The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1855-12-04 00:00:00

CIGARROS FABRICA DE HABANA.

ROYAL INSURANCE COMPANY.

(FROM THE "MORNING CHRONICLE.")

Tins company was set on foot ten years ago, and as it is un-
questionably the most successful modern institution for the
entertainment of life and fire risks set on foot in these later
times-or, rather, since the passing of the Joint-Stock Com-
panies Registration Act (7 and 8 Victoria)-it may not be un-
interesting to the general reader to glance at its origin, and
the nature, extent, and amount of the operations upon which
the opinion just enunciated is based.
When the "Royal" was set on, foot the leading design. of the
promoters was to transact a purely " fire" business ; but, upon
second thoughts, they deemed it advisable to carry on a "life"
business in addition ; for the extra cost would be small in
amount, and, under careful supervision, profitable in the ex-
treme, as the result has sufficiently demonstrated. Before the
" Royal" was set on foot there was a popular notion, quite as
absurd as such popular notions or prejudices sometimes are,
that no great Fire Company could emanate from any part of
this land with any chance of success, except its portals opened
into one of the leading thoroughfares in London-the metro-
polis of the world ! This question had often been asked by the
men of Liverpool, and remained unanswered until the period
we speak of-" Why should not Liverpool, the second city in
the British empire, have its brace or more of Fire-offices, born
in the place, directored by the most respectable and wealthy
of its citizens, and, spreading their arms far and wide, encom-
passing whole districts, chock-full of commercial wealth, with-
in their protective embrace ?" This question, twenty years
gone by, would have been voted absurd by all the gentlemen
connected with all the ancient Fire-offices. The "Liverpool
and London," the senior Fire-office in Liverpool, has achieved
a great and durable success since that time-has battled with
difficulties of no ordinary complexion-has overcome them
all, and in strength and renewed energy ranks amongst the
first Fire-offices in the land. Bye and bye, we shall trace that
office from its outset up to its present full development. It is
our present purpose to speak of a kindred, not a competitive,
scheme-one which now occupies no second place among the
race of institutions to which we are referring.
- At the commencement of this Company, a loud cry was
raised by the gentlemen interested in the established Fire-
offices-and very industriously fulminated all over the land
-that even under the most auspicious circumstances no new
Company could ever obtain the confidence of the public to the
same extent as that well earned by the elder Fire Companies;
that, indeed, it would be positively dangerous for the public
to encourage new projects of the kind, inasmuch as whilst the
public might damage the elder Companies by withdrawing
some portion of their support, they could not possibly derive
greater benefit from the new conceptions than that they here-
tofore enjoyed. They offered, it was said, no new feature ;
and one disastrous year of fire risks would break their strong-
box, spread dismay and ruin among their too confiding share-
holders, and, in a word, "put up the shutters" of each and all
of them. This fallacy has been completely uprooted. Why,
in the brief period of ten years-a small space- in the life of a
new Company-which may be said with truth to court nearly
the whole world for customers-the " Royal" has- acquired an
income of £1.30,000, which places it second only to the great-
est Fire Companies in the land, some of which have been
established more than a century !
The Americans are generally styled "a go-a-head people."
Liverpool lies somewhat nearer the United States than the
metropolis, and the inhabitants, as all the world know, are
men of sharpest industry, keen witted, not easily dismayed by
obstacles which would annihilate the energy of weaker men,
less trained to business habits, and less gifted with the Saxon
quality-of indomitable perseverance-that kind of unmatch-
able industry which, if a good and worthy end be the guerdon
to be achieved, and tie labour required worth the sacrifice,
pushes on resolutely to the promised goal. Perhaps geogra-
phical contiguity with their good cousins across the Atlantic'
make the men of Liverpool-such is the force of example-
as excellent progenitors-of great undertakings as the London
capitalists.
But the " Royal " had high claims upon the support of Liver-
pool and the Western world across the Atlantic, where, welearn,
its fame is of the best and most durable. character. The new
companies, set on foot in aceordance with the behests of the Act
referred to, are compelled annually to register their accounts.
The eider race of kindred institutions do nothing of the kind,
they do not place, and possibly do not desire- to place, their ,
financial position before the'. world;; '
so that their colossal
wealth, so much prated about, may after all have dwindled
away instead of accumulated. We do not say it has ; but
secrecy in the conduct of public institutions,---and Assurance
bodies partake essentially of this character-breeds suspicion
and distrust, even where least deserved. What, then, is cer-
tain,Nvith regard to the financial condition of Companies like
the "Royal," is, in truth, a mere matter of conjecture as to
some of the' elder provident institutions-more especially those
which entertain fire risks. The public have greater faith in
institutions that open wide their meeting:doors to the repre-
sentatives of the press, and which periodicallypubothiaTei;
garbled balance-sheets, than in those whose annual c
are held in secret-whose meeting-doors are " hermetically
sealed." indeed must be that-man's faith who places
n y in a bank of whose monetary condition and engage-
IlsnT°e
s he knows- nothing, or with respect to which he-never
cares to inquire.
The "Royal" commenced business in June, •1845; its-fire
rates are-moderate-and safe; its life premiums under those-of
the mass of elder offices ; its principles- are salient in the
highest degree, and all the requirements of the provident
