The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1845-01-14 00:00:00

justify a
The first of these movements, and one of the
most important, is contained in the following letter,
dated Bth instant, which has been addressed by the
Bishop of Exeter to the clergy of his diocese
and Dear Brethren—l have this day had the
cation of receiving from his Grace the Archbishop
a copy of his 'Letter to the Clergy and Laity of the

.eatures of tl

in question are

ieEcribed in a

tech deliver

Esq., M.P.

recent meeting of

n Manchester

Hear hill

I not raise the whole amount

he 31st January, if he had

.e-trader and a man of

Province of
"That letter leaves me under no difficulty bow to act
Not only in deference to his grace's authority, but in
most willing concurrence with the sentiments which he
has expressed, I thankfully accept the prospect of an
adjustment of our present diversities, by some general
measure, which shall have the sanction of the whole
Church. In truth, I feel that I could not more effec-
111y labour for the great object which I have had at
hart—the restoration of certainty and vigour to the law
pounds out of the Church in all that relates to our public worship—

m mon sense,

complet,

nosed to land him £lO or £2O,
N. WORKING
—Tbev were

terbury

Mr. Cobden

than by now relinquishing my own separate endeavours,
and merging them in that common effort, which his grace
has announced his intention to promote, when ' the wa
, shall be prepared for a final sett,
a " Meanwhile, I advise you all to a(
d the views so plainly set forth
of to continue the servi-

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rchbishop : that is

man of

in your several churches as they

no mare t

now are, making no attetny

proach ne

.er to an

,ii shall, in any

observance of th

ascertain that

3 of your F

such an advance.
" One reservation I must, indeed, make, though I
hope it is unnecessary. If the practice in any parish at
present prevail (I know not that it' does) of omitting or
garbling portions of the offices of the Church—especially
the offices of baptism and burial—by reason of objection
to the doctrines therein involved, or of introducing
prayers of private composition, either before the sermon
or elsewhere ; such violation of the Church's law must
not lay claim to indulgence.
" And now, in addressing you on this occasion, most
probably for the last time, let me express my deep sense
of the value of that support which 1 have received from
the great body of my clergy, and of the warm and affec-

who bad goal
that could be

in favor

inight b
S. it

cvtnced by very many of you, under
...umstances of no common trial. These are matters
of grateful and enduring remembrance. If there have
been some instances of an opposite feeling (as I am bound
in sincerity to add that there have been some, however
few), I assure those who have exhibited it that they
will not, in our future intercourse --

sympathy

,erience any un-

pleasing recollections of it on my part : and if, on reflec-
tion, they shall as readily forgive themselves as I forgive
lieir I them, I wish that they may have formed a right estimate
of what their duty has required and may hereafter require

