The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser. — Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1855-10-09 00:00:00

THE LIVERPOOL STANDARD. THE Etberpool tartbarbf TUESDAY, OCTOBER 9, 1855, THE LATE VEN. ARCHDEACON BROOKS. A great and good man—great, because good---has just been removed from among us ; and the funeral procession, which accompanied his remains on Thurs day last to their final resting-place, bore ample witness to the fact, that his character was duly estimated by -the people of Liverpool. For this purpose, indeed, the demonstration, though convincing, was unneces sary, inasmuch as it had long been notorious that he was both respected and beloved, we think we may venture to say, universally so ; for, assuredly, we never yet filet - the man who had not a good word to say of him. Few, we imagine, have ever lived so long in one place, in positions of trust and authority, without exciting some enmities by pursuing the line of duty, or else meriting contempt and condemnation by neglecting it: and we consider, that no higher praise can be awarded to our late Archdeacon than by say ing, that he did his duty and yet all men loved him. Those who knew him, or were brought into contact with him, loved him upon their own knowledge ; and those who knew him not, yet loved him upon the report of others. Full of years and of honours has he departed hence ; and though we repeat, that such a demonstration as that of Thursday last was unneces sary for the purpose of proving the esteem in which he was held, yet we rejoiced to see it for the credit's sake of our fellow-townsmen generally. We would, however, venture to express a confident hope that .something more lasting and substantial will follow, and that the people of Liverpool will not be content to mark their love and respect for their late Rector, only by following him to 'the grave. The days of mural monuments and marble tablets are, we would fain hope, gone by. A past age has done more than enough in this line, and has more than suffi ciently disfigured and dilapidated some of the finest ecclesiastical structures in the kingdom. Long eulo gistic inscriptions surrounded by abnormal cherubim, or, worse still, by heathen symbols—weeping cupids, inverted torches, and the like--are simply abomina tions : and, we need hardly say, it is by no monument of such character that we would see the late Rector's virtues commemorated. Of late a custom has been growing up .of inserting memorial windows in our churches ; and something of the kind may probably be suggested in the present case. The painted window is, undoubtedly, an, immeasurable improvement upon the monumental system of our grandfathers, and in many instances altogether unobjectionable. But, for several reasons, we would not wish to see it adopted just at present. In the first place, there is scarcely a church in the town worthy to receive such a window ; and least of all the parish church : and, secondly, its cost, however beautiful, would be but a fraction of the sum which would be forthcoming as soon as an appeal should have been made to the public. Now, Church extension was one of the objects in which the late Rec tor took a deep interest---one of the many good works which he busied himself in promoting. We well recollect the appeal which he circulated, not very long ago, for a new church in Vauxhall district, and how he alluded to his own long connexion with the parish of Liverpool, the probability of his removal at no dis tant day, and the comfort it would be to him to know that that destitute portion of his flock were provided with the means of grace. How, then, could the people of Liverpool better or more appropriately record their love and respect for him, whose loss they mourn, than by the erection of a church to his memory. The thing would not be without precedent ; for, to mention no other example, the good Bishop RYDER'S memory is perpetuated by a church in Birmingham, the most populous town in his diocese. It has already been .proposed to rebuild the Parish Church upon its present site, in such style as would fit it for the Cathedral of a future Diocese ; but, though no mere utilitarians, we confess that in a place situated as Liverpool is with regard to church accommodation, we, would rather - see an additional new church provided, than an old one rebuilt : and we feel sure that no difficulty would be found in raising funds for such a purpose, if the thing were once fairly taken in hand. .Not only Liverpool, but the Archdeaconry, might be fairly expected to contribute funds for such a purpose, and would do so , liberally. The only shadow of reason for objecting to this method of honouring our late Rector's memory is, that the existing churches are not fully occupied. The truth of this assertion we admit—they are not fully occupied. Nay, more, we are not inclined to dispute any of the figures connected with this point, which appeared in one of our contemporaries on Friday week. Indeed, we have not the means of doing so. The .number which is given of attendants at our churches appears incredibly small, and may be incorrect ; we cannot tell : but we are sure of this, that however much room there may be unoccupied in those which already exist, more are wanted. In the first place, it is a Well known fact that a new church soon collects a congregation as large upon the average as that which is found at any other in the neighbourhood ; and yet the numbers attending elsewhere are not sensibly affected. Even granting, then, that the new church is never above-half filled, still that half is a clear gain. But seconAly;We are convinced that the main cause of churches presenting so many empty benches is the system of appropriated seats, and seat-rents. Deduct from the whole - number of professed church-people' those who cannot afford to pay, and those who, though not without all regard for religion, have not sufficient regard_ to induce them 'to 'do so, and we shall have • comparatively few left : and yet these few will suffice, if not more than rsuffice; to preoccupy all the rented accommOdatiou which our churches afford. The great -bulk of the people will be unprovided for ; and even. those who have some sense of religion will gradu ally relinquish their attendance at public worship, because. they are made to feel, upon every occasion when they do attend, that they have no right there-- that they are intruders. We would therefore suggest, not merely the' building of a church . in memory of our late Rector, but, that the church should be free and unappropriated in every portion of it, for ever. Such a church, with shorter and more frequent services, would,',,ve are convinced, be well attended. The only part of the statistical account to which we have alluded, which can be considered at all satisfactory to the parties concerned, is that which refers to the Roman Catholics. The number of those who attend their places' of worship is proportionally larger than of those who attend at the churches, or at any of the various meeting-houses in Liverpool : and they, be it remem bered, have frequent and short services, and free accommodation for all. " Fas est et ab hoste doceri." If they succeed in obtaining the attendance of their people, let us, in default of any better plan, try theirs ; and with 00,1,8 blessing we shall not only succeed as well in point of numbers as they do, but infinitely better with regard to the effects produced. FIRE IN L FRENCII PRIBO --The cause of the great fire which broke out in the Penitentiary . of yoisey, the other day, and which probably . would have been frightful . had it occurred during the night . time, is attributed to the criminal determi nation of a convict, 0.9 y ears of age,eleven years'w had ' only arrived a fortnight before, to un d e r goiprisonment, and who is said to have boasted to the very ge nd armes who had him in ostody that he would rather set fire to the establish ment than stay the re so Ymg. It appears that this young man w atched his opportu nit y at, a breakfast