The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1844-07-16 00:00:00

TIIE NEW YOUR LAw AMENDMENT BILL.

We some time ago adVerted to the clauses in this Bill
aff-ctiog the alliitation and suppo t of illegitim:te child-
ren, giving ti e substance of such of them as we con-
s,dore,i,:if passed into law, would in most cases, so far
from atee..diog the rireseot system, (defective as it is) be
found to ciperate—fit'st, as a den al of justice to the un-
fortuoate ferrate; secondly, afford the generally better
conditioned se'ducer a ready means of escape from the
support of his progeny ; and thirdly—as a consequence
of both these effects—saddle the respective parishes
throughout the country with the maintenance of nearly
the whole of the illegitimate children, as well as induce
other collateral evils in . social lite. We had hoped that
what had been advanced on the eubject by ourselves and
several .of our contemporaries, (especially the London
Times—the unshrinking advocate of the protection and
rights of the poor,) and also after the representations
made by numerous 'I .cal autharities'n.agisterial and pa-
urchin!, (from, this town both personal and written), we
had hoped, we say, that the new bill would, in this point,
have been entirely re-modelled and rendered practicable
and protective of the community; but in this we love
been grtevtusly disappointed, though certainly nut greatly
surprised, for the freaks and quiddities of our modern
legislators are frequently such that, in our amazement at
their, amateur arid blundering dealings with matters of
which they exhibit a deplorable degree of ignorance and
headstrong repugnance to enlightenment, we are. often
driven to exelairn—"What in the name of all that is con-
jectural, will they do next 1" The present Poor Law we
have ever considered as a cruel and unconstit iitional sub-
stitute for the humane act of Elyabeth, which with tome
feW amendments and due administration of its provisions,
might have int t all the requirements both of the poor and
ratepayers; and it appears that each. successive novelty
that is introduced is but calculated still further to grind
the fe rtmer, and entail additional burthens upon the lat ter.
The dances At) w hielr we have alluded have already pas-
sed the Committee of the Flog se of Commons; one or
two of them Li:wither] for the better. but the greater part
" their or ijoal sins upon their beads. '
• In order to the biter understanding of the fubjert we
shal state t!'h 'substance of the st vetal clauses seriatim,
with ruch alterations as a few of them have undergone ;
and point out, as we proceed, what we consider in the
bulk of them to be still hitzhly objectionable :
The Ist clause repeals former acts, and was of course
passed. . _

The 2d, relating to the application of the mother for an
order against the alleged father for the nia'ntenance of the
child, originally allowed only six months' after the birth
for that purpose. Thii being too short, NI r. T. Duncombe
obtained an t xtens'on to twelve months; and Mr. J. S.
Wortley hating stated that, as the father might pay the
woman hush-money even tor that time, and thus rid him-
self of further liability, an addition should be introduced,
leaving the father responsible thereafter, pro ided he had
admitted Lituself to be the father. Sir James Graham
finally proposed, with the general assent, that the father
should be lia'de to summons at any time, on proof being
given that he had paid money for the maintenance of the
child within twelve months after its birth—this being
to be taken as an admission of paternity on his part.—
But still, the father might have been a sailor, (captain,
mate, carpenter, or saihnaker,) on a distant voyage to
China, Africa, South America, India, &c., and may be
absent eighteen months or two years ; and there is no pro-
vision for such a ca.e. And how is the woman to pay the
e.xpf nac of the suiutronQ, getting up her witnesses, &c.,
sl,e being already chargeable to the parish, and they pre-
cluded from assisting her (as will be seen below)? She
might als6 keep her child for a year or two, and then be-
come a pauper, without his paying an}thing, in which
case, too, her claim would fail to the ground.
Tae 3d clause (of the original bill—for this is the 2d)
allowed justices, on proof that the summons was duly
served " personally," to make an order on the lather for
4s. a week fur the support of the child, or be comrni ted
for three months. In the present bill the allowance of 4s.
was altered by Sir J. Graham to the paltry and inadequate
sum of 2s. 6d., and has been agreed to. It was, however,
agreed that the summons would be duly served if left at
the man's place of abode, in place of " personally,"—cer-
tainly an advantage to the woman.
. By clause 4, .justices might adjourn the case for forty
days, and the man might give notice of appeal to the next
quarter sessions, and the court order costs to be paid by
either party. On this clause much discussion arose. Mr.
Denison pointedly remarked they might as well burn
the bill at once as retain it, as it would render the whole
inoperative. The appeal would throw uron the woman
the whole onus and costs of defending herself. What
chance had a poor.woman, with a child, friendless, and in
the presence of strange magistrates, against a father,
backed by a sharp-cutting attorney, or counsel, ready to
take every advantage? Few women would, or could,
venture upon such a pieces; and he recommended that
the adjudication should be by three magistrates in place
of two (in the first instance), and their decision to be
final. Several members concurred in the objection to the

