The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1848-05-16 00:00:00

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ure
ell s
e Est
field
de
wpehremreissitiohnastostinheeem n,
Mr. Innes, who became the pastor of this congreg!,, ri
whose death is openly charged upon the Degto h naffs nor)
a meeting held in Edinburgh, the Rev. Dr. B'e
that "he recollected the Rev. Mr. Innes as rot I,l3v4lttitr
their most robust vigorous ministers." be it ? 'eqerat
stood. In inreferencethe w
the Rev. Doctor had frequent opportunities of lohl of the best urn
the state of Mr. limes' health, as they were f0r50,01504. tiezt,4
tl
as to Seaoid I
members of the same presbytry. Now,
vigorous health," it was well known to every ZstausttLr
of the Rev. Mr. Innes that for some time pre i°-',l, rqahle'
ever after he became a licentiate of the Free Chleurrol ;eilltei. I
health was very delic ite, and that he frequentlY, °sot clitiofl;
the censure of his friends for his imprudent exertion Doe' ,stdenius'
at Porttiockie, (the charge he held before he carnet:lon ac' prep:
bie,) and which he was understood to have resigne_ ht3o
count of its exposed situation being injurious to his "00l they huff
When he came to Canobie it was evident to the nost d 11(41,10
observer that he was in a declining state of health's; !!hiiee:h
not the slightest appearance of ever having been °toe° eirdi "
The Rev. Dr. Candlish stated his conviction " t tbe ,Thep3rer
life of their departed brother had fallen a sacrineetnbesh trid yet a..
persecution which the congregation had been mode ;il, kt of 6„s"
but urged upon his hearers to return good for to liPoPhatitl:
striving to keep an evangelical minister in, thee, :roll ,Pteer,'
endeavour to save the nobility from the fruit weotioo 'operap
persecution by aiming at giving them a good rhP.Btbe,,s; „Il* 84-
instead of one allowed to sink into the dregs °J,::l),st JP*
ism." The Rev. Doctor, by implication, asset"' tnClik' Cr'
Nei
Rev. Mr. Donaldson, parish minister, is 'not es,,ai;co„o'
and that he utterly neglects his sacred trust. „''-stte L'eviag
duct of his parishioners towards him also.powerfu'
their dissent to such a charge.f The statement o Oil ,‘lterjtv
plies that the people were previous to the labolostveil
Free Church ministers steeped in the dregs °flea cud app;
and would, on his withdrawal, return to that
, 1„1.4 treat
an imputation is, however, far from being warratiradoc. °Perati
people were, till disturbed by these very men nown,eaill'
inghem, a contented, industrious, religious Or jog tab° katt,;''?,,t'cl
living in harmony with each other, and entertojillfolor, tliate;i'l,ll(
pastor, and to their kind-heartzd amiable
warmest feeling of attachment to their old and t"-
Lee
Duke of Buccleugh, and with few exceptions they e°,° Dot' ih° eyes
to bear that character and to entertain those feeling' 41`)ne eye
withstanding the efforts made to alienate them.
That very concentration ofall Christian virtu", Which Or(
the pa dig
Rev. Mr. " Tweedie, declared that he knew of I,°,,bei thate
to the persecution which they had just heard rela"„A
cept in Tahiti or Madagascar." Fortunately, th "I' 'it'e tZit
latidlo 600 , so,
for which he requires to travel so far exists onlY,.:00 th:ltle sari
relation, not the fact. in the evidence taken bie'f" other,; li
sites committee of the House of Commons, the thee
taAricnhnthgardut.
dismissed
nlhic
minndi eniyissdsocsenftadaotnthstoeuekbdcm:
hietohis
%swnite,
etrhorlne,fi
secat aeeersna
aynr-pngacolesilvort
instance
enstetinviaaetndpawcl
sleaue
cyrokoefe'
oti
rry!et: arts „{tors
e
belonging to that church. Who better able or °JO': Kr,rYint
blienegnteoahuaseveefexepoomspeldeitehte?facTthtilsmenvtidheisneweitreneessst, hh:ve be: 74,,
known to Mr. Tweedie. atrY
h Ot4
There is in reality no necessity fora Free Chu rc." iced, tchien!ta)
nobie, the distances to Langholm and Half M0rt9n:0,0,4 tkelt
they alraady have weak and languishing congreg3t'°,:oll°; "4,44',Y
a superr bundance of church accommodation, is 11°' e* the fe
to cause the people any inconvenience. If theY sro the; ''.
mined, however, to have a church of their own, t
explain why, on the Duke of Buccleugh reinsingn
whose estate lies within a short distanc-e
they did not apply Maxwell, Es ot 13,t
nt
who is•favourable to their views ? c
a,
r. the h 4,
The preceding is an unvarnished statement °•,. iilP- 7
which I dare them to bring one proof to contradic`;ctitiotlhi;
then, becomes of the oft repeated charge of Per's`tb, kto
Perhaps they imagine that this perversion ofrillot4llti
bearing of false witness, is justified by the end of.s.teo
be obtained, viz., an act to compel the granting tore 4f
for free churches. A spirit of persecution is utterlYe set.c:„
to the nature of the Duke of •Buccleugh. not I°, 0,(7,(*1
his life justifying such a charge. He is, of courts-fe' el.s,•
of the whole circumstances of this case, and mu-`his reef
with justice, that it is not for the hew °
advantage t
rous tenantry to encourage the location arnol-„aor,°,,bt
men so utterly devoid of the graces that most. - oq,-feo
Christian character—truth and charity. There 'lv)
that there are many devoted, pious ministers ill ,heir
Church who must deeply deplore the conduct of
temperate brethren. oft en'

