The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1848-01-25 00:00:00

COUti'l AND FASHION

The Queen and Court are at Windsor Castle. Her
Majesty, Prince Albert, and the other members of the
ft al Family have taken their accustomed exercise in the
grounds and precincts of the Castle since our last.
The Observer says the Court will remove to Buckingham
Palace, for he season. on the 2.1 of February.

It is said that the King of Prussia will pay a visit to
Queen Victoria io the course of the spring, when the

" Shield of Faith," on which the artists are busily en-
gazed, will he presented to the Prince of Wales.
Ir is said that the Duke of Norfolk will have the Garter
vavayit by the death of Earl Powis.
ACEOTJCHEMENT OF HER MAJESTY.—We understand
that. Professor Simp:oti, the discoverer of chlorofora., has
received intimation that his services, in conjunction with
Dr. L.)cock, her Moj-sty's physician accouctieur, will be
r qu red at Buckingham Palace on an approaching in-
tereding occasion. • Professor Simpson leaves Edinburgh

tor London some time next month, in order to he in at-
tendance on her Majem y.—Edinburph Witness. [This
report has beet, contradicted.]

FESTIVITIES AT WYNYARI; PARK.—The ancient seat
of the Vane and Tempe 4 Families, in Durham, has,
during the past week, been the scar- of great bustle and
excitement, consequent upon the festivities on the occa-
sion of the Marchioness of Londonderry's birth-day,
which occurred on Monday. A succession of visitors had
been rectived dmin,g the several preceding days, when the
gentlemen js)ined Lord Seaham in his various shooting
excursions through the extensive preserves.

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LADY IN'I'ELLIGENCE.

ntlemen have given notice this term of their in-
)lv to be admitted to

tention to a

practice as attorneys

There are al;) 42 n(
THE INSOLVENT

otice. for the renewals of certificates
' COURT AND THE COUNTY COURT.

Several cases having occurred of persons, against whom
the County Courts had made decrees, having applied for

the benefit of the Insolvent Act in order to defeat those
decrees, Commissioner Harris stated on Saturday that the
court would not suffer its jurisdiction to be used to coun-
teract the County Court.
V.. Urnavt> CEPA:WITS

amtrigeo
their respective circuits as follow :—Home. Lord Den-
man, Mr. Justice Colcridge.—Midland: Lord Chief Jus-
tice of the Common Pleas, Mr. Justice Maule.—Nor/olk:
Lord Chief Baron, Mr. Justice Coltman.—Norit era:
Mr. Baron Alderson, Mr. Baron Rolfe.—Oxford: Mr.
Justice Patteson, Mr. Justice Cresswell.—Western: Mr.
Justice Wightman.—North Wales: Mr. Justice Erle.—
South Wales:* Mr, Justice Williams.—Mr. Baron Parke

will remain in town

THE SCOTCH CHURCH AT BIRKENHEAD.—THE AT.
TORNEY-GENERAL V. GARDNER.—II will be remembered
that an information and bill respecting this church came
before the Vice-Chancellor, in December last. On Wed-
nesday, the questions that came before the court to be
argued were, whether the information and bill should be
dismissed with costs or without costs, and whether the
dismissal should be without prejudice to the institution of
another suit ? After the case had been fully gone into,
his honour said, if the relators and plaintiffs desired it,
they might have added to the declaration this, or language
to this effect—" that the dismissal be without prejudice to
any bill to be hereafter filed by the plaintiffs, not founded
on any charitable trust, or charitable title," not without
prejudice to any new bill generally. Would the plaintiffs
elect to have that addition ? To this a reply in the nega-
tive was returned. His honour then dealt with the ques-
tion of costs. Costs were granted to Mr. Pollock and to
Mr. Robt. Barbour, and refused to the defendants, Messrs.
John Gardner, John Walker, John Barbour, and Walter
Walker. As to Mr. Mallaby, he said, the supplemental
bill and information must stand dismissed with costs; but
he was to get no costs of the other information.
THE DRAMA V. LAW.—We learn from the Hull
Packet of Friday, that on the preceding day four cases
had been heard in the County Court, at Hull, before Wm.
Raines, Esq. the judge, in three of which Mr. J. L.
Pritchard, the lessee of the York circuit of threatres, was
the defendant. The first was brought by Mr. E. W.
Gomersal, the comic performer, for the recovery of £2O
inflicted by Mr. Pritchard, for Mr. Gomersal's refusal to
play Robin in "No song, no supper." In this case the
verdict was for Mr. Pritchard, the defendant.—The next
was an action, arising out of the same circumstances,
brought by Mr. Pritchard against Mr. Gomersal, for the
recovery of £2O, alleged damages for the latter refusing to
play any longer after Mr. Pritchard's infliction of the fine.
In this Mr. Pritchard was nonsuited.—ln the other two
cases, Mr. George Jones, chairman of the People's Cen-
tral Committee of the Shakspere Memorial Fund, was the
plaintiff. He claimed, in the first action, the sum of £2
10s., but Mr. Pritchard proved a set off for £2 25., which
he had paid for an advertisement which Mr. Jones,
through Mr. Pritchard, bad inserted in the Leeds Intel-
ligencer. His honour awarded Mr. Jones the remaining
Ss., which had previously been offered to him by Mr.
Pritchard. The next case was brought by Mr. Jones
against Mr. Pritchard for the amount which Mr. Jones
alleged to be due to the committee of the Shaksperian
Fund, from the proceeds of a performance in Leeds for
that purpose. The amount for which the action was
brought was not stated. In this Mr. Jones was non-
suited.

