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the Council TO CORR 'ERM( f.ithf, g been co ARTIS lor reference Mount-street, L: ~T C DUBIS and S Two G INTIN SPONDENTS transt to-day will be marks on ntil Tues t of an Ebt Eibirpool otanbarb. FRIDAY MORNING, APRIL lel peculiar gratification in laying before our readers he following letter with which we have been favoured from Lord Kenyon We ft ho is at present de of the making a short soiourn on the oppo not so much on account of his lordship's testi .ntertains of our own humble tnony to the sense h rintural education ; ables us to recon !cause it specia though at an whose opinions sentiments of a nob au times valuable, are on that question parcularly so. We need not say o ne word to impress his lordship's communication on the attention of our readers, and )resent it to the serious consideration fore at one ----- --- - of every Christian mind STANDARD TO THE EDITOR OF THE LIVERPOOL SIR, -Having noticed wi th high gratification the pursued by your able and high-principled paper on the subj. of Christian education in Liverpool, I venture to offer to your g obSl rvations on the ion. I cannot, to the the at- Liverp( tention whose memory is Parliament, follow val, the stat, storm measure that, in this g author of his own punishment an engine for its overthrow diate the measure per se sertion of lurch principles the measure itself, consideration It will not be a whisper ! an essential parishioners For Mr. Birkett, as Overseer, Mr. Henshaw.. ar Mr. Rawland, as Select Vestry Mr. '•`'G lee For Mr. Whitby, as Select Vestryman Mr. Bright.. in its ettea do dear to tt4/ tired hands to rn which has been placed within our reach Churchmen there is this fatal ood town of Liver- s in the cause of religion and ce so dead, and an inaction so palsy ied ? Why—unless it be that man is .t the sun shines Church of England, on the subject of the educa- tion bill now before Parliament—unless some strong demonstration—be promptly made, the measure will Upon every hand its author is menaced with opposi tion. DiSsent, in all its multiform varieties, 'denounces the recognition, contained in it, of the Church's supre- The scoffer against religion denounces its re cognition of the principle that the state is a Christian body, and is bound to care that the people are taught that there is a God over all. The utilitarian " liberal" would have every man find a god and a religion for himself. The Maithusian economist would have us forget that. man has a soul, or a mind, or a heart, or is any other than a flesh-and-blood machine, to be "used up," and cast aside when done with, in the creation of that GOLD, which is the god of his idolatry ! No go vernment, unsupported by the. powerful aid of opinion Igainst such a Sir James Graham, we tell the friends of scriptural and Church-of-England education, will not withstand such storm ! At this moment the entire Ind the principle upon which it is founded, are absolutely in the hands.of the opposing factions — are being moulded by them, at will, into such shape as will destroy every feature - upon which Churchmen can look with confidenee, and every operation which can promote the spread of the national faith. In those hands, a boon offered is being converted into a curse; for what was fashioned for strengthening the founda tion of our revered establishment, is being turned to Now, may we ask, is this as it ought to be ? Are Churchmen determined to set up the principle in this land that dissent is the creed of the state ? Surely not. Some Churchmen, indeed, we have known to repu- By some Churchmen it has n severa instances, however, which have come under our notice, these onceptions of and have been withdrawn upon re- The question, however, still remains to be answered What are Churchmen to do in this crisis—for such Are they, by their apathy, to let pass an oppor tunity, of supporting an honest government in an honest or wise measure, which not only may not occur again, but the omission of which will be productive of consequences so disastrous to the Church ? Are they, by their silence, to aid the cry which dissent and the opponents of all education are so sedulously raising ? We say, decidedly, NO; and to the Churchmen of Liverpool we say, no. We have a duty to perform, which must be performed. The opinions of the people of Liverpool can be pretty audibly expressed. Let the public have the opportunity given them of raising their We perceive that a meeting was held in Manchester on Tuesday, for the purpose of supporting this bill, at which the Dean, and the Revs. Hugh Stowell and C. 1). Wray, and . many other clergymen and gentlemen were present. The public generally are nut, perhaps, aware that a most important election is now going on, of fit and proper persons to hold the respective offices of Church- . _ wardens and Overseers:of the poor of this densely populated parish. The subject, however, will be admitted to be, if well understood, one of deep con- cernment to the community at large,—as involving, in )int, the good and wholesome manage- anent ot the parochial affairs of the town, and, con sequently, of the conservation of those just, humane, and constitutional principles in dealing with the un fortunate poor, which point to the Christian succour of the distressed, with a view to their improvement in morality and provident habits, and, at the same time, with a consistent regard to economy as regards the The gentlemen proposed at the annual vestry meeting, and against whom exception is taken by the Radical section, are Mr. William Birkett, as Overseer; Mr. R. W. Houghton, as Church warden ; and Mr. Rowlands and Mr. Whitby, as Select Vestrymen. Against these, certain individuals have, been pitted, who are -known: either solely from their professions, or their endeavours (hitherto properly defeated,) to increase immeasureably the rates for the support of the poor, and, at the same time, to hand them over to the gentle mercies of_ the new poor-law. The four gentlemen named have not only had much experience in parochial affairs, but have proved them selves to be the considerate friends of the poor, at the same time that they have had especial regard to the interests of the rate-payers. A hue and cry has, ne vertheless, been most unworthily and most unmanfully raised against them by the. Radical, or "liberal" (?) party ; and they have been assailed with all manner of abuse with reference to the management. of the work house ; abuse which, in the opinion of all men of well regulated mind, they, in the consciousness of a rectitude of purpose, can well afford to treat with the contempt which it merits. The Radicals have insidiously made the matter' a party and political question, without refer ence to the capacity or fitness of the men. On Wed nesday a placard was posted on the walls containing a gross libel on Mole gentlemen connected with the admi nistration of parish affairs, to draw a comparison be tween whom and the printers, (and, we believe the writers of that bill,) would only excite scorn and dis gust. We earnestly and confidently call upon every true Conservative Churchman, and staunch Protestant, to hasten this day to the Sessions-house, and record their votes especially for Mr. Wm. Birkett, as one of the Overseers. We know of no one who has done more for the constitutional cause in the town than this gentleman ; none who has devoted more care and attention, or made greater sacrifices of time and personal convenience for the interests of the poor and the rate payers ; and when we inform our readers that the first vote given for his opponent was that of Mr. Boult,— he who so grossiy insulted the whole body of the clergy at the vestry-meeting on Wednesday,—the manager, too, of the Anti-Monopoly Society here, and an avowed Socinian ; . and when we further tell them that Mr. Birkett's opponent's placard was printed at the Mer cury Office, at the expense of the Anti-Corn Law League,—and that the Popish priests are already flock ing to' vote for him,—urging their votaries up for the same purpose,—we may venture to assure ourselves that no right-minded individual will hesitate for one moment as to whom he will give his vote. Mr. Birkett has excited the hatred and rancour of these people, by the high-toned principles he so energetically maintains; and it is by no means'a matter of wonder ment that they should exhibit such hasty anxiety to vote against him. Of his opponent we say nothing. He may be a very respectable man, for aught we know ; and he may be no radical at bottom ; but if he allows himself to become the tool of that despicable faction who are again seeking to smuggle themselves into • power,—he must abide the consequences. We under- stand, too, that he is an advocate of the New Poor Law, with all its stringencies and cruelties. The following was the state of the poll at its close, at four o'clock yesterday : Persons. Votes. For Mr. Houghton, as Churchwarden 218 845 Mr. Riding From this it will he seen. that the radicals have made a dead set against Mr. Birkett, and that the Conserva tives must be up and doing. The election is an: im- portant one, not only as concerns our parochial but— —our general interests—as Christians, as ,atriots, and as men;—for every triumph yielded by uurar:d thigrgorni LOCAL NEW,S supineness to the evil genius of radicalism is an eating into and corrosion of the principles and the power of conservatism, and will, if tamely submitted to, produce consequences which we shall be left to deplore when it s too late to amend. ten Woe and we earnestly implore all true conservatives to record their votes at the earliest possible moment at which they can attend. We need scarcely tell them that the result is entirely in their own has shewn in time past such noble I power. The packet-ship Roscius, which left New York on the 29th ult., arrived at this port on Tuesday last. THE THF.ATKE-ROYAL V. MR. SLOAN, OF THE AMPHI THEATRE.-ThiS case, which was to have been heard at the present Kirkdalt Sessions, was, on the application of Mr, Wilkins, postponed until the next sessions. STRIPPING CIIILDREN.—An elderly woman, of shabby ap pearance, was, on Wenesday, committed for trial at the en suing sessions, on a charge of having stripped a child of a quantity of its clothing, an offence that has of late become very common.—A woman, named M'Donald, was also com mitted for trial for stealing a quantity of clothes from a washerwoman. MELANCHOLY ACCIDENT.