The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser. — Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1846-09-15 00:00:00

Sept. 15, 1846. YLoral anb probinrial The report that Commander Bevis was about to retire from the packet station at this port has been contradicted. Mr. Turner, of Rock Ferry Park, has a raspberry tree in his garden which is now bearing a second crop of fruit. Thomas Brandreth, Esq., of Ormakirk, Robert Need ham Philips, Esq., of the Park, near Manchester, and John Robson, Esq., of Moor-ball, have been added to the commission of the peace for this county. JUVENILE DEPRAVITY.—On Friday, a boy only eight years old, who had previously been five times convicted and five times discharged, was again committed for trial by Mr. Rushton, for having stolen a cap from another boy. THE BURNING CASE AGAIN !—On Thursday, John Ferguson was tried before the Recorder for burning Mary "Cubbin with a hot iron, from the cellar of a work - shop in South Castle - street . He was found guilty, and sentenced - to pay a fine of £3. AN OLD FREEMAN. —Among the sojourners at New Brighton at the present time. is Mr. Matthew Nicholson, of Manchester. Mr. Nicholson was born in Liverpool in the last year of the reign of George 11, and his father being a freeman of the town, the son acquired the like honour from birth. _ A SAILOR'S BOARDING-HOUSE. — A fine-looking ro bust sailor, was brought up on Thursday, having been placed in custody on a charge of drunkenness. Mr. Rush ton : What ! how is this? You have been here three days already this week.—Sandy: To be sure: this is my boarding-house, and of course I always come home to go .to bed. He was fined 55., which was immediately paid, and he left the court quite satisfied. CAUTION TO PAWNBROKERS.—OR Tuesday, Mr. Mac pherson, of Park-lane, was summoned at the instance of Charles Birch, of Stepney, near London, for having charged Is. 4d. more than the legal rate of interest on an ar ticle pledged for 65. An objection was taken by the defendant's counsel to the wording of the information, which did not precisely define the place where the offence was alleged to have been committed, which Mr. Rushton declared to be well founded, and the case was accordingly dismissed. There were two informations against other pawnbrokers, which failed on the same grounds. ANNUAL. LICENSING SESSIONS.—On Wednesday, out o f 216 applications for new licenses, the magistrates agreed to grant only 16. The parties to whom they have granted them are the following:—Liverpool—lsabella Jackson, Athol-street, John Brown, Lower Hornby-street. T. P. Gwatkin, King-street, William George, Lord Nelson street, William Smeatham, Scotland-road, Mary Coulter, Union -street, N. Rayner, Waterloo-road, John Brother ton, White-street, Torteth-park—Joseph Taylor, South street, Thomas Rawfinson, "Wellington-place; West Derby—G. N. Wbeatly, Fairclough-lane, Edward Newnes, Grinfield.street; Everton—William Shepherd, Mill-road, John Devine, Netherfield-road, Edward Rogers, Seacombe-street ; Kirkdale—Joshua Routledge, Bankfield.street. Two others have been reserved for further consideration. A " FREE TRADE" DINNER AT WARRINGTON. — There was what is called a " Free Trade" celebration at Warrington on Thursday. There is nothing particularly attractive about the proceedings, which scarcely rise to the level of mediocrity. But the whole affair appears to us to be an exhibition under false colours, or, as the classics of Warrington would call it, a locus a non lnuendo. The dinner was os'ensibly a carouse to do honour to the triumph of free-trade; in truth it was a meeting to deter mine whether the present member should be suffered to be re-elected at the next election ; and, if we do not wo fully misread the report, an individual present actually proposed himself as a candidate in the League interest. We trust that the Conservatives are alive to the real na ture of the game that is about to be played. The only speech of any consequence was that of Mr. W. Brown, M.P. for South Lancashire. . . BIRKENHEAD COMMISSIONERS.—A special meeting of this body was held on Thursday evening, in Hamilton square, for the purpose of taking into consideration the plans and conditions of the Finance Committee for the sale of the township lands, which is shortly to take place. 1 r J, Laird was called to the chair. The conditions of sale, and the regulations for the buildings to be erected on the land, were read and approved of. Some conversation took place relative to the two pieces of reserved land in tended for the erection of a Collegiate Institution and an Infirmary. The Finance Committee were authorised to fix the reserve buildings, the lots for the Infirmary and Collegiate to be reserved till the sanction of Parliament can be obtained for their appropriation to those purposes. In answer to a question as to the right of the Commis sioners to purchase. the Law-clerk read the clause of an Act of Parliament lately passed in reference to the sub ject; it was to the effect that the Commissioners could buy the land, but the purchase-money should not be less than was determined upon by two surveyors nominated on the application of the Board, and by two J ustices of the Peace. PAVING AND SEWERAGE.—At the weekly meeting of Commissioners on Thursday, the Chairman submitted a bill from Mr. Stewart, surveyor, to the amount of £268 125., for surveying and buying land for the water works, to the extent of £B,OOO. Mr. Cooper, after ex amining the account, said it was exceedinly reasonable, and it was ordered to be paid forthwith.—The Chairman stated that it would be necessary to have a rate book pre pared previously to laying the new rate in October. He proposed a six months' rate, which would fall due in March, and then the whole of the local rates would be payable at one time, and thus prevent considerable incon venience and annoyance to the rate-payers. This was agreed to, and Mr. Ashlin was ordered to prepare the rate-book accordingly. Mr. Cooper wished the secretary to prepare a statement of their accounts, and then he would move a rate of threepence instead of sixpence, which he conceived would be sufficient for the half-year. The chairman observed that there was about £l,OOO owing to the Bank. Mr. Cooper said he expected they had £lO,OOO in hand. From a report sent in by Mr. Duncan, it appeared that great progress was making at the 'Water works, Green-lane; the engine and boiler-house were in a state of forwardness, and would be ready for roofing in ten days. Th e report state d t h at t h e p i pes l a id down within the limit of the p ropose d d oc k ex tension at IN ap ping could be rendered serviceable in the event'of fire, at a cost of £9B, and orders were given by the Board to have them altered accordingly. BANK OF LIVERPOOL.