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

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to add that our systems

lio,l4tte'll had not reached that class which stood most
Ered, i°t„ instruction—the very poorest. Something,
a'ool4-4,7, that direction had been effected by the ragged
the ,'Eablished in the metropolis and in various parts
tot,„, littry, and other kindred exertions ; but he could
~,h,b;„`,.'l3 wishing, if it were possible, to see bands of
i4t,lll' formed especially for that work—for estate
and superintending schools for the edo,
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,44 , rest class ;he mea t sue,
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,the;V,,vvas known by th,..
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srchlt was not to be won.
kru of England was using
Itlxe the healing influences of Gospel ti
th
at large, corresponding efforts s,
hf ; adversaries to cripple her strength by uepriving hero
°th"
b l resources to
'e material which had been entrusted .
Y. the pious liberality of former ages. He said
tOpi,,ag as to the loss sustained by the clergy through the
etelintatiori of tithes, which, perhaps, was rendered
by the great alterations which had taken place
Nive,lllture; but it was now openly declared that an
Pi! was to be made to interfere with that arrange-
ctiry which the clergy were subjected to a
great
stheLlr. 406.4...._'teir legal dues, and that nothing will satisfy
„kit • 074ei.but a purely voluntary support. The groundt
eadY broken for the assault by the proposal
b.;church- rates•• and the eu emy thought, if he couldsuc-
tier eatTYing the Outworks,the fall of the citadel would be
I,4lkltable.
t.f.411 The question of church-rates was one of greatcs
tlllll the lirace• The recent d.ecision. in the House of 1.o!
Lkt th nitree case had given rise to a prevalent opinion
payment of a church-rate could not be enforced
1,14 N;i;egal Process--an
-1 opinion expressed by some per-
the>Zgi, might have‘ been expected to be better informed.
ev• Prelate, at considerable length,
.reviewedt
attiSttlitnts used on' both sides in the final judgmen
krerips, of ease adverted to, and contended, on the
tnd 7rd Brou , the late Chief Justice Iln-
betth,,,ustice Blgaielkarastone, that the legal obligation
th4-eaes ""-, Parishioners to repair
.the fabric of their
th,..t the as unaltered by that decision.
thlle. asserted
tt.'„ergY. had not merely the law on eir side in
to which there could be no doubt, but that.
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the means of compelling obedience to it,
t'%
'Tt. 'ld inconvenient as those means might be.
kihal.4p to Pay church-rates, he contended, more
was
n'cl; Ole NIP °n the owners of land than that of contributing
What
bridges or
To 'San% of highways, and that theym-
^ll2i "aught their estates subject to the obligation.
t4te,,,,,1-r;:zete.nt the Church. would be justified in making
k 411_
.ssion on this point, for the sake of peace, he did
WO() the to say, nor would he then offer an opinion
L'4ol ,‘" comparative merits of the different plans by
tetuedY of the existing evil was proposed ; but, to
1.°41441%;,,,43' those rates altogether, without some substitute. ,
01,1(1cr au act of spoliation, an something more, for it
t4st preePetii ve the poor, at least in country parishes, of their
' °us rights. Church-rates,wfere a very moderate
p thet,' eY those who had propertj, or securing'not only
stselvea but to those who had no resources
.of. their
enjoyment of their Christian privileges,
t 4, f 7 pled toenlarge upon what had been done to pro-
`4e of the metropolis, and,
ih441,111,1 to stlile 'proposal for the removal of some.churches,
thought that any new measure. on this 'subject
40,"111 h ,e preceded by careful inquiry into the actual
k'e ~"141 wants of the city population. Those were ns?
„"a%,1 evils which pressed on the labouring classes in
rwns and kept them in a state of disgraceful de-
t-11. 'That which was most urgently wanted was
etter and more effectual agency than at present
tt,iea's‘', itro,r Carrying our holy religion, with all its pro-
fp,rkin and its consolations, into the midst of the
tN to PePulation of the country. The people who re
-
INiiek2 hear the Gospel in the church must have it
t A," home to them in their own houses. It was an-
°f that myriads of our labouring population were as
~ht-aut
many of the savages
%theof the Christian religion as
land& Even in the present state of the labour-
lt .oiD many more poor persons would attend public
4,144 ItPrePer accommodation were provided, for them
them
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fhl of re en
lies to overlook the pars
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iltotrhren have not the fou,
kqi4to°l. GlorY, with req. of per.
1)1:ly Your assembly man with
ti'ay'D,lsavel, and ye hi, e respect to h
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a:_pthing, and say u.
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t convocation certainly afforded no ground for such an
opinion. The Church had no new faith to seek—no new
Church to encourage. Churchmen were content with their
Church, and it was unfair to draw an argument from the
unhappy circumstarrces which attended' the close of the
last convocation, in which the existing topics which at that
time moved the nation to its core, forced themselves into
the deliberations of the clergy. At all events, the pro-
phets of evil should allow Churchmen the trial. They
would pray that, in all their deliberations, they might
have the spirit of power and love, and of a sound mind,
that they might be guided into all truth, and so best pro-
mote the glory and salvation of the people
His Lordship then pronounced the bene
>uld be made I congregation dispersed
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diction, and the

CHESHIRE AND WALES,

CHESTER AND HOLYHEAD RAILWAY.—The traffic for
the week ending 29th October, 1854, was as follows :
Passengers, parcels, &c., £2,762 16s. Od ; steam-boats,
£487 15s. 11d.: total, £,250 lls. 11d. Goods, £1,764 18s.
Total, including Carnarvon traffic, £5,015 9s. 11d. Cor-
responding week last year, passengers, parcels, &c., £2,495
7s. Bd. ; steam-boats, £363 12s. 6d.: total, £2,859 Os. 2d.
Goods, £1,528 Os. sd. Total, including Carnarvon traffic,
£4,387 Os. 7d. Increase, £628 9s. 4d.

