The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1849-05-29 00:00:00

fire had he nc

somewhat subsided, he rushed in. amidst the burning and
the burnt, requesting some person to watch and throw
water over him. With tub in hand he reached the stand-
ing wall, when, to the astonishment of all present,. ha

began pulling out a large quantity of gold and silvt_
a hole in the wall, just under one of the beams. .
seemed to suffer much from the intense heat, and wa,
obliged to be conveyed to his residence and put to bed.
After a few hours he was so tar recovered as to be enabled
to overhaul his treasure, which he found was considerably
less than the amount which he had placed in his "bank of
leposit." He hastened back to the smoking ruins, and

after a diligent search found some more of his treasure,
but, alas ! it was melted and rendred useless as coin ; but
it has since been sold in Penzance for old silver for £25.
—Cornwall Gazette.

T!IE STORM AT CHESTERFIELD.— CURIOUS FACT.'—
During the thunder-storm which passed over Chesterfield
on Thursday, the lightning struck the house of Mr. Hat-
tersley, joiner, Brampton. It fell on the chimney, dis-
lodging several bricks, went down the chimney into the
parlour, injuring the fire-place and various articles of fur-
niture in the room, breaking the clock, and rending the
floor-carpet. Miss Annie Hattersley, who was standing
near the door, was struck on the left temple, and the
electric fluid in its descent also left a small mark on her
chest. Medical assistance was instantly sent for and Dr.
Walker was speedily in attendance, but the young lady re-
mained in a state of insensibility for about an hour. We
are very glad to hear that she is now progressing favour-
ably, and trust that the shock will leave no memorial of
its visit but the recollection of the alarm it created. It
appears, as already mentioned, that the lightning struck
the chimney, whence it descended, after concussing and
dislodging some of the bricks, to the bell-wire in one of
the rooms. Along this it ran until it approached a clock
standing on the staircase, which it shattered, driving with
great force a metal pin to which the clock was attached
through the wall into one of the rooms. Almost under
the clock was the door opening, and open, to the kitchen,

May 29,18_

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in which doorway Miss Hattersley was ietandolg: its
fluid seemed to have been attracted from the doe.,
descent, by a nail in the lintel of this kitchen doery.eal.
and then running down her leg,
carrying that nail along with it grazed Miss flatters!
sYrj;
temple, singeing her hair, ran to the steel busk in itrued,
of her corset, marking her breast at the lop of the s od
its way into the ground. Some idea of the force
the current in this zig-zag course exerted may be gath.orfi
from the fact, that some of the plaster about the /!
which had, being a non-conductor, opposed its pasl;
was thrown out with great violence and injured an °lag
site wall about five yards distant. Now tile
part of the inquiry is, did this steel busk act in any
as an attractor to the lightning from above, or ,v.3_.,.1
rather, providentially, a conductor so situated as to
abs
the fluid from a course which might have cost the POse
lady her life ? We incline to the latter opinion' J.
electric fluid came down and grazed the side of i?er--ald,
Had nothing attracted it from its vertical course, It 9.
which it grazed, Which
in all probability, have touched some of the vital orgadnit
Attracted by this steel rod, it chapchanged its course; Er
m
is observable that it only nrkPil hr hotly at the Of

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end of the busk, having thenceforward been
rllOl6l
;
the body by its great affinity for the metal. )iiss
downward action being thus rendered external, ,
rod,
Hattersley appears, through the position of this steel
to have escaped with her life.

