The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1853-06-14 00:00:00

STANDARD, TUESDAY, JUNE 14, 1853.

airs b 1 auction.

TO CARTOWNERS, BUILDERS, AND OTHERS.
SUPERIOR CART HORSES, CARTS, 8-c.
By Messrs. LUCAS and CO.,
Without reserve,—To-Moßaow (Wednesday), the 15th inst..
at Twelve o'Clock precisely, at their Repository, Great Char-
lotte-street, Liverpool, by order of the Executors of the late
21tr—Iohn Jones, of Shaw-street,
SIX SEASONED CART HORSES,
Four capital short CARTS.
SHAFT and CHAIN GEARS, STABLE UTENSILS, &c.
Immediately after the above,
" Eight superior CART HORSES,
of great power and substance, and remarkably quick, smart,
and active. They are young and fresh, short legged, and very
useful for general draught purposes : in the whole Thirty, Cart
Horses will be offered.
Also, a Number of CARTS, SPRING VANS, FLOATS, &c.,
and a large Assortment of GEARING, HARNESS, SAD-
DLERY, &c.
On view on the Morning of Sale.

On MONDAY, the 27th instant, at One o'clock in the Afternoon,
at the Clarendon-rooms, in South John-street, Liverpool,

subject to such conditions of sale as shall then be produced,
ALL that MESSUAGE or DWELLING-HOUSE,
used as a LICENSED PUBLIC-HOUSE, situate and
being 127 on the west side of Scotland road, in Liverpool, and
known by the sign of the "Black Bull." Together with the
Six several MESSUAGES or DWELLING-HOUSES at the
Back thereof, situate in a certain court or passage called
" Whatton's Court."

The Tenure is Freehold of Inheritances.
Further particulars may be obtained from EDWARD NoRRIs,
Solicitor, 3, Harrington-street, Liverpool.

GENTEEL HOUSEHOLD FURNITURE. &c.

11-R. BYFORD will SELL by AUCTION, on
11 FRIDAY next, the 17th instant, at Eleven o'clock pre-
cisely, upon the premises, Watmeng,h-street, Everton-crescent,
The Genteel and Usettl HOUSEHOLD FURNITURE,
Framed and Glazed Prints, a fine Portrait of Sergeant Wilkins,
Q.C., by It. Waller, P.A., Leeds, and other Effects of a Gen-
tleman leaving town.
The Furniture comprises—Birch Half-tester and Painted
French Bedsteads, Feather Beds, Painted Chests Drawers,
Tables, Washstands and Chairs, Mahogany Platform Dressing
Glasses, Night Commodes, Printed Druggets, Imitation Rose-
wood Chairs, Easy Chair, Sofa, Mahogany Chiffonnier, Pem-
broke and Snap Tables, Timepiece, Fenders and Fire Irons, &c.
The useful Kitchen Requisites and other items.
May be viewed on the morning of sale, when catalogues may
be had on the premises, or of Mr. BYFORD, at his Office
Clayton-square.

BY ORDER OF THE TRUSTEES FOR SALE UNDER THE WILL
OF THE LATE THOMAS MCNCASTER, ESQUIRE.

VALUABLE FREEHOLD 6- LEASEHOLD PROPERTY,
AND SHARES IN THE LIVERPOOL UNITED GAS-
LIGHT COMPANY, THE ROYAL INSURANCE
COMPANY, AND THE LIVERPOOL EXCHANGE.
BY MR. BYFORD, - .

On TUESDAY next, the 21st instant, at Two o'clock in the
Afternoon, at the Clarendon-buildings, South John-street,
in Liverpool, _ _ _ _ _

Lot I.

LL that Piece or Parcel of FREEHOLD
L 1 LAND, with the MESSUAGE or DWELLING-
HOUSE thereon erected, situate on the east side of Duke-street,
Edge-hill, near Liverpool, in the county of Lancaster, contain-
ing in front thereto, and in breadth at the back thereof, seve-
rally 17 feet or thereabouts, and running in rear or depth back-
wards, on the north and south sides severally, including an
area of 10 feet 4 inches wide to the front of Duke-street afore-
said, 74 feet 3 inches, or thereabouts • bounded on the north
by a dwelling-house belonging to Thomas Atkinson, on the
south by a dwelling-hoarse belonging to William Dry, on the
east by a back passage of 3 feet wide, and on the west by Duke-
street aforesaid, together with the use and enjoyment of the
said passage in common with the owners and occupiers of pre-
mises adjoining.

The site underneath the said dwelling-house has been granted
to the London and North-Western Railway Company for the
purpose of constructing a tunnel.
Lot 2.—A1l that Piece or Parcel of LEASEHOLD LAND,
with the MESSUAGE or DWELLING-HOUSE thereotrerected,
being parcel of premises contained in a lease from the Corpo-
ration of Liverpool to the late Mr. Charles Bird, situate on the
south side of Pembroke-place, in Liverpool aforesaid, contain-
ing in front thereto, and in breadth at the back, severally, 18 feet
or thereabouts, and running in rear or depth backwards on the
east side tea direct line 75 feet, and on the west in an irregular
line 73 feet, bounded on the north by Pembroke-place afore-
said, on the east by a dwelling-house of Mr. Thomas Clark, on
the west by the said premises of the late Mr. Charles Bird, and
on the south by the piece of land next hereinafter described.
The above premises are held under lease frem the Corpora-
tion of Liverpool for three lives, two of which are in being, aged
respectively-40 and 41, and for 21 years after the decease of the
survivor. .

—All that Piece or Parcel of LEASEHOLD LAND, at the
back of and adjoining to the pretnises lastly before described,
bounded on the north in part by the saidpretnises lastly before
described, and in other part by a common -passage, and on the
east by land belonging to the-said late Mr.-Charles Bird, which
said piece or parcel of land now forms part of the garden at-
tached to the premises lastly before described.
The considera t ion-money for this piece or parcel of Land has
been.paid to the representatives of the late Mr. John Leigh,
who will execute a conveyance thereof' her_ required.
Lot 3.—A1l that Piece or •Parcel'of LEASE-HOLD LAND, with
the Two MESSUAGES or DWELLING-DOUSES thereon
erected, situate on the north side of Oxford-street, in Liverpool
aforesaid, bounded on thtiperrth in ,part by an open passage,
and in other part by land sold and conveyed to George Hogh-
ton, on the east by land in lease to Mr. George Gouthwaite,
and on the west by land in lease to Mr. Thomas Banning, con-
taining in front to Oxford-street and at the back severally, 12
'yards or thereabouts, and extending in depth backwards on
the east and west sidesaeverally, 117 'feet or thereabouts (ex-
clusive of an area of 6 feetAvide to the front of Oxford-street),
together with the free use,and enjoyment-of the said open pas-
-cage in common with others having a right to use the same for
•all tenantly purposes.
The premises are held under a lease from the Corporation of
:Liverpool for a term or.7ii years, commencing on the -4th of
March, 1829.
Lot that Piece -or Parcel of LEASEHOLD LAND,
-with the Two MESSUAGES or DWELIIMG-HOUSES thereon
-erected, situate on the north side of Mount-street, in Liverpool
aforesaid, bounded on the north and west by the lot next- de-
scribed, on the east :by a common passage of 3 feet-wide,
and on the south by Mount-street aforesaid, containing in
front to Alount-street and on the north -side severally, 28 feet
5 inches, and running-in depth on the -east and west-sites,
-severally, 60 feet or thereabouts.
Lot 5.—A1l that Piece or Parcel of LEASEHOLD LAND,
with the Two MESSIAtt-CES or- PWELLING-HOUSES thereon
erected, situate on the north side of Mount-street aforesaid,
front
Air.o t boundednd otno Mount-street
theet George,o uont south
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north-sideet gnert.o uoa nn.f odpss asv ti as-
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severally
feetnl o2si
feetdnieng
6 inches, and running, in depth on the east.and west sides seve-
rally 60 feet or thereabouts.
_ _

LOts 4 and 5 are held under lease from the Corporation•.of
'Liverpool for three lives, one of which is in being, aged 47, and
for 21 years after his decease.