community, in regard to life and fire insurance, are catered
for and answered to the full. The paid-rip capital at the
outset was £166,000.- At the close of 1848-ian investigation
resulted in the discovery that a clear profit had been made
(vv.. atia abuvu an nauntues, and after providing for every
reasonable' contingent'circumstance) of £108;644.
Of this, £89,280 was- appropriated as a bonus on the paid-up
capital, making the actual paid-up capital of the Company
£288,140-thus constituting a bonus of 50 per cent. upon the
original sum so - paid up. £2 was the sum called upon each
share, and, in the course of nature, possibly-no further contri-
bution may ever,be askedfrom the shareholders; each of whose
shares are now valued„. and are indeed soldia, the market, at
£4. The public are not, however, aware of the fact that money
invested in the shares of good Assurance Companies has proved
more productive than money sunk in any other investment on
record. The shares of the "Rock " a very old -Life-office-on
which 10s. was originally paid,are now worth, £7.155.; those of
the "Imperial" (210 paid), 220; those of the "Law Life "
(210 paid), 257:59. ; those of the "Atlas "' (R. 5 'lss. paid),
£l9 10s. These are- old companies. This new one has
realized a profit of £269;089 in less than ten -years-a quarter
of a million sterling, and its shares are at a premium of one
-hundred per cent. !
Our chief object in referring to the " Royal"' at this time,
is to draw attention to the fact that new companies, set on
foot on right principles, and with a sufficiency of capital to
afford security to the public, and to give force- and effect to
their operations, and, moreover, conducted by honourable,
men well. versed in the work they enter upon, stand a reason-
able chance of success; and, in saying this,. to-direct attention
to the recent division orprofits by this company in particular..
After retaining an ample reserve fund out of the amassed,
profrtsein addition to that. afforded by the- accumulated share
capital, £23,459 was apportioned to the policy-holders andi
shareholders. We quote -the practical effhet of this division
from the directors' report:-
"'The result to the proprietors is an addition to their divi,
dend from this source alone of 34 per cent. (making, with the
ordinary dividend from general profit ana'..loss account, in all
134 per cent.) upon the-capital originally paid up ; and to the
policy-holders a bonusaf 22 per cent. upon the sum assured,',.
in respect of each participating policy, issued: before the Ist of.
January, 1853, for every entire year that such policy has been
in existence. This gives- an addition of 18, per cent. to the -
amount of every policy issued in the year 1845, the first year
of the company's existence."
The valuation of the funds was simply-made at the low rate,
of £3 per cent., which may with truth be-termed a safety-rate,
especially at a period when money is realizing so large an
amount of interest. , The Reporter, the. monthly journal. de--
voted • to Provident Institutions, furnishes the following com-
ments upon the bonus referred to :- •
"Perhaps the reader is not aware that this, the first bonus,
of the 'Royal,' is larger in amount and far more beneficial in
its nature, than any of the late bonuses declared by. that
marvel-that magnificent mutual Mite-tile 'ScottishWidows;
or, indeed, we believe, by any or of all the ScotchceS; and
everybody knows what magnilicent institutions ha •Seetc,
° Iv are— or:, world-wide is their fame—how great, the
amount of good conferred upon, the• community. This bonus,
too, is equal to, if not larger, than: that declared at any, time
by most English offices-even the 'Law Life,' whose divisional
profits and thumping bonuses, every now and then,startle
cautious people who know, othing of the expansive nature of Assurance funds; and think there must be.-something
cabalistic or-talismanic within- the walls of these. wonderful
institutions-1 Indeed, the bonus of the ' Royal may, be pro-
nounced to he larger than any yet declared by the Mass- of the
English offices. Here is aziew office, which in,ten,brief fleet-
ing years,yiekls a fairly earned and wholesome reversionary
bonus of 80 per cent. in its Life branch, and, in regard to Fire
operations, can make this. very enviable boast, that in these.
ten years-it has exceededthe Fire business of all, but two of
the London Fire-offices..-viz., the receipt of- nearly £130,000
per year .in Fire premiums alone-some- of which ancient
offices-have been in existence for a century,! Equally suc-
cessful and singular in both departments.. Indeed, the Life
department may be-said to present results, equally as worthy
-of mention and memorable-as a singular-instance of a modern
office, so organized; and well managed,, and with such opportu-
nities of realizing good interest on its, large invested capital,
o'ertopping, thus early, its ancient compeers-presenting a
strong indication, indeed, that the future. business will exceed
in amount those payable by all the-old, establishments of the
country. Some new offices spend, from, 50 to 70 per cent. ofs•
-their premium receipts; but we think the premium-and
that is Ta per cent. of the gross premium receipts:
should be held intact for claims and bonuses. How-
ever, the early years of all, new Companies of this
nature have heavy charges• thrown upon them ; and if
the lives be carefully selected, the premium receipts
will bear in their opening years, when the risks are new
and slender, greater pressure to feed the vital springs of cur-
rent
life than in later years. Be this, however, as it may,
this modern Company has been so well managed that £l5
per cent. has been the maximum cost of carrying on the
business up to this period ; and moreover, all the- preliminary
expenses have been defrayed. No millstone of this character
hangs round the neck of the ' Royal.' With Mr. Holme,
who addressed the meeting, we may well ask, ' whether the
public can have a better security than now offered by the
Royal Insurance Office of Liverpool ?' "
The cumulative value of Assurance Policies effected in
sound, well-managed offices, to whioh class the " Royal"
especially belongs, will be quickly gathered from the sub-
joined little table:-

