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Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1843-03-31 00:00:00

WORK AND LABOUR DONE.

TAYLOR V. HARGREAVISS ANA OTHERS.—The declaration
in this case alleged that the sum claimed by the plaintiff
was due to him for work arid labour done by him for the de-
fendants. Mr. WATSON conducted the ease for the plain-
tiff. and Mr. KNOWLES that of the defendants, who pleaded
that as to £4 4s. which the plaintiff claimed they were not
indebted.

It appeared, on the part of the plaintiff, that be is a black-
sinil,ll residing at Tottington Lower End, near Roehdale, in
this county, and be sought to recover the saw of 4s. per diem
for 21 days, or £4 45., and £2 Ils. for other work done for
the defendants, amounting altogether to .1:6 15s. The de-
fendants John Hargreaves, James Scholefield, John Barlow,
Andrew Taylor, and Benjamin Taylor, were owners of, and
co-partners, in a coal mine near Pottington ' • the last named
defendant had suffered judgment to go by default. The
plaintiff worked there, at his trade, for 21 days, at 4s. a day,
for which the four guineas were claimed; after which, some-
time in 1842, he set up a blacksmith's shop on his own ac-
count, to which the defendants sent the pickaxes, &c. of
their workpeople to be sharpened and repaired, for which the
amount of £2 Ils. was claimed. Mr. Watson strongly com-
plained that the defendants had removed the case out of the
County Court, and brought it to be tried at the assizes, at
great expense and trouble to the plaintiff, who was a poor
man.

On the part of the defendants it was attempted to be
shown that the plaintiff had been discharged by all the de-
fendants except his father, Benjamin Taylor, who, being a
partner, re-engaged him in the face of the express notice to
the plaintiff himself f.om the other partners that he was not
in their service. The ground of defence, therefore, was, that
after notice had been given under those circumstances, the
act of Benjaniin Taylor in re-engaging the plaintiff was not
the act of the other partners who defended this action.
Several witnesses were called in support of the defendant's
case, after which the jury returned a verdict for the plaintiff,
damages £6 3s.
The court adjourned at half-past six till nine o'clock this
morning.

. TILE CAUSE PAPER.
The state of the Cause List. at the rising of the Court
last :light, was as follows :

FIRST LIST.
Plaintiff—Nos. 1,2, 3,4, 5,6, 7, 10, 11, 13, 14, 15, 17,18,
24. 25, 27, 31, 39.
Defendant—Nos, 12, 16, 26.
Juror withdrawn—No. 8.
ithdrawu—Nos. 32, 19.

SECOND LIST.
Withdrawn—Nos. 6, 13, 14, 15, 16, 54, 75, 86

SPECIAL JURY CASES

The following special jury cases, in the first list, have been
fixed :—No. 44, Hoyle v. Howard, will be taken on Wed-
nesday next ; N 0.21, Ferrand and another v. Moore, is fixed
for Thursday ; and No. 9, Farrar v. Deflinne, is fixed for
Friday. In the second list, case No. 10, Taylor v. Ashton
and others, in which Sir William Follett will appear for the
defendants, is fixed for Thursday week. Saturday week was
mentioned as a day likely to suit for the trial of the two
causes, Shorbourne a. Quarme, which were made remanets
at the last assizes; but no day was definitely fixed.

TRIAL OF A. CHARTIST.—At the Leicester assizes on Fri-
day last, Wm. Jones, aged 21, was tried for having used se-
ditious language, and endeavoured to excite the people against
the police and the army. He was found guilty, and sentenced
to six months imprisonment.
STAFFORDSHIRE RIOTERS.—The trial of Cooper and
others, at Stafford, for the part they took in the late riots.
still drags its slow length along, and it is impossible to say
when it will terminate. Shoals of witnesses are daily ar-
riving, whom Cooper examines with tiresome detail, and
many are called to prove what has been already given in evi-
dence many times.
CAMBRIDGE ASSIZES.—BELLAMY tf. TorroN.--This
was an action in which the plaintiff sought to obtain compen-
sation from the hands of the jury for certain libellous ex-
pressions made use of by the defendant concerning him, un-
der the following somewhat novel circumstances :—The de-
fendant is the rector of Meldreth, in this county, but resides
on another living in Essex, in consequence of which it has
always been necessary for him to appoint a curate for the
former piece of preferment. In this capacity the plaintiff
dwelt at Meldreth for two or three years, at the end of which
period his connection with that parish ceased, the defendant
having, as he imagined, reason to object to the inculcation
and introduction by him of those doctrines, forms, and ob-
servances which are commonly known to the world under the
term " Puseyism." Whatever the merits or demerits of the
course adopted by the plaintiff might be in the conscientious
discharge of his parochial duty, and with whatever propriety
he might have conducted himself therein, it certainly did ap-
pear that strife and bickeriugs arose about that period in the
once happy parish, there being two sides to this as well as to
all other questions, whether of fact or faith ; and matters
went so far as that the interference of the diocesan was loudly
called for. Though the plaintiff, us appeared in evidence, did
not take any part in those proceedings, simply contenting him-
self with the establishment of weekly sacraments, and a strict
observance of the saints' days and festivals of the Church,
which many deemed " novelties and papistical practices."
The defendant, in the exercise of his discretion, replaced the
plaintiff by another gentleman of directly opposite views,
whose conduct gave as much offence to the one party in the
parish as had that of the plaintiff to the other. The con-
sequence, therefore, of the change, wss anything but sa-
tisfactory to (the rector, or agreeable to the parish as a
body, and the favourers of Mr. Belany took active steps to
procure his restoration to the post of minister, and unfortu-
nately, though the plaintiff took no share or concern whatever
in the promotion of that object. some kind friend made a
communication to that effect to the rector, who, annoyed at
what he termed " his uncalled for and unclerical interference
with his parish, addressed a letter to a friend of the plaintiff,
wherein occurred the passages out of which this action arose.
having lamented in this letter the distressing discord which
was rending his parish, and his inability to sooth the agitated
minds of his parishioners, the writer proceeded to express
his regret that that difficulty and discord arose from the un-
warrantable interference of the late curate, Mr. Belany, whom
he accused of revisiting the parish under a " Nile spirit of
rancorous revenge," while he further avowed his firm belief
that he was nothing more or less than " a Papist in disguise."
This production was handed about from man to mini among
the plaitiff's friends, and thus by their misjudging zeal the
present truly lamentable appeal to a jury was called into ex-
istence. The defendant having only pleaded the general
issue, and the letter being clearly proved to have emanated
from him, Mr. Serjeant Storks, in a speech of great power,
addressed the jury for the defendant, deeply deprecating such
an exhibition between two clergymen, and submitting to them
that tile letter was no libel at all, but a communication which
the rector was privileged and bound to make to a parishioner
touching the spiritual condition of his preferment •, and se-
condly, that, at all events, if libellous, it was a letter for which
the smallest coin in the realm would be ample compensation.
His Lordship having laid it down to the jury that the letter
was not of that class to which the learned sergeant had sought
to attach it, inasmuch as it reflected upon the conduct and
motives of one who was no longer concerned in the parish,
left it to them to say what damages they would award to the
plaintiff. Verdict for the plaintiff-40s. damages.

