The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1851-05-06 00:00:00

May 6,151

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at the next general election, every difference of °P.m n
which does not involve true Protestant principle, so 09.1
secure to Parliament an overwhelming majority of sneL,
Protestant.representatives." After a letter of apoloa
absence had been, read from Mr. Samuel Holme, the re'
solution was put and carried unanimously.
Thanks to the chairman closed the proceedings about
four o'clock.

IRELAND.
Sir J. E. Tennant has resigned the governorship of St'
Helena, and intends offering himself for Belfast.
There are no fewer than two hundred and thirty thou-
sand men shut up in the workhouses in Ireland.
Nearly seven thousand paupers are at present in the
Tralee workhouse.
Mr. Billing, the gentleman 'who had so narrovrAts „
escape from murder in the county of Westmeath, a le"
day since, is recovering.
The magistrates of Dublin have announced a fine- ol
10s. on drivers of cabs and cars who are not decently 11
tired.
A Romanist priest has written a long letter to the
Tyrawly Herald, in justification of his practice of nati
ging those who do not obey his injunctions, spiritual 11°
otherwise !
In Westmeath county, a poor woman in a state .of
fever, was burned to death a few days ago, by the but is
r
which she was lying taking fire, the unhappy oreatu—
e
being unable, to escape.
On Monday night a brutal murder was perpetrated 11
Ruskeen, within eight miles of Thurles. The victim sae
a poor industrious farmer, and the deed of blood was Com-
mitted by midnight plunderers, whom he had detected 15
the act of stealing his cow.
PAPIST STYLE AND TITLES.—We extract the follow-
ing
two announeements from the Tablet, as specimens°
the style and titles assumed by the Papists :—" His 6.0.11
the Primate has made the following appointment:, f
Peter M'Ardle, C.C., Upper Killeavy, to be P.t.:o
Foughart," &c., &. " His Grace the Lord Primate,
has commenced the visitation of his diocese, administer.
the Sacrament of Confirmation to a large number of 6.'.
dren in the rural parish of Termonfeckan, on Monday
21st instant."

