The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1848-09-26 00:00:00

TIE LIVERPOOL STANDARD.

will be submitted.' tO you will contain the various overt
acts on which the _crown relies • and in support of. this
indictment the crown must satisfy you that some one or
more of those overtacts have actually taken place. As to.
the other counts in the indictment, the charges of " levy-.
ing war : insurrection, and appearing in arms, for a,
" general innovation," must be proved, and, in law, the
attempt to sever Ireland from the United Kingdom
would be an attempt at such " innovation."
The jury then retired, and late in the day brought in
true bills against Mr. Smith O'Brien, Mr. M`Manus,
Messrs. Orchard, Thine, and O'Donnell. These prisoners
were then placed at the bar, and, on application, copies of
the indictment were granted to them.
M`Manus looks well, and walked with a firm step ;.
Meagher was in good spirits; O'Brien looked composed,
but seemed as if he was anxious to hide his distress.

On Friday the Grand Jury returned a true bill against
Thomas F. Aleagber.

UNIVERSITY AND CLERICAL NEWS.

King's College, Aberdeen, has conferred the degree of
LL.D. on Prince Albert. _ _ _

Two sermons were preached in St. George's church,
Bolton, on Sunday last, when collections amounting
to £92 were made in behalf of the Sunday Schools be-
longing to the same. We hear that 1,000 to 1.200 are
the average number of the children attending these schools,
and that this collection is much below the usual amount,
arising no doubt from Sunday being so wet a day.
VISIT OF THE BISHOP OF TUAM TO ACHILL ISLAND.
—The Lord Bishop of Tuam ha. been staying on a sisit
to the Missionary Settlement, Achill Island, of which his
lordship is president, from Saturday, the 9th instant, to
Tuesday morning. During his stay his lordship visited
the Hospital, the Orphan Establishment, and the schools,
and expressed his warm approbation of the good work
going on in the island.
The Morning Post states that, on Sunday week, an
afternoon lecturer preached at a church not far from
London Bridge, on behalf of the Scripture Readers Sod-
ety. At the close of the sermon, he waited with the con-
gregation in anticipation of a collection being made, but
after some time the churchwardens, instead of proceeding
round with the plates, took up their hats and walked out.
The following Sunday the clergyman explained that the
reason no collection had been made was, that the wardens
declined, not having received the consent of the lay rec-
tor. The dispute will, it is said, be referred to the Dio-
cesan.

PROPOSED BISHOPRIC IN CHlNA.—After mature de-
liberation, much discussion, and urgent preaching, it is
arranged to create a new bishopric in the Celestial Em-
pire. The Colonial Bishoprics' Committee recommend
that this be accomplished without further delay. The
plan has received the general approval of her Majesty's
Government. The see is to be fixed at Victoria, in the
island of Hong Kong. The total sum, says the report,
available for the endowment may at present be reckoned
at £lB,OOO, of which nearly one-half has been given by
two noble-minded individuals, a brother and sister, who
have besides offered £2OOO more for the erection of a col-
lege. The other portion was collected at the different
churches, five years ago, in obedience to the Bishop of
London's letter, urging that a general appeal should be
made throughout his diocese for this especial object. An
annual allowance from the Colonial Bishoprics' Fund, and
a grant of £6OOO, are also to be made, which altogether
are barely sufficient for the endowment • an appeal, there-
fore, to the liberality and self-denial of the favoured mem-
bers of the church is made by the committee.