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tec. 3, 1844, Oburatto MLIVERPOOL COLLEGIATE INSTITUTION. R. J• A. SHARP begs to announce that his engage .mnt as MATHE NAVIGATION I" TER, stit at this Inution, MATICAL termina and at Chri tmas, pr after w hich period h e proposes evote his time to ivite ssions pupils ; esp ec i a ll y suc s are designed for pro le_ Mathe in which an ac u • ance w ith an y branch of Mr- mati SHARP cs is requisite. Will pr are young Gentlemen nd for the IVlrchant Service, for ercantile Houses, a for Cadet with 81 1iPs Ett the Nava , Mili tary, an d E . I . C o ll eges ; an d tlp'se views he will receive a few pupils as boarders. 12, Kensington-terrace, Liverpool. MOGYMNASTICS AND CALISTHENICS. WS. HU GUENIN begs respectfully to apprise his , iPuPils and the Public, that his f•VMNASIUM is -,-EMOVED to the COMMERC -HALL, Glouces ..e.r.str.eet, where it will conti Open from Ten in the -m orning till Nine at Nig on MONDAYS, WEDNES 13,mrs, and FRIDAYS a n e 'other days from Ten till Six Ladies' Class s on MoNnAv, at Ten o'clock ; also THURSDAY and SATURDAY, at Eleven o'clock, for s usual. GYMNASTICS. MR. W. CRE ACH (WILLY,) late of " Huguenin's, " res pectfully i n f orms hi s Friends and the Public that he has taken the large and convenient room in Tarlton street, (lately used as a Sheoting Gallery,) which he in teds fitting up as a GYMNASIUM, that shall contain I the most in approved Machinery Instruments of "reign Professors, togeth er wit e Modern Improve ,enrs, ot. the subject suc h as suggeste h additions a o him early he flatty twent rs himself he years' stud , e y will introdu ce to notice t' most complete Establishment of the kind ever seen i his country Te. 4 Dressing-roorn th every co nvenience attached. rms of Subscription may be known on application at the Gymnasium. — To op EN ON THURSDAY, D ECEMBER 12, 1844. DANCI NG AND CALISTHENICS. MONAcAnEmY, 8, R ODNEY - STREET . PRopts S. arid MADAME DUVAL, (late of Paris,) soas, have te of announcig that they teach LA. POLKA. h honour DES SALONS in n TWO LESSONS, in the_ same style as . danced at the Salons of Meeiti ellarius and Coralli, Paris, from whom they re this...A , Popular and fashionable Dance. Academy for Ladies Tuesdays and Fridays, from Two to Four o'clock. Evenings to Tenooodfc.the same days for Gentlemen, from Eight _ Attendance z for Children, We ays and Saturdays, The tro? One to Three o' c l oc k . in PoL RA SOIREE S on on d ay an d Th urs d ay Even gs, from Eight to Hal ast Ten o'clock. Ter Waltz' g in One Lesson. b_, 'lts known a e Residence of the Professors, 8, --,71..ne-street. 4 arties for the Polka attended at their own Residences. -------.....___ TARVIN HALL SCHOOL. NEAR CHESTER, FOR THE EDUCATION OF RESIDENT PUPILS the _oNLy, under the superintendence and tuition of l_tolloxving resident Masters : PeatsiciPAL.—JOHN BRINDLEY, of Magdalen Col a, Cambridge, Ph. D. M.A. of the University of ,essen, formerly Second Master of the Grammar School, Brigg ; and Head Master of the Oldswinford Hospital endowed School, Worcestershire, Ass ts"TAN CHARLES JONES -Tr . • Y College , titsT CLASSICAL AND MATH ATICAL NIASTE in .3 R.— • S. CROOKE, 8.A., Pemb e College, Cambridge, do uble honours T ., fl P RENci M A STER . — DI SIEUR BOIN, 8.A., of the .a ersity GE of Paris. T, DRAWIN , AND MUSIC MASTER.—HERR QUELLHURST, ative of Hanover. `JUNIOR MASTER.—Mr. R. K. BROWNE. DRILL MASTER, and Pla Ground Superintendent.— OERGEANT COX, late of the 40th Regiment. The'above Masters are tesident. TuActiEtt OF DANCING.—Mr. EDGAR WEBSTER, Chester. VISITING SURGEON.—Mr. GEORGE HARRISON, Chester. 1. Trho i e objects a i med at in this Establishment are, Educatione,suunredear Masters thorough Scriptu ra l an d G ent l eman l y roatical att a i nments. of hi g h Cl ass i cal and Mathe 2. To provide a sound Classical and Mathematical Edu cation for pupils preparing for the Universitie s and learned Professions— Professions --and an equally sound courseio of bu siness instruction, with daily practi ce in Modern Con tinent;al Languages for Mercantile scholars. 3. To maintain in every department the strictest his ciplia, united with kindness and moderation, and the absence of corporal punishment, except in extreme cases, and then to 136 inflicted by the Principal only. 4. To treat the Pupils as members of the family, pro viding them liberally with domestic comforts at the same table with the Principal and Masters. 5. To include under one charge every expence both in Educational and Domestic departments, that there may no extras for Stationery, Printed Books, Washing, Medi cal Attendance, nor under any pretext whatever. TERMS : Under Twelve years of age . Forty Guineas per an num. Under Twelve and under Sixteen years of age.. Fifty Gui neas per annum. Above Sixteen years of age. • Sixty Guineas per annum. Pri vate Pupils are allowed a Private Study and seperate Bedroom.., One H un d re d G u i neas per annum . alt.vearl PaYrnents to be ma d e i n advance, either. Quarterly or NumberOf Pupils now in the School SIXTY-FIVE. Tarvin Hall, September, 1814. OMce f or N°TICE TO INVENTORS. —Patent& of Inventions and istratione of THE P Designs, 14, Li ncoln ' s Fields. tinted INSTRUCTI S gratis, and every in formation upon the sub' t of PROTECTION for INVENTIONS, eith er b y etters Patent or the Designs Ate,, may be had by ying personally, or by leer (prepaid) to Mr. by PRINCE, at the Office, 14 * Lincoln'slnn Fields. HIME AND SO'S PIANO -FORTE AN.li N MUSIC WAREHOUSE, 57, CHURCH-STREET. ESSRS. RIME and SON solicit attention importanttoiheir M Establish ment, where may be seen the r, - • IMP ROVEMENTS in the PIANO-FOR omprising THE EX TRA-SIZED n SIX-AND-A-BALF OCTAVE PATENT GRAND SQUARE, 5134 /.4-L, WITH GRAND PIANO-FORTE ACTION ; NDIDLY-FINISHED BOUDOIR COTTAGE. HIGHLY C IIIetIVDA & THE ELEBRATED VICTORIA REPETIT N GRAND, AND TI IP. PATENT HORIZONTAL TTAGE GRAND, t he man Measuring sft. Si n. 3f t. 10in O A. , u facture of M essrs. JN BRODWOOD & SO N S ; T HE PATENT REPEATER SEMI GRAND, AND MIC t • CHORDON, ° 1 Messrs. COLLARD an, COLLARD, With their latest and TOMICISOIiS va'lua., e impro vemen t s; a nd every other va ety l' of INSTRUMENT by ANETuu TEabove Manufacturers. Having experienced Workmen constantly on the toe rnises, Messrs. 11. and Son undertake every description of Repairing and Tuning. A large Assortment for HIRE, Second-hand INSTRUMENTS on SALE. and a great variety of 17-211? P S STRI NGS of th e b est qua li ty, i n S e t s or Singly; Old r oman and Eng. Instrumentsß taken in Exch lish ange, or STRINGS Sold on Com mission. N n MUSIC NEATLY BOUND. ''''''''.2lftisical Works Engraved, Printed, k Published. A great al of superior -toned ACCORDIONS. -______••............_ ...Y We refer those o f our readers who are interested to the' a,!lvertise.raent of the Anatomical Parisian Venus adver tised and well d . in another column. .It is a surprising work of art, th e ~,_ 'splays every portion of the frame in which either A"Tateur or the professional may be interested. . tffi - 'ACT.—In the window of the Servants' Restry --ce, in. Wells, may be seen—" Place wanted, by a young foo tma n " ' an as cook, is a respectable family, where a pious n is kept stationer," who sells ballads by t h e Yard, Was crying his - catalogue the other day, and after wawling out the first line of his last song, " Ohl a, say not small lov • bought," • diately added, for the -a , ttil chit eis immediately Ana chit of a halfpenny !" TIIMETIC AND DYNAMIMI.—" 1.8do!d Radnor, to the Highworth labourers, If," said the Liberal I could , ge u t a p asPerfeh. and let it to you for 5d., I shoul d make (:' I ngi el k " 3 d." Could Cocker have shown a deeper quainte-ge withbtraction, or Archimedes a better ac . "lee the properties of the Screw ?