The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser. — Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1845-06-17 00:00:00

tiZ is Per Loud the strong, has prover contained it, and , de ne pouvoir suffic 'e, que vous me pardonnerez, et c .e de Dieu au milieu du Conti. s of ( 'edly famed for of reformation fa .ge—a very la .ting with a I rejoice fort only one in this and sword had r June 17, 1845. ►w~~ ' FOREIGN AID SOCIETY Lest night a crowded meeting 4113 Phitheatr Aid S e members and frier e purpose of forwarding interests of that, (historian of the reformation), and Roussell and Pan llituri f ministers of Protestant Churches on the Continent) ale institution. M. M. D'Au' ►ere announced to address the tr Was toanifes !ver, that M. D'Aubigne was pr . ented from attending' by circumstances which are explained in the speech ei reverend chairman, and we are sure that unive- PathY will be felt for the cause of his absence gentlemen were unavoidably absent, but their a bly supplied by M t 'orth of France. A...—. fb The c l ergymen an d gent l em e n upon 'nt Revs. Messrs. Mi Neile. Dr.Byrth, Ham ter. Parry, Hamilton, (Birkenhead), M -4. T. Brown, Dover, & t oe,. 1— 1 aym- !a Pasteur Cailliatt latforff 't• burgess. (rector of Upper Chelsea tordeaux T. Nolan, Taylor, D Fergu son ,' C. M. Birrell. W 3.' H. St octor of New Ross, Ireland,) G. " Anderson, B. Morgan, C. W. L 3reen, T. Girdner rence, H. H. Hig Tns, VIT; - 1/;112/Ivyer, r, W. it. nunt h. W. Hughes S.FentOn, E. Jones, Campb( Messrs d 1( n, Dearden Jones, D. ,7 4 °), Glazebrook, M a j or Th or p e , T. 'award\w._T. Forsythe, W. Ben s o n , H. J. Av. ,uean A , W N. . Maples, J. Cropper, and J. B. Bu. onboddo, B. On the motion of the Rev. J. " QY the Rev. THOMAS NOLAN, " to take the' ,rter. W. Kay, J ster, G. J 'WART, HUGH AVNI "48 unanimously requested The CHAIRMAN, on rising, said—Ladies and ger 'nen, one of our most comprelienx;-- an lessa 'ntain e a `e find it writt lid He will dir t thy stet we plead the promis cn coo ltnand, not arid personal is our priv V in private with but also in of affairs, psem es fL u en, as bli always, we commend c , e blessing of God who will be entreated g r ant wh a t H e merc if u ll y d es i gns. I s h a l l call, therefo 1 , 1 1 P" my reverend brother, Mr. Nolan, t o i nvo ke th ',vine bl ess i ng upon t hi s grea t assem bl y. l'he Rev Tnos. NOLAN having offered most impressive prayer, T T h e CHAIRMAN again rising spoke nea hav e now to entreat of you an exercis AahY and patienc e w hil e I p rocee d t o inful duty which devolves upon me as 54eting. lam compelled to announce t e t a very great di sappo i ntment. T he brother whose work and whose prai L ice are i n a ll th e c h urc h es, an d wt ty erpool we were all prepare Unanimous as it is unfeie yes and our hat He ma J to hai 1) a satisfactic Id T dannl. r. ' ott to b e o bli ge d to say, cannot b I ?.re• You are, of course, entitled to a fullexplana "is could result, after the public no ade among you for so many day %Plan ith us this eveni ce which bad E re A.in la_ry of the Foreign-Aid . Society in London, w; !; burgess, now upon this platform l awan L' ,l l that a meeting of the association in this towr f o e ; and before Mons. Merle D'Aubigne ler agreed r ccir - s conferred with hirr and, Mr. Burge gether that the middle of J irale for holding the Livet Ven"V;._ tk., ' n t t 'fiends of e l Foren u raged and e _ justified ig by oect from Air. ure meeting fo r ß theg ess y 0 ,..9 1 e month as Immunica :eeded to 6z the t Gth - June, as near to the r d a public I immediately wri Aubigne, telling him of rrange ,'"lletti ng to be t; 11 , 4 lad my house In c to' Scotland e found at his labou He wrote to us 4 to say 'sc Aid Society in this town, e t t, ' , l .. lllr ed repose oved too in • C L 'e sayi ng that he stil would endeavour to tilt that he feared for t h is health if he perm t e rtions. B e f ore th a t l e t ter arr i ve d we wer n Q°U, by public notices circulated lamely al to m entreat Mot.sieur Mg ' h aft so ' ur oeeting, and come to nnouncem cen; aeb eci !taticlino time, I mak ;',Ore i. that 41Pelled, by tett ti ur , all public meetir t'eot.,fl_dinburgh, and gong is the north of Scot 44 rd eu alter Nieei.t—h-at, indePe! ,_, "y llnoractii,., ? h r ,, llle nieetir uovr hold i",„7 ITan r ie de , ne s —etr ou 811 is eux jou no doubt that linburg r did not a Ind I will 1., ent pa I°. It me serait )I le 14, et par eor. of our and they Sutherland G- Gurden, angemer Mallinson J. Ede (Birkenhead), Heirsch, (Birk Had ti gent ur 4141_°is hisser ‘ni'' di l ar vu , q u' tie s 7 part ir, condi lib t ,!,°Yage dans votre Ile a r4t mom, reg . ret9 que M. Burg faut me supp ['apparence d' etc loin d e vos awls deLi se du mal lon du Continent eut un meilleur repr e au Seigr ,r4r d• Je crams, cher ft !lode alentira paa—c'est l'ceuvre du S Lempi fise j feral tout ceue e Incur ma me ne , a e Liverpool, faqccepjtei ante votre hospitaiiie . t..,LIAIRMAb; ranalated t rc 4._t prefer giving it in the on he Chair o read ,hat the Lord w He still entert g to Li loes come moment postpone thi iced to postpone the breakfas e .on - ie to gratify air— ' 3 in order to 0 i with a smaller meeting si same time, we shall be er r room than any supplied at an hotel ) or .', make accom le cost of such a man vis , son and character, all the most thril it of what Geneva is, but of what Ger lowever famed tot. s its Athenian e —_• „7 revie ws , i s more an d mor e dreviews, th". 