The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1844-11-26 00:00:00

DOMESTIC.

THE MISSING BRIDEGROOM.—Mr...Iost,ph Ames, wh!t
was on Wednesday week unit d to a young wlla"
Whitechapel Church, suddenly left his bride after tb,
ceremony, first placing 120 sovereigns in her hand, 84
saying he should wait her return from the west end.
had taken a public-house, and aftelqhis departure inforairt
her, that there were £l3O in tile bank which she mig"
have, but that she would never see him more! The ,vaa.„,-
derer, however, whose conduct is inexplicable, has
returned to his no loner " mourning bride."
HORRIBLE OCCURRENCE.—On Thursday week, a little
boy; the scn df a fireman working at one of the IthYruney
furnaces, was playing about the rails, when his foot slip"
ped, and horrible to relate he fell into the furnace. ";
father, with more affection than prudence, immediatrel
sprung in after him, in the forlorn hope .of saving 41.,
child; strange to say, he was quick enough to catch an
u
throw him out : but too late, however, fur the boy tau!t
almost instant tneously have died. The father had now
exchanged situations with his child, and found the grea!—
est difficulty in extricating himself from his perilous post"
tion, which he was obliged to do by catching hold of 11.
iron har, little les3 than red hot, and swinging 'ling,
out ; but as soon as he had done so he was senseless.
poor fellow was carried home, and now lies inn dangeroc
and u2certain state. The furnace had not long beta
charged, and conseqUently was not at its greatest heard
herwhie escape would have been impossible.—llereur
Times.

Poon LAW.—On Wednesday, a miserable looking
men applied at one of the London police-offices an
stated that he had been in business in linxton some year`
since, but, unfortunately, he went out of his mind, and
coming out of the asylum, was ruined in business. 1-1,,e
had since had a severe fall and was incapacitated for work'
having broken three of his ribs. He had a;.plied to the
parish for relief, but they had refused to asist , him, Ile'
kss he would go into the house with Iris wife and childrrn•
The l‘oor man continued his tale of woe as follows :7"
My wife kas the strongest dislike possible to go in, and
ls
determined not, and she can contrive to keep herself out
of the house, though she can't support me too, I B°3
willingto separate myself from her and go into the house
by myself; but they will not. take me in alone, and here
am I wandering about almost starving, for I have not
had a bit or sup in my mouth all this day. The Magis"
trate.—But, as that is the case, why don't you try to per-
suade your wife to go into the house with you? The
Poor Man.—She is determined not, and I can't force her
to do it. I have pawned and sold every thing I had that
would fetch any money, till now I have n't got anything
More to sell. It's very hard to be refused relief after pal'
ing rates so many years. The man in reply to the matis",
trate; said he had exp'ained his case many times to- tne
officers, but they refused peremptorily to relieve him
unless they a entered the house. The magistrate granted .
the man temporary relief, and directed enquiries to be'
made.

Tue CILEEP AT ST. PETER'S Docx.-=-On Friday
week, at tSt. Pitert's -Canny,- • about three miles beloor
this town, the surface ,of the ground, for some acres in
,extent, was off. cted with what in this district is called the
creep, being a sort of incipient eartlequake, by which con-
side, able destruction has been done to property in the
neighbourhood, the extensive building yard of Messrs.
Smith, shipbuilders; having been rendered for a time en-
tirely useless. The first intimation of danger was ob
served a week ago, but it was very sli.iht, amounting onlY
to a rent in ono of the houses. Yesterday morning the •
wholeOf the men and boys, nearly 200 in number, were
at breakfast in the smith's shop and store, on the north side
of the building yard, when they heard a loud noise, and ce
looking out, beheld the surface of the ground in motiot!.
In a few minutes the heaving of the surface ceased; arta'
on the men returning to the building yard, they found the
ground rent in various directions, presenting chasms ,se-
veral feet in depth; the bottom of the spacious dry dock,
capable of admitting vessels of the largest size, was thrown
up in dreadful confusion ; the sides rent, and the whole
presented a sad scene of destruction. The windows in 0°
neighbouring houses were broken, doors and frame-wcr'
split and crushed, and sever,4l walls were levelled with the
ground. The movement was confined to the building;
yard and the adjacent houses. The quay next the
wh riTia
e
has sunk several inches, and the bed of the river, ica
before was " high and dry" at low water, is now coverte
to the depth of trim 18. to 24 inches. The water iot:
river was agitated, and the motion was felt on board "
vessels lying near.—Newcastle Journal.
