The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1838-07-06 00:00:00

INSOLVENT DEBToits oouitt

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On Mi(inday and
.Tuesday last, Mr ,t7oronaissioner Bowen
held courts in this town for the hearing of the petitions and
schedules of insolvent debtors.

The following insolvents were declared entitled to the be-
nefit of the act, and ordered to be discharged forthwith :
Charles Denman, Robert White, James Haythornthwaite,
George Halliday, James Sweeney, John Bird, William Okell,
Richard M‘Kittritk, William Coole, Ann Dickens, Henry

Lowthian, jun., Thomas Tattersall, jun., Jonathan Yondale,
William Fothergill. Joseph Fell, William Austin, George
Brown, Richard Owen Thomas Smith, William Threlfall,

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Richard Edgar, and Simon Hatch.
The petition of Charles Marth was dismissed. Job Socket
was committed for three months, for fraudulently contracting
a debt with Edward Clough ; and Thomas Philip Peck and
Joseph Peck for eight months.
The cases generally possessed very little interest. Messrs.
Joseph and Thomas Phillip Peck, grocers and provision
dealers, in London-road, were opposed by several creditors,
and underwent a long examination. Their debts amounted
to £-10(X). They attributed their insolvency to their creditors
having taken forcible possession of their stock in trade and
money, and to their detaining credifors having arrested and
issued a fiat in bankruptcy against them. The stock in trade
above mentioned, which was seized by the messenger under
a fiat in bankruptcy, they valued at £l6OO. The sum of
£5OO they alleged had been seized iu a drawer by the same
officer. And the good-will, lease, possession, and fixtures of
their shops, they valued at £7OO, making £2BOO.
After a very lengthened examination tending to invalidate

the testimony of the insolvents, the learned Commissioner
went through the facts as they had been elicited in evidence,
and then declared the insolvents entitled to the benefit of the
act with respect to all their creditors except as to the two
debts of £202 14s 3d. and £35 8s Id of the opp:ising creditors
Mr. Buckley and Mr. hillock and for having fraudulently
contracted debts with those parties, he adjudged them to be
imprisone4, eight calendar months from the filing of their
petition.

LIGHTHOUSE EXTRAORDINARY

TO THE EDITOR OF THE LIVERPOOL STAND.IRD.

Stu,-1 notice in the Liverpool Times of Tuesday a para-
graph stating that a new lighthouse has bren erected in the
neighbourhood of Holyhead, (if I recollect properly,) and
that " the light is visible from sunrise till sunset".!!! This
must certainly be a very dangerous navigation to require a
light in the day time !—Yours, &c., PHAROS.

VESTRY MEETING.

