The Daily Times.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1860-08-30 00:00:00

THE ~ BRITISH CONTROVERSIALIST."

A meeting of the readers and friends of this magazine
was held last Tuesday evening, in Hope-hall, which
was rather numerously attended.
Dr. F. J. BAILEY, on taking the chair, read letters,
regretting their inability to attend the meeting, from
the Rev. Dr. Hume, John 31'Laughlin, Esq., &c., &c. ;
and remarked on the great benefits that the magazine had
conferred, of an intellectual character, causing many of
its readers to enter into various spheres of usefulness,
and increasing materially the mental activity of all who
studied its pages; and concluded by introducing
Mr. J. A. COOPER, F.R.S.L., who, after explaining
the reasons for holding the meeting, fully laid down the
character of the magazine, which he characterised as
unsectional, unsecular, and unsectarian ; it belonged
to no party, but was open alike to the •opinions of all;
and though some objected that they allowed principles
and opinions to be written therein, injurious and poi-
sonous, he could assure all that they never placed any-
thing in their magazine without placing the antidote on
the opposite page,—if error was on one page, truth was
on the other; and as truth must prevail, good was done.
The magazine, he said, besides being a controversial
one, was also a literary one, containing essays, reviews,
&c., of a highly intellectual character.. To literary
societies it was invaluable, and in a great measure
devoted to their promotion and extension. He con-
cluded an elegant address amidst much applause.
Mr. SAMUEL NEIL, who was well received, next
addressed the meeting in an able speech on the benefits
and usefulness of controversy, and indignantly denied
that the promoters of the British antroversialist
were in any way associated with Secularists and
Atheists. The impression abroad he was sorry for,
because every one ought to know that error hated
controversy ; they, however, believed in truth, and
above all, and more than all, in God's.truth. (Loud
cheers.)

Dr. BARNES then moved the following resolution :
" That in the opinion of this meeting the British
Controversialist has been the means of imparting in-
struction to many, of largely promoting self-culture,
and causing an increased mental activity amongst its
readers ; further, it has fully demonstrated the benefits
attendant and derivable from written controversy."
Mr. THOMAS HAM,
_in seconding the motion (which
was carried unanimously), fully agreed that the benefits
conferred on the readers were great, and showed most
lucidly the benefits of written controversy.
Mr. GRINDLEY, moving the following motion—
. . .

"That the British Controversialist bas conferred great
benefits on our mutual improvement and literary socie-
ties by the information it has afforded, ant the active
interest in their welfare it has evinced, tenders the
thanks of this meeting to the editors of the magazine
for their valued exertions, and pledges itself to aid in
increasing the circulation of the same"—strongly urged
the claims of the magazine on the members of literary
societies, and earnestly recommended the same to their
attentive
LocK briefly seconded the motion, and
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George supported it, when it was carried
nent . con.

Mr. COOPER, in replying, moved a vote of thanks to
the chairman, which concluded a very instructive and
interesting meeting.

The official programme of the grand volunteer review
at Knowsley can now be obtained from the publishers,
Messrs. Benson & Mallet, 10, Castle-street.
CANADIAN MAILS.—The screw-steamer Bohemian
will sail from Liverpool for Montreal and Quebec to-day,
with the mails for Canada. The letter-box for this
despatch closes at the General Post-office, to=day at
9 a.m. ; via Londonderry, at 9 30 p.m., with a late fee
of Id. at 10 p.m., and of 3d. at 10 15 p.m.
FATAL ACClDENT.—Yesterday a man named George
Maxwell, a shipwright, who was engaged working at
Messrs. Chaloner's yard, was killed by a " frame "
falling on him. He was removed to the Southern Hos-
pital, where he died soon after admission.
MILITARY FUNERAL AT BIRKENHEAD.—Yesterday
morning a number of the members of the Cheshire
Volunteer Rifles accompanied the mortal remains of Mr.
Phillips, late a member of the corps, to their final resting-
place. There was a large number of persons present to
witness this melancholy but pleasing compliment of respect
to the deceased.