d virtuo

any man

, real lest of theological opinions. Many per- arduous efforts :
ons are opposed avowedly to subscription to any tests ~ The very limited resources of the society, however,
whatever, and they will, of course, consistently object to being inadequate to the full attainment of its objects,
this measure. Others contend that the Articles have no diocesan and other petitions were presented to parliament,
one meaning—that they were framed on latitudinarian praying for such a revision of the question of education in
views—that they were intended to be subscribed in the
, this country, as might allow the Established Church to
most contradictory senses—that they may be subscribed share in the funds appropriated to the education of the
in any sense which they may be made to bear—that they poor. These petitions having been unsuccessful, the'
may be perverted from their natural and obvious mean- operations and the wants of the Church Education So-
ing, either in the direction of Romanisrn or of some other ciety were in the same way brought before the legislature,
A principles, which have been of with the view of obtaining a separate grant for the main-
- avowed with increasing frequency and boldness, tend i
censure of its schools. And afterwards, an application
to the annihilation of the Articles as a test of doctrine, I was made to the government, soliciting that the Irish part
and are plainly inconsistent with Christian morality. It
of the united church might be allowed to participate with 1
seems undeniable that, under these circumstances, the the English, in the grant of money from which the latter mist,
University, University, entrusted as it has been by the Church with annually draws support for a system of education in con- ;----
the office of teaching sound doctrines to her younger mem- fortuity with its own principles. These appeals have been
bers, is only acting in a high sense of responsibility to that hitherto unsuccessful ; but we cannot bring ourselves to
Church, in protecting her Articles of doctrine from dege-
-think it possible, that the striking inequality of the mea-
nerating into mere empty words, which may avowedly and sure which has been dealt towards the Established Church
openly be set at nought, or contradicted with impunity. of this country in the important concern of education, and
And it is certainly satisfactory to observe, that the autho- the great hardship of the position in which it has been
rities of the University, who a few years since were desi- thereby placed, can fail ultimately to attract towards it
rous of removing some of the securities for the reception such fair consideration as may procure for it due sympathy
of the Church's doctrines in the University, have now and redress. We, on the contrary, entertain a confident
evinced so plainly her attachment to her articles." hope that, whatever be the hindrances which have hitherto
It is foreign to our present purpose .to ask, in obstructed that fair consideration, they are but temporary,
reference to the opinion here expressed, what has and that they will pass away, leaving the government free
been the source of, or what party has occasioned, to afford the assistance, which is so greatly needed by the
by their insidious writings, the necessity here ad- Church Education Society, and to which its objects and
its
milted. We are sufficiently satisfied with the ,
~e all,
, whogive to
areit siootsetrreoant strong a
interested
i col aim.themaintenance
acknowledgement made, from such a quarter, that and extension of the schools of the Church Education
the Articles of our Church have, in themselves, a Society, we recommend steady perseverance, and the em-
definite meaning, and that they may not be " per- ployment of all suitable efforts to bring its case calmly and
verted" from that meaning at the caprice of indivi- effectively before the public. And we cannot believe that
our brethren in the faith in England will look on with
duals, "either in the direction of Rome or some apathy, while the church in this country, faithful to its
other unsound doctrine ;" and turn from this par- high office as a' witness and:a keeper of Holy Writ,'
tion of the letter to Mr. Palmer's views of his inter- is struggling, unaided, to discharge its most pressing
pretation of, and the safety with which he can duties, first to the children more immediately committed
subscribe the test : to its care, and then to all whom God has placed within
" With reference to the declaration itself, it would seem the sphere of its influence. But this will be as God
to be well adapted to meet the exigency of the case. It pleases. Let it be the aim of those who are engaged in
provides for an honest subscription, but does not define this sacred cause, by His help to do His will , leaving the
the sense in which the articles are to be subscribed, in issue of their labours—the time and measure of their
any way calculated to throw difficulties in the way of success—altogether to His wisdom. ` And let us not be
really honest subscribers. All that the subscriber is called weary in well-doing, for in due season we shall reap, if
on to declare is (in substance), " that he will subscribe in we faint not.
that sense in which he, ex animo, believes them to have
been originally put forth, and in which, also, they are pro-
posed at present by the University as a real test of the
subscriber's opinions." This declaration, of course, can-
not be made by any one who ventures to affirm that the our Tuesday's contemporary is really an oracle, to
articles have no sense at all, or no one meaning ;or who which our legislature ought to listen with the most pro-
claims a right to subscribe them in any sense which he found deference. His last achievement upon financial
may judge most Catholic (whether it be Romish, Sabel- matters is the following :
Han, Arian, or Calvinisti.c.) But it ought not to create " The revenue returns for the year and the quarter
any difficulty in the minds of those who regard the arti- just ended are very satisfactory, and such is the industry
cies as real tests of doctrine, and who accordingly consi- and enterprise of the people that, if government would
der that they have some meaning, and are willing, from a let trade alone, they would probably never be otherwise."
principle of honesty and of reverence, to subscribe the Of course we must deduce from this paragrah—an en-
articles, when called on by competent authority to do so, tire leader, by the bye,—the compressed essence of what
in the sense of the Church of England." the less ingenious London namesake of the Times would
The writer contends against the supposition. as spread over some three columns—that the Whig-radical
absurd, that the test requires interpretation of the administration, under whose auspices so totally different
