The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser. — Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1852-05-11 00:00:00

ITERAI Part 4. Par " Trot or byG rbing subject of Gold is the firs s us in old Ebony this month, in an e ural and civil I e ago, and also ecent work Two eminent men ry varied departments of iiterature are the pegs hick the next two articles are hung—Niebuhr, !eptical historian ; and Moore, the imaginative " My Novel" is continued through another and " Our London Commissioner" presents with some very varied phases of le Gold-Finder" is a sort of br rambling epic; The Vineyards of Bourdeat is an essay re- Angus Reach's " C t and 01 xceilent political article closes the scene, under title of " The Democratic Confederacy, • - on in which there are hardly two person: Dublin Era 'here is no political article - in this magazine for ie present month, but the absence is atoned for 7 abundance of varied literature. "Nlaga's May ush" is a ple'sant jumble of prose and poetry, onologue and dialogue. "The Golden Legend," alike a similar article in Blackwood, has nothing do with California, but refers to monkish and er chronicles. " Marlborough and his Times," " Lord Jeffrey," afford texts for articles of the , rieo-biographical kind. There are " More Leaves folio of a Manager ;" two articles re in; Lu, poet Nloore, one on the Australian I Diggings, and a few others of a less impor- 7n the Pc tart character HORTICULTURE. - AT last, after the longest drought ever remembered in the spring of the year, we have had some refreshing rain, the efftxts of which will be highly beneficial, especially to the florist, who has had the mortification of seeing his floral favourites withering before his eyes, Ttithouthaving the 17,6:ger to save them from destruction. Artificial irriga tion has even been injurious, for so rapid has been the eciporation from the surface, that the small quantity of sture thrown upon the soil by the watering-pot would enetrate to the roots of the plants, and only offered iealthy stimulus to the', foliage. The timely rain enetrate to the roots. We shall in a few an Tull re ill, however. ays see an extraordinary change in :getation OPERATIONS FOR TILE ZC The Plant-houses require the same routine treatment mentioned in our last. In addition, the Conservatory nd Greenhouse must be fumigated, to relieve it from that the gre fly, which the dryness of the season has loped in gre t abundance, The red-spider, that perti- nacious enemy of the gardener, has both indoors and out of doors committed sad mischief. Sulphur-wash is the only remedy Flower and Kitchen Gardens.—Should the change of weather continue long, much will need to be done in both these departments ; but in the meantime it is not advis able to do anything but what is absolutely necessary. —The F ANSWERS TO CORRESPONDENTS. J. H. L.—The weather has not had much effect upon tans under zlass; and we believe, generally speaking, zings are sufficiently forward in this neighbourhood to arrant the hope that our May exhibition, now so near at will not be much inferior, if any, to those of pre- vions year!! 1.3 MR. CARD WELL A CURRENCY REFORMER, OR A BULLIONIST? To the EDITOR of the LIVERPOOL STANDARD. SlR,—From the fact of Mr. Charles Holland, who I remember ab , ,ut two years ago taking the chair at a meet ing, called for the purpose of reforming our present mone tary system, being a prominent member of Mr. Cardwell's committee, I am induced to ask whether the latter gen tleman has abated, in any degree, his known predilection for a gold standard of value. It is important that this question should not be shelved. If it was one important - ---II for Mr. Holland, and other energetic free-traders 01, to agitate, up to within the past few months, „Wit!, many of whom agreed with them as to the ..,:nous effect of the Jones Lloyd and Peel system, ought to know the reason of their sudden silence. Your obedient Servant, N OPPONENT OF BULLION'S:J. May. Liverpo Liverpool, 9th THE BOROUGH QUARTER SESSIONS. s commenced yesterday, before Gilbert I.,'Recorder. The calendar is more than staining thenames of only fifty-two persons ony, and five cs misdemeanants. Of tl,e th felor There is onl. - -•-• n the calendar. Th e degree of instruction is as None of the prisoners has received a superior one can read and write well, twenty-six can rrite imperfectly, ten can read, but do not write, :y can neither read nor write. a cuU UIIC/ and twant THE GRAND .ncker, broker, orn on ange-alley North Arinitaze, merchant, renwiek-street h, broker, North John-stree fault, gather' merchant, Tc rinkwater, si broker, Edge-lane, lorwood, merchant; Exclange-street Alatthe er, Hargreave Brunswiel .erchant, Ru mford-p Fenwick.street. Dke!, Dal on ag ai pr -street. the fol' on this The L be very light. names, and, alth cases will be go f. THE S. AIINTON Ad Tern N liti in dealinz with religio f Scrip- e made uEe of, ,sion to the Roman ere Bail a, where there are employed are hers, large pla- in the s ts, and 8,000 or 10.000 1 ')uted every week the cle Nor is this o the city of Dublin ; for the testi- men from all ,rts of Ireland, who t the Dublin to the number of at out 500, The en toitsfoundat Roman Catholic paper) confesses success of the proselytisers is beyond anytbin vings could have dreamt of;" cnd other land." Nor must we esti- e 34,01 is at the present moment in Ireland. For a me of Mullen writes from America in the imploring the Irish priests not to people emigrate, as they nearly all let of April 10th turn Protestants on their arrival there—the Church of Rome having lost, as he proves by facts and figures, Iwo millions of her members in the United States during the last twenty-seven years, including the emigrants who ought to have been " Catholics." In fact, the weir priests. Thousands of them are disgusted with Popery, and rather than face persecution at home they emigrate. It is no uncommon thing for those who have settled in America to send money to their friends in Ire land to bring them over, accompanied by the strict in junction to bring no priests with them ; which the sad priests, finding their occupation gone at borne, have often been anxious to do. The priests' power, however, though comparatively broken, is still very great over those who, despising them at heart, are compelled to submit to them, -nt being able to make up their minds to incur persecu s-; openly becoming converts. 