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

THE NEW POUR LAW AMENDMENT BILL.

We some time ago adverted to the clauses in this Bill
affecting the affilitation and suppmt of illegitimate child-
ren, giving the subatance of such of. them as we com
sidered, if passed into law, would in most cases, so far
from amending the present system, (defective as it is) be
found to operate—first, as a den al of justice to the un-
fortunate female; secondly, afford the generally better
conditioned seducer 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 life. We had hoped that
what had been advanced on the subject 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 local, authorities norgi,terial and pa-
rochial, (from this town both personal and written), we
had hoped, we.say, that the new hill would, in this point,
have been entirely re-modelled and rendered practicable
and protective of the community; but in this we have
been grievously disappointed, though certainly not greatly
surprised, for the freaks and quiddities cf our modern
legislators are ft equently such that, in our amazement, at
their amateur and blundering dealings with matters of
which they exhibit a deplorable degree of ignorance and
headstrong repugnance to enlightenment, we are often
driven to exclaim—" What in the name of all that is con-
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stitute for the humane act of Elizabeth, which with some
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might have met all the, requirements both of the poor and
ratepayers ; and it appears that each successive novelty
that is ton oduced is but calculated still further to grind
the fi.rmer, and entail additional liurthens upon the latter.
The clauses to which we have alluded have already pas-
sed the Committee of the Hoese of Commons; one or
two of them modified fur the better, hut the greater part
" with all their on iitinal sins upon their heads."
In order to the better understanding of the subject we
shall state the substance of the several clauses seriatim,
with ructi aljerations as a few of
_them.have undergone ;
and point out, as we proceed, what we consider in the
bulk of them to be still highly objectionable:
The Ist clause repeals former acts, and was of course
passed.
The 2d, relating to the arplication of the mother for an
order against the alleged father for the maintenance of the
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obtained an extension to twelve months; and Mr. J. S.
Wortley having stated that, as the father might pay the
woman hush-money even for that time, and thus rid him-
self of further liability, an addition should be introduced,
leaving the father revonsible thereafter, pro‘itled he had
admitted himself to be the father. Sir Jan-es Graham
finally proposed, with the general assent, that the father
should be liable 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 sailmaker,) 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 case. And how is the woman to pay the
expense of the summon', getting up her witnesses, &c.,
sl4e being already chargeable to te parish, and th ,y pre-
cluded from assisting her (as will be seen below)? She
might also keep her child for a year or two, and then be-
come a pauper, without his paying anything, in which
case, too, her claim would fall to the ground.
Tire 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 father for
4s. a week for the support of the chill, or be commi 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 lion 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 lather,
backed by a sharp-cutting attorney, or counsel, ready to
take every advantage? Few women would, or could,
venture upon such a process; 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
appeal; 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 not go into court ; and, we
way add, that in nine cases out of ten the appeal would
defeat the order, arid the child (and mot.er too) be
eventually thrown upon the parish, nll'lo'll-1 the father
might be well able to maintain it. The parish, cannot,
by the bill, interfere for an order.—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. 13y
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 iocapacitated (being of unsound mint, or in
gaol), to a person to be appointed by the justices, but not
to any parish officer. Tne child must nut 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 case of 'a servant
• who wished to keep her place and redeem her character,
it will be worse 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 "a:ain appearing in
court, to the inevitable loss of her situation. The 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 a temale on the father of
her child, and she went to him with her sister, and asked
him why he refused to pay. He forcibly rjected her, . and
then seizing the sister threw her down into the street with
such violence that, her head coming 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 6th clause, every woman neglecting to maintain
her child, it able wholly or in part to do so, whereby it
becomes chargeable, snail be punished as an idl' 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 older 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
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way to interfere in an application, rr to procure evidence
support of it, under a penalty of 40s„ except alter the
mother's death, and the child' become chargeable, when
(generous concession !) .hm 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-
mtuity. 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 ripply for and
receive the money than the woman, Or any acquaintance
she might employ ; and; if she received it from their hands,
is it likely it would- be made a' worse use of under their
silrveillance than if she received it from her own para-
mour; who might pay lies off with one half of it, which, in
her nei essities,. she might be induced to receive,—he
elaiMing'credit'fOr the whole..? It niaybmadded, as bear-
ing on this' clause, that we find, on making inquiry, that
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Such are the principal clauses of the bastardy portion
of the new bill ; and if most of them be not greatly,- al;
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- past of the authoritiei here and elsewhere; and afford"
another lamentable specimen of reckless legislation for
the poor,which must be deprecated by all men of right
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THE MANCHESTER.—By a letter received at Lloyd's
Prom their agent at Hamburgh it uppeara, that the wreck
of the above vessel has entirely disappeared in the sands,
arid that no further salvage could take place. The goods
saved along the coast have been sold for about XI',SVO.

