The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1849-02-13 00:00:00

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Sir Thomas Arbuthnot, SIR,—Yon were kind enough to insert a lettet fioin me not where to turn first for it. A very little later, and home.
K.C.8., in the command of the ne:ther and midland in last Tuesday's Standard, having reference to a etate- long before Pope Gregory's Mission, Salvian in his Tree- When the decree went forth that " man should eat
counties, and not Prince George of CaiNbridge, aa was ment of accounts connected with " Woodside Ferry," tse on the Government of God, declares of the bread by the sweat of his brow," no exception was made
multipliesEvi
erroneously reported by a military paper. 1 which appeared in the Liverpool Journal of Jan. 20th.— whole Western Church, " The Church of God herself in favour of mendicants. They appear for the most part
A WHIRLWIND ON CONISTC.N FELLS.--On Wednes- which letter has met with some rather rough handling at who ought to be the Appeaser—what is she but to flourish in proportion to the Romish religion, and to
day, the 24th ultimo, as Mr. John Pool, of Coniston, was a meeting of the Board of Commissioners. In last Wed- the exasg erater of God, or, with exceptions the very decrease as Protestantism advances. Take Spain and
driving some sheep off Coniston Fells, a sudden and furl- nesday's Courier Mr. Fox is reported to have " asked, fewest, whoP cease from evil doing, what is the whole Ireland, and Scotland, as examples of the two extremes..
ous blast of wind lifted several sheep into the air, one of whether the statement contained in a letter published in Christian community but a sink of iniquities ?To such Few people are aware of the number of mendicant friars
them to the height of several yards, carrying it to a con- the Standard of that day, to the effect that no interest a depravity of morals is nearly the universal body reduced, who range over the west and south of helmet, managing
siderable distance, and dashing it on the ground with such had been paid to Mr. Price foe the purchase of the ferry, that among every Christian people it is really become a to get their living by a few appearing to cultivate a farm,
force as to kill it on the spot. Some of the other sheep was correct." Mr. Fox surely .oes not imagine that his kind of sanctity to be le-s vicious than others. ' Let me whilst the reelainder scour the whole country for provi-
were more or less injured, and Mr. Pool himself was question has ary features in common with any of the commend this whole treatise to the admirers of ancient sions at certain seasons, with the sagacity of a military
obliged to consult his safety by throwing himself down, statements made in my letter. I said, " This same Ferry churches. Of the eastern churches some years before foraging party, setting off with horses and empty sacks,
and grappling with a large rock.—Kendal Mercury. Committee must be rather pinched that they have paid Basil says " they resemble my decaying body, without in which they will bring back anything they can catch,
POST-OFFICE ROBBERY AT CARMARTHEN.—We have no interest (which is equivalent to rent) for the last 18
any good hope in prospect, and ever falling off towards Iron, oats or bacon to an old gridiron. Besides this, they
already reported the fact that one of the daughters of the months." I know not the meaning of no interest paid to a worse condition." (Epist. VII.) And let me remark exhibit relics to superstitious women, and sell " gospels,"'
postmaster at Carmarthen is now in jail, awaiting her trial Mr. Price for the purchase of the ferry. I understood in my own vindication. that lam advocating no theory of as they are called, which, being hung round the people's
for stealing money letters. It is now stated that about that the " Ferry Act of Parliament" authorised the boy- my own, but one which our ablest divines have granted necks next the skin, are supposed to keep away evil spi-
£2oo in bank notes were found in the possession of the rowing of money to pay Mr. Price for the purchase—that to be undeniable. Bishop Newton on the prophecies, rits. I remember taking one from off the neck of a
prisoner, and other property, such as purses, jewellery, the money was accordingly borrowed—and that the in- as well as Mede, have both afhrmed that St. paues " small boy," and on examination found it to contain
and other fancy articles, amounting in value in the aggre- terest is owing to the bondholders who advanced it. description of the apostacy in 2 Thess. 11. had its fulfil- the first two verses of the first chapter of St. John's Gos-
gate, including the cash, to about £600; and it is parti- Does it, then, come out in this innocent way that Mr. ment in the fourth century, and that Christendom was pel.
cularly desired that persons who have lost letters, or any Price has not been paid, but that he is allowing part of then corrupt without any but individual exceptions. My Ham- —--
friend, Mr. Riddle, in the preface to his
other property, will immediately give information to the the purchase-money to remain, bearing interest ? Has honouredEcclesiastical Antiquities," declares of those times that
