The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1832-11-23 00:00:00

CHURCH REFORM

The Reverend Sydney Smith, to whom rumourhad assigned
the task of preparing the Ministerial Bill for the Reform of the
Church, has contradicted the asBcrtion, in a letter addressed to
the Globe.

,"Cobeflorny, 'Taunton, Nber 4.
"Sin—A paragraph has appeared in several ofovem the London
Newspapers, which I shall be obliged to you to allow me to
contradict through the medium of yourpaper..
" In this paragraph it is stated that the Lord Chancellor and
Mr. Sydney Smith are occupied in drawing up a bill for a
Reform of the. Church:-
" I have not seen the Lord Chancellor for two minutes forthe
last twelvemOnth; nor'ever'comniunicatecl with him on thd ecsub-
' J tin the course of my. life. "I am occupied with no plan of Reform; nor do I 'know•any
one who is so: I dare- say there will be such a reform, and
think there ought to -butt I have nothing at all to' do with it.
If it he effected by the present adthinistration, it will probably
be done as 'lien of sense 'arid statesmen go about such great ob-
jects if it falls. into. the hands of 'madmen and Revolutionists,
it will be a Beene of "robbery, villainy and plunder.
• "I am, Sir, your obedient servant,
SMITH.'

It is irresistibly droll to compare the above with the bold and
circumstantial Radical newspaper paragraph to which it refers,
and which runs as follows:
It is rumoured, in. the Ministerial circles, that the Rev: Syd-
ney Smith is preparing a project of Church Iteform, which will
be submitted.to.the Cabinet iu the course of the present month.
A dignitary of the Church, who is a great favourite with the King,
and generally knows what is passing in the Cabinet, reports that
the measure proposed is a.yery strong one,- and that it embraces
not °Wynn entire modification of the Tithe system, but also an
criormous reduction in all the 'cathedral establishments, the ser-
vice of which will be completely altered ! ! !"

ADDRESS FROM HIS CLERGY TO Trit-AnctiptStlOP OF CAN;
TgREU We,
RT.—" the Undersigned, the archdeacon and clergy
of the diocese of Carifethnry— .
"heel it
,our duty at the.preSent crisis to Come forward with
public 'declaration of our firm confidence in your Gra)ce's
piety; integrity, and, judgment; and of our reddinesi to co-
operate in any measures which, • after competent inquiry, map
be found calculated to increase the efficiency of the Egfablished
Church, and to meet the sober and honest requisitioni of public
opinion. .
" If we now deptecate the advdcac'y of speeific plans of church
tetorm; especially by the clergy, we are actuated, not by a'spitit
of Vigotect Opposition to real amendment, but by a conviction
that truth and 'practical' improvement will be' impeded rather
than advanced, by impatiently forestalling the resulti of the
eCclesiasticalcoMmission.
" 'kis too much to assume that no information can be elicited
by the comprehensive irivestig.ttion now in progress. There-
to)* until this 'infOrination .Shall have been subthitted to the
public,.,any...atteMpt of ours. to. lay d:Owu a:system of reform
would be open to-the objection of premature, not to say pre-
sumptuous, decision upon an imperfect-case :it could serve no
other purpose than that of enlisting prejudices and pledges on
the side of 'the. defective projects; and it might be miscon-
strued into an evidence of our :being more•eager to be first on
the tide of Innovation than to, form a sober estimate of the
difficulties to be • encountered, and of the remedies to be
applied. ' • '•
Nor is it more than common justice to your Grace, the
Bishops, and the ecclesiastical, commissioners, that we should
wait the completion of your' labours; presuming that you are
not indifferent to safe and practicable measures of improve-
. menti• when we observe you steadily approaching the subject
by those.steps which reason• and candour evidently sanction—
inquiry first, then. judgment.
"With-these views; we abstain from expressing any opinion
on the mode in which the object of your inquiry may be best
attained; and-respectfully offer to your Grace the assurance
of our lively sympathy in your important undertaking;—of our
strong-epultdeliceT and of our coitial'and dutiful attachnienf.
'"We prqy that, snpported and directed by that strength
and WiAdom which cometh from above, you may be enabled
to' render the Established Church more and more effectual
in' ettending the 'kingdom of Christ, and enlarging the in-
' fliience of his gospel over the hearts and affections of our
cbuntryinen. •
'"And'we beg that your Grace will proceed, with the fullest
reliance' on our deterinination neither to shrink from labour
or sacrifice in forwarding thole sacred objects: nor to be
diverted by. good 'report, or evil report, from withstanding
Unjust or mischievcius innovations; whether they may originate
from the delusion of Abuse. who, may have mistaken the cha-
racter and iiit-eies-fi of the- -0441:dished Church, or from the
machinations of those who,desire its destruction." •. , •
SOCKTY IN THE NORTH of ENGLAND.—Resolutions passed
ati meeting' of members, clerical and laic,.of the Established
Church, holden atthe George Inn, NeWeastle-Upon-Tyne, Tues-
day, September 11, for the purpose of forming a society in the
north of England for the protection of -the Chuich Establish-
ment, and for the promotion, of Ecclesiastical Reform:—
Resolved-1. That an association be 'now foimed of members
of the Established Church, in the north of England, who are
favourable to Ecclesiastical' Reform, consisting of a President,
Vice-President, , and other officers, and subscribers• of ss. per
anrium, fo4be recommended by two Members of this society, in
Writing.
2. That this association recognizes, as an essential principle
Of its constitution, a conscientious attachment to the episcopal
order, to the articles and liturgy of the Protestant Church. of
England, and to the national establishment:
That it nneqriiVocalty maintains 'that the property dedicated
by the piety of Our ancestors' for the maintenance of the church
ought not to be alienated to another purpose.
4. That this association contemplates With deeP regret the
hostility manifeSted to the Established Church; and laments that
the 'existence of abuses" in the administration of its temporalities
affords a plausible pietext to its enemies, and paralyzes the ex
ertions of its best friends.

