The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1846-10-27 00:00:00

Tfl Pi LIVIRPOOL • STANDARD.

LIVERPOOL DOCKS.
TO SHIPOWNERS, MERCHANTS, 8r OTHERS.
MASTER PORTERS.
THE Committee of the Liverpool Docks DO
HEREBY GIVE NOTICE, that the Persons whose
Names and Places of Business are mentioned underneath,
having, in compliance with the provisions of the Dock Act of
the last Session of Parliament, executed, with two sufficient
Sureties, the Bond required by the said Act to be given to the
Dock Trustees, are authorised, on and after MONDAY, the 28th
September, 1846, to act as MASTER PORTERS for Receiving,
Weighing, and Loading off the Cargo of every Vessel. arriving
from any Foreign Port, entering and using any of the Docks or
Basins of the Trustees, on the Quays of-which no Warehouses
are erected :
Mr. Thomas Dover, 18, Water-s et.
Mr. Henry Wharton, 35, Kinestreet.
Mr. Ellis Roberts, 6, Athertbn-street, formerly Brook's-square
Mr. Robert Parry, Kinpestreet.
Mr. Edward Roberts .10, Ansdell-street.
Mr. Duncan Camplll,r 47, Fazakerley-street.
Mr. Michael Bari , 34, Cleveland-square.
Mr. Goodman Hughes, 5, Tithebarn-street.
Mr. James Orme, King-street.
Mr. James Hutchinson, 4, Benn's-gardens, South Castle-street
Mr. John Crosby, } Tobacco Warehouse.
Mr. James Cumming,
Mr. Alexander Riddock, 16, Union-street.
Mr. James Riddock,
Mr. John Fisher, 7, Canning-place.
Mr. William Thornton, 73, Upper Islington.
Mr. William Franklin,
30, Water-street.
Mr. Anthony William Gorges Dow,
Mr. John Grundy, 44, Hanover-street,
Mr. Owen M'Cardle' 20, Ray-street.
Mr. John Kennedy, 15, Goree-piazzas.
Mr. William Maddrell, 26, Brunswick-street.
Mr. Elias Owens, 4, Crooked-lane, Strand-street.
Mr. John Beckwith, Virginia-buildings. South Chapel-street
Mr. William F. Robinson, 33, Tithebarn-street.
Mr. William Griffith Leete, Sweeting-street.
Mr. James Gordon, 8, Exchange-chambers.
Mr. Thomas Fletcher, 9 A, North John-street.
Mr. James Adam, 32, Redeross-street.
Mr. George Badenach, 19, North John-street.
Mr. Thomas H. Revell, Mercer-court, Redcross-street.
Mr. William Dean, }3, Baltic-buildings, Redcross-street
Mr. John Melladew,
Mr. E. P. M‘Knight, 34, Exchan
Mr. Abram Gartside,
/
Mr. Edmund Buckley, N orth John-greet
Mr. S. S. Gair, Water-street.
Mr. F. A. Hamilton, Chapel-street.
Mr. Daniel Campbell, Rumford-street.
Mr. Herman Stolterfoht, Exchange-alley.
Mr. Thomas Todd, Rumford-place.
Mr. Thomas Sellar, Oldhall-street.
Mr. Joseph Malcomson, 5, Goree-piazzas.
Mr. T. B. Forwood, Matthew-street.
Mr. William Maury, Exchange-buildings.
Mr. Thomas Brocklebank, Rumford-street.
Mr. Henry C. Chapman, Fenwick-chambers, Fenwick-street
Mr. Alfred Castellain, Sweeting street.
Mr. Samuel Bright, North John-street.
Mr. Robert L. Bolton, Brunswick-street
Mr. Victor Poutz, Rumford-place.
Mr. C. W. H. Pickering, Rumford-place
Mr. William Rathbone, South Castle-
Mr. Joseph Bramwell, 19, Exchange
Mr. Thomas Sands, Lancelot's-hey
Mr. James N. R'

ige-street East.

