The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1840-04-07 00:00:00

AND GENERAL COMMERCIAL ADVERTISER.

HEARTS RESOLVED AND HANDS PREPARED, THE BLESSINGS THEY ENJOY TO GUARD.—SmoLLET

Vol,. XV.—No. 760.}

TUESDAY, APRIL 7, 1840.

[PRICE FIVEPENCE.

VALUABLE STOCK OF SILK MERCERY, &C.
HOWARTH, in expressing his sincere thanks to his
• Friends and the Public for the very kind and extensive
support with which be has been favoured, begs also to ac-
quaint them that he has made a FURTHER REDUCTION
in the Prices of the Fancy part of his STOCK, including
Printed Furnitures, &c. which he will continue to offer until
TA tTRSDAY, the 16th instant.
60, Bold=street, 6th April, 1840.

RAILWAY INTELLIGENCE.

GENERAL RESULTS or THE LATE HALF-YEARLY
MEETINGS OF RAILWAY COMPANIES.
The'impression produced by the half-yearly meetings of
the different companies which have been held during the past
two months has been, upon the whole, a favourable one ; but
certainly not to the extent which some sanguine parties anti-
cipoted. A great improvement has been manifested in the
financial position of sonic of the best managed undertakings,
whilst the traffic on most of the newly and even the partially
opened lines has proved very satisfactory to the sharehold-
ers ; but the slow progress of the works upon some railways,
the completion of which had been long promised', and the ne-
cessity of raising additional capital in a few cases to meet the
increased outlay, have tended to throw a damp upon the
market for railway property, the effect of which will be to
check, for a time at least, the spirit of speculation, and re-
press much of the confidence with which, under other cir-
cumstances, the public would have been inclined to regard it.
We cannot but think that the disappointment felt at the
delay which has taken place is somewhat unreasonable. The
weather has of itself been sufficient to account for the little
progress made upon some lines, and the continued and unex-
ampled pressure upon the money market has induced direct-
ors of other lines to postpone active operations for a season
rather than inconvenience their shareholders by making calls
at a period like the present. Other circumstances too may
have contributed to such a result, which, if detailed, would
convince even the most obstinate objector that at least due
diligence has been used by the various managements, and
prudential considerations alone allowed to influence them in
the course which they have pursued.
The worst feature, however, of the additional experience
whith we have derived in railway ►natters, is the almost ge-
neral excess of cos; of formation over previous estimates,
and the necessity of borrowing money or creating new capi-
tal to which it has given rise. A man, who has invested mo-
ney in a line of railway estimated to cost one million sterling,
from the ascertained traffic upon which he calculated to re-
ceive a return of 7 or 8 per cent, is a little staggered when he
finds that an additional £500,000 is required, and very natu-
rally asks whether any additional source of traffic has sprung
up from the earth or dropped from the Clouds to pay the in-
terest upon this increased outlay. Be is told, in reply to his
demur, that the extra half. million is " for engines, stations,
and a carrying establishment"—that " improcements have
been made in the line during its construction"—and a num-
ber of other matters are urged, which, to a plain man, are
not very intelligible or likely to be very satisfactory. He
argues, and with some justice, that Parliament has already
provided a fund—viz., the amount of one-third of the no-
minal capital which companies are empowered to borrow,
and which is considered to be for the especial purpose of pro-
viding the carrying establishment. He points to the evi-
dence of the engineer or engineers before the committees in
Parliament. and to the prospectus and'printed reports on the
faith of which he invested his money, and all of which in-
duced the conclusion that the line in which he was embarking
could and would be made foi the mere nominal capital. He
points to the published tables of traffic, in which the proba-
ble future revenue is calculated upon the supposition that the
railway in question would be made for that sum, and very
naturally, we repeat, he is staggered and dissatisfied when he
finds that it will require, before it can be put in working, an
additional outlay of 50 per cent., or, in some instances, even
more

T. CARTER,
WINDOW BLIND MANUFACTURER,
52. ST. ANNE-STREET, LIVERPOOL.
CARTER, begs to return thanks to his numerous
• Friends and the Public generally, for the kind support
he has received since his commencement in the above Busi-
ness, and hopes, by moderate charges and strict attention,
to merit a continuance of their patronage.
Venetian, Gauze, Wire, Cane, Whalebone, and Canaletti
Blinds, made to order ; Old ones repaired, repainted, taped,
and corded to appear equal to new, on the shortest notice
and most reasonable terms.
N.B.—Patent Spring and common Roller Blinds.

