The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1846-07-07 00:00:00

at 'Nottingham, were founC

suspended to a beam by a brace, and the other mi,h a cord,
which had been found in the rope-walk. Their residence
was adjacent, and search being immediately made there,
it was found that their father was absent, and strange sus-
picions were induced. Search was made in every direc-
tion for him, but no tidings could be heard. He was last
seen walking in a direction towards Beeston, which is
three miles from Nottingham. The last information from
Nottingham was that old Collyer had been found at Len-
ton, two miles from the town, in the lock of the canal,
with both his hands tied behind him. The circumstance
points to the belief that he has been murdered by his sons,
end they have afterwards committed suicide. The family
lived in a secluded way, and were possessed of some
building property, but bad for many years been detested
by their neighbours for ill-treatment inflicted upon a
female member of their family, who was insane.
On Saturday week, a numerous and highly respectable
meeting was held in the hall of King's College, London ,
for the purpose of raising a fund for the enlargement of
the hospital attached to the institution. The Archbishop
of Canterbury presided, and there were also present the
Duke of Cambridge, the Bishop of London, the Bishop
of Oxford, Viscount Sandon, M.P., the Bishop of Litch-
field, Lord Ashley, the Bishop of Llandaff, Sir R. H.
Inglis, Bart., M.P.,' the Hen. Beresford Hope, M.P.,
Atchdeacon Manning, Mr. Alderman Copeland, M.P.,
h thereamounting were
the
Archdeacon Robinson, the master of the Temple. It was
stated that since 1840 the number of out-patients had
t ox increasedoofrom
were
handeds4'o Subscriptions33a.mong whwhich
following :—Miss Burdett Coutts, £500; the Archbishop
of Canterbury, £100; the Executor of Viscount Sid-
mouth, £206 ; the Duke of Cambridge, £lOO ; the Bishop
6to
i 5
in,,9
of London, £lOO ; Mr. Alderman Copeland, £lOO ; the
Bishop of Lichfield, £5O; Dr. Bright, £5O; Viscount
Sandon. £5O ; Lord Ashley, ; Lord Radatock, £4O ;
B. Bond Cabbell, Esq., £2l; the Bishop of Llandaff,
Sir B. Inglis, Bart., £loloa., &c.

gerous

The-
Robes

circuit

honour

THE LEAGUE' IN ABEYANCE.—Tbe Council of the
League have agreed that a!thougb they will not at once
dissolve, their operations and functions shall cease, unless
in case of future emergency the League should be recalled
into exist"nce. Mr. Cobden is stated to have been in fa-
vour of immediate dissolution, but it was considered by
the majority that it would be impolitic to break up the
association so long as the object for which it was orga-

postponed, to be rendered coeval, perhaps: with the ex-
p'ry of the Corn Laws in 1819. Mr. Cobden has inti-
mated to his- friends that he shall altogether retire from

said, requires- much, recruiting, and he is anxious, also, to
devote some additional attention to the management of
his large print works.

.SAFETY. IN A THUNDER-STORM. - The following
n3axims as to places of greate,t safety during thuntler-

storms may be useful to many :-1. All metals and most
fluids attract and conduct lightning—therefore contact
with them is to be avoided. 2. It is infinitely more dart-

.0 gown

remain out in

wring a thunder-storm,than to

also been killed when sheltered under the eaves of 'a house,
or by the side of a brick kiln. By the same rule corn and
hay stacks are to be avoided. 3. A large room is safer
than a smallone, and it is always better to keep in the
centre of it. Since a current of air will, in some measure,

conduct Fghtning, a position between a door and ::wind
- -

if open, or. a window:and chimney, should be avoided

. .
Persons whose clothes are wet are more free from danger
than those whose garments are dry. Travellers inside of

with ihon outsid

EXTENtION OF FREE. TRADE PRINCIPLES- 70 THE
NORTH OF EUROPE.—We stated some, months ago, on
the authority of the Hull Packet, that a disposition was
evinced by Russia to reciprocate the principles of free trade.
The announcement' of' our contemporary took most persons
by agreeable surprise in that locality. The same paper
(.• • •