Mr. C. Grimshaw,lo,Goree-piazzas.
Mr. A. Duranty, 12, Tower-garden.
Mr. Francis Boult, junior, 10, Old Church-yar
Mr. Thomas Froste, 4, Orange-court, Castle-st
Mr. Mark Itimmer, 9, Goree-piazzas.
Mr. Richard Lupton, 12, Richmond-place, Lo
Mr. George Law.
Mr. Henry Wylie.
Mr. Joseph Heap, North John-street.
Mr. John Cunliffe, Thomas-place, Blair-street
Mr. James Wills, Catharine-terrace, Seacomb
Mr. John Thornhill, 11 Table street.
Mr. Wilkinson Thornhill, ey-
Mr. Joshua Hemans 19, Moon-street.
Mr. Thomas Mills, 8, Union-street.
Messrs. Hughes and Ronald, 1, Cook-street.
Mr. John Bigland, Exchange-buildings.
Mr. Henry Bowden, 19, Brunswick-street.
Mr. James Crossfield, jun., 4, Temple-place.
Mr. Edward Kilpatrick, 6, Canning-place.
Mr. William Rowlinson, 35, Tithebarn-street
Mr. Peter Serjeantson, 17, Oldhall-street.
Mr. James M. Wood, Water-street.
Mr. William Nevett.
Mr. William Robinson Shepherd, 34, Shaw's

Mr. William Blain, 20, Drdry-laiie.
Mr. Rodolph Ehrensperger, 11, Dale-street.
Mr. William MacGregor, 23, Rumford-street.
Mr. Alfred Williams Powles, 4, Water-street.
Mr. Bennet Wynne, 20, Pellew-street.
Mr. Joseph Eccleston, 54, Gloucester-street.
Mr. John Milburn, 31, North John-street.
Mr. James J. Bibby, 13, Duke's-place, Wappir
Mr. W. H. L. Syers, 16, Temple-court.
Mr. Thomas Delamere.
Mr. John Peter Duff, 20, Water-street.
Mr. W. Greame, 25, Temple-street.
Mr. Wallace Walker, 3, Rumford-street.
Mr. Alan Potter, Cotton-court.
Mr. Thomas Smith, 2, Pellew-street.
Mr. Alexander Martin, 20, Water-street.
Mr. J. W. Whitehead, 78, Hurst-street.
Mr. Prosper Devaux, 12, Union-buildings, Nol
Mr. Benjamin Derbyshire, 4, Goree-piazzas.
Mr. Samuel M. Mellor.
Mr. Richard Morris, 6, Cook-street.
Mr. Joseph Buckley, 23, Myrtle-street.
Mr. Henry Krebs elaypole.
Mr. Ilarold Littledale, 13, Exchange-buildings
Mr. George M'Master, 3, Upper Stanhope-stye
Mr. Henry Neuman 13, Canning place
Messrs. Clarke and Shearer, 54, Hanov

w, Cheshire.

111 John-street

essrs. 'Relies and Carter, Oil-street..
Mr. Norris M. Roberts, 11, Exchange-alley North.
Mr. John Stott, 10, Alfred-street.
Mr. John Wm. Pilcher, 7, North John-street.
Mr. Edward Heath, Orange-court.
Mr. John Grey, 12, Cook-street.
Mr. Samuel Rickman, 15. Oldhall-street.
Mr. R. Jones, 44, Upper Beau-street.
Mr. John Hore, 6, George's Dock Gates North.

REGULATIONS.

J O.J•
The Cargo of each Vessel from any Foreign Port entering
and using any of the said Docks or Basins, shall be received
weighed, and loaded off, by one set of Porters only, who steal

of the authoilsed Duster Porters,

The Master I'orters are required to act,. as far as practicable
in regular rotation.

Every Master Po.rter, unon receiving Goods from any Vessel,
is required to give immediate notice to the owner or consignee
of the goods, and to proceed, •without delay, !in weighing and
loading off the same, unless •the Owner or Consignee of the
Goods shall give notice to such Master Porter that the same
Goods, or any part thereof, are to remain on the Quay ; and
all Goods 'Shall be loaded off, and removed from, 'the 'Quay
within 48 hours next after the timein.whiCh the same shall have
been landed.

And in case such Goods shall not have been removed, as
aforesaid, the Dock Trustees may warehouse the same in any
Warehouse, whether belonging to the Trustees •or not, and
such Goods may be detained in such Warehouse, as security
for all expenses payable to the Master Porters, and for all
rents, rates, anti expenses, payable to the Trustees, or to the
Owner of the Warehouse in respect of such Goods, and for the
payment of the Freight of such Goods, upon notice to detain
the same for such Freight.

