The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1853-11-22 00:00:00

TO THE EDITOR OF THE LIVERPOOL STANDARD.

Sin,—l have been induced to write to you from the
desire of addressing your English readers on the subject of
the present agitation in Scotland, as I am aware that in
England, as well as elsewhere, many inisrepresen tatibns have
been given as to the true spirit of that agitation. I am
also anxious to show that the Scottish movement has not
originated in any desire to revive or create national anti-
pathies between the two countries.
It has been admitted in England that Scotland does
possess grievances to complain of ; but, say some, there is
no necessity for her appealing to her separate nationality.
Now, this is an important point, as it relates to the most
successful method of redressing those grievances. How
was this to be done ? Have we not, year after year, sought
and yet found not ?—asked, and it was not given unto us ?
Have we not, until patience became exhausted, appealed,
memorialised, and petitioned, and all to the same effect ?
This we did as Scotsmen and loyal Britons, ever anxious
to remain as such. Then can it be matter of wonder that,
since our prayers have been unheeded, we now fall back
upon our nationality ?
In thus raising our national voice—for, in the words of
Professor Aytoun, Scotland stands where she did,—we do
so because it is our dernier resort. No animosity—no
mischievous desire towards England has given birth to it,
and time will show how mistaken those have been who
first promulgated such a report. I cannot see why the
fact of Scotland merely asking for her rights ought to
create any animosity between the two countries, and I will
not believe that Englishmen are so illiberal as to view the
Scottish movement with prejudice. We do not reproach
your countrymen with having created our wrongs—nay,
we look to you to aid us in redressing them. Our own
apathy and the disinterestedness of our representatives
have been the main cause, and from the effects of these we
seek now to recover.

It cannot be questioned that Scotland possesses certain
rights distinct from those of England, and which were
specially referred to in the Articles of Union, and their
security guaranteed to the country by that document.
Now, the Articles of Union were all that made a Britain,
and were also intended to place Scotland on the footing of
equality, or as near as possible, with England. These
Articles have not been held sacred, and it is this fact
which has produced the complaints in Scotland. Facts
cannot be overturned. These Articles were never intended
to be broken, or else they would never have been framed—
to judge otherwise would turn history into fiction, and the
rights of nations would be but a bagatelle ! Well, then,
as Scotland is not a province (though treated in some
respects as such), it is impossible she can have any rights
as one ; but as a nation she has, and as a nation she
calmly demands those rights to be respected, just as
England would have done if placed in the same position.
If, as has been foolishly hinted in some quarters, the
Articles of Union be a dead letter, then, logically speaking,
there is no union, but a confusion instead. If they be
held faithfully by " all concerned," and as Scotland desires
them, then the union is not only the more secure, but we
are the truer Britons.—l ain, M. G.
Edinburgh, Nov. 17; 1863.

LIVERPOOL TOWN COUNCIL.

TO THE EDITOR. OP THE LIVERPOOL STANDARD,

Stit,—The accompanying statement, which I have care-
fully compiled, will_speak for itself.—l remain, Sir, yours
obediently, G. W. M.
Liverpool, November 19th, 1853.

