The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1846-03-17 00:00:00

VIP, LIVERPOOL STANDARD

SOUTH CHURCH OF ENGLAND
_SCHOOL S,

In connexion with St. Michael's Church, Pitt-street.
TWO SERMONS will be preached (God willing) in
ST. MICHAEL'S CHURCH, on SUNDAY next, the 22d
instant, in behalf of the above Schools, by the Rev. AMBROSE
DAWSON, 8.D., formerly Minister of St. Michael's Church.
Morning Service at a Quarter before Eleven o'clock; Evening
Service, Half-past Six o'clock.

SOUTHERN AND TOXTETH HOSPITAL.
(AN SUNDAY MORNING next, the 22nd instant,
kJ a SERMON will be Preached at ST. ANNE'S CHURCH,
AIGBURTH, for the Benefit of the Southern and Toxteth
Hospital, by the Rev. T. NOLAN, M.A., Honorary Chaplain
to the Institution.

Service to commence at a Quarter before Eleven o'clock

CHRIST CHURCH NATIONAL

SCHOOLS

?THE ANNUAL SERMONS, in behalf of the above
11 Schools, will be Preached (D.V.) in CHRIST CHURCH,
on SUNDAY NEXT, March 22; in the Morning, by the Rev:
FIELDING OULD, Incumbent of Christ Church; in the
Evening, by the Rev. HUGH WNEILE, Canon of Chester.
Divine Service to commence, in the Morning, at a Quarter

ST. SIMON'S NEW CHURCH

licited'oN CONDITION that Subsciipti,

The C,Orximit

td Collect-

have also to announce that, In conseq uen
rice of labour, and the Cornoration of

of the advanced

tocharfp st'2l3 for thereversion of the

GROVES, I

Sandon-terrace; CHARLES
H. J. WEBLTER. Rumford_

Salksbury-stieet,

happy.to receive Sul

ptions and Collections

CHESTER AND BIRKENHEAD RAILWAY.
OTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN, that the HALF-
YEARLY GENERAL MEETING of the PROPRIETORS,'

CHESTER and BIRKENHEAD RAILWAY

held at the CLARENDO
on WEDIS
o'clocl

Y, the 25th day. of March instant, at Tv.cel
for the general despatch of business.
WILLIAM JACKSON, Chairman.
Birkenhead, Bth March, 1846.
1NT:13..7-The Transfer Books will be closed from the 15th

March instant

LONDON AND BIRMINGHAM RAILWAY.
FOURTH CALL OF .4-8 ON THE NEW £32 SHARES.
rp HE DIRECTORS of the LONDON and BIR-
I MING HAM RAILWAY COMPANY having resolved that
a FOURTH INSTALMENT of .t-'8 PER SHARE, payable on
or before the Bth April next, should be called for on the New
A 32 Shares of this Company, the Proprietors of such Shares
are hereby required to pay, on or before the appointed day, to
any of the undermentioned Bankers, the Sum of .e 8 on each of
their respective Shares, viz.:— _ _

Lost)ON.—Messrs. Oiyn and Co., 67, Lombard-street; or at
the Office of the Railway Company, Euston Station.
BIUM INGIIA M.—Messrs. J. L. Moiltiet and Son ; or the Bir-
mingham Banking Company.
LIVERPOOL.—The Bank of Liverpool.

MANCH ESTER

-Sir B. Heywood and Co.

The Bankers have been severally instructedto charge interest
at the rate of £5 per Cent. per Annum (according to the provi-
sions of the Act of Incorporation) on all stuns which shall be
tendered after the Bth ofAp_ril._

GEORGE CARR GLYN, Chairman, 11 of the Board
JOSEPH F. LEDSAM, Deputy Chairman J of Directors.
By order, R. CREED, Secretary.
'Office, Easton Station, March 2, 1844.

LEEDS AND LIVERPOOL CANAL AND
DOUGLAS NAVIGATION.

