The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1845-07-08 00:00:00

HOW SHOULD IRISH PROTESTANTS MEET

THEIR PRESENT DANGERS?

A very able article under this heading is published in
the Dublin University Magazine, for the present month,
which contains advice and warning worthy of the consi-
deration not of Irish Protestants only but of the Pro-
testants of the United Kingdom. Reviewing the past
policy of successive Governments—their gradual pro-
gress from mere toleration of Popery to Endowment of
the Church of Rome—pointing also to the energetic and
practical steps recently advised to be taken on the part
of the Repeaters, by their leader Mr. O'Connell, and
the faint opposition offered to them by the leading mem-
bers of the Ministerial party, the writer contends that it
would be sheer folly to entertain the hope that the union
of the two countries would long be maintained by
the present Parliament. The Protestants of Ireland
must themselves be their own preservers ; and the fol-
lowing is the line of policy which he lays down for their
adoption :

"What should the preparation be? 'We ask of
reader not to cast down the book, or to turn from e
when we offer, as the first member of our answer. th,
very obvious counsel—union. It is, we admit, obvious;
on the very surface of the question; but not for this the
less necessary to be declared. United as they are in in-
terests, in principles, in dangers, the Protestants of Ire-
land are not united in action : they ought to become so.
This should be their first care; pities and activities ad-
missible, perhaps advisable, after they have been formed
into a body, if prematurely engaged in, might prove
destructive. All who would, with God's blessing, main-
tain the Protestant religion in Ireland, ought to be
organized, and to form a consistent and effective system.
This we believe to be a truth not likely to be brought
much into question. We proceed to lay down a princi-
TO
pie not, perhaps, equally self-evident. Of the system THE EDITOR OF THE LIVERPOOL STANDARD.
essential to the protection of the best interests of the SIR,—I desire admission into your paper of a few re-
country, we believe it is desirable that the heart should marks on Mr. M'Neile's eulogium of the Free Kirk of
be formed by the Protestant aristocracy and gentry. It Scotland at the Foreign Aid Society's Breakfast, believ-
is only through their means, unless by a principle of ing that through your paper they will teach the eyes of
affiliation which the law prohibits, the union of Protest- that distinguished individual.
ants can be extended and energetic through all parts of lam not about to detract from the praise which Mr.
the country. Individuals will have the authority of M'Neile bestows on the seceders from the Church of
station and character in their respective localities; but to Scotland. I unite with him in acknowledging that the
combine the energies of Protestantism in all parts of majority have been influenced by high principle; I unite
Ireland, so that they shall constitute one efficient system, with him in commending them for the single eye with
demands an union of the gentry. They will bring, with which they have begun, and the perseverance and libe-
full sanction of law, the knowledge acquired in all dis-
rality with which they have carried on their momentous
tricts into one focus of intelligence; and they will con-
undertaking. I follow principles, not men; therefore I
i
vey to every district and community the instruction which, care not to confess that my sympathy and affections are
I
after a mature and comprehensive consideration of its more with the seceders as men and ministers of Christ,
necessities, may seem advisable. They will also, while and not at all with that section of the Established Church
serving as a principle of activity and cohesion at home, of old distinguished by the people of Scotland as "the
accredit the system in which they act to that powerful moderates." Certainly no less do I agree with Mr.
body in Great Britain whose principles are in accordance M'Neile in his opinion, that the movement has " arisen
f
with their own, and with those of the party they belong from a mistake," that " the occasion had not come which
to. As soon as a nucleus is formed, around which a party
called for the decided step taken." Comiccting these po-
can be constructed, the first care should be to ascertain
sitions to which I have assented, a single glance will este-
the statistics of Protestantism throughout Ireland. bush, that I cannot consent to the sentiment with which
There need be little difficulty or delay in acquiring a Mr. M'Neile follows up these statements. " I am glad
that there should be a demonstration, although at first
_knowledge of the numbers, the characters, the condition
of Irish Protestants. We are assuming that the com-
apparently arising from a mistake; yet whether arising