Also, immediately after the above, in such lots as may be
determined upon at the time of sale,
Eight ONE HUNDRED POUND SHARES in the Stock of
the Liverpool United Gas.. Light Company.
Eight QUARTER or TWENTY-FIVE PeUND SHARES in
Ditto.

Three SHARES in the Liverpool Exchanp-buildings.
-Sixty SHARES in the Liverpool Royal Insurance Company.
For further particulars apply to Mr. GROCOTT,
Basnott-street, Liverpool.; Mr. JAMES PROCTER, Liverpool;
Mr. WILLIAM BENNETT, Sir Thomas's-buildings; or. •Mr. C.
T. SM/TI-1, 57, St. James's-place. As to tile whole, to-,Mr.
BY roxn, Auctioneer, Clayton-square.

.ST. ?HELEN'S CANAL & RAILWAY COMPANY

NOTICE OF CALL FOR FOURTH INVESTMENT ON
FIXED 4-i PER •CENT. 425 MARES.

ATOTICE IS IT ERERY. GlVEN,.thabthe Directors
in e;:ecution of the Acts of Parliament relating to the said
Company, have CALLED feral'OURTH I NSTALM ENT of..
per Share on each of the fixed 4i per cent. £25 Shares, and
have ordered the same to be paid to Messrs. PA t. LYON. and
Co., Bankers, NVarrington ; the Liverpool Union Bank,. Liver-
pool ; or Messrs. CURRIES and Co., London, on or before the
Fifth Day of July next; and the several Proprietors of such
Shares are required to pay such Instalment accordingly. In
default therecf, Interest at the rate of £5 per cent. per annum
will be charged from the date the ,Call becomes dare, until the
-same he actua:ly paid.
JOHN WHITLEY, Clerk to the Company.
Liverpool, lath June, 1553.

R. TOWNSEND'S AMERICAN FAMILT ME-
DICINES---These medicinesaLave long been in use, and
have innumerable testimonials in their favour. They are made
up wholly of. Vegetable Substances, contain no mineral of any
kind, and are perfectly safe and certain in their action-on all
persons. young or old.
DR- TOWNSEND'S AMERICAN ,EARSAPARILLA -is the
great :purifyer. of the blood and the most efficient alterative
probably that is known. It eradicates ill acrid humourardis-
eased particlesaand ;morbid substances•from the blood, feat,
and bones—its assimilation to the gastric ~juice of the stomach
causes it to pass rapidly into and uniteavith the vital current,
thus creating new, pure, and rich blood. Hence its wonderful
efficacy at Scrofula, Mercurial Taint, Scald Head, Erysipelas,
Rheumatism, Gout, Cutaneous Eruptiona,,Chronic Sore Eyes,
and all other maladies arising from a bactstate of the blood
—hence, lot), its value-as a tonic, in cases of languor, great
debility, and lassitude, nervous prostration, weakness, and
tremulousness from any cause. It is inestimable in Female
Complaints, in.- disease of the Lungs, Liver, Stomach, Me-
sentery, Kidneys, &c. Ladies of delicate constitutions, suf-
fering from ,arty disorganization, with pale, .emaciated coun-
tenance', feeble and .weak, nervous and irritable, would do
well to use the -Sarsaparilla. This invaluable -medicine pro-
duces the mmitaalutaty influence upon the nervous system; the
circulation, the organs of nutrition and secretion, and being
taken into the ,svatern by absorption and digestion, s conveyed
into every minute part of-the 'body by the circulating current,
thus diffused everywhere—made omnipresent—exercising a
healthful efficacy on every neva and blood vessel—on the
brain, the heart, kings, stomach, liver, kidneys, and spleen,
the skin, membranes, glands, and nlymphatics—the -banes, ten-
dons, and muscles—the blood, hale, gastric juice, lymph,
chyle, &c., eradicating every morbid agent, every .poison—
invigorating all weak organs, enriching impoverished
and affecting an entire renovationof the whole system. Half-
pints, 2s. 6d. ; Pints, 454 Small'Quarts,4s. 6d.; Large Quarts,
Is. 6d. • Mammoth Bottles, holding near two large quarts, lls.
THE' ELIXIR OF HEALTH, like:the Sarsaparilla, has suet
with great and deserved success in the,cure of Female Com-
plaints—both are peculiarly adapted to the constiaution and
ailments of females and almost never fail lid those diseaset pe-
ctdar to the sex. The Elixir is excellent in Colds, Coughs
Bronchitis, and other diseases of the Lungs and Chest, Pleurisy,
Palpitation of the Heart, &c. It is a splendid remedy for Liver
Complaints, Disease of the Kidneys, Dyspepsia, Sour Stomach,
General Eruptions, Nervous Diseases, -Sick Headache, Dropsy,
Salt Rheum, and all Bilious Disorders. It cleanses out the
whole system of acid, slime, worms, bile, &c., and like the
Sarsaparilla, when used in the spring and fall, effectually puri-
fies the blood and secretions of bilious and other morbid mat-
ter, and thus prevents a host of other acute and chronic
diseases. Half-pints, 2s. 9d.: Pints, 45. 6d.
DR. TOWNSEND'S VEGETABLE PILLS hold a prominent
place among his family medicines, and are greatly esteemed by
all who have used them. As an aperient medicine, as a
cleanser of all the foul and viscid humours of the stomach, as a
regulator of the bowels and general secretions, and as a great
and gentle preventive of the numerous complaints of the in-
testines and labouring organs of the body, these Pills cannot
be excelled. Most of the Pills which are offered to the public
are merely of a purgative or drastic character, and hence their
limited usefulness, and often injurious results. They, more-
over, operate on parts or portions of the larger or smaller
intestines, which is a proof of inefficiency not only, but of po.
sitive injury, whereas Dr. Townsend's Pills produce an equal
and steady movement throughout the entire alimentary or
intestinal canal, diminishing the quantity of the circulating
mass, equalizing the circulation, and reestablishing a healthy
state of the biliary organs, stomach, and intestines. Wher-
ever these Pills have been introduced into a family, no others
are permitted to come—the difference is too great, too glaring,
too palpable. Good medicine will always displace that which
is worthless, and it is right that it should be so.—Boxes ls.
2s. 9(1., and 4a. 6d.
DR. TOWNSEND'S INDIAN PANACEA, a preparation
strictly confined to one class of complaints, viz.: " Diseases of
the Intestines or Bowels." The success of this medicine in
curing Cholera, Cholera Infantum, Diarrhea, Dysentery,
Bloody Flux, Cramps, Spasms, or any complaints of the
bowels, surpasses anything that may be said of Dr. Townsend's
other Preparations. It is a special remedy, and does its work
in a special manner. We feel that we are justified in saying,
from the proof it has given that it is INFALLIBLE, that it
never fails to cure if used in the incipient stages of the attacks.
It has been administered in thousands of cases, and we have
never known it to fail in a single instance, and we therefore
believe it will not do so now. Where a person can speak of
a medicine in so positive and decided a manner, and with the
most solemn regard to truth, the public will have some confi-
dence in these declarations.—Bottles 2s. 9d. and as. 6d.

