The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser. — Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1848-10-24 00:00:00

A THE LIVERPOOL STANDARD. ..- ---............... "-- Ebt Ribtrpool A)tanbarb. THE JEWS' MEETING. EGREMONT HOTEL.—We, a short time ago, raffle e ' Alderley, in Cheshire. Mr. A the decided i m p rovements e ff ected at the E gremont P ier. duced an interestin deed, date ..-.---_ -=- _ _ - b y w hi ch the facilities for landin g and embarking will be barn -street and gMoor-fields. QUENT ON MR. EWBANK'S AMENDMENT. TUESDAY MORNING, OCT. 24, 1848. su c h as to be available at all heights of the tide. We have original agreement relative to tl how to st a t e th at t h e h ote l h as also been much improved to Greenland from Liverpool. The Rev. Chair Ewbank rose and s a id h o had an man was about to put the motion, when in every d e p ar t men t , f or t h e accommodation of families or veral of the names in it are tho: IT is the fashio n o f e ld er ly h ousew i ves , w h o th e Rev. W. W. individuals. The fare provided is excellent, and the streets have been named. M amendment topropose. •es uncommonly moderate for such an establishment. broad sheet relative to the suppl • pride themselves particularly upon being " manag- lie CHAIRMAN .--I it, and will explain to the in s r i r l i T e e a ro n o d m e s v a er re large and . airy, and command most eaten- Liverpool in 1767. A selection ing women," to have a periodical ransack of every meeting why he ought not to be allowed to do so. It is nade on •+he n-eywartylionrgthviews. thereln addition to the promo- the society, were_ exhibited.. C a departure from the arrangements of the evening, and 4 department, very much to the discomfort and an quay, are pleasure grounds shown, and after an inspection ( think an injudicious one. If anything has been done h i red . immediately in . front of the hotel, also a high platform, up. noyance of cook, housemaid, and John, whose contrary to the usual mode by which meetings like this a ' ording fine views of the river and shipping. Close at have been regulated—that differs in the slightest degree hand; stables and coach-houses with every convenience ADDRESS OF CONDOLE :little family at home luxuriates upon the broken from the tenor by which its resolutions have been moved for carriages have been erected; also a forge for shoeing PORTLAND.—TESTIMOIS meat of the establishment. There is a general and seconded during the last forty years—then there might and large yard for market carts. The vicinity affords LORD GEORGE BENTIN he an excuse . for such an amendment ; but, on the ccn- pleasing walks, including a ride or stroll along the beach. turning up of carpets, to show what a shameful teary, bishops, presbyters, noblemen, and gentlemen have withTlie boats will all winter at half hours, in conjunction On Wednesday a public me time it is since they were taken up before; a rooting moved and seconded its resolutions in the same tone the Liverpool Constitutional As, Chose that run to New Brighton. ..-' out of cupboards and drawers, in which shocking a y r e o n i e .e r a o l l t y ti tio a r t t l t m o e n l last tt. the e forty years, ea rs , wayand if ni n m rn e toii e a l e • d t i s a I t ) - LUDICROUS MlSTAKE.—linther an amusing incident Clarendon-rooms, for the ur r . dress of condolence ' to the P Duk P e proper subscription discoveries are made of petty larcenies committed withdraw his mi leave the society. occurred at the Chinese Exhibition, on Thursday. A val, and of adopting measure , couple of rustics (man and wife) fro m P resco t, h av i ng h ear d erection of a public testimoni •l'i '- upon the parlour loaf sugar, and the green tea ; (Applause.) of the areat feast of lantern , : admission only a shilling, lamented Lord George Bentinck The Rev, Mr. EWBANK rose and attempted to address a t n oug t they could not he far wrong in taking h h' - ' • • - • a halalaY onerously and respectably after and the finale of the day's entertainment is not the meeting, but was met with considerable hooting, and unfrequently a notice to quit for one or other of the Chairman ordered him to sit down, which he refused the d comp! to verpool to enjoythefesst. Having paid o'clock, the chair was taken b necessary fee, ;hey were ushered into the splendid neux . to do. After some further confusion, apartment, where they feasted their eyes for some time - the offending menials. Our contemporary, the The CHAIRMAN said he hoped Mr. Ewbank would not upon the many curiosities there displayed. Wearied with The CHAIRMAN. opened the that the meeting was convene the sight, the gnawing: of hunger began to admonish wishes of the Committee of the • Mercury, reminds us just now of such an old lady make himself an Ishmael among them by introducing discord. He reiterated the assertion that the prop er we them, and after waiting Association, who were' unanim( as we have described, in one of her fits of extra- if Mr. Ewbank disapproved of the speake . rs,was to d'iys:till their patience was exhausted, they at last walked uwpasto Theone roefptliyhewialsootLkaetegresfeaansdt • address of condolence to the Di • • ordinary management. Inspired by the eclat which continue being a subscriber ; but it was a most question- asked where the feast cessary and desirable, distinguished a n • has rewarded the researches of the Liverpool Finan- ablefnnd funds, moo then,c f supporting a t hon ~; athe societyto ne t h e of s ubscribe to its was before them, but they were at a loss to find some- memory of so a stm apeakers sup- thing to eat. The intimated, in the best - the , cial Association into the sad doings of maids of porting it had not altered for about forty years, now to could, that they thought a oad feast, either o;‘alaynter Bentinck had been--a statesmi e a y s ; devote ti ltnra his best exertions l t s o t . the forwardial moreand t e l s a p o e w cia ll l iscr i m i rd a a n n i d em cc h in e f r u o si t o:a he ino , a t n he honour, ladies of the bed-chamber, and other ap-or any thing else, for a shilling, was an excellent thing . pendages of royalty,—the appetite for prying and ninnemetnii gelical 'Alliance. When his y rev y erend friend intimated ' his but as they apprehended a large attendance, and some country, and every branch n o P ti inconvenience, they had brought a knife and fork in their ~ scandal whetted by past rummaging in the kitchen intention of proposing the amendment, be (the Chairm an) save te trouble.eastex excited s n s o orr i i i e t c t v le hat literal interpre-d (Hear, and applause.) The I drawers and warder of 'Windsor Castle and Buck- requested he would not attempt to do so, and several pockets,tlo tattoo otfecalling on Mr. H. C. Chapman p h m ee a n n , p Bowman, repa re( fo for ado ()Coo tion.., to friends of Mr. Ewbank on the platform had tried to dis- paidamusement,t - ingham Palace—our contemporary is extending hi sTummas was sadly vexed that he had two shillings, i c le h e a suede him from the attempt, and be Chairman) economical labours to establishments nearer home, (the and neither he nor his wife " geet out to eyght." appealed to him as a matter of courtesy as a Christian STRANGE DISCOVERY. the " MAY IT PLEASE YOUR GRACE and commences with " the Cornwallis-street esta- and a gentleman, not to persist. His doing ' so now, in Friday the Deputy-Coro- Liverpool Constitutional Associatiot ner held an inquest upon the remains of a full-grown fe- heartfelt sympathy with your Grac blishment," promising next to set the Town-hall defiance of the wishes of several of his best friends, argued male which were discovered in a midden, attached to a with which it has pleased the Almig - itself to rights. • . anything but a right feeling ; and I now plainly tell-him horse stable, in Gore-street North. It appeared ' that a ally to your Grace, we should not pr " Under ordinary circumstances, (said the Chairman) I will not allow it—l will dissolve man of time name of Malpas was employed to em t the snaoeccotil)oofriyeeuvrerT - We cannot congratulate him 'upon having made ' any very striking discovery thus far, or displayed l i h c e he m e, e s lae rather than he shall be permitted to proceed. midden in question, and that, whilst using a dung fork ro enir e l ` c 'e t n err ' se it ti l I any great originality in the mode which he proposes ' Mr E vright g, cries . A DANR.—I have a to speak for the purpose, the prongs of the fork came in contact. your admirable son, and by them wc with what he conceived to be a quantity of old rags or your Grace on the melancholy °CCM • for effecting a saving. It may be true that Mr. of " turn him out," and " shame, shame.") 