The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser. — Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1843-01-20 00:00:00

report, with a view to such inquirl once acted upon, It might, too, adopt some comprehens (A: and, in effect, and almost literally, thrown into the 'I here are gentlemen in the council fear some such ultimate result of tl committee—we know not witl satisfied that no such result i vice is, throw pett LIFE ! Wing to the LOCAL, NEWS an( SAVE A new and splendid packet ship has just been launched at New York, called the Ashburton, and was to leave for Li verpool on the Ist instant. She is of 1000 tons burthen, and the cabin is described as one of the finest ever finished in that country. Two other large new Liverpool packets were said to be under way. LORD SANDON.—Lord Sandon left Liverpool on Wednes day morning by the Grand Junction Railway, on his way to Brighton, where he will join Lady Frances Sandon. During his lordship's stay here, he has received many deputations from associated bodies, and many of his individual constituents, The noble lord has taken a villa at Brighton for three months ; and he will remain there until the meeting of parliament. GRATIFYING TESTIMONIAL.—We stated a few months since that the Board of Guardians had called in the valuable professional assistance of Mr. Hugh Neill to a number of cases of opthalmia which had unfortunately become prevalent in the Workhouse in this town. On the 3d instant the Select Vestry passed the following resolution :—" That the thanks of this board be presented to Mr. Neill, for his skilful and successful treatment of eye disease, in the Workhouse, since his appoiutmeut as Opthalmic Surgeon to that, esta blishment in August last ;" and accompani e d thi s gratifying expression of their aal with an ortreasurer for one hundred guineas as a feeder on the parish SUDDEN DEATH, —On Wednesday, an inquest was held, before the borough coroner, on view of the body of George Pierpoint. The deceased, who was a labourer, was 28 years of age. On Tuesday morning lie was assisting his brother to load a furry with coffee, when he became suddenly ill, and, after appearing to be fainting, fell forward on the shafts of the furry. He was caught by some men, and was found to be insensible. He was taken to the Northern Hospital, but died on arriving there. The deceased, about 15 months ago, got crushed by a cart, and had complained of a pain in his side, but was not subject to fits. Mr. Parker, house sur geon of the Northern Hospital, said, the deceased was dead when he was brought there. On making a post mortem examination, he found a rupture of one of the blood -vessels near to the heart, which was the cause of death. --verdict accordingly. OPENIN G OF A NEW OR a new L o d ge of the Loyal Body of LODG. Orange, the house of Brother Holden, Leigh-street, which was most numerously attewled by deputati, all the lodges in the town. All the proceedings w ducted with great propriety and order. which, we trust, anu doubt not, will ever be the distinguishing features of the Orange body. After the first toast given by the Worshipful Master—" The Queen" —the band struck up the National Anthem. —The next toast was, The Grand Master of Eng land ;" after which the band played—" See the conquering hero comes."—The other toast in order—" The glorious, pious, and immortal memory of the great and good King William" —was followed by the baud playing " The Dead March in Saul." —The health of the Worshipful Master, and success to No. 27 lodge ; after which the health of the Dis trict Master was drunk, and the respective parties responded. The evening was spent in social order. On Tuesday last, en was formed at Whited:lapel, is from re con- MEETING OF TIIE DOCK. COMMITTEE.- meeting of the Dock Committee, yesterday, th,_ members were present : Messrs. florsfall (chairman, Molyneux, Middleton, Tobin, , Bold, Shand Aiken, Eva ns . H olmes Bullet', Chilt on , Holt, Marti n , Nicol, Riply, Smith, and . The Sub-committee of Works re commended that the tender of Mr. J. Orrell, for the excavation at the Albert Dock, be accepted. The Marine Surveyor reported the circumstances under which the North west Light -ship had parted from her moorings during the late St orm. It appeared that, on the morning of the 14th instant, in consequence of the severity of the gale, she bro e mooring ch a i ns b y which she is secured, a n d driftedk abotheut three cables length from her station when she was eventually held by her anchors. A steam-tug, was immediately de spatched to render all possible assistance, but owing to the heavy sea which was running, she could not be moved to her forme r station until the lith''. Great praise was due to th 2 parties on board the light-ship, as well as the master of the steams on and the men generally, for their activity and per severence on the occasion. The Formby and Crosby light ships rode out the gale without sustaining the least injury. Mr. Ripley suggested that the moorings should in future be made of the best iron, which he understood was not the case at present. In reply to a question by Mr. Tobin, as to the propriety of letting go the anchors, Mr. llorsfall said the in case the chains should break. After some further conver sation, it was decided that the Marine Surveyor should be authorized to provide moorings of the very best decription for the light-ships. The Surveyor also alluded to ' the im portant services performed by the crews of the different life boats durin g the gale, wh o h a d , b y their activity and courage, been the means of s av i ng the lives of several individuals, be longing to different' vessels which had been unfortunately wrecked on the adjoining coast. Mr. Ripley said that the life-boats, during a northwest wind, were of comparatively little use, and suggested the propriety of having a life-boat placed on board the light -ship, which might be given up to the crew of any steamer that would come for her, and which, in his opinion, would be the means of saving many lives. The Surveyor was ordered to report on it. Mr. Horsfall re commended that th e consideration of the rewards to the life-boat men, for their valuable services, Le referred to the committee, which was decided accordingly, as a the as sistance rendered by Captain Sarsfield to a vessel ilson distress, in the Victoria Ch annel. A memorial was received from the landing -waiters of her .Majesty's Customs, reuesting the com mittee to t a k e i nto consideration the great in convenience to which they were subjected, from the damp and dirty state of the huts on the quays, as well as the want of light, &c. ; the memorialists also stated that an office at the different depilts, for the landin g of goods, would be a great accom modation. R eferred to the Harbour Master's Subb-commit tee. An application was made by the Paving and Sewerage Committee respecting the paving on the east side of the Salt house Dock, rendered necessary by an alteration in the level of the dock, for the expense of which it was stated that the Dock Trust was Dock A answerable, but, f rom an examination of the ct, it did not appear that th e t rustees were liable. A re solution of the Pilot Committee relative t o t h e responsi bility of pilots, and the duties of their harbour master, with respect to the entrance of vessels into the docks, was read; but, after some conversation, the matter dro anded. The com- Mitteesoohnafterwards adjourned. weekly lowing LO ' , • •NDON.' AND BR IGHTON RAILWAY --A general mee ti ng 9 , the proprietors of the London and Brighton Railway resi dent in Liverpool, was held in the Clarendon-rooms, South ohn- street, on Wednesday, " on business of te utmost . Im portance." Th ere were present a considerable h number of share holders and Mr. Wm. Earle was called to the chair. n : 11 '. Earle having taken the chair ra it was we knovm I here had been many complaints on , the id subject of ll the ma nagement of this concern : letters had appeared in the Times, bud statements had been made concerning the management, no one had done anything. He had therefore procured '.3. list of the proprietors, and selecting from it the principal ulLieverpool proprietors, he had called upon them to attend a eting at his office. The result of that meeting was certain resolutions which would be placed before the present meet ing, for them to pass, alter, or modify, as they might think for Some gentlemen would have to go to London as a fnZdeputation to attend the general meeting to be held in Fe. Y next : it was plain, therefore, that the sinews of war E! ', 1 1 1 . g t to be the first consideration. It had been proposed taest_each individual should pay el towards the expense of , deputation, which would produce a sufficient fund. He tI himself 87 shares, and he would contribute in any pro tP;o_rti. that might be ' agreed upon. After some conversa ,',"on, it was agreed that those who had fewer than 20 shares V7,', 1 , fild contribute 10s., and those who had 20 and upwards , The Chairman then read the correspondence which _2l-1 taken place between himself and Mr. Harman, Chairman Of directors of the London and Brighton Railway. In a . let ter dated the 10th inst. to Mr. Harman, Mr. Earle stated „ L nat he had been desired, by a meeting of several influential ,roPrietors, to apply for information, whether the copy of t,ile,ipii.li proposed to be introduced into parliament was ready : th e this bill, it was understood, the directors were prepared t . ' i nsert a clause, reducing the number of the . hoard to w-nes,t', Whilst the feeling of the proprietors in Liverpool r , that the number should be ten, and their remuneration . . i c`t to io i e xceed .01,000 per annum, and that the new directors te l i - Ind be chosen by the shareholders on the passing of the 136.; The letter closed by a request that the directors would Wei.,,vbat they were prepared to do. On the 12th . instant rea-,l%.74rtnan replied, stating that the proposed bill was not kit"tY, but was in course of preparation, and would be sub br,, CU to the proprietors at the next general meeting: it was ti l l te ctors -tf'P°sed 110adli n m o it the number of directors to twelve, but the predilection for any particular number, and t o e Y would be willing to adopt that which might be agreeable the sh areholders ; the future allowance to the directors to r "i as a matter of course be regulated by the propne- El; ~.. tit"and the reduction in the number was proposed to be except in the case of re ,.ed by not electing any new director, titio.,lrenient by rotation, until by death, resignation, or dis- Inear f oto lon, the present number, ti t , re standard. In reply to this, Mr. Earle stated that the reduced below the n's letter Iisii:;...1)001 proprietors did not consider 11r. a ! 41 1eri te l.