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN,-that the next
GENERAL ASSEMBLY of the COMPANY of PROPRI-
ETORS of the CANAL NAVIGATION from LEEDS to
LIVERPOOL, and DOUGLAS NAVIGATION will be held,
at the Talbot Inn, in Bradford, in tare county of York, at Eleven
of the clock in the Forenoon of FRIDAY, the 10th day of
April next, when, by reason of that •day being Good Friday, the
Assembly will be ADJOURNED to FRIDAY, the 22d day of
May next, at the same place and tour ; and at such General
Assembly it will be proposed and taken into consideration that
the said Company shall adopt the several powers granted in and
by an Act of Parliament made and passed in the Bth and 9th
years of the reign of her present Majesty Queen Victoria, cap.
28, intituled "An Act to empower Canal Companies and theCorn-
missioners of Navigable Rivers to 'vary their Tolls, Rates. rind

Charges, on different parts of their Kavizations," and aisoin
another Act of Parliament, passed in the said Session, cap. 42
intifiil .l " Art An+ +/-6 nrlnltln Onnnl C'nrnlnnrhiese n

riers of Goods upon their CanidS:" Arid at such General As-
sembly the Proprietors by themselves or their Proxies are re-
quested to attend. By order,

SAM. HAILSTONE,
Law Clerk to the said Company
Bradford, Yorkshire, 4th March, 1846.

BRISTOL AND EXETER RAILWAY

AT the HALF-YEARLY GENERAL MEETING of
this Company, held at the WRITE LION HOTEL, in the
city of Bristol, on WEDNESDAY., the 4th of March, 1846,
JAMES GIBBS, Esq. in the Chair,
It teas Resolved,
Ist, That the Corporate Seal of this Company be affixed to
the Registers of Shares and Third Shares now produced.
2d,—That Messrs. W. D. Wills, William Morgan, Francis
Parker, and J. H. Wanklyn, be re-elected; and that Messrs.
William Rawson, Thomas Fussell, and John Stone, be elected
Directors of this C ompany.
_ _ _

3d,—That the Repoit of the Directors now read, be received
and adopted, and that they be requested to send a copy thereof
to every registered Proprietor.
4th,—That a dividend of 41 Bs. per .ClOO Share, free of In-
come Tax, for the half year ending on the 6th day of April next,
be declared payable after the 30th of the same month. to the

Proprietors of a'
6th of April.

such Shares, standing registered on the said

sth,—that in pursuance of the power given by the Acts of
Parliament, the Directors be and they are hereby empowered to
take up and borrow, on such terms as they may think fit, and
under the regulations contained in the said Acts, such Sum or
Sums of Money, as they are 'thereby authorised to take up on
Loan.

6th,—That the Directors or this Company be, and they are
hereby authorised to subscribe for 1500 Ilalf Shares, at .t'2s
each, in the Cornwall (Ply-mouth and Falmouth) Railway, in
addition to the 1500 Whole Shares already subscribed for.
7th,—That the best thanks of this meeting be presented to
the Directors for the sedulous:care and ability with which they
have conducted the affairs of this Company.

JAMES GIBBS, Chairman.
The Chairman having quitted the Chair,
It was Resolved Fnj acclamation,
Bth. That the best Thanks of this Meeting be given to James
Gibbs, Esq., for his able and judicious conduct in the Chair.

BLAIR'S GOUT AND RHEUMATIC PILLS.
A severe case of Rheumatism, communicated by Mr. Allen
Proprietor of the " Nottingham Mercury." ,

Mercuiy Office, Nottingham, March 17, 1845.
Sir,—l have the pleasure of forwarding you the particulars of
a case in which BLAIR'S GOUT AND RHEUMATIC PILLS
have proved eminently successful.

A young woman, named Mary Wain, accompanied by her
parents, who reside at Watnalloiear this town, called upon me
on Saturday last, being desiroustof making her case known for
the benefit of the public.
. .

It appears that Mary Wain bad for some years past been a
great sufferer from Rheumatism, but that in October last she
was more than ordinarily afflicted so, so much so that her fa-
ttier fetched her ftom her place :of service, in order that she
might have the attention of her mother at home ; at that time--
to make use of the mother's desciiption, "she could not lift her
hand to her mouth, or her foot the 'height of sixpence from the
floor." Having heard of Blair's Pills, the father purchased a
box at my shop about the second week in October; the Pills
took immediate effect, for I am assured by the parents and the
girl herself, that on the following dayshe could not only lift her
hand up to feed herself, but she could also move about on
crutches. Since that time she has tad five more boxes of the
Pills, and., if I may judge from appearances, is as well as she
ever was in her life, and has been se for some months past.
You are at liberty to make use of my name if you think it will
add to the weight of this testimonial.