PrincipaloYW,373,Strand, (joining Exeter Hall, London.)
PONIEROY, ANDREWS, and Co., t..iole Proprietora.

PHILHARMONIC HALL.

AGRAND CONCERT
THIS EVENING, (Tuesday,) the 14th instant.

Galleries open to NON-SUBSCRIBERS (UNDRESS). Front
Seats, 55.; Back, 2s. 6d.
See advertisement in another page, and Programme of the
Concert.

ANNIVERSARY OF THE NATIONAL SCHOOLS.
THE ANNIVERSARY of the SCHOOLS con-
nected with the ESTABLISHED CHURCH will be held
on THURSDAY next, the 16th instant, when a SERMON will
be preached in ST. PETER'S CHURCH, by the Rev. THOS.
JACKSON, D.D., Rector of Stoke Newington, and late Prin-
cipal of Battersea College ; after which a Collection will be made
in aid of the funds of the different schools. The Procession
will set out from the Blue Coat Hospital at Ten o'clock.
Divine Service will commence at Eleven o'clock.

PATAGONIAN CHURCH MISSIONARY SOCIETY.

PATRONS.
THE LORD BISHOP OF SIERRA LEONE.
THE LORD BISHOP OF VICTORIA, HONG KONG.
A PUBLIC MEETING in aid of this Society, in
whose service Captain A. F. GARDINER, R.N., the Rev.
Mr. WILLIAMS, and Five other Missionary Associates lately
lost their valuable lives on the Shores of Patagonia, will be held
(D.V.) on FRIDAY EVENING next, the I 7th instant, at Half-
past Six o'clock, in the HALL Of the COLLEGIATE INSTITUTION.
The Rev. G. P. DESPARD, Hon. Secretary to the Society; Rev.
G. ROBINSON, of Birmingham, Rev. J. Marsh, of Bleasby, +•ill
attend as a Deputation. Several other Clergymen will address
the meeting.

AdmissiOn by Ticket, application for which to be made to Mr.
SCRAG°, Renshaw-street.

Lower Gallery, One Shilling; Body, Sixpence; Upper Gallery,
Threep9ce:

A 611ection will be made in aid of the Society's Funds,

COLONIAL CHURCH AND SCHOOL SOCIETY.

PATRON:
The Q U E E N.
VICE-PATRONS :
The Archbishops of CANTERBURY and YORK

THE ANNUAL MEETING of the LIVERPOOL
AUXILIARY to the above Society, will be held (DX.) in
the COLLEGIATE INSTITUTION, 011 MONDAY EVENING next,
the 20th instant, at Half-past Six o'clock.
CHAIRMAN :
Rev. HUGH M'NEILE, D.D.
DEPUTATION:
e'en. Archdeacon DAVIES, M.A., of Melbourne,
Rev. M. M. DILLON, M.A., Rector of Dominica.
Rev. J. C. RILE, 8.A.. Rector of Helmingham.
Rev. T. R. BIRKS. M.A., Rector of Kelshall, Herts.

The Meeting. will close punctually at Half-past Nine.
Admission Tickets: Lower Gallery, Is. each; Body and
Upper Gallery, Free. May be obtained from Mr. Scragg, 75,
Renshaw-street, on Friday, Saturday, and Monday next, the
17th, 18th, and 20th instant, between the hours of Ten and Four.

SER3fONS, SUNDAY NEXT, the 19th instant.
ST. JUDE'S, Morning, Ven. Archdeacon DAVIES.
Sr. PAUL'S, Prince's-park, Even., Ven. Archdeacon DAVIES,
ST. BRIDE'S. Morning, Rev. J. C. RYLE.
CHRIST CHURCH, Evening, Rev. J. C. RYI.E.
CHRIST CHURCH, Everton, Morning, Rev. T. R. BIRKS.
Morning, Rev. J. B. LOWE.
ST. SILAS'S, {
' Evenin,,, Rev. T. R. BIRKS.
SEAFORTH, Morning, Rev. M. M. DILLON.
BOOTLE, Evening, Rev. M. M. DILLON.
Morning, Rev. S. MINTO7.
ST. JAMES'S, West Derby, { Evening, Rev. G. ASPINALL.
S'r. ANDREW'S, Morning, Rev. J. BARDSLEY.
ST. MARY'S, Wavertree, Morning, Rev. D. T. BARRY.
Tuesdav Evening nevi, 21st instant.
ST. AUGUSTINE'S Rev. J. C. RYLE.
Wednesday Evening, 22d instant,
ST. JAMES'S, Toxteth, Rev. J. C. RYLE.

GRAND MILITARY CAMP AT.COBHAM.
211IDSUM.IIER HOLIDAYS.
ATARCUS'S ANFRINOUMAIT,INC,FHREPOAOPL EXCURSIONS,
TO LONDON, OXFORD, LEAMINGTON, KENILWORTH,
COVENTRY, AND BIRMINGHAM,
Oa 8.4 'FUR fM Y, JUNE 18th,
SATURDAY, JUNE 25Th,
And SATURDAY, JULY 2d,
Offering a choice of from Two to Twenty Days !
Further particulars respecting the HOUR of DEPARTURE,
RATE Of FARES, Slid DAYS Of RETURN, see small bills, which
can be obtained upon application.
HENRY R. MARCUS,
19, LEIGH-STREET, LIVERPOOL.
Early application is requested.

