The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1850-11-19 00:00:00

EXTRAORDINARY PROCEEDINGS.

FORGERY.—WiIIiam C. Robson, the captain of the
" Trio," of Sunderland, appeared at the bar of the
Liverpool Police-court, yesterday, charged with having
forged the acceptance of a bill for £5l 18s 6d. It
appeared from what transpired in court, that the Trio
belonged to Mr. George Bell, who was the prisoner's
uncle. On Saturday morning last, the prisoner presented
a bill for the above amount, to Messrs. Huson and Ward,
ship-chandlers ; the bill was drawn in favour of this firm,
and purported to be accepted by George Bell. These
gentlemen, however, hearing that Bell was about to sail
in the Trio, went in search of him, and was seen on the
Pierhead when Mr. Huson produced the bill, and asked
him if that was his signature ; he denied it at once, and
said that he never authorised Robson to append his name
to the document. On this statement the latter was ap-
prehended on the charge of forgery. Mr. Yates, who
appeared for the prosecution, elicited from the prisoner's
father-in law evidence, reflecting rather suspiciously on
the objects of the owner of the ship. This witness
stated that the prisoner had signed the bill on Saturday
evening, in the presence of himself and wife, at Bell's
request, who had said that he could not see well. Bell
had gone to a Mr. Ward's house, in Cornwallis-street, on
Saturday night, after the apprehension of the captain,
where he was detained by Mr. Ward until a late hour;
however, a Mr. George Walker, a rel:,t: ):; o r,:: 's. came
to the house and insisted on taking Buil .r.11;.11 he

did, and as the police could not 11:1, r any
clue as to his place of concealment, tie eve had almost
fallen through, in consequence of his absence. Carnes,
however, who apprehended the captain, stated that when
taken, he acknowledged that when he signed the bill,
there was no one but the captain and his mother-in-law
present ; this was contradictory of the evidence of the
chief witness, and Mr. Rushton at once ordered the pri-
soner's remand. Carnes stated that when he went on
board the vessel, the captain retired to the state cabin, at
the door of which he placed a Newfoundland dog • he
also presented a loaded musket, and threatened to shoot
any man who should dare to take him. A number of
other witnesses present came forward to prefer charges of
fraud against the owner and captain. It seems that the
owner, the captain, and the witnesses are all related, and
were about to sail for California together. The greatest
efforts had been made to clear the vessel on Saturday
night, in order to get beyond the reach of the creditors,
who had claims to the amount of some thousands of
pounds. A pilot also stated that he had a claim on the
vessel, on behalf of the mortgagees. The vessel's depar-
ture, it appeared, was only prevented by one of the
creditors getting on board and cutting the sails. The
police hope to be able to produce Bell, as well as additional
evidence, by to-morrow.

His Worship the Mayor has signified his intention of
granting the use of the rooms at the Town-hall, for a ball
in aid of the funds of the Licensed Victuallers' charity.
The day is not yet, however, appointed.
A DRUNKEN FlNE.—Yesterday, among the prisoners
charged with drunkenness was a decent-looking mechanic
who ha'd been bailed out. He had anticipated his fate by
bringing with him five shillings' worth of copper. On
tendering the money he discovered that his ingenuity
had been unsuccessful, as it was refused.

We understand that, in compliance with a requisition
most numerously signed, the Cheshire county magistrates
have decided on calling an aggregate meeting of the in-
habitants of the Hundred of Wirrall on Monday next, at
the splendid new market at Birkenhead, to consider the
late aggression of the Pope.
We perceive that the annual sale of the Ladies' Society
for Clothing the Scottish Poor is announced to take place
in the course of the week. The institution is designed to
relieve distress, and should meet with every encourage-
ment, especially at this season of the year, when poverty
assumes its most cruel aspect.
The Hon. Grantley Berkeley, a thorough-going liberal,
has published a letter, in which he says he " views with
extreme regret as well as hostility the attempt of Rome
to engraft her doctrine and dignity within these realms,
where a Protestant people repudiate both the one and the
other."