Yesterday, at one o'clock, a meeting of the parishioners
was held.at St. Nicholas's Church, convened by the church-
wardens, Win. Huson and Wm. Gladstone; Esgrs., "to take
into consideration the proposals of Thomas James Hall, Esq.
on his mediation for the settlement of the Church Endowment
Question betiveen the Corporation of Liverpool-and the
Trustees under the Endowment Deed, and which have been
approved and adopted by the Council and Trusteearas to their
parts in the arrangement. At which vestry a motion will he
submitted to the inhabitants, approving of the proposed
arrangement, and sanctioning an application to parliament
for a bill to carry the same into effect:" About one hundred
persons were present.
Mr. Huson was called' to the chair; and after Mr. Lowndcs,
the vestry clerk, had read the notice convening the meeting,
The CirAIRMAN said, they were met together in accordance
with the notice, to take into consideration the proposal of the
Town-council, and of the Trustees of the Endowmeht Ques-
tion, for the settlement of this vexatious question. Mr.
Lloyd, the solicitor to the tru.dees, was in attendance, and
would explain the circumstances under which the arrange-
ment was made.
Mr. LroyD then said, as this was the first opportunity he
had had of:addressing the parties on behalf of those who had
accepted the trust, he only thought it his duty, on theirbehalf,
to give some little account of the question since its commence-
ment. The endowment was first thought of in )827, but
owing to the town-due question it was postponed till 1833,
and then, when the question was brought forward, the corpo-
ration was tied,: An arrahgernent was then entered into for the
corporation to pay-4-3d of the police rate, and that they should
take on themselves the paying ofthe parish clergy. The muni-
cipal reform bill was then brought forward, and although the
bill for the payment of the clergy and police was brought in
and carried ; nevertheless, it was made necessary by the go-
Vernment to withdraw that portion which related to the police
and clergy, inasmuch as the general municipal act fixed all
that. On that part of the hill being withdrawn, a separate
bill for the payment of the clergy was brought in, under the
approval of the government, and that was the basis of the
endowment question. Under the provision of the 97th sec.
of the municipal bill, it was considered that the corporation
should provide this, support for the clergy themselves, and a
;trust deed was -executed. Upon which; an injunction was
applied for by Messrs.. Bolton and Jevons, and which was
dissolved by time present, Lord Chancellor, and he directed
'the appropriation to take place as the council might direct
hereafter. On -the present Town-clerk being elected, the
relators filed their supplemental bill; making • the trustees
parties to it. Upon that taking place, the trustees demurred
tothe course which the relators- had adopted, and said under
the 97th section is your remedy ; a new rate having been
created. The trustees demurred simply on a point of law.
That demurrer was argued before the Master of the Hulls,
who.allowed it. It had been appealed against to the Lord
Chancellor, who had Overruled the demurrer, and the ques-
tion of variance of decision between the two high law autho-
rities: was now taken before the House of Lords for final
settlement, where it rested. This taking place at the begin-
ning 0f,1837, circumstances had arisen to induce them income
to a settlement of the question. Other decisions had taken
place in courts of equity confirming in a certain extent, the
judgment of the Lord Chancellor. The judgment tease most
elaborate one, and one in which every lawyer would concur.
Some communications then came to him through the Town-
clerk, friendly at first, to see if the question could be settled,
and some questions were sent to non for simply giving tne
present incumbents their stipends for life, and to return the
endowment money, and there the question to end. The
trustees had come to a resolution on this, " that though they
were desirous that an amicable arrangement could be made,
yet they could not but regret, that the proposal of the church
endowment committee did not embrace the most important
point of the question, which was to secure a permanent pro-
vision for the clergy, (hear, hear), but merely tended to
secure the stipends of the present incumbents. The 67th
section of the corporation act was intended to protect them
in that, and they therefore hoped the committee would re-
consider the proposal, so that the trustees could treat with
them." This was au the 10th of January last. In answer
to this resolutiOn on the 6th of Feb. he had read copies of
other resolutions, but as they only went to state the hornier
proposal to continue the stipends of the present ministers for
their lives, he did not think it necessary to summon a
meeting of the trustees, and there the thing ended. (Hear.)
A short time ago it was thought the question had better come
to an amicable settlement, and Mr. Hall kindly came for-
ward and .offered to become the mediator. Mr. Hall stated
distinctly that he was opposed to the introduction of the vo-
luntary system into our church establishment, and did not
contemplate that it would form part of the basement of the
present settlement. Upon these considerations, that the
question should be settled on the principles of a permanent
endowment, taking into consideration that they could not
control the parish, the trustees acceded to the arrangement,
to be either legally, fixed with, or legally relieved from the
trust. Mr. Hall asked him to negotiate with the Town-clerk,
and afterwards to send in his scheme for the settlement of
the question. His (Mr. Lloyd's) answer was, that he could
only look to the endowment deed on behalf of his clients, and
be could only say—take off one rector in future. As all the
advowsons were to be sold they might have one rector, which
would be ample hereafter, because the patronage was entirely
gone from the corporation, and it might conduce tea friendly
arrangement. His scheme was having one rector, with £6OO
a-year perpetually to him secured, because he thought the
fees would be much reduced from the public cemeteries;
four curates,. secured with £,lOO a• year; a senior minister
at St. Thomas's, with £220, and a second minister with
£170; and the St. Paul's, St. John's, St. Ann's, and St.
David's to he placed on the same footing. He supposed Mr.
Hall, ou the other hand, was receiving a similar scheme on
the part of the church endowment committee, and the result
was what they had seen in, the newspapers, as agreed upon.
He thought Mr. Hall would have liked to have had some-
thing more, but, he knew_ this- from, what had occurred, that
it was the extent of what would be conceded by the church
endowment committee. He had -.placed confidence in Mr.
Hall as conscientiously endeavouring to do wnat was right.
He (Mr. Lloyd) had nothing to do with St. Martin's, which
was part of Mr. Hall's proposal, and which church was
governed:bran aCt 'of:parliament. If 111 r. Hall could in-
clude it le his scheme, he (Mr. Lloyd) had no objection.
Taking the question all in all, he thought it a fair settlement
of it, if it, terminated the sttit. It was founded anti based on
