Northern Times.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1860-01-17 00:00:00

LOCAL INTELLIGENCE.

"BIRKENHEAD POLICE COURT.—At this court yester-
day the well-known Dr. 13ushea was brought up on the
remanded charge of breaking a square of glass in
Gough's Hotel. The prisoner having been cautioned,
was discharged.
APPALLING SHIPWRECK.—The Indian journals bring
details of the shipwreck of the Flora Temple. This
ship left Macao for Havannah on the Bth October last,
having on board 850 coolies, besides a crew of 50 men.
Five days after, the ship was wrecked on some coral
reefs, the ship's plan having been apparently mistaken.
The crew took to the boat and made Cochin China on
November 2nd. The French sent a 'vessel of war to
look after the coolies, who were abandoned. When
the wreck was reached, not a coolie was left alive.
NEW DINING SALooN.—With increasing trade and
population, new wants arise. Of late years many efforts
have been made towards multiplying the comforts and
conveniences of dining-rooms. Mr. Ross, of " The
Eldon," South John-street, a caterer well known, opened
a new dining saloon yesterday, under his present estab-
lishment, which certainly does not fail in any respect ;
and no doubt the patronage of the public will justify
the outlay, and sustain a house fitted with everything
that can really conduce to make a dinner comfortable.
LIVERPOOL DISPENSARIES. Number of patients
durino• the past week.—New cases received advice and
medicine at the institution : North, 283 ; South, 106 ;
total, 389. New cases visited at their own homes, and
supplied with medicine : North, 102 ; South, 73 ; total,
175. Rev. Rector Campbell, A.M., president ; Captain
Bourne, vice-president of North Dispensary ; Mr. Charles
Booth, vice-president of South Dispensary ; Mr. Francis
Mill, treasurer ; Mr. F. 11. Langley, secretary. Offices,
Leith-offices, Moorfields.
BUSINESS OF THE LIVERPOOL COUNTY ICOURT.—The
following is the arrangement for disposing of the busi-
ness of the 'Court, commencing yesterday—the total
number of cases entered for trial being 844 :—Jan. 16th
—judgment summonses and 139 cases; 17th—judgment
summonses and 140 cases ; 18th judgment summonses
and 140 cases; 19th—judgment summonses and 100
cases; 20th—judgment summonses and 101 cases; 23rd
—judgment summonses and 100 cases; 24th—judgment
summonses and 100 cases; 25th—insolvency cases; 26th
'-24 cases above £lO ; 27th—adjourned cases. The
Court, as usual, will sit at half-past ten every morning.
CLOSING OF THE BAZAAR AT WARRINGTON.—From
the Warrington Guardian we learn that the bazaar, for
the restoration of the parish church there, closed on
Saturday. The receipts of the day were £316, and the
gross sum realised by the bazaar was £l,BOO. At the
close of the bazaar Colonel Wilson Patten, M.P., and
Gilbert Greenall, Esq., M.P., together with the Rev.
Mr. Quickett, addressed the parties present at the close,
and all of them dwelt on the highly creditable issue
which had resulted from the efforts of those ladies and
gentlemen who had taken an active interest in the pro-
ceedings.
SOIREE Saqui's full dress soiree
musicale came off last night, in the Concert-room,
St. George's-hall. The entertainment throughout was
well received by the audience, as was testified by
the repeated bursts of applause. Three gentlemen
amateurs, Messrs. Bullen, Banks, and Hughes, pupils
of Mr. Saqui, took part in the performance, and
acquitted themselves in a manner alike creditable to
their own musical powers as well as to the abilities
of their instructor. Mr. Saqui besides, had secured
the assistance of Miss Clara (afield, Miss Rowe, and
Mr. E. W. Thomas, the well-known violinist. The
grand duet on the pianoforte and violin, "William
Tell," by Messrs. Saqui and Thomas, was one of the
most masterly performances of the evening, and was
fruently interrupted by applause.
HOVSEBREAKING IN ..EOERTON-STREBT.--011 Sunday
evening, the dwelling-house of a gentleman, named
Westlake, residing in Egerton-street, was broken open
in the absence of the family at church, and a quantity of
jewellery, comprising several rings, two brooches, and a
watch, was abstracted. The thieves appeared to have
entered the house by picking the lock of the front door.
The door was afterwards bolted on the inside to give
due notice of the arrival of the family from church. Mr.
Westlake, on returning home, found his front door bolted
on the inside, and, going round to the back, found the
back door wide open, in the kitchen several articles
were strewn about the floor, and the beds and mattresses
were turned up and lying in the greatest confusion. In-
formation was immediately given to the police, but up
to yesterday no clue had been obtained to the perpetra-
tors of the theft.
FIRE YESTERDAY.—Between four and five o'clock,
yesterday afternoon, a fire was discovered in the second
storey of a cotton warehouse in William-street, and the
intelligence was at once conveyed to the various stations.
Mr. Hewitt, with the brigade from Temple-court, dis-
played his usual promptitude is appearing on the scene.
The flames had made considerable progress, and had
enveloped the whole contents of the second storey before
his arrival. He was followed by the engin9 of the
West of England Insurance Company, under the super-
intendence of Mr. Barrett, and by the reels from the
various stations, and the whole force played
incessantly upon the flames. In three hours,
by incessant exertions, the firemen subdued the flames.
They deserve great credit for their zealous and un-
wearied efforts in the performance of their duty. The
storey in which the fire broke out contained a largo
quantity of cotton, which is entirely destroyed, and the
cotton in the other parts of the building is considerably
damaged. It is understood to be the property of Mr.
J. D.Malcolmson, and of Messrs. Brown, Shipley and
Co., and is said to be insured to its full value. Major
Greig, and Superintendents Ride and Quick, with a
large body of police, were present during the confla-
gration,