'At a time when `ships, colonies, clOthes. On probing farther, he drew a human skull to Ashlin, as the head official of the treasurer's office, The confusion here became greater than before. the surface, and on searching deeper he found the skele- to he sacrificed without a s t rugg l e al ' and the tried servant of the public for twenty Mr. Ewbank walked to the front of the pl a tf orm and ton of a human body, to which the skull inquestion had political necessity, Lord George Bet attempted to address th e l meeting, but could not gain a o tip t ir e c fr o o o m nt t r h y e ground, al ' years, receives £6OO per annum for his services, and an e d ar a m a g e . mpt S ed - t r o al di g ss e n n a t d e e m h e i n m 7rnodinciliggymezeinterfered, at one time evidently been attached. Some elothina was manhood - that his former salary, in a subordinate situation, also found close at hand, and this had no doubt formed "Throughout the arduous stru was only £l5O per annum. But how those two TheCH A IRMAN at length declared the meeting dissolved, a portion of the garments worn by the deceased. A nurn of evidencethe occupants of the ti stablete of them andtile his which spiritis still that continued ,animated, it his cwasoo facts justify a reduction to £312 per annum is not and was about to leave the platform with the rest of the the indefatigable industry that stimuli ns e t ‘ a ,e n r c t y that ne e d the labours, - very clear. Mr. Ashlin receives only what is con- clergy, when the Rev. Mr. Ewbank was induced to with- midden thoroughly c s lean w sed 'a in o l l B47, a n d hm that others of 2e draw, after which the business was resumed by the fol-coun . sel i s of hi sidered the fair reward for his services, in a very them had had it partially cleaned out before and after that the patien e t n t s olia n nd t honest ini 'gnat], up to public reprobation partisan dim lowing address from the Chairman— onerous and important situation ; and his abilities Ladies and Gentlemen,—A scene deeply painful has for year, but that upon .no occasion, during that occupancy, had the slightest - appearance of the skeleton been discerni. ness ; and we are sorrowfully convit would command such a reward, or more, if ern- a time interrupted the proceedings of the evening. I amself-denying devotion to the best 1 ble. Mr: Leech, surgeon, of the North Dispenser ployed in any other suitable direction. happy to say that through the firmness and gentleness of stated that he had ' examined the remains—that the skeley: which brought him to his untimely t r iirj r li t , tc t e hr a , s m su a s y ta tl e t ( iju i % r En t eshi Mr. Newland:, our contemporary tells us, receives some of our friends it has been but for a time. I must ton was perfect, without any flesh . upon it—and it was your £7OO a year, with an allowance for a horse and gig, thati a n n t y re s a u t ,h 1,7 i division pz o s u tri m b a u n t thatest itself s f ani Christian on groom, &c., and cab-hire. Our contemporary people, and more especially among ministers of g a Christian course, there was not the slightest trace of the manner by that ate l ( ns . l wasf.-Tna half-mast t hi when high, and wl e en fla d which she had come to her death. The jury returned a but ri one heartfelt expression of sorra would cut down the salary to £520 a year •; lay Church. It is a sad triumph fel. the enemies of true verd t ict . in accordance with the evidence ; and thus . this of the Constitutional Association, aside the horse and gig, and reduce the engineer religion and good order to lay their finger on such a scene it e v ri a o s u e s ve o r ccurrence is just as much involved in ob- Lo r thatl i mu r t t ei s e v rgir t i o t v a vne t h o t t te s vo e ni kee 'to a more frequent use of his own legs, forgetting and point with scorn, while they call the attention of the entirely the loss of very valuable time which must , infidel to it. G F o n o weetever share any of us may have had s m c i y i r s THE LIVERPOOL LITERARY AND PHILOSOPHICA L reco s ilo ( t ? our gratitude and our grief to assure your grace that, although p ardon . u?, and for our brother God THE proceedings of this Society, during its ry Illos communitytos -ouia, w e and tho - usatals of I -be the result. But he omits giving us any hint as in n his te. p as n ele y r mercy i f ' orgise him, through our Lord Jesus thirty-sixth ses:ion, have just been published in ave to the grounds of such reduction. An engineer, Christ. in your bereavement. " like a physician we presume, or any other profes- ...,.............,,,,,,..,.......... beautifully printed octavo pamphlet, wider the superin- "We example hat your Grace wi tendence of Dr. Hume. The work opens with a brief but that theset by your lainentl • sional man, is valued according to his.acquirements . V...01fi1l !eifilak•- , - a ....a, most gratifying report of the retiring council, showing that many others, and that from all rank, -and his professional standing. If we can get as • _...„ the society now consists of 131 ordinary and 70 corres- may r.se up, if not gifted with his good a man as Mr. N animated by a like spirit of honourewlands for half the salary, - The North Ameri can ma il steam-ship Canada is ex- ponding members. After alluding to the loss to the cate the cause for whinh he so devote . let us have him hy all means. But it is by no pected to be ready to make a trial trip this week. society of late years of several of its most distinguished "In conclusion, we Pray that the . means clear that we can. On Thursday, Thomas R o b er t s, o f P lumbe-street, fell o ffi cers and members, the council congratulate the mem- disposer of events may be pleased With all due deference to our contemporary, and out of a boat in the Clare nce D oc k , and was drowned. h ers on the arrangements made with the committee of the your affliction, and enable you to At the quarter sessions, h e ld i n P reston, on Thursday Royal Institution, by whi c h f ree en t r y t o th e museum i Esq., he Financial Association, whose echo he aspires to Th omas J ames Bourne, of Liv e sp oo l, qualified as a' &c., is granted to each m em b er , an d rem i n d th e members heavy blow. "To his Grace the D u k e o f P or ti a' - be, we contend that the very worst sort of economy county magistra t e.that a gold medal, value ten The Earl of Lon dale arr i ve d i n guineas, has been voted, to " 'Welbeck Abbey, Notts." is that which begins with an indiscriminate cutting this port from Valpa- be presented to the author of th e est paper read before ad y r r e . ss CHAPMAN having moved raiso, has brought 5,432 sacks and 130 quarter of wheat, the society during the past and present session. Amongst HAROLD LITTLEDALE, Esq., sa 'down of the salaries of officers, whether public or as a portion of her cargo. the valuable papers read during the past session, and here in seconding the motion, and et private. The most efficient servants are fairly . The congregation of St. Matthew's Church have pre- printed, we enumerate the following, from the perusal of admirable an address would meet , paid ones. If we want talent, h ones ty, and active sented to the Rev. George Cuthbert, on his retirement which we have derived much gratification and instruction : exertion we must give its price. A hedge school from the church, a handsome purse with £4O. —On the Primp ples of Money, by J. Faran, Esq. • on the ti l ' il motionput, and unani master would probably be able to hammer as much On Wednesday, Walter's beautiful picture of the burn- History and Effects of Chloroform, by Dr. Wal'die ;on The e CHAIRMAN was said he had no ing of the Ocean Monarch was raffled for and won by Mr. Gothic Architecture, by A. Rimmer, Esq. ;on the Intel- ing that he had the day befor( • Latin and Greek into the heads of any given num- Daniel Mather. lectuality of the Lower Animals, by Dr. Hume, and the Lord John Manners, written on her of children as the most learned Oxford or Cam- It is stated that Mr. Lawrence Heyworth is the sole Duality of Geometrical Relations, by Dr. Booth, the • bridge professor. An ordinary paviour at 30s. a ent i re a b st i nent in Parliament, with the exception of President; and other papers. The hook concludes with himself, and also on behalf of ti 'week might superintend well enough the paving of Brotherton, who is said to be the only man in the house an interesting paper descriptive of four plates, illustrative p o s r o a m i e o i i. l i a l eao i r e t o ti f ie t a h i e d late o t h L e oj o d r Geor t ge any of our streets. We do not, nevertheless, elect this last session whom Anstey did not drive into Bellamy's of several curiosities in the geological world, found in this with the view of gettin u - a hedge school master to the principalship of the for refreshment. neighbourhood. This is from the able pen of John Cun- a very strong desire wags up some On Saturday week, Richard Kershrw, a carter, in the ni . righam, Esq.,. F.G.S. Extracts from some of the papers Collegiate or the Mechanics' Institution; andthis subject would he taken up employ of Mr. Jump, corn merchant, was carting some wilt be found i n another column. should object against placing a working paviour or soap waste to a field at Club Moor, when one of his horses SLANDER ON THE PRESBYTERIANS.—TLC Rev. Ver- country. The Chairman put it whether they would join in so veil stonemason in charge of the important works re- trod upon him. The injuries he received terminated fa- ner M. White, of the Irish Presbyterian Chapel, Isling- Mr. CHAPMAN said it would be pool n i Constitution altiona l t an Association association -quired for the improvement and adornment of this tally on Monday. ton has refuted an allegation of the Mail that the " Pres ; great town. On Wednesday, William Combe, a seaman belonging hyterian ministers of the North of Ireland are chiefl • h to the ship Zephyr, was passing from his own vessel to Arians and Socinians." The rev. gentleman distinctly The concluding remarks of our contemporary, orwas about to be formed in London another, when a ' lank,fOrming pert o_ f the stege, gave proves that. in every Presbyterian Church in Ireland, with mond and the Marquis of Granby -rather of his correspondent, we must give in ex- way, and he was precipitated the dock, and was not P into few exceptions, the - t • a ministers are required, twicebefore the opinion of the Duke of Riche. • tenso : • got out until lif e was ex ti nc t. or di na ti on, to g i ve a b so l ute su b scr i ption to the Westnnin- t i ons should be limited to " These two departments require a most searching in- The New g York Journal o f C ommerce says t h at t h e s t er con f ess i on o f F a i t h, w hi c h o f course i nvolves a firm scendin to a minimum sum—se a n quiry, for extravagance and a want of a vigilant superin- names of C o lli ns ' s new li ne o f U . S . ma i l steamers be- b e li e f in T r i n i tar i an doctrine. Mr. White concludes as order that the memori a l might h -tendence pervade the whole business. Formerly, our re- tween New York and Liverpool, are to be the Atlantic, follows:—" The accusation I have been considering is one and that the subscriptions might presentatives divided the town into divisions, and directed Pacific. Ar c ti c , Ad r i a ti c , an d B a l t i c. The first two will he o f ten ma d e b y those whoop` ignorance or 'prejudice, or, of persons in almost every station and iaspected what Ives going forward; but now, the launched next month. ... ~ . . both, have blinded. Many such p ar ti es , doubtless, l ook sidered that there were 3000 ships whole is left to officials, as, for instance, the engineer re- TARLETON.