The Northern Daily Times.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1853-11-15 00:00:00

PROFESSOR MAURICE.

The following letter has been addressed by Mr. Maurice
to the Council of King's College, and was laid before them
at their meeting on Saturday :
"TO THE COUNCIL OF KING'S COLLEGE.

" 21, Queen-square, Bloomsbury, Nov. 7, 1853.
"My Lords and Gentlemen—l have received from the
secretary of King's College, a copy of certain resolutions
respecting me, which were adopted at the last meeting of
the council.
"Under ordinary circumstances, it would be my duty at
once to resign offices which the legislative body of the col-
lege has declared that I cannot hold without serious
detriment to its usefulness. But the council is aware,
and the public is now also aware, that certain definite
charges have been brought against me by the Principal, upon
the strength of which he asked that I should be excluded
from my professorship. These • charges amounted to a
declaration that I had departed from the orthodox faith.
He alleged, as his reasons for this grave charge, that I did
not accept a meaning of the word eternal' which he con-
sidered to be the only right one, and that I refused to draw
certain consequences from that meaning, or to pronounce an
opinion upon a subject on which the Articles of the Church
of England have not pronounced one.
" The decision of the council, as it avowedly takes cog-
nisance of the opinions which I expressed on this subject in
my ' Theological Essays' and in my 6orrespondence with the
Principal, can be understood to amount to nothing less than
a condemnation of me upon the grounds which are ex-
pressed in the Principal's letter. The Council must be
deemed to have accepted the propositions in that letter, and
to require that all its professors should accept them likewise.
The Principal evidently shares in this opinion. When I
wrote to inquire whether my lectures were to be continued
till my successors were appointed, he answered that I had
better discontinue them froth the day on which the resolu-
tions of the council were passed. He pronounced this de-
cision though he had officially commanded me to be present
at the opening of the term, and to commence my usual
courses, retracting an unofficial letter in which he had re-
commended me to ask for leave of absence. I submit that
a person ordinarily so courteous to the professors of the col-
lege, and so tender of the interests of the students, would not
have thus summarily suspended a teacher whom, with a full
knowledge of his opinions, he had invited tu be a lecturer in
the theological department, and who had served the college
in the other department for 13 years—that he would not
have interrupted the studies of the term, and forced me to
break an implicit engagement with those who are taking
part in them—if lie had not believed that he was executing
an ecclesiastical sentence upon a convicted heretic.
"I cannot, my lords and gentlemen, believe that, great as
are the privileges which the right reverend bench has con-
ceded to the Principal of King's College, their lordships the
bishops ever intended to give him an authority superior to
their own superior to that of the Articles by which they are
bound - I cannot think that they wished to constitute him
and the council arbitors of the theology of the English
Church. Such a claim would be as alarming I apprehend,
to the public as to our ecclesiastical rulers. If some parents
have been suspicious of the influence which I might exercise
over their sons, I believe that there are few parents in Eng-
land who will not complain that the college has departed
from its original principle, when it gives such a scope to the
private judgment of its chief officer, or even to the judg-
ment of the body which manages its affairs.
" I think it due, then, to my own character as a clergy-
man, to the interests of the college, and to the liberties of
the English Church, that I should call upon the Council, if
they pronounce a theological sentence upon me at all, to de-
clare what Article of our faith condemns my teaching. I
conjure them not to use any phrases in condemning me
which they would reject as loose and vague if the property
or the life of a fellow-citizen were in question. Whether I
have unsettled the faith of my pupils, by giving an interpre-
tation of the word eternal' which I had maintained to be
true (and especially. important for students in divinity) be-
fore I was asked to join the theological department, the after
lives of those pupils must determine. But if I have violated
any law of the Church, that law can be at once pointed out
—the nature of the transgression can be defined, without
any reference to possible tendencies and results. It is this
justice, and not any personal favour, my lords and gentle-
men, which I now request at your hands.—l have the honor
to be, my lords and gentlemen, your obedient servant,
" P. D. MAunrcE."
" P.S. —I have requested the secretary to lay before the
Council some copies of my letter to the Principal, to which
I have added some notes. I would respectfully call the
attention of the council to note B, page 31, of the pam-
phlet."
After reading this letter, the council decided that they did
not think it necessary to enter further into the subject; and
declared the two chairs held by Mr. Maurice in the college
to be vacant.

IRELAND.

(PROM OUR OWN CORRESPONDENT.)

DUBLIN, MONDAY EVENING.

