The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1855-10-16 00:00:00

BOROUGH OF LIVERPOOL.

CONTRACYS—Pa-VoLiel-eLOTHING.—
v The WATCH COMMITTEE are ready to receive TENDERS
for supplying the following Articles for the Constabulary Police
Force, either in One Lot or several Lots, namely :-
680 Coats and Trousers for Constables.
106 Do. Do. for Firemen.
44 Do. Do. for Inspectors.
20 Do. Do. for Bridewell-keepers.
17 Do. Do. for Detective Constables.
9 Do. Do. for Clerks.
17 Vests for Detective Constables.

20 Do. for Bridewell-keepers.
780 Greatcoats for Constables.
46 Do. for Inspectors.
20 Do. for Bridewell-keepers.
17 Do. for Detective Constables.
9 Do. for Clerks.
1,750 pairs of White Cotton Gloves.
850 Armlets.
800 Stocks, with Clasps.
800 pairs of Pegged Boots.
820 Hats for Constables.
48 Do. for Inspectors.
46 Do. for Bridewell-keepers,DetectiveConstables, & Clerks.
800 Oil-cloth Capes for Constables (numbered).
43 Mackintosh Capes for Inspectors.
9 Do. Do. for Superintendents.
9 Do. Do. for Clerks.
Patterns and Samples of the various articles now used may be
O
iHn
The
pande
ec.
ctyowetrohdhkenrogall
ftluealoaaydrbol:
ftettleh,aotx.yei
the Cloth
acpffibmctl betweenml
et
must
tte r
be I
ee wooldyed and well shrunk.
l ot. urs of Ten and Two, at the
go
Ttmi
eue suNtvnabi
ifesotrecmxo eactbsuu,t
teat(nol
and the
ti th
for
r‘gvohcooodal
etsound
The‘dbeoe usf
tbuswli el w
ill be provided by the Committee, who will also supply
metallic numbers and ornaments for the Coats, so that no em-
broidery will be required. Every article not fully equal to
asaccineppitethweilsi a bmee rbeire catiel
odw,
aanncde t
fhoer Cdoimffemr
eint tceeefor lvoani u
en,oo
ra coctohuent
wise. The Committee will not pay for any sample pattern sent
.
executee
tThteh the parties
wfoirmisnespTeecntidoenr,suisihleaslsl abpep ritocyceedp
toe fdfur
itl hi eh C.
,oen tt
or a
Contract for due fulfilment thereof, and engage to complete
and deliver the goods on or before the Ist day of May, 1856. To
be paid for on approval, in cash, at the expiration of one calendar
Month from the delivery.

Sealed Tenders, sepaiate from Sample Patterns, to be left at
the Office of the Town clerk, 2, Cornwallis-street, Liverpool, on
or before the 20th day of October, 1855, addressed "To the
Chairman of the Watch Committee," marked "Tender for
Clothing."

The Committee do not bind themselves to accept the lowest or
any Tender.—By order,
WILLIAM SHUTTLEWORTH, Town-clerk.
2, Cornwallis-street, Oct. 11, 1855.

REMOVAL FROM 44, BOLD-STREET,

36, CHURCH-STREET.
MACLENNAN begs to intimate that
40 • he has OPENED the above PREMISES,

With a large, fashionable, and varied
NEW STOCK OF SHAWLS AND MANTLES,

WHICH IS NOW READY FOR INSPECTION.

ST!tillAN AND Co.'s BANKRUPTCY.—Tuesday was the day
appointed for the adjourned examination of Messrs. Strahan,
Paul, and Bates, who had also traded as Holford and Co., at
the Bankruptcy Court. Numerous proofs were put in and
admitted ; amongst others by the following persons :—Rev.
J. F. Bullock, Badminton; Mr. Bevan, banker, of Lombard-
street (on behalf of the Church Extension Society and the
Hospital for Women) ; Rev. J. J. Hornby, rector of Winwick ;
Mr. Reeve, publisher; Viscountess Sydney; the Rev. W. Sel-
wyn, Foxton ; Sir H. F. Shelley ; Hon. and Rev. H. Tolle-
mache, Harrington ; the Secretary to the Colonial and Foreign
School Society ; Baroness Seaborne ; Vice-Admiral B. Rey-
nolds ; Admiral B. Martin, &c. After some preliminary ques-
tions put respecting claims put in by bill-brokers, Mr. Bagley
made an application on the part of Miss Burton, the daughter
of a deceased general officer in the Royal Artillery, who had a
claim against Holford and Co., for £3,300, to have the estates
of the banking business and that of the navy agency kept dis-
tinct; it being understood that the estate of the navy agency
is nearly solvent. The discussion of this question, a very im-
partant one to a large number of the creditors, was adjourned
for a private meeting. The examination was then adjourned
till the 11th of December ; the allowance of £5 a week each to
Mr. Strahan and Mr. Bates being ordered to be continued for
a month. Sir J. Paul "having drawn a considerable sum from
the bank just before the house stopped," no allowance was
made to him. Mr' Lawrance then stated for the official as-
signees, that they proposed to enter claims at the dividend
meeting on Friday, on behalf of the owners of the missing se-
curities, for the value of these securities as estimated at the
date of bankruptcy, or at the time of their misapplication ; thus
treating the loss of these securities, supposed to have been fe-
loniously disposed of, as debts against the estate. The as-
signees also proposed, Mr. Lawrance said, to enter claims on
behalf of those officers, naval and military, who are now on
foreign service, and who probably have no means of sending
over their proofs. This was rather an unusual course, but
they thought the case required it. The amount of proofs and
claims made during the day against the joint estate was
£53,509. The total debts and liabilities are stated at between
700,000 and £BOO,OOO. The assets absolutely in hand are
£44,000 ; the amount expected to be realised about £lOO,OOO,
or from 2s. to 3s. in the pound.