-011 Friday night last, as the night packet, her Majesty's ship Medusa, was rounding the eastern pier -head at Kingstown, with the mail for Liverpool, she unfortunately ran down an Arklow oyster sloop which was entering the harbour under sail with a light breeze. A poor fellow named Dereney was drowned, and leaves a wife and four children destitute. The other three men who, to. gether with the deceased, composed the crew, succeeded, af ter passing under the steamer, in saving themselves by swim ming. The accident is wholly to be attributed to the sloop's helm, having been put to starboard. The people on board the steamer have been acquitted of all blame in the transac tion. MURDER IN SALFORD.A shocking occurrence took place in Salford on Friday last, and one which created great excitement amongst the inhabitants in the vicinity of the Town Hall. It appears that 'early that morning, a man named Robert Travis, about 50 years of age, was stabbed by a female named Oliver, alias Morris, who lived ; in a house in Brunswick-street, near the Market-place, and 'with whom he cohabited. The wound was inflicted with a sharp-pointed carving -knife, which penetrated the left side of the ab domen ' • and, although medical assistance was promptly pro cured, he died in the afternoon of the same day. Both he and the woman were intoxicated at the time of the occur rence, and, according to her statement, they had been quar relling, and he had made an attempt to cut her throat, when she snatched the knife from him and stabbed him. On the following morning a coroner's inquest was held on the body when a verdict of " wilful murder" was returned against the woman Oliver. CHURCH PASTORAL AID SOCIETY.—In soliciting atten tion to the announcement, in another column, of the ser mons to be preached on Sunday next in aid of this valuable society, we beg to remind our readers of the peculiar claims which it possesses on the benevolence of the inhabitants of Liverpool. If we remember rightly, the society contributes annually for the spiritual improvement of the town four times as much as our auxiliary association is enabled to remit to the parent society ; whilst on the score of mere justice, the reverse should be the case. Nine grants for clergymen are made to Liverpool at an annual charge of £B2O. We have often been struck, whilst reading the society's oc casional papers, with the remarkable and pleasing con dition of the munufacturing districts which the society has been enabled to assist; and no one can have witnessed the benefits conferred on St. Simon's, St. liarnabas', and other localities of this town, by the society's grants, without being sensible of their value and discrimination. Of course, like everything that is of any worth, the frame work as well as the operations of the society have been made the subjects of much calumny and abuse, but we are glad to see that these attacks have only tended materially to draw around it the affections and increased liberality of the un prejudiced and hightninded. The society's granta at present in this diocese are 72 for clergymen and two for lay assist ants, at an annual charge of £6,260. WOOD PAVING.—The mode adopted for the formation of the London Wood Paving Company is of a nature so un common as to call for particular notice. Instead of relying upon the announcement of a number of high-sounding names at the head of a prospectus, whose possessors might be as sumed to have satisfied themselves individually of the fea sibility of the plan, and of its certainty of success—assump tions too often most unwisely made—this company is consti tuted upon the real merits of the undertaking. A very large proportion of the shares intended to he issued were sub scribed for, at the outset, by parties who made a deliberate enquiry into the peculiar advantages of Perring's Safety Wood Paving, as well as the details with which it was pro posed to be carried into profitable operation. Fully con vinced, by their investigation, these subscribers proceeded to hold a general meeting, and after a public examination of the objects of 'the company, the means of accomplishment, the manner of carrying them into effect, and the inevitably successful results that must ensue, they sery properly se lected from among themselves a board of directors, highly respectable as principals of firms and men of business, and conversant, from the first, with duties which the practical nature of their own occupations must render them emi nently qualified to perforin. The subscribers having thus exercised an'undoubted privilege, further evinced their judg ment by appointing Mr. Lee Stevens to the office of super intendent; a gentleman'who, from his great practical expe rience in wood paving, his celebrity as a lecturer and writer on the subject, and his well-known industry and persever ance, must carry with him more than the common elements of success into an undertaking in every other respect deserv ing of public encouragement. SAILING OF THE BRITISH AND NORTH AMERICAN MAILSTEANI-SHIP" H £BSRNIA."—The splendid steam-ship Hibernia, Captain Judkins, sailed from this port on her first voyage to Boston and Halifax on Wednesday. She had pre viously been hauled out to the company's moorings in the Sloyne (near Birkenhead), where she was seen to advantage, and attracted much admiration by her compact and noble appearance, she being one of the finest steamers in every respect that has yet been afloat. The greater number of the passengers, accompanied h 3 their friends, were taken on board at half-past eleven, from the Egrernont slip, in one of the Rock Ferry steamers, the deck of which was densely crowded. The day was remarkably fine and sunny, with a light southerly wind.; and hundreds of spectators assembled on the Egremont and neighbouring piers to witness the de parture of the passengers. The passage to the Sloyne /vas rapidly made, and the embarkation on board the huge steam ship, together with the transhipment of an immense .quan tity (though only a remaining part) of the luggage, formed a scene of much interest and animation. The Hibernia started, with a still up-going tide, at 21 minutes past one o'clock. At 25 minutes to two o'clock she passed opposite St. Nicholas's Church, keeping towards the Cheshire shore. She presented a noble appearance as she steamed rapidly down the river against the stream—she being, notwithstand ing the large quantity of fuel on board, in good trim, part of her copper forward being out of the water. The Hibernia had her full complement of passengers, every berth having been engaged.. It is gratifying to remark that amongst them were many mercantile gentlemen of eminence, on their way both to the United States and to the Canadas ; from which it may be augUred that a brisk.revival of trade between those countries and the'European states is confidently anticipated.• Amongst the passengers were also Colonel Holloway and family, Colonel Slade, Captains Broughton and Robinson, and Lieut. liipon; all of the Royal Engineers—forming part of surveying department for public works to be proceeded with in our Canadian colonies. COLLEGIATE INSTITIITION.—M:. Crowe will, this even ing, deliver a lecture on vocal music, to be illustrated by four hundred of his pupils. On Tuesday next Dr. Brett will commence a series of four lectures on agricultural chemistry —a subject peculiarly interesting and important at the present time, when we are obliged to make use of every re source within our power to render our agricultural districts as available as possible for the growing wants of the nation. It will be seen that the prices of admission to the lecture hall have been very properly reduced to a sum which will now place within the reach of all classes the information which the courses of lectures are calculated to impart. LONDON AND BRIGHTON RAILWAY.—A speciel general meeting of the Liverpool shareholders of this railway—ad journed from Thursday, the 13th instant—took place yester day, at one o'clock, at the Clarendon-rooms, for the purpose of adopting measures to secure, immediately on the passing of the bill now before parliament, the election of ten efficient gentlemen as directors of the concern. The meeting was very respectably, but not very numerously, attended. Mr. Alderman William Earle was called to the chair, and breitly explained the object in view. He stated that some of the former directors—old stagers—had done much mischief by their lavish and heedless expenditure, and that it would be for the interests of the shatieholders to appoint a deputation of two or three gentlemen, to proceed to London and be in readiness to act at the first general meeting after the passing of the bill, when the directors would be chosen.; and that those gentlemen should be armed with as many proxies as could be procured, in order to defeat any attempt to elect improper persons. He suggested a series of resolutions to this effect, a copy of which he proposed should be sent to each shareholder, forwarding their proxies. A conversation of some length ensued, and ended in the unanimous con currence of the meeting in the proposition made. A general wish was expressed that the gentlemen who had before been deputed to attend to the interests of the shareholders, and who had done good service, should again be appointed ; but the chairman said that the attendance of Mr. Chorley, were he appointed, would probably be impossible, as that gentle man was in France, on the business of a railway in that country.; and for himself (the chairman) he could not posi tively promise to be present, as be might perhaps be in Paris at the time of the meeting. He should, however, do his best to attend, were he appointed conjointly with one or two others. After some discussion, in which several shareholders took part, resolutions were finally passed to the effect that the object in view was highly desirable, and appointing, as a deputation, the chairman (Mr. Win: Earle), Mr. Robert Seller flenckunn,,and NJ:James Bourne. A vote of thanks was then passed to his conduct irrthe chair, and for his able advocacy of the interests of the shareholders on a former occasion in the metropolis. THE ROYAL AMPHITHEATRE. —This popular. placie of amusement was re-opened, on Monday last, with a strong company of equestrian and other performers, and Ducrow's fine and numerous stud of horses. The spectacle of The Horse of the Riallo was brought out, with new scenery, and. during the three nights of its performance, was received with great and deserved applause. The characters were well sus tained, and 'the several tableaux were acknowledged to be at once beautiful and gorgeous. The piece appears to be an adaptation of the story of Damon and Pythias. The scenes ' in the circle have also been extremely pleasing, and Monsieur Plege has nightly astonished and delighted the spectators by his feats on the tight rope, in which line he is without a rival. On Wednesday evening, at the close of the first piece, and in consequence of sotne proceedings pending between this theatre and the Theatre-royol, (of which some particulars are furnished in another 'paragraph,) Mr. Higgins, on the part of the management, came forward and addressed the audi ence in nearly the following wordS:— " Ladies and Gentlemen,—ln consequence of certain ob jections preferred by the proprietors of the Theatre Royal to the performance of the spectacle 'of The Horse of the Riallo, as containing dialogue, which they consider an infringement of their patent, I have to announce, with regret, that Mr. Hillier is constrained to withdraw, from this time until fur ther notice, the piece alluded to, which has been so warmly marked by your kind approbation. As the question at issue • between the two theatres is yet pending, and will not come on for decision before the stipendiary magistrate until Satur day, I refrain from any remarks on . the conduct of the pro prietors of the Theatre Royal towards this establishment, — anxious as we are to comply with all the requirements of the law, and not to prejudice the issue 'even in our own behalf, although we feel confident that' we stand on the firm ground of equity and reason, and indulge a hope that the spirit of monopoly manifested against us will not be enabled to pro ceed so far as to prevent the performance of such pleasing and unexceptionable pieces as have' hitherto been played at this theatre. I can but say, in conclusion, that our best efforts will be given to bring forward, in the meantime, such performances as will merit a continuation of your patronage and support; and I beg to announce, that a comic panto mime, and the rnasqued ball from Gustavus, will to-morrow evening be substituted for The Horse of the Riallo, with the splendid and unique scenes in the circle as announced for the week: And, ladies and gentlemen, having briefly stated the circumstances under which we stand, Mr. Hillier throws himself on your kind indulgence, and hopes at least to have in his favour the voice of the public—the true crite rion which at last must decide this long-agitated question." This announcement, which was altogether unexpected, was received with much applause. ginciarja Ima m A COAPFL."43II W6anlatiY. ftt police. court, an elderly man of shabby appearance was placed before Mr. Rushton, charged with having stolen a quantity of Prayer books, Bibles, &c., from the Wesleyan Alethedist Chapel, Mount-pleasant. lie was stopped after leaving the Chapel on the previous eyening, in consequence of suspicion, and five books were on him, and two others when searched at the police office. He was committed for trial at the ensuing session. THE WRECK OF TH E SOLWAY.—On Tuesday afternoon the Prince of Wares, ca ttle brig, eight d a y s f rom C orunna , arrived off this port with two of the passengers, Mr. Geddes and Mr. Campbell, who were on board the ill-fated Solway when shehe we believe, i s co n nected with Campbell, dk Campbell and Co. in In dia-buildings, in this to wn. The Prince of Wales was com pelled to cast anchor s even or eight miles f rom th e B e ll Buoy. The moment the circum stance was mad e known , Comma nder Bevis de s p a tched H.M. Steamer Redwi ng , un d er the com mand of Lieutenant Lu dd, to render e very assista nce in his power. Lieut. Ludd took the tw o passengers on board his vessel, and brought them to Liver pool , directing a tug boat struck. A 1 r. Messrs. C G a . n to the Prince of Wales. EXTENSIVE ROBBERY ov TEA.—Yesterday, at the Police -court, two men, named Williams and Blinks, and a female, named Ann Graham, who resided with one of them, who were remanded from the previous day, were charged be fore Mr. Rushton with having entered a warehouse and stolen therefrom a quantity of green and other teas. From the evidence it appeared that the two male prisoners were seen lurking about the bonded warehouse of Messrs. Whittle and Nicholson, in Blundell-street, and at one time were forcing a lock from the door of a passage which leads from Kitchen-street to a shed at the back part of the pre mises, from which, by a hole broken in the wall, an en trance was effected to the bonded rooms in which the tea was stored. The person who observed the male prisoners near the door took no notice of it until after he beard of the rob bery. At the house of the female prisoner, in Brownlow hill, was found a small canister containing a quantity of green tea, which, on being „compared with a small portion left in the bottom of one of the chests by the depredatgrs, proved to be exactly similar, and was pronounced by judges to be of the same quality. In all 13 chests (about 3001bs. weight) of tea were stolen, the value of which would be, duty paid, about 4s. 4d. per lb. Every exertion has been made by the police to obtain possession of the property stolen, but without effect, it being supposed to be disposed of in small quantities. The duty on the t ea was not paid. The prisoners were com mitted to take their trial at the next sessions.—A stout, robust, carter-looking fellow was placed at the bar, charged with assaulting and intimidating one of the witnesses in this case of robbery, which being fully proved, he was fined 50s. and costs, and ordered to find bail, or in default to be im prisoned four months. Docx Commumvx.—The usual weekly meeting was held yesterday. The following gentlemen were present :—Messrs. Sands (chairman), Horsfall, Aikin, Bulley, Bold, Chilt on , Evans, ohnes, - Molyneux, Moon, Middleton, Nicol, Moore, Boyden, and Tobin. The business transacted was riot of much interest. A letter was read from Mr. Kilshavv, the superintendent of the transit sheds, stating that he had entered on his duties, but no goods had yet been admitted, and that inquiries had been made for the book of rates. Some con versation then arose as to the propriety of allowing vessels to discharge at the west side of the dock in certain cases, and as to the Custom-house regulations with respect to the sheds, which would cause very great delay in the trans fer of goods ; and it was suggested by Mr. Aikin that an arrangement should be made-with the Customs, other wise the sheds would be almost useless.—A letter was read from Mr. Grantham, inviting the attention of the committee to an experiment which was about to be made with a small steamer fitted up with the screw-propeller, and which was suitable for all purposes, but more especially for rough work.—The Chairman stated that a copy of the new Watering Bill had been received, in which various alterations had been made which were submitted to the consideration of the solicitor, one of which was, that all erections and works for raising the water from the river to be used in cases of fire, and other purposes, shall be done with the consent of the chairman of the Dock Committee, and executed under the contain' of the Dock Surveyor, and the commissioners would be answerable for any injury done. The Dock Estate was also not to be liable for any rates. The com mittee thought the interest of the Dock Estate was suflici ciently protected by the bill in its amended form. The com mittee then proceeded to the consideration of finance busi ness, and soon afterwards adjourned. THE THEATRE-ROYAL versus THE ROYAL AMPHI THEATRE.—At the Police-court, on Wednesday, Mr. Gar nett, from the office of Messrs. Foster, Lloyd, and W a l n , solicitors, on beh a lf o f th e p ro p r iet ors f the Theatre-Royal, to Mr. Rushton, to exercise his magisterial authority to re strain the manager of the Royal Amphitheatre from the fur ther performance of the piece or spectacle called " The Horse of the Rialto," which had been performed at that place of amusement on Monday and Thursday evenings, and which he stated he was prepared to shew comprised portions of dialogue in the nature of a play, contrary to the act of last session, relating to the improvements of the borough. Mr. Clarke, late lessee of the Theatre-Royal, stated that the piece in question was in certain parts a decided infringement on the patent right of the Theatre-Royal, the proprietors of which had suffered so much from such infringements, that if they were not protected from them, they might as well close their doors at once. Other parties were also present who were ready to prove the performance of the parts of the piece ob jected to. Mr. Rushton said that be considered Mr. Clarke himself an unquestionable authority on the point in question, or, by refusing to do so, necessitate him (Mr. Rushton) to hear the evidence in the case at once from the witness, and decide upon it, as he was bound to do, by the letter of the law. Mr. Hillier said that lie had retained Mr. Wilkins, barrister, to defend him, but that gentleman was not pre sent, he being engaged at the' Kirkdale Sessions. For him self (Mr. Hillier) he could not promise to withdraw the piece, inasmuch as the public would be much disappointed were he to do so on so short a notice after the piece had been for some time announced, and got up, moreover, at consi derable expense. Mr. Rushton then suggested, with the concurrence' of Mr. Garnett, that the piece might be re peated that evening (Wednasday) only, and the hearing of the case to stand over until Saturday. Mr. Hillier demurred to this, as a great sacrifice on his part, and the case was about to be proceeded with, when, after a short pause, Mr. Rushton remarked * that as the act was very stringent, he did not feel inclined to adjudicate upon it until Mr. Wilkins, the defendant's counsel, should be present; and that he had ac cordingly written , a note to Mr. Wilkins, requesting his at tendance immediately if possible, and which he should dis patch by a messenger in a car to Kirkdale. Mr. Hillier ex pressed his acknowledgment for the kindness, and the case stood over for a short time, when Mr. Wilkins appeared in court. Mr. Rushton informed that gentleman of the suggestion he had made. Mr. Wilkins, on advising with his client, stated that the proposal was acceded to. The hearing of the case was then fixed for Saturday, at two o'clock, and the parties left the court. FRACAS BETWEEN THE POLICE AND THE MILITARY.— At the Police-court, on Wednesday, a gentleman named Punchard was charged before Mr. Rushton with having aided in the rescue of a soldier from the custody of a police-officer, during a distnrbance in Duke -street, between th e so ldi ers and the police. —Inspector Campbell st a t e d, th a t a b out 1 1 previous evening, w hil e pass i ng t h rough Hanover-street he saw three soldiers fightin g , one o f w h ose names was he understood to be Kelly. He s uccee d e d i n o'clock on the parting them, when he was kno c k e d d own t h ree t i mes, but , by whom he could not say, and when near the ba rrac k s to bk the soldier on which the d e f en d ant , (K e lly) into custod y Mr. Punchard, cried out, " Soldiers do your duty—do n 't l e t your comrades go along with th e po li ce to B r id ewell. " This occurred close up to the barrack-gates, and from 30 'to 40 soldiers came out and commenced an indiscriminate attack on persons passing and repassing. The police were com pelled to retreat. —Officer 212 stated, that he had a prisoner in his custody when the defendants and his comrades rescued him. Heard the defendant say " Soldiers do your duty." The soldiers had no side-arms, but took off their belts and struck with the plate of them. They were also armed with sticks. When three or four more officers came up, they again went up to the barracks, and saw the sergeant there. Heard one of the inspectors persuade him to try to get his men into the barracks when out so late. His answer was they had a right to defend themselves. The defendant was there, and said that's one of them, pointing out officer 36, who ran and was followed by the mob. Shortly after this an inspector (M`Haid) came from the docks with a section of men. The soldiers had by this time got into the barracks. Saw Quick and the acting sergeant-major communicating, and heard the former state his complaint against the ser geant.