Northern Times. — Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1857-12-02 00:00:00

eccrnieriftti Staiti.-lEbf6 Map. At twelve o'clock, at the brokers' office, 16, Exchange-buildings, 150 cases and 100 hlas. Tallow.—J. H. Rayner an.l Co. At twelve o'clock, at the brokers' office, Liver-chimbers, 20 bales Cotton. ---Rogers and Calder. At twelve o'clock. at the trokers' offi:e, a quantity of Tallow and Rosin.—Bigland, Sens, and Jeffreys. At twelve o'clock. at the brokers' office, 5, Exchange-alley West, a quantity of Madder Roots, Sago Flour, Yellow Berries, &c.—P-ryce and Lace. At the brokers' office, 15, North JOhn-strect, 460 ballots Peruvian Sheep's Wool—Law and Wylie. At twelve o'clock, at the Public Saleroom, Exchange-huildings, a quantity Of Elastic and Madder Rodts.—Bower and Slack, At twelve o'clock, at the brokers' office, 23, Oldhall-street, 73 chests Lac Dye.—Glads'.one and Serjeantson. At twelve o'clock, tg the Public Saleroom, :Exchange-buildings, 5 tons.Ceara Fustic.—Wbitaker, Whitehead and C o. At twelve o'clock, at the brokers' office, Victoria-buildings, Hackin's hey, 104 bags Sato Floar.—T. W. and J. C. Harrop and Co. At twelve o'clock, at ne broken' office, 301, Exchange-street East, a quintity of Logwood and Fastic.—Percival, Campbell a-id Co. At twelve o'clock, at the Public Saleroom, Exchange-buildings, 150 tons Nicaragua Wood.—Rooke, Okell, and opence. At one o'clock, at the brokers' office, 5, Rumford-street, 1000 Cocoa Nuts.—Geor g e Goore. At twelve o'clock, at' the ruble Saleroom, Exchange-buildings, a q •aotity cf Gum, Porter and Co. At one o'clock, at the broker.' office,l3, Hackin's-hey, 17 tons Sapau wood.— Balmain and Hill. At twelve o'clock, at the brokers' office, 1, Oldhall-street, 130 chests Shell Lac.—N. Waterhouse and Sons. At the brokers' office, Apsley-buildings, Oldhall-street, 16G bags Chicory R3ot. —E. Coa-and Sons. 2IMUSEA.ETS, PUBLIC kIEEFLii(IS, THIS D.Y. WILL AstrarraEATLE—Dramati 3 Parformmce —7 p.m. CtrQUE;Veatr.TE, Dale-street-7 p.m. Lyvaaro?r. A.OADEW!'s ExilißiTioN, Post-office-place. Ear.t.x. Cox. , asssum—General EntertaMmeat-6.30 1:0' For advertisements see second page.' 1 , 10'210E TO ADVERTISERS. Persons see,kingEnploymentf, parties requiring Servants, Assistants or Clerks, and those in search of Apartments, or having Lodgings to Let, can best bring their wants under the ndice of the public, iky advertiskig in the NOMMEN -TOLE3, and which, front its large circulation, is the most efficient medium. of pubi,icity in this district. The cemh.prict - for this special class of advertisenzents is now -reducael to THREEPENCE FOR TWENTY WORDS', and for every additional jive words onr peyny. 41.) ' . 1 „ . ") ° t•l2 19 trats 4,4 ' IVEDNESDAY, DECE:;MER 2, 1837. THE DAY'S NEWS. Parliament meets for the despatch of important busineas• to-morrow, and the members of both Houses are now congregating in large numbers in London. The Globe of last night states that the address of the Lords in reply to the Queen's speech, -will be moved by Lord Portman, and seconded iby Lord Carew. According to a Lone on cotemporary, the Cabinet have resolved to make an apology rather than table a bill. At all events, ouch is the present understanding in circles likely to be well-informed. We are told that the First Minister will ask how is it possible in the present condition of things that a Reform Bill can be discussed, and he may possibly add that, when the Session is a little more advanced, her Majeaty's.advisers Will be able to see whether anything in that way can be done. So with the question about the future Government of India. There is now a pretty clear understanding tha the statement of the .Times newspaper on this subt ject was deliberately made for a sinister purpose, but it was not anticipated that the fiction would so soon expire. All that is now promised is that, at sonic period not very remote, the Indian Government will have to undergo change, and that at present every effort will be employed to keep Lord Canning in office, not so much for the sake of Lord Canning himself, as for the ex planations that would be required consequent upon his dismiseal. The Governor-General of India has not thought it his duty to avail himself of those Cabinet instructions that were sent out to .him to retire ; and to give him up now by an •offialial act would necessitate an inquiry into the reasons for retaining him in office throughout . so many months of incapacity and vacillation. .The inquiry into the alleged murder on the high seas was resumed yesterday, and adjourned until Thn..sday. The case does not look near so bad as, it did at fizsie still the Captain is in a very. -critical condition. The stipendiary magis trate said, yesterday, it may possibly men out that. the mate of the Elizabeth would ha only cenviata I of an aggravated. assault. - He may, however, be sent for trial on the capital charge The Captain, at the inquiry yesterday, ldoked much more careworn than previousiy. Dr...dc;lTeile laid the foundation of a new church in Parliament Street, yesterday. The particulars mill be found in another column. ..„, Yesterday, the general meeting of the Great Northern • -F.,ailway proprietors was held, and it was strong character, as had been anticipated. The report of the directors, and their, prc,posals respecting di vilends were, however, adop;.ed. Mr. Denison, the chairman, macle.zn apootf2,' for the uncourteous ex?'7essions he used .at a fornitr !netting.. The amende was well receive. The Chamber. Commerce of Glasgow .have held a m•aeting on the Bank Charter Act, and the result is, that tho g:ntlemers. composing it denounce the present banking tnorionoly. The inciak , ist on t'Ll.e body of one of the twelve victims of. the recent boiler e%plosion at Hudderz field was held on Monday, and. resulted in a verdict blaming the. proprietors, and also those who fixed the safety.valres. The Pastoral of the Cardinal Archbishop of Mecklin forbids the clergy of the diocese from any interfe•ence in the Belgian elections.. The pulpit is strictly interdicted as to electioneering 'topics.. No progress • was made in t7ne launch cf the liiNiathao y.e3tordly, but j - nost extensive prepara- tions. We have of late had many run_iours of propo sitions resp6eting