The Northern Daily Times.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1857-05-19 00:00:00

The King will, no doubt, bare made a merit of I
necessity. .
Die following despatch has been received !--
''BERNE
.11Ay 16.
.

"In reply to a demand made Ili for by the Federal
Council, the Government of the Canton of Neufchatel has
declared that it could make no further concessions with
rezard to the ecclesiastical property. Oa this point the
concessions had been extended to the utmost limits.
The go*ernmentilf Neufchatel declares, •tuneover, that
it approVes the draft of the treaty transmitted to Berne by
the Conference of Paris."
Degpatches have been received, announcing that
the steam corvette Phlegeton; which was sent from
France tip reinforce the fleet in the Chinese seas,
arrived on the kh March at the Cape of Good
Hope; and that the offs 'ers were reek ived with
great hospitality by the British authoritie4. It is
said the French Government has received intelli
gence from the Chinese seas that the Court of
Pekin endeavoured to ,draw the government of
Annarn.into the vi.iar with England. The Emperor.
ofAnnana, however, replied that he should observe
the strictest neutrality between the belligerents.
A. despatch frOm M idrid announces that at
the interview M. Lafragua, the Mexican envoy,
had with the Minister for Foreign Affairs, the
bases of a dcthtito arfangetniqit had been agreed to.

Carpentier, imp'icaied in the great frauds com-
mitted on the Northern Railway Company, arrived
this morning in Paris from Havre.

AUSTRIA.

VIENNA, MAY 15.

By a Medina' bulletin published at Buda, in the
evening of the 13th inst., we learn that the little
Archduchess Giseila, Who is teething, has had
several convulsive fits. She was better yesterday,
but still their Moj,sties will remain 10 days longer
t,t Pesth than they originally intended. It is be-
lieved that the Imperial infant is already out of
danger, but a wiF.A.h to avoid pUtting his Hungarian
subjects to any unnecessary expense and inconve-
nience induced the Emperor at once to declare that
he had resolved to postpone his departge until
the 23d or 24th instant. _ _ _

5.30 P.M.

One of the cashiers of the Austrian National
Bank his disappeared, leaving u defl&it of between
200,000 fl and 300,000f1. His name is Reiter.

WIESEEIRE INTF,LLIGENOR.

THE WORKING MERS' OHIGRGH
Last night the annual soiree in connection With the
above congregation, now in existence about eighteen
months, under the pastorate of the Rev. C. P. M'Carths,
took place in the Argyle Rooms. The room was very
testefully decoeated with various insignia of the Orange
Order, sUpplied for the oecasion by a Liverpool lodge.
besides a testdftd variety of evergreens and national r tgs.
Immediately behind the illatfofm, We tietided lery,tasteful
banners, on which were inscribed PhsperitY to the
Churches of England and Scotland," " Prosper thou the
work of our hands," "Welcome the noble.army of :.martyrs,"
In commencing the buiineSs of the evening,
The ,Rev. Pr. thakeney read a note which he received
from Mr. A. linos, in&trdbettt of tirkenliead, stating the
great regret he felt in .being unable to proside at the
meeting, in consequence of his being obliged to meet with
the reverend bishop of the diocese at the Church
Missionary meeting in Liverpool. After reading the note
of apology, the Rev. Dr. Biakeney proceeded to state that
he felt greatly delighted with the eminent success that
had attended the ministrations and exertions put forth in
corniectiOn with ;he working men's church. The rev.
gentleman having stated that he required to Vacate the
Chair, iti Order to attend a meeting at Oxton, introduced

