The Daily Times.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1860-06-27 00:00:00

LOCAL INTELLIGENCE.

- • The British Association commences the proceedings
" of its annual meeting, at Oxford, to-morrow. We have
• made arrangements fora special report-daily.
An excursionist, named Griffiths, from the neighbhur-
hood of-Manchester, wasdrownedwhiltt bathing at New
Brighton yesterday. His motherreeideS in Elwerton.
01trCKET.—It is understood, we believe, that in the
• • "' Match Longaight, fr, one Man Chester, against the Prince's-
' park, the Satter was successful,' although"the attn-
. pitious state' of the weather deterred them' itemoom-
- pleting bdth innings..
• SCHOOL Tour,--The children tomposing the choir
of Blackstock-street Catholic.- Schools; were , conveyed
-per ferry steamer to Woodside, for Birkenhead Park.
• • 'There were- forty-two_ juveniles present uader the ahatge
of Father Edelbiirg and a number of the laaisi attached
•to his church. Rustic sports were Indulged
-- medals being offered as prizes for the performance of the
- feats.
• ACCIDENTS.--Yesterday, John Ward, a labourer,
-residing in, 17, Myers-street, fell' info the hold of the
steam-ship Ulster, lying in the river, and sustained a
.severe wound of the thigh.—JoseplCJainei, a.labourer,
• residing in Chadwall-street, sustained a compound frac-
tured foot,- on -beard the steam-ship Frinkfort,-_in
'"Bandon Dock; by ehtile goods-falling on him.
`the Dttblin. Irish - Times says The' Rev. Josiah.
B. Lowe, incumbent of St. Jude's, Liverpool, late of
the Magdalen Asylum in this city,- preached a sepia*
remarkable for its originality and eloquence,' in the.
•- College chapel, on Friday morning,. for his degree of
B.D. The rev. gentleman' is to preach again for his
D.D., on Sunday evening next, at four o'olock.
LIVERPOOL DISPENSARIES.—New cases received:
. advice
;and medicine at the institution : North, 251; '
South, 144 ; tatail, 396. New cases visited at their own
houses and supplied with medicine : North, 11l ; South, ~
59 ;- total, 167. Rev. Rector Campbell, A.M. Pro-
vident ; Captain Bourne, Vice-President of :North
Dispensary; Mr. R. A. Payne, Vice-President of See'
tisperatary ; Mr. Francis Mill, "Treasurer; Mr. je.
Langley, Secretary. '
• COUNTY' MAGISTRATES' COURT.— 5 r this court: ie.,
terday, Wm. Collins was charee(l.,
with
Lewis. In our yesterday's -
eel= the particulars:ofethis
ease were stated. The
. present_ prisoner was the man
• sivaliir4t.,;iiatamle' was
. unknown by Lewis. The prisoner
shandr_ -*sods had taken him to the ground .in a
• . • and had urged him to. fight. He was *bound
13v.`,;,,r to keep the peace for six months
• RAILWAY COLLISION NEA.R.WmiN.—On Monday, on i
the London and North-western, Railway, a coal- train
—*from the north, the driver .of which was signalled to•
approach Wigan station slowly, was.followed by a heavy
train of waggons laden 7 with Ulverstone ore, which
eould net- be stopped in time to preyent a collision.
Fortinately, all who were in danger had lime. to escape.
The breakvan at the end of the first.train was completely
ehattered. The last three waggons were thrown a short .
'distance
_down the embankment, and two others were
also off the rails. The engine ef the ore train was much
.
• • -Thu AMERICAN MAIL.—The Montreal Ocean Steam.
Navigation Company's Royal Mail screw steamer, ,
' -Palestine,: Captain- Coek, willesail. to-day for Queleepe
• aid Montreal, with the Canadiait neeils. • Thaletter-box'
,
. will finally close at two p.m. -.without late fee: Letters
may be 'forwarded via Queenstown, if posted ,before
half-past-nine p.M.—The Liverpool, New-;York, and,
T'hiladelphia Steam-shiP Company's
.screw eteamer:
plasgow,. Captain. Thompson, will also. sail to-day for
New. York, with a ship-letter mail. Letters will be
received at theePost-oftlce until. a_ quarter-past twelve
p.mewithoetlate fee, and at the ,landing-stage, with a
fee of 6d. until one p.m. Letters.. by this vessel must
be addressed " per Glasgow". or "Ilrivate ship," and
_ must be prepaid. - - • -• '
SHOCKING SUICIDE, AT WHEXHAM.-.4011 Sunday, a
:fine young man named George Broster, late an assistant
in the _Messrs. Overton and Painter's _spirit vaults at
..,,,-Nrexham, committed suicide under singular circum-
stances. „Just before twelve, he came down from his ,
bedroom, and, after filling a glass with cold water,
'went into ,a shoemaker's shop, and it is supposed
ate a quantity of •oxalic acid, . drinking the'-
'water to wash itdown.. He returned- to his bedroom,
. and in about- a minute afterwards the report of a gun
was heard. Assistance was soon on the spot, but it was
- some time before the room door could be burst open.
He was found Vine, on hie' back, and apparently S;affer-S-
-ing.mach_pain. After gettiag him on the bed,- questions
were put to him as to the pause of the act: He was
asked whether he had done it- purposely, to which he
replied, "Of course I did." An inquest was held on
IVlonday, and the jury returned a verdict to the effect
• that "The deceased had died from the effects_ of a gune
• shot by his ow' bemd, but there Irrte—no
show the state of his mind- at the time." The deceased
vial a native of. Waverton, Cheshire. .
-
s - ..• CONGREGATIONAL CHAPEL BUILDING
Last evening the annual meeting of this society was held
at Great George-street Congregational Chapel, Mr. John
; Crossley in the chair. - After prayer, the cChairman, in
bis opening, remarks, announced that the,society included
, the whole of England and,Wales, with the exception of
