The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser. — Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1855-10-30 00:00:00

- .'N _AIL__ - - THE !` tibtrpoot TUESDAY, OCTOBER 30, 1855 THE CHURCH AND HER FOES WE are fast approaching the time when Parliament will be again assembled for the despatch of business, and be called upon to decide for or against proposals involving the best interests of the Church and of the State : but though the enemies of the former are sufficiently active, we do not find that much is being done by those who ought, and profess, to have her welfare 'at heart. There are several indications which convince us that the Church will, in the ensuing ses sion, be subjected to assaults of a more vigorous and systematic character than any which she has yet endured since the disastrous period when regicides and schismatics were permitted, for a period, to pre vail against her. To mention but one : a club has lately been established in the metropolis, known as the Milton, for the very purpose of bringing together the leading members of the various nonconformist bodies, and to afford a basis for operations against the Church. Verily " the children of this world are in their generation wiser than the children of light." Greater wisdom, skill, and perseverance, are mani fested by those, who have an evil end to accomplish, than by those, whose business it ought to be to defeat their machinations. On the one side we see unity of purpose, and combination of resources ; and upon I the other mutual jealousy, and consequent disunion, sufficient to bring ruin upon the best cause. We are aware that very wide differences of opinion exist between different members of the Church, and these upon points closely connected with her faith and dis cipline. But what then P are there no differences between Dissenters? Does the Wesleyan agree with the Independent ? the Socinian with the Presbyterian ? or the Baptist with either of them ? Can any two Churchmen be found who differ so widely from each other as the Quakers do from all the other Protestant sects ? We trow not : and yet all these, agreeing in one point, viz., the desirableness of overthrowing the Church, have sufficient wisdom, notwithstanding their differences, to combine their powers to effect it. If ever they do effect it, we doubt not we shall see them, as in the days of the Commonwealth, turning those powers against each other, and amiably cutting the throats of those whom they are unable to convert ; and then, it may be, assisting to rebuild the demolished Church, as the only possible refuge from such a state of arnachy and confusion, But the combination against the Church is not confined to those dissenters who are commonly known as Protestants ; it includes also a body who differ from them even more than they differ from each other, we mean the Roman Catholics. Here, indeed, is an apparent inconsistency. The Pro testant Dissenter objects to the Church upon the ground, among others, that the Reformation did not go far enough, and that, consequently, she retains much, both in her doctrine and discipline, of a Popish character or tendency. Even Prelacy, however limited, is regarded by many as Popish ; and yet they will unite with avowed Papists, whose ultimate object must be to restore her to the Papal obedience. Again, the Papists, if consistent, cannot but regard the sects as sunk far deeper in heresy and schism than the Church, simply because the Church has retained much which they deem right, and which the sects have rejected ; and yet are they willing to unite with the sects against the Church. Here then, we say, is an apparent inconsistency, but one from which, we think, individual members of the Church would do well to take a lesson. Inconsistency there may be ; but, bearing in mind the object which they wish to accomplish, there is true wisdom. The fact is, that the Church is the great bulwark against them, one and all. It,has_ stemmed, and still stench, the iliogress of every isni. It hinders alike the progress of dissenterism, which, if successful, would eventually make every man his own God, and his own Bible, and overspread the land with anarchy ; and .of Romanism, which would make the Pope our the priest our Bible, reducing us to the position of mere aniniated machines; making a desert, and falsely calling it peace. Against each of these the `Church protests, giving due weight to the principle of authority, and, at the same time, proclaiming every man's responsibility for the right use alike of the natural gift of reason and of the supernatural gift of revelation. And therefore it is that they seek her overthrow ; and, bearing in mind that this is their object, we repeat that they act wisely in combining their forces. What would follow if their object were accomplished, is another question ; and they do well to entertain but one question at a time. Each, no doubt, would then seek the supremacy over the others ; and we have a shrewd suspicion that Romanism, more compact, better organised, and equally unscrupulous, would quickly obtain it. But why should the Church act less wisely? How ever great may be the differences that exist among her members, still they are one body. They are not, like her foes, members of rival sects. And, more than this, they all claim her to be upon their side, professing to believe that that view of the truth which they teach is the one which she proclaims, and would have her children receive. Now, God forbid that we should advocate indifferentism. We may deem a man ill informed, or ill-judging, and consequently erroneous in his teaching; but we should be sorry to see him consenting, for any inducement, to withhold what he believes, or to pretend not to believe it ; because the former course would prove him to be, in fact, indif ferent about the truth, whilst the latter would prove him to be a false-hearted hypocrite. But nothing of this kind is really necessary. The Church is threat ened ; and the one thing which her members have to do is to unite in her defence. We take no account of the few who profess to believe her wrong. Their po sition is a false one, and will continue to be so as long as they remain within her pale ; but their numbers are comparatively small, and the very inconsistency of which they are guilty must deprive them of any weight which they might otherwise possess. But we do call upon all who, whatever their opinions may be, profess to believe that they are identical with those of the Church, to be up and doing, and to unite as one man in the Church's defence. How far the enemies of the Church may proceed in the ensuing session, we do not pretend to know ; but we take it for granted that they will renew the attack against Church-rates, and these we regard as an out work of all the other property which the Church possesses. The Upper House may, indeed, for a time interpose between the Church and the Commons, but cannot be expected to do so upon the same questions year after year, unless supported from without. Only let the members of the Church band together for the one purpose: o f protecting her, and all will be well. But if, while her foes are active, her own sons continue lukewarm and disunited, no earthly power can save her. TROUBLE'S OF AN 111PERIA L sed L "DLADY.— The Empress of teshefoneier mother the Coun )ltel Lauriston and its France, some time ago, purchased d e pendencies in the Champs E 13,86 tens de Monti.io, and her sister the Duchess de Alba. On the groun d belonging to the hotel are some buildings M ag nier, a brewer , and M . Geneste, proprietor of a diorama in which M. notice; nie represen ti n g the bombardment of Odessa, car In the lease m ade to those persons, it was stipulated O ateinalsttheses. they s hould be obliged to leave on receiving six mouths' and, as their prem ises destroy the beauty of the hotel, a to quit on the I st o f October was duly given to them. notice they did not leave, an d have since shown no disposition to do So. Accordingly, an applicatio n was made to the President of the Civil Tribunal, sitt in g in Chambers, in the name of 'H. M. Eugenie Marie de Guzman, Countess de Teba, and Empress of the French," to authorise the expulsion of Magnier and Geneste, and to order the demolition of the buildings F oc - cupied by them. Those persons d id not appear, and tre skent decided that, in the event of their not leaving within twenty-four hours, the Empress should be authorised to turn them out by force, c- , they to remove their effects , an d to demolish the buildin occupy, all at their own expens e.