The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1850-08-20 00:00:00

NISI PRIUS COURT.-SATURDAY

The case of Ellis v. West of England Insurance Com-
pany was resumed, when several witnesses were called
to prove the inferiority of the plaintiff's stock and the
removal of the goods before the fire. The jury found a
verdict for the plaintiff—damages, £lOO.
BROWN V. CLEGG.—The plaintiff is the owner of some
property at Oldham, and the defendant is the clerk of the
Oldham Highway Commissioners. The action was
brought to recover damages for injury done to some
houses of the plaintiff, in a road leading from Yorkshire-
street, by the manner in which the commissioners con-
ducted their operations in paving and levelling the street.
The questions involved in the case were altogether of a
legal character—the action being not to recover damages
but merely to try a legal right. The judge intimated that
his opinion was in favour of the defendants, and a verdict
was, therefore, entered for them, with liberty to the
plaintiff to move to enter a nonsuit.
GILL V. MANCHESTER INSURANCE COMPANY.—The
plaintiff occupies a house adjoining Messrs. Williams and
Gardner's silk factory at Manchester, and the action was
brought for damage done to his furniture during a fire
which destroyed the mill in June, 1849. The plaintiff
contended that the firemen had entered his house by
direction of Mr. Spring, the acent to the insurance com-
pany, but he entirely failed in establishing this point, and
from anything that appeared on the trial the occupation
of the plaintiff's house was the spontaneous act of the
firemen. Under these circumstances Mr. Sergeant Wil-
kins declined to press the case to a decision and submitted
to a nonsuit.

TIIE GORHAM CASE

TO THE EDITOR OF THE MORNING HERALD

In the address recently put forth to the bench of
bishops by the meeting which took place last Thursday,
the addressers give what they call two grave reasons for
refusing to acquiesce in the judgment of the Privy
Council.
The first runs thus :

"Because it requires the institution to a benefice with cure
of souls of a clergyman holding and having published, on a
fundamental point, a doctrine contrary to Holy Scripture and
the Catholic tradition of the universal Church, and therefore
contrary to the teaching of the English Church."

The doctrine thus characterised is not the sound doctrine
of baptismal regeneration, or the doctrine that baptism is
one of the appointed Scriptural means of communicating
the grace of regeneration ; but the doctrine of insepara-
bility, or the doctrine that regeneration is INVARIABLY
communicated to infants in and through baptism.
Much the same assertion was made in the resolutions
put forth by Dr. Thorp and his associates, as that con-
tained in the first reason put forth by the meeting in
London. I then publicly challenged the asserters to
produce PROOF of their assertion. No PROOF of the as-
serted INVARIABILITY was produced. Yet this same
rash assertion is again hazarded by the London meeting.
Again, then, l publicly call for a PROOF of it, either from
Scripture, or from Catholic antiquity, from the documents
of the Reformed Church of England, reckoning from
Cranmer down to the early part of the seventeenth cen-
tury, when the novelties of Laud and Montague began to
be introduced, and when those novelties were strongly
protested against, not only as doctrinally erroneous, but
absolutely and positively as NOVELTIES. Let us have
PROOF of the assertion, and there is an end of the matter.
To this PROOF I fearlessly challenge the whole meeting.
The second reason runs thus :

" Because it applies to the words of the Prayer Book an in-
terpretation inconsistent with their plain and obvious mean-
ing, contrary to good faith, and perplexing to honest minds;
and by allowing doctrinal statements contradictory of the es-
sential meaning of an article of the creed, would involve the
consequence that the Church of England does not hold that
article as a matter of faith."

When I read this, as emanating from a considerable
meeting, both of the clergy and of the laity, I really could
scarcely believe my own eye-sight.. So lamentably did it
display the UTTER IGNORANCE of the assertors as to the
real principle of the old Reformed Church of Christ,
and as to the key furnished by our old divines, touching
the phraseology of the infant baptismal office, subsequently
—in the year 1662—adopted into the adult baptismal
office. These gentlemen can never read our old divinity,
but must have only mistaken the new divinity of Laud
and Montague for the genuine divinity of the English
Church during the whole of the preceding century.
Would they only have read on the subject, they would
have found all imaginary phraseological difficulty dis-
pelled, a difficulty which applies just as much to the
adult office as tc) the infant office.

