The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1842-09-16 00:00:00

EDINBURGH AND GLASGOW RAILWAY.

The following is the weekly receipts of the Edinburgh and
Glasgow Railway, from the 30th June to the 10th Sep.:-
1 and 2 Ju1y........ £ 513 12 5 •
1890 5 2
2214 18 6
2464 6 2178 19. 10
5
3245 12 2
2464 3 0
2357 3 9
2017 3 8
3 September .. 7593 10 7
3339 4 2

6 August
13

£30278 19 Bor per week £2943 16 3
Deducting the extra
receipt for the cat- 7499 3 8
tle show week, by
the two last weeks

Will leave the regu- } 22779 16 oor per week 2214 14 1
lar traffic
But add the actual
receipt on weeks 2966 14 0
10 2-7 of the extra
traffic

25746 10 oor per week 2503 2 10
Provided the traffic for the remaining period of
the current half-year, say 15 5.7 weeks, re-
mains at ....... ............. 2214 14 1
There is a balance of extra traffic
to be divided over this period
0f.... £4532 9 8 or per week 288 4 7

503
If, therefore, the company have declared 5 per ce 2nt. 2 8
on the
weekly receipt of £lBOO on the actual receipts to this day,
7 per cent. may be expected on £ 2500.
But the Edinburgh and Glasgow have done in four months
what other companies have been trying for years to accom-
plish—viz., the establishment of a system of economy in the
working of the line, for, even including a large sum for the
maintenance of the way, their working expenses are reduced
to 331 per cent., and may be still further reduced at the next
declaration of dividend.
Some people seem to expect that in the winter months the
in some cases it may—but what
traffic may fall off—possibly
they may lose in one they may gain in another—for the pas-
sengers and goods which are now conveyed by the canal, will
have recourse to the railway—when the canals are closed by
the frost—and therefore it is fair to calculate that the present
traffic will be more than maintained.
The above is given with a view to protect the interest of
the shareholders, who, from statements and misrepresenta-
tions, are tempted to throw away their shares at the present
miserably low prices, without the slightest cause for such re-
duction. A SHAREHOLDER.

GREAT Loss.—The steam-boat Lebanon was snagged and
sunk, a few days ago, while ascending the Missouri river.
She had a cargo, belonging to Santa Fe merchants, valued at
160,000 dollars, the whole of which was lost or
greatly da-
maged.—New York Courier.

I ST. ANTHONY'S FIRE, OR A VERY PRETTY
QUARREL AS IT STANDS.

The removal of Dr. Butler, who calls himself the Pope's
Chamberlain, from St. Anthony's, has been the topic of
much conversation in this town ; and many have been the
surmises as.te the real causes of so curious a Proceeding. Re-
moved, however, he has been •, and that too by the Vicar
Apostolic of the District, Dr. Brown. The friends of Dr.
Butler, on learning the fact, sent a deputation to the Vicar
Apostolic, to prevail upon him to reconsider his determina-
tion; and last evening a meeting was held in the Queen's
Theatre, Christian-street, to receive their report.
Mr. CHARLES LENNARD was called to the chair. He
stated that the petition to the bishop agreed to at a pre-
vious meeting had been presented to his lordship, and that
all the particulars of the interview with him would be stated
by Mr. Griffin, who was one of the deputation. When the
meeting were in possession of all that had transpired it would
be their duty to follow up the business with energy and de-
termination. Although' the bishop had not acceded to the
prayer of the petition, his lordship, during the confeience of
the deputation with him, had made an important admission ;
for he had distinctly declared that he had not the slightest
fault to find with Dr. Butler. And the bishop had emphati-
cally added, that the shadow of a stain did not rest upon his
character. The bishop having made so unequivocal an an-
nouncement, he (the chairman) could attribute the re-
moval of Dr. Butler to nothing but a nasty, anti-Irish
feeling, blended with a good deal of jealousy against him.
Let the matter be minced as it might, every thinking man
must come to that conclusion. '