LIVERPOOL DOCKS.
ELECTION OF AUDIT COMMISSIONERS.
ITT pursuance of the Acts relating to the Docks and
Harbour of Liverpool, I, the undersigned GEORGE VA-
LENTI NE TANTON, Treasurer and Receiver of the Rates and
Duties by the same Acts authorised to be raised, levied, and col-
lected, do HEREBY 'GIVE NOTICE, that the usual ANNUAL
MEETING of the MERCHANTS inhabiting in the Town of
Liverpool, and being'Owners or part Owners of Sh ips belonging
to the Port of Liverpool. and of all persons inhabiting in the
-said town, and either as Principals or Agents, and who shall
have paid the said rates and duties upon goods imported or ex-
ported into or out of the Port of Liverpool, within the preceding
six calendar months,will be held, and that they are by the said
Acts required to assemble, at and in the Town-hall of Liverpool
aforesaid. on SATURDkY, the 25th day of June instant, at
Twelve o'clock at Noon, and then and there, by -writing under
'the hands of the major part of them so assembled together as
aforesaid, to Elect, Nominate, and Appoint Eight Persons. not
'being members of-the Town Council of Liverpool, to be eight of
the Commissioners for the purposes of inspecting, auditing, and
adjusting the Accounts of the collections. receipts, and dis-
bursements of all the moneys which shall be collected, levied,
and received by the Trustees of the Liverpool Docks, during
the-year thence next ensuing, under and by virtue of the said
Acts, and for the-other -purposes in the same Acts mentioned.
GEORGE V. TANTON, Treasurer.
Dock-office, Liverpool, 131 k June, 1853.

'VALUABLE FREEHOLD AND COPYHOLD LAND IN
DERBY BRECK.
TO be SOLD, by PRIVATE TREATY., a FREE-
' HOLD MESSUAGE or DWELLING-HOUSE and GAR-
DEN, called Willow Bank, situate on the northwardly side of
Townsend-lane,'Derby Breck, near Cabbage-hall, in the town-
ship of West Derby, together with the BARN, Ct iTTAGE and
GARDEN.. And, also, a FREEHOLD COTTAGE, OUT-
BUILDINGS, and,GkRDEN adjoining the above, and now in
1 the occupation of Mr. Wilson Forster, or his undertenants,
containing 2 acres, Lrood, and 6 perches. statute measure or
thereabouts. And-three several Closes or Parcels of COPY-
HOLD LAND, held of the Manor of West*Derby, situate on
the Northwardly-side of Townsend lane aforesaid, called the
Sand-hey, Oat-hey, and the Pasture-hey, •containing in the
whole 12 acres end 2 perches, statute measure or thereabouts,
and now in the occupation of Wilson Forster. And three
several other Closes er Parcels of. COPYHOLD,LAND, held of
the said Manor of. West Derby, situate on the southwardly side
of Townsend-lane aforesaid, called the Further-outlet, the
Nearer-meadow. anti :the 'Further-meadow, containing in the
whole 12 acres, 2 roods, and 14 perches, and nowin the occupa-
tion of John Simpson, Cabbage-hall, or his undertenants.
For further particulars apply
.to Mr. JOHN C. iGROCOTT,
Solicitor, No. 8, Baseett-street, Liverpool.

TO CORRESPONDENTS.
E. V. R.—The rainbow is caused by the refraction.oftthe sun's
rays through drops of rain being reflected on opposite clouds
For its purpose; see Genesis ix. 13.

FOREIGNER should apply to Messrs. Thompson, inTlayton.
square, for instruction in book-keeping.
A.B. and J.D. should first make up his mind as to the ,nature
of his complaint, and t. en express it intelligibly.

tiberpoot tatibarbf

TUESDAY

MORNING, JUNE 14, 1856.

LIVERPOOL 'ELECTION INQUIRY.
A FORTNIGHT has elapsed since the Select Com-
mittee of the House of Commons commenced its
inquiry into the Petition against the late Election
for Liverpool, and thequestion may fairly be asked,
what has been done? -Scores of witnesses have
been examined, the most -simple transactions have
been tortured into bribery and corruption, and all
that'has really been proved is that the Petition is
frivolous and vexatious. fin every point have the
Petitioners failed to convince any honest or intelli-
gent man of the truth of their allegations, while
they have disgusted even•their own party with the
folly of •their proceedings. The experience of pre-
vious elections, when Liberal candidates were the
prime movers, might have left the impression that
some portion of the Liverpool .electors were still
open to.similar influences, but the,examination has
tended to purify the constituency from traditional
shame; and ,whatever may be 'the:decision of the
Committee, the electors will stand in the eyes of
the world acquitted of all blame, and presenting
the gratifying spectacle of a body of-men, many of
them in humble life, vindicating their character for
political consistency, and justifying their right to
enjoy the franchise which they so worthily exercised.
Of the thousands who came to the poll, to vote for
the defence of the Shipping Interests and the pre-
servation of the purity of the Protestant Faith, it
has not been strewn that one of them gave his vote
for a meaner consideration, while it has been abun-
dantly proved that the basest attempts have been
made to induce these men to give evidence to the
contrary. It would be tedious to' enter minutely
into any analysis of the evidence of the several
witnesses which have been examined, for nearly all
tell the same story ; and when it is divested of the
colouring which legal ingenuity would throw around
it, we can only arrive at one conclusion, that the
working men were allowed a holiday according to
custom on the day of election ; and, in order that
it should be really a holiday, they were paid the
wages which they would otherwise have earned at
their several trades. It has not even been shewn
that this payment in any way influenced their votes,
or was attempted to operate so; and yet upon this
flimsy pretext, so paltry, that every honest man in
Liverpool is thoroughly ashamed of the transaction,
Mr. RATHBONE and his co-conspirators have
endeavoured to fix a stigma upon the Borough and
render void an election which was a credit to all
who assisted in gaining it. But if in the opinion
of the Petitioners the electoral body really required
purification, what becomes of the purity of Mr.
RATHBONE, jun., when he was compelled to admit
that he made use of the petition in order to gain one
of the seats for Mr. CARDWELL by the offer of a
compromise, which was indignantly spurned., The
whole affair i 3 so transparently infamous, 10

avowedly corrupt in object and intention, that we
have not the slightest fears for the result. If the
Committee do their duty as honest men, they will
declare the petition to be frivolous and vexatious,
and saddle those who instituted the proceedings
with all the heavy costs, which will be too light a
punishment for their turpitude ; but if, on the
other hand, party should prevail over principle, and
with that ingenious casuistry with which the new-
found zeal for political purity tortures any petty
circumstance to its own ends, the Committee should
declare Messrs. TURNER and MACKENZIE not
duly elected, the electors of Liverpool will justify
their own character for consistency, and by a far
more triumphant majority return two Conservatives
to represent them in the present Parliament.

THE COALITION MINISTRY—
WHAT HAVE THEY DONE?
ALMOST six months have elapsed since Lord ABER-
DEEN composed his Coalition Ministry upon Con-
servative-Liberal principles, and the country has
now a fair right to inquire what they have done,
more particularly as the season is fast approaching
when the increase of temperature and the desire for
rural recreation will render all legislation a mere
hurried passing of Bills through their several
stages. It is well known that in ordinary cabinet-
work the coalition of various fancy woods is
usually intended more for ornament than use, and
our present rulers seem to act upon the same
principle, though it may be difficult to discover
wherein consists the ornament. The similarity,
however, is much closer—in the absence of the
useful. Before the Easter recess nothing was done,
because the CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER
was not ready with his Financial Statement, and
since then everything else has had togive wayin order