—The fifteenth annual meeting was held on Friday, Samuel Sandbach, Esq., in the chair. The report stated that notwithstanding the occurrence of several disastrous failures, from some of which conside rable losses had been sustained by the bank, they were still enabled to pay the usual dividend. In accordance with the circular of September last, there had been dis tributed, in due proportion, 11,737 shares, whereby the capital was increased, at £l2los per share, by £146.71210s which, added to the former amount of £476,825, aug mented it to £6 23,537 10s. The report further stated that the net profits of the year, after the payment of cur rent expenses, and provision for bad and doubtful debts, amounted to £66,288 15s. 10d. There had been reserved for the income tax for the last six months £l,OOO, which must be deducted from the last amount named. From this sum two dividends of five per cent each bad been paid, which together amounted to £58,795 12s. GI leav ing a 'surplus of £6,493 3s. 4d. to be carried to the re served surplus fund. This fund, it was stated, on the 30th of June was £156,610 12s. Bd., but, with the addi tions since made, its total amount was now £251,231 Gs. As to whether this fund should be still further increased, or a portion distributed by way of bonus, the directors hoped the meeting would not upon them for a decided opinion. The report, in conclusion, recommended that the remuneration to the managing directors should be in creased from £l,OOO to £2,000. The chairman said in ........ , reply to a question that there were two managing directors on whom the responsibility almost entirely devolved, and the other thirteen received no remuneration. The report was carried amid acclamation as was the increase of re- muneration Co the managing directors. W. Brown, Esq., M.P., J. C. Ewart, Esq., and C. Inman, Esq., were elected directors in the place of Mr. It. H. Blundell and Mr. R. Semple, retired by rotation, and C. Horsfall, Esq., deceased. The thanks of the meeting were given to the directors. DOCK COMMITTEE, TIIURSDAY.—A report and plan from the surveyor on the subject of erecting a clock at the entrance of the New North Docks, was submitted by the Committee of Works ; it was suggested that the clock should be placed on a tower 150 feet high ; the cost alto gether would be 1.:4,500. The Committee did not recom mend anything on account of the expense. Some discus sion ;took place, when it was eventually decided that the matter should be deferred for further consideration. A report was also received from the surveyor, recommend ing the erection of a clock on a turret over the staircase at the north-east stack of the Albert warehouses, at a ;OstWifa. -- Thiciock, it was stated, would be availa ble for the Canning, Salthouse, and other docks in the vicinity. The consideration of this was likewise deferred. The Surveyor reported, that the transit shed at the north west quay of the Coburg Deck was completed and ready for use. The subject was referred to the Committee of Warehouse Management. The Committee of the Marine Department referred to their report as to placing the whole line of telegraph under one superintendence, adding that their opinion had been strengthened by that of the Marine Surveyor, and they saw no reason to alter it ; and under the circumstances, the duties could be performed by Mr. Johnson with the means now afforded ; besides, there were some difficuities as to managing the eastern and western stations, which, by the proposed arrange ment, would be obviated. The recommendation of the committee was confirmed, and it was agreed that Captain Evans should have six months' notice that his services would not in future be required. '1 he Warehouse Ma nagement Committee reported, in reference to the regu lations at the Albert Dock, that samples of merchandise might be takers to the office of the consignees or owners of pods, as occasion might require. Owing to the ill ness of some members of Mr. Hodgson's family, (the north harbour -master,) he was allowed to leave the house Which he at present occupies, belonging to the Dock Trust, on certain conditions. PAPrzu MAcuE.--We have frequently noticed the magnificent works of art produced by the aid of this ma terial ; and though its application to picture frames has since its introduction been allowed as unsurpassed, it is daily becoming more perfect. We had an opportunity yesterday of inspecting a frame for a pier glass manufac tured by Mr. Keys, of 80ld -street ; and as it differs in style, and is perhaps the largest ever made, it may not be unworthy the n ot i ce o f our readers. It is not of that stiff c haracter _ usually seen, but of a li g ht an d e l egant f orm . is surmounted' by an angel scattering with either li goons of flo wers , w hi c h soften beautifully into the _scrollwork th at surrounds the whole. The frame is about 2 fe et by 7 feet, and being of gre a t w id t h , i s beautifully re- It~red by at the sides and top, between each of which a re introduced various characteristic heads most admirably modelled from splendid carvings. This frame and glass is about to be exported to Savannah, but will for a day or t wo remain on view. Those who have already already seen it will be surprised to hear that the cost of this elabo rate work is only about £lO. THE LIVERPOOL STANDARD. Ground Plan of the New Church erecting for the Rev. Hugh- 11'NAle in the Prince's Park. " • -_\ /'-' ~~' V __--, I u - I II I I IdIIIII 1 1 1 I I I JAS ' We gr% r - wFW VFW WFW Vo w ) MP' " , r E. iii L ~ 4 1 gl ill° ~.r. ~ L'~u~n 9 This structure is to be be built on the southwest corner of the Piince's-park, (about 12 yards back from Ullet lane), and will form a high ornament to our southern suburbs, near Aigburth. The above typographical dia gram represents the ground floor, and would have been more perfect had spaces been left between the small dotted squares inside (the buttresses) to represent the windows. We 'describe the building from these drawings as being built. The style of architecture is the perpendicular English, or Gothic, of the 15th century ; with, at the west end, a handsome steeple, rising to the height of 150 feet. The entire length of the building is 145 feet ; the width is 51 feet in the body, and in the transepts (which are 40 feet wide) 124 feet. The tower is of three stories, surmounted by a spire. In the west end of the tower there is an ornamental oak door, forming an entrance to the gallery at that end, with a crocketted canopy. Over this door is a window, light ing the staircase ; and one on each side, enriched by tra cery, lighting the entrances. In the centre, above, there is a clock, with also a crocketted canopy, and a pinnacle on each side. _ _ _ ......._ ......... Above this is a tall three-light window, divided by a transom, making the whole, with two mullions from top to bottom, into six compartments. Over this window, which is chastely ornamented with tracery, the tower terminates in an embattlement, enriched by quatrefoil panels, with open Gothic arches between, which will, no doubt, present a light and elegant appearance. The but tresses are finished by crocketted canopies and plain pin nacles. The spire is octagonal, with arched window openings, topped by ogee canopies and enriched finals, to correspond with the other spiral portions of the building. The apei of the spire has an ornament in the form of a fleur-de-lis, which has a pretty effect as a final. On Wednesday this interesting ceremony was gone through, in the presence of a large body of spectators, who seemed one and all to take a deep interest in the proceedings. To enable the working classes of the loca lity (of whom a considerable number attended) to be present, the time for laying the stone had been fixed for half-past twelve o'clock ; and long before that hour par ties on foot and in carriages were seen wending