The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser. — Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1847-03-23 00:00:00

LAW INTELLIGENCE, VENT DEBTORS sat in th the cases. COURT.—On Tuesday Sessions-house for the purpos Elie following is a list of the a d'ischarged on the ed to next circuit. ridd Pratt has given, as follows, under thi &et, the m ber ca ady poss, II no al a, labourers, Li to a return of his ;al interest." in the New County cers, and professional s per mile one way, 6d. By Courts Act (9 and 10 _ person on whom any a witness shall have been served, Lich other manner as shall be ales or practice of the courts, >ayment or a tender of payment o been made on such scale of n time to time settled by the court, and who general practice of t Lent cause, to appear In - ; books, papers, or writings required by summons to be produced, and also every person it in court who shall refuse to give evidence, shall piodaa ,nd pay such fine as the judges and the whole or any part of such fine, in the discretion of the judge, after deducting the costs, shall be applicable towards indemnifying the party injured by such refusal or ect; and the remainder thereof shall form part of the :rat fund of the court in which the fine was imposed COURT AND FASHION. By the Queen's express( We can sta imand, her residence in the 3rne House, is henc. irton Manor Farm is in upon nearly the highest possible autho _ . most exalted quarter has _ .e and titled brides, who r to consent to clandestine unions, that ser Majesty's Drawing-rooms will been conveyed to certain nobl, their attendance not, for the present, be expected.—Court Journal Lord De Tabley, after a brief visit to his estate in Che shire, left Mivart's Hotel, on Thursday, for Heidelberg, to accompany Lady De Tabley and family home. SECOND EDITION. Standard-office, Two o'clock LIVERPOOL ORN MARKET. THIS DAY There was a moderate attendance at this morning's arket, and a fair amount of business done, at a decilne 3d. per bushel on all kinds of Wheat. Flour sold at a reduction of from ls. to Is. 6d. per and barrel. rley and Malt dull, and from ls. to 2s. per quarter • Grinding Barley 3d. per bushel cheaper. Beans ls. to 2s. lower Oats id. dim] in all the abo in Indian Corn, at a:decline on the week p., p : CA tion which was now before them, and also to support its prayer. This he had great pleasure in doing. He would state, that formerly he held 25 shares in this company, but he had paid them off and disposed of them. From that time to the present he had had nothing more to do with the ql He believed that thr public had I. Gas Comna •es Of the company the Guardian iti on a former behind the scenes. new that the bill of use of the Also £lOO,OOO. PItIVATE BILLS.--It appears by a list published on Tuesday of the private bills introduced into the House of Commons this session, that they amount to not less. than 461, the great majority of which have been read a second time. Of this mass of private legislation, the large pro portion of 333 bills are for the formation of railways ; but of these, most are merely for the extension and deviation of existing lines, very few new lines of railway having been projected. The port of London presents a picture at present, the equal of which has not been seen for many years. Not a vessel is to be found for love or money of sufficient ton nage to undertake a foreign voyage. Many cases occur where the freight given for a single trip is considerably more than the value of the vessel. We understand that there is a strong probability that some of the foreign coal depots will be run short of supplies in consequence of the difficulty of procuring vessels for any place for which there are no direct return cargoes. THE GENET F _ AsT.—To-morrow, the 24th instant, ming the day appointed for a general fast, by an order in Council, all the Government offices, the Excise, Customs, Stamp office, and Treasury, &c., the Bank of England, Stock Exchange, East India and South Sea. Houses, the St. Katherine, London, West and East India Docks, will be closed to business. The Post-office will open as usual, except the Money-order offices. Bills and orders be coming due on that day will be payable on the Tuesday. The' theatres, British Museum, National Gallery, &c., will remain closed. CEgSATION OF FOOD DISTURBANCES.—WICK, 12TElk MARCH. — It gives us the sincerest pleasure in having to state that shipment of grain has been prosecuted here this week without the slighest interruption, and that there is not the least appearance of any further exhibition of popular feeling against its exportation. Of the wounded parties, the girl has almost recovered, but the man has been, and still is, a great sufferer. All is quiet at Thurso once more. On Wednesday, a boat's cargo of meal was sent off to the Highlands, but no feeling of opposition was manifested.—Caledonian Mercury. At an extraordinary meeting of the Oxford Union So ciety, held on Saturday week, it was proposed to suspend for the occasion one of the rules, which provided against any part of the funds of the society being applied to any charitable purpose, and to vote £2OO to the relief of the distressed Irish and Scotch. After more than two hours' discussion on the justice and legality of the measure, an amendment was carried to the effect that a private sub scription be opened amongst the members of the society, but that no money be given out of the public funds. The numbers that voted on the question were DECISION OF THE WESLEYANS AGAINST THE GOVERN MENT SCHEME.—We have the greatest pleasure in being the first to communicate, which we do on the best authority, the gratifying intelligence that, after long deliberation and full discussion, the United . Wesleyan Committees of Education and of Privileges have resolved upon a decided opposition to the government scheme. Resolutions to that effect will be published as sdbn as they have received the requisite sanction. This deter mination is highly honourable to their integrity and con- sistency, and decides the balance of public Opinion against the measure.—Patriot, of Thursday. EXECUTION OF THE TWO NORTHUMBERLAND. MUR , . DERERS.—James Welch and George Matthews (both Irishmen) on Wednesday morning underwent the sentence of the law at the county goal at Morpeth. The conduct of Welch after sentence was that of the most hardened and impertinent culprit. Matthews, on the contrary, ap peared duly impressed with the atrocity of his crime, and was very attentive to the exhortations of the Catholic clergymen, the Rev. G. A. Lowe. Welch, when on the scaffold, appeared more affected than his previous behavi- His fellow criminal, Matthews, was in'his 2t th year " PICTURES OF THE PEOPLE, FROM THE PRINCE TO THE PEASANT."—This is the title of a new work, which our readers will observe advertised in another column. It is calculated to afford much instruction to the young on the subject of their native country. The work can be neither called history or biography, and yet it partake: of both. Tt aims at that which has not been done before, viz. to represent uy coioureu plates the various classes that form the great political body of Great Britain and Ireland, with a description of their various duties and uses to each other. The part now published contains the re presentation of her Majesty in her parliamentary robes, with other plates of her officers of state, &c., coloured. We recommend it to all who desire to know something of their Queen and country. MRS. BUTLER'S RETURN TO THE STAGE.