'Were it not for this, violent opposition to the converts would now be almost unheard of, as the whole mind of Ireland has begun to look so favourably towards Protestantism. However the famine may have operated to convince the people that their priests are only men, and not the best of men either ; or however valuable may have been the labours of the Irish Society in disseminating a knowlege of the Scrip tures; the movement is too universal to be attributed to anything but the direct interposition of God : an interpo sition which is manifest in combining at the same time I from t just the three things which were necessary, humanly speaking, for the evangelization of Ireland—the preparing the hearts of the people to listen and enquire, the arousing of the Irish clergy to do battle with Romanism, and the awakening of English Christians to see the necessity of assisting their brethren in the holy warfare. Mr. Dallas's great work hasbeen discovering the preparedness of Ireland to receive the Gospel, and bringing the subject promi nently before the British public. The Irish Society (which is only one society, worked by two committees, one in London and one in Dublin, and which has now assumed a more open missionary character, to suit the present crisis) and the Irish Church Missions (into which Mr. Dallas has expanded) are now doing exactly the same work—the former in the Irish-speaking districts, the latter in the English-speaking districts ; and the Rev. Denis Browne, who has visited all the missions, declared the other day in Dublin, that he could not say which was doing the most good. As to the denial, which some have made, of the fierce persecution endured by the converts, the fact has been too often proved in courts of justice, nay is too unblushingly gloried in and instigated by the Popish press, to require any proof here. And amongst the other numberless oppressions, which the British Go. • vernment, in days we hope now past, have perpetrated, or allowed to be perpetrated, upon the Protestants of Ireland, not the smallest has been the gross partiality of too many magistrates and others in authority in favour of the persecutors. Not many weeks since, at Pallasgreen, county Limerick, a man was convicted of attempting to stab a scripture-reader whom he found reading the Bible to his mother in her own cabin. The two magistrates said the reader had no business to enter the house with out being invited (although the woman had received him willingly), and fined the intended murderer sixpence .1 Another magistrate, in Galway, when several persons were brought up for hooting and yelling after the con verts in the streets of Tuam, said " they were only exer- ' cising a perfectly legitimate privilege." The priests always take a leading part in such trials, and often make violent speeches and browbeat the witnesses, while the Protestant clergyman is not allowed to interfere at all. The question of bribery, too, was now pretty generally understood. The charge of wholesale bribery was lately made by a speaker at a public meeting in Dublin. The Archbishop of Dublin asked for his proofs : he could only allege one case, which happened fifteen years ago, and the evidence of which was very doubtful. The Rev. H. Wilberforce has made the same charge. Mr. Dallas challenged him to a public investigation, offering to pay the whole ex penses of it, if one single case of bribery was proved against the Irish Church Missions Society. Father O'Dwyer, of Doon, was another accuser, to whom Mr. Minton had sent the following letter Liverpool, May Ist, 1852. " Reverend Sire—You have repeatedly asserted in pub lic, that the reformation in Doon was effected by bribery ; and denied that it was accompanied by persecution. " Having ascertained, by personal investigation, that your charges of bribery against the Protestant clergymen were totally false, and their charges of persecution against you only too true, I called at your house last 'Wednesday, candidly to tell you what I should say about you on my return to Liverpool, and to ask whether you had anything to say why sentence should not be pronounced upon you. On coming home, and finding that I had called, you rode out of the village, saying you would follow me to the Glebe. After your display of moral courage in running away from the Liverpool discussion last year, your people would not be surprised to learn, the next morning, that your heart failed you, as soon as you were out of sight of the village. "1 now challenge you to a public discussion, either in Dublin or in Liverpool, any day you like to choose, upon the two points of bribery and persecution, at well as upon the fact of your being a Roman Catholic priest. And I hereby engage, that if on that occasion you can prove yourself to be a true priest, accordi ng t o the principles of your own church, I will give you £5O for the poor of your parish.—l am, Reverend Sir, yours, &c., " SAMUEL MINTON, " Incumbent of St. Silas's Church." Documents have, indeed, been published, purporting to be signed by converts, who have been starved or perse cuted back to mass, to the effect that they never would have turned Protestants unless they had been bribed. But the value of such statements will be appreciated when it is known that the relapsed converts are often made to sign blank papers, which are afterwards filled up by the priest with whatever he likes. This he (the Lecturer) could bring witnesses to prove on their oaths. Relapsed converts the priests call "split bowls," knowing that a man whose eyes have once been opened to the hollowness of Popery can never again become a Papist at heart. Indeed, there have been no more unblushing falsehoods publicly stated about the work in Ireland than those which assert that the converts generally send for a priest on their death-beds. There has only been one such case in the district of Doon, and proportionably few in other places. When a convert is too far gone to resist or remonstrate, his Roman Catholic neighbours often send for the priest to anoint him; and then it is given out that he died a Roman Catholic. It was stated, too, publicly and authoritatively, that the Rev. H. Wilber. force had been on a missionary tour, preaching at Oughtc rarde, and that the converts came round him in great numbers, with tears in their eyes, confessing their apes tacy, and imploring to be received back into the church ; the fact being that not one convert relapsed on that occa sion, or even went to hear him. These cases show what credence should be given to any reports about such matters from such quarters. The Lecturer then went on to speak more particularly of the Reformation in Doon, on the borders of Limerick and Tipperary ; in doing which, he distinguished between the village, the parish, and the Irish Society's district, of Doon. A few years ago, the whole neighbourhood was one of the very worst parts of Ireland. Ribbonism, seizing of arms by night, drilling large parties by mid night, faction fighting, murder, mid-clay assassination, illicit distillation, and going to mass, were the pursuits of the people. Such a state of things P- v f [I. _ opery rosterea iiow, in the altered li ves o f very many converts, who are adorning the doctrine of God our Saviour, and in the general peace and absence of crime throughout the entire district, we can trace the work of our God, and infer that the time for Ireland's regeneration, that is Ireland's evan gelization, has arrived." What bas been the instrument in doing this ? The Irish Society. In 1845 it com menced operations there. During the violence of the famine, (when, if bribery had been the mainspring, we should have seen the largest number of apparent conver rersions,) there was not one convert made, and it was not until