post-office authorities in London, with accurate descrip- the money which was borrowed for a specific purpose
tions of lost property.
ILLEGAL MARRIAGE.—An illegal marriage solemnised
been misapplied ? Is anything owing to Mr. Price ? I our Lord's mediatorial glory was obscured, the true
fear there is indeed. Mr. Willianoson's reply, however, doctrines respecting pardon of sin and acceptEnce with
some three or four weeks since at the church of a neigh- is an explicit answer to my statement. He said. " Every God perverted or concealed, the phraseology used in
bouring town has created considerable indignation amongst farthing of the interest then due had been paid." Here, regard to the Lord's Supper unscriptural and exaggerated,
the clergy, as well as amongst the pious and well-dis- then, we are at issue ; and it is necessary to determine and that "it is matter of thankfulness that we belong to
posed inhabitants of the district of Whitechurch Canoni- whether the meaning I attach to the term interest in a church where the truths of the Gospel are taught with a
corum. It appears that a farmer, residing a few miles these communications is the same as the one Mr. Wil- simplicity and purity unknown to the churches in which
from the town of Axminster, has married his first wife's liamson attaches to it in his reply. By interest, then, I Athanasius, Chrysostorn, and Ambrose taught." Unless,
daughter. The issue of the first mrrriage was a daughter mean not only what is payable to Mr. Price (if any) from then, we suppose a miracle as great as that of Gideon's
—that of the second is already a son. Thus the girl is any default of payment of the purchase-money, but, more fleece (for which we have not a particle of evidence), the
sister to her mother-in-law, and aunt to her brother. It particularly, what is payable upon all monies borrowed ancient church of Britain was neither better nor worse
is said that the leading clergymen in the neighbourhood under the authority of the Ferry Acts of Parliament, and than her neighbours in doctrine and morals, and none of
will use all lawful means to effect a separation.—Derset applied to Ferry purposes, whether borrowed upon bonds them such as we can thank God for as we can for our own
Chronicle.
on the Ferry property distinctly, or in the form of gene- Protestant church of the sixteenth century. What we
A CORPORATION GOING TO PRISON.—The Exeter rad township bonds. Does Mr. W. adopt this view ?or require is positive evidence that the doctrines of grace,
Gazette says—" At Totnes the corporate gentlemen are does he, when he speaks of interest, only mean the for- of free justification, human helplessness, and all that we
beginning to put up long faces at the dreadful fate which mer ? I give the public my authority for stating that the call the fundamentals of Christianity, were held by divines
awaits them. It appears that the Attorney-General had, interest has not been paid for 18 months. At a Commis- of that age as they were by Jovinian and Vigilantius, by
as long ago as 1823, instituted proceedings against the sioners' meeting on the 16th ult., Mr. Bentham said Waldenses and Albigeois, by Wicliffe and Cobham.
corporation of this town for the misappropriation of funds "he had been connected with the Ferry for many years, Until this be given, we must conclude unfavourably for
entrusted to their care as trustees of the town charities. and had had many opportunities of watching its progress our ancestors; and if so, let us at once leave to tracta-
At the town council held on Monday last, it was stated and capabilities • and he was strongly convinced that, rians the thankless task of forging anti-Romish weapons
that unless the corporation appeared by attorney before with their present responsibilities, they could never meet for the exhumed corruption of antique churches, and fall
the Master in Chancery on Thursday next (and there them (the Liverpool Corporation) with a penny fare. back upon our tried and tempered weapon, the sword of
were no funds to pay an attorney), an attachment would They had not paid the interest on their bond debt for the spirit, which is the word of God. If the Church of
issue, and the Mayor and his brethren be taken into the last year and a half. He admitted the penny rate Rome be not condemned by the Bible, no ancient church
custody. A strange sensation was felt by all present, would pay in ordinary times, but with present responsi- can refute her; if she be, no ancient church is required to
many of whom wished themselves well out of the council. bilities the penny fare would not answer. If continued, confirm the condemnation.
The Town-clerk and Mr. Edwards (a solicitor), are dele- it would be at the risk of the bondholders; and he would I will conclude by quoting a similar sentiment from the
gated to proceed to town to arrange the matter if possible. not be surprised if, under such circumstances, the bond- bishop of St. Asapli's History of the Church of England
THE SISTERS OF MERCY.—The above association is holders took the Ferry into their own hands." No dan- (chap. I. 26) :-" When the great features of
