The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
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tinue to feel this support,
I remain, dear sir, faithfully yours,
Rev. T. Tomline. J. B. CHESTER

MY DEAR SIR

,—I dee

any former election

Dr. Tottershlll, as the beloved minister of

een years ago the church in which we are now as
s erected for our valued friend, and the scene of hi

Ty depths of a subject of difficulty
hat I then heard with what 1 knew ol
ually practised upon his unsuspect
t of applying to him in my own min(
I'aul to the Corinthians, which says, '

tanding be men. lie thorot
attached to the Church of
both her fidelity and her to'

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ko held it.

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estantism. When some persons
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I coniidered it their -duty no longer tc
aerate in our Ai

Oh ! with what
ortant post !

A sketch of Dr. Tattershall's charac'er as a minister
followed ; and Mr. M'Neile, referring to the final event
which separated the pastor from his flock, said:—

ace he v

seized with his
it health, going

a day or two be•
1. II(

ohn 'lop
xings, and dispel
ve. I specify this
hat they both died

iturday, was such as to render him wholy
of his public duty next day ; but, in the

Friday? October 30, 1846.
Ay sympathise with you, and indeed

been much and deservedly regretted : at the present moment
the withdrawal of his firm, well-balanced mind and gentle spirit
must be regarded as a heavy affliction. He, however, has
ceased from his labours, and we can only rejoice in the testi-
mony he was enabled to leave, both living and dying, to the
hope that was set before him.
Believe me, most truly yours,
The Rev. T. Toinline. H. RAIKES.
These kind expressions of svmpathis,ng sorrow from
two dignitaries of the church, so distinguished for piety
and evangelical usefulness in their high station, appeared
infinitely gratifying to the bereaved congregation; and
we cannot refrain from joining most cordially in the
wish of the excellent curate, that this afflicting dispensa-
tion of Divine Providence may be productive of great
good to the church, by softening the hearts of those who
were but hearers only of the word, and making them
lively and sincere members of the body of Christ.

AMALGAMATION OF THE CHESTER AND
BIRKENHEAD, AND BIRKENHEAD, LANCA-
SHIRE, AND CHESHIRE JUNCTION RAIL-
WAY COMPANIES.

We are glad to learn that the difficulties experienced in
the effort to amalgamate these two companies have at

length been happily removed ; and that an arrangement
has been corn.: to between the two boards, which must he
highly satisfactory to the shareholders in both companies;
and, by placing the entire scheme under one management,
greatly facilitate the profitable working of these important
Cheshire lines. The terms of the arrangement are the
following. The Chester and Birkenhead shares are to be
taken at £55, upon which the proprietors are to receive
interest for three years from the Ist of January, 1847—
the first two years at the, rate of five per cent., and the
third year at six per cent. The earnings of the line during
the three years, of course, go into the ama-

amated funds.
The Cheshire Junction shares are to be rated at par, or
£33 6=.Bd. each. A meeting of the shareholders of each
line will be tilled ns soon as possible, to confirm the above
arrangement of their respective boards. _ _ _

The extension line from the Chester and Birkenhead to
the new docks will be commenced this month ; and on Sa-
turday next the first sod of the Cheshire Junction line
will be cut by Sir R. B. Brooke, Bart., upon his pro-
ptrty at Norton. When these new lines are finished,
and the whole, including the docks, warehouses, &c., at
Birkenhead, are thus brought under one supervision, the
commerce of our river will derive the most valuable ad-
juncts possible to be conferred upon it. an 2. calculated to
be of infinite advantage to both sides of the river.

THE MERCURY AND THE ELECTION FOR
ABERCROM BI WARD.

Suffering is the lot of virtue. Everybody knows that the
iberals are the most virtuous party in the world ; and hence

cruel and Unjust' treatment of some kind or other

of resorted to by their opponents, while they

follow the evil exampfe thus set them. We are not surprised,
therefore, at the way in which the return of the Conservative
candidate for Abercromby Ward, at the late municipal election,
is accounted for in the Afercury of Friday last. In the first
place, we are told that Mr. Muncaster, one of the Conservative

for his untiring energy and activity, than for his sterlitig prin-
ciples and inflexible uprig"tness of conduct,—gained voters to
his side of the polling-booth by promises of drink. Then we
are informed that Mr. Hand, a member of the Select Vestry,
made use of his influence with the officials appointed by that
board for the same purpose. And lastly, we have a circum-
stantial account of certain Liberal voters being kept in a public-
house, and made drunk ; while the Tories, as a last resort, got
together about thirty of their double voters. Thus it is per-
fectly clear that the Conservative candidate was improperly
returned, and that the Liberals have been again the losers
solely by their own superior senrte of_ morality_ We are sorry
to disturb so comfortable a conviction; but truth compels us
to say, that the allegation is utterly false from beginning to
end. We believe we could have the solemn affidavit of every

person concerned in the election, on the Conservative side, that

We will not say it is pure invention ; the practices alhided
are much too familiar to Radical electioneerers to require the
exercise of that faculty. But having a defeat to account for,
and knowing well the sort of tactics most in vogue among
themselves, they have settled the case by a simp,e effort of

to one Of the most honestly-gained victories' in the recent or

TH 14: MEXICAN WAR, Sce.