4), Ted religion—(continued chef mind of r'ioiesaTtEuropel7y4, 1 a city and country eqt ionmindwith ti fast when M. Merle D'Aubi office for his visit to Scotland might with full confidence set such a A mart from Geneva, e . _ artin Luther and John Calvin, ap i in the Pro )f John Knoa sis for Christ I union, 'e have, upon giged— s of S. heers.) It w aline Prot D'Aubigne. i n 1 oh "light wou 4114;11Y ar s hr,,t.ated the wot t surprisec to find that the :clamati nd rev Zit I.FAubigne requires De however, that we s - .. ~,'°a, I t t cannot boast an ancestr .it I may truly say, WI 4 Warm and fervent t -'• --(Great cheer - -Lion rt of that our Associatio n i s no spin .he great reformation me wria this very F'senters in t our Christian tlihir character ork connect );en are formin la especial ith Paris De present e ' of Paris th o 1(1 on Frid h. th them evening next. (Haar. leases God to revive in various parts of the Iciatloo of lieve, t This is a, 11410. Pi rain it r ach lat )f a Person havi tion had done 71; in 1 that the fir rious religiou Society I am , happy to inform jou I 2,000,000 of 6, d this in order he sem on their friend us shall do ti e ttoya► 1 for us all aof the Foreign ceeded t general roof-shee ha operation Beaumont IT had to d h was' as Chris ant unde , syEter therefore trusted• tb in the t mplishc know of ar signally r cally, and after serious and secret pray he expression THE LIVERPOOL STANDARD. to speak i forbear Arithmetic dc .W. G. Willi done in t THE COLLEGIATE INSTITUTION apied by the s. A. Se r. Howson— 3rd Clan Booker 2d, R. Hall —Arithmetic done in the t 'd and fourth —French done in the fifth and sixth c Leake—Drawine done in the fir, , ne iu the third and fourth I placed on the guay, with There is an iron vile er unteractiag weighted tail. r the at taw.water m rir ho I fort r with ent down them ide rises. The eay the ps are p in the d Indere t account that I h great deal OPEN SHOPS ON ded. The most e Ice of the ipported the ism or ri, it I and so .ould just complete )bject in view. He their wealth NDAYS EDITOR OF THE LIVERPOOL STANDARI lal, to ast bone, Va hours of divine service, for the .ctiona arties to a penalt] many whom I ha 3f the district, and not u issura my fellow-townEme medium of your valuable Is there not an act of ion to tl It is my b, eggs, tobacco, ? In many in- will nil to devolve upon the po: ,rivAtP individminic I that ther ct alluded to, though Mon of the Siibb;t ng of th It it; on their presumed to offer I en to pt net gener Tune, 184 spectfully, iotice, or annou ble to r IGE'S PIER er quar k to this LIVERPOOL recent! n attempted s be remedied I on the su near'the pier, for M DrOV ry larg pace of land 1 position was held went le 16. J Let us emulate one vernment of the Jesuits, besides 80 bishops who bad the power of suspending any priest without assigning a reason. (Hear. hear.) The rev. gentleman then at considerable length detailed the operation of Popery in Portugal. A 1, from tria, Bohemia, and Bavaria, . - oat good for the cause of Him who died cheers.) The rev. Chairman then pro- and the succ We regret we have not room to insert the or the comments with which the reading of them wa interspersed. He must now recall attention to th turning point of the question before them, by enquiry ''Why, if Os^ Cath,l:- 1 passages, of great lengtl A - here persecution is still body of the hall was ov, ast report of the parent Society, carried on by that church, and concluded an eloquent intelligent a number of b been published, showing the speech with a powerful appeal in behalf of the Society. together. The galleries of the Society in France The resolution was then unanimously adopted, after pally by fashionably-'' which, during the singing of a hymn, a collection e made for the expenses. tntion. The Rev. Monsieur CAILLIATTE, a French clergyman, Conybe vroposed the next resolution in a very excellent speech by ti- s we ever saw congregated re densely crowded, pri reseed ladies ; and the t 'orca was was reserved for the committee and other friends of the Insti expenses. The chair was occupied by the Rev. W. C. lonsieur CAntaArtt., _ ..:re, the Principal, who was supported on his left next resolution in a very exc.— _ .4e several masters of the schools. On his right, we It • .ne tioman religion have pos- remarkau., Nell delivered, and in good English, which noticed, among others, the Rev. Hugh M'Neile, the Rev. esion even nominally, of the population of France, if we regret not having room for, and concluded with an Dr. Tattershall, the Rev. Thos. Nolan, the Rev. Mr. Fal nere be a cure in every pari sh, why should we interfere, affecting appeal to the sympathy of the meeting in behalf loon, the Rev. J. Cordeaux, Adam Hodgson, Esq., why should we interpose, why should we help the inter- of the people of France. The following is the res o l u ti on : Ald erman Molyneux, Councillors Booker, Shand, Shep ference that is carried on by th ese evange li ca l soc i et i es ? " That the religious condition of several of the conti. pard, Royden, John Leyland, Esq., &c. The Yen" Is it, or is it not, fitting that we should encourage such nental nations, and particularly of France, is such as to having been sung by the whole of the pupils divisions ? Why should they not be satisfied as they are? call for the united exertions of the Christians of this by Mr. Rogers on the organ, Why should not the Protestant population of France be country to aid the faithful servants of Christ in making The Rev. PRINCIPAL briefly address, content to remain at its present amount ; and why should known the gospel among the Roman Catholic populations, after which he called up the first prize , not they, and we, leave the Roman Catholic population where it hath 'pleased the great Head of the Church to had obtained the M`Neile exhibition t, - ^qount Is Romanism and cause an awakening such as has not been since the period sity. He complimented him on the -) If tbev --nation." , utting this of France at its present ui toe glorious ftetorma., that are The Rev. J. BAYLF.E, in seconding the third resole_ on was an interesting one both tion, reminded the meeting that exactly thirty years If Romanism be Christi. this day the English and French arms were in hostile I r attended him in the school, and hoped the like success would attend him at the University