Articles to be that which may be placed upon them a financial result was attained, did ti9t " let trade alone
n re."
It ought, also, to be equall deducible that the sent
by the vice-chancellor, or heads of houses, who government,
notwithstanding the tariff-regulation bill,
may possibly differ from each other ; or that they has all along been "letting trade alone." Perhaps Sir
are to be taken in the sense of the compilers, whose Robert Peel will be wise enough to pursue the same
names we do not with certainty know, although he course in the coming session, and thus preserve us, by
the means which the Liverpool Times indicates, in our
admits that some persons signing it may, without
present t
e trade "very satisfactoryeoro io
dishonesty, interpret them according to the latterinsugar," position.
aionin ‘‘coffee,ettaraoddeiaol oonthe;
mode. He then proceeds to state his own opinion matters, and, " such is the industry and enterprise of the
of its requirements : people," that the revenue returns " will probably never
" There cannot be any difficulty, I think, in ascertain- be otherwise."
ing what the sense of the Church of England in the Thirty-
nine Articles is. The " plain grammatical meaning"
furnishes the first rule ; and in cases of doubt, comparison
with the other formularies of the Church will be suffi- TO THE EDITOR OF THE LIVERPOOL STANDARD.
cient to remove difficulties. Any person who honestly
Pray, air, can you inform your readers whether the
interprets the Articles by such rules will be entitled to
advertisement in the Mercury of Friday last, or that in
make the declaration; and as it is very possible that two
the Albion of to-day, is to be regarded as the official
persons may differ in their application of these rules, or of
document calling the above meeting, as they differ mate-
any others by which they may endeavour to discover the
rially ? The invitation of Friday last is to importers
real sense of the Church of England, it is evident that
there can be no intention, in putting forward this declare- generally—" the attendance of all importers is earnestly
requested." To-day it rues thus :—" A public meeting
tion, to require absolute uniformity of opinion; but that
of the merchants of Liverpool, being importers of cotton,
the leading object is to insure honesty of subscription.
will be held," &c. No signature is attached to either
" I do not doubt that persons holding different interpre-
advertisement. If you can ascertain, before going to
tations of the Articles may honestly subscribe the decla-
press, that the calling the meeting is not a hoax, and, if
ration, just as they now subscribe the Articles ; and 1 can-
not, by whose authority it is called, and what parties are
not conceive on what reasonable and just ground any
expected to attend, you will enlighten your readers, who
member of the Church could refuse to make the declare-
may be in doubt whether there is to be a meeting at all,
tion, if called upon by competent authority to do so. For
or, if there is, whether it is to be a public meeting, or
myself, I can only say, that, after a careful examination
what is vulgarly called "a hole-and•corner gathering. '
of the declaration, and after having heard all that has been
I3th January, 1815. I.
advanced against it, I should, with pleasure, subscribe to
[The meeting to which our correspondent refers is
it whenever called on to do so."
It is perfectly clear, from the latter portion of called, we believe, by legitimate authorities, and is any-
the above quotation from the letter, that—with thing but a
discrepancyseems to strike our
whatever honesty of intention the party, or rather, correspondent as so very material. The notice convening
the section of the party, to which Mr. Palmek belongs, the meting specifies the parties who are expected to be
may subscribe to this test—it is not to prevent the present, and though we know the name of the firm by
carrying out of their present views of Church whose authority the advertisement appears in our columns
we do not feel at liberty, without permission, to divulge
matters. So far, however, as it extends, the decla- their names.l
ration is both important and satisfactory, unless,
indeed, we could suspect the reverend gentleman of
having fenced with the question.
We cannot but be struck, whilst treating of this Whatever else will be found in our columns to-day we
with the present position of the entire 'l'racta- have no lack of subjects relative to the Church, and there-
nan party. In their early writings we were told of fore interesting to churchmen. We publish elsewhere a
a coining millenium of concordant opinion and letter from Dr. Pusey to Dr. Hawkins, the Provost of
usages in our Church as the results of their agita- Oriel College, Oxford, respecting the proceedings ante-
cedent to the condemnation of Dr. Pussy's sermon. To
tion of the public mind. All was to be uniformity— that letter Dr. Hawkins has issuecia reply, dated the 10th
all harmony. And yet we see that party now—a inst., from which we extract the following passages :
mere fraction of the Church of England—already " You conceive that there is a material variation be-
divided into no less than three sections, each appeal- tween the two accounts, where the one speaks only of
ing to the public through distinct organs ! The recantation, and appears to exclude qualifications of your
language,
whereas my letter speaks of your having oppor-
views of the extreme party—the Newmans, Puscys, tunity offered to you to disclaim whatever meanings
and Wards—are represented in the columns of the
qmightqualifications
a lifi chaatvenbs oeenr ioimcoprrroepcetrlynsimputed to your expressions,
English Churchman; those of the Hook and Palmer and represents the Vice Chancellor as desirous to receive io
section are represented by the Churchman's News-of your words. He only
speaksto I apprehend, of not having been satisfied with
paper ; whilst a third party—the moderate party,
him
msee
ep tretitnegu Iraerer qualifications fielteiro whichnesnd
ts youwt
with
erreefereported toi
with the Rev. Stanley Faber at their head—choose,
as the vehicle of their opinions, the Church and to the second papyer sent to you, of which I had no need
State Gazette. Surely, this fact should be a proof to speak particularly ; and, again, it is evident to those
to the whole Church that its secure foundation and
who are acquainted with the statute, that his letter ape-
its best claim to Catholicit y are to be found alone in where
refers to the statuteable word ` Recantation,'
es with a copy of the first paper lying before me (to
the Word of God itself ; and that the Fathers are which I have also referred to-day), I described it more
but a broken reed to rely upon for strength! correctly, according to its real import and actual form, as
giving the writer ' opportunity to disclaim any meaning
improperly attached to his expressions, and to declare his