-EPRESENTATION OF THE BORUGH.
PTHEREQUISITION to JOSHUA WALMSLEY,
1. Esq. to become a CANDIDATE on the LIBERAL
INTEREST, at any future vacancy, lies for the SIGNA-
TURE of the ELECTORS at the following places :

TO JOSHUA WALMSLEY, ESQ.
We, the undersigned Electors of the Borough of Liverpool
earnestly desirous to secure for this important town, a RE•
PRESENTATIVE of tried political integrity and sound con-
stitutional views on all the leading questions that interest the
public mind, do respectfully request you will permit.yourself
to be put in nomination, at the next vacancy, as a CANDI-
DATE for the representation of this Borough in Parliament ;
and we pledge ourselves, on that occasion, to use our
exertions to promote your return.
The Mercury, Journal,, Chronicle, Albion, and Times
Newspaper Offices ; Wilmer and Smith, Church-street ;
Joseph Pannell, Stationer' Byrom-street ; Edgar Fletcher,
Stationer, Whitechapel ; T. R. Estlin, Grocer, Vauxhall-
road; John Langan, Spirit Dealer, Waterloo-road ; John
Wilson, Victualler, Rupert-street; James Wilson, John
Bull Inn, Blair-street; James Boardman, Tobacco Manu-
facturer, Byrom-street; Thomas Sammond, Currier, Park-
lane ' • William Jackson, Flour 'Dealer, St James-street ; •
Nicholas Twigge, Grocer, Warwick-street ; William Hughes,
Smallware Dealer, St. James-place, and
at the Office of the
Tradesmen's Reform Association, 20, Clayton-square.

LEEDS AND LIVERPOOL CANAL AND DOUGLAS
NAVIGATION.
VOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN, that the next GENE-
I RAL kSSEMBLY of the COMPANY of PROPRIE-
TORS of the CANAL NAVIGATION from LEEDS to
LIVERPOOL, and DOUGLAS NAVIGATION, will be
held at the Talbot Inn, in Bradford, in the county of York,
on FRIDAY, the 10th day of April next, at Eleven o'clock in
the Forenoon, when and where the Proprietors, by themselves
or their proxies, are requested to attend.
SAM. HAILSTONE, Law Clerk.
Bradford, 23d March, 'lB4O.

TOWNSHIP OF EVERTON.
THE ANNUAL MEETING of the RATE .PAYERS of
the TOWNSHIP of EVERTON, pursuant to Adver.
tiserrent, was held at Halliday's Coffee-house, on THURS.
DAY, the 2d instant,

JOHN WALKER, Esq. in the Chair.
The following Resolutions were unanimously passed :
That the Accounts of the Overseers of the Poor, and Sur-
veyor of the Highways, for the year ending 25th March,
1840, having been audited and found correct, be passed.
That Mr. ROBERT LEDSON and Mr. JAMES PEILRIN be
re appointed Overseers for the ensuing year.
That Mr. WILSON LEDGER and Mr. HENRY EDWARDS
be re-appointed Auditors.

With all due deference to the professional talents of our
most eminent engineers, we do really think that in their esti-
mates of cost generally they.have displayed a want of fore-
sight and correct judgment 'which would have disgraced a
common road maker. The practice of civil engineering we
have always been led to believe was conducted upon princi-
ples so purely mechanical as to allow an estimate being made
for a railway as correctly in proportion as for a common road
or a piece of ordinary masonry. Accidendal circumstances
may occur, it is true, to warrant an occasional excess—a via-
duct may fall, tunnels may prove a little harder or softer in
material than is desirable, or an embankment may be found
so voracious as to swallow the earth of which it is composed;
but, we say it advisedly, no casual circumstances, no mere
accidents can have produced that amazing disproportion be-
tween estimated and actual loss which has at once damaged
the character of the profession and shaken the confidence of
the public in railway investments.