AeerßENTs.—Christopher Brady, a labourer, residing
in Hesketh-street, fell into the hold of the ship William
Patton yesterday, in Canada Dock, and sustained a
severe compound fractured skull. A child named Denis
Ready, five years of age. residing in Sawney Pope-street;
was run over by a cart, in Edgar-street, and sustained a
fractured thigh. They were both taken to the Northern
Hospital.
THE LATE CASE IN VAUXHALL-ROAD.--THE WILL
or MRS. JAMES. We have already published the
substance of the will of the late Mrs. Janies. It will be
remembered that she bequeathed her house and business,
furniture, 4c., to Thomas Winslow, who was tried for
her murder, but acquitted. We can now state that a
caveat has been entered against the will, at the suit of
Mr. Bennett, wholesale stationer, London, who is a
brother of the deceased. The proceedings have been
taken by Messrs. Nelson, solicitors, London, who are
acting for Mr. Bennett in the case.
4 CAUTION TO SWELL DRUNKARDS.—Yesterday, the
Recorder sentenced an unfortunate to four years' penal
servitude for stealing a parse from a person, stylishly
dressed, while he was intoxicated. A watch was also
stolen, and subsequently pledged for £6 ; but the
Recorder, as the gentleman was in such a disgraceful
state at the time of the robbery, declined to order the
pawnbroker to give up the watch until the prosecutor
had paid 44 out of the £6, so that the loss might be
equalised,
ANOTHER CASE OF MANSLAUGHTER AT LEEDS.—
At the Leeds Town-hall, on Tuesday, Sarah Willan, a
young married woman, was charged with the man-
slaughter of her husband, Thomas Willan. The parties,
who lived in George's-street, Leeds, quarrelled a fort-
night ago, on some trivial ground. During the dispute
the wife struck her husband a blow on the head, by
which he was so seriously affected that medical assist-
ance was deemed necessary. Willan, however, daily
bweacsa ma
apprehended
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hr seen, nd4 thedied same
on Monday evening. His wife
was night. She was remanded
until to-day. A post-mortem examination of the body
dae
of the deceased was made yesterday.
IMPORTANT TO EMIGRANTS.--A very important case,
as regards intending emigrants, was brought before the
Lord Mayor of London. A young woman, who had
paid £2O as passage money to New Zealand, and who
had received a ticket for a particular berth, with which
she was perfectly satisfied, summoned the agent for a
breach of contract. When the young woman went on
board the vessel, she was required to occupy a berth of
a very inferior character in place of the one she had
chosen. Tbis she refused to do, and left the ship at
Gravesend. The defendant expressed his willingness
to return the passage money ; and the Lord Mayor
said that he would allow the matter to drop upon the
payment of £25 to the young woman. This sum the
agent, Mr. Frederick Sheriff Gray, agreed to pay.
A MYSTERIOUS AFFAIR.—A boy, eleven years of age,
named Thomas Gill, sou of a nailmaker, living at Style,
near Triangle, has been missed under strange circum-
stances. So far as is at present known, the lad Gill and
three others—Alfred Middlebrook, William Henry
Speak, and a younger Speak, left Sowerby school last
Tuesday, in order to bathe in the Calder, near Hollings
Mills. The 14 has not been seen since. Up to Wed-
nesday night, it is said, the other three lads denied all
knowledge of him, but on that night the younger Speak
stated that Gill went into the water, got out of his
depth, or was taken ill, and suddenly disappeared. They
then formed his clothes in a bundle, tied a stone to it,
and sunk it in the river. Having done this, they all
ran away, intending to keep the affair a secret.
Laborious search has been kept up for the body, but up
to Friday it had not been met with —Halifax Courier.
The Prince of Wales, before leaving St. John, N.F.,
presented to the lady of Governor Bannerman a splendid
bracelet set with diamonds and emeralds ; also the
portraits Qf brothers and sisters. He also gave $250
to the Church of England Asylum for Widows and
Orphans ; $250 to the Benevolent Irish Society ; and
$250 to be expended amongst poor persons in the town.
$5OO were left as prizes to be contended for at a regatta
—the Prince nominating as the day on which the
regatta should take place, the 26th of August, his
father's birthday? but that failipg on Sunday, it will be
postpowd the figlowin Monday.

,rpi,pAity TIMES, TITUR§DAY, AUGUST 30, 18d0.

GARIBALDI.

TO THE EDITOR OF THE DAILY TIMES.

Sin,—Would you kindly permit me to occupy a
corner of your valuable paper with the following few
remarks :