—On S un d ay wee k, two sermons were t o th e M a il as an authority on - these questions. I w as 'he thought if they could not n ports that such a street requires so and so to be clone, and preached in Tarleton chu rc h, ( a t th e open i ng o f an th ere fo re th e more gr i eve d 't o see t h e statement made, - 11 without any inspection, he is ordered to do it, however organ,) by th e R ev . D av id J ames, i ncum b ent of St. and however unwilling, felt ca ll e d upon t o a dd ress these must be very little gratitude on owners towards Lord George Be costly, and I know, a few mouths since, a whole street Mary's, Ki r kd a l e , w h en X 6 14s. 10d. was collected. O n remarks in reply. I was once, si r , a ' P res b yter i an mi- defended their interests. Ge Hear, to ac ear, a ' would have been expensively re-paved, had it not been fo r Tue s d a y th e Bi s h op o f M anc h ester h eld a confirmation nister in the North of I re l an d ; ' I h ave s till many friends could form a committee here, the remonstrance of a party stating that he knew for a at Tarleton church. there ; and if any man will assert that the Presbyterian as a sort of corresponding comnm fact the street was in excellent condition ; hence the On Wednesday evening last, the third of a course of ministers of that locality are ' chiefly Arians and Soci- committee in London the monstrous extravagance so manifest; and it must be ob- sermons, announced to be delivered in St. George's nians,' I care not where, or by whom the accusation is the feelings and wishes of gent vious that more clerks are also employed than required, if Church, Bolton, was preached by the Rev. D. James, made—whether from the pulpit, the platform, or the 'to the sort of testimonial theywo we may judge by the careless ease of their manners." F.S.A., incumbent of St. Mary's, Kirkdale. The sub- press—l denounce it as a foul calumny, and I appeal to an the general wish, at present that It may appear rather gothic in us, but we must ject of the rev. gentleman's discourse was the, " Ordi- impartial, truth-loving public, to protect a body of the nial alike worthy of the cou'ntry, confess to the fact, that we prefer to entrust busi- nance of Preaching." I. Llv o e t aeo h o e e . FROM WRADDLESWORTII 0 ministers of Christ's Church from a charge which, consi dering the confession sstnn they subscribe,. e amounts . to sneitheri ability, and the distinguished ' cm ' ness, requiring scientific as well as practical know- B WATER T r water is nowcorosien from aid C y ral i C n al xr d h aal g e f fo th re e essential ledge, Bentinck. (Loud applause.) H therefore, in moving that the Comm ledge, to " officials"—men educated for such busi- Brinscall, inK near Ph e orley t to l i i ,iv e i n ri d g e t d oncharacteristic of &ri a stia y n p i e t ness—rather than to the caprices of town councillors, out, and the preparations are progressing rapidly, g I t his Church, they have twice solemnly and publicly de- thong} themselves tn Association communication bbe constituted uit with or amateurs of any description. A man may be a will, however, be two or three months before there will be dared their belief." Hereafter to be formed in London, very good grocer, or draper, or editor of a news- a general commencement of the whole works.—Preston - their numbers. Chronicle. LOCAL MEETINGS. Mr. H. LITTLEDALE seconded t paper, and yet know only as much about the con- "Joams."—The first number of a n publication ' . adopted, and the name of Mr. C struction of a sewer or the paving of a street, as the under this comical title, and after the e s w t leof Punch pu te ie Tz in er e c at o in a g T: f E th D e o r c a re te a a avD er C s o oli , p ox it t a e r ti a ; EaSrr was held Te , ig e moeal t Committee. stones of which they are made. The reference to made its appearance on Saturday. It has some y good hits 1 k d past practice is unfortunate. It reminds us of the at men and things, and will doubtless improve. We had on Tuesday, for the purpose p- of receiving the report of the their attendance, CHAIRMAN hoped e th h e e t ti source of that accumulation of evils which are cost- intended to give .ur satirical friend's report of a visit committee appointed at the Vestry Meeting, held on the med would be productive of good, to the Liverpool Stock Exchange, and which we are ing us so much to remove. With respect to thetold 15th May last, to communicate with the Liverpool Equi- produce a result honourable to the fact that "too many clerks are employed," we wa n t is hit off to the life, but we c anno t fi n d room f or t h e ta bl e R at i ng Committee, with the view to the obtainment the country in general. (Applause article this week. of powers for the rating of the Dock and Corporate Es- ______. o .______ some better proof than " the careless ease of their CAUTICN TO DRUNKEN PEOPLE.—On Wednesday, Ro- fates. The chair was taken by 11. G. Harbord, Esq., and THE MUNICIPAL E.; manners." A man may have all the careless ease sanna Norris, who had lived in Watkins on - s t ree t, i n thi s th e l arge room was densely filled. After some discussion of a Chesterfield or a D'Orsay, and be pretty w e ll town, and who wasawomanofdrunken habits, wasattempt- it was agreed that a voluntary rate of twopence in the WARD MEETII -worked nevertheless. ing to get in at one of the bedroom windows by means of pound b e l a id on th e respec ti ve assessments i n t h e town- VAUXHALL.—The liberal elector: a ladder; but, as it happened to be too short, she fell ship, with the view of defraying that portion of the par- room, Vauxhall-road, on Thursda down, and pitching upon her head, fa ctured her skull so liamentary expenses, to be incurred in getting the docks ' ' measures to secure the return of W EXHIBITION OF THE LIVERPOOL ACADEMY. badly that she died on Thursday. It appeared that she rated, which falls to the share of Toxteth-park. F. Macgregor, Esc occupied the cl had previously got through one of the bedroom windows, SELECT VESTRY.—The general meeting of the Liver- • ' sent W. Brown, ti cq M.P. W. and had been found drunk in bed by her husband ; but pool Select Vestry was held on Tuesday, the Rev. Rector B . " • FOURTH NOTICE. Brown, in eulogis terms, propose how she got out of the house is matter of conjecture. Campbell presiding. After the usual routine business had ' 199. Portrait of the Rev.- Jonathan Brooks, M.A., LI VE R POOL ' aid SCHOOLINSTITUTE AZAAC.—, been gone through, the report of Mr. T. C. Brown, the SUNDAY delivering the prizes in the Lecture-hall of the Liverpo ol conchal the motion. Mr. Rathben The bazaar in of the funds of this institution was held Government Inspector of Schools, upon the progress of on. e • • Collegiate Institution. TV. J. Bishop. The admirers of in . rating question, and oppo on Tuesday and Wednesday last, at the Royal A ssem bl y - th e c hild ren i n t h e Ki r k dale Industrial School, was read. our estimable sen i or rec t or w ill regar d thi s wor k o f our rooms, Great George-street, which were beautif u lly d e - Th e s t a t e o f t h e b oys ' school generally met with the lip; docks—fir s t, as un j us t ; secon d. talented townsm an , M r . Bi s h op , w i t h sa ti s f act i on, t h at a third as impoliti c . H e was now 6' corated. The bazaar was under the patronage of many proval of the inspector ; but he reported that the girls record so faithful of one, who may before long be called no wish to be longer in the Counci gentlemen of eminence, among whom were the Right school was in a very inefficient state, and recommended away from amongst us, will be left to recal the memory of he were elected, he should consent Hon. the Earl of Harrowby and W. Brown, Esq., M.P., some alterations in the system of education pursued his form and features. The benevolent and dignified ex- more. Some subsidiary business s each of whom presented £5 . to the funds of this institute. therein. After a short discussion the report was referred pression of the original, as he appeared on the occasiontion was agreed to, pledging the The proceedings were pleasingly enlivened at intervals by to the School Committee, with instructions to carry out Rathb selected, is well preserved. one ; and thanks having beer Thomas the performance of some excellent music on the piano- . the recommendations of the inspector.--A . letter was 247. Portrait of Braithtvaite Poole, Esq. man, the meeting separated: Midge. This is another excellent portrait of a gentleman forte. The total amount realized was £228, and in all read from Messrs. S. and J. Holme, complaining of the ADERCROMBIE.