the end of 1848 that the fruit appeared ; nor was it intil Feb. 1850, when about 90 persons had come out of Rome, and some, being turned out of their employment n consequence, had actually died of hunger , that the lergy saw the necessity of taking land in order to give rork to the converts, several of whom, on their death - 'prig_ 1i 1 apnt Cm. flu' vevr• clergy m f Lin he*, mistaken fear of the charge on which Is of the Irist "the Dioc The cruel and I to ra, imakes Cashel LECTUI Y THE .R ame thinz I 2., short of that ever an avowed " M, :r numt [e the usual a The means d Exhibitor a 'ucator, Part 1 LIVERPOOL STANDARD, TUESDAY, MAY we should be almost as )f 100 bad as themse The mi a farm now cons ri and 25 ns of all ON Friday last, the quiet little town of Warrington ex bited unusual b stle and excitement, in r t of the mem s of several Learned Soc expected to flow waste land will be rec be introduced. And of the best conductec ert the ha st infl utmost need of help rations will ult. present, on and sub remuneration are they imr to conduct their or t an act o to them selve s after the entletnen, few thousaOd, pound loquial feats from Mr. J. Jor MEETING OF LEARNED SOCIETIES AT e than one family e I\liEtsion Farm, ,11 fariners, a.Proiestant ways may ex- le they are in the o in m 1 requiring much c g ope- beCome . So as soon as if because not onl pital, but they are obliged a way as to emp pade, for instance, being lere, connected v ling the Natural Hi •ic Society of Lances of the Chetham Society, the Literary and Philosophical Societ of Manchester and Liverpool, and the A: tural Soc ties of Liverpool and C From half- ast nine, the gentlemen who ha I intimated be nresent F even to arrive, and the 'Ales a by the Mayor, the R the Honorary Museum. They were then conducted through the town, I with )r the various departmer isited the objects of greatest interest conn rriving at t , ortions, noticing particularly the ancient crypt, that, having formerly served for a sacristy, is now a vestry After concluding the examination of it, their attention to a be , autiful Maypole, whic A had been pre sented by the rector a few days ago, and round which, in all the pride of its beautiful decorations, 2000 people of all , yment on the Library, and const ether wit hood e lire and Che- from t n 'one eat ;,aimed. 31, r, although r. Nor will tl vero the exelu! ;h;opy it would be, without any loss the whole neighbourhood. Thousand done with Popery, and would gladly part of their present income, if they Rt year, if some Protestant gen '-vest a few hundred, or a there in land. It would emancipate onging to 1 ke a saen could become Pro- iestants, without being driven to the poo Many, however, who were unable to assist a large scale, might give donations, which Mr would at any time be happy to recei- house t on such Minton With regard to the spiritual svorlc; the Irish Society have stationed in the district, 3 missionary clergymen, 1 lay agent, 9 scripture readers (in addition to 3 furnished from other sources), 4 assistant readers, 1 inspector of Irish schools, and 11 Irish teachers. There is a scriptural school in Canpamore, another in Paliasgreen, and three in Doon. Two or three more will soon be added in the latter parish. Mr. Minton had examined most of these schools, and found their general intelligence and know ledge of Scripture such as could be equalled in few Eng lish schools. Dr. Newman or Dr. Cahill would soon look very foolish, if they got into argument with some of those boys. In order to test the accuracy of the alleged number of converts, Mr. Minton determined to investigate the case of one parish. In the parish of Cappamore they claimed 130. including the children of convert parents un der 14 years old ; none above that age being counted, un less they publicly profess themselves to be such. He therefore asked a woman to take him into every house where there were any converts ; and taking a minute ac count from the lips of the inmates, he found in the village of Cappamore alone-75 above, and 42 below, the age of fourteen; leaving only 13 for all the rest of the parish, which he had not time to visit. From the information he received, the estimated numbers were evidently below the reality. He had also an opportunity of addressing, and catechising, 250 adult converts, in the open air, at Doon glebe, on Sunday evening, as well as smaller numbers in other places. From them he gleaned much information about the feelings of the people generatly, their own suf ferings, and the character and conduct of the priests. Father O'Dwyer had never recovered from the effects of his discomfiture by Messrs. Atkinson and Darby ; and from a letter lately received by Mr. Minton, the challenge last sent him seems likely to give the finishing touch to his influence at Doon. Se veral persons left him on the former occasion, and ac cording to the testimony of one of them " all his people were very angry with him. and said there would be a power of converts ris by it." .On the Monday morning, when he ought to have started for Liverpool, several of them walked miles to different railway stations, to see whether he went or not. And now the whole village is in the greatest state of excitement to learn whether he dare, or dare not, attempt to prove his own priesthood ; on which claim, of course, all his power and influence over them de pends. It was a curious coincidence, that at the very moment when Mr. Minton was knocking at Mr. O'Dwyer's door, the scripture-reader, whose salary is paid by St. Silas's congregation, was just gaining admittance into the first house which had ever opened its door to a reader in the village of Peon. The ice being thus broken, he hoped the work would progress, and that St. Silas's congre: ration would hear interesting reports from time to time of their reader's success in that hitherto exclusively Popish spot. After some further anecdotes, illustrative of manners and customs, especially priestly manners and customs, in that neighbourhood, the lecturer concluded by urging his audience to contribute liberally to the Peon agri. cultural employment fund ; to become subscribers, and still more, collectors for the Irish Society, which was doing such a glorious work ; and to entreat their respective clergymen to est a bli s h, resuscitate, or stimulate, branch societies in their congregations. Mr: Minton, who has lately undertaken the secretaryship of the Liver. pool Auxiliary, or his curate. the Rev. W. H. Duck, 19, West Derby-street, who is the Irish Society's agent in Liverpool, will at any time gladly assist in promoting such an object. The lecture, which occupied nearly two hours in deli very, was frequently and enthusiastically applauded. Thanks were voted to the Rev. gentleman and to the chairman, after which the meeting separated. LIVERPOOL LITERARY AND DRAMATIC SOCIETY. The first annual dinner of this society was held at the Brunswick Hotel, Hanover-street, on Thursday evening. Mr. R. Crompton, the president, was in the chair, and Mr. T. W. Hughes was Tice-chairman. About thirty gentlemen partook of too entertainment, which was fur nished in a style reflecting the highest credit on Mr. 