The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser. — Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1844-12-03 00:00:00

TOWN EDITION. LIVERPOOL PROTESTANT OPERATIVE SOCIETY. The annual meeting of the Protestant Operative Asso ciation was held at seven o'clock la s t evening,in the Commercial-hall, Gloucester-street, which was filled by a crowded and attentive auditory. A considerable body of clergy were present, and many influential laymen; but the bulk of the meeting. consisted of operatives, their wives and families, who manifested the greatest interest throughout the proceedings. Mr. GFORGE JONES was called to the chair; and tee Divine blessing was suppli cated by the Rev. JOSEPH BAYLEE. The CHAIRMAN having addressed a few introductory observations to the meeting, expressive of his firm at tachment to the principles of Protestantism, the Secre tary read the Committee's report of their proceedings during the year just terminated. This was an elaborate and well-written production. It commenced by explain ing the grounds of the Society's constitution, and the necessity which existed for its continued operation. Fro testantism was in a crisis. The debt which bad pressed upon the Association for some time was now liquidated ; and it was contemplated to revive the Trect Committee. the operations of which had been so efficient two years ago.—The accounts were next read; horn which it ap peared that after discharging every claim there was a small balance remaining in the hands of the Treasurer. The Rev. JOSEPH BAYLEE res-, ateidst much applause, to move the first rest lu ion ; and he commenced by ex pressing the pleasure he felt at again meeting the Protestant operatives of Liverpool. He would much rather attend such a meeting as this, than one of the higher classes, who had attended e hen politics were mixed up with religion, but who had ee-erted them now that they tnet for religion without polities. All classes of individuals were necessal t each other; end he was just as well pleased, nay better pleased, to stand among his i rotestant opera tive brethren, than be should he to appear in en assembly of more wealthy persons ; for he believed he was standing among Den who were less tainted by the iniquities of the world, and more ready than many of the others to lay down their lives for Christ's sake. But they must remem ber their strength lay not in money, but in God our Sa viour, and that if they wished to be saved it must be by standing upon their religtous rather than upon their poli tical principles. Our battle with Romanism was not upon political grounds only, but it must be fought upon political & religious principles ; and, though he wa- not a he could respect the politician that was a man of religious principle. Lord Eldon said, the church was joined with the state not for the purpose of making the church politi cal, but for the purpose of making the mete religious; and if the Protestant operativ. brought relieion into their po litics, it was not to n,ake religion pelitcal, but to make politics religious. (Loud cheers.) The resolution he had to move was, that the report be aborted, printed, and cir-* culated, under the direct:on of the committee. We beard, in these days, many people speaking of popery being liberalized; that Romanists tow enjoyed religious freedom. There *were upon the platf orm some examp l es of the religious freedom of popery. Here the reverend gentleman related the outlines of the cases of Signor Ciocci and Mr. Day, whose narratives of the persecutions they have suffered from the popi-h priesthood are before the public. He (Mr. Baylee' w. s not, however, one of those who looked with gloomy des; o.e.lency upon the pre sent aspect of things ; he regarded it rather as a motive for energy and activity. We should never expect an army of eloubtful, wavering, hesitating, trembling sol diers, would he able te gain a victory. (Cheers.) Let us then, in the name of God's truth, do on- duty. (Cheers.) We had statesman, who were for: ed by the circumstances of the time. to tamper vet t popery : but let them do so at their peril : for if thee did God would not honour their statemanship. It w,s very r ifficult for us to feel for the position of the Prime Min:ster of the pre sent day ; it was easier for us to point out the main point to remedy. If we remembered that the Prime Minister was but the representreive of the majority of the people, in the long run, it was easy to see that the helm of affairs must go with the majority of the people. Purify the people, then. (Cheers.) Make the people Protestant. (Cheers.) Make the majority of the people what they ought to he—men who do not care who is the Prime Mi nister, but who require that he must be a Protestant Prime Minister. (( beers.) We none of us felt so deeply as we ought to feel towards Romanists. We should always draw a distinction between Romanism and Ro manists. (Herr, he: r.) I , we desired to bring a Ro manist from his error, how were we to do it? By ridi cule, unkindness, and needless exposure of his errors ? Far from it. A VOICE.---What do you think of the Puseyites ? (Some confusion, and a cry of " Turn him out.") Mr. BAYLEE.—No : let 1 i n not be turned out; it was very good question, and he should be very glad to answer it. (Cheers ) He thought that a Puseyite was little worse than a Romanist. (Great cheers, and applause.) When he resich d as he d'd for four year-, in the west of Ireland, there were two ttoman Catholic archbishops, both well kn ,, w , , ; one was Dr. Murray, of Dublin, and the other was De. M' Hale, of Tuatre Dr. M' Hale was very zealous and vio'ent ; but Dr. Murray spoke soft things—he could sit at the same table with the Protestant archbishop to provide an united education for Romanists and Prote , tan s —and it es .41 to he said they would much rather have I;r. M`Hale than Dr. Murray. just as we would mu !h rath -r have a man with a pitchfork over his shoulder than a man with one under his cloak. (Hear. hear.) Now he (Mr. Bayles) would much rather have a Roman Catholic priest in his pat jab than he would a Pu seyite, because the puseyite brought Romanism into the church, but the Roman Catholic brought it only outside the door. (Great applause- ) tie would rather have Pu seyism outside the door any t roe. (Cheers.) In the ra dical papers he had himself b -en address el as a Puseyite. and spoken of as if he was a traitor, be euse he desired in his own church to teach I is people to love the prayer book of the Church of England in all its integrity. He had never wanted to add one letter to, or to take one letter from, it; but he eh .uld be glad, as every sound Protestant in that room mu=t he, to have the service of the church in its fulness, as laid down in the prayer-book. (Hear.) Take, for example, the case of last Saturday, November 30, which was tnarlted in the prayer-book as St. Andrew's day. Win t did the Bible tell us was St. Airier w ? A d sc'ple of John the Baptist, who, as soon as be heard Jesus Christ, immediately followed him ; and when he found He wag the Saviour, he went and brought his brother Simon. Now he would put it to every man present, was it a bed thing for those who had time to meet together in God's heti zo, to pray, in the week-day, and to have brought before them what the Scriptures taught about the holy man of God mentioned on that day? (Hear.) As a clergyman of the Church of Eng land, when he entered.. the church he declared his un feigned assent and consent to all that is contained in the Book of Common Prayer. He wanted no candles at the Lord's table, no surplice in the pulpit : he was glad to have a good Protestant gown in the pulpit—the emblem and mark of the Reformation, for it was then for the first time that the academic gown was worn in the pulpit. (C' eers.) He wanted not the innovations of Puseyism ; and, above all, he wanted nit the doctrines of Puseyism. (Renewed cheers.) In short, li N answer was that he thought a Pu seyite w: s a papist inside the Church, and he would much rather have a papist out of the Church. (Cheers.) The rev, gentleman then le Armed his consideration of the cha racter of Romanism ; and in the remaining part of his speech, which was of great length, he showed that Popery takes the Word of God from the people ; that it sets the priest between the sinner and his God ; that it enfetters the mind and elslaves the body ; and that it is dan gerous to the soul. Dr. BETTELHEIM, an Austrian physician, and a con verted jew, who is on his way to Palestine for the purpose of labouring among his brethern of the house of Israel, seconded the motion in a speech of much length. The Doctor spoke English' with fluency, and in a very ani mated manner he stated his conviction that by defending Protestantism we were best advancing the great cause of converting Jews to Christianity The Re - v. A. InwiNn supported the motion