The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1848-02-29 00:00:00

THE LIVERPOOL STANDARD.

unpalatable to them, that they have been frequently
observed to throw their rations overboard as soon
as received. They propose instead, as the weekly
allowance, 32lbs. bread, silbs. oatmeal or flour,
peas or barley; *lb. of dried fish, llb of rice, ioz.
coffee, 2oz. tea, and of sugar,—a dietary ob-
viously more fitted for semi-invalids, such as the
majority of the passengers from Ireland. These
additional comforts would come cheap to the emi-
grant, as they would be supplied by the ship at the
prices out of bond.
It is, however, against the penal clauses of the
There is a certain class of legal pettifoggers and bill, which they denounce as most oppressive and
other seedy professionals, who swarm in our public to a considerable extent nugatory, and those for
thoroughfares and infest our smaller towns and providing an additional superintendence of the
villages, in whose upturned and hungry-looking emigrants, whilst on the voyage, by the appoint-
visages, as they snuff the air in search of a coming ment of an officer for the purpose, that they object
job, you may read legibly imprinted the imploring most strongly, as calculated, by raising the cost of
query of a certain Scottish official of the olden transport to our colonies, to divert the stream of
time—" Wha wants me ?" The poor beings feel :emigration altogether to the ports of the United
themselves growing rusty for want of use ; and 'States. At present the prestige is in favour of the
snatch eagerly at any small matter which offers to latter country, and nine-tenths of the passengers
assist them to keep their hands in. Her Majesty's proceeding to the Canadas are only induced to go
Whig Ministers appear just now to be animated there by the great saving of expense, which, for a
with the craving spirit of the pettifogging and ' family consisting of a male and female adult, four
seedy persons in question; and, in their eagerness ; children from a year old to fourteen years, and one
to be doing business, are ready to legislate upon in arms, was, in May last year, to British America,
any subject, and more especially ready to try their about £l6 against £3B 10s. to the United States.
ingenuity upon those which they understand the • The power of a superintendent of passengers, ap-
least. A member has but to put a question in the • pointed by government—(increase of patronage, as
house, or to furniah an exparte case of grievance, usual, seems to form a portion of this as of all
and the assurance glides trippingly from the tongue Whig measures)—and with his duties and powers
of some member of the administration, that " the laid down by the Privy Council, would interfere
attention of her majesty's government has already injuriously with the authority of the captain, and
been drawn to the subject, and that a measure will endanger the discipline of the ship; and by the
be introduced in the course of the session." captains and owners of United States vessels,
We had last year to deplore the existence of a which carry out the bulk of our emigrants, would
very high rate of mortality amongst that portion not be submitted to at all. And if it be made
of our population who were driven to emigrate to compulsory that a surgeon should be taken out, or
our North American Colonies. Of 106,000 men, that the superintendent should be of the medical
women, and children, who left the various ports of profession,unexampled difficulties would be created.
' Great Britain and Ireland for British America, it is Last year the Colonial Land and Emigration Com-
computed, on government authority, that 6100 died missioners report on this subject as follows :
on the voyage, 4100 on their arrival, 5200 in the " The rate at which people were proceeding was such,
hospitals, and 1900 in the towns to which they pro- that at least 622 surgeons would have been required in
seeded—in all, 17 per cent of the whole number. the first six months. Nor would they
.all have been
This was melancholy enough ; but that it could required at a
might b few large towns where a considerable spply
of surgeons e more reasonably hoped for; but
excite the least surprise in the mind of any man who some of them must have been found, without delay, at
had an opportunity of observing the condition of each of the various ports and creeks of England, Ireland,
the majority of the poor beings thus expatriating and Scotland, from which emigrants may happen t?_pro..
themselves—flying from famine and disease in their red ; and in some cases where the condition could not
own land, to seek health and food and the reward fulfilled, the consequence would have been, that poor
port who from great a strane
duet° industry in a strange country,—we utterly deny. , and hadhadparted with all theirdistances means,to would havge
Yet it has aflorded a sufficient excuse for the Colo- found the master of the ship unable to give them the
nial-office to originate a measure—the Passengers' ! passage for which they had contracted. *** We
Act Amendment Bill—by which the whole onus of doubt whether any !measure whatever would have been
.
the increased rate of mortality, observed last year, efficient, except
le somee one which either direcetly ot iidi-
is laid at the door of the British shipowner ; and raelteogYetleirig
relinquish
dhreat majority emigrantsof,,thßl
their purpose. ue Book,
regulations are proposed, the stringency and costli- p. 36.
ness of which, not to mention their impracticability, ; The most important consideration, however, just
