Northern Times. — Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1859-12-02 00:00:00

DEMMER 2, I Sti9. that above 15,000 mentwere at work under the declaration On Saturday, and 4,000 more had entered under shop rule, embracing the spirit of the declaration. --- 4 .- i 0 military to devote ntly points coming that the d y ing to 7 ilN - apol eon ine — w - ithou t RESS A by till ~.b- i in eceiveu _, ;overall the G. nt will .t she • iatever OP OF letter fro. 11: Septembe r hers. 0 1 "; is zeal, 0 11 ; nid the sit.u_ times, h. 15, ), Dec een electea Dec. 1 ted Mayo Dec. 1 Ira Livel ha.rrs and EA,Aigg Evenin he list of railway bills for 173, or 22 more than Royal Navy, mounting 2,279 emission on home siations, .e are 149 ships and 2,935 Collier Co. have leet to Mr. Charles -- AL INTELLIGENCE. 11 —Dn'OUu and Son. 4. ( y lastn W twill g PEOPLE e a report Le Worshipful the le opening lectur { either th; 1 niefidation .frorti Trowded Sold by Maw 'he meeting of the His- f the proceexlings to md the Cours:Con F.OO r 6 require any recoin- pest the half will be At the Birkenhead Police Court, yesterday, before the Rey. R. M. Feilden and Sir E. Cast, Margaret Pierce, ;hared with h stolen a of wearing apparel; worth 125., from a clothes the back. of. Mt. Styan's house, Argyle over was ealight ill the act of stealin ;-street , and was S kLE, or to two month unDmonment .e patent ope man j situated in Bottle, was offered for sale yesterday, ltt theClarendonrooms, South John-street. Mr. Branch, in consequence:of the illness of Mr. Ackerley, officiated a 8 auctioneer. The first bid was £2,0(3(0. Competitors; nowever, were few, and bidding went on very lanaliidly till £3,150 were &ffered, when, no disposition ° being evinced by any party to rise to a higher sum, Mr. branch, on'behalf of his employer, ptt m the reserve bid of £7,750, - which at .once terminated the business. , THE Ji.-ws ov Monocco.,—A special sermon, it will ,_ lll . l 'lope-place Noiocto It& i•eatecl in tha I country as to aided by this serTrIOT thoisand J Synagogue, aing, in aid of Tthe Fs have been ea cruelly 4‘,lin'ed to ily, and are render - which is the :t the Synagogue. .1 -e been thrown into and' t is for their 11 ? : great need of object to °laxly as 1 state d ef beiflg Pi behoof that the fund is COMPANY ON LORD 3 very -glad to hear that this company is approaching completion. We rejoice at this O. we think that economy and efficiency are the princi• Ales upon which all volunteer companies should bt ounded: The colour of the dress is to be decided 133 t i he maiority ; but we understand that . th racto oave arranged to supply a handsome tunic Band trt - • .1 - - LAN C VOLUNTEETCT —We PL/0 p;reen cloth mld call recommended to take such steps as they might deem necessary, in order to oppose the passing of any act which embraces such' an injurious alteration of the present law as that contemplated in the report of the Parliamentary Committee." Since that time a special meeting was called, to receive the report of the sub-committee, and an unanimous opinion was expressed in favour of the adoption of vigorous measures, should any serious attempt be made to carry out the recommendation of the Parlia mentary Committee. It was stated that an opinion had been expressed elsewhere that if an interview could be arranged between the bench of magistrates and a depu tation from the association, it might have' a beneficial the bench of mftgistr to view such a e assured that orrld also be agreeable, The proceedings- of the House and - Finance Com ittee were confirmed, en the motion of Mr. Jones, conded by Mr. Came. Mr. JONES then proceeded to move, in accordance 'with a notice given at the last meeting, " That in case of persons being nominated as members of the association whose character is not known tot the committee, their election be postponed until the trade committee have an opportunity of mating inquiries respecting these indivi- Mr. CARNE seconded the motion, which was agreed to, after a short itiscussion. Mr. ATKINSON then moved that`the money subscribed some years agcy., for the purpose of forming a library for the use of the inmates of the institution, be devoted to tkat object Mr. Lt conded the motion, which was adopted An application was made by Mr. Lumb on behilf of a little girl, mimed May, whose father had been-a sub scriber to the institution ; and it was -finally resolved that an advertisement be inserted e rieWS- papers, informing the Public that there were Vacancies in the institution for those laving proper claims. The Secretary read an Application from the Kendal Association for assistnnee 4 from the Liverpool society, to pay thvexpenses of an appeal case which amounted to £3O. The application was not entertained. A,tnreommittee was then :appointed, conduct the arrankements for the annual ball ho were to The SECF - hat he, in lETARY informed the c company with two Ermtlerrien of the association's mem- had waited on. the mayor, a' few day's back, re- questing him to give them his patronage at, the ball. His worship received them very rourteously, but stated that he felt himself under the necessity of declining to comply because of numerous such' appli cations which he had declined. As a proof of the interest which he felt in the society he had con tributed £25 to the benevolent fund. (Applause.) Mr. Horsfall would not be able to attend, but had sent a cheque for £lO. The two county members, Messrs. Egerton and Legh had promised their patronage, and' Mr. Egerton had sent £2 as a donation. Mr. Ewalt" consented to belaresent at the ball, (which will take plato on the 24th January next. This was all the public business. • HEALTH COMMITTEE Tani) rellin, Ilayclack, Rig The D e next session. The number Sesslctt Piftv-EP' 6 11 n_ s, are M on for is stated Lo( a vendor of quantit lin 11 E ' Pert v inhabit NORTHERN DAILY TIMES earliest period at which they will be prepared to supply gas to the township of Wallasey, and whether the same can he accomplished within the parliamentary estimate" Mn Fintwicx seconded the motion, which was agreed The proceedings of the Ferry Committee were con firmed on the motion of the chairman. The time of this committee he