—Punch. ' , Asti. la lat L,RANELAGH STREET AND PLACE ....1.:1%4 name arose from its proximity to the White (740u.ee,50,r, as it was afterwards called, " Ranelagh Tea ra n , ' in imitation of a similar placeaaf amusement Bear Chelsea, in IVliddlesex then in great vogue. It stood where the Adelphi Hotel' pre a s t e ts so handsome an appearance. This establisbn" h I n about 60 yards front, and extended to 100 yard m s e i n n t width. It was built f e o u r the express purpose of wording a general place of fort rta.intnent for the public, every convenience and com beim?' provided. so n . hc ; . lt was kept by a man named Gib lived in it thirty-five years. He was brother to decoratedGib the landlord of the " Folly.' In the centre was a rotunda, re in the Chinese manner; concerts were given act s ; Ari d superb fireworks were disled between the 4irectiTho e company assembled were ve p ry ay numerous. The an amateur as under an Italian, and a person named Jolley, , ft in aie:v", . The lower part of the garden was laid out h where parties took refreshments ; at the top asap garden was a noble terraced walk, much frequented b;airforinenade. In the gardens were all descriptions of Pli e d ~,11 . . flowers ; there was also a fish-pond, well sup bread, l _'n earn, tench, dace, &c. It was about five yards th e fiBLtitid. confined by a wall; the water being very clear, fli nch was observable, and at all times were objects of thi s is.,"rnusernent and attraction. The last exhibition at th e .vourite place of entertainment was in 1760; part of •el' garden was afterwards converted into the " White 410 Pery.i, concert was, however, advertised to take place every Iliesday evening by Mr. Clitheroe, firework- Zincer to the Duke of York, as late as 1766. In Rane -30-stree, 1 766, a house was advertised for sale. which .. }h er alued at £l2 12s. yearly. In it is stated that _,,e had been a litne-kiln in this styeet for 30 years, Vawhich few persons were aware, it being secluded,"— '''' ceY's Pictorial Liverpool. IMPORTANT MEETING OF THE WATCH COM- MITTEE: MANLY CONDUCT OF MR. PARKER, AND TRIUMPHANT VINDICATION OF MR. DAVID HODGSON. • The general meeting of the Watch Committee of the Town-council was held on Saturday last, at noun. The principal objects of the meeting were to receive and con sider the depositions taken by the magistrates in the case of Mr. Parker's alleged interference with the police in the discharge of their duties, (copies of which had been fur nished upon the application of the Watch Committee,) and to investigate further, the allegation of the chairman, (Mr. David Hodgson,) at the magistrates meeting on Thursday last, that the Stipendiary Magistrate had threatened the Commissioner of Police with dismissal if he did not carry out the orders of a previous meeting of magistrates, without submitting them in the first instance to the Watch Committee. The following members of the committee were present :—Messrs. Hodgson, Thornhill, James Brancker, Harbord,Kilshaw, Hugh Hornby, Hen derson, Mann, G. G. Hornby, T. B. Horsfall, J. C. Thompson, Tinne, Sothern, Glazebrook, Jones, and Houghton, sen. Mr. Parker did not attend. Mr. Hodg son presided over the first part of the proceedings ; during the others, in which he was personally concerned, Mr. Tinne occupied the chair.—As to the reporters for the public press, of whom seven were in attendance, their ap plications for admission were received and treated with marked courtesy and attention, the committee appearing unanimous in a desire for all their proceedings, in these matters, being known. The admission of the representa tives of the press, however, was limited to this special occasion. VERACITY OF THE: " ALBION." . Mr. T. B. EIORSFALL, before the business of the day was proceeded with, wished to ask one question. It had been stated [in the Albion] that application was made at the last meeting of the committee for the admission of reporters, and that the application was refused. Now, he could only say, that he was present during the whole pro ceedings at that meeting, and he beard of no such applica tion. If one had been made, ,he certainly should have supported it; but not having heard it, he begged respect fully to ask the chairman, (Mr. Hodgsen,) whether any such application was made, and, if so, upon what authority it had been refused ? The CHAIRMAN replied, that no application whatever had been made. He heard, however, before coming into the room, that an application would be made, and he was asked to express his opinion upon it, but he said that being in the chair he would rather that any which he should give should come from theboard itself. He there fore expected that an application would have been made; but none was made. As there appeared to be some mis apprehension on the subject, perhaps some of the reporters now present would have the goodness to state if such ap plication was made, and, if made, to whom ? Mr. HARBORD thought it would be unnecessary to refer to the reporters, as he could afford some explanation. I n conseq uence of the article [in the Albion] having been brought under the notice of the daily board by Mr. Horn by, be, (Mr. Harbord,) as chairman of the daily hoard, considered it his duty to cause an investigation to be made. The result was, that Mr. Walker, who appeared on behalf of the STANDARD, was requested to attend the board on Monday afternoon; and by his explanation, it was satisfactorily proved that no such application had been made to the weekly board. Mr. Walker admitted that he had made an inquiry only as to whether reporters would be admitted from Mr. Cowan, one of the clerks in the office, who went into Mr. Dowling's office and put the question to him. Mr. Dowling, not knowing the reason for such an inquiry, briefly gave an answer, that it was not customary, and reporters of course would • not be ad mitted. Had the request been made to the board, instead i aei n ics,:eo t u h s e clerk's matter. Tr hastatementl k office, er th h e a r d e i wbteoheuenlAdalhsbkai asked Albion b o dw f ee i asst a n i ntmrethoteel mere yree inquiry STANDARD,r therefore, error in f r itac y a t lh h ti w re h p e r t e h s e e r n t etdh,e feltp r at o p r a i l e l t o a g r s g d o e v f ed th a e t the non-admission ; he replied, " Decidedly not"—that he had made the inquiry not in any wish to persist in the matter, without he found the committee had predeter mined upon the admission. He (Mr. Harbord) had also taken occasion to satisfy himself on the point by asking one of the proprietors of the STANDARD whether he con sidered there had been a negative given to any application he had caused to be made ; and that gentleman replied, " Decidedly not." The CHAIRMAN asked whether the board was sitting at the time the inquiry was made by the reporter ? Mr. H ARBORD replied in the affirmative. The CHAIRMAN.—And no message was sent in? Mr. H ARBORD.—No message was sent in. There was nothing more given than the indirect negative, through Mr. Cowan, that admission to reporters had not been cus tomary ; and Mr. Cowan gave that answer without com municating anything about the inquiry to the committee dui ing their sitting. He (Mr. Harbord) had no doubt that if the statement [in the Albion] were read, the board would find it, from the beginning to the end, a fallacious statement, to say the least of it. This subject then dropped. MR. PARKER'S CASE: THE DEPOSITIONS. The CHAIRMAN read a letter from the Mayor, dated November 29, inclosing copies of the depositions in the case of Mr. Parker's alleged interference, taken before the magistrates. These depositions were read a. length by Mr. Ashlin, the clerk; and the substance of them has already appeared in the STANDARD. On the motion of Mr. THOMPSON, seconded by Mr. GLAZEBROOK, they were ordered to be entered on the minutes. . Mr. THOMPSON moved that the proceedings which ap peared on the books of the Rose-hill Bridewell be read. Mr. Glazebrook seconded the motion. The CHAIRMAN said he had read those books, and he did not find that they contained any entry whatever of interference on the part of Mr. Parker. ' There bad been no report furnished to that board of any irregularity what ever. It was the bounden duty of all officers to put down all events that occurred to them in the discharge of their duty, even of the most minute character. If a person was found drunk, or in any other situation to bring him under notice, there was a report made of it; and indeed it was no more than the duty of the officer to do so. There was certainly an entry, on the sth of November, of Mr. Parker having been twice at the station, but there was not one word ii the hooks (fur he had examined them himself) of any interference on the part of Mr. Parker. Likewise, there was no report ofe'any information being laid before the magistrates of anything chargeable before the magistrates. So that if the officers had avowed inter ference with them (an offence of a serious character) in stead of receiving thanks—as thanks were offered to them by the magistrates—for their resisting an undue inter ferenc2, he thought that the committee would be called upon to reprobate most markedly the conduct of their officers for having omitted to report to them a matter so important, especially when they knew it was the practice to make reports of the most minute circumstances that occurred. Mr. THOMPSON.—Was there no report made of this offence to Mr. Dowling? The CHAIRMAN.—There does not appear to he any re port of Mr. Dowling's. Mr. TINNE.