The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1841-03-23 00:00:00

LOCAL NEWS

SINGULAR CASE OF LOCK JAW.—On Friday an inques'
was held on the body of John Hill, a boy eight years old, who
died of lock-jaw, under the following singular circumstances.
Another boy and the deceased were playing together on Thurs-
day week in Hill-street, Toxteth-park, on some balks, and in
the act of running over them a piece of wood stuck into his
Not. The deceased pulled the splinter out, and the wound
bled a good deal, but by putting some oakum to it he was
enabled to walk home. His mother saw his foot swelled the
next day, and on asking him the cause, he said a piece of iron
had fallen upon it. On Saturday it appeared to get worse,
but the boy was still able to walk about. On Tuesday night
he went to bed quite hearty, but the next morning he became
sick, and could not get up. From nine o'clock on Wednes-
day morning until one o'clock on Thursday afternoon, he
had a constant succession of fits, which terminated in his
Thi medical man, Mr. Leech, when called in, found
ht scr The usual medicine was ad-
ministereo at it was unavailing—the disease was lock jaw,

a slight scratch on the instep

of which he died.
TIDE GOVERN= FENNER.—This unfortunate vessel, it
would seem, has gone to pieces on the coast of Wales. The
mate, we understand, has been down to Criccieth'and Aber-
ffraw, and recovered a trunk belonging to himself, and another
the property of his wife, which had been thrown up in that
neighbourhood. The beach for sixty miles along the coast
was thickly strewed with portions of the wreck. At Aber-
ffra w, a chest belonginc, to Wm. Thorns, one of the passengers
from Cheltenham, we believe, and containing wearing appa-
rel, books, and sixty pounds in money had been found, and
at Criccieth, a trunk, full of female dresses, belonging to a
couple lately married at Chester, but whose names are not in
our possession, has been cast up by the waves. In the trunk
of Mr. Thorns, a letter was found, written by Mr. Dugan, of
Waterloo-road, recommending the bearer to his relatives in
America. Him they made acquainted with the affair, and he
immediately wrote to Mrs. Thorns on the subject; and on
Friday morning Mr. Dugan and the widow returned from
Wales, bringing with them the contents of the trunk, con-
sisting of clothes, 13 sovereigns, 2 American eagles, and 250
dollars, which she sold to Messrs. Durandu and Luff, money
brokers. It is stated that several other boxes have come on
shore at different parts of the coast, and the hull of the Go-
vernor Fenner was seen only a few days since: It is to be
hoped the vessel may be recovered, as there is little doubt
there are many valuables still remaining in her.

OPERATIVE PROTESTANT ASSOCIATION.—A numerous
meeting was held in St. Michael's School-room, Parr-street,
on Friday evening, for the purpose of forming a branch of
the Protestant Operative Association in connection with
Pitt-street and Great George-street districts. The Rev. H.
Carpenter presided, and, after opening the proceedings with
prayer, addressed the meeting at some length, in the course
of which he stated the objects the-association had in view,
namely, to enlighten the members of the Church of England
on those great and fundamental truths on which themselves
and the Church of Rome were at issue, and to lay before the
members of the Church of Rome tha errors in which they
are involved, in order that, by contrasting those errors with
the gospel of Christ, they might embrace the truth. After
stating that the Rev. Mr. Ould was prevented by indisposi-
tion from being present, Mr. Swindley proposed and Mr.
Ashbrook seconded the first resolution, which was to the
effect that Popery was opposed to the freedom of the gospel.
The Rev. Mr. Marshall proposed and Mr. Woonurne se-
conded the next resolution, that the encroachments at pre-
sent making by the Romish church in Great Britain, and the
apathy of professing Protestants, call loudly for active exer-
tion on the part of the Operative Protestant Association.
The next resolution was proposed by the Rev. Mr. Mansfield
and seconded by Mr. Crisp, to the effect that the district
branch be formed. Several other excellent speeches were
made, a large number entered their names as members,
thanks were proposed to the rev. chairman, and the meeting
separated. All the resolutions were unanimously carried.