their way through the delightful walks of the park towards the s ite, which is at the south-west corner, excellently chosen both for the future usefulness of the erection, and for its beauty of prospect. At the hour appointed the Rev. Hugh M'Neile reached the spot, accompanied by his lady, with several of his clerical brethren, the trustees, &c. The rev. gentleman appeared full of spirits, and evidently contemplated the scene around him with heart felt pleasure. Having taken his place, with the stewards, architect, &c., near the stone, Mr. SAMUEL. HOLME placed the bottle in the cavity. It contained the newspapers of the day, a plan of the Prince's Park, an almanack for the present year, and some of the coins of the realm. A brass plate, on which were engraved the day and year of laying the first stone, and the names of the trustees, architect, and builders, covered the cavity. The doxology having been sung, Mr. BICKERSTETH briefly addressed Mr. M`Neile in handing him the trowel. He said—Rev. sir, in requesting your acceptance of this trowel, and begging you to lay the first stone of this church, allow me to congratulate you on the commencement of the building. I hope your life will long be spared, and your health long preserved, to preach the Gospel in this place as faithfully and as beneficially as you have done in those places in which you have hitherto preached it. The Rev. HUGH M`NEILE having here used the trowel, a beautiful silver one, elegantly engraved and ornamented, in spreading the mortar, and having then tried the stone with the plumb, spoke as follows:—Mr. Bickersteth and gentlemen, I have much pleasure in complying with your request that I should perform the ceremony of laying the first foundation stone of the church now to be erected on this site. Believing firmly, as we do, that the extension of our National Church, with all her sacred ordinances, is at once a high Christian duty and the most enlightened Christian patriotism, it is a matter of great satisfaction to witness, and of no ordinary gratification to take part in. the efforts now vigorously made in that right direction in various parts of our country. It has been well remarked, with reference to our colonies, and the Christian duty of England towards them, that whatever is sown in a new soil, whether it be tares, or whether it be good seed, will take root and spring forth to an abundant harvest. This truth England is called upon to understand, and to act upon, more than any country was ever called upon before. Our colonies are rapidly growing into great nations, and upon ourselves—that is, upon the church and realm of England—it depends, under God, to mould their institu tiohs and to fix their principles. And what is thus truly said concerning our colonies, may with undiminished truth be said of our suburban manufacturing, agricultural, and mining districts ; for if our distant colonies are growing to be nations, these suburban districts are growing to be ci ties, and whatever is sown in the new districts, as 1 said, whether it be tares or whether it be good fruit, will take root and spring to an abundant harvest (hear, hear, and much applause.) The disseminators of tares are busy. The call upon the sowers of good seed is loud. The de mand for their strenuous efforts is urgent. Something must be done. One part of a right answer to that demand is, the building of national churches. It is only one part. Fully I grant it is but one part. Other efforts must be made on behalf of the hundreds of thousands of our fellow countrymen who will not avail themselves of the churches when they are built. The aggressive step, the conciliating manner, the kind, the affectionate, but, withal , the faith ful voice of the living visitor must be brought to bear upon the masses of our uninstrurted fellow -countrymen, to win SELECT VESTRY.-At the meeting on Tuesday the medical board reported that on one occasion, recently, potatoes unfit fog hu man f oo d h a d been served up to the inmates in the medi ca l war d, b a t that good ones were substituted the mo men t th e di scover y was made. The Workhouse Committee passed a vote of thanks to the medical board for the attention they had paid to the di etary. Mr. Townsend was elected a member of the Workhouse Committee, in the room of Mr. Peck, re signed. Mr. Thomas F. Grimsdale was elected house surgeon to the workhouse, by a majority of 17 to 1 over Mr. Alexander Henry, (the only other candidate, out of eighteen who went to the vote) at a salary of £l5O, and apartments out of the house. Mr. Howard Horsley was elected a member of the vestry in the place of Mr. Black burn. In reply to Mr. Houghton, who made the inquiry in consequence of a paragraph in the L iverpool Standard the week previous, Mr. Riding said the churchwardens had made arrangements for visiting Haydock Lodge and other lunatic asylums in the district, and would make a report as speedily as possible. a r f g 64 1 a r ICI ~€ ICI .-, ~~:,s I I 1 1 1 1 i 41.1 ___r i The sides are flanked by buttresses, between which are five two-light windows at each side. There are three windows on the west side of each transept, and two on the east side. From the outer part of each transept is an entrance door to a vestibule leading to the lower seats, and also to the gallery above. Over each door there is a large three-light window, and above the last, in the Babel, a wheel, or circular opening, with a quatrefoil double cusped shield in the centre. These doors correspond in style with the main entrance door on the west. The an gles of the transepts, and the angles of the chancel are of octagonal turrets, surmounted by buttresses, and with a pinnacle on each as a finial. At the east end there is a five-light window, blank below to form the altar screen, but so contrived that, with the open part and tracery above, the architectural keeping of the whole is preserved. Round the whole building there is an embrazured battlement, which is in accordance with the style, and has a pleasing effect. The interior will be fitted up in a manner to combine comfort and elegance. The pews will have sloping backs. and (as indicated in our rough diagram) will be so divided as to accommodate fours, fives, sixes, and sevens. The ground floor, from the transept westward, will rise in a gentle slope, which will afford the congregation in that part full advantage of not only hearing but seeing their minister with ease and convenience. This is a decided improvement in interior arrangements of our modern churches. These seats, and the others on the lower floo will accommodate 1100 persons. . . There will be three galleries—one at the west-end, and one in each transept; all of them so slightly protruding as to leave a large central and airy open space in the middle of the building, there being no galleries at the sides. The galleries will accommodate 460, making seat room, in all, for 1,560 individuals. The western gallery LAYING THE FOUNDATION STONE. their confidence, to engage their affections, to induce them, or some of them, to break off their heathenish habits of Sabbath desecration, and to come to the service of our church. We agree intensely with the demand which is now made for lay assistance to the clergy for the multiplication a hundred fold of scripture readers. Without compromising, in the slightest degree, our