That the Stipendiary Officers be re-appointed, with the
same duties and Salaries as last year.
That the Thanks of the Meeting be given to the Overseers
and Auditors for theirs past services.
The Chairman having left the Chair, the Thanks of the
Meeting were given to him, on the motion of Alderman
JONES, seconded by Mr. TATTERSALL, for his able and
impartial conduct in the Chair.

NLiverpoo M, 140.
OTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN,l,
hats thearch
PartneBrship
subsisting between the undersigned, WILLIAM HAD-
FIELD, ROBERT WRIGHT WOOD, and CHARLES
GARSIDE HADFIELD, of Liverpool and Manchester,
Merchants and Co-partners, under the Firm of HADFIELD,
WOOD and CO., is this day dissolved by mutual consent.
The said William Hadfield and Charles Garside Hadfield are
respectively authorised to receive and pay all debts due to
and by the said Mini.

We have, however, one fact derived from past experience
of the working of those very lines in which the greatest ex-
cess of cost has taken place, Which is calculated to allay some
portion at least of the disappointment which it has occasioned.
If the calculations of engineers as to expense have been and are
unworthy of confidence as being under the mark, those of
directors as to probable revenue have been equally so. We
would not give a straw for the accuracy of any estimate of
traffic, for we believe that it is as easy to predict what winds
the Great Western will have on her passage across the At-
lantic, as to.fix definitely the direction ofhuman intercourse,
its extent; Oad the sources from whence it will flow. The
advantagesidithe raila'ay system and the extent to which it
will facilitatelffidnitiffigy,--aye, and create—that intercourse
are as yet.very impeiTi!ctly apprcciated ; and much as we re-
'get' that,' in the prescht-it-Cfancy. of the steam engine as ap-
plied I o 1 comotion, the advantagestof cheapness of construc-
tion have been so far lost sight of by those. intrusted with the
making ol' railroads, we have little fear that the increase of
travelling will abundantly make up for the loss and disap-
pointment which would otherwise have fallen upon their
shareholders.

WM. HADFIELD.
R. W. WOOD.
C. G. HAFIELD.
Messrs. Hadfields' address is at the CountinDg-house of
Messrs. Hadfield, Braga and Co., 3, Exchange-street East,
Liverpool.

ANATOMICAL VENUS.
THIS strikingly ingenious and exquisitely beautiful pro.
duction from the Royal Florentine Museum, of London
is now to be EXHIBITED, in Liverpool, (for a short period
at No.
_S3,_BOLD-STREET.

To all who desire to possess some knowledge of the truly
wonderful structure of the human frame, this is the most in-
tensely interesting object ever presented to their notice.
During the exhibition of the above exquisite work of art in
Edinburgh and Glasgow, thousands of Ladies and Gentlemen
visited it.; amongst these were all the distinguished Mem-
bers of the Faculty, who expressed their most unqualified
and enthusiastic approbation of this wonderful production.
The exhibition will commence on THURSDAY next, the 9th
instant.
Open daily from 10 to 5, and from 7 to 9 in the evening.
Open for Ladies every FRIDAY from 12 to 4 o'clock.
ADMITTANCE, ONE SHILLING.

A due consideration of this fact that on every railway which
has come into operation the traffic has exceeded considerably
the calculations of its projectors, and is daily increasing,
ought to induee proprietors of those lines which are in course
of formation to persevere and hope for a favourable result in
despite of present appearances. There are, we firmly be-
lieve, few lines of railway which will not ultimately pay a
profit, although by mismanagement the period of their be-
ginning to do so may be procrastinated.

