The Liverpool Standard, and General Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1854-09-05 00:00:00

"THE LADIES."

Ocs of the best speeches perhaps ever delivered on a
festive occasion by a gentleman, in proposing the toast of
" The Ladies," was made at a meeting held last week at
Hampton Court, Herefordshire, to celebrate the coming of
age of the eldest son of Mr. Arkwright. The speaker was
the Rev. E. B. Hawkshaw, whose wife is sister to Mrs.
Arkwright. The rev. gentleman said :—Ladies and gen-
tlemen, for the first time this day the toast which I am
about to propose will be received with mingled feelings of
sorrow and of joy—of sorrow because it is the last toast on
our list for this evening—for all things, even eating and
drinking, must come, alas ! to an end, and young gentle-
men, as has been truly and pathetically observed, only
come of age once in their lives; but with feelings of joy,
because it is a toast which is always received with the
greatest enthusiasm ; it is the toast of " The Ladies."
If, gentlemen, your heads are capable of another toast,
after all you have done honour to, I feel quite sure your
hearts will respond to this. I might particularise some
lady present, and couple her name with this toast ; I
might name the noble lady near me, whose liberality and
kindness are so well known around Stoke Edith. 'I might
name the lady of our Lord-Lievtenant, and express our
confident hope that she will not unbeseem the early
promise of her married life, but will be to Lord Bateman
and to the new neighbourhood which so kindly welcomes
her, all her lord has promised that she shall be. I might
join with this toast the name of Mrs. Arkwright, who, as
we have been often informed, is a pattern to her sex. I
might select my own wife, and by so doing, secure, I
should hope, at least a week or two of domestic harmony,
because I assure you, though I tell it of course' in strict
confidence, that if it be true that Mrs. Arkwright is fit to
be a pattern to her sex, it is equally true that her sister,
who I have the happiness to call my wife, is it to be a
pattern to her. Or, again, I might take the name of the
lady—if I only knew it—who has been so feelingly and
beautifully alluded to by Mrs. Daggs just now ; but she is
as yet bat the sweet creation of the brain. Or I might
take any one of the fair ladies whom I see before me, and
whose gaze, upturned, I assure you very nearly overpowers
me, and I might link her name with this toast. I shall
do, however, nothing of the sort. I shall give you this
toast in all its full comprehensiveness—the ladies in gene-
ral—the ladies all over the world. I shall allow each gen-
tleman to begin with the one nearest and dearest to him,
and let the circle of his affections expand until it em-
braces—of course I mean figuratively embraces—the whole-
female creation. It is' usual, I believe, on these occasions
to entrust this toast to the care of a bachelor. In the
present instance this custom has been departed from ; for
I have not the happiness—no, I mean the misery—which
is it ? to belong to that unhappy class of persons. I have
no doubt that among all the arrangements for these well-
arranged festivities, nothing has given Mr. and Mrs. Ark-
wright deeper anxiety than the consideration of the ques-
tion whether this toast should be entrusted to' a married
man ora bachelor. I have no doubt it formed the per-
plexing eubject of many an anxious midnight curtain dis-
course. In the propriety of the conclusion at which they
have arrived I beg entirely to concur. It is an insult to
commit this-toast to a bachelor. What can he say ? lie
can only expatiate on joys of whioh he may have read in
books—he can only picture a fireside at which he is unable
to warm himself—he can only draw a beautiful landscape
of a Paradise which he has seen through a barred gate.
Miserable man he strays through life without a friend
except his cigar. Deprived of the fragrance of life's
sweetest flowers, he is absolutely obliged to console him-
self with its weeds. Ladies, it has been a wonder to me
that you allow such a creature as a bachelor to exist on
the face of the earth ! And for you, ladies (and now I
speak seriously,) how thankful may you be that your lot is
cast in a land whose customs allow of your mingling with
us on such an occasion as this. In this country, above all
others on the face of the earth, woman occupies that place
in the domestic and social system which God, who made
her, formed her to fill and to adorn. She tempers with
her gentleness the fiercer and more rugged nature of man ;
she shares all his sorrows and all his joys—shares all his
sorrows to lighten them, all his joys to double them; and
ever, through the dark clouds, which gather above his
head, she beams forth in her glad brightness, the rainbow
to the storm of his life.. Here she is not caged in the
gilded misery of the harem, nor immured in the dismal
gloom of the convent, but stands by the side of man, where
first her Maker placed her.

.1 Oh ! woman, not for thee the living tomb,
The harem's splendour, or the convent's gloom ;
Not thine to bend to fear's unhallow'd nod,
And scorn the world to please creation's God.
To see, to feel that earth, that life is fair,
Yet weep to think thou bast no portion there.
No! child of joy, a holier task is thine,
A brighter prospect and a purer shrine.
'Tis thine to curb the passion's maddening sway,
And wipe the mourner's bitter tear away

lie thine to soothe when hope itself has fled,
And cheer with angel smile the sufferer's bed,
To give to earth its charm, to life its zest,

task—to bless and to be blest,

such a cheer as shall make the old oaks around us ring
again—such a cheer as only English forests of oak ever
echo, or English hearts of oak ever give. (The call was
most heartily responded to; and the rev. gentleman sat
down amidst loud cheers.)

FASHIONS FOR SEPTEMBER,

(InMYSL LB FOLLET.)

TUE excessive heat of the weather lately has rather tried
the courage of the fair votaries of fashion, by the exertion
involved in the adornment of their graceful figures ; but
the recollection of the old proverb, "11 faut souffrir pour
etre belle," came opportunely to their relief; and, rather
than forego the gratification•which a woman, and especi-
ally a French woman, derives from the- contemplation of
herself when bien mise, or risk the lois of the compli,
ments of her friends on her appearance, with the resigna-
tion of martyrs they pursued their daily exercise, and felt
amply repaid by the result.