CELEBRATION OF THE TWELFTH OF JULY
IN LIVERPOOL.

We gave in our last a brief notice of the meeting of the
Grand Lodge of the Loyal Orange Inethition, held in
this town, at which a union was happily formed between
that Institution and the Protestant Confederet ion—a very
powerful body entertaining the principles of Oiangeistn,
but who have hitherto been kept separate from the order
by a few immaterial poin.s of discipline, which from this
time will be assimilated. The head quarters of the Cori-
feJeration have been Birmingham, where their members
are very numerous and ieflueittial ; and to their exertions
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 constit t' ney of a borough
so important and, at heart, so loyal. May
that tritunil
be an example to the constituencies of other boroughs
similarly trampled upon by faction !
On Tuesday the united orders met, and Itav'ng arranged
various matters of detail, and elected their several officers,
the Grand Lodge was adj.ur ned until next July, when
they will meet again in Liverpool.
On Friday morning, the 12th—a day which has ever
been set apart by the Orange body for the c,lebrat ion of
the triumph of Protestant principles over the tower of
Rome,—it was announced by placard that the' Rev. T.
Nolan, at the request of a respectable deputatioe, had
consented to perform divine service in St. John's church,
and to preach to the assembled body. In obedience t,,
the wishes of their officers, the members had previously
abandoned all idea of getting up any procession, or of
making even the slightest demonstration which might
have afforded an opportunity to the Romish and anti-
church party of the town, of getting up a disturbance and
wreaking their spite upon the loyal stole-leers of the
constitution, anti the Protestant institutions of their
country. At the usual hour of divine service, a nume-
rous body of members proceeded accordingly to •church,
Munn anything like array, or precencert, and without a
display of a single banner, or any other emblem ; and be-
fore the commencement of prayers the whole of the body
of the church was crowded with a respectable and atten-
tive audience, a considerable proportion .being females,
the wives or sistersof 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
Loyd, after which a sermon was delivered by the Rev.
T. Nolan, of which the following is a sketch, part being
given verbatim :
The text was taken from Exodus, xviii e., 20 v. " And
thou shalt teach them ordinances and laws. and shalt
strew them the way wherein they must walk and the
wortk they must do." The reverend gentleman then
proceeded amidst the profoundest attention a: follows :
It is known to most of you my brethren, th 4 I occupy
this place this more ing in compliance with the special re-
quest of the body that has wisely chosen this mode of
celebrating a day, that in their hearts and minds has long
been associated with principles to which they are ardently
attached, as well ac with the remembrance of mercies,
for which this country can never be sufficiently thankful.
An invitation to preach the gospel is one whieh 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." Now, though not belonging to the Orange so-
ciety myself, I believe the imputations against them to be
grcundless, and I rest my belief on 'their openly avowed
principles, which are brierfly 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
against the unfairness of holding an entire body responsi-
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 regard as strictly in
unison with your profession : you have come openly to
the house of your God, to praise and to pray according to
the sublime ritual of the church of your country : you
have asked me to offer, from my proper place as a minis-
ter of your church, a word of instruction and exhortation,
arid you design a contribution to a strictly national and
church purpose, the Bltie Coat School of your town. I
have cheerfully complied with your request, and now pro-
ceed under the Divine blessing and guidance, to testify
unto you the Gospel of the Grace of God, that Grace
" that bringeth salvation unto all men," that faith that
purifies the heart, the love that keeps the c,immatichoents,
and in keeping of them finds its first, its best and great
reward.
In the good providence of God, our lot, my brethren,
has been cast in strance, eventful, perhaps even perilous
times; a restless desire of change seems to be the cha-
racteristic of the age in which we live. Mighty princi-
ples, the soundness of which hitherto has not been dis-
puted, are now dragged forth and put upon their trial—an
example from modern politics and theology will illustrate
my meaning—the question, of 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 on both
• sides. In such a time then' when the prescriptive re.
spect due. to venerable truth and ancient usage, •affords
no longer protection to institutions time honoured arid
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 privileces
intact, her possessions unassailed. Only consider the
state and aim of the different parties into which society is
divided in the present day, 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 peace and good
order: again-t the Infidel, sbe is the faithful witness 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 man, denouncing alike her
traditions and her encroachments, proclaiming in one
article that " Holy Scripture contained' all things neces-
sary for salvation," and in another, that " the Bishop of
Rome bath no jurisdiction in this realm of England."'
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 aizainst 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 us 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 word of advice as to the manner in
which, most effecteally for the church, and at the same
time most advantageously for yourselves, this defence
must be conducted. In the remarks I have to offer, I
have need to be comprehensive, for I must necessarily be
brief; and unless I am els° 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
prayeiful attention, wb le I endeavour to show you, first
of all, what it is that makes a church valuable—without
which it would nct be worth maintaining or defending;
in the second place, I will attempt 'to point out to you.
from the glorious page cf your country's history, how,
from its first establishment, the Church of England has
been the pride of the country—the ornament and protec-
tion of her institutions ; and, lastly, I will seek to show
enabled to speakhow her children may, and ought,
strengthen, and, exalt her.
It'
I am and can support,
entous topics, it will be
found that I have not wand
with any clearness on these
mciered far from thie spirtit, at
least, of these words of Holy ri t which you lave c iosen
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
teacLing of God's eternal truth. She shows you the way in
„mice you should walk, for she brings you to Jesus, who
is the way, the living, and the true, as 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-
tion ; and that "without holiness no. man can see the
11
Lcrd."