—A meeting of probability the committee will have at their disposal, position in which they had been placed . by the vestry, well known to a large circle of friends ; and its interesting held on Thursday to secure the eh Esq., and it was 'numerously atten after paying expenses, £2OO. with reference to the new workhouse, and informing them character is increased by the fact of its having been pre- SUDDEN DEATH.—An inquest was held on Saturday, that they . should hold the Vestry responsible e for any fiths occupied the chair. Mr. Neil sented to Mr. Poole by the clerks of the London and North Western, the Lancaster and Carlisle and the Cale- before Mr. Curry, on view of the body of Ann Samuel, claims which loss me had actually r fit person, and warmly eulogized hi, donian Railway Companies, as a tribute of respect for the aged 70 years, wife o t f i Jaeo Samuel, stone-mason. t The h t de . lay i an a d m i i ossw sustaining • and they sus-fuitheryinti- man. gl la be e h "ildse• upons -o l tl T. ,t i Mr. Waddington seconded latter is absent from thetown, and tis . no known we- since if were daily . g , unanimously carried. Mr. Lee be mode in which he has conducted himself towards them timer he be dead or alive. Deceased lived in Tarleton- I mated, that it was detern»ned to build another work- his opinions. He approved of the re during a large business connexion. street, Everton, with her daughter-in-law. On Thursday I house in another locality, they would decline entering was not sure as to the rating of corps 244. A Welsh Stream—H. J. Boddington—is a pleas ni ht about nine o'clock, deceased went to bed, and into a new competition, but would seek for compensation was against heavy rates for senator ing specimen of this excellent landscape painter. There is g of pain in her side. She slept in by for tl of complained a a freshness about it which very delightful. 'herself. About eight o'clock next morning she was entered into between themselves and the Vestry. The of . the water scheme. Officers 257. e s pas Redgauntlet's visit to Allan Fairford. C. found quite dead in bed. Before going to bed. she and 1 letter was referred to the Building Committee.—The re- out the vi e w s of theeffect I . e . meeting into Compton. We can scarely conceive the idea of the clever her son David (who is a police-officer) sang a hymn to- lief for the past week was reported to be £137, being £B6 said, with reference to the water sc young :Edinburgh lawyer being fairly represented by the dumpish-looking youth before us. It is not, however, 5 ether. She had previously had (some time ago) one or more than in th e correspon di ng wee k o f 1847 . two attacks of apoplexy. The body was warm when D,ocx CO_iiMITTEE.—The committee of the Marine could not be made to pay an extra t the water' of the new . lihourh ' ood i for the sake of taking this exception to it that we notice • found. Mr: Woods, surgeon, who examined the body, Department submitted a repoit as to the complaint of the than that brought from Rivington. this picture at all, but to express our surprise zit the ttn attributed the cause of death to apoplexy.—Verdict ac- master pilots with: to the mew 'landing stage, and •subjects which eof ont artists gularly uninteresting cordingly. its removal to a better site ; also ap, eessity Lion. In his opinion Mr. Lee wa or a gipsy encampment, a fine interior, a horse, a cow, or AURORAis OREALIS.—On Wednesday night l as t, th e s h ow i pg th a t th ere was a greater d ept h o f water b y two straightforward man. After some Boreal and beautiful phenomenon known as the Aurora feet north of the stage than at the time the soundings a basket. of filet. Where an incident, however, has to he is, or the Northern Lights, appeared above this were previously taken. The, Chairman remarked, that • •character drawn, it, must be an incident ofd ' depicted, or a character that we care something about. A bashful booby . 01iliourhood with a degree of magnificence, the result of the soundings town , and i nz, , , ~,,,,.,,la f._.,_...,... , . TA T TA T I\TT T, T T . .. . . . . . , . . WARD MEETINGS. was in a very ineincient state, and recommendea some alterations in the system of education pursued therein. After a short discussion the report was referred to the School Committee, with instructions to carry out the recommendations of the inspector.--A letter was read from Messrs. S. and J. Holme. complaining of the position in which they had been placed by the vestry, with reference to the new workhouse, and informing them that they should hold the Vestry responsible for any claims which might be made upon them through their delay and the loss which Messrs. Holme had actually sus tained, and were daily sustaining ; and they further inti mated, that if it was determined to build another work house in another locality, they would decline entering into a new competition, but would seek for compensation for the non-fulfilment of the engagement which has been entered into between themselves and the Vestry. The letter was referred to the Building Committee.—The re lief for the past week was reported to be £137, being £B6 more than in the corresponding week of 1847. DOCK CO_iiMITTEE.—The committee of the Marine Department submitted .a report as to the complaint of the master pilots with respect to the 'new landing stage, and its removal to a better site; also a plan of the soundings, showing that there was a greater depth of water by two feet north of the stage than at the time the soundings were previously taken. The Chairman remarked, that the result of the soundings showed the pilots were not competent to give an pinion upon it; he could also state that the soundings were rather deeper to the south. It appeared that the corn mittee, after an interview with some of the master pilots as to the docking of vessels, recom mended that the small landing stage should be removed to the Prince's Parade—that the chains at the north and south ends of the great stage be removed, and that inner mom ings be substituted as soon as the sanction of Mr. Cubitt could be obtained. Some discussion then took place, but it being t he general opinion of the committee that the recommendation as to the small stage did not come within the province of the Dock Committee, as it belonged to the Corporation, the matter was referred back.—The Harbour-masters' Committee reported that they had reconsidered the subject referred to them as to the appointment of a master to the Toxteth Dock, and they were again unanimous in recommending Mr. Wm. Foyle. After some remarks by Mr. Tobin, the recom mendation was confirmed.—A letter from Messrs. Case and Morris, calling attention to the charge of lid. per ton on coals passing from the canal to the docks, which they considered, in certain cases, a grievance, was referred to 'the Finance Committee. HISTORIC SOCIETY Oi• LANCASHIRE AND CHESHIRE. —The first meeting of this society for the session was held on Wednesday evening, at the Collegiate Institution. Thomas Moore, Esq., in the chair. Letters of apology for non-attendance, owing to previous engagements, were read from his Worship the Mayor, the Earl of Sefton, and 'Sir Edward Cust. It was announced that the number of members was 200, and one of the recent additions was the Very Rev. the Dean of Chester. The Mayor read a list of donations. Amongst them was an ancient Saxon quern or corn-mill, which had been presented by William Stuart, Esq., of Springfield, Knotty Ash. It was found near Up Holland, in this county, in the cutting of the Li verpool and Bury Railway. Dr. Hume read the inaugural address. It noticed the tendency of the English mind to literature, and the present disposition to prefer non-scien tific subjects, or what was called " literary and learned." It concluded by an able review. of the advantages of such a society. Richard Brooke,. Esq., F,S.A., read an inter esting paper on the aueileat family of Wyche, or De la 'Wyche, with a descriptive account of the family seat at Audoita BOREALIS.—On Wednesday night last, the striking and beautiful phenomenon known as the Aurora Borealis, or the Northern Lights, appeared above this town and neighbourhood with a degree of magnificence, not much inferior, we should think, to what is seen in higher northern latitude than ours. The phenomenon commen ced a little before nine o'clock with a cloud or haze of white light at the north point of the horizon, similar to what precedes the rising of the moon. For a quarter of an hour there was merely a slight flickering of light, Lut from that time until half-past nine o'clock the whole he misphere was covered with streamers and waves or sheets of light, exhibiting that rapid undulatory motion peculiar to the Aurora Borealis. In consequence, no doubt, of the Aurora Borealis, the electricity in the atmosphere had such an effect on the wires of the electric telegraph, that the needles at both the machines there were completely deflected, so much so, as to make them f or th e time com pletely useless. The Chester Chronicle describes the aurora as visible there from after eight until midnight, with splendid coruscations from the meridian towards the horison, of all the tints of the rainbow. Most of the other provincial papers notice similar appearances. THE WEATHER. — Du ring the greater part of our past editorial week we experienced a degree of cold, with the wind from the north-east quarter, which is rarely experi enced at this season of the year. On Wednesday, Thurs. day and Friday especially, the air was piercing, and on the mornings of the two latter days thi n s h eets o f i ce covere d the ponds in the neighbourhood. The lieges were unex pectedly taken aback by this prematu re a d vent o f a w i ntry atmosphere, and additional garments c ame i n t o requ i s i t i on. On Thursday, a very slight fall of snow fell, but whitened nothing. On Saturday the cold gave way to a milder tem perature, after a small shower. Sunday was rainy, with an E.S.E. wind, until the afternoon, when it brightened up, and with the exception of a smart shower about four o'clock, the latter part was fine. At night the sky became clear. Yesterday was mild and fine. The field crops yet in the ground look well—especially turnips and mangles. It now appears nearly certain that the potato crops gene rally will fall short of what was expected. Latterly the disease does not seem to have made much progress in the field ; but quantities of the root, gathered in apparently fair condition, have Yielded to its influence, and picking and hurrying to market has naturally resulted. The arti cle is on the rise in our markets,—fair quality at about 10d. per 211 b., and good to prime ls. to ls. 2d. and a moderately pretty woman, with the aid even of an parlour, do not furnish a subject for a leptha's Daughter the last day of Mourning— O'Neil—is a pleasing production, displaying a poetical Oct. vut• A.1 , -, 1134 Ch ft... Alderley, in Cheshire. Mr. Avison, the treasurer, pro- ' BIGAMY.