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

THE LIVERPOOL STANDARD, AND GENERAL COMMERCIAL ADVERTISER

854

* EXCITING SCENE

THE usual c
n Friday last

d' whici

are as foll

:- In June, Mr. Edwin Maw
Temises on the banks of the

who occupi

limey Pool. f

iron houses, &c., became involved in pecuniary
diffi-
culties, and on the 15th of June a deed of settlement was
drawn up, in which Mr. C. Tupper, of London, Mr. John
Brown, of Sheffield, and Mr. John Taylor, Mr. William
Barton, and Mr. W. F. Macgregor, of Liverpool, were

howeve

appointed trustees. They did nub, , act as such
till the 28th of June, and the books were placed by the
creditors in the hands of Mr. Banner, accountant. On
the 24th of June Mr. Maw presented a petition to the
Court of Bankruptcy to administer to his estate under the

arrangement act, and the commissioner subsequently con-
sidering that he had used the protection of the court to
effect an arrangement with his creditors, made him a
bankrupt, by a power which he possesses under the act.
Mr. C. Turner was appointed official assignee, and Mr.
David Evans solicitor for the estate. Orders were sent to
Mr. Banner to give up the books, which he refused to do,
and on the 29th of August Mr. L. T. Gaskell, one of the
over to Seacombe to take
)erty, He was resisted by
ad barricaded the

messengers of

t, went

possession of Mr. Maw's pr.(
Margetts, a foreman

ad others, who

said, been ordered to do

feces of timb,

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y sum-

'Er. EVANS a

tion to

also ex

inten-

Hassan, all his books and documents would be consigned
to the trustees, Mr. Hassan having previously told him
that he had seen Mr. Commissioner Stevenson, with one of
Bankrui!tcy Court was,
mthade trus. tees, and explained that an assignment had been

Mr. Commissioner PERRY : The solicitor (Mr. Hassall)
told me the deed was not produced.
Mr. MAW : I did not state that the deed was produced.
I stated that an assignment was made for the whole of my
property, including furniture, books, and papers of every
description. _

Mr.'Maw was examined upon his books and papers.
The gist of his replies was to the effect that, having been
consigned to the trustees, along with the whole of his
property, they were no longer under his eontroul, and he
had not such access to them as would enable him to pro-
duce them or take copies of entries in the books. The
books and papers were in the possession of Messrs. Banner
and Son, the representatives of the trustees under the
assignment deed.

On the application of Mr. EVANS, his Hoiqoun issued
summons ordering Mr. Banner to produce the books and
papers on Monday, to which time the case was ultimatelS

YESTERDAY

On the opening of the Court, yesterday, Mr. Evens,
(who held a copy of the morning's Albion in his hand,)
addressing Mr. Commissioner Perry, said—l wish to
mention a matter which is personal to myself. It is
extremely unpleasant to do so; for it is difficult to dis-
charge one's duties to one's clients : but I find it always
more difficult to do that when it has reference personally
to myself. The public press is unquestionably an organ
of great importance when properly used; it is an organ
which may cause a deal of mischief, or a deal of good, just
as it is used. With reference to myself, as an officer of
this court, I find a paragraph which is extremely offensive,
and which I will read to you.

Mr. Commissioner PERM—Yon need not, unless you
found anything upon it.
Mr. EvAxs.—But in justification of myself I wish to do
so. The paragraph states that " Several of the most
respectable practitioners are asked to undertake the job,
but decline to take part in so strange a drama. At length
Mr. Evans consents to act." Now, I don't know anything
more offensive to a solicitor than a paragraph of that
description.

The COURT.—If I had been in Mr. Evans's place, I
should have treated such observations as those with the
contempt they deserve. Mr. Evans's position, to my know-
ledge, and I have sat here for eight years, is sufficient to
render it impossible that he could be affected at all by any
observation coming from any of the papers in Liverpool
or any other place.
Mr. EVANS.-But there are persons who carelessly read
papers of this description; and I wish to state the fact.—
There is nothing in which an attorney is more careful
than that he should not pick up a matter which had been
abandoned by any other gentleman; and nobody is more
sensitive on that point than myself. I was applied to by
Mr. Turner, (official assignee,) and found from that gentle-
man that he was called upon to appoint a solicitor, and
that he had called upon one solicitor, Mr. Robert Norris—
than whom a more respectable man cannot be found—and
that Mr. Norris had stated to him that, if he were to take
the appointment himself, he should have to give up his
holidays ; and that he, therefore, declined—not because it
was an objectionable matter to himself, bat because it was
a personal inconvenience to himself. Upon that, Mr.
Turner, without scouring the town for a solicitor, waited
upon me, and asked me if I would undertake the charge
of the proceedings. I did not think I was doing anything
wrong in doing so ; and I don't see why I should be held
up in this manner in the public papers. I think it exceed-
ingly unfair.

