The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1846-11-10 00:00:00

THE LIVERPOOL STANDARD.

dressed to his dear wife and his sister, who stood by either
side his bed; and his look of tender affection more than repaid
all their kindness, whilst he said "Sit down, and let me go to
sleep." His meaning was—death. Within about half an hour

aftei, he did go indeed to sleep—without a struggle, without a
sigh—nothing to niark the precise moment when the silver cord
was loosed, and the golden bowl was broken.

The sermon was concluded by a most touching appeal
to the congregation to look in affliction, as they had b-en
urged by their beloved pastor, to " the mercy, power,
and wisdom of God in Christ," and to the assured hope
of the resurrection of the body.

In the. evening, the Rev. T. Tomline, curate of St.
Augustine's, deliver#.d a most interesting and impressive
disc ur:e from the 37th verse oft. e 37th Psalm : " Mark
the prrfect man, and behold the upright ; for the end of
that man is peace." Towards the conclusion, he alluded
to " the peaceful and triumphant end" of their late be.
lovud ; and by way of addition to the testinalny
-ier Mr. M'Neile,
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to Dr. Tattershall, read the following letters from the
Right Reverend the Lord Bishop, and from the Very
Reverend Chancellor of the Diocese :

Chester, October 30, 1846,

DEAR Stu,—l was greatly shocked by 'the intelligence con-
veyed in your letter of this morning. The church at Liverpool
has lost one of her most faithful, gifted, and zealous clergy
and we were little prepared for the misfortune, having believed
Dr. Tattershall to be in excellent health, and having looked for-
ward to his continued usefulness for many years. It has
pleased Almighty God to disappoint this hope; and our only
consolation is in the belief that with him, to live was Christ,
and to . ie, gain. _ _ _ . _ _

I rejoice to hear that Mrs. Tattershall is able to find comfort
in this assurance ; and with a sincere prayer that she may con-
tinue to feel this support,
I remain, dear sir, faithfully yours,
Rev. T. Tomline. J. B. CHESTER.

Friday, October 30, 184E1,

MY DEAR Sia,—l deeply sympathise kith you. and indeed
with the church at large, in the loss which has been sustained

in the departure of Dr. Tattershall. At all times he would have
been much and deservedly regretted : at the present moment,
the withdrawal of his firm, well-balanced mind and gentle spirit
must be regarded as a heavy affliction. He, however, has
ceased from his labours, and we can only rejoice in the testi-
mony he was enabled to leave, both living and dying, to the
hope that was set before him.
• Believe me, most truly yours,
The Rev. T. Tomline. H. RAIKES.
These kind expressions of svmpathis;ng sorrow from
two dignitaries of the church, so distinguished for piety
and evangelical usefulness in their high station, appeared
infinitely gratifying to the bereaved congregation ; and
we cannot refrain from joining most cordially in the
wish of the excellent curate, tha this affl,cting dispensa•
Lion of Divine Pr vidence may be productive of great
good to the church, by softening the hearts of those who
were but hearers only of the word, and making them
lively and sincere members of the body of Christ.

AMALGAMATION OF THE CHESTER AND
BIRKENHEAD, AND BIRKENHEAD, LANCA-
SHIRE, AND CHESHIRE JUNCTION RAIL-
WAY COMPANIES.

We are glad to learn that the difficulties experienced in
the effort to amalgamate these two companies have at
length been happily removed ; and that an arrani:ernent
has been come. to between the two boards, which mu-t he
highly satisfactory to the shareholders in both companies;
and, by placing the entire scheme under one rnanagtment,
greatly facilitate the profitable working of these important
Cheshire lines. The terms of the arrangement are the
following. The Chester and Birkenhead shares are to be
taken at £55, upon which the proprietors are to receive
inter-st for three years from the Ist of January, 1847
the first two years at the rate ot five per cent., and the
third ye ,r at six per cent. The earnings of the line during
the three years, ot course, go into the amalgamated funds.
The Cheshire Junction shares are to be rated at par, or
£33 64.81. each. A meeting of the shareholders of each
line will be c :lied soon as possible, to confirm the above
arrangement of their respective boards.

The extension line from the Chester and Birkenhead to
the new docks will be commenced this month ; and on Sa-
turday next the first sod of the Cheshire Jt.nction line
will be cut by Sir R. B. Brooke, Bart., upon his pro-
perty at Norton. When these new lines are finished,
and the whole, including the docks, warehouses, &c., at
Birkenhead, are thus brought under one supervision, the
commerce of our river will derive the most valuable ad-
juncts possible to he conferred upon it, an calculated to
be of infinite advantage to both sales of the river.

THE MERCURY AND THE ELECTION FOR

AB ERCROM 131. WARD

Suffering is the lot of virtue. Everybody knows that the
I iberals are the most virtuous party in the world ; and hence
it is, we suppose, that they have continually to complain of
cruel and unjust treatment of some kind or other. There
never was an election in which the basest and most unfair
means were not resorted to by their opponents, while they
themselves have always chosen rather to suffer defeat than to
follow the evil example thus set them. We are not surprised,
therefore, at the way in which the return of the Conservative
candidate for Abercromby Ward, at the late municipal.election,

. .
is accounted for in the Mercury of Friday last. In the first
place, we are told that Mr. Muncaster, one of the Conservative
committee of that ward.—a gentleman not more distinguished

iring energy ant

ciples and inflexible uprigNtness ot conduct,—gained voters to
his side of the polling-booth by promises of drink. Then we
are informed that Mr. Hand, a member of the Select Vestry,
made use of his influence with the officials appointed by that
board for the same purpose. And lastly, we have a circum-
stantial account of certain Liberal voters being kept in a public-
house, and made drunk ; while the Tories, as a last resort, got
together about thirty of their double voters. Thus it is per-
fectly clear that tha Ccmcorvative candidate was improperly
returned, and that the Liberals have been again the losers
solely by their own superior sense of morality. We are sorry
to disturb so comfortable a conviction; but truth compels us
to say, that the allegation is utterly false from beginning to
end. We believe we could have the solemn affidavit of-every
person concerned in the election, on the Conservative side, that
a more malicious and unfounded story was never trumped'up.
We will not say it is pure invention ; the practices alluded to
are much too familiar to Radical electioneerers to require the
exercise of that faculty. But having a defeat to account for,
and knowing well the sort of tactics most in vogue among
themselves, they have settled the case by a simp'e effort of
memory, and endeavoured to attach the stigma of corruption
to one of the most honestly-gained victories in the recent or
any former election.