th© fate of the Danubian Prin cipalities. C..n.tainiy diplornaoy is, most active in this matter. To-day we hear of draft of a project lately, - sent to Constantinople ..by the Austrian Government. It is said to be found&zl on the original Eu , _?lish scheme', but to he modified in such a way as to leave out the union altogether. ThiS. equals Liehtenber eelebrapd description of a blameless knife. the :handle of wh'..dh has been lost.. Ge t man p4,-iliticians ars b.uisy with anether pro ject of a union, which gright not turn Out to be so threatening to the peace of Europe. The Diet of the Duchy. of Coburg will he shortly conNoked to discuss, for . a . ieeond . time, the question of the union of the Duchy With that of Gotha. The Caurt of Appeal of Jena has -glready deolded in favour of the union, and it is assumed that the Coburg Diet will no longer withold its consent. The #nancial crisis is pressingluost severely at Berlin, The measures of the Governent will hardly o.lny it Finanei 41 LtffAirs at Hamburg are in a most unsa tisfactory state. _ The birth, of s. Princo at Madrid has given the utmost satisfactian to the people of Spain. THE readers of the NORTHERN TIMES will be glad to find that the Liverpool Financial Reform Association have commenced the work of reform ing themselves. hitherto this most necessary body have (halt with Finance and Currency as the Arctic and Antarctic orbs of our social system, which were connected by an imaginary line which existed only in the brain of the speculative philosopher, Happily we cannot now apply these express;zve words of MILTON'S to the Association— "A drop serene had quenched their orbs," for they now laurich out into both spheres as they find that, without taking both the circles in which the work of the nation's destruction is going on, their body would lack the rotundity which alone can give it the strength originally intended. They find, in truth, that Currency Reform must go before Financial Reform, and the public will be rejoiced to hear that the Association are giving the monetary question the attention its importance deserves. We hail this as a grand step in the right direction. It would be useless for the Association to go on telling the public how the 'national income is misapplied and squandered without informing them where the vast revenue -of the State comes from, and in what it is paid. The Israelites would have found no difficulty in paying their debt of bondage in bricks if they had had the straw wherewith to make them. So it is with us and taxation. We could pay any amount of revenue in our native products—anything which native labour could extract from the parent soil; but we are made to pay taxes in gold, a foreign commodity, and the scarcest metal in the world 1 The Financial 11.? form Association never, until now, looked at this phase of the question, They forgot to tell us that that is the commodity the merchants of the world have selected as the medium of adjusting the balances of trade—that in the early days of civilisation it was only valuable because it wa3 scarce, and that the value of its increased quantity is now doubly enhanced by the enlargement of the circle of uses in which it is employed. And that this product— Which is advancing so rapidly in demand, as our Financial Reformers show, by the augmen tations and waste of taxation, and our bankers, by the usurous . rates of interest they ask for its use—has a price fixed upon it, above which it cannot rise. Now, would the Financial Reformers ask the Merchants to pay duties •in Sugar and other commodities, at a fixed price ? Would they call Cotton at Gd. a pound, a far basis of taxation ; or Wheat at a fixed price of 40s. a quarter, a natural and equitable standard of value, whereby to measure the power of the people to pay 801000,000/. of revenue ? If Cotton was worth Bd. a pound in trade, and Wheat worth 50s. to the miller, would not these fixed prices add 2.5 per cent, to the revenue, and make the taxation of the year 100,000,0001., instead of 80,000,000/. ? This is what our fixed Mint price of gold is doing in finance. The ravages it is committing in trade are not one wit less oppressive and positively abominable. Take all our mercantile . contracts, with all their risks, and varieties of chances which stand between the importer and exporter, and their profits, and see the large amount of loss which must attend the realisation of remunerative prices, where the value of the commodity into which all contracts resolve themselves, is fixed by law at a price which has been purposely designed to fill the pockets of those who have no stake in the commerce or prosperity of their country, beyond that which panics yield them. We would, however, hold the Financial Re formers to this very simple proposition, namely, that fixing the price of the metal in which . the State revenue is paid, is depriving the payer of taxes of the advantages of an open market, in which that metal would rise and fall in value, in strict obedience to the natural laws of supply and demand ; and that the injustice done to the subject, by not allowing him to obtain the increased value which demand would na turally give to gold, in seasons such as the present, is not compensated by the cheap , ness of that metal at other periods of time, when the • supply is more abundant. If they admi t these two allegations as true, they are Currency Reformers, and to this important branch of our Financial affairs, we submit, it would be well if they devoted more time and attention. The general interests of the trading community are also too closely interwoven with our fiscal system to be wholly discarded by so influential and useful a body. The magnitude of the com mercial embarrassments of .this year will be shown in the income and property tax returns. Here we..shall discover the effect -of the deprecia tion of all commercial property required to bring down its value; first, to the low fixed price of gold; and, secondly, to render it convertible into money, which limited in quantity by a prohi bitive standard. Hence the welfare of .trade and soundness of finance will be found to go .hand in hand. The Financial Reform Association are not, as a matter of course, bound to adopt the great variety of propositions brought before them by Currency Reformers. Opening their doors to the free discussion of the subject, is a great deal, and now we do not despair of hearing them declare in favour of the immediate removal of the 62r,ed Mint price of gold, and the adoption of taxation as the basis of our paper currency. Free gold for Free Trade, and Exchequer notes for the payment of t axes , are t h e car dinal points of the Financial Reform Asso ciation's Charter. They embody the great principles of Free Trade made perfect, and honest financial dealing with the public. It was never meant that the dirnestic debts of nations were to be paid in foreign products at a fixed price, nor can any system so manifestly dishonest stand the test of exposure. This all classes of Reformers will find to be true; and should our Financial Magnates allow the present storm to THE NORTHERN TIMES.