° , Y, and therefore the present meeting li to im nr a i l n ia g d a b b e o e n n t Ltie i'i Tor the purpose of adopting measures . reqqe,paired changes. The Chairman then read over all the * er Ilti ons, which were received with much app ause. f eco • oorio nsiderably modified in their pro . gress, Th and wi T ll h b ey e hai, , as finally adopted, in our advertising columns. entle e . I.'ottri-lnlan read a letter which he bad received from a s di et 0 London, which set forth that a private meeting er ha o ci r ,„"', , eo t s'en held, in which it was agreed that the numb i l'Oui,, e k rti ought to be reduced from 24 to 10, and that the 710t1,-ue re-elected after the passing of the bill. On the '`'t hi " Grant, thanks were voted to the chairma d n 4 able conduct in the chair, and the meeting separate . be sanctioned by the, council. But, then, it would be appointed to enter upon such inquiry, and make plieb .eport being at design worthy of this great port—worthy, in the opinion o its inhabitants," of a considerable pecuniary effort being made for its attainment,—rather than any of those bil by bit expedients, to meet present wants only, bT. which so many thousands, if not hundre& sands, of pounds have been frittere(l f t-liot uspect, Nvh c but we are !ontemplated by its how, if you acknow. mover;—and to them wy ledge—which you do—the vast extent of the evil, and the pressing necessity for its abate►„.,_, hesitate to enter upon even such an effort, which you foresee may be proved to be required ? We really do think that the Conservativ, the council—we do not speculate upon motives mistaken their course with respect to this An evil is proved —a dangerous and pressing evil, has existed for years and been acknowledged for year could you body in —have question and we ask, is it wise now to blink the fact of its ex istence, and, virtually, to give its continued existence, for an indefinite period, by handing it over—which they have done by the refusal of a committee—to the same management which has permitted it to remain so long an unsightly, an uncared for, and a dangerous enemy of the comfort and lives of an entire commu nity ? This question, we suggest to them, cannot be shelved. It has a warning and impressive voice which speaks daily to thousands. It can make, and is making, its own way unaided; and we entreat of our Conser vative friends to reconsider the course which they have taken with respect to it. Upon this question our ad- POACHING.—TWO boys, named John and Wm. Mitchell, were brought up yesterday at the Birkenhead Police -court, before the lion. Sir Edward Cust, the Rev. R. M. Fieldpn, and J. D. Case, Esq., charged with poaching, at Frankly, on the estate of John Robins, Esq., on the afternoon of Friday last. The magistrates convicted them in the penalty of ss. each and costs. ROBBERY AT NEW BRIGHTON.-A few days ago, a cottage at New Brighton, in the occupation of Mr. Crisp, of Slater street, in this town, was found to have been broken open, and a feather-bed, bolster, pillows, and a quantity of car peting, had been taken away. A hair -mattress had also been taken out of the house and placed in the middle of the yard. The house had been shut up for some time past, being a summer residence. AN UNNATURAL SON.—Charles Inglefield was charged, yesterday, at the Birkenhead Police-court, by his mother, a respectable aged lady, residing at Rock Ferry, with going to her house and using violent language, and threatening to set fire to the house. It appeared, also, that some time ago the prisoner went to his father's house, forced his way into his bed-room, where the old gentleman was dying, and used threatening and violent language, and conducted himself so violently that the interference of the police was obliged to be resorted to. The magistrate ordered him to find sureties to keep the peace; and in default, he was committed to prison. DEATH FROM BURNING.—An inquest was held on Wed nesday on the body of Mary O'Harer, a child of five years old. The deceased lived with her parents in a cellar in New Bird -street, and had, it appeared, been left by herself. On Thursday, a female neighbour heard screams proceeding from the place, and on going up found the deceased in flames, which were speedily extinguished, but not before the deceased was much burned over her breast and face. She was taken to the Southern Hospital, dressed, and brought home again, where she was attended by a surgeon; but died from the in juries on Sunday.—Verdict, " Died from the burning; but how the fire originated, no evidence." FURTHER DISASTERS TO VESSELS IN THE LATE STORM. —The ship Oceola, from the States, has arrived with decks swept of every thing.—The Oxford, for Portland, has put back, with loss of boltsprit, having come in contact w ith another vessel in th e channel.—Ysterday afternoon, the Glasgow schooner Portland, which got on shore near South port, was towed up the river by a steam-tug. She had been entirely dismasted, and carried only a small jury foremast. Her figure-head and tafrail were carried away, and her bul warks so broken up, that she appeared a complete wreck in her upper works. As she passed along the sea-walls of the several docks at the north end of the town, she had a num ber of men on her deck, many of whom were alternately toiling at the pumps to keep her afloat. FALSE REPORT OF FIRE AT LEAOE AST O n Friday night last, about seven o'clock, S wh W en the wind was blowing a perfect gale, information reached the Police -office at Birkenhead. that Leasowe Castle, the residence of the Hon. Sir E. Cost, was on fire. The fire-engine was imme diately brought out and conveyed to the place, and the Special High Constable of the Hundred, Mr. Palmer, hastened to the spot. It happened fortunately, however, that the blaze which had given rise to the alarm proceeded from some brick-kilns in the direction of Leasowe Castle, and near Bidston. At the Birkenhead Police-court yesterday, Sir Edward Cust, when on the bench, expressed his thanks to Mr. Palmer for his activity on the occasion, and desired him also to convey his thanks to the individuals who have the care of the tire-engine, for their promptitude on the occasion. It happened fortunately the engine was not needed, but he begged to observe, he was equally obliged to the parties. THE FUNDS, WEDNESDAY E VENING. — Consols have not supported the slight advance of_ yesterday. For money, the quotation has gone back to 911 to a ; and for the account, to to 1. The speculators are expressing doubts of the amicable adjustment of the Barcelona affair with the French authorities, and to back their opinions have sold stock. Ex cheque' Bills closed a trifle higher--viz., 635. to 655. prem. ; Bank Stock, 1711 to 172- ; India St oc k, 261 k to 264; In dia Bonds, 57 to - 59 premium; Th ree per Cents. Reduced, 951 to : Three-and-a-half per Cents. Reduced, 1011 to 102 ; Long Annuities, 121; New Three-and-a -half per Cents., 100 k to 101 ; and South Sea Stock, 1051. The foreign stocks have not fluctuated beyond the fraction, and a very small amount of business was transacted. Spanish Actives left off 18k to ; ditto New, 231 to ;1; Dutch Two and-a-half per Cents., 52 to 1 ; Portuguese Five per Cents., 351 to 61; Mexican, 32k to ; Brazilian, 721- to 731; Bel gian, 102 to 103 ; C o l om bi an, 231 to I; and - Danish, 85 to 86. CHURCH OF ENGLAND SCHOOL, CORNWALLIS-STREET— TRIBUTE OF RESPECT.—We could not, in our last, report as fully as we wished the interesting proceedings at the Cornwallis-street School, on the previous evening. After the examination of the children Mr. Wilkinson, of Lord street, was called to the chair. As we stated, the object of the meeting was to present the talented instructor, Mr. W. Clarke, with his portrait in oil. This gratifying testimonial was first suggested by a letter signed " A Poor Widow," which we subjoin. The portrait, during the examination, was kept from view ; but no sooner was the covering re moved than universal applause testified the feeling of the assemblage towards the youthful artist's merits. A little boy, about six years old, then stepped forward and addressed the chairman thus—" We, in the name of the poor widow, our parents and friends, beg to ask you to present this por trait to our dear master as a small token of our regard ; and pray, sir, be kind enough to read the widow's letter." Mr. Wilkinson then spoke as follows :—Sir,—l may say with a great deal of truth and sincerity, that the present moment is one to me of very great gratification. The little children who have so pleasingly and charmingly presented to you a testimonial of their gratitude and esteem having delegated to me the task of addressing you, I do so with very much pleasure. I ought, first of all, to inform those ladies and gentlemen who are present of the origin of this testimonial— a testimonial alike creditable to you, creditable to the artist, and still more creditable to the donors. It was suggested by a letter signed " A Poor Widow," which I will read to you ; and surely if the widow's mite of old was acceptable in the eyes of the Almighty, so surely ought this poor widow's mite to be equally so : , 2d Der, . " Sir,—B e i ng a widow, " and Liverpool 1 have had three ecemb children in the infant school in Cornwallis -street, and have great reason to be very thankful, for the kind gentlemen have built so good a school for our children. Still Ido think, with many of my poor friends, I do thinlc we ought to present him with something to show our thanks, to encourage him. So please to excuse me for telling you I don't know any gentleman that I have seen take so much notice of that school as you. Many will give silver, and some will give pence, if it is begun. I should like to buy him something to keep in memory of us; if you begin I should like to do it. I shall hear, and send you 2s. 6.21.—1 shall be your obliged, " A POOR Wsnow." When, sir, I look around and see the young faces I now do ; when I reflect upon the knowledge you have imparted to their minds; when I remember the seeds of the great truths of christianity you have implanted in their hearts, and which I pray God may bring forth abundant fruit; when I think of all these things, I do so with a joy at my heart that we live in a country where instruction is open to the poorest and most humble of our fellow -creatures. Sir, I need not tell you and those who have honoured us with their company, that in the Blue•coat Hospital —a noble establishment—many of our first merchants have received their education, and refer to their schoolboy days with pride. I hope, in after years, many of the children here, in the zenith of prosperity, who are now receiving instruction from you, may have the candour to say, " I was first tutored in Cornwallis-street Infant School; by the knowledge I there attained, I fitted myself for the Col legiate Institution, and gratefully look back to those who so kindly were the stepping -stone to my happiness." Sir, the trustees of this school must feel a pride that the man in whom they have reposed their confidence should have been thus marked out for this honour; humble though it be, it is rich in purity, as it flows from warm and grateful hearts. I can not conclude without wishing you prosperity and happiness, and that you may live so many years that this excellent por trait may become exceedingly unlike, and only remind these children when grown up, when they see it, of the debt of gratitude they owe you.—After the chairman had finished, Mr. Clarke replied in suitable terms, and was evidently keenly sensible of the favour bestowed upon him. The paint ing- can be seen in one of the rooms of the building any day next week, for the inspection of the friends and supporters of the school. SCHOOL FOR THE DEAF AND DUMB.