appeq; and Mr. Wakley urged the extension of appeal to
the woman as well as the man, and said that the distress
of females who were' left to support their illegitimate
children was a frequent cause of infanticide, which, to his
knowledge, occurred to a frightful extent.—We may
here state that the appeal of the woman to the ses-
sions, if she were refused an order by the justice, would
be of no avail, for she could nut go into court ; and, we
way add, that in nine Cases out of ten the appeal would
defeat the order, and the- child (and mother- too) be
eventually thrown upon the parish, althou;h the father
might be well able to maintain it. The parish, cannot,
by,the bill, in'erfere for an crder.—On a division, the ap-
peal was retained to the man, and to the woman (a quite
inadequate counterpoise) the right of renewing her ap-
plication to the justices, on producing fresh evidence. By
this clause the rich man would always be able to throw
the poor woman overboard.- •
The sth clause is to the effect that all money payable
under any' order must be paid by the man to the woman,
or, if she be incapacitated (being of unsound mind, or in
gaol), to a person to be appointed by the justices, but not
to any parish officer. The child must not be chargeable,
and the order to remain in force for 13 years. This clause
(with the exception of the 13 years, which apPears to be a
proper time,—the present law giving only 7,) is highly
objectionable, and was well combatted by Mr. Borthwick
and others, but was carried. It will operate as an in-
centive to new and gross immorality ; for, if the woman
go to the man for her money, what more likely than a
further illegitimate offspring! In the cage of 'a servant
who wished to keep her place and redeem her character,
it will be wcrse than- the present law. If the man re-
fuses her the money, she must apply for a warrant, and
follow up the process by again and trzain appearing in
court, to the inevitable loss of lier situation. 'fine clause
will also cause constant breaches Of the peace. A case in
point recently occurred in this town. An order was ob-
tained from the magistrate by afernale on the father of
her child, and she went to him with her sister, and asked
him why he refused to pay. He forcibly rjetted her, and
then seizing the sister threw her down into the street with
such violence that, her head coaling in contact with the
edge of the footwalk, her jaw-bone was broken, and her
life was for some time despaired of. He was committed
to the sessions for this savage assault, but the case
dropped for -want of a witness, and the injured woman
will remain an object for life !
By the 6thciaVSe, every woman neglecting to maintain
her child, if able wholly or in part to do so, whereby it
becomes chargeable, shall be punished as an idle and dis-
orderly person ; and every woman deserting her child, so
that it -becomes chargeable, shall be punished as a rogue
and vagabond.—Thus she is to be punished because she is
unable to support her child or proceed against the father;
for being destitute she cannot obtain an order against the
man, and the parish must not assist her. With regard to
the second part of the clause, will not the operation of the
first conduce to the very offence of desertion ?
The 7th clause is equally impolitic. No parish officer
is to have the custody of any illegitimate child, or to re-
ceive any money under an order on the father, or in any
way to interfere in an application, cr to procure evidence
in support of it, under a penalty of 40s„ except atter the
mother's death, and the child become chargeable, when
(generous concession!) he may apply. (The penalty
stated was, in the present bill, extended by Sir J. Graham,
in like manner, to the -magistrate's clerk and .the con..
stable.) By this clause, though the woman be confined
in the workhouse, and remain there with her child, no
matter how long, the overseers are to have no remedy
against the father, and the mother being destitute can
have. none! The father, thus shielded, may go on in his
iniquity in other quarters, and, in like cases, with like im-
punity. If this be not :a premium on libertinism, we
know not what is. And why exclude parish officers from
interfering.in the woman's behalf, in justice both to her;
self and the parish? Surely (with reference to this and a
former clause) they are more competent to apply for and
receive the money than the woman, or any acquaintance
she might etnploy • and, if she received it from their hands,
is it likely it would be made a worse use of under their
surveillance than if she received it from her own para-
mour, who might pay her off with one half of it, which, in
her necessities,, she might be induced to receive,—he
cliiMing credit for the, whole. ? It maybe added, as bear-
ing on this clause that-we find, on making inquiry, that
exclusively of the great number of women receiving out-
door relief during confinement of bastard children, up-
wards of one hundred were sent to our Workhouse, and
there confined from the Ist January to 31st December last
year. •
Such are the principal clauses of the bastardy portion
,of, the new. hill ; and if most of them be not greatly al-
tered, or abrogated, in the Lords, they will press most
unjustly on the unfortunate mothers; afford indemnity to
thmos Commons,t urgentnot notwithstanding hsta hdingremonstrances
.the
o n
tine
many profligate fathers; annoy magistrates by the recur-
rence ,of numerous cases -of broils and assaults; and,
greatly increase the parish burthens. They were
explanationsppaa do
nh
e the
and
authorities here and elsewhere.; and afford
must be deprecated by all men of right
another lamentable specimen of teckleSs legislation for
d7ipli;ih
attical ;views
,of the ;object.
Itelipn(gioarn,

