The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1851-02-25 00:00:00

THE PAPAL AGGRESSION.

Immense numbers of petitions are now presented
nightly to parliament against the recent Papal aggression.
ITALIAN ANTI-PAPAL MEETING.—A meeting of the
Italians residing in London, without any distinction of
religious or political opinions, was held on Wednesday at
London, in order to express their abhorrence of the tem-
poral power of the Pope, and their condemnation of the
recent attempt of the Court of Rome to extend its sway
to this country. Mr. Aubrey Berri having taken the
chair, the meeting was addressed by Signor Agostini, late
deputy of the Roman Constituent Assembly; Professor
A. Gallenga, of University College, London ; the Avocat
Lazotti, Signor Gaellano, Dr. Achilli, Father Gavazzi,
and others, and the following resolutions were carried

" 1. That the temporal power of the Pope always was, and
is, one of the most fatal calamities of Italy.
" 2. That the Italians at different epochs had struggled with
all their might against the temporal power of the Pope, and
shook it in repeated instances, and would have overthrown it
during the late disturbances of 1848 and 1849 but for the inter-
ference of other Powers.

"3. That the Italians see more with indignation and sorrow
than with surprise that England is threatened by a foreign
Power, notwithstanding the great light of reason and freedom
which has shone for centuries over that land; but they wish
to express their firm confidence that no power of darkness will
ever prevail over them.

"4. That the Italians at the same time; out of sympathy and
a feeling of gratitude towards English hospitality, take a share
in the commotion which has arisen in the English nation at
the threats of a Papal usurpation, and they are sure that the
English will have no difficulty in finding such measures as will
baffle all attempts of that nation, without, however, interfering
with that sacred right of freedom of conscience which consti-
tutes the greatest pride of England."

THE ECCLESIASTICAL TITLES BILL.—The Govern-
ment Bill is intituled, " A Bill to prevent the assumption
of certain Ecclesiastical titles in respect of places in the
United Kingdom ;" and consists of only four clauses.
The preamble recites, that whereas, by the Roman Catho-
lic Relief Act, (the 10th Geo. IV., c. 7, s. 24,) after re-
citing that the Protestant Episcopal Church ofEngland and
Ireland, and the doctrine, discipline, and government
thereof, were by the respective Acts of Union of England
and Scotland ,and of Great Britain and Ireland, established
permanently and inviolably, and that the right and title
of archbishops to their respective provinces, of bishops
to their sees, and of deans to their deaneries, as well in
England as in Ireland, had been settled and established
by law, it was enacted, " That if any person after the
commencement of that Act, other than the person there-
unto authorised by law, should assume or use the name,
style, or title of archbishop of any province, bishop of
any bishopric, or dean of any deanery. in England and
Ireland, he should for every such such offence forfeit and
pay the sum of one hundred pounds." It then recites,
that, " Whereas it may be doubted whether the recited
enactment extends to the assumption of the title of arch-
bishop or bishop of a pretended province or diocese, or
archbishop or bishop of a city, place, or territory in Eng-
land or Ireland, not being the see, province, or diocese of
any archbishop or bishop reepsnised by law ; but the at-
tempt to establish, under lour of authority from the
See of Rome or otherwise, such pretended sees, provinces,
or dioceses, is illegal and void, and the assumption of ec-
clesiastical titles in respect thereof is inconsistent with
the rights intended to be protected by the said enact-
ment. And whereas it is expedient to prohibit the assump-
tion of such titles in respect of any places within the
United Kingdom"—it then enacts that—" 1. If, after the
passing of this act, any person, other than a person there-
unto authorised by law in respect of an archbishopric,
bishopric, or deanery of the United Church of England
and Ireland, assume and use the name, style, or title of
archbishop, bishop, or dean of any city, town, or place, or
of any territory or district, (under any designation or de-
scription whatsoever), in the United Kingdom, whether
such city, town, or place, or such territory or district, be
or be not the see or the province or co-extensive with the
diocese, of any bishop, or the seat or place of the church
of any dean, or co extensive with any deanery, of the said
united church, the person so offending shall, for every
such offence, forfeit and pay the sum of one hundred
pounds, to be recovered as provided by the recited act."
2. Any deed or writing made, signed, or executed after
the passing of this act, by or under the authority of any
person, in or under any name, style, or title, which such
person is, by the recited act, and this act, or either of
them, prohibited from assuming or using, shall be void."
The 3d clause enacts, that future endowments of pre-
tended sees, &c., and gifts in favour of persons designated
by the prohibited titles, shall endure to the use of her
Majesty ; and that all powers in relation to charitable and
other trusts, or otherwise vested in persons so designated.
may be exercised as her Majesty may direct. The 4th
clause enacts, that every person liable to be sued for any
penalty under the act, shall, in any suit in equity, in rela-
tion to any such trust, &c., be compellable to answer upon
oath, notwithstanding his liability to such penalty; pro-
vided that no such ansvAr shall be admissible against such
person in any action for the recovery of such penalty.—
The bill is proposed to be read the second time on the 7th
of March,

Ninety-six members of the Irish bar, including two
Queen's sergeants and ten Queen's counsel, have signed a
Protest against the Ecclesiastical Titles Bill.
MARRIED POPISH PRIESTS.—A correspondence has
been published in the Brighton Gazette, by which it ap-
pears that the Rev. Henry Allen, vicar of Patchatn, Sus-
sex, has recently addressed two letters to Dr. Wiseman,
inquiring whether the Oriental Moronites were considered
to be in strict and perfect communion with the Church of
Rome, inasmuch as he had been informed that they re-
ceived the communion in both kinds ,• that they had a
married priesthood, and that their public service was not
conducted in the Latin tongue. Dr. Wiseman is repre-
sented to say, in his reply, that they differ in mo doctrine
from the Holy See; that their ecclesiastical language is
SyHtts., and that the " use of the cup," and the marriage
of priests before ordination, are permitted, as being
merely matters of discipline, allowed to the Moronites
in common with °` many churches in colnumnion with
Rome."