The COURT.--I wish, before we enter upon the examina-
tion in the matter of Edwin Maw, to call the attention of
Mr. Bardswell, as the attorney of Margetts, who was
committed on Saturday, to the form in which the order
for his committal was drawn up. The Court carefully in-
troduced the one word for the purpose of enabling either
the solicitor or Margetts to make some application to the
Court in extenuation or diminution of his punishment.
The word to which I allude is " earlier,"—the party to be
committed for the period mentioned in the order, "or
until this, or the Court of Appeal in Chancery, or the
Lord Chancellor, may 'earlier' order to the contrary."
That word was introduced advisedly by me for the purpose
of enabling—as has often been the case, and has happened
once to me in bankruptcy, and which is in the knowledge
of a solicitor whom I see present, (Mr. Pemberton), to
enable an application to be made to the Court before
the party is actually committed, while the warrant is
being prepared. Mr. Pemberton will remember that some
disclosures took place, and that such a course was adopted.

Mr. BARDSWELL.—Tf it was intended by the Omit to
have acted charitably towards the person, it would have
been more open had the Court stated to the man who was
in confinement that, on his expressing contrition for any-
thing he had done, the Court would overlook the punish-
ment. It is not far an attorney to keep his ears open to
every observation that falls from.the Court.

M. Commissioner PERIIY.—It is more incumbent upon
parties who are employed in the case to apply for than for
the Court voluntarily .to diminish. There was in this
case such an obstruction, that there might have been not
a serious breachof the peace, but injury to life and limb,
and that very likely would have resulted, had it not been
for the good temper and discretion shown by the mes-
senger, who applied for the assistance of the :police, for
which I very highly commend him. .
Mr. BARDSWELL.—PubIic opinion is the ether way,—
that there would have been nothing of the kind.
Mr. EvAxs.—There is another matter I wish to refer to
in this strange article. It says :—" The commissioner
thereupon grants warrants of seizure, and away go the
ragged staff of bailiffs," and so on. Really I had nothing
to do with the matter till after all this was done ; the
bailiffs had discharged their duty before I was engaged
at all.

Mr. BARD6WELL.-The 'bailiff had been .requested to
wait until a bailiff had gone over the water, (to confer
with Mr. Banner.) The case is, however, before the pub-
lic, and the public will judge by and bye.
Mr. Eva xs was about to call Mr. Banner, for the pur-
pose of putting him under examination, when _

Mr. 13A.unswBLL wished to know 'the 'name of the
creditor at whose instance this sitting was held. _

Mr. EVANC—On behalf of the official assignee, the only
assignee who has yet been appointed.

Mr. BARDowna.—Let Ili-not differ upon a fact. Is
there any creditor at whose instance this sitting is held ?
Mr. EVANS.—I am not bound to answer that. I appear
for the official assignee.

- Mr. BARDswn.i.—You have certain powers, and you
cannot transgress or go beyond the act.

Mr. Eva will find you powers very ample, sir.
Under the 40th section the official assignee has full power
to make every inquiry.

Mr. BAnuiwua observed that it was not under that

portion of the act that the arrangementNvaswaoughi to be
made, but by virtue of a petition under the cczitrol of the

Mr. EVANE contended that it was under Tthe general
provisions of the act of bankruptcy, as show&by the peti-
tion of the bankrupt.
Mr. BARDSWELL would again ask Mr. Evans whether
he was instructed by any creditor ?
Mr. EVANS.—I shall not state.

Mr. BIRDWELL submitted that it was necessary to
show upon what authority the summons, calling upon Mr.
Banner to produce certain books and papers, had been
issued. It must be shown, he maintained, that the sum-
mons was issued on an application of a creditor. Mr.
Banner was preficut, and ready to be examined.; but he
had a right to know at whose instance he was called upon
to appear

if his friend would be a little

and read the wording of the petition and
the accounts, they should understand each better. Until
assignees were appointed by creditors, the official assignees
had power to inquire into the state and condition .of the
bankrupt's affairs.