s twat:nation) now furnishes an
official document, issued at S.. Pett rsburgh on: the 20th
nd transmitted to the Packet for publication. By
this it appears that the duties in Russia on exports are
reduced on tallow (per ton) about £1 2s. 6d. steiling; on
hemp lls. 3d. ; and on flour 16s 101 d. On imports, red
dyewoods, reduction, (per ton.) £1 ss. 2d. ; fustic and
yellow woods 12s. 7d.; indigo 21d. per lb; coffee (per
cwt..) £1 ss. 6d. ; earthenware, according to quality, from
2s. 7d. and 12s. to £1 Ils. Other reductions have also
ben made, the example of Sir R. Peel having been fol-
lowed so far by the Emperor of Russia.

A DVENTUREA OF CAT.—A fine large gray tomcat
was, in November last, brought in from Inner'e then per
eirrier, packed up in a basket to a family residing in Leith
Walk. It remained there about three months, and had
become thoroughly do-nest:cited and reconciled to its new
abode. At the end of that time, namely, early in February,
it was t ransfet red to a family in Scotland-street, but with
whom it remained only two days, when it found an oppor-
tunity of escape. No more was heard of Tom till about
three weeks ago, when to the utter astonishment of his
or.ginal owner, he made his appearance at Innerleithen,

identity. How he managed to subsist through the inter-
val of four months, or what guide he had through the 30
miles of country between Edinburgh and Innerleithen,
over hills and streams, and cultivated fields, and barren
moors, which he bad never traversed before, save in the
covered basket, must, we suppose remain for ever among
the mysteries of natural history.—Caledonian Mercury.
THE GLOBE NEWSPAPER —ln our columns of this
day, it will be perceived that Mr. George Robins has an-
nounced the sale of the G.obe journal ; that is, the influ-
ential and important share which has given the whole con-
cern of this ponderous machine, for good and for evil, to
a single individual. The proprietor whose shares are the
subject of the following remarks, has arrived at the Pa-
ag I triarci--' --- -1 eie'-'

lel age oL .ghty-two ; and, as Mr. Robins fitly
says, a time when be becomes justly entitled to a few
years of peaceable enjoyment and repose, unalloyed by
literature, turmoil. and the fgtienw of oettino rich. ThA

It is one of the oldest, and certainly mo,t respectable,
prints that adorn our daily journals, and is an extraordi-
nary instance of self-devotion to its party and principles.
In looking over this unpretending recital of facts. nothing
is extenuated, nor is anything set down in malice. nor in

the slightest manner exaggerated. 'I he statement of pro-
fit is to accompany the full particulars that are in prera-
ra,ion.

THUNDER STORM TN LINCOLNSHIRE. A thunder
storm appears, from the Stamford Mercury, to have vi-
sited the greater part of Lincolnshire, on Thursday week.

ham, the e

At Laughton, near Falking ,ectric fluid struck
the buildings of Mr. T. Everatt, and did considerable
damage to the roof of a granary ; it also entered a stable,

and knocked down three men and two horseG • all, how-
ever, recovered atter a short time. A little girl, the
daughter of a cottager, residing at a short distance, was
so affected that she lost the power of speech for some
time. At Great Steeping, near Spilshy, the electric fluid
struck the roof of an outbuilding on the farm of Mr. An-
thony Baker, and in a very short space of time the whole

building was burnt to the ground. About the same time,
two ewes and one lamb, of the same place, were killed,
as were also some sheep at Boothby, the property of the
Rev. J. Walls. At Langton, near Gainsbro', two men,
who were at work in a barn were struck down by the

lightning, hut not very seriously hurt. Mr. Toynbee, of
Howell, near Heckington, had abeast killed by lightning,
in a close in that parish ; and Mr. Sardison, of the same
place, had four sheep killed. A farmstead belonging to
Mr. Benton, of Frampton, was struck by lightning, and
the waggon-hovel and crew-yard fencing, with a long
ladder, sheep-troughs, and many other articles, which
could not be got our, were totally consumed. Luke Tay-
lor, a labourer, of Moorby, took shelter under an ash tree
during a storm. when the electric fluid pas ed down the
tree, doing it much damage. Taylor was sanding with his
back to the tree, and the lightning burnt the whole length
of his back, took away the use of his right hand, singed
is legs and feet, and quite destroyed one of h;s great