—On Friday, a young man of superior_ appear- CORRESPONDENCE. duced an interesting deed, dated 1636, relative to Tithe- ance, who gave his name W. F. Crawley, and who, it barn -street and Moor-fields. Mr. Mayer produced the seems, is the master of a vessel, was placed in the dock at THE CHOLERA. original agreement relative to the first whaling ship sent the Police-court, on the rather unusual charge of bigamy. to Greenland from Liverpool. Its date was 1754. Se- A remarkably pretty girl, whose mild and lady-like de- TO THE EDITOR OF THE LIVERPOOL STANDARD. veral of the names in it are those of persons from whom meanour proved her to be a person of the higher class of SlR,—When the town in the fable was threatened with streets have been named. Mr. Mayer also produced a society, stepped into the witness box, and, having stated a siege, the individuals convened to consult as to the beet broad sheet relative to the supply of water to the town of that her name was Eliza Crawley, went on to charge the n'aterials with which to construct the fortifications bad Liverpool in 1767. A selection of silver coins, presents to prisoner with having intermarried with a woman in the each his own particular interest in view in the various lans recomm en d e d f or a d opt i on ; ' out now that this king the society, were exhibit e d. Oth er cur i os i t i es were also present year, in this town, she being his wife at the time. P shown, and after an inspection of these the meeting broke Her marriage took place in the year 1845, at Bristol, from dom is threatened with the invasion of a f a r mo re de- Up. which place she could produce witnesses who were present structive foe than any human enemy, and lam disposed when the ceremony was performed. In answer to a ques- in consequence to propose something in the way of ford- ADDRESS OF CONDOLENCE TO THE DUKE OF tion from the Bench, she stated that at present she was fication against this adversary, which is th e cholera, no PORTLAND.—TESTIMONIAL TO THE LATE lodging at No. 2, Q ueen - s t ree t, Bi r k en h ea d . I t was a l - one w i ll be able to accuse me of being an interested ad- LORD GEORGE BENTINCK. leged tat the prisoner was married last at St. Nicholas's viser on the occasion, though I may be an object of ridie On Wednesday a p u bli c meet i ng o f th e mem b ers of Church, in this town, in July ; thi s was s h own cu l e, for which l am perfectly prepared. from the register-book, but Mr. L?vett, the regis- From what I have read, heard, observed and experie , the Liverpool Constit u ti ona l A ssoc i at i on was h eld at the trar, and who is als o th e c l er k o f St. N ic h o l as ' s Ch urch, enced, personally, I feel convinced that salted brandy will dress of condole nce t o th e D u k e o f P ort l an d , for appro- Clarendon-rooms, f or th e p urpose o f su b m i tt i ng an ad failed to identify C raw l e y ; w hi c h, i n d ee d , i s not remark- b e f ound one of the most efficacious remedies in the val, and of adopti ng measures w i t h t h e v i ew to the able when it is cons id ere d th a t th ere were 300 marr i ages d readful disease in question ; and I would urge every one registered by him last year. After some d e l ay a f emale to b e provided with it, and recommend its being taken in erection of a public testi mon i ,1 t o th e memory o f t h e late lamented Lord Geo rge B en ti nc k. Th e meet i ng was nu- named Everson was produced, w h o s t a t e d t h at s h e was I large doses at i n t erva l s o f two h ours, until t he stomach merously and respe c t a bly a tt en d e d. Sh ort l y a f ter one present when the marriage was so l emn i ze d b etween an d b owels become quiescent and the pain subdued. o'clock, the chair was t a k en b y M r. Ald erman 11loly- the prisoner and th e fe ma l e r ef erre d t o a t St . Ni c h o l as ' s I have read that very large doses of opium proved a nom. Church, in the J u ly o f th e p resen t year. Th e pri. certain cure of cholera, but the writer did not announce The CHAIRMAN. opened th e p rocee di ngs b y stat i ng soner being asked if h e h a d a n y d e f ence lo offer, stated in what phy s i ca l con diti on t h e pat i ents so treated were that the me e ti ng was convene d i n pursuance of the that he did not de n y the marr i age a t S t. Ni c h olas ' s l e f t. Church, but did that whi c h wa s sa id t o h ave t a k en p l ace A s i n attacks of the cholera everything taken into the wishes of the C omm itt ee o f t h e Li verpool C onstitutional Association, who w er e unan i mous l y o f op i n i on that an at Bristol. The truth wa s, th a t w h en h e was at B r i stol, stomach is almost immediately rejected, I would advise, address of cond o l ence t o th e D u k e o f P ortland was ne- in July, 1845, h e b ecame acqua i n t e d w ith t h e person i n the event of the first dose being rej.xted, a repetition cessary and desirable, as a mar k o f respect to the representing herself to be his wif e; s h e was t h en li v i ng o f t h e dose, which will, probably, be allowed to remain memory of so distinguished a statesman as Lord George with a gentleman by whom she had a child ; he left Bris- undisturbed. Bentinck had been— a s t a t esman w h o was anx i ous to tol, and was absent un til O c t o b er i n th e same year. The I may, perhaps, avail myself, through your kind per devote his best exer ti ons t o th e promot i on of the agri- complainant repeated h er a s ser ti on th a t w i tnesses could m i ssion, of a future opportunity in order t o s t a t e my rea be produced w h o saw th e ceremony per f ormed. It was sons for recommending salted brandy as one of the most cultural, commercial an d s hip p i ng i nterests o f t hi s great country, and eve r y b ranc h o f our co l on i a l possessions. also stated th a t th ere was a thi r d w if e at M ullingar, in efficacious remedies for the cholera, but my present limits (Hear, and applause.) The Chairman concluded by Ireland ; but the date of this marriage was not ascertain- will admit of my doing no more than to subscribe myself, calling on Mr. H. C. Chapman, of the firm of Messrs. ed. After another lapse the subject of the marriage in your faithful servant, SAMUEL FENTON. Chapman, Bowman, and Co., to read the address which Liverpool was produced. She appeared to be a respecta- Waveriree, Liverpool, 19th Oct., 1848. had been prepared for adoption. ble person. On entering the witness-box her feelings _______...._ " MAY IT PLEASE YOUR GRACE.—We, the members of the overpowered her,. and she was for some time unable to DR. M'NEILE AND THE MAIL. Liverpool Constitutional Association, beg leave to express our reply to the questions which were put to her. Mr. Lovett heartfelt sympathy with your Grace in the sad bereavement immediately recognised her. Her maiden name was TO THE EDITOR OF THE LIVERPOOL MAIL. wit " h which it has pleased th e Al m i g h ty to a ffli ct you. - Isabella Hall, and h er pl ace o f res id ence i s N o. 7, Law- S lR,— Y our comments on my letter in your paper Of Under ordinary circumstances, strangers as we are person ally to your Grace, we should not presume to intrude upon the son-street,. Abercromby-seuare. The poor woman asked last Saturday have forc a e l d smse m urt e stt i o n hna to cet u tn n i w :r i c l e l a; it si i e e n , its l h i r u eit t )st i i i ma ie sp y yl i e ta ol,. permission to see the man who had so grossly cheated ble, collision with you. As you have chosen to persist In sanctity of your sorrow, even with words of condolence; but no common events characterised the brief public career of her, but Mr. Rushton advised her to forego her desire as that., which, whether intentional or not on your part, ii your admirable son, and by them we feel compelled to address it woul result in no good. The prisoner is remanded. inan and fact plainest a your Grace on the melancholy occasion of •his death. - ' "At a time when `ships, colonies, and commerce' were abobt awnra,san+ ;+ to he sacrificed wit hinit a str....Aa at ri,...1...:..