the endoWment •deetl,• and it was only now a question
whether there .should be an additional minister to that
church, and he thought the parishioners would think it
right to take the burden of the other rector upon them, as
therntinicipal bill had relieved them front tiwburden of the
police:force. •
The ArEsTltv-cListiic -then-read over the 'propositions of
• Mr. Hall, which are the same a's brought before the council,
and printed-in :our'last council report,
Eir...LiS'irislied 16' know in what Worse situation the
present inhabitants would be if the present endowment was
done away altogeth'er, 'irould the reform bill give them as
much 'as the present, arrangement?
Mr. Church-warden 'citatysToNE;-01), no.
Ain "it"' s--84.Pse the truStees.lost their snit, what
would the incuitilie*i.6l?
Mr. Li,oin.----They--Wetild lose i:650, which is not given
them within the, sevep years required by law.
Mr.Giti.tes.:sL-Then the present incumbents gain nothing?
MI. LLUTD.—Yes, they gain £650.
Mr; Etris said his object was not to go into any arrange-
ment to give- way.stcp by step. 'The men at present in power,
they might depend upon it, would lake away everything step
by step. (Hear, hear.) He would not sell his birthright
for a tress of pottage, and if, by refusing to give way, „Cl.OO
or I:200 was deficient, let them subscribe and make it up.
He would not put faith in the present men in power Ile
wished no arrangement to be-entered into for the present,
Mr. Limy]) wished to know if the town would indemnify
the trustees ?
Mr. Eer.is—What would fall on them?
Mr, LLOY 9—The probability of paying the costs of a suit
or the next 20 years.
Mr. Churchwarden GLA DSTONE would move "that in the
opinion of this meeting it. is highly desirable that the long
pending question of the church endowment should be ami-
cably adjusted, that to promote that adjustment, the proposi-
tton of 'l'. J. Hall, Esq. to sanction a bill for that purpose,
be adopted."
Mr. WA LTHEW seconded the motion.
The Rev. W. GLA DWIN begged to be permitted, on the
part of one who had been lugged into this question, to ask
them to prevent people putting. their hands into his pocket;
and depriving his people of the advantage they had hitherto
possessed.—(Hear.) The pariihioners were called together
there that day to confirm an arrangement. for the endovvinVift
of some of the churches of the town, as projected by the trus-tees of the endowment question on one hand, and the town-
council on the other, with which he had nothing to do as a
minister of a church, not all connected with the qii6titinat
issue, but marked out for spoilation. lie was'dragged here
neck and heels into the matter. He would not mince
matters, With the parties with whom they had to deal,
an act of parliament was as a piece of brown paper;
it was neither a pledge of truth nor honesty, (hear!)
and this he would presently show them. Time had been
when any one getting an act of parlianient securing him
property, held himself to be in the secure possession of it;
but in these hippy days of Reform -and liberalism, a man
was not to lay that flattering unction to his soul. They
were called on to decide that day between the trustees
and the church endowment committee, who were endeavour-
ing to take from the stipend of the clergy of St. Martin's-in-
the-Fields, who had no more to do with the (originll than
what was going on at Pekin. He would read the act
relating to St. Martin's Church, and then show them
what faith had been. kept by those gentlemen- with him.
The act under which St. Martin's Church was built, was for
promoting the building of churches. The 'corporation. of
Liverpool made proposals for taking the church into their
patronage, on the ground of providing two ministers to the
church. The preamble set forth—" Whereas, the difficulty
of procuring provision for the repairs of-the church, and the
payment of the ministers of the same from the. poverty of
the inhabitants is such, that the mayor and town council
proposed to provide for the support of two ministers out of
the corporate funds upon having the church vested in them.
Be it further enacted, that the yearly salary of the minister
of the church shall not be less than 1:300, and of the assist-
ant minister not less than £2OO, and that the salaries shall be
payable by the mayor and burgesses, and shall be recoverable
by the 'enlister and assistant -minister by an action at
•law, as any, other debt or demand whatever. (Hear, bear.)
Now he would ask if an act of parliament was not a security
for atrium who entered on a charge, what was to be? (Hear.)
In this arrangement, which was proposed to them, these good
people pretended to tell them that two ministers were nut
necessary. They did not care if there were a hundred of
them, so long as they did not pay for them out of their
pockets. They attempted then to take £5O out of his pocket
by making him pay it towards the £7O they paid for his
.curate. Was ever such base pickpocketry as that? What
right had any man to put his band into his pocket, and take
away what had been confirmed to him by the law of the land?
Was it because they belonged to the established church ?
(Cries of "Yes.") Yes, and he would tell them they were
wrestling with them foot by foot and inch by inch, and when
they gotthem medic hip they would throw them over. (Loud
cheers.) Their object was to reduce the ministers till they
should not have in their pockets wherewith to supply the
wants of the poor, and thereby disengage them from them.
If he had £5O taken from him it, it. was not to be supposed
he could do the same good to the poor as if he had it, and
would any man attempt to call in question his conduct in its
distribution, as a minister of the gospel. They had stepped
out of their way to meddle with him. He was glad he was
so dragged into it, as it would open the eves of the parish-
ioners to see whom they had to deal with. (Hear.) He had
spoken of it simply as a question affecting himself, but he
would speak of it as a question more deeply affecting others,
who stood in greater need than he did of £5O -a
-year, blessed be
God, he spoke on behalf of the poor and the destitute (hear,
hear)—for whom that church had been built. He felt he
should soon be laid in the ground, but he should feel ashamed
of' himself if while be bad life, he could compromise the rights
of the poor. tie had no idea of such au attempt as this, with-
out raising his voice and showing the people who were the
friends of the poor. It was stated that this measure was for
endowing, and especially for the benefit of the poor. How
were they to be benefitted i—Hear, hear.) The whole of
the galleries of St. Martin's were aeppropriated to them,
and they paid nothing for it. He would venture to
say that there were many who sneered at a minister
being better paid, who would be ashamed to offer their ware-
housemen less. (Hear, hear.) His motion was, that the
Council had, without any right whatever, interfered with St.
Martin's Church, and that their attempt to introduce into
the act of parliament the clause there related was a violation
of a previous act of parliament, giving to the ministers a
fixed salary.
The VESTRY CLERK said the motion would neither be a
negative nor an affirmative of the previous resolution,
whether the proposition of Mr. Hall should or not be acceded
to

