The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser. — Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1853-10-25 00:00:00

ENcrpcot etaribarb, FROM OUR LONDON CORRESPONDENT. MONDAY MORNING. "NECER-ENDING, still beginning," continues applicable to the Turkish question. The matter appears now, how ever, to be coming to a head, The non-publication of the Russian manifesto in the French papers shows that NAPO LEON is touched in a tender part—that, in short, France is insulted—defied. Ministers meet the QUEEN in Council to-day, at Windsor, to settle about the prorogation—not the meeting of Parliament. No ministers, however popu lar—which our, present ones are not—have a strong desire to meet Parliament, until they cannot help it—say about the first Tuesday in February ; and I believe such will be the case at the present juncture. Downing-street is " quite serene." ABERDEEN is killing rabbits at Windsor, LANs- DOWNE has gone to Bowood for the winter; the imperial daßghter of the CZAR left our shores—l may not say sud denly— two days ago, but probably it was consequent on LEOPOLD'S arrival, though there is not much apparent connection. I shall not afflict your readers with a long story touching the high price of the necessaries of life, and the still higher pfice anticipated ; for, like my old Conservative friend, Sir ' Jour; TYRELL, I almost now begin to think that before long food will cost a " shilling a mouthful," caused by "rogues in grain." It is a fact, however, that with regard to that prime vegetable, the potato, a week about the wharVes, where the esculent is housed on its arrival from the north—Scotland especially—enables me to state, that the root has rarely been in better condition, or more plen tiful, than it is at this present writing; at all events, since the disease broke out. Why, then, are potatoes double the usual price ? The dealers only can tell. We have had an indifferent harvest ; equally indifferent in most parts of the continent. We had many previous good seasons the last, for example—exceedingly so. There are two or three capital hostels in the metropolis, where " bagmen " meet ; intelligent, independent fellows, and gentlemanly withal, — though designated bagmen by intimate friends; in short, they are travellers for wholesale houses, with fonr or five hundred a-year and more. Their conversation after a journey is fraught with valuable informa tion. They are all men of figures,—two and two make four, with these men, and four only. They speak from the true avouch of their own senses, and corroborate all I have said about the potatoes. What about oats, and wheat, and barley, and pease, and beans ? This :—That, throughout the greater part of England, last year's crop of the whole varieties enume rated, in district after district, are still standing untouched in the farmyards ; nay, further, that in many instances, during the last three weeks—that is, about the time an advance of prices began-:-Farmer OLD HUNKS was to be seen thatching in last year's crop to keep it longer. Well, if the plead " can I not do what I like with my own," is atall reasonable, surely it ought to be so considered with one's stock—thresh, and winnow, and sell as suits you, but it is coming it too strong, surely, to keep back grain under the present circumstances ; and kept back it will be, in the expectation of a rise ; to this cause more than to a scarcity must rest the high price of provisions, for all the subsidiary articles are dependent on the " rule" of the above-named staple commodities. May the weevil eat every particle of ill-stored grain. The farmer cannot ob ject to such a wish. The Times tickled the public the other day by "coming out" with a " dainty device" in the form of a neatly executed penny stamp engraving, cheek by jowl with our time-honoured friends,— " The lion and the unicorn Fighting for the crown," in lieu of the nasty red obliterating stamp-office daub per petrated by the officials at Somerset-house. Various were the conjectures as to the cause of the change. "Anoth9r sop," said one. " Ah, the Times is always favoured,"said another quid none. Let us look at the question ; itis an interesting one, and, it may be, will lead to a wonderful change in the modus operandi in QUEEN VICTORIA'S Stamp-office. In the basement of Somerset-house, on the river side, and below the level of the Thames, steam is at work for the purpose of stamping everything stampable by act of parliament, from the new penny receipt up to the missive of lease, of I know not how many hundreds of pounds value ; nor shall I inquire much into this part of the business, contenting myself with stamps on knowledge. In the principal quarter of the quadrangle of Somerset house, as indicated, facing the visitor as lie enters from the Strand, all the year through, save on Sundays, he may notice huge covered waggons, with huger horses attached, lazily casting their nose-bags about. These waggons have brought tons of paper, packed in reams, from the wholesale stationer sometimes, but most commonly from the manu facturers' paper-mills, situated ou some pleasant andpeaceful stream, tributary to the Thames chiefly. Close to the gateway of the department of stamps, you perceive a gaping aperture, with a throat of ample dimensions, at an angle of 45', down this is slid ream after ream of material to be stamped for the newspapers. In due time, but after long delay, the , sheets come up stamped, fit to be taken to the printing-office. Those who do business on a large scale pay on the nail with a crossed cheque. The Times pay now, even with the penny stamp, at least £59,000 a year ; they stamp two tons of paper on an average daily. Cash down, of course, is out of the question for this ; the crossed cheque presents a greater facility of doing business. Woe betide the small pub lisher who may only require £l5 or £2O worth stamped, and tenders his tin, over the well-used stamp-office coun ter; the slightest flaw in silver threepenny, fourpenny, and so on, upwards to half-sovereign and sovereign, is pushed back—refused. The stamp people are right ; they pay their money slick to the mint, and there's no higgling there. Well, the stamp:office men are all busy ; you can see by the smoke of the QUEEN'S chimney, which does not ." So gracefully curl," that the engine is at work—stokers, cokers, porters, stampers, characters of all descriptions—too numerous to mention—are engaged. Hundreds of thousands of sheets are stamped, each sheet has to be counted,men and horses are waiting outside, the stamped sheets, when they are got, have to be carted home, stamps having been previously affixed to the wrappers. All this and much more has to be achieved before the machine-man at the newspaper office can manipulate a single sheet. The Times people have been known to order 1,000,000 of the old supplement stamps at a time to be ready, and to save trouble when time could not be afforded. Such is a cursory glance at the business of the newspaper stamping office ; the receipts are prodigious ; the out-goings are also heavy. But touch ing the new dodge of the Times—the " dainty device " aforesaid ! See how easy ! a bit of machinery works a die, marked one penny in the centre, the copy is thrown off in the Times office without going to Somerset-house at all. Surveillance ? To be sure. Do not excisemen lock up soap-boilers ? Yea. The exciseman at the Times office, at a salary of £4 a-week, may supersede a hundred times the amount at Somerset-house. What do you think of that, Mr. GLADSTONE ? You can save a vast sum by the dodge, and simplify business. Of course, though the Times has got the honour of introducing the new plan, if it work, and work it must, it will be extended to the other papers. Let me break out in a fresh place. The " Life of JOHN ABERNETHY," by one of his pupils, just published, has undeceived many thousands not only belonging to the pro fession, but among the elder branches of the upper classes—those who remember the wonderful eccentricities, the apparently coarse and gruff manner, yet undoubted amenity, of the great surgeon of St. Bartholomew's Hos pital. Everybody believed JOHNNIE ABERNETHY U. be a I Scotchman, and, in truth, in many respects he resembled his confreres, the two Huicruus, who were bona fide Scotch lads. ABERNETHY was a Cockney, of Milesian origin. Many curious anecdotes are told of him in the work referred to—many more that I know of are untold, — probably because they are too racy, or unknown to the author. A boy of moderate comprehension could carry away three-quarters of one of ABERNETHY'S lectures—so plain—so well arranged—so anecdotical. Who, that heard will ever forget his lecture on the first application—or exhibition—of that powerful medicine—Croton oil ?No one. I doubt not that there be some of your Liverpool professional gentlemen who were auditors on the occasion ; it was delivered in the College of Surgeons when Sir ASTLEY was president ; that courteous baronet sat in the chair, and was compelled, during nearly the whole of ABER ICETITY' slecture,to conceal his face—or at least the laughing partof it—by placing his handbefore it, as it would have been deemed contra bonos mores for the president to be seen smiling—let alone laughing ! The theatre resounded; LISTON (the actor, not the surgeon) never produced more, nor heartier laughter, than JOHN ABERNETHY, de scribing the cathartic effects of the first dose of Croton in England —or, for the matter of that—anywhere else — on a sailor. Does ABERNETHY'S biographer notice this ? I think not. We have in the metropolis now scarcely an operating surgeon worth mentioning. BRANSBY COOPER, in midtime of his days, has c gone, after acquiring some fame and some obloquy, with my uncle's knife." Poor fortune ; it appears he has left personal property to the amount of £6OOO. Those confounded horses and carriages swallow up a fortune per annum. Sir BENJAMIN BRODIE, the Sergeant-Surgeon, I keep out of the rerord, as he is only seen among the rich from night to morn, dining late in the evening, anyhow,—then out again to extirpate carbuncles and look after broken legs,—badly set ; about one or two o'clock in the morning you may have a friendly epistle written to you. This is his only period of relaxation. What a life ! Such is BRODIE'S ;it has re diced him to the appearance—l had nearly said, con sistency—of an animated mummy ! In no profession, probably, has such a change . come o'er the spirit of it, as has been the case in the twin pro fessions—physician and surgeon—and one regrets that the change does not tend to support the hitherto well-earned and proud position of metropolitan professors, with your HALFORDS and COOPERS, BABINGTONS, and other great names of the ancien regime. The glory has departed. Instead of sound science, in connection with th e healing art, being always discussed, as heretofore, at medical re-unions, what have we for the most part ? - " l eorY and muffins—homoeopathy—animal magnetism— Phrenolo good enough subjects, but Sca w i7 o 7 l 7 having stamina for the learned physician, at the ei pi , 'ees, not many years since, I have mixed with of eve,: of society—bishops and archbishops, dignitaries s hi re :Ve_gree, dukes down to barons and knights of the the Yon might have a quiet gossip with STANLEY, tied Bishop of Norwich, on the habits of that Duke of isioirthered varlet, the house sparrow—with the gum, with a denunciation on a new disease in aspara and " reform" gar eition, it may be, against new-fangled ,t the had hand either abeon-ing. LUCIEN BONA.PARTE was no hold forth most c o habits of birds : he used to copiously about the migratory character of the swallow—a - cures bird, while the sparrow was STANLEY'S. It grieves me much to say that the abhorred utilitarian system—by me abhorred—is creeping into high places, where all used to be heart-cordial. With the exception of Buckingham Palace, the Duke of NORTHUMBERLAND'S, the Duke of DEVONSHIRE'S, Miss BURDETT COUTTS'S, and a few others, the cheese-paring plan is followed. DEVONSHIRE don't abate a jot of me diaeval hospitality at his magnificent meetings ; half of the mansion is set apart for " creature comforts,"—if it be vulgar to participate, why don't. Glorious old WELLING TON was not ashamed to be one of the first to have a nibble. Miss COUTTS'S parties are extremely elegant. CHARLES DICKENS is a great favourite with this amiable lady—so much so, that it is said he has £5OO a-year fixed on him for life by Miss COUTTS, to guard against the vicissitudes of literature as a means of living. Our friends, where naval men most do congregate, appear not much to relish the off-hand manner in which " my lords" are dealing with Captain M'CLunE, the dis coverer of the North-west Passage, and Lieut. INGLEFIELD, who brought home the intelligence. Honour to whom honour is due, say the sailors, but why the announce thepromotion of the two officers coetaneously ? IN GLEPIELD, a capital officer—as good as M'CLURE, doubtless—was only the honoured messenger—bearer of the discovered de spatches, yet the same breath promotes both. To lands men the affair may be considered as nothing; not so with " Jack," who is as jealous of his honour as he is brave in maintaining it against all the world. Is INGLEFIELD'S pro motion in any way connected with his rumoured marriage with Admiral BEA.IIFORT'S daughter ? I shouldn't wonder. The QUEEN has graciously placed a feather in the cap of SAMUEL PHELPS, the lessee of Sadler's Wells Theatre, by commanding him to Windsor, to superintend the Court plays at Christmas-tide. In conferring this high honour, I do not hear that there is any difference in opi nion betwixt the royal patron of these performances and Mr. CHARLES KEAN, the former director. The few dra matic and literary people already acquainted with the fact, believe that it is a graceful tribute, spontaneously paid by the SOVEREIGN to one of our best and most ardent Shaksperian scholars, who, in his classical temple, situ ated in the ultima thule of civilization, nightly—never mind what sort of weather—draws countless crowds to see and hear WILLIAM SHAKSPERE'S plays represented in a manner heretofore unsurpassed in all their higher attributes. No doubt, MACREADY, CHARLES KIMBLE, and VESTRIS, did • much more than SAMUEL PIIELPS, in . what the French style " mounting," though the Sadler's f Wells manager is not deficient in that regard. It is to Mr. PHELPS' nice attention to the text of the great author —his striving to understand and appreciate pro perly, not only for himself, but for his dramatis personce, the unwinking attention to correctness of details, in order to a great whole : these, and other points, have consecrated the name of Mr. PHELPS for many a long day. His pro duction of " Midsummer' .Night's Dream "—a most diffi cult attempt—the play itself fantastic in the extreme — would play havoc with a vulgar manager, or a stinting one : how different is the result at the Wells ! Bottom the Weaver, as sustained by the manager, is a living picture-type of a numerous race. Who has not met a Bottom ? Self-sufficient, conceited ignoramus. I hold, and have held for years, the belief that Bottom the Weaver is one of SHAKSPERE'S finest drawn characters. SAM. PHELPS, by his undertaking its delineation, seems to be of the same way of thinking. The programme of the Court plays has not yet been made. It is understood there will be three of SHAKSPERE'S plays, with five or six modern dramas from JERROLD'S and PLANCHE'S plumes. If no contretemps occur, the season, it is anti cipated, will be very hearty at Windsor Castle during the Christmas holidays. In reference to the plays, Mr. GRIEVE has begun to look after the scenery, in order to the production of some " striking effects" in the RUBENS' room. _ There was another gathering of dramatic and literary " dustmen," at the Coal Hole, on Saturday,—Bnooxn, the tragedian, gave to SMITH, the lessee of Drury-lane, a diamond ring, and so forth ; thanked him for his kind ness, which meant that he had been paid,—happily the fact, not only as regards BROOKE, but every one, down to the crones who wash and whiten Bon ELLISTON'S magni ficent staircase, the grandest of any theatre you can name on this side of La Scala. It cost ROBERT WILLIAM ELLISTON £60,000; at least he was responsible to the architect and mason for the sum. Much is expected from the osses at Drury-lane. Nous verrons. WIGAN, now the cleverest actor in his way—once the veriest stick—is doing wonders at the Olympic : clever dramas, cleverly represented; the elite in his boxes and stalls. Old T. P. COOKE is doing William in JERROLD'S " Black-Eyed Susan," down easter. What a load of money this veteran sailor-actor must have made by William. I wonder if he could lend the author a " ten pun' note " now—if he w,anted such a thing ? Your Liverpool people have good tastes, if I judge from the good things said and sung about them by actors and vocalists who have returned to the me tropolis after having fulfilled! engagements in your good town. They are all eloquent in praise. Well, I won't say much about WILLIAM FARREN. I don't think he is very glib ; but he ought to have left off long ago—say with MARK LEMON'S Grandfather Whitehead. There is a good feeling here, if it were but properly stirred up, in reference to poor old JEM BROWNE, once a famous Liver pool man: his was the best Goldfinch I ever saw repre sented—save one. I am afraid numbers of our metropolitan tradesmen, in connection with pursuits not absolutely necessory to one's existence, are doing a hazardous way of business. Several I might name—musical and fine-art people—have been trying it on in the shape of lotteries with their various stocks. Some will give you photographic pictures for a toss ; others a grand piano-forte for twenty shillings ; others, again, a gallery—l don't say galaxy—of engravings for a very - small subscription comparatively. Property, to the extent of many thousands of pounds sterling, has been set apart, in London alone, during the last three months, for disposal in this way. The parties have sailed wonderfully close upon the Lottery Abolition Act. They have vigilant enemies in the London Art Union folks, and one poor wight, two or three nights ago, was to have made all Holborn vocal with his " pipes and strings," having a drawing for I know not how many pianos. Up sent PALMY two or three brace of policemen, and stopped the drawing. Does a " Goose Club" come within the scope of the act _ What the National Gallery people are about, it would puzzle a conjuror to tell . They are very close, and their doors are closed to the public, though London is full of visitors to overflowing. We are told the people inside the gallery are cleansing—let us hope the walls only. The authorities hint they are to open in a week or two in grand style, with new presents ;—Who's the Dupe ? is the title of a capital drama. Meantime, Lord ONSLOW has revoked his fine gift of pictures, fearing the flaying system. In truth, there is no place to put a new picture in. I believe the skinning process has been put an end to, and purchases will be fewer, and ordered with greater care. COMMERCIAL 4 MONETARY NEWS. MONDAY NIGHT. THE returns of the Bank of England for the week ended 15th of October, as published in the London Gazette, of Friday last, show a decrease in the stock of Bullion to the extent of nearly half a million. This, at first sight, might be considered a most portentous decrease, after the long drain which has so sensibly affected the Money market, but in reality the amount is rather favourable than otherwise. It was the week for the payment of the quarterly dividends, which usually consume a large amount of the circulating medium, and the effect will be seen upon reference to the changes in the other items of the account. There was a de crease in the Public Deposits of £3,156,539, while the increase in the circulation was £777,961, so that a decrease in Bullion of only £477,615 was less than might have been anticipated. The Money market has, indeed, been very easy, there being abundance for discount of good bills at short dates, so that the fluctuations in the funds, which have been of a downward tendency, are owing to causes independent of commercial affairs, which, for the present at least, may be considered in a healthy state. The more detailed statistics which have been re ceived of the last year's American Cotton crop show that, notwithstanding the apparent increase in quantity, the supply was not in excess of the de mand. The number of bales were greater, and the average weight had also been augmented, but the larger portion was of inferior quality, owing to haste in picking, which is an important operation, and as the demand was chiefly for the better quali ties, the apparent excess of stock represented a quantity not readily available for consumption, and which was still further increased by the additional Imports of East India Cotton. The stock, there fore, though nominally larger when compared with the previous year, was in reality deficient of quali ties most in demand, which accounts for the main tenance of price in the face of apparently adverse causes. There are many conflicting accounts as to the probable results of this year's crop, upon which there is much speculation. Some accounts state that it is more than usually backward, and should frost set in, which is not at all unlikely, it will be below an average. Other accounts, on the contrary, state that the prospects are favourable, and thatwith a good season for picking, and a decline of the epi demic, which is rapidly abating, the crop will nearly equal that of last year. Perhaps some credit may be given to both statements, but it appears probab le that there will still be a large proportion of inferior quality, owing to the contingency of weather, and the difficulties which the epidemic must have thrown in the way of the picking being efficiently performed. The following is a statement of the total product of American Cotton during the last ten years, the receipts at New Orleans, and the average price per bale in each year : Receipts at New Orleatis. Average Price per Bale. Total Crop of United States. 