—Morniny Post, '''' I FROM OUR LONDON CORRESPONDENT. MONDAY MORNING Tim past week has been a singular one; and one fertile in topics which move both:to mirth and to melancholy ; the in tensity of the symptoms in either case being greatly depen dent on the idiosyncracy of the party to whom appeal must be made. A provoking rapacity for cash and a convulsive tighten ing of the purse-strings leading to an extraordinary elongation of countenance on the one hand, contrasts with a singularly jocose project for completing a tunnel between the English and French coasts, beneath the straits of Dover. This gives jubi lant expression to a numerous class of individuals; fiko have, for a long time, been doomed to " waste their sweetness on the j desert air," but who, under the name of "men of enterprise, " are ever ready to embark in any undertaking which, by the agency of " scrip," can be floated into the conflicting sea of commercial speculation. Grave and stately bankers, hurled from their place of pride and constrained to commence a new career, in competition with that race of public benefactors, who, in the classic language of BA.RRINGTON, or some other "ill-fated victim of handcuffs and chains" on the "shores of far distant Vandieman," sung of himself and his " co-mates in exile," as True patriots we—for be it understood, We left our country for our country's good. The blustering Jour of Printing-house -square, donning the borrowed habiliments of PALLAS, and enacting, for a time, the self-imposed character of a sage and a dictator, as was the wont of the populace of ancient Rome to side factions, and give out Conjectural marriages; making parties strong, And feebling such as stand not in its liking, Below it: cobbled shoes. The ci-devant journalistic potentate of Jersey, rejoicing in the somewhat musty title of " Roman Republican," and, under his convenient marching appellative of Colonel FIASCIANI, claim ing to be a martyr to the Lynch-law of that land he and his confreres have abused,--whose protection they have outraged and forfeited. The blustering rhodomontade of Sir CHARLES NAPIER, who repeats for the fiftieth time "the story of his wrongs," as he pours forth, in accents whose melifluence might rival the music of the "north wind," his claims to the sym= pathy and suffrages of the Southwark Radicals. The "thou sand and one" cunningly-devised tales of modest worth, put forth by candidates for the " sweet voices " of popular consti-' tuencies, as they contrast their " own weak merits " with the flaming virtues of renegade Quakers, and, "heaven save the mark," " philosophical Radicals." Such, and a hundred 'other discprdant concords have lent their charms and influence to stamp the past as a week of no common order. In the midst of a panic-stricken discouragement to even legitimate enterprise, to revive a scheme which seemed chimerical in the wild eddies of that speculative delu sion which ten years ago seized upon and made captive the British population, is, to say the least of it, a bold stroke of adaptive ingenuity. Yet such has been one of the notabilia of the last few days. The project which has been revived, as , above alluded to, is one for executing a tunnel direct from Dover to Cape Griz-Nez, on the French coast. This line, the amazed public is kindly informed, is only 25 miles in length, and as the deepest water in the channel is only some 60 yards in depth, there are, of course, no engineering difficulties to contend with. True, the length, 25 miles, divided into two, gives some trifle of 14 miles on each side of the centre, from which the debris will require to be removed, a distance which is admitted to be a little inconvenient : but what will not genius grapple with, and overcome ? The - engineer, M. L. FAVRE, who is, of course, one of the most distinguished French engineers, proposes to sink wells; and through the wells shafts, at convenient distances, throughout the whole length of the line, by the aid of which•the tunnel can be worked in sections of convenient extent. To-one less familiar with engineering workri, on paper, than M. I,FavuE, the idea of sinking wells in the channel, and through- their means ob taining access to and excavating galleries under the sea, may; indeed, seem extravagant ; but who, with the mechanical philosophy of LAPITTA in his mind's eye, and the easy calcula , tions of the French engineer before him, can do less than blush confession of the most verdant ignorance, as he casts a retro spective glance at his own wibelief in the ease and facility with which the whole affair may be got over ? Tusb sceptic,— what know you of engineering difficulties ? Is not the bed of the channel formed, as M. L. FAVRE truly sayre "of different strata of earth, and of peculiar beds of stone ?" Mid among these shall we not " meet a rock which will enable us to estab lish a tunnel of very great solidity ?" Of course- we shall, and must; for, as M. L. PAYEE informs all who take the trouble of inquiring into his " mighty scheme," "the earth itself will form a natural vault of freestone." Now are these the only na tural features which offer themselves in mitigation of engi neering difficulties. The bottom of tha sea itself is-as politely obedient to the requirements of the eminent engineer, as are the rocks and earthen strata under it. "The bottom of the sea descends," we are told, "by an easy declivity." Under all the circumstances of the case; the perplexity to common mor tals is to discover how the phrase, "engineering difficulties," could, through any perversion of language, be: applied to a pro ject, which, to use HAMLET'S simile, is obviously "as easy as lying." If the physical obstacles to can Ting out this notable project be nil, the pecuniary considerations are even less. But, as an engineer's report without calculations, as 'to ways and means, might seem imperfect to the untlhinking, M.L.Firgas has taken care to get rid of the difficulty. He furnishes a tidily-arranged table of the anticipated cost of , construction, which he sots down at 100,000,000 of francs, or,it English phrase, at somewhere about four millions of pounds-sterling ; setting aside, out of this sum, 23,000,000 of francs for extraor- dinary and unforeseen expenses. 'Do the inquiring mind, nothing connected with this project is. so surprising -as the re markable ease with which it can be cavried oat, unless, indeed, we reflect upon the amazing cheapness of its construttion. This will appear the more readily, if we go into-a slight com parison between it and a comparatively very trifling work of a similar description, the Thames Tunnel. This, which is core: .siderably under one-third of a mile in length, cost the suns of £614,000, which is at the rate of £1,842,000 per mile. The FAVRE—why should it not be called the favourite ?—tunnel is to be twenty-five miles in length, and, at the same rate of cost as that- beneath the Thames, would swallow up £44,050,000, whereas it is only to cost about a tithe of that sum. What an advantage, then, in securing the services of a distinguished French engineer. The projector is alsozonsiderato in another point of view : like the respectable , dame in the nursery tale, who counted her chickens before they were hatched, hemakes out by a tempting, because indisputable form of reasoning, the certainty of a large return for the outlay—here again having the advantage over the English work, which is under stood never to have yielded a sufficient return to pay for necessary repairs. Great and general interest has been. excited among all classes of the community in relation to the circumstances, posi tion, and ultimate result of the proceedings instituted against the defaulting banking Com of PAva, STRAITA.N, and BATES. Those parties have for a considerable time been in custody on a criminal charge of fraudulently disposing of securities deposited with them by their customers, and applying the. proceeds to their own use. The unhappy men were arraigned before the Central Criminal Court on Friday, the judges being Mr. Justice WILLES, and Barons ALDERSON and MAVIN. The trial lasted the whole of Friday, and was resumed, on Saturday morning. At the conclusion of the evidenw, and the reply of the ATTORNEY-GENERAL for the prosecu tion. The case was carefully summed up by Baron Arounsox, and the jury, after considerable deliberation, returned a verdict of " guilty" against all three ; and. Baron ALDERSON, after a painfully-delivered address, sen tenced each of the prisoners to be transported. for fourteen years. The sentence took every one by surprise. The prisoners