The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser. — Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1854-05-02 00:00:00

a r 1 _____ s by Ration. ik ki LLENt ,„„ - - -=--=-- ritft i, ~.:.,LAISTITURE. NORTON-STREET. Lt 4 o ,tchrtE v R is instructed to SELL by ieve n • To-moßßow (Wednesday), the 3rd in , °'elOck precisely, on the Premises, 19, Nor -1‘)el ent, ri 40el,reiielia,n1 ITeful HOtSF.HOLD FURNITURE, ,11ii . . Rffe et . i nePiece, Framed Prints, Gas Chandelier, sikl a ~." 9' a Gentleman declining Housekeepinc, q,,,' trenc7Pltal Half -tester Bedstead, Upholstered in %t r m 'eP e 1 " 4 Camp Ditto Palliasses, Mattresses, 11, Nienther Beds, with appropriate : Bedding, Painted S l, Chi nin B : Chests of Drawers. Toilet TablPs and Basin s lq ParT o 4 and Dressioe., Glasses, Kidderminste . r, I n p e al l ,' w . and Stair Carpets, Mahogany Articles in I,l4llbroke'l'anide Chairs, Cnests of Drawers, Loo, ! , 4 1 ,!eai r ,, 1 'tad . Snap Tables, Bookcase, with Glazed . IVltli s i te u hiffonier, Sofa, Fenders, and Fire-irons, II View ed '3 B , ce. e p re Prior to Sale, and descriptive Catalogues \,........_ rnts es, or from the AUCTIONEER, 5, College- wNEEEPERS AND OTHERS. ekt ne , .Y THOMAS TRAVERSE, 1 t, 4 41 • fl ",,r, the sth instant. on the Premises, the Royal ik i : -r egrot, at Ten o'clock in the Forenoon, &V I RE Genteel HOUSEHOLD FURNl fa,'Cnne Bed-rooms Commercial Rooms, Par laps: the Stock in Trade, Horses, Cars, rer w orkin g t Bo he wls saidHa Hoteltel . e Board, and all the TA °R , -..BER OF THE EXECUTORS. ("),, RROW (WEDNESDAY). ti i lit .E nL. Most valuabl Suite t of the HOUSEHOLD ur awilig-room of rich Rosewood. Cot 'her 'Jetts te, Sh ower -bath, Four-light Gas Chandelier, , :t), l %r (vw Ey Mr. GRICE, th ' ' ne sdal'). the 3rd instant, at Eleven o'clock Ifiln,4t,ne Pr emises, 17, St. Anne-street, a few doors ' 4 l 1 e of the 'modern and valuable FUR:gm/RE includes Set of auPerh d i ' ,lB "9 and Swing Chair, Cabinet, with Marble ,1i7 8, 1R 0 , 8 18 sack, a superb Work Table, costly 1 able Nklil e Lie uhitriney Glass, 50 inches by 40 inches, a Vtf' ar vl 'ltch Wood, Ottoma,s, Fenders, Fire-irons, 010.,„Det8, China Vases &c. e‘t I nd Dixtrro-nOoNts are furnished with Two ,ikr,caQ.,;',ahogany Chairs, massive Sofa with Hair ij,. B , Made to order, a hndsome pedestal Side case, Twn Easy Chairs, One in Hair-cloth SiZate,s!Dital Dining Table, with Two extra Leaves, 'iZe Chimney Glasses. handsome Carpets, a nd Fire-irons. a Set of Chi na , a l so a Di nnerN ~Trie Cruet and Pickle Stands, with Cu kk T o,,'"Y B , Kni ves and Forks. Ornaments, &c.t-glass Contain lofty Four-post,Tudor, and French tNint,,,,"l..prime Feathe r B e d s , a W ar d ro b e , Maho t ' Lnan'ier Articles . . re tter • •Ulinary Utensils, and other Household 4Prleae,,a,tlotnes may be had from Mr. GRICE, 40, 0 11 the Prernises. [ADVERTISEMENT.] MR. NATHANIEL CAINE AND THE WORKING MEN'S BRANCH OF THE BRITISH REFORMA TION SOCIETY ; OR, "THE POLITICAL PARSONS" AT THE BAR OF MODERN "CHARITY." TUESDAY MAY 2, 1854. .4 1 4 01,;„ N I '‘R TRUSTEES AND EXECUTORS OF THE LATE ikkl'e' . l' JOHN wxnn k il ) l,, tl. litS T-CLAS ' ESQ. - 4,AG1i,„,.' S SHOP PROPERTY, SITUATE tlt t .;' , o I, ,.UREEr AND WHITECHAPEL, LlVER ltt'llr'ets .titGE AND SUBSTANTIAL MODERN it FOR FAMILIES OF THE 11, s' , ol,'"' i& P ECTABIL SUITABLE ITY, AT EDGE-HILL, NEAR v i,m. 11,,.. le c ,, ` (3•4 l 'sra. WALKER and ACKERLEY, O - ki r . 4 the ';'' , Y), the 2nd instant, punctually at Two It : t t, i n rnoon,. at the or s Clarendon-room , South , qt, i re t .l 0 the following or such other Lot Lots as l,k,ssi oat the time of sale, subject to such con , t i t will be then prodoced, ' 1 , 1 ti, 5 l'itpulat excellent Freehold SHOP and Ith e 'NipSES, with WAREHOUSE at the back, I s . l latlon of ‘iessrs. Watson Peck and Sons, as ps en _nst . ,, 'situate on the south side of Ranelagh-street, 444 4 t1 05 "wlhered 14, bounded on the east by premises t.ls lll ;: i 'ecr4: s fn- . 4 r. Syers, and on the west by other pre• t,,, k eO. , pon of Messrs. Peck and Sons, and at the 4 ..11, 1 „ . n nti '.',,ny Lawton-street. The above Premises 1 00 ;tI. I. S .Y.R LI :Lrent of 4211. And also all those Two k . , i r ilq t a ?n. gtr L e 'Np . -.HOUSE S , situate on the north-east NI Q. lde h ,„ , , .Liverpool, bounded on the north o i ti Ons, ,' premises in the occupation of Messrs. i y tt , Y L ap 7 t n_ a partly by a common passage, on the O t ,! , ei, 50 2n -street aforesaid, being at the angle of 'tbs:',..n ofd ( . 11 1 the ., north-west by a dwelling-honse in I t i I , i ;44d ic ;:r. W illiam Collister, and now occupied Is pi t tto Wßl, !AV Henry .. InFbam. And also all that 'lthh:lisn'ttreet aforesaid, situate on the north-east i . O ~, t t g i d ,._ sev uires t aid, bounded on the north-east I T is , t _s .d b y . e tTlral►y by a common passage, and on ti lte n s : h on e oot ia . the occupatinp of Mr. Wm. Col- Nt l s yt n a t thereof ao i d in ; t he-opm tion of Jan?es Mar :,,,411,1 N i t ' ' ‘ , fr° ., ro " the vfc'orio' r i a s t h o eld f f rtbe residue of a l d Liverpool, a o ,i rr t n i a t e . '4'4' 828 . The' Corporation Free n ho o 4. 1 ,, h0 , ean annual rent of £45 4s. Bd. in the aggre -1,,a tiq 2 liis Lot contains by a recent adtneasure- All ri ''lss square yards. ' 11 1, , t8p:at excellent Leasehold MESSUAGE, DWEL k).°„follq,'itn,d SHOP, situate and being on the south- L l, ti 3 te 7tulpel, Liverpool and numbered 78, in the I'l n r i ed 'Sr o s• John And Thom as Johnson, as tenants Vl t , s„ . 2 0. the east by a theseshoue in the occupation of y. era' .ahnson, and on est and sonth sides , - ,1 .. 2 e 17 1 . e :. ti f elonging to Mr. Lewis Heyman. i 0 . 4 ,i: , ilie e 1 1 2 4 .f 0 0 1 l - the residue of a term of 75 years, July, _1827, and granted by the Cor i., ~1 1 t'her4tPo_o_l„an_d are let at an annual rent of 1 •45. )1•!s„1-.St.i, W ith. Coac- house and Stable annexed, lately Ki1 t . 1 ..1+,Z.,_,1 J Oho Webb, sq.,'(deceased,) situate and pi l t 14 - ..iii-vtew. Edge- hill, near Liverpool, bounded Nr )re ....part by Towerlands-street, and in part by a ', l lpslly'rett now in the occupation of Miss Harding, 1 t 1,, , 51 n 2t 4, and on the south by lot 5. These Pre. , m tr Ailwi Itt an annual rent of '7O. \ t ieits,,gat excellent Freehold MESSUAGF, or DWEL .‘ tk4A. "'. Situate and being No. 10, North-view, Edge -1,11,,t1Nr,:t t he occupation of Mrs. Wainwright, as yearly ' 'Op t " bounded on the east by lot 3, on the west by a : . 4 4 4 ,7m,!es now in . the occupation of Mr. Shrapnel!, ~?., tetith by a port ion of lot 3. The above Premises ~t ,"fi k ,, i t nual rent of ..€7O. ,i14,4410bat capital Freehold MFSSUAGE or DWI% 9, 1 .1, i ., situate laid bein.l. No 3", Irvine street, Edge- - 1' ,11 . , ,N.,;,.P001-aforesaid, now in . th i e b o o c u c o uga c ti o o o n t o t f e J a .. e C ai ~, t , N A i: Yearly tenant thereof, ,L v t , i, q . 'sk,' . r e ol ll.l ' ,„, ses no w _ in the occupation of Mr. M'Con 14,,•r,Aii E dge -hili Church, and on the north by lot ' J . ae s ..4Wit - 7 1 ses are let at an-annual rent of e 42. , 4 06, 1 ,Li c, i sPital Leasehold MRSSUAGE or DWEL kitlq, Joh ter k oate and being on the south side of Edge i!i't -4 11%'stts 01 , and No. 6, and now in the occupation bo' Op t h se t ,,,,,' as yearly tenant thereof, bounded on the • f, 41 e lv e ;7l_ Premises now in the occupation of Mr. e il 'it 4 i,!•11i 1i ..Y a house and premises now in the occu• „, 1 1ts nv e -,-;loge. and on the south by a common pas ryisto:s L a ..emises are let at an annual rent of .W6O. N - /, a , - teliold under the Commissioners of West 1 14 1 h . 48 , for a antierm of 60 ears from the 25th of I t ' l k-",,,, 3n ct to nnual ground rent of £2 10s 2d. ' ."•'* inalt; 299 2-9ths square • ar& or th.ere iiii'All Y t 4tlat p ar kd of LAND , situate on the south side of 1 ther l 'brer lafore s aid , s m e ab . poo containing 6421 square 4 ip'Z'tl 0 , 1 ' 11 4; together with a Stable and Coach ilttilytetttnits,l2lll thereof. Tne Tenure is Leasehold t4 t , ars ft :7 l *ra of West Derby Waste Lands, for a % , , s s i b y aim-the 25th of March,lB3o. , It is bounded ilwlisg s rsa- l ivark Towerlands-street on Abe west by a Nlli" by ' e s now in the occupation of 'Mrs. Fewster, J e P r enlises in the occuration of Messrs. John s t ' l . till'lte L l ' n e o s,_ ,, tpd is subject to an annual ground rent 4. 1 4 aacc t ., an d has an excellent frontage to Edge-lane, >l,s.et wide is building purposes. A common pas \lNZJlthoisj Is to be left on the south side. 0<,, , E5 . , .. Two Freehold TENEMENTS and DWEL -, s Znq ~,,7!luate on the south side of Thomas-street, ~ k 'he 'ich are xespectively numbered 20 and 32, ,1 01,' ; 4 it t - :joliation of Francis Cappleman and Edward \tf'.. l ,:th s s ots-thereof, bounded on the east by a dwel ,,,,t).ellin Possession -tif Hannan, on the west by ~' s • .)a - t-ho • tht „ck _ Usein the possession of Mr. Peter Stubbs, ,1., t 'Ve5, 4 ,7 south -by a ship bread baker in the occu -0011, Ise % c 2 Sproule, Phillips, and Company. The , tl top r tor untam 168 square yards, or thereabouts, and .h.N l Fltr ef ;t" 3 l 12s. per annum. The Land is well VI, ~' th,-, 5 °,111 e or other extensive property. ( I tt,C4a-,t, e Two PR WS, situate in St. Mary's Church, oteeeered 3.3 and 73. No 33 lately occupied by hism ) a. a sect), and No. 73 now in th e occupation-of tq ki tirp ste T,,be Pew No. 73 is let at .e 6 6s. per an-num. ist, te .ih et , t . at an annual rent of £l2 125. These Pre . o a perpetual ground rent of '"5 12s. 6d.