in a most able speech. Signor Croce' followed, with a s h or t narra ti ve o f th e treatment he had received at Rome, the circumstances of which have already been published. The motion was carried. The Rev. D. JAMES moved "that whilst this meeting desires to express its gratitude to Almighty God for the national prosperity which we enjoy under the present government, is cannot, at the same time but feel alarthed at the concessions made to the Church of Rome, and the continuance of the anti-protestant system of education in Ireland." During the reading of the report *felt the confirmation of a conv:ction in his own mind that we were arrived at a crisis in the history of English I's:cite-tan ism. The persons r‘ho drew IT teat report must have observed what , he had ob-erved, frr they had conveyed statements which had forsome time been itnpressing themselves upon his thoughts. There had been for several years past a quiet movement, which might be called an under current, setting in within the bosom of the Church of England, within the domain of the Protestantism of our country. For a time it was unobserved ; but it had acquired strength in its progress, until it had at last burst into view in dif ferent parts of the empire. This movement had been de signated by the specious name of " a return to ancient and Catholic usages ;" and it had borne along with it a large number of persons high in station and distin guished for piety and intellect. whilst it had also carried with it a host of individuals whose only claim to public notice rested upon their arroe.ant assumption of authority as derivable from the sacred office which they filled. But those who were intell'gent among them, who had put themselves forward as guides of the movement and directors of its course, had declared openly that they could not bring the Church of England to that standard which properly belonged to a churc of Christ, so long as the subject of Protestantism was discussed and recom mended from the platform to the attention of the masses of the people. (Cheers.) Protestantism, therefore, had been denounced by these parties Is a barrier stand ng in the way of those desirable improvements in the cha racter and condition of the Church of England, which it was the aim of those. parties to attain. (Hear. hear.) The effect produced by this denunciation had bad been twofold. In the first place it had produced an impression on the mind of a great number of the true friends of the Church of England, that our Protestant'so had something essentially wrong in it because it was stated to be antagonistic to the progressive improvement of the Established ChtPrch of the realm. The other effect had been upon the class of individuals who still retained their opinions of Protestantism—that it was the right thing— that it was Christianity in a pure form and state, but who had been driven to this conclush n, that it was expedient to yield to the movement for the present, and no longer lift up their voices against the encroachments of Popery. He (Mr. James) was glad to bear Mr. Baylee say h e did not look with anything I.ke despondency at thi s state of things ; but it was necessary. ss eing that we were ar riving at a crisis in th e hi s tory of England's Protestantism the nrcumstances of the case !creed it upon us—to re consider the subject, and to ask ourselves, " What is it we advocate ? is there anything essentially wrong in th Protestantism we id vocate and recommend ?" Was there any attempt to with! old the Bible from the inhabi , anis of the land ? That was popery. Did we advocate the.dis semination of the Word of God in the language which the people understood among all classes of society ? That was Protestaritism. What was it we denounced ? We de nounced any attempt on the part of Romish priests to sub stitute the offering of the sacrifice of the mass for the one sacrifice of,the cross. That was Popery. -We advocated the atonement of Christ's death—the cne death he died on Calvary —as a sufficient atonement for the sins of the world. That was Protestantism. We denounced all attempts to teach the people to bow down to idols and images, to relics, and to the other senseless things they worship—the homage of the knee, of the body, and the worship of the lip, which belonged to Almighty God alone. This was done by Papists, and this was Popery. We, on the other side, said that divine worship should be addressed to Almighty God through the mediation of His Son; and this was Protestantism. (Hear, hear, and cheers.) We denounced those who attempted to bring the Virgin Mother of the Lord Jesus Christ into the position of intercessor, or the apostles and canonised saints as mediators with Jesus Christ on our behalf, that he might be with God; we advocated, on the other hand, the Scriptural doctrine, that there was but one mediator between God and man—the man ChristJesw. This was our Protestantism. (Cheers.) He felt, then, after anlexareitration of the principles of Pretes antiem, there was no reason why any individual connected with the Chureb of England should believe there was anything essentially wrong in the principles thus advocated and in culcated upon the people. Our Protestantism was pure Scriptural truth, Then as to expediency ; and we must c •nsider th s subject in two hearings, first as to the feel ings of tie individual, and then in its prospective effect upon the welfare of the country. It was true ther • were reasons for individuals wishing to retire from what they called the public agitation of Protestant principles, bet Was it profitable to the country that we should give up our meetings ? If ever there should come such a time when we from expediency must give up our advocacy— whether from the Popish camp or from a traitorous go vernment—he was determined to cling to the wreck of Protesren- ism! (Cheers.) And if, in an ev-1 hour, any of those bright advocates of Protestantism, who had pre sented themselves at different times upon our plat forms, should be persuaded to withdraw their con nection with the associations in existence, and he hoped still intending to exist he had no h es it a t , on in decl ar i ng th a t expediency, like the tail or the dragon, would sweep them away, and their name would go down to posterity connected with disgrace, with want of courage, and with change, and all this was traitorous to the faith of Christ. (Tremendous cheers.) There was a time when Sir Robert Peel thought proper to change his sentiments find his conduct in reference to the claims of the Romsu Catholics of Ireland. The position he held in the country previous to that change was higher than it ever had ler en since ; and though we were obliged to tolerate him at ti e head of out Protestant government. because we could not replace him with a better, he forfeited our confidence the day that he changed. We never could think of him as the same man again (hear.) Lord Stanley told him a startling truth, when he (Sir R. Peel) was in opposition; that his name would go down to posterity connected with change and with nothing else; and be (Mr. James) had no question in his mind, that when Sir Robert Peel should go to his rest, his name, while it would call forth approbation upon the score of intellect, tact, and policy, would still be connected with something like treachery to the Protest .nt faith and Church of England, while the name of Eldon would be gilded with glory. (Tremen dous cheers.) The genius of popery, after the most m tore examination of its character, he was fully convinced was an emanation from the regions of darkness. It came from that place in which dwelt misery and wee for ever. It brought in its hand a quill plucked from the wines ofa demon, dip. ped in wormwood ; and it wrote destruction to the souls and to the bodies of mankind in every land. Whist the genius of Protestantism was an emanation from the man sions above; it came down from the place ofthe great God, with a quill plucked from the wings of a cherub in its hand, dipped in the love of Emanuel, and it wrote upon the pages of our hearts and our faith " Peace and Salvation to the ends of the earth, through the blood of the Lamb for ever and ever. (Immense applause ) Mr. SAMUEL PHILLIPS DAY, from Youghall, late monk, followed with some details o the system of popery in Ireland, and rf its effects upon the population. He put fare and the celebrated motto,—" No peace with Rome till Rome makes peace with God." The resolution was carried, and the meeting separated shortly before eleven o'clock. MISS WICIARIt'S CONCERT.