•
THE MANcitEsTEn.--13y a letter received at Lloyd's
from their agent at Hatiobairgh it appears, that the wreck
of the above vessel has entirely disappeared in the sands,
and that no further salvage could take place. The goods
saved along the coast hare been sold for about £1,300.

CELEBRATION OF THE T‘VELFIII OF JULY

IN LIVERPOOL.

:,hoi,s,etrotw.uinb, :tivweh,i,ctehrtaiunriiinogntwh-easvrlirnaweeip:eille:is
We gave in our last a brief notice of the meeting of the
ham,
Grand Lodge of the Loyal Orange Institution, held in
but who have hithsrto been kept sepa::: tte. from the that Institution and the. Protestant Confederation—a very
lotorhfme
ieord:bneegratewibseemertse.
exertions
and by a few immaterial points of discipline, which from this
time will be assimilated. The head quarters of the Con-
eare vr,art
very
on
numerousha e lieeannßd,iirtmniuneg
and organization, in a great measure, we owe the conser-
vative triumph which has been achieved in that town
during the past week, and which, we trust, has finally
broken down the tyranny which radicalism and Chartism
have hitherto exercised over the constituency of a borough
so important and, at heart, so loyal. May that triuriiiih
be an example to the constituencies of other boroughs
similarly trampled upon by faction !
On Tu,sday the united orders met, and having arrenged
various matters of detail, and elected their several officers,,
the Grand Lodge was adj to ned until next July, when
they will meet again in Liverpool.
On Friday niornitg, the 12th—a dsy which has ever
been set apart by the Orange body for the celebration of
the triumph of Protestant principles over the sower of
Rome,—it was announced by placard that the Rev. T.
Nolan, at the request of a respectable deputation, had
consented to perform divine service in St. John's church,
and to preach to the assembled body. In obedience to'
Vie wishes of their officers, the members bad previously
aharicloned all idea of getting up any procsssion, or of
making even the slightest demonstration which might
have afforded an opportutti'y to the Ramish and anti-
church party of the town, of getting up a disturbaneesind
wreaking their spite upon the loyal supp-rters of the
constitution, and the Protestant institutions of their
country. At the usual hour of divine service, a numee
rows body of members proceeded .accordingly to church,
vi ithout anything like array, or precimeert, and without a
display of a single banner, or any ether emblem ; and be-
fore the commencement of prayers the whole of the body
of the Church was crowded with a 'respectable and atter).
tiVe audience, a considerable proportion being females,
the wives or sisters of the members, the gallery also being
respectably filled. Amongst the congregation we noticed
the Rev. F. Parry and several others of the clergy of the
town, J. Wilkinson, Esq., senior churchwarden, James
Parker, Esq., &c , &c.
The service was impressively read by the Rev. Albany
Lloyd, after which a sermon was delivered by, the Rev.
T. Nolan, of which the following is a sketch, part being
given verbatim :
Theqswtuhhoo:ery
itustki
sstoltki
,efahnexleiotntt
yhwwet
iii
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ch
d
procpeeladceedtahlmisidrto
nsotrthreioperoi:ocuon,dnepsltiaantcteenwtiiotit: atheiefoslploectyi
theae 81
body takenatoy'
thate.t frmlool
7°l
TheYrireroi dsi uni
Exodus,sm'itirnste::lbeyeirrxeecn'tnah. dssecet walksi:s.vtn rlaa,' in:::ds'asctAel:huLtiranpeheoldnye:
this
celebrating a day, that in their hearts and minds has long
been associated with principles to which they are ardently
attached, as well as with the remembrance of mercies,
for which this country can never be sufficientiy thankful.
An invitation to preach the gospel is one which any ser-
vant of Christ would find it more difficult to decline than
to accept, and on this broad ground I might easily jus-
tify my appearance here this morning: but as much for
the association's sake that invited me, as for my own, 1
deem it right to offer a preliminary word of explanation,
inasmuch as this society, like a still holier society, In the
olden time, has of late years been almost " everywhere
spoken against." Our blessed Lord has said, " Blessed
are ve when men shall revile you, and persecute you, and
shall say all manner of evil against you falsely for my
sake." New, though not belonging to the Orange so-
ciety myself, I believe the imputations at ainst them to be
groundless, and I rest my belief on their openly avowed
principles, which are brirtfly enunciated—Loyalty to their
Sovereign, based on fidelity to their God. Their practice,
in order to be consistent with their principles. must he
"sober, righteous and godly ;" and • while I protest
aaainst the unfairness of holding an entire body respon,i-
ble for the inconsistencies or extravagancies of individuals,
I have never discovered the practice of this body to he at
variance with the high principles they profess. Your
proceedings of this day, I cannot but 'Told as strictly in
unison with your profession.: you have come openly to
the house of your God, to praise arid to pray according to
the sublime ritual of the church of your ccrintry : you
have asked me to offer, from my proper place as a minis-
ter of your church, a word of instructisn and exhortation,
and you design a contribution to a strictly national and
church purpose, the Blue Coat School of your town. I
have cheerfully complied with your request, and now pro-
ceed under the Divine blessing. and guidance, to testify
ottatthfaatiti?trahcaet
cerneolfl,,G
purifies the heart, the love that keeps thecstornandoonts,
and in keeping of them finds its first, its best nod great
the
Grace
nntthoo you
brin the
gorh;oss salvation
ti ofo n
unto
reward.
In the good providence of God,, our lot, my brethren,
has been cast in strange, eventful, perhaps
,even perilous
times; a restless desire of change, seems to he the cha-
racteristic of the age in which we live. Mighty princi-
ples, the soundness of which hitherto lies not been dis-
puted, are now dragged forth and,pet opon their triei—an
example from modern politics and theology will Mu-tree_
my meaning—the questiol,.ctif national education, which
we thought was included in the settlement of the national
church, and of the sufficiency of Holy Scripture as the sole
