The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1848-12-05 00:00:00

INVITATION TO UNITED PRAYER

The Rev. J. H. Stewart has issued his annual invitation
to united prayer, on the first day of the year, for the out-
pouring of the Holy Spirit. The reverend gentleman,
after alluding to Monday as a day peculiarly suitable for
such a purpose, proceeds as follows:
" First. We enter upon the year 1849, when a revolu-
tion has taken place, or rather a great moral earthquake,
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which for its

xtent, as well as for its sty

tumultuous outbreak in a particular State, or tfie forcible
moval of a single dynasty; but it is a general convulsion
ghout Christendom. Reminding us, at least, of the
season spoken of by our Lord ' when there shall

oe upon toe earth distress of nations, with perplexity ;
the sea and the waves roaring; men's hearts failing them
fear, and for looking after those things which are
~oming upon the earth.' (Luke xxi.) Surely at such a

oeason we specially need the enlightening, strengthening,
:ornforting, and sanctifying grace of the Holy Spirit, to
neet what unexpected events God in his providence may

)ermit to fall upon us. Who can say what is before him
Whether He may not be at the very verge of that period

sul,. when he exhorts-his brethren to
ke the whole armour of God, that ye may be able to
ithstand IN THu EVIL DAY, AND HAVING DONE ALL, TO
'AND '—referring, it may be, to the same period as is
mentioned in the Epistle to the Church of Philadelphia, in
hese words: ' Because thou hast kept the word of my
mtience, I also will keep thee from the hour of temuta-

3y St. I

LUG vvsaixu, W Lly Mel!
t dwell upon the earth.' (Rev. iii.) That hour which

hem that dwell upon the face of the whole (Luke
(xi.) Surely, in times like the present, to be prepared for
hat day, is true wisdom. And how can we be prepared ex:•
ryept by thatinward strength and fortitude which comes from
;he Holy Ghost ? Oh that each of us may receive a don1)1,

r rathei that the H

t wont

—so that should the
'ming year prove a day of darkness and of gloominess, a
Ly of clouds, and of thick darkness, as the morning
read upon the mountains,' instead of being filled with
smay, we may ' lock up and lift up our heads ' in the
blessed hope that our Redemption draweth nigh.'

k second reason for uniting in this concert or prayer,
animating position of two of our leading religious
—namely, the London Society for Promoting
ristianity among the Jews, and the Church Missionary
)ciety. The former of these institutions has completed
s 40th year since its first formation ; while the latter has
itered upon its 50th year. These different periods re-
ind us of different events in the History of the Israelites.
he first, of that period, when the twelve tribes having

3sed the time of their sojournin
re to enter upon those Su(

in the wilderness,
ul contests which pre-
tin of the promised land. The
r of that happy season which
—when on th 9 day of

;ded their taking posses
tter, of the jubilee fea
as to take plaa

'ery 50th year

Atonement the jubilee trumpet was to sound throughout
the land, proclaiming liberty to the captive, to the debtor
the discharge of all debts, and the restoration of their lost
inheritances to those who had sold or were otherwise de-
prived of their possessions. Both of these periods were
Joyful seasons to the children of Israel : but joyful as they
were, the remembrance of them may lead us to anticipate

period of far, far hi,

For cheering as was the
nd of the jubilee-trumpet, and blessed as they were
' knew tha joyful sound,' we are looking for that
' descend
birch-

morning,

*romheaven with a shout, with the voice of th

•ed up in victory

lso, fruitful as the land
11 lands,' the true Israel of
)re glorious inheritance—

1, will enter upon a far
d undefiled
heavens

the ne

El new earth,

•ein dwelletb righteousness

Whilst the present position of these two great Socie-
Irings before us those parts of the history of God's
IA people which may cheer and animate our spirits ;

as the Church M

issionary Society

now co-

lebrating

Jubilee, they at the s.

i time afford

he records of botl

e Instittitions manifest the ineffable goodness of God
aising them from that day of small things' in which
these Societies commenced their undertakings, to the
i and honourable position in which, by the overruling