had. been indicted for a misdemeanour, and some how or other all the uninitiated, that is, all the unprofessional world, laboured under an impression that a misdemeanour was some trivial kind of offence, for which,a light punishment only could be accorded, and the magnioude of the sentence being wasgenerally expected, produc e d a singular public mind. The s ur p r i se pu t so m effectuch heavierupen the than every one on his metal in an endeavour to realize the mean ing attached to the mysterious word " misdemeanour." Happy the wight who, under thio perplexing belief, could lay hands upon WARREN'S recent adaptation of Blackstone, for therein he found it recorded, that " To obtain, for instance, ten thousand pounds worth of goods or money, by the grossest false pretence, is declared (by statute) a misde meanour only ; to steal a farthing, a felony. Similar punishment, moreover, may be inflicted in both classes of offence." The difficulty of comprehending the difference between the two classes of offence is probably not much reduced by the declaration that both are the creatures of statuary arrangement ; but a knowledge of the fact that both classes of crime are liable to the same or very nearly the same amount of punishment, is so far satisfactory ; and when it is explained that a person convicted of felony in addition to the punishment expressed in the sentence forfeits all his goods and chattels to the Crown, while one convicted of misdemeanour forfeits only his liberty or such other amount of sacrifice as is actually expressed in the sentence, the ex planation becomes sufficiently explicit to satisfy every-day enquiry. In accordance with this last explanation, it is plain that, supposing the prisoners whose case is now under con sideration, had been possessed of property. that would not have been forfeited. This has been a painful case from first to last, and it has occasioned a great deal of conflicting feeling among all ranks of society. All the culprits were men of education, and each of them, by his family connexions, his previously high moral and religious character, and his fair outward demeanour, was entitled to the world's esteem, so far as that can be ac corded to external appearances ; and in obedience to this con ventional mode of estimation they were each and collectively treated with the deference due to probity of an exalted order, and to that degree of general esteem which is freely bestowed on men of deserved reputation. This feeling secured for them a large amount of sympathy when they were considered to have been overwhelmed by the advancing tide of pecuniary embarrassment ; nor was it entirely withdrawn from them even on the discOvery of mil-practices which no amount of pecuniary difficulty could excuse or even . palliate. On the contrary, it clung to them to the last, and it is a matter which hardly admits of doubt that many well-meaning men would gladly have seen any technical difficulty or legal loop-hole by which escape could have been secured for them. Against this feeling, however, there still arose the stern condemnation of the virtuous and the good, which repudiates crime and abhors rascality in whatever guise, it may appear, reprobating it all the more severely for the false pretences by which its action had been cloaked, and its objects secured for so long a period. j In the eyes of another class, the proceedings in regard to these culprits assume a yet different aspect. To the apprehension of those now referred to, every preceding indication of pro priety is an aggravation of the alas ! too daring and altogether inexcusable offence. Rank, social position, the indicated par tiality of friends, and the conjectured sympathy of intelligent men ; nay, even the very forms with which national jealousy has hedged in the liberty and cherished the presumed inno cence of merely accused individuals, are looked on as so many cunningly-devised instruments by which justice is tampered with, and the law perverted, for the purpose of screening influ ential delinquents from the just consequences - of their crimes. Each one of the classes referred to, and many whose peuliari ties of mental vision are not included in the instances glanced at, will see in the condemnation of Sir JOHN DEAN PAUL and his confederated partners that the influence of a good name and the possession of a high social position, although of ines timable value when associated with the concomitants by which alone they can obtain ready currency even among men of the world, become in reality useless and worse than useless when separated from that intrinsic virtue which alone can impart to them vitality and sustained existence, The fall of these par- - ties is to be regretted, much less on their account than because of the shock which through their means bas been sustained by that superiority of mental and religious character of which they only feigned the possession. "The times are out of joint," is an exclamation familiar to the British public for nearly threecenturies ; and if punning were not considered a literary delinquency, it might with great propriety be applied to the extraordinary and daily augmenting vagaries which the "leading journal of Europe," as it delights to designate itself, persists in indulging itself in. The extravagant impertinences which this termagant Sower has- of late - indulged in, would, from their whimsicality, be highly amusing,. were they not at the . same time nearly as dangerous as they are delusive. For a long- time past its favourite amusement has been the lecturing: of statesmen, and the special castigation of ministers of whatever capacity or polities. More lately it has ranged over the blood-stained fields of war, and has alternately scolddd and coaxed—praised and vilified our offieers and our army; and, without having a crutch to shoulder,- has most pertinaciously " showed how fields are won." Again, betaking itself to the stormy deep,. it has been oracular and • patronising to our fleets and com- • naanders—has alternately praised their capacity and evolutions, and denounced their actions and. endeavours. In all of these extravaganzas there has been manifested but one leading - idea, and that idea has been the self-glorification of the Times. In form, its proceedings have been -systematic and methodical. , As a sort of general rule, it commences with a set laudation of some- unseen influence;. from - this , it veers round into pompous reprobation, and then suddenly bursts out into a torrent of wrath, and at last settles-dower into a sort of quasi, composure, by proving- that its-indignation lass been stirred by some worthless and 'trivial affair; which it was beneath the dignity of man or demigod to interfere with. Eeery circum stance and, every. opinion—every public man and measure has been alternately vilified and applauded. in the veracious columns of the Times:. In this.-respect its- ponderous and pompous lucubration have been sources- of amusement to many , who laughed at their assumption without in any degree ackncr wledging their power. Within a brief space, however, its pretenttiousuess has assumed a more-alarming-phase, dependent for its value wholly on thi3 absence or presence of one little ingredient—that being the truth or falsehood of its statements. AL the wourld is aware •of the rancorous enmity it has- for some 'time displayed towards General Sratesme, and the frequent torrents-of invective it has poured out upon his conduct as C ommander-in-chief of the rn British Army 'in the Crimea. Sony e time ago the fierce cataract of abuse was stayed:. The re ondering world ire- now informed that the' cessation of scurrility in this direction resulted from a. kind of bargain and sale an 'angement, entered into between the Thunderer on the one hand and the squeezable British Government on the other, t he price of that thrifty-negotiation being the sacrifice of Gener. al Srmesoa - . No words can put the discreditable case so strongly as the hold and straight forward assertion of The Ti mes. In allusion to the profligate expenditure of its own theatrical thunder and pulverized rosin lightning, it goes- on to sal v—"At the first outbreak of na tional feeling the Government was alarmed. We were asked to refrain from further Cl )mments on the untoward event, and were assured that .General Simpson would at once yield to another.the comm and he-was clearly unfit to hold. If not recalled, he would be- advised in a friendly m anner t o resign.. He was, an old and respected. officer; and if not capable of the highest command, might yet be allowed