SERIOUS ACCIDENT AT THE BIRKENHEAD DOCKS.—
On Friday forenoon, a man named Laurence Kenlan, a
labourer, engaged at the Morpeth Dock, was crossing
from the ship Salem to another vessel alongside, and,
whilst standing on the bulwarks of the Salem, he lost his
balance, and fell down head foremost between the two
vessels, and, his head coming in contact with the edge of
a boat, lying beneath, he received a very severe fracture
of the skull. He was taken to the Birkenhead Hospital
in a state of insensibility, where he lies in a precarious
condition.

THE WOODSIDE FERRY-BOATS. —At the Liverpool
Police-court, on Wednesday, a complaint was preferred
against Hamilton Pearson, master of the Wirral bteamer,
which plies between Woodside and Liverpool. The offence
charged was for exhibiting a light at the gangway when
the vessel was under weigh, before arriving at the landing-
stage, St. George's-pier. He was fined ss. and costs, the
magistrate (Mr. Smith) conceiving that such light was
dangerous, as tending to decoy passengers.
HOLYHEAD.--A melancholy accident occurred in this
bay, on Monday last, whereby four human lives were lost
by drowning. Two persons from the neighbourhood of
Llanfaethlu having missed the Trefadog ferry-boat, which
usually plies between that place and Holyhead, hired a
small boat to take them home, and two boatmen, of the
names of David Hughes and James Brady, undertook to
take them over. It was blowing a fresh breeze at the
time, and when within a short distance of Trefadog, the
boat was struck by a heavy sea, which instantly swept
three of the persons overboard, leaving David Hughes in
the boat. Immediately after this sad occurrence, Hughes
was also swept over, and all were drowned before any
assistance could be rendered. When the accident was
observed by the Trefadog men, they immediately got their
boat out to attempt saving their lives, but they were only
able to pick up David Hughes, a lifeless corpse.
TEMPERANCE TEA-PARTY.—A temperance tea-party
was held on Thursday evening, in the school-room under-
neath the Wesleyan Meeting-House, Grange-lane, Birken-
head. There were about 200 persons present. The chair
was occupied by Mr. William Morgan, vice-president of the
Birkenhead Total Abstinence Society. The object of the
meeting was more particularly to draw attention to the
Friendly Societies, as a means of affording relief in case of
sickness and distress, and thus prevent the necessity for
parties availing themselves of the aid afforded by casual
subscriptions. Addresses on the subject were delivered by
the chairman, Mr. M'Carthy, and other advocates of the
temperance cause.
A NOBLE RESCUE.—An instance of brave self-devoted-
ness, deserting of record, occurred during the recent gale
off Beaumaris. The sloop Two Brothers, of Aberystwith,
with a cargo of iron ore, sought shelter in the Menia
Straights, and was driven on the sands north of Redwharf
bay. The master and crew were exposed all night to a
bitter north-east wind, and were seen in the morning
clinging to the rigging, their boat having been dashed to
pieces in the attempt to launch it. No life-boat could be
had ; but, though it was thought impossible an open boat
could live five minutes in such a storm, nine brave fellows
volunteered the rescue. After three hours' fierce battling
with the elements, with the wind right in their teeth, and
the sea rolling fearfully, they reached the wreck and rescued
the exhausted crew, who had been exposed more than nine
hours. So great had been the fury of the winds, that the
captain's clothes were literally beaten to tatters, and
scarcely hung together. The brave fellows in the boat
presented a thrilling spectacle; at_ one time they scarcely
.ht rev. advanced hal-

and in half an hour, and the distance
they rowed over in the three hours was not quite three
quarters of a mile. The hon. agent of the Shipwrecked
Mariner's Society will bring the conduct of these men
before the society. _ _

Cnoucri, the house-surgeon of the Birkenhead
Hospital and Dispensary, died on Wednesday morning,
It is only about six months since he
was elected to the office, having previously performed
nilar duties at the Liverpool Northern Hospital, and
.uring that time he gained the respect and esteem of
all with whom he had been connected. He was at
St. John'schurch, Birkenhead, on Sunday, in apparently
rood health ; on Monday he was slightly ailing ; on
I,ft was worse, and early on Wednesday he
struggling for breath, being nearly
e in the throat with which he
•oraig was called, and promptly
.chstanding all his efforts, Mr. Crouch
time, Qn Friday r 110921 a .72081

-street continued
id a spacious, safe, and
permanent communication be there formed, between the
town and the great terminus of the passenger traffic
The memorial like-
given for application