The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser. — Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1844-06-04 00:00:00

14. ..i. D added, man 1 mcis 2 for the ouse 1 tocis 2 land 3 c DOll D 0 1 1 10 2 2 31 3 3 1 2 dr 3 dr Peel V. hequer, inter ants in endants , which a horse nother, Colonel do, and 21e was RTES. June 4, 1844. SOUTH LANCASHIRE ELECTION. The election for the southern division of this county Was resumed, on Tuesday last, with considerable spirit. of announced during the day in several editions the state ‘_ , o l the vot i ng at the respect i ve po lli ng booths—and Boon after nine, by extraordinary expresses, we were enabled to present to the public the final state of the Poll through the various districts. which differed but slightly from the official return. We now, however, re print some interesting particulars, which it may be im portant to register for subsequent reference. The following is the amended return of the first day's polling:__ Majority for Entwisle. Brown. 359 Entwisle. Brown. Newton .. 778 419 Ashton **** 263 286 y80r0n........ ***** 613 402 419 439 20 Mancl;este; : * 1357 1464 1 0 7 Oldham • 216 325 .. 109 Rochdale **** 364 550 186 Liverpool .... •• 863 1083 220 Ormski r k • an • •• 399 219 .. 180 5967 5510 .. 1092 665 665 Gross Majority first day for Entwisle.... 427 The subjoined table gives the state of the poll at the various votin g - p laces on the second day at the times spe cified— Entwisle. Brown. Newton, 2 30 , P.M. BB5 486 Ashton, 12, A . M 293 421 Bolton, 12, A.m. 661 424 Bury, 12, A.M4 4 7 487 Manchester, 1 P.m.. 1259374 1637341452 Oldham, 12, A.M. Rochdal e , 1 1 30, A. 3,1. . 444 Liverpool, 3 30, P. M . 1245 1430 OrreSkirk, I P .M Wigan, 11 45, A . m ..... •• • • ***** 457 242 - - 7173 6630 Majority for Mr. Entwisle At the final close of the poll the votes stood as follows : Majority for Entwistle. Brown. Entwisle. Brown. Newton, at 4 o'clock 906 507 .. 399 • - Ashton, at 4 o'clock . 310 443 .. .. 133 Bolton, at 4 o'clock . 703 457 .. 246 .. Bury, at 4 o'clock .. 468 514 .. .. 46 Manchester, at4o'clk. 1692 1847 .. .. 155 Oldham, at 4 o'clock 256 362 .. .. 106 Rochdale, at 4 o'clock 506 654 .. .. 148 Liverpool, at 4 o'clock 1263 1455 .. .. 192 Ormskirk, at 4 o'clock 972 470 .. 502 .. Wigan, at 4 o'clock. 495 264 .. 231 .. 7571 6973 1378 780 780 Majority for Entwisle .. Mr. Entwisle arrived in Liverpool on Tuesday morning soon afterlOo'clock,accompanied by Col. Plumbe Tempest, J. Ireland Blackburne, Esq., and other gentlemen. The hon. candidate visited the polling booth and other places, and was very warmly received. Towards the close of the poll, the friends of Mr. ntw isle, including a large number of the most respect able and influential gentlemen and freeholders of this town and neighbourhood, congregated in the enclosed yard in front of the committee-room—all in excellent hil l:l3°lz, notwithstanding the majority against their favourite in this town. The appearance of several gentlemen on the platform over the room, elicited the most enthusiastic cheer s and clapping of hands ; and on Colonel Tempest aPProaching in the crowd, the applause was redoubled. tehr,ong, The gallant colonel ascended to address the assembled and some time elapsed before he could proceed, -13 ' o ud was the cheering from those below, and the well affected and self-congratulatory noises sent forth from the ne ighbourhood of the other candidate "just opposite." Colonel TEMPEST said (with reference to the general returns of the voting) :—Gentlemen, electors of Lanca shire, I have to congratulate you on the glorious triumph look ,You hav e thi s d a y ac hi eve d. Y ou have shown the Anti- British League that you know how to conduct an election, after your real interests, withouting insu bY tnd hire d lecturers and itinerant spouters, who have lted no connexion with your county. (Great Cheers.) The news Will rapidly pass from east to west ; from Johnny Groat's House to the Land's End—that you have manfully done Your duty. (Loud cheers.) You have defeated the Anti- British League. I would, however, strongly urge upon You to t a k e t h e a d v i ce o f your P rem i er —" R eg i s t e r ! Re itister !"—and that you should take care that not only you Yourselves should do so, but that you should counsel your neighbours to adopt the same precaution, and the sup porters of the good cause would thus always be victorious in L ancashire. (Immense cheering.) Three cheers were then given for " The Queen," " The .-'lllce o f Welling ton, " " Sir T. Brancker," " Mr. Ent and others. „ T u b : rn i„ a ssehlage was afterwards addressed in a most sp - g manner by a zealous young mechanic, a staunch Protes tant of Church and State," who stated that the r otes tant operatives had long been trampled upon, but if they would only stand true to each other they might defy alltheir e nem i es , not except i ng " O'Connell" and " the Pope. H e proposed cheers for Sir Thos. Brancker, Mr. Aspinall, Mr. Harbord, Mr. Birkett, &c., which were given with enthusiasm, and the assemblage dispersed. Liverpool is the only place which has failed to do its duty on this occasion, which may be easily accounted for by the fact that the conservatives of Liverpool were un accountably lukewarm. The return even for this dis trict is not and cannot be considered as any triumph for the leaguers. How do they then account for the defeat. We are told forsooth that the agricultural districts of the county have " swamped" the manufacturing districts ! Why, only the other day, we were assured that the League was fast converting the agriculturists and tenant farmers. We heard of innumerable meetings of tillers of the soil, were at which resolutions in favour of the Free Trade dogmas Row hap passed by treme n d ous ma j or iti es ! H ow ' s th i s ? pens it that in South Lancashire, the very seat and centre of the cotton ma nufacture, the agriculturists should be s o marve ll ous l y unan i mous in their opposition to e, Lague candidate ? But is it true that th e agricultu rists have swamped" the manufacturers ? Pray what are Bolton and Wigan but manufacturing towns ? Behold the League minorities there? Then turn to Manchester, the inner circle—the very gtfici.ua—of th e Lemuite agitation! It was confidently Predicted th a t Mr. Brown would have a tremendous ma jority here —the reaction in favour of the sweeping prin ciples of Free Trade had been so great since the last con tested election in 1837. Let us consult the results of that _election. 'We find that the number of votes polled in the llanchester district was as follows : Stanley Wilbraham Majority for Stanley 23 On the p resent occasion the returns from the same dis trict are as follows : Brown lBl7 Entwisle Maj So that w ith all the re ority action in favour of the League Mr. Brown has only polled 49 more votes that Mr. Stan ley --Mr. Entwisle only 83 less than Mr. Wilbraham, who had the powerful fellowship of Lord Francis Egerton to help him ! Is this what the Leaguers curiously call being "swamped" by the landlord's influence over the tenant farmers ? Really these paroxisms and contortions in the hour of defeat are too ludicrous to command attention, too false to excite compassion. DECLARATION OF THE POLL. The declaration of the poll, by the High Sheriff, took The High place on Th urs d ay , at N ewton-in-the -Willows. Th ' Sheriff arrived th ere a little after nine o'clock, the court having been adjourned to ten. Mr. Entwisle, accompanied by a large body of his friends, arrived at about a quarter to ten, having travelled from Manchester by the nine -o'clock train. Mr. Brown did not make his appearance at all, nor did any of his friends venture to show their faces. The High Sheriff took his place on the hustings at a quarter after ten, and the court was immediately opened with the usual formalities. At that time Mr. Entwisle and his friends had not arrived at the hustings, and there were very few persons collected in front. Mr. C. B. Walker, the Under Sheriff, then untied the bundle of lists from each polling-booth, and proceeded to unseal them separately. The total of each list was then examined by the High Sheriff and Under Sheriff, and entered on a separate sheet. This was rather a tedious process. and occupied them upwards of an hour and a half. The n um b ers po ll e d i n eac h di str i ct an d b oot h were ioilowdsis.covered, and the