TUESDAY, OCTOBER 16, 1855.

THE VISIT OF THE DUKE OF CAMBRIDGE

THE great event of the week, absorbing all local
interest, has been the visit of His Royal Highness the
Duke of CAMBRIDGE, on the anniversary of HER
MAJESTY'S visit to Liverpool in 1851, and the advan-
tage which was taken of the opportunity to show
by general rejoicings, the popular appreciation of the
all-important fall of Sebastopol. The Royal Duke
arrived on Tuesday, and, having received at the Town-
hall a loyal address from the Corporation, proceeded,
in company with the Chief Magistrate, the Earls of
DERBY and HARDWICKE, and other Gentlemen, to visit
the principal institutions of the town. Never was a wel-
come so universally cordial, so warmly enthusiastic. The
streets, broad and narrow---the back lanes as well as
the main thoroughfares---were gorgeously decorated
with flags, banners, streamers, and devices innumera-
ble, all speaking one voice, and rich and poor vieing
with each other in doing all honour to the distin-
guished visitor to the capital of commerce. His
progressewuans
ilvikeresaal
ittryiuomf pthhaelirp
joy, and
dthrreonutghthdeenasi
re
with shouts of welcome. Well may the hthereoirosfmAliiiiimga
crowds of all ranks, who betokened by
and Inkerman have felt proud of his countrymen, when
he met with a reception which far exceeded all that
the most sanguine, who knew the loyalty of the men
of Liverpool, had ventured to anticipate. There was
no mistaling the feeling which prompted the display :
it was exhibited from every house-top, the humblest
as well as the stateliest; it shone in every countenance;
it was heard in every sound, even in the reports of
small firearms which, in defiance of police regulations,
alscnarged iu everystreet: If .01 doubt! mai‘m
linger as to the popularity of the war in that port of
England where commerce must be most affected by
its operations, such doubts must be blown—to the
winds by the joyous welcome given to the Duke of
CAMBRIDGE in the town of Liverpool.
Tuesday was devoted to the objects of interest on
shore ; but on Wednesday his Royal Highness was
borne on the noble estuary of the Mersey, in that
matchless steamboat the Countess of Ellesmere. Here
the signs of welcome were not less enthusiastic than
on the land. The line of docks, stretching for miles
along the Lancashire shore, presented a forest of
masts, sporting flags of most nations, their gaudy
colours flaunting in the bright sunshine; every vessel
in the river was decked from her truck to her taffrail ;
along both shores were similar displays ; each place,
from which a view could be obtained, was crowded
with excited spectators, whose throats aided by
joyous shouts the booming of guns from impromptu
batteries; the unrivalled pilot boats, with their smartly
painted hulls, were ranged in line ; and as the swift
steamer, with her Royal freight, proceeded from point
to point of the world-famous harbour, she was accom-
panied by many others bearing crowds of delighted
participators in the exhilarating pageant. From
Eastham to the Rock Light, this noble port presented
a scene unrivalled in that magnificence which is pe-
culiarly characteristic of commercial England ; and
nothing the most fastidious could wish for was left
undone : even the sun shone brightly on the pageant,
and a fresh breeze from the north-west lent its aid to
flutter every ensign, and give animation to the scene.

The visit of the DUKE OF CAMBRIDGE to Liver-
pool will long be hallowed among the pleasures of
memory, not only by the illustrious Prince, but by all
who took part in it. It may truly be said to have
afforded unalloyed satisfaction, with nothing to dis-
turb the general harmony, which was its greatest
value as a demonstration of popular feeling. It was
gratifying in every point of view ; and Liverpool has
abundant reason to be proud of her populatipn. In
their reception of the DUKE OF CAMBRIDGE, they
testified not only their respect for the hero of Alma
and Inkerman, who had borne his share in the great
struggle in the Crimea, but also their loyalty for
the illustrious House of which he is so worthy a
scion. They also demonstrated their approval of the
war in which the country is engaged with Russia
their grateful appreciation of the advantage gained by'
the capture of Sebastopol ; and, lastly, the respect
entertained for the CHIEF MAGISTRATE, whose recom-
mendations to make a general holiday, to decorate the
vessels and buildings with flags by day, and illumina-
tions by night, were carried out with a zeal and
unanimity beyond all praise. It was in the fullest
sense of the term a popular demonstration ; all classes
shared.in the festivity, and it has therefore passed off
leaving no regrets.

MINISTERIAL CHANGES.

IT has been rumoured within the last few days, and
the rumour is believed to have some foundation in
fact, that a new combination of political parties is on
the eve of accomplishment, and that the object is
the displacement of the Palmerston Administration by
one nominally, at least, more Conservative. This
new alliance, which is more than hinted at, is the
adhesion of the Peelite section, represented by Mr.
GLADSTONE, and the Peace faction, represented by Mr•
BRIGHT, with Mr. DISRAELI as one of the recognised
leaders of the Conservative party. A prominent
feature in the policy of such a combination would of
course be a speedy termination to the War, and peace
at any price be a main if not an acknowledged
principle. Thus much at least states the rumour,
and it has undergone discussion as though it were
based upon some foundation of truth. We do not,
however, believe it to be true, or even probable.
There is, perhaps, no feeling which animates so pro-
minently the Conservative party as that of determi-
nation to
,prosecute the War with -vigour, and it is

OCTOBER 16, 1855.

