The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1847-07-20 00:00:00

TO THE LORD JOHN MANNERS

MY LORD,—It is not owing to any want of respect,
that I address you thus publicly, nor is it from any re-
luctance to avow rny principles in my own name, that I-do
so under a general designation : the matter is of public
moment, so the individual may be allowed to merge in the
magnitude of his subject.
The straightforward character of your address on Friday
last, breathing throughout the manly candour that so well
befits your birth and rank, has already won you golden
opinions; but,,my lord, it has not gone far enough, and
it is because another opportunity is afforded you to-mor-
row, that I venture to bring under your lordship's notice '
one or two points that, you may rest assured, are regarded
of paramount consideration by more than a thousand (at
the least) of humble, but honest and conscientious electors.
In ordinari times a course like this might perhaps be open
to question, but you, yourself, my lord, have added your
own, to the already high sanction of Burke, for the
adoption of extraordinary courses to meet extraordinary I
emergencies.

The points to which I allude are-Ist, Tractarianism ;
and, 2nd, the Statutes of Mortmain ;—with both of these
subjects your lordship's name has been rather prominently
associated. It is not unreasonable, then, that the Protes-
tant electors of this important borough--to the represen-
tation of which you personally aspire—should be desirous
to hear from your own lips a candid and explicit statement
of your views and feelings on each of these most momen-
tous points.
If you have been rightly informed as to the great mass
of the constituency of Liverpool, you will consider them
as sound-hearted Protestant Churchmen, supporting the
church from an intelligent conviction of her truth and use-
fulness—loving her for her bold fidelity in proclaiming
apostolic truth, and her firm moderation in enforcing
apostolic order—attached to her as she is, interpreting her
articles and services according to the spirit of those who
compiled them, not according to the Romish gloss of Tract
No. 90, which even the Bishop of Exeter condemned, as
containing just " truth enough to make its falsehoods
dangerous." Men of this kind must necessarily be sen-
sitive upon a point that virtually affects principles to which
they are ardently attached ; and must needs be certified
that they are not, upon any considerations whatsoever,
supporting a candidate at all inclined to look with com-
placency upon a system that has already deprived our be-
loved church of so many
" Claras illustresque, animas, impune et vindice nutlo."
A system, whose direct tendency is to swell the ranks of
those over whom an accomplished foreigner, M. Jules
Gondon, rejoices, in the publication of works, the very
titles of which are, or ought to be most humiliating to us,
viz., "Movement religieux en Angleterre:" " Conversion
de cent cinquante mirastres Anglicans, on personnes de
destinction :" " Motifs de conversion de diz ministres
Anglicans," &c., &c. Your sentiments, then on the
On Sunday morning last, after an excellent sermon by subject of Tractarianism and our Protestant church are
the Rev. Thomas Nolan, the sum of £4O was collected at anxiously looked forward to by multitudes to-morrow.
St. Barnabas Courch, in aid of the Blue Coat Hospital. I am willing to forget your votes in support of the
The Provisional Committee of the Roscoe Club are Maynooth College Bill, and proceed to the second point,
now, as may be seen from an advertisement, in a position viz., your opinions on the subject of the Mortmain Laws.
to call a general meeting of the members. It will, no A parliamentary document, now before me, shows you to
doubt, be, as it deserves to be, well attended. have voted twice in 1846, and as often in 1847, in support
We much regret to state that Mr. Benjamin Ellis, the of Mr. Watson's " Catholic Relief Bill." Your name
active and useful clerk of the police magistrates, yeas on occurs on each occasion, I believe, in the prominent posi-
Saturday taken ill ; and that, though the original symp- tion of Teller in its favour, in conjunction with Mr. Wat-
toms were not considered very dangerous, the disease has son himself. Quite in character with this your support
of Mr. Watson's bill, is the "Bill prepared and introduced
since assumed the form of typhus. There were still, how-
ever, yesterday afternoon, some hopes of his recovery, by Lord John Manners, and ordered by the House of
which we pray may be realised. Commons to be printed the 2nd of February, 1846, on the
ASSAULT.—At the Police-court, yesterday, Mr. Henry subject of the Mortmain Laws," &c., &c. Allow me to
Robinson (of the firm of Robinson and Salisbury, sail observe somewhat more briefly upon these statutes, and
makers,) complained of a violent assault committed upon the hopes and fears entertained as to the consequences of
his person by Mr. Taylor, of Chapel-street, agent here their repeal.
for Mr. Shaw, of Falmouth, ship-owner. Both parties Sir Wm. Blackstone, book ii. chap. 18, gives this ex-
employed counsel. It appeared that the assault really planation :—" Alienation in mortmain, in marina' manic,
was committed, but that it was provoked by indiscreet is an alienation of lands or tenements to any corporation,
statements made to Mr. Shaw respecting the defendant, sole or aggregate, ecclesiastical or temporal. But these
imputing to him the reserving of money belonging to his purchases having been chiefly made by religious houses,
employer, which he had not paid over or accounted for. in consequence whereof the lands became perpetually in-
It appeared there was no ground for such a hurtful accu- herent in one dead hand, this hath occasioned the gene-
ration. Mr. Rushton reprimanded the complainant for ral appellation to be applied to such alienations, and the
want of caution, but as the assault really was committed, • religious houses themselves to be principally considered in
he imposed upon the defendant a nominal fine of 2s. 6d. forming the statutes of mortmain :in deducing the history
THE BARQUE JAMES CAMPBELL.—A public meeting of which statutes, it will be mater of curiosity to observe
was held last night, in the Concert-hall, to take into con- the great address and subtle contrivance of the ecclesiastics
sideration, as stated in the placard, " The extraordinary in eluding, from time to time, the laws in being, and
case of the mate and crew of the barque James Camp- the zeal with which successive , parliaments have pur-
bell, of Glasgow, imprisioned in Exeter gaol, on a charge sued them through all their finesses—how new reme-
of mutiny and piracy made against them, and to devise dies were still the parents of new evasions—till the
proper means to aid them in their defence." The meet- legislature at last, though with difficulty, hath ob-
ing was not numerously attended. Mr. Clow was called to tamed a decisive victory." And again he says, the
the chair, and the principal speech was delivered by Mr. P. necessity for such precautions seems to have existed
Mackenzie, of Glasgow. Resolutions were passed to the among the Saxons above sixty years before the Norman
effect that the meeting, without pre-judging the case, de- Conquest." Further on, tracing the improvements in
t sired to co-operate with other towns in providing counsel English Law in the reign of the English Justinian, King
Edward the 1., the same lucid writer ere-
for the accused, and in eliciting the truth, and that with that