I shall give the key intiiecombined precise words of
two of our sound old bishops, Abbot and Carleton; but
the same principle runs through all our old divinity, pre-
vious to the innovations of Laud and Montague, who,
like the gentlemen of the meeting, were dissenters alike
from Scripture, from Catholic antiquity, and from the
Reformed Church of England anterior to the age of those
innovators :

" " ALL who have been baptised," say Abbot and Carleton,
are, to us and to the cHuitcli, regenerate and IN THE JUDG-
MENT OF CHARITY they must be accounted such UNTIL, by
their deeds, they show themselves to be NOT SO."

Mr. Maskeil, late chaplain to the Bishop of Exeter, has
really examined the subject ; and his perfectly accurate
statement is, that, with scarcely an exception,' all the
bishops and archbishops, doctors and professors, of the
Elizabethan period theologised on the point of baptism
and regeneration in direct opposition both to Bishop
Phiipotts and to all the divines and laymen of the recent
London meeting.
Now, what will the public think of this meating of the
clergy and their associates actually addressing to the
bench of bishops a request founded upon two such grave
reasons as those given above ? It is painfully disgraceful.
I am, Sir, yours, &c., G. S. FABER.
Sherburn House, August 6, 1850.

• '
AN ADROIT THIEF.— OR Thursday Wee.lr rn . 33°b00,
dressed as a mechanic, went to a house in
made)`
walked up stairs, took a bed from the bedstean,
up in a bundle, and brought it down into the pal:7,
At that, instant be heard somebody wining' Thiered MIS
on the wainscotting ; and when in due time one ul_ht
one
br°uB
inmates made her appearance, he said, 0 L rig ne
this bed." " Bed !" replied the woman, tne 0 1,1
with admirable coolness, he gave two or three Os-, the
ke.
not, said the man this is No. 15, 1 n !or
" Yes, this is 15." "Then that is the number ID,, itl,
tbheidnkto corle, here : you must have made a mista.s ,iti
told me to bring it to." " Well," said the w 01081; .. If
wrong at any rate; so you'd better take it ow* „ 1 hol
you say I'm to take it," responded the thief,,ebod
better do so ;" and with that he took up discoveredthr
walked off. Some time elapsed before it was •fihtsel
how completely the bedowners had been done. Pril
Gazette.most difi.
ELOPEMENT.—Last week an elopement of a woes
graceful character occurred from Halifax, both tills guilt!
Lb butcher, being married, and the man having, prior to ,l, cog
flight, borrowed and laid bands on all the roonelr..„bsacl
obtain. It appears that the woman left her her assuapian,
(a butcher) and went to Liverpool, where she f_ hod
ning the flight of herself and her paramour to Or 0
of rascality (America ) whilst the latter, (whn IS dial
la,nadndhanseaxtwinifoe was sttea
ere
Joslin'
Wakefield cattle market on behalf of himself an-. Itow
Havingi got as much money there as he could, ? n
rnininthgethfaemily way,)
of the defrauded partners set off the next day telLirti°n
in the hopes of procuring the return of soro !bor
the money, but unfortunately arrived too late. nih, tba
publishing the names of the parties from 8 regal' "'DOC
husband and wife who left in Halifax butZle laud
are. hbours, ,ag
add, that in the • • opinion of all the nog
has got the better half of both couples. , 'we tblit
THE HARVEST.—There is a good reason to believe
'a gist
the general yield of the wheat crop of the uinlsll.ictsthe
dom will be below an average. In many ''' `''veils. The,
ears are light, and a good deal of mildew Pid be ?e*
weather for some days past has been all that eeinsthertug
sired for ripening the crops and for cutting diseasea existi
those fit for such operations. The potato ..40tas
in some parts of Ireland, but not to so great slic7tirti44
to justify the alarm which some writers In Plb.diseesel
appear to entertain. There is very little of if; sabrer
the Polish provinces, letters stateguthiletYwphaesir
England so far. In reference to the wheat cr,Foce a at'
all accounts concur in stating that France Wi'dilyrisill;
ficient harvest, ar.d the markets there are stea 'eve('
,itif wheat,tO 118
In some parts of the South of Russia, and one
i
t ore ,erf
entirely a failure. In America, however theeeed shoal
prospect of an abundant wheat' harvest; 'WI ' the
t t
the weather prove propitious, there is little &lib
yield will he immense, . _,v,,t,
and the quality excc'.....` in 0101;1
PROSPECTS OF THE BRITISH FARNIO' IbiS C°° i
six months
the first six months of 1850, 4,984,290, but
i°'>'° of
nott afford a fair test of the progress made ja thetotittg
the imports
grain and flour, inasmuch as a large q .bolial
imports for 1849 were inanticipation of he* op
A coOA.
of the duty on the Ist February in that year. give a ra
sonof
. correct result as to the effects of free trade in Ippr-r:A
imports of wheat during the first six months of td ibe Ord
year were more than double those of 1848, an „ in .071
may be said of other grain. In oats there was tbeia..,,sl
of 103 per cent. The total increase of all se":501„.17,
PP' cent., exclusive of flour, which has 10..erh,e-Orstrt
302,194 cwts., in 1848, to 1,160,777 ewts• in l'-- f ifre‘t't
year of .1850, or 284 per cent. The imports °joy 10
barley, and oats for the month ending sth jog pro'
exceed those the folio
of the preceding - year in
portions :
grain, flour,and
meal,
6,928,129
,qsausieri,e:slviseerP°°,:ordli