MESSRS. ESTERO AND COXPANY,
41, NORTH JOHN-STREET,
NEAR LORD-STREET, LIVERPOOL,
Have been induced to Open the above Establishment for
the Sale of FOREIGN CIG .IRS only, and to suit Pri-
vate Consumers. Messrs. E. and Co. sell them in Cases
from One Pound and upwards, at 2s. 6d. per lb.
Titey being Manufacturers in Havana, are enabled to
obtain the most choice Leaf for their Cigars, together
with the best Brands of other celebrated Houses, and in
condition suitable for immediate consumption.
Thus the Public will have the advantage of obtaining
GENUINE HAVANA CIGARS,
without the necessity of Purchasing, in Bond, Cases of
from One to Two Cwt., and without paying those extra-
vagant charges usually demanded for small quantities.
An Extensive. Supply always on the Premises and in
Bond for Exportation and Ships' Stores.
The Trade, Hotelkeepers, and others have now an op-
portunity of supplying their customers with a genuine
Havana Cigar, which has been until now so very difficult
to procure in convenient quantities; they will, at the
same time, be,liberally treated with.
Parties at a distance sending Post-office Orders for
1. 2.. 6d. will, per return, receive a Case containing
One Pound of CIGARS. In sending Orders, please state tf
Mild, Medium, or Full Flavoured is required.
SAUL DAVIES, AGENT.

LIFE BRANCIL-EXAMPLES.

.
Date of Sum Policy. Age' Assured. Premium. Bonus.
---.--.
I: .
s. d. £
1845 29 1,000 £
242 18 4 180
1846 24 1,000 194 5 0 160
1847 33 2,000 480 15 0 320
19 300 46 lB4B 22 100 14 84 2 0 40.
10
1860 I 27 500 56 18 4 40

In bringing our notice of this great and exceedingly suc-
cessful modern Assurance Company to a close, we must not
omit to state that the Company owes much of its success to
the unwearied exertions, from first to last, of ➢Tr. P. M. Dove,
its talented actuary and manager, who fostered and elaborated
the original conception with an ardour and a perseverance
rarely met with in dry matters of business and finance.