eLondon, Lancashire and. Liverpool, where independent -
societies were in existence., The Lancashire-society had
• . erected twenty .places 'of worship ; " the Lpndon society
- Lad-been of, ..great service ; what the Liverpool society
- bad accomplished he had no means of knowing.. The
.* Vaterlish Congregational Society- 'had 'assisted . in. the
erection of a hundred and twenty chapels in • ills
Behaving advanced £25,000
,for that, purpose, - whiles
,the total cost of. the chapels amounted to .£150,000
• • exclusive of the cost,of the land.—The Rev. J. 0. Gal-
. loway, the secretary of the society, read a:lengthy report
••• of the labours of the society, from which it appeared .
• that the funds were in a very satisfactory states—The
- Chairman explained that. interest, was - not charged .
on the money advanced, and. was repayable in . five
yearly instalments. After the treasurer_ had read
the statement of the accounts, the report was. passed on.
the motion of the treasurer, seconded by the Rev.
George__ Smith, of Lendon. Several other ministers.
* addressed the congregation, and the meeting'terminated -
▪ • •with-the usual compliment to the chairman.
• CORONER'S Coon-es—Yesterday the borough coroner
held the following inquests :—On the • bedy:of James
Bonwell, two months old. The child was overlain in
. bed, and a-verdict in accordance was retorned.—On the _
body•of George-M'Cormick, six weeks old, who.diedin:
a similar manner to the above, and a like verdict was
-.• returned.—On the body of Isaiah Plant, .seven years
e. • old, the son of a boiler maker, who lives'in"Bentinck-
i: 'street. The lad- got out from his father on Sunday
• night, and went to the fire- that was •in Fulton-street,
and. got run over'by a'cart that had some -ladders on it,-
and-was so much injured that he died.. * There;was no'
"blame 'attached to any one, and the .jury returned
• verdict of accidental death.—On. , the; .body. of
John Larkin, a labourer, twenty-four years• of, age,
who lived at 17, Newhall, who died.- on Monday
at the Southern Hospital. It apPeared that the
• deceased 'was out on Saturday night drinking, and.
;abed half-past three •on Sunday morning he was
• .seen by a man named McDonald at the corner of Great
• George's-street, along with a man named Patrick Kelly,
apparently quarrelling ; Kelly made a blow *at the
-deceased behind his back,- and threw him down- on the
edge of .the footway, and deceased's head came with
great force on the edge of the kirbstone, when he became
-insensible, and was taken to the Southern Hospital.
The statement of the witness was corroborated by.
another man named Gardner..." Surgeon. =Downs, of the:
Southern Hospital, said the deceased died in consequence
• of extensive fracture of the skull, the result .of external
• violence. • The Coroner in charging the jury said there
was no doubt, this was a ease of manslaughter, and the
- jury returned a verdict' of "Ma slaughter" against
and• the Coroner issued a warrant - for his arrest, ;
▪ PL. es he half at present abseonded. e
-
eiteteee.SELxcer VESTRY.—The • fortnightly meeting of . this
-Soard was held yesterday in the Parish Offices,- Brewn-
.lewehill: The Rev Recter. Campbell: presided ; .the
other sthertibers present • were _Messrs. Churchwarclep
' Cropper,- Churchwarden Sinith, 'Scott, .Critehley,
Williams, Peck, I)airstaw,
Owen, Satchell, Lightbounde
Cook, Goodacre, Whitty, and T. L. Jones. The minutes
of • the- last meeting were read and confirmed. Mr.
Churchwarden Cropper- moved the -general confirmation
- of the proceedings of the Workhouse Committee. In
.2
• doing so he referred to the case of the. old men in the
workhouse and recommended that .the floors of the
cellars in which those men lived• be boarded. The,
• - motion. was seconded by Mr. Williams. Mr, Bairstow
objected to that part of the proceedings which recent-,
Mended the boarding of the cellar floor. He thought
that boards would be very objectionable in consequence,
of the smoking
and spitting which would be indulged
-in to the, injury of the- boards. The stones were also
more healthy than wooden floors wouldbe. He did not
think the paupers had complained so much of the stone
floor as of the want of fire (the fires having now been
extinguished). He thought the fire should be allowed ;
but to board the floor would be a waste of the public
-.1 money without any benefit to the paupers. 71Ir. Whitty
. addressed the Board upon the same subject. Whea he
• - visited the cellars he found the walls danip, and the,
• " place was altogether very uncomfortable., IlVstbought
'the men would take care of a boarded...floor and with
regard to smoking, it was not allowed- within doors".
After some discussion Mr. Bairstow altered his amend-,
' anent to the effect that one only of the rooms shouldba
boarded. In this form the amendment was carried. A
- plan of the division of the parish into twelve districts
for the purposes of relief was laid upon the table and it
was stated that it had been approved by the Poor-law
Board- The proceedings of the Industrial 'SehOols Com-
mittee were next read and confirmed ; also thoSe of the
. Finance Committee. Mr. Bairstow moved a resolution
to the effect that the resident medical officer be allowed
• -to receive the fees, &c., incurred in the case of an in-
quest upon any of the•inmates of the' workhouse. The
motion was adopted. The tenders for provisions were
then considered. That for the supply of flour was
given to Mr. Phillips, and that for the supply of
Groceries to Mr. Pomp, Whig conoladed the business

