The Liverpool Standard, and General Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1854-10-10 00:00:00

CHESHIRE AND WALES.

THE REV. WILLIAM PRINCE, late curate of St. Mary's,
Birkenhead, has been appointed to the incumbency of
Pishill, in the diocese of Oxford.

PROMPT MEASURES.-At the Birkenhead police-court,
on Thursday, Mr. Joseph Griffith, the newly-appointed
inspector of weights and measures for the hundred of
Wirral, summoned 14 shopkeepers and others for using
deficient weights and unjust scales. The whole, with one
exceptiori, were convicted in various penalties.
BRIITALITY.—At the Birkenhead police-court, on
Thursday, Wm. Ward, a furniture broker in Grange-
lane, notorious for his brutality, was committed to prison
for six months with hard labour, for repeatedly and
cruelly kicking his wife, a few days after her confinement,
and in defence attempting to ruin her character.

A PUBLIC PARK was opened at Macclesfield on Monday,
last week. A portion of the land necessary for the pur-
pose was provided by private subscriptions. The Marquis
of Westminster, as lord-lieutenant of Cheshire, and the
Earl of Harrington. the owner of Gawsworth, a neigh-
bouring village, assisted at the proceedings, which were
attended by a vast body of the manufacturing population.
ACCIDENT AT FO REM ON T FERRY.—On Thursday
morning, William M`Donald, a man employed at the
Egremont slip, was struck on the head by a hawser, which
gave way in consequence of the rolling of the steamer to
which it had been attached. The blow was so severe
as to fracture the skull. He was taken to Liverpool by
Superintendent Seamier, and conveyed to the infirmary,
where he now lies in a dangerous state, tilo igh not con-
sidered beyond the reach of recovery.

ROWING FROM CAMBRIDGE TO -CHESTER.-0/1 Sunday
evening, two undergraduates of Cambridge arrived in
Chester, having rowed across England—viz., from Cam-
bridge to Chester—in a couple of wager boats. The dan-
gers of the expedition, arising from mills, sluices, and
rushes in the rivers, and from boats and locks in the canals,
were very numerous. The distance traversed proved
i.ieut. about 270 miles.

STER IND HOLYHEAD RAILWAY
infnl-wiar. IQr. A. .

traffic for

Passengers, parcels, &c., £3,671 lls. 5d.; steam-boats,
£652 2s. ld. ; total, £4,323 13s. 6d. Goods, £1,704 15s. 11d.
Total, including Carnarvon traffic, £6,028 9s. sd. Cor-
responding week last year, passengers, parcels, &c., £3,345
10s. 6d.; steam-boats, £499 Bs. 10d.; total, £3,844 19s. 4d.
Goods, £1,548 19s. Bd. Total, including Carnarvon traffic,
£5,393 19s. Od. Increase, £634 10s. sd.
STOCKPORT, DOLBY, AND WHALEYBRIDGE RAILWAY.
—The first sod of this railway was turned on Saturday
week by Mrs. Legh, of Lymm, in presence of Mr. Thomas
Legh, of Lymm-hall, chairman, Mr. Thomas Carstairs,
Buxton, deputy-chairman, and the other directors and
officers of the company. The day was beautifully fine, and
the ceremony passed off very well. The contractors for
the line are Messrs. Davidson and Co., of London, .at the
rate of £lO,OOO per mile, and, as there are no heavy works
the engineers, Messrs. Locke and Errington, expect that
it will be completed in a short time.
WALLASEY LOCAL BOARD OP HEALTIL—The monthly.
meeting was held on Tuesday, at the Queen's Arms Hotel,
Liscard. Mr. Pooley, in the absence of the chairman,
presided. The surveyor reported that he had caused to
be emptied 134 privies and ash-pits, and recommended the
filling up of several ditches, and making some additional
sewers. It was decided to adopt a similar badge to that
worn by the Liverpool cab drivers, for the regularly
licensed donkey drivers, &e., of the district with the
exception that the letter a W." shnnhl 1,. ,

ue suostatutea
the interior. Mr. in consequence of the sub-
committee having failed to come to terms with Mr. Shaw,
relative to the purchase of a piece of land for public offices,
suggested that as a house was then empty at the corner of
King-street, the committee should have

im enter
into an agreement for hiring that or any other suitable
building within the district. Mr. Ball fully concurred in
the suggestion, and said he had much pleasure in second-
ing a motion to that effect. This subject, which has been
so often discussed, and on which so many motions had
been made and rescinded, has thus terminated, the com-
mittee having been empowered to negociate for some
norting to the board. The meet-