toes. The same storm-also visitedthe neighbourhood of
Alford. Mr. Hardy, of Beesby, had a valuable mare
killed ; and Mr. Budibent and his wife, of Dangham, had
a narrow escape ; the latter was knocked down by the
lightning, and Mr. Budibent, who was smoking his pipe,
had it dashed from his mouth. The house was injured.

THE NEW MINISTRY

On Thursday a numerous meeting of the Liberal party
was held at Lord John Russell's residence, at which the
New Cabinet was arranged as follows

Lord Chancellor - .. ~ Lord Cottenhim.
President of the Council Marquis of Lansdowne
Lord Privy Seal .. ... . Earl of Minto.
11 ome-office. ..
Foreign-office. .
Colonial- othce
First Lord of the Treasury
Chancellor of the Exchequer Mr. Charles Wood.
Ch
casterancellor of Duchy of Lan- I
Lord Campbell.
•.•.
Mr. Macaulay.
Viscount Morpeth.

Pavn, aster• General.
Woods and Forests

Postmaster-General. Marquis Clan-ricarde.
Board of Trade Earl of Clarendon.
Board of Control ..... Sir John Hobbouse.
Secretary for Ireland..
Admiralty Earl of Auckland.
The following noblemen are to be members of the new
government, but without seats in the Cabinet :
Lord-Lieu•enant of Ireland.... Earl of Besborough.
Commander-in-Chief .. Duke of Wellington.
Master-General of the Ordnance Marquis of Anglesey
On Friday the following additional appointments were
announced in the Morning Chronicle:
Master of the Mint....
Secretary of the Board of Ad-
miralty...
Attorney-General

G. H. Ward, Esq.,

Sir T. Wilde

One of the Lords of the Treasury Lord Ebrington

Under-Secretary for the Home} Sir Wm. Somerville.
Department
Under-Secretary for Foreign
The hon. E.J.Stanley
Affairs..
Lord Advocate....
Secretary at War.
Solleito-General for Scotland

A. Rutherford, E'q.
Rt. Hon. Fox Maule
Mr. Maitland.

Juuchesa of Sutherland will be Mistress

We understand that either Mr. C. Buller or Mr. Ilaw es
will be Under-Secretary for the colonies.
The following have been named as Lords of the Admi-
ralty :—Admiral .1. W. Deans Dundas. M.P. for Green-
wich ; Rear-Admiral Elliott ; and Vice-Admiral Sir
Charles Adam. A difficulty, not yet surmounted, has

arisen with reference to the appointment of the office of
Solicitor•Generel. It is said that both Mr. Jervis, M.P.
for Chester, and Mr. David Dundas, M.P. for Sutber-
landshire, have declined the office, on.tlae ground of the
personal

pecuniary sacrifice which the surrender of their

practice, conEiitent upon the acce

earned

uch is

he ono

and rumour next vents to Mr. Romilly, the men.ber for
Bridport, who, being a member of the Chancery bar,
would not incur such a forfiture as that which deters his
able brethren, Messrs. Jervis and Dund:is.

The Daily News says that Mr. Rowland 11ill will re-
ceive official appointment.
The • Times relates the following facts, which throw
light on the construction of the cabinet as it now stands:—
" We may say that Lord John Russell has spared no

pains to increase the strength of the cabinet, by the ad-
dition of new elements. On receiving her Majesty's
commands to form a ministry, he sought an interview
with Sir Robert Peel. The ex-Premier received him
with every sign of cordiality, gave him a general promise
of assistance, and undertook that he would not oppose
any mea-ures Lord John might bring forward, simply
because they proceeded from that quarter. To this he
added expressions, the force of which may have been
overrated, but which implied the absence of all wish for
return to power. On this, it is said, Lord John ventured
to ask for what be considered a fair pledge of Sir Robert 's
sincerity. He requested that the ex•minister would ac-