)TESTANTISAI AND POPERY.
;lOUS v. SECULAR EDUCATION

dead
(From Dr. Cumming's speech in Manchester en The: •bo
We have never yet had a field in which Protestantilori
had full scope, fair play, and adequate machinery' t° re.
it out. If Popery were the great blessing it "ight
flounced to be in a document issued in 1849, they ;set
expect Rome would be the paradise of the earth--00,
might expect that it would have proved. after s°,,,,est,
centuries of the presence of the Popedorn, to be the "d.
the most delightful population the world ever witeeo
sis
What was the fact? In the Papal States there werestes
archbishops, seventy-two bishops, and fifty ecclesiat
for two-and-e-half millions of people. In the city
Rome there was an ecclesiastic to every thirty pet)))
he Papal States an ecclesiastic to every fifty PeoPle't be
Rotnanisrn, therefore, had failed in Rome, it could p. alt
said that it was for want of machinery to arl)!Y Eruct,
could not be said it was for want of ministers to los!. It,
to exemplify, and to spread it. But if they went to
don and took all the ministers of all denominations yt;ld
constituted the body of Protestants in London, itof aay
be found that there was not a Protestant minister so
if
name or denomination for every 10,000 peoeie• thst
Protestantism had failed in London, they might urge 01
,
it had never had scope, adequate machinery, fair PlnY' 11° e,
e I
. means of application. But if Popery had failed
ope,
it could not be said that it was for want of means, s,t:ters
or the most favourable circumstances in which a skvbat
could be placed for its development and success. Jed
had they seen in the great continental crash that scan is
in their ears in the February of last year ? King l'„3
Philippe, a child of the Roman Catholic Church,
the explosion of that volcano, flung from his Or /e
thrown across the ocean, and only found safety wer/
he placed his foot in old Protestant England. The
first word he uttered on touching Protestant soil win
4. Thank God, I am on English ground." The elcrtb° e
sion, whose vibrations were felt in every nation oig,
continent of Europe, reached the Popedom It,. of
And the moment it was felt, what did, we aen l:,ope
as taking place ? The prime minister of the „l.
was murdered in his presence, and, as if in ae'tae
l
ance with prophecy, it was told to the Pope that "did
would give him an hour to consider, and that if hebot
not make the demanded concessions, he should go a et
his business. He refused to make the concessions, A
et
in the livery of a footman retired from his palace, Ine,to,
a coach-box, and, was now learning lessons at Li st
which he refused to learn at Rome. Mark the coat° ,
in our own country. When numbers of French malt
tents and others of the disaffected from the contii,
were its this country, an attempt was made to break
peace peace in London. What was the consequence ?
street in London was lined with loyal men, prepare'. 5,
die rather than give up old England's home and libernes
1
and faith, and hope, and happiness. While other 1,11,
who reigned by the will of the sovereign people, were :11,
ling like see-weeds, night and day, upon the shore. is
that reigned .Dei graiia sat firm on her throne, ruling $
the hearts and affections of us all. He had given thoeff
contrast, and he hoped they would not forget it' of
Popery had failed- in Rome, and it had most sign s.
tailed, it was because the system was bad ; and if l're`-it
tantism had failed or comparatively failed in Londliel
was because the machinery was not adequate. They e•
there a proof that the righteousness of Protestantism ea,
alteth a people, and that the superstitions of Kou'ee
lea
graded and made the people degenerate. He belic,ot
that there were two vast tendencies in the age—one to
from education every element that was divine I'diSof
gious, making secular knowledge to be the onlYl „°,.° the
the people • and the other system went to impregnate er.
education Of the country with all that was corrupt, sel,be
stitious, and human, and thus utterly to subvert it• of
one system wasted the living food and the living wated,
the people, and the other system polluted. contarninat
and poisoned them. He was not afraid of secular liaet,s
ledge ; he and those with whom he acted did not
secular knowledge not to be taught ; he wished all t°,,e,
taught every thing they had time to learn or talent to, ;ad
quire. But the thing he complained of was, that the aAit.
mould be taught—he wished the whole man to be
cated, and not the head only. He wished them to sevej
first the Kingdom of God and His righteousncss,,_°o,
then teat other things should be added unto tee Le
He wished them when taught about all the iirdeed
that beautify the field, when they became acqna
with their medicinal qualities and their botanical class
e' and character, to learn to taste the fragrance and (h „ef
cern the beauties of the fairest of them all, the ,
Sharon—he wished them when they became acquineos
with every one of those stars that stud the beautiful lilts
canopy above us, and as they admired the skill and gee t. 0
of man that had enabled Lord Rosse to see vestiges of
God where vestiges formerly taught atheism, he wispj
them to admire and to worship him who is the bright °.„,
Morning Star—he wished them, while they became
quainted with all the knowledge of the encyclopoedia9,.be
this world, to learn above all the knowledge that,olve
philosopher has not sounded, and which the babe can 'soe
and understand, the knowledge of God and His tle
Jesus Christ.—Secular knowledge was power, but /3'
knowledge was love and joy and peace.—Secular klbe
ledge might be likened to the rainbow—it began 01.1 f ii 9
earth, it rose and seemed to soar to the heavens,
resting place or tabernacle were to be there, but it ;edge
down again and remained there. But sacred known toe
might be likened to the rainbow inverted—begun 111;0
skies it swept the earth, transforming it by its gier,',oo s
transit, it landed in the skies again, and then took ';s.4
place beside the throne of God.—His conviction oot
stronger every day, that any education that los to
accompanied with the scriptures that sanctified ednea the
would be worthless.—lntellectual education pruned oa
tree, but it left the poisonous root untouched ; sacred ‘,od
bible education dug up the root and put in a purer "sog
a better one in its place.—He remembered when he the
a little boy in the neighbourhood of Balmoral, whereol
Queen had taken no a residence—he was aHighlander_fbajp,
the Queen loved Highlanders—and the Queen wor'roer
ped in Balmoral church, where he preached last goteooo
—he recollected running along the banks of the Dee Ide
day, and some boys took in into their heads to sell getbe
finches. Delighted with the beautiful plumage Ff oaa
purchased sheed a
aolnyed.
sclatvewrae
ds
itp awinatse
ad
sspkailltf,ursll%;:bao:
itbbei rwaditni hftueltlopyu'wash itself and all the paint came off. loge
children educated in merely secular instruction were„,,e4
the painted sparrow, they looked very pretty on ee-nela
out, but when they went to wash themselves they w-sche
wash off the paint.—He believed that that 1119'400!
arranged education and educated children w'h"ora
Christianity, was doing just as foolish and Inbeas,
a part as the man who would build ships and send "Dula
afloat without compasses, helms, or ruders.—TheY %ie'
give them all the power without the regulating Pr'°:teei.
And if Ireland were educated on the national sY-caot
and defrauded of the high and holy system, the Prft- be
state of Ireland and last year's rebellionot
comparatively child's play, and but the beginui7oen
what she would be if she rose to all an angers P tleo
but to all a demon's depravity to make use of .sbed
power. He believed that the education nations flolWedie
by was just the education that souls were saved .
bY
that maxim and do not forget it. He solemnly bf oiiecl,
that that which was good for his soul was goodr feta
England—that that which could make him he'Y
gas
happy, at peace wi:,h God and at peace with Mar' aa
a
that which could make Old England, Scotian"' were
Ireland, equally at peace too. The finest 0)043 state
constructed from celestial observations, and if °,..eiegs:

would rise rise to the highest state of prosperity, aesPiios 4
and renown, let it regard Christian education a
duty. It was the German students who began the,1;.03/
in their country and cubn eVel"hain

caumo sau 11uLL111,6 .••
of religion to regulate and sustain them. The t
the Bible in the school was a safe princiPle ~Be
might concede any article of their creed as, 50°n0 ",,$
give up this principle, that God's Word 0° 11tou 4r,
• A.t. __l___l'_

in the schools, and that the children should 0n
that word, or that the parent should take igiclel)o°l‘
sponsibility of withdrawing the child from the `oslat
He did not care whether a man wore a surplice or B.'s • L',4
let him but speak out—let his truth be like Luther ~j 111'
his testimony be clear, distinct, and unequivocal, a' 115;
• 11.
message, Christ and him crucified, all and is poPlo
rev. gentleman then referred to the erection of t')-tiga,,,-
cathedral in London, and to the persecution Pr,ae, e seed
Romanists upon converts from their church. -I'll,,ct,a"eil
of Popish unity rested upon ignorance in one ITV'
compulsion in another, and these two elements ell-3,, bto
all the unity of the urch of Rome. He sole,nii,t cri;lr
lieved the crisis at which we had arrived was to ere".e
when, now or never, the cry must be addressed t-hgt
Roman Catholic, " Come out of her my peoPle'Dzae3;;
partake not of her sins and receive not of her.P,,,'50;!,'4
He believed the hour for action was rapidly Passig";osl" ii
he believed the time was not long—and ho {too' ,a
that our beloved land should shake herself aloe' 0113",io
communion with that dread system, that she sh,°d have the
no intercourse with the Pope, and that she shoe' d, or e r
more endowments of Popery in Ireland, Eng.arl _ vibet do
colonies, but stand aloof for the Bible, and a"otetnit
the Lord would not bless her, and cause his ;term
to shine upon her, and make her pre-erainetliefe°lce
proportion as she was nationally good. He "'its ale
time was short—but if the candle was burnt to noiSol4
let them make the more use of the little that e be
if the paper be nearly done let them crowfttjal;oa
writing on the little that remained—and if ".„ie 51(;#30
very short for action let them be more diligent, e p 3!
and out of season—not answerable to God foriltiifattf,
that might attend their efforts, but for the ?heir soft'
and the energy with which they discharged ,opP
whether circtuustances favoured or eircurastailo"
it,