—The Lady's Newspaper says, " Much speculation is abroad as to the reason why Mrs. Butler, after a lapse of eighteen years, should resume her former profession. We are enabled, through the medium of a party mnvinm in the nnner •-•• • j La../.a//ii Jal wac IIfJpGI cu cles of society, to state, that, in consequence of a differ ence between Mrs. Butler and her husband, a separation ensued, - the latter making an allowance of 2,000 dollars itenance. We may briefly state that whatever on the part of the lady. who THIRD EDITION. THE GUARDIAN GAS BILL , OF THE COUNCIL. held in he Towr consideration stated that they wer Bills for a supply of ( the Borough of verpoc uliket he would read a lett( Guardian Gas Company I from MEETING 1, for the purpose of taking into of the two gas bills now before the borough of Liverpool. )R took the Chair, let to take into considera- which he had re- And even i very much benefitted 1 (Hear, hear.) H occasion, that h. w He was that company was thrown out 1.), which was amalgama lade between the two existing companies tc , and to give the public the benefit of the ian Gas C with havir That, he Mr. Rathbor fdr the thought, was an impo rdian Gas Company never ha 4 nart of the agreement. It wa been a . par impossible that there could be any violation of a barga which never had an liter these =cum se de guerre on the felt that it v part of the companies to make such a st which the Council should not subm bambooil I the ( uardian Com: pany, they should not attempt to bamboozle the Council. There were . many of the gentlemen present, who, like himself, had the honour of being Magistrates, whose duty it was to enforce the payment of the taxes of the Borough. ,uld like any member in the council gas companies to stand up, in ther in reality they The gentlemen so circumstanced then stood up, when there appeared to be many more than the requisite num ber for a Council, independent of them. Mr. HIGGINS would then move his amendment, and he did so on the grounds that to suppoit the present companies, at the expense of the public, was to support and perpetuate, with the public money, a monopoly which was injurious to the public ; and which had been allowed to exist too long in this town. He did not mean to say that the gentlemen who were proprietors in these companies would do anything that was not strictly within the terms of their agreement with the public, ,nd, therefore, strictly right ; but still he looked upon the matter as one of human nature ;' for when men united for their own interest, their own interest they would support above all considerations for any person else. He thought they would be departing from the true performance of the duties which they owed to the public if they adopted the course recommended in the report. They had heard the expression that day, of the public mind on this sub ject, they had heard that mind through the sixteen memorials from the sixteen wards of the town ; and those memorials—all of them—prayed that the public might have the benefit of-cheap light, and that the present mo nopoly should be put an end to. If they attended premiums, has been expended. to and granted the prayer of those petitions, they would Mr. AIKIN said, that, if he understood the question not only effect a saving to the public, but they would in rightly, the proprietors would have the benefit of all the crease their surplus fund, which stood very much in need premiums on the new shares. of an augmentation. The only objection which had been The MAYOR.—No : only the half of it. made to the bill of the Guardian Company was on the Mr. AlKlN.—lndependent of contingencies, they would ground of its being calculated to break up and injure the I have an advantage on the second issue. And it is quite streets. That, 1 . had been answered by th _ _ He said they would not have the hearts of Christian men if they did not feel for the poor of Liverpool, who were already so severely taxed. He felt that they would not have the hearts of men if they did not do all in their power to lessen those taxes. Under the3e, circumstances he would do all in his power to support the Guardian Gas Company. The TOWN-CLERK then read the clauses in the Dale street Company's act, which empowered them to raise their capital. Mr. HODGSON wished to know the amount of capital to be raised by the Company, independent of all contin- That is for the Old clear that they Will have the full benefit of the first ioweve pang. They say that if the present company increase their works to meet the demands of the town, they must lay down new and larger mains than are at present in the streets ; and they contend, that if the Council gives that pri vilege to one company, they ought not to refuse it Mr. H. HORNBY stated, that raising the first £50,000 would not benefit the present proprietors in the least, as all the benefits arising from it would go to the public. Indeed he might consider the public as part proprietors themselves. At least they were very much interested in the welfare of the company, for when the profits of the company rose above 10 per cent., then they received the benefit in the reduction in price of gas. It appeared to him that the recommendation of the committee was ex tremely sound and proper, and he thought it was the duty of the Council to support them in their decision on the matter. to another, as in either case one laying down of mains must take place. And if the Council accepted the propo sition of the Guardian Gas Bill, it would have the power and the privilege of selecting the most fitting occasions for disturbing the streets. On these grounds he moved his amendment, and he was prepared to oppose the adoption of the report. Some conversation again took place as to whether there was a Council present. - It was suggested by Mr. HODGSON that those who were precluded from taking a part in the business should sit at the one side of the Council-chamber. Mr. COOPER thought that he had every right, as a member of that Council, to remain in his place, and listen to a great deal of nonsense, if it pleased him to do so. (Laughter.) Mr. HIGGINS only hoped that he (Mr. Cooper) would utter no more nonsense. (Laughter.) He trusted the Council would consider the welfare of the town, and the interests of the inhabitants generally, and, seeing that two companies could not supply the town with gas—that they would support the Guardian Gas Company, and thereby demonstrate to their constituants that their in- TOWN-CLERK.-But there are some differences between the CoMpany and the Council which may alter the pre sent arrangemerkt. The Committee say that the whole of the shares of the Company should be sold by auction ; to that proposition the Company do not seem inclined to agree. - The MAYOR.