gross voting was found to be as Entwisle 7571 Brown .... About Majority twelve o'clock, Mr. Entwisle's friends formed a Procession from the Leigh Arms to the hustings, Pr accom illed by a great num b er o f b anners an d a b an d o f mus i c ° l7 a Rochd a l e , playing the lively air of " Hurrah for the bo nnets of blue." None of the League party being pre rut, the Conservatives occupied both parts of the hus bitrley, Esq n gs• Amongst the gentlemen present we noticed—E. --! le kleY, Esq. M.P., Thomas Fleming, Esq., Richard Tempest, Sir Thos. Brancker, 4 bn Clare Esq. jun., James Aspinall, Esq., Richard Rawson, Esq., James Lord, Esq., William Ford Hulton, —N., Joseph Harrop, Esq., Albert Royds, Esq., James Yearde n , Esq., J. Greenall, Esq., H. C. Lacey, Esq., James Fenton Es. John Drinkwater, Esq., &c. The Hi gh Sheriff, 'who was labouring under consider able i ndisposition, retired to the Horse and Jockey Inn, " 4 the p urpose of cast i ng up the votes. I n a b ou t half 'an %a hou r h e returned, and having taken his place in the centre of the hustings, said — Gentlemen -- It is now my duty to declare to you the State of the poll. I beg to inform you that the numbers that have been polled are—For Mr. Brown 6,973 of the electors of the southern division ; Mr. Entwisle has polled 7 . s7l —(cheers)—leaving Mr. Entwisle in a majo rity of 598. (Loud cheers.) Therefore, Mr. Entwisle having the majority of your votes, I now declare him duly e'ected your representative in Parliament. (Renewed cheering.) Mr. Entwisle, who was in the same compartment of the hustings with the High Sheriff, was then girded with the sword and belt of a knight of the shire, amidst loud cheer ing from the assembled spectators, The next ceremony was that of re-sealing up the polling books. This being done, Mr. Entwisle was requested to put his seal to them, and the High Sheriff caused procla mation to be made inquiring it Mr. Brown was present; the negative answer to this inquiry, from a score of'voices, caused great merriment The indenture of return to the writ was then filled up, and signed by the High Sheriff, and afterwards by the following gentlemen :—Colonel Tempest, Sir Thomas Brancker, Edmund Buckley, Esq., M.P., W. F. Hulton, Esq., H. C. Lacey, Esq., and James Fenton. Esq. Mr. Entwisle then presented himself for the purpose of addressing the electors, and his appearance was greeted with the most enthusiastic cheering. He spoke as follows : Mr. High Sheriff and gentlemen,—Since our last meeting at this spot, the contest has been fought, and, I am most a c t o l n e g a r gt at t t h il o a s te e the electors as f h this b d e i e v n isi w o o n n o . f t ( h C e h c e o e u r n s. t ) y,— l of them who are my friends, for to offer congratulations to the other party would be very ill received,—but I will take the liberty to congratulate those electors who have done me the honour to support me in this election, on the result of their exertions. (Applause.) In proof that the cause has been no slight or unimportant one, we may ap peal to the numbers that have been polled in this election, those numbers amounting to upwards of 14,500 of the electors of this most important district. (Hear, hear.) That such an election, such a contest, could be carried on with so little animosity, or ebullition of party spleen, or resentment, I have been most happy to see—(applause) ; and I am sure it must be satisfactory to every one of those gentlemen who had been engaged in it that it has been so carried on. Gentlemen, I may fairly say that this con test has been conducted on fair grounds; the cause has been fairly tried between the two candidates,—one on the conservative int-rest, the other the candidate for the league. (Hear.) I believe the question has been fairly tried between those two parties on this occasion. Both were found unprepared by the very untimely and melan choly event which has necessitated our coming here to day ; the forces of both were collected in haste ; there can be no doubt that such was the case ; and I am happy to think that the contest has been tried upon fair grounds, though, in saying so, I am assuming that for whic I shall not have credit given me on the other side,—namely, that in some measure at least the merits of the two candidates were equal. (Applause.) I observe it was said that the difference between us was as great as between the sun at noon day and a farthing candle. (Hear, hear, and laugh ter.) Gentlemen, Ido not pretend to enter into compa risons; but I will take the liberty of treating this as only one of those appellations which the party calling them selves liberals so liberally apply to all who take the liberty of differing from them. (Loud applause.) When we were here upon Friday last, we had another opportunity of ob serving the liberal manner in which those gentlemen con duct themselves. I will only allude to the circumstances under which a third candidate was brought before the electors,—(hear, hear)—for the purpose, whatever might be the motive with which that gentleman was brought for ward, of serving only as an introduction for a speech for the honourable member for Stockport, and for another lecture in addition to all those we have received from the league. lam threatened, on my appearance in the House, • to which I am destined to go as your representative —(loud applause)—with being told by certain gentlemen who have been expressing their opinions very freely in Manchester, that I am to be visited with the weight of their indignation, and to be told that 1 do not go to the House of Commons as the representative of the electors of this division of the county. (" You do," and applause.) One of those gentlemen, at least, who has been at the trouble of expressing his feelings on that subject, I think ought not to indulge in any such terms as those in which lie threatens me. I allude to the honourable member for Salford, who, upon a former occasion, to the best of my recollection, went to the House of Commons elected by a majority of one, having given his vote in his own favour. (Loud applause and laughter.) Now, gentlemen, that I am returned by a majority of the voters in this district they will not assume for an instant to doubt ; but another gentleman to whom I have alluded says I am sent there by those who are driven to the poll like sheep. I should be very willing to stake the issue of this or of any other contest upon a comparison between the respectability and independence of those electors of this division of the county who have done me the honour to give me their support on this occasion, and that of those electors by whom Mr. Cobden himself is returned to the House of Commons. I should have no fear for the result of such a comparison in any impartial hands; and to them I would most willingly commit it. I can only say that strengthened as I feel myself to be by your support, and the support and counte nance with which I have been received in all pa its of the county I have had the honour to visit in the course of my canvass, I hope I shall feel myself able, as I certainly ought to feel myself able, to reply to any such arguments as may be brought forward by any of those gentlemen.— (Applause.) And it will not be for want of a hearty good-will in your cause if I omit to answer them in a proper manner. —(Applause.) It is now my duty, gentlemen, to return my most sincere thanks, and to hope that those exertions which have been most freely given on this occasion may not fail in future.—(Applause.) 1 am happy to be able to add that many distant voters, many gentlemen residing at a considerable distance, have lent their aid by coming in numbers to the poll, feeling convinced that the importance of the occasion demanded their services ' • and those ser vices have been most freely given.—(Cheers.) To all those gentlemen I beg to offer my most sincere acknow ledgment, and in so doing, I am only expressing what is the sense of tke electors at large. (Applause.) Mr. Entwisle then proceeded at considerable length to state his intentions of supporting measures calculated to extend manufactures, and for the good of trade. He also alluded 1 to several inconsistencies and offensive epithets of Mr. Cobden and others, and sat down amidst tumultuous cheering. Three cheers were then given for Lord Francis Egerton. Mr. Entwisle then proposed a vote of thanks to the Sheriff.