The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1848-10-24 00:00:00

THE JEWS' MEETING.

CORRECT REPORT OF THE PROCEEDINGS CONSE-
QUENT ON MR. EWBANK'S AMENDMENT.

The Rev. Chairmati was about to put the motion, when
the Rev. W. W. Ewbank rose and said he had an
amendment to propose.
The CHAIRMAN.—I forbid it, and will explain to the
meeting why he ought not to be allowed to eo so. It is
a departure from the arrangements of the evening, and I
think an injudicious one. If anything has been done
contrary to the usual mode by which meetings like this
have been regulated—that differs in the slightest degree
from the tenor by which its resolutions have been moved
and seconded during the last forty years—then there might
be an excuse for such an amendment ; but, on the ccn-
trary, bishops, presbyters, noblemen, and gentlemen have
moved and seconded its resolutions in the same tone
generally for the last forty years, and if any member disap-
prove of that tone the proper way for Win to act is to
withdraw his subscription and leave the society.
(Applause.)
The Rev. Mr. EWBANK rose and attempted to address
the meeting, but was met with considerable hooting, and
the Chairman ordered him to sit down, which he refused
to do. After some further confusion,
The CHAIRMAN said he hoped Mr. Ewbank would not
make himself an Ishmael among them by introducing
discord. He reiterated the assertion that the proper way,
if Mr. Ewbank disapproved of the speakers, was to dis-
continue being a subscriber ; but it was a most question-
able mode of supporting a society to subscribe to its
funds, and then, although the tone of the speakers sup-
porting it had not altered for about forty years, now to
come forward and throw discord and confusion into the
meeting, and more especially by a member of the Evan-
gelical Alliance. When his reverend friend intimated his
intention of proposing the amendment, he (the Chairman)
,requested he would not attempt to do so, and several
friends of Mr. Ewbank on the platform had tried to dis-
suade him from the attempt, and he (the Chairman)
appealed to him as a matter of courtesy, as a Christian
and a gentleman, not to persist. His doing so now, in
defiance of the wishes of several of his best friends, argued.
anything but a right feeling ; and I now plainly tell him
(said the Chairman) I will not allow it—l will dissolve
the meeting rather than he shall be permitted to proceed.
(Cheers.)
Mr. EwnANK.—I have a right to speak—(Hissing, cries
of " turn him out," and " shame, shame.")
The confusion here became greater than before.
Mr. Ewbank walked to the front of the platform and
attempted to address the meeting, but could not gain a
hearing. Several gentlemen and clergymen interfered,
and attempted to dissuade him from his purpose.
The CH AIRMAN at length declared the meetingdissolved,
and was about to leave the platform with the rest of the
clergy, when the Rev. Mr. Ewbank was induced to with-
draw, after which the business was resumed by the fol-
lowing address from the Chairman—
Ladies and Gentlemen,—A scene deeply painful has for
a time interrupted the proceedings of the evening. lam
happy to say that through the firmness and gentleness of
some of cur friends it has been but for a time. I must
intreat that no expression but that of christian regret that
any such division should manifest itself among Christian
people, and more especially among ministers of a Christian
Church. It is a sad triumph for the enemies of true
religion and good order to lay their finger on such a scene
and point with scorn, while they call the attention of the
infidel to it. For whatever share any of us may have had
in it, I pray God to pardon us, and for our brother God
in his tender mercy forgive him, through our Lord Jesus
Christ.

Ecizai

The North American mail steam-ship Canada is ex-
pected to be ready to make a trial trip this week.
On Thursday, Thomas Roberts, of Plumbe-street, fell
out of a boat in the Clarence Dock, and was drowned.
At the quarter sessions, held in Preston, on Thursday,
Thomas James Bourne, Esq., of Livespool, qualified as a
county magistrate.

The Earl of Lonsdale arrived in this port from Valpa-
raiso, has brought 5,432 sacks and 130 quarter of wheat,
as a portion of her cargo.
The congregation of St. Matthew's Church have pre-
sented to the Rev. George Cuthbert, on his retirement
from the church, a handsome purse with £4O.
On Wednesday, Walter's beautiful picture of the burn-
ing of the Ocean Monarch was raffled for and won by Mr.
Daniel Mather. •

It is stated that Mr. Lawrence Heyworth is the sole
entire abstinent in Parliament, with the exception of
Brothertoo, who is said to be the only man in the house
this last session whom Anstey did not drive into Bellamy's
for refreshment.

O❑ Saturday week, Richard Kershrw, a carter, in the
employ of Mr. Jump, corn merchant, was carting some
soap waste to a field at Club Moor, when one of his horses
trod upon him. The injuries he received terminated fa-
tally on Monday.
On Wednesday, William Combe. a seaman belonging
to the ship Zephyr, was passing from his own vessel to
another, when a plank, forming part of the stage, gave
way, and he was precipitated into the dock, and was not
got out until life was extinct.
The New York Journal of commerce says that the
names of Collins's new line of U.S. mail steamers be-
tween New York and Liverpool. are to be the Atlantic,
Pacific, Arctic, Adriatic, and Baltic. The first two will be
launched next month.

TARLETON.—On Sunday week, two sermons were
preached in Tarleton church, (at the opening. of an
organ,) by the Rev. David James, incumbent of St.
Mary's, Kirkdale, when £6 14s. 10d. was collected. On
Tuesday the Bishop of Manchester held a confirmation
at Tarleton church.

