The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1852-11-16 00:00:00

REVOLUTION IN BUENOS AYRES.

By the Royal Mail Stearn-ship Severn we have accounts
of a fresh revolution in Buenos Ayres, and of the over-
throw of the power of General Urquiza in that province.
The particulars are contained in the following letter, dated
Buenos Avres, October 2:—
" On the Bth of S.‘ptember, General Urquiza left for
Santa Fe, to instal the Constituent Congress, providen-
tially taking with him a considerable number of the de-
puties elect, and leaving General GAlan with 4.000 or
5,000 Entrerianos and Correntinos to keep the Buenos
Ayreans in order. The latter had made no great secret
of their dissatisfaction, and found some of 13:-quiza's most
influential chiefs ripe for a revolt. On the morning of
the 11th, the people and a part of the army fraternized,
and declared the reign of the hero of Caseros at an end,
in this quarter at least.

" General Galan prayed true to his trust, and was
partly compelled, partly allowed, to retire by land with
some 2,000 of his followers who stuck by him. General
lirquiza has retired all his forces to Entrerios, and says
he will have nothing more to do with us, though he is de.
termined to instal the Congress and constitute the Re-
public; accordingly he has notified all the foreign agents
and consuls to treat him as representative of the national
affairs. A civil war, or ade facto dismemberment of the
Confederation, seems the only alternative.
" The Buenos Ayreans are in good earnest, and Fede-
ralists and Unitarians are all united, heart and hand,
against Urquiza. Whether they continue so united as to
form a strong and stable provincial government is a differ-
ent question. In the meantime, our hopes of a national
organization are indefinitely postponed, and business
sadly deranged.

"We have not yet had time to hear how the news has
been received by the interior provinces. It is probable
that several of the governors may adhere to General Ur-
quiza, while the sympathies of the communities must be
in favour of Buenos Ayres."

INDIA OVERLAND MAIL

We have intelligence by the overland mail from Bombay
to the 16th ult. The intelligence comes down to the 26th
of September. The whole of the first division, consisting
of the 18th Royal Irish, Her Majesty's 80th, the 35th
Madras Native Infantry, and a field battery with two
8-inch howitzers, and details of Sappers and Miners, had,
as expected, left Rangoon for Procne ; General Godwin,
with a company of the 4th battalion of artillery, having
left in the steamer Proserpine on the 24th. The second
brigade would follow in three or four weeks. The
General, Admiral, Commodore, Sir John Cheape, and
nearly all the heads of departments, had gone on. A
rumour had been spread that a force of 40,000 Burmese
intended attacking Rangoon on the night: of the 30th ult.,
and although the story was looked on as merely an idle
tale, all proper precautions to guard against surprise had
been directed to he made. It was expected that the fleet
with the advanced portion of the army of Ava would
reach Prime by the 31 or 4th of October, and that a
messenger from the King of Ava would there meet the
General to propose terms of amity arid peace.
The statements from Burrnah continue uniformly to
the effect that the people of Pegu require only to be told •
that we are willing to accept their country to tender their
allegiance, and that our retreat will be the signal for the
most frightlul cruelties being inflicted on them by the
Burmese.

Lord Falkland reached the hills on the 6th ; by the 6th
of November he is looked for at the Presidency, to meet
the new Commander-in-Chief.

The money-market continues glutted, and the trade of
the port has been brisk during the fortnight.