are brought forward" (by ancient English divines),
Christianity
now existing in the west of England, and enjoys the pa- ger of this, surely, if " every farthing of interest then due e
tronage of the clergy in the west—a statement which had been paid" ! I leave the settling of this " small they are perfectly correct : some of the prayers, for
should either be confirmed or denied. The patronage is, difference " with Mr. Bentham and Mr. Williamson, instance, given by Turner, mark great piety, correct
at least, not universal. Of ourselves we know so little, premising that the interest may have been paid during views of the Trinity, atonement, and sanctification." So
but by mere report, of the objects of the sisterhood, that the three weeks which intervened between their state- in the Homily on the Catholic faith it is said :—" The
we do not feel called upon to make any comment upon it. ments. Again, Mr. Fox is reported as having " asked if Holy Father created and made mankind through his Son,
We will add, however, a most significant fact that has the Ferry Committee had paid their last coal bill, as it and desires, through the same, to redeem us from hell
come to our knowledge, and in which we have good au- was asserted in the letter that they had not." There is punishment when we are utterly undone." But, then,
Queen
thority for putting
who had credence :not it is that her majesty th not a word in my letter from beginning to end about the same homily adds at the end :—" Come, then, let us
Dowager,only subscribed munifi-e " coals." That assertion is more likely to have come earn that eternal life with God through this belief or good
cently towards supporting the society, but allowed her from a greater distance, say Wigan or St. Helens; con- deservings,"—expressions which a believer in the 11th
name to be enrolled as patroness of the association, has sequently I am not content to be " called over the article could never have used. In another the writer speaks
recently withdrawn her name. Few things, in the way of coals" in respect of it. Subsequently, Mr. Prichard is of redeeming transgression by almsgiving :" on the
death
testimony, could be more condemnatory of the designs of reported to have said, that "in consequence of the letter of a bishop alms are directed to be given out of his pro-
the founders of the sisterhood than the one we have men- alluded to, a statement had been made on 'Change that perty, and his slaves to be set free, " that by this means
tioned.—Church and State Gazette. day, that there were bills on the file of the Committee of he may deserve to receive reward for his labours and
A WIFE ACCIDENTALLY SHOT BY HER HUSBAND.— three or four ,ears' standing, that had not been liqui-
also forgiveness of sins." Alwyn, founder of Rarn-
On the Ist instant much interest was caused amongst the dated." I said nothing that can, by the most ingenious say, desired the monks to pray for him, and to place their
inhabitants of Thorne, Lincolnshire, by a report being forcing, be made to appear to bear such an interprets-
merits in balance against his defects, and a monk prays
"
circulated that a man had shot his wife. This, on inquiry,- tion : there was not even an insinuation in the letter rin that his good deeds may counterbalance his
the
evil deeds, and shield his soul at the last day." More
for Edgar,
was found too true. The name of the man is Jas. Boyers, the Standard that any accounts were in arrear except
18amples of the same sort might be found, but these are
ex
a sailor, who lives near Tenpenacre Bridge. It appears interest, and I distinctly stated for how
long, namely,
, quite sufficient to prove that the fruit of unorthodox doe-
his wife had requested him to shoot her some sparrows to months. I am, therefore, curious to know how such
make a dumpling of, and he went out and endeavoured to reports can fairly be said to have been made "in come-
trines had grown up with the admission of these opinions;
do so. After being absent for some time he returned, quence" of the letter alluded to. If Mr. Prichard had and though we may bring forward the Anglo-Saxon Church
and while in the act of passing down the step into his own written a letter in which he felt called upon to animad-
as not having admitted all the errors of Rome, yet when
house, with the gun in his hand, from some unaccount- vert upon the proceedings of the person to whom it was we would defend ourselves from the attacks of our enemies,
able reason it went off, and lodged the contents in the written, and if, upon the latter receiving it, he had gone we must at once fall back upon the Bible, &c. &c." To
breast of his wife, who was standing by a table ironing. into a passion and ruptured a blood-vessel and died, Mr. this I most cordially assent ; and now, sir, begging to dis-
She immediately rushed forward into the arms of her hus- Prichard would have thought it unfair if the jury had claim all wish to "sneer" at the "motives" of my Chris-
band, exclaiming, "I am shot." Medical men were soon returned a verdict, "Died in consequence of Mr. Prich-