A TABLE, SHOWING THE COMPARATIVE STRENGTH OF

PARTIES IN THE COUNCIL

When
last Councillors. Party. How Elected.
electd
No I.—EvERTON.
1850 Alderman E. Langsdale R
1851 11,bert Aked C Defeated J. Johnson.
1852 T. D. Anderson
1853 S. M. Mellor R No opposition.
No. 2.— SCOTLAND.
1850 Alderman W. Bennett. C
1851 James Thompson It No opposition.
1852 John Bingham lt Defeated S. Taylor, C.
1853 John Woodruff R Defeated Jas. Jack, C.
No. B.—VAUXHALL.
1850 Alderman Preston C
1851 Edward Bradley
1852 John Moss R Dfted. Alex. Shand, C.
1853 William Nicholson C Defeated R. Powell, R.
No. 4. ST. PAUL'S.
1853 Alderman Thos. Bold . C
1851 John R. McGulfie R. No opposition.
1852 Thomas Godfrey C Defeated J. Savage, R.
1853 Oliver Holden , lt No opposition.
-
No. S.—EXCHANGE.
1850 Aldmn. Jas. Lawrence*. C
1851 T. Littledale*
1852 James Tyrer C }No opposition.
1853 Charles Ter
No. 6.—S. CASTLE-ST.
1850 Alderman Thos. Dover C
1851 Hugh Hornby*
1852 T. Avison - }NO opposition.
1853 George Holt
No. 7.—ST. PETER'S.
1853 Alderman Jas. Parker. C
1851 Harmood Banner
1852 J. C. Fernihough R INo opposition.
1853 James Holm
No. B.—PITT STREET
1850 Alderman T. Robinson C
1851 John Gladstone, jun C No opposition.
1853 W. P. Jeffreys
1853 William Mann C Defeated J. Smith, R.
No. 9.—GT. GEORGE.
1853 Alderman Jos. Cooper. C
1851 Thos. Wagstaff C No opposition.
1852 John McNicoll C DeftedJno. Rogers, R.
1853 Alexander Shand C No opposition.
No. 10.— RODNEY-ST.
1853 Aldmn. Samuel Holme* C
1851 Thomas Fleming
1852 John B. Bra neiser C }No opposition.
1853 Jas. Aspinal Tobin C
No. 11.—ABERCROMBY.
1853 Aldman. R. C. Gardner C
1851 Hugh Neil C No opposition.
1852 Robertson Gladstone* lt Defeated B. Hall, C.
1853 William Earle* lt Defeated T. Lee, C.
No. 12.—LIME- STREET
1863 Alderman J. B. Moore*. C
1851 James Johnson
1852 J. A. Picton
1853 J. B. Lloyd* (The Mayor)
No. 13.—ST. ANN'S.
1853 Aldman. E. Molyneux. C
1851 Raymond W. Houghton C Dfted W. P. Freme, R.
1852 Thos. L. Hodson R Defeated F. Shand, C.
1853 John Nicholson
No. 14.—WEST DERBY
1850 Aldman. Sir John Bent* C
1851 It. M. Beckwith
1852 Arthur Henderson
1853 Francis A. Clint
——
No. 15.—N. TORTETI4.
1853 Aldmn.Thos.Toulmin.. C
1851 Thomas Royden
1832 Hilton Hothead
1853 Matthew Gregson C No opposition.
No. 16.—S. TOXTETH.
1850 Aldmn. John H. Turner It
1851 John Stewart C Dftd E. C. Hindley, R.
1852 Wm. Jos. Horafall C
1853 James Robertson

'hose marked * have been Mayors.—C. Conservative,
R. Radical.

RECAPITULATION.
Wards represented entirely by Conserva-
tives, Nos. 3,8, 9, 10, 15
No Ward represented entirely by Radicals
Wards represented by 3 Conservatives and
1 Radical—Nos. 7, 13, 14, 16
Wards represented by 2 Conservatives and
2 Radicals—Nos. 1,3, 4, 11, 12
Wards represented by 1 Conservative and
3 Radicals—Nos. 2 and 6.

20 0
0 0

Wards.

SCOTTISH RIGHTS,

TO THE EDITOR OP THE LIVERPOOL STANDA.RD.

SlR,—Allow me to thank you sincerely for the pleasure
and satisfaction yon have afforded to myself and other
Scotchmen, resident in Liverpool and elsewhere, by the
disinterested advocacy you have devoted to the vindication
of Scottish Rights, and, while doing so, I trust you will
bear with me while I make one or two remarks.