aerates in the
list—" He also effectually closed the great gulph, in
which all the landed property of the kingdom was in
danger of being swallowed, by his reiterated statutes of
mortmain, most admirably adopted to meet the frauds
that had then been devised ; though afterwards contrived
to be evaded by the invention of uses." Hume, the
Historian, summing up the events of this king's reign,
adds, he " prevented by law the clergy from maxing new
acquisitions of land, which by the ecclesiastical canons
they were for ever prohibited from alienating." Black-
stone again, recapitulating the advance of legal science
from 1688 to his own time, instances " the further re-
straints upon alienation of lands in mortmain."
As to the danger apprehended and the hopes entertained
from the repeal of these laws now, it will be enough to
quote the following evidence given by the Bishop of Lon-
don before a committee of the House of Commons on the
mortmain laws:—

view subscription boxes be placed'at various stations along
the docks. The sum of £1 ss. was collected at the

meeting.
EGREMONT FERRY.—The new landing stage at this
ferry, which was found not to act well, is undergoing
improvements in the working department, which, it is
expected, will render it in all respects commodious and
efficient, so as to supersede the necessity of landing and
embarking passengers from or to the steamers in a small
boat at low water. It is intended to pull down the stage,
to meet the steamers at low water, by means of an endless
chain passing through a large iron block or sheave, fixed
a considerable way out, and worked by the engine above,
in place of the winch hitherto employed, with but occa-
sional success. A. large diving-bell and two flats are em-
ployed to extend the outworks of the pier for this purpose,
with a number of men at all available times of the tide.
We hope to be enabled to give a favourable report of the
result of these operations in a fortnight or three weeks.
ANOTHER DEATH AT THE RAILWAY TUNNEL, EDGE

"His lordship is asked, (Q. 570,) 'Does your experience as a
Irish clergyman lead you to apprehend undue influence with

1117.. L.—An inquest was held yesterday, before P. F. Curry,
Esq., on view of the body of Joseph Ward. Deceased
was twenty-four years old, and was employed, with others,

persons, particularly in sickness, from clergymen or others,
for the purpose of obtaining grants or bequests for the church?'
Certainly not. There is nothing in the principles of our
church which need lead any person to entertain such an appre-
hension, even in theory, and I believe in practice, it is equally
groundless. * * * I think in respect to the Roman Catholic
clergy there would be great reason to apprehend this influence,
because the doctrine of the Roman Catholic Church is this :