rule of faith, which also we supposed to have been closed
up for ever, at the time of the Reformation, are now
opened. afresh, and find strenuous supporters cn both
sides. In.such 'a time then, when the prescriptive' re-
spect due to yeeerable truth and ancient ,usage, affords
no longer protection to institutions time honoured and
sacred, it were downright folly to expect, that an institu-
tion like the church, by God's blessing planted in the
midst of us, should be allowed to maintain her position
undisturbed, her principles unexamined, her privileees
intact, her possessions unassailed. Only consider the
state and aim of the different parties into which societ, is
divided in the present dasr and the position of our church,
the protest she maintains, the counteracting influence she
exerts against the objects and designs of them all : against
the Revolutionist, she is the upholder of mace and good
order: against the Infidel, she is the faithful witrt-ss and
keeper of holy writ : against .the Romani-t, she is the
stedfast protector against all tampering with either the
truth of God or the liberties of roan, denouncing alike her
traditions and her encroachMents, proclaiming in one
article that " Holy Scripture containeth all things neces-
sary for salvation," and in another, that " the BiShop of
Rome bath no jurisdiction in this realm of EnglantL"
When all this is taken into consideration,- our surprise
will be moderated, that parties, who on every other sub-
ject, are wide as the poles asunder, having no other prin-
ciple in common, should yet be unanimous in this, and
cry out together against our church " down with it even
to the ground." Our church then has many virulent
enemies against which she must contend, but in main-
taining the struggle, the word of our God to whom we
look for counsel and for strength, teaches is that " ` the
weapons of our warfare are not carnal." Danger to the
church involves a duty of course on the part of her Chil-
dren, to rise up in her defence. You, my brethren,
are aware of the danger, and alive to the duty ; and my
object is to offer you a ward of advice as to the tnannerin
which, most effectually for the church, and at the same
time most advantageonsly for yourselves, this defence
.must be conducted. In the remarks I have to off,r, I
have need to be comprehensive, for I mutt necessarily he
:brief; and unless I am elso plain and easily intelligible, I
feel that I must miss my aim altogether, which is •to
say something encouraging, instructive, and useful to you.
Bearing this in mind, then, I would beg your patient and
• prayetful attention, wh le I endeavour to show you, first
of all, what it is that makes a church valuable—without
which it Would net be worth maintaining or defending;
in the second place, I will attempt to point out to you,
from the glorious page of your country's history, how,
.from its first establishment, the Church of England bas
tion of her institutions ; and, lostip, I will seek to3sourT
how her children may, and ought, and
enabled' tos"ispeiak
been the pride of the country—the ornament and proitect
strengthen, and exalt her. If I am
it .11.1
e
I have not wandered far from the spirit, at
omse
hn
etoshus
shows
spi
.c
os
u,
found that
twellanigi
least, of these words of Holy Writ which you have chosen
Yo
of lGordn'essesteornnatlbter'uethm.
for your motto, and on which, in order to impress them
more deeply, I have chosen to address you ; for the ordi-
nances and laws of our church are in accordance with the
which in
you should walk, for she b • Jesus, way the
rings you to who
is the way, the living, and the true, ere well as the only
way. She teaches you the work that you should do when
she declares to you the will of God,- even your sanctifica-
ton e• and that " without holiness no roan can see the
-E 't; we ask, what is St. Paul's description of
" the Church of the living God ?"—" die pillar and
ground of the truth." That only can be called a true
church which has the truth, and preaches the truth, and
provides for the transmission of the same truth in its
purity and integrity to the generations yet to come,—
the truth as it is in Jesus,—the truth that sancti-
fies,—the truth that makes free. In this consists the
excellence of our own church. She is built upon the
broad foundation of scriptural sufficiency, and scriptural
truth; to the sacred word of God she assigns due pro.
niinence in her creed, her 'articles, her services, through-
out. She has, under God, preserved the truth thus far ;
and as long as she remains what she is, she will continue
to teach it to her children; since, where the liturgy is
read, the truth of God is honoured and set forth iu it.
On this ground, then, ire are bold to maintain for our
church, that she ansvvere; the description of the Apostle,
and, therefore, lays undisputed claim to the. title. If this,
my brethren, be the real excellency of our Church', iu
what should the characterof real churchmen be'conspicu-
ous ? Ought it not to be in the value :they set upon hat
truth,—in the zeal with which they defend and propakate
it; and, more than alt, in the growing holiness with which
:they are bound to make manifest its blessed influence 4aver
their own hearts and lives. Here the Rev. preachercn-
tered, at some length, into the gospel scheme of tedeMp-
tion, by Christ Jesus, meeting all the exigencies of ttean,•
and satisfying all the requirements of God, chewing that
in Christ the law of God is magnified, and made honour-
able, its perfections drawn • out by the very act that' de-
prives
it ail of its terrors. -,ln Jesus ouiv is that, other-
wise
tremendous, question answered, " What is written-
in the Lord, how readest thou ?" ". Look unto him and-
be saved. for he is God, and beside him there is no Savi-
our.
" This, brethren, is the " one thin
is w needful ;"
without this, all elsevalueless, as the foam ,on! the
waters. Make.thise your grand aim, " seek first "the king-
dom of God and his righteousness; and all other things
will be added unto you, —" Seek the Lord while he may
be found," seek him in prayer and in the study
.of his
word. Ile will sheet' you the way in .which you Must
walk, and the work you must do; thus will your Peace
flow on as a river, and your righteousness as the staves