FOREIGN MISCELLANY

—There is a report that the Senates-consultum,
as originally proposed, contained a clause nominating
Prince Jerome to the succession in the event of Louis
Napoleon dying without issue, and this report was con-
firmed by an alleged cony of the document which was
published in the Belgian papers. However, the Senatus-
consultuin appeared on Monday, omitting the name of
Jerome, and simply giving Louis Napoleon the power to
adopt any of the direct descendants of the brothers of the
Emperor Napoleon. This has arisen from the great un-
popularity of Jerome and his son, and he is so offended at
the exclusion that he has resigned his office of President
of the Senate, and returned to his Governorship of the
Invalides. The Senatus consultum provides for an appeal
t) the French people. It was presented to Louis Napo-
leon by the first Vice-President of the Senate, to whom
he made the following reply :--" Messieurs les Senateurs.
—I thank the Senate for the readiness with which it has
responded to the wishes of the country, in deliberating on
the re-establishment of the Empire, and in drawing up the
Senatus-cousulturn which is to be submitted to the ac-
ceptance of the people. When 48 years since, in this same
palace, in this same room, and under analogous circum-
stances, the Senate came to offer the crown to the chief of
my family, the Emperor replied in these memorable words
- My spirit will be with my posterity from the day when
it shall cease to merit the love and the confidence of the
great nation.' What now most affects my heart is the
thought that the spirit of the Emperor is with me, that
his ideas guide me, that his shade protects me, since by a
solemn proceeding you come, in the name of the French
people, to prove to me that I have merited the confidence
of the couatry. It is not necessary for me to tell you
that my constant pre-occupation will be to labour with
you to promote the grandeur and prosperity of France."
—On Monday, Abd-el-Kader visited St. Cloud, and took
his leave of the President. The Emir returns to Amboise,
where he will reside for a short time.—A decree con-
vokes the French people on the 21st and 22d of No-
vember to accept or reject the plebiscite. The voting
will take place by a scrulin secret, by Yes or No.
The verification of the votes will be made by the Corps
Legislatif, which is convoked for the 25th of No-
vember. The provincial journals are filled with procla-
mations and addresses from the prefects stimulating the
zeal of the partizans of the empire ; and it appears that
they are resorting to all possible means, fair or unfair, of
swelling the number of votes. In Paris there is more
calm—there being nothing like enthusiasm for the empire,
though little show of opposition is anticipated.—Letters
from Lyons state that the principal silk manufactories in
that place are fully occupied. Velvets, the production of
which generally ceases in October, are still in course of
being manufactured. The rate of wages continues low.

FRANCE

ALGERIA.-It is reported that Prince Napoleon Buona-
parte, son of Prince Jerome, will be the new governor of
Algeria.

SPAIN.-A Seville journal states that the infant daugh-
ter of the Duchess de Montpensier had received the fol-
lowing names :—Maria Christina, Francisca de Paula,
Antonia, Luisa, Fernanda, Amelia, Felipa. Isabel, Ade-
hiida, Teresa. Josefa, Joaquina, Justa, Rufina, Lutgarda,
Elena, Carolina, Bibiana, Polonia, Gaspara, Melchosa,
Ana, Baltasara, Agueda, Lucia, and Narcisa. A shock
of an earthquake had been felt at Malaga, which spread
general consternation among the inhabitants of that city.
At half-past one o'clock, a.m., strong oscillations shook
all the edifices. The people immediately sallied out of
their houses, and sought refuge at La Alameda and in the
public squares. Fortunately, the shock was not renewed.
The temperature was suffocating.

PORTUGAL.—We have intelligence from Lisbon to the
9th instant. The electoral proceedings were going on
quietly. and the Government seemed to have every chance
of an important majority, unless a threatened junction of
the Ultra-Septembrists and Cabralists should take place.
M. Emilio Cabral, a brother of Count Thomar, had been
shot, but politics had nothing to do with the assassination.

BELGlum.—The ministers have laid before the Cham-
ber of Representatives a bill for the punishment of offences
by the press towards foreign governments, and extends
to discourses or cries in public assemblies. It has created
some excitement.