1842-43 .. 2,378,875 1843-44 .. 2,034,409 1844-45 .. 2,390,503 1845-46 .. 2,100,537 1846 -47 .. 1,778,651 1847-48 .. 2,347,634 1848-49 . . 2,728,596 1849-50 . . 2,096,706 1850-51 .. 2,355,257 1851-52 .. 3,015,029 1852-53 .. *3,220,000 Bales. 1,089,642 910,834 979,23 8 1,053,63 3 740,669 1,213,805 1,142,382 837,723 995,036 1,429,183 1,664,864 44 29 27 50 - 49 34 41 * Estimated. Of the last year's exports from New Orleans, con sisting of 1,664,864 bales, there were shipped to Great Britain 922,086, being an increase of 150,846 bales ; to France 211,526, being an increase of THE LIVERPOOL STANDARD, AND GENERAL COMMERCIAL ADVERTISER 15,272 bales ; to the North and South of Europe 244,673, being an increase of 35,514 bales, and to the United States ports 266,696, being an increase of 10,250 bales. The reports from the Cotton manufacturing districts show a slight tendency to improvement. owing to the more favourable account of the East India markets, and the reduced amount of manu facture caused by the strikes of the operatives. Yarns have advanced in price ; and, notwithstand ing the drawbacks from the still unsettled state of the Turkish question, and the uneasy state of the Money market, the trade may be considered in a comparatively healthy state, as shown by the improved demand in our own market. In the Woollen districts, however, there appears to be considerable depression, and it is expected that prices will go lower. The return from the Bank of England for the week ending the 15th of Oct., gives the following results, when compared with the previous week : Public deposits ... £3,700,859; Decreaseg3,ls6,s39 Other deposits ... 12,664,226; Increase 1,030,539 Rest ... 3,161,161; Decrease 529,958 On the other side of the account — Government securities £12,455,161; Increase £116,078 Other securities ... 17,425,089; Decreasel,sl6,46o Notes unemployed ... 5,012,490; Decreasel,349,4lo The amount of notes in circulation is £23,667,385, being an increase of £826,820; and the stock of bullion in both departments is £15,271,474, showing a decrease of £477,615, when compared with the preceding return. There has been no new feature in our SHARE MARKET this week, with the fluctuations of prices very slight. Stock continues very scarce, barely sufficient to supply the small demand for invest ment that exists, while speculative sellers have still a very large account open; in the hope of a calamity in the shape of war or extreme prices of food. Guaranteed stocks are rather more offered ; local stocks very steady. We annex this day's prices Caledonians, 214 ; Lancashire and Yorkshire, 61-1-i ; London Stock, 1011 c 1011 ; Midland Stock, 58t- ; Dover Stock, 171 17 5-16 I. COTTON.—The market has shown considerable impros ement, owing to the advices from America being still unfavourable as to the present crop, and the necessities of manufacturers compelling them to purchase ; while the quantity taken on specula tion has been more than a fair proportion. In the week ended on Friday last, the total sales were 4:5,720 bales, of which 8,120 were on speculation and 4,690 for export, leaving 32,910 for the trade. The advance in prices may be quoted at 1-8 d to 3-16 d dearer since the departure of the Arctic. On Saturday the sales amounted to 6,000 bales, in cluding 1,000 for speculation and export. TO -DAY, the market was quiet, notwithstanding the advices by the America were still unfavourable as far as concerned the new crop. The sales reached 6,000 bales, of which about 1,000 were on speculation and for export, and prices are without change. The followinc , is a comparison of present rates with those which ruled this time last year New Orleans, middling fair Uplands, middling . fair 1852. 6d. 6id. sid. 6-id. 1853. 6d. 7d. 5 13-16 d. d._ PBODUCE.—The market during the week has been very steady, and prices of most staple articles have been fairly maintained. TO-DAY the holders of Sugar having submitted to rather lower prices, the sales have been more extensive, consisting of 250 hhds. Trinidad at 325. to 335. 6d., 80 hhds. Barbadoes at 325. 6d. to 375. 6d., and 50 hhds. Antigua at 325. 6d. to 35s 3d., chiefly for outports, and 75 hhds. Cuba Muscovado at 325. 3d. to 345. 3d. per cwt. There are no transactions to notice in Molasses. Of Rum, 65 puns. Trinidad have been sold, to arrive, at 2s. 6d. per proof gallon. We have had a large business doing in most descrip tions of Congou Tea, at full prices ; common is quoted firm at llid. to 111 d. per lb., with few sellers. Arracan Rice continues in demand, the sales since Friday amounting to nearly 14,000 bags, at 12s. to 12s. 3d. per cwt. Of the Dye woods offered by auction this morning, only 80 tons Campeachy were sold at £8 ss. per ton.. WooL.—The business of the week has again been very limited, consequently there are no transactions of any moment to report, and, as holders are not over anxious to force sales, prices may be considered nominal. Until the warlike aspect of the political world becomes more peaceable and settled, we can not expect to see any particular reaction from the " hand-to-mouth principle." Stocks of all descrip tions are now very extensive, and likely to continue so for some time. Public sales will take place to morrow, Thursday, Friday, and Saturday, when about 3,000 bales, chiefly East India and damaged Alpaca, will be offered. Imports for the week 4,192 bales. The last series of London Colonial Wool sales for the present year commenced on Thursday last, with a full attendance of both home and con tinental buyers, and for good Wools there was a fair competition, but inferior kinds sold heavily. The prices obtained are lower than the July sales by lid. to 21d. per lb. The quantity . ; which it was expected would be offered was 58,000 bales, subse quently it was agreed to withdraw 10,000 bales. hold of witness by the clothes, and she supported him from falling. She did not see, the foreigner's face. He was dressed differently from what Montero now is, but she thought she would know his back, and was almost sure the prisoner Montero was the man. She followed the wounded man to the hospital, and saw him die ; she, by leave of the surgeon, closed his eyes and his mouth. It was the tall man. [This last statement being contrary to the fact, she was re-examined, but maintained stoutly that it was the tall man who died, and whose eyes and mouth she had closed after death.] James Thompson, grocer and provision d.paler, 74, White chapel, corner of Charles-street, was startled a little after twelve o'clock on Saturday night by a noise, while he was balancing his books. He opened his door to see what it was, and perceived a fight going on opposite his door. He went to separate the combatants, one of whom was the prisoner Montero ; he and a tall man were fighting. As he (witness) was about to go forward, a woman called out, "They've got knives—don't you go forward." He stopped, and observed the tall man strike Montero with the back of his hand in the face, and then step back a pace or two. The little man who is killed was urging the tall one to go and strike Montero again. Montero then walked forward and struck the little man in the belly, in doing so witness saw the flash of a knife: Montero then stepped back and struck the tall man also in the belly. Witness saw the flash of the knife in both cases. Witness at first thought Montero had used the handle of the knife to strike with. He afterwards saw the little man, who had • been struck by Montero, lying in the street. The little man was taken away in a cab. No further evidence was offered on the present occasion, and the case was remanded for a week. been apprised of the tree state of the case by Mr. Morrall, who was quite content to leave it to time to clear up mis apprehensions. The above is merely a hasty and imper fect sketch of the proceedings which have taken place, but they are in all respects essentially true. The whole scene on Sunday morning was certainly most disgraceful, be sides being a serious desecration of the house of God. Doors were violently closed, and a perfect up roar occasioned in the sacred building. No sermons have been sent to the present Bishop of Chester, but, some ten years ago, something of this sort took place before the then Bishop of Chester, but on quite ti different occasion to the present. It has been stated that in the evening service Mr. Morrall left the church on the con clusion of the prayers. This was occasioned by his having to take the train to Bootle, where he has been obliged to remove on account of the serious illness of one of his family." The following is a copy of the placard which has been extensively posted in the neighbourhood of St. Michael's Church:— LOST, STOLEN, OR STRAYED, A PROMISING PREACEER, FROM ST. MARTIN'S. ANY ONE FINDING THE SAME, AND BRINGING HIM TO ST. MICHAEL'S PULPIT, ON OR BEFORE SUNDAY EVENING NEXT, OCTOBER THE 16TH, 1853, SHALL RECEIVE, AS AN EQUIVALENT, AN EMPTY PEW IN THE GALLERY. N.B. THIS REWARD WILL NOT BE BBPEATED PIISEY AND CO., PRINTERS. ANNUAL MEETING OF THE SOCIETY FOR PROMOTING CHRISTIANITY AMONGST THE JEWS. LAST night, the 34th anniversary