high ministerial mission, or the peculiarity of our cle rical office, we deprecate with all our zeal the disastrous fiction that only crdained clergymen should teach Chris tian truths to their neighbours (applause.) There is no thing we more ardently desire than a wise, comprehe ns i v e measure of Christian instruction, adequate—boldly ade quate—to the real necessities of the church, and guided— prudently guided—and governed by the right rev. rulers of the church. But their lordships are slow to move while everything is moving around them (hear, hear.) If wis dom were invariably connected with slowness, we would rejoice in their slowness ; but there are times and circum stances when it is wise to be quick ; and I am deeply con vinced that the time is at hand when move they must (hear, hear.) All things conspire to cry aloud, something must be done. And not only must this demand be com plied with from a desire to reclaim what has hitherto been neglected, but it is required for the preservation of what is already possessed. Safety for what is, is in separable from an honest an timely aim at what ought to be. Christian instruction, universally adminis tered, is what ought to be. Nothing less will meet the necessity. God is jealous, so jealous that He will not give His glory to another : He will never yield to the schools of human learning what is due exclusively to the temple of Divine revelation. God must be honoured, or the na tion must be ruined (bear.) In vain shall commercial en terprise multiply her ports, in vain shall manufacturing industry increase her mills, in vain shall practical science annihilate the distance between the dwellings of mankind, in vain shall sanitary regulations improve the bodily com forts of the poor. if God be forgotten. If the rising streams of our population be not in their incipient infancy guided with a gentle hand into the channels of righteousness, they will burst the bounds of subordination, and, in the over flow, they will endanger, if not destroy, all the rights both of person and property (hear.) But, while we freely ad mit that the building of additional churches is only a part of what is required, we as strenuously maintain that it is a veryimportant part. We are thrown now, and have been for a long time past, upon the voluntary principle. We are repudiated by the government ; they either can or will do nothing, and we must do all. Sittings, therefore, to be paid for, and the rents of which to go to the support of the minister, the support of the fabric, and all the inci dental expenses inseparable from the due performance of Divine service ; and sittings for the accommodation of the poor, some of them at such rents as will come within the range of the poor man's finances, at the same time that they will give him the security, the comfort, and the feeling of independence that he has appropriated his own seat all the year round, and sittings entirely free, where the poor man may invite 11;s poor neighbour to come and join him in public worship. This is the description of church which it is intended to erect on this site ; and we shall presently invoke God's blessing on the work. Respecting the patronage of the church, five Christian gentlemen be came trustees for the discharge of that responsible duty ; and I would thus publicly recommend that their first act should be a legal appointment of a sixth, who, upon a de mise, would, ipso facto, form a fifth, and who would, with the other four, legally appoint a sixth again —so that there shall be always five. Take as much security as you can for the continuance of a Christian ministry (applause) ; and this is the real gist of the whole question. (Hear, hear.) For what can a house do ? What can a beautiful house do ? It cannot tell the sinner that Jesus Christ died for him. And what if there be a man put in who cannot do this ? Then its like the dog in the manger, which keeps a place that a better beast should occupy, and snarls THE LATE MR. JOHN WOOLLRIOHT.—The sudden death of this gentleman, so well known as the head of the old-established house of Woollright and Chidson, of Bold-street, and one of the councillors first elected under the Reform Act:for St. Peter's Ward, has cast a mournful gloom over the town. He retired within the last twelve months from business, and removed to an estate he had purchased in the neighbourhood of London. F ew men appeared more likely to live long and enjoy that retire. ment from the cares and anxieties of business which he so much desired. Ten days only have elapsed since the late Mr. Woollright paid a visit to his many friends and ac quaintances in Liverpool, and to-day his funeral takes place. We understand that a letter of condolence has been sent to his widow from a number of the tradesmen of Liverpool, by whom he was universally respected, and that to-day. being the day of his funeral, a great many of the shops will be shut until one o'clock. He has left a wife and five children to mourn their melancholy bereave. ment. Mr. Radley, of the Adelphi, and Mr. Pierce, of London, are his executors.—Albion. I I I I I 111 6 ..:,1 =_ r il cv (;,;_, i l/ ✓/ d will, in part, be appropriated for the children of the school to be attached to the church. There will be a few seats, at very low rents, for the humbler classes. These will be on the east side of the transepts, and at the west end. The whole of the congre gation, with the exception of those. seated in the low-priced pews on the east aides of the transepts, will have a full view of the clergyman. The pulp - it will be of octagonal form, of grained oak ; and with a reading-desk to accommodate two officiating ministers. _ The communion, which will be raised four steps from the ground-floor, will accommodate forty communicants at a time, there being a space of four feet wide round the raiiings for that purpose. There will be an open-timbered roof, consisting of principals, terminating in corbels, all stained in imitation of dark English " heart of oak." On each side of the communion there will be entrances leading to the vestries, from which will spring a large and richly-panelled and moulded arch, spanning the whole breadth of the communion, which will have a beautiful appearance from the west end of the church. In the body of the church there are two aisles, four feet wide, and in the transepts, also, two of nearly the same width. The church was designed by Mr. Arthur Holme, and is highly creditable to his taste in ecclesiastical structures. It will form a fine object, as seen from various points, but especially from Aigburth. The entire cost will not, we learn, exceed £B,ooo,—a small sum when its size and ex ternal and internal elegance are taken into consideration. It is to be built by Messrs. Samuel and James Holme, who, we need scarcely add, will do justice to the work in all that is substantial in material and workmanship. The trustees are Robert Bickersteth, Edward Cropper, Wm. Jones, Thos. F. Bennett, and John Campbell, Esqrs. there and does no good (hear, and laughter.) But where the Gospel of the grace of God, in all the calm solemnity, all the chastened fervour, and all the true, sanctified ear nestness that belongs to the Church of England, is minis tered in the house, it becomes a blessing to the neigh bourhood ; it is associated with a man's best destinies ; every time he comes from home and looks upon it he has a remembrance of his God. Persevere, then, in this good work, and let this be the signal for zealous co-operation to raise other such buildings as this. I shall not delay you by protracting an address now. I hope, if God spares us, to be permitted, according to the kind wish of Mr. Bick ersteth, to preach the everlasting gospel under the roof that shall be extended over this spot, in entire depen dance upon that Holy Spirit who can fill the house with God's glory ! The rev. gentleman then offered up the following beau tiful prayer :-0 Lord God Almighty, Thou art the God, even Thou alone, of all the nations of the earth : Thou hast made heaven and earth : Thou hast commanded us to worship Thee. not only apart, every man in his own house, and every man in his own chamber, but also to assemble ourselves together to offer spiritual sacrifices acceptable to Thee by Jesus Christ. Thou bast given us houses of prayer in our land, many and beautiful houses, for the which we render humble and hearty thanks to Thy holy name. Thou hast given us also many faithful and affectionate ambassadors for Christ, proclaiming glad tidings of great joy. We praise Thee, we bless Thee, we worship Thee, we glorify Thee, we give thee thanks for Thy great glory, 0 Lord God, heavenly King, God the Father Almighty. But, 0 Lord, Thou bast increased the nation, Thou hast multiplied the families, Thou hast mercifully granted us to see our children's children, and peace upon our Israel. And now we beseech thee pro vide for Thy growing household, and while "the bread that perisbeth" is multiplied in the land according to the ne cessities of the people, let there be a like zealous multi plication of the bread that endureth unto everlasting life. Add, 0 Lord, to our houses of prayer ; add, 0 Lord, to our ambassadors of peace; prosper, 0 Lord, the pre sent effort in which thy unworthy servants are earnestly engaged. Bless the work on which we enter this day— even the building of this house of praise. Let it be be gun, continued, and ended in humble dependence upon Thy protection, and believing confidently in Thy approval. Let all the arrangements of Thy servants who are engaged in conducting this work be prudently and judicious'._ made; faithfully and perseveringly completed. Let all the workmen employed in it be influenced from day to day to such a wise and efficient use of means, as shall, under Thy good Providence, protect them from accidents ; so that no life may be endangered, no limb fractured, no injury sustained. And when this building shall he finished and dedicated to Thy service, may the glory of the God of our Salvation so till the house as to render it a Bethes da and a Bethel ; a scene of spiritual healing to the sick stranger; of spiritual communion to the healed child. Bless, 0 Lord, this surrounding multitude, and, while the building is in progress, incline their hearts to pray that here another mercy-seat may be found, where sinful dying men may draw near to the Living God, through the one Mediator between God and Man, the Man Christ Jesus, and in all the ordinances which he has appointed. 0 Lord God, to Thy servants of old, engaged in such a work, Thou didst command, saying, " Build the house," and didst graciously promise, saving, " I will take plea sure in it, and I will be glorified." Be!'old, 0 Lord, we obey thy commandment and proceed to build the house. Hearken, 0 Lord, we plead Thy promise : take pleasure in this house; Father, glorify Thy name ! Our Father, &c. The congregation then sang the doxology. The Rev. H. M'Neile pronounced the apostolical be nediction in a most impressive manner, and the vast con course separated. NEW MODE OF GETTING RID OF A WIFE.—On Tues day, a man named Charles Quinn, was brought before the magistrates, charged by Mr. Evaiis, one of:the overseers, with refusing to maintain his wife. After the circum stances of the case had been stated, the prisoner made a long statement to the effect that he was not bound to sup port his better half, on the ground that a separation had taken place between them. Mr. Rushton inquired what sort of separation he alluded to, when the prisoner said it was a Catholic priest who had dissolved the marriage tie. Mr. Rushton observed that no priest had such power, when the prisoner, with an air of confidence, sa id h e under stood the law very well , and if a Catholic priest bad the power to bind, he had also power to put asunder. He then told a long and rambling story about the misconduct of his wife, which had led to the separation, and con tended that he was not responsible . . for her mainten an ce. Mr. Rushton not coinciding in opinion with the prisoner as to the dissolution of the marriage bond, ordered the prisoner to be committed for one month to the House of Correction. r; lay VMF I y 11 1 , 4 p Atikt 41. \ VFW REF ' Ulf DESTRUCTIVE FIRE Since the awful calamity which destroyed the sugar works of Messrs. Brancker, in Harrington-street, Li verpool has not been visited by a fire so alarming in its nature, and so destiuctive in its effects, as that which oc curred on Thursday night last, and which has resulted in the total destruction of the works of Messrs. Macfie and Sons, sugar refiners. The building, which is now a blackened mass of ruined walls, is situated in Bachelor- ..._,....., street, Dale-street, and runs from Bachelor•street to Orange-street, bounded at the south end by Hale-street. With the exception of one sugar-house in London, which is entirely fire-proof, this was considered the safest in the kingdom. It was well and substantially built. and with machinery, cost the enormous sum of £40,000. ment, or in the flush of triumph, for a moment forgot Ilim, in whom they felt were the issues of all : for the knee was bent in prayerful thanksgiving to God, almost before the grasp was relaxed that waved the victor sword. And as it was abroad, so was it also at home; the bloom of England's artillery was scarcely hushed upon the bloody plain of Sobraon before the voice of England's thanksgiv ing was ascending from her thousand churches at home. This, sir, is the true secret of a nation's abiding greatness, —this is the " righteousness that exalteth a nation." In this spirit have the proceedings of this day been conduct ed, so may they be continued, and may God, even cur vo spiritew own o G oll o d, and desire tvouchsafehtoe thank to us commerce his thereof." you abundant forthe t o b aA l se Adding s dy i n no g Inthis ug. have o it trhe the fervent an t, prayerd to propose nfmyh t e o ar y t o . u th ` a • t T i h t e m go a o y d b o e ld w m t a o de n in o s f t L ru i i mental in promoting the glory of God in the highest, and on earth, peace and goodwill amongst men. Although not a minute was lost, and the engines were soon got into play, such was the inflammable nature of the mate rials inside the sugar-house, well stored as it also was b necsbuelostsecrr'bpatisocnonntorwibnamteodunnnts with sugar and molasses, that the flames had considerably progressed ELS O I' O I O N , O F t. FIND.I their spreading. In a very few minutes the roof d in, and the flames, rapidly extending, forced their way own progressed before any attempt could be made to prevent la h wards of £3OO. The sum already raised, however, is only n a l -a a r r a me f d