A noble and unanswerable protest has just been adherence to those parts of our articles and formularies
issued by a majority, in numbers and influence, of with which, under such imputed meanings, his expressions
the Protestant hierarchy of Ireland, against the had appeared to be at variance."
recanta-
existing system of national education it: that country, t. " Yet in either case, whether we are to speak of
which the ministry of Sir Robert Peel proposes fur- jeieoinieonrsditseakveonwtaol, it willoo
your
lie
discourse,apparent
and the
thee
particularsec ? oet
t to endow, whilst they stubbornly withhold the pressions more especiallyy complained of, must have been
assistance of the public purse from :hose schools submitted to your consideration, or there would have
for the children of the poor which are conducted I
pbeeeetnivneoitmhiporgestaoioboes,recanted or disclaimed. In our res-
upon the principles of the established religion of the however of the papers submitted to
, you, wu cannot of course bee xpected to agree. That they
empire. Of the fourteen archbishops and bishops, j were misunderstood is evident from what you state, and
now left us in that land, nine have attached their is to be regretted ; but to discuss them further in a news-
names to the document in question—viz., His paper you will surely agree with me would be most in).
Grace the Lord Primate, and the Bishops of Kildare, proper : and indeed it is now too late to discuss them at
Clogher, Kilmare, Down and Connor, Cork and all. But lam entitled to speak, of what I cannot but
know, their design and intention. That they were not
Cloyne, Killaloe and Clonfert, Osso-y and Ferns, satisfactory to you, indeed I have already stated ; express-
and Cashel and Waterford ; whilst the minority jog at the same time my great regret that endeavours in-
consists of the Archbishop of Du.'Ain, and the tended in equity and sincerity to do you justice, should
Bishops of Meath, Limerick, Tuate, and Derry. have failed.
Of these three are Whigs; one was& Conservative;
Tu It Po usiness at the
and the fifth, Dr. Knox, is residett abroad on Stock ExchilanDgse'haSsAbTevenniAmTiteTtGon-dra.y—,Band prices have
account of his health. No doubt, therefore, can undergone little alteration ; but this is not remarkable,
now remain upon the mind of Sir Robert Peel with considering the early closing of the markets and the small
respect to the preponderance of episcopal opinion attendance of the members. Consols for money and the
account left off 100 to I ; Tree er Cents. Reduced,
' ,
against this anti-Protestant system; and, rode- 100 to 101 n ; Three-a 1 nd-a-Quarhter per Cents.,
pendently of the names attached to it, the firm tone Exchequer Bills 635. to 655. pm. Bank Stock, 211 to
of the protest itself holds out little lope that any 212 ; and India Stock, 289 to 290. •In the foreign secu-
mere peddling with details—any corcession short rities, especially those dealt in by the speculators, there
of the recognition of those principles for which the was more firmness in prices. Both Spanish and Mexican
bishops and clergy of Ireland content—can induce participated in the improvement, and altogether the
them to retreat from the position which they have Itanresewtersehowsepdaniinenaivseedpebrutlyeanntecy.26Thtee
ifintallecii!horteae-
taken up in the front of the fabric of Protestantism per Cents. 37 to * ; Mexican 341. to *; the Deferred,
in that land, and of the Church submitted to their 151 to I; Dutch Two-and-a-Half per Cents., 631 to i ;
watchful keeping.
,tßheesFievne, per Cents., 99 to }; Portuguese, 591 to 601;
o 120 Da to 90 ; Colom bi 14/
As a specimen of the style of this :hie document
tr? psi ;
Chilia, n, t 100 to; nish, 89
102 ; Buenos Ayres, 40 to 41 ;an, Bra-
we extract the following paragraph, in which the Zillan, 89 to 90 ; and Belgian, 102 to 103.
protesting parties clearly point out tie necessity of
ALL SAINTS CHURCH.—It is contemplated to provide
the step which they have adopted : this perplexed and scattered congregation with a tempo-
"lt is with much reluctance and reset that we felt rary place of worship, contiguous to the district, until the
ourselves obliged to declare so decidedy and publicly erection of the intended new church.
against a plan of education established and maintained by
POLICE CASES YESTERDAY.—Monday is generally a
the state, to which we owe, and are react to render, all
" field day" at the Police-court, the offences of two days
duty not interfering with that which we (we to God. But
being to be investigated. Yesterday was, however, an
this higher duty compelled us to expresathus plainly and
exception, there having been only 22 prisoners in all. A
strongly our disapprobation and distrust of this system ;
young man, named William Taylor, was charged with
and we lament that it does not now pernit us to retract,
stealing a Tweed coat from the shop of Mr. McTaggart,
or to soften, those declarations of our ceinion. We con-
clothier, Bold-street. It appeared that about half-pastsider it to be the more necessary to stee this explicitly, five o'clock on Saturday afternoon, a person passing
because it is conceived by some persons bat certain mods-
along the street saw the prisoner take the article from a
fications of its rules, from time to time ntroducad by the
nail inside the shop door, and walk away with it. He
Commissioners of National Education, have done much
gave information of the fact, and the prisoner being !sur-
to remove the objection:, on which it Its been from the
beginning opposed and rejected by the Fester portion of sued was stopped, with the article over his arm. He was
committed for trial at the sessions.—Christopher Kelly,
the members of the Established Church And as we are
a young man, was charged with having, on Saturday,
unable to form the same opinion of bete changer, we
stolen 311ba* of butter, in a shop in Byrom-street, and the
deem it our duty to obviate the misappehension to which
our silence might give rise, by statingastinctly, that we case being proved, was consigned to gaol for two months.
cannot discern in them any sufficient eason: for with- —Sohn Parry, who was found concealed in an empty
house in Beau-street, with, no doubt, a felonious intent,
drawing or qualifying the condemnalea, which we have
was committed to prison for three months.—The other
deliberately and repeatedly pronounced. cases were unimportant, and the principal business of the
We wish sincerely that we couleafford space for court—includi g dock fines, felonies, drunk and disor-
the whole of the protest, so ably antso convincingly
deny cases, and begging—were all disposed of by twelve
does it dispose of the whole quesion at issue, so
o'clock precisely. There were but three cases of assault
far as regards the possibility of thi clergy of a Pro- by summons, and they were devoid of interest.