to re tire qußetly. After such ass appeal, we had no wish to hold up to odium any man who Might be supposed ,to have done his best, I sowever disastrous the result. We have„ therefore, for more than a fortnight, alnstained from any remarks on General Srme son's conduct." The language here. is unequivocal and plain . The cub , que.stie.n in relation to it which the public have any interest in is, is it true ? Did Government request the :forbearance of The Times, and as the price of that for bear unce agree. to sacrifice its servant.?. Did the• valiant War Ministry of Lord Panmensron-volunteer the• degradation of its officer to propitiate the clamorous editor of an overbearing newspaper ? If it did, like other ill-starred, heroes of flagi tious romance, it seems to have entered into a short-sighted., bargain with the demon Meese powerful aid it would secure. The over-scrupulous demon- finds a ,flaw he. the execution of the compact, and hurries,off its victimAo perdition. The. I Times, impatient at some-real or imaginary breach of the me gagemcnt, divulges so much of the bargain as must stamp, with averlasting infamy the parties who could voluntarily saerifee their personal! honour, and, huxter-like, dispose• of that which was not theirs—the reputation of their chosen and trusted servant. If nein' isters did consent to so nefarious a compromise between fear and duty, they entered into the compact with one who was sure to -------crave the law, The penalty and forfeit of the Wind. Having thus ihdirectly, as the Times says, svured the disgrace of General Simpson, it.. returns to the subject, and, gloating over its own success,_ says on Tuesday: last, We confess it is with no little satisfaction that we learn, positively for the last time, that General SIMPSON has ceased to com mand the army in the Crimea. A month has elapsed since the details- of General SIMPSON'S conduct reached this country. We. had no diffieulty in making ; up our minds." And again in the same essay, "We did not require a long time to make up our minds on the subject, and, once having made them up, we have seen no occasion for any change or vacillation." Violent and self-opinioned individualadne not generally take long, to make up their minds, and flattered tyrants rarely see occasion to change. them ; yet it does not therefore follow that prompt decision is the only dement of wisdom, or that obstinate adherence to a rashly-formed judg ment is thorough proof of rectitude of purpose, Be the recal of General SimrsoN fixed or doubtful—be that event promoted or retarded by the blustering of the Times, a question of vital interest to the nation has been broadly raised between it and the Government which cannot be suffered to rest in its present position. • A journal which can coerce ministers and bargain for the disgrace of a Generalissimo is too powerful an organ to be trusted ; if successful in such projects it is impossible to foretel to what point its self-appointed functions may direct its course. We are all aware that besides being mighty in slaughtering of cattle, GUY of Warwick was also great in the making and unmaking of kings; if the typographic GUY of modern days. he _permitted to slaughter the reputations of brave soldiers and timid ministers of state, who will guarantee that his next endeavour may not be directed to the overthrow • of a dynasty ? _ . While this mean and dangerous strife has been waged in London against the reputation and success of the army in the East, the exertions of the fleet and troops, and the judgment of the much-vilified officers have been employed to go o d purpose in different portions of the seat of war. Through combined and multitudinous efforts, scattered over a widely. diversified space, they have been successfully engaged, in crippling the resources and destroying the prestige of the enemy. For many years the Western world has been domi nated and threatened by the pretended military superiority of .Russia. The whole of Europe lent themselves as willing dupes to the presumed greatness, power, and illimitable resources of the Russian CZAR ; and the belief in his exhaust less command of money and of men, combined with the vastness of his territory, lent counten ance to the o pp re ssive illusion. One year of active hostilit ies has for ever dis pelled the cheat. His efforts have in no instance been crowned w i t h success. • He has everywhere encoun tered defeat. 'While strongly posted behind the almost im p re g nable fortress of Sebastopol, the obdurate defence he was en a b led to effect went far to establish the belief which supineness on the one ' hand, and bold assumption on the other, had tended to create, and the myriad hordes of Russia were presumed to be invincible. Driven from their fastness, and dispossessed of the means of annoyance afforded by its vast arsenals, defeat and embarrass ment have hung upon their footsteps, and encountered their proceedings on every hand. Russia herself has been shaken out of her vain delusion. She can nolonger impose upon even her ignorant serfs the belief that her " holy soil" is inviolable. It has been invaded and wrested from her in various quarters. In the Crimea there seems little reason to doubt that, before the severity of winter sets in, she will have lost every inch of her territory, and witnessed the destruction of that strong hold which it cost her so many years and so much treasure to construct as a means to forward her schemes of aggression upon the nations of Europe. Her army is there environed by difficulties, and opposed at numerous points by the valiant squadrons of a victorious foe, who is gradually drawing closer the meshes of that net which already almost enclose the dispirited soldiery of Russia. In Asia they have suffered severe reverses, and are threatened with still greater. All these, as they show a waning influence in Muscovite ascend ancy, indicate with nearly equal certainty the approaching termination of the present hostilities, and afford good reason for indulging the hope that ere long the humiliation of Russia will be sufficiently complete to guarantee the peace of Europe against interruption from her for many a long year to come. In this belief the public is once more becoming buoyant with peaceful hope. Other lights beside the lurid torch of war begin to illuminate our horizon. Literature and Art once more show their features irridescent with a brighter smile than that which erat mournfully wreathed their countenances while celebrating the heroic and victorious fall of deathless heroes. Joy will once more wait upon their footsteps, and strew flowers• in the path of life ; but before this desirable end has been accomplished no small amount of sorrow must yet mingle its bitterness in the cup. Many an anxious heart will yet be wrung by woe, and many a rosy cheek be blanched with sorrow ere the fell demon of destruction cTokca by h...rtipsis and ruthless ambition shall be fully rebuked and exorcised. Still there is room and ample room for hope that the worst has• been reached and passed, and that henceforward the progress will be onward in the right direction. THE BIRKENHEAD DOCKS. TO THE EDITOR OF THE LIVERPOOL STANDARD. S7s,—l am somewhat surprised that the numerous interests connected with the Birkenhead Docks have not yet joined in au energetic remonstrance to the Dock Committee against the proposal of Mr. Hartley to run the Birkenhead Docks dry. He says the Liverpool Docks are ran dry every two years. This may be all very well, for if one deck be closed another is open, and the trade of the port is uninterrupted ; but if the Birken head docks be closed, the trade may be diverted and perhaps not be restored.. There is only one approach to the Great Float, through the Egerton and the - Morpeth Docks. It may be advisable that they should be cleaned, but the necessity is not very urgent; and surely they might wait until the entrance be made to-the Great Float, so that no injury accrue to'the trade, which, however contemptible when compared with Liverpool, is of no little importance to Birkenhead. Messrs. Holme and Co., the timber brokers, have called attention to the subject in their letter presented to the Dock Committee on Thursday, and which -I see by the report has been referred to the Harbour Masters'• Committee; but their application should be backed by the many other parties interested in the question, particularly the coal trade of North Wales and the Railway Companies. I join .in , the common feeling of admiration of Mr. Hartley's great abilities as an engineer, of which there-are too many proofs to entertain any doubt. I have not a word to suggest against his proposals. All that is requested is that the carrying out of themshould bedeferred until, by the com pletion of the entrance from the Mersey to the Great Float,- the smaller docks may be cleansed, and the necessary repairs effected without any injury or hindrance to the• trade now being carried on.