Every Master Porter, after receiving Goods from any Vessel,
is required to receive, weigh, and load off, all the Goods from
such Vessel.

Every Owner or Consignee of the entire Cargo of any Vessel
may employ such Master Porter.as he may think proper, for
the purpose of receiving, weighing, and loading off, the Cargo
of such Vessel.

Any Ouster Porter may be prohibited from acting, or con-
tinuing to act,.as a Master Porter, for such period and for such
cause as may render such proceeding necessary.
Any person acting as Master Porter in receiving, weighing,
and loading off, or in employing or directing any Porter to
receive, weigh, or load off, any Goods, without having given to
the Trustees a Bond, with two sufficient sureties, will incur a
penalty, riot exceeding £5O, for every such offence.
Additionator substituted persons will, from time to time, be
appointed Master Porters, as occasion may require.
.By order,_

DANIEL MASON, Secretary

Dock Office, Revenue Buildings,
24th September, 1846.

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WORKS, LORD-STREET and CABLE-STREET,
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Observe that the Signature of the proprietor, "G. C. Serjeant,"
is written on the Government Stamp.
SEjtJEANI"S LOTION, the only effectual Remedy
sikainst Rheumatism, Rheumatic Gout, Sciatica, and Lum-
bago. Sold 1w the Proprietor, G. C. SERJEANT, No. 1, Lo-
vell's-oourt, Paternoster-row, and 2, Bell-,yard, Temple-bar,
London; and by all Venders of Medicine. Price 2s. lid. Der
Tin.,

The astonishing gllereSEl which has crowned. the application
of this external Medicine in the most hopeless and deplorable
cases, when the unhappy sufferer had sltispaired of ever gaining

even the least relief, and tins after t ablest advice and every
other means had completely fail most justly entitles it to the
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if This excellent Medicine, universally esteemed, is unat-
tended with the least dan or inconvenience, and hundreds
haveexperienTl its ha y and salutary effects since it was

Amongst man

ii are being daily received are the follow-

mg testimoniti

4. Paternoster-rat!

"SlTl,—Having been informed of the surprising cure of fir.
Barnes, of St. Paul's Churchyard, who w•as so severely afflicted
by Rheumatism, the intense pain causing delirium, that hewers

compelled to be confined by a strait waistcoat to 'prevent his
committing any violence, and whose case was considered en-
tirely hopeless, I was induced to ascertain the particulars, and
being satisfied of the truth of my information, encouraged me
to make a trial of your most invaluable Medicine, entertaining
little hopes of success, having been many years so severe a suf-
ferer, and tried many said to be very valuable remedies. lam
very happy in being able to add my testimony of the benefit
I derived: after a few days' application the use of my limbs are
perfectly restored, and I am now able to attend my business,
nd, making an allowance for my age, never was better in my
life. To those, however severely afflicted and hopeless thew
case may have been pronounced, I beg of them to make a trial,
feeling quite satisfied they will be restored to the use of their
limbs, from the severe cases that have yielded to this Medicine.
Health is a great blessing to those who can enjoy it, but to
bose who are deprived, none feels it so severely as the trades-
man or mechanic, as it generally causes loss of business, and
brings ruin on families. I shall at all times feel it my duty to
make it kgpwn to those afflicted, to evince how grateful I am
for my restoration, and am, Sir, yours truly,
GEORGE POLLARD.
_ _

October 20, 1844. -
14, Belmont-place, IVancincorth-road, Oct. 26, 1844.
Sin,--I feel in duty hound to acknowledge, that after suffer-
ing acute pains from Sciatica, or severe Rheumatic affection in
the hip-joint, and being deprived of rest, I was persuaded to
try your embrocation, and have the pleasure to say that after
three applications I was restored to my usual health ; and, al_
though two years have passed, I have no return of the disorder.
—I am, Sir, gratefully yours, EDWARD NOYES.