—The annual meet ing of the friends and supporters of this admirably conducted charity was held yesterday in the school-room of the institu. tion, the president, the Rev. Augustus Campbell, Junior rec tor, in the chair. The Rev, R. L. Townsend, the secretary, read the report, from which it appeared that the number of pupils in the school was now sixty, being a greater number than on any previous year; and the report of the medical gentlemen, Messrs. Edwards and Neill, as to the health of the children, was favourable. Similar institutions in America gave instructions to the pupils in industrious occupations, and the committee recommended to their successors the adoption of such a plan, which had been found to be attended with advantages to the children and profit to the institutions. The report further stated that arrangements would soon be completed for the accommodation of a greater number of par lour boarders, and added that 1,600 visitors had called at the institution during the past year, some of them foreigners, and many of them had left on record testimonials of their liberality, and of their approbation of the excellence of the institution. The report also spoke in high terms of Mr. Rhind, the master, and approvingly of Miss Atkinson. Mr. R. Crosby Dawson, the treasurer, read a state ment of the accounts, from which it appeared that the balance in hand was £129 13s. 7d. He stated also that had it not been for the donations and lega cies during the past year, the institution would have commencHl this year without any balance, which proved that the present annual sttbscriptions were inadequate to meet the expenses. He called, therefore, on the public to come for ward and renew their efforts on behalf of the institution. The Rev. Dr. Iliff, in moving that the report be adopted, printed, and circulated under the direction of the committee, expressed the pleasure he felt in 'being present on the occa sion. Mr. Alston, in seconding the motion, said the report was so excellent in itself, and the institution was so good, that it was unnecessary to say one word in support of it. He wished, however, the public to know, that there was a great deal of accommodation for additional pupils in the in sehool ; and when they considered the number of persons Great'Britain, amounting to between twelve and thirteen thousand, who were deprived of the power of hearing and speech, it was very important that their accommodation should be well known. The chairman asked if no means had recently been taken to ascertain the number of deaf and dumb persons in the town. The secretary said they would be able, he thought, in about three months, to know. Th e Chairm an . —T hat is the first thing we ought to look to, I think. Mr. R. Rathbone said they had requested the ovifsittohres onfoolthheerl:iisots theyrictYrovident So c i e t y to get a list could, but it had not yet been done. A subscriber said there appeared to be some difficulty in getting pupils into the London in stitution, for on a late vacancy, as many as 4000 persons had voted in favour of some of the children. The Rev. Mr. Liccester, seconded by Mr. J. Simpson, moved a vote of thank s to the officers for the past year, and proposed the committee for the ensuing year—Mr. Richard Rathbone to be chairman. Mr. Richard Rathbone, seconded by Mr. William Houghton, proposed the thanks of the meeting to the ladies who that th e had ki n dl y acte d as visitors, with a request Y would continue their valuable services monthly for the present year. Mr. Rathbone begged to remark, that one of the boys, the son of poor parents residing in Ireland, had been, by the direction of the medical gentlemen, removed to the Infirmary, in consequence of an ailment in the hand, which rendered the immediate amputation of one of the fin gers necessary ; and the committee were anxious that the distant parents of poor children, boarders in the school, should be made aware of the great comfort, tenderness of nursing, and superiority of medical treatment, which dis guishes that admirably conducted institution. The operation to which he had alluded was most skilfully performed, and the boy, who bore it without flinching, or a murmar, is doing well. On the motion of Mr. Dawson, seconded by Mr. Lassells, the thanks of the meeting were presented to the Rev. Thomas I3ibby, for his advocacy of the cause of the institution during the year. Thanks were then voted to the president, and the meeting separated. LONDON AND BRIGHTON RAILIVAY.".-We beg to call the attention of the shareholders of this line to a numerous meet ing of the proprietors, which was held at the Clarendon rooms on Wednesday last. Matters of great importance were laid before the meeting, and the resolutions advertised in another part of our paper were carried unanimously. LIVERPOOL FAVOURITES.—The Dublin Evening Moil, in speaking of the play of " Love's Sacrifice," which has just been brought o u t a t th e th eatre i n Dublin, says that in it " Miss Julia Bennett was respectable, and Mr. Baker beyond all praise. This gentleman is one of the most useful, as well as one of the most excellent performers, in his line, on the stage." IMPUDENT ROBBERS .—About half-past six o'clock 011 Wednesday night an impudent robbery was committed in the shop of Mr. Peter Wood, baker and flour deJler, at No. 101, Vauxhall-road. Mr. Wood had retired from the shop for a few minutes whilst he went into the kitchen for his coat, and during his absence, a sack containing 162 pounds of flour, which was lying about three-quarters of a yard from the door, was taken away. On perceiving the loss he went to the door for the purpose of keeping a look out, and in a few minutes he saw a man named Michael O'Hara come out of Boardman's public-house, next door, with a sack of flour upon his back. He immediately took the sack from the man and collared him ; at the same instant another man, named John Wright, appeared at the door of the public house, who, seeing that O'Hara was in custody, ran off, and for the time made his escape. Police officer No. 508 coming up, he conveyed O'Hara to Bridewell. Wright was appre hended in Naylor-street, the same evening, by inspector Moore. Yesterday the prisoners were examined at the Police -court, when, in addition to the above facts being proved, Mr. Boardman, the publican, living next door to the prosecutor, stated that he saw the sack of flour in his house and the prisoners standing near it, but who brought it in there he did not know. They had each a glass of ale, after which he heard Wright say to O'Hara, " Now Mick, off with that flour, he will want it to lay it to sponge." Wright then helped to raise it on O'Hara's back. The former said nothing in his defence : the latter said he was out of work, in want, and nearly starved. The flour was valued at lid. per lb., and therefore was worth £1 3s. 74d. Both the prisoners were committed for trial at the sessions. STATISTICS OF MORTALITY FOR WIGAN AND THE NEIGHBOURHOOD.—From the Ist day of January, 1842, to the Ist day of January, 18-13, there have been 256 marriages in the Parish Church of Wigan, being a decrease, as com pared with the preceding year, of 47. The total number of marriages in the townships of Hindley, Upholland, Abram, Pemberton, Billinge, and Haigh, including the different places of worship in Wigan, amount to 410; and this gross number, when compared with last year, shows a decrease of 46. The total number of baptisms at the Parish. Church amounts to 998, being an increase of 51 in the year ; including the other places of worship in Wigan and the townships, the gross number of baptisms is 2,067, showing an increase over last year of 121. The burials at the Parish Church have been 275 males, and 233 females, being an increase of 10 ; in cluding, as above, the number is 1169 ; an increase of only 3 over last year's return. Among the number of deaths, 24 have died by accident in Wigan. From birth to 1 year, 181 have been buried at the Parish Church ; from 1. year to 2, 50 ; from 2 to 5, 39 ; from 5 to 10, 18 ; from 10 to 20, 29 ; from 20 to 30, 28 ; from 30 to 40, 29 ; "tom 40 to 50, 17 ; from 50 to 60, 25 ; from 60 to 70, 54 ; from 70 to 80, 30 ; from 80 to 90, 15 ; from 90 to 100, 1. From January, 1831, to January, 1832, there were 391 marriages in Wigan and the townships named ; 1515 baptisms, 1302 burials. From 1832 to 1833, 363 marriages, 1702 baptisms, 1074 burials. From 1833 to 1834, 450 marriages, 1506 baptisms, 824 bu rials. From 1834 to 1835,434 marriages, 1587 baptisms, 1191 burials. From 1835 to 1836, 477 marriages, 1753 baptisms, 1,222 burials. From 1836 to 1837, 508 marriages, 1809 bap tisms, 947 burials. From 1837 to 1838, 447 marriages, 2164 baptisms, 1433 burials. From 1838 to 1839, 467 marriages, 1765 baptisms, 1066 burials. From 1839 to 1840, 491 mar marriages, 1645 baptisms, 1409 burials. From 1810 to 1841. 378 marriages, 1688 baptisms, 1490 burials. From 1841 to 1842, 486 marriages, 1946 baptisms, 1166 burials. WIGAN DISPENSARY BALL.—A charity ball, for the be nefit of the Wigan Dispensary, took place in the Assembly Room, behind the Royal Hotel, on Thursday evening last, and it may certainly be pronounced as one of the most splen did displays of beauty and elegance that has been made in Wigan for many years past. The room was tastefully de corated with evergreens, and flowers, formed into wreaths, festoons and devices, displaying a variety of most pleasing attractions, which were duly applauded by the company present. The band of the 72d Regiment of Royal High landers was in attendance, and one from Liverpool to relieve the others in the course of the evening. Amongst the com pany present we may notice the patroness—the Right Hon. the Countess of Balcarras, Right Hon. the Earl of Balcar ras, Right Hon. Lord Lindsay, the Hon. Mrs. Lindsay and the Misses Lindsay, Mrs. Gleig and the Misses Gleig, Miss Bourke, Capt. the Hon. James Lindsay, Hon. Chas. Lindsay, Hon. Colin Lindsay, C. R. Lindsay, Esq., Mrs. Gunning, Octavius Gunning, Esq., Miss Clerke, Peter Greenall, Esq., M.P., Mrs. Greenall and the Misses Greenall, Mrs. Bankes, Winstanley-hall ; M. Bankes, Esq., Mrs. Walmsley and the Misses Trafford, W. G. Walmsley, Esq. and the Misses Walmsley, Herman Walms ley, Esq., Capt. Gerard, Fred. Gerard, Esq. and lady, J. R. De Traffard, Esq., Chisenhale Chisenhale, Esq., Mrs. Chisenhale and daughter, Mrs. Thos. Ridway and daugh ter, Wm. Nicholson, Esq. Thelwall-hall, Warrington ; Jas. Nicholson, Esq., Lieutenant-Colonel Maclean, W. Ford Hulton, Esq., Capt. Everard, Capt. Pollard, Lieut. Price, Ensign M'Kenzie, H. L. Trafford, Esq. and lady, Jno. Woodcock, Esq., Henry Woodcock, Esq. and lady, Miss Marriot, Mr. and Mrs. Hill and party, Capt. Adam, J. F. Hodson, Esq. and lady, Jno. Lord, Esq., Jno. Lord, jun. Esq. Robt. Anderton, Esq., Mr. and Mrs. Langford Brooke, Edwd. Silvester, Esq. Miss Wilkinson, Robt. Andrews, Esq., Rivinton ; Richd. Eccles, Esq. and the Misses Eccles, Blundell, Esq., C. Morris, Esq., Geo. Daglish, Esq. and lady, Jno. Acton, Esq. and lady, Reece Bevan, Esq. and lady, R. Leigh, Esq. and party, R. Daglish, Esq., sen., St. Helen's, and lady, &c., &c. We understand that a sum near £6O will be handed over, as the proceeds of the ball, to the treasurer of the institution. HAVING POSSESSION OF BASE COIN. MOULDS, &C.— Thomas Rourke and Mary Rourke were on Wednesday brought before Mr. Rushton, at the Police -court, under the following charge :—Police-officer No. 37 said, that in conse quence of information which he had received, he on Tuesday went into the cellar in Addison -street inhabited by the pri soners, and there saw the woman. He asked her if she occupied the place, and she said she did. He then asked her if she had any money in her possession, and she replied that she had a little. He searched her, and found a small metal box, which contained seven bad sixpences. He next searched at the side of the fire-place, and there found two plaster-of-Paris moulds, which were quite warm ; also a to bacco pipe, in which white metal had been melted, some of which still remained in the pipe part.—Another police-officer found another mould behind the door, four pieces of bad money, and a saucer containing plaster of Paris.—Mr. Su perintendent M'Donald afterwards found on the floor a glove, containing twelve bad sixpences. On the female pri soner being searched at the police station, four base six pences were found upon her.