—Are the officers in attendance? The CHAIRMAN had directed the officers to be in at tendance for the purpose of being asked any questions. Mr. Assume, at the request of the committee, then read the whole of the entries upon the book of Rose-hill station and the central station, on the sth of November. There appeared upon them Inspector Goudy's report of the transactions at Allen's public-house, but no report mentioning Mr. Parker. In the memorandum book of Rose-hill station, however, there appeared two entries that " James Parker, Esquire, had visited the station at a quarter past five o'clock, and again at nine o'clock." Mr. HARBORD understood that it was not an uncom mon thing for Mr. Thornhill and other individual mem bers of the committee, to be in the habit both in the day time and in the evening of visiting the station houses. Mr. THOMPSON said_ he had often done so. Mr. THORNHILL said he did so perhaps two or three times a week. He did so last night, but of course he did not expect the superintendents or inspectors to make re ports to the committee or head-constable of every con versation that took place. They were not called upon to do anything of the kind. How this information as to Mr. Parker had come out he could not say; it must have come out from an inquiry for the purpose. The CHAIRMAN suggested that, before any further dis cussion took place, the charge actually made before the magistrates should be read in order that the whole might be carried through. Mr. ASHLIN then read Inspector Goudy's report as to Allen's house from the Commissioner's books, from which it appeared that Allen had been fined 50s. This book, in answer to Mr. Hugh Hornby, was described as a book of informations laid against parties, which informations are afterwards heard before the sitting magistrate. Mr. Tuoistrsosr said that, as there was no information, upon the proceedings just read, of a report having been made in any way to the committee, or to Mr. Hodgson as chairman, on the sth of November, of the matter re ferred to in the depositions before the magistrates,—he wished to know from the chairman (as being a magistrate and present at their meetings) in what way the informa tion came before the magistrates, and who was the party conveying that information, in order that that party might be examined before the committee for them to ascertain shy the same information was not given to them. The committee bad no means of ascertaining the facts from their books, nor indeed had they any other means of arriving at them but by bringing the parties be fore them and taking their examinations. Mr. T. B. HORSFALL, as a recently-elected member of the committee, was exceedingly surprised to learn that there was no record whatever of the charges that had been preferred against Mr. Parker. Was he to understand that those books were the only books in which such record would be made ? The CHAIRMAN. — Yes. Mr. T. B. HORSFALL.—And that there was not a single minute entered of any charge brought against M r. Parker ? Was he to understand that the individual—against whom the constables, superintendents, or whoever they were, had so far neglected their duty as not to enter any charge whatever upon their books—had been pusliely attacked by the magistrates? ► The CHAIRMAN.—It iS so, sir. Mr. HORNBY asked the chairman if he was able to say for the information of the committee, whether it had been usual for the superintendents and inspectors to place upon the books from which extracts had been read any conver sation that might take place between them and members of the committee? Had there been any instance of it since the formation of the committee? He (Mr. Hornby) had been a member of it for two or three years, and he never before heard of any charges for neglecting to make such entries bring brought before the committee. The books were kept for quite different purposes. They were for the purpose of stating any facts which came under the con sideration of the officers relating to the preservation of the peace, or any other matters which might afterwards tend to informations being laid, but pot that police officers THE LIVERPOOL STAN DAR D. should be in the habit of reporting any conversation, or any interference, that might, or might not, have taken place upon the part of any member of the committee. The object of the resolution agreed to at their last meet ing was, to prevent such interference upon the part of any member of the committee. It appeared now that an interference had taken place. They passed a resolution last week in which they expressed their opinion (and be believed it was unanimous) that any such inter ference as that reported on the part of Mr. Parker was extremely reprehensible. All they had to do, then, was, in the first place, to ascertain whether such interference had taken place : and if they considered it reprehensible, to express their opinion to that effect. With regard to the conduct of the officers, that was a separate case alto gether. The officers had been thanked by the magistrates for having resisted the interference. They had nothing to do with the way in which the committee kept their hooks. It was the duty of the magistrates to see that the officers of justice were not intimidated in the discharge of their duty ; and it was upon that ground solely that they had thanked the officers for having resisted the interference which was attempted to be made to prevent them dis charging a calm and straightforward duty. The CHAIRMAN rose to reply to Mr. Hornby's ques tions, but gave way to Mr. THOMPSON, who again said he wished to know hlow these charges came to be made before the magistrates, if they (the committee) had no evidence of them ? The public prints stated that the meeting of the magistrates was " to investigate certain charges made by some police officers ;" and he wished to know from the chairman, as being a magistrate, and present at the meeting referred to, whether they had any "charges" before them made by police officers? If there was any " charge" it had not been transmitted to the committee along with the evi dence taken. Ho wished them to he informed how the magistrates came to know of any " charges" against an individual member of that committee? Before he offered the observations he had to make upon the proceedings of the magistrates, he wished to be informed how they got the information? The Watch Committee bad no means of ascertaining it from their books ; there was no charge there against any member of the committee. Was there any charge made by the police officers, or the head constable, or did the magistrates meet not knowing what they were proceeding upon, and at once investigate the case, without any report? The CHAIRMAN said the usual course of the magis trates w,.s to act only upon informations being lodged. Upon the present occasion, so far as he was aware, there was no information ; but a statement came from a magis trate present; and they then proceeded to substantiate that statement by calling for officers to give evidence (if be could call it evidence) to corroborate that which they themselves had put forward. He believed it was per fectly unusual for magistrates to proceed except upon information ; this proceeding, he believed, was commenced by the magistrates themselves. With regard to the books, a question had been asked if it were usual to report con versations. Distinctly, it could not be usual to report conversations that passed in'the ordinary way between members of the board and officers ; but it was equally necessary to report anything taking a form in which the efficiency of the force was meddled with by any individual, whoever he might be. If, in the estimation of the officers, there bad been anything done with the view of intimi dating them, by any one, either as a member of the com mittee or as a private individual—any meddling with their authority in a way dangerous to the efficiency of the force—it was their bounden duty to report it. Mr. GLAZEBROOK remarked that although there might be some excuse made for the police-officers in not making minutes in the books from a consideration that they might regard a conversation with a member of the committee differently from a conversation with another person, still that was no excuse if the conversation with Mr. Parker amounted to an interference. Mr. Parker was charged with interference; but there was no excuse for the cir cumstances not being stated to the committee, whilst they were made matter for a charge before the magistrates. Mr. THORNHILL suggested, that as they wished to as certain how the matter came before the magistrates, the Commissioner should be called in and questioned. Mr. H. HORNBY, as a magistrate, wished to be allowed to make one observation. He did not