AUSTRIA.—The Emperor will not be able to send en
officer to carry a marshal's baton at the funeral of the
Duke of Wellington, inasmuch as Austrian marshals
have no baton. The Emperor and his army have, how-
ever, done so much to mark their respect for the Duke,
that they can hardly regret being deprived of this oppor-
tunity of repeating it, and they will thus be secure from
any affront to the Austrian uniform from the Austrian
refugees in London—by a repetition of such scenes as the
attack on Marshal Haynau, or the ovations to Mons.
Kossuth.—Despatches from Prague announce that the ex-
Emperor of Austria has been struck with epileptic apo-
plexy, and that be has received the last sacraments.

MADAME ScuuTz.—The foreign papers announce-the
recent death of Madame Oldosi-Schutz, well known as
a singer of the fine vocal school of Italy, and that of
Signor Port), who for some seasons sang on our opera
stage with Madame Pasta.

THE PRESIDENT of the French Republic has sent a
number of articles of jewellery to the sub-prefect of
Sceaux, to be distributed amongst the young girls of Gen-
tilly, who came forward to compliment him when he ar-
rived in Paris on the 16th ult.

ITALIAN Boys.—The Duke of Parma has issued a de-
cree against the emigration of boys from his dominions
for the purpose of being emplot ed as white-mice boys, &c.
His subjects in foreign countries employing such boys are
commanded to restore them to their homes.

THE LATE DUJeE.—A miniature of the Duke of Wel-
lington, painted by Isabey, in 1818, was sold last week at
the Countess d'Hijars' property at Versailles, for the enor-
mous price of 10,601 f. The Marquis of Hertford was the
purchaser, after a very sharp competition.
.Aen-EL-KADER.—The Heraldo of Madrid states that
a report is current there of its being the intention of Ahd-
el Kader to visit Spain before he goes to Broussa, for the
purpose of seeing the palaces and other buildings which
were erected under the reign of the Moors. _

THE MADIAT.—Lord Roden obtained permission, but
with greet difficulty, to see Rosa Madiai, who is in a
prison at Lucca, surrounded by the lowest and most de-
graded class of her own sex. In the way of indulgence
she has been allowed, as a substitute for coffee, a luxury
formerly prohibited, a compound of water and grated
bread, flavoured with oil. Francesco Madiai is at Vol-
terra, where his health has been so much impaired that
he is now in the infirmary of the prison.
DREADFUL SHIPWRECK.—The Oxefea, Mr. Smith,
master, arrived at Queenstown, Cork, from New Orleans,
reports that on the 16th September, while in the Gulf of
Mexico, they fell in with the wreck of the American
vessel Mount Vernon, and succeeded in taking off six un-
fortunate creatures, who had been exposed to the most
terrible amount of suffering. They were almost starved
to death, having been clinging to the sides of the wreck
for six entire days without the least provisions or water.
They learnt that the remainder of the crew with some of
the passengers, in all twelve, had perished. The six sur-
vivors were put on board the Superior, which was bound
for America, and which would convey them to their native
country. Information has also been communicated of the
washing up at Arklow of a large quantity of wreck, which
had led to a belief that a ship of 1,000 tons had been lost
on the coast during the late gales, and that all on board
had perished.

