The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser. — Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1848-10-24 00:00:00

ebt Etberpool &tanZiarb. TUESDAY MORNING, OCT. 24, 1848. IT is the fashion of elderly housewives, who Fide themselves particularly upon being " manag ing women," to have a periodical ransack of every department, very much to the discomfort and an noyance of cook, housemaid, and John, whose little family at home luxuriates upon the broken meat of the establishment. There is a general turning up of carpets, to show what a shameful time it is since they were taken up before; a rooting out of cupboards and drawers, in which shocking discoveries are made of petty larcenies committed upon the parlour loaf sugar, and the green tea; and the finale of the day's entertainment is not - unfrequently a notice to quit for one or other of the offending menials. Our contemporary, the Mercury, reminds us just now of such an old lady as we have described, in one of her fits of extra ordinary management. Inspired by the eclat which Las rewarded the researches of the Liverpool Finan cial Association into the sad doings of maids of honour, ladies of the bed-chamber, and other ap pendages of royalty,—the appetite for prying and scandal whetted by past rummaging in the kitchen drawers and warder of Windsor Castle and Buck ingham Palace—our contemporary is extending his economical labours to establishments nearer home, and commences with " the Cornwallis-street esta blishment," promising next to set the Town-hall itself to rights. We cannot congratulate him upon having made any very striking discovery thus far, or displayed any great originality in the mode which he proposes . for effecting a saving. It may be true that Mr. Ashlin, as the head official of the treasurer's office, and the tried servant of the public for twenty years, receives £6OO per annum for his services,- and ' that his former salary, in a subordinate situation, was only £l5O per annum. But how those two facts justify a reduction to £312 per annum is not very clear. Mr. Ashlin receives only what is con sidered the fair reward for his services, in a very onerous and important situation ; and his abilities _ would command such a reward, or more, if em ployed in any other suitable direction. Mr. Newlands, our contemporary tells us, receives - £7OO a year, with an allowance for a horse and gig, groom, &c., and cab-hire. Our contemporary would cut down the salary' to £520 a year ; lay aside the horse and gig, and reduce the engineer to a more frequent use of his own legs, forgetting entirely the loss of very valuable time which must be the result. But he omits giving us any hint as to the grounds of such reduction. An engineer, like a physician we presume, or any other profes sional man, is valued according to his acquirements and his professional standing. If we can get as good a man as Mr. Newlands for half the salary, let us have him by all means. But it is by no means clear that we can. With all due deference to our contemporary, and the Financial Association, whose echo he aspires to be, we contend that the very worst sort of economy is that which begins with an indiscriminate cutting down of the salaries of officers, whether public or private. The most efficient servants are fairly paid ones. If .we want talent, honesty, and active exertion we must give its price. A hedge school master would probably be able to hammer as much Latin and Greek into the heads of any given num ber of children as the most learned Oxford or Cam bridge professor. An ordinary paviour at 30s. a week might superintend well enough the paving of any of our streets. We do not, nevertheless, elect .a hedge school master to the principalship of the Collegiate or the Mechanics' Institution ; and should object .against placing a working paviour or stonemason in charge of the important works re quired for the improvement and adornment of this great town. The concluding remarks of our contemporary, or rather of his correspondent, we must give in ex ten so : " These two departments require a most searching in quiry, for extravagance and a want of a vigilant -superin tendence pervade the whole business. Formerly, our re presentatives divided the town into divisions, and directed and inspected what was going forward; but now, the whole is left to officials, as, for instance, the engineer re ports that such a street requires so and so to be done, and - without any inspection, he is ordered to do it, however costly, and- I know, a few months since, a whole street would have been expensively re-paved, had it not been for - the remonstrance of a party stating that he knew for a • fact the street was in excellent condition ; hence the monstrous extravagance so manifest; and it must be ob vious that more clerks are also employed than required, if we may judge by the careless ease of their manners." It may appear rather gothic in us, but we must confess to the fact, that we prefer to entrust busi ness, requiring scientific as well as practical know ledge, to " officials"—men educated for such busi ness—rather than to the caprices of town councillors, . or amateurs of any description. A man may be a very good grocer, or draper, or editor of a news - paper, and yet know only as much about the con . struction of a sewer or the paving of a street, as the stones of which they are made. The reference to past practice is unfortunate. It reminds us of the source of that accumulation of evils which are cost ing us so much to remove. With respect to the fact that " too many clerks are employed," we want some better proof than " the careless ease of their manners." A man may have all the careless ease of a Chesterfield or a D'Orsay, and be pretty well - worked nevertheless. EXHIBITION OF THE LIVERPOOL ACADEMY. FOURTH NOTICE. 199. Portrait of the Rev. Jonathan Brooks, M.A., delivering the prizes in the Lecture-hall of the Liverpool Collegiate Institution. W. J. Bishop. The admirers of our estimable senior rector will regard this work of our talented townsman, Mr. Bishop, with satisfaction, that a record so faithful of one, who may before long be called away from amongst us, will be left to recal the memory of his form and features. The benevolent and dignified ex pression of the original, as he appeared on the occasion selected, is well preserved. 247. Portrait of Braithwaite Poole, Esq. Thomas Midge. This is another excellent portrait of a gentleman well known to a large circle of friends ; and its interesting character is increased by the fact of its having been pre sented to Mr. Poole by the clerks of the London and North Western, the Lancaster and Carlisle and the Cale donian Railway Companies, as a tribute of respect for the mode in which he has conducted himself towards them during a large business connexion. 244. A Welsh Stream—H. J. Boddington—is a pleas ing specimen of this excellent landscape painter. There is a freshness about it which is very delightful. 257. Lilias Redgauntlet's visit to Allan Fairford. C. Compton. We can scarely conceive the idea of the clever young Edinburgh lawyer being fairly represented by the clumpish-looking youth before us. It is not, however, for the sake of taking this exception to it that we notice this picture at all, but to express our surprise a the ELl gularly uninteresting subjects which some of our artists select for their pictures. A landscape we can understand, or a gipsy encampment, a tine interior. a horse, a cow, or a basket of fruit. Where an incident, however, has to be depicted, or a character drawn, it must be an incident of a character that we care something about. A bashful booby and a moderately pretty woman, with the aid even of an old-fashioned parlour, do not furnish a subject for a picture. 