—Mr. W. F. Hulton seconded the motion, and it was carried with prolonged cheering. The High Sheriff, in acknowledgment, spoke as fol lows :—Gentlemen,—l beg leave to return my most sin cere thanks to you all,—to the gentleman who has done me the honour to propose this vote of your approbation, and to you who have just received it in the most flattering way. As I told you, on my first appearance on these hustings, on the first day of the election, it was my deter mination to act towards all parties with the strictest im partiality. (Hear, hear.) I flatter myself, gentlemen, that I have acted up to that determination,—that I have done my duty impartially. (Loud applause.) Gentlemen, most people know, I dare say, that 1 am opposed to the Anti-Corn-Law League, and that I am a thorough Con servative. (Loud cheers.) On that occasion, gentlemen, I told you that I did not show my politics ; but those were well known to you all ; and being a true Conservative, I did expect that every act of mine connected with the elec tion would be remarked upon, and in an unfavourable way, by many who were assembled on that occasion. (Applause.) But, gentlemen, I did not expect that shame less falsehoods would have been published in the public papers; and although I care little for them,—they are of very little consequence,—still I do say this, that where ' false assertions are deliberately made and published, they should meet with a deliberate denial. (Hear, hear, hear.) And I do now most deliberately say, that those parts of the papers which have referred to me, reflecting upon me in a shameful way, are totally untrue. (Loud applause.) lam told, in one paper, that there was not the least obstacle to my seeing the hands held up round these hustings. In answer to that I say, the very person who has made that assertion was himself one of the obstacles to my seeing half the hands that were held up. (Applause, and a cry of " Through his clumsy skull.") lam told, by the editor of another newspaper, unfavourable to me, unfavourable to your present mem- I ber, and to the cause in which you were all engaged, that I was heard to declare, before I gave my opinion as to the state of the show of hands, that I thought there was a majority in favour of the other candidate. (Hear, hear.) Gentlemen, I beg to say most deliberately, that I said nothing of the kind. (Loud applause.) I will tell von what did take place. (Applause.) My assessor was in doubt; he thought that there was perhaps a majority in favour of Mr. Brown; but my assessor was not the she riffauw ri upon 0. n o b. of ypt to declare county appealed ortefo his fb oyr; whomm I friendsi y e wa honourablets h n oe o nn a t aff ij themajority friend fte e iyfe r tswn,odans( who. (Mr. Gentlemen,hr t.OO Entwisle), mets w e i a s t l i h l a) d lt. I could not see a number of the hands that were held up ; and as you are all aware, there was a great number of waggons here, (pointing to the front of the hustings) and in those waggons stood the reporters for all the papers, and they certainly did obstruct my view, so that 1 could not see the hands. If Mr. Brown had appealed to me, I certainly should have listened to him, and taken the show of hands again, because it was my great endeavour to act impartially,and todo my duty to both parties. (Applause.) Gentlemen, I will not detain you longer, but will congra tulate you that the election has passed over in the peaceable way in which it has been conducted throughout the county. Gentlemen, I beg to thank you all for the compliment which you have paid me, for this pledge which you have given me of your approbation of my conduct. This makes amends for every reflection that has been cast upon me. (Loud cheers.) This terminated the business. The conservative pro cession then returned, in the same order, to the Leigh Arms, where Mr. Entwisle and a large number of his sup porters took luncheon. At half-past two Mr. Entwisle returned to Manchester : on Friday, he went up to London, and was expected to take his seat in the house last night (Monday). REMARKABLE AND SIGNIFICANT COINCIDENCES. Friday last,the nomination day,was theQueen'sbirth-day. Tuesday was William Pitt's birthday. Wednesday was the Restoration-day—from the Anti- Corn-Law League. Thursday, the day for declaring the poll, was the eclipse of the free-traders, and Friday was the eclipse of the moon. ROBBERY OF A BANKER'S PARCEL.—In the month of September last, a banker's parcel, containing £1,700 in notes, and bills of exchange to the amount of £2,000, was entrusted to the Bedford coachman, to be delivered at Sir Charles Price and Co.'s banking-honse, in London. After the coach had reach ed town, the parcel disappeared in some mysteriou s manner . very exertion was made to discover the property, but nothing was heard of any of its contents till .a few days back. It happened, singularly enough, that a few shopkeepers of Luton, who were smok , ng their pipes together, had each, on the same even ing, been struck with the circumstance of a respectable looking man having called and changed a five-pound note. It appeared, on inquiry, that he h a d c h ang ed numerous five-pound notes in th e same town that evening. Sus picion was excited, and he was taken into custody, when a large sum in notes and checks was found upon him. The notes were proved to have formed part of the parcel stolen in September last. The prisoner has been several times examined and remanded. THE LIVERPOOL STANDARD: CORRESPONDENCE. MR. BLACKBURN'S SPEECHES TO THE EDITOR OF THE LIVERPOOL STANDARD, SIR,—As the speeches of Mr. B'ackburn in the council in December, 1842, and on the Bth inst. on education, have been published in the form of tracts, one of them under the specious title of " the injustice and impolice of excluding the Roman Catholics from the Corporation Schools," and every effort made to disseminate their fal lacious statements, I do think, sir, it becomes the duty of those who know them to be such to endeavour to disabuse the minds of as many as are disposed, without perhaps much thought on the subject, to allow themselves to be influenced by them; this I shall now proceed to do if you will permit me, through your respectable and influential medium. Although far indeed below the author in abi lity, yet knowing that I have truth on my side, I hesitate not to face even the " leviathan of liberalism." Before doing so, however, allow me to say, that for Mr. Black burn, as a gentleman and a Christian, I entertain the highest respect, and my only astonishment is that preju dice should have so much influence on so good a man. I shall first take up his former speech; and the first topic which he touches on (for I shall endeavour to answer every relevant statement as it occurs, to prevent my omitting any, although not the course I should have chosen for myself) is, that the schools being public properly, all have an equal right to them. He will doubtless admit that it is the duty of the Council, as a body delegated by people, to do what they believe to be most for the benefit of the whole ; and where principles are at stake, if they are true to them, no consideration can influence them to deviate even to the right or to the left hand, even to conci liate! This argument, then, rests on the decision of the point—what is their duty with regard to education ? and this I shall now endeavour to answer. I believe that the Bible and the Bible alone should, as far as religion is con cerned, be taught in the schools, and therefore agree with him that no sectarian books should be admitted ; and the authorised version is the only one, on this principle, that ought to be taught there, the Douay being sectarian be cause it has notes forcing some of the most important doc trines it contains into a meaning that fosters the errors of Rome. Let them expunge these notes, and the question may then be considered as to its being used by those who prefer it to our version. But the question arises, is it their province to interfere with the religion of the people? The author says, no. He believes that the Bible was given to us to teach us our duty towards God—how we are to live to Him on earth, and attain to His infinitely blessed presence beyond the grave. How, then, is it his duty to educate a man for the performance of his duty to his neighbour, and not his province to teach him those things, which are by far the most important