ATIILONE ELECTION.—The Dublin Evening Mail says,
that Mr. Ashton Yates is the radical candidate for the bo-
rough of Athlone. This is the gentleman who' some time
since was the priests' representative for county Carlow.

M ULMER, OF AN INFANT.—On the lsth instant, a woman
of the name of Bridget Bullock, at Celbridge,, near Lein-
ster, strangled her new born child and threw it into the river
Liffey. She was found guilty of murder at the coroner's

inquest

ANOTIIHR MADWAN.--A person of the name of M'Cole-
man. whose insane vagaries appear to have fixed upon the
Premier of England, made his appearance on Tuesday in the
Sheriff Clerk's office, at Glasgow. His business, he said, was
to have two clerks to go up with him to Sir Robert Peel on
important business. The poor man talked incoherently on
different subjects with the persons in the office, but always
ended in something about going up to London to Sir Robert.
He insistsd, also, that he was the father of M'Naghten, and
threatened, if his wishes were not complied with, to make
skeletons of all and sundry. He is detained in custody.

ROBBERY IN TIIE BANK OF IRELAND.—A rebberY to
rather a considerable amount was, on Saturday, committed
in the Bank of Ireland—the sufferer, we regret to observe,
being Mr. Jeff:,, of Ilollybrook-park. Mr. Jetrs had been
transacting some business in the cash-office of the hank, and
hadjust deposited his pocket-book, eontaininz a sum of six
illlnd red pounds, in his pocket, when his attention, with that
t
of other persons present. was attracted by the appeat once
one of those extraordinary looking beings, the White
Quakers, who happened to enter at the time. After a few
moments Mr. Jetl's ascertained that his pocket-hook bad been
abstracted by some adroit and successful thief, who contrived
to escape before the loss was discovered.

CHURCH PASTORAL AID SOCIETY

(Abridged frnm the Leeds Lztelligeneer.)

le anniversary

s been celebrated during the present week. Preparatory
ere preached on Sunday last, in the morning at
sod in the evening at St. George's, by