-in l'N , tcAMAIIR • I,k t .1 th -- in ST. JUDE'S CHURCH. vi.4,.,J?", o _ise Two SHARES of the late John Webb, k'tti ' 'KS 'S CEMETERY hiI,,4 ; 7:..l.,enants of the Houses and Shops will show ts;tci te nd further information may be obtained on , 1 4,' :4,,; EDMUND WARD, -Solicitor, Prescot ; the Net, L• s rs• WALKER and ACKERLEY, No. 55, !► l , k , ? 3 Verpool ; Messrs. bEivis and MOUNSEY, 1,,.....b1i:! - Jord-street ; and to Mr. ALFRED C. ecuKENT, , f eet, Liverpool, Solicitor to the Ex to rs, the several Lots. 1 4 , Il k 0 4 4 : R DEVISEES IN Tiltiz.T OF THE LATE MR. Lt.,_ DANIEL JONRS ALIionUHOLD BUSI N NRBA _P_R_EMISES, IN ),°'• r r,Pßfu., AND DWELL! G-HOUBES, IN AUD- Vt-780 o 'ND WELL-BUILT FREEHOLD DWEL )' tk Et i',, SHOPS, ittc., IN STANGLIFFE-STREET ktlt t p, U G H-STRE ET. LOW4IILL 4 LIVERPOOL. th' ' Y Messrs. CHURTON, ^t Mr. th Me artin's, sth insttheant, Union Hotel, Clan at Two o'clock iton- th ( y e 004 fol lowing or such other Lots as may be deter -4t 'the time of sale, subject to conditions, : 1 1, 14 4 , LEASEHOLD. 01, itili, t lttue Two very excellent and spacious admirably situated on the north side of ( a 1i,E1 . 4 - ` , „at the corner of Audley-street, with the e ,1. 0 /:oloi7 0 *G-110USES thereto belonging,_ r m eem th e Vi,getl. A B Jones, grocer, and Mr. B , 'Bp s 'r with Three other re cent l y-erected DWEL 4,tioirting the above. situated in Audley 4, it /nhh oered respectively 5,9, and 11, l iK i f or i e br 110 . 1da,41 - der Vie Corporation of Liverpool, iwy lesld u e of a term of 75 years, commencing 'tt 9 ; Au gUat,lB4B. It has a frontage to Loudon :, \ 'riches, and to Audley-street of 91 feet. FRE.EHOLD. .%,i1N o ", Seven substantially-erected MESSUAGES, t oth, dO USES, with the Provision Shop, Ale tit h "olde A ppurtenances thereto belonging, in the % a te - T R ! of Evan Jones, provision -dealer, and t.i• kll l Fairclough•street and Stancliffe wiehnuinbered respectively 1,3, 5,, 7,9, 11, and 4:41 3 . a COTTAGE, in the Court at the rear of fam e 1 ; Zist sov r Particulars may . be lied at the Of fi ces of "id DUKE, Solicitors, 7, Church-alley, ' a rs. Ctinwrox, the Auctioneers. i4 lN:"Ft tp kl '., 0, 131 Y Mr. THOMAS WYLIE, 16th instant, at the hour of One o'clock in litLeil4i..‘at t he Clarendon-rooms, South John-street, to the conditions of sale to be then and '1411',4 h q td ~4 1119 F,s , I TA GE, No. 18, Albion - street, er- street, Liverpool, in the occupation of tvv‘: !!le rent of £l3 per annum ; Corporation rk , th ,/‘:, +lves, aged 52 and 54 years, and 21 years S11)0 le ss Erie survivor. k k i t P li GR. STABLE, and PREMISES, situate hs W alton-road, leirkdale, in the occupation ,y,tes ex e lat the rental 4'lB 48. per annum ; Leasehold ~.10. t IL Pt the last day thereof; subject to a ground k ,it, t a rt . t 4t, e e klitirs apply to Mr. THOMAS WYLIE, No. `)lieil torrPos . 2 e Ol • Or tO Messrs. ROGERSON and 0 Chapel-street 1 11 - ` ll i Fr two o'clock on IL,oriait -RES ix LiONDuN.- I ' . ' l4 te ..s a fire broke out in one At of the arches of IVY alailWay, in College-street, Bermondsey, not AL. llt ltil 79, co ach-house, &c. Tbe fire \,i17,1,..4tt1ie1l valuable horses had been burned to k ni t ',ttic hour a lodging-house, in Colc_haesm -1,0() bee r e,enaPel, in the occupation of Willi ‘)„,l4lver-,1840 keeper, was burned down, There %I A tan 40 persons sleeping in the place, se -1 ‘ea threw ,A, tib the I ut of the window, and 41, *_ sib le ra a s n e d v b es leedi o anddw e w r e e re taken dug ci.7ltniains of seven persons_ ,i!yy burnt and mangled. ~o r ding out one evening in a dense / k \'lZ e ' 4 4 l. 4 no - tg that they thus described :—The first "'"AI " No," said the second, it? --cull: lea; "You're both wrong; it's TO THE EDITOR OF THE LIVERPOOL STANDARD. SIR, —A controversy that savours of personality must always be disagreeable to a rightly-constituted mind. Mr. Caine, conscious that he has "no case," has set himself with all his powers to "abuse the opposite counsel," and, therefore, the greater part of his letter contained in the Liverpool Standard of the 22nd inst:nt is a tissue of low personalities directed against myself—per sonalities which have not the least connexion with the ques tion at issue, and of such a character that they would only be admitted into the columns of the press in the form of an advertisement—a fact all the more marked from the circum stance that, if something was not very far wrong with the document itself, the Mercury, at least, would have gladly opened its pages to what was fully intended as a heavy blow at the political parsons." The more io its credit, however, it refused ; and now, as an example of how the innocent suffer with the guilty, I suppose I can only expect my reply to appear in the same form. I might, therefore, have safely left the matter to take its course, and have paid no further attention to it. _ Two considerations, however, have induced me to reply. The first is to remove unj ist misrepresentations that have been very i idustriously circulated ; and the second is that, if Mr. Caine will insist upon being a public man in Liverpool, and, as the leader of a party, is determined to acquire in fluence which he employs to injure the character and useful ness of ministers of the gospel, it is right that those be aspires to lead should at least have the opportunity of under standing the spirit by which he is animated, and the measure of confidence that is to be placed in the truthfulness of his representations. _ _ In regard to the first, it will be enough for me simply to state the facts out of which this correspondence arose. The public are, no doubt, aware that there exists in this country a society called "The British Reformation Society," under the patronage of the Earl of Shaftesbury and others, having its centre in London, with its ramifications extending through diAt the provinces. One of these branches exists in Liverpool, called "The Working Men's Branch of the British Reforma tion Society." As its name implies, it is mainly composed of working men. Its object, like that of the parent society, is to extend the principles of the Reformation. This is done by the circulation of tracts, by private conversation, and by viva voce discussion at public meetings, attended, as I have been informed, in some instances, by 400 or 500 persons, principally members of the Church of Rome. Thus, with the Bible in their hands, they endeavour, as God gives them op portunity, to expound, maintain, and propagate the glorious principles revealed by Christ and his apostles, and revived by the Reformers and martyrs. In the month of November last a tea-meeting was held in Beau-street, in connex►on with the branch, and in consequence of the speeches made then and there, Mr. Caine felt constrained to deliver his oration in the Concert-hall, in which he attacked, in the most violent manner, the ministers who took part in the meeting at Beau-street. These, in turn, replied at tho meeting held in Hope-hall, on the 17th April, and this reply drew forth his letter of the 22nd inst. Before entering upon the contents of the letter, it is of the utmost importance to be fully satisfied as to the character of the speeches delivered on these occasions, and the spirit in which the proceedings were conducted. The following are the terms in which they were described by Mr. Caine In his speech at the annual meeting of the Working Men's Sunday Services _ "On looking over the report of their proceedings, all we can see is a long, weary tirade against the Church of Rome. So, to advance the cause of Christianity, we have Protestant ministers—messengers of peace and good-will—appealing to the prejudices and iNflaming the passions of ignorant and violent men. Protestants appeal to the people.! A platform or parsons pit citing into Popery ! And is this all our boasted Protestantism can do ?—excite envy, hatred, malice, and all uncharitableness ?—promote rancour among neighbours?— provoke party feuds and street lights? Are broken heads, With bloody noses and black eyes, To be the Church's sacrifice? Are the professed ministers of peace to hound on the orange shipwright to belabour the poor Papist lumper ? and are the workshops of Liverpool to be the perpetual arenas of faction and strife, while two contending systems of priestcraft squabble for ascendancy?" Now, as I was one of the ministers here alluded to, and as in his letter Mr. Caine has selected me as the object of special attack, I appeal to the subjoined extract from my speech on the occasion. It is not, as he states, "an ex-post facto (Ls covery of what ought to have been done." It is not some thing which may have been said, but " which is not in the report of the meeting;" it is what was actually spoken and fully reported in the account of the proceedings as given in the Standard of the next day. The whole speech is com pressed into about the sixth part of a column, and the words I am about to quote form its first sentence; so that it is im possible for a man to have looked at the report at all and not to have seen them. They are as follow: " It was necessary (Mr. White said) to distinguish between persons and principles. They spoke, in the present contro versy, in reference to principles. They loved the persons of the Papists, and it was because of this that they endeavoured to do them good by telling them the truth ; but they hated the principles of Popery." The word principles, let me observe, in the original report as here is in italic, as if the