The Liverpool Standard, and General Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1854-10-03 00:00:00

LABOtit-SUPPLY

AND DEMAND,

4" E EDITOR OF THE LIVERPOOL STANDARD.
Yogi. May I make hold to suggest through the medium of
trail P4Per, to the speculating part of the public, a new
tit.th of trade, which may bring as large profits in a short
t:r-a
any trade in existence. I am not an anti-abolitionist,
ereis' I advocate slave-dealing; but I do think that, when
t) great a demand for labour in Canada and else-•
thzt.' and so many standing idle in the market-place here,
stichsa...Me scheme might be devised and made to answer,
tor,,,,watild keep the market there supplied. I am not ig-
t.,lll7t that railway contractors have for some time past
tiedtee bands together for their works, but I am anxious
. to
like
,e farm-labourers and servants carried to their market
fail ci)e• This plan also has been tried, I am aware, but
hreek°,ll account of the facility with which the labourers can
141)stirtrallt their bargain. But there is no reason why the
lodgoera should not be engaged by the year, boarded and
and t't as they formerly were in farm-houses in this country,
4 fac:'" vigilance—certainly no greater than is required in
e ":41' or • kb. would suffice to prevent
tea De.. R union world ouse—
at*. '• There are innumerable hands out of work in the
torslthral districts—an abundant supply for any specula-
there' gather together, convey across the atlantic, and set
perit° \vcirk ; and it would require only a staff of men to
beds s.,ntend, and a train of railway coaches, fitted up with
:co d—r lodgings, uhenever the work might be near a railway.
tki.),°abt many will smile at the suggestion; bat let such
ltet,in'e4 live in the midst of idle workmen as I do, and
tt,, vv ill lament with me that there are tio means of sending
!'hers to the land of riches but by the sacrifice of charity
ti, 4't the tranemission of emigrants may be made so pro-
it an e 4 sPecu'ation. Could I say to my poor friends, here
lot i °fret' of boird and lodging, and £l2 or a-year for
10 Canada I think I should not be long in getting a boat-
;ledadOf
tr
Ielvl• And what employer in Canada would not be
thtr ' give or .€2O a head mote per annum ; and what
tietor or ship
"Altar
s„ company would not find it answer for that
"Alt, supply the demand ? I hope this matter will be taken
•1 'IIIIIY by some one more conversant with it than myself.
ell, Sir, Yours, &c., AGRICOLA.
4ing, 28th Sept., 1854.

84'4.44 EDITOR OF THE LIVERPOOL STANDARD.
Of must decline to enter at any length upon the letter
..44: new correspondent, who euphoniously styles himself
Ilith:inglinh Liverpool Clergyman ;" first, because he thrusts
kaditanonymously into the dispute at the eleventh hour,
btestu., .have no fancy for fighting in the dark; secondly,
tate"' 85e no good end to be answered by going over the
heilittrnnnd a second time; and lastly. because I doubt his
4'e that Clergyman at all. I doubt it, because the chances
hien—v.a.Clergyrnan would be able to write grammatically,
titinte frills Person does not. Nay, more, he cannot even
dutia. onl What Mr. Pollock wrote correctly, without intro-
tlitD4'444l:tise concord, e.g., t 0 when one of his facts have been
Node
/° he all this, he must be an exceedingly dull fellow not
!stns see how my two assertions—viz., that the Pros.
Part S -as not printed for circulation among the Puritan
r7,'„4" that it was handed to the editor of the lifail—can
en;nelled. Might not a man distribute a loaf of bread
number of starving people, and yet say, truly,
. that
"t made for such purpose, but for the use of his own
f 0.41.1? The simple fact is, that the Prospectus was printed
• eir from whom assistance or sympa-
lb, The
among those
Iciti,rniZlit be expected ; but it was printed and circulated
k°'t a thought or care whether it would fall into Mr. Pol
te: l'and* or sot. Not only no steps were evc.
(n I: it font doing so, but it was distributed in such a way
„77::, it morally certain that it would reach him or
Cation in t,l)",* .tv.
rhodom This, even without the subsequent publi-
origfnal "e S a complete reply to Mr. Pollock's
And then °Made about "a prize of war."
Llsre t nn'nf°/.B°°th lam guilty of impertinence, because I
tis o "e Mr. 'Pollock and comment upon a speech of
:ZPublicly deliverd I It is' very shocking, no doubt, that
e°-ne should be found to open his mouth against one of
,111:1 be
body °
the Clergy t of Liverpool;" but I am afraid
.
the navy
enough to do just the same again, whenever
Aa Party
,Please to give me an opportunity."
40thi have never claimed credit for modesty, I need say
1 latt,,nl
as in reply to the sneer upon this point, though possibly
Ness as as the Puritans in general, or Irish
1.01)4" in Particular much
; but, assuredly, I shall not condescend
IlifAcilee further Mr. Pollock's new henchman, unless he can
to lit;nt.lY overcome his own native modesty to permit him
Live name, and say who he is.—l am, Sir, &c.,
l.1)%1, Sept. 26, 1854. K. MACKENZIE PUGHE.