'Whiteman. After the cloth had been removed, the Chairman pro• posed the health of " the Queen" which was drunk with befitting honours, and followed by singing " God save the Queen." The toast of Prince Albert and the rest of the Royal Family, followed ; after which the president gave the Patrons of the Amateur Performances, the Mayor and the Free Public Library and Museum Committee. (Applause.) He alluded in laudatory terms to the efforts of the free library committee in providing for the use of all the means of improving their minds, by establishing a noble and well furnished library,—where books shall be, to rich and poor alike, unsold and free. The toast was enthusiastically received. Mr. J. M. NIGHTINGALE, in proposing " Success to the Literary and Dramatic Society," alluded to the kind manner in which the public had seconded their efforts, and hoped that the success they had met with would sti mulate them to go on improving, so that if on any future occasion their services were required for the benefit of their townsmen, they would be able to give satisfactory evidence that their time had been carefully spent, and whatever talents they possessed judiciously cultivated. (Applause.) In conclusion, he trusted that any measure of public approbation which had been awarded to them would not render them vainglorious, but induce them quietly and unostentatiously to strive and merit future eulogy. Mr. C. MILLWARD responded, and proposed the next toast, " Literature and the Drama." The CHAIRMAN proposed " The health of Mr. P. G. Lloyds, the conductor of the amateur performance." Mr. G. GRIST gave " The authors of the original pro ductions of the amateur performance." Mr. J. H. NIGHTINGALE proposed " The Managing Committee," whom he eulogised for the excellent manner in which they had performed their duties. _ . Mr. J. L. JENKINS gave " The health of the chairman." The " health of the Vice- chairman" was proposed by Mr. R. CROMPTON, and the " Honorary Members" by Mr. R. W. ROWLEY, in the absence of Mr. Barry Sullivan. Mr. P. G. LLOYDS responded. TheVICK.CHAIRMAN gave " The Officers of the Society." Mr. 0. T. TAPE, the honorary secretary, in responding to the toast, said that the proceeds of the late amateur performance for the benefit of the free public library amounted to £34 15s. 9d., after pa y ment of expenses, which included £5O for the use of the theatre, and the remainder for printing, advertising., &c. The total re. ceipts were £123. This included £5 from the mayor, for a box, 10s. from Mr. J. A. Ficton, chairman of the library and museum committee, £1 from " A Friend," £5 from Mr. W. R. Copeland, and £2 2s. from Mr. Whiternan, of the Brunswick. Hotel, who also allowed the gratuitous use of a room for rehearsals and meetings. Mr. ARMOND proposed the " Ladies." Mr. W. H. PEAT rose with much pleasure to acknow ledge the compliment conferred upon the ladies; but, before doing so, would call attention to the benefits which gentlemen were likely to derive from becoming members of the Liverpool Literary and Dramatic Society. They would acquire correct taste, a just and graceful deport ment and behaviour, a true and forcible elocution, w hi c h were nowhere, that he knew of, so well cultivated as on the stage. From the stage much was to be learnt,—the mischiefs and horrors that must result from vice, the hap piness and blessings which crown a regular course of vir tue. The sight of a hero bleeding in the cause of his country would inspire them with courage, and the mis fortunes of the brave, the innocent, and the virtuous, would teach them to feel and to weep ; and to society it was of no small consequence to humanise the mini of man, and to render his heart tender and susceptible of these impressions, since it would be a mighty curb to wild ambition and lawless power. (Applause.) As the church is the school for religion and piety, so would well regulated dramatic societies, under due encouragement and proper management, become the schools for morality and virtue. (Hear, hear.) In conclusion, he trusted that by the diffusion of proper principles and good man ners among their members ; by discarding:from their plays whatever was personal or indecent, or whatever tended to corrupt the heart, that they might in course of time attain to such a position that even the greatest literary man of the present age would esteem it an honour to be a mem ber of the e' , ud cheers.) ty. (I gave " the health of Mr. White le society were deeply in- The VICE-CHAIRMAN man, their host," to whom ti debted for many kindnesses. This toast wa. responded to. Sot - I runk s acknowledg th enthusiasm, and appropriately e other toasts were given and suitably asura by songs from various gentle H. Peat, from " William Tt the evening being varied , a recitation by Mr. \% and some c' .er vent ho proceed- social charac- Altogether t inis, which were purely of a convivial and ter, passed off with the greate THE Anntut lovely genus des and useful orn Their flo of many colour, are the varieties of this t beautiful :o fora mho, from a per had hit} , unterit. To their n lege men I " diet" oatic per- .erts in too ften choose .h the m 20 men, ings 600 persc :men. and Car 'gymen . Ist, not mo :lasses had experienced much innocent er After vis ing the sacred well, in the neigh bourhood. the company returned to the Museum, to pre pare for the first excursion, and here we got the first collected vie , iv of them I From Warrington itself there were, the Mayor, the I_ Rector, the Town-clerk, the Rev. Messrs. Bostock, Green all, M'lver, and Kirkman ; Drs. Kendrick and Stokoe ; Messrs. Perrin, G. Rylands, P. Rylands, J. Robson, B. Cooke, W. Fell, Beamont, Artingstall, Pierpoint, Hutton, Wilson, W. Robson, Nicholson, Stubbs, Hardy, M‘Min niss, Geddes, Ryder, Cooke, Gaskell. From Hale, the Rev. W. Stewart ; from Rock Ferry, Mr. Harden ; from New ton, Rev. Mr. Veitch, and Messrs. Mercer, Howarth, and Leigh ; from High Legh, Egerton Legh, Esq. ; from Hawarden, Dr. Moffatt. Manchester was represented by the Rev. Thomas Corser, Dr. Smith, Messrs. Crossley, Langton, Jordan, Bradbury, and Morris. The Rev. Mr. Massey had come from Chester, with Messrs. Hicklin, Ayrton, Harrison, Blackburne, and Haworth. From Liverpool, there were the Rev. Dr. Thom, Vice-President of. the Historic Society, and Rev. Dr. Hume, Secretary; Mr. Heath, Treasurer of the Literary and Philosophical Society; Dr. Turnbull, Dr. Parr, Dr. Edwards, Rev. Jon. Robberds, Messrs. Ed. Higgin, Jas. Harvey, F. Blosam, E. Harvey, Robt. Shute, R. W. Ronald, J. H. Johnson, C. B. Robinson, and S. Richardson. At twelve o'clock, carriages were in readiness, provided by the committee at Warrington, by which the whole party proceeded southwards to Stretton to visit the Roman road recently discovered there. Beautiful sections of it had been laid open for the occasion by Thomas Lyon, Esq., of Appleton Hall ; and further discoveries on the line had been made, in a field adjoining the Stretton par sonage, by the Rev. Richard