know that any member of that board was entitled to ask for an account of what had taken place at a private meeting of magis trates ; and he was not quite certain whether he should be acting properly in stating what did take place. He be lieved, as a bench of magistrates, no parties were entitled to question them as to the mode in which they obtained that information, or as to the proceedings which they thought it right to adopt when they bad obtained it. He believed, however, there was nothing which any magis trate that was present upon the Saturday when this in vestigation first begun, would object to have known. In deed he had no objection to say it came out incidentally. The magistrates had met for an entirely different purpose and object; and the first notice of the subject arose in consequence of one of the magistrates alluding to a letter which had appeared in one of the public prints, and ask ing whether any thing was known about it. In conse quence of that, the Stipendiary Magistrate stated the fact relating to the interference of Mr. Parker by endeavour ing to prevent an information being laid against a publi can. He stated that this case bad come to his knowledge altogether incidentally ; that he had not heard of it from the Chief Commissioner, but incidentally. When the n t e rfe r ene and e that it takeni t was place; t eir duty an d magistrates heard that such interference h a d t a k en place, it appeared to them a case which h a d a ten d ency to inter feretn inquire with e t coursehe whether u s of rh justice,i the constables who were cognizant of the circumstances e ere directed to report what had taken place. These, simply, were the proceedings of the magistrates. He did not know whether Mr. Thompson wished to make any charge against them. M. THoMPsoN.—Certainly not; I only wished to know how the information came before them. Mr. H. HORNBY.—Tbe information came incidentally before them. Mr. HARBORD.—It was sought for by the magistrates in consequence of some reports being in the newspapers. Mr. H. HORNBY repeated that the information was conveyed to them incidentally at a meeting called for a different purpose ; and having heard that such proceedings had taken place, the magistrates considered it their duty to inquire into them, in order to prevent their recurrence. He might state that he bad no degree of animosity what ever against any member of the committee. (Cries of " no, no.") He was anxious that their proceedings should board, so me e xtopre show ssiono f for be pure; he did n ot like this to be made a party ques otipoinui;ou but sh t o h u e l y d oughtcoa,e f t r o om tak t e he c m are ! o t s h a at the future, that no member of council should presume upon his position in order to convey any instructions . to the officers of justice. Mr. THOMPSON said the object of his question had been answered. The meeting of magistrates was not to inves tigate charges, but to make inquiries into the interference. Mr. HARBORD.—Into the accuracy of certain reports. Mr. H. HORNBY added that Mr. Parker was not charged at all. A complete mistake had arisen as to any thing being brought against Mr. Parker by the magis trates. The magistrates had not Mr. Parker in judgment before them. They did not ask for his presence, but he requested from the Mayor that he might be present. The magistrates advanced no charge; they merely investi gated whether any interference had taken place, no mat ter by whom ; and they had passed a resolution (which the Watch Committee had confirmed) to prevent such proceedings taking place again. Mr. Parker's name was mentioned, but no charge was brought against him. The CHAIRMAN.—No ; none. Mr. HORNBY in continuation, said they had all their own opinions whether Mr. Parker's conduct was correct or not. He believed the public and the magistrates had but one opinion. The CHAIRMAN said he must correct Mr. Hornby as to the resolution. The object of it was to prevent inter ference with the officers, but it was merely the reiteration of what formed part and parcel of the whole management of the force under circumstances of undue interference. The animus of the magistrates was to prevent any impro per interference ; but they did not pronounce that any in terference whatever had taken place. Mr. THOMPSON wished ti ask one question more. It was said, he thought, that Mr. Parker had interfered in a charge against a drunken man. Mr. H. HORNBY. —No ; but that he attempted to pre vent an information being laid. Mr. TnompsoN.--Tbat was in the case of the flags. Mr. TINNE.—WiII that account for the Orange flap not being mentioned in the report on the books ? The CH AIRMAN.—The Orange flags are mentioned. Mr. TINNE.—But not in connection with Mr. Parker's name. The CEIAIRMAN.—No. _ Mr, TINNE.—Then the object of the present inquiry is to find out how the police officers had .not mentioned Mr. Parker's name in connection with the flags, in order to account for not taking up this subject sooner—as soon as the magistrates? Mr. H. HoRNBY.—I fancy that is Mr. Thompson's °Wet. Mr. THOMPSON repeated that he only wanted to know how the informations got before the magistrates ? Mr. 11. HORNBY.—It came out inadvertently. Mr. THOMPSON.—Then there is a Ibis-statement in the papers. Mr. THORNHILL contended that the officers were not to blame for not reporting the conversation. Mr. H. HORNBY.—It is rather a delicate thing for an officer to report to this board the conversations he may have bad with any member of the board. Mr. TrNNE.—Do you not think the officer would be supported by this board ? Mr. H. HORNBY.—I think he would ; and if I bad been an officer I should have reported it. The CHAIRMAN.—But if it is a delicate thing for an officer to report, it is a much more dangerous thing for him to talk elsewhere. If he does not report it, bow comes it that be goes out—if he did go—and babbles else where ? _ _ _ _ WV •1,1, , • Mr. H. HORNBY said he did not appear to be under.. stood. This matter came into inquiry not from any re port of the officers but quite accidentally. No officer. he believed, had stated any thing of the kind to any magis trate—neither to Mr. Rushton nor to any magistrate.—lt came out incidentally. He (Mr. Hornby) might state that he happened to call upon Mr. Rushton in the magis trates' room after this information had come to him ; and the chief commissioner coming in, Mr. Rushton men tioned the subject to him. Till that time Mr. Rushton had had no communication whatever. neither with him, nor with any officer ; and he asked the commissioner whether the statement of what had come to his knowledge wai correct, and he said it was. The CHAIRMAN here said he had just received the fol lowing letter from Mr. Parker : " Liverpool, November 30, 1844. " Si n,-1 understand, from the notice I have received, that it is intended, at the meeting of the Watch Committee to be held this day, to examine into the charges which have been recently brought under the consideration of the magistrates. " Permit ins to express to you, sir, and to the members of your board, the sense I entertain of the courtesy I have ever received from the board daring the time I have bad the honour to be a member of it, and my perfect readiness, should you desire it, to attend personally; and to afford every facility in my potter 'for obtaining the evidence which may be necessary in order to elicit the real facts of the case. " I am quite ready to admit, that in the case of Connor, though, literally, only carrying into effect the law in endeavouring to secure his arrest, that the motive of action which was assigned was altoge ther unjustifiable. " In the case of Allen, oil the other hand, though the motive, I can conscientiously say, was in this instance good, yet the act itself of endeavouring to influence an officer not to lay an information was, in itself, improper " Having said thus much, sir, I am quite willing to place myself in the hands of the board; expressing, at the same time, my deep regret that I should, in' the excitement of an election, have done what, in calmer moments, I do not attempt to justify. " With regard to the course which has been pursued and the spi rit which has been manifested towards me by some of the magis trates, I must, in justice to myself, be allowed to observe, that I cannot but feel that the whole afftir has been magnified into one of undue importance. " I have the honour to be, sir, your most humble servant, "JAMES PARKER." The CHAIRMAN said he had also at that moment re ceived the following letter from Dr. Gouthwaite "77, St. Anne-street, Nov. 29, 1844 " SIR,—As my numerous professional enggements to-mor row of necessity, prevent my personal attendance, should