Mr. GLA USTONE.--Would it do to move that St. Martin's
be exempt?

The VESTRY CLERK.—If -von withdraw any part of the
proposition, then you set all afloat. (" Oh, no.")
Mr. HARDISTY begged to move that the proposition of
Mr flail be taken into consideration that day six months.
Mr. ElLts seconded the athendment,
Mr. LLOYD thought the parish would do wrong if they
should throw back the proposal. and not embrace the amica-
ble settlement of the suit. All his anxiety was that they
should not lose bight of an arrangement of the question.
The details relating to St: Martin's the trustees had nothing
to do with.
Mr. GLADIVN said he had communicated with Mr. Lloyd,
supposing the trustees to be parties to this arrangement, and
he bad a distinct negative that they had nothing to do with
the proposal of it. He wished to state this, as the town-
council had gone on determined to have a part of the en-
dowment of Bt. Martin's.
Mr. nottEirts, one of the churchwardens of St. Paul's,

said he was surprised to see the account of the arrangeme,
in the Liverpool journals by which St. Paul's was to be de.
prived of one of its ministers, whose appointment to that
church had been secured in perpetuity by virtue of an act of
parliament, (especially for the spiritual welfare of the poor,)
and to attempt to legalize such deprivation by another act of
parliament, which was now anxiously sought for, was, at
once, in his humble opinion, to attempt to legalize sacri-
lege, by robbing that church of its authorised minister, whose
ministrations that church had already enjoyed for nearly
three quarters of a century. Should Providence therefore
permit hint to live to have ft hoary head, he would never have
to reflect, 'that at a time when imminent danger threatened
the future welfare of this church, he had slumbered at his
post, and this' at a time when he was one of its legally ap-
pointed guardians. if such conduct as this was sanctioned,
they might almost expect that application will be made for
an act to rob a parent of his child, that the inheritance which a
parent has bequeathed could be no Langer secured to his child.
On entering on the subject he would merely state the act of
parliament on which St, Paul's and St. John's had been
erected, " 2 (leo. 3.; cap. 68, sec. 1. And whereas, the
buildings, and inhabitants of the said town of Liverpool have
for somelime-past•continued to increase, and great numbers
of workmen, labourers, and •ither persons living in the said
town, are not of ability to hire or provide pews, seats, and
places in some of the said churcheS, &e., as well for pro-
moting, and • encouraging piety and- true religion, &c."—
Afterwards it had been determined that St. Paul's and St.
John's `should be bUilt by a tax levied on the parish of Liver-
pool. In the 13th section it stated, that the " rates were to
be paid to,commiSsionersyby• the 'several tenants, or occu-
piers of houses, •warehouses,. &c. •&c., so as the same do
not exceed one shilling ,in the pound in any one year."—
In the next section- it said, " Rates were to be levied by dis-
tress and sale." Now, mark, the very Protestant chuiches
which the piety and'benevolence of their 'Pretestant ances-
tors had built by a- taxi'the present Town Council,. now hav-
ing the sale of the advowsons of these churches, Mined
round and said, " We will deprive the 'poor of one of the
ministers of these churches for the sake olexpediency." He
was a Protestant, and he was" not ashathed to say, that
he protested against any • sacrifice of the interests of the
church fur expediency. -Section 25 of the act stated, that
except pews for the ministers and churchwardens of such
churches respectively, open benches or seats shall be fixed
to the floor of the same churches, fur the ease, conveni-
ence, and benefit of the poorer sort of people, who shall
attend divine service therein; and no rent, or other con-
sideration shall be paid or demanded of any person whatso-
ever, for the use, &c. of the said pews or benches respectively."
It was therefore provided, that the ground floor of these two
churches should be free for ever, and they were, strictly
speaking, therefore, churches of the poor. He contended
that they ought to have such churches provided throughout
the land for the religious instruction of the poor, (hear,
hear,) and he would much rather subscribe his mite to such
a purpose than to the building of a prison. (Hear.) He
would merely remark that the two churches of St. Paul's
and St: John's were parish churches. It was provided that
they should be kept in good order by the parish, and that
the necessary outlay should be paid out of the parish rates.
A 'PARISHIONER.—How many free sittings has St.
Paul's?

Mr. ROBERTS.—! believe about 1200.
The PARISHIONER.—Where is there a dissenting chapel
in Liverpool with so many free seats?
Mi. ROBERTS continued.—To show the intention of the
parties building these churches, he need only quote the act:
" 7 Geo. 111. cap. 80.—And whereas the said church of St.
Paul is built on a spacious and large plan or design, capable
and very likely to have and contain a very numerous con-
gregation of hearers of divine service, and communicants of
the most holy and blessed sacrament of the Lord's Supper,
and they apprehend the duty would be too much fur one
minister to undertake it ; be it therefore enacted by the
authority aforesaid, that the mayor, &c. and their successors,
&c. shall and may, and they are hereby authorised and re-
quired, &c. to.nominate and present under the common seal
of the said borough and corporation, Two proper persons
duly qualified to be the ministers of the said church of
St. Paul, and also in like manner to appoint another
minister or ministers of the same church upon every death,
vacancy, or avoidance of such minister and ministers, Btc.'
He had given the subject some attention from having been
churchwarden before and from the size of the church, and
the dome drawing the voiee of the minister, he gave it as his
decided opinion, that it would not be in the power of any one
minister to perform the whole duty in a satisfactory manner,
without destroying his health, and sinking into a premature
grave. There were also extensive visiting duties attached to
the in inistry—visiting of the sick or the congregation, and of
the ecclesiastical district of the schools, &c., and though he
did not advocate the paying of an idle clergyman, this would
not be the case with either of two ministers of St. Paul's. He
protested against theelliciency of the ministry of St. Paul's
church being diminished for the reasons he had given—that
it was contrary 'to an act of Parliament. Ile called
upon the inhabitants of Liverpool not to shrink from
the question on the ground- of political expediency,
but to come forward and strenuously support the church
like men who were placed in the breach, and to whom
the defence of the church as a fortress was committed.
He concluded,.ifter some further remarks, with movinag—
" That ill, asinuch as the church of St. Pauls is situated in a
popultais part of the totvn, and is much resorted to by the
poor inhabitants, the whole of the body being appro-
priated to their 'use; it is inexpedient to reduce the
number of ministers officiating at that church, and

he • begged leave, 'therefore, to move " that the church-
wardens be instructed to communicate -to ►he council
the .wishes of this vestry, that no change take place in
the act of parliament under which the church was
built. Further, that the stipends do not exceed a reasonable
provision, and that as the patronage is in the Corporation, the
Town-council be requested to re-consider the question, so as
to secure to two ministers the same stipend as before the en-
doworeor question arose; and further that the parishioners will
take on themselves the difference in the compensation provided
the Town-council will not allow/it, provided the ministers do
their duty." He hoped to secure to the ministers of the church
the stipends fixed to them as hitherto paid. He felt also equally
interested in' St. John's Church as it, St. Paul's. 'The ground
floor of that church was equally free. He had been advised
not to press that, there should be two ministers for St. John's,
and therefore did not press it ; but he thOught if the duties of
the church were performed they ought to give a reasonable
exchange of their temporal wealth for the spiritual wealth
they received. (Hear.)
Air. jouN But SCOE, Churchwarden of St. Paul's seconded
the amendment.