—l am, Sir, A CHESHIME.3III7. MEMORIAL OF ARCHDEACON BROOKS. TO THE EDITOR OF THE LIVERPOOL STANDARD , Sis,—Threeweeks aga,theeditor of the Liverpool Standard' o ra ur v l ed ate m A e r t° ch g de v a e co P a ub w li o c t r d l b o e m m y o n re eti a o s n ef t a h l at aa n d o memorial of than the establishment of girls' schools for that important partbf the community which fills up the large space between the rich and the poor. It seemed to rue better that the• influ ence of that excellent man should wovk among us still:in a living agency of good, than that he should stand' silently in St.._ George's Hall, or elsewhere,in cold marble or dead bronze. But this question must be decided by his fellow-townsmen. My letter was intended only as-a suggestion, to be taken for what it was worth. When I .heard of the requisition to the Mayor; I felt that my business was. to sign it, and wait, patiently for the result. No , practical steps whatever- have been, taken towards the establishment of the memorial at which I ventured to hint ; though. I have received communi-' cations which show that such an institution would be welcomed, by those whom it would be intended to benefit, and heartilk promoted by men of influence and wealth_ I request the favour of the insertion. of .this letter, that no one may: be withheld from contributing largely to whatever memorial is approved by the majority,. through any idea that a counter-movement for a particular' kind of memorial is, in , emirs& of agitation. —I am, Sir, your obedient servant, October 24, 1855. J. S. lio'vraotr. LIVERPOOL CHAMBER C 0 MMEI? CE. Tim requisition from a numbei of merchants and others- of Liverpcol, _on the subject of the present state of the monetary system, was discussed by the Council of the Chamber on Mon day, and again on Tuesday, when the resolut ions which follow:were then agreed to. Mr. Harold Littleda le, who, in the absence of Mr. Torr, represented the regiuisitionists, attended at the Board-room of the ,Chamber on Wednesday, and, in handing over the decision of the Cotuncil to Mr. Mr. HEATH said.—The Council having left it to my-dis cretion to communicate to the requisitionists file conclusion to which they have come upon .the memorial presented to them;_ I thought it the most convenient, as well as the most respectful, course to ask you and as.many of the requisition- ists-as chose to attend to meet =here, in order to aff .me memoriala as of ha sconveying with ih mto that the Council which its importance-deserved, and although it has introd uce d a su bj ec t o f painful interest, yet at the.same ea y r o n u est per a s t o t na en i t l? o - . n fro Thrme tateit is a source of some gratification to us, as affording so marked a proof of the utility of an association like the Chamber, as well as strong evidence• that the labours-of he ca of ieula the commercial past seven years of its existence- have been of acharacter .nd. The best proof. I can give you Of the earnest and anxious attention which the subject has been pro received will be to state that our discresious have__ thought na to e i r n oi s a p l ir r e om con m fi n d n e i nc ty. e in the Chamber in the minds tonged over two days,—aboist three , hours each. W ittheri po gh i t n t t o s ra limi ised t ou in r, • possible to of intended to which is of a very general nature, no doubt h be so. But our consideratien of Oa subject was very t Te e assisted by—and it is only due to Mr. Torr to say that andth requisitionists are much otliged. to him for—the c c t o h n em e eTn t o io riall n a i s tse n lf l , c le aS I need explained the views of the memorialists. I think, sir, explicit, and temperate manner in which he supportedar and not say more, personally for myself, but I wile now proceed to read to you the resolutions come to by the Council. Mr. REA= then read: as foliows : Chamber of Commerce, Liverpool, October 53,1855. At a special meeting of the Council to consider a requisition on the subject of the present state of the monetary system, Edward ,Heath, Esq., president, in the chair, it was resolved : That although the Celina see no reason. for alarm in the present state of the commercial position and the general resources of the country, yet they cannot conceal from them selves the fact that there is a growing apprehension in the public mind of approaching difficulties.. The Council, therefore, think it necessary to communicate. to the requisitionists the following. conclusions, at which they have arrived : That should the demands of' a large war expenditure on the one hand, and the food requirements of Western Europe on the other, cause-a continuance of the drain upon the available banking capital, and the stocks of, bullion in this country,the Bank of England may (despite the exercise of the only cor rective principle apparently, in its. power : namely, that of raising the rate of interest and restricting discounts) find its banking reserve. of notes exhausted, while the issue depart ment, as in 1847, still retains a large stock of bullion., That the experience of 1817 clearly demonstrates. that, in the event of such an assumed contingency, the Bank, of Eng land, under the provisions of the act of 1844, is powerless to afford any facilities to the commercial world, and that (al though the originating causes may not be precisely parallel) the same calamitous crisis- as that of 1847 may again be wit-, That as the public are now fully aware that the only possi tim of snchprienvt prevailing h We mode of relief i n suc h an assumed state of affairs is the a i interposition r i e s ci e i l l i c s u i o l n a t e o d n to t e c r p e a a r t t e o a f pp th re e h p l That at the siloien, interposition of' government to suspend th e operat i on of the. Bank Act of 1844 ; 'the uncertainty as to th e mo d e and the and to gener a t e a wan t o f conf i dence in the public mind. arising from such a state of doubt and uncertainty, is in itself mainly conducive to cause and hasten the advent of the crisis which is so much dreaded. That it may, therefore, become the duty of this Chamber to call upon government to anticipate and prevent any such break-down of public confidence, by declaring, at an early T: i e period, its readiness t o assume t h e responsibility which is ex pected from it. fai a t a i t s , i r n e q o u rd i s e i r t tothmatakite ashnouduchnadtechleamdteifolperdac(taiscallinylB4us7e) until, by the total loss of confidence, unnecessary suffering and injury shall have been experienced. That a standing committee be now appointed, to watch the progress of events, and to intimate to the Council their opi nion when immediate action on the part of this Chamber is desirable. - Extracted from the proceedings, ROBERT TRONSON, Secretary. Mr. HEATII added, that the standing committee, referred to in the resolutions, had been appointed, and that it would meet at such frequent intervals as the aspect of affairs might require. Mr. LITTLEDALE, having received the resolutions, the pro. ceedings closed. Miss HIND the victim of the assassins in Cavan, exp i red on Tuesday night. Mr. Henry Grattan, a landlord of Mi ss Hind's, has i s s u ed a notice to his tenants residing in the neighbourhood of the place where the murder was committed, to the following effect :—" Whereas, I have long since forgiven the tenants of those and other land rents due b y them, amounting to £l,OOO, I hereby give them notice that I shall call for the arrears due these two years, to N ovem b er next ; and I shall insist on getting either the rent or the land ; and as those people misunderstand the doctrines of the Tenant League, I hereby call on the members of that bod y t o use their influence and assist in enforcingthe rights of property and the laws of the land that, in my instance, and that of thi s unfor tunate lady, hav e been, in the most unjust and illegal manner, wilfully, wickedly, and barbarously perverted and outraged." He had also offered a reward of £lOO for the capture of the murderers. THE LIVERPOOL STANDARD. 