Mr. GRIFFIN then proceeded to narrate the proceedings of
the deputation to the bishop, -characterising their interfe-

us an attempt to adjust, if possible, he unfortunate
dispute now existing between the English clergy of Liver-
pool and the Irish Catholics of Liverpool. They met the
bishop in Liverpool at one o'clock on Sunday last. After
his lordship had read a portion of the petition, he said in a
very firm tone that bishops were instructed and guided by
the Hply Ghost in their apostolic. mission, that he had
decided upon Dr. Butler's removal, and that he was deter-
mined to abide by that decision. His lordship, however,
declared that a better clergyman than Dr. Butler could not
be, and that there was not the slightest stain, directly or in-
directly, upon his character. Having, then, no hope from
the bishop, the only alternative left to the deputation was to
throw themselves upon the friends who first had taken Dr.
Butler in hand, and who, he confidently hoped, would
by legitimate means retain his services for the vindica-
tion of their principles which had been subject to more
malignant reproach, to more aspersions and misrepre-
sentations in Liverpool than in any other town on du:sur-
face of the British dominions. The speaker then attributed
the removal of Dr. Butler to the same cause as the chair-
Evert, Irish Catholic, and more especially every Irish
-vas, in this country, always an object for

man _
Catholic priest

special ecclesiastical tyranny. This had been clearly es-
tablished in the case of a distinguished priest who had been
removed because he had been instrumental in getting up a
cry for the repeal of the union, although be had himself
actually raised the chapel from which he had been rejected.
It was to this kind of treatment that Dr. Butler was now ex-
posed at the hands of English Catholics, who made loud
professions of their liberality. He had been exposed to
every form of calumny without he or his friends being afford-
ed the opportunity of refutation, but from that platform
both of them could speak. The speaker then said he saw
some of those calumniators present, and he intimated with
tolerable perspicuity that he meant the representatives of
the Protestant press, who ought to be aware how they roused
the anger of the Irish lion.

Dr. BUTLER then rose to address the meeting, and he was
received with must noisy applause. He commenced by di-
lating on the gratitude he felt towards those members of the
Catholic religion and of other denominations who had lately
united to present him with a token of their regard. When
he thought upon their generous conduct he felt unable to
express his feelings. It had been hinted to him, when he
was being asked to appear at the present meeting, that he
would be surrounded by an Irish mobility ; but when be
looked round and, saw himself encompassed on all sides by
every thing that was truly great and wise, not only in Irish
but in British, by men who differed from as well as by men
who agreed with him, his heart rejoiced, he was overpowered,
nay he felt the utmost possible confidence in asking for an
indulgent and a dispassionate hearing, because he had to
treat upon a delicate matter. He had to rivet their at-
tention to a subject which had lately engrossed much
public attention. But in the meantime he knew he
was a Catholic priest : he knew also what be owed
to religion ; he knew further that he was in duty bound to
obey his ecclesiastical superiors. He intended, in what he
had to say, to proceed methodically. First he would submit
in what capacity he addressed them ; then how he had come
among them; and afterwards solicit a boon or a grace at
their hands. In what capacity then did he address them?
That was a painful question, but there was no mincing the
matter, for his character was at stake. Many along year had
he fought the battle of the church against its enemies, and
he trusted in God he should do so again ; but he stood there
before a Liverpool audience as a priest under the censure of
his ecclesiastical superior. If he stood there according to
the testimony of the minister of Trinity Church to his con-
gregation on Sunday last, he stood as a priest suspended and
turned out of St. Anthony's, Liverpool. (Much applause.) Oh,
leave the parsons to him ; he would soon settle them. If he
stood there according to the ipse dixit of the minister of Wal-
ton last Sunday, he stood as a suspended priest ; and if hest ood
there according to the scandalous assertions of members of
his own holy religion, certainly he was a suspended priest.
But thank God, no hand of censure had ever been raised
over him in the church. He was in the full possession of
his sacerdotal faculties. It was said that he belonged to the
Propaganda. Most certainly he did; he belonged to the
highest congregation in the church that had everywhere sup-
plied catholic missionaries. If at the present moment Gibson,
a member of the Propaganda, was being sent to China, who
sent him there ? The Propaganda. Who paid the expense ?
The Propaganda. Who increased their bishops ? The
Propaganda. To whom was catholicity indebted for being
what it was in all parts of the world ? To the Propaganda.