. The claim of Scotland to have additional representatives the House of Commons was so well and dearly stated
in your first article on the subject, as hardly to require
further illustration. One point, however, appears to
have eluded your observation, and that is, that an
augmentation of the number of Scotch members would
have a tendency to elevate the moral character of. the
House ; for it is a singular fact, that, notwithstanding
the number of notoriously corrupt elections which have
from time to time, and particularly during the last two
sessions, been brought to light by indubitable proof, no
one case has been either proved or alleged against a Scotch
constituency. Another may also be noted, which is, that
although no property qualification is requisite for a Scotch
burgh member, and although these constituencies have
been occasionally wooed by the O'Connor and liagrath
tribe, in no instance has a worthy of such description
found his way into the British senate through the agency
of a Scottish constituency. Could better evidence be ten-
dered of the fitness for self-government on the part of
Scotchmen, than the existence of facts so conspicuously
creditable to their judgment, their moral training, and
their political integrity; or could they advance a higher
claim to the possession of increased political influence than
by pointing to the significant fact, that, surrounded by
glaring examples of political turpitude, their purity of
political action and feeling remains untainted even by the
breath of suspicion ?
As to the subject of a separate Secretary of State for
Scottish affairs, few would be inclined to question the
propriety of such an office, who are acquainted, as I am,
with the manner in which parties, having important
public Scottish business to transact in any of the Govern-
ment departments, are warded off from post to pillar,
between the Secretary of State for the Home Department
and the Lord Advocate ; the one finding that the appli-
cation does not full within his- province, or that the in-
formation sought must, of right, be communicated by the
other. Private convenience, or personal indolence, being
thus made to stand in the way of public business.
In your last article you make correct allusion to bene-
fits conferred on England as well as Scotland by Scotch-
men, and put that properly forward as a plea for the
sympathy, respect, and assistance of our English brethren.
Under this head the catalogue might easily have been
much enlarged ; I shall, however, confine myself to an
observation Of two relative to one subject you there allude to,
I mean the Darien Canal. Upwards of a hundred and fifty
years ago the Scotch organised a company, and took active
measures for having a ship canal cut through the Marrowisthmus which separates the Atlantic from the Pacific
Ocean. A line of route was marked out, and a settlement
of Scotchmen was made in connexion with it on the

Atlantic side of the Isthmus; but, through the agency of
the East India Company, and the anti-Scotch partialities
of William 111., the scheme was discountenanced and the
company ruined. Within the last few years the current
of mercantile traffic has again directed attention to the
necessity of a ship canal through the same isthmus ; and
what takes place P A scheme is now on foot to execute
this canal, and it has been declared, within the last twelve
months, by competent authorities, that the best route in
existence for it, is the identical line pointed out by the
Scotch Darien Company a hundred and fifty years ago ;
nay more, that its Atlantic harbour shall be Port Escoses
(Scotch port). Here we see an important undertaking
and a vast source of national wealth sacrificed, lest its
prosecution and development should interfere with the
successful prosecution of English enterprise in another
direction. Is not this fact alone conclusive as to the
English connexion not being one of unmixed benefit to
the trade and commerce of Scotland P
Trusting you will excuse the inroad thus made upon
your space, and again offering my best thanks, for your aid
in the good cause, I have the honour to be, your obedient
servant, A SCOTCH3IAN.
Liverpool, 19th November, 1853.

NOTES, NOTICES, AND OPINIONS.

BY jOHANNES nusTrcus.

XV. EDuce.nolc:--A; curiosity, I should
like to see a prospectus of the course of instruction which
would meet the views of the popular declaimers against
our national ignorance. It is the fashion now-a-days of
some leading characters to attribute everything that goes
wrong to a want of education in the people ; and perhaps
this may be true in the abstract ; but can these learned
philosophers devise any scheme of education which will be
a remedy for all our physical, moral, social, and political
evils ? Mr. Cobden attributes the reappearance of cholera,
juvenile depravity, the Preston strikes, and the Russo-
Turkish war, alike to the ignorance of the people, and
quotes how many out of thirteen jurors signed with a X,
but can Mr. Cobden or any of his " school" point out what,
and what degree of, education would prevent all these
calamities ? The old Tory doctrine was that the clergy-
man was the best schoolmaster ; but Toryism, it is said,
is exploded now—the clergyman, as a teacher of the
young, gives place to the popular lecturer, and the church
is less resorted to for instruction than the Mechanics' In.-
stitute. This "emancipation of the intellect" has been
the boast of the nineteenth century, but its fruits are
crabbed and unwholesome. The poor peasant who
makes his mark on the register of his child's baptism
is, in nine cases out of ten, a more honest and respectable
man than the town operative who divides his leisure be-
tween the newsroom and the debating class, the shilling
novel and the penny concert. Let us be just : the educa-
tion that makes a human being an honest man—" God's
noblest work"—is not a matter of alphabets and numerals,
but of right principles and proper feelings. He who fears
God, honours the king, and loves his neighbour as hip-
self, is sure to be a respectable member of society, both
morally, socially, and politically, whatever amount of so-
called ignorance he may happen to be convicted of by Mr.
Cobden.