LIDDESP°

to
to relo'
* One of the Free Church Ministers wished .; tland I)" I
admit ministers of the Established Church of Wit 0
Evangelical Alliance meeting held in this town, -n-y
that he could not recognise them as forming. s ee
the visible Church of Christ. ble P, of
„Ivo wis
f A short while before the split in the church as A 11! acia
of plate was presented to him by his parishioners °
their esteem, to which scarcely a family ill the Pa'
the means, neglected to contribute

TO ALL WHO ATTEND THE MAY 31°1-' GS

kindly'
and Aniged
At a time when the generous sympat-11,1e'0,1 in“-unt,
feelings of the religious world are exereiseatathe iga°trrani-
in various efforts to assist the needy, instru,c;rading to
and free the benighted heathen from the nnefi be alt-0 bt
inels of superstition and idolatry, it maY 7town w"ri-fisel
call attention to the thousands in our nsc.", are 551; rciF,
the mammon-worshipping spirit of the 04' cornrn—
body, soul, and spirit upon the altar of oar „action o;
system by the injurious and unnecessary Pr,°: f ale 13,i0
the hours of business which, absorbing all the e
absolutely required for eating and sleeping' 'd and ,t
opportunity for participating in those services an _Ol
takings which are calculated to keep
God and love to man which so eminently belong 'bell
adorn the Christian character, and mark a human, t,
as destined for some higher and holier purpeo.rae.,f)
merely to work that he may eat and eat that
able to work. e Chrigfei
And surely it is an inquiry worthy of tb 1
public how far the condition of the young peoPl etetor,
in business is favourable or unfavourable to tl:Tir post
interests, and what can be done to place them In of
tion suitable to rational and responsible beings:, Habit alive that z
And when we find that by the present evil r, OP:
"late shopping" the masters are induced to e.te;" &Pail
their shops, and that the assistants are of necessisci of
'.ll
pelled to attend, and that thus both are depriv:folo,oo
opportunity of mental or moral culture, exclude' the
ba
the weekly services of religion, and subjected t,", 10
(
successful temptation to devote the Sabbatb-0' 'tot
recreation which cannot be got at any other tOe'oces
tba
readily perceive what a train of evil conseo.tbot4 deJ
inflicted upon society by a thoughtless habit, wi ers°°,,,eo
slightest real necessity : for could the public bet bw`lloA
to make all their purchases before six o'clock q
uid a col
might be terminated at such an hour as W,°. ,to
tradespeople opportunities for healthful recresil
enjoyment, and intellectual improvement, ill,' !tip
hundreds the privilege they sigh for of label tr,ebtatii
their brethren in the benevolent undertakings () 91)
and who would give new life and vigour to 0",.e tboolddl
Schools arid other institutions by bringing irePte:cd
which is
fervent zeal of youthful piety now. tioa
deadened, and quenched under the withering all
long hours of business.
fancy
Let not this be considered an over-heated o'
exaggerated idea; for although the Tradesine,l"; palecinß
tants have been virtually excluded from t‘,l„, 11,1 V,
Christianity and treated as beasts of ber"—ci sold ad!
neither souls nor sensibility, there are to be foe
those who have shared in the partial irnprove°,,
effected some whose pursuits and capacities gisT,;" s
-
earnest of what might be expected to tilr°`tbercol;:t
responsibility upon aIL-Who neglect to make al°
acquainted with this question, while there are Itr'istl
tinual examples of hopeful and promising you'," f 11°Ol!f
by the demand of business from the hornestee"-upostbelf
prayerful parents, and cast solitary and alone foti, oaf
large towns, who find their energies so taxe I),,,tet
time so completely absorbed in business that °sstia`tO:y
their early habits are abandoned and dissoluteone elf (le:
till they gradually fall into snare after snare t°,,s Orj,tooe,
eternal ruin, the disappointment of the Pare°,ltheritO.
hopes, and the condemnation of all who bay' Wee
what they ought not to have done, or left t
they ought to have done in this matter• kern '!ty
Should this meet the eye of any of the sPeaorttiol, o
forthcoming meetings who will take the ope..ty
urging upon their audiences the Christian °'e,tll
looking upon the things of others they may gay
a good movement, and will abundantly reP•Ol,
gestions of AN ASSISTANT TRAP
Liverpool, May 12, 1848.