LIVERPOOL CHURCH OF ENGLAND
SCRIPTURE-READERS' 'SOCIETY.

The annual meeting of this society was held last
night,-in the lecture-hall of the Collegiate Institute.
Adam Hodgson, Esq., president of the society, took the
Chair, and among the other gentlemen, on the platform
were M. Gregson, Esq., Dr. M'Neiie, Rev. J. Bardsley,
Rev. W. Falloon, Rev. T. C. Cowan, Rev. A. Gore, Rev.
Dr. Taylor, Rev. J. R. 'Cowan, Rev. Mr. Pilkington,
W. M. Collet, Esq.,. Rev. T.' W. Moeran, Rev. Mr.
Hartley, Rev. Mr. French; -&c., &c.

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was very happy to say that the report which would be
communicated was one of the most favourable that
the committee have yet been enabled to deliver.
He alluded to the establishment of the society for the
religious instruction of seamen, and contrasted the
noble conduct of Liverpool, on that occasion, with that
which it had exhibited on the establishment of two
similar societies—the Seaman's Friend Society, and the
Mariner's Church Society. He believed that the bless-
ing of Gadlad rested upon their cause, and the experi-
ence of every successive year had deepened their convic-
tion, not only of the importance of the object, but of
the efficiency of the machinery which was employed.
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Looking at the enormous population of this town ; look-
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the most zealous spiritual attendance which can be
given ; looking at these, together with the other cir-
cumstances of the case, he felt persuaded that the con-
viction will more and more grow up in the minds of the
people, that these spiritual wants do really exist, and
that this society, if properly supported, is adequate to
their supply.
The Rev. J. BARDSLEY read the annual report. It
bore abundant testimony to the continued success which
has attended the society's operations, and related several
instances in which the Scripture-readers' efforts had
proved an invaluable and powerful means of conversion.
From the treasurer's statement of accounts, it appears
that, at the beginning of 1859, the society had a balance
of £2OO from 1858, and £3,355 6s. 7d. in subscriptions,
collections, &c. The amount expended last year was
£3,257 4s. 7d., leaving a balance for the present year of
£9B 2s. He bid much pleasure in stating that they
had just received a donation of £230, and two legacies
of £lOO and £5O respectively. The total number of
visits made last year was 143,423, of these 10,229 were
to the sick, 16,351 to Roman Catholics, and 21,904
evening visits. The number of hours employed was
54,925, of which 8,082 were in the evening alone.
The Rev. Mr. Comm proposed the adoption and
circulation of the report which had just been read.
The Rev. Mr. FALiooN, in an impressive and eloquent
spech, seconded the resolution, which was carried
unanimously.
The Rev. A. GORE proposed the next resolution,
which was as follows :—" That the report now read on
the proceedings of this society, during the past year,
convincingly testifies to the adaptation of its principles
and operations, and the deep necessities which called it
into existence, and claims from all who earnestly desire
the spread of spiritual truth, and more especially from
the members of'the Church of England, increased efforts
to promote its interests." In noticing the difficulties
with which the Scripture-readers had to contend, he
referred to the great evils caused by the payment of
working men in public-houses on Saturday night. This
was an evil which ought to be suppressed ; and if there
was one man in that room who had the power in any
instance, to put down the practice or to raise his voice
against it, he besought them to do so. (Applause.)
The Rev. Dr. M‘NEILE' on rising to second the reso- '
lution, was received with loud 'cheers. Having briefly
recapitulated the statements of previous speakers, lie
said they had heard of many of the difficulties in the
way of carryinc, out the objects of the society, which
was to bring the revealed truth of God in contact with
the minds of the lowest population in the town. The
difficulties were many ; and the benefit derived from the'
work was for the most part gradual, and required &e-
-vent repetition; and in order to keep up that repeti-
tion they required to increase the number of their read-
ers, that their spheres of labour might be more and more
subdivided. They had heard some touching appeals upon
one phase of the difficulty—he meant the apathy, the
unimpressed, and by man unimpressible, apathy into
which multitudes had fallen. It seemed as if human
nature was capable of such degradation as altogether to
forgot its divine origin and its immortal destiny. Having