DISPUTED SEAMAN'S WAGES.—Captain M`Pherson, of
the Mary Ann Peters, appeared on Saturday before Mr.
Rushton, to answer a summons obtained against him by a
seaman named Williams, to show cause why he refused to
pay a balance of wages said to be due. Williams stated that
he shipped on board the Mary Ann Peters, in Calabar, as
chief mate, at £6 a month, and arrived in Liverpool on the
3rd February. On his passage home, the captain " knocked
him off work," and refused to pay him his wages.—The ap-
plicant is a well-known character at the police court, having
applied, within the last few days, more than once for wages
disputed, and which the court has refused to enforce, it being
shown that he had misconducted himself whilst on board the
respectivp ships for the service in which lie had claimed com-
pensation ; in one case it was shown that he had incited the
crew to mutiny.—Captain M`Pherson stated, that, when at
Calabar, he had taken Williams on board out of sheer cha-
rity, he at that time being in irons for mutiny in another
vessel. On the passage home he found that he was totally
useless, and that he was inciting the crew to insubordination ;
he therefore determined to put him on shore. The captain
gave a case to prove his assertion, but, unfortunately, it was
not entered in the log.—Mr. Rushton said, under the cir-
cumstances, as the captain had no legal objection to resist
payment, he must order that the amount due be forthwith
paid, but expressed a strong opinion on the conduct of Wil-
liams, more particularly as he had attempted to injure the
character of Captain M`Pherson, as he had done those of
several other captains. He was sorry that Captain M`Pher-
son's charity should have been thrown away upon so worth-
less a fellow.

THE ROCK HARMONICON.—To Mr. Richardson, inventor
and proprietor of the rock harmonicon.—Sir, We, who have
hereto attached our signatureS, being the teachers of the
children in connexion with the charity schools, who have be•
nefited, and at the same time been delighted at hearing the
sweet music of your admirable invention, the rock harmoni-
con, beg, on our own and their behalf, to return our sincere
thanks for your liberality, in granting gratuitous admission
to those to whom, on other terms, the pleasure must have
been sacrificed. Having been made acquainted with the his-
tory of the invention, the children have had an opportunity
of learning that industry and perseverance can extract sweet
melody and dulcet notes even from rocks. With our sincere
wish that your ingenuity and liberality may meet with its
just reward, we have the honour to be, sir, your obedient
humble servants, William Henry Bell, master of Harrington
Free School; Anne Braithwaite, mistress of ditto, William
Washington, St. James's School; R. Bulman and D. Wright;
Elizabeth M`Bride, Caledonian School; J. Lees, St. Mi-
chael's School; Jane M`Bride, ditto; John Jones, Moor-

fields School
Paul's Schur

M'Comt

lino ; Richard Sim ni

DOG STEALlNG.—Yesterday Mr. Thos. Kaye, proprietor
of the Liverpool Courier, appeared before Mr. Rushton at
the Police-court, to prefer a charge of stealing a dog, his
property, against two brothers named William and Matthew
Stroud. It appeared that one morning, about two months
ago, a boy in Mr. Kaye's service was going along London-
*road with the dog, and when he was near Lime-street the
prisoners.met him, and asked him to whom the dog belonged.
He told them it was his master's, and they then desired him
to give it I o them, and to say that he had lost it, but he re- )
fused. When he had gone a little further, he discovered the
prisoners running away, and that one of them had the dog
under his arm.—The prisoners said that Mr. Kaye had had
the dog since that time. Mr. Rushton asked them what
business they had to steal it? In reply, they denied the
charge.—Mr. Dowling explained that the dog had been re-
stored to Mr. Kaye, but had been stolen again.—Mr. Kaye
told the magistrate that the boy was naturally much dis-
tressed after he had lost the dog, and went to his mother to
know what he should do. His mother went with him to the
cellar in which the prisoners lived, and there found the dog
tied to the bedstock. The boy claimed the dog, and it was
liberated. He (Mr. Kaye) then went to Mr. Whitty, to
procure the apprehension of the prisoners, but the officers
could not succeed. On Saturday last, the dog having es-
caped from him (Mr. Kaye) whilst he was in Bold-street, it
occurred to him that it might be in the cellar where it was
found before. Search was made for it this morning; the
animal could not be found, but the two prisoners were met
with and placed in custody. He (Mr. Kaye) should be sorry
to occupy the time of the bench with such a trifling case,
had there not existed in this town a regular system of dog-
stealing.—Mr. Rushton inquired the value of the dog ?
Mr. Kaye replied that he had paid 30s. for it some time ago.
A dog of value could scarcely be kept at all anywhere; but
when it was stolen, if a reward of 10s. was offered, it was
frequently brought back for the sake of the reward.—ln
answer to the magistrate, Mr. Parkinson said that both the
prisoners had been previously before the court.—Mr. Rush-
ton ordered them to pay 305., the value of the dog, and a
penalty of £5 in addition ; in default of payment, they must
be committed to hard labour in the House of Correction for
one month. And, further, if they were ever brought before
him again for dog-stealing, he would apply the other provi-
sions of the act to them, and order them both to be well
whipped twice.—The prisoners said they were not prepared
to pay the money. They were consequently committed.—
Mr. Kaye stated, that the boys in the neighbourhood of the
cellar had annoyed his boy, from whom the dog had been
stolen. Mr. Rushton desired the names of any of them to
be given to him who had been guilty of such proceedings.
One was given, and an officer was ordered to enforce his
attendance to-day (Tuesday).
ELECTION OF POOR-LAW GUARDIANS AT FORBIBY.—We
are sorry to hear that the poor in the township of Formby
are in a most lamentable state of destitution, and that the
Paltry relief doled opt under the new poor-law system barely
keeps them from starvation. Some old women 70 or SO years
of age are compelled to subsist upon Is. or Is. 6d. per week.
The election of the guardian for this township, according to
the information we have received, does not appear to proceed
according to the much boasted practice of purity of election.
One of the rural police has been placed at the disposal of the
clerk of the board of guardians, and this gentleman takes
half of the voting papers, and the assistant-overseer (whose
duty it is to deliver the whole) attends to the remainder.
The parochial constable enters each house as soon as the
assistant-overseer has left it, offers to assist the ratepayer in
signing the paper ; and at the same time uses his influence
to induce them to vote for a guardian obnoxious to the ma-
jority of the ratepayers. The parochial constable secures
the paper after it is signed, delivers it into the hands of the
assistant-overseer, instead of, according to the directions of
the poor-law commissioners, allowing it to remain until the
23d, when lie (the assistant-overseer) is bound to call for it.
The whig method of carrying out one of their projects is ge
nerally as objectionable as the measure itself.

