The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1849-06-05 00:00:00

THE LIVERPOOL STINBARD.

report of the income and expenditure, and devising the
best means of liquidating the debt incurred by the alter-
ations of the building in Beau-street. The Rev. Henry
Marlen occupied the chair, and amongst others present
were Mr. Councillor Woodruff, Dr. Ackerly, and Mr. B.
C. Rowland. It appears the congregation have done
much to discharge the obligations imposed upon them ;
but, as they feel it impossible for themselves, in such a
poor district, to do all that is required in a pecuniary way,
they have resolved to ask the public to assist them, and
we scarcely need say we wish them success.

WEST DERBY dUARDIANS.At the weekly meeting
on Wednesday there were present Mr. T. F.. Roskell
(chairman), and fifteen other members. Mr. Ledger
called attention to the County Financial Board, wishing
to know what had been done towards raising the funds
necessary to carry out the objects of the guardians. It
appeared little or nothing had been done ; but no imme-
diate resolution was come to on the subject. It appeared
that.2l persons remained in the fever hospital. Notice of
a motion was given for the appointrniit of a matron to
that institntron. On the Law-clerk siTing that the Trea-
surer had not funds to meet the cheques for out-door
'• f, many of the townships not having paid up their

Church in Sco

Y
last cal

resolution was passed' to the effect that the
practice of individual members of the Board communicat-
ing with the Poor Law Commissioners on business con-
nected with the Union, especially after such questions had

been considered by the BOard, Was highly reprehensible,
It was agreed to send a copy of the resolution to the Poor-
law Commissioners.—Adjourned.

j—lt was agreed

:o fence in

be corner of

Ranelagh and Lime streets, which was in a dangerous
state, and that proceedings be to ken against Mr. Tuton,

number of nuisances, &c., was reported by the inspector.
The medical report stated the deaths during the week to
be 245, being an increase of 20 over the previous week.
There had been 25 deaths•from cholera, and 5 from diarr-
hoea. The cholera cases were nearly ail north of Dale-

Mr. Parker called the attention of the market
committee to the circumstance of a person in a back street
at the north end of the town making polonies from horse
flesh. There were two cellars adjoining each other ; one
of them was occupied by the sausage maker, and the
other by a person who procured the horse flesh. The flesh
of the horses, which was purchased from the knackers'
yards, was taken into one cellar and passed through a
hole into the other, where it was immediately chopped up
—I and converted into polonies. The matter had been before

really do not fully comprehend the nature of that church-

rules. In this club they have, from individual preference
to others which offered various advantages, enrolled them-
selves ; or finding themselves in a manner enrolled, have
thought fit to continue. If nothing higher influences
them, they can hear as good a sermon at the " Church,"
and so like it as well as the meeting-house ;" they have no
objection to certain forms, habits, and gestures; indeed,
they think them orderly and decent, and they as willingly
" sit under" an officially-robed clergyman as " under" a
dissenting preacher. For the rest, the prejudices of habit
and hereditament step in and bind them more closely to
the steepled fane where their forefathers worshipped, and
the high-backed pew where their forefathers sat. Indeed
they think it proper for every man to follow his own pre-
ference in the matter, and is as much at liberty to choose
between what is called the Church and what is called Dis-
sent, as he is between the society of Freemasons and the
society of Oddfellows, the lecture-room of one professor
or the academy of another, and that the privileges and
obligations which his own choice originally laid upon him

Mr- Rushton, but he could not interfere, because it was
said, the polonies made from horse flesh were not bad

