer to your note of yesterday, in-
viting me to preside at a meeting of our Loyal Orange
Brethren at Liverpool, to be held on Friday next, to
consider the present momentous state of Ireland,) a
subject truly at this time demanding our most serious
reflections,) which, to all human foresight, will ere long
put the Orangemen of that, if not of this country also,
to the test, and try if they are made of the same impreg-
nable stuff as their forefathers were ; and I hope to God,
when that trial comes, we shall find engraven on every
Orange heart the old Orange motto, No SURRENDER!'
I exceedingly regret that a previous engagement on that
day will prevent me having the pleasure of being with
you."

The CHAIRMAN then proceeded to address the meeting.
They were assembled, on the present occasion, for the
purpose of expressing their warm sympathy with their
loyal brethren in Ireland, and for the purpose, as well, of
entering their indignant protest against the agitation going
on in that country for the repeal of the union. Glad
though he was to see such a meeting, he, for himself was
scarcely satisfied that they had not been earlier called
together. He was sorry that the protestants of Liverpool
had permitted themselves to be anticipated in such a de-
monstration by their brethren in Birmingham. He
thought that they ought to have been foremost in declaring
their sentiments in such a crisis. It cannot, with any
justice, now be said that the orangemen of Liverpool
have shown any disposition to become disturbers of the
peace. As protestants they have suffered much for peace.
They allowed catholic emancipation to be wrested from
them. They allowed " heavy blows and great discou-
rageinents" to be levelled against the protestant church
in Ireland. They have permitted the protestant corpora-
tions of Ireland to be made into normal schools for the

dissemination of popish sedition and tre;;;n7gl;Pb;st4,
they have conceded for peace, until at length the time has
arrived when they must stand firm by their faith and their
liberties against the torrent of aggression which threatens
to overwhelm them. He should like to contrast the con-
duct of O'Connell and his myrmidons with the loyalty of
the protestants of Ireland. That man, with fulsome adu-
lation and professions of love for the person of the sove-
reign, on his lips, proclaims his design to pluck away one
of the brightest jewels from her crown. From his tongue

what calumnies have not been heaped, what threats not
directed, against the protestants of Ireland? And under
this storm of outrage and insult they have maintained a
position of steady forbearance. This was a thing which
tried men's principles—which tested their loyalty—for-
bearance under oppression, and patient submission to the
law, even when such submission is practised at the ha-
zard of life itself. It was to express sympathy with such
men that this meeting was called together. Let its voice
boom over the waters and proclaim to the people of Ire-
land that the protestants of Liverpool are true to their
colours. Let it proclaim to them that in their hour of
extremity the protestants of Liverpool would be found
battling by their side for the good old cause. The speaker
remarked at some length upon the leading features which
characterize the repeal agitation, and concluded an elo-
quent and excellent address, of which we are compelled to
give a mere outline, by calling upon Mr. Crisp to move
the first resolution.

Mr. CRISP then rose to propose the first resolution
which was as follows:

That we consider the agitation for the repeal of the
union' in Ireland aims at the subversion of the established
church in that kingdom, and by consequence, the over-
turning of our glorious constitution of 1688, and that the
manner in which it is conducted by the assemblage of an
excitable population in masses, has already paralysed the
energies of commerce and benevolence, and seriously
threatens the lives and properties of our loyal protestant
brethren."

The speaker proceeded to remark upon the benefits
derivable to the institution, from meetings such as that
which was before him. It was a meeting which Sir Robt.
Peel might preside over, whether with regard to the orderly
conduct of the members composing it, or the noble object
which they had in view. It was a rebel faction which
they were met to oppose and denounce, and in such a
cause it behoved every honest man to come forward boldly
and lift up his voice for the protection of his country's
best interests, ['loin the machinations of a scoundrel and
a traitor. Ireland would commit suicide if ever she con-
sented to her separation from Great Britain. After some
further remarks, Mr. Crisp concluded an able speech, by
moving the resolution amidst much cheering.
Mr. GLEAVE seconded it, in a long and most effective
speech, which was listened to with much interest by the
assembly, and elicited frequent rounds of applause.
Mr. ADDISON then rose to move the second resolution,
of which the following is a copy :—Resolved, " That it is
the conviction of this meeting, however painful may he
the position of our Protestant brethren in Ireland, it is
still a noble one, as from the aspect of the times, we be-
lieve them to be called by Providence, like their ancestors
of old, to stand ' a wall of fire,' between the devices of
Popery and disloyalty, and the Christian liberty we now
enjoy under our happy constitution."
After a short appeal to the indulgence of the meeting,
the speaker proceeded ;to remark that the former part of
the resolution referred to the painful position of their
Protestant brethren in Ireland ; and was not their position
a painful one, whether we looked at the conditio❑ of their
clergy or their laity ? If they looked at the former, they
saw their lives threatened, their revenues withheld, their
houses visited with outrage after outrage; and little more
secure was the position of the latter. The Protestants of
Ireland had indeed suffered pains without number, and
how patiently had they endured them ! He trusted that
from this resolution they would derive both consolation

and confidence. The latter part of the resolution referred
to what he believed to be the fact that the Protestants of
Ireland are called upon, and have of old been called upon,
to stand as " a wall of fire " between their protestant
liberties and the' enemy by which they are threatened.
It was impossible to overestimate the noble stand which bad
ever been made for the preservation of their religion and
their loyalty by the Protestants of Ireland in past days,
and such conduct, he felt assured, would be faithfully
imitated by the present generation. Mr. Addison con-
cluded by an earnest appeal to the loyalty of the Orange
body to abstain from any demonstration on the approach-
ing 12th of July, which recommendation was received
with the hearty concurrence of the entire meeting.
The motion having been seconded by Mr. ALBIN, was
passed unanimously.

The third resolution was then moved by Mr. BENTLEY
and seconded by Mr. HARBORD, and by both gentlemen
appropriately prefaced, and was as follows :
" Resolved,—That deeply sympathising with our bre-
thren, in this their day of trial, we hereby assure them lof
the deep interest we take in their welfare, and that we
will be found ready at all times to aid and assist the ex-
ecutive in preserving the inviolability of the union, the
integrity of the church, and the majesty of the law, keep-
ing before us the motto of ' No surrender !' "

Three times three cheers, and one cheer more, were
then given for the Queen. Three times three for her
Majesty's Ministers ; the same for the King of Hanover,
for the " Iron Duke," and the Grand Master of the Or-
der; and after closing its proceedings with the usual
prayer, the members broke up about half-past ten, and
concluded one of the most orderly and enthusiastic meet-
ings which we ever had the fortune to attend.

THE EXHIBITION AT THE COLLEGIATE

INSTITUTION

We now resume our sketch of the principal objects of
interest and curiosity, in continuation of our remarks on
Tuesday last, premising (as before) that even of these
(so much there is to be admired and to bewilder) our
space will admit of but a short and inadequate notice.
We had purposed to lead our readers through the several
rooms as they are progressively numbered in the cata-
logue ; but, on second thoughts, prefer a dash at the
pictures at once, as being the finest and largest collection
ever before on view in any of the provinces, and forming,
moreover, in themselves, the most valuable and classical
portion of the exhibition :