reporter, being obliged to condense, felt it necessary to notice the fulness with which .I dwelt upon the necessity of distinguishing between hatred of the principles and love to the persons of 'Papists. I can only repeat what I stated in Hope-street, that similar sentiments were avowed by every speaker on the occasion. So much for the spirit of the Beau-street meeting. Next let us turn to that in Hope-street. The two extracts here given are token—the first from the standard's report of the meeting, and the second from the Mercury's:— " In proceeding to overthrow error, however, we must do it in a charitable-spirit.; we must love the men while we repu diate and ablinr the sins; and in doing this we shall only be following our S aviour's blessed exam ple." "The r iter. V. M. White, on being called upon, was warmly received. lie described Popery:to be despotical and blasphe mous—an enemy to man both here and hereafter, and they were not doing their duty to God or their neighbour unless they rose and strongly protested against the system. But whilst they abhorred and repudiated the principles of Popery, he enjoined love towards its unhappy followers. In addition, I cannot forbear mentioning a fact which with many will probably weigh even more than the extracts, and with all will corroborate their testimony. At the close of the meeting, a vote of thanks was passed to Mr. It. A Macfie, for the use.of the hall ' • in acknowledging which he said that he was there merely from curiosity—that he •catue to see the accommodation the hall supplied for tea-parties, that being the first held in it—'that being in lie was unable to get out, and was thus obliged to remain to the close; but having clone so, he could not help expressing his entire approval of the manner and spirit in which the proceedings had been con ducted—that he would see Mr. Caine and endeavour to correct the erroneous impressions he had formed, and, as the best way to convince him of this, that he would urge him to attend the next meeting ' • that he' hoped, also, the Roman Catholics would attend t he meeting, and hear the truth adverted to in truly Protestant and temperate language. In justice to Mr. Macfie, I give the first part of his remarks; in justice to our selves, I give the second. So much then for the spirit of both meetings, as seen by the published report of our speeches, and by the impartial testimony of an u'tinterested spectator, and that spectator a friend of Mr. Caine's. A most remarkable an ! striking contrast to the fact, that, after Mr. Caine's speech in the Con cert-hall, one of the.ministers who spoke. also a friend of his, felt bound to protest against his address ; a circumstance which 1 have from the lips of the minister himself, though I believe it was not given in the report of the meeting. I leave the reader to compare the extracts and draw his own con clusions. . . . We shall now, turn to.the letter. The writer begins thus:— "At a meeting held in this town, on Monday evening last, it was my singular good fortune to be the subject of attack by three reverend gentlemen, and in no fewer than five speeches to be lectured in unmeasured terms. The cause of offence was a speech delivered by me three months ago in-connexion with the Working Men's Sunday Services." Upon this I have only to remark that Mr. Caine was himself the first aggressor. That the speeches alluded to were replies to an unprovoked attack on his part, which, however suited to the section of themorking-classes which lie is in the habit of meeting. will, l think, before I close, be admitted by every impartial reader to be altogether unworthy either of a gentle man or a Christian. In the same paragraph he says : _ "I am not itidisp‘Osed toteceive in good feeling any advice to act charitably towards my fellow-men ; yet such advice hardly comes with good grace from men who seldom appear in public without betraying the absence of true Christian meekness and charity, and it is rather inconsistent in them, when their misconduct is exposed, to turn round and lecture any individual who has the temerity to draw aside the reil and exhibit their proceedings in their true colours." • I freely admit that I never courted the applause of an audience by an assumed charity, based upon a compromiseof the truth of God. As to the:statement that I "seldom appear before the public without betraying the absence of true Christian meekness and charity;" that is a matter of opinion upon which the public will thiak for themselves. I can only express my regret that even Mr. Caine should hold it ; but when he undertakes "to exhibit our proceedings IN THEIR CfRI:E COLOURS, " then he comes to matters of fact, and bear 4n mind that he had the following words before his eyes, the .very opening sentences of my speech, fully and fairly reported in .the public press :—" It was necessary to distinguish between persons and principles. They spoke in the present contro versy in reference to principles. ri-IRY LOVED THE PERSONS of Papists, and it was because of that that they endeavoured to do them good by telling them the truth., but they hated the renscLeLss of Popery;" and yet, with these words before him., in "exhibiting our proceedings in their true colours," he deliberately taxes us with "appealing to the prejudices and inflaming the passions of ignorant and violent men ;" with exciting "envy, hatred, malice, and all uncharitable ness ;" with " promoting rancour among neighbours;" with "provoking party feuds and street fights," with "hounding on the Orange shipwright to belabour the Papist lumper." How am I adequately to characterise such conduct on the part of Mr. Caine.? It is in. possible, without descending to lan guage unbecoming a gentleman. "'The wisdom that cometh down from above" is " peaceable," but it is " first pure." Charity, that brightest of the jewels of the Christian, is most unlike the counterfeit of the mere professor in this, that " it rejoiceth in the truth ;" and when Mr. Caine feels himself bound to urge Amon others "the rew commandment," " to love oue another," I would moat earnestly press upon himself the study, and, what is better still, the practice of the old, "'thou shalt not bear false witness against thy neighbour." the second paragraph is too important to be passed over. In speaking of " the Protestant priests," "reared In Ireland, and reeking from its orange hotbed," and in expressing his wonder that they do mot "select Papist Ireland as a better field for their zealous And disinterested labours," he says— " Would it be uncharitable to suppose that there are ster ling reasons why the Roman Catholics of Ireland are left by these gentlemen to the teachings of their priests, whilst Eng lish Protestants are diverted with polemics, to the neglect of the more important duties of religion." It is a melancholy fact that, in so far as Mr. Caine is con cerned, such is the fulness of his charity, and such is his fear of exciting rancour and 11l will, that the Papists of Ireland are " left to the teachings of their priests." It may possibly lie out of the range of his reading to become acquainted with the efforts that the churches, with which we are severally connected, are making to emancipate Ireland from the thral dom of her priests, both lay and clerical, and of the unparal leled success with which they have been attended. I cannot stop to remark upon the inconsistency which accuses me, because I don't go to Ireland to preach the Gospel to the Papists, and then, when I go, as I did last summer, and narrowly escape with my life from the civil and religious liberty of Popery, lam told by these same men— Served you right, it is just what you deserved." I pass over these matters, and call attention to Mr. Caine's most charitable construction of ova MOTIVES in settling in England. It is worth observing that, in speaking of the working classes, with whom he professes an extensive acquaintance for five and-twenty years, he informs us that " scores and scores look upon all churches as so many shops; priests,clergymen, and ministers, as so many hirelings ' • and the various sects of re ligion as just so many crafts." And again, he gives it es " a fact, which long personal experience enables him to verify," that "they look upon clergymen as mere schemers,and religion as a matter of pounds, shillings, and pence." That there are socialists and infidels anion.. the working classes, as amour the higher classes, I cannot 'deny ; I also admit that they, in common with like minded men of all classes, scoff at religion and entertain a special antipathy to its ministers, and the more bitter, just in proportion as they are the more faithful. That Mr. Caine, for 25 years, should have been thrown into such company, for his own sake I exceedingly regret. A wise author asks—" Can a man take fire in his own bosom and not be burned 7" Such is the rule, and it is with sincere sorrow that I am compelled to express my fears that Mr. Caine, by his own words, is not the exception ; for whether he has sue ceeded in bringing them to his mind upon religion and its ministers, or that they have brought him to theirs, or whether he is simply publishing his own opinions under the name of the working classes, not having his singular grace of charity I am unable to say; certain it is, that he has openly in sinuated against us the very motives which he tells us these men ascribe towards all ministers. In the 3rd paragraph I am charged with unjustly accusing him of "condemning Scripture