said had been principally occupied in ap pointing a gentleman to act as umpire between the board and Messrs. Cou'bourn, and he was happy to say that they had secured the services of Mr. noggins, .Q.C. The proceedings of the Finance Committee were con firmed on the motion of Mr. M. HoLMEs. The Rev Mr. ROBERTS then moved that this board recognises the importance of the formation of rifle and artillery corps by the inhabitants of the district of Wal lasey as their quota to the permanent defence of the country against foreign invasion ; and hereby authorises the chairman to render every facility within the power of the board for the promotion of that patriotic object. notion, which was Mr. HolmEs seconded the nanimously adopted. This terminated the proceedings of the MERSEY DOCKS AND HARBOUR Bt , ARD al weekly and the oth Mr. Charles Turner presided at the u meeting of the Dock Beard, yesterday members present were Messrs. Litt Rankin, Rounthwaite, Farnworth, Shand, Boult, Inman, Hubback, Segar, Bushell, Langton, Moss, Forwood, Lockett, and Maclver. 'WORKS COMMITTEI Imittee had directed the engineer to prepare a report on the construction of a chain cable testing machine, on the side of the Great Float, at Birkenhead. It was recommended that the tender of Messrs. Jackson and Ronald to supply canvas, for sails, be accepted. Phis cot (hi the motion - cif - Mr. Rankin, the proceedings were confirmed. THE REFORM DEMONSTRATION LAST NIGHT. The Financial Reform Demonstration came off last night in the Philharmonic-hall, and in point of grandeur of appearance certainly fell far below the great Derby Banquet five weeks ago, and the attendance was large but not nearly so numerous as on that occasion, and there seemed to be some dissatisfaction that the only "great gun" was Mr. Bright. The number said to have been present was 2,800. It was said that there had been a " split," and that this accounted for the absence of Mr. Robertson Gladstone, (who was to have taken the chair. \ and other gentlemen who usually take a prominent , in the affairs of the Radical party. The doors were where I opened at six o'clock, and, as the audience arrived, they went into the great hall or into the side rooms, refreshments were served under the management of Mr. G. Speioer of the Victoria Hotel. During this part of the proceedings Mr Edward W. Thomas's Euphonic Band performed the following programme : MARCH QUADRILLE WALTZ ... SELECTION Troatore ,Meyerbeer .Thomas: Ocean, SELECTION Lucia de Lan Refor P Ir Johii Bright Amongst those present - were—Mr. M.P., Lord Teynham, Mr. Thomas Bazley, An." J. C. Ewart, M.P., Mr. George Hadfield, M.P James Pilkington, H. Stansfield, M.P: Hollingshead, London ; Mr. Abel Heyivond, ehester; Mr. A. Paton, Tfuinlee ' • Mr. T. Pope, Man chester ; the Rev. 11... Brown, Mr. Eyre Evans, Mr. Joseph Monde], Mr. R. W. Ronald, Mr. J. R. Jeffery, Mr. James Mullenean; Mr. C. E. Rawlins, Mr. Law tome Heyworth, Mr. Samuel Cearns, Mr. Thomas 'Urquhart, Mr. C. T. Bowring, Mr. Charles Holland, there was some cheering, but universal or entlit Mr. °gas. HOLLAND read a let son Gladstone, - regretting that, in afflicted with a severe cold, he Mr. Holland hying expressed the be. callec from Mr. Robert usequente of beim* vas, unable to attend Robertson, . Gladstone's absence proposed that Mr. Ohs the vice-president Of the Financial Reform Association should take the chair. Mr. F. BozLT seconded and was carried unanimously Mr. Rol zt the•refolution, whicl on taking the chair, expressed lits . regret that he was called upon to occupy that position is consequence of Mr. Gladstone's ir.disposition, and ho Teac Mr. Titus Salt, of Manchetter, and one from Mr Horsfall, M. P., which, after pleadinz to dine`with the mayor, added, " I feel it right to say that, a the principles laid down, a do not ,f those principles as expressed in to lay down system of direc WAREHOUSE COVOTITTET The proceedings of this committee .ere read. The 031VIRMAN said the hilowing most importan (Ater had been sent in by thetngineer 'o.the Chairman of the Mers regret to have to inform you that on draining off ti last two feef of ivater nom he'l'ireat Float - at Birkenhead, Quay Wall in front of the warehouses, which had, Mp-to•tlat time, ''shown only trifling, symptoms of weakness, has given way very seriously, and pushed forward in such a mann( to break the ground close up to the warehouse eradk the walls of the shed cennected therewith . shoresund supports put up in front, of the wall to secure it as vouch as possible, bet it *ill be necessary to take down the hydraulic cranes at once. aid ease the wall by lightening preparatory to taking such steps for strengthening marseena desirable - upon farther examinination. I=have re eluegted yr. Sloman, the .seperintendent, to rernovc , ell heavy stowage from that aide Of-the warehouse end to .ve had r, respect- EtTLEY. Tours, Dee. Dock Ym.. Mr. HVBEAC9I, in moving the confirmation of the proceedings, said Mr.`Sloman had already removed all the goods at that end of the warehouses 'abutting on die end of the grcatloat. Mr. RANKlNasked what length of guarwas affected. The ENGINEER "SM . I it extended from - tile Railway Company's yard to the Victoria wharf The whole was way, w but most seriously nd a-half had fallen away at .on in the-eentre, inches m The p: ~?';bSi.lN Baticrof Mr. BRIGHT, on rising, was greeted with loud and association amongst my constituents in the town of prolonged. applause. He said : Mr. Chairman, ladies, and a Birmingham, in which I touched upon the question of gentlemen, I wish that I were able, in fitting language, income-tax, and the pressure of indirect taxation upon to make some answer to the address which has just been the labouring population of this country. Now, presented to me, and which was intended, and may be if you would allow me, I would like to show understood, I presume, to have been also presented to you what kind of instructors in political economy my friends Mr. Cobden and to General Thompson. some of those great authorities are. (Hear, hear.) I (Hear, hear.) But I can make no answer to it but this stated in my letter what I thought nobody would have —I feel most grateful to the council