YOUNG MEN'S CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION.

Yesterday nlorllirlg the members, their friends, and
istletts genetally interested in the prosperity of" this
association sat down to breakfast in gope lialt. • The
attendance was pretty considerable, and ijichided a fair
sprinkling of •ladies. .
After breakfast general inteling of the association
took pladu, Praided" over by the Rev. "Dr.
(In the platform were the Rev. Hugh Stowell Brown,
R3V. George Scott (superintendent of the Wesleyan
`North.Circuit),Rev. Dr. White (Islington iketbyterian
Church), Rev. WoodivO:rd ;St, tlenient's, Windsbi),
Messrs. John Torn, Millais, Pletcher, Mitchell, Hakes,-
littt, and Etewer (secretary).
The Cnarnstix adhibited his name to the deed hand-
ing over to .the association the library and other pia-
party of the-late Church of England Institute. In
addressing the meeting, he began by adverting to a
lecture lately delivered by the Beetetaryrto-the Young
Men's dissociation in Loudon, in which it Was stated
that 'what that association sought to do, first of all, fast
of all, and entirely, was spiritilal Work, and to bring
into the folds of Chlist those whO Were going, astray in
this nattghty world. The rev. chairman alluded to the
appropriateness.of the word naughty, and said that the
author had evidently taken it from - the or4nation
service. He wished to impress on them the fact that
the -Liverpool aisociation was engaged in a work pre-