171. Jeptha's Daughter the last day of Mourning— H. O'Neil—is a pleasing production, displaying a poetical spirit. . . LANDSEER'S CELEBRATED PAINTING "THE DRIVE SHOOTING BEER ON THE PASS." We have bad the pleasure of viewing this splendid work • of art, now being exhibited at Mr. Grundy's Repository ; and certainly never experienced a higher treat of the kind. In producing this, Landseer has far surpassed, in our esti mation, any of his previous works; and it is rendered more interesting from the fact of its being destined henee forth to grace the walls of the palace of our Sovereign herself, having been purchased by her consort, Prince Albert. The subject of the picture—" The Drive "—is one which may not be very intelligible to every English reader. It exhibits the mode in which the herds are started from their almost inaccessible lairs, and driven to the passes in which the sportsmen lie in wait to select and bring down their game. The scenery is wild and mountainous ; the time early morning, whilst the mists are slowly rising from the peaks and revealing the seats in which they have lain. The effect is given by the painter with a master's band; one portion of the picture, where the sun's earliest ray breaks through the shifting masses and displays the sloping side of a distant mountain, with a tiny stream, like a line of silver, leaping down, is especially beautiful. The rocks in the foreground, behind which two keepers are sheltering and making ready for their quarry, are magnificently painted ; and the sportsmen themselves, with their brace of dogs, are studies, in which Landseer is equalled by none. The distance is also fine, and throughout it is impossible to find a fault. The grandeur of conception is equal to the artistic skill with which every detail is worked out. We observe it is about to be engraved, by permission of Prince Albert, and sold under the superintendence of the Printsellers' Association, the early subscribers having an advantage in price. THE JEWS' MEETING. CORRECT REPORT OF THE PROCEEDINGS CONSE QUENT ON MR. EWBANK'S AMENDMENT. The Rev. Chairmati was about to put the motion, when the Rev. W. W. Ewbank rose and said he had an amendment to propose. The CHAIRMAN.—I forbid it, and will explain to the meeting why he ought not to be allowed to eo so. It is a departure from the arrangements of the evening, and I think an injudicious one. If anything has been done contrary to the usual mode by which meetings like this have been regulated—that differs in the slightest degree from the tenor by which its resolutions have been moved and seconded during the last forty years—then there might be an excuse for such an amendment ; but, on the ccn trary, bishops, presbyters, noblemen, and gentlemen have moved and seconded its resolutions in the same tone generally for the last forty years, and if any member disap prove of that tone the proper way for Win to act is to withdraw his subscription and leave the society. (Applause.) The Rev. Mr. EWBANK rose and attempted to address the meeting, but was met with considerable hooting, and the Chairman ordered him to sit down, which he refused to do. After some further confusion, The CHAIRMAN said he hoped Mr. Ewbank would not make himself an Ishmael among them by introducing discord. He reiterated the assertion that the proper way, if Mr. Ewbank disapproved of the speakers, was to dis continue being a subscriber ; but it was a most question able mode of supporting a society to subscribe to its funds, and then, although the tone of the speakers sup porting it had not altered for about forty years, now to come forward and throw discord and confusion into the meeting, and more especially by a member of the Evan gelical Alliance. When his reverend friend intimated his intention of proposing the amendment, he (the Chairman) ,requested he would not attempt to do so, and several friends of Mr. Ewbank on the platform had tried to dis suade him from the attempt, and he (the Chairman) appealed to him as a matter of courtesy, as a Christian and a gentleman, not to persist. His doing so now, in defiance of the wishes of several of his best friends, argued. anything but a right feeling ; and I now plainly tell him (said the Chairman) I will not allow it—l will dissolve the meeting rather than he shall be permitted to proceed. (Cheers.) Mr. EwnANK.—I have a right to speak—(Hissing, cries of " turn him out," and " shame, shame.") The confusion here became greater than before. Mr. Ewbank walked to the front of the platform and attempted to address the meeting, but could not gain a hearing. Several gentlemen and clergymen interfered, and attempted to dissuade him from his purpose. The CH AIRMAN at length declared the meetingdissolved, and was about to leave the platform with the rest of the clergy, when the Rev. Mr. Ewbank was induced to with draw, after which the business was resumed by the fol lowing address from the Chairman — Ladies and Gentlemen,—A scene deeply painful has for a time interrupted the proceedings of the evening. lam happy to say that through the firmness and gentleness of some of cur friends it has been but for a time. I must intreat that no expression but that of christian regret that any such division should manifest itself among Christian people, and more especially among ministers of a Christian Church. It is a sad triumph for the enemies of true religion and good order to lay their finger on such a scene and point with scorn, while they call the attention of the infidel to it. For whatever share any of us may have had in it, I pray God to pardon us, and for our brother God in his tender mercy forgive him, through our Lord Jesus Christ. Ecizai The North American mail steam-ship Canada is ex pected to be ready to make a trial trip this week. On Thursday, Thomas Roberts, of Plumbe-street, fell out of a boat in the Clarence Dock, and was drowned. At the quarter sessions, held in Preston, on Thursday, Thomas James Bourne, Esq., of Livespool, qualified as a county magistrate. The Earl of Lonsdale arrived in this port from Valpa raiso, has brought 5,432 sacks and 130 quarter of wheat, as a portion of her cargo. The congregation of St. Matthew's Church have pre sented to the Rev. George Cuthbert, on his retirement from the church, a handsome purse with £4O. On Wednesday, Walter's beautiful picture of the burn ing of the Ocean Monarch was raffled for and won by Mr. Daniel Mather. • It is stated that Mr. Lawrence Heyworth is the sole entire abstinent in Parliament, with the exception of Brothertoo, who is said to be the only man in the house this last session whom Anstey did not drive into Bellamy's for refreshment. O❑ Saturday week, Richard Kershrw, a carter, in the employ of Mr. Jump, corn merchant, was carting some soap waste to a field at Club Moor, when one of his horses trod upon him. The injuries he received terminated fa tally on Monday. On Wednesday, William Combe. a seaman belonging to the ship Zephyr, was passing from his own vessel to another, when a plank, forming part of the stage, gave way, and he was precipitated into the dock, and was not got out until life was extinct. The New York Journal of commerce says that the names of Collins's new line of U.S. mail steamers be tween New York and Liverpool. are to be the Atlantic, Pacific, Arctic, Adriatic, and Baltic. The first two will be launched next month. TARLETON.—On Sunday week, two sermons were preached in Tarleton church, (at the opening. of an organ,) by the Rev. David James, incumbent of St. Mary's, Kirkdale, when £6 14s. 10d. was collected. On Tuesday the Bishop of Manchester held a confirmation at Tarleton church. On Wednesday evening last, the third of a course of sermons, announced to be delivered in St. George's Church, Bolton, was preached by the Rev. D. James, F.S.A., incumbent of St. Mary's, Kirkdale. The sub ject of the rev. gentleman's discourse was the " Ordi nance of Preaching." WATER TO LIVERPOOL FROM ,WRADDLESWORTII BROOK.—The line of the intended water course from Brinscall, near Chorley, to Rivington, is now being laid out, and the preparations are progressing rapidly, It will, however, be two or three months before there will be a general commencement of the whole works.—Preston Chronicle. "JONES."—The first number of a new publication, under this comical title, and after the style of Punch, made its appearance on Saturday. It has some good hits at men and things, and will doubtless improve. We had intended to give L,ur satirical friend's report of a visit to the Liverpool Stock Exchange, and which we are told is hit off to the life, but we cannot find room for the article this week. CAUTION TO DRUNKEN PEOPLE.—On Wednesday, Ro sanna Norris, who had lived in Watkinson-street, in this town, and who: was awoman ofdrunken habits, wasattempt ing to get in at one of the bedroom windows by means of a ladder; but, as it happened to be too short, she fell down, and pitching upon her head, fractured her skull so badly that she died on Thursday. It appeared that she had previously got through one of the bedroom windows, and had been found drunk in bed by her husband ; but how she got out of the house is matter of conjecture. LIVERPOOL SUNDAY SCHOOL INSTITUTE BAZAAR.— The bazaar in aid of the funds of this institution was held on Tuesday and Wednesday last, at the Royal Assembly rooms, Great George-street, which were beautifully de corated. The bazaar was under the patronage of many gentlemen of eminence, among whom were the Right Hon. the Earl of Harrowby and W. Brown, Esq., M.P., each of whom presented £5 to the funds of this institute. The proceedings were pleasingly enlivened at intervals by the performance of some excellent music on the piano forte. The total amount realized was £228, and in all probability the committee will have at their disposal, after paying expenses, £2OO. SUDDEN DEATH.