mittee which seeks this knowledge consists of persons
from a mistake or not, I thank God for a demonstration
from various parts of our country, and have no doubt calculated to show that there is a reality in religion."
that agents can everywhere be found to carry their wishes Mr. M'Neile is glad and thanks God for what has arisen
ably into execution. As soon as these preliminary steps from a mistake ! The seceders have expressed their grief
are taken, parochial societies should be formed, and at the solemn necessity they felt to be laid upon them.
something in the nature of a club should be established The evangelical remnant in the Church, who agree with
M r. M'Neile in considering that the Secession has arisen
in Dublin, where country members during their occasional
sojourn in town, may feel it a convenience to resort. from " a mistake," have doubtless shed many tears over
Here intelligence should be gathered and preserved ; pro-
the unhappy mistake, which has weakened the founda-
vision should be made for imparting to England infor- ti'ons of " the beautiful house of their fathers." Mr.
mation of the highest importance to communicate, and M Neile alone has courage to say, " I rejoice and thank
for conveying into the hearts of Protestants in the most God for the demonstration !"
remote parts of Ireland, even where they are fewest and If the late event is the history of this country has in-
most threatened, the assurance that they are cared for deed arisen from a mistake, it must appear to every man
and the advice by which they may be well guided. All
acquainted with its magnitude, and who has any anxiety
with regard to its yet undeveloped consequences, worthy
this can be done without incurring the risk attendant on
of being styled " drivelling" to talk of it as "a demon-
frequent public meetings. The natural leaders of the
Protestants would be in their place ; their titles, or stration for which we are to thank God and be glad."
If this secession has " arisen from a mistake," what
names, and characters, would sufficiently accredit the in-
must we conclude? The God of truth is not the author
formation offered to England, and the advice given at
home. Soon there would be a union cemented between
of mistakes. He permits evil—permits mistakes, or per-
English and Irish Protestants. They would learn to mits in judgment the God of this world to lead into evil—
know each other by mutual interchange of courtesies and into mistakes, the holiest of his saints and the best of his
communications ; they would cease to be abused by the churches, for their ultimate good and his own glory. BLit
malevolent misrepresentations of enemies who would we are not to thank God for mistakes.
had they the power destroy them both; and the legisla- If the Secession has " arisen from a mistake," ought
tive union would be placed beyond danger, when, thus, not Mr. M'Neile to fear that the more estimable, the
the intelligence and sympathies of the British people more energetic, the more persevering, the more success..
were engaged in its maintenance. And all this can he ful the men who are mistaken, and the more pure and
done without interfering with or discouraging any form powerful for good the church that has been injured by their
of Protestant activity now known in the country. Opera- mistake; the more tremendous the judgment God in
tive associations, charitable societies, conservative bodies wrath has sent upon the nation and church? Ought you
of all descriptions, may pursue their accustomed course not, Mr. M'Neile, the more to conclude, that you are
of labour, and only receive cheer, and counsel, and called upon to undeceive and discourage the mistaken men,
countenance as well as support, from the more general and to stir yourself to help to build up the injured church ?
association, wherein those interests in which all have a Ought you not the more to fear the consequences of so
common concern, are cared for. From time to time, gigantic a mistake, so mysteriously permitted, which has
too, as occasion required, public meetings, on a larger endangered a church to which Protestants might have
scale, and more imposing effect, can be held ; ability f looked as a stronghold in a coming age of persecution and
rebuke ; lest the mistake prove in the end the death-blow
to our national religion, and consequently to our national
happiness and prosperity.
The expressed opinions of Dr. D'Aubigne and of the
other deputies from the foreign churches, of the Hon. and
Rev. Baptise Noel and others of the Church of England,
(with what seems suicidal policy), have much weight with
the people of Scotland.
Mr. M'Neile's help was valuable. His former testi-
mony has been nullified, 'and we have to cry, " Et tu,
Brute !" The next free kirk newspaper Mr. M'Neile sees
will have a column headed in large print, " Recantation
of Mr. M'Neile," and all his praise of the Secession, and
thanks to God for it. will eereed eee- ee-e •

