The Northern Daily Times.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1856-04-25 00:00:00

LAVAL REVIEW.

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Join the following passages descriptive of the
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dnesday.
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t'c
Re
Jest Y's train arrived at the Royal Claretrce
'lng yard at five minutes to twelve o'clock, being
wre three
, quarters of an hour after its time. The court
IteeLsediatel7 embarked on board the state barge, and wilt
steered h_
'Nor. Captain the Hon. Joseph Denman to the
a short
and Albert,lying in the harbour strain. After
tatter! and
the trumpeter stationed on the Pier
guns
of artnnunced the approach of the royal yacht. The
thc PI if
n-nnla Battery instantly sconfirthed the
41,14° nee) and in a few to hides the Victoria and Albert
toaroYilitearned oat of the harbour, and_ glided swiftly
the Spithead, amid the enthusiastic acclamations
alli°4ltl,ihinbittl tnaltid d The bands ashore and
--P,,),edheri;s4.P the natiounalanthem, while every vessel
, e,""igo.
Jiarht th was ordered to salute the instant the royal
luoivett"eri clear of the harbour. The royal yacht
-arb'M eaeil clear
em and mor clearly out of the
11114
Eby
Yet still no proer aratioos seemed to have been
ett fir!, the fleet towardPs anything like a general salute.
lilAeLfothere seemed confusion, but as the men got
31'0AL...ult.:Lied into their places, and spread out upon
tht
while ma' marvellous rapidity and regularity of
ne
'Da am :Zayre was seen with feelings of admiratios
r'neti thels"„,l;eint• Hardly had.the men joined hands,
the in 1.,-"'" Yacht showed well out of the harbour.
t,,,,heavy
ua''ant one large dense spirt of smoke dashed in
aaas' fr°ol the side of, the Duke of Wellington.
NtelYcih searcel timesl
to perceive it, ere from every
14‘ed
jan,otuane the r
tit, cwollines came the same discharge, fol-
ltrlht seport-J flanother and anether from the same ship s
her Ihe ° the first had time to reach. In a moment
t4AZ \\int], ie,ll'Y swelling roar came-siillenly up agaius
th-inecl it,'",e,reasing as it rolled forward, until the air
-",.%n0e -;"rate painfully with the tremendous con-
ik;„il't afe ecands the hulls of the whole fleet,
tii(4lll.lll,6l)ed, in
.tshe clouds of white smoke, from
Mad Regular order, from port and
. starboard, came
thtn;Sashes of the discharges like sheets of yellow
o,', g
It had a grand and tremendous effect. The
thAt
1111Yaltasted about two minutes.
l) 'mho,past twelve a single gun from the flag-
-1111 n 111" ti the ap roach of the royal yacht, which
:ten rapidly-- I)
king its way to the head of the
rtilb-11:etials(tirtnegt-trtln,hlneslizd: eAtmsthaseonoehxt instant the royal salute
as the royal yacht 'reached
'll4eil he point of the line, the yards were duy
1.134.)' firi:"e French Corvette being among the first to
'Mar, nautical honour, and . nothing could
sloti `er h in which the opera-
an
t e way
,Let 3 eon., Perfornaed. The Frenchman was also
411) wit'hytten,(nts for the rich a.nd' gay dressing of his
every b "rs of every possible hue and device, and:
13e1.43g a-atinn• Next this ship really the most gaily.
I".otii,-e- vessels were tothe floating batteries, the bright
standin out in light contrast from their gloomy
th,e trr, en" htillj The royal took up a position between
ithIPL-11,8,(14drons, head and stern, with the two flag
chi rEtl Royal George, in the starboard division, with
4,,r „of Sir George Seymour, the commander in
g alovies ;lie Duke of Wellington, bearing the white
ffe St. George's Cross of Admiral Dundas.
z.lahih 'or some little time, and boats le.ft both the
Which were stated to be conveying the two
at h",ml board to her Majesty.
'44 to inPast one her Majesty's yacht slowly steamed
(r the-, eastward to about two cables' length a-head
