The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1846-05-26 00:00:00

THE LIVERPOOL STANDARD.

have always done while a compromise was possible,
avowed their preference fora fixed duty on the principle of
revenue; but it was felt that the opportunity for such a
settlement was past, and it was unanimously resolved that
they should not waste their energies in attempting to at-
tain that which was now beyond their reach, but promote
vigorously and cordially the success of the bill in the very
form in which it had been received from the Commons.

LIVERPOOL AUXILIARY BIBLE SOCIETY

The annual meeting of the subscribers and friends to
the above society was held last evening at the Concert-
hall, Lord Nelson-street. The attendance was not so
numerous as on former occasions. The Rev. Dr. Byrth
occupied the chair, and on the platform were the following
clergymen and other gentlemen :-The Rev. Mr. Davies,
the Rev. Mr. Hampton, the Rev. Dr. Raffl.s, the Rev.
J. Kelly. the Rev. J. B. Owen, incumbent of St. Mary's,
Bilston, &c. After prayer had been offered up and
several passages of scripture read,

It is unnecessary to enlarge upon the importance of this
decision. Without it, the rorn Bill might have b-en, not
indeed rejected, but so mutilated as to have insured its
rejection by the House of Commons ; with the firm sup-
port of the Whig peers it may be considered beyond the
reach of danger. _ _

The et-tat-am-mg said that his observations would be
few, as the secretary and other gentlemen would bring
forward statements and details in which, no doubt, they
would all be interested. It was impossible. for any one
who had for a long time been connected wish the British
and Foreign able Society, not to feel deeply interested
every time he was present at one of those meetings. It
was a saciety having in view one of the noblest of objects,
and hal had to encounter some of the most severe
struggles, and that it had struggled on, and still
prospered was no small proof that it continued to receive
the divine blessing. He believed, as did all its promoters,
that when its objects shall have been carried out, the na-
tions of the world would he provided with the word of
God, each man reading in his own tongue in which he was
born, that the world should yield a spiritual increase, and
that all the people should praise Him who had thus
blessed them. It must appear a wonderful thing to every
refl,cting mind, that an object such as that sought be to
obtained by means of the British and Foreign Bible Society,
was so long in engaging the attention of members of the
Christian church ; but in that respect it seemed to be in the
same condition with other societies, whose objects were of
a similar nature. The age in which they lived had given
birth to most of them. Tbis had been called by some
the age of great societies ; while it had been called by
others the age of little books. It. might at least be desig-
nated the age of mechanical 'invention, as machinery bad

Of rathe-r another complexion is the following,
which we quote from the Morning Herald

We learn, with grett satisfaction, that the decision at
the meeting of Whig peers, at Lansdowne House, on Sa-
turday, to support Sir R)bert Peel's corn bill, was not
unanimous ; but that Lord Melbourne, who will, we un-
derstand, be supported by Lord Beauvale, Lord Ponsonby,
and at least nine or ten other Whig peers, protested
against Lord John Russell's insolent attempt to dictate
to the party, and declared his (Lord Melbourne's) deter-
mination to vote against the second reading. If Lord
Melbourne take the course which, from all that we can
learn, we believe he will take,—and if he shall be sup-
ported by as many of the Whig party as we trust will sup-
port him, the drfeat of " the execrable bill " is certain.
In any case the popular effect of the late Prime Minister's
single vote against the odious measure mug outweigh the
votes of any dozen of hungry place-hunting Whigs or
pauver Tory veers,

The Morning Chronicle says that seventy Whig
peers attended the meeting, and that they came to a
resolution, "to give the bill their hearty support,
and to offer a decided opposition to any amendment
whatsoever."

