The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1850-10-22 00:00:00

INDIA AND CHINA

The Peninsular and Oriental Company's steam-ship
oriental, which arrived at Suez on the 6th instant, brings
intelligence from Bombay to September 17 ; Calcutta,
September 7 ; Singapore, September 2 ; and Hong Kong,
August 24. There was a total dearth of political news.
The profoundest tranquillity reigned throughout India.
The works on the Calcutta Railway had been commenced.
Sir Charles Napier was to begin his homeward journey
from Simla on the sth of November. The Governor-
'General was to return from Konawur to Simla at the end
,of September, after which it was expected he would visit
,the Punjaub. Sir II Lawrence is said to have been de-
•tained prisoner in Cashmere; but the report was consi-
tiered doubtful. A mutiny had broken out among some
of the Nizam's native troops. The cholera was still pre-
valent in Scinde, Mooltan, and some other districts. Ac-
counts from Singapore stated that Sir James Brooke had
sailed for Siam on the 3rd of August. The Indian and
iChinese.zeas were still infested with pirates.
The intelligence from China is unimportant. The health
.of the troops in Hong Kong was improving. The differ-
.ences between the Chi...ese and Portuguese at Macao had
slot beat arranged.

the arrival of the William Edward, ad-
vices have been received from :Rio Janeiro to the 23rd of
August inclusively. The accounts confirm the report of
the disappearance of the fever at Rio Janeiro ; and the
-health of the city was said to be quite restored. Her
Majesty's steamer Harpy, tender to the flag-ship South-
ampton,-50, went into Guarapanon the 21st August, and
took the
~Brazilian .schooner ,Feiticeira, which she con-
ducted to.the entrance of Rio Janeiro., whence the prize
was ordered hy Admiral Reynolds to besent to St. Helena
for adjudication. Mr. 4fudson, the British charge d'af-
faires. had presented his credentials to the Emperor, and
bad been well received. The demand for colonial
pro-
duce was very brisk, and as the intercourse with the in-
terior was no longer interrapted, an increased demand
for our articles of import was experienced.

A private in the 56th Regiment of the Line was sentenced
to death by court-martial in Paris on Tuesday for having
struck a corporal.
A young girl, Mademoiselle Torero Taures, has been
'risking a great sensation at Rome by'her performanceson
the violoncello !
The fugitive slaves in Boston are packing up and flying
in all directions. Some bloodshed will arise out of the
new law for delivering them over to their masters.
Letters ,from Rome of the 4th announce the arrival
there of Monsignor Morangiu, Archbishop of Cagliari,
exiled by
.the Piedmontese Government. Monsignor
Franzoni al.so?Ripected there.

Y
The great rallwfai
from St. Petersburg to lii-licow, 56,39 ; "on the other hand, hoWee have decreased 13,363,
upon which immense umbers of workmen are ernpioved and sheep 182,551. The consolidiAkin of farms furnishes
at different points, .haesdvanced so rapidly that it is ex.., a satisfactory explanation of the fo,Nner decrease. The
petted that the whole
,tins will be opened during the en- 1 dimjnntiOn /4 the number of sheep is a L'or6 tulhateiligibie
suing yam.. ' i fad.

THE LINERPOOL STANDARD.

UNIVERSITY AND CLERICAL NEWS.

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The Rev. Daniel Wilson, vicar of Islington, has denied
that he has ever received any monition from the Bishop
of London. _ _

It is again stated that Southwark is to be created into
an episcopal see, for which purpose the dioceses of Lon-
don and Westminster are to be subdivided. _ _

The Dean of Elgin has seceded to the Church of Rome.
Dr. Maclaurin will be succeeded by the Rev. T. Mackay,
of Inverness.

The Protestants of Exeter are making an effort to de-
fray the legal expenses incurred by the Rev. G. C. Gor-
ham against the proceedings of the Bishop of Exeter.
The Rev. James Haworth, M.A., has been collated by
the Lord Bishop of Chester, to the United Perpetual
Curacy and Church of Saint Michael with Saint Olave,
Chester.

The presentation► to the perpetual curacy of Selby, now
vacant, has lapsed to the University of Cambridge, in
consequence of the disqualification of the patron, who is
a Roman Catholic.

The Bishop of Llandaff has been administering the
rite of confirmation to several candidates in his 'diocese
in Welsh and English ; the former to the astonishment of
a congregation at Glyntaff and St. David's, Merthyr
Tydvil.

THE CHURCH QUESTION.—The meeting held on Tues-
day at Martin's-hall, in reference to the Church, was con-
fined to members of " the Landon Union on Church
Matters ;" and no other persons, whether clergymen or
laymen, were admitted. The object of the meeting was
" to consider the resolution adopted by the Bristol Church
Union," declining to accept a declaration of faith over and
above the existing formularies of the English Church.
The application of reporters to •be present for the purpose
of making the discussion public was refused. The meet-
ing lasted above four hours. The Rev. C. W. Page was
in the chair, and Dr. Pusev, Dr. Mill, and Mr. Keble
were present. We are informed that on the motion of
Mr. A. J. B. Hope, M.P., aresolution was unanimously
agreed to similar to that adopted by the Bristol Church
Union. An arnendmenv, we learn, had been proposed to
the meeting, but was withdrawn, after a speech from Dr.
Ptrey, which has been published.
WHAT IS " CATHOLIC DOCTRINE ?"—There is, again,
another fallacy in the use that is made of the words,
" Catholic doctrine." Where is Catholic doctrine to be
found, and how is it to be ascertained ? All that is
meant by the phrase is, that the individual has endeavoured
to cull it for himself out of the pages of history, and has
exercised his own private judgment upon that which he