-But in that part of the proceedings the New Company have no interest. The TOWN-cLEaK then read a number of clauses of the form of agreement which had been laid by the com mittee before both the companies, and also the proprietors, put in by both, where they happened to disagree with the terms proposed by the committee. _ PARKI )ntended that, in the event of this agree mein oeing auopzea oy tae propri • - liminary step, as the committee had not, in his opinion, the power to come to any final decision on the subject. my be done by the Council. terests were paramount with them. Mr. ROYDEN felt the utmost gratification in seconding the amendment of his friend Mr. Higgins. could c The ToWN-cLEnic then read the report of the Lighting and Health Committee, which recommended the two existing companies to amalgamate, and, in the event of their doing so, it recommended the Council to support them in getting a bill through parliament, to enable them to supply the wants of the town with efficiency ; and also, in the event of their doing so, it recommended the Coun cil to oppose the bill of the Guardian Gas Company. And also the following letter from the Guardian Gas Company : Guardian Gas Office, Liverpool, After a few words froth Alderman i3USHBY Mr. BENNETT, as a member of the committee, begged leave to make a few observations regarding the circum stances which induced the committee to come to the conclusions which they had arrived at, as contained in the report just read by the Town-clerk. At an interview which they had at first with the Guardian Gas Company, he thought that the committee were rather dissatisfied with the report of their engineer, Mr. Cox ; and it was owing to '• `‘f t' ' - ;mat which ie unsatisfactory state of -tie esti, .sees resented, and also because they did not believe i TO THE WORSHIPFUL TH MAYOR OF LIVERPOOL the proposed price, which in a great Measure induced Guardian Gas Company to make the folloWing communication to you, and, on their behalf, respectfully to request that you wilt be pleased to make its contents known to the Council of the Borough, at the meeting convened for Tuesday, the 23d instant, which it is understood is called for the purpose of de them to come to their present determination. (near.) They were also influenced a good deal by the report of the local surveyors who had been sent down from the Woods and Forests to report upon the subject. That report was most unfavourable for the Guardian Company ; and in termining as to the course the Corporation should Pursue with respect to the Guardian Gas Company's Bill, now before Par liament. _ . order that the Council might understand the nature of that report, he would request the Town-clerk to read some portion of it. mittee of the Couneil,consistitig of four gentlemen, were j!p. The TOWN.CLERK then read several extracts from thi: and they are ft ter inforined, that t Giiardian Gas Company to succeed under any circum- light Company with the New Gas and Coke Company: Should this amalgamation be arranged, then the Corporation are re commended by the Sub-Committee to support the existing companies in haliament ; if otherwise, to support the Guardian Mr. BENNETT, in continuation, stated that Mr. Cox had left out in his estimates many items which should have been taken into account, when he proposed giving _ _ Gas - Company's Bill. _ 1 am directed to state, that in any understanding your Sub- Committee may have had with the existing companies, no con gas at 3s. Bd. per 1000 cubic feet. Mr. HIGGINS.—What amount per 1000 feet has he left out ? Guardian Gas Company, who consider themselves as repre senting a !argemajority of the gas consumers of Liverpool, your 6uti-Committee not having requested any interview or communication with them, after the explanation given of the objects of the said Company and the advantages to be derived by the community therefrom. _ _ _ Mr. BENNETT.- Mr. HIGGINS.- Mr. BENNETT.- Mr. HIGGINS.- —Fivepence halfpenny. —What dividend does he calculate for —Seven-and-a-half per cent. Mr. BENNETT Ten per cent The Guardian (ias Company conceive that they have now much stronger grounds to protest against such amalgamation than they had in 1845. _ _ _ Mr. PARKER rose with regret to oppose his colleague, Mr. Bennett.) Ile was glad that he had come out on his occasion. for he was certain that the town would find per thousand cubic feet, which reduction was forced upon the existing companies by the Committee of the House of Com mons. he (Mr. Parker) must say that he ivas but young in these matters—le had not had sufficient experience in making arrangements of this kind—(laughter)----and he believed that his good nature had in a great measure led him to support the committee with which he was connected be cause he was.connected with it. They had heard a great 2ndly,— The necessity for a further investment of Capital, which is proved by the . present application of the Liverpool Gas light Company to Parimment, for power to raise 290,000 ad- Lional 3rdly,--The increase in the po ulation of the borough, and the consequent increase in the consumption of gas, it having been proved by Mr King, the engineer to the Liverpool Gas light Company, before the Comm►ss►oners of Inquiry, that the consumption of gas would be doubled in 4i years, and trebled in 7 years from the present period. . . . . harulticif an individual company, the monopoly and - supply of as in a great ar The Guardian Gas Company have read the report of the Commissioners appointed to investigate the merits of the Guardian Gas, and Liverpool Gas-light Companies Bills; it is before Mr. Lowe only, Mr. Ellison, the other Commissioner being from illness unable to attend. . The Report appears to be of a decided party character, not withstanding the concluding recommendation to amalgamate the three companies at a 7lper cent. dividend. With respect _ . ~ " - *cts, and other as Company With reference to the alleged inconvenience to arise from the raising bf the streets by the Guardian Gas Company, I beg permission to draw attention Via passage in the report of the government commissioners, (2d paragraph, folio 17,) which shows that the streets must be raised to meet the increased , de mand for gas, and that the objection on that ground, it of any r.,1„;,h rrtnic , hp einlitttori thp inynnvonienre bPine gencies ? The TOWN-CLERK : £lOO,OOO, Company. Mr. HODGSON And how much did the Guardian Gas pose to raise ? Tile TOWN-CLERK Mr. Nicol. thought there was still a questioU before the chair, which he did not understand. What they de clared that they produced on the first shares, with all the there was no fault bears a character in the highest degree estimable. The party referred to confirms this by stating, that he never heard any one in Philadelphia who did not entirely exo nerate Mrs. Butler from all blame, as well as fully com miserate her lot." DIVISION ON TILE FACTORY • BILL -The following in the majority 0: -H. A. Aglionby your u hours clause Arundel and Surrey, Lord G. Bentiuek, J. Brotherton, W. S. Crawford, Sir H. Douglas, T. Duneoinbe, W. Entwisle, J. Fielding, Sir P. H. Fleetwood, T. Griins ditch, Lord It. Grosvenor, Earl Grosvenor, C. Hindley, J. Hornby, Hon. E.M. - L. Mostyn, D. O'Connell, jun., J. O'Connell, Viscount Sandon, Right Hon. H. L. Sheil, Sir G. Strickland, J. Tollemache, R. Walker. The fol- lowing members voted in the minority of 66 against the clause :—W. Aldan], J.Bowes, Dr. Bowring, John