Perhaps, after perusing these versions of the story,
our readers will conclude, with ourselves, that the
safest plan will be to wait the issue itself. With
the glaring inconsistencies of modern statesmen
before us, we should be sorry to express an opinion
either way.

been brought to operate on those operations connected
with the purposes of social life; and it might be called
likewise the age of Christian associations. (Hear.) The age
of societies for promoting the best interests of man. by
bringing him into connection with the means which enabled
him to kno a God, and to act upon the principles laid down
in His holy word. And while the society whose objects they
were met to promote, was contemporaneous in its origin
with many other societies, he believed the union of them
allcalculated to effect that which the Lord commanded,
and that the. Christian public would be as it had been to
the present day, willing to lend assistance to them aIL
(Herr, hear.) There was, perhaps, one feature in the
British and Foreign Bible Society, on which he
might dwell for a moment. It seemed to be
the only society, so far as present experience had
shown, in which it was possible for Christians of all
denominations to unite, and to which they could, without
distinction of sect, give their cordial support. (Hear.
hear.) It compromised no man's privileges—it judged no
man's faith—it offended no roan's prepossessions—its
scone was ample enough to engage every man's affections.

We are sorry to have to point out, in our Friday's
contemporary, the following piece of—to say the
least of it—exceeding bad taste, which appears in
one of the leading columns of his last publication.
Speaking of the prospects of the ministerial mea-
sures in the House of Lords, the Mercury remarks :
" It is said, more difficulty bas been found in ascertain-
ing how the bishops will vote than either party anticipated.
The sudden illness of the Archbishop of York or of Can-
terbury would soon solve these doubts. Whv can't
Charles James London take the gout, or Edward Durham
assume a quinsey if he have it not ? ' In promotion as
love—

but to ne resolved

Nothing would so soon enable the Lords Spiritual to dis-
cover that the passing of the corn bill, without delay, was
a religious question, as a vacant see, or the prospect of
being called to a more extensive sphere rf usefulness."

and he could regard its triumph without being in the
least degree affected by the apprehension that its victory
was inconsistent with any object he ought himself to en-
tertain. (Hear.) He spoke of Caristian men—it was with
regard to them, and for them alone, he ventured to say
that the British and Foreign Bible Society, properly con-
templated, possessed those principles in which they
might all unite. There might be cordial harmony amongst
parties, as each individual wbo united with them, and
who was part of the great machinery, might reserve his
own private opinion, being neither called on to defend
them against assault, nor required to assail the opinion of

This may be what the Mercury considers smart
writing. There is a numerous class of people who
are content to be witty at the expense of decorum,
and to sneer at things which rightly constituted
minds hold too sacred for such flippant treatment.
The character of the episcopal office we should have
imagined was one of these things, at least in the
eyes of a churchman, as the editor of the Mercury
occasionally reminds us that he is. Such a para-
graph as this of the Mercury might have been ex-
cused as coming from the lips of some rabid dis-
senter or socialist, to draw down the applause of a
mob of infidels ; but it is scarcely suited to the co-
lumns of a newspaper, which professe4 to circulate
amongst families of every creed, and which, on that
ground alone, taking no higher moral or religious
ground, ought not to outrage the feelings of any
class of its readers. We trust the editor of the
Mercury will be able to assure us that the article is
the work of a volunteer, and that its insulting cha-
racter has escaped his observation. It certainly does
not bear the ordinary impress of his writing.

his neighbour. (Hear, hear.) Surely that must be re-
garded as a great distinction. He believed philosonhers
would think so, and he knew a large portion of the Chris-

tian community not only thought so, but acted upon the
principle, as they had come forward without distinction
to take a part in the objects sought to be attained by the
society. lie hoped they would excuse him for occupying
their attention on a matter which by some might be deemed
common-place, but he did hope that there, as well as
el-ewhere. the success of the British and Foreign
Bible Society would, as it well deserved, be on the in-
crease. If other societies came forward and occupied
fields in which they laboured, they could make use of the
British and Foreign Bible Society to give their labours
effect, and command success, and they stood in the posi-
tion of being ready to assist them
_without distinction.