Greenall. The whole facts were explained by Mr. Robson, of Warrington. At two o'clock, about sixty gentlemen sat down to an elegant collation in the Lion Hotel, the Mayor in the chair; and near him were the rector and Mr. Wilson, the celebrated naturalist. At half-past three, the carriages were again in readi ness for an excursion northward, to visit the Crstle-hill, at Newton, the Roman road at Haydock, and Winwick Church ; some of the party who were most pressed for time taking leave at Newton for Liverpool or Manchester. Precisely at seven o'clock, the town-clerk, J. F. Marsh, Esq., began to receive the company at his own house at a conversations, and, by a little after eight, those who re mained together with the clergy and gentry of the town and neighbourhood had all arrived. Mr. Marsh received them in his magnificent library, which runs the whole length of Fairfield-house, and is said to be " the pride of Warring.. ton, and the envy of the neighbouring districts!' Mr. Robson gave a short history of the country through which they had passed, noticing in chronological order the principal events from the earliest times, and pointing out their scenes on a large map, A few minutes before ten, it was necessary for the Liverpool party to retire, in order to return by the special train ; but, More doing so, the secretary of the Historic Society formally expressed, in the name of himself and his companions, the gratification which had been afforded to them by the whole arrangements and occurrences of the day. Several gentlemen from a distance, who had made arrangements for staying all night, remained till a late hour and separated with regret. PECULIARITIES OF AN OLD MAID.-011 Thursday, at the Prerogative Court, in the business of proving the will of Harriet Parkin, late of Rodney-street, Pentonville, who died on the Bth of May, 1850, bequeathing the whole of her property, about £27,000, to her sister, it was alleged on the part of the Crown, in opposition to the will, that in 1934 the deceased resided alone in a house in Corn pton terrace, Islington, until April, 1843, during which period she was exceedingly dirty in her person, and her conver sation and actions were most disgusting ; that she kept 12 and sometimes 14 dogs of both sexes in her house, two of which constantly slept in the same room, and one, which was blind, in the same bed with her; that she lived in the most miserable and penurious manner, her food being of the worst description, and her dress made of old rags ; that she took every means in her power of annoying her next door neighbour, the Rev. Mr. Hambleton, against whom she entertained a great antipathy, and for the purpose frequently sat up all night hammering the stairs and knocking an old tea-board ; that she was generally known by the name of the mad lady of Compton-terrace ; that in the month of July, :1842, her house became a public nuisance and affected the health of the neighbourhood, in consequence of which the trustees of the parish were called upon to take the necessary steps for its cleansing ; that on entering it they found it in a moat filthy condition, and in the drawing-room there were several dens, or dog kennels, about four feet high, with bars in front, and from the top of the stairs there was a covered trough to allow the dogs to go into the garden without passing down them ; that in the front drawing-room on the second floor there were two or three cart loads of beans, peas, and green vegetables, no portion of which was fit for human food ; that some of the boards had been taken up and cabbages planted between the joists ; that on removing to the house where she died she refused to take off her clothes for months together, and that her dress generally consisted of an old petticoat and a piece of old drugget sewn round her neck, with just room to put her head out ; that in 1818, Mr. Gray, barrister-at-law, went with his family to the adjoining house; that she declared to various persons that Mr. Gray was a kidnapper, and when people went to his house he used to stand behind the door with a stick and knock them down, put some stuff in their mouths, boil them, and send their bones and oil abroad, so that it should not be found out, and that he only did it to those who had got money. The court reserved its judgment. THE AGAPEMONE NEAR BRIDGEWATER.—Some curious stories are current respecting this place. It is said that Mr. Prince, the founder, on a recent occasion drove up to the Castle Inn, at Taunton, in the carriage -and-four which belonged to the late Queen Adelaide, and which he has purchased for his own private use, A servant at the door of the inn warned off some idlers standing in the way with the words, " Take care, here's Mr. Prince com ing." He overheard the expression, and on alighting from the carriage said to the servant in a solemn tone, " Mr. Prince once—Jesus Christ." He then entered the inn, consumed a cigar and a bottle of wine, and returned to tha Abode of Love. Among other strange regulations observed in the institution is the election of "Mrs. Prince," or " the bride." This is a distinction which every week falls to the lot of one out of 15 women, who, with their husbands, are members of the sect. A large stage is erected, on which is placed a number of seats according with the number of candidates for the espousal. This stage revolves round a chair, in which Mr. Prince seats himself. At a given signal the husbands of the womon enter, and each stationing himself at the back of his better half begins to force the stage round. This is continued until it has attained a pretty good speed, when, at a sign from Mr. Prince, the husbands retire and the stage is left to itself; when it stops the woman opposite to Mr Prince becomes the " bride" for a week, at the end of which time the ceremony is repeated. On one occasion Mr. Prince happened to catch a " bride" as she was being kissed by her husband. As a punishment for this un faithfulness she was divorced from her; heavenly consort and put to menial labour, and the peccant husband was sentenced to wheel a barrow full of stones up and down the yard for three days. Once a " bride" was discovered to be in an interesting condition—an offence that could not be tolerated by the laws of the Agapemone, and she was dismissed as a traitress in whom no further confidence could be placed, Several expulsions of this nature have, it is said, occurred lately, a fundamental law of the Prince ites being, that no children are to be admitted within the institution. It is rumoured, however, that the founder's influence is on the decline. Some time ago he assembled the saints, and informed them, that he bad been com missioned by the Lord to take a long journey, for the ad vantage of his own soul, as well as the interests of the in- stitution. In order that the latter object might be fu gained, he_suggasted it would be necessary to let him to all the cash and papers, but fading to show in what pa ticular this could conduce to the prosperity of the raen hers, they, having less faith than of old, declined adop ing his suggestion, and he did not_en . ter on the journey, dispensation, the d sciples believed, being procured frc rd countermanding it, About the same time, [gated and carried into effect a decree, whereby t. of heaven—i e. the Agapemone—were to be sh it all applicants on a certain date, when the out Id be consigned to nted the reception of several devo ranks of life, and the farmers in t cree has not from the hunt al perdition neitht fforts made to int— cneir ants with the doctrines of the igest ar 11, 1852. TO TH. RS OF LIVERPOOL. 