CrRIOVS CHALLENGE.—The Limerick Chronicle COO'
tains the following :—" A Captain, formerly of the 31st
Roscommon Regiment of Militia, Colonel-General 1
Viscount Lorton, offers to march 100 miles within 10 days,
against any officer of his rank and age in her Molest));
service, for £lOO sterling, to come off in the merry mode
of May or June, 1851. The challenger is the wrong el%
of 83 ! Whoever takes up this bet must prove his ago
satisfactorily by certificate, when all other preliminarie
can be arranged by applying to Captain Caleb Robertsol
Abbeyview, Boyle, Ireland, formerly Adjutant to I.
Regiment. A fair start on the last day, the first in to b°
the winner. God save the queen."
MEETING- OF ROM AN CATHOLICS IN DUBLIN."---- 0
aggregate meeting of the Catholics of Ireland was held 00
Tuesday last in the Rotunda, Dublin, to protest again
_,I
the " Ecclesiastical Titles Bill" and the threatentl
" Religious Houses Visitation Bill," or any other lore!:
on the principle of religious freedom. The Rotunda 71,'
crowded, a number of reserved seats being occuPied
ladies. The Hon. Thomas Preston presided. ~het
speakers were Mr. Christopher Fitzsimmon, Mr. Serieaa
O'Brien, Mr. Thunder, Mr. W. Keogh, M.P., Mr. All:
ander M'Carthy, Mr. J. D. Fitzgerald, Q.C., Mr.
O'Hagan, Q- C., Mr. Sweetman, Mr. Lucas, and °thee'
Who proposed resolutions favourable to the objects of.tl
meeting.. At one period there was a row, owing to et;
Lucas alluding to the absence of Mr. J. O'Connell at t 9
division on Mr. Disraeli's motion. This gave rise to
ch
tremendous storm of disapprobation, in the midst of whl.th
Mr. O'Connell presented himself, and was received At
tremendous cheers, mixed with some cries of disaPPlrt
bation. For a long time no speaker could be heard.
length the uproar subsided, and the business of the u"'
proceeded.
ELOPEMENT N EXTRAORDINARY.—A EARLY Nrgyr
—On Wednesday night last, Mr. Patrick J—, of
in the county of Kildare, was awakened by a person eirlro
ing near his bed-room window; and, on opening 4,,
casement, heard, to his great surprise, an amatory
The last wild accent had scarcely died away, when fed
J— called out, " Who there ?" " It'S me, sir," reP,l,ea
a small piercing voice, which he immediately recognt
as that of Master Tommy Currin, a precocious youth,'
the neighbourhood. "Whatareyondoingthere,Tntelto
"Oh, sir, my modher is unwell, an' has been ordhete
get some of the herb—what d'ye call it? Oh, it groweiv
the garden-wall there, sir, and must be pulled after o'o
crow an' afore the sun shines on it, or it will Naper
vartue, they say, sir; so she sint me for it at this onsals,oer
able hour; but although I didn't like the business Tip?
an' above well, yit Shure I couldn't refuse her; an'thin!,o
I might as well sing grief as cry it, I began to lilt up 6704
taiste ov a phbmausta 'o keep myself conspanT• rose
night, sir." "Good night, Tommy." Mr.
early the next morning, as is, indeed, his usual pree; by
and on going to his business, his attention was arresteutue
a bundle lying on the avenue, a short distance frerntsia
hall-door, which, on examination, he found to cononco
several articles oiladies' wearing apparel, that he at AO
knew to belong to his daughter's wardrobe... A (ire:tufo,
thought flashed across his mind; he rushed to her nha be
ber, and in an instant found his worst apprehension t?„,84
correct. Miss Eliza was gone ! A servant girl, nalite
Kitty Foy, has since acknowledged that she, was 112. ;r•
whole secret, and instrumental in carrying on the allei
that Miss J- - took with her only £l4, which beton ri
to her mother; and that she and Currin were g 0,,; .•
Cork, with the intention of starting from thence t'
..ities
rice. The metropolitan and the Cork police anth°',tep
have been apprised of the matter, and every possibles let
has been taken for their arrest, but pursuit has t end
proved fruitless. Miss Eliza has turned thirteee,:ssier
Master Tommy is going on fifteen ! whilst the.
'"piiif
through whose instrumentality this foolish unthink"
has been thus prematurely

"-Launched upon life's stormy sea,' 4 weer'
has not yet attained her sixteenth year!—Leinsar

CLERICAL INTELLIGENCE.