Feb. 25, 18310

Cardinal Wiseman held a large " reception" on Veg.
I day evening. Amongst others, the following Irish mere'
bers of parliament were present :—Mr. Devereux, Mr•
Fagan (Cork), Mr. Greene, Mr. Keatinge, Mr. Keogh,
Mr. Moore, Mr. Meagher (Waterford), Mr. O'FlahertY,
Mr. Reynolds, Mr. Sadler, Mr. Scully and Mr. Monsell.
MARIOLATRY.—The Northampton Herald contains
melancholy account of a young woman, brought up a pro-
testant, who was perverted to Romanism, and.induced to
sign an " Act of Consecration," the effect of which upon
her mind has been to deprive her of her reason. The
" Act of Consecration" dedicates her for ever " to the
Virgin."
On Thursday a crowded meeting of the Roman Catho-
lics of Manchester was held at the Free-trade Hall, to pe•
tition parliament against the Ecclesiastical Titles Assump-
tion Bill, and to express approbation of the recent rem
establishment of the Roman Catholic hierarchy in this
country. Mr. Daniel Lee, magistrate, presided. The
resolutions and the petitions were all unanimouslyadopted.
THE CRITICAL HOME SECRETARY.—A correspondent
of the Guardian inquires whether Sir G. Grey, who de-
clined to forward " the humble petition of Henry, Bishop
of Exeter," alleging that it was not in the usual form of
petitions or addresses to the Crown." ought not, in eon•
sistencv, to have declined the address recently presented
to her Majesty from 400,000 Romanists, in which they
speak of themselves as " the Catholics ?" seeing that the
Acts of Parliament describe them not as the Catholic,
but as the Roman Catholic subjects of her Majesty.
JESUITS IN ENGLAND.—A correspondent of the Bath
Chronicle who gives his name and address, says :—" I beg
to call the attention of the inhabitants of Bath to the fact
that there are at the present time many Jesuits about the
city who endeavour to entrap the unwary. One of these,
yesterday, accosted my female domestic in the streets, and
endeavoured to persuade her to become a Roman Catho-
lic ; he produced various tracts from which he read many
passages, and wished to know her name and residence,
whether or not she attended any place of worship, and
then wished her to sign her name in a book which he car-
ried. He ultimately left her without being able to make
the decided impression."
PUNCH.—Leach has an irresistible picture in friend
Punch this week. The title of it is " selling off." Scene—
the outside of a residence, at the door of which stands a
figure of the Cardinal, with crosier in his right hand, and
holding in his left a pair of slippers, which he is handing
to an " old clo," into whose wallet has already been de-
posited a mitre and other things. On a stand at the door
is the celebrated red hat, the stand labelled " Great bar-
gains, adapted for masquerades." The house front is
plastered with placards such as the following :—" Look
here ! To theatrical managers and pantomists a great
number of red stockings for almost nothing." " Pretty
little gimcracks for young ladies and children, at asto-
nishingly low prices." "To Tractarians. A prime lot of
wax ends." " Several winking pictures within." " Pu-
seyites, now is your time, a great number of white neck-
cloths, and black waistcoats buttoning up to the throat,
almost given away." " This shop established to supply
the British public with real Popery. No connection with
any other establishment." Over the door, " Must be
cleared in a few days." Near the same, and very con-
spicuous—" Alarming failure ! ! !"
ROMAN CATHOLIC RESIDUARY LEGATEE.—The follow-
ing letter has been addressed to the Morning Herald :
" A few days ago the ensuing case came before me pro-
fessionally. A Roman Catholic testator has left a con-
siderable legacy to the trustees of a Roman Catholic
chapel, to be applied in masses for his soul. The execu-
tor, who is sole residuary legatee, considers the legacy ex-
cessive, regard being had to the amount of the testator's
fortune; and having been informed the purpose for which
the legacy is applicable is made unlawful by an English
statute, he has manifested a disinclination to pay it in
full. It has, however, been intimated to him by a Roman
Catholic priest that unless the entire legacy be paid there
may be obstacles in the way of his partaking of the reli-
gious comforts looked upon by those professing his faith
as indispensable. Now, in common with some other
counsel to whom I have communicated the facts, I am de-
sirous of learning through the columns of your paper,
whether it is the duty of the Roman Catholic priesthood
to use the spiritual power of their church in order thus to
defeat an enactment of the English parliament, or whether
the above-mentioned intimation may be considered as pro-
ceeding only from mistaken, zeal ?—I am, &c., Charles
Parton Cooper.—Lincoln's-inn, Feb. 20, 1851.
JEsurrs IN DISGUISE.—An English gentleman, not
long since, while travelling on the continent, happened to
be taken ill, and during his sickness received great kind-
ness and attention from a Popish Priest, who visited him
as a stranger. The acquaintance thus commenced, how-
ever, proceeded no further; the Englishman, on being
res'ored to health, thanked his new friend for the kind
interest he had shown him, took his leave, and returned
home. The same gentleman, a short time ago, went to
look over the new Houses of Parliament, when, as he
passed along, he observed amongst the labourers a man
whose countenance struck him as being familiar to him.
He paused and looked again; and the more he looked, the
more certain he felt that the man he saw before him in
the garb of a labourer, was no other than his friend the
priest, of whose kindness he had preserved a lively re-
collection. Imagining that his friend had, from some
cause or another, been reduced to a state of distress which
compelled him to have recourse to a menial occupation,
and acting under the first. impulse of a mind conscious of
an obligation, when an opportunity of repaying it presents
itself, the gentleman accosted the priest. and, after a few
words of condolence on the condition In which he saw
him, proffered him his good offices. The reply was that