tian opponents, and trusting that you Bill kindly fulfil
in attendance. She lingered until the following morning, aid's letter." No, no ; the poor ,
letter is blame
.
I tender you my observations, conclusive, 1 think, of this :
when she expired. 'something rotten in
for these reports. There must be
that the Pone was never supreme in Britain till he chose
MURDER.--John Manley, a plasterer, residing in the state of Denmark," or why do they and whence
to be so, and that when he did, his claims were admitted
Phoenix-street, St. Giles, London, is in custody, charged come ? Lastly, Mr. Hughes said "he understood the
for 900 years ; that the ancient British Churches being
with the murder of his wife, under circumstances of ex- letter was written by a disaffected shopkeeper," &c., &c. for
independent were not pure, and that, until proved to be
treme atrocity. From the evidence, it appeared that on I can pass over that. The temptation to retaliate. i
so, they have no claim on the sympathy of members of
Wednesday morning, about one o'clock, the deceased was strong, when (by abusing a person instead of answering „
the United Church of England and Ireland."
turned out by her husband, without bonnet, cap, or shoes, his arguments) an adversary displays a weak point. But
and took refuge with a female neighbour, with whom she I will not be betrayed into the folly of lowering a discus-
A MANCHESTER INCUMBENT
went to bed. About seven in the morning the husband sion, involving questions of immense importance to the Manchester, Feb. 10, 1849.
came, and the door not being opened immediately at his ratepayers, into a matter of mere personal recrimination;
command, he forced it open, went into the room, and besides, lam not accustomed to the use of Mr. Hughes's
g dra ged his wife out of bed by her heels to the window. " weapon of war." I have, moreover, in this affair no
He then took hold of her by the shoulders, and dashed her personal antipathies, and I seek no personal quarrel. I
head on the floor, and while she was lying there he kicked remember that the ratepayers consented to purchase the
her about the head, and said, " I will be the death of you." Ferry, under a promise that the profits would be consi-
He then gave her a dreadful kick, and she dropped her derable. I have an opinion (which I have a right to)
head, and never spoke again. The ruffian is said to have that the profits might have been considerable, but that,
been quite sober at the time. on the contrary, if the truth could be got at, it has from
THE LATE CONFESSION OFMURDERS ATPORTSMOUTH. the first been a losing concern ; and conscientiously en-
-Horrible as were the disclosures published in our last, tertaining these views, I have only done my duty in call-
and made 1)3 the miserable inmate of Portsea Island ing attention to the circumstances; and I hope the result
Workhouse. it seems that we understated by one half the of all the talking and thinking which has been going on
amount of crime. Instead of two murders, there have on the subject for some time, will be, that the Ferry will
been four. And the events, instead of having taken place henceforth be worked so as to produce a revenue to the
10, occurred 20 years ago. The clerk of the person named township, which it was originally and very properlyvit
A in-
in the confession disposed of the body of the first child by tended it should.—l am, sir, your obedient
RA RATEPAYER.
throwing it down a privy in Gosport (where its remains ER,
were since found). The deceased after that became en-
ciente with twins, which were destroyed by abortion ; and
she subsequently was delivered of a male child in the
open air at night, which was destroyed by the father and
taken away by him in his silk pocket-handkerchief. The
witnesses to these details are not, as may have been erro-
neously imagined, persons of discreditable or loose
cha-
racter
and life, but persons moving in an industrious and
respectable sphere.
ATTEMPTED MURDER IN BIRMINGHAM.—A most de-
termined attempt at assassination, arising from jealousy,
took place in Cheapside, on Friday morning. A young
man, named Benjamin Cutler, a tin-plate worker, having
kept company for some time past with a respectable young
woman, named Ann Reynolds, residing in 29 court, in
the above street, became jealous for some cause unex-
plained, and the girl having requested him to discontinue
his visits, lie did so for some time, and the young woman
thought she had got rid of a person not likely to make a
very good husband. On Friday morning, however, on
coming down stairs, she found Cutler waiting at the door
to be admitted, and on her going into the pantry to wash
herself, he followed her, and before the poor girl was aware
of his murderous intention, he plunged a knife into her
body to a depth of two inches, and immediately after-
wards effected his escape. Medical assistance was in-
stantly procured, but the poor girl's life is despaired of,
and her depositions were taken, under the impression that
she would not survive. Cutler, after the attempted as-
sassination, gave himself up to the police, and is now in
custody.