to him, and which alone can make him a really good citizen? But then he will say, " I have no right to interfere between a parent and his child—to require of the child what the pa rent disapproves." Admitting for a moment that he is right in this view ; he takes it for granted that the parent does object, whereas in nearly ninety-nine cases in every hundred he is coerced by his priest; and if the parents' real wishes were known and acted upon, we should long ago have had our schools filled with Roman Catholic children. This I know to be a fact, and many who sup port the author's views know it to be so too. But I differ from him widely ia the sentiments which he expresses on filial obedience. It is only in as far as the requirements of the parents consist with what God requires, that the child is to obey, for lie is desired to obey his parents " in the Lord." Is it not the bounden duty, then, of those who have committed to them the education of the young, when the parent objects to what is due to the child, to say, " We believe that the education which the child re quires most is that which will prepare him for his long destiny, and we therefore cannot conscientiously withhold it from him if he be under our care?" I perfectly agree with the author, to any length he may wish to go, in con demning the proposition to enjoin on the parents the teaching of their own religious opinions to their children. His next statement I am quite as much astonished at as was he at the remarks which called it forth, which is to the effect that the children of the Established Church were not excluded from the schools when he and his party had the conducting of them. " It is mere drivelling to deny that they were excluded," and this by one who holds that a person should never violate his conscience. Does he not know that the members of the Establishment, with many others, believe that to countenance in any way a system that treated all religions as of equal importance, would be (to speak of it in the mildest terms) to confirm those in error in their views, and to lead others astray? And was it not then excluding them to adopt such a sys tem ? and does he not in his late speech enforce this very point with regard to " the present exclusion of Roman Catholics?" In the beginning of the sth page the author, in a most glowing passage, endeavours, one might think, to appease his own conscience, as well as that of others, by an effort to show that in a sort of compromising, half-and half worship at the opening and close of the school, they were in the most happy unity and unrestricted purity of worship; while there was excluded from it what God in his infinite mercy and wisdom, saw meet and necessary for us ; but he, to please those, of whose errors he says, they are " in a great many points contrary to the word of God and dangerous to the souls of men," in the perform ance of xis duty to them has seen right to withhold. But had the author been at my side on one occasion when visiting Ihe of •aid andioy andsaw would have grati tude which expressed itself in tears," and the pleasure detracted the allorth little School, eh from ooh the wha "thrill t with which he looked forward to all terminating in " union and peace." I was in the school-room during the hour appropriated to religious exercises. The Roman Catho lics being about eight or nine-tenths of the whole were kept-in the school-room, and the Protestants, &c. &c., were taken into another. When the hour had expired they were brought back and ranged along the one or two first seats on the platform (all the others, to the top, be ing occupied by the Roman Catholics), and as they came in, the Roman Catholics commenced " hiss," " hiss," " hiss,". I was standing before the platform, and the Roman Catholic teacher (Kearney) beside me, who seemed very angry ; and although he threatened and did all he could to prevent it, yet they loved their little schoolfel lows so much that they could not be prevented giving this fond expression of their feelings in an occasional" hiss," hiss," till all were come in. Now sir, I to give you my name and address, and am prepar ed to testify this on oath, if that be necessary. So muchi i for the unity which those schools were calcula ted to inspire With reference to what the author s ays about shutting up private schools, to fill those of the Corporation , I b elieve the f a ct to be, but cannot speak positively, that they were opened incon sequence of the system which they introduced into the public schools, and of course were no longer required when they were restored to their original constitution. In page 6 he " asserts boldly, and defies contradiction," that no child was prohibited from reading the Bible." Why, who ever said they were? This is all bombast. No one ac cuses them of having prohibited its being read at all, or by any one at any time, for this is what his denial implies, but we blame them for not having required it—for not having made it a sine qua non in admitting children to the schools, that they should learn that Boole which alone can teach them to be not only truly good citizens, but truly wise for eternity ; and as this life is but a preface to our existence, surely, surely, sir, this must be the duty of those who have committed to them the training that will in all probability lay the foundation for their uncangeable destiny. Of his personal attack upon Mr. Hodgson, I say not a word, but would ask the author the next time he repeats the Louis's prayer, to pause at the petition, " forgive us our trespasses as we forgive them that tres pass against us," and think of this passage. No ma n i s without his faults; but it would more become the charac ter and dignity of a Christian to have forgiven him than to retaliate. The next passage respects the extent of se cular education which it is proper to give : with this I shall not meddle. The following one is quite foreign to the point at issue ; and next his explanation of the line of argument he has pursued. And then he proceeds to lay down his panacean scheme ; but it is all nonsense to be seeking for some new scheme so long as the principle re mains untouched ; therefore this plan is as visionary as the rest. And by allusions to the conduct of some good men with regard to this question, and by long extracts from the writings of others, he seems to endeavour to hood wink his hearers; and winds it up with, as he appears to think, a triumphant reference to the support which the present government has given, (alas!) and is likely to give, to a plan similar to his own. But he has often and often condemned in strong language those in the Conservative ranks who have accused him of being in league with Popery, becau e they were acting in concert to obtain one object. How can he reconcile this with his elaborate i htihse treatingmt g— e s essay to prove that becaus e a C onservat i ve government approve of his scheme, therefor e a ll C onservat i ves are boundiwnoubliid i n blindfold l o lpl su y p pt p eh o rat r ti t nt i ao % y i i t l l im f to his a party will theirt least leaders—and this l lthuswas no bind new hsienlv the matter as if it were a ma t ter o f course that we should, I can assure him he is very much mistaken if he thinks that we will do so. We care not who b • it rings forward ; we denounce it as unscriptural and del • usive. And no w a t real length he comes, i n page 12, to the point at issue— " Is secular education a l one an evil or not ? ' and intro duces it with a most animat e d and confi d ent of the fast approach to the ultimate . anticipation rejection, by all right minded men, of those " a ntiquated notion s - and minded prejudices," that children should not narrow educated without the Bible — more becoming an infidel than a Christian. I must beg the author will a ll ow me to his admiration of chivalry with which he greeted Mr. Hodgson, when that gentleman said that he believed that. education without religion was a curse. I say it is —not by an effort to " pluck up coura ge ," but from sober, deliberate conviction of its truth, and which I now proceed to prove. Will the author, will man point me to a people or nation that w as ever any be nefitted by secular education alone Was Ath ens ? Wit ness the Apostle Paul's success there; and be it remem bered that his labors there were almost entirely confined to the educated—as far as we can learn, at