To whom did the bishops of Ireland subject their canonical
election ? To the Propaganda. What was this Propa-
ganda? A congregation in Rome composed of the most
eminent of the cardinals, with the Supreme Pontiff at their
head, which took the management of catholic affairs in
every country where it was not the established religion
of the state. It was, then, an honour to him to belong
to this congregation, and true it was, as it had been
said, that at a moment's warning he might be sent
anywhere. -.Heaven knew only where- he might be sent ;
it might be to New Zealand, and he must obey—and it was
his highest honour to belong to the first congregation of the
Catholic Church. But independently of this, was it not
strange that it had escaped the notice of many that in the
Catholic Church no person could be suspended without a
fault? Where was the fault he had committed during the
time he had been among them ? He had lived among
them, and what be had preached had not been concealed
from them, and let them come forward and say where
be had erred. According to the testimony of the chairman,
the bishop had said there was no stain on his moral
character, and that he knew not a better priest than Dr.
Butler. With this testimony from the vicar apostolic
of this district, he was under no censure; with this
testimony he met the first question he had proposed, and an-
swered to it that he was not a suspended priest, and that he
was not now speaking to them in that character. If he were
a suspended priest, and it was owing to what he had done
here, he appealed to every liberal Protestant whether it was
not because he had placed in their proper light those pests of
society who had been subverting to their own purposes the
political and religious feeling of the town. If the characters
of these men had been properly exposed previous to his
coming to Liverpool, the children of their poor would not
have been, under his own eyes, turned out of the Corpora-
tion Schools. He, however, had given battle to those men,
apd he was not ashamed of it ; and it was for this he had in-
curred the displeasure of his ecclesiastical superiors and his
removal from St. Anthony's. He now came to the point;
he would tell them presently why he was removed. He
had often remarked in the chair of truth at St. Anthony's
that he had not come from London with the intention of re-
maining in Liverpool. By no means. He appealed to every
Catholic clergyman in the town to bear him out if that was
not the fact. Three or four days after his arrival here, he
was solicited by Mr. Wilcox to deliver a series of lectures
at St. Anthony's. Being idle, he could not refuse, and at
Mr. Wilcox's pressing solicitations he commenced them ;
and scarcely had he delivered three or four of the lectures,
when proposals were made to him to remain in Liverpool.
What was his answer? Why, that his ecclesiastical supe-
riors had determined that he should proceed elsewhere. He
had leave to remain here till Easter. He saw, just what every
body saw, that this was a place of all others in England where
it was absolutely necessary to have the principles of their reli-
gion explained, and he said, " I am willing to remain, provided
my ecclesiastical superiors, place no obstacle in my way.
He wrote to Rome ; he obtained the consent of the Propa-
ganda; upon that condition the bishop placed him in St.
Anthony's, not to leave at a moment's warning, for no man
of common sense would exchange an uncertainty for a cer-
tainty, as would have been his case. When presented to the
bishop, he explained all this to his lordship ; his lordship
was most pleased at his becoming a minister in his district ;
but of course he could not remain without permission from
Rome. He wrote to Rome, and he held in his possession
a letter peculiarly gratifying to his feelings, from the Cardinal
Prelate of the Propaganda, wherein, after many compliments,
his Eminence said that his petition had been received, and,
as soon as possible, he should be enrolled among the clergy
of the Lancashire district. He did not conceal this letter ;
be spoke to his brother clergymen about it, and added that
he should be surprised very much if the Propaganda had not
already given him the permission required, though he should
not be surprised if he were ordered by the same Propa-
ganda to some foreign mission. Now he came to the
part most painful to his feelings. First, he must most
solemnly declare that he had never delivered a lecture
in St. Anthony's without the approbation, nay, even the
direction, of the respectable senior chaplain of the same.
He was a perfect stranger in Liverpool ; he knew we
had Mr. IVl`Neile, Fielding Ould, and Baylee, but he
was not acquainted with those men, and, of course he
received all his information from those who knew what was
passing in religious events. From those persons he got all
his information ; and when the parsons got alarmed, when
they said the church was in danger, then he stood forward in
defence of his own religion. (A voice, " Throw cold water
upon them.") He alluded to these facts in order to assure
the meeting that • he never preached a lecture, and es-
pecially the severe ones against the bigots of the present
day, without being solicited and directed to do so by
his own ecclesiastical superiors. Every thing that was said
by him in the pulpit, with regard to local religious
circumstances, was suggested to him by those whom it
was his bounden duty to obey, and respect and revere.
The meeting knew what was the state of religion among the
Catholics of the town. Niue-tenths of the Catholic popula-
tion of Liverpool were his countrymen, and [notwithstanding
they were proverbially attached to their holy faith, they had
been given to understand that he had been turned out of St.
Anthony's. Many respectable English Catholics raised a cry
of indignation against that, but, nevertheless, there was a
rotten portion of English and Irish Catholicism about them.
These men laughed at what had happened, and they were
constantly saying, " Oh, these Irishmen ought to be remov-
ed." He brought this home to many whom, if be were com-
pelled, he would name ; and he would further say, that there
was a clique attached to St. Anthony's who dictated to the
priest of St. Anthony's how he should discharge his clerical
duties. He would name if they called for it. (Discordant
cries.) It they compelled him to it he certainly would
name. He was as cool a man as ever lived ; he was as
cool as possible at the present moment ; but if it were
doubted what he said, he would name the parties. (Cries of
" Yes," and " No.") Yes, he repeated there was a clique
who, if they said " You must stop these lectures," you must
stop them ; and in fact, so great was their power at St. An-
thony's, that the lectures actually were stopped. The lec-
tures were stopped, at the instigation of this clique, the
second' Sunday before Advent, and they were only recom-
menced, on the, first Sunday in Advent, at the particular
request of Mr. Christopher Dugdale. The doctor then,
with much bitterness of tone proceeded to stare that, owing
to the representations of this clique to the bishop (whose
confidence he possessed greater than any man) he was re-
moved from St. Anthony's. This clique
and therefore opposed to an Irish priesthood
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_Liverpool
come forward ? He was but one man, and he was