Bright, W. Brown, G. Duncan, W. T. Egerton, Sir P. Egerton, Hon. G. W. Fitzwilliam, T. M. Gibson, Sir G. Grey, J. Hume, G. C. Legh, Colonel Lindsey, T. B. Macauley, Viscount Morpeth, J. W. Patten, M. Philips, Lord John Russell, T. Thornely, Sir C. Wood. DEATH OF HERVEY LEACH. —The mortal career of this remarkable individual, who earned for himself con- his clever personification of the habits and eccentricities of the monkey race, under the assumed name 'of Signor Ilervio Navo, terminated, after a short illness, on Tuesday evening, at his residence, George-street, Shoreditch. A short time ago lie was exhibited at the Egyptian-hall, disguised as an extraordinary animal captured at the Cape, " supposed to be the link between the human race and the ourang outang," and called " What is it ?" The last place deceased performed at was the Standard Theatre, in December, where, notwithstanding the deception having been discovered and made public, he continued to represent - ~.... bon when taken ill. his 46th year. The last request of the deceased was, that his body should be presented to Mr. Liston, the eminent surgeon.—Globe. POPULATION AND POOR'S RATES.—A return showing the population, annual value of nronprtv ratted to the He was a native of Ameri ca , and—in .., . , , ~,,,, a . a a...a, ' ~.cs,,, ..... LUI G 1,11 - I,IIC Mile' 01 tine pour, ~.•-••, prolduced for. That was not the proposition of Mr. Cox. a prospect of a contest. • ' has been printed by 'order of the House of Commons on No :. his . wits a more reasonable one, for he only TEE LATE Mn. WILLIASI CLONVES.—The stock in the motion of . Mr. Brown. It hence appears that in professes to give it at a small figure higher than he trade and personal property of this very celebrated printer England with a population (in 1841) of 15,006,741 souls, can make it for. He is not so magnanimous. He (Mr. has been valued at £90,000. 'With the exception of a the annual value of the property rated to the poor rates P.) did not understand the system. He had heard of buying few bequests, viz., to his executors, and to his friend and. amounts to £62,540,030, the annual expenditure for, the and selling linen at less than it cost ; but these gas cop ; o ld ass i s t an t, Mr. D. Phipp s , an d t o hi s seryants, he dis -- relief and maintenance of the poor, £5,030,70, the rate ibeydicinasT;;(l . .ice ' r - e a a - s - iiiead - Ze - a:s 7 Wa;;;-;;;;;;;,-; them, P, un " """`" the pound; the total num eer or puupe. , they were there as the advocates of the public. Who c . casual poor); to 1,470,970, the proportion to the popula- EXTRAORDINARY WAGER.—A sporting gentleman Or tion 9.2 per cent. In Scotland, with a population of compose the great bulk of the gas consumers in Liver- this town, of some celebrity, has made a wager that he 2,623,184, the annual , value of the property rated to the pool ? The middle and working-classes, and not the mer chants. They had heard a great deal about the breaking will perform the extraordinary feat of riding one horse one hundred miles in twelve successive hours ! The -co 320.784 :in Ireland, with a population of • • • err 1 1. 1 . 11 0 3 0 7 r 5 r , rate • - the annual value of the property rated to the tem ✓ oral .- . r•r-- ----e, -- ----- b -- --. sullies win ne a.au. ive unuerstana tne wager win. come ' but tenipy, while the advantage would be permanent,) Will each other, the water .benig rendered unwholesome ; panoodrinraatiensteinsatle3e,o2of4o,2l:4po; o t r he x e 2 x 9 p s e ,B n l d B it ( u i r n e l t B o 4 r 4 the . 4 5 ) r ; ele e t apply no more to the Guardian Gas Company than to the ex- off at the Bath races on the Ist of May, but the general but that was all nonsense, and besides, it was a matter isting companies. they King expressly states, that a large opinion is that the chances are against him.—Taunton rate in the pound, ad. : the total. number of paupers portion within the municipal boundaries is not yet lighted, and that they should not set so high a value upon. They Gazette. relieved, 125,774. that more mains are to be laid within the municipal bounda- were told that if they got another £50,000, and a £50,000 A QUAK._ rips than there have been at present laid, and that the present now, and the same . again, that. they would go on in- state. that the followinm had been the freights for !hips FREIGHTS.—Accounts from Memel, of the Gth instant, day, the 4th . instant R TURNED ROMAN CATHOLIC •On Thurs- s at pre • - 'it altered a - ortion of its mains by sub- I creasing and increasing till they would be able to serve I there since the 19th ultimo "• •• • • - • /VT Roman ritual was conferred by the Right RI stit utir to enable a Idon, 21s. ; both for the second , s, and aftenv - ards confirmation, upon 1 then a member of the March 23, lgt7. tI' PROCIJAMATION FOR A GENERAL FAST. (Prom the London Gazette, March 12} VICTORIA R.—We, taking into our most serious con sideration the heavy judgments with which Almighty God is pleased to visit the iniquities of this land, by a grievous scarcity and dearth of divers articles of sustenance and necessaries of life ; and, trusting in the mercy of Almighty God, that, notwithstanding the sore punishment w hi c h He bath laid upon us, and upon our people, He will, if we turn to him in due contrition and penitence of heart, withdraw His - afflicting hand ; have, therefore, resolved, and do, by and with the advice of our Privy Council, hereby command, that a public fast and humiliation be observed throughout those parts of our United Kingdom called England and Ireland, on Wednesday, the 24th day March instant, that so both we and our people may hum ble ourselves before Almighty God, in order to obtain pardon of our sins, and may, in the most devout and so- iemn manner, send up our prayers and supplications to the Divine Majesty for the removal of those heavy judg ments which our manifold sins and provocations have most justly deserved, and under which we at this present time labour and we do strictly charge and command, that the said public fast be reverently and devoutly ob served by all our loving subjects in England and Ireland, as they tender the favour of Almighty God, and would avoid His wrath and indignation, and upon pain of such punishment as may be justly inflicted on all such as con temn and neglect the performance of so religious and ne cessary a duty. And, for the better and more orderly solemnizing of the same, we have given directions to the Most Reverend the Archbishops and the Right Reverend the Bishops of England and Ireland to compose a Form of Prayer, suitable to this occasion, to be used in all churches, chapels, and places of public worship, and to take care the same be timely dispersed through their re spective dioceses. Given at our Court, at Osborne-house, Isle of Wight, this 9th day of March, in the year of our Lord 1847, and in the 10th year of our of our reign. GOD SAVE THE QUEEN. •To hull, voyage, .iardian Gas Company to be allOwedth.com- Company do the same t tie did hot see why they should the Bth instant, 3s. per quarter wheat was given t ( with the existing companies is not without some show of Ibe called upon - to vote away the public money, for the eastcoast o ,g f E including London ; and 14 s