The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1843-08-01 00:00:00

PRESENTATION OF PLATE

We noticed a few day since, that two handsome pieces
of plate were exhibiting at Mr. Dokes's shop, iu Lord-
street, which were to be presented to the Rev. Robert
Davies, of this town, by members of this congregation.
To fulfil this intention a meeting of the congregation of
St. David's Church was held at the Welsh Charity school,
Russell-street, on Tuesday evening. Mr. Alderman
Griffith took the chair shortly alter seven o'clock, and
spoke in the highest terms of the reverend gentleman's
efficiency in the ministry, am! of the high esteem in
which he is held by our diocesan, by his brethren the
clergy, as well as by the authorities of the town and all
classes of society. _ _ _ _

DAVID EVANS, Esq. then addressed Mr. Davies as
follows :—Rev. Sir,—There is something in the separation
of minister and people which awakens feelings of no ordi-
nary kind ; separation from one who, daring a long series
of years of faithful ministry, has furnished us with advice
and instruction in almost every relation of, life; taught us
how to shun vice and follow virtue, and pointed out to us
the paths of righteousness and peace; who not only
taught but exhibited in his own life the virtues which he
inculcated ; who, to use the language of Goldsmith,
" In his duty prompt at every call, .
Who watch'd, and wept, and pray'd, and felt for all;"
thus creating, cementing, and perfecting one of those ties
which it is painful to sever. However, sir, in your case
circumstances occurred which made it appear to you to be
necessary (painful though doubtless it was to yourself) to
separate from a church where you had been most wantonly
annoyed, maligned, and harassed by vexatious and un-
ceasing attacks., Permit me, in conclusion, to express a
wish, though we deplore your retirement from St. David's,
that in your present sphere of usefulness, to which you
carry with you the kind sympathies and best wishes of
your late congregation, that you may enjoy, unalloyed by
personal rancour, the reciprocal sentiments of esteem and
good will which ought to subsist between pastor and
people.
Mr. DAVIES, evidently overpowered by his feelings,
replied in the following terms :—" My dear Christian
friends, I am overwhelmed with a feeling of the sincerest
gratitude for the kindness which confers this splendid
gift, and for the expressions of attachment and regard
to which you have given utterance this evening. The
impression produced upon my mind by your kindness
will remain ever indelibly engraved upon my heart.
This (continued Mr. Davies) is the third instance in
which the congregation who attended my ministry at St.
David's Church have testified their favourable esteem.
Twice have I been presented with handsome suits of silk
robes by the ladies of the congregation; the last instance
accompanied by a handsomely bound Polyglot Bible, and
also have I the pleasing duty of acknowledging my grati-
tude for the handsome and massive articles of silver,
which you have now done me the honour of presenting
me. Nor has your kindness been limited to myself.
Never can I forget the expression of your kind regard for
my eldest son, when he resigned the curacy of St. David's
to enter on the important post he now occupies, by the
'elegant and splendid tea and coffee service which you pre-
sented to him. Other members of my family have also
received proofs of your favourable esteem. Let me,
then, be permitted to offer to you my sincerest and warm-
est thanks for these varied tokens of your kind affection
towards myself and family. Pleasing as the duty is to
give utterance to feelings of gratitude for kindnesses re-
ceived, yet on the present occasion it is not entirely free
from alloy. We meet together this evening as Christian
friends, reciprocating feelings of Christian affection. But
numerous and highly respectable as this assembly is, kind
and affectionate as our, feelings.are towards each other, yet,
alas ! we meet not now in the-endearing relation of minis-
ter and people. That bond is severed—painfully, ruth-
lessly severed. There was a time when I cherished the
hope that my days would have been ended and my minis-
try closed among my affectionate and attached people, in
that part of my Lord's vineyard where I have laboured for
nearly sixteen years. But the inscrutable will of God has
ordered otherwise. We must trace every thing, dear
friends, to the sovereign counsels of our God, feeling as-
sured that all things shall work together for good to them
that love Him. During the period of our connexion as
minister and people I have endeayoured faithfully, accord-
ing to my ablitv, to declare unto you the whole counsel
of God—the truth es it is in Jesus. I have endeavoured
to impress upon your mind-s the necessity of firmly main-
taining the form of religion established in these realms,
and the importance of abiding fully by the Articles, Ho-
milies, and Liturgy of our church, based as they are on
the only rule of faith and ,practice—the inspired volume
of divine truth, the Bible. The kind and earnest atten-
tion which you gave to my instructions were always a
source of real enjoyment to my mind; and that attention
to what was spoken was always the theme of remark by
my reverend brethren who occasionally officiated for me
at St. David's. This will ever be to me a subject of grate-
ful recollection. Before 1-conclude I beg to offer to you,