he was about to enter. ago He then presented him to Mr. M'Neile, who said :—Far since I came into the _hall, the Principal has pre- and he observed it w s no small proof of divir ;his evenir e of having, at the rented me with Mr. Clough's certihm .nglish and French and Irish close of the examination, adjudged this . nemies, but as brethren, and and requested me to hand it to you. In so doing, it m,. c,f* our common hu- possibly be expected that I should add ress t o you a f ew and encouragement, but, I must ;xliibition to you, accompanied I raised by its C or vessel, which 80. bstructior man, Farrar, who pears they were all objected to, as oner,,,, Oxford U.niver- by their permanency in the bed of the river to the nave No. 74 —Amin No. (by 'V% on each end the baths hereafter re -Water marl ing drawn is ests the enlargement should we interpose; why should we assist tilos _.. [nterposi it twine and abroad anity, why interfere ? We were agitators without a cause He hi was a !re then vas °eh afraid of use, he was not afraid of agitatio n —h t . too, met together, not a being quiet. He alleged th en , that Romanism I not as brethren merely i us rolling stag, prove, that if the Scripttires contained Christianity Romanism was not Christianity, for the Scripts tained for one point, that there was one God, ___ __ Mediator between God and man, the man Ch r i s t J esu . .. ad one I as Christianity knew but one Mediator. Was a system which multiplied Mediators . Christianity Again, Christianity proclaimed, for the forgive' as of f one offering once upon Calvary and once for system that repeated the offering, and proclaim at every he repetition of the offering of Christ, r ;n or sacr ent, but as a propitiate ing and the dead f the liv ry sacrifice for tt that Christianity? I f for every principle and act of my right hand or to the left, whether Fe, not lookit Cries of no, no cause for our inter- as the ne man approve s or dis- nee. (Cheer It was very ging upon a work of this kind. rtant then, in eng here was a cause ntionslv, discovering on my knees whether r It has will hear o —two tunnels with b I withdrawn as tt e present little basi love of our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ.—(Hear.) confess, I feel some ormcurLy it, it. .... 5 , Major THORPE, who was introduced by the Chairman though accustomed to public speaking, and, although di- stages ri, . a gallant soldier, w h o having faithfully served his ve s t e d o f mo d esty w h en spea ki ng of ray Master, lam not are, we learn, gi - country in the battles of th e Peninsula, was now engag e d accus t ome d to spea k o f myse l f. And, though Ido not No. 205.—This re sem bl es a ._ in fighting the good fight of the Protestant religion, like to do so, yet justice, in this case, requires that I large shed or bui.ding, with arched win,_ moved the next resolution : should speak of myself, for the exhibition awarded to you enclosing a basin for the steamers, which enter ~amen,, " That the Foreign Aid Society, which has been formed is the M'Neile exhibition. There was no money of mine by two large arched openings. 1; but a for the purpose of promoting the cause of ; the Reformation in it, but there was a great deal of my work in it, at my mi in France especially, and on the Continent generally, is bed and in my study, and there was a great deal of what it There are waiting ... worthy the support of Briti s h Ch r i s ti ans , an d thi s meet- ha. h o cf".." "^ `""—'' A '''''' . `. . . . ... .. . ing trusts that the Liverpool Association which was -.Tied in 1841 will henceforth receive additional support, ^ , .ssities of the object-appear to demand." -r congratulated the friends of the so iers in a tbei. The c qtly in favour r- of this i nent inclined plai-a wards, but if int would . form an o if not, has no appropriat is highly hnth I enitous plane s en, under the good partly ou 3 the eenerd wall. The projector aug- There are a variety of ms, &c. TI nely come led for a .traction tion int - e . shouldrealize to our - serves'tbat there WasT.eau; nd also what the Is a cause as dear to i P collect ---- - —...............—....... D.,vaidon 01 ms ienow men, min progressea in the luxe proportion. _.se increase in 'so carried out, that the gentlemen of this town, appreci- also cause filling up. as the glory of his Lord and Saviour. We did not en g a ge the funds were nothing to the demands upon them ; and ating, as they were kind enough to say, my exertions in No. 109.—Two projecting permanent slips, in such a cause, either at home or abroad, from th e l ove he trusted that efforts would continue to be made until behalf of Scriptural education, to which the Principal has to scour the mud from their sides at low-watet, of agitation, not because we loved the people less, but all their wants had been supplied. With reference to the alluded already, adjudged to me a most honourable testi- struction, and very questionable as to scouring. he put his name down, he must put son:e because we loved the truth of God and the salvation of present day being the anniversary of the first of the series monial, which has been converted into an exhibition, now No. 91.—A projecting pier, with a large floating caisson too. She pressed him hard, how souls more. (Che ers .) B u t i n thi s cause we h a d to con- o f com b ats upon the field to which reference bad been most honourably adjudged to you. I have great pleasure outside, and a sma ll er one w i t hi n i t and the wall. Very Ihe put it down, togeth er w ith h a lf- a-crown. tend against the influence that naturally spread over the made by Mr. Baylee, he would rather give to it the name in handing Mr. Clough's certificate. (Applause.) doubtful, though the author has so crowded a number of 'if the lady were there, and how she had succeeded ? community; we had to contend aga i ns t th e d ea d en i ng i n- it was ca ll e d by th e F renc h , as i t was a day in which Eng. The various other boys who bad obtained prizes were steamers round it, that th e p uzz l e i s h ow th ey are to get was announced that the card was entirely filled, wbi ‘ ch fluence which, from the hi g h es t pl aces i n th e l an d , repre- l an d an d F rance j o i ne d together to glorify God. He then called up, addressed by the Rev. Principal, and pre- out. announcement was followed by ch e e rs. ) H e was g l a d of sented all the varieties of P ro t es t an ti sm an d H uman i sm wou ld ca ll it L a B e ll e Alli ance. ( Loud cheers.) sented with the prizes which had been awarded to them, No. 267.