The Liverpool Standard, and General Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1854-11-07 00:00:00

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CHURCH OF ENGLAND

SOCIETY

INAUGURAL A,

MEETING

THE public inaugural meeting _
society, which has for its object the aiding c
home and abroad, was held last evening
Hope-street, which had been kindly len'
by the benevolent proprietor,.Mr. R. A. _
On the platform we observed T. B. Horsfak
the Right Rev, Lord Bishop of Natal, the Rev.
Baylee, the Revs. H. Hampton, W. F. Taylor, C. P. Hobbs,
W. Levison, W. D. C. Ireland, G. L. Ireland, J. Gilmore,
S. B. Sutton, Todd, and H. Vernon ; Mr. R. A. Macfie,
Mr. Percy M. Dove, Mr. H. S. Silverlock, &c. PITT-STREET WARD.
The Rev. H. Hampton opened the meeting with prayer. A very spirited and well-attended meeting of the 'AP e'
I th
T. B. HORBFALL, Esq., M.P., said it was with great bitants of Pitt-street Ward was held last night, ill ce
pleasure that he accepted the presidency of the society,
..Corporation School-room, Park-lane, in aid of the &I, and the offer to take the chair on the present occasion, fund, when the chair was taken by Alderman Reba's-0,
because the objects of the society were such as could not and amongst the gentlemen present we observed M 1 I,
fail to recommend themselves to every Christian mind, Wm. 111`Millen, Jas. Steele, Chas. Canis, John Rigby, joba
those objects being the aiding of missions at home and Jeffreys, C.C., Wm. Mann, C.C., J.
W. Williams, no,
abroad, and the promotion of personal piety among the Rhnmer, Robert Williams, John Atkinson, Wm. Jobro"
young men themselves, for the attainment of which John Murray, Win. T. Bradley, &c., &c.
m arlef
objects the committee proposed to adopt the following The CHAIRMAN said the meeting had been
called of
means, viz. :—The delivery of sermons and lectures ; a very short notice, to assist the widows and orphan
courses of Biblical instruction from the clergy; and a our soldiers and sailors who have fallen and
InaY___,'l—tbe
monthly missionary meeting. All members of the society the present war. We were all interested in oppesiuq,4l*
paid subscriptions of not less than ss. annually ; the aggressions of Russia, and our Queen had recommen(7oB.
funds so raised, after deducting incidental expenses, were national fund to be raised for the philanthropic Plload
divided equally between the following societies, namely : It would be unnecessary for him to make a lengths
—The London Missionary Society, the Church Pastoral- address, and as Pitt-street Ward had always been A,Oll Aid Society, the London Society for Promoting Christia- most in objects of this nature, he hoped they would F',
nity amongst the Jews, the Colonial Church and School an example to the other wards of the town. (Cheers.), air
Society. The committee was anxious that it should be Mr. MANN observed that, as a representative of be
understood that the principles of " The Young Men's ward, he felt anxious that Pitt-street Ward should ii.nhe
Society" were in accordance with the principles of those behindhand in this cause. Indeed, no one could react.;,..
four societies, principles about which there could be no handbill calling the meeting, without feeling a deep BLea mistake, principles of no doubtful, no Romanisingtenden- pathy in the welfare of the widows of those brav%e.'"i,)
cies, but the pure Scriptural and Protestant principles of who may fall in the defence of their country. (C° and
the Reformation. (Hear.) The society would be conducted Not long ago many regiments had left this li,erllA 0-
in no narrow, intolerant spirit ; acting in the spirit of our the flag was noticed bearing the motto " England the. Church, as far as practicable in accordance with its pects every man to do his duty." (Cheers.) A feW (11 ~.
discipline, and it would hold out the hand of fellowship to
every other Christian society. Before concluding, he asked soldiers' wives took a painful and last farewell of tile;
the attention of the meeting to the addresses to be delivered husbands on that occasion, and many of those Were,,,lith%
in the course of the evening, the first speaker being the Rev. widows. He (Mr. Mann) had that day been into
H. Hampton, who would move the adoption of the rules of offices of some of the most wealthy merchants, anubut, ai"
the society • after whom the Rev. Dr. Baylee would address had put £1,500 on the list in an hour--(cheers); one
them on .. t'he best way to aid missions at home and abroad ;" the same time, he vtahlueeidnhthaeboitffaenritsngofosftt.h j
the Bishop of Natal would then kindly address them ; as also
eamP7sTsufstr!o„ree. tiled.
dromamounting to £29 • and another "" The
nsuebigsicrihoputirohnoof
would the Rev. W. F. Taylor, "on the claims of the Church
on young men." In conclusion, he expressed a cordial wish
for the prosperity of the society, and an earnest hope that the from the servants of the District Provident Secie'S'
blessing of God would attend its endeavours. pilots had given 120 guineas. He would not detain thew
The Rev. H. IlAstivroN, in briefly proposing the adoption but hoped a committee would be formed at once t°
of the rules, tendered his warm thanks to Mr. Henry S. out the good work.
