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

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setting at nought of these obli

gatiOns

To us, indeed, it is a Qad anomaly to find the plainest and the
weightiest reflections unable to instil a more faithful Ano%tnii,

spirit in the minds of modern Churchmen. It is a grievous
thing to us to Bud men soothing each other to sleep with
phrases of mutual compliment and congratr
voices of Apostles and of the faithful ser

,cation, while tl

Church are calling

is of the early

on them to discern the value of a

precedent amid the laxity of a degenerate age. But at least,
my Lord, you cannot be surprised if the fire, which, in the
darkest days of religious declension, must have been smoul-
dering in an Apostolically-descended Church, has here and
there burst out into 'name. Yon cannot be surprised if some
of the Church's sons awake and cast aside the delusions of
this fatal dream ; if some of us begin to think that we are not
living after the pattern of Apostles in the only serious rela-

Lions of existence—that this Church of England is not ful-
filling that service in the world and to Himself which God
sent her to perform. Yes, my Lord, we have to tell a Bishop,
who ought to be rejoiced, that he cannot be surprised at this;
and, in the sad necessity of acknowledging that such a move—
ment does not gain his personal sympathy, we must tell him

more : that the age—albeit, as it is, one of "religious decler

'—wiil not suffer him to do more than deny his personal
sympathy. Strange, though it is out of a regard to pcpu!ar
feeling that yOur Lordship has met us with a rebuff on this

occasion—still, popular feeling recognises our right to tolera-
tion; and, though it scorns the claims of our theology,
swells with its voice our demand for justice. It tells yon,
my Lord, that you cannot, in common fairness, employ the
powers of an office, the imposed condition of whose tenure is
an equal supervision over the whole Church, to crush a system
which is as legitimately a part of it as that which may chat-
lenge your individual approval; and that your predilections
as an individual, and your functions as Bishop of Chester, are
distinct in their relation to your diocese, and must be kept
distinct in the discharge of your office. It tells you that you
cannot violate the terms of agreement, nor substitute for a
principle of action a sic rolo, sic jubeo, which by its substitu-
tion becomes a prejudice or a caprice.
_ _ .

Yet your Lordship may say,—" under this plea for revived
frequency in the public ministrations of the Church, you
cover a design to promote what you call Anglo-Catholic '
tenets." Well, then, my Lord, is not the motive of opposition
to our scheme a desire to Puritanise the Church ? Suppose
you describe both parties by saying, that one aims to pro-
mote a spirit of regard for the Catholic consent of the first
ages of Christianity, and the other more particularly a spirit
of regard for the Reformers of the 16th century (a distinction,
mark, which I am not myself accepting). I will not say that
this first spirit is most incontestably and prominently the
spirit of the Church of England, as also of the Reformers them-
selves,—that it is the tone of all her documents, the rule of
all her decrees, the professed basis and strength of her re-
formed position ; but I say these are the two parties whom our
rulers consent to tolerate, These are the " high" and the
low." Here come: in the principle of comprehenoion. Here

THE BIRKENHEAD DOCKS.— The Birkenhead Dock
Trustees, at their meeting, on Friday week, which was pri-
vate, discussed the new dock extension scheme sanctioned
on the previous day by the Liverpool Dock Committee, and
the propriety of transferring the whole of the Birkeuhead
Dock estate to the trustees on the other side.. Ultimately
a committee was appointed to confer with the Liverpool
Dock Trustees, and to take such other steps as they should
think desirable with a view of promoting the general in-
terests of the estate.

