The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1846-07-07 00:00:00

THE NEW MINISTRY.

On Thursday a numerous meeting of the Liberal party
was held at Lord John Russell's residence, at which the
New Cabinet was arranged as follows ?
Lord Chancellor . Lord Cottenham.
President of the Council .. Marquis of Lansdowne.
Lord Privy Seal. Earl of Minto.
Home-0ffice.......
Foreign-office.
Colonial-0ffice....... Earl Grey.
First Lord of the Treasury ... Lord J. Russell.
Chancellor of the Exchequer.. Mr. Charles Wood.
Chanc
casterellor of Duchy of Lan- 1
Lord Campbell.
....
Paymaster-General...
Woods and Forests Viscount Morpeth.
Postmaster-General. Marquis Clanricarde.
Board of Trade Earl of Clarendon.
Board of Control. Sir John Hobhouse.
Secretary for Ireland Mr. Labouchre.
Admiralty . Earl of Auckland.
The following noblemen are to be members of the new
government, but without seats in the Cabinet :
Lord-Liemenant of Ireland.... Earl of Besborough.
Cornmander•in-Chief .. Duke of Wellington.
Master-General of the Ordnance Marquis of Anglesey.
On Friday the following additional appointments were
announced in the Morning Chronicle:
Master of the Mint.......
Secretary of the Board of 1 Ad-
G. H. Ward, Esq.,
miralty ...
Attorney-General
One of the Lords of the Treasury Lord Ebrington.
Under-Secretary for the Home 1
Sir Wm. Somerville.
Department .
Under-Secretary for Foreign I
Thehon.E.J.Stanley.
Affairs. ..
Lord Advocate.
Secretary at War '
.. Rt. Hon. Fox Maule.
Solicito-General for *attend.... Mr. Maitland.
The Duchess of 'Sutheilancl' will be Mistress of the
Robes.

We understand that either Mr. C. Buller or Mr. Hawes
will be Under-Secretary for the colonies.
The following have been named as Lords of the Admi-
ralty :—Admiral J. W. Deans Dundas, M.P. for Green-
wich ; Rear-Admiral Elliott ; and Vice-Admiral Sir
Charles Adam. A difficulty, not yet surmounted, has
arisen with reference to the appointment of the office of
Solicitor• General. It is said that both Mr. Jervis, M.P.
for Chester, and Mr. David Dundas, M.P. for Suther-
landshire, have declined the office, on the ground of the
personal pecuniary sacrifice which the surrender of their
circuit practice, consistent upon the acceptance of the post
of second law adviser of the Crown, must entail upon those
honourable and learned gentlemen. Such is the on dii;
and rumour next vents to Mr. Hominy, the member for
Bridport, who, being a member of the Chancery bar,
would not incur such a forfiture as that which deters his
able brethren, Messrs. Jervis and Dundas.
The Daily News says that Mr. Rowland Hill will re-
ceive official appointment.
The Times relates the following• facts, which throw
light on the construction of the cabinet as it now stands:—
" We may say that Lord John Russell has spared no
pains to increase the strength of the cabinet, by the ad-
dition of new elements. On receiving her Majesty's
commands to form a ministry, he sought an interview
with Sir Robert Peel. The ex-Premier received him
with every sign of cordiality, gave him a general promise
of assistance, and undertook that he would not oppose
any measures Lord John might bring forward, simply
because they proceeded from that quarter. To this he
added expressions, the force of which may have been
overrated, but which implied the absence of all wish for r!

return to power. On this, it is said, Lord John ventured
to ask for what he considered a fair pledge of Sir Robert's
sincerity. He requested that the ex-minister would ac-
quiesce in three of his late colleagues, whose names our
readers will probably anticipate—Lord Dalhousie, Lord
Lincoln, and Mr. Sidney Herbert—accepting seats in the
new cabinet. To this Sir Robert is said to have replied,
that he felt unwilling to interfere in so delicate a matter,
that he would offer no opposition, but could certainly not
recommend a step which would be liable to unfavourable
comment, as iodicating a too great tenacity of office
on the part of these youthful statesmen. As pre-
viously intimated, Lord John Russell returned on
Wednesday, from Osborne House, charged with an ex-
pressiou of her Majesty's wishes that the Duke of Wel-
lingtto would still continue in command of the army.
Te, this request his grace yielded a dutiful compliance, in
conformity with his views under somewhat simihr cir-
cumstances in 1827. At the same time, he said that he