evirsTtnl.l- nrntretirin of SITIV nrirnta, vrtmnrinv wlintnvc.,_ tion made by the I THE LIVERPOOL STANDARD. Company, and that it be referred to the Lighting and Health Committee to support that bill in parliament, subject to such modifications of the details as may be necessary for the protection of the public." He was going to make an observation or two on the subject then under the consideration of the Council ; but if they had —... t ir not as ma mbers present as would constitute a Council, i - be useless for him to do so. The MAY o on, Mr. Higgins. .. —Before you proceed further, it would veil to ascertain if we have a Council. Mr. HODGSON proposed that the Council, if they did not become the suppliers of gas, by purchasing the present works, should insist upon an amalgamation of the companies, as had. been promised. The sole object was to obtain good gas at the cheapest rate. Mr. LACE was against any remuneratiem to the Guard ian Gas'Company, as what they had effected was for their own ends. They could not be serious when they said they could produce gas at 3s. Bd. lie did not think the Council should pledge themselves to any particular or hasty step on the question, . by a majority of 14 to 13. Another amendment., by Mr. ROBINSON, resulted in votes for 15, and against 11; but this was also super- Several other amendments were submitted,—one of them by Mr. LACE, to the effect that the Council should oppose both the gas bills, and that it was important that both the gas companies should be purchased by the Cor poration, and steps taken to that effect ;—but no definite conclusion was come to. The TOWN-CLERK, on being questioned as to the state of the question, said that the report of the Committee of the Council was negatived, and that the Council, so far, had resolved to take no part for or against the gas com panies._ . - Mr. HODGSON suggested an adjournment, as he con ceived that any precipitancy of decision on so important a subject would not be satisfactory to themselves or the public. _ . The general feeling appeared to be in favour of this suggestion, and not (as several gentlemen had propoied) to refer the matter back to the committee for reconside ration ; and, by mutual consent, the MAYOR adjourned the meeting until Friday next, at twelve o'clock. On Mr. Higgins's amendment, the votes were— For.—W. Preston, C. S. Middleton, T. Robinson, J. Aikin, T. Toulmin, T. Royden, J. Procter, T. Kaye, V. Higgins, J. Parker, J. Booker, R. L. Jones, J. Lawrence —l3. Against.—W. Atherton, J. Holme, T. Littledale, J. Stitt, J. Stewart, W. Bennett, J. Plumpton, A. Lace, D. Hodgson, W. Nicol, J. H. Turner, J. B. Moore, J. S. Leigh, W. P. Bushby-14. .re we to do TOWN-CLERIC, __-, we cannot go on. Mr. HIGGINS.—How many does it require to form a If not Mr. BRAMLEY- -Twenty-two The MAYOR gentlemen; will you allow Mr eded to state, that before entering von the subjec who was interested in thes Drder that they might see wh Council On Mr. Robinson's amendment the numbers were W. Preston, J. Stitt, C. S. Middleton, T. Little dale, J. Aikin, T. Robinson, T. Tonbnin, T. Royden, J. Procter, T. Kaye, V. Higgins, J. Parker. J. Booker, R. L. Jones, J. Lawrence-15. Against . —J. Hohne, J. Stewart, W. Bennett, J. Plumpton, A. Lace, D. Hodgson, W. Nicol, J. H. Tur ner, J. B. Moore, J. S. Leigh, W. P. Bushby-11. C . ztiltral ;111t5titilanp. The new House of Lords will be ready for the Peers to assemble in after the Easter recess. The salinon fisheries in the Tweed and Tay are repre sented to be very unproductive. There was, a short time ago, a man named Cain Able, keeping the " Adam and Eve " Tavern, in Norwich. In 1846, among 4,568 prisoners confined in the prison at Edinburgh, 2,400 were confirmed drunkards. A London paper says it has good authority for stating that Government has prepared a bill to prohibit interment in churchyards of large towns and populous districts. It is expected that in the spring of 1849, a helmet simi lar to the one in use in the Prussian service, with the addition of a horse-hair plume, will be taken in wear by the British infantry. _ Jenny Lind has' finally arranged to come to London and sing at her Majesty's Theatre, Mr. Lumley giving her an indemnity against all actions for breach of con tract with Mr. Bunn. A reward of £5OO is offered for the apprehension and conviction of Frederick, Robert, and William GIP- - late of Leeds, woollen-manufacturers, whose forgeries £50,000. -tcs.—A bill has been pre AGRICULTURAL STATIST_ _ pared and brought in by Mr. Gibson and Mr. Parker to make provision for the collection of agricultural statistics It is said that a Chinese Junk, which lately sailed from Hong-Kong for London, has on board a complete com pany of Chinese actors, who intend to perform plays in EXPORT OF BULLION.—WO understand that the amount of bullion exported from England to the United States, up to the 12th of this month, amounts to about £2,000,000 —Morning Chronicle. rlll • A. copy of the wor in answer —.4enrated Arch ner, and contained his autograph, was sold -The valuation of the Luther, which London, on Wednesday, tor tnE THE LATE MR. G. H. ROBINS, property of the_great valuer of esta £140,000, exclusive Of landed property. John Platt, aged twenty, accused of having murdered George Colliss, at Chesterfield, in December. 1845, and of hiving cut up his body and secreted it in a cesspool, was tried at Derby on Friday, found guilty, and sentenced A HINT —ln 1800, a year of great scarcity, an act was passed prohibiting bakers from offering their bread for sale until twenty-four hours after it was baked. This, it was calculated, would save' from one-sixth to one-eighth in the quantity, as well as add to its wholesomeness. CHARGE ON FELONY AGAINST A SOLICITOR.—Mr. F: B. Hoare, 'solicitor, of London, has been remanded on a charge of having fraudulently disposed of trust and James's-street, the Bishop of Llandaff, Mr. Ansell, and Mr. Scarisbrick. Mademoiselle Jenny - Lind, before finally determining boOkseller her solicitors, for the purpose of preventing litigation, h pay to Mr. Bunn the sum of £2OOO, on condition of hi returning to her the contract signed by her last year Mr. Bunn has declined the offer. llir ii.nrn art Pr,pn n lair; ch Pr,l iciVa nrhlowsor cllnf 11;rri upon him two duplicates, ti halfpenny, a pair of gloves, and a letter addressed to Lord Dudley Stuart, thanking the noble lord for the part he had taken in trying to ob tain the regeneration of Poland, which he (the writer) des paired of seeing ever carried into effect. D'ISRAELI'S NEW WORK " TANCRED," iS at length published, and, as was naturally to be expected, is vl I.", ;111,111.112+ SMInVI;SI T .nrri Parr] al p _ diality of the two companies ; but In his opinion and some others of the leading personages in " Coningsby," they were as different as oil and water, and but one whit again figure on the scene, amidst a host of new cha more likely to agree. (Hear, hear.) What guarantee racters, including a right reverend prelate, and a noble had they offered that they would amalgamate ? Mad they marchioness. _ _ had no one's ward pledged that ft. A few elections have occurred, which may deserve men even the Council were to accede to their tion. At Canterbury, the death of