—As announced. Miss Christiana Weller's " farewell concert ' took place last night, at the Royal Assembly Rooms. Great George-str, et, and was most nume rously and respectably attended, a large concourse of the elite and their families being present. The services of some o• our first local performers were called forth on the occasion. includ ing those of Miss Whitnall, Miss Jo-eph. Mr. Lewis (who ably presided at the piano), and Mr. Percival "the flutist.) Mi s Whitnall and Miss Joseph sang the several pieces allotted to them with great taste and feeling, ar.d were on several occasions encored. Mr. Percival played a fantasia in which he exhibited great taste and much execution, on that difficolt and rather imperfect instrument—the flute. Mr. Lewis sang one of h:s own songs, to his own piano accompaniment, with deserved ap. pleuse. The great attraction of the evening, however, was Miss Weller's pe formances on the piano. We have before had occasion to notice the extraord nary talent of this young lady as a pianiste, and our admiration of her powers—which conic' not tefore be increased—were doubly confirmed We have not, at this hi.te hour the space, had we even the ability and the scope to do her justice in detail ; but we cannot do less than say tl.at she possesses a mastery over the instrument which is of rare acquiremet tin a life-time. and he me re ast , nishirg at ber early years. Thi is tote accou , 'ted for from a peculiarly fine ear, great atural taste, sup,rior tuition. and indom table t ersevera•iee. Miss Weller is, in fine, a magical ge' ins, and such is her com mand of finger and of conception, that in playing the pieces of her favourite Thallierg, and other great misters. she diverges. in spite f herself, into adornments the most beautiful and well timed, which the composers themselves would he delighted to hear. She a'H;) exhibited fur powers as a composer with equal effect. We regret to say. that owing to the evident indisposition of Miss W., an apology was made for her non-performance of one of the pieces in the hill and was heard with regret. The concert concluded with a duett, by Clementi. Miss W being ac companied on another piano by her younger sister, Miss De laney Weller, a most interesting and promising performer. The precision, force, execution, and variety c (intonation wi h whict, this was executed by the two sisters. sitting at a considerable distance from each other, lit ld the iisteners in silent admiration. Miss Weller tas a flounced this as her farewell" concert. We hope this only means " farewell" fcr the present; and thnt, as we are proud of her as belonging to our town, she will after acquiring new laurels in the south, revisit the " glimpses" of " the good old town," where, we feel assured, she will ever he hailed with a hearty welcome by all the lovers of musical talent. LONDON NEWS OF YESTERDAY. MARK-LANE CORN EXCHANGE. There was a large arrival of wheat during the past week, a great proportion from Lincolnshire to the millers direct. There was a moderate arrival to this day's market from the home counth s; the finest tins were tiken at last Monday's pi ices ; interior sorts very dull, and difficult of disposal Free foreign goes off in .mal parcels at late rates. Bonded only nominal. The supply of English barley was too large for the demand, and although offered at a reduction of Is. to 2s. per qr., some quantity remained unsold. Grinding sells at full terms. Malt and Beans Is. cheaper. Peas in favour of the sellers. Our arrivals of Oats last week were again short, and chiefly consisting of foreign cargoes. There was in addition only three or four - vessels from Ireland fresh up this morning. A sma.l extent of business was only transacted. CURRENCY PER IMPERIAL MEASURE. Wheat, Essex and Kent. Red White Norfolk and Lincoln, red White . Irish, ted White 30 0-34 0 35 o 36 f, 26 0 - 31 0 3 7 0 41 0 38 0— 40 0 58 0 2 0 56 0-60 0 63 0 64 0 61 0— 65 22 0 —23 0 24 0-25 0 s. d. s. d .. 40 0 50 0 .. 46 0 -56 0 .. 38 0 46 0 .. 42 0-50 0 Rye, old New Barley, Grinding Malting Chevalier Malt, Suffolk and Norfolk Brown Kingston and Ware ... ( hevalier Oats, Yorkshire and Lincolnshire, feed Potatoe Youghall and Cork, black Cork. white Scotch, feed Beans, tick Pigeons .. Pease, Grey Maple White Boilers .. Flour, town made Suffolk Stockton and Norfolk 21 0- 22 0 22 0-23 0 23 0 - 24 0 35 0 - 37 0 38 0-42 0 :73; 0 36 0 - 40 0 36 0 - 38 0 38 0 - 43 0 49 0-45 0 ' , 3 0-35 0 33 0 - 35 0 182 Jan. of uhich nes very inn ted, met a very heavy demand ,t t week's prices. Prime small Porkers were quite as dear, but all other kinds of Pigs were a Mere drug. Per Bibs. to sink the offal, s d. s. d.; s. d. s. d Inferior Beasts.... 2 8— 2 la Second quality do. 3 2 3 6 Second quality do. 3 0— 3 6 Coarse do. 3 8— 3 10 Prime lar. e Oxen. 3 8— 4 0 SouthdownWethers 4 . 4 2 Prime Scots, &c... 4 2 4 4 Do. out of the wool Coarse Calves .... 3 0— 3 6 I argO 11 gs small do. Suckliag do. each.; 8 0-31 a Qr. ild Pigs, each 16 o—^o 0 Inferior Sheep 2 8— 3 0 Lambs SUPPLY AT MARKET. Beasts, 3,420 Sheer, 27,730.... Calves, IG2 .. Pigs, 43 The Rev. Dr. Cramer, Principal of New Inn Hall. and Professor of Modern History in the University of Oxford, s appointed by her Majesty to be Dran of Carlisle. The Rev. Mr. Ward was summoned before the Vice Chancellor of Oxford on Saturday, and requested two day's time to consider whether he should avow himself the author of his notorious and scandalous work. NOTICES. Report of William Fairbairn. Esq , C E., (It the Con strue/ion of Fireproof Buildings. With Inrroduc ory Remarks, by Samuel Llo!me. Liverpool: printed by Thomas Baines. Our townsman Mr. Samuel HOlme, who last year de livered a talented discourse on " the public improvements of Liverpool," at the Polytechnic Society, (afterwards published,) in which he evinced much classical taste as an architect, has just put forth a most interesting and, at the present time, when fireproof buildings are in rapid pro gress as essential to the commercial prosperity of Ile town, a most important pamphlet under the title quoted, which we have no hesitation in strongly recommending to all persons interested in the security of our mercantile buildings, and especially to those who cortemplate the construction of fireproof warehouses. The frightful number and extent of the fires that have occurred for forty years past, and within the last five years especially. in our town,—involving an immense loss of property, as well as a great loss of life, and the consequent increase of insurances,—at length roused a portion of the moneyed community to a sense of the necessity of erecting build ings that weld(' withstand the ordinary risks. In the expressive language of Mr. Holme, whole neighbour. hoods have been swept away, principally be the rapidity with which cotton has been consumed; arid it has been no uncommon circumstance to see at once a number of warehouses, offices, stables, and dwellings, reduced in a few hours to one smouldering mass of ruin and devasta tion. Since the year 1795 it is conjectured that above sixty lives have been lost during our conflagratiors, be sides numbers who have been mutilated or injured ; and, independently of the losses which have had to be borne by the insurance offices and by those who h ave , unfortu nately, been uninsured, or only partially covered," (amounting in all to upwards of £2,000,000 sterling.) " the poor who resMe in the vicinity of our warehouses have suffered to an extent of which few have any concep tion, by the breakage and removal of their furniture, and by being burnt out of thei r d we lli ngs at all hours an d seasons." Further on in his " Intreductory Remarks," our author, with equal point, after noticing the long apa thy towards improvement, which had previously found its way in the manufacturing districts, says—" The Formby• street fire having, however, burnt us into conviction that some improvement was necessary in our warehouses, and the only building that was saved in that conflagration being the fireproof warehouses belonging to the Royal Bank, which escaped with very trival injury, though filled with cotton at the time, several gentlemen determined on erecting fireproof buildings, amongst whom were Mr. Anthony L. Molynenx, Mr. Harold Littledale, and Mr. Higginson. These have been followed by Mr. P. W. Brancker, in Dublin -street, Mr. James I3rareker, in Mathew-street, and several other parties. The buildings erecting by the Messrs. Brancker are of a most extensive character, and when completed will be of the most secure description. The splendid pile in Dublin -street, which covers nearly an acre of ground, will probably he the most complete set of private warehouses that has ever been erected. But some fears having been expressed. that the principle of substituting hon beams and arched floors for the old method of construction was likely to result in danger, and that goods would not be more secure from fire in one mode of building than another, it was deemed advisable to request the opinion of some eminent man on this most important subject who had no local connection with Liverpool, not only to allay the fears of those who were investing large sums in the erection of the buildings, hut as a justification to those who had advised this mode of construction." Mr. Fairbairn, a gentleman of great experience and high attainments as an engineer, was selected to visit several of the new warehouses that had been built, and also to inspect the plans and details of those in course of erection for Mr. P. W. Brancker, which cover nearly an acre of ground. He did inspect them, and here we have his valuable report, also the joint r-port of him-ef and Mr. Bellhouse on the causes that led to the destruction of Messts. Radcliffe's mill at Oldham, showing that that fatality did not arise from any want of security in fire. proof warehouses, of iron and brick, but from unskilful construction and want of sufficient strength and proper application in the iron tension rods and beams. Mr. Fairbairn's report on fireproof warehouses generally is exceedingly interesting throughout, and the facts he de duces will not be questioned by any mechanical or scien tific man of experience, who has studied the subject. He states that, in order to give perfect security to fireproof warehouses, they must be constructed upon the following principles : " I.