The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1850-06-04 00:00:00

many year

bared. in connection with the cause of religion in
Ireland ; but it soon became out of print, and
was allowed to remain so for about a hundred years,
when a few copies more were printed ; and another lapse
of about a century took place, and then another issue was
effected. Some years ago this Society printed two
editions, the Christian Knowledge Society did
but, upon the 'latter being applied to to assist in issuing
another edition, they declined, owing to the great diffi-
culty which existed. However, they (the Prayer-book and
Homily Society) had determined to undertake the task,
and the Bishop of Cashel had offered to revise the work.
In proof of the effects which the society bad brobght
about in Ireland, the speaker stated, that the leading
Roman Catholics-had thought it necesrary to give "
people something in the shape of a book in
tongue. Would-it be credited that this wa'
from the hea• hen poet, Homer. In
Srnalby indicated the different co'
translations of -the prayer be-'
by means of the society

le same ;

native

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to tha
society

greater portion of- the babitab
lev then read-the first resolution, which was
following purport, viz., that the efficiency of the
having been shown, it was incumbent on all inter
the spread of religion to prove their gratitude for its effort,
under the blesSing of God, by a continuance of their sup-
port of the society. The Rev. Parry, 8.D., seconded
the resolution in a brief buf terse speech.
The second resolution to the effect " that in this town

it is especially needful to use all possible efforts to supply
the seamen and emigrants leaving the port with the for-
mula of our church." was moved in a very able speech by
the Rev. Dr. M`Neile, and seconded effectively by the
Rev. W. Brewster.

A vote of thanks to•the chairman was then moved by
the Rev. W. Maynard, and seconded by the Rev. W.
Smalley, and the meeting separated a little before nine.

has grown up In the House of Common
vocates of the government •constantly tc

► the oppo-
o viridicate

sition benches; nay, even rising from t
the propositions and to defend the policy of the mit
and changing the seats which they occupy, for the mi
terial lobby, when the bell rings for a division.
THE VACANT CHANCELLORSHIP.—The separation of
the legislative and judicial functions of the Lord Chan-
cellor, in any future appointment to the Chancellorship,
is'advocated by the Times, the Morning Herald, and the
Globe. The fact of the resignation itself is made a ground
of reproach to Lord John Russell by the Morning
Herald, which gives the following account of the circum-
stances under which it took place :—" On Tuesday or
Wednesday last, the Premier of England sent to inquire
(Wednesday, the 221, being the first day of Trinity
Term)• when the Lord Chancellor would be able to sit in

thelligh Court of Chancery. The answer of Lord Cot-
tenhrn, if we are rightly informed, to this unceremonious
inquiry, yms an instant tender of his resignation." _

151srIVERSITY COMMISSION.—The Vice. Chance-
llor of. Cambridge has informed the members of the Senate
that he has submitted to his Royal Highness the Chancel-
lor the two addresses of resident members of the Senate
presented to him, and also made a communication of his
own to hts royal highness upon this subject. lie states
that the explanation of the object of the proposed Com-
mission made by Lord J. Russell in his letter to the Prince
Chancellor, '" so far from dispelling, hss confirmed and
increased the objections and apprehensions which the
heads of college entertained in conjunction with himself,
at Lord John Russell's announcement;" and expresses
his conviction that "if made known to the Senate at
large it would produce a similar effect upon rhem." lle
repeats ninny of the objections which had been made to
the proposed commission by the beads of College and
20 resident members of the Senate, and concludes with
the following emphatic declaration against it :—" If the
proposed plan be persevered in, the Vice-Chancellor can
only regard with the deepest. anxiety and sorrow the future
prospecttaken
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minis-
ters, the governing body of the University are unfit for their
mtphoeesni ints stitutions ttauhnteidoantgsl; ttioverthey
wawhichnt the t ewyilplroesridtheetocatphaecitryeetuoirdeo-
so. Regarded in this point of view, the Vice-Chancellor
fears that it will be felt as an affront and an indignity,
and as such will be resented. A painful struggle
will, in all probability', ensue, which, whatever may
be its termination, will destroy the peace and impair the
usefulness of the collegiate bodies, and of the universi-
ties at large, for many years to come, and will inevitably
create in the minds of a large body of educated men a per-
manent feeling of distrust in the wisd m and generosity
of the government of the country, in. 1 , stint of resist-
ance to its authority and influence. Vice Chancellor
begs to be forgiven for expressing i a self thus frankly ;
and for adding his earnest hope that, of a- all these. diffl-
.
Ministerscultieaa may beendobjectiioundsncheajto
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tion."