officer whether horse flesh made into polonies was preju-
dicial to health? (Laughter.) Dr. Duncan said, "Not
at all." Mr. Neill remarked that all horses sent to the
knackers' yards were more or less diseased. The conver-
sation on this subject was kept up for some time, and par-
took of a good deal of levity. A favourable report was
read of the progress of the baths and washhouses. A
report was read from the Tow n-clefk to the effect that the
Court of Queen's Bench bad quashed the recorder's order
awarding, a gross sum as compensation to Mr. Snowball
instead of an annuity, and that it was yet to be deter-
mined by reference to the Master of the Crown Office
what annuity, if any, should be awarded to that gentle-
man. No other business of importance took place.
DOCK COMMlTTEE.—Arrangements were adopted for
facilitating the landing of goods, &c., at the large stage,
horses and vehicles being allowed to go upon it two hours
before and two hours after high water, but not at any
other time.—The Warehouse Management Committee
reported that, having revised the statement as to the
Albert Dock warehouses, and considered the principle on
which it was made out, they saw no reason to alter the
opinion given in their proceedings of the 22nd of March
last. The Chairman said he still retained his former ob-
jections to it, but it was for the committee to adopt it if
they chose. After some conversation, during which the
objections formerly urged in Council against the mode of
valuing the warehouses were adverted to, the statement
was adopted.—Alexander Maxwell was appointed master
of the gridiron at the Prince's Basin, with a salary of 30s.
per week.—The Secretary read a resolution of the Water
Committee. It was to the effect that, on the 25th inst.,
workmen were engaged in laying pipes at the new north
docks, on a plan approved by the Dock authorities, when
a letter was received from Mr. Cummins, of the Dock-
office, requiring the work to be stopped, as it was pro-
ceeding without the authority of the surveyor. Mr.
Duncan then waited upon the dock surveyor,,..wh9 de-

his own will can as easily lay aside. They naturally think
therefore, that having made choice of a liturgy and a ce-
remonial, they have a perfect right wheresoever they go
to form an assembly where they can be used ; and having
joined a particular society, to be free from all authority
but that of the heads to whom they have submitted them-
selves. They are Churchmen by exclusion. They are
members of an institution called " the Church of Eng-
land," in contradistinction to membership in another par-
ticular institution known by a similar particular name,
just as they might be Freemasons in contradistinction to
Oddfellows. They
.do not consider themselves Church-
men as having been taken out of the world and " trans-
lated into the kingdom of God's dear Son;" they avow al-
most a civil instead of a spiritual distinction ; and as for
schism and catholicity, such words were never in their lati-
tudinarian vocabulary ; and so, not thinking that their
baptism has put them in any relation with the (Episcopal)
Church in Scotland. they despise her threatenings, reject
her authority, renounce her communion, and with as

as a bar to

provincial anthr

dined to give any explaUation, and used some Offensive or

ns in reference to him. The Water
Committee wished it to be understood that, as the works
were stopped by an officer of the Dock Committee, they
would not be responsible for any difficulty which might
arise in supplying the new north docks with water. Mr.
Hartley, the Dock surveyor, denied that he had abused
Mr. Duncan ; he told him he had been annoyed in every
thing where the Corporation was concerned, and he would
not enter into any explanation in the public street where
he met him ; the surveyor added, that they had always
afforded the Corporation every facility; they (the Corpo-
ration) had even laid pipes down without giving notice,
and considerable unnecessary expense had been thereby
the I incurred. After some conversation on the subject, the

But is this to be countenanced ' • are such mean and
worldly ideas of churchmanship to be applauded or unre-
proved? Is the Church of Christ, with all its heavenly
appliances, to be reduced to a mere instrument of facticus
scrupulosity or private prejudice ? Are its laws, its
unity, its conventionalities, its order, to be trampled
beneath the self-conceited dictates of an ill-informed con-

mittee of Work

VESTRY MEETING.—The fortnightly meeting of the
Vestry was held on Tuesday, the Rev. Rector Campbell
in the chair. A letter from Mr. James R. Cooper wr
read in reference to the report of the self
nnointed to investigate the charges prat.

liberality with justice can remit.. Or has the enlightened
independence of the nineteenth century changed the rela-
tions and obligations of the Church of God and remodelled
it on a foundation and with attributes of its own. But

,ct committee

Canis against Mr. Riding, Mr. Earle said, the committee
were particularly cautious not to accuse Mr. Cooper of
any impropriety of conduct in reference to the spades.