it be required, before the Watch Committee, to give my evidence respecting the conversation which took place at the Police sta tion, in my presence, between Mr. Parker, Mr. Superintendent Jones, and Mr. Superintendent M'Donald, I beg leave to sub mit the following statement. " It was at my earnest request that Mr. Parker went to the Police-station on the evening of the sth of November last. I called at his office about a quarter before nine, and was in formed that he was out of town, at Crosby, but that he was ex pected back every minute. Mr. P. returned in the course of about ten minutes, when I informed him of the report which I had just heard, that Mr. Allen, of Shaw's-brow, had got into some trouble with the police, on account of having displayed some Orange flags out of his win , ows on the occasion of the club anniversary, held at his house that day, and that an infor mation was laid against him at the Police-office, which might, probably, subject him to a penalty. We accordingly went there together, for the purpose of ascertaining the nature of the charges against Allen ; and I was present during the conversa tion which took place between Mr. Parker, Mr. Jones, and Mr. M`Donald. Haring heard their stateme. t, the purport of Mr. Parker's reply was, that he considered it a very hard case that an information should be laid against Allen Vl* the exhibition of Orange flags, as, most probably, had they been green flags, belonging to any of the Hibernian societies, no notice would have been taken of hem. Al he also stated, that he thought that the laying of •neh inforn , tion would have the effect of causing much political exciteme , t and ill-feeling. especially just after the election. I did not hear him say anything which could be construed into a threat, nor see him interfere with the police in the discharge of iheir duties. Mr. Parker retired for a few minutes into the inner office to hear the report read, while I was in conversation with Mr. Jones, near the door. Though I did not hear the report read, I could hear Mr. Parker's re marks, as he spoke rather loud. On quitting the station, Mr, Parker informed me that nothing could he done for Allen, as there was a charge of drunkenness against him, and that the case must necessarily go before the magistrates. " I remain, sir, &c., " THOS. GOUTHWAITE. "To the Chairman of Watch Committee." The CHAIRMAN said they would all have remarked the singularity pith regard to Connor's case—that there was no earthly interference. He did not take into account the motive, but there was no interference, for Mr. Parker merely went to ask a question from Boott.bv, whentx he had any warrants at all. The warrants were out of his hands; he knew nothing; he had no warrants; they were in the officer's bands; it was nil. He was not speaking of the immorality of meddling for purposes of election, but of the moving cause of action upon the part of the magistrates; and he never was more clear of any thinrin his life than that there was no moving cause for their interference. Mr. T. B. HORSFALL said. Mr. Parker's letter was a manly confession of error, and he thought the Committee ought not to hesitate one moment in accepting it. He had stated the case as against himself fairly and fully. Mr. MANN considered Mr. Parker's conduct, in send ing this letter, manly and straightforward. Mr. T. B HORSFALL added, that it must be a source of satisfaction to the board to have heard from Mr. Hornby that the information was not laid by the officers before the magistrates, but that the proceedings origi nated with the magistrates themselves. The committee would have considered their officers culpable if they had not laid any information before them that they thought it necessary to lay before the magistrates. Mr. GLAZEIIROOK moved the following resolution "That this committee accept the expression of regret offered to them by Mr. Parker for the part he took on a late occasion, as detailed in his letter, of this day, and that the same be en tered on the minutes of this board." He would just say for himself that he was not disposed to palliate the fault Mr. Parker had committed, especially with regard to the case of Allen. It was plain be there interfered with the duty of the police officer, although that officer was supported in the view he took of his duty by his superiors; and he thought on his (Mr. Parker's) appointment to this board—a board especially for the pur pose of watching over the execution of the law, as far as their functions were concerned—he ought to have been the more particular in the conduct he pursued. He (Mr. Glazebrook) knew there were palliative circumstances, but he was not disposed to dwell upon them, because the person who occupied a place of trust, like Mr. Parker, should be particularly jealous in seeing that his authority was always exercised with discretion and care. Mr. G. G. HORNBY seconded the motion, and it was Passed unanimously. VINDICATION OF 11. IR. DAVID lIODGSON. The CH.AIRMAN, rising, said that as he was shout to introduce a subject personal to himself, his wish had been that the Mayor should take the chair while it was dis cussed. The Mayor consulted the Town-clerk, and they thought that as it was unusual for his Worship to attend, as Mayor, it would be better for him not to be here. If he could have thought that the imputations cast upon him of want of veracity—of not having told the truth, in the face of the magistrates—of having imputed what he had not grounds for imputing, upon the occqsion of the last meeting of magistrates—might be treated seriously, he would not for a moment have taken the chair VII the sub ject had been taken up. But he thought he held a posi- tion in society, as connected with every gentleman who knew him, to enable him to treat such imputations upon his veracity as deserving of very little consideration. Still, as the subject was connected with one who was acting as their Head-constable, he thought it was of great import ance that the committee should, early, have this matter made clear. He (he chairman) stated to the magistrates that Mr. Dowling had stated here, and that upon his behalf Mr. Thompson had stated here before the daily board on the 20th November, that Mr. Dowling himself had stated before the weekly board that day week (the 23rd), that his inference was, from Mr. Rushton telling him if he consulted the Watch Committee, or if he did not obey the orders of the magistrates, he would call a meeting of the magistrates for his dismissal. Mr. Dow- Hog was called in, and he gave a negative to what he (the chairman) had stated ; and then there was a triumphant taunt, es if he, a magistrate, had told a lie in the magis trates' presence, and brought forward that which he had no authority for stating. Now, Mr. Rushton, the stipen: diary magistrate, was told by the commissioner, supported by the opinion of the Town-clerk, that the orders given to Mr. Commissioner Dowling exceeded the powers of the magistrates, and were illegal. A consultation took place between these parties ; the Mayor was present. The Mayor proposed to call a meeting of the magistrates to re-consider the subject- Mr. H. HORNBY.—I think Mr. Rushton proposed it. The CHAIRMAN.—No matter; but the Mayor said he would call a meeting. Mr. HARBORD.—A meeting was proposed, but there was not sufficient time for it. The CHAIRMAN,—Yes, it was proposed. The Mayor who had signed the documents [the Magistrates orders] did not take upon himself the responsibility of altering the decision of the Magistrates. But the Stipendiary Magistrate did. He did not leave the matter here; he was not depending upon inferences ; because the com mittee should hear what Mr. Dowling had told them, for he hoped they would have him called in. But was an unnatural inference for Mr. Dowling to make ? If Mr. Rushton told him he would call the Magistrates together, if he did not carry their measures out, pray what could he anticipate but something very much more decisive, there being a decided instance of authority before him, when an individual magistrate took upon him to abrogate the orders given by the magistrates themselves? What in the ordinary course of proceeding could not the stipendiary magistrate have taken upon himself to perform, when he could take upon himself the responsibility of altering the directions given by the magistrates, without consulting them ? And he (the Chairman) did say, that he had a great feeling for Mr. Dowling, in the position in which be was placed, for it was no light matter for a man to lose £5OO a-year at his time of life, with an uncertain prospect of how to find a maintenance. He knew, too, that upon the occasion when this