The Northern Daily Times.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1856-04-28 00:00:00

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befitting his high dignity in the Church, and expre
the esteem and veneration which was felt for him b
over whose spiritual welfare he • bad watche'

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years. At the meeting a committee was appointed to rta
the necessary preparations for the reception of the nvere'v"

prelate. e.
On Saturday morning the corntiaittee succeeded in oleo,
ing the Washington, steam tog, by which vessel a '.ndaru
,
of the clergy and laity, including the Venerable Arc- F eerrelc?.
M'Encree, the' Rev. Messrs. O'Connell, Sheehy, 1)
and Sheridan, Messrs. 'Cal'aghen (Crown proseout
Macnamara. Fitzpatrick, Arkins, Curtis, Dolman, ;10
proceeded to sea. Shortly after p issirg the r[ea"'h' • to
Pitcenis was desctied in the distrtn.e, and three heart,Ynce-dtelg;
were immediately given by those on board the Wasu'"
Loud cheers were interchanged between the vessels, an Ivo
the appearance of the .Archbishop on click, the apPl"gr the'
redoubled. At about twenty minutes past four .0 ,
17qh-
Phoeniz came to anchor in Neutral Bay, and the :::an
ilizton having brought up alongside, the pally'r 0-
Sytheey boarded the former vessel an I. immediately P;
ceeded to the cabin, on .entering which his Gree,,Pm°o
nounetel oe;er them the following _benediction : and
the peaCe and Messing of God descend uTon Yl'isbop
Shortly after five o'clock.
remain with yon.'f
accompanied by the Dr. Gregory, the 17,,5i,
the Arch -.ea,
J. Keating, M. jtorist),
_and H. Cultist (previously
on,
dents in the colony, and ths4, Revs. J. MeGirr, P. e:enitee
P. ()Wee, and M Atby (new arrivals), together w,‘; sb..
deputation from - Sydney, procee'ded on board the N.
tie to
ington. His grace, on stepping on the stage leadirliele
the quay, was received by the .I::rethren of the
Guild of St. Joseph and St. Mary,. knee. , iced,
Por t
The Archbishop, with Dr. Gregory
sterteaot
of
entered his GraCe's carriage, and immediatelY
slow pace along the quay, amidst the vociferesna chee;rir'was
the assemblage, to St. Mare's Cathedral. The c:wer'n7 pro.
loud, and ft equently repeated throughout the rnitt`:' jor
cession, and on appro'ching the cathedral the bells reXe ' ered
ous peal. Having arrived at St. Mary's, his Grace cu.! ofl
by the west door, according to established ord:be.,l,e'ee
.the return of an Archbishop to his diocese. ge '*--aacr
diately entered an ante-room on the left,t that:
was robed At this time the rush was so gree
it was found necessary forcibly to close the doors' e up.
grace, having been robed in full canonicals, pr
urdf tree'
the passage to the altar, while the choir played
duction to the Te Deum. The doors were again to'
open, and in a few minutes the cathedral was crowd
aod-
overflowing, On his grace entering the saee:aallieref
taking his position on the right of the altar, with the c7efeie
in front, the choir commenced the Te.Dcum, thelerg-k,
and responses to which were chanted by the Bevo:race
O'Connell. At the conclusion of the Te Deutabiiri. elf
ascended his. throne, and Mr. 3. H. Plunkett irnalew,'-ete,d
stepped forward from the body of the cathedrals elt,i the
the sanctuary, and, standing. before his grace, re' of
address of welcome agreed- to by the Roman Catboli
iresg
e
Sydney, in public meeting assembled. A second ad 1,../ea
bre 'O,l
was next presented by Mr E. I. Ruhie, from the
of the Australian Holy Catholic Guild of St; ‘l3erecit
St. Joseph. To both these addresses the Most nrreen-
Prelate made a most f, cling and appropriale rePlY'reo
hiding in these words-" Accept my, thanks fall not
more.
You have expressed your joy at my return ; it sha,ellect rho
my fault. if- ever we are separated • again.
A.ehbishop-. attend to his duties; let the -
attend to theirs; -and let the- faithful of oil, to
also attend to their duties ; each accortilDs all,
his vocation, and all. will be well. Then Tn3Ybectis
witnessing elle beautiftil oider which prevails thrctotei
the church of God, exclaim, How beteitiful.are thy mem
0 Israel.' Let us remember -and
5P
our privileges, a pole,
forth ' en this dark and nemey-getting generation,'as 3 13, to
-
who have their best affections fixed on God, and their
conseqeence, have but one desire, which is to to
duty to each other, to the church, and to society, and
act in pert ct conformity with 1-lis adorable will? the
Grace then pronounced the apostolic benediction, au"

