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

THE NEW POOR LAW AMENDMENT BILL.

We some time ago adverted to the clauses in this Bill
affecting the affilitation and support of illegitimate child-
ren, giving the substance of such of them as we con-
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 bad been advanced on the t,ubject 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 magisterial and pa-
rochial, (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 have
been grievously disappointed, though certainly not greatly
surprised, for the freaks and quiddities of our modern
legislators are frequently 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-
jheacyteur
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for the humane act of Elizabeth, which with some
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few amendments and due administration of its provisions,
might have met all the requirements both of the poor and
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ratepayers ; and it appears that each successive novelty
that is introduced is but calculated still further to grind
the former, and entail additional burthens upon the latter.
The clauses to which we have alluded have already pas-
sed the Committee of the House of Commons; one or
two of them modified for the better, but the greater part
" with all their original sins upon their heads."
In order to the better understanding of the subject we
shall state the substance of the several clauses seriatim,
with such 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 highly 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 maintenance of the
child, originally allowed only six months' after the birth
for that purpose. This being too short, Mr. T. Duncombe
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 responsible thereafter, provided he had
admitted himself to be the father. Sir James Graham
finally proposed, with the general assent, that the father
should be liable to summons at any time, on proof bring
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 summons, getting up her witnesses, &c.,
she being already chargeable to the parish, and they 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.
The 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 child, or be commuted
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 upon 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 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
roay 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, although the father
might he 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. 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 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 again 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 female on the father of
her child, and she went to him with her sister, and asked
him why he refused to pay. He forcibly ejected her, and
then seizing the sister threw her down into the street
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, 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, or to procure evidence
in support of it, under a penalty of 40s„ except after 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 employ ; 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
claiming 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 lstJanuary to 31st December last
year.
Such are the principal clauses of the bastardy, portion
of the new bill ; 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
many profligate fathers; annoy magistrates by the recur-
rence of numerous cases of broils and assaults ; and,
finally, greatly increase the parish burthens. They were
passed in the Commons, notwithstanding the clearest
explanations and the most urgent remonstrances on the
part of the authorities' here and elsewhere'; and afford
another lamentable specimen of reckless legislation for
the poor, which it-lust be deprecated by all men of right
feeling and practical views of the, subject.

•
THE MANCHESTER.—By a letter received at Lloyd's
from their agent at Hamburgh it appears, that the wreck
of the above vessel has ehtirely disappeared in •the sands,
and that no further salvage could take place. The goads
saved along the coast have been sold for about £1,500.

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 Institution, held in
this town, at which a union was happily formed between
that Institution and the Protestant Confederation—a very
poweillml body entertaining the principles of Orangeism.
but who have hitherto been kept separate from the order
by a few immaterial points of discipline, which from this
time will be assimilated. The head quarters of the Con-
federation have been Birmingham, where their members
are very numerous and influential ; 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 constituency of a borough
so important and, at heart, so loyal. May that triumph
be an example to the constituencies of other boroughs
similarly trampled upon by faction !
On Tuesday the united orders met, and having arranged
various matters of detail, and elected their several officers,
the Grand Lodge was adjou: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 celebration of
the triumph of Protestant principles over the power 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
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 supporters of the
constitution, and the Protestant institutions of their
country. At the usual hour of divine service, a nume-
rous body of members proceeded accordingly to church,
without, anything like array, or preconcert, 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 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., &e , &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 :
The text was taken from Exodus, xviii c., 20 v. " And
thou shalt teach them ordinances and laws, and shalt
shew them the way wherein they must walk and the
wortk they must do." The reverend gentleman then
proceeded amidst the profoundest attention as follows :
It is known to most of you my brethren, that I occupy
this place this morr 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 a: with the remembrance of mercies,
for which this country can never be sufficiently 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 ye 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 aaainst them to be
groundless, and I rest my belief on their openly avowed
principles, which are brietfly enunciated—Loyalty to their
Sovereign, based on fidelity to their God. Their practice,
in order to be consistent with their principles. must be
" 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 be 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,
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
unto you the Gospel of the Grace of God, that Grace
" that bringeth salvation unto all wen," that faith that
purifies the heart, the love that keeps the commandments,
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 strange, 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 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, sboul'l be allowed to maintain her position
undisturbed, her principles unexamined, her privileges
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 : against the Infidel, she is the faithful witness and
keeper of holy writ : against the Romanist, 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 containeth 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 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 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 effectually 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 also 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
prayerful attention, wh le I endeavour to show you, first
of all, what it is that makes a church valuable—without
which it would not 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 has
been the pride of the country—the ornament and protec-
tion of her institutions ; and, lastly, I will seek to show
how her children may, and ought, and can support,
strengthen, and exalt her. If I am enabled to speak
with any clearness on these momentous topics, it will be
found that I have not wandered far from the spird,
least, of these words of Holy Writ which you have chosen
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tion ; and that " without holiness no man can see the
First, then, we ask, what is St. Paul's description of
" the Church of the living 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 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.
minence 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 isoilie will continue
to teach it to her children; since, where 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, iu
what should the character of real churchmen be conspicu-
ous ? Ought it not to be in the value they set upon that
truth,—in the zeal with which they defend and propagate
it; and, more tban all, in the growing holiness with which
they are bound to make manifest its blessed influence over
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, sheaving 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 reddest thou?" " Look unto him and
be save,for
d be is God, and beside him there is no Savi-
, This, brethren, is the one thing needful ;"
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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 his
word. lie will shew you the way in which you must
walk, and the work you must do; thus will your peace
flow on as a liver, and your righteousness as the waves