Asa _
material, barege is well adapted for the display of
elegant patterns and useful styles. Grey, in various
shades, is much in demand ; the flounces are principally
ornamented with designs. in violet, pink, deep blue, or
cerise. Many have merely a wide moiree stripe, satinee
or shaded, between two. others, but very narrow, which
may be replaced by figured ribbons, as pompadear in
various shades, or of an arabesque pattern, either of which
is becoming.

A very effective dress, composed of barege rose-chine,
was trimmed in the following manner :—On the three
flounces was a wide ribbon, the ground white, and orna-
mented with rich wreaths of different colours. Over the
body, which was low, a ceinture bretelle of wide Abbon of
the same pattern, crossing at the bottom of the waist,
terminated in long ends, and hung loosely on the skirt.
At the shoulders, two bows falling over the sleeves. In-
side the corsage, cut square, a demi-guimpe of plain tulle,
edged with a. ruche of the same. Bouillonnees of tulle,
trimmed in the same manner, projected from. the bottom
of the small sleeves, and appeared as a continuation of the
guimpe itself. _

We have observed several dresses in barege, grenadine,
and mousseline de soie, with the flowers cut out a jours in
the guipure style.
Taffetas dresses in large checks, blue and white, pink
and white, or white and lilac, and made with full bodies
and a ceinture, are much worn.
A robe of grenadine de laine of rather a dark shade of
grey, with five ourles flounces, formed a pleasing effect.
The corsage, plaited on the shoulder and at the waist, ter-
minated by a waist ribbon of the same colour with long
flowing ends ; the front of the body was trimmed with
bows of ribbon to match ; and the sleeves composed of
bouillonnees, separated by ribbons ending in a bow.
A very pretty sleeve is formed of a large bouffant, and
the epaulette trimmed with two narrow frills, edged with
a tom-ponce fringe. There are two also at the bottom of
the sleeve.

The corsage a bretelle is now ab the height of fashion.
We have noticed several of guipure or black lace, and
basquines scolloped behind and in front. The bottom of
the basquine, and also of the sleeves, is enriched with
three deep frills of lace or guipure.
We were pleased with a novel description of trimming
a robe of mousseline de soie. A wide ribbon, from the
shoulder to the waist, where it formed a bow, had the
effect of the ribbon of an, order; the ends were carried on
to the skirt, and fastened at the bottom of each flounce,
the edge of which it appeared slightly to raise.
In organdi and tarlatane we have seen several very
pretty dresses. They are made with a double or triple
skirt, edged with a plain hem about five or six inches wide.
The corsage a la vierge is gathered in at the waist, and
cut square at the top on to a narrow worked band or a
lace insertion. The sleeves are very short, and slightly
bonffantes ; underneath is a second sleeve, opened in the
middle, or rather a jockey, trimmed on the edges with an
insertion, or work, like that on the top of the body.
With this dress a broad ceinture of white, pink, or blue
taffetas ribbon is worn : it is fastened in front, at the side,
or behind ; the latter gives a more juvenile character.
Others, are made with a low body, gathered en gerbes.
The folds are very numerous, and united on the shoulder
under a bow of ribbon, which loops up a very full pagoda
sleeve, reaching to the elbow, and trimmed with lace,
ruches of ribbon, feather fringe, or any other trimming,
which is introduced on the double skirts or on the flounces.
Under these sleeves is another, very short and small, with
a narrow lace insertion at the bottom.

Imitation coral, made of flowers, forma a very pleasing
trimming for white tarlatane dresses. The flounces, and
the folds of the corsage looped up by it, have a charming
appearance, the beautiful colour being so conspicuous on
the clearness of the dress.

Somewhat in the same style is a plain tulle dress, the
second dress trimmed all round with bunches of grapes,
intermixed with roses and small leaves. This wreath was
raised towards the waist on one side. The corsage a &a-
perie, trimmed with a bouquet to match, and on the small
sleeves a few flowers and bunches of grapes, showing in
bouillonnees of tulle. The whole of the trimming, being
composed of crepe, was exceedingly light, and readily
adapted itself to the folds of the dress. The other skirt
was trimmed with bouillonnees, which reached to that
ornamented with flowers.

A pretty, but somewhat eccentric dress, composed of
white diaphane gauze, of exquisite delicacy, was made with
three skirts, trimmed with deep bouillonnees of the same
material. On them were sprinkled small pearls in white
jet. The effect was singular, but very good, and conveyed
the idea of a sprinkling of dew drops. The bouquets on
the body and in the hair were composed of rosebuds,
intermixed with leaves of white jet, as light as blonde in
execution.

A robe of organdi, with seven flounces, was more simple
in character, but perhaps no less pleasing in effect. On
each flounce were three rows of narrow fringes of white
feathers. The berthe, forming cceur behind and at front,
together with the under-sleeves, was trimmed with several
rows of the same description of ornament. ?ink featil'er
trimming, on pink organdi, produces a chari.ning dress. The degree of license which is permitted ut tte toilette
at the seaside, or in the country, has been taken advan-
tage of by many ladies to dispense with a 'shawl or mantle,
and to substitute for them an eleit"..nt little casaque, of
which there is no lack of variety. Tin black taffetas, fitting
to the waist, and with very long Basques, on a black lace
from 15 to 16 inches deep. High body, and a large black
lace cape over it, reachr:lg to the waste and to the elbow,
where it joins the d0,',,01e lace at the bottom of the sleeve,
and falls aa low aP, the waste. This is very suitable with
qkbitik9fAargo Vigi4 PAtt=sa wide ptripes, or nalagidered

muslin. The under sleeves and the collar over the cape
ought to be of embroidery or lace, but of delicate work.