—Three stages projecting from the top of the that, and now he would spend another pound. He would as equally Christianity —equally g ood t o serve a p ur p ose , The CHAIRMAN here announced that the collection in addressing suitable remarks to each. The following is a sea-wall, and r a i se d or lowered . by . a 19ng_ floating vessel give half-a-crown a pi ece t o an y e i g h t I.(lip. wh,- , - • bi for the purpose of sal va ti on equa ll y goo d f or no t h i ng. th e mee ti ng amounte d t o t h e sum of £ 57 15s..—A state_ list of the nri7oc ..-- ,-..1,;.1.. T— (' r, hear.) Against this we had to co r nul to be obliged to contend against it, but it was neces Fitend, and it v went that el ,cited loud cheer paple, but Eat , le to the " ob- name cloy get it fills UPPER SCHOOL PRIZE The Rev. T. NOLAN recommended the Foreign Aid So especially at the present period, when the Hannibal ;sal was thundering at the citadel of our glori when even the mighty men of valor to ti a on our walls instead of maintaining silence were the] g parley, and making terms for the surrender, ,e we:v ~,,evinced, with the Bible before ua, that eventually of our citadel to the powers of Rome. ,nism is not only not. Christianity, but that it saps looked to the Foreign Aid Society as a second Scipio be very vitals of Christianity, and that it is destructive bearing the war into the enemy's camp and country, and Class Prize, Ist Clas ' - souls of men. (Hear.) The ministers of the he trusted in the go o d ness o f G o d f or t h e i ssue. Ascr ibi ng Work of the half yea - - , 4 1,,r .1,..i.- __ ,• • the glory to him, he commended the society to the pray- 2nd Class—Mallaby- - era of the meeting, and concluded by seconding the reso- and Seddon) 3rd Class-Ist, Moore; 2nd, Redish (certificate. Webster and Park) 4th Class-Ist, Harrat ; 2nd, Royds—Work of t (certificates, Wm. Jones, Burton, jun.. H. ALA Class—S. Booker—Work of the half year-7- ''Rwkins—Work of the half year— ((se M'NzzLi UNtN; Fidelity to ou aster required it; love to the reli established by his death and resurrectiot for it ; true charity to our brethren called for it e soul had been truly called the soul of cha :harity ; therefore we had reason to contend in this caus 3ecause we:were rim -4- A. S. Far structive" No. 195 take coil ragement to them 3 I of Rom senior Divinity Medal. leading to it grr.n h side ous constitution, plant( holdir Tical Medal—A. W lson—G I at low Lark, and havi several incli Junior Hi Cordeaux—Life of the Gracehi, M i e I rius and Sylla, Geography of British India Senior Mathematical Medal—J. G. Redish—Alge extent to yes Is freq—uentic icks, as well as to the tidal current along the quays. No. 65.—A floating barge fixed at low water, to keep it in its place, and a floating bridge to reach it A permanent obstri No. 2 Wilson. transfe to T. Hodgs f the church were be .e, E. S •.../ TT. OA./ hew the peculiar and distinguishing features of the Ro iish system were, as touching God, " blasphemous 'mss," and as " touching man, dangerous deceits." ' These words were well chosen. One clause ♦n the majesty of the revealer of truth ; the t -- the truth was revealed 1 if we 1001 , augerous act sif v Work of the half year :certificate ; :A projecting dod —Work of the half y The resolution having been put and carried, The CHAIRMAN stated that the business of t; -A projection or jetty on piles, with two lo nes leading to it. Neatly e meeting other to the people t (Hear.) They werr was closed blessing upon th _ at twenty minutes t He then pronounced a most impressive people, and the proceedings terminated eleven o'cl,ick. - : acting projecting st ontsphem .ratory Class—Ed. Jcinei—Work Oiiii;l gainst which Christian in lusters were called to contend if not against " bla and " dangerous deceits ?" Was the called aything they I THE CORPORATION SCHOOLS.—On Wednesday last " • •° yearly examination of the pupils attendir North BIT] the I Divinity Prize for J un i or ( Wrigley —English Mission, Mathematical. Prize for Jun s—Given t ,terl plan of piling n to expose if it were not A wood-work pols took place before Alderman Moly - Dover, se- ,ends of art of those ho administered such fables and ity of Christian men, by all the became tt 11 the love they had t nd all the anxiety they ha Y and O. The children A. Wilson to the infant school, Two Prizes for F 'sly examined) amounted to 550. Moore; sth C►a A. Prize for Penmanship- be highly satisfactory. The various prizes we tributed by Mr. Alderman Molyneux (exclusive of about 300 belong ho bad been prey vilization of Cheers PAVING AND SEWERAC usual meeting of this body way Tinne rend a note from Dr. Duncan relative to what Mr. e surveyor, Lad reported him (the Dr.) Parliamentary committee as to the —The Mr. Cunningham, ti M'NEILE SCHOLARSHIPS lIDDf.E SCF!OOI, PRIZES. G. Wilks SPECIAL P state of the str Liverpo meaai—u. Danis—Blunt ificate, C. E. Shackleton s compare( Dr. Duncan _, i to Upper School—W. G. Wilks—The work and all the examinations the surveyor srepresentec Whathe had stated 1 Medal—C. Birch of English Literature British Indi some in Junior Historical and -6 iphical Prize — Geography of E. Batte lanation, it Lard to Dr Mr. Tin Ist Mathematical and Arithmetical M —Histor f, Irelan tat h state - I n E—Mathe )wever, a was, that, in spea St. Helen's near!, verpool Mr. Ctinninghat lent, which d tion w of refer to streets at I, but was in Pedal—W. Peers. W. A. Jones. ice, G. E.J.!e J. Healey -(I) Ditto--S. D. Walker tes, F. Sears. N. Tims {z) Ditto-C Schofield —(2) Ditt Plumpton, W. Preßei A. Kent sh Prize—W. A. Jones 'rize—W. B. Jon year . S. Leget ehaviuur LOWER SCHOOL PRIZES st M'Neile Scholarship—Walter Caudlin It. Adams Batley CLASS P and Davie —Certificat C. Chamberlaiu —Greatest proficiency in pen classes Ditto—Trotter.