—The whole of the building to be composed of non-combustible materials, such as iron, stone, or bricks. " 2 —ln order to prevent fire, whether arising from accident or spontaneous combusti,n, every opening or crevice communicating with the external atmosphere to be closed. " 3.—An isolated stone or iron staircase (well protected on evrry side by brick or stone walls) to be attached to every story, and the staircase to be furnished with a li v e of watt r-pipes communicating with the mains in the street, and ascending to the top of the building. " 4.—ln a range of stores. the different warehouses to be divided by strong par icion walls, in no case leas than 18 inches thick, and no more openings to be made than are absolutely necessary for the admission of goods and light. s.—That the iron columns, beams, and brick arches, be of strength sufficient, not only to support a continuous dead pressure, but to resist the force of impact to which tbey are bubject by the falling of heavy goods upon the floors. " Lastly, that in order to prevent accident from intense heat melting the columns, in the event of fire, in any of the rooms, a current of cold air be introduced into the hollow of the columns from an arched tunnel under the floors." Adopting these beads, he proceeds to consider each separately, and supplies a mass of valuable information as to the requisite strength of iron, the rise of the arches, &c., to sustain the requited weight, or resist the acciden tal falling of heavy packages, and points out the kind of iron doors, frames, shutters, &c.. most suitable, ,trongly recommending slio , e construct e d by M essrs . S amue l an d James Hohne. After alluding to some objections to fin-- proof waret ouses of iron, &c., he concludes by stating— " In my own mind, there is not the shadow of a doubt as to the security of such a structure ; and I do not hes tate to assert, that a well-built and properly-arranged fire proof warehouse can not only be constructed, but may be made to entail upon the commercial and manufacturing communities of this country an important and lasting benefit. Reverting to Mr. Holme's introduction to the report, we may state that it comprises a valuable succinct view of the calamities by fire that have for many years atipen in the town from the manner in which warehouses have been built, and, in some parts, huddled together; as well as from the deficiency of water,—both of which evils will. he anticipates, be speedily removed—the first bv improved buildings, and the latter by the introduction of an abun dant supply of water, in virtue of the recent act. In the Appendix, Mr. Holtne has supplied, from offi cial sources, a "List of Fires in Liverpool, and Boinsale of Losses which have taken place in Liverpool since the burning of the Town-hall, in 1795." This is a truly in teresting document, and much trouble and research must have been expended in procuring it. We select from it the principal fires only, in whi h the loss in each respec tively amounted to £15,000 and upwards, not having room for the whole list :- 1795 Jan. 18 Town-ball .... 1796 Sept. 22 Middleton's warehouse, Cheap,ide .. 15,000 1799 May 23 Okill & Co.'s sugar-hom-e, Preeson's row .... £45,000 35,000 1802 Sept. 15 Goreewarehouses,buildings, goods, &c. 399,500 181° Jan. 31 Parr's warehouse, Suffolk-street.. 1 31 Caxton printing-office, Bolton -street.. 36,0G0 Oct. 22 Booth's warehouses, Wapping 100,000 1826 Nov. 23 Three shipbuilders' yards, Sefton-st 30,000 Tennis-court, Gradwell-street, full of cotton Wright and Aspinall's, Orford -street and Carupbell-street . 33,835 1828 'Dec. 25 Holmes's, Old Haymarket ..... 1830 Mar. 21 Downward and Ryland's sugar-house, Harrington-street 50,000 16,000 30.000 FOREIGN GRAIN AND FLOUR IN BOND. Wheat, Dantzic.. Hamburg 32 0 -36 0 33 0 27 0 - ‘9 0 17 0 - 18 0 1$ I. - 17 0 24 0 29 0 28 0 32 0 21 0 - -- 20 0 - Barley ... Oats, new Feed . Beans Peas Flot.r, American Baltic YESTERDAY'S LONDON SIIARE MARKET. There has been an increase in the trans ctions in Railway Shares, with an upward tendency in prices. Great NN ester', have been last done at 1414, Birmingham 220, Manchester and ) iverpool 21}g, Birmingham and Glom, ster 08, Bristol and Gloucester 33. Churnet Valley Si, Direct Northern ,cf. Edinburg and Glasgow 614, Brighton 48, south Western 81, after being 82, London and York 4i. Manchester and Leeds 114 i, Midland 108, Newcastle Junction 61, South Eastern 374. Norwich and Brandon 124, Trent Valley B, Selby Scrip 674, Bou'ogne and Amiens a 4, Oileans and Vierzon 214, (Means and Buurdeaux 74, Paris and Or:eans 414. SMITHFIELD CATTLE MARKET. For the time of the year, we have had a full average number of Beasts on f ale. The trade in the dead markets was very firm, and the attendance of buyers numerous. The demand for all kinds of Beasts. b t more particular y for the prime-t Scots, &c., was decided'y active, at an a►ivance in the currencies ob tained on this day se's night of quite 2d. per Subs., 4s 4d. being readily paid as a top figure, indeed in some few instances, the rates exceeded that range. At the close of the market very few head remained unsold. 67 Beasts and 14 Sheep having arrived at Hull, from Rotterdam ; while the arrivals for London have consisted of 43 Oxen and Cows from Schiedam, and 60 Beasts and 195 Sheep from Rotterdam Thesupply of foreign stock here, this morning amounted to 35. Beasts and 67 Sheep. The former quality was tolerably good ; but in the latter a peat improvement was noticed, the u hole having found buyers, at prices varying from 368 to 41s. per head. Fresh up today, about 1,00 Beasts cane to hand from Lir - colnshire, Leicestershire. and Northamptonshire; while from Norfolk. Suffolk, Essex, and C'ambridgeshire, the receipts amounted to 40 Scots, &c.; from the western at d middlin districts, iioo Herefords, 1), vons, ru..ts, &c. ; from other part , of Enzland. 400 of various ki , es; from Scotland, 5,00 horned and polled Scots, and fr m Ireland. 40 Beasts. The supply of She p was fu ly equal to the wants of the trade. The Mutton tr de was tolerably Steady. yet last week's sd vanced rates were with difficulty supported, Calves, the suPlaY TF-IF, LIVERPOOL STANDARD. 1831 Dec. 22 Heywood's warehouses, Fenwick-street —rnerchandize only 35,68-1 1833 Jan. 14 Lancelot's-hey Fire— Fourteen warehouses £28,000 Five dwellmg-houses Merchandise 198,000 May 24 Dover and Co.'s, Gibraltar-row 40,000 1834 Oct.. 10 Birkett's, Lancelot's hey Dec. 2 Bird's Castle Mills, Meadows-street 15,000 1838 Oct. 5 Warehouses and merchandise, Robert street ..... 