not in very good health; but let any four and twenty of them
appear, and take, up any point they chose, he would meet
them in defence of the holy catholic religion. There was no
If Baylee was competent, he would meet
let the other bigots then come
—.nor'], nor did he intend
against them all.
was their time. ..ard : he was idle,
e should like to engage with those men ! After
some more bombast of the same fustian description, the
doctor enlarged on the necessity of the Irish Catholics
having priests of their own country, intimating that he
should be one of their priests, and he concluded with
urging some grave charges against certain members, both
male and female, of the congregation at St. Anthony's
which, as they were uttered under consider,'
we shall not report.

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The chair was then vacated, and cheers were given for Dr.
Butler, the press, and the Queen, and appropriately enough
the whole concluded by a tremendous cheer for the repeat

of the union !

CORRESPONDENCE

WEST DERBY WARD REPRESENTATION

TO THE EDITOR OF THE LIVERPOOL STANDARD

Sin.,--Our Conservative friends in this ward (West Derby)
seem either so lukewarm or indifferent, that it appears highly
probable Mr. Smith may be re-elected on the Ist of Novem-
ber without opposition. I believe that the bulk of the Con-
servative party, differ with Mr. Smith on the vital point of
acceding " any thing" further to the Romish Church ; and
yet we have no one proposed to oppose him, although we are
strong enough to fight Tory versus Tory, and beat any
Radical besides. How is this? The Ist of November is
close at hand.

Mr. Smith T believe to be a thorough gentleman, but de-
luded on this one point. Let me briefly ask him, "Do the
other Protestant Dissenters ask for separate schools?" They
do not object to the use of our Bible ; and why have they
not as much right to demand a separate school for their
different persuasions, each and all of them, as " the Roman
Catholic Church ?" If the Roman Catholics pay their sub-
scriptions to the state, Zhey have protection of the British
law for it. All other dissenters from our established religion
agree with our Bible, heart and hand, with trifling exception.
The question, then, briefly resolves itself, " Are we, the
electors of West Derby Ward, (nearly one and all Conserva-
tives,) to uphold our own mother church ? or are we to per-
mit, through false delicacy, an enemy to creep into the camp,
and offer faggots to a Roman Catholic fire?"
Either Protestantism is right, or it is wrong. There is
no " half-way house" appertaining to it. That it is the law
of the land is notorious. Well, then, let that law be en-
forced. That law tells us that Popery in any shape or shade
is a deadly enemy to our blessed Established Church, and
ever has been the curse of those under it's rule. Surely it
is too bad that Mr. Smith, who is our friend in the main,
should try to shake our constitution to its foundation by
acceding or agreeing in the slightest degree toward any thing
appertaining to the furtherance of a religion which has ever
been most deadly opposed to ours. Ask in Spain, Portugal,
Italy, or France, or any other country where the Popish
creed is in power, for permission to build schools for Pro-
testants at their expense. Just try it. But the answer you
would receive is perfectly obvious. 7'oleration is no part of
their creed—it never was—and by their religion it never
can. be.

I write to you in no bitterness of spirit against those who
may (in my opinion) unhappily hold Popish doctrines,—God
knows, individually I wish them well ; but I cannot agree to
the return of Mr. Smith, much as I respect him as a gentle-
man, if he goes back into our Town Council determined to
support the Roman Catholics with a school, &c., and to
fight against the most tender part of our British constitution.

He is not the man for West Derby, and il;quicker some
intelligent person sets to work the better. Roman Catholic-
ism will not go down in this ward at all events.—Yours, &c.,
CONSERVATIVE.
Edge-hill, Sep. 9th, 1842.