Readers' Societies, town missions, and foreign missions," whilst I held in my hand proofs to the contrary, Here is one of these proof.,—"(The THE LIVERPOOL STAN Scripture Readers' Society is too much tainted with that everlasting spirit of controversy to do any great good." Here I is another,— " The Town Mission, excellent as that institution is, con- fessedly falls short (for one thing, the ministers are engaged chiefly during the day, at hours when working men cannot be met with at home) ; again, though we know them to be devout, earnest men, of deep piety, and as such to be re verenced and esteemed, still, as a mission to the masses gene rally, it is to be deplored (but cannot be denied) that, so far, . in that respect, it has failed in the object." Now, as the Town Mission never contemplated any thing els- than "a mission to the masses generally, and as its failure in this respect is pronounced by Mr. Caine as a fact that " cannot be denied," the commendation of the agents only makes the condemnation of the society the more com plete. Whilst the allusion to Foreign Missions is oqe of those well-directed strokes of ridicule which prove infinitely more dangerous than an open attack. " How easy to excite sympathy for the Hindoo or the In dian I Place a black prince upon a platform ; let him address a meeting and tell his tale of woe : see how soon interest is awakened—what a display of cambric handkerchiefs ! the very atmosphere is perfumed with sensibility !" And then the whole subject is dismissed, without one single word to counteract the effect of such an allusion upon an audience already prejudiced against ministers and religion. In the fourth paragraph, reference is made to the exception took to the society being called * 1 The Working Men's Branch, Bsc.," on the ground that, as every man was, or ought to be, a working man, it meant nothing, for none are permitted to be idle in the vineyard of the L ord. The use made of my allusion only supplies another example of Mr. Caine's willingness to twist and misrepresent a statement, if by so doing he can serve his cause. Mr. Caine informs us that he is a man more accustomed to figures than to figures of speech. And yet we have the very tasteful and somewhat amusing oneof the "jackdaw." True, it is scarcely what you would have expected from "the Liver pool gentleman and merchant ;" but it is, after all, not so bad, coming from one who "for twenty,five years has been thrown into constant and close communion," • in many cases into personal intimacy," with that section of the Woking classes "who look upon all clergymen as justso many schemers. and religion as a matter of pounds, shillings, and pence." I have no doubt Mr. Caine speaks feelingly on this subject. "A buri:t child dreads the fire." The experience of the last two or three years is not so easily, forgotten: And it is, doubtless. in the fulness of his charity that lie is desirous to prevent me from ever occupying the very unhappy position in which he himself has been so unfortunate as to be placed. The prospect of being plucked, and sent back to " my own little conventicle in Islington," is certainly far from agreeable; but there will be at least this consolation, that I shall not have compromised those glorious principles which our reforming forefathers handed down to us sealed with their blood. And yet I do feel disposed to ask why, if 1 may appear on the platform with Independents, Bap tists, and Methodists, with whom I have ever felt the greatest pleasure in co-operating I should be condemned for meeting evangelical ministers of the Church of England in such a cause as that we were engaged in ; and, still further, I demand what right has he to come forward as my accuser, who, in promoting what he holds to be of public benefit, has more than once taken his place side by side with the Infidel, the Socinian, the Socialist, and the Papist? The fact is, that there are extreme and unreasonable men in both parties, and at one and the same time, and for one and the same act, the evangelical minister of the E-lablished Church is scowled upon by the Puseyite high priest as something worse than a dissenter, because he is willing to co-operate with me as a brother, whilst I am compelled to hear the heavy displeasure of a lay dictator in the form of a Particular Baptist, the self commissioned advocate of charity and brotherly love, and all because I dare to look my brother churchman in the face. It is high time that the independent men of all parties should quietly inform these respective dictators that they are able to mind their own business, and they intend to do it. Ido not understand what Mr. Caine means by the action of "pluck ing," nor will I insult the gentlemen alluded to by inquiring. If it means that they are going to abandon the noble Pro testant principles by which they have hitherto been charac terised, I will not do them the dishonour to suppose that such an insinuation needs a reply; hut if they should, then 1 shall be ready to join issue with them, and most confidently will I appeal to a Protestant public as to the result. If to associate with me has become irksome to them, it was not of my seek ing at first, and need not be continued one moment longer than is agreeable; but if they think I can in the very hum blest way serve the cause of a common Protestantism, then I am ready at all times, and at all hazards, to lend a feeble hut a willingband to unfold, maintain. and propagate the glori ous principles of the blessed Reformation. In 'the sixth paragraph we have these words:— Convinced that the denunciation of Popery to such men . can only lead t o consequences that would fall upon the heads of Papists, Mr. White says (and in this he is supported by Mr. Taylor) that 'every speaker carefully inculcated the necessity of distinguishing between the sin reprobated and the man who commits it.' If this be an ex post facto dis covery of what ought to have been done. I cannot help think ing it is rather too bad to blame me for not seeing what is not in the repot t of the meeting from which 1 quoted." This seems about one of the coolest methods of arriving at a conclusion I have seen. The writer quotes Mr. Taylor's statement and mine to the effect, that '' every speaker care fully inculcated the necessity of distinguishing between the sin reprobated and the man who commits it;" and then, after a distinct declaration that the thing was actually done, he pro ' ceeds to reason upon the ground that it is "merely an ex post facto diacoveryof what ought to have been done," and adds, "it isnot in the report of the meeting froinwhichlquoted." Having already twice given the first sentences of my speech, as reported in the Standard, it is surely not necessary to give them a third time, to show that it was " in the report of the meeting." And how am Ito suppose it possible that any man, professing to be a gentleman, and a Christian, penned these words with my speech before his eyes? or if be had not the speech, must I adopt the equally unpleasant alternative that he used all the power and influence he could command, to 'fix upon four or five ministers of the Gospel at a public meeting, and subse quently through the press, in the town where their ministra tions are practised, the most wicked and execrable conduct, without even taking the pains to examine whether or no there was any ground for such dreadful accusation? Which a!terna tire am Ito adopt T. Not having Mr. Caine'a depth of charity, I can adopt neither. I can only leave the facts before an im partial public. He says, in the above extract, "Convinced that the denun ciation of Popery to such men, can only lead to consequences that would fall upon the heads of Papists, Mr. White, arc." Mr. White is convinced of no such thing. I have in the matter a duty to perform of simple obedience to my Lord and Master. In conformity with His revealed word. I expose the principles of Popery. and tor the same reason I urge love to the persons of Papists. But Mr. Caine is convinced of it, or affects to be so. If so, how can he justify himself before God and man, when, in addressing the verysame•class of the population, he employed towards us the very intemperate language he Ad, which according to his own reasoning could only lead to violence to our persons ? The sixth paragraph is so much of a curiosity, that I think it a pity to touch it. Those acquainted with Mr. Caine's views and operations and associates, will be the best judge of its correctness ; it only proves to me how hard it is for a man to form a correct judgmerd regarding himself. As I never took part in a political nteetingin my lire, I don't feel much dis tressed by being designated "a political parson." I shall not complain even though he should call me a "disguised socialist." — WeOnly other passage in this memorable letter that I shall notice, is that which pertains to Dr. Baylee. lam not surprised that the writer defers it to the last, and then passes it over as quietly us possible. He denies " the ascribing of false mo tives," and says " I quoted his own words, and merely added that thepromotersof that tnovementwere,in my opinion,greatly mistaken." Had this been the case, the matter would nothave been revived by me ; but, unfortunately for Mr. Caine, the following remarks from his speech were already before the public in black and white : "It may be all very well, if he,can succeed, to perstride . the people at their own expense thus to provide berths for young curates; but