1841 ..150,000 Sept. 12 Rev. J. Tobin's, Galton-street 23 Great fire, Formby-street .. Dec. 22 Platt and Crane's, Parliament-street 38,663 1843 March 6 Fawcett & Preston's, York-street, and _ warehouses in Lydia. Anne-street 41,446 19 Wright's warehousee k Jackson-lane 43,587 June 14 Croft's soapery. Comes-street Dec. 28 Brancker's, Mathew.street 34,000 INVITATION TO UNITtI) YRAI PAL FOR THE OUTPOURING OF THE HOLY SPIRIT, ON WED NESDAY, IST OF JANUARY, 1845, BEING THE FIRST DAY OF THE NEW YEAR. DEARLY BELOVED IN THE LORD,—II is with feelings of grateful thanksgiving to our Heavenly Father, that I now, for the ninth time, renew my annual invitation for a general concert for Prayer for the outpouring of the Holy Spirit, which, by divine permission, will be held on the first day of the New Year, 'Wednesday, January lit, 1845. Upon entering upon so spiritual a service, it wiil be well to bear in mind that striking passage in the 59th chapter of the Prophet Isaiah—" Behold, the Lord's hand is not shortened, that it cannot save ; neither is his ear heavy, that it cannot hear : but your iniquities have separated between you and your God, and your sins base hid his lac , - from you, that he will not hear." For, whilst this scripture shews us the Lord's readiness to hear our pettions, and his ability to grant our utmost desires, and thus encourages us to draw nigh to a " throne of grace," it will lead us to do this with a deeper ,ense of ems manifold infirmities, with a humble confession of our individual , hortcoinings, and with a personal application to that " precious blood, which cleanses from all sin." Thus it was that holy Daniel offered up his PraTer. First, with humble confession, and then with earnest sup plication. And, surely, at this time such a course is peculiarly re quisite, to give us that confidence in prayer, without which it cannot be eft', ctual. For, without referring to those open transgressions of the ungodly, for which '• the Lord is angry with then. every day," consider the present state of the church of Christ Who that compares his own personal religion with the standard laid down in the Word uf God, but will be ready to smite upon his breast, and say, with the publican, " God be merciful to me a sinner." For reflect upon the description given of the ministers of Christ, and of the trust reposed in them. They are called " Men of God," " Ambassadors tor Christ," " the glory of the churches ;" they are " in Christ's stead ;" they are set as " exasiples of the believers in word, in conversa tion, in charity, in spirit, in faith, in purity ;" they are " put in trust with the gospel ;" they " watch for souls, as they that must give an account ;" and such is their love for their divine master, that they "count not their lives dear unto themselves, so that they might finish their course with joy, and the ministry which they have received of the Lord Jesus." Such is their high and holy calling. Who that minis ters before the Lord, when he compares himself with this standard, will not feel as the prophet did when he said, " ois me for lam undone, for lam a man of unclean lips, and I dwell in the midst of a people of unclean lips." (Isaiah vi. 5.) Then mark the description given of the Lord's faithful people. They are "the salt of the earth," " the light of the world," " a city. set upon a bill ;" they " have their conversation in heaven ;" they are directed •• to h , ld forth Le word of life in the midst of a crooked and perverse generation ;" to be followers of God as dtar children ; to walk in love, as Christ also has loved us, and given him self f r us ; to be " as servants who wait for their Lord, that, when he cometh and knocketh, they may open unto him immediately." It it be asked where shall we meet with Christians of this scriptural standard? Will not the m-st devoted among the Lord's pm ple be ready to say, •• My leanness, my leanness. Wo unto me, the treacherous dealers have dealt very treacherously." (Isaiah gaiv. 16.) How ne cessary, then, is it, when we enter upon this spiritual ser vit e, to bear in mind the scripture to which I have refer red. For the new year approaches under such intell'esting cir cumstances, as may well call forth our most ardent pray ers. Thus, through the good providence of God, there is at this moment peace throughout all the world. The So vereign Ruler of the Universe, also, has given to our gra cious Queen so large an extent of territory, and such a commanding influence among the nations, that there is scarcely a portion of the habitable globe, into which either our Christian missionaries, or the pure Word of God, mar not find an entrance. Such is he present position of the British empire, so peculiarly favourable for the spread of divine truth. Further, whilst in England there are, alas, many things, as noticed in former addresses—which, to use the words of the Prophet Ezekiel "are for a lamention, and shall be tor a lamentwion," still the new year will come in, under these encouraging auspices.. That there is a general feel ing amongst the influenti,l orders of society, that the prosperity, it not the absolute safety of our country de pends upon diffusing sound Scriptural religion among the working classes ; raising their moral condition by encou raging them in habits of industry, temperance, and fru gality; and in promoting their general comfort by short. ening their hours otlabour, improving their dwellings, and assisting them in husbanding the resources which their own good conduct may supply. Various steps have been taken for carrying these benevolent sentiments into effect. May we not expect that these plans, if the Lord be en treated, may prove the germ of far greater ble , sings. That tuey may produce kindlier feelings among all classes, a closer union among tile members of our church, and es pecially a greater readiness to receive the glorious truths of the Gospel of Christ. In Scotland, also, the dawn of hope appears. For whilst at the close of the last year, we bad but to lament a dis ruption in the established church ; &deg this sear, we might have seen the general assembly of those who left tier communion, meeting in a truly Christian spirit, with out using any reproachful words against their brethren, bnt, in deep abasement of heart, humbling themselves be fore the God of their Fat hers, for their own personal short comings, and for the low state of religion through out the land.* Surely this is a favourable si,:n—for if hu mility be the soil in which Christian love flourishes, may we not hope that this lowly spirit, if earnest prayer be made, will lead to a fervent desire that every separating cause may be removed, and that all who believe in the Lord Jesus Christ, may as His disciples of old, " be knit Pgether in love," and brotherly union. 011! that it may he thus, that He " who devises means, that his banished ones be not expelled front Him," f would yet so unite the two churches, that they might, like Epliram3 and Judah, be "as one stick in the hand of the Lord.".l: In our sister land also more pleasing prospects appear. Those " monster meetings," as they have been termed, which last year distracted the country, are now no more: and by the blessing of God upon the society for educating ;he native Irish in their own language, and other religious institutions, II a deep impression bas lately been made in several places, and a great desire produced for the Holy Scriptures, and for the faithful preaching of the Gospel of Christ. Tlie cause of God's ancient people also is assuming a more interesting state. The influx of the Jews into the holy land has been very great of late. There is no more room in Jerusalem for them, and they have already spread over a part of the Turkish quarter. The number of in quirers after the truth are increasing. Some have been publicly baptized under most trying rireunistances ; per mission bas also been given to erect our Protestant Church in Jerusalem ; the building of which will be again re,u med. Added to these tokens of God's returning favour to his people, the Sultan has issued a decree, wit h4rawing iu some cases the punishment of death from those who re nounced Mahomedaniem, thus abrogating to that extent the laws of their prophet, and this in the 1260th year of the Hegira! Such are the circumstances with which the new year approaches. _ 'Do not these favourable tokens afford powerful reasons for our again uniting in fervent prayer for the outpouring of the Holy Spirit, and for doing thisunder a sense of our own manifold shortcomings, with humble confession of our sins, and with earne4t suprlication, that nothing may separate between God and us; but that having all our sins put away through " the blood of the lamb," and our souls clothed with His perfect righteousness, we may " draw near to the throne of grace with a true heart, in fall assu rance of faith," remembering that the Lord has said " open thy mouth wide, and 1 will fill it." " Ask what thou wilt, and it shall be done unto thee." Allow me then to renew my annual invitation, and to request all who love the Lord Jesus in sincerity, to corn mence the new year, by uniting in the general concert fur prayer for the outpouring of the Holy Spirit, on Wednes nesday, Ist of January, 1845. The following suggestions are respectfully offered, to assist those who are desirous of a similar union on Wed nesday, Jan. 1, 1845: "Ist. Let Christians follow the example of our blessed Lord, (Mark i. 25,) who rose up a great while before the day for secret prayer. Let them thus secure the blessing of Him who says. " Pray to thy Father which is in secret, and thy Father which teeth in secret shall reward thee openly. `• 2nd. Let them call upon the Lord in their families. for his Spirit to be poured upon themselves and their households, their neighbours, their country, including Great Britain and Ireland and our Colonies, the ministers of the Lord, the churches of Christ, the remnant of scat tered Judah and outcast Israel, and upon the Gentile world. "3d. Where circumstances will admit of a morning service, let the congregation be assembled, and, in addi tion to the appointed prayers and a sutable sermon, let all who are devoutly disposed partake together of the Supper of the Lord —or, as may be nu.r.; convenient, let the whole congregation meet in the evening for public wor ship, and let an appropriate discourse be preached. "4th. Let.the ministers of the Lord meet on the fol lowing day, with their brethren of their own communion, in earnest prayer for themselves, their flocks, the whole body of Christ, and the world at large ; and then especi ally consult together upon the most effectual means for hastening the coming of the Lord's kingdom, and parti cularly for the continuance of such a general concert for prayer, that the sear may proceed according tothis devout commencement." May the Lord accompany these means of grace, or such others as may be adopted, with his abundant blessing ! Oh! tnay it indeed be a season of special refreshment from th.