St. Paul's Chun

v. T. Nolan, M.A., of Liverpool;
Vol-ley Church, and in the evening

at Christ Churc

M.A., Secretar

ad Deputation from the Parent Societ

THE ANNUAL MEETINC

of the Association was held in the Music Hall, Albion Street,
on Tuesday evening. There was a highly respectable nudi-
Inn', and amongst those present on the platform were the
following :—The Rev. Dr. Holmes, Rev. NV or. Sinclair,
Rev. T. Nolan, Rev. A. Irwin, Rev. W. Madden, of Wood-
house, near Huddersfield, Rev. E. Cookson, Rev. T. Stur-
geon, Rev. A. Hill, Rev. J. Holroyd, Rev. J. Wolf, Rev.
Pycock, of Morley, Rev. S. Readhead, of Calverley, Rev. A.
Brown, ditto,, Rev. J. Hargrave, liev. T. Davis, of Round-
hay, Rev. J. Ware, of Kirkstall, D. Jenkins, of Pudsey, J.
Holden, A. G. Kinsman, of Gildersome, G. Digby, of liar-
rogete, Wm. Hey, Esq., Montague Baker Bere, Esq., C.
E. Macarthy, John Atkinson, Esq., and several others.
The Rev. Dr. 11 oestes was called to the chair; and at
his request the Rev. E. CooEsos opened the proceedings
with prayer.
The report was read by the Rev. W. Sinclair, the Secre-
tary. The first resolution, that the report be adopted, pro-
posed by the ltev. W. Madden, of Huddersfield, and se-
conded by W. Hey, Esq., was carried unanimously.
The Rey. T. Noreeer, of St. Barnabas, Liverpool, was
next called upon, and spoke nearly as follows :—lt is owing
to my official connexion with this Society, being one of the
secretaries of the Liverpool Association, that I am privi-
leged to form part of the deputation to Leeds, and have the
honour to propose the following resolution :—" That this
meeting desires thankfully to acknowledge the measure of
success with which it has pleased God to bless the labours of
the Society during the past year; and trusts that through
the continuance of the Divine blessing upon its operations,
it may be made instrumental to relieve still further the
spiritual destitution which yet so lamentably prevails in
various parts of the country."—When one considers, Sir,
the paramount claims of this Society upon the support of the
pious and the affluent, who love their mother church, and
father land, and compare them with the comparatively limi-
ted means. hitherto placed at its disposal, there is much to
occasion surprise. The spiritual destitution .of the country,
however, is confessedly such as to demand some immediate,
extraordinary effort, conducted also on a very comprehen-
sive scale, for our population has long since outgrown the
provision for spiritual instruction by the ordinary parochial
superintendence, pnd is rapidly increasing still, and becom-
ing every day more and more unmanageable. The object of
the Pastoral Aid Society, is to meet this destitution, and
the manner of its operations (as its name iudicates) is such
as to command itself at once to the feelings and convictions,
to the hearts and the heads of reflecting Christians; and yet
the measure of support extended to it is but scant and insig-
nificant, compared with the vastness of the field it seeks to
embrace and reclaim, and the magnitude of the mass it seeks
to animate with the pulses of spiritual life (Cheers.) I
would tipt be understood, however, to speak disparagingly or
ungratefully of the amount of countenance and support ac-
tually vouchsafed to it; for, considering the recent origin of
the society, and the pressure of the times since its commence-
ment, the amount is both liberal in itself and freely and cheer-
fully rendered. It is only when viewed beside the amount of
work to be accomplished with it, that it appears to disadvan-
tage. This, too, is the rather surprising, when it is remem-
bered the munificent amount of cheerful contribution an-
nually bestowed upon the Church Missionary, the Jewish,
and other kindred Societies, (not that I would for a moment
wish it were otherwise with them ;) but certainly the claims
of our own countrymen—our own flesh and blood—perishing
for lack of knowledge, like the beasts of the field, are not in-
ferior. " These things ought ye to have done and not to leave
the other undone." I once thought the cause of the slow
Progress in the funds of this society was to be found in the
characteristic caution that marks the growth of a sound pub-
lic opinion in this noble country; that wise caution that
waits until full proof is made of the principles, and operations,
and practical working of every new institution, before reposing
in it that confidence which must always be the forerunner of
a generous support. But even this is insufficient, for
the prudent, scrupulous care with which the society con-
ducts its operations and dispenses its grants, has been
such throughout, as must needs have long ago disarmed
suspicion, and won for itself universal confidence and ap-
proval. Every care and inquiry is made use of, compa-
tible with the free selection of an assistant by the Incum-
bent, and regarding always the supreme authority of the
Bishop of the Diocese—points, let me observe, that it has
never been attempted to interfere with—(cheers)—to secure
the services of men of piety and truth. The veto, as it has
been called, against which such exception has been taken in
certain quarters, has been expressly commended by the
Bishops of Lichfield and Llandaff, as quoted by Mr. Sinclair,
and tacitly approved of by the remainder of the Right Rev.
Prelates, who lend the weight and sanction of their honoured
names, as vice Patrons of the Institution. The wotshipful
and worthy Chancellor Raikes, of Chester, bears his high and
competent testimony to the single mindedness of the Clerical
Committee in London. So we may safely leave the veto
question to be discussed first, by our enemies, with those
venerable champions, before we are called upon to take any
netice of this (forsooth) heinous charge, which after all consti-
tutes ostensibly the very head and front of our offending ; but
which we glory in, as constituting the very excellence of the
Society, and entitling us to that degree of public favour and
support, for which we are thankful, and which we are desi-
roes to retain, to deserve, and to augment. The Word of
God is the great instrument for the accomplishment of his
will, namely, the sanctification of his people. " Sanctify
them through Thy truth—Thy Word is truth." This is the
weapon employed by the Church of England, and consequent--
ly by the Pastoral Aid Society, which is her humble hand-
maiden, to secure her permanency by increasing her efficiency.
The Word of God, I say, as embodied in the Creed, fenced
round within the Articles, and reflected from the fair page of
our beautiful Prayer .Bodk. (Hear.) This Prayer Book,
Sir, is the voice of the Church speaking to us in accents
familiar to our childhood, associated with the holiest and
tenderest reminiscences of our lives, and interwoven with the
best symptoms of our nature. The Prayer Book, stamped
with the broad seal of the Church of England, not the expo-
sitions of individual teachers, not as interpreted by the
sciolists of the No. 00 School, but as it has been all along re-
ceived, subscribed, and sworn to, by all that have gone before
us, " holding the mystery of the faith in a pure conscience."
(Cheers.) We mourn deeply over this sad controversy that
is now weakening the strength and gnawing the vitals of our
beloved Church ; bat it is not chargeable upon us—we cannot
help it. We hoped against hope that the cause of it might