the only service he could render him was not to know him,"'
and to let him alone.—John Bull.
THE QUEEN'S SUPREMACY.—The Vicar of Somerton
has, we understand, received a reprimand from one of the
Secretaries of State, for sending up an address, purporting
to be a petition to the Queen, from the vicar, churchwar-
dens, and undersigned inhabitants of Somerton, on the
subject of papal aggression, but containing a clause deny-
ing the supremacy of her Majesty. Of course it was not
suffered to be laid before the Queen. The history of this
rejected address is somewhat curious. A loyal address to
her Majesty was in leisurely circulation about the town,
when forth comes the parish clerk with the vicar's ad-
dress, and goes about from house to house with great
celerity, and obtains many signatures, the imposing names
and signatures of the vicar and churchwardens no doubt
satisfying the great majority of the unsuspecting inhabi-
tants that all was right, and that a perusal of the writing
was unnecessary, it being chiefly explained by the clerk,
who probably was as innocent of the taint as the sub-
scribers themselves. The clerk was not at all particular
in his applications, his object (it is supposed) being to get
as many names as he could ; and so the address was
pregnant with the absurdity of numerous dissenters tell-
ing her Majesty that the archbishops and bishops were
the only spiritual head of the Church in England. But
notwithstanding this manceuvre, the genuine petition
from Somerton had a goodly number of signatures, was
presented to the Queen, and the subscribers had the
satisfaction of being informed by Sir George Grey that it
had been received by her Majesty very graciously.—
Bridgwater Times.
ST. PETER'S FETTERS AT ROME.—One fine morning,
about the middle of January, and, if I recollect rightly,
on the 14th, a little group of persons were collected round
the side entrance of the Church of San Pietro, in Vinculi,
as if waiting to enter. An ecclesiastic soon opened the
door from within, and beckoned to the people to come in,
which they did immediately, following him into the
sacristry, where the important relic which gives the
church its name, the chain with which St. Peter was
bound at Rome, is carefully preserved. Here the whole
party knelt down. and spent some time in preparatory
orations, after which the priest produced with great
solemnity, from a cabinet in the wall, a silver urn, con-
taining the sacred relic. This urn was viewed with all
due veneration by the kneeling party, but the priest inti-
mated that he could not proceed to open it until the per-
sons he expected had arrived. The entrance of Lord and
Lady Fielding soon made it evident whom he expected.
The Pope had granted to these noble converts a rare mark
of his affectionate regard—a favour only conferred upon
persons of the highest distinction and the most catholic
sentiments—the permission to kiss and contemplate the
veritable iron fetters of St. Peter, miraculously preserved
down to the present day. The objects of this sovereign
indulgence having been placed in a kneeling posture, were
allowed not only to see and kiss the chain, consisting of
a few links and a sort of hinge or double hook, but to.
have their heads bound round with it, and their rosaries,
which they took from their necks for the purpose, well
rubbed against it, in order to derive as much virtue as
possible from the contact. The remainder of the little
party looked on with pious awe, but were not permitted
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priestlyblessing.--Roman Correspondent oftheDaily News.
DR. MURRAY AND THE PAPAL BlLL.—This " meek.
man," as he has been called, has just issued a " pastoral"
in as high and vehement a strain of archiepiscopal indig-
nation as the heart of any disappointed politician could
desire. " His Grace" says :—" With respect to titles,
your bishops claim no inherent right to any of those which
are derived from any earthly fountain of honor. But the
spiritual titles derived from the church—their titles to
their episcopal sees, derived as they are from the divinely
constituted fountain of spiritual jurisdiction—they are not
free to surrender. Those titles are registered in heaven.
They have not been given by any secular power, and nO
secular power can take them away. We know our flocks,
and they know us. They recognise in us their spiritual
pastors, exercising episcopal jurisdiction over them in the
sees in which they reside. We are their bishops ; they
know us to be so, and yet a law is proposed forbidding us,
under penalties which we could not pay, and the nonpay-
ment of which would doom us to a prison, to acknow-
ledge, even to our own flocks, that we are what they know
us to be, the pastors whom the head of our church, acting
according to its known discipline, has placed over them.
What adds to the palpable injustice of such a law is the
insulting mockery of pretending that it leaves untouched
our religious liberty. No ; the variety of ways in which
this grievous law, if strictly enforced, would harass us in
the unavoidable exercise of our merely spiritual functions,
would take away from you as well as from us even the
semblance of religious freedom. But this is not all. The
poor also aro to be made its victims. Famine and pesti-
lence have not, it seems, done enough to render this
unfortunate country one of the most afflicted nations of
the earth ; this law was still wanting to fill up the cup of
its afflictions. Its poor are not yet wretched enough, the
current of charity must be stopped. IN a pious Catholisr
moved by the express command of his Saviour and h*:
Judge to give alms,' should entrust the fruits of his
benevolence to his spiritual pastor, and call him. Even
through mistake, by his proper title, the holy gift is ter*
from the destined objects of his charity, and may be em-
ployed by Protestant hands to corrupt the faith throu
which he hoped for salvation. And this, too, is for 110
called religious freedom ; and this lathe return which the
Catholic clergy are to receive for their efforts in the hour
of trial for the preservation of public order. But, blessed
be God, our reward is from above."