- ~c. —ity of your sorrow, even with words of condolence; but no common events characterised the brief public career of your admirable son, and by them we feel compelled to address your Grace on the melancholy occasion of •his death. - " At a time when `ships, colonies, and commerce' were ahont to be sacrificed without a struggle at the shrine of a supposed political necessity, Lord George Bentinck raised the banner of the constitution from the ground, and summoned round it the manhood of the country MORE BULLIONIST ADMISSIONS "Throughout the arduous struggle which ensued, and which is still continued, it was his voice that cheered, his spirit that animated, his courage that sustained, his indefatigable industry that stimulated, and his unswerving constancy that nerved the labours, the hearts, the energies, the exertions, and the counsels of his followers. His, too, was the patient toil and honest indignation that exposed and held up to public reprobation partisan dishonesty and official mean ness ; and we are sorrowfully convinced that it was this—his self-denying devotion to the best interests of the empire— which brought him to his untimely tomb. "Well, then, may all true Englishmen mourn over the loss your Grace ' s , ed, f they -^ it with von. ags of its mercantile navy aat ni 6 ,., iet. as exchange was but one heartfelt expression of sorrow; but we, the members of the Constitutional Association, which owed its existence to that public spirit which he evoked, and on which he relied for support, wish to add to these manifestations this imperfect record of our gratitude and our grief, and to be permitted thus to assure your grace that, although none may compare their loss to yours, we and thousands of Englishmen, own and feel a community in your bereavement. represent it (From the Manchester Courier.) " Commerce," says the Times of Wednesday last, " has been thrown quite out of gear, and we are in an abnor mal state. We have a balance to pay, and must pay in gold. England, however, happily for herself, does not produce gold, and only keeps enough for the purposes of commerce, including the very purpose in question—the settlement of international balances. We shall not go on regularly paying for corn in gold—though, indeed, it would be no such foolish bargain to give what we cannot eat for that which we can. When we have paid our neighbours in money, and their immediate want is rv... •••• • modity. They will come back to our manufacturers." True, it is not " a foolish bargain to give what we can not eat for what we can." But if, by the absurd and suicidal regulations which our contemporary strangely prostitutes his talents to support, what we cannot eat is made as essential to the body politic as corn is to the hu man person, keep it we must, at whatever risk, at what ever sacrifice. During the war we let our gold g_ as it listed—the currency was maintained in numerical sufficiency, and even our vast expenditure caused general prosperity. Because (the purchasing power of currency being the same) the more money is spent, i. e. passed fiom consumer to producer, the greater the production. the more flourishing trade, better wages, increased pro fits. Our free traders interfere to prevent the payment of corn with gold. They keep the gold for the purely acci dental and unnecessary purpose of a medium of internal exchange—attempting, as we have shewn. to disguise the absurdity of this procedure by terming gold coin " capi tal,"—capital, we all know, (but in another sense of the word,) being necessary to production. But the absurdity remains.' The mischiefs are before us. We keep what we cannot eat, and deprive our wretched artizans of that which they want; or, if any considerable portion of gold be sent abroad, the necessary result is a currency panic and industrial disorganisation. "We are sure that your Grace will join with us in hoping that the example set by your lamented son will be followed by many others, and that from all ranks in the community men may r.se up, if not gifted with his extradinary powers, yet animated by a like spirit of honour and patriotism to yin , " the cause so der- :or whinh he so devotedly contended. In conclusion, we Pray that the All-wise and All-merciful disposer of events may be pleased to comfort your Grace in your affliction, and enable you to bear with resignation this heavy blow. You have told your readers that my opinions upon a vital subject have been modified, and that, in conse— quence, my line of conduct will be modified. The truth is, that my opinions have undergone no modification whatever ; and it is not my intention that my conduct should exhibit any change. To his Grace the Duke of Portland, " 'Welbeck Abbey, Notts." Mr. CHAPMAN having moved the adoption of this address, “) or stay HAROLD LITTLEDALE, Esq., said he had gre a t pl easure in seconding th e mo ti on , and expressed a hope that so admirable an address would meet with general approba tion. The conversation out of which this fiction has arisett might have taken place five, or ten, or twenty years ago. as well as in the present year. I have always felt that to give the scheme of Romish endowment even a plausible appearance, it must be connected with p rov i soes o f the kind referred to. I have always felt also, that even with those precautions, the plan would be delusive and useless. No new opinion has been embraced on my part, no nets The motion was put, and unanimously carried. The CHAIRMAN said he had now to acquaint the meet ing that he had the day before received a letter from Lord John Manners, written on behalf of his lordship himself, and also on behalf of the Marquis of Granby, memory of the late Lord George Bentinck, and in which in which the aid of the Corporation of Liverpool was sought with the view of getting up some public testimonial to the a very strong desire was expressed that the movement on this subject would be taken up in various parts of the country. The Chairman put it to the meeting to say whether they would join in so very desirable a work. Mr. CHAPMAN said it would be advisable for the Liver pool Constitutional Association to put themselves in com munication with an association for this purpose, which was about to be formed in London, by the Duke of Rich mond and the Marquis of Granby. " 1-1 a believed it was the opinion of the Duke of Richmond that the subscrip tions should be limited to a maximum amount, de scending to a minimum sum—say from £5 to order that the memorial might be a truly national one As to my line of duty, I have already stated, in the most explicit terms, that I should regard the scheme in question as fraught with the greatest possible peril to the nation—the peril of bringing down upon it the wrath of a justly-offended God. With this conviction, how will it be possible for any one possessing any sincere regard foe. his country's welfare, to remain inert or careless ? We ask no more than that the admissions made by the builionists themselves should be consistently reasoned upon and carried into practice. The obvious cause that foreign countries have not sufficient gold to send for our manufactures is, because we previously impounded by force all the gold which the currency doctors of '44 deemed necessary to be kept in this country. If, as the Times says, we had " paid our neighbours in money" (gold coin)—if by the plan so ably developed in the Eco nomist, or the one suggested by Mr. Alison, of a carefully As to the endowment of the Rornih priests being " inevitable," I ne v e r th oug h t so. I never said so. Re garding the plan as a suicidal one, how could I asFurne f either of an individual or a community, that it was inevi table that he, or it, should be guilty of an act of self destruction ? Be content, then, sir, to urge your opinions by such arguments as you think available; but do not ascribe to me thoughts or purposes of which I am wholly innocent, and the very reverse of which I openly profess. I am, sir, your obedient servant, HUGH M•NEILE: Aigburth, 17th October, 1848 .estricted paper currency convertible into gold at the market price, we had maintained the numerical amount of currency which the test of a moderate fixed rate of interest—say three or four per cent.—chewed to be wanted for the trade of the country, our neighbours would have wished to spend that worthless commodity, and would have sent it back to us in exchange for manu factures. Our manufacturers of silk and cotton, and iron, would have produced what the others would have . wanted to purchase. Our operatives would have been fully em ployed. .The country would have prospered., MEETING OF THE JEWISH SOCIETY of persons in almost every station of life. When _he con sidered that there were 3000 ships out of England alone, he thought if they could not muster ss. a ship, there TO THE EDITOR OF THE LIVERPOOL COL TITER. DEAR SIR,—In looking over the report of the meeting held last night, in the Collegiate Institution, for the Jews' Society, as given in the Liverpool Standard of this morning, I perceive that that portion of it which has reference to myself is so untruly reported, (I trust unin— tentionally so,) that I feel it to be my duty to lay before the public, if you will kindly permit me, the plain facts of the case as they really occurred. Eistritt petus. The London So'ciety fOrPromotineChris the Jews has professedly for its simple obj 4 of the knowledge of Christ's Gospel anion without any regard to the differii:e views nity amongst t►e grat►tude on the part of the ship owners towards Lord George Bentinck, who had ably defended their interests. (Hear, and applause.) If they could form a committee here, to act, in the first instance, as a sort of corresponding committee with the general committee in London, they should be enabled to gather the feelings and wishes of the gentlemen of Liverpool as to the sort of testimonial they would prefer; but it was the general wish, at present, that it should be a testimo nial alike worthy of the country, and of the talent, the ability, and the distinguished career of Lord George Bentinck. (Loud applause.) He had great pleasure, therefore, in moving that the Committee of the Constitu tional Association be constituted a committee for putting themselves