Some of the

remodelling the Church cannot submit
noble lords indeed who paraded in this
which I am sure would disgrace many a child on the lo

and were satisfied
had had to investig

ate tier

lie unpleasant business tln
was nothing wrong on M

Horace Syder, complaining of the charges brought against
him by Mr. Callis, in connexion with the bedsteads and
other articles he had supplied to the Workhouse. The

writer states that Mr. Cailis had got up a tale,. and failed
to prove his statements, and calls upon the committee to
continue to him (Mr. Syder) the benefits arising to him
from supplying the Workhouse with goods. The subject
here dropped.—lt was ordered that cheques for the pay-
ment of tradesmen's bills be signed by the chairman.—lt
appeared from the proceedings of the Workhouse Com-
mittee, that there are at present 527 sick inmates in the
house, out of which 140 are fever cases.—Mr. Brown
complained that Mr. Taylor, one of the medical officers,
had written a letter to the inspector of the poor-law

board, on the subject of the arrangements in the house
for sick persons, without ever having consulted the com-
mittee. Ultimately it was resolved that the conduct of
Mr. Taylor, in writing to the Poor-law Commissioners
without consulting the board, was improper and highly

ings o

Committee contained a motion'. by Mr. Woodruff, to the
effect that, in anticipation of cholera becoming epidemic,
Dr. Hawthorne should be employed by the Vestry to take
charge of the cholera patients, which motion was lost in
the committee, two voting for it and five against it. It
also appeared from the minutes of

,he commi

,
since the last meeting Mr. Graham, one of the medical
officers, had had 22 cases of cholera in his district, 12 of
whom had recovered, and 10 died.—A letter was read
from Mr. Hyams, one of the parish surgeons, complaining
of the remarks made by Mr. Woodruff in reference to the

cholera, at the last meeting of the board. Mi.:Woodiui
explained, and denied that he had any desire of bringing

the matter forward as an advertisement for Dr. Haw:
thorne. He urged his appointment entirely on behalf of
the public. Mr. Abraham believed that they would best
serve the interests of the poor in urging them to make an
early application for relief when first attacked.—Mr.
Gardener was elected a new member of the Vestry in
place of Mr. Riding, resigned.

POLITICAL MISCELLANY.

On Friday, Mr. Samuel Dickson, a conservative, was
elected member for Limerick county, in the place of Smith
O'Brien.

Mr. Ewart has fixed his motion for the repeal of the
duty on newspaper advertisements for Tuesday. the 12th
of June.

ENGLAND AND HER SOLITARY FREE-TRADE QUIXOT-
ISM.-It is not so generally known as it ought to be, that
the United States Government levies a duty equal to eight
shillings per quarter of our currency--or 10s. Canadian—
on all foreign corn imported thus the American, the
nearest market, is absolutely shut vgainst our colonists,
who have in vain made attempts to induce their neigh-
bours to enter into some reciprocity treaty. The Cana-
dians are therefore in a perfect " fix." The mother
country and the United States have both, practically.
closed their ports against them.
MR. FREWEN'S BILL TO UNITE PARISHES INTO
DISTRICTS.—A bill has been brought in by Mr. Frewen,
Lord Barrington, and Mr. Moody to enable magistrates
at highway sessions to unite parishes into districts, and
appoint district surveyors. There are several sections in
the present highway act relating to this subject, and the
object of the bill in question is to give greater facilities for
carrying out these sections. The first clause enables jus-
tices at highway sessions to unite parishes and appoint a
surveyor •, the second gives the parishes a power to appeal
if they choose it ; the third, that the names of the parishes
so united, with the name of the district snrveyor, are to
be registered with the clerk of the peace, and due notice
given to the surveyor of highways of each parish ; the
fourth, that the justices are to fix the salary of the
district surveyor, with the proportion to be paid by each
parish, but it is not to exceed 13s. 4d. for every mile of
parish road in each parish, or Is. 8.1. a furlong, or one
half-penny a perch ; so that if a parish have five miles of
roads they cannot be called upon for more than £3 Gs. Bd.,
if six miles it would be £4. Persons who have hal expe-
rience in these matters consider that in those districts
where there is not a large amount of traffic, one surveyor
could superintend from 150 to 200 miles of parish roads.
If a district were taken of 25 parishes, with an average of
six miles of roads in each, the surveyor, in that case,
would receive about £lOO a-year, and each parish would
pay less to the district surveyor than they generally pay to
the surveyor of their own parish. The fifth clause is that
the district surveyor is to give security. The substance of
the sixth, seventh, eighth, and ninth clauses is on the
present highway act. The tenth clause is that two-thirds
of the justices may discharge the surveyor if proof is given
of misconducting himself. The eleventh clause is that
the act is not to extend to Scotland or Ireland, or the
county of Middlesex, or any place having a board for the
repair of the highways under the present act, or any place
having a local act of parliament. The twelfth clause is,
that it is not to be put in force unless there are sixty
miles of parish roads in the district. The 13th clause is
that the act is to continue till the 25th of March, 1851,
and thence to the end of the then session of parliament;
but if the bill should pass, and is found to work well, it is
to be presumed that it will be continued from year to year.
during the will of parliament. or until some larger and
more important measure shall.be passed for amending the
present law.