" THE MISTAICE" OF THE SECESSION CHURCH

OF SCOTLAND

in witin te Pd, can
be put in requisition ;sand, under
and, underh therotestant sanctionbo yof names
with which England is favourably acquainted, the know-
ledge brought forward through the press, or on the plat-
form, may find access to the minds of those who control
the councils of the empire, and react in beneficent in-
fluence on Ireland. A great Protestant confederation
thus formed, violating no law, offending no national pre-
judice, would soon acquire an influence far more exten-
sive than the limits set by actual membership. It would
be felt as a protection to more than those who were

icuhunea wmun its lines ; and numbers, who, in their
secret hearts, shrink from the daring schemes which
threaten convulsion and ruin, or who nine frit.

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from a mental thraldom which they dare notVI
shakeccutpui off,
would take courage to declare their painfully-concealed
desires and sentiments."

omission of the little qualifying clause about." ii;:mius:
take."

But perhaps Mr. M'Neile said more than he intended.
If so, let him honestly refund what he has deducted from
his former testimony,—l am, sir, &c.
A MEMBER OF THE CHURCH
OF SCOTLAND.
3d July, 1845.

And thus strongly he enforces his advice, to the whole
of which we give our hearty assent, as applicable to the
entire body of Protestants in both countries ;
• - - -

" Will the Irish gentry be true to themselves ? To
us it would seem as if there never was a period within the
history of their country, when the dictates of duty and
of personal interest so manifestly coincided. Can any wise
man longer rely on the wisdom and courage of an admi-
nistration, even had he reason to believe in its stability,
which has twice, under circumstances so painfully sus-
picious, betrayed and broken up the great Conservative
party i We put out of consideration the merit of the
measures for which such sacrifices were wantonly made ;
—we ask only this—were the consequences of the Eman-
cipation Bill, the consequences of the Maynooth En-
dowment Bill, foreknown by their patrons ?—was it
known that, whatever were the effects anticipated from
their influence on the parties supposed to be directly
benefitted by them, their effect upon the Protestant peo-
ple and their Protestant representa.ives, were to be so
disastrous ? If this were known and calculated, who
will say that the statesmen, who schemed Reform through
Emancipation, may not have set down Repeal as the
ultimate end, or as one of the many consequences of
their more recent devices ? And if we assume the other
hypothesis, and say that, when the Wellington cabinet
carried Emancipation, and the Peel cabinet endowed
Maynootb, neither was aware of the disgust they would
cause to a large body of their supporters, and of the con-
sequent desertion from their ranks which they would thus
rashly necessitate;—we ask, does such a cabinet afford
those proofs of discretion which impart to the people of
well-governed lands a grateful sense of security, Are
the Irish gentry wise if they continue to repose in unsus-
pecting and in active confidence on the statesmanship of
men, who, after having exposed themselves to the sur-
prise by which Reform was carried, have had recourse a
second time to similar tactique, and so far as has hitherto
been seen, with the same disastrous results ? We say
again, they who were responsible for causing the breach
of which Lord Grey took advantage, (every man who
carries a measure to which he is in principle opposed is
responsible for its consequences), and who, untaught by
such a disaster, have repeated an error so very signally
punished, are not equally matched against Mr. O'Con-
nel and his Repeal Association. If the Protestants of
Ireland neglect themselves, they may, and at no distant
day, blame bitterly their own indolence, and the temerity
with which they trusted to men unequal to the difficulties
of the times, or else unworthy of their position. There
is a powerful association, consisting of the great mass
Irish Roman Cathol;^-

___.ics, elesiastic-al and la-y, formed
the purpose of carrying a repeal of the legislative union for
the British government has shown itself, and confessed
itself, unable tojbreak up this most formidable confederacy
—this inability has been manifested and acknowledged in
the absence of any effectual combination among the
friends of British connexion in Ireland; let Protestants