MAITLAND V. BACKHOUSE.--The Lord Chancellor,
on Saturday last, gave judgment in the case of Maitland
v. Backhouse. His lordship said, after detailiT; the facts,

it appeared manifest to him that Messrs. Backhouse had
not made the inquiry into the nature of the transaction
which, considering the peculiar situation of Miss Mait-
land, they were bound to have done, before discounting
a note for so large an amount. It appeared that both Mr.
Maclean and Messrs. Bolckow and Vaughan were at that
time in want of money; for they had tried to raise some
on a check, which had been refused. This check was
transmitted to London, and forwarded to the Joint Stock
Bank, but was not cashed. Now this transaction was, of
course, fully capable of explanation, but none such had
been offered by any of the defendants, although it was
clear that they ought to have given one to the court.
Immediately after this the promissory note was offered to
Messrs. Backhouse, and the amount carried to Bolckow
and Vaughan's account, and then the check was cashed.
These circumstances were calculated to arouse attention,
and the fullest information ought to have been furnished
of the way in which the note reached the hands of the
bankers. Without imputing any improper motives to the
Messrs. Backhouse, he must say they were bound to have
made the strictest inquiry, as there was more than
enough in the transactions to raise their suspicions. With
respect to the continuing of the injunction, when he was
called to the bar, there was reason for the court exercis-
ing greater caution in interposing its authority, as one,
two, or three years might elapse before the matt- V

CLERICAL IIiTTELLIGENCE.

"There is upwards of £lB,OOO in hand towards founding
a bishopric in the Chinese seas.

The key. G. S. Bull, as one of the secretaries for ex-
tending Infant Schools in Birmingham, has received a
subscription of £lOO from the Earl of Harrowby.
The bells of Chester Cathedral rang merry peals, at in-
tervals, on Tuesday, to celebrate -the marriage of the
'Rev. Canon Blomfield, brother of the Bishop of London,
with Miss Mary Anson, daughter of the Dean of Chester.
Sir Fitzroy Kelly and Mr. Baddeley, who are engaged
in the suit against Dr. Hampden/were engaged as counsel
by Mr. Macmullen in his suit against the Bishop of Here-
ford previous to Mr. M.'s joining the Church of Rome.
"The Archbishop of Canterbury is perfectly recovered
from the slight attack of infiuenac. under which he suf-
fered about ten days since; but awing to the advanced age
(eighty-two) of the venerable Prelate, and the variable
state of the weather, his Grace's medical attendants con-
sider it advisable that he should not venture out of doors.
The Duke of Manchester, who. some time since gave in
his adherence to the National Board of Education, and
placed all the schools in his patronage under the board's
system, has lately found it necessary to withdraw and
place his schools in full connection,mith the Church Edu-
cation Society.

It can be no matter of surprise, ner need it create much
alarm, that, encouraged by the interaal•strife and commo-

tion going on in the church, the dissenters are preparing
fora new and simultaneous assault. ;It is announced that
a general resistance to church-rates is to be attempted at
the Easter meetings ; preparatory tv.which, lectures are
to be given in as many places as possible, by the agents
of the Anti-State Church Association.