XVI. THE FREE LENDING LIB/ART.—If the branch
of the library at the North Corporation Schools is to be
of any extensive benefit to the public, it will be necessary
to extend the hours of delivery, or to increase the efficiency
of the librarian's staff. Even if the benefit be gratuitous,
parties who have come a long distance should not be com-
pelled to wait half an hour or more, and then, seeing no
chance of being served, have to return without the desired
volume. Some allowance must, of course, be made for
want of expedition at the commencement, but it ought
not, under any circumstances, to take a quarter of an hour
to issue three volumes, when thirty or forty people are
waiting, as has, it appears, been the case hitherto. Then,
as respects the hours of delivery—it may be very conve-
nient to the tradesmen and apprentices in the neighbour-
hood to attend between seven and nine in the evening,
but it is not so for clerks and others residing at Everton,
Kirkdale, and Walton, who leave their offices at six, and
have to loiter about for an hour before the library opens.
Nor is it particularly pleasant, especially during the win-
ter nights, to find oneself, between seven and nine, in the
very midst of one of the worst localities in Liverpool,
obliged to elbow the way through crowds of drunken and
quarrelsome Irish, in Scotland-road, or Marybone, or Bur-
lington-street. The managers of the Free Public Library
will do well to re-model the arrangements for the north
branch, and so extend its usefulness.

ECCLESIASTICAL INTELLIGENCE

PREFERMENTS AND APPOINTMENTS,

Rev. G. Aldington, M.A., to the Curacy of Boughton Mon-
chelsea, near Maidstone.

Rev. Samuel Arnott, M.A., to the Curacy of St. James's,
Westminster.

Rev. F. Borradaile, M.A., to the Vicarage of Bishop's
Norton:cum-Atterhy, Lincolnshire. _

Rev. H. T. Deacle; M.A., to the Curacy of Holy Trinity,
Bungay, Suffolk: _

RCV.D. C. Delafosse, M.A., Rector of Shere, Surrey, to be
one of the Domestic Chaplains to His Majesty the King of
Hanover.

Rev. H. Dowson, M.A., to the Curacy:of Church Eaton,
Staffordshire.

Rev. J. Dunkley, 8.A., to the Curacy of :St. Stephen's,
Birmingham.

Rev.ll. Parish, M.A., to the Incumbency of Ecclesball,
Bierlow, York shire.

Rev. S. C. Gregory, late Curate of St. Clement Danes,
London, to the Incumbency of Barnard Castle, Yorkshire.
Rev. M. W. Gregory, 8.A., to the Incumbency of Roade,
near Northampton.

Rev. W. Boils, M.A.. to the Rectory of Bradfield, with the
Rectory of Rushbrook annexed, near Bury St. Edmund's.
Rev. W. H. Hugall, M.A., to the Incumbency of Tad-
dington, Derbyshire.
Rev. E. Huxtable, M. A., to be Prebendary in Wells Cathedral.
Rev. W. Keene, M.A., late Head-Master of Bishop Corrie's
Grammar School, Madras, to the Perpetual Curacy of Whitby,
Yorkshire.

Rev. F. V. Mather, to the Curacy of St. Paul, Clifton.
Rev. R. Mitchell, 8.A., to the Curacy ,of Hope, near
Cast letop, Derbyshire.

Rev. W. B. De Moleyns, M.A., to the Curacy of Wrington,
Somerset.

