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

THE LIVERPOOL STANDARD.

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. M`Neile, J. Jones, W. Rawson, A. Knox, F.
Parry, H. Hampton, W. H. Wright, H. Marlen, T. Carter,
T. Robinson, D. J. Hirsch, G. Fisch, J. 0. Powell, Harke,
J. M`Naught, Fowell, T. W. Mooran, Harward, Birrell, Kelly,
Cranbrook ; Messrs. W. Jones, John Cropper, J. K. Rounth-
waite, F. Mill, W. Williams, W. H. Moore, R. A. Payne,
S. R. Healey, 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 Brsnor 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 soldiers have 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-
lished in 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 alic-
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 truths of God'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 andthe operations of the Society. He could
not conclude, however, without adverting to the absence of
Mr. Horsfall, who was so liberal a supporter ofall our charitable
institutions (cheers), who intended to have been there, but who
would be compelled to leave Liverpool early next morning,
on a mission, to him of great interest, and of vital importance
to him and his family. The cause of his absence, painful 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, nor averse 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. PAnxT, the secretary, who read the report of
the society, which gave, on the whole, an encouraging view of
the society's operations. From this it appeared that, in most
of its branches, the Liverpool Auxiliary Bible Society had
made a considerable 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 had 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 £l24,ooo,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 circulation 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. Fiscn, 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 bad upon public support.
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 theiEnglish. (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
on 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 a falling 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 Prance, 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
enabledto circulate the 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. HAxcus moved the re-appointment of the com-
mittee.

The Rev. H. HA.MPTOI4I 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 had laboured.

The motion was unanimously carried.
Mr.T.S.RAPPLES moved a vote of thanks to the Lord Bishop,
for his kindness in presiding over the meeting.
Mr. J. K. ROI7I47THWAITE seconded the motion, which was
carried by acclamation.
The Crie.uniAN, 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. BAEDSWELL appeared for Mr. Oliver; and Mr. Neville,
the managing clerk for Mr. J. B. Lloyd, solicitor, for Mr
Murray, of London, who represented the Bank of Quebec.
Subsequently Mr. Aspinall appeared on this behalf, as Mr
Bardswell raised the objection that Mr. Neville, not being a
practitioner before the‘Court, was not entitled to be beard.
Mr. BARDSWELL said that in the matter of Mr. 'Oliver, he
appeared in support of a notice of motion, which motion, how-
ever, would not be heard then, as Mr. Murray desired to have
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 that the peti-
tion on which the adjudication proceeded was informal; 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. BAEDSWELL replied that the grounds of his application
were the the petition and the affidavits on which it was
founded were not in accordance with the prescribed forms, and
that in fact it was no petition at all.
His HoNoun 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 KIRHDALE 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. Wllveen, whose advertisement
appears in another part of our paper, is a lady who has devoted
much attention to the theory as well as the practice of educa-
tion. Her husband is the well-known principal of the Me-
chanics' Institution.

ROBBERY FROM THE PERSON.—Rosa Aim 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
of Mrs. Edwards, of Darwin-street. She was ordered to pay
six shillings, the sum she obtained as loan upon the shirts,
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 Peter Cunningham, was charged before the police
court yesterday with having on Saturday night picked the
pocket of a respectable elderly woman, named Elizabeth
Darling, in 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 DooL-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 Coix.—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 llr. 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 prisoner's connexion with
the bad crown piece was not clear, and he was discharged.
TRANMEEE.—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.

commERCIAL' and MONETARY NEWS.

MONDAY NIGHT.