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Upon the importance of providing a direct Railway
communication between the manufacturing districts of
Lancashire, the large commercial town of Liverpool, and
the town of Birkenhead, rapidly rising to eminence, and
the rich Mineral district of North Wales and the port of
Holyhead, little need be said to recommend to the public
a Line of Railway having for its object those great advan-
tages. This Line of Railway has, therefore, been pro-
jected, not only with a view of supplying the cheapest,
most direct, and best means of communication, between
the ports of Holyhead, Birkenhead, and Liverpool, but
also for the purpose of affording a ready means of transit
and shipment for the produce of the great Coal Fields and
rich Mineral Districts of -North Wales, now entirely
devoid of Railway communication.
By means of this Line of Railway a considerable reduc-
tion of distance, to the extent of eleven miles; over all
existing and projected Lines, and a consequent saving of
time and expense, will be effected between Holyhead,
Birkenhead, Liverpool, and the Manufacturing Districts
of Lancashire ; and this, coupled with the fact of the
Terminus of the Line adjoining the new docks forming at
Birkenhead, and thereby materially lessening the cost of
transhipment of merchandise, cannot fail to make it the
cheapest and most preferable-medium for the conveyance
of passengers and merchandise between these ports.
To the towns of Mold, Flint, Bagilt, Holywell, and the
districts surrounding them, this undertaking must ensure
the most incalculable advantages, by opening to their rich
mineral productions a ready and cheap access to the
important markets of Liverpool, Birkenhead, and Man-
cheter ; and, on the other hand, great benefit will accrue
to these markets by the conveyance thither of Iron,
been credibly informed that the Anti-corn-1
REGISTER ! REGISTER !! REGISTER !!! —We
We have League Copper, Lead, Zinc, Slate, Coal, and Lime, at a very
moderate cost. Should this Line of Railway be formed,
intend again to pursue the plan—so extensively acted upon the Promoters feel confident that the articles of Coal and
by them last year—of serving all parties, whose names are Lime alone, of which the consumption is very great,
on the county register, with notices of objection, where would yield a large and profitable return on the Capital
there, is the slightest technical informality or irregularity to be invested. Coal could be delivered in Birknhead,
in the description of the voter's name, residence, or qua- or shipped in the Mersey, at one-third less price than it
lification. It behoves, therefore, the Conservatives is now sold at and Lime, which is now selling at 20s. per
throughout the shire to be on the alert to defeat the object ton at Birkenhead, after paying an ample return for its
of the party. Every voter ought to be careful, not only conveyance, could be delivered at Ms. per ton.
to register, but to see any error or omission rectified, by With respect to the Passenger Traffic likely to come
a new claim, before the 20th of July—placing himself for upon this Line of Railway, it is sufficient to state, that it
this purpose, in instant communication with the Conser- will form a portion of the high road for travellers between
vative agent of his dictrict. It too often happens that the Liverpool, Lancashire, and Ireland ; and, in addition
local secretaries have to fill up claims on the very last day thereto, a considerable accession of Traffic may fairly
for sending them in to the overseer, and correction in such be reckoned upon from persons visiting the delightful and
cases is impossible. This is a fault, and should be reme- picturesque Vale of Clwyd and the grand and mountain-
died by prompt action upon our suggestions. ous scenery of North Wales, as, also, by rendering to the
THE BANJO QUADRILLES.—These quadrilles are a se- Inhabitants of Liverpool, Manchester, and the Manufac-
lection of the most favourite American airs ; they are ex- turing Districts of Lancashire an easy access to those
ceedingly well arranged for the piano-forte, and suited for much-favoured and delightful watering places Parkgate,
the ball-room. They are now performing at all the Lou.Hoylake, Rhyl, &c.
don theatres with deserved applause.
The Branch Line from Parkgate, or Neston, to join
the Birkenhead, Manchester, and Cheshire Junction
NEW ENVELOPE.
Railway, at or near little Sutton, also forms a most impor-
TN consequence of the great variety of counterfeit En-
tant feature in the undertaking, as by that means a direct
communication will be opened between M and