Rev. A. P. Morris, M.A., to be Morning Preacher at Arch-
bishop Tehison's Chapel, St. James's. Westminster.
Rev. G. Naylor, 8.A., to the Rectory of Rougham, near
Bury St. Edmund's.

Rev. J. P. Oliver, 8.A., to the Chaplaincy of Her Majesty's
ship Minden. _ _

Rev. C. Otway, 8.A., to the Curacy ofg Stoneleigh, War-
rickshire.

Rev. F. Spurrell, ➢I.A., to the Rectory of Faulkborn, Essex.
Rev. D. L. Williams, M.A., to the Curacy of Carnarvon.
Rev. E. Wood, M.A., to the Incumbency of Bradfield, near
Sheffield.

TUESDAY, NOVEMBER n, 1853.

incumbent seems to be quite beneath all consideration.
There is evidently no occasion to treat him as a gentleraap,
by even answering his letters. What we want is simplY
the performance of those duties without which our cures
can never prosper. We want the clergy to have a faF
share of respect from their own bishop, and not that
should be lavished on dissenting preachers. We wan,
churches to be attended to, as well as mechanics' ipso'
tutes. We should like to have more time for necessari
intercourse with our diocesan. At present only one day
Se!
in every week is professedly set apart for this urpop
when the episcopal palace is, for a few hours, exchangl
for an office in town, attached to which is a small dirty all
disagreeableroom, occupied by the clerks, where st.
.
ordinary visitors must wait until they are sunnne.a
And happy that poor incumbent or curate who can obtatrit.
an early interview before the wealthy or the officious, or
the querulous layman shall arrive ; otherwise he elal
dance a long attendance, and, perhaps, have to repeat his
visit a second, or, it may be, even a third Tuesday, to a'?
neglect of important duties at home, ere his humble aPPII:
cation can be attended to. No*, is this as it should be
Is one day in a week sufficient for listening to the;
peals; and consulting for the necessities, of a diocese
this ? And yet even this is not what we get. Pe
mentary duties, and visits to distant friends, tetmlept
too frequently from this small allowance, and we
get work done, and, consequently, we cannot presPerA
ought. And so things go on, many self-denying an"
ligSt lig'
working pastors sorrowing at the state of affairs amo to -
and some, even if they have the opportunity, dreading se
have an interview with one who should be looked upon
a friend and a spiritnal father, but who receives them:t
with a scourge in the right hand. We do, indeed/ °—
a change in the state of things, and sympathy in
difficulties."