-,,giii '
n`4 CO;
this which has excited so much indignation 'ero
the late and present Ministers, because no
32.,
has been placed in their professions and no
bel:0,
been entertained of their sincerity. We
tom
believe that Mr. DISRA.ELI would commit
5b30,1
act of political suicide as to league with
the
teloPtil
foes of true Conservative principles for the at,
leoi
gratification of mere personal ambition ; ann'ii,
such political treachery were possible, it is abs'i",
scov
suppose that the Conservatives as a Par* tfi
follow their leader in such a course, or consellof ti,
one instant to accept the plausible sophisos
_.,,,,0
the may
national
mak eh
oteurpainsoluneoesoboixinoarti itgrhrcialaeel:tt°:edwlaj:nv'fi:";: 1 4jj''ldi
cii
IC:
'°
Peelites, or the craven theories of the Peace-133
0 afforded
,ja,,ii,
iet,iteit,,hp:
Had Mr. GLADSTONE and his friends
tmeasure i
no f
1s uBpsp2o, r twthoi
which
e
expect, we could have imagined
honourable alike to both parties, because the:o 's
main principles in common, and differed
to 0
details. They would then have presented,,l!
admiring countrymen a Ministerial phalanx a' k, 0
powerful to have kept Liberalism in check
ali7inrlleadtotefarripolElajlid:a:iriaFo':l;
mayhap to have spared the nation from tholiEe,llin;)
unbfiams
incapacity.
standsaicunnsraa
litakgpotl scenes
eatnyuchtcsioi:fatnmogylavr,
n.
sitedechptlo,Twiet,
bidercsesah
anceoasphl
out
eteheoce
purchased
traitorsoofai
riavoepmstlti:iboarhnee
however,
wn
0r causede r ,
in
orbler'..toegro;
their personal vanity, falsified all their f°' it,
expense of honour and characasatenici.d.isTPghartealFillifa:ll;e:etileite
NaLlvoduldthsoacurgifihctehey
for the f
to bl
the Conservatives is out of the questioo.,,,;6COettr
When, on the breaking-up of the CO
because it did not come up to the liali°lll- f I)is
prosecute the war with vigour, the Vr'etjitca,.
was called upon to form a Ministry, his gre311,0,;:
was the want of a sufficient number of To paj'
the House of Commons to constitute ae;
purely Conservative. The same OEOII sft
and will do so until an appeal be made to tiliot.'
on the intelligible question of Peace or
whatever may be the professions of the 11t1 I'd
sections which make up the Liberal I°,iorry
cannot be the slightest doubt in the lii,' 04
thinking man that the national honour Iv', co.' ',;
in safe keeping in the hands of Conservatle or
imagine, therefore, that any alliance loula A
with the Peelites or the Peace faction is too 3 64,
POpular credulity, not only from its inherent
nature but from the palpable fact that it 11"" iso'
tably fail to accomplish the object for willeb lt
to be proposed. f lw
Whatever may be the wishes or intentions of tow
cular individuals or parties, it must be PalPahoeftsl
,tdounmeasitnetainomptrheehewnasrioangtahinasttainittlolßhis not only' the; pei
but the desire, of the nation, as an intelligellerifee
and, thanks to
anent Providence,
prestigedurao duration.
ouron sacrificesinvincibility
bbaebenilihbtushtasllmall, compared with those cf theavootaf
tuonhtirilec:ovveoefrhprt:vhrmeatobtained those material 9 the P,,if
give to any conditions of Peace ,000,;v'
We have, lie)
been well-nigh forfeited through official ille°9ofiT;
we shall find that the war has left us 511°riiiickijr
reputation for military and naval prowess 1,1 eras
so nobly earned during the previous war, 311" 40 1,,,:
us, on the mere strength of its recollectiou, ' ""
taro peace for forty years. NELSON made fed!
heroes, and the genius of WELLINGTON i At .1311:
twainh 0,l es ome d
which
sreeravde
do thefus in m
goodi 1 it asr yt, e
apdo wthei r of 6
r i
ng 11:7 ii°:
\.
tical changes. We have as yet looked for e 0' e
asC
one
InS:
eoEtrh
inS
England
in
ga
ivimda vain, and
worthyopen theto wofarh
assaultsme
her
t,uaritbete:onall:
Russia humbly sues for peace, or FriglavdeiPee
;to t rail '
Artir
now concluded, the glory would all 13e'°11° t ig-
nity offered by any breach of the firs- pi
fro°
t
with her new ally. We cannot affgOr°clc.il:lol:phretbitaeve
~,,e
beenthe
acquired.
litrt hoe
hdaovueb doubtful
yetl.am • erlusblbv
rubbed
et 4-11 e r'
014 . Ad 1
A to P-A,s
of such long inactivity, and we have Set 9,001"
General of genius sufficient to take the cc"
British army against any opposition.