The Rev. Dr. M'Neile will ;preach a sermon at St.
Peter's Church, this (Tuesday) afternoon, in aid of the
funds of the Liverpool School for the Deaf and Dumb.
There is no institution in existence which has stronger
claims on the support of the benevolent than this school
for the tuition of those who are unblessed with the facul-
ties of speech and hearing, and no institution which more
nobly and suceessfullly performs its duties to the afflicted
but interesting beings committed to its charge.
CUSTOMS' BONDS. -The new Stamp Duties Act applies
to revenue bonds, and will create four different amounts
of stamp duty on Customs' bonds; namely, for any penalty
not'exceeding £5O the bare stamp is ls. 3d. ; not exceed-
ing £lOO the stamp is 2s. 6d. ; not exceeding £l5O the
stamp is 3s. 9d. ; and for all sums above £l5O no stamp
higher than 55., not even the officers' sureties bonds,
heretofore 355., as a special proviso exempts all these
bonds from any higher stamp than ss. Of course in each
of these four cases the usual sixpence will by payable in
addition for paper and printing.
DISSOLVING VIEWS.—We perceive that an opportunity
is afforded to the public of witnessing Mr. W. T. Thomp-
son's beautiful views on Friday evening next, at St.
James's School-room. They have hitherto been exhibited
on a small scale, with the solar lamp ; but the large room
above-mentioned requires a much more powerful light :
the Bode light will accordingly be used on this occasion.
Our readers may remember that Mr. T. has given gratui-

tous exhibitions annually at the Blue Coat Hospital, Fe-
male Orphan Asylum, Deaf and Dumb School, and last
year also at the Kirkdale industrial and Soho-street
Ragged Schools, to the great delight of the children of
those establishments, and numerous visitors. Several
clergymen and gentlemen have kindly intimated their in-
tention of being present o❑ Friday evening.
THE NEW SCREW STEAMER. " NlLE."—This beautiful

vessel (of which we have before given a description)
proceeded on her trial trip, on Friday last, under the
command of Captain Bulkeley, and having on board a
company of gentlemen interested in steam navigation.
She left the Prince's Pierhead shortly before one o'clock,
and rdached the Bel?
From thence she st
plishing the clic,'
Patent Lvg,) in 24 minutes, 55 E e2on ds, and this age..
a head wind. Her engines made 70 revolutions in a
minute, at a pressure of 81bs. per square inch on the
boilers. She accomplished with ease 101 knots, and on
her homeward trip, with canvass spread, she made over
12 knots per hour. The parties on board were ente-
tained with a splendid dinner, laidout in the saloon.
the whole, the trip was highly satisfactory
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performances are scarce'- gilled v

Buoy in one hour and ten minutes.
.amed to the N.W. Lightship, accom-
miles, (as registered by Massey's

and her

_Ay equa ny any
liled for the Mediterranean.
~hiressed a letter to T.
his deep

She has sine

ler sere in

&sq., in v

Papacy,

, obviou!

er ex pressing

is the insidious insolence of Popery
the divisions of Protestantism."

imps, necessary

:eking advantage of
He then prescribes

" If Popery is to be fought successfully, it must be fought,
not by penal laws, but by the combined energies of a free and
atmliollfart.ari Ilonnla with the swnili of the Snrit flirt Rih iTI

its hands.say. , the combined energies, because mere Pro-
testantism is a rope of sand.. If the people of England cannot
make up their minds to combine on the principles, and with
the organized discipline, of the Church of England, I have my
fears that the conflict between nonsense and commonsense

•
hum—an mind is subject to epidemics as well as the human
body. Sometimes typhus prevails, sometimes cholera. Popery
is catching, and without the use of proper prophylatics may

. ,
jeCting. as it does, reason to infallibility, is—as a city built at
unity with itself; Protestantism defying all authority, is apt
to
_turn its liberty into licentiousness, and, like a house di-

John nor Dr. Pusei."

The Rector concludes by saying that he hates mutterings
and mummeries, and saint-worship as much as any man ;
but he does not like Puritanism. He looks neither to
,e Rome nor Geneva.
F T - CAnRIER.—

—.XTENSIVE PLVISTDER 11Y A LETTER
William Henry Furber, an extra,letter car-'

up at the Police-court, yesterd

letter entrusted to hi

Ler, was t

Balls, inspector of letter carriers, stated that he bad L

waited upon by Mr. Roberts, of 172, Great Howard-street,
who stated that two letters, posted at Altrincham, on the
Bth and 12th instant, by his father, and addressed to him,
had been stolen. One letter contained a sovereign, and
the other a half-crown. Acting on the advice cf witness,
Mr. Roberts communicated with his father. requesting
him to address two other letters to him, in one of which

be was to enclose money,
be left at the Post-offices"' arrived, and was taken to
the complainant, who, by its contents, was informed
of the despatch of the second letter, addressed to
" Great Howard-street," and which contained money.
He ascertained that this letter got into the hands of Farber,