In excessively warm weather, a scarf, entirely of white
guipure, trimmed with ruches, or very small rosettes of
white ribbon, is in good taste.
Canezous, in white or black lace, are much worn. Some
are made with half-high bodies, some form a guimpe,
while others are open at front; many have revers; and
the majority are made with basques, and large pagodas
sleeves reaching below the elbow. Black tulle is fre-
quently substituted for black lace; they are trimmed with
delicate designs in velvet or jet pearls. The latter pro-
duce a pretty effect with shaded taffetas skirts, as pink,
lilac, or sea-green ; and the flounces trimmed with embroi-
dery, executed on a black tulle ground cut out in open
work. The tulle has the appearance of forming part of
the material itself.
Some are made entirely of black lace insertions, sepa-
rated by small ruches of taffetas ribbon ; they form gerbe
on the chest and at the back, and are continued en
basques all round the waist. The bottom of the basques
edged with toques of ribbon, which appear to proceed from
the ruches of the canezou. The style is decidedly new, and
becomes a skirt of black taffetas, with lace flounces over
the others.

White is, of course, more generally worn, especially by
young women. A form much patronised by them is that
known as the Canezou Engenie, and is considered one of
the gems of the season in lingarie. It is composed entirely
of medallions of lace and embroidered muslin mingled to-
gether, and a different pattern on each, as small bouquets
of lilac, roses, heartsease, or pinks, &c., so that a real par-
terre of beautiful embroidery is presented to the eye, and
enraptures with the exquisiteness of the work and effect.
The sleeves increase in site towards the bottom, and are
fulled on to a band above the elbow, where they form a
very large bouillonnee, which falls over the aim. Under-
neath this is a deep manchette, formed by two rows of
lace. A broad lace, some TO inches deep, supplies the
place of a bisque, and is only separated from the canezou
by the waist ribbon which is worn to it. A very large
collar, with the corners rounded very much at the chest
and bust, falling low on the shoulders, is trimmed with a
lace six inches wide, and has the appearance of a small
pelerine. The deep lace falling over the'sleeves and on the
back is exceedingly graceful.
Small falls of black tulle, embroidered in jet, are among
the newest ideas. The embroidery is executed in very
small pearls, so as not to add any weight. It is very be-
coming with Tuscan straw bonnets'. The same style is
equally pretty in white, for bonnets made of rice straw or
tulle bouillonnee.

The capeline is the•most convenient bonnet for the sea
side ; it is simple and graceful.
It is made in all the various shades for the different
hours of the day and the variations in the toilette. In the
morning, it is composed of Swiss straw, with a very wide
border, and a low crown, scarcely deeper than the black
velvet ribbon which is round it, and hanging with long
ends behind. The edge of the brim is also bound with
black velvet ; and underneath, on each side, are small
coques of Bros-bleu ribbon and long brides.
At a litter period of the day, the capeline is seen made
of Tuscan straw of a much finer quality, and a wreath
round the-crown, composed of black and green grapes, of
clusters of filberts, currants, raspberries, mulberries—in
fact, of a perfect medley of fruits. The rim is lined with
pink taffetas, trimmed with fruit as round the crown, but
of a smaller size ; and two broad brides in pink taffetas
ribbon.

The only ornament on an openwork straw capeline con-
sisted of bouquets of various wild flowers scattered here
and there on the top of the brim, underneath, a small
wreath of thorn blossoms and roses formed a cordon over
the forehead, and hung down in a-, cluster on each side of
the cheeks. The lining was of straw crepe lisse, slightly
bouillonnee ; and on each side, instead of strings, large
barbes, formed of the same description of crepe, and edged
with a delicate device in straw.

Towards the evening, when the young ladies put on
dresses of organdi, muzliti, or light taffetas, in soft subdued
colours, thenthe eapeline is of rice-straw. The trimming
is sometimes wholly composed of fruits, or of a mixture of
clematis, honeysuckle, or convolvulup, twining carelessly
round the crown ; or of a wreath of daises of different
colours in crepe or taffetas.

Black lace is still employed for bonnets, they are
generally trimmed- with blue, violet, brown, or pink ribbon.

- Straw, trimmed with ruches of strawand biown ribbon,
is worn for morning or• travelling bonnets. The ribbon
trimming is usually accompanied by ears of corn, or
flowers and leaves, in straw.

For originality, the bonnets de campagne claim atten-
tion; they are made of very fine straw, bound with black
velvet. On one side a poppy, with a heart of red crepe,
blue or yellow, and the flower in black taffetas, forms an
ornament novel in appearance ; a bow of black velvet is
placed on the other. Inside the front, a mixture of small
&Went and bows of black velvet. The shape is a little
forward at front, and rather bowed somewhat in the
Marie Stuart style. It is adapted for rice-straw blonde,
and bouillonnees of tulle
For a peignoir, we I
ming thar

know. of no more appropriate trim-

to front richly embroidered iiithitin-stitch, to
represent a beautiful garland of roses, intermixed with
leaves. Over a transparent of pale blue or pink taffetas,
this peignoir is • seen to great advantage: On white em-
broidered muslin dresses, with three or five flounces, the
body, open with embroidered volants, is• trimmed with
bows of ribbon.