THE BALTIC Fl,-E-5. 00
4.- , n are
nimheoearf
tsohfieltoßhwer:rtfßuisaisashtetiafletpeibpieaetrni,onavvgtchihtceillniodgioleeticiwbr isotl,t.feiiiii-taiDerlitibcoeep,cillivri
thef
re lopmer THE
cett
utrto
their summer i
gained by the bombardment of Sveaborg, a,nhe esl'
ture of some Russian merchant vessels. ' witb Ili
tion under Sir CHARLES NAPIER elided as Of tirol
unseemly quarrel between him and the Logy Ada) 0,
Admiralty, and his place was supplied bY of gi',,,
DUNDAS, who was to have all the advantagee e.- ileffi
A fil fr.
boats, the deficiency of which had cripple. - „or, do
and baulked the intentions of his predeee' god, y,
seems, however, that the change of admirals sl,lry
supply of gunboats have not effected au). p° re
tthsgpwhheareel °s
entrusteduv
power
ventedre:
oeumoohrrivsetshenhthloreywtaame, aoo
fctiv;leNasntvudethgdeßt:erstbuebwmoteyshrndtepsohesi
attempting;
s Nichgn ,
command.
ieethiuto-
she:
ip;
As
cetehandohcdnonmioeaidtilpini
rndeahaot orolbhetiartjnheytteci fiigecli:tecitilwatlamf:leoth,terasiiaotetlit:ntcriahpiole fe,
,cei
i,i,ailtiv
rove:
0:
fttoi
itet
reto :it
that the most powerful fleet which ever left med.
t
Sir CHARLES NAPIER complains that his renl°',;so 'ft,
the 't jeel'oe
Reform Club banquet, he boasted of the gretlioid b, 14,i420
was going to perform, and he was openlY„ ,en
0911,
first Lord of the Admiralty that he had ft' j 004" cr
4 . Ile
~..
even to declare war against Russia. Ye: of be
of being hampered by instructions, and ;ilig e,-,o*i
strained by the home authorities from Ortiog;#l7l
intentions. When Lord NELSON had I:eg fostl i,
ri 01l oe
reputation in his keeping, he was not s e
..0
A t1":"t i.
about obeying instructions, he construe-, or Jeac'
general orders to do the best he col cte" retr
tot 0 I
enemy, and refused to see any of a cols lia
mote
Had Sir CHARLES NAPIER made a fibei.ri,„.allvoffeti'
tion of his general orders, and, disregaraji;cle% tile
instructions, applied himself vig,orouslY ~,,,,e liorge,
tally to strike a blow against Russi9%, 00.° Borg
Baltic, he might safely have bid defiance a love' t fof
from the Admiralty of breUch of orders, Se tow /60,150,1
for himself a reputation which he ilasiothi' .00
piElt_haop,.pe_iskiog.
l''
loot
to
ever. He calls in vain for popular -11-I,osvn IlicoiSli
would have been freely accorded had 11,e.0 sercie pial:
the character of being a mere vain henst jo safeti,cl), 0
worthy
esTrlssafeneotot;fy:Nsoioitfsai
etptahohdnelede
ioßhfinneeae:thtthhiacewse.
a,,retiredsdrsveeiwhnnfsieroNosehnviththftter(dhioot:lba: :al :alb:,
ttsr;
tirioai.
sg.
jai
ri
iilljafesittl:ii,iiii
1:01
credit for having brought home the fle.6t for wl'l,ol
fwtsoh
marcesl
of Act': :the 'we
batteries 0 p 0
3 TA°
under his command against some 1 witb 0,0
Genera tbe
01
and was remonstrated with by the
otiod th 11.01)
he was acting in concert, on theigrer. The .-(
id,
placing His Majesty's ships into abelgiaced ip ,:t
trice,
re
eyth :sit: ae:eriseaeole
taijeteot
batteragainst directly
down,tt the
e srtecovonenertsewen,
at alelnds d h i m s e
old like 3 Aci'lliel
home safely, and then to sco
course
of
e, ,
Such seems also to have been the co 5
same tiliPr'' P ee,
and we have a repetition of the than everLptOui
fleet unharmed, Cronstadt stronger
1 'gill '' agY
hant vesse s .
eilo
ej
only injured by a few mere
ld )erinit,te P Pa, if )1
and the fleet, if theweather shou 1
_olio's P
home safely. it is time that the old a
DUNDAS. The season for action has 30.1.1,sett_nst:::

o

is ,
old
am
the fast w;

P .
et SIY
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41h_ l'aS

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!iver, -b

Itless tF
tar,
It,
11,001.
Lign

lation ,c 0
, no 0:064°4
no helief_L
We en
Limit
b the bites
the attell
and 061
iirdt,
it is abs