at the new Tunnel, for the London and North Western
Railway Company. On the Ist instant, he was employed.
at one of the, shafts in Mason-street, Edge Hill. There
was a piece of rock, of 18 or 201 b. weight, which had been
hoisted up the shaft in the skip or bucket. Soon after a
noise was heard, and deceased was found lying on the
ground, and a piece of rock lying near him. Blood issued
from his ears, and he was quite insensible. He was
instantly taken up the shaft, and conveyed to the In-
firmary. The shaft is about 26 yards deep, and, at the
time the noise was heard, the skip little more than half
way down. The stone had, no doubt, fallen out of the
skip upon the deceased, who was then at the bottom of the
shaft. Mr. Mc. Cheane, surgeon, said deceased was
brought to the Infirmary on the day stated. He had sus-
tained a compound fracture of the skull, of which he died,
on Saturday last. Verdict " Accidental Death."
MISCONDUCT OF A POLICE-OFFICER.—At the Police-
court, yesterday, two men, William Wynstanley and
Thomas Warwick, were charged by police-officer Nelson
Lees (No. 185) with committing a most violent assault
upon his person, of which, indeed, his appearance bore
ample testimony, as he seemed to be much battered.
From the evidence, however, it appeared that the com-
plainant, while in a questionable state of sobriety, had,
late on Saturday night or Sunday morning, fallen in with
the prisoner Warwick, in Hygeia-street, and skipped or
danced about with him on the flags close to Warwick's
lodgings, in a court. Warwick invited him in, and they
partook together of some bacon and bread. While they
were enjoying themselves, the other prisoner (Wynstan-
ley), who was landlord of the house, came home, and
questioned the officer as to his business there, requiring
him to leave the house. This he refused to do, and the
landlord endeavoured to put him out. The officer there-
upon struck Wynstanley, and a regular battle ensued
between them, the other prisoner interposing to separate
them, but this was not effected until the officer was much
injured. Warwick gave his testimony in a very straight
forward manner, and the other was scarcely behind him.
Some corroboration was also adduced. Mr. Rushton

iiTs-COnfssealy taught in the writings of both Testaments
that there are three most convenient modes of washing out the
stains of sin—alms, pra.'ers, fastings—and that it is altogether
reasonable that one of these fountains should flow abundantly
when the others fail and are (hied up.' (571.) 'And, there-
fore, if dying persons are persuaded that by leaving large be-
quests for charitable purposes, or for the purpose of having so
many masses said for the repose of their souls, they can wash
out the stains of sin, or escape a certain period of the trains of
purgatory, there would be great danger of unjust disherision.
The danger of this is of course much less in our own church,
which teaches no such doctrine, but merely instructs the cler-
gyman, when visiting a dying man, to exhort him to settle his
worldly affairs, and to be liberal to the poor. I may add that I
hove been informed on authority, which I believe to be credible,
that an eminent Roman Catholic of the present day, in England,
said, that if the Jiortmain Act was repealed, he would require
no other measure in favour of. the Roman. Catholic Church.' "
In making these extracts, I am not rash enough for a
moment to suppose your Lordship unacquainted with any
thing that is in them ; my only object is to direct your
attention to the connection in which, upon this subject,
many of the electors of Liverpool would desire to be en-
lightened as to your Lordship's views. It is not enough
to speak of protective or prohibitory clauses in any bill
affecting the Church of Rome. Its character was well
and truly sketched long ago, in the parliamentary remon-
strance to James 1., "Popery has a restless spirit, and
will strive by these gradations; if it once but get a con-
nivance, it will press for toleration, if that be obtained,
Papists must have equality, and from thence they will
aspire to superiority, and will never rest till they get a
subversion of true religion." With an almost prophetic
spirit, we may say, have these words been dictated, up to
the very last point, whereupon Lord Arundel, not very
long ago in the House of Commons spoke thus :
"His honourable friend who had just sat down," (Sir Roar.
1 H. I NGLIS,) " had said, thatis tpheeryZilrsclaioorfe
e Romea,h was aXaaf
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Irld lasted it would 'continue so, 'UNTIL
PROTESTANTISM WAS EXTINCT. (Cheers and counter
cheers.)"

said he believed Warwick, who had shown a friendly dis-
position to the officer. The complainant had no business
in the court, or in the house, where there was no dis-
turbance, leaving his beat ; and he ought to have gone

The Emancipation Act of 1829 abounds in clauses pro-
tective to the church as by law established, and yet, my

That the humble and meek professions, of

—This day so memorable in the
)f our country, was celebrated by the loyal ()range-

THE TWELFTH JUL/

Rmilanism when it is weak, or has an object to gain,
afford no criterion to the practice of Romanism, when it
becomes strong and has its object accomplished, is attested

men Of Great Britain with becoming loyalty. The Bre-
thren of the different lodges in this town assembled in their

by the miserable fate of John Huss and Jerome of Prague,
whose lives were the forfeit of their temerity, in trusting
plighted in terms