DR. HAMPDEN.—The following counsel have been re-
tained by the crown to oppose the rule nisi for a manda-
mus, in the matter of the confirmation of the election of
the Bishop of H:•reford. The Attorney-General, Soli-
citor-General, M.D. Hill, Q.O , Dr. Bayford, Dr. Twiss,
and Mr. Waddington. The rule is entitled "The Queen
v. the Most Rev. Father in God William Lord Archbishop
of Canterbury," and is fixed for Monday.
THE REV. RD. SIBTHORP.—This rev. gentleman,

.whgse partial conversion to Romanism a few years ago
made a great, noise in the world, occasionally takes a por-
. .

tion of the duties at Peter's-in-Eastgate -Church. On
Sunday morning the rev; gentleman in question preached
an eloquent extempore sermon to a large congregation,
from Luke ii. 49, • Wist ye not that I must be about
my Father's business ?"—Lincolnshire Chronicle.
RESTITUTION or TITHES TO THE CP U eaa..H.—A com-
mittee, consisting of Lord John Manners, Lord Robert
Grosvenor, M.P., the Right Hon. W. E. Gladstone,
M.P., Sir Stephen Glynne, Bart., the Dean of Chiches-
ter, the Rev. R9hert Spranger, D.C.L.. the Rev. R.

. .
Chandos Pole, and other clergymen and gentlemen, has

been formed, for the purpose of restoring the tithes now
held by lay impropriators to the exclusive use of the
Church.

MARTYRDOM OF KING CHARLES.—The observance of
this day must be kept this year on Monday, the 31st inst.
According to the Rubric: " If this day t•hall happen to be
Sunday, that form of prayer shall be used, and the fast
kept the next day following." For it is quite evident that
the especial service could not be used the day before the
fast. All fasts prscide the holy day. Many copies of the
prayer book are stopped wrong, the comma being after
the word used, whereas there ought to be no comma; and
the last editions of the prayer hook have none.
CHURCH MISSIONARY SOCIETY.— His Grace the Arch.
bishop of York closed his mini-terial labours in his late
diocese, by 'preaching on Sunday, the 9th of January, at
St. Peter's, Hereford, an impressive sermon on behalf of
the above institution. He selected for his text these
words of St. Paul. " I am not ashamed of the gospel of
Christ." In the course of his address, he made a special
appeal on behalf of the society, in consequ.nice of the
serious deficiency at present existing in its funds. -It was
stated by his Grace that the receipts of the society for the
nine months. ending December 31st. 1847, were less than
its receipts for the corresponding period in the previous
year by above £15,000; a deficiency, which if it be not
made up, may seriously emharass the society, and perhaps
compel it to curtail its operations among the heathen at
the very time, when, as his Grace observed, those opera-
tions are being largely blessed, and when new fields are
everywhere presenting themselves, and inviting the
society to enter upon them. His Grace alluded in a very
gratifying manlier to the prudence, wisdom, and economy
with which the affairs of this great society are managed.
and concluded an appeal, which was no less successful
than earnest, by calling upon all who were "not ashamed
of the gospel of Christ," to contribute liberally in helping
to make that gospel known to the nations which are sit-
ting in darkness and in the shadow of death. A large
collection was made after the sermon.
TRACTARIANISM V. CHURCH AND STATE.—The dream
in which they are delighting themselves ju-t now is of this
kind. They would like the existing Church of England,
with its archbishops, bishops. deans, rectors, cathedrals,

and churches, to he left entire and unimpaired ; its en-
dowments remaining undiminished ; and the legislature
and executive withdrawing from all future control over it !
They would then wish to form the aid archbishops,
bi,hops, &c., into a great ecelesiastical corporation, with
its own synods, convocations, me., and with the most
ample powers of self-government. And this splendid

dream they actually cherish, as if it were possible for any
British Government or Lt gislature to give reality to it !
In these busy times our public men are not likely-to un-
dertake so difficult and almost endless a task, as the un-
twisting the innumerable cords by which the state and
the church are bound together. Hence, when we hear
the exclamation from a Tractarian of `• We must have a