Barleyi
NOVELre
aCtLlaeamst..
is
eehroe
wt i n —When
debts court 1849. 1850. per ce°
y waso
u r
gdi
ov
ghe enbl di i
oecullfavn,
;el.:
rt2eheh,dOWi et
htnecohtmoseau.apcntonoctr ts of flour,296467tihioie7o increase ...•
7t
3i7c I :5919 IP
e a: , 5 tat.
i nerel9ss e i
"
Tashteerpous
and my ir c
reeybetiwnnetl
atooafstoun c e o f dogs in a
biting
inh(ukrgwetenotrdtedheheeoeaerilsmfrtatac
aaesiprkttrmpaetiesnnwhto,
the
ilffoieuntmikt
saer ru,dymraatesesiseei:
sied:ll)t
sen:l.f_:oleiifir soo:
retlpsuiterer:eveetgits.
,csti 1
rat IsbomioPtobost
lighe'ei
owing to the
which was showingen
years of age, and in consequence 01., scat Lel
" Mr. —, Glenba
te:4.0•:,:0v,
"June, 1848. try, • ~ To R----- s '-'-•
"To
tamed for the son, ant al
rsuer eplained that the bite r:absbg,!,•,,,c.;:ig:closs.
dohgeyi7fsa their. p.liatityelc6trEd er.
,c. ennat.tbte (14:
. , . Zen „,. 45, ow ,
g dangerous simtims whir, poes, xo o g, to
family,the Life of the dog. danla, • 184
'yen la he cla'
become mad, and if so
pcbreosntem
t‘, rl onnl,k, t, pv ut
af'aid it might become
some dangerous ' .7' step-o.'l,odr'
desasterose c ‘,.;tatins, fpielii
be expected t
the life of the dog,o
e someai'
pDhOetnao
mlitell ea a eAlrie.s7.
tei gfp°g.hr•e°elnti'drerfi°7;eslll.,
become mad too ; he, the joiary to The
and £8 Gs. Bd. for thef tbe 1(0 niell.
claim, before
to scure, when cleared °P bole ;.°P ant 045
tart', seemed o astonish the court not 11,,,e osifa_„a to
than one
description oa
were inclined to suppose that theLi' dog
yP:ity oft
really the plated madness °by °lig
_.a more
sheriff,
who
earty who had been bitten bY,ft the p°o eq.
the claim
in claim, adjourned the case till thefelfe,icb °i is dog All
September, the cool at nosnhere 01 w,, of
havebot
reduced the "de • • tials in
sasterose stco ears
applicant.—Banffsh" P 2
me Journal. !..,, letter aPauly 3.
A BLACK S
the SHOWER.—The follovvii,„cetorY, on tbe
Northampton Herald :—" ventßulsvick,"rcaPoed °
—For the information of your teliderg 1 ..,, scitne
_,431
• b were ornenv
this
shallparish and neighbourhood. The nips 10'4; tor'
blea allude to was that of a shower of his,-, Th„.,-,9sdall
, and many of them the • eof wa01.11,„"•" on tu- ,p ol
happened on the day following sizSt. Swit."' bling'•- an
the 16th instant. W
eheard a
sort ef,rlasinF.,' „left
waggons, for upwards of an hour withou" f-rorp ta"'",4lo
easterly direction. Some thought I arose s ithi°' of
others from the
violent grief and anger 0). ense i teen
wept for more than an hour, shedding litliti
the
I
hail, as la sob,ng Oh,
re as walnuts, breaking and sul 'l4°s°ll ebiet
and
ahothouse frames at Fineshade AhheY,°%,,,sela'si his
tond at Tizover House, &c., and doing ire.rge'stion e` jot
the crops of grain. After a little Pac;Vebegal 03
anger he appeared more appeased during fretf) bed
Thursday so e s
ay ; but on Friday he became b ,e 0
irritable that, tomolest again wasberwoout P. a
forth a great our poor ~,,,t, fell then,d es au
shower of black
.rain. ." the he g nder
or four o'clock, rendering their clothes on 130 re die
c k ; ° 01-
those spread on the grass to dry quit t, fro. _0
"nth
church eir water caught in their tubs ebb Ness
.i_..'seo etalysif
leads and from their slated and tiled 1 Hens tan.,a
the colour of ink. The above are the pheneini4 bedePo
and parishioners witnessed, unlike to anYt 'descr ttr
ever seen before ; for the black shover 1, 0 the los