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ciple; upon which the oilier is based, and a thorough and
firm determination to withstand the encroachments of
Popery. The members of lodge 24, however, determined
to ,spend tire afternoon in the country, and for that purpose
they resorted to the delightful village of Childwall, and
dined at Childwall Abbey, on a most sumptuous banquet,
provided by the worthy host, Mr. Rimmer. The chair was
ably filled by J. Payne, Esq. ; and the vice-chair, by R.
L. Clay, Esq. The usual loyal toasts and sentiments were
drank and responded.to, and many excellent speeches de-
livered—amongst which is especially deserving of notice

that, alas, proved not strong enough for the Council of
Constance, and the opposing interests of the Church of
Rome. It may be replied, these instances are obsolete,
&c. ; it is to keep them obsolete still, and to leave no power
to Rome adequateto their re-enactment amongst ourselves,
that I earnestly beseech your Lordship to pause before
you remove any of the few remaining checks that the
wisdom of our forefathers have erected in defence of the

liberties of the country that they loved, and of the purity
and free exercise of that religion for which they shed
their blood. I have no other than a public object in
view, and so I make no apology for this, which, other-
wise, had been an unreasonable trespass. n these
grounds I gladly support Sir Digby Mackworth, and am
desirous also to support your lordship; your speech to-
morrow will decide whether I can or not. Meantime I
have the honour to remain, with much respect for your
candour and general character,
My Lord,

an eloquent address from Joseph Alhiay, Esq., of Birming-
ham, in the.course of which the speaker referred to a cir-
cumstance too much overlooked in the present day. After
noting the occasion which renders the 12th July memorable
and dear to the heart of every true Protestant, the speaker
observed that, to every Lancashireman, the day must be
one of congratulation ; for another reason, as it was on the
12th July, 1649, when an illustrious member of the aris-
tocracy of this country had his principles tested as fiercely
as any Protestant during the days of 1688. (Hear, hear.)
It was on that occasion when Commissary-General Ireton
offered to grant to the Earl of Derby the whole of his
estates if he would only give up his loyalty ; but what was
the answer the noble Earl returned to the traitorous mes-
sage ? His words deserved to be remembered. He said :
—" I received your letter with indignation and with scorn.
I return you this answer,—that I cannot but wonder
whence you should gather any hopes that Dike you should
prove_treacherous to any Sovereign. * * I scorn your
proffers ; I disdain your favours ; I abhor your treasons;"
and he concluded by saying,—" If you trouble me with
any more messages upon this occasion, I will burn the
paper and hang the bearer." (Hear, hear.) He hoped
the same feeling in favour of the Protestant cause
which animated the Earl of Derby predominated in
the breast of the present Lord Stanley. (Cheers.) He
looked to Lord Stanley with affection and regard, in the
hope and belief that he would hold fast by the peat prin-
ciples of the British constitution, which is based on Pro-
testantism and founded on the Word of God. (Cheers.)
The speaker then proceeded at considerable length, and
in eloquent terms, to notice the peculiar position in which
the country is at present placed, owing to the prevalence
of the doctrines of expediency rather than those of firm
reliance upon principle, and exhorted his hearers to be
ready at the forthcoming election to support only such
candidates as would maintain through good report and
through evil report the great principles of Protestantism,
as those alone were likely to perpetuate on a secure basis
civil and religious liberty. (Loud cheers.)

Your Lordship's obedient servant,
A PROTESTANT ELECTOR

July 19th, 1847

THE WEATHER AND THE CROPS.—Never within the
memory of man did the country present a more luxuriant
and promising appearance. All the crops look well, and
notwithstanding the cold in the early part of the summer,
there can be little doubt but we shall have an early general
harvest. Some few instances of blight in the potato have
appeared in this neighbourhood, but the crop (of earlies)
so far, is on the whole abundant, and we repeat that dis-
ease of this exotic root has every year, more or less, been
experienced. The wheats are fine, heavy, and approach-
ing to filling. Oats are splendid—in some parts already
assuming the autumnal hue. All other articles are pro-
portionately healthy and vigourous. The hay has been
nearly all got in, in prime order—a capital crop, both in
weight and quality. We had some very sultry weather
for three or four days last week, after which thunder and
heavy rains might have been expected; but, luckily, only

a feeding shower or two fell, giving new vigour to growing
crops, and but for a few hours suspending the labours of
the haymakers. A few more sunny and breezy days like
yesterday will see all the dried grass safely stacked.
tatoes and all domestic garden stuffs are becoming every
day cheaper in our markets.
SUMMARY OF THE LIVERPOOL JULY MEETING.--
Total Number of Stakes 18.—Won by Favourites 8 ; won
by Non-favourites, 9 ; walk over, 1. Horses Entered,
265 ; Horses Started, 103. Total Amount of Stakes,
£6,295.—Subscriptions, 46,160 Public Money given,
£1,135.