I am. Sir, yours truly,
To Mr. Prout. 229, Strand, London

RICHARD ALLEN

_ ,
The never-failing effects of BLAIR'S GOUT AND RHEU-
MATIC PILLS in curing every description of Gout and Rheu-
matism, have secured to them a celebrity unequalled by any
medicine of past or present times. They not only give relief in
a few hours, but restore to perfect health in an inconceivably
short space of time. They are equally speedy and certain in
Itunbago, sciatica, pains in the head or face, and indeed of every
rheumatic or gouty affection; in fact, such has been the ra-
pidity, perfect ease, and complete safety of this medicine, that
it has astonished all who have taken it, and there is scarcely a
city, town, or village in the kingdom, but contains many grate-
fnlevidences of its benign influence.

Sold by THOMAS PROUT, 229, Strand, London ; and by his
appointment by Rennie, Wagstaff, Howell, Phillips, Aspinall,
Fisher, Apothecaries Company, G. Syers, J.. Syers, Roberts,
Johnson and Son, Lathbury, Scholefield, Smith, King, Brad-
ford, Blake, Bird, Gerard, Watson, Mucklow, Lloyd, Carter,
and Rowland, Liverpool : Law and Gasket!, Manchester ;
Grindley, Chester; and all respectable Medicine Vendors
throughout the United Kingdom. Price 2s. 9d, per box.
Ask for BLAIR'S GOUT AND RHEUMATIC PILLS, and
observe the name and address of "Thomas Pr oat, 229, Strand,
London," impressed upon the Government Stamp affixed to
each Box of the Genuine Medicine.

Observe that the Signature of the proprietor, "G. C. Serjeant,"
is written on the Government. Stamp.
10EILTEAN1"8 LOTION, the only effectual Remedy
against Rheumatism, Rheumatic Gout Sciatica,.ancl Lum-
bago. Sold by the Proprietor, G. C. SERJEANT, No. I, Lo-
vell's-court, Paternoster-row, and 2, Bell-yard, Temple-bar,
London; and by ail Venders of Medicine. Price 2s. 9d. -per
Bottle.

The astonishing success which has crowned the application
of this external Medioine in the most hopeless and deplorable
cases, when the unhappy sufferer had despaired of ever gaining
even the least relief, and this after the ablest advice and every
other means had completely failed, most justly entitles it to the
attention of the afflicted.

This excellent Medicine, so universally esteemed, is unat-
tended with the least danger or inconvenience, and hundreds
have experienced its happy and salutary effects since it was
first introduced.

Amongst many which are being daily received are the follow-
ing testimonials:—

4, Paternoster-rev.
`SlR,—Having been informed of the surprising cure of Mr.
Barnes, of St. Paul's Churchyard, who was so severely afflicted
by Rheumatism, the intense pain causing delirium, that he was
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,
and, making au allowance for my age, never was better in my
life. To those, however severely afflicted and hopeless their
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
those 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 known to these afflicted, to evince how grateful I am
for. my restoration, and am, Sir, yours truly,
GEORGE POLLARD.
to I October 20, 1844. _ _ _

Such are the properties of this invaluable Specific that per-
sons labouring under the most distressing Rheumatism, Rheu-
matic Gout, and Lumbago, and rendered thereby incapable of
assisting themselves; have beeni
relieved
nafoy hours.

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THE EVANGELICAL ALLIANCE.

[We have been requested by a highly respectable gentle-
man in this town, the writer of the two first letters sub-
joined, but who has a strong aversion to his name being
prominently brought before the public, to give inse.tion
to the following correspondence, which, to most of our
readers, will sufficiently explain itself; and we refer those
who wish to ascertain more precisely what has given
occasion to the letters to the sermon itself.]
TO THE EDITOR OF THE LIVERPOOL STANDARD.

DEAR SIR—In consequence of the conversation I had
with you on Saturday, and conformably to the resolution
then formed, I wrote a note to the Rev. Hugh M`Neile,
to which I have now the pleasure of handing you his reply.
That reply is not only kind and prompt, but fully cor-
roborative of the view which you expressed, and which it
seemed to me desirable to get his authority for you to
announce as correct in your forthcoming notice of the
third edition of his sermon on " The manifested oneness of
the Church of Christ." In the preface to that edition,
the distinguished author declares.

"Touching; the proposed Evangelical Alliance, I am pe
suaded that it contained a snare for the unsuspecting Evange

tern- of the (

only consistent issue would have been a secession, &c

I feared some readers of this passage might suppose
Mr. M'Neile charged the promoters of the alliance with
a sort of double-dealing—with bringing forward a pro-

posal for uniting the church as a pretence, while the real
design was to help forward an anticipated disruption in the
-I. Such a design I have the best reason
'll in the minds of the excellent ro-
and still less can the imputation

'lurch of

rs of the conference

of harbouring it be laid against the members of that con-
ference. To make this evident, I may be alowed to
state come of the circumstances that led to the conference
being called.