ro n m ere st i o b r e y anticipatedptnonrsptoernyp,lewaitthtbeincreas of the fire, and the consequent destruction of what frag- one-half of what is the minimum required to fulfil the rnents of furniture they possessed, that they, shortly after t o about NrlLn object of the fund. the outbreak, began to throw their things into the street, increasing fury. spreading Nearly 420,000,000 bushels of Indian corn were grown those on the west side passing them through the courts in the United States during the last year; and, as but and over the wall into Moorfields. As we have before stated, the building and machinery cost £40,000. Taking little of that grain is there used as human fo o d, b ut mostly for the feeding of cattle, it is quite obvious that, as an its present value, however, at half that sum, and calcu- article of commerce, we can depend upon it to any required lating the stock at £40,000, which we believe to be pretty near the mark, it will require £60,000 to cover the entire extent. loss, to say nothing of the destruction of the furniture of James Allen, a labourer , who had been confined eight months in the Lewes House of Correction, and subje c t e d the poor people, and the l oss to the w o r kmen, (100 in number,) who will unfortunately be thrown out of em- to hard labour and solitary confinement, died , the other day, the opinion of the coroner's jury being, " That the ployment. sentence being fully carried into effect, and the insuffici- At an early period Lieut. M axwe ll w as at the scene of e destruction, and under hi s di rec ti ons , an d th ose o f Mr. envy of food, destroyed the constitution of deceased, i n Masterton, the confidential clerk of Messrs. Macfie, a consequence of which be died. large number of hogsheads of sugar were saved, to the THE PEEL PARK WAS FORMALLY TRANSFERRED On Saturday to the Salford corporation. The Mayor and th e value of £3,000. Police constable Hit re here ten- dered essential service. parks committee of the Manchester town council, with a number of the corporation, met at the Town-hall and pro- It is impossible to speak in too high terms of praise of ceeded to the park, where they met the Mayor, and nearly the exertions of all the fire brigade; the good effects of a all the corporation of Salford. They, together, perambu more liberal payment to the men who work the pumps lated the grounds, and afterwards adjourned to the re were very perceptible. The West of England engine did freshment-rooms, where lunch awaited their presence. excellent service, under the direction of Mr. Whitehouse, Several speeches were made on the occasion, and the the agent of the company, who, in the dress of one of greatest pleasure was expressed by all. The Salford po his firemen, displayed great judgment and zeal. lice immediately took charge of the ground, and have con- David Hodgson, Esquire, the mayor, was early at tinued their attendance ever since. Some of the rougher the fire ; and contributed much by his presence to keep visitors broke through the rules with respect to the gym order and regularity • and the arrangements of Mr. Dow- nasium on Sunday at this park, but we believe it will be ling to prevent loss Of life in case of the fall of any portion altered before another Sabbath comes. It is against the of the building, were admirable. Mr. Macfie was also in ' provisions of the trust deed to allow the use of the gym attendance, and whilst the alarm was spreading that the nasium on Sunda walls were likely to fall, he expressed his belief, so sub- A COUNTRY y. Mouss.—John Pile, a stalwart, but stantially were they built, that they would stand. His simple-looking provincial, was charged at the Lam expectations have been realised in the result. He dis- beth Police -court, on Wednesday, with t en d er i ng a played praiseworthy consideration for the poor fellows .. Tunnel medal" for a sovereign to a ca b man , w h o h a d who were risking their lives in preserving property, and driven him fgom Rotherhithe to Brixton ; and, in his de urged the officers of police to be exceedingly cautious, and fence, made the following statement, illustrative of "the not needlessly throw themselves in the way of danger. dangers of the town :"—He arrived from Wiltshire, in side ex Immediately surrounding er the s small houses ar-house, on f a most every search of work, on Sund a y aft ernoon, w i t h £ 7 in his cept one, ofo pocket, .£2 of which had been dissipated by Tuesday, wretched description; and the fears of the inhabitants when he went to the Thames Tunnel, where he remained created a most lively scene of terrible consternation. till all the boats were gone. He then took the cab to Bedding and furniture were thrown into the streets to be Brixton-hill, and on putting his hand in his coat pocket, conveyed away by shouting and bustling men, while the found, to his great surprise, that he had only a few half poor women, with tears and cries, running about, some pence, instead of several shillings. He then applied to of them quite frantic, in search of children or friends. his watch pocket, where he kept the gold which he had The loss to these poor people, considering their circuni received in change for a £5 note in the morning, and ten stances, must be very great. dered what he thought to be a sovereign. He had been About twelve o'clock the fire seemed to be entirely con- drinking, and was quite unconscious of what had become fined to the north-east corner of the building, where the of his money. The charge was dismissed o n the pri stoves for drying lump-sugar were situated, and all den- saner giving a respectable reference, with the understand ger of the walls falling was considered at an end. ing that the fare and the cabman's time should be paid. The walls presented a most fearful interesting sight. GRAND ORDER OF MODERN DRUIDS.—The anniver- Their immense height, now that they stand without in- sary of the Loyal Social Britons ' Lodge, No. 163, Nant ternal support, appears to be much higher than the re- with District, took place on Monday, the 7th inst., at the ality ; and an awful crack or two in a large and heavy house of host Astbury, Cbe,hire Cheese Inn, Nantvrich. mass of brick-work at the north-east corner, threatens, About 70 members and their friends sat down to a surnptu should it fall, to shake down the whole fabric. ous dinner provided by the host in his usual splendid style. We are glad to fi n d th a t a l arge p or ti on of the machi- nery at the north-e n d was save d ; an d th a t in addition On the cloth being drawn, P. A. Th os . T ate, o f 260 L odge, the salvage will be cons id era bl e . M essrs . Macfi e 's loss Crewe, was called to the ch a i r , w h en th e usua l l oya l toasts will be nearly c overe d by th e i r i nsurances , an d it i s an were given and drunk with grea t app l ause. T he healt h exceedingly fortunate circumstance that a detached pot- of the District Officers was th en g i ven b y t h e Ch a i rman i n a impressed upon tion of the works at th e nor th en d, w hi c h was t o t a lly un - brief but forcible address, i n w hi c h h e insured, escaped u n i n j ure d. Th e f o ll ow i ng i s a correc t the meeting the great obli ga ti on th e di s trict lay under to list of the insurances, amoun ti ng i n a ll t o £44,200 : them for their unwearied zea l i n p romo ti ng th e i n t eres ts Imperial ... £6,000 No r th B r iti s h.... £3,0000f the order. The toa s t was res p on d e d t o in an able manner by the D.M., the D.D.M., and the D.C.S. In Phoenix West of England.. 