threaten to put a stop altogether to voluntary emi- now, is the question of expense. Dare the govern-
gration to our colonial possessions, in British ' meat, or ought they, on the ground of last year's
vessels. increase of mortality, proved to have been of casual
In addition, moreover, to the deplorable igno- ' occurrence, and to have been produced by, causes
ranee, on the part of the government, of the subject totally or mainly unconnected with the accommo-
upon which Mr. Labouchere has volunteered to dation of the emigrants on board, make such alter-
legislate, the conclusions upon which his proposed ations of the present system as may impose a bar
bill is founded, as to the share of blame attributa- to emigration at all ? The season for Canada is
ble to the shipowner, and the defects of the ex- just setting in. Within a few weeks time our dock
isting law, are, in the teeth of evidence in their own quays will be crowded with Irish families, en route
possession, furnished by their own commissioners to these settlements—with poor sickly and half-
and other authorities at home and in the colonies. famished wretches, who have left their little hold-
Thus, in enclosing a report of the Land and Emi- ings, and, having converted their all into cash, will
gration Commissioners, forwarded on the Ist De- probably find that they have barely sufficient to
cember last by Earl Grey to the Governor-General pay the expenses of a voyage, under the present
of Canada, and characterised by his lordship as a arrangements. Are we to arrest these people, now
"very able document," his lordship states, with rendered homeless and houseless, in their passage
respect to the emigration of the past year, that by our ill-considered interference ? Are we to re-
' It would have been practically impossible, and that ceive them in our workhouses, to become a further
if possible it would have been inhuman and unjust, to
have interfered by any exercise of the authority of the charge upon our already overburthened ratepayers,
Legislature or of the Executive Government, to detain at
or to pass them back to Ireland to die in ditches or
upon the
home the multitudes, who, during the past year, have highways ? The question is a serious
endeavoured to escape from misery and starvation, by , one ; and it would well become her majesty's minis.
from Ireland to America; and also that the ters to pause and to listen to the suggestions of
emigration of so large a number of persons who had
previously suffered so severely from the consequences of
.;bau.„,
practical men before incurring so fearful a respon-
that visitation with which it had pleased Providence to "" ":•
afflict us, inevitably led to the breaking out of disease, We repeat, there is ample room for active and
which could not be prevented from spreading itself from useful exertion and judicious legislation, without
the emigrants to the inhabitants of the colonies to which rushing upon the evils which we have pointed out.
they flocked. The latter have, however, in this respect, Let government adopt the views of the shipowner,
only suffered in common with Liverpool and varioueother
mare liberal than their own and more practical, as
places in Great Britain, to which the natives of Ireland
have brought the fever which raged in that country."— emigrant on sill -board,
to the space allowed each p
Blue Book, p. 28. and the dietary to be provided for them; and,
That the appalling mortality which has taken above all, let every passenger, before embarking,
place may be regarded as only a temporary inflic- undergo strict medical examination to test his fitness
tion is abundantly proved by a return for the five to undergo the hardships of the voyage. This is
years ended 1846, contained in the same Blue Book, ' the utmost we can do with safety. Anything fur-
page 52, in which a large emigration is shown to ther, by which the cost of transit to our colonies
have been conducted, under the existing law, both will be increased, can only tend to keep at home,
"healthily and prosperously," the deaths on hoard in a condition of hopeless pauperism, a population
not having exceeded half per cent. or five in 1000. who might, by industry and enterprise, raise them-
It is shown, also, (page 33) that whereas the German selves to comfort and competence in a new country.
emigrants last year arrived in the colonies healthy,
there having • been no fever in Germany, and the An eventful week has passed over our heads. A dynasty
mortality was only slight in vessels from the more has been swept away ; and its founder—the Nestor of
healthy British and Irish ports, the disease in ves- monarchs—whom but yesterday we saw intriguing for
sels from Liverpool and Cork, where the fever pro- thrones for his family, is now an outcast from his king-
duced by the famine was most extensive, was uni- dom ; and, perhaps, by this time is indebted to shelter
formly severe and fatal. And it is even shown and protection from his rebellious subjects to that very
that there were instances of vessels from Cork,
Britain which sheltered the obscurity of his earlier days. carrying military pensioners, well fed and under
the care of their own surgeons, in which the pas- We give at length a- detail of the strange occurrences of
the week, so far as they have yet reached us in a connected
sengers suffered quite as much as other emigrants shape. As to their result, and a possible, influence in
from the same locality. In short, the ordinary disturbing the peace of Europe, it would be premature
arrangements were sufficient for vessels sailing from speculate.
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disastrous
they must
