Northern Times.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1857-11-28 00:00:00

THE DE.NNI3TOUN FAILURE.

In the Times City article of yesterday, we find the
follow ng :—" A meeting of the creditors of J. and A.
Dennistoun and Co., of Glasgow, with branch houses at
London, Liverpool, New York, and New Orleans, whose
suspension was announced on the 7th inst., was held
to-day, when the following statement of affairs was sub-
mitted by Mr. Coleman, the accountant :
BALANCE STITEMENT OP AFFAIRS TO NOVEMBER 7, 1857

DR. £ s. d.
To creditors on open account . 91,947 10 8
Ditto, holding security .................. ..... . 217,278 1 9
Ditto, on bills payable (this amount includes our
acceptances—£296.6B7 17a sd—glyen for the
account of Dennistoun Brothers and Co., of
Australia)..

Liabilities.... .02042,701 15 6
Amount of capital standing to the
credit of the several partners... £56J,897 2 9
Ditto, iverpool Borough Bank
shares cost 208,873 2 11

769,770 5 8
Balance of profit and loss accounts, .. 23,520 7 5

£2,935,9:,2 8 7
CR £ s. d.
By cash in hand
Count'ng-house;, furniture, &c
Produce on hand........ ........... ......... 26,360 0 0
Bills r ceivab'e on hand 111,7€6 9 3
Deb' ors in Great Britain £213,013 7 11
Ditto and property in America 1,584,215 14 9

1,797,229 2 8
Secarit:es with creditors ..... 187,080 12 10
Amount to debit of Dennistouu Brothers and Co.,
Australia

In2lusive of acceptances amounting to
4_96,687 173 51 .......... • •...... £2,483,340 9 0
Further separate estates of the partners available 190,379 16 8
D3bts due to the separate partners in America.. 48,399 0 0
Liverpool Borough Bank Shares, contra 208,873 2 I t

2,9:35,992 8 7
CL MIS AND ASIETS AFTER DEDUCTING CONTRA ENTRIES
Da. s. d.
To creditors on open acconnts........ ..... ........ 91,947 10 8
Ditto on bills payable
Less balance to the debt of parties
for whose account the bills are
accept xi, the principal part of
which are considered g00d.... 1,214,414 5 3

Creditors partially se curel
Security held

619,063 li 10

34,610 19 11

Cred!tors fully secured
Security he'd
Claims

.e 4,415 n 0
LiabiLties on Vlls discountel, £514,769 lOs 4d,
of which it is estimated the e may rank on this
estate •• ••••

£795,622 8 5

Liabilities in respect of letters of credit.
Di. of partners on Liverpool Borough Bank shares
or any other company.
Cr. e s. d.
By cash in hand, &c. (subject to the due payment of
bills discounted by the commercial Bank of
9,038 10 9
Counting-houses, furniture, &c...
Produce on hand • • • ..• 26,360 0 0
Bill receivable on hand....
Debtors and property
Surplus from securities contra •• • • ••• 4,413 11 0

Amount to debit of Dennistoun Brothers and Co.,
Australia, (inclusive of acceptances amounting
£296,687 17s 5d).......

1,091,261 1 11
Further separate estates of Vas partners available 190,379 16 8
Debts due to the separate partners in America .. 48,399 0 0

£1,330,039 18 7
Liverpool Borough Birk shares held by the several partners
£208,813 12s 114.

N OVEATI3ER 28, 1857

MISSIONARY OPERATIONS IN INDIA.

A numerous meeting was held at Willie's Rooms, St.
James's stree', London, on Thursday afternoon, to promote
the extension and enlargement or the Missions for the
Propaga ion of the Gospel in India. His Grace the
Archbishop of Canterbury presided, and on the plathrm
were the bishops of London, Oxford, S'. Asaph, and Nora
Sco'ia, Vice-Chancelor Sir W. Page Wood, and many
of the clergy and laity,
The meeting haying been opened by prayer, his grace
proceeded to explain the objects proposed by the society,
and to dilate upon the new fields which are 1 kely to be
opened to missionary enterprise by the recent occurrences
in India.