time, toiinfes,haaond shavings managedtc, se p i upper the to -throw some lighted matches ,-, n 1, joiner's shop, which, toge ther with all the wards story, the brush and shoema kers rooms, and 150 beds, becamepr a prey to the flames. No lives were lost, but . one of th e pr i_ soners nearly lost his eyesight, and two soldiers were badly burned. Only one of the prisoners att the e pmt the ed rs to escape laboured during the fire, but was stopped - in - time ; o manfully to get the fire under. According to the latest accounts, the incendiary has confessed his crime,—Paris Paper. FROM OUR LONDON CORRESPONDENT. MONDAY Moinrnia. TEE past week has been one pre-eminentlydevoted to speech making—to fanfaronade, and to bluster. The ball may be said to have been begun by an elaborate address, delivered by Sir G. CORNWALL Lswrs, the Chancellor of the Exchequer, to his constituents at Knighton, in Radnorshire, on Monday ; to have been followed up by Mr. BRIGHT, at Rochdale, on Wed nesday; to have been continued by M. M. KossuTH, LEDRU Rorznv, and Mezzin, in Belgiuril; and to hnie Culminated at Romsey, on Friday evening, in a harangue from Lord PAL. MERSTON; the diapason having been fully completed by the barrel-organ treble of Sir JOSEPH PAXTON, at Coventry; the manly tenor of Sir E. B. LYTTON, at Buntingford, in Herts ; and the deep bass of the London journals—morning and even ing —which have growled out theirsonorous gutturals through out the week. The beginning and the end have been alike devoted to a justification of the mode in which our m affairs have been and are conducted in the East—the middle to a smart though conflicting condemnation of the means em ployed and the objects attained through the prosecution of those affairs ; while the growling accompaniment has been de voted now to a support of the one, and anon of the other of those views. The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER, a statesman by pro fession, and a logician by choice, undertook, very unnecessarily as it is thought by some, and most unhappily as it is considered by others, a defence of British generalship iu the Crimea. In his vicarious task of defending the conduct of the Crimean war, Sir GEORGE volunteered the enunciation of "an opinion not founded on superficial grounds," that a great portion of the sufferings endured by our army in the Crimea was owing "rather to the manner in which it ( the expedition) was under taken, rather to the failure of immediate success," than to any deficiency of skill on the part of our commanders. A plain individual, who had never troubled his head with the subtleties of metaphysics, nor addled his brain with the "Study of Logic," might have arrived at the conclusion that au expe dition which partially failed on account of the manner in which it was undertaken must in some way or other be looked on as indicative of the " want of ability" on the part of those com manders who made the faulty dispositions for its undertaking. True to the instincts of a metaphysical logician, the . right hon. gentleman, having discovered that some naughty con ductors of the public press have freely censured the military arrangements of those commanders, turns round, and having valorously assumed that those censures ought to be rebutted, he assigns to himself the easier task of defending the honour and applauding the courage of the British Army. " I have observed," he says, " with great regret, during: the past week, the comments made by critics in our own country on the share which our gallant army has borne in the attack upon Sebastopol." In condemnation of those critics, he quotes the ' observations of a French military critic, who speaks in highly commendatory terms of the conduct of our men in the attack upon the Redan. The same line of argument is taken up and enforced by the Globe, the latter quoting the French military authority relied on as Colonel SAINT AGNE, who sums up his commentary with the annexed expression of ap proval—" Notwithstanding this want of success, their glory is intact, for there are no troops in the world who , could have done more under such circumstances 7" All sorts of critics, civilian and military, agree in the justness of this conclusion. The question still remains why were the troops placed " under such circumstances" that none in the world could have done more than submit to useless slaughter, or, to brave men, the scarcely less horrifying alternative, of running. away ! The British attack we are told was only an affair of tliversion, and that its ultimate success was not essential to the fate of the day. If that is admitted to its fullest extent, Sir GEORGE LEWIS, and his coadjutor, the Globe, have both shrunk from declaring that the sacrifice of the whole British column of attack was essential to the object of the feint ; and if that were not so, the question still remains in full force why were not sufficient means adopted for supporting those whom it was not meant to sacrifice ? and if supports could not be sent to them, why were they not recalled ? If the British attacking party had not at the end taken its own safety into its own hand, and retreated without orders, would a single - living man of it have ever reached the trenches ? These are unpleasant questions to put and more upleasant still to answer ; but the questions and their answers both are forced upon an: indignant public by the lame and inconsiderate apologists of the men whose want of capacity originated the fatal blunders • which it is vainly sought to hide or palliate." Another ground of apology put forward by the defenders a our military system is, that from the first the Redan was known to be untenable, and that in point of fact its retention was unnecessary ; the French success against the Malakhoff in chiding as a necessary and inevitable consequence the almost immediate capture of the Redan, all that was wanted from our troops being such an assault upon the Redan after the French had succeeded in this attack as would attract the Russian attention while bur Allies secured themselves in possession of the more important and less easily defended Malakhoff. The plan as thus explained, and as our Commander-in-Chief en deavoured to carry it out, amounted pretty much to such am invitation as the following : that the French being about to engage in forcing a shattered door, we should precipitate our heads against a solid wall to assist them, after they had suo,•- ceeded in forcing the door. The noble PREMIER, grown wiser in his generation than the adventurous minister of finance, or his daring confederate of. the press, contented himself with a generally expressed. ad, miration of men and matters as he found them. He entered , not upon defences of one nor accusations of another, but satisfied himself and delighted his auditory by glorifying the achievements of the Allies in their arduous efforts. against Sebastopol, which he skilfully represented. as against the combined military and naval resources, of the Russian Empire. His lordship, however,. could not altogether avoid the luxury of self-created. giant-killing ; so he set to work, and satisfactorily demolished the imaginary military theories of some equally imaginary gentlemen, whom he represented as having insisted on the. Allies invading Bessarabia, and following the vanquished Russians through the steppes and great wilderness of Southern Russia. It being a difficult matter to trace the friends, and advisers of a Prime Minister, and an unreasonable thing to hold him responsible for their nonsense, any attemptic con jecture where his lordship met with men who could. serious:4y counsel such a course of action as he here indicate!. would be futile ; yet some are harsh enough to insinuate- that'their parallel could only be met with in the War Department, at the Horse Guards, or in St. Luke's Hospital. By a clever arrangement of his subject, his lordship so contrived; to evade particulars, and to generalise the achievements of. the Allies, as to make each responsible for all—to demonstrate the suc cesses