of the sea. We regret our want of space for even an outline
of the 2nd division of this instructive disccurse: it consisted
of an appeal of the histery of England ,rom the reforma-
tion to the revolution; exhibiting the two pr nciples
in collision—of Protestant'sm (which he identified with
our church) and of Romanism, the enemy of God's truth.
He sheaved that when Pi otestantisin was in the ascendant,
peace at borne, and success eiroad was 'the result.
Whereas when Romanism prevailed in the councils of
the state, disaster and defeat invariabTy fo'lowed. The
Revolution he dwelt upon, and the bill of rights, wherein
he said was established and conselidateci the power of the
Sovereign, by defining and securing the liberties of the
people,—after which he proceeded :
It remains for me to say a concluding word, as to the
mode in ehich, especielly, I would have you to defend
and support your church. Brethren, the best safeguard
(humanly speaking) a church can have, is in -the ardent
r:k
01' allb
know
non the enemies
with no encouragement or corn-
affection of her members; and the fairest reflection of
her excellence is.that emitted by their gradually increasing
ihnoglirnaecses,..(iEmveorsytocnoenvaimneohn,ggslyt you can do something in
this respect, and, while effeetually serving his church
thereby, Ile is also as certainly promoting his own growth
refuting the calumny of his
enemies ; ",that whereas they speak evil of von as of evil
doers, they may be ashamed that falsely accuse our good
conversation in Christ." Now, dear brethren, bear from
me a word of exhiiriation, easily associated with the last
remark. You know thes sonenevmse, eee
sspo vigilance
c oaiulyrs
yourselves
3ts with
su
and
which cohdr
a)y.yoo
your
that, while your forbearance or
proceedings on
magnified into crime, and thus discredit will be attached
tpsmherirli-st.:l,c(-'ai'oaprtnleietoino,l the slightest. indiscretion will at once be
to our holy and our beautiful cause. Let me then exhort
you, that the,ceitinuance and the close of this day, may
be in unison, with the mode in which you have chosen to
commence it, being " sanctified with the word of God and
with prayer,'!!stirrerate early, and proceed peaceably to
your homes. The Christian's purest earthly delights
ought to beat home; his most cherished companions, the
wife of his bosom; and the children of their love. Act on
such auuivereatics 4, this, in such a manner, that your
wives and your children may have reason to rejoice, and
to say it is good lir them, and for you, that you have been
here. Then, indeed, will you be in the way wherein you
should walk, and in the work that you should do.
After advertieg' to the attar] effects of the several Dio-
cesan Church Building Sdciuties, originated by the good
Bishop of Chester, and ' scow adopted in every other
dioceSe in England, he enlarged upon the benefits re-
sulting, and likely still to result, both to the nation and
the church. The ,public mind was gradually being
disabused of that popular fallacy, that the church
meant only the clergy ; and the
_energies as well as the
affections of the people were directed towards the church
of their fathers,' which he looked upon as the great strong-
hold of her security and strength, without whir h, he said,
all parliamentary ens ctruisnts and ecclesiastical commis-
sions would prove of no More avail aeiinst the tide of
revolutionary fairy then the-cry of-the eifriehted courtiers
before the plashine swiss that dashed the feet of their in-
trepid king, when he tebulted their sychot ancy and taught
them to give the glory to God. After which he concluded
nearly thus:—Finally, brethren, be strong in the Lord.,
and in the power of his misfit ; whether rejoicing in hope,
er patient under tribulation, continue instant in player.
Prayer real zes the presence and the power of God •, in
this will be your strength. Many of you. no doubt, dear
brethren, have trials and privations to endure, whereof
the heart knoweth its own bitterness, yen may nave
ex-
perienced disappointment Where you reposed confidence.
You may lament that your cause and yourselves have met
with coldness and unconcern where you expected, because
you deserved, both sympathy and support ; and this.even
in high places. Still you have duties to perform : if others
neglect or forsake their duties, that is no reason for us to
be remiss in the discharge of ours, and we are not without
encouragement; for we serve the Lord Christ, and He
demands of his folloe-ers activity in every duty, fidelity
in every trust. " Quit you, then, like men, be strong."
We know Him in whim we have believed ;" end He
will never desert his cause, nor abandon those that put
their trust in him ; we know that we shall, we must be,
victorious in the end—" Even more than conquerors
through Him that loved us."