The Society for tho Propagation of the Gospel in Foreign
Parts, under whose au.pices the proposed new bishoprics
are to ba created, submitted a statement of facts, which
were laid before the meeting.
_ _ _

The Bishrp of London moved the first resolution, which
was as follows :—" That the Church of England is celled,
by the late calamitous events in in India, to adopt more
energetic measures for the diffusion of the Gospel in that
benighted land; and that this meeting will give its hearty
support to the SoJoty for the Propagation of the Go-pel
in ier efforts to strengthen and extend its mission among
the Hindoos and Mahometans." The right rev. prelate
said he fel' it a great privilege that he was not compelled
himself to Express his views on the day appointed for a
general humiliation ; for we knew little of the cause of
the disasters that had occur ed in India, and we knew
little also of what would be their issue. He thought.
therefore, it was presumptuous to speak wi h that sort of
fluency with which some hail spoken of the causes and the
consequences of this great and mysterious disaster.
When they Lipka I back upon the past history of
India they found that it was the custom to find fault
with the conduct of its rulers during the last hundted
years. It was a melancholy sign that when such dis-
turbances as these broke out men were disposed to
complain of and quarrel with each other, instead of
buckling on their armour to see how these misfortunes
might be averted. The rulers of India had hitherto been
spoken of as though it was in their power to Christianise
that vast peninsula. Our rulers had to take posses-ion of
that vast continent, not with an overwhelming army, but
we had conquered India by the force of its own inhabitants
and this country had been placed in its present peculiar
position of governors of India through the instrumentality
of Indians themselves. No doubt a general mistake had
been committed in the government of India ; but that
mistake might be averted tlarough the events of the last
few months. On one other point he might make a
remark An impression had got abroad that the pre-
sent meeting had been got up for the purpose of aiding
in the establishment of eight new bishoprics in India
It was undoubtedly the conviction of the society that
additional bishoprics ought to be erected in India, but
the meeting would not be called upon to pledge itself to
any resolution upon that point. Another point to which
he might allude was too erection of the proposed memorial
church at Cawnpore. A sort of feeling had got abroad
that this was a matter on which some patty feeling might
be expressed ; but the sole object of the proposed church
was the expression of admiration of the heroism of those
who had died as Christians there, and that that seat of
demoniacal wickedness might become the seat of Christian
truth. He trusted that in this and other matters of a like
kind, those who went forward to preach the Gospel would
forget the foolish party distinctions which at home made
them stand asunder from each other. (Loud cheers )
Mr. C. W. Puller, M.P., seconded the resolution, which
was unanimously adopted.
The Bishop of Oxford moved the second resolution :
" That the proposal of the society to establish missions in
the presidential and other principal cities. with a view to
bring the truths of Christianity before the minds of the
upper as well as the I favor classes of India, is deserving of
the most cordial approbation and encouragement ; and
that it is desirable to promote, by every available means,
the education, training, and ordination of the more '
advanced native candidates for the work of the ministry
among their own countrymen.'' The right reverend
prelate dwelt upon our enormous responsibilities in con-
nection with India, and repudiated charges against the
East India Company, or the particular agents of the
government of that c aintry, for the blame, he held, rested
upon the nation itself. The fact was, that in its tule
of India, England had been afraid and ashamed of the
Gospel of Christ, and that it had practically built its
administration of India upon the toleration of heathenism,
rather than upon !he belief that God's providence had
given it to us, and that God's might would keep it for us.
!t had been said that this meeting had not been called for
the purpose of promoting the erection of new bishoprics
He trusted that nothing would be done under false pre-
tences, and that the -meeting would affirm that new
bishops were wanted in India, and that by God's help, the
sight means woun be taken for evangelising the natives
of ludia, and maintaining Christianity among our own
people.
Vice-Chaecellor Sir W. Page Wood, in seconding the
resolution, denounced the preposterous policy which in the
government of India had induced England to keep
England in the background. He also urged the duty of
adopting measures for immediately rooting out the
peStilential sys em of religion now prevailing in India, end
for increasing the episcopate in that country, encouraged
by the success which had attended the extension of
hishs pries in Australia and New Z ntland.
The resolution was unanimously adopted
The Hey. Ernest Hankins, the Secretary of the Society
for the Propagation of the Gospel inForeigrt Par r, expressed
regret that, large as the meeting was, numbers of persons
had g, ,rte away unaccommodatef He had the permission
of his Grace the Archbishop to say, that at the close of the
meeting it would he adjourned to another day, and to a
larger room to be hereafter named.

