The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1841-08-27 00:00:00

OPENING OF A NEW ORGAN,

ON SUNDAY NEXT, the 29th ins nt, TWO SER-
MONS will be Preached in ST. BA HOLOMEITS
CHURCH, Nailor-street ; the one in )e Morning by the
Rev. AUGUSTUS CAMPBELL, A ~ Rector of Liver-
pool, and that in the Evening by the Rev. THOMAS TAT-
TERSHALL, D.D., Incumbent of St. Augustine's.

After each Bermon a Collection will be made to defray the
expense of the Organ.

Divine Service will commence in the Morning at Half-past
Ten, and in the Evening at Half-past Six.
*** There will be a Selection of Appropriate Music.

ZOOLOGICAL GARDENS

THE GRAND FETE will take place TH EVENING,
(Friday,) the 27th instant.

The Professor will commence, at Six o' ck, the interest-
ing Display of the Dissolving Biscenasc e, or Diorama of
Shadows, displaying beautiful and corr ct delineations of
remarkable and picturesque Scenery, Illuminated by the
Konephostic Light. Change of Views each Exhibition.

THE STORNIING OF ST. JEAN D'ACRE,
SPRINGING OF MAGAZINE. AND

GRAND TABLEUX OF VICTORY

ADMITTANCE, is.
Firing to commence at Eight o'clock

The fine Brass Ba;(1 will be in attendance.

EDUCATION FOR THE HIGHER CLAS SOF
SOCIETY,
_AT WOODSIDE, NEAR LIVERP OL.

A/1-R. DU PUGET, a P;ipil of tlieceiel:Trat iestalozzi,
and late Head Master of the Institut' n for Deaf and
Dumb Children, near Birmingham, h PENED, this
month, ON HIS OWN ACCOUNT, a SEM ARY for a num-
ber of Pupils, limited to twenty. He u ertakes to prepare
boys for the Public Schools and Univer. ties, and continues
to give a complete Course of Education to Deaf and Dumb
Children of the higher ranks only.

Parents who will avail themselves of his long experience,
of thirty years, to educate their children, will be furnished
with cards and references by addressing their applications to
Louis ALBERT DU PUGET, 33, Hamilton-square, Woodside,
Cheshire.

CHURCH PASTORAL-AID SOCIETY,
Instituted 19th
,of February, 1836.
VICE-PATRONS.
The Right Rev. the LORD Bisnor of WINCHEST
The Right Rev. the LORD BISHOP of BATH an ELLS
The Right Rev. the LORD Bisnor of LLAND F.
The Right Rev. the LORD Bisnoi, of CHES R.
The Right Rev. the LORD .BISHOP of CHI ESTER.
The Right Rev. the LORD BISHOP of RIP N.
The Right Rev. the LORD BISHOP of N wicn.
The Right Rev. the LORD BISHOP of ERBOROUGII.
The Right Rev. the LORD BISHOP of ICHFIELD.
The Right Rev. the LORD BISHOP of ORCESTER.
The Right Rev. the LORD BISHOP of Sonoa and MAN.
The Most Noble the MARQUIS of CHOLMONDELEY.
The Right Hon. the EARL of CHICHESTER.
The Right Hon. the EARL of HARROWBY.
The Right Hon. LORD CALTHORPE.
The Right Hon. LORD BARHAM.
The Right Hon. LORD BEXLEY.
The Right Hon. LORD FEVERSHAM.

PRESIDENT.
The Right Hon. LORD ASHLEY, M.P

THE Annual Report of the Society has just been published,
and contains much interesting information respecting
the spiritual statistics of the country, and the progress and
operations of the Society ; but it will he seen by the state-
ments there made, that the Society is still unable to extend
its operations in consequence of the insufficiency of its pecu-
niary resources.

Within the last few months no less than 40 applications
For assistance, and many of them of a painfully urgent na-
ture, have on this ground alone been declined by the Corn
mittee.

The following are almost the last two cases in which aid
has been granted by the Society, viz.:—First, £lOO for a
curate to the incumbent of a very extensive parish in the
mining district of South Wales, containing a population of
19,00esouls, with only one church and minister, and the
income under £2OO per annum. The object of the grant
was to provide Sunday services in a licensed school-room,
cottage lectures, and increased pastoral visitation.

Second, £9O for a curate to the incumbent of an extensive
manufacturing parish, with a population of 15,000, with one
church and minister, who was upwards of 77 years of age,
with an income of about £2OO per annum. The object of
the grant was for additional services in the church, and for
week-day lectures in the hamlets, of which there were no
less than ten in number.