that his various proposals to increase and diminish
taxation might receive their due share of discus-
sion ; so that the session will be brought to a close
with the simple announcement that the Budget has
been carried. The Landed Interest have had their
claims for relief met with additional burdens.
Ireland, after her suffering from the famine, the
pestilence, and the desertion of her population, is
saddled with the Income Tax ; the clamourers for
cheap Tea have to pay in the price of the article
the small saving in the duty ; and all the boon of the
fiscal alterations is comprised in cheap Soap. This,
then, is the solitary sheaf of the Sessional harvest,
and all the noted tact of Lord JOHN RUSSELL is
brought into play, in order to spin out the time
until the prorogation, and for this simple reason,
that there is no one principle of Legislation upon
which this united Cabinet can agree. The Radicals
were promised a measure of Parliamentary Reform,
but they will look in vain for any proposal which
shall satisfy the Conservatism of the PeeliteQ, the
moderate views of the Whig section, or the extreme
notions of the ultra Liberals. In opinions and desires
they are as wide as the poles asunder; any tangible
proposition would split the Ministry into fragments ;
and their real strength consists in doing nothing.
This is the Conservative progress upon which the
Premier dilated with such unmeaning declamation
at the commencement of his career, and the inter-
pretation of the strange phrase is now becoming
evident even to the warmest of his supporters.
The task of inventing something to talk about was
thrown upon their financial oracle, Mr. GLAD-
STONE ; and he has wonderfully succeeded, by an
ingenious legerdemain, of putting on here and
taking off there, to find employment for the House
of Commons without provoking discussions which
might prove inconvenient. The main object was
retention of place, which was only to be secured
by an indefinite postponement of every question
which was likely to create a difference of opinion ;
and this description applies to almost every subject
which has agitated the public mind out of doors.
A short time since a bill was introduced for the ex-
tension of National Education, and Lord JOHN

RUSSELL took great credit to himself for his zeal
in behalf of religious instruction. The Dissenters,
however, have discovered that scholars are more
wanted than schools; that a compulsory rate would
supersede voluntary aid, and that the Church might
be more benefited than the sectaries. They have,
therefore, petitioned against the bill, and the cun-
ning Minister has quietly shelved it until a more
convenient season. On the question of the reve-
nues of the Irish Church, the novel zeal of Lord
JOHN RUSSELL against the Romish priests, of
whom he has been the chief supporter, produced a
Ministerial rupture ; but the prudent Lord ABER.
DEEN lured back the deserters by repudiating the
sentiments of his principal colleague, so that we
have the leaders of each House of Parliament
avowing a difference of opinion on a vital question,
and yet remaining together in office, because a split
would be fatal to both of them. It would be im-
possible to point to any one advantage which the
country Las derived from the accession of the pre-
sent Ministry, and it would be equally as difficult
to point to one which there is the slightest reason
to expect ; and yet, for this mongrel compound
,of opposite opinions and antagonistic principles,
:the country has lost the services of the able Lord
DERBY, and the influence of the great Conservative
.party, for which such exertions were made at the last
election, is being frittered away in listless inactivity.
Legislation, indeed, for any beneficial purpose, has
'become impracticable; the real business of the
country has been brought to a dead lock, with no
apparent prospect of any relief; political principles
have become, as far as concerns public men, of
doubtful meaning ; and all this has been brought

about because a few professing Conservatives, closely
imitating their late leader in his political treachery,
have belied all their previous professions and joined
their opponents, in order to mortify their friends
There was something very plausible in the avowal
which Lord ABERDEEN made of the little real dif-
ference between him and his colleagues; but, when
we consider that his Ministry is composed of every
phase of extreme opinions, the Presbyterian Pre-
mier, the Tractarian and Conservative Mr. GLAD.
STONE, the Protestant and Whig Lord JOHN
RUSSELL, the Romanist Mr. KEOGH, and the
Radical Sir WELCIAM MOLESWORTH, We can
readily understand that no measure of any impor-
tance can possibly emanate from such discordant
elements, and we maysafely predict that the session
will he brought to a close with cheap Soap, and a
permanent Income Tax, as the only fruits of it. We
must therefore be content to bide our time, until
the electors will open their eyes to the vital impor-
tance of returning Conservative Representatives,
and the Government of the country be at least
placed in the position of being guided by intelligible
principles.

THE MINISTERIAL INDIA BILL.

AFTER two adjournments, and a discussion in
which nearly all the argument has been against the
proposition, the Government have been allowed,
without a division, to bring in their bill for per-
petuating the abuses of the East India Company.
This is by no means a question in which the in-
terests of the proprietors of East India Stock are
solely concerned, but one upon which depends a
very large portion of the future commerce of the
country, from which it has long been debarred by
a system of exclusiveness directly at variance with
modern policy. All inquiry has tended to elicit the
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if their resources were duly developed; and the sole
obstacle hitherto has been that peculiar policy which,

strange:y enough, finds its advocates in a professing
Free-trade Ministry. After years of almost uncon-
trolled dominion by the nominees of a company,
the revenue of this immense empire is barely suffi-
cient to meet the increasing expenditure, although,
under judicious management, it might have proved
a mine of wealth to our national Exchequer; while
the trade, which, keeping pace with improvements,
might have quadrupled our exports, has been al-
most stationary. In the application of scientific
aid to the means of internal communication, in the
encouragement of cultivation, in the promotion of
commerce, and the extension of civilization, where
the field for operation was almost inexhaustible, the
company may be said to have done literally nothing.
So long as India yielded enormous salaries for the
proteye's of the directors, and dividends for the
holders of stock, the interests of the mother country
were of no concern ; and now, after the lapse of
many years, it is as much a care and as little a profit
as it was before all these opportunities of advance-
ment had been neglected. Let us hope, however, that
the Legislature will not let the present opportunity
be thrown away, but insist either upon a measure
which shall place the affairs of India directly under
imperial control, or, by postponing the question
until next session, afford time for maturing an
efficient system for the future. The discussion
which has already taken place has shown that the
Government will meet with a vigorous opposition if
they attempt to pass the bill in its present shape ;
and, as it is a question in which parties on both
sides of the house may agree, there is a favourable
prospect of a more satisfactory decision being come
to. It is one in which Liverpool has an interest,
because an extension of our commercial relations
with the East would add materially to the trade of
the port ; and if there are really any grounds for
apprehending danger from the recent belligerent
manifestations between Russia and Turkey, it is
more than ever necessary that India should be
placed more directly under the management of our
own Government.

AFFAIRS IN THE EAST.

WAR WITH RUSSIA.