'LEMEN,—When the representative of any con y asks to be re-elected (as Mr. Cardwell doeo. he Ml of a onduet ; not on one question, nor on one p 'cession, but on all leadiri ig points on every important wart's committee seek to con- Naviation La e country since r. Card , presentative—for 01 ! Wha ted not only for the continuance of the with a e from three to five Do you " lied for his resig He told you he would not resign. s voted for the Income Tax, and that he this vote, you were justly indignant said Mr. Cardwel he had al .y, and others amongst you number. s he plea Navigation Laws you know moment of duct by th in aCt!Ompli, ,e would vote TOO Olt hat he has done I R.,4 ,tten what assuranc prevarications, let us estimate his ult of the legislation which he assist, d and what do we find ? Why, not to 'acre it w use figures, that British tonnage is Nv foreign tonnage engaged in British trade iearly a million tons ! !! Do you " appro has increased of that ? If you do, re-elect him!! His duplicity and double-dealing on the Papal Aggres sion Bill, you all know ; and he, feeling by anticipation he would provoke, has thought it right not to the ang, mention what he has done. Ho obligation ; we know it all ! Yc all things by turns, and not! Do you " approve" of that ling. long ver, we are under no know that " he was 3, re-elect him ! ! ! ! Remember what you approve of, if you re-elect him ! mzider what you have to expect when the Income-tax next year conies under revision. As for Mr. Ewart, he has had no chance to do anything, and I presume he has not the ability to say anything ! His hairs are grey, yet his history is a blank : his address to you, like his speech (!), contains nothing except a few words of English thrown together so as to reveal nothing, and yet to appear something. I would respectfully sug gest to his committee the propriety of posting the printed side of his addresses to the wall ; they would thus tell just as good a story, and at the same time would become the observed of all observers ! When strangers asked the meaning of posting blank papers on the wall, it would be only necessary to say, " The Roman Catholic voters have induced an accommodating and ' liberal' gentle man to become their candidate at the expected general election, and he, not wishing to offend any one, has issued an address, of which the paper before you is the poetic representation." Mr. William Ewart is something like a Chartist : Mr. J. C. Ewart is supposed to entertain his brother's opinions ; and as Cardwell and Ewart have coalesced, we are bound to believe that they all agree. Their bond of union perhaps may be the " Hume Char ter." If so, let us say, with all our hearts, as generous opponents, HURRAH FOR THE CHARTER, AND CARD WELL AND EWART ! FIDES. Liverpool, May Bth, 1852. COURT OF BANKRUPTCY.-YESTERDAY. RE JOHN BARNES. This bankrupt, who had been a broker and commission agent in Liverpool, appeared before Mr. Commissioner Perry for the purpose of passing his examination. He was opposed by Mr. Bagshaw, of Manchester, on the ground of an alleged discrepancy between his balance sheet, as filed in court, and a previous one submitted to a meeting of his creditors. It was also urged that during a part of his trading he bad kept no books ; and that from one portion of his ledger being in the handwriting of his clerk, and another in that of an apprentice, it appeared to the opposing party that they had been made up after the bankruptcy was contemplated. The bankrupt made statements explanatory of these circumstances, and ulti mately an application for an adjournment of the exami nation was made by Mr. Bagshaw, in order to allow time for the further scrutiny of the accounts. The examination was then adjourned for the purpose applied for, and also to give the bankrupt an opportunity of amending his balance-sheet. RE RITCHMOUGTI. This bankrupt came before `Zr. Commissioner Perry to pass his last examination. Mr. TOWNSEND appeared for the assignees, and exa mined the bankrupt at some length respecting his trading transactions, after which the further examination was adjourned to Wednesday, in consequence of the balance sheet not having been filed in time. RE THOMAS David Henry Thomas, draper, of Pyntwy, near Car narvon, appeared before the court for examination re specting his affairs. Mr. Bingham, solicitor, of Man chester, examined the bankrupt at considerable length as to his mode of trading. He was supported by Mr. Evans. solicitor, of this town. It appeared that the bankrupt had kept no books, that he had put down his business profit for eight years previous to his bankruptcy at £1,317, and his personal expenses at £2,475. There had also been accommodation bilk used by the bankrupt to a considerable extent, and one item of loss was put down as property stolen by burglars, to the amount of £6B. One Thomas Jones was placed in the list of losses to the estate for £BO, which the bankrupt said was for an accom modation bill, but that the money had been originally borrowed by him and paid back, but how it became a loss neither the bankrupt, the attornies, nor the Cummistioner could make out. His HoNoun hoped it would be accounted for at the next examination, and the further hearing of the case was fixed for the 19th. RE JOSEPH ASTINALL This case was again brought before Mr. Commissioner Stevenson at twelve o'clock. The bankrupt was formerly a stock a stock and share broker in this town. Mr. Bardswell appeared for the trade assignee ; Mr. Forshaw for, as we understood, the official assignnee and for the creditors ; and Mr. Bremner for a creditor named Mawson. The case was before the court on Friday, when there was a good deal of feeling exhibited between Mr. Forshaw and Mr. Bardswell, on the former being about to make an application to the court to sell the bankrupt's furniture, which it was stated would augment the estate for the benefit of the creditors by about £1,500. After some discussion , . upon the point, his HoNoun thought that nothing could be done without the presence of the trade assignee, and that the better plan would be to adjourn the proceedings until Monday (yesterday). _ _ _ Mr. BARDSWELL undertook that the trade assignee should attend. This was conceded:to, and the case was adjourned. Mr. BARDSWELL, on the learned Commissioner taking his seat this morning, said—When last they met, it wes required that the trade assignee should attend in court; he was now present. _ _ _ The CONISISSIONER said that he understood the appli cation to the court was to know on what ground proceed ings should