Mr. ELLis pressed his amendment. He said the question
must go back for consideration.

A I(7ngthened discussion, or rather altercation then ensued
as to which motion was to be put, and which was in order;
Mr. Gladwin contending that the orikinal motion could not
he put as it affected his interest, which was protected by act
of parliament. He had nothing whatever to do with the
question. Several irrelevant topics were introduced, and
the altercation was protracted till half-past three o'clock.
Mr. BOLTON strenuously advised the parishioners to accept
the proposed arrangement, otherwise they would in all pro-
bability have to take up with one not nearly so beneficial to
themselves, as the pending suit on the endowment question
would in.all probability go against the trustees. It was ho
matter to him whether the arrangement which had been
Made to give a part of the stipend of St. Martin's ministry
to the ministry of St. George's, which was only £5O a-year,
was carried. out or not. The corporation had to give £405
between them, and he cared not how it was appropriated.
Mr. GLanwlN designated the taking away his stipend,
which was protected to him by act of parliament, to make
,up the stipend of the ministers of St. George's, as " robbing
Peter to pay Paul."
Mr. BotroN intimated that no further concession would
be made 14 the council; and after a long desultory discus-
sion,

Mr. HA iin't-s:ry agreed to alter his amendment to an ad
jouiturient!till Monday, to allow time for making a differen
nrratigement with regard to the protesting churches of St
Martin's in the Fields.

• - The amendment was then put, and was carried by a great
majOiitv.
anatfis.original motion being put, only three hands were
held'OP' in its favour.'
The question of adjournment was' therefore carried
A-resolution was brought forward by. Mr. ROBERTS, im-
pressing the necessity for two ministers for St. John's. The
amendment for an adjournment being carried this proposal
was set'aSide.'

After a. vote of thanks to the Chairman, the meting broke
up at a little beforelour, being adjourned to Monday at one
o'clock.

Cattx ET.—A match will be played between the Liverpool
.and Manchester'Clubs, on the ground of the latter, on Wed-
nesday next, the 11th instant. Wickets to be pitched at ten
o!clock precisely.
MAritriuns' CHURCH SOCTLTY.—On Wednesday last a
sermon was preached on behalf of the Mariners' Church
Society', ut St. Nicholas's Church, by the Rev. H. M`Neile.
After u most eloquent appeal on behalf of this truly excellent
society by the rev. gentleman, a collection- was made, and
upwards of £4O received in aid of the funds of the society.
Captain Philip Partridge, who was recently committed
from the Liverpool Police Court to take his trial at the Cen-
tral Criminal Court for the manslaughter of a boy, who was
one of the hands on board an African trader which the ac-
cused commanded, pleaded guilty on being► indicted for the
offence, and has been sentenced to twelve months' imprison-
ment:

7--We understand that the foundation stone ofa new Wesleyan
Methodist Chapel, about to be erected in Great Homer-street,
is intended to be laid on Monday next, the 9th instant.
GIN INFATUATION.—Yesterday, at the Police-office, a
wretched-looking man. named John Ash, who it appeared
had immigrated from Wolverhampton to this place, in search
of employment, and who appeared at the bar without hat,
shoes, stockings, shirt, or neckerchief, and with nothing to
cover his nakedness but a tattered pair of trousers, and a
jacket which had once been whole, but through which his
naked skin peeped in all directions, was placed before Mr.
Hall, charged with being chunk. A policeman stated, that
about half-past six o'clock the night before the prisoner. was
very drunk, in Marybone, without a shirt, and his breeches
dropping down about his legs, and they could not be kept up,
so he took him into custody to prevent him further exposing
himself. Mr. Hall—" He does not wear braces?" Officer—
" No, sir." In answer to questions from Mr. Hall, the pri-
soner said he had come from Wolverhampton to mend um-
brellas, and that he had been in the towii a fortnight. Mr.
Parkinson said he understood the prisoner had been drinking
the whole of his time, and had pawned everything he had in
the world but his trousers for drink ; the jacket be had on
did not belong to him. Mr. Hall—" I wish you would go
back to Wolverhampton,. you would be very much wanted
there I dare say. I think you have punished yourself enough,
and I shall discharge you ; but if you are brought here again
I will send you to the House of Correction. Go back home."
The wretched man then left the court, an object of derision
rather ttran pity.
Sr TE uF Tll.l DE.---There was no change in the Manches-
ter market yesterday. The demand both for goods and yarn
was very moderate,and previous prices were barely supported.
—Manchester Guardian, Wednesday.
ROCRI)ALE FLANNEL MARKET, MONDAY. —There has
beeen but little business doing in the market to-day, and that
chiefly in the middle qualities. The manufacturers demand

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higher prices, which the buyers do not feel disposed—to give
at present. The wool market is very dull. The dealers are
asking higher prices, and the manufacturers purchase very
sparingly.—Manchester Guardian, Wednesday.
TI 113 New COMMISSION FOR THIS COUNTY.—In the new
commission 'for this county, there are in all 268 gentlemen,
and they are divided in five hundreds, as follows; in Lons-
dale Ifundred, 44 ; in Amounderness Hundred, 15 ; in
Blackburn Hundred, 48; in West Derby Hundred, 87; and
in Salford Hundred, 83.
NORTH UNION RAILWAY.—The most strenuous efforts are
making by the spirited contractors at both ends of this line
of railway, to effect its completion before the expiration of
the summer months. A number of workmen are at present
employed in laying the permanent rails. The Ribble bridge
is in a forward state : it is a noble structure, and presents a
very attractive appearance.