suitable premises and r,

131DSTONCIIIIRCII,—On Wednesday the Lord Bishop of
Chester attcnded at Bidston Church, for the purpose of
consecrating the new burial-ground which has recently
been attached to that church, and was met at the gates by
a large number of the clergy and gentry in the immediate
neighbourhood. After the ceremony the Bishop, accom-
panied by General Sir Edward Cust and several of the
clergymen, adjourned to the residence of John Hartley
Hind, Esq., Birkenhead-park, the churchwarden of Bid-
ston, where they partook of luncheon, and, after remaining
about a couple of hours, the Bishop left by the five o'clock
train for Chester.

A SCENE AMONGST THE BIREENNEAD COMMISSIONETtS.
—At the board meeting on Tuesday, on the proceedings of
the Road and Improvement Committee being read, a per-
sonal discussion ensued, on Mr. Bailiff asking why Mr.
Rimmer's tender for making certain improvements in
Ashburton-road had been accepted in preference to others.
He said that he had heard out of doors that there were
certain reasons for it. Mr. Gough asked if it was not be-
cause the commissioners owed him a great sum of money ?
Mr. Henderson, the chairman of the committee, replied
that it was not; and declined to state the reasons why
Mr. Rimmer's tender had been accepted, beyond that they
considered it the most eligible offer, though not the least

in amount. Mr. Bailiff and Mr. Gough wished the amounts
of the different tenders to be stated. A "scene" ensued,
several members stating that they considered no member
of the board had a right to ask such question. Mr. Gough
asked—What am I placed here for, then ? Mr. Hender-
son. Not to come here once a month to kick up a row !
The Chairman admitted that members were entitled to ask
'"formation at the board, but thought it better not to
, After some more angry remarks, the
and the proceedings of the committee

mention the sums,

matter dropped,

were confirmed,

WOODSIDE FEREY.-At the monthly meeting of the
Birkenhead Commissioners, on Tuesday, the ferry account
was stated to be :—Receipts, from Sept., 1853, £2,083 10s.
4d.; for 1864, £2,303 Bs. 6d. From 25th April to 30th
Sep. inclusive, 1853, £12,179 125.; 1854, £14,020 I4s. ld.
Expenditure, from 25th April to 30th Sept., 1853, £10,183
17s. 9d ; 1854, £12,637 19s. 3d. Mr. Mills moved that the
fare at Woodside Ferry be raised from one penny to three-
halfpence. He said no one could help being struck with
the large amount of expenditure at the ferry comparatively
with the receipts. The working expenses only of the,
ferry, since the ferryage had been reduced, in 1848, had'
averaged sixty-eight per cent. He thought it quite im-
possible to reduce the working expenses sufficiently to
meet the exigencies of the township, and the only way of
doing so, therefore, was to raise the fares. If they raised
the fares as he proposed, he calculated they would receive
£17,000 per annum more income, without adding a far-
thing to their expenditure. Their present position might be
explained thus :—Annual income, £25,000; working ex-
penses £17,000; rent, £4,000; depreciation fund, £2,500;
making a total annual expenditure of £23,000. Their
surplus enabled them to pay only 2 per cent. to the bond-
holders ; and he would ask, was that a satisfactory posi-
tion ? Mr. Aspinall answered Mr. Mills in a very elaborate
speech, his argument being that ever since the fare had
been reduced to one penny in June, 1848, they had had a
gradual and steady increase of receipts, and if calculated
been for ordering the unfortunate new boat, he
that in 1855 their surplus from the ferry would have
reach £lO,OOO. The receipts in one week, in 1846, when
Birkenhead was in the hey-day of its prosperity, with a
twopenny fare, the receipts were over £BOO. On the
motion for raising the fares being put, only four voted
for it, namely, Messrs. Mills, Bailiff, Hughes, and Wil-
loughby ; and eleven against it.

"...GENERAL ROWAN, in command of the British troops
iu Canada, it is stated, has received a notification from the
Duke of Newcastle, minister of war, that three regiments
are to be withdrawn from Canada,

If " One of the Committee" really desires a reply from me,
let him do as I have done. Let him subscribe his name to
his letters, and his desire shall be gratified. His last contains
at least one statement which I am not prepared to accept on
anonymous authority. And whether or no, on literary and
other grounds, it would be very agreeable to me, and, I have
no doubt, to the public at large, to be able to identify the
writer of so Christian and classical communications.
Meanwhile, I will feel obliged if " One of the Committee"
will not ascribe to me language which I have never used. It
is easy to put words between inverted commas, as though
they were the words of an opponent. But if those words
have been invented for the occasion, little credit, I appre-
hend, will accrue to the inventor. , I have said nothing of
" not coming forward again." The words " papal *and dis•
senting error" are not mine; neither have I spoken of an
attempt " to delude the Protestant public."—Your faithful
WAI. POLLOCK.

servant,
October 5, 1854,

ST. MARTIN'S CHURCH, LIVERPOOL

LETTER No. 111.