- presence of the Lord! Let this be the prayer of all who read this paper; and as the new year is now approaching, it would be a great kindness if those who approve the ohject, and have influ ence over the press, would republish and circulate this invitation, which any one, into whose hands it may fall, has full permission to do. Peace be vvi' ti all who love the Lord Jesus in sincerity 1 Thus prays their affectionate Brother, And servant in the Lcrd, JAMES FIALDANE STEWART. St. Bride's, Liverpool. * S , e the published Reports of the General Assembly of the Free Church of Scott rid, in May and August, 1841. t Sam. xiv, 14. S Ezek. xxxvii, lg. II See their Report, particularly that of the Irish Society for 1844. CHESTER CATTLE FAIR.—The usual November cattle fair was held on Thursday. There were hut few milch cows shown. Fat Beef of good qu4lity was worth sd. per lb. and sink. Fat sheep sold for sid. and 6d. The horse fair was indifferently attended. The show was poor and the demand limited. MISS bIARIINEAU AND MESMERISM. Atheneeum contains a long communicate .n from Nliss Martineau, detailing the particulars of a wonderful cure which, she says, has been e Erected by mesmerism, after a serbus illness of five years and a half. Of the character of the disease under which she suffered, she thus speaks :—" This is not the place in which to give any details of disease. It will be sufficient to explain briefly, in order to render my story intelligible, that the internal disease under which I suffered appears to have been Coming on for many years; that, after warnings of failing health, which I carelessly overlooked, I broke down. while travelling abroad, in June 1839 ; that I sank lower and lower for three years after my return, and re mained nearly Stationary for two more preceding last June. During these five years I never felt Wholly at ease for one single hour. I seldom hai severe pain, but never entire comfort. A besetting sicken ss, almost disabling me from taking food for two sears, brought me very low, and, together with other evils, it confined me to a condi tion of almost entire stillness—to a life passed between my bed and my sofa. It was not till after many attempts at gentle exercise that my friends agreed-with me that the cost was too great for any advantage gained ; and at length it was clear that even going down one flight of stairs was imprudent. From that time I lay still, and by means of this undisturbed quiet, and such an increase of opiates as kept down my most urgent di-comforts, I passed the last two years with less suffering than the three preceding. There was, however, no favourable change in the disease. Everything was done for me that the best medical skill and science could suggest, and the most indefatigable humanity and - amily affection devi-e, but nothing could avail beyond mere alleviation. My dependence on opiates was desperate. My kind and vigilant medical friend—the most sanguine man I know, and the most bent upon* keep ing his patient hopeful—avowed to me last Christmas, and twice afterwards. that he found himself compelled to give up all hope of affecting the disease—of doing more than keeping me up, in collateral respects, to the highest practicable point. This was no surprise to me, for when arty specific medicine is taken for above two years without affecting the disease, there is no more ground for hope in reason than in feeling. In June last I suffered more than usual, and new measures of alleviation were resorted to. As to all the essential Points of the disease I was never lower than immediately before I made trial of mesmer ism." Miss aihrritieau then gives the following narra tive :—" On Saturday, June 22, Mr. Spencer Hall and my medical friend came, as arranged, at my worst hour of the day, bitween the expiration of one opiate and the taking of another. By an accident, the gentlemen were rather in a hurry —a circumstance unfavoitrable to a first experiment. But result enough was obtained to encou rage a further trial, though it was of a nature entirely unanticipated by me. I had no other idea than that I should either drop asleep or feel nothing. I did not drop asleep, and I did feel something very strange. Various passes were tried by Mr. Hall ; the first that appeared effectual. arid the most so for some time after, were passes over the head made from behind, passes from the forehead to the bacit of the head, and a little way down the spine. t very short time after these were tried, and 20 minutes from the hernuing of the seance, I became sensible of an extraordinary appearance, most unexpected, and wholly ()Mike anything I had ever conceived of. Something seemed to diffuse itself through the atmosphere—not like smoke, nor steam, nor haze—but most like a clear twi ligh closing in from the windows and down from the ceiling, and in which one object after another melted away till scarcely anything was left visible before my wide-open. eye First the outl ne of all objects was blurred: then a bust, standing on a pedestal hi a strong light, melted quite away; then the opposite bust; then the table with its eay cover; then the floor, and the ceil ing, till one small picture, high up on the opposite wall, only remained visible, like a patch of phosphoric light. I feared to move my eyes, lest the singular appearance should vanish ; and I cried out, 0! deepen it ! deepen it !' supposing this the precur,or of the sleep. It could not be deepened, however ; and when I glanced aside from the luminous point I found that I need not fear the return of objects to their ordinary appearance while the passes were continued. The busts re-appeared, ghost like, in the dim atmosphere, like faint shadows, except that their outlines, and the parts in the highest relief, burned with the same phosphoric light. The features of one, an Isis with bent head, seemed to he illumined by a fire on the floor, though this bust has its back to the win dows. Wherever I glanced all outlines were dressed in this beautPul light ; and so they have been, at every séance, without exception, to this day ; though the ap pearance has rather given way to d rows i ness s i nce I l e f t off opiates entirely. This appearance continued during the remaining 20 minutes before the gentlemen were obliged to leave me. The other effects produced were, first, heat, oppression, and sickness, and, for a few hours after, disorde,ed stomach. followed, in the course of the evening, by a feeling of lightness arid relief in which I thought I could hardly be mistaken." The second application of mesmerism was made by Miss Martineau's maid. " Mr. Hall," says Miss Mar tineau, " was prevented by illness from coming over, too late to let me know. Unwilling to take my opiate while in expectation of his arrival, and too wretched to do without some resource, I rang for my maid, and asked whether she had any objection to attempt what she saw Mr. Hall do the day before. With the greatest alacrity she complied. Within one minute the twilight and phos phoric lights appeared ; and in two or three more a deli cious sensation of ease spread through me—a cool corn 'fort, before which all pain and distress gave way, oozing out, as it were, at the soles of my feet. During that hour, and almost the whole evening, I could no more help ex claiming with pleasure than a person in torture crying out with pain. I became hungry, and ate with relish, fur the first time for five years. There was no heat, oppres sion, or sickness during the seivice. nor any disorder af terwards. During the whole evening, ins , ead of the lazy hot ease of opiates, under which pain is felt to lie in wait, I experienced something of the indescriblble sensation of heal h. which I had quite lost and forgotten. I walked about my ro ;Ins, and was gay and talkative. Something of this relief retrained till the next morning; and then there was no reaction. I was no worse