THE recent proceedings in Constantinople, and the
repot.. s of movements of troops and preparations
for belligerent manifestations, hae set all Europe in
a fever of apprehension that the flame of war is
about to be relighted ; that the land having had

rest for nearly forty years, it is now about
to be broken. The alarm, however, is not directly
the effect of the proceedings between Russia and
Turkey; for, during all the negotiations in Con-
stantinople, little faith was placed in their leading to
any serious rupture ; but since then reports have
been received of English and French fleets moving
towards the Bosphorus, and the sensitive pulse of the
monetary interest is throbbing in exciting response.
From all quarters, the Paris Bourse, the London
Stock Exchange, the Share markets, the Manufac-
turing districts and the Commercial ports, we hear
of the rumours of war operating to produce a stag-
nation in business, and a fall in the value of Secu-
rities, while the tenour of the various telegraphic
dispatches received through Paris and Vienna serve
to fan the flame and keep alive the feeling of alarm.
In this state of things it becomes the more neces-
sary to survey calmly the position of affairs, in
order, if possible, to arrive at a correct appre-
ciation of the alleged casus belli, and the proba-
bilities of its being acted upon. It has been confi-
dently assumed that the real design of the EMPEROR
of RUSSIA is to find a cause of quarrel with the
SULTAN of TURKEY, in order to avail himself of the
opportunity to seize on some of the Turkish provinces,
which lie in convenient proximity to his own Em-
pire, with the ultimate object of appropriating the
whole, and thereby possessing himself of the key to
the Black Sea and a highway to the East. To this,
however, it may be replied, that had such been his
desire, he has had ample opportunity to gratify it,

without prolonging negotiations which have not
yet been brought to a close ; and though the
drawing near of English and French fleets may have
induced a prudent reserve, it should be remembered
that such a movement is simply a prk caution against
possible contingency. The members of the Greek
Church in the vicinity of the Holy Sepulchre have
long enjoyed immunity from the Turkish Govern-
ment, and been allowed the first place among the
various sects of professing Christians who claim an
nterest in the Holy Places. This right of priority
was however interfered with by a firman, which
the French Minister artfully obtained from the
PORTE, in favour of the Latin monks, and Louis
NAPOLEON vauntingly claimed the title of Pro-
tector of the Holy Places. This roused the ire of
the Greek patriarchs, ant upon an appeal to the
RUSSIAN EMPEROR, who assumes to be the Head
and Protector of the Greek:Church, a remonstrance
was made, and the obnoxious firman was rendered
virtually of none effect. But this was not deemed
sufficient; and by way of a guarantee against any
future interference, Prince MENSCHIKOFF was=
despatched to Constantinople with a demand for a
Convention, by which the Protectorate of the Ear-
PEROR OF RUSSIA over all members of the Greek
Church in the Ottoman Empire was specially recog-
nised. As this was virtually a claim of sovereignty
over a large portion of the Turkish population, it
formed a subject of anxious deliberation in the
Turkish Divan, and, backed by the diplomatic as-
sistance of the English and French Ministers, a
positive refusal was given to the demand, and Prince
MENSCHIKOFF took his departure. But so far

from his leave-taking being considered a declaration

of hostilities, such a construction of it was positively
disavowed, and since then the RUSSIAN EMPEROR
has renewed his demand by a courier from St. Pe-
tersburg, giving further time for consideration, while
Count NESSELRODE has been despatched to Lon-
don to explain the intentions of the EMPEROR to
the British Cabinet. The attitude assumed by
Russia has, however, led to declarations from other
powers, and the co-operation of Austria and Prussia
with England and France is confidently reckoned
upon in favour of friendly mediation to secure the
SULTAN of Turkey against hostile demonstrations.
But the question has also led to dissensions in our
own Cabinet, for while Lord PALMERSTON, it is
said, would willingly have co-operated with France
in opposition to the Russian demands, both the Earl
of ABERDEEN and Lord JOHN RUSSELL held-
aloof, and only consented to naval re-inforcements
when they saw that public feeling in England was
against them, and that active interference could no

longer be delayed.
proba-
bility of actual warfare still remains to be solved ;
provoke the
and, notwithstanding the threatening appearances
The important question, however,of the
and the fall in the money markets, we are inclined
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for carrying the war into an enemy's country.
England, on the contrary, has arms long and strong-,
which compass the globe, and are as much to be
dreaded at the antipodes as at home ; and though
we may talk of the vast armies of Russia and her
myriads of hardy subjects, their great strength lies
in defending their own territories, and not in in-
truding upon ours. For years has this great
Empire been baffled in its attempts to subdue the
handful of hardy mountaineers in the Caucasus ;
and though the Turkish provinces on the Danube
may present an easier field of conquest, we can
have nothing to fear, when the whole interest of
Russia must be to preserve an alliance with so
mighty a state as Great Britain,

THE EVENING PRIMROSE.

Fair flower, that shunn'st the glare of day,
Yet loves to open, meekly bold,
To evening hues of sober grey,
Thy cup of paly gold ;

Be thine the offering, owing long
To thee, and to this pensive hour,
Of the brief tributary song.
Though transient as thy flower.

I love to watch at silent eve
Thy scattered blossoms' lonely light,
And have my inmost heart receive
The influence of that sight.

I love, at such an hour, to mark
Their beauty greet the light breeze chill,
And shine, 'mid shadows gathering dark,
The garden's glory still.

For such, 'tis sweet to think the while,
When cares and griefs the breast invade,
Is friendship's animating smile,
In sorrow's dark'ning shade.
Thus it bursts forth like thy pale cup,
Glist'ning amid its dewy tears,
And bears the sinking spirit up
Amid its chilling fears ;

But still more animating far,
If meek religion's eye may trace,
Even in thy glimm'ring earth-born star,
The holier hope of grace !
The hope that, as thy beauteous bloom
Expands to cheer the close of day,
So through the shadows of the tomb
May break forth mercy's ray.

LITERATURE..

BOOKS FOR REVIEW, Rzc.—Books, New Prints, Music, &c.
intended for review, may be left at Mr. C. Mitchell's, Red-
lion-court, Fleet-street, London, addressed " to the Editor
of the LIVERPOOL STANDARD," when they will be forwarded
and receive attention.

The Stomach and its Difficulties. By Sir James

Eyre, M.D.

The subject of this little volume is of the first
importance, for it treats of one of the organs of the
human body, upon which, more than any other,
depend health or sickness, pleasure or pain, and it
should be the more interesting to Englishmen, who
are celebrated for their love of a good dinner. It
Contains much valuable information, by a man of
long experience in his profession ; but it must not
be supposed to be a mere dry dissertation on
details, or a series of rules for the preservation of
health. So far from this, it is a really entertaining
book, which, like medicine in a sugared pill, con-
veys the most valuable advice in the guise of a
friendly chat, replete with jest and illustrative
anecdote. One of the latter has a local allusion
which may not be without interest. The author
states that when he was mayor of Hereford he was
knighted by the late King William IV. on his
accession, and the only other chief magistrate so
distinguished was the mayor of Liverpool, Sir
George Drinkwater. Soon afterwards a patient,
who had indulged largely in creature comforts, and
was very stout and plethoric, went to consult Mr.
Abernethy, who said, " Go away, and have always
in your thoughts the names of the two mayors
who have just been knighted—Eyre and Drink-
water--and you will soon recover your wind, and
your shape too." The book has reached a second
edition, and if its merits were generally known would
be as generally appreciated.

