The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1855-07-31 00:00:00

THE LIVERPOOL STANDARD.

roughly deaned out; whether by the application of the stomach-
pump, or through the operation of an emetic, seems to be the
chief object in dispute. The celebrated civil engineer, Sir
Jorm 111`NEILL, just returned from the Crimea, has among
others been called in to give his opinion and advice. He
states his Conviction that most, if not all, of the evil has arisen
from contracting the river-way, particularly above the bridges,
which, by narrowing the stream, prevents the full effect of
the tide-ebb from carrying away the refuse and foetid water.
To remedy this he suggests the widening of the river and the
construction of reservoirs above bridge, which, receiving and
storing the water of the flood-tide, will increase the run, and
scour off the ebb, carrying with it the impurities of all descrip-
tions out into the sea. This suggestion meets with consider-
able favour; and is recommended by the fact that its operation
would be self-acting and continuous.

forth the only Church of God. On the theory, there-
fore, that the Church is nothing but, a teacher, the
administration of her system is hopeless. Unless she
is acknowledged as the medium and development of a
fellowship—unless Christianity be accepted as an
actual communion set up amongst men, we shall
find her, as a missionary, just as ineffective as we
find the various communities of mere intellec-
tual dissent. We need never expect to see any
great anxiety to invite the poor into her fellowship ;
to see churches built with the true notion of establish-
ing a machinery, by which the outcasts from religion
may be taken into Christian communion, and so in-
troduced within the range of Evangelical blessings ;
to see them left free for universal use, as being the
stage on which this communion is developed, and the
means by which it is participated. On the contrary,
we must expect to see the Pew system, and its abomi-
nations. Churches being the manifestations of the
individual principle, as distinct from that of fellow-
ship, we must expect to see them built by individuals
for themselves, and for those who can pay for them ;
and, when they are built, our notions of Church com-
munion outraged by the assumption of an individual
exclusiveness, and of mere intellectual distinctions. If
Christian communion be a wholly invisible thing,
to be realised by the individual himself (I
confess my inability to state it without a
solecism), so that the closet is as fit for the
work of prayer as the public congregation•, and
Christian assemblies are for the mainpurpose of hearing
a preacher, I know not how you will secure the con-
stant attendance at your churches of the classes whose
absence you deplore ; nor how you will induce the rich
to provide for the poor the expensive luxury of a po-
pular preacher. Let the Church be duly esteemed as
a communion into which men must be gathered ; let
the poor not be merely taught and then left to seek
or form a communion, but the communion in the first
instance be presented to them as a part of the mesaago
itself, and on the one hand, with the help of God, you
will find the rich not backward to contribute towards
the material organisation of this communion among
their poorer brethren, and, on the other, the poor not
backward to accept the Church's invitation to enter
the brotherhood of Christ.—l am, Sir, your faithful
servant, L. D.

[We had intended to have continued our remarks on
the above subject. But the insertion of the letter of
our correspondent, and the general pressure upon our
space, compel us to defer them to another oppor-
tunity.—En. L. S.]

PROVISION FOR _THE POORER
CLERGY.