—Mr. Commissioner Dowling said that one of the moulds (produced) was taken from a sixpence of 1816. There was another for 1819, but it was so much defaced that he could not take it upon himself to say whether any of the sixpences of that date, produced, had been made from it The pipe, containing a thread of white metal through it, was also produced ; likewise part of a Britannia-metal spoon, and some powder, which had been used to rub the coin with after it was cast, and which Mr. Dowling spewed, by rubbing a piece of it, imparted to it an appearance of silver.—The prisoners were miserably clad, and appeared as if they had suffered from destitution. The female had an infant in her arms, and stated that she had two other children then at the door of the court-house, one of them ill. The officers corroborated thi s l as t f ac t, and an old man who rented them the cellar said that he had observed . the family to be i n p over t y an d m i sery. The husband deed all knowledge of the base coin, or the moulds. The wife said a boy had come i n t o th e ce ll ar an d asked leave to sit at the fire, but that she had gone out and did not know what he had done in her absence.—Mr. Rushton ordered the children to be taken to the workhouse, and remanded the prisoners until it could be ascertained whether the officers of the crown would prosecute. An opinion is gaining ground that in the ensuing session of parliament, notwithstanding the success of our arms in Affghanistan, an in qu i ry w ill b e i nst i tuted into the origin of the Affghan war, which, it will be recollected, was under taken in direct opposition to the advice, and in defiance of the emphatic protest, of the Duke of Wellington, a man better acquainted with the scene of operations than any other in the house, except, perhaps, his late brother, the Marquis Wellesley, by the late obstinate ministry. A Calais letter states that on the Sth instant three officers of the English police landed there, and proceeded to arrest a London merchant on a warrant issued against him upon a charge of having defrauded the revenue. The authorities of the town, on being informed of this violation of the French territory, immediately sent one of their own officers to the hotel where the captors and their prisoner were, and at once released him, and threatened the English policemen with the vengeance of the law if they renewed their attempt. B u STLE Fou ND.—We yesterday picked up what we suppose to be a lady's bustle. It is built not unlike an Indian bark canoe, with the ends turned upwards like the pointed shoes worn in the time of Henry VIII., and measures two feet in length by eleven inches across the gibbous swell—containing, by estimation, about a gallon cubic contents. The fair owner can have the missing item restored to her, on calling at our office, proving property, &c., &c.—Buira/o Corn. (When she calls at your office for the purpose of proving that small piece of property, please let us know it.—New Orleans Pl c . WILD FLOWERS. —One characteristic of our native plants we must mention, that, if we miss in them something of the gorgeousness and lustre of more tropical flowers, we are more than compensated by th e d elicacy and variety of their per fume ; and just as our woods, vocal with the nightingale, the the blackbird and the thrush, can well spare the gaudy fea thers of the macaw, so we can consign the oncidiuras, the the cactuses, and the iinpomreas of the tropics, for the de licious fragrance of our wild banks of violets, our lilies -of the valley, our woodbine, or even the passing whiff of a haw thorn bush, a clover or bean-field, or a gorse common.— Quarterly Review. LIVER TillATitz.--Mrs. Honey's benefit, it will be seen is announced to take place to-morrow evening at this theatre. when she will impersonate Macheath, in the Beggar's Opera. EUTERPEON.—A fine instrument of this description has been erected and is now open for inspection at the Organ Tavern, Nlarybone. The proprietor will exhibit its power and mechanism, to any person wishing to hear it, free of pi,,r(rP Tim INFANT SAPI4IO.—This interesting little child has just finished a successful career at Manchester. On the last occasion of her appearance upwards of 700 persons were present. It will be seen that she will give two more concerts here previous to her departure for Dublin. We are in formed she will shortly retire from public life until her voice becomes matured; therefore those who have any de sire to hear her, must lose no time in doing so. FLOWERS.—It will be seen by the advertisement else where, that Mr. Ledet, from Paris, who has resided here temporarily, with a stock of choice specimens of trees and flowers, is about to take his departure, and offers the re mainder of his collection at a low figure. The trees appear in excellent condition, and Mr. Ledet does not, when there is any doubt as to the genuineness of the flower, ask for pay ment until he returns, after the flowers have blown. Ama teurs are referred to his advertisement. DAMAGING PROPERTY.—A young gentleman, who was described as a clerk in Liverpool, but lodging near the New Ferry, in Cheshire, was yesterday summoned before the ma. gistrates, at Birkenhead, to answer a charge of destroying a quantity of railing on the farm of Mr. Harris, at Lower Babbington, in a " midnight lark" in the company of several other persons. The young man did not appear to the sum mons, but, the case having been proved against him, he was convicted in the penalty of 40s. and costs, and the conviction was ordered to be made immediately. lIQ,USE ROBBERY.—Mary Hunter, a married woman re siding in Albert-street, was, on Wednesday, brought before Mr. Rushton, on a charge of being concerned in robbing a house. Mary Lowther, wife of a cooper in Burlington-street, said, she left her house on Monday afternoon, and locked it up, no one being in. She. returned at six in the evening, and found footmarks on the cellar stairs, and afterwards missed a number of articles of dress, shawls, gowns, a cloak, &c. ; the whole worth about £ll. Notice was given to the police, and that morning (Wednesday) the prisoner went to Middlebrook and Co., pawnbrokers, in Regent-street, and offered some articles in pledge, when she was apprehended. Some of the other articles were also found elsewhere, where she bad pledged them. She was committed for trial. THE LATE FIRE IN CROMPTON-STREET.—It will be re membered that amongst the sufferers by this fearful calamity was a man of the name of John Bushell ; and his case seemed to be one of such peculiar hardship, that a special fund was immediately raised for his relief. In a letter to James Par ker, Esq., one of the memb ers f or S t. A nne ' s Ward, who interested warmly for the increase of the subscription, Mr. Bushell acknowledges to have received £l6B 155., and returns his thanks " to the gentlemen who came forward to assist him under his trying difficulty." Creditable as this amount is to the generous subscribers, the poor man will, notwithstanding, sustain a very serious loss, as he estimates the amount of property belonging to him, and destroyed by the fire, at £469 10s. LAUNCH OF " THE BENTINCK" STEAM-SHIP, This magnificent vessel (the sister-ship of " The Hin dostan," now in India) was yesterday launched from the building-yard of Messrs. Thomas Wilson and Co., at the north end of the town. It was not expected that the launch would take place until next month, although the vessel was ready to be floated into her destined element some three months' ago, had that been required; but she was retained on the stocks, and the finishing of her upper-works, and other operations, preparatory to receiving her engines, gone on with in the i n t er i m , part of which would otherwise have deen done in dock. The good news from the East, we pre sume, and her consequent requisition on her intended station, between India and Suez, induced the proprietors to put her afloat before the period originally fixed, and to hasten her preparations for sea, as she has necessarily a long voyage be fore her ere she can join the Hindostan in the Indian seas. The notice to the public was, consequently, very short and partial ; but the delight which had been experienced by those who witnessed the launch of the Hindostan, and of many of the finest ships ever built at our port by the same naval architects, tended to give the first intimation the rapid pub licity of a beacon-li g ht on a hill i n t h e o ld feudal times, and " the good old town" was instantly on the qui tiive to see the launch. Th e b u ild ers t h emse l ves were, we believe, taken somewhat unawares ; but their tact and management over came every difficulty : all that was required was accomplished with skill and coolness. Everything was ready at the re quired time, and the immense mass of individuals of all classes who congregated in the spacious yard experienced a gratification which they universally acknowledged, and w ill remember so long as " a pl easant d ay " in their lives remains unobliterated from " the tablet of memory." The Bentinck is in almost every respect the twin-ship of the Hindostan, and we are therefore spared the task—no easy one, to do her justice—of a description. She is built, in fact, from the same moulds, by the same faithful hands, and is consequently of the same burthen—which is no less than about 2,020 tons. The only difference is, that in place of diagonal timber fastenings, she has diagonal timber ceil ing —the two modes being equally approved by scientific men, and both so closely approximating to what is deemed per fection as regards strength, that argument in behalf of either resolves itself into a mere matter of taste, rather than ex perience, in their respective merits. The weather, particularly when the season of the year is considered, and the late continuous storms, was ex cee di ng l y propitious. The early p art o f the morning was somewhat raw and misty, without downfal ; but towards noon it became bright, and even sunny, and the Cheshire shore—before invisible, through the fog —was distinctly in view. There were but light airs of wind, and the Mersey, but for here and there the ripple of a strong up-coming tide (of nineteen feet), showed as a mirror. The preparations for the launch were witnessed by many hundreds, even before twelve o'clock, and were the more interesting from the immense height, length, aed bulk of the vessel. At about that hour the public generally were ad_ mated, and the influx was immense, including many of the A mos v t as r t esp n e u c m ta b b e l r e of our men were ourcitizens and " cou n try nei g hb ours. " employed in removing the remaining blocks below, and &bores at each side, that had supported the vessel, and letting her down upon the cradles, and the whole was accomplished with amazing promptitude— the vessel being then seen, from either side, in all her fine proportions from stem to stern. A more beautiful model, indeed, was never turned out of any yard—not excepting our own arsenals. With ample bearing below and aloft, the Beatinck is peculiarly fine both in the bow and the run—a craft, in fact, in which the builders appear to have accom plished the grand desideratum of stability and safety, com bined with the quality of speed, which is difficult of attain ment. She has a fine figure-head of the distinguished individual Lord W. Bentinck, whose name she bears, and a corresponding carved stern with the coat of arms, &c., and motto, " Craign ez H onte. " Towards one o'clock the assemblage became immense in the yard, in which stages were erected on various sites for the accommodation of the ladies and those who accompanied them. Both sides of the yard were, however. almost equally favourable for ,a view, so that even the humblest were gratified. Several Glasgow and other steam-boats slacked their speed in going down the river, to see the launch ; and river steamers and row-boats, crowded with spectators, hovered near the spot. A fine ship, in the yard to the northward, and almost