RoMISH CATHEDRAL AT BIRKEIMEAD.—We under-
stand that a meeting of the Romanist residents of Birken-
head took place a few days ago, presided over by the
bishop of the district, for the purpose of adopting mea-
sures preparatory to the erection of a cathedral in that
township, the expense of which is to be borne by the Earl
of Shrewsbury, who has offered a grant of £15,000. The
price of the land is to be raised by subscription by the
Romanists, and at the meeting upwards of £1,500 was
subscribed. Since then, it is said, a further sum of £l,OOO
has been received towards the purchase of the lad, which
will cost about £3,000 altogether. The site fixed upon is
at the end of Price-street, near the park.
PRESENTATION TO MR, W. G. CRAIG.—A dinner was
held on Friday at the Westgate Hotel, Newport, for the

purpose of presenting a testimonial to Mr. W. G. Craig,
late engineer of the Monmouthshire Railway and Canal
Company. Mr. Craig is brother to Mr. J. Craig, surgeon,
of Liverpool, and also to Mr. James Craig, surgeon, resi-
dent at Birkenhead. Some time ago Mr. W. G. Craig
accepted an appointment on the Manchester, Sheffield, and
Lincolnshire Railway, and the officers in his former em-
ploy and other friends decided upon presenting him with
a mark of their esteem. Mr. Wells, cashier of the Mon-
mouthshire Railway Company, presided, and the vice-
chair was filled by Mr. Lane, the traffic superintendent in
the same undertaking. The chairman presented the
testimonial to Mr. Craig. It consisted of a salver, kettle,
and stand, tea and coffee service, trays and spoons. The
salver bore the following inscription, beneath a crest with
the motto "J'ai bonne Esperance :"—" This salver (to-
gether with a silver tea-kettle and stand, tea and coffee
service, &c.,) was presented to William G. Craig; Esq., by
the officers of the Monmouthshire Railway Company, and
other friends, on his retiring from the service of the above.
company, as a mark of their respect and esteem. August,
1854." A second testimonial was then presented to Mr.
W. G. Craig by the working-men connected with the
Monmouthshire Railway, who had been formerly under
his superintendence. This gift, which was presented by
Mr. R. Routre, consisted of an ,epergne of elegant design,
representing the grape harvest, three youths being en-
gaged in gathering the pendant fruit and depositing it in
a vat beneath. Mr. Craig thanked his working friends
for the proof they had given him of their esteem; and
-lad been given, the meeting

after several toasts

)roke up.

ND RAILWAYS.—There were
s in Birkenhead last week ;

Istees, and

ek and Warehouse Company, Dock
Birkenhead and Chester Railway Com-
two former have named_ committees to con-

the propriety or amalgamating the two concerns, and
!eding to finish the dock works with vigour. The
increase in the trade of the Mersey his s,itisna

LU nu the docks ana
_urn on the money invested and to be spent in
finishing of the works. Mr. Brassey has succeeded
his week in closing the great dam which is to exclude
he tidal waters, and he only waits the decision of the
Dint committees, which may to some extent cause an a-
eration in the plan, to proceed rapidly with his contract.

PRACTICAL JolcEs. —At the Under-Sheriff's Court,
Chester Castle, on the 22d nit., Mr. Grace, the tenant of
the premises once occupied by the late Mr. Wm. Francis,
a well-known character at Bebington, obtained £35 from
Messrs. Johnson and Welsh, two young gentlemen who,
with others, on the night of the 21st of March last, " for
a spree," demolished certain statues which the deceased
gentleman bad himself carved and erected in his garden.
Mr. Francis was a man of eccentric turn of mind, and

covered his premises with curious figures and inscriptions.
In one part of the ground are still to be seen two embat-
tled towers, mounted with soldiers and guns (wooden),
and looking very imposing to a stranger. His successor
valued the broken figures more from being the production

of his relative, than from any intrinsic merit they pos.
sessed ; and the defendants were made to pay for a mali-
cious and senseless joke.