That
thils
Silverlock, the corresponding secretary, to whose zeal and
Mr. Camas moved the first resolution—" been
energy they were indebted for the resuscitation of the society
in Liverpool, and whose perseverance, be had no doubt, meeting cheerfully responds to the call which heos for
would bring it to a glorious result. (Cheers.) made by virtue of Her Majesty's royal communicaw,Aoo The Rev. C. P. nouns seconded the resolution without collecting for the Patriotic Fund in behalf of the slitoe
remark.
and orphans of our soldiers, sailors, and marines, who
tsw dni
sodm' •
The Rev. Dr. BAYLEE, in proceeding to address the meet-
fallen and may fall during the present war in er
ing on "The best meatus of aiding missions at home and d
abroad," observed that the last time he stood in that room it the interests of thkecountry against the ambitionso. 40,,
was to defend Christianity from the attacks of its enemies ; tyrannical projects of' Russia." He would not. Covet
while they were now met to diffuse Christianity amongst its any lengthened remarks, but felt confident that Pitvinotad
enemies, or, rather, amongst those who were ignorant of it. Ward would do its duty. The same spirit which an • the
He looked upon this coincidence as an omen for good. Pro- our soldiers at Waterloo now animated the soldiers IriueiS
ceeding next with the subject of hie discourse, he said one great
means of aiding missions at home, in Liverpool, would be by East. He had no doubt both rich and poor would dot,'
duty.
hi%
a contribution of Is. by each inhabitant, which would furnish
a fund of £20,000. This would furnish 200 stipends of .elOO Mr. 11`MILLEs seconded the resolution, expressing f the
each for 200 curates. On this subject he was glad to be able regret at their being called together in con
man.
to bring beforeDhem the Working Men's Church Association, outrageous conductof a murderous-minded man. ("'A il
which had an important means of doing this; for by the He had hoped that the government would have ina"was
association of 2,000 of the working classes, three curates, in
that Liverpool, were now paid by that society, out of the hard- provision for the sufferers in this cause ; but, as the
earned twopences of the working classes of the town. A very not the'case, the people of the country must fill
s:N i...411P00.
important means of aiding the missions at home would be by gap. He had great pleasure in seconding the Tesl:: gir
increasing the subscriptions to that society, by whose influ- Mr. D. M`LELLAN moved, " That a committee ilda,
ence, though not altogether with their funds, two churches pointed, consisting of the clergy of the various den.n.„ of
were about to be built in Liverpool. One great means of lions in the ward." He entered warmly into the oeL`"for
promoting missions would be the enrokaent of a large num-
ber of candidates. from among the young men of the town, the meeting, and observed that it would be injudiciropti!
in the ranks of foreign missionaries. Unfortunately, many collections to be made in the churches and chaVema
young men who were filled with this laudable desire had not the people had all been called upon to give whatthelro the
the means of qualifying themselves, in an educational sense, in the different districts of the town. In addition,„ 404
for the office. With the intention of removing this difficulty, clergymen, he added the names of the most MO'
he (as founder and principal of St. Aidan's College, Birken-
gentlemen of the district. .
i+os"
head) had remitted the college fees from £75 to £6O for the
education of young men for missionary purposes. A fund Mr. RIMMER seconded the resolution, in a few re Of
eery
had also been established, from which £25 was given to observing that all other feelings would be merged
suitable young men, to aid them to enter the college, so great cause which had enlisted their sympathies. ,_;00'
that, with the £l5 he had remitte I, a 'suitable young man man must feel for the widows of the soldiers ign Or
could for £l5 obtain admission into the college, and for £7o looked at his own happy fireside and considered th„°.o '
the training extending overtwo years—would be sufficient to fit
less condition of those whose 'protectors had ram— .
him for the great work. Any gentleman, therefore, who had
ices'
£5O, could not appropriate it to a better use than placing it the war.