=--LIVERPOOL, blow over in silence, they will have ample cause to regret it, on the return of another crisis, which is not far distant, if we are to place any faith in monetary reports from the Continent. Let them look round about them, and then tell us where we are to look for relief. The Bank of England may, and will regain possession of a million or two of gold within a few weeks, if only to save their Charter—but what of that ? How far will it go towards relieving Europe ? We are not suffering alone. Other countries have copied us in Finance and Banking; and how are they to escape, except by adopting the course we resort to for our rescue. If we have free gold, so will they ; and if we decide on taxation as the basis cf our paper currency—if they attempt it—who can foretell the result ? If they bid higher for gold than we do, we shall feel a drain, which will end in hoarding ; and, if they seek safety in paper, they will abuse it, as they have invariably done. Such are our monetary prospects in 1857. The hurricane will commence where the storm ceases; and we would gladly see the Financial Reform Association throw their weight into the discussion, and endeavour at once to aid trade in its distress, and the Imperial Exchequer through its perils ; for both are urgent,.and still impending. AMUSEMENTS. THE AMPHITHEATRE. We have not space to do more than to state that Miss Reynolds' appeared at this theatre last night and Monday . night, and, although the audiences were not so large as one could have desired to see, with the fullest success, as regarded the cordiality of her reception and the appre ciation by the house of her grace, vivacity, and dramatic power. Last night Miss Reynolds brought forward Mr. Tom Taylor's Comedy " The Victims " in which she played Mrs. Merryweather, a lady who victimises her husband by airs and grace!, and the pretence of sickness; while she surrounds herself with " learned and scientific ladies and gentlemen, distinguished foreigners," &c., and treats her husband with contempt as a mere "stock broker." Mr. Edgar played the husband, and Mr. Baker played the character of Mr. Joshua Butterby, who is attached to the fortunes of Miss Crane, a strong-minded woman, and they both become victims to Mr Butterby's misery, himself up in the flirtations of his friend and idol, Mr. Herbert Fitzherbert, " a poet" ('{r. Noville), with Mrs liferryweather, through which the two latter also become victims; and an opportunity is afforded:to Miss Reynolds of showing great power and versatility of acting, without any extravagance. Mrs. Fitz herbert (Miss Pages) is a victim to her husband's inordinate selfishness and conceit, and her attachment and admiration of his poetical talents. Other characters aid these in pro ducing several very dramatic situations; and the comedy, without any particular brilliance of language, may be considered a very successful productioi. It was very well put upon the stage ; and Miss Reynolds, Mr. Edgar, and Mr. Baker were called for after the performance, and loudly applauded. To-night the "School for S andal" will be played. Miss R-ynolds Lady Teazle, Mr. Baker Sir Peter, and Mr. Edgar Joseph Surface. Miss Reynolds will also appear in Julie in " The Husband of an Hour." Last ni.4ht she acted very well in a " Wicked Wife," in which she was well supported by Mr. Edgar and Mr. Baker. MISS KATE SAXON AND MR. RAYMOND CONCERT HALL. We have already, in a very unreserved manner, gave our opinion of this entertainment. We have stated that Miss Saxon 's a very clever woman, and we see no reason to alter that opinion ; but we think she is decidedly out ()f -iler real aria natural element, and that she has been placA in a wrcng position. Her subjects are not well chosen, aad until she meets something more consonant to her genius, she cannot hold a first place. In " John Bull' she failed—not in manner, but matter. In her new entertainment, introduced on Monday night, she was even less successful. The latter is designated " The Poet's Theme, or Universal Love." We went impressed with the expectation of hearing something new—new at least from the gifted lady—but, alai ! we were not the only party totally disappointed. We heard nothing new, but a very old reading of " Romeo and Juliet," with some of the interpola tions of Garrick, witinut any redeeming eviality. It was stated that this was given before the President of the United States—that personage, no doubt, is a very learned Shak spearean gentleman, but there are people in Liverpool who know something that way too. We freely admit, that on the score, of ' Love"—that is, theoretical love— there never will be anything on the bank equal to " Remee and Juliet;" bat this feir;and gifted lady—Miss Sexoe— need not come to tell us that. Ire her quotations, too, :although rot absolutely faulty, she oinittel the finest passages of the scenes purported to be given. Let any one who can read and comprehend the meaning of the words, take up a volume of Shakspeare, with the T Zginal. text, and quietly read it by the fire side one of e'• pAi t , winter evenings, and much more information ai'''' e . thati, mysterious thing call e d "L ave " may h o gleaned;' •;, pt: the smiles and the able tuannar of delivery) tilt. is' affordel at the Concert-hall. Mr. Malone fn on appeared too, in what is termed a new character—" Ti 1 Irish and Foreign Mail Bag"—and we regret to say. I that we have not found much new "mail" in it. The, stories aria stale, but well told.