OXTON AND CLAUGIITON HORTICULTURAL Snow.—
The first exhibition of this society took place on Thurs-
day, in Birkenhead Park, and was very successful. A
handsome marquee, 90 feet long by 30 feet wide, was
erected on one of the prettiest sites of the park, close to
the margin of the lake nearest the grand entrance, in
which the collection of flowers, fruit, and vegetables, were
laid out in a very tasteful manner. The day was beauti-
fully fine, the lawn of the park was smooth and dry, and
the harmonlauS strains of Gribbins' band enlivened the
proceedings, There was a numerous attendance of the
principal families of Oxton, Claughton, and the adjoining
districts ; and towards the evening, when the price of
admission was lowered, the marquee was thronged with a
large number of respectably-attired persons, of whom
altogether about 1000 visited the show. Messrs. Hender-
son and Brown exhibited on the centre. table a large and
choice collection of greenhouse and stove plants, besides a
quantity of cut flowers and dahlias. Mr. Kellock's show
of greenhouse plants was also extensive and fine. The
best collection of six greenhouse plants, belonging to Mr.
u Duckworth, elicited geral admiration, the fuschiaa
being remarkably beaLW. The collection of wax
flowers exhibited by Mrs. Renaud and Mrs. Duranty were
exceedingly pretty, and were generally admired. It was
pleating to witness the perfection of the cottagers' gar-
dens, as seen in the various productions exhibited. Mr.
Henderson, who was appointed to visit the cottagers'
gardens in Oxton and Claughton, has reported to the
committee of the society that there is much to hope for in
the future from the kind endeavour that has been made
to refine and elevate the taste and condition of that class.
FATAL OCCURRENCE AT LLANDUDNO.—We are ex-
tremely sorry to record the death, by drowning, at
Llandudno, of Mr. James Falconer, fifth son of the Rev.
George Pearson, rector of Castle Camps, Cambridgeshire,
and brother of Mr. Pennant Pearson, who succeeded, on
the death of Lady Fielding, to a part of the estates of the
late David Pennant, Esq., in Flintshire. About eleven
o'clock on Saturday morning, the 26th instant, he went
out and engaged a machine for the purpose of bathing.
The tide was coming in and the water perfectly still, and
the machine was taken barely two feet into the water.
Almost immediately afterwards he was seen apparently
struggling in the water, and an alarm of danger was
raised. The Rev. Mr. Burn, though not an expert swim-
mer, rushed into the water, but was unable to render any
effectual assistance, and was taken out much exhausted.
A young man connected with the machines also swam to
the spot, but being encumbered with his clothes and not
a strong swimmer, he also failed. A boat sailing at a
short distance bore down to the spot, and other efforts
were made, but without success, and he sank before
available assistance could reach him. Drag-nets were
Instantly put in requisition, but the body remained in
the water for nearly three hours, and on the lowering of
the tide was found almost on the spot where it had sunk,
then Pnero4 by about Alia feet of Rater.--Chester Courant.

On the 29th ult., at the parish church, Lewisham, Thos.
Dodge, Esq., of this town, to Miss Julia Anthony, of the
Grange, Forresthill, Kent, youngest daughter of the late
Wm. Anthony, Esq., of Manchester.
On the 29th ult., at Walton-on-the-Hill, Thomas, third
son of Mr. Wm. Fishe, Buckley, near Mold, to Margaret,
only daughter of Mr. Geo. Raveuscroft, contractor, Bootle,
near this town. _ _

On the 22th ult., at St. Mary's Church, Birkenhead,
Mr. David Low to Miss Jane Bell.