41116. b. LIVERPOOL DOCK COMMITTEE. THE weekly meeting was Leld on Thursday, Mr. Charles Turner in the chair. The special committee had recommended an increase in the dock rates which might be equal to the increased expenditure involved by the high rate of interest, the probability of a prolonged war, and the lessened amount of dues, resulting from a diminution in the admeasurement of ships. A sum of .24000 had been ordered to-be paid to the Earl of Derby on account of the purchase of land at the north end, under the provisions of the Liverpool Dock Act, 1855. In the_ marine department a letter was read from Lieut. Lord, offering to continue in his situation, as marine surveyor, for six months, in order to save the committee inconvenience, provided he were not responsible for the duty afloat, which his medical adviser considered might cost his life. A letter was read from the Mayor, expressing his thanks to the dock committee for the arrangements made on the occa sion of the visit of the Duke of Cambridge, and adding that his royal highness felt the greatest satisfaction and pleasure in what he had seen of the docks and the river. A letter was read from Meisrs. Holme, SCater, and Crook, requesting to know bow long the Morpeth Dock was to remain dry, as they expected a cargo of mahogany in about a month, which, if the dock were to remain dry at that time, they should recommend their correspondents not to send to the Mersey. The letter was referred to the harbour master's committee. A letter from Messra. De Wolf, requesting to be allowed to renew their lease of portion of the premises they at present occupy in the Birkenhead warehouses, was referred to the warehouse committee. BIRKENHEAD DOCKS. The following report from Mr. J. Hartley, on the subleet of the new works at the Birkenhead - docks, was read : TO THE CHAIRMAN OF THE WORKS COMMITTEE. Sin,—ln accordance with the resolution of your committee of the 16th instant,. 'that the surveyor be instructed to pre pare a plan and report embracing the suggestions made at the last meeting of the committee, when Messrs. Charles Mclver, Hamilton, and John Laird attended, to afford information as to the probable requirements of large class steamers, as regards dimensions, length, breadth, draught of water, &c.' I now beg to lay before you a• plan carrying out the sug gestions made by those gentlemen, so far as they related to the construction of the proposed entrances to the great float or pool, a The principle of the design does - not differ from that of plan No. 1, already submitted by me; The alteration consists merely of the increase of the width of the large lock from 80 to 100 feet,. and in the recommendatien that its sill should be laid at the depth of 12 feet instead of 10' feet below the level of the old dock sill. It was also stated to be desirable that the sill of the small lock should be laid deeper. I think if this latter sill is laid at the depth of 8 - -feet below the datum in place of 5-feet, as proposed, it will be as . deep as- can be necessary for the- class of craft for which it" is designed. At average spring tides vessels drawing under 6 feet of water would be able to pass- over the sill after the first two hours fibod tide, and at neap tides vessels of that draught might pass in and out during the whole period of low water. The practice with regard to craft bound upwards - towards Run corn, in tow of steamers, is to despatch them' about three hours before high-water;- which enables them to arrive at they shallow parts of the upper channel as soon as they have water over them ; should they start earlier they would-have to wait there. I may mention that the outer sill of the Deke's Dock is four feet below the old dock sill, and I am informed by Mr. Pendlebary, the manager there, that two feet additional depth is all that he should under any circumstances -require for the purposes of his trade; lam therefore led to believe that the depth of 8 - feet, as now proposed, would be ample. As regards coasting vessels- being able to get into dock after two hours flood or spring tides, and at all periods- during neaps,. would be an advantage - which has not been hitherto afforded them,- and -would • enable them to be got in and out prior to the time when the larger class of shipping would be passing ; and it must be borne in mind, that at any time when greater depths or earlier• access might be required, or on occasions of large arrivals, these- vessels might be passed - through the 50-feet lock, as -at that time it would be un occupied by the larger class of shipping. "With respee to the suggestions of altering the width, of the large lock to I 00• feet, and adding two feet to its proposed • depth, I see no physical -difficulty is carrying it into effect. The hindrance to- laying the sills -of wide entrances at the - depth proposed arises not only, as-I before stated, from the - trouble of keepinee_the platforms of , gates clear of sands. which increases with the area of the platform, but there is also the danger of not heing able to maintain a. proportionate depth , in the outer basim. In proposing to lay the flooring of the outer basin 17 feet below the old ajek!-sill, I have had this danger in view, and have allowed a considerable margin of ) depth below that at - which I proposed , to lay the large sill, so. that in case the sluicing power propo^„ed to be adopted should not effectually maintain the full depth, there should be still at all events as much water-, under any circumstances, there as upon the sills. So far as- regards the- approach to the 50-feet entrance., I see no impediment to its maintenance which may not be overcome, as the channel thereto will be along the south wall, and within the efficient action. of the sluices ; the e d m ep b t ar h rass mai m nt e a n in ts ed in by ma d obstruction, if it exists ) will be in the centre of and near the entrance of the basin, .at• the greatest distance- from the power of the sluicing water. This -may also be removed, and the expected that if we lay the sills at theseincreased depths, our manner augmented, and that hindrances-will' arise that must be anticipated and borne:with. mdgin intaini g ng er ti o l t e h ir er einai nrea. y ; but it must be " I am,.sir, yours very respeetfull w .: ll , "Jorm Be HARTLEY. be in like "Dockyard, 19th October, 1855." Some desultory conversation followed, in. the course of which:the Chairman intimated that he wished to state it was the opinion of Mr. GAS that the Fla at should be left in a state of nature, and that docks should be made.upon each side of it. THE BOUN_aA_RIES OF LIFERPOOL THE Sub.-committee , appointed by thoaealth Committee to inquire into and report upon the subject of extending the boundaries of the borough within the? county of Lancaster, present the followirg „ REPORT Your Sub-committee, having had ,tan inter‘iew with the- Birkenhead Docks Committee, to wbous,it was referred to con-- sider the question; of extending the• borough, proceeded to , inspect and examine the district surrounding the present: boundaries on tha Lancashire side., for the purpose of asce7.— taining whether and what alteration. is desirable. and in several running a y I t r a e l , p a appears that 00 through: eh a u a those tsa lofefiaet boundaries ludl.sesfa, t. have llheocu . keen fixedoccasionally, without: instances being still undefined. Some change is therefore in,. dispensable, and, your. Sub-committee are of opinion that no alteration can be effectual and satisfactory which is not based upon the physical peculiarities of - .the Themost complete and comprehensive plan for sanitary purpeses would be to carry the extension. by a straight line-across the country by. the• valley of the Alt on one side, and. Dittos), Brook on the other. But this would include a very large-area of land which is purely agricultural, and. must long continue so, Your committee therefore consider it would be expedient to entertain such a project, and, they have accordingly confined their attention to the localie• adjoining the, boundaries, where the land is assuming the transition character, and is becoming occupied by the wealthier class of persons coveted with the borough. Your committee are of opinion that the line of extension most beneficial to all, parties, • and, best suited by nature for sanitary operations, is that formed by taking the course of the public roads immediately beyond the streams whieh are the natural outfalls for, the: district surrounding the borough. These a•re—to the southward, the brook flowing between Mosley-hill and the Allorton-road, and joining the Mersey to the west of Bettock's-Lang, into which the drainage of the country from Knotty Aksh.by th*Old Swan, Broad Green-lane, Mossuit House, and