Such are the properties of this invaluable Specific that per
sons labonring under the most distressing Rheumatism, nen-
matic Gout, and Lumbago. and rendered thereby incapable of
assisting themselves, have been relieved in
.a few hours.
Sold by Pendlebury. Russell-street Titherington, Oxford;
street; Hogarth, Great George-street ; Fisher, 80ld-street -
Coupland, Parker-street ; Gerrard, Oldhall-street ; Parkinson,
New Scotland-road; Neal, SeX tland-road ; Simpson, Scotland-
road, opposite St. Martin's Market; Mackow, N'auxhall-road •,
Britten, corner of Dale-street and Haymarket ; Smith, Great
Homer-street ; Cox, Fox-street ; Gillard, Richmond-row ; Low,
Islington ; Walker, London-road.; Parry, Christian-street ;
Wagstaff. Great George-place ; Priestley, Lord-street; Smith,
Woodside ; Price, WaVertfte,

FINANCIAL SUMMARY OF THE WEEK
(From the Britannia.)

SATURDAY MORNINC

The depression in the price of Consols which we have
bad occasion. to remark for some weeks past, bas not in
any degree recovered during the present week; the
market has generally been flat, though other securities
have shown increased activity. Consols opened on Mon-
day at 944 to 5 for money, and 954 to for the November
account. At those figures they remained, with scarcely
any difference, until Wednesday, when they dropped an
eighth, marking 941 to s money, and 95 to account.
On Thursday another fall of one-eighth was experienced,
Consols for money being done in the course of the day at
9-11 to 1. Yesterday, however, towards the close of bu-
siness, an improvement took place, and prices left off for
money at 944 to 5, and for the account 954 to 4.
Money continues obtainable on easy terms, but we are
sorry to announce a failure which occasioned considerable
surprise. As the name has already appeared in print, we
may mention that the well-established firm of Jeremiah
Harman and Co., has stopped payment. No particulars
have yet transpired, but it is presumed their liabilities
must be to a considerable extent.
India Stock has been done a little lower, 258 to 259 ;
Bank Stock continues at 2054 to 2064_; Exchequer Bills
are 10s. premium. Ncw Three-and-a-Quarter per Cents.,
951.
The foreign funds have been flat, affairs being in much
too unsettled a state, with respect to some of the princi-
pal stocks, to allow of much speculation. Spanish has
been nearly stationary, though perhaps with an upward
tendency. Three per Cents. have been done at 374 to 4,
and Active Bonds at 264 to 4. The revolution in Portu-
gal has had little effect on prices ; more confidence is,
however, felt in the new Ministry, and the Four per Cents.
are quoted at 414 to 421, Mexican Stock is 221 to 23;
Dutch Two-and-a-Half per Cents. are 581 to 594; Bel-
gian Four-and _a-Half are 97. . .

- The Share Market has been much bette attended this
week than for some time past, &id prices e improved. iv
Buyers have come forward freely, and fo ood descrip-
tions of stock the demand has been active and liberal.
This improvement is the more remarkable when con-
trasted with the flatness of the Consol Market. It may
possibly indicate returning confidence in railway property,
and show a reviving disposition to investment in sound,
lines rather than in the funds, For North British the de-
mand has been lively at higher rates, it having transpired
that a treaty was in progress for a lease of that line to Mr.
Hudson. It is understood that he guaranteed interest on
the capital of seven and a half -per cent. The-e terms,
however. the company have refused, and fur the present
the negotiation is at an end. There has been a great dis-
position shown to purchase Oxford and Birmingham
shares, as there is a probability of a severe contest be-
tween the Great Western and North-Western Companies
for the working of that line. It is thought, tberefcre,
that very favourable terms may be obtained, and prices
have risen on that supposition. A rumour prevails that
the Great Western have offered a guarantee of eight per
cent., and that the offer has been accepted. An arrange-
ment, mutually satisfactory, has been completed between
the Great Western and South Wales Companies. The
terms are correctly given by a contemporary :
"The Great Western guarantee to the South Wales
five per cent. upon the full amount of the capital of
£3,000,000 of shares, and, if necessary, to complete the
works, Upon an additional £1,000,000 of debenturers ;
the guarantee to commence from the opening of the entire
line, which will be worked by the Great Western Com-
pany, thus giving the benefit of the plant and staff of the
Great Western Company, and avoiding the expense of
a separate establishment. After the lapse of five years
from the opening of the line the Great Western are to
allow the South Wales (over and above the five per cent.

guaranteed) one half of the surplus profit which may
accrue beyond the said five per cent. After a further
period of five years—that is, ten years from the opening
of the entire line—the Great Western will amalgamate
with the South Wales, upon the basis of their respective
traffics, and in exact proportion thereto. By this it will
be seen that in the lapse of ten years the South Wales
will get the full benefit of their traffic in this amalgama-
tion, and in the meanwhile its full development will be
carried out by the 'Great Western Company. Interest
at the rate of four per cent. is to be allowed on calls
during the progress of the works." _ _

The North-Western, it is understood, has made an
agreement with the Shropshire Union, on the basis that
the dividend on the shares of the latter shall be one•half
of those paid on the former. Other advantages are af-
forded, which render the arrangenient, on the whole, fa-
vourable to the Shropshire Union.