,rOvidence of God, and t

race and powerti

energy

• rather pri.vilege of abound
icing to His name. Their recc

done for the

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does not 100

SERIOUS CHAACZ OF EMBEZZLEMENT.—On Wednes-
day, the warehousettant who has been in the service of
Messrs. Rathbone Brothers and Co., of South Castle-
street, for the last twenty years, was apprehended on a
charge of having embezzled various sums of money, the
property of his employers. It appeared he had only 30s.
a-week, but that he had contrived to possess himself of
and invest the large sum of £l,BOO in railways. He was
brought up at the Police-court on Thursday, when evi-
dence was given that it was his duty to employ the por-
ters required in the various departments of the establish-
ment, and pay them their weekly wages. For that pur-
pose he kept a book, in which he entered the men's time,
and received the amount necessary for the payment of
the wages from the cashkeeper. Two instances were ad-
duced in which the prisoner had charged time as having
been worked by a porter ; in one case more money was
put down in the book than the man had received, and in
the other a week was charged as having been worked by
the same individual, when it was shown he had not been
employed a single day. Mr. Grocott, solicitor, appeared
for the prisoner, and contended that he had been guilty
of an act of imprudence in raising the wages of one of
the men 3s. per week, but nothing further could he alleged
against him. The prisoner was remanded till Saturday.
On that day Kehoe, a detective officer, who had charge of
the case, said he had no doubt that if it were postponed
for a week or so, he could adduce several still more serious
instances. He had searched the house of the prisoner,
and althoggh he had never been in the receipt of more
than thirty shillings a week, he found in scrip and money
not less than £3,700. He had shares in the Apothecaries'.
hall, and also money to a large amount invested in various
railways. Mr. Rushton said he would commit the pri-
soner for trial to the sessions on the evidence so far as it
had gone. It was clear that, for a lengthened period, he
had been practising a systematic robbery on one of the
most benevolent men living. In answer to an application
from Mr. Grocott, Mr. Rushton positively refused to
admit the prisoner to hail. He granted, however, an
order of admission to his only daughter, who desired to
see him.

CHARGE OF OBTAINING GOODS UNDER FALSE PRE-
TENCES.—On Friday, Maria Sutton, a young woman of
lody-like appearance, was brought before the magistrates
under the following circumstances :—lt appeared that on
Wednesday last the prisoner went to the shop of Mr.
Briscoe, Oldhall-street, and ordered a quantity of expen-
sive goods, consisting of silk dresses, cambric handker-
chiefs, &c., which she desired to be sent to the Coburg
Hotel, where she alleged her sister resided. The goods
came to £lB 175., and the prisoner said they would' be
paid for on ch.'

her instructions, and the prisoner received them ; but, on
inquiry being made as io the payment, the prisoner placed
the bill in an envelope, and directed that it should be sent
to Mr. Ashton Sutton, Jan., of Bootle. Subsequent in-
oniries led to the conclusion that a fraud had been at-
tempted, and the prisoner was taken into custody. It
transpired during the investigation that the prisoner was
the wife of Mr. Ashton Sutton, jun.,--that she had been
separated from her husband,. and that he allowed her 3s.
weekly. The prisoner, it was alleged, had obtained goods
in a similar manner to that charged against her from Mr.
Woollright's, Messrs. Rogerson and Co.'s, and Messrs.
Richardson and Cowburn's, and had been brought before
the court in November, 1843, and acquitted. It appeared
that, on application at the Coburg Hotel, the prisoner's
sister refused to give up the goods, but an order was made
by Mr. Rushton that they should be returned to Mr.
Briscoe or his assistants, otherwise a warrant would be
issued. Mr. Rushton said the case was a most serious
one as affecting the tradesmen and shopkeepers of the

town, and he Would remand the prisoner in order that
further inquiry might.be made. On Saturday Mr. Wood-

burn pleaded that the prisoner had not obtained the goods
from Mr. Briscoe with a fraudulent intention, but simply
with the view of inducing him to sue her husband for the
amount. Mr. Rushton said that he could not, consistently
with his duty, look upon the transaction as otherwise than
a fraud, for which she was amenable to• the criminal law.
She had had two warnings, having been brought before
himself five years ago, and before Mr. Percival on a sub-
sequent occasion. A mild view having been taken of the
matter, she had then been allowed to depart the court ;
and the consequence was, that a third fraud of like cha-
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himself believed that the larceny was complete ; shej had
never meant to pay for the goods. He should commit her
for trial. A charge by Messrs. Woollright and Chidson
against the prisoner was about to be proceeded with, but

appeareC

that case haC

refused ti

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