IRELAND.

[DECEMBER 4, 1855•

ECCLESIASTICAL INTELLIGENCE'

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TICE Earl of Listowel had a narrow escape last week. , j His PREFERMENTS AND APPOINTMENTS.
lordship had a large trap constructed for destroying foxes in Rev. H. Bromfield, to the Vicarage of Blockley, near ChiPr
Convamore ; this was so well and ingeniously concealed that, Campden.
having walked on it unawares, he was very nearly trapped Rev. T. Bromley, 8.A., to the Incumbency of St. Paul's, Tip
himself. In his efforts to escape from being tumbled into ton, Devon.
Rev. W. R. Brownlow, 8.A., to the Curacy of St. Bartholareev
the pit under the trap-door, his lordship dislocated his shoulder.
Two more agrarian murders have been perpetrated in the Moor-lane.
RevT.B Butler D.D ,to the Curacy of St. Jude's, Whitetl4i
county of Armagh. In the first case, a man named Grant, a Rev. W. H. Caparn:B.A., to the Curacy of St. Bartholoale farmer, was barbarously put to death -at a place called Silver- Gray's-ion-road, St. Pancras,
bridge, betwven Newtownhamilton and Crossmaglen, by a Rev. G. T. Cotham, 8.A., to the Curacy of St. hfary's, iCe''''
number of ruffians, who battered his brains out. The cause ton.
T Rev. F. Elmer, 8.A., to the Incumbency of St. Paul's, t*
abley, Cheshire.
of this fiendish outrage is said to have its origin in some dis-
, ti
y, Rev. W. T. Freer, to the Rectory of Houghton-on-Ne'
pute about land.-The other victim was a man named Murra
whose murder was accomplished on the road between New- Leicestershire.
T.,,ifya);
townhamilton and Keady, on the same evening. Deceased Rev. L. G. Gordon, 8.A., to the Curacy of All Saints, s,--„,,rin
Rev. H. Hampton, M.A., to the Incumbency of the Tear
had been at the fair of Newtownhamilton. As he was return- Rev.
York-place, Barnsbury-place, Islington.
ing to his home, he was surrounded by eight or nine persons, . Ile
Rev.
S. B. Harris, 8.A., to the Assistant Curacy of S.• '
who assaulted him with so much violence that his death re- lebone. eff
suited. Several individuals have been arrested on suspicion. Rev. G. B. Hill, 8.A., to the Rectory of Collingtree, -
DEATH OF COLONEL BLACKEIL—The papers announce the Northampton.
ell
death of Colonel William Blacker, J.P. and D.L., of Carrick. Rev. C. Hillman, 8.A., to the Curacy of St. Mary's CIIIP
ease, Holloway road, Islington.
house, Armagh. The deceased, who was in his 81st year,
.401'
formerly filled the office of Deputy Vice-Treasurer of Ireland, e fief'
Rev. C. Holder, 8.A., to the Curacy of Castle From . .
shire.
~iiA
and was, perhaps, one of the oldest members in connexion. Rev. R. Hughes, M.A., Second Master of Ruthin Gra-hire,
with the Orange Institute in Ireland. He held the command School, to the Curacy of Llanbedr Dyffryn Clwyd, Denbigi'V of the _Armagh Militia for a number of years, but feeling the Rev. W. Leeper, 8.A., to the Vicarage of
All Saints, -
infirmities of age, he resigned the post to younger hands on Lynn, Norfolk.
the recent embodiment of the corps. In early life Colonel kin, M.A., to the Incumbency of Herrello
.
Blacker served in the line, and for some time held a commis; Gloucestershire.
M‘
sion in the 60th Rifles, when styled the "Royal Americans." Rev. F. A. Anally,
Marsh,' M.A 8.A.,
to the Curacy of St. Marylebone.o
, to the Incumbency of Christ Ch
His extensive estates' Rev. D.
devolve on a nephew, Mr. Stewart Milton next Gravesend. •
Blacker, of' Dublin. Rev. F. H. Marsh, M.A., to the Rectory of Cavrstoadilif
THE BIBLE Buna'rxon—The charge of burning the Holy Reepham, Norfolk.
Rev. 3. Maskell, [not Marshall, as stated last week], tO 110
,A Scriptures, brought against Father Vladimir Pecherine (a
Curacy of West Lulworth, Wareham Dorset. CO
native of Odessa), was heard on Wednesday at the Kingstown Rev. W. Monk, B.A.
to the Curacy. of Christ Church,
Police-court. It was proved that the priest hired two boys bridge. 0
with barrows to wheel out into the chapel-yard a large quan- . Rev. R. Morton, M.A., to the Vicarage of Rothwell-witg
0
tity of books, amongst which were copies of the Old and New .Northamptonshire. 11
Rev.e.ll;ioFii Note, to be Chaplain of the Workhouse for thet .