of the Liverpool Auxiliary of the Society for the Promotion of Christianity Amongst the Jews was held at the Collegiate Institution. The attendance was very nemerous and respectable. The Right Rev. the LORD BISHOP of CHESTER occupied the chair, and amongst the other gentlemen on the platform we observed :—Rev. W. Ayerst, Rev. J. Keeling, Rev. J. Scott, Rev. Dr. M c Neil% Rev. H. Carpenter, Rev. W. Rawson, Rev. F. Parry, Rev. Dr. Kerns, Rev. S. Minton, Rev. W. Pollock, Rev. G. London, Rev. D. Barry, Rev. I. Matthews, Rev. G. Reade, Rev. A. Knox, Rev. J. Harrison, Rev. W. M. Falloon, Rev. D. Anderson, Rev. W. F. Taylor, Rev. W. J. Jones, Rev. Newsham ; W, Jones, Esq., Edward Jones, Esq., W. J. Webster, Esq., W. Hall, Esq., &c., &c. The meeting was opened with prayer, by the Rev. Mr. Parry, the secretary. His LORDSHIP said, many of their friends were aware that the annual meeting, for the transaction of ordinary business, was held in the spring of the year, when the financial accounts were audited, and a report printed, and circulated among the friends of the society. There would, therefore, be no report to read that evening, and it was attended with this advantage,—it would leave ample time for the gentlemen who had undertaken to address them ; and, though in Liverpool they never failed to have a choice of good speakers to present, one after the other, yet it was seldom that they had so. many as on the present occasion. (Applause.) They were attended also by a numerous deputation from' the parent society, consisting of the Rev. Wm. Ayerst, Rector of Egerton, Kent, formerly missionary to the Jews in Poland ; the Rev. John Scott, M.A, London Secretary to the Society; the Rev. Dr. Kerns, Association Secretary; and the Rev. James Keeling, M.A., Secretary of the Irish Church Edu cation Society. They would also hear with pleasure that Dr. M`Neik had kindly promised to address them.. (Ap plause.) Whether other gentlemen would address them in the course of the evening, would depend. on the time they had within the limits in which the meeting must conclude; but he was sure, with God's blessing, there would be interesting information supplied to them. The first speaker would be the Rev: Mr. Ayerst, who had been for many years the zealous friend of the society, and its assiduous and successful a&gocate. What they had to look to was not so much the measure of their success. It depended upon the blessing and' the wisdom of AlMighty God, to determine whether its rate be slow or be rapid ; but what we were to look to was the• measure of our duty—(applause)—and that was to spare no exertion that was in our power to act in the spirit of God's command that His gospel might be preached to all. the world, Jew or Gentle, and pray that He might be pleased to make us- instruments in His hands to bring back His ancient people of Israel, and convert them to the faith of our Lord Jesus Christ. (Applause.) The Rev-Mr. AYERST commenced by showing the won. derful position the Jews occupy in_ the world at large. We find the Jews already located in the wideness of their dis persion in places, where we, as Englishmen, with all our enterprise and intelligence, cannot follow them. In Timbuctoo; in the centre of Africa, there was a synagogue. They were on - good terms, as kindred, with the Arab tribes, and could:hence penetrate where other travellers would be put to death. This showed,.if converted, of what value they might become, in spreading the Word of Truth where at present all access was debarred. The Jews were also spread throughout China. We had received from the very centre• of China not only the rolls of the law, but also their prayer-books, which could be read in any synagogue in London. What a wonderful identity ; it made us re joice in the evidence of God. Another point to which he solicited their attention , was this, not important in itself, but because,:though very obvious, it had been very much overlooked,. and that was when people asked them as to the amount of success they met with in the Jewish mis sion. They were too apt to compare the result they thought had been arrived at with the statements that could be made in some other cases; thus arguing against the favourable result they spoke of 'as following their en deavours. The results of the mission were not so immediately apparent, because the converted were scattered, and not collected into churches. They could not be tabulated. As an instance, he adduced the labours of Mr. Moritz, who was employed by the late- Emperor Alexander to preach to the Jews in Russia ;. and many pleasing in stances of the good effected, by whom- had come to light. Through the machinations of the Greek priests, Mr. Moritz was forbidden by the Emperor to continue his labours, and was engaged as a missionary by this society ; and although he was an aged man, only lately two Jewish ladies in Co penhagen departed this life, full of glory and peace in the prospect of death, owing to his labours. Mr. Ayerst then referred to the conversion of Bishop Alexander, who was educated as a Jewish Rabbi, and yet who, when twenty years of ageAdid not know there was a New Testament. Evidences of the good effected - by the voice in the wilder. ness were evident on every hand ; still it was a work that maw could not fathom, and God' could only understand. But there were cases in which there were some con gregations of the converted collected together, and these should be mentioned. There was his own sphere of labour, in Berlin. In Prussia the Empe rors had allowed the Jews to enjoy, the privileges of citizenship, and thus there was much intercourse between them and members of the Christian community. He preached a course of public lectures there, and during that time had 200 candidates,for baptism, of whom he baptised 43 ; and others had twice as many. In Berlin, from the Lord Chancellor down to the humblest servant in the- Courts of Justice, we ibundmembers of the Jewish society., There were 2,000 converted Jews in Berlin ; and there must be nearly 2,000' of the House of Israel in London; united with them. The speaker mentioned some circumr stances in private life-as illustrating further the utility of missionary labour in , casting bread upon the waters, which was found after many days. They had got cause to be thankful that they had been permitted to commence their missionary work—lie mentioned the word commenced advisedly ;—thank God they had a Church on Zion. They had 600 baptized . in London, and 600 Jewish chil, dren being taught in, schools there. In the Duchy of Posen there were 6,000 ;—(applause)—and they had missionaries labouring, besides other places, in Prussia, Palestine, and the Coast of Africa. They had made a beginning, thousands had been brought to a knowledge of Christ, but there were- millions remaining behind; and they mourned over those who see nothing of Christianity, except as distorted by the corruptions of Popery, or which was lost sight of in the chilly ice which had per verted tbe soundness of views held by our Re formers. They must succeed. The history of • their mis sion showed it, and be should conclude by requesting their prayers. In the eighteen blesssings or prayers of the Jews, which were, no doubt, the model of our Litany, there was.a special petition offered up for proselytes, and he entreated those present, when repeating the Litany, to think of the same. They prayed in the. Litany for the weak-hearted. Many a poor Jew was weak-hearted, and the converted Jew had much to struggle with. He had the opposition of his relatives, the bigotry of those in darkness, and the contempt of the world. The Rev. Mr. KEELING was the next speaker, and in neat and eloquent terms enlarged upon the good effected by the mission, and mentioned an instance in which he had- himself been called in to officiate in his ministerial capacity to a young Jewess, lying on a sick bed, who had been converted by reading her Testament, and who had left her father's home and mother's care, with good worldly prospects, rather than abandon Christ. It was not only in its direct results that the Jewish Society had done good. It had awakened Christian hearts to search more into the glorious promises of' God. They were in debted to the Jews' Society for fixing their hearts upon those blessed truths, so that they had realised the words, " They shall prosper that love thee ; I shall bless him that blesseth thee What had the Jewish Society done ? Its blessings upon ourselves and those around would tell us so many interesting, touching motives why we should be more deeply anxious, more perfectly devoted, and more generous still in our efforts to spread Christi anity among the Jews. (Applause.) The Rev. Dr. M`Nene was then introduced, and re ceived with cheering. He said—My Lord, We are much indebted, and I hope I may add sincerely grateful, to our reverend friend who has just sat down, for the interesting particulars he has laid before us of the operations of this society. We anticipate other and similar particulars, from the other gentlemen who have come to us from a distance, to render us their valuable aid at our annual meeting. And as the Secretary has urged upon me his own request, and that of the committee, that I should say something, I may, perhaps, be permitted to offer a few remarks upon some of the more general principles involved in the fact, and, as I think, the Christian duty of a special society having reference to the Jewish people. Our society is a missionary society, and, as such, makes use of instru mentalities similar to those employed by other missionary societies—Bibles, Testaments, tracts, preachers, readers, and visitors and schools. It is a Churchi missionary so ciety, and, as such, it adds to its other means of usefulness the circulation in Hebrew and Judeo-Polish and other tongues the Book of Common Prayer, and conducts all its operations with a due regard to the subordination and consequent order of our ecclesiastical constitution. So far well. On this ground alone we might reasonably claim for it cordial attachment and liberal support. (Applause.) But, though truth, this is not the whole truth. Viewed thus, and only thus, we must candidly confess that our society is comparatively trifling, and cal culated to excite a comparatively trifling interest. It aims at promoting Christianity among the Jews, scattered among the nations. Other missionary societies aim at the nations themselves of