ready for launching, also held her hundreds, and every eminence on balk, plank, rail or roof, was crowded. We have no means of forming an esti mate of the numbers present, but we should think there were not fewer than from 5,000 to 6,000 persons. A commodious stage, clipping round the bows of the vessel, was erected for the ladies and gentlemen who were more immediately inte rested in " christening" the vessel. On this we observed J. C. Shaw, Esq., and his lady, with whom were the lady of C. W. Williams, Esq., Mr. and Miss Weller, and many others. Mrs. Williams undertook the duty of ‘• throw ing the bottl e ;" an d a l l b e i ng in readiness, at about twenty minutes' past one o'clock, Mr. Thomas Wilson gave the orders successively, of " out chisels"—" down shores"—" down daggers," and the immense ship, as if im patient of delay in embracing her destined fluid, glided grace fully and sublimely into the deep waters of the Mersey; all eyes intently fixed upon her, and every voice uttering, as her huge bulk glided along, an irrepressible shout of admiration. We never witnessed a more beautiful launch. She started off splendidly, without a perceptible creak on her bed (notwith standing her weight was nearly equal to her tonnage), but went on majestically along the ways, increasing in speed, until she plunged into the deep ; and, released from her ties to land, bounded lightly, and rushed rapidly from the shore. The only real crack, indeed, was that of the bottle at her nose when she received her name. She was at the time under the command of Captain Christie, of the City of Dublin Com pany (formerly first officer of the " Liverpool," afterwards of the " President," transatlantic steam-ships), who saw her safely towed into dock. The immense concourse of persons assembled, after watch ing her rapid progress up the river, until she was hid from view, gradually left the yard, much delighted with the sight, and generally remarking what a terrible vacuum she had left in Messrs. Wilson's yard, which now bore quite a naked ap pearance. Many, however, lingered behind to look at " the ways" down which she hag glided, and which, we found, — including the run beyond the sea-wall supported on frame work (a length of about twenty feet)—to be, in all, not less than 260 to 270 feet. The width of the ways was from eight teen to nineteen feet. The ladies and gentlemen, who were on the stage at the bows, and the builders and their immediate friends, who were not pressed for time, partook of wine and buns in the mould room, and, we need scarcely add, drank success to the " Bentinck," her spirited owners, and her builder ; , No accident whatever occurred to mar the pleasures of the day. A boy fell into the river from the sea-wall, owing to the pressure of the crowd ; but there were numbers of boats about, and as lie was never in danger, the circum stance occasioned merely a little merriment amongst byestanders. ' The Bentinck is now in the Trafalgar Dock, where she will receive her engines, now ready at the celebrated works of Messrs. Fawcett and Preston. They will be fixed on board, and the vessel fully equipped for sea, with all the ex pedition► that is consistent with good workmanship. CORRESPONDENCE, ANGLO CATHOLIC CHURCH, AND ROMAN CATHOLIC APOSTACY. TO THE EDITOR OF THE LIVERPOOL STANDARD, SIR,—In your paper of yesterday I observe a letter ad dressed to one of the churchwardens of this parish, by a Roman priest resident in the town. The second paragraph contains these words,—" Though I have not entered the ministry by making the declaration► required by the rubrics of the Established Church, permit me, Sir, to inform you that the rubrics of that church recognise the validity of my ordination." In this confident assertion the priest is mistaken. No rubric of our church recognises the validity of his ordination. If there be any such rubric, let him produce it; let any of his friends who set a value upon his veracity produce it. Sir, it cannot be produced; and the priest's statement be trays either ignorance of our rubrics, or recklessness of his own character. Some of our bishops have, indeed, received Roman priests into our ch urc h without further ordination; but it was done on their own responsibility, and without the sanction of any rubric, or article, or canon of our c h urc h. It was d one , t oo , be it observed, after the priest had publicly renounced the Roman apostacy as idolatrous; and abjured the authority of the see of Rome in this realm as an usurpation. There are other assertions in the priest's letter demanding animadversion, but let this suffice for the present. Where is the rubric of our church which recognises the validity of his ordination? Advisedly, I say no where. Let us wait for his answer, or the answer of any of his friends. The question is not one of polemical discussion, but of matter of fact. Where is the rubric to which he refers? If no answer be given to this, the public will know to what to ascribe it. I have the honour to be, Sir, A MEMBER OF THE ANGLO CATHOLIC CHURCH, AND A PROTESTER AGAINST THE ROMAN CATHOLIC APOSTACY. Liverpool, January 18, 1843. " ARE PAPISTS CATHOLICS ?" TO THE EDITOR OF THE LIVERPOOL STANDARD SlR,—The question between the Churchwarden and Mr. Wilkinson is a question of principle, and not a strife of words. The word Catholic, in its primary signification, means universal; and so the Christian Church was called Catholic, in distinction from the Jewish Church, which was confined to a single nation. So, the Catholic Church means all the churches in the world under their lawful bishops : a Catholic Church means a branch of that one great society. But in ecclesiastical history, the word Catholic is made to signify orthodox ; and a Catholic Christian means an ortho• dox Christian, as distinguished from heretics, named from their sectarian heresiarches, such as Arians, Socinians, &c. Hence the absurdity of calling Papists Catholics. Papists belong to a peculiar society, who receive the doctrines which the Council of Trent has added to the Bible; and when we call them Catholics we call ourselves Heretics, because we admit them to be orthodox ; and they boast of this foolish admission of ours, and turn it to our disadvantage. They have, however, no right whatever to this title. The English Romanist is a Romish schismatic—a schismatic from the Anglo-Catholic Church, and not a Catholic in any sense of the word. I thank the Churchwarden for his vindication of a principle.—Your obedient servant, CLERICUS TO THE EDITOR OF THE LIVERPOOL STANDARD. SlR, — Although you may be well content to " leave the public to form their own judgment on the matter" at issue between Mr. Churchwarden Birkett and Priest Wilkinson, of the Edmund-street Mass-house, there are still some alle gations and assumptions in Mr. Wilkinson's letter (No. 4) SO glaring, as to force themselves upon a further notice. To Mr. Birkett our best thanks are due as Protestants anc Churchmen, for his conduct throughout; his firm but temperate refusal to acknowledge the usurped claim and title of the Romish apostacy, while it affirms a vital principle, appears also in advantageous contrast with the vulgar inso lence of Mr. Wilkinson's reply. The difference in tone and temper, between the letters No. 1 and 4 of the correspondence, illustrative as it is of the genius of the entire Romish system, is worthy of remark. The fawning sycophancy of its first approach, so long as there is an ulterior object in view, is speedily laid• aside for the savage ferocity of its real nature when that object is either attained, as in the case of the mis. called " Catholic Emanciation Bill," or found to be un attainable, as with Mr. Wilkinson. 'Tis the same spirit that actuates the whole " Agitat molem, et magno se corpore miscet," from the highest to the lowest ; from Maur Cappelari. (actuellement Gregoire Seiziene) down even to Priest Wil kinson himself. In his first letter he " begs respectfully to lay before you, 8 1 . c.," while the more congenial epithets of " impertinent," " presumptuous," " bigotted," " intoler ant," and such like abound throughout the second. To Mr. Birkett we are indebted for this exposé. Before proceeding to his assertions, (since arguments they cannot be called,) I must first notice the compliment he pays himself, at the expense of the Catholic clergy of this kingdom, when he speaks of " better pay," and unworthy motives influencing their choice of a profession. He surely cannot have read Mr. O'Croly's pamphlet on the Ecclesias tical Finance of the Romish Church in Ireland; he must be a stranger also to the proverbial rapacity of the Romish priesthood in that country, attested by the figures and facts of that writer, himself a Romish priest, proved this very month, by a meeting reported in the Castlebar Telegraph, (a Popish journal,) of two parishes in that neighbourhood, (within a few miles of the notorious Dr. IM`Hale,) to pro test against the further payment of Easter or Christmas dues to the priests. He can never have examined the evi dence whereby it has been ascertained that the whole church property in England would not afford an income of £3OO a year to each incumbent, without making any allowance for the support of curates. These petty details he has doubtless overlooked in his sublime haste to expose the ministers of a church, whieh is indebted to the " laws of the realm," for nothing else than protection and support, a favour which she gratefully accepts and amply repays. But I pass to his other assumptions, and first with regard to the validity of his ordi nation, as acknowledged by the church catholic within this empire, and the self complacency with which he affirms the eagerness with which any of our bishops would " at once appoint him to a cure." Dr. O'Sullivan, in his learned work on " The Apostacy predicted by St. Paul, (p. 235,) admitting the fact of Romist priests being received as ministers into the Church of Eng. land without re-ordination, accounts also for the anomaly " The book of Common Prayer, he says, lays down a rule, (viz. the words, ` hart formerly episcopal consecration, &c., in the preface to the form and manner of ordaining, &c. &c.,) according to which orders conferred in the Romish church, should have been held valid in the Church of England. But this rule was framed before the creed of Pius IV. had been adopted by Romanism as a substitute for the " CATHOLIC FAITH." This point I dwell upon, not simply for its importance, but also because it is so seldom employed as it ought in ex posing the novelties and defeating the claims of the modern Church of Rome. The publication of this creed is the single neck from whence the twelve heads of the Hydra shoot forth, and the blow which history strikes at this cannot be parried, and must be felt throughout the whole system. Observe how easily and how fatally Mr. Wilkinson's claim to the title " Catholic," for himself and Church, is smitten with the edge of this fact. Previously to the promulgation and adoption of this new creed, (which took place at Rome on Sunday, 9th December, 1564,) the Papacy, not having, as yet, foresworn, or departed from, " the Faith," was, not withstanding, the iniquity abounding, and the love of money waxing cold, within it, still a branch of the Catholic Church, and her orders, in consequence, were admissible by us ; but, since that, even on her own showing, she has become apos tate, inasmuch as the first canon of the Council of Trent, as well as Dr. Delahogue, in his " Treatise on the Church," (which is a Maynooth class-book,) affirm the sufficiency of the Nicene creed, as embodying " the Catholic faith." This creed modern Romanism has effectually superseded by the substitution of her own new one. Upon this I cannot for