1 velopes of ROWLAND'S KALYDOR, and other the Manufacturing Districts of Lancashire, Northanchester Wales,
disreputable means resorted to by unprincipled indivi- and Holyhead.
duals for imposing on the public their highly pernicious Off Hilbre the channel is deep and easy of access. The
compounds under the title of " KALYDOR," the Propri- late Mr. Telford, in a survey he made of the River Dee,
etors and sole Preparers of the Original and Genuine gave it as his opinion that it was the place most eligible
Preparation. acting under a sense of duty, and regardless for a harbour. Should it be deemed desirable hereafter to
of expense in the attainment of their object—THE PRO. construct a Dock and Harbour of Refuge at this place, a
TECTION OF THE PUBLIC FROM FRAUD AND IMPOSITION, branch line may be formed which would connect it at
have employed those celebrate4fditists, Messrs. Perkins, once with Birkenhead and Liverpool.
Bacon, and Co., who have succeeded, at great cost, in By following the coast line from Birkenhead to Park-
producing from a steel plate,INEW ENVELOPE of esq oftui- b a small outlay will reuired fr the formation
site beauty. It comprises a highly-finished engraving of ae
ut
the Railway, and, indeed,be the engineering works of the
the GRECIAN GRACES ,tanding on a classic pedestal, on whole Line are very slight, with the exception of the
each side of which is R,rich profusion of flowers springing crossing of the River Dee from Parkgate to Flint, and
from an elegant cor copia. These, tastefully blending this p
with Arabesque scrolls and wreaths, encirela the Royal notice. art of the undertaking requires a more detailed
Arms of Great Britain, surmounting the words It is proposed to cross the Dee from Parkgate to Flint
&c., &c., " ROWLAND'S KALYDOR," where the River forms itself into a narrow Channel, at or
&c., whilst a plinth at the foot displays the near the last-mentioned place, the rest of the distance
signature of the Proprietors, in red, thus— between the Welsh and Cheshire Coast being a large Sand-
-20, Halton Garden,
A: ROWLAND & SON bank, seldom wholly covered by the sea even at high
London, Jan. 1, 1845.
water, and at low water passable by persons on foot. This
crossing will be effected, without difficulty, either by
means of an embankment or by a viaduct upon piles, whichever mode may be considered the more advantageous
to the company ; but should arrangements be made with
parties having existing interests in the land to be re-
claimed, the former mode will be adopted. It is contem-
plated to extend the present new Channel formed by the
River Dee Company from Connah's Quay to Flint ; to
form at Flint a Tidal Basin, capacious Locks and Weirs,
and to carry the Railway across these Locks by means of
Swing Bridges ; and thus, at a very trifling cost, upwards
of 8,000 acres of land will be reclaimed, and a continuous
and uniform depth of water and means of constant com-
munication will be kept up between Chester and Flint for
vessels of a large burthen.
The Line of Railway will not interfere with any park-
like or other ornamental grounds.
No detailed estimates of Traffic have yet been taken ;
but the promoters are in possession of sufficient statistics
to say, that, looking at the various sources of traffic, as
above detailed, which must necessarily flow upon this Line,
they may with confidence anticipate that a return of at
least 8 per cent may be fairly expected on the outlay.
It may be well to state, that, in estimating the cost of
this Railway, no deduction has been made on account of
the great value of the land to be reclaimed from the Dee.
This must necessarily be a matter for after arrangement.
Means will be taken to obtain an Act of Parliament in
the next session, with the usual clauses for restricting the
liability of each Shareholder ; and it is proposed to allow
interest on the paid-up capital.
Applications for Shares to be made, in the subjoined
fo to the Solicitors for the Company ; and to Mr. W.
G. SEED, Sharebroker, Spring-gardens, Manchester ; and
of Messrs. FLETCHER and SHARP, Sharebrokers, 14,
Ex:hange Buildings, and Mr. G. A. BROWN, Sharebroker,
Druid-court, Dale-street, Liverpool.

FORM OF .
To the Provisional Committee APPLICATION
of the Birkenhead and
Holyhead Junction Railway, with its Branches.
GENTLEMEN,-I request you will allot me Shares,
of £2O each, in the above undertaking, and I hereby agree
to accept such Shares. or any less number which may be
allotted to me, and to pay the Deposit thereon, and also
to execute the Parliamentary Contract and Subscribers'
Agreement when required to do so. I am, Gentlemen,
yours, &c.

Name in full
Profession or Trade
Residence

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