5. That this association do endeavour to promote, by the most
legitimate
means, the correction of the existing abuses, as re-
gards plgrality of benefices with cure of souls, the inadequate
remuneration of many, of the clergy, and the deficiency of
churches and ministerial instruction in populous districts; and
that, for this end, it would suggest the appropriation of sinecure
ecclesiastical revenues.

6. That this association is also anxious for the adoption of
some measures which may remedy the excessive disproportion
of the episcopal revenues, and, by a more proportionate adjust_
went, preclude the existing frequency of translations, and pro.
vide for the maintenance, it required, of additional bishops.
7. That in the furtherance of these objects, this association
wishes it to be distinct'y understood that itdesires, in no degree,
to infringe upon the rights of the present possessors of ecclesi-
astical revenues.

8. That whereas there exists a strong prejudice in the minds
of many individuals against the present mode of paying tithes,
this association do support any approved system, which, while
it secures the property of the church, and distinctly recognizes
the independence of the clergy, would be, practically, less open
to objection.

9. That this association do use its best endeavours, hy the cir-
culation of judicious tracts and otherwise, to promote a correct
judgment as to the nature, object, and extent of the property
of the church, and for this
.plrpose do zealously further the
views of his Majesty's commission of ecclesiastical enquiry.
10. That' the following gentlemen do form a provisional com-
mittee, to prepare bye-laws for the government of this associa-
tion, and generally to forward its objects preparatory to the
next general meeting..

W. Chapman, Esq. Newcastle.—Rev. Robert Green, vicar
of Long Horseley.—Rev. Wm. Hawks, rector of Gateshead.
Fell.—Rev. E. Law, curate of Whittingham—Rev. S. Meggi-
son, vicar of Bolam.—Rev. George Price, rector of Roma&
kirk.—Rev. John Sandford, vicar of Chillingham.—W. C.
Walters, Esq. Newcastle.—Rev. T. C. Wiuscom, rector of
Warkworth.

FißE.—On Saturday night last, between nine and ten
o'clock; an alarming fire broke out in the Laboratory of
Messrs. Horley and Eyre, in Seel-street; the flames raged
with great fury, arid for some time there was a scarcity of
water. It was not got under until two o'clock on Sunday_
morning; fortunately, there was little or no wind, or the ad-
joining premises, (an extensive cooper's yard and shed, and a
range of_ extensive warehouses,) must have shared the same
fate. In one of the cauldrons there were 3000 lb of castor oil,
which was totally consumed. The premises were fully insured.
MEASURES AND WEIGHTS.—On Friday last an examina-
tion of measures took place before the magistrates ; there were
several delinquents, who were fined.--On Tuesday an exami-
nation, of weights and scales took place before the Mayor and
Alderman Sandbach, in the Sessions-house, Chapel-street.
There were seventy-nine cases, eleven of them were from St.
John's, some from Islington, and St. Martin's-in-the-Field's
Markets, and front shops and warehouses, &c. They were all
fined according to their trespass, St. James's .11Zirket was
eAempt from complaint.

RURAL RCONOiir.

COBBETT'S Method of Keeping a Cow upon a Quarter of a°
Acre qf Ground.