For morning wear, a little veste, with sleeves of the
pagoda shape, of broderie Anglaise, and skirts with two
deep flounces similarly embroidered, is very suitable and
generally liked, especially as this description of work,
when in handsome designs, is so effective, and, from its
costliness, can only be worn by the elite,
Small caps in white guipure, trimmed with lilac ribbon
arranged in bows, with brides, are much admired. Some
are also made of white blonde and black lace, and trimmed
with rosebuds and cornflower blossom; the brides are
edged with a narrow blonde.

The bonnets fanchons which we saw pleased us by their
lightness and elegance. They were cut in one piece, either
pale blue or pink taffetas, with long barbes to match, and
slightly approaching the Marie Stuart shape at front.
The edges of the cap and of the barbes were trimmed
with a light ruche of tulle illusion of a very delicate tex-
ture. On each side of the cheek were small niches of the
tulle mixed with small bows of ribbon, rosebuds, myosotis,
or some equally becoming flower.

IRELAND,

LORD GOUGH and some of his family visited his new
purchase, Loughcooter Castle, last week. They were
" hospitably received by the nuns ;" and Lord Gough
begged, them not to put themselves to inconvenience by

hastening away. -
DISEASE IN SWINE.—A correspondent of the Armagh
Guardian, on the authority of Montgomery Armstrong,
Esq., of Innishowen, county Fermanagh, states that the
mortality in swine is at present very great in that county,
upwards of 150 having died. in the island within the last
four weeks. This disorder is a new one, in its symptoms
resembling cholera.

Tun Eionus.—The Ballinasloe Star (moderate Con-
servative) says :—" We do not remember to have witnessed
so many of the peasantry leaving the country, nor have
we ever heard of preparations so extensive as are being
made at present by numerous parties intending to emi-
grate. It is not alone,the United States and the Canadas
that are being replenished, with the self-expatriated Irish-
man; Australia seems to attract almost all who are able
to muster the amount of a passage. From the vicinities
of Ballinasloe, Lawrencetown, Kiltormer, and Eyrecourt
we hear of numbers, possessing substance and: comfort,
about to try their fortunes by a voyage to the Southern
hemisphere. The prospect of an abundant harvest is no
inducement to remain. There seems to be an infatuation
in the minds of the rural classes, and, as if in dread of
some woeful disaster impending over the.country, they
leave it with an impetuosity unequalled in the annals of
history. Well may we exclaim, ' What will the end be ?'
While the emigration was confined to the,mere peasantry,
who were in. a. great measure assisted, by their friends
already across. the Atlantic, we felt but little alarm ; now,
however, that large numbers of young men and young
women of respectability, and in the possession of capital,
are about to leave their homes, we, have grave ideas as
respects the result of such a movement upon the country.
Already our markets have been thinned, and in remote
districts the Roman Catholic chapels are half deserted,
while- in the streets of some country towns a volley of
grapeshot might be discharged without occasioning much
loss of human life. Ever since.the country began to re-
cover from the effects of the famine, the spirit of emigra-
tion has been on the increase among the peasantry, It
is strange, indeed, that in the midst of prosperity,. and
without a redundant population, the people of this country
should manifest such signs of restlessness.

BRITISH ARCII2EOI,6)GICAL A ssoclATloN,—The pro-
ceedings of the annual congress of this association were
brought to a conclusion on Monday, and were distinguished
by the discovery of the remains of a very extensive Roman
villa at Caerwent.

RUSSIAN Palsossits.—The official occupants of apart-
ments at the Milbay Prison Barracks, Plymouth, have
orders to vacate them immediately, and it is understood
the prisons are forthwith to be set in order for the reception
of a portion of the Russian prisoners. This accounts for
the countermand to the order for equipping the Caledonia,
120, as a prison-ship at that port.

MANIIPA.CTURN OP A BANK OF ENGLAND NOTE.--
The Bank of England has adopted a new plan of impress-
ing the bank note, as well as the cheques of that estab-
lishment, by very considerable improvements in the
machinery. The present machinery used in printing the
bank-note is the invention known as Perkins' process,
and which has been in operation at the Bank for about
seventeen years, Mr. Perkins the inventor, was an
American. By this process the entire face of the bank-
note is engraved upon hardened steel plates ; five in
number for each note, the several parts thus engraved
are transferred to soft steel rollers by means of steam
pressure, which produces the whole of the engraved parts
in relief. These rollers are then hardened and passed
over a soft steel plate so as to form the entire face of the
bank-note, except the signature, which, till recently,
has been supplied by twenty gentleman daily engaged in
that occupation, at £5OO per annum each. This plate
was then fit for the operations of the machines, at which
several men are engaged in producing the bank note,
each man 'working at a separate machine. These opera-
tions complete the process of printing the bank-note
under Perkins' patent, except adding the signature.
The old plan, as far as it7goes, possesses many disadvan-
tages, and to a Certain extent the bank authorities are
' fully cognisant of them. Take the signature of the note
itself. Although twenty gentlemen were daily employed
in signing the notes, it was quite possible that there
nit'ght be such a difference in the signature at different
times of the day as to render it difficult for any one of
them to vouch for its idnetity in a court of law. It was
this that gave rise to the act which empowered the bank
since January, 1853, to sign all its notes by machinery,
by which the bank saved £lO,OOO a year, and obtained a
uniformity in the note which no individual could perform.
The bank has introduced a new process. They have
sought to introduce a uniformity in the printing of tlye
bank-note, which the old process never could insure and
while, under that process, numerous discrepancie% could
be discovered by a critical observer, the notes proiluced by
the new mode present such a uniformity and accuracy of
delineation as to render it more difficult tIIVA CUT to pro-
slueo.o cQuAterfeit.