Mr. Alderman Griffith, the expression of my deepest
(yrntitruip fnr the very handsome manner In which you have

‘vi,,,i tR tc,. wisi.,-:, 1-.•
tt'ienjtl'sYot,t 4:"._deri."; eia. tlemen might have an oppor-
ot, toe,ted ti regoior Qcnedule B, if the Town-clerk
It 1;' Bttegeq , DO4 hi With regard to clauses 39 and
'le 4th 'to ettors rn, ',Mr B .
rt oh, ttt oeo „ , aud E. • us.hell.) He had a great
l'olfei,"'Y thaty 'nose 0 ie had in the management of
th te, ;',st ti,4 the 1311ses without any compulsion.
1 'titt'se 'le d.'ere ""est warel
4 elkost Id e was tic, louse-keeper to see.
1,4,41 00., ad,. ot see hrisk, but that there was no
NO th Nte, sahie dances ony gentleman could abject
b ?"17111itt9 f'ttirc
teee it ell ok sa, f ~-,
diettti tPer 4ort ~,- '-'=, and 40 were wrong, it was
Ais I.i ,8. '4 the present legal liability. of
,e r,, re 41 ',OpeA
N 804 44(1 cr that n •
Nr, tle ofed th., ause Otwithstanding Schedule B
bptc1„,,,„,.,,,,t the billand other clauses being re-
''ll4P thell'eilt' se (1" be pras altered in committee :of
,11,11 di,, couded , oceeded with.
(ti`i'llt. 'to 'u Itted, .„„', tglo motion LIVERPOOL AND MANCHESTER RA ILWAV.—On
Nt 14144 trier °n• a' there ap. eared, Wednesday last, the twenty-third half-yearly meeting of
tto,,t\he tltlooti tests. Aikin,p Ro •den Birkett, the proprietors of this company was held in the Cotton
lilo;atth, Is, °No. ' and Sir Thomas Branker-7 Sales-boom, ExChange-buildings. Chas. Lawrence, Esq.,
ratt.l4,l°,4' tliee IN--Messrs. Hodgson, Houghton, in the chair. Ti e chairman called upon Mr. H. Booth
'll, tikts,„°'es, &Vs, Thornhill Preston, Thomp to read the report, in which the directors stated that, in
iititb'ettley ti,einee e`,°l "10s, Stewart, Rae Priestly., the coaching department, the gross receipts were less than
4it'io'ht,; l'he'aiLutn'pto-nPer7 Wood, Lloyd ' Kilshavv in the corresponding period of 1842, by £5OOO. The re-
ti, J•Lyot-e, pt. erd, tin, G. H. Lawrence,Lace, Trot-. port referred to the reduction of the number of passenger
VI, t If lithillBtenle. Hoarbor]
, u, Houghton, (alderman,) trains, which was not found to answer, and stated that,
itliiittllti..„.ettrea /I'.lr, kikll,,and the Mayor-233. ,with some slight modifications, the trains ran now as in
'R boa
rl, , .."--q'he 8 motion 26
to,' o- tio, ald, re--1 ho ,' • the summer of last year. The disbursements generally
,had been reduced to a greater extent than the falling off
(.: kb, tit, as the . Pe you re satisfied.
Vet °II m.lle ue %vitt g'st of the bill O4l Delled prided
the idrawn. was gone he in the gross receipts. After referring to the opposition
now existing between the Preston and Manchester lines,
Vt,,t;', ~,I:soo„ 'sided , motion the report proceeds to state that, during the last six
to`l4llo oilem sided, ' Nvnen
1111' ti 41's 'her ° voted thF. motion was rejected, months, great
Junctionprogrcss had been made in the construction
..It4 to tf4 e vete,for it being the mover andand of the company's new
of the Leeds line, .
4N,,tti,'N re4ecouded tagamst it 38. Majority, 36. station at Hunt's Bank, and it I.%•asexpecttoedit,eheattisthevcoorlit-
iNtiNt tbe:lhestutires be tin' Mr-THORNHILL, moved, tinuous linel of railway from Liverpoolto
vitt ~ ~... g ,_itase.n for the bill, as amended and
.Hul , would be opened the public early' in the