ciely similar ; and therefore its object should be the

same---for the Conversion of those posing then Who were
. . not brought te: Christ, and for the totipanionship,
edification; ‘ncl improvement of -those who had been
already"; through grace, coniretted td.God. In order to
carry oat this Work efficiently they must be well
instructed it the nature of the work of the Holy Spirit
- of God in the conversion of man. That work was of a
variety of kinds according to the constitution and teme
perament of the individual worked upon, and according
to the :good pleasure of Gad; but there was one
ollaracteristie which applied to every case, and that
Was, that it must be in harmony with human liberty.
It did nothing in violeneaae Cho .aural chn:4ltuuto.of
man; 'it did not force man's actions, but touched his
wilt first In scripture it was said, its -people shall
be willing"--not constrained, not driven, but " willing;"
and when the will had once been gained it imme-
diately inspired motives. The rev, dr. illustrated this
principle by reference to every-day life—to the pursuit
of wealth, in which the ..will was the moving agent,
and thus a motive was created. By the strength of his
Will, Moses refused the treasures of Egypt, choosing
rather to suffer reproach. There was a majesty about
Chriet's,character, and there was likewise a meekness, a
self-composure, a calmness of demeanour, a kindlineis
of disposition—his zeal when the honour of God was
concerned. He would also. remind them that every
miracle which Christ wrought was immediately turned
by him into a sermon. He would, therefore, exhort the
members of the,Young Men's Christian Association in
pursuing their ,laudable labours to endeavour to imitate
the'character of Christ, and to follow the preeeptsdaid
down by him in the word of God. Heaaid, he observed
from' a return that the, associations of London, Liverpool,
Birmingham, Edinburgh, Leeds, and Dublin now mini-
,bered 3,543, and those of New York and Philadelphia
3,490, making , a total, of 6,943 young men engaged
in aiming at the conversion of their young brethren. He
sappeeed that there never was such a thing heard of in
the *world before. He found that the number in Liver
pool was 435. Where were they all that morning ? (A
laugh.) He did not ask that question in reproach,
becanse he doubted not many who were absent could
give good reasons for it, but it was a pity that on an
occasion of that sort—and considering that early in the
morning was-more,suitable for most of the members than
late at night--that there was not a better attendance.
Referring to the deed he had signed, he said the property
belonged to the Church of England Institute. It had
failed—for what reason he did, not know—but he had
no doubt that the enlargement of the Young Men7s
.Christian Association would- be beneficial to all parties
concerned. However, from whatever cause. it failed,
before they did fail they had acquired a considerable
amount of property—books and furniture. He was ex-
trensiely glad that, when the members of the institute
were not able to carry on the work themselves they placed
it in the, hands of the association, for the purpose of
working out the same .desirable purpose for which it
was required, and he had put his hand to the deed that
morning With very, much pleasure. (Applause.) There
was only one stipulation connected with the matter,
viz., that the assoeiation should keep , out of debteand
that' f it should fail the property was not to be num-
bered among its assets.
,(Hearehear.) As they said-in.
Ireland, therefore, he would wish them more luck. (A
.laugh.) , They were still, however, in debt. By the last
report he fennel that the debt at that time amounted-to
441_ sopiatacqui,ti9ng_hg4 hoon roeri vod cinoo the
date of the report, amounting to £lO2, leaving a balance
of £I3B, whiph; sounded .a good deal ,for young men
wbOse salaries were small. But it was wonderful what
Could. be done by a number of small sums. If the 435
members were to prevail on two friends to. give five
shillings eael, all the debt would be paid off, and a
balance left in the hands of the treasurer sufficient to
prevent any anxiety for the future. The rev. chair Man
resumed his seat amidst loud applause.
The Rev. Bran .Sro WELL Baawss then rose and was
very warmly received. He said that he had accepted
an invitation from the secretary, that morning to' come
and take breakfast---not to make a speech. (A laugh.)
However, as the chairman had demanded a speech from
issea, his (the chairman's) authority could not be die-.
pitted. --Their time of, meeting was short, and he must
necessarily_ hp brief. It' wan one of the, •unfortunate
-peculiarities :of human, nature and of speech-making,
that it was easier - to make a long < speech than a
short one—(a laugh)--and he fully. sympathised with
the good minister who, on being. remonstrated with for
having preached a sermon of such length, that one
could have gone from Dover to Calais, or froth
Liverpool to Manchester and back, before it was
finished_excused himself by the somewhat para.
that he had not time to be
hdorixeitca apology
.l
(Laouglohgtyer.)
.He had no definite subject to
seek on, and how could they expect brevity from a
man who had no brief ? It was a very common saying
with speakers when addressing an; audience, that the
association they'had met to promote was the best, the
most-glorious, and the most important association in the
Whole world; and some speaker would, in Exeter -Hall,
say,,Of half a dozen societies whose meetings he was at
would exist. Pre-
different times attending,. that each of them was. the test
that had ever existed, then existed,
(Hear
one of them. He const-
edniereindenthceatwtashifiwveans
stpoeaelvaez
hear.) Now he did not think that the: ouns, D. very unadvisedly.y 31
the most glorious,
Christian Association
in hie; opinion,
and the most important in existence,
it.
,
But he accepted
there were many societies better than I
was the best,-
sup Plie- a
a great and
.impertant fact. Certainly
the Young Men's Christian associations of the country as
PP
b y the
ought to have been supplied, in a great, measure,
want which perhaps might have been supplied, lied, and
nisaion
Christian Church, without any
such special orga t
oat
as that of a society—the Christian
Church was a gr
Christian association, uniting all in one bond of , kindly
combine in
brotherhood—but still if young men chose to
and
such an association as this, he believed they could reach ai
'influence persons in their own stage of society better than
the. Christian Church itself.. He was sere they must l
wish institutions such as that Goa, speed, and resit
1
success to the work it contemplated. (Applause.) The all
Christian Association aimed at bringing together young
men who were decidedly Christian in theii character,
and likewise sought to attract to itself -those *hill
characters were yet scarcely formed. Ile consider
the work was one of great difficulty, and in thee
discharge of which great care was -absolutely re-
quisite, because if. that association made- itself strictly
and exclusively religious—he used the word religious
in its ordinary sense in all its operations, so
much so . as to manifest no Sympathy With intel-
lectual pleasures and physical exercises, then he was
afraid it. would not succeed ; and if, on the other hand,
it would allow its spiritual element to decline, it would
degenerate into a mere moral and secular club, and its
objects would not be accomplished at all. He exhorted
them to, avoid either .of the two: extremes, bat ha would
especially warn them of thadanger of falling; into.the
latter extreme, as, of the two, it was infinitely the worst.
He considered that the passion for amusements was now
becoming quite excessive, and the excess of this passion
was having a most degenerating effect !won the minds
and hearts of the younger portion of oar community, and
'it did 'Strike him it was more the business of the associa-
tion, instead of encouraging this loye of amusement-es
instead of pandering to it—rather to protest against it,
and try to show the young men of the town that if ;_their
time was rightly economised they will have verylittle
of it left to spend' in useless pastime., It was his firm
op- Mien Aid this passion for amusement was having a
bad effect:, and was not at all calculated to sustain and
encourage the development of the strong, earnest,
laborious, hardsheided and hard-handed Manliness of
the Christian character which they might desire to see.
Therefore, be hoped the association would not, ,on the
one hand, pull long faces and look demure, and, on the
other, would not allow itself, to be led away by that
foolish giddy spirit of amusement which had obtained
such an excessive development amongst us. The ,itsso.
ciation would be more respected by all parties, if it stood
by its oWn text and upheld its own pledge. He would
.remind them that even the Worldlings took a peculiar
view of the, Christian character, and therefore, let them
proclaim, and proclaim bOldly, that the objects of the
&;ociation .vcre, to bring young men, and especially
these coming into thiS great town from a distance,
directly under ChriStian influence—under the saving
influence of the gospel of our Lord Jesus Christ.
The tone and character of the association must tie
sustained, not by its laws, not by its library, not
by its constitution, not by the length of its list of
patrons, 'not by its classes and prayer meetings, and
lectures—which were all very good in their way.! The
Christian tone and character of the association must be
sustained by the Christian character of the people who
constituted -4, Whey might legislate as they liked—