least, from the account given of his sojourn there. A nd hear what that same Apostle says in addressing a church f ormed in the midst of another of the most educated people of that day—the Corinthians—" Ye see your calling, brethren, how that not many wise men after the flesh, ( an d the lest it should be thought that he meant here the rich and powerful, he adds,) not many mighty, not many noble are called ;" and this is expressed in a way which l eaves n -doubt that it was his constant experience. And look at th os e countries in the present day that boast of th e i r wid s pread education—France, Germany, &— c• — and co e- si pare their morals with England, where they say, °m ana truly, that learning is not so widely diffused : lamentably bad though our own country be, it stands far before them in m orality and religion. There are few criterion s that bet ter attest this than the observance of the Sabbath; and will they hear any comparison in this respect ? I might refer also to the success which has attended missionary exertions. Look at the South Sea Islands. It will not do to say that it was after many years of arduous labor that success was apparent there, for some of the islands where Christianity was most cordially received had no missionaries till recently. Now, these are facts. It is vain to picture the happy results that might arise from secular education, and would,..doubtless, arise from it, if imparted to holy beings; but it.is quite a -different matter with us, whose every tendency is-to sin, , and, therefore. the enlarging and invigorating of•our " mental powers" must have the effect of strengtheningand confirming these tendencies, without having counteracting principles simul taneously instilled into the mind ;:to do- which, in faith and prayer for that " blessing which alone maketh rich," is our duty :—whether that blessing be bestowed or not is quite beyond our sphere. The author, in illustration of his views, draws a picture of a boy first allowed to grow up in ignorance, and then of one educa ed : it would be an easy matter for one who had as imaginative a mind as he has, to depict, in as strong terms and with more truth, the awful end of an infidel, whose education but cherished and strengthened his unholy dispositions, besides having his capacity for misery greatly increased. I' recollect having beard Mr. M`Neile express this sentiment beautifully some time since. But the author, in representing what education would in his opinion do for a boy completely, " begs the question ;" for it is not on the secular educa tion which the boy would receive that he founds his argu ment, but by the religion which by a sort of sidewind he contrives to steal into his sketch. Is his " receiving much valuable religious instruction of an elementary cha racter—learning much about the being, perfections, and character of God, his responsibility to Him, the value of His favor, and the value of His displeasure," secular edu cation ? Let secular instruction stand on its own basis, or let them give up the point. I must object to his manner of stating the difference between what is now required of the children, and their training under the late system. He says in page 13, " Will any man of sound mind say that this course of school training and tuition is a curse to this child, merely because he did not attend at prayer time, and read with others the authorised version?" Now, I candidly put it to the author, is this a fair statement of the case ? One would suppose he looked upon the reading of the Bible as of no moment whatever, and had nothing to do with either the moral or religious training of the children. This is an evident straining throughout the whole of his address to bolster up as strong a case as he could; I do not say intentionally at the expense of truth, but clearly under the influence of strong prejudice. The author, as he draws to a close, indulges in the happy prospect which his imagination pictures before 'him of the genial prevalence of his own views, which he sees gradually developed in the progress of events around him—and truly a curious way they take to exhibit them selves. Perhaps the doctor views it, as he seems to do the whole of this subject, inadvertently ; for I should like him to point to that part of the Liverpool horizon where it bas appeared. It may be, however, that he only means that the seed is sown now. and we may soon expect to see it sprout and flourish under the disinterested, cultivating care of Popery. There are many more points which I felt tempted to touch on, but was compelled to refrain ; and, indeed, I have to apologise for the length to which 1 have already extended these remarks. I wish truly that your space would permit me to follow the author through the inge nious sophistries which his late speech contains; but, as the principles which I have above endeavoured feebly to advocate meet most of them, it is theless necessary that I should do so. If some of your many able correspondents do not in the interim take it up, I may perhaps, ere long, trouble you with a few remarks on them. _ _ Liverpool, 25th May, 1844. SUMMONSES FOR PARISH RATES. TO THE EDITOR OF THE LIVERPOOL STANDARD. SlR,—Will you permit me, through your valuable paper, to inquire who directs summonses to be issued against parties for the payment of parish rates? My object in asking this question thus publicly is, that I fear the person, whoever he may be, does not make the neces sary inquiries before taking such a step. For instance— a friend of mine was called upon by the collector of his district for the payment of his rates, and not being quite convenient to him at the time to pay the amount, he re quested the collector to call in about a fortnight, and he would take care to be prepared for him. Two or three days after he received a summons to appear before the magistrates to show cause why he bad not paid them, and this too after having arranged with the collector positively to pay on a certain day. It appears to me the collector must have acted in a manner to call forth censure, other wise there must be some party who adopts such a course without, I am sure, the sanction of the churchwardens, or those who may have the power to direct such matters. I would not have troubled you had this been a solitary instance, but I can assure you such is far from being the case. Do, Mr. Editor, insert this in your paper to-morrow, in order that the matter may be investigated and rectified without further delay.—l am, yours, &c. June 3rd, 1844. FAIR PLAY. HORTICULTURAL EXHIBITION AT THE BOTANIC GARDEN. The first of the three horticultural exhibitions of the pre sent year took place on Friday week, atthe Botanic Garden. The day was sunny and warm, and the attendance, we are glad to say, more numerous than we remember to have noticed on any former occasion, including many of the first families and individuals of the town and neighbour hood. The carriages —the greater part handsome private equipages —lined a long length of the road on each side, opposite the establishment ; and on this occasion the company were exempted from the usual annoyance of ' dust by the judicious employment of two water-carts near the entrance. The garden itself, notwithstanding the want of rain, looked beautirully fresh and inviting ; the shrubs and hedges, which have now attained an umbra geous height, giving it a much more shady and verdant effect than it formerly possessed. Towards three o'clock (an hour after the opening to the visiters generally) the various broad walks presented a delightfully gay appear ance, from the presence of a fashionable throng, including many elegantly attired ladies, wbo promenaded from place to place, or paused in groups to examine the varied plants and flowers that everywhere invited attention. The major part of the company, however, congregated on the green in front of the conservatory, in the centre of which the waters of the fountain sparkled in the sunny rays; or sauntered under the spacious marquee, admiring the com peting flowers, which were arranged on large tables; or amused themselves in the well-plenished greenhouses and. hothouse. In one of the former a number of curious specimens were exhibited for competition. In a tent, on one side of the lawn, refreshments were served ; and at the top of the centre walk was stationed Mr. Parker's Cheltenham band, who played a