ECCLESIASTICAL INTELLIGXYCJ''

PREFERMENTS AND AND APPOINTME,- -NT"' ..,..' 0
Calubil-
Mr. R. Adams, 8.A., of Magdalene College, _es,
the Second Mastership of the Grammar School, SW.ltiLlifortlf
Rev. H. Beaumont, M.A.,to the Rectory a fr..
_,,,rb,
near B "
ath.
Rev. L. F. Clarkson, M.A., to the Rectory of gOles
near Kimbolton, Huntingdonshire.
Rev. N. Davies. M.A., to the Rectory of West Leiden, nit
Roughani, Norfolk. prebend or
Rev. A. Fanc, Vicar of Warminster to the , ..uni.
Canonry of Yatesbury, in the Cattipdral'Church of Pl.l,,racf
Rev. E. F. Glanville, M,A., to the District Perpetual,
of Tideford, Cornwall.
Rev. C. Hensley, M.A., to the Vicarage of Caboilrn' ijiw
nal
colnshire. v iseor
Very Rev. Dean Jermyn, Incumbent of the fßAiocese,
Chapel in Forres, to be Archdeacon of St. Kitts, in the •
of Antigua. r ',IRO'
‘-'"
Rev. J. 0. M'Carogher, M.A., Demy of Magdalen.., wooa .
tu
Oxford, to be Domestic Chaplain to the Duke of i,ith
Rev. S. W. Mangin, 8.A., to the Curacy of St. Pi
Stoke Newington. farlolrt
Rev. W. Milton, M.A., to the Curacy of Little L'
Bucks.
of Walt
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Rev. G. W. Murray, M.A., to the Rectory
. to
old, near Louth, Lincolnshire.
Rev. M. Onslow, M.A., Vicar of East Peckham. Kenny
the Rural Deanery of North Mailing, in the Arclleanu"
Maidstone.

Rev. P. Roberts, M.A., Master of the Gram
Coleshill, Warwickshire, to be a Surrogate for the
Worcester. of st.
Rev. It, Sedgwick, M.A., to the Perpetual Curacy
Giles, Norwich. os
Rev. W. L. Smith, M.A., Incumbent of Radstone,
amptonshire, to be Chaplain to the Brackley Union. Or
Rev. J. H. Stephenson, M.A., Rector of LyinPsliain'
set, to a Rural Deanery in his Diocese.