He believed that in so

rest on their labours, not only because the-object was me
which he approved, but because that blessing would be
further extended in answer to the prayersand thanksgivings
of thoQe who would avail themselves of their efforts. He
concluded by calling on the secretary to read the report.
The Rev. Mr. DAVIES then read the following
report :

Mr. Peel, eldest son of Sir Robert Peel, does not return
to Madrid to resume his post as attache to the British
Legation. He is appointed Secretary of Legation under
his Excellency Mr. D. R. Monier in Switzerland.
We are enabled to announce positively that our govern-

ment has received formal notice from the President of
the United States that it is the &sire of the American
government that the treaty for the joint occupation of thz-
Oregon territory should cease and determine at the ex-
piration of twelve months from the date of such notice.—
Observer.

Its receipts last year amounte

an excess over the previohs year of .e 3,5:
amounted to 1,441,651; being 525,840
_cupie

4s. 2d, Itiissug
more than in any

VA:324,487 volumes. Let this fact he coupled in our minds with
the promise above alluded to—" My word shall not return to

SINGULAR ROBBERY.—Between the Fours of ten and
eleven o'clock on Saturday morning last. an extensive

end alarming forebodings.
Your Committee have againthisypai the pleasing task of

robbery was committed at the house ot—Mr. Francis Barnes
book-keeper, Roscommon-street, Everton, under the lot.

lowing circumstances. It appears that, immediately after
breakfast on that morning, Mr. Barnes and his family left
home, leaving no person to take care of the house except
the servant-maid. Between the hours mentioned, a knock
was heard at tLe front door, which was opened by the ser-
vant, and instantly two men rushed in, seized hold of her.
and fastened her in the water-cellar. They then proceeded
to rans ick the house, and succeeded in finding and carryine
off with tLem a pocket-book, containing nine sovereigns
and four half-sovereigns ; also several ladies' dresses, some
gold rings, brooches, and ear-rings, a coral set in gold,
three sets of window curtains, a black coat and vest, shirts,
trousers, boots, and a variety of other articles. Bills have

labours extended
The annual subscriptions last year amounted to
being .€2l Ms. 6d., more than in the previous year.
The donations received last yearamounted to 4214.45., being
.€l4 Bs. 6d, more than the year before.
The Ladies' Branch Society contributed last year €333 15s.
9d.. but this amount is less than the sum received in the pre-
vious year by 12s. 7d. Several causes have contributed to
occasion this diminution in its funds. One is, and that the

c4lO 11 s,

chief cause, the great want of an increase in the number of
Ladies' Collectors to labour in the field.
By the sale of books there has been received this year
.£945 2s. 3d., being .e 290 14s. Oid. more than the year before.
The country associations have also produced an increase of
income in the past year. The amount,being .i 277 18s, 6d.,

been issued for the apprehension of the robbers.
LIVERPOOL, ORMSKIRK, AND PRESTON RAILWAY
COMPANY.—Yesterday, at one o'clock, at the Clarendon-
buildings, a special general meeting of the holders of scrip,

The following are the separate iteth,
Prescot
St. Helens
Southport
West Derby

e5O 0 0
64 0 0
74 5 6

or of bankers' receipts for scrip in the compa
pursuant to resolutions of the two houses o

parliament,

to take intnconsiderationthe bill now pending in parlia

Orrell
In addition to this, they Nave paid into
the Ladies' Association .tl4 16 6
Chowbent
Leigh
The Mechanics' Association have contributed .4'9 35., being
e 2 18s. 44d. more than th' previous year.
The Welsh branch continues to exhibit the devotion of its

L 1 2 4
24 19 10

ment, entitled, " A bill for making a railway from the
Liverpool and Bury Railway to Preston, and to the
Blackburn and Preston, and North Union Railways. with

branches therefrom, to be called the Liverpool. Orinskirk,

and Preston Railway. There was a numerous attendance
of shareholders. Mr. Wm. Cooke, in the absence of the
chairman and deputy•chairman, occupied the chair.