On the 29th ult., at St. John the Baptist's Church, by
the Rev. J. Hassan, Mr. Richard Backhouse, late at Orms-
kirk, to Miss Louisa Redfern, Warwick-street, Torteth-
park.
On the 29th ult., at Huyton Church, by the Rev. Ellis
Ashton, vicar, Mr. William Baucher, portrait-painter, of
Redruth, in Cornwall, to Elizabeth Roughlcy, of Knows-
ley ; and also at the same time and place, and by the Rev.
Ellis Ashton, Mr. Thomas Prescott, topper-worker, of St.
Helens, to Mary Wignall, of Knowsley. The brides were
valued servants of the Hon. Mary C. B. Wilbraham, and
came with her to the Knoll, in Knowsley Park, from
Lathom-house, where they had lived for seven years in the
service of the late Lord Skelmersdale.
On the 30th ult., at St. Silas's Church, by the Rev. S.
Minton, Edward, youngest son of the late Mr. John Davies,
of this town, to Anne, youngest daughter of Mr. R. Kin-
sey, Caersws, Montgomeryshire.
On the 30th ult., at St. Paul's Church, Seacombe, by the
Rev. E. Roberts, Mr. John Gibbons, of Claughton, to
Susannah Matilda, widow of the lath Mr. David Twiname,
and third daughter of the late John Mawdsley, Esq., Pool-
cottage, Seacombe.

On the 30th ult., at the parish church, Bebington, Che-
shire, by the Rev. Geo. Troughton, brother-in-law of the
bride, the Rev. Joseph Hughes, of Whitby, Yorkshire, to
Jane, eldest daughter of the late Richard Willis, Esq., of
Rock-park, Rock Ferry.
On the 30th ult., at St. Mary's Church, Birkenhead, by
the Rev. A .Knox, Captain Edward A. Say to Mary; third
daughter of Mr. H. Stanton, of Birkenhead.
On the 30th ult., at Clapham, by the Rev. Arthur Bon-
ner, MA., the Rev. William Edward Downes, M.A.,
Wadham College, Oxford, curate of Hadleigh, Suffolk,
eldest son of William Downes, Esq., the Hill House, Ded-
ham, to Sophia, third daughter of the late Charles Bon-
ner, Esq., Spalding.

On the 31st ult., at St. Silas's Church, by the Rev.
H. E. T. Gough, Mr. George Smith to Jane, third
daughter of the Richard Haworth, Esq.
On the 31st ult., at St. Silas's Church., by the Rev.
H. E. T. Gough, Mr. George Smith to Jane, third daughter
of the late Richard Haworth, Esq.
On the 31st ult., at St. James's Church, Piccadilly,
London, the Marquis Caracciolo St. Teodoro to Lady
Burghersh. ThP ceremony had been previously performed
according to the rites of the Roman Catholic Church.

On the Ist inst.,.at St. Paul's Church, Prince's-park, by
the father of the bride, Charles Lee, son of John Campbell,
Esq., of the Grove, Toxteth-park, to Elizabeth, daughter
of the Rev. Hugh M'Neile, D.D., of Albury-house, Aig-
burth.

On the 3d inst., at St. Simon's Church, by the Rev. John
R. Conor, Mr. Henry Taylor, farrier, to Miss Elizabeth
Mary Jones, both of this town. •

Oil the 3d inst., at St, Simon's Church, by the Rev. J.
R. Conor, Mr. Geo. Dodd to Miss Martha Meadows, both
of this town.

DIED

On the 4th of June, at sea, in lat. 37 S., on his passage
to Calcutta, Captain Edgar Corkhiil, of the barque
Aallotar, eldest surviving son of Mrs. Corkhill, 18, Lord-
street.

On the Ist ult., at his residence, at the Parkside, near
Prescot, which he occupied 55 years, Mr. John Unsworth,
watchmaker, who for nearly half a century wound up and
regulated the various clocks at Knowsley Hall.
On the 21th ult., aged 30, Mary, eldest daughter of Mr.
William Naylor, stonemason, of this town.
On the 26th ult., Elizabeth, infant daughter of Mr.
Charles Bell, Rose Cottage, Edge-hill.
On the 26th ult., at Hawkhurst, Kent, suddenly, Lieut.-
General Thomas Dalmar, C. 8., colonel of the 17th regi-
ment.

