The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1851-06-24 00:00:00

UNIVERSITY AND CLERICAL NEWS

The Bishop of Chester intends to hold his ordination at
Chester, on Sunday, the 21st day of September next.
The Rev.J. W. Reeve has had several sermons preached
in Portman Chapel, London, of which he his incumbent,
by foreign ministers, but the Bishop of London has pro-
hibited them for the future. A correspondence has taken
place on the subject, but his lordship has refused to alter
his decision.

Mr. Gorham has written to the Rural Dean of Cadbury,
declining to vote for representatives to the Exeter synod,
and "protesting against such a proceeding as tending to
subvert ecclesiastical order, and to create division trid
discord at a period when union and harmony are peculiarly
desirable."

At a Convocation holden at Oxford, on Tuesday, for
the purpose of considering the proposition of the Hebdo-
madal Board to augment the salaries of several professors
and to devote £30,000 to the building of museums, lec-
ture-rooms, and examination-schools, the Rev. Dr. Pusey
rose, and, in a Latin speech of considerable length, op-
posed the statute. The Regius Professor advocated the
more appropriate disposal of the money towards the fur-
therance of academical education for persons in inferior
circumstances—in other words, suggesting the institution
of " poor colleges."
TESTIMONIAL TO THE Rev. W. CARIJS.—A testimonial
of regard to the Rev. W. Carus, M.A., lately the respected
minister of the Holy Trinity and Great St. Mary. Cam-
bridge, and now Canon of Winchester and Vicar of Rom-
sey, was presented on Thursday, at the Town-hall,
Cambridge. The testimonial consists of a handsome
centre-piece, forming an epergne or a candelabrum, a
large and massive silver tray, and a silver cake-basket,
the cost of the whole being about £2lO. The silver tea-
tray, an extremely fine piece of plate, 26 inches long,
exclusive of the handles, and 21 inches broad, weighed
upwards of 124 punces, and presented a very beautiful
coup d'oeil. It was designed and executed by Messrs.
Peters and Son, at a cost of £9O.

A BISHOP SUPPORTING DISSENT.—The Bishop of
Durl.am has subscribed £l5 towards an Independent
Chapel, in Newcastle- upon-Tyne, at which that champion
of dissent, the Rev. T, Binney, preached on Sunday week.
The following is a copy of his lordship's letter transmitting
his donation :

"4, Upper Portland-place, June 7.
"Sir,—Although with ample means at my disposal, I can
scarcely satisfy the demands of my own church and my own
people: yet I have never forgotten that all Christians are
brethren, and that, however we may differ as to the meaning
of scripture upon some points of doctrine or discipline, very
few Protestants fail to inculcate what is essential in Christianity.
I am painfully aware of the spiritual destitution of Newcastle,
of its increasing population, and of the pains which have been
taken to disseminate Infidelity and Socialism ; I cannot, there-
fore, feel myself justified in resisting your appeal on behalf of
a more spacious and commodious place of worship, and espe-
cially for a larger establishment of schools in the principles of
revealed religion. Towards these joint good purposes, you and
the congregation will be pleased to accept the enclosed cheque.
" I am, Sir, your very obedient servant,
"James Wilson, Esq." " E. DUNELM.
THE PROTEST OF THE CLERGY.—We publish this week
the complete list of signatures to the clerical address to
the bishop on the subject of the proposed synod, consist-
ing of 78 names. The Plymouth declaration was signed
by 44 clergymen, which, after allowing for 13 duplicates,
gives a joint total of 109. But it is not to be supposed
that these are the only objectors. We lately noticed a
protest read by the Rev. G. 0. Shield, rector of Holy
Trinity, at the ruridecanal meeting in this city; and it is
well known that the Rev. Dr. Mills has, with equal ear-
nestness, avowed his opposition. Letters have also been
published from the Rev. W. J. Conybeare, vicar of Ax-
minster; Rev. W. B. Saville, of Newport; and the Rev.
G. C. Gorham, vicar of Brampford Spoke. In the dea-
nery of Plymtree, it has been determined by a majority
of nine to five not to elect any representatives. In that
of Dunsford, at a meeting of 13 out of 20 clergymen, the
majority of seven, having individually protested against
the synod, left all further proceeding in the bands of the
minority. In another deanery, consisting of 29 parishes,
only 9 presbyters could be brought together for the pur-
pose of election, and these were not unanimous. In Ho-
niton, 10 out of 25 attended, whilst in the episcopal city
itself a minority only of the clerical body have been found
at the several meetings convened with a zeal hut little re-
sponded to. His lordship has, we understand, encoun-
tered something like passive resistance in a quarter where
he least expected ft.—Exeter Post.
THE AUTHORITIES IN THE CHURCH.—The Rev. Mr.
Mangin, curate of the Rev. Mr. Scaith, rector of Bath-
wich, has just published a pamphlet, advocating princi-
ples entirely opposed to those of the reformation. The
Bath Protestant Defence Committee called the rector's
attention to this pamphlet, and solicited his interference
to prevent the further sale of the pamphlet. Mr. Scaith
cautiously replied that, if Mr. Mangin could be proved to
be wrong in his opinions, he would not, on establishment
of such proof, obstinately continue to hold them. As
for Mr. Scaith's own sentiments, he was perfectly ready,
he said, to declare them " when called upon by compe-
tent authority." Thus repulsed—with a cuff, as it were,
for his impertinent interference—Captain Giberne put
himself in communication with the Bishop of Bath and
Wells. He forwarded to the prelate a copy of Mr. Man-
gin's work, but his lordship simply returned the pamphlet
without expressing any opinion. Capt Giberne then sent
the copy of the correspondence and the pamphlet to the
Archbishop of Canterbury, and by return of post his
Grace transmitted the following reply _
_