At thiss(lnadrons, and there became stationary
tn.qapah moment the whole flotilla of steamers, withf
board, decked with Hags of every colour o
c tai
""w, and each keeping a somewhat independ.enet
cainarAe,,' came in sight, and the scene for the first time
,7e, animated. The gunboats were now
„',,Png up in succession outside of the port
174seLe' the fleet, and th. e four squadrons of these tiny
'44 Hers death (which look like Thames steam
and so insiduously carry their heavy armament
at!t air of nautical _innocence), passed round
Inltle 4"
of Wellington, inside the royal yacht, and
the - their way round the Royal George, skirtiing
and Btarhoard division of the line-of-battl.e sh ps,
The P3B„sing on to their allotted stationosomihnershorraen.
ofirette, Commander Risk. one of
oc ho tkheat the outlying
e: course and came to take ahli
`,tleit;;l' unprofessional steamers, gave an oppor.
nwboard of them to
rtiNr number- oafte passsuer
vgey
ofher construction autake'
44:Nal:IT:leant! ccuArta
quarter to thee
alVeh•Lhe Commander-in-Chief, repeat,
'lll4°'- ttua line of battle ships weighetdbeaucwireGre
through incredibly snort
whicbg rob.l-.
au the water. with stitaacte, imorpetrigpetibleYmotion
thein the absence of sails, gives to them
.so gliding
ti, ghostlike --Dee - little time be ore
--ac a tnotion It was some
jut fib
was felt 'and the royal yacht. which had
.",htin-..","e outward 'bouud, Was obliged again to lay to,
i
ia7: lew Minutes the headmost ships began totwaakn
:41 a.c:r,s. in admirable style. Her Majesty's h
'w3iz' and the whole proud array of tir yeeac.d,eckaren~sartinr.
b!ockship and frigate swept out in close and
'„llecession, running straight for the pivot ships
'tatte-of-hattle ships are only fit for " pivot ships
l'kN 'N .E. of the Nab Light, and each column,baftedr
Nu_ bet.
-een them turned round them. the star oar
ib'admt turning to pc:ft and the port column to rt,
h3' the royal yacht. The tide was now with
a--Nr,;"Tio they ran ripidly back to their stations,
LWhene"Land again manned yards and saluted.
1;101t ttrr Majesty led out the fleet towards the Nab
an nn. Transit and Perseverance obtained a good. osi.
led
DP'a't t Phe Rodney and London pivot ships. The skill
Paas"l3ion With which the whole fleet turned outwards
;,v
nee (I round the ivot ships—the imposing nppearanc
motionp f the lino of battle ships as !hey
1,-Lort in Cloorder of sailing—the swarm . of. sailors
-eart-pbeach vesseseir e tarfilly, -manned her riglting—thet
arr'sj: —eers, which became trulyr
musical in their transi
a., , th, _ ic
fe",nt dt„cez Water, were b turns the subject of comment
Thiswas declared to be the most striking.
ttlh_ wontlloUlolllsre review which hid come under the notice ot
ti-Prrta,..,_ • es. The ro al salute upon her Majesty's
and flerwards. putyin a powerful claim to atten-
1. tire r reverberation of hundreds, pf heavy ordnance,
."°,'vrlnrld fl ishes seen ;through the smoke, appealed
,etat. 7;,.'13' to the senses, and terminated the review h
„.'e Attar Transit and Perseverance, with the Himalaya,
2.114,-',O, and the other vessels of the wonderful mer-
;rate,:
(igfeet Of So tharnuton, then slowly steamed u the
1),-`,ansds2,11Soleunt, and arrived at Southampton between
.
tvaliired 7 o'clock. The
.weather had left nothing to
not „' 411 d the grand spectacle of, the day, it was felt,
2,tht,',",..ue to fade easily from the memory.
a' 3 rv.- erabl dat the Sovereign's bidding no less than
's-rldear.c`e: line of (i) battle ships; nearly 40 frigates, paddle.
"tterrw; 2 mortara
frigates; 4 wrought iron floating
a', 4d br,'":„; 50 13-inch mortar vessels; 20 sloops, corvettes,
sai.rr,",.; and 164 screw gun boats ; in all, upwards of
t.''u.ooo Men of war, having an aggregate tonnage o
VMS, "Pis, manned by 40,1)00 seamen,. carrying 3,
9c ,4,14
ifidriinrgoizt one discharge a broadside of nearly
8 Of aol'