First, then, we -ask, what is St. Paul's description of
" the Church, of the-Jiving God ?"—" the 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 saneti-
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 sheassigna-tlue pro-
minence in her creed, her-articles; her seriices, through-
out. She has, under God, preserved the -truth thus far
and as long as she remains what she is; slnrwill continue
to teach it to her children ; sinceovhere the liturgy is
read, the truth of God is .honoured and set forth in it.
On this ground, then, we are bold to maintain for our
church, that she answers the description of the Apostle,
and, therefore, lays undisputed claim to the title. If this
my brethren, be the real excellency of our church, hi
what should the characterof real churchmen be conspicu-
h
bus ? Ought it not to be in the value they set upon that
truth,—in the zeal with which they defend and propwhicte
aga
it; and, more than all, in the g ing
they are bound to make manifestits blessed influence over
row
their own'hearts and lives. Here the Rev. preacher .en-
tered, at some length, into the gospel scheme of redemp-
.tion, by Christ Jesus, meeting all the exigencies of man,
and satisfying all the requirements of God, sliming 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 all of its terrors. In Jesus only 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 thing needful ;"
without this, all, else is valueless, as the foam on the
waters: Make this 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 Os
word. lle will skew you the why 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 waves

of the:•ea. N e regret our want of space for even an outline
0! the 2nd divi,ion of th,s instructive disccurse : it consisted
of an appeal of the hi-t .ry of England •:rorn the reforms..
tion to the revolution ; exh,biting the two pr nciples
in collision—cf Protestant'sm (which he i(lentified with
our church) Nov' of Rornani-mt, the enemy of God's truth.
He sherd t hat a hen PI otestantism was in the ascendant,
peace at home, and snece,s etroad was the result.
Whereas when Romani;m prevailed in the councils of
the state, disaster and defeat invariab'y folowed. The
Revolution he dwelt upon, and the bill of rights, wherein
he said was estahli.shed and consAidated the power of the
Sovereign, by defining and securing the liberties of the
pet), le,—after a hich he proceeded :