pass away ; we forbore, and kept silent even from good words,
but it was pain and grief to us, until further forbearance
would have beets a base treason to our trust, as watchmen
upon Zion's walls. We are for peace, only not at the expense
of truth. We are prepared to peril all else sooner than suf.
for one fragment of God's truth to be obscured. Be the re-
rult what it may, our duty is plain. Here we take our stand,
like Luther before the Diet of Worms, and let God be our
trust. " Let him that hath a dream, declare a dream, and
what is the chaff to the wheat saith the Lord of Hosts."—
(Cheers.) The Reverend Speaker then proceeded at consi-
derable length, to dilate upon the necesity for an increase in
the number of Churches:and faithful ministers, and concluded
by moving the resolution.
The Rev. W. SINCLAIR rose to second the resolution, and
spoke as follows :—I have always much pleasure; my Chris-
tian friends, in appearing before you to advocate the cause of
this admirable Society ; and never more than on the present
occasion. There is no one here present, I believe, who is at
all acquainted with the state of things in this town but must
entertain a feeling of disquiet and apyrehensioti. If we look
to the temporal condition of our population it cannot but
wring the heart. (Hear, hear.) I scarcely know which is
more to be pitied, the wealthier or the poorer classes. (Hear,
hear.) It must be grievous, indeed for the manufactu'rer to
see his capital melting away, his returns growing less and
less, to find his hopes of a comfortable provision for his old
age disappearing, and to fear lest his children, whom he ex-
pected to leave in comparative affluence and comfort appa-
rently destined, unless seme considerable change take place,
to fall in the scale of society. And in regard to the poorer
classes, I am grieved to say, that they are still suffering under
the pressure of severe distress. (Hear.) I went a few days
ago to visit the soup kitchen, and was at first sight greatly
pleased with the cleanliness, the good order, the admirable
arrangement of that excellent institution, and too much
praise cannot be given to those Christian philanthropists who
attend there daily to superintend it. (Cheers.) But it was
with a melancholy feeling I went away. When I saw the
long line of persons arrayed in file, waiting to be served, and
knew that each of them represented a whole family scantily
provided with work, and expecting only a dole sufficient for
the bare support of life, I could not but feel a sentiment of
discomfort and despondency. But when I read, soon after,
that speech of Lord Ashley, to which my reverend friend has
alluded, I could not but perceive that we had still deeper cause
for fear—a cause, moreover, which showed, at least in part,
why these national judgments have been visited upon us. But
before I proceed to the inference which I would draw from
this, I wish to say a little with respect to the manner in which
that speech seems to have been misunderstood. That dark
and terrible picture, which is but too true no doubt of a part,
has been pretty generally taken for a faithful portraiture of
the whole, or nearly the whole, of our working population.
Thus for a sample of many that I might have quoted, let me
read to you a summary of that speech given by one of the
ablest of the public journalists. "On examining," saye he,
" Lord Ashley's data, this will be found, without exaggera-
tion, the state of the matter. Thousands of children are
born yearly amid poverty and vice : the bulk are never taught ;
and with those who have some kind of tuition, or what is in-
tended for such, it is so utterly worthless that in very many
cases it must go for nothing : the circumstances of parents
are such—with theit own ignorance, their necessities, bad
dwellings, unavoidable frequenting of public-houses for con-
venience or for actual business, (as payment of wages,) and
the untaught obedience to their own instincts—that instead
of being examples to their children, they become their tutors
in vice ; and so the circle goes round. Children are preco-
cious in depravity ; squalid indulgence is the be-all and end-
all of maturity ; the vigour of manhood is sapped, the deli-
cacy of woman is violated ; and the population of great part
of our large towns, and it is to be feared of the country dis-
tricts, consists of hordes whose only distinction from the
savage is a more recondite knowledge of depravity arid the
more abject filth of in-door life." Now, my friends, I wish
to take the first public opportunity of stating that if this be
taken as a description of the general state at least of this
town, it is an exaggeration. (Applause.) Great as are the
evils which oppress us—and no man laments them more than
I—this dark picture is true only of parts. There is igno-
rance, there is vice, there is drunkenness, there is irreligion
enough to call forth the most anxious and energetic efforts of
all who feel their accountability for their brethren's welfare
to their country, their Church and their God. But to de-
scribe our working classes in a body as hordes whose only
distinction front the savage is a more recondite knowledge of
depravity—and I speak in the presence of many who know
them well, I speak in the presence of some who spent a large
portion of yesterday in visiting their dwellings—is a manifest
error, and I fearlessly affirm that that view of Lord Ashley's
statements which would represent them as a picture of the
major part of the working classes is not warranted by facts or
our own experience. There is among them I scruple not to say
much humble piety, much modest virtue, and at present even
811 exemplary degree of Christian patience under suffering.
(Cheers.) But having thus cleared the ground of those ex-
aggerations which only encumber us in our practical efforts
to mitigate the evil, there is still, as you are all but too well
aware, a piteous and even appalling amount of educational
and spiritual destitution. Something is going to be donelsy
the Government for the education of the people, but asthis
is beside my present purpose, I shall only say that I heartilya
hope a measure may be carried throughl
may be satisfactory to the great body of the nat
which, without infringing on liberty of conscience, may se-
io, parliamentn which
cure a sound religious training for the young. For the other,
the spiritual instruction of those who have grown up to
maturer years, we ought to look to the vigorous, prudent and
united exertions of the whole church. Arid here we are re-
minded of those unhappy divisions in the church which no
doubt much impair her powers of useful and combined ex-
ertion. I know that there are many excellent and respect-
able persons, who not only deplore—for we all deplore, the
want of united efforts on the part of churchmen, and who
think that sinking all minor differences it would be very
possible for them to carry on in concert the work of such
societies as this. Now, I ventnre in the first place to affirm
before you all that there is no unkind feeling in the sup-
porters of the Church Missionary Society or the Pastoral
Aid Society tdwards their fellow churchmen who oppose
those institutions. Against them as individuals tin harsh or
injurious word shall ever pass my lips, and wherever it is
possible without compromise of principle we are prepared to