variety of pleasing airs throughout the afternoon. The show of plants, flowers, and fruits, was admitted by all to be the most extensive, select, and rare, that had ever been submitted at this garden. The geraniums (or pelargoniums) were many of them splendid, particularly a collection of ten exhibited by our townsmen, Messrs. Davies, of Wavertree Nursery, who, it will be found, obtained four prizes. They brought five collections of plants in all, and would probably have carried off a prize for the fifth, but found that the class to which it belonged was not on this occasion open to competition. There were also some splendid geraniums and other plants from the respective nurseries of Mr. Skirving and Mr. Cun ningham, and not a few sent by private growers. We noticed several beautiful azaleas, and a fine stove plant, the Pimelia decusala, from Mr. 0. F. Meyrick, Angle sea. Mr. Charles Horsfall also produced some excellent greenhouse plants, and obtained several prizes. There were some beautiful roses in pots, and all the baskets of plants were fine. Mr. E. D. Falkner sent some superb roses, but not for competition. One of the finest of the class, however, belonged to the Garden—a splendid large flowered white, produced from a comparatively very small plant. It is called " The Duke of Devonshire," and one of the flowers was upwards of four inches in diameter. Mr. Johnson sent a fine specimen of the Catlleya Mossea , . The fruit shown was of course limited in quantity, owing to the earliness of the season, but all of excellent quality and large size. The pine -apples, melons, cherries, and black grapes in particular, were very fine. Mr. C. H. Horsfall exhibited—not for competition—a dish of fine plump and sound apples, the growth of 1842. The show of vegetables was also good, including some large new kidney potatoes; but where all was superior, it were invidious further to particularise, and we must therefore refer to the following LIST OF THE PRIZES. PLANTS. Cape Heaths.—Eight varieties—lst prize, Messrs. T. Davies and Co. ; 2nd, Mr. G. Cunningham. Fuchsias.—Eight varieties—Messrs. Whalley, nursery men. Pelargoniums.—Best ten-Ist, Messrs. Davies ; 2nd, Mr. Skirving ; 3rd, Mr. Cunningham. Best six -Ist, Messrs. Davies ; 2nd, Mr. Skirving ; 3rd, Mr. H. Winch, Seacombe. Roses.—Ten varieties—lst, Mr. H. Winch ; 2nd, Mrs. Foster, of Woolton. Stove or Greenhouse Plants.—Best six -Ist, Messrs. Davies; 2nd, Mr. Cunningham; 3rd, Mrs. Foster. Best of four—Mr. Horsf3ll. Best single specimen -Ist, Mrs. Earle, of Speaklands ; 2nd, Mr. R. Alison ; 3rd, Mr. 0. F. Meyrick. Exotic Orchidacece.—Six specimens-Ist, Mr. Chas. Horsfall ; 2nd, Mr. John Moss. Three specimens-Ist, Mr. T. Johnson, of Runcorn ; 2nd. Mr. Chas. Horsfall. Single specimen -Ist, Mr. T. Johnson ; 2nd, Mr. John Moss. Basket of Plants.—lst, Mr. C. Horsfall ; 2nd, Mr. W. Blain. Extra prizes-Ist, Mrs. Foster ; 2nd, Mr. Winch ; 3rd, Mr. Skirving. Rare Ornamental Plants.—Single specimen —Mr. G. Cunningham. • FEINTS AND VEGETABLES. Best dish of Grapes.—E. D. Falkner,E sq., Fairfield. Best Pine.—lst, The Earl of Derby ; 2nd, Rd. Alison, Esq., Woolton Heys. Best Melon.—The Earl of Derby. Best basket of Fruit.—The Earl of Derby. Best basket of Vegetables.—lst, The Earl of Derby ; 2nd, 0. F. Meyrick, Esq. Extra prize for Rhubarb.-0. F. Meyrick, Esq. Extra prize for Straw b erries.—O. F. Meyrick, Esq. Extra prize for Cherries.—O. F. Meyrick. Esq. THREE LADS DROWNED.—A most distressing acci dent occurred on Sunday afternoon at Maldon, Essex, by which three youths met a watery grave. During the afternoon eleven boys took a boat at Hythe, and went down the river; they had proceeded but very little way, when they were seen to endeavour to hoist a sail, and the wind blowing strongly at the time the boat immediately capsized, by which they were all plunged into the water. Five of them managed to reach the shore, and three others were saved by clinging to the boat. The bodies of the other three lads, named Forster, Fah - head, and Cole, were not picked up for nearly an hour, when life was ex tinct. MEETING OF THE BIRKENHEAD COMMISSIONERS. The adjourned general, meeting was held on Tuesday last. Mr. W. JACKSON in the chair. The annusl accounts were presented, including those of the Ferry. The gross receipts were £15,589; (and fractions,) the gross expendi ture £9,457, leaving a balance to the credit of the com missioners of £6,132. The ferry has yielded 71 per cent. upon the amount laid out in the purchase of steamers and the fee simple. The income from it was still increasing. Mr. BENTHAM congratulated the commissioners on the success of the ferry, and its advantages to the public under their management. No other ferry was so satisfactorily conducted. _ _ The CHAIRMAN said the Ferry Committee had deter mined to recommend a. reduction of 50 per cent. on the annual contracts, or £l.ss. in place of the present amount of £2 10s. ; and for every individual in addition, who be longed to the same family, 10s. in place of 15s. per an num. They also proposed to run the packets between Liverpool and Woodside during the whole night—leaving Liverpool at 12, 1,2, 3, and 5 o'clock, and Woodside at the half hours—the ordinary boats afterwards to run at the usual times. In accomplishing this, it was expected that the Liverpool Corporation would afford the requisite stage accommodation during the night. This would in volve an additional charge, but the convenience to the public would be great ; and the receipts in the first month of 1844 had been upwards of £4OO more than the corres ponding month of 1843. The LAW-CLERK read the general accounts. The re ceipts of the year had been £65,826; the expenditure £65,999; but with a. balance left over last year, the ba lance now in the treasurer's hands was £l7B. The CHAIRMAN said the improvement rate would, he expected, pay the current expenses of the year; and he might say the same cf the lighting and watching rate. The LAW-CLERK. read a statement showing that the liabilities of the commissioners amounted to £210,324; while the value of their property, together with uncollected rates, was £342,482. leaving a balance to the credit of the township of £132,164. Mr. BENTHAM said that the land of the commissioners had been valued (for this statement) at the price it would bring if offered for sale this day. The CH AIRMAN said it had in fact been undervalued, and he would be glad to purchase it at the price put down. As to the ferry, its value could not be estimated, as it was still increasing. The CHAIRMAN then reported that the dock bill bad passed the committee of the Commons, and that prepara tions had been made to carry it through the Lords. The formal report had not yet been made. The Liverpool Corporation had petitioned against the Monk's Ferry Bill, upon the standing orders, but had been defeated. Subsequently they had petitioned against it on the merits, and would no doubt carry their opposition into the House of Lords. It was grievous that any individual in Birken head, who bad benefitted by the improvements in Birken head, should so far aid and abet the corporation as to sign a petition against the bill, which would throw an addition al expense upon the township in the passing of the mea— sure, of some hundred pounds. He was not surprised that Mr. Edward Willoughby, who was a tenant of the corporation, should put his name to such a petition; but he was indeed surprised when he found such men as. Mr. Hughes (with several others) who had profited by the public improvements which had been made, putting the township to unnecessary additional expense in obtaining a measure so useful. Mr. BENTHAM said he was not surprised at anything those individuals did. _ _ The CHAIRMAN said he should lay a copy of the peti tion before the Commissioners, so that they might see who had signed it. Mr. J. S. JACKSON said he expected as much trouble from them in the Lords as in the Commons. If the cor poration of Liverpool had money to throw away in a fruitless contest, he hoped their constituents would call them to account. The CHAIRMAN referred to the present prosperous state of the affairs of the Commissioners. The township had more property than would discharge all its liabilities; streets were made, slaughter-houses, cemetery, and mar ket ; and he trusted the ferry would soon be all clear. The progress of the township was, indeed, unprecedented. The meeting then adjourned to Monday. LOCAL NEWS. THE HIGHWAY BOARD.