GOLD IN CANADA.—A letter received by the America,
dated New York, October 26. says :—" You are aware that
small particles of gold have been found in the neighbour-
hood of Quebec for several years past ; but our Canadian
gold diggings are now likely to come into notice.
has a mine of his own, and I have lately had several letters
from him on the subject. He writes, on the 23d of October,
—` Great discoveries have been made at the gold mines,
since I wrote to you on the 16th. A gold-bearing vein, of
six feet in width, has been found by the Chaudiere Min-
ing Company, in De Lery's seigniory, with a promise of
being very rich. Dr. Douglas, who has an interest in the
company, has just returned to Quebec with about 401 b.
weight of gold, value £2,000 ; and a ' habitant,' the other
day, picked up a lump of gold weighing 1411 b. This vein
is a few mites lower down the river than my location ; but
there are a great many veins of quartz within my privilege,
and I have very little doubt some of them will be found to
contain the melons metal. has seen the vein, and
got a specimen from it ; and I have not the least doubt of
what I have told you in regard to its being perfectly cor-
rect. At my own diggings I have 30 men working, who
are doing well for me,—more than paying double the
amount of wages.
THE GOLD COUNTRY.—A letter from Adelaide, dated
15th July, says :—" The condition of this colony at the
present moment is very peculiar. Six months ago it ap-
peared to be on the brink of bankruptcy—money drained
off, property worthless, population gone. Now it is
wealthier than, perhaps, at any period since its founda-
tion ; landed and leasehold properties are higher in value
than they were before the panic, and the people have
returned. More than £700,000 has been added to the
available capital of the community within the last four
months,-yet ao perceptible effect upon the rate of interest
has been produced. The value of money is still from £l5
to £25 per cent. per annum. The greater part of the
capital in the hands of persons accustomed to use it is
employed in the purchase of gold, on which very large
profits are realised ; while the wealth of new capitalists—
the successful dhzgers—lies dormant in the banks or in the
pockets of the owners. There is, consequently, very little
room for enterprise, and very little demand for labour,
excepting by the shopkeepers ; and, on the other hand,
there are very few labourers to be obtained. The bulk of
the working populati rn—the mechanics, shepherds, and
day-labourers—though they have returned from the dig-
gings for the winter, will not work ; for if they have
realised a few pounds at the gold fields, they are " living
upon their means," and, if not, they contrive to exist
upon their anticipations of success in their next trip.
Money circulates freely, but the stream flows in a direc-
tion reverse to its ordinary current. Instead of rising
from the coffers of the w.eilthier classes, and flowing either
directly or by various media into the pocketslof the labour-
ing people, by them to he re-distributed among the mer-
cantile classes, it starts from the working class, and flows
upward into the already overfull fountains of capital. No
public works are in progress—scarcely any for private
persons ; nothing is done but buying and selling. The
people usually denominated labourers are enjoying holy-
day—the otium sine dignilale ; the merchants and store-
keepers, shipping-agents, and others employed in supply-
ing necessaries, including therein many things not ordi-
narily so called, such as silks and jewellery, are reaping
rich harvests.

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HOUSE OF LORDS.-MONDAY

Their Lordships assembled at five o'clock.
The Earl of DERBY moved the suspension of the stand-
ing orders, in order to pass a bill to make Thursday, the
day appointed for the Dnke of Wellington's funera!, the
same as a Sunday with respect to bills of exchange; and
moved the first reading of the bill for that purpose.
In reply to the Duke of CLEVELAND,
The Earl of DERBY stated he had no doubt that every
facility would be afforded to their Lordships at the fune-
ral ceremony, and moved the appointment of a committee
to carry out the reeommendations of Her Majesty's Go-
vernment with respect to the funeral of the Duke of
Wellington.

The Earl of DERBY moved the adoption of an address
to her Majesty, thanking her Majesty for giving directions
for the interment of the Duke of 'Wellington.
Motion agreed to. _

Lord BROUGRAM presented a petition from Jamaica,
praying for more stringent measures for repressing the
slave trade.

On the motion of the Marqnis of CLANRICARDE, a
select committee was appointed to enquire into the
accommodation of the House.

PRUSSIA.—The Chambers will meet, it is believed, on
the 29th, though the day has not yet been definitively
fixed. In the several Ministerial departments the mea-
sures to be proposed to the Chambers are being prepared.
A conference was held on Saturday between the President
of the Cabinet and the Ministers of Commerce and Finance,
on the position of the Zollverein negotiations with Olden.
burg, Brunswick, and the Thuringian principalities.
Prussia undertakes the duty of guarding the frontier of the
latter group of States.

Their Lordships adjourned at half-past five o'clock.

HOUSE OF COMMONS.-MONDAY.