congregatioa. separated

THE CASE OF THE SCHOMBER(

On the 16th of January last, Captain J. N. Forbes' '-tfor
of the unfortunate ship Scho nberg, appeared at to
Williamstown police court, Melbourne, to answer
complaints preferred by several of the passengers, three,
Mr. Broad, the government emigration officer, of the o
.
litp
ficiency in the quantity and the inferiority of the qua
„
of the provisions suppled to than on • the pase6 •ti
considerable number of persons were present, the tolJor
.ncr.,4,
of whom appeared to be interested in the proeeed,:f the'
Captain Forbes was present, and also Mr. MurPhYllos,(l,
Melbourne house of Mackay, B sines & Co. iteacl;
conducted the case for the prosecution, and Mr; guts,'
solicitor, appeared for the defence. Mr. Broaa
genger
that the information had b en laid under the Pe'R`,..tobcr
Act, 1855, which came into operation on the Ist of 0,-s the
last in the United Kingdom. The Schomberg vv‘_°' aut•
first. ship which ' came under the provisions or tti!,lcreas
The principal peculiarity of the new act was, that w were
by the act of 1852, three quarts of water per dalYt" tea
allowed to passengers, the new act provided ta3.o be
gallons additional tor every hundred passengers elift
put on board for cooking purposes. The new - act'
provided for a More liberal dietary scale than the ° the
The information was laid gilder the
.a 35th sectlo3 ;•., the,
new act. The hearing occupied Lieut. Pascoe, „ &ado'
authority under the statute, two days, and was eCin,g were
on Friday, the 18th of January. A host of witne3st- rho`
examined in, suppert of ,the information. " dieter/
testimony was of a most conflicting and cont,ra,gree:
character, in short no two witnesses seemed to be. excel
One condemned the `pea-soup, another declared loped
lent, a third objected to the pork, ' a 'fOurth COI excel'
the beef, others thought the provisions in fraera is the
lent, and the weight of the evidence was certainly to
direction. As to the supply of water, it was 9 decide"'
have been adequate, allowance being
tions,from each passenger for cooking purPc'ets'befort:,
evidence having closed, Lieut. Pascoe stated tha',,,,rioo;
this case came on he could not help hearing very r-pr
fwa.- ~,
grievances relative to the insufficient supply ° bncabe'a
provisions to the passengers by the ill-fated Se—soue.;
the.provisions also having been described ?-s„nullud frpfee
but hehad studiously eudeavOured to keep b's
from prejudice in the matter, one way or the et-,- but
wag
had. given the charges very patient investigation.oe
must say they were totally unproven, and. the
dismissed.
made .for the To

PRESENTATION TO THE REV. A. LODE.

••••••••••1
On Friday last the parishioners of Rhuddian rnet,
- th
e
their
late curate, the Rev. A. Lodge, at the Marsh len, f aces
purpose of presenting the rev. gentleman with an 0
nunit
and a testimonial of their esteem. The co tee °-
th
*eat
parishioners, on whom the pleasing duty dev--" 119
down to a cold collation, under the presidency of IkIr• —e of
who officiated in the absence, from severe indisposition,
v•
Mr. Roberts, of the Abbey. After the health of the tee
gentleman had been duly toasted and received with t.°e4l.
honours, the address and testimonial were Presenai e
The address, beautifully engrossed on vellum, was 113