The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1847-05-25 00:00:00

LAW INTELLIGENCE,

IMPORTANT DECISION.—CHILTON V. THE LONDON;
AND CROYDEN RAILWAY COMPANY.—At the Court 01
Exchequer, on Saturday, this case, which is an extremely"
interesting one to all railway travellers, came on for hear-
ing, before the Chief Baron. The plaintiff is the emi-
nent Queen's counsel, who thereby sought to recover
compensation from the defendants for trespass and false
imprisonment. The defendants have justified their con-
duct under a plea which was demurred to, and held bad
by the court in banco on argument, the case now came
before the jury on the plea of " Not guilty." On the
part of the plaintiff it was shown that he
on a certain day as a first-class passenger fromhisYde I
journey
to London, and that having lost his ticket on
been
he had, on the arrival of the train in London,
taken to a station-house by a servant of the company,
himon
had travelled
his refusing to comply with a
full demand
f.re then
fr made
croy
doenny.l,
by the superintendent for the
virtue of an alleged by-law to that effect. After hsviaj
suffered duresse for a few minutes the plaintiff paid the
full fare and brought this action. At the close (018
plaintiff's case, Mr. Kennedy, for the defendants, au'
dressed the jury, admitting that the verdict must go
against his clients, though the jury had not yet been
placed in possession of the full facts of the case. At the,
suggestion of the Chief Baron the gentleman was abolo
to make an apology, but was checked by his client, who
objected on the part of the company to his complianas
with the course proposed. The jury, not being able ft
agree, retired from court to consider their verdict, Ile"'
atter an absence of nearly two hours, returned with a ver-
dict for the plaintiff for £5OO damages.

THE ANTI.STATE CHURCH LEAGUE.-WHAT

ARE ITS OBJECT?

(From the Birmingham Advertiser.)
At the recent sittings of the Anti-State-Church Con"
ference, in London, certain resolutions are reported ta
have been carried, which, when divested of their verbiage
and reduced to simple propositions, are calculated to ea
cite astonishment, if not alarm, in the mind of every one
that values religious peace and national tranquility. 16
these resolutions be translated into practice, and there
will forthwith spring into being an agitation as direful ill
its effects upon personal excellence, as it must' prove in-
jurious to the cause of truth and piety. It is admitting&
great deal, but candour requires it, when we own our in-
dividual belief, that of all conflicts waged among man-
kind, those are the most bitter and most relentless which
affect religion, and the particular mode of its dissemina-
tion and support. There is something in the rights of
conscience which every candid man -will endeavour to
respect ; but there are things attempted under the cloak
of this principle that would make an angel weep. W
admit the right of individuals to select which phase ni;
truth appears most lovely to the heart and intellect,,but if
truth be embraced on its own account without ulterior
motives and sinister designs, the man embracing it will
never seek to destroy the substance, or to enthrone the
semblance in its stead. So much as an exposition of onr
views upon the great questions of faith and government?
which have split the religious family into such innumer
able segments, when if truth were rightly apprehended:
and its influence properly felt and yielded to, the great
circle of religious unity would be restored and perfected-
it
would
o fD
seem,ss
Dissent that w
disdainsevr,
thetirlee somethingpisesoefulpi
ro
religious truth. There is not sufficient of excitement, in
its quiet but onward progress, to satisfy the restless
e
activity and mental inflation of its votaries, and hence the
from
the of their future proceedings has been selected- o"
the condemned and rejected armoury of the Anti-Corn
Law League. A fund of £50,000 is forthwith to be
principles the
o
genius
r
raised, although the charitable institutions of their cony
munity should suffer in consequence ; lecturers are forth'
with to be despatched throughout the length and breadth
of England ; and the sword is never to be sheathed agsA
till the principle of religious endowments be obliterate 7
from the permissive code of Britain, and the Church 0`
of England be for ever separated from the State, of whit
it has so long been the beauty and support ; for a gods
less nation is a nation without hope, and the nation thll
would treat religion as a matter too trivial or too uniol
portant for its rulers to protect, is beyond all remed9.,
But our present purpose is rather to elicit truth Ore
provoke hostility. We really cannot think that th
object implied by the language we have read, has faithibt
presented the intention of the various speakers' mint
If it be so, then, indeed, it is time that Churchmen best
themselves, or their altars will be overthrown, the verse
i rated fabrics of our established religion will be usurped b,
unworthy occupants, and religious anarchy, dower,"
strife, and rampant infidelity, will overspread our land'
We would, therefore, simply ask the Dissenting leadr:j
who have recently conferred together, what are their
,_,P;(j
intentions and purposes ? Are we truly to undersw:4
that the Church is to be bereft of her endowments 11""of
property ?' Is it to be inferred that, because a portieetbs
her temporalities are traceable to a date anterior to
_.,:t?
reforthation, that her possessions are to be defesn,
What is the object of this religious league ? Is 'it ,
tended to divert the funds of the Church from the
poses to which they are now applied ? Is it thought het,
the fabrics of the Church will be better used and it
ter filled when she is no longer able to supPoll4
ministry ? Is it presumed that, because the Church.T
not be loved, or her tenets entertained by every iadill'or
in the State, the legislature will overturn the pious p 0
poses of the benevolent and holy men who from dal e•
day, since the period of the reformation, have. bead 0.;
pending their funds in promoting her efficiency Belt '0
tending her endowments ? What would be thangtoso,
Churchmen if they carried out this principle with ,
that differed from them ? What would then beeo„,,',l
their meeting-houses and their various connexiontt
tli
dowments ? But we cannot think it possible that „of
views we entertain can be an accurate representa_T[A_
the motives of this league. With these doubts 7,40
for information ; we entreat the Dissenters to teb.,;e stew;
they purpose. It is essential for the peace of u.'.10
vvo/
of
dom, and the co-operation of religious men in the Pur
charity and benevolence, that we know at
sonrceelistastireozi
pose of this movement. If the object be
volution, and, if under the mask of extended ret'
Work :11
the Dissenters are about to do, unwittingly,
be compromised, religion dishonoured, and _.,,,, which
rent and Infidels, they may rest assured thtahtteitlretriohn
rent asunder by a commotion more violent than U."
our chequered aunala perpetuate and record•

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