bear quoting a passage from a visitation sermon preached before the Lord Primate of Ireland and his clergy, in Sept., 1838, at Armagh, by the same eminent divine, whose aid I have called in already. "We are separate (be proceeds, p. 4 ) from the altered, the modern Church of Rome. but the cause of separation is at her side, not with us. It is not in our articles, in our liturgy, in our discipline. It is in her creed. We are separate, because, after our reformation, conducted on Catholic and Scriptural principles, was complete, Roman ism propounded a new creed, by which it became separated, not from us alone, but from the Catholic, and even the Ro man Church of all preceding ages. * * * We would reject the creed of Pius IV., for doctrines such as these, as well as because of the arrogance of its promulga tion ; because, a novelty in itself, it proposes a new rule of faith, and constitutes the sect which has adopted and pro pounded it, even on the principles of Romanism, a new Church. * * * Whenever it is said that ours is the Church of Rome reformed, we should claim the honour thus indirectly accorded to us, of high antiquity : we should show that, at least, we can have no rival claimant ;—that that ancient Church, except as it survives in a Protestant com munion, is extinct ; and that the modern successor, which has usurped its name, is essentially distinguished from it in properties and nature." Such are the facts, as between Rornanisrn, ourselves, and antiquity ; and all the " travel lers," journals, geographers, &c., &c., appealed to by Mr. Wilkinson, can no more alter them than they can change his own condition by designating him Bishop of Melipotamus, or even Archbishop of Canterbury, in place of priest of St. Mary's, Edmund-street, Liverpool. I thought these remarks worth offering. I hope you will think so too, and print them.—l am, Sir, still your's, LIVERPOOL MUNICIPAL LEGAL APPOINTMENTS TO THE EDITOR OF THE LIVERPOOL STANDARD Stu,—lt is rumoured that the situation of chief clerk to the Town-clerk, and the other subordinate legal officers, the appointment of whom has been recently conferred upon the Town-clerk, subject to the approval of the Council, are to be filled by London men. If this be true it is really too bad ! To say nothing of the unmerited insult which it flings upon the younger branches of the profession here, who may fear lessly brave a comparison with the talent of any other part of the kingdom, it holds out no encouragement to them to per sevare in their efforts to become masters of their profession, and to conduct themselves with integrity and respectability. A steady adherence to such a course, and the circumstances of their having been born and bred in the town, known to most of the inhabitants, and of their having contributed, not merely to the general burthens of the place, but to increase the income of the Corporation, in the shape of Borough Court fees, &c., might reasonably lead them to hope that, whenever any local advantages were to be conferred, they would not be altogether lost sight of in the distribution. To many, the appointments in question would scarcely be worth acceptance. To others, less fortunate, they would be de sirable, as holding out not merely a certainty in these days of innovation, but a prospect of promotion. To all it cannot but be most offensive that the chances of competition should be withdrawn altogether from the town, stigmatising them, as it unjustly does, with incompetency. But is it for the public advantage that men, accustomed to and acquainted with the local courts and usages, and with the peculiarities of the business of the place, (so different to those of London,) should be shoved aside, to make room for persons who will have all these matters to learn before they can become effi cient servants of the public ? The question carries its own answer. Away, then, with this sickly penchant for strangers, which too much pervades our public bodies and private establishments, to the discouragement of native merit. As far as our Corporation is concerned, it will only be necessary, to prove this, to advert to the appointments of Treasurer and I - lead Constable, which, together with numbers in the Town clerk's office, and a host of other subordinate officers in va rious departments, including a great proportion of the police force, are filled by strangers, who can scarcely be supposed to be actuated by the same desire for the welfare of the town as they to whom she has given birth,with whose earliest asso ciations she is connected, who have stood by her through good report and evil report, and to many of whose progeni tors tors she o wes much of her present proud position. These things used not to be acted in the good old days when we had a Statham or a Foster at the head of affairs ; but ' I has come o'er the spirit of our dream." " Temporaa t7c2U.1.61, are tur, et nos mutamur in illis." We have bad th? " MunicTwe al as w e we Bill," God help us ! and, poor " Dickey Sam.' ought to bo:truly grateful for being suffered to learn that KIRKDALE EPIPHANY SESSIONS These sessions commenced yesterday, before the Rev Jonathan Br oo k s, ( chairman,) and a full bench of magis trates. Th e ca l endar is rather a heavy one, the flambee° prisoners charged w ith f elony being seventy-four, misde meanors five. Of these, three only can read and write well twenty-five can read and write imperfectly, nineteen car read imperfectly, and thirty-two can neither read nor write. After the court had been opened, with the usual formalities, the following gentlemen were sworn on the Samuel Bishop G RAND JURY: , the younger, Sutton, (Foreman,) James Pearson, Great Crosby„ Francis Dutton, Orrell, Michael Hughes, Shirley Hall, Thomas Robinson, Eccleston, John Stick, Ashton-in-IVla c k er fi e ld , Wm. Jameson, Ashton-in-Mackerfield, Thomas Croft, Great Crosby, John Houghton, Eccleston, Thomas Ashton, Ormskirk, John Aspin all, Ormskirk, George Bromilow, Parr. Robert Robinson, Parr, Wm. Turner Kidd, Prescot, Thomas Bell, Sutton, Ellis Wignall, Southport, Thomas Tunbridge, Southport, John Salthouse, Southport, James Mawdesley, Southport, John Alfey, Southport, Samuel Whiteley Southport. James Williams, of Great Crosby, was excused, being above age. He stated that he had given notice to that effect to the overseers, two years ago, and the chairman called up on the assistant-overseer and reprimanded him for not pay ing attention to the notice. Henry Walker Lucas, share. broker, claimed exception on the ground of non-qualification, and was excused. Josias Christopher Gambel and Abel Woodward, of Sutton, were both excused, being over age. After the jury had been sworn, The CHAIRMAN in addressing them, said he had looked over the calendar, but he did not see any one case in which they would see any difficulty. The cases where of such a nature as were constantly coming before grand juries, and as several gentlemen had before served on the jury, he did not think it necessary to make any observation to them on the calendar. Nothing either had occurred since they last met, which required any remark from him. Parliament was not sitting, and no new acts had been passed to which he could call their attention. He would, therefore, dismiss them to their duties. On the calling over the petit jury, John Campbell, of Orms kirk, was excused, having served at the last April sessions. James Scarisbrick, of Prescot, was excused in consequence of ill health. Mr. Birchall, of Sutton, above age, was ex cused, as was also David Shaw, of Ashton-in-Mackerfield who was in the country when his summons was served Edward Davies, of Great Crosby, and John Atherton, o Eccleston, who sent no excuse, were each fined £5 for non attendance. The trials were shortly afterwards proceeded with, bu during the day FREE TRADE LEAGUERS Who were the most strenuous opposers of the Factory Bill, thereby showing their desire to grind as much as possi ble out of the sinews of the factory child.,„? FREE TRADERS. Who were the planners and carriers of the Tiliano:istruck system ; compelling the hands to take their trash instead of cash ? FREE TRADERS. Who send their members to parliament bound hand and oot, with pledges, so that they have no freedom of action hought, or word ? FREETTRRAADDEERItss.. Who import multit u d es of low Irish labourers, because hey can grind th em d own t o half wages? Who would destroy the " poor man's church," under the ,retence that every man should pay for his own religion, but n reality to save themselves from paying at all ? FREE TRADERS. Who would destroy the freemen of every town, giving as ouch privilege to strangers and aliens as to those born and bred on the spot? FREE TRADERS Z l i T.." ' J r um of Agentle business re' no ma E n x r r e ß si A di O n l g tD a l t NA i lt il Y to M n, E n C e H a A r N G l r C a A v L es l e N n v d 7 N a T n i Fever sham, who for many years carried onwhaennebxrteonsikve p a t le ß ti a n n g i ssgoamtee, after machinery , l even years ' study, viwail, has succeeded pleting into use he imagines, supersede the aid of steam power... It may, he and will continue going so thinks, be supplied to clocks of any de.scriptio.n winding up when put together, long as the materials last. labourer s of the land of e, and CORN LAWS A ND THE TARIFF. --- Th e Right H onoura b le o th w e n E er a s r , l fa o r f m M er o s un s t h c o a p sh k e e l e l pe c r or t e r n a e d cl eem a m n eet meeting , the Barony of Condons and Clongibbous, to b e h eld at the Court-house, Fermoy, on Saturday last, at 12 o'clock pre cisely, to " Petition Parliament on the present de pressed state of the agricultural produce caused by the rui nous effects of the Ne w T ar iff and Corn Laws." The place was densely crowded by farmers from the country round, and labourers from the town. Lord Mountcashell and Mr. Montgomery Martin, each delivered long addresses; and towards th e c l ose , there was some cont en ti on, an d th e meeting was a dj ourne d until Saturday.