The Northern Daily Times.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1856-02-19 00:00:00

the Society.

The R. J. H. Titcomb, 8.A., incumbent of Saint
Andrew-the-Less, Cambridge, moved the second resolu-
tien, which was to the effect, that the meeting believed

that the low-spirited state of a large mass of the people
was the chief source of their greatest isocial evils; that
the clerical
_pastoral work was a powerful means for

raising men frOm this unhappy condition; that lay agents
under the guidance and direction of the clergy was a

most imporCant. secondary aid; and, that they therefore
desired to record their deep sense of the value of the
Pastoral Aid Society, whose grants maintained nearly
500 labhorers, clerical and lay, for the sole purpose of
carrying the blessed Gospel of Christ to the homes and
hearts of two millions nine hundred thousand of the people
of England. In moving the resolution, the rev. gentleman
considered at. some length the unequal distribution of
church pastoral aid in England and \' ales, and calculated
that it would require upwards of 33,000 curates to bring
the unequally supplied districts of the country ou an
equality with the more fortunate parishes. He observed
that he did not say it was necessary to do so, but still it
showed hoW great was the want or pastoral aid in
numbers of parishes, and that the society alone was the
only quarter from which it could be hoped. He testified
to the benefit which the society had confered in his _.own
parish, and narrated several instances wl,.q.e the low and
humble, had been spiritually converted through the
instrumentality of its teachers.

The Rev. G. S. Bull, M.A., of Birmingham, seconded
the resolution, wilich was unanimously adopted.

The meeting closed, with the blessing- fromi his lordship

ENGLISH AND IRISH MAGNETIC TELE-
GRAPH COMPANY.

ANNUAL MEETING, YESTERDAY

The ordinary general meeting of the English and Irish
Magnetic Telegraph Company was held in the Clarendon
Rooms, at one o'clock yesterday, Mr. H. Harrison in the
chair.

The Chairman apologised for the absence of Mr. J. C.
Ewart, M.P., who was prevented from attending by his
parliamentary duties, and for Mr. Cropper, who was kept
away by a sudden engagement. Mr. Crosby, who was
also applied to to take the chair, was unfortunately suffer-
ing under bronchitis, and under these circumstances he
(the chairman) had to occupy the chair on a moment's
notice.

The Secretary, Mr. Bright, read the advertisement
calling the meeting.
The Chairman said the directors had no report to give.
The accounts would explain themselves, as' the proprie-
tors had all received them, and any further details which
any one might wish he could have upon applying at the
office. It was not thought advisable to publish more
detail in the accounts. Several gentlemen had been
requested to come to the office and inspect the accounts—
there was a difficulty in getting gentlemen to do so—but
some dozen or more who had been there expressed them-
selves as highly gratified with the manner in which the
accounts were kept. The same explanation would be
given to every member who choose to ask for it. The
directors looked upon the company more as a private
than a public company, and, therefore, they did not think
it neceszary to expose all their details at the meeting.
The following statement of accounts was then laid
before the meeting