TO THE EDITOR OF THE LIVERPOOL STANDARD.
resume the subject which I commenced on the
mode of performing Divine Service at St. Martin's Church,
in the hope that it has not lost its interest with your numerous
readers, and that the unbiassed testimony of a stranger,
whose prejudice was all the other way, may be the means of
removing some portion, at least, of the erroneous impressions
which appear to prevail. In my last letter I described the
afternoon service, wherein the children of the schools were
catechised in obedience to the rubric, and I now proceed
with the service in the evening, which commenced at half-
past six o'clock. At the appointed hour the choristers en-
tered the church as in the morning—though I judged they
were not quite so numerous—and took their places in the
choir, the same clergymen officiating. I may pass over the
Exhortation, Confession, &c., which were given precisely as in
the morning service. The Psalms were chanted in a slightly
different tune, but still peculiarly expressive, leaving one
nothing to regret from the change from simply saying them,
as commonly practised, and I fear too often with little regard
to their meaning. The first lesson was read by one of the
assistant curates, from the lectern, and then the Magnificat
was chanted by the choir. After the second lesson the Nunc
Dinsittis was chanted, and then the Apostles' Creed was
given in that monotone which, in my opinion, was the least
commendable portion of the mode pursued in St. Martin's
Church.

I may here remark that I noticed the occasional expression
of the preterite of certain verbs as one syllable—l allude to
such words pronouriced as "receiv'd, sav'd, or lov'd." I am
aware that among many professing Evangelicals such a
slovenly practice is common, but I imagined that, in a church
where strict attention to the proprieties is observed, the ear
would not have been so offended. Our language is deficient
in unemphasized syllables, and to slur over the few we have
destroys the rhythm of the magnificent compositions of
Scripture, which, when read with due attention to this point,
are so poetical. Besides, it is a proper distiction between the
use of language addressed to the Creator and that employed
in every-day life, to read the former so that every syllable be
pronounced.

At the place appointed for the Anthem, a hymn was given out
and sung by the choir and most of the congregation. This,
to my mind, is an innovation which requires amendment.
It is an evil which has crept into the Church in later days
to substitute doggerel rhapsodies, called hymns, for the
Psalms of David; and though a glance at the book which
was offered me showed that it was published by the Society
for the Promotion of Christian Knowledge, the fact did not
remove the strong repugnance which I have to the singing of
unauthorised compositions in the Church Service. I am
aware that the version of the Psalms of Dr. Brady and Mr
Tate are not ordered by the Church, but they have at least'
the demblance of authority as far as the mandate of King Wm.
111., of Protestant memory, and the sanction of the Bishop
of London of that day can effect it; but no collection of
hymns has even the appearance of being authorised, except
such as we find in the Prayer-Book. The subject Has recently
excited some attention, and may very properly be discussed
in convocation, so that whatever psalms and hymns be used
may have the sanction of authority, and, being published with
the Prayer-Book, render other books unnecessary. lam not
now raising the question whether on such a matter the Incum-
bent is his own Ordinary, but most persons will agree in the
propriety of not multiplying books.

The remainder of the prayers were delivered in monotone,

and immediately after the Benediction the 'lev. K. M. Pughe
ascended the pulpit, attired in his surplice, and, without any

preliminary prayer, gave out his text from Galatians iii. 10.
"For as many as are of the works of the law are under the

