Northern Times.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1860-02-18 00:00:00

CONVOCATION OF THE CHURCH.

Both houses met on Thursday morning for the
transaction of business.
THE UPPER HOUSE.
The Archbishop of Canterbury presided in the
Upper House, which met in Queen Anne's Bounty
eff:2. There were also present the Bishops of
St. David's, Oxford, Lincoln, Norwich, Bath and
Wells, Salisbury, Bangor, Llandaff, and Chi-
chester.
REVISION OF THE LITURGY.-EPISCOPAL AND
CLERICAL PROTESTS.

The Bishop of Oxford presented a petition, very
extensively signed by clergymen of all parties in
the Established Church, in which the petitioners
say :—" We humbly pray your venerable body,
should the subject be submitted to your conside-
ration, to resist to the utmost the introduction of
changes into the Prayer-book."
The Bishop of Oxford, in presenting the peti-
tion, said he might venture to remark that he
agreed-entirely in its prayer. He called the at-
tention of the house to the petition of 463 clergy-
men, who had petitioned for a revision of the
Liturgy. He thought that when the docunient
was closely examined some remarkable facts con-
nected with it would come out. There were many
names appended to that document which
would, if carefully examined, shake any
weight which might otherwise be attached to it.
There was, if he might say so, an unweighty
character about many of the names appended
to the document. Set side by side with that
paltry petition was the marvellous unity of es-
pression of feeling upon which thousands of the
clergy had laid aside all those difficulties which
men usually felt in placing their names to any
document which might be doubtful in some of its
expressions, and had declared an overwhelming
desire that the Church might be
spared all the
suffering, and danger, and discord which might
be the result of doing anything that might shake
that marvellous composition the compiling of
which the spirit of God so manifestly traced—the
Reformed Book of Common Prayer of our
Church. (Hear, hear.)
The Bishop of Chichester said that the clergy
of his diocese had strongly declared against an/
alteration of •the Liturgy. He did not mean to'
say there were not one or two, or some of the
deaneries who were not in favour of revision on
small points, but all were opposed to a general
revision.
The Archbishop Of Canterbury said that Con-
vocation, at a former meeting, had expressed its
opinion that there should not be a revision of the
Prayer-book, and he saw no reg,T.:: by that
be reversed. (Hear, hear.)
The Bishop of St. David's reminded their lord-
ships that the • form of prayer contained in the
Prayer-book was used over a great portion of the
globe, by churches in communion with the Church
of England, but still entirely independent of it.
He considered that some very great, clear, pal-
pable advantage should be held out to induce
them to take any step that would break the unit/
of the Church of England with those bodies, an.(l,
which might lead to schism in matters of
doctrine.
The Bishop of Llandaff presented similar peti
tions from the clergy of his diocese, but without
commenting upon them.
The petitions, after some conversation, were
ordered to lie on the table.
PROPOSAL FOR THE REVIVAL OF THE ACTIS
POWERS OF CONVOCATION.

The Bishop of Oxford said he had been re-
quested by the Bishop of Exeter .to present
petition from the deanery of East Cornwall, in
the diocese of Exeter, on a subject which their
lordships had previously discussed—namely, that
of the 29th canon, which prohibited parents from
standing as sponsors to their children. The peti-
tioners urged that there could be no valid reason
for the rigid exclusion of parents from the sponsor-
ship, especially when they were communicants. lie
(the Bishop of Oxford) could not but feel, on
laying the petition on the table, that its scope
and prayer were valid, and, without taking all
inconsiderate action about it, he hoped the bishops
would consider whether the case was not one on
which Convocation might apply for the license of
the Queen to revise that canon, it being under-
stood generally that it was a pressing grievance
upon the consciences of the clergy. If that license
were granted by her Majesty, there would be 110
more sittings of Convocation than there were '
present; and i("
t would have this important result,
that it would enable Convocation to remove one
givat practical grievance of the Church. At pre-
sent he would not found any motion upon it.
The petition was received, and, after the trails:
action of some business of no general interest,
their lordships adjourned.

THE LOWER HOUSE.
The members of the Lower House assembled
in the Lower House ; the Dean of Bristol acting
as prolocutor.

CHURCH-RATES.
Archdeacon Hale presented a report from the
committee on church-rates. The report, inter
states—" That the opposition to church-
rates, as well as its success, is attributable to two
distinct causes—First, the weakness of the eccle-
siastical law and the inadequacy of its system of
jurisprudence to control the proceedings of ,
popular vestries and to give due support to the
churchwardens in levying rates from parties re-
fusing payment of rates legally made ; and,
secondly, to the unwillingness of the inhabitants
of district parishes and chapelries to support the
mother churches, the use of which they no longer
require. That, for the remedy of these evils, it is
expedient that the jurisdiction in respect of the
assessment and levy of church-rates should be
transferred to the civil courts ; that districts
making their own church-rates should no longer
be rateable to the mother parish, and that church,'
rates should be collected in the same manner 90
by the same authority as the poor-rate."
The report was, after some discussion, agreed
to, and it will in due course be presented to the
Upper House..
SPECIAL SERVICES.
The house then proceeded for some hours to
discuss the report of the joint committee on special
services.
The subject occupied the house until its adjourn'
meat at six o'clock.

