The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser. — Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1855-12-04 00:00:00

THE Eibtrpoof #itattbarb. TUESDAY, DECEMBER 4, 1855 CHURCH POLITICS. WE all know the use that has been made, and we can all guess the uses that will be made, of the last Census returns--doctored as they were to make it appear, that dissent possessed a full half, if not more, of the whole population. Even if such were indeed the case, we see not how it could make any difference in the course pursued by statesmen towards the Church, if only they were accustomed to act upon principle. But, alas ! expediency has taken the place of principle ; and not a few of our leading men would sell the Church's Head, as did Judas of old; much more the Church itself, if by so doing they could advance their own present interests, and secure a new lease of political power. And, such being the case, it is most desirable that the prevailing erroneous im pression should be corrected. Erroneous we feel certain that it is. Setting aside the Romanists, who are chiefly immigrants, or the descendants of such, we do not believe that dissent possesses one-tenth of the population. We do not claim the remaining nine-tenths for the Church, for well we know that too large a number are in fact nothing at all—Christians unattached, as some one has wittily called them : while others are practically heathens, in all but name. But, as upon the one hand, we do not claim these for the Church, neither upon the other will we permit dissent to claim the half of them. Their very existence affords an additional argument for strength ening the Church, and largely increasing the means which she has at her disposal ; but none for crippling her. For want of means she is utterly unable in many places, in Liverpool for example, to labour among them in such a way as to hold out any reasonable prospect of their conversion ; and yet we are threatened with Church-spoliation, because it has been groundlessly asserted that half the population is given over to dissent. However, as so many are apt to take up a cry without particularly examining the logic of those from whom it emanates, it becomes a matter of some importance to show that the assertion is groundless. And it appears that an opportunity of doing this is about to be offered. A correspondent of the London Guardian writes to that paper as follows :—" I am informed that forms of queries will shortly be issued to the 'clergy, requesting them to return the number of baptisms that have been performed by them during the past year, or upon an average of years. I trust the clergy will have no hesitation in making this return, which cannot but be of infinite advantage to the =lie of the Church, for it is an undoubted fact that ninety out of every hundred baptisms are solemnised by the Clergy of the Church of England. If, however, as a body, the clergy do not fill up this return, it will be comparatively worthless in a statistical point of view, and the friends of the Church in Parliament will lose an excellent opportunity of defending her interests." Something of this kind Was done, we recollect, after the census of 1840, the return required from the clergy including burials, if not marriages, as well as baptisms. So far as the question at issue can be decided by the number of marriages solemnised by the Church, as compared with that of legal unions, th,e annual returns of the Registrar-General are amply sufficient, and show an immense preponderance of the former : a preponder ance so great, that it seems incredible that any one should ever have had the impudence to claim half the population for dissent, or that any should have been found sufficiently gullible to concede the claim. But, as regards births, the Registrar's returns are worthless for our present purpose. They merely record the fact, that between such and such a date so many boys and __.4.l._acm...lnta the' But giving to the religious principles of the parents. giving us, as they do, nearly the total number of births, the return of baptisms will enable us to approximate to the true proportion of Church people in the" whole population. It must not, however, be forgotten, that the number representing the difference between births and baptisms will have to undergo several deductions before it can be taken to indicate the total number of dissenters. First, a deduction must be made for the estimated number of Romanists ; and, secondly, for baptisms celebrated by the Church, but not entered in her registers : and when we recollect in how many places a fee is illegally demanded for the registration, there is reason to fear that this second deduction ought to be a very large one. The Guardian of Wednesday last contains another letter, elicited by the one already quoted, the writer of which heartily concurs in his predecessor's remarks ; and he then proceeds to urge the necessity which exists for the clergy throwing off " the political apathy which' is slowly, but surely, surrendering the Estab lishment to its assailants." They might, as he justly asserts, be one of the most powerful bodies in the country; and that, without at all neglecting their high and holy duties, or compromising their priestly character. We are aware that it is a commonly re ceived, axiom, that the clergy should not meddle with politics; but it is, we believe, a most mischievous one. It has been urged by the Church's foes, for their own purposes, while their own preachers and teachers have notoriously pursued the very course which it condemns. It is as if the Russians were to succeed in persuading us that fighting is too undignified an occupation for men of talent and education ; while, at the same time, their own forces were abundantly supplied with the ablest generals in the Empire. As the man who be-. comes a priest does not cease to be a citizen, so, we conceive, he has a full right to meddle with politics to any extent which does not interfere with his special duties. We do not say that he ought to do so, nor, that it would not frequently be wiser not to do so; but only, that be has a perfect right to do so. If, however, as is frequently the case, the interests of religion are involved in any measure brought before the country, then we say, that he is bound to exert his influence ; and that, in not doing so, he is guilty of positive dereliction of duty. Let us look at things as they are described by the writer last referred to : " The Irish Bishoprics ,are gone—the Church revenues are gathered up, ready for spoliation, by the Ecclesi astical Commission—the Canada Reserves are gone— the first outworks of Oxford have been taken—the Church-rates are all but lost—Mr. Heywood has got his fangs fixed in the Act of Uniformity—and Dissen ters, both in England and Ireland, do not scruple to avow their expectation of an early division of Church plunder." Under such a state of things, the clergy are bound to bestir themselves, and to strain every nerve to avert the threatened evils. We, as Church men,. ask not for any privileges which are not pos sessed by a ll ; but we do demand to be continued in the enjoyment o f w h a t i s r i g htfully our own ; and, above --- ally - we - deniand, w hat at. present _we da not possess, fair play : and we have a right to expect not only that the clergy will direct any movement that may be necessary for the Church's safety and welfare, but that they will lay aside those prejudices and jealousies which at present keep them asunder and cause them to present so miserably divided a front to an untiring an d united foe. FALL OP A 81L1D61.-411 occupation bridge across th railway from Bishop Auckland to Crook, and near the Beech! burn Station, suddenly fell in on Tuesday last.. Six farm horses, with three men and boys, were passing along it, and they were all precipitated to the bottom on b to ut the railway. One of the horses was kil led on the spot, the others escaped, and only one of the men was seriously injured. It was. a wooden bridge, having metal plates along it, and had been for some time in a tottering state, the timber, after the fall, appearing in many places quite rotten., The lives of the ngl-aud boys were saved owing to t he i r ' not falling through. The mail train from Crook was detained about half an hour until the way was cleared. The bridge was of considerable length, and about 40 feet in height.