The Daily Times.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1861-01-30 00:00:00

the best fanay fibbon, in style, make, and har-
mony of cblour ; and a silver one for the best six
designs for ribbons. Lady Leigh is about to give
a prize for the best plain ribbon, having special
reference to cheapness as well as quality.
The officers and crew of her Majesty's ship
Sanspareil have contributed one day's pay each
fer the pour weavers of Coventry.

The two members for Birmingham, Messrs.
Scholefield and Bright, met their constituents
last night, in the Birmingham Town-hall, where
not less than 6,000 persons, including several
ladies, were present. Telegraphic summaries of
the speeches of the two honourable gentlemen
will be found elsewhere.

It is feared that the ship Windsor Castle, em-
plOyed as a transport in China, was lost in the
typhoon of last September.
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An accident occurred on the South-Western
Railway, on Monday evening,, near Wimbledon.
A tender and four carriages were thrown off the
line. One passenger was killed; and two others
so seriously injured that, at first, thcre was poor
hopes of their surviving. Yesterday, however,
the lat ter were reported to he progressing favour-
ably. The cause of the accideit is not yet known.

Owing to an unusual pressure upon our
space, we are unavoidably compelled to hold over
our Paris Letter and several other articles.

CHURCH DEFENCE.

We have, over and over again, sounded an
alarm-note to Churchmen of all shades of opinion

that the old war between our National Church
and the enemies of all State endowments is now

about to be waged with a degree of intensity
never exceeded in the annals of the past. We
have repeatedly explained how it happens that

the church-rate lins been selected as the mos

salient point of attack upon the Establishment.
We have frequently shown that, whether or not,
under certain circumstances, a compromise of the
church-rate question might be judiciously effected,
the exigencies of the present crisis preclude us
from entertaining the idea of any surrender even
for a moment. We have often pointed out, as
plainly as we could, that the contest has at last

assumed an entirely new phase, and that the mat-
ter now at issue is not merely one of church-
rate in this, that, or the other form, but simply
one of Church or no Church
,We have urged
unceasingly upon clergy and laity the imperative
necessity of instantly laying aside all minor dif-

ferences of opinion, and of addressing themselves'
to the maintenance of the principle of a National
Church upon any footing. Ma practical, advice
we have proposed the preparation of petitions
from every parish in the kingdom, signed by
every available parishioner. We have endea-.
voured to induce and encourage the faithful to
follow such a course' by reference to the fact that
Mr. DISRAELI, the able and undaunted leader
of the great constitutional party, has so forcibly
and faithfully announced his determination to
follow such a policy and to support such a
mode. of action in defence of the Church;
With his whole weight and influence in
Parliament. 'We would still reiterate our most
'solemn 'warning to all concerned, that the Church-
rate questiori will be one of thegreatest, if not the
leading,. question of the coming session, and that
Upon its decision for or against the Church much
depends affecting 'the more essential rights and
privileges of the Church; as established' by law in"
these realms. If any one still doubts the truth of
our asseverations, let them read the following,
statement of the avowed objects of the miscalled
" Liberation,*SOciety," as specified and published.
in a tract, containing the evidence of
the, leaders of the work. of destruction,
fully substantiating the following conclusions:—