healthy ports, whilst the best arrangements weres
byastreusto
futile, if they sailed from infected ports. The fol- be
urporpoe than war itself, viz. :—the adoption,
now to
powers, of that armed attitude which so effectually great
pro-
lowing extract of a letter from Dr. Douglas a gen- strates the industry, and checks the commerce of their
tleman who has had great opportunities of observing people, by the increase and prosperity of which the true the condition of the emigrants on their arrival in mankind are alone effectually promoted.
Interests of
Canada, is conclusive as to the cause of the high
rate of mortality observed : The meeting held on Thursday last, to petition Parlia-
" All the Cork and Liverpool passengers, he says, are meat against the monstrous Budget of her Majesty's
half dead from starvation and want before embarking, Ministers, must exercise an important influence over the
and the least bowel complaint, which is sure to come with decision of the Legislature, if the calm, manly, and digni-
change of food, finishes them without a struggle. I
never saw people so indifferent to life. They would con- fled protest of the first commercial community in the
tinue in the same berth with a dead person, until the empire is allowed to have its due weight. Seldom have
seamen or captain dragged out the corpse with boat- we attended a meeting in this or any other town the pro-
hooks." And again, "It has been said, by people not in-
formed on the subject, that the frightful mortality and ceedings of which were conducted with greater decorum ;
sickness was caused by the over-crowded state of the and never did we attend one in which the feelings of those
passenger-vessels. and the want of proper food and medi- present were characterized by deeper earnestness and
cal attendance. Now, however much these might have
unanimity, and which was in every respect so worthy of
mitigated the evil, it could be easily proved that it was
being regarded as conveying the sentiments and the deter-
not caused by their want. The thousands of German
emigrants who arrived this year, all came in good health, mined resolve of the classes of which it was composed.
and they were more crowded in consequence of their Of the matter and manner of the various speeches ad-
greater quantity of baggage. The transports Blenheim dressed to the meeting we need say little ; for they are
and Maria Somes, with pensioners and their families from above all praise of ours, and not only reflect infinite credit
Cork, were just as sickly as other vessels, yet these had
upon the speakers, but upon our town itself which can
plenty of room in well-ventilated vessels, good staff sur- produce such men amongst its sons. We ma y geons, and were regularly supplied with good wholesome however, particularly, to the manly and eloquent, and arefer,t
food, animal and vegetable, daily. The disease was in
all cases brought on board the vessels (not generated
the same time business-like speeches of his worship the
Mayor, Mr. Hugh Hornby, and Mr. Robertson Glad-
there), and it found fit subjects in the half-starved mise-
stone, which will bear a comparison with—aye, and even ruble wretches who composed the mass.' Mr. Perley,
shame, by their strict and undeviating pertinence to the
whose intelligence and zeal are favourably known to Lord
question in hand—some of the more pretentious displays
Grey, also concurs in chiefly attributing the greatly 'in-
of the more practised orators of the House of Commons
creased mortality to the debilitated state of the emigrants
itself. Such ability, thus drawn from the shade under
which it is ordinarily concealed ; such fertility and matu-
rity of thought extemporaneously displayed; suggest to
us, as they did to Mr. Robertson Gladstone, and must
suggest to the community at large, the question,—why,
in this great commercial country, every step of whose
policy affects, for good or evil, not only our own commer-
cial and industrial interests, but those of the whole world,
are men possessing them in such a large measure permit-
ted to remain in a private station, whilst demagogues and
quacks occupy the seats which they ought to fill, and
strut and fret their little hour upon a stage which they
were never meant and never fitted to occupy.
A constituency which should voluntarily select any
one of these gentlemen as its representative in Parliament
would do itself immortal honour.
Not the least gratifying feature of the meeting, and one
calculated to add largely to the weight of the petition, as
amended, or rather added to, in order to meet the views
of men of both shades of politics, is the fact of its having
been seconded by Mr. Harold Littledale. As the repre-
sentative of one of the most important interests in the
port, and himself one of the leviathan's of the commercial
world, the name and sanction of Mr. Littledale to such a
document avouches that the voice which has gone forth
from amongst us is not the petty and querulous whisper
of petty men, but the voice of the wealth and the enter-
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the means of sustaining life. Besides this, when money
becomes scarce, the national expenditure would be greatly
relieved in the amount of interest on stock so deposited,
interest not being paid during the time the certificates
were in the National Bank."
We have quoted at so great a length that we
cannot give even a brief notice of the arguments
with which Mr. Watson rebuts the few objections
which might be urged against his proposition. We
must therefore refer our readers to the pamphlet
itself, which is well worthy of their attentive
perusal.