MARTIN'S CHURCH, LIVERPOOL

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LETTER No. II

EDITOR OF THE LIVERPOOL STANDARD.

Ash'he length to which my last. letter extended, com-
et,.
eto conclude with the description of the Morning
Ilarklef et
St. Martin's Church, and I now proceed
. with my
tlitir,ve as to the rest of the day. A notice outlsvieddentehse.
%len stated that in addition to daily service on
kipe,nd Fridays, at eleven o'clock, and other morningsl at
there ft Was also opened three times on Sundays. . wentetn
ac was
at half•past three, the appointed time, 'ithhle:et-4f, from actual observation, I might be a faithful
1)14 B°f the doings against which I bad heard so much,
lvil)re-etermined tl 4. nothing extenuate, nor set down
s
etrtati,,,i‘n fnalice.” The congregation in the aftherchooln
was
hard; not numerous—a circumstance at w
oferhY OrPrised—but down the middle aisle was a number
tinlk.°°l children of both sexes, and evidently of the humbler
Rho f life, while among the other:worshippers were several
4i,eitled to be parents or friends of the children. In the
tit
some six or seven boys and three men,
e assistant
/ habited,
%rite. morning, with surplices, and one of th
After the Exhortation, Confession, and Prayers, the
Neil' chanted the Psalms, in much the same style as that
140,114 cl so attracted me in the morning, bringing out the
RShei in full emphasis far more impressively than the
Illttet(1°Ils tone in which they are ordinarily read. The
as eh Rats was then read at the lectern, and the Mag at
s4elitta nific
nted• This was followed by the Second Lesson, and
.
tireieS children came forward and ranged themselvo.e.slinon
°Ss aittr°llud the clergyman at the Litany desk, the girls on
Neb in and the boys on the other. This was for thetphieircpier.
ant qUestioned in the Church Catechism ; and
beginning with the girls, asked several questions,of
the q,,:ete readily and correctly answered. The natureland
of
1411,1clage"1,ts Was as to Egypt, why it was called thed
;4 FiLlie five books of Moses, their names and contents,
etverY of Ten Commandments, meaning of par-
km
oth a- mita"B the
•
them, our duty to Godthe and our neighbour,
_
'vas grtit Itiestions naturally suggested by previous ones. It
1,•1,,1f51'ng to notice, from the nature of the replies, thdat
4'41 th'ren seemed to comprehend what they had learne
Ilsob ' catechisinn• itself being repeated every Sunday after-
;ill°(l)l 7e°l:ds a constant check upon the teachers in the
thus werer`urining their duty: I may remark that the
.ques-
nt pt to all the children, but to about a tirof
thlr"ero presu
ent so that I judged the whole might the
:,111:ion't°,ugh in the 'course of a few weeks. Upon the con-
Are children returned to their seats in the aisle, and
C chanted the Nunc Ditnittis. The Service was then
411 t,e-"e With to the end of the third Collect for Aid against
l're),..rfis, after which the Minister gave the concluding
1147, followed by the Blessing.
"i7114:1., Proceedin,, to speak of the service in the evening,
th;.4llllde to the recant agitation which has been got up
flts,,-ti'eB,ll,,ect to the length to which Divine Service is often
41.
ts s
end the general desire which has been expressed
bei
eans to be devised for its curtailment. For this
a 'l.klinevous schemes have been devised, the principa
ny diYision of the Nlorning Service so as to separate the
rtiless ec(itir the Communion Service from the rest. None of
ir°llll4, ernes have as yet met with such favour as to give
.
i° the eir(if,B"cess ; but my object here is to draw attention
rolli;ekc' of choral services on the length of time occupied.
.481ki thouTht from 1t I have already described of
, w
tiService the Psalms being chanted, the Litany
41e " Music introduced wherever practicable, that the
of,tit'ied was much longer than ordinary, and the prac-
'°fr:',lllging, therefore, b' t' nahle on this ground alone.
tb itowever, from this the case, it was exactly the
as the Servic
it
eN' previous to the administration of the
e flow ""lon did not occupy more than an hour and
ql• 'era, and the whole was over before one i
o'clock.
order rag bein , shorter of duration than ordinarily, without
°rnitted, rnd everything conducted in an
441,:itmi'n,,:everent manner. It had, moreover, this advan-
e the ranch to remove the objection generally made
ket:itte,,,ationlefgth
of the service, that the attention of the
I thro„, "8 far more actively en:razed than when is
I,:etret In the drawlir, tone and listless manner which,
tio4titifal aaY, too often , Litqr. n characterise the reading. of the
kef.„, 4Y 'Y of our Church. An inattentive congrega-
,-te
tth,ir
t_er:(scused for complaining, of their inability to
rhos
green os awake, and to feel the importance of the
Cht, 4 aid, gaged in, when so little effective use is made
rth °lsot_oed.evotion which the sublime music of our
II supply. Nor is this at all inappropriate