CORRESPONDENCE.

...ow can any country flourish in which so much men-
dicancy and imposture of every kind is allowed to exist,
where the fruit of a man's labour is devoted by a super-
stitious wife to what she calls the " glory of God," ani
where a law has been obliged to pass to prevent the priest
from seizing the property of a dying man in his hour of
weakness, so that by a pretended will he may benefit the
church at the expense of his orphan family ?
The Protestant (more especially of the Church of Eng-
land) who can allow himself or his country to be taxed
for such a system as this, without at least lifting up his
voice against it, must have forgotten his own creed. If
it is his duty " not to covet or desire other men's goods,
but to learn and labour truly to get his own living, in that
state of life to which it shall please God to call him,"
surely he cannot willingly assist in the extension of the
very opposite doctrines in Ireland.
It may perhaps be said that the endowment of the
priests would stop this grasping after worldly power and
riches. If we look back to the history of the Roman Ca-
tholic Church, we shall find that in the most flourishing
times they were so far from being satisfied with their re-
venues, that they resorted to the sale of indulgences for
all sorts of crime. The maw of Popery is and ever has
been insatiable.

Endow all the prieits to-morrow, and the mendicant
friars, both locomotive and stationary, would immediately
treble in amount ; and it would end in the old fable of a
fresh set of flies come to gorge their empty maws on the
ignorant and deluded population of that priest-ridden
country.
SENLIM.
Feb. Ist, 1849.
COURT OF CHANCERY—SATuaDAy.

SHARP' V. TAYLOR.
This appeal, from a decree of Vice-Chancellor Wigram,
was argued in the month of April last, and stood over for
judgment. The short facts were that the plaintiff and
the defendant purchased an American built ship, called
the Victoria, on a joint speculation of sale. With a view
of disposing of the vessel to better advantage, she was
sent to America, and registered there as the property of a
person of the name of Robertson, an kmerican citizen.
No sale, however, was effected, and two voyages were
made by her between Liverpool and Charleston for earning
freight. Subsequently the vessel was sold at Liverpool
by Taylor, who represented her to be the property of
Robertson. The bill was filed by Sharp against Taylor
for his share of the ship and earnings, or for the restitu-
tion cf the vessel, on the ground of partnership, and that
Robertson was only a trustee for the plaintiff and de-
fendant. The main reason for resisting de claim was,
that by the navigation laws of England and the United
States the plaintiff had no interest whatever in the ship.
The Vice-Chancellor, however, made a decree for an
account, from which the defendant appealed.
The Lord Chancellor this morning gave judgment, and,
after going through the facts of the case, said that the
question of the violation of the navigation laws could not,
in his judgment, alter the relative positions of the plaintiff
and defendant as partners in the ship. Robertson was
no party to the suit, and the only point for the considera-
tion of the Court was, whether the plaintiff bad an equit-
able claim against the defendant for an acconnt. He
(the Lord Chancellor) thought that such a right had been
made out, and that the decree of the Vice-Chancellor was
correct. The appeal must therefore be dismissed.

THE BIRKENHEAD, LANCASHIRE, AND CHE-
SHIRE JUNCTION RAILWAY.

On Saturday the half-yearly meeting of the proprietors
was held at the Town-hall. Birkenhead, to receive a re-
port from the directors, and transact other business. The
attendance was not very numerous, but the proceedings
became highly important.

[We only received the above letter yesterday morning.
but in order to give our correspondent all the facility in
our power we have published his remarks at the earliest
possible moment.]

Mr. AkierUian James Bancroft occupied the chair.
The Report was submitted, and the following are the
heads :

THE ARMORIC AND WELSH LANGUAGES

Comparing the accounts for the half-year ending Dec.
31, with those of the corresponding half-year of 1847, the
sum available for dividend is considerably increased. The
balance for this purpose in 1847 was but £8,414; that for
1848 is £13,939; so that the present dividend would be

TO THE EDITOR OF THE LIVERPOOL STANDARD.
SIR,—It may not be very generally known that the late

patriotic and celebrated Le Gonidee translated the Scrip-
tures into Armoric for the benefit of his countrymen ;
bus it appears that his translation is too deeply learned
for the commonalty of the people, and a new translation
has been made by some missionaries who are there from
Wales. I was struck with the great resemblance that
exists between it and the Welsh, and doubt not many
would be glad to see a portion contrasted. The following
is taken from the sth chapter of St. Matthew. The simi-
larity will appear greater when it is considered that the
sound of the Welsh dd is represented by z in the Armo-
ric : it is the same as flat th in English. W. L.

s pca per annum or me zzi ws. and the £22
shares. This has been effected by a steady increase in
the business of the line, and a reduction of the expenses.
The differences between this Company and the North-
western, Holyhead, and Shrewsbury Companies, have
been adjusted on fair and equitable terms. The bill for
limiting works &c. has passed standing orders. The Dock
Trustees have entered into an agreement with an able
contractor, for the completion of that portion of the
docks necessary to accommodate several large portions of
the trade, and the object for which the extension line was
made is about to be realized. Interest at the rate 5 per
cent. per annum will be paid to the proprietors of £27105.
and £22 shares, on and after the 12th inst.
A letter was read from Baron Goldsrnid, regretting that
he had (owing to the distance of Birkenhead from London,)
been unable to attend the meetings of the board since his
election; expressing an opinion that the course with
which they were threatened might annihilate their pros-
pects, and stating that he therefore resigned his seat at
the board, to join with others in petitioning against the
bill recently introduced into the Commons.