if the projector of that scheme ever expected to reach the hearts and consciences•of working men by any such instrumentality, he is grievously mistaken. It may do for widows, and for lone widows, or for washerwomen with tears in their eyes, but working men are made of sterner stuff than to be influenced by any such twopenny trifling : they are not made of such plastic material as to be easily moulded ; they are neither mud nor clay, that fledgling parsons, like young swallows, should thus play at nest-making with them." And stain; hesays:— " We have aI ium.ant evidence, not only in the large attend ance at our meetings, but from volunteered testimony, that working men would welcome a large Christian effort, if rightly directed. • But they must be treated like men, and not like children ; they must be addressed by men who have hearts to feel fur them—who have sympathies with them — who have studied them—who know their circumstances, their privations, their temptations, their trials, and their sorrows; not by new-made parsons, fresh from college, with bite and scraps and cusps and snaps of Latin and Greek." Why should we wonder that men, accustomed to such ad dresses, should entertain a contempt for religion and its ministers? If Mr. Caine has sown the wind, must he not ex pect to reap the whirlwind?. But to return to the point. Is not Dr. Baylee here held forth before these working men as seeking their money "to provide berths for young curates?" Is that " ascribing false motives;" or is not? Is the lan guage there employed such ;as a Christian naan and a gentle man would use of young gentlemen who had gone out into the highways and lanes of the city that, according to the best of their knowledge and ability, they might promote the cause of Christ? Even though they were in error. was this the way in which to speak of them? Was it suitable and becoming language to use before those who enter tain the ideas we are informed so many of the work ing classes do of religion? Who need feel surprised that, if Mr. Caine "for 25 years and more has been thrown into constant and close communion with working men ;" and if this be a fair specimen of his style of address when speak ing of the earliest efforts of Christian ministers and men to spread the Gospel, that we have now to mourn over "scores and scores who look upon churches and chapels just as so many shops ; priests, clergymen, and ministers as so many hirelings ; and the various sects of religion as so many crafts." I throw back upon himself the question which he puts to us, and 1 implore it of him, as a man whose "Alerting" properties at least give him a certain influence, seriously to consider it. " if working men look upon clergymen -as mere schemers, and religion as a matter of pounds, shillings, and pence, are their prejudices likely to be uprooted" by language and conduct such as his ? _ _ _ Now I have done. I have spoken of myself and referred only to my ow•n speeches throughout, because in Mr. Caine's letter I am selected as the object of special attack ; and as I do not mean again to return to this stiblect, let me give Mr. Caine one word of advice, if he will receive it from a " political parson," whom he pronounces to he a " political pest" and a " social evil." If he wishes to be useful to true religion and to the cultivation of brotherly love, I wish him God speed, if he will only do it in the spirit of God's word but when he preaches charity, let him endeavour to under stand its nature and to realise its possession. If a stern regard for truth compels him to condemn the conduct and actions of Christian ministers, let him, at least for consis tency's sake, adhere to the truth, and leave their motives to the omniscient God, who alone can penetrate the heart; and when he laments the hostility of so many of the working classes to religion and its ministers, let him seriously as be fore God consider how far he has been the instrument of creating it, and whether he himself is wholly free from it. —I am, kc., VERNER M. WHIM. Liverpool, April 28th, 1854. MELINCHOLYCATASTROPHE IN THE MEDITERRANEAN. —We have received the following melancholy intelligence from Turin :—The steamer Ercolano has been lost off Villa franca. Among 33 passengers lost were 15 English : —Mr. Thomas Halsey and family (five), Mr. Knight and family (five), Mr. Joseph Hayes and family (three), Mr. Charles Sanson, and Sir Robert Peel's servant. Five were saved— Mr. Edward Downley, Sir Robert Peel, Mr. George Wil kinson, Mr. Edward Knight, and Mr. Charles Boston. A subsequent despatch adds that Charles Sanson was saved from the wreck in the ship's boat with three sailors. The wreck has proved fatal to another member of the House of Commons, Mr. Thomas; Plumer Halsey, one of the col leagues of Sir Edward Bulwer Lytton in the representation of Hertfordshire. On Sunday a telegraphic message was received from Marseilles by Mr. Halsey's solicitor, corro borating the announcement first made known to them by the public papers—a source from which Lady Peel has alone been informed of the narrow escape of her son from a watery grave. Of the lamented gentleman's party there were drowned five—namely, himself, Mrs. Halsley, an in fant son, and two servants. His son and heir, 14 years of age, is studying at Eton. Mr. Halsley was a nephew of the Archbishop of Dublin. 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In the meantime, the EMPEROR of RUSSIA has been augmenting his forces and maintaining his position on both sides of the Danube, the Turkish forces, under OMAR PACHA, not being sufficiently powerful to prevent any effectual re sistance until they have been reinforced by their allies. It is firmly believed, however, that the CZAR is sadly deficient in pecuniary resources, and, in the existing state of Europe, he has no means of recruiting his exhausted Exchequer. He ap pears to have relied on the pOssibility of gaining his object by a decisive blow in the East, which the valour of the Turkish troops has hitherto enabled them to baffle, and also by the arts of diplomacy operating on the selfish policy of the German Courts. In this attempt also he has been unsuccessful, though the vacillating policy pur sued by the KING OF PRussiA tended materially to increase the difficulties of the Allied Powers in deciding upon a course of action. Both Austria and Prussia have a mutual jealousy of each other, and both hesitated to break with Russia, by de claring their adhesion to the policy of the Western Powers, through fear that the other might seize the opportunity to enter into closer alliance with Russia. In this strife of mutual distrust, the KING OF PRUSSIA has occupied by far the worse position ; but now that a treaty between the two, offensive and .defensive, has been agreed to, it is to be hoped that, if we receive but little assistance from them as allies, we have little to dread from them as enemies. In the Baltic Sea, the English fleet, under Sir CHARLES NAPIER, to be reinforced shortly by the French fleet, now on its way thither, is establish ing a rigorous blockade of all the ports and gulfs and many Russian merchant vessels have been captured. These are not protected by the orders in Council, which apply to Russian ships on their way to or from British ports, or to Russian goods on board British or neutral vessels, so that the trade of this country shOuld be as little interfered with as possible. No opportunity has yet been afforded for a trial of strength with the Russian fleet, but from the immense naval force which is now afloat in the Baltic, their superiority in steam power, and the spirit which animates the crews, but little doubt is felt as to the issue of the con test. An attack upon Croistadt would, of course, Involve far more hazard, but the importance of such a conquest, in expo Sing the capital of Russia 'to hostile attacks, will be an inducement to attempt it, should such a course be considered practicable, Great caution will, however, be requisite in advanc ing northward in the Baltic Sea, as it is of more consequence to prevent the Russian fleet from escaping. through the passages of the Sound and the Great_ and Little Belts, which constitute the only-means of egress. Notwithstanding the extent of preparations to carry on the war with vigour, it still presents many difficulties ; and, in addition to the effective resistance in the Black Sea and the Danubian provinces, much will depend on the effective blockade maintained in the Baltic Sea— an operation requiring not only a -powerful naval force, but great skill and prudence on the part of the officer in command. With reference to the possible results of the- war, should the EMPEROR . OF RUSSIA persevere in h i s i nsane opposition to the united voice of Europe, we give the following from the Economist:— "Every information we can collect, both from parties who know the country, and parties who are in constant communication with Russian celebrities, lead us to con clude, with positive conviction, that th e Emperor has re solved on the safe *course of purely defensive operations ; that he is preparing for a long, obstinate, unyielding struggle ; and that lie intends to take refuge in his in accessibility, and to defy the Western Powers to compel him to make peace. His adherents say, ' You may burn our ships, you may destroy our harbours; you may even, at the vast cost of life, take Sebastopol and Cronstadt ; you may drive us back across the Danube, and even across the Pruth, though in order to