Mr. Bradshaw, a Con wishes. (Hear, hear.) They had to be sure the servative, has caused a vacancy, which has been supplied word of the directors ; but would the proprietors agree by Lord A. Conyngham, a Whig. At Lewes, Sir H. to it? He thought not. Mr. King said he would make Elphinstone is succeeded by a Mr. Perfect, both being 'gas and sell it to them at a lower rate than it could be Whigs. There is also a vacancy for East Somerset, and ;A similar proclamation is issued for Scotland.] The= following are the prayers appointed to ba used in all churches and chapels in England and Ireland on the fast day : Instead of the First Collect at Morning Prayer, these two which follow be used. Almighty God and Heavenly Father, who art terrible in thy judgments upon impenitent sinners, and abundant in mercy. to all who with hearty repentance and true faith turn unto Thee ; we, Thy afflicted people, desire to humble ourselves before Thee in behalf of ourselves and of ou r brethren, who in many parts of this United Kingdom are suffering extreme famine and sickness. We confess, with shame and contrition, that, in the pride and hardness of our. heart, we have shown ourselves unthankful for Thy mercies, and have followed our own imaginations instead of Thy holy laws. And we humbly desire Thy fatherly goodness to grant us such a measure of Thy grace, that, worthily lamenting our sins, and acknowledging our ' ^hed - may obt - ' —fort I r" . -nd wretc _mess, wc _..un conlor rom Thee, and de liverance from this grievous calamity. Awaken in us, we beseech Thee, a deep sense of our many t ransgress i ons , and a godly sorrow for our sins, so sincere and lasti ng a s may move Thee to withdraw Thy displeasure, that we be not utterly consumed by the means of Thy heavy hand;. and that we may bring forth the fruits of repentance through the whole course of our lives. And give us that right apprehension of our duty in all things, that if it be Thy will we should suffer, we may submit ourselves with entire resignation and patience ; and that if it be Thy good pleasure to spare us, we may show mercy, so far as we may be able, to all men, and more especially to those sickness, and who have none to help them. Grant this, for the sake of Thy blessed Son, Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen. O Father of mercies and God of all comfort, our only help in time of need ;. we beseech Thee. look down from, heaven on the distress of Thy people; behold, visit, and relieve them. Vouchsafe, 0 Lord, to bind up their wounds, to restore them to the blessings of nlentv.. and uispose teem to moaeration and thankfulnes s i n th e use of Thy gifts; neither tempting Thy Divine Majesty by neglect of the means which Thou bast appointed, nor distrusting Thy goodness towards those who look to Thee for succour. Be merciful, 0 Lord, be merciful unto Thy people; be Thou our refuge, until this calamity be over past; and so guide and govern our hearts by the inspira tion of Thy Holy Spirit, that being sanctified in body and so& we may put our whole trust in Thy mercy ; and that humbly walking before Thee in faith, in hope, and in charity, we may finally obtain everlasting life, through SERVICE After the Prayer for the Queen, " Almighty God, whose Kingdom is everlasting," &c., instead of the Col lect for the Day, shall this which followeth be used. 0 God, at whose bidding the earth, which sustaineth the life of man, bath withholden in parts of these islands —*eel of food, P- turned abund- ne wonted provision u. _ ance into scarcity ; withdraw, we beseech Thee, the judgment with which Thou hest visited us, that the poor perish not by famine. We acknowledge, 0 Lord, that by our strifes and divisions, our misuse of Thy gifts, and for getfulness of Thy manifold mercies, we have justly deserved punishment. We have sinned, we have griev ously sinned against Thee;. yet, knowing that thou art full of compassion, we beseech Thee to pardon the of fences of Thy people, to relieve the poor and the needy in their present necessities, and to give and preserve in our use, the fruits of the earth in their season... But Whatsoever may be Thy pleasure concerning us, give us grace to receive Thy dispensations, whether of jud t _ .„ _ gmert u ing to abate Thy displeasure by repentnee, -- a'duin vuur- g forth our sense of Thy goodness, by faithfully show k ee ping Thy commandments. Of ourselves we are unable either to will or to do that which is acceptable in Thy sight: We therefore pray Thee so to open our hearts to the in fluences of Thy good Spirit, that showing compassion and mercy each man to his neighbonr, and bearing the burdens one of another, we may obtain of Thy favour the Supply of our wants, and, with hearts knit:together in brotherly love, may partake of Thy bounties in peace and . contentment, to the honour and praise of Thy name, through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen. APPOINTED FOR NATIONAL HUMILIA. TION. A RESPECTFUL ADDRESS FROM THE COMMITTEE OF THB SOCIETY FOR PROMOTING THE DUE OBSERVANCE OF THE LORD'S DAY, TO THE RIGHT REVEREND THE ARCHBISHOPS, BISHOPS, AND CLERGY OF THE UNITED CHURCH OF ENGLAND AND IRELAND nighty God, in His inscrutable Nisdom, toafflict with grievous famine certain parts of It having which teaches us that such National Visitations are sent upon us in consequence of National Sins, it surely be comes us to inquire into the causes which have thus pro voked the displeasure of Him who doth not willingly afflict the children of men, with a view to national humi- The Committee of the Lord's-day Society, acting in their associated capacity, and in consequence of the infor formation they have obtained in carrying out the objects of the Society, have no hesitation in declaring it to be their conviction, that the wide-spread desecration of the Lord's-day now existing in our land, is one cause, amongst many others, why God is thus visiting us as a Nation ; and that cause and consequence are as closely connected in the present day, as in the days of old, when God said, "My Sabbaths they greatly polluted : then I said I would pour out my fury upon them in the wilderness, to r•nrlalarrlck them CPFrar tsar 14 The fact of the 'existence of this wide-spread desec TIf1• • • • - tam of the Lord's-day is palpable and undeniable. our Post-office system, by the transmission and delivery of letters and newspapers on that day, gives a National cha racter and an official sanction to this sin, and is the souree and origin of much of that public violation of the holy day we have now to lament and deplore. Our Railway system has fearfully contributed to extend this evil, by the emnlovment of men, in many instances, in the formation of lines'of railway ; and it now perpetuates it iy means asseng ling to the Council, on a Lion relati bares 4r. II: Hi nv wished to ask the To' 3uncil_that many of its d from taking any ion of most of then; : he het( mies himself; but he felt that, having a due respe which he held, it wou groper position of the He would now call upon tl should not be in- e Town-clerk to read d from the Guardian Berk if there ,cinal Act which excepted :tion of th -CLERK replied, that the 28th did make many exceptions, gas nor water included. Ile then read both the sections