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In providing food for a cow we must look, first, at the sv-pi
cow; seeing that a cow of one sort will certainly require la
than twice as much food as a cow of another sort. F °roil
cottage, a cow of the smallest sort common in England ts,no
every account, the best; and such a cow will not require ale
seventy or eighty 'pounds of good moist food in the' twentY
hours. Now, how to raise this food on forty rods of gr°
is 'what we want to know. It frequently happens that a tif
bourer has more than forty rods of ground. It more freqUenitt,
happens; that he has some common, some lane, some little
let or other, for a part of the year at least. In such cases•ti,
May make a different disposition of his ground, or may do btu
less than the forty rods. lam here, for simplicity's sake' (1,
suppose, that we. have forty rods of clear unshaded lamp
besides what his house and sheds-stand upon; and that he ba
nothing further in the way of means to keep his cow. I suPP',e,,e
the forty rods to-be clear and unshaded ; for lam to supl3llo
that when a man thinks of fire quarts of milk a-day 01' be
average• all' the year round, he will not suffer his ground I'3 t,
encumbered by apple-trees, that give only the means of tread
ing his children to fits of the belly-ache, or with currant
,anto
gooseberry bushes, which, though their fruit do very wel,"ft,
amuse, really give nothing worth of food except to the
io
birds and thrushes.' The ground is to be clear of trees, an, op
the spring we will suppose it to be dean. 'Then dig
deeply, or, which is better, trench it, keeping, however, th,`4
spit of the soil at the top. Lay it in ridges in April or lutTe
about two feet apart, and made high and sharp. When tse
weeds appear about three inches high, turn the ridges int°,4
furrows (never' m any the ground but in dry weather,) and v hei
all the weeds; Do this as often as the weeds get three ineit
high, and by the fall you will have really clean ground, and
.3;i,
poor ground. There is the ground then ready. About the P,,a
of August, but not earlier, prepare a rod of your ground, it,
put some manure in it (for some you must have), and sow n
half of it with early York cabbage-seed, and the other le
with sugar-loaf cabbage seed, both of the true sort, in ill if
drills at eight inches apart, and the seeds thin in the drill% be
the plants come up at two inches apart (and they soula,ric
thinned if thicker), you will have a plenty. As soon as Nl,,
out of the ground, lioe the ground nicely, and pretty deeP„,,
and again in a few dap. When the plants have six leasur'' e
which will be very soon, dig up, make fine, and man
another rod or two, and prick out some plants, 4000 of eatlbe
rovYs at 8 inches apart, and three inches in the row. liciej se'
ground between them often,and they will grow fast, an. ic.o
straight and strong. I suppose that these beds for plants taw
four rods of your ground. Early in November, or;' as re
weather may serve, a little earlier or later, lay some. mauu-a
(of which I shall say more hereafter) between the ridges,
the other thirty rods, and turn the ridges over on this Enaull'es,
and then transplant 'your plants on the ridges, at fifteen me sr
apart: Here they will stand the winter; and you must see Lour
the slugs do not eat them. If any plants fail, you have Pleodo
in the bed where you prick them out; tor your thirty-six r ry
will not require more than 4000 plants. If the winter be sck4
hard, and bad for your plants, you should not carer 36 r°
but you 'may the bed where the rest of your plants are. e 0
little- litter or straw, or dead grass or fern, laid alon,
the rows and the plants, not to cover the leaves, win present;
them completely. When people complain of all their piabut
being "'eta off; ' they have in fact nothing to complain of ho
ethoemirplaoiviilned
ofextremeaiihis carelessness. If
cutit loffhOidshaougmardceuntehrie334.
pretty quickly. If those in the thirty-six rods fail in part! md,
up those pdaces, later in the winter, by plants from the Ova
It you find the ground dry at top during winter, hoe it, ao,
particularly near the plants, and root out all slugs and
And when March conies, and the ground is dry; hoe deep 34
well, and earth the plants up close to the lower leaves.
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soon as the plants beg;in to grow, dig the ground with a 51)0
Clean' and well, and let the spade go as near to the plantsera
you. eau without actually displacing the plants. Give
another digging in a month, and it weeds come in.the 01,3„d
While, hoe, and let not one live a week. `° Oh`! what as",.`.:ot
of work!” Well! but it is for yourself, and besides it i
all to' be done in a day • and we shall by-and-by see what it s
altogether., By the Ist of June you will have turneAnd
cabbages, and soon you will have the early Yorks solid. to
by theist of June you may get your cow, one that is about u
calve, or has just calved, and at this time such a cow as yd
will want will not, thank goodness, cost above five Po are
I shall speak of the place to keep her in, and of the masher
and litter by-and-by. Atpresent I shall confine myself to.
till
mere .food. The thirty-six rods, if the cabbages all stop
they they got solid, would giVe her food for 200 days, at e!,e3.t