Mr. BIIIDSWELI contended the examination coUld not
legally proceed until an application had been matk by a
creditor.

The Comm—Then •your argument is that there is no
ljudication of banhraptcy.
Mr. BA.RDSWELL---af your honour will overrule my

objection, we will go on.
The ComurssroxEn did overrule the objection.
After some further delay, caused by technical objections,
owing to the summons served upon Mr. Banner not having
been signed, but which Mr. Bardswell did not press,
Mr. Banner was examined by Mr. EVANS, and made the
following statements :—I [have, in compliance with the
summons, delivered up the books and papers in the pos-
session of myself or my partner to the official assignee, or
to the messenger : part of them on Friday, and the re-
mainder this morning. I believe they are now all in the
possession of the messenger or official assignee.
Mr. EVANS—Have you ever refused access to them to
Air. Maw, while they were in your possession ?
Mr. BARDSWELL objected to the question as irrelevant
to the inquiry before the court.
Mr. Baisnan—lt is a question shall not answer. whe-
tter or not. It is absurd.
Mr. EVANS thought it was relevant, because the bank-
rupt 'himself had been examined as to this very fact.
The COURT—When a party is here by summons, it is
quite competent that he should be so examined, that every
information may be obtained as to the affairs, and trans-
actions, and dealings of the bankrupt; and not only as to
the banisrupt's transactions, but for the elucidation of any
information relative to the estate.
Mr. BARDSWELL.—Just so ; I am aware.
The Cornr.—ls not this a matter relating to the affairs
of the bankrupt ?
Mr. BARIMVELL still maintained that the question was
not a proper one to be answered, Mr. Evans might, no
doubt, ask as to what had taken place since the bank-
ruptcy.
The COURT.—That is what he desires to do.
Mr. BARDSWRIL.—He asked whether he "ever" refused.
Mr. EVANS had no objection to limit the question to
"since the bankruptcy ;" and in that form it was then put
to the witness
Mr. BANNBR.—I decline to answer the question.
The CoußT.—You are bound to answer.
Mr. BANNER.—I don't know whether I ever refused or
not Mr. Maw access to the books and documents.
Mr. BARDSWELL wished to know the object of this in-
quiry ?
Mr. EVA.NS.—I shall not stole the object.
Mr. BARDSWELL.—If the object be to contrast the
evidence of Mr. Banner with the evidence of Mr. Maw,
that is not for the recovery of property for the enlarge-
ment of the estate.
The Conn. considered the evidence material towards a
full disclosure of the dealings and transactions of the
bankrupt.
Mr. BANNER.—I don't think Mr. Maw made any appli-
cation to me since the bankruptcy for the books and papers.
Mr. Evans.--Do you produce a list of debts due to and
from the bankrupt ?—I have a list of creditors, but I
don't produce it.
The Cotrur (to Mr. Bardswell).—Do you enforce the
same objection in reference to the above ?
Mr. BARDSLEY.—Oh, certainly, I shall maintain it.
The Counr—That is one of the papers.
Mr. BARDSWELL—Let us have no misunderstanding on
the question. The list Mr. Banner says he has is not a
list made from the books at all ; it is a list of names,
which Mr. Banner has procured .through the medium of
the creditors themselves.
Mr. Evaxs—l had rather take that from Mr. Banner
himself.
Examination go
utinnarr-Is . that list made fron
booke,autpapsprautinitiage, which you bad ialilut

possession, and delivered to you by Mr. Maw ?—No
Is it taken from books, and papers, and writing

;s relating

to Mr. Maw's business?—lt is taken from iiiformat in
which I myself have collected, and not from anything
handed to me by Mr. Maw. Is it from Mr. Maw's books
and papers P—No, it is not.
An argument followed as to the right of Mr. Evans to
examine the witness on a document, which he prepared in
his position as agent for the trustees, from the statements
of third parties, and not from any statement made by the
bankrupt, or from his books and papers, and which docu-
ment was Mr. Banner's private property, he having a lien
on it.

The CounT---Mr. Banner is not obliged to part with it ;
he may produce.
Mr. BANNER—The commissioner has refused me the
money expended in the preparation of the document. He
has decided that it was a voluntary payment.
The Couitr—l don't know that I have decided any-
thing,
_ . .