of theses. We regret our want of space for even an outline
of the 2nd division of this instructive discourst : it consisted
of an appeal of the histcry of England from the reforma-
tion to the revolution ; exhibiting the two principles
in collision—of Protestantism (which he identified with.
our church) and of Romanism, the enemy of God's truth,
He shewed that when Protestantism was in the ascendant,
peace at home, and success abroad was the result.
Whereas when RomanisTh provailed in the councils of
the state, disaster and defeat invariably followed. The
Revolution he dwelt upon, and the bill of rights, whereia
he said was established and consolidated 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 which, especially, I would have you to defend
and support 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 do something 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 speak evil of you as of evil
doers, they may be ashamed that falsely accuse your good
conversation in Christ." Now,jlear brethren, bear from
me a word of exhortation, easily associated with the last
remark. You know the severe vigilance with which your
proceedings on all occasions, especially on such a day as
this, are marked by the enemies of yourselves and of your
principles ; you know that, while your forbearance or
self-control, will meet with no encouragement or com-
mendation, the slightest indiscretion will at once be
magnified into crime, and thus discredit will be attached
to our holy and our beautiful cause. Let me then exhort
you, that the continuance 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," separate early, and proceed peaceably to
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such anniversaries "as this, in such a manner, that your
wives and your children may have reason to rejoice, and
to say it is good for 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 adverting to the good effects of the several Dio-
cesan Church Building Societies, originated by the good
Bishop of Chester, and now 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 which, he said,
all parliamentary enactments and ecclesiastical commis-
sions would prove of.tio more avail against the tide _of
revolutionary fury than the cry of the affrighted courtiers
before the plashing surges that dashed the feet of their in-
trepid king, when he rebuked their sychopancy 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 might; whether rejoicing,in hope,
or patient under tribulation, continue instant in prayer.
Prayer realizes 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. You may have 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 followers activity in every duty, fidelity
in every trust. " Quit you, then, like men, be strong."
" We know Him in whom we have believed ;" and 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 power in true religion that
can't be described ; it must be felt to be understood. It
enhances worldly prosperity, acting like the pillar of the
cloud lest the glare of this world's sunshine might wither
the Christian's graces: end like the pillar of fire it flings a
light from heaven across the path of this world's tribula-
tion, lest adversity should blight the Christian's hope.
True religion—" the faith of the Son of God"—enables
the believer in patience to possess his soul, 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 snake, and his words are written for our learning
and encouragement—" Although the fig tree shall not
blossom, neither shall fruit ba 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 in the 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 hish 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 ; and front every source of information
which is open to us it has not been without its due effect,
in strcngthe ing 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 direct their
proceedings and their lives in strict accordance with those
principles.
At the conclusion of the sermon, a colf.Mon was made
in aid of the funds 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 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 di,turbance. 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 hoisted 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 proceedingc of the pr.vions day.

ENGRAVING FROM THE CELEBRATED PICTURE OF
" THE WATERLOO BANQUET."—A splendid engraving
of " the Waterloo banquet," from the fine picture
by William Salter, Esq.' has been completed by Mr.
Moon, (publisher in ordinary to her Majesty,) and
subscribers' names are now being taken at the Repo-
sitory of Arts, Mr. Grundy's, of Church-street. We
need scarcely say—as it must be known to most
of our readers—that the Duke of Wellington annually
invites around him at A psley-house, on the 18th of
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 sitten to him for their portraits.
He is admitted on all hands t o have succeeded in conveying
in his truly national pictur- correct likenesses of ail 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 imagines 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 and 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 vetetan 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 the fine picture. of John
by the former gentleman for our To
Gladstone, Esq. ; that of the late Georwgne-Chaalnllnbgo,thgivert
ex-
cellent likenesses.
PORTRAIT OF LORD SAN D 0 N.—Sit:tee
the writing cf a notice of the Queen's picture, by
atltlr.beGen gratified rund
with a view
y's Repository of
ALertssli,e,(
of a splendid new portrait of Lord Saudon, destined, we
believe, for the Collegiate Institution. The picture is
painted by the same artist as the full-length portrait of Mr.
'nhouvr rcho-sntrcet, view
we have
Gladstone, which we recently bad 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-
pression 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, alter Lawrence—to which it will make an ad-
mirable companion; and from the deserved esteem its
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 the public. The picture will, we
understand, remain for a few day's at Mr. Grundy's,
where we recommend our readers to take an early oppor-
tunity of viewing it.