be taken for the recovery of the property in question'. _ _ - Mr. FORSHAW said the object of the application was to obtain directions from the Court for the assignee to take measures to realise the property for the benefit of the estate. Mr. BARDSWELL said it was asserted that the assignee had done something which he ought not to do. Now there were several creditors in court ' • let any one of them step forward and say so. lie contended that, at present, there was nothing before, the court of which the court could take cognizance. _ The COMMISSIONEII. — CertainIy not; but if any credi tor applies to have proceedings taken, and shows proper grounds, the court would probably direct proceedings to be taken, such creditor undertaking to be liable for any costs which may he incurred. Mr. FORSHAW said he was anxious to prevent a useless waste of time and a repetition of the unpleasant observa tions of Friday ; and, therefore, he wished to show by evidence, and by the examination of the bankrupt him self, that there was such a claim to the property on behalf of the estate as would call for the interference of the court. The CommissioNEn.—As I understand, you issued these summonses when you were solicitor to the assignee, but you are now no longer so. Mr. FORSHAW said that was so. Mr. BARDSIVELL said the attorney to the assignee had taken upon himself to call a meeting of the creditors, with out consulting the assignee at all. Mr. Fongit.vw then applied to he heard on behalf of the official assignee (Mr. Bird) and the Liverpool cre ditors. Ills lioxoun. said the proper mode of corninz before him would be by on application for the removal of the assignee M . r. Fon SHAW said it was for the intereAt of the official assignee and the creditors that the enquiry should be gone into then, and he would follow it up by an application for the removal of the trade assignee. The COMMISSIONER said the only way in which Mr. Forshaw could appear before him was by petition for the removal of the assignee. Mr. FORSITAW said he should proceed by petition, but as the trade assignee was present, he wished to know from him whether it was his intention to proceed for the reco very of the property or not. • • .1 kr. BAUDSWELL said the assignee wished to have the papers in his possosslon, so as to be advised upon them, and then it was his intention to call a meeting of the whole of the creditors, and to be guided by their directions as to what should be done. The COMMISSIONER asked if the assignee had had ad vice, and declined to take proceedings—he thought he ought to make that inquiry. Mr. BARDSWELL said the assignee could come to no decision on the question until he had the papers in his possession. Mr. FORSTIAW should not give them up. Ho wished to know if his Honour would fix a day for hearing the . - His HoNoun said after the petition was presented he would fix an early day for its being heard Mr T 'esente e Col% court to p: until Mr. uld not now be , and y to bo secute ti ed, and would there any reason why the urse was )pinion as to the course to e pape e before the ties, to not yet fo this dish() IRELAND has CE ALITd the fi His ROYAL HIGH of - 1100 tpsr Exhibition at C THE CROPS.—The cereal and Plta t° crur f sive beyond all f ormer exa mple, in the West especially in Mayo, but the culture of the turn] nan Cathol with h,” te of Ire an Catholic ni SMITA, the heroine of the .A.m.7.0n, 60 tends stay,l,lllll, :500 altogeLl aised and placed at Txr C It 0 MAYNOO . T.7• T -- _„„d 1.0 DINAL AT ire~n i lia -man intends to visit time, and that all the Roman C a tholic 151 „, a d received instructions to hold themselves in on him at Maynooth ,rdinal , --...NT established in this tom; et months ago by the Sisters of Mercy, fo r c ov01 9 ; poses, ceased to exist o n Monday last. 1 "'" the 041 THE COi poverty f the of the district is, we un derscar:,_ nr u cause o abandonment of the charitable r° urn to Pl'i a ret o t te 1, 5 d .6NCUMBERED ESTATES. — From „r, to ..4 , ,,,, ment, just printed, it appears that tr i h env', v February the sales effected by the I , s3t , c ol estates commission amounted to £4,68 2, b il 4 1 00 number of acres s o ld was 698,328, and the a fd„ t i; i made by the commissioners £1,071,029 1 45. eg o( 0 NEW POTATOES.—Some excellent sPecgted„„l:oo esculent, grown in the open air, were ttet 4 ,6" fo Grand Parade vegetable market, and els° '" peO ts 'e; town market, ot► Saturda^ To hear of ne, he " 0p• sale on the Ist of May ' ' ' n Ireland is r al-1. . 0 states worthyTo THOMAS ! n i o F, t hß i notice.—Cork cc al C sp e e r . : orfE C l tA o hG n i s is It exile : a z i t i t e to T n . 13 e ucocrooo requ ires 0 , hi 9 o ut D iitir;til Letters were received by some from Smith O'Brien on Monday, be aring a ta ii 11° and they 6)11 ~1 v quent to the rumoured escape, 11 05t t ) relative to the subject." , List S StOCYO AGRARIAN OUTRAGE.—OR Tuesday -- yr, p ip, offices, on a farm lately taken by the Il c° ' Afiorso r Killanley, on the property of the Hon. COl. OO l bl e jl the county of Sligo, were maliciously bu r 0 50 1 1 ,01 7 can be tbe re Ay miscreants. The only reason that this outrage is, that the farmwas take" bY perti es ' gentleman, and not given ther r i to some 0 , ratvley Herald. 0 1" AasoN.—A man ' N' 1 the ? the ' l named John 0 1 lel ing 10 „, vant of a gentleman named Langley. 1 °" 4 " - ofi - Oa of a Mr. Gorse, in Ste hen-green, D u blin , fo g set, pi v j day committed for trial on the charge of ba c • a clu Ji lf the house at night, when 1 the ' ll all the Iran in 0 master, ,were asleep. Mr. Langley 9', .lok e 4 11 0 F , terms of the prisoner, who had lived v ,i i is c r ' Ce him, and could not believe him guilty ef s ' l " .1,09 i.: of 2 21r19 0 51 Y1 GALWAY T-T —A REOUR.—A deputa , ion - r ide', , d ‘. , and others waited upon Lord Derby, on Fr,. l o ferv f o, grant of £85,000 for the erection of a bresl ti o iciligi in Galway harbour. Lord Derby, in rePlP f e c ers Fo rti .4 instruct the Admiralty to send three nal T ° „f the rienee to inquire into the respective tnetiis" tic ' at io ,0 Galway and Limerick, as a future tran t s A , e do , but, in the meantime, he could not Pl e Mpii ment to any grant of public money. g 00 . 11 : 1 09 , ATTEMPT TO UPSET THE CORK A I4D IP tfe j , mom data Idate tui4 —On Thursday, as the early trait? for 139°-° per'o o ) the Chetwynd Viaduct, the engine-drivera ill 11 .059 or three parties stooping over the rails , an 0 1 114 1/ $ afterwards fortunately observed a large 5,914P5t9' tt t il l 1 1 1 epe e rb l E i ur n cffie e La . t:ini •E l- a. I T d succeededimmediately in sig s n to all p ed in t irti e h g e O i st o ri $:: reached the spot. He also succePede. -- cal) 'p, 1 suits been in evidence o . s ll It e pa co lo, Al of Kildare, OF THE POPULATION . " -- %S.Ati the abstract of the census for the o ° °- ' 2 13.0 1 ;,4 1 /;0 0 respects, e l e s t pn , 4 eg c - 1 t B as , : toaonnnedeweisome _ ..