—Newcastle Journal. FROM OUR LONDON CORRESPONDENT. MONDAY MORNING. THE past week has been one of which the occurrence of stirringly popular events has not been the leading character istic. The Cabinet riddle has been so far read out that all the unoccupied seats have at last received incumbents. The clever, though crotchety, Duke of ARGYLL having formally under taken the surveillance and management of the Post-office, has handed over the Privy Seal to the safe keeising of theTarl of HAR.nowßv, who, in return, has given place to Mr. BAINES, as Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster; and Lord STANLEY, of Alderley, without :materially changing his position in the Ministry, has received a seat in the Cabinet. So far, then, the Cabinet hand has been completed, the only new card added by the new deal being Mr. LABOUCHERE. The constitution of the Ministry is, on all hands, admittedly a sickly one; and even the most arduous supporters of Lord PALMERSTON'S Ad ministration content themselves with limiting their expression of confidence in its efficiency to a somewhat hesitating inter rogatory as to what his lordship could have done better, in the circumstances. These parties, feeling the entire weight of the ministerial responsibility in its merely personal sense, com pletely ignore all consideration of the circumstances which placed Lord PALMERSTON not only in the position of Premier, but which induced him to set aside the co-operation of Lord DERBY, and the Conservative party, in forming an adminis trtaion which would have secured the confidence of the coun try, by arraying in its service the talent, as well as the repu tation, of its leading statesmen. The self-willed and short sighted leader of the heterogeneous band made his election of colleagues in the face of the strongest practical admonition- Every step towards consummating the arrangements which he had only half planned has involved him in accu mulating difficulties. The ill-assorted band, of which he hailed himself the chief, were jumbled and pegged toge ther with some care, but no adhesive quality, and the first jolt of the machine threw the whole bevy into disorder. C'est le premier pas qui coute, our worthy allies tell us in a proverb applicable to the ordinary affairs of life, the first hitch in the PALMERSTON Cabinet seems to be of that enduring cast which will make its effects adhere to the body so long as two joints of it remain together. By the recently completed arrangements, the chairs around the Cabinet table have all received occupants, but every one feels painfully that the public departments have not, therefore, received compe tent administrative heads. Tame dulness is the predominating characteristic of the Ministry. Lord PALMERSTON himself, with scarcely another exception, is the only one who pos sesses the capability of placing even a common subject clearly before the legislature and the country, and it is generally admitted that, as at present constituted, the House of Com- mons cannot be guided by such ability as the Cabinet can boast of. In these circumstances, the parties who ingeniously employ themselves in spinning ropes of sand find ministerial safety in a dissolution of Parliament; and that appears, at present, to be the panacea depended on for relieving the dead. lock achieved through administrative incapacity. That it will be speedily resorted to, seems an article of popular faith at the present moment. How it will benefit the floundering mediocres sho aspire to govern this great country, is by no means so clear. The able men of all parties are well-known, and they are already in Parliament. A new election is less likely to change their views than to confirm their convictions, and they are admittedly hostile to the pretensions of the men who are ranged under the banner of Lord PALMERSTON. The want of debating talent is felt and acknowledged to be a weak point of the present Administration—a greater defect is known to be the absence of statesman-like views, and ad ministrative ability. How a new election is to supply them with any of those missing qualities, is a difficulty which, no doubt, has occupied the attention of the noble Premier, but whether he sees his way through it or not, seems locked up in that limbo of human vanities,, the bosom of a checkmated and ambitious leader, who cannot procure a decent following. The experiment it seems to be generally admitted is about to be tried. It is at least, under the present circumstances of the case, a kill or cure remedy. If successful in mitigating the urgent circum stances of the Ministerial malady, the nerveless and emaciated patient may drag on a hopeless and helpless existence for a brief space longer ; if unsuccessful in affording even such tem porary relief, the veteran prize-fighter of the political ring must retire to Broadlands, and henceforward content himself with that kind of view of politics which is said to confer enchantment on the landscape. This latter alternative is the one most currently believed in well-informed circles as likely to ensue, and in contemplation of it all parties are busy in their preparations. While domestic politics have occupied a large share of public attention in the metropolis and elsewhere, during the past week, they have not so exclusively formed the subject of dis- I:te e r et°. n Pal er iii f anit l egeßi P lev ert other matters, which, under, other circumstances, are not generally looked on as of such absorbing interest. Conspicuous among those events which have demanded and received public interest have been the arrival and reception of the King of SARDINIA, who landed on our shores on Friday morning, and shortly after noon made his advent in the metropolis, from Dover, whence he had proceeded by railway. At the station he was met with the courtesy and consideration befitting his exalted rank, and the noble spirit he has evinced in joining the Western Alliance in their endeavours to restrain within due bounds the restless and dangerous ambition of Russia. He was met by' Prince ALBERT and the civic authorities in state. On emerging from the railway, and in his progress through that portion of London which he had to traverse in passing to the station of the Great Western Railway, he was re ceived with the most enthusiastic plaudits by the vast assem blages who lined the road,and occupied every point whence even atolerable viewof the cortege could be obtained. His reception by the British people was in all respects worthy of the occ;sion,, and the distinguished recipient of the honour, In Vic Ton. EMMANUEL, who, for the first timeorisited our island on Friday last,the people beheld, not merely the spirited monarch, who,at a critical moment, espoused the cause which they are deeply committed to, but in him they also. saw one on whom the eyes of his own countrymen were fixed as the champion of liberal opinions and constitutional government before they hailed him. as their sovereign —one who, with a firm hand, and an en lightened mind, repelled the blighting influence which. jesuitry and priestly domination had established among hia countrymen. His career, though brief, has not been undis- tinguished ; and in military exploits he has already proved. himself a skilful and valiant leader, having commanded a division of the Piedmontese army in the celebrated Lombard. campaign, in which capacity he did his duty with great gal:. lantry and prudence. In his visit to our gracious QuEE.;he is accompanied by two of his leading statesmen—:the Counts AZEGLIO and CANOUR, the first an able advocate forctrae liberty, which, with his pen, he disseminated a knowledge and appreciation of, and subsequently, with his sword, vindicated in the field. If Friday was rendered remarkable by the reseßtion accorded to the KING of SanDrmA, Thursday was made more memorable still by a meeting held in Willis's.Rnmrs, for the purpose of originating an hospital in honour, and to be under the superintendence, of Miss NIGHTINGA.L.E. The chair of this interesting meeting was occupied by his Royal Ilighness the Duics of CAXBRIDGE, who acquitted himself right royally on the occasion. The chief speakers, besides the royal chairman, were the MARQUIS of LiNanowsz, Sir W. HEA.THCOTE. Sir Joins PAKINGTON, Lord SZANIZY, and the DUKE of ARGYIA. The addresses delivened were gene- rally of a practical order, in which business took the lead of rhetoric, to the manifest advantage of the purpose for which the meeting was. convened. As was to have been expected in such an assemblage, the disinter- ested zeal and intelligent benevolence of Miss NIGIITINGA.LE were the theme of every speaker, and each vied with his pre decessor in bestowing on her an acknowledgment of the. general gratitude. Details of tho project were wisely avoided, in the meeting, its general purpese being confined to a nem, nition of the principle of Miss NICIUTIIOIS„LIeS great merits, and the desire to commemorate these in a memorial which shall be pleasing to her and useful to the community to, whose well-being she has so sedulously devoted her time, her:ener gies, and her wonderful tact and benevolence. One object of the proposed institution is understood to be the establishment of a training school for nurses, who by their initiatory educa tion shall be fitted to supply the places so often and.so detri- mentally occupied by the Mrs. GAMP family of harpies. The meeting was numerously attended by a brillida and highly influential assembly, and the subscription which was by it. recommended to be opened has started under such favourable auspices as to afford fair ground of hope for its entire success.. Towards the conclusion of the year it not unfrequently happens that the judges in our crimina courts see fd, as it were, to review some principle of our criminal jurisprudence, and, as also sometimes happens, to deliver themselves of singu lar dicta in reference to the principles reviewed. One of these has just occurred in the case of JP.SEPIC BERRIVGE, who was convicted on his own confession, of an attempt