Considerable delalocenrred whilst the names and address

subscribers and contnnutors to tile great cause of tne
Society. Its receipts were .e 602 ss. lid, being 17s. more
than the year before, and from this amount they have trans-
mitted to the parent society the noble sum of .e 550 as a free
contribution, being .elOO more than last year.
From these various sources the Liverpool Auxiliary Bible
Society has received in the last year, .t'2971 16s. 7d., being
''4o4 us. B%d. more than the year before.

of the shareboldeis, and the denoting numbers of all the

scrip and receipts were recorded. v The Chairman an-
nounced that the amount of the capital of the company

was £750,000, and that there was a sufficient number Of

scrip in the room to constitute the meeting a legal one
Mr. Lloyd, the law-clerk, then read a bill to the meeting

Thy Chairman thenpropOsed that the bill be approved of

The total number of copies of the Holy Scriptures dis-
tributed by this auxiliary and its branches, in the past year,
amounted to 31,868, being 16,655 more than in the previous
year ;—thus making the total issues from the institution of the
society in the year 1811, amount to 299,764.
The follown; list contains a particular statement of the

This was seconded by Mr. Howell, and carried unani-

mously. 14,592 shares were represented at the meeting.
The proceedings then terminated.
CHARGE OF THROWING VlTRlOL.—Yesterday, two
boys named Joseph Snyder and William Ferguson, the
former about 14 and the latter 12 pars of age, were
brought before the magistrates on a charge of throwing
vitriol at a young lad named John James Woodcock. The

The labours of the t olporteur have resulted in the distribu-
tion of 5,256 copies of the Scriptures, which were sold by him
in the town and in the suburbs and villages surrounding it, at
cost prices, within the last year.
Three new Associations have been formed during the past
year. and connected with the Liverpool Auxiliary—viz., Orrell,

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complainant stated that on Saturday, between one and
two o'clock in the afternoon, he was running down Camp._

bell-street, from Duke-street, when a boy seized hold of

beet the means of distributing 2,394 copies of the Holy Scrip-
tures.

him and threw something in his eyes, which deprived him
of his sight. Another boy stated that the prisoner Fet-
guson held the complainant while the other threw the
vitriol into his eves. They had the liquid in a black bot-
tle. The complainant was taken into Mr. Taylor's, drug-
gist, Cleveland-square, where such remedies were applied
as the necessity of the case demanded, and he was after-
wards removed to his own house and attended by a medical
man. Several other witnesses were called, but their evi-

Upwards of 3,000 copies of the Word of God have been put
into circulation during the last few months by the zealous and

nifestin'g the anxious desire of the poor to possess themselves
of a copy of the Word of God, upwards of 7,000 Bibles and
Testaments having been sold to them in a very short time.
Several lay gentlemen have, on their own account, engaged
in the work of Bible distribution. One individual has put into
circulation upwards of 400 copies.

dence merely went to show that a quarrel had tak

in Campbell-street amongst some boys, without proving

of faith Wand labour of love

the connexion of the prisoners with the transaction in The Rev. Mr. KIRKUS moved that the report which
question. Dr. Marsh, who had been called in to see the had just been read be adopted and circulated and printed
complainant, said he found that intric acid, or what was under the direction of the committee. He had attended
commonly termed aqua fortis, had been thrown into one that meeting as a stranger in Liverpool, having only been
of his eyes, which was much kill-ed. Snyder denied the a resident for a short time, but although a stranger in
charge, stating that he had been sent on an errand by his that respect he was not a stranger to the institution for
master, Mr. Hay. architect; be went into Campbell- whose interest they were met to appeal. There was in
street, where he played at marbles with some other boys, everything around them a natural tendency to change ;
and some of their marbles were stolen. An alercation all human works were changing, many beings were has-
took place as to giving back the marbles, at which time tening into eternity, and on one day during the last week he
lie (the prisoner) was taken into custody. Ferguson had in his ministerial capacity attended ti:e funeral rites
stated that he had been on an errand for his mother, and in connexion with twenty bodies in one district, and when
was playing at marbles with the boys in Campbell-street, they took into account that the same %cos going on in
as stated by Snyder, when they were taken into custody, 'other districts in other parts of the country, and that
and charged with throwing the vitriol. He denied all .millions of human beings were entering eternity and ra-
knowledge of the charge preferred against him. The pidlv passing from this world, and there was nothing but
magistrates ordered the prisoners to be remanded in order the Bible and its truths for the salvation of souls, how
that further evidence might be produced as to their iden- great was the responsibility which devolved upon them,
titv. They were both admitted to bail, and Mr. Hay and how necessary was it that they should come forward
intimated that he could speak as to the good character of , and support the society which had for its ohj-ct the dis-
Snyder when the proper time arrived. _ I semination of the Word of God. lie cal'ed attention to