4. tql h inpeiso mated, for the purpose ofthe half-year ending the 30th June,
ensuing year. During 4.
It et:ltLit 14011 `le res r. y clausesscheduleß, in the total receipts of the company were —198,960 10s. Id.,
lor t• t• et .trod 0 lath). as to
kOs 100 tin, ueie.,
the
of the ,council at the last and the expenses £51,897 18s. 6d., leaving a nett profit
kirNl. WO' 5 Ine amendments proposed a
,to ao stt , for the halt-year o , f £57 062 lls. 7d.,; to this sum was
q to do
tried . t added the surplus of £2,039 15s. 3d. from the last half-
ts.4lL. 4. tclo thEtt m With d. . .
year, and £1,347 13s. 2d. from the reserved fund, making
-41 L a oti s J a division.
t\k. ee..Al4„,_ the bill Lawrence should again a disposable sum
.£60,450, being equal .to £5 per share on
°L. 'thrtsi'llet sum. 12,090 shares entitled to a dividend. The income tax for
tti I/It,olitS t 7. lotidesseee a.id the removal of schedule B the half-year is to be deducted from the dividends, in cop-
th,,ktit 'Sae i lord h In an awkward ,position. He fortuity with the practice of other companies. The chair-
e 1 tel t t eBBe 8 °Uld
I),lrk 4 ~ he 0 e.payi .be compelled to alter the man then said, that in submitting that short, and,. he
ll'aikar..at; reR Pillon ,Pll per cent, the ti hoped, not•unsatisfactory report, he had really very little
ou a
Nttt-t ,'', /L4-°'Lltiou; gtving up the,loenase y' The twenty-third half-yearly meeting of the Li-
to say.
.lo7kNeettottio '11°414), „:10 the following form was verpool and Manchester Railway could afford nothing
qNl,,t; oto ,t, On 0, seconded by Mr. G. H. new. He had great satisfaction in being able to recom-
liNk No ‘‘.lle pirue recommittal of the bill, it mend a dividend of five per cent. ; that was an amount
itoNktillut the'o have Committee to apply to the which, at one time. he was afraid they would not reach,
troktitti.t pe iter.t4. so enla.ged as to admit the and, he thought, they had great reason to be satisfied with
it, utll we'.!t. ' '''''''s of lessees, or tenants for the exertions made by the officers and others. If no
'llite'tttlo lilt: a4°Pted person had any question to ask, he begged to move that
‘% rtt 1‘,4 ° n'elee,, and the cou • ' • th t read be adopted. Mr. Benson seconded
ncil adjoirned e repor as now kith r, lititsp, a ........._w 'on Wednesday. the motion, and it was carried unanimously. Mr. Arnaud,
16.\ ht thti st nad j ----•
-40.1, hoo Ow, ir seconded by Mr. Langton, proposed that a dividend of
4,, „.titi still o'clock meeting of the Council five per cent. should be declared, payment to be made
110i4SCOseirte„,.• T 6%. further to consider ' after the Bth of August. This motion being also carried,
kt., titiitttitoltrlr``'ed from- "13-Clerk reedaletthe
thanks were voted to the chairman, and the meeting
st‘ to , I), Nt ti; Opp, mr
4,014b4 2 "1 LO •
, Shuttleworth, the Be
0 -Ntio etd th •)th of "'lon, on the bill. The R OWL AND'S MACASSAR Orr..—Therecannot be a more
ltt,i h a to •roogh July
tkatir e,>th ad 14 th the corn .
• It set forth, that just criterion of the excellence of any article than the at-
tk. Ntitolits bittlrelt e heensin mittee with the alte- tempt to imitate it. The very idea of a counterfeit is a
ettudt, to 4444101°1.1 the lig° aid by-law clauses. proud testimony to the great utility and value of the
'toNni ta 1:1t a4l gevv at "-exemption clause, original. The universally high repute of ROWLAND'S