to communication with the general committee hereafter to be formed in London, with power to add to their numbers. et the diffusion Est that people, up porters may individually entertain of Jewish prophecy. Such being the constitution of the society, I became s member of it, and a subscriber to its funds, some year!' ago, and have warmly supported it, by preaching or otherwise, ever since. But I have perceiv,d, with much pain, that, notwithstanding the society's avowed compre hensiveness, its anniversary meetings in Liverpool have, for some time, been so arranged that the speaking has all been one-sided, in respect of theological opinions. For instance, last year, the chairman and all the speakerS were, without a single exception, Millemxjazja vier•t"bf'ut,tiltllled A Board of Health has been established at Chester. A dividend of 20s. per share is likely to be paid by the unfortunate Bank of Manchester, and 6s. Bd. per share can be paid at any time. s I co ws, as opposed to io, a most stron ft o• A. I . The Rev. Dr. Carpenter preached at St. Paul's Church, Preston, on Wednesday, in aid of the schools attached to the church. The Art Journal states that Mr. T. S. Cooper, A.R.A., has sold his large picture of the " Battle of Waterloo," o a gent in Lancashire, for 1,000 guineas unity, and finding invariably that they we On Tue3day, William Townsend and Joseph Daniels, two labouring men, were killed by a fall of heavy logs, in a timber yard at Manchester. tural Christi - - re exclusively that it would advocated on the society's platform, I not be consistent with my duty to c( ue my attend- Mr. H. LITTLEDALE seconded the motion, which was adopted, and the name of Mr. Clint was added to the Testimonial Committee. The ROrnan Catholic chapel, erected in Mulberry-street, Manchester, was opened on Thursday with the usual ce remonial service, a pontifical high mass, two bishops and a considerable number of Roman Catholic clergy officiating. A skiff match between James Candlish, of Newcastle upon-Tyne, and Robert Dawes, of Manchester, came off on the river Irwell, on Monday last. The match, which was for £3O a side, was won easily by Candlish. A movement has been commenced at Rochdale against the very great cost of the county constabulary in that di vision. The board of guardians have adopted a petition to the magistrates on the subject. On Tuesday, an explosion of fire damp took place in a pit at Ashton-in-Mackerfield, belonging to Mr. Stock, by which the lives of five men were unfortunately lost. Their limbs were broken in a frightful manner, and their deaths must have been instantaneous. ance at the meetings without some attempt at remon strance. Accordingly, I have spoken on the subject re peatedly to the secretaries, and only a very short time since stated in writing to one of them, Mr. Boutflower, my earnest wish, that both sides of the Jewish question should be fairly set before the meeting, if, indeed, it should be thought desirable to introduce the subject at " ' • ' I 'mirth antihtpd_ Tint fba The CHAIRMAN thanked the gentlemen present for their attendance, and hoped that the committee just for med would be productive of good, and that they would produce a result honourable to the town of Liverpool and the country in general. (Applause.) --ie.-- THE MUNICIPAL ELECTIONS to attend to my wish was ever manifested • • VAUXHALL.—The liberal eleCtors met at the committee room, Vauxhall-road, on Thursday afternoon, to adopt measures to secure the return of W. Rathbone, Esq. W. P. Macgregor, Esq. occupied the chair. There were pre sent W. Brown, Esq., M.P., W. Earle, Esq., &c. Mr. Brown, in eulogistic terms, proposed Mr. Rathbone, no ticing his consistent conduct heretofore. Mr. Earle se conded the motion. Mr. Rathbene expressed his views on the rating question, and opposed the rating of the docks—first, as unjust; second, as impracticable, and third as impolitic. He was now 62 years of age, and had no wish to be longer in the Council, but at this crisis, if he were elected, he should consent to act for three years more. Some subsidiary business succeeded, when a mo tion was agreed to, pledging the meeting to support Mr. Rathbone ; and thanks having been voted to the chair man, the meeting separated: AnEacuomum.—A meeting of the conservatives was held on Thursday, to secure the election of Thomas Lee, Esq., and it was numerously attended. Alderman Grif fiths occupied the chair. Mr. Neil proposed Mr. Lee as a fit person, arid warmly eulogized him as a merchant and a man. Mr. Waddington seconded the motion, and it was unanimously carried. Mr. Lee being introduced stated his opinions. He approved of the rating of the docks, but was not sure as to the rating of corporate property, and he was against , heavy rates for sanatory purposes, unless they were shown to be necessary. He was against the carrying out of the water scheme. Officers were appointed to carry the views of the meeting into effect. Mr. Josias Booker said, with reference to the water scheme, the rate-payers could not be made to pay an extra tax, and he considered the water of the neighbourhood would be found purer than that brought from Rivington. He spoke of the ne cessity of affording employment to the working popula tion. In his opinion Mr. Lee wag a sensible, sterling, straightforward man. After some routine business the meeting broke up. CURIOUS NOTIONS ABOUT PROPERTY.—A short time since, eighteen houses, situated in Little Ireland, Man chester, were advertised for sale. Upon learning this, the tenants seem to have come to the unanimous determina tion to have compensation they took in kind, viz., the doors, grates, windows, shutters, staircases, &c., of the doomed houses, which in consequence have been left in a most ruinous condition, little but bricks and mortal. re maining. One man distinguished by the amount he had think it was an honest and lawful on; abstracted, has been committed for trial, MOST GRATIFYING TESTIMONIALS.-110 Rev. R. T. Wheeler, incumbent of St. John's church, Blackburn, has been presented by the candidates for confirmation with a handsome silk gown and cassock. A few of the fe male candidates also presented him with a set of bands which they had worked for him.—On Friday, the Rev. A. G. Bdouart, incumbent of St. Paul's church, Blackburn, was presented with a very handsome silver cup, by the young people whom he had prepared for confirmation.— On the same day the Rev. T. Sharpies, of St. Peter's church, in the same town, was presented with a handsome silver pocket communion service, under similar circum stances. every loier of fair play would most read to be just. Arid yet E one which 'knowledge WONDERFUL ESCAPE ON A RAILWAY.—On Monday last, Mrs. Edward Statham, who resides at the lodge of Messrs. Marshall's factory in this town, was coming up from Liverpool, by the half-past twelve o'clock train with her daughter, a little girl about five years old, sitting upon her knee. Soon after passing the St. Helens, station, the child stood up on her mother's lap, and was about to look out of the window, but the door being unfastened, suddenly opened, and the child fell out while the train was going forward at full speed. The distressed mother would have jumped out after the child, but was held down by her fellow-passengers. The screams of Mrs. Statham and the other persons in the carriage alarmed the guard, who gave the signal to the driver, and the train was stopped about a mile from the place where the child was supposed to have fallen out. A search was immedi ately made, a general impression prevailing that the little girl must have been dashed to pieces, but to the surprise of all. the child was found to have fallen in the soft mud in the ditch, and to be uninjured. The train however was put back and the child was soon after de posited safe and sound in her mother's arms. The little girl is remarkably intelligent, and detailed to us the cir cumstances of the case with great accuracy.—Stockport Mercury. AWFUL DESTITUTION:IN OAKENSHAW.—We received a few days ago a communication detailing the deplorable condition of the operative population in and around Oakenshaw, in consequence of the stoppage of the print works of Messrs. Fort, Brothers, and Co. The recital is truly affecting, our correspondent stating that there are some families who have repeatedly been without food for two days together. The following revolting instance occurred on the 4th inst :—A calf belonging to Mr. J o h n Walmsley, farmer, was found dead, and a butch er was engaged to remove the skin in order that th e carcass might be buried. Before he could do this, ho wever , abont forty men and women gathered round hi m , se i ze d atheteuadie!yadpauntiridmal: they ,and hurriedly ie i d t lyin cooked pieces and devoured., which, th oug h 'The effluvium (says our informant) was absolutely sti fling. From inquiries since made we have ascertained that the hands out of employment at Oakenshaw are little short of one thousand in number. These have been re cently paid off in large batches at different times, and the works will be entirely closed, it is expected, in a week or ten days, Many of the hands out of employment have had no regular work for three years, and a few others have had work on the East Lancashire Railway, hut that being finished, they also are destitute. The distress is extreme, and will now be aggravated by the almost com plete exhaustion of the sufferers' credit with the shop keepers, there being now no reasonable hope of the deb tors ever being able to pay. Notwithstanding their severe privations, however, it is extremely creditable to the suf ferers that their conduct has been of the moat peaceful eharacter.