CHARGE AGAINST A POLICE-OFFlCER.—Yesterday,
a man appeared before the magistrates, Messrs. Hough-
ton and Harvey, to prefer a complaint against police-
officer Kinnear, (61,) for having assaulted him. The
man stated, that on Friday night he was standing at the
corner of Lord-street, between seven and eight in the
evening, talking to a friend, when the officer came up,
and without any previous intimation, struck him on the
side with his stick, at the same time calling him a d--d
Irish rascal, and adding that if they did not go he would
break some of their legs. The complainaint was about to
calla witness to prove his statement, when Mr. Dowling,
addressing the magistrates, said—" This man is one of the
most notorious scoundrels in Liverpool, and so is his
friend." Mr. Houghton—lf he is a scoundrel he must
have justice. Mr. Dowling said, he had mentioned the
circumstance in consequence of the magistrates having
asked who the complainant was. The complainant then
stated that he was employed to solicit orders for a
person who was a cigar dealer. A witness, on being
called corroborated the statement made by complainant,
The officer stated that the complainant was one of a set of
men called "duffers." well known to the police. He was
standing (as had been stated) with his friend, and they
were ordered cff to prevent any interruption to the foot-
walk, but refused to go, at the same time giving a great
deal of abuse. He then pushed them, but did not strike
at. all. The statement was corroborated by Police-officer
360. Mr. Dowling said, that between the Town-hall and
Bold• street, there were sometimes forty of those fellows
occupying the footwalk, and requesting parties to buy ci-
gars, handkerchiefs, &c, and other things which were not
at all what they were represented to be ; their object was to
catch parties whom they suspected to be flats, and take
them in. Mr. Harvey—l am sorry to bear you say they
only take in the flats, because they have attacked me as
well as others. (Laughter.) Mr. Dowling—They found
you not so flat as they expected. (Renewed laughter.)
The magistrates cautioned the parties that they were not
to stand upon the footwalk to the interruptiem of the
passengers, and immediately dismissed the case.

the necessity of looking (especially in a large ,e .port town
like this) to the interests of one class especially, and that
was the sailors. From the report he was glad to perceive
that great attention had been paid to that class of men,
and he knew there had been instances of divine success
arising out of the distribution of the Holy Scriptures to
those individuals. He mentioned one or two cases
which had come within his own experience, where
the Bible that had been given to the seaman bad
saved him from the eternal ruin which must other•
wise have awaited him. He called their attention to
the necessity of using their efforts to obtain an amalgama-
tion of the societies' funds, and stated a circumstance
wherein a poor woman belonging to one of the southern
lighthouses had appropriated a sovereign to the purposes
of the society, which had been left by a lady, although she
had been advised by her friends to retain a portion of it
for herself. The lady having heard of the circumstance,
offered her a situation in her establishment. This the
poor woman respectfully declined, fearing it might
interfere with her religious duties. This so pleased
the lady that she sent her a check for £2O, and her
daughter also inclosed one for £5. The lady to whom he
had alluded, was no other than the Duchess of Kent, and
her daughter, the present Queen of England. He con-
cluded with an anecdote of a gentleman, who had been in
tl e habit of giving £lO annually to the Bible Society for
several years, and on one occasion he only gave £3, re-
serving the £7 to himself. Th. person was shortly
afterwards robbed of the £7, and he acknowledged himself
to have been righteously dealt with on account of his hav-
ing kept back tle £7. when his means would have allowed
him to have given £lO. He urged upon the meeting to
come forward liberally in aid of a society which had ac-
complished. and was now accomplishing, such an amount
of good, by the dissemination of the Holy Scriptures to
all, without any distinction whatever.
The Rev. J. B. OWEN, one of the deputation, in se-
conding the resolution. remarked upon the fact that a
portion of the room was not adequately filled, and ex-