The SPEAKER took the chair at a quarter before four:

PEtt-STA.L-The &Thee excitement continues to prevail
at Tehran, and it is calculated that the executions conse-
quent upon the late attempt on the Shah's life have
already amounted to 400 ; many of the conspirators have
been cut in twain, others actually roasted alive, some
shod with red-hot horse-shoes, and some stoned to death.
CAPE OF GOOD HOPE.—We have intelligence from
Cape Town to the 11th Sept. A letter from Graham's
Town, dated the 4th, says We have no further reports
from Kaffraria, and for the present the war seems virtu-
ally at a stand-still.—The Graham's Town Journal of
the 31st of August states that Fort Grey had been twice
attacked by the rebel Hottentots, who were repulsed by
the garrison. Depredations still continued. Several of
the marauders had been shot, and a number wounded and
made prisoners. It was said that his excellency intended
making Graham's Town his head-quarters. The burgher
posts bad been ordered to be reduced, in consequence of
the border police force having been organized.
HATTI.—The authorities of Hayti have offered very
flattering inducements for the emigration to that island of
800 intelligent Americans.
EXPENSIVE TOUR.—The money disbursed by Louis
Napoleon in his month's tour exceeds thirty-one millions
of francs, or a million and a quarter sterling.

A number of members were sworn and took their seats

Petitions were presented from certain electors of Tam-
worth, complaining of an undue return for that borough.
In answer to a question from Mr. J. B. SMITH,

Mr. WALPOLE said he had received no communication
from the Archbishop of Canterbury respecting the present
sitting of the Convocation, but the usual forms would be
observed in respect to the prorogation of that body.
Mi. Hume gave notice that, on Friday, he should move
a call of the house for Mondey next.
The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER said, after this
notice, it would be convenient if Mr. Villiers would com-
municate to the House the exact terms of the notice.

Lord STANLEY, in reply to a question, said the atten-
tion of Government had been directed to the subject of
obtaining a reduction of the duty upon English coal into
France. There had been communications upon the sub-
ject between the two Governments, from which it ap-
peared the Government of France was favourable to the
modification of international duties between the two
countries.

Colonel FORRESTER brought up Her Majesty's answer
to the address voted by the house in answer to the speech
from the throne.

Mr. WALFOLE brought in a bill, which passed through
all its stages, and was sent up to the Lords in a few mi.
nutes, standing orders being suspended for that purpose,
making Thursday next, with respect to all commercial
transactions, the same as Sunday, on account of the fu-
neral of the Duke of Wellington.
The Queen's Message with respect to the provision to
be made for the Duke of Wellington's funeral was then
read, when
The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER, after a very
eloquent speech upon the lamented deceased, moved that
an Address be presented to the Queen, assuring her Ma-
jesty of the ready assistance of the Commons in carrying
out any steps for the funs ral.
Lord JOHN RUSSELL seconded the motion, which was
agreed to.
Mr. BROTHERTON brought forward his annual motion,
to the effect that the house should not continue sitting
after 12 o'clock.

Mr. EWART seconded the motion, which was supported
by Mr. WILLIAMS, and opposed by Sir H. CLAY.
The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER opposed the mo-
tion, on the ground that the business of the house was
every year increasing, and that the result of the motion
would be injurious to the public business.
Mr. Humk supported the measure, which was opposed
by Lord J. RUSSELL and Sir H. WILLOUGHBY.
Mr. BROTHERTON replied.
The house then divided, when there were 64 against,
and 60 for the motion, which was therefore negatived.
Mr. HERRIES moved the re-appointment of a Select
Committee to inquire into the Government of her Ma-
jesty's Indian dominions.
Mr. MACGREGOR trusted that more members from
Scotland would be placed on Committee. Motion was
then agreed to.
Sir BENJAMIN HALL moved that the petition from
Derby, complaining of corrupt practices at the late Elec-
tion, be printed, and gave notice that Sir Alexander
Cockburn would bring on his motion on Friday next.
Mr. Humk moved for a Return of the Minutes relative
to the Sales of Chicory.
On the motion of Lord PALMERSTON, a return of the
number of Slaves imported into Cuba and the Brazils was
ordered.