—An inquest was held on Saturday, before Mr. Curry, on view of the body of Ann Samuel, aged 70 years, wife of Jacob Samuel, stone-mason. The latter is absent from the town, and it is not known whe ther he be dead or alive. Deceased lived in Tarleton street, Everton, with her daughter-in-law. On Thursday night, about nine o'clock, deceased went to bed, and complained of a pain in her side. She slept in a room by herself. About eight o'clock next morning she was found quite dead in bed. Before going to bed she and her son David (who is a police-officer) sang a hymn to gether. She had previously had (some time ago) one or two attacks of apoplexy. The body was warm when found. Mr. Woods, surgeon, who examined the body, attributed the cause of death to apoplexy.—Verdict ac cordingly. AURORA BOREALIS.—On Wednesday night last, the striking and beautiful phenomenon known as the Aurora Borealis, or the Northern Lights, appeared above this town and neighbourhood with a degree of magnificence, not much inferior, we should think, to what is seen in higher northern latitude than ours. The phenomenon commen ced a little before nine o'clock with a cloud or haze of white light at the north point of the h,rizon, similar to what precedes the rising of the moon. For a quarter of an hour there was merely a slight flickering of light, hut from that time until half-past nine o'clock the whole he misphere was covered with streamers and waves or sheets of light, exhibiting that rapid undulatory motion peculiar to the Aurora Borealis. In consequence, no doubt, of the Aurora Borealis, the electricity in the atmosphere had such an effect on the wires of the electric telegraph, that the needles at both the machines there were completely deflected, so much so, as to make them for the time com pletely useless. The Chester Chronicle describes the aurora as visible there from after eight until midnight, with splendid coruscations from the meridian towards the horison, of all the tints of the rainbow. Most of the other provincial papers notice similar appearances. THE WEATHER.—During the greater part of our past editorial week we experienced a degree of cold, with the wind from the north-east quarter, which is rarely experi enced at this season of the year. On Wednesday, Thurs day and Friday especially, the air was piercing, and on the mornings of the two latter days thin sheets of ice covered the ponds in the neighbourhood. The lieges were unex pectedly taken aback by this premature advent of a wintry atmosphere, and additional garments came into requisition. On Thursday, a very slight fall of snow fell, but whitened nothing. On Saturday the cold gave way to a milder tem perature, after a small shower. Sunday was rainy, with an E.S.E. wind, until the afternoon, when it brightened up, and with the exception of a smart shower about four o'clock, the latter part was fine. At night the sky became clear. Yesterday was mild and fine. The field crops yet in the ground look well—especially turnips and mangles. It now appears nearly certain that the potato crops gene rally will fall short of what was expected. Latterly the disease does not seem to have male much progress in the field ; but quantities of the root, gathered in apparently fair condition, have yielded to its influence, and picking and hurrying to market has naturally resulted. The arti cle is on the rise in our markets,—fair quality at about 10d. per 211 b., and good to prime 13. to is. 2d. TIIE LIVERPOOL STANDARD. EGREMONT HOTEL.—We, a short time ago, notice the decided improvements effected at the Egremont Pier, by which the facilities for landing and embarking will be such as to be available at all heights of the tide. We have now to state that the hotel has also been much improved in every department, for the accommodation of families or individuals. The fare provided is excellent, and the prices uncommonly moderate for such an establishment. The rooms are large and airy, and command most exten sive and ever-varying views. In addition to the prome nade on the new north quay, there are pleasure grounds immediately in front of the hotel, also a high platform, affording fine views of the river and shipping. Close at hand, stables and coach-houses, with every convenience for carriages have been erected ; also a forge for shoeing and large yard for market carts. The vicinity affords pleasing walks, including a ride or stroll along the beach. The boats will run all winter at half hours, in conjunction with those that run to New Brighton. LUDICROUS MISTAKE.—Rather an amusing incident occurred at the Chinese Exhibition, on Thursday. A couple of rustics (man and wife) from Prescot, having heard of the great feast of lanterns, admission only a shilling, thought they could not be far wrong in taking a holiday and coming to Liverpool to enjoy the feast. Having paid the necessary fee, :hey were ushered into the splendid apartment, where they feasted their eyes for some time upon the many curiosities there displayed. Wearied with the sight, the gnawings of hunger began to admonish them, and after waiting till their patience was exhausted, they at last walked up to one of the doorkeepers and asked where the feast was. The reply was that the feast was before them, but they were at a loss to find some thing to eat. They intimated, in the best way they could, that they thought a good feast, either of lanterns or any thing else, for a shilling, was an excellent thing ; but as they apprehended a large attendance, and some inconvenience, they had brought a knife and fork in their pockets to save trouble. This somewhat literal interpre tation of the feast excited no little amusement, and Tummas was sadly vexed that he had paid two shillings, and neither he nor his wife " geet out to eyght." STRANGE DISCOVERY.—On Friday the Deputy-Coro ner held an inquest upon the remains of a full-grown fe male which were discovered in a midden, attached to a horse stable, in Gore-street North. It appeared that a man of the name of Malpas was employed to empty the midden in question, and that, whilst using a dung fork for the purpose, the prongs of the folk came in contact with what he conceived to be a quantity of old rags or clothes. On probing farther, he drew a human skull to the surface, and on searching deeper he found the skele ton of a human body, to which the skull in question had at one time evidently been attached. Some clothing was also found close at hand, and this hal no doubt formed a portion of the garments worn by the deceased. A num ber of the occupants of the stable were examined, and the evidence went to show that one of them had had the midden thoroughly cleansed in 1847, and that others of them had had it partially cleaned out before and after that year, but that upon no occasion, during that occupancy, had the slightest appearance of the skeleton been discerni ble. Mr. Leech, surgeon, of the North Dispensary, stated that he had examined the remains—that the skele ton was perfect, without any flesh upon it—and it was evidently the skeleton of a full-grown female, but that, of course, there was not the slightest trace of the manner by which she had come to her death. The jury returned a verdict in accordance with the evidence ; and thus this mysterious occurrence is just as much involved in ob scurity as ever. THE LIVERPOOL LITERARY AND PHILOSOPHICAL SOCIETY.—The proceedings of this Society, during its thirty-sixth session, have just been published in a very beautifully printed octavo pamphlet, under the superin tendence of Dr. Hume. The work opens with a brief but most gratifying report of the retiring council, showing that the society now consists of 131 ordinary and 70 corres ponding members. After alluding to the loss to the society of late years of several of its most distinguished officers and members, the council congratulate the mem bers on the arrangements made with the committee of the Royal Institution, by which free entry to the museum, &c., is granted to each member, and remind the members that a gold medal, value ten guineas, has been voted, to be presented to the author of the best paper read before the society during the past and present session. Amongst the valuable papers read during the past session, and here printed, we enumerate the following, from the pprusal of which we have derived much gratification and instruction : —On the Principles of Money, by J. Faran, Esq. • on the History and Effects of Chloroform, by Dr. Waldie ; on Gothic Architecture, by A. Rimmer, Esq. ; on the Intel lectuality of the Lower Animals, by Dr. Hume, and the Duality of Geometrical Relations, by Dr. Booth, the President; and other papers. The book concludes with an interesting paper descriptive of four plates, illustrative of several curiosities in the geological world, found in this neighbourhood. This is from the able pen of John Cun ningham, Esq., F.G.S. Extracts from some of the papers will be found in another column. SLANDER ON THE PRESBYTERIANS.