-ill:: BANNER—The amount was specially stated, and
you said it was illegal. It is mine; I have paid for it.
The CoußT—lt is the duty of parties summoned here
to furnish information—to produce any paper which is
necessary for a full disclosure of any matters which the
court is authorised to inquire into.
Mr. BANNER—This paper is not necessary for the official
assignee ; he may get it as I got it.
Mr. BARDSWELL—AII the books and papers belonging
to the estate, which were in the possession of Mr. Banner,
are now in the possession of the court.

The Couur-4 call upon him to give that list up—to
produce it.
Mr. BARDSWELL—It is taking private matters out of
his possession; it is his own.
His HoNou3l.—He may produce it ; and, if he does not
wish to part with it, he may read it.
Mr. BANNER.—I decline to do it :itis my property, and
shall keep it.
By Mr. EVANS.—Do you know the names of the parties
to whom the bankrupt stands indebted, and the amount of
their respective debts ? I don't from memory.--Can you
state by reference to the papers in your possession ? Very
possibly I might—Will you refer to those papers for the
information of the Court ? No, I won't.

Mr. Evelis (solo voce).—YOu'll get into a mess, then,
if you won't. _

By Mr. Eveass.—l ask you positively—Can you, by
reference to any papers in your possession, give the in-
formation ? Perfectly, I could not.—Will you refer to
any papers you have in your possession so as to give the
Court every information you can ? No, sir ; I obtained
the information in my private character as an accountant,
and whatever information I had, I so obtained it.—Can you
state from memory, or from any papers in your possession,
who are indebted to the bankrupt, and the amount of
their respective debts ? No, sir. I believe there is no
debt due to the estate. _

Mr. EveNs.—These are all the questions I propose;
but perhaps your Honour may have some to put.
Mr. BABDSWELL, in reply to the Court, repeated his
objection to an examination being made on a document
prepared by Mr. Banner, in his capacity of accountant to
the trustees, and in the preparation of which no aid had
been derived from Mr. Maw or his books or papers, all of
which were in the hands of the Court. _ _

Mr. Eveys.—The books and papers don't disclose what
we want. _ _ .

Mr. MUISDWELL : We are not to be blamed for that. The
bankrupt has to prepare his own balance-sheet.
Mr. Eve : I don't ask you for a balance-sheet ; I
ask you for information which you are bound to give to
the Court.

LECTURE BY

The COURT called Mr. Bardswell's attention to the
power of the court to call upon any person to produce any
books, writings, or other documents in his custody, which
might appear to the Court necessary to a full disclosure of
any matters with which the. Court 'was authorized to in-
quire. Surely, surely, the Court had a right to inquire
into the debts and credits of the estate.
Mr. BABDSWELL maintained that this did not apply to
information gained by a person in his private character.
Mr. Banner had made the list in the manner he had
stated, he had a lien upon it, and he believed that no
Court could compel him to give it up—that no Court in
the land had the power over a man's property upon
which he had a lien—unless they subverted all the laws of
the land. _ _ _

The COURT (to Mr. Banner): Do you refuse to furnish
the Court with all the information you are enabled to fur-
nish, especially as to the trade, dealings, and estate of the
bankrupt ?—I have already stated why I decline to an-
swer that question.
Mr. BAItDSWELL was proceeding to advise the witness as
to the nature of the answer he should give, when
Mr. EVA.NI3 objected to that gentleman framing the
answer.

Mr. BIRDWELL appealed to his Honour whether this
was the course which was generally adopted ? ,

The COURT : The course which has been pursued by the
witness is certainly very far from the course generally
adopted in this court.
Mr. BA.RDSWELL: The witness does not refuse to give
every information in his power respecting " the trade,
dealing, and estate of the bankrupt."
Mr. EVANS : He has not said so.

Mr. BANNER : I say so now.
Mr. BARDSWELL.: .Surely it must be manifest what is
the object of this inquiry. Surely the court, in the exer-
cise of its dignity and discretion, should tell the official
assignee—You have got the books and papers, and there
is no evidence before .me that these books and papers don't
contain every information required.
The COURT: You have forgotten what Mr. Evans
stated on Friday—that the books and papers were so
voluminous, that it would take a day to make out a list.
Mr. BARDSVTZLL : That may be.
Mr. EVANS-: Then the information I require is not to
be derived from the books at all.

The COURT: This is important information, no doubt.
Mr. EVANS : •Mr. Banner is, in possession of the infor-
mation I want. _ _ _

Mr. BARNWELL : Not gained from the bankrupt or
from his books.
Mr. EvArts: I am entitled to all the information Mr.
Banner has. .