THE position in which we stand with regard to the Church
the confidence reposed in us by many of its most eminent
members, and the undeviating advocacy we have voluntarily
offered on all occasions in behalf of the humbler orders of tha
clergy, all render it a duty incumbent upon us, again and
again, to call public attention to one of the most valua-
ble and efficient institutions connected with the Establish-
ment. The Society we especially refer to on: this occasion is
that which was established in 1840 for the relief of distressed
clergymen, and the widows and unmarried orphan daughters
of clergymen ; and also for granting aid to enable clergymen,
with limited incomes,. to provide for their families by assuring
their lives at reduced premiums. One of the most distin-
guished features of this, institution is the " Clergy Fund,"
which is formed by setting apart one clear tenth of the entire
profits of the proprietors for the purposes which we have just
specified. During the past six or seven years, we-find that
considerable sums were-set apart towards these objects ; and
the directors have now resolved that an equal portion shall
be annually distributed among such applicants for aid ‘as may
be recommended as proper and deserving objects.
It is obvious, however,--that the tenth part of the entire
profits must be inadequate-to the purpose, and confined to a
comparative few-;' if the institution is not extensively sup-
ported; and it therefore behoves the wealthier portion. of the
clergy to afford their valuable aid and patronage to an este.
blishment peculiarly adapted fci the relief of so meritorious s
class-of the community as the poorer members of a profession
in which all are so deeply interested. The result of the an-
nual investigations instituted by the directors, appointed: ,fcr
the purpose of distributing- the fund, has been to impres
upontheir minds a conviction, not only of the great advar-
tage, bat of the necessity, for such a fund, and for increasing
it by every means in their power. It appears that the com-
miltee-were compelled, on each occasion of a distribution,..ro
pass over many highly-deserving cases in order to select the
most urgent of the numerous applications ; while the grateful
acknowledgments which have--been received from all parties
to whom relief has been extended induce a most painful con-
viction of the extreme distress to which numerous meritorious
clergymen must have been exposed, in order to render the
limited assistance afforded of such important and essential
service to them.
it is-necessary ut the same -time to state that the." Clergy
runs diwgetuer mimeo oy aonations or subscriptions-of
any kind ; and we again desire to repeat that it consists solely
of one-tenth of the Company'sprofits : in fact, it appears that
the• directors have no power whatever to extend or limit the-
amount of the " Clergy Flinch" which must entirely depend
upon the profits realised from. the business transactions of the
institution. It is therefore of the utmost importance that the
clergy, as a body, should earnestly devote themselves to the
encouragement and support of this company, to the fullest
extent of their power, by whatever assurances they or their
friends may have occasion to effect.. We consider that the in-
terests of the more independent portion of the clergy are iden-
ticsl with those of their poorer' brethren ; and we now trust .
that we have assigned ample reasons for placing before our
readers the " Clergy Fund " of the Church of England Life
and Fire Assurance Company, with a desire to secure to that
institution the extended patronage and support to which it is-
eminently entitled.
In conclusion, we must not omit to state that, at the
sign in 1854, special grants were made to sixteen clergymen,,
sixteen widows, and sixteen orphan daughters of clergymen—
in all amounting to forty-eight; and fifty-two grants were
made in aid of premiums-. on life policies to clergymen .with
limited incomes. We have likewise to observe that, accord-
, lug to a change recently-. effected in the constitution. of -the
company, no deduction la- made, on account of the "Clergy
Fund," from the profits-of the mutual branch of assurance—
the entire amount of this. especial fund being now supplied
out of the profits of the proprietary branch. When the many
great advantages resulting from life assurance are seriously
considered, and its tendency to promote the religions-and
moral advancement of. mankind, it will be readily admitted
that an institution,constituted as this one is, bestows•on it
the strongest claimi.to. the support of all the clergy) without
any exception; and we cannot help the renewed expression of
the conviction we- entertain that this beneficial ohject will be
fostered, as it deserves to be, by the Wealthier members of
that body ; and that -their assistance will not be-wanting in
granting so great a boon to their poorer brethren.. At the
same time, we maybe-permitted to observe that clergymen of
more limited incomes ought cheerfully 'to co-operate towards
the support of a fund upon which they themselves muy become
claimants.—Church.- and State Gazette.

SHOCEI,NI A- TERMINATION: TO A
MARRIAGE IN FRANCE•-.