Birkenhead, Feb. 9th, 1849,

ANCIENT BRITISH CHURCH

TO THE EDITOR OF THE LIVERPOOL STANDARD,

SlR,—Your paper of last week has only just been for-
warded to me. otherwise I should have replied sooner to
its comments on my letter published in the previous num-
ber. Having followed your recommendation, that I
should carefully peruse the whole subject—which, I may
remark, has long been familiar to me—l hasten to give
you its results. First, I remark that to disprove the su-
premacy of the Pope in Britain before the arrival of
Augustine is simply killing the dead. I know none who
are careful to maintain it. Mr. James must be aware that
the theory of so-called developement propounded by
Mohler, and Newman is that adopted by the Roman
Church now, and that, even were it not, she would simply
assert her right to rule every foreign land whenever it
suited her to send a mission thither, which right she did
assert under Pope Gregory, and made England a part of
herself for 900 years. Doubtless the story of Britain's
conversion by the Pope Eleutherius, to which I alluded in
my first letter, has been supported by many Romish
writers, and it is not so easy to confute it : but the fact is,
as Fuller and the best writers acknowledge, that the scar-
city of materials of our early church history render all
attempts to build any conclusion upon it little better than
lost labour. But I now come to the all important ques-
tion of the purity of the ancient British Church. Mr.
James asserts that its character was pure and scriptural,
because, first, three British Bishops joined in condemning

ARMORIC

1. Hag o oueled 1. A Phan toelodd 1. And seeing the
an boll boblze, hen yr Jesu y tyrfavedd, multitude, he went
a biniaz var ur me- efe a esgynodd Pr up into a mountain;
hag o veza mynydd ac wedi andwhen hewasset,
zisgibien iddo eistedd, ei his disciples came
ddisgyblion a dda- unto him;
ethant atto.

azezet, e

a dosta az outim

2. Hag o tigeri 2. Ac efe a ago- 2. And he opened
c'henou, e kelenaz rodd ei enau, ac a'u his mouth, and
anezei, en eul lava- dysgodd hwynt, gan taught them, say-
ret ; ddywedyd, in,r,
3. Eurus ar re 3. Gwyn en byd y 3. Blesses'
baour er sperat ; tlodion yn yr yap

The Chairman congratulated the meeting on the revoit,
and after allusion to the increased facilities brought about

-p- poor in spirit ; for
rag rouantelez an ryd: canys eiddynt theirs is the king-
lima a zo dezei. ywteyrnas nefoedd. dom of heaven.
4. Eurus ar re a 4. Gwyn eu byd y 4. Blessed are they
oueil ; rag hei a rhai sydd yr gala- that mourn; for they
vezo consolet. rtl : canys hwy a shall be comforted.

for traffic, looked forward for a great increase on the pre-
sent return in another half-year. If the Chester and Bir-
kenhead proprietary had had no connection with the Che-
shire Junction, they might have divided 4 per cent per
annum. (Hear, hear.) In future each company usinr

5. Eurus ar re 5. Gwyn eu byd 5. Blessed are the
habasg ; rag hei a y rhai addfwyn : meek; for they shall
herito an dour. canys hwy a etife- inherit the earth.
ddant y ddaear.
6. Ennis ar re o 6. Gwyn eu byd 6. Blessedarethey
dens naoun ha see'- y rhai sydd arnynt which do hunger

the station would be required to pay just in proportiou to
the extent it wss interested in the station, and no more.
These terms had been consented to. He alluded to the
opposition they were threatened with in Parliament, and
complained that Mr. Webster, the barrister and chief
mover in it, would not agree to their meeting the London

hed eus ar justis ; herein a syched am and thirst after
rag hei a vezo ras- gyfiawnder : canys righteousness ; for
saziet. hwy a diwellir. they shall be filled.

shareholders on the subject. After some correspondence
between the chairman and Mr. Webster on this point had
been read, the chairman said that as they had to complete
the works by Christmas, it became necessary to take a
decisive course. The board had, therefore, that day made
rel A I • - -