The letterladdressed

after having marked it, and Waving the office before him,
stationed himself in a house opposite Mr. Roberts. Ii
saw the prisoner pass the door, and then sent a person to
observe his movements : this person saw the prisoner tear
up a letter by the canal side. He gathered up the frag-
ments, and gave them to Mr. Balls, who was able to
identify his own mark on one of the pieces. On Sunday,
Sale apprehended Furber, and in his house were found a
large number of pawn tickets for articles of jewellery and
a watch, all of which articles had been lost in their passe
through the Post-office. The prisoner was remanded.
LORD FIELDING.—In the Morning Herald of yestE
day is a long letter from the Rev. J. Baylee to Dr. Gin
Roman Bishop of Edinburgl

The re'

chaplain to the Earl of Denbigh, Lord Fie
It appears that the noble earl, on the 24th c

inforined Mr. Baylee

zentlennan

his son, announcing his intention of joining the Church
'-ylee to render what as-

ii,ome, ant

THE PAPAL AGGRESSION.-MEETING AT
BIRKENHEAD, LAST NIGHT.

A meeting of the congregation of Holy Trinity Church,
Birkenhead, and the inhabitants of the district, was h.,ld,
last night, in the school-room, for the purpose of moving
addresses to her Majesty and the Lord Bishop of the Dio-
cese, relative to the recent aggressions of the Pope. The
Rev. Joseph Baylee presided. Although the evening was
of the most inauspicious kind, as the rain fell in torrents,
and the school-room is situated at a remote part of Bir-
kenhead, such is the interest excited on the question that
the room, which is a very spacious one, was crowded to
excess.

The following were among the gentlemen present :
Rev. Mr. Linton, Rev. Mr. Hirsch, Rev. Mr. Homan,
Professor of St. Aidan's College, Perende, Esq., Rev.
Mr. Welch, Charles Groves, Esq., Henry Cole, Esq.,
Jones, Esq., J. J. Conway, hamster-at-law, P. Wright,
Esq., tutor of St. Aidan's College, Holcombe, Esq.,
Alexander Watson, Esq.

The Rev. CHAIRMAN commenced his address by an
expression of natural surprise that, at such an advanced
period in the nineteenth century, error should be allowed
to make such way as it was doing. But that evil one who
had skill to marshal angels, and who was ever going about
like a roaring lion, might readily be supposed to be able
to work upon human intellect. Referring to the darkness
of the middle ages, as th peculiar period of Roman ty-
ranny, he observed that he asserters of a nation's
rights had fought only for a class interest ; and, while
they extorted Magna Char, a from a tyrant themselves,
tyrannized over their own serfs. It was not until the
light of Protestant truth beamed upon this land, that the
people were able to shake off this yoke. When Luther
declared that every man was responsible himself before
God, he struck a chord that had vibrated to the present
moment. It was then that the pretensions of the priests
were destroyed. The rev. gentleman asked who it was
that, at the present time, was p osecuting missionary la-
bours throughout the world ? He acknowledged the help
given by those who, with his hearers, honoured the one
name of Christ; but he would ask, was it not the
Church of England which was really doing this work ?
He characterized the Church of Rome as that son of
Abraham by the bondwoman, who went forth, though
with the mark of circumcision, yet with his hand against
every man, and every man's hand against him. Touch-
ing the supremacy of the Pope, he contended that the
power had been refused even by Roman Catholics, at all
periods of history, and he asked what right the Pope had
to come to this realm of England with his pretended
authority.—(Hear, hear.) The Roman Catholics held
that St. Peter was the principal of all the apostles, and
that he Bake that right to the Bishop of Rome. He
(Mr. B.) denied both propositions; in support of his
views he quoted Ephesians, chapter iv. 11 and 13 verses,
which showed the diversity of degrees of the priesthood ;
in Rome there was' one head, a vicar ander him, and
eleven apostles. He would ask where the Pope's supre-
macy was, anterior to the Nicene council ; at this
council the names of two bishops were signed preced-
ing those of the Pope's legate ; until the fall of the
Roman Empire, the Pope never attempted to claim the
supremacy. This was first conceded from convenience ;
and then, like the horse which once having allowed the
man to mount upon its back, could not afterwards rid
itself of his control, the Pope retained his power as con-
venient to himself. (Laughter.) Mr. Baylee explained
the real character of the Queen's supremacy, which was
consonant with what was set forth in the New Testament.
He repudiated the assertions of the Tractarians relative to
the incompeteney of laymen to constitute ecclesiastical
tribunals, as a notion only consistent with ecclesiastical
bondage. The declaration that man was responsible him-
self before God, made every man a theologian. (Hear.)
The validity of the ecclesiastical court had not been im-
pugned by the Tractarians when a decision was given by
Sir Herbert Jenner Fust in their favour. It was only
wrong when it decided against their views. Not that he
approved of the final decision in Mr. Gorham's case, for he
did not think that Mr. Gorham stated the doctrines of
the Church of England any more than his opponent;
he did not believe that prevenient grace was necessary in
baptism, but be contended for the principle of the proper
constitution of the court; and although it might admit
of some improvements the Sovereign ought to be at its
head. The rev. gentleman's address was received with
the most enthusiastic applause. Many interesting points
are unavoidably omitted.