In all the newspapers and periodicals of the day the
name of Garibaldi is first and foremost : his deeds, his
bravery, his strategy, and, latterly, his disappearance has
been the theme and admiration of all classes,.from the
statesman down to the hard-working man. But, in all that
I have had an opportunity of reading and hearing since
I returned to England, I have neither seen nor heard a
true description of his character or bearing. Now, sir,
I have by my profession (an artist) been a long resident
in Italy, and a few weeks before the taking of the
city was lodging in Palermo, and have only been in
England nine days. Therefore, I judge myself com-
petent to give a good outline of the character of the
man whom Italy and the world look upon with well-
deserved admiration. One of your able contemporaries
says that " he is a man hasty in making his resolutions,
and always determined to carry them out, though it
may be to the disadvantage of himself and cause."
Now, this I contradict in every sense : never did a man
weigh in his mind, and turn over and over again a pro-
ject before he put it into execution, more than Garibaldi.
All his actions prove it. For instance, his landing in
Sicily—that dangerous and extensive movement--could
that have been projected and executed by a hasty and
headstrong general ? No. He is a man who will risk
all, and even forfeit his life, for that noble cause—
" Liberty! " He is so idolised by the people, that I think
even should the fortune of war turn against him in any of
his numerous battles, they would think that it was only
part of some great stratagem to further their cause, and
they would still look up to him as the saviour and liberator
of their country. The people that Garibaldi looks to
and tries to follow in all their institutions and laws, are
the English. And should he gain his ends, Italy, that
"garden of Europe," will one day be the pride and
envy of Europe.—Hoping that you will oblige by
inserting the above, I am, sir, yours, &c., G. E.
Liverpool, Angel Hotel, August 29.

THE, CASE OF • THE REV. MR, BONNELL.

COURT OF ARCHES.—YESTERDAY.
JUDGMENT.
(Before' Dr. Lushington, Dean of the Arches.)

Yesterday morning Dr. Lushington delivered judg-
ment in the case of the Rev. James Bonwell, the inciun
bent of St. Philip's, Stepney, whose case 134.4 frequently
been before the Court.

Dr. Lushington said that the course he proposed to
take was, first, to ascertain with reference to the evidence
what facts were involved, then, what was the legal infer-
ence, not only individually but from the collective facts.
When he had done so, he should determine how
the facts were to be dealt with. In the evidence which
had been given there was no conflict, Mr. Bon-
well having offered no counter testimony. The learned
Judge examined the evidence in detail, first of 41 excul-
pating Mr. Yorath, the brother of the young woman
whose naroe has been frequently mentioned, from the
aspersions which have been cast on him, remarking that
in the opinion of the Court Mr. Yorath had acquitted
himself most creditably, although at the time he gave his
evidence under a sense of just and natural indignation.
He went through the evidence as it affected Mr. Bonwell
and Miss Yorath at Newport, Margate, Islington, and
other places, dwelling particAlgly on the birth of the
child at St, Philip's school-room, its subsequent burial,
in the Tower Hamlets Cemetery, and the curious dis-
covery of the matter through the fraud of an under-
taker, who was employed to bury the deceased boy. The
conclusions were simply these—that the evidence against
Mr. Bonwell was entirely uncontradicted; that Mr. Bon,
well seduced the young woman, Elizabeth Xorath, he
being a married Moab awl falaely representing himself
to be single, and that he had caused great scandal in the
Church of which he was a minister. Under these cir-
cnmstances it was quite impossible that Mr. Bonwell
could exercise hereafter his ministrations 'with any profit
to the Church, and the sentence of the court, therefore,
would be deprivation from holy orders, with coadenina-
tion and costs.

Mr. Bonwell gave notice of appeal, which the learned
iudge directed to be entered for the first session of neat
term.

Mr. John Hassard, the Bishop of London's private
secretary, was present during the proceedings.

ECCLESIASTICAL INTELLIGENCE.

BENEFICES AND APPOINTMENTS VACANT.

RECTORY.
Strensham, co. and dio. Worcester : val. £2OO with residence :
pat. J. A. Taylor, Esq. : Rev. A. S. Cave-BrowneTCave, pro.

VICARAGE.
Cauibridge, St. Clement dia. Ely £56 : pats. Jesus Col-
lege, Cambridge : Rev. 0. T. Thorpe, dec.

-
PERPETUAL CURACIES.
Eccleston, St. Thomas, Lancashire : dio. Cheshire . value £l7O
with residence : pats. Executors of the late P. Greenall, Esq. :
Rev. R. Greenall, resigned.
Hendon, All Saints', Child's-hill, Middlesex : dio. London :
pats. Reps. of the late Incumbent, the Rev. W. H. Shore,
dec.
Lambeth, Verulam Chapel : dio. Winchester : Rev. C. Green,

prom.
Penn-street, Bucks : dio. Oxford : val. £143 with residence
pat. Earl Howe : Bev. A. S. glitter, prom.
CURACIES.
Auckland, St. Andrew, co. and dio. Durham, -
Bristol, St. Mary Redcliffe.
Chester, St. Mary-on-the-Hill.
Haselbury Plucknett, Somerset : dio. Bath and Wells.
Plymstook, Devon : dio. Exeter.
Riddings, Derbyshire : dio. Lichfield.
Wimbledon Surrey : dio. Winchester.
Woodbury, : dio. Exeter : Assist.: with title.
MASTERSHIPS.