ICE.—The accounts received from the Baltic report the
continuance of severe frost and the increase of ice, which
threatens to entirely block up the navigation for the season.
TRIPOLI.—A frightful hurricane occurred here on the
19th of October, by which serious damage has been done
to the shipping. Of 22 vessels in the harbour 16 were
wrecked.

MARCR OF IMPROVEMENT.—Upon the Venetian canals
there are gondolas plying at certain hours in the day, with
the word " Omnibus" printed conspicuously upon their
black awnings.

Mr. HUME also complained of the infringement of the
Treaty for the Suppression of Slavery, on the part of
Spain ard Portugal.
The House adjourned at seven o'clock.

NAVIGATION OF THE BALTIC.—The accounts received
from the Baltic report the continuance of severe frost and
the increase of ice, which threatens to entirely block up
the navigation for the season.

The Royal Mail steam-ship Europa has not yet ar-
rived. It was stated yesterday afternoon that she had
be n telegraphed off Holyhead at half-past 2 o'clock ; but
there must have been some mistake, as, had she been off
Holyhead at the hour named, she must have reached the
river before four o'clock this morning. Relying on the
Telegraph, we calculated upon giving the Europa's news
in the whole of our impression, and accordingly an-
nounced it in Wino of our placard&

Baron BILLING, formerly French Minister Plenipoten-
tiary at Frankfort, has just died suddenly of apoplexy.
This disease has carried off an extraordinary number of
eminent men this year in Paris.

AN EXTENSIVE ROBBERY has just been committed at
Genoa, in the palace of the Princess Costaldo, a Sicilian
emigrant. The thieves taking advantage of her being in
the country, broke into the palace at night and wrivd pff
tso,ol)9f, worth of jewel

THE LIVERPOOL STANDARD, TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 16, 1852.

ENDOWMENT OF DISTRICT CHURCHES
IN LIVERPOOL.

AMONG the many important services which the Rev. Dr.
APNELLE has rendered to the Church, the following letter,
on the subject of the endowment of the district Churches
i❑ Liverpool, is by no means the least. With that Chris-
tian zeal which animates him in the promotion of every
good work, lie has awakened a chord which must find a
response in the heart of every true Christian. The want
only required to be made known, and he has done so in a
manner so clear and forcible that we need do no more than
publish his letter, which we subjoin :

TO THE FRIENDS AND PROMOTERS OF TRUE RELIGION IN

THE BOROUGH OF LIVERPOOL

CHRISTIAN BRETHREN,—I trust you will feel with me
that no apology is needed for addressing you upon a sub-
ject in which you are so deeply and locally interested.
Appeals to your benevolence are numerous : from the
neglected afar off; and from the destitute at hand. But
Christian sympathy is unwearied ; and while it proves
itself genuine in the cause of the Missionary abroad, it
will not turn away from the proved necessities of the pastor
at home.

Liverpool presents features of intense interest to the
Christian. It is, confessedly, one of the most itnportant
towns in the United Kingdom. A hundred and fifty
years ago, it was a mere village. It now contains half a
million of inhabitants. The rapidity of its increase, espe-
cially within the last few years, has been without parallel,
even in this wonderful country. Its port is crowded with
vessels under every flag, and its commerce extends to all
parts of the world.

It is, moreover, a town of great religious activity.
Within the last five.and-twenty years, five-and-twenty
churches have been built, and the call made by the clergy,
largely to extend the means of Scriptural education, has
been nobly responded to.
The clergy are active in ministering to their flocks,
superintending their Scripture Readers, Tract Distribu-
tors, and District Visitors ; and especially in preaching
the glorious Gospel of the grace of God.
Some of you, to whom I now address myself, have, with
praiseworthy zeal, purchased the patronage of several
churches, and vested it in trustees of approved fidelity to
the Word of God and the Church of England; so that
vital religion, in doctrine and practice, is likely to be per-
petuated in the town.

