The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1849-10-30 00:00:00

TO %HE RIGHT HON. LORD JOHN RUSSELL.

MY LORD,—As I have not the honour of being per-
sonally known to you, permit me briefly to explain the
relation in which 1 stand to the important question of
Welsh bishops.
Having made the Established Church in Wales my
study through life, I have felt it my duty for the last 20
years to take a prominent part in advocating the claim
..hide it makes to be governed oy Weiso oiSnopS, and to
a thorough reform in the admininistration of its patronage.
I have, therefore, taken opportunities to call together
the Welsh inhabitants of Manchester and Liverpool re-
spectively, in order to consider the propriety of petition-
ing for these measures. The proceedings of the meetings
held in these towns in the year 1837 were not only re-
ported at full length in the local papers, but subsequently
published in a Welsh pamphlet.
The Dissenters, who now constitute the great majority
of the Welsh population both in the Principality and out
of it, entirely concur in the agitation of this subject, not
because they desire to perpetuate the Established Church
in Wales, but simply on the ground of national right—
that so long as there is an Established Church, it ought
to be under the superintendence of bishops who can offi-
ciate in the language of the people.
When the last vacancy in the bishopric of St. David
occurred, the Welshmen of Liverpool appointed a deputa-
tion, of which I had the honour to be a member, to lay
before Lord Melbourne, then at the head of the govern-
ment, their unanimous prayer that a Welshman should
be appointed to the vacant see. And there was great rea-
son to believe that his lordship was not individually un-
willing to concede the claim, but other members of the
government stood in the way.
In repeating now what on that occasion I had the honor
to state, I beg your lordship will understand that I at the
same time give expression to the sentiments and feelings
of the Welsh residents of Liverpool : and the Welsh po-
pulation of Liverpool is not less than 50,000.
The systematic exclusion of Welshmen from the epis-
copal office in their own church and country, is felt by the
Welsh people to be a badge of national degradation ;
whilst the systematic appointment of Englishmen, unac-
quainted with the language of Wales, to the Welsh
bishoprics, is an infliction of great national injustice, inas-
much as from such bishops the country receives no ade-
quate return in the shape of spiritual benefits for the
large revenues which they draw from it.
And, further, we think such exclusion of Welshmen on
the one hand, and such obtrusion of disqualified English-
men on the other, to be entirely uncalled for. The prac-
tice is contrary to all reason ! It is opposed to the letter
and spirit of the Gospel ! It leads to a continual viola-
tion of the 24th Article of the Church on the part of the
Bishops ! and it, therefore, necessarily damages, as it has
already damaged, the character and religion of the Esta-
blished Church in Wales ! _

We, therefore, most respectfully implore your lordship
to counsel her Majesty Queen Victoria to return to the
policy uniformly pursued by Queen Elizabeth of blessed
memory, by appointing some good and patriotic Welsh
clergyman to the ancient See of Llaudaff, now vacant by
the demise of Dr. Copleston.
If you should desire a man of deep piety and parochial
experience, there are a few rectors, vicars, and curates,
in Wales, that answer to that description, upon any one
of whom a mitre would look well. _ _

If you should require a man of sound learning and fer-
vid eloquence, the Principality of Wales abounds with
such men. _ .

But if, in addition to these qualifications, you should
insist on having a man of unfettered mind—of catholic
spirit, and generally concurring in the metwures of hor
Majesty's present government—then let me point to the
Venerable Archdeacon Williams, of Llandovery, late
rector of the Edinburgh Academy—a Welshman by birth
—a patriot in heart and practice—a giant in intellect—the
greatest Greek, Latin, and Celtic scholar of the age—a
goad orator—a writer of e3tablished reputation—and the
author of the cleverest Treatise on " Gon's LAws versus
CORN LAWS" that ever was penned. I send your lordship
a copy of it. Nevertheless, we beg to leave your lordship
entirely free to make your own choice of the future
Welsh Bishop of Llandaff.
I have the honour to be, my lord, your lordship's most
obedient and very humble servant,
DAVID JAMES.
Kirkdale, Liverpool, Oct. 26, 1849.

LORD ASHLEY AND THE WORKING CLASSES.