—Cork Constitution. don't know how to manage our own affairs. But a truce with jesting. Let the Council look to the matter. They will again have to meet their constituents, many of whom will not forget any disregard of local interests, though mani fested merely in the withholding of a veto. I am, sir, your humble servant, a " Dicky Sam," who subscribes himself " TOWNSIDE FOR EVER!" TO THE ARTIZANS OF LIVERPOOL AND THEIR WIVES. FRIENDS, I have for some years past longed for an opportunity of giving to you sound practical information on a most important subject, one upon a right understanding of which depends much of the happiness of yourselves and families. You will find, I trust, such hints on the subjects I am about to lay before you as will be of much 'service to you. Owing to the deplorable waste of life amongst the labouring classes, go vernment has lately taken the matter in hand, and the report of the commissioners employed has been of such a nature as imperatively to call for direct legislation on the subject. If this necessity for the interference of government has bee n imperative as regards the 'ountry at large, it is more espe cially so as respects Liverpool ; and, for the information of my operative friends, I will furnish them with some extracts from the Report of Mr. Chadwick, secretary to the commis sioners ; and, in doing this, I would also urge the subject upon the wealthier classes of society, for it will be seen by reference to the subjoined tables that the same causes which operate so injuriously upon the poor, operate also, although in a modified degree, upon the rich. Let us now take the average duration of life, in some town ; and be it remembered that these tables are not formed by guess, or at random, but from the register of deaths which occurred, and the actual ages at which these deaths occurred amongst the various classes of society; but it would be well, perhaps, to explain to you, my friends, how these averages are taken, as you may perhaps say, " Oh, I know plenty of old people here in Liverpool ; this must be untrue !" Now we will suppose the deaths that occurred, in any place, for one week, to be ten, and the ages as follows : Persons. A flif UNIVERSITY AND INTELLIGENCI _llR\l ‘,_ *•4 CLERICAL PROMOTION'S. Rev. George Harrison, M.A., Curate of Rayleigh, Essex, to the Perpetual Curacy of New Brentford. Middlesex, va cant by the promotion of the Rev. John Stoddart, D.D. ; patron, the Rector of Hanwell. Bev. Charles Tower, M.A., of St. John's College, Cam bridge, Curate of Loughton, Essex, to the Rector,- of chi). mark, 'Wilts , vacant by the promotion of the Venerable Francis Lear ; patron, the Earl of Pembroke. Rev. Thomas May, of Ormskirk, to the Curacy of St. Mary, Lancaster. Rev. George Thomas Pretyrnan, LL.B. Chancellor of Lincoln Cathedral, has succeeded as Canon Residentiary to the Very Rev. George Goadon, D.D., Dean of Lincoln. Rev. John Pickleton Power, 8.A., of Queen's College, Cambridge, to the Curacy of the New Church of Birkenhead, Cheshire. Rev. James Dillon Raven, 8.A., of Alagdalene College, Cambridge, to the Curacy of Deane, Lancashire. Cranmer, of St. John's College, Cambridge, to the Rectory of St. Andrew's Ancoats, Manchester. Rev. George Dowty, L.A., of St. Bee's College, Cumber land, to the Curacy of Todmorden, Lancashire. Rev. A. L. P. Snow, 8.A., of Trinity College, Dul the Curacy of St. John's, Worsthorn, Lancashire Rev. John Richards, 8.A., to the Curacy of St. Paul's, Warrington, Lancashire. Rev. John Roberts, Curate of St. George, and Chaplain in Ordinary to Lord Dinorben, to the Vicarage of Llanhefydd ; patron, the Bishop of Asaph. Rev. F. L. I. Russell, M.A. to the Curacies of Great and Little Eversden, Cambridgeshire. Rev. J. Armstrong, one of the Priest Vicars of the Cathe dral, to the Rectory of St. Paul's, Exeter, vacant by the death of the Chapter of Exeßevter. A. T. R. Vicar), ; patron s , th e D ean and The Rev. John groom, 8.A., of Wadharn College to the Curacy of Padiham, Lancashire. )sford, 14.1 160 So, the average age of the individuals whose deaths are thus stated, would be 16. Again, supposing next week 12 were to die, as follows : Persons 24 Or, the average age o f d eaths for that week would d be 20 Now supposing the average ages of weekly deaths, thus cal. culated, were to be as follows : Weeks 3rd 4th sth 6th 7th fith 9th 10th 13th 14th 15th Weekly Average, 18 24 20 18 18 19 16 18 J Quarterly average age at death about 19 years. having now pointed out the manner in which these parti culars are furnished, I shall proceed to lay before you the particulars themselves, and to begin at Derby. DERI3Y Average age of deceased, 10 Professional persons or gentry and their fa milies 49 years 125 Persons in trade, or similarly circumstanced, and their families 752 Labourers, artisans, and others similarly cir cumstanced The above figures indicate the chances of life amongst the manufacturing population of districts which are not placed under very unfavourable circumstances as regards health ; yet the effects of crowding, filthiness, improvidence, intem perance, &c., are evident, and may be distinctly shewn by comparing the average length of life in the more crowded manufacturing towns with a less crowded country district, where the dwelling of the poor man is better ventilated and more comfortable, and where cleanliness and temperance are not more the exception than the rule. Compare, for in stance, the town of Manchester with the county of Rutland : Average age at death. In Manclir. In Rutlands. 38 „ Professional persons, gentry, and their families Tradesmen and their families Mechanics, labourers, and their fami lies 17 .. 38 But now let us turn to our own so-called " good old town"; and here it is truly startling to have to record the painful fact, that Liverpool is the unhealthiest town in England, as it will be seen by the following table : LivußrooL, 1840. Average age at death. 137 Gentry, professional men, and families 1,738 Tradesmen and families 5,598 Labourers, mechanics, Src. Here, by comparison, it will be seen, that the life of . wealthy cotton spinner of Manchester, lasts, on an average, only thirty-eight years ; that of the Liverpool " merchant prince" averages only thirty-five, whilst that of the Rutland country gentleman is prolonged for more than half a century. The Liverpool or Manchester trademan's life is about half as long as that of the Rutland farmer, and the child of the poor est agricultural labourer, and under the most unfavourable circumstances, may calculate on more than tw2 such lives as that to be expected by the children of the poor artisan of Li verpool. Having now proved from documentary evidence these start ling statements, it will naturally be asked, how is it that all this is allowed, and has been allowed, for so long ? How is it that the same public, which would " clamour against the de struction of a few uncivilized savages some three or four thousand miles off," will remain a quiet and apathetic spec tator, whilst England is committing national suicide, by al allowing 80,000 of her children to die annually of diseases, a large proportion of which is proved to be preventible ; and it is not only by lessening the duration of lite that these noxious causes operate, but also by destroying the energies of the labouring classes from frequent though not necessarily fatal sicknesses. In Liverpool, as we are informed by Dr. Duncan, one in twenty-five of the population is annually attacked with fever alone. Now, this being the case, and supposing the average duration of the illness to be only one month, what a loss of productive labour is always " on the shelf;" for whilst the poor man lies on his sick-bed, his family must live; and when he recovers he finds, perhaps, that his house has been stripped of its furniture to support himself and children, aided perhaps by a scanty mite from :he parish. In futu7 ,auses of is referri re articles I shall eudeavour to point out to you the such a melancholy sacrifice of life, more especially ble to Liverpool. Happily for the health of the ng generation, our town council has wisely procured the enactment of a measure well calculated to reduce the mor tality amongst us, but particularly amongst the denizens of the cellars, courts, and alleys, which disgrace the town ; and as the committee, I believe, will sit weekly, it will be the bounden duty of any inhabitant who may be able to point out to that committee anything which may require the inter ference of the authorities. But it is of little avail that others help us, unless we ourselves put our shoulders to the wheel; therefore, it shall be my duty in future articles to point out to you, my operative friends, how you may advantageously help yourselves ; for although yo cannot, as it h as b een aptly said, add a cubit to your height, or a day to your life, vet you may take it off, which comes to the same thing. You may, by neglect of proper means, see your family drop ping off one by one, and yourselves prematurely aged and diseased. For the present I take leave of you, with a full intention of having more to say to you on this subject next week.—Your's, MEDICUS ACHATES Liverpool, January 17th, 1843. We are happy to inform our readers, says the Worcester Herald, that there is now no doubt of the funds necessary to effect the long wanted improvements in the Severn being forthcoming. This will be the result of a determination on the part of the Staffordshire and NV oycestershire Canal Com pany, decided upon at a special meeting held on Monday last, Lord Ilatherton in the chair, for the purpose of taking steps for providing the whole of the funds necessary to carry out the entire of the works : 382 out of the 700 shares into which the canal property is divided were represented at the meet ing, and it was unanimously resolved to apply to parliament io the ensuing session for power to raise any sum of money not exceeding £lBO,OOO, which shall be required to improve the navigation of the Severn, and for power to advance the same to the commissioners for• effecting the improvement. " MAN -OVERBOARD " BOAT. —The experiments made yesterday with what is called tile " Man-overboard Boat succeeded beyond expectation. She was first hoisted endwise to the yardarm of the ship Panama, 35 feet from the water, then suddenly cut loose ; she plunged but two feet, keeping right side up, and the water running out of the scuttles in the bottom. She was next hoisted 45 feet, and again cut loose to a similar effect. She was then hoisted to the great height of 52 feet, where she hung ready for a dive that would have completely destroyed a boat of any other construction; the signal " roan overboard " given, she plunged from her aerial elevation, dipped the end of her bow two feet six inches in the water and bounding to the surface in an instant. She was next thrown over the bulwarks of the ship (21 feet from the water) as if some one had really fallen overboard. A man then stood on her side long enough to swamp any three ordi nary boats, and endeavoured to press it under water, but in vain. During these experiments her bottom was open, having had two holes cut in it, each ten inches square. She is built on the plan of Francis' life-boat, and it is impossible for any boat not possessing their improvements and perfections to arfot•m such feats. In the event of a man falling overboard v ►nay be thrown over the side of the ship, and the man Med safely on the water in a few seconds.—New York Courier IiOZ AND THE BANKER OF STRATFORD-ON- A.VCM The follo wing anecdote has reached us from a quarter which leaves no d ou b t of i ts authenticity :---Not many days ago be celebrated " B oz " pa i d a visit to Stratfor d - on-Avon, - and, having letters of introduction to the mayor, established him self at the head hotel of the place, and sent his letters to that respected individual, who is a banker. His worship's know ledge of literature, or literary men, not being so extensive as would be generally supposed in these enlightened days, was quite ignorant of the existence of such a person as " Charles Dickens," and sent for his cashier, who told him it was " Boz." " And who is " Boz," said his worship. " Go and tell him if he wants to deposit he can send it by you, and if he wants to draw he must come himself." The cashier obeyed his master's bidding, no doubt much to the surprise and amusement of "Boz."—Court Journal.—[The anecdote thus given by our courtly contemporary is certainly calculated to amuse the numerous admirers of "Boz," and to excite a smile, if not surprise, in the literary circle ; for it cannot be denied that it is founded on truth. Mr. Dickens "established himself" on the occasion at the Golden Lim] Hotel. But it is due to the worthy mayor to add, not only that (as a man of business) he evinced his knowledge of books by observing that no such name as that of "Boz" appeared in the Bank books, but that he devoted the next day, after the unexpected introduction, to the service of the literary lion, by conducting him over the town, and showing him all that is so attractive to the traveller in the birth place of the immortal bard. The assiduous attention of his worship to Mr. Dickens must have been as gratifying to the latter as it was creditable to the genuine good-nature of the j chief magistrate.