--indeed, wo believe, oily Miss i S .xon and Mr. Raymond could be found to handy such " aacient things" with such good effect. One thing Mr, Raymond tells th it we have not heard before— it is " Private Paddy," his delivery of: that story, - and a couple of songs, relieves the whole affair from positive Cnillti. LORD PALMERSTON'S PLEDGE LAST SESSION. Lord Palmerston, on the address in answer to the Q teen's speech of last session, spoke as follows with reference to the Reform Bill :—" It will be the duty of the Government in the ensuing recess to give to that matter their most anxious and most serious consideration, and I hope—indeed, I am confident—that the beginning of the next session we shall be able to propose to Parlia ment some measure which will, we thick, be well calcu lated to meet the just expectations of the country, correct these defects which exist in the system of representation, and extend the franchise to classes of persons now unmeritedly excluded from the prHiege. More than that, I trait the Houle will net expect me to say." Mr, Roebuck fol:owed Lord Palmerston with—" I congratulate the House that we have now a distinct pledge (0 from the noble Lord, that be intends next year to brig forward a measure of Parliamentary Reform. There is no mistake us to his intentions." TII3 APP.ROACIIIIICI TRIAL FOR MURDER AT BRAMIIALL. —We believe that Janae3 Henderson, charged withthe murder of Us h;ther, c)ntiuues to indulge in the confidant expectation that this trial will result in a verdict of a:quitta It is' rumoured that £2OO has been placed in his solicito'rs han,is, and that Serjearit Parry has been retained for the def e 'nea—Choter Ckronicle. THE GREAT EASTERN: —The bigh tide of Monday night would, for the fi rs t t i me ; place about twelve i nc h es o f water under the k ee l o f t:, , e Leviathan. If an average amount of success a tt en d s t hi s day's efforts, the hi g h water at two o'clock will place about . qix feet under her centre, and though, of course, insufficient :o float her, will take about 5,000 tons o ff t h e d ea d we i ght o . :1 th e ways, and so facilitate her pr ogress t h at i t is Cont i gently hoped by Wednesday or Thursday, at least, she will' be brought all right to her moorings in the Thames. WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 2, 1857. THE NEW CHURCH IN PARLIAMENT STREET. At all times, the laying the foundation-stone of a new church is attended with demo n st ra ti o ns of peculiar in terests in the locality where such an interesting ceremony takes place; but yesterday, a more than usual amount of interest took place, in consequence of a new church being about to be erected in Parliament -street, a locality long in want of such a means of grace in that district ; but as the name of Dr. M'Neile was connected with the move ment, a more than usual interest was manifested on the occasion. Shortly after twelve o'clock, a number of the clergy of the diocese assembled in St. James's School room, St. James's-road, accompanied by a number of the laity of the district, and having formed themselves into a procession, at once proceeded to the site intended for the New Church, situate in Parliament-street, and which is to be devoted to the Holy Trinity, where a very large concourse of persons had assembled to witness this interesting ceremony. Amongst the company present we observed the Revs. T. Cowan, W. Leveson, H. Carpenter, W. M. Falloon, J. 0. Powell, W. Bowlan, C. Guest, J. M. Bannerman, H. Marlon. T Lingley, T. W. Montan, W. M'Allan, D. J. Hirsch, R. R. Hunt, J. Butler, and 11. Flynn ; Messrs. R. L. Jones. R. Williams, J. Eden, J. Wilson, T. Lloyd, J. Cook, F. Hodgson, G. Williams, W. Tomkinson, J. Williams, J. Harrison, &c. The Rev. Dr. Baylee was unavoidably absent. The formal pre liminaries having been arranged, and the stone adjusted so as to be placed in its final resting place, Mr. WILLIA as G REGSON said he had been requested to open the proceedings of that day with a few appropriate remarks. He hoped they would be appropriate, but he would promise that they should be few. The occasion on which they had assemble I was one of a most solemn kind, but one in which all Christians must feel deeply interested, it was for the purpose of laying the foundation stone of a new Church. They were all aware that, for some time past, the Rev. Mr. Postance had been working in this district, and his ministrations had been found to be accep table to the people ; and it is with pleasure that at last he had to tell them That they were about to _have a. large building for himto reach in. Since he had been there he had, had to preach in the open air—sometimes in small buildings—and sometimes in places that would not accommodate half his hearers, all of which had been attended with great inconvenience. But such a state of things had no right to be tolerated in a place like Liver pool, where the people had the means and the will, if they choose to exercise them, of extending the spread of the gospel. He then proceeded to say that, through the exertions that had been made, they were about to erect a church that would hold 509 people, and in addition to that, there were schools that would give instruction to 450 children, and they would receive an endowment of £45 per annum for the minister. He thought that they had a right to feel thankful that the rich as well as the poor of other districts had come forward so liberally and aff)rded them assistance. The total sum required for the church and the schools was £4,500. If they raised that amount their object would be com pleted. The amount still required to complete the church was £3OO, and for the schools £4OO, makings total of £7OO, but only £4,000 had been collect ed, therefore, at pr, sent, there was still a deficiency which, he had no doubt, would be soon met. He then went on to say that although this church would not possess any of the fine decorating, externally and internally, the simple Word of God would be preached therein to the people, and that the praises to Him would be sung with the same effect as in the cathedrals, where the anthems were sunrwith all their