SAILING OF THE ROYAL WILLIAM STEAM
SHIP FOR NEW YORK.

Last evening this splendid vessel, the property of the City
of Dublin Steam-packet Company, set sail on her first voyage
for New York. This being the first steam-vessel from Li-
verpool to the United Slates, it was but to be expected that
thousands would flock to the pier to witness her starting.
The impetus lately given by the experimental voyages of the
Great Western, and the Sirius are the prologues to mighty
changes in navigation. The possibility of a voyage of aOUO
miles, by steam, having been proved, no boundary can be
placed to the extent to which steam navigation will be carried,
and the present achievements of steam vessels, though great
in themselves, are but as the first startings of railway car-
riages down an inclined plane, slow in progression as corn-
pared to the lightning velocity of the end of the descent. We
anticipate, ere long, to heat of steam-vessels voyaging to all
parts of the world, the most distant as well as those close a t
hand, approximating to us all nations and their produce, and
opening fresh fields for the sowing of the seed of British
capital, enterprise, and industry.
The Royal William was announced to sal for New York
at half past six o'clock. Rumour with her hundred tongues
had for sometime bruited about many particulars concerning
the vessel and when she would start, and the piers presented
such a sight as we have rarely seen except on occasions
similar to the coronation, being densely crowded to the
extent of a mile with parties gone there to witness the sail-
ing of the vessel. Prince's Pier was lined towards the river
wilts a dense crowd from top to bottom, and the rigging of
the shipping in the Prince's Dock was densely manned with
sailors. Evers, conceivable standing place on George's
Pier was crowded to excess, and one of the Rock Ferry boats
taking advantage of the anxiety to witness the vessel sail
made a profitable speculation with taking a crowded deck
load of passengers down to the Rock.alongside. at ls. a head.
This example was also followed by one of the Woodside
boats. On reaching the boat which was to take us on board,
our ears were saluted with the unusual cry, .‘ Now for New
York; we're off," which Caine as trippingly from the boat-
man's tongue, as "Now for Dublin ; we're off." On ap-
proaching the' Royal William, she appeared to be sunk ex-
ceedingly deep in the water, her paddle-boxes almost touch-
ing it. This, however, was a fault of which she will im-
prove every Lur. The deck of the vessel was crowded with
passengers and their. friends, and those whom curiosity had
taken there.

Exactly at half-past six o'clock the anchor was weighed,
and immediately as the noble vessel began to move she was
greeted with the enthusiastic cheering of thousands of spec-
tators, which were responded to by those ou board, whilst
from Woodside, Birkenhead, Rock 'Ferry, the Pier, and the
steam-boats in the river on all sides, scores of cannon thun-
dered forth the rejoicings of their possessors. The gallant
and topgallant sails were hoisted., the paddles revolved, and
the' splendid steam-ship slowly wended• her war down the
Mersey to the broad Atlantic. Again she was cheered by
thousands of voices from hundreds of boats that were sailing
around, from steamers, and from the shore. On passing the
Floating Bath; the vessel was crowded to excess with specta-
tors, who cheered and waived their hats as we passed. On
arriving opposite the Waterloo Pier, thousands of spectators
were there congregated also, and she passed in gallant
style, amidstthe cheering of the assembled multitude, and
the roaring of cannon from the Pier-head. On arriving op-
posite to the building.yard of Messrs. Wilson, the builders
of the steamer, a royal salute of 21 guns was fired as she
passed, which were answered by salutes from Seacombe,
E,rernont, and the private residence of Mr. Wilson in New

Brighton, and also from the bow of the Royal William. Re-
freshments were provided on board, by the liberality of the
City of Dublin Company, for the entertainment of the ladies
and gentlemen invited, who chose to partake of them. When
arrived opposite to the Leasowe Lighthouse, the Liffey
steamer came alongside for the purpose of taking oil'
the visitors, and after many a long shake of the_hand,and

many an adieu, and not a few sorrowful partings of relatives,
the noble erection of man's skill and ingenuity, and enterprise,
and daring, majestically stood on her way through the trackless
waste of waters. If many a fervent wish breathed for her
success can waft her speedily and safely across the Atlantic,
the Royal William will make a splendid passage. As the
Liffey turned to return to Liverpool, enthusiastic and conti-
nuous cheers, waiving of hats, and clapping of hands, from
the crowd on board, was the parting farewell.
Through the polite attention of Mr. Shaw, the superinten-
dent of the engineering department of the company, who
has gone out with her, and of Captain Swainson, the com-
mander, we were furnished with the following particulars
relating to the vessel. She is built by Messrs. Wilson, and
her engines are from the manufactory of Messrs. Fawcett
and Preston, and are, without exception, a pair of the most
beautiful engines we ever saw. The vessel is 617 tons
burthen, and her engines are 276 horse power, and
work expansively at a five feet six inch stroke. The
consumption of coal is 14 cwt. 2lbs. per hour. She has
bridges on Mr. J. C. Shaw's principle, which completely ig-
nite the smoke, and are a saving of 33 per cent. in the con-
sumption. The smoke from the chimney top is scarcely per-
ceptible. She has fuel on board for 4,500 miles, almost suf-
ficient to take her out and bring her back again. Her length
is 175 feet; breadth of beam 27 feet; and depth of hold 17
feet 6 inches. She is also fitted with four water-tight wrought
iron bulk heads, for safety from foundering and hre. She is
fitted up with floats, which neutralize the vibration. We
were struck with her steady and almost imperceptiblemotion
through the water, and complete freedom from vibration.