pressed his fear that Bible meetings of late had been si-
milarly neglected. The reverend gentleman proceeded to
canvass the objections of some who objected to the con-
stitution of this society, which he showed to have been
the parent of all other societies for spreading Christianity,
inasmuch, as by spreading abroad the scriptures, it gave to
every man the only sure foundation of religious doctrines.
He proceeded to offer several interesting facts, to show
the usefulness of the society, and showed, amongst other
things, that in the forty-one years during which it had
existed, it had circulated six times as many copies of the
Scriptures as had been done by all the nations of the world
in 1800 years preceding. It had now produced transla-
tions into 1.)6 different languages. The society had this
year circulated a million and a half of Bibles, principally
at home. In Manchester, where their ordinary circula-
tion was about 10,000 per annum, and which had
gradually risen to 20,000, the circulation in one month
recently was twenty thousand: and in the six months
ended 31st March, the extraordinary number of 60,680
had been circulated in that town. In France, their circu-
lation had risen last year to 130,000, in Holland and
other countries they had an increase, the only decrease
being in Belgium. The reverend speaker concluded a
most effective speech, by detailing several interesting
anecdotes, showing the beneficial effects of Bible reading,
at the close of which he was loudly cheered.
A collection was then made, after which the Rev.
George Osborne moved the next resolution, congratu-
lating the society upon the increase of their funds, and
the society's usefulness during the past year.

Several other gentlemen afterwards addressed the
meeting.

THE BUILDERS' STRIKE

This unfortunate disagreement between the employers
in the building trade and the workmen is still unsettled.
Yesterday a general meeting of the masters of all the dis-
tricts was held at Newton ; and we trust that affairs are
now nearer a train for friendly adjustment than they have
been hitherto.
We have frequently observed that this unfortunate
strike has been ill-timed ; but the mischief has not been
confined to the builders themselves. It has had a most
serious t ffect upon all the trades which are connected with
them. Timber has fallen 2d. a foot, and in some cases
more than that ; and many of the timber merchants are
obliged to put their timber into yards, and be at the ex-
pense of loading, cartage, and porterage, instead of dis-
posing of it, as many of them are in the habit of doing,
on the dock-quay, at the side of the ship. and so save Mt
the abovementioned expenses. The lead and glass dealers
are complaining bitterly of the stoppage, and some of the
brickmakers declare that if the strike lasts much longer,
they must cease making bricks in a shirt time, as the
stocks are accumulating, and few are being used. The
poor shopkeepers, particularly at Birkenhead, complain
most bitterly, and not without reason. It is astonishing
bow a stoppage in one branch of business soon begins to
affect the whole community, and it is to be hoped that

some arrangemen

be s pee

Hy mad

e, so t

hat work

may be resumed. Nothing has been done at our magnifi-
cent assize courts for nearly two months; and yester-
day we counted, in our walk into the town, fifteen large
piles of building in various stages of erection, all of which
are at a stand. This state of things is most deplorable;
and, however well-intentioned Mr. T. S. Duncombe may
be in his attempts to raise the social condition of the
working classes, it is clear that he and others have been
the cause of much misfortune, and that he has assisted to
raie a storm which we fear he will be unable either to
direct or control. The master tradesmen from the towns
of Liverpool, Birkenhead, Manchester, Birmingham,

Leeds, Bolton, Preston, Oldham, Stockport, Sheffield,
Blackburn, Wigan, Macclesfield, and other minor places.
are forming a great defensive association, so as to act in

unison, and form a chain of immediate communication,
in case they are Again attacked in detail, as they have been
on this occasion.