The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1848-06-27 00:00:00

Schools

Blue Coat Hospital
Female Orp. Asylum,
Old Church
Hunter-street
St. James'
Welsh Charity
Kverton & Kirkdale ,
Mill-lane
St. Mark's
St. Andrew's
St Paul's
Edge-hill
St. Jude's
St. Augustine's
St. John Baptist's ..
North Ch of England,
South Ditto
St: Bride's
St. Catherine's
St. Luke's

St. Mary's, Kirkdale
Christ Church
All Saints' Church
Mariners'
St. Bartholomew's
St. Clement's, Wind
St. Simon's
St. Barnabas'
St. Silas'
St. Martin-i n-Fields..
St. Thomas's, Tox'th,
St. John' s
W Derby Workhouse,
Liverpool Industrial

THE Two REFORMATIONS.—On Friday evening, a lec-
ture was delivered in St. Mary's National School, Kirk-
dale, by Dr. Serjius Loewe, of the university of Dorpat,
on the first reformation under Luther, and last night a
second lecture on the recent reformation in Germany.
The attendance was highly respectable, and the chair was
taken by the Rev. D. James, who introduced the doctor
in suitable terms. The doctor drew in his opening re-
marks a truthful picture of the deadly effects produced by
Popery, which he said could not be understood in its true
character in this country, where it assumed an aspect
which puts the unwary off his guard. The true features
of Romanism could only be seen by visiting Roman Ca-
tholic countries such as Spain, Italy, Poland, &c. He
then referred to the causes which led to the reformation,
viz., the state of things in the ;church which became the
more oppressive the longer it lasted ; the unlimited power
of the Popes ; the great wealth and extensive landed pos-
sessions of the clergy and monastic orders ; the endless
imposts levied in the name of the church ; the pride and
insolence, coupled with the grossest ignorance of the
clergy and the monks ; their infamies, excesses, and
crimes, &c. The lecturer then went on to notice in
graphic terms many of the superstitions and impostures
of the middle ages and the scenes of wickedness which
took place during the pontificate of Leo. X., whose char-
acter he set before his audience as drawn by a Ro-
mish historian. The impieties and frauds connected
with the sale of indulgences were also narrated, as
proving sufficiently the gross venality of Papal Rome;
these roused the indignation of Martin Luther, whose
mighty spirit broke through the system and worked its
way with every new step to a greater degree of freedom
and independence. The power of his language and ac-
tions produced an electrical effect on the whole of Ger-
many and the civilized world. The doctor then vindicated
the character of Luther from the misrepresentations which
have been urged against him, and placed in their true light
the various occurrences which took place ere the reformers
were freed from the trammels which Popery had laid upon
them. In his second letter the doctor related the im-
portant events which have recently taken place in the
Roman Catholic Church on the continent. The lectures
were listened to with earnest attention. At the close, a
vote of thanks moved by the Rev. D. James, and seconded
by John Walker, Esq., was heartily accorded to the lec-
turer.

TIDE TABLE

MORN. I EVENG.I HOHT. 1 HOLYDAYS, ETC,

Juned h. m. Ih. m. ft. in.
Tuesday.... 27/ 732 8 7 14 6
Wednesday.2B 838 9 9 15 4
Thursday .. 29 937 10 2 16 11
Friday ....30 10 28 10 53 17 11
Saturday .. 111 17 11 41 18 4
Sunday .... 2 - 0 3 18 8 2d Sunday aft Trinity
Monday.... 3 025 046 18 7

LATEST DATES AT LIVERPOOL

Jane 27, 1845.

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The new market at Lytham was vetted on Saturday.
Several children were playing at the! Rochdale Canal,
last week, when one fell in and dragged in his brother,
who bad hold of his hand. They were both drowned.
Several estates were sold at Chester last week, by Messrs.
Churton, at amounts considerably above the valuation.
This is a good sign of improvement.
About one o'clock on Monday morning a fight took
place in the Wallgate, Wigan, which resulted in the death
of a man named Peter Meadows, who is supposed to have
been killed by being brutally kicked on the head.
A fight took place at Runcorn last week'between James
Montgomery and Thomas Stanley, chain cable makers,
which ended in the former's death. A verdict of man-
slaughter has been
,returned against Stanley, and against
another man as abettor.

EXTRAORDINARY CROP OF RYE GRASS.—In a field on
Longton Marsh, Lancashire, belonging to Mr. J. Pye, such
has been the extraordinary yield of the same, that from two
acres of ground, 24 large loads of hay have been taken, the
acres in question being 71 yards to the rod !
THE BOILER EXPLOSION AT PRESTON.—WO regret
to find that three more persons (making seven)" have
perished by this sad calamity. The cause of the accident
appears to have been, the negligence of the engineer in
not properly supplying the boiler with water. At the
inquest a verdict of accidental death was returned.
EMPLOYMENT IN MANCHESTER.—The return up to
Tuesday last is of an unfavourable character, owing pro-
bably to the imperfect resumption of work after the
Whitsuntide holydays. There were 882 fewer hands on
full time, 502 fewer on short time, 1043 more out of em-
ployment.