The coals are packed in sacks, so as to enable 'be hourly con:
sumption to be ascertained; each sack containing two cwt
This plan also prevents any annoyance during the removal'
of coals out of the hold. Her paddle wheels are 24 feet in
diameter, and owing to the great depth of the vessel in the
water from the large quantity of coal o❑ board, the paddles
are six feet in the water. in smooth water the vessel sails

111 knots an hour. There are four separate boilers detached
in all their fittings, with one of which the engines can be
worked, and completely at full speed with two, leaving the
others to be cleared out without stopping the vessel. Her
stroke, after she had got her way on her, was 112 times
per minute, but when in trim, and her paddles less deeply
in the water, she makes 19 strokes per minute. Her cabins,
which are exceedingly neatly fitted up, contain accommoda-
tion for 80 passengers. There are two principal cabins, and
several private cabins.
.'Thirty-two passengers went out iii
her It was stated, that Madame Vestris and Mr. Charles
Matthews were going out in her—such, however, was not the
ease. In conclusion, we can only wish success to the Roral
William, and Godspeed her'!

Tutu THEATRE-ROYAL—Those very sweet and unobtrusive
songstresses, the Misses Smith. have been delighting very
excellent houses during the week. We have only heard of
them during their present visit, not having had leisure to
attend the Theatre. Mademoiselle Celeste this evening
takes her benefit, when she will perform in several favourite
inelo-dramatic pieces.
THE ZOOLOGICAL GARDENS.—Last evening Mr. Atkins
was again favoured by the weather, and gave another grand
gala. The concourse of spectators was great as ever. It is
treat like a standing toast; it will bear giving every night.
The splendid tire works connected with tbe•exhibitiun of the
eruption of Mount Vesuvius again excited much admiration.
A military band was in attendance, and the whole appeared
to give great satisfaction.

CORONATION FESTIVITIES.—OR Saturday evening last,
Messrs. Lewis & Gorsage, coal merchants, plentifully regaled
about forty of their men, in honour of the coronation of our
beloved Queen. The loyalty and enthusiasm displayed on
the occasion was intense, and the toasts, prefaced as they
were by apposite and in many instances eloquent remarks,
were responded to in a style that made the welkin ring.—In
celebration of this illustrious event, a large number of gen-
tlemen sat down on Thursday week to a dinner prepared in
the usual excellent style of the Misses Halliday, at Everton.
John Formby, Esq. presided, under whose auspices the
evening was spent in the most convivial and delightful man-
ner. Friend Halliday's " Bucellas" was splendid.
ROYAL WILLIAM, STEAMER.—An experimental trial was
on Tuesday made in the river, of this fine vessel, with a view
of testing her consumption of fuel, and the result was suffi-
cient to satisfy all on board, that she carries a supply ade-
quate to above 1,000 miles further than her destined port of
New York. One feature in the construction of this vessel's
boilers, merits attention. For two hours she was steamed
with one of her three boilers lying idle, thus proving her ca-
pability for all that can be requisite in the way of cleaning
out, &c.; and during the time she was thus working, the en-
gines had abundance of steam, without any of that black
volume of smoke, which
_usually accompanies the firing of

large engines. Another feature merits attentio❑ : by a new
process, above twenty gallons of fresh water were distilled,
thus causing a supply of that necessary article. The ap-
pearance of this fine vessel on the water excited much ad-
miration.

We are happy to learn from general report that the Mar-
quis of Queensberry, a nobleman personally much respected,
has worthily illustrated the independence of his station and
character by resigning the Lord Lieutenancy of Dumfries-
shire, from feeling it incompatible with his sense of honour
to continue to the Melbourne ministry the benefit of his lord-
ship's support.—Tinges.
On Saturday last the venerable Earl of Clarendon, in ho-
nour of her Most Gracious Majesty Queen Victoria's corona-
tion, regaled his poor labourers, with their wives and chil-
dren, at the Grove, Watford, with an excellent dinner of
old English fare, roast beef and plum pudding. Nearly 200
sat down to dinner; Mr. Hepburn, his lordship's steward,
presided.

Monmouth Wool Fair was held on Monday se'nnight, or
which occasion an average quantity of wool was pitched,
Long fine wool averaged 19s. per stone; Welsh and shoo
wool 16s. to 17s. per stone.

The Duke of Wellington, in adlition to former pecu-
liarities, occupies at this moment a position upon one subject
probably unexampled in the world His grace, 'the greatest
hero and the first man of the age, lip es to see statues erected
to his glorious achievements, and to be himself consulted
about them; while he attends in his own person, and is
actively employed in commemorating in the same way the
deeds of Nelson, next to himself the most eminent of that
galaxy who have so honoured our name and nation.
79TH HIGHLANDERS.—The united services of nine men
of the 79th Highlanders, about to be discharged at Chatham,
amount. to 263 years—they are all Waterloo men—some of
them were present at the battle of Copenhagen, and shared
in the glories of the Peninsular war. There are only two
officers and five men remaining in the regiment who were at
Waterloo.