But on religious questions

co-operate with them. (Cheers.)
unhappily the differences which separate us are not mina,
differences. (Hear.) We difilr from the new school of
theology as to the great fundanicrital point of the rule of
faith, or what is the authority on which we are to receive 811,'
truth as Divine. We differ in the answer which .we should
return to the greatest of all the questions which can
the human mind. How shall man be just bet:—
differ as to the practical working Cu: •.r --
' --,ltogether as to V

of the principles o
church and h, Ire of the powers
ferred by the ministerial office, or as they would term i►
priesthood. And on this point I wish to gk-

friends, by one plain example,_ thatrio--f

Lew you, r

• _ • ---- mulplC 11l
•
religion can be conceded for the sake of peace without
involving practical consequences which the unthinking
little suspect. 1 bold in my hand a reprint of a Leeds►
tract on matrimony, which 1 find is exciting some warns
feelings of indignation both here and in Scotland_ A

principle is there laid down as a fundamental truth, "That
the priesthood have a general commission to represent
Almighty God, and to act in His name in his several
transactions with mankind." Cries of Hear, hear.) I see
that I need not in your name repuliate such a principle as
this, neither shall I attempt to characterise it as I think it
deserves. But as there are some who will no doubt sa
'6 Well, it is only a somewhat exaggerated claim for 113:e.
clergy of the church ; after all it is of no great conseqtuheen:
I wish to show you what are the practical results which ne-
cessarily follow. The writer affirms that " the rite of mar-
riage administered by a preacher of schism in a conventicle,
or by any teacher whatever, unless ordained by a bishop, is a
most blasphemous invasion of a holy office;" that
venticle rites do not bind the parties; that marriage by the
statute law without the benediction of a priest of the catho-
lic church is no marriage at all : it is but legalised adultery."
(Loud cries of " Hear." Yes, I see you shrink from such
dreadful inferences as these; but remember, if you grant the
principle, which unthinking men would say is harmless, they
all necessarily follow. And when such principles as this are
boldly propounded and zealously inculcated, is it not incum-
bent on us, however much we may dislike publicity and con-
troversy, manfully to stand forth and in the name of the vast
majority of churchmen disavow such intolerable claims,
which would deny the honours of marriage to all beyond
the pale of the Anglican and the Rotnish church, and
would thereby rouse such a just storm of indignation
against our mild and tolerant Communion? Now I know
—there is ample proof that the great body of sober..
minded churchmen in Leeds, who peacefully pursue their
even course of humble piety and self-denying charity, have
no relish for any violent extremes, and certainly feel no
sympathy with those high-flown dogmas which pass under
the much abused name of church principles. Thus in the
last report of the Leeds Association of the Society for the
Propagation of the Gospel, its claim is urged on the ground
of its being much more than any other Society profess-
ing the same object constituted upon the principles of
the Church, and therefore it is declared to be the safest de-
pository of the contributions of the faithful. Now whet is
the answer of the supporters of the Church Missionary so-
ciety ? Not, I thank God, any angry retort, but simply a
referenca to the cash accounts to show which society really
does commend itself to churchmen in this neighbourhood as
the safest depository of their bounty. The amount rasic d
ri
raised in
I
intobei
invidiousirt
the year ending Ist July, 1842, for the Propagation Society
is stated to be £lBO 16s. 4d., the amount raised by the
Church Missionary Society, as stated in the Parent Society's
mentionre
p ort o f
thesect psamel date,vi thNioes
one another,
bringss . 2kfdoi
kindred
Now,dlreadm
societiess whyub
to both, but as a plain intelligible proof, which none can mis-
take, that the great and influential majority of sober, quiet,
self-denying laymen of the church in Leeds, notwithstanding
loud assertions to the contrary, are still steadily disinclined
to the new and exaggerated principles of churchmanship, for
the continued advocacy even of a moat venerable institution
on those principles is sufficient to chill the warm flow of
affection and confidence in its favour. tCheers.) The rev.
gentleman then went on to thank many who were now before
him for that extreme liberality which had raised the sum of
£3OOO for the erection of a new church in this over-populous
district. He reminded them that this new church, at least in
the first iustauce, must derive a stipend for its minister from
the Pastoral Aid Society, and he therefore earnestly called
auks of this
upon them, in spite of the great prevailing distress, to
strengthen his hands, when he should have to prefer his
claim, by continuing Undiminished the liberality Which they
had hitherto shown to this invaluable institution.
The third resolution was propssed by the Rev.
d "That Montague
eerßicaakl
esreßcrueErtesagr,
Esq.ptoropthoese societya;t
tahnedth
Mlrwonint;
Ripon, Patron of Panodf
afterthe ten
noxolleologeyk was sung,
meeting C E .
Mb
be givent h Yt'hteo leT:lgshas tumeltinaedt Rev. the tihhteeo
meetingLor Lord iesrnacii
to the distant clergy who have
John Atkinson, Esq., seconded the resolution, and it was
and the meeting separated a little _
The collections were—St. Georg? s, X3O , St. Paul's, £l5 ;
Christ Church, £7 ; Annual Meeting, £l6. Total, £6B
passed unanimously ; after
which