effect all this you must put forth your strength in a very different manner from anything which you have yet done ; bat when you have done all this you cannot force us to negotiate. We shall retire within our frontiers, where you dare not follow us ; we shall thus compel you to keep up your armies and navies, at a vast expense, along our shores and boundaries ; for the moment you retire we shall again advance, and we shall thus weary you out by an interminable war at a distance from your homes, and amid inhospitable seas and pestilential marshes. We shall thus have two immense advantages over you ; we shall be at home, you will be abroad ; you will be playing your game of chess with knights, and we with pawns, for in economic v a l ue one Englishman or Frenchman is equal to ten Russians ; we can replace our men, you cannot replace yours ; and a state of war which will be costly, harrassing, and annoying in the last degree to you, will scarcely derange, in any p ercep tibl e d eg ree, th e ordinary habits and comforts o f our semi-bar b arous popu ;patinodns; the the iv p o eo ew pl a e ll ieasri,llooae popu lation. In the meantime the E ng li sh w ill grow t i re d o f the war; their merchants will become discontented with grumble tomed at cus a co d m di m tio e n rc al ial tax in a t t e io r T to act together, will disagree among themselves; coldness and quarrels will ensue, and the game will be ultimately won by Russia.' This is the policy we have to fear on the part of Russia. It is subtle and well-judged, and we have only one way of meeting it. We must not only beat her promptly and effectually, but we must weaken her so de cidedly that she will no longer be formidable; that, when once defeated and driven back into her deserts, it will no longer be necessary for us to keep up an army on her frontier in order to prevent her re-issuing to recover what she has lost. We must strengthen her conterminous neighbours, as well as weaken her, so that they may henceforth be enabled to hold her in check without the aid (by land) of the distant Western Powers. Georgia must be rescued and replaced, and Circassia maintained as an independent barrier, to keep Russia for ever on this side of the Caucasus. The Crimea must be taken also, and Sebastopol stormed at any- cost, and the navy sheltered there captured or destroyed. Bessarabia longs for the day of her emancipation, and would probably rise on the first thorough disaster that happened to the Russian arms, if assured of the faithful and permanent support of the allies. The Danubian Principalities must be freed from the curse of Russian occupation and of Russian protectorate for ever. Finland must be restored to Sweden ; and the Isles of tjand Pnist be held Other by Sweden or by ra4glancl.' lIMERCIAL ADVERTISER. THE PARLIAMENT. BOTH Houses of Parliament have again com menced their sittings after the Easter recess, but with what advantage to the public welfare it would be difficult to say. A certain number of hours are occupied in harangues and counter harangues from those who deem themselves parliamentary orators, and a show is made of doing business ; but when the whole comes to be summed up, the result is miserably small. A specimen of this modern system of legislation was afforded on Thursday, and it may serve as a sample of most other days ; so that the public may shortly ask themselves the question, Of what use is Parliament, except to in dulge in talking for so many hours P In the House of Lords the ministers were questioned as to the truth of the statements made by the cor respondent of a London newspaper. As these statements were by no means creditable to minis terial management, they of course denied their accuracy with most voluminous precision, all of which amounted to, that the statements could not be true because they ought not to be true ; and, after some further observations, all utterly value less because hypothetical, their lordships adjourned. It is rather a new feature in parliamentary busi ness to discuss the accuracy of statements made by newspaper correspondents, and, if diligently fol lowed up, must prove a fertile source for future debates. In the House of Commons, sundry ques tions were put as to the state of the war, but the answers were very prudently postponed from a laudable anxiety to be strictly accurate, though some persons may be inclined to attribute it to a consciousness of ignorance, a failing not at all unlikely in any one of the present cabinet. The chief business, however, was the order of the day for going into committee on the Oxford University Reform Bill, which was met by an amendment, that it should be referred to a Select Committee. So palpable a design to shelve the measure till a more convenient season was resisted by the minis ter, and ultimately he was successful by a large majority. A new opposition was then attempted by an amendment to postpone the committee for a few days, in order that amendments to some of the details of the bill might be prepared. This was also successfully resisted ; and at last, when the house had resolved to go into committee, the minister discovered that he, in common with the opponents of the bill, had been talking against time, so that he was compelled to grant the delay owing to the want of time, which he had wasted in arguing that he would not grant it. Thus the sitting was occupied ; the public business at the close being in about the same state that it was at the commencement. THE FAST DAY. WEDNESDAY last, which was appointed by Royal authority as a day of national humiliation and prayer, preparatory to our commencing a state of deadly warfare with the powerful empire of Russia, was kept in this town and neighbourhood, as well as throughout the kingdom, with an apparent popular sense of the importance of the occasion. Divine service was celebrated, with hardly an exception, in the churches and chapels, and in general they were well attended, as shown by the amount of the collections, which in most instances were made in behalf of the wives and children of the soldiers sent to the East. It was also gratify ing to observe that generally the day was kept in an orderly manner, there being less of what is called holiday-making than is too often the case even on a Sunday. In some few instances the order for the special form of service was not obeyed, upon a scruple by the minister that it required the authority of Convocation. Such objections, however, were so rare that they may be passed over without comment. The simple fact of a populous nation preparing for the hazards of war, by humbling themselves with one accord before the Almighty Disposer of events, is a characteristic of the British people which can hardly be too highly commended, and affords the surest ground for relying with confidence on the issue of the contest. 'ln the best of times we have much for which to ask forgiveness, and at all times it is necessary we should be reminded that the race is not always to the swift, nor the battle to the strong. History tells us how that in bye-gone days a handful of English soldiers spent the night in prayer, while their enemies were feasting and revelling, and in the morning annihilated the flower of the French army against the most fearful odds as to numbers. The war has been entered upon for the cause of justice and the rights of nations against a wanton aggression, which, if unchecked, might have gradually reduced all Europe beneath the iron sway of an unscrupulous despot. It is well that the motives for its commencement should be duly appreciated ; but it is better that we should under stand our dependence for victory to rest not upon the prowess of our fleets and armies, or the com pleteness of their equipment, but upon the sure mercies of that Power by whom kings reign and princes decree justice, and who has promised His blessing to them that ask it. With such reliance, so audibly expressed as it was on Wednesday last by thousands and tens of thousands of our fellow countrymen, we may enter upon the approaching_ struggle fearless of all that may be opposed to us, and even meet with reverses—from which the best devised plans are not exempt—in that spirit of resignation which teaches that " he whom the Lord loveth He chasteneth." We have already remarked that in the great majority of cases the collections were made for the benefit of the wives and children of the soldiers engaged in the war. This arrangement has given rise, in some instances, to the question—Why not also provide for the families of the sailors ? It should be generally known that these two branches of the public service are placed upon a very different footing, which renders the relief an act of charity in one case which it would not be in the other. While the pay of the soldier is barely suffi cient to find him in the necessaries of food and clothing, the sailor is fed at the public expense, and the moiety of his pay, which he can devote to the maintenance of his wife on shore, is equal to the whole which the soldier receives for his own maintenance; while the sailor has also more oppor tunities of increasing his earnings by prize-money. In every respect, therefore, the sailor is the best provided for, and sufficiently so to enable him to maintain his own family without any further demand upon public support ; while the soldier, having no means at his command, his wife and children are deserving objects of popular sympathy. It will, therefore, be seen that the devotion of the public