HEALTH OF THE TOWN

TO THE EDITOR OF THE LIVERPOOL STANDARD

SIR,--Knowing that Christian benevolence greatly in-
fluences the direction of your paper, I beg through it to ap-
peal to the better feelings of those gentlemen who deriving
great emoluments and comfort themselves from the labouring
classes, are morally responsible for the due provision of their
health; and yet, in many instances, seem only the more de-
sirous of " grinding their faces." Dr. Taylor, in his recent
admirable work on the factory system, illustrates its miseries
by a comparison with those of the inmates of " the cellars
of Liverpool, where existence assumes an aspect *hich ceases
to be human ;" and the records of our medical institutions
painfully verify the correctness of the illustration. Yet daily,
are we not only reminded of the fact, that this disgraceful
disregard of the health and morality of their servants, and
of the poor, are totally disregarded by some of our richer
neighbours ; but also, that the seeds of fever shall not want
an element well calculated for their growth and diffusion.
Witness for instance the buildings now erecting in the
vicinity of Great Howard-street, where sixty. two families are
to be entombed within a few square yards, in a low, damp,
and pestilential atmosphere. This is not the only instance—
there are very many such; and hoping that this may draw
public attention to them.—l am, &c.,
Liverpool, 14th September, 1842. MEDICUS.

THE CHARTIST RIOTERS AT WIGAN
(From our own Correspondent.)

The chartist disturbers underwent another examination on
Wednesday last. The magistrates assembled at nine o'clock,
and were engaged for nearly three hours in their private room
investigating the different cases, previous to the public exa-
mination of the witnesses.

Mr. Scott appeared for Gerard, and Catterall also, on this
occasion.

Two other men concerned in the disturbance were brought
up, and identified by the witnesses examined. Their names
are Thomas Fairhurst, of Club-row, stripper and grinder;
and John Kean, of Broom-street, weaver.
Thomas Burrows, blacksmith at Mr. Gidlow's factory, in
Ince. identified Kean as having been in the yard on Monday
the 15th of August, with the mob who came from Wigan.
He also identified Gerard as one of the mob. He saw him
inside the yard, and heard him give orders to the mob to
leave the premises and .march forward, which order was
obeyed by the mob. Remembered Gerard perfectly well,
from his having only one arm. Saw Mills there also, near
the boiler-hole.

Mr. Scott cross-examined the witness at some length, but
his testimony was unvaried.

James Planton, Hercules Dowess, and Elizabeth Bradley,
also recognised Thomas Fairhurst as having come with the
mob from Wigan in the morning, and turned out the weavers
at Broom-street in Ince, with brandishing his stick, and
threatening Mrs. Bradley's husband on the return of the
mob ; and as being along with them, when on their road to
Hindley, at Amberswood Common.
Mr. Scott addressed the bench in Gerard's behalf, and said
he advised kis client to call no evidence now, but withhold
it for another occasion, as he inferred that it was the inten-
tion of the magistrates to commit hi:,:. He would thank the
magistrates to inform him on what charge he would be com-
mitted.

The Mayor said it was not determined upon, as there were
more offences than one. He had been concerned in a riot,
and also had been conspiring to raise the wages of work-
people in a manner not according to law. _ _

Mr. Scott begged them to tender bail, as the charge
against him could only be a misdemeanor.

It was agreedonibdat--derard should give bail, himself in
£lOO, and two sureties of £2OO each, with 24 hours' notice
of bail.

Mr. Scott afterwards called evidence on behalf of Wm.
Catterall, that proved him to be a man of steady, industrious
habits, that he had been at work on the Monday of the riot,
and that his master determined not to commence work on
Tuesday morning. Catterall went home, and whilst sitting
down to breakfast he was dragged forcibly out of his house
by two of the mob, and after a stick was put in his hand he
was compelled to march with them. There is no doubt but
that this man has been ranked with those who are guilty
parties without ever having deserved to be so, and his cha-
racter ought not in anywise to be injured by the proceedings
against him. He was discharged.

-Kean also called evidence to prove he was at work all day,
but by his own admission he was at Mr. Gidlow's factory.
Mills assured the bench he was forced along with the mob
against his will. Both were cammitted, but held to bail,
themselves in £2O each, and two sureties of XlO each.
The others were remanded.

Mr. Lathom, oar chief constable, deserves truly the
thanks of the inhabitants of the town, and particularly of
those whose property has been mostly endangered by the
turnouts, for his active exertions in searching out evidence
against parties implicated in the disturbances.