Mr. 13.4.EnswELL : All the legal information.
Mr. EVANS : It does not depend upon you what is
" legal information."
Mr. EANDSWELL: Nor on this court either.
The COURT : Have you got the answer, Mr. Evans ?
Mr. Everts : I have two aniwers— one from Mr. Ban-
ner, and another by Mr. Bardswell, quite the contrary.
The COURT : You must not interfere, Mr. Bardswell.
Mr. BAR,DSWELL : Surely the witness is Allowed to con-
fer with his legal adviser. _ _

The question was again put to Mr. Banner, and he
again declined to answer it.
The COURT observed that he had never known one of
the commonest rules of the court and one of the common-
est provisions of the act attempted to be so violated by a
solicitor and a witness as now. The dufy he had to dis-
charge was a very unpleasant one. He .had not sought
it : it was cast upon him, and in the discharge of his duty
he would order an adjudication. He had considered it
since, and notwithstanding the inconvenience and annoy-
ance which had been brought upon him by that decision,
he felt satisfied that he had discharged the duty which he
had sworn to,perform.
Mr. BARDSWELL had no doubt that was -so.
The question as to whether he would produce the list
was again put by the court, Mr. Banner a
in the negative.

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tatement to the same

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By the advice of Mr. Bardswell, Mr. Banner added the
following as the reason why he declined to answer the
question :—Because the information required would
destroy the lien which I had on the papers.
At this stage of the inquiry, the Court, in the exercise of
the powers it had reserved to itself,ordered the immediate
discharge of Margetts from custody. _ _

The proceedings were then adjourned for an hour, to
give Mr. Banner time to reflect upon the answer he
intended to give to his Honour's question with respect to
furnishing the particulars of the list of creditors. At the
expiration of the hour,
Mr. BARDSWELL stated that upon reflectionthey thought
that, however injurious and prejudicial the information
which the court required would prove to third parties,
whose names were represented in the list as creditors of
the estate, and though Mr. Banner claimed a lien upon
the papers, he was willing to produce them, and also to
answer any questions touching the names of parties, so far
as Mr. Banner knew, and as to any transactions connected
with the bankrupt's affairs.
After some further discussion, on the promise of Mr.
Evans that the names should not be made public, Mr.
Banner undertook to furnish to Mr. Evans, by five o'clock,
a copy of the list of creditors, and the amounts stated to
be owing to them by the estate.

On the application of Mr. Evans, the examination was
then adjourned until to-day (Tuesday), at two o'clock, at
which time Mr. Banner also undertook that the deed of
assignment should be produced.
Before the court adjourned, Mr. Bardswell applied for,
and was ordered to be furnished with, copies of all docu-
ments on whibh the adjudication was issued, for the pur-
pose fo an appeal to the court above.

"CHURCH AND STATE."

THE REVEREND W. F. TAYLOR.
LAST NIGHT.

LAST evening, a lecture was delivered at the Concert-
hall, Lord Nelson•street, by the Rev. W. F. Taylor, M.A.,
incumbent of St. John's Church, on the desirability of
maintaining the existence of the union between the Church
and the State. There was a crowded audience, and the
most enthusiastic feeling pervaded it.