Lord Ashley, who never loses an opportunity of doing
all in his power to promote the real interests and comfort
of the working classes, has addressed a letter to the
Times, on the subject of the improvement of their dwell-
ings. We make the following extracts
"Regarded physically or morally, it is an indispensable pre-
liminary to all improvements that they (the working classes)
should possess within their dwellings whatever is required for
cleanliness and decency. * * A very large proportion of the
pauperism of the country, with its appalling train of debilitate()
frames, widows, and orphans, is the result of the sanatory con-
dition to which our neglect has abandoned such vast multi-
tudes. As for the moral mischiefs, their name is Legion. I
can call to witness, I am sure, every minister of religion, the
Scripture readers, the city missionaries, the district visitors.
They will concur with me in declaring that to aim at the spiri-
tual improvement of the fetid swarms that, without either the
practice or the possibility of decency—without limitation of
age, sex, or numbers, crowd the stinking apartments of the
hates, courts, and alleys of this great metropolis, is a vain and
fruitless effort. The work, too, of education is altogether baf-
fled ; for the child, returning to these abodes of promiscuous
and animal life, unlearns in a single hour the lessons of an en-
tire day. * * * It is well worthy of remark that, while the
cholera was ravaging, to a frightful extent, the filthy and over-
crowded receptacles, the new-fashioned lodging-houses we. e al-
together spared. In all the establishments belonging to the
Labourers' Friend Society there was not one case of cholera
and two only of diarrhoea, which speedily yielded to medical
treatment. * * The establishment of baths and washhouses
is an indispensable part of any system for improving the do-
mestic condition of the poor. * * If any one doubt it, let
him perambulate the streets and alleys, penetrate the courts,
dive into the cellars, and climb into the garrets, the swarming
nests of filth And Anse; y, and he will then admit the truth of

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obeltlf
this assertion. He may find some houses, perhIVIA ifiAl
laborious, scanty, and imperfect washing is cannqn-tspl'i:
only apartment tenanted by the whole family. 'OOO4
arises here, for hundreds of instances mac be rec. 4fot',,
which the husbands, to avoid the disorder and dise;the 1,4'0
their homes, have become the habitual frequenters o,isholl,
house. * * * The success of the admirable estallst.
in Goulston-street, Euston-square, and the parish °f Fuel' fjoi
tin. has manifested, beyond a doubt, the adaptation
rangernents to the welfare of the people, and the
the times. The truth is, that all these provisions sh(wigedr.,;,.
forward form a part of our normal state, and become atedmit,
ble items of our parochial system. It has been estity,e rest,.
on an average, the working man loses by sickness (IS,cs of
in most instances, of his noisome abode) about 30 I.nd
tf
• roveu,
bour in each year. Suppose his condition imP
lose but ten, the savings on the 20, in time and me „ inco%,
be calculated as much at least as to be worth ;
derable sum in the minute details of lOs. a-week., ,
pecuniary benefit of the washhouses to the labottriVlot,
still greater. A woman may now, by the excellt:o' 005
ments of these institutions do for herself and family'.6 hoc
hours and a half, and with,the outlay of a few penceqholo‘r,
as (badly done after all) would have occupied, in hero's dioe,
the better part of two days, amidst neglected children,
dered household, and the pestiferous exhalations Trus tOt'
And a JO
hung to be dried in the common apartment. ,oe
financial effects, some bons wives of this class inoorOc'e
that they calculated the reduction on the actual sutuf the -
assigned to washing expenses (omitting the value o
_one
saved) to be no less than 75 per cent., and in some Di
even more."

NEGOCTATIONS AND PROCEEDINGS RED
TIVE TO THE PIKE SCHEME.

REPORT:ON THE GLASGOW CONTRACTS' Of
We stated in our last publication that Mr. :Se '!'13103
the borough engineer, at the request of the Counonne to
Mr. Haigh, at the request of the parish, had menu
Glasgow, for the purpose of effecting some arrang.4o
or compromise, with the several houses there, the
contracts for the supply of cast-iron pipes to cancgoigb,
water from Rivington had been accepted. llr. Water
on his return, presented a report to the Parochial A litr•
Committee, explaining the manner in which he o'o4
Newlands had 'proceeded, in order to obtain tbre„rtber
favourable. terms, either fer the postponement of
of the
casting of the pipes, or the entire abandonnientj3fit;
contracts. These gentlemen appear to have act gilt,
much tact and discretion in this matter • and the retro°,
after various interviews between them' and the C°l`,,
tors, as well as correspondence, is quite as satisfaa';.ere
could be expected under the circumstances. Thereic cer'
four founders (or firms) who had engaged to OPP"' bare
tam quantities of the piping, and three of 60%0)5,
named sums for suspension of casting for terms of de
to or for total abandonment ; the fourth has, as yet, ""
to return an answer.
The following is the gist of the report : r Wee
Ist. Terms on which the casting will he suspended in
months :
Messrs. Goldie and C 0...
Messrs. Neilson and Co..
London Vulcan Company
Messrs. Stewart and Co