5,000 Atlas .. 3,000 fled with the statement made by D.M. Peers , . of the great Leeds and Yorkshire 5,000 I Suffolk Alliance . tarn, but in other countries, it being worth 'y of notice, Scottish Union .. 3,000 1 Yorkshire that lodges in common with this order, have been opened We regret to say that, on Friday morning, about six with great success, in the island of Barbadoes, sad other o'clock, while the firemen were at work on the ground parts of the American continent. Several songs and reci bobt a efo t rtno i h o rr e n : rations i w iygni e bed r i eeyog country, r v ino e t given and fike. d will,Tt particularly h h e e t company lbieghe tvneii nini gen s agw e r y nat a shp r er a vn t e e ccr d eoyea atdsvtii proceedings. advisable vivid, E e s a a vrnli and :u w s neh littleeo ao l r e f floor at the north end of the premises, the cisterns from above suddenly fell, and two of the men were much hurt ; x Itsitedthe pße b aiycl Richard a or m df. . o ts s h t wu a an w rd • awful ri l c uncommonly n h , c u Jo. thunderstorm, s o t fn o al r ry e m m v e le , o l r l u i , n dH g . commencingewyeTbe Heyhouses, ue t sh h e one was so much injured about the head that it was thought THUNDERSTORM.—On Sunday advisable to take him to the Northern Hospital, where, however, hopes are now entertained of his recovery. We must not omit to notice that among the many con trivances with which Messrs. Macfie's sugar-house was Lytham, was set on fire. All the windows, more or less, fitted for the extinguishing of fires and the safety of those were broken, and one of the doorposts in the kitchen employed therein, there was one of essential service, and was , knocked down. The electric fluid also struck a ser which ought forthwith to be copied by the owners of all warehouses, factories, or works. It consisted of an iron ladder on the outside of the building, fastened to the vent man, who had laid on the bed with the clothes on • it bricks, from the topmost story to within the reach of an injured his hip, and tore down one side of his trowsers. ordinary ladder at the bottom. By this means the safety of persons in the interior in case of fire is secured, and an The lightning also struck a g i r l, near fi ve years old, who easy means supplied to the firemen of taking the hose to was in bed ; scorched h e r h a i r on o n e s id e an d on the any particular part of the building otherwise unapproach- back of it, and also seve re ly b urne d one eye. A l i ttle able. further on, in the Heyh ouses , a t M r. Ni c h o l as C arme l' s, By a singular coincidence, the sugar house of Fairrie the electric fluid took out the kitchen window and split and Co., Cartsdyke, Greenock, took fire on Thursday the wall, but here n o n e of th e f am il y were i n j ure d . At morning, at two o'clock, and the greater part was con- Poulton and the neighbou r h oo d th e s t orm commence d sumed. The damage is estimated at from £50.000 t o with tremendous fury abo u t seven o ' c l oc k i n t h e even i ng , lightning was extremely vivid, the successive flashes of £BO,OOO. The sugar-house was situated contiguou s t o s e- and continued until on e th e f o ll ow i ng morn i ng . Th e veral streets, and a buildi ng -y ar d, w h ere t wo o f t h e new. Atlantic steam-ships are building. O n e life was lost. which completely illuminated the atmosphere to a very S considerable di s t ance f rom t h e eye o f t h e b e h o ld er. A t South Shore, a h orse b e l ong i ng to Mr. John Rawcliff was founding O F er inE N the e struck by th e e l ectr i c fl u i d, and killed. At Blackpool and Fleetwood the spo r t was of a f ear f ul character, b ut no damage was d one . were ADVANCE s SCIENCE:—At t t thatthe v m a e s e t t a r meeting o m f a gn the i fi cßri tish Association, on Friday, Lord Palmerston, in the course of' a speech, said,—" Wh at would Warren Hast ings, and what would th e great C live have said, if, when they empire, which now owns its connexion and subjection to English rule, they had been told that, in a few passing years after they bad established that great dominion, an invention would be made which should render it physi cally possible, if it were politically arranged, that a mi nister in the House of Commons, interrogated upon a question connected with India, might say to his interro gating opponent, ' Have the goodness, Sir, to repeat your question at the end of half-an•hour, and in the interval I will obtain an answer from the Governor-General at Cal cutta?' (Laughter and cheers.) Yet that, I appre hend, is physically possible, by the late discoveries of some of the distinguished men of science of our day. (Cheers.) What would have been said by those men who first began with rude instruments to examine the resplendent heavens, if they had been told that a time would come when a great astronomical instrument would be constructed by which inank'nd should obtain a know ledge of the existence of celestial bodies, whose light, it has been calculated by astronomers, could not reach the small speck of earth which we inhabit, in which the in vestigator dwells, in a shorter period than 30,000,000 of THE LAUNCH OF THE LOODIANAH We were unable last week to give the excellent speech of the Rev. T. Nolan, at the dejeuner given at the launch ing of the noble ship Loodianah on the previous day. We now supply the deficiency. After acknowledging the manner in which the toast, " The Bishop and Clergy," had been received, the reverend gentleman went on to say :—I cannot say that my gratification is altogether un selfish, inasmuch as I deem it the highest earthly privi lege I enjoy to belong, even in the humblest rank, to such a body as the clergy of Liverpool. And yet, sir, it is not on my own account, nor even on account of the honoured body with which my humble name is associated, 1 feel such satisfaction. I think I see a principle involved in the introduction of the clergy into the toasts prepared for this happy and auspicious occasion. I interpret it to mean a recognition of that Supreme Being, whose we are, and whom we seek to serve, in the gospel of His dear son ; and your cordial reception of it, I take as a willing acknowledgment, on your part, of Him who bath said, " In all thy ways acknowledge me, and I will direct thy paths." And so, sir, do I rejoice, truly and cordially re joice, as I said in commencing, taking this as an omen of soccess, imploring the blessing of heaven uroa this new undertaking, ►his magnificent accession to the shipping of our port, that we have just seen to glide off, in beauty and in majesty, and now behold in the gracefulness of perfect symmetry " shrined in her own grand element." What a thrill of mighty association is awakened in the mind of every one interested in, and deren lent upon, the success of Liverpool, by such a scene and sight as this, —a ma jestic vessel just launched, " walking in the waters like a thing of life," the emblem and instrument of commercial enterprise ! Whether he recalls the lowly origin of com merce in the rude and unadventurous navigation of the olden time, or traces its gradual progress in the discovery of the magnet. and