committee yielded with regard to the Orangemen, they were told by the magistrates they would dismiss them, when they found they were belong ing to the Orange Society ; a power which the magistrates had not, and a power which was declared to be illegal. Well then might Mr. Dowling, though as a man of the law he knew the orders to exceed the magistrates power, fear the unpleasant situation of being dismissed if he dis obeyed : it was natural for him, and he (the Chairman) felt very much for him. But he could not consent to jeopardise his position of the chairman of that committee in any way whatever, to serve the purposes of Mr. Dow ling : therefore, he should call upon Mr. Dowling. They who had beard Mr. Dowling's declarations there, could state what had passed, and what Mr. Dowling really did say. Let it be distinctly understood, that he (the Chair man) had, no preference to this body as a body, nor to the magistrates as magistrates ; but whether he was with one or the other, his anxious desire always was to support the honour of both—to maintain them in connection with the law they were given to execute—and to express his opi nion fearlessly if they exceeded the limits the law had given them from any fancied notion that they were supe rior to the law, or had any power that the law had not given to them. Their duty (the Committee) was, not to outstep the limits of the power given to them, but to take care they did not allow the powers whici they did possess to be infringed upon by any body, so that the police might not come into the awkward position of being under two masters. We all knew that no man could serve two masters. There must be unity of regulation. If the magistrates bad that power, their er,l bo ett u he nded dutymactupo to n e it xe ; c b u u t t e they had not. The Watch Committee, on the other hand, had the power, and it it. If it could be supposed that he had any leaning either for one side or the other, it was natural, perhaps, that he should lean towards the magistrates. for he was placed there, in all probability for life, or at least, during Her Majesty's pleasure ; and it was not likely the Sovereign would take offence; but, as to this Committee, he was there only for a day. Nay, if they believed be was not varacious, he hoped they would not let him sit there one hour. Nay, unless they were clearly:of opinion that he had stated that which was right, he would not sit there. He would not take up their time further, than to ask that Mr. Dowling might come in—that Mr. Thompson would be good enough to state what he stated to the daily board (which was under the presidency of Mr. Harbord)—and also to hope that other gentlemen, who were present that day week, would see the propriety of stating vthat they then beard. 4011: Mr. H. HORNBY confessed he did not see exactly the object of calling Mr. Dowling in, as they all knew what he had stated. _ Mr. VARBORD thought that, until Mr. Dowling was called in, the chairman was placed in a very peculiar position. The Ci.nIRMAN said, the object of the Committee was to know vs:tether what Mr. Hodgson, their chairman, had stated to have passed from the mouth of Mr. Dowling, or whether what Mr. Dowling had declared from his mouth was true. Mr. Dowling was exceedingly impli cated. If Mr. Hodgson had stated that which was not true, he was eelha q uent. But if Mr. Dowling had, in the face of the magistrates, retracted and denied words which he had stated in that committee, it was a matter of important consideration with regard to the confidence they could place in Mr. Dowling. Mr. H. HORNBY suggested that it would be better not to proceed with this subject. He was present at the magistrates meeting when the chairman brought a direct charge against Mr. Rushton of having threatened to dis miss Mr. Dowling, if he did not carry out the resolutions of the magistrates. He (Mr. Hornby) had not the least doubt in his own mind, that when the chairman made that charge, he believed it to be true ; but it appeared to him that the chairman had drawn an inference—which it was very possible Mr. Dowling or any member of the committee might draw—and substituted the inference instead of the fact. What was the fact ? Mr. Dowling said, "Suppose the committee should direct me not to read these proceedings; what am Ito do? And if I do not read them, what will be the consequence ?" What could Mr. Rushton say if a resolution giving instructions on the part of the magistrates to the head constable to perform a duty was not carried out ?" Mr. Rush ton would have no other course to take than to call a meeting of the magistrates and submit his conduct. If Mr. Dowling chooses to draw an inference that the magistrates had threatened him, lie was at liberty to do 504 but certainly it was not correct to charge Mr. Rush ton with having threatened Mr. Dowling with dismissal. His (Mr. Dornby's) firm belief was, that if Mr. Dow ling had disobeyed, under the delicate circumstances in which he war placed, the magistrates would not have. gone upon the extreme ground of proceeding ; but if he chose to make such an inference in his own mind, it was hard to charge Mr. Rushton with having threatened him. Mr. Rushton did no such thing, and he was therefore quite right in denying the charge, but in bringing it for ward he repeated his belief, that the chairman at the moment fancied it was correct. The CHAIRMAN said he simply wanted the grounds to appear upon which he had made the statement. If he made any such statement as that represented, it must have struck him forcibly. Mr. HARBORD said, if the reports in the papers of the magistrates' meeting were correct, Mr. Dowling certainly was in fault; and if it should be proved that he had made a false assertion, he (Mr. Harbord) should not entertain the high opinion of him he had hitherto held. It was essentially necessary that - they should have as chief officer a man in whom they could place the utmost confidence. He trusted Mr. Dowling would be called in. As chair man of the daily board, he begged to state that the state ment made before them by Mr. Dowling varied from the statement he had made to the magistrates. After several other speakers had offered observations, Mr. HARBORD moved, and Mr. GLAZEBROOK seconded, a resolution which was carried unanimously, that Mr. Dowling be called in.—Mr. Dowling was then introduced and he took his seat next to Mr. Houghton. Mr. Hodg son vacated the chair, and Mr. Tinne was elected to fill it pro tem.—As Chairman, Mr. Tinne told Mr. Dowling that he had been called in in order that he might hear what passed before saying anything himself. Mr. D. HODGSON said he wished to he distinctly un derstood that he was making no charge against Mr. Rush ton : he was merely supporting his own character for ve ' racily. Mr. THOMPSON then rose to state what had taken place previously at the daily beard , and also at the meet ing on Saturday last. Mr. Dowling called upon him and expressed very great anxiety in consequence of a resolu tion of the magistrates being given to him for the purpose of being read to the force : he said he was awkwardly placed—that he was between two fires—that if he did not obey the orders of the magistrates he was liable to pun ishment from them, and if he did obey their orders he might offend the Watch Committee: that he was anxious to do his duty but he was quite at a loss in what way to do it. He (Mr. Thompson) said he thought if the ma gistrates would allow him to lay the papers before the Watch Committee, it might be managed without his being involved with either party. Mr. Dowling replied that he had mentioned the subject to Mr, Rushton, but Mr. Rushton bad forbidden him laying the papers before the Watch Committee—that if he did, and did not obey the orders of the magistrates, he would call another meeting of the magistrates. " For what purpose ?" (he Mr. Thompson) asked. Mr. Dowling's answer was " that I may he dismissed." He (Mr. Thompson) told him the magistrates had not the power of dismissal for the orders were an interference with the regulations of the police force, which they could not enforce. Mr. Dowling still expressed great anxiety not to offend either party, and wished him (Mr. Thompson) to attend the daily board in order to make some arrangements that might not offend the Watch Committee : he attended the daily board for that purpose, and those members who were present would state what he said after Mr. Dowling had been examined on the point. With regard to what took place at the board last Saturday, as far as he recollec'ed it was this. When Mr. Dowling was called in he did not go to the length of saying that Mr. Rushton had threatened to dismiss him, or that