Feb.

;Local gam

Mr. Radley, of the Adelphi Hotel, has offered to make
a contribution of wine to the Sailors' Home Bazaar.
A. large measure of support is being accorded to the
pro 03 new line of telegraph between London and
Liverpool.
Charles Holland has left town for Amsterdam to attend
imPortant meeting of the Dutch Rhenish railway
directors.
There will be no steamer from America this week. in
nclusequence of the Atlantic not being ready to take
station.
The freight upon flour from New York to Liverpool
'Was from 5s to 95 per barrel in 1847. In 1850, is. 6d. to
2a. ; but on ihe Ist of February last the freight was only Bd.
A. plasterer named Madden, fell from a scaffold fifty
feet higher
at' St. George's-hall, on Thursday, He was
conveyed to the Infirmary in an almost lifeless state.
, Mr. George Aikin, a resident merchant at that port,
"on of our townsman, Mr. James Aikin,) ted her
is
appointed
Britannic Majesty's Consul at San Francisco.,
The packet-ship Albert Gallatin, Captain ar-
rived in the river on Sunday from New York, after
i a very'
one run of fourteen days, having sailed from New York
on the 9th instant.
MARINERS' CHURCH TEA PARTY.—This interesting
celebration yielded, for the funds of the schools, &c.,
attached to the church, no less a sum than £4l 45., after
Paying all the expenses.
The United States mail steam-ship Pacific, Nye, com-
taander, which left the Mersey on Saturday, with the usual
mails for New York direct, took out twenty passengers
and a fair freignt of merchandize.
Letters from Marseilles announce, that the Liverpool
!crew steam-ship Arno arrived at that port on the 16th
).41.stant, after a run of 48 houss from Palermo ; and the
l'lvarno from Palermo, on the 17th instant;mr
THE LATE RIOT AT BIRKENHEAD. —Mr. Welsby,
recorder of Chester, has been appointed to state
.w hat
Portion of the charges for this affair ought to be paid by
the county, the hundred of Wirral, or other parties.
Mr. Shaw, a gentleman long known in this town as
connected with the carrying trade, has been chosen by the
directors of the Southeastern Railway Company to the
°I to of goods manager.
We perceive that an eminent minister from Wales is to
each at St. David's Church, on the anniversary of the
welsh Patron Saint ; and that eminent ministers of this
town are to preach there on Sunday next.
John Murphy, a child two years old, who resided with
its parents in Hook-street, was dreadfully burned on
Monday last, and it died from the injuries received next
morning.
The model of Liverpool, preparing for the great exhibi-
tion, will be open for inspection esch day, between twelve
end one o'cloc, on and after Monday, at the rooms, in
Lord-street.
C hur
The Rev. Thos. Nolan, M.A., incumbent of St. John's
ch, Bedford-row, London, preached two powerful
n,errcions, on Sunday week, in support of the Sunday and
may schools connected with the church, when upwards of
1013 were collected in aid of the funds of the schools.
G°a Monday, a fine screw steamer, intended for the
.I,_aseow and Liverpool Shipping Company.
.. for the
, Me-
claerranean trade, was launched at Mr. Napier 's yard,
s'"aa• Herl length of keel is 200 feet, and her engines
are
On horse-ewer. She is to be called the Arabian.
1"n Tuesday morning last, between one and two o'clock,
"ehn Ileshlistahevn,eurameglhaemrekee gamekeeper to the Earl of Derby, was
attacked
of men, armed with bludgeons and
;ague▪ s, any injured. The unfortunate man's life
.•
al, of.
LnARMONIC SOCIETY.—The second concert will
:tee place on Tuesday. The first part will include Bee-
*unveil's Symphony in D, and the finale to the opera of
"Pidelio."• The second part will consist of a selection
frr. the operatic works of Sir Henry R. Bishop.
t “IstY, brilliant weather has prevailed during the last
Ivo or three days. Yesterday and Sunday the atmos-
Phere was especially pure and invigorating, and unusual
untnbers of strollers were abroad to enjoy the sunshine
and Pleasant breezes.
to br. Fisher has kindly undertaken, by special request,
r
deliver a popular lecture on the solar system, inCo
itallis-street School-room, this evening, at seven o'clock.
the Bev. H. 'Carpenter will preside. and the whole of
ciiolioriosc.eeds are to be devoted to the Church of England
1311"BERY OF LETTERS.—Mrs. Travers, plumber, of
a Olbont
Posted two letters on Monday last, addressed to
th,:au merchant of Liverpool, and inclosing bank notes to
deitYahl.e of £ll5, neither of which letters arrived at their
andThation They were posted at nine and twelve o'clock,
contained halves of the notes.
p tt°hi? Thursday a court for the transfer and removal of
Pec,.can's licenses was held in the Sessions-house, Cha-
orif,,reet.
Fr There were three applications for removals,
Ida" of which was granted, namely, that of John
wer;-'ana from Mason-street to Portland-street. There
numerous applications for transfers, the great ma-
y of which were sanctioned by the magistrates.
serie(isN,TReVRKSIAL LECTURES.—The next lecture of the
of th-,,„,°r_ in course of delivery in this town on the errors
C„hurch'll4.llrch of Rome, will be delivered, in St. Jude's
J• B. I.4'a-morrow (Wednesday) evening, by the Rev.
,erenine owe, on " Justification." on the followiHg
lii"Olanerher of the same course will be delivered in
▪ •,1 '8
Church, Toxteth-park, by the Rev. J. 0.
uindennuhent.
IsPon ers
tau(' that the Rev. Dr. Aspinall's sermon
is on the 11°Thish doctrine of " sacramental justification,"
s;-- ere of publication, dedicated by express permis-
Zit! to I.:
-is Grace the Duke of Argyll, with an original
bre ace added, addressed by the Doctor to his Grace.
Aspinan, we hear, received special marks of attention
Marquis
the Duke, when in Scotland, as well as from the
of Ailsa, who had a pew in Dr. Aspinall's chapel