CORRESPONDENCE. that we know not what is most for our interest.-" They
They
--4--- tell us we will always find it cheapest to build our ships
THE EPISCOPAL CHURCH IN SCOTLAND. AND in Britain, and to employ vessels with a British
register.
THE. HOUSE OF LORDS. They may tell us- what they please. We know our own
business best ; and, however patriotic our feelings, we will
TO THE EDITOR OF THE LIVERPOOL STANDARD. go to what we consider the cheapest market for us, though.
There is one subject which I have thought not unfit to it may prove the dearest to our country.
be seized upon among the varied crowd of passing circurn-
No sooner did your lordships sanction the second read-
stances, as in some degree indicating the much-vaunted ing of that most extraordinar• bill, than I was instructed
spirit of the day—that spirit which, having begun by privately to negotiate for the lding of three large ships
suitable for the India trade, at a foreign port. Perhaps.
proclaiming itself arbiter of fitness and of truth, naturally
those capitalists who gave me the orders do not know tht ir-
ends by stigmatising Catholic churchmanship, among
other things, as " behind the age." The subject I allude business, It may be so, though very unlikely. One
to is the debate in the House of Lords on the Episcopal thing however is certain, that the moment that bill be. .. .

at least £20,000 in a strange country for the above pur-
pose, which otherwise would have been expended amongst
British artizans ; and before twelve months from the date
of the enactment hundreds of thousands British sterling
,
will be t 'l' litical ^f. the

ago. The petition which gave rise to it, as well as the
speeches themselves, afford some matter for contempla-
tion. That petition, which was presented through the
agency of Lord Brougham, emanated, it appears, &on

certain residents in Scotland, who style themselves
" Members of the United Church of England and Ireland."
The complaint of these persons is, that they are not able
to establish congregations separate from the lawful bishops,
of that country, for their own estecial worship ; of not'
being, in short, freed from episcopal control, and allowed

to set up a church of their own, without the imputation
of schism, or liability to the reprobation or reproof of the
Scotch branch of the Church Catholic. Their appeal,
therefore, is, that the English bishops may be induced, in

objectional passage in the Scotch Communion.' office-, Cali
upon the latter to intrude, with usurped authority, into
the dioceses of the Scotch bishops, and repeat the specta-
cle there which usurping Rome exhibits here, of two
bishops pretending ecclesiastical authority in one and the
same diocese. _

_ .nus expena. The p ...... economy of
present aze will, therefore, be to enrich the stranger ar,
alien, and make the British artizan a begglir, and his wife
and cpildrell paupers in our workhouse * God. have
mercy upon them I
1 We are further, my lords—so say these political theor-
. .

are certainly cheap enough at present, so much so, that if
their owners cannot find more remunerative employment,
most of them will find it to their advantage to keep them

They will lose les.

key mas

the country will be

Lose it will be fount]

Cheap as the

Now, sir, that professing Churchmen should be found
who think it consistent with their profession thus to soli-
cit those whom they call their bishops to such an act of
lawlessness, usurpation, and schism, is sufficiently lament-
able. But I am inclined to impute it rather to their ig-
norance than to their arrogance, and to suppose that they

other ships can be found cheaper, and I found it to my
interest to engage on one day this week 1800 tons of
Dutch shipping for my coal contract at Manilla. For
these same vessels I am now instructed to negotiate

charters from that port to this country, in anticipation of
repeal, at rates which they find remunerative, but which,
for reasons too apparent, would be ruinous to British