Blackwood's Magazine. Edinburgh : Blackwoods.
The almost absorbing interest attaching to the
proceedings before the Liverpool Election Com-
mittee has compelled us to be more brief than would
otherwise be the case with this excellent magazine.
Indeed, among the immense amount of trash in
our periodical literature, it is refreshing to witness
the preservation of a healthy tone, and the support
of our time-honoured institutions in Church and
State, by a magazine of such large circulation.
The number for June commences with "The
Paradise in the Pacific"—a very interesting narra-
tive of the mutiny of the Bounty, and the subse-
quent events connected with the little colony at
Pitcairn's Island, up to the latest accounts. " Lady
Lee's Widowhood" is continued, with increasing
complications of the plot. After a review of
41 Finlay's Byzantine Empire"—a subject anything
but attractive—we have a further notice of Dr.
Ivan's work in an article headed " Six months with

the Malays," containing some humorous descrip-
tions of the doctor's adventures in Malacca. In
"A few words on France," the writer speaks rather
favourably of Louis Napoleon, and apologises for
his despotism on the intelligible ground that the
French people have shown themselves unfitted for
any milder form of government. The recent excite-
ment as to the result of diplomatic negotiations in
Constantinople has lent a more than ordinary
interest to the affairs of the East, and the writer of
paper on " Syria," which gives a graphic descrip-
tion of this renowned locality, expresses his opinion
that Turkey is not so weak as has been generally
believed ; but that, should her dismemberment
become inevitable, Syria would be the most impor-
tant key to cur Indian Empire, and therefore the
most valuable acquisition for England. An article
on " Minor Morals" discourses with much force on
the many false pretences with which men in the
present day seek worldly advantages, concluding
with a not inappropriate allusion to the political
treachery of 1846, from the effects of which we are
still suffering. The closing paper is a political
essay on " Free Trade and High Prices," which is
especially deserving of a careful perusal by men of
both sides, if they are actuated by motives in the
slightest degree above the interests of mere party.
The writer clearly shows that while the object of
the Free Traders was to lower prices, the tendency 1
of the gold discoveries has been exactly the con-
trary, and that the prosperity for which the advo-
cates of the present system take credit is the result
of circumstances of a totally opposite character.

SOAP AND SANITATION.—In the islands of Guernsey
and Jersey, the consumption of soap has for years been at
the rate of 13 lbs. per head per annum ; in England and
Scotland 71 lbs. ditto. The former have been free from
excessive duty, the latter have not.

BLAIR'S GOUT AND RHEUMATIC PlLLS.—Extract of
a letter, written by John Nl°lard Wheeler, Esq., Collector
of Customs, Jamaica, having been handed by his brother,
at Swindon, to Mr. Prout, for publication :—" I know
you have never had occasion to take Blair's Pills, but let
me emphatically tell you, in mercy to any friend who may
suffer from gout, rheumatic gout, lumbago, sciatica, rheu-
matism, or any branch of that widely-allied family, to
recommend their using them. In this country they are
of wonderful efficacy ; not only am I personally aware of
their powers, but I see my friends and acquaintances re-
ceiving unfailing benefit from their use. I would not be
without them on any account. If taken in the early stage
of disease they dissipate it al'ogether : if in later, they
alleviate pain, and effect a much speedier cure than by any
other means within my knowledge." Sold by Thomas
Proof, 229, Strand, London ; and by all respectable me-
dicine vendors throughout the kingdom.
KNOWLEDGE rs POWER.—The secrets of nature, whe-
ther in their more extended or minute workings, never
came more fully under observation than in our own time,
and it is now characteristic of men of science, not only to
observe, but to control. The value of this knowledge
and power is strikingly illustrated in the cultivation of
the HUMAN HAIR, which it was reserved for modern
genius to bring under the dominion of science. That
branch of the subject connected with its restoration, was
long the object of the most persevering solicitude ; but
now, thanks to the enterprise of C. and A. OLDRIDGE,
a preparation (the Balm of Columbia) is not only pro-
duced, but distributed through most of the British pos-
sessions, by which baldness disappears, and a luxuriant
growth clothes the brow that hut lately bore a few thinly
scattered locks. Many a gentleman whose head was ra-
pidly losing its natural ornament, has, by the use of this
Balm, recovered his locks, and found them curling in
more than their wonted luxuriance ; and many an elegant
woman who was dismayed at the diminution of her most
valuable decoration, has, by applying this active restora-
tive, imparted a salutary vigour to her tresses, which have
again waved and wantoned in exuberance and beauty.
OLDRIDGE 'S BALM causes Whiskers and Eye-brows to
grow, prevents the hair from turning grey, and completely
frees it from scurf. Sold wholesale and retail by the
proprietors, 13, Wellington-street North, Strand, Lon-
don, and by most of the respectable perfumers and medi-
cine venders. Price 3s. 6d., 65., and Ils. per bottle. No
other prices are genuine. N.B.—The public are requested
to be on their guard against counterfeits ; ask for OLD.
RIDGE'S BALM, 13, 'Wellington-street North, Strand,
London. Sold wholesale by Messrs. Itiamss and Co.,
Hanover-street, Liverpool.
ComacralioN.—The overstrained competition which is
unfortunately carried on in many articles of domestic use
has now become a crying evil. From the recent exposures
of that valuable journal, the Lancet, the malpractices of
venders and manufacturers of many articles of household
consumption has been laid bare. The public, we trust, are
now becoming alive to the great importance of selec
such articles as are made by parties of respectability and
character, thus taking the precaution of getting articles of a
quality sufficient for the purpose for which they are in-
tended, and of a genuine character. While on this sub-
ject, we may inform our readers that even the important
article of starch has been tampered with ; many unprin-
cipled parties buying up diseased potatoes, damaged wheat,
ac., and manufacturing therefrom a coarse kind of farina,
and without further preparation packing this inferior in-
gredient in packets similarly got up and labelled like the
Glenfield, giving it an outside appearance similar to the
original article, which has a genuine and established re-
putation. A case in point was exemplified lately, where
Mr. Wotherspoon, the manufacturer of the Glenfield
Patent Starch, obtained injunctions in Chancery against
two of these fraudulent persons, and we are glad to
observe that lie obtained damages also ; this was right,
and indeed is the only means to defend the public from
such impositions, which are now, unhappily, too common.
The Glenfield Patent Starch was noticed at the Exhibi-
tion of 1851, and a testimonial has been signed by
upwards of 1,500 grocers throughout the country, testify.
ing that the Glenfield starch is better than any they ever
had. The laundress to her Majesty, and most of the
laundresses to the leading nobility, have sent to the pro-
prietor testimonials of a similar character. We think the
ladies would do well to make a trial of it. Any quantity
may be obtained from most of the shopkeepers.

CORRESPONDENCE.

Letters addressed to the Editor should be accompanied by the
real name and address of the writer, not for publication, but
as a guarantee of good faith.; this is indispensably requisite
in any statement of facts.
The Editor wishes it to be understood that he does not hold
himself responsible for the opinions or statements of, his
correspondents.

THE REPRESENTATION OF LIVERPOOL.

To the EDITOR of the LIVERPOOL STANDARD

STII,-1 have read with interest your remarks on the Liver-
pool Election Petition, in your paper of 'last Tuesday; and,
should the exertions of Mr. Rathbone and his party succeed in
unseating the present members, I venture to hope that the
Conservative party in Liverpool will prove to them what the
opinion of the great majority of the electors is oftheir conduct
by a still greater majority at the next election; and I :predict
this will he the case, if two Liverpool men are brought out.
Why was it that Mr. Mackenzie was brought here at all?
Has not Liverpool among her own inhabitants men •fit and
proper to be her representatives—men identified with her in-
terests and sentiments—men whose knowledge of her local
wants must be greater than that of any stranger, who, whatever
his devotion to her interests, whatever his talents, must, to say
the least of it, have every thing to learn.