MUSIC AND SINGING—THE GERMAN AND
FRENCH LANGUAGES.
.ERR SCHNEIDER, Professor of Music and of the
German Language, and MADAME SCHNEIDER,
who instructs in the French Language, respectfully announce
to the Public of Liverpool, that they have established them-
selves in this Town, in order to devote their time to giving
Lessons in the abovenawed accomplishments, both at Home
and at their Pupils' Residences.
Herr SCHNEIDER studied with success, during the num-
ber of years fixed by law, at the Royal Institution for the
preparation of Schoolmasters, at Stuttgart; and was after-
wards employed by the Government, at the Waisenhaus and
at the Royal Stadtschule, as Teacher of the German Lan-
guage, &c. &c. In the same City he also learned, under the
most eminent Musicians of the King of Wurtemberg's pri-
vate Orchestra, to play on the following Instruments, viz.,
the Flute, Violin, Viola, Violoncello, and Contrabasso ; the
French Horn, Trumpet, and Cornet a Piston; Trombones,
&c. On the Piano and Organ, and in Composition and
Counterpoint, he received Lessons for many years, from a
distinguished Pupil of CLEMENT'.
Madame SCHNEIDER, whose native tongue is French, has
been engaged for more than ten years, in this country, in
teaching French, &c., both in some superior Schools and in
Families of the higher ranks.
Address--Herr SCHNEIDER, 19, Pleasant-street, corner
of Clarence-street, Liverpool.
Herr SCHNEIDER is permitted to refer to the following
persons:—HUGH HORNBY, Esq.; RICHARD RATHBONE,
Esq. ; Mrs. MOLYNEUX, Newsham House; Rev. FIELDING
OuLD ; Dr. CHARLES ORPEN, flamilton-square, Wood-
side; and MONTAGUE PHILLIPS, Esq., Professor of Na-
tural Philosophy at the Mechanics' Institution.

;old, in Pot Boxes, at 25., 3s. Gd., and 55., and in Family
Bottles, 10s.,
MIDDLEWOOD'S GENUINE BOTANIC OIL.
j M. respectfully recommends the use of a small box, to
0 • prove the superior efficacy of the Botanic Oil, where
not known ; it has never failed to renovate and produce a
luxuriant growth of hair, when every other application has
failed ; it is free from the corrosive and drying properties of
compound oils, and, when dissolved, is as pure as spring
water; it rendm the scalp agreeably cool, soft, and healthy;
it eradicates dand •iff, and produces the richest fragrance and
lustre, even when the hair is on the decline and turning grey.
J. M. is well aware of the great utility of the Botanic Oil,
and the inconvenience occasioned to his Agents by not being
regularly supplied, and assures them that arrangements are
now making that will enable him to meet the increasing
demand.

J. M. has, in addition to his extensive Stock of Fruits,
just received from Five to Six Hundred Dozens of the finest
Shaddocks and Forbidden Fruit ; also, ten large Cases of
New Tafilat or Preserved Dates ; which, with his Preserved
Tamarinds, Ginter, Limes, Shaddock and Orange Marma-
lades, he will sell in small jars and packages, for the conve-
nience of families in town and country, at wholesale prices.
An allowance will also be made to purchasers of the Botanic
Oil, or Vegetable Oil Soap, by the dozen or half-dozen.
Fruit Warehouse, Parker-street.

Liverpool.

MONS. LE DRAY, SURGEON-DENTIST, from the
Firm of LE DRAY and CO., London.
SCURVY in the GUMS EFFECTUALLY REMOVED.
ARTIFICIAL TEETH SUPPLIED
WITHOUT WIRES, SPRINGS, OR CLASPS.
LOOSE TEETH FASTENED.
And filling Decayed Teeth with Mineral Marnzoratunz.
MONS. LE DRAY and CO., Surgeon-Dentists, respect-
fully inform the Nobility, Gentry, and Inhabitants of Liver-
pool and its vicinity, that they have opened an Establishment
permanently at No. 38, SEEL-STREET, eight doors from
Berry-street. They continue to fill up the cavities of De-
cayed Teeth with their Mineral Marmoratum, without the
least pain, heat, or pressure ; it is placed into the cavity in
an almost liquid state, and in a few seconds gets hard, pre-
venting and curing the Tooth-ache, arresting all further pro-
gress of decay, and rendering the operation of extraction
unnecessary. The Mineral not only converts a mere shell
into a sound and useful tooth, but, by completely stopping
up the cavity, prevents effectually that unpleasant taint of
he breath which invariably accompanies a decayed tooth.
Among the various disorders of the Teeth and Gums, there
are none more destructive in their effects, or more generally
prevalent, than Scurvy ; and it is well known that the loss
of Teeth arises more from this cause than any other. It
affects individuals of all ages and of all constitutions, and is
the primary cause of Tooth-ache and decay. To those so
affected, Mons. LE DRAY and Co. have to inform them,
that they can effectually remove, this destructive complaint
by a single application, without the slightest pain.
Artificial and Natural Teeth, of surpassing beauty, fixed
from one to a complete set, without extracting the roots or
giving any pain, without springs, wires, or ligatures, an-
swering all the purposes of Mastication and Articulation,
remaining perfectly secure in their places, and may be taken
out and replaced by the wearer with the greatest facility,—
at the following Paris charges
A single Artificial Tooth
A complete Set
A complete Set of Natural Teeth, on fine
gold plate
An entire Set of Natural or Terro Metal-
lic Teeth, highly finished, in the fint
style, with fine gold sockets, ususly
2b 0
charged 40 guineas
Loose Teeth fastened, arising either from age, dis o ease.ed.
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mercury, and deficiencies of palate effectually remedied.
Artificial Teeth out of repair, remodelled to fit the mouth,
and restored equal in beauty and durability to their original
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This is grave and serious, but not less true; yet there is
encouragement. First, the Church of Christ, as long as it
continues true and faithful, is immutable; popular feelings
may fluctuate, but the providence of God will thwart the
crafts of the malicious, and the treachery of the unfaithful.
Let this actuate the true churchman to prayer, for " it is
better to trust in God than to put any confidence in man."
But in conclusion, I assert that the church of this country
is so congenial to the genius of a British people, that, though
the general feeling may for a time riot in latitudinarian excess,
it will always, as it has done before, finally subside into true
respect and good feeling towards the church—a church in
which for centuries the sons and daughters of England were
brought up, where they married and communicated, and from
whose ministers they received the ghostly comforts at their
closing hours, and round whose walls they sleep, waiting the
consummation of their hopes, a blessed immortality, where
faith gives way to manifestation, and the Redeemer reigns
•riumphant with his elect in glory for ever.
Your very obedient Servant,
J. T.