the heathen world, in all their masses. The peroon4 whe are the immediate objects of DISGRACEFUL SCENE IN ST. JUICE - ABE' S CHURCH. Orr Sunday a circumstance, thoroughly disgraceful to the parties concerned, took place at St. Michael's Church, ' Pitt-street, in this town. As in all such cases, the truth is overlaid by an immense amount of misrepresentation, to use the mildest phrase. We give the accounts pub lished by our contemporaries, and subjoin a statement from a correspondent, who appears to be well informed on the subject, and on whom we believe reliance may be placed. The Albion says :—" Yesterday two scenes, happily as rare as they are painful, took place in St. Michael's Church, in this town, an establishment which all diligent perusers of the recently-published Borough Fund well know is the property of the Corporation. From what we gather, it seems that, for some time past, a disagreement on doctrinal points has existed in this church between the two minis ters, the Rev. Mr. Carpenter and the Rev. Cyrus Morrell, the congregation in general siding with the former. The disputes have mainly arisen from the recent sermons and proceedings of the Rev. C. Morrell, who is accused of having a leaning towards Puseyism. His sermons have been sent to the Bishop of Chester, accompanied by the indignant comments of some of the members of the congregation, while, on his part, the Rev. Mr. Morrell complained also to his diocesan of the doctrines urged in some sermons by his fellow-minister. Respecting Mr. Carpenter's, we are informed that his lordship said, "he could see no fault in them, and he wished every clergyman of the establishment would preach as good ones." Though frequently urged to take some decisive steps to put a stop to these scandalous proceedings, his lordship is said to have replied that he could not legally interfere, the baffled congregation, finding that ecclesiastical law, like other and more common descriptions of law, is susceptible of being stretched to a wonderful extent without being broken. Matters have remained in this state for several months past, when a fresh cause of dissension was intro duced by the Rev. Mr. Morrell, in the person of the Rev. Mr. Pughe, of St. Martin's-in-the-Fields. During the last week, at the request of his congregation, the Rev. Mr. Carpenter introduced an afternoon service for the special benefit for those who objected to the Rev. Mr. Morrall's proceedings, but, from some cause or other unexplained to us, the Rev. Mr. Morrell has lately introduced the Rev. Mr. Pughe to preach in the afternoon. The views of this gentleman, urged, we believe, with great talent, are what is termed " extreme High Church," and they have finally brought to a head these lamentable disputes. For the last three Sundays the Rev. Mr. Pughe has preached from the same text, " Baptism doth also now save us," Ist Peter, in. chap. 21st verse, his views on the vexata questio of baptism being thosel approved by the Bishop of Exeter, and so notoriously introduced in the Gorham dispute. Finding that they could obtain no legal redress, the congregation determined to take matters into their own hands, by leaving the church en masse when either of the offending ministers preached, and yesterday they carried their intentions into effect for the first time. In the morning the church, which latterly has presented a beggarly account of empty pews, once well filled, was attended by the usual number of worshippers, who listened with attention to the prayers read by the Rev. H. Carpenter. At the conclusion of that portion of the service, the Rev. Cyrus Morrall as cended into the pulpit and gave out his tezt,thebehaviour of the congregation being all the time most exemplary ; but no sooner did the preacher speak the first words of his sermon, than at least two-thirds of the congregation sud denly rose, and as quietly as possible left the church. Such a strange peoceedinF created the greatest excitement amongst those who were ignorant of its cause. The rev. gentleman in the pulpit appeared to be taken somewhat by surprise also; for he changed colour, and for a brief time appeared exceedingly nervous. He took his , text from the 23d chapter of Ezekiel and the 11th verse; but in his sermon he made no allusion to the singular events which had taken place. A considerable crowd of people surrounded thechurch at the termination of the services, the eventsof the morning forming the principal topic of conversation. In the after noon the prayers were again read by the Rev. Mr. Carpen ter,—the Rev. Mr. Morrell sitting in a pew, and the Rev. Mr. Pughe in the communion. The sermon was preached by the latter gentleman, and the scenes of the morning were re-enacted; for no sooner did he give out the text, on which he had been preaching for the three preceding Sundays, than the greater portion ofthecongregation left the church, in the same manner as in the morning. The rev. gentle man appeared nothing daunted, for, after calmly waiting till the noise caused by the departing congregation had subsided, he quietly resumed his discourse, which, from the little we heard of it, appeared to be of a highly contro versial character. The sermon in the evening was preached by the Rev. Mr. Carpenter, to a large and re spectable congregation. He made no allusion to the events of the day. The prayers were read by the Rev. Mr. Mor rell, who, at their conclusion, abruptly left the church. We understand that the congregation aredetermiued to act in a similar manner every Sunday, till the doctrines preached in the church are more in accordance with their ideas ; but it is to be hoped that the enemies of the Established Church will not again be afforded opportuni ties of witnessing any rejoicing at such scenes, which are painful to all who value that peace and good-will amongst men,' which is one of the primary doctrines of Christianity itself, and the practice of which is more especially binding on those who profess to be its exponents." The Northern Times says :--- Yesterday afternoon a scene of a most unusual and painful nature took place at St. Michael's Church, Pitt-stteet. The incumbents of St. Michael's are the Rev. Cyrus Morrall, and the Rev. H. Carpenter, the former belonging to what is known as the High Church or Puseyite party, the latter to the Evan gelical party. For some considerable time a misunder standing has existed between Mr. Morrall and a section of ' his congregation, who did not concur in his views, and placards have been posted in the neighbourhood of Pitt street, announcing the loss of a promising young preacheri : any person returning him will be rewarded with an empty pew. In consequence of the dispute to which we have adverted, it would appear that an arrangement was come to, that the Rev. Mr. Bardsley was to assist at the services in St. Michael's on Sunday. Some views of Mr. expressed orrll, a fro th m e t l h a e tte p r ul g p en it ile n m o a t n agreein , as we g karn witli those , refused allow Mr. Bardsley again to officiate, and engaged n his Morrell, place the curate of St. Mark's, who is also Bardsley, of to m r. supposed to be favourable to Puseyism. This. appoint ment, however, did not meet with the sanction of the Churchwardens Mr. Alderman Lawrence and Mr. Council lor Wagstaff, and several of their friends immediately rose and left the church in an abrupt manner. A portion of the congregation, not aware of the cause of this movement, became alarmed, and something like a cry of fire was raised. The result was, that the entire congregation rushed from the church, and the scene which ensued was more exciting than edifying. A foreign gentleman who was passing at the time, expressed, in very strong lan guage, his surprise at the scene he had witnessed. Some thing like a repetition of the scene occurred in the after . noon." The following is the statement of our correspondent : "As the versions which have been pubilshed respecting the disgraceful affair in St. Michael's Church contain many important errors, I will trouble you with the following particulars : " It appears that a meeting was summoned by Mr. Carpenter in the Cornwallis-street School-room,some month s back, to which Mr. Morrall was not invited. In conse quence, sundry propositions, many of a most preposterous and humiliating nature, were made to Mr. Morrall, to which, however, he promised to give due deliberation ; and certainly at the last meeting, when the churchwardens were present, Mr. Morrall heard all they had to say, and was requested to return an answer at his earliest conveni ence. In fact, the very object of the meeting was to try to come to an arrangement. One proposition was, that Mr. Morrall should leave the church entirely, and receive his stipend at a distance, still retaining his preferment ; another was, that he should give up the morning and evening services to Mr. Carpenter and Mr. Bardsley, contenting himself with the afternoon duty only, which was virtually excluding him from the chureh. To none of these propositions did Mr. Morrall feel himself justified in acceding. Notwithstanding this, one Sunday morn ing, on Mr. Morrall coining 'to church, he found a large placard posted, on whi c h it was i nt i ma t e d th a t M r. Morrall's next turn in the evening would be taken by Mr. Bardsley, and the morning • and afternoon ser vices (an afternoon service not having been hitherto in use) would be taken by Mr. Carpenter and Mr. Morrall. To this Mr. Morrall very naturally ob jected, and the Bishop was appealed to, who confirmed Ir. Morrall's view of the case, and ordered the services to return to their former state, which was done. Mr. Car penter then suggested an extra afternoon service, which morning for the Phe was suddenly appriz ed urpose of introducing Mr. Morrall assented to, on co n diti on o f his not being ex cluded from it. A long interval of several weeks elapsed w ithout any further comm un i ca ti on f rom M r . C ar p en t er , until that notice was to be given on the next day for the Sun day n following,on a Saturday Mr. Bardsley iand was into the ch urc h . Thi s a dditi ona l serv i ce having thus been forced upon Mr. Morrall, he was de u sirous of additional help, and secured the services of his friend Mr. Pughe, and hence arose the present state of things. Mr. Bardsley has preached two or three times, and always controversially. Mr. Pughe has been merely going through the articles in the Prayer