All this is highly gratifying, and calculated to give the
most animating encouragement in the maintenance of the
beauty and completeness of our spiritual Zion, free from
all intrusion of either modern or mediaeval innovations.

One thing is wanting ; and I confidently believe that you
will adopt wise practical measures to meet the necessity.
Many of the churches in the town are unendowed, or
hut nominally endowed. Their support, and a provision
for their incumbents and curates, depend upon pew rents
and voluntary contributions. The wealthier portion of
the community, glad to escape the smoke, and dust; and
noise of the town, reside in the suburbs, and attend the
churches in the neighbourhood of their homes. The con-
sequence is, that the churches in the heart of the town,
surrounded by the densest masses of a poor population,
are deprived of their fair shore of such worshippers as
could afford to pay liberally for their accommodation.
Therefore, pew rents are of necessity at a low figure, and
the provision made for the personal comfort and profes-
sional respectability of the clergy who minister in those
churches is far, very far, from what, we feel persuaded,
you would desire to see it.

Some of our brethren barely live, and that by the utmost
economy. At the end of the year, if they can pay the bills
presented against them for the indispensable necessities
of house, food, and clothing, they bless God and take
courage. Sometimes they cannot do this, and have to
carry the burden of unpaid bills long and painfully into
the new year. And this, too, while themselves and fami-
lies are blessed with the full glow of health. When
pressed by the extra demands inseparable from sickness,
they are absolutely destitute.

This might suffice. But the subject presses closer still
upon some. The poor people who occupy the churches
in question are your dependants. They are engaged in
business of which you are the principals, and by which
you are the gainers. Have they not a claim upon you for
something more than merely the stipulated wages without
which you could not have their services at all, even as
machines ? Have not their immortal souls a claim upon
you? And how can you so well respond to that claim as
by maintaining among them, in easy independence, their
dear pastors, their counsellors in difficulty, their com-
forters in sorrow, as well as Christ's ambassadors to them
with the glad tidings of redeeming love ?
The proposal which I venture to submit to you is this—
the formation, by subscriptions and donations, of a fund,
to he called "The Liverpool Churches Endowment Fund,"
to be vested in trustees, and by them applied to the aug-
mentation of the endowments of certain churches in the
town—of course on defined principles, and in specified
proportions. _ _

It is manifest that, for the accomplishment of this pur-
pose, an arrangement must be made, the details of whi.th
will require much practical wisdom, as well as legal know-
ledge. But you are quite aware that these can be had,
and will be cheerfully exercised, if the scheme so com-
mend itself as to procure the re4uisite funds.
We appeal not here to any coercive law. We discuss
not the duty of a Christian state. We enter into no con-
trast between the established and the voluntary principle.
We rather appeal to the example of men of property in
the early ages of our Church history. It was the noble
exercise of their voluntary liberality which led to perma-
nent and territorial endowment. As Christianity spread
itself in the country, the proprietors of the soil began to
build Churches on their demesnes to accommodate the
tenants; and in order to have Divine service regularly
performed therein, they gave to the officiating minister,
and settled by legal entail on his successors for ever, one-
tenth part of their incomes. Thus, as Blackstone informs
us, parishes were gradually formed, and endowed with the
tithes that arose within the circuit assigned.
But Christianity has now spread far beyond that original
provision ; and may we not fairly hold up to the wealthy
owners of other descriptions of property than land the
example of our ancient English landlords ? Voluntary
liberality, on a sufficient scale, would lead now as it did
then, to permanent legal endowments and with the hap-
piests results.