—Officers 339, 549, 36, and 21, each spoke to the pre ceding evidence, distinctly swearing that Mr. Punchard was the person who encouraged the assaults, and aided in the rescue of the prisoners. Officer 549 said, that he several times heard the defendant say, it's a shame, you are mur dering the man—though no unnecessary violence was used. Mr. Punchard, in defence said, that he had no other way of accounting for the proceeding, which to him was a most extraordinary one, than that they had mistaken him for some other person; he had been at the Brunswick Hotel until near 12 o'clock, and when passing down Duke-street he saw a crowd, but no fighting—and was arrested without even knowing the charge. He wished to be put on his oath, but Mr. Rushton said the law would not allow it, and ordered him to pay a finc of five pounds, which was immediately handed over. BANKRUPTCY COURT. — QUALIFICATION OF SOLICITORS AND ATTORNEYS PRACTISING THERElN.—Yesterday, at the Bankruptcy Court, held at the queen's Arms, Mr. Com missioner Skirrow delivered his opinion relative to solicitors and attorneys .practising in that court. The attendance of professional men interested was great, a good deal of interest having been excited on the question at issue. The learned commissioner said that it devolved upon him to give his opinion and decision on a subject of importance in the ad ministration of the law in that court. A gentleman, clerk to a solicitor, had recently begun to plead in a case before the court, and an objection had been raised that he was not a solicitor of the court, and was not, therefore, qualified there to plead. That gentleman had replied, and that truly, that he had enjoyed a right to plead in the other court, and he (the oorejgissione,x,lsimpu;ed.no blame to him for presenting himself there. Of the validity of the objection there was,' however, no doubt. He (the corornissione,) lied given hie best consideration to the question, and he found that by the • Ist and 2d William, this court was made a court of law and and equity, and was vested with all the rights, incidents, and privileges of any court of record These rights were con ferred on the district courts by the 62d section of the act, and this wiss made doubly sure by the 66th section. The learned gentleman then referred to an act so far back as 1215, which authorised sergeants-at-law only to plead in the court of of common pleas, but which privilege was afterwards ex tended to others by the king on the court being no longer local (or following the monarch), and these pleaders were called I barristers. He next quoted the act of Ist and 2d William, chap. 56, sec. 10, and also the sth and 6th Victoria, by which last the privileges of a court of review were extended to the district courts. The first rule of bankruptcy also laid it down (in 1832) that no solicitor or attorney should practise unless duly admitted by the required form, which was easily obtained, and the party admitted on payment of, he believed, five shillings. Clerks were, however, not prohibited from, ascertaining th e procee dings that were go i ng on i n t h at court ; and suitors were at liberty to represent their own respective cases. The whole spirit and tenor of the bankruptcy law, moreover, required him, (tile commissioner) to construe all the acts to the advantage of the creditors, and if he did so be could riot exclude those intelligent professional men for whose assistance the court was so much ,indebted. and put into competition with them clerks and persons of little or no standing. Were parties not duly qualified to be permitted to practise, they would have, in place of intelli gence, exhibitions of ignorance; and in place of regularity and order, nothing but wildness and confusion. He had, there fore, made an order, as follows, for the future conduct of the court as related to this question :—" It is ordered, that no person, not being an attorney or solicitor of this honourable court, and duly admitted in conformity with the rules and orders.mad e f or regulating t h e p rac tic e o f th e C our t o f Bank ruptcy, and in p ursuance o f the first general order made un der the sth an d G th Victor i a, chap. 122, sec. 70, shall appear and plead i n any proceedings i n thi s court; an d, i n case any person, not b e i ng an attorne y or solicitor duly admitted a s aforesaid, shall p rac ti ce i n this court as an attorney or soli citor, lie will b e d eemed gu ilty of a contempt of this honour able cou r t. 20 th April, 1E03." The professional gentlemen present, not engage d i n t h e cases about to he heard, then left the court, a n d t h e order was posted on the wall of the room. ~~® were r eporte d , At the usu a l quarter l y mee ting of the Staffordshire ironmas and it was proved that the trade in ters held la s t wee k . The engag ements were met and no defaul ters Staffordshire and Shropshire is now in the hands of much more substantial body of capitalists than at any former period of depression. ADJOURNED MEETING OF THE COUNeI! The meeting of the Town-council, which had been ad journed a fortnight ago, was held on Wednesday in the Town-hall, for the despatch of the business remaining on the paper. The Mayor presided. THE STIPENDIARY MAGISTRATE AND MR. PROCTER Mr. PROCTER said he had a matter to bring before the council, especially affecting his character, relative to some observations which had fallen from him at the last meeting, and he trusted that this, the earliest, opportunity would be afforded him of setting the matter right. In order to enable him to do so, he requested that the Mayor would read the correspondence which was in his possession. The MAYOR inquired whether it was the pleasure of the council that this matter of privilege be allowed to take pre cedence over the other business of the day ? (Yes, yes.) Mr. HORXBY observed, that it had always been usual to allow members the first opportunity of setting themselves right. - Mr. PROCTER suggested that the reporters should have the correspondence. The * MAYOR presumed they would have it, as usual, after the proceedings. His worship then stated that he had him self been induced to write to Mr. Procter in the first in stance, from having read in the newspapers of Saturday what had falle❑ from the stipendiary magistrate, and also what had passed in the Watch Committee. Taking that as his autho rity, he wrote the following letter to Mr. Procter : "My Dear Sir,—lf lam correct in understanding that the statement made by you at the last meeting of the council has been investigated by the Watch Committee, and found by them to be unsupported, I trust you will not consider it to be intrusive on my part, if I venture to suggest, what pro bably may already have occurred to you—the propriety of taking the earliest opportunity of explaining that statement, and the grounds on which you were induced to make it to the council, at the next meeting, on Wednesday week. That such an explanation, under all the circumstances, appears to be called for, not only to do justice to the character of the Head-constable, but also to set him right with the public, to whom, what fell from you has gone forth, 1 think you will not be disposed to question ; and in this instance, the cor rection should be made as public as the assertion. To this the Head -constable seems to have an equitable claim, and I cannot doubt but what you will be ready to offer it accord ingly. "The position in which I am placed, and the discharge of my duty, requite that I should make this communication to you; as well as my own desire, which is, so far as I have the power, to see justice done to all.—l am, &c., (Signed) " ROBERTSON GLADSTONE. " Since the foregoing was written, I have received the com munication now inclosed, from Mr. Rushton, and of which I forward the copy." The following is the communication alluded to. It is dated April 10, and addressed to the worshipful the Mayor : " Sir,—l send you herewith certain resolutions passed by the Watch Committee on Saturday last, relative to an un founded and serious imputation cast on the Head Constable, at a recent meeting of the Council of the borough. " It gives me great satisfaction to observ.e that the Watch Committee entirely exonerate Mr. Whitty from blame. I thought it right to investigate the charge, and I had already convinced myself that there was not the slightest cause for the accusation of our excellent director of the police force.- 1 am, &c., (Signed) " EDWARD RUSHTON." The next document read was that enclosed in the above. It was an extract from the minutes of the Watch Committee proceeding on the Bth of April instant. It set out with a letter from the head constable, stating that he had been on the preceding day sent for by the sitting magistrate, and questioned as to the truth of a paragraph occurring in a speech purporting to have been delivered in the Council of the sth instant by Mr. Procter. Having quoted the para graph, which occurred in the report of the Council proceed ings of the above date in the Mercury, the head constable proceeds to state that he unhesitatingly denied the truth of this statement. The head constable asks for an opportunity of proving before the Watch Committee that the charge is the reverse of the truth. The minutes proceed to set forth that Mr. Procter explained to the committee that he had made his observations relative to the head constable under the impression that he was the person who had prepared the evidence in the case alluded to, and that the head constable proved to the entire satisfaction of the committee that he had no knowledge whatever of the nature of the evidence which either Cunningham or Dutton were to give. The committee passed the following :—" Resolved, that this committee do acquit the head constable of any imputation whatever of the nature which Mr. Procter's observations would seem to imply relative thereto." The following is Mr. Procter's reply to the Mayor's letter, inclosing the two documents last alluded to. It is addressed to the Mayor, and bears date April 14 : "My Dear Sir,—l have had the honour to receive your communication relative to a statement made by me in coun cil, on Wednesday last. I beg to express my obli g ati ons f or your anxiety to d o ' j us ti ce to all, and trust you will, in your position as chief magistrate and 'ex officio' member of the Watch Committee, make such investigation as shall lead to all the facts being laid before the public. I also beg to acknowledge the receipt of resolutions of the Watch Com mittee, and which, I beg to observe, are only a part of what were recorded at the board on Saturday last. I beg to hand you what I intended, and what I believe I did say in council, and which differs but slightly from the Mercury's report. The nature of my observations were intended to show that it was not by the Watch Committee's instructions that po licemen were sent in plain clothes for the purpose of laying information ; and, secondly, that improper persons had been selected by the head constable for such duty. The committee investigated the characters of these men (so sent out) on Saturday ; and a resolution proposed by Mr. G. H. Law rence, which I now supply you with, confirms this