his biloilier,
The Rev. John Edward la_erley, aihd, in accepting
the honour done him, referred to the pleastiN he expe-
rienced in presiding over such a highly respectable meet-
ing. It, is our proud boast, said he, not only that the
working men of England are the bane and the einew of
the Church of England, but also that this section of the
church militant is that of the poor man. It has
done my eyes good to look round this room
and witness the many evidences, not excepting
the flags, that are apparent of Protestant loyalty,
and it has done my ears good to hear the Kentish fire so
unanimously joined in on the retireMent of tar. Blakeney.
.My heart is thordughly with your movement, more espe-
cial!' as, in the various tithes-that- I have officiated to
the working men of Birkenhead, I have Witnessed their
devotion, their attention, and their reverence while wor-
shipping in their humble Zion. The Church of England,
he was glad to observe, was giving more deserved atten-
tion to the erection of working men's churches in every
town in 'England, thus bidding a glorious defiance to the
twin sisttle—Romanistn and Infidelity, which, at the pre.
sent time, are going hand in tided in Conine a net round
the 'citadels of truth. He then, in a neat rua:iner, intro-
duced
Mr. E. Harper, E litor of the Constitutional, who entered
into an interesting review of the kindness he had 'experi-
enced among Protestants during the last few weeks in
England, and in particular the very great pli,,asure he had
enjoyed in, listetimg to the admirable lectures and sermons
delivered by the Rev. U. P. M'Carthy. Lookihe to the
position of the Working Biers' Church in Birkenhead,
the movement seemed to be divided into two parts—First,
the Sabbath-day services ; and second, the controversial
meetings held on Monday and Saturday evenings, by which
not only had much real useful information been promul—
gated among the Protestants, but, 'he was proud to say,
through these many converts from the Romish Church had
been made. This was an indisputable testimony as to the
success of the work in which their worthy and reverend
friend, Mr. M'Carthy, was engaged in. At one of these
meetings, said Mr Harper, a Roman Catholic, now a
ceinvert, admitt ed that out, of a spirig% of opposition. and
a desire to put down the Rev. C P. M'Carthy. he had com-
menced to read the Bible, and by this means had his eyes
opened to the errors of the Papacy. These meetings are a
great testimony in behalf of Protestantism, and tend very
much to shake the hearts of Roman Catholics, seeing that
none of their priests even have the manly fortitude to
combat the arguments poured forth against the Papacy
from week to week. Mr. Harper then remarked
pointedly on a recent article in the Nonconformist, touch-
ing a hew society started in London, the main object of
which evidently was to put down and overturn the
Established Church of England, and elevate Popery.
After some very apposite remarks on a few of
the leading Nonconformists and their doings, he resumed
his seat after 'urging on the working men and working
women of Birkenhead to rally round and support those
glorious princioles of the reformation, which bid defiance
to Infidelity, Popery, Socinianism, and the false liberalism
of liberal Protestants.
Mr. G. Lowe, author of a hymn sung at the opening of
the meeting, came forward, and in a very succinct manner,
introduced himself as a working man, connected with
the'working men's church here, and as such entitled to
the indulgence of the meeting. He glanced at the advan-
tages Which they enjoyed under the, ministrations of their
pastor, and pointed out the great measure of success that
had crowned his labours. In the course of his remarks,
Mr. L. specially showed that, while it was the bounden
duty of ministers to be zealous and industrious in the
good work and labour of love, it was equally incumbent
on the people to exercise every means of strengthening
.his hands and encouraging his heart. Mr. Lowe resumed
.his seat amid much enthusiasm.
The. Chairman having remarked that he felt gratified in
hearing a working man enunciate such noble truths as the
last speaker, then introduced
The Rev. C. P. M'Carthy, who took a retrospective
glance at the progress which had taken place since his
being located in Biekenhead, about five years. At that
time it was a fact, that the magistrates looked upon his
coming amongst the people as a controversialist, with
such suspicion, that they seriously considered it imperti-
nence in him to unfold the banner of Protestantism, and
launch out justifiable anathemas against the abominations
of the Church of Rove. Through the agency, however, of
a few loyal orangemen, he had gone on, and on, and'now he
had the high satisfaction to occupy a far different
position even in the estimate of those who were dubious as
to the result of his work. Through the kindness of the
Rev. Dr. Blakeney, their worthy chairman, and other
kind iriends, he had been enabled to persevere; and now
it was no egotism to say that at least sixteen parties are
present here to night who once on a day were within the
pale of the Church of Ream In the hands of the A.lmWAty
he had been the humble means of rescuing many from the
trammels of the Papacy. and ho hoped that his usefulness
in this respect was not likely to be at an end.
For the remaining remarks of the Rev. C. P. M'Carthy
and the Rev. Dr. Butler, )ate priest of St. Anthony's
Chapel and chamberlain to the Pope, we regret that we
cannot find space. We cannot close, however, without
remarking that the soiree was most - successfully and
spiritedly cart ied out by the committee of management,
viz., Messrs. Turvey, W. T. Birnie, L. Rogers, Compton,
Priestley, and J. W. Smith. The various requisites were
furnished by Mr. Mulholland and Mr. Shillinglaw. Mr.
Birch conducted the singing during the evening ; and we
may mention that Mrs. Price supplied the ornaments
about the room. The meeting was crowded, many being
unable to gain admission.

Accipyrrs.--120n Saturday list two men, respectively
named Patrick Pi 'N ulty and Josoph Preston, both natives
of Ireland, met with a sevore accident while engaged in
connection with the works at tho ,t,elc4. It appears that
when they were standing in an empty truck the horse-
cbiver sorted tie waggons without giving intimation, in
consequence of which, M'Nulty received a compound
fracture of his arm, by the waggon going over it, while
Preston's body was very much injured by the waggons
passing over him. Both men 'were conveyed to the Dis-
pensary, where they are progressing favourably.