be would call a meeting for that pur pose; but he stated his inference was that he was to be dismissed if he did not obey the orders of the magistrates. It would be in the recollection of the Board that after Mr. Dowling had left, he (Mr. Thompson) immediately rose and mentioned that what Mr. Dowling had stated was considerably. modified from what he bad stated before, and that it did not bear the same construction ; that what he stated to him (Mr. Thompson) was that Mr. Rushton threatened to dismiss, whilst what he then stated was his inference that he was to be dismissed. Mr. SOTHER24 said the exact words of Mr. Dowling last Saturday, were that he "he drew his own inference" from Mr. Uushton's expressions. They . impressed him (Mr. Sothern) most strongly that Mr. Dowling ex pected at the meeting of magistrates his dismissal would follow. Mr. T. B. HORSFALL had a very distinct recollection of what passed. His attention was particularly drawn to it from Mr. Thompson having said Mr. Dowling had qualificd very much what he had said to him. Mr. Dow• ling said Mr. Rushton did not threaten to dismiss him, but that he " drew his own inference." Mr. G. G. HORNBY said Mr. Dowling was asked the question, " Did you consider that [from Mr. Rushton] a threat of dismissal?" He said, "No ; I drew my own inference." Mr. HARBORD gate a long and circumstantial account of what took place both at the weekly and daily board, confirmatory, in all respects, of the statements made by the preceding members. Mr. GLAZ EBROOK remembered Mr. Dowling being asked whether Mr. Rushton threatened him with dismis sal ; and Mr. Dowling's answer was, " Mr. Rushton did not threaten' e with dismissal, but I drew my own infer ence." Mr. G. H. LAWRENCE (who had entered the root ? , during Mr. Thompson's explanations) here said And a very natural inference to draw ; I know what mine would have been under such circumstances. Ivir. H. HORNBY said it was possible Mr. Dowling might have said that he drew his own inference ; but what had they to do with that ? It did away entirely with the charge of Mr. Rushton having threatened to dis miss him. Mr. D. HODGSON called Mr. Hornby to order. They were not considering the conduct of Mr. Rushton, but whether he (Mr. Hodgson) had made a statement upon proper grounds or not. Tt.e CHAIRMAN said he recollected Mr. Dowling,- an swering, when pressed, that Mr. Rushton had perempto rily told him he must carry out the magistrate's order. Subsequently, a member of the board asked him if be re garded that as a threat of probable dismissal, but Mr Dowling did not give a dire - et answer to the inquiry. Mr. bowLtN6 then said he thought there was very little left for him to say. As far as his recollection served him, gentlemen had stated, as nearly as possible, the words he used. He believed he did say—he recollected being pressed upon more than once—as to what inference he drew from the threat of having another meeting of magistrates. The CH AIRMAN.—Did you consider that a threat? Mr. DOWLING.—No ; but that was the way in which it was put to me. " I have no doubt of that." I said "that that was the impression upon my mind." I drew my own infe-enca, and I said, " I have no doubt of it." I said I drew my own inference ; but still I did not state what that inference was to this board. (Mr. Dowling then withdrew, but was subsequently again called in, in reference to the conversation he had, in the first instance, with Mr. Rushton.) Mr. Tnomosox.—l stated, Mr. Dowling, if you ',col lect, what took place between you and myself. When Mr. Rushton stated to you he should call another meet ing of the magistrates, I asked you, " What thun?" Your answer was, "that I should be dismissed." Were they the words of Mr. Rushton, or were they the impres sion of your own mind ? Mr. DowLING,Upon my word, I Cannot charge my memory with the conversation between you and me, because it was a lengthened conversation ; but if I did make use of those words, they could not be in reference to what Mr. R us ht on h a d sa id, but to my own feelings. Mr. THOMPSON.—It was followed up by my inquiry of what Mr. Rushton had said. I had stated that Mr. Rushton had not the power to dismiss you, as it was an illegal order; and it was in answer to what I said. Mr. DOWLlNG.—Certainly ; I could not have stated that, because it was not so. Mr. HARBORD understood Mr. Dowling to say, tbat if he had stated those words—that he should be dis missed—he had used them in reference to his own feelings, and not to anything that had been said by Mr. Rushton. Mr. DOWLlNG. — Certainly. Mr. SOTHERN.—Upon what question was it that you drew your own inference? Mr. Do-a-LING.—The question was, _ "What infe r ence do you draw from t he th r ea t of Mr. Rushton to call the magistrates together ?" I think it was that. Then I said, "I drew my own inference." —Mr. Dowling then withdrew. Mr. H. HORNBY having reiterated his views of the case, Mr. Hodgson defended his conduct through tl:e entire transaction; and several members expressed their opinion. that Mr. Dowling's evidence fully justified Mr. Hodgson in making the statements he had made before the magis trates. Mr. T. B. FIoasFALL moved the following resolution. —'• It is the coldnion of this committee that the evidence of Mr. Dowling upon the 20th and 23rd inst. fully justi fied Mr. Hodgson making the statement which he did make before the magistrates relative to the threat of dis missal by the stipendiary magistrate ; although this core mittee are now of opinion, from Mr. Dowling's subse quent statewents, that no such threat was made." Mr. IIARBORD seconded the motion. Mr. H. Hototny said he was quite satisfied from what had taken place at the daily board on the 20th, that Mr. Dowling did make statements which justified Mr. Hodg son. Mr. THORNHILL remarked that such a resolution as that proposed would place Mr. Dowling in a peculiar po sition. lIARBORD in reply said the committee did not place him in any peculiar position ; he placed himself. The CHAIRMAN having put the motion it was carried unanimously. Some other business was then discharged and the board adjourned. The late Bank of England clerk Burgess arrived here in the Hibernia, in custody of John Forrester. He was immediately taken to London to answer the charge of forgery. SELF-GENERATING GAS LAMPS.—A simple and beau tiful lamp, which generates its own gas—peculiarly appli cable to places where ordinary gas cannot be procured-- such as railway stations—may be seen burning at onr office this day. The principle is entirely new, and to those who are interested, it mnst be of great importance. We shall notice it more at length on some future occasion. ST. GEORGE INN.—There are few in town that have not heard of " Latharn's"—it is almost as well known among those whose business keeps them throughout the day in town as the Town Hall, and it will he with satis faction that many will learn that he has recently made considerable additions to his house all of which tend to increase the comforts of his customers.—See adv. AsslzES.—The special commission will open in Liver pool on Monday next. The following is a summary of prisoners for trial :—Murder, 3 ; intent to murder. 2 ; manslaughter, 4; rape, 2; stabbing, 3; concealing birth, 4 ; arson, 2; sacrilege, 1 : burglary, 3; housebreaking, 1 ; robbery from the person, 9 ; forgery, 3; bigamy, 5 ; horse-stealing, 3 ; calf-stealing, 1 ; mint cases, 3 ; making false declaration, I.—total 50. HAIR DYE.—The great objection that has hitherto been urged against d}e for the hair is the unnatural red or purple tinge it gives to the colour, but our townsman Mr. Evans, of Bold-street, has advertised a new article in our paper of to-day, which entirely obviates all pre vious objections, giving, wida a momentary operation, the hair, whether grey or red, a truly natural colour. The experiments we saw tried were as perfectly satisfactory as they could be. DOCK WAREHOUSES AT BIRKENHEAD.—We learn that the Birkenhead Warehousing Company have engaged by Contract the partners of a celebrated brick-making firm cf the south of England (who, we believe, made the bricks for the Eastern Counties Railway) for the supply, against the next summer, of fifty millions of bricks, for the build ing of their warehouses on the southern margin of Wal lasey Pool ; and that within the last week three hundred operative brickmakers have been sent from Kent to Bir kenhead, and have already commenced operations. COLLEGIATE INSTITUTION.