T•

t I'i£4 sit, •
,tetio4 , ee file morning of Wednesday last, much dissatis
for
4,4ja fizs been expended on the arrangements made
11, 4: ttk' spees reported which were delivered at tbelan-
k.`, Rn, en by tech MAYOR on the preceding evening to His Royal
'lllness the Duke of CAMBRIDGE, and other distingui4hed
c characters, in honour of the illustrious Duke's viiittU
I. The great "---.,.PPointment felt by the inhabitants
"pol generally in being deprived of any means of
~,tug what had ocourred on the interesting oc ion, taken
slluexion with the singular explanations offered by the,
.., IstPers`forthe absence of the much-wished for reports
-,4 stin •
further to aggravate the popular discontent- 'One
(lithe ti• .
Ilet,, her
threw the blame on one panty, an-
'teethe kkother, and both with the uncertainty which alwar'
k kll irnh„ p
i'ties% k''llectlY'ixtiderstood dispute.
%uildti. e first burst of indignation was expended, the -matter
'411.1, tiii,Ptle sufficient examination to make it perfectlyelear
tZt°N o the the Miirron meant no disrespect to the local,
4Frordei'lltrarY , that he was actuated by a strong de".
11.1 Sit, 7 all. a Perfectly equal facility in giving a corre4to
t I,el2,tatcl erso,,,l°ll4,°,ithe Proceedings which took place. ±
fitl: -`*lers 1:11: this was to be effected, we must explain to
ly ~......
limithe iinin
g-room of the Town-hall is comp.ara:
:Nape- Y, ed iu tize and that the newspapers of Liver
.14;180%totie‘‘fetoilrtYerilt.t:11'eaobre:Fti:. Ill' eroomis not capable of. containing
t44.fl'sura forty to fifty persons ,
and if
th:elnestatative eive newspapers in Liverpool, e.,
space Iroln oacil
ofnow there
414,
annortioned to t
t ebatyyst have
been
he
other
re
guests, it
present,
Est hill visite this dim to
inconveniently circumscribed.t_.s
t,,,,. eNt to have .o,,,ettitY, the IVIKrou resolved a . his
IN'e, hof the --' Proceed' and furnished
'th qf 'aPeri i„,.._ Ings reported
14114i:tie 1a5h,014314;17711; and he had o
arranged
uldthhaet
be ,407 through the ' Journals as applied for.
mCt Actotii 'same channel. That this object _
wN
an 4 ti., 3' earlied grit •
,h; etni4o, a , the MAYOR directedthtahtegTenotle.
tee„ - -,4ged qv, eorapetent individual, and
"‘lA;',.l4lls tile' SerVieeS of the short-hand
etAip l'iroso, °facial employe,of the Town Council,
The
e , .., ,a..,, .
matter.
1)114 cietc,rktt.4',), interfering further in the
is
undis-
writerwhchthade
f'lirjetiti
wed4tt of
a'that short-hand writer
as he says
a ")Per 11,‘'l ''At., t the Town Hall, and,obtaining access in
te, thaiautiel,
vi,Litealty in the way of
so
Itt.
ever_
table 411 ,he L'lli tr. ''l4l difficulty, however, washis i
seat at the
,(6"ld indikted to ived, the dining room, took
appearances
'4l4th
~ 'cate, e, '4l, anti, so far as outwardf "PF
of 1,,
,44ties, ,glloeed work in discharge of i t.Zivitß bee .At this t
hehiesomuPnidalenrs-
i '''' tot ll ttp., 6 age of the proceedings, indignity i but be
etiste say he t -4•04 with disrespect or 1
ends pee of 4,1,
reltaal aty. stexto acquaint the Maros with the
.0k,4
hsarehtis, h..
.tt Unraaginary grievance. He sat to the
r4sie" 1,4„e
h'ms in hh vocation, but seemingtlyetraleseoteddetehry-
'4
to Write 16
rel'enge, which he at
this
kbi. loint
hi out his notes. How far.this Nvas a means of
t144,,c ~Will h, 8 own dignity or• of repairing his iniurpierse,ssthoef
tlik-Pl, ),.' e l'e difficulty in determining.
compelain that
14,110 the7l.rever, imve good - Dt. ,Nre ,710prpron of thleictoutrhseeryhe ounitimeately resorted to
had been deliberately
11Z4ti,d,
47. deprived of x
44111,tti1,,484eq.0f that whichla
means had been taken to put
i4} 4eol.fastletenr ecfOnnected with this pitiful business, and
''le which it is understood the whole, or nearly the
1) of th
'kt w.,
the contretemps originated remains for observation.
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LIVERPOOL AUXILIARY BIBLE
SOCIETY.