EXTRAORDINAY CASE OF ASSAULT.—On Saturday last
William Kelly, a pale, withered old man, who appeared to be
suffering much pain and to be enfeebled by sickness, appeared
before Mr. Rushton, to complain against William Martin,
who had been apprehended by warrant for assaulting him.
The statement of the complainant was to the effect, that on
the 25th February last he went to the house of the prisoner,
who forced him to remain the whole afternoon. When at
night he wished to go away, the prisoner placed a chain across
the door, and fastened it so that he could not get out. Next
morning he was very desirous of going away, but he found
that the prisoner had hidden his boots. He sought for them
a long time, but could not find them ; he was, therefore, com-
pelled to walk about barefoot. The prisoner was, meanwhile,
frolicking about the house, or, as the complainant called it,
" cutting his capers", till at length be commenced persecu-
ting him. After he had thrown him down once or twice, he
forcibly pulled down his stockings, and with a knife which he
held in his hand cut part of the feet from them. He then,
with thesame knife, inflicted a severe gash on the complain-
ant's foot, across his instep. Then, having made the poker
red hot, he told the old man he would make a forrester of
him. After he had brandished the poker for a short time, to
the infinite terror of the complainant, he put the hot instru-
ment to his foot and burned it severely. The complainant
stated, that he then wept bitterly and begged to be allowed
to depart. The prisoner, however, had not yet done with
him. Kneading a piece of new bread till he had made it soft,
he pressed it firmly on the old man's eyes, and, at the same
time putting over his head the noose of a rope which was
passed over a hook in the ceiling, he pulled at it, and Kelly,
who had his arms at liberty and had taken the dough from
his eyes, was terrified lest his persecutor should hang him.
He managed to slip his neck from the noose, and again he
wept and begged to be set at liberty. Upon this Martin, after
shaking him for a short time, threw him heavily to the ground,
by which four of his ribs were fractured, A certificate from
a surgeon was produced, showing, that the cnt and the burn
on the foot had been very severe, and that the ribs of the old
man had been fractured. As Kelly hadno witnesses present,
Mr. Rushton ordered a constable to go for Mr. Mitchell's
servant, who, Kelly said, saw the whole transaction. The
servant fully corroborated the testimony of the complainant.
The prisoner stated, that the old man told him he had been
a soldier, and he (prisoner) took him home to his house, and
fed him and used him well. He attributed his misconduct
to the influence of drink. Mr. Rushton ordered him to find
bail for his appearance to answer an indictment which would
' be preferred at the next sessions, himself in £5O and two
. sureties in £25 each.

ROYAL INSTITUTION.—At a meeting of the Philosophical
Society, last evening, Sir John Salisbury in the chair, a most
delightful paper was read from the pen of Mr. Winstanley,
on the life, character, and works of Raphael. The essay
appeared toexcite profound attention, and was much admired
for the learning and research exhibited in it. Mr. Winstan-
ley illustrated his observations by. many fine engravings.
ILLEGALLY PLEDGING.--Daniel Atkins, a mulatto, was
yesterday charged, at the Police-court, with having pledged
some clothes given him to get washed by seamen. The case
was proved, and he was required to pay 125., the value of the
articles, also a penalty of 505., or, in default, to be impri-
soned for one month. The prisoner was tried last assizes
for stabbing, but was acquitted.
FORCIBLE ENTRY INTO A DRAPER'S SHOP BY A STRANGE
CUSTOMER.—Yesterday evening, a cow, that was being dri-
ven along Berry-street, suddenly bolted through the shop
window of Mr. Grace, smashing in a very large pane of crown
glass, without damaging the wood work. The animal, when
she found herself in the " boutique de toile," appeared no
Less astonished than the inmates, stood stock still, and per-
mitted herself to be quietly ejected. It is not known whe-
ther she performed the feat by being overdriven, or by taking
fright at some object in the street.