Speculation seems much directed to corn at present,
and we believe it is dealt in to a large extent. Prices
Continue to advance, though not with rapidity. The
London averages for the week are GBs. sd. for wheat, and
42.. Sd. for barley. The weekly average for the kingdom
is 595. 10d. Moderate quantities of grain only are uow
received ; but, from the orders sent out to purchase, we
may anticipate considerable arrivals in the spring. Not-
withstanding the general cry for opening the porta, it is
not thought likely that Lord John Russell will take on
himself the responsibility of setting aside an act of par-
liament so deliberately passed by the legislature, espe.
cially as the duty is now only 4s. per quarter.

SATURDAY EVENING

Public Securities were not so firm to-day as in the lat-
ter part of yesterday, but there was but little actual busi-
ness done at lower quotations. Indeed the short hours
on Saturday have made it almost a dies non for business
in the stocks. as was intended, except when there is a
probability of a fluctuation in prices.
Consols were done for money at 91/ and 95. and for
amount at 95k; Reduced Three per Cents, at 9' and ;
the'Three-and-a-Quarter per Cents. at 951 and 1; and
Eiteheq'ner Bills 13 16 pm.

COMMITMENT FOR TRIAL.—At the Police-court, yes-
terday, two young women, Mary Wilcock and Mary Ann
Taylor, were charged with having stolen, on Saturday
afternoon, a shawl from the shop of Mr. lnes. No. 60,
Titbebarn-street. They priced some shawls. and one of
the lot being missed, they were suspected, and the artije
was found in Taylor's basket, who, it was said, was to be
married on Sunday. They were both committed for trial
at the present sessions. _ _ _

THE GREAT BRITAIN.--Captain Hosken has pub-
lished a letter exculpatory of himself, and giving an ac-
count of the loss of his ship, the same in all material
points as Captain Claxton's report. The owners are
making preparations for the wintering of the vessel on
the beach. A fender of woodwork is to be made to de-
fend the ship's quarter, and a small floating breakwater
will be constructed to guard her from heavy seas. The
directors of the company have published a minute,
in which they say, " With respect to the occurrences
which preceded the stranding of the unfortunate ship, as
explained now by Captain Hosken and by the report of
Captain Ciazton to the secretary, the directors are of
opinion that the ship was stranded in consequence of an
error in judgment, into which it appears her captain was
betrayed, through the omission of a notice of St. John's
Light in the chart of this year, by which he was navigat-
ing, and of the want of knowledge on his part of such a
light being established,—it being to the directors obvious
that, had the light been laid, Captain Hosken would have
known that the judgment which led him at eight o'clock
to put his snip in theproper course for the North Channel
ought to have been persevered in." They conclude by
appealing to all shipowners and assurance companies to
make an effort to secure greater correctness in the Ad-
miralty charts.

HATTER'S GRAND HISTORICAL PICTURE OF THE
CHRISTENING OF HIS ROYAL HIGHNESS THE PRINCE
OF WALES.—We have seen, and much admired, several
of the " Royal" (and it may be added " Historical ")
paintings executed by Sir George Haver, but none, either
by that distinguished master or any of his contempora-
ries, an inspection of which (at Mr. Grundy's Repo-
sitory, Church-street,) afforded us so much delight, or
impressed