—At a meeting on Thursday the Commissioners of Highways, on the motion of Mr. James Proctor, it was resolved that reporters be admitted to the weekly meetings of the Paving Board. The motion was carried by the casting vote of the chairman, Mr. John Holmes. The board holds its weekly meetings on Thurs days. LAUNCH OF AN IRON VESSEL.—An iron steam-vessel, built for P. Lundie, Esq., of Jamaica, will be launched from Mr. Laird's yard, Birkenhead, to-day. She is to be named the " Lord Elgin," after the justly popular governor of the island, where she is intended permanently to ply, in conjunction with another iron vessel, belonging to the same spirited owner. RAPE.—On Wednesday William Neale, of Seacombe, a married man with a wife and two children, one of whorl is an infant, was brought before Henry Winch, Esq., charged with a rape on a girl only seven years of age. The child was nurse girl with the prisoner. He was com mitted to Chester for trial at the assizes on the capital charge. LIVERPOOL COLLEGIATE INSTITUTION.—The friends of this institution seem resolved, by their persevering zeal and liberality, to place it in the foremost rank among the great educational establishments of the kingdom. Four university scholarships (tenable at Oxford, Cambridge, or Dublin, during the whole undergraduate course) have been founded on such terms as to allow one to be vacant every year, thus holding out great inducement to those intended for the universities. Whether institutions similar to King's College, London, or the Liverpool Collegiate In stitution, professing to give a more general education, and one better suited to the wants of the present day, than the merely classical one to which the ancient foundations have restricted themselves, will ultimately succeed, is a question which time alone can solve. At present there seems to be no lack of energy on the part of their friends and supporters.—Chester Courant. PDDLICANS' AND BEERSELLERS' CASES.—On Friday the following publicans and beersellers were fined in the sums respectively attached to their names.—Robert Irving, of Sparling-street, fined 20s. and 4s. cost, (a first offence.) Sarah Fishwick, 20s. and 4s. cost (a first offence.) Louisa Mather, the same. George John Newton, £5, (a third offence.) William Robinson, Mill-street East, 20s. and 4s. costs, (a first offence.) Anne Smith, Peach-street, £5, (a third offence.) William Heskah, Regent-street, (refusing the police admission,) 20s. and 4s. costs. Ellen Woods, Vauxhall-road, 20s. and 4s. costs, (a first offence.) Elizabeth Kreale, Atherton-street, charged with permit ting drunkenness, and John Knowles, Falkner.street, were both acquitted, the constable laying the information being the same in both cases, namely, Cottier, No. 554. Jane Bickerstaff, Christian-street 20s. and sls. costs, (a first offence.) William Naylor Wright Massey, Garden street, for permitting drinking all night, 40s, and 4s. 6d. costs, John Davies, Scotland-road, defended by Mr. Wardle,) £3, and 4s. 6d. costs, (a second offence.) Roberts, Hatton-garden, (defended by Mr. Owen,) was acquitted. Timothy Euroyd, 40s. and 4s. 6d. costs; and William Oyer, 20s. and 4s. 6d. costs. WHITSUNTIDE. ANNUAL WRESTLING.—During last week no fewer than three wrestling matches have come off. The first, or Liverpool Grand National Wrestling, for twenty-five sovereigns, took place on Monday last, at the Oddfellows' Hall, Lord Nelson-street. There were two entries, namely, 101st. and all weights. J. Halli well, who took the second prize, threw successively some of the best men in the ring. J. Harrington. who elicited so much applause last year, was thrown by White head after a sharp struggle. Nelson Cain and White head also created considerable interest, the latter, after a severe contest with Cain, throwing him cleverly. White head, who is considered the champion of the light weights, took the prize last Easter. Jackson, the champion, was excluded. On Tuesday, there was a meeting at the White Hart Inn, New Cattle Market, of the Liverpool, Cum berland, and Westmoreland Wrestling Society, the SUM contended for and the regulations as to weight, &c., being the same as on the previous day at the Oddfellows' Hall. The prize for the light weight was taken by Jonathan Whitehead, who took the same prize on Monday, and that of the heavy weights by William Monkhouse. On Wednesday, the High Park annual meeting took place at Mr. W. G. Brown's, Park-road, the sum given to be contended for being fifteen sovereigns, for men not ex ceeding 10st., and all weights. Joseph Harrison was the victor in the light weights, and Thos. Longmire (who bore off the prize for the heavy weights on Monday) was the successful competitor in the heavy weights. Doc K COMMITTEE — THURSDAY.—Present : Messrs. Moore, (chairman,) Nicol, Barclay, Holt, Holmes, Smith, Trotman, Bulley, Tobin, Bold, Shand, Kendal, Sandbach, Middleton, Aikin, Royden, Chilton, and Evan3.—The offer of Messrs. Guest and son for the supply of iron was accepted. On the application of the Surveyor, the Waterloo, and Victoria Docks were ordered to be run d r y on Friday, for the purpose of being cleansed. A letter was read from the Surveyor calling the attention of the committee to the necessity of making an immediate suryey of the channel, from the Rock Lighthouse to the Victoria Channel, the soundings to be taken so as to admit of a correct section of the channels, the bars, and several minute details. A similar survey ought, the letter stated, to be made. The survey was ordered. A letter from Mr. Charles A. Deane, inventor of the diving appara tus, for raising property from sunk vessels, requesting aid in favour of a new method of propelling ships, was read, and laid on he table. Mr. Geo. J. Jefferson, clerk to the secretary's office was appointed in the place of the late Mr. E. B. Lloyd, at the salary of £lOO per annum. The annual gratuity of £lO to Inspector Atherton, for collect ing the light duties was ordered to be paid. The receipts of duties at Runcorn for the month ending May 24, were £69 45., being an increase of £lolBs. Bd. over the corres ponding month last year. A fire was reported to have taken place in one of the quays at Clarence Dock, on Monday last, but no damage occurred. A letter from Cotesworth and Wynne, Ashley Brothers, and others en gaged in the trade with Rio Janeiro, wishing the stage south corner of Prince's Dock to be appropriated for their use, was referred to the Harbour Master's Committee. Several alterations in the clauses of the Dock Bill were then read and approved of, amongst which were the "mud clause," the clause relating to the removal of vessels, and also the sale or exchange of the surplus land of the cora mi tee. Mr. Aikin announced that the corporation had granted a piece of land near the slate yards for a Sailor's Home.—The Surveyor said that it would be useless to carry out the plan for supplying cattle with water at the Clarence Dock, for the drovers took them to other places where they could drink separately to prevent them horning each other, which they did in their eagerness to get to the troughs. The committee then proceeded to the consider ation of financial business, and soon afterwards separated. THE CHESHIRE YEOMANRY.—The King's Cheshire Yeomanry Cavalry marched into Chester on Thursday, under the command of Lieutenant-Colonel Wilbraham Egerton, for the usual period of their annual training. The horse of Captain Antrobus, on the route thither, reared with him and both fell into a ditch. He has re ceived very serious injuries, and now lies in a very preca rious state at Over. It is said his leg is broke, and that other severe, injuries have been sustained. SELECT VESTRY.—The fortnightly meeting took place on Tuesday last, the- Hey. Rector Campbell in the chair. The report of the state of the workhouse was favourable. The architect of the Industrial School at Kirkdale stated that tha building would be ready for occupation by the let of August\ The number of paupers in the house on the 18th of May, was 1,664, which cost 2s. O'd. per head,. amounting to £l7l 12s. ; same time last year there were 1,685, which cost ls. 61 . d. per head, amounting to £l3l 12s. 9d. ; twenty-one paupers less in the house. 