MIGRATION.—Over three thousand emigrants
left Cork during the last month. This number may
seem large, but there is no doubt that the total
amount of those who are now leaving Ireland shows
a decrease with for Mer years.
FIRE.—A serious conflagration broke out yester-
day Dominick-street, and was with difficulty pre-
vented, from spreading. As it was, one house was
completely destroyed, another injured, and the in-
mates of both only escaped narrowly.
KELLY V. Buteu.—The hearing of, this case which
is going.on in the
,Court of Chancery, haS been al-
lowed to stand over for a week.
IMPORTANT SHIPPING CASE.—The argument in
the case of Rodoconachi v. Sodorholm, is at present
going on in the Court of Common Pleas, and ex-
cites considerable interest amongst mercantile
parties. The facts are, that in the month of August
last, the defendant, who was the captain of a ship
which sailed from Burgos, bound to Falmouth and
Cork, with a cargo of wheat; that he put into
Constantinople, where he was obliged to make
some repairs on his ship ; and in order to enable
him to pay the expense of this he sold a portion of
his cargo, a moiety of the proceeds of which went
towards the repairs of the vessel, and the re-
mainder to himself. . This was done under an ad-
judication of the Swedish Consul. On the arrival
of the defendant in this country, he was arrested at
the suit of the plaintiffs, the owners of the cargo,
for the value of the portion sold, and lodged in
gaol under the 'judge's fiat.
The present motion was to get the plaintiff out
of custody, and Mr Macdonogh, Q. C., his counsel,
dwelt at great length on the subject—the chief
question in dispute being, whether Courts of Jus-
tice in this country should be bound by the deci-
sions of foreign. tribunals in the regulation of
" general averages." ,
CLONMEL ELECTION —Messrs John Reynolds,
and John. O'Connell, are canvassing the electors.
The League deputation have also arrived in the
town, but have not been well received. Mr.
M'Carthy of Cork, and Mr. Carew O'Dwyer, are
" talked of."

THE Snip KOSSIITIL—The exertions to cleanse
this ship of disease, are unremitting, and have
been very successful. There are but five cases of
cholera and ten of diarrluea on board the hospi-
tal hulk. On Thursday morning, a young woman
on board the Kossuth was taken ill, and died
within four hours. Much excitement has been
felt by the country people in the neighbourhood of
Queenstown, it being discovered that the dead re-
moved from the vessel, were interred at Ballymore
Cemetery. It beinci understood that three were to
be buried on Thursday night, a large crowd assem-
bled to prevent the bodies being landed, and, to
prevent a riot, the police had to be called out.

A LADY LAWYER.—The Cleveland Plaindealer says, that
Mrs. Emma R: Coe, has been pursuing a course of legal
studies, for the purpose of herself for the practice
of that profession.
On reading the quotation which closes the manifesto just
issued by the Emperor of Russia, the Sultan relieved his
mind in Turkish verse, of which the following is a literal
translation

" Setting off on your wars, you sing a Te Deu;n,
AS if you'd already made tuunt of mourn;
Just now you prefer the accusative case,
But the nominative soon will appear in its place ;
For (not to observe that this terrible fuss
Will certainly prove in the end Te-dious),
Those who chant out Te Deum at matins must, later,
At vespers sing small Deus miseratur."
WOMEN AND LADIES.—In the days of our fathers there
were such to be met with as men and women; but now
they are all gone, and in their place a race of gentlemen
and ladies—or, to be still more refined, a race of " ladies
and gentlemen" has sprung up. Women and girls are
among the things that were ; but "ladies " are found every-
where. Miss Martineau, wishing to see the women wards
in a prison in Tennessee, was answered by the warden "we
have no ladies here at present, madam." Now so far as the
ladies were concerned, it was very well that none of them
were in prison; but then it sounds a little odd, ladies in—
prison ! It would seem bad enough for women to be in such
a place. A lecturer, discoursing upon the characteristics of
woman, illustrated thus :—Who were the last at the cross ?
Ladies. Who were the first at the sepulchre ? Ladies.
On the modern improvement we have heard but of one
thing that beats the above. It was the finishing touch to
a marriage ceremony performed by an exquisite divine up
to all modern refinements. ' When he had thrown the chain
of Hymen around the happy couple, he concluded by saying,
"I now pronounce you husband and lady." The audience
stuffed their handkerchiefs into their mouths and got out
of the room as quickly as possible to take their breath.—
Washington (N. C.) Cain.

POLICE COURTS.-YESTERDAY.

LIVERPOOL.