of the The M A'YOr Petitions in favor en handed in fr 1 residdn but neither 1. this r Rhin the last II iether any person !ctly or indirectly, an Gas Company were t wards of the town. Lt house• thin tin number of sign, 6oti 254 290 324 250 284 408 3. Vauxhall 13. nt. 1-11 14.' West 15. Sou/h 16 hall Ward, asked 1 eaving to attend his bttsir id that he had been reque; I.Qt Par fore feel that tl,ey have a strong claiin on the Council tor their active support and cooperation to enable them to obtain their would - i:.oncludc Mr. TURNER rose to propo: port. Since that report was ad interview with the wo coml value is acldcl by labour I merits employed by Mr at Windsor Castle, w tions of a private compa of the speculation Council was to if they P'- eed to that the earl 1 Mr. PARKET And at whose expense -At the expense of the TORN- Cu Jr. PARKER did not think that the )arse would be at all advisable,—no either the Guardian Gas Company, from whoa not supply the outskirt ;s would be further bro ipany had proved'nothir :en up town, The Guar ev deserved for being the means of bringir to go to parliament; but he would ash of the Old Company ? They had no fight their own uld be defeated ought the new company seeking f or h e lp to get one. / sion—they had allowed the tiz might, if the on the publ 316 Council that, however s over when they in parhamen Mr. J. HOLME was in favour of leaving the present _ companies as they were. The New G pany were able to supply twice the present amo____ and he thought the town would be benefitted by leaving the companies to themselves. • Mr. AIKIN sitid that the people of Liverpool at large were in favour of the New Gas Company ; and he thought the time was come for the Corporation to purchase the As works, and to supply the town, themselves, with gas .s they proposed to do with water. If they did not pur hase now, they would have to do so hereafter, when they and Coke cm were inclined, have been conferring a ber mid tell gentlemen in I A MISCIIIEV( t and the welfare of their constituentsthe public at larg, ter some conversation as ) whether there were a suf- )f members present, independent of those bited from taking a part in the proceedings, stitute a Council is previous to 1 to propose the annexed amend- I would have much more to pay. ment :—" That the report be not adopted. That the 1 Mr. STEWART was Of opinion that under one company Council approve of the principle of the Guardian Gas the gas would be better and more cheaply supplied. He HIGGINS r I to hand in . the peti- a considerable time in eastni•WiralTei - , - aa -- hi; - ightWith e further to remark that the Guardian ,Gas Company, at load fir timber, or 15s. oak, to n CW(2MI I . I . It was not fair or just to the burgesses - al large - Tf — ti; * iameniary contest, expended a large sum in their did so. The Council .had to right to fight their battles): THE FAST DAY.--The public should be aware that by 1 • f the Ist and 2nd George IV., c. 78, all bills due and pay endeavours to obtain an act of incorporation, which sum was let them fight their own. If- the purse-strings of the' able on next. being a solemn fast-day, become" iim baptism: Two years since he met, at the house of a rom the Jordan thew ater which was Used in his lost to the shareholders, and principally among the Gas Con -. of Liverpool ; they are now engaged in a similer con- Council were to be tied, and all parties placed on a fair and Wednesday common friend, near Rome, his present holiness, then .....a they there- footing., he would be satisfied, but not otherwise. He Clue payable on the Tuesday preceding ; and in case preceding day, and it is not necessary to give notice ofof I land discussed with Cardinal Archbishop, Bishop mo a, by recording his vote in favour of the ' • of non-payment, may act, however, does u n n o t t il sponsors at Gib son's baptism Philip Jones, Esq., dishonour thereof day e t x li t e end t 6 a s ft e e o r tl t a h n e d ._ at.r. BRAMLEY-MOORE rose and stated that the town Globe. fast-day. The and Miss Jones, of Llanarth Court.—Correspondent of the was under great obligations to the Guardian Company for T Tablet. [There is not much novelty in the circumstance I.4ABOUR TO MIKE A WATCH.—A watch consists of turning Roman Catholic. The Editor of the , the benefits they had already conferred upon the public, as ' of a Quaker elan Gas Company. he firmly belieVed if the Guardian Company had not been 902 pieces, and 40 trades, and probably 215 persons, are Tablet, Mr. Lucas, was himself a quaker, as is well known employed in making one. The iron of the the ,adoption of the re- established the public would not now be receiving gas ll former schoolfellows now resident in Liver valued they had had another either so good or .so. cheap. -He thought, under these at less than 1-10th of a farthing , produces an ounce pool. lie has we earned _byviolent of steel worth 645. 2d., which is drawn into 3,250 yards of his soubriquet of Punch.] ,nies, and, lie was happy to circumstances, that they should in any case be remuner- st I'' r h;C1.313 a dan_otherprocessofhardeningit INTERESTING EXPERIMENTS WITH GUN C ..oth. agreed to the proposed amalga- ated for the sacrifices which they had made for the public; - renders eesv, i , , ht workable into . 7,650 balance-springs, which will On Tuesday and Wednesday, thepowers of OTTON.- -cid in his hand the basis .of the agreement hiit still he could not help saying and believing that the Professcv realize, at the Common price of 2s. 6d. each, zrOs9 r/s%; I Schoetil- 4 -'- ---- ---"--- • • ...malgamation. - lie did not think it necessary to committee had adopted the wisest and best course in the that is, 918,000 times its original alas is added , more than to ask the Town-clerk to read this docu- report which he had heard read.- - • - to the costof the material. ment. M r. PROCTER said•that the petitions were most iespect- A man named R osamon. yeti by Mr. Mr. BUSHEY seconded the adoption of the report, and ably signed in three days, by housekeepers, merchants, expressed his hearty concurrence in the recommendations heads of firms, &c.,' and that it was preposterous to t to her Ma'estv, in executing some w pen enter . J . ••• • " red drawing-roor , which it contained. I suppose a large portion of the population could have the d f - morning •-- Mr. PARKER wished to know if the borough was to be opportunity.. The. Guardian . Gas. Company undertook i. 21,_ f i „, put to the expense attending this matter. He wished to to supply gas' at . 35.. -I:3d, per. 1000 cubic feet : and I ". p "2:' " know if the already heavily-taxed burgesses of Liverpool his impression was that an amalgamation - of, the two ex- . 1 ' were to be taxed for the support of the private specula- isting companies would only confirm a monopoly. Ile sof a p-ivl '-ich was to reap the benefits would leave the companies to fight their own battle, s he spr cult ' , nted to know if the not interfere. The'Council was stepping out of its ‘cil ws to -,,pose the Guardian Gas bill in meddling with tile companies. sr ag aed I -, amalgamation, and at wi,.._ 'e Mr. HODGSON agreed that the Guardian Gas Compel,. that opr ition was to be carried on. had done good in reducing the price of gas,but he thought - , x.