MEETING OF COTTON IMPORTERS

DR. HAWKINS AND DR. PUSEY

Mr. Banner, Chairman of the Directors of the Liver-
pool and Harrington Water Works Company, has pub-
lished a book under this title, with a view "to correct
or remove misstatements and misapprehensions with
regard to the supply of water, which, having been pro- The subject of the total inadequacy of the existing
fusely spread, have become matter of public interest." Merchant Seamen's Fund to fulfil the objects desired
The writer impugns more especially what he terms the i and to balance the sacrifices made by the body of men
" misstatements" made by Mr. Samuel Holme in an affected by it, occupied during the past session of Parlia.
essay read by him at the Polytechnic Society last year, as meet the attention of a select committee, by whom a
to the supply of water by the present water companies, quantity of valuable evidence was taken and a report pre-
and also those in a document, by the same gentleman, sented containing the outlines of a bill to be brought be-
appended to the report and evidence of the sanatory fore the legislature next session. A special committee of
enquiry, more recently published, in which Mr. H. the Liverpool Merchant Seamen's Fund has since been
alleges that complaints of the scarcity of water in cases appointed to consider such report and the hearings of the
of fire, and also as to the price of that necessary commo- evidence, one of the members of which Mr. H. C. Chap-
dity, are loud and general, and that the monopoly enjoyed man, in a pamphlet, under the above head, addressed to
by the two great companies has, he considers, been pre- William Potter, Esq., its chairman, has just published
judicial to the health of the community. These and his own particular siews upon the question. Mr. Chap•
other statements Mr. Banner endeavours, on behalf of man contends that the supposition of the parliamentary
the water companies, to refute, with what success committee that no other fund can be raised for the relief
throughout we shall not take upon ourselves to pronounce, of the disabled seamen, and by no other means, than the
though we cannot help saying that (in common with many present, is erroneous ; and that ample means for so im-
of our townsmen) we do not concur in many of his de- portant an object can and ought to be raised. Upon such
ductions, and think the object aimed at would have been a question, involving so largely the interests of our national
more readily attained had the writer abstained from the commerce and the strength of Great Britain's strongest
tone of invective in which he rather unsparingly indulges arm of defence, high ground ought to be taken, and
towards Mr. Holme, who, from his professional expe- sacrifices made by the merchant and shipowner, and, if
rience, and being, moreover, an extensive owner of pre- necessary, by the nation itself. He proposes the follow-
in the town, may be assumed to have an accurate ing as his " ways and means."
acquaintance with the whole case as between the public Ist. All seamen to contribute annually one shilling a
and the company, and who, so far as we can see, can month, and apprentices the same amount after having
have no object in boldly expressing his opinions but the served three years.
general good. Mr. Holme is, however, well able to pad. Shipowners to pay one shilling per £lOO sterling
meet the accusations put forth against him, and as he will, on nett freight.
in all probability, feel himself called upon to do so, we 3rd. All exports and imports to pay 6d. per £lOO ster-
are spared the necessity of entering upon his defence. ling, invoice value.
Public opinion, it is undeniable, has for some years been 4th. The present capital accumulated at the different
arrayed against the present monopoly, and it is equally ports to be expended in the erection of Orphan Asylums,
certain that this has been caused by the want of zeal in with schools attached, for the children of seamen, on the
the companies in supplying a prompt and efficient supply principles of Greenwich School.
of water at fires ;by the inadequate control possessed by The local district of Liverpool to extend from Holyhead
the public authorities over the water works; by the water to the Solway Frith, including the Isle of Man.
not being raised for domestic purposes beyond the level These views Mr. Chapman puts forward with his usual
of the cellar ; and, last, not least, by the arbitrary powers clearness and business-like tact, not as a substitute for
to disttain, or cut off the supply, on any alleged slight the suggestions in detail of the report of the Parliamen.
defalcation, without the intervention of a magistrate, tare Committee (which are published at length in the
with which the companies are invested. With regard to pamphlet), but as supplementary, and necessary to ren-
the last point, we know of some instances in which inha- der the bill proposed by that report really and perceptibly
,itants have been distrained upon for arrears due by pre- beneficial to the seamen. We sincerely hope that they
enants, and who were compelled to submit from may meet with the attention which the humane cones-
want of pecuniary means to appeal against the surcharge deration of the interests of a much-neglected body of men
in a court of law. It does not appear to be generally demands.
known that the corporation obtained the first act (in 1784)
to supply the town with water. They remissly, how-
ever. neglected to avail themselves of the privilege, and
handed it over to a private company in 1799. To this
there could be no objection, provided it were shown that
the town were supplied as amply for general purposes; as
speedily on all occasions, and as cheaply on the whole, as
could the Corporation. If, however, the question be put
as to all these points, the voice of the public replies in
the negative, and the general opinion is that the corporate
body ought to purchase the present companies' works at
a fair valuation, and resume their prerogative. Private
companies are frequently highly beneficial, especially in
enterprises of trade or improved intercourse, but their
individual object is pain; and the supply of that vital
necessary of life—water-- is scarcely a ligitimate object
for private speculation and emolument. Our water corn-
panics have had their trials and difficulties—seldom in-
separable from extensive projects ;—they have, in fact,
not unfrequently been " in low water," and they have
struggled through with meritorious perseverance, until
they can now afford to divide 10 per cent. Their charge,
•ver, of 5 per cent., or Is. in the pound, on the whole
d of the borough is heavy ; the division of the supply
ngst two companies involves, moreover, the frequent
mg up of the streets for the laying or repair of the
respective lines of mains, besides causing confusion of ac-
counts, and the necessity for the amalgamation of the
whole of the works, under the Corporation, has become
obvious—the inhabitants receiving the benefit of the
profits that would accrue to the estate, if any, in the
shape of town improvements—of which we have yet great
requirement. The Council have recently obtained a bill
in parliament to raise a supply of water, independent of the
companies, for the double purpose of extinguishing fires
and watering the streets. This is an additional argument
in favour of the whole supply being in the hands of the
Corporation ; for, without it, we shall be subjected to the
additional evil of three sets of pipes being laid throughout
the present streets in place of two, or probably in most
parts of only one line of main of sufficient calibre. We
are at issue with Mr. Banner in his statement that the
new corporation works will be " a large boon to ware-
house proprietors, at a great sacrifice to the public
generally, which might have been spared." The water
companies never satisfactorily showed that they could, or
would, supply water for fires and for the streets, on equally
advantageous terms, and in the destruction of warehouses
the interests of the whole of the community of a com-
mercial town are deeply. if not equally, involved. Neither
do we go the length of assuming with our author that it
is the feeling of the fire-insurance agents that "a serious
fire, occasionally taking place, promotes the business of
their offices, as it drives many to insure who before
neglected to do so." If their alleged apathy for the more
effectual suppression of fires were really attributable to
such a cause, they have at least paid dearly for their
temerity within the last two years. The " pamphlet,"
in fine, is a defence, or apology, for the water companies,
by one of their principal officers, and as such only will
command attention. The appeal, and the professions
made, come rather too late to be available. The claims
of the shareholders (and these we by no means repudiate)
are more successfully advocated than the merits of the
present system, which it is admitted requires reformation.
But, on the principle of audi aileron partem, we re-
commend an attentive perusal of it to all interested.