. _
It remains for me to say a concluding word, as to the
mode in ehich. especially, I would have you to defend
and suepert your church. Brethren, the best safeguard
(humanly speaking) a church can have, is in the ardent
affection of her members; and the fairest reflection of
her excellence is that emitted by their gradually increasing
holiness. Every one amongst you can rto'sornething in
this respect, and, while effectually serving his church
thereby, he is also as certainly promoting his own growth
in graCe, and Most convincingly refuting the calumny of his
enemies ; " that whereas they steak evil of you as of evil
doers, they may be ashamed that falsely accuse sour good
conversation in Christ." Now, dear brethren, bear from
me a word of exhortation, easily associated with the last
rierm,caerekiing You onunkall noW the severe vigilance with which your
this, are occasions, estwe'ally on such a day as
ma. k trl by
the enemies of yourselves and of your
principles; you know that,
tin4ehrtt,swtithindnios,ren
tteiooinsrawgeilml encouragement
oonrcceombe-
white your forbearance or
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magnified into crime, rind thus discredit will be attached
to our holy and our-bentrtiful cause. Let me then exhort
you, that the continuance and the close of this day, may
be in unison witlithe mode in which you have chosen to
commence it, Keine, " sanctified with the word of God attd
with prayer," seParate early, and proceed peaceably to
your l'utues. The. Christian's purest earthly delights
ought to heat home; his most cherished companions, the
wife of his boson), and the cliildr,n of their love. Act on
such anniversaries as this, in such a manner, that your
wivrs and your children may have reason to rejoice, and
to say it is good for them, and for yeu, that you have been
here. There• indeed, will you be in the way wherein you
should walk, and in the work that you should do.
After adverting to the good eff,•cts of the several Dio-
cesan Church Building S.Tieties, originated by the good
Bishop of Chester, and now relented in every other
diocese in Entlitul, he enlaresd 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
affect'ons 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 which, he said,
all parl-amentary en ,ctments and ecclesiastical commis-
sions would wore of no more avail agaiest the tide of
rerolutionary fury than the cry of the affriskeed courtiers
brfore the plashing surges that dashed the feet of their in-
trepid kin:, when h.' rebuked their sychoi ancy and taught
them to give the glory to God. After which he concluded
neatly thus:—Finally, brethren, be strong in the Lord,
and in tie power of his aright; whether rejoicing in hope,
or patient under tribulation, continue instant in prayer.
Prayer rcal.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 bit'ernest.4. You may have ex-
perienced disappointment where you reposed confidence.
You may lament that your cause and yourselves have met
with coldne:s and unconcern where you expected, because
you deserved, both symeathy 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 lie
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 power in true religion that
can't be described ;it must be felt to be under.t od. It
enhances worldly prosperity, acting like the pillar of the
cloud lest the glare of this wntld' sunshine might wither
the Christian's graces: and like the pillar of fi. e it fl'ngs a
light from heaven across the path of this world's tribula-
tion, lest adversity should blieht the Christian's hope.
True religion—" the faith of the Son of God"—enables
the believer in patience to t ossess his sou!, tarrying the
Lord's leisure, 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 man of old, so he believed,
and so he spoke, and his words are written for our learning
and encouragement—" Although the fig tree shall not
blossom, neither shall fruit be in the vines: the labor of
the olive shall fail and the fields shall yield no meat : the
flock shall be cut off from the folds and there shall be no
herds in the stalls, yet I will rejoice in the Lord, I will
joy int he God of my salvation."

A discourse like the above, coming from a minister so
universally and deservedly beloved as is Mr. Nolan,
wherever he is known, and whose high talent, sincere piety,
and consistency of principle are acknow:edged, may well
be concluded to have been received, by the members of
the order assembled, with gratitude and admiration. It
tans so received ; and from every source of information
which is open to us it has not been without its due effect,
'in strengthe. inc the hearts of the brethren, allaying that
irritation engendered in their minds by the harsh 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 dissemination
of which they are associated, and to-strive to dirrct their
proceedings and their lives in strict accordance with those
principles.
At the conclusion of the sermon, a collection was made
in aid of the fuuds 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. Acenaiingly, on the termination
of the service, the church-yard of St. John's was found
to be surrounded with a mob, filling the whole of St.
John's-lane and the •Old' Haymarket, and extending for
a considerable distance up Manchester-street and along
Whitechapel, about whose mischievous bent •there could
be no question. Several attempts at stone throwing were
made, and no taunts or insults were spared to induce the
desired disturbance. The presence of a strong body of
police, hoWever, repressed any very active violence;
Whilst the highly-praiseworthy coolness and patience of
_the Orangemen most materially contributed to this gra-
tifying result. One party was followed along Lime-street,
nearly to the Park, by a mob of disorderly fellows, who
were only deterred from an attack upon them by the firm
and resolute, yet forbearing, demeanour which they pre-
, served.