to the solemnity of t

ccasion, nor nnbefitting the seri

responsibility of addressing the Infinite Creator in the la n
gunge of prayer and praise. It .will be remembered that
David danced and sung before the Ark of God ; in his own
beautiful Psalms he repeatedly alludes to minstrels And to
singing the praises of the Almighty ; and even the word
Psalm implies a song of praise, or thanksgiving, or penitence,
or prayer, so that music is every way fitting for Divine wor-
ship, and there are no sweeter melodies nor more magnificent
harmonies than those sublime compositions which are
especially designed for the honour of the Almighty and de-
voted to His service.

With reference to the afternoon service, I may here remark
on the prejudice which commonly prevails against the greatly
neglected practice of catechising the children before the con-
gregation in church. I may, in the first place, as a Church-
man, simply appeal to the law of the Church on the matter,
and quote the rubric as an argument which ought to be con-
clusive. It says :—" The curate of every parish shall dili-
gently upon Sundays and Holy-days, after the second Lesson
at Evening Prayer, openly in the church instruct and ex-
amine so many children of his parish sent unto him as he
shall think convenient, in some part of this catechism."
Here is a plain and simple command, about which there
ought to be no cavil, but, unfortunately, we are all too apt to
place inclination in the scale against duty, and then comes
the objection about inconvenient length of service, and the
distaste to hear the simple answers of young children to sim-
ple questions, with little care as to the importance it may be
to them to be so instructed. With the latter objection I shall
not attempt to deal, but as to the length of time which forms
so grave a difficulty, I would state that the whole service in
St. Martin's Church on Sunday afternoon, including the
catechism, did not occupy more than forty minutes, so that
those who could be wearied with such an attendance were but
hankering for the after. dinner nap, in which too many, I
believe, are apt to indulge on the day of rest. For my part, I
firmly believe that more practical good would he effected in
training up the rising generation as members of a Christian
community, if the clergy were more strictly to follow the re-
quirements of the rubric, and, instead of leaving all to Sunday
school teachers, practise openly the catechising of the
children, which is so plainly enjoined. If this were general,
St. Martin's church would be less distinctive than it is at
present in its obedience to the laws of the Church ; and I can
readily believe that the older members of the congregation
would soon begin to take a deeper interest in the moral wel-
fare of the children growing up around them. At any rate,
I can cheerfully bear testimony to the good order which I
witnessed, and the good effect which, as far as I was able to
judge, it had upon those who were the most deeply interested.

I bad intended to have described the service in the evening,
as I visited the church during the three times it was open on
the Sunday, but I have already almost reached the limits to
which a letter should extend, as many readers have as strong
an objection to wade through long epistles as they have to
sit and listen to long sermons. I must, therefore, defer the
remainder of my observations until next week, and conclude
for the present with the remark, that although all I had heard
of the performances of Divine Service at St. Martin's Church
created a very unfavourable impression—as I have no doubt
has been the case with many others—l consider it but justice
to the Rev. Cecil Wray, the Incumbent, to offer the impartial
testimony of a stranger, in order that the truth may no
longer be clouded with prejudice. Instead of experiencing
the disgust which I had been led to anticipate, I saw very
much to approve of, and with some such slight modifi-
cations as those I suggested in my former.letter, I have no
hesitation in asserting, that St. Martin's Church might very
advantageously be made a model for imitation. VIATOR