considered his political life now ended, and that he should
Peel. previously
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felt himself encouraged to make the same request. he had
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hope of their assistance as members of .his government—
foe the present at least. The question of offering a seat to
Mr. Cobden received, we are informed, long and repeated
discussion. Of course the admission of a great and tri-
umphant agitator to the councils of her Msjestv and the
executive government of the nation was a proposal likely
to present some unfavourable aspects to persons such as
Ministers, Whig or Conservative, usually are. We have
reason to believe that no unbecoming jealousy was dis-
played. There are circumstances, however, which will
occur to all our readers as offering at least a temporary
impediment in the way of that gentleman's acceptance of
office. His business, it is well known, is one peculiar de-
pendent on personal superintendence, as much so that
Mr. Cobden himself considers a period of political re-
tirement necessary to make amends for the loss he has
suffered by his generous devotion to a public cause; and
on the same ground a magnificent subscription has been
set on foot by his friends and admirers. However, a com-
munication has, we believe. been made by Lord John
Russell, with the acquiescence of his intended colleagues,
expressing his deep sense of Mr. Cobden's services and
consequent claims, and conveying also the prospective of-
fer of a seat in the Cabinet. contingent on Mr. Cobden
finding himself some day in sufficient health and wealth
to discharge the great responsibility without danger to his
life or fortune. Proposals have also, we have reason to
believe, been made to two oiher prominent members of
the League; and, although in one case they were, also
im
probable
that private reasons, unsuccessful, it is not
that at least one gentleman who has distinguished himself
by his public advocacy of Corn Law Rei.eal will enter
Lord John Russell's Government."

REV. HUGH IWNEILE'S NEW WORK-'
CHURCII AND THE CHURCHES."

THE

We gladly tratisfer to our columns the following well-

merited notice of the above work and its learned author,
from our respected contemporary, the Dublin Evening
Mail of Wednesday last :
" We feel that we have been, to some extent, guilty of
injustice to our readers in withholding from them so long
our notice of this most valuable anti seasonable publica-
tion ; nor are we without some misgivings at this moment
that we are about to commit an act of equal in justice to-
wards the reverend (would we could write him right reve-
-1 rend) author himself, in attempting, within our necessarily-
brief limits, and amidst the imperative solic tations of
other engrossing topics, to notice now the important, com-
prehensive, and erudite work, whose title we have prefixed.
At ail events, ourselves are, in one respect, gainers by the
delay, so far, at least, as to have the path of criticism
made easy, and our judgment amply confirmed by that
most satisfactory of all verdicts—the rapid disappearance
of the first issue of 1,500 copies, and the loud demands
of the public and the publishers, before the expiration of
three months, for a second edition. A work upon the
subject of ' the Church,' from any hand, in the present
state of the public mind, is likely to command some—and
a work on any subject from Mr. M'Neile's hand is sure
of much—attention. We accordingly anticipated a very-
marked, though, we confess, not such rapid and such un-
precedented success for the work now before us. It is riot
our intention to attempt an outline, much less an analysis
of its varied and edifying details, but to commend it to
the patient perusal of such of our readers as have that
gratification yet in reserve, from most of whom we antici-
pate a concurrence in the principles it contains, and by
none of whom it can be studied without interest, delight,
and advantage. Dealing with a subject, and grappling
with details, upon which the public mind has been divi-
ded, and about which so much has been written, both pro
and con, it is, of course, impossible that Mr. M'Neile's
I views should win an universal assent: notwithstanding,
we are bold to repeat, that' his work cannot be read by
any otherwise than with advantage. Its distinguishing
feature and chief excellence, to our mind at least, consist
in this, the constant appeal, expressed and implied, to
Holy Scripture, as the only supreme, paramount arbiter
in the matters at issue, and the use he makes of antiquity,
including the writings of our own early divines, no less
than of the Greek and Latin fathers of the early church,
is exactly what it ought to be, testing it by, comparing it
with, and subordinating it unto the dictates of that Word
which only 'is truth.' This also seems another advantage
to the reader—namely, that of keeping him on familiar
ground, while his course ' flows fast by the oracles of
God ; ' and showing him also the real value, as well as the
true place of the testimony of antiquity (in which, by the
way, our author proves himself to be more deeply conver..
sant than his urgent and responsible occupations for the
last twenty years might have led us to expect)—its place
being as the handmaid of revelation, and its value con-
sisting in its conformity, for the most part, with inspired
truth.