as common property, and, with a wonderful:amount of disinterestedness, so widely to apportion the raiatakes, as to make every one a participator in the blame. His lordship, also, with prudent magnanimity, abstained. Loin inculpating any one, and even the press escaped uncensuxed at his hands. In this latter respect the address of Lord PALMERSTON offered a striking contrast to that of Mr. BRIGHT, who was wont to be so rampagious a stickler for an "unshackled press." The pugnacious benignity of the great peace advocate , found( utterance at Rochdale in fierce denunciations of the war, and. still fiercer invectives against that preis which has, he says, kept the warlike feeling up to fever heat. He says, " while the newspaper sells in double quantity, to the profit of the owner, he himself feels he is a great power in the state,—that he is impelling ministers to do what ministers themselves - would shrink from ;" and that neither newspapers nor their owners will bow down and worship.him. In such a dilemma what is to be done ? He frankly confesses his inability to solve the problem. He does more than this, however. He gives himself an exeellent character for probity, candour, and disinterestedness. He assures the world—it is all he can do— that he never states a fact not advances an argument which does not honestly bear upon the question. He, unhappily for himself, finds himself almost, alone in honesty, in the midst of a bad world, swayed by newspaper writers, who do not in the least sympathize in his estimate of his own virtues, and scarcely expend a thought upon . his opinion of theirs. A certain writer upon men and man ners, named CHESTERFIELD, who flourished rather later than a century ago, assures us that, whenever we find a man exceedingly urgent to be believed as to a fact which ought to be taken as true upon a, mere statement, there is every reason to assume that he tells a falsehood and is anxious to deceive us. Entirely independent of public opinion, Mr. BRIGHT cares for none of these things, but incessantly assures his hearers that " he is honest, and that he can say so himself with truth." The bad world in which he mixes, however, seems to have the same effect on him which the old school copy tells us " evil communications" have " upon good manners." He has told an unbelieving world a thousand times that he is honest ; and he has sometimes ventured to assure the same world that he has " a feeling heart." - This latter, he now tells his Roohdale audience, is becoming obdurate. " Did they not also observe," he continued pathetically, " and it was worth considering—how much less we care for the destruction of human life than we did a year and a-half ago ? He felt that in his own case, and he thought it a most unhappy circum stance." So of course must every one. The humanity of Mr. Bittalir is oozing out of him day by day ; and at so alarming a rate that, if the war lasts only a year or two longer, this very dove of peace will become as blood-thirsty as the vultures by whom he is surrounded ! If the champion of the Peace Society sees nothing but de generating humanity in the war, and the spread of vicious influences in the dissemination of newspapers which repudiate his controul, and laugh his mock-modesty to scorn, the tri umvirate of red-republicans, who sit in quiet security under the protection of those laws which they seek to abrogate are of an opposite opinion ; in the former, they see everything to hope; in the latter, a ready means for disseminating the dogmas by which they seek "to disturb the peace of all this world." The firebrand trio, Kossunr, LxDßu RomaN, and RizziNT, through the agency of, the Belgian press, aided, it is sorrowful to say, by some of the English journals, have issued one of their bewildering dia tribes, whose purpose it is to excite a revolutionary mania throughout Europe. This " trumpet-call "to republicanism, as it is denominated, after announcing the fall of Sebastopol; recommends a general insurrection all over Europe. It treats of the enemy's camp as broken up into four—" the Russian camp, the Anglo-French camp, and the two camps into which Austria and Prussia divide the smaller states of Germany." Among these camps it urges, thit a common direction and a practical accord are no longer possible, and that, under these circumstances, " each people has now but a single enemy to combat." The document goes on to say :—" The party," that is, the Red Republicans, " has need of a common centre of action, a common treasury, and a common mot d'ordre," and its authors might have safely added, an " uncommon amount of credulity." An un shackled press is really a wonderful instrument of intellect. That same instrument—which is made at once the mouth piece and safety-valve of the most outrageous anarchy, and the strongest bond of social order; which is alike powerful in checking abuse and stimulating patriotism; which acts as an incentive to virtue, and is strong in the resistance of oppression ; which is the scourge of vice, and the obedient handmaid of wiedom—is too important to be lightly esteemed. Ministers may sneer at and demagogues may deride it ; but while honesty of purpose, well-founded intelligence, and inde pendent position are' secured for it, the frowns of power and the seductions of popularity will be found alike futile in their attempts to divert it from. itslegitimate functions, as the vigi lant guardian of the common: weal, and the heroic champion of public liberty. An untrammelled and enlightened Press, like that in which the British kingdoms rejoice,• occasionally gives indication at a restless jealousy, and an itch' for interfering in matters which, at first sight, are seemingly beyond the pale of its legitimate sphere of action. °he of the remarkable indica tions of its value is to be found he the' iinpertarhable placidity with which, trusting to the press, thegeneral public look on at matters which, a century or twos ago; would have convulsed the country,- raising popular indignation toexpress itself in turbulence and noisy dissatisfactions these- days, the people trust to having their sentiment's;- their feelings and their desires- so expressed in the differentjOurnalsa that Minis ters, and those superior to Ministers, may understuridtheire The conflicts- of journalism have now superseded' the' conflicts lof masses, and; in their more peaceful strife; the' arms- of reason are more potent than those of force: At par ties- are benefited by the bloodless contests- of opinion, in which the combatants are marshalled only in. an' array of hostile type ; still there are occasions on which it woal t. seem: even this species of interference is officicras: Such a case has just occurred in' relation to a presumed arrangement iii the Royal Family. A weele or - two ago, an avermeAtaliPpect out in a German paper, to-the effect that the main object' of the visit of Ptince Fuenruieza WILLIAM of Prussia to the 'Royal inmates of Balmoral was - to' " improve his acquaintance with the Planet ss - Roses.e," With , a view, it was intimated; of fur thering the accomplishment - of a matrimonial araangenient entered into some 'years 'since:- The intimation at fieseseemed to excite little attention, beyondithat generally felt as-to the ' singularity of many incidents iMportant to the publltintee rests of the British Royal Family and Crown first finding . utterance in the columns of German journals. Any alfaeion to the subject - appeared to be carefully avoided by the Eigibh press, with one solitary exception;-that of the Spectator. The matter was, nevertheless," mnclacanyassed im clubs and colariee, • and formed a topic-of frequent and (earnest discussion in Ref-- vete circles. The Titnes.bas - at lesil•however, broken sibnce on " this very delicate and interesting- subject," and, as usuara in relation to subjects- " Very delicate and: interesting," the- Thunderer attuned his pipe to the utteramee of a tolerailY, Stentorian whisper. His denureiationsof tteindicated "pme , pose" between the reputed "high , intending