at the disposal of that society, which might be the means of
The obse'o
bigT,
CHAIRMAN, in putting the resolution,
making a valuable, earnest, holy, and prayerful Christian that the poor man's contribution would be, as e
a 0
missionary for the rest of his life. He trusted, also, that this valued
as the rich man's, and vhe hoped all would 113'oc6v
new society would stir themselves up, and collect £25 a year,
opportunity of doing their best on this important 03'
in order to pay for the preparation of one missionary. The .
rev. doctor concluded amidst general applause. sion. He wished the gentlemen who collected Of sfic
A hymn was sung at this part of the proceedings, during scriptions to put his name down for £5O. (Clicel)l6;
which a collection was made. had received £5 from Messrs. Haylock ; Mr. Mole!
The Bishop of NATAL said—Before telling them something Mr. Jeffreys, £10; Mr. M`Millen, £lO ; Mr. cOws
about the strange land of a strange people, he ought to de. £5 ; Mr. Atkinson, £2 2s. ; Messrs. Chapman undid [off'
scribe the singular pcsition of the colony of Natal, which lay _ , „. —,
separated from every other part of the British possessions in zo •J. 11, . and R. illiams, £2 2s. ;T. Rummer al
South Africa. Natal lay upon the south-eastern coast, con. £10; Mr. H. Watmough, 10s. 6d. ; Mr. sent', ,
__,txi6o,
siderably below the great island of Madagascar, bounded by 10s. 6d. The collections in the room reached about
the region of Caffraria ; upon the north-eastern side by the (Clifeer.rs3.l),mn
AcCir
Zulu country ; on the east, by the Indian ocean; on the west,
LEN was appointed treasurer, amidst at tbe
by the great country called the Sovereignty, which, until re-
mation ; and in accepting the office he announced tt" to
iceS
cently, was a British possession, but which had, within
Philharmonic Society had volunteered their sery
the last year, been surrendered, and was now guided
by a Republican government. (Hear, bear.) Natal was, I give a concert in aid of the fund. (Cheers.) ,„ he;
therefore, cut off from every other part of Great Britain The CHAIRMAN observed that the SUbSeriP.l2;o0 nt es
in South Africa, which made the position of the natives of been commenced, p
and he hoed it would be carM"
deep interest to all the European inhabitants of the land; for
it had begun. '
if an outbreak occurred amongst them, they must left be
eetilig
entirely to their own resources, without a chance of receiving After a vote of thanks to the chairman, the I°
assistance from Cape Town, except by a difficult sea voyage separated.
of 800 miles in length. It was imperative, therefore, that the
earliest care should be taken towards the kind treatment and
„d
education of the natives. Before closing his observations, he LIME-STREET WARD.
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should lay before them the shameful neglect which these poor
natives bad received from this Christian country during' the Last night, a meeting of the inhabit ants of as.---. e 4
10 or 12 years we had had them under control. The European Ward was held in the Teutonic-hall, for the
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population were in a most critical position with regard to adopting measures to co-operate in raising semr,ffe(la
the natives; and he did not hesitate to say, that there w: s in aid of the Patriotic Fund. The meeting was (5 J!:
only one remedy, one great source, which could help them in conformity with a resolution adopted by the gene6l;req•
this great need, and that was by going at once to them in the committee appointed at the meeting held in St.
.„
name of their Heavenly Master, to do that work to which he
had called them many years ago, but which still remained for hall, which resolved that meetings should be held to
them to do in his name. There were now 6,000 European of the wards. Pe
oeitli, tals'
colonists in Natal: the number had been far greater, but The chair was occupied by J. BRA.MLET-M
___,l on
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they had lost, by emigration, a considerable portion com- M.P., Alderman of the ward, who was loudly cheerviolo.,
posed of idle people who were unwilling, by their own indus- ing the chair. There was a large attendance, an
„Li) OW;
try, to gain their daily bread, and who were a very great
nuisance to the industrious settlers, in consequence of their 1 those present were Mr. Alderman Parker, Mr. a,llOOO. ficay.'
continued quarrels with the natives. The remainder were 1 Piston, Mr. J. R. Jeffery, Mr. T. Haigh, Mr.
~,,
industrious and willing colonists, who were endeavouring, I Mr. Councillor Johnson.
the eieetifir'
by God's blessing. to gain sustenance for themselves I The CHAIRMAN explained the object of felt to jle
and their families by cultivating that very fertile country.