Richard Richards was charged by sub-constable, ,1,84,
under the following circumstances :—lt appeared-lifat as
the constable and another were on duty in Tithebaru-street,
on Sunday, they met the prisoner, linked with three other
men, coming down the street. On passing, the prisoner
observed that he did not care a d—n about the police or any
one else, and meeting, a few yards further on, three sailors,
who were coming in the opposite direction, he dashed up
against them, and nearly knocked down one of them. A
.row then ensued, and the result was that one of the parties
who was with the prisoner, stabbed one of the sailors in a
very savage manner. The prisoner, who is a pig-drover,
was drunk at the time and had a large sum of money about

The magistrate severely censured him, and pointed out
the sad consequences which might have resulted from his
conduct. lie was fined ss. for being drunk.

STABBBNG.— William Christie, a butcher, living in
Rose-Place, and Matthews, two of the parties who were
with the above prisoner, were subsequently put forward, and
charged with assaulting John Keane, the sailor. Keane
attended in Court, and appeared to be much exhausted from
the blood he had lost. The first stab opened his cheek
from the chin to the eye ; he was then stabbed in the ear
and head; and the third stab, which he received in the back
of the head and neck, inflicted a wound nearly two inches
deep._ _ . _ _ -

Police-officer 184 stated the circumstances out of which
the occurrence arose, and which, are detailed in the fore-
going case. He 'said that he had scarcely looked
at Richards, when he heard that Keane had been stabbed.
He immediately returned with his brother officer, and found
that the prisoner had taken refuge in a yard. Failing
to effect an entrance, they waited outside for some time,
when Christie came out; and the moment he appeared, the
by-standers shouted out that he was the man who had
used the knife. Upon this, Christie made off, but was
arrested by the officer at the corner of Smithfield-street.
Other witness also deposed to these facts, but none of
them could positively swear that Christie was the man who
used the knife. The prisoners have been accordingly
remanded, to enable the police to produce a witness who
saw Christie open the penknife, which he afterwards
dropped after having stabbed Keane.
William Robinson, keeper of a brothel in Pellew-street
was charged with being drunk and disorderly on Sunday
night. The prisoner, who is a very violent character,
when brought to the bridewell, and abut to be locked up,
severely injured Mr. Kelly, the keeper, by kicking him on
the leg. For the present, Mr. Kelly has been completely
disabled, and he was obliged to take a cab in going to, and
returning from, the office. The prisoner was fined 40s.
and costs, or in default of payment, two months imprison-
ment.

John B. Burdick. was fined 11s. 3d. for endeavouring
to smuggle a small quantity of tobacco, from the steam-ship
" Asia.

COMMITMENTS. —Sarah Smith, for picking James Patti-
son's pocket of a sovereign, in a public house at Shaw's-brow,
on Saturday night, was committed for 21 days.
Henry King and William Smith were charged with, on
yesterday, stealing 301bs. of clean tallow, value 155., from
the ship "Charles," lying in Bramley-Moore Dock. King
was ship-keeper, and Smith an apprentice on board the ship.
The case was very clearly proved, and the magistrates ex-
pressed their indignation that a man holding the situation of
ship-keeper, and drawing good wages, should have been
guilty of so flagrant a breach of trust. King was com-
mitted for one month, and Smith was remanded.

Charles Johnson was convicted for having, on yesterday
morning, at a sailors' boarding-house, kept by Ann Adding,
52, Park-lane, attempted to abscond with a full suit of
clothes, the property of a fellow boarder, and was sentenced
to three months' imprisonment with hard labour, in the
house of correction.

John Byrne, a boy nine years of age, who, at seven o'clock
on Saturday evening, was found concealed under a bed, in
an apartment in the house of Margaret Williams' Grenville-
street, with two bundles of valuable household linen and
Nearing apparel made up ready to carry off, was sentenced
to three months' imprisonment in the house of correction.

Patrick Joyce, convicted of having, on Saturday evening,
at six o'clock, stolen 6 lb. of copper nails from the ship
" Severn," lying in the Clarence Graving dock, was sen-
tenced to three months' imprisonment.
_ _

Martin 11PGinness and .Patrick Connell were charged with
stealing three sacks of potatoes from the Nelson dock, which
had been recently unloaded from the " Telegraph" steamer,
of Belfast, and the property of Owen M'Cabe. They em-
ployed a little boy and a donkey cart to remove the property
to a cellar in Chartres-street, where they sold them. The
boy proved to the two prisoners having loaded the cart with
the potatoes. M‘Ginuess had been in the employment of
At‘Cabe as carter; this being a bad case of fraud and felony,
he was sentenced to three months' imprisonment, and Con-
nell to one month.