—We observe that one of the best elocutionists of the day, Professor .Calvert, is about to appear amongst us, when we anticipate the same crowded houses which hailed the appearance of Mr. Kemble. The illustrations to be introduced are admirably selected, and, as recited by Mr. Calvert, must tell ex ceedingly well. We never heard the " Loan of a grid iron," for instance, so well delivered, not even by Lover himself, although the serious and impassioned may be considered the forte of the lecturer. He always manages to introduce a humourous story or recitation at the close of each lecture, so as to send his audience home in perfect good humour with themselves and him. MONS. HUGUENIN'S GYMNASIUM.—By an advertise ment in another column it will be seen that this experi enced professor of gymnastics has removed to the spaci ous premises called the Commercial . Hall, in .Gloucester street, which is now fitted up for the purpose with every apparatus necessary for assisting in developing the strength and symmetry of the human frame. We cannot too ear nestly impress upon those who value health to avail them selves of the means offered by Mr. Huguenin of correcting by wholesome and well-rtgulated exercise " The ills which flesh is heir to " in localities like Liverpool. At this moment we have reason to know that much illness of a febrile character unhappily exists amongst us, and it is a remarkable fact that it prevails more amongst the middle and upper classes, whose avocations are of a so dantary kind, than amongst the labouring classes, whose avocations are of a nature calling for greater bodily exer tions. The exercise of the gymnasium, we are confident, will, on this account, be found just now peculiarly valua ble. Mr. Huguenin has, it will be seen, hours set apart for female classes which, we arc glad to learn, are well and most respectably attended. For the use of those who object to practising in public, Mr. H. fits up a very neat apparatus, which can be used in the drawing-room or the nursery, and combines every necessary exercise. FRIGHTFUL ACCIDENT, WITH Loss OF LIFE, IN 'A RAILWAY TUNNEL. —On Friday morning last, four workmen, Mitchell, Erskine, Blair, and Philips, engaged in the drift mine of the Edinburgh, Leith. and Granton Railway, lost their lives by the bursting in upon them of an accumulated body of water from a higher level, in consequence of the barrier that pent it up being in judiciously weakened. A great part of the tunnel, from the upper end, and under several streets, was finished, and two barriers of rock were left at some distance to protect the workmen employed in the lower part from the water which was then beginning to accumulate above. Through the lower barrier an aperture of about a foot in diameter was made, through which the water gradually and safely made its way, leaving the men comparatively dry. In opening a way for the water through the upper barrier, instead of adhering to the same plan, the work men blasted the rocks, and on removing the debris, the barrier became so enfeebled that it gave way to the weight of water on the other side, and before the 'unfortunate parties could make the slightest attempt to escape, the whole volume burst in and engulphed them in a watery grave. The bodies of Erskine and Blair were first found, lying at the foot of the shaft, the latter clutching the leg of the former. Mitchell and Philips were found locked in each other's arms. A boy at the foot of the shaft escated most narrowly. Hearing the water he had the presence of mind to seize the bucket-Cope, and calling to the man at the tep, was instantly hauled up. In an instant afterwards the water rushed with frightful rapidity to the top of the shaft, and even struck the roof of a shed over the eye—nearly eighty feet from the bed of the tun nel—such was its volume and force. Erskine had just reached the bottom of the shaft when the rush of water took place, and while the boy was being pulled up, his agonizing cries for help were distinctly heard by those at the windlass, but under the circumstances they could render no aid, being obliged to run for their own lives on the boy reaching the mouth of the shaft. The works were not injured. HOUSE DRAINS.—The attention of the public being now very much drawn to the subject of house drainage, it would appear to be extremely desirable that clear views of the elementary principles of the subject should receive the utmost publicity, to the intent that a better mode should speedily succeed the present bad and ineficient system of building house drains. '1 hey should consist of thick strong clay pipes, of from four inches to eight inches diameter, well burnt arid glazed inside, made of an entire piece, nearly of a circular form, and of a length convenient for use, so that the end of one pipe could fit into the next without forming a protusion within it. Drains thus formed and carried in direct lines with regular inclination§ to sewers, with proper curved junctions, all properly laid, and with an efficient and well-regulated supply of.water, would be effectual in carrying cff the sulliage and keeping themselves perfectly free from accumulations, for the calibre being smaller, the stream would be more contracted ; and in consequence would have greater velocity, The smoothness of surface produced by glazing would vas►ly facilitate passage through them. With proper apparatus they could be cleansed if required at any time, precisely in the same manner as chimneys are now swept; consequently break ing up floors and paving, with all the accompaniments of foul stench, and matter distributed about, would be rendered unnecessary. The above method would insure the perfect cleanliness of drains ; and a properly con structed trap to every inlet would be a preventive to any noxious -and offensive exhalations emanating from them. In laying the tubes, the ground should be cut as near as possible to their form, and the lower half should be thinly bedded with mortar to fill up any little irregularities in the cuttine of the ground ; the tubes would then have a solid foundation.—The Builder. SECRECY OF THE JESUITS.—There is reason to believe that many of the edicts, which possess the force of laws among the Jesuits, have never been printed ; and even the constityticus, properly so called, they have seldom committed t she press, but in the Colleges of the Order. Whenever they ventured to print this work elsewhere, they always took precautions to secure the whole impres sion. Though these precautions proved in vain, and the enemies of the Orderiati found means to obtain copies of these constitutions, they were never authoritatively pro mulgated until 1761, when in the course of the celebrated suit of M. M. Lionci and Father La Valette, the Jesuits were inconsiderate enough to produce the mysterious vo lume of their institute. By the aid of these authentic re cords, the princ plea of their government may be delineated and the sources of their power in% estigated, with a degree of certainty and precision which, previous to that event, it was impossible to attain. But not only were the Jesuits secret with respect to ther principles, they acted ever as men ashamed of their conduct, and afraid of being !mown —moving about the world in disguise, assuming false characters, and adopting fictitious names. History abounds with proofs of this. Mr. Martin, the Governor of Pondicherry, who had oportunities of knowing, speaks much of " disguised Jesuits" hrre, and " masked Jesuit." there, and says, " Tbese Jesuits, disguised and dispersed over the whole earth, and who all know each other by signs like the Freemasons, invariably act upon one sys tem." Now, why all this secrecy ? Why be afraid of coming to the light ? lf their principles were good, they could surely bear the face of day. If their deeds were good, why be so secret—why hide their candle under a bushel in this way ? The meason is plain enough for the simplest mind to discern. THEY LOVED DARKNESS RATHER THAN LIGHT, BECAUSE THEIR DEEDS WERE EVIL. Like bats and owls, and creeping, crawling, slimy thi n gs, night suits them better than the day. Unlike the soaring eagle, which bathes its splendid plumace in the golden light of heaven, the vulture brood cower on folded wing in the dark caverns of the earth. Unlike the honest hearted Christian, who soars upwards on the wings of faith end love, and bathes his spirit in the begims of Divine radiance, drinking in the glorious light which emanates from the Son of Righte , msness, courting too the scrutiny of the world, and letting his light shine !before men, to the glory of his Father and his God the Jesuits grovell4l low in earthly pursuits, shunned the light of day, courted disguise and obscurity, or revelled in the murky glare of false opinions and a vicious philosophy, and hid their objects from the gaze of mortal man in fear and trepida tion,—Lener from Malta. ,(