parties" were , firmly breathed; :they were both loud and done The publie - were somewhat taken by surpriseat the earnest and emphatic tone in which the oracle of Printing.house Ssuareforbade the. "'banns." As inmost other instances,-where this potential monitor condescends to interfere, the reasons for Ws interfer ence were as " thick as lalackberries;'-' notthe least cogent of which was an expressed vaticinate* dread tbate. in the event of. the alleged matrimonial engagament beingacomPleted, we ,should ere long have the first-born.ehild of oixe belOved Sove reign contumeliously returned to us -as-an exile-and a State pauper. Additional grounds of objection.wereof- come also adduced and duly-commented on, rat the least potent of which., was an expression of general dislike to `-` the-Mime of 'Hones- ZOLLEBN." The. game-being once, started, it - at once assiduously followed up.. The SiiSbe,-. doing her holiday attire, and bedizened with her most- irrideseer.t .smiled and aspect, set hersel€ to wile and wheedle a relsaotant Eloquent from - the frowning .fnrereit. Half' in simulated banter, and wholly in earneat,she mingled hes—blandest tones. with the most caustic irony she could muster;,. hoping thereby to drive the irrascible ruler of OeTaires :From opposition: The theme once ventilated, has been zealously followedup. MetrOpo litan dailies aadaveeklies, and prcaineial joernalleof, all; orders anddenominations have joined le .full cry, and be odd indeed, if, through so complicateclai , cry,..the matchnoniat net is not throWn over the rOyal objects , of. such general solicitude. One feature, probably not the Most commendable' connected with this discussion is the pretended delicacy with which all the pack approach and mumble and mouth the prey instead of worrying it. The grounds of objection urged against the Prince it maze be• admitted are more legitimately. chargeable against his family than against himself; and Ahougla. it must be admitted that of late the policy- which, has guided the Prus sian court has : . not beenof a very e.xalted order, still even its bitterest opponents aver thaa-at is dictated.. by .the personal feeling of tkereigning scivereign rather than thelree.grovrth of either the people or the princes of Prussia. • Of late the public mind hwbeen greatly agitated, and since the war began it has even been ranch chafed by ~reference to the numerous absurdities perpetrated in various: branches of the publieasereim by a rigid - iadlierence to the formula of an antiquated: and vicious routine. So loud a cry. . arose upon this subject, that a cabinet was, dashed to pieceseby the rever beration. On the formation. of the new one,--allthata the irri tated nation was told, would be changed ; merit and common sense were henceforth to be the tests of admission to places of public trust. How has this promise been operated en? The Gazette last week contained a list of pro Motions in the army consequent on the captree• of Sebastopol. Threealiatinguished Gererals have been promoted to the rank , of. Field Marshal. The-public, clearly understanding that- this, promotion is the reward of meritorious service, looks at t the. list,. but finds no mole of Crimean reputation there. The three so richly re warded are Viscount COMBERMERZ,,-. the Earl. of STRAFFORD,. and Viscount HARD,INGE, not one- of, whom,. ever set foot in the Crimea. But, a say- the sticklers for the routine of promo tion, they performed. noble service, in the wars of fifty years., ago t No one is inclined to gainsay or, dispute that ; but com.:_ mon sense replies that they should have had their rewards for the services performed at the time they, were rendered. Such a mode of rewarding,servicesas that- employed in their case renders the obtaining of such ;reward a mere accident of pro -longed existence. How many. of their brave comrades eight have been entitled to take preeedenceof them in this tardy,dis tribution of honour, had the peaceful portion of their lives been sufficiently- enduring ? Nay. more, if the accidental outbreak of the present war had not occurred, would not they also have sunk into the grave undecorated, by those honours which have been aiieved by their grandsons ? Such misjudged applica tions. 4 reward are most pernicious in their operation. The veteatnsoldier sea= with angry eye the ranks. which were_ once filled by comrades whose bearing, diecipline, and esprit de corps made him justly proud, as. he. sees the: now re-filled with raw and undrilled recruits, and with, beavh. heart learns that the achievements of his own toil and danger and the life-blood of his. brother veterans have only produced the stuffing of the: line, with beardless Youths and the manufacture of a tardy hatching, el in firm old men in the plumage of Field Marshals, Such a mode of squaring the circle of age may pass for a notable achievement in the War Department,. and Lord PAiIdURB may hug himself on the discovery that, by having the extreme of youth in the recruit, and the extreme of age in the general, he makes up what in mathematical phrase may be termed the complement of the soldier ; as any two angles' which one straight line makes with another on the same side of it are together equal to two right angles, his lordship may infer that a youthful recruit and a senile officer being both on the same side of the grave, divided by the single line of rank, will be equal to two good soldiers. This form of HOrse Guards and War-office logic, however, finds favour nowhere efse. Rewards for service are expected to be given for the service, and to the persons rendering it. The hero who led the forlorn hope in the assault upon the Redan can scarcely by any sophistry of rea, soning be looked on as animated by a desire to win a wreath of laurel for one who acquitted himself valiantly at Waterloo. A §IIEPRISING DISCOVEBY.—The correspondent of the Augsburg Gazette at Rome vouches for .the truth of the following story :—" In a box in which he had collected alms, a friar found a coin of five bAjocchi that struck him as being unusually thick. On examining the coin more closely, he found that it had only a thin coating of copper, which he gradually and cautiously removed. The holy man exclaimed ljn miracolo,' when he discovered a high forehead—' Santa Madonna,' when a large beard presented itself—and ' Sant Antonio,' when he learned by the inscription that the little painting in his hand was the portrait of Mazzini." A READING-ROOM AND NIGHT-SCHOOL FOR THE WORKING MEN OF KIRKDALE. TO THE EDITOR OF THE LIVERPOOL STANDARD. Six,—l wish, through the columns of your journal, to gain the ear and solicit the aid of those who take any interest in the moral and intellectual improvement of the working men in this part of the town, and I think this will be accomplished most effectually if I plainly state the facts of the case, and also the scheme lam anxious to see in full operation in this district, leaving it then to the benevolent consideration of your readers. I find in this township of Kirkdale we have upwards of 12,000 inhabitants, the most part of which are decidedly of the 'corking class, and among this class I find that bad habit prevails to an alarming extent, viz.,—the resorting nightly, after work, to some public-house or beer shop, and there wasting the evening in drinking or in dis solute society. In many cases I know this is but the natural consequence of a miserable one-roomed home, from whose squalid wretchedness the father of the family has been but too glad to flee. In order to remedy in some way this evil, I intend opening St. Mary's school every evening during the winter from seven to ten o'clock, supplying it with all the journals and magazines of the day, and also, if it can be collected, a popular library, so as to induce the working men to devote a part of their spare time to improving reading. Then, again, I find that there are ajgreat number of men in this township who can neither read nor write, who would gladly receive instruction during the winter evenings, if it could be