DEATII BY SCALDING.—An inquest was held on Satur-
day, before Mr. Curry, on view of the body of Esther Bibby
Potts, a child of two years old, who lived with her parents in
Cotter's-place, Cotter-street, Toxteth-park. On the morn-
ing of Thursday deceased was scalded by a pot of hot coffee,
which was left near her on the table. Her left side was
much injured. She was taken to the Dispensary, and
dressed ; but gradually declined until Friday morning, when
she died. Verdict, " Accidental death" accordingly.
STEALING LEAD.-At the Police-court, yesterday, Geo.
Johnson was charged with stealing a quantity of lead, the
property of Mr. Foster, from the top of a pantry, in a pas-
sage leading out of Renshaw-street. He was found carrytng
it by a police-officer. He said he had received it from ano-
ther man, who said he would give him something to carry it
for him to Fontenoy-street. The prisoner had before been
committed for felony. and he was sentenced to three months'
imprisonment in the House of Correction.

STEALING A COPPER PUMP.—A man named Elias Hughes
was yesterday charged with having obtained felonious pos-
session of a copper pump. Evan Jones said he was an en-
gineer in the service of Messrs. Ricbard and Cornthwaite,
who have a rice-mill in Manesty-lane. The prisoner came
to him in the engine-house, and said he wanted Mr. Taylor's
pump. Witness was aware that the prisoner bad worked for
Mr. Taylor, but afterwards found he had given the pump to
the wrong person. The prisoner was watched as he carried
it away, by another person, into Hanover-street. Mr.
Samuel Taylor, oil and colour merchant, Seddon-street. said
the prisoner had been in his service up to the 11th instant,
when he discharged him. He was aware that witness had a
pump at Messrs. Richard and Cornthwaites ,' but he was not
sent for it. It was worth from £5 to £6. The prisoner was
found by the police in a cellar in Circus-street.
SUICIDE.—An inquest was:held on Saturday before Mr.
Curry, on view of the body of Patrick 'Wallace. Catherine
Taylor said the deceased, who was 60 years of age, and a
tailor by trade, had lodged with her for five years, in Rut-
ledge-court, Blundell-street. On Thursday he went to bed
about half-past eight o'clock, a little in drink. She did not
see him again till next day, when she had occasion to go into
his room, and on opening the door she saw the deceased in a
sitting posture in bed, with something black round his neck,
and the other end fastened to a hook in the wall. She thought
he was hanging and screamed out, and some persons came to
her assistance. He was cut down. and she soon afterwards

saw him dead on the bed. She had never observed anything
in his manner that induced he, to think he was at all de-
ranged in his mind. He was a very quiet, inoffensive man,
and used to take a little drink on a Saturday or Sunday. and

came home a little tipsy, but never in a state of great intox-
ication.—Peter Johnson had seen the deceased on the same
day, a little in liquor, and conversed with him. He was
called in by the last witness, and found him as described,
with a piece of listing round his neck, and the other end
fastened to a black silk stock, which was again fastened to a
hat-pin in the wall. He was cut down, and was found to be
quite dead and cold. A surgeon was called, but could ren-
der no assistance. There was nothing in his manner that led
him to think he was out of his mind.—Francis Williams,
publican, Blundell-street, said the deceased had called at his
house on Thursday morning, and asked him to let him have
a glass of whiskey, which he refused, 'as the deceased was in
liquor. He appeared perfectly well, and spoke rationally.—
Martha Mills, who lodged in the same house with the de•
ceased saw him on Wednesday, when he appeared quite well.
She observed nothing in his manner to lead her to think he
was deranged ; but a few days before he seemed to be in a
melancholy state of mind, and talked of going to Dublin to
see his daughter, who resided there. He was rather re-
served but appeared toibe quite in his senses. The jury re-
turned a verdict of felo de se, and orders were given for the
interment of the body privately within the hours fixed by law.

A SEAMAN'S WIFE DROWNED IN THE COBURG DOCK.
-:--Yesterday, an inquest was held before Mr. Curry, on
view of the body of Ann Smith, wife of one of the crew of
the lazarette Newcastle, now lying in the Coburg Dock.
Edward Tilly, one of the hands, said that on Saturday night
last he was in the vessel, when deceased came to the quay
and wanted to come on board. He opened the gangway,
and placed a plank from the ship's side to the quay. He
was assisting her on board, and had hold of her hand; and
while they were walking along, deceased tripped and fell,
and both fell into the dock. He was not able to swim, and
called for help, and a policeman came and he was taken out.
Before he was rescued he had hold of the clothes of the de-
ceased, and kept her up ; but he did not know whether her
head was above water or not. She was taken out directly
after, and carried to the station-house ; and when he next
saw her, at eleven o'clock the same evening, she was dead.
Deceased was about.4B years of age. When she fell, she
struck against one of the fenders which is placed against the
side of the ship. John M`Knedle, the police-officer, said
that a man went down by a rope, and kept the deceased up
by his feet till she was got out. She appeared to be dead.
She was in the water from seven to ten minutes. A surgeon

was called, but she was past recovery. Verdict—'

." Acciaen

tal death.'