Testament and the Protestant 'Prayer-book—that the heap 1
thin
of books were burnt in his presence, and that scorched frag- R:v. C. F. D. Priddle, 8.A., to the Perpetual Cures' °
it. mente of the Bible were picked out of the burnt mass by two Luke's, Liverpool.
or three persons; but there was no positive evidence that he Rev. O. M. Ridley, 8.A., to the Rectory of West Holing' ,
ordered the destruction, or that he was cognisant of the fact ' folk.
Rev. T. Sharp, M.A., to one of the Curacies of the it7t,
of Bibles and Prayer-books forming part of the condemned
Church,rev B. a th.
stock. The boys supposed that they were burning a lot of. H B' Smith, M.A., to the Curacy of St. Paul% co
novels and other bad books. There being no defence entered, garden.
Father Pecherine was bound in recognisaneea—himself in £lOO Rev. J. T. Smith, 51. A to the Curacy of Camden VP'
and two sureties of £5O each—to abide his trial at the next Camberwell. " „ left
commission.—Apropos of this Bible-burning scandal, the sub. Rev. H. H. Still, M.A., to the Rectory of Cattistoe.,
ject was warmly discussed at a-meeting of Meath priests, held Dorchester.
at Dells-, on Saturday week, for the purpose of taking mea-
Rev. J. Strickland, 8.A., to the Curacy of St. Matthist,Ter
reen.
sures to insure the return of Bishop Cantwell's nominee. The nal-
Rev. A. Stragnell, 8.A., to the Curacy of Christ CbarCbf
chairman upon the occasion was the Very Rev. Mr. ]l/1 `Evoy, mondsey.
,fie
a namesake of the popular candidate, who was also in attend- Rev. A. B. Suter, BA., to the Curacy of St. Dunstin's .01
,
"mice, in order to make a full confession of his politico-religious, West. xidel'
Rev. J Thomson, MA., to the Curacy of St. MarY,
faith. After some preliminary remarks of the ordinarycharacter ,„, J.
„ore
of all electioneering speeches, the Kingstown auto da fg, nary.
nes-. J. H. Underwood,,M.A., Vicar of Bosbury, to a'-
came under the notice of the very rev.. chairman, who said in the Cathedral Church of Hereford.
,r Kei'
"We have seen those pious and learned and laborious ministers, Rev. W. Windle, M.A., to the Vicarage of Kirtling, ke- who have within the, last few weeks given the benefit of the market. flee
priceless blessings of their ministrations to the people of Kings, Rev. T. Woodward, M.A., to the Rectory of Thundridge,
~,
town, those ministers' of the altars, those sanctified servants of forr.ire. H
lifsir the Lord about to be sent into the dock upon a charge which-. J Young, M A To the Rectory of Kirkby
Leicestershire.e•• • •'
these good men have' again and again declared to be false.
(Hear, hear.) Would you know what is the nature of that:
charge ? It is that of committing to the flames a thing which
pretends to be the Bible, bat which is a vile and blasphemous
perversion and corruption of the Word of God. It is for com-
mitting to the flames a volume which, if I myself, in the absence
of Attorneys-General and Solicitors-General, were going to
commit to the flames, I should take it up with a pair of tongs
for fear of soiling my fingers (tremendous cheering), and so
with the tongs would I hurl it into the consuming fire !
(Renewed cheering.)"—The' Newry Examiner supplies the
following information with respect to the missionaries whose
names are so disagreeably associated with the recent proceed-
ings- at Kingstown. It is almost superfluous to mention that
the'Newry paper is a fierce champion of the Romanist party.
" Father Vladimir Pecherine, the 'priest charged with burning
Protestant Bibles at Kingstown, is a Russian by birth, and
a native of Odessa. The other fathers of the same order are
also foreigners, with one or two exceptions. Fathers Bugg-
enoms and Vanderaa are Belgians, Fathers Theanie and Leon
are' Greeks, Father -Bagshaw is an Englishman, and Father
Harbison an Irishman, and we believe-a native of Dungannon.
The Irish house or content-of the order is-at Limerick, and if
this prosecution were carried out in that city it would require
all the- troops in Ireland to suppress- an insurrection there,
such is- -the reverence in which these priests-are held by the
people a large. Even at Kingstown things look bad, enough
already. Their chapel is open from 5 o'cackin the morning