-"
Lambeth, May 31, 1851.
" Sir.--I fully concur with you in the opinion that Mere is
no warranty in Scripture for the doctrines which, as you state
in your letter, are inculcated in the catechism to which you
object. But when you ask me to put a stop to their further
circulation,' you ask me to do that for which I have no autho-
rity or power.—l remain, sir, your faithful and obedient ser-
vant, Capt. Giberne. "J. B. CAXTUAR."
'We leave the matter here without further comment. It
is a chapter in our " Church History" touching which
our readers will be able to draw their own conclusions.
They will be soon made, and, we venture to say, sorrow-
ingly.

A STRANGE OMlSSlON.—Archdeacon Wilberforce
delivered his annual charge on Wednesday, to the clergy
of the East Riding. The charge is given at length in the
Hull Packet, and the first idea which a perusal of it will
suggest to many minds is, that of its great defect. " The
good providence of God allows us again to assemble, and
to consider the circumstances of another year," says the
Archdeacon in his opening sentence. Will it be credited,
without a careful perusal of the document, that it contains
no reference whatever, not even the slightest passing
allusion, to THE " circumstance of the year,"—that
event in our politico-ecclesiastical history which has cast
all other recent occurrences into the shade, viz., the
recent Papal aggression. This event, so vitally affecting
the Established Church, and the effort to legislate effec-
tively for which has exhausted the ingenuity of the
cabinet and the eloquence of the senate, and monopolised
the time of the session, has failed to obtain even a pass.
ing allusion from a dignitary of the church in the
visitation charge in which he professes to review " the
circumstances of the year !" The refusal of the Arch.
deacon to sanction by his presence the proceedings at the
meeting convened by himself at Beverley, with reference
to the Papal Aggression, a few months back, had indeed
sufficed to prevent us from entertaining any very sanguine
expectations of a satisfactory pronouncement by him on
the legal and political aspect of the question ; but we
were certainly not prepared for the studied absence of all
reference to its distinctly moral and religious bearings,
which the address exhibits. Sometimes, however, even
silence is exceedingly significant ; and there are cases in
which the omission of condemnation is equally emphatic
with the direct expression of sympathy and approval.

RAILWAY AFFAIRS.
EASTERN COUNTIES.—The number of passengers con
veyed on this line to and from the London terminus from
the 2d to the 15th instant, both inclusive, was 131,989—
namely, 71,340 to London, and 60,649 from London.
A RAILWAY IN PAWN.—We hear it costs the Caledo-
nian Company £6O a week for factors (sheriff's officers)
to ride with the trains, and to take care that nobody runs
away with the railway.! How long is this to last ? Is it
not time for all parties to settle ?-1-ierapath's Journal.
A COSTLY TRAIN.—The largest sum ever taken for one
railway train is said to have been on Saturday week, when
£660 was paid by the passengers by the 10 a.m. train from
Euston-square. This was at the Euston Station alone.
By the 5 p.m. express train, the " take" was £3BO.