—The Rev. Ver ner M. White, of the Irish Presbyterian Chapel, Isling. ton has refuted an allegation of the Mail that the "Pres byterian ministers of the North of Ireland are chiefly Arians and Socinians." The rev. gentleman distinctly proves that in every Presbyterian Church in Ireland, with a few exceptions, the ministers are required, twice before ordination, to give absolute subscription to the Westmin ster confession of Faith, which of course involves a firm belief in Trinitarian doctrine. Mr. White concludes as follows :—" The accusation I have been considering is one often made by those whom ignorance or prejudice, or both, have blinded. Many such parties, doubtless, look to the Mail as an authority on these questions. I was therefore the more grieved to see the statement made, and however unwilling, felt called upon tb address these remarks in reply. I was once, sir, a Presbyterian mi nister in the North of Ireland ;' I have still many friends there ; and if any man will assert that the Presbyterian ministers of that locality are `chiefly Arians and Soci nians,' I care not where, or by whom the accusation is made—whether from the pulpit, the platform, or the press—l denounce it as a foul calumny, and I appeal to an impartial, truth-loving public, to protect a body of the ministers of Christ's Church from a charge which, consi dering the confession they subscribe, amounts to neither more nor less than a hypocritical denial of the essential characteristic of Christianity, in which, before God and his Church, they have twice solemnly and publicly de clared their belief." Alderley, in Cheshire. Mr. Avison. the treasurer, pro duced an interesting deed, dated 1636, relative to Tithe barn-street and Moor-fields. Mr. Mayer produced the original agreement relative to the first whaling ship sent to Greenland from Liverpool. Its date was 1754. Se veral of the names in it are those of persons from whom streets have been named. Mr. Mayer also produced a broad sheet relative to the supply of water to the town of Liverpool in 1767. A selection of silver coins, presents to the society, were exhibited. Other curiosities were also shown, and after an inspection of these the meeting broke up. ADDRESS OF CONDOLENCE TO THE DUKE OF PORTLAND.-TESTIMONIAL TO THE LATE LORD GEORGE BENTINCK. On Wednesday a public meeting of the members of the Liverpool Constitutional Association was held at the Clarendon-rooms, for the purpose of submitting an ad dress of condolence to the Duke of Portland, for appro val, and of adopting measures with the view to the erection of a public testimoni a to the memory of the late lamented Lord George Bentinck. The meeting was nu merously and respectably attended. Shortly after one o'clock, the chair was taken by Mr. Alderman Moly neux. The CHAIRMAN opened the probeedings by stating that the meeting was convened in pursuance of the wishes of the Committee of the Liverpool Constitutional Association, who were unanimously of opinion that an address of condolence to the Duke of Portland was ne cessary and desirable, as a mark of respect to the memory of so distinguished a statesman as Lord George Bentinck had been—a statesman who was anxious to devote his best exertions to the promotion of the agri cultural, commercial and shipping interests of this great country, and every branch of our colonial possessions. (Hear, and applause.) The Chairman concluded by calling on Mr. H. C. Chapman, of the firm of Messrs. Chapman, Bowman, and Co., to read the address which had been prepared for adoption. . _ " MAY IT PLEASE YOUR GRACE.—We, the members of the Liverpool Constitutional Association, beg leave to express our heartfelt sympathy with your Grace in the sad bereavement with which it has pleased the Almighty to afflict you. " Under ordinary circumstances, strangers as we are person ally to your Grace, we should not presume to intrude upon the sanctity of your sorrow, even with words of condolence; but no common events characterised the brief public career of your admirable son, and by them we feel compelled to address your Grace on the melancholy occasion of his death. "At a time when ships, colonies, and commerce' were about to be sacrificed without a struggle at the shrine of a supposed political necessity, Lord George Itentinck raised the banner of the constitution trom the ground, and summoned round it the manhood of the country. "Throughout the arduous struggle which ensued, and which is still continued, it was his voice that cheered, his spirit that animated, his courage that sustained, his indefatigable industry that stimulated, and his unswerving constancy that nerved the labours, the }warts, the energies, the exertions, and the counsels of his followers. His, too, was the patient toil and honest indignation that exposed and held up to public reprobation partisan dishonesty and officialmean ness ; and we are sorrowfully convinced that it was this—his self-denying devotion to the best interests of the empire— which brought him to his untimely tomb. "Well, then, may all true Englishmen mourn over the loss your Grace has sustained, for they share it with you. "The sense entertained by Liverpool of the greatness of that loss was shown when the flags of its mercantile navy floated half-mast high, and when on its exchange was heard but one heartfelt expression of sorrow; but we, the members of the Constitutional Association, which owed its existence to that public spirit which he evoked, and on which he relied for support. wish to add to these manifestations this imperfect record of our gratitude and our grief, and to be permitted thus to assure your grace that, although none may compare their loss to yours, we and thousands of Englishmen, own and feel a community in your bereavement. • "We are sure that your Grace will join with us in hoping that the example set by your lamented son will be followed by many others, and that from all ranks in the community men may rise up, if not gifted with his extradinary powers, yet animated by a like spirit of honour and patriotism to vindi cate the cause for which he so devotedly contended. " In conclusion, we pray that the All-wise and All-merciful disposer of events may be pleased to comfort your Grace in your affliction, and enable you to bear with resignation this heavy blow. "To his Grace the Duke of Portland, " Welbeck Abbey, Notts." Mr. CHAPMAN having moved the adoption of this address, HAROLD LITTLEDALE, Esq., said he had great pleasure in seconding the motion, and expressed a hope that so admirable an address would meet with general approba tion. The motion was put, and unanimously carried% The CHAIRMAN said he had now to acquaint the meet ing that he had the day before received a letter from Lord John Manners, written on behalf of his lordship himself, and also on behalf of the Marquis of Granby, memory of the late Lord George Bentinck, and in which in which the aid of the Corporation of Liverpool was sought with the view of getting up some public testimonial to the a very strong desire was expressed that the movement on this subject would be taken up in various parts of the country. The Chairman put it to the meeting to say whether they would join in so very desirable a work. Mr. CHAPMAN said it would be advisable for the Liver pool Constitutional Association to put themselves in com munication with an association for this purpose, which was about to be formed in London, by the Duke of Rich mond and the Marquis of Granby. Ho believed it was the opinion of the Duke of Richmond that the subscrip tions should be limited to a maximum amount, de scending to a minimum sum—say from £5 to ss.—in order that the memorial might be a truly national one, and that the subscriptions might come within the means of persons in almost every station of life. When he con sidered that there were 3000 ships out' of England alone, he thought if they could not muster ss. a ship, there must be very little gratitude on the part of the ship owners towards Lord George Bentinck, who had ably defended their interests. (Hear, and applause.) If they could form a committee here, to act, in the first instance, as a sort of corresponding committee with the general committee in London, they should be enabled to gather the feelings and wishes of the gentlemen of Liverpool as to the sort of testimonial they would prefer; but it was the general wish, at present, that it should be a testimo nial alike worthy of the country, and of the talent, the ability, and the distinguished career of Lord George Bentinck. (Loud applause.) He had great pleasure, therefore, in moving that the Committee of the Constitu tional Association. be constituted a committee for putting themselves in communication with the general committee hereafter to be formed in London, with power to add to their numbers. Mr. H. LITTLEDALE seconded the motion, which was adopted, and the name of Mr. Clint was added to the Testimonial Committee. The CHAIRMAN thanked the gentlemen present for their attendance, and hoped that the committee just for med would be productive of good, and that they would produce a result honourable to the town of Liverpool and the country in general. (Applause.) THE MUNICIPAL ELECTIONS. WARD MEETINGS. VAUXHALL.