sittings

at a sign
he Duke

?oh ILLUMINATION OF THE FLEET.
t*t:iBl;tisilt:ulla, Wednesday Night. —This novel feature
illy featrexpected, but proved one of the most
„unlit, features in the whole of the proceedings. The
tae yardastl°Q was effected by simultaneously
. lighting up
Run Nis 1(1 Portholes with blue-lights. At nine o'clock.
magic, ;1. "red, and the whole fleet was lit-as if. by
voft. •andl. the jets, one upon another, maintopinast, high
teeirc 1 ' deports of each opened, at once showing a
r'g are teen
Ike. ing fro rn the
s'deeks, caused an unusual roal. of
which was echoed and given
,this with intensit from the boats of the legion afloat.
iglps, ih the stillneYss of the calm night, had an effegt as
the using as it was rare, and cheer after cheer applauded
%,4:Peetacte. From nine to ten o'clock rockets were
showle? thickly from the ships and raised a golden

t, tile greatest portion of the Paris eorrcsnondence o
~"0 Times is devoted to the case of the Danubian Princi•
ItAlities. The Independanee of Wednesday publishes the
ire4ty nr Paris, which reached it from London. There
,181 the same hiatus as appeared in the Daily News, and
%Leh has not yet been filled up.
,„ "A.IECWICK3HIRE REFORMATORY,—.4t the Warwickshire
Vatter se4sions, just held, which was attended by a full
encl of magistrates, among whom were Lord Leigh,
44(1 Li fiord, Hon. L. Butler, Sir T. G. Skipwortb,
f eortl &e., the committee of managements of the county
arwiek Reformatory presented a report, which set
port
that the first stone of the building, according to a
rlt prepared by Mr. Hill, architect, of Birmingham, was
aPill Lady Leigh, ard the. building is now in coarse
411 erection. The Rev. J. Penny, of Bubbenhall, has
i:a,,_eeepted the office of chaplain and secraary, and a
I:ster and superintendent ,of the establishment had
n engaged, of whose character and qualifications high
d„st,iMunials have been received. Mr. and Mrs. Shad-
loiu are the master and matron, who are engaged at a
salary of-£75 per annum. The committe? con
'4lktulate the county on their present position. The sums
a rheldY received as donations exceed £2,000, and the
The al subscriptions amount to between £3OO and £4OO.
the e coMmittee will require about £4OO to complete
ture, m building, and to purchase the necessary for.
t as well as an increase of £lOO er andnut me
.? th subscription list. A discussion fopllowe
Vireeisentation of the report, originated by the 11!v,'
et
Ofetiairs
Fagged throwing out a suggestion for the establisnme s
et,„ schools. The principle of ragged schools wa
e different to reformatories, and he regretted that
111:eminent should withhold its assistance from the for-
which were established for the prevention of crime,
1,1,1,e they gave their support to a principle for the
etnonation of criminals. Lord Leigh said he could not
rl.,,tiany difficulty in supporting both institutions. Mr.
g addressed the court with the view of removing an
blOpression that boys were necessarily contaminated by
ennog sent to gaol. In their gaols no boy had communi-
aT Li with an adult prisoner, except in the presence of
Meer. The report was received.