at Maybole. ST. June's.--The Rev. Josiah B. Lowe on Sunday
evening last delivered the second of a series of lectures on
TheS
" mass' " as taught by the Church of Rome.
11,O.iect was transubstantiation ; and in order to shew
so"uat was really taught and believed by the Church of
'some on that heada, the talented divine read the decrees
of the Council of Trent, by which it was made an article
eem°colaf ; and then, after shewing it was repugnant to
Mtnonice sense, defended our own beautiful and scriptural
serv.
BIRKENHEAD, LANCASHIRE, AND CHESHIRE JUNC-
erIION RAILWAY.—The traffic of this line seems to be
ogressing very satisfactorily, into which a new element
It'ras been recently introduced,' by the arrival of the first
laaln of crates from the Pottery districts on Thursday.
sast, which were stored in the Dock Warehouses on the
daY. The directors of this company seem deter-
por• ned so avail themselves of all the advantages of the
eenaly_f Birkenhead, by giving every encouragement to its
seleircial interests.
Taesdon,,llß Rim—About eight o'clock on the evening of
Cause sp'l;B‘t, serious disturbance took place at a public-
•jtlrnedi tr-"aeharn-street, when a navigator from Preston,
dispute .";eaShan, who was in liquor at the time, had a
to, enßith one of his companions ; blows were resorted
brow; eaghan was knocked down, when his antagonist
con k•
icked him several times over the head. He was
it pr • In a state of insensibility to the hospital, where
fractureascertaine that he had received a severe compound
of the skull. He remains in considerable danger.
chi Y ill' CLUB BALI..—The ball of the Royal Mersey
hai Club, on the 20th March, in the Philharmonic-
pro to be a very brilliant affair, and will ap-
ii,..uxitnate to similar splendid entertainments in the me-
Mr. Castle, of the George, will supply every
• j"eaeY with his usual credit; and among the ornamentsts
elegant and well-filled refresnment-table will be
of' sell beautiful models in sugar of yachts, the property
cotiembers of the club. Everything is being done by the
hayvaittee to command the most complete success.
ARGE SAFE.—"Within the last few days, Mr. Harrison
g; exhibited for inspection, at his shop in Lord-street, a
Thp.Vntic safe, of Tann's manufacture, made for Mr.
oPh Samuel, watch-case manufacturer, Wood-street.
veri safe weighs nearly two tons, and is fitted Hp with
bolt us ingenious appliances, the manner in which the
do Ls, with incredible ease, are thrown out all round the
I,or, being perfectly unique. It is capable of resisting,
co enlY the utost action of fire, but its strength and
Istruction render it impregnable to burglars.
ed, IPTHeit CLIPPER.—On Saturday week, was launch-
.l.°ln the yard of the celebrated shipbuilders at 'White-
folgen, Messrs. L. Kennedy and Co., a remarkably fine
She geed ship, of 400 tons register, called the Braganza,
int„l classed A 1 at Lloyd's for thirteen years, and is
the Zled for the Brazil trade. The launch took place in
anao-r,:i!ing. amidst the cheers ;of numerous spectators,
(the whom were Messrs. B. Nicholson, A. W. Lyon
Reatren7ers of this fine vessel), Frederick Lyon, and other
Tsii-nen from this town.
iron, ACKET-SHIP YORKSHIRE.—This vessel sailed
sepses-Lirerlsool on the 4th ultimo, but met with very
head gales, and on the 19th instant was forced into Holy-
,labed•L'a3'. She let o an anchor, and when the tide had
-the-le,°asiderabl gshe began to strike on the bottom.
the L'l'P's boat wasY' then sent on shore for assistance. By
Was of some steamers and other boats, the Yorkshire
am', towed into harbour, when all the passengers were
The'l landed, and forwarded' in a steamer to Liverpool.
the Conduct of Captain Shearman has been spoken of in
of the commendable commendable terms. We understand that one
veih.e,yessels alluded to above, and which rendered most
Wttell,ule assistance to the Yorkshire, having towed her off,
to p!'"0 Prince of Wales—the •' spare" mail boat belonging
1,42 City of Dublin Steam-packet Company.
IyeeTIVIDENTIAL RESCUE.—In the early part of the pest
leoe'",,tt Publican, residing in the neighbourhood of Park-
,elincipuad a serious quarrel with his wife. One of their
coo,,e'en was sleeping in the upper front room of the
altere.a"O ..nd was startled by the noise arising from the
and j n to such an extent that it rushed out of bed
ofe4"rraPed through the window into the street. A police
Cass, 17as Passing at the time, and hearing the crash of
pr eseri "e saw the child rapidly descending. With great
eeived ef mind he prepared himself to save it, and re.
child nn In his arms. The concussion was serious. The
sestai;.niPed uninjured, but we regret to say the officer
keotal'u some injuries about the chest and arms, and the
hi ro fiend bodily shock he experienced has since unfitted
Rao! the discharge of his ordinary duties.
tl'ettrly
saLieIToTfLEDALE'S ANNUAL CATTLE SALE.—The
cattle on the estate of Harold Littledale,
tk," Banksfield Liscard, took place on Tuesday ; and
foututuagehr tohe display' of cattle' was not so large as upon some
spia,;, cessions, it was most excellent as regarded the
the and condition of the animals. The appearance of
shOrt.horne
Mtn th d bullocks called forth general admiration,
eXer • e care and judgment which
.had evidently been
br acised in the breeding. The Lincolnshire was the
-emainiaiting breed, as far as the cattle were concerned
and the
fartnetteeptv.ere of the Leicester class. The attendance
'Anti and butchers from our own and neighbouring
,sea WaS moat numerous ; and the eneral impression
ab,4"4-I.t a finer show of cattle, considering its extent had
Scot ueen offered to the public. The prices realized' for
Scot from from £l2 to £l5 ; and for short horned cat-
co 418 to £l5- Sheep were sold at from 335. to 425.