The Bishop of St. Asaph moved, " That the cordial
thanks of this meeting be given to his Gesca the Arch-
bishop of Canterbury for presiding on this occasion ; and
that lists for annual subscriptions for The extension of our
Indian missions be at once opened in London, and as
far as msy be possible in every town an .f village of the
country "
Mr. W. Cottoo, late Governor of the Bank of England.
seconded the resolution, which was adopted, after a few
words from the Bishop of 11,-)ray and Ross, who ear-
nestly recommended an agitation of this question in
Scotland

The Archbi,hrp acknowle3ged the compliment, aid tho
proceedings terminated.

LORD BURY, 111. P., ON CANADA AND TIIE

COLONIES.

Lord Bury, 3I P., lectured, on Tuesday, in St, Andrew's
Hall, Norwich, on the social and political condition of
Canada. The noble lord, in an address which occupied
about an hour and a half, sketched the rapid pr-grcss of
Canadian c;vilisation, and took a bird'.:-eye view of the
principal features and physical geography of the country.
To the latter subject, he observo i, too little attention
was paid at home ; and on a late occision our
diplomatists hai adopted the worst of all boundaries, an
astr:nomical line, which the American emigrant would
disregard at some future time. The American principle
was, " The American Continent for the Americans," and
he feared that thi; question of boundary contained the
seeds of warfare more than the Central American dispute
In regard to emigration, his lordship expressed his opinion
that fi ee grants of land were not all that was wanted.
The settler hal oft, n no money with which to pay his
paspage out, and he would recommend that the Crown
lands should be sold, and the pr c2eds applied to pay the
passage of emigr nts, as in the Australian colonies.
Energy and persevennce, unless harked by capital, were
aometimes useless in the overstocked labour markets of
Europe, but they would ensure success to their possessions
in Canada. The noble lord expressed hie approval of the
system of lo2al government adopted in Canada, and also
commended the 3 710 educational establishments of the
colony, the society of which, he said, corresponded greatly
with that of the mother country, although at the same
time there was a more equal distribution of wealth in
Canada: no colossal fortune s, but no abject poverty. Canada
was our nearest colony, it possessed a healthy climate,
the soil produced the finest crops, the land was easily
obtainable, taxation was 85 per cent. cheaper than in
England, and religion was perfectly free. The tendency of
the Canadian mind was at present in perial The Cana-
dians would be happy to remain an integral part of the
British empire, but if once they found themselves in a
position in which they could make to themselves a greater
name, and be more independent by separation than by
remaining in connection with us, they would go. In
conclusion, the noble lord expressed his belief that a
glorious future awaits our colonies, and that England
will not be disgraced by her young and vigorous scion
beyond the western seas. The lecture was frequently
interrupted by the applause of the audience.

Gaiignani says M. Desprez, Auditor of the Council
of State, in returning three days ago from a mission t)
Algeria, was so violently afflicted with sea sickness, that
he had an attack of apoplexy, and he died jast as the
steamer reached Marseilles.
A WOMAN BURNED TO DEATIL—On Wednesday, Mr. F.
Dearden held an inquest at Heywood, on the body of Ellen
Kershaw, a married woman, aged 37. On the 9th instant,
she was lifting a pan off the fire, with a baby in her arms,
when she was seized with a fit, and both fell upon the
fire, and were severely burned. The child recovered,
but the mother died on Monday. Verdict, "Accidental
death."