Book, proving that Baptismal Regeneration is the plain doctrine of the Church, and those who hold it are true, sincere Church men, and ought not to be stigmatized as Romanizers, Tractarians, &c., epithets which have been most offensively and unmistakeably applied to Mr. Morrall from the pulpit. It may be as well to add, that a great part of the congre gation on Sunday morning were strangers, brought to the church for the express purpose of insulting Mr. Mor rall, and thoo of the permanent congregation had nova MURDER IN LIVERPOOL AnotrT half-past twelve o'clock on Saturday night, a murder of an atrocious and cold-blooded character was perpetrated in Charles-street. Two seamen, named re spectively Richard Crispin and John Crimp, part of the crew of the schooner Compeer, Captain Weeks, now in Canning Dock, were passing along Charles-street at the time named ; while two other seamen, one named Thomas Williams, an American, the other, Emanuel Montero, a Spaniard, belonging to the Spanish vessel the Triomfante, were passing on the opposite side. Crispin, it is alleged, shouted over the street, "There's two whitewashed Ame rican sons of b-." Williams, resenting the epithet, kicked Crispin twice in the abdomen, on which a fight ensued, all four participating less or more in it. While the fight was going on, Montero, drawing a large knife from its sheath, stabbed both Crispin and Crimp in the groin, and immediately ran away. Crispin, who almost immediately fell to the ground, was conveyed in a car to the Northern Hospital, where he expired within a few minutes after his admission. Crimp, unconscious of the severity of his own wound, accompanied his shipmate to the hospital, where his case was attended to, and where he still lies in a very dangerous condition. Both prisoners were taken into custody in course of Sunday. Yesterday, they were both brought up at the Police Court, before J. H. Turner, Esq., and arraigned on the capital charge of murder. Montero, being unable to speak or to understand English, Mr. Charles Hunt, translator, &c., attended on his behalf, at the instance of the Spanish Consul. The case having occasioned con siderable excitement, the court was crowded during the investigation. Police Constable Francis O'Neil, No. 220, was the first witness examined. He said that about half-past twelve o'clock on the morning of Sunday last, he was on duty in the neighbourhood of Charles-street, and he heard a row at the bottom of the street. He went to disperse the crowd, and the people went away. On turning round into Whitechapel, he saw a man lying on the pavement, bleed ing very much. Witness was informed the man had been stabbed by a foreigner, who had run away. On looking round, witness saw a man running up Charles-street, and turn into Marble-street. Witness ran after , but did not overtake him. On reaching Marble-street, he saw a man standing up at the corner, bleeding ; but was unable then to learn anything as to the man who had committed the crime. He returned toWhitechapel, and conveyed the in jured man totheNorthern Hospital in a car: the other,who said he was his comrade, went with them. The man who was lying in the street died in a few minutes after he was taken to the hospital. The case of the other man was examined into, and it was found he also was seriously wounded, and he now lies in the hospital in a dangerous condition. On Sunday,in consequence of information he had received, witness went, in the afternoon, to Georges Dock, and succeeded in apprehending Montero, and brought him to the Police-office, where he was searched, and the knife now produced was found on him. [The knife, a large wooden-handled, coarse-looking table one, with a leather sheath, and marked on the handle with a rudely cut W., was produced. Its blade was stained with blood.] Police-constable Thomas Cottam, No. 509, from infor mation he received, went on Sunday to 19, Peter-street, where, after some little difficulty, he found the prisoner Williams. On asking if he knew anything about the man being stabbed on Saturday night, he denied all knowledge of the affair. Witness took Williams into custody, and as they were on their way to the police office, Williams said he had been in company with the man " who had done the deed," or " who had stabbed the other," and added they had slept together, but that the other man had gone away that morning. Williams, after being locked up, expressed a desire to see witness, and he went to him ; Williams then admitted that he had twice kicked one of the men who had been hurt, and said he did so because he had called him, Williams, " a bloody son of a b- :" that a row had then taken place in Charles-street, and that he (Williams) went away, and got into 19, Peter street. Harriet Gladsome, who lives in Charles-street, was out for some candles about twelve o clock on Saturdaynight. There was a row in the street. It was occasioned by Williams, who wa They s 13assinge' and two English sailors, who were a l so passing.alled Williams " a son of a b-." O ne never Williams, he insulted him. of the English sailors was a tall, the other a sho r t, man . Th nev e er tall called one such him on b a ein n g ain s e p , ok a e n n d t n o ev b With that, Williams up with his foot and kicked him in the belly. The English sailor said, " Will you give me another half-dozen like that ?" Williams replied, " Yes," and kicked him again in the same place. They then both turned out to fight, and the English sailor knocked Wil liams down. The foreigner (Montero) stood smoking his cigar, and when he saw Williams down, he went and attacked the English sailor. Witness left them fighting. Betsy Salmon, lives in Crosahall-street, and was in Charles-street at the time spoken of. There was a crowd, and she heard the tall man call out for his shipmate. She went up to him, and seeing him about to strike the foreigner, she pushed him away, and said, " Don't you be foolish to go near him, those foreigners always carry knives?' Al mos t immediately after this, she saw the foreigner take out a knife and stick it into the bottom of the tag men's belly. The man, 911 being dabbed, seized TUESDAY, OCTOBER 25, 1853. ____, this society may be reckoned at about six millions : those of the missionary societies at above six hundred millions, perhaps near to eight hundred millions. This makes a vast difference, as touching the objects in view; and con templated in this light, our society appears not only com paratively trifling, but to many minds practically useless. The thought intrudes, if the word be not spoken, why have a separate society at all—why the needless expense of an additional committee, with its rooms, and officers, and deputations, and meetings ? Why not arrange one branch of the great Church Missionary Societv for the carrying out of this little Jewish work ? My lord, this is not merely imaginary. In point of fact. those who look upon Jews simply as sinners like Gentiles, and who look upon our society simply as a missionary society, are not in general— of course there are exceptions, but generally such persons are not—found among our active supporters. The clergy who think thus do not generally preach for our society. The laity who think thus do not generally subscribe to our society. There is another feature in our case which tends to diminish the interest excited by this society, and consequently to keep down the amount of its support. It is this. The results of our operations, though very con siderable, are such as never in any one place to make any considerable chew. When a missionary society among the heathen proves successful, when by the grace of God upon their proceedings converts ,are made, presently they have a congregation of converts to shew ; because, there being no Christian Church within reach for those converts to join, they are compelled, by the exigencies of the case, to form a church of themselves. But when this society, work ingamongJewsthroughout Christendom,proves successful; when, by the grace of God upon their labours, converts are made, immediately theyjoin themselves to the nearest Chris tian church, they become members of that church, they are lost sight of, and the Jews' society, to which, under the Divine blessing, they are indebted for their conver sion, has nothing to show. Her children are adopted by the Christian churches on every side, and she herself, after all the pain and labour of an anxious mother, seems to be left in continuance without children. This makes a vast difference, especially in the eyes of those who like to see something for their money. Thus, both with re spect to the persons aimed at, considered numerically, and with respect to the results attained, considered visibly, our society labours under manifest disadvantages. What is there, then, it may be fairly asked, of a compensating character, on the strength of which we ground our spe cial claim ? What is there peculiar about the Jews, en titling a mission to them to the attention, interest an d support of the Christian Church? To answer this ques tion aright, we must have recourse, not to the speculations or reasonings of men, but to the word of God. There we shall find the Jews spoken of as no other people are spoken of, whether with reference to the Christian duty of seeking to save some of them by the preaching of the Gospel of Christ to them, or with reference to the Chris tian instruction in the ways of Godto be derived from their history past and present, and from the revealed purposes of Jehovah concerning their future-. Touching our mis sionary duty towards them, they present on the pages of the New Testament a plain priority of claim on our atten tion and our exertions. Why, in describing the Gospel of Christ, does the Apostle call it " the - power of God unto salvation,/ the Jew first,and also to the Gentile ?" (Ap plause.) Why, in describing the judgment of God, does the Apostle announce " tribulation and anguish upon every man that doeth evil, of the Jew first, and also of the Gentile ; and glory, honour, and peace to every man that worketh good to the Jew first, and also to the Gentile ?" Does this mean nothing ? Who will venture to say so ? And what then. does it mean, but that even in these days of Christian missions, and up to the great day of the coining of the Judge, the Jews are spoken of, by the Spirit of God, as a people distinct from all other people. Why this should be, is another question