the subsequent developments of naval skill ; or coming upo.a our own times, beholds the jarring elements of nature, air, fire, and water, subordinated by science, to the purposes of man ; and as he beholds them DOMESTIC pauses, as he ought, to meditate upon the greatness and the goodness of God, whose simplest creations in the be ginning have afforded material all along for the most ab struse and extended discoveries of man. And if forming his anticipations of the future, upon his memory of the past, he soars upward still upon the eager wing of hope, whither may not his expectations lead him, as to the dis coveries and advancements of the next and succeeding ge y nera•• I, eflections like , t to my _mons. Kt._ these, sir, are rough. own mind by easy association with the toast I am in structed to submit to you before I sit down, and about which I cannot forbear trespassing upon your kind indul gence for a concluding moment. The advantages of com merce need no lengthened advocacy in this room. It is by the enterprising prudence of commerce, that the natu ral productions of one country are exchanged for the arti ficial creations of another, and this for the mutual benefit of both. By the maintenance of mutually beneficial in tercourse between nations, as between individuals, kind lier feelinzs are generated, the elements of discord are e woule WORKING OF THE CORN BILL.—We take the following from a speech of Lord George Bentinck, delivered at a protectionist dinner, on Wednesday last, to Mr. Newde gate, one of the members for North Warwickshire : " Last year a feint was made, a cry of famine raised, in consequence of the disease of the potatoe crop, which it was falsely stated had failed. This year, unhappily, the feint had become a reality. From John o'Groats to the Land's End, from the Irish Sea to the Atlantic, the po tatoe crops now were lost—perhaps through the just judg ment of the Almighty on the ingratitude of our rulers for the bountiful harvest of last year. Ten million worth of food would, by this failure, be taken from the people, and he need not tell them that the bean and pea crop had failed. On the continent, too, the crops were deficient, and America itself would be unable to supply the necessi ties of England and France. The price of wheat, then, would necessarily rise next year, but free trade had no thing to do with that. If they wished to know the effect of free trade they must compare the price of wheat in March last with that in August, when the visitation of Providence came upon us. The price of red wheat of the year 1844, in March,.lB44, varied from 5i to 70 shillings a quarter. On the 10th of August the red wheat of 1846, which could best compare with it, varied from 445. to 48s. a quarter; and nothing had happened in the interval, but that the new Corn Bill had passed, and two million quarters of foreign corn had come into this country. Could they possibly have a greate r p roo f o f . • lri gin in rodlnn;nr• tha gradually submerged, the bands of society are drawn closer together, and the pious wish of the poet approaches a realization, so, in order to make the comparison with perfect fairness, take the wheat of 1845 at these F nods; and they all knew that increase of "That men to men the world all o'er I improve its quality. In March it was 5e1...., -- May brothers be for a'that." 60 s. a quarter, and i n August from 38s. to 46s.—and this Nor is there a nation on the face of the earth that owes was wheat of the same harvest in the same market. This more to the successful advance of commerce than Eng- was a natural consequence; the reduction of duty was land. Truly, her merchants are princes, and her traffick- 16s. a quarter, and the reduction of price was 16s. a guar ers are amongst the honourable of the earth. 'Tis true ter also. The free traders might attempt to sneer at their that through the goodness of God, England possesses the prophecies of reduction in price not being fulfilled, but other indispensable elements of national greatness; but it let them look to their own. This free trade measure, is chiefly to her armies and her commerce, situated as she according to their declarations, was to improve trade, and is, an ocean Queen, she is indebted for her proud pre. give plenty and prosperity to the manufacturing districts ; eminence in the scale of nations, and her position unri- and he could appeal to the reports from every quarter valled in the annals of civilized glory. I s th ere amongst whether such had been the case. ' the Sovereigns of the earth another more honoured than DEAFNESS.—Mr. Swift, the aurist, will pay his usual the Sovereign of England ? And is not the name of an monthly visit to Liverpool, on Monday and Tuesday next, English merchant a syrionyme throughout the world for the 22nd and 23rd of September, when he may be con taintless honour, enterprising perseverance, and incor- sulted on every disease to which the human ear is subject. ruptible integrity? And surely Liverpool may lay claim See advertisement. to a more than ordinary share of this national distinction. In the decline of life the most safe and efficacious oc- From the able and authentic statistical statement of the I casional medicine for giving tone and strength to th e respected chairman of th e D oc k C omm i t t ee , Mr, Bram- stomach, and acting at the same time as a gentle and ley-Moore, the superiority of the port of Liverpool is aP- healthful aperient, is Frampton's Pill of Health —a family parent above the other ports in England, which is but restorative which has conferred the most essent i a l benefits another mode of expr ess i on for above every other port in upon those who have fortunately had recourse to its the world. And I may ment i on, a l so , upon th e authority I health-restoring aid; enabling them to apply to them of another well-known, and as much respected and enter- se l v es the well-known line from Shakspere— prising gentleman of this town. Mr. Samuel Holme, that 1 " Though I look old, yet I am strong and lusty." the population, within a circle of forty miles' radius i A BAD BREAST OF AN EXTRAORDINARY NATURE round the Exchange of Manchester, exceeds that within a , CURED BY H OLLOWAY ' S OINTMENT AND PILLS.—A similar circle around St. Paul's, London, by more than short time since, the wife of Henry Pocock, a turner, re -350,000. So that t a ken in a ny point of view, the national siding at Buckleburv, Berks, was considered to be a very or commercial importance of our good old town h oc , Liv o e o r- , precarious s t a t e, i n consequence of her breast becom i ng pool can hardly be exa gg erated. The name of t e _L - alarmingly s wo ll en and bursting into ulcers ; t h e fi rs t ianah" brings before us in connection with the trade for medical aid in th e country was of no serv i ce —her case which she is destined, the scene and th e circum stances was considered as incurable. Notwithstanding this hope that bridged for us the Sntlej, and threw open the Pun- less condition, the ulcers have been all beetled, and so i p a le u the honoured and noble names of Hardinge at the same breast. This wonderful cure has been solely crisis of the and of Gough, who, neither in the a b su to re th to e enterprise of England. And, sir, I recur with i perfect is the cure that she is now suckling another child r ) -9 3j 0 I