force, and their solemn peals reached to " Heaven's high gates." In conclusion, he said that the Bishop of the Diocese had so far concurred in the establishment of the church, that he had waived all minor technicalities, and had contributed £5O towards the accomplishment of the object they had in view. - Mr. CHARLES Groves then, in presenting the trowel to the Dr. M Noile, addressed the meeting. He said—l have been requested, as the representative of many of the contributors to the fund for building a church in this district, to present to you, Dr. M'Neile, a trowel with which to ley the foundation stone. I feel ik a great honour, and but for my inability on such an occasion to express myself as I wish, I should also feel it a great pleasure in being permitted to take part in such a work; for I believe that nothing c,ntributes more to raise the character and condition of the working man than to provide him with a church and school, though, " as cleanliness is next to godliness," it is almost as important to provide him with a decent dwelling. The Times well remarked lately, "At the bottom of all that leads to depredation is no doubt to be found the want of a decent dwelling"—so closely con nected are physical and moral evil. This is the third dis trict that has been brined by means of the Working Men's Church Association, established by my marvellous minded friend, Dr. Baylee, who has hereby been a great bene factor to the town. The object of the association is to provide the stipends of clergymen appointed to new dis tricts, and they cannot long minister in them without feeling the necessity of a church. In the first of the three districts, St A idan'a, in the north end of the town, with a population of 8,000 or 9,000, a church has been built tied opened eighteen months. In the second, St. Columba's, a chapel that has been uses for Church of England worship for two years, has been purchased, and will be consecrated whenever the bishop determines. This, of Trinity, is the third. And probably neither of these churches would .have been previd©d but for the association just mentioned. Yet, how much is still wanting in this the southern part of the town (and the northern is as destitute) may be seen in the fact that in the three adjoining districts—namely, St. Thomas's, St. Bernabs.s's, and St. John the Baptist—there is a population of u 0,000; and if they were subdivided into ten instead of three districts they would still be unmanageably large. But notwithstanding the wealth of the town, there is only one indlvi 'ual, Mr. Harmood Banner, who has built a church in it al, his own expense ; and how many could do so without denying themselves a single luxury ! 0 that they would indulge themselves in the luxury of such an act ! As was cnce said, "If the word ' responsibility' were stamped upon every guinea, men would spend them in a different way to what they now do." I believe if more churches and schools and improved dwelling houses were built, much less would be needed for hospitals, infirmaries, poor rates, reformatories, and prisons. And now all ;w me to express to you, Dr. M'Neile, my own thanks and thos e of the committee or the valuable help you have for more than twelve months rendered to this object. Amidst your num berless engagements, you have always contrived to find time patiently to listen to and advise upon every fresh point that has been brought before you. But the gratitude and thanks of the whole town are specially due to Mr. Postance for the rare perseverance with which he has exerted himself to raise the necessary funds. In the last fifteen months I have constantly heard from him of his progress ; and the often unexpected help he has received has made me feel that surely the Lord is with him to g'.ve him favour with those he has applied to. And I hope and pray that he may be spared to .continue his exertions to complete the church and schools, and to be a blessing to his people. I have very great pleasure, Dr. M'Neile, in handing you the trowel. The trowel, which was manufactured at Mr. Mayer's establishment, in Lord.street, i bore the following in scription :—" Presented to the Rev. H. M'Neile, D.D., Hon. Canon of Chester, on the occasion of his laying the foundation stone of Holy Trinity Church, Parliament. street.—Liverpool. Dec 1, 1857"—having been presented to the Rev. Dr. M'Neile, the workmen were cared upon to prepare for depositing the stone in its final resting place. A box containing some coin., and the newspapers of the day having been previously deposited therein, The Rnv. Dr. M'NEILE said: I am called upon to perform a work for which I am not dressed for the purnot.,•e, and for which I am not accustomed, but if I get my silk gown dirty now in this work, it will soon be clean again. He then proceeded to place the foundation stone in its proper position, which he did amidst the cheering of the people, and to the satisfaction of all. Having accomplished this object, he again stepped on the temporary platform, an said—As one of the trustees of the church to be erected on that site, he had very glady responded to the call of those gentlemen who • re presented the list of subscribers, and who had been kind enough to invite him to have the honour of laying the first stone. That has been done, and he trusted that they would all live to see the day when the topmost stone of the corner was placed thereon, and that the living words of their Saviour Jesus Christ would be preached therein. The building of churches, like every other affaie to eaten i christianity in the land, was then left entirely and solely to the voluntary contributions of the people. Grants of parliamentary money were out of the question. The legislature would not assist them. It was quite clear, that although much had been done, there required still much more to do. From what they had heard, it was clear that the requirements of parliament were quite in sufficient, nor had it been for the entire people of England and Wales. He would show that, by giving the pepu lation of :England and Wales. In 1801, the population was 8 892 536, and in 1851, it had increased to 17,927,609. During that time, certainly, something had been done to erend the means of christen knowledge, but not sufficient to