the Allerton-road, can be conveyed; and, to the northward, the brook flossing between Walton-hill and Orrel, which is the natural drainage outlet for all the country lying between it and, the present Parliamentary boundary,. from the Prescot-roa.d < to the new gaol at Walton. The new, boundary line should...there-fore, commence tt Bettock's-lane,. and, proceed, as shown by the colour red on the map herewith, along the nearest roads. beyond the brook too, the summit at linotty Ash, and thence by Club Moor to Rimrose Brook. Your committee., do not deem it necessary to enter into details respecting - the principle of rating and other questions of this kind, as it appears to them arrangements of a satisfac tory description .can be made on such subjects, without difficulty.. But they thinkitt, proper to offer for the consideration of the. Health Committee- the following generaZobservations in refer ence to the scheme. At present the localities comprised within the proposed extension have no proper, drainage ; the brooks are contaminated, and become a great nuisance to the inhabit ants, to whom efficient sewerage would be invaluable. The injurious consequences arising from, this state of things are not confined. to the neighbourhood, but, through the.medium of the air, affect the town, and constitute a source of disease. The roads in the district proposed, to be added-are mostly narrow, and, tortuous, and owing tn,the absence of an efficient controlling power, houses are erected on both sides thereof, without regard to the line, width, and level of the road, or the drainage of the premises ; and. unless some remedy is soon applied, the land will be so much occupied as, to render im provement almost impossible. By adopting the enlarged boundary, facilities will be afforded for carryinc , out the suggestion which has been revived in the Council, of providing a great: public walk, and drive, in the nature of a boulevard, which, would extend, without interrup tion to ordinary traffic, from Bootle on one-side, by Priory-lane, Breck-lane, below Newsham House, through the Yellow House Estate and Green Bank-lane, to the Mersey, on the southern side. A great expense at present falls upon the ratepayers of the borough in maintaining roads which, are principally used by persons living beyond the existing limits, but within the pro posed extension, who now contribute nothingto the rates. With reference to the extension northwards, the Health Committee are aware that the dock property extends close to the proposed boundary at Rimrose. In that neighbourhood the levels of the land are exceedingly favourable for the erec, tion of warehouses, &c.; and when the docks are completed in this direction the traffic which will arise will tend to destroy the roads, and greatly augment the rates of the town, whilst unless this district is embraced within the borough, the pro perty will be wholly exempted from such expense. Under these circumstances, your sub-committee recommend that the requisite proceeding should be taken by the Town clerk, to enable the Council to apply to Parliament in the en suing session for power to effect such extension, and carry out the foregoing suggestions, in case, upon further consideration, it shall be deemed advisable to proceed forthwith. AT the meeting of the Metropolitan and Provincial Law Association, held at Birmingham, on Monday, a very able paper, on " Defects in the Law of Debtor and Creditor, prac tically considered in order to their legislative amendment," was read by Mr. Lowndes, of Liverpool. Among other mat ters, Mr. Lowndes referred to the Bankrupt Act of 1819, as the master grievance of the law of debtor and creditor. He trusted that the meeting would not separate without agreeing upon a memorial to the Lord Chancellor p ra ying his lordship to have the B an k r upt Act of 1849 submitted to the three gen tlemen whom his lordship had appointed to revise and conso lidate the statutes on the. important branches of the law, as being one requiring revision more urgently than any other, with instructions to prepare a new bill, in which matters should be expressed in plain and intelligible, and not in inco herent and contradictory terms, like many portions of the Act of 1819, and particularly the clauses as to arrangement by deed. The suggestion met with general approval, and on the following day the draft of a memorial was submitted and agreed to. ,__ .t: :Ikl the Oct. pe e1:...------ _. , 0 .. ~...44 tto CLERICAL OBITU A' or di 7 the John Jenkins-Mattherrs, Rectory, u 0 0 10 ' H Oct 18, ut Utterby House near Loutpc gee v eto eery grtataurp Ilenzon, Iddi t , one of IV', v slll • d of the Louth Board of Guardians. ' „ , ,p O Ol l, at t t h h ee parts ef Li Nhldeelebyu r in y 0 s i m o ~, :40:,tts.to Oct. 23, the ' Rev. James Sherrara .°- hire. Rector of Houghton-on-the-Hill , Leicesters • ----- ~.„1,01. ~, DIOCESE OF CIO.' ioc e W. „ te d big ,b k "k BIDETON.—The Bishop has- (Fa" .., tiCrID. formance of Divine Service in the . 01 $ Bidston, while the church is re -building' Bev.) t T be _..o LI A AROIEDEA.CONEV: or' LIrEICPOO--.....- 1500.00 Incumbent of Christ Church, Waterloo,,f6a .jj Rural Dean, is appointed to the vac ant °..- bli p :, ffrth e r. TRANS/MM.—The Bishop ho - iCe temporary performance of Divine Ser v ,, - , 49 101 )1 recently erected at Tranmere, the no _ , 1011 consecration being not yet comPleted' berl,!'lltsVis r T C h l, V iii .Aor io PREPERMENT.—The Rev. - • '; fro; vr ,.. licensed to the Stipendinry CuracS ~..°' gec. F ji, Chester, upon the nomination of til` 07 bown, Rector of the same church: •0tr 644 c ioir ter go k . l ff A ORDINATION.—The Bishop of Chei oed ' 4 4 next Ordination, at Chester, -on the .46„ h'e'r i1 e 7;,., Thecandidates are requesteto send v.4s' i TESTIMONIAL TO TEM RIM. 11011)01/i° t he P . s te i t s e w h e ar ek le s 3 ber T. W ore . t Parry, heor dEinscatt,ioCnh..pst Ater, It ,A containing £2OO, with a piece ft c ' - ,Ic/ seription, have been presents ot .01 01116 • Jarnes!s Church, Toxteth-par ] Henry'Hampton, the late inc' ipi4let atv there and late th, Doe 'h .' .1, Qom, DR Lamb , 44 n1b, c Old] 44 4, thei e. Axt o. _ ret urn 'Poke ; 4t . t tltt . ' fl ed in \v e b e %m a th at ett er Nit' l i ne t ° hi s ‘llllrabl't rie c( ',the \the e , the 14 8 t ba TIM &SHOP' OF LONDON of paralysis since Monday las Palace. _ Catrzelr-BunanNe- IN LA • three churches were built ft 1801! the- number of church , the number in 1801 being: a PROROthiTION Ba TEM CO, On Wednesday the Vice r•G' wince, anti other officials, attel for the purpose of further pro] terbury to. the 12th of Deeo ll,l will not talk'-place until aft el AN 113 - uanAx. Occrnai themselves to be baptized Al road; last Sunday evening. by the Rev. :Tames Bardslo the deep attention and soles o , Manchester Courier. ST. A LlC,ll4 , '§ Crtultes, - thieves on Thursday night, off. nwpitaiasa ß mtuin o ul ß reatis - r u toff. Es is.a.—Daring the door-plates have been. stolen number of children have bee On Wednesday, between sevo garrotted by three men on tit three pounds in silver.—On 1 man was robbeiCof ao in gol ---;• t ie t isVi, Scotland-road. —On the samt !night, th „ i•e ~I ~ Andrews,2l, Scctland,place, e,oodotiale yard- wall, amii through tilt 3 bed-roitto, 0 silver-plated forks, two Germ tan . 41° ep , ig ratiSd table -spoons, .w ere carried ofl. 0, ..-The st obie 3r , I EMIGRATIONk PEON LITEI l l ' ibit P.: c e ioi 134 ort i l for the present month will e t. c , pert le f t tlll3 Y .be n ,: compared with.the correspout 11 % boa ,i, of o , ct`i' t ,j .., the present- only . 6;753. Per s ej l'l t i, b e e ::: : : 10.65; ova 4. the .11 ,gill foreign ports, against 11,371 ii ce ded L be f o ilosil l i ti .5.. 4: Of thatenutnher, 5;273, have I )1 2 tra lia, io the vac, si l l be and the remaining-1,490t0 At I , cor Nteh7;,, t h, btu 4r, The Sehomberg, October :50 1, a ' re a tilt '"i t, for, ' - e jol;) on Ltie the sailed, with 284‘.- passenger s ; 0.20 rO ell : rta re tb e s I s T e h n i g e e h rs . sa;iltedheoPnhtcehnei,wx,:v:iwcliit b .t, o, ter a Ei,; 0a.,,,,,...1 / which sailed. yesterday, for 3 lel u ' Tho sda.l',l, l l i'y, he l e) CAPTURE' OF' BITROLIFS .---% u's' OP .00 0 4 eglQ7 c t e k„ rnm w e it n li t ship, whir ,Irlaut,:sii,,,,::a,•lic)Ofit,ull f.,,itip:,:toric, sergeant ,Richmond, of Ail I'bu o ,' c l iar acterl; f ,theAdi followed five-suspicious - too downkille , ?Air..., ~,,, ol.," Liverpool; Two of them v 'ent the tl ) „,"rfielAif carriage-driv,a, towards tlt curias thz -0 t 1 1 .8 .0 ot along Aigburth-road and en/ hel li an d 0 ;40 to join their comrades, wl to wer e ._,, is t a ace , ri• the' RP' Mr. - Gregson, The office ableot _a.7.3,sch thclothe' A e the three before they were to!._. plait` ~ iise;er Richmon&then got three o ff i cers iti e 'b e d the to o / attemptto get out of the waY, ?,', 4 .. - ,"„ ins & o° ; friit/ f / The five men, Wm. Arms trong, -1-,!