—The Council, in the event of thi, the disadvantages of a new company would neutralize or '- -, q place, must oppose the Guardian overcome all the expected advantages. They were . now supplied with the very best gas at a cheap rate. The sum which the new company were going for (X 100,000) was "'..- To carry out jtheir works effectually..' gun eotton was tested, _as to its relative gunpowder, for blasting purposes, down a shaft of a tunnel on the Huddersfield and Man chester Railway, now in course of formation, amidst the great chain of Yorkshire hills bet ween Saddleworth and Marsden, through huge beds of millstone grit. Many of , on the terrace, beneath thoPwin- the directors and others were present, including scientific nt, with his skull fractured, and other men. The rocks are of close-grained quartz, affording the ,t-riven which his recovery is doubtful.. He severest test to the power of gun cotton or gunpowder. must, it is supposed, have fallen from a plank while enter- The first experiment was the firing of pistols at a wooden ing throUgh a window, at a height of nearly thirty feet target with one grain of gun cotton, and subsequently from the ground. with six grains of gunpowder. The shot projected by the ' s'S; ,. " inm"'" Fast has declared the Countess of Dy- cotton m a de th e grea t es t 'i n d en t a ti on , an d the barrels separation from the Earl of Dysart, on, being examined were found to be free from residue or The principal act of cruelty moisture. In a subsequent experiment, eight ounces of the countess down on gun cotton in a drill hole, raised upwards of six he declared he did be- , tons of solid rock, and split the mass in various and him ".to thraSh her." diStant directions. The shots in the tunnel were equally ted that, while thus held successful. The gun cotton shots were altogether very ind so violently that sa ti s f ac t or y ; b u t the t wo l a st, viz., 11 and 12, were con sidered the best tests of the relative merits of th e g un cotton and gunpowder. The relative proportions of rcwk - blown up were as follows :—With 16 oz. of gun cotton, .—We are intiirmedthat Mr. Newman .ie advice of his holiness the pope, will re .stand as a member of the order of Oratorians, nine piee ^ es of stone were removed ; . .. - employed in preaching and other missionary la plosion, or loss removed only six pieces. The scientific gentlemen pre .• priest, e t s i t i e , t n o e m x -a t r y d e s o t r h , e pr e e lo vi s o. e u o: i v tt%ehpirserseetioitr return to othEeobegin- .hat no o in ri k sk ee i o si o n g e t %- ! - He is t o rece i ve th e or d er o f sub-deacon , deacon, sent decided—first, that the cotton may be considered at it re d i s i e o n , t , i rsetleyinfrmeei stemming" Ti re is not the slightest founilation for a report which least three or four times as strong as powder ; second, that -, oneared in some papers, of a question having arisen cotton at hand on the works, and its being handled IA-the . - --- -'-!ect of his ordination. — Times. .us GHOST IN LONDON. — The furniture, from waste, as With _powder ; fifth, that it ignites more from thesmhooklee smoke; third, itu it t , kery, &c., in the house of a Mr. Williams, speedily and with more certainty than gunpowder; and, men, there is not so much risk from ex d, London, have recently taken to dancing sixth, that from the decreased size of the charge, the -,... 6 .uout in a most mysterious manner , and the depths of the drill hole may be diminished, and th e power more fragile articles have, by these saltatary movements, more concentrated. There appear to be many other Ud -4 extensive demolition. Mr. and Mrs. Williams, vantages, .which, are, that the cotton may be kept under 1 - attribute the nimble evolutions of their water instead of in a magazine, (Schoenbein kept it in . - --__ 1,„4., come o f water for six weeks without at all dimihisliing its strength); ovap,x .Rut u cur cascuta., their friends believe that the whol3 mystery could be ex- that it never misses tire, never fouls the gun; that it IS plained by a -little Spanish girl, eleven years old, who i 9 more instantaneous in its discharges than gunpowder, and under their care. that there is no danger of its exploding, as it does iaut heat. the - Lord's-day, is another _ desecration ; also Sunday Trading, Anday employment of steam-boats, labour on gable rivers, and other evils which it is not n enumerate. of Sabbath .axkets, the on canals, and navi- Isary to. These and similar causes, and also the fact that the vast majority of our population absent themselves from the public ordinances of religion on that Holy Day, spending its sacred hours " in doing their own ways, finding their own pleasure, and speaking their own words," (Isaiah lviii. 13), constitute in the opinion of the Committee, a national sin deserving of national judgment; because — Firstly, They are public and g eneral violations of that command of God which says, " Remember the Sabbath day to keep it holy ;" and in 'reference to which our Church teaches us to pray " that God would incline our hearts to keep this law." Secondly, As excluding from the public means of grace, great - numbers of individuals who are employed in ordi nary labour on the Lord's day ;—thus inducing an igno rance of the Gospel, and want of that "faith which cometh by hearing, (Rom. x. 17) ; preventing the infu sion of religious principles into the mind where they do not exist, and tending to destroy them where they do. Thirdly, As oppressive to men's consciences : because in such cases it may be said an Irreligious Test is applied to those who seek for certain employments, and compli ance is required with an immoral condition as a qualifica tion for such situations ; namely, that of breaking the Fourth Commandment. is being injurious to the bodily health of the mployod ; and Sixthly, As sanetionina tl icing letters idea that travelling or re nd newspapers on the Lord's Day, for or convenience, are considerations of ce than the welfare of immortal souls : _ours thus incurred come under the denomina h thereby the highest con .ests are sacrificed. pleasur tion of works of mercy, ti ceiveable hitt From all tl considerations in reference to the na tional and individual desecration of the Lord's-day in this land, the Committee conclude that this is one amongst others of those great National Sins which are now pro voking diiine judgments; they would therefore most re spectfully, but earnestly, entreat of the Clergy, that they would specially call attention to this sin from their pulpits on the day appointed by her Majesty for national humilia tion ; and that they would urge upon their congregations to confes and mourn before God the prevalence of a sin so dishonouring to His great name, and involving in its commission such dreadful consequences to man, being in jurious to the body, oppressive to the conscience, and ruinous to the soul, leading men to forgetfulness and dis regard of God's creating power, His redeeming love, of the outpouring of His Holy Spirit, and of the proniisett eternal rest ; in a word, in the neglect of the meow o grace, to an abandonment of the hopes 12, Exeter S'frand, March, 1547, of glory Cony Ana --T1 —St An, tin' 9, I. 141 i; saw P J vy" Ale n Ca