of the association, been disposed much. to call in question—that the Cus and to all present at this large meeting, who have taken toms and the Excise raised more than forty-two millions, part in the presentation of that address. If we have done anything that is worthy of it we can only endeavour to collected upon articles the great bulk of which is con sumed by that portion of the population which has no property but its labour, and no income but its ways, and which, as might be expected from the fact lust stated, has no voice in Parliament, and is 'Wholly with out representation in the government of the country. And I said, further, that a greater proportion of the heavies' taxation in the world is thrown ;pun the possessing no property but labour and han is the ease in any other country said - also, And I _ there is some tially mean and singularly cruel , in , th • . inn essen- manner in Well, now, the most influential (Hear, hear newspaper in this country, from its long standing, large circulation, and great means, is the Times. Now, the Times has written several articles upon this particular letter : and it would be difficult to say which of the repay yo - u by endeavouiing to do that in future whi -0 not allow you to look back on the pr eedings of this •-• e e.e.mis ve awes. •1 . more sorry than anybody else in this room, I believe — that General Thompson and Mr. Cobden are not pre sent; for I came here, or rather intended to come here, as an auxiliary on this ccca-sion, id I find myself in •ger share of labour the pos. mi. of having a much 1 to-night, than I had ca Howeve ;, this I thrown upon wher consented to attend this meeting whether friends of mine be present or be absent can say with a clear conscience, that I am ready ad I • believe I always shall be ready, as health, and any powers of useful ess or work be permitted to me, to co-operate so long heartily with your association, and any association what nvnr_ that shall endeavour to carry out in the lecislation oon if founded. (Applause) There what it has taught in a hundred other articles upon ids--so small that they seem capable questions of political economy. (Hear, hear.) But in only of ridiculing that which is noble. There are minds its number of Nov. 11 there was this passage, "It is —many in this country, who are unable to comprehend impossible to say who are not affected by a tax." That the grandeur of the scheme which this association offers is not the question. The question is, who is affected by to the public—they are unable to understand the sim- a tax. (Hear, hear.) "It is impossible to say who are plicity and the nobility of the purpose which they have not affected by a tax, whether it be direct or indirect, set before themselves, in the attempt to abolish custom- whether it be aimed at income or expenditure, whether houses and to make the world, not a number of nations at one class or another. The employer pays the em jealous, dreading each other, often fighting each other, ployed, and he pays them according to their usual but rather one vast nation governed by separate muni- rate of living. If they cannot, or will not work , without eipalities, but living in perfect harmony and happiness beer, spirits, or tobacco, or if they will give their with each other. (Applause.) Now, let us to-night— families tea, coffee, and sugar, he has no choice but to for if we can just get rid of any prejudices, if we have give them sufficient to provide those luxuries." Now, I them, or any jealousies if we have ever entertained I will read this as it might be read, with equal logic. " The which your assoc are minds—many mit .00k at this question with the employer pays the employed, and he pays them accord ing to the usual rate of living. If they cannot or will not work without beer, spirits and tobacco, or if they will give their families tea, coffee, and sugar, and a carriage and pair, he has no choice but to give them wages suf ficient to provide these luxuries."_ _ (Laughter.) And eye of men of busin ss and common sense;with that kind of IVOUr to bring to bear in our own busi- fierdty that we en ness, when consul the ourse that we :ht to take Tour association proposes to influence the aovernm to confine the ler the overnment money ; secondly, to confine the Government to this act of simplejustice that whatsoever may be the amount of funds required to be levied, that amount shall be levied upon the people of the couatry in proportion to the pro perty which every man possesses by reason of the security which the Government gives him. (Applause.) Now, ~g,ree to this principle. I think you will scarcely meet any man of ordinary intelligence who will not say sixty-five millions is extracted immediately and nominally out of the expenditure, or out of the employer's pocket, or out of the pocket of the tradesman who supplies the articles to the work people it makes but little difference." The incidence—you may call it the pressure—is on two sides. If this was true, there could be no objection. whatever, it would be much the simplest mode to lay all the taxation, if it were possible, upon the proprietors of the Tines, or the proprietors of the land. They most men who will not say at once th; Fould see that the lati;er - portion of the articles was a simple mystification that some how or other, the .nment. £G5,000,600 was obtained, and the incidence, as it is r means ow, I undertake to say that a of political economy, would Le duties on tea, coffee, sugar, pon, one would suppose it was not sappy en rticles You w eh wer 'ed at 1 schem , ogle of thc towns, IthouTt least ( a sing IL but 1: sive to him sotre*here els, not fair ti in a sta scribed to carry or This ditlioult T agreed ply, patri 7tll Pa o e• 1 Of °lll .ATIONAi the leader 01 ri r aission ar nces, has, Ire. ast doe )00 sterliog ision also, ; t these Nor — ,r nn Austra d would COO nning. seines, °Il )N, Dee. , I , o 'o, ket Shal l ; 33 he bring!, De c 1 * e ;tree P ii• f the I t,t he . ged ivi,!" ps of the o.w e " are division article si,, as v. a ye re °m e ta e r, Lt of Tios4 s have `reach S c i ll yro Ther e for nisconcer RESS* t ba e volve ?