—Certi Ditto—W. Wall General progress, ind Hacket t.—( Certificate, 1 Certificate, —Certificate, 2nd Ditto-0. Owen—N third and fourth classe 3rd Ditto— W. P. Davis— reterence to the question of drainage. Mr. Tinne the Board ought to be cautious how they received state- class. merits without sufficient grounds.—Mr. Gladstone again Ith D tto referred to the blasting at the new works at Kensington. of which he had given notice at a previous meeting, ar read a letter from Mr. J. Cunningham, architect, a dent in the neighbourhood, which, after thankin' and lower ,th Ditto—A n to show that the - work mid 4ed, without the hammer wedge, & m one of the contractor, advanced N. Norris. t FrenvhMedal— second clan-es 2nd Ditto—C. 1r c asfie 3rd Ditt, —G. Wl,lde Ist Drawing Med 2nd Ditto- classes G. P. Fisher— manship in the first ana an 2nd Ditt, R. Parratt the ui sth Ditt r seventh and lower seventh W. Ade( Greatest ton.—Certificates, .d Class—(l) Ditto Certificates ,th Class—(l Certificates dshatn—Greatest proficiency in penmanship fourth classes lency in pesmansh in pen: ency in penmai es, J. Arthur, J, th Gass• ates, P. Arthur, Jam Mr. Hume's Prize for Mae Mr. Howson) Sinßir The gallant offi ine trut for the progress of true libert ciety, to oppose such a systea dory of our church that she' opposed ad now become the reproach of a few of ons that they were to Ron sm sti eproac ve that 3 who were incur proach at this time for their adherence to the truth deformation and opposition to the dilut were taking ti: of the itetormation, and of antagonism to Roman-ism were the only genui atives of thegospel left upon. ,e face of the earth. adhe thin These were the reasons then ight a case had been fully e operations going on abroad ling those operations incipient as sirnply in the for or pecuniary aid the arrangement: sk of getting int in every point of n peopl rselves into associations in aid of this great (Cheer ned the following resolutio , ana, 1 ng to tE apathy a nity of con- r . otherly love, and trusts that the fraternal Listed b reign Reformed Churches. m y renewed, with a view to promote the religiou; of the Reformation on the uropean Conti Rev. RICHARD BURGESS; Rector of Upper Chel a, was received ter expressing the regret he f ieur Mer'eD'Aubigne, he eaid he rejoiced [ety before work c society had rec 3fluential in furthering objects which had been by the chairman.—(Cheers.) It was A ma istance in which the will of God had been ifested—that he had chosen the weak things ice to of this world to confound the wis France. (Hea compressed intc —Christian sympathy—the religion of Rome, he religion of the Bible. But before he could secure sympathy of Christians here for France he must take ri to the history of that country, which, to his mind, was most , interesting of the whole of God's church. There The whole subject v h pers )me to more tantism n as the French Protestant 'ould not From the period of ti antes in 1685, when so many nd during the war from 1781 to s maiutained by a few mountaineers )try, and they continued to mair ion of Lou persecu Ibled tc Tile per le with a 1 that the i'ose churches The ri ;t he held in his band a had to endur in 1716 the terwards the rev olut 325 ; ii, 1840 a them to eoE .ne number w nished tt y, because the Protc mere el to X 2( that cc t that, with t n thirty- me offence; in other in which prsecul only si xecuted that nut y wera nut less He had men- listory mitt ird " to the ', bear d to collect not Loud cheers id of the Bib; 1 to 1754 prison :for left, of whom four v nce could 1,000,000 copies of the he Roman Catholics of reign of Na' latter re the Jesuits oceeded to notice the n, Louis r out-door departs Mann seconded the motion was ct Messr: arried by a majority of one. Against the ti .s.. Tobin, Smith, Mann. Evans, Aikin, Shand. Fo, :VIII f Frar in political )r they were approve, but, cons the will of God fri pon the circumstance of the funds and going g increased from £B4 6s. 9d. last year to £l3O in the whether th sent year; and he stated that the parent institution providence lairman read a letter ated that the wort might be to a certain extent )7 the inhabitants. Mr. Glad- that the blasting process modified, so as not to anni was so making any motion on the subject, as it cw.ci iuc pruerbs ot wonting wittiout fering with the contracts, and requested that the in ' given, as to the comfort of the in -I.—Two resolutions relative iter passed at a meeting Association, and which columns, were forwarded They were referred bankers for the y other person. M England would receiv stone d, habitants, might I to the supply mittee of O. t Towns will be found in our advertisine for the ation of the boar parish on the same terms as anl Ferguson said the Branch Bank of f adding ( lotion removing the F 'the width of the buildi to the practice of compelling pup,. house to take their children with them that the children mittee proceedings contained a 'te of the intended infirmary g eastward, in order t s leaving the work- It was resolved iin, if, upo f the da Inquiry by the relieving should think it a case in which such privilege should allowed.--A discussion took place as to the age above which children should not be admitted to the Industrial Schools. The subject was referred for the consideration of the Workhouse and Industrial Schools Committee, — in the meantime, no children are to be sent to the schools above twelve years of age. In reply to a question from Mr. Whitby, it was stated by the Rev. Rector Brooke, that the same privileges as to the religious education of the children would be allowed as at the Workhouse.