The Northern Daily Times.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1856-02-13 00:00:00

THE COURT

The Queen and Prince Albert left Windsor Castle at
four o'clock on Monday afternoon, accompanied by the
Prince of Wales;the Princess Royal, Prince Alfred, the
Princesses Alice, Helena, and Louisa, Prince Arthur, and
Prince Leopold. Her Majesty and his Royal Highness
went to the Great Western Railway Station, attended by
the Duchess of Wellington, Lord Dufferin, Col. the Hon.
C. B. Phipps, Major-General the Hon. Charles Grey, and
General Sir Edward Bowater. A special train conveyed
the Royal Party to the Paddington terminus, from whence
they :proceeded in seven of her Majesty's carriages,
escorted by a party of the 3rd Light Dragoons, to Buck-
ingham Palace, where the Queen and 'Prince arrived ai
five minutes before five o'clock.

THE SABBATH DEFENCE MOVEMENT
AT SOUTHPORT.

a Tuesday evening, in compliance with a most numer-

ously signed requisition from the inhabitants of Southport,
Dr. Wood, the chairman of the commissioners for that
district, convened a public meeting at the Town Hall,
Southport, for the purpose of discussing the above sub-
ject. The meeting was most numerously attended, and
amongst those gentlemen who addressed the meeting were
the Revs. C. Hesketh, H. Brocklehurst, G. Greenbatch,
Dr. Goodman R. Jackson, Mr. Stead, Rev. J. Wilson,
J. Mocatta, Mr. Gascoigne, Mr. Banon, Mr. Hamilton,
Rev. J. Phillips, Mr. Forshaw, and Mr. Kershaw, &c.
Dr. Wood occupied the chair, and in the course of the
evening the following resolutions were unanimously

tingr regards' the Sabbath as an ordinance

essentially divine. It believes that it was given by God to man,
immediately on his ci cation, as a day both of religious observance
and of physical rest; that, having meantime obiained a distinct
recognition, it was solemnly re-enacted in the publication of moral
law; that its sanctification was continually pleaded for, its profana-
tion continually rebuked, by the voice of the prophets; that it was
redeemed from traditional corruption by Christ himself, who being
the great founder of the Christian church, did not hesitate to pro-
claim himself " Lord also of the Sabbath ; " and that, accordingly.
it was presentlytransferred by the inspired apostles to the first day
of the week, when it became thenceforth especially "the Lord's-
day," being the day of his resurrection.
7. That this meeting solemnly believes that (the Sabbath is

essentially desecrated, whether by its own profanatiOn in evil works
on the one hand, or by its simple secularisation, as a day of mere
amusement or of worldly business on the other. It sees, therefore,
with profound sorrow the licensed opening of public-houses on the
Sabbath, for the sale of intoxicating liquor, to the great and ackow-
ledged demoralisation of the people; and it regards with the utmost
apprehension the existing or proposed provisions for their so•called
amusement, whether by music in the public parks, or by opening
musenms, exhibitions, or other like places.
5. That while this meeting is thus persuaded that the religious
observance of the Sabbath is of universal obligation, it entertains
an espec al sympathy with the working classes of the community in
this matter. It deeply feels that the working classes, engaged as
they are for six days in almost unremitting toil, stand most of all
in need of the sign of the Sabbath as God's remembrances to their
souls, and of all the blessed privileges In which it abounds to them
and to their children; and it cannot but fear that if the Lord's day
ever become a common day among them, the interests of religion
and morality will surely suffer proportionately, nor will the divine
authority of the other nine commandments of the law be acknow-
ledged, when that of the fourth is openly set aside.

A petition. embodying the above, was unanimously
adopted, and a vote of thanks concluded the business of
the meeting.

TRIAL OF THE WALLASEY COMMISSIONER

(FROM CUR OWN REPORTER.)

KNUTSFOED, TUESDAY NIGHT

The trial of Mr. William Callow, one of the Improvement Corn.
missioners of Wallasey, near Birkenhead, on the application of Mr.

Morgan Lloyd was yesterday fixed for 10 o'clock this morning, on
the ground of ➢ir. Welsby, the learned recorder of Chester being
specially retained for the defence. When the hour arrived, some

Mr. Bretherton h