There have been large arrivals of oranges at Hull within
the last ten days. On Wednesday five cargoe

s were

~.
offered by auction, three of which were sold at low prices.
and two were withdrawn. Oranges have been selling at
four a penny, and the Market-street stalls have been
loaded with this fruit.—Hull Packet.

The commissioners will remove into the new Bankruptcy
Courts, South John-street, on the Ist of February.
THE CHASE.-Sir William Massey Stanley's hounds
meet on Wednesday, 15th, at Gayton ; Saturday, 18th, bt
Sutton Station.

EXETER DrOCESE.—We have given in another column
the letter of the Bishop of Exeter, withdrawing his receni
orders. The Exeter Times of Friday says "We have
just learned, from the best authority, that the Bishop has
received a letter from the Archbishop of Canterbury,
calling upon him to retrace all his steps, till the consti-
tuted authorities have deliberated on the subject of " the
diversities."

On Monday, the memorial to the Queen, and the pe-
titions to the houses of parliament, adopted at the recent
Protestant meeting in this city, were placed in the Guild-
hall for signature, as well as lists being opened at other
places in the city. At the Guildhall alone the number of
signatures to each petition during the day amounted to
upwards of 900. Since which they have amounted to
about 2000.—Exeter Gazette.

LAW OFFICERS OF THE CaowN.—The Globe of Sa-
turday announces the following changes in the present law
officers of the crown. " Lord Chancellor, Mr. Pember-
ton Leigh, (with a peerage), rice Lord Lyndhurst. Sir
Frederick Thesiger, Chief Justice of the Common Pleas,
vice Sir N, Tindal, who retires. Mr. Fitzroy Kelly.
Attorney-General, rice Sir W. Follett, whose impaired
health forbids the hope of his being able to resume his
official or professional avocations. The Hon. Mr. Wort-
ley, Solicitor-General, in the place of Sir F. Thesiger,
elevated to the bench as Chief Justice of the Common,
Pleas." The Times, of yesterday, says, that " this a--
nouncement is in one respect manifestly untrue; in the
other it is at least premature."

LIVERPOOL PRICE CURRENT AND' MERCANTILE LIST.

first number of a publication under this title has just
.peen published by Mr. McCorquodale, V. Castle-street,
upon a plan which, we think cannot fail to be generally
acceptable and useful to the commercial public. The ob-

ject Of its publisher is to give in one sheet a much more.
general view of the leading features of the commerce of
the port than is afforded by the private circulars issued by
merchants and brokers ; and in this he appears, so far at
least as the quantity of statistical matter is concerned, to
have completely succeeded. The work is issued every
Wednesday morning, containing eight pages, one of which
is left blank for the remarks of parties forwarding it to
their correspondents, and is kept in weight within the
the half ounce. The whole being only one sheet enables
it to pass through the United States as a single letter.