GREAT ST. LEGER.—At the Doncaster races on Tuesday
this much-looked-for contest came off. Contrary to general
expectation, the winner was Lord Eglington's Blue Bonnet,
Seahorse was second, and Policy third. Attila, the favorite,
was.not placed. _
.. .

THE FLOATING ISLAND.—This phenomenon, which, ac-
cording to Otley's Descriptive Guide, has emerged to the sur-
face of Derwentwater twelve times in the last forty years,
made its appearance on Thursday week in two places, about
forty yards apart, and appears to be daily increasing its di-
mensions. It has become a source of profit to the boatmen,
as numbers of the lake visitors are anxious to avail themselves
of the opportunity of having ocular demonstration of so
wonderful an appearance.—Carlisle Patriot.

AWFUL VISITATION OF PROVIDENCE.—The following
solemn occurrence took place at Hanley Castle on Sunday
week. Several labourers and others were drinking at the Han-
ley Quay public-house on the evening of that day, and disputes
arose between two men, named William Apsley and Richard
Jones, as also two others, named Clarke and Clifton.
Samuel Woodyatt, the subject of this notice, offered to back
or " handle" Aspy, provided he accepted the challenge to
fight which Jones had threw out. Accordingly Jones and
Aspy fought several rounds, and at the end of one of them
Aspy sat as usual on Woodyatt's knee, but on rising there-
from the party were astonished at observing Woodyatt fall
forward on the ground, without any apparent cause, no
blow whatever having been inficted on him, and on picking
him up he was found to be quite dead! This horrifying
spectacle, was of course sufficient to terminate the brutal
exhibition with which the parties were concluding their " day
of rest ;" and the immediate assistance of Mr. Sheward,
surgeon, of Upton, was procured, which of coarse proved
unavailing, as on opening the temporal artery and jugular
vein no signs of life appeared. Mr. Sheward subsequently
made an internal examination, and ascertained that the cause
of death was the rupture of the large vessel of the heart;
there were no symptoms of violence, and the rupture was
probably occasioned by excitement, as deceased's heart was
unusually large. He was about 65 years of age. An inquest
was held on Tuesday, when a verdict of" Died by the visita-
tation of God." was returned.— Worcester Chronicle.
LIABILITY OF PARISHES TO MAKE UP ROADTRUST
DEFICIENCIES.—At the county petty sessions held at Cam-
bridge on Saturday last, Mr. Day, clerk to the trustees of
the St. Neots and Cambridge road, applied for an order from
the magistrates to compel the parishes of Madin„,crley,Dr y
Drayton, Childerley, and Boxworth, through or by which the
said road passed, to furnish out of their highway rate a cer-
tain amount of money, calculated at the rate of £2O per mile,
for the repair of the same, as the recent act empowered them
to do when it could be shown that the funds of the trust .
were too poor to meet the necessary outlay. Mr. Day pro-
duced an abstract of the balance-sheet of the trust income
and expenditure, by which it appeared they were indebted
£6,000 on the mortgage of their tolls, and £1,206 for
unpaid interest. The value of the road has been so much
reduced in consequence of the little posting that was now
done upon the line, that though the tolls were put up for
competition at the sum of £740 (the money received for them
last year), there was no bidder to be found, and £650 only had
y
been offered by tender, which they were not legally allowed
to accept. The overseers of the parish of Boxworthsd. disputed
the right to the demand, contending that as the boundaryl
of their parish was 57 feet from the. centre of the road,
and the property belonging to Lord Delawarr approached
to within 30 feet, his lordship should furnish the
money
re-
quired, and they considered also that the road
was more
properly chargeable to Bourn parish. Mr. Day observed,
that according to the common law in these cases, where the
road abutted on the parish that parish was liable; but it was
a matter in which the magistrates could only come to one
decision, the act leaving them no alternative. The parishes,
however, had a right of appeal to a higher tribunal, if they
were dissatisfied with the proceedings of the magistrates.
Orders were accordingly granted against Madill-41es parish
for £23 is. 3d. ; Dry Drayton, for £l4 ; Childerley.
proof havingr
beeno
7s. 6d. ; and Boxworth, for £1 155., no
brought by either of the parishes in support of the objections _
made against the payment of the money
The officers of
Boxworth said they should give totke of APP Ca"

TO THE ARCHBISHOPS, BISHOPS, AND CLERGY
OF THE UNITED CHURCH OF ENGLAND AND
IRELAND.