— The Chairman read a letter from Mr. James Johnson, but I dissenting from the record made as to his rp.i.nntin., ,se officers, the quorums to the Industrial Schools, and sta- ting that it was only mad, added, that if the board ad d to the record of resigna '-,..nt. A long tion he respectfully solicited the r and very des seconded by Mr. Johnson nnoy, seconded by Mr. Thornely, proposed, as an amendment, that Mr. Edward Parker be appointed. A question then -- 's to whether there a rEte- tieing of opinion ....ncy or not, the Vestry-Clerk there was none, the resignation not having been confirmed by the Poor Law Commission... Vrt, • nt to be subjet or Law Corr elected bN adopted by the n the consider ie Shipowners' Assoc I read a long letter from denying the state .oceeded wit of course, to tl On a division, Mr. Park to twelve. A le approi jority of tiftee Poor: Law ( romissioners proposed Board. 537 the Financ Coui~nitt DOCK COMMITTEE, THURSDA tion froir tion being resumed, Al Mr. John North, the by Mr. Evans at the 1 tionabl , from ti what was °Wee . in the first co mm unication, had proceeded not ociety, but f there I of the E d in ten was at the meeti the author. Ht which were yet, after 1, they were not expungf eration, Mr. F the'r cons and commit to mei England, and to f uory the articl the memorial was . alto, being already under the conside- Scriptural proofs for tl Mr. Aikin proposed that each The Principal afterw to the respective commit- who had received prize to receive them, and. i :tr. Evans said The "Jubilate" was then sung, after which the Rev Usti language. H. MiNeile delivered a short address to Wilkes. Hall Candiin, and Adams, who had obtained the .111 4 Neit ..‹aid it from - one woo scholarships. He exhorted tbPrn to persev•--- - as suspected to have been dustry, and to do thi s no t met passages in the document . or the fear of man, but from the h, sive were not to appear, b ut ence to the will of G o d an d t o avo i d. After some fur- pressed on them and their fellow pt , .ans added that the whole of titer unnecessary—the whole o' ely from a sense of shag ;her motive of obed guilt. He also in fy their mind, s to study diligently of the Chinch of s by searching for i over the names t who had not been presented og so, stated that it afforded )1e to say that ther the Queen" was then sur oved a vote of thanks to the carried by acclamation, after ,which the subjects or nearly s ration of t tees, in order that they tr Horsfall said that ht receive able, and was the only propereourse said, that the first s superintendent, appointment of the officers was rath Mr. H the province of parties out of doors. ~(sfall did not see the proT. chairman, which priety of such an appointment, but proposed that it be re- the company ferred to the harbour masters' sub-committee, to inquire ,eparated :o be derive )y the ap itional officer, as superintendent of the tof the working of the docks. Mr. On a division, the motion as perfectly unobjectinn_ him very great gratificai !. The Chairman then was a very great improv 't was the appointment of a chief past half year. (" Goy' Aikin said, the surop.f:-- - by the pupils and our The Rev. H WNEILE MODELS FOR LANDING-SLIPS We have as yet been enabled to obtain only a cursory ,on, I glance at the numerous plans and models for the proposed landing-stages at Georee's Second Dirt Senior Divinity Prize—J. R. Adams Nomination to the Middle School—Thomas At Historical Prize d Ditto—W. C. I Walter C.udl First Arithmetical Meth Second Ditto—A. Pima First Penmanst Second Ditt •John Hallam Thomas W ) Ist Molyneux 2nd Ditto—R. Williams 2nd Class—(]) J. E. Fisher— P. Radclif Si d Class—C ) Thomas Parr Hams h Class, I) R. Leah—(2) I) Thos. Formb h Baker is—James Dunn EVENING SCHOOL PRIZES History and Geography—Fannin "-" —Riley J. NV. B Penmanship- John Dow-son digent that their wealth _proo to the pupils of , 7264,1 atr Tha is of which, and th e ac ti on -o f p i stons i n cy li n d ers was to make her in practice what she was 1, within it below, the outer e n d uf. - the stage is self-raised, He dwelt on the s cr ipt ura l pur i ty an d excell I s fine and on the hydraulic principle, by pip es f rom t h e h ea d o f b oo k o f prayer, i ts l i turgy, lessons, epistles, p --ter in George's Dock. The water in the pipes operates which were a faithful summary of all inlnnrtar he cylind w I truths, for th Cheshire side, and giving large accommoda, era all round it. The stage forms a handsom, bridge, resembling in form one-half of one of our doc gate bridges. Other means are also shown of workin this st- of deco Prayer Book was reflected in ev perforated I Bibl , which o . e, and the top o f th e outer p il e - v rative design, and surmounted by !aeons. here and Cher at a The drawir are large, and beautiful) the rooms. :olourid—tbe best N0..2i. - -A tensi bridge hinged on :er end resting on -a ationary bo watait and care e or nearly ting for 1 emanate from our c of the traditions of in fact, a handmaid to the poor de- F'aSE-• 1 .- , 'flooded their especial sympathy, and if they to church, they would conduce to their happiL reafter. By the rich and poor meeting t" of worship, both were bench. - 'I.-awn closer together , and the y mutual e resolution, which resolutio No. _ll6.—Projecting ith the tide A compl —A projecting and permanent sta thin piles, which form a breakwater Proved of t t is by Mr with parallel boats of ,s sink to the Ivo 1, and there are co. 288 St. Helena nautical gentleman of this to No. 179.