Lord Chief Justice Tindal has been pleased to appoint
Mr. John Wilson, Clerk to the Justices of the Borough
of Congleton, to be one of the Perpetual Commissioners
for the County of Chester for taking the acknowledgmei t
of Deeds by 'married women, under the Fines and Re-
coveries
Abolition Act.
Cr-rotten LECTURES.—The first of a series of thirteen DIED.
discourses, to be delivered on Tuef day evenings, at St. On the 12th instant, THOMAS, son of Mr. Ronr. PALMER,
Andrew's Church, Renshaw-street, upon " The Christian i printer, Lord-street.
Character and Conduct," will be preached this evening. - ---- ---
The title prefixed to the discourse in the syllabus is, " The
4th Doc.
SHIPPING INTELLF-
,;ISI.O_NoDrAOY.,OcJoA,NFUeoAtfteY,
frlo3..—NWei,n,drSo.rEk.;raiSie.Wd
2.
Christian's Dignity and Duty, or his High Privilege and
ARAM:
Honourable Employment."
—Smile. Strickland, from Smyrna—Elizabeth Catherine, Jones.
firoomm
vviiienkdlaoLk____—
SATURDAY EVENING CONCERTS.—The concert of
aAndavcFnituorare'CßoaT. fromf Wells—Ann, Wilkinson,
Saturday last was attended by about five hundred persons.
The vocalists were Miss Joseph, Mr. P. Crowe, Mr.
Ryalls, Mr. Crank, and Mr. Hornby ; and the entertain- Samsn.—Duke of Cornwall,w NI
ink
prionnei Sfoarlefoorl,be.
Mcnt went off with great applause. Mr. Alexander Dun- Pauline. Jan en, for St. Thomas—Columba,
can, professor of education, kindly granted his services, Rio Janeiro—Santos, Ugarte, for Manilla—
giving three excellent recitations. The Frazer Family for Gibraltar, Cadiz and Brazil.
will appear this week ; and we learn that the committee, Martha, Scriven, hence for Lisbon'
at Kingstown
with a view of affording the working classes an oppOrtu- Portuna, for Valparaiso, has put
back, with two of the cre
nity of judging of the varied natural and acquired powers injured, having been struck by a sea off Wicklow. The mate i
of the human voice, have engaged a celebrated ventrilo- also laid up with fever
quilt, who will give an entertainment on an early day. htm2yr
,ire, Ward, from Callao, at this port. On 19th Dec. in.
COLLEGIATE INSTITUTION.—In another column will land. On long 37
31i'l IWI a. tsp3o7kNe the,, Sag3u3eNr:73l,,efr\ovm Ic hsahboel to E n g-
be found a detailed list of the lecturers and subjects for 3oth, in lat. 39 N, long. 31 W,)" the Robert' James Haynes, from
the present year. A more careful or excellent selection i Antigua to London
could scarcely have been rreple, as it comprises those lee- Isaac Allerton, Torry, from New Orleans, at this port ; sailed
turers who are now attracting the most cro wiled audi- from the bar 111.1; Dec. Left the Charlemagne, for Liverpool.
aground on the bar.
tOrieS in the London Literary Institutions. We hope Stephen, "•
our townsmen will continue that powerful and in-
creasing support which they have hitherto given to this
institution, in reliance upon which we presume the
directors have made such costly engageinei.ts. The ap-
pearance of the Rev. Hugh M`Neile upon the evening of who nave taken about 6'o'
opening will give a degree of brilliance to the commence- Saturday last.
meat which the subsequent proceedings cannot fail to _ _
sustain. The expectation of an introductory address
from this master-orator must attract a crowded audience. i N.,_
BurtGT.AltY.—A little after two o'clock yesterday (Mon- 1, thing fu
day) morning, the house of Mt. Thomas Gleave, No. 34, Mutton, - -
Pall-mall, was broken into, and sonic brass candlesticks -
- ----
and other articles stolen away. It fortunately happened I LIVERPOOL PROVISION MARKET, JAN 13.
Iliad Mr. Gleavc and his wife were awoke by the stepping I The prices of Butter are fully supported. though we are not
up stairs of one or more persons, and upon that the de- able to notice a positive advance upon our last quotations.
lincptents made off; they were watched into Tithebarn- Holders continue very fanersine. Pickled Butter remains at
91s to gas, and the demand limited. Beef and Pork of prime
street, but suddenly disappeared without any clue being quality in limited supply, and prices the turn dearer. Bacon is
found out as to their residence. They had bundled up also looking up, with a fair consumptive enquiry.
many articles of clothing, &c., for carrying away, but the — s-
alarm of the family scared them off before they could get
their booty ready. It is more than probable that they MEETINGS OF CREDITORS FOR LIVERPOOL.
were not practised thieves, but some private enemies of ..; ANUARY. Boum,
4, John Lythgoe, (audit) .... ........ ..... District Court, 12
Mr. Gleave's, who have often threatened vengeance upon I 14, Margaret Williams, (audit).