-„ 3 113, of r 3r : 7 4 fora:l gtra ` Wort' ord I , o r yora to g° ~ r li im;elf s u e ha~ d the 13r10 the be lone l a y 5S a fo r . 4 I SO 6 b o 47 - R ua. )6' in 6r oo l or Licel 1 to '1 1 SOT, :at 6° ° 30 131e'' eC „b e at, bti s in fatqar4 2 A - 111 6 " . 31 , 3 „ r ic €.' e • an ;earls 11 " tor f o irits of Q :events ; re s Po e ,, c itfr. l' vent should :en .to t ACCIDENTS.—Mary J ackson, n child, residing in v Court, Leed-street, w as severely burnt by accidentally falling in the fire when left alone. It appears that the father is a widower, and was quite drank at the time. James . Convey, a l a b ourer, res idi ng i n Ki tc h en - s t ree t, sustained a severe wound of the leg, at the Prince's Dock, by a bale falling on hin , bourer, John Spoult, a la lesidino: in Tranmere, sustained a severe compound f ractured skull, from being thrown out of a shop in _wilitechapel, and falling against a cart wheel that was They were all taken to the them 1-1 CORONER'S CO Quests were held befOre P. - "a the body of John Connely, a child-4 years old, who 17 48 burnt to death by -his clothes catching fire when l'9acbing to the mantlepiece for a book. Verdict: ac culental death.—On the body of Ann Elizabeth Mont- Romery, a child of 3 months old, -who was found dead 1 4 bed about two o'clock on Wednesday morning, the blether having overlaid her during-the night. Verdi3t : accidental death.—On the body of a man whose name is Rot known, but whose appearance -is well known to fre quenters of the docks, fell from a ladder on which he was —The following in- Esq., coroner ,aseendiag from a schooner to the quay at the Queen's liock, into the water. The unfortunate man was drunk at the,time Verdict His body was recovered in about an hour accidental death. WORKHOUSE COMMIT-ME -The weekly meeting of ,this committee of the Select Vestry, was held in the ooard-room at the Parish-offices, Brownlow-hill, yester day forenoon. Mr. Churchwarden Cropper, presided; and the other members present were—Messrs. Scott, eritchley, Syred, A. Byford, Cafferata, .Denton, Peck, , Byford, Broome, Owen, Smith. From the weekly the governor,llr. Carr, it tppeared that the number of paupers at present in the house was 2,117, 13 eing.a decrease of 305 as compared with the corres ponding week of last year. The medical officers reported that the number of deaths during the week was 14. The total number of sick paupers now remaining under treat ment was 667, including 23 fever, and 19 itch cases. :the master of the vagrant sheds reported that the num ber of destitute persons relieved during the week was 1 37 males, 77 females, and 20 children; total, 234 ; Olowing a decrease during the week of 12, and an in crease, as compared with the corresponding week of last Year, of 19. COLLINGWOQD'S LECTURE.--The second of this return of gentleman's lectures, on art, was delivered last night, at the Collegiate Institution. The lecturer, in the first place ' briefly reviewed his last lecture, and then pro ceeded to bring before his audience some new points of Ills subject. He (commented with much seventy upon, t 4 ll e idea, which is so common at the present ‘ltne, that a mere manual dexterity constituted the 'great artist ; even manual dexterity, said he, (is dot always considered a necessity, it being some 'Lanes thought that if a person possesses a knowledge 'Of certain laws of art, he is also to be claimed as a poster. He did not consider that imitation should reoeive 'hat amount of attention which was sometimes given to it) as it was far from • being the highest branch of a rt. Imitation must always be, to a certain extent, d efective, as, for instance, if the moon or a star be imi tated, the imitation will not truthfully represent its 111 041; in colours, also, imitation is utterly baffled, might be easily proved by taking a (.'common c 'g from the roadside. (Hear, hear.) The same thing Zas true, and to a much greater extent, in the case of ~oNvers. An imitation perfectly fierrect, though it Wight nevertheless be found quite unable to represent the most powerful manner the natural beauty which ,„,oninipreseut in the most common of nature's objects. T he lecturer discoursed at great length on the above other branches of his subject, and. concluded amidst t he hearty applause of his audience. • • L ICENSED VICTUALLERS' ASSOCIATION. a bove ordinary monthly committee meeting of the - "c've association, was held yesterday in the board-room ; 3 f th e institution, West Derby-road, Mr. M. Warriner Bthe chair. There werd also present—Messrs. H. ab) Coward, Thomas Jones, Crane, Howe, Hornby, en, Thornton, Curwen, Glover, John Atkinson, and e" olln. I , 4i Tiae heRETARY read the leti were confirmed. ~,;: 11 ‘ .he proceedings of the Sub-committee were read, eo 1 01 showed that the committee met to take into e s ideration the resolutions passed at the, meeting of t e e s ,Pagistrates on the 24th October. One of the was.to the effect that Government should be - - e minutes of the last meeting, i , 79orialised to carry out the recommeuth 4 alentary Committee of 1854. The s( t:.re B olutiou s of the Parliamentary Comm 015 ;,Ild as the great majority of them host of the committee, of a character • seriously affect the interests of ts» lip( ations of thE lso been exan Dr. DUNC-4. ending .last Saturday, Liverpool, being 13 less 5 Clcsath han in th week 'of 016 pre 1g ,ten deaths ;orrectea for increase e parish were Ile he Out-townships 79 he mortality from zymotic liseases continues unusually low, the deaths having been-29 against an aye] Diseases of the lang than in the previous week. • C aged 59—was registered from -that of a male, t*iuin tremens. REGULATION OF COMMON LODGING-HOUSES. The following report'was read upon this subject At the Council meeting of the sth of October, 1859, • •eport of the Watch and Health Con ;ommon lodging-houses of the horoug imittees, respecting the was adopted, recom- .ion of inspecting that the practice hitherto in e places, partly by the police, ers in combination with.their other duties; should be discontinued—that t' mittee should be required wholly to take char and .that an efficient staff should be appoin exclusively. Your corn of the matter the dut e, having considered this recommendation, re of