The movers and seconders of the resolutions were Mr.
Cole, Mr. C. Groves, Mr. P. M. Dove, Mr. J. Conway,
Mr. P. Wright, &c. The addresses to the Queen and the
Bishop were unanimously carried. The last resolution
was to the following effect:—" That the Church of Eng-
land Institution being already established in the district,
this meeting pledges itself to co-operate with it in carrying
out, ;both on the present and on future occasions,
measures deemed advisable in connection with thi
object."

STEAM-SHIP " CITY OF GLASGOW,

This fine steamer arrived in the Clyde on Saturday
evening, making the run from New York in 14 days 8
hours. She leaves Glasgow for this port on the 3rd, and
will start for Philadelphia direct on the 11th proximo;
and as she will now be permanently engaged on the Li-
verpool and Philadelphia line, the annexed copy of her
last log will be interesting to shippers, passengers, and
our readers generally:—

• •
Nov. 3.—Course East, Winds S.S.E. and N.E., dis. 157 miles,
lat. 40 28 N., lon. 70 32 W. Left New York yesterday, 2d
instant, at 12.23 p.m. i discharged pilot off Sandy Hook, at

art of the cl..y steaming

Nov. '4.—Coiirse East, Winds N.L. and N.N.E., dis. 189
miles, lat. 40 28 N., ion. 66 20'W. Moderate fresh and strong
breezes; short sea; sail set to the best advantage; shin close

,
sail of great service.
Nov. s.—Course South 89 East, Winds N.E. 1 N.. dis. I6g
miles, lat. 40 25 N., lon. 62 39 W. Strong breezes and mode-
rate gales • high, short, and easterly sea up, taking it in over
the forecastle ' • reefed sails set, doing great service
- -

hauled ;'

ov. 6.—Course North 7.2 East, Winds N.E., N.N.E., dis.
169 miles, lat. 41 16 N., long. 59 04 W. Sail set to the best
advantage, and of great service.

Nov. 7.-:Course.-North 64 East,'Winds N.E. and W.S.W.,
variable, dis. 184 miles, lat. 42 40 N., lon. 55 21 W. Moderate
light winds, calm; &c. ; rolling easterly swell : all sail set. brit

of little seri:ice
Nov. B.—Co

arse North 66 East, Winds W.S.W
30 miles, lat. 44 It N., lon. 50 36 W.

N.N.W

btrung- urcezes ; carrying au pain sail; squaily at intervals;
, exchanged colours with the British brig Chieftain," from
Quebec to Bengal.
Nov. 9.—Course North 64 East, Winds N.N.E. and N.W.,
variable, clis. 203 miles, let. 45 43 N., lon. 46 1811 T.. Strong,
freak, and moderate breezes; sail set to best advantage; ex-

_
deen, from Quebec to Aberdeen.
Nov. 10.—Course North 59 East, Winds W.N.W. ar
' W., dis. 233 miles, lat. 4713 N., lon. 41 29 W. Moderat
L and strong breezes, and variable; took every advanta;

fr
with sails.
Nov. 11

Course North 52 East, Winds South. dis
50_22 N., lon. 35 21 W. Strong breezes, mod

atei ship steering northerly, of course, to get the bi

Nev. 12,

53 East, Winds South by West, dis.

ter part

fresh gales and squally; high topping sea; the is
erate ; steering northerly to get the benefit of sail;
L—Course North 68 East, Winds South by West, variable,

ms. 200 miles, let. 53 55 N. lon.. 26 26 W. Moderate winds,
mixed with bigh breezes andcalms; sail set to the best advan-
tage, but of little service.

DS miles, lat. 55 02 N., lon. 20'49 W. Light and mode
rinds till near noon; all sail set to the best advantage

favonrabl

West, dis

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