A. P.
seconded by

atvieelis
aervi-'
ntaiknetn h;on:
COURTS OF .CluiscEnv.—We have been informed that
for the last week not a single cause has been set down for
hearing in any of the five courts of equity ; and we are alstso •
ofoffircocees, d ,inthmatatnhyeroef awrehi2ooch
ticoatnassetsepsomewhere
months. We are not surprised at the public dislike to •
stitute fresh suits, but as so much has been written and said
about delays, and as Vice-Chancellor Knight Bruce has
nothing before him, we should like to bear it explained why
so many suits are allowed to remain dormant in the masters'
offices. The masters we know are not to blame—ore
the
suitors, or the solicitors, or the town agents ?
THE PRIESTS' TARIFF.—A copy, of this document has
reached the parish of Ballymartle, in this county, and we
have heard the result is the closing of the chapel doors, until
its terms be complied with. The parish priest is not inclined
to yield, and having failed in inducing the parishioners to
forego the reduction of his " dues," he sought the aid of the
Rev. J. M'lslanaara, of Kinsale, to mediate. 't The true
source of political power," the people, however, hought as
little of Father Mac as of their own sogyarth, and refused to
hear him, so that the affair still continues sub judiee. It is
said some very uncourteous language has been used to both
priests.—Cork Constitution.
EAST INDIA PENSIONS AND APPOINTMENTS.--A return
of the pensions granted by the East India Company to per-
sons in their services, for the eight years ending the 30th of
June, 1812, has just been presented to the House of Com-
mons, and which shows the following results : —The amounts
paid at the three Presidencies of Bengal, Madras, and Bom-
bay, during the aforesaid period, was, in the civil service,
£700; in the military, £96,269 17s. sd. ; in the medical,
£26,212 12s. 6d.; ecclesiastical, £5,274 ss. ; Lord Clive's
fund, £1,316; Bengal pilot service, £1,878 10s.; Indian
navy, £11,805; and to steam engineers. £3OO. D
uring-the
same period the appointments made by
the Court Dire-
ctors have been as follow :—Volunteers for the Indian navy,
99 ; volunteers for the pilot service, 96; steam engineer.,
141; cadets, 2,255 ; assistant-surgeons, 115; civil service,'
182.

conscience
About three weeks ago, Mr. Wm. Brandrey, of Bredbury,
missed a £lOO Bank of England note from a drawer in his
dressing room; and from certain appearances which mani-
fested themselves, be suspected two of the female servants,
whom he gave into custody ; but not having any direct evi-
dence against them they were discharged. The other day,
however, he received a letter, bearing the Manchester post-
mark,PaPer, and
A special
Birmingham
eoptaniinucglotshinegsethweolrodsst tirneabsuadre,wlraipttiougp:in.ameuyrl_
tells me I roust send this back to the right owner." The
number of the note had been forwarded to the different
banks, and therefore there was no probability of the aie
occurred toxins
duce Mr. Vaudrey to fix the theft upon any •
Particular indi-
getting it cashed. Is.othing, however, has
vidual.
of AID .
thisGcx,ooninpcanETwitasßhaetratY.
on Tuesday last, to consider the bill now before parliament
generalßißu ImseGentilAigid
the object of which is to make sure and satisfactory the se'
rarities for £226,0-10, which sum the directors had alread
raised, and which provides furthero669 fora general tneeting toy
raise, by means of shares, 1 , 2. A resolution was r
posed that the bill should not be proceeded with, but this was
by an amendment th te bill be sanctioned and
on with. On a scrutiny, theresult was found to be— gone
Present. Proxies. Total
. 130 .... 1,595
..
244 .... 1,864

For the amendment
Against it ......