to shoot the Rev. Mr. BROWN, at Leatheriugstone. BERRIDGE and the clergyman, it appears, had, some twenty years ago, been on terms of great intimacy. BERRIDGE has since then married, and become the father of several childsen, and he has become the victim of a delusion that the Rev. Mr..Buowx is the father of those children, although it also appears that that gentleman had hardly . ever seen Mrs., BERRIDGE. Under the delusive impression referred to, BERRIDGE wrote several threatening letters to Mr. BROWN, and ultimately he resolved to shoot him in his pulpit, inti. mating to• Mr. BROWN his intention of so doing. In proof that he meant to do what he threatened, he entered the church provided with balls and percussion caps, and likewise THE LIVERPOOL STANDARD. with a bag, which he had brought from his inn in mistake for his own, which latter was, on examination, found to contain a loaded Minid pistol. This induced the Reverend Gentleman to have the dangerous delusionist placed under restraint, and, as already stated, he pleaded guilty to the charge, when his counsel admitted that .there was not the slightest ground for the delusion under which the prisoner laboured. The prisoner himself expressed a different opinion from that stated by his counsel, thereby showing that his delusion still existed. The judge, hoivever, Mr. Justice ERLE, appears to think he knows thecase better than either of them ; for after remarking that he seemed rational on every other subject, exhorted him to exert himself to overcome the miserable deluSion under which he was labouring. With this exhortation he dismissed BERRIDGE on securities that he would be surrendered for sentence in the event of making any other attempt to injure the Rev. Mr. BROWN, or even threaten to do so. Small consolation this, truly, to Mr. BROWN, who is thus merely assured that he is not to be threatened any more, and that if any mischief is meant towards him, it will manifest itself without warning. Another instance of judicial singularity has just been afforded by Mr. Justice.CoLnninon, in the case of Lieutenant Ausinx, the dismissed Governor of Birmingham Gaol, who was con victed of various acts of cruelty to EDWARD ANDREWS, a prisoner, which terminated in the latter committing suicide. Several other suicides had also, it appeared, resulted from the cruel system of discipline pursued by AUSTEN. In passing sentence, Mr. Justice COLERIDGE, ipse facto ignoring the conviction of the jury, said, "If the defendant had erred, he had erred by the excess of his zeal in carrying out the discipline of the prison," and he sentenced him to be imprisoned for three months. If he had erred, says the judge, it was through excess of zeal. The jury, leaving the question of mere error out of view, pronounced him guilty ; but the judge considered it was " excess of zeal" which led to his error. Excess of zeal pointed the sword for the massacre of St. Bartholomew—excess of zeal kindled the fires in Smithfield—excess of zeal is the apology set up for the tortures of the inquisition. None of these, however, so far as is yet known, have been so fortunate as to have Mr. Justice COLERIDGE for their apologist. Among the literary events of the week, the chief has been the advent of Dickens' tale of "Little Dorrit," the -first number of which has just been issued, Of course it is im possible to tell or even guess the quality or purport of a tale, in twenty parts, from a glance at the first one. So far as can be judged, however, from the small mean* afforded, the story promises to be fertile in incident and rich in character. Several of the scenes sketched are hit off with. Dickens' usual felicity of delineation, of which the following may not preve unacceptable to your readers. Its title may be put as " The English in Quarantine."—" No more of yesterday's howling, over younder, to-day, sir ; is there ?'—' I have heard none.'—' Then you may be sure there is none. When these people howl, they howl to be heard.'—' Most people do, I suppose.'—' Ah ! But these people are always lamVling, Never happy otherwise.'—' Do you mean the Marseilles people P'—' I mean the French people. They're always' at it. As to Marseilles, we all know what Marseilles is. sent the most insurrectionary tune into the world that was ever composed. It couldn't exist without allonging and maw• shonging to something or other—victory or death, or blazes, or something.' The speaker, with a whimsical good humour upon him all the time, looked over the parapet wall with the greatest disparagement of Marseilles ; and taking up a deter mined position, by putting his hands in his pockets, and rattling his money at it, apostrophised it with a short laugh. Allong and marshong, indeed. It would• be more creditable to you, I think, to let other people along and marshong about their lawful business, instead of shutting'em up in- quarantine ! Tiresome enough,' said the other. But we shall be out to day.'—' Out to-day !' repeated the first,• ' It's almost an aggra vation of the enormity, that we shall be out to-day- Out ! What have we ever been in for ?'—' For no very strong reason I must say. But as we come from the East, and as the East is the country of the plague—'—' The plague ! repeated the other. That's my grievance. I have had theplague oontinually ever since I have been here. lam like a sane man shut up in a madhouse r I can't stand the suspicion -of the-thing. I came here as well as ever I was in my life, but to suspect me l i l of the plague is to give me the plague. And Lhavo had it— and I have got it.'—` You bear it very well, alr.-Meagles; said the second speaker smiling.—` No. If you knew the real state of the ease, that's the last observation you would think of making. I have- been waking up, night after night,-and. saying, now I have• got it, now it has developed. itself, now ' am in for it, now, these fellows are making out their case for their precautions, Why,. I'd as soon have a- spit put through me, and. be stuck- upon a card in a. collection of beetles, as lead the life I have been leading. here— `Well, Mr. Meagles, say no more about it, now it's.: over)! •• ••••• -•-•••• /0 1/11 • • _ • CA •.1 - • • glee, who appeared. (though without any ill-nature) tobe,in that peculiar state of mind inwhich the last word spoken by any body else is a new-injury.- `Over! and why shoukl•l say. no more about it. because it's over!' It was Mrs—Meagles who had spoken. to .Mr..Meagles.;.and Mrs. Meagles-was, like Mr. Meagles, comely and. healthy, with a pleasant English face which had been. looking. at 'homelythings for five-and fifty years or more, and. shone with a bright reflection- of them. `There!. Never mind,.Father, never mind !' said Mrs. Meagles.. For goodness sake content yourself wittlaret:— 'With Pet ?.' repeated , Mr..Meagles in his injured vein.- Pet, however,. being close behind hina l touched him on the.shoul- • der,and Mr.. Measles- immediately; forgave Marseilks. , from the bottom.of his. heart. Pet wasebout twenty. *fair girl with rich brown hair hanging. free-in natural ringlets. - A lovely girl, with.e.frank.face, andiwenderful eyes ; soy large, so soft„ so-bright,. set. to such perfection. In her kind geed head. She was round and. fresh and dimpled and spoilt,.ar.d there was in. Pet an air of timidity. and -dependance which: was the best weakness in the world, and.gaveler the only:crowning charm a girl so pretty and pleasant could have begin without. Now„ I ask yolk.' said Mr. Meagles in the blandest confi. dence„falling beck. .a step himself,. and. handing his daughter a step forward to,Blustrate bin. question : I ask yowsimply as between man and .man, you: &now, .DID you ever hear of such-damned nonsense as putting_Pet into quarantine ? !' The precedingsketch, it willbsperceived, is replete with the tenderness of handling and .minute. fidelity fen. which the writings of." Boa 7. acquired sodeserved a celebrity t The " Midsummer Night's Dream" has been merproduced at Sadler's Wells Theatre with good effect. In the pact of Puck Miss ROSE Epotrrs.has made st.f` kit,'! as has she, Miss Jinn. MAESTON" in . the character of Ifermia. As B.O.tfom, Mr.. PHELPS was eminently successful., his performance being full of racy humour. At the., Princess's, Mss,.. IACHBA.LD'ii; comedy " E - zery one has his. Fault" has been revived with a strong cast and good success., Madame ZETLITY LIND, GOLDSCHMIVC: has arrived in, .London, and will make her re. appearance - on Monday next in the Oratorio of the. " Creation:_' USES OF sn- GEORGE'S; 1:1111,L. ROYAL INSURANCE COMPANY. (FROM THE "MORNING CHRONICLE.") Tins company was set on foot ten years ago, and as it is un questionably the most successful modern institution for the entertainment of life and fire risks set on foot in thede later times —or, rather, since the passing of the Joint-Stock Com panies Registration Act (7 and 8 Victoria)—it may not be un interesting to the general reader to glance at its origin, and the nature, extent, and amount of the operations upon which the opinion just enunciated is based. When the "Royal" was set on foot the leading design of the promoters was to transact a purely "fire" business; but, upon second thoughts, they deemed it advisable