The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1847-02-02 00:00:00

TILE LIVERPOOL STANDARD.

f b 3 I in their workings would have a more absolute tendency
efforts of a temporary board, or a commis-than aught else than could be devised to mitigate the
sion. thus leayincr the medical officer on his subse-
general visitation."
Most cordially we assent to the recommendation

quent appointment, a
field for his occupatior

;lest and leas (

We quote our contemp

of the

Times, that the clergy should bestow their
------- • efforts in this direction. There can be no doubt
1 -- Elie remedy is a simple one. Let not the general that much may be done by the exercise of economy
enactment render compulsory the immediate appointment to increase the available supply of food for the
I of a public officer, but let it enjoin that a board of health
-- district, to serve fora specified pe.. people. We are ourselves under the impression,

ilmmoned in every

Dr the erection of a system of however, that the scarcity-is scarcely so great as it
g off old, scores," and reducing is either represented, or imagined to be ; and that
of difficulties. We have had large stocks would be brought forward for con-
gi;,thtttaioTinv:
itr!n,tte..atollT,rl sumption if the public would resolutely set their

sanatory police, by "c
the temporary accumi

if disinterest

faces against the exactions of dealers and retailers.
from One week's refusal to consume potatoes,- for in-
Government measure. stance, at the present exorbitant prices, and the
--b4-dly committed in substitution for them of some other description of
Or. Duncan at r a ---.._.,

3pectlng Liver-
ind is

The-miAtake'which t
that town consists in

to aonoi

Jour ot governing --- """v`" za...../01, 111...1.11GA VllO inal VA,. w.....,,.6...
tory accumulation, out -the country, who are keeping their supplies
Jr s of a temporary closed up in their pits in the expectation of still
s no person—would higher prices, although at the risk of finding them
n appropriate to , his when opened, decayed and unfit for human food,
iese
indiv appeidanal r comm
offs cer en- The dearest thing which the poor man can set be-
-. .
tufted cellars of Liverpool, fore his family at the present moment is a meal of
..6 of that town, to direct their potatoes; and if the wealthy and the middle classes
their v ntilation. To impose such would for a timer abjure the use of this root, we
luties upon any one man r lers the whole proceeding should very shortly see its price more closely ap-
proaching its small. intrinsic value as human food.
. Duncr "0111 d There are abundanee of substitutes to be found,
Pave some effective assistance in the f wet. the use of which only require to be tried in order
The work, as we have all along remarked, is too to be appreciated by those who at present have
heavy for one man to perform. But we cannot imbibed the notion thin' - ---4hout potatoes
thiqk, with the Herald, that after the accumulation

he ama

t of 1

vent al duties

with the p'

it the 8,

2,000 el

drainm

I their vt

It is c(

ble that Dr. Duncan

a dinner

of past years has been removed, the salary of that I
officer will be one shilling too much. It will

WORKING OF THE ALBERT DOCK FOR

) take care that new accu-

JANti

h the erection The prevalence of adverse winds during the past month
of dwellings or the growth of practices and trades has kept this, along with our other "docks, hare of vessels;
within the borough prejudicial to health. Cellars and it was not until the 27th ult. that we had any material
and courts may in time be swept away ; but there lbuees-Tvesesr doing.aetivel Saintceottata date,l however, the dock has
will always remain ample employment in this ex- has beenygot through.w work,
inn(staanacregeo7,maomuanztinoffllirpainteesisi
tending locality to employ fully'an energetic and occurred on Saturday last, in the case of the Li. theriand,
talented man, for whom £3OO a-year ought to be 305_tonsi.register, from China. _ This vessel entered the

ations do not tal

; to wat

lock with the foienoon tide

His versatih
cellar Brougham and N
the impropriety of

kative lord

having linded 3298 chases of
hemp, 6 bamboos of quicksib

es silk, 100 do
ses of wine; it

was eloquent upon
i alleged recommendation by

the short space of 54 hours, inclusive- of lunch time
Another instance of dispatch was the Clanera, 125 tons

the Rev. Edward Bickersteih, that advantage should
be taken of the present lamentable position of the
Irish people, for the purpose of turning them from
Popery to the Protestant Faith. As usual, his
lordship has indulged his volubility without paus-
ing to inform himself as to fact

Thich commenced disciirrginz on th

and finished

on the 28t1r, occupying- only 12 hours. Tlie ' cargo dis-
charged consisted of 88 butts, 87 carotels, and 40 brls.•
of currants,. and*2B6 pieces of fustic. The total 'tonnage'
which has entered the dock during the month, is 30 vessels,.
12,040 tons, the bulk of which has come hr -within the
last few days.

WHAT WILL, LORD JOHN RUSSELL'S-NEW
POOR LAW DO FOR IRELAND.

The objection which we have urged against this proposed

measure, t

fiat it does not renc
wonertv frelanti

titude whi

breasts of

THE LIVERPOOL AUXILIARY CHURCH PAS-
TORAL AID SOCIETY'.