quiesce'ir! three of his late colleagues, whose names our
readers will probably anticipate—Lord Dalhousie, Lord
Lincoln, and Mr. Sidney Herbert—accepting scats in the
new cabinet. To this Sir Rubert is said to have replied,
that he felt unwilling to interfere in so delicate a matter.
that he would offer no onposition, but could certainly not
recommend a step which would be liable to unfavourable
comment, as indicating a too great tenacity of offiee
on the part of those youthful statesmen. As pre-
viously intimated, Lord John Russell returned on
Wednesday, from Osborne House, charged with an ex-
pression of ,her Majesty's wishes that the Duke of Wel-
lington would still continue in command of the army.
To this request his grace yielded a dutiful compliance, in
conformity with his views under somewhat similar cir-
cumstances in 1827. At the same time, he said that be

considered his politimilliftnow ended, andibat he•should
now never open his lips-in. Parliament, except on subject*
saesnitii:olpaiteesc
to
I eg
ui:boven-
connected•wbh his offfuz. Lord-John•Russell hereupon
felt himself encouraged to make the same request he had
previously made with imperfect success to Sir Robert;
Peel. The Duke at firstrettrned much the same answer
above
-motion;
in-
duced.io give his consent ni a-letter, of which Lord Jolnk
nreeuetim7enthobreer:eorf

....pc vi 11 CI r assistance as members of his government—
for the present at least. The question of offering: a sea t°,
Mr. Cobden received, we are-informed, long and repeated
discussion. Of course the admission of a great and tri—
..gitator to the counoils-of h.. ..-.7 •he

eat,...
to present s
NI i nistP-

utice government of the nation was a proposal likely-
some unfavourable aspects to persons such as
...Less, Whig or Conservative, usually are. We have
reason to believe that no unbecoming jealousy was dis—
played. There are circumstances,, however, which will
-‘or readers as ofrering at least a temporary-
'he way of that gentleman's acceptance of
well known, is one peculiar de_ea much so that

impediment in t
office. His hasines,

lent on personal: superin

endence

Mr. Cobden himself considers a period' of political re-
tirement necessary to make arnendt for the loss be has
sufr-red by his generous devotion to a public cause ; and
on the same ground• a magnificent subscription haabeent
set on foot by his friends and admirers. However, a com-
'munication has, we believe. been made by Lord John;
Russell. with the acquiescence of his intended colleagues.
expressing his deep sense of Mr. Cobden's services and
consequent claims, and conveying also the prospective of-
fer of a seat in the Cabinet. contingeat on Mr. Cobden

to discharge the greet responsibility without danger to his
life or foi tune. Proposals have also, we have reason to
believe, been made to two oilier prominent members or
the League; and,. although in one cave they were, also
from private reasons, unsuccessful, it is not brprohablet
that at least one gentleman who has distinguished himself
by his public ad,vocacy of Corn Law Repeal will enter
Lord .Idin Russell's Government."

REV. HUGH
CHUR

IWNEILR'S NEW WORK-'
CR AND THE CHURCHES."

THE

We gladly transfer to our columns the following well—
merited notice of the above work and its learned author.
from our respected contemporary, the Dublin Evening,
Malt of Wednesday last

" We feel that we have been, to some extent, guilty of
injustice to our readers in withholding from them so long
ournotice of this most valuable and seasonable rub►ics_

lion ; nor are we without some misgivings at this moment
that we are about to commit an act of equal in justice to-
wards the reverend (would we could write him right reve..
rend) author himself, in attempting, within cur necessarily
brief limits, and amidst the imperative colic tationa of
other engrossing topics, to notice now the important, com-
prehensive, and erudite work, whose title we have prefixed.
At all e.veats, ourselves are, in one respect. gainers by the
delay, so far, at least, as to have the path of criticism
made easy, and our judgment amply confirmed by that
most satisfactory of all verdicts—the rapid disappearance