to carry on a "life" business in addition ; for the extra cost would be small in amount, and, under careful supervision, profitable in the ex treme, as the result has sufficiently demonstrated. Before the " Royal" was set on foot there was a popular notion, quite as absurd as such popular notions or prejudices sometimes are, that no great Fire Company could emanate from any part of this land with any chance of success, except its portals opened into one of the leading thoroughfares in London—the metro polis of the world ! This question had often been asked by the men of Liverpool, and remained unanswered until the period we speak of—" Why should not Liverpool, the second city in the British empire, have its brace or more of Fire-offices, born in the place, directored by the most respectable and wealthy of its citizens, and, spreading their arms far and wide, encom passing whole districts, chock-full of commercial wealth, with in their protective embrace?" This question, twenty years gone by, would have been voted absurd by all the gentlemen connected with all the ancient Fire-offices. The "Liverpool and London," the senior Fire-office in Liverpool, has achieved a great and durable success since that time—has battled. with difficulties of no ordinary complexion—has overcome them all, and in strength and renewed energy ranks amongst the first Fire-offices in the land. Bye and bye, we shall trace that office from its outset up to its present full development. It is our present purpose to speak of a kindred, not a competitive, scheme—one which now occupies no second place among the race of institutions to which we are referring. At the commencement of this Company, a loud cry was raised by the gentlemen interested in the established Fire offices—and very industriously fulminated all over the land —that even under the most auspicious circumstances no new Company could ever obtain the confidence of the public to the' same extent as that well earned by the elder Fire Companies; that, indeed, it would be positisely dangerous for the public' to encourage new projects of the kind, inasmuch as whilst the public might damage the elder Companies by withdrawing some portion of their support, they could not possibly derive greater benefit from the new conceptions than that they here tofore enjoyed. They offered, it was said, no new feature ; and one disastrous yearef fire risks vrottid break their strong box, spread dismay and ruin among theirtoo confiding share holders, and,. in a word, " put up the shutters" of each and all of them. This fallacy has been completely uprooted. Why, in the brief period of ten years —a small space in the life of a new Company—which may be said with truth to court nearly the whole world for customers—the " Royer has acquired an income of £130,000; which places it second wily to the great est Fire Companies in the land, some of which have been established more than a century ! • The Americans ar e genera ll y sty l e d "a go-a-head people. ,, Liverpool lies somewhat nearer the United Stats.than the metropolis, and the inhabitants, as all the world:know, are men of sharpest industry, keen witted, not easily diimayed by obstacles which would annihilate the energy of weaker men, less trained to business habits, and less gifted with the Saxon quality of indomitable perseverance—that kind of unmatch able industry which, if a good and worthy end be the verdon to be achieved, and the Mout , required worth the sacrifice r puthe3 on resolutely to the promised goal. Perhaps geogra phical contiguity with their - good cousins across the Atlintic make the men of Liverpool—such is the force of example:— as'excellent progenitors of great undertakings as the Landow capitalists But the Royal " had high claiins upon thesupport of Liverz poollandtheWesternworldacroarthe Atlantic, where, weleariV its fame - is of the best and most dinible character. The new , .corapanies, set on foot in accordance with the behests of the beet' referred' to,. are compelled annually to register their accounts.. The elderrace of kindred institutisnssclomothinc , of the kind, - they d'O' not place, a n d poss ibl y d o • riot desire to place, their financiaV position before the world; = so , that their colossaN wealth, so' much prated about, mar - after all have dwindled away instbad of accumulated. We de not say it has ; but secrecy in- theconduct of public institutions'-and Assurance bodies partake essentially of this character—breeds suspicion and distrust-even where least deserve- What, then, is cer tain, with regard: to the financial condition-of Companies like the " Royal; is,- in truth, a mere matter!uf conjecture as to some of the elder provident institutions—more especially those which entertain fire risks. The public hare - greater faith in institutions that open vricle their meeting-ddors• to the repre sentatives of the - press, and which periodically publish un garbled balance-theets, than in those whose , annual , conelares are held in secret—whose meeting-doors carer . "hermetically sealed." Blind huleed. must be that man's faith-who places his money in a bank. of whose monetary condiqOir and engage -meats he knows- 'nothing, or with respect to which he never cares to inquire. The "Royal" commenced business in June, 1.8445 , ;: its- fire rates are moderateand safe; its, life premiums -under those of the mass of eldereffieess;: its principles are salient in the highest degree, and'; all. the requirements of the - provident community, in reprct to life and fire insuranoerare catered for and answered ter , the. full The paid-up atpitat at the outset was £166,04A2. At the- dose of 1848 an investigation resulted in the discovery - Mit a dear profit had-been made _ reasonable cOntingentrclgentaltracli ft lfg4 l s" t*Tf ' r Of this, £89,280 War appropriated as a bonus outfit paid-up capital, making the actual: paid-up capital of the-Company £26B,l4o—thus constituting a; bonus of 50 per cmati , upon- the original sum so pail up. , 432: was the sum called: upon; each Share, and, in the cow of 'native, possibly no. furriercontri bution may ever be askedfronithesbareholders, each of whose shares are now valuet and: are• indeed sold in the market,. at 24! The public are net however,. awareof the fact thatmoney invested in the sharesofgoodAsettraneeCompanieslissproved mere' productive than; money sunk in; any other investment ors record- The shares of the , 'Rook"' very old Lifeofte—ou which; lee. was originallkysid, are- now - worth £7 15sq.those of the 'lmperial" (£l€opaid);. Ilan; those of the "Law , Life.' (,£l* paid), £57 ss. ; those- of ths 'Atlas " (£5 15ir.4paii1)4. B' 'los. These are' old companies:. This new one- has realiked a profit of £2B2,oBeinase-than ten years—aqsarter or a 'million sterlin and fits , shares , are- at a premituniof one hundred per cent. ! Our chief object im referring - loth°. "Royal " at tliiiitiine,, is' to , -draw attention; to. , the foot:that new companimpset on, foot on right prineipite,gand with' a, auiliciency of capital! to , afford. Security to the- pplaiec anditugive force and effect to , tkeir , operations, anc4. morececer conducted by hmourable, men well versed in thelvork:the;enter upon, stand azeason able.chance of success,; ..and,liusayingthik, to direct attentien to-the-recent divisioriof profits-lirthis company in partitidair. Afteriretaining an ample reserve- fund out of the amassed profit's;: addition to , thataffbadtdi by - the accumulabodShare capita4 £23,459 was; apportioned! to- the policy-hoIl&w and shareholders. We quote --thepradiedi effect of this-division from .the directors' nepectl-,. "The result to thepropriet3nsg is- an, addition to taeiridiVii land from this source eking. tt per- mot. (making,, with, the ordinary dividend finangenesaliprofit and losS accoon4 in ail 13t per cent.) upomtha capitalloriginally paid up ; nab try the poliey'.bolders a booms 01U:21)er-cent.. upon the sun assured, in respect of each participatiag , ,poliey,. issued before the- Ist of January, 185.3, for- every !entiknyearthat such policy - hasheert in, :exiStenee. Thagives- addition of 18 per cent tu the amount of every policy ism/akin! the. year 1845, theitattyear of; tike company's oxistenee.P- The valtiatiOn of the funckswas•shaply made at fiedbee rate of. £3 per cent., which may with.trutia be termed a safety-rate, 'especially at a period twben, money is realizing sox arge an amount of. interests The -.Hopei:ter, the monthly jeurnal de voted to Provident Institutions,. fur...ishes the following com ments upon the -bonus referred. to " Perhaps the reader isnot aware. that this, the first bonus of the `Royal,' is larger. iskamount end far more beneficial .in its nature, then any, of. the late bonuses decEnedd, by that. marvel—that magnificenb mutual viace—the `Sco e ttieh or, indeed, we believe,b the Sc y-any or of all ot everybody knows .wllat. n!agn is ifiartt. r fame—Lnw- great the institutioZo • .the Scotch offices are— bow, workt-wade. amount of good confesred.upon the community,. This bonus, too, is equalito,if, not larger; than that declared!; at any time.. by most English offices—even the 'Law Life,' -.abuse diViSional profits andi thumping bonuses; every now L . ..