NEW CHURCH IN HULME.—A new church le 3 bod P
tbe
be erected in Hulme, in the parish of St. George,lll3o4
foundation stone was laid on Saturday, by the Lord
of Manchester.
,nerteS
UNSEEMLY BRAWL—The Bristol Mirror poi'
disturbance disturbance created in Worle church, by a contoVeille
session of a pew. Soon after the commencement (4_4, i 0
service, high words were beard to proceed from !,,,r
the north aisle of the church, and a voice to elch'itiiale"
there no churchwardens here?" The clergYroan_Aea, 011
diately desisted from reading, and the churchw74-etia
arriving at the pew found two respectable farmers el '..Yertie
the possession of a seat. After a little explanation
was restored, and the service proceeded. 00%.
SCULPTURE AND PAINTING HANDMAIDS TO tile
—The fine arts of sculpture and painting are 0 ess in
handmaids of religion, when properly employed, oe,,,triO,
the Reformed tharrin the Roman Church. These .ling
of our church have their full exposition in the bus, the,
St.- Paul's, the first Protestant cathedral erected 50'00
Reformation, in a learned age, and by a most accel
architect of the time; and very largely decorate vi.o.
sculpture. Here we have the twelve Apostles, the the
gelists, the Baptist, and Paul, finely deposited °L'dtb
summit ; the seven acts of Paul round the portal, °I)loo...„i0
rightsof the Church above, with abundance of 0
~Yrafal°,l'
every part. This fine example has been repudiate(' "patT
years by the degrading and "impious rage of the„ith°
tanical faction," but we have now a renewed 11e
these opinions, and we may' confidently hope that nef
supplied the absolute necessities of the Church l? out
barns and tents for our holy worship, we shall, ~eijce,
increasing piety, expand into beauty and magniool°
after the example of those great commercial rePn",,od,_,
whose wake we follow with so great prosperity, of
they have ever done, offer our homage to the GifeLhip.!
good by every act of science, and add to the wol'itoir
spirit and in truth also the worship in the beauty. °'
ness.— Builder. tea
CHRIST Cull-um, BACUP, which has been ere°, fel
the sole expense of the Rev. James- Heyworth; 19
chaste illustration of the style of architecture Preiolo:
during the twelfth and thirteenth centuries. The noel
ing consists of base and clerestory, divided into it:entel
and south aisle, with an arcade of handsomely oroPm,„,,ale°
stone arches, supported by circular piers and on
capitals and bases. A chancel, twenty-six feet PiZrcii,
nineteen feet wide, projects eastward from the C's stir
r
,
divided from the nave by a very lofty stone are 1) 11,5,
ported on beautifully sculptured corbels, with 1)°,,b09
marble shafts, &c. The tower, rising to a height c,
seventy feet, is placed at the west end of the south
The
opening into the church by a bold and lofty are
church will accommodate between five and six liv-oto
people. A font, "reredos," and pulpit, are vvorheci,atif°l
Caen stone, the small pillars being executed of a "e„;stfr;
fossil marble found near Dent in Yorkshire. The 'OO
windinv (a triplet) is filled with stained glass repress'
various subjects in the history of our Saviour. Or
RELIGIOUS REVIVAL.—Last week bills wereln
Wednesbury, announcing that the Rev R. Aitl";s,so•3'
cumbent of Pendeen, would preach on the folloairra the
day in St. James's Church. Accordingly, on San a
rev. gentleman preached two powerful sermoes!°oo9
subject of conversion, to large congregations-. 00;54 colF
evening he preached again, taking for his subject IP
versation of our Lord with the woman of Sarnarl„3;cl
the
sermon-occupied one hour and twenty minutes, '2, to
preacher exerted himself to bring conviction- h°lll'respe‘;B
hearers. The congregation, which was large aou,iscoar
able, was remarkably affected by the eloquent Le
feeo
of the preacher, and several gave utterance to 'le eV,
ings. A deep impression seemed to be made on toot nice
congregation ; and after the service, at half-32,410i t,lll
o'clock, a meeting was held at the parsonage are
house was crowded. A most exciting scene, we weep'
formed, was 'witnessed on the occasion—some
ing, some were praying, and some were Fing;;;;Ily
preacher was occupied speakin
by g to some Pe,,,r2iNvigg itaßffeovr. consolation,Rdin.gßooandthe asßesvis. Jt ed.
~Venter.tethre. eeting
impr,-,ar•
tinned till, nearly eleven o'cleelc, and a grec, the pal;,
was made upon many. Mr. Aitkins is staying at wee'
sonage, and was to preach three times during th.,erplice'
and twice again on Sunday. He preaches in the s'ruero
ire for ,ijeji
and is said to hold High Church principles. bed In the
belonged to the Wesleyan body, and prey c Ato
chapels, but for some years he has conforree'ree4
Church. Mr. Aitkins has lately been at Leeds, P`-d to
in St. Saviour's Church, and a great revival is seliisee. t
taking place in that town.—Staffordshire Acker
us bet
'NEW BISHOPBICS.—The Morning Herald
arrangements are in progress for preparing at ses'ily
which will be submitted to parliament early tie'
the sou
for the erection of two new English dioceses, h 3 It t,
division of the sees of Lincoln and St. David's
proposed to divide the diocese of Lincoln by the 3P.ror
meet of a bishop of Southwell, who will have e.„/
jurisdiction over the whole of the archdeaconrY
tingham, containing the important towns of Nottinpr!
Normanton, Mansfield, Newark, Retford, Tattoo, gco,i
sop, Southwell, &c., together with a portion of the an
Oef
deaconry of Lincoln, including probably Stann°,4lot, qt
the adjacent district. The new bishopric will CO'',l f
about 300 benefices, leaving considerably more tilthop °
number under the jurisdiction of the present 13; 105
tells
school:
Lincoln. The Bishop of Southwell will have beil,
amount of patronage in- his hands, Bishop Jaehleseottii
willing to transfer all the livings which are at 1),,i00P of
the new see to its first incumbent. The second, ",s.lose 'c
proposed to be formed is that of Brecon, by a ulvisbo&y,
the present large diocese of St. David's. The, ye°,,,e' 19
of Brecon will include the towns of Brecknock,„_leinr
Crickhowell, Hay,Glasbury, Oldcastle, Salgart°' Carw-botb
Desserth, Glandestry, Glascombe, Newchurclb,here're
then, Egremont, Kidwelly, Llanelly, Bishopton, 'the
Nicholaston, Oystermouth, and Swansea, leaving. bgePto
sent Bishop of St. David's jurisdiction over x.,J150005,01
Haverfordwest, Milford, Pembroke, Tenby, ',-,l•ol)6o°`iit
Emlyn, Cardigan, Newport, &c. Under th,,e f`cfoV.
arrangement the diocese of Brecon would consilaat.,,%te
200 benefices, and the diocese of St. David's of t',,ene'Veo
Both Brecon and Southwell have handsome
~1 are e;•
churches, with chapters attached, so that tb"—l:vnal).
difficulties in the• way of the erection of the neorcora:ol
A scheme for the erection of a new bishopric fet oth's-dett
is at present under the consideration of the
001°10i'
by commissioners,the plan having been warmlyree°ool°loe
by the Bishop of Exeter. For this bishopric the re
endowment has already been provided threnV oar'
ficence- of a private individual.' f thedif
CATHEDRAL SunvicEs.—From the report 0, tile too
missioners appointed to inquire into the state °,.'pre-
drabs of England and Wales, we find that t°_,:theanlieP.,
services on every Sunday in each of the 'off bete
morning and evening, choral in all except -bia",be'r 00,e'
has no lay clerks or choristers. In half then. onli
are two sermons every Sunday, in the other DA:,,l3,clie
generally in the choir. At Ely one sermon is cboir's4
the choir, and .one in the octagon outside thew 011,0;
Durham Cathedral there is an evening serri eit i 3
days, with a sermon during the summer In liester ic44;
called the Galilee. In the cathedral at Willie", servci
the practice to divide the two usual Sunday ;
morning and afternoon, into four, add
Salisbury and Worcester the Sunday morntngre arc filL'
divided into two. In Bangor Cathedral the i ,
chor ci por
complete services on Sundays, with sermons, The ifst''t
fish, choral, and two in. Welsh, not choral. _the" oo
two choral services on week days in almost allrayel serio
Seven cathedrals have also early morning .Pce, 01-je
choral, and at Llandaff there is a Welsh serr_floolce 4
mon, on Wednesday evening. The Holy c, t „ Ds'o
administered every Sunday in twelve cathea' 'AP 0e (Jo
the month in one, and monthly in seventeen' a tht
the Holy Communion on the great festivals',
e3petiaoro
of
the lesser also. The commissioners draw atlibearill,,ASt
fact that a great part of the fabric of our ea,sther,t_il, 31A
present unused for public worship. ani,'TeroM.
the report it is stated that at Durham, Ely' d 00004'04
Westminster Abbey, the choir is so arrange„ ivaY oti,°
congregation assembled in the central sPaest g witl)
pate in the services, and suggest the to—e see
. Iro
for consideration : —Whether an evening soncayefei4
sermon in the nave, would be generally be Winipeete
ther the division of services, as at SaliSbilrfloro ig of
and Durham, would increase the number 4., (0141,0,
and whether an additional service, not clittited or I
custom in some cathedrals), might be insVenileeo
on certain days of the week, morning or e_dral
with advantage to the inhabitants of cote