shown that it was in the power of every one to help the
society, either by their subscriptions or their prayers, he
said there was ene point more, and if he touched upon
it, it was not from choice, but because no one
else had touched upon it, and because he 'thought
it should not be omitted. One of the difficulties
connected with the work arose from the extreme
activity and the dogmatic assurance of the emissaries
of the Church of Rome amongst the poor. (Applause.)
That class of the community were not much in the
habit of reasoning, and a reasonable appeal, or an argu-
ment, however conclusive, had much less weight with
them than a point blank confident assertion. The
scripture-reader went with the gospel, and with• a
reasonable appeal, and with a modesty that always ac-
companied sound reason ; but the emissaries of the
Church of Rome, both male and female, told poor
people that unless they belonged to their church they
would be damned, and that frightened the poor people.
And where, they asked, was the Protestant religion
before the 16th century ? It was invented by Luther,
or by Henry the Eighth—and what were these poor men
to say ? The poor men had not been taught to turn and
say,—The Protestant religion invented by Luther !
Was the Apostles' Creed invented by Luther ? Was
the Lord's Prayer invented by Luther ? Were the Ten
Commandments invented by Henry the Eighth ? (Loud
applause.) Is Baptism an invention of the 16th century,
or the Lord's Supper ? Yet these constitute the Pro-
. testant religion. No, but I will tell you what were
invented about that time. The Twelve Articles
• of Pope Pius's Creed—(hear, hear))--which never
appeared as doctrines in the Church till the
year 1564. Which was new the and. which was old ?
All that you have in common with us is old, all that you
have peculiar is new, Now what you have in common
with us is only for the sake of a blind, what you have
peculiar is, your real creed, and we have no creed except
the old one. That was the answer. We have no
creed but the old one ; you have the old one in words
in common with us, which. you don't attend to, but you
have the new one which is peculiar to yourselves, and
that you do attend to. But poor people did not under-
stand that, and they wanted the scripture-readers to un-
derstand it.. He read copious extracts from a pamphlet,
by a member of the Sardinian Parliament, showing
the evil effects of the Roman Government, he said that

was a precious picture of the paternal government of
the Pope. There were a number of amateur Papists in
this country, who were in an uproar on account of the
rebellion of the Pope's subjects. Why, if these people
had the honour to be the Pope's subjects, or were within
his reach at Rome, they dare not say "mum"—
(laughter)—but here, under the blessed canopy of Pro-
testant laws, they could speak out. There was nothing
to hinder them from going to Italy. Dr. Wiseman bad
already gone ; and Paul Cullen might go, and none of
them would hinder him. (Laughter.) Although the
Pope was like a wretched stipendiary at the nod of
the French Emperor, yet with all this his agents were
as active here as ever, and by their boldness, dexterity,
and patriotism they did perplex the poor man. It was
only that day that he heard of the perversion of two or
three Protestants. It was one of the benefits from that
society that not only social evils but also mental and
controversial evils were met. Many gentlemen in
England were opposed to controversy, and for lack of
the controversal spirit many of the poor Protestants
had become dispirited. They ought to maintain their
protest. England is what she is on the ground of her
protest. (Loud cheers.) She never would have been
the refuge for the fugitive from a despotic power she
never would have been the home of every troubled:

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anxious, ardent spirit, who longed in his patriotism
to do his country good and dared not because
the bayonet was at his breast ; she never would
have been the fortress of true liberty, or the pioneer
of true religion ; she never would have had such
colonies, such ships, such sailors, such soldiers,he believed
in his soul, if she had not been Protestant, because
she never would have had' such laWs and such power
at home, and never could have exercised such power
abroad. And if from any cause whatever, either from,
the fatigue or the annoyance of , it, or the apprehension ..
of a bad spirit, the gentlemen of England withdrew
their protest, she would lose her power,—the locks of
Sampson would be cut, she would be in Delilah's lap.
(Loud applause.)
The resolution was then put and unanimously adopted,
and the proceedings terminated with the Doxology.