Majority in favour of the amendment .... 217
expended
which w
.£438-,503, and
HOUSES OF PARLIAENT.—A return made to the House
forof
building Commons t states
he
new that
H the
oose s
ot of tit
aamountliaeot alreadyjs x3B
0,483 los. ;
. ivsotiendh
ahnads
obremexnpee
de d ,
will
£thseB,aocalgulOsat
for works now in progress of completion. It 1. be-required
that a further stun of £578,424 12s. 9d. will but estimated,
complete the buildings. The total amount of e required to
estimate will therefore be £1,016,924 12s. 9d Mr. Barry's
will be required for completing the landin •i besides what
good the pavings, furniture, and fittings, angdP aces, making
by works of art. for decorations
Tug THAUES TUNNEL—The ceremony
this " great bore" to the public was performed of throwing open
A procession was formed. which proceeded on Saturday.
accompanied by bands of music. The E through i tae tunnel
Dudley Stuart, Sir R. Inglis Sir E. _ arl of Lincoln, Lord
gentlemen, were present. 'The cost of
and other
amounts to nearly £60,000, and theof the undertaking
witted on payment of a penny. The public will now beadthe approaches to it are not yet made.e is a carriage way, but
directors entertained their friends a
upwards of 100 guests sat down to t the London Tavern, and
up in a style that did credit to the
dinner which was served
Hawes, senior (chairman of the boardthe establishment. Mr.
ded. After several other toasts ' of directors), Presi-
Tunnel" was given and drunk •
' Prosperity to the Thames
Times of Monday says .. The wall much enthusiasm. Tim
give effect to the front of the area of the shaft is to small to
viewed from the top of the cireunnel, whilein depth, when
passengers descend. looks frightful. .ular staircase by which pas-
by a first glance was h
~,y no means The sensation excited
the staircase was attempted to be
soothed on observing that
poles, not very skilfully nor e Propped up by sundry long
or rather notches intended effectively applied, the mortises
severaland'ng places to receive the projections of the
slightly tied to the
railing being
for the most part misfits, and
observed and commented by
small ends of rope. This was
were admitted into the eupon by many of the visiters who
letriPs very minutel shaft early, and who pour passer Ie
so cor.fined a place Y inspected all that was to be inspected in
comfortable, in co' which they soon discovered to be un-
ventilator whateve consequence of their being no opening or
walls by which they r, from the bottom to the very top of the
door from the ey were encircled, except the small entrance
public street. This unpleasant feeling in-
creased with
increasing numbers until the accumulation of
'breaths, the dampness
of the ground, which wasp
erceptible
notwithstanding the loads of sawdust thrown about, and of
the walls, which the whitewash could n
mbot
in concal,
create an
and the
flaring of upwards of 1:30 gas-lights, coed to
atmosphere at once disgustingly heated and fetid !
STREET SWEEPING BY Alacursians.—On Weriespy,
the first exhibition, in the metropolis, of the sel -10 a ing
which has for some time
cart, or street-sweeping machine, d pavement
been in use in Manchester, took place on the woo
g the day large crowds
in Regent-street, and attracted darn), •
of persons to view its very novel apparatus. le mac-lune,
Tl " •
der an •ir
which has been taken up from Manche,ster, un , , _
• h the Commissioners of Woods and Forests,
rangement with
and under whose auspices the
isperiment was made, cow-
and erations at abou six o'clock in the morning,
menced its op
and continued them without intermission during the greater
• f day. The cart was drawn by two horses and
portion o
attended by se
ra iver, and, as it proceeded, caused the rotary
motion of the wheels to raise the loose soil from the surface
of the wood, and deposit it in a vehicle attached to the cart.
Proceeding at a moderate rate through Regent-street, the
cart left behind it a well-swept tract, which formed a striking
contrast with the adjacent ground. It filled itself in the
space of six minutes, its Power being equal to that of forty
men, and its operation being of a three-fold nature—that of
sweeping, loading, and carrying at the same time, which,
under the old process, formed three distinct operations. Th,,
Apparatus is exceedingly simple. It consists of a series of
brooms, suspended from a light frame of iron, hung behind
a common cart, the body of which is placed near the ground
for greater facility in loading. As the cart-wheels revolve,
the brooms successively sweep the surface of the ground, a 'i
carry the soil up AII inclined plane, at the top of which 1.1*( it
falls into the cart. It is calculated to pass throurii
crowded thoroughfares at the rate of two mile„ the most
without causing obstruction, and doing its works per hour,
as if the streets were empty. The streets of M as perfectly
now regularly swept by the machine, the - anchester are:
that the sanatory condition of thepopulationresult of which is,.
and the tow„ has now almost lost its iS
improved,.
filth. character for mud an&

cannot say we admire this part of the work. Inc au-
number of difficulties in the way of the
lthoresovers, which in everyday life, she must be aware, would be
and the misunderstanding under
cleared up in five minutes ;
which De Lacy and Edith St. Clare are made to labour, is

quite unusual and u:

ber is rather spun et

tendency is a great recommendation
of its

ituation. The last nuru-

1 pleasur

amusing, mu

altar farther than most va

_~

ther, the work is

Its decided moral

THE LATE SIR ROBT. HOLT LEIGH, BART

[From the-Genttem

nine, V!

cgy
I°'
larch,

1. XIX,

New Series,

~, Hendley Hall, near Wigan,
Lancashire, in his eik,.._, year, Sir Robert Holt Leigh,
Bart., a Deputy Lieutenant for that county, and many year'
M.P. for Wigan. This venerable octogenarian was the
eldest son of Holt Leigh, Esq.► of Hendley and Whiteley
Halls, Lancashire, by Mary, his wife, younger daughter and
co-beiress of Thomas Owens, Esq., of lipholland Abbey,
iti that county, by Margaret, his wife, only daughter and
tiAreta of Thomas Bisphani, of Bisphant, Esq., and he was
- . —., rpgidenee, in Nylgup, on the 26th