emigral

of a sea voyage after long fast

id other privation;

—Blue Book,- p. 33

We have the authority, too, of a highly respect-
able Liverpool firm, extensively engaged in the
passenger trade, for saying that—
" The great mortality last year did not occur amongst
the ordinary class of emigrants, viz., those who pay their
own passages, and generally have means to provide suit-
able lodging, clothing, and food ; but was confined almost
exclusively to that unfortunate class, whose passages were
paid by Irish landed proprietors. Thousands of this class
were set out last season, both for this port and various
Irish pgrts ; and we can state, from our own observation
of tnose who sailed hence, that they were, for the most
part, entirely without bedding, ill clad, and literally half

starved, and consequently predisposed to sickness

Surely the remedy which naturally suggests it-
self here, is a more rigid and strict surveillance,
before going on board, of the condition and state
of provision for such a voyage of these poor
wretches, thus mercilessly cast off by their natural
protectors. The Irish landlords, not the British
shipowners, are the parties to be coerced into hu-
manity.

But it must not be supposed that the shipowner
is opposed to all legislation upon this subject. On
the contrary, he is willing, as shown at the meeting
of the body held in this port on Tuesday last, in
some points to go even beyond the views of the
framers of the government bill. For instance, Mr.
Labouchere proposes that each adult passenger
shall be allowed 12 feet of space ; and that two
children between the ages of one year and fourteen
shall be counted as equal to one adult. The ship-
owners, however, offer 14 feetfor each adult, the
American allowance. In the dietary laid down for
the emigrants, the shipowners are both more liberal
than the government, and display more practical
acquaintance with the wants and habits of the pas-
sengers. The clause in Mr. Labouchere's bill
allows albs. of beef and pork. , and 3 Albs. of bread
or biscuit per week ; and, in addition, 61bs. of
bread, biscuit, flour, oatmeal, and rice. The ship-
owners
object that beef or pork is generally totally
unsuited for the consumption of the class of which
emigrants are principally composed, who havi
been
unaccustomed to such food ; and that biscuit s so