•ons of

slapping. Eignteen hum
one common and every-day transaction, be thus displaced,
and, my lords, I may safely venture to state that hundreds

of which they profess themselves members they doubtless
look upon as a sort of religious club, governed by its own
appointed officers, as the executive of its own appointed

were other c
es could an!

thrown out c

employ-

n• them, or

science or the hasty judgments of an ill-directed zeal?
What is the Church ? Something or nothing ? A farce
or a living reality? Does it shape or fashion itself accord-
ing to the model proportions or the arrogant requirements
of private preferences or private piques, or has it not in it
something fixed and immovable, authority not of man but
of God, rights independent of human conveniences, privi-
leges inalienable, conditions incommunicable and essential,
which no audacity can overstep with impunity, and no

give to them, I would think less of the hardship; hut,
circumstanced as they are situated as you place
them, and as they are placed by others—you, my

measure, which on Monday next you will' be' called
upon to do, sanction a bill of the grossest injustice.
You know it, my lords. I write the truth when I
say that you do NOT PASS THAT MEASURE UPON ITS
MERITS. That to maintain a ministry, weak from the first,
now tottering, and which, under any circumstances, can-
not exist over another session—you pass that measure
against the voice of the peopk, against your own better
judgments, nay, against common sense itself. You pass
that bill merely to keep in office those whom the country
already feel to be too weak to hold it, and who, if reports
be correct, used—l write advisedly—the most unconstitu-
tional means to obtain a majority. My lords, my lan-
guage may be too homely; it is, nevertheless, too true.
I implore you, my lords, who have voted with ministers,
pause before you again do so.
__

I can well conceive the feeling of dignified contempt
which actuated the great Conservative leader amongst
your lordships to withdraw his further opposition in com-

mittee to a measure which Ministers had determined from
the first to force by such means as I have described,
upon the country. But do trust, and millions beat
_ _

response, that his lordship WILL RESIST—and with his
eloquence—the eloquence of truth—TO THE VERY LAST,
the overthrow of the fundamental principles of our
navigation laws. _

I am, my Lords
Your lordships' most obedient and most

humble servant,

11, Abchurch-lane, City, May 31, 1849

W. S. LINDSAY

THE COLLEGIATE INSTITUTION

TO THE EDITOR OF THE LIVERPOOL STANDARD,

Whilst the inhabitants of the neighbouring towns are
busy discussing the merits of " new-fangled" theories in
education, we arc privileged to witness the practical work-

talk of morality as the end Oleducation, but.it fias been
well said, "THAT may be instruction, but is no education
at all which is not based on religion." We want, and
nothing else will satisfy us, the Bible taught in its
fulness and purity; we want it to have, as it deserves, the
first place in our literature ; we desire that it may be
esteemed the all-honoured and unerring statute-book ;

we claim for it the first place in our affections, and the
last breath in our grateful prayers. We look, and surely
justly so, to the Collegiate Institution for the vindication
of all that has been said in favour of education properly
so called.

But, whilst we thus prize and contend for religious edu-
cation, we do not by any means undervalue the s
tion. No ! we fling back the in-mutat

;41- por-
n' from whomsoever

sa educated tf

—at he may be able to take
nay, an exemplary, part in the world--
t'fic knowledge—his natural r
his- mind, in short, efficient)
' T-

arable,

ewers properly developed-
tutored for his mortal ar

immortal destinies in truth, sir, the more immediate
object of my letter will prove to any impartial mind that

the upl

fic acquirement

and they have proved not on
Languages and learning

y producec
pcsiol in rl

ut profit

arts and sciences, have

lo have proved won-
z It the, universities_

at the same time proving (as exemplified by the Mol3 neus
testimonial) that in their earlier career they will not allow
an opportunity to slip without endeavouring to have

something like a set-off to any obligation the'y owe, or
favour they have acknowledged—This is the bud of hope !
But, sir, I wish to see the secular portion of the insti-