THE forty-fourth annual meeting of this society was held
in the lecture-hall of the Collegiate Institution, last night.
The meeting was well attended, and the chair was occupied by
the Lord Bishop of Chester. On the platform we observed the
following gentlemen, viz. :
Revds. Dr. 31`Neile, J. Jones, W. Rawson, A. Knox, F.
Parry, H. Hampton, W. H. Wright, H. Marten, T. Carter,
T. Robinson, D. J. Hirsch, G. Fisch; J. 0. Powell, Harke,
J. M`Naught, Powell, T. W. Mooran, Harward, Birrell, Kelly,
Cranbrook ; Messrs. W. Jones, John Cropper, J. K. Rounth-
waite, F. Mill, W. William* W. H. Moore, R. A. Payne,
S. R. Healey, H. J. Webster, Thos. Carson, W. R. Jeffery,
D. Lewis, R. Houghton, C. M. Jones, S. Laing, R. Griffith,
Milburn, &c.
The proceedings of the meeting were commenced by the
bishop reading a portion of the 19th Psalm. At the conclusion
of this,
The LORD Manor expressed the satisfaction he felt in
meeting the friends of the society at the completion of another
year of its valuable existence, and more so to see so goodly a
meeting on so bad a night. Experience, however, had shown
him that a bad night did not always prevent a numerous
meeting in that place. There was a large meeting here lately,
when the community of this town exerted itself to do honour
and to show hospitality to an illustrious individual, and to
rejoice in the victories which have of late crowned the
arduous struggle in the Crimea. On that platform there
were many of his brethren who are the ministers of peace.
They and all of us are lovers of peace, but we are
also lovers of our country, and as such we rejoice
in its successes. While rejoicing in those successes, we are
delighted to look on them only as means to obtain peace.
War, we must all remember, has not only its triumphs but it
has also its horrors. Those horrors are great, and often over-
powering ; but the Bible Society had done much to assuage
the horrors of war. It had distributed 100,000 copies of the
bible among our own soldiers, and the soldiers of our gallant
French allies—long may they be our allies—(cheers)—and
long may we be engaged with them it emulating each other
not alone in valliant, but also in good deeds. The effect of
the good done by the distribution had been shown in many
ways, and in 'none more pleasingly than by learning, as we
do by numerous-channels, that many of our soldiershave met
together to worship God when they were about to go
into some great action, some fierce struggle. This had
not been found to detract from their bravery in the
field of action. On the contrary, it had 'been found
that no man is so brave as he who fears God, and
none other. Many examples of this were to be found
in different accounts of the incidents of the war, but
none more than in a case which had been 'brought under his
own notice, and which, so far as he knew, had not been pub-
lishedsin any of the public prints. A young officer who fell
in the great struggle, which had been the crowning event of
the .war, so far as it has yet been -carried. The letter
which related the sad event to his mother, who, in her afflic-
tion, -we may consider was still comforted by the reflection
that;he fell in the arms and moment of victory; for such con-
siderations will afford consolation even to a mother's sorrow.
But she was further comforted on being:informed that when
her- son was found mortally wounded, he was found to have
a Bible buttoned under his coat; thus showing that he was
deeply interested in the sacred truthsofGtod's Word. (Cheers.)
He would not trespass further on the time of the meeting,
which would be addressed by several speakers, who would
'show the value and the operations of -the Society. He could
mot conclude, however, without adverting to the absence a
Horsfall, whowas so liberal asupparter ofall our charitable
• institutions (cheers), who intended-to' have been there, but who
wadld be compelled to leave Liverpool early next morning,
cm a mission, to him of great interest, and of vital importance
'to him and his family. The cause-of his absence, painfOl as
it is to him, must be a matter ,of deep regret to all here.
• Several other gentlemen would address the meeting from
whom much interesting information would be obtained.
These were gentlemen belonging to the different Christian
Churches. He would not allude to this further than by say-
ing that while attached to his own Church he was not averse
to the co-operation of others, noraverse to hear them. 'Among
these the Rev. Mr. Fisch, who had been long the resident
pastor of the Reformed Church •of Lyons, and who -was now
about to remove to a similar position in Paris, would give
interesting intelligence connected with the working of the
Society. His Lordship then called on—
The Rev. F. PARRY, the secretary, who read the report of
the society, which gave, on the-whole, an encouraging wiew of
the society's operations. From this it appeared that, in most
of its branches, the Liverpool Auilliary Bible SoCiety had
made a enn.iaprahle advance, although in some it had not been
so. The total number of bibles distributed by this society up
to the present time had been .29,389;587 copies, Showing an
increase, during the past year,.of 18,738 copies over any pre-
vious year. Bibles to the number of 37,284 copies bad been
sent by the society to the French soldiers in • the Crimea. In
allusion to its financial condition, the Liverpool Auxiliary had
contributed £4O more than on the previous year ; yet the ladies'
branch exhibited a falling off to the extent of £62, as compared
with the previous year. The books sold in Liverpool had brought
in the sum of £ll9 ; and the Auxiliary had in course of the
year distributed Bibles to the number of 23,292 copies ; while
its whole income for the year had been £4,305 lls. 10d. The
whole income of the Bible Society during the past year had
been £124,000, being the largest it had ever enjoyed, and for
the first six months of the current year the income of the
society had been £1,200 more than during 'the first half
of the past year.
The Rev. Dr. WNEILE on rising was received with cheers,
:and on their subsiding he said it gave him _great pleasure to
:move the first resolution, which was to the effect that the
report be adopted, and printed, and circulated. He said, the
chief interest of the meeting arose from the -statements con-
tained in the report. As an advocate of the British and
Foreign Bible Society, he must be excused in doing more
than urging on the meeting the formal adoption of the re-
solution. To live in a land in which the free,eireulation of
God's holy word is not only tolerated, but guaranteed and
encouraged, was to be esteemed one of .the greatest privileges
which a community could enjoy. Next to that was the
privilege of sending it to others, and such was the object of
this -society. There was nothing illiberal, or narrow, or sec-
tarian, in forwarding the operations of a society like this,
whose sole purpose was the distribution of God's word in the
languages of all the nations of the earth. In doing this, it
might be likened to the giant of antiquity, who was repre-
sented-as having a hundred hands. The society, through its
translated bibles, had foreign as well as English hands,
and all of them were eager in forwarding the
good work. It was a gratifying circumstance to reflect
that, through the contributions and donations to this
society, its members enjoyed the privilege of affording.comfort
to those who are fighting the battles of the country. All of
them had heard of the numbers of Bibles sent out to our own
army and the army of our allies in the East. He had heard
of many instances of the benefits conferred by this means.
He might be allowed to mention a statement which had been
made to him by a gallant officer recently returned from the'
Crimea. He saw no reason why the name of that officer
should not be mentioned—it was Colonel Lawrence. (Cheers.)
That gentleman narrated to him (the doctor) many instances
in illustration of the joy evinced, particularly by the French
soldiers, on receiving copies of the Scriptures in their own
language. When they received copies of the New Testament
their delight was great, the volume was so convenient for car-
riage that it was greatly esteemed by the men. From this it
was gratifying to learn, that amidst even the most stirring
scenes of contentions, and in the war, with all its thrilling
incidents, the sacred volumes sent out by the British and
Foreign Society, have been the means of affording consolation
and happiness. The society had indeed a great battle to fight,
but its battle, unlike., those of other armies, had an invariable
tendency to good. Its object in the warfare was to save, not
to destroy, and it sought not to humiliate the foe, but to
elevate and improve. In conclusion he begged to move the
first resolution.