In the evening, the lodges dined at their various 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 ate glad to be able to assert
that, notwithstanding continual and persevering attempts
to aegravate them, not a single case of disturbance, re-
quiring the intervention of the police, threw a stain over
the orderly proceedingq of the pr,vinns day.

ENGRAVING FROM THE CELEBRATED PICTURE OF
THE WATERLOO BANQUET."—A splendid engraving
of " the Waterloo banquet," from the fine picture
Moon, (publisher in ordinary to her 11,
tair,ey,Repo_
by William Salter, Esq., has been completed
est Mr.)
ana
subscribers' names are now being taken
Church-street.anownto mostW
of our readers—that the Duke of Wellington annually
We
needsitor y
scarcely
ce Arts,ly
say—.
aGsruitnd
invites around Lim at Apsley-house, on the 18th of
Grundy's. of
be k
June, the distinguished officers who were with him on the
field of Waterloo—to commemorate the glories achieved by
the British forces on that eventful day. His Grace
.(about three years ago) authorised Mr. Salter—and him
alone—to paint a representation of the banquet of that
year, and every facility was afforded him, the officers pre-
sent having •expressly sitters to him for their portraits.
He is admitted on all bands 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,
who, having won fame end rank under their gallant host,
thus assembled on the anniversary of the crowning act of
all their heroism—to recall the events of that stirring
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
finest style, a perfect counterpart of the original in indi-
vidual likeness and detail, we trust we need not add a
word to induce many of our townsmen to do honour to
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 •tbe fine- picture of John
Gladstone, Esq.;, that of the late George Canning, given
cellent likenesses.
PORTRA IT
by the former gentleman for oar Town-hall—both ex-
OF LORD SANDO
the writing of a notice of the Queen's picture, by
Leslie, now ou view at Mr. Grundy's Repository of
Arts, t hurch-street, we have been gratified with a view
of a splendid new portrait of Lord Sandon, destined, we
believe, for the Collegiate Institution. The picture is
painted by the same artist as the full-length portrait of Mr.
Gladstone, 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-
-I,ression pleasing and characteristic. We are glad to find
that 'it is proposed to engrave this portrait upon a large
and important scale, uniform with the full-length portrait
of Canning, after Lawrence—to which it will make an ad-
mirable companion; and from the deserved esteem in
which the noble lord is held by all classes of his consti-
tuents, we feel confident that this opportunity of being
put in possession of a faithful record of his person will
not be neglected by the public. The picture wi 1, we
understand, remain for a few day's at Mr. Grundy's.
where We recommend our reacleis to take an early, oppor-
tunity of viewing it.

W.tteraturr.

P 0 E T it Y.

THE PATHS OF LIFE,

(Written for the Liverpool Standard.)
There winds a smooth and flowery road,
Through life's extensive vale;
And footsteps numberless have trod
That passage through the dale;
Pleasant the path and passing fail,
The vassal and the sing are there
Where count.esi thousands stray;
Fanned by the breeze that pleasure brings,
Ant lulled by gentle murmurings,
They track that awful way !

I hear a voice in warning tone
Spe.•k in each sinner's ear
Oh I 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,
Ah ! 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 holy 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,
hose wanderers to cheer.

And here are seen no empty joys,
Uneto ered is the bower,
Untasten is ti,e cup vi hich cloys,
The folly of an hour.
Faith, hope, and love illume the track,
Truth casts the bright reflection back,
Upon the wavering mind,
Aei e meek-eyed pity finds a home,
And bids he weeping m urner come,
And leave his woes behind.

Arid now this better way is passed,
Lite's journey soon is o'er,
Eternal splendour bursts at last,
From Heaven's trauscendant shore.
Angels of light are ushering now,
Wits joyful wing and beaming brow,
The saved before the throne.
Then dawns the day of endless bliss,
To view each work of loveliness,
In boundle s worlds unknown.

Woodside, July, 1844

W. J. L.

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

We have been favoured with some cleverly-written and
interesting " Observatioas" 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 pas-age 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 Mai ch ; 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 (1843). at sunset, about half-past
six o'clock, our ship being 15U miles to the westward of
Sandalwood Island, steering 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 611 the same streak was
seen, at the same time, and had incre tsed in lustre. On
the latter day the idea suggested itself to those on board
that it was a comet. Two slight shocks or tremors passed
through the ship, the first at s ten 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." On 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. lie 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 mouth before to
Its influence.