DEATH OF ONE OF THE SURVIVORS OF THE
WRECK OF THE " ROTHSAY CASTLE" STEAM-
PACKET, IN BEAUMARIS BAY, IN AUGUST,

Mrs. Payne, formerly of Greengate, Salford one of the
twenty-one su vivors (out of above 150 passenge s) from
the wreck cf the Rothsay Castle steamer, was interred on
' Thursday last, in the Salford New Cemetery. The case of
Mrs. Payne, at the time of the wreck, excited deep in 'erest
and sympathy. The following is a notice of her case, as
elven in Mr. Adshead's narrative of the wreck : —" Mr. and
'Mrs. Payne were still lashed !ogether, and the frien 11y plank,
with its projecting i on bolt as a ha Ifast, still supported
them ; but, es before noticed, Mr. Payne's previous exertions
had unfitted him for the severe trial which he had new to
undergo, and exhaustion began to take awful effect upon
him. The dreadful scene which ensued may be imagined,
but cannot be described, The unhappy husband felt his
dissolution approaching, uncheered by any prospect of his
children having even a mother left to protect them; and ,
the wretched wife was aroused from the stupor which
pressed upon her by the appalling conviction that her
husband was dying. This melancholy event took place
about six o'clock in the morning. Mr. Payne struggled
with delirious wildness for a few minutes, diving which
he caught hold of his wife in a manner that threatened
destruction to both, by rendering the plank useless.
She extricated herself with difficulty, and by the
time she ha 1 again emerged from the water, and
recovered sight and breath enough to seek her husband,
she found he had got to the opposite side of the
plank. But the terrible moment hal arrived. He threw
up his hands above his head, gasping at the same time
with frightful vehemency, and then sank ; he seemed to
expire, however, in the act of raising his hands Fatigue,
anxiety of mind, and the horror consequent upon the fatal
I ravages which he felt these had ma a upon him, with re-
ference more particularly to consi !orations for a beloved
wife and family,—these hal overwhelmed him
like another sea; and he died, and sank beneath
the waters ; but Mrs. Payne, in her distraction,
by asu iden effort, reecho 1 across the plank in time to
seize a portion of his clothes, by which she held for some
time, though her streng-h was insufficent to raise him to
the surface. At length her grasp was relaxed by increas-
ing weakness, and he sank as far as the rope would
extend which still bound the lifeless body to the living.
Mrs Payne thin s that she passed abort two hours in this
dreadful state. She could feel the weight of the suspended
body, which had swung under the plank, but she could not
see it, in consequence either of the roughness of the sea
or the dimeess of her sight. She could not see it, though
she frequently and anxiously endeattoured to do
so ; and it was well she could not, for the toe-
templaticn of the features of her husband,
swollen with water, and distorted by convulsion, would
surely have been too horrible for her senses to bear.
There was enough as it was to produce madness
if the greatest fortitude had not been exercised. It was
now nearly nine o'clock ; she ha l been about seven hours
in the water, and she again felt a growing stupor oppress
her, like that from which an excitement so terrible had
awakened her. She now thought that it was deat,z, and cried
aloud in her despair—'Lord have mercy on my soul! If
Thou be not with me, I perish !' The next moment she
heard the stroke, of cars, awl in a very few minutes a boat
came to her assistance. It seems that the crew, in se trching
for sufferers from the wreck, perceived a hat at some dis-
tance; and, on pulling towards it, the head of a human
being was seen a long way farther in advance, which proved
to be Mrs Payne. Had it not been for the hat, they
were of opinion that they should never have discovered
her, as they were about to proceed in a contrary direction.
When the sailors were lifting her into the beat, they
expressed surprise as to what it could be that was attached
to her, when she exclaimed—' My husband. my husband!'
An honest tar, in his good-natured z atl, said—' Never
mind; we'll save you both :' to which she feebly rejoined
—' That's impossible ; he has been dead these two hours.
The body was taken up and placed in the bottom of the
b ,at, and Sirs. Payne, :notwieestanding all the humane
efforts made to rouse her, sunk into insensibility, and in
that state was rowed towards Beaumaria supported by
one of the crew " In another part of the narrative it is
stated that Mrs Payne returned to Manch:ster under the
cars of Mr. Atiehead, who was on hoard the steamer at
the time of the wreck; he aloe to, k charge of the body
of Mr. Payne, which was subsequently interred in St.
Phillip's Church, Salford.