Of
MIRACULOUS ESCAPE.—A remarkable instance 0
providential escape from untimely death occurred to tlw,e
young gentlemen, at Marsden Rock, near South Shielast
on Tuesday week. It appears thEA a holiday having be
given at the school which they ettended, a number
youths went to Nlarsden Rock for a little excursion, an f
to enjoy the beauties of that romantic spot. Three,e
the party &sanded to the beach and wandered about for
some time ; these were the sons of Mr. Wealands 11491::
son, Mr. William Dixon, and Mr. Louie, of Bishopweel-
mouth. The sea was very rough, and the tide w,.s settiai
in very strong, when they discovered that the tide ha
flowed round them and cut off their retr at. The little
fellows got upon the highest pAint of the rock, and tbe
water by this time
ohtliaunttlargDeaaiicnxheodend i
7a.
aab
sgdast'
irt.ehee
times
ter;iesiNs,,a,i
sauhnneded:oB:lB
flawing so rapidly that they must soon have bean swept
Iu
eptaceY,
i.bson looked over the precipice, and sail!,
Rdanger of h's young friends, and instir'l'
itai
stebosrottal:
imminent
ran to the house of Peter Allen, close by, and gave till •
alarm.' Allen with promptitude took a rope, At
hastened to the rock, desired oae of the boys to fasten 1
round his waist; this was done. and he was dragged uP:
height of 70 feet with safety. The other two boys weiv
rescued in the some way, young Robson cotirageet,"
waiting to the last to 'assist his n-ore frightened coMPt;
nions... Dixon was in a very exhausted state, and had pa
be put 'to bed at Peter Alien's, where he soon reentered
so as to walk home; the other two were much b:'016",
against the rock in being drawn up, brit all ate now five
fair way of recovery from injury and fright. About
minutes after their escape the spot on which they st°(;.,e
was covered with the fo, ming surge, so that their (scar
was truly Providential.— Darhaw Advertiser.
GREAT FOG IN Losi ncsr.—On Thursday the fog be
metropolis was not at first very dense, but before 1`
o'clock in the evening might be designated "a thick elerl,,,
ness." , The streets presented appearances of the litril „°e4
eonfusion and alarm. Persons on fiot literally
their way through the mass of smoke and vapour "'
filled every street, whilst carriageS of all descriptieea;
waggons, omnibuses, and cabs, made their way at a too be
pace, ;and under circumstances alike dangerous to r
ep
parties who guided them, and to those with whom were
were every moment coming in contact. In *vain
vehicles provided:with lamps and Preceded by torches b.,
in vain was the greatest care and caution observed
those who led or drove ; accidents became of moivenlnL
ow
occurrence, and amidst the shouting of men, the ocess•rea
screams of the few women or children who vent_ru•ty
abroad, the glare of tire torches, and the active elexlllo
of thieses, the police found abundant-employment, v/. co
every one who had a home and no very pressing bib is
to keep him out of doors, hurried into shelter 100
much expedition as the prevailing darkness and coal)! 'at
would permit. In most of the pripcipal streets wErtrilag
the corners Clusters of boys with lighted links, oDc't
their services to conduct individuals or vehicle's table
charge of 6d. per mile, while, others found it a pre," "I,op,
speculation to purchase a quantity of linkS at an oit-st"„wa
and sell them at an increased price in parts of the atserf
where such a desideratum was not to be obtained. opt
few of the omnibuses along that line of road were ere,
out by the proprietors, and several of those which w ,b 0
although they had lighted lamps and links, got ot!sc'efe
heaps of gravel on hark side of the road, and erS•
nearly .upset, to Mini-eat alarm of the possee.goal
Numerous collisions took place during the evening Iter
P
arts of the town. but no accidents of a scrieus char:;ebr
were beard of. The navigation of the river was
enter
leave
suspended. not one of the steam-boats venturing to ote
their mooring.. Several accidents occurred, at a.,9,0
hour, but none of them would, it is hoped,
fatally. A considerable number cf vessels ready for
were necessarily detained. Others that had atri%cd
o bilged to relinquish all idea of docking, and cast cue'
in the river. tern" re

Nov. 26, 1844.