falling in this parish last year did not 131°e'etubs,.as ob.
nora create a black-lead froth at top to the hard in
ostler
lst did, but only left behind black Particles'black sijoad'
stance, about the size of gunpowder. The ,ictibir , for
at fell last Friday down from one Pe
nd fit tea
camer a tli
for the rain ' in the morning was perfectly cl,e_°_,,,,een 0,,
washing purposes; but the rain that fell uesci OA
and four o'clock was perfectly black, and ca collef7,
lead froth at the top tub, so that 1 mYseoreety
three or four bowls therenlyrom of such /Nth' 4 were 'di.
after two boys loading my waggons with clu,°- black 5,5,
dered as black as chimney sweepers from tq,, inegropr
ment the rain had left thereon ; my shepherd like
collet
sibles, up to the knees. were rendered of tbra. the oo
after shepherding his sheep, so that it aPPe°O.45., boo
was not confined to the parish.—J. T• T°l.oolittee, i„f tbe
SUNDAY POSTAL DELIVERY.-- The Co
in totfo ‘' nire
made their report on this subject. The sum to i'lq re-
whole matter is this :—Having been aPPet•bt not heo
whether Sunday labour in the Postoffice mi„
yell re9.4eJ
duced,—the committee contents itself with ref',ol e5i..,e0
ing the old limitations on Sunday labour .waTin ferYei'oo3
long ago, and adds these two points :-1. Tflning b oat
towns, where the mails arrive ou Saturday eve0, ilv,s4
eight o'clock, the letters be delivf red that. rieftPe`r.r. ofwk
of the next morning.-2. That the rrr3!e bout slily
who now have to go their rounds during tnalter
rate ,ace,
vine service, be allowed a sulstitute each so few ri re,
day. The first of these rules can applY to
of gener.°oo os
as to be perfectly insignificant as a measures _don _ to
lief. The second is not, strictly speaking,
_..or'perso,ll:o,
Sunday labour at all ; it merely appoints verso°v!), To re'
labour each Sunday alternately, where one cto s the
eily, bad to labour every Sunday. Had theseted, $ the
ductions" of Sunday labour been fairly Pre 'nick
sole beneficial result of this commission of
wneit
it up'
absurdity of the affair would at once hare,t-vejy, P' edit'
eye. The commissioners_, therefore, decTstionpaltbip
ten recommendations, as if these recommen,, these egetbel°
result of their inquiry. But in shat doin,,__smo tit
insult to all their readers, namely, they 3c'ss Order
to be entirely ignorant of the facts of qle_forros.u_bie,
persons to be deceived by the offer a Old re,ieredita.ol
the guise of new ones. Anything more ~,eeritl ;1.
either to the information, or else to the .'""never ',che
plain-dealing. of the parties concerne _dole the
The rest of the document agrees with this spe,.„ of
,sot
&mew" aria
refer
commissioners coolly reply.—" In con s _ ii 9 e
views we may refer to numerous I,ltition to notarong
complaining of the recent change. Bli,Lient, Prolif
also to the " numerous petitions to Par" ",.d ? eti'
'stow.. be 1',0,..
that the recent changes might not be dl ~,,,, t
not remark the almost-unparalleled fact. .•_`.-s., Ono
tioners in favour of the suspension have 1r..15,00 ; Bet
the petitioners against the suspension V, one?
Conte;
proportion being more than twenty- eighil the i
the whole affair is utterly disgusting. bpiit in tb 0
we doubt not, will show their sense of it,,. ?elect°
.4
sion of 1851 and whenever the next gerle-a ttl'
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