; - On Thursday week Sir Philip Egerton, Bart.. M.P.,
gave a dinner to the Forest Troop of Cheshire Yeomanry
Cavalry, the command of which he has lately relinquished
to accept promotion in the regiment as Lieutenant-Col.;
Earl Grosvenor, succeeding him as Captain of the Troop.
The scene of the festivity was the Red Lion Inn, at the
rural village of Eaton, near Tarporlev.
Sir George Grey, the Home Secretary, has-intimated
that he can see no sufficient ground to commute the sen-
tence passed on Conolly and O'Brien, for the robbery of
the Rev. Mr. Germon. It is said that the additional
evidence adduced tends to show that the whole four
parties—the two convicted at Chester of the Adlington
murder, and the two convicted at Liverpool of the rob-
bery of Mr. Germon—were closely connected; that they
were all, in fact, concerned in the robbery, and that they
had been co-partners in many daring outrages.
FESTIVAL Al BEESTON CASTLE.—The annual festival,
held on the romantic site of Beeston Castle, took place
on Monday and Tuesday, in aid of the Widows and Or-
phans' Fund, in the Peckforton District of the Manches-
ter Unity of Odd Fellows. About 1500 were present on
Monday, 600 of whom sat down to the tea-tables, which
were arranged in a spacious tent erected for the occasion.
The receipts realised about £l2O. John Tollemache,
Esq., M.P., visited the happy party, and was received
with those demOnstrations of respect which so kind a
landlord and courteous a gentleman justly enjoys among
his tenantry
ENCAMPMENT OF TROOPS AT MANCHESTER.--A novel
sight is to be seen near Manchester—a grand military
encampment on the old race-course at Kersal Moor.
The camp will probably remain on the moor for the sum-
mer. It will consist of the entire strength of the 9th
Regiment, and three companies of the 63rd. There has.
been no military encampment on Kersal Moor since 1814
when the Louth, Royal Buckinghamshire, and Stirling
regiments of militia were concentrated on that ground.
Tents have been sent down from the ordnance stores,
London ; but they will not be pitched until the arrival of
the soldiers, who will immediately on reaching the moor
proceed to make the camp.
The annual meeting of the Salford Protestant Associa-
tion was held on Tuesday week, in the school-room,
Hulme-street. The attendance was numerous. The
chair was taken by the Rev. Hugh Stowell. From the
report which was read, it appears that the association had
distributed 24,000 tracts during the year, and that the
books of the society's library had been more read than in
any preceding year. The chairman addressed the meet-
tng, exhorting his audience to renewed exertions in behalf
of Protestantism, The Rev. J. Currie believed the time
was coming when all true Protestants of every denomina-
tion would be driven together to contend as one man for
the faith once delivered to the saints. When that time
did come, should Protestantism itself be polled, he (Mr.
Currie) would venture to say that there was not a true
Protestant either in Manchester or Salford who would
not vote for the chairman (the Rev. H. Stowell) to be the
leader of the united body. Shortly afterwards the meet-
ing separated.

ROSSALL HALL SCHOOLS,

LAYING THE FIRST STONE OF ARCHBISHOP SUMNER'S

CHAPEL.
On Tuesday last, the annual meeting of the supporters
of the Rossall Hall School was held at that establishment,
near Fleetwood, and the customary distribution of prizes
to the scholars was made. The Lord Bishop of Man-
chester arrived at the Poulton railway station by an early
train, and was there met by the Rev. J. 0. Parr, vicar of
Preston, and the Rev. J. Hull, vicar of Poulton, chair-
man of the Council and Board of Management of the
school, who accompanied him to Rossall Hall, at a short
distance from which a triumphal arch of flowers and ever-
greens had been constructed in honour of the occasion.
There was also a similar arch over the road leading from
the hall to the chapel.