Notwithstanding the low state of the Society's funds, the
Committee could not but lend assistance in cases of so dis-
tressing a nature, relying on the Christian sympathy and
support of the friends of the Society.
The report may be obtained at the Chambers of the So-
ciety, and at the following booksellers', :—Hatchard's,
Piccadilly ; Seeley's, Fleet-street ; Nisbet's, Berners. street ;
Burns, Portman-street; and Jackson's, Islington-green.
Contributions may be remitted through any country bank-
ers, who should be requested to desire their London corre-
spondents to credit the same to " Messrs. Williams, Dea-
con, Labouchere, Thornton, and Co., Bankers for the
Church Pastoral-Aid Society." The Secretaries to be in-
formed by the first post of the amount, with the names of
the contributors, and of the firms through which the remit-
tance is made.

Subscriptions of any amount will be thankfully received in
London by the Treasurer, Committee, or Secretaries ; also
at the banking-houses of Messrs. Williams, Deacon, and
Co., Birchin-lane ; and of Messrs. Herries, Farquhar, and
Co., St. James's-street; and by Messrs. Seeley, Hatchard,
and Nisbet, booksellers. It is requested that communica-
tions may be directed to " The Secretaries of the Church
Pastoral-Aid Society, Temple Chambers, Falcon-court,
Fleet-street."

ELLIS B. WERE, M.A., Secretary
Temple Chambers, Aug. 9.

SH EFFIE LD , ASHTON-UNDER-LYNE, AND
MANCHESTER RAILWAY.--"Report of the iDi-
rectors to the Shareholders in the ab e undertaking, sub-
mitted to a GENERAL MEETIN of Proprietors at the
Cutler's-ball in Sheffield, on the 23 day of August, 1841 ;
JOHN PARKER, Esq., .P., in the Chair.

The directors have to cOngrai I e the shareholders, that,
during the last half-year, the w • s along the line of railway
I
between Manchester and Gloss have been proceeding with
great vigour, and they are now arrived at a very advanced
state : a detail of them will be given by the engineer.
It being the intention of the directors, as stated by them
in their last report, to open, in the first instance, that portion
of the line extending from Manchester to the Mottram and
Hyde Turnpike Road, they have directed the engineer to
urge on the works on that part of the line, with all the expe-
dition the nature of them will admit of; but, as the two
most difficult parts (the Ardwick and Tame Valley embank-
ments) consist of long embankments, the material to com-
pose which had to be brought a long distance, the works of
these parts have occupied a considerable time, as only a
limited number of men could be employed at once; nut. Cue
difficulties have been greatly obviated, by employing relays
of men night and day.
Th. time originally fixod for oponing the above portion of
the line, was in September next ' • and the directors are happy
to say, that that period will not be much exceeded, although
nearly a month in the latter end of June and beginning of
July was lost, in consequence of serious quarrels between the
English and Irish labourers, the elections, which attracted
the attention of the workmen, and the continued bad weather
about that period.
Considerable difficulty having arisen in obtaining posses-
sion of the land, on which to place the piers of the Etherow
Viaduct, the directors have been under the necessity of sus-
pending operations until the matters requiring adjustment
were finally settled ; but this difficulty, they are now happy
to say, has been overcome.

The. directors, at the recommendation of the engineer, have
ordered engines of a powerful description, which are con-
tracted to be ready for delivery on the line on the Ist of Sep-
tember; they have also ordered first-class carriages, similar
to those on the Grand Junction Railway ; second-class, simi-
lar to those on the Glasgow and Greenock Line ; and third-
class, much of the same kind as those used on the Manches-
ter and Birmingham Railway ; and the whole of the carriages
are contracted to be finished and delivered at the same period
as the engines.

The.diFectop have to regret, that they have bad great diffi-
culty m obtaining the payment of calls, and have, conse-
quently, in several instances, though with great reluctance,
been compelled to resort to legal measures in order to obtain
payment. _

- During the past half-year, the directors have found it re-
quisite to make a call of £lO per share, payable in May last,
and another of £7 10s. per share, payable on the Ist of
September next.

After a careful revision of the share list, the directors have
concluded to recommend 466 shares for forfeiture, and, hav-
ing taken the preliminary steps required by the act, now
submit the same to the proprietors for confirmation. The
amount paid up on these shares average £9 10s. 60. per
share.
In the present depressed state of trade, the directors have
been anxious to relieve the shareholders as much as possible,
and have concluded to open the railway, in the first instance,
with a single line of rails only, (although the railway will be,
in all other respects, finished for a double one,) and have
made such arrangements for temporary stations as will be
sufficient for the accommodation of the public,—due regard
being had to economy, consistent with the interests of the
undertaking. They have also made arrangements for rent-
ing from the Manchester and Birmingham Company, a por-
tion of the station, offices, and warehouses now in the course
of erection at the Manchester terminus, near Bank Top,
which arrangements will be to the interests of both compa-
nies, and a great accommodation to the public.
The sites fixed upon for stations are as follow :—Fairfield
Station at the head of Gorton Reservoir; Ashton Station at
Guide Bridge ; Dukinfield Station at Dog Lane, Dakinfield
Hall ; Newton and Hyde Station at Newton Green ; Godley