A desire of Christian union having been deeply felt and
widely diffused, meetings for united prayer and brotherly
communion on the part of ministers and laymen of

severs

hristian d

enomi

parts of the kingdom. At a meeting somewhat of this
kind, in Edinburgh, so far back as 1843, the late Dr.
Balmer, professor of theology to the united Secession,
enforced a view of Philippians iii., 15,16, which suggested
to a gentleman present, belonging to that body, the pro-

priety of getting a series of essys expository of these
verses, with a view to making the churches more aware of
the present lamentable state of defew.ion from the
apostolic injunction there contained. Accordingly, Drs.
Chalmers, Candlish, Balmer, Wardlaw, Symington, King,
Struthers, and Mr. J. A. James, were requested to pre-
pare essays on distinct departments of the theme, which
they kindly and heartily undertook to do. Tnese were
in due time published, at the expense of the gentleman
referred to, and very extensively distributed and circulated.
As an appendix to the essay on the state of religious parties
in England, the author. Mr. James, added a letter he
had received from Dr. Patton, of New York, suggesting
a conference in London of all evangelical denominations
throughout the world. That suggestion being viewed as
important. the gentleman already referred to, and the
Rev. Dr. King, of the church already named, after con-
sulting brethren, put themselves in communication with
men of eminence and weight, both in the Church of Eng-
land and in different dissenting churches. The advice
given was, that a number of Scotch brethren, whose
names and characters were so generally known as to en-
sure attention to their invitation, should convene a con-
ference somewhere in England. Liverpool was ultimatety
the place appointed. The result is known. The conference
was held, and proved a season of refreshing communion,
such as parties who were present conceive was never paral-
leled since apostolic times. It may have been that the
divine Head of the Church, having great and trying work
for his people to be engaged in, sought to prepare them
by His own blessed presence. Surely, however much we
may sift the proposals made, and test them scrupulously,
we ought humbly to avoid rash and premature censure.
You may rest assured that the sincere aim of the parties
is to promote union and brotherly love on Scriptural prin-
ciples. They feel that the dissensions, the debates, the
suspicions, the animosities, which divide those " whom
God hath joined," are sinful and destructive at once of the
church's peace, its purity, and its progress. Whatever
false hopes many may entertain of the rapid conversion of
the world by an exhibition of Christians living in har-
mony and holiness, these cannot of course be adduced as
arguments against the alliance—the object of which, as
just stated, must commend itself to every Christian. It
is an object ample enough to engross the attention of the
alliance, without the addition of other objects, (such as
opposition to Popish error,) which, however good in their
own place, and at the proper time, are not within the im-
mediate, at any rate the present, scone of our operations,
as a committee seeking union for its own sake.
From Mr. M'Neile'a letter it is obvious that his sus-
picions are founded on circumstantial evidence only, to
which can easily be opposed a mass of direct negative
testimony; and the evidence, such as it is, would proba-
bly never have excited his attention if he had not looked
on the Conference as a movement originated by the Free
Church, which the foregoing statement will prove is not
quite the case. And yet, admiring, as I do, many of the
proceedings of the Free Church, I would not be afraid to
stand up, unworthy as I am, in their behalf; but will, ne-
vertheless, content myself with saying, that I believe they
were sincere and honest in seeking Christian union only,
though it is possible some of their ministers previously
held an expectation, nowise, however, connected with the
Alliance, that some secession might, in the course of
events, arise to affect the Church of England.
I feel also called upon to state, that at none of the
meetings of the conference, or, I presume, of its com-
mittees, was the subject of such a secession ever mooted.
In conclusion, I must beg Mr. M'Neile to absolve me
from the charge of accusing him that he imputes any base
or dishonourable motives to any of our brethren. If he
will have the goodness to refer to my letter, (of which I
retained no copy.*) he will see I expressed confidence that
he would be glad of an opportunity to clear himself from
the appearance of having done so.