__ pOO if, I followed ec y n hgoa,f 1851 s shticoimloweini shows declinesa considering returnrgi nonly :n:,tiihy t ti n an t r :9105 : 0 : : ::::: 11, the years 1841 and 1851. The -pon ul t i° 4 - - --" al 4 land, and in ti o le f of fts 1 , ti e, PROSECUTION OF JAMES BIRCH, •,- I :noC.. ° 01, At the sitting of the Court of Queen's w - for 6 ki ff ,olf morning, Mr. J. Birch applied in person, taio,bil d 0 1 ment of the trial in which Mrs. Frenc,ll„lePtptrl, is defendant, on the ground that muc h 5 C oo- 0 , 0' created against him by publications s" fl e e et newspapers, and by the discussion in W il d oroti itmhembeedsiattecivrcicuirnnisttyanocie It he 00 e viro ttOpi mons on Lord Naas's motion, whi ch be otic il l The postpone, court r but efu os refused d which th e application,application n a c : 3 a e . fix morning next for the trial to Proceed. Tyrone eons! ECCLESIASTI C PREFERMEN D T. I has been l Church, poarticu S a 1 t e rs f n d o g , t r Cl ll 117 Wm. IV. c . 38 c A p li a c uTu l r tl i gn s: l ll :: l : ll O nl a.E f ol id:RfroßN.2imi distric t O cCE w .‘,l, ealhns l r elsD O se Bt °e :Vr d : TltCtn O V:Eh r t npv iet: P °anhiENn a deß s t: t —bhPeO o eyve r :r: a tPPl l ira'ReCee V rtoiliisi i i3lbae s h i l: t sri:SC:gttri if:1::::11:i-'t ec ti :11 0 cr;P : °1:1 1 1 '11re I , Srel'l g lt r t:''hb r i i i ! F' I. Patron, Victith°f, 6i; a oflicense \ v a r m o i s f Christ : Church is,C,, G n l o iA n l - c r , es C id n e E n S c ri e rß to E.: he n: et rj . :o e " :l3 v : oot' ngham, until the 31st Pea ° count of ill health. PREFERMENTS AND -------1;-rr3 ,.k FP° ,,rperP fe: A tClirf' ; of T c l i i , e ur ß e e li v d . o J w . o . G . Atododoiesostne,rAsh.tlreL., to tm t ` o the . 17 ,4 c 0 , i 1' B uTi l ti i ei e n Rg ß feo e vr v d. . ehl . 3 . 1 • 1 " i E eg a s e t , IN C l a a m rk b h r a id m ge wi t t o h t l h V e es i t t , e D ct r .o a ,r y y to; JA to l e st. - e$ jo : II J o( , the CO I. ( 01 to hcsecre ticf:i, Burnes. . • r ton T , h n e ea ß r e s v The Rev. G. J. Collins - 1%1 Ato - 11' on, • •? of , A id British and Foreign Bible SocietY• C u racy - The Rev. N R. L. L tHZ: The Rev. H. 0. Crawley, the tb e Lyttleton, • to n r 1 Loughborough. ~, 0 10 " bei The Rev. H. R. Dawe, to be Ca to locum It Somerset Regiment awe' f'llrlf. ti of Yeomanry be 0 0 The Rev. B. W. Dudley, M.A , aiie boP i •tO.l J. H. Brown MA Fellow o 0 0 .t t f v tor ° tr ° 60 „" the Archdeaconry The Rev. J. H. Gray, on e - to be 11 ile Tr iw ii , Chaplains at Canton, f 11) The Rev. E. G. Griffith, -ALA-, °IV P i a st,$ t , Cambridge, to the Curacy of B lief ° f 4 A 4 0 60 Mowbray, Leicestershire. CO" ( ' 0 1 The Rev. W. L. How; h► to the rt , h Tu t°. if ' mas's, Stanninglev. (0 , The Rev. H. - Jacobs, M.A. „t ° l ;n e d , , :d i :et,/ Church College, Lytteltoo, New ' zi es- eece c o ' ' The Rev. R. 11. Jones, to the S" P s p 0,,, IP 4 ,1 the Parish Church of Bolton-le-Wel 'to ' (v The Rev. G. T. B. Kingdom 111,-'1;f601. off Ar iil of Christ Church, Lyttelton, New,n e StiP e/3 o fV ,! The Rev. J. G. Mallinson, to "'" • tot of Dean, near Bolton, Lancashire. , ono ~f, The Rev. E. Puckle, to be Assistan& o ge 14 , Church, Lyttelton, New Zealand. be 11° , The Rev. John Lockhart Rose, to l ,,t vi lig, 10 01 : le bury with Winterbourue 3lookton, , h e CL I i,f The R. G. H. Stoddart, iki. A., to l• - ,c orf , VA' ocl s field English, Hants 0 • 12 i to t'' C b he ' 0 The Rev. A. R. Taylor, i-'•••-" tr iet te rf' ii‘ ii Stephen, Cornwall. DO c o 0 The Rev. W. H. Taylor , to the of Cu Christ Church, in the Forest of Deaf' , , o f S-' oi v ) ofc The Rev. C. Trollope, to the Rector i roc' Bedford. to the The Rev. W. Willimot, 1111. A.., Michael Carhayes, Cornwall. 'n'e Freer,aßl aPun°r Zealand. 13T e . Dike 1.- j , 1 e e pa not sufficient, if at direction lt Nh a e xi rt p o s r a e ß v s oke the license, a nd refused ean d instructionl es T ori n r v y C c o o u u n n i i of r AncoE S ' p r i ii asDodson rejected the allegation of the 0 t he • :, :,, e i 1 Thomas'; Church. didate for the : R Nms o ni on itgetll;brio6,„o il l, . 0 9 4 schoolmasters.—.2l;p o ro n v e e o c to dcerlestrifoon°4 °tool) t On e 0 1 fp , iGladsot:ntebeth:,:be e r r; r e 6 di: at reformed e d Sw i s u b uently received the Lord I r i l he o f I 1 mis 1 pr es.. leo . °ming era late boo Ao THE ECCLESIASTICAL ~ ssiel'4 0 0 c lt l/ C0M3.1 _fro ~.0,00 Tuesday's Gazette that the BishoP4', p els°' is ',be ji the annual income of £4,500, with I l ia' to ,or/ and about 62 'acres of patureland a djoi n a' in '' g other emoluments. Consent is °l°c'of Offtitile'') meet of £10,646 Ss 7d. to the Bisholl.dor , ration of his relinquishing*(.ertain 1" e l o li 'o'ile tb ° i hereditaments. b iebi w oo Ch o NEW COLONIAL Romanist priest, . Su l n g f a ialbj i a l ad a r t s.:Use , 1 ,i'Øglei:tii i v o il ° ► podie j o : 0 4 con ferre r s ßisno r.----Teigligteii i Church, - f • Ch 0 • hilip Gell, M.A., curate oeopf.,to o ,ft / Bryan New Zealand, has been st• 1 4 6 .11 Tasmania. The and formerli Cur steedi","o tholl/ nominated o prise m s m i n t a a h n t e l e a d districts th e ir s some o e b m w i s e: o t i l i p : . time os i‘ i n i f c r e . : 0 5 1:111 n . 0 1 c‘, t i, 01 1 i of Lrttelcon, and to which tho ite; vol?, of, not consecrated. *TV 11°I' t t ° t h THE EPISCOPAL SYNOD OF , • j d bY 0 4/ o_, 1 gcol'O• W I 00 i l i stand, at a recent meeting, deo e ' s yao f s '4vb g favour of submitting to their dioe,lore of 0/1 mendation to admit the laity to a s th e P i e csl o o'`i action. Mr. Gladstone's letter to vo ich 00,10'4) immediate cause of this moverrevt, denceve, trel'id rr . lake sure will be carried out wit h r r i Pore g m' l / Hon, and an entire regard to Chill .° the fu t . 1 g oii forward . to its results with hope for__ lorilli, 0'1) 1 ', ng and extension of the Church. i l , b elo ))0 5 1 :0 1 ,p , MrssursnitY Sg,,l,reocet,f Je t jP/ East TllefidaY, in odon• 1 '''' Tarlie'Wegerfi li in and West Africa, Greee, d' t he Of cl ocji 41 a. Ceylon, China, New Zeal ° o A 0(6 , '‘lt. 11113 1111,T, 0 'cl nitnttud 'Aft THE CHURCH 3 of attendants on CA hhruisiletaia'nt;,°l;lso9jl2; l't:hft:l36 is throughout the world if 101 th-west iFt hur tlign r a d" sum of iii, - .1:1, Lau or prisoner liet." Ye .nri Et p,i t%i t n o . u_; e rFllie ft: a k keen i theti not to men tributed to-bri wil t" the ropisn pr ess mean by orthery is our not allow ing the priests to starve every one to death who leaves off )W is 1( While in a grow i ng tate all the season tl- 'ay may be removed istance of a r they may ho said to he indispensable during the su and autumn months.—Gardeners' Chronicle. flowering ry, where to reflect what forms of superstition p, generally the worst kinds are to be fou the uneducated, but the Agapernone is for t st part made up of people who once moved in a ctable sphere, and whose intelligence, it might ha en thought, would have preserved them from such cc tamination.—Bristol Gazette. laments ave to go to the 7 then to be postpo decided, that, as Mr. I thaw no Is the i til after next and hid no jurisdiction. 40.000 the United Ki while tho receii n_Q7fi 4s 4d., m gross expenditure of the ye 0 "b - ber on 4 1 ' 1 1 " , 31 n 0; 1 . el°4' ,ear ; 1 , 14 1 11 9k11111441: X 46 I h, t't4 l / 4 1° I, :totsb