view. I also beg to observe, for your government, that the case alluded to same before the Watch Committee, and had no reference to any case brought before the magistrates, as the public have been led to believe. igned) " PROCTER." Here follo we d (S Mr. Procter's versi on of JAMES his speech, and a full extract from the minutes of the Watch Committee pro ceedings of the Bth instant, which contained the following resolution, additional to that above given, transmitted by the Watch Committee to the Magistrates, and by Mr. Rushton to the Mayor :—" Resolved that, though in the case of one officer, Peter Dutton, the committee feel that the choice was an unsuitable one, yet the committee have confidence in their Head Constable, and are unwilling to make any change in the manner of discharging his dutiei." Then followed a letter from the Mayor, recommending Mr. Procter to make his explanation to the Council. To this, the following reply, dated 15th April, from Mr. Procter, was read : " My . Dear Sir,—l fully concur with you in the plan you suggest, and in my place in Council all necessary explana tions and statements shall be made. " In the mean time, I must suffer from the misapplication of my expressions by Mr. Rushton, and the course thereupon which he has thought proper to adopt. " The statement in question was made by me, as a member of the council, and with reference to what took place in my presence in the Watch Committee, of which I am a member, and any erroneous impression on my part, in making that statement as to responsibility of the head constable, might have easily been set right, had it not been for the course taken by Mr. Rushton. " All that I meant, as far as regards the head constable, was, that there had been, on his part, an injudicious selection of officers for a peculiar duty, and I by no means intended to impugn his integrity or general conduct. " Under all the circumstances I think that it is due to the council that the correspondence between us should be first laid before that body, and be followed by my statements and explanations. (g" JE S PRO The MAYO R then i said ) that the o n ly AM other document " he had in connection with this subject was the characters of the officers Dutton and Cunningham, which, probably, the coun cil would not require him to read. Mr. ISAAC HOLMES thought the character of Dutton ought to be read ; he had been traduced and maligned in the council ; and as he (Mr. Holmes) had supported him in the watch committee he would support him here. Mr. BRAMLEY-MooRE remarked that it was material for the characters of the officers to be read, not only on account of the officers themselves, but on account of Mr. Procter. Mr. JAMES LAWRENCE said their characters were those only which were taken from the character book of the watch committee. Mr. THORNHILL.—HOW far back will you go, Mr. Mayor ? The MAYOR.—They appear to commence in May, 1839. Mr. THORN HILL thought the council could not go so far back. Their characters might have improved since then. Mr. LACE and Mr. BRAMLEY-MOORE called for the whole to be read. The MAYOR then read the characters, first of Dutton, and then of Cunningham. It is unnecessary to give them. Mr. PROCTER then addressed the council. He said, that in requesting their calm and deliberate consideration of this question he laboured under some inconvenience from the cir cumstance of a misapplication of his observations in the Town-council having been put forth from the bench, where he had a right, at least, to expect that even-handed justice would be dealt out— The MAYOR interfered. He could not allow Mr. Procter to make any charge against the stipendiary magistrate in that place. He must not now go into any question whether even-handed justice had been dealt out : this was not the proper place. Mr. PROCTER said he was speaking merely with reference to his own character-- The MAYOR.—Then you must not wander from that. Mr. PROCTER repeated that he was merely vindicating himself from what he considered to be an attack or reflection upon his character, and upon no other point at all, with refe rence to the stipendiary magistrate. A similar misapplication of his expressions had also been put forth by a portion of the public press, and thereby an unfavourable impression had been created against him ; and this was the inconvenience which he felt himself labouring under. In endeavouring to draw attention to what he intended to imply by the observations whiCh he had felt it his duty to Make in the last council, he re= peat.d, what ha had already gtated in hi,: letter to the mayor. • that those observations were intended to shew that it was not by any instructions from the Watch Committee that policemen had been sent out in plain clothes for the purpose of laying informations; and, also, in the next place, that in judicious men had been selected by the Head Constable for such duty. The first position, he thought, would not be doubted, that policemen were not so sent out by the instruc tions of the Watch Committee; and the nest position to which his observations had referred, and which had been borne out by the resolution of the Watch Committee, be thought, would also be agreed upon. Now, with regard to his own observations. From the returns, it appeared that a man named Cunningham had laid 105 informations, and sustained them all, and another man named Dutton laid seven or nine, and sustained only five or six. This return was now before the council and could be referred to; it was the return which had been laid before the Watch Committee. A case came before the Watch Committee of two men having been sent out in plain clothes—one as a carter, the oth er as a sailor or port er ; a report was entered in the ' report-book in the head constable's office, " Cunningham reports Ains worth for drinking in a public-house." This book was also before the council : facts could not be contradicted. Cun ningham stated, in his evidence before the committee, that he (Cunningham) went to the back door of the public-house (where Ainsworth had been seen to go in) and requested to be admitted, and for drink. This fact would not be denied by any member who was present at the daily board. By the return it appeared that it was Dutton (and not Cunningham) who saw Ainsworth —that could not be denied; and then came this grave charge that he (Mr. P.) was imputing to Mr. ' Whitty something like perjury or subornation. lie had now made a fair statement of the case ; and the council, he thought, would say that he had made a fair statement of what he had actually said at the last meeting. He was then speak ing from Ins own observation, and the daily reports to the Watch Committee; and he thought he might fairly lay claim to having paid considerable attention to his duties as a member of that Committee. This hook (the report book) was brought up from time head constable's office; and that the head constable brought it in the view to be examined before the committee, in his presence, no one would deny ; nay, further, that he had a weekly account made out of the fines and rewards, with the names of the men, to which, upon his own responsibility, he put " the Watch Committee upon the recommendation of the Head Constable, have done," arid so on. This was read at every station ; and it was also now to be seen and read. He (Mr. Procter) would just mention that last week a case had been brought before the Watch Committee, in which Superintendent Leverett re ported Inspector Moore ; this case had not been put into the report-book, at the instance of Mr. Whitty. He had brought this fact forward to show that he had good ground for believ- and true Christ the conduct of the friends of the Church in stated, as was j ation ver: rOpanY S rs since 301, in V displaYecl mated) brought to excellerr Suencer adverted to Liverpool. He hat they had supplied «ha p,tellt which Go- nmend to I at; sting the admirable sch 4., e Blue Coat Sch ier the care your liament. vet received man friend Dr ;em was station at Madras, of Lord Hobart whose certificate of its high v" lo yet add the praiseworthy conduct o. ~he arrangements adopted with respect to stablishment as entitling it to rati nk ver and treat town in Collegiate 1 the mind of every one attached to die C ld that Govern ment sable institutions o f the country. Wou sample woeld learn wisdom ir v......- . nd with much awe, the question "of gene raj national education, as propose d to the H ouse of Com mons, called for specially by the woeful disclosures brought to light by that truly excellent and estimable senator Lord Ashley. The need of Christian and moral education he ha thoroughly provedthe mode for providing for it to rn seems not so well devised. In trying to escape from a whir pool which he dreads, we seem to be likely to strike on t rock of latitudinarianism if not of infidelity. I ascribe such intention to any one, but I greatly fear the course sued has that obvious tendency. Instead of c onsidering what s right, the practice of the day seems to be to consider what "--, effected, a”' to be content with do L .pan hn can he most easily that. In mere politics t h a t may 50u,,,....___ doubt its general wisdom even in such cases, but in ques tions of principle I consider it to be always wrong, and nei ther likely, nor deserving, to succeed. In 1811 and 1812 the church stepped forward with the sanction of the state in behalf of national education. Had due pecuniary means been found, the plans then adopted would have pervaded the whole nation, and even the grossly, not to say wickedly, neglected manufacturing districts would have been supplied with Christian instruction and educa tion. All classes of creeds were generally willing to avail them selves of the offer ; and so they would, I doubt not, now, if not politically excited against it. Many hundred thousands of children are now reaping the blessings of that Christian education ; a system, where duly adm i nistered, found to be admirably adapted to infuse religious principles, truth, and industrious habits, and under active clerical superintendence calculated to administer instruction to any extent which may be thought desirable. To your Blue Coat Hospital I refer again as a special example to that society. I had the high gratification of obtaining from Lord Liverpool and Mr. Peel, then Home Secretary, the first grant of a royal letter to collect funds for its su pport. In the scheme '. obtained from t' ged an d embodied in the charter then arran very princ ip le which the church -own, e the inculcation of true Chr i s tian p rin. indulgence which dissenters , wereeveryincluded ; and Jews, Roman As classes of dissenters, most readily 1-Ping allowed need require to insui. .