THE IRISH SOCIETY.

On Tuesday morning the friends of this excellent so-
'eietY breakfasted together at the Adelphi Hotel. The
Chairman was the Rev. HUGH 111`NEILE, who, after the
Ch co
aptcPsoY. had sung a hymn, reati a portion of the 2nd
ter of Acts, and then delivered the fong addrep:
--He said their attention in.that portionllowi of Holy Scrip-
Pture was called to the matter' of language; and he might
e permitted to add one or two observations to whathe
fled said the evening before. There was a remarkable
Peculiarity in the case of language as a medium of conn-
Inunication ; for, while man's communication with God
Was identical all the world over, by means of faith, and
While his communication with external nature was the
same, the senses acting identically everywhere, his com-
munication with his fellow-men was not the same. With
the Bible before them, they found no difficulty in account-
ing for this • because, Ahile there had been no divine in-
terference ec, disturb the unity of man's communication
Terence
God and external nature, there had been an inter.
terence to disturb the unity of communication between
Hmanere and man. That interference took place at Babel.
they read, at the commencement of the gosl his-
t.ory, when the middle wall of partition was to be broken
;aiwranc'le°---rsuappcioyuinngter interference—a sort of anti-Babel_n
the apostles with power to speak. i
divers languages. The design appeared to be, that during
the Christian dispensation there should be a variety oft
itibguages. The design of the Christian miracle was not
but enable all nations to understand the same language,; to enable Christian preachers to address them in their
dolt languages. (Hear.) Here they found Christi-
the as usual. in direct opposition to the perversions of
tile Church of Rome. As if by a fatality which presented
that system everywhere in opposition to God, the aim of
that
the Church of Rome was unity of language, as if t
were the genius of the Christian religion. She woitiladi
have all learn Letin in the face of the passage he
read, Showing that the' great Christian miracle established
the use of divers languages. (Hear.) With respect ton
the proposal that a particular book should be printed in
the Irish language, he wished to observe, that althoug
tiot
!'ffts to be a distinct undertaking, they raw their way
..
the accomplishment of it if they found funds. The Pri
Mary difficulty
be
ivweoruel di
gentlemen
eaktni correct rienc
Irelandra n translation. twi ohnoa
couldßu t h e
,aociety had a set of
reignwouldProfitably w
~ but the I r
igs
hi t .t y
pTe
sh,e
and
i t itshhn
nagnhd
they F t)
book °t, as a society, meddle with the printing of any
Re-
the
aTue Rev. J.
llgiOus Tract Snoilcaleet'yt,hweyhomwigohntldleantdtetnhdettr tl7ise tporitnhteinßg.e-
-thet lib
1 CON OR said it had been suggested,
, the printing to the Achill Mission press,
tranYaiwei-ou gain two objects—first, in getting a good
.Thea„"on, and, secondly, in assisting the mission. t .
uttetaittaieer said the hint should be ettended 1
tation
TIC Rev. WILLIAM PENNEFATHER, one of ehealePn-
society, he
' Said, that with reference to the operitions of the'
would mention some circumstances which had
b9aae under his own observation. In a former_parish of
is. in
c"- the te thachers,we county
hof Cavan, he bad once called a meting
which was attended by about 200 perseons.
tndAfter prayer and exercises, as usual, they were dismissed,
two of them, named Keegan and Campbell, on re-
taken iIIIIIT6Ig home the weather being extremely hot, were
, and subsequen subsequently died. It was a melancholy
and very serious fact ; but the priests instantly hid hold
of it
e , and spread through the country that they had et! by the direct visitation . visitation of God, for attending a meeting
for
the translation of the scriptures. Keezan, whorw.,i.!
about 34 years of age, had let a widow and several .t i!
liien. He would like to read them an account of this
ittnerale
clergyman, been made
[The speaker then read a letter from a brother
describing the opposition that had. . .