altogether, and a ques tion which does not affect our argument. It may be as difficult to say tekr they should at any time- have been a peculiar people, as to say why they should at any time con tinue so. The fact that they have been such is undeniable by all who believe their senses. The fact that they shall continue such is undeniable by all who believe prophecy. Our Lord himself, when announcingthe order of the great Gospel Mission, stamped upon the Jews a clear and unde niable priority of claim. He said the gospel should be preached to all nations, beginning at Jerusalem: (Hear, and applause.) The best comment on a right and full understanding of this will be found in the history of the apostolical mission itself. Dr. M`Neile here showed that the Apostles commenced to preach at Jerusalem, so that in the first instance, geographically, chronologically, that was adhered to. Whatdid Paul, the apostle of the Gen tiles, do ? At each place he visited, Antioch, Thes salonica, and Berea, we found by the Scripture record that he first entered the synagogues. So much, he said, for our missionary duty towards the Jewish people. And now with reference to the instruc tion in the ways of God which we receive from their past history, their present position, and their future prospects, as delineated on the page of prophecy. I request atten tion to an apparent inconsistency in the language. of St. Paul concerning them. Speaking of them as his own flesh, or his kinsmen after the flesh, he expresses earnest anxiety about the possibility Of saving some of them. He says,.Rom. xi. 14 : If by any means I may provoke to emulation them which are my flesh, and might save some of them." And yet he asserts positively in the same chapter that "all Israel shall be saved.'" Does not this look like a contra diction ? Or, if not a contradiction in terms, yet some want of sincerity in the Apostle. If he had full and sincere confi dence in the assurance tnat all Israel shall be saved, whence his anxiety, and why in that anxiety should he propose as his object the saving of some?' And on the other side, if be con templated indeed the possibility, and only the possibility, of saving some and only some, how then could he absolutely assert, as he does, that all Israel shall be saved ? This apparent' difficulty leads to-real instruction. The early. Chris tian writers in the Western Church had a saying, which was forced upon them by such seeming contradictions—" Distin. guile tempora, et coneordabunt Scrippene. ,, ..Distinguisli the periods referred to, and then the Scriptures will harmonise." The history of the Jews must be divided into three great prin cipal periods :—First, the period of typical religion, which hadjust expired in the days of St. Paul; second, the period of dispersion and degradation, which had just then com menced, and is not yet ended; and, thirdly, the period of national pre-eminence and glory, which is to begin when their king shall appear in his glory, that is, when Jesus of Nazareth, the king:of the Jews,. shall return from heaven, in like manner a& he was seen going away into heaven. When St. Paul expresses his anxiety about saving some, lie speaks of the second period,.during which the nation is dispersed and degraded, but during which it is possible that some in dividuals from amongst them may be saved, Blindness is indeed-come upon them but not necessarily on-. them all. It is only in part ; and no t for ever, but only for a - time. Then lie speaks of the third period, when, as he says, the Redeemer shall come to Zion, when the blindness shall be removed, and. so " all Israel shall be saved." It is a bright, and.blessed thing, in the midst of darkness and diffi culty and discouragement, to see and know that there shall be a prosperous and happy termination of it all. But while this cheers and animates in the anticipation of the future, it does by no means emancipate from the calls of urgentduty for the present. This-describes exactly the position which St. Paul occupied, and which we, after his example, desire to occupy with reference to-the Jews. Darkness, difficulties. and dis couragements abound, for they area rebellious,stubborn, and prejudicedrace. There is a bright prospect for them for the future opened and certified by the same word of prophecy. This is cheering in the anticipation •, but it by no means in terferes with the urgency of present duty towards them. All. Israel shall be saved ! yes, at the Lord's coming, and without any instrumentality or co-operation of ours. But in the mean time, before He comes, how can and of them.be saved except by our-instrumentality? There is but one. Saviour, and but one saving faith, whether for Jew or Gentile, and there is but one way of propagating that faith. It comes by hear ing—by hearing the Word of God.. Thus our attention is. fixed upon present duty towards the Jews as in dividuals, if by any means we may save some, and our hope is-fixed upon the sure word of prophecy concerning the Jews as a nation, that all Israel shall be saved. Now, my lord, whether we are able to point out any logical connexion between the two things or not, we-cannot be mistaken with regard to the matter of fact, that whenever this view of the subject is taken, and this distinction between the Jewish periods past, present, and future is entered into; there the whole question is invested with an additional and an ani mating interest. Instead of dwindling into comparative in significance as a mere handful of people contrasted with the masses of heathenism, the Jews. becme °magnified in our eyes as God's witnesses in the earth,, monuments of the se verity of his chastisement, pledges of the unchangeableness of his love. We trace them in all history. We behold them in all nations. And need I add, that they occupy a most conspicuous prominence in the field of prophecy? Through i - out the sacred Scriptures, other nations and other topics are subsidiary to these. If Sennacherib, the Assyrian, ' be introduced, it is only that he may perform Jehovah's pleasure upon 'the Jews. If Nebuchadnezzar, the Chal dean, be presented to our view, it is only that lie may execute the predicted judgments on the Jews. If Cyrus, the Mede, be a subject of prophecy. it is only that he may liberate the Jewish captives, and give orders for the re-building of the Jewish-temple. And, in the prophecies which remain still to be fulfilled concerning the mountain of the Lord's house in the top of the mountains; whatever may be the prelude, whatever introductory notices may be- given concerning the calling of the Gentiles, or the resurrection of the Church; whatever tones of terrible solemnity may be sounded announcing the destruction of Antichrist s and his confederacy of apostate nations, the sacred harp seems never to rise to its true and real richness of harmony, never to vibrate in its perfection of bright and joyful anticipation; never to swell into. the full diapason of rapturous vision, till its theme is,—the King, the King in his beauty, the King in his gory, and,. Jerusalem, the city of the great King, the resi dence of Messiah, the joy of the whole earth. (The reverend gentleman resumed his seat amidst enthusiastic applause.) At the conclusion of Dr. M'Neile's address, a hymn was sung, in order to allow the collection to be made. The Rev. JOHN Scorr, London secretary to the society, on rising, was received with applause. He said, at so late a period of the evening, he did not feel warranted in entering so fully into the subject of the society's operations as he would otherwise have felt called on to do. After the eloquent address of Dr. M'Neile this was the less necessary, as in that address the sympathies of Christians had been so eloquently besought for the Jews. He gave an interesting description of the operations of the society in different localities, including the missionary stations in London, Berlin, Amsterdam, and Jerusalem, in all of which he traced the beneficial effects of their operations. He concluded his address by an earnest appeal to the sympathies of the audience on behalf of Jewish conversion. Dr. KERNS followed, and likewise apologising for any attempt at making a protracted speech at so late a period of the evening, contented himself with narrating some of the more important facts which bad fallen under his own obser vation in connexion with the society in America. Dr. WNRILR moved the thanks of the meeting to the Lord Bishop for the uniform kindness lie manifested, and for the trouble he took in presiding over so many of their meetings. The Right Rev. CHAIRMAN expressed ihis gratitude for the compliment paid to him, and begged to assure the meeting that he looked on it as both a duty and a pleasure to come among them. The meeting then broke up. THE CITY oP GLASGOW steam-ship arrived in the Mer sey on Saturday, from Philadelphia, with a large number of passengers and $lOO,OOO in specie on freight. WELLINGTONAND BLUCHEIL—The celebrated pictureof the meeting of the heroes of Waterloo will be on view at the Lyceum only two days longer, as it will be removed on Thursday. TESTIMONIAL.—A handsome set of silk robes has been presented to the Rev. T. Robinson, incumbent of St. Bar tholomew's Church, by the head teachers of the day-schools, and the late mistress of the girls'-school, in connexion with the church. DEPARTURE OP TUE AFRICA.-- On Saturday, the British and North American Royal Mail steam-ship Africa, Capt. Harrison, sailed from the Mersey for New York, with the usual mails for the United States and British North American provinces, 140 passengers, and a large and valuable cargo of general merchandise on board. Amongst the Passengers per the Africa were his Excellency the Pe ruvian Minister of Finance, and suite,and Sir Allan 111`Nab. LIVERPOOL PHILHARMONIC SOCIETY--Those who can appreciate the beauties of instrumental music in the per fection arising from the combination of first-rate talent, will, this evening, have an opportunity such as is rarely afforded. The London Orchestral Union comprises the most finished performers on each instrument, and from the excellent training which they have had together, the result is, the...most exquisite harmony. Scitl is ' Guist AND MARIo.—The great fea ture at Mrs. giv ie brick's annual concert on Monday n ext, at the IC_,l"itable Hall, Bold-street, will be the singing o f these la.- co ps artistes. Madame Grisi will give Cas t a Diva, the fata song in the opera of Norma. o ,;fi t 11 , r e w ST. PAUL'S, PRINCES' PARK.