Then there were one hundred thousand or more Zulu before doing so, he expressed the thanks
he felt
i°
Teuton for the gratuitous use of the hall. (
~ aryslci
Caffres, so called to distinguish them from the Frontier
Caffres, with whom England had been at war, and from next alluded to the gallant achievements.o.fhiotyo-0 aro 10
whom ;hey were a distinct race altogether. Having sketched 1 the East. He alluded to the generous exhibitions
eacD
the history of the colony to the present time, speaking in 1 intelligent feeling displayed by the wompb,o pay ~,,as
severe terms of reprehension of the massacre of the Dutch ' Liverpool and elsewhere, in subscribing a elaYnd orr,t
boors, his lordship described the condition in which the
native population had been left by Christian England during
the ten or twelve years they had been under her control. in furtheranceof a
fpalrlovisiondforh theawifdalr
is:the
apireresie.
of those who have en, an wo my
,_, to
She had allowed them to lie exactly as she found them—in war. The real object of the meeting ""' foes'
their native ignorance and barbarism, embued with heathen means for facilitating the collection of subsc,rPcol itri...,ohnetioe
practices and some abominations. One thing, however, our Mayor, he might mention, had generously
for the PwrLd
Government had done for these poor people : they had im-
i/`"
posed a tax of 7s. a year upon every hut, by which means !
they had added £40,000 to the revenue, the only return in
I £lOO, in addition to a prior subscription,
be OP° ,A.
the way of Christianising them having been the contribution : of succouring the sick and the wou_nded, ..,..ry
16'.
Mr. PICTON moved that Mr. J. B. Jen.
of a miserable pittance of £5O towards the support of a , treasurer of the Ward Committee.
Wesleyan school in Maritzburg. (Loud cries of " Shame.") !
Mr. Councillor JOHNSON seconded the motion'i
of the
The course of events, if such a practice be persisted in, will was carried. htec,s weer,
be, that one chief will be coerced, and then another; but they will continue to rise and be again our opponents. Mr. JEFFERY urged the claims of t_,ll nica, 11.0,1 datt
Rising after rising will thus take place, till ultimately the fund on public consideration. He eel' t doo",,bao
task will he found too heavy for us to accomplish. Though the Church of England and the state have both in this man.
iavoid
itthtiinngk itnogmthakate theprovision Government
fortthe
eh had
widows n a othdeewrcotvbe:
4. roVide bitted he
nor neglected their Christian duty, the Wesleyaus have not. of the men whom they took care .0
~.I) relation t° t.-
They have planted several missionary stations in the district
of Natal. There are also several American missions,and .11 an- r.
with to fight our battles. (Cheers.) He a their
neglect manifested by the authorities i ,
_toy _ t g_
one, a Lutheran one, from Berlin; all of these have been •
actively engaged, but of them are inadequate to effect the work. While our own Church has been thus neglecting its relatives at home. He concluded by
: ted secrets
1 postal arrangements between the fleet annlaovaing:ety7o,:itie:
ea,
duty, the Church of Rome has been busy. It has pressed its Reay, cutler, Church-street, be appointed
claims, and urged its objects on the benighted natives, and, was seconded and carried.
for anything known to the contrary, a missionary from that ittee geO. ii
„d the wit
church may now be securing the regards of our converts.
of the ward, amiittee,
(Hear, hear.) He proceeded to narrate, in interesting terms - g clergymen •• a corn
con3slira.tiJnEFoFfElithl-enext moved that a comin
municipal ied'
a visit of himself and Mr. Sh• t l'
Ship ton a ong with one or two men who have acted as the m
car per
others to a Kaffir settlement, 'Here they experienced much power to add to their numbers. . „„h waS
.„,. C°
the
kindness and willing hospitality. In acknowledgment of Mr. PICTON seconded the motion, wi,i'v. J. Pin
9'
which they introduce a translation of the "Lord's Prayer" in the Kaffir tongue. (Hear, hear.) This was the first The CHAIRMAN intimated that the le Alina, .
will deliver a lecture on the Battle of t o°4
occasion on which he (the bishop) had an opportunity 0
of joining in prayer under a Kaffir hut with his black
brethren, and a most gratifying circumstance it had proved. Thanks were voted to the chairm. ,'
Concert-hall, this evening, at eight. ol'criloe, k; d the
The work of teaching, he described as making satisfactory separated.

Macfie.
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