The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1838-10-12 00:00:00

WHERE ARE THE WATER CARTS?

TO THE EDITOR OF THE LIVERPOOL STANDARD.
Silt,—The above question was -general throughout the
town yesterday, and no wonder, seeing the clouds of dust
that were whirled about iu all directions, and not a drop of
water from the carts to put down the evil. What are the
officers in this department paid for? There is not only the
annoyance to pedestrians, but the serious injury to shop-
keepers, by having heaps of dust blown in upon their goods,
,some of which inust'suffer. Is it not unpardonable, that
iu
a town like this, such a palpable duty should be so grossly
neglected ?

Your drawing the attention of the proper authorities to the
subject, will oblige yours, &c.
Liverpool, Oct. 12. • PRO BONO PUBLICO.

TO THE RIGHT REV. THE LORD BISHOP OF
CHESTER.

Waterloo, Crosby, near Liverpool, Oct. 8, 1838.
MY Lortn,—Pertnit me to call your attention to a prac-
tice, whi• h I understand is more or less prevalent in }our
lordship's diocese, and which if not checked, will• tend not
only to injure the usefulness of our church' establishment,
but bring contempt on her ministrations.
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Having had occasion to visit the neighbourhood of Liver-
pool with coy family for.change of air, I was delighted to find,
on enquiry, that a church and faithful miuistry were within
a reasonable distance of that part of the shore where I had
pitched my tent.
On the Sunday, I took my family t 6 Seaforth church, and
arriving before the congregation were assembled, the clerk
and beadle, to my great surprise, demanded the sum of five
shillings for accommodating my wife, myself, two littlegirls,
(under six yeats of age,) and their governess with a pew for
that service. A written notice was also , suspended at each
entrance' door of the church, exhibiting a scale of charges, to
occasional visitors.
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they are not incurring an awful responsibility in the effect
produced by this deprivation, and the probable mode in which
such persons are thereby compelled to spend the remaining
hours of the Sabbath Probably at the hotel, amusing them-
selves on the sea shore,.or at the news-room. I learn it is a
cominon remark in the families of visitors who attend the
morning service, that they are obliged to forego the afternoon
service, on account of the e.zpence ! Ezek. xxiv. 6. •
What my Lord ! ate the doors and pews of all the various
sects who dissent from us, to be thrown wide open to strangers
and visitors, and is the Church of England permitted to
stand forth and tell her members at the very threshold of her
doors, " You cannot worship here, unless you first pay a certain
sum of money for the 'Bread and Water of Life' dispensed
here ?" Can such proceedings at our churches in the present
day strengthen her claims to public favor ?
I am informed that Seafori h church was built by a private
individua', but that it has since be n con:eccated. Youtslord-
&hip, thetefore, knows best, ‘v nether such exactions at e agree-
able to ecclesiastical law: they appear, however, to many
persons,totallv at variance with the idea of a national church,
and grossly inconsistent with the spirit of christianity itself,
If this church has no endowment, or if the pew-rents be
insufficient for the support of its ministers,—if there be no
fund for cleaning, repairing or enlarging the edifice,—or if
funds be wanting for the support of its Sunday schools, in
any, or all of these cases, let the fact be openly and fairly
stated from the desk, and collections made after service for
any one of these specific objects; and I feel assured that
strangers and visitors would cheerfully and liberally respond
to the call. Subscription books might also be opened at the
hotel and lodging houses.
I must apologize for thus calling your lordship's attention
to a growing evil in our churches, and particularly amongst
the evangelical portion of the clergy, (of all others the persons
who should most scrupulously avoid it,) and which is a blot
upon that church of which your lordship is so eminent and
distinguished a prelate.

•
I have the honor to remain,
With much veneration and respect,
Your Lordship's obedient servant,
A CHURCHWARDEN.
(From a distant county.)

JAMAICA STEAM NAVIGATION COMPANY.

OBSERVATIONS ON THE MANAGEMENT AND EXTRAORDINARY

LOSSES OF THE JAMAICA STEAM NAVIGATION COMPANY.

Mr. Pinckard, a shareholder and auditor of the above
company, has put forth the statements and expositions con-
tained in this pamphlet, with the view of explaining to the
proprietors, as far as practicable, the causes which have led
to the failure of the concern, "and to the absolute loss of a
serious portion, if not the entire amount, of the paid-up
capital." The latter is upwards of .£40,000. The statements
put forth by Mr. Pinckard are curious. To all men of busi-
ness, but especially to the parties who have had money in-
vested in the concern, they will be deeply interesting. In
his introduction, Mr. Pinckard says, "the mania for joint
stock companies, of late years, and the too frequent mode
cf conducting them by a reckless expenditure and misappli-
cation of the fends, have, in many instances, entailed ruin
on the parties interested; and directors of such companies,
by adopting a similar course in their private affairs, would
experience a similar result, as well as the lass of character
for integrity and veracity : and although they, by the sup-
pression of their accounts, may keep the proprietors.i❑ ig-
norance for a time, yet, in the end, snch conduct is sure to
be detected, and to meet with the punishment it deserves."
The whole business of the Jamaica Steam Navigation Com-
pany seems to have been conducted in the most extraor-
dinary manner. The blame, according. to Mr. Pinckard's
statement, falls upon the chairman and the secretary, who
must have been guilty of the utmost nee igmee, whilst thee
were practising. the most reckless expenditure. Mr. Piaci-
ard lays the whole correspondence between himself and-the
two functionaries before the public. As auditor he presumed
tie had a right to examine the accounts but this privilege he
could not obtain. From the statements contained iu the
subsequent report, the repeated refusals do not seem wonder-
ful, as it is pretty clear that nn regular accounts *ere kept.
The ruin of a concern, so conducted, was cettain. For the
details which led to this result we must refer our readers to.the
pamphlet.

- I THEATRICALS.—While Mr.
WIZEXHAA
, .
"starring it" at the Theatre Royal in Liverpool, our ow*
-Charles Kean is
tiagedian, Mr. Stuart, is "starring it"
we hear, he is playing to very go( d,
at Wrexham, where,
THE REVISION OF THE MUNICIPAL Lasr.—The revision
of the list of voters proceeds but at a very slow rate. Four
wards have yet to be got through, before all the names. will
have been called over for the first time. After which they
will be again called over, and the list completed as they go
on. At 'present every thing is incotnplete; and it is impossi-
ble to foyin anv opinion how the list will be affected when
the votes shall. have been all finally called over. It is ex-
pected, that the revision will not be concluded till Saturday
night.

Mr. Henry Gordon Harhard, late a pupil of the Hull
Medical School, and resident surgeon of the South Dispen-
sary in this town, on Friday last, passed his examination at
the Royal College of Surgeons, London; during which he
was complimented byeachof his examiners, viz: Mr. Keefe,
Mr. Guthrie, Sir A. Carlisle, and Sir A. Cooper; the latter
in a very particular manner, after expressing his satisractiort
in general terms, said, "I see, sir, you are one of those who
have not only studied your profeesion as a task, but have
engaged in it with pleasure, and I do not know whether your •
abilities or the good use you bare made of theta, is the rnosi+.
apparent_; you have.read much, sir, but you have reflected
more."
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The rumoured intended resignation of Lord Illu.uket
give the agitator another string to his how in the nonlioation
of his successor ; the office of lord cluincellor being one
which, under the term 4 of the EriptloikAtiou Act witiot
hold hinaself.

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