till 9 at night, for the accommodation of the working people,
and at every-hour of the day is crowded with devout worship-
pers. It is,rather unlucky that the only member of the order
who is a Russian should be the man against whom this prose-
cution_ is directed, for it will excite Russian sympathy in the
people. On the whole we consider it a most. indiscreet
. prose-
cution ; for Rr will create a general feeling o indignation
thrdopuegrhhoauptslnroetlawindt,hlovuhtieuhnwpliellansat beeoanlslaeygeud-enfeoers,elOng time,'
and
REVIVAL OF' ALTA:IC DENIINCIATIONS.--In the advertising 1
columns of the Preemun's Journal, there appears -a long let-
ter, addressed to the inhabitants of Navan, by Mr. Charles
• Farrell, a Dublin auctioneer of some note, and a member' of
the Romish Church. As an elector of the county -of Meath,
Mr. Farrell, it seems, was presumptuous enough to imagine-
that, without compromising his religious opinions;-he was at
liberty to record of votein favour of Mr. Meredith, the Liberal,
Protestant candidate; to whom individually he was-under many'
heavy obligations. - How far' Mr. Farrell was astray in his ro-
mantic notions of. freedom of election may be judged' by the-
following extract from his, appeal to his fellow townsmen :--
"26th November, 1855.
"Having attended at thoeight o'clock mass yes-rday,morn-
ing in your town, judge of my surprise and indignation when.
I found myself obliged quietly to listen for half an hour to a-
most uncharitable and unmannerly tirade from the altar, deli-
vered by the officiating.. priest, the Rev. Mr. Blake, who de-
nounced, through all the moods and tenses of Billingsgate,.
every man—and myself in particular—for daring to -support a
Protestant candidate-forthe representation of yonr-county in
preference to a Catholic nominee of Dr. Cantwell. Disgusting
'and scandalous as the.-Rev; Mr. Blake's harangue was,-.I am
assured, by persons who attended the subsequent masses, that-
the- language of Father Caller' was even worse,. in so much
that some of the congregation left the chapel foaming. with.
rage, before mass was- over, rather than listen to such filthy
declamation from the- altar of God. These political sermons.,
havemade a sufficient impression on your minds without recall-
ing.them at any length -to your recollection; but alew elegant-
extracts,rnay not be, however,. here out of pine.. Ybu were
told to beware of the craft of Mr. Meredyth's supporters, as -it
was- usually at night time- they went about eanraesing,likee
-prostitutes and thieves, ashamed of their deeds i,open day—
that you knew the calling or business which each-of these fol -
lowed, and you should.not employ for the future,any - person.
who would presume to• beard: the bishop in his own parish, for.
it: was his well-known wish that they should vote for and re--
turn a Catholic, rather-than the- best Protestant in all the land;
and after desiring thapeople to kneel down to holy Comnau-,--
nion„ the Rev. 3fr. Blake again bethought himself, for, with,
the chalice partly iu his, hand, he announced that a special..
train had .been hired to-convey the parishioner& of Nsman to,
the meeting that day in Kells, where it was the, desire of Dr:-.
Cantwell they should meet in thousands. Smarting with in--
dignation during the delivery of this unhallowed and uncon.--
stitutional denunciation; Ithank God I refraim.ed, with consi-
derable difficulty, from replying in the chapel, to.the misstate-
ments. I was obliged to listen to ; nor can I hope that an appeal
of mine to the bishop, Will obtain me any redeessoeeing that:
these scenes are enacted in, his own parish, and in no other•
through the diocese,—of oourse, by his special, command and
authority. I have no other way open to me, therefore, tovin-
dicate my cause and my character than to address you thus,]
publicly ; and, if scandal cometh from this publication, let the.
sin. be visited on the- man who threw the first stone within a
consecrated building; vhere the accused hadeso power ofreply.
It is some consolation to know that tyranny of this kind is op-
posed by the edicts and, canons of our holy faith, an t itt any
other diocese would. not go unpunished for- a single mament." '