I hope you will follow up your remarks of Tuesday last, by
drawing the attention of the Liverpool electors to these paints.
_ _ _

Let the heads of all the wards be consulted as to the -choice
of the men, and I feel very confident it would better accord
with the views of the electors generally, to have Mr. T. B.
Horsfall and Mr. J. Bramley-Moore brought out,—men of in-
dependent character and opinions,—men who have already
done good service to the town, and have time to devote their
energies to its interests, rather than strangers, whatever their
position or abilities.

I hope you will find space for the above haaty remarks, and
oblige, your most obedient servant,

Liverpool, I I th June, 1853.

AN ELECTOR

COLONIAL CHURCH AND SCHOOL

SOCIETY.

The Rev. S. Minton presents his compliments to the Editor
of the Liverpool Standard, and will feel obliged byhis insertion
of the following letter, which was addressed to a clergyman in
this town :

Colonial Church and School Society, 4, Sergeant's Inn,
Fleet-street, London, May 26, 1853.

REV. AND DEAR SIR,—My attention has been directed to
your letter of the 20th instant, respecting this society, in
which you advert to subjects of importance. Upon these lam
happy to offer such explanations as are demanded by the cir-
cumstances of the case.

By your first statement, that whenever its constitution is
parallelised to that of the Church Missionary or the Church
Pastoral Aid Societies, you will be glad to give your adherence
to it, I have been induced to institute a comparison between
the several constitutions of the three, and have been led to the
following conclusions :-
1. That each of them is under the direction of a committee
similarily constituted and annually elected.
2. That the agents and committee of each must alike be
members of the united Church of England and Ireland.
3. That the grants of each, as a voluntary society, are neces-
sarily annual, and that the appointment, suspension, and field
of labour of all the agents rest with the respective committees
alike.

4. That the clergy employed are subject to the ecclesiastical
jurisdiction of their diocesans similarly in the case of each.
5. That the affairs of the Church Missionary Society are
conducted abroad by missionary committees, and those of the
Colonial Church and School Society by corresponding commit-
tees with similar functions, and under the presidency of the
respective colonial bishops, if so disposed.
The constitution, principles, and practice of the three may
therefore be considered analogous, if not identical—as well
ecclesiastically as in other respects; and I believe that I should
be at a loss to conceive in what particular this society would
be affected if it exchanged committee with either of the others,
or wherein the committees would discover diversity of prin-
ciples and contrariety of action. As an evidence of this may
be adduced the gratifying circumstance that of the patrons of
the Church Missionary Society, twenty-seven, and those of the
Pastoral Aid Society, twenty-two, are found patronizing also
the Colonia► Church and School Society as vice-presidents, or
otherwise befriending it; and that seven lay members of this
committee are also active members of the committee of the
Church Missionary Society or the Church Pastoral Aid Society.
And when the jealous care which the Christian laity exercise
in the selection of the societies they patronize is taken into
account, this fact is worthy of notice as evincing that our
friends regard these three as kindred societies when they con-
sent to act simultaneously on their several committees.

Your second remark that, "as at present advised, you believe
our society is not entitled to your support as a Churchman, its
doctrinal basis being far narrower than that of the Church, and
the just rights of the bishops being insufficiently recognised, if
not positively ignored," is partly anticipated and, I trust, in great
measure answered, in the foregoing explanations : for if you
can, unreservedly, advocate the claims of the other societies,
the analogy of their constitution, principles, and practice, with
those of this society, will inevitably lead you, if otherwise dis.
posed, to award an equal measure of support to this society
also. But as an additional justification of the society, it may
be alleged that whatever may have been the estimation in which

it was formerly held, when three bishops alone appeared in the
list of its vice-presidents, so lately even as 1850—it now enjoys
the patronage of her Majesty the Queen, of the two archbishops,
and of thirteen other bishops, chiefly colonial, who, in their
official character, are more immediately brought into connec-
tion with it. And as to its doctrinal basis, it is undoubtedly
of the same distinctive character as that of the other two, viz.,
Protestant and Evangelical. In this respect they are all, in my
humble judgment, completely identical.

But as the testimony of others may have more weight than
the mere arguments of one who is, as it were, advocating his
own cause, I have much gratification in requesting your candid
consideration of the sentiments of those who are most entitled
to be listened to with the utmost respect, and whose opinions
are not lightly given on such subjects as these.
The Archbishop of Canterbury having examined the consti-
tution of this society, gave his hearty adherence to it; and in
writing to the Bishop of Montreal, last year, "expressed de-
cidedly his own individual approval of the constitution and
principles of the society." The Bishop of Calcutta, in like
manner, in a letter dated May 26, 1852, wrote :—" The con-
stitution of your united society meets my full approbation ;"
and again, Oct. 5, 1852, "The principles of your society are
warmly approved of by us, and we humbly hope that the Divine
blessing will prosper the attempt to carry them out in this vast
metropolis." The Bishop of Bombay, who, while Rector of
St. Ann's, Blackfriars, was a valuable member of the commit-
tee, was pleased thus to write on the 13th Oct., 1553:—" It is a
pleasure to me to write to you, as it revives very happy recol-
lections in my mind of those operations in which you and other
friends are engaged, and in which I was once permitted to
work with them. The blessing of Heaven rest abundantly on
your society and all who take part in it !"

Other bishops have borne similar testimony to the value of
the society in general—involving, of course, an approval of its
principles and constitution. Thus the Bishop of Madras—" It
is impossible to look at the usefulness of your minister already
occupying the important post on the Mount-road, &c., without
my heart being filled with gratitude to Almighty God for raising
in my diocese such a society; and I earnestly pray that you
may meet with such success throughout England as the great
and increasing claims upon you will require. I again thank
you for the help you are rendering to this diocese, and beg to
assure you that it is help that will be productive of much fruit.
May God return it a hundredfold to your society !"

The Bishop of Rupert's Land :—" I feel glad that the two
societies are now united. You have my best wishes and prayers
that the Divine blessing may be with you in your work and
labour of love. You may use my name in any way as among
the well-wishers and patrons of the society."

The Bishop of Victoria, Hong Kong :—" I feel bound, from a
sense of the deepest gratitude, to support a society which has
so well sustained my efforts in China. I thank God that there
is such a society as this. I thank God for the success which
has attended it, and I feel bound to support it. This society I

regard as intimately related to the Church Missionary Society.
Many of the committee of the one are also members of the
other, and their high and holy principles are identical."
Hoping that, if your difficulties have been rightly understood,
and in any degree removed, you `•ill pardon me for intruding
upon you at such length, and be enabled to feel that the society
is entitled to your support as a Churchman—that it pays due
respect to the office and rights of bishops—and that its doc-
trinal basis is in strict accordance with that of the Church of
England,—l am, rev. and dear Sir, faithfully yours,
(Signed) MESAC THOMAS, Secretary.