(touren anal , a..
dured any longer :" we are always ready to reply—
" You may separa e this moment for yourself, by be-
coming a Dissenter. But as to the bishoprics and the
rectories of the Church of England, you may rely
upon it that they are not likely to be separated from
State connexion for many years to come." Where,
however, we hear the same exclamation from a Dis-
senter, we know that we are upon more real and honest
ground, and therefore we have a different answer. To
this objector we reply—" When you can, in fete/ as well
as in fancy, divide a legislator or a statesman into two
men, one under Christian obligations, the other not under
Christian obligations, then we shall be able to understand
—but not till then—how a Christian ruler can discharge
his duties without employing all his functions to establish.
promote, and maintain the knowledge o° the gospel, and
the pure worship of the only true God."—Record.
EPISCOPAL SALARIES.—The revenue of the Bishops
far exceeds the amounts which were anticipated by the
public. It was imagined, -for example, that Durham was
to pay .0,0004 or a salary equal to that of the Chief Jus-
tice in England. Instead of £B,OOO a-year, net, after all
imaginable deductions have been made for rates, taxes,
quit rents, collection, agencies, outgoings of every des-
cription, and we know not what besides. In one year,
the gross income was £37,161 165., and in another year,
£29,806, 12s. ld. ; whilst the two lowest sums put down
for the gross receipts are X 19,577 13s 10d, and £22,4160s 2d.
The Archbishop of Canterbury was to have an income of
£15,000 a-year, which is all that a Lord Chancellor
derives from the great offices which he holds, and
which occupy his time both in Chancery, in the House
of Lords, and in the Cabinet. The Lord Chancellor
holds office only for a few years of Herculean la-
bour, and retires on a pension of £5,000 a-year. The
Primate holds his high office for life, without respect to
age, health, or capacity. The Lord Chancellor has no
house provided for him and no outgoings defrayed. The
Primate has palaces both in London and the country, and
the revenue he receives is clear of all outgoings which do
not attach to him personally. We speak of the future,
for the present Archbishop does not come under this rule,
and his income is much larger. The Archbishop of
York was to have £lO,OOO a-year besides palaces and
pleasure-grounds, and so also was the Bishop of London.
A few of the other bishops were to have £B,OOO and
£7,000 a-year, which are equal to the incomes of the
Chief Justice of England, the Master of the Rolls, the
Chid Justice of the Common Pleas, the Lord Chief
Baron of the Exchequer. The incomes of the other
bishops were to be about the same as those of the other
juiges, ranging from £4,200 to £5,000, exclusive of
palaces and pleasure-grounds representing at least another
£l.OOO a-year.--Recerd.

RAILWAY AFFAIRS

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The works of the Liverpool and Bury railway have been
recently re-commenced.

The Caledonian Mercury says, that in consequence of
some subsiding at one or two points on the Caledonian
Railway, the opening of the line has been postponed.

The vacancies at the board of the Cheshire Junction
Railway Company have been filled up by the appointment
of the following gentlemen as directors :—Mr. Jas. Ban.
croft and Mr. William Gibb, of Manchester, and Mr.
J. H. Rayner, of Liverpool.
1

OPENING Or NEW LINES OF RAILWAY.—The Stain-
ford and Oakharn line on the 14th Feb ; the Wisbeach
and Wallington this week ; the Tiverton branch of the
Great Western on the 14th Feb. ; the Wakefield, Ponte-
fract and Goole on the Ist March ; and the Swansea and
Newport next Spring.
A daring American projector proposes a electric tele-
graph from the Atlantic to the Pecific. It is already
carried from the Atlantic to St. Louis, in the valley of
the Mississippi, whence the distance to the Pacific is 2000
miles, and the estimate is that the line could be formed
for 300,000 dollars. _

ATTEMPT TO THROW OFF A TRAIN.—On Sunday, before
the arrival of the first train, it was discovered that a rail
had been removed near the Moira station, on the Ulster
railway, with the evident intention of throwing the train
off. The defect was repaired, and the train passed on in
safety.—Belfast Whig.