obtained. Therefore, to meet this want, I purpose having a school for adults three times a week, and, in connec tion with both, a monthly lecture upon some popular' and important subject. But all this cannot be done without ex pense. I, therefore, beg of any, who may feel disposed: to unite in this scheme, to send donations in the way of newspapers, magazines, and backs, and also in money. Subscriptions will be thankfully received by me at my house, I, Grecian-terrace, Everton,-1 am, &c., T. MAJOR LESTER. St. Mary's, Kirkdale, October 8; 1855. MEMORIAL OF ARCHMACON BROOKS. TO THE EDITOR OF THE LIVERPOOL STANDARD. Sint,—What monument are the people of Liverpool intend ing to' erect in memory of their good Archdeacon ? The answertothis-question, I think, ought to' be; that they are intending' to. cto that which is most in' harmony with the feelings-ex'pressed 'ay the Archdeacon when he was- Bike. I know that he- ronged for the establishment of Grams' Scnoons; providingw solid and religiouo. edecation - - , --not for rich families; for 'they - I - lave the choice of all education—not for poor families, for 'charity makes some provision for them — but for the iittermediaterfamilies : and not free' schools, but schools in whiehoon moilbrate terms, the most really useful; instruction might be combined with Christian teaching ands training; antll: know• that such schools are much , needed: for the well-being:of thii - town. ' I throw out this-hint under - the influence of the feeling left - on my mind bythe • solemnitrof yesterday; andi if it meets• with a response, liara preparedito. enter into the aubject fully .and at length.—llami Sir, your - obedient servant, J. S. "Kowtow. €Poilegiate Schooli, Oct. 5, 18&6 MUSIC AND THAr 1 RAM. 4. COMMIT AT THA RooTAL AarPITTTEMATRE.-4DlVVred nest* evening, according to previous announcement, a grand concert was given at this houSe, by tho leading artistes.-who had performed the series of operas lately , - given in the Theatre Royal.- The prices on the present occasinn were little beyond those Malay charged for - admittance - theatre, and the result way-a complete triumph iin favont. of the low tariff. The hoscwwas crowded in-every quarter; aiiighly fashionabie audience-occupying the bcces and stalls, and a most respeA- able assemblage filling all the other portions . of the house. At the outget; an unpleasant 'occurrence took -place, which' tended' to throw 'the audience oat 'of' humour:, This was air. intimation •ntade by Mr. Walton, the prompt6r, that, in con--- sequence of weevere family aflietion, Signor Mirk, would not be able to sing-' Abelief, unfortunately too well founded, in the caprice or - carelessness of popular theatricals +and musical fhvourites 'aportion of the audience to donb: the correct. nose of the sta t ement ; and this doubt gave rise to , a . steirm of disapprobation.. • To allay the tumult thus. excite 4 Mr. Cope 1-tind, the manager,: made his appearance on the nta..ge; and, after some diffieulbsr; obtained a hearing. He the -1. after ap pearang to the good faith which he had always maintained towards the public',, proceeded to stEitel that as hews 'on his way from his own house to the theatre, at past '7 . o' , clbeir, he roceiveda communication from Signor Mario, stating that as . that gentleman had? just received intimation of the death of his mother, he was so muthaffected bythe event that itlvoild be 'imposaiblel for him to-sing that evening- In these circumstances he-threw himself urea the indulgenof the audience,. offrring to- return: their. money to • those who 'were dissatisfiedy, and strongly expressing - his own regret at - 'the very unexpected dioappointment. With some little grumbling this , apology was. accepted; and the concert proceeded.- From inforMation subsequently acquired; how - ever, it appears that the= public Susgibietras to the suddenness of Signor Mario's bereavement was well; founded: It appears that onrthe preceding Saturday the gentleman had plityed off the same game at gffraburgh, wherathe public were- disappointed of. hearing his promised singing- by- his alleged receipt of a telepaphic message+ an nouncing the death of'-his mother. lii-the case of his- breach of engagement with Mr. Copeland, _there seems not , the Slightest- reason for believing that thOlbtter 'gentleman WAS. not 'leeched. The ir s toiligence was conveyed to him suddenly, and :ts- entire authentieity was at once-adopted by hian;, as- it would have been by any one believing:be was dealing with a gentleman. That it proved othermse, , cannot be charged .' against Mr. Copeland. And how mr.,thsoever the pubic-nary have- reason to rewrehend , and resent the combact of. Signor Mario, the manager at least must stand. ac , quitted , of all blame:: The perarmancee were, its all respects, -excellent, and:, such as left little -room for regretting the singular and not creditably accounted-for absenceef the " prince of tenors," Whose vocal swayimay be considmblY ab breviated by the repetition of such vagaries as those recently playelby him in Edinburgh and ?iverpool. Madame Glisi sang- with all her won.thd force of expression, and nearly alther wonted.fire; she was in,beautifuivoide-, and was warmly and 'deservedly applauded:. The singing of. Madame Gassier was charming: in the perfection of. its execution and brilliancy of. her liquid tones. Signora Gassier antansini sung excellently, and were. much admired. As a skilful• and accempliahed ' pianitt, Signor Li Cala. distinguished :himself by tba• tasteful 1 style of:his accompaniment. AVLTIfEt THEATRYRONAI, Mrs:: M'German Reed (iake Miss 'P. Horton) commented a brief• series. of entertainments last night. The versatility and grace of thins lady have secured for her extensive approbation,. and promise for her a yet more extended popularity: Az mar Ro - rAa. AltfillTHEAcrze, the performaces have been well attended byaudiences. who testified their approba tion: of the polished: acting of Miss V'andenhoff in several of her favourite characters,. Shetookber benefit on Friday even ing,- when a well-filled house bore •testimony to the extent of estimation in which she is held lo.the Liverpool pablic.. Her L no is gagem suecenetedwedasotrou .these gh boards t to a termination :Hiss Eiondoitnh mward Saturday, and who has. established herself as a. reigning favourite in the me tropolis. RBVISIOX - OF• TRW PARLIAMENTABI lITST OR' VOTERS. THE following ; is a cornet report of the results of the revi sion of the parliamentary lists of voters, whieb,terminatedten Tuesday. XV.EXTON WARD. in this ward , the tories made 91 objections.; : of which they sustained.4Bi. withdrew, 6; failed, 37. Total, 91, The radicals.msdc , 9o objections; of which they sustained 48; withdrew, 1;. bad, 41. Total, 90.. CLAIMS. The tories mt• 11 claims ; of which. they sustained 5 ; failed 4,6: Total, IL. The radicals made 26 claims ; of which, they sustained 8 ; failed, 18. Total, 26. WEST DERaT. In this ward the tories made 132 objections ; of which they sustained 91; withdrew, 15 ; failed, 29. Total, 132. The radicals made 49 objections; of which they sustained 291; failed, 20. Total, 49. There were no claims sustained in this ward by either party. KIRK,DALE. In this ward the tories made 13 objections; of which they sustained 11; failed, 2. Total, 13. The radicals made 18 objections ; of which they sustained 9 , ; withdrew 1; failed, 8. Total, 18. CLAIMS. The tories made no clahiss. The radicals made la claims ; of which they Sustabaed 1; failed, 11. Total, 13. TOXTETH PARK. In these wards the tories made 215 objections; of which they sustained 141; withdrew, 24 ; failed, 50. Total, 215..: The radicals made 116 objections, of which they sustained 55 ; withdrew, 7 ; failed, 54. Total, 116. The tories made 15 claims; sustained, 1; failed to attend, &c., 14. Total, 15. The radicals made 20 claims ; sustained, 4 ; failed to attend, &c.,16. Total, 20. FREEMEN ! The tories did not make any objection to the freemen. They made 11 claims, of which they sustained 7 ; amended on list, 2 ; out of distance, 