-uct ;tben .startl4 , cautious people whoa know,- nothing of the expaualve nature,ut: Life Assurance nimbi,. and think there mutt, somethille: cabalistic or talismanic. within the walls of these wonderful; institutions! Indeedi.the , tenus of the R*a.,l',' may be pro.,. flounced Ito, be largtm than any yet declared bti,tbe mass of the. English offices. titre is a new office, whiebbin :ten ,briet - deet.-- ing years , ields &fairly earned and wholese/x4e reversionary, bonus...of 8Q per eent., in its Life branch, and; in regard tedilre operations, can make• this very enviable boast, that in, these. ten years it has exeeeded the Fire busineseof all: but two. of the-Londen Fire,oflices—viz., the receipt, of nearly. 41.43%0001 per. year in Fire premiums alone — some . o f which ancient oMees have been, in existence for a century ! FAqpally sue cessful and singular in both departments Indeed,. the. Life department- may be said to present results. eqpalky as, worthy of mention, and memorable—as a singular instance of a modern office, so organized and well managed ; and with. suekopportu nities of realizing good interest on its. large inatestied capital, o'ertopping,. thus early, its ancient compeers —presenting a strong, indication, indeed, that the.future business will exceed in amount those payable by all thenld establishments of the country.. Some new offices spend:from 50 to. 70 per cent. of their' premium receipts; but, we think the premium —and that is. 7fi per cent. of the. gross. premium receipts— should be held intact for: claims and bonuses. How ever, the early years of all new Companies of this nature have heavy charges thrown upon them ; and if the lives be carefully selected, the premium receipts will bear in their opening. years, when the risks are new and slender, greater pressure to feed the vital springs of MIN rent life than in later years. Bs this, however, as it may,. this modern Company has been so well managed that ..-taa, per cent. has been the maximum cost of carrying on the business up to this period ; and moreover, all the preliminary expenses have been defrayed. - No millstone of this character hangs round the neck of the Royal,' With Mr. Holme, who addressed the meeting, we may well ask, ' whether the public can have a better security than - now offered by the Royal Insurance Office of Liverpool ?' " The cumulative value of Assurance Policies effected in sound, well-managed offices, to which class the " Royal " especially belongs, will be quickly gathered from the sub joined little table : TO THE EDITOR OF THE LIVERPOOL STANDARD.. Sru,-Isee it noticed in„some of yourcoutemporartes thuds certain "own Councillors,are •opposed tathe granting off St. Georges-hall for the meetings .of any societies, except those to which the public at large shall have -unrestricted admis sion. This suggestion . certainly has the merit of original*, for itibas,not been supposed hitherto .that the rabble in the street a great portwere inclined, to seek intellects at im provement, or that they would contribute much to the •coin fork and regularity of a meeting, even if they were.. There is more certain than that when St. George's-hall grew out of the idea of a mere music-hall, a prominent idea with the public was that it; should, be a sort of home for learning and the.fine arts, affording facilitie&for their promotion and culti vation such as are greatly wantediu this town. It would appear :that, after an expenditure of money, the full extant of which God only knows, we are to. go. hack to a mere music -hall, afford no facilities for literatnreor science, and rely for the ele vation of taste and character on what our Scotch neighbours tersely call the "•Kist o' whistles." Every one has heard of the dog in the manger, which could not eat bay, and would: not permit the oxen to do,so ; and the conduct of those mem bers of one municipal body who intend to, obstruct human progress,(it is to be hoped they are few inmumber) is oS the , same kind. Their ideas of a public institution are evidently taken from a public• house; all ideas of the effect, prinaary and secondary, being ignored, and nothing looked to but the fatal facility of admission. The late Mr. Ewbank, of Ev . erton, once, delivered a lecture on " Common Sense" at the Collegiate. Institution. It is a pity that it was not published, or some copies of it might have been advantageously bestowed upon those Town Conneillors" who propose to "advance backward' thalatter half of the nineteenth century.—Yours, &c. 26th NA„ 1855. ONE OF THE PV814,10., CIGARROS FABBICA DE HABANA. M ESSRS. ESTERO AND COMPANY, 41, NORTH JOHN-STREET, NEAR lORR•STREET, LIVERPOOL, Have been induced to - Open the above Establishment for the Sale of FOREIGN CIGARS only, and to suit Pri vate Consumers. Messrs. E. and Co. sell them in Cases from One Pound and upwards, at .41 2s. 6d. per lb. They being Manufacturers in Havana, are enabled to obtain the most choice Leaf for their Cigars, together with the best Brands of other celebrated Houses, and in condition suitable for immediate consumption. Thus the Public will have the advantage of obtaining GENUINE HAVANA CIGARS, without the necessity of Purchasing, in Bond, Cases of from One to Two Cwt., and without paying those extra vagant charges usually demanded for small quantities. An Extensive Supply always on the Premises and in Bond for Exportation and Ships' Stores. The Trade, Hotelkeepers, and others have now an op portunitv of supplying their customers with a genuine Havana Cigar, which has been until now to very difficult to procure in convenient quantities; they will, at the same time, be liberally fretted with. Parties at a distance sending Post-office Orders for £1 2s. 6d. will, per return, receive a Case containing One Pound of CIGARS. In sending Orders, please state if Mild, Medium, or Full Flavoured is required. SAUL DAVIES, AGENT. LIVE BRANCIL-EXAMPLES. Date of , Policy. Sum Assured. Assur Age. Premium. Bonus. ! X . £ s. (I. £ 1845 : 29 1,000 i 1242 18 4 180, 1846 24 1,000 194 5 0 160 -- 33 2,000 480.15 0 3 20 1847 19 300 ' 46' 4 0 42 1848 , 22 100 .14 8 2 10 1850 I 27 500 56 18 4 40 In bringing our notice of this great and exceedingly suc cessful modern Assurance Company to a close, we must not omit to state that the Company owes much of its success to the unwearied exertions, from first to last, of Mr. P. M. Dove, its talented actuary and manager, who fostered and elaborated the original conception with an ardour and a perseverance rarely nlet with in dry matters of business and finance. I .7? EI A ND. THE Earl of Listowel had a narrow escape last week. His lordship had a large trap constructed for destroying foxes in Convamore ; this was so well and ingeniously concealed that, having- walked on it unawares, he was very nearly trapped himself. In his efforts to escape from being tumbled into the pit under the trap-door, his lordship dislocated his shoulder. Two more agrarian murders have been perpetrated in the county of Armagh. In the first case, a man named Grant, a farmer, was barbarously put to death at a place called Silver bridge, between Newtownhamilton and Crossmaglen, by a number of ruffians, who battered his brains out. The cause of this fiendish outrage is said to have its origin in some dis pute about land.—The other victim was a man named Murray, whose murder was accomplished on the road between New townhamilton and Keady, on the same evening. Deceased had been at the fair of Newtownhamilton. As he was return ing to his home, he was surrounded by eight or nine persons, who assaulted him with so much violence that his death re sulted. Several individuals have been arrested on suspicion. DEATH OF COLONEL BLACKER.—The papers announce the death of Colonel William Blacker, J.P. and D.L., of Carrick house, Armagh. The deceased, who was in his 81st year, formerly filled the office of Deputy Vice-Treasurer of Ireland, and was, perhaps, one or the oldest members in connexion with the Orange Institute in Ireland. He held the command of the Armagh Militia for a number of years, but feeling the infirmities of age, he resigned the post to younger hands on the recent embodiment of the corps. In early life Colonel Blacker served in the line, and for some time held a commis sion in the 60th Rifles, when styled the " Royal Americans." His extensive estates devolve on a nephew, Mr. Stewart Blacker, of Dublin. THE BIBLE BURNING.—The charge of burning the Holy Scriptures, brought against Father Vladimir Pecherine (a native of Odessa), was heard on Wednesday at the Kingstown Police-court. It was proved that the priest hired two boys with barrows to wheel out into the chapel-yard a large quan tity of books, amongst which were copies of the Old and New Testament and the Protestant Prayer-book—that the heap of books were burnt in his presence, and that scorched frag ments of the Bible were picked out of the burnt mass by two or three persons; but there was no positive evidence that he ordered the destruction, or that he was cognisant of the fact of Bibles and Prayer-books forming part of the condemned stock. The boys supposed that they were burning a lot of novels and other bad books. There being no defence entered, Father Pecherine was bound in recognisances —himself in 2100 and two sureties of 2.50 each—to abide his trial at the next commission.