At a time like the present, when so many and unhappy
differences respecting the doctrines and discipline of the
church agitate and distract the public mind, the following
observations may not be deemed inopportune, when we con-
sider the weighty and manifold responsibilities which rest
not only on the bishops, as guardians of the church, but also
on the whole body of the Christian public, as churchmen.
The " Tracts for the Times" having inculcated and pro-
mulgated doctrines which are supposed by many zealous
members of the church, clerical as well as lay, to be utterly
inconsistent with those laid down in the articles and formu-
laries of the Established Church ; we think it incumbent
upon those who have authority, to investigate the subject,
and satisfy the great body of the Christian public as to
the orthodoxy or heterodoxy of the doctrines in question ;
and we believe such an investigation not only to be in strict
accordance with the high functions with which they are
invested, by virtue of their episcopal office, but that they are
called upon to do the same, if they would faithfnlly perform
those solemn engagements which they entered into at tb'
consecration. Every bishop of our church has been r
the solemn and important question—" Are you ready, with
all faithful diligence, to banish and drive away all erroneous
and strange doctrine contrary to God's Word ; and both
privately and openly to call upon and encourage others to
the same ?" Every bishop has signified his willingness to
perform the above duty by the answer which he then made
" I am ready, the Lord being my helper." ,
Now, seeing it is evident that the doctrines at present ad-
vanced by certain members of the United Church of England
and Ireland are considered by no small portion of that church
to be "erroneous and contrary to God's word," WP

the hour is come when the test must be applied,
solemn vow above quoted should be felt and (Wer
the plain sense and full meaning of the terms. If at any
time that vow is to be performed, it is the present. Is the
Church of England bound by her articles, or is she not ?
Are her members " to print, or preach, to-draw the article
aside any way" ; or are they to " submit to it in the plain
and full meaning thereof," and to " take it in the literal and
grammatical sense " ? Are the consecration and ordination
vows to be esteemed as dead letters • or are they to be acted
upon as covenants entered into before God and the whole
Christian church ? Let the bishops, as the appointed guar-
dians of the church, and as men who feel that they must
render an account to Him who bath placed them in autho-
rity, of the trust committed to them, decide; and that they
may come to a decision, let the Christian public, as church..
men, and consequently those who are most deeply interested
in the question, and have a right to be heard,—let the whole
body of churchmen, we say, memorialize the bishops and
heads of the church, praying them to enter into an investi-
gation of the subject. _

upon in

- It may be asked, how is this investigation to be carried
into effect? The way is plain. Let a convocation be holden
in London, or any other convenient place, by the authority
and consent of the Sovereign (which we are sure would not
be withheld) ; and let the archbishops, bishops, and principal
clergy then and there assemble, and carefully examine into
the doctrines in question, as they are contained and set forth
in the " Tracts for the Times." Let them then come to a
decision on the subject, viz., whether those doctrines are,
or are not, in accordance with the doctrines of our church,
as set forth in her Articles, Homilies, and Liturgy. That
this may take place, let all who are devotedly attached to
that branch of Christ's Holy Catholic Church which is esta-
blished in these realms, and who, as believers in the Gospel,
are zealous in " contending earnestly for the faith once de-
livered to the saints," come boldly forward, and strenuously
exert themselves to bring about so desirable an event.
As to the issue of such an investigation, we fear nothing.
We are firm believers in the sentiment,