SYNOD OF THE P.IIESbYTERIAN OlititCl4

IN ENGLAND

WEDNESDAY'.-EVENING SITTING.
The Synod assembled at five o'clock for the eirening

The- minutes of the forenoon sittinic *eh read.
Mr. Lamont requested to be allowed to put some eines_
Lions with reference to the interpretation of the law passed
by the SYnod that morning on the psalmody debate,
The Mederator, however, declined to iriterpret the

Vesobition of the Synod.
The reading of the eVidence in the cake of the iteV. Thos.
X. Anderson was then proceeded with. When the
evidence had beeti gelid through. the decision of the
Presbytery or Newcastle was read, adopted on the 26th
of March. 1856. The decision may be thus condensed :
the presbytery found generally that the evidence had not
been proved upon all the counts to the full extent and in
the sense libelled : and in particular that no, evidence had
'been submitted to convict 11r. Anderson of any act of in-
toxication or drunkenness. In respect to the first and second
count, they found that Mrs. Anderson had been compelled
to leave her husband's house on two occasions, and on the
second occasion under circumstances calculated to produce
public scandal; and that no exculpation or extenuating
evidence in answer had been submitted. In respect to the
third count they found that no evidence had been submitted.
In respect to the fifth Count they foiled a want of evidence.
On the fourth and fifth counts they found the facts Proven
as libelled. They found generally that a strong feeling
prevailed in the locality against Mr. Anderson's conduct
as a minister, and that a large portion of the Congregation
had forsaken his ministry in Contecinence of his laxity of
conduct, which wet, far, froM being free from any
appearance of evil. they found that there was no hope
of his being able to undo the evils produced, or to regain
his cengregation and be successful in his ministry. They
therefore desired that the tie between Mr. Anderson and
that congregation might be undone, but that he be left
free to exercise the functions of the ministry in any other
place. The Presbytery, therefore, solemnly rebuked Mr.
Anderson for the too free and unguarded manner in which
he had lived, and warned him to live a more careful life

for the future.
Against this decision the Rev. Mr. Anderson appealed
to the general Synod, and the grounds of his appeal, with
the reply of the Presbytery, were read, and were docu-
ments of considerable length. A memorial signed by 182
members of the congregation was also read, expressing
the greatest trust and confidence in the Rev. Mr. Anr-
son, and declaring that the charges against him were tdehe

offspring of calumny.
The hearing of the appeal was then proceeded with.
The Rev. Mr. Story, with several members of the Pres-
bytery of Newcastle appeared at the bar on behalf of that
Presbytery
The Rev.

Mr. And rson appeared at the bar on his own

behalf.
The Rev. Mr. Anderson addressed the court at consider.
able length in his own defence. He opposed the decision
of the Presbytery of Newcastle as having been irregular,
if not grossly unjust. A strongly hostile feeling to him,
he declared, had existed in the minds of some few indi-
viduals in his congregation against him, which, however-
did not openly appear until the presentation to the New-
castle Presbytery of the memorial, or rather the complaint
which had been read that day. That memorial, although '
it opened with the words, " We, the undersigned
Presbyterians," contained the names of Independents, of
Methodists, and even of some who professed no
Christian faith. It was signed by only sixty-three
names, of which eighteen were connected with other
dissenting churches, and eighteen more who were not con-
nected with the communion of any Christian church. Of
all this the Presbytery was made fully aware, but rat
they received the memorial. He declared that its recep-
tion by the Presbytery was unconstitutional, unjust, and
subversive of all Presbyterian order. The rev. gentleman
went into a detail of the proceedings which took place at
the various sittings of the presbytery, and challenged the
fairness and legality of the investigation. He strongly
inveigled against the steps taken by the committee of
enquiry, who had gone through all the streets and lanes
of the town hunting up evidence against him, and conde-
scending to receive the idle tales of the lowest maid-
servant. That committee had themselves done so much
to spread and circulate the rumours against him, that he
felt surprised he should have even a congregation of 200
left to him. He charged one of the witnesses against him,
Mr. Isaac Freeman, with personal motives in the course
pursued towards him, and having used every effort pre-
viously to remove him from the church. Yet this Mr.
Freeman, he stated, had been constituted by the Pres-
bytery, one of its members, and allowed to act as a judge
as well as a witness, until he himself, at the close, re-
quested to be allowed to take no part in pronouncing the
sentence. Another gentleman (Mr. Arnott) he accused
of having obtained, by intimidation, the evidence of ser-
vant maids. The rev. gentleman analysed the evidence of
Miss Murray, on whose testimony the gravest charge
against him rested, and clearly proving, from her own
words, that the charge was a fabrication, fairly argued
that the same might be taken to be the case in the matter
of the other accusations. Miss Murray gave, as her
authority for the statement she made. and which so deeply
affected the character of the req. gentleman, Jane Story.
Now, Jane Story_ had been a member of the congregation
for thirty years ; when he (Mr. Anderson) wrote to
her, asking her if it were,true she had made the statement
to Miss Murray, she at once wrote to the Presbytery a
letter, for the production of which he, with the permission
of the court, would call.
The Rev. Mr. Story replied, that he had not the letter
about him, but that if Mr. Anderson would give his recol-
lection of it, he would say whether it was right or not.
The Rev. Mr. Anderson replied, that in that letter Miss
Story distinctly stated that she had never made the
bar by Miss Murray ; on the con-
?. party who made the state-
Mr. Story if that were the