—The liberal electors met at the committee room, Vauxhall-road, on Thursday afternoon, to adopt measures to secure the return of W. Rathbone, Esq. W. F. Macgregor, Esq. occupied the chair. There were pre sent W. Brown, Esq., M.P., W. Earle, Esq., &c. Mr. Brown, in eulogistic terms, proposed Mr. Rathbone, no ticing his consistent conduct heretofore. Mr. Earle se conded the motion. Mr. Rathbone expressed his views on the rating question, and opposed the rating of the docks—first, as unjust ; second. as impracticable, and third as impolitic. He was now 62 years of age, and had no wish to be longer in the Council, but at this crisis, if he were elected, he should consent to act for three years more. Some subsidiary business succeeded, when a mo tion was agreed to, pledging the meeting to support Mr. Rathbone ; and thanks having been voted to the chair man, the meeting separated. ABERCROMBIE.—A meeting of the conservatives was held on Thursday, to secure the election of Thomas Lee, Esq., and it was numerously attended. Alderman Grif fiths occupied the chair. Mr. Neil proposed Mr. Lee as a fit person, and warmly eulogized him as a merchant and a man. Mr. Waddington seconded the motion, and it was unanimously carried. Mr. Lee being introduced stated his opinions. He approved of the rating of the docks, but was not sure as to the rating of corporate property, and he was against heavy rates for sanatory purposes, unless they were shown to be necessary. He was against the carrying out of the water scheme. Officers were appointed to carry the views of the meeting into effect. Mr. Josias Booker said, with reference to the water scheme. the rate-payers could not be made to pay an extra tax, and he considered the water of the neighbourhood would be found purer than that brought froni Rivington. He spoke of the ne cessity of affording employment to the working popula tion. In his opinion Mr. Lee war; a sensible, sterling, straightforward man. After some routine business the meeting broke up. LOCAL MEETINGS. RATING OF TIIE DOCK AND CORPORATE ESTATES.—A public meeting of the ratepayers of Toxteth-park was held on Tueiday, for the purpose of receiving the report of the committee appointed at the Vestry Meeting, held on the 15th May last, to communicate with the Liverpool Equi table Rating Committee, with the view to the obtainment of powers for the rating of the Dock and Corporate Es tates. The chair was taken by H. G. Harbord, Esq., and the large room was densely filled. After some discussion it was agreed that a voluntary rate of twopence in the pound be laid on the respective assessments in the town ship, with the view of defraying that portion of the par liamentary expenses, to be incurred in getting the docks rated, which falls to the share of Toxteth-park. SELECT VESTRY.—The general meeting of the Liver pool Select Vestry was held on Tuesday, the Rev. Rector Campbell presiding. After the usual routine business had been gone through, the report of Mr. T. C. Brown, the Government Inspector of Schools, upon the progress of the children in the Kirkdale Industrial- School, was read. The state of the boys' school generally met with the ap proval of the inspector; but he reported that the girls' school was in a very inefficient state, and recommended some alterations in the system of education pursued therein. After a short discussion the report was referred to the School Committee, with instructions to carry out the recommendations of the inspector.—A letter was read from Messrs. S. and J. Holme, complaining of the position in which they had been placed by die vestry, with reference to the new workhouse, and informing them that they should hold the Vestry responsible for any claims which might be made upon them through their delay and the loss which Messrs. Holme had actually sus tained, and were daily sustaining ; and they further inti mated, that if it was determined to build another work house in another locality, they would decline entering into a new competition, but would seek for compensation for the non-fulfilment of the engagement which has been entered into between themselves and the Vestry. The letter was referred to the Building Committee.—The re lief for the past week was reported to be £137, being £B6 more than in the corresponding week of 1847. DOCK COAIMITTEE.—The committee of the Marine Department submitted a report as to the complaint of the master pilots with respect to the new landing stage, and its removal to a better site; also a plan of the soundings, showing that there was a greater depth of water by two feet north of the stage than at the time the soundings were previously taken. The Chairman remarked, that the result of the soundings showed the pilots were not competent to give an pinion upon it; he could also state that the soundings were rather deeper to the south. It appeared that the com mittee, after an interview with some of the master pilots as to the docking of vessels, recom mended that the small landing stage should be removed to the Prince's Parade—that the chains at the north and south ends of the great stage be removed, and that inner moorings be substituted as soon as the sanction of Mr. Cubitt could be obtained. Some discussion then took place, but it being the general opinion of the committee that the recommendation as to the small stage did not come within the province of the Dock Committee, as it belonged to the Corporation, the matter was referred back.—The Harbour-masters' Committee reported that they had reconsidered the subject referred to them as to the appointment of a master to the Toxteth Dock, and they were again unanimous in recommending Mr. Wm. Foyle. After some remarks by Mr. Tobin, the recom mendation was confirmed.—A letter from Messrs. Case and Morris, calling attention to the charge of 11d. per ton on coals passing from the canal to the docks, which they considered, in certain cases, a grievance, was referred to the Finance Committee. HISTORIC SOCIETY OF LANCASHIRE AND CHESHIRE. —The first meeting of this society for the session was held o n Wednesday evening, at the Collegiate Institution. Thomas Moore, Esq., in the chair. Letters of apology for n on-attendance, owing to previous engagements, were read from his Worship the Mayor, the Earl of Sefton, and Sir Edward Cust. It was announced that the number of members was 200, and one of the recent additions was the Very Rev. the Dean of Chester. The Mayor read a list of donations. Amongst them was an ancient Saxon quern or corn-mill, which had been presented by William Stuart, Esq., of Springfield, Knotty Ash. It was found near Up Holland, in this county, in the cutting of the Li verpool and Bury Railway. Dr. Hume read the inaugural address. It noticed the tendency of the English mind to literature, and the present disposition to prefer non-scien tific subjects, or what was called " literary and learned." It concluded by an able review of the advantages of such a society. Richard Brooke, Esq., F.S.A., read an inter esting paper on the ancient family of Wyche, or De la Wyche, with a descriptive account of the family seat at POLICE INTELLIGENCE. On Thursday, the Liverpool Gas-light Company were fined 20s. and costs, for taking up the pavement in King street, and not replacing it, as required by the local act. COMMITTAL OF A MARINE STORE DEALER.—On Wednesday, John M`Donald, a plumber, employed under the Dock Trust, was committed for trial on a charge of stealing a quantity of lead from the docks. The prisoner sold the lead to Elizabeth Bellis, a marine store-keeper, in Greenland-street, and it appearing to the magistrate that she had received the same with a guilty knowledge, she also was sent for trial. BEGGING LETTER IMPOSTERS.