Died, Jam?ar,

born at his father's
Dec. 1762. He WSS descended from
Tine of ancestry who have been possessed of landed property
in the part of liancashire before alluded to for several cen-
turies past ;bat it cannot be maintained, as Mr. Burke, in
the account of the family, in his baronetage, asserts, that
they are of the same descent as the highs of Alderton, in
the county of Chester which is unquestionably an error. In
the surname alone, this inaccuracy is detected, for that of
the latter family has always been spelled Legh ; whereas the
branch from which the deceased baronet was descended has
universally been spelled Leigh. to baronets
The public are indebted to
retbert the
on, for the canal which
la' grandfather,
Alexander* Leigh, Esq. of B
- *h. river Ribble. This he munifi-
_ - ~fliier the provi-

extends from w igan w ...- -
cently completed at his own sole expense, -----
sions of an act of parliament, which he obtained in the year
1720. The prosperity of Wigan and the neighbourhood has
been materially advanced by means of this spirited under-
taking. and the facilities of navigation thus afforded. Sir
Robert but, singularly
was M.A of Christ's Church College,
Oxford singularly enough, he did not take his degree
art
the
university until he was seventy years of age. He rep-
sented the borough of Wigan for several years in parlia-
He was first returned by that constituency in 1802,
- • —..pqentative until the general
W.--

itinued to sit as their repr..---
election in 1820,
Inds y,
voluntarily resigned, au,. ......
ceeded by Lord Lindsay, the present Earl of Balcares. He
was a staunch conservative in politics, and during his par-
liamentary career was a firm supporter of Mr. Pitt and Mr.
Canning, except on the Roman Catholic question, on which
he was opposed to them. On the accession of Mr. Canning
to office he was created baronet, by patent dated 22nd May,
1815, with remainder to the issule of his fatber, none of
whom, !Inweer, are surviving; ,earedthe baronet having died
•h title is extinct. In the year 1831, duringered
the
-,uestion, he suff

a bachelor,

agitation consequent oi.
greviously from the violein,.. -
two,
her
he appeared as the representative of his friend,
the late W. Hodson Kearsley, who was one
of the candi-
dates on that occasion.
In 1798, when the peace of the country was disturbed by
riots and discontent, a society of gentlernen was fors
igan, called the Wigan Arms Association, of which corps
Sir Robert ---mondant, and distinguished

6 at tilß
of the Imo . _

3r many yea!sc

himself considerably, in various enc..-
called upon to act. He was senior trusteeerest in its welfare,
mar School of Wigan, and took especial interest
as well as in that of all the other public institutions conn_ec.te_de
with his native town. The latter years of Sir Robert's life
as
near Wigan.
have been spent almost entirely at his residence, ,
where he was acknowledged as the "Old English Gentleman
of the district. He has left behind him a very large property,
and a splendid library of books, peculiarly rich in the classi
cal department. in which latter branch of literature be was
well versed. Dr. Donnegan, in the preface to his fourth
edition of the Greek and English Lexicon, (which
oiled whilst on a visit to Sir Robert) speaks highly
corn
of Si
Robert :—he says—" Among the advantages I have derived
from the Greek and English Lexicon, there is none I deem
more precious than its having procured me the acquintance,
and, I may with just pride add, the friendship of Sir Robert
Holt Leigh, Baronet, a gentleman who has improved his ta-
lents by refined, well-directed, and assiduous culture.
Thoroughly acquainted with the best writers of modern
languages, and having obtained a critical and profound
knowledge of the Greek language and literature—the excel-
lencies of which his peculiar turn of mind enables him to ap-
- hp faill j'" ^ road nortion of his
. _....

studious hours; with glowing enthusiasm and untiring anat.
to the poets and orators who have bequeathed to us stl
splendid and enduring monuments of Grecian genius. To
the accomplishments of a scholar he has added the advantages
of having visited the most interesting; countries of Europe,
surveying their choicest specimens of art with a critical eye,
and observed the characters of men and manners so keenly.
as to justify the application to him of the commendation be-
stowed upon Ulysses by the great poet—
" Pollon ant hropou uden astea kai neon egno."
Thus far we have endeavoured faithfully to trace the career
or one who has past through a long life with credit to him-
self, and, we believe, in the conscientious and just exercise
of those talents which have been ent d
end truste thiso
memhim,oir an
here;
d we
1,1 that we could with propriety
- 1-,;....ranber to be impartial in his

predate

but it is the di
details, and we

f every

bstain from some remarP

:e baronet's life, over which
Ye allude to the unfortunate

u to the closing ye".
we would otherwise cast a

with the wife of a Jar-

........ _
wed marked atten

intimai

mer, one of his tt

to whom

Inheritor of his p

instances of whic

)y the w
~f th

the ban

years often ex

former must eve

This gentleman r
)ert Holt, and by

the late Sir Robert Holt I
married Frances, daughte
(Mary, the wife of Holt

and had issue five daughter

married Rob
and by him

t Pemberton, I

a man's more matured
= ‘rniith. The latter,

)f -Thonia,

i foreotten, but tb

i

fThomas Owen,
whom, Margaret,
Middle Temple,
prton, Esq., one

Frances, married Matthew P
married .W. Cooke. I

of Lincoln's Inn ; the fourth,
~ is unmarried ; and the fifth, Anne, married the Rev.
Sohn Rocklitre, M.A. These descendants of his uncle,
Edward, are the nearest relatives of the late Sir R. IL Leigh.

A STinle DIET

—The Clark Examiner says,

4,e Scotch poor _ are not fed

' At present

Ist on the recollection

vdiat they ate in former years."
A FLouarsnoro CONCERN.—At the last meeting of the
'Windsor Mechasics' Institute. the funds in the hands of

nearer amounted to 19s. Gid. The institute is under
he patrmage of Prince Albert, arid Captain Bulkeley, of the
tat Life awards, was peetident at the meeting.