and adopt at second hand what others have selected,
which will be still further from Catholic truth, being
warped and polluted by the mediaeval corruptions. A
case in point is now before us: for both Mr. Bosanquet
and Dr. Croly have appealed to the same passage and the
very same words in Justin Martyr, in maintenance of
opposite doctrines, which they both call the " Catholic
doctrine." And if an appeal was made to such a convo-

by this means what we ought to regard as the Catholic
doctrine we feel persuaded that the result would be that
everything which tended to nourish a dry, cold, formal,
spirit in the priesthood—everything which countenanced
an intolerant, domineering, or bigotted spirit in the epis-
copal exercise of authority, would be repudiated by a

lame majority of the merabers of the Church of England.
—Church of England Quarterly Review.
ULTRA PROTESTANTISM.—The true state of the case

is this : you have, by the exercise of your own private
judgment, formed a system neither Anglican nor wholly
Romish, to which you have given the names of `• Catholic
truth," " Church principles," and other high-sounding

the exercise of your

ecisions you are,

Having determined, b 5
ludgment, what is the true

orthodox faith Of "the Chu;chbniversal," you impose
the creed you have thus formed upon the Church of Eng-
land as part of that Church, and put her Formularies
upon the rack to express it. Instead of looking simply
at the Formularies of faith and worship of our Church,

and endeavouring to understand their intended meaning
by the history and writings of the Reformation era, you
constrain them to speak the sense of an ideal system of

. . .
And both 'the Sovereign and the Primates are to be de-
posed from the seat of authority, to give place to a club
of private individuals seeking to establish their private
dogmas as the exclusive doctrine of our Church. In fact
ultra-F .-4 to suci

Protestantism was never carmen _a an extent
ds it now is by the Tractarian party, who have made their
private judgement on "Church principles" and "Catholic
truth" their sole rule and guide.-11.om Mr. Goode's
Reply to Archdeacon Manning. 8(c.

PUsEY.—The speech of this gentleman at the
meeting on Tuesday has been published. It would oc-
cupy more than two of our columns, but its reasoning
may, unhappily, be very briefly given. Dr. Pusey objects
to the "test" as by the law of the land ille -

gat, and as
being contrary to a great moral law. He also contends
that it is superfluous, all the members being already
sworn members of the Church of England. And finally,
1•e contends that it is unnecessary. He admits that many
of them are " suspicious and suspected ;" but he says
" suspicion was as rife twelve years ago as now ; and the
Guardian prints in capital letters the declaration of Dr.
Pusey that "he had no misgivings" of the Church of
England, and that if nothing would convince his oppo-
nents of this, "death in the bosom of the Church of
England will." In answer to the argument that it is
necessary to obtain a profession of " adherence to the
distinctive doctrines of the Church of England," Dr.
Pusey says "The Church of England has, of course, no
distinctive doctrines." As to the doctrine of justifica-
tion by faith only, he quotes Le Blanc, " that rightly
understood, the statements of the moderate writers among
the Roman Catholics and the reformed man the same
thing." And he adds " I believe most entirely that on
the doctrines of original sin and justification, the English
articles and the Council of Trent present different aspects
of the same truths."

THE PEW QUESTION AT YEOVIL—This vexata questio,
which promised fair to be a fruitful source of contention
in this town, has been brought to a sudden and unex-
pected termination by the interference of the Bishop, who
has peremptorily ordered the Churchwardens to seat all
the parishioners who may require seats in the parish
church immediately. The following is a copy of the letter
sent by his Lordship's direction to the Churchwardens ^—

Wells, October 8, 1850,

Gentlemen,—l am directed by the Lord Bishop of Dath and
Wells to inform you that he has received a complaint from a
person of the name of Thomas Dauncey, a resident in your
parish, that lie is without any seat or pew in the parish church
for himself and family, consisting of four persons; that lie
pays a considerable sum annually in the shape of rates; that
there are many pews unoccupied, but claimed, as private pro-
perty, by persons not resident in the parish ; and that lie has
made application to you to seat him and his family, but that
hitherto you have neglected to do so. His Lordship desires
me to say that this being the second case brought before him
of a like abuse, he feels it incumbent on him to put an end to
it ; he therefore orders and directs that you do, without de'ay,
place Mr. Thomas Dauncey and his family in a seat suitable to
their station ; and that you do also appropriate every seat now
occupied or claimed by persons not resident in your parish,
for the use and accommodation of those who are resident ; so
that, as far as it is practicable, every one resident in your
parish may be seated according to his station. His Lordship
desires to be informed, within ten days from this date, that you
have complied with this peremptory order. I am, Gentlemen,
your obedient servant,

EDMUND DAVIES,

To the Churchwardens of Yeovil

In obedience to the command of the 'Bishop, the
churchwardens have issued the following notice to the
parishioners:— _ _ _ _
___ _ _ _ _

YEOVIL CHURCH.—The Churchwardens of St. John's Parish
having received instructions from the Lord Bishop of Bath and
Wells, to appropriate the pews in the church to the use of such
parishioners as may require church accommodation, hereby
give notice that they are ready to receive applications for sit-
tings, and that they will proceed to appropriate such pews and
sittings as may be vacant, amongst the applicants, on the 7th
instant.

W. V. MATTHEWS, } Churchwardens.
WM. SYMES,
Yeovil, October 10th, 1850.