TRANSXTLANTIC TELEGRIPH.—It is stated that
another attempt is to be made to link England and tbe
United States together by a telegraphic cable. At the
annual meeting of the Atlantic Telegraph CompatT
(announced for the 29th instant), a proposition will u`
made for enabling the directors, " either with the wh°lB
or with a portion of the shareholders, or with °the!,
persons,' to make arrangements for raising the injurl
portion of the cable, and for making another effort, 0,
summer, to complete the original undertaking of to
company.
A NOVELTY IN WOOLLEN CLOTH MANUFACTIIO:;;;:
At the Leeds Chamber of Commerce meeting, on rbe:t
nesday, Mr. Daruton Lupton, the president, said
a Frenchman had submitted to him a piece of cloth,
3
inches in width, which he affirmed he could produebe
3s. per yard. This price, he need not inform the,
3s.
Chamber, was extraordinarily low for such a
width. e
cloth. The principle was the adoption of a Macillnd
which wrapped a woollen thread round a cotton tbrea
and this produced a fabric looking like woollen, an
which the Frenchman said he could produce at the Pricid
he (Mr. Lupton) had named. He (Mr. Lupton) t°
the inventor that his best plan would be to take 011:10
patent, and then send the machine to Leeds, where r
Chamber of Commerce would find room and P's!rei;.
with the object of testing the value of the inventicoed
The difficulty manufacturers had hitherto expel:l°l,o
was in getting the fabric on to the gigs, and lf
be
machine would obviate that inconvenience, it woula,_A
of great value to this district. It was ultimately dce..lo?"be
to recommend the subject to the consideration o.t
Woollen, Association. connection with the Chamber.

!MUTISH AND NORTH ASIERICAN ROYAL MAIL

STEAIVIERS.

eN"NOTICE.

The Steamers for Halifax and Boston are intended to call at
Cork Harbour, on both Outw-
ovd and Homeward passages, to
receive and land Mails,
fin and after the 31st March next the New York Steamers
are intended to call at Cork Harbour on both outward and
homeward passages, to receive and land Mails.
Freight by the Mail Steamers to Halifax and Boston and to New
York direct, £3 Per ton and 5 per cent. primage.
Freight on Parcels ss. each and upwards, according to size.
Parcels for different Consignees, collected and made up : fie
Packages, addressed to one party for delivery in America, tor
the purpose of evading the payment of freight, will, upo,, ex-
amination in America by the Customs, be charged with the
proper freight.

The BRITISH AND NORTH AMERICAN ROYAL MAIL
STEAM-PACKET COM r ANY draw the attention of Shippers
and Passengers to the 329th section of the New Merchant
Shipping Act, which is as follows :
"No person shall be entitled to carry in any ship, or to
require the master or owner of any ship to carry therein,
Aquafortis, Oil of Vitrol, Gunpowder, or any other Goods
Which, in the judgment of such master or owner, arc of a dan-
gerous nature ; and if any person carries or sends by any ship
any goods of a dangerous nature, without distinctly marking
eir nature on the outside of the package containing the same,
or otherwise giving notice in writing to the master or owner,
at or before the time of carrying or sending the same to be
shipped, he shall for every such offence incur a penalty not
exceeding £100; and the master or owner of any ship may
refuse to take on board any parcel that he suspects to contain
goods of a dangerous nature, and may require them to be
opened to ascertain the fact."

BRITISH AND NORTH AMERICAN ROYAL MAIL STEAM

SHIPS. ,
APPOINTED BY THE ADMIRALTY
4i,\
, _ To sail between
•41 it„..., LIVERPOOL AND NEW YORK DIRECT
And between
-...-.- '...'', _ LIVERP 4OL AND BOSTON,
The Boston Ships only CALLING at HALIFAX, to land and
receive Passengers and her Majesty's Mails.

Captain
AFRICA Neil Shannon
AMERICA W. F. Millar
NIAGARA Alex. r.yrie
EUROPA John Leitch
,Captain Thomas Small.

SCOTIA (new
Captain
PERSIA C. H. E. Judkins.
ARABIA James Stone.
ASIA Edwd. G. Lott.
CANADA W. J. C. Lang.
CAMBRIA

ship, building).

The under-noted or other Vessels are appointed to Sail •
From LIVERPOOL. 1860
' • AFRICA For New York Saturday Feb. 18
AMERICA For Halifax and Boston .Saturday Feb. 25
ASIA For New York Saturday Mar. 3
CANADA For Halifax and Boston .Saturday Mar. 10
*ARABIA For New York Saturday Mar. 17
NIAGARA For Halifax and Boston .Seturday Mar. 24
PERSIA For New York Saturday Mar. 33
• Taking passengers and goods for Nassau and Havannah, to
be transferred at New York on board the R.M. S.S.
KARNAK.