Eurus ar re 7. Gwyn eu byd y
g hei trugarogion: canys merciful

_
7. Blessed are the
for they

HIGHWAY ROBBERY AND MURDER.—On Tuesday
night a murder was committed on the highway, on a
lonely spot between Terry Cross gate and Dale gate, on
the Henfield and Brighton turnpike road. The unfortu-
nate victim is Mr. George Stenhouse Griffith, brewer, of
Brighton, a gentleman well known and highly respectable.
He was in the prime of life, about fifty years of age, and
was formerly a solicitor practising in London. The body
was found about half-past one o clock this morning by a
party who had been out on a shooting excursion, and who
left the house of Mr. Smith, of Woodmancote, near two
miles from the place, about one o'clock. This party con-
sisted of Mr. J. Hodson, miller, of Brighton ; Mr. C.
Hodson, his brother; and Mr. Kirton, of Shoreham.
They saw what they at first supposed to be a drunken
man lying against the bank which separates the road from
an adjoining field. One of them got out of the spring
cart in which they were riding, and found that the man
was dead. They then lifted the body into the cart, after
which they searched about the spot and found a pistol,
which had been discharged, lying in the road, a pair of
spectacles with the glasses out, with a piece of crape sewed
over them biz enough to conceal the face ; and a whip
which was broken. An empty purse and an open clasp
knife were also found. Their next step was to convey the
body to the Plough Inn, which is about a mile and a half
distant, and on the way to Brighton. When they arrived
at the Plough, they recognised the body as that of Mr.
Griffith, and saw that he had been shot in the breast.
They then proceeded to Brighton, and gave information
to the police. In the meantime information was also
despatched to the constables living in the neighbourhrod,
and when they arrived the body was searched, and it was
discovered that he had no money and no watch upon him.
A loaded pistol was found in his right hand great-coat
pocket, fellow to the discharged pistol which had been
found in the road. A pistol case and two flasks for pow-
der and ball were likewise found in his coat pockets.
THE POTATO DISEASE.—The Gardeners' Chronicle
contains an interesting analysis of the information obtained
in answer to inquiries into the circumstances connected
with recurrence of the blight last year. " Printed cir-
culars were distributed extensively in October and No-
vember last, with a request that the gentlemen to whom
they were addressed would fill up a printed form with
such information as they possessed or could procure,
authenticating it with their signature. Of these returns,
999 were filled up and transmitted to London-679 from
England, 182 from Scotland, 92 from Ireland, 32 from
Wales, and 14 from persons whose residences could not
be ascertained. Of the 999 returns, 28 bear the signatures
of noblemen, 401 of gentlemen, 50 of clergymen, 333 of
farmers, and 187 of gardeners. The results are classified
under three heads, namely :-1. Effect of different periods
of planting. 2. Effect of soil and manures. 3. Com-
parative power of different sorts to resist the disease.
The effect of the time of planting, in England, is shown
in the following summary

trugarezus; r

the Donatists at the Council of A'rles; secondly, because
some of them condemned Arius at the Council of Sardica,
and were congratulated by one father as being free from
heresy, and by another as adhering to the decrees of the
Council of Niccea. I may observe, by the way, that
Cave, in his " Lives of the Fathers," disproves the pre.
sence of any British bishops at Sardica, and that the
scene of unseemly discord which took place at that coun-
cil would make their absence a far better argument for
their purity than their presence could be. The ob-
servations of Cave are contained in his life of St.
Athanasius, vol. 11, 247. But to return. If such
be the criterion of a pure and scriptural church, then
was not only the Roman Church of that time
eminently so, but the present church likewise ; not to
speak of the Greek and Eastern. Perhaps it may be
answered that not only the modern Church of Rome has
overlaid her orthodox Trinitarianism with false doctrines
which neutralize it, but that possibly the fourth century
churches, i. e. those of the Nicene era, did so too. I ac-
cept the admission, for it is true ; but then proceed to
ask, how can the British Church of the same age be
assumed pure, when the proof of her orthodoxy (and a
scanty one it is) rests only on the testimony of men who
themselves had defiled God's Word with the rubbish of
tradition, and would have anathematized as heretical the
Protestant articles of the modern Church of England 7

8. Gwyn eubyd y

a call of £lO per share on the £3l shares on the Cheshire
Junction portion of the undertaking. It was their inten-
. •

B. Blessed are the
re in heart ; for

pur a gallon

rag rhai

r o galon

VVUL s 3 Mtn Duey mignt, ir possible, be completed by Christ-
mas. He moved that the report be adopted and confirmed.
After some replies by the Chairman to questions put to

A. FEW ARGUMENTS AGAINST THE ENDOW-
MENT OF THE ROMAN CATHOLIC PRIEST-
HOOD IN IRELAND, BY AN ENGLISH PRO-
TESTANT.

Mr. Gidlow seconded the adoption of the report.
A good deal of discussion took place on this subject,
during which the chairman said' that one instalment of £5
would be payable on the 16th March, and the other on
the 16th April.

he could not let it go fortlias unanimous ; he was a dis-

THE CHASE

SIR W.

WYNN'S HOUNDS will meet—

This day (Tuesday), Feb. 13th, at '
To-morrow (Wednesday), Feb. 14th, at .... Hawkstone
Friday, Feb. 16th
Saturday, Feb. lith .
The CHESHIRE. HOUNDS—
Wednesday.) Feb. 14th. sit A rmhstriti