t ,-15" 11'
DEATH OP AN Essex GIANT.-011 StillaSY,.el7o,f cv 6
of the West Ham giant, William Sharp, ire,i.eelf egiOili
to their last resting-place. Sharp died hot " Thenplts-0
snmption, in the West Ham Union-housei was ""olil4ll
when living, stood 7 feet 6 inches high, all.„,":, viras° Al',.eLqi
his 24th year at the One of his demise-. j''' is a,,,sr
of Stratford ; his mother,who is still I cillg' Cftes' 0
Ja , g
woman, and below the middle stature' re e#
Chronicle. 4. tl,e tiff 4
. _ thav ao, 1,
CONSUMPTION OP BREAD.—Estimating vio rs) .07.
24,000,000 of bread consumers in Great 131.1 eate y,l et
land (leaving out the 4 000 000 of potst° r Weetet ff,
allowing each person one!anda-half loaves Ale ciiisio iltl
38,000,000 of loaves. Admitting that fa,vo It f°l. ,lictliae
wheat makes 136 loaves of bread, it refill': 0045 P,to
r'i
of wheat per week. To this add 10 Pe' oirty,en efr
used in other *articles and it gives 295,5`21;71,090vAie1,
weekly
ann 1.
-, . London and suburbs, withw,!eidy, 000teb4
corsumption of wheat, or Ib' its 2ri;cl, rr,o'
Ropulo'cion, consume 3,000,000 loaves ,' A lie criot
flour, require 24,626 quarters of wlicaD., of t,e ft
bei, eetl' m.
%",heat will give 501bs. of flour per bIP alto,' to or-,
which makes best seconds bread-
4001b,,9;rterAllgg Agoe /,:rl
that quantity of flour will make 134 4-`,J ts" lYv"-
quartern of wheat ground into flour, sllmisto.doi AAA
the rough bran, say about bibs. to the 'ft groife '"
loaves the quarter. A quarter of wilel7, will la
into rough meal, without taking any braloveo
of meal, and that will make about 100
brown bream

'-at'l.TOR OF THE LIVERPOOL STANDARD.
bll/a4
et,4,. his letter of the 17th August, I think Mr. Wray
:0414 "dent to all unprejudiced minds, that the chfarghieet4rs
,B!ainst him of being a " clandestine slanderer o
,11° otie,-: was simply absurd. He showed that there had been
end th::•al`tent whatever of any of our published *paper.* ;
ling :` tot a charge had been made which we are•not
iiot zshful to substantiate before the whole-Church.
l-
Clergrut 10 th°w that our respect, even for "such a WI as the
Nriatio°rLiveroool" shall not be allowed-to alter our deter-
t%,,it_ in behalf of that despised system of the Church of
bqciiill4l NNbose ruins this body, it would appear, are
11r, their reputation, a more particular notice of this
of
,an
ornate er may be useful ; and it may not be inappro-
t° demonstrate the fatuity of such a charge, brought
..cit'rerni4se who simply assert the trecth, and not falsehood,
airiO the treatment which the Prayer-Book and the
bes meet
44
with
c" ,at the hands-of the body in question.
.It
t 1 iterte vonient for an adversary-to resort to !ersondal int;
~nhuilir attentionMisreresentation of our motives, in. o!. er
thvi' from the real question ;*but it is plain
It 41 ole controversy turns upon a matter-of fact.
tlergra ''after
Of fact that all the so-called "Evangelical"
4re t,'Uilt • of violating the order of the Prayer-Book,
,-,iit.1114 depriving the pople of their rights as Church-
, 6t the head and front of our scheme are, that the
(if 'Y Of
vice and ignorance of the masses,
't11,,, correcting the
•
"-1 h'itlr; the.,the Church, and combatting Popery and
l" b -•-" to•,- the Church system a fair trial, establish-
41' 'ailtirch YS-(:';‘\:iC'e: early and late, expressly for the labour-
Inetiar aml supplying a -body of Clergymen (as recotn-
lal,,,,:(l at the late session f onvocation), who, in the
Dosl, atlev?..ttr Pr"nectus "will be always found at their
any
sudden erneek; an`l'Minister the offices of religion
Itt different
i nfirerent modatter faclgtratcYthe" Evangelicals" have
I,t'invented
e of-dealin with the people, viz., preach-
:'l:t ea d ofprayi g
Illttbe clergy. ng
-and lay, in the place of pastoral visit-
l''etended approval of the Daily Service, with the
:oeB..lecteßolftnial of it, is a matter of fact. Not to speak of the
liceo . eeklY Communion the following
hip facts may be
I'lerty,
_ll
those Proof of the, lax Cliu'rchmans of many of our
l;\4 identity-with the Puritans of old is but too
'am refusal to•read the Athanasian Creed on the days
Lee
.non-observance of the Church's Holy-days, the
•Yer-Bo fees of which occupy a third part of the entire
ok.
14tie non-hallowing of such days even as the Circum-
°n, EPiphany, Ascension-day, and Easter Eve.
e omission of the Gospels in Passion Week.
I,,,..iquent changes in the appointed Lessons.
,11 e neglect to "declare unto the people what Holy-
days and Fastinzdays are in the week following to be
,observed,
I,,,crefueal to read the-Commination Service on Ash-
ednesday.
()Mission of the-Ember Collect at the four seasons.
ybracketting of words .in O
n the Baptismal Office ; and
dti,,..4tt) too, avowedly on account of a dissent from their
10,Z-trine.
11 ;11'''• neglect of public Catechising in the Church.
11.'.:',Istamission of one-half of the Marriage Service.
substitution of Extemporaneous Prayers for the
0
fEce_of the Visitation of the Sick, and an entire de-
,Nrtttre from the order and intention of the Church in
tt office.
neglecting to "move the sick person to make a
r,Pkeetkl -Confession of his sins," with a view to the
1t.,-,t,"tlrch's absolution.
14•411 he "rtailment of the notice for Holy Communion.
tht"ltleglect of the Rubric which orders the Priest on
aYs sod Holy-days to return from the pulpit to
-c- Table, and begin the Offertory, and there
swie the Service.
Der,-