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DREADFUL MURDERS NEAR SWANSEA•---1 SC(s°'
e
• ing 1,0
and within a few yards of the public-imusnn ol
Marquis's Arms, kept by David Evan, the %T.- etty);,.o(
Evan, one of the murdered men. A comPart.;ge
of about twenty persons, remained at the ove,
until about one o'clock. About h. lf ast re. itgt
a -p
of Irish " navvies" entered the house. -;-;‘,11
there for about half an hour, during wL)r-to oirof
drank several pints of beer. They entered 0:3 sole/
sation with the deceased John 'Williams, sud b 9 1,
parties, saying that they had been dischsrg in ses. „foi,tt
the contractors at Loughor, and were the% tbeinhel,l;
work. It is said that Williams had promisneot of:et-17
and asked them to visit next morning the,' plies•esWio'
where his contract lay. Soon afterwards it
some words, arising probably from the feeropreito
and antipathy existing between the Irishion rot,
sued between one of the " navvies" an oci‘e;of
Edward Morgan, who was eventually "rjebalice,
One or two other men, who interfered en .ps atIAS
However,
received blows about the head ti.°",:tof .clo%f
However, the injuries they sustained were
character. The scuffle then appears to
aontliertshetTialetftthtehe
whoeunstev;oisuomtherislay.
berthe ~onsidelJohvt''''
of those whoy were in then houyse, ine the sit
deceased, seem to have gone out at,,, 110;ot
buthe majority immediately returned to 1:7 voisili.Eil!lia
Williams and one or two other persons '"osi'
clear how many—being out. A little nude, in,ni 00,i
serving the name of a scuffle, was then niaheoro• JeY,
ag 11. 11 v.
after which a loud cry of " Murder' w 01t
people rushing from the house, John Wei', s, vgh„ sclo
Evan were found lying on the road li,,f
the " navvies" was observed to strike .I°:`,.otlsto i';'
spade. The murderers then made off t,veifortsj 1101)
one or two of the other men wade fain' mess :Matt
them, but with no effect. The suddel,fparillY-0,6
result of the transaction appeared to 'n.tion
The policemen eawre making every oed OL'
murderers, who re severally naTeiliam
Norr -
Michael Leary, Thoma,4 Martin, 1171
John Norris.