A FRIGZTRUL. case of hydrophobia is described in the Lyons
journals. &.young farmer, named Peyron, about twenty-five
years of age, in the department of the Rhine, was married a
few weeks-ago to a neighbour's daughter. The young couple
had been long attached to each other, but the parents of the
soenr vhe
bride had refused their consent on account of the strangeness
of occasionallyconductwwaseuaep.
raiyatavtgsof
bmeianng,
exemplaryc
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com-
paratively most
and
teligiblethe
observed
conduct.. His passion for the girl became at length so violent
that he declared he could not exist without her, and his.
and, after some
mother, fearing from his manitter that he meditated suicide,,
Rent to the parents of the young woman,
entreaty, prevailed upon them to, gree to the match. Young'
Peyron at once recovered his. spirits,. the young woman wm
delighted, and the marriage was celebrated with all the rustic.
pomp and ceremony common. in that part of the provinces, con-
cluding with a grand dinner andthe inevitable ball. The gaieties
were kept up until daylight, when the company separated.
The new married couple. were lodged in one wing of the
house, separated from the main building, but, in a short time
after they had retired, cries were heard from the. nuptual
chamber. At first they were unnoticed; but at length they
match,nw njf .his,gth?m
increased to fearful, shrieks, and the father and mother,
alarmed, hastened to the room, followed by the farm servants.
The cries were by the time they arrived changed to scarcely
audible groans from the poor girl ; and on breaking open the
door she was found in the agonies of death—her bosom torn
open and lacerated in the most horrible manner, and the
wretched husband in a fit of raving madness and covered with
blood, having actually devoured a portion of the unfortunate
girl's breast. A cry of horror burst from all present, and
he was dragged from the room after a most violent resistance,
it taking no less than six men to, hold him down. Aid
was instantly sent for, and before the doctor could reach the
spot the unhappy victim was no more. Young Peyron was
put under treatment, and a strait waistcoat was attempted
to be put upon him ; but his struggles and screams were
such that the doctor, apprehensive that he would expire in
the assistants' hands, ordered them to desist. The unfortu-
nate man had by this time become so weak that he was easily
conveyed to bed, and died at four o'clock in the afternoon of
the same day without having for one moment recovered his
consciousness. It was then recollected, in answer to search-
ing questions by a physician, that somewhere about five
years previously he had been bitten by a strange dog, and
taken the usual precautions against hydrophobia ; but,
although the dog was killed, it had never been satisfactorily
shown that it was really mad ; and, no ill consequences
resulting from the bite, his friends concluded that it would
come to nothing, and the incident had been altoge-
ther forgotten. It was considered by the doctor that
the circumstances preceding the marriage, and the excitement
of the occasion itself, had roused the latent virus which had
so long lain dormant in the blood, and led to the terrible out-
break of frenzy which had ended so tragically. On the me-
dical report being laid before the authorities, the extraordi-
nary nature of the case naturally excited much attention and
considerable controversy—the opinions of the heads of the
profession being, after full inquiry, that there was no hydro-
phobia whatever in the case, but rooted insanity, and that it
was shown to exist by the occasional aberrations of the unfor-
tunate young man as before-mentioned, and that his diseased
temperament and too violent passions, powerfully acted on by
the circumstances, led to the fatal consequences narrated
above. This sad catastrophe has given rise to a fierce medical
controversy in some of the professional journals on the nature
of hydrophobia, from which it would appear that, although
instances of remarkable cures of this frightful malady are
often described in the journals, no authenticated account of its
favourable termination is yet known in France.—Paris Paper.

AMERICA.

ARRIVAL OF THE AMERICA.

Br the British and North American Royal Mail steam-ship
America, Capt. Lang, which arrived on Sunday, at eight p.m.,
we have intelligence from Boston to the 18th, and from New
York by telegraph to the 17th instant. The America brought
188 passengers, and $795,236 in specie.
The U. S. mail steamer Pacific from Liverpool arrived at
New York on the 11th instant, and the Arago from Havre on
the 16th.

The Southampton and Havre steamer Herrman did not
leave New York until the 16th, owing to disarrangement of
her machinery.
About one-half of the Manchester Corporation mill in New
Hampshire had been destroyed by fire. A portion of the in-
surance was with the Royal, of Liverpool. The loss was esti-
mated at between $50,000 and $lOO,OOO.
There is no political news beyond the usual number of
meetings of Know-Nothings and Know-Somethings, but which
presented no features of special interest.
Long interviews had taken place at the State Department
between the British Minister and the Secretary of State, rela-
tive to the course pursued by the Fishery Commissioners
under the Reciprocity Treaty. These interviews had been
attended by Mr. Cushman, the American commissioner, and
31r. Perley, the British commissioner. It had been agreed
that the commissioners should forthwith proceed to the fishing
pounds within the Gulf of St. Lawrence, embarking at Hali-
fax in a British cutter, each being attended by a secretary,
surveyor, and marine hydrographer, to record the proceedings
and make the requisite charts.
The Liquor Law question has been settled by a decision of
the Court of Special Session, New York, given on the 17th
instant. The New York Evening Express, in a second
says :—" The court-room was crowded to excess, all
waking in almost breathless anxiety for the result of Recorder
amTh's decision. The substance' of the decision was, that ' all
persons have a right to sell liquor provided it is imported,'
which throws upon the complainant the duty of proving that
liquor sold was not imported. This is in substance the drift
of th-,. whole of it. The consequence of this decision will be
that elf parties now under arrest will be brought before him,
or the city judge, upon writsof habeas corpus, and discharged.
Then viii come the question whether a man cannot recover
damages for imprisonment," &c.
In the Cincinnati United States Commissioners Court, the
British Consul had been held to bail in the stun of $2,000, on
a charge of enlisting troops for the British service in the
Crimea. Messrs, Turnbull and Hamilton were' also held in
81,000 each, and Captain Pashner in his own recognizance, to
appear before the United States Court to answer a similar
charge. Captain Mcitay, the agent of the British Govern-
ment, was absent on account of sickness, and his friends,
there'ore, entered into the requisite security for his future
appearance.
The crops are even' more abnndant than was anticipated.
The Herald says :—" Considerable quantities of the- new
wheat has arrived in the' Baltimore market, and on Saturday
there was a decline of 3' or 4 cents per bushel, selling- at
$2.25 to $2.31, and closing with e drooping tendency, under
the expectation of larger receipts week."
Letters from Washington, state that the duties paid under
protest while the reciprocity treat?' between Canada and the
United States was being ratified by the Colonial Legislature'
were to be refunded, as rapidly as circumstances would permit..
Nearly half a million dollars had tlready been paid back by
the Secretary of the Treasury.
Advices of the 11th, from Havana, mate that the disarming
of the negro militia was progressing, their services being no
longer required. The sugar mills- ha( ceased grinding, and
many thousand boxes were left standng in the fields, that.
could not' be conveyed to the sugar hous;s, on account of the
rains. The market continued active at die advanced prices of
last adviees for staple products, and the' S,ock diminishing.
At Port-au-Prince the yellow fever-wasmmmitting ravages.
The latest advices from the Rio Grandeltate that the revo-
lutionists.were besieging Camargo. and wee expected soon to
attack Matamoras, which General WooL was fortifying.
Saltillo• had surrendered to the revolutioiists without a
struggle.-
Colonel-Kinney and a small party of Fillibksters had been
wrecked near St. Domingo, while on thc- passage to Nicara-
gua. No lives-were lost.
Fifty artillerymen serving in Nova Scotia-an( New Bruns-
wick, having been called upon, volunteered: for service in the
Crimea