keep pace with the increase of the population. He then briefly alluded to the sts'ement made by Groves, in reference to the want of church accommodation in that district, and the number of churches, that had been built in Liverpool by voluntary contributions, but still they would find that thousands of their fellow-creatures, from their birth, have no place in any church, nor no pastor to care for their immortal souls, while emissaries of evil and infidel publications were being scattered n a i b ia lt t am is on y g o s u t the e e m pe e o e p t l im e. 13 ' r H ef ;s eiy th e e eti n turned round r e o t un m d ea to ne t r he , people, and, in do. Yog that support the evil. I will tell you what you It . i i n . y w o o u r k, whoan d support expend t h e your m— iti money is tthrough —instead of doing your duty towards your God. He ice w e f ask what was to be done with a population like that . Liverpool? They had the laws, which were good; In had the police, which was indispensable • and they pi. , their gaols, which were a horrid nuisance ;but neither Ire police, nor gaols, would reach the heart of the sore. Tile heart of the sore was not liberty, therefore imprisonntef ro ill ug t h he yo g u in tha P t l tre e y fl i ourt e n d , would not cure it ; the heart of the sore was ntheM therefore gaols would not cure it. The heart of so re education ! What could that do ? It would not meet th e was not to be reached by general education. evil, but would only cause more Redpaths and Robseree: and railway defalcations He did not agree with the,_ al L, ciple of general education. There had been one of tin apostles in the town lately—Lord Brougham—wi le l 'ar s been speaking at the Mechanics' Institute, called e ei Queen's College. Let them try the ge ll e c ja education ; but he would say that they Wee, Thereni never ba better without the Gospel. it was clear that neither law, police, nor P h r • would have any effect. By the establishment lila church they would have the simple Gospel preach who the people. lie then drew a picture of the peePle eel e were in the habit of using the expression, " D--n ~/t a soul," who used it for want of proper instruction ; °Le they knew better, and told that they did not believe e.,, God believed them at the time that they used the 'arta; that they would do so ; and the way to do so wa s he y teach them that the Lord would forgive them if t 00 • • believed in Christ, who suffered and died for theinej the cross. He then went on to say that the a ° elle was the true religion, for it taught them , Gennefri ~ i n the Ad instance, to seek pardon ; while false rligion l a se them to seek for something else. In that dull'' ea true Gospel would be preached—there would ee9 4 o '. half-and-half ieligion—no Paseyism—no holy licweit —but the pure Gospel of the Lord. That woe - or - should be taught in all churches; and that the P_ r ,,.. mother, with her starvicg infant in the cradle, cee ei skr haps, on the bed of straw, and the poor outcastreeen who had been seduced by the gentleman, an meld neglected and left on the world—it was he that te a % be whipped—it was ho that was the Nana B_,,c' ` b the was he that was the Sepoy —it was he that 764 mutineer—it was he that was the rebel -- ;:i g ht ' be told that Christ loved her, and p est led to repentence. HaVing enlarged "' t ee eloquently and impressively on the necessity Cf 4 b e Gospel being preached to the people, he hoped till" • sacro i would all pray, that during the construction of that eo • edifice, until the carpenter had left the roof after 13 4 a the last slate, that no man might be hurt—no man 6 11 fall—or that no person be injured. He conalude u ot eulogising the exertions of Mr. Gregson, Mr. Grovel the the Rev. Mr Postance, through whose i n st r umentali t f ee d church would be erected The Rev. Dr. was much ohs , at the conclusion of his address. The Rev. Mr. FALIOON having read the 84th Paal al- :,00 The Rev. Mr. POSTA.NCE invoked the Divine bleYeic eis e t e the undertaking, by reading the following veryaPPr °l3 : - . ' . 0 1 0 Goi, the High and Lofty One, inhabiting 693rili of ' whose name is Holy, mercifully accept these ° oor , offerings; and prosper this work of our hands IV° the : , faint and feeble in itself, but dosigne'd for Thy glory il l ... . e. -, gospel of Thy dear Son Jesus Christ our Lord. Ant e " Give Thy blessing, 0 Lord, to all Thy servants who - contributed of their substance, and to all those trio ~... ha. - given of their time and counsel for the furtherance a v.- h tin work.—We render thanks unto Thee, 0 Lard Gad, tha t 0 . t Thy kind providence all needful preparations are 0 1 ° , ‘ house should be built. We beseech Thee to completed, and the time come, the time when the l'e lu e , injury every man who shall be engaged in the buildingl o finishing of this house till it shall be dedicate d etils - Thy service, in accordance with the order and be t e ls , of Thy true religion established among u9•' le' favour, 0 Lord, to this house in the eyes of the Pe c S o • around it, and gather them in due time within to walls now to be erected. Let this house be a Betheet s the poor, and the lame, and the halt, and the blind ; a ll to Bethel to those who shall wrestle in successful pray er a the God of their fathers. And we beseech Thee geac k* , s e to dispose the hearts of those with whom Then '''' e . e ' entrusted this world's goods to use them in Thy se lli tb ie . and for Thy glory, and may they cordially aid 10 ~01 I work of faith and labour of love, so that the childc e i tte e . this long neglected district, who are now perishing for ' of knowledge, may be taught to serve Thee ill i ds generation below, and at the last may be numbered t o r protect fro Thy saints in glory everlasting, through Jesus C li e r e ill TV Lord. Amen. Let Thy blessing, 0 Lord, r est up"' be servant ministering among this peopl e ; may i ntele• impressed with the responsibility of his office ea a 7 ree et man upon the walls of Thy Zion, and in every cicP ar ce r of his labour make him faithful to Thee, and to those c di, mitted to his care. May his bow abide in full el l ' en ee g fe and may many souls be given for his hire, and th e c ' - eitee . of his rejoicing in the day of the Lord Jesus.