than usual ; and perhaps rather better. _ " Nothing is to me more unquestionable and more striking about this influence than the absence of all re action. Its highest exhilaration is followed, not by de pression or exhaustion? but by a further renovation. From the first hour to the present, I have never fallen back a single step. Every point gained has been steadily herd. Improved composure of nerve and spirits has fol lowed upon every mesmeric exhilaration. I have been spared all the weaknesses of convalescence, and carried through all the usually formidable enterprises of return from deep disease to health with a steadiness and tran quillity astonishing to all witnesses. At this time, before venturing to speak of my health as established, I believe myself more firm in nerve, more calm and steady in mind and spirits, than at any time of my life before. So much in consideration of the natural and common fear of the mesmeric influence as pernicious excitement—as a kind of intoxication." Miss Martineau mentions several incidents. "Another striking incident occurred in one of the earliest of my walks. My mesmerist and I bad reached a headland nearly half a mile from home, and were resting there, when she proposed to mesmerize me a little—partly to refresh me for our return, and partly to see whether any effect would be produced in a new place and while a fresh breeze wai blowing. She merely laid her hand on my forehead, and in a minute or two the usual appearances came, assuming a strange air of novel'y from the scene in which I was. After the blurring of the outlines, which made all objects more dim than the dull gray day had already made them, the phosphoric lights appeared, glo rifying every rock and headland, the horizon, and all the vessels in sight. One of the dirtiest and meanest of the steam tugs in the port was passing at the time, and it was all dressed in heavenly radiance—the last object thit any imagination would select as an element of a vision. Then, and often before and since, did it occur to me that if I had been a pious and very ignorant Catholic, I could nor have escaped the persuasion that I had seen heavenly vi sions. Every glorified object before my open eyes would have been a revelation, and my mesmerist, with the white halo round her head, and the illuminated profile, would have been a saint or an angel." THE NEW PARISH OF ST. BARNABAS. (Abridged from the Manchester Guardiun.) Most of our readers are aware that the parsh of Man chewer is a very extensive one ; comprising an area of 34,507 statute acres, and containing thirty townships (of which the ptincipal are Manchester, Salford. Chorlton on-Medlock, Hulme, and Ardwick), and 353,390 inha bitants. Its ecclesiastical government is vested in the dean and chapter of Manchester; and the whole parish, up to the passing of a recent ac.., has hitherto been main tained intact, note ithstanding its great extent and immense population. An act was pa.sed, however, in July, 1843, (6th and 7th Victoria, cap. 37.) the ninth clause of which, recognising the existence of large distrc's in which the provision for public worship and pastoral superintendence was insufficient for the spiritual wants of the inhabitants, enacts, that the ecclesiastical commissioners, with the consent of the bishop of the diocese, may constitute such districts, having no consecrated church or chapel in use, separate districts for spiritual purposes, provided that the minister of such district be permanently endowed with not less than £lOO ; and, if of less value than £l5O, to be in. creased to that sum, at the least, so soon as the district shall have become a new parish. The fifteenth clause enacts, that when any church or chapel shall be built, purchased, or acquired, in such district, such district shall, from and after the consecration of such church or chapel, be deemed to be a new parish for ecclesiastical purposes, and shall be known as such by the name of " the new parish of -," instead of " the district of ;" arid such church or chapel to be the church of such new parish. Thereupon it is to be lawful to publi s h banns of matrimony, and to solemn ise marriages, bap tisms, churchings, and burials ; receiving fees thereon, (except for baptisms,) to be fixed by the chancellor of the diocese. and the like Easter offerings and dues as, before the separation, were payable to the incumbent of the principal parish church. The sixteenth elapse enacts, that on the di-trict becoming a parish, the minister shall become perpetual curate of the new parish. 'Tile seven tentk, t.at two churchwardens, " timbers of the united Church of England and lieland,' shall be chosen ; one by the perpetual curate and the other by the inhabitants of the new parish, within twenty-one days from the con secration of the church. The 19th clause p rov id es for the endowment or augmentation of income of the minister or perpetual curate, and gives an annual sum as compensation to the incumbent of the mother church. Clauses 20 and '2l relate to the patronage to these new churches ; and the 24th section enacts that the church-buldine, com m i ss i on .. era may make grants for the purpos es o f this act. Then, another short act ( ch iefly explanatory of the former) was passed, on the 9th August last, (7 and 8 Victoria, cap. 94,) the first clause of which enact s t h at the crown, may no minate the minister or perp etua l curate; and the 9th clause gives power to vary the bounds of districts within a limited time. Dec. 3, 1814 Under these statutes the new parish of St. Barnsbat, Manchester, has been severed from the parish of Mgr' cheater, for ecclesiastical purposes, and erected intoar!l parish, with a church, perpetual curate, and immunities of its own. As this is not only the first slice taken fr?m the parish of Manchester, but as it is also the first cr es t of a new parish under the acts noticed, we may bp e E notice the circumstances of this remarkable change low ecclesiastical constitution of parishes. council of the 7th ult., containing a scheme praPase the ecclesiastical commissioners, dated the 1311 i A" „ In the Gazette of the 221 ult. appeared an orde d e b i ; last, for constituting a separate district for spiritual. pa', poses, out of the district of St. George, in the partsbe! Manchester. This scheme, after citing the acts, 6 1 forth that the district of Sr . ' George is of contains a large population, and that the provis'° l !_ i f public worship and pastoral superintendence thereat d insufficient for the spiritual wants of the inhabitants; .11°0 that the part'cular part described did not then coin tl e o l wi , bin its limits any consecrated church or chap in 0, for the purpose of divine worship. The coternissi° n ' r h i therefore, ( with the consent of the Bishop of Chester, w had signed and sealed the scheme,) recommend tha t , l6 that part of St. George's district described in the sehe.agual annexed, be constituted a separate district for sPir',. t aset , Purposes, to be named " The District of St. Barnsu great extept T r Manchester." They further recommend, in mder manently to endow the minister, that they (the corn an d sinuers) pay him yearly £lOO, and the further sure .£3O on any building being li cense d b y th e bishop ferric"; performance of divine service ; and so oon as a C" j§. or chapel should ha ve b een a pp rove d o f b y the eaint;, o sioners and co nsecra t e d, an d suc h di str i ct s hould n o , thereby become a new parish for ecclesiastical Paro o :„ f , the commissioners to pay its perpetual curate £lsoatvL o The scheme further states, that as £1666 138.4 d. bed t 0 contributed to such pe rmanen t en d owmen t, an d 1nu,•4 1 the commissioners, and a chu rc h h a d b een ere cted 0 ; 11 ; they were satisfied w as fit t o b e approve d b y theme gir t and consecrated by the bi s hop, an d t h e coentnissi° ° ` be recommend that the no m i na ti on o f perpetua l cur ate to district or new parish of St. B arna b as s h a ll be x , erel . by five gentlemen named, as trustees of such right of l e tronage and nomination. The schedule then sets oa t , boundaries of the dist r i c t or new par i s h o f S t . Barnau P e The order in council states that the draft of the SchelD t has been transmitted to the incumbents a n d patrols the parish of Manchester, who have consented to si c scheme; ; that it has been approved by her NlnjestY council; and having been ratified by hot. Majesty, it b , declared to he eff ec t ua l i n l aw i mmed i ately after i ts Pm lication in the Lo n d on G aze tt e . I t i s also directed t,b1,8. this order in cou nc il b e reg i stere d b y the registrar of "- diocese of Chester. This is the first case in which an endowment has be en , granted and a parish assigned, and the right of patrosag, perpetually vested in tru s tees, un d er th e acts to w hich have alluded. In all other c ases where parishes h ave been divided, the nomination ha s eith er remained withw e , crown, with the patrons, or with the incumbents of tb original er mother parish church. The church of St. Barnabas has been erected near th e south-east corner of the new parish, adjoining Elizae o and Rodney -streets. It has been chiefly erected by " Association for the purpose of erecting ten churches', which society contributed to the amount of £3OOO fort hil purpose. Other friends, h owever , h ave a l so come rena l :: liberally with donations of money, or materials; and i less t - estimated that th e c h urc h w ill pro b a bl y cost not 1 altogether than a b ou t £5OOO. Th e e difi ce i s in early Norman styl e of arc hit ec t ure , and win accommodst nearly 1100 persons ; and it is intended that of these 03°re than oue-half viiirbe provided with free sittings ran d t 10,: remainder of the pews will be let at low rentals to the il l. habitants of the parish. The trustees have selected the Rev. Henry Deck forth ° . pastorship of the new parish. CO It RESP UNDEN CE. TO THE EDITOR OF THE LIVERPOOL STANDARP', SIR,—As the " Friend to Shipb u ildi ng ," t h e wr iter a letter in the Standard of the sth instant, has not ~,f suppose, seen my letter attic!) 