The proceedingsa commenced at twelve o'clock, when a
procession was formed, in which the Bishop, the Masters
and Prefects of the school, the clergy present, the friends
of the school, and the scholars joined, and proceeded to
chapel. Among the clergy and gentry present, besides
those we have named, were the Rev. Dr. Woolley, head
master of the school ; the Rev. Garbutt, the Bishop's
chaplain ; the Revs. Canon Sharpe, Vincent Beechey,
incumbent of Fleetwood : A. Rudd, curate of Fleetwood ;
R. W. Russell, Thornton ; R. B. Robinson, Lytham ;.
L. S. Parsons,. Kirkham ; L. Wood, J. Absolam, J. T.
Preedy, L. W. Jeffrey, S. F. Page, W. M. Farish, W,
Hornby, R. Hornby, E. Girdlestone, J. Clowes, T.
Macicreth, J. S. Master, W. Birley, and others with C.
Royds, Esq. ; R. Ormerod, D. Hornby, T. B. Addison,
and J. Winstanley, Esqrs.
Te Deum having been sung, a Latin oration was de-
livered by the senior prefect, Mr. Sharpe ; and a highly
favourable report was then read by the Rev. A. Day-
man, from the Examiners of the school.
The names selected for prizes :—ln classics, 6th form,
Sharpe ; sth form, Wood ; 4th form, Master and Allen
4th form, lower division, Haliburton ; 3rd form, Cooley ;
lower division, Mandell ; 2nd form, Whyley ; lower
division, Cobb ; first class, Pountney ; lower division,
Baldwin. The Hornby composition prize for a Latin
essay, and the prize for Latin poetry, and also the
Hornby prize for Greek lambic trimeters, was awarded to
Ward. In mathematics, Sharpe, Smethurst, Smith,
Woodhouse, Luard, Cooley, Kerr, and Barber were the
prizemen. _

- The report also awarded the following prizes :—French
Class : sixth form—first prize, Sharpe ; fifth form, C.
Wood and Spencer; fourth form, Broughton and Spencer;,
third form, Evans, Plumtre, and Smethurst;, second form,
Darwin and Grierson ; first form, Irving, Broughton, and,
Holt ; second division, Barber, Maue, and Hopkinson.
German : Brown.

The prizes having been delivered by his Lordship, with
a complimentary address,

The Bishop expressed the satisfaction he derived from
that meeting, from the report which he had heard of the
high character of the school, and from the good conduct
of the scholars.

The procession then again formed, and moved on to the
site of the new church, where, prayers having been
offered, his lordship addressed the assembly around on
the importance of the work in which they were engaged;
and the Rev. St. Vincent Beechey then presented to the
Bishop a handsome silver trowel, bearing a Latin inscrip-
tion, of which the following is a translation
"TO THE HONOUR

OF THE BLESSED AND UNDIVIDED TRINITY,

AND IN ORDER THAT

4 PERPETUAL MEMORY MAY BE PRESERVED

OF THE

KINDNESS, COURTESY, AND WISDOM
WITH WHICH THE MOST REVEREND FATHER IN GOD,
JOHN BIRD SUMNER,
LATELY BISHOP OF CHESTER,
NOW ARCHBISHOP OF CANTERBURY,
PRESIDED OVER
-THE FORMATION AND ESTABLISHING

OF ROSSALL COLLEGI

THE FIRST STONE

OF A COLLEGIATE CHURCH,

TO BE BUILT ON THIS GROUND,

WAS LAID BY THE RIGHT REVEREND

1. P. LEE, D.D., LORD BISHOP OF MANCHESTER,

VISITOR OF THE COLLEGE,
JUNE 20, A.D. 1848."
The foundation stone of the new building was then laid
with the customary formalities by his lordship, and the
procession returned to the chapel, where the annual
meeting, over which the bishop presided, was held.

LIVERPOOL AND BRISTOL.—In the five years ending
1846, the rateable value of property in Liverpool proper
increased 19 per cent. ; whilst that of its out-parishes
analogous to Clifton increased 50 per cent. We may
be permitted to add, from the same authentic source,
that the total increase of rateable valuable property in the
borough of Liverpool during the same period was nearly
£400,000 per annum, which is nearly equal to the rateable
value of the whole of Bristol 11—Bristol Journal.
INDEPENDENT ORDER OF ODD FELLOWS, MANCHES-
TER UNITY.—At the Annual Moveable Committee of
this numerous body, held at Southampton in Whitsun-
week, the office of Deputy Grand Master of the Order
for the ensuing year was conferred upon Mr. Thos. Luff,
of Murray-street, in this town,—an honour justly earned
by his constant and unremitting attention to the interests
of the society in Liverpool. Mr. Richardson, of Cocker-
mouth, was elected the Grand Master ; and Mr. Henry
Ratcliffe, of Manchester, the Corresponding Secretary.
Several important alterations were made in the rules,
tending to improve and strengthen the basis upon which
this institution, now numbering its members by hundreds
of thousands, stands. The next yearly committee will
assemble at Blackburn.

ROMANTIC SIIICIDE.—On Tuesday, an inquest was
held at Tranmere, on view of the body of a young girl,
aged 17, named Emily Kingdon. It appeared that the
deceased had been keeping company with a young man
for some time, contrary to her parents' wishes. On Fri-
day evening, whilst with the young man, she met her
father, who requested her to go home, when she replied
she " would not part from her William." Her father
then left her, supposing that she had gone to her cousin's.
In the morning, deceased returned home, and demanded
her clothes, when her mother told her she was "breaking
their hearts." On this she rushed out of the door and
went into a field, and was not seen alive again. A person
passing through the field saw something floating on a
pond, when the body of the deceased was pulled out.
The jury returned a verdict of found drowned.