There is -a principle and a prover in true religion that
can't be deFerihed ; it must be felt to be underst,od. It
enhances world!y prosperity, acting like the pillar of the
cloud lest the glare of this world's sunshine might wither
the Christian's gracis : and like the pillar of fire it flings a
light from heaven across the path of this world's tribula-
tion, lent adversity should blight the Christian's hope.
Tree religion—"-the faith of the Son of God"—enables
the believer in patience-to possess his soul, tarrying the
Lord's leis'llre, hoping still in God: it assures him that at
last he shall surmount every obstacle, and rise superior to
every pressure., So felt a holy men of old, so he believed,
ban and so
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the olive shall fail and the fields shall yield no meat the
flock shall be cot off from the folds and there shall be no
herds in the Stalls, yet I will rejoice in the Lcrd, I will
joylif the God of my salvation."
A discourse like the above, coming from a minister so
universally 'end deservedly beloved as is Mr. Nolan,
wherever he is knowniand whose hi:h talent, sincere piety,
.and consistency of principle are acknowledged, may well
be concluded to ,have been received, by the members of
the order assembled, with gratitude and admiration. It
was so • received ; -nod from every source of information
which is open to us it has not been without its due effect.
in strtngthe in; the hearts of the brethren' allaying that
irritaticn engendered in their minds by the harrh and dis-
trustful conduct towards themselves and their cause by
our local authorities; and, above all, in leading them to
look more deeply into the principles, for the diAsetnination
of ahicli they are associated,- and to strive to direct their
proceedings and their lives in stria accordance with those
principles. -
:At the conclusion of the sermon, a collection was made
in aid of the (rinds of the Blue Coat Hospital, after which
the congregation quietly departed.
'But it was not, the intention of their cowardly enemies
to permit a body of men, whose principles are' held in
detestation by all disturbers of the.public peace: to return
even from the performance of a duty so sacred as the at-
tendance upon the church of their land, without insult
and attempted outrage. Accordingly, on the termination
of the service, the church-yard of St. John's was -found
to be surrounded' with a mob, filling the elide of St.
John's-lane and-the Old Haymarket, and extending for
a considerable distance up Manchester-street and along
Whitecl,apel, about wtose mischievous bent there could
be no question. Several attempts at stone tl.rowing were
Made, and no taunts or insults were spared to induce- the
desired disturbance. The presence of a strong body of