opinion that it is advisable to place the superinten dence of the common lodging-houses under the Medical Officer of Health, and to hold him .responsible for the effectual regulation and inspection thereof. In order to enable him to carry that arrangement into effect, it is requisite that he should have proper assistance, and your committee have accordingly conferred with him thereon. He is of opinion that three in spectors will be necessary in addition to the one already em ployed under him, in connection with this business, making in all four inspectors, each of whom would have a dis tinct-district allotted to him, and be subject to regulations for visiting the houses, as -well .during the night as in the day time. He is further of opinion that, for the purpose of securing vigilance on the part of the inspectors, a superintendent or chief:inspector will be required. Your committee, after full inquiry, concur in these views. They believe that a smaller staff would be inefficient. They therefore recommend that the proposed number of officers should accordingly be appointed ; and having regard to the peculiar nature of . the duty in question, your committee consi der that these persons should be married men, and that their remuneration should be as follows::--Each inspector, 30s. per week, with uniform. The superintendent, or chief inspector, 335. per week, with uniform. The joint report above referred to, also recommended that the Health Committee should, as soon as practicable, report upon a variety of details connected with the management of these houses, as also whether any and what means can be devised for bringing other inferior lodging-houses under supervision.. .On these subjects your committee have caused information to be collected, but it is; most desirable before presenting any report thereon, that they should personally examine into the prOceedings adopted in the. City of London, where a private act upon the subject is in force, professing to deal with a much larger class of houses than those, affected by the Liverpool Act or Lord Shaftesbury's Acts, with the object of ascertaining hew far similar regula tions are applicable in Liverpool. Your committee therefore recommend ,that Mr. Bowring, the chairman of your sub-committee, and Mr. Job, together with Dr. Duncan and .fr. McGowen, should be appointed a deputation for that purpose. Mr. BOWRING moved the confirmation of the report, and suggested the addition of Mr. Beckwith to the de putation. The motion was agreed to without dissent. Some formal business having been transacted, th e committee adjourned. WALLASEY COMMISSIONERS, The monthly meeting of this board, was held last might, in the Public Offices, Eg,remont ; Mr. Pooley presided. The other members present were—Messrs. Hill, Eyre, Holmes, Fishwick, Byerley, Hughes. Littledale, and Rev. Mr. Roberts. The minutes of last meeting having been read, the confirmation of the pro ceedings of the Works and Health Committee was moved by Mr. Hughes and unanimously agreed to. Mr. Hill, chairman of the .as and Water Committee, in moving the confirmation of the proceedings of the committee, said he was happy to be able to congratulate the board on the progress which had been mad, as the works will be in such a forward state that the district will be supplied with gas in a few days.. The time of the com mittee had been principally taken up in appointing the staff for the gas works, and fixing the price they were to charge for the gas. lie thought the board had been fortunate in securing the services of so practical a man as Mr. Highfield at the comparatively low salary of £l5O per annum. They had determined that the price should be five shillings per thousand cubic feet. Some of their friends out of doors considered that this was scarcely enough ; but it was a question for the board to consider whether such a course of, procedure would not have the effect of lessening the consump tion. Mr. Hill then entered into some statistical details in reference to the probable income and expenditure of the, works. He estimated the income at £1,854 18s. 4d. per annum, and the expenditure at £1,431105., leaving a clear profit of £423 Bs. 4d. for the first year, although he considered that the profits in the course of three years would be much greater. By that time they would be 'entirely free from debt, and enabled to go on regularly rowed from Govern- with the payment of the money ISH WICK In ans ire confirme LOTA OE COMMIT The proceedings 'of tl lis committee, which Possessed no points of public int crest. were -confirmed without comment, cat the motio a of Mr. Shand, seconded by Mr. Boult. AND 'QUAYS COMMT It appeared that a let ter having beer read from Mr. J. B. Cooper, the hone Tory secretary-of the Volunteer Rifle Corps, asking pen mission to useXhe sheds on the north of the Prince's, and the east of the Salthouse Docks, for the purpose o f evening diil2, it was resolved that the committee coul d not recommend the board to I know University) Joshua Willmsl )Ck, (Dublii Bwivrina, Sir T. B. B m the oh The CHArnmAk said he would stat* eats and aims of the 'Financial Reform Associatic which he did at some-length. They hae, he said, diif ;ulties to encounter and received opposition from persons who had objections to-olrenge ; but their aim had been wours would lead r object. steady, and he hoped their enc distant day to the accomplishmen _ thought their association was entitled to pubic sym pathy, and that the time had come for wider action. He would now turn to the other object of their meeting to do honour to men who‘had carried out their principles. 