they might, have the very best names in all England
among its patrons; but neither patrons, nor laws, nor
lectures, not prayer meetings, nor anything else could
redeem it froth conteiript if the character of the members
:were not bath as becometh the Gospel of . Christ. No
doubt their attention vrotild be ditntted by other
speakers to the methods of doing good which might be
adopted by the assoCiation; bUt be held it was quite as
important to' be good as to do good. And; however
philanthropists--he did not speak of theni disparagingly
-might talk of doing this, thatl or the other thing for
other people, they must not forget the supreite impor-
tance of personal piety—of personal conformity with
the character of the Lord Jesus Christ. They would
not do good in this world, unless in proportion as they
were good themselves. (Mr. Brown retired amid loud
applause.)
The Rev. Gao. SCOTT then. addressed the meeting,
and made special reference to the existence of a sitnilat
association in his native country, Edinburgh_, from

which in his youth lie had received considerable benefit.
He also gave sevetat instances of how it had been in-
Ntruniental in doing much good among the general
population.
During the delivery •of Mr. Scott's address, , Dr.
M'Neile, having another important engagement, was
obliged to vacate the chair, and it was taken by Mr.
Torr.

The Rev. Dr. WHITE next spoke on the necessity
which existed fin' Web gaieties as the Young Men's
Christian Association of Liverpool. He said that a
great many young men came to this town separated from
the safeguards and associations of family, and, along
with every advantage to rise in the world, there were
corresponding difficulties and temptations ; and the asso-
ciation was worthily trying to take those young men by
the hand and draw them from the allurements of pleasure
and vice. He called upon those present to cultivate
personal and practical religion as the only, effectual
means of rendering them properly efficient in under-
taking to teach others.
The Rev. Mr. WOODWARD then delivered an energetic
address. anal sea, lieencd 4o mall trinola. afteinf;on.
The CitarnatArt (Mr. Torr) then said he took a great
interest in the society, and had come eight or ten miles
that morning to be present at the meeting. It appeared
that there had been a transference of some property
from the Church of England 'lnstitute to the Young
Men's Christian Association, and he as trustee would be
called upon to sign the deed. IsTow, he wanted them to
be honest ; and he would tell them honestly that he
could not conscientiously sign it until the association had
the means of paying for what' they had acquired. [The
Secretary here intimated that the institute was making
no charge for the property.] The Chairman resumed—lt
was 'enough for him that they had not at present the
means of carrying out the stipulation under which the
property was handed over, for the association was at'
present in debt. He did -not, therefore; think that it
could be now conscientiously transferred. Tho country
had had many cases -within the last few years of very
grave delinquency=of . fraud and robbery—by men
whose characters were in the eyes of the world thought
unimpeachable.' One of the first VMS committed by a
banking firm in London, .who advertised, saying they
would receive the' money of religious and charitable
institutions on favourable terms ; and as they were
considered men beyond reproach, money, was fast
poured into their. coffers. Bat their fraud was detected,
and it was only a few months since they expiated the
term of penal servitude to which they had been sen-
tenced. Now • ViltS the time when the young men
ought to lay their shoulders to the wheel, and to work
the' association out of debt. He could not agree—
indeed, he thought it a moral delinquency in societies
for building churches; chapels, or schools, to commence
operations without having money in the first place to
pay for the undertaking. He did not think this
was acting honestly, and, conesquently, was not,
carrying out the true principles of our Christian
religion. He had been secretary or treasurer for many ,
societies, bat never entered into any negotiation in
which money was required, without first clearly seeing
his way towards the payment of it, and he considered it
a wholesome rule to lay down in the business of every-
day life. Instead of asking two friends for five shillings
each, as proposed_ by Dr. W.Neile, if they would reduce
it to one-half that sum, and ohttiin it, he would undei-
take, with the secretary, to make up the difference.
(Applause.)