1 am, respectfully 4, ST * *

*We subsequently obtained a copy.—E. L. S

Bachelor-street, 14th March. 1846

REV. AND DEAR SIR,—I have the most perfect con-
fidence--little short of knowledge (being conviction
founded on information early and late, and on consi-
derable observation)—that the motives of the excellent
men who suggested, called, and attended the Union Con-
ference were pure, honourable, and Exacrutr w! at the
object* indicated as its purpose might be supposed to give
pr•.of cfi. I was therefore pained, extremely pained, to
find on first page of preface to third edition of your ad-
verse discourse a paragraph which, naturally construed,
seems to show that you not merely doubt this, but suspect
a snare was intended. A very respectable editor in town*
tells me you only mean that danger is involved. It will
give me pleasure if you enable we to assure him, and any
of the brethren, that you impute nothing so base, but, on
the contrary, you would scorn to bt, the accuser thus of
Christ's people, which, however, I fear the natural con-
struction of the sentence most unfortunately makes you
appear to be—a circumstance I point out with the more
readiness because I feel assured you would regret it more
than any other.

I would be sorry to have this letter published, and rely
on your not doing so. but I would like to have leave to
authorise the editor aforesaid to give a disclaimer.
_ _

If it please our Lord to bless the association's humble
attempt to abate the dissensions that divide church-s and
individuals—and this is, I presume, all that is aimed at--
we may hope to hail you as a convert to the means, as you
already are a strenuous supporter of the object.
With much respect, Rev. a'd Dear Sir,
Yours faithfully,
** * *
To the Rev. Hugh 111`Neile.

* Editor of Standard.

Monday Morning, 16th March, 1846.
DUAR Sru,—Your letter reached me late on Saturday
evening. I lose no time in replying to it. lam sorry
any thing I have written has caused you pain ; but I can-
not feel the justice of your accusation, that I impute any
" base" or dishonourable motives to any of our brethren.
I believe that many of the Free Church leaders in
land anticipated a similar movement in England. Their
own words might be hag,* quoted to this effect. Dr.
Candrsh has reiterated it in his speech, in the Free Pres-
bytery of Edinburgh. cited in my preface. I believe that
they would have rejoiced in such a movement among us,
and that they thought " The Alliance" was well calcu-
lated to accomplish this, as well as other good results. I
believe that this was one, among many considerations,
which gave the Alliance a charm in their estimation. M.
Merle D'Aubigni: was clearly and strongly of this way of
thinking and feeling, when he came here from Scotland.
In all this, however, there is no imputation of any
improper motive. On the contrary : upon their prin-
ciples it was right and laudable so to feel. They had
taken a step in which they considered all the highest and
most indefeasible rights of the Church of Christ in Scot-
land to be involved. They were of opinion that the cir-
cumstances of the Church of Christ. in England demanded
a similar step. And therefore it was a legitimate exercise
of Christian charity on their part, to wish to see their
evangelical brethren in England follow their example;
and, by natural consequence, it was perfectly right in
them to rejoice in'any proceeding which promised to effec-
tuate so desirable a result. .

•
Yet, what was so well designed by them, did, I think,
contain a snare for us. Being of this opinion, I candidly
wrote it and printed it. My, words, in the passage to
which you refer, are—" touching the Evangelical Alli-
ance, I am persuaded that it contained a snare for the
unsuspecting, &c."—and I see no reason whatever to
withdraw or modify that statement.

Were any man to say, that the leaders of the Free
Church movement in Scotland do not wish to see a simi-
lar movement in England, and would not rejoice in any-
thing which promised to bring about such a movement ;
I think that man might be fairly accused of imputing to
them very base hypocrisy. I cordially give them credit
for such ardent sincerity, tbat—l feel assured—if " The
Alliance" had led to a Free Church of England, they
would have hailed it as a great and glorious blessing.
As I wholly differ from their opinion, that a legitimate
—i.e. a scriptural—cant: belli had arisen in Scotland, or
has arisen in England, I am, of course, very glad that all
such expectations as may have been formed, or half
formed, from the Alliance, have been disappointed so far.
And I do not believe that the Alliance possesses now, in
Scotland, all the attract.ou which belonged to it six
months ago. _ _

With part ofyour letter I fully accord. "To abate the
dissertaiors which divide churches and individuals" is, in-
deed, a blessed work, and truly blessed are the real peace
tnakers. Hut this is a deep work, involving deep prin-
ciples, and demanding—for even a a mall measure of rill-
cess—much patienge and unobtrusive rat...denial. It is
not to be carried by an experiment like" The Alliance"

rash in its origin, vague in its objects, and superficial, very
superficial in its cnbgreme.