The seventivanniversary of this excellent st‘ciAty was
held yesterday evening, in the hall of the Collegiate Insti-
tution. Though the weather was rather unfavourable,
,the attendance was numerous and highly respectable.
Amongst' those on the platform, we observed the Rev,
Chancellor Raikes, chairman ; the Revds. J. Haslegrave,
and A. P. Irwine, (a deputation from the parent society,)
and we may say nearly all the clergy of the town and
neighbourhood.
The,proceedings having been opened with prayer by
the Rev. C. W, Lawrence,
The CHAIRMAN proceeded to address the meeting.
He said it would hardly be necessary for him to trespass
upon them for any length of time, in explanation of the
objects of the society they were met that evening to sup-
port ; but he might trespass for a moment, with the view
of stating the reasons why he occupied the chair on that
occasion. There were reasons which woad have rendered

able that he should not come there that evening

and there were reasons why he might have requested that
some of the laity of Liverpool would have had the kind-
nes to occupy that place. But he did really feet that

Ls a society on_ behalf of which the clergy wet

bound to come forward, and tee express their gratitude for
the aid afforded; and as the representative of the clergy,
he desired to stand forward on that occasion, and when--
ever else he might have the opportunity, to express the
gratitude the clergy felt for • the important services
rendered through the medium of this society. But there
was a pressing claim for gratitude likewise, not from one
part of the community, but from alt NV-ho had the best in-
terests of religion at heart, to. Him who•was "the author
of every good gift" that He should have put it into the
heart of good men to form the simple,,yet well adapted
scheme which we had embodied in this society. It was,
perhaps, hardly possible to conceive that help could have
been given so effectitally, and yet so economically as it
was at this moment administered through themedium of
this society, a society established at a pevliid when the
church most required assistance. (hear.)' Any helps
given to its funds might be considered doubly vakable
by the certainty that every pound given went to form the
efficiency of the church on the points most important to
us all. The, state of things at present was aninestiou-

ably critical. Attached as he was, and mustlie to the
church as by law established, he should only be expressing
the sentiments of those around him, when he said, that
for the sake of the-country at large, it was most desirable
on all hands that the Established Church should stand.
(Applause.) While-the church stood, the country would
stand. (Loud cheers.) If it fell, the tie whielilield
society together would he loosened, and the very blowethat
caused the destruction of the church would cause thedis-

organisation of society also; (Load cheers.) He, there-
fore, thought that every:layman and clergyman might 'lie
appropriately appealed to to contribute towards the sup
port of this society, which' had such important objects hi
view, and which accomplished those objects by a -Systtrti
of administration so simple and so eTectual, that it was
hardly possible to conceive that such an_admirable plan,

eould have been devised bye the mind of man. He re-
joiced to see so many friends•, around him, because he

iew the meeting would hear from them, statements ema-

Tinting from the &11ness of theirhearts,for they had seen
the Church's energies strengthened and refreshed by the
bounty of the Christian world. -,He fell: convinced that
the society only required to be properly understood, in
order to be more importantly supported.- • He was parti-
cularly struck with this fact the oilier day, for,
after!- the excellent clerical secretary of the society had
preached a sermon in a country chinch, the. congregation
came- away astonished, saying they. could: not conceive
that such destitution existed in thechurchr nor had they

an idea there was such an agency at work to•redeem that
destitution; and if he (the Chaacellor) were• to judge of
the effect produced upon that single congregation, he
would say that if sermons were preached in every church
and every parish, and if the claims of the society wen
yortneriv wrovri_ thv &rich wmild Up, 0,,,n+1

every churchman would rejoice to Contrihute-to a society
that strengthened so effectually the church's
and contributed so much to the extension of true re,
throughout the land.—(Applause.( ,
The Rev. Mr. LAWRENCE here- read the report, of
which the following is an abstract

energies,

.ine report of the committee congratulated the friends
of the society on the substantial addition to the returns
which they had been permitted to send from, the Liver-
pool. Auxiliary to the Parent Society, as compared with
the remittance of past years. Exclusive of tne special
contribution of about £3OO, collected at the commence-
ment of the year, there has been transmitted about £BOO,
while the previous year's remittance was considerably un-
der £6OO. The committee believe that the object to be
pursued by the society is not diminished—population does
not std still—the state of thousands of immortalsouls is
not less dreadful than at the commencement of the opera-
tions of the society—the aggressions of popery, are not
less vehement-6- - Purrents of-profligacy have not

ceased, to ,run in our large towns.--the state of the country
is not less critical. The committee, however, hope that
s are flowing in upon the society, and that
a tendency in the remedies to incritse sinful-
', if not equally, with the evils which are to be

new resourc
there

aneousl

correcteu. The report notices the in __
funds of society at large, as indicating a growing:con
fidence in,the country in the principles of the. society, and
then enumerates the society's activities amorig.ourselves;
thirteen, churches in this town receitie, in different.sums,
nearly XllOO, and the committee.hOpe that the auxiliary
will follow the good example. which one of the. branches
has set, in paying back, with handsome interest, the sum
which the society dispenses among.sis: In one district

Le- increaee. in the

are told of that happy symptom of ministerial
success and spiritual life, viz. of acomplaint beginning
to be made by the Door of a want of room. and as a col-

lateral result; ragged schools have been, set up as being
sorrowfully suitable to the poor and vicious population.
Elsewhere, the vigour infused into the clericalministra-

Lions by a-grant, has enabled an indefatigable minister to
cultivate- an outpost previously beyond his reach, and a
Sunday-lecture among the servants and. followers..of the
railroad has been established, which appears to be both
effective and acceptable. The progressive erection of
another-handsome and spacious temple for the worsbip of
the in a third district, is another speaking testimony
to the value of the society. More. need not be stated;
and the-committee believe, that this town with its minis-
ters, ia only a sample of the society's results,. and of
the exertions of the ministers of the Lord in. other

localities. After a delightful expression of-; humble
confidence in the blessing of Almighty God on the
labours- of the society and a feeling allusion to
the endurance and privations of the poor, the re-
port goes on to say, that though it is a time when
adveesity will foster sullen discontents, the offsprings of
disasters, the parents of crime, it is a satisfaction to know
that the sweet sedatiiest
,of God-'s truth and Christian ex-

port concludes by reminding 'the friends of .the society
how much remains to be done_ The Committee feel that
they are at present dealing only with the skirts of the
fie'd.which they essay to cultivate, that the light which is
'indled in many quarters, ia so feeble sad .glimmering,
%t it serves but to show the extent and "' ,th of the

mounding darkness