--- ciPles, and in its practice _ . ........,;re. could reasonably to attend their own Catholics ates of the consciences places of worship according of their parents. I believe there is no greater mistake tnan to su ppose that the generality of dissenters, if n ot . politically excited, have any objectio. co their children receivinx 3nah instruction. If it be so, I would say that, so far as due in struction to the children of the church (who I consider to be also specially the children of the state) be not prevented, the children of dissenters be allowed to absent themselves when they please; but I cannot admit that instruction in religious matters be limited or curtailed, either as to time or subjects, to the children of the church• Much controversy has existed as to the use of the Bible in schools ; but, as a Protestant churchman, I can never admit that the Sacred Book con taining the gracious offer of salvation to man, and the only book from which it can be safely drawn, be denied to our schools. Its sacredness, however, requires that its doctrines be no t per verted ; its holiness decoands that it be not read as a me dium to learn to read, but its truths should be diligently infused into the minds of the children during their progress. I have always considered that the sys tem adopted by the National Society is calculated to afford to the c lergy that influence among their flocks which the Reformation intended them to possess, and which the overgrown population of parishes deprived them of. To restore th e m to such a state I consider to be a prime duty of ,the senrants of our Protestant Queen. Let it be considered n,0," many dissenting parties have used their places of wor p and their religious influence to disseminate discontent. To the ministers of the Church no such charge is to be ascribed, and against them no attack is ever uttered, except that th e y discourage ontent, and are therefore accused of being partisans. Liberty of conscience is, however, most truly a Protestant principle, and should beyond all question be held sacred. But what is truly liberty of conscience ? It used to be defined, " The right that every man has to wor ship Gov according to the dictates of his conscience• A most cOrrect definition I conceive this is, so far as human, interference is concerned. But in these liberal days it seems Taferred from such a maxim that all descriptions of belief n . have an equal claim to favor• I well remember an observa stion of an excellent man nearly related to your noble repre entative, .4 I h av e great regard for the consciences of dis senters, but have none earth eir interests." If every plea of disbelief is to be regarded as conscientious, so aunt,to forbid the inculcation Divine truths on that acco it., will follow that the fnearer the approach to infidelity and the greater will be the concessions required. In these awful d a y s w hen the want of religious and moral principle is so dreadfully evident, it would be madness indeed t° hope that comprehension and conciliation, through aban donment of religious iple, could re-establish good con duct. The revealed Will of GOD in a nation calling itself Christian, must be adopted as the sole standard of instruc tion. R u t the Book of Revelation consists not in the mere words it c ontains, but in the doctrines those words convey, is d line u pon line, precept upon precept, is the course which enjoined by Divine Authority, and common s ense s urely ne cc e c d irds.with such scriptural Would we then hope to suc foundin giving scriptural truths and Christian morality, ou ed on them to the people, let us use the Holy Bible as interpretation freely which the State by adopting it as the as of the Nation has sanctioned. Let s ued D please send their children to these schools, and if they art well co nducted many will do so. Let there be school what is called the Lancasterian system for such as prefer it, but let not the Protestant Christian Church of the Queen of the State tudinarian habits s co . ;atonal claims curtailed ; and the lati the endangering -. any be introduced into England to Faith. aor the hitherto pure Protestant Christian acee pteC I have the honour to be, Sir, - With much respect, Your faithful servant, KENYDN Liscard► April 17th, 1843 There is, we believe, no truth so true, as that insti tutions, like individuals, are the authors of much of the evil which befals them. And most strikingly- i s s this truth about to be illustrated by the infliction of blow, the most prostrat in g e v er sustained y her —a b " heavy blow an d a g reat discouragement"—dealt upon the Church of England by a Conservative governm ser- ever ent, an d not deprecate d, as it ou g ht to be, by the Con va tive body ! A boon—one of the greatest offered to that Church —is held out to her; an exten- re-, '-er usefulne ss as a labourer in the cause of • To her hand is sion of I htentrient gion and moral enhg , offered th e trust, of leading the coming generation Sight of truth —from ignorance and irreligion to the knowledge of the Redeemer; and vet she hesi' from darkness to tr.- ates, or J -- accepting a trust so worm • But least, indifferent about v of her—so noo Strange fatuity 1 Church of England and the Conse A. government; these realms. tional and spiritual destitution of the ch working classes, has offered• and wise nevertheless, the live people of amenting the educa- ldren of the )tiered, to place within the re poor in the doctrines of that church; to place within 1 - advantage England ti means of Of A nestinlable the reach of ss offer ? Is this a value SCRIPTURAL EDUCATION Are we who have been for years I •otesting against the spread of Catholic indifference of the state -r -ars been struggling f education —utterly Christianity—who ha against iatitudinaria. Is it better blind to the importance of ism, and infidelity, in our eyes that dissent, a men into their should lead the growing race f Eng temples, than that the into the one fold of our holy Churc st every energy of our banded opponents I ?ut forth to pre- 1 i ach of the clergy of the Church of educating the children of their REPOR: cted w :eeding! big that Me, Whitty wsa moon:Ale far the mod in ques. tion ; nevertheless, as Mr. W hitty bad stated that he had no knowledge, and was not responsible for the reports entered in the report book, he (Mr. Procter) had no hesitation at all in withdrawing that part. of his observations which charged him with putting forward Cunningha m to make a report to the Watch Committee in preference to Dutton. This he thought but justice to Mr. Whitty, as well as due to his own character; but he could not withdraw the facts he had brought before the council, which were recorded in that book, upon evidence. The hooks were there to be read. He said he could not withdraw the facts he had brought before the council, which Mr. Whitty had been pleased to charac terise as " exactly the reverse." The simple facts were be fore the council and the public, for their judgment. He had made no charge against Mr. Whitty of bringing forward Cunningham to lay an information in preference to Dutton, for the purpose of securing a conviction at all risks ; he had made no charge against Mr. Whitty of encouraging perjury and subornation, by bringing forward one man to establish a conviction when it should have been another, though that was put forward by Mr. Rushton, countenanced by Mr. Whitty, and circulated in many of the papers. The case to which he (Mr. Procter) had referred, came before the Watch Committee, where the witnesses were not examined upon oath, and it was not at all before the magistrates, as the public had been led to believe. He thought, therefore, that the imputation put forward by Mr. Rushton was not well founded ; and he called upon the council either to approve or disapprove of this, as foul an imputation, according to his way of thinking, short of perjury itself, ever conceived by any man. That was his feeling with regard to the imputa tion. Ever since he had had" a seat in the council he had endeavoured to do his duty honestly and impartially, and he challenged all the council assembled, or the head constable, to produce one single instance where he had neglected his duty, where he had. exhibited either favour or partiality, or where he had not discharged his duty, both in efficiency and attendance. If he had spoken evil, let them bear witness of the evil, but do not let his character be publicly aspersed by the officers of the corporation. He thought a courteous sense of duty ought to have prompted Mr. Rushton to have taken a different course to that which he had thought proper to adopt; the council, however, would judge whether he was worthy of the imputation cast upon him. Ile thought be was not ; he felt he was not ; the council must be the judge. He had now only to thank that part of the press which had sus pended its judgment till the whole case was before it, and the council, for the courtesy which they had heard him ; and with this remark he left the matter entirely in their hands. Mr. PLATT begged to make a few observations upon this business. As a member of the Watch Committee, he begged to say that the power to send officers in plain clothes to en trap publicans was an error. That power, he a l ways t h ought, should ema na t e f rom the Watch Committee. (No, no.) The MAYOR said that was a subject which must not be entered into now. The opportunity had been afforded only to Mr. Procter, to enable him to make an explanation. Mr. PLATT, in confiation, said he' was present at the Watch Co mm itt ee when' part of the enquiry alluded to was made; and he begged to say that thesofficers— . Mr. HORNET said that the subject which Mr. Platt men tioned was quite out of order. Mr. ISAAC HOLMES considered the credit of the officer Dutton affected by the statement that out of nine informa tions he had supported only four or five. lie had seen Dutton, who himself had told him he was not aware of hav ing failed in a single case. In one case; however, he had laid an information against a publican, a widow, who had a child lying dead in the house at the time the offence was com mitted, and— The MAYOR. said it was his duty to interrupt Mr. Holmes. Mr. ISAAC Ilor.stEs said there hadibeen an aspersion on the character of Dutton, who was a poor man— The MAvott could not allow Mr. Holmes to take his duty from him, nor would he. He (the Mayor) hoped he should 'not asperse the character of a poor man or a rich man either ; but now they were getting into the discussion of this man's character, which was not the subject before the council. saidr. IsA HoLuEs.—l merely wished to tate it was M he had Ac failed in thre e or f our informations sand he says he— The MAYOR. —Yon are now gOing on with the same thir again. Mr. ISAAC HOLMES.—He only failed in one case, where a poor widow had a child dead in the house, and the stipen diary magistrate in consequence set it aside. The MAYOR.-1 will thank you to sit down, sir. Mr. EARLE wished to rise itt explanation of something which occurred at the last council. It had been stated that those gentlemen engaged in a particular business ought not to be allowed to sit upon the bench. liftwould request th Deputy Town-clerk t o read two sections of die act of par e liament, and a third, and then he would enter into a short explanation upon the subject. The MAYOR said, if it was the pleasure of the council Mr. Earle's justification might be heard, but not otherwise. Mr. ASPINALL remarked that if they were going to hear one t'aey must hear the whole. Mr. G. H. LAWRENCE.