" Magna est veritas, et proevalebit.".
But now is the time for action ; should false liberality, or
sinful supineness, and love of ease, prompt us to forego the
inquiry, what may be the consequences? When once the
barrier which was erected by our forefathers, and cemented
with their blood, against the admission of error. is broken
down, who can assign a limit to the inroads of false doc-
trine! The history of the Christian church bears melancholy
testimony to the insinuating and widening tendency of error.
" Mobilitate viget, viresque acquirit enudo,
Parva metu primp ; max sese attollit in duras,
Ingrediturque solo, et caput inter nubile condit."
The above principle may with truth be transferred from the
subject treated of by the poet to the commencement, pro-
grzs, and final ascendancy (for a time at least) of every spe-
car of error which is suffered to remain unmolested and un-
repressed. Is it not then the bounden duty of the rulers of
the church—those who are stewards of gospel truth, to be
very jealous for the Lord God of Hosts," and with all
faithfulness to "keep that which is commuted to ther trust."
There are many, no doubt, who, on reading these lines,
may be disposed to ask " Who is this person who seeks to
disturb the repose of the church ?" they may, perhaps, set
the author of them down as a silly enthusiast, or a meddling
busybody, or as one who wishes to undermine and overthrow
the constitution of the church. To such persons our only
reply is, " we seek not unnecessarily to disturb or distract
the church, but because we love the church we wish her to
continue pure in doctrine, in discipline, and in practice. To
return to our subject. We hear much in the present day
concerning the prevalence of dissent ; and that it has spread
far and wide we admit, and deeply deplore the fact.
But from whence sprang this dissent ? Did it not, in a
great measure, arise from the inactivity and lethargy which,
until lately, pervaded the Church of England ? Again, how
are the evils of dissent to be remedied ? Not by reducing
the doctrines of the church to a level with the heathenizing
and idolatrous doctrines of the Romish communion—not
by setting up the church in the place of Christ—not by cut-
ting off from the pale of the christian church all who dissent
from our venerable establishment ; but in plainness and
godly simplicity, by preaching Christ alone, and him cruci-
fied, as the only foundation of a sinner's hope, thus proving
that the Church of England is indeed a living branch of that
church which is " built on the foundation of the apostles and
prophets, Jesus Christ being the head corner stone." By
these means, under the divine blessing, we should bring back
those who have wandered from the truth of life, and inclose
them in the fold of the flock of Christ, who is the great
shepherd and feeder of the faithful. We have just stated
that the dissent we deplore is not to be remedied by accom-
modating the doctrines of the Church of England to those
of the Church of Rome, &c. &c. Now it is evident that
these are the methods adopted by the writers of the above-
mentioned tracts. Their exposition of the Articles of
the Church is such that any Roman Catholic might
become a member of the established church, without in any
way compromising his principles as a professor of the Ro-
mish faith. To establish the above assertion, we refer to the
last number (No. 90) of those tracts. If the exposition
therein given be not a direct violation of the royal declaration
prefixed to the articles as they stand in the book of common
prayer, then we say there is no meaning in words. The de-
claration is as follows :—" That if any public reader, in either
of our universities, or any head or master of a college, or any
other person respectively in either of them, shall affix any
new sense to any article, or shall publicly read, determine,
or hold any public disputation, or suffer any such to be held
either way, in either the universities or colleges respectively ;
or if any divine in the universities shall preach or print any
thing either way, other than is already established in convo-
cation with our royal assent, he or they, the offenders, shall
be liable to our displeasure and the church's censure, in our
commission ecclesiastical as well as any other. And we will
see there shall be due execution upon them." Now, if we
are not to subscribe to, and to carry out in effectual working
the spirit and meaning of the rubric and liturgy of our church,
where is order? where is discipline? where is church govern-
ment? "Echo answers where ?" Have not the tractarians
done violence, not only to the letter, but also the spirit of
those formularies, for the observance of which they profess
so earnestly to contend? Let truth reply. Do we hold
forth these declamations and positions against those writers
in the spirit of vain boasting or self-dependance ? God for-
bid! No ; such a spirit does not animate our breasts : we
do not hold them (the writers) forth as marks to which the
finger of scorn, or of malicious opposition, is to be pointed ;
but we do, and with the help of our God we will continue to
hold forth, and show up to the light of day, to the light of
truth, to the light of the glorious gospel of our Lord and
Saviour Jesus Christ, the system which they have embraced,
and which has been the means of leading many who were
wavering, to apostatize from the church of Christ to the
church of Antichrist. _

That the writers of the Tracts have in their persons been
most basely maligned, and their motives grossly misrepre-
sent, we admit, and deeply deplore. As men, we respect and
reverence them—as divines, we acknowledge their learning
and talents—as controversialists, we also bear testimony to
their skill and tact—and as Christians, we charitably believe
them to be sincere; but their doctrines we (in all humility,
believe to be erroneous, and contrary to the
bwuotrdy yet firmly,)
life.

Having treated thus much on this subject, we, in conclu-
sion, again call upon the archbishops and bishops of the
United Church of England and Ireland, to take these doc-
trines in question into their most serious and deliberate con-
sideration; and to weigh well and maturely determine upon
the best means which can be adopted by them for promoting
and securing the harmony and purity of the established
church. We would likewise again remind the laity of their
duty as members of the same glorious body—the church.
May the warning given to the Church of Ephesus be a warn-
ing to us. " I have somewhat against thee, because thou
hast left thy first love. Remember therefore from whence
thou art fallen, and repent, and do the first works ; or else
I will come unto thee quickly, and will remove thy candle-
stick out of his place, except thou repent. Should the
above remarks be in the smallest degree serviceable to the
cause of truth, the writer will feel that
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