Joseph Bethel, for having in his possession, on Sunday
night, 30 lb. weight of coal, for which he could not account,
was sentenced to be imprisoned for one month.
REMANDS.—Nicholas Maunder, a Greek seaman, was re-
manded, charged with, on Sunday evening, robbing a fellow-
countryman of ,C 6 10s. and a suit of clothes, in a lodging-
house to which he had decoyed him.
Ellen Good was remanded, charged with, on Friday, steal-
ing a mantle value £4 10s., from Jane Price, of John-street.
James Cross, John Harrison, and William Lioge, were
charged with stealinc, a quantity of bedding and wearing
apparel from the West Derby Workhouse. They were not
paupers in the house, but were on the labour test. The
only evidence being an admission of guilt by Ligoe, he was
remanded for seven days, and the other two discharged.
James Mullin was remanded, charged with having, at a
quarter to nine on Saturday night, picked the pocket of a
woman named Mary Williams, in Great Charlotte-street, of
fifteen shillings.
STEALING mom A CHILD. —Mary Ann Bowers, a young
girl, was charged with stealing a string of coral beads, value
IGs., at five o'clock on Saturday afternoon, from the neck of
an interesting little girl about eight years old, named Mary
Ann M'Kennely, whose parents live in 'Williamson-street,
Church-street. She had decoyed this child out of a shop,
the little one having an infant in her charge, by giving the
baby an apple, and pretending that she was about purchas-
ing a cake for it. She brought the child into a bird shop,
and there took off the necklace. Mr. John Benosi, pawn-
broker, 65, Paradise-street, deposed that on the same evening
prisoner offered the beads for sale. He suspected something
from seeing the initial letters of a name engraved on the
golden clasp, and very promptly gave the girl in charge to
an officer. Soon after, the mother of the child came into his
shop to look after the lost ornament. The magistrate said
a clearer case had never been proved, and a very bad case it
was. The magistrates on that bench had made it a practice
to punish very severely parties who robbed children of their
wearing apparel or ornaments. He should follow their
example, by sentencing this girl to three months imprison-
ment in the House of Correction.

DISCOVERY OF GOLD SUPPOSED .TO BE STOLEN.—
Margaret Evans was charged by an officer under the
following circumstances :—He had received informa-
tion of a serious robbery of sovereigns from the person
of a gentlemn by a prostitute, at 39, Peter-street, and
at the same time a description of the girl. On Sunday
morning, at six o'clock, he arrested the prisoner in White-
chapel, she answering the description accurately.
He told her what he wanted her for, and asked her had she
any money on her, this she at first denied, but she afterwards
said she had fourteen shillings which her uncle had given
her out of his wages on Saturday to take care of for him.
The officer then felt about her breast and perceiving a hard
lump, he made the girl draw forth a small parcel which he
soon found to contain a sum of seventeen sovereigns and
one pound ten shillings and elevenpence in silver and copper.
On going to the house in Peter-street, he found an overcoat
which he supposed the gentleman had left behind him.
The person robbed had not given his name nor address, but
in the coat was found a card which it is thought will
furnish a clue to find him. The girl was therefore remanded
for seven days. Mr. Wybergh said the suspicions agaiust
her were increased by the fact of her having two attorneys,
Messrs. Campbell and Bluck, to defend her.
_ _

CHARGE of ATTEMPTED BURGLARY.--.Tohn Thompson,
Michael Walshe, and George Cusack, charged by detective
officers Russell and Patrick with attempting a burglarious
entry at the back of the premises of Messrs. Litherland and
Davies, Bold-street, on Sunday, the 6th inst., as detailed by
us at the time, were again put forward from remand. A
" jemmy," some skeleton keys and lock-picks were produced
and the evidence again gone over. The magistrates said
that there was no shadow of doubt that the evidence con-
nected all. these parties together in a daring attempt at
burglary. The circumstance of being three times found
attempting an entry were too glaring, and it was not likely
that they could be lurking about back doors on a Sunday
evening, when people were supposed to be at divine service,
for any thing but an evil purpose. It was their duty as
magistrates to endeavour to protect the public, and as the
prisoners were well known and daring thieves, they should
be deprived of an opportunity during the.three next months
of long dark nights of carrying their plans of plunder
into effect. They would therefore sentence them to three
months' imprisonment each in the house of correction under
the vagrant act.