We beg to remind our readers that the Archbishop of
Canterbury elect will consecrate the new church in
Prince's Park, on Thursday next.
At the police-court yesterday a man named John Lucas
was sent to the sessions- charged by John Farrell with
breaking into his house while he was at chapel on Sunday
evening, and attempting to rob it.
Joseph Napier, Esq., M.P. for the University of Dublin,
passed through this town yesterday on his way to London,
where he is to take his seat in the House of Commons
this evening. We understand the honourable gentleman
attended divine service at Christ Church in the forenoon.
ST. SIMON'SNEW CHURCH.—This church will be con-
secrated to-morrow (Wednesday), at three o'clock, when
a sermon in aid of the building fund will be preached by
his grace the Archbishop of Canterbury elect. In the
evening a sermon will be preached by the Rev. T. Nolan,
for the same object.
THE ARCHBISHOP OF CANTERBURY ELECT.—On
Sunday morning last, his Grace preached a sermon in
Christ Church, Flookersbrook, Chester, after which a
collection was made towards defraying the expenses of
conducting public worship. In the afternoon, his Grace
went to hold a confirmation in the Parish Church of
Tattenhall.

ALL SAINTS' CHURCH

The foundation stone of st new church, about to be
erected in Great Nelson-street North, and to be dedicated
to All Saints, was laid yesterday at half-past twelve
o'clock, by the Rev. Jonathan Brooks, senior rector of
this parish. The ground upon which the building is to
be placed, and which is situated on the north side of the
street, was crowded to excess, principally by the Sunday
scholars of the district, and by the working classes, who
manifested much interest in the proceedings, and con-
ducted themselves with praiseworthy decorum. Amongst
the company present, we noticed the Revds. Jonathan
Brooks, Henry Marlen, (incumbent of the district,) D.
James, Dr. Hume, W. M. Falloon, and R. Davies ; S.
Staniforth, E. Molyneux, H. Banner, A. H. Holme,
Esqrs.
The Church of All Saints is intended to be built in the
early English or pointed style, having a tower and spire
120 feet high at the south-east angle next Great Homer-
street, the opposite, or south-west corner, being occupied
by a smaller square tower, which contains .one of the
staircases to the gallery. Between the towers is a large
and lofty gable, forming a principal feature in the design,
having a deeply recessed arch, with lancet window richly
moulded. There are two porches below these windows,
one on each side, for giving access to the ground floor.
The sides of the Church, being hid by the surrounding
buildings, are to be built with brickwork and stone
dressings. The interior of the Church will present a bold
and handsome appearance, although the character of the
whole building is plain. The length inside is 70 feet,
width 50 feet, and height at the eaves 27 feet, and 50 feet
at the ridge. There are galleries on the end and sides.
The roof is to be open, covered with boarding under the
slates, and the whole stained and varnished to imitate the
dark oak. The whole of the ground floor will be free,
containing 600 sittings, and the- galleries 400: part of the
latter to be let. The arrangements of the seat, pulpit,
&c. are as usual, but particular attention seems to have
been paid to the warming and ventilating of the building,
a matter of no small importance where so many of the
poorer classes are to be assembled. The architect is Mr.
Arthur Holme ; the builders are Messrs. Duckworth,
Nuttal, and Burroughs. The cost is estimated at £4,100,
exclusive of the land.
The ceremony commenced by the Riiirtrticumbent
giving nut the 100 Psalm, which was sung by the child-
ren and the crowd in a style highly creditable.
EDMUND MOLYNEUX, Esq., then presented the silver
trowel to the Rector, and in doing so observed that he
was very glad to see so large an assembly collected
together on so interesting an occasion. It was no less
gratifying to him to observe the great and increasing
desire manifested by the people of this country to attend
the services of our Church, and particularly in the district
of All Saints. The object for which they had assembled
was to witness the ceremony of laying the foundation
stone of a building to be for ever dedicated to the service
of Almighty God—that ceremony was to be performed by
the esteemed Rector of this parish, who after a long life