—Floating stage. and pillars to guid the river bed when Is one of floating "lar g o 0, this is connected with the pier by two b, • --I ~r ineinle of th combiied tension invention, each 150 feet in length The inner extremity of e lon a carriage on fitted to a inclined of a floa ,ch is drawn up and r :hes to the sea .It, and fins: side of it from about half-tide r descending, v makes the bri ,n the float or return, water mark iver st river perfectly unob next week notice a va o the Dock Committee relativ give sufficient wat t all tic of the ti The two prize designs were not in the rc time of our visit, but they may now 1 iee4 the The barge can receive alongside. six ordinary deepen NEW CHURCH IN ST. SIMON'S DISTRICT. an adjourned meeting of the friends odation fo it.nts of the Poo The us neighbourhood of St. Simon's st and .ful and appiopriate pr The CHAIRMAN said that, ment of a former one on the ) promote a most important des s of grace to the poor cob town, without which evils which th He trusted ti of the o lament ould arise from their pr at efforts and tl ample would be taken up in other districts similarly situated ; for the town would not, he thought, be ade quately supplied with pastoral instruction until they hid twenty or thirty more churches. (Hear, hear.) He requested Mr. Connor to state the progress that had been made since the last meetinrr. which he believed was ch as it would be gratifyi „, The Rev. J. R. CONNOR expr _ to learn his grateful the committee the most substantial assistance. them had promised to appeal to their congrega :half of S Simon's dis d another wonl but was prevented by en cality which it required all b aarrassments in his own xertions to overco firs was a rem and it had been well renvirked ti best means of promoting Pi testant p It was gr ying to add that, contrary to the appreh sions entertained by some, the higher dig diocese were all agreeable to the contemplated enlarg They had also received great encouragement fro the laity. A Inner Tempi t the contributors a barrister of the had sent them £lO, and a lady had pro- The subscriptions recorded up to that night amounted to £1,530; and if other names received were added, the whole might be stated at £1,600. His own congregation had contributed to this £450, which was extremely lib I mised £2O c poverty of the distr It was recnarkabl too, that •al Roman est object in view its, but hoped e over He was — anxious' to obtain the yard and school-house opposite the church, for which an annual rent of £3O a•as required ; but he feared that unless parties came liberally forward he would have to relinquish this, and also discharge his Scripture reader and cicise his school. The Rev. JOHN JONES proposed the first resolution, . . to the effect that the extension . of St. Simon's Church was highly desirable for the accommodation of the poor in that p 6 aulous c He_ eloquently al churches only to th productive be erected, but to th parts, , hear.) Many of side, and by the men on ti le was the s it waved its bran over the whole natior while they condemned Roman. ociniansm come to me away who courted her precinct ;vas, in the first where additional Ives. It was f which - he was glad 3 a larg with a portion Almi such a s ,lity God, ht those whc le es tan I them were beset by I 'ions of thos The I and Articles place, in a very populous nE accommodation was much extension was proposed for unlike the rich, could not p tion of , met t to wors ) respecter of persons with the moved the 7Wlefl ;tive exertions upon his congregation at pre ject in view, inasm - uct e means be could' for thr ith I which it was hoped would ese Sion of the church under of uncertai lg the sum stated, and setting fort r was it modified d saving word of ev. HUGH WNEILE s t bmd been of St. Simon's hid done their be, ad their respected ministe Ireadr been r well if each gentlemar year by railway c donor to t the arnot Eloped th a had not yet done th t would at the c mount of £5O, the gentlemen of the The drawling' I they - 0,14 did as mu d I ter. her ca required for ti !porters presen •cli, bia not only build a He adverted to the s!lyreqtiested him to‘put Then si was sure she would He said he had one of his own, and that if money down ever, for his name, and He asked merely as a beginning and encou. Cheers and laughter.) There was_ rious matter for )g. Mr. Connor properly conside church the principal object; for t tion of St. Simon's were collecting, and if they failed the result would be the breaking up of the who' cal machinery connected with the Church. .s ne rev. gen concluded with one of his eloquent appeals to the y of generous merchants of Liverpool otion as put and carr' [e ecclesiasti- rality of t Mr. CoNNoR exi tude to the chairman for the warm interest he ha the cause upon a they had met _ Mr. HOWARD moved a vot man, which was carried by acclamation :e of thanks to that gentle. ,d feelingly Mr. CoNNon. announced that a tea party would shortly by them A dozo' 10, , and the me HES TO GEC ..........,.ag......... EDITOR OF THI —A. great deal 1: Dock Committee do as they will to attain this desirabl ;ct, the public will not be fully ac approaches to that central t s under r r, and th itnodated until 111/11.11 Clia 0 line being cli too without ails ; so that daily disap- er vehicles, of the deby. The public Baths on r, too, are another hindrance, as they s f the pier, aro ',lnca', boats. un LI they cult rm. them, °ached in front of that stupid either round le end or t same time, they afford no accom s, or expec their fri arises, can these evi And I I both can and of rious modes by which the but one plan I consider of ble ; and I venture to sug e no k b several intelligent file' inion. There are, doubt ject might be nd obvi Ist, Let the Baths, Lstruction of a .special est it under sevt .tainable while a whole extent for carr on in o eschev Dock I i Dock tpresent tins w partici; ch occupy ye a clear s .ge basin for the t Dock, wh snick-street, and let the space th scant ground on the west side be t le area of the I )n of Bruns s at do, as the