FAMILY PRAYER. issued by
THE following pastoral letter has just been
the Bishop of St. Asaph
Mr DEAR ARCIIDEACON,—I have,
clergy this year, pressed; upon them the duty of our t rsytlanbit
to bring it to pass, that Family Prayer should be eivare
lished in every house in their parish. • IIaMY a.
I
mash. a but
that much delicacy is required in pa
work of this 50rt,,,,00
cannot but hope that the blessing of the moo'
ry"lont
mygchwargcare ra. Y_
wsoolguloccicallnyathatenanrdllyteoumrpt. exertions in endeavinourip
doubt but that the great Uiai Ong t°,,'
peea willr th hailthat with
blessing,joy theef
whichprospect
theyo ft
heelratvhe so
may"fee
everyop eh
the value. But there are three classes of persons -
less cordially accept our exertions.
cliffienitY
In the houses of the great, there is often a tabliSl'
assembling regularly all the members of a large es r been
ment ; a real difficulty, of which they who have neveAnd it
connected with such matters are hardly aware' used
Will happen that great people, who have never been
ior
to, or who have neglected the ustom, may be little Pie' 0
when the minister of the Gospel presses such matters uttb,
their notice. They may not like to be interfered s the
Now, our success in such a mission must dePe.°rintid,i°°oll"viure
Christian way in which our attempt is made ; and as we
are in conscience bound to make the attempt, se ,7`," the
called on to mingle the wisdom of the serpent per'
simplicity of the dove. We must try to let suc'..,a it;
sons as we would convince see, that we ourselves,. u"-nar.
earnest in our desires to serve God, not to magnl4 wish
selves, and to enforce our clerical authority ;that
to promote the good of their households by introd,ut;rg
Christian custom, not to constitute ourselves the cur— an
and masters of their families. It is not difficult for of
humble Christian to do this ; but it is not easy for loy
us to be in truth humble Christians. We must'i' our
wait our time. Mention the subject generanY •ty
sermons. Give the owner of a great house an °Plat 'Wo-
of speaking to us. And if all other means and cprie by
nities fail, then it is generally easier to coati:unmet. let'
letter than by word of mouth; and in writing atleP
ter we have an opportunity of expressing our guyn-d, cow -
and unwillingness to interfere, where duty does we'
pel us to do so. Writing not as though we would 01-0
ourselves lords over God's heritage, but as the burciand
servants of Him who never feared the face of wen'
will not allow His faithful soldiers to do so, when thetiA at
vation of the souls of both master and servants rag n,"-ttst
stake. In all this we must use much caution, but we; anY
not be afraid of man ; and in such a case, if there jilt
special difficulty, it is easy for a clergyman to cons
w'
bishop. there
The next class of persons with regard to whom our
may be some difficulty is of those who differ from of
Church, and sometimes reject our nainistrations• ai
course we cannot hope to do much good to those vill°6oo
not receive our ministry, but as in general all Cbrjsayee,
who profess a sense of religion approve of familY to
I cannot believe that any of our parishioners will ebieetcla;
our inquiring whether they practise this godlY endoit
and in case we find any who are negligent—Winne' se of
the propriety of our remonstrances, and the kindne
the offer of assistance, in commencing the habit of domeslc
devotion, and should we find any so unreasonable, we
only pray for them.
The
to d
e third
with.class lea
isthmemaostthneaue who are so
merous,andthdeade me
cult t2st
uuly
sense of religion that they admit not the duty efi,..7ct to
prayer, and are offended at our mentioning the suLd-sense
them. There are in most parishes men who have no 4
of religion—who never hear our public exhortationes;nusaut,
are offended with our private admonitions. Nof, w+, catch
like St. Paul (2 Cor. xii. 16), "being crafty' Thirend
them with guile." We must not by our bluntnesse
every
them, and drive them further from religion,
Christian method to draw them to Christ. sae to gr;:.
no hold on the parents,_ we must teach the
and beseech God that these childre SO taught may
curate
a been
elalir:ed
the instructors of their parents. Many
has opened the door of a house, which has been long b cho
against him, by the hand of one of the little ones;
ix
belong to that house. But we must use all P"tiericn'e to
gentleness, that; if it please God, we may stiraer,
Christ, who are at present deaf to the voice of the ch., tbe
and remember that it was the importunateness o.;,dge.
widow which gained the attention of the unjust 'friend
That it was because he went on knocking that the but use ..
obtained the loaves.
And here I cannot help mentioning the duty of e bet
to teach our school children to pray at home. rce the
way of effecting this seems to me to be te °lwo to
subject on them by oral instruction in school. wrath
accustom them to a form of prayer in school, whieli'rnyee-
some small alterations, may become their bedside Pero'
And then to ascertain from them personally and °el
whether they do pray by themselves. f 1
I have distributed a form of school prayers °f be,
have not yet ascertained the success, but Wen may
employed by the children themselves at home if co ogle
to memory. The children, too, should be taught tomor
in their regular forms of prayer such petitions as are
necessary from their own special wants at the time'
I have caused, also, a short tract containing some to be
liar forms of prayer for children and poor familie be
reprinted from my Parochialia, which may perl Pb ee s
°
'
found serviceable in promoting this object. Andr rra
by the assistance of some friends, to put out some 'e
i family prayer in Welsh and English. vgble
le
When we have done all we may obtain but little
rticos,
success, but our Heavenly Father will accept our e
and I hope bless them to some of our people. hlicitill6
I shall thank you to give this letter as much Pu
you can, and to believe me, yours, truly,
THOMAS VOWLER
To the Venerable Archdeacon Clough.