—The Rev. Mr. Ew bank appeared at the Police-court, on Tuesday, to prefer a charge of imposition against a young man named John Williams. The rev. gentleman said that he was sorry to lay the charge, but he felt it his duty to do so, as, not long since, more than £4O had been raised in contribu tions through the use of his name. The prisoner had come to his house, saying that he was engaged at Mr. Simpson's office as clerk, and was in want of some clothes. He told Mr. Ewbank that he had been to a friend of his who had given him a waistcoat, and re quested that a coat might be given to him. He told him that he could not give him a coat, but if he would bring him a note from the gentleman he named he would give him five shillings. The prisoner went away, and came back stating that the gentleman had gone out of town, when he told him that if he got a note from Mr. Simp son he would give him five shillings. The prisoner came again to his house on Monday evening with a note, pro fessing to be written by Mr. Simpson, but the suspicions of Mr. Ewbank being roused, from some inquiries he had made, he gave the man into custody. The note was pro duced in court, and Mr. Simpson stated that it had not been written by him. The prisoner made no defence. Mr. Ewbank said he did not wish to press the case, but Mr. Rushton observed that nothing was so essential to a proper distribution of benevolence. The hand-writing of the note was well known in court, and there were peo ple in Liverpool entirely living by these means. The prisoner was sent to the House of Correction with hard labour for three months. BIGAMY.—On Friday, a young man of superior appear ance, who gave his name W. F. Crawley, and who, It seems, is the master of a vessel, was placed in the dock at the Police-court, on the rather unusual charge of bigamy. A remarkably pretty girl, whose mild and lady-like de meanour proved her to be a person of the higher class of society, stepped into the witness box, and, having stated that her name was Eliza Crawley, went on to charge the prisoner with having intermarried with a woman in the present year, in this town, she being his wife at the time. Her marriage took place in the year 1845, at Bristol, from which place she could produce witnesses who were present when the ceremony was performed. In answer to a ques tion from the Bench, she stated that at present she was lodging at No. 2, Queen-street, Birkenhead. It was al leged that the prisoner was married last at St. Nicholas's Church, in this town, in July ; this was shown from the register-book, but Mr. Lovett, the regis trar, and who is also the clerk of St. Nicholas's Church, failed to identify Crawley ; which, indeed, is not remark able when it is considered that there were 300 marriages registered by him last year. After some delay a female named Everson was produced, who stated that she was present when the marriage was solemnized between the prisoner and the female referred to at St. Nicholas's Church, in the July of the present year. The pri soner being asked if he had any defence lo offer, stated that he did not deny the marriage at St. Nicholas's Church, but did that which was said to have taken place at Bristol. The truth was, that when he was at Bristol, in July, 1845. he became acquainted with the person representing herself to be his wife; she was then living with a gentleman by whom she had a child ; he left Bris tol, and was absent until October in the same year. The complainant repeated her assertion that witnesses could be produced who saw the ceremony performed. It was also stated that there was a third wife at Mullingar, in Ireland ; but the date of this marriage was not ascertain ed. After another lapse the subject of the marriage in Liverpool was produced. She appeared to be a respecta ble person. On entering the witness-box her feelings overpowered her, and she was for some time unable to reply to the questions which were put to her. Mr. Lovett immediately recognised her. Her maiden name was Isabella Hall, and her place of residence is No. 7, Law son-street, Abercromby-square. The poor woman asked permission to see the man who had so grossly cheated her, but Mr. Rushton advised her to forego her desire as it woul result in no good. The prisoner is remanded. MORE BULLIONIST ADMISSIONS. (From the 31anchester Courier.) " Commerce," says the Times of Wednesday last, " has been thrown quite out of gear, and we are in an abnor mal state. We have a balance to pay, and must pay in gold. England, however, happily for herself, does not produce gold, and only keeps enough for the purposes of commerce, including the very purpose in question—the settlement of international balances. We shall not go on regularly paying for corn in gold—though, indeed, it would be no such foolish bargain to give what we cannot eat for that which we can. When we have paid our neighbours in money, and their immediate want is re lieved, they will soon wish to spend that worthless com modity. They will come back to our manufacturers." True, it is not " a foolish bargain to give what we can not eat for what we can." But if, by the absurd and suicidal regulations which our contemporary strangely prostitutes his talents to support, what we cannot eat is made as essential to the body politic as corn is to the hu man person, keep it we must, at whatever risk, at what ever sacrifice. During the war we let our gold go or stay as it listed—the currency was maintained in numerical sufficiency, and even our vast expenditure caused general prosperity. Because (the purchasing power of currency being the same) the more money is spent, i. e. passed from consumer to producer, the greater the production, the more flourishing trade, better wages, increased pro fits. Our free traders interfere to prevent the payment of corn with gold. They keep the gold for the purely acci dental and unnecessary purpose of a medium of internal exchange—attempting, as we have shewn, to disguise the absurdity of this procedure by terming gold coin " capi tal,"—capital, we all know, (but in another sense of the , word,) being necessary to production. But the absurdity remains. The mischiefs are before us. We keep what we cannot eat, and deprive our wretched artizans of that which they want; or, if any considerable portion of gold be sent abroad, the necessary result is a currency panic and industrial disorganisation. We ask no more than that the admissions made by the bullionists themselves should be consistently reasoned upon and carried into practice. The obvious cause that foreign countries have not sufficient gold to send for our manufactures is, because we previously impounded by force all the gold which the currency doctors of '44 deemed necessary to be kept in this country. If, as the Times says, we had " paid our neighbours in money" (gold coin)—if by the plan so ably developed in the Eco nomist, or the one suggested by Mr. Alison, of a carefully restricted paper currency convertible into gold at the market price, we had maintained the numerical amount of currency which the test of a moderate fixed rate of interest—say three or four per cent.—shewed to be wanted for the trade of the country, our neighbours would have wished to spend that worthless commodity, and would have sent it back to us in exchange for manu factures. Our manufacturers of silk and cotton, and iron, would have produced what the others would have wanted to purchase. Our operatives would have been fully em ployed. The country would have prospered. Eltsirtrt A Board of Health has been established at Chester, A dividend of 20s. per share is likely to be paid by the unfortunate Bank of Manchester, and 6s. Bd. per share can be paid at any time. The Rev. Dr. Carpenter preached at St. Paul's Church, Preston, on Wednesday, in aid of the schools attached to the church. The Art Journal states that Mr. T. S. Cooper, A.R.A., has sold his large picture of the " Battle of Waterloo," which was exhibited at Westminster-hall, to a gentleman in Lancashire, for 1,000 guineas. On Tuesday, William Townsend and Joseph Daniels, two labouring men, were killed by a fall of heavy logs, in a timber yard at Manchester. The Roman Catholic chapel, erected in Mulberry-street, Manchester, was opened on Thursday with the usual ce remonial service, a pontifical high mass, two bishops and a considerable number of Roman Catholic clergy officiating. A skiff match between James Candlish, of Newcastle upon-Tyne, and Robert Dawes, of Manchester, came off on the river Irwell, on Monday last. The match, which was for £3O a side, was won easily by Candlish. A movement has been commenced at Rochdale against the very great cost of the county constabulary in that di vision. The board of guardians have adopted a petition to the magistrates on the subject. On Tuesday, an explosion of fire damp took place in a pit at Ashton-in-Mackerfield, belonging to Mr. Stock, by which the lives of five men were unfortunately lost. Their limbs were broken in a frightful manner, and their deaths must have been instantaneous. CURIOUS NOTIONS ABOUT PROPERTY.—A short time since, eighteen houses, situated in Little Ireland, Man chester, were advertised for sale. Upon learning this, the tenants seem to have come to the unanimous determine- tion to have compensation they took in kind, viz., the doors, grates, windows, shutters, staircases, &c., of the doomed houses, which in consequence have been left in a most ruinous condition, little but bricks and mortar re maining. One man distinguished by the amount he had abstracted, has been committed for trial. MOST GRATIFYING TESTIMONIALS.