£2400
1020
3300
390 , KOO,
fOO
2nd. Terms on which the casting will be suspende
months:—
Messrs. Goldie and C 0...
Messrs. Neilson and Co..
Londo i Vulcan Company
Messrs. Stewart and Co,

.€4200
3f,20
No reply.
6900i14,7'20
And if the London Vulcan Company be added, 5,915
supposing their rate to be similar to the others
'MA 6.9
DO'
3rd. Terms on which the contracts will be altogether
Boned:— • 750
Messrs. Goldie and Co
This firm has 609 tons still to cast. Their terms for dijogei•
nuilig were, on the former occasion, .€7OOO ; their prese
is, therefore' .€2250 under the former. j 3040
Messrs.Neilsoncastd an Co
This firm has only 100 tons, and, consequently,. „
,yresent
tons to cast. Their former offer was .€4300 ; their Y
m
offer is, therefore, .€l2OO under the forer. Oat"
These offers, respectively, include all claims of conVe
for the previous susension of the work. •
Messrs. Stewart and Co.'s, proposed to be arbitrate
The London Vulcan Co.'s, proposed to be arbitrat;r
The total cost, therefore, of suspending the works i,00,4
months will be £11,500, while the probable cost of
ment, taking the compensation of Messrs. Stewart and
athtieonL,ounliolnneVll2c472BC7o.. at Messrs. Cochrane and Slade '
oe
entertain Should
ni to
doubt
oe determinednbtbut
that nowte
wtooarbkanwdoonnidthnee croe nctorriatctireti'c, troc;
for, within six months, at a less price. One of the Prba,lo
deed, declared himself willing to undertake the whole
of the contract at les. per ton under the present prices.
weva
The Parochial Water Committee strongly reo3n3ii(
the abandonment of the works, the total cost ft.
will he little under £50,000. The contractors P1.,3 the
appears, incurred an expense of 103. per ton _°llsoll,
" plant" necessary for making pipes of so ull,ingto"
large a bore ; and in the event of our going to F." con'
at last, they would have an advantage over ricit
tractors to the extent of £12,000.

REPORT OE THE SPECIAL WATER COMMII.IIIS' „ Of
• rot"
This Report, signed by Mr. George Holt, Cliair g 1
the Committee, and dated 25th inst., was pubut,"" the
the local journals of Saturday. The following '—
principal heads of this document : Nratel
The committee was appointed to confer with theyne
Committee by the pa rishioners and conferred accorl;'etoff
in order to ascertain whether an arrangement satisia•Ciells
to all parties could be effected. Various pro Pol
were submitted to the Parochial Committee, ne,heor
Water Committee are happy to announce tben.,t;
rangement so much desired has been effected. -I."
lowing are the heads in brief.
it-naa-tFeein urgueu umween cue LWOGOIIIIIIILWq.
the'
That two civil engineers of the highest eminence in ue'
profession, shall be appointed, to whom the
tion shall be referred, under instructions to be Preero
by the Town-clerk, and the Law-clerk of the P3r.„o
Committee, such instructions to give full discrettpce,
the arbitrators to enquire into all the cirouto7te
attending the Pike scheme—to inquire into the °.;
the existing mains, pipes, &c.—to test the caribuiter
the local supply—including the supply of salt w,asepplij
the streets and sewers and baths—and the genera, 011,,
present and prospective, for all trading purpose',:
001
to report upon the same to the Council ; and aT .1 tif',`,
recommended by them to the Council to be out
conclusive, and the basis of an act for carrying t'th tPO
same. The engineers are to be unconnected i'l;a
locality, and men who have not hitherto report f
or given evidence as to our water supply. One (30ittee;
to be nominated to the Council by the one colv tel
and the other by the others, and both to be aPP°ir) bef?
the Council with the full powers stated. The tivotreptie!
commencing the investigation, are to appoint an utbeTa
to be consulted in case of any difference betweennori,
and the two, and the umpire if referred to, sererer Cr'
the Council. In accordance with this the
fir
ii
mittee recommend Mr. Fairbairn, C.E., as theirba
tor. io ,De
2. That application be made to Parliamen" for
ensuing Session, for an act to extend the tiwe,.ks, She
compulsory taking of land for the Rivington W°..; q
for all necessary powers for extending and irnion,„?,:c°,o,
street pipage and means of distribution, &c. k"jog'
whole clorj
mittee will co-operate with the Council in obtain te
oP act. eip
°
3. The Parochial Committee also engage to co, liPh
eA
in raising the necessary funds for discharging "To the
ties, including the expenses of the arbitration. eto
arrangements to be entered into with referenctes:„J
Rivington Works. The document thus terroill,dec
" In conclusion, though this committee had alreauiet'rt
that they had not seen any reason to doubt the corr„rie
the views entertained by the Council as to the Pr"er to 4'
continuing the Rivington Works, yet, in defereo4e reeelor
opinion expressed at public meetings, your Coniroi`os
mend the Council to confirm and sanction the Pr'rovvool;
rangements, which will secure a calm and deliberstnitY.,.
tion of a question so vitally important to the cora„n2:ol%
it is hoped, be the means of allaying the angry '",
has, unfortunately, been engendered in its discussi°'