Batley Grammar School, Yorkshire : Rev. F. A. Vincent, pro.
Brounsgroce Grammar School, Worcestershire Assistant : in
Orders : pat. Rev. J. D, Collis, D.D.
Kingsbridge Grammar School : Head Mastership: salary £5O
with house, &e• Testimomals before Sept. 8.

A petition has been lodged against the recent return
of Francis Macdonagh, Q.C., for Sligo.
PORTUGAL AND THE YORKSHIRE WOOLLEN TRADE.

—We are sorry to announce that the new Portuguese
tariff, a copy of which has just been received in this
country, does not hold out those promising prospects
for the Yorkshire woollen trade which our merchants
and tradesmen were led to imagine when the tariff was
first generally promulgated.
DEATH. IN THE PULPIT.-1t is with the deepest
regret that we (Sligo indalendent) have to announce the
death of the Rev. Robert Alexander Hamilton, incum-
bent of Ballisodare, who fell dead in his pulpit on Sun-
day last. He proceeded with his service at the usual
time in apparently good health, and whilst in prayer he
was observed to falter the last few words he was heard
to speak. Before his congregation had time to turn
round he had fallen and was dead. Dr. Adam Simpson,
who was in church, immediately went to his assistance,
but he had broken a blood-vessel of the heart, and life
was extinct.

LETTER FROM GARIBAIDL—The following letter from
General Garibaldi has been received by the Countess
of Shaftesbury :—" Southern Army of Italy, Messina,
August 12.—Dear and Excellent Lady,—Amongst the
most fortunate circumstances of my life I number that
of having acquired for my country the sympathy of the
generous ladies of England. Be pleased to interpret my
gratitude to those most valued and most kind friends to
whom Italy owes so much. With the most profound
esteem I remain, madam, your devoted servant,—G.
Genan,tenr.—To Lady Shaftesbury, President of the
Ladies' Garibaldi Benevolent Association."
DESTRUCTIVE CONFLAGRATIONS.—Yesterday morn-
ing, between the hours of four and five o'clock, a
destructive fire broke out on the extensive premises of
Mr. William Oulds, oil and Italian warehouse, situate at
the corner of Stephen-street, Tottenham-court-road. The
premises and stock were burnt out, and adjoining houses
damaged. Cause unknown ; insured in the Westminster
and other offices. Another fire of an alarming character
broke out on Tuesday on the extensive premises of
Mr. T. Colwell, scale-board cutter and splint maker,
Hercules-buildings, Lambeth. The building was
nearly 90 feet long by 30 feet wide, and was
used as a workshop. Owing to the shortness of water,
the dames spread and communicated to Mr. William
Pitt's (coach maker) premises ; but notwithstanding the
most strenuous exertions of the firemen the premises
were destroyed. Caused by over heat of drying stove.
Insured in the State Fire Insurance-office. On Wed-
nesday morning about nine o'clock, a fire broke out in
the premises of Mr. Langley, situate in Bridge-court,
near the Westminster steam-boat pier. The engines
having been sent for, several quickly attended, when it
was found that an aged lady, the owner of the house,
had by some means set her clothes on fire, and was
unfortunately burned death.
COLLISION ON THE SHREWSBURY AND, HEREFORD
RAILWAY.—On Monde) morning one of the ordinary
goods trains, which left arewsbury at an early hour,
broke down near Woofferton, a short distance from Lud-
low, an event which, the line being a single one, inter-
rupted the progress of the other trains at the appointed
times, and made it necessary to announce by telegraph
to certain of the stations the alterations which had
been determined on as to the places at which trains
should pass each other. In consequence, however, of
some misconstruction of a telegraph message a pas-
senger train was allowed to proceed. Thus going on,
and proceeding at the rate of about thirty miles an hour,
down an incline of about 1 in 100, near Wistanstow,
the driver of the passenger train, immediately he had
passed round a sharp curve, saw the goods train,
which he had expected to meet at Onibury, approach-
ing within a distance of 300 yards. He immediately shut
off steam, reversed the engine, and applied the break,
but such was the impetus of the train going down
a descending gradient that its speed was but slightly
arrested, and it ran with fearful force into the goods
train, which was ascending the incline at a speed of
about eight miles an hour. The collision did great
damage to the carriages of the passenger train, and
several of the passengers were much injured. The
driver of the passenger train (Lawson), which contained
about 4Q passengers, jumped off the engine just before
the collision, and was seen to turn two or three com-
plete summersaults in the air before alighting. He has
fottnnately escaped with a severe shaking. The persons
L .
charge of the goods train umPecl off and were
uni nj Lire d