A hymn was then sung, after which the thanks.of the
Meeting were, awarded to Dr. M'Neile and Mr. Torr for
presiding. Mr. Torr acknowledged the compliment.
The Rev. Mr. SCOTT having offered up an impressive
prayer, the assembly -dispersed.

CHURCH EDUCATION ,SOCIETY

FOR IRELAND.

The annual
.meeting. of this soeietj was held last
night in HoPe-hall;Hope-street. The Rev. Dr. M'Neile
presided, and on the platform were the Bishop of
Mauritius,. the Venerable Archdeacon of Waterford,
Rev. W. M. Falloon, Rev. J. R. Connor, Rev. H.
Carpenter, Rev. C. W. Lawrence, Rev. J. Ballantine,
Rev. Dr. Taylor, Rev. Arthur Gore, Rev. J. James,
Rev. R. C. King, Rev. G. W. Ellerby, Rev. T. W.
Meer" Rev. J. J. Butler, Rev. H. Postance, Rev.-R.
Postance, Rev.-Henry Baugh, Rev. J. M. Bannerman,
Rev. Joseph Bardsley, Rev. R. R. Moore, Rev. S.
Sampson, Rev. Joseph P. Pilkington, Rev. D. Rycroft,
Rev. P. A. Power, Rev. J. A. Maealister, Rev. IL_
Woodward, Rev: J. F. M'Callan ; Messrs. Adam Hodg-
son, J. IC, Rounthwaite, Hilton Halhead, G. Marsden,
E. Batty, Major Archdell, Sc., Sc.
After prayer by the Rev. Mr. Falloon,
• The CHAIRMAN delivered an address of some length,
in which he pointed out that the Church of Ireland
was -placed in a peculiar position in the matter of
scriptural education, as it was left entirely to the sup-
port of voluntary contributions. It was now the practice
of the Government of this country to deal Out justice even-
handed to man and man, irrespective of the truth or false-
hood of their religious precepts. With the body of the clergy
in Ireland their principle was allegiance pre-eminent
to the revealed truth of GOd ; and, believing in that
revelation, it was incumbent upon them all; under what-
ever difficulties, to do everything in their power to
promote the advancement of that knowledge.. He was
hot going to enter into a long argument as to how it
was the duty of the Government to do what they did riot
do, and which avowedly they would not- do. It had
come to this point, that, as a government, they had no
religious conscience at all, and by their acts in giving
even-handed justice to every one it would seem as if
they didarot believe that there was any revelation given
us 'from God at all. He believed it was a, principle
first enforced by the Liberal party in this country that
Government had nothing to do 'with "the religious pro-
fessions of those- under their rule. For a number of
years a very large•majOrity of the clergy of the Church
of Ireland had maintained their right to the grants for
the scriptural educational schools, and had placed them-
selves and kept themselves in a painful position—a posi-
tion of antagonism to the Government. They were
now in that position. It was said there were many seces-
sions from that principle, and perhaps this was the case in
some instances. The distress of the country, the feeling
that they were carrying on a hopeless cause, had obliged •
them to join in the national system, and thereby relieve
themselves from the necessity of begging; and the public
from the privilege of helping. He believed, however,
that the great majority were as they had been for the
last twenty-nine years—that they maintained the
position they occupied at the first. 'Were they
right or wrong ? He would ask them if it was
possible that 1,500 or 1,600 educated gentlemen
should combine in antagonism to the Government
without a cause? Did not that fact of. itself refute the
assertion that theywere entirely wrong ? A third party
had sprung up in Ireland which took a medium course,
but acquiesced in the proceedings of Government The•
rev, chairman then read a letter to himself from a gentleman
whom he would. not name, setting forth and advocating
the views of that party, and also a portion of the reply
he had sent. He concluded by making a general appeal
in favour of the Church Educational Society.
The Rev: Mt. CaurEsrrrn then made aiew remarks'on
the necessity.for extending Christian sympathy to Ireland,
for the purpose of promoting scriptural education among
the poor, and-stated, in the course of -his remarks, that
.within.the last few days a sum of £6-10s. had been col-
lected•for the purpose in Liverpo-ol by donations.
The CHAIRMAN then made an apology for the absence
of the Lord Bishop of Cashel who was detained in
London, having to watch the progress of an important
ecclesiastical measure in the House of Lords, and