Mr. NICKSON, one of-tile churchwardens of St. John's,
having been called to the chair, made some opening ob-
servations, and then introduced
The Rev. W. F. TAYLOR, who was received with, loud
cheers, accompanied by the Kentish Fire. He ad-
dressed himself to the subject of " Church and State,"
because it was not less important than the great
controversy between them and Rome, inasmuch as if the
Church of England were separated from the State, the
only bulwark against the encroachments of Rome would
be removed. A striking proof of this lay in the fact that
in no country, with the single exception of America,
where there was no established Church, could dissent be
found to obtain existence. America was exceptional,
because hers was an anomalous case, as Protestant-
ism formed the basis of her people—she, in fact, being an
off-shoot from Protestant Britain, and the feelings, and
habits, and tastes of Protestantism predominating there.
Therefore it was that mere dissent could obtain a footing
there ; but other countries were not so circumstanced
for example, in Spain, Portugal, and Italy, it was impos-
sible for Dissenters to obtain a footing. And why was
this ? Because in those countries there was no Protestant
State Church : there was a Popish State Church,
where there was no liberty of thought, and no liberty of
discussion, and where every individual was compelled to
submit to the dominant power and ecclesiastical despo-
tism which formed essential portions of the Romish system.
Dissenters maintained that voluntary efforts were suffi-
cient to carry on the work of evangelization and truth ;
but he proceeded to show. that, if they were to trust to
the voluntary principle, the Church of England would be
overthrown, and Rome would make short work of Dis-
senters. Rome was now lending all her efforts to over-
throw the State Church, her ulterior object being to crush
Protestantism altogether. He called upon all true Pro-
testants to form themselves into a compact phalanx to
resist all such efforts, convinced that not only our com-
mon Protestantism, but the welfare of our country
and the independence of our nation were essentially bound
up with the maintenance of the Established Church of
this country. (Applause.) It was a great misconception to
suppose that we were opposed to what was called the volun-
tary principle, if properly understood; for the fact was,
that the property of the Church of England was originally
acquired by voluntary contributions, being bequeathed
hundreds of years ago, in the tenth century, and even
anterior, in some respects ; and it was now as much the
private property of the Church, as was the property of any
nobleman in the country his private property. And it
would not only be unjust to apply this property to secular
purposes, but it would be sacrilege in any government
doing so. (Cheers.) However, the mere voluntary principle
would not meet the necessities of the case ; and if they
depended upon it alone, the great mass of our
people must be left in hopeless ignorance, unac-
quainted with God, unacquainted with Christ, and unac-
quainted with Christ's salvation. He then contrasted
the working of the voluntary principle with the prin-
ciple upon which the Church proceeded in her opera-
tions, as connected with the State. The Church main-
tained that it was their bounden duty to make such provi-
sion for the poor that they could hear the word of God
without money and without price —to keep the
Lord's day holy, and to use every means to make the peo-
ple observe God's ordinances —whereas dissent would not

have any legislation with respect to theLord'sday, because
they would have no interference with • religious matters.
Another effect would be that the country would be de-
christianized, and the --people might become infidels
and heathens, for aught dissent would care. His argument
was, that if the public money were found employed for the
purposes of the constabulary, military and naval forces,
for building gaols, for supporting magistrates, for salary-
ing judges, and for punishing crime, might not the public
money likewise be employed in building churches and
disseminating God's truth ? Then, said the Dissenters
let every man support his own religion. So said he; bui
what was to be done with those who had no religion ?
There were millions of people in this country who were
unable to avail themselves of the fruits of the voluntary
principle ; and the great argument of the Church
was that the State should, by :legal provision, open
churches of such description that the poor might crowd
into them—or might be united to them—without money
and without price. The recently issued statistics of public
worship showed that in Liverpool 93,000 church and chapel
sittings are required in Liverpool. If the Church and
voluntaryism had left the people so far nnprovided for,
what would 'become of the town, if entirely left to voluntary-
ism why,they would be given up to heathenism. And how,
1:13 would ask, had the voluntary principle already worked?
The chapels were not found where they were wanted; but
in Hope-street, in Myrtle-street, in Evertor Crescent, in
Great Homer-street, and in those places, where, humanly
speaking, they were not wanted, while the densely.popu.
lated parts of the town were left wholly to the care of the
Church of England, so far as she could undertake the neces-
sities of the case: (Cheers.) There was once a chapel in
Lgeds-street, but it was removed to Great Homer-street ;
there was once a chapel in Paradise-street, which was
removed to Hope-street ; and there was once a chapel in
Lime-street, but it was removed to Myrtle-street. This
was a remarkable proof, sheaving that, so far from dissen-

LV.I a
and building chapels where they were wanted, they had
abandoned those districts in which the people could not
..a hntl ratirell to those Darts of the town where the

people were well awe to pay. vi Ci want),
lecturer, churches built in Liverpool, and throughout the
country, at the public expense, (if the public funds are to be
lavished in building gaols,) where the poor will have plenty
of opportunities of worshipping God according to the dic-
tates of His Word ; and we also want ministers, with the
love of God in their "hearts, and the Gospel of Jesus Christ
in their hands. Hailing deprecated the result of the late
Vestry meeting, at which the usual church-rate was re-

fused, and by which the accommodation at St. John's
Church, where the poor had free admission, and which was
maintained by that rate, was endangered; having also =-
forced the necessity of malting the State a more befitting
partner for the Church, by sweeping the House of Commons
of the " Pope's Brass-band," so that she would be
work heart and soul with the Church, which