INCREASED FACILITIES OF INTERCOURSE.—We have re-
peatedly had occasion to notice the advantages which accrue
from increased facilities of travelling. The most recent
illustration of this, which has fallen under our observation,
has occurred in consequence of the arrangement between the
Brandling Junction Railway Company, the Durham Junc-
tion Railway Company, the Sunderland and Durham Rail-
way Company, and the Clarence Railway Company, which
has come into operation within the last few days. Several
people from the neighbourhood of Stockton, and the sur-
rounding district, now visit Newcastle, on account of the
cheap and expeditious means afforded them, who never other-
wise would have thought of doing so. This intercourse will
be continually increased, as it becomes better known and
understood. But the change we shall probably see in travel.
ling in the course of about six months, will exceed any thing
we have yet witnessed in this part of the kingdom. In the
month of October next we fully expect to see the Great North
of England Railway opened from York to Darlington; and
as the railways from lork to London will be opened by that
time, if not before, we shall then, we have no doubt, have
the opportunity of travelling between Newcastle and the me-
tropolis in one day ! If the railway proprietors see their own
permanent interests, and make the fares moderate and rea-
sonable, the increase of passengers must he immense, and
persons who never travelled before will be induced to trans-
port themselves, from the novelty, from one end of the king-
dom to the other.—Tyne Mercury.
CHESTER AND CREWE AND GRAND JUNCTION RAIL-
WAYS CONSOLIDATION .—BREVIATE OF AMENDED BILL.
—The clauses for protection of the Ellesmere and Chester
canal have been amended in committee. Clauses have been
inserted for requiring compensation to be made for the tem-
porary occupation of, and damage to lands. A clause for
preventing injury to roads has been inserted. The company
are empowered to take the tolls for passengers, cattle, and
carriages conveyed on the railway, which were authorized by
the act under which the Chester and Crewe Railway Com-
pany were incorporated, as well as those for agricultural
matter and merchandize. The amendment bill requires the
bye-laws of the company (except those relating solely to mem-
bers or officers of the company) to be confirmed by one of
the judges of the superior courts, or by the justices at a quar-
ter sessions. They are to be so framed as to allow the con-
victing magistrate to order the whole or part of the penalties
to be paid. The amended bill requires an annual account in
abstract, showing the total receipts and expenditure of all
funds levied under the act to be transmitted to the clerk of
the peace for the counties of Lancaster, Chester, Stafford,
and Warwick. A clause has been inserted (to remove doubts
arising on a clause in the former act), providing that no da.
mage which shall unavoidably be done to the railway by rea-
son of the working of any mines which the company shall
have neglected, after notice to purchase, within the distance
of 40 yards from the railway, in a skilful and proper manner,
according to the usual mode of working, mines in the neigh
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.'0 TUB EDITOR OF THE LI.
With spirit calm a passing audience give;
Approve me if you can, if not, forgive.
SlR,—Connected with the state for mutual interest, esta-
blished in every parish, founded on Scripture doctrine, and
represented in the book of Common Prayer, it becomes a
matter of serious investigation, what are its fruits, its suc-
cess, or its failures-with a view to its advancement, sta-
bility, and claim to public respect and public support. If
the church can be proved, by its institution, foundatiorn.and
tenor of doctrine and conduct, to be worthy of national re-
gard, then and then only can safely be advocated the benefits
of a national church. Without such proof, mankind would
suffer but little injury, were it allowed to be amalgamated
with the ever-changing sects which are now so numerous.
To vindicate the worthiness of our church is now my pri-
mary object—and first, as regards the connection of church
and state. •
This union is now more than ever the mock and byeword
of ignorant men--men who speak without books, judge with-
out evidence, and cavil without discernment. Another class