—Oar E 3"" which art in heaven, &c. a of The Rev. Dr. 31'Neile then, amidst the solemn sil.7 3 e t iaar the company, most fervently pronounced the beneit eLn sioa' and the business of the day was brought to a non • THE KING OF DELHI—Just added to Allson'e Wax Work Exhibition, Ume-street, Liverpool, 02°' from a sketch taken in the City of Delhi. Tr. Volt, LEWI3 AND COMPANY'S NEW ESTABLISHMENr r°- i diat; CLOTHING.—Number of boys clothed for the week last Saturday, November 28th, 694; co r responding if ee " year, 410 ; increase, 234. SOUTH LANCASHIRE BOOK-HAWKING SOCIUT.• the we announced a donation of £2O to this s ociety fr a m ice Earl of Derby, the treasurer, Mr, Hunter, ha q foa l donations, of £5 each, from J, C. Ewart, Esq., 14 • 1 - s e'id• Charles Turner, Dci , and from Harmood Monet', •P' at iyer THE YOUNG MEN'S' CH R ISTIAN ASSOCIATION.--l a '" t the ing the Rev. Dr. Cummings attended, by invitation, ;jell Collegiate Institute, Shaw street, dial deliverer ] 3 a tetfr int:iresting lecture to the members of the abos'e.s" ref' There was a good attendance. The subject t ' x f ie e lfo c ; lecturer selected for his discourse was the Life o f a Ill" thon. A vote of thanks to the lecturer conclude • business. rO n THE ALLEGED POISONING AND FORGERY CASO rep TON.—The excitement caned last week by til e d Dig; seriously affecting the character of a gentletror l „; o dic " position in this town still continues, atid var l° ,) l s oo l ,j rumours are rife. Since the body of Sumer wn' e t - er i 7 1 , - 0 the greatest sensation has prevailed, and the cern%fter7"„ been visited by a large number of persons. So h n eo oW r i post mortem examination of deceased's body 11 , d, u e , - ( 1 . 11 1 ; the intestines and stomach were removed and r e 'vi i r , ,ice which, having been sealed by the chief constahlet e polL, bans, were given into the custody of a detentil_irea tb officer (James Becket), and the s ame n ight co o . . s)' him to London, where, on the following day (F, Al .,tioll'i n o jars were delivered to Profe , s)r Taylor for ana'P' e , RAILWAY ACClDENT.—Yesterday morning, I,3ifi geli ; occurred at the Sutton-station, on the Chester an", r a bv ef head line, between a goods train, that 'eft Ches,te` s c,,t ho seven o'clock, and a coal train, which was in t oti a n . ‘ :,a shunting waggons int) the siding at Sutton-st s ' . ( i eIP,I, tail of the coal train was extended about fifty r t-s ..sig"" o f o w f h t i l e a h e is station situa t Semaphore,but edaheut6oo y a w r d i s t within the the a tj u i f es i i ti 4 ea r r i ; i a d t e tli the station. It is affirmed by the officials St t,l' ovi n, $ O , station, that the danger signals were properly ° Je d zo o that the driver of the goods train had disreglr s l o e Both lines were blocked up to eleven o'clock, Aare the passengers were changed into trains ni l ke j eitio • provided on each side of the obstruction. .-" I i 0 e t 7 ', 10 31 trains were passed over the up-lice, the dow n- ,. ;int still blonleed by the disabled gods engine, and J .° o `,, wagons. No personal injuries were sustainew ac eide'ibe investication is being made into the cause of the 0 ,10, 4 4 SERIOUS RAILWAY ACCIDENT.-013 SAturdair9 .0,, train which leaves Manchester for Preston at , 4 %assets arrived at the Penwortham skew bridge, the en'Y vi `bich4 in the last compartment of a first-class cariingr.' grea t t l e il the last but two of the train, beard a reni“ e di' h e Item st the noise underneath where he was sitting, alo e o p afterwards he was startled by the npheaving ° tbe lugg o 7ls entire flooring of the carriage. The guard in _ ow n a b it van also felt the shock, and his parcels were thrpreolhof in ell directions. Oa the arrival of the train 5 t t . w heel fi le t was found that the tire of one of the last Pit and $4O OD, I the first-class carriage referred ta, had corns .-. 111 16 0 , being thrown under the carriage, causing ! t he s' t it the e e ti ad r y st p m a v r it e ir w e h d e , e h ls ad of clohmeefoinllecrintagct wit t _ whi c -he t g mh r ee e t a eb t i l rs y e ae d kf e st il ho e e c f deflected. d h, 31 F ci r att o en m ec haelsi eter Manchester Preston tthr ae a isnh person ew aks wt ..hade hadias s t b h ce o ae then nr pases evidently widaisa ac alsot af e ra s,g r i me li gn ye :b b ' f a e e l dr i l ! S or g° ^ : :::: over tire. farad, van, van, as there are several ind anti -ns in the. o h injg o a e the line. It was fortunate that he did so ~y er We was momentarily expected. It was also.• _ lo os 0 4 0' that the tire came off one of the last pair ot,_" , t he earr, s r carriage; had it been firing from the first p!i n i re, the c mast inevitably have bean thrown off the I_l tail petl° games of which might have been fatal to ahwseafinsrsismtevfmeerletad,litlt)eri eleadoersePlhaetir::.tahtter TELEGRAPHIC NEWS, By British and Irish Magnetic Telegraph. FRANCE. The Three Per Cent. Mentes closed at 07f. yes terday, being a slight decline on the previous day's •quotations. AUSTRALIA. (From the Times.) We have received the following despatch from Marseilles : ALEX&NDRIA, Nov. 23.—The Australian mails will go forward per Tamar. The dates, per Simla, are—Sydney, Oct. 1 lth ; Melbourne, 16 ; and Galle, Nov. 6th. An after mail had reached with Sydney papers of the 13th. The European arrived at Melbourne on the 14th Oct Her detention is attributed to adverse winds and a failure of machinery. The Lands Bill had been thrown out in the Upper House ; but the Haines Ministry had determined not to resign. The bill to abolish state aid to religion was rejected by a majority of 1. The report of the select committee on railways had been adopted. Two trunk lines were to ba constructed, and loans on debentures to be raised. A. license tax of 103 per month per head had been imposed on the Chinese, three members of the Legislature only dissenting. The reports front the gold fields were good. The escort returns equal last year's. Price of gold, £3 163 3d for Castlemaine, to £3 19s 9d for Ballarat. The ,Suffolk sailed for London on the 3rd of October, with 112,446 ounces. Exchange for drafts GO days 11 premium. Trade was dull save for Eastern produce. The markets continue overstocked, but goods were not sacrificed, and speculation was restricted by the tightening of the money market and the firm attitude of the banks. The gold received by escort at Sydney, during the quar ter ending the 30th of September, was 33,803 ozs.. against 28,532 ozs. last year. Wool was firm. Superior clips were Is. 101 to 2s. H. Tallow freely supplied, but price not quite so firm. RUMOURED DEATH OF THE KING OF DELHI AND CAPTURE OF NANA SAHIB. The Times city article contains the following :—ln a postcript to a mercantile letter from Madras, da' ed the 24th October, it is stated, "This mail conveys intelligence of the death of the King of Delhi, who was shot by a sentry in attempting to escape ; the capture cf Nana Sahib ; and the announcement of another victory over the rebels near Agra." The first two, however, were probably false reports, as the Bimbay news contains no reference to them. LATEST FROM DELHI. DELnr, Oct. 15.