LIVERPOOL OPERATIVE PROTESTANT A

Last evening a very crowded meeting was held in thi
school-room underneath All Saints' Church, Grosvenor
street, for the purpose of forming a district branch, for Scot

land-road, of the Operative Protestant Assoc

sts of the Protestal

ncumbent pf All Saints' Church

Rev. Andrew I\l`t.;o
occupied the chair, and addressed the meeting in an able

speech. Mr. James Matthews followed, and with consider-
able eloquence exposed many of the errors and falsehoods
propagated by the Romish church. The other speakers were
the Rv. Mr. Orme, Mr. Gleaves, Mr. Leatherbarrow, and
Mr. Ashbrooke, each of whom produced much effect. All
the resolutions were unanimously carried.—We perceive that
a meeting of the St. Simon's branch of the Operative Pro-
testant Association is appointed to be held on the evening of
Thursday next, in Hackin's-hey School-room.
DEATH BY FALLING FROM A SHANDRAY.—An inquisition
was held before the borough coroner on Saturday, touching
the death of John Anderton. Alice Hunter, cousin of the
deceased, said that he was about 35 years of age. Last Sun-
day afternoon, the deceased and another man, named Bates,
drove up a shandrey to the house in Lambert. street where he
Hued. Deceased was supporting the other man, who was
driving. The former got out, and Mr. Bates was taken into
the house, bleeding at the head. The deceased took the
horse from the shandrey, and put him into the stable. On
his return witness, (having heard that they were thrown out,)
asked him if he was much hurt, and he said, " not much,
but that he was shaken." On the following day he com-
plained of being hurt, and that he felt it in his hip. On
Tuesday he was not able to get up, and a surgeon was spoken
of, but he would not consent. He became worse on Wed-
nesday. A draught was procured for him from a druggist,
and, as he gradually became worse, a surgeon was called on
Thursday afternoon, but he died on the same evening between
9 and 10 o'clock.—William Bates stated that he was a la-
bourer, and a friend of the deceased. They were returning
from Roby, both fresh. When as far as Kensington they
observed a gig before them, going the same way. The de-
, ceased was driving, at a middling brisk trot, and overtaking
the gig. Just as they were passing it, the near wheel of the
shandrev got fast between the off wheel and the body of the
gig, and both vehicles were upset, and deceased and he were
thrown out. Witness was hurt and became insensible, and
recollected nothing until the following morning. Deceased
was quite capable of driving at the time.—William Fitz said
he saw the shandry coming up. The horse was at a gallop,
and the driver was whipping it.
Both parties were thrown
out. There was room enough for the shandrey to pass the
(rig. There were in the gig a aentleman and two females.
When they recovered from the shock they drove away. The
parties in the shandrey were alone to blame.—Francis Wil-
son, surgeon, attended the deceased on Thursday. He found
him in a sinking state. He did not complain of pain. He
made a post mortem examination. Death was occasioned by
injury to the lungs, the result of external violence. The
jury returned a verdict to the effect that the deceased's death
was occasioned by injuries accidentally received. It is re-
markable that the deceased appeared to be much less hurt
than his companion who recovered.

SUNDAY SCHOOL SOCIETY OF IRELAND.—Last evening
a meeting of the Liverpool Association Auxiliary to the above
society was held :in Christ Church. School-room, Christian-
street. The room was crowded to excess by a most numer-
ous and respectable assembly. At seven o'clock the chair
was taken by the Rev. Fielding Ould, who opened the busi•
ness with prayer, and then explained at considerable length,
and in a very eloquent and impressive address, the object of
the meeting. It was to interest the people, and to obtain
funds in aid of the Sunday School Society for Ireland—one of
the most important and useful institutions in whose behalf
the sympathies of the British public could possibly be soli-
cited. It had been established upwards of thirty years—had
commenced when there werc not more thun two Sabbath
schools in all Ireland, but has now more than three thousand
such: schools under its own care. The goad which it had been
the means of effecting was incalculable, and he earnestly be-
sought the meeting to contribute liberally to its aid. A few

ladies of his congregation, who Interested themselves in

its behalf, had Tor- some time been enabledTo---Colieet.
about sixty pounds a-year—an example which he re-
commended to the imitation of others--The Rev. Thomas
Gregg, of St. Catherine's Church, Dublin, then pleaded
the cause of the society in a very powerful speech, re-
plete with highly impOrtant and interesting statements,
which excited the deepest attention, The operatives of the
society, he said, had been so successful that it would be now
impossible to put the work down. It was in the power of
friends to help it forward, but it was not in the power of
princes, of earth or hell to put it down—for the Lord had
blessed, and was still blessing lit.—Some other rev. gentle-
men then addressed the meeting, which, after a collection
had been made, separated shortly after ten o'clock.