On the 26th ult., at Llandudno, Carnarvonshire, whilst
bathing, aged 17, James Falconer, fifth son of the Rev.
Geo. Pearson, rector of Castle Camps, Cambridgeshire.
On the 26th ult., suddenly, aged 62, Susannah, wife of
Mr. David Pugh, master mariner, of this port.
On the 26th ult., in London, Phcebe, wife of Dr. Carlyle,
and widow of Fitzjanies Watt, of Morris-brook, Cheshire.
On the 27th ult., aged 58, John Petit, Esq., Netherfield-
road North, Evertor'.

On the 27th ult., aged 5, Edward, son of Mr. Win. Bar-
clay, of Duke-street, Everton.

Un the 27th ult., aged 2, John James, son of James
Tunstall, Sheriff-street, Everton.

On the 28th alt., at Field-street, aged 2, William, only
son of John White.

On the 28th ult., at his residence, in Sloane-street, Lon-
don, Major-General Bush, K.H.
. _

On the 28th ult., at Limdon, James Laurie, Esq., the
author of many works on Currency, Decimal Coinage, and
Exchanges.

On the 28th tilt., at his residence,Billcter-street, London,
James Laurie, Esq., the author of the well-known Interest
Tables, and of many other valuable works on Currency,
Decimal Coinage, and Exchanges.
On the 28th ult., aged 38, Mr. John Jones, Everton
Village, late of Llanfyllin, near Oswestry.
Ou the 28th ult., in this town, aged 28, Mr. John Arrow-
smith, late of Northwich, much regretted by a large circle
of friends.

On the 29th ult., at Hamilton-square, Birkenhead, aged
27, Hamilton Laird, Esq.
On the 29th ult., the infant son of Mr. J. Young, Ley-
cester-street.

On the 30th ult., at his residence, Breck-house, West
Derby, John Mellor, Esq., of the firm of J. and J. Mellor,
distillerst
On the 30th ult., at Gatacre, Rachael, youngest daugh-
ter of the late Mr. Spakeman.
On the 30th ult., Hannah Mary, youngest daughter of
Mr. Richard Corfield, Arrad-street, Mount-pleasant.
On the 31st ult., at Wavertree, aged 20, Mr. George
Wilson.

On the Ist inst., aged 27, at 51, Spekefield-cottage, Edge-
hill, Mr. Thomas Nicholas, only son of the late Thomas
Gibson, of this town, formerly of Wokington.
On the Ist inst., at 11, Cliffe, Scarborough, aged 7,
Agnes Macgregor, only daughter of William Laird, Esq.,
Prince's-park, in this town.

On the Ist 'inst., at Southport, the Rev. Thomas Wood-
ward, rector of Hopton Wafers, Salop, and second son of
the late Thos. Woodward, Esq., of Egremont.
On the 2d inst., aged 60 years, after a long and afflicting
illness, Mary, wife of Mr. Thos. Goulborn, of 16, Plumpton-
street, Everton.

On-the 2nd inst., at his residence, Claughton, aged 62,
Robert Lunt, Esq., many years resident of Liverpool.
On the 2nd inst., at Chester, aged 43, Mr. Thos. Day.
On the 3d inst., aged 1 year and 10 months, of malignant
scarlatina, Charlotte, daughter of Mr. Wm, Treleaven,
letterpress-printer, of this town.
On the 3rd inst., aged 62, George Gulliford.

CEETIFICATES.—Sept. 22, S. Boulton and J. Swindells,
Greenfield Works, near Holy well, Flintshire, spelter
manufacturers.—Sept. 28, J. Pratt, Manchester, book-
seller.—Oct. 13, H. Hartley, Trawden, Lancashire, cotton
manufacturer.

DUBLIN, AUG. 31.—The market was, in point of
numbers, well supplied, but still really good articles con-
tinue scarce. The demand was very good and brisk,
particularly for export, which causes prices to be well
maintained. Beef, 58s to 63s per cwt, sinking offal ;
inferior, 50s to 56s ; mutton, 6d to 7d per lb ; veal, 7id
per lb ; lambs, 26s each.