—Apropes of this Bible-burning scatrial, the sub ' ,sect was warmly discussed at a meeting of 3leath priests, held at Kells, on Saturday week,. for the purpose of taking men ' sures to insure the return of Bishop Cantwell's nominee. The chairman upon the occasion was the Very Rev. Mr. MiTvoy, a namesake of the popular candidate, who was also in attend ance, in order to make a full confession of his politico-religious faith. Aftersome preliminary remarks , of the ordinary character of all electioneering speeches, the Kingstown auto do came under the notice of the very rev. chairman, who said ) - " We have seen those pious and learned and laborious ministers; who have. within the last few weeks given the benefit of that priceless blessings of their ministrations-tothepeople of Kings-- town, those ministers of the altars, thosersanctified servants of the Lord about to be sent into the dock upon a charge which these good' men have again and again declared to be false. (Hear, hear;): Would you know what it the nature of that charge is' that of committing to the flames a thing which pretends to bet'he Bible, but which is a vileand blasphemous perversion and corruption of the Word of Gods It is for com mitting to the names a volume which, if I myself;-in the absence of Attorneys-General and Solicitors-General,. were going to commit to the Carnes, I should take it up witirta pair of tongs for fear of soiling my fingers (tremendous cheering), and so with the tongs would I hurl it into the consuming fire ! (Renewed cheering.)"—The Newry Examine-, supplies the following information with respect to the missionaries whose names are so disag,reeably associated with the recent proceed ings at Kingstown. It is almost superfluous to menden that the Newry paper is a fierce champion of the Romanist party. " Father Vladimir Pecherine; the priest charged with burning Protestant Bibles at l ingstown, is a Russian by birth;. and a native of Odessa. The- other fathers of the same order are also foreigners, with one 'or two Szceptions. Fathers Bag 4 .- enosas and Vanderaa are-Belgians, Fathers Theunis andiLeont are Greeks, Father Bagsliatt is. as Englishman, and Father Harbison an Irishman, endive believe a native of Dungannon.. The Irish house or convent'af the order is at Limerick, antlif tbis.proeecution were carried out in that city it would require all the troops in Ireland to-suppress. an insurrection theme;- such is the reverence in which thesepriests are held by tbet people at large. Even at Kingstown things look bad enough abeady. Their chapel is operpfromt6ereloek in the morning: 411.9 , at night, for the accommdation of the working people;. and at every hour of the day iivrowded with devout worship per!: It its rather unlucky that Ithetonly member of the order , who is a Russian should be the clan against whom this prose-- cation , is directed, for it will excite Russian. sympathy in the. people. Oh the whole we consider it a most indiscreet prose ci.Wcin,;: for it will create a general; feeling - of inaignation throughout Ireland, which will mat be allayed, far a long time, ; and , perhaps not without unpleasant consoligences:' RI:M[I , Am og AILTAR DE rquivost.rioss—ile the advertising coluanns of the Freemun's Journail-theretappears a long let ter, addressed to the inhabitant- of: Navan;. by Mr. Charles Farrell; a, Dublin auctioneer of semeenote r and. a member of the RoMish, Church. As an elector , of thelounty of Meath, Mr. Farrell,. it seems, was presumptrApris• enough to imagine that, wltilout compromising his religions opinions, he was at liberty to;record a vote in favour ofTMr. Meredith,. the Liberal Protestant candidate, to whom individually he—was-under many heavy obligations. How far Mr. Farrell•wasaetray in his ro mantic notions cf freedom of electiiremay be judged by the following:extraet from his appeal tce his fellow townsmen r— " 26th Nmennlier, 1855. _ _ _ "Haviiiwattended at the eight o'cliack-massyesterday morn • • 4. - ---1-1-aiunation when I found myself obliged quietly to listen: forhalfam hour to a most uncharitable and unmannerly tirr.de from thealtar, deli vered by the- ofhiciating priest, the Rev:. Mr..Bleire r who de nounced,. through, all the moods andi tenses , of Billingsgate, every man , -and. myself in particular—for daring,: to. support a Protestanttandidate for the representatien of - your- eotuaty in preference to a.Citholic nominee of Du:_Cantwelk Disgusting and scaricklons. as the Rev. Mr. Blak-o'ilaranguewas, I am assured, brpersous who attended the subsequent masses, that the language ; of" Bather Callerl was avers worse,. so much that sonce•of ithe. congregation left the -chapeli foaming with rage, behremass• was over, rather than .listen tat such filthy declamatihniifrom. the altar of God. Giese political; sermons have madiaa sufficient impression on yeurminda without recall ing them, al•tiny length to your recollection; . bat a> few elegant extracts mad,, not be, however, here eutiof plats), Toos were told to ha-ware-of the craft of Mr. Merstlyth's supporters, as it was usualbiuti night time they went; about; earmassing, like prostitutes-and thieves, ashamed of their; open day— that you the calling or business: which each, of . these fol lowed, aid. ew should not employ foe the -futureany- person who would tiresome to beard the bishop, in his own, parish, for it was 'his.welliknown wish that they - should rote•for and re turn a Cat hblio;.rs.ther than the best Ptotestantimalli the land ; and after desiring the people to kneell dawn 'to .holy- e'ommu .nion, the Ray...M.r. Blake again bethought hitaselt.fer, with the chaliest,partLy in his hand, he announced; that a special train had. been hired to convey the parishioners.of Navan to the meethawthat day in Kells, where-Ili:was the.desire• of Dr. Cantwell, they should meet in thousands.. Smarting-with in. during the delivery of this- unhallowed: and uncon stitutionaLtlennaseiation, I thank Gad :I'.refrained„with consi derablediffitulty, from replying in thachapelloithe. misstate ments I wasobliged to listen to ; nar;can Iliope-that an appeal of miria-toithe bishop will obtain me Any redraskseeing- that these sacnus , are enacted in his ownparish,. andi in no other througlithediecese,—of course, by\ lie...speeiall command and authority:. I have no other way ellen to me,,therefore, to yin dicate. my cause- and my characterthan: to address you thus and,. if scandal cometh from, this,publicatimi, let the sin he.visited an the man who threw, the first stone within a conseerated, bailing, where the accused halnopow.erof reply. It is.someconoolation to know that tyranny, of this kind is op posech,by the edicts and canona...of our hold* faith ; . and in any other dlecese would not go unpunished for atsin,gle•nuartent." AL 7 EVE]) REACW-TIVEG/0077ATIONs. FROM TUX PR ~:S.) the last twelve days Her,MajpilliS govehrdoent have keen baslWiy, negotiating peace on Perini& deemed by the oaperor of the French ta , be•satiV e astory, ; and thus, if the present prospect of peace be, defeated by any aches on our • part,. Her Majesty would ihßve,.to diasolve parliament, not against- Mr. Gladstone, orreven, against Mr. Disraeli, but against the Emperor Na - of:demi ; .and the politic issue before the poepile of England WlNaki he, whether they would carry on the• war against Russia without the eeneurrenee, and against the advice of our great, our prudent, and: mar faithful Ally. The proposals for peace, have certainly nth been delivered to the Emperor Napoleon ; by the.Faissian minister at Paris, for there is none; nor, we,.scarcely. need add, have they arrived film St. Petersburg by, the pest.. But proposals for peace have been submitted ,to the Emperor of the French, and approved by him. Itis.quite unnecessary to state by the inter vention of what government this took place ; whether ty, Sweden or Belgium., or, some other power. We shall not be • piqued into communicating . what may be inexpedient, tp satisfy the enricatyof our less,informed contemporaries. They, will scarcely pretendthat either the French or the British, government, after, what passed at Vienna, would revive nego tiations without not only an assurance of the sincerity,. but of the practiestk sincerbly, of Russia. Accordingly, after a period of aetlye communications between Paris and London, our readeramay rely that, on Monday, the 19th of Nownnher last, the pivposals to reopen negotiations for peace, on, `csatis factory" terms, were formally delivered to the British, Govern ment, andthat, in consequence, a Cabinet Council was, slam• moned,; and sat the. next day (Tuesday) for upwards, of three hours. on, the sulaiect. From that moment until. the.preseut, unceasing communications have taken place between all par ties: and powers interested, and, we have rewen, to believe, with a far more favourable effect than in our last number we presumed to anticipate. DECREASED. CONSUMPTION OF BEER.7—Thelarge decrease in the use of beer, shown within the last two years, cannot be attributed to the increase in the quantity of any of the other articles, even taken together. Beer has