—The Rev. R. T. Wheeler, incumbent of St. John's church, Blackburn, has been presented by the candidates for confirmation with a handsome silk gown and cassock. A. few of the fe male candidates also presented him with a set of bands which they had worked for him.—On Friday, the Rev. A. G. Edouart, incumbent of St. Paul's church, Blackburn, was presented with a very handsome silver cup, by the young people whom he had prepared for confirmation.— On the same day the Rev. I'. Sharples, of St. Peter's church, in the same town, was presented with a handsome silver pocket communion service, under similar circum stances. WONDERFUL ESCAFE ON A RAILWAY.—On Monday last, Mrs. Edward Statham, who resides at the lodge of Messrs. Marshall's factory in this town, was coming up from Liverpool, by the ix:lf-past twelve o'clock train with her daughter, a little girl about five years old, sitting upon her knee. Soon after passing the St. Helens, station, .the child stood up on her mother's lap, and was about to look out of the window, but the door being unfastened, suddenly opened, and the child fell out while the train was going forward at full speed. The distressed mother would have jumped out after the child, but was held down by her fellow-passengers. The screams of Mrs. Statham and the other persons in the carriage alarmed the guard, who gave the signal to the driver, and the train was stopped about a mile from the place where the child was supposed to have fallen out. A search was immedi ately made, a general impression prevailing that the little girl must have been dashed to pieces, but to the surprise of all, the child was found to have fallen in the soft mud in the ditch, and to be uninjured. The train however was put back and the child was soon after de posited safe and sound in her mother's arms. The little girl is remarkably intelligent, and detailed to us the cir cumstances of the case with great accuracy.—Stocdport Mercury. AWFUL DESTITUTION:IN OAKENSHAW.—We received a few days ago a communication detailing the deplorable condition of the operative population in and around Oakenshaw, in consequence of the stoppage of the print works of Messrs. Fort, Brothers, and Co. The recital is truly affecting, our correspondent stating that there are some families who have repeatedly been without food for two days together. The following revolting instance occurred on the 4th inst :—A calf belonging to Mr. John Walmsley, farmer, was found dead, and a butcher was engaged to remove the skin in order that the carcass might be buried. Before he could do this, however, abont forty men and women gathered round him, seized the dead animal, and tore it in pieces, which, though actually putrid, they hurriedly cooked and devoured. The effluvium (says our informant) was absolutely sti fling. From inquiries since made we have ascertained that the hands out of employment at Oakenshaw are little short of one thousand in number. These have been re cently paid off in large batches at different times, and the works will be entirely closed, it is expected, in a week or ten days. Many of the hands out of employment have had no regular work for three years, and a few others have had work on the East Lancashire Railway, but that being finished, they also are destitute. The distress is extreme, and will now be aggravated by the almost com plete exhaustion of the sufferers' credit with the shop keepers, there being now no reasonable hope of the deb tors ever being able to pay. Notwithstanding their severe privations, however, it is extremely creditable to the suf. ferers that their conduct has been of file most peaceful character.--Presion Guardian, Oct. 24, MS. CORRESPONDENCE. THE CHOLERA. TO THE EDITOR OF THE LIVERPOOL STANDARD. SlR,—When the town in the fable was threatened with a siege, the individuals convened to consult as to the best materials with which to construct the fortifications had each his own particular interest in view in the various plans recommended for adoption ; but now that this king dom is threatened with the invasion of a far more de structive foe than any human enemy, and I am disposed in consequence to propose somethin g i n th e wa y o f forti fication against this adversary, which is the cholera, no one will be able to accuse me of being an interested ad viser on the occasion, though I may be an object of ridi cule, for which I am perfectly prepared. From what I have read, heard, observed, and experi enced, personally, I feel convinced that salted brandy will be found one of the most efficacious remedies in the dreadful disease in question ; and I would urge every one to be provided with it, and recommend its being taken in large doses at intervals of two hours, until the stomach and bowels become quiescent and the pain subdued. I have read that very large doses of opium proved a certain cure of cholera, but the writer did not announce in what physical condition the patients so treated were left. As in attacks of the cholera everything taken into the stomach is almost. immediately rejected, I would advise, in the event of the first dose being rejected, a repetition of the dose, which will, probably, be allowed to remain undisturbed. I may, perhaps, avail myself, through your kind per mission, of a future opportunity in order to state my rea sons for recommending salted brandy as one of the most efficacious remedies for the cholera, but my present limits will admit of my doing no more than to subscribe myself, your faithful servant, SAMUEL FENTON. Wavertree, Liverpool, 19th Oct:, 1848. DR. M`NEILE AND THE MAIL. TO THE EDITOR OF THE LIVERPOOL MAIL. SlR,—Your comments on my letter in your paper of last Saturday have forced me into unwilling, but inevita ble. collision with you. As you have chosen to persist in that, which, whether intentional or not on your part, i 8 in fact a misstatement, I must once more, in the simplest and plainest language, assert that the case is not as you represent it. _ _ You have told your readers that my opinions upon vital subject have been modified, and that, in conse quence, my line of conduct will be modified. The truth is, that my opinions have undergone no modification whatever ; and it is not my intention That my conduct should exhibit any change. The conversation out' of which this fiction has arisen might have taken place five, or ten, or twenty years ago. as well as in the present year. I have always felt that to give the scheme of Romish endowment even a plausible appearance, it must be connected with p ro visoes of the kind referred to. I have always felt also, that even with those precautions, the plan would be delusive and useless. No new opinion has been embraced on my part, nanely doctrine broached. As to my line of duty, I have already stated, in n i , e most explicit terms, that I should regard the scheme 111 question as fraught with the greatest possible peril to the nation—the peril of bringing down upon it the wrath of justly-offended God. With this conviction, how will it be possible for any one possessing any sincere regard for his country's welfare, to remain inert or careless ? As to the endowment of the Romish priests bees "inevitable," I never thought so. I never said so. Re' garding the plan as a suicidal one, how could I assume , either of an individual or a community, that it was inevi table that he, or it, should be guilty of an act of sell" destruction ? Be content, then, sir, to urge your opinions by soel l arguments as you think available ; but do not ascribe to me thoughts or purposes of which I am wholly innocent , and the very reverse of which I openly profess. I am. sir, your obedient servant, HUGH AI'IsTEILE. Aigburth, 17th October, 1848. MEETING OF THE JEWISH SOCIETY. TO THE EDITOR OF THE LIVERPOOL COURIER. DEAR SIR, — In looking over the report of the meetini held last night, in the Collegiate Institution, for the Jews Society, as given in the Liverpool Standard of this morning, I perceive that that portion of it which 1 135 reference to myself is so untruly reported, (I trust unie' tentionally so,) that I feel it to be my duty to lay before the public, if you will kindly permit me, the plain facts of the case as they really occurred. The London Society for Promoting Christianity amongs t the Jews has professedly for its simple object the diffusio n of the knowledge of Christ's Gospel amongst that people , without any regard to the differing views which its sop' porters may individually entertain of Jewish p ro phecy. Such being the constitution of the society, I became member of it, and a subscriber to its funds, some