LONDON AND NORTH-WESTERN RAILWAY.--The
number of passengers conveyed on this line to and from
London on the 16th of June, was 2,970 and 2,052 re-
spectively, and at the correspending period of 1850, 1,812
and 1,675 ; and on the 17th, 2,381 and 2,096 ; corres-
ponding period of 1850, 1,675 and 1.916; on the 18th of
June, to London, 2,154, and from London, 2,362; cor-
responding period of 1850, 1,557 and 1,889 respectively.
The total for the three days amounted to 14,015 ; and for
the corresponding period of 1850 to 10,557, showing an
increase of nearly 32.9 per cent.
EGYPT AND ITS RAILWAY.—Since our former obser-
vations on Egypt and the commencement of the railway
from Alexandria to Cairo, we have heard with regret that,
some trlfline point of detail not having been clearly ex-
plained to his highness the Paella, the agent whom he had
sent over did not feel himself at liberty, under the cir-
cumstances, to commence operations without further
instructions. We now learn with satisfaction that Mr.
Robert Stephenson, with a zeal and liberality worthy of
his reputation, is about to despatch an engineer to Cairo,
at his own expense, to explain all details, and to conclude
the contract on the spot. The British commercial public,
who are sensible of the advantages to commerce which
this undertaking involves, will, we are sure, appreciate the
energy exhibited by Mr. Stephenson, in which they will
recognise an earnest of its speedy completion.
SHREWSBURY AND CHESTER RAILIVAY.—It appears
from the proceedings of the adjourned meeting of the
shareholders of the above company, held at Chester on
Wednesday, that the scrutineers appointed to take the
votes on the question as to whether the consideration of
the agreement with the Great Western Company should
take precedence of other matters that had to be decided
upon by the meeting, have made their report. They
state they have scrutinised the votes, and find that the
amendment for taking the agreement into consideration,
before the discussion of other subjects was brought on,
has been carried ; but that as objections have been taken
to the legality of some transfers and proxies on both
sides, they are not able to state the actual majority of
votes. The only motion carried at the meeting of Wed-
ngsday was one for postponing until the I&th of July all
ralitters included in the notice convening the meeting,
except the subject of a bill entitled " A Bill to authorise
the Chester and Shrewsbury Railway Company to aban-
don the Crickheath and Went branches; to construct a
station at Birkenhead ; to enter into arrangements with
other companies ; and for other purposes." The sub-
mission of this motion to the meeting was the result of a
conference which had been held between the two oppo-
sing parties. The motion was agreed to, and the bill,
which was submitted to the meeting, sanctioned. The
meeting then adjourned.—This conclusion leaves the
shareholders opposed to the Great Western agreement at
liberty to move that such agreement be referred to a spe-
cial connattee, which course we believe they will pursue.

IRELAND.
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The rumour of the potato disease having made its
appearance in Ireland is denied.

.A
fearful case of murder, long concealed, has just come
to light near Kilkenny.

One thousand three hundred and sixty emigrants to
America arrived in Dublin last week by the Cork and
Limerick railway.

The new rate on Cahirciveen union varies from 2s. 6d.
to 6s. in the pound, and Mr. James O'Connell estimates
that Castlequin and Darrynane electoral divisions will
require a rate of SS. 6d. each.

The Freeman enumerates the names of 3 Roman
catholic archbishops, 15 bishops, and 22 Irish members,
who have already declared themselves in favor of a
" Catholic Defence Association."

The Papal rescript, denouncing the Queen's Colleges in
Ireland, is still withheld from publication. There is an
evident fear that it will be too much for the liberal-
minded portion of Irish Rommists, and that it will fail in
accomplishing its most desired ends.

In the Recorder's Court, Dublin, on Monday, a woman
named Ann Love was sentenced to seven years' transpor-
tation for stealing 10s. from another female, this being
the fortieth time the prisoner was sentenced to punish-
ment for various offences against the law.
FOREIGN CORN.—The arrivals of foreign bread stuffs
continne to pour into our harbour. From the 2nd instant
to Thursday last, 99 vessels arrived; from that day to
Monday evening 68 additional vessels followed, and up to
yesterday evening 24 came in, making a total of 191
vessels arriving in this port within sixteen days.—Cork
Constitution.

The Marquis of Londonderry entertained the Lord Mayor
and Corporation of Dublin at a grand banquet at Holder-
ness-house, on Thursday last. The noble marquis's
opposition in the House of Lords to the abolition of the
Viceroyalty bill has made him very popular among the
Dublin civic officials. Lord Stanley and several leading
Irish peers and members of parliament were present.
OUTRAGE IN TIPPERARY.—On the morning of the
10th instant two shots were fired into the dwelling-house
of John Lewis, a land-bailiff and farmer, residing near
Roscrea. Lewis was in bed at the time, and some small
shot lodged in the bed-clothes and struck the wall over
his head. He and his three sons jumped out of bed and
went in pursuit of the fellows, but found no trace of them.
MELANCHOLY OCCURRENCE.—In the neighbourhood
of Colbridge, a respectable man, named Michael Rourke,
has had the misfortune of seeing his two sons drowned
before his eyes. They were engaged 'in fishing ; the
younger boy being overpowered by the stream, the elder
tried to save him, but both were card, d out of their
depth, and the father, being unable to swim, was unable
to give them any assistance.