'appeared in the Mail v the 16th in reply th e reto. 1 request t h e f avour of 1%1c; republishing the two lett ers w i t h t hi s i n your next P,'! lication of the Standard : an d if th e " F r i en d to Sli! building" does n o t th en re t ract t h e i mputat i ons conta in in his letter on the professional character of LiverPO shipbuilders, I shall proceed with a series of i n qniriet the first part of whi c h w ill em b race a cr i t i cal exam i n atO on a small work entitl e d " G rant h am on I ron as a Mate , rial for Shipbuilding." I am, sir, your obedient servant, JOHN WILSON GREEN. Ship-yard, Clarence Dock, 2i th Nov., 1844. TO THE EDITOR OP THE LIVERPOOL MAIL. SIR,—I noticed in the Liverpool Standard of th . e 5 ,„ 1 1 1 , instant a letter s i gne d a " F r i en d to S h i p b u ildi ng ." induced me to send a letter to the Siandtird-office. F°' insertion in that paper, avid I gave the name of a part! to whom I attributed the letter in question, for whic h reason I apprehend my letter did not appear in that paPet last Tuesday. The " Friend to Shipbuilding," whoever he may be, would fain appear solicitous for the professional character of Liverpool shipbuilders, in which he must either be, sincere or otherwise, and he mu s t al so be cognizant e f' s the subject on which be writes, or ignorant thereof. sincere, he betrays an ignorance of the subject ; if igee" rant, then imbecility and selfishness have prompted hire in this instance, he having some ulterior object in v:evi• He appears to have been deighted, from his expression , with the perusal of a letter or letters on Shipbuilding' which also appeared in the Standard, signed ‘• j(ba Cock," for he speaks of the art being developed by Mr. Cock, and suggests that the Liverp“l shipbuilders take a lesson therefrom, and whom be charges with puerility, want of experience, and professional attainments. Mr. Cock may be master builder at Pembroke dock pard. or master's attendant, or foreman, or anything else, who or what he is being quite immaterial to me. I, for one, would profit if I could by the suggestion ; but tb,a only development that I can discover i s , th a t M r . Coe" has read one or more of the many writings which hire appeared on the subject, without his having unfolded all new doct ins or advanced any new by pothesis. I merely make these observations as being pertinent to the intelligence of the " Friend to Shipbuilding" and the authority upon which the charges are founded; and bete ) I might stop, if I had only to show the ignorance and ier becility of our impugner, but as there is a party in We town to whom I attribute the letter signed a " Friend tO Shipbuilding," and whom I know has insidiously spoke n of toe professional character of Liverpool shipbuilders, and at the same time end eavoure d to ex t o l hi mse lf; and as he prof, saes to b e an eng i neer , nava l arch i tect , and a person acquainted w ith th e sc i ences genera ll y, so as to design, direct, and be consulted thereon, I desire to court inquiry; for I apprehend that so comprehensive a min d ' even with its ow n exer ti on , may not b e so exteJs ivel , l known and appreciated as it shou!cl be, and, theatfo'c' by the investiga t ion, we t h e shipluilders may grand or tall, and this re mar k a bl e person , w h om I may cbru " bring out," will rise to that high professional and act entitle character which he will deserve, or, at least, Pr° • bably, save some persons from being deceived by his pre tensions. I am, sir, your obedient servant, JOHN WILSON GASEN• November 14th, 1844. --- DREADFUL CASE OF STABBING AT SEA.—Consider s ' ble sensation was created in this town on Wednesday Is! t by a rumour (which proved to be true) that Captain Leitrimlot Reed, of the ship Sir Charles Napier (714 tons); had been maliciou s ly and d angerous l y s t a bb e d b y on e 1 1 his crew, on the high seas. The ship left St. Stephen for Liverpool on the 25 , h of last month with timber, con" signed to Messrs David Cannon and Co., of South Castle' street. On the morning of the 16th instant she was over' taken by a squall in lon. 26 W. The captain ordered the men to tske in sail, bu' perceiving that one of the crew, Samuel Brown, was tardy in his movements, he gave him : a push, when Brow n ma d e a plunge at him with wits: turned out to be a sheath-knife. The captain gave him • blow in return which threw him against the long-hoo t ' and then seiz e d hi m to put h i m in confinement. %VIP , ' removing him he made several attempts to FUJI - in C a ptain Brown with the knife, though without effect; but, whe ll near• the mainmast, gme a stab in the abdomen. TO captain only now became conscious ~f the deadly instill' nient with which he was assailed, and called out to the mate that he was murdered. The mate and others (in . eluding Mr. Porter. the supercargo, and son of the owner , Mr. W. Porter, of St. Stephen's) ran to his assistance , and he was removed into the cabin. It was then disco vered that a portion of his bowels protruded from th e wound, which was sewed up. He bad also received rya other stabs, and no fewer than eleven cuts in the jecket, he wore. From that time the capt a i n was i ncapa ble 0 1 removal from the cabin floor, and suffered extreme vain' Blown was put in irons. The vessel arrived on \Vedas: day, and the captain was taken on shore, and the culpr it lodged in Bridewel. The ca s e was heard en ThursdaY and Friday before Mr. Rushton ant Mr. S. Percisalt -when these facts transpired. The captain admitted thfl he first struck the prisoner, and one of the mates Si 6 That the prisoner, when put in irons, stated, on being questioned, that he was i n suc h- a pass i on at t h e t i me thst he did not k now w h at h e was d oing. The prisoner, who made no defence; - was committed for trial at the assi%e' for attempting to kill. The captain is a married W.: twenty -nine years ( 1 age . an d b e l ongs to Li ver pool Brown is twenty-four years of age, shipped from S t ' John's, New Brunswick, and is a British subject. CHESTER CHE ESE FAIR.—At thi s f a i r on W e d n esd ay' only a small quantity, about 140 tons, was piled for sate , and it was principally of a common quality. The Novenr bar lair is that at which the buyers from the Yorkshi re _ and Lancashire manu f ac t ur i ng di s t r i cts come to purc hase their " Christmas or winter stock." The quantity Wig small, end the buyers from those districts numerou s ' caused the sale to be brisk at fully 3 s . t o s s , a b ove the 1"15 fair. Prices r u led genera lly 46 5 . to 58 s . Th ere were , however, some few exceptions above or below these qua & tations ; and we have heard of one d a i r y th a t rea lised ha_., Several dairies were taken aw a y u ns old, as th e faring" would not take the offer :for them. The. DECAY 01 the TEETH arises from various caus e s' ill. health, principally, it may b e a tt r ib u ted to early n e glect, • health, or the use of Tooth Powders containing miner' and other deleterious acids, which give a momentart whiteness to the te e th, while they con ode the ensairl_l The extreme prevalence of this last cau , e is too well know.: to need comment. To this fact, indeed, is piincipallY4 be attributed the long botanical research, which haPP I I terminated by the meat felicitous di s c overy ever given tad the world for the Preservation of the TEETH, Gusts, a e r , BREATH, viz.ROWLAND'S ODONTO. or PEA L DENTIFRICE : this Powder now occup i es a distit; guished place at the Toilets of the Sovereigns and IP A Nobility throughout Europe, whil e th e gene ral dews!!! for it at once announces the favo ur w hi c h it is universe held.—See odd.