°n the part of the relatives of the deceased, to his being
btiried in the family vault, and the effect of theupcenrtecu-
i se-
tying
_and Unchristian spirit so manifestewd,niuind
bad previously
eral, and amongst them the widow, h
beets undecided, to quit the pale of the Roinish church.]
This narrative he said, was remarkable in one particular,
that it showed them bow events, - seemingly the most
overwhelming, turned out, to individuals and to the
church collectively, the greatest blessings. So the pecu-
liar difficulties surrounding the Church of Ireland, if they
had patience and trust in the Lord, would be found to
tend to the deepening of the piety of that church, and to
its more extensive usefulness to their unhappy country.
He would therefore commit the case of the Irish church
to their prayerful consider.ition. They stood in the most
perilous position, and looking to the prospects of human
aid, they found they could expect none. Oh, that the
statesmen of England would consider the• case even in a
selfish Point of view. If theyoutlii,tr sold the Irish church
to gratify Romanism, they w
yfinwtelrthat . the English
church would not long stand. The
and if the
Irish church went, let them depend uepoTi;t hat the
Romanists, who now, contrary to their oaths registered
on the statute-book of the Parliament of Britain, were
endeavouring to overthrow that church wo find words
to blind the statesmen of England to thetast of the
English church, and in the same manner it would fall.
Mr. Pennefather then gave an interesting account of a
Roman Catholic youth, who was studying for the minis
try at King's-court, having been taken by him from the
streets and placed at school, where he displayed so much
intelligence and sweetness of disposition, that having
ultimately avowed his preference for the Protestant faith,
he was placed where he would, in time, be qualified for
exPounding arid commending it to others.
The Rev. D. FOLEY wished to give a somewhat &ffer-
era tone to their feelings from that which they were likely
to-receive from the reverend gentleman who had just ad-
tdressed them. Not that he at all disputed his facts, but
e_hongh they were entitled to cherish brighter hopes.
trod delivered the three Israelites of old from the power
I_3l,Nebuchadeezzer, but it was not till they were in the
hev.vet as in the liens'
foidst of the fiery furnace ; he saved Daniel, but net till
den; he delivered Israel out of cap-
IwtillioY, but not till they had hung their harps upon the
ssehroyulawanstithiollntdhaegier.hearts were sad, and they felt their mi-
lt was of vast importance evidently
intended be s
trong and of good courage. God y
the _gleat mercies to th 'r nation. He had roused
el
There"eople' and the •
light of the truth was spreading.
vvere faithful
at anmen in Ireland, who were prepared
Y moment to lay down their • for the Gospel, and
who knee, that , lives
e t i " they would only compromise that one
hatfr Point, they would have perfect peace. Within the
. fortnight 1"
ills , a erotestant clergyman in the south, who
la put
forhand zealously to that work, had been prayed Publicly in all the Rotnish chapels. This marked the
totheirsense enter
tained by the priests of the injury he was doing
t aase. They should, he repeated, have no ague.- 1
rProtest in Ireland, if they would only consent to wave their
itt()t''st against the errors of Popery. It was the Bible
union t-stirred ut, all the opposition. But there could be no je lattween light and darkness. The observations of
"Ce lii.Pennefather on the Irish language suggested a thought
la-ad 'es,. mind. It seemed as if the English government
aets strain It
upon the very error of Popery trying by taw_cf Parliament to abolish the Irish language. Penal eve' were enacted against it :it had been discouraged in
iii On waY, and treated as a hostile thing, al, doubtless,
Of p sense, it was; sedition, rebellion, and every kind
deimigls)chinet, was hatched in it. But what were they
eurzaH• , file), were trying to abolish a mark of God's
Works' w"ich would remain till the end of time. God's
"i, e was to correct in the world : he did not abolish the
then
u4ither in the saints or in the world, but he put ano-
PriaciPle in action, which went through the great
eeeeeua'.eritrie, and darkness, and wickedness, correcting,
iesy.ve ting, rehmig,
,i till the day of Christ should
4%1' th"u" f°ll'w
the analogy of God's dealings, as
e plain
eenied dictates of his word, they would try to
nun a:sYllen9t to abrogate ; to find a machinery suited
,to
away from ls, not as he shonld be. Whenever they turned
and thethis principle they fell into many mistakes,
totem '
, Lord stamped confusion and dismay on all their
--'''s* [Mr P l
self Chair-
quittedthe circumstances under which he bad him.