--";'„ , ore oi, , e , , a no .doubt;. andbti,.ttlihearvtohTeonficui hrso 1:1,,tre.,r-:.?veeirre e c iii: o . nr i,cll,lll. Wm. Swain, and Thomas Cartwrsglia; r . ; t t,IP - o ,o l '' before- Mr.. IL lbeaksto3 le, an d t order edl ' ; e l / p ro l r ai p u r t i i n ff t i i :t , proveslitobentuhicious rc bbers, were,, ~, co , months. The others we •-e remanaeurm. flitt o f , o o /0 / , Tits ~ .Rnv... 11. CooKE IJ. THE Ng S' '' . _ gtio l/ e 416, ' he adv ease ertis w e a e t n h ts e , Rev' Liverpool: County Court, last d'edic, Z ioc ß, 11. 11 0 '", , & ,..,for for t he me tli o 41 - 11 ,'L ',f a tal e 0. 1 091 who .was formerly connected vsitiF au - g e v. l .. ;di pri this .town :-. and the defendant rzos .P 7tbecbll :tl ;if i ll 174 D the. incumbent and proprietor v olt pl iJ ne a , It ! :v s h con : av d e r : ittl i b ict e r e n ecobe d d fv h e o is l ere e r :s a 3 v t li ni T zas ..t jti o ce: c e • ilit ta:ll° . :..:l o°l4 t ° , p i b i le a ' teWll' ; ovi i . o t i c:l l oi t , t : s l,4 :( l,l ol t . io tll:e , ''' into the County Court upon ajltlig" - . 1 St• ` - .lef e° o/1 and Schools. Mr. Grocott appeare d , ; l' l. oo ll 7o ll. ,st 7 ' although the discretion exercised hV ri - be ' ( . - ocor' 4 , anti-popery placards) was not one . es cil ne O l i ole ./, Cooke was therefore entitl3l% to. re a , °c ,,, e e r l' et 'tlie ti V; There must be a verdict for •the the bill, but . not the costs of the ror." b i r ain e o,r , A , , „tint' _L, ' t 3 , the- money ought to have-been pai 4 bY•ff for Yr,,, 1 .1' .. 1 .: ' r•OlP'' ode ',„?7, HOVERBREA.KING IN. TOITET.' 0 01 9 p i e ~, p morning, two attempts. at robbeil %st..ooer, . V o f v e . the premises of Miss Hughes, eenfe e I )ce rel 4 p , ' hi': robbers entered the back part of the I va tlO.-' ,4 „,176 , ,,', iron grid which covers the celb.,,r area? . : 5 01 ~ _4 0 0 7 ,,,V1 . 1. by the window. It apyears theY we,;: mt apt,,ct o4 :llt ',,,' inmates descending the.stairs, alld . ,„."''f, ell t 'll,,„,r it . 0.0',,' of Mr Nicholson, hosier; &c.,1"ar" .1— ,ri 4. 3a NO ? ,Ve' • a similar manner, b5 ,- , forcing the jo u roe ..,,,a do"„ to have made extensive preparations. . 4 til!loVtit '' ,l,6 part of the house were thrown open , li r. n s ol or rt . te of goods and every, available thing- t. a nci a ,(o,,,ril l it" short time before left by the front 1,0 1 1 . ,•,, i e.( i ri feeling a strong draught through t he ,o. ,r„f ''',,l, - he r :i ° , that the front door had been left oP' 4 ,csil l e t ,."tbe`!? l ll np, dressed herself, and in such ' t / i po 9 ,:ora`•,t i I officer was some distance off, stairs construe.ted that she crane . e Ign i ii s . i,iclv i being heard... One of them roust haa s oJe i e lt ` c ot y she got to the- bottom, as he soon,;adletto tbe ao t . rushed past her, when she threw 9 ",` biol. i roo° el in her hand- at him, and folloWeu3090: 00.'4 and he ran after the fellow. A P t d: reached: "Willy-loo," as it is tertoe when the robber escaped. TV e ' 3sl q t CORPORATIO: I ACCOUNTS: — ',,,t,... 1 ! poration for the year ending .A ,,, " .- , s tli , fished. The ordinary account silc l ‘ t ' o f i n the or. suiv to have been £176,807. 3s. 6d, c' il 01 ,0 come. for extraordinary payment' 3/13 t 0 On the income side of the items :—Net receipt for tovrn-d u 4 67) pool and Runcorn amount to gli., 1: 0 8 so''' leases, &c., the receipts are -.' ~ is 1 deducting all expenses, the recoil) rent ground rents, £533. 13s. 3d• ; war eln £9,262. 19s. 2d.; rent of tobaccio). Bs. from the river craft dock, g1• 4 4 :4 _ Avapl weighing-machine, £18; rents 1..n25. iod., Newsham-bouse estate, 1:1 ' 3341 s tate, # • £177. 9s. 2d.; Green-lane e , i n foll . head estate, i'1,62.9. 10s. 7in• ; i y .d. ; trates' clerks, g 2 ,655, Ss i i Joh n £4,272. 7s. Bd. ; fine from 3 •• o rdinal • office as councillor, I:5 Interest, ~,70,837, • the following items :—tie x•'''' , g a ve. , X 912. 13s. 5d.; grants to l '„ d " Pa' - 4d • law a "parts stipends, £4,230. os. •• e ,_,_ d £14,262.35. lid ; Town-cl rc . lections, municipal and Parliamenta r Y llu ; const4 mutating fund, £5,213. Ss. „•,,,, g 4,0) 9s. Old. ; lighting and fire-1Y??.".5c,,,,,. 6s. ment of the Borough Gaol, :I,,!_"sa,;. 44. ;s s * - 04 , assizes and sessions, g e ,. , go,- ! county exPel! s _.. se , r-a? £1,485. 9s. 11d. Rock LightllnenL oc amounts are net s ; that is, dent , i t il i w e : S-..c. In the extraordinary' a°, ( 2 ) :47. 1 0 t ) and gratuities to amount to x, , 111, 02 4,5 t, Law-courts and St. GeolVo s-1 ,; ( 1 fora. i ) organ, £2,500, and X-465. is. ' 1,08 been il,°, organ bellows. Property ..-- the . 011 • ril' . / 4' 4 £35,852. The expendituric ~_.” 3 , tivo , . Itii, £25 049 ss. • on the shipbsislo.uli" , . , on til. ti bitt• i , fr i kl • • . outlay has been •£38,71 Sir Wil li ' na the IWc ,ll oe ' acconi,ao £B2B. lls. 441., chiefly to e . f r oal nor th side, there has been rec_ on t h e balance of the purchase of land together with other items. i A ok LO [ O CTOBER 30, 16°`" ,A Iv . r ' , OOl ~,f f , e11,3 4 Lt x . 0r1b,,, , ECCLESIASTICAL ISTELLIOv ire ' ' v a 8 (I - . "•ero e - -uplei ---411.--- _ et. PREFERMENTS AND APPOINT0;;I, o , p o Rev. T. Bennett, M.A., Rector of Withingtan,,,, ,c ,: r od 6 0tp el l , there to the Incumbency of All Saints' 4,hurch, Liv' b..ati kre e Pancras. -.. abetorie, Pt;EL4PB and Rev. F. A. Bicktnore, 8.A., to the unite..-.„,,i,0t$ p A , - ed ~., ate and Vicarage of Didlington, with the Rector); 0 1 LN ' "w , leti ri Z i th, Norfolk. 4 f AHD , ' A e l ,' Doc Rev. R. M. Browne, 8.A., to the Curacy 0 , 4.4 / tb Norwood. , i ff, C ee ttan bli Rev. R. W.. Barton, M.A., to the RectOrl °I 4 p .0 1 7 ' . L evu ' 1 %---om Manchester. i coulboutv Hil t t La c , ant Rev. R. G. Bryan, M.A., to the Curacy 0.--.- iet t, tl t ne t b, c Rev. George B. Co ffi n, to the Vicarage of Chit i t . A i, m l ; of o ld] bury.iS• o f lit sear ch i s e e, s Rev. C. W. Cox. B.A. to the ChaPlal nCY F 4 git t 43 ~,r the Colchester. ...ea, L u e Rev. J. Daniell, 8.A., to the Vicarage of Saw oo/ . • , 81 b marl bridge. 4 R,A ,j '4%11 Itt 0 ,. Rev. D. T. Gladstone, M.A., to the Corgi." , 4t ) , rne e ti Leeds. se N . 1 1 , lig Buckinghamsbire.ltev. J.W.Hay of NO ea d tazi return Rev. W. Greenwell, 8.A., to the Curacy..., 0 1, o IF Ps... Rev. J. Hairby, M.A,, to the Curacy of veeib e ptY 1 i s s7clati o ll ' z ' il. It! Rev. I. D. Jenkins, Senior Curate of Aber dare , ~.. h . pp o i n . .—... • bency of St. Fagan's, in the same parish. f ,•:. iv ,7 11 4.4. 9 1 1ent Rev. G. Johnston, 13. D., to the IncumbenCi° d Otht Join e d i.. dalen, Barnstaple. GrO r 1 / 4 a r 4 hay ," in the diocese of Cork, Cloyne, and Ross. „s P . intu its te e l tthp Rev. G. Hazlewood, Vicar of Konkstown, to " _ i t t o ~, abl e t , tho ~ 7', , 4 1 , oe, Rev. J. Luxton, M.A., to the Rectory or Bona c •of ju — ` 4o n, t,, ner Rev. J. MacCartie, 8.A., to the I ncumber. ) , witu ''' his 1 berland. f 4. 11 this 11 , leitp , ,b:,: n ttb; , •er Hayward, M.A., to the Rector)" of 4 ! t4t.ere. ue Hastings. f on. I,t eel • Cara , / ° I t a ; - : hp the Rev, T. M. Raven, to the Stipen d near Beverley. ~, V' ti e Q (the e t r i o , , .le , 1) 04 I Rev, T. Nightingale, 8.A., tot he Recterf 0 . ' le d t, } le r eit ilkit, l44 ll l : lll Rev. G. J. Thomas , M.A., Citrate of Sr. '"" epi f it" ar d uet the the Vicarage of Northolt, Aliddlesex. f swill', ChRR R a ee e p ! .. . : E ll. ~.. c F wwl . aa V aln,l e e csr n otie t tn r i it glis)m.,M. Essex. . AA ..A ., . t: oo t otththheeeclC:acruraiccyy o o f 0 st i a r ; ,), z c e l. , 1 rt 1 r 4 bridge. yo , titts 0 op beta " di 14,4 41 I a so r%, r est , 5 0 4 's 41 near Lichfield. IncuMeesco luff e tver4 lal Rev. R. P. Warren, 8.A., to the A ne at t nelti al uf • Church of the Holy Ascension, Hr.'' , of IX e , 4 geuti Hampshire. "en . ., cf tq es, teet, men Rev. H. F. Welch, M.A., to the Inca' ‘ete ral ts_ led Wit t cl 11 VU °kg V ----...' ' V -1. I*. tttlljapers. j,: ce x o . elate , 1 71 0 . , p, ;et? L' 41 11;Z:, e 4 1 1 141 ud by t i f o tif r io 4 i p 4 „ .. , -r ob, _''ti rk, and ot t iol?' 0 Vrlib s _ 44 4l%, ' I I erznbeat,oll." iv VO N .°Pliroll, " C al ------ pia 0 0 iNt , th e \ 9ll ha.4.beellf,slioobilY ,4 0; t r : i k et Uit. 0 , fa y st. 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