1 ; failed to appear, 1. Total, 11. The radicals made 259 objections, of which they sustained 41 ; dead, 57 ; total, 98 ; failed and did not appear, 161. Total, 259. LIVERPOOL. On the Liverpool list, the tories made 1,208 objections, of which they sustained 744 ; withdrew and failed, 464. Total, 1,208. The radicals made 508 objections, of which they sustained 251 ; withdrew and failed, 293. Total 508. The tories made 126 claims, of which 20 were sustained. The radicals made 178 claims, of which 8 only were sus tained. _ Total struck off—Liverpool, 744 radicals, 215 tories ; Ever ton, 48 radicals, 48 tories ; West Derby, 91 radicals, .29 tories ; Toxteth Park, 141 radicals, 55 tories ; Kirkdale, 11 radicals, 9 tories. Freemen, several of whom are on the list as ratepapers,—Tories, 98. Total, 1,035 radicals ; 454 tories. The radicals also paid the largest amount of costs for frivolous objections. FUNERAL OF THE LATE VENERABLE ARCHDEACON'BROOXS. THE last honours were paid to the mortal remains of the late Venerable Archdeacon Brooks on the morning of Thurs day last. The interment took place in the family vault of the deceased, in St. James's Cemetery, the burial sarvice being read by the Right Rev. the Lord Bishop of the diocese. As had been previously arranged by the various municipal and other public bodies, in concurrence with the family of the deceased, the obsequies were in every respect public, and were attended by the Mayor and Corporation ; by the clergy of the town and neighbourhood; by the magistrates of the borough and county; and by representatives of the various charitable institutions connected with Liverpool; the churchwardens, and members of the Select Vestry; West Derby Guardians; and a great assemblage of the influential inhabitants of Liverpool and its vicinity. The procession, which was about half a mile in length, moved, accordingjto previous arrangement, from the residence of the late Venerable Archdeacon, in Everton-road, about half past ten o'clock, and proceeded along Brunswick-road, Moss street, Daulby-street, Brownlow-street, Brownlow-hill, to Mount-pleasant, and by Rodney-street to St. James's Ceme tery. All these streets were densely crowded by a vast con course of spectators, who, impressed with the solemnity of the occasion, and pervaded by a sense of the deepest respect for the memory of the venerable and beloved old man, maintained a becoming display of decorum ; and the most perfect order reigned throughout the great assembly, The following is the order of the funeral cortege : ADVANCE GUARD OF POLICE, Composed of 35 men of the Fire Brigade, fully accoutred, and headed by Superintendent Hewitt. MEMBERS O' THE SELECT VESTRY, Walking four abreast, and headed by THE CI:MCI:WARDENS, Mr. Woodruff and Mr. Shaw, between whom walked Mr. Hart, the Vestry Clerk. THE OVERSEERS, Messrs. Chesney, Rawle, Crawford, and Blain, succeeded the Churchwardens, and after them followed the other members of the Vestry, all of whom, with the exception of Mr. rarish and Mr. William Jones, were present ; closed by the. Rev.- Isaac Holmes, chaplain, and Mr. Bradley. THE SWORD AND MACE BEARER'S OF THE LIVERPOOL CORPORATIOI, Bearing the civic insignia. THE MAYOR, On vrliose right walked Mr. Peter Wright, the Clerk of the Peace r Mi. Alderman Shand walking on the left. The Mayor was attired Lin his robes of office. M 1111331t9 OE THE TOWN CO'3'NCIL, Three abrtast. AU the members of the Council, however, were not in' this. portion of the processiot4 those who were justices ridihg: in carriages, while Mr. 'Woodruff headed the Vestry as Senior Churchwarden, and Mr. Bradley walked with the same body.. MEMBERS 'OP TEE NVE9I DEBBY BOARD 07 GIIARDIANS, Headed by tba.Rev. W. Radnall, chairman, and the Rev. Mr. Moore, chaplain. Committee and Hbnorary Medical Officers of the Liverpool Dieriensaries, walking three abreast. Two Turnkeys, in uniform. THE STUDENTS OP ST: AID/ N'S THEOLOGICA/D• COLLEGE, BIBIZENHEAD, Headed by the Rev:-the Principal, (Dr. Baylee), the Divinity Lecturer (the Rev. Mi.: Linton), and the Chaplain , (the Rev. Henry George Vernon). Twenty-four pupils from each of the three day-schools of the Collegiate Institution,lt-in all ; the Principal, the• - Rev. J. SI Howson, precedino- the - pupils of the upper school;_ the Rev. J. Cox those of middle school ; and Ms; Michod, accompanied by the secretary, Mr. Gregory Jones, those of tire lower school. TV IE CLVltelr, Dressed in full canonimas, walking three abreast, and numbering.about 80 gentlemen. R. Shaw, Agent - to the late Archdeacon. FIRST MOH-RHINO COACH, Containing Mr. George Hall • Lawrence and Mr. William Shuttleworth (two of the executors• of the deceased), and :Dr.. Taylor: THE: HEA.REE'y Drawn-by four beautiful black horses in mourning caparizon,- SECOND MOIRNING COACH, Containing the Bev. Henry Brooks (son of the deceased,) , the Rev. •RZ.•Donean, the Rev. T. Heatheote, and the Rev..-E, Brooke: THIRD MO UMITIIffik iCCVALCH, Contairingthe Rev. Rector Campbell, the Rev. R. J. Statham; and the Rev. R. Appleton. ABOUT SEVENDY- GENTJAMEN, Wtilking - four abreast, and including several members of the medical and legal professions. • - - THII • PlCTrii.3ll3: CARRIAGE PS' THE LA.TE A.RCHDEACCear A 3S I% Closed. THB MAYOR'S OPPICIA.L,CAARBIAGE, Closed. THE HIGH SHERrtle2-XAILEIA6E, Containing the High Sheriff (X. Pemberton Heywood, Esl4- and Robertson Gladstone; Esq. THE. EARL OP SEP3OII% 'CLHHIAGE, aintaining the Earl of Sefton and the• Rev. Frank HopwaodC CARRIAGE OF MR. T. B. aconsirku, Containing that gentleman. CARRIAGE OF MR. RAWDON, ELMS HOUSE, Closed: CARRIAGE OF MR. THEODORE W. RATIIBONE, Containing that gentleman. CARRIAGE OP MR. W 3111- BEAFORTII, Containing Mr. Hall and Mr. N'. T. Vnsworth. C]\/MUGS OP"MES. PETER BOURNE,. RODNEY-STREET,. Closed. efiaßrAgE OF BEV. DL. RAPBLES, Containing the Rev. Dr. Raffles and Mr. N. D. Bold, who were Present as the representatives of the ,A.thena3um Committee.— CARICCAGE OF MR. JOBE CAMPBELL, Containing himself and Mr, William Myers, Clerk to the County Magistrates. CAMILIA.GW.OP 313:i. HENRY ASIITOIf,. OP WOOLTOS, CoLtaining himself, Mr. Elias Arnaud; and the Rev:FlN,' Ashton. cfrnst.Ams OP MR. SAMUEL EEOLME,_ Cotitining Mr.. S. Holme, Mr. James Holme, and Mr. James, Wilson Holme. CARZIAGE OF ME. A.MBROSE, LACE, _ _ Containing himself, the Rev. Edward Campbell; and the Rar. Thomas Chambers. CIiXRIAGR OF MR. JOHN , SWAINSON, CotZniaing.that gentleman, Mr. George Swainson, Mr. V. AS. King, and Mr. Alfred.Castellain. CARRIAGE OF IfTu.W. Ek.RLE, Contaning.himself, Mr. Hardman Earle, and Mr. William Langton, CARRIAGE OF MR.. Ji A. ZINNE, Containing Mr. Tinne. and. Mr. W. Harrison. CARRIAGE OF ME. J. B, LLOYD, Containing himself. CARRIAGE OF MR. WALKER, OECALDERSTONRS, Containing himself, the Rev. Joseph Walker, Rev. 11r.... 'Abraham, and .Mr. Crosby. CARRIAGE OF MAJOR BLKYPELL,. OF CROSBY-HALL,. Closed. CAERTAGE OF MB. MICHA.EL;I[IIIO3.I3I, BODNEY-STREE.Ta. Containing himself and Mr. J. P. Campbell. CARRIAGE OF 31.3. CHARLES TURNER, Containing himself. CARRIAGE OF 2*._,R. T. B. BARCLAY, Containing that gentleman, Alr. James Rigby, and Mr:Aclam GldStolle. _ CARRIAGE CE:BLR. J. B. YATES, Containing himself, Mr. J. W. Harden (Judge of the Cheshire COunty Court ,and. Mr. George Grant. CARBIAGE OF M. W. STAT JarAoss, CLERK OF THE WEBFOOT. Co , 3,N,Plif COURT. eduktaining himself, Mr. Benson Blundell, Mr. H. H. Statham, Mr. W. Statham, jun., and Mr. C. H. Statham. CARRIAGE OF mue..l...tweasziou, A.IGIMATa, Closed. CARRIAGE:O 2 MR. JOHN STENV.A.RT,. Containing himself and Mr. Alderman J. IL .Turner. CARRIAGE. OF MR, HUGH HORNRY,. Containing himself. . • CARRIAGE CF MR. MOSS, OF OTPERSROOL, . Containing him Self. CA.RRIAGE,OR MR, BRA.MLBY-MOORP,,M.P., • Containing himself and Mr. J. H. Dickenson. CARRIAGE. OF MR. THOS. LITTLEPALI; Containing himself and Mr. Thomas.Molyneux. C.4.RRIAGX: OF.MR. PARKER, OF KLIIKDALE, Surgeon to the Industrial Schools, Containing himself and the Rev. Mr. Wilson, chaplain to the Schools. CARRIAGB. ar THE BEY. T. G. LEIGIE, OF