Northern Times.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1859-11-11 00:00:00

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able to the liberality of the colonists that tilesul;;C;
tions to the Admella reward and relief fund h
no I ess than X 3,000. —A

(Dowagei) of Hare•Cvood expired
Goldsborough-hall, near Leeds, after
Her ladyship was the second
.aghter of Thomas. second Marquis of Bath, K.G., by
the Hon. Isabella Elizabeth Byng, third daughter of
George, fourth Viscount Torrington. She was born in
1801, and married, in 1823, Henry, third and late Earl
of Harewood, who died in 1857 from the effects of inju-
ries sustained by being thrown from his horse while
hunting. By her union with that nobleman the coUn-
tess leaves surviving issue the present earl and five other
sons and six daughters.
SOCIETY r^`

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liEconn eir IVENcxs.--The &zipping Gazette pub-
lished on Monday evenin€, its monthly summary of

wrecks, from which it appears that during the moneb. of
October the 'number of wrecks reported in its columns
WrIS 269. lin the month of January there were 177 ;in
F,:bruary, '1,65 • in March, 151.; in April, 159 ; in
M ay, 110; in june, 94 ; in July, 81 • ,in August, 127;
amd in September, 140, making a total daring the pre-
sent year or 1473.
We miderstand that the Seaton and Crosby Coal
Cormparrylave leased from the Earl of Lonsdale the
roTalties of nearly the whole parish of Seaton, from
F limby to Workington Harbour. Boring's have already
commenced under the supetintendence of Mr. Muncaster,
tl re manager and proprietor. It is anticipated that the
c oal will be found to last for 500 years to come.. When
t he new shafts are in working, the coal company and
t he Hematite Iron Company, clOse by, will reciprocate
benefits most important to their mutual prosperity.—
t f,luntberland Paottet.

HARE-

-00 D.—The Countess
a Tuesday

Illness,

_ . FOR THE RESTORATION OP CHURCHES TO THE
PEOPLE.—The second annual meeting of this society
was held on 'Wednesday, in one of the committee-rooms
of the Town-hall. The Hon. Colin Lindsay, president,
occupied the chair ; and there were present—the Revs.
G. - Huntington, It. King, G. S. Allen, G. H. Perry,
J. E. Sedgwick, W. E. Brendon. and J. Tinkler ;
Messrs. E. Herford, J. L. Farrar, W. J. Ward, I'. H.
Walmsley, H. Collinge, S. E. Dailey, and Joseph Hall.
The chairman congratulated the members that since
their last annual meeting their principles had made
considerable progress in many parts of the country.
In London, there had been formed a local associa-
tioE, which was likely ere long to become of consi-
derable influence ; and similar associations had been
formed in other parts. Therefore, there was reason to hope
that they might make progress against the pew system.
He regretted, however, that much progTess had not been
made in Manchester. When last they met, it was
understood that St. Mary's Church, in this city, was to
be thrown open; but it turned out that the church was
built fifty or sixty years ago, large sums of money being
advanCed by several persons, on condition that a cer-
tain number of pews should be allotted to each in per-
petuity._
__The consequence of the existing state 'of
things appeared to him to be Perfectly frightful; ferli
Manchester there were tens of; thousands of persons
who had- literally no church to which to go ; so that,
remaining at home, they lost all sense of religion, and
ultimately became infidels. History showed us that
the consequence of such spiritual desolation was rebel-
lion against temporal powers--a phase of the question
which it behoved the laity as well as the clergy deeply
to consider and earnestly to endeavour to refnedy. The
___...,., a. _ .ue aso.-. difficulty raised as to how clergymen's stipends were to
mice of an attorney ; and although he had been be paid, if churches were thrown open, and the offertory
grievously -wronged by Mr. Sadleir' he could not be alone was relied upon, rested upon a fallacy infecting the-
permitted to redress that' wrong at the expense of the whole system, which he believed was rotten in the es
Bank, by depriving it of an advantage which it had treme. - When a clergyman depended upon the pew rents
honestly obtained. He therefore overruled Mr. Eyre's of a few individuals, he was always liable to give
objection with costs. offence—either by some doctrine., or some part of
CHARGE OP THREATENING TO MURDER A SOLICITOR. his church arrangements—and then instead of being
—At a special sitting of the Kingston bench of magis- the independent pastor of a parish, he became the slave
trates, on Tuesday, William'Sprong was.committed for "of the congregation or emptied his church. If the
trial on a charge of sending letters to a. solicitor named. primitive plan was restored, and where there were no
Bell, residing in. Surbiton, threatening to murder him, endowments, the offertory was relied upon—mainly
the object of the said letters, it was presumed, beingto composed, as it would be, of the pence of a number
extort money. It appeared from the evidence that the ,of working men—a large sum would be realized, not
prisoner had borrowed money of Mr. ,Spaight on some only for a respectable stipend, but also towards an in-
property of which, by virtue of a mortgage, Mr. creased staff of clergymen and the expenses of general
Spaight had taken possession, and proceedings have been church management. In the small, temporary, and un-
taken in Chancery in connection therewith. Finally, consecrated church of St. Alban, Strangeways, where
prisoner had signed a deed giving up all claims to Mr. the open-pew system was being tried, but under disad-
.Spaight, who had at the same time paid him a sum of , vantages, £l5O a year was now being received, which
Z5O. Since then the pr, soner had stated that he had been was not only a considerable sum, considering the amount
swindled, and was alleged to have sent the letter in of accommodation, but was larger than was received in
,question to Mr. Bell, the solicitor who had 'acted in the many churches under the pew system. In London,
Chancery suit, whereby he was put in bodily fear. ' there was one church, with accommodation
for 500
THE RELIGIOUS DISSENSIONS IN ST. GEORGE'S-IN- or 600 persons, where upwards of £l,OOO a-year was
TEE-EAST.—The following is an official account, fur- received from the offertory ; three fourths of the amount
nished by Mr. Thompson, the churchwarden, of what being contributed in pence. (Hear, hear.) Mr.
took place' on Friday last, on the occasion of, the con- Farrar read the second annual report. It stated that
secration of St. Matthew's Church, in reference to the the society had always recognised and admitted that pro-
religious dissensions is St. George's-in-the-Fast :--.“ on gross towards the re-establishment of the true parochial
our entering the vestry, the bishop acknowledged the System of open pews, must necessarily be slow ; but, on
receipt of a letter from the rector, and commenced the other hand, even opponents admitted that success was
the mediation by stating that it was necessary for Only a question of time. The system contended for was
the rector and the ehurchwardens to consent and carried out in every form of worship except Christianity,
abide by his mediation. The churchwardens replied, and in every phase of Christianity except our own.
stating that the whole question had been unreservedly The inviduous distinction which we made between
referred to his ldrdship ; and that they, therefore, rich and poor in the matter of church accommoda-
felt themselves bound to accept his award, whatever tion was confessedly answerable for much of the
that might be, although they felt ;inch surprised that existing ungodliness. It was earnestly to be desired
the rector should have considered that his consent to that the system which had been so successful in Strange-
the mediation of his lordship was confined to the letter ways, should be tried in a larger and"'consecrated'
of the vestry clerk, complaining of the use of the vest- place ; and there was much to be hoped for from two
ments and the hour of the lecturer's service, he having churches--one building in Chorlton-upon-Medlock, and.
consented to the mediation of his lordship, in reply to, the other soon to be commenced at Pendlebury—which
the resolution upon the services, decorations, and ar- would be. conducted mainly on the open-pew system.
rangetnents of the church, and that they could not con- The Rev. G. Huntington moved the adoption of the re-
sent to give up their legal rights by binding themselves port. In seconding the motion, Rev. J. L. Sedgwick
or successors to forego any proceedings against the rector, said that the longer he was engaged in the work in con-
as they expected to he called upon to remove the drapery nection with St. Alban's, Strangeways, the more he was
and choristers' seats, particularly as they considered the convinced that the plan adopted there was the only one
concessions of the rector not worth accepting. They by which to engage the sympathies of the lower classes,
were, however, willing to abide by the award of the bishop. so as to induce them to come to church, and to do what
The bishop observed to the rector that he understood him they could towards supporting the church. The Rev.
to make a condition, that if he (the rector) accepted his W. E. Brendon moved, " That the prevailing spiritual
mediation he was to forgo any interference upon any destitution in Manchester and other large 'towns would
other points. This his lordship, declined doing, giving pe diminished by giving to all equal and free access to
his opinion that the vestments were illegal, ,and that theirparish churches." The Rev. Mr. Walinsley secouded
possibly some objections might be found in the hymnal, the motion. The Rev. Mr. King proposed—
andlaw,upon the rector's
cdhgioauvnbecteflu doubtful
and;inhti so
ftherefore, he 'should
legal rights. The
rector having at last agreed to tlie unconditional
reference of the vestments and the hour of after-
noon- service to the bishop's arbitration, the bishop
decidedly Fight statingto t
nhtoehte
called upon his secular (Mr. J. B. Lee) to bear witness
to the same, and gave' judgment that the hour of the
lecturer's service should be at half-past three and the
rector's service at some convenient time previous, so that
the two services should not clash. His lordship kind'
offered to preach the sermon again upon the re-openin
but the rector having, in reply to the churchward
stated that the'service would be cuoral, it
to his lordship that hisfrece7o-:- •