—It is quite beside the question. Mr. BUSHELL did not think it was a matter that could now be entered into, whether gentlemen were qualified for the bench. Mr. EARLE replied that if it was not done on this occa sion he would put a notice upon the books : he was resolved of that. He considered that an act of Parliament which would be read, showed in a very great measure the necessity for the council preventing the gentleman he (Mr Earle) had mentioned 'from sitting on the Watch Committee. It was on that ground only that he took the matter up. He had been accused of being personal on the last occasion: he at tacked nobody personally : he contended against that • but who did use personalities? The Chairman of the Watch Committee, and Mr. Parker. The MAYOR said he really must interrupt Mr. Earle, for he was out of order. Mr. EARLE,.—Why, then, does he talk about my trade and his trade, and such other stuff ? Wh o cares anything about his trade, or anything e l se ? Mr. PARKER. —Mr. Mayor, I hope you'll allow me to re ply to the personal attack of the worthy alderman upon me ? The MAYOR.—It is out of order ;if I allow one I must allow all, and we shall be here all day. Mr. 13LacKnun NE.—INIr. Mayor, will'you be kind enough to state what is the question before the council? The MAYO-IL —That is more than I can tell you ; the secret has yet to come out, and I shall be glad to hear it. Mr. PROCTER.—My statements are before the council; and the question is, are the council satisfied that my state ments are correct, or that Mr. Rushton's imputations are correct? That's the question. The MAYOR. —The council have heard your explanation, and it rests now with them; if they choose to let,the matter rest where it is they have a right to do so, or to pursue any other course. Mr. PARKER..—I wish, Mr. Mayor, to say a f ew words in reply to wh a t h as f a ll en from Mr. Earle. The MAYOR. --I think you had better not, as Mr. Earle says he will put a notice upon the books. The subject has been fully discussed, and there is no imputation upon you. Mr. PARKER,—None whatever. Of course if Mr. Earle talks about attacking personally-- The MAYOR. —If Mr. Earle attacks you, you shall have ample opportunity to defend yourself. Mr. HORNET said there was only one observation which he thought it necessary to make with regard to Mr. Procter's statement. So far as he understood Mr. Rushton's proceed ings in relation to the subject, he thought that Mr. Rushton bad only discharged a duty which he was bound to discharge to the town. When be saw the report of the proceedings at the last council he thought it his duty to send for the head constable, merely to give him an opportunity of refuting the grave charge made upon him in that report. With regard to Mr. Procter's statement, the council ought to bear in mind that the only subject they had properly laid before them was that relating to the observations made by Mr. Procter at the last council, in which he stated that a person named Cunning ham had been preferred by the head constable to bring a charge when one of the name of Dalton was the proper per son to have done. It must strike every member of the council, and it had struck him (Mr. Hornby) as most ex traordinary, that when this matter came to be investigated the only constable against whom there could by any ingenuity be found anything to say was Dutton, the man who had not been preferred. Cunningham, who many had been led to believe, had been unjustly preferred by the head constable, was a man whose character stood as high as any officer in the police force. The ,gravamen of Mr. Procter's charge was in making use of the word because— Mr. PROCTER.—I did not make use of that word. Mr. HORNBY said, that so far as he could recollect, that word was used. Still, that word was reported, and so far as ' Mr. Whitty' s c h aracter was concerned it was used. Mr. PROCTER.—I never used it. Mr. EARLE.—Refer to the reporters. Mr. HORNBY, in continuation, m said, it wasthat Cunningh am was pre f erred because he had ought s b so any informations and sustained them all, and the other constable bad not sustained so many. What other inference could any body draw, upon hearing this statement, except that the head constable had selected a man who was ready to swear any thing ? He (Mr. Hornby) was exceedingly happy to hear Mr. Procter state he had no such intention ertainly be had been most unhappy in the use of his language; and no thing, he (Mr. Hornby) was sure, could be said against the stipendiary magistrate for the course he had taken. He had thought it necessary to make these observations, because, when a charge was made against a public functionary in Mr. Rushton's situation, it was important he should not be mis understood. Mr. James LAWRENCE said, it would now probably be thought requisite that he should give some explanation. of what he had said at the last meeting with reference to these men being proper characters. He certainly did consider Dutton an improper person.-- The MAYOR said, he had already stopped Mr. Holmes on the subject of Dutton's character, and he must stop Mr. Lawrence. Mr. JAMES LAWRENCE was merely explaining what he had already said. With regard to Cunningham he would admit his was an exce l lent character ; but he had been led to the observation he made that the other was an improper man in consequence of his coming before the committee and dis tinctly stating, in the presence of seven gentlemen, th at l ie asked the servant, who admitted him into the house for drink. When he was called in. or re-e ch ,he fold tlieni triat Tie litineVer titterfatiny suxamination expressionthen The MAYOR. —DO I understand that you are complaining of some mis-report of your speech ? Mr. JAMES LAWRENCE. --No ; lam justifying what I then said. The M axon. --Then that will not do now. Mr. JAMES LAWRENCE. —Mr. Hornby was allowed to say what he has, and I-- The MAYOR. -4 really cannot allow you. If you have a . complaint to make' of the statements which have appeared and gone forth of your speech, I think the council will pro bably afford you an opportunity of explaining ; but any •us tification of what you said then, should have been made j at the time, and not now. Mr. BIRKETT.—The complaint is, Mr. Mayor, that you allowed Mr. Hornby to make a statement. The MAYOR. —Mr. Hornby was addressing himself to the subject before the council, which is connected immediately with the effect of Mr. Procter's speech. There is a marked distinction between the two; and therefore I cannot all any member of the council to justify what he has said beforeow but with the permission of the council. Mr. JAMES LAWRENCE. —It has gone forth to the public that I have made a statement when I have not made it. The MAYOR.—Then you must give notice. One member of the council I have already stopped nn the same ds, and he has given notice. Give notice, otherwise wegrsall be kept here all day. Mr. BLACKBURN said Mr. Procter bad explained the whole business. What Was supposed at the last meeting, and certainly what was his (Mr. Blackburn's) impression was, that Mr. Procter had intimated that one man had been' preferred before another by the head constable, because he was a likely man to swear up to the mark-- Mr. PROCTER.—Certainly not. Mr. BLACKBURN said that was the general impression. Mr. Procter having stated he was mistaken, and Mr. Whitty having stated he had nothing to do with the report, the charge m r . was PROCTERwi t withdrawn raw saidn atinked pthueblaiffcaibrealitevaendentdhe. charge Was preferred before the magistrates, from r. Rushton having publicly mentioned it ; and this was what. he suffered from. " Mr. BUSHELL asked whether it was intended to found any resolution on this m t a h t e t e t r eh ? el ed.inu l gd f tffigh n e, o s. t .e , u tlt eulogized dbwtahseafne character c o t e f r i o t f ; and the public must Mr. PARKER, at some Mr. Procter, as an able and clHenecmonetmenderedo thtateth‘iVeattch the e ateh Committee on this subject were contradictory, resoiuti Committee,ori resolutions inasmuchoafldthoef h i a t s oneth otherex p r expressed shsleadmevery i confidencenl for ti I in t o the whether firstinstance. h e intended se lectionthem ' r e . a B d h u e c s o h n n a i t L a L b made le ,k w o e f d thels Mr. o officer in i e n r had not yet done ; but he in ied that he moved Nir. p a zsKoEluatiroenpl. teilaeid t o - MoYO & cafe of thanko to WU; PFooteFt a ineniber of the Watch Cornraittee. -ansacked, and nothing will be found ugains‘ the books 1.., him. Mr. EARLE.—That requires a notice of m otion Mr. Issne HoLmEs.—You cannot do that now• _„„„ Mr. P ARKER .-1 b e li e ve the iNlayor will deckle that go" tion, Mr. Holmes. (Laughter.) ve something special to state. the character Mr. PARKER.—I l - tto vindicate c. ha The MAYOR.—You must give notice of that, u nless 3 1 ° 4 mere y \van of Mr. Procter, who, I think, has been ill-used. ever l‘'l r. The MAyon.—l think the council has done him Pi tieebY hearing what he has had to say. uponA rt(i ,l N r . co p n ru te c n te d r e contended e t g t l l e i er t e ur was du t n y o : that hp: ha pendiary magistrate was perfectly justified in wh at , sub done. If the charge against the head constable had been stantiated, he would have been unfit for the situation .t e Mr. PROCTER asked whether the Watch Commit eter,l:o quitted Mr. Whitty of everything which his (Mr. Free ' observations had lead to be inferred ? • The MAYOR.—I do not think that question can b e l l s : into before the council. If any member of the coup ~_e. reason k to find fault with Mr. Whitty in any respee , te r - new the course which they can pursue. inaluPdutationt.wh.stti: ,t e . two r • • Mr. Busit ELL had one word to say, resolutions of the Watch Committee a gain. nal t e At the request of Mr. LLOYD h MAYOR here read th e himself, which was that Mr. Earle, in reading ov s 1 ,, e names of the Watch Committee, had mentioned hint a. .." I „ of the gentlemen who were connected with brewers and IN" licanS-- with bid The MAYOR.—NOW I must let Mr. 'Earle go on statement if I hear you. tbe Mr. BUSHELL.—I was only going to say that I deny charge altogether— ou are The MAYOR.—I really do not understand that 9 suffering under any imputation. (Laughter.) er bsd Mr. BUSIIELL.—I was only going to say that I ne on, and wh i t ', was persosr .1 any business transactions with any innkeeper or publican, OP I never Will. (Hear.) Mr. EARLE.—I am ready to admit that the 'two easet i ll i c e ! different altogether. Mr. Bushell has no ser vants in Pnoutie. houses belonginto him. Mr. Lawrence au & other gem men on the committee have. (Hear, hear.) „, i n ce' Mr. JAMES LAWRENCE.—That statement is very v eil l r i e b ct, and 1 am astonished that Mr. Earle, who is S ' ao er' a nd y iS s ta kebelleeyr:j.d)roiwit. liberal should have thought proper to make such an er tion ; I think it is very unhandsome that he should be!, ofn-iI have Nl_ t l e rr d.. being ji,a t 3 0 1Ai,,,,%,: m t taaEyL a rs i e .uLaT t tiA h dit N a eivia t reßsm s tEpo t a Nvroo t edc e irj n y,ei itre.: sore lt time.( Hoy lei ( fa l l alr r e , eh a ha r eavaielr b :n e r a n itr The MAYOR.