A very beautiful handkerchief, intended as a present
from the Irish Flax Society to the Countess of Clarendon,
has been just completed, and will soon be presented,
along with a vase, to her Excellency. Mr. Oaa Egar,
a pupil of the School of Design, sketched the pattern.
The handkerchief is of fine lawn ; the edges are worked to
represent a grass border, and in each of the four corners
is a magnificent bouquet of heaths, sweet peas, fuchsias,
roses, and rose-buds. In one corner the Countess's coro-
net, and the initials " K. C.," are beautifully worked.
Sprigs of the sweet pea also twine around the border.
The flowering is exceedingly natural, and the working is
exquisite.

INTOLERANCE IN A GRAVEYARD.—A woman, 89 years
of age, who had been twice married to Roman Catholics,
and had lived as a Roman Catholic, died lately, and her
corpse was taken to the grave of her late husband in the
Roe Mill Chapel-yard, which had been his for thirty
years and in which their children were interred. When
the grave was half made, the parish priest made his
appearance, and demanded whether the deceased was a
Roman Catholic. Being answered in the affirmative, he
asked whether she had not been visited before her death
by a Presbyterian minister. As this was not denied, the
rev, gentleman jumped into the grave, and said that they
would remove another shovel full at their peril. It was
his property, and the woman must be taken a vay. The
corpse was then removed to the Newtownlimavady
churchyard, in a corner of which it was interred at nine
o'clock in the evening.--Derry Standard.
SHIPWRECK.—The brig Charlotte, laden with deals
from St. John's, N,8., struck on Ramore Point, Portrush,
on Tuesday last, and was soon a complete wreck. A num-
ber of the inhabitants of the neighbourhood hastened to
the spot, and the captain and crew, eight in number, were
safely hoisted up the rocks. The captain had two of his
ribs broken, and several other parties were injured.
Lieutenant Macnaughtan, of the coast-guards, pushed off
at once with his galley, in order to render assistance. So
great, however, was the surge, that the boat capsized in
the bay, hurling the lieutenant and his men, four in num-
ber, into the deep. Three of them, however, succeeded
in swimming ashore, and the lieutenant and the other
man, who had been stunned by the upsetting of the boat,
fortunately caught hold of the keel, to which they clung
till they were rescued from their perilous situation. In
their emergency, Sub-Constable Haire hastened to their
assistance, and dashed fearlessly into the water. Thomas
Kelly, who has been already mentioned, with great pre-
sence of mind, seized a boat-hook, with which he took
hold of the boat, and thus preserved it from being dashed
to pieces. At the time the vessel struck, the pilot, Mr.
Clarke, made his way from the jibboom to the rock, and
escaped uninjured. It is a fortunate circumstance that no
life has been lost.

LAW INTELLIGENCE.

According to a late return the arrears in the Court of
Chancery at Hilary Term last numbered 983 appeals, de-
murrers, causes, further directions, and claims.
The proprietors of Punch having explained and apolo-
gised to the Rev. Peter Daly, of Galway, and shewn that
the mistake arose in another paper, the motion for a cri-
minal information has been withdrawn.

In the Court of Common Pleas, on Wednesday, Mr.
Heald, the husband of Lola Montes, recovered £l5O da-
mages from Mr. Carey, broker, of the London Steam
Packet-office. being the value of a case of French pictures
and crayon drawings, which had been destroyed in a place
to which the officer had removed them as a lien for the
fees.

On Tuesday, in the Court of Queen's Bench, the rule
granted, calling upon the Rev. Thomas Sale, the vicar of
Sheffield, to show cause why a mandamus should not is-
sue, commanding him to admit the Rev. Geo. Trevor to
the office of chaplain, and to exercise the duties of the
office of chaplain of the parish church of Sheffield, was
made absolute. _

In the course of hearing a motion for an attachment
against Lord Adolphus Vane, in consequence of having
said, when served with a subpoena, " D-n the court
and all of you," the Chief Justice said, " You may d-n
the process-server, but not the process." As this course
had been adopted by Lord Vane, the motion was dis-
charged, but without costs.
TILE WILL CASE ON TFIP. DEATHBED.—III the Vice-
Chancellor's Court, on Tuesday, before the Lord Cron-
worth, the notorious case of " Metaire v. Wiseman" ter-
minated by a compromise between the parties concerned.
The sum in dispute, £7,000 Stock, being divided into
portions, of £4,000 to the relatives of the old man,
Mathurin Carre, and the remaining £3,000 being devoted
to the schools to which the whole sum was originally left
by the will in dispute. Both parties are to pay their own
costs, it being expressly stipulated that all offensive impu-
tations should be withdrawn, and that the bill and answer
should be taken off the file, with the consent of the parties.
The consent of the Attorney-General, on behalf of the
charity, had been obtained to this arrangement. We
cannot understand on what principle this compromise has
been come to. Either the will was extorted or it was not
if the former, the relations of the old miser, were entitled
to the whole of his savings, but if the document pro-
ceeded from the testator's uninfluenced mind, then the
charity ought to have the whole amount.