there is who cannot plead ignorance, but who cover jealousy
with the robe of piety, and exclaim with apparent devoted-
ness against prayers as established by law, and attempt to
abuse the public mind by specious misrepresentations and
subtle and crafty arguments. .To confute such misrepre-
sentation, and disabuse the minds of the ignorant, let us en-
deavour to see the whole matter, and thus Le enabled to
judge righteously.
There is no doubt but civil government has been in ancient
times grossly abused by the preponderating influence-of a
despotic priesthood, aided by the darkness of the moral
world, and the almost total extinction of literature in Europe.
The priesthood by religious thraldom overawed even em-
perors; and our own King John surrendered his crown to
the Roman legate. This state of things did not arise from
the union of church and state, but from the preponderance of
the priestly influence over the lay or civil powers—an in-
fluence in direct opposition to that which inculcates honour
to the king. To avoid su,ch gross perversion of power on
the part of the priesthood, the constitution of England has
amply provided, and in which consists the excellence of the
union of church and state as at present constituted in this
country. Thus the church in its formularies presents to the
state a code of ceremonies and morals, drawn up -and de-
clared without reserve to be its constitution, which the state
seeing unobjectionable, and free from anything which might
tend to the subjugation of the popular mind, merely ratifies
and confirms, as witness the several ratifications in the book
of Common Prayer. Thus the state has a guarantee from
the church, that the Word of God is its only foundation,
and, moreover, that in its services there is nothing detri-
mental to civil security or civil liberty--no tyrannical exer-
cise on the souls of men—nothing to shake allegiance to the .
throne, honour la. the monarch, or engender bigotry in the
people. And thc-,eherch on this ground enjoys the protec-
tion of the state ;- and by wise enactments the preachers of
such a church are secured from the effects of popular preju-
dice in times of disaffection and evil, and so placed that they
can preach the Word of God whether men will hhar or for-
bear; and what perhaps is more salutary; are restrained by
the adoption from any excess and undue zeal in those sea-
sons—alas ! how few—when the love and respect of the po-
pulace might tempt from that moderation which is so essen-
tial to moral freedom, and the working of good government
as of sound religion. And on the other part, the state enjoys
its share of benefit by the salutary influence of the church,
whose doctrine enforces civil obedience and purity of morals.
Acknowledging the " king as supreme," it at once discou-
rages all attempt at priestcraft ; and by holding civil rulers
" as ordained of God," at once is the best security for a go-
vernment. Thus a balance is established ; and of this it is
that sectarians complain when they affect to mourn over the
union of church and state. An expatiation on the foregoing
would swell a letter beyond the due bounds : enough has
been advanced methinks to thwart ignorance ; and at the
same time I would add, if that is attained it is well nigh all I
aspire to, for to argue a point with the specious and jealous
sectarian would be waste of time—the mind may be con-
vinced, but by such an one better judgment is overruled by
prejudice and pride.
The book of Common Prayer I have ever esteemed as the
handmaid to revelation : its prayers scriptural—its ordi-
nances orthodox—its articles a brief but clear compendium
of what is good for belief and doctrine. The church, in
accordance with divine example, has retained the custom of
a form of prayer. Now dissenters almost unanimously ob-
ject to a settled formulary, and add various minor objec-
tions—to wit, their length, repetition, and so forth. As
regards form, Christians, from the earliest ages that the
church assumed a real position among the Gentiles, used
stated forms of prayer—the prayer of St. Chrysostoin and
the Te Deum to wit, with divers others even in use among
the early Christians. Going backward, stated forms and
ceremonials were the custom of the Jews. So now, the best
way to retain decency and order is to restrain officials to a