From AMERICA.

AMERICA From Boston ...
ASIA Fion New York
CANADA From Boston
ARABIA From New York
EUROPA From Boston ......

.Wednesday... Feb. 8
.Wednesday... Feb. 15
.Wednesday... Feb. 22
.Wednesday ...Feb. 29
.Wednesday ..Mar. 11

The Passengers and Goods for New York are intended to be
landed at Jersey City, within the jurisdiction of the Custom-
house of New York.

PASSAGE MONET FROM LIVERPOOL TO HALIFAX AND BOSTON.
Chief Cabin Twenty-two Pounds.
Second Cabin Sixteen Pounds.
TO NEW YORK DIRECT.
Chief Cabin Twenty-six Pounds.
Second Cabin Eighteen Pounds.
These rates include Steward's Fee and Provisions, but without
Wines or Liquors, which can 15e obtain ad on board.
These Steam-ships have accommodation for a limited number
of Second Cabin Passengers.
Passengers are allowed twenty cubic feet of personal luggage
free of freight ; but the agents do not guarantee to reserve room
for more than thatquantity, and they will be charged freight on
thei Personal luggage when it exceeds half a ton measurement.
'Fb*lrl To prevent disappointment or difficulty, passengers are
respectfully informed that packa.ges of merchandise will not be
allowed to be shipped as luggage, or with their luggage.
Passengers are not permitted to go on board by the steamer
that takes the mail.
Parcels will be received at the Office of the Agents here until
olx o'clock on the Friday evenings previous to sailing.
__Letters for Consignees or others must pass through the Post-
oole e. None will be received at the Office of the Agents.
AP-Ply, in Halifax, to Sir Samuel Cunard, Bart. ;in Boston, to
and I. G. Bates ;•in New York, to Ed. Canard ; in Havre,
Donald Currie, 21, Quai d' Orleans ; in Paris, to Donald Currie,
tf Place de la Bourse ; in London, to J. B. Foord, 52, Old
ti'orfe -street •1 in Glasgow, to G. and J. Burns ; in Queenstown,
and C. Mac Iver ; and in Liverpool to
D. and C. MAC IVER, 8, Water-street.
DT11,,,e , AFRICA will start for NEW YORK DIRECT, THIS
(Saturday), the 18th inst.—The steam-tender Satellite
. leave the Landing-stage, opposite the Baths, George's-
fitxr, that day, at Half-past Eight o'clock Morning, with the
4asetigers for the Afr.ca.

IIItITISH AND NORTH AMERICAN ROYAL MAIL
STEAM PACKET COMPANY.
STEAMERS
BETWEEN
LIVERPOOL AND UNITED STATES.
JURA Captain Moodie.
ETNA Captain Anderson.
11„ ECLA Captain Macarthur.
..USTRALA SIAN Captain Hockly.
Screwe AUSTRALASIAN, Captain Hockly, (or other first-class
Steamer,) will be despatched from Liverpool for
NEW YORK, DIRECT,
(Without calling at Cork,)
On Saturday February 25.
Freight, £3 per ton, and 5 per cent. primage, payable here ;
.in America at $4 80c. to the pound sterling. Coarse goods
byagreement.
~.„.ktoods will be received at the loading berth, west side
.o,liskisson Dock. •
Apply in Halifax Sir S. Cunard,
Edward Boston to E.
and I. G. Bates tin New York, to Cunard ; in
ttavre, to Donald Currie, 21, Quai d'Orleans ; in Paris, to
Pollak' Currie, 12, Place de la Bourse ; in London, to J. B.
roord, 52, Old Broad-street ;in Glasgow, to G. and Burns,
9, Buchanan-street ; or, in Liverpool, to
D. & C. MAC IVER, 8, Water-street.

STEAM COMMUNICATION BETWEEN LIVERPOOL

AND HAVRE.
Loading Berth, West Side Huskisson Dock.
• CAMBRT A. Capt. M'Arthur.
BALBEC Captain Little.
. i BRITISH QUEEN

STROMBOLI

.Captain Cook.

Or other flrst-class steamers, are intended to sail (with or
without pilots) WEEKLY, to HAVRE, direct, as follows:
BALBEC Monday February 20 at 9 a.m.

For particulars, apply in Havre to Donald Currie, 21, Quai'
d'Orleans ; in Paris, to Donald Currie, 12, Place de la
Bourse ; in London, to J. B. Foord, 52, Old Broad-street; in
Glasgow, to G. and J. Burns, 9, Buchanan-street ; in Manches-
ter, Lo Jno. Walker, 47A, Market-street; or here, to
BURNS and MACIVER. I, Rumford-street.
" Shippers are required to send a shipping note with each
cart-load of goods, and must describe on it the contents of
the package•.