The Rev. G. Fisen, in seconding the resolution, said the
society, as one designed for the promulgation of the
Word of God, there could be but one opinion as to
its utility and the claim it had upon public suppor.
England was without a doubt a great country, and'
it needed not him to tell that to the meeting ; but it was a
great nation, not merely because by its great navy it had
encircled the globe, but because it had borne over the world
the blessed Word of God, and bestowed it upon the benighted
nations. By the exertions of the British and Foreign Bible
Society, the supply of Bibles was now so liberal that every
tribe and every nation was enabled to have a knowledge of
the grace of ;; God. In speaking of the operations of
the Society, he should confine himself principally to what had
been effected by it in France, which though once the foe was
now the ally, and he hoped would ere long be not only the
friend, but he trusted he might almost say would become one
nation:with thelEnglish. (Cheers.) He described the effect
of the conscription in France as operating so extensively upon
the young men that nearly all of them were less or more im-
mediately connected with the army. After they have served
their seven years in the army,'they, return still young men, to
their country, settle in their native places, marry 'and become
respected members of society, heads of families, and objects
of interest in the localities in which they reside. They are
considered the best class of citizens, on account'of the dis-
cipline to which they have been subjected. It would there-
fore be easy to see how beneficial must be the effect produced
9n the country generally, by instructing them in the truth°

of religion and of God's holy word, which, as they had just
heard, was in the course of being done with such success by
the exertions of this society. He concluded by seconding the
resolution, which, having been put from the chair, was unani-
mously carried.
The Rev. G. HARWARD moved the adoption of the second
resolution, which expressed generally satisfaction at the suc-
cess which had attended the exertions of the society, and
concluded by expressing a hope that these exertions would be
continued, and would continue to prosper under the influence
of God's Providence. He strongly urged upon the meeting
the value of the society, and in evidence of its utility referred
to the extent and importance of its operations as these were
detailed in the report. _ _ _

Mr. T. J. BouRNE, as one of the old members and sup-
porters of the society, had much pleasure in seconding the
motion which had just been made. As an:old member, he
was pleased to find that the objects proposed by the society
continued to meet with increasing support and encourage-
ment. He urged the meeting to be liberal in its contribu-
tions, and to exert themselves in inducing others to be liberal
likewise. He regretted exceedingly, to learn that there had
been afalling off in the ladies ' branch, which he hoped they would
endeavour to remedy. On looking around the plat-
form and over the meeting, he rejoiced to behold re-
presentatives of all the churches in Liverpool. He was in
truth most happy to see such a union in favour of a society,
which by its exertions had been instrumental in bringing the
English Bible within the reach of even the humblest classes.
Through the agency of this society the Bible could now be
had for fifteen pence a copy, printed from a clear type on good
paper, and of a most handsome appearance ; and that too
without infringing on respectable wages. The Bible supplied
by this society is a Bible without note or comment,
and has nothing more than the text, except marginal refer-
ences for pointing out the connexion of one passage with
another. Besides the extensive distribution of Bibles in
England and France, as well as among the armies of those
two countries in the Crimea, the society was now supplying
Bibles to many of the Sardinian soldiers. At Constantinople
and at Balaklava, Bible stores had been opened with the hap-
piest effect; and'through the agency of this society they were
enabled to circulatethe Bible in the modern Russ. No sooner had
it become known that there were Russian prisoners in our
prisons, than the society set to and printed 'off an edition of
the Bible, in modern Russ, from the stereotype plates in their
possession, and these were distributed among the prisoners.
By this means not only were the poor prisoners brought to a
knowledge of the Scriptures, but the Bible was actually
making its way into the interior of RusSia. The prisoners, in
many instances, carrying them with them on their release
from custody. In addition to all this, he might allude to the
good done in India and China, and in the South Seas, where
thousands upon thousands of Bibles have been put into the
hands'of the poor natives.
The resolution was then put from the chair to the meeting,
and unanimously agreed to.

A'hymn, was here sung, and a collection was made.
The Rev. Mute us moved the re-appointment of the com-
mittee.

The Rev. H. HAMPTON said-it was a matter of much satis-
faction to him, to think that the last public act he should per-
form as a minister in Liverpool would be to second the reso-
lution. In doing so, he had `the greatest pleasure in bearing
testimony to the value of the society, without whose aid'he
would have found it impossible to have attempted to spread
a knowledge of the Gospel .in the poor and benighted 'neigh-
bourhood in which he hallaboured.

The motion was unanimously carried.
Mr.T.S.RAFFLES moveda vote of thanks to the Lord Bis'hop,
for his kindness in presiding over the meeting.
Mr. J. K. ROUNTHWAITE seconded the motion, which was
carried by acclamation.
The CHAIRMAN, in a few well-turned remarks, acknow-
ledged the compliment, and having pronounced the .benedic-
tion, the meeting separated.

BANKRUPTCY COURT.

THE AFFAIRS OF MR. EDWARD OLIVER.

YESTERDAY morning having been appointed by Mr. Com-
missioner Stevenson for hearing the application of Mr. Bards-
well, the solicitor for Mr. Oliver, to have the adjudication of
bankruptcy annulled,
Mr. BARDSWELL appeared for Mr. Oliver; and Mr. Neville,
the managing clerk for Mr. J. B. Lloyd, solicitor, for Mr
Murray, of London, who represented the Batik ,of Quebec.
Subsequently Mr. Aspinall appeared on this behalf, as Mr
Bardswell raised the objection that Mr. Nevilleoiot being a
practitioner before .the Court, was not entitled to'be heard.
Mr. BARDSWELL said that in the matter of Mr. Oliver, he
appeared in support of a notice of motion, which:motion, how-
corer, vroala not Lc.liowra Oxon, wo Mr. Murray cloolacd to hay°
it postponed till Friday. To this delay he (Mr. Bardswell)
should offer no objection, but he had an application to make
for a rule nisi to show cause why the adjudication should not
be set aside. This he should do on the ground tlaat the peti-
tion on which the adjudication proceeded wasinformal ; the
affidavit verifying the debt was also informal, as was likewise
the affidavit verifying the petition, which had not"been drawn
in conformity with the requirements of the act of.parliament.
Mr. NEVILLE thought that before the. application of Mr.
Bardswell could be granted, some more specific grounds of
objection should be stated.
Mr. BARDSWERL replied that the grounds of his application
were that the petition and the affidavits on which •it was
founded were nobin accordance with the prescribed forms, and
that in fact it was-no petition at all.
His HoNouu-thought they had better not prematurely go
into matter of that kind, particularly if the case was not then
going to be argued. It would be better to postpone considera-
tion of such matters till Friday, when the whole would come
on in its regular course. Under the circumstances, he should
decline hearing the discussion till Friday.
The case was accordingly adjourned.

