The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1847-09-14 00:00:00

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" Neither true religion nor Christianity" Mr. Hull
Refer to the text ; and you will find that Dr

M'Neile never made a distinction between true
religion and Christianity, but between true religion

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THE Albion of yesterday contained an article upon
dock affairs, the tone of which sufficiently betrays
its author. The writer says :—" A rumour is afloat,
which, we trust, is not correct, that the Dock Com-
mittee, true to the private influence to which that
body is supposed to owe its present composition,
are getting up for Parliament a skeleton bill, in
which no plan nor provision for the speedy exten-
sion of dock warehouses is to be found ;" and he
goes on to talk about " gross dereliction of duty,"
"virtual betrayal of the interest of the dock estate
and the trade of the port," "barefaced hypocritical
excuses," " private interest presiding in high

which imputations this anon-y-

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mous writer flings at the Dock Committee—a body
Quite as high standing

composed of gentlemen o
and honour as himself.

That any such rumour as that which is here said
to be "afloat" is, in reality so, we cannot tell.
If there is such a rumour, however, it can have no
foundation—in fact, it can only be based upon
mere surmise ; for, in the first place, the Sub-
committee, to whom the preparation of the Parlia-
mentary business of the Trust is confided, have as
yet made no report ; and, in the next place, any
bill presented to parliament must, in accordance
with the act of last year, contain provisions for
the'extension of dock warehouses. The Albion's
scribe urges that the merchants should " see that
the present Dock Bill takes plenary permanent
powers for building dock warehouses, according to
the spirit of the act of last year, on any or all the
dock quays of Liverpool; and for providing pe-
cuniary means, independent of further applications
to parliament, for this purpose." We hope the
merchants of Liverpool will do no such thing; for
a project so absurd would be scouted by parlia-
ment, and not for a moment be tolerated by either
the dock bondholders or the public. The idea of
an application, with plans, specifications, &c., for
warehouses round "all" the dock quays of Liver-
pool, involving, as their erection would, an expen-
diture of four or five millions sterling, and abso-
lutely unfitted as some of those dock quays are, as
sites for warehouses, would be moonstruck mad-
ness.

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If the gentleman who rides this warehouse
hobby in the .Albion will have a little patience,
we dare say he will find the Dock Committee
quite as much alive to the interests and the con-
venience of the port as himself. They will, no
doubt, in their next act, apply for ample powers
for all present wants in this respect, reserving to
themselves the privilege of further applications, to
be made as their plans are from time to time
brought to maturity.

—At a

EXAMINATION OF MASTERS AND MATES.
meeting of the Board of Examiners, held on Tuesday,
the 7th instant, Captain Martin Massey Milward, late
master of the ship John Dugdale, of Liverpool, was
examined, and found duly qualified for a First-class
Master's certificate.
We understand that Mr. J. Atkins has'received instruc-
tions from the Earl of Derby to prepare, for the festivities
on the occasion of the celebration of his grandson's ma-
jority, some beautiful fireworks on the same grand scale
as those furnished by the same gentleman during Prince
Albert's visit to this town.
TARLETON.—The Queen Dowager has been graciously
pleased to send to the Rev. Ralph Wilde the sum of £lO,
the reverend gentleman's application for as-
Astance in aid of the fund now raising for building the
National Schools which Mr. Wilde is erecting in a distant
part of his parish. The Earl of Derby has also kindly
contributed the same amount to the reverend gentleman.
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Sermons in aid of the Church Education society for
Ireland will be preached in several of the Liverpool
churches on Sunday next, and the annual meeting, over
which the Rev. Chancellor Raikes will preside, will be
held on the following evening. The public breakfast, at
which the Rev. Dr. M`Neile will take the chair, will take
place, at the Adelphi Hotel, on Tuesday morning.
THE YORKSHIRE PACKET SHIP.—The following is a
list of cabin passengers by the Yorkshire, Captain D. G.
Bailey, from New York :—Mr. Irving Wanwart, Mrs.
Irving Wanwart, Masters Irving and Ames Wanwart, Mr.
W. W. Dallas, Mrs. W. W. Dallas, Miss Matilda Dallas,
America ; Mr. Wilson, Scotland ; Mrs. Wilson, Miss
Phrager, Miss Wearum, England ; Mr. W. Abraham,
Mrs. Quail and baby, Miss Quail, Ireland.