HONESTY IN RAGS.—On Saturday night last, a gen-
tleman, in passing along Ranelagh-street, dropped from
his pocket a coin, which he supposed at the time to be a
fourpenny-piece. A poor, wretched-looking man was
passing. The gentleman, after looking about for a few
minutes, told the apparent mendicant the amount of the
money lost, saying that if he found it he could keep it.
The man, after considerable search, found a half-sove-
reign, and proceeded straight to the police-station, where
he told Sergeant Carnes the circumstance, adding that he
would leave the money, as he was desirous it should be
returned to the rightful owner. The poor man said that
his name was Mullin,—that he was a mason on " tramp,"
—had but fivepence in the world, but he was desirous
that every one should have his own. _

TIMBER SALE AT BIRKENHEAD.—On Thursday and
Friday, an extensive sale of timber took place on the
quays of the Morpeth and Egerton Docks, Birkenhead,
by Messrs. Holme, Slater, and Crook. The sales were
well attended, by persons from all parts of Cheshire,
North Wales, Manchester, .87c. The bidding was ani-
mated, and the prices obtained most satisfactory. These
sales tend to show that a great timber trade will imme-
diately be concentrated on the Cheshire side of the
Mersey. At the cemmencement of the sale Mr. Slater
announced to the meeting that the Cheshire Junction
Railway was opened for the carriage of goods that day,
by which means timber sold could be sent direct through
to Manchester, and delivered within an hour or two after
its purchase. Mr. Roberts, the manager to the company,
was present to treat with any party to forward lots to
Manchester at the same rates as from Liverpool, which
circumstance places Birkenhead in a better position, and
the directors of the railway have exercised a wise discretion.
BEAUTIFUL MODEL.—A model of the church and hall
of Wavertree has been constructed for the great exhibi.
tiou, by Mr. Lascelles, a resident of that township. The
model, which is under a glass case, measures 16 inches by
12, and has occupied the leisure hours of its designer
during the last eighteen months. As a representation of
the locality it is as exact as possible ; nothing is omitted,
the level of the ground being in strict accordance with
nature. The figures, which are of remarkable minuteness,
were all carved by a penknife in wood, and are beautifully
and correctly coloured. Before the church is a wedding
party, and in the churchyard a gravedigger busily engaged
in following his avocation. In the gardens and grounds
attached to Wavertree-hall, the trees, cucumber frames,
beehives, cattle, swans, and the various inhabitants, are
all present; and in front of it we noticed the well-known
newsman, George Day, whose likeness is most perfect.
In an adjacent barn a man is busily employed in thrashing
out corn, and close by are several hives of bees. The
whole model is, in fact, a most ingenious specimen of
patient and industrious talent.
THE GUNPOWDER MAGAZINES.—The returns moved
for by Mr. William Brown, in reference to the magazines,
have just been published. They comprise, with little that
is new, all the correspondence which has taken place be-
tween our local authorities and Sir George Grey. The
following are the last propositions which were made by
the trustees :—" That should the suggestion of magazines
up the river be approved of by the government and the
Town Council, the lessees would propose the following as
the basis of the arrangement :—That the Corporation
should obtain, at their expense, the requisite powers by
act of parliament, or otherwise, for the erection of the
store magazines and the land which should be purchased
by them. That the lessees should have leases granted to
them, at a nominal rent, of the sites of their store maga-
zines, for a term of not less than 75 years. That the les-
sees should bear, by arrangement amongst themselves, all
the expenses of constructing the magazines, walls, roads,
piers, &c. That with respect to the magazines at Walla-
sey, the lessees would consent to limit the quantity stored
there for issue to a maximum of 5,000 barrels at one time,
entertaining at the same time the hope that, with a store
magazine up the river, this quantity would be in practice
much diminished. That the lessees would consent to
adopt such improvements in the management of the maga-
zines at Wallasey as may be considered requisite."