ELECTION OF NEW SHERIFFS.—The Chancellor of
;he Exchequer, the Earl Granville, Sir G. Cornewall
Lewis, and the whole of her Majesty's judges will attend
at the Court of Exchequer or Saturday next, beint, the
morrow of St. Martin, for the purpose of proceeding
with the election of High Sheriffs , for the various
counties of England and Wales for the next year. Three
gentlemen will be recommended by the judges for each
county, and they will afterwards be "pricked for" at a
Meeting of the Privy Council on a future day, when one
out of each three. will be selected to discharge the duties
of the shrievalty for 1860.

JOHN' SADLEIR'S FRAUDS.—Judge Longfield gave his
lecision on Monday in Dublin in the case of Burmester
and Eyre. Aftergoinig at full lengthinto all the well-
i vorn out arguments urged on both sides, the learned
judge concluded by giving it as his opinion that Mr.
tyre's intention was to release the lands in favour of
any party dealing with Mr.' Sadleir; he not knowing or
caring who that party was. His intention also was
that the considerations which induced him to exec,-'
the release.should not be disclosed to such part'
acted deliberately, with full
,protecti6- ,nd

i That the Apostolic practice of laying by weekly in stare as
aFge number of the
prdered by the Church of England in the offeitory, afford; an
easy, effective, and reliable mode of raising money
for all
church ,urposes ; and may be advantageously subs ituted for
withparis 1
rfinorg.thweitmhai:rten: Irecveeonftlangcle,rgylnazi
endowments,as
was
con-
elong to the working classes,
he rev; speaker denied that the Society had any idea
apparently supposed by
some to be the case. The
tut,. Mr. Allen seconded the motion. A fourth resolu-
especially vqiere a l
'ion declared 3 trial ( - -
f winrenter
inore chord parishioners

open-pew system in one or
s in Manchester 'and
• .
Salford to be very

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