WILTON, Closed. • CARRIAGa OF. MR. CHISHOLM, OF: PRINCE'S -PARK, Containing that gentleman. CARRIAGE. OP MR. POLLOCK, JUPG,K OF THE LIVERPOOL COUNTY COXIRT,: ' Containing himself. CARRIAGE OF MR. CoUMCILLOR HA.LHEAD, Closed.. CARRIAGE OF MR. FRANCIS HAMILTON, Containing himself and Mr. Francis Haywood. CARRIAGE OF MR. E. SWIRCRRNI3ART, SWISS COR3UL, Containing himself. CARRIAGE OF THE REV. GEORGE TROUGHTON, BOOTLE, Closed. CARRIAGE OF MR. .1. IRELAND BLACKBUSNE, Containing himself and the Rev. William Stewart. CARRIAGE OF MR. WILLIAM 131lOWN, M.P., COthaining himself. CARRIAGE OF MR. THOMAS EDWARDS MOSS, Containing himself. CARRIAGE OF MR. ROBERT IIENN, Containing himself and a lady. A PEW HACKNEY CARRIAGES. A DETACHMENT OP POLICE. At a quarter before twelve the mournful procession reached the cemetery, around the entrance to which barriers had been constructed to prevent confusion or undue pressure. In the cemetery the arrangements were such as to produce an effect at once pleasing and solemn. The children of the Blue Coat Hospital were ranged on the terrace at the south side of the Chapel, the boys occupying one side, and the girls the other. The boys and girls belonging to the Industrial and Work house Schools occupied the sides of the principal walk leading to the vault. All the boys had been supplied with bands of black crape, which were worn round the left arm, the girls having black gloves. The terraces were occupied by the chil dren of the Orphans' Asylums, boys and girls, and by those of the St. Peter's Church National Schools and the Welsh Cha rity Schools. In all, the children belonging to the various schools are supposed to have numbered upwards of 1600; besides these interesting spectators of the solemn scene, the various walks and terraces were crowded by hundreds who had secured entrance to the cemetery. The Bishop of Chester, who had arrived about half-past 11, met the body at the gate. On reaching the gate the occu pants of all the carriages alighted, and in regular order en tered the cemetery, although only the mourners, pall-bearers, the clergy, and a few others, could be accommodated in the chapel. The coffin having been placed on a bier near the middle of the chapel, the Bishop commenced the burial service, which he read in an impressive manner. At the conclusion of the bod serv y ic l e va i s n b t o h r e ne c s h l a o p w e l l y tthoewarprdoscetshseiotnomwbas! w hich is hewn out re-fornled, and the of the rock at the north-east corner of the Cemetery. During t t h h o e u e g a n rly tn pa e s r k t y o l f oo t k h e e d mornng' threatening i somewhat the weather; and ha just u s b e t e as n fair, e mournful train was leaving the chapel, a loud peal of thunder [OCTOBER 9, 1855. broke through the previous stillness of the scen e ' followed, and several successive peals impressed th e with an unusual character. On reaching the ton 2 Y , l ; was placed in the vault, and the Bishop went tnrf.e)r part of the service appointed to be read at the get, of the bystanders appeared to be deeply Oben 0 00 them to tears. The last words of the service Int:the been concluded when the thunderstorm came on 7471 violence, a heavy shower of rain fell, and the cel soon cleared of its living occupants. The body of the deceased is enclosed first in siejlere,i'°: leaden coffin, and on the outside an oak coffin C° follow black cloth. The inscription on the pate aS of " Jonathan Brooks, Archdeacon and Senior Recto!„s6, pool, born September 1, 1775, died September 290 The arrangements for the funeral were entrusted o' Haigh and Gregory, undertakers, Bold-street. It is due to Major Greig, the head the procession an horseback, to say been better than his police regulatiw superior officers and men of the force lations were admirably carried out. ther were employed in this duty. Th wardens, Messrs. Woodruff and Shay. the vestry, in making the necessary public, ought not to be overlooked. To mark the degree of respect Archdeacon Brooks was held by his roux public offices, lay and clerical, meetings of nearly all of them were interment of the venerable gentleman, were adopted, expressive of respect f' row for his loss, and also embod: attend his funeral in their public bodies who thus exhibited their vei Vestry, the West Derby Board of G of the Hundred of West Derby, th England, the members of the Athena committee of the Liverpool Dispensk The parish church of St. Peter's, w' Archdeacon Brooks had ministered k Sunday, crowded to excess on the occas) mon, which had beer: announced to be Rev. the Lord Bishop of the Diocese, the congregation were in mourning, seemed to pervade the sacred edifice. table, and other portion* of the interii The morning service was read by and the communion service - by the Rig. Chester, assisted by the Rev: William / Cemetery. The BISHOP of CHESTER preacneo fe l Hebrews. xi. 4. "He is dead, yet speaketh. toy tbil In the course of his sermora after alludieL t elj ceremonies on Thursday, his lordslit •- not soon to be forgotten. Such a) reiThcte honour alike on the good, le( toe his pave with this demonstrati good. kind people of Liverpool, who shown.their sense of his long sere' for his-sterling character. These ti he himself will not be forgotten b; him in. the intimacy of private lif who have been associated with hii range of his duties s not by the me' to whom-he has sent forth the pure doctrine and example; not by the received oomfort from his kind voice ml hand o not even by the passing with his manly form and genial cot day by day o thestreets, bound on st mission of Christian love. Few men so extensively- or effi.niently as be sures and institutions of public usen tance. But all. these exertions subordination: t this of&o. as a mini the paramount obligation; the pervl point from which-all- other efforts was there a minister more eonstienti devotedly attacheito the Church of to its liturgy. Hesnever sought to or Formularies with subtle interpret with plain, substantial, and scriptir its forms of public worship. I hay( its Liturgy in terms-not merely to admiration, but of the deepest revs ever heard him read in publi Church, with impressive solemnity mess, must all have - felt that his heal He taught salvatimonly throseglifaith but it was through faitheworlane, by k reality of faith was to be tested net mere) . profession, not merely-by self-abserbed feeling, but by the solid fruits of piety al in hi:daily life and. conversation. CheerlatLer: P` e i wave benignity and moderation te OAS oven elo-r a , c h , cchaarririedtabalevainytionletoranneCeex. es s , in fre ce e re al at ike tati f: u s'i : d c r e of controversy, and the - strife •atullnarrogr-m io ' t - to o 4,i' Church did not preventhim from. recog r nisinr,' „, 3. „ - n t i P d' A the right of conscienoc end the •likerty of men who differ from ottocommuniom Hethou,' s ist;tf hopefully, of all who,. though differing: on ulin°l, l ag-reein the great principle ofjustit:mtion thro e " Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ. Acting thus 03 the P of charity to those without; our pale,,he acted on d 1:0 of conciliation to all within. Sincere himself, 3 '",,t no-middle course, he sought by example-and prec' r e" the. bitterness of party'spirit, and strove to proiso t . e „or li t i i unity in the church, without compromising since tw o This principle of piety and charity gave an imptilOAA eir, r actions. He was aliberalsupporter and earnest rwit,V most of the great religious societies- connectl, dOx( r . church, both in the country at large and in tfi and if he had been seared, it was his • " P 1 tib, preached this day from this very pulpit i f , 'off s , clety far the PropagaCion of the ijos 01 0 ,. o ttoq t it) r n the th m Blessed is that servant whom his mast o ' 0112 „ e cteu'',e this t d h o e vi lo ,o cal no t t u fa t_,cs i e os co p r i u ct b a t re i i i e olo :4 finds thus minded. Beat if from the wide".. 