curse : for it is written, Cursed is every one that continueth
not in all things which are written in the book of the law to
do them." I have before remarked on the evident propriety
of thus following the order of the Prayer-Book as distin-
guished from the ordinary practice, and need not therefore
enlarge upon it here. The preacher explained the different
ways in which the Apostle used the word " law," applying
it sometimes as the moral law designed for all mankind at
all times, and sometimes as the ceremonial law, intended
only for the Jews until the coming of the Messiah. It is a
grave charge against the Tractarian party that they elevate
the practice of ceremonies Into undue importance ; but Mr.
Pughe, in his sermon, distinctly explained the difference,
and forcibly impressed upon his hearers that the ceremonial
law had been abolished by the coming of our Saviour. I paid
studious attention to his discourse, which was eloquently
delivered. and nowhere could I trace the slightest approach
to anything contrary to the doctrines of the Church, even
according to the notions of the moat extreme Protestant,
unless indeed it was his insisting on the necessity of Baptism
as a means of grace by which we are enabled to partake of
the blessings which our Saviour came on earth to confer. I
should be sorry, however, notwithstanding what has been
said and written on the subject, to believe that any true
Protestant refuses to believe a truth so obvious and so
plainly taught. In the Scriptures we are told that our
Saviour's last command to His Apostles was to baptise all
nations; and the Church says, there are two Sacraments
generally (or in every case) neceesary to salvation. It is
therefore worse than absurd, it is sinful, to stigmatise as
Tractarians those who teach the necessity of Baptism, a
truth so strongly insisted upon in Holy Writ, and, I lament
to say, so sadly neglected by those who profess to believe its
teaching.

The sermon ended, the minister pronounced the blessing,
and the congregation, which was not quite so numerous as at
the morning service, dispersed a few minutes before eight
o'clock.—l hare, I fear, reached the limits to which any letter
ought to extend, but if you will afford me apace, I shall next
week offer a few general remarks on St. Martin's Church,
both as to what has been done and what appears to me to
have been left undone. VI ATOR.

A NEW I.IODE OF COOING OLD POTATOBI3.—After
the Ist of April potatoes ought to be peeled at night for
the one or two o'clock dinner, and for late dinners at any
time before nine o'clock the same day. I have repeated
this experiment many times, and the improvement in the
quality of the potato is very great. It is well-known
that, owing to the inherent quality of the potato, it Rill
grow in spite of every precaution to stop its growth,
leaving the tuber very spongy, and with much of the
water extracted out of it. By peeling and steeping them
in cold water for ten or twelve hours, the pores and cells
become filled, however limp the tuber may be, and in the
process of boiling this fresh water is again discharged,
taking with it all bad flavour, as well as partly removing
the dark spots which all potatoes at this time of the year
have.—Ulsterman.
Scorrisn RIGIITS.—On Wednesday, the members of
the National Association for the vindication of Scottish
Rights entertained their president, the Earl of Eglington
and Winton, in the City-hall, Glasgow, in testiminony of
their gratitude to his lordship for his able advocacy of
their cause. About 600 gentlemen were present. The
Duke of Montrose filled the chair, supported right and
left by the Earl of Eglington (the guest of the evening).
Principal Macfarlan, Mr. J. Baird, M.P.; Professor Ay-
toun, Mr. William W. Watson, &c. Sir Thomas Glad-
stone, of Pasque, officiated as croupier, supported by Sir
Archibald Alison, and Mr. Crawford, of Crawfordifind•

On the 30th ult., at St. George's Church, Everton, by
the Rev. W. H. Wright, Richard William, eldest son
of Mr. Richard Holt, chemist, to Eleanor, youngest
daughter of Captain Williams, R.N., both of this town.
On the 30th ult., at St. Philip's Church, by the Rev.
R. B. Stewart, 8.A., Mr. J. Mlfullin to Miss E. White.

On the Ist instant, at St. Michael's Church, by -the
Rev. H. Carpenter, Mr. Thos. Holden, of Parliament-place,
to Elizabeth, third daughter of the late Mr. Pilling, of
Church-street, Lancaster.

On the Ist instant, at St. Silas's Church, by the Rev.
H. Gough, Mr. J. Thompson, wheelwright, to Mrs. J.
Gill.

On the 2nd instant, at St. Nicholas's Church, Thomas,
eldest son of Mr. Allmark, outfitter, Clayton-street, to
Miss Sarah Hartley.

On the 2nd instant, at St. John the Baptist's Church
Robert Cook, Esq., to Elizabeth, only daughter of Mr. J.
Boddington, Toxteth-park.

On the 2-nd inst., at St. Philip's Church; Mr. John
Waddington_tp Miss Alice Ferguson.

On the 3rd instant, at St. Jan the Baptist's Church,
Mr. Robert Griffiths to Miss Hannah Pixton.

On the 3rd inst., at St. Philip's Church, Mr. Philip
Proning to Mrs. Margaret Chambers.

On the 4th inst., at St. Philip's Church, Mr. John
Pritchard to Miss Mary Jane Tindall.

On the 4th inst., Mr. Jones, builder, of this town, to
Mrs. Fryer, of York.