1 Having expressed the regret, which they must all feel, at _ the 1 the absence of Mr. OolY o - I 0 — - lir said it only remained guest of the evening would, in their name; Bien ana ueneral Thompson, for them • to•welcome the chief —Mr. Bright. (Cheers.) He cerus , ratulate him on his restora- i•tion to health, and the active duties of political I (Applause.) Their country could ill afford to lose si sons ;—(hear, hear)—and he trusted that the disini estedness, the eloquent advocacy, and the entire devot }:mess to the great obje, is which he believed to be for the people's eood, would always continue to distinguish (Applause.) The,association owed him the deepest .gratitude for the tender of his services which he had made to them on that eceasion. (Hear, hear.) If there :was one thing more than another which contributed to .give Mr. Bright the place he occupied in public estima- 'Though they differed with him they must respect him; they might grumble that he did not handle abuses with kid gloves, that he laid-€a somewhat heavy and sweeping ; liana on ti (:hear, hew honesty o: purpose, and his entire conseera- The association had agreed to lion to the public goOd to,present to Messrs. Cobden and Bright, am( Thompson, an address expressive of their deep gratitude to,them for their services, and this he would oall upon Mr—jeffery to read. to Gene: Mr. JEFFERY then read :the address, which was very lengthy, and which, after showing the objects of the association, concluded by ...expressing thanks to Mr. Bright for the efforts he had made to carry them out. The CHAIRMAN said, that before calling upon Mr. Bright , to reply, he would read Mr. Cobden's letter of apology, ,which was as follows.:- - TO PA)BASTEON GLADSTONE, ESQ., PRESIDENT OF TUE FINANCIAL REFORM. ASSOCIATION Faris, Nov. 28, 1859. My dear Sir,—For the last ten days I have been confined to my bedroom by severe indisposition, originating in a cold and cough, followed by fever, which has left me in a state of con siderabledebility. My medical attenuant, who promises me, with care and caution, a speedy recovery, warns me that to undertake a journey to Liverpool to address a large public meeting would. in the present state ,of my lungs, be almost an act of suicide. I need not assure you how, deeply I regret to be unable to fulfil my long-standing promise to be with you on the Ist. I do not, however, ask you to release me from my engagement, but only to allow me to postpone its fulfilment to a future, and I hope early, opp,,rtunity. There newer was a moment when I felt ii•eater interest than at present in the realisation of your society's programme for substituting direct for indirect taxation. If I required an illustration of the importance of your principle, which implies the removal of custom-house impediments between nations, I should find it in the present relations of England and France. What means this periodical visitation, which, like ihe cholera or 'some other infectious disease, has; every two or three years since 1847, caused tho panic cry of a French in vasion to overspread England, and which at the present ;moment 'is heard again in tones as loud and menacing as ever I Here am I, with all my children, in the very jaws of the imaginary monster which has been conjured up to terrify nap . good cormtrymeu, and yet I feel no less safe from attack or mury of any kind so long as I refrain from molesting or wronging others, than if I were residing in London or Liver pool. Whence springs the idea of danger which pervades the public mind at home 1 I attribute it mainly to the want of intercommunication, and the consequent ignorance and pre judice which prevail respecting the character and designs of our nearest continental neighbour. Here ore two of the greatest nations, separated only by the narrowest strip of ocean, with their distingt and proud annals, their rival traditions, their differences in racy language, and religion, all tending to produce a but nature, which always works by laws of compere... has endowed the two countries with a variety of productions, and imparted to the, populations an instructive desire to supply each' other's wants and deficiencies, which, had nature's laws been allowed their free action, would have brought the two nations into such constant contact and com munication, and laid them under such mutual dependence, as would have subdued the merely latent causes of antagonism, and rendered impossible the present state of hostility and. alarm. But, down almost to the present day, the Govern ments of the two countries have devoted their energies to the task of preventing, as far as possible, any esmmerciat inter course between them. The baneful consequences are, naturally, such as we behold. Let uS hope that legislators will awaken to a sense o f th e ' res p ons ib lity which attaches to those who thus array t h emse l ves aga i ns t the obvious laws of the Creator. Meanwhile your society will, I hope, persevere in il i a useful labours, and continue to draw around you the sy m p lth y and co-operati on o f goo d me n. You are not a politicalorganisa ffi vfalr nhian+ Llienation tion ; your functions are those of an euucator, is to prepare the public mixd for the future action of the s man. The be remote, but the d, p by ste grant the requ The committee recom mended theieneeptance o tender of Messrs. Conw. ay and .Co.• to supply uniform clothing for the pier mast :ers, messengers, dock-gatemen, and gate-keepers -; and th e tender of Mr. Henry Gibson to supply hats. On the motion of Mr av:Tffoceeding% were confirmed The proceedings of the master porterage committee were read and confirmed. MISCEL LANIBOUS A letter was read from Mr. William Inman, on the subject of the difficulties he experienced in getting graving dock accomodatio n at this , Tort, and asking whether he was to hope for any redrossfrom the present system. The complaint hadl referenceo the use of the Huskisson locks by the Cunard steamers, to the exclusion of the steamers of the Laverpool, New York, and Philadelphia Steam-ship Company. The Harbour-master reported on the letter which was now referred•to the Decks and Quays Committee. Mr. .I.ll,elvEn deprecated the use of that lock, except temporarily, as a graving dock, and sys.'d he asked for his steamers, excepting the nail steamers, which were bound by penalty 'to 'sail on certain days, no other pri vileges than were granted to any other firm. After a few words from Mr. Forwood and Mr. Inman, the subject dropped. This was the whole of the general business. TOXTETH PARK BOARD OF GUAUDIANS The usual weekly meeting of the board was held yesterday, in the Boatd-room of the Public °glees, Park place, Mr. H. S. Alpass• in the chair. There were also present, Messrs. john Mess, John