01 0 diocestowanns,ocinietwiehis which h e o t parted brother's name?:- In-the Blue,' ~ ecte' 01 , tional Schools, the Indr.strial Schools .for con e mot , s the the- School for the Blind, in all the instituti o° o f ot i our church for the education of the childreabi; eoso.,‘; was constantly rendering aid not only bY,'"di s iolls, we ". patronage, but by vigilant supervision and 3 4 11 erv e f And what a catalogue of other inctituti ol 'ibe 60c ee le subjoin? Our Dispensaries and Ir.firmaq , for the r ib Institution, and the establishment forma l , c , its °, i fj distressed needlewomen, and entirely covini;poaei!A Min. But the bare enumeration of these , a k b. charities, would carry me to too great a lenZarit3be,p though not strictly in the same sense a f the ff) tution, yet as an institution productive 0 ,. 0 ,.,110 . , benefits to the industrious classes in. the of life, I ought particularly to mention the c0e.06 of Liverpool, of which, forty years ago , as i tse l eo tf.d, with a few friends . of kindred spirit, he ijose,e,°, , 4. oP;) Notwithstanding the diversified nature of Ws en was enabled, with God's blessing, to perform , 0 1i$P t le,4 perform them ably,..to the last. This. he acc°"; olea careful economy of time, by punctuality , st j arrangement, by the calm self-possession of, b y O ve , mind ; and by doing one thing at ootime, eou p e 0 l y to do it well, that it - might not have to be d 0,..,;e for There was a solidity • in his moral' and intellect;i4l and in the form of the outer man. He did 0 7 . Ile sake of ostentation, but for a desire to be us efu l ePVS no praise for himself, but delighted to bestow 1 0 , I never heard him say an unkind word of anO T oD if ss° l ,o heard any one say an unkind wend. of him. b e nott o l oyf God • he was a man of peace. I have often le s 4 f e that 'he countedit one of the greatest hapein e ' 0 01L 1 7 / 1 that he had been so long associated, and for 0 .1 .00 , '" with his brother rector, in the care of this vast PVts, heard him speak in terms cf well-deserrojAve affection of his.brother rector, and dwell espel7 l o/ 0 , , cumstance that in all the years.they had bees' jeS o P together —I believe upwards.. of five-and-tare% t V` never beers a word of difference between they t iO di!! grant that all His ministers may act togeth e r t e' spirit of Chrhtian brotherhood. ) 0 I;ee",' I mentioned, I th'nk that our departed frier in this totzn for upwards fifty years. It e a r s giSi[l, l very day,, this very m o n th, six and twenty t river, removed from St. George's Church, in this te! is r here. Ord all that time hshas filled his O' 0 6 4: 0 r fidelity to God, faith in our Lord Jesus Christ i, foi_c e l his congregation, to all the people of LiverPtA cnic kind. He rests from his labours. His deePe n 'i, so" the d if?, be heard no more pleading the cause of relig l i . o " r e/ calm.in the midst of angry contention; e° 111 „:. 17 11,, the afflicted, the poor ; encouraging the Yo n 'T o vi o ti,;,, e tYl the aged. His voice will be heard no mo re f ree 4 s ,rs , ' circle of his friends, where his social cheer e o f it be ry; greater brightness and greater charm beem ls o ne' l f se h t 4i , o e of moral purity aed religious feeling. Il is , c soe S! no more from this pulpit, where he has so " ssifroor'nit h s words of truth and soberness, of ChristiaoooA it s f, e j love, and eternal life. His voice will be l' e9 c shca . ., o or l o f sorrowing members of his family, who rev : b3 1 . 0 „ tvt l ! gentle tones of love. But even now, by ' o il 1 - / words and his example, he seems still to 1 that happier world , where, by following in 'tP - t - 0 e 40* occasion, also. 1 , dniee t oosl e h yno. tv good e f. y lw ra nas a t yheoe,tmmh composed oa u sne g tdi h m - b o rey:OCit Charles -o ugthough mercy, dDe n aj t: 7 ; : e 0 13 )1 0 1:4, ' ::: ; ` , 1. : ? ,,,n1{ : : : "1„ ;: ,,, reit & s never Nnr funeral tthiiremeehetdaoeacel anthem isayavtsdee::dv hactinchh which wereupe Church h a ci 3syahei slightest d e g,t ditetihoxo the Rev te existed musical h si li e be t ee,,ii : tyi . sel s i: p 00,, e:tei ,ot ite:. . e ol i t ei i , ont l if:efi tl , t t i ift vo :0:1, oile. : e , Ao' age •ce I.' Bac., Oxon. The words, from the irnlNTthe ~is 11 ,.: C 4 _ I'f' and appropriate order. The compositi ° tts ia- the i ' rlle Hackett, and its performance added gre°- Pell' itf() character of the service and the d o CO s r ea' g r e pct of t be jot; 0, course of his sermon, referred to the del o ioe:oell a $,, i i deacon Brooks. He made a touching s e en 111 ; 0 , t' l , ll o agy deceased, extending over a period of tn a r '," i ptien it , hie f e e l " of the I l n at c e o u n r t e in h r eae tio o n n, of s hehisarraemetaerrr, P a t he iati o i 3 17 there 44' which animated his conduct through a hz,frigouid ,nnotoo!o,,die o i o el', as well as private life. gonl' ric . 6 , osjit ' JB . " 0 e ' l ; 4 ' • t ii , At St. George's Church, the Rev- •f a to a r j a oec intimate friend of the Archdeacon „ / hea do p irit, " preached from Revelations. xis'. 13 ; a ve alba SP jo f t yl li Heaven saying unto me, write, bles s o s aith , a rkg w e A in the Lord from henceforth : Yea and their ‘ ',, i tion te a iti l they may rest from their labours; ~_e co ogre! to_,.,ote i po them." At the conclusion he said tn_ ba d be': o a507) ; 5 . 0 p am re o v n io gs us t r t e h m e a m rics an w d ith th h e is y well aware that a good ands reat tie ly bother t ro o t ," as} h e ~- a te los Z e ro he should make must be very bleLooreenued to Y - o. fr e j i feelings,—his sorrow being a „,'; nro ceeil m ,ot ti, o ol i ll, to enlarge upon the theme. -";_ir, towna`,o the pre . ,, 5 eulogium upon the late Archdeaetihe 'oo tlo c liri tr that the charitable institutions of the se the ~ c" his death. During the course. need,° tow3r,_ )faa, appeared to be deeply affected , 11l __.,f a rther . f tl i was apparently unable to proceed aw „elected' dil .4 congregation were likewise A ~stria . t'e r :; °0 nts of I " . boat 1 4°4' ernme - • dell sret Cruxors DISPUTE.—The gov a ,ate c 0 o g f iu po m ss a e r s e si a on t t o h f i a s e m h o u T e e h n a t t e ß ng o a g ro e , "riled ,_undej t il l e A ex) pi lor 0, 'n ll tb D eil, 0 a 11 0 I t 0 0 0 Belgium claims it because it riTs re n tile 0.-4 f a ct ° re l ( de o a u th ld . possession of Belgium for cent treaty b , is . silo also 011 i lir isting no treaty or article of annexedt Q ' 13elgir seci een t prae e i rre her right. When France maand su i dia al , iN 0 9 session of the Chiesa dell'Ani 1 ''urn Car -4 1 " to the ul3 been appointed to examine In named Jean de Fister. Austria,.(e), and the shsoo oo: ‘il p S o ee nd r e e n co t g of nis t e h d e the right t of . ne g l tter. d constable, w ho n r that nothi n g co °'V ) ns. It is a lso due d e to state that thce; 0 Ab o ut 2 roa ql r h e exertions of tbe t ii a w, and the corol'i ,„ f ary arrangetneatl in which the eie gi ff Lis colleagues ill tb, e 1, which he bel.°,l:d ere convened pri g man., at which ree l t for his menial, ! Wing a detertair°lei, c capacity. A,lOO eneration were 11 iluardiats, the se c lergy of te 0, , amain COtalotee larks. w here tile' WI for so many !cas i o n of the' f A be delivered biYA T h e greate r VI , and an ai ro, t 04 • The pulP l r io r were hu v, ue,0,17,1 r the — Bev. Right Ref , P. /it"' in Bannister, ro , 0 00 Lched the -Lt. ,t‘ll, ip said,—"T V o tribute of PL. kind old man, rsoi Hen. o f respect, he have thus vibes, and their things-will.ot Deafiri by those who Life; not bi I ! A iS o im the scl — ot e word , of trot s ,' f ie pow- who ,ce, and relief 1 1 7, 4 crowds, who . t o mate nauce`,". ,!fic, some call or ;;;gedv m have }Jerre otiori be was in Pr D e i rjl 'el t ir i fmaisosdsfutbtitelurdchnria strain . 8 . o t y n . Pyls of iii Cev were n i n e n ' s` :1 ,,: a 41 it : I t) itiously, and en f England, to A etations, but revllelt ;ural situp re often hear d o f approval, n°l:7 rverenee. The) e • • ; 000 rd Ale the serve 17 and truthf!ilioti heart went siriti'so :lath in that be! l o tf to , )3 , love. In I, t 5 J merely by fors,' °a' u'f bed abstractios ty azd holiness, pheerfaiflfe/r/ -,_ AT a Eery x