CONCEALING TOBACCO.—James Moore, steward of the
ship Eleanor, was placed before Mr, Rushton, on Saturday,
charged with having concealed beneath some bread, on board
the above ship, 12lbs of cigars, for the purpose of defrauding
the revenue. The officers who went to rummage the ship,
found the cigars in a canister imdand the prisoner ac-
knowleged they were his. His defence was, that he was a
stranger, that he brought them for his own use, and he did
not know there was any limit to the quantity allowed. He
was convicted in the penalty of £lOO. In default of payment
he was to be imprisoned 6 months. A representation of the
extenuative circumstances will go to the board.

MELANCHOLY DEATH.—On Tuesday last, the 19th in-
stant, an accident of a distressing nature occurred at Lowton,
near Newton, the following are the circumstances :—The de-
ceased, a young woman of the name of Mary Hart, aged 20
years of age, resided with her uncle at Lowton, and on the
night of Friday she went into the garden at the back of the
house. Deceased had been absent about half an hour, when
her uncle, who had been expecting her return for sometime,
went in search of deceased, andfin a short time discovered
with her ace in a small pool of water
her in the garden lying
in one of the walks, which was not more than a foot in depth,
quite dead. She had apparently fallen down in a fit, with her
face in the water, and by that means she was suffocated.
There is no reason, to suppose that the fit she had would, of
itself, have caused her death, if she had happened to fall in
any other spot than where she did fall. The deceased had
n
few years ago had the
previously been subject to fits, and
a
misfortune, whilst labouring u er one, to fall on the fire,
by which she was so severely burned as to have endangered
her life, she being several months before she perfectly re-
covered. The inquest was to be held yest erday, and the ver-
dict no doubt would be accidentally drowned or suffocated.

DEATH OF SIR JOHN RIC soN.—This distinguished
HARp
lawyer, some years since one of the judges of the Court of
Common Pleas (which situation he was obliged to resign in
consequence of ill health), died on Thursday at his residence
in Bedford-square. Sir John was considered by the profes-
sion as one of the soundest lawyers of the clay.

GRATIFYING ADDITION TO THE NUMBER. OF

CHURCHES IN LIVERPOOL

We have in a previous number informed our rea

Church, after a separation from her of several year

into the history of his proceedings during that period, we
have no time nor space to enter ; but we sincerely congratu-

late the mein

kbers of the national establishment, no less than

Mr. Aikin himself, upon the circumstance we have men-
tioned. During Mr. Aikin's connection with the " Christian
Instruction Society" he was the means of procuring the erec-
tion of two buildings for public worship, according to the
tenets held by that hody. One of these buildings was in
London, and the other in Hope-street, Liverpool. When
the rev. gentleman perceived " the error of his ways," he

was naturally anxious to return to the ministerial office in
the fold he had left: He therefore applied to the Lord
Bishops of London and Chester to license the two buildings
referred to, aud, on clue proof of his earnestness and sincerity,
their lordships assented. Unfortunately, with respect to the
building in London, it was found to have been built within
the distance that the act of parliament states churches shall
be erected from each other, and consequently the bishop had
no power to grant the necessary license, which but for this
circumstance he unquestionably would. The case was diffe-
rent with the building in Liverpool ; our venerable diocesan
issued the license, and it is now ,_called St. John the
•
Evangelist's.
On Sunday last (after having been postponed for a week,

in consequence of the death of a relative of the Rev. Hugh
Nl`Neile) the church was opened for the celebration of divine
worship in connection with our unrivalled national church.
The Rev. Hugh M`Neile was the morning preacher, and the
new incumbent, the Rev. Robert Aikin, preached in the
evening. The church on both occasions, but particularly in
the morning, was crowded to excess, great interest having
been excited in the neighbourhood by the event.