On the 4th instant, at St. Ann's Church, Knotty Ash,
Mr. NV. Lewis. to Emily, only daughter of Mr. Herbert
Rushbroak, of Birmingham.

On the 4th instant, at St. George's Church, Myrtle-
street, by the Rev. A. Cromar, James R. Brougham, Esq.,
barrister-at-law, fourth son of the late John W. Brougham,
Esq., and nephew of Henry, Lord Brougham, to Isabella
Eliza, fourth daughter of John Cropper, Esq., Dingle-bank,
near this town.

On the 4th inst., at the Parish Church, Coppenhall,
Cheshire, by the Rev. W. F. Taylor, incumbent of St.
John's, brother-in-law of the bridegroom, Mr. John Pen-
nington Evans, merchant, to Angelique, youngest daugh-
ter of the late W. G. 'Weiss, Esq., all of this town.
On the 4th inst., at the Parish Church, Prestwich, by
the Rev. Mr. Birch, Thomas Kemp, Esq., of this town, to
Sarah, eldest daughter of the late Mr. John Rothwell, of
Middleton. _ _ _ _ _

On the 4th nst., at St. John the Baptist's Church, Mr.
J. Clark, master mariner, to Margaret, daughter of Mr,
Robert Houston, of this town.

On the 4th inst., at Parr Church, by the Rev. A. A.
Nunn, Mr. J. B. Hill, of Parr-cottage, to Anne, youngest
daughter of the late Thomas Ashton, Esq., Ormskirk.
On the 4th inst., at St. Andrew's Presbyterian Church,
Birkenhead, by the Rev. J. Walker, 8.A., of Alnwiek,
John Shaw, Esq., of this town, to Joan, daughter of the
late John Thomson, of Glasgow.
. _

On the stll instant, at Myrtle-street Chapel, by the Rev.
H. S. Brown, Mr. John Sparks to Esther, third daughter
of the late Mr. John Cubbin, of the Liverpool Gasworks.
On the sth instant, at the Unitarian Chapel, Renshaw-
street, by the Rev. James Martineau, Alfred G. Barham,
Esq., of Bridgewater, to Eliza, second daughter of T.
Jevons, of this town.

On the 6th instant,
the-hill, by the Rev. T. Ku
cestershire, Ralph Leigh,
Esq., of Walton Breck, t_
John Cowgill, Esq., of this town_
On the sth instant, at St, George's Church, Everfon, by
the Rev. F. A. Power, incumbent of St. Alban's, Daniel,
second son of Mr. Wm. Roberts, Seacombe, to Marian,
only daughter of the late Mr. R. Willicot, of this town.
On the sth instant, at the Parish Church of Windermere,
Westmoreland, by the Rev. H. J. Wilkinson, M.A., (having
been previously married at Gretna,) James Lancaster
Moon, Esq., of Everton,' to Fanny Ann Maria, eldest
daughter of D. Edwards, Esq., Raven's-cliff, Douglas,
Isle of Man.

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On the sth instant, A the Parish Church, Warrington,
by the Rev. 0. Oliver, rector of Presteign, John, second
son of the late Charles Tayleur, Esq., Oaklands, Torquay,
to Eliza, third daughter of the late John Alderson, Esq.,
of Warrington.

On the 6th instant, at St. James's Church, by the Rev.
W. Pollock, M.A., Robert Sidney, Esq., St. James's-place,
nephew to the Lord Mayor of London, to Miss S.N. Davies,
daughter of Mr. John Davies, M.A., Windsor-street, Toz-
teth-payk._..

On the 6th instant, at Barrow Church, by the Rev. John
Clark, Mr. Henry Cowan, of this town, to Mary Anne,
eldest daughter of Mr. J. Brock, of Barrow, near Cheater.
On the sth instant, at the Parish Church, Runcorn, by
the Rev. John Barclay, vicar, assisted by the Rev. W.
Attenborough, William Edward Rigby to Ann Jane
Corkhill.

On the 7th instant, at Holy Trinity ,Church, Birken-
head, .by the Rev. Mr. Vernon, Mr. Robert Watson,
youngest son of the late Mr. Wm. Watson, of Port
Glasgow, to Mary, eldest daughter of the late Mr. Thomas
M'Cartney, farmer, Salchrie, Stranraer.
On the 7th inst., at St. George's Church, Everton, by
the Rev. James Lawrence, M.A., curate, Mr. John Heyes
to Miss Mary Heyes, both of this town.