fallen off about 74,664,094 gallons. Now, by a liberal; calculation, reducing coffee, tea, and cocoa into liquid measure, reckoning 11b. .weight to make a gallon liquid, the increase, including. the use arum and British spirit, does not exceed 17,430,414 gallons. THE American merchant ship Spitfire, of 1549 tons register, put into Plymouth Sound on Wednesday,. in consequence of strong easterly winds. She left Foo-Chow-Foo for London on the 24th of July, with a cargo consisting of 1900 tons of tea. contained in 18,000 packages, and valued at about £250,000. On the 23d of August she anchored in the Straits of Alias, and in consequence of the strength of the current the chain was brought under the fore foot and keel, which tore off the copper and strained the ship so that in four hours there were 22 inches of water in her. Undaunted by this leak, and notwithstanding he was short-handed, Capt. Aire! , proceeded on his voyage down the coast towards Anjer. The pumps were kept going, the ship was trimmed by the stern one foot more than the ordinary draught by bringing the cargo aft, and sail was shortened when by the wind, so as to keep her upright, and prevent damage to the tea. In this conditioh she passed the Mauritius, encountered a heavy gale off the Cape of Good Hope, and put into St. Helena with the crew sick on the 7th of October. Here the United States' consul and others considered that the cargo should be dis charged and the ship repaired, but the agent for Lloyds, who went on board and examined her, the pumps, and log-book, and questioned the officers, gave the captain written autho rity to continue the voyage. Additional hands being engaged to make the complement 40—officers and men all told—the Spitfire left the island on the 9th of October, and is now in the Sound, the leak not having increased or decreased since she left the Straits of Alias. [DECEMBER 4, 1855• ! ECCLESIASTICAL INTELLIGRO PREFERMENTS AND APPOINTMENTS. Rev. H. Bromfield, to the Vicarage of Blockley, near CbIP Camden. Rev p . T. Bromley, 8.A., to the Incumbency of St. Paul% ton, Devon. . Rev. W. R. Brownlow, 8.A., to the Curacy of St. B 1 Moor-lane. Rev. T. Butler, D.D., to the Curacy of St. Jude's, Rey. W. H. Caparn, 8.A., to the Curacy of St. B 1 Gray's-inn-rond, St. Pancras... Rey. G. T. Cothatn, 8.A., to the Curacy of St. Mi ton. Rev. F. Elmer, 8.A., to the Incumbency of Si Tapley, Cheshire. Rev.-W.- T. Freer, to the Rectory of Houghtol Leicestershire. Rev. L. G. Gordon, 8.A., to the Curacy of All Sai Rev. H. Hampton, M.A., to the Incumbency of I Church, York-place, Barnsbury.place, Islington. Rev. S. B. Harris, 8.A., to the Assistant Curacy lebone. Rev. G. B. Hill, 8.A., to the Rectory of Col Northampton. Rev. C. Hillman 8.A., to the Curacy of St. Ma, ease, Holloway-road, Islington. Rev. C. Holder, 8.A., to the Curacy of Castle Frol shire. Rev. R. Hughes, M.A., Second Master of Ruthi School, to the Curacy of Llanbedr Dyffryn Clwyd, Do Rev. W. Leeper, 8.A., to the Vicarage of All Lynn, Norfolk. Rev. J. Lukin, M.A., to the Incumbency of Gloucestershire. Rev. D. M'Anally, 8.A., to the Curacy of St. Mary) Rev. F. A. Marsh, M.A., to the Incumbency of Cl Milton next Gravesend. Rev. F. H. Marsh, M.A., to the Rectory of Reepham, Norfolk. Rev. J. Maskell, (not Marshall, as stated last Curacy of West Lulworth. Wareham, Dorset. Rev. W. Monk, 8.A., to the Curacy of Christ bridge. Rev. R. Morton, M.A., to the Vicarage of Rothwel Northamptonshire. Rev. J. F. Nott, to be Chaplain of the Workhousi thing Union. Rev. C. F. D. Priddle, 8.A., to the Perpetual Luke's, Liverpool. Rev. 0. M. Ridley, 8.A., to the Rectoryof West H folk. Rev. T. Sharp, M.A., to one of the Coracles of the' 4l : o ' , C)urch, Bath. , Rev. H . 8 .-Smith, M.A., to the Curacy of. St. Paul's, garden. ClO - J. T, Smith, M.A., to the Curacy of Carriu Caraberweill. oclt,Dell Rev. H. H. Still, M.A., to the Rectory of Cattig t Dorchester. Beth' Rev. J. Striclaand, B.A. to the Curacy of St mattb ist, ge r nal-geen. Rev. A. Strugaelr f 8.A., to the Curacy of E , Christ '" mondsey. 9 5 .i0' ti Rev. A. B. Suter,-8.A., to the Curacy of Sr. Donstan West. O le(' Rev. J. Thomson, MU., to the Curacy of St. mary. Rev. J. H. Underwood,-M.A. Vicar of Bosbury, tot C is, the Cathedral Church of He reford. r ;is' • nig Rev. W. Windle, M.A.yto the Vicarage of K irtling. Del od, market. - Rev. T. Woodward, MA.,- to the Rectory of Thundridg e " fordshire. 111 11/C" Rev. J. H. Young, M.A. tb the Rectory of Kirkby Beicestershire. CLERICAII. OBITUARY. d Nov. 21, suddenly, of disease of the bean, the Rev. li eri Carie; of the Grove, Witham, Essex.. ISof. 21, at East Bergh°lt, Suffolk,. the Rev. Wm. Tilin;• oC , " Dirof. 21. the Rev. James Allan.Hatrisms, only remainin, of Captain James Harrison, of Leamington, aged 49. WO , Tice' %teen has presented the . Rev: E. Eardley vicar of Kenilworth, to the living of All-Sofas, LanghaT6 London,. vacant by- he resig,nation of the ter. `i'• DR. 1.4. - S2FrNoToN is to give his. judgment inPlj o e• lF Westerton. v. Liddell, in the Consistorial Cour', 1" Commons, tb , morrow. rh .fre h THE PCGH.E, curate of =garish. in Roll o o f:Me es e i been senteneedto. five years' suspension by the Cog r. susPen" for drunkenness:. On a previous occasion. he ' f '" for two years. he B ev ,, THE BISHOTR Or CHESTER has 'resented, I t , EpiP'" - ,. /3 1; Temple, B.A. to the perpetual curacp . of 11° ' 1 ,,,,,ised Church, Lache, near Chester. His lard Shin Ilea :Jr, :one"' Rev. F. Elmer, DU,- to the incumbeney.of St: Port. 'L woo' Over Tabley ; ani/the. Rev. C. F. Pridolev.llßA. , to `"' be of St. Luke' .' Church, Liverpool. ~ , the Sr. MATTELEW'VerrrECH, Brixton, etwnien un ti l 0,4 few days the Rev. Th.. John Vaughan- wa:ptheincunt been sequestrated, the - Bishop of Winchester , having a cl e roe , the resignation tenthired. by the rev.' gentlenian. The . PeL b or whirr) is worth £so()bs.year, is in the gift'of the Arelavrre: of Canterbury. It was -given to Dr. Vaughan, who' _.. 142 , u 1, ! . vieugy been curate a St.. Clement Danes , Stranckin.' Archbishop Howley. TEM FRIEND OFTIE* CL i;Y. —This exmllent just' 00: established for the purpose of granting pensions' to the' onil and darters of clergymen oe the Establiened Clittrob, 1 1 0 11' meeting -0U Thursday ofltsktriends and supporters; at the, t dam Tavern,for the p ur p se o f e l ec ti ng f ot w..in addi tl ;3 thosealnady upon the ands. 31r. R. Baxter presided; a tl openinglie business of the. clay, expatiated a t sonaeleLlY upon: the.meemity of suefr , an ir.stitution as ev idenced . bY large nunrsbeir of unsuccessful candidates at each e lectioe!;ii farther pointed out the great advantages which had'alr7o restritedi.aaueltuthag by exDreseince a hope thaVsnch aOOO 5 to mi lit' be•nrade to the funds as would enable Vievoramitt!,f ii i admit all' tha•eandidates. From a very long list of candies, e foarivereeleeted„ and after third'eduration of theresuit of ballA r tlio-thanks of the meeting were unanimously sonier to th&ehairman, as also to the Rev. J. E. Cox, and 0)0' scrutineers,. when the proceedings- dosed. frien` ° TlTZ•:Bismoov or NEW ZELE,kSD.—The nuLteoj a .g.to•t l 2,, t of thee: Bishop of New Zealand; and all who - wk! l ;7i - war ti l 7 missi6ns-of the Church of . Flmland, will be ela' he aarived.sailitly at Auckland omthe sth of JulY,, I priser, o sa f ys hitt o, in i t n en tb t rzn ie. an tc, t, m " m n e ot by havinW perous , voyage et 98 days. " were all taken= DY:',7, 0 10,' heard a word fkrin,i,9„, air Duke intimation that he was on boa th rd e fact that aqitrauge ship had threaded 211 the intricacies cuiroj, harboun. ands rounded the Nor , -A. Head before the g ut ' 'tot `Englishn f Portland. ves s .1.. vv .- 51 11211 for the Pilot.. There was not a breath of wind either, sa l ,, i d the people began to say ' There must be some ene , on 1 - 7;of who knows-what he's about, and a& the tides and, currooe%o, the harbour , ;: and who so likely aothe bishop ?' Sare' e a yal 6 in an hour mere the custom-house officer came to . 8 . 4 .01 1 bishop was- on board, and that the Southern Ct-eso"w" her way=following him." DEC LO 4A,Teottnoit'scilDati Wart, E s e 7?,r d wi t h ance o pres 4 Itertai A. As bol ient ler FRO] Aursdai drinkbi burst ednesd us, re . Wed Leath , -1101 T 1 'ttl i • 411 Vanhii tan this po: `kl NI , Le is hire Itar . tqltesday. `' l ll -eci N e t ln the 4 4., el lgth abe kii, 7t „eached ] .1,,,, Liverp< .''at reached i ) , 'elz e ?..A fire Ililcii'M the of 4 41 1 , Sweet i lle e 0 room i 11 "Ilde; u e t a• . Mr. k h e h a ' Pla_ thgetll : th tl iShed e witl 1 4 e floorin g lteerool k r. and Tx ti ti , 4l.l tNhaa o , rov t,4oafgerlls tompt 4 4t. - ' ei ent atten, anno3 a? Ittil e'll' ett2ll°llj:" , kott ia !:.' aPPeat: e b y the rola . • ~..1 1 the •sanii • ' on 'the 'b( ke btittkO ug i *,,,u:tote adjc littirt :Dhairk et h l g:on 'Wed] Harrison Ilbt" l4 r, Abraln Iti,, Shaw, an 19s: 9 heed to tranUf< 10 th te e l taY deem z kt a i l Pg'ati kere 'A kit i tereZse Of C ' fla t , Year t t' ' 7::' '' 11 $ )1411 4 ttet i Z : t'' PL -r d . .lea3'fLie t, ey e e;:: It ' IV . 