As Mr. M`Neile's discourse bore strongly upon the neces-
sity of an established church, and the evils of dissent, we
make no apology for inserting the subjoined sketch of it :

The Rev. Gentleman selected as his test the following
words—the 10th verse of the 14th chapter of St. Paul's First
Epistle to the Corinthians—" Let all things be done decently
and in order."
He then commenced as follows :

Brethren,—l have in the first place to congratulate you,
which I do very cordially, on your accession to the estab-
lished church. Your minister has seen and felt, and I trust
so have you all, the complicated evils of separation from the
church, with all its consequent irregularities and confusions.
Conscious of his past errors, he has not been ashamed or
afraid to make a due, candid, and manly acknowledgment of
them. As a first step towards brotherly forgiveness and
happy reconciliation this is all that fellow creatures unable to
search the heart have any christiau right to require. Some-
thing more than this may, indeed, be fairly and properly re-
quired previous to renewed co-operation. Before we can
co-operate with confidence, we may, without any lack of
courtesy or kindness, require not only an acknowledgment
of error in time past, but also a pledge that there shall be no
wilful repetition of such error. This pledge your minister
has frankly and honestly given. I hail as such a pledge his
request respectfully submitted to our bishop, that he may be
permitted to retrace his steps, and again to occupy a position
in which he can give practical and permanent proof of his
attachment to the regularity of established order among men,
as well as to the saving efficacy of the revealed truth of God.
The bishop, iu the exercise of a wise discretion, and animated
with sentiments of paternal tenderness towards wayward

granted the request, and given his episcopal license
minister and to this house of prayer. Then followed ar,
quest to me, as a brother clergyman, that I would occupy
this place on this occasion. I met that request with the frank-
ness and cordiality of a brother, and having communice
with the bishop and received his lordship's express _
and approbation, I am now among you, first to bear thi:
brief testimony to these very gratifying facts, and then to

,nction

call your serious attention to some ProTninent points in your
position and duty as members of the Church of England.
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- The first point then, to be ~,tat never lost sign
of, is the distinction between those truths which are revealed
by God, to be taught in the church of Christ, and to be be-
lieved for salvation ; and those arrangements, rites, and
ceremonies, which are instituted of men, in England or else-
where, for the preservation of decency and order. This dis-
tinction•is not fanciful or arbitrary. It is not invented for
convenience sake, to make a case ; but is fundamental and
imperatively demanded by the Scripture itself. This I hope
to make plain to you.
Consider the truths which are revealed by God, to be taught
in the church of Christ, and which are to be believed for sal-
vation. These are all comprised in Jesus Christ, who is
emphatically the truth. The Lord Jesus Christ, in the glory
of his divine person, the mystery of his holy incarnation, the
completeness of his work, living dying and rising again in
human nature, the exclusiveness of his claim on human wor-
ship, the significance of his titles, and the glory of his corning
and kingdorr..—These comprise the glad tidings of great joy
to be proclaimed to all people. These are the treasures, the
unsearchable riches, which the Holy Spirit takes and shows
them unto men. By these he secretly touches and wins the
hearts of whom he will, for their conversion, sanctification,
and salvation. These, with their experienced consequences
in the characters of all who receive them, form the de-
lightful themes of the faithful minister of Christ. On these
he rejoices to expatiate. For the sake of these, he values all
his opportunities ; and all the arrangements, rites, and cere-
monies, with all their decency and order, by which those op-
portunities are secured and multiplied and rendered available
for their great end. Under the shelter, and in the calm and
dignified regularity of established externals, he can devote
himself with all his heart to these eternal and unchanging
truths ; but there are some occasions on which it becomes
his duty to descend from his high grcund, and address him-
he lower, but not unimportant subject of ft.-
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They are all contained in holy Scripture.
are taught or can be found elsewhere. With reference to
them, the Bible proclaims p its own sufficiency. St. Paul in-
forms Timothy that the holy Scriptures are able to make him
wise unto salvation, through faith which is in Christ Jesus ;
and adds that all scripture is given by inspiration of God, and
is profitable for doctrine, for reproof, for correction, for in-
struction in righteousness, that the man of God may lie per-
fect, thoroughly furnished unto all good works. (2 Tim.,

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iii, 14-17.) And St. John expressly declares the dikinction
between those things concerning Jesus which were not
written, and those which were written, adding the glorious
object for which they were written, and for which they are
all sufficient. (St. John xx, 30, 31.)
" And many other signs truly did Jesus in the presence of
his disciples, which are not written in this book. But these
are written that ye might believe that Jesus is the Christ, the
Son of God ; and that believing ye might have life through
his name." . . .