LIABILITY OF AN UNLICENSED MEDICAL PRACTI-
TIONER.-011 Wednesday an inquiry was held at Parry's
Hotel, Seacombe, relative to the death of a child, three-
and-a-half years old, named Mary France, whose death it
is supposed resulted from improper treatment on the part
of the medical gentleman who attended her. It appeared
from the evidence that the child and her brother, a boy
about six years old, had been taken ill about three weeks
ago. The mother applied for two notes to the dispensary,
which she presented to Mr. Horne, the surgeon, who
asked her why she had not come at an earlier hour, and
he did not call to see the children until one o'clock the
following day, when he left them some powders which he
had in his pocket. He did not call again for a day or two.
The parents of the children thought this neglect, and
called in Mr. Bird, who gave the boy some medicine, and
he has since recovered. On Saturday the girl became
worse, and Mr. Bird administered some more medicine.
On Sunday Mr. Bird was again sent for, and he ordered
her a little wine, which had the effect of reviving her for a
short time. On Sunday evening Mr. Halliday called and
prescribed a mustard plaster and some barley water,
which, however, took no effect, and she soon died. Mr.
Bird was treating her for dropsy. The jury returned
a verdict of " natural death," urging that Mr. Bird was
called in when the child was in an almost hopeless state:t
ST. PAUL'S AND ST. JOHN'S CHURCHES.—The report
of the Committee, which was read at the adjourned meet-
ing of commissioners under the acts of Parliament of the
2d of George 111., c. SO ; and also the 7th of George 111.,
c. 80 ; showed that out of the reserved-seat rents of
St. Paul's Church there was a sum of £l5O ; of this there
was a payment of £5O to the head minister and £5O to
the second minister. These payments were obligatory.
As to the remaining £5O, the commissioners had the power
to dispose of it in any manner they thought proper be-
tween head and second ministers, the clerk, and sexton.
The committee recommended that the second minister
have an addition of £2O to his salary (now £150,) making
it £l7O per annum ; that the clerk have £l5 per snnum,
with £5 additional on condition of his collecting the pew-
rents and accounting to the commissioners for the same;
and that the salary of the sexton be fixed at £lO per an-
num. Mr. Dover moved the addition of .t2O to the salary
of Mr. George Reed. the second minister of St. Paul's,
£2O to the clerk, and £lO to the sexton. The resolution
was adopted. Mr. Dover called attention to the arrears
for ground rents of certain pews, amounting to £l5O, due
from several magistrates and members of the Council. If
the rents were not paid the seats were forfeited, and fell
into the hands of the Corporation, who then became re-
sponsible. He thought Mr. Lowndes should take steps
with a view to the recovery of the ground-rents, and give
notice to the seatholders. Kmotion, embodying this sug-
gestion was adopted. Mr. Dover said an application had
been made by the ministers, for improving the ventilation
of St. John's Church ; and, from a report made by Mr.
Picton, the cost of doing the work would be about £l5O.
This matter, however was reserved.
EXTRAORDINARY CASE OF CHILD MURDER.—A dis-
tressing case of child murder occurred at Edge-lane on
Wednesday. About six months since, a woman, named
' Mary Kennedy, engaged herself as cook at the house of
Mr. M. D. Lowndes, and, until the evening of the day in
question, no suspicion was entertained of her condition.
She had prepared the dinner in the usual way, and went
across the yard to the water-closet. Shortly afterwards a
Peculiar noise was heard, which attracted the attention of
the waiter, a charwoman, and the butler, who all three
went into the yard, and were met by the woman Kennedy.
She carried a sack, containing something bulky, in her
hand, and when she saw them, threw it under a settle,
kicking it with her foot. The charwoman endeavoured to
possess herself of the bundle ; but Kennedy took it up,
and ran down the garden, where she threw it against a
stone wall. The butler at length succeeded in getting
possession of the sack, and, on being opened, it was found
to contain a newly- born male child. The poor little
creature was immediately put in a warm bath, Dr.
Pritchard having been sent for, and it was found that a
piece of cotton rag had been tied tightly round its neck,
evidently in order to produce strangulation. It was badly
bruised at the back of the head ; but the conjecture is,
that when the unfortunate and inhuman mother put the
child in the bag, she supposed it to be dead. When the
discovery was made, she tried to escape; but information
was conveyed to the intelligent and efficient officer
Inspector Thomas Orton, at the police-station, and the
woman was found, about two hours afterwards, loitering
about Laurel-road. She was taken back to the house,
where she has since remained in a somewhat precarious
condition. The infant died about twelve hours after the
discovery : and on Saturday, Mr. Hayes, the coroner,
held an inquest on the body, and, after a lengthy investi-
gation, a verdict of wilful murder was recorded.
CLASSICAL CHAMBER CONCERTS.—On Wednesday
evening last was held the fifth of Messrs. Thomas and
Haddock's concerts.. The programme was choice, as
usual. Mr. Wilberforce took the viola on the occasion, in
the place of Mr. Baetens ; with this exception the execu-
tants were the same as heretofore. Mrs. H. Beale, Mr.
Thomas, and Mr. Haddock, played Beethoven's unique
trio in D, op. 70, for piano-forte, violin, and violoncello.
This is an extremely difficult work, not as requiring more
than usual manual dexterity ; the difficulty consists in
giving a clear and faithful interpretation of the author's
meaning. The first and last movements were somewhat
wanting in that high finish which ought to be the chief
consideration in performing the latter works of Beethoven,
and which is the main reason why those wonderful
creations have so generally been looked upon as crude and
unintelligible. The largo was more satisfactory. Haydn's
fresh and sparkling quartett was well played by Messrs.
Thomas, Lawson, Wilberforce, and Haddock. In Bee-
thoven's sonata in G, op. 30, for piano-forte and violin,
the violin was coarse, and wanting in delicacy. The
allegro assai is particularly animated and brilliant ; the
second movement, tempo di menuetto,is calm and simple,
characterised by a melancholy dignity that is quite
charming. Mr. Thomas appeared not to have entered
into the true spirit of it. The allegro vivace went the best.
The duo, by Schubert and Kummer, for violin and violon-
cello, played by Mr. Thomas and Mr. Haddock in their
best style, afforded us another opportunity of recording
the excellence of Mr. Haddock as a violoncellist. His
executive yerfection, and careful finish, were particularly

remarkable. The trio in E flat, by Hummel, for piano-
forte, violin, and violoncello, excellently played by Mrs.
H. Beale, Mr. Thomas, and Mr. Haddock, was a welcome
item in the programme.. Hummel's piano-forte works
are unjustly neglected ; the trio in question, and others
we could mention, are inferior only to those of Beethoven
and Mendelssohn.
THE LAST WEEK.—We cannot allow Mr. Colles to

leave Liverpool, without once more directing the atten-
tion of our readers to his very clever and entertaining ex-
hibition and sale of magical curiosities; next Saturday
terminates his present very successful visit to this town ;
we must confess that we are rather surprised at his leav-
ing, as it certainly is not for want of business. his rooms
being so fully attended, and his pupils as. numerous, if
not more so, than on his arrival ; we believe he has
received numerous invitations from different towns
throughout the county, where the reportsof the wonders
wrought by him in Liverpool have, excited intense curio-
sity ; whether he intends responding; to these various calls
upon him we have not heard.