to with the Ruttish communion, which were listened
Ordeal
thereat interest.] They were little aware of the
land hed.ough which a convert to Protestantism in Ire-
not induce,Pass. The first thing a priest did, if he could
him fro him itim to go beck, was to expatriate him, to drive
rw,,_Ort the place, by exciting the people against him,
e..!`" ait " too hot " for him, as the phrase was. For
~ue roan a
they h , schoolmaster, who was thus treated at Galway,
Years. aed. got a situation at Dublin. He was away five
of deathols wife was then taken ill, and being on the point
• yt,aee, she wished to be taken back to Galway. She
it
.Poed the place alive, contrar to all expectation ; and
Len'ined that, in addition to tier desire to he buried with
bi-s, relatives, she was anxious to testify the sincerity of
of ttoksbion. No one could form an idea of the extent
hyp ' cry
iagainst persons in her situation—that they are
die.Qer&B, and will be glad' to have the priest when they
Priest -He steadily refused all entreaties to receive the
"ri, er the ointment, but died sound in the faith. The
threstquenee was that a universal ferment was excited ;
the e hit"'
. dred men, women, and children followed her to
burial with all manlier of execrations; she was refused
in
the :in the consecrated ground ; and after being interred
and coed.", four miles off, under a strong force of police
coffin coast guard, the grave was opened in the night, the
rotted dot to guard, the
pieces, and the body kicked out and
,e,,,, own the shore towards the sea. V, het must they
;`.,s.tt •of the odium that rested upon a convert, when
4'l hrnen could forget that • for the dead which
wa_ 0
respect
e wen of the strongest feelings in th • bosom, and act
es they had done to the cor lof this their
The tier. E.
NIXON
ex I r.
Orphan Institutien was wPoarTeedi the mode in which the
other instances, receive the children The
meet not, as in
ment, which was thought not so well cleft' re establish-
them.for their future situations in life. •C
retie ated to adapt
with respectable farmers or cottiers, and
,fortt ft.oilaced them
a Piece, they had them comfortably lodged, fed guineas
and educated. With respect to a subject which hnd beer,
already mentioned, he was happy to say thnt the tr.ht.
//lent of the roan Campbell had been very different tr'om
ths,t which had been described as having been shown to
ICeegitn. Though he had been a faithful servant of the
4.4°,1,d, he had won the esteem of Isis Roman Catholic
'ettow-parrsh'oners, many of whom atte
and testified the stri ngeat affection for himnded his funeral,.
‘.l The Rev. JOSEPH BAYLEE took that opportunity of
ti,in the extension of the operations of the society to
Rom own, land. There were not fewer than 30,000 Irish
e,,,n0 Catholics in Liverpool, and not less altogether
eitdcelo,ooo in these parts of England, as deeply bigoted
. uPSott din • • as in any part of Ireland.
,Irk jri , e superstition
Irelands" soul in Liverpool was quite as important as in
oneh thu there might cot be the mountain scenery
e bogs to cast an interest over the work of reclaim..
bib flan'• He had once a Scripture reader of his own em-
b.O4d in Liverpool, the necessary expense being borne
aiv.sel'ir. Groves; but the increase of work at Birkenhead
however him to withdraw him. lie could assure them,
good°wearer, that there was an ample field, and that much
,;_,_.
mr7iii'lL be done.
Propo,, INNEFATHER and Mr. FOLEY approved of the
1;0,4, attql, and said that, as far as sending qualified per-
,e,°__yer, they had no doubt it might be cairied out.
re;itle CHAIRMAN suggested tlait, in the first place, two
danscns Ehould be sent over, to-be under the superinten-
ce of Mr. Baylee, should the committee in Dublin,

after the report which would be made to them by the
gentlemen of the deputation, feel disposed, to sanction the
plan.
The Rev. F. BARKER, at the request of the Chairman,
offered up prayer, and the meeting separated.