1 n O rirWt o li° f e3l4nee'Pe i dighi s t ki:. enP ss l I sia, i gat e tol l itiotoa to I ta riw lnfe r Selnir e Ce i :lllinl e ti Id- o inn s i I it il l ' ‘ve,Pds of 200 • i t , ~ .0n,,, b t th ' 4 IIA. l't OP e Dukeula in was so O -Q Cj et , r1:11/0, r th e 7, th at 11 ) el t he li egini ent. t '''• t l , l 'ot t- colo .„ t , he w a " 1 , (I. I I 8 Peet }:` "i4l ent te mien lAir ia li e rve, as ttht,.. %call mo< meh es IF, k , - ;tl q , l , - AL AocrED 4 - ' on the ` ,one' twehip<rii i w ,,,_ael j at I% kji t e f<oe s . Iva ka4ng, the 7oul tta ' th e e, TinsC tkited djujn , ; tli tt a l i art ll i a (l 4 : f a ett f P ra k i, : e ; i : en t :, ,ff e ce, tl1: 1 1 1 , i led rill ow kilit a i`ostiltaluur t , t aq t f tile Jury I l t ) th e e ge a'Pre 41, 11 of the o , es• a i r , tl t ;:m..wellz-se< i i4l 4 hei r .dutie ‘4)., "t!Padleei, , i , tit It. -1 / 4 41 , or Z 1 t' 5 1 11•4 4 'existence Oi ls ' trldtalt,aft ' s r 4t f q its • men ,S ~1 „ c 'r the eon i ' , l ll ior i B xthscri.pti ti i ., q the irk tt i Z a-sznalbh e a'44 r . , 'from •thi, N t lAtlet o am k ktst e t Zay . Seho on,. .but .,. t 11/tr .12 .e orEn ~ tA,'thorlk i,, , k e ~a . aocieties% , 44411‘6'41:e° : i14t:c e llil t ;::::: ' ":114e:Vettlt*t or in\ :h :n l Y ' re'e c .6eYd' i ss ' nii t ;s1Pru b 8611 rt' a ' the 'proper ;:iti ti ° o ftwation: : ct s ,R a the \Windt , 4hl e ,ole ;aw ay 1 5 44ainae to , tli '4l l , greaoy. out 4 1,14,, e q in putting ki e s', s. simply for , k a " ,...e w !t ..ras,-,u '15 41 11 tt E ies '" % c v ° l ll 4a B - he () ; and it -I v ' out of to wn , in tiffs for tom. r eply, he . must sAitCIIITECTAF.: ting o f thi s ~- s , t, occupied t ks;; li t l lg of the \, , ,ed for St'. , ,_ on the 1 i':i4Jes which I L L NI glass deco N_ employine 0' Ip t , he eonsid 1 ) r 'lla ° small par e 1 . Icl Z .I4 ll : l :l :l 4( e ' , ll. " e : e fi l i t t a g au l t i s u r t r ei i t i e t h io t u l f re tt g li i ' r th i t , 3 rne extract 4 ,lti ; embodied 4 43 e ad by Mr . l ar k tlce ' ' Lttl t , ,or whe isit'of styles.' kt,Lle had real t kl ilt),:! remarks ; a,:pan's view: ie" •_bße of art 1 i;fle,,,xable one eel4, , Architectt ryry of art. ti ,iitt the di ~1 „ ,,p . tole in fa ; o ‘4t a - " 4 ,4 , OA' TII At Made by k ° eh I,,rrE.s iiii th ;) ,, , 1 reston an '-'t 24 c.'i ,it. A '' -1 t. p si lorae,po 414 , oti ng but litt ki r At l ers are att L i t° train. ThE ; . t . h o N, loaded ii 4'ev: r is maintz t k Ni did the de I,l . Nedi.d . tbe gre Aeb t , l o front of kt 11 e .. , B CS much 4 1„,° , (1. system SN r <. l ., en at a '43,7if, "“e last lb] )11,ttO. 6 7 tons, I tf - ke 4 , . (making e•ti t lttc, (li tional w( A ‘-:-cinarters < ;:tt, ti e t i , f4t has c kse Y. A 11E . I t4 l . t * st° he WOi 1. ki WO boats !;Val ll4. betw ''e l i' It o 1 11 . e well ' e ' t. ‘te Willa l i ll a ';;ltii i 4 e in ,_r ias a 4tstl to 'ess pow th,Lit tit.on /of .abore. v.< , I • i' e itlit . iro 4 10 4 I ? ) Ite.; f <1,4. Bartbolonle' "Qom ar an s, WhiteclOE ' ‘ pl,lre"lj B a rtholon r - 10 K l ar y9a, Nocil 0 t ,1 %oef p:s4 that it. Paul's, 0° Lis soatil?hel lints, Lasibeo tioesday test the Temp 41 0 3 : 1) $. 1 of St. 0' :41,i,del`,,lathe "factliso age Aliogtree, tiet• advantr 01 iry , s e ' r o 4 blequal owe. leref o ke i - 4:14a GR bin Goo Pard:4lsco, Denbighsl2'itit tion. 1 Saints, :ou .rhe 4 Heoel.s4e teishtl:d briga ( 4 4 th e rdilieribsotiorr) iltiljrittril:t el Calfstoll, ° 1 ,iees (' S l l ve Th lir vreel6P IS 4 5 , re d s r g t chur cb, Cff teiio2'l4lle crild,)ti t w tl 4 4 deV ea r i s i th se for the f eaf Curacl kllto, t (ng* Harling, GOITRT AND iI2ISHIOI A 4 6 TumEitil;andi Countess of Wilte r4 . Lady Katiieri-6 soh Egertoni anditim• Hon. Captain andiLady Elizabett:fro lli . arrive& Grosvenor-terrace, on Wednesday • Melton o neVrsco AM> VISCOUNTESS CANNlNG•saWn ala 2o. erell' suite, and•accompanied by Lord De Table t and Mr.-AT; 31 0. sailed fromiEnglactl on Tuesday m cruing ea r (Mt" — j seilles anddndia6. Ou s ie APPROACHINO• taarrial -in high rife •,- - 1 -- Os' 4 d • ages ... nigh% . A Sir Robert: Peel. with a daughter of en - Alarqnis of 3) 7 , 3 .1 ,3 ' - „, the Lady: Augusta Hay, eldest daughter of. tbar'-'viesa i ,'' Countess--orlGnnonl, and the Hon. John;Twistleto o 4 l - ;sos eldest soma Load Saye and Sele; the-Lady Elizrb 9 _2olo':, sister of. the- Earl of Darnley,. and& Mr. .Cnst, son - 1 /09 60F the Boni, Peregrine CUst ; the Lady, Bertha , W l ' daughtianof the- Marchioness of Hastings, and - younger-brother of Mr. Talbot Cliftan:, THE:marriageof the Marquis of Winchester with , t.,,, h r,J:.! Miss Miontagni.daughter of Lord Rokeby, was •s&leMa r . ~ L"- St. Janiees--Church, Piccadilly, on Tiaarsday.raorniiirgyV e past eleven o'clock. The bridernaids-were,the,twoH9 o ;,4, Montagupsitters of the bride, Miss Gresvenor, LadF c 'e', EgertotOdiss.Askley, and Miss Spencer Montagu.:. - tk e , ately after the ceremony, th e happy. - couple went. to- x,°„ f roe' ,l house, when. the-company assem bl e d :par t oo k .o f At Om-conclusion, the noble briilo -and bridegroani Amport-house,. St. Mary-hill, near Windham. D3ATIT2 OF ANOTHER .LADY-NUROR.—AnGt.e_..,, 0 111 :81' life has been. sacrificed at the shrilled. duty, that , of 3-1- `"pi'" loughby, Moore, lady superintendent of the- ofdteri d iet' at &uteri.. Mrs. Moore was the widowni thatgallant Col.. Vi illoug.hby Moore, who perished < in. the-Europa , -0 1 " than ,fOrsake the burning ship so , longas Any of his 1 13 e 11 .0 in She. went out last summer with; a. band, of i 10, organise and superintend a hospital, at Scutari for s' e wounded: officers, similar to t'l•oserfor.' the men, under ' O 4O l'ileitingaisr; and the unequivocal, testimony of those a Ole wese- under her care, p roves theezeal,.the diligence, a D w i l ic" judgment evinced by thi s d evo t e d, l a dy. 4 dyseoterY, Anted three weeks, proved fatal,,and she died on Thin' the'22nd ult., to the deep regret of alliarotuid. her. l e4 Tux - United States mail steamer Baku- Tat Lif,errio n Saturday for New York, with,l64 passengena a nd a 01 " bed Tan. Hon. Mrs. Hay, of elyffe-ball, " h : 11 severely hurt. The horses. attached, takes- carriage r ` m e and she jumped out, an d,, Olk her head, be e " sensible. . 0 0 NEW COUNTY MAGISMIZAME.:—At aeintermediate oe'T,P held at the Court-house, in, Preston, on Friday, Mr* o se . Bridson, of Southport, qualified as a magistrate of the o e 6o A NUMBER of spurious -five-shilling pieces have latelY passed in various s h o p s i n Ch ure b -street. They ar e _° A ,°` bad imitation, and maybe detected by their weight, I °' ring. OTI ; THE SCOTCH CHOW- Off..IMIAM-STREET.—INDUk TEE REV. P. T. Fonnitn.—On Sunday last, the Rev. pt T. Forfar, who has been, ordained 'to this charge by th i t t b bytery of Dunfermline, wa s i n d uc t e d i n t o th e c h urc h w. 11 4 ,, usual religious cere mon i es . Th e i ntro d uctory sero% preached in the forenoon by th e R ev. Cornelius GAZT; les s minister of the church. Th e rev , gen tl eman too k fttr ros , Ist Thessalonians, 2nd chapter, and 4th verse —"IN A " were allowed of God to be put in trust with the gosPali e.," so we speak, not as plea s i ng men, b u t G o d , which tree hearts." After speaking of the responsibilities of the l'e' j g ai , ri `; and arguing that a preacher unfaithful to hiatrust lea s j i ve' of one of the highest crimes that could possibly be coli c se e he said that, ha v i ng b een requested to As , r ut od ce the „ i t e Mr. Forfar to the charge of that congregation, he cot' them he did so with feelings of no ordinary pleasu re. do wished it had fallen upon one of larger experience t° a° though he could as sure th em th at no one felt so el eel t De 9 , l ' heartfelt an interest in the occasion as he who address eu tbel f t Three months had only elapsed since he spoke to theul f l t tV e minister for the last time, and during that period he fargi li f the charge might be given to one better capable of dise.' l traU the duties than he had been. Now they had put one ,V ra tigr - o t one who had proved himself a workman, and he vv_as ;led in being able to introduce him amongst them. Se a oo ii remark on his high qualifications, seeing that t hen the y have an opportunity o f h ear i ng him, and judging' I° : „. r „cc,' selves. Though he al so h a d n o t had much exPer - sa' would, no doubt, prove himself an able minister of the 5 4 tuary, and be asked the congregati on t o rece i ve Mal , port him, and, in all friendliness and affection, assist hl ej ;co his word's sake. He need e d a ll th e countenance andda. ragement which his own inexperience, and the w o nt a nature of his duties, so strongly claimed at the ir , Their new pastor laboured under the same difficultiesro experience which he had done, though he trusted, fr o e' qualifications, he would have to draw less upon their l e ` tol ict ante. conclusion, he expressed a hope that the bov which had now been formed would be beneficial O Lo ra, pastor and people, so that at the great day of the ong coming they would be found on the right hand a Ol ,O people.--In the afternoon the Rev. P. T. Forfar preae,',,,o!,,, in troductory discourse. He took for his text Ist 'ILL niani, sth chap ter P and 25th verse—" Brethren, proud Both discourses were eloquent and impressive, ao e'fr ur listened to with the deepest attention. The e ll numerously attended, `TEL/ ted 1 \ •