him for his public opinions. No blame whatever can he 14, Richard Abram, (audit)
Ditto, 12
attached to the police, who were upon their beat, and, 14, Thomas Garnett, (audit)
with the inspector, made such search, &c., as was possi- 14, John Jasper Garnett, (audit) Ditto, 12
ble, but hitherto without detection. is, Charles Delves Broughton Ditto, 12
17, Isaac Ketchum 2nd Ditto, 11
BIRKENHEAD POLICE. COURT, YESTERDAY.—(Before 17, John Tarleton;audit
J. N. Harden and William Jackson, Esqs.)—Two sweeps, 17, Charles Benn Buchanan
a.,d C 0....
named Wm. Jones and William Casey, boys about 13 21, David Cook and Co. audit
years of age, were brought up as being suspicious charac- 21, James Metcalf, proof and div.
tern. One of the officers found them in Hamilton-square 22, John Johnson, audit Ditto, 11
22 Absalom Francis, 2nd
at a late hour on Saturday night, and on being taken to 21' Henryßentley, y2nd Ditto, It
bridewell a tin dagger and a whistle was found upon them. 2'3, James Mackay, lnd
There was nothing further to warrant their detention, and 23, William Starr Drury, 2nd
the magistrates accordingly ordered them to be discharged, 23, John Garnett, proof and div..
the police retaining the two formidable articles discovered 24, Thomas Parr, audit
in their possession.—This is the case out of which our 24 Strickland and Brickwood, audit
,
24 Bannister and. Simpson, audit
proof
veracious contemporary, the Albion, in his publication of 23, William Jackson,
yesterday, trumped up a tale to the effect that two men as, James Alexander Forrest, audit
were in custody on suspicion of being concerned in the
...
late murder of Mr. Peacop. Richard Perry was commit- e_aearseerea
--
LIVERPOOL :
ted for trial at the next sessions at Knutsford, on a charge
of having stolen a spade, a horse-brush, and a curry- TUESDAY, JANUARY 14, 1845.
comb, belonging to Mr. Whalley and Mr. Noble of Ox- PRINTED AND PUBLISHED
ton. The other cases were unimportant. I EVERY TUESDAY MORNING,
SUDDEN DEATH.—Yesterday. an inquisition was held aT
before P. F. Curry, Esq., Borough Coroner, on view of JOSHUA FLETCHER LACE, of 53, Grove-street, and
he body of Daniel Lewis. Alfred Cooke, seaman of the LEONARD ADDISON, of 14, Great Orford-street,
schooner Gertrude, said the deceased was formerly one of • 1N0.4, ST. GEOROB'S CRESCUNT,LIVERPOOL .
the hands of that vessel. He was 27 years old. On Satur- Orders and Adertisernents are received by Messrs. Newton and
day evening last witness went to a cooking shop in Benn's co , Warwick-square ; Barker and White, Fleet-street
Gardens, and found deceased sitting in a chair, Hel Deacon, Walbrook ; Reynell, Chancery-lane; Charles Barker,
smiled at witness as he went in, but did not speak. Im- . Birchin.lane ; Joseph Thomas, 1, Finch.lane, Cornhill ; Mun-
mcdiately afterwards, he suddenly fell forward and groaned cdoeunrit"Timeeqn-sdt'reoe7t,-,LLoern,l;iamradijsdtrLefe,t,;, .Maitechaesltlic2c,oßuretd
Corn-
threeLio- times. Witness with the assistance of another man ; hill; at the London Commercial Coffee-house, Mincing-lane;
lifted him up. He was unable to speak. A surgeon was 1 at the Jerusalem Coffee-house, Cornhill ; Chapter Cof-
sent for, but before he arrived the deceased died.—Mr. , fee-house, Paternoster.rovr ; North and South American
Woods, surgeon, who made a post tnortern examination. Coffee.house, Threadneedle-street ; Parsons, 9. Ave-Maria-
found the cause of death to be enlargement of the , lane,vih London:, Johnstontreet. and Co.,
C. H.
ELdeens
,QM"ayrllet Dublin
Market-street,
t$
heart, the result of natural causes.—Verdict accordingly. I
E x•
c Haandifleo-esk , and J. and W: Booth,w i.
Booksellers.
—The deceased left a chest of clothes, and a small sum 1 Warrington; Clarke, Pilot-office, Preston; and Wright and
of
wife lived money ;
in anCarthmarthenshire,d e beadle havithe oroner gavehorders Terms of Subsc ng ascertained tat bis '
Werald-office, Birmingham,
c '
ription for this paper :—On credit,
that she should be written to, and that the body should be
one year, LI 3s. ; half-year. lls. 64.—1 f paid in
uncoffined and kept in the dead-house until Wednesday,
so that the might attend the funeral if she thought proper. 1 advance—one year 41 Is, ; half-year, 103, 64.

SHIPPING INTELLIGENCE

mbo River—
Stillstrom, for
i.cker,

•and Tartar,

Junchie, hence to Cuba, was spoken 4th Jan. in

C. 45, loug. li

LIVERPOOL COTTON MARKET, JAN. 13

has been eAperiene
-4 bales

ed to-day from consumers.
at prices similar to Friday and

LIVERPOOL CATTLE MARKET, J. 13.
aye a small supply of Cattle at our market to-day, any-
quality sought after, and sold at—Beef, s,ict to 6d;
ltofi