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the Orangemen most materially contributed to this gra-
tifying result. One party was followed along Lime-street,
nearly to the Park, by a mob cf disorderly fellows, who
were only deterred from en attack upon them by the firm
and resolute, yet forbearing, demeanour which they pre-
served.

U In
thd evening, the lorlg^s (bred at their varicus houses
of meeting, displaying further their obedience to the au-
thorities of their town, by submitting to, what we cannot
but think, a somewhat unreasonable demand of the magis-
trates, that the usual flags should not be hoi,ted from.
their lodge windows ; and we are glad to be able to assert
that, notwithstanding continual and persevering attempts
to aggravate them, not a single case of disturbance, re-
quiring the intervention of the police, threw a stain over
the orderly proceeding. of the previous day.

ENGRAVING FROM THE CELEBRATED PICTURE OF
AT
WaterlooEl t 00 BANQUET."—froAmsptlheendifidneengprcrtuinrge
by i Salter,
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as it must be known to ,most
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invites around him at Ap,ley-house, on the 18th of
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the British forces on that eventful day. glories
achieved
sievGeracye
(about three years ago) authorised Mr. "S.alter—and him
alone—to paint a rinesentation of the banquet of that
year, and every facility was afforded him, the officers pre-
sent having expressly sitten to him for their portraits.
lie is admitted on all hands to have succeeded in conveying
in his truly national picture correct likenesses of all the
gallant men who were present—some of whom have since
been "gathered to their fathers"—as well as of the splen-
did apartment; and its appurtenances, in which they met.
The picture thus possesses, and will continue as years re-
volve to possess, increasing interest. In the language of
the prospectus of its publication, it is well remarked, that
" It is impossible to imagine a subject of greater and more
'general interest than this picture, which represents the
actual portraiture of more than seventy of those warriors,
whoe having won fame Lind rank under their gallant host,
heroism--to recall the events of that stirring
thus assembled on the anniversary of the Crowning act of
all their
time..,-to offer a tribute to the memory of those who fell—
to rejoice with those who are spared—to offer their con-
gratulations to their veteran leader—and to receive his
hospitality beneath his roof, protected during twenty-five
years of a peace which was won and has been guarded by
their valour." When we add that we have seen the en-
graving, and that it is an admirable work of art, in the
vidual likeness and detail, we trust we need not add a
word to induce many of our townsmen to do honour to
finest style, a perfect counterpart of the original in indi-
themselves as patriots and as men of taste by visiting Mr.
Grundy's, and becoming subscribers. In the same room
there are at present on view the tine picture of John
Gladstone, Esq. ; that of the late George Canning, given
by the former gentleman for our Town-hall—both ex-
cellent likenesses.
PORTRA IT OF Lot SANDON.—SiDee
the writing cf a r.otice of the Queen's picture, by
Leslie, now •on view at Mr. Grundy's Repository of
Arts, Church-street, we have been gratified with a view
of a splendid new nortrait of Lord Sandell, destined, we
believe, for the Collegiate Institution. The picture is
painted by the same artistes the full-length portrait of Mr.
Glad4tone, which we recently had occasion to eulogise.
It is rich and powerful in colouring, well studied in ar-
rangement of light and shade, and firm and vigorous in
execution. The position is easy and natural, and the ex-
'eression pleasing and characteristic. We arc glad to find
that it is proposed to engrave this portrait upon a large
anti important; scale, uniform with the full-length portrait
of Canning, alter Lawrence—to which it will make an ad-
rnirable companion; and from the deserved esteem in
which the noble lord is held by all classes of his consti-
- tments, we feel confident that this Opportunity of 'being
put in
.possession of a faithful record of his person will
understand, retrain for a few day's at Mr. Grundy'g,
:pot le2 neglected by the public. Tie picture will, we
where we r.;c6nimentiour readers to t,ike an early appall,
to -of viewing it.