COMMERCIAL INTELLIGENCE.
NEW Timm, July 16111.
MONEY.—The market continued to be freely stopfied with
money, with a-fair demand,lenders having no difficully in placing
their funds. The bank statement for the weekenclug July 14
showed an increase in the items of loans and. specie. Foreign
Exchange was firmer, but only moderately active; Bills on
London were quoted 110 to 1101 Paris 5,15"t0 5;11,% Ant-
werp 5,164 to 5,15; Amsterdam iak to 414 ; Frankfcct 414 to
414 ; Hamburg 364 to 364; Bremen 79 to 794.
COTTON.—With an improved demand from spimers and
speculators, prices have again improved to the extent of 4c.
per lb., the whole -advance from the lowest point on the 6th
inst. amounting to 4e. per lb. Some considerable panels of
previous speculative, purchases are in process of shipment to
Liverpool and the-north of Europe, and there are also layers
in the market for the same purpose. After the receipt cf the
Arago's advices, buyers withdrew, and the market closedwith
a dull reoine. and downward tendency.
Messrs. Talcott aid on., under date of New. York, July 16,
say :—The Pacific's- advices or 'rots.. nlt.' from Liverpool, to
hand 11th inst., (noting sales cf the weer. bales at a
decline of id. to 4d. in the beginning of the week, NVlllt.L....ms
fully regained at the close,) were considered favourable; as
consumption was unchecked, and speculators evidc.tly
ready to renew operations whenever favourable opportunities
of investment occurred. About the same date as the receipt
of the Pacific's advises-an important reaction occurred in the
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the quotations of the 21st ult. Between the 10th and 12th
inst., with an active demand, prices advanced 4c. ; the value
of middling on the 12th being 101, and freight to Liverpool
4d. A similar movement occurred at Mobile and Charleston.
At the latter, on the 10th inst., "middling" was quoted at 94c.,.
-and strict "middling" at 94e. A reaction here and at the South-
ern markets was not unexpected after the rapid and serious
decline, last advised, _as having occurred within the last thirty
days without any material change in opinion as to the-pro-
bable supply or consumption. But the upward movement. was
accelerated by the accounts received at various points from
the interior that "too much rain was falling.-' While we, do
not believe that any injury of moment has yet been done- by
the rains which have fallen, we incline to the opinion that the
prospects of the grcwing crop are not as flattering as represented
a short time since The tables of receipts-and stocks made-up
to the latest dates, show a deficit iu the receipts at the ports
of 119,464 bales; deficit in export- to Great Britain 53;110
bales ; excess to France 98,959 bales; stocks in all the-ports
193,254 bales, against 297,331 bales at the same period.
BREADSTITZTS.—With moderate receipts of flour therehas
been a good demand throughout, but without any material
change in glees. In wheat no alteration either as to . price,
supply, or lemaral.. The market for Indian corn has, been
slightly irregular, closing at a decline of 3c. to 4c. per bushel
from the prices of. this day week.
PnovisioNs.—Saks of mess pork were made to a- fair ex-
tent at $19,755 and some choice at $2O. Beef is. steady.
Lard is firm, anlless freely offered. Butter and cheese dull,
the later selling_at 6c. to 94c.
FitmcknTs..—Freights to Great Britain dull. Thee engage-
ments include:-.-To Liverpool : corn at 34d. in ship's bags ;
cotton, 3-161 to 7-32 d. To Londo: rosin, ls. 6d, to ls. 9d.•
heavy goods.. &c:, 15s. to 17s. 6d. A ship was- chartered
from St. Stephen to Liverpool. Deals at £3 103. A bark
from Richibueto to Hull, £4 ss. ;-,one from St.. Stephen to
Liverpool onprivate terms.