called on
lrehdeacon MACKENZIE, who was received with loud
'applause. lie entered into a statement of considerable
leamth' in order to show the injustice done to,lreland liy
a
Government in not giving a grant for the promotion of
scriptural education. Notwithstanding many draw-
backs, the prospects of the movement were bright and
cheerful; but still the clergy were thrown back upon
their own resources, and upon the Christian sympathy
of their friends in England. They could not expect any
assistance from Government ; for statesman after
statesman had told them that no redress could
be expected, and they could therefore only throw
themselves upon Him from whom all help came.
The speaker glanced rapidly at the byegone history of
-the-Ohureh Education • Society, ;at the controversies to
which the
,movement gave rise, and referred to the
prominent part which Dr. M‘Neile had takeh in it.
Theie were -at- present 3,500 schools supported by the
State; of which the patrons were Roman Catholic
prieits, and in which the education was below zero.
The Roman Catholics' strained every point in their"
endeavours to withstand the efforts of the Protestants,

for wherever a national schOol was, ,built, the priests
immediately raised up one in opposition. The inipres-,
sion was not uncommon that the national schools were
doing a great work, and were realising the value of the
.C2'20,000 spent annually on them; but recent investi-
gations had shown that Church schools were in a better
position than their secular rivals. He then read extracts

from the evidence of several parties who examined the
schools, all of whom stated that the national schools
were in a very indifferent state, while the Church schools

as a whole were advancing. He concluded by an eloquent
appeal on behalf of the objects of the meeting.
The Bishop of MAURITIUS having been introduced
in flattering terms by the chairman, then made a few
observations. He said he had always taken a .deep
interest in the Church Education Society, as he held it
was the duty of a minister of the Gospel to teach the
precepts contained in the -Word of God on every oppor-
t inity. He persdnally would not like to accept a posi-
tion a a miiiister on the conclitidri that dt certain tithes
and places he should not prociairrt the glorious GOspel
to those ignorant of it. (Hear, hear.) He gave three
remarkable instances of the effect which early religious
impressions had in future life, in the cases of three
Englishmen whom he found in obscure parts of the
islands -about Madagascar, and contended, therefore.
that the religious element should not be separated fron
the secular.

Major ARCHDALL adverted to the rules for carrying
out the Government system of education in Ireland, and
contended that in many instances they were prejudicial
to the interests of the pupils. With respect to the
Government grants, he said that they were paying for
the teaching of what was absolute poison on the one
hand, while on the other they were starving the truth.
The people of this country ought to urge on their repre-
sentatives the necessity for withdrawing the prohibition
on the word of God in the Irish schools, as he consi-
dered the Government could only be reached through
them. (Hear, hear.)
On the motion of Mr. Lawrence, a vote of thanks
was awarded to Dr. M'Neile for presiding ; and, after the
benediction, the meeting separated.
A collection was made during the meeting, amounting
to upwards of £ll.

ROYAL AMPHITHEATRE.

MISS L. KEELEY AND MISS WYNDHAM.

Last night these popular artistes again received a
hearty welcome by a good house. Miss L. Keeley, Mrs.
R. Power, and Miss Goodall, were peculiarly successful
in " Midas "—though Miss Keeley is so small as to look
more like Cupid than Apollo. Most of the music
went very well. A new extravaganza—" Pluto
and Proserpine," (Pluto, Miss Keeley) will be
performed to-night, for the first time in Liverpool.
" The Governor's Wife " and "Ladies Beware" are the
other pieces for this evening's entertainment.

THE CHARGE -OF MURDER IN
VAUXHALL ROAD.