STEALING LEAD-PIPING.—Two lads, named Callaghan and
Arrowsmith, were yesterday charged with stealing some lead-
piping from premises in which they had been working on
Saturday last, in Soho-street. They were remanded till Friday.
THE KIRKDALE READING-ROOM AND NIGHT SCHOOL.—
Donations of the daily and weekly papers, after they have been
read, magazines and books ; also subscriptions, however small,
will be thankfully received by the Incumbent, No. 1, Grecian-
terrace, Everton.
WE understand that Mrs. M'llveen, whose advertisement
appears in another part.of our paper, is a lady who has devoted
mneh attention to the theory as well as the practice of ecluca-
tion. Her husband is the well-known principal of the Me-
chanics' Institution.
ROBBERY FROM THE PERSON.--Rosa Ann Reynolds, and
Mary Ann Bryan, two well-known thieves, were yesterday
sentenced by the sitting magistrate at the police court, to
three months' imprisonment each, for having robbed a French-
man named Louis Vounenon of five shillings on Saturday
night last.
ILLEGAL PAWNlNG.—Yesterday, a woman named Jane
Brown was convicted before the police court of having taken
and pawned, without authority, seven shirts, from the house
sofxMshrs.tliEngdsw,artdhse, osufmllasrhweino-htastreineet.d
asShleoawnas or d
upone orderede thshirts,pay
and also to pay a fine of 205., or be imprisoned for a month.
ORNAMENTAL PRINTING.—The programme executed for
the use of the Mayor's guests, on the occasion of the grand
concert given on Wednesday evening, in St. George's-hall, is
in all respects a beautiful specimen of the typographic art. It
is printed on a delicate ground, and is impressed in gold and
polychrome letterpress, enclosed in a tasteful border. It is in
all respects highly creditable to the taste of Mr. Greenwood,
by whom it was got up, and also to the capabilities of his es-
tablishment.

FATAL ACCIDENT.—On Tuesday last, as the Duke of Cam-
bridge was visiting the Industrial School, at Kirkdale, he was
received by a salvo of artillery. In discharging this, the con-
tents of one of the guns accidentally struck Jonathan Clashan,
chief ship •keeper at the schools, and injured him so much
that he had to be conveyed to the hospital of the institution,
where, notwithstanding every care and attention, he died on
Sunday morning, about two o'clock. An inquest will be held
on the body this day at one o'clock.

PICKING POCKETS.—A boy, apparently about twelve years
of age, named Petereunningham, was charged before the police
court yesterday with having on Saturday night picked the
pocket of a respectable elderly woman, named Elizabeth.
Darling, iu William Henry-street. It appeared that the pro-
secutrix, who is nearly blind, fell, and the prisoner took the
opportunity of picking her pocket of a half-crown piece and a
shilling. The money was found in his mouth when he was
taken into custody. The prisoner, who has been several times
convicted of pocket picking, was remanded till to-morrow
(Wednesday) on the application of his father, who pledged
himself that he should then send the lad to sea.

STEALING A DOOR-MAT.—A woman named Mary Ann
Waring was brought before the sitting magistrate at the
police court yesterday, charged with having on Saturday last
stolen a door-mat from Mr. Hunt's, Star Hotel, Williamson-
square. It appeared that the prisoner went to the hotel about
half-past nine at night, when watching the opportunity, she
seized the door-mat and ran off with it. She was followed
and caught. When taken to Bridewell, she was recognized as
an old offender, and one who had been repeatedly convicted of
stealing door-mats. She was sentenced to be imprisoned for
three months.
PASSING BASE COIN.—A middle-aged man named Thomas
Johnston was brought before the police-court yesterday,
charged with endeavouring to pass a counterfeit five shilling
piece. It appeared that on Saturday night a boy about eight
years old, who is nephew to the prisoner, went into the spirit
shop of Mr. Baxter Riley in Dickinson-street, and asked for a
noggin of gin, in payment of which he tendered a five shilling
piece which Mr. Riley at once discovered to be bad. He then
put water in the bottle, and told the boy to go and bring the
party who employed him to get the change, he himself imme-
diately following the boy, who went up to the prisoner and
gave him the bottle containing the water. The prisoner did
not apply for the change, but was given into the custody of
the police. The evidence as to the prisoners connexion with
the bad crown piece was not clear, and he was discharged.
TRANMERE.—AMALGAMATION WITH LIVERPOOL.— Last
night, a meeting of the inhabitants of Tranmere was held at
the Britannia Hotel, to take into consideration the proposed
amalgamation with Liverpool. The meeting was numerously
attended, and after considerable discussion it was unanimously
resolved to oppose the amalgamation and to protest against it.