sound, universal, and comprehensible form, the which I
conceive the liturgy of the church to be—solemn without
affectation, universal without prejudice, comprehensive with-
out wearisome extension. As to repetition, I know not how
the dissenters can advance this as an objection, when it is so
well known that gross repetition is the prevailing strain of
those sectarian teachers and officials who form the greater
section.—l mean those illiterate local teachers so numerous
in rural districts—men who, from my certain knowledge,
cannot read with accuracy, and whose preaching is a mere
burlesque on the term.
Minor points I will pass over, and consider the effect pro-
duced by our national church on the public mind and con-
duct. I assert that the benefit is great, advantageous, and
extensive :
Where, on the surface of the earth, is the standard of public
morals so exalted as in England? Where is popular feeling
so alive to the inroads of profligacy ? 'Where have learn ng
and the sciences made more progress ? Where are the man-
ners more refined, and society better constituted, than in
proud and happy England? I assert, nowhere. And what
is this to be attributed to, but the high tone and exalted
character of our national religion ! Lofty in itself, solemn,
dignified, and effective, it has had such salutary influence as
to raise the standard of public feeling preeminent to any
other in Europe. Spread over. the face of the country, and
actively alive in every rural district, it is the comfort, as well
as instructor, of the people. Its ministers, refined by gen-
tility, claim that respect which the vulgar cannot aspire to.
The vicarage, the resort of the afflicted and sorrowing, is the
blessed storehouse of temporal and spiritual good. The
pulpit, the fountain of solace to the children of mourning,
reproof to the worldling, exhortation to the lukewarm, re-
buke to the impenitent. Such is the Church of England—
a church which, though capable of improvement in tempo-
ralities, need not fear comparison with any church or sect in
Christendom, either as regards its scriptural liturgy, decent
discipline, orderly government, or vitalising influence upon
the souls of men. Nor need its ministers shrink from com-
parison. Where are there men more exemplary, pious,
deeply read, purer in morals, and withal more sensible of
their duty, than, as a body, the clergy of the Church of
England ?
Against such a church, now in evil times, is a band ga-
thered—a host whose members differ in everything but hos-
tility to our established religion. We find united in one
common cause the professing disciple of Jesus, the crafty
Socinian, the wily Papist, and the hardened, unblushing,
heretical Socialist,—each at enmity in all things else, but
fellow-workers in this business of church destruction ;—the
professing disciple erring and malminded from ignorance or
hardness of heart—the Papist and heretic encouraging his
degeneracy, craftily making him an instrument in their
hands of working maliciously, and blinding his better judg-
ment, by administering to their dupe the moral poison of
discontent; thus, as the Pharisees of old made Judas a
wretched traitor, so would modern enemies tempt the un-
wary or covetous to act treacherously, and, by such instabi-
lity, m ke an inroad to the very heart of our scriptural con-
stiti tio 1.
0, why is it, that men are so evil disposed towards the
church ? Because it is an uncompromising rebuke to sin and
evil. The heretic stands self condemned, because whether
he will hear or not, the church, as a trumpet, proclaims
God's word through the land, which makes the vicious trem-
ble. The evil have no sympathy with goodness, and account
the man an enemy who thinks the truth. But that the pro-
fessing Christian should be hostile is a matter of more won-
der. The trinitarian dissenters as a whole are dissaffected,
and fain would reduce the great bulwark of Christianity to
one of those banks of sand which change as the currents run,
and at times of storm entirely pass away. It is a melancholy
fact, but so it is. Some are better affected than others, but
the general cry is, " Down with her, even to the ground."
Some talk of merely reforming, but
" may no such storm
Fall on our times when ruin must reform."
A few may be sincere, but as there is much erroneous judg-
ment, the church may exclaim, " God preserve me from my
friends."

LNDARD.