6d. per head more, and £3 ,- ) 19s. 3d. more than last year. Of eut-door poor, 6,974 cases were relieved during the last fortnight at a cost of £767 19s. 3d. ; for the corre sponding period of last year there were 6,738 cases re lieved, at an expense of £755. 7s.,—being 236 cases more, and £l2 12s. 3d. in money more. The state of the sick' in the workhouse was improving. There was a decrease in fever cases of 15 during the fortnight, 16 of opthalmia, and fewer cases of itch. A communication from Dr. Weatheril, submitting a plan fur the removal of pauper-, ism, was referred to the Workhouse Committee. Mr. John Whitley, of Park-!ane, was elected a member of the vestry, in. - the room of Mr. Deaki n , resigned. --- CIFURCH MISSIONARY SOCIETY.—The following is aft amended list of the collections made at the respective churches in this town, and at the meetings during the- recent anniversary of this society. We are glad to say that the gross amount received is about £4OO more than was obtained last year : St: Andrew's St. Augustine's All i',aints' St. Bride's St. Barnabas' St. Bartholomew's . Christ Church St: Clement's St. David's St. George's, Everton Additional Collection St. John's Jude's St. John the Baptist's Everton Chapel . St. James's St. Luke's St. Mary's, Edge-hill St. NAary's, Kirkdale St. Michael's St. Mark's Do. (Juvenile) Mariners' St. Silas's St. Thomas's, Park ....... St. Anne's, West Derby Trinity West Derby Chapel Crosby Seaforth. Wa.lasey Wavertree Waterloo Collected at Annual Meetings 8. 117 1! 9. . 60 8 a. 11 5 6, 86 0 a_ 29 0 5 12 0 41 5 0 19 0 0 10 6,. 5 100 10 0 50 0 0 19 10. o 64. 0 it 8 3. 0 0 3J 0 0 10 7. 0 34 12 0 .. 14 5 0 t 5 IS 0 24, 8 8 26 8 0 6 13 2 25 6 0 8 8 0 *lO 10 0 12 9 0 ...... 16 10 0 3 12 0 36 0 0 3) 0 0 2 17 6 12 8 0 144 9 6 £1 106 2 fi * Deduct moiety of amounts collected at St. John the Baptist's, and St. Anne's, West Derby, given to Society f, r'Propagation of the Gospel is Foreign Pants Nett Collections.. 16 10 ¢ RlOB9 12. 2 Donations Mr. Tuton ... Anonymous... Do. .. Do. .. £5O 0 0 50 0 0 910 0 . 20 0 0 Grand Total, ..X1219 2 2 SUPPOSED NOTE ROBBERY.—On Wednesdaylast Fran cis Trapps, a young man of rather genteel exterior, was brought up before John Holmes, Esq., the sitting magis trate, (Mr. Rushton being absent from town) charged with having in his possession stolen £lOO notes. Mr. Dowl ing stated that the prisoner had been offering a £lOO note at Messrs. Joseph and Co.'s bazaar, 80ld -street, under circumstances of very strong suspicion; and there having been lately some very extensive robberies of notes in Liverpool, it was deemed advisable to apprehend him. Mr. Joseph, jun. deposed that on Tuesday afternoon the prisoner came to their shop and asked to look at some watch-guards, which were immediately shown to him when he asked the price, and was told £4 10s. After making an objection to the charge, and some slight at tempt at bargaining, he agreed to take one, and offered a £lOO note payment, telling them to take the £4 lOs out of it, and give him the balance ; he also wished particu larly to know if Mr. Joseph had change in the house. The note was then sent to Barned's bank, to ascertain if they knew of such a note having been stolen, but no in formation being received calculated to criminate the pri soner, it was brought back ; and, during a conversation which took place in the shop respecting it, the prisoner snatched it out of Mr. J's hand, saying that if he would go with him to his office, he should obtain payment for the watch-guard. Mr. J. then went with him. and on arriving in Wood-st eet, the prisoner beckoned to a per son who was on the opposite side, and on his coming up something was passed (supposed to be the £lOO note) from one to the other ; the prisoner, who had previously stated that lie had no change in his possession, then drew five sovereigns from his waistcoat pocket, and tendered it for the guard chain. Mr. Joseph said he must know something further about the £ro note, and would not leave him until he referred him to some respectable party where they might inquire how it had been obtained. The prisoner, however, said, with apparent self-possession, that he would take bin] to Mr. Cornish, in this town, where the matter would be explained in the most satisfac tory manner. They accordingly proceeded to Mr. Cor nish's office, at the Canning dock, but he was not there, and after an unsatisfactory account from the clerk the prisoner was given into custody. On searching him, a new silver watch, with the maker's name, " Litherland and C 0.," and between £5O and £6O, was found on his person. He was also disguised by a pair of whiskers. Mr. Davies, of the firm of Litherland and Co., stated, that he sold a watch to a person on the previous day, and received a £lOO note in payment, but the man to whom he sold it had no whiskers. Under all the circumstances of the case it was deemed advisable to remand him, with the view of discovering the owners of the notes. On Thursday he was again brought up, when Mr. Dowling stated that he had discovered the parties from whom the money had been stolen in Liverpool ; but as it would be necessary to trace the notes through various hands pre viously to producing evidence, he wished him to be fur ther remanded. The prisoner was then put down. On Friday the prisoner Trapps was again brought before the Police -court, when Mr. W.Kaye Brownson, cashier in the district bank, was called, and he deposed to receiving a £lOO note, which was produced on the 27th of May. The note was put amongst other notes, and in the course of business wonld not have been paid out of the bank before the day following. On the 28th he discovered that three of the £lOO notes were missing from his cash, and as 21 £lOO notes had been paid away that day, it was necessary to have further time to trace them. Mr. Davies of the firm of Litherland and Davies, of Bold-street, stated that a person like the pri soner called at their shop on Wednesday, the 29th, and purchased a watch, for which he paid the note produced, and received in exchange £75 in notes and 17 sovereigns. The watch was found on the prisoner, and a number of £lO notes jroduced. But Mr. Davies could not ilentify any of them. .Plr. Dowling then applied for a remand for a week, to enable them to trace the notes, as at least fifty payments had been made. This was objected to by Mr. Ped der on behalf of the prisoner, but the bench de cided on granting the application, but the prisoner was remanded to Thursday. Emulation, in whatever pursuit, where general utility is the object in view, is one of the immutable privileges of genius ; but it requires no slight degree of perspicuous attention to distinguish originality from imitation, and the exercise of caution becomes of more than usual im portance, where the effect of a remedial application (both as regards health and personal appearance) is the subject of consideration : these observations are imperatively called for from A. ROWLAND and SoN, of London, whose successful introduction of many articles of acknowledged and standard excellence for the Toilet has given rise to fertility of imitation, perfectly unprecedented : they would have deemed observation unnecessary were temporary deceptions unaccompanied by permanently in jurious effects—it is with reference to ROWLAND'S KALYDOR for the Complexion, that the public are par ticularly interested in the present remarks. This prepa ration, eminently balsamic, restorative, and invigorating; the result of scientific botanical research, and equally ce lebrated for safety in application, as for unfailing efficacy in removing all Impurities and Discolourations of the Skin, has its " Spurious Imitations of the most deleterious character," containing mineral astringents utterly ruinous to the Complexion, and, by their repellant action endangering health ; while, to render Deception less palpable to the incautious, and to facilitate Substitu tions, the language in which ROWLAND and Sox are accustomed to address the public is unhesitatingly copied : they therefore respectfully and earnestly invite attention to these remarks—the return of Spring, and with i t the well known prevalence of Cutaneous Defects, rendering it the Season of an anticipated harvest to unprincipled and speculative imposture. The genuine article bas the words " ROWLAND'S KALYDOR" on the wrapper. *** All others are Fraudulent Counterfeits. 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