contributions to the purpose intended is a proper arrangement, and it is to be hoped that the largeness of the amount will enable the Central Association to carry out their benevolent design to the full extent. We may remark that no appre hension as to a provision for the future should deter those who have the management of the fund from applying it with prudent liberality.. Should the war be protracted, another appeal may safely be made ; and should Providence bless HER MAJESTY'S arms with victory, the day of thanks giving may be appropriately celebrated by a collec tion in behalf of the widows of those who have fallen in the battle. It is a distrust of British charity to doubt that such an appeal would be liberally responded to, and we trust that this con fidence in the future will induce the committee of management to use freely the amount now entrusted to them, THE POLL FOR A CHURCH-RATE. THE manner in which the poll for a Church-rate was permitted to be concluded betokens an apathy, on the part of the Churchmen of Liverpool, for which it is difficult to account upon any recognised principles. In every large community there are many who, true to their animal instincts, hold pecuniary considerations above all others, and would have neither Divine worship nor instruction of the young, nor anything that did not contri bute to money-making, so long as they could save paying for it themselves ; and, therefore, it is not at all surprising that many voted against even a three-farthing rate because it was to be devoted to maintain the decencies of public worship. It is, however, to be lamented that in Liverpool, which has been justly renowned for its zeal in behalf of the Christian religion according to the reformed faith, and the piety and munificence of many of its inhabitants, such individuals as those to whom we have referred should be allowed to be successful in their opposition to so small a rate for so obviously necessary a purpose as that which has just been rejected. It was giving an opportunity to the enemies of the LORD to blaspheme, and affixing a stigma on the reputation of the town which we fear will be indelible. As for the flimsy pretext of conscientious scruples, that has already been proved by the highest authority to be utterly worthless, and on no other ground could the slightest justification be raised for the adverse votes, except a total disregard for the celebration of Divine worship. The rate, however, ought to 'have been supported not only by every Church man, but also by every parishioner who considers the religious instruction of the poor to be the positive duty of all who have the means, and the more so that the payment of the rate has never been enforced upon those who could fairly raise the plea of inability. We much fear that this decision is only one among the many proofs of the baleful effects arising from Liberalism in religion as well as in politics which has been gaining ground in this country for some years past. There was a time, ere England's griefs began, when humility was practically, as well as theoretically, one of the graces of the Christian character—when men were content with the teaching of the Divine word, and presumed not to question the authority of inspira tion—when the Church was attended for the worship of the ALMIGHTY, and not to criticise the merits of the individual preacher—and when the refusal of a rate for the necessary expenses incurred in the celebration of Divine Service would have been deemed an offence little short of high treason. All this, however, appears to have been altered, and we are hastening to that state which was one of the crying sins of the ancient Jews, when every man did that which was right in his own eyes. There is, moreover, another reason why this rate ought not to have been refused. Among all the rates and taxes to which we are called upon to contribute, both for national and local purposes, a Church-rate—improperly so called, for it is in - reality a parochial rate, realising the long-cherished notion of local government—is the only one which directly depends upon the vote of the ratepayer ; and, therefore, it shows a want of grace to refuse to grant at all that contribution, over the levy and expenditure of which we have a direct control. It is a practical admission that we are incapable of self-government, and demonstrates forcibly that, if the raising of revenue for any pur pose were to depend upon the will of those who had to pay it, nothing at all would be granted. We feel ashamed of our fellow-townsmen, at least of those who did not vote for the rate, because they have lost in self-respect as well as in the good opinion of others ; and we may be allowed to hope that the earliest opportunity will be taken to I retrieve the error, so that Liverpool may be restored to her high character of being the first community in the empire for religion as for commerce. AGRICULTURAL STATISTICS. A VERY important subject, which has lately occupied some share of public attention, is that of obtaining official returns of the state of agriculture in this country. It may be thought that such an inquiry is chiefly interesting in localities which are strictly agricultural, and to men who are employed in the pursuits of husbandry ; but a due considera tion of the subject will show that it is of far more importance to the merchants of this port, who are, perhaps, more largely engaged than any others in the immense trade which is now carried on in foreign and colonial wheat and flour. To the farmer, it is comparatively of minor consequence to know whether a greater or less supply of food may be required for popular consumption, because his operations, in a great measure, depend upon the condition of his land for the ordinary courses of cropping, and also upon the weather which may prevail at the seasons of tillage ; and, therefore, though a knowledge of the state of supply and demand may, in some degree, influence his pro ceedings, he is partly guided by the market prices, and, even then, not able to controul his amount of production, except to a very partial extent. To the merchant, however, the information is of vital consequence ; for, relying upon the small amount of home-grown produce brought to market, and indefinite notions of deficient crops, which are sometimes compensated by breadth of land in tillage, he may provide, by foreign importations, for a deficiency which does not really exist, and find, when too late for remedy, that he is a heavy loser by his operations. Or, on the other hand, from an over-estimate as to the productiveness of the harvest in this country, importations may be lessened; and the deficiency only become apparent when it is too late for an effectual remedy. It has long been a stigma against the corn trade that it is little better than legalised gambling ; but such a charge is unjust, in the absence of all authentic information as to -supply and consumption, a kind of information which is afforded with almost ma thematical precision in nearly every other branch, of trade. In order to obtain this much-desired informa tion, application has been made to the Government more than once, but has always been met with objections as to difficulty and expense. Some attempt has certainly been made to obtain returns from the counties of Norfolk and Southampton ; but, while it has been admitted that these afforded evidence of the practicability of the scheme, no further steps have been "taken to obtain similar information from the whole kingdom. There is nothing novel in the idea, nor ought its realisation to involve any expense greater than the importance of the results would fully justify. Such informa tion has been obtained in Ireland by means of the constabulary force ; in France it is done, we be lieve, every year ; and also in the United States, which, from their great extent and scattered popula tion, must present far more obstacles than would be the case in England. Indeed, we cannot con ceive any process which would be more easy of accomplishment, or involve less trouble and so little expense. Under the present system of Poor laws, England is divided into districts, consisting of so many parishes, each of which is represented by one or more guardians. Here, therefore, is a machinery ready made for the purpose. Between hay and corn harvest, when farmers have most leisure, an 4 the probable yield of corn-fields may be pretty nearly . ascertained, each guardian should make a return to the Union Board from his own parish, stating the number of acres then standing in each description of grain, and the average yield of the locality ; a point not difficult for any man accustomed to farming operations, and, being con- fined to one parish, not involving any very great trouble. These returns should be collected by the clerk of the union, and a copy of them transmitted to a responsible officer in London, who should I publish annually the aggregate of the returns from all the poor-law unions in the kingdom. If such information were, from obvious causes, not strictly accurate, it would at least afford an approximation, and no doubt a very close one, to the actual pro duction of corn in this country, and so far prove a very useful guide for regulating more correctly than at present the importations of foreign pro duce to the probable requirements for consumption. The question is of too much importance to be al lowed to drop, and should be pressed upon the attention of the Legislature until some provision