of the first issue of 1,500 copies, and the loue:temancrs
of the public and the publishers, before the expiration of
three months, for a second edition. A work upon the
subject of ' the Church,' from any hand, in the present
state of the public mind, is likely to command some—and
a work on any subject from Mr. M'Neile's hand is sure
of much—attention. We accordinely anticipated a very
marked, though, we confess, not such rapid and such un—
precedented success for the work now before us. It is not
our intention to attempt an outline, much less an analysia
of its varied and edifying details, but to commend it to
the patient perusal of such of our readers as have that
gratification )et in reserve, from most of whom we antici-
pate a concurrence in the principles it contains, ard by
none of whom it can be studied without interest, delight,

and advantage. Dealing with a subject, a•id
with details, upon which the public mind h: :s
ded, and about which so much has been written

grlppling
been divi-

I views should win an universal assent: notwithstanding,
we are bold to repeat. that his work cannot be read by
any otherwise than with advantage. Its disinguishing
feature and chief excellence, to our mind at bast, consist
in this, the constant appeal, expressed and implied, to
y Scripture, as the only supreme, paramount arbiter
__ _he matters at issue, and the use he makes of antiquity,
including the writings of our own early divines, no less
than of the Greek a,,d Latin fathers of the early church,
is exactly what it ought to be, testing it by, comparing it
with, and subordinating it unto the dictates of that Word

,
wtGgt
rorauooydeut, rea
whiled e reader—namely,
sa mceoluyr, s
ethat
'flows
kfeaespti nbgy him
tiie on
oraclesfamiliar
o
and showing him also the real value, as well as the
place of the testimony of antiquity (in which, by the
I:;e'du author proves himself to be more deeply cnnver-
sant than his urgent and responsible occupations for the
last twenty years might have led us to expect)—its place
being as the handmaid of revelation, and its value coo-
sisting in its conformity, for the most part, with inspired

" The title of the book, ' The Church of God in Christ,
and the Nut ehes of Christ Militant here on Earth,' in-
timates not merely its subject matter, but also the order
of it. in the two main divisions of which it ii composed.

64) he states, ' The aggregate of the elect, from the first,
and to the last inclusive, is the Church of Gud in Christ;'

and again (p. 70), ' These all, viewed in the aggregate,
constitute the catholicity of the Church of God, extend—
ing over all the ages of the world's history, and all the
countries of the world's geography. This is the only true
and genuine catholicity.' The sense in which Mr. 'Neile
uses the phrase, 'the Churches of Christ Mili!ant here
on Earth,' will appear also from the following (p. 71),
' Thus, Bishop Pearson says, " the most obvious and
most general notion of this Ca, holicisrn consisted in the
diffusiveness of the church." In this sense, it includes
all who in every place call upon the n-

tion Greeks,and oAridoerra
of
Christ"u r,
Under
rr t
hLeofrodr,,:beOrth
,a,fridi . ours.
vdiesxucusmsinthinegnoittsescao
fiaan.si,iic:vahledefnosielosw,
sLcutahredriannasi,
Biiianrgmliainnes.
tfholicity, unity, holiness, Scots and Americans, as well as Romans and Anglicans.'
Samesubject,a n i our author therefore
Jesus
the ctiliusrc
On the eriumera-
,
apostolicity. Under the latter bead, the ordinancesness Of
issepleadratteo 1
the Christian church come under inquiry, viz., baptism.
the Lord's supper, the ministry, and its relation to, and
connection with, the civil ruler. From a work engaged
upon such materials, and in such hands, much will neces-
sarily be expected ; and when the reader has carefully
gone through it, and to no other reader do we recommend
it, he will find his expectations bare been in nowise dis.

