The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1842-03-15 00:00:00

PRAYER BOOK AND HOMILY SOCIETY

AT a numerousMEETING of the Friends of this Society,
held at the Music-HALT., last night, the followingreso-
lotions were unanimously. adopted :--
That the report read be received, printed, and circulated,
and that this Meeting, concurring in the sentiments ex-
pressed in that Report of the great usefulness of the Prayer
Book,and Homily Society, both in its labours at home and
abroad, earnestly commends it to the enlarged support of the
Christian public.
That in the present position of the Church of England, as
it respects those who in any way impugn,lier doctrines, it
appears desirable that a wider circulation should be made of
those works which, being standard authority, clearly set
forth her opinion agreeably to the literal and grammatical
sense of the works containing such opinions.
. That in the judgment of this meeting the Prayer Book and
Homily Society is well calculated to effect this object, by the
circulation of the standard works of the Church, and the
mode it recommends and adopts in its associations, of diffus-
ing information through the medium of its members, by the
loan and distribution of the said works on the plan of Dis-
trict visiting; and that, in accordance with this plan, the
Clergy be respectfully invited to encourage the communi-
cants and other suitable persons in their respective congre-
gations to assist the Society by circulating the Homilies and
other authorised works of the Church.
HENRY" RAIKES, Chairman.
The Chairman having vacated the chair, it was resolved—
That the sincere-thanks of this meeting be given the Rev.
Henry liaikes, the. Chancellor of the Diocese of Chester, for
his kindness in taking the chair this evening; and to the
Right Reverend the Patron, and to the several Officers of
the Liverpool ..Association, for the patronage afforded the
Society, and the labours executed on ns behalf dur:n the
past year.

Mr. Serjeant Merewether is a candidate for the office of
town-clerk of London.
A donation of ohe hundred guineas has just been received
by the Church Pastoral-Aid Society, being the produce of the
sale of a carpet worked for the Queen Dowager, in separate
.squares' by a number of ladies, chiefly in the neighbourhood
of York. •

We understand that th'e 'Rev. James Marshall, who lately
seceded from the Scotch church, has been presented to the
rectory of St. Mary-le-port, in this city, vacant by the de-
cease of the late Rev. James,Neale.—Brrstol Journal.
MENTAL ALIENATION.—MqtaI alienation, according to
the best authorities, appears to occur more frequently in
Great Britain than in any other country except Norway, the
proportion in England being one insane person to every 783
inhabitants, and in Scotland one in 573, whilst in Norway
the ratio .is one maniac in 551 of the population. Mania

seems to increase as man reeedei from the warm or southern
countries bordering the Mediterranean, and approaches the

colder regions.of the north. In Italy the scale (
low as to give not more than one insane person to every 3,785.
inhabitants. •

VORACITY OF A Fox, OR RATTING SEVERELY PUNISH-
ED.—Mr. Richard Roberts, of Black Mill, about seven miles
above Bridgend, had in his possession a fox, which he reared
for the purpose of turning out before his harriers by way of
a wind-up to time season. lleynard, though domiciledin the
same kennel with his future destroyers, was remarkable for
great gentleness and docility. • Sporting and gambolling with
any of the hounds that might be inclined to humour him,
except on occasions of being fed, when he would display his
natural ferocity, as will be evinced by the following :
A short time back, an old and favourite cat of Mr. Roberts'
returning successful from a hunting expedition with a large
rat in'her mouth, unfortunately passed the crib, where Rey-
:lard lay snugly inclined. Ile" incited thereto for a share of
the savoury morsel, immediately made attack " vi et artnis,"
when Grimalkin, not inclined to give up her prey without a
struggle, brought all her wiles and artifices to her aid, and
vigorously repelled the assault ; but, alas, all was of no avail,
she soon fell beneath the power of the arch-destroyer; who

not satisfied with devouring the rat,
" proceeded to treat his antagonist in the sank
unceremonious manner, leaving nothing but a " dollop of
bones grizzling in his den," and the head alone to tell of
poor Grimalkin's whereabout, and her wretched catastrophe.
—lVelsh paper.
We hear that the present home secretary, Sir James Gra-
ham, intends to introduce an eleven hours' factory bill into
parliament during the present session, similar in many of its
principal enactments to the bill introduced during the ses-
sion of 1840, by Mr. Fox Maule. According to report, no
children are to be allowed by the new bill to work in factorie's
under. fourteen years of :age, nor for.inore than six hours a

contention,'

day from fourteen to eighteen years of age. Very little in,
terest is at present felt, in the manufacturing districts of the
country, on the subject of factory legislation, which is scarcely
lever mentioned by the woikpeople .or their employers.—
Leeds Mercury.

—t2.x
,evoilrir • espondent in yesterday's
unjustly on that class
J. Hp: .11,41.A,mk;
incomesiis are derivedpe -om trade, and cites
oTfimes persons n switeorsse that t
...
the followink illustrations :—Take my
professional income (and I have no other)
net
rsht.l4l4ism;y myfo
.books and, furniture may be worth £l,OOO.
the protection of this income-and property as much as the
r
man who has £13,000 in land, or £16,000 in the 3 per Cents,
and unproductive property to probably twice the. amount of
mine.. Or, to put my case in another way :—ln order to
make some provision for my family, I insure my life for
£3,000; paying an annual premium of .XDO. This reduces
my spending income to £385 ; so that, with a• spending in-
come of £385, and £3,000 for my family, I shall be taxed as
heavily as the man with a spending income of £4BO, and au
estate wortli £15,000, or £16,0450 in the 3 per Cents. fot his
lautily. • . •