statement imputed to
rary, Miss Murray was th
;o her. He begged to ask
fact ?
The Rev Mr. Story answered, that he had no hesitation
in at once saying that that was the fact. (Applause.)
The Rev. Mr. Anderson, having thus so ably replied to
the main accusation, proceeded to the consideration of
the other. charges, which he showed were equally base-
less, and refuted both by their own internal weakness and
the evidence of the witnesses he had produced. He
showed that be made little effort to meet his accusers—'
a wily solicitor and an artful grocer—relying alone on his
conscious integrity ; while, on the other hand, they left
nothing untried to secure his conviction. He regretted to
say, that he had not received that counsel and sympathy
frun the members of the Presbytery which he was en-
titled to expect ; but he conceived they thought it was
much better that he should be sacrificed than that they
should lose the support of so wealthy a man as Mr.
Arnott—of so true a member of the church. (Laughter.)
On the conduct of this gentleman he in indignant terms
commented, and concluded with an e'egant peroration, in
which he protested against the decision of the Newcastle
Presbytery, as unfounded on evidence, and unjust and
cruel towards him as a minister and man. ( The applause
which succeede was seeily checked b y theoderator.)
The Revs Mr.d
Story replied on behalf of the Newcastle
Presbytery.
The Rev. Mr. Anderson briefly, but forcibly, replied.
Rev. Mr. Edwards, in bearing testimony to the charac-
ter of Mr. Anderson, declared that Newcastle was the
slaughter-house of ministers, and gave instances in
support of the statement. As a long and intimate friend
of Mr. Anderson, he declared that there never bad been
any estrangement between him and his wife, and that
though a frequent visitor at Mr. Anderson's house he had
never seen drinking carried on there. He was the victim
of rumours, but ,the Synod should sacrifice no man on
rumours.
The Rev. Dr. Monroe denounced the manner in which
the proceedings against Mr. Anderson were conducted by
the Newcastle Presbytery as inquisitorial, and declared
that Miss Murray, in place of busying herself with the
affairs of the congregation, would be much better
employed in knitting stockings. (Laughter.) It was
unfortunate for a minister to have reports raised against
him, but it was not .his crime. The crime rested. with
those who originated those reports. He thought that
Mr. Anderson had committed indiscretions, and with due
submission to all parties, he would move the following
resolution :—‘. The Synod sustain the appeal—find there
were no proper grounds for the libel in this case, though
there may have been indiscretions demanding Presby-
terial notice in some other shape—find that the evidence
adduced is so mixed up with hearsay and rumour as to be
greatly vitiated and deprived of legal value—release Mr.
Anderson from all consequences of this libel, and the
evidence adduced thereon, and reverse the evidence of the
Presbytery so complained of."
`The Rev. Mr. Murdock seconded the motion.
After some discussion, the words " though there may
have been indiscretions demanding Presbyterial notice,"
were struck out, and the words, "though the rumours
against Mr. Anderson were in such a shape and to such
an extent as to demand Presbyterial notice" substituted.
With this substitution the motion was agreed to unani-
mously.
The Rev. Anderson then claimed extracts of the finding,
which were ordered.
The Synod adjourned at ten minutes past twelve o'clock
to ten o'clock Thursday morning.