" The title of the book, ' The Church of God in Christ,
and the Chu)ches of Christ Militant here on Earth,' in-
timates not merely its subject matter, but also the order
of it in the two main divisions of which it is cornice-led.
The force of this title is sufficiently explained when (p.
64) he states, ' The aggregate of the elect, from the first.
1 and to the last inclusive, is the Church of God in Christ;'
and again (p. 70), ' These all, viewed in the aggregate,
constitute the catholicity of the Church of God, extend-
I ing over all the ages of the world's history, and all the
countries of the world's geography. This is the only true
7ea:Toadslhltgugeswelinine catholicity.' The sense in which Mr. Al'Neile
uses the phrase, ' the Churches of Christ Militant here
on Earth,' will appear also from the following (p. 71),
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nudßxoeerirrissaoisscnllaoonsevpfsovi
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church."
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ordinances of
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" Under the former division of his subject, our author
th e separatelyChristian apostolicity. examining
Underchurch
connection with, the civil ruler. From a work engaged
upon such materials, and in such hands, much will neces-
sarily be expected ; aril when the reader has carefully
gone through it, and to no other reader do we recommend
it, he will find his expectations have been in nowise dis-
appointed.
"The style is natural and easy, and the author's drift
and meaning obvious throughout. His is not the style
so happily described by the acute Bishop of Ossory in his
primary charge, ' a style which has been brought to great
perfection by the writers of this (the Tractarian) school,
in which they are able to say all that they want to say, and
at the same time make provision to shelter themselves
from its full responsibility.' What Mr. M'Neile believes
fully, he enunciates fearlessly, argues scripturally, and
maintains firmly ; and this, too, without a single ex-
pression tinged with the bitterness of party controversy,
but characterized throughout with all the moderation and
modesty, the sure indications of a mind at once capacious
and cultivated—that generously concedes to others the
same freedom of thought, expression, and action, which
it has the courage boldly to vindicate for itself. Mr.
M'Neile's reputation as a divine, a churchman, and a
scholar, rests now upon this his latest publication, of
which it is no ordinary commendation to pronounce it
worthy of the growing weight it has to sustain.
" In putting together these last comments upon our
author and his work, we could not help regretting, for his
sake, that the same rule has not always regulated the
course of church preferment, which Sir E. Sugden* alleges
to obtain invariably in the legal profession, where 'rank
is obtained not by entreaty, or through powerful con-
nexions, or by subserviency to political opinions, but it is
freely offered to the men who best distinguish themselves
by learning, talent, and professional conduct.' Had it
1
been so, Mr. M'Neile had certainly long since worn the
honours. as well as sustained the burdens, of the church ;
and, as a faithful servant, had met with some reward even
in this life, before he is called "to a crown of righteousness
in'the resorret.tinn of the just.”
* Letter to Wm. S. O'Brien, Esq., January 26, 1846.

TOTAL DESTRUCTION OF A WHALER AND
A FRENCH EAST INDIANIAN BY

- Letters, have, during the last two or three days, been
received, communicating the total destruction of the
whaling-ship Helvetia, 330 tons burden, and the French
East Intliamm, Nouveau Tambour, both of which, we
regret to say, are supposed to have been fired by incendi-
aries.

The loss of the Helvetia, which was commanded by
Captain NV. Porter, occurred on the night of the 25th of
February last, in Sandwich Harbour. Besides 150 barrels
of sperm oil, she had ]5OO of seal and other commodities
on board, and preparations were completed for the home-
ward passage when the discovery was made. It appears
to have commenced in the forepart of the vessel, between
decks, and every attempt on the part of the crew to get at
eatesehidda,ena.nndeAlwwtastiettmhhpetntislaewb
ateinrdedeom;natedhdee.
it proved abortive. The alarm was given to the authori-
ties ashore, who instantly caused the military to be turned
out, and directed every assistance they were possession
f the night, her cables were cuts,
of to save the vessel. Long before the vessel was boarded
the flames had gained the oil in the mainhold, and burst
forth in a terrific blaze, firing the rigging in every direc-
tion, which, owitifto the wind, was soon consumed, the
guns on the fort opened fire on the burning vessel in order
eatmfronaedscs
scuttle
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she
struck
to sink her; several shots piorced her bows, but bad no
oni a reef and
.trAmied in six feet of cyst.... —1...... ~_ .. . '.

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for nearly two whole days, and was entirely consumed.
That she was wilfully set on fire the commander
and offi
cers have not the least doubt. They exempt the crew of
the diabolical act, believing it to have been committed by
a native who was employed on board, and bad made his
escape immediately after the outbreak of the fire. Thel.
captain and officers are sufferers to a considerable ezten
The ship was insured for £12,000.
The
evening burning
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18th Nouveaulast Tambourmont.T he June,nt
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theci
seiles, a few hours after her arrival.
very suspicious cir-
in the after part of the ship,, e
backwards into the main h
beyond all human power. The
fire, and his rescue was
.47,000.
ship's loss is estimated at sabioifrand yetfehsoll
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