STATISTICS OF THE TIMBER Tll4 131:01,c);";
The monthly circular of Messrs. A. F. and m; 01" if
of this town, just published, affords us son, of tifr
statistics with respect to this important brah,c,,hillssi
coerce. Since the 26th of January, to the 2('''
we have had 287 vessels, 162,038 tons burth,i fey,'
laden, from British North America, against 2'1041 e
142,559 tons burthen, during the same period e oe10;
The quantities of timber imported in them Vag, 4fis•,'
Pine, 80,401 logs ; Red Pine, 4,631 logs ggeolef j9:4
Elm, 3,517 ; Ash, 4 ; Hardwood, 12,096 ; mirbigof
1,532,188 pieces ; Sleepers, 186,665 pieces. in's(''
considerable increase over last year's importation,
article oxcept Sleepers. The following are the Pr
deer
el
of the past month:— 4 Of 41'
PINE TlMBER.—During the month, eerie to, f,,.
Timber have been sold from the quav;at 131(1_,'
foot, according to size and quality. In like
John Pine has been sold at, for 183 inches aveT.,
for 19y inches. at 190. ; for 184 inches, 18 pc!
inches, 181 d. ; and for 181 inches, at 17lea
Owing to the excessive import, prices have re`'" r
Id. per foot during the month. leiott,i'
RED PlNE.—Quebec has been sold at 104 A. to tee.f
foot, as in quality ; from other ports no sales 0100
QUEBEC OAR has been disposed of at 19a*„.elle th
foot, in the cargo ; much depending on the AV 14
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lity. ia°ril
ELM AND ASEL—The former brings 15d. aa
cargo ;of the latter there is little iroP° irci?
wanted. Iheeeo goo
HARDWOOD.—The demand in a great ttfolopi
plied for present requirements, and consecleeo
rule lower. St. John, with cargo, has 1)0904' 4;
to 15d. per foot ; and several small cargoes )1F
at IM. to 15d. foot according to qualit9;4 to 01
QUEBEC DEALS, with cargo, are sold at "vibefto,'
and £7 10s. per standard—the latter Printolp
with 2d quality. Good seconds are wort' f
to £lO per standard. r S 5
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N.B. AND N.S. PINE AND SPRLIC. ",,t, .9 rjf
greater portion of the import of this Tnoe'rolile.iclerf,
of yarding on importers' account, the gen,,e,. &elf. (
being that the stock of Spruce Deals will Tito
short of the usual quantity at the end of 1. ,P
latest sales of St. John, separate from corg°' cr
standard for fair quality. Ito° el
LATHWOOD is in demand, and sepal' •tr
Hemlock is worth £4 per fathom ; with the
40s. er ,
fathom.
ti)
RApILWAY SLEEPERS•—The demand tre ofhew,
and late arrivals have been yarded on ace°••th l"
, porters—the market is completely overrun cvliarge,l9ll7
no buyers at present.
FromBlAy Etgh.e—l'h northimporte of
of February, 45 vessels, 11,630 tons, a-- anise
21,166 tons last year. The demand for toe)
is quoted at 14d. to 141-d. per foot fronlny. to,
' middling, 151 d. to 17d., and Crown 17 •and
very limited at present. and prices low. Co.hele
Petersburg Red Deals, £l2 to £l2 106'
EuroofpSetwaveeisialviaes
ilbsedlling:to6e.:B4
£9 ss. to £lO per standard.

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