In strict accordance with this, one of our Church Articles
declares, that " Holy,,Scripture containeth all things neces-

sary to salvation." (Art. vi.)
These truths, revealed by God to be taught and believed
for salvation, and contained in the Scripture and in the
Scripture only, are always and everywhere the same. Man's
necessity is always and everywhere the same. For there is
no difference, for all have sinned and come short of the
glory of God. Jesus Christ is the same, yesterday, to-day,
and for ever : the same to Jew and Greek, barbarian, and
Scythian, bond and free. The Holy Spirit is the same, the
Author and Giver of life, who spake by the prophets, who
filled and qualified the apostles, who dwells in and sanctifies
the church. The faith is one, always and everywhere the
same, the substance of things hoped for, the evidence of
things not seen, giving practical victory over this present
evil world; and working alike, whether in Abraham, Moses,
David, Paul, Polycarp, Luther, or Leighton. This is the
true unity of the church of Christ, concerning which consi-
dered in the aggregate of all members from the first to the
last ; the Lord himself says, " My love, my undefiled is
0u..”

thus concerning these great truths which God has revealed
to be taught and believed for salvation, we have these three
important observations before us, to be steadily borne in
mind. First—they are the great end, for the propagation of
which all arrangements of decency and order, all rites and
ceremonies, and other " means of grace" are instituted : se-
condly, they are all contained in holy Scripture ; and thirdly,
they are all, always, and everywhere the same.
In the light of this, consider now in the second place,
those arrangements, rites, and ceremonies which are insti-
tuted of men, in England or elsewhere, for the presertia-
tion of decency and order.
SOME such arrangements are indispensable, in order to
comply with the commandments of Scripture. Is it asked,
why so ? If Scripture be all-sufficient in matters of faith,
why not equally all-sufficient in matters of obedience ? The
answer is simply a matter of fact. The Scripture is not so
sufficient. On the contrary, it contains express command-
ments to do some things without any directions in detail as
to bow those things are to be done. Our Lord expressly
commands the preaching of the gospel, the administration
of baptism, and the celebration of the Lord's Supper, and
St. Paul as expressly enjoins the duty of Christians to assem-
ble together for the purposes of prayer and religious exhor-
tation. Now, if Scripture is to be obeyed at all, these things
must be done in some way or other. But how are they to be
done? From the nature of the things themselves, they can-
not be done in secrecy and solitude by each individual
Christian. They cannot be done, as truth is received, in the
invisible actions of the mind and emotions of the heart.
They involve of necessity outward and visible actions, out-
ward and audible sounds', and those not of detached indivi-
duals only, but of assembled companies. How is this to be
managed without some previous arrangement? The Chris-
tians at Corinth appear to have attempted it ; and the result
was, as might have been anticipated, most unedifying con-
fusion. The Apostle Paul describes and reproves it. .Hou
is it then bi ethren, he exclaims, when ye come together
every one of you hath a psalm, hath a doctrine, hath
tongue, hath a revelation, hath an interpretation. To check
this bewildering irregularity, the apostle says, in general
terms, Let all things be done unto edifying. Then after one
or two directions concerning prophecyings, he adds,for God
is not the Author of confusion, but of peace, as in all
churches of the saints. And then, after forbidding women
to speak in the church, he concludes the subject with the
general exhortation, Let all things be done decently and in
order.

In the 11th chapter of this same epistle, we learn that
similar confusion had arisen among them when they assem-
bled to celebrate the Lord's Supper. The apostle reproves
it, gives a few general directions, and says in conclusion, the
rest will I set in order when I come.
Concerning another church, he thus writes to his young
friend Titus, for this cause left I thee in Crete, that thou
shouldst SET IN ORDER THE THINGS THAT Ant WANTING,
and ordain elders in every city, as I had appointed thee.
(Titus i. 5.)
It is thus plainly proved from scripture itself, that in order
to comply with the commandments enjoined in
avoiding the confusion which is condemned in scripture
some previous arrangements must be made and complied
with, some forms and ceremonies must be instituted, by the
adoption of which, with the consent of all parties, order and
decency shall be preserved.
Now it is most carefully to be noted, that the scripture no
' where prescribes any such arrangements in detail ; no where
enjoins any such forms or ceremonies. The scripture no
where describes how Paul set things in order at Corinth, or
Titus in Crete. There are, indeed, a few general directions
given, as we have seen, to the Corinthian church, but they
are manifestly inadequate, being rather negative prohibitions
than positive institutions, while much is avowedly withheld
till the apostle should personally make the arrangement.
Why this omission ? Why this clearly
designed omission
of any detailed arrangement of rites or forms or ceremonies,
enjoined by apostolical authority ? It would have been as
easy for the Apostle to describe all the particulars of decent
order, as to say generally, " Let all things be done decently
and in order." But he did not do so, either here or else-
where ; neither has any apostle done so. In other words,
God has designedly omitted any authoritative appointment
of rites or ceremonies or external arrangTments,in the Chri-
stian church. A most gracious omission !—that different
churches of- the saints in differing circumstances and ages,
and climates,'might enjoy the same faith and love in their

hearts, while in external arrangements, with Christian libel.,
ty, with wisdom and discretion, they set things in order for
themselves. The reason and mercy of this are obvious, in a
religion which, ❑nlike localised Judteism, was designed to
extend to the north and the south, to the east and the west ;
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