',ion in cluc

am not

.rprised to fi

practice of elocution, recitation

omittec

One of

Notliingis more advantageous to any person than a
good address, even in private life ; but when you are called
upon to defend some time-honoured custom of your
country or law of the land, or to attack some wild theory

phatically then, is the hour when you own the value of
the possession of the power, or feel the burning of the
deficiency to do what your hsart or conscience so much
desires. INay, for want of this confidence and flow of
language, many an otherwise well-trained mind is left to

pine itself away in a soliloquizing
sedly, sir, and there is little doubt that there are mor
instances cf my remarks, of which we are ignorant, than
those which have come to our knowledge. I must apolo-
gise for this obtrusion on your space and time, for my

peak advi-

,
exceeded the limits I intended. I, however, would
much wish to see this matter taken no in the proper
quarter, and if you think it advisable I would offer some
further observations for your next impression.—l am, sir.

yours, &c.,

" RATIO JUSTIFICA SUASORIA

June 2d, 1849

THE TRISH CLERGY IN ENGLAND, IN CON-
NEXION WITH THE QUESTION, WHETHER
THE PSALMS SHOULD BE READ OR SUNG.

TO THE EDITOR OF THE LIVERPOOL STANDARD,

A contemporary of Saturday, in reference to your
journal, designates it the " Irish Gazette," thereby insi-

clergy of the Church of Englan-d located anic
unjustly as well as ungenerously, uses pecul

against an educated body. Such a pract
pudiated. If indulged, it would recoil with f
feet upon the people of this country. It is no c
ment of your pretensions to be thus noticed,
you an identity with sound theological scholars, amongst
whom, comparatively speaking, modern errors, however
fashionable, have not been sanctioned.
With his personal allusions to the Rev. Mr. Close I
have nothing to do. That gentleman is fully able to vin-
dicate himself.

The writer, however, engages to prove that " the prac-
tice of singing the Psalms is holy, catholic, and apostolic
Surely, he will admit, in the first instance, that tl
metrical punctuation was arranged by aMO NF
for apostolicity. Their holiness and catholicit
impaired by being read, as I shall end
a reference to the 22nd Psalm, v

!lose very wore

y God

are not

Ivour to prove by

my God

Thou forsaken me?" which the Saviour, in the intensity
of His suffering, uttered upon the cross, and which is so
descriptive of His anguish. Can we sing the SORROWS
of our Lord and Saviour ? I say, emphatically, we
CANNOT.

Nevertheless, there are some which may be sung or
said—such Psalms as those which celebrate triumphs and
deliveries.

In some instances

kened ; in

ing the less of the English clergy, have any objection to
bear some of those members of the sacred profession from
the sister isle, who are distinguished for their pathos,
engaged in such duties. During a visit to Ireland, it was
my privilege to attend those churches where some of the
most eminent pulpit orators, including the Lord Bishop
of Killaloe and Dean Kirwan, son of the late celebrated
dignitary of that name, officiated, and I only regret that
their fellow-countrymen engaged in the ministry here do
not invite them to plead, occasionally, the cause of some
charitable institutions. It would afford a mental gratifi-
cation, and totally dispel these prejudices which some
deem it their interest to excite.—Yours,
Liverpool, June 2, 1849

SENEX

ROYAL AMPHITHEATRE.—DIariOZ the past week, the
representations have been chiefly of a nautical kind. Mr.
J. P. Cooke has been the groat centre of attraction, and
his nautical knowledge of a seafaring life enabled him to
pourtray the characters he undertakes with a truthfulness
that was very gratifying. Though somewhat advanced in
years, his acting is replete with all that buoyancy and
freshness with which his earlier efforts used to be distin-
guished. His Jack Summerton, in "Poor Jack," was
very well received ; and the double-rowing hornpipe, be-
tween Mr. Cooke and Madlle. Dentin, was a source of
great enjoyment to the sailors and their sweethearts. Mr.
James Browne, the celebrated comedian, has been added
to the corps, and we would advise all who are fond of a
hearty laugh, to go and witness his performance.