LATEST BY TWORATEL
NEW Your, July 17, Six pan.—Cotton dull_ and heavy.
Flour easier, sales 7,200 bbls. Wheat easier. "Corn steady,
ob 1 e a
, verya and,
s
but closes heavy, sales 65,000 bushels. Lard,better. Iron,
150 tons Scotch, 30c. to 31c., six months.
zr SAvAz+AH, JULY 13.—Cotton: stock 6,960ha1es Uplands,
420 S.l,,against 3,350 and.;_ 1,422 last year, Week's sales
limited to 311 bales, at extremes of 10c. to 10,c. ; dull and un-
sehtotul eldd.;no Accountsunfayoufrraobmle the
growiweatherng
ceurro,pwve may eu favourable, v
expect
large crop in this state. Freighes : To Liverpool, 5-10 d.
,little
offerive,

NE-W-ORLEASS, JULY 16.—Cotton declined : middling 10c.
to IDec. Sales to-day I,WO bales. Western_yellow corn 85c.
HAVANA, JULY 10.—During the past month the sugar
market has been very active under daily; rising prices, owing
to the lively demand for all parts of Europe and the small
stock on hand. Thus .a large business.bas been done at gene-
rally rs. advance over last quotations. The present exorbi-
tant pretensions of holders, however, have caused some inac-
tion, and the transactions are somewhat limited; yet as plan-
ters and speculators are firm, in. view of the very reduced
stocks, which may, be computed at about 170,000 boxes, and
but trifling lots to come forward,from the estates, there is no
doubt but what they will have to be submitted to.

GRAND TRUNK RAILWAY of CANADA,.

A GEsimA.l, MEETING& of shareholders in this company was
held on Tuesday at the London Tavern, Mr. T. Baring, M.P.,
in the chair

The-Secretary (Mr. eIf,S.P.MAIT) read a report from the-Lon-
don board of directors in respect to the progress of the under-
taking. • It stated that £l7 10s. per share and 70. per cent.
on the province and company's bonds, of the A series, have
been called up, The total amount which has been received
on this capital is £2,898,427, of which £464,4 is in advance
of future calls.. The arrears are £71,247, of which £22,207
are on the last call.. The amount yet to be received on the A
issue of capital is £683,972. The next call of £2 10s. per
share, and 10 per cent. on each class of bonds, will be due and
payable on the 12th of October next, The certificates for
works in favour of the contractors for which the A capital has
been raised amounted to £2,888,218, including the payment
of interest to this date, which interest forms a deduction
from the payments to the contractors as the works progress.
The sum of £298,500 not originally reckoned upon, but which
was found to be indispensably required for putting the line
from Montreal to Portland into effective working condition
has likewise been expended. The progress and execution of
all the works have been in the highest degree 'satisfactory,
and the directors are assured that the sections of the line from
Quebec to St. Thomas (40 miles,) and from Montreal to Brock-
ville (125 miles,) will be delivered over to the company for
traffic in the ensuing autumn. The communication between
Brockville and Toronto (a distance of 210 miles) will be com-
pleted in the course of next year. The section from Toronto
to Stratford (82 miles) will be delivered over to the company
by the contractors before the expiration of the present year.
A connexion will thus be effected between Stratford and Mon•
treal, and between Montreal, Portland, and Quebec, a distant
of 841 miles, with the exception only of the link of the Victo.
ria-bridge. The Governor-General of Canada was empowered
by an act passed in the late session of the Canadian parliament
to grant to the company a further advance of province bond:
to an amount not exceeding £900,000. Under the powers o
this act bonds will be granted to that amount at the saw
rate of interest as borne by those already issued, and for
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concerned in the undertaking. In the new
arrangement entered into with Messrs. Peto, Brassey, Betts,
and Jackson, provision is first made for payment of the
balance due to the contractors in respect of works certified
up to the first of May, 1855 ; and, as no part of the
new province bonds is available for works executed before
that time, this payment is to be made in B shares and