dedicated to the benefit of his fellow-creatures, was at all
times ready to do all in his power to promote the spiritual
welfare of his fellow-townsmen. His object in thus ad-
dressing the few words he had, was to present the Rev.
Rector with the trowel he held in his hand, and in doing
so he might be allowed to express an earnest nope that he
may live long to witness the blessings of his exertions • to
the town generally, and to the district of All Saints in
particular.
The Rev. JONATHAN BROOKS then addressed the as-
sembly nearly as follows :—I beg leave to assure you, sir,
that I feel a great gratification in being present on this
occasion, assembled as we are to lay tne foundation stone
of whet I trust and believe will be a real blessing to this
neighbourhood. Sir, I feel obliged to you for the kind
manner in which you have been pleased to allude to my
services. There is nothing which gives me greater plea-
sure than to see the extension of God's Word over this
country, more especially in this parish, and to see the
erection of buildings dedicated to the worship of God
amongst the great mass of the population. I need not
say that in this country the great body of the population
has far out grown the extent of accommodation provided
for them by the Church. Sufficient attention was not
paid to this subject, and the consequence was that for
some years the increase of Churches stood still; but the
eyes of all have been opened, and the finances of all have
been used to provide for these wants. In this country there
was no part where this want was more felt than in the ma-
nufacturing districts, and in our great commercial towns.
The respected Prelate who haslately been elevated to another
sphere of labour—when he first came to reside amongst us,
could not but be struck with this want, nor did he fail to do
all which lay in his power to make provision for it. His lord-
ship has acted for a great length of time as president of a
society called the Diocesan Church Building Society, and
during the time he has presided over this diocese has con-
secrated between 230 and 240 churches in connection with
the established religion of this country—a much greater
number than has ever been consecrated by any other pre-
late. lam one among those who keenly feel the loss of
such a bishop, and I will take this opportunity of express-
ing my regret at the removal of his lordship ; but I believe
and hope that what will be our loss will be the church's
gain, I believe the untiring zeal, patient discrimination,
and the more than usual kindliness of disposition and con-
ciliatory temper. which he enjoys, qualifies at all times, but
more especially at this time, its possessor for the high sta-
tion his lordship is called upon to fill ; I believe his carry-
ing these qualifications along with him will be the means
of using aright the power and authority with which ho has
been entrusted by the Sovereign, and that he will rale the
church with that discretion we shall have reason to rejoice
at. His lordship, seeing the wants of the diocese, imme-
diately took active measures to supply it; and it will be
in your rooollaotiou that immediately after lie rams
amongst us he' established a society, called the Diocesan
Church Building Society. It is with an honest feeling of
pride that this town of Liverpool, without any hope of a
compensatory return to itself, supplied a large portion
of the funds of that society. Its success has been most
eminent, and many churches have been erected by its
means, particularly in the large town of Manchester. It
would be doing injustice to Manchester, however, not to
notice what had been done in that town in behalf of the
object. They had raised there upwards of £lO,OOO for
new churches. Before that, the dearth of church accom-
modation was much greater than amongst us, but it has
now been in a great measure supplied. From Manchester
we must come to our own town. You ( Mr. Molyneux)
took the lead in this great object—you and your co-as-
sistant, Mr. Groves, as treasurers of the society, have
set a noble example by which wealth may be applied for
the benefit of others by the hundreds. God grant that
others who may be placed in similar circumstances may
have the zeal to go and do likewise. We raised £20,000
with the intention of building four new churches. You
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filled. So far from there being any want of inclination on