-
be purged of the Popish element—of Pusey, Wilberforce,
and Co.,—he concluded by expressing a hope that, at the
next meeting of the Vestry, not only Churchmen but
Dissenters themselves would vote for the contribut-
ing largely towards the maintenance of God's worship
in this town, and towards the continuance of an open
and free Church for the poor. (Cheers.) He had
'proved, he trusted, that the connexion of "Church and
State," and the consequent diffusion of gospel truth
through the instrumentality of the government, was

sanetioned not only by Christian principle, but by com-
mon sense, by prudence, and by enlightened political

On the proposition of the Rev. Mr. Stone, seconded by
Mr. Gwatkin, a vote of thanks was, by acclamation,
accorded to the Rev. Mr. Taylor, for his able and elo-
quent lecture. In responding, he observed that the Church
of England was the only " poor man's Church" in the
world and that, therefore, it had great claims upon
them for sympathy and support.
The sing,lng of the "Doxology" terminated the pro-
ceedings.

The arrrrn SHIP Pnccwrx, John Hox-ie, master, arrived
here on Sunday, the 3rd instant, from New York. Among
the cabin passengers were E. P. Moore, New York ; Mrs.
Hoxie, ditto ; and Mr. Elmsley, lady, and three children,
British Provinces. _ . . . .

A MUSICAL PRODIGY.—It is understood that, in a
week or two, a party of =seal artistes, accompanied by
Arthur Napoleon, one of the musical wonders of the age,
will visit Liverpool, and give a series of performances.
HISTORIC SOCIETY OF LANCASHIRE AND CHESHIRE.
—A special meeting of this society was held on Wednes-
day, at the Clarendon-rooms, to consider the extension of
the objects and labours of the society from local to general
and to arrange respecting a better organization. Thomas
Moore, Esq., was in the chair. The report recommended
the formation of the three sections—for literature, science,
and archaeology, and the- division of the council into
members representing those subjects respectively. The
meetings, however, will be weekly, if possible, during the
session; the fourth in each month being devoted to the
exhibition and explanation of miscellaneous objects of in-
terest, and to papers of a general character. The council
have power to enrol as members gentlemen whose tastes
and habits qualify them •to be useful to the society, and
who are desirous of the honour, without entrance fee.
This privilege, however, is only to exist to the present
year, the time having been extended from the 18th Oct.
A number of gentlemen, eminent for their acquaintance
with some branch of science, are to be proposed for election
as honorary members. The resolutions were unanimously
adopted. •
THE SCOTTISH RIGHTS MOVIMENT.—The Earl of
Eglinton has accepted : invitation, presented to him by
a deputation from the Council of the Association for the
vindication of Scottish rights, to dine with the members,
and the banquet is .expected" to take: plake in the City.
Hall, Glasgow, on the •itli October. '
Tun man who is always as cool i 5 =tat' Nixitst
YR think, Ix ant iW " OM"

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for some years,

LATEST INTELLIGENCE

A R

VIENNA, Saturday Evening.—A•Constantinople cor-
respondent, under date August 24, states that the Duke
of Cambridge, who has erysipelas in the foot, arrived at
Therapia on the 22d. His Royal Hichness is already

much better.
Prince Napoleon is still unwell.
The Viceroy of Egypt arrived for inv

,stiture

The Simla has Caen the 4th Foot f
arna.

n Gallipoli to

A special correspondent at Varna, under date August
21, writes that the Britannia had sent all her men in

transports to Baltschick, and had been cleaned and fumi-
gated. _ _ . . _ _ _

The cholera is abating in both armies and fleets. No
movement had taken place, except that the French were
embarking fascines, gabions, and artillery.
The Artillery were exercised daily in ball practice o
board boats, and in embarking and disembarking
VIENNA, SUNDAY MouNlNG—According to t
ing papers a negative answer to the last Aust
was delivered here yesterday,

e morn-

ian note

This requires confirmation.
Intimation has probably been given that Russia will
refuse the guarantees demanded of her.
PA.EIS, SUNDAY EVENlNG.—Letters from
the 29th ult. announce that tranquillity had 1

Madrid of

without bloodshed.
During the night the National Guard destroyed, with-
out resistance, some barricades constructed by the in-

surgents.
A number of the disaffected had collected near the
Union Club, but, seeing the firm attitude of the govern-
ment, who had hemmed them in with troops and the
National Guard, they surrendered without a struggle
about 3 a.m. 300 or 44X) prisoners were made, among
. _

whom was the Marquis d'Afbarda, president of the club.
Telegraphic despatches from Vienna show that diplo-
macy is at the present moment ominously active in the
Austrian capital. The expected message had arrived
from St. Petersburg. Prince Gortschakoff was holding
out new expectations and promises to Austria, even going
the length of pretending his master's readiness to accept
the four conditions laid down in the notes exchanged

between England, France, and Austria, on the Bth,- in
order to induce negociations. The new Russian proposi-
tions, we are assured, are altogether illusory, and imply
the maintenance of a peculiar Russian protectorate in
Turkey under a changed form. Nevertheless they are

- entertained by Austria,- and are likely to figure in Count
Buol's next notes to the Western courts.
The Prussian Minister is in close and continual com-
munication with Prince Gortschakoff.