- Be persuaded, dear brethren, to use in this truly noble
way a portion of your substance. The material things on
which the minds of men are so fully set will speedily pass
away from us all. Yet a little while, and the happiness of
every one of us will depend entirely on spiritual things.
The spiritual labourer in things eternal is every way
worthy of his material reward in things temporal. In
sustaining the shepherd for unembarrassed labour, you
are, in the most effectual manner, blessing the flock.
With respectful affection towards you all, and kindled
zeal and sympathy for our suffering, patient, and laborious
brethren, I am, your faithful servant, _

HUGH M'NEILE

Aigburth, 9th November, 1852.

TERRIFIC FLOODS.

BIRMINGHAM.—On Thursday, Birmingham was visited
with a most destructive flood. Owing to the heavy and
incessant rain, the river Rea, which runs through the
lower part of the town, rose to an unusual height between
five and half-past seven o'clock. The water, in some
parts, rose to between eight and ten feet, and the sur-
rounding neighbourhood was inundated for some miles—
south, west, and north of Birmingham—the fields present-
ing the appearance of an immense lake. In the neigh-
bourhood of Balsall-heath and Vaughton's-hole a consi-
derable amount of property has been destroyed. The
streeis connecting the parish of Birmingham with the
hamlets of Deritend and Bordesley,. Moseley-street,
Cheapside, Bradford-street, and Digbeth, were rendered
impassable except by vehicles ; but the most serious in-
jury was done to the property near the Rea. The works
on the immediate banks were flooded and stopped, doing
the greatest damage to machinery. The loss to manufac-
turers located in this neighbourhood will, it is calculated,
amount to some thousands of pounds. In Rea-street and
the vicinity the inhabitants of the houses were flooded
out, or obliged to take refuge in the upper stories. The
family
.of one poor woman had a narrow escape. A new
row of houses has recently been erected, one of which
abuts on the river in Mill-lane, in the neighbourhood of
Deritend-bridge. About half-past six o'clock a crash
was heard, the inmates fled, and the end wall of the
house was almost immediately precipitated into the river.
The immense flow of water is supposed to come from the
hills, and, no doubt, greatly augmented by the recently
constructed culverts of this town. The trains from
Bristol and Gloucester were stopped, and the Walsall
station is several feet under water. Several slips of earth
are said to have taken place between King's Norton and
Barnet-green, on the Gloucester_ line of railway.

HEREFORD.—The neighbourhood of this city was
visited on Friday by a tremendous flood, such as has not
been known for years, perhaps for centuries. The mail-
coach from Gloucester was washed away, and three of the
horses and an inside passenger drowned. Some of the
bags were fished out, but the coach, with the remainder,
was carried away out of sight. About one o'clock the
gas-works were flooded, and the city had to remain in
darkness.

LEICESTER.—This town and Market Harborough was
deeply flooded on Friday. A post-office messenger was
drowned. A viaduct on the Midland Railway was par-
tially destroyed, stopping the traffic between Rugby and
Leicester. Part of the line at Loughborough was washed
away, stopping the traffic north of Leicester, and immense
damage was done to factories and machinery, throwing
thousands of hands out of work.
DEVON.—Owing to the rapid rise of the river Teign,
the town of Newton Abbot has been seriously damaged
by a great flood, which laid all the valley under water, and
much property had been washed away.
NOTTINGHAM.—Owing to heavy rains all the week,
this county has been flooded ; and on Sunday it reached
its height. The trains have been stopped ; and at the
new gas works only the tops of the gasometers can be
seen. Several have locked up their houses and left.
Gi.oucEsTea.—The Severn has risen so rapidly that
the whole country is alarmed. The water is up over
the South Wales Railway, and several slips have taken
place on the Bristol and Birmingham line.
SHREWSBURY.—This town and neighbourhood have
been nearly deluged by the alarming floods. The Aberyst-
with mail was actually floated over the road, and a bridge
near the Shrewsbury and Hereford Railway has been
partially destroyed.
DONCASTER.—The lower part of this town has been
flooded by the overflowing of the river Don, and much
damage was done.
Similar accounts have been received from several other
places.

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