JUPITEIL—This planet, which has occupied such a con-
spicuous place in the starry firmament during this season,
is approaching to its conjunction with the sun, and will, in
no long space of time, be lost in the effulgence of that lu-
minary. It is at present seen in the western part of the hea-
vens after sunset, and may easily be distinguished from the
fixed stars by its superior lustre. It is the only one of the
planets which in this respect can at all vie with Venus.
MELANCHOLY CATASTROPHE.—Saturday morning, as Mr.
Thomas Redshaw and a boy were crossing the Derwcnt, at
the Allestree-ford, with a waggon-load of coals and a team of

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five horses, the fore wheel was locked in the root of a tree,
which has been washed down by the floods Mr. Redshaw
was riding on the leader, and finding their progress was
stopped he went to the shaft horse to release it from the
waggon, but did not completely succeed. He then endea-
voured to retain, but as the water was high and the stream
rapid he was washed away and drowned. The boy gave the
alarm, and assistance was procured from the village. Mr.
Samuel Milhvard and Mr. Joshua Thompson went into the
river and set four horses at liberty, but they were two hours
and a half betore they could extricate the shalt horse. They
are entitled to great praise for their humane and perseve,ring
exertiont. Mr. Thomas Redshaw was the sun of Mr. Wm.
Redshaw, of Longford Wood House, to whom the team be-
longs, the body of the young man has not yet been found.—
Derby Reporter.

Li7SUS 'NATUR/E.—The government evening papers have
just now got hold of a strange story—showing how one
Thomas Withers, of Bowling, keeps a cat; and how the said
cat last week produced a kitten which instead of having a
head at one end and a tail at the other, had a head at each
end, and no tail at all !—besides which it had but one leg,
and that one was of no use whatever; for instead of growing
under its body so that it might either stand or hop upon it
as inclination or necessity might require, it grew out of its
back,—sticking upright between its shoulders in the most
useless and absurd manner imaginable !—This is certainly
very strange and seems to have bothered Thomas Withers
and the government papers not a little. They have made up
their minds however to pronounce it " one of those freaks
in which Nature sometitnes delights to disport herself;" but
it is nothing to a freak of this sort which recently came to
pass in New Jersey—videlicet-L-a cat whose head grew where
its tail should he, so that instead of following its nose it fol-
lowed its tail—running about-continually in the most sprightly
manner, the wrong end foremost, until at last to the great
grief of the whole neighbourhood the poor thing ran into a
pond—where its exertionsito get out of course only got it fur-
ther in, and then "death put an end to its sufferings."—
Morning Herald.

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TO ROBERT N. FYNN, ESQ. ,:„?.,_.,,,:_--„,,,,,,,. ti
Achill Island, June 27, 18. X* " ..5 . - os.
Sts,—The newspapers have put me in possession of a cr.' NI-lIV
cular letter addressed by you to the Roman Catholic Priests
of Ireland, beseeching them, with intense earnestness of
language, to lend their aid in raising a sum of money for the
Rev. Mr. Maguire, who is represented by you as the success- .
ful champion of the cause isith which their interests are
identified. In this letter I find the following :---`• Your friend
and brother, the Rev. Mr. Maguire, has astounded and
confounded your enemies; your religion is exalted, and your
liberty is secured. THE PRESENT GENERATION WILL NEVER
WITNESS ANOTHER PUBLIC VIVA VOCE DISCUSSION IN
IRELAND." Omitting any notice of the ad captandum
nonsense contained in the sentence "your liberty is se-
em ed," I think I shall not be accused of misrepresentation,
in assertin that the paragraph which I have quoted
contains, First—a claim on behalf of Mr. Maguire to vic-
tory in the late controversy; and, Secondly—a statement
designed to establish the validity of the claim, as set forth in
the words—"the present generation will never witness an-
other public viva race discussion." In a word, the manifest
drift of your letter is, that-the Protestant clergy have been
so astounded and confounded, that they will never again dare
to Meet a Roman Catholic priest in public discussion. You
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have thus, Sir, established a test by which the defeated party
may be surely discovered. I now take your own test, and I
apply it. Ido hereby challenge the Roman Catholic priests
of Ireland to a public controversy. Let me have but one
month's notice and I pledge myself' to provide six Protestant
ministers to meet an equal number of their body, to investi-
gate IN PUBLIC VIVA VOCE DISCUSSION, the poinis in con-
troversy between us. Until this challenge is taken up, the
defeat of the champion of popery is demonstrated by a test
which has been supplied by his own partizan.
I am, Sir,

Your faithful servant in Christ,
EDWARD NANGLE,

GARDENER'S CALENDAR FOR JULY

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In this month prepare all unoccupied plots of ground for
autumn and winter crops. Sow turnips, French beans, let-
tuces, and black Spanish radishes. Plant out brocoli, cauli-
flower, savoys, leeks, and winter cabbages, and earth up
celery. Lift full, grown winter onions, and prepare mush-
room spawn. In tine weather, gather medicinal flowers and
sweet herbs, when in bloom, dressing them in the shade for
winter use, Divest wall•trees, espaliers, and standards, of
all superfluous shoots. Continue to water in dry weather,
and gather all kinds of seeds as they advance to maturity.
Propagate evergreens, roses, and other shrubs, by laying the
young wood. Innoculate flowering and other shrubs, bud roses
in cloudy weather, and divide the roots of double primroses,
polyanthuses, and auriculus. Lay or pipe carnations and
pinks, take up anemones and ranunculuses, and put in
cuttings of pansies, caleeolarias, dahlias. Chinese chrysan-
themumus, geraniums, &c.