—The city :continues empty of all its former inhabitants, though many are attempting to nego tiate with the prize agents, for the ransom of their houses and property. It is supposed a large amount of prize money will be collected. The two Princes, sons of the King, were tried by a military commission of five officers, with Brigadier-Gen. Chamberlain as president. Evidence was adduced before the court, principally documentary, connoting of reports, returns, &c., bearing the prisoners' seals. The court sentenced them to:death, and accordingly, yesterday, they were shot by a party of the 60th Rifles. Detachments of Rifles, Artillery, Sappers, and Ghoorkhas were present, and a great number of spectators. The bodies were cast into the Janina River. Lieut. Salksld has died of his wounds. THE LEVIAThAN. The following calculations have been made as to the probable earnings of the Leviathan between Holyhead and Portland : MIO Catlin Pliatongoro, at .Cl 5 ..lJ 7,600 2,000 Second Cabin, at XlO 20,000 2,000 TWA Clue, at £5 5,000 Tone of Goole, at £L Outward Freight £42,500 Homeward Freight Ona ....... 21,250 63,753 Running Expanses Profit per Voyage £31,750 Holyhead and Portland are exempt from Dock and Town Dues, and Pilotage. Passage seven dart. FALL Or A CRANE AT CHESTER —Two MEN KILLED.— On WrdneAay, a travelling crane, in the quarry leased by Mr. John Rob , rts, fell from its tramway (nearly sixty feet above the deepest part of the quarry) with a stone of about 30 cwt. suspended, and in its fall killed two men named Ralph Littler end Evan Lee. A third, named Charles Shaw, was alsa hurt. It appears that the crane fell from the giving way of two of the tramway balks. At the inquest on Monday, Mr. G. A Bell, civil engineer, described the co - Istreton of the frame work, his conclusion Mug that the timber was very good, but the arrangement of the parts faulty. The jury found a verdict of "Accidental den h," expressing their opinion that no blame could be attached to any one connected with the works. 111,t0rous PERSECUTIONS IN PrsamoNT.—The follow tttig statement has been furnished to us Several ago, the excellent and learned Bonaventura raizzirella and two other evangelists of the Italian church. la° had been engaged in siraPly preaching the word of Ged to large and eager audiences in Alessandria, were aetused of having attacked the religion of the state. By the trilevenal of that pace, they were condemned to fine anal - Imprisonment; although no offence was proved agaimt tl ern; and so flagrant was the injustice, that the advocate for the defence, after protesting against the illegal course of ,proceedings, indignantly threw off hi s gown and left the court. The evangelists felt it thcie duty to refer their case to the Court of. Appeal, and the second trial has just taken pace at Casale. It was pre determined by the prosecuting party that the iniquitous sentence of Alessandria should be confirmed ; and to th's erd, the evidence given at the former trial, when read at the second trial, was found to steed, with such alterations and additiOhs as might allow sentence to be passed upon the intaccent victims, accordiug to the wishes of their enemies. Their advocate again protested, but to no par pose, and Mazarella, in asserting his own right fo speak, was met by violent and insulting language from the pre sident."—Sheffield Independent. CHARGE OF POACHING AT CHESTERFIFLP.-0a Saturday, George Higginbotham, Joseph Lowe, and James Lowe, were charged with trespassing in pursuit of game, on the 22nd November, at Woodthorpe, on land in the occupa tion of Joseph Gill, and the property of the executors of the late Sir Henry Hunloke, Bart. A keeper, named Hartley, stated that be was employed in Stocksmoor-lane, on the 22nd inst., when he heard a report of a gun; He crossed the lane, and walked down one side of the field, When he got down the field, he met the three defendants oa the contrary side of the hedge, and caught hold of the defendant Higginbotham, who was the last man of the three. Witness told him that he had caught him ; but he had no gun on him. He told him he thought he was goad enough to catch, and that he knew his name. He then turned round, and ran after the others, and they got out of the field into Stocksmoor-lane. Thoy had got 60 or 70 yards off the lane before he overtook them. He told James Lowe that he had a gun in his pocket. Lowe said ho had not. Lowe couched down under the hedge, when the end of a gun barrel projected out of his right pocket. He had known "owe before. By the Bench : There was no footpath in the field. As soon as he laid hold of Hig ginbotham, the rest ran away from him. There was no evidence called to corroborate that of the keeper. The defendant Higgiebotham positively denied having any gun. He said he was merely crossing the field of his father-in-law, when the keeper laid hold of him. Lowe said he did not go off the road. There was two other persons on the road, and the keeper might have mistaken them for the defendants. The defendant Lowe proposed That £l at i a s and to call a witness to prove that he had no gun ; but the magistrates declined to hear him. The defendants said lamethey t were ale. never The defendantsof off the roa diow , Nr. Lowe yee cosV, or one months' imprisonment ; and fliggin;;otham l L eat each tie 9te fit;r : I.os, Bud costs, or 14 days to hard labour, Rtm Pt