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POETRY.

THE PATHS OF LIFE.

(Written for the Liverpool Standard.)
There winds a smooth and flowery road,
Through 1, e'.• extensive vale;
And footsteps numberless have trod
That passage thromrh the dale;
Pleasant the path and passing fail,
The vassal and the kin,: are there
Where countess thousands stray;
Fanned by the breeze that pleasure brings,
And lulled by gentle murmurings,
They track that awful way !

I hear a voice in warning tone
Spe,k in each sinner's ear
Oh ! leave this path ere yet have flown
Life's precious moments here.
You gaze upon those towers afar,
That glisten like the morning star,
Flashing in rosy light;
This road will never leave you there,
Know, that it lingers but to where
It sinks in endless night.

And deep those piercing accents sound,
Ali ! heeded but by few,
Culled are the flowers t at bloom around,
Sipped is the crystal dew ;
But now that awful brink appears,
The preeipice in silence rears
Its crest above the gloom.
Mi lions of souls repentant now
Are hurried o'er i s rugged brow,
Dashed to their dreadful doom.

Oh ! man, there is another way
By righteous footsteps trod,
Where eoly men, in ancient day,
Have hastened to their God;
There it the sorrowing drop descends,
A beam of sympathy attends,
To wipe away the tear;
And hovering n that narrow way,
There shines a light, a heavenly ray,
'1 hose wanderers to cheer.

And here are seen no empty joys,
Uneniered is the bower,
Untasted i 3 t.e cup,a hich cloys,
The folly of an hour.
Faith, hope, and luveillume the track,
Truth casts the bight reflection back,
Upon the wavering mind,
Here meek-eyed pity finds a home,
And bids ,he weeping m urner come,
And leave his woes behind.

And now this better way is passed,
Life's journey soon is o'er,
Eternal splendour bursts at last,
From Heaven's transcendant shore.
Angels of light are ushering now,
With joyful wing arid beaming brow,
The saved before the throue.
Then dawns the d,iy of endless bliss,
To view each work of loveliness,
In bhundle s worlds unknown.
Woodside, July, 1844.

W. J. L.

AERIAL PHENOMENON,
Subsequently ascertained to be the Comet (of 1843).

We have been favoured with some cleverly-written and
interesting " Obsess atioss" on the comet of last year, as
seen " off the Island of Timor, at the south-eastern en-
trance to the Indian Archipelago, on board the ship Ty rer,
Captain R mmer, on her passage from Bombay to China,
by John A. Murray, passenger," together with an illus-
trative drawing of the appearance of the comet on the
10th of Ma: eh ; and we should gladly have inserted the
whole, did our available space allow. We, however, give
a few extracts which may be acceptable to the astrono-
mical portion of our readers, and also subjoin some very
neat verses by the same author, appended to the account.
" On the 2d March (1813). at sunset, about half-past
six o'clock, our ship being 150 miles to the westward of
Sandalwood Island, steeriug E. by S. in lat. 10.5 S.,
long. 116.45 E., we observed, a little above the western
horizon, a long luminous streak resembling a silver
thread, with a slight inclination towards the south at the
upper end. Moon three days old. Weather clear, calm,
and sultry." On the sth and 6-,h the same streak was
seen, at the same time, and had increased in lustre. On
the latter day the idea suggested itself to those on board
that it was a cornet. Two sl'g'it shocks or tremors passed
through the ship, the first at s •vets o'clock p.m., the se-
cond at midnight. The writer, under date of the 7th,
says :—" This evening the appearance of the ' illustrious
stranger' in the clear open sky was truly magnificent.
Unmarred in its stately proportions by any intervening
cloud, it app ared to have attained the maximum of its
size and brilliancy. Tne streak was of a grayish white-
ness, with a slight slit or division at its upper end. The
star or body of the comet was distinctly visible, and of a
clear vivid lustre. It was just visible at half-past 6 p.m.,
reached its greatest brilliancy at about 7 o'clock, and gra-
dually decreased until it set at past 8. At 5 o'clock
p.m. another tremor passed through the ship."
The various extraordinary appearances are detailed from
this time until the object disappeared on the 2d of April,
when the weather changed " from calm and sultry to cold
and squally." O❑ the 27th of the previous month, the
ship spoke a Portuguese vessel, belonging to Fort Con-
cordia, Copang Bay, Timor ; and her captain confirmed
the identity of the comet. He had first seen it at Timor,
precisely at the same time; stated that its former visit
occurred at the beginning of the 16th century ; and attri-
buted the calms and intense heat of the month before to
its influence.