CLERICAL OBITUARY.
Nov. 21, suddenly of disease otthe heart, tbe Rev.
Cane, of the Grove, Witham, Essex-. f ell. 41
Nov. 21, at East Bergholt, Suffolk, the Rev. Wm. Tun..,
Nov. 24, the Rev. James Allan Harrison, only remains"
of Captain James Harrison, of Leamington,-aged: 49.

ALLEGED .PEACE N_E'GOTIATIOZAS:

(Tatou TUE PRESS,)

For the last twelve days Her MajeSty'S government. have
&rem busily negotiating peace on terms deemed.-by, the
Emperor of the, Reeneh to be satisfactory; and thus, if the.
present,. prospect of peace be defeated by any lac- hes on our
part, Her Majosty would have to dissolve parliament, not
against Mr. Gladstone, or even agginst Mr. DisraelL but
against the Emperor Napoleon; and the politia-issue before
the people of England' would be, whether they would. carry on
the war against Russia without the.. concurrence,. and against
the advice of our great, our prudent, and our. faithful. Ally.
The proposals.for peace have certainly not been, delivered to
the Emperor Napoleon by the Russian minister at Paris, for
there is none;: nor, we scarcely need add,
.laavo. they arrived
from St. Petersburg by the post. But proposals. for peace
have been submitted to the Emperor of the French, and
approved by him. It is quite unnecessary to .state by the inter-
vention of what
,government. this took place ; whether by
Sweden or Belgium, or some other power., We shall not be
piqued into communicating what may be inexpedient, to
satisfy the curiosity of our less-informed contemporaries.. They
will scarcely pretend that either the French or the British
governMent, after what passed at Vienna,_ would revive nego-
tiations without not only an assuranee•of the sincerity, but of
the practical sincerity of Russia. Accordingly, after a
period of active communications between Paris and London,
our readers may rely that, on Monday,, the 19th of November
last, the proposals to reopen negotiations for peace, on " satis-
factory" terms, were.formally delivered to the British Govern-
ment, and that, in consequence,, a Cabinet • Council was sunk
awned, and sat thenext day (Tuesday) for upwards of three
hours on the subject. From, that moment until the present,
unceasing communications haVe- taken place between all par-
ties and powers interested, and, we have reason to believe,
with a far more favourable effect than in our last number we
presumed to. anticipate. , _ • '