— Warwick Advertiser.) THE CHURCH The Secretary, having read the reports, lam the .general committee, who, accordingly, procee vestigate the cases referred to them, and finally bra of ;various sums for the following purposes :—For reairin and erecting a ga ll ery in the church at Hardingharn, No p rfolk g • enlarging, by rebuildi ng, the church at Broseby, Salop • ' en larging, by rebuilding, the church at Beeston shire; . building a chapel at Earley, parish of So ' nning, I3erks • enlarging, by . rebuilding , .. the church at Farrington Gurney, Soroersetshire ; building a chapel in a district comprising portions of the . ptFishe s of Melcomb Regis and Radi ole , Surrey ; building a chui g •ch at Dorsetshire ; bmlning a crch at Hilden b horough, in P the r f es F t, ar- in nh t a h m e parish of Ribbesford, Worcester parish of Tonbridge, Kent; building a church at Ba shot, i ß n e wt shire.l (11 e y p - a f r r s - h F o o From the report it appears that the population of these ten places amounts to 41,902 persons, for whom church accom modation is now provided to the ext ent of 13,443 sittings, of which 6,124 are f re e, and with the as s i stance of this society' 3,652 sittings will be a dd e d to the ab ove ; of this number 3,134 will be free an d unappropriated in perpetuity. O ne o f these parishes contains a population of 12,511 persons, with only church room for 4,900 persons ; another of these parishes, with a population of 4,824 persons, has sitti ngs f ur only 1,054 pe rsons ; another, with 6,634 inhabit ants, has church r oom f or barely 2,000 ; and another, with a popula tion of 2,873 persons, can afford church room for only 253 of that number. Certificates were then examined and approved of for the completion of the erection, enlargement. ?c., of churche, and chapels in 12 parishes ; and the committee issued war rants to the treasurer for the payment of the sums awarded in each cas e . Th e popu l at i on of these 12 parishes is 44,785 persons ; for whom there had previously been church room for only 8,983 ; b ut w i th the society's aid above 5,000 ad ditional sittings have been added, 2,940 of these being free. One of these parishes contains a population of 1,800 persons, with church room for only 350 of that number ; another contains 9,000 persons, with accommodation for 1,100; an d a third h as 4,500 i n h a bi tants, with church sittings for only 276. To this very scanty provision 3,251 have now been added, 2,618 of which are free in perpetuity. The applications for aid were numerous, being 128 since March, 1842. In 79 of these cases grants have been voted, and nine applications are now under the consideration of the sub-committee of correspondence and inquiry. It also appears from the treasurer's report that the amount of out-standing gran t s i s £ 4 7 ,480 : whilst the sum at the dis posal of the society is only £40,955, showing a deficiency of £6475. ?em before !ci to TO: anted votes During the seven years, ending with March, 1828, the society's average expenditure was only £12,000; during the seven years, ending with March, 1835, this outlay had in creased to £14,000 per annum ; and, during the seven years, ending with March, 1842, it had extended to £22,000 each year. Among the recent donations to the Pastoral Aid Soeiety is one of £lOO, which is thus announcd :—" A part of a large share of the abundance of the late harvest, offered also in thankfulness for other special mercies since then vouch safed by Almighty God. Directed to be sent by Sir William Geary, Bart."—lt may he recollected that the hon. hart. ex perienced a severe accident a few months ago, which for some time placed his life in imminent danger. CURIOUS COINCIDENCE.—St. Paul, on his way to Rome, was shipwrecked off the island of Malta, (then known as Melita,) where he preached the gospel, and converted the natives, A.D., 58, or 1785 years ago. It is somewhat re markable that the Protestant bishop, on his passage to this island, to consecrate an English church, bearing the name of the above saint, was also wrecked on his way thither, in her Majesty's ship Formidable. It is pleasing, however, to an nounce the safe arrival of the rev. prelate there, on Wednes day, by her Majesty's ship Belvidera. CHURCH PATRONAGE.—The Rev. Dr. Walmsley, Rector of Hanwell, the first Secretary to the National School So ciety, has just set an example of church patronage, which, if it were generally followed, would prove a great encourage ment to the junior clergy, and tend to promote the best interests of the church. In order to show the estimation in which he held the services of his curate, (the Rev. J. A. Emerton,) and his reliance upon his judgment, he offered him the living of New Brentford, value £3OO per annum, or the nomination to it, in case of circumstances preventing him accepting it. Mr. Emerton has recommended for this im portant and responsible position, the Rev George Harrison, A.M., Curate of Rayleigh, Essex; in whose favour he has had the highest testimony, that for fourteen years, as curate in parishes where there has been no resident incumbent, he has proved himself "a most energetic, judicious, and useful clergyman." CHARITABLE BEQUESTS.—The will of Mrs. Maria Wey bridge, late of Stamford-hill, which was proved at Doctors'. Comnaons on the 13th of last month by the two executors, Mr. T. W. Browne and the Rev. T. Ferris, contains the fol lowing charitable bequests :—The Society for Promoting Christian Knowledge, £1000; the Church Missionary Soci ety, £lOOO ; the British and Foreign Bible Society, £lOOO the Prayerbook and Homily Society, £lOOO ; the Deaf and Dumb Asylum, £1000; the Asylum for the Blind, £lOOO ; 's Society, Camberwell, the London Orphan Asylum, £lOOO ; the Clergymen's Widow's Society, £1000; the Clergy Orphan School, £lOOO ; "the Poor Pious Clergymen's Society, £lOOO ; the Female Orphan Asylum, £1000: the York Hospital, We s t_ London minster, £5OO ; the Aged Pilgrim £5OO ; the Moravian Missionary Society, £5OO . Mrs Weybridge was the daughter and the last surviving d s . cendant of the late Sir %V. Staines, who was for nafany yeaers alderman of Cripplegate Ward, and Lord Mayor o in the year 1801. n t i n T g h o u f r s t d h a e y , Special hen t Commissionygr e e to oaf minute,t heA s - s ht e l nl S h si ly oN w . a — s MINUTE OF THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY'S SPECIAL C M A he m ld e o e in reply to the letter from the Home Secretary, 0 jests which at present agitate the church. The minute the sub at great length the right claimed by the church for ute argues exclusive jurisdiction in ecclesiastical matters, and contends power assumed by the civil court is a power not that the the state. It then alludes to the other questions by in the letter from government, and, assuming thats referred to are not inclined to grant any redress of the grievances ministers plained of, it states that " the legislature will have alter nativecom- plained submitted to them, namely, whether to force an ruption of the Established Church of Scotland, on a dis attendant evils, or to restore the church to the , with all its she was between 1834 and 1838, when the state in which been declared illegal—the power to admit veto act had not nisters had not been challenged—and the woad sacra mi civil courts, which has since been jurisdiction of the so largely not been claimed." The special commi exercised, had that the claim of right should be laid beri" are of opinion that the commission of assembly should ore parliament, and calling the attention of the legislature tPetition both houses, applications for redress set forth • o the grievances and Edinburgh Courant. in the church's . claim.— THE GOVERNMENT AND THE S first page will be found the answ SCOT CH CHURCH.—In our the claims laid before him on beh e a r of 1 Sir James Graham to jority of her general assembly. I`f of the church by a ma ment, expressed with unequivocal t is a long, and able docu moderation also. In it Sir Jam firmness, but with judicious the subject; tracing out its heave es Graham enters fully upon ing the various steps which haverl features, and recapitulat- His views with reference both e t inducedes, the present crisis. and the duty of government o the position of the church which we, on Wednesday last, expressed almost identical with those be found to have communicated. expressed a belief that he would in itiatory movement whereby by the latter when the been occasioned, was made and that to her own assemblyover-passage framed the fatal Veto Act, assigned to her power, passage of the constitutional limits the church is indebted for all those adverse circumstances which surround her. The Veto Act, argues Sir James, having b peal on cases of disputetfen by the ultimate courtdouflatrpa vires of the church, it follow!u t r i l l s at Jurisdiction, resolute in main taining this illegal statute, she is de facto in open opposition to the first principles of the British constitution ; which pro vides that all parties—whether individual or corporate, ec clesiastical or secular —shall submit themselves to the decision of the Supreme interpreter of the statutes, and take the meaning of those statutes from that authority. Until, there fore, the church by rescinding the Veto Act places herself again in civil o b e di ence to the commonwea l t h, it is not possible, rea sons Si r J ames Graham, t h at h er M a jesty ' s t a s ad visers can re commen d l eg i s l a ti ve i n terference, or an mediators bet ween th e con fli c ting courts o f law and of the views spirituality. This is a brief but succinct dig e stset forth in the entertained by Sir Robert Peel's cabinet, a nd letter of the Home Secretary. thedefinition sacra ministers to sit in judicatures, and the right of quoael _ more or less touched on, but with these we assembly, are take at present no concern, being anxious to confine our o wn of our readers to the principal question, regards and those Act shall be abandoned, or which is whether or not the Veto the church made a sacrifice to its nom i n al Here lies the gist of the mat . ter —Glasgotc TESTIMONIAL TO COLONEL CHAJT R testi monial is a very massive and Firnaine • hes hig h, independent stand ing two feet seven inc The base is a tripod pedestal, richly chased foliage surrounding and supported on with shells. On the pedestal preservation l paper. ToN.—This al g piece of plate, of the plateau. . nine inches high, formed of the inscription and arms, dead silver interspersed acanthus scrolls in. stand three delled figures, eight inches high, bolding truth, liberty. and justice-7- stine tb , the cap raised on a pole figure stands a p leaves of which droop over es the centre of the tripod rig which spring beautifully 'no hi h, in dead silver, representing the mirror—liberty. the balance. Behind each —j , u ten and a half inches high, the - aim.tree the heads of the figures. From six branchesf or me d . extending twelve inches / a massive palm-tree trunk, from of acanthus foliage, each and holding a candle socket, the large silver dish, and intended to support a centre being a s aide of the pedestal are the arms of glass bowl. On on e C o l one l Cbatterton and Mrs. Chatterton, exqu i sitely en graved, surmoun ted by a richly-chased mantellin g an d ante lope's head, wit h dart transfixed. The motto on the arms, are " Nee aspera ter cet,"b eneath which several orders. On the other side of the tripod are two i nser i ptiouz, Which su ffi c i en tly explain the object of the testimonial. THE INCORPORATED SOCIETY FOR BUILDING, ENLARG &C., CHURCHES AND CHAPELS. A meeting of this society was held, on Monday last, at their chambers, in St. Martin's-place, .to receive the reports of the sub-committees and for general business. The Lord Bishop of Rochester was in the chair • amongst the members present were J. Round, Esq. the Revs. H. H. Norris and B. Harrison ; J. W. Bowden, J. S. Salt, H. J. Barchard, \V. Davis, James " &c.