PREFERMENTS.—Rev. Josiah Downing, to the cdrBto„
of Hindley, Wigan.—Rev. William Robert
the curacy of the Parish Church of Sr. Peter, in ft", cl;
pool, in the county of Lancaster.— Vacant:- Itus.lo`
Perpetual curacy, Lancashire, by the resignation %lite
Rev. H. T.' Baines ; patron, Incumbent of Colton, '
£5O. te°
Several members of St. George's-in-the-East preset°oo
an offering to the rector, (the Rev. Bryaii King,),ioseci
offertory, on Easter Sunday. The amount was e”" ti,
in a sealed paper, and the dedication written thereof 0,
In the Rochester grammar school case the C,_ .
°° bee
Queen's Bench has decided that the appeal of tra big
master of the Grammar School of Rochester age'njorie"
dismissal by the Dean and Chapter of Rochester,,co6 te
be sustained. The Bishop, as visiter, will now 'I
do
decide in the vase. 00'
It is proposed to build a church, schools, and ~.,Paire
house at Saitney and Leeche, near Chester. ,',l-11,0 f 0 t,'„;
quis of Westminster has promised to give X-44.10000
fund, and his lordship has come forward with fart"
anew church at Upton, near Chester, and £lo'2°
endowment. aade"
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On Sunday week, the Lord Bishop of Llon noel
livered a most impressive sermon in Welsh, at 001-.40'0
church of Radyr. It is gratifying to Welshmen to 1,
that, after the lapse of nearly two centuries, they
el to
now a Bishop of Llandaff, who can preach the Gog
them in their native tongue. 40
"5
A correspondent of the Morning Chronic/e, 60'
quoted fro.rn a journal, kept in 1835, a story, on the tito.
thority of Wordsworth, the Poet Laureate, thsb ses
Archbishop of Canterbury, then Bishop of Chester, log,
to allow his servant to preach at the Dissenting I'o,lloo
house 4, the Primate has, through his secretary,
that there is any foundation for the statement. t.
'
The churchwardens of the varish of Tilanchestefo
of
going out of office at Easter, followed the exernProt,
their predecessors, and left on the parish books a P,vfor
against the retention of livings• by the canons of col
chester compelling non-residence, viz., the inclsost,
of St. Bees by Dr. Parkinson ; the rectory. el .1, til"
Runcton, by the Rev. C. D. Wray ; and a living 1 ,
county of Oxford, by the Rev. R. C. Clifton. , VP;
THE MANCHESTER EDUCATION SCHEME.—%stI4I 4
shire Church Union has protested against certain is
tions for the draft of a bill-to promote educatirbecolo7
municipal boroughs of Manchester and Salford,geeiosli
the principle of that bill abandons the parochial site, 0 so•
the church, interferes with the rights of conseieoliti
tends to increase the latitudinarianism and inn' f
fearfully rife amongst us.
819 {ells
THE EXETER DIOCESAN SYNOD.—The
Exeter has fixed Wednesday, June 25th, and tof°j.. ,of
ing days, for the meeting of his Diocesan SY°4olr
need only give, from his lordship's letter, the hopt.,°ol
sentences ;—" We shall assemble, first, in the echo 1,1;d
room, and proceed. thence to the cathedral, at leCeVer
hour of morning prayer ; and, after having /c).101/'
to
together the holy eucharist, will return to the d ugoif
room, which the Dean and Chapter have perreittheicb,°X
use for that purpose. The one great question, of oo
I shall submit to the Synod, will be the fitnerat
making a declaration of our firm adherence to t.'" for tOO
article of the Creed, ` I acknowledge one haptisca of DM
remission of sins ;" as well as to the doctrine tot i 0
Church on the grace of that sacrament, as setE.o9s,,,silA
Catechism. On the other two days we will c"—ico°"olii
matters of practical interest as shall seem best ce,s of
with God's blessing, to promote the great en,°ololoo
ministry, avoiding all questions of controversial
To THE CLERGY OF THE DIOCES.Z OE EXsl''Slll°2/
Bishop of Exeter summons you to meet him l'i„ice°:So
for what ?—for the free expression• of your oP;:io Vjf
for the adoption of the views of the majoritY-1", broo,ooo
" Bishop shall decide what shall' actually ue'esolf4
under the consideration of the synod. Not .8
01 re~
can deemed an act of the synod which 04, °elf
CONCURRENCE." Before you join in an act 0' sips 101‘
bellion, or render yourselves liable to the tt tc'd s
penalties of pramunire, may, it not be diser, 0'44,
well at the foe against whom you are invited wyfil/ 'Os
lance ? According to your own showing, rilatiee'
war against her most gracious Majesty the 0604140;
Archbishop of Canterbury, Primate of all 1:10f te,5411
Archbishop of York, the Judicial Committee for
00,
jesty's Privy Council, tlie Bishops of E-agland
declined making any declaration on the dec„„isislelofoP.l
" the laity of England in every corner of Our wetoo,o,"‘
a rather formidable phalanx ! Loc'k' also e` 'dicta, pi?
to be put into your lands— o'er bishop's
He decides what matters shall tie considered • po
solution can pass without his concurrence 1,„ to ss9frridi
Bishop of Exeter inspire part with confidencrrera WA°
his judgment is infallible, though 8.11 else "009;00
Council,;Lord Chief Justice, primates,. bisheP it. ggP
I ask the question—yorAr acts must answertver
deceived !-4hi4otte versos all England LS
action I.Js