pounds weight per day, which is more than slie would
o_t*,e.
But you must use some at first that are' not solid, and theu coin
of them will split before you can use them. But you "Iltuf ti's
pigs to help off with them, and' to gnaw the heat anted
is
stumps. Some of the sugar-loaves may have been P- nug to
the spring; and thus these thirty-six rods will get you al°
,sia
!some time in September. Now, mind, in March, and alive.
lin April, sow more early Yorks, and get them to be
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stont'plants, as you did those in the fall. Dig up the grete b-
and manure it, and, as fast as you cut cabbages, p
bages,' and in the same manner and with the same cultir,3„ of
as before. Your last planting will be about the middle
August, with stout plants, and these will serve you into rer
month of November. Now we have to provide from Deceurof
to May inclusive, and that, too, out of this same Ppieacrion,
ground. In November there must be arrived at perle 13, as
woo turnip, plants. These, without the greens, must tv,eig
an average, five pounds, and this, at eighty pounds a-u3Y' g id
keep the cow eighty-seven days; and there are, but 182 luiest
these 'six months. The greens will have helped out the to
cabbages, to carry you through November, and perhaPsd 00
December. But for these six months you must dePense t'
nothing but the Swedish turnips. And now how are these 0,„
be had upon the same ground that bears the cabbages ? II at
baires
plant
,tron
are now going to see. When y plant
rk out your cab
the out-set, putt first a row of earl os, then a row of
you saga
leafs, and so on throughout the piece. Of course, as you
to use the early Yorks first, you will cut every other Irv; or
the early' Yorks that you' are to gout iu summer, wilt the
intervals. By-and-by the sugar-loaves are cut away, ana I%re.,
their place will Swedish turnips,. vou digging and man lot
ing ground as' in the case of the cabbages; andfauto ,it
you will find about sixteen rods, where you will have o
o;_f
too late, and' unieeeissatw. besides, to pant any second clr
cabbages. Here the Swedish tornips will stand in rows cr
to
feet apart (and always a foot apart in the row), and thus Lds
will have 3000 turnips; and if these do not weigh five puwihe
each on au average, the 'fault must be in the seed or intrer,
Management. The SwediSh turnips are raised in this mn
You will bear in mind the four rods of ground, in which
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have sowed and pricked out your cabbage plants. The Pt s,if
that will be left there will, in April, serve you for greenits.
you ever eat any, though bread and bacon are very gocelrgitr,
out greens, and rather better than with. At any rate, the ear.
Whieh has strong powers of digestion, will consume this,
_6l,
bage. I a part of these four rods you will, in March and ft!'for
as before directed, have sown and raised your early Yurt„sre
the summer planting. Now, in the last week of May, plia'
a quarter of a rod of this ground, and sow it, preceisFi
and
.directed for the cabbage-seed, with Swedish turnip-se °stwed
sow a quarter of a rod every three days, till you have day
two rods. If the fly appear, cover the rows over in the bt;
time with cabbage-leaves, and take the leaves off at ° goo
how well between the plants, and when they are safe frill
fly, thin them to four inches apart in the row. The twu_ rare
will give you nearly flue thousand plants, which is 200 U fats,
than you will want. From thit bed you draw your Pn, 0
to transplant in the ground where the cabbage have s tha
before directed. You should transplant none much before.,st,
middle of July, and not much later than the middle of it...3160;5y
In the two rods, whence you take your turnip plants, you
eh
leave plants to come to perfection, at two feet distances ki of
way, and this will give you over and above 840 pounds Ivor or
turnips. For the other two rods will be ground enotte 0
you to sow your cabbage plants in it at the end of Mrs"
directed for last year.—Cobbett's Cottage Economy.
TO RESTORE FROSTED POTATOES.—A most effectualrt
thod has been discovered by a Cumberland gentlemanef:rS
simply to allow the potatoes to reman in the pits, aweeksi
severe frost, till the mild weather has set in for some
expose
to
and allowing them to recover gradually. If once
the atmospheric air, no art will recover frosted potatoes.
AO."
RECEIPTS FOR DESTROYING INSECTS. To destroy ,
Toast the fleshy side of the out-side skin of a piece of of
of
till it is crisp; then lay it on the ground at the root or
over the
any fruit tree that is infested by ants. Put something to
cr fasten
bacon to keep it dry ; the ants will go under it,, a
it; lift it up quickly, and dip it into a pail of watE:rri;-r
destroy Slugs, 4-v.—Take a quantity of cabbage leaves, an,,L, tat
put them into a warm oven, or hold them oefore the norfsey
they get quite soft;. then rub them with unsalted butter, oriii
kind of fresh dripping, and lay them in the places infele
slugs. In a few hours the leaves will be found cover.
snails and slugs, which may then of course be destroyed '
„ero-
way the gardener may think fit. Woodlice and Earn ;92, ,
ever they exist, will also be attracted by leaves thus Pr`-Par
if placed in the sheds they frequent.