41l I t AD° °Wed t er, which ended in the MACASSAR OIL has induced some unprincipled Shop-
1w vp 8t tbie tied 0 stand a t fth till
4'4 VA tete tk the eu We, P r 0 i , keepers to try to impose upon the public a spurious im.ita-
-IQto 4 the onll. soine d unesday Notice of tion for the genuine ; and who, to increase the deception,
‘''teNnt 44 io Xted f,,,, ~,a57 to move on Thursday have copied the Labels and Bottles of the Original Arti-
to\
lAlit 'O Ilt 'lle h ..londaThe bill I o beathe to th arid, of 3' next.. cle—for which fraud the said Parties have lately been
V t „it.. about
,e To the printers, and a punished in a Court of Law. The principle on which
et iri,',l4-" sit7red i..." Prooee., .erk.. Mr. Shuttle- ROWLAND'S MACASSAR OIL (the Original and only
\
tha pliattu:rattott ached it-t in his endeavours to Genuine) is prepared, is confined solely to the knowledge
lNut tn' P 8 Pr 4 e 13- The committee, and practice of A. ROWLAND and Sox, 20, Hatton Gar-
qto lot vrik th 0 int, °Posed i
1i 1 lli tit. ° t °duce th in schedule B, did den, London, who are still at an immense expense in
iiiNtr efo tlf ti, elisu„,_ ,
,e clause proposed by completing its preparation. Any Saltinbanco may pretend
lt tithe Cowl 're,r-ouildings. After a de- to give an analization of its ingredients ; but the fact is,
tolti ' pit, n of'vu-clerk took note of in- the amalgamation of this purely vegetable compound a
u FA.. h to tt a clause -
-`i lio eC be e°ll the s 10 accordance with neutralizes all attempts to separate its component pacrotst,
Qii,Pio, iritt 044eii ratted abject of landlord and therefore such a declaration only brings disgrace a,risd _
A.
%t lt,t W ihN then " the basis of inutual , tempt on any wretched pretender. Rowx.%Nn e lra.s
0 e., It, . ad.,
MA-
1h qtt ;,, o, etiu ------...., i urned till Friday. ! CASSAR OIL is a compound of the most costlltrmonaitserA I,y,
I ith 11, Ile tt, 43ror of t, i has stood the test for nearly fifty years, P
NI t hild'eve Precia• "e TQW England, the whole
is"
elite" of the
held the Royal Family ofl Courts
0,,,tv0i„'14 Iltio,`,.itig , n Council was . .
and " haul ton, as" well as the severa
"I Wita •of C bill "or the purpose of re- , Aristocracy .
tl _14t;_111 ~,, 9111rh- as en1,,,,i-A i_ :. _ _ -f Vtirr.De. while the thousandsof testimonials in its

addressed me to-day; and to you, Mr. Evans, for the
flattering terms in which you have supported Mr. Griffith
when conveying to me the approval of my humble en-
deavours to discharge my duty during my ministry at St.
David's. To all who have honoured me by registering
their names as joining in this testimonial, I return my
warmest, my sincerest thanks. Christian Friends,—May
every kindness you have shown me be returned sevenfold
into your own bosoms; way you enjoy every comfort
which this changing world can bestow, and in the world
to come life everlasting. 'Dear Christian friends, 1 bid
you sincerely and affectionately farewel !
Mr. Davies having concluded his address, the thanks
of the meeting were moved to the chairman, who briefly
acknowledged the compliment, and the meeting separated
highly gratified with the proceedings.

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regard 'Petty, to lessees and ground
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