—The Ina, ."-- Cell ,11 1. • organ at this church was opened on Saturday bY 31 , John Evans, the organist. We may con e Campbell, the donor, on the excellence of his gilt , "the reflects great credit on Mr. Banfield, of Birmingliata, builder. ..-, I,y, E' id DEATH OF ALDERMAN HOLMES.--JOIM rioi..-e,,) alderman, and one of the oldest 'members of the T er tla Council, died on Saturday,at his residence,No.ll, E c dot Brow, in his 80th year. The deceased was the fatherdeacel of a Yorkshire family ; but nearly a century ago is t r ade with the Isle of Man, which his sons may settled in Liverpool, and entered into the herring „j to have monopolized. They have, however, hee ll s o netted with the Isle of Man for a great many year of Mr. James Holmes, the third of the four brotherS,th whom the alderman was the second, has long plod.the head of the principal banking establishment in the itli Alderman Holmes was for many years a partner pith his brother Henry, who diedabout five years a`r°' J 1. , sa amassed great wealth, not only by their ban , " l 2s dye. herring business, but the manufacture of a celebraw",_,, oil The deceased was for thirty years connected with ta1.„61 Highway Board, and he has been member of the Cou'o 53 6 since the passing of the Municipal Reform Act iit 1 „ irk , the time of his death. He represented Evertou aad,,,,P; for ahnost be 5; dale Ward for many years, but latterly he was we' ll " - for St. Paul's Ward. He was also the senior magistrate t the borough. He was elected mayor in 1849. Th e flag 501 the Town-hall has been lowered half-mast in m emorY, A the deceased, whose vacant place at the Council Para "" most likely be filled at the meeting on Saturday. __........ LATEST INTELLIGE EEC MONDAY EVENING, OCTOBER •24' BY ELECTRIC TELEG-RA f ;etli LONDON.—On 'Change, the Tallow market 60 0 5, pig at rather lower priees ; 68s. 3d. on the spot. Rote. Iron active at 675. to 675. 6d. cash ; mixed nun' b c , l l . r O a , The Sun says, it is rumoured " that the Era'," t h Empress of the French will visit London next 111 , °1 ;,,;•ter' , preparations are stated to be making , in official . ,„%oll f for their reception, which will, no "doubt, be splendid as far as the city is concerned." THE EASTERN QUESTION. des rate b PARIS, SUNDAY EVENING.—The mysterious ~repl,l from St. Petersburg is now said to be the EttiPer°r'oll. to the collective note of the French and Englis, n tests t ; ments. Nothing positive is known as to the "' but the belief still prevails that they are not Pl, e s l ;pl.4 Another account says, that the Emperor of ligssitted to the collective note of England and France iS refer to the interference of those powers, in ter e• siderable bitterness ; and that, after alluding ill disappointment to the failure of the attempts atlo-hiel` tion, for which it gives Russia alone the credit; ea° instead of tending to an arrangement, have only se ' rend G I widen the breach between Russia and TurkeY• rates the hopes formerly expressed, that 80g1,,450: France will cease to interfere in a quarrel concern them, and concludes by declaring, that as the Czar himself, he has a sacred duty to perfora, otea he is bound to carry out to the end. The above is f ert , i l4 to be an outline of the note; but great m ystery 1b on the subject, and nothing positive has tranaPir e " * .ti, ll/ mediation of Prussia is declared, on good author:oo have been accepted by England, France, and - 7611 1/e Expressions-of a hope that the peace of Eurore n f tb o maintained, are still attributed to the Empere r fof French, and some of his Ministers. The negotiations in London of a• Turkish Rotal r £2,500,000, at 10 per cent., is mentioned in the tinople letter of the Times. tyP which The Russian troops are suffering dreadfullyfr on dent, VIENNA, SUNDAY EVENING.— The - correspothe Morning Chronicle telegraphs, "Constantinpled,p inst.—The combined fleets have passed through ° e danelles ; they will proceed up to Constantinople °l3 one. Hostilities are to commence forthwith." . o g, BUCHAREST, OCT. 15.—Omar Pasha is PreP,r,-.10_ 4 (e cross the Danube, near Ibraila and Widdin. Bnu" - ;I2P . been constructed to the islands nearly opposite those which Turkish troops already occupy. rota: A second edition of the Times states, that St. Pete ce bect , advices of 15th and 17th say, the Minister of Pio l - nr itis?, by command of the Emperor, assured the leading 'leo' firms that the persons and property of British 10101 would be protected'; and that it was not his intel l . 1 , 0 0 the event of hostilities, to detain British ships by s t loio provided the British Government did the same bY b'r r vessels. Ile The Sun city article mentions a rumourthat tg. tish ambassador was preparing to leave St. Peters IsTEWMARRET, OCT. 24. CRITERION STAKES.—PDReIOIII, 1; Itosalille, 2. tie " HANDICAP PLATE.—Gladiole, 1. Eleven ran. „, LATEST BETTING. . oreStr 50 CAMBRIDGESHIRE STA KES.-10 IG against mo; 11 to 1 against Nabob; 12 to I against Sealiorse, t a bv;i3 d Gen e b° 1 against Balrownie ;20to I against Cineas an a jort,,,v taken ; 30 to 1 against Talfourd and Indian "'„,„" j o st taken ; 40 to 1 against Grey Tommy; 50 to 1 s. - 7 sg'" pheasant ; 60 to 1‘ against Little David; 5 0 0 t° Mountain Deer. i xoto 1 ° agaUP DERBY.-40 to I against Atlantic, taken; I Game Lass, taken. Br gr. en t FUNDS, STOCK, AND SHARE - --it m prov o English Securities are ver y steady, a t a t P et ?, Consols opened Pli buyers ; and alth ough 10 1 S V 1 partially affected by the afternoon news, were event as% 40/ t sattl supported. Railway Shares quiet and steadY , * b - a taw• - _, quotations. Gold, Land, and Bank Shares life /l t — v ree - 4 change. In the Foreign market, Russian yiel di9gl ":" 4 fee' of sales declined . Dper cent. Mexican that a dividend will immediately be paid. P CLOSING PRICES. 515 0 Consols, Account .. 91i ilßank Stock ........ . ..... Do. Money.... } eli flExcheq. r Three&Qrper Cents 921 that 0. FOREIGN STOCKS. Mexicans Do. Threes Spanish Deferre d 2li Swedish ..... .. • • • Do. Threes 44 RAILWAY Amberg.,Nottivigham, and E. Junction — Bristol and Exeter Caledonian .. 4S 91 1 4 SHARES. , London &N. Mesw, 10 4 1 London & S. Westerti Manches., Shelf., ai n l a L i nco l ns hire ..... •• 51 ! Midland Stock •••••• Midland Halves.••• North British.• .• • •••_:. Do. Prefe ren,,. .6l o Norfolks ........ •• • North Staifordsliirf,;, 'Sh rews b ur y and PP mingham ... .. •• r. !"/ Do. L. &N. IN- g us •er 2 ; S. Eastern and Do, I. York, Newcastle, al l 6 , Berwick .. •• • •• • Do. Extensg"„ Do. Prefefe°o'l 414111 York and N. 3 11d „ 18 ,e Do. Prefere'" SHARES. „ Noveau Monde Nugget ........ •"„ / Registered Cordeliera Ave M-aria Carson's Creek 'l l° Port: Philip LAND SE:AR:SS. AusralianAgricultural 32 4 (Peel River ...••' z S. Australian Invest. 14 iSoutli Australian Crystals Do. Preference 9 - 8 - East Anglian Eastern Counties East Lancashire 6O 2 Eastern Union A - Ditto B and C Edinburgh•& Glasgow 57 9 Great Northern 74 5 Do. Do. 8... Great Western Lanc.andyprkshire. 6ii 2 Do. Fifths 1 i Leeds Northern — London,Brighton,and South Coast 93 4 MINING X 9l' CORN MARKET. f vs dli We have a scanty show of English Wheat, I,ll ` , ) d i rtill C lef of Foreign, The trade opened firm, and prices tt s , u'os; to 25 per quarter ; Foreign held fi r mly at full te rn : IV l ot and Beans sold slowly, but rates are ma i n taiae tt ; te r 00 10 0 trade is firm, at an advance of 6d. to Is. per 4 _l, tie Monday's prices. Peas sold steadily. TOvrar'o to'', English, Foreign, and cargo Wheat was taken at c oct of 2s to 3s per quarter. Fine malting BarleY, 4s6 ' 36s to 465. Oats 6d to. Is decline. fo r e 6 , . English. Irish. O ' n" Wheat ........ 1913 SS E n Barley 2420 400 169.., Oats l3B 104 07 II . Malt 3766 64 9 ,,q1 slO Beans ......... Peas 251 1 01 'lle ° Flour ...... 3806 0 io f r a r , From Kingsford and Lay's Circular.—The 5 se e ve 2 11 ' de , P ' from Essex and Kent very small, and sold at a 1 0— r „ eiel c e , advance upon prices of Monday last. Having ',O 1 , Do n 0 7 . ance of country buyers, a good retail businegosill:cer cl t s an advance-of 3s upon last Monday's rats t o ' l5 pe r 5 s c 1; fully last week's terms. Beans scarce: g o/ is ri2e dearer. White Peas unaltered in value; nlO ll. higher. Oats Is to 2s dearer. Town.rnau' higher ; barrel is dearer. Qt fa i LONDON WOOL SATO . 0'" od "Of ic es d go o t i t The sales progress very heavily, and l' r o - td, l° ve il i 0 declined to-day; inferior Wools are 241 to ,1 4 „, was fo ree to 2d under the previous series. The bido"yTuclibe and the sales of 2,000 bales not got throug. o'clock, nearly two hours over the usual t i " . 5° ' r r• ilg s 'ok PRODUCE M 11 0 ', y e llos 44 5 , j 0 - ' no. I nPs 4 4 ;4 Sugar: Several sales of Foreign in I)° ,• o wn L u aro' is % 225. to 265. Refined is little wanted. o, ed , The t ois t ee Coffee : Little passing, but no decline. ~,l‘ . , . East i a nd 11 good, and prices are well supported. l' i ' de icancl , " ar e demand. Cotton: There is little ti fi' are unaltered. TALLOW INlAltit"' casks 53",.1e5016 07 146 he The stock is 22,573 casks, a gainst - , ~ 47 4 last year; deliveries 3,882 casks, , 4 time last year. --- 05 4 ' lARKET. . t o i , CATTLE 3 dil , against -, Beasts and Sheep sold more rea ), uanndultienres3. 0 4, 4, 41 at advanced prices. The Calf trade is 25 ~, t o . 1 , Beef 2s (Id to 4s 6,1 I Veal ...... _ t cCl t 4: ; Mutton ~.. Beasts .... Sheep ~.. ARRIVALS. .•• Leicester, Lincoln, an . . ~. Norfolk and Suffolk Beasts.. Cambridge, ................... ampton Beasts ....... Scotch Beasts ................... ... 04 Irish Beasts ....................... ...,, 6370 .... .. '.I . . -C—o.rtli- (.00 Holland Beasts .... ................. • .... Do. Sheep ...................... ...... y Do. Calves ...................... . • Do. Pigs Spanish Beasts Do. Sheep French Beasts .... .... ..... 2 ...... ..••. ..................... 6V. el' MANCHESTER STOCK ENCIIAS pst Eastern Counties, midland, 11' • 58# I ; SOOll and Dover, 17 5-16. LEEDS STOCK EXCHANG"' hiVesle Laneashi re andYorksh i re, (11i ; Londo n and 1`1"" 101 i; South Eastern and Dover, 17 3-16. ----------- U 1 I , LIVERPOOL : , l iing , N0.,6 Printed and Published every Tuesclay ,INlSijt. of.s;fo, Proprietor, ROBERT PEARSON Ti-Lk",-, 01,1, Percy-street, at the STANDARD GENERA'-' war' OFFICE, No. 4, ST. GEORGE'I CaSsCW, Tuesday, October 25, 1653. 1