Wilson,Wm. Ley timid, Wm. Baynes, Arthur Grindrod, J. D. Carter, Joseph Wilson, HenrylLayhand, M. A. Johns, Joseph Harrison, W. H. Ogden, :-S. Siddeley, J. B. Hughes and G. W. Hunter. the report of the Governor of the West Derby Work house showed that there were in that establishment last week, belonging to the Path district, 376 ; this week, 375; corresponding week of,last year, 400. The.num ber in the hospital, last week,.3.B; this week, 37. A cheque was granted for the relief of out-door,pau pers,to the amount of £too. _ _ Mr. Moss said he observed ;:that a martial spirit:had spread .across the country by.volunteers embodying in all parts. He was not aware that anything had been done in Tenteth-park, and he thought that the guardians or overseers should do something to stir up the public feeling. He would suggest that the overseers should call a public meeting. Mr. Jou Ns remarked that there was a talk of getting up a Cavalry Corps, and if Mr. Moss was inspired with a martial spirit, if he could not shoulder a musket he could surely ride a horse, and so become a volunteer himself. Mr. Hauntsozg thought that the question brought before them by Mr. Moss was worthy of consideration. They found that places like Woolton, whose inhabitants were only numbered by tens had joined the movement, while the township of Toxteth-park, whose population was equal to many important towns, had taken no steps. He did hope that something might be done, and he would join with Mr. Moss in the proposition that the board should wait on the overseers to request them to take such steps as might be right and proper. It would give an opportunity to the young men in the neigh bourhood to enrol themselves, and he was quite sure that their representatives in the Town Council would favour them. _ Mr. Jour WiLsoN considered they were rather late, as most of the young who were so inclined had already entered with some corps. • The subject then dropped. The minutes of the Building and Visiting Committee were then read and confirmed on the motion of Mr. Harrison. The Board then proceeded to open tenders for the supply of necessaries to the new workhouse, and the contracts of the following parties were accepted :—For flour, oatmeal, peas, &c., Mr. John Huntington; hatchet's meat, Mr. Thomas Tomlinson ; tni" which, after a I Ro Farm, Speke ; potatoes, Mr. John O'Hearn; candles, soap, &c., Mr. Joseph Thompson; groceries, &0., Mr. John Henry Book ; John Rae and Co., was unanimously butter and . cheese, Messr hat it be an 11'011P:10D ]3OULT 1.C1.6.10.1ava• ar . • - p. we every year approach near - ----- • of your humane, just, ul principles, a: assuredly, in His own good time, crown your labor cess.—Believe me, yours very truly, amid loud audinnee the twenty —tioo,ooo— Ile other twenty men in-ay 2s. that they might for their dianet (Laughter The consumption then 'of faxed sno test whatsoever. I speak of taxed of food, which are no test whatsoever of the means of particular individuals or families, and, there fore, can never honestly be adopted as a rule or as a measure of taxation by those who admit the principle with which I started—that taxation should be levied according to the means of the tax payer. (Applause.) Well, now, this does not look a very irrational propo- articles sition. I dare_ say there will be some newspaPeri i ,e two •or three - perhaps half-a-dozen in London the day after to-morrow, who will tell us that this is a most irrational and nerhans a revolutionary proposition. (Laughter.) You - will find the rich—even some rich men, but I am happy to say I believe not a great many amongst the trading classes—doubt the principle we are now upholding, and think it would be perni cious to the country. You find amongst the landed proprietors, who are always less informed upon these doubtless, *oTri selfishiiess but in pinny others, I believe, it arises purely from an entire ignorance of th( uments upon which our position is based facts and c this nature. 'wenty years ago, gentlemen nc numerous than the council of four association, began an agitation wi regard to the question o: the Corn Laws Many of you have still almost- ringing in your cars the predictions which were' ventured on and put forth with regard to that agitation. There were some great men in the country—at least one duke—who gave the country full notice that he should leave the country if any such measure as that we advocated was carried (Laughter.) In fact, we all expected if anvbod to see - a duke hereafter, he woad be obliged to go abroad to get a glimpse of him. (Laughter.) But what did happen ? This has happened -. That probably twice as much corn and cattle have come into the country during the last thirteen years since the repeal of the corn laws, than almost anybody expected, — not less than something approaching to twenty millions sterling per annum in value. These dukes are not gone. (Laughter.) The land is more valuable than ever it was —(hear, hear)—the class of farmers is higher—(hear, hear)—there is more capital laid out upon the land—(hear, hear)—and millions of your countrymen, to whom the law denied the commonest rights of freemen—who were then suffering periodical starvation of the bitterest kind, are now living in a degree of comfort to which, in all previous times, they were unaccustomed. (Loud cheers.) Well, then, am I not entitled to say that the landed pro prietors,—noblemen and gentlemen of England, many of them so unwilling, as I believe, to do an unjust act—is it not fair for me to say that on this great question they were wholli , mistaken. (Hear, hear.) Let us go a little further, When the income-tax was laid on for the purpose of enabling cer tain considerable changes in the tariff to be made, there was great dislike to that tax. There are very good reasons for disliking it, apart from that for which we dislike' all taxes—because they take our money. But many persons dislike it because they do not like the object for which it was imposed—namely, to make ap proaches in the direction of free trade. And yet now, — eve h i o yb w o h d o y o l a v u ho fi k n n d ow a smaannywthb knows —i don't ytcbairnegwfrohort hhiseis own discovery and his own thought —l will und ertake to say he knows that the imposit ion of the income-tax the amendment of the tariff, which was. mostly done under Sir Robert reel's government, has been' bodyprod of theaetive not labouringonly peopleof grea a t advantagendthe cnmine tor:ia classes hgre at n o g a e of this country, but it has actually increased and given a dditi o nal security to the riches of th e l au d e d proprietors. (Hear, hear.) So, now, this seheme which is put before the country by your association—ridiculed by some as a dream, an imagination of a lunatic, scoffed at by others as a democratic and revolutionary movement—the time will come when every sensible man in England will admit that the carrying out of these great principles has proved to be an additional step in the salvation of the poor, and to have conferred additional blessings upon these who are fortunate enough to be rich. (Applause.)' But we cannot conceal from ourselves that there if you are saying ytiaina. for the poor you mean something afitur doing now, - without b Presented, or calumnic A. man canno lit having . I ( a from t s I read it iine when Mr. Rintont had the Spectator, compared with the present, and the gentleman, whoever he may be, who manages the economical department of that journal. Having read an article from the journal he referred to, to the effect, that whatever a man's income was, either he or his de pendants, by purchasing taxed commodities, paid their relative proportion to the taxes of the State, Mr. Bright, in continuation, said—That is just the sort of stuff that was talked twenty years ago about corn. They also said, in opposition to Gen. Thompson's measure, that although the corn was scarce and dearer, that somehow or other everything else was made dearer, and in the general shuf— fling of the cards, and the scuffling through the country, and the rapidity of the changes everybody was a great deal better. But here is another newspaper, which is one of great authority on these questions, and which has. also taken up the matter—l refer to the Economist.—The speaker read an article from the Economist of the 19th of November, asserting that the higher classes bore all the cost of national sudden emergencies, such as war, so far that all the heavy, grinding, and painful taxation of a war was paid by them ; and' that this must be borne in mind when they came to estimate the expen- . diture of ordinary years. He then said, the Economist does not appear to consider that the eight or nine and twenty millions paid by the national debt is any portion of the grinding taxation of wars. When the 'Russian not the Economist know that at the same tim and in the very same session, the descending duties on tea and sugar were arrested by a special act ; but at the con- tax, they left the war duty on sugar and tea. (Hear.) In November, 1858, the paper from which he had - this extract advocated the policy of Sir Robert the re-adjustment of . the charges up on th e people, to, lighten those on the poor and increase those" on property. Now, at least forty or fifty million'weieraised by indirect taxation. The war income tax., was repealed nearly two years ago ; two 'millions or more of the permanent income-tax was given up in the • present year; but the war su.f.,rar and tea duties still 4 o'riSt. So far from the financial policy of Sir Robert Peel being extended, the House. of Commons has delibe rately abandoned every instrument by which it could be defended or extended. I have now only one extract to read to you, and I have done for the present with our friends of the press. He read an extract from the Times of the 23rd Nov., referring to a speech which he had made, and denounced thaprineiples he had expressed as the most mischievous and untrue. that had ever been uttered by a public man in a free country. gr. Bright said, will the meeting believe that the Times refers to some calculations which appeared in the Economist, and which the writer said were made in consequence of the dangerouS tendencies of my state ments, whereas those very calculations was published in the Economist of the 15th January last—(laughter)—so of Sir Robert Peel to the present put it upon the wealthy. It does e t t t a i that e a lwtrhi writer e t r was imagined me r y somethingr fabricated eenrc taxation afi tctehifih:en_nrt financial s icusi p a y:n u loe oan t l authori tative o ta.t r hi ho i s slightest foundation whatever. (Applause.) And what is more, after just quoting the Economist newspaper, he d ie ewerh p eoas e le r e i t o e d tendency Eaeldidoapaxawtpyrei appear ar s ne rhq, t classes r(teat s hors a m:s y bet cos theteel ri l aait a tna t tidtinoms t the en e r two ago, I don't knoW how long —the authorities at calculations to show how much the Somerset House did give to the Chancellor of the upper classes consumed—how much the middle classes consumed, and how much what they called the working the i m or poorer cl asses consumed of the art i cles o f t ea an d sugar; a n d th e conclus i on was this — o f t h e articlea theeooror country, of sugar, the uppe r c l asses c l ass e s consumed 221 per cent. ; that is, ry c o lt u ahs t es eosf upperocno n e s uclma hundredclasses s 3 consumeB pounds pounds, consumed 2 2 and the pounds,p thep 38 per cent • ,00rer classes 44 and working or classes 49! pounds ; of the nrticle th o e f tea,mid middle ee caulpsi. e upper classes s was made, or where the line was d rawn , an d therefore we are not able perfectly to say whether it was right or wrong ; but if we take their calculation, let us see how is the matter of taxes with regard to this nation ? Take the article of tea now. In that article pe r consumed cent. - not per know e n how this calculati on t" the upper classes use, according, to his calculation, £922,000 Worth a-year-LI ought to say pay taxes to that amount, as the calculaiion is made upon the taxes,. The whole tax is £5,271,000, and the pro portion of the upper classes is 022,000; the proportion the middle classes is £2,000,002, and the proportion of the Dom sses £2,245,000, Of sag disloyal other twenty men d fore them. <Laugh men at one not have more th called ur )on to r and appla ' ble Might be wort