wTti
c Nor ordshire proprietors received with ap-
probation the reports and accounts presented at their
half-yearly meeting. A dividend of ss. will be paid in
July next from the profits of the canal and the part of
the line to be opened in March. The works, according to
the engineer's statement, are more forward than could
have been expected.
The North Staffordshire railway directors have pressed
forward to completion those parts which were likely to
become at once remunerative. The parts soon to be
opened are, Stoke to Norton Bridge on the Ist of March ;
Stone, to join the Trent Valley at Colwich, by the Ist of
May ; also from Stoke by Harecastie to Crew ; and by
Uttoxeter to Burton ;—Thus completing a through com-
munication by the Potteries between Liverpool and Derby
by August next.
From our official returns it appears that the amount of
traffic for the last week, on upwards of 3423 miles of rail-
way, was £147,391, thus accounted for : £71,453 for the
conveyance of passengers only, £37,964 for the
.carriage
of goods, and a remainder of £37,974 for passengers and
goods together, not respectively apportioned ; being an
increase of £16.612 over the corresponding week of the
former year, when the mileage was 2,680. The average
earnings per mile for last, week were .fA3, whilst in 1847
they were £4B,

THE ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH.--111 is proposed by Messrs.
Brett, of Hanover-square, to establish an international
•communication, via" Dover and Calais, by their Printing
Electric Telegraph. The English and French Govern-
ments have conceded grants to the projectors, and it is
understood that the French Minister of the Interior, M.
Duchatel, expressed an ardent desire for the fulfilment of
the undertaking, and liberally promised to give it his cor-
dial.support. The experiments made with the Printing
Electric Telegraph on land have been at a distance of 146
niiles between the points of communication, and are said
to•have been performed with -the same rapidity and cer-
tainty as at a distance of only a few feet.

EXPLOSION OF A LOCOMOTIVE.—A most serious acci-
dent took place a few days ago, at the Carlisle and Mary-
port railway station by one of the locomotives exploding,
-and destroying the greater portion of a building called the
engine shed, and injuring two persons. The locomotive
was standing underneath the shed preparatory to taking
.a.passenger train out. the engine driver and stoker clean-
ing the machinery at the moment. Both men were much
injured, but fortunately not dangerously. The force of
the explosion propelled the engine along the line at an
enormous speed : had a passenger train been in its way
the consequences would have been most disastrous. The
directors have since caused an investigation into the acci-
dent, and have ascertained that the explosion arose
through both safety valves being tightly screwed down.
The boiler exploded just above the firebox and near the
tender.

RAILWAY BRIDGE OVER THE FALLS OF NIAGARA.—
I have been intensely interested to-day in listening to a
description, from a well-informed and competent source,
of the great bridge over the gorge that separates the do-
minions of the Queen from those of the President. Its
thousands of tons weight of the strongest iron cord that
ingenuity of the iron master can desire find a safe support
in wrought iron anchors built in the solid rock, 100 feet
below the surface, so that before it could yield, the very
rock-bound earth would forsake its tenacity. A large
wooden framework is to be placed so that no undulating
motion can be experienced. In full sight of the cataract—
the surge of angry waters far beneath—the sullen storm-
beaten rocks all around—the quick locomotive will put
forth all its quickness to rush b. yond the peril of its jour-
ney. This glorious work is already begun, the money for
its cost paid in and available, the excavations commenced,
and the contractor is to cross on horseback by the middle
of next June. Its firmness is to be such that with all the
burden of a powerful locomotive and a long attendant
train of cars, it is not to vibrate one inch in the
centre. The railway is to occupy the centre, two
carriageways on either side, and two footways. One
of the first thoughts that present' themselves in re-
ference to the construction is, as to how the wires are to
be thrown across. The steam-boat now used below the
falls iq to take over two cables, to which strands of iron
are affixed. These are to be drawn over till two ropes of
iron are drawn over, on which a temporary pathway is to
be placed—and when I inquired where workmen could be

found who had nerve enough to work effectually under
such circumstances, the answer was. " Oh. there are

always

plenty of Yankees who have 1

railway in Canada which is to be connected with this
mighty work presents some admirable features. Its grade
is over 20 feet, and a very, very large proportion of the

distance is on a straight line. On one line, perfectly
straight, 90 miles are laid out. Canada West has yet to
see great days. England expends millions on sections of
r great dominion far less worthy of her notice and
fostering care. "The last link" is comuleted when this

areat bridge of the Cataract shall have beer, completed.
From Boston and New York an unbroken line is presented,
and the day is soon coming when some correspondent of
yours will delineate the incidents of a 30 hours' journey
from the metropolis to Detroit. Such are the movements
and the progresses in support of which all may unite, and
whip h mark a bury day.—New Yo4-1c Courier.