Official intelligence has been received that the expedition
against the Crimea is about being carried into affect.
Mardchal de St. Arnaud, the Commander-in-Chief, had
arrived from Constantinople, and the movement was to
take place on the 2nd September. Despatches from Con-
stantinople of the 24th state that, far advanced as were
the preparations for an expedition, it was still uncertain
whether the project would be carried out, be greatly modi-
fied, or be abandoned. The generals and admirals of the
two services were to meet in a council of war, when the
question would be considered and decided.
BOMARSUND, AUG. W. —lt appears from the plans
found in the fortress that Russia entertained most exten-
sive projects with respect to the future of Bomarsund.
The defensive works of this place were intended to receive
additions which would have made it the most formidable
position in the Baltic, and have rendered them superior in
strength to those of Sweaborg and Cronstadt. This dis-
covery, while proving the importance of the service
rendered to maritime Germany, as well as the Scandina-
vian states, by the capture of Bomarsund, also proves that
the dangers of Russian ambition are not less great for the
north than for the south, and that if it had been allowed
time to develope itself, in a few years the Sound would
have been no more in safety than the Bosphorus.
BELGRADE, AUG. 25.—A firman is expected ordering
that Turkish paper money shall circulate in Servia. In
several of the German papers it has been said that the
army-corps under General Mamula, in Dalmatia, is to be
dissolved, and 4,000 or 5,000 pack-horses sold. The report
is devoid of foundation.
MERCANTILE FAILURES.—The Lloyd of Pesth says :
"The failure of the house of Hoffmann'and Sons has led
to the suspension of payments of that of Gabriel Franckl,
of Pesth ; and the houses of Woerowach and Maghar have
been compelled to suspend payments in consequence of
the failure of the house of Werthemsteisn. The failure of
Joseph Levi, of Trieste, is also announced."
The following from Jassy, of the 20th, is published in
the Lloyd of Vienna :—" A considerable change has taken
place in the position of the Russian army. The object
appears now to be principally that of fortifying the line
of the Sereth. The points now strongly occupied and
fortified are Bodo, Congesta, Schein, Rotunda, Baken,
Beykau, Kukowa, Adschews, Tekush, Lungose, and Ga-
latz. The head-quarters are at Roman. It is said that
orders have been given not to abandon the line of the
Sereth, except at the last extremity."
A letter from Bucharest, of the 23d, in the same journal,
says :—" The Turkish troops have commenced quitting
this place. The advance guards of a corps of 80,000 men
are marching from various points on Galatz and Ibraila.
The bulk of the army is advancing by Moldovani and
Ursitscheni. It is said that Halim Pasha is to command
the army which is to attack the positions of Ibraila,
Galatz, and Fokschan. A letter from Silistria, of the

Oltenitza and Kalarasch have marched towards the north.
It is said that the two corps will meet near Slobosia, and
will then march by Kekemez on Ibraila."

BY. ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH.

MONDAY EVENING, SEPTEMBER 4,

LONDON.—On 'Change, Tallowdull, 'at 655. 9d. to 665.,
on the spot. Cotton firm-400 bales sold. Pig Iron
improved ; sales at 83s. Large demand for Saltpetre, at a
small advance. Linseed Oil slow at 335. 6d.

From Antwerp and other Belgian markets, the prices of
Wheat, Rye, and Oats, are reported declining, with dull
demand, but Barley and Buck Wheat range higher. Pota-
toes were obtaining rising prices.
In Holland the results of the harvest are in the highest
degree satisfactory for the whole country, with a few rare
exceptions. In some places the Wheat crop is double that
of last year. The crop of potatoes promised larger than

THE WAR

PARIS, MONDAY MORNING.—The Moniteur states, that
a letter from Berlin had been received, announcing that
Count Benkendorff had brought to the King news that
Russia had given an absolute refusal to the four points
submitted by Austria, and supported by Prussia.

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