year s ago, and have warmly supported it, by preaching rP, r . otherwise, ever since. But I have perceived, with roue' pain, that, notwithstanding the society's avowed compre hensiveness, its anniversary meetings in Liverpool We i ; for some time, been so arranged that the speaking has a" been one-sided, in respect of theological opinions. Fo r instance, last year, the chairman and all the speakers were, without a single exception, Millenarian in their views of unfulfilled prophecy. Entertaining, as I conscientiously do, a most strong objection to such views, as opposed to Scriptural Christi" and..finding _invariably _that they. were advocated on the society's platform, I felt that it would not be consistent with my duty to continue my attend ance at the meetings without some attempt at remon strance. Accordingly, I have spoken on the subject re peatedly to the, secretaries, and only a very short time since stated in writing to one of them, Mr. Boutfiower , my earnest wish, that both sides of the Jewish question should be fairly set before the meeting, if, indeed, should be thought desirable to introduce the subject at all, which I much doubted. Not the slightest dispositiq to attend to my wish was ever manifested. And yet think it was an honest and lawful one, and one whi ch every lover of fair play would most readily acknowledg e to be just. What, then, was Itodo ?. I might have left the sod' ety, as many eminent Christian men have already done' in disgust. But this, deeply anxious as lam for the COl l. version of Jews, I could not conscientiously do. I deter' mined, therefore, God helping me, that I would, at t he next meeting, either in the form of an amendment ue°, ° , l some resolution, or oth erw i se , if th e o p por t un it y be allowed me, as I hoped it would, express, in a plor and temperate manner, my feelin g u p on w h a t I coot dered the unfairness of the arrangement of the pub`; meetings. With this view, I attended the meeting in 0 ; Collegiate Institution last night. Dr. M'Neile was „ the chair, and the two secretaries were both presen t ' Before the moving of the first resolution, as I wished to act with courtesy, I communicated to one of the secrete' ries my intention to move an amendment to the resole' tion, as a subscriber to the society. But I also informed him, that, as I had no wish to speak against the so ciety; or against any of the prophetic views entertained by 0°) members of the society, except so far as might be 8 105 lutely necessary to explain my own sentiments, I sholl much prefer to be allowed to have an opportunity of se e , an explanation in the common course of supporting a of the resolutions. The secretary told me that he Wo° t consult the chairman. The chairman's reply was, tilt if I attempted to rise he would put me down. Nothieb' therefore, remained for me, after this abrupt and 11 5 courteous response, but to wait till the resolution ILA been moved and seconded, and then to use my undoubt privilege as a member of the society, and propose 0 ' amendment. It may be right here just to state, in precise ter° l what my amendment was ; for, as Dr. M'Neile, by irregular conduct in the chair, threw the whole meet l° o into confusion and uproar, I had no opportunity of t h e , declaring what it was ; and perhaps it will hardly be 1 '4 5 lieved, that Dr. M'Neile, though he assured me of Pea intention to put me down, never knew, and never ne, k to to know, what the amendment was, which I intended propose. il The amendment was as foll ows :—" A n d th a t it be t e instruction to the committee now named, so to orr a ,.%f these meetings, for the f u t ure , th a t e ith er t h e subjee",t, Jewish prophecy be not introduced, or, if intro that the speaking embrace both sides of the question. fo e Accordingly, when th e ti me came I rose, and, in Per' order, began to propose my amendment. The chairolv refused to hear me, and attempted to put me dow n a, clamour. I felt that I was clearly right, and determi?F 4 therefore, notwithstanding his insulting remarks , v'n" o ,, h w e er h e a i d tt a rteirlgyhfto,reais chairman,gntothepowintinosfistorodnerwhich , not down. And I was not put down. kt last finding tl' o f his angry tone and his determination to deprive 1 10 , 4 my undoubted privilege of speech produced no nth effect upon me than to increase my resolve to persist io o f what was right, he dissolved the meeti ng , amidst ono the most disgraceful scenes of co n f us i on w hi c h I es ' to witnessed among men calling themselves Christians._j, This is a plain statement of the facts as they occw: o f How the Liverpool Standard. could suppress the fse' if e the dissolution of the meeting, and in other respee ts „ g aot a completely untrue version of the whole affair, I Fe„ 1 0- tell. I have spoken in strong terms of the gross U nr ooC priety of Dr. M`Neile's conduct in the chair, bu t t ea nearly so strongly as the truth would justify me. be if I had been out of order, which I was not, still, aftereet had himself trespassed upon the indulgence of the ° ee ls ing by introducing a mere personal squabble betv'eo, himself and the editor of one of the Liverpool newsee4 on a subject which had nothing whatever to do s' i ce t. meeting for the conversion of the Jews, he ought e ft tainly, in the common courtesy of a gentleman, to i ß oo extended some indulgence to me. But be denie u o , plain justice, and that in such a manner, by sneeri e 'fc o my being a member of the Evangelical Alliance, and e o rsi descending to the depth of calling names, that ray ok it 01: indignation at his unworthy conduct is, I can troll far less than my sorrow for his grievous inconsisteorfol' was, indeed, warned that I ought to expect such inconsistent' meat at his hands; but I would not believe it. 1 1; him credit for better things. I calculated on his fio"; e 1, I had often heard him say, that " fair play is a iel i or and I thought he meant it. I have been sadly 1 " el pointed. But, be this as it may, nothing that he r e ,tt or say shall ever prevent me from attempting, at let Li. I,i. state what I believe to be right and Christian at 0 1 verpool meeting. V er a These facts, accompanied by these few necessary ° vations, I beg, through your kindness, to lay heforeor Liverpool public. I have never had occasion to t l i f o llos thing of the sort before. I sincerely hope that I eu ;o . „„` ver have occasion to do anything of the sort agt o tls 11 ' have done it with much pain ; but a sense of duty w myself and others has constrained me. I am, dear sir, your faithful servanl,. WM. WITHERS EWA 4 ' Everton, 17th October, 1848. Oct. 2 TUESDAI ARRIVED.—A 4th instant, am Pelham, from C SAILED.—Va Millidge, Lind, ton—Feronia, V Eclipse, Hart bulwarks, &c. Recovery, Do Ben-y-Mor, A Aurora Liber Martha Shall Plate 2Sth Sept. Duke of Well Mottle, Mar( Snowden Law at Harlingen. Johanna, Stu , Vrow Henri( Ramsgate, with with the Good% Cornet, Griffi With loss of boc Alice Wilson, Charleston. W d Le n e i 1 tCjn America,:. h tihn n.al,ipiinnvaeib.eagLs. Ravens r Cambria be P((nesms ke hcntt r e i eeel , 1 Yorktown, S ,Barstow; Alb Minesota, Allet Marmion, Free Sea Queen, N David Cann( wizen topmast Waldron, M ihrrY, hence Cheviot, Stan hence at Mont , Avon, Johnst 'Lance ; and Humming B NEW YORk. H avannah on having seen , Banks. BOSTON, OCI ElCo for Nassai y wreckers, h jury, and with NEW ORLEA aground below HAM:FAX, 0 Sidney Harbor Quebec for Li% ber, waterlogg, quEtEc, Sep pool, has put 'to be on shore, Anticosti. yVEDNESD Northumbrian SAILED.-- New York—l, Leghorn—Suss 'Watts, Consta —Arsone, Che Graham, Virg Lucy Ann, I hence at Nap!, Thomas Joi Constani nopl Frede ick V St. Jaco , Doi Sierena, Loi Maid of Mo Emilie, Kitt Eugene, her Jessie, Ford John's, N. 8., Sarah, Rees THU VaIPY, New C The Margai thi gt port is a boa I'Cho, Beck Collingwooi Mazeppa, E Tintern, (si With loss of fc • SAILED.--J Postema ; Ge garetha, Alto bcotia, Miski shire, Chase, Runkin, Gen Africa—Angl, Rotterdam. Lively, Sin Orion, Jon •Cayl Augur Argo, `Niel Albion, Fai Rattler, (at for this port. SATUR ARRIVED.- SAILED.-- retha Johanr Stirfingshire —Swordfish, Mobile—Hat Shannon, H Levantine (s John, Spo Helvetii's, Z -and London Albion, Ja end Belohun Panope, G Sea, Dinnt Engelina, Rotterdam, I Triton, Koningen Burl., Oct pool, having and la in a v ARRIVED. Zaluege, Bill Buckley, Ne hams, New lermo—Geer Trieste. John Brig] Weldad, D Sarah, TIE Comet, La Merle, Charles M On 3rd Oct. Mainmast, b a red streak. Jessie, For York ; and Beatrice, I Malabar, - Anna Letil ---- Coc sfbUlwarks. PLYMOUTI 'and Dublin, .41lischarge. ARRIVED. Rio Grande guire, Charle tuna, Bilbos Vandei Eyck John Dunl fell in with tl London, disr the boat. Ti remainder of W. 8., and lii Favorite, C Itlld gaff. 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