Yesterday the coroner opened an inquest on the body
of Anne James, who died in the Southern Hospital,
under the circumstances detailed in our paper of yester-
day, and who it is supposed had been poisoned by anti-
mony. The coroner said Inspector Horne, who had
charge of the case, and who had been summoned to
London, on a trial, had just informed him, that he was
not going up as the trial had been postponed. In that
case the inquest would be over sooner than was antici-
pated, but still it would be necessary to adjourn as Dr.
Edwards was engaged making an examination of certain
matters submitted to him for analysation. He (the
coroner) only knew of three similar cases to the present,
namely, that of Palmer, Dove of York, and Doctor
Smethurst. No doubt the woman in this case died from
the administration of some poisonous substance. It was
a case of great importance, and therefore they would
adjourn to eleven to-morrow (this day) and the jury.
then retired to meet at that hour.

It, is expected that some strange revelations will be
made in this very extraordinary case.

THE CHARGE AGAINST MR. FOULDS,

DRUGGIST.

Yesterday, before Mr. Raffles, at the Police-court,
Mr. Robert Fonids, druggist; Pitt-street, was summoned
to account for a certain quantity of bees-wax found in
his premises some time ago by the detective police.
Mr. Deighton, instructed by Mr. Cobb, appeared for
the defendant.

It may be remembered that Mr. Foulds was charged,
a short time since, with having received a certain
quantity of India-rubber, alleged to have been stolen
from the warehouse of Messrs. Rayner, and on that
charge he was tried and acquitted. The detectives
(Patrick and Laycock), on searching the defendant's
premises, found a quantity of becs-wax-501b5., said to
have been stolen from the stores of Mr. Eaton, mer-
chant, and he was now summoned to account foi the
possession of the•was.

Officer Patrick was called to sustain the case, and de-
tailed the Anding of the wax, in the same way as he did
a few days ago.

Officer Laycock was then examined, and said—When
the wax was found the defendant produced a receipt from
a Mr. Adarnsonfor 16 lbs. of wax, although the defendant
said he had purchased all the wax from Mr. Adamson.
Mr. Adamson was examined, and stated that he is a
commission broker, and knows defendant, to whom be
sold 16 lbs. bees-wax on the Bth of April, for 18d. a
pound ; it was yellow American (as he thinks) wax, but

would he very difficult to swear to wax, as it was of so

many colours.
Mr. Deighton handed a note to the witness, which he
said was his handwriting, and was to the effect that he
could not tell Mr. Fonlds how much wax be sold to the
defendant, as ho kept no books, and had a bad memory.

Mr. Deighton also produced bills, from the witness to
the defendant, which showed that 501bs. of wax was
sold to Mr. Foulds in March and April of this year.
The witness was asked if he could identify the wax ?
but be said he could not swear to it.

Edward Whittle said he weighed 15 cwt.• 3 qre. 51bs.
bees-wax to Mr. Eaton's men on the 6th of June—it
was in barrels and bulk—in Norfolk-stnet. Could not
swear to the wax.

John M'Cann, a porter, saw the wax weighed by the
last witness ; it was for Mr. Eaton.
A man named Sykes_ said he took the wax to the
railway, and it was weighed there, and found 15 lbs.
short.

Mr. Eaton said he bought bees-wax, and found it
deficient in the original weight. He produced samples,
and said it was St. Domingo wax. The marks on the
samples are the same as the marks found on the wax
that the police got at the defendant's. It is seldom such
wax is found in Liverpool ; and he did not think tliere
was any such wax in Liverpool at present,

Mr. Raffles said however suspicious the case might be,
he could not act on it; it was a_ penal statute, and he
did not think it came within'tbe section, SO he could not
att-on the summons and must dismiss it.

Mr. Eaton said he lost about 250 lb.s. of Wax a short
ime ago.

Mr. Raffles said, if a case were proved against any-
one he would punish severely. Mr. Cobb asked for an
order' to have the wet given up to Mr. Foulds, but
his worship declined to make any order.
Mr. Cobb said he would bring an action for • its
recovery. . .

The summons was then dismissed.. The wax was sub-
sequently given to Mr. Foulds.

LIVERPOOL POLICE COURT.-YESTERDAY.

(Before Mr. RAFFLES.)
STABBING.

• Peter Higgins, a sailor, was charged with having stabbed
John Wright, a beerhonse-keeper, in Bond-street. Mr. Cobb
defended. The complainant said on Sunday the prisoner,' with.
come other young den, entered his house and called for half a.
gallon of ale, which they diank, bitt tliey had no money to pay,
and an altercation followed, when the prisoner drew a knife
and stabbed him in the wrist. In reply to Mr. Cobb, the
witness said the wound was not serious. He took down a
pistol and presented it at the prisoner, inertia. to frightenliim,
but there was no cap on nor charge in it. Mr. Cobb.called
several witnesses to disprove the elfirge, but Mr. Raffles said
he did not credit them. He generally sent persons for trial
who used a knife, but in this cote he would not do so; but he
would inflict the highest punishment in' his power, and that
was o-fine of £5 or two months' imprisonment.