HOLYHEAD RAILWAY AND THE CITY OF DUBLIN
STEAM-PACKET COMPANY.—It is stated that all the dif-
ferences that have existed between the Chester and Holy-
head Railway Company and the Dublin Steam-packet
Company have been fully adjusted—the latter company
having, during the week, purchased all the steam vessels
belonging to the former. A contract has been made be-
tween the two companies, by which the Chester and
Holyhead company bind itself not to compete with the
Dublin company for the sea traffic—the Dublin company
binding itself to carry out certain arrangements which will
bring traffic to the railway. Among the results which
it is expected will follow from the harmonious action of
the two companies, will be a plan for the transit from
Ireland, which will enable the southern farmer to transmit
his fattened cattle to London by sea and rail, at a cost of
£1 per head. The proposed plan includes the supply, by
the company, of caretakers during the whole transit.
BLUE-COAT BROTHERLY SOCIETY.—The annual dinner
of this excellent society was held at the Adelphi Hotel,
on Tuesday evening, when upwards of eighty gentlemen
were present. The chair was ably filled by Mr. Wood,
master of the hospital, and president of the society ; and
amongst the gentlemen present were the Yen. Archdeacon
Brooks, Rev. T. Halton, Joseph Langton, Anthony
Swainson, John Swainson, G. Withers, and G. Gibson,
Esqrs. After the usual loyal toasts, the chairman pro-
posed " The Church," which was responded to in an
admirable address by the Ven. Archdeacon, who dwelt
forcibly upon the necessity of a sound Scriptural educa-
tion, and the advantages of the hospital in particular.
Mr. Joseph Langton proposed the health of Mr. and
Mrs. Foster, the late master and matron, which was re-
ceived in a manner that fully proved the high estimation
in which they were held by their late pupils. The
" Town and Trade of Liverpool" followed, responded to
by Mr. Thomas Brakell. The health of the chairman
was proposed by the Yen. Archdeacon, after which several
other toasts and sentiments followed, and the proceedings
were greatly enlivened by the excellent glee-singing of
Messrs. George Holden, Boothby, Evans, &c.
THE MERCANTILE MARINE ACT.—The sailors be-
longing to this port have continued during the week to
exhibit their antipathy to this act by street processions,
accompanied by flags and bands of music. We trust,
however, that the following intelligence will moderate
their wrath :—A deputation of seamen from Shields,
Sunderland, Hartlepool, and Stockton, were received by
Mr. Labouchere on Wednesday. They were accom-
panied by Mr. Hume and Mr. Wawn. Their principal
grievances were the compulsory attendance at shipping-
offices and the regulations as to fines. The following
answer was read and delivered to them by Mr. Labou-
chere, and in accordance with it he has in the north-
eastern ports suspended the use of the regulations above-
.mentioned, and of the forms which contain them. They
are no essential part of the act : they may, one or all, be
either adopted or omitted, as either the master or the
crew choose; they were not intended to be all adopted in
all ships; but were so framed that some might be taken in
one trade, and some in another, according to the wants of
the case. Mr. Labouchere said—" The shipping-offices
are established by law, and can only be abrogated
by an act of parliament. I believe that when they are
fairly tried, they will be found to be equally beneficial to
sailors and their employers ; but I repeat it, that if, after
they have received a fair trial, any portions of the system
recently introduced shall be found to be injurious or op-
pressive, I will take an early opportunity of proposing
that the law shall be altered in such respects as may be
proved to require it. With regard to the regulations as
to fines, which are now completely optional, and certainly
not an essential part of the act, they can, of course, be
modified or suspended by the Board of Trade. I have
given directions that the use of the forms which contain
these regulations shall be discontinued in the northern
ports, where it appears they have given rise to misappre-
hension and dissatisfaction. In conclusion, I must ex-
press an opinion that the seamen of the northern ports
will consider their true interests, and will best insure the
careful consideration of any complaints which they may
desire to lay before the government or parliament, by dis-
couraging those scenes of violence in which a portion
among them have been persuaded to engage."
CURABILITY OF CONSUMPTION.—It appears that the
views lately put forth by Dr. Turnbull, physician to the
Infirmary of Liverpool, in a work on the Curability and
Treatment of Consumption, which are of a more encou-
raging nature than those generally entertained, have
pained the sanction of the profession ; and the following
extract from an article on the subject of consumption in
the British and Foreign Medico-Chirurgical Review
(January 1, 1851), the leading quarterly medical journal,
must be interesting to many :—" His (Dr. Turnbull's)
object is simply to investigate the question of the curability
of phthisis, and having rendered an affirmative answer, to
indicate the best means of bringing about a result so de-
sirable. We are quite at one with him in nearly all he
says ; and being deeply persuaded of the necessity of a
clear apprehension of the point at issue, seeing that a
combatant without hope is most likely to be defeated, we
purpose, very briefly, to indicate the nature and source of
the proofs we possess, that consumptive patients are not
ipso facto incurable. The most conclusive evidence of
the possibility of a recovery from phthisis is derived from
necroscopic examinations. But we are not limited to pa-
thological revelations for all our arguments in favour of
the curability of phthisis. There are, besides these, nu-
merous instances on record of the recovery of patients,
who nad presented all the rational signs and symptoms of
consumption ; and every year adds to the number of
these. In the work before us, Dr. Turnbull narrated 13
cases. In two of these, recovery took place from the first
stage. In a third, the second stage had commenced ;
there was complete restoration of health, and the physical
signs were reduced to mere roughness of respiration, with
prolonged expiration, and vocal and tussive resonance. In
another; with hmmoptysis and cavity, there was recovery
of the general health and removal of the cavity. In ano-
ther, in the third stage, the cavity remained patent. but
contracted, and the health was restored. In another,
where there were evidences of extensive disease and cavity,
similar improvement took place in the system at large,
and almost all physical signs were removed. In the re-
mainder, the disease was arrested. How far these reco-
veries may be permanent—for recoveries they are, though
it is too early to speak of them as aosolute cures—we can-
not of course say. But the experience derived from the
first source will surely warrant the hope, that by the
avoidance of known exciting causes, the health may be
retained at a moderately good point for the ordinary term
of life. We have ourselves had for six or seven years a
very interesting case under our notice, in which the gra-
dual hut steady improvement has been most gratifying,—
the signs of active disease which once existed being gone,
snuffling bronchophony remaining as the almost sole evi-
dence of local mischief. In this case, we believe, that a
cavity was healed by the formation of a thick lining mem-
brane, and is now probably undergoing the process of
contraction. These things surely teach us a lesson of no
little importance : they cannot but tell us that despair is
unwise ; that we may hope even for our consumptive pa-
tients ; and that, hoping, we are bound to use all the ap-
pliances which our art makes known, medicinal, hygienic,
climatic, to bring about what some will call an arrest,
what others will designate by the more cheering name of
recovery, but what, call it as we may, is in numberless
instances a priceless boon."— Cheltenham Examiner.