TAB Queen has presented the Rev. E. Eardley ore,
vicar of Kenilworth, to the living of All-Souls, Langba,,?licali
London, vacant by the resignation of the Rev. W. Tre:ase
Dn: LIISH/15GTON is to give his jUdgment in tqvctors
Westerton v. Liddell, in the Consistorial Court,.
Commons; to-morrow.
_f,i• re, 11'
TIM Rsv. R. PrGnE, curate of a parish in Radnorsw,lthet
been sentenced to five years' suspension by the Court of and
for drunkenness. On a previous occasion he was 54'
for two years. •
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-HE Bishop OF CHESTER _ has presented the -.43asi
Temple, BA, to the .perpetual curacy of_ Holy .EPId tbl
Church, Ladle, near Chester. His lordship has licell,e,„f6J.
Rev. F. Eimer, 8.A., to the incumbency of St: Paul's 7
Over Tabley;•and the Rev. C. F. Priddle, 111/V., to the (-;.la
bency of St. Luke's Church, Liverpool.
; '1 the
ls',
ST. MATTICIFVT'S CHURCH, Brixton, of whica _t;112,,
few days the Rev. Dr. John Vaughan was the inc.untnelleptea
been sequestrated, the Bishop of Winchester
the resignation tendered hY the rev. gen tletoalt,
_-1-Areibishof
had pe'
which is worth 2500-a
-year, 18 in the gift °""' to
of Canterbury. It was-given to Dr. Vaughar,-w!, 1841, bf
viously been curate of St- Clement Danes, Strand; iii
Archbishop Howley. tittiti°s'
THE FRIEND (3-2, CLKEGY.—This excelleutbaS .of
established for the purpose of granting pensions to the held
and daughters of clergymen of the Established Church,p;
meeting on Thursda of its- friends and supporters; at the
don Tavern, for the-.purpose of electing four, in aatu"-
those already upon the funds. Mr. R. Baxter presided, allael!
opening the business-, of the day, expatiated at some 104
upon the necessity of 'such an institution as evidenced bY)
large number of unsuccessful candidates at each election,
further pointed out the great advantages which had alfSi
resulted, concludia.-by expressing a hope that such acce-6:0
might be made to the-funds-as would enable the cormeittP:,s
admit all the candidates. From a very long list of eandidre
four were elected, and after the declaration of the result of ti
ballot, the thanks of the meeting were unanimously accorlf
to thechairman, as also to the Rev. J. E. Cox, and the
scrutineers, when the proceedings closed. foe
THE BISHOP OF NEW ZEILAND.—The numerous--to
of the Bishop of New Zealand, and all who wish well
missions of the Church of England, will be glad to be'",, oroS;,
he arrived safely at Aucklandon the 6th of July, baft:r ;ise,
perous voyage of 98 days. "
We
were all
takfinfroYm Y:nglanat
says our informant, "-not having heard a wori d. The firs-
of his intention to come-by the Duke
intimation that he was-on board the of Portiall or was
fact that a strange ship had threaded all the intricaei u 4,4
harbour, and rounded., the North Head before the g that
for the pilot. There was not a breath of wind eithe%nsob;rd
the people began to say- 'Mere must be some one of
a carry'. b
who knows what he's about, and all the tides an,- ,enottg '
the harbour ; and who-so likely as the bishop °nil, say tile
„awe
in an hour more the- custom-house officer Ja-vras
bishop was on board,, and- that the Southern Cra
her-way following him?? English vess
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DECREASED CONSUPArriox of BEES.--The large decrease
in the use of beer, shown within the last two years, cannot be
attributed to the increase in the quantity of any of the other
articles, even taken together. Beer has fallen off about
74;901,094 gallons. Now, by a liberal calculation, reducing
coffee; tea, and cocoa into liquid measure, reckoning. 11b.
weight to make a gallon liquid, the increase, including the use
of rum and British spirit, does not exceed 17,430,414 gallons.
THE American merchant ship Spitfire, of 1649 tons register,
put into Plymouth Sound on Wednesday, in consequence of
strong 'easterly winds. She left Foo-Chow-Foo for London
on the 24th of July, with a cargo consisting of 1900 tons of
tea, contained in 18,000 packages,. and valued at about
£250,000. On the 23d of August she anchored in the Straits
of Alias, and in consequence of the strength of the current
the chain was brought under the fore foot and keel, which
tore off the copper and strained 'the ship so that in four hours
there were 22 inches of Water in her. Undaunted by this
leak, and notwithstanding he was short-handed, Capt. Airey
proceeded on his voyage down the coast towards Anjer. The
pumps were kept going, the ship was trimmed by the stern
one foot more than the ordinary draught by bringing the
cargo aft, and sail was shortened when by the wind, so as to
keep,her upright, and prevent damage to the tea. In this
condition she passed the Mauritius, encountered a heavy gale
off, the Cape of Good Hope, and put into, St. Helena with the
crew sick on the 7th of October.- Here the United States'
consul and others considered that the cargo .should be dis-
charged and the ship repaired, but the agent for Lloyds, who
went on board and examined her, the pumps, and log-book,
and questioned the officers, gave the captain written autho-
rity to continue the voyage. Additional hands being engaged
to make the complement 40—officers and men all told—the
Spitfire left the island on the 9th of October, and is now in
the Sound, the leak not having increased or decreased since
she left the Straits of Alias.

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