STEALING MONEY.—At the Police-court, yesterday, a
man, named Charles Edwards, was charged with stealing
9s. 10d. in the house of Mr. Robinson, an innkeeper.
Prisoner had gone in with a brother workman. Each of
them called for twopenny-worth of drink, and each tendered
a half-sovereign in payment. The prisoner took the
change that belonged to his comrade, and made off with
it, as well as his own change. He was committed for trial
at the sessions.

DEATH OF A BOY FROM A BLOW RECEIVED IN FIGHT-
ING.—An inquest was held yesterday, on view of the body
of George O'Brien, aged ten and a half years. It ap-
peared that on Tuesday last he had been fighting with
another boy, Thomas Jackson, aged nine years, (who was
taken into custody,) in Greenland-street; that both went
down, and that deceased, who was afterwards attended by
a surgeon from the Southern Dispensary, died from the
effects of a blow on the abdomen, which had caused arup-
ture of some of the small vessels of the intestines—by
which inflamation was set up, and death ensued on Sun-
day night. The coroner took much pains in directing the
jury in this case, which appeared to border upon man-
slaughter. The boy accused said that " deceased put a
dirty bag in his mouth, and he did not like it." The jury
returned a verdict to the effect that death was caused by
misfortune.—The coroner, addressing the prisoner before
his discharge, said he had a narrow escape from being
tried for felony, and strongly recommended him not again
to lift his hands against any one.

WEST DERBY CITAPEL.—A writer in the Albion of
yesterday, affects to be extremely witty in an article with
this heading. It appears that on Sunday morning last,

there was no clergyman present, to take the usual moin-
ing service at the chapel, and the congregation departed
without knowing why no gentleman officiated. Injustice
to the respected rector of West Derby, the Rev. Mr.
Stewart, we feel it our duty to exculpate him from all
blame in the matter, as the following statement will show.
During the week before last Mr. Stewart, being in a bad
state of health, left for Nottinghamshire, to meet his
lady, who was herself far from convalescent. Previous
to leaving he made arrangements with a gentleman to
supply his place, for the two succeeding Sundays, who on
Sunday week duly officiated, but we believe that the
gentleman in question made arrangements for another
reverend brother to supply his place last Sunday morning,
and for some reason, which we have not been able to
learn, the latter person did not make his appearance.
We are informed however that Mr. Stewart's understand-
ing with his original substitute was, that no other person
but himself was to take the duty during his (Mr. Stewart's)
absence, and why the arrangement was departed from we
have not heard. On Sunday afternoon the service took
place as usual. Of course no one who is at all acquainted
with the Rev. Mr. Stewart could for a moment imagine
that the unfortunate circumstance arose from any forget
fulness on his part. Ho is a son of John Stewart, I
so of this town

OPENING OF THE NEW DAY SCHOOLS, IN CON-
NEXION WITH THE CRESCENT CHAPEL.— On Sunday
last these commodious schools, situated in Salisbury-
street, some distance behind the chapel, were opened.
The schools were opened with sermons preached in the_
chapel, in the morning by the Rev. Mr. Birrell, of Pem-
broke Chapel ; and in the evening by the Rev. Mr. Kelly,
minister of the Crescent Chapel, and a collection made
after each sermon, towards defraying the expenses of the
erection of the schools. Last evening a tea-party was
held in the boys' school room, a large and very commo-
dious apartment. The room was quite filled with a
highly respectable party, in connection with the chapel,
including a great number of ladies. Several leading
ministers and other gentlemen were on the platform,
amongst whom we noticed the Rev. Dr. Halley, of Man-
chester ; the Rev. J. B. Brown, of London ; Rev. J.
Towers, Birkenhead ; Rev. Mr. La Contem, Rev. Mr.
Hewitt, Rochdale; Rev, W. P. Appleford, Rev. J.
Kirkus, John Cropper, Esq., T. Blackburn, Esq., J. Stitt,
Esq., and A. King, Esq., &c. &c. Tea being over, the
Rev. J. Kelly, minister of the chapel, took the chair, when
addresses were delivered by the Revs. Mr. La Contem,
Rev. Mr. Towers, J. 0. Jones, Esq., Rev. Dr. Halley,
Rev. J. Brown, and several ether gentlemen, all of whom
dwelt with much force on the great importance of the
school which had been erected. The schools are for boys,
girls, and infants ; will accommodate 600 scholars, and
have cost upwards of £6OOO. Tho building has a very
beautiful appearance,