To-morrow

Athanasius and Hilary, the Atlases of the East and West,
as they have been called, to whom Mr. James appeals as
witnesses of British Scriptural purity, were the firmest
maintainers of the Ascetic institute, justification by fast-
ing and good works, the angelic character of celibacy, the
commemoration of saints and martyrs, and familiar doc-
trines only a step removed from the full-blown abo-
minations of modern Popery. Let any one carefully
peruse Athanasius's Life of St. Antony, Gregory's
Eulogium on Athanasius, Hilary's Commentary on
St. John, as his allegorical exposition of Psalm 127, for
proof of what I say. The Churches of the European
continent, in the 4th century, must he regarded as all but
apostate by any upholder of the Bible as the rule of
Faith; and I repeat that the best 'argument for the purity
of the British Church would be her absence from any of
their councils. Every adducement of evidence tending to
show that they sympathised with them, that she was ap-
proved of by them tells against her Protestant purity.
At present she stands cut off from and cursed by the
immense majority of so-called Christendom, simply be-
cause she, resting on the Bible, has dared to say that
so-called Christendom has become antichristian by its
departure from the Bible. Now the Christendom of the
4th and sth centuries held in germ every doctrine of
modern Rome ; prayers for the dead and to them were
universal ; images were not worshipped, but bones and
relics were ; Transubstantiation was unknown by name,
but language on the subject was used by Chrysostom, and
the best fathers, not to be distinguished from it ; and
could a Protestant be transported back to an Alexandrian
or Carthagenian service of that day, he would see no dif-
ference between it and a service at Paris or Turin of our
own, except it were greater decorum in the latter than the
former. If then the British Church had been of a cha-
racter which we now could claim as honourable, she would
have protested in the 4th as she did in the 16th century.
Certain noble Protestants were raised up in those times to
call back the Catholic Church in her headlong course of
apostacy ; and the most strenuous doctor, prefigured Leo
and Cajetan in his own person, and the daring impugners
of lying wonders and holy martyrs Jovinian and Vigilan-
tius were denounced as heretics by the very men who
sang glory to the Trinity in the halls of Nieces. No
voice of indignation was ever heard from the islands
against such dishonourers of God. The very Council of
Nimes was saved by the remonstrances of only one man,
Paphnutius, from interdicting marriage to the clergy ;
1104, if Vrotestants would only study ecclesiastical, history

. 15th..
18th
Each day at half-past ten

. TwemlOW-hall
Bradfield-green

FLOATING CHURCH.—The church people in the United
States have just built a beautiful floating church on two
boats, with tower and spire. The exterior is painted to
represent brown stone, and the style throughout is gothic.
The boats supporting the structure are 90 tons' burthen,
the deck is 90 feet long, the building is 86 feet long by
34, and has a passage all around it. This is better than
the plan adopted in this country of fitting up" some old,
condemned' and unserviceable vessel, and calling it a
" Floating Church,"—with few or no visible signs and
tokens of its holy purpose, to invite and impress the
sailors and boatmen of the port.

SUSPECTED MURDER OF A MAN.—On Monday consi-
derable excitement was created in this town by the report
that the body of a man had been found in the Barrnston
drain, with his hands tied behind him in such a manner as
to leave very little doubt that he had been murdered. On
inquiry being made it was found that the body was that of
a young man, aged 24 years, named William Hutton, who
had been missing about ten weeks. The deceased was
rather weak-minded, in consequence of a fall which he re-
ceive() in his youth, and therefore he might without the
least difficulty be persuaded to go anywhere or do any-
thing. On Saturday the 10th December the deceased was
seen in company with two " navvies," and it is also said
he had been during the day in Leadenhall-square. It is
known that he had 18s. or 19s. on him that day, and from
then until the time when his body was picked up nothing
was heard of him. On the body were several marks of
violence, particularly about the head and face. The place
where the body was picked up was described at the in-
quest, but it is understood that it was seen floating down
the drain considerably higher up than the place where it
was taken out, so that it is not to be supposed that the
body had been thrown in at that spot. The probable in-
ference is that deceased had been inveigled away from
Leadenhall-square by the two men spoken of, or some
other person, taken out of the town, and then, for the
sake of the few shillings which he was known to have on
him, knocked down and robbed. Whether the death of
the poor fellow has been intended or not it is difficult to
say, but on perusal of the surgeon's evidence it will be
seen that after death had ensued his hands have been tied
behind him, and then most probably his body has been
thrown into the drain, where it has remained undiscovered
until it has floated.—Hull Ackwtiler.

No. Suffered
Planted in of returns. much. Little. Escaped,
October to Christmas 94 .. 11 .. 31 •.. 22
January l3 .. 1 1 .. 6
February
March
April - 228 .. 132 .. .. 84 .. .. 7
May

June
In Scotland, the results of March, April, and May, nearly
correspond to February, March, and April, in England.
In Ireland, February and March escaped tolerably ; but
April suffering generally, and May all but universally.
The results were similar in Wales. From these results, it
appears that January is the best month for planting,
February not quite so well, March very hazardous. and
late in the season probable destruction ; in fact, that after
January, or perhaps the middle of February, the danger
progressively and greatly increases..