Corporation hare xis Inn, at the top of ( Cages, as well as room, and in the most centr : be divided into Iwo Docks ss it from the be street, and thence, in as hed, up . to the Ne - w A ad that in the .r expen sold the q, the site k being in site corner :o is only ly, true, and the !e of tt ye had to purchase, or re-pur want of foresight in our worth: I trust, irremed!able base, valuable, anc ow, for public improvements I, at the -and, I they desire to gratify their c yen new r e time, to afford increased add, increased salubrity— ;e some sacrifice out of the public fun traffic ly becoming almost d y property, in the lower r 1, as both sides would be cornmoda to the town, they must is, between he value of ble for splendid ay the general ward, do eating wi It may 48 Wit l• ot ld 1 ranee again out of th orcheers.) Fr ance sits, as it were, loose 4 k t , the Papacy is broken, but the golden bon 4ett the country to Jesus CI there. Ale hrist has not vet country s in a transition scat, the institutior rithn;gion really exerci s i ng it s power f or F ran Pr „ s t he superstition of Ro me exerc i s i ng i ts 11144ce• France then c l a i ms y our sympat h y, your and let us all agree to co-operate in this work : et in k ' i tions be fo rme d : l et eac h one present the sub ;v4„.."ttt appears the . most . attractive and most forci- Ctritrioic'e", `. O our respective friends. e, an association b e d with the established church present it to you. 14e4tera e to hear that our christian brethren among th e are going to have an association, and to press een 1 6 norsfall, three hundred competitors for the two prizes (of £2OO Mann, Chilton, Royden. The next point for and £100) offered by the Dock Committee, which were the consideration of the committee, was the revision of the opened but yesterday for public inspection at the Custom dock rates, and this subject, it was stated, Mr. Nicol was house. Amidst such a multiplicity of plans, we could pledged to take up. The suggestion as to the central gra y- not f orm any dec i s i ve op i n i on on the comparative merits ing docks was referred to the Board of Works. The sug- of more than a few of them that immediately struck our gestion as to the appropriating the west side of the Prince's attention. The truth is, it would require a full week of ..oeu country like England, to put forth the Dock only for ships from certaio places was considered not study, even in men combining mechanical and nautical -.Jen side of the system, and the consequence was, the of sufficient importance to refer to any committee. An experience, and a knowledge of our river, to do justice to intellieent*ortion o f th e peo pl e were disgusted, and Ro- application was read from the Chairman of the Finance these various and multitudinous man Catholic prie s t s were now a t a discount. (Cheers.) Committee, requesting to be provided with a plan of the no means wonder that the mer lie then proceeded to state what was now the staff of works intended to be erected on the site of the slate-yard, mittee were puzzled to which Rome in France. Th ere were 3301 curds, or town minis • Prince's Dock, the Dock Committee having applied to prizes. Certain it ters, 28,501 of the r ura l c l erg y, an d 6486 vicars, making purchase that land. Referred to the Sub-Committee of a visit. a total of 38,289 priests. This was a formidable army for Works.--A letter from the consignees of Dundee traders We shall confine ourselves at present chiefly to a few them to combat, but greater was He who was for them was referred to the harbour masters' sub-committee, and of the drawings, many of which are executed with great than he who was against the m . Then there were 18,524 a letter from John Bibby and Sons as to the transit sheds, accuracy and taste. in the French Maynooths—(hear, hear)—under the go- was referred to the Warehouse Committee. No. 106 is a stage of cast-iron rails, turning on art axis . When, boy Louis Phillippe car to the throne t the part of t the tnol Middlet lenderson, a disposition on to retur to some kind of 1 ,s were not stow to lay of this feeling, buCti reductions; and we by I , ra rif vo aspirants to award the s that the exhibition is well worthy of ‘7- bvau, 1116111 to St. John's Church, where even the poor were neat and clean in their attire and respectful in their demeanour, for de :them so lis was what the and he sa religion m - now sought to establish in another district no room for discouragement, for they had but to perse, vere. One advice be would, however, venture to give, and that was, not to lay one stone of the building until the money required was got. (Hear, hear.) He should preach on behalf of the object in his own church. He was glad to learn that some Homan Catholics had sub scribed, as it indicated a favourable change in their senti- s. or an acknowledgment, sity of carrying out the object in /net t least, that the He proposed the resolution The Rev, THOMAS NOLAN, in seconding the motion, made a strong appeal in behalf of the poor, whom it was the duty of the rich, especially in a thriving commercial town like this, to; support; for it was from the labour of THE visitors point out, on another occasion, the most judicious line for this i IUBARD GALLERY continues to attract numerous lore _friends the artist cuts, the more he ms to he admire PAPIER MACHI —lts lightness, sharpness of outline, Lance, render it at all events, of in substitute for plaster and wood. ion of subst calculable carving, or rather as a vast improvement on either. Of course Papier Mache is no novel product; but in the hands of Mr. Bielefeld, of Wellington-street, its applica tion is decidedly new nevertheless. He has given to it qualities which fit it for works upon the grandest scale, as well as for the most minute—from the enriched groinings and screen-work of a cathedral, to the curvilinear or scroll-border of a frame.—Polytechnic Journal.