—Order, order. I will give all an opP° r hu, et ( u i n ,_ d u understand t_ a a p n p ci l a u se, anything an 1 c and e sEo. everything i' u to t. o d you' M . EARLE.—I know I have not always understood (Hear, hear.) den Mr. JAMES LA (" °r LAWRENCE.—Thatis not my fault. , on to order," from the MAYOR.) I was going on, I‘lr WI a gbt bro ge , say with regard to the charge tha'tAlr. Earle' has against me personally it is highly improper. (liejef:?tote,tf t)hat youreasbaoY Earle, Sir, has openly asserted that he -ould not °— bf ; vote for the Devil himself if lie could * his P serve Is "Pees He has nev •et make use of such heard me e an "P— -r that. (Laughter and cheers.) it (R ear Mr E • ARLE.—A little badinage, Sir, that's a'•' and cheers.) ' tll t ' Mr. JAMES LAWRENCE.—Are such gentlernen as beo who will make Id a such assertions as these, lit to b° upon the bench, Sir? Mr. EARLE.—Oh, dear. OCe eil The MAyon..—Order. gen tl em en, order. Let us rD f nowto the busi ness o f t h e d ay. Thus terminated the debate on this subject. . f t he MARKETS COMMITTEE• i The Deputy TOWN -CLERK clings 0 .4 read the procee the sous' Market „. __ Committee, from which it appeared that t i, p stb l e ' Hay Mal ket had been ordered closed O t "" to be o stant. . no ose A Mr. G. Ii the '- sv ix: H. LAWRENCE mentioned that in we d he s - months Gill -street market would be COtoP7 ald ~," opened ; and he therefore suggested that notice sP e id tb , " given to the tenants in Islip ggthat it w° o h gton Market be clos IP ed, and the staff remov d. p, a Mr i Id not P e • ‘,AMES LAWRENCE e. • said there would _ _ I ., e ii , difficult • ' y in removing the staff, for it consisted to ° Li J oho r old man, who ...r es ought to be superannuated. .00tic be given to the tenants.. Proceedings confirmed O lt EDUCATION COMMITTEE• _ itie s a It appeared from theproceedings of this colo w . w eee the following was the attendance at the schools g•hools bet 21st of February and the 27th of February 1 --- W l ' North School. South .205 293........... • • • •• • j 46 ....... • • • • • 1 66 .222 220.. ............ •• ',.....-- 511 64°ot 735 On the books ** ". ate`` the e The other proceedings of th 9 e 2 c 9 o - tn . n . t . i . .t . e . e .. m .;;;llst 6 a rl sP4ht the general Proceedings committee, the tte e , s w ub i tilcooumtm statingittee htandembe.en ! o n o ~ 0 , of P4i , Mr. PREMIq: said, it was a most extraordinary T o f the ceeding to as k th e counc i l to conf i rm t h e minute s committee, when th e y were neither read nor Pr°- tail Mr. I 3 IRKETT said it was the usual course. ittee, lf o or Mr. P REME sa id , not at all. T he su b-colon l ee the n 0 0 were allow e d, m i g h t order a new sc h oo l, or ei r ti t• ' ters, or d o anything without the council kn owing -i e e d, a mode o f proceeding that no other committee l', ,soe her" re Mr. NORTH.—Yes, every committee. , „.,h e t.- we e t r o o rFi d fiß u rE c n ; Mr. BLACKI3UeI at all possible the council covld understand owsnrsctis d i in t bgy r ? e t p h e ne ated his objections, and asked ~, , thoe,ip, ,Rr e Ne o s i es it an e itd n c d (N e i d rirm r . h ti a tt t ee t em l . t e is w w a a s s a wi n v e : gba. ` towbeeoett o t er, practice was pursued formerly. The fact was , t-o,ere dery schools were once in operation the proceed in , P i e renso; routine, and there was nothing to report, P e l t - heity O no objection to, or risk from, the proceeenna- jays t "„i• e..i f in the usual form. He (Mr. Blackburn) 11 4 0 , 1.17,, frequently passed in the same way, in former f o rt naor (laughter,) i n f act i t could not be o tbervride , ....thell i t bere: nothing new either with regard to the system or be"; and teachers : every thing was just the sa ene „' a tliie_tbe 9l :4 hfloiarede took it made no place,fn for r obijne granted,ctthie however, system o s e t m h e itself,rtohcaet e (i d hf i e n aa g or s yo l : e ^ o; t yi e t r 1 ec 7 41 p pa'i ment of masters it would come before the io SI to ..., o t nesb i te a ceoe r , proc eedings cu.. f i, 0 , question wou f i r d o m the Chairman of the '--- ed P-rlP' c' t not of be th c e on ge fi r r ie m r e a d l . conr it: sv e L vics is t le ctr : or Cr cod , answer.rts w sw h otTho i ni c hc h eiwtirh h hehe e i ewe h h bao o ws ot p ai kn e lse d so s would r te n m o s i t awd b eu e l dn c o o ry i n e s ,c iedi v : et _ pi toe tircei fee4rioet, tae : eahnilddretnhebealvoenrgaegde, eut-tenatlerscf'o,oleobrol° understood that in the plan adopted, it was W,: sh i t iu si t ho he by the council, that the children of Dissents dto i ~,r itao d m r nnu i i d e g demt access to the schools without being require be c aie s p oi l Cherch Catechism, or to go to church : a nd g t t sbe a ro,,, n lo' wished to ask was this—first, what plan vr . s horeh o c e ll a i; tain what children were Dissenters, win" - d t be e ;Oi l fact, a oboost i c o o o 4ol o cawhnhaidldtirnßenotmh:,an Catholics, of those who atte lide wbet be il tli° Church holi c C s a w t e e e r h e i sm exempt,an d g o i i n n g p p t o o i Cat • who o see w o e n r d e pthlaeceo,fflsieriwngishoefd p to iss a e s n k ftograti , 0 0 r liei of to , Mr. MoLYNEUX would first reply to tile eos tao l 0 0 1 ,(1 Mr. Frerne by saying that it had been the e oee ediggo l 2 of the Education Committee to report the r ee , o poj v lif sub-committees in the way they had 110V 1 r ° yeti 1 0 04'0 years, he would mention, that appare n " inge• n et church h? matters had been under discussion without lo ose Pr of 0 1 4 , the General Committee; for instance, in on, e s che e ...lVd• had been appointed as mistress to one of toe o e tio - es se o f ceeding which had not been entered in „ s ti r/ o re th foof t e, mittee book, and which had never coule "vacs' tort It had always been the custom when the 0 ,0 0 0 01 0( mittee met to pass the proceedings of the, s e the Cie fjore a to nd b t r h in e g b t o l o m k s s e wwehreichexpweeerteedntegesbsearlyethtewlrtlinietbiesyoe toff Committees for the inspection of member s g o d oil s be i Tor i the council. As to the other matters, he e° ,. - r oceiS:eol l4 oo ° no alteration had been made, or had anY i n ,, s 'i the " f - soi t all given to alter the original resolution, "" 0 0 ' pe r cording to which the schools were manage"' .1. 0 ‘ I" wouldbe found upon the books of the Nun° et Vlore' 01/, The •MAYOR.—I think Mr. Bl a ckburn Y et Odor tat' questions, and he will of course expect dist"; wit, til, _Mr.' MOLYNEUX said the question a rs o ; t e Pies stop child, .dissenting, or Roman Catholic, wr.,,a t0, 0.4 1 ° conscientious objections to it, were reclu-wer sired%leal) church catechism or go to church ? His ens Ad tall' Roman Catholic or dissenting child ava s f eq es' ~ learn the church catechism or go to c hore.* • t oe' i tO OO The MAYOR.—But what plan is adopte d yito 4 1 0 is the question. Mr. MOLYNEUX, in reply, said, that 1 • t o CA ill t s 0 c jection to it, the children learnt the cote , , er os tO O , •I the re s lid 1 71,1,1 Church. There was no objection to the ' e g, b s or r going to church • the church was open t ° 0 0% went there LAWRENCE.did sh to go. Pit yo 4: Mr. G. H. —l think i call pe e p ' this point. org e • tee o Mr EA o , • RLE.—I dare say you can, 1 ‘' 11. " ° C e olo nlit e l ut let the chairman of the Education . I ,to 0 • • a a° What a charming state of darkness we ar e I ai red oi l 01 tie ol s , t be 4 AO O church nor to learn the catechism. bu t sre 10 Mr. MOLYNEUX.— The are neither . Mr. AIKIN.—That is not the questio; whops? al., is, what plan do you adopt to ascertain p oso, 1 10twi Catholics, who Dissenters, and who EPi se m ° o e t re ° l l o ° 111 Mr. MOLYNEUX said, there was no P - 00 tildsli D i again stated that the committee acted oP to Is" 10 1. ? which had been passed by the council, l l° to 0 • be j de° ° o ll " i referred. If °s til l° 1 ° The MAYOR fancied Mr. Blackburn ° I2 a pe (et pt what plan was adopted to distinguish the ; e a in s f i s e;to nations ; and the question might be anawf. no; l e toll° to Mr. HODGSON.—There is no plan --it l '• I ll ' 0 11 0 - bliss se 1 oey Mr. EA - iti.g.'—" Wbere igtiorance 15 400 si i ,„ 1 , wise, '—where no questions are asked. ges-oP, f orr , Mr. BLACKBURN asked whether the leo no ' Or the Parents of the children, so as to give qtaren , 6) 0 rf o of * ititing ' Whither they wished their e'' ere jar 0 0 . catechism and *to go to church? i CIO (I f f ie./e r d e 7 l I Mr. MOLYNEUX replied, that the P f r tag os - 04 -1 when he was admitted, had aMI o cbild abbe Ifrl' them, which distinctly stated that 11 ,e ech i s al ° b tall, • objected to it would be taught the ea* • 5 % 1.• to The o church. • fore' to MAYO t hou h Blackburn wanted ; and it was also an toll i fo oe 0 1 log i' question. On J;tie. Old Some further discussion took Plae e nn firole e a eO O I A ' R pug t that was the le bes w -li er ll 1111 e, si ii , /iii , d ,r end of which the proceedings were e `',.„ - ittee,; silb;ao r CLERK informing the Education C° 133 . - o f 1 0 ,„ tb° other committees, that the proceeding7.tioo /odf' t io , tees, in order to receive a legal c onfirte l ene rol h itjy , must appear in the proceedings of the g jt , r iorl: b ' e S e rt ° Or d 0 1 '1 1 THE MAYOR'S COM131" 1 5 0 of 4 , o t, k , Mr. R. V. Yates lied for the J u n e, 'OP laraf' appd hers 01 0 0,0 Rooms, for a short time in MaY a n , s .pal . hers i ls O r hibit the designs for terraces in Prince an d ot do te , 0,0 00 0 1 0 0 A number of petitions from ferm ers ite,e , U rsf i4 st le 0 i land, Orrel, Sefton, Hu ton, Roby , A" ote d, 1:, the 0 0 IP Rainhill, and other places, were Pr es , e dock I ,4taliereel t r Haymarket might be closed at one ° ; d the "refr jil°,o instead of three.—Several members sai d were st , pri 11 8 ' bf r O P most beneficial, and all the petition, jo- be oe Market Committee. ._ St• . 4 t gco An application from the butchers n o g 0 1 0 ,00 0 of tin's, and S. James' markets, P rs d Y to WOO ° oet i ca against blown meat might be extends _ the co ~t iee o;o4 4 oas well as the markets, was referred ''' naittee. of a ° TO ° ' 6 6 '0' A complaint by Mrs. Nicholson e , , i ts ~, id/ porters' carts in Back Howard-stre l• ~, asrd , a 1" e C O ' - ty - I the Finance Committee. iii for 00 0 th e fleor James Smylie, a mason, who was .,' P r bed I d °I the works in Trafalgar Dock, aPi : " - ree l° 4 Co v til l tion, in addition to the £l5 which he - A ° Or tor - .4 e t..„ter,o , i ts, Referred to the Dock Committee. tO l be o• V' Pr The Rev. T. Gardner, incurnhen, forte ss l) e ie ,: t oil Derby, presented a memorial praY,'Z' o f ti o ol t o r, 0(. 0 0 the council to prevent the desecratl' ani erst„,;oe f f e ci' e soik la nding of cattle from the Irish stceierhig dig e a s ciet tut through the streets to the market.e_te o f I/ t ote s Ate r rev• gentleman drew a forcible pr ''' in Igor° t ho t t Ail' Peculiar evil.—The TOWN CLE°! c ' the ete ch ee , i? or t i tr ,of DO said the following was the clause In i t eos - us t sh ill f il relating to this subject :—" And be a rde°' hc ^ 00 application of the minister, church v' 4 pub .. of o ~., 0 01 of any church, chapel, or other pla t .,„ r a Y the borough, it shall be lawful for ttw Boys.. Girls.. infants.