us with so high an' estimation of the masterly
conception and extraordinary powers of elaborate execu-
tion possessed by this, we may almost say, " prince of
modern limners." This original picture is of large size—
about 10 feet by 6—and contains no fewer than forty-nine
portraits of the most distinguished individuals in the land,
the whole of them admitted to be striking likenesses,
including no fewer than thirty persons not introduced in
any former picture, and grouped in a manner so highly
effective, and so natural, as to leave the spectator in no
doubt as to the verisimilitude of the interesting scene.
The figures are all (the august ceremony then going on)
in standing posture, and most of them seen in full length.
The portrait of the Queen in the centre is properly the
most prominent and attractive, and is stated to be the
most beautiful and correct yet produced. Such is the
minuteness and " miniature" delicacy'of figure that
it becomes improved by the application of a powerful mag-
nifying glass, the features, figure and elegant drapery with
its rich ariornments,becorning all but real life and texture.
The same may be said of all the other portraits, especi-
ally that of the Archbishop of Canterbury who holds the
royal infant on his arm while he inducts it into the Chris-
tian fold ; that of the Right Hon. Shaw Le Fevre, of the
King of Prussia, the Duke of Cambridge, the uke of
Sussex, Sir R. Peel, (in the attire of a privy councillor,
and highly approved by his family,) the Duchesses ol
Cambridge and Kent, the Duchess of Northumberland
--a beautiful likeness of a beautiful personage,—the
Duchess of Sutherland, the three Princes, sons of the
Duke of Saxe Coburg, the Earl of Aberdeen, the Mar-
quis of Anglesea, Sir J. Graham and many more. The
apartment, St. George's Chapel, Windsor, is also a fine
specimen of architectural painting, showing the fine oak
carving in every detail. The infant Prince, too, is finely
portrayed. The picture was painted for her Majesty, as
a companion to the Royal marriage—now in Windsor
Castle—and as it is to be engraved by Grestbach, the en-
graver of the Waterloo banquet, in the finest style of the
art, those desirous of possessing copies to add to their
collections would do well to become early subscribers in
order to secure the choicest copies.

3Fr.liChard Simm. clerk of St. Bride's Church, and
late master of the Welsh Charity School, has commenced
the business of eltate agent. No doubt he has a number
of friends who will be glad to employ him. He has, at no
little coat of money and time, compiled a very useful book
of reference of houses to let, &c.
EVANS' RESTORATIVE BALSOM.--In referring our
readers to the advertisement of Mr. Coup!and's, we can-
not but recommend, as a preventative to the falling off of
the hair, this restorative. We know cases in which it has
proved most efficacious.
MR. JACOBS' ENTERTAINMENTS.—TaIent and enter-
prise, if not alway s, are generally appreciated and re-
warded. Mr. Jacobs, by deserving success, has com-
manded it; and crowded houses at the Theatre Royal
each evening have borne testimony to the efficacy of the
attractions he presents. The performance is on each
occasion varied, and what before was wonderful, inst• ad
of losing its interest, only appears more wonderful each
successive representation. Signor Lupin°, professor of
gymnastics, and his two youthful pupils, have been en-
gaged, and add considerably to the attraziop,

CORRESPONDENCE.

THE ANTI-SLAVERY LEAGUE

TO THE EDITOR OF THE LIVERPOOL STANDARD.

Sta,—l hasten to correct (so that the correction may
follow at the proper time, io the same channel) an error
of your " reporter", in stating that " a coloured man
arose and denied the truth of Mr. Douglass' statements."
As a response to Mr. Douglass' interrogatory, " Is there
an American present ?" I replied, " Yes. And as a co-
loured man, and a native of a slave state, I would add my
testimony to the truth of all that he (Mr. D.) had stated ;
and that he had not told one millionth part of the truth !"
I have the honour to be,
Your obedient servant,
J. R. BAILEY.

Temperance Hotel, Clayton-square,
October 20th, 1846.

TO THE EDITOR OF THE LIVERPOOL STANDARD,

SIR,-At a time when so much is being done for the
advancement of evangelical religion throughout the
country, and when the subject of Episcopacy is occupying
the attention of many minds deeply interested in the wel-
fare of the nation, I hope you will be able to insert the
following hint, for the consideration of those well quali-
fied to judge and act in a matter of such importance to our
beloved Protestant Church of England, viz., " Whether a
bishop should not be appointed to every county in the
kingdom ?" And why not have a bishop to each county as
well as a sheriff? For, without instituting comparison,
though their respective duties so materially differ, yet they
are relatively of equal usefulness. Praying that all our
bishops may indeed be men of God. and devoted to the
feeding of Christ's flock.
I remain, sir, yours respectfully,
J. R.