THE money market up to Thursday remained in
a state of inquietude, owing to the general anticipation
of another rise in the minimum rate of discount, and the
apprehension which existed as to its probable effect in
assisting the designs of speculators for a fall inthe funds,
who seemed unscrupulous as to the means by which they
endeavoured to accomplish their ends, and even freely
made use of the names of commercial firms, in order
to increase the feeling of distrust. Thursday, how-
ever, passed over without any change being made by
the Bank Directors, and as it was believed that the
worst of the crisis had passed, the funds rapidly reco-
vered, and money for commercial purposes was easy,
the rates for first class paper being even lower than
that fixed by the Bank, and confidence in mercantile
security remaining unshaken. The Bank Returns on
Friday showed another decline in the stock of bullion
to the extent of £659,647, but this is not more than
may have been expected with a decrease in the Public
deposits of 21,037,685, and in the private deposits of
£600,312, and an increase in the circulation of
£118,870, so that the decline in bullion is more than
accounted for by the other changes. The " other
securities" have decreased £124,470, so that the pres-
sure for accommodation is at an end, and as the sur-
plus of notes unemployed is about five millions and a
half, the grounds for alarm are in reality compara-
tively slight, notwithstanding the difficulties created
by the Bank Restriction Act.
We quote the following from the city article in the
Times of Friday :---
The belief in any new and direct Russian Loan having been
covertly managed at Amsterdam seems for the present to
have been dissipated, and the public are disposed to hope for
security upon that point, not only from the fact that no Eng-
lish or French house, even of the most questionable character,
would be likely to co-operate in it, but also from its being the
recognized duty of any firm to whom proposals of the kind
might be made to communicate them at once to the allied
Governments. The possibility of such an attempt will un-
doubtedly call for watchfulness ; but, so far from seeking fur-
ther explanations than those afforded by the action of the
Bank of France for the present state of the London money.
market, the most experienced persons have, as has been
already observed, reason to feel surprise that the disturbance
has not been greater. If those who have noticed the effects
of a sudden exportation of gold upon trade and the prices of
stocks had been previously told that any amount approaching
£4,000,000 was about to be withdrawn by an artificial and
secret operation, extending over only six weeks, they would
have felt convinced that disasters of the most serious kind
could' hardly be averted. In 1847, during the heaviest period
of the panic, from February, when Consols were at 91, to Oc-
tober, when they touched 78k, the total diminution in the
bullion was exactly £3,975,309. Yet here it was spread over
nearly nine months, while even from the highest point during
the inflation of 1840 the falling off was only £8,000,000, or
just twice the sum now alleged to have been taken from us.
The difference in the results between the two periods is to be
attributed partly to the lower point whence the decline in
the bullion commenced, but chiefly to the difference between
the desperate unsoundness then prevalent and the universal
healthiness of our existing commerce. Even by the most
sanguine, however, this healthiness could scarcely have been
supposed to be such as to have enabled the shock to be with-
stood in the manner thus far witnessed. When it is recol-
lected, moreover, not only that the Turkish Loan and the sud-
den demand for grain came at the same moment, but that
speculators and alarmists of all classes bad previously, in their
ignorance of the real state of the country, and before even the
first whisper of the movements of the Bank of France, been
eagerly putting forth statements, that instead of being in a
safe condition we were approaching a crisis from natural
circumstances, the public will see they have the highest reason
to rejoice that, not having permitted themselves to be deceived
as to the actual causes of the inconvenience they are forced to
sustain, they have been in a position to look upon it without
that dismay which would incalculably have increased its evils.
Trade in Manchester has been affected by the unea-
siness in the money market, and business has been
dull even at lower prices, particularly in yarns. A
failure is announced to the amount of between £40,000
and £50,000 of which it is said about £25,000 is
owing in Liverpool for cotton, but is believed to be
covered by securities. In the woollen trade, though
busines is fiat, prices are not lower. The hosiery and
lace trades are also dull, there being an indisposition
to enter into fresh transactions until money affairs
have become more settled.

The shipping returns of the Board of Trade for the
month of August show a decrease in the entries in-
wards but an increase in the clearances, the decline
being chiefly in British shipping. The following is a
comparison with the corresponding month of the two
preceding years :-
TONNAGE ENTERED INWARD.
1853. 1854. 1855.
British Vessels, ..... 495,225 531,492 427,464.
Foreign Vessels.. . 424,241 388,397 281,392.

Total . 919,466 922,889 708,856.
CLEARANCES OUTWARD.
British Vessels .. ....... 485,648 432,902 520,608.
Foreign Vessels . 319,935 317,391 380,770.

131- per cent. refraction. 670 bags Myrabolams were
sold by auction, with all faults, at 7s. 3d. per cwt.
for first class damaged. We have also to report 100
tons Calcutta Rapeseed, for arrival, at 675. per quarter
delivered.

Corrox.---This market has been affected by the
unsettled state of money affairs, and the amount of
business done during the week has been but small ;
and as the quantity pressed for sale exceeded the
demand, prices have given way about id. per lb. The
sales for the week up to Friday amounted to 31,050
bales, of which 1,400 were taken on speculation, and
3,620 for export, leaving 26,030 bales for the trade.
TO-DAY the advices by the Baltic were received, and
the money market presenting a more favourable ap-
pearance, prices advanced about Id. per lb. on the
rates o f Friday. The sales reached 10,000 bales,
,including 3,000 for speculation and export, and the
market was firm at the close. The following is a
comparison of present quotations with those of the
corresponding period of last year :---
1854 1855
5 5-16 51
64 61
5 3.16 5 7-16
6 6k

New Orleans, middling

„ fair
Upland, middling