the part of the people to fill them, the churches are so
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who may literally be said to be without government in
the world. For the first of these churches the Rev. Mr.
Connor, aided by some members of his congregation, not
of theeeigher classes, have raised no less than £4,000 to-
wards the erection of St. Simon's Church. Most gladly
have we voted £2,000 towards that object. That church
is now open and will be consecrated in a short time. We
have now arrived at this point, that we are now about to
lay the foundation stone of a new church here, and soon
do we hope to see it opened and attended by the population
of this neighbourhood ; but that is not all—there is a church
building, and it will soon be opened, at the sole cost and ex-
pense of our present worthy chief magistrate. That church
will be a lasting memorial of the advantages derived from
an earthly father, and of the pious zeal the sons have
manifested in behalf of their fellow-men. In a few weeks
more, 1 hope we shall be able to open, in connexion with
the established church of this country, a church that was
to be built to be occupied by members of the Church of
Scotland, and hope in the course of a few weeks more we
shall have the pleasure of opening this building • but still
our work is not yet complete. We have districts in the
town where it is necessary churches should be built. In
the neighbouring districts of Bevington and Vauxhall—
about which you have seen such a lamentable statement
in the local newspapers—in these two districts there are
no places of -worship, and the population is immense.
Now, I must say, that during our beginning, if I may use
the expression, we found great success, and were well re-
ceived whereever we went, 'and we had raised between
£13,000 and £14,000, when the present disastrous panic I
took place in our commercial 'affairs. That is an event
which I am sure we all regret, but I cannot refrain from
looking forward, and believing that the time is not far
distant when we shall see a favourable change in the pre-
sent aspect of affairs, and that there will be no difficulty
in raising the necessary funds for those two churches. 1
ought to say that we have been encouraged in this ex-
periment by the provisions of an act of parliament,
passed some time ago, by which enactment a sum of
£l5O a-year is granted as an income to all churches
built in destitute neighbourhoods. Now this is a very
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at the same time to state, that we are not indebted to the
government or the state, or to any other class of people
for this, but to the church itself. We supply from the
richer portion of the church the means of endowing the
poorer. I am happy to say this, because I have some-
times heard it said that a state church is—not a Christian
one I was going to say ; but I hope we are a church built
upon the apostles and prophets, and that we shall con-
tinue to be a pure branch of Christ's holy Catholic
Church. Having said this much, I ought to apologise
for detaining you so iong. I shall now proceed to the
work of the day, which is to lay this stone, and I humbly
and sincerely pray for the blessing of God upon our
ex-
ertions, that he will bring, to a successful issue, this work
Which is now to be raised to his honour and glory.
The cases of coins, &c.. were then placed in the cavity,
under the place where the foundation stone was
laid,
ge or
avve
er end:
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at ea, d
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aw Isnt' cot
1848,
laid on the 28th
called All Saints, was February, •wchmugrchw,asto ebne
built The
. church is
out of the funds of the Liverpool ethoef
tfhoilslo
Rev. J. Brooks
1. Church Building
by the Rcevh.aiJrmoneanthoafnthßerocookmsm,
:
to
>VTolyneux, Esq., :arnsdofcLhiavreler-s,
.
Groves, Esq. Secretary : James North, M.A. In-
cumbent
: Rev. Henry ;Marlen. Architect : Arthur
Mp 0 •0111 and
Treasurers
r asa Rev.r
rAs Campbell,
B.
Hill Holmes, Esq.
The national anthem, " Lord of heaven, and earth,
and sea," was then sung, and the rev. incumbent, having
offered up an impressive prayer, the
owdgave three
cheers, and the proceedings terminated.
A tea-party, numeronsly attended, in celebration of
the interesting event, took place in the eveiaing.
The church of All Sail* is Ole SeCQW.bUiltt or assisted