On Wednesday evening last, the third of a course of
sermons, announced to be delivered in St. George's
Church, Bolton, was preached by the Rev. D. James,
F.S.A., incumbent of St. Mary's, Kirkdale. The sub-
ject of the rev. gentleman's discourse was the " Ordi-
nance of Preaching."

WATER TO LIVERPOOL FROM ,WRADDLESWORTII
BROOK.—The line of the intended water course from
Brinscall, near Chorley, to Rivington, is now being laid
out, and the preparations are progressing rapidly, It
will, however, be two or three months before there will be
a general commencement of the whole works.—Preston
Chronicle.

"JONES."—The first number of a new publication,
under this comical title, and after the style of Punch,
made its appearance on Saturday. It has some good hits
at men and things, and will doubtless improve. We had
intended to give L,ur satirical friend's report of a visit
to the Liverpool Stock Exchange, and which we are told
is hit off to the life, but we cannot find room for the
article this week.

CAUTION TO DRUNKEN PEOPLE.—On Wednesday, Ro-
sanna Norris, who had lived in Watkinson-street, in this
town, and who: was awoman ofdrunken habits, wasattempt-
ing to get in at one of the bedroom windows by means of
a ladder; but, as it happened to be too short, she fell
down, and pitching upon her head, fractured her skull so
badly that she died on Thursday. It appeared that she
had previously got through one of the bedroom windows,
and had been found drunk in bed by her husband ; but
how she got out of the house is matter of conjecture.
LIVERPOOL SUNDAY SCHOOL INSTITUTE BAZAAR.—
The bazaar in aid of the funds of this institution was held
on Tuesday and Wednesday last, at the Royal Assembly-
rooms, Great George-street, which were beautifully de-
corated. The bazaar was under the patronage of many
gentlemen of eminence, among whom were the Right
Hon. the Earl of Harrowby and W. Brown, Esq., M.P.,
each of whom presented £5 to the funds of this institute.
The proceedings were pleasingly enlivened at intervals by
the performance of some excellent music on the piano-
forte. The total amount realized was £228, and in all
probability the committee will have at their disposal,
after paying expenses, £2OO.
SUDDEN DEATH.—An inquest was held on Saturday,
before Mr. Curry, on view of the body of Ann Samuel,
aged 70 years, wife of Jacob Samuel, stone-mason. The
latter is absent from the town, and it is not known whe-
ther he be dead or alive. Deceased lived in Tarleton-
street, Everton, with her daughter-in-law. On Thursday
night, about nine o'clock, deceased went to bed, and
complained of a pain in her side. She slept in a room by
herself. About eight o'clock next morning she was
found quite dead in bed. Before going to bed she and
her son David (who is a police-officer) sang a hymn to-
gether. She had previously had (some time ago) one or
two attacks of apoplexy. The body was warm when
found. Mr. Woods, surgeon, who examined the body,
attributed the cause of death to apoplexy.—Verdict ac-
cordingly.
AURORA BOREALIS.—On Wednesday night last, the
striking and beautiful phenomenon known as the Aurora
Borealis, or the Northern Lights, appeared above this
town and neighbourhood with a degree of magnificence,
not much inferior, we should think, to what is seen in higher
northern latitude than ours. The phenomenon commen-
ced a little before nine o'clock with a cloud or haze of
white light at the north point of the h,rizon, similar to
what precedes the rising of the moon. For a quarter of
an hour there was merely a slight flickering of light, hut
from that time until half-past nine o'clock the whole he-
misphere was covered with streamers and waves or sheets
of light, exhibiting that rapid undulatory motion peculiar
to the Aurora Borealis. In consequence, no doubt, of
the Aurora Borealis, the electricity in the atmosphere had
such an effect on the wires of the electric telegraph, that
the needles at both the machines there were completely
deflected, so much so, as to make them for the time com-
pletely useless. The Chester Chronicle describes the
aurora as visible there from after eight until midnight,
with splendid coruscations from the meridian towards the
horison, of all the tints of the rainbow. Most of the
other provincial papers notice similar appearances.
THE WEATHER.—During the greater part of our past
editorial week we experienced a degree of cold, with the
wind from the north-east quarter, which is rarely experi-
enced at this season of the year. On Wednesday, Thurs-
day and Friday especially, the air was piercing, and on the
mornings of the two latter days thin sheets of ice covered
the ponds in the neighbourhood. The lieges were unex-
pectedly taken aback by this premature advent of a wintry
atmosphere, and additional garments came into requisition.
On Thursday, a very slight fall of snow fell, but whitened
nothing. On Saturday the cold gave way to a milder tem-
perature, after a small shower. Sunday was rainy, with
an E.S.E. wind, until the afternoon, when it brightened
up, and with the exception of a smart shower about four
o'clock, the latter part was fine. At night the sky became
clear. Yesterday was mild and fine. The field crops yet
in the ground look well—especially turnips and mangles.
It now appears nearly certain that the potato crops gene-
rally will fall short of what was expected. Latterly the
disease does not seem to have male much progress in the
field ; but quantities of the root, gathered in apparently
fair condition, have yielded to its influence, and picking
and hurrying to market has naturally resulted. The arti-
cle is on the rise in our markets,—fair quality at about 10d.
per 211 b., and good to prime 13. to is. 2d.