the- t • witting the servants of the church to place
4144114insots . upon the Communion Table before the
ll 41 . service, instead of doing this with their own
lethe In.llnediately before the. Oblation-prayer, when
th Priest" is expressly directed "then to place"
il ent the ~,, re„
ad ', Introduction of an unauthorised hymn at the
~.. ehZnistration of the Holy Communion, instead of
'Ri,..
dig the liv us then appointed.
co.thirielildtilentireihanuttfonlnt of then
n Sacrament
d
the alteration of the words
1121,1)o.inted to be adOclnrcees'sed to each individual
clkirsZtill°lati°ns of the express directions ofuattlLieare Bookintenof
100411. PtaYer are not ordinarily accidental, bu
4 1 -Per4 .
nc,cien-
otito,
meet e%ered in by many of the Clergy,
11142 to t
It
ut atehe language of the Church's '6.
who•conscien-
odaoe , erted that an one of our Clergy Formularies.imc
is guilty of all
the
tillt.iitkileririejigra.leitar.ities ; but it is asserted.. that they are all more
tsst4ol,,, e ule upon the Puritanical party, and. tahamtatshie.
teat the 'Pople bein. thereby infringed, there is
401)7" tor .
e le ~,., - church to e.be built in which all classes of the
areet.zgy feel sure that they may enjoy the privilege of the
„ Theiti„7te4 °Aces of the Church of England.
twlaciiienirreeougala...aities, moreover, are, doubtless, violations of
theyh do not .. and yet it has been"charitably hoped that
!Me4%°401,,,,,, 4° Muck result from a wanton indifference". to
~ -"Ill en.
present unsatisfactory
44 b.' qiu„ ..agenaentS, "as to the .
.ooic, 'e,l discipline and to the belief. that the venera-
%et.t ,of co '
e amount of
the Pope
~naMon Prayer contains. a
It 4%41 attend Mr. Pollock, indeed, in thlargride which is
Thelktts,ielyendarit of disobedience, rejects
coeuusprescharity, and
upon him.
tileroatittei!lnt our part to press our ex gob_ eln.leld" Clergy are in a dilemma, and if we present
lite."ellerieew:`,oomfortable alterastive,. at least we cannot be
It eloarly ~,'• Their transgressions of the Church's order
stllllti if
.._LQ!ations of the vow they have taken to observe
that these violations
tivt.ehet
thwearare incorrect in supposing
Sni:Lilt 0:4111t so much of a wantotnhaindifference, &c.,
t make the
' vit. --e Alternative, and Mr. Pollock
Pll:titiiii,.° doubt, it is humiliating to be thmeuosbject of oar
ell::.teitellie,,Po. thesis ;" but there is only one satisfactory
Of 0, )4Z-1-1 an amendment which shall
the point
thtte „--.lllne it is hopeless to think of averting
make it inappli-
I le. '4"leatar
ted_to-be-anwered
-o -by irv, and as yet unattemp
1114,1'4 the
,sre !ague laudations of himself as one of"" such
respect-
-4t kruritan)Clergy of Liverpool."—Yours,
,_
41)t.....„ ONE OF THE COMMITTEE.
-.quer, tali,

IItOPOSED FREE CHURCH.
To,
(ht kr,
____
~.411,
1_ ...HT ARV. THE LORD BISHOP OF CHESTER.
Larraa V.
to the
tmthiepittb,--The hardihood which we know belongs
en-
ll'e t 44ductors of the P 't controversy has not a
the pia ° tall in
1., .nri an
which is at once
kt.lllekti - question t" a% GREAT FACT ti *Phi... °4 and t inspiration of this scheme. That the
-Ali 1...--* " nie thee
smblies of the Apostles and their die.
"4 tttOrdtd 1 the history of the New reatameut and

believe in the pr

ety of ancient order, and aim at the

Iment of their obligations. The one set, it must b

allowed, have a Yery decent estimation of the Sacrament of

the Lord's Sapper; and would, no doubt, make the most

their Divine Master's injunction in a way not only differing
from, but opposed to the custom of Apostles and the Church
of Christ in its primitive purity. I say " opposed to," for it
is evident that the system which maintains the Eucharist to
be the main part of public worship, and that-which is satisfied
with its celebration once a month, must be actuated by a
distinct principle.; that the faith of these two sy teals upon
the subject of the Eucharist, not merely thedegree of estima-
tion in which it is held, must be radically different. Once
depart from the principle that this is the main "business,"
"" '"

" the great work

perhaps be as well defi

believe, therefore,•#hat it i

the very same at

honour the Lord's Da

incumbent ti

much as we ct

,ould deem r,

that public worshir