appointe_d.
" The style is natural and easy, and the author's drift
and meaning obvious throughout. His is not the style
so happily described by the acute Bishop of Ossory in his
primary charge, a style which has been brought to great
perfection by the writers of this (the Tractarian) school,
in which they are able to say all thatthey want to say, and
at the same time make provision to shelter themselves
from its full responsibility.' What Mr. M'Neile believes
fully, he enunciates fearlessly, argues scripturally, and
maintains firmly ; and this, too, without a single ex-
pression tinged with the bitterness of party controversy,
but characterized throughout with all the moderation and
modesty, the sure indications of a mind at once c inueious
and cultivated—that generously concedes to others the
same freedom of thought, Expression, and action. which
it has the courage boldly to vindicate for itself. Mr.
MlNeile's reputation as a divine, a churchman, and a
scholar, rests now upon this his latest publication, of
which it is no ordinary commendation to pronounce it
worthy of the growing weight it has to sustain.

" In putting together these last comments upon our
author and his work, we could not help regretting, for his
sake, that the same rule has not always regulated the
course of church preferment, which Sir E. Sugden* alleges

to obtain invariably in the legal profession, where ' rink
is obtained not by entreaty, or through powerful con-
nexions, or by so.bserviency to political opinions, but it is
freely cffered to the men who best distinguish themselves
by learning, talent, and professional conduct.' Had it
been so, Mr. M'Neile had certainly long since worn the
honours, as well as sustained the burdens, of the church ;
and, as a faithful servant, had met with some reward even
in this life. before he is called " to a crown of righteousness
resurrection of the just." _ _

* Letter to Wm. S. O'Brien, Esq., January 26,1846,

TOTAL DESTRUCTION OF A WHALER AND
A FRENCH EAST INDIAMAN BY I,IRE.

Letters, have, during the last two or three days. been
received, communicating: the total destruction of the
whaling-ship Helvetia, MO tons burden, and the French
East Indianan, Nouveau Tambour, both of which, we
regret to say, are supposed to have been fired by incendi-

As of the Helvetia, which was commanded by
W. Porter, occurred on the night of, the 25th of

of sperm oil, she had 1500 of seal and other commodities
on board, and preparations were completed fcr the home-
ward passage when the discovery was made. It appears
to have commenced in the forepart of the vessel, between
decks, and every attempt on the part of the crew to get at
it proved abortive. The alarm was given to the autbori-
otiuets,aasnhdo rdei,rewciticodi
everynstan instantly
satuasnecde
theytlm
werei itaryi
nt oapsbo
boardede.reusrsni
oe
nd
of to save the vessel. Lon.; before the vessel was
sha in the mainhold, and burst

nt-sa.tlredomnaedde.
Tfstsothhurr eaabnntt lsedes, laigemirduel
ye,
inwsn two
wisislaio,xiA:igifaulnileya n.
ftoiornth.
which,ina t terrific
orinfiwicnhgbolltneoz
se
dais,
hat fieyorsiwiviiiiganndt
dl.selltirenaisgssgtsriorui,fenk noooneovsaeorrmye
eedfd direc-
tion,
tmoassctustftatellihnegr,obvtert
sheth e
i feetn theocf oswvutea'risstileflerol°,efaswtt hsehided:teriii. gn
shdhAtvth:ce:otrmnhceptaibnlue
es
dwetore,bcuurat.
and the ship drifted clown the channel with. the tide; the
guns on the fort opened fire on the burning vessel in order
to sink her; several shots pierced her bows, but had DO
effect; and about three o clock
entirely consumed.
file the commander and offi-
cers have not the leas" ' •

the diabolical act, believing it to have been committed by
a native who was employed on board, and had made his
escape immediately after the outbreak of the fire. The
captain and officers are sufferers to a considerable extent.
The ship was insured fur £12,000.
The burning of the Nouveau Tambour took place sum
the evening of the 18th of last month. June, r_
seines, a few hours after her arrival. The fire orif
natßd
in the after part of the ship, under very slcistpoica us
cir-
of the
cumstances. and te.rninated in the
perished in the flames .
vessel. Unfortunately, one
ci the confusion
he was a son of the captain, and amidst w
as in one body of
backwards into the main hold,
allll win
power. Tha
fire, and his rescue was beyonA...nu
ship's loss is estimated et £7 Ouv
person
,pierst