—Presion Guardian, What, then, was Itodo ? I might have left the soci. ety, as many eminent Christian men have already done, in disgust. But this, deeply anxious as lam for the con version of Jews, I could not conscientiously do. I deter. mined, therefore, God helping me, that I would, at the next meeting, either in the form of an amendment upon some resolution, or otherwise, if the opportunity should be allowed me, as I hoped it would, express, in a plain and temperate manner, my feeling upon what I consi— dered the unfairness of the arrangement of the public meetings. With this view, I attended the meeting in the Collegiate Institution last night. Dr. M'Neile was in the chair, and the two secretaries were both present. Before the moving of the first resolution, as I-wished to act with courtesy, I communicated to one of the secrete. ries my intention to move an amendment to the resolu— tion, as a subscriber to the society. But I also informed him, that, as I had no wish to speak against the society, or against any of the prophetic views entertained by any members of the society, except so far as might be abso— lutely necessary to explain my own sentiments, I should much prefer to be allowed to have an opportunity of such an explanation in the common course of supporting one of the resolutions. The secretary toll me that he would. consult the chairman. The chairman's reply was, that if I attempted to rise he would put me down. Nothing, thorafnra ramoirtc.l Fnr vv," tnererore, renowned tor me, after this abrupt and un - :. courteous response, but to wait till the resolution had been moved and seconded, and then to use my undoubted privilege as a member of the society, and propose my amendment. POLICE INTELLIGENCE. It may be right here just to state, in precise tenet,' what my amendment was; for, as Dr. ArNeile, by his irregular conduct in the chair, threw the whole meeting into confusion and uproar, I had no opportunity of then declaring what it was; and perhaps it will hardly be be— lieved, that Dr. 14i'Neile, though he assured me of his intention to put me down, never knew, and never asked to know, what the amendment was, which I intended to, propose. _ On Thursday, the Liverpool Gas-light Company were fined 20s. and costs, for taking up the pavement in King street, and not replacing it, as required by the local act. COMMITTAL OF A. MARINE STORE DEALER.—On Wednesday, John M`Donald, a plumber, employed under the Dock Trust, was committed for trial on a charge of stealing a quantity of lead from the docks. The prisoner sold the lead to Elizabeth Bellis, a marine store-keeper, in Greenland-street, and it appearing to the magistrate that she had received the same with a guilty knowledge, she also was sent for trial. _ The amendment was as follows:—" And that it be art instruction to the committee now named, so to a-range these meetings, for the future, that either the subject of Jewish prophecy be not introduced, or, if introduced, that the speaking embrace both sides of the question." Accordingly, when the time came I rose, and, in perfect order, began to propose my amendment. The chairman refused to hear me, and attempted to put me down by clamour. I felt that I was clearly right, and determined, therefore, notwithstanding his insulting remarks, which were utterly foreign to the point of order, which alone he had a right, as chairman, to insist on, not to be put down. And I was not put down. A.t last finding that his angry tone and his determination to deprive me of my undoubted privilege of speech produced no other effect upon me than to increase my resolve to persist ins what was right, he dissolved the meeting, amidst ono of the most disgraceful scenes of confusion which I ever witnessed among men calling themselves Christians. This is a plain statement of the facts as they occurred; How the Liverpool Standard could suppress the fact of the dissolution of the meeting, and in other respects give a completely untrue version of the whole affair, I cannot tell. I have spoken in strong terms of the gross impro-, priety of Dr. M`lsleile's conduct in the chair, but not nearly so strongly as the truth would justify me. Even if I had been out of order, which I was not, still, after ha had himself trespassed upon the indulgence of the meet ing by introducing a mere personal squabble between/ himself and the editor of one of the Liverpool newspapers, on a subject which had nothing whatever to do with sz meeting for the conversion of the Jews, be ought cer tainly, in the common courtesy of a gentleman, to have extended some indulgence to me. But he denied ma plain justice, and that in such a manner, by sneering at my being a member of the Evangelical Alliance, and even descending to the depth of calling names„ that my natural indignation at his unworthy conduct is, I can truly say, far less than my sorrow for his grievous inconsistency. I was, indeed, warned that I ought to expect such treat ment at his hands; but I would not believe it. I gave him credit for better things. I calculated on his fairness. I had often heard him say, that " fair play is a jewel,". and I thought he meant it. I have been sadly disci?... pointed. But, be this as it may, nothing that he can do or say shall ever prevent me from attempting, at least, to state what I believe to be right and Christian at any verpool meeting. BEGGING LETTER I MPO STERS.-Th e Rev. M r . Ew bank appeared at the Police-court, on T uesday, to prefer a charge of imposition against a young man named John Williams. The rev. gentleman said that he was sorry to lay the charge, but he felt it his duty to do so, as, not long since, more than £4O had been raised in contribu tions through the use of his name. The prisoner had come to his house, saying that he was engaged at Mr. Simpson's office as clerk, and was in want of some clothes. He told Mr. Ewbank that he bad been to a friend of his who had given him a waistcoat, and re quested that a coat might be given to him. He told him that he could not give him a coat, but if he would bring him a note from the gentleman he named he would give him five shillings. The prisoner went away, and came back stating that the gentleman had gone out of town, when he told him that if he got a note from Mr. Simp son he would give him five shillings. The prisoner came again to his house on Monday evening with a note, pro fessing to be written by Mr. Simpson, but the suspicions of Mr. Ewbank being rous e d, f r om some inquiries he had made, he gave the man into custody. The note was pro duced in court, and Mr. Simpson stated that it had not been written by him. The prisoner made no defence. Mr. Ewhank said he did not wish to press the case, hilt Mr. Rushton observed that nothing was so essential to proper distribution of benevolence. The hand-writing of the note was well known in court, and there were peo ple in Liverpool entirely living by these means. The prisoner was sent to the House of Correctipu. with hjird, labour for three months. These facts, accompanied by these few necessary obser vations, I beg, through your kindness, to lay before the Liverpool public. I have never had occasion to do taw thing of the sort before. I sincerely hope that I shall ne— ver have occasion to do anything of the sort again. I have done it with much pain ; but a sense of duty both $1 myself aqd others has constrained me. I am, dear sir, your faithful servant, WM. WITHERS EWBANK. Everton,l7th October, 1848. 3RATED P. LANDSEI R'S CELEI DRIVE SHOOTING INTING " THE ON THE PASS." • We have had the pleasure of viewing this splendid work of art, now being exhibited at Mr. Grundy's Repository; and certainly never experienced a higher treat of the kind. In producing this, Landseer has far surpassed, in our esti mation, any of his previous works ; and, it is rendered more interesting from the fact of its being destined henee forth to grace the walls of the palace of our Sovereign 'herself, having been purchased by her consort, - Prince . The subject of fie picture—" The Drive "—is one which may not be very intelligible to every English reader. It exhibits the mode in which the herds are started from their almost inaccessible lairs, and driven to the passes in which the sportsmen lie in wait to select and bring down their game. The scenery is wild and mountainous ; the -time early morning, whilst the mists are slowly rising 'lima the peaks and resealing the seats in which they have • The effect is given uy the painter with a master's hand t-one portion Of the picture, where the sun's earliest ray breeds through the shifting masses and displays the sloping side of a distant motwtain, with a tiny stream, like a line of silver, leaping down, is especially beautiful. The rocks in the foreground, behind which two keepers are sheltering and making ready for their quarry, are magnificently painted ; and the sportsme,: themselves, with their brace of dogs, are studies, i n w hi n ;: Landseer is equalled by none. Th e distance is also fh:se, and throughout jt biropoejibie to fit a fault. The gr a,:deur of coneeptiar: is to the artistic skill with which .corked out. We observe it is about to be permission of Prince Albert, and sold un der pertntendenee o the Printsellers' Association, the ..rly subscribers having an a dvantage in price. every -dei engrat - T,.'4 the.*- Oct. ARRIVEI 4th instant, Pelham, frt SAT LED.' ilillidze, L ten—Feron Eclinse, bulwarks, Recovery en-y-111, . _ Aurdra L Martha E Plate 2Sth E Duke of Snowden St Harlinzr Vrow HE Rani S Zate, With the Cornet, C With loss n 1 Alice Wi! James, fr America, Cambria, R. D. Stir Whitimr. he John Ray Charleston. William i delphi :t. 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