be made for attaining the desired result. CONSRCRATION of CHRIST CHURCH, CLAUGHTON, near BIRKENHEAD. THIS beautiful church:was consecrated yesterday, by the Lord Bishop bf the Diocese, in the presence of a numerous and highly respectable congregation. At eleven o'clock precisely the service commenced by the Bishop entering the centre aisle of the church, attended by his chaplains, the chancellor, clergy, churchwardens, and trustees, and was conducted to the vestry-room, His lordship after wards proceeded to the front of the communion table, when the petition for consecration was presented to him, and the decree for consecration read by the chancellor. Amongst the clergy and gentry present we noticed : The Rev. Dr. Blakeney, Rev. J. E. Blakeney, Rev. Dr. Baylee, Rev. W. F. Taylor, M.A., Rev. Messrs. Powell, Hamilton, Linton, A. Knox, Cockcroft, Welsh, Warr, Wall, Bell, Ireland, Stone, Prince, Gabriel, W. H. Vernon, New bold, Graham, Robin, &c., &c., Messrs. Curry, Palmer, Shepherd, .Wm. Leet, Wm. Forbes, and Benj. Darbyshire, trustees of the building, were also present, together with Mr. Nash, the secretary ; the students of St. Aidan's Col lege also attended in their gowns. - His Lordship and the Rev. Dr. Blakeney, after the cere mony, both assisted in Divine service. THE SERMON. The Lord Bishop, who preached, took his text from the Ist chap. of the Epistle to the Hebrews, and the Ist verse. His lordship observed, that after the ancient teaching by the patriarchs, by Moses, and by the prophets, God, in the latter days, spoke by His Son. That teaching finished the great plan of man's redemption, which was dimly pro mised to our first parents, and afterwards renewed to the patriarch Abraham. It was afterwards delineated by Moses, who, by his preparatory tutorage, pointed unto men the way to Christ. The prophets gave abundant rebukes to the erring Jews, but at the same time mingled their rebuke with a certain hope of the advent of our Redeemer. At length the promised Deliverer came, veil ing his glory in the form of our frail nature, and finishing his work by the great sacrifice upon the cross, to the end of accomplishing man's salvation. The Bible, from the beginning to the end, contained the full scheme of re demptiou, written, truly, by the hand of man, but pro ceeding from the fountain of light and life. His lordship continued : It has God for its author, salvation for its aim, and truth, without any mixture of error, for its matter. Now, the Church of Rome claims for itself the office of being the infallible judge of Scrip ture ; but this claim is a daring one, and should not be admitted without great care as to the propriety of such an admission. Our Lord Jesus Christ was extremely plain and simple in his teaching, and, after he ascended into heaven, be endued his apostles with supernatural power to work miracles, in order to spread his Gospel in the early church. The Church of Rome has asserted its claim to work miracles, but we refuse to acknowledge such a church as our spiritual dictator. It is true that Protes tants, while agreeing in all important points, with refer ence to the truth of Scripture, form different opinions relative to some of the passages contained in Holy Writ. God has not formed us all with the same faculties of discrimination, but we ought to be shielded from any compulsory dictation from.our fallow-men. We ought at the same time to remember that, for the judgment we may form, we must be answerable to Almighty God. Let us, therefore, not forget to avail ourselves of the necessary means of instruction within our reach, and pray to God to guide our judgment aright, and shield us from error. Thus a serious responsibility rests upon the right of judging with respect to Holy Writ; we claim the right, but, at the same time, we know there must be diffi culties in forming a right opinion upon subjects which treat of divine attributes and perfections. We must veil our eyes and bow our heads when contem plating these divine mysteries; but still let us look with. joy at the important fact of man's redemption by Christ Jesus—who is the propitiation for our sins ; and not for our sins only, but for the sins of the whole world. It is the glory of the Reformation to have placed the Bible before every eye —that all may enjoy it as freely as they do the light of day. It is a rule of the Church of England that nothing is to be believed that may not be proved from Scripture ; and in the church, consecrated by us this morning, these truths will be preached with fidelity. This edifice was commenced at an unfortunate speculative period, and many hindrances have taken place to procras tinate its dedication. It has been my gratification to attend here and rejoice at the progress of the building, and I hope that I may have many other opportunities of con gratulating you upon the completion of this beautiful church. His lordship then complimented the members of the committee and the subscribers, who had so ably fur thered by their aid the building of the raised edifice ; and concluded by expressing a hope that the renewed Appeal to their liberality would be generously answered upon the present occasion. - A collection was then made, amounting to £6O, which concluded the morning services. The Rev. W. F. Taylor preached an excellent sermon in the evening. POLICE COURT-YESTERDAY. LEAVING GOODS ON THE QtrAYS. — Several shipowners and brokers were summoned before Mr. Mansfield, at the instance of the dock police, for having allowed corn, iron, and other merchandise to lay on the dock quays. They were severally fined in sums varying from ss. to 10s. each, with costs. - - - PICKING POCKETS.—James Griffiths, a sharp-looking youth, was charged with picking the pocket of a young woman, named Margaret Poole, of th e sum of 14s. 6d. The prisoner met the prosecutrix in the street, and she stated positively that he picked he r p oc k et of the sum mentioned. He was immediately taken into custody ; but nothing was found on him. His father said the boy was an industrious and hard-working lad, and had not been twenty minutes out of the house. The prisoner was discharged with an admonition. ROBBING A SAILon.— Ann White was charged with robbing a sailor, on Sunday night, of seven fi ve -d o ll ar gold pieces. It appeared that the prosecutor had been drinking to excess in course of the day, and at night, as he was proceeding along Park-lane, he met the prisoner, and went with her to a public-house, where they had some drink. After this he accompanied her to her lodgings; where he fell asleep. His money, amounting in all to £2l in gold five-dollar pieces, was sewed up in a leather belt, which he wore round his person. On awaking he found that the sewing had been partly opened, and the money referred to gone. He could give no further account of the matter, and the prisoner, who, of course, denied all know ledge of. the transaction, and who bad none of the coins in her possession when taken into custody, was discharged. STEALING A PITREE.—Ann Jones and Ellen Hudson were committed for trial at the Sessions, on a charge of stealing a purse, containing five and a half sovereigns, from John Turner, provision agent in Liverpool, in an entry in James's-street, that morning, between two and three-o'clock. He admitted that he had treated them hi a public-house. ILLEGAL PANNlNG—SusamMacdonald was charged with pawning several shirts, a pair of drawers, a blanket, and some other articles belonging to Captain M`Neill, residing in 66, Hill-street, and which his wife had employed the prisoner to wash. Macdonald, who did not deny the f c o h r a s rge eve , n w d a zv o s r . der l e t d w t as o children dependent on her for their s u pp or t. Th e y were p a r t e a d fi thatne of t 2 h ps e . p o z risbone i er m h p ad n s ° fo n : d r ordered to be sent to the overseer of the poor. PICKING POCKETS.-Elizabeth Dawling and Margaret Dunn were convicted of picking the pocket of a lady in Church-street, near Coußton House, on Saturday. Both had been previously convicted of similar offences, and they were sentenced to be imprisoned for three months. THEFT Or EIGHTY POUNDS.—John Teague, Richard Montley, James Wright, Midget Quoin, Margaret Quoin and Catherine Rooney, were charged with being concerned in the theft of £BO from the person of Daniel Parkyns, potato dealer from Manchester, on Saturday last, in the Ellesmere Hotel, Hurst-street. From the evidence it ap peared that Mr. Parkyn, who has been in the habit for several years of putting up in the Ellesmere Hotel, was there on Saturday last, and occupied a room contiguous to the baK. A man from Manchester whom he knew called and asked him in the bar for the loan of 55., when he took l out his purse which contained his money, and taking out half a sovereign got change for it and lent his friend the 55., returning the purse into his pocket. The prisoner Teague, who was present, saw where he put the purse. Soon afterwards, feeling heavy, the prosecutor went into his room, lay down, and speedily fell asleep. Shortly afterwards he was awoke by feeling a tug at his clothes, but he saw nobody. On examination he found his purse was gone ; it contained a note for £2O and 38 sovereigns, besides other money which he could not particularise. He gave an alarm, and the landlady immediately said that Teague had t a k en it . I t was proved that Teague :,as n Wright had b o th b een i n the bar while prosecutor asleep. 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