The packet-ship Joshua 13ates,"kvhich arrived here on Satur-
day, brings accounts from New York to the 21st, and from

Boston to the 22d ult. inclusive, The Caledonia 'steam-ship
arrived at Boston on the 20th ult. The advices she took had
advanced the price of flour 50 to 75 cents. The siege of Montery
(Mexico) having been completed, affairs had there become qui-
eter. It is now said that the loss of life was greater during. the
siege than before stated. Quiet advances were being made into
the interior by the several columns of invasion. Dysentery
had broken out amongst the American forces. These accounts
notice no naval operations, either in the Gulf of Mexico or in
the Pacific. According to an address of the Dictator, the war
will be waged fiercely against the Americans. In the United
States electioneering affairs attracted growing attention. Snow
had fallen at Buffalo and Utica, and ice been formed at Phila-
delphia a ouarter of an inch thick. _ _ _

The intelligence received at Boston OT tne samiy ut the urreat
Britain's passengers had created much satisfaction. Previ-
ously to the receipt of the intelligence an insurance of twenty-
five per cent. upon property on board the steamer was refused
in New York. .

The gale of the 12th ultimo had been experienced with great
severity along the whole coast. A Government steamer, with

a larFe'numb-er of persons on board, was believed to have be
lost in the Gulf, between the Rio del Norte and New Orleans

The prize for the English Essay at Trinity College Cambridge
has been awarded to Mr. Edward Henry Bickersteth.

he principal mills (including

At Bury; the same

THE LONDON GAZETTE.—On Saturday a Londois Gazette
was issued, for the purpose of giving publicity to a large batch
of parliamentary notices. It would appear that the next ses-
sion will be pretty nearly as productive of private business of
various kinds as the last.

On Saturday, the Court of Queen's Bench, at Dublin, granted
a rule nisi for a criminal information against F. D. Finlay, Esq.,

proper conduct as assessor. ,
IRISH SOCIETY.—The anniversary meeting of the Liverpool
Auxiliary to the Irish Society for the circulation of the Scrip-

tures in the Irish language, was held last night in the Amplii-
.

theatre. The proceedinii were protracted till half-past ten
o'clock ; and the lateness of the hour prevents us from giving
a report of the speeches in our presnt number.
The biographical notice of Dr. Tattershall, which appeared
in the STANDARD last week, has been copied into the Morning
Herald, Church and State Gazette, Hull Packet, Sheffield Me-
re rest is known to I cum,. Cambridge Chronicle, London Record, and other papers.

On Saturday, a respectably-dressed young man, named Whittl,
.vac lirnmpht hafnra Air Thht,m /111 a rharcra of having an

bezzled several sums of money, the property of his employer,
Mr. Alexander Sleigh. It appeared that the prisoner was em-
ployed to collect the rents of cotton warehouses, and no sus-
picion of his dishonesty was entertained until that day, (Satur-
day,) when one of the clerks informed witness that he thought
prisoner was spending more money in various ways, including
betting, than the amount of his salary would justify. Inquiry
was made of several of the tenants of the warehouses, and it
was found that he had received rents in two instances, and had
not accounted for them. When charged with the fact, prisoner
said he was very sorry for it, that bad company had led him into
it, and that he had received other sums besides those stated for
which he had not accounted. One case was gone into, by which it

paid over or entered in the books. It appeared that he had re-
ceived a high• character from his former employers, ➢lessrs.
Paten and Roberts, cotton-brokers, which he deserved at the

time. Mr. Rushton said that it would be necesary to put only
two or three of the most recent cases into the indictment;

time remanded him until Monday.—Yesterday, the prisoner,
who said nothing in his defence, was accordingly brought up,
when it was stated that Mr. Sleigh declined to come forward to
prosecute, as he believed the prisoner had been led away by bad
company, and that as his family were highly respectable, the
exposure so far would be a lesson to him. Mr. Rushton had
therefore no resource but to discharge the prisoner.
CHARGE OF EMBEZZLEMENT FROM A LOAN SOCIETY.—On
Saturday a man, named Joseph Dixon, was brought before Mr.
Rushton, on a charge of having embezzled various sums of
money belonging to the British Queen Loan Society. It ap.
peered that he was formerly inspector for the society, and that
he had received from a female 55., as an instalment on the re-
payment of a loan granted to her of ..t5, and that he had not
paid over this sum to the society, so that the woman still re-
mained indebted on the books. It came out, however, that he
had received the 55., in two sums of 2s. and 35., at different
times ; ihat he said to the woman that it was not his part to re-
ceive it, but he would take it and pay it over on the following
Tuesday. He also acknowledged to several of the officers of
the society that he had received it, and that they were cognizant
of, and had not for some time objected to, his receiving pay-
ments, some of which he had paid in, but not this amount.
'fhe prisoner was himself a shareholder in the society. Another
female, living at Aintree, had received a loan of .t'2, and had
sent the amount back in small sums, to be handedaid to prjsoner
by a friend in the town, but out of Hs. thus pto lum he ,
had accounted only for 18s. On one occasion he had received
6 from the treasurer (a female), which, he said, was for the
committee up stairs, but which he retained as a loan for him-
self; but the signatures to the bond had not been written in
nrpaence of mot of the officers and unon it was the name Of a

man called Jones, who, the